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PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
LORDS TOLD PLIGHT
OF SERBIA IS GRAVE
Further British Aid
Being Considered.
EVENTS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY
Lansdowne Admits Gallipoli
Venture Is Disappointment.
ALLIES OF SINGLE MIND
Central Powers Declared to Have
Sought New Outlet Because of
Failure to Force Decision
' on Other Fronts.
LONDON. Oct. 26. Replying to a
question by Earl Loreburn in the House
of Lords today as to the progress ot
the campaign in the Balkans, the Mar
iuls of Lansdowne, the Unionist leader,
who holds a seat in the Cabinet with
out portfolio, said:
"I must say with great regret I am
afraid we must admit that the progress
of the campaign in Northern Serbia has
been such as to render it highly im
probable that the Serbian army will be
able to withstand for any great length
of time the attacks to which it is ex
posed from the Austro-Oerman forces
on the north, aided by the stab in the
back which Serbia Is receiving at the
hands of Bulgaria."
Dardanelles Expedition Disappoints.
Earl Loreburn had asked whether the
dispatch of troops to Saloniki had been
determined on with the approval of the
naval and military advisers and
whether the government could give as
surance that full provisions had been
made for the communications of this
force and for its supply of men and
material to the satisfaction of the naval
and military experts. Karl Loreburn
said he understood that' the govern
ment's desire was that the matter
should not be debated at the present
time, but that there was a reason for
asking the question.
"We are dioappointed in the Dardan
elles enterprise," the Karl continued,
and he added that he did not know
whether that enterprise had been be
gun with or without the advice of the
naval and military authorities, and one
could not help asking whether this new
venture would be a repetition of that.
The greatest danger from which this
country could suffer, the speaker said,
was unpreparedness and indecision.
Amatear Strategists Turned Down.
The Marquis of Lansdowne explained
that there were niomofits when it was
not in th public interest that ques
tions relating to the war should be
freely discussed in Parliament, as the
effect on both the allies and. their ene
mies had to be considered. He de
clared, however, that ho could assure
Karl Loreburn that neither in the pres
ent government nor in any government
of which he had been a member had it
been the practice of amateur strate
gists to impose their plans upon the
professional advisers of the govern
ment. '
With the present government, the
Marquis of Lansdowne continued, it
was unlikely that anything of the kind
could occur. Karl Kitchener was pres
ent at every Cabinet meeting and it
was impossible to suppose that he
would allow himself to be deflected
from his courao by the pressure of his
civilian colleagues.
Government Accepts Responsibility.
Apart from that, the speaker added,
the procedure by the committees and
tlie councils had given a far greater
opportunity to the military and naval
experts to assert themselves and make
their views known. The Cabinet rs
a whole considered, both naval a;iJ
military and political aspects of the
case, the Ministers and their advisers.,
tuok an account of both sides of the
problem, but whatever particular
views were given by the military and
naval advisers, the ultimate responsi
bility for a decision on them must
vest on the government. As to the
Saloniki expedition, the .Marquis said:
"I cannot enter into the apprehen
sions which possess Karl Loreburn
I can quite understand, having before
him our commitment in the western
theater of the war, the position in
which we find ourselves on the Galli
poli Teninsula and our interests in
l'-gypt and the other possessions of
the empire, which should be borne
in mind, it is profoundly distasteful
to him that the matter should be com
plicated by our entering into new en
tanglements in tne new sphere of the
war.
Further Effort Discussed.
Karl Loreburn. interrupting him,
sa id :
"I did not say that. What I asked
was if you had naval and military
opinion to justify you in your deci
sion." The Marquis of Lansdowne replied:
"I understand that Karl Loreburn
should dislike the idea of what might
be described as this further effort on
our part at a. time when we are mak
ing so many efforts in different parts
of the world.
"t'nder what circumstances has a
British force been sent to Saloniki? I
should like to recall the position in
the month of September. The central
powers had made no progress in . the
western theater for a long time. They,
Indeed, had been successfully attacked
and pushed back at several points. On
the Russian front their advance, over
whelming at first, had received a seri
ous cheek. The Italians were pressing
their offensive, and in Mesopotamia, for
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OLDEST PIONEER
MINISTER PASSES
REV. CAREY ALLEN" WOOLEY, 1 9,
ANSWERS CALL AT EUGENE.
