I A- s a GREECE GIVES HINT OF C0H1N6 CHANGE King Said to Have Intimated Future Depends on Allies' Gains in Serbia. RUSSIA MAKES IMPRESSION Heports C?ar Is landing Tropes at Varna .Have Effect Serbians Keliriiic In Good Order nod Repelling Assaults. BALQNIKI. vlt . Prls. Nov. 4. Ac cording the information obtained in Cireefe sources believed to be relucble. Kins Const&ntine haa assured the French Minister at Athens that should Itoumapia join th entente allies or liheuld th uituation ot Serbia ba ap preciably ameliorated by an Anglo French offensive movement, Greece will not be unprepared to change her present attitude. . The report that Russian trooos are landing at Varna has made a deep im pression here. Up to, yesterday the Serbian, after two days of the fiercest kind of fight ing, were still holding the Bulgarians in check at Babuna, northeast of Prilip (about t!5 miles northeast of Monastlr in Southern Serbia). The fighting along this front is still in progress. Allies' Aid Still ArriTinis. New contingent of allied troops are arriving here daily, lONDON, Nov. 4. An artillery duel was in progress virtually all day at Valandovo, in the Strumitsa region, be tween the. French and the Bulgarians, a Reuter dispatch from. Salonikt says. The Serbians are reported to be re tiring in good order from Tetovo be fore a. numerically superior force. In Habuna Pass, which protects the road to Priiip and Monastir. the Ser bians are continuing t repel furious assaults by the Bulgarians At pres ent both Prilip and Monastir are safe, although uneaslnese persists through out the Monastir region in Southernmost Serbia, whence some 390 refugees ar rived at JSalontki today. Serbia Htuatton Critical. Generally speaking, the dispatch cays, the situation of the Serbians is extremely critical, but it ia declared that if they are able to hold out a lit tle longer the situation will take on an altered complexion. Further rein forcements of allied troops are being moved rapklly forward. B Sit UN, via London. Nov. 4. Spe cial dispatches from the Serbian front, dated Tuesday, report signs of demoralisation- among the Serbian troops. They assert that desertions from the Serbian army are increasing daily. Heretofore these have been for the most part Macedonians, but they now include tho regular line troops, all loorly fed and clothed. ifrniim Think Breakdown IteaA Serbian resistance, according to these advices, is weakening and the army seems to be approaching a. break down. The Germans expected heavy lighting around Kraguyevatz because of the strongly built fortifications and the location there of arms and ammu nition factories and extensive military stores, but the Serbians offered only rearguard actions in defense of the stronghold. Most of the military sup plies were destroyed by tho Serbians - beforq their evacuation. The Citjr Council made a formal sur render of the city, which was a grate ful surprise to the Germans, this hav ing occurred nowhere, else. The Ser . bians. the reports say, are retreating southward and westward, and it is un certain whether they are trying to reach Montenegro or Albania. BOTH SIDES FEEL PINCH , (Continued From Klrst rase.) ever, to have called out the ISIS class yet. Kood Prices Soaring; In Berlin. Food prices are soaring in Berlin. Butter Is about three times the .price asked at the beginning of this Sum mer. Ther is a. prospect that butter cards will be inaugurated like bread tickets. A house-to-house canvass has been made in Berlin in which every copper kettle and all the nickel stove trimmings were conliscated. The Ger mans assert that thia measure is taken atj a. precaution against a possible shortage next year. They hope to relieve all their copper needs by cap. turing the Servian copper mines. Al though confident of the outcome the liermans are frankly anxious to bring the war to a crisis in Kgypt and a part of the campaign, if their plans are suc cessful, will be an offensive against the allies in the Dardanelles. The French are about to begin a new offensive in France with the intention of taking St. Ml hie! by pressing in with artillery on two sides of the famous German salient at that point. The French feel none too sanguine of any very decisive ending to the war and they are very anxious to drive Ger many oft of French soil before the bargaining for peace begins. In order to enable the French to concentrate a sufficient number of troops to accom plish this, the Knglish line will be gradually extended in length and the I French line narrowed and deepened. Kngland