THE 3IOKXIXG OREGOIAX. 3IODAI JANUAXir 17. 1916.
MEMORIAL TO MISS EDITH CAYELL TO BE ERECTED IX PARIS BY AMERICAN SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Mathis'
January Clearance
We have never had such a complete stock of suits and overcoats
to offer at sale prices as we have at this time. You can make
selections from our stock now, equal to any you will ordinarily
.- find early in the season. The following are the price reductions:
BOOKS FOR ENEMIES
Story of "Loot of Leipzig
Fair" Proves, on Investi
. gation, to Be Untrue.
EXHIBITS LEFT IN HASTE
GERMANS GUARDING
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Property Abandoned at Outbreak ol
l Hostilities Are Stored Under
- Lock and Key and Insurance
Premiums Are Paid.
ST JAMES (yDONNELL BENNETT.
TTr Core.pondent of the Chicago Tribune.
x-uiunea or ArraDScmen.J
LEIPZIG. Germany. Dec. S3. This Is
the true atory of the so-called "loot of
' the Lelpxlg book fair."
For 16 months there have been cur
rent In ail parts of the world where
toe German. - Trench, Italian. English
itusaian and Japanese languages are
read accounts of the peremptory confis
cation of the thousands of books aban
. doned In Leipzig at the outbreak
the war by librarians and commercia
agents who had come from many parts
of the world to the book fair in the
greatest continental seat of the pub
llshing business.
These accounts are highly discredit
able to the German people as a whole
and to the citizens of Leipzig in par
ticular.
The accounts are not believed by th
agents and firms who are said to have
suffered by the confiscation, but the
rest xf the world believes them.
I am confident that I have obtained
the true story of what happened to th
books exhibited at the fair by repre
sentatives of nations now at war.
The Leipzig book fair of 1914 (Inter
natlonale Ausstellung fur Bucherge-
werbe und Graphlk. Leipzig. 1914) was
opened on May 18 and closed on Octobe
1. but the pavilions and displays
publishing houses established in coun
tries involved in the war were closed
by order, not of the German govern
ment, but by the commissioners and
agents from those warring countries
upon the declaration of hostilities.
111-Feellns; Displayed.
A book fair In Leipzig has been held
for many year, but the fair in 1914
was the first international exhibit to
be held in the Saxon city, as well as
the first in which France took part.
It opened brilliantly and promised re
sults of high advantage to the enor
mous publishing trade of the town and
to the exhibitors from foreign coun
tries.
The sudden departure of the French
Russian, English and Japanese agents
was a source of regret, not only to
them, but to the community.
There was no unfriendly demonstra
tions on the part of either hosts or
guests and many citizens accompanied
the various parties to the trains and
as one Leipzig puhlisher, a member of
the great firm of Tauchnltz, said to
me this morning: The best of good
feeling prevailed, I can assure you.
But. in the rush and clamor of mo
bilisation and concentration, it was im
possible for the agents from countries
at war with Germany to remove their
exhibits. . These exhibits included
thousands upon thousands of dollars'
worth of treasures in specimens both
of printing and binding.
There was also an extensive display
of sheet music publications, a fact,
probably, which prompted the com
poser, Saint-aens, to enter the "loot"
controversy and to declare far and
wide that the Germans had "stolen1
great part of the exhibits after the
departure of their owners.
French Seals Still Vstbrokea.
The truth is that the municipality
and the merchants of Leipzig were at
first a good deal at a loss what to do
with the abandoned books. Exhibitor
after exhibitor had locked up bis cases,
turned the keys over to the authori
ties of the fair, and made a run for the
first train. Only the French sealed
their exhibits, and today these exhibits
Mill bear the unbroken French seals.
and anybody who wants to take a 10-
mtnute walk from the Astoria Hotel
can see them.
The rest of the departing guests
frankly turned their keys over to their
hosts and said: "Look after our prop
erty fop. us in this dreadful emer
gency." The French pavilion had been
adorned with 1400.000 worth of Gobe
lins.
The Russians left all their property
topsy-turvy, and said, as they put their
keys in the hands of Museum Director
Dr. Albert Schramm, director of the
scientific department of the fair: "Dear
doctor, will you be so gracious as to
see to the packing of our exhibits?"
That task wss accomplished on be
half of the Russians, and the man
who made the catalogue of the Rus
sian publications soon after went into
the Russian theater of war to fight the
Russians. The more methodical Eng
lish packed their own things and then
turned their keys over to the Lelpxig
ers. But all this mutual confidence and
good will did not dispose of the prob
lem of what to do with the books. At
first there was a plan to send them
after taeir owners, but the certainty of
delays and the fear of losses either on
land or sea led to the decision that the
plan was Impracticable.
Problem Solved by Kaiser.
The German Emperor finally cut the
knot by directing that all the aban
doned books should be stored in Leip
zig until after the war and should then
be forwarded tar their owners.
The first part of this instruction has
been followed. The Germans not only
put the treasures under lock and key
but, with a thoroughness which I may
describe as characteristic, made elab
orate catalogues of them. Not only
that, they also insured the property,
and they are paying the insurance pre
miums. Some of the facts I have given here
were known months ieo to a lady who
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PLAV FOR CAVELL MONUMENT ASiD PORTRAIT OF 51EN IN CHARGE OF FUND.
This monument, which is to be placed in the Trocadero Gardens, Paris, to the martyred nurse. Edith Cavell,
who wu shot to death by