Labor In Mines Pays for Ox Team
to Come to Oregon and Many
Churches Rise by His Efforts.
EUGENE, Or., Oct. 26. (Special.)
Rev. Carey Allen Wooley, aged 75. died
this morning at the family residence
after & long illness. Rev. Mr. Wooley
was said to be the oldest pioneer min
ister in Oregon and had built many
churches in Lane County.
He was born in Gerard County. Ken
tucky. November" 22, 1836. He was
married in Trenton. Mo., in 1859, and
started . West shortly after. On bis
westward Journey Mr. Wooley stopped
in Denver, where he worked in the
mines for two years to procure enough
money to purchase a prairie schooner,
four mules and to insure him means
to complete his trip westward to Ore
gon. On his arrival he settled in Eugene.
His first ministerial office was as a
circuit rider. Hie first services were
held in the old Bailey scboolhouse, two
miles west of Eugene.
Later Mr. Wooley was stationed at
I.ucklamute, Or., a small town west of
Corvallls. This place he kept for three
years, after which he was pastor at
Junction City, then at Lebanon, Scto,
Eugene, Cottage Grove. Brownsville,
Albany and Fairmount, in the order
named.
He was the builder of the churches
at Junction City, Albany. Sclo and
Fairmount.
CONVICT DECLARED VICTIM
Fight Being Made for Freedom of
Walter A. Grant, of Pocatello.
BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 26. (Special.)
On the plea of hia mother, Mrs. Dots on,
of Baltimore, Md., that her son, Walter
A. Grant, a former prominent business
man of Pocatello, had been railroaded
to the penitentiary through the medium
of a conspiracy, the State Board of
Pardons will meet in special session
tomorrow to reopen the case.
Grant was tried, convicted and sen
tenced to serve a term of from 25 to 50
years in the state penitentiary for
arson in attempting to burn the rest
dence and family of County Attorney
Smith, of Bannock County. John L.
Thomas, better known as "Frisco"
Thomaa, .was convicted as a partner in
the crime. . Today Thomaa was forced
to unde-go an operation, and fearing
he would die, is said to have confessed
Grant was innocent of the crime.
YUAN STOPS UNRULY PRESS
Some Publishers Arrested; Foreign
ers Favor Chinese Monarchy.
SHANHAT, China, Oct. 26. Opinion
among foreigners seems to be largely
in favor of a return by China to the
monarchial form of government. One
of the principal reasons advanced is
that the question of President Yuan
Shi Kai's successor, to which great im
portance is attached, would thus be set
tied.
- Some feeltng has been aroused, how
ever, by the pressure which the mon
archial party is exerting on the ver
nacular newspapers. Several Canton
newspapers have been obliged to cease
adverse criticism of the plan to restore
the monarchy, and proprietors of other
papers have been arrested.
AERIAL JITNEY PROPOSED
Gus Stromer, Aviator Lobbyist. In
corporates for $250,000.
OLYMPTA, Wash.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
CJus Stromer, of Tacoma, the aviator
lobbyist who flew to the capital during
the last session of the Legislature in
a vain, effort to induce the lawmakers
to establish an aeroplane corps as part
of the Washington National Guard, has
incorporated himself, the better to ply
an aviation jitney business.
Articles of incorporation for "The
Stromer Company," capitalized at $250,
000. were filed yesterday authorizing
the company to carry passengers and
freight by aeroplane for hire.
LAW TURNS ON CUPID'S AIDE
Witness at Wedding of Elopers Is
Sought on Perjury Charge.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 26. (Spe
cial.) On the complaint of J. S. Rob
inson, attorney for Charles E. Peabody,
father of the Seattle youth who eloped
to Centralia Friday and married Mar
tha Stewart, Justice Charles Hoss, who
performed the marriage, yesterday is
sued a warrant for the arrest of Will
iam J. Flannery, of Seattle, on a charge
of perjury.
Flannery swore young Peabody was
of legal age when the license was ob
tained from the Lewis County Auditor.
Deputy Sheriff Jackson went to Seattle
yesterday to arrest Flannery.
WOODBURN HAS BIG FIRE
Gasoline in Garage Explodes. Eight
Autos Being Destroyed.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
Dimick's garage at Woodburn tonight.