im Bad Shape Internally. England is in pretty bad shape In ternally. The fact that her war chances didn't look good to .Greece was a. bit ter humiliation to the British. I was astonished to hear the pessimistic, tone in which British officers spoke of the war after this action in tha Balkans begun. The British public piles all the blame on tha Foreign Office and the greater is the national dismay therefore. Eng. land haa never lelt a great deal of pride in her army, but the darlings of their heart have been the diplomatic corps and tho navy. To have Powuing street outgeneraled by Wilhelmstrasse was a bitter nill. "When 1 left London, it looked as though a change of govern. . ment was inevitable. Torrents of abuse are thrown at Sir Kdward Grey. Thus far, the British army in this War has been a failure. 'The principal ; cause, as the army men candidly admit. rhas been the ignorance and lack of training of the, commissioned officers -particularly the atiliery officers. There is a good deal of bitterness on the part l uuin me r renca ana me Canadians because of the failure of the British to accomplish anything. Caaie t Failure Lies Deep. It seems to me that the failure of the army is due to something deeper than mere lack of tchnical kuowlcdge on the part of the officers. A nation ' asleeu can't turn out a military ma chine and England is peacefully sleep las. With the real affection that I have. J nave tor the English people, I can say from the bottom of my heart that It would be a good thing if the next Zeppelin blew up Westminster Abbey. St. Paul's and all the rest of the relics. There are too many relics there. An Englishman asked me how I liked London and 1 told him it was one of the most entertaining cemeteries 1 ever visited. They show you the place where. Oliver Goldsmith was buried and where Henry the Eighth married some of his wives and where Queen Elisabeth and other more or less respectable persons lie mouldering in the grave, but they don't show you any skyscrapers going up. I was con tinually lmni:a.J In IT...., 1 . . 1 . uu6iiiu py lue iact that too many many of her glories are past glories. England is old. old, old. anri lib, nl v. 77. . , . - ou,i ncr mum is fixed upon trivialities and. per ears are Knilt trt. t V ...tl.l.n. J : . . To a visito of impartial mind it is hp- within? ir-stead of doinc sornethinff. lrtvtalitlc Letter I to Debatt. The V 8av fl rmlu Ti" i j :n - 1 VMO-ra. -UUftJ4UU Will never Sive up and let it go at that. I was In the House of Commons the day that the riha r A v. j . . v v..u Kill iu UUQSVli it was a solemn and portentioua mo ment. Somewhere without those sol emnhiLhrv -aii. i t aaaaa 4,vwj,uun inn wen; hgttfinsr; jx great ttons wer at mT -"-f uuoi extermination. These lee stra . - j the prospect of voting the greatest sum ; x ""r wrinen on paper. In the face of these awful questions, the the debate was as to whether or not picture cards were a benefit or nui sance. Later in that ki i ... i. . . ..wv v.avb mrcl A XUriOUS 1 1 111 M M I i .,,ki.n. . nelles nor th crisis in the Balkans. It was eacited. debate between one of Lngland s baronets and various other persons as to whether paying for one's shire ' Was the custom ln Tork- AnOtflAr lima w V. t. , . facing a fearful recruiting shortage a - , mi x. u ict u preaQder had a brilliant thought and burst into prwt with u. His idea of savin the country was to start a big "league for marrylrfg broken heroes.- In an ex cited prospectus he called attention to the. fact that many blind, and crippled soldiers were in need of a wife's lovisg care and many old maids yearned foe a husband. It would be for this league to bring them together. Again one night at the theater Miss Lena Ashwell. 'one of the foremost actresses in the empire, came before the curtain and made, an appeal for funds to send out concert singers, to entertain the men working with the wagon trains in the rear of the English army. She recited a poem written by one of these mule drivers and Miss Ashwell seemed to consider it a oase of extreme patbos and one need ing tha xpenditur of prompt effort. This was the poem: "Nobody knows how bored we are: how bored we are; how bored we. are, "And nobody seems to care." So moving were the lady's remarks in behal fof the bored mule skinners that a largo, sum of money ws col lected. Honest, isn't it awful to see a coun try in peril of its very existence en gaged in such piffle? 