The fire was discovered at 11 o'clock.
Eight automobiles and several motor
cycles In the building were destroyed.
The loss Is estimated at $25,000.
Gasoline stored In the building ex
ploded and blazing portions of the
building were thrown broadcast. . The
fire was prevented from spreading to
neirby tulldlngs
BRIBING OF SKIPPER
PART OF SPY'S PLAN
Diversion of American
Copper German Hope.
FURTHER CONFESSION MADE
Big Sum Intended for Russian
Turning Cargo Into Kaiser.
FEDERAL PROBE CONTINUES
Lieutenant Fay and Three Alleged
Accomplices Held in Ball of
$25,000 Each Fifth Man
Is Not Vet in Custody.
iS.W lORK, Oct. 26. What part, if
any. the delaying of vessels laden with
copper for the allies was to have taken
in the alleged conspiracy of German
agents to prevent war munitions from
reaching Europe from this country.
was under investigation by Federal
authorities today, following an addi
tional confession made to secret scrv
ice officials by Robert Fay, said to be
an ex-lieutenant in the German army.
any. wno is one or tne rive men
charged with conspiracy to delay or
prevent the sailing of war munitions
ships from this country, gave a detailed
confession to William J. Flynn. chief
of the secret service.
Bribery of Rasslaas Planned.
In it, according to the Federal au
thorities, he repeated his former eon
fession made to the police at Wee-
hawken, N. J., but naid. in addition,
that his mission, besides placing bombs
on the propellers or rudders of ships,
was to endeavor to bribe the command
ers of Russian vessels. He said the
plan he was to endeavor to carry
through was to induce a Russian com
mander to run a cargo of copper into
a German port, at which place a large
sum of money waa to be paid to the
Russian.. .s-
Government officials said they were
inclined to give little credence to this
phase of Fay's story, but it was made a
part of the evidence on which the men
were held over for further, hearing.
Fonr Men Are Locked Up.
Four of the men charged "with con
spiracy were locked up under Federal
custody tonight. These included Fay
and Walter L. Scholz. his brother-in-law,
who after being released in a po
lice court at Weehaken were re
arrested on Federal warrants anc
brought to New York. They were
taken before United States Commis
sioner Houghton. Both Fay and Scholz
said they had no funds with which to
employ counsel. Commissioner Hough
ton postponed their hearing until No
vember 4, held them each under $25,
000 bond and said that in the mean
time he would provide them with coun
sel. Paul Daeclie, another of the alleged
conspirators, when arrested on a Fed-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 4
o egrees ; minimum temperature, oa aw
ETees. TODAY'S Probably fair; south-westerly
winds.
War.'
Lanedowne tells House of Lords Serbia's
pi iff tit is serious. Pare 1
British attack hospitals. charge
Turks. I
Character and discipline horn
deals. Paaa 1.
All of Serbia's D?-. " t J
by
enemy. Pas 2 v
National. . .
Trade Council urges suspension of seamen s
law until competent .experts can devise
plan. Pace 0.
Domesitc.
Diversion to Germany of copper for Russia
by bribing skipper, planned oy spy.
Page 1.
Episcopal board of missions split over action
construed as . reflection on aio.oc.
Page 5.
Rate decision to haunt jurors in-New Haven
cae. Page 3.
Rank bestowed, on Army aviator of small
experience. Pa ce 1 4.
Oregon big winner m livestock show at fair.
l ag 3- .
Sport.
Columbia University defeats Portland Acad
emy, 20 to 0. Page 1J.
Judge McCrotiie to attend Coast" League-
meeting where economy will be wi ten
word. Page 16.
Washington at conference for ISIS will try
to tar rreehmen irom athletics. fge j..
Pacific Northwest.
More women attend club conference at Sa
lem. Paso ti. .
Rev. Carey Allen Wooley, 79. dies at Eu
gene. Page 1.
St. Paul corn show attracts throng. Page
Commercial and Marine.
Captain P.odrrers admits brlnslng vessel into
river wit Hour state pi tot s license, um
maintains Federal papers arc enough.
Page 14.
Strong export demand Is feature of salmon
market. Page 17.
Chicago wheat market weakened by peace
talk in Lurope. Page 17,
War contract stocks decline but railway
shanes are firm. Page 17.
Portland and Vicinity
Stormy session of budget hearing results In
cuts of $70,000. Page 7.
Car company franchise before Bridge Com
mission tomorrow. rage
Crowds stav all day in Land Show halls.
Page 12.
Sunday-closing law existence made issue in
grocery store case. 1'age 1 1.
Automobile men wtil rule at Land Show
tonight. Page 12.
Weather report, data ind forecast. Page IT.
SCHOONER NEAR DISASTER
Vessel Runs Almost on Oregon Shore
and Is Saved by Tus Walluln.
ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 26. (Special.)
Under full sail and headed directly for
the Oregon shore just south of the Co
lumbia, River jetty, a vessel believed
to be the Peruvian, schooner Judith
formerly the Chilean bark Aragro, had
a narrow escape from going on th 3
beach this afternoon.
Only the daring and skillful work
of Captain John C. Reed, master of
the tug Wallula, prevented the vessel
from destruction. As it was. Captain
Reed ran the tug into the very break
ers, succeeded in getting?, a hawser
aboard the vessel and towed the craft
from her perilous position. ,
DANISH WOMEN TO VOTE
Government Not to Delay Suffrage
on Account of War.
LONDON". Oct. St. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from Co
penhagen says:
Premier' Zahle declared today that
the Government intended to put in
force June 5. 1916, the new constitu
tional law. conferring suffrage on
women, waiving the right to propose
a prolongation of the old constitutional
law, owin? to the war.
"It is expected that a general election
will occi;r in July, when the Danish
women will vote for the first time."
LAND SHOW VISITED
BY BOOSTER CLUBS
V h I K if Mnrln T I
at Night.
CROWDS FILL ALL AISLES
Business Men March Through
Streets to Armory.
GREEN DUNCE CAPS WORN
Band Leads Lively Throng and Big
Crowd at Show Has Good
Time While. Visitors Are
Present1916 'Bar' Busy.
The Manufacturers- and Land Prod
ucts Show was turned into a carnival
for a few hours last night by the raid
of the booster clubs of the city, under
the lead of Charles F. Berg, ex-president
of the Portland Ad Club.
The booster clubs had "first crack"
at a special night at the show," arid
iney went at it with the intention of
setting a good pace for ' the automo-
bllists and other organizations that are
to follow them on succeeding nights.
Tho crowds had already well filled
the aisles in both main halls of the
show when the booster club committee
made its appearance.
The committees from the Ad Club.
Progressive Business Men's Club, East
Side Business Men's Club. Third street
ers and other organizations Joined one
another at the Chamber of Commerce at
8 o'clock, and dignified business men
cheerily consei ted to let themselves
be decorated with high green dunce
caps with white lettering. Thus dis
tinguished they marched under the flap,
ping land show pennants on Fifth and
Washington street, down the alley of
bright lights on Tenth street and
roared into the Armory where the show
was on. behind Campbell's band.
Band Herald Arrival.
"There'll be a Hot Time In thf Old
Town Tonight" blared the band and
tile crowds began to break and pour
toward the scene of the excitement as
the booster committee serpentined and
hopped through the main aisle of the
manufacturers' hall and. into the land
show pavilllon.
Right there they ran into the "1916
bar" and they got no. further.
"Nobody Knows How Dry . I Am"
walled the band, and in a few seconds
the bar was obscured behind a forest
of tall green hats, and the four bar
tenders were on the jump mixing soft
drinks for the thirsty boosters.
Then the booster band broke and
scattered itself throughout the biuld
lng and every green hat made itself
the core of a center of radiant energy
that added a. big percentage of "pep"
to the Interest of the crowd in every
concession.
Amusement Section Busy.
The amusement section suddenly
found itself doing a rushing business.
Campbell's band, after escorting the
boosters to the show, began a con-
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NON-PARTISAN PLAN
PROBABLY BEATEN
CALIFOIVXIA AMEN DMENTS LOSE
IX KARLY RETURNS.
Proposal to Empower Legislature to
Establish Rural Credits Leads
Other ' Measures in Race.
SAX FRAXC1SCO, Oct. I. Governor
Johnson tonight conceded the defeat of
the nonpartisan amendments. He said
tne result proved that those -who ad
vocated nonparttsanshlp irere Jast m
little nhend of the times."