1 mentioned some of these things to a diplomat at the French Embassy tn London and he gave an embarrassed laugh. "1 dont know what's the mat. tor with them," he said. "They don't seem to realize that a war is going op. They are too rich and too fiay. AVhen I left England, the Zeppelin raids were awakening England to a sense of its own danger. These raids are dramatic almost beyond descrip tion. - ' r ...) Londvst Is Terrified. I saw the worst one at cos range. Tha English pretense that the Zepps are for them only a sort of skylark is all bluff. London is terrified to the marrow of its bones. The Germans are building a great fleet of Zepps. Some of the German offtcers want to send a swarm ot them over London, but tha Kaiser is said to oppose such whole sale terrorism. . I thoroughly examined the system of recruiting in England. The voluntary system has conve to the end of its rope, but when I left, the English did not dare to bring about conscription on ac count of the savase opposition of the labor unions, which have the empire by the throat to an extend that shocked and appalled me. England Is a great cuontry with great hidden powers. When she goes into her full stride she is likely to be the most powerful nation ln the field, but it is hard to convince the old lady that it is time, for her to be uu aad doing. BLIND CIGAR MAN ROBBED Tom Long, at Courthouse, Is Victim of Thieves .Again. . While Tom Long, the blind clear dealer at the City Hall, stood behind his showcase ' telling a friend about somebody having stolen a nut machine a little while before from the showcase. tho same thief, or another, slyly stole 1 cents which had been jut on the counter in payment for a cigar. -H onwn t taat beat the Dutch." ex claimed Mr. Long, as he missed the 15 cents. It was only recently that a man was caught stealing gum and cigars from Mr. oLng. Child's Health Is TopUs Trofessor H. IX Sheldon, head- of the department of education at the Univer sity of Oregon, will speak on the sub ject of "Parental Education and ths Schools" thia afternoon at S:39 o'clock in room 320 of the County Courthouse. This is the first of a free series of talks and demonstrations on the health and training of young children, given every Friday at the Courthouse under the auspices of the parents' educational bureau ot tho Oregon Congress of Mothers. POSLAM QUICK IN SOOTHING ITCHING SKIN Foslam allays quickly the terrible itching which attends skin affections ana us nesting process continues with great rapidity as the cause of the an noyance is persistently attacked. Skin affected with - Knmi a . Psoriasis, Barbers' Itch and similar af fections is quickly improved by Pos lam. Poslam assures skin comfort in calm, ing and soothing ageravated, itching surfaces. Splendid for clearing in flamed spots, the complexion and red noes toLienumes over night. As to the soap you use on vour skin, if these irritate, trv Poslam Knr medicated with Poslam. and superior iur i j .n , use, lunpt ana nam. For camples, send 4c stamps io Emer gency laboratories, 32 West 25th St. New Tork City. Sold by all Druggists. Adv. ELL-ASMS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. THE MORNING GERMAN WORD HOT KEPT, SAYS BELGIAN Complaint Made "Regarding Pay Due for Requisitions From Provinces. WAR LEVY MET PROMPTLY Conquered People Forced to Accept Special Imposition of Many Mil lions to In sura Pay tor Prod ucts Seized, Is Hiarse. AMSTERDAM, via Londen, Nov.... The Chamber of Commerce of Ant werp has issued a report written Dy its president, E. Caatellein, to the mem bers of the permanent deputation which represents tha chamber before the U.l Siaa government, outlining the steps which the Belgian provinces had taken to pay tha German war lew of 480. 000,000 francs (jge.OO.OOO). The report says:- "The Belgian provinces have just paid the. German administration the ninth monthly installment of the war levy cf 4SO.OUO.000 franca. They have up to date actually paid out 360,000, OOfl francs.-of which 45,000,000 are to be credited to 60,000,000 imposed espe cially with the guarantee, given by the German authorities in Pecembor. 