. SAN FRANCISCoToct. 26. Although
the result may be changed by the com
plete returns, indications from larger
voting- centers in all parts of the state
tonight are that California electors re
jected the proposition to make all state
offices non-partisan.
-: From 647 precincts the vote on the
non-partisan amendment was 14,372 for
and 19.S66 against. The vote was light.
that In San Francisco being estimated
at about 20 per cent of the normal.
The non-partisan plan was the main
issue of the election. It waa advocated
as a Progressive party measure, having
the support of Governor Johnson and
the state administration. The Gov
ernor and some of the state officers
campaigned vigorously for them' and
the small total available at a late
hour left the possibility that the tide
might be turned.
A proposal to allow the Legislature
to establish a system of rural credits
seemed to be running better than any
other.
Reports show that the vote cast to
day was the lightest' at any election
held in the state for many years.
Voting in Los Angeles County was
unprecedentedly light and estimates
were that the total vote would not
exceed 35 per cent. San Diego County
reported that 25 per cent would be
about tho total vote cast.
In some Sacramento precincts the
vote ran not more than 10 per cent
of the registration.
In San Francisco the election was
tho quietest ever experienced and a
total of about 60,000 votes was cast,
in comparison with the 119.000 cast
at the last election.
In all parts of the state the women s
vote was extremely small.
CZAR BUYS SEARCHLIGHTS
Big Projectors L'sed at Panama-Pa
cific Exposition Sold. '
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 26. Twenty-
four of the 48 big 36-inch projectors
that have formed an important element
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition illu
mination system have been sold to the
Russian government and are to be
shipped at once to European battle
fields, it was announced today.
The price paid is placed at (24,000.
Tuesdays War Moves
TH,
E Serbian troops which have Deen
so gallantly holding the little
northeastern corner of their country,
where the Austro-German and Bul
garian armies are about to join, are
being slowly forced back as the pres
sure upon them becomes greater. The
Marquis of Lansdowne. Minister with
out portfolio in the British Cabinet,
nnounccd to the' House of Lords last
night that he feared they could not
much longer withstand the attacks.
In fact, all along the northern and
eastern frontiers of Serbia, the In
vaaers are mailing steady progress,
although at great cost, as the Serbians,
now that they have reached the hills,
are making them pay heavily for every
mile covered.
It is only in the south, where the
French have joined hands with the
Serbians, that the Bulgarians are be
lng held. Here the French and Serbians
are entrenching themselves and await
ing reinforcemnts, which they hope
will enable them to drive the Bui
garians out of Macedonia.
Great Britain and France, according
to the statement of the Marquis of
Lansdowne in the House of Lords, are
dispatching a strong force to the Near
East and are only awaiting the report
of General Sir Charles Carmichae
Munro. the new commander on the Gal
llpoli Peninsula, and other military and
naval advisers to decide at. which point
they will be used. Great Britain and
France, the Marquis of Lansdowne said,
had taken up the challenge of the cen
tral powers In the Near East, as else
where.
Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign
Minister, told the House of Commons
that Great Britain's offer to cede Cy
prus to Greece had elapsed, as Greece
had not fulfilled her treaty obligations
to Serbia. The British Minister at
Athens is reported to be making rep
resentations to Greece with respect to
the use of Saloniki as a base for the
allies and also with regard to Greece's
future action. '
On the Eastern and Western battle
fronts, as in Serbia, heavy fighting
continues. In the Riva and Dvinsk re
gions of Russia the German field mar
shal. Von Hindenburg. undaunted by
repeated failures during the past 40
days to reach the Russian fortresses
on the Dvlna River, is making another
furious determined effort to achieve
his aim. Reports yesterday were that
he had made further progress, partlcu
Iarly near Illoukst. Along the rest of
the line, through the provinces of Vil
na. Grodno and Volhynla, and in Gall
cia there have been battles at many
points, with the advantage first on one
side and then on the other.
The Italians are still carrying on
their offensive against the Austrians,
while the struggle in the Champagne
region of France, begun when the
French captured a portion of La Cour
line works from the Germans, some of
which the Germans have recaptured, i
still In progress. The French say they
have extended their gains here by tak
ing an adjoining trencn . north o
Massiges.
CHARACTER BORN
OF WAR'S ORDEALS
Men on Line Lose No
Time in Sorrowing.