1814, that indemnity for requisitioned merchandise would be paid as soon as possible. . "It, therefore, remains to our prov inces, in order to free our country completely from the heavy burden im posed upon her after 14 months of invasion and devastation, to make monthly payments for September Octo ber BnH Vnv..u. 1lit . v. . , ether 120,000,000, of which lS.OOO.OOO w. vvvuii met vu,uuv,iuu special ImnAnltlAn i. ..t. a ...... .1 n " ... . w w p, tui iue guar antee of prompt payment for requiai- Innail -- si -v J t German lay Declared Slow. "These facs show that for the past nine months Belgium has most scrupu. lously met the engagements. The Ger, man administration ia very much be hind with theirs. "1 had the honor to send you on March 19 last a duplicate report which I addressed to the International Com missiun on the subjects of requisitions. "Tho requisitioned goods were for the.TO.08t part removed by virtue of mlgTt. without any regard to tha rights of the owners. The actual figures of the requisitions have passed 85.000.000 francs. Payments received since then do not represent a tenth part of the sums still owing. "I excluded from my calculations everything related to the industrial world, factory buildings and yards. It Is general knowledge that here, too, the requisitions have been considerable and should represent in sura total a great number of millions." , War Levy Ta Increased. M. Castelleln then reviews a series of acts ' and formal engagements by which the Germans and Belgians regulated the matter of requisitions. Then in. December the war levy was fixed at 35,000,000 francs monthly," for 12 months. The Belgians accepted this figure after long hesitation and after, it is declared, securing a formal promise of prompt settlement of the requisitions, the sum was raised to 40.00u.000 with prompt settlement stipu lated. On January 9, 1915, Governor-General von Bissing confirmed this agree ment, the report says. f. Caatelein cot.tinues; "Of all this, gentlemen, nothing has materialized... No commission was ap pointed at Antwerp, and, with few ex ceptions, tha requisitions were not paid for." Solatioa A sain Lags- M. Castele.in eaya that; , in . April, through promises made- by Senator Strand, president of the German civil administration, it looked as if a solu tion were near, but when the settle ment dragged, the Senator informed him that the scheme was being? re cast in Berlin. A commission was finallv areranizert in Berlin, apparently, according to M Castetein. to take the place nf h promised Antwerp body. This comrals- biou prepares questions described as of an inquisitorial character, finally leaving the Question in the state de scribed at tho beginning of tho report. "Lastly." he added, "we have not only claim under The Hague convention and international law, but also espe cially under the simple law that su perior law regulating the word of honor given, which is hedged in every. win sucn a cnaracter of invio lability that for precise and clearly, determined objects, such as is the case here, one honors one's self by recog nising and religiously obsevving it even between enemies, even on the bat tlefield." DUTCH TOW IN SUBMARINE German, Twice Reported Sunk by Enemy Found nieahkd. THE HAGUE. Netherlads, via Lou, don. Nov. 4. The German submarine CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG as Trilby." This beautiful film, por story Of Du Maurier's, which the time . of.' ita production, ences in intense interest. Wil gH makes an ideal mesmerist, power, and makes of the poor that triumphs before Kings and TMEILIBY - ' , 1 WITH rJ.-" ! V,.- i , OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY, ' in distress was towed into Tershel. ling a Dutch island In tha North Sea. by a Dutch lifeboat this morning. A Dutch torpedoboat saw the. rocket sig nals sen't up by tha submarine and es corted her tq an anchorage. The under sea boat i being closely guarded. Destruction of the German submarine L-8 was reported on March 4 last in a statement by the French Ministry ot Marine, which announced that the craft had been sunk by destroyers be longing to the Dover flotilla, tho crew being taken prisoners. The British Ad miralty afterwards announced the sinking of the XJ-S, the crew being landed in Dover, England. It was. the crew of this submarine which it was. suggested at the time might be segregated and put on trial after the war, their cases, in view o the methods of German submarine op erations, being considered exceptional. RAIL VALUATIONS OPPOSED. O.-W. K, &. X. and Northern Pact Tic Protest to Ta Commissioner. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 4. (Special.) It. B. Hallock. of Portland, representing the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, and C. A. Mur ray, r, of Tacoma, tax spent for the Northern Pacific Railroad, apeared be fore the members of the State Tax Commission today to protest against the commission's placing as high a val. uation on the companies' properties in Oregon for 11 taxation purpose as was done this year. The commission was told- by Mr. Hal lock that the O.-w. R. &. N, offloials felt that the commission had given the data furnishe.d by the cempany In sufficient consideration in determining the valuation in the past. The valua tion for i5 was, placed at 4S,ss7,ess. exclusive of the Oregon Short Um and Malheur County properties. PRESIDENT MAKES PLEA (Continued From First Pase.) declared, for it stands in friendly re lation with the-world. He spoke of the United States as a Nation too big and generous to xe. exacating. but yet courageous enough to defend lt rights and the liberties of its people wherever assailed. or involved." eed ef Kqaipmeat Emphasized, Outlining the defensq progra.rn.me, the President said it included an increase, in the standing army. ' the training within the next three years of 400,000 citizen-soldiers, to be raised- in annual forces of 133,000, and the strengthen ing of the. National Guard- He laid particular emphasis on the. need of ample equipment. The President declared that the Navy already is a "very great and efficient foreei" bt that in order to bring it o a point of "extraordinary force and efficiency" a definite policy must bq adopted and hastened and adequate supply of men and equipment provided. In addition to speaking on National defense, the President attacked ''men who love other countries better than America" and men who? stir up re ligious and sectarian antagonism. He declared that such men should be called to a reckoning. Just before the dinner tho President shook hands with all the guests, in eluding Charles F. Murphy. Auto Parly Iteaches Chicago. CHICAGO. Nov. 4. The woman suf fragists named by the First National Congress of Women Voters., held in San Francisco September 16, to deliver to President Wilson a petition asking National suffrage for women arrived here today. The women left San Fran. Cisco September 2ti and are making the trip to Washington by automobile. Indian KtlU Squaw and Self. COLUSA. Cal.. Nov. 4. Charlie Nel. son. an Indian, chose death rather than the white man's Jail, so he killed his squaw and himself in a cell in the sounty Jail her today, where they were held for the murder ef Pete Louse, a Mexican. Kgypt hourrht 17.HT Bible Ust year. .vUofHvr'a UKht J"-000 and Aaiatlii Turkey tftft C-- " !. , -A 2; $ - - 1: hi ..IIT.t OAKLEY. One of tha clever contestants ? a In the clown girls' contest at the S Lyrlo tonight, J WILTON LACKAYE as f'Svengali. trayjng that most interesting . charmed tha world since is holding the audi ton Lackaye as Sven holding Trilby in his artist's model a singer immense audiences. V A TWO MORE DAYS Today and Saturday THE PICKFORD Washington at Park Street NOVEMBER 5, 1015. 'YOU CAN DO BETTER FOB iLESS ON Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A, M. On Saturdays 9:00 A. M. Pacific Phone Marshall 5080 The Xiook fox tho Special PHoe Tickets This WI Be Our 782d Bargain Friday If you miss a single section, nook ov cranny of this great store, you're almost certain to have missed something of special interest. Every Wer and depart ment manager takes an individual pride in his offerings on these occasions, put ting forth extra efforts to give you bargains altogether out of the ordinary. Jumerci?a ndlsL..f thoroughIy reliable sort is offered, and the variety is well nigh boundless. This will be a remarkable sale. - Sale ' of -H 5c Bach For 10c and 15c Handkerchiefs An extensive variety of patterns 4aco trimmed and With embroidered corner they come in fine sheer materials. A sample line jn regular C 10c and 15c qualities. This Sale at ,.OC Regular 25c Handkerchiefs on Sale at 15c Each All pure linen Handkerchiefs in styles with wide or narrow hem and embroidered corner also 1 e embroidered initial handkerchiefs in small block or Longfellow styles. 25c values at. 1 tJC 19c a, Box For 3 Handkerchiefs, Worth 35c Three fine sheer? Handkerchief a embroidered in pretty patterns in white or colors. They come in a neat holiday box, the kind regularly sold 1 Q at 35c a box, priced This Sale at 1 5C , 56c a Box 3 or 6 Handkerchiefs, Worth 98c Various popular styles in the best materials three or six to a box in 85c to 98c values. C C On Sale at ODC 35 a Box for 6 Embroidered Initial a JtJox for 6 embroidered Initial 95eV a JBox for 6 Embroidered Initial Figured and Novelty Silk Poplins Also Fancy Waistmg and Trimming Velvetsjn jinExten sive Variety of "Patterns and Colors Silks in 5Qc Quality and Velvets Regularly Sold at 75c a Yard Pncedfor Friday at . . ' " You will become most enthusiastic over the extensive range of patterns shown and the unusual