FINE DISCIPLINE IS SHOWN
Firm Conviction of Work to Do
Keeps Spirits Up.
SUFFERING BORNE QUIETLY
Bennett Says People in America Are
Sorrier for Soldiers Than They '
Are for Themselves as They
Go Steadily On. T
BT JAMES O'DONNELL BENNETT.
(Copyright. Ills, by the Chlc.ro Tribune.
Published by arrangement.)
CZENSTOCHOWA. Russia. Sept. 25. '
takes a great deal of character to
maintain good will and good spirits in
the face of the conditions under which
the Austrian and German soldiers no
occupying Poland have been living for
months. I mean the conditions which
tried to descripe in. the last letter
the hot days and the . cold nights, and
the files, and the all-pervading grime.
These are the things that take tho
heart out of soldiers. Wounds are
honorable. Living in the middle of a
grease spot that is edged with dust
and mire is merely disgusting. Men.
who. like the Germans, come from the
best ordered nation in the world, can
not find it other than horribly irksome.
But they don't talk about that: they
ust go on doing their day's work of
defending their country, not groaning
over the task, but pushing it to comple
tion. Soldiers Have Strons Convictions.
Tou in America are sorrier for these
soldiers than they ever are for them
selves, because you take the neurotic
point of view and they take the point
of view of men of convictions, who
have an important work in hand hnd
the grit to face It.
Tou talk about "degenerate Europe
and the "effete monarchies of the Old
World." I wish you could have seen
some hundreds of the citizens of de
generate Europe raising the enormous
steel bridge which crosses the Mstula
River at Ivangorod. They were out on
pontoons, under the blazing sun, and
because this is war time they were
doing the work under heavy handicaps
and with primitive facilities. A group
was crowded onto one swaying plat
form that was supported by pontoons.
Beside the platform rose a huge der
rick equipped with a piledriver. There
was no steam power to raise the driver
and release it for its fall, but a maze
of ropes led downward from the top
of the machine, and each rope was
raised and lowered by a dozen hands.
It was hard work and monotonous
work, but if you had only heard it
and not seen it you would have thought
It was some kind of game. For these
men . wno nave Deen wonting sinco
dawn (It is now mid-forenoon) sang aa
they worked and laughed and splashed.
water on each other between gasps,
and made the weary business one of
the most exhilarating sights imagin
able. Wrecked Brlda-e Restored.
Were they daunted by tho colossal
ruin they had to set to rights? Not
they! The Ivangorod bridge lay in
eight enormous broken stairs before
them, now plunged deep into the bed of
the -river and now tipping drunkenly
upward to the sky. It seemed a hope
less proposition. These effete gen
tlemen with arms of bronze and hairi"
breasta took a studious look at it,
crawled all over it and dove under it,
noted down measurements, and then
began hanging pulleys from its twisted
girders. They edged their pontoons
around it and swung their derricks
against it, and with a roar of songs and .
clinking of hammers and smashing of
piledrivers they went to work. Lo, the
mrghty spans rise from the river bed!
All day long the work goes on. Dusk
falls and searchlights send their'white
glow streaming over the river and
show, the singing men still toiling
against the twisted mass of steel.
Simultaneously with the preliminar
ies of raising the steel bridge the Ger
mans and Australia have put the fin
ishing touches to a new timber bridge
which lies just above the old one and
leads "into the fortress of Ivangorod.
The last plank laid, they sang anotbicr
song, hung garlands on masts at each
end of the bridge, painted the words
"Kaiser Frans Josef Bmcke" on a
board, for which they also made a FMJ
land. and then they beamed all over
when an exalted personage cane along
and said. "It Is beautifully done, chil
dren." AsonlxlnaT Does ot Help.
This kind of thing is going on all
the way across Poland. An officer said
that on the Ivangorod line alone iO0
German and Austrian soldiers are
mending tracks and restoring bridges.
That's the way these builders who
follow tho fighters work, while you
at homo shudder and moan over the
pains and burdens of war. The people
who are suffering these pains and bear
ing these burdens are not nearly so
vocal about them.
I used to be squeamish about certain
of the sights of war, ant) it was not so
much pity, I'm afraid, as self-indulgence.
Now I make myself look, and
1 don't think that makes a man les.s
.Concluded oa lae 3, Column !. '