values offerad at this underprised sale. The assortment includes 23-inch Figured and Novelty Silk Poplins in attractive new patterns and colorings; also an enormous variety of Fancy Waisting and Trimmine Velvets m desirable designs and colorings. It is a sale of double importance, coming, as it does, right in tho height of the holiday and Winter sewing season. The Silk Poplins come in regular 50c quality Ort and the Velvets regularly sold at 75c. All are to go at one price. Bargain Friday at iJC Two Fine Underpriced Lots of Women's and Children's Fine Ribbed Lisle Finished Stockings for Children and Rib-Top Fleeced Cotton Hose for Women All Sizes' Standard Makes Regularly Sold at 25c Sale Friday at Serviceable doublv so are the Stockings in this irroot i,nn.n.;j , ., i . values that are unmatchable elsewhere. The Children's Hose are of ribbed, lisle finished, hard-twisted cotton that insures unusual durability. The Women's Hose come with heavy ribbed top, fleece-lined, have reinforced ,J To " re 58t lack- sold at 25c a pair, and both go on n Out -of -the -Ordinary Underpricing of 50 Styles in AVomen's Outing Flan nel Gowns, 75c to $1.00 Grades. Your Choice on Friday only at, CQ Each OtlC A sale that is unusual in more ways than one unusual because you never bought such well-made, fine quality Outing Flannel Gowns at such a low figure before unusua because of the extensive variety of styleB and patterns from, which you may select. Included are those with high or low neck, long or short sleeves, with trimmings of tucks, braid or embroidered in neat patterns, etc. -. All are extra well made throughout with good fullness and length. They come in all sizes, in plain white and in pret ty stripes and figures, in shades of pink, blue or gray. Regular 75c, 85c and $1 grades all at one price. Bargain Friday at... .59 Most in Value .The Best la Quaiity 1 jpMin&ti A Great Special Purchase aHdkerckiefs rj Price Concessions That Will Prompt J You to Purchase for Use Now and Gift Purposes Later! It's not every weels that one can hope to meet with values like these; no, not even at this store. There are set limits beyond which it is impos sible for even the manufacturer to go, and at this special purchase and sale we have come close to the dividing line. Jt is not out of place to remind you to make the most of the oppor tunity, by buying largely now, not only for per gonal needs, but supplies for Christmas gift givinc as veil. It would be useless to expect better values. 10c Eaoh For 15c and 25c Handkerchiefs " Almost an unlimited assortment of dainty new patterns to select from they come with wide or narrow hem and with neat embroidered - f corner. Regular values to 19c. This Sale 1 UC 38c a Box For 3 Handkerchiefs, Worth 75c Three very fine Handerchiefs put up in fancy holiday box assorted patterns in white or col ored embroidered effects, the kind sold at Q Q 65c and 75c a box. This Sale at OOC 35c a Box - For 3 Handkerchiefs Worth 40c White- and colored embroidered Handkerchiefs in neat Holiday box. Three Handkerchiefs, O C worth 40c, On Sale at .4 DC Handkerchiefs in White or. Colors Handkerchiefs in White or Colors Handkerchiefs in White or Colors All sizes. Both lines are of standard sale. .Bargain Friday at WOMEN'S AND MISSES' High-Grade Suits Choice. From Values triday Unly at 1 Suits Of KUDerh fttvle. nnnlitv figures for the first time at this sale the materials are fine wool, poplins, whipcords, gabardines and mixtures in the popu lar pUin colors and novelties a wonderfully complete variety of the latest and best Fall and Winter models with trimmings of fine silk braids or fur particularly attractive are those shown with coats in box effects and wide skirts. Suits in all sizes for women ana young laaies tnat extremely desirable and that up to $25.00 on sal ne Bargain r Fine Wool Dress Skirts Broken lines in values to $12.50, d i r o while they last FRIDAY AT. 3 1 O Only 39 in the lot and no two are alike, but all are of worthy quality surely you'll be well repaid for your trouble in hunting for your size in the style you like best. They come in navy, black and neat mixtures in regular values up to $12.50. For immediate clearance the price Bargain Friday will Jg THIED STREET' Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. On Saturdays 6;00 P.M, Home Phone A 3113 5 . They'reCruidePosta to Economy and fine JIL KUI Pair quality and are regularly f r 1 DC to $25.00, $12.95 onI flni.U ot1i;. .4- 1 m i are absolutely new, etylish and have sold regularly l O QC rioay at x cJJ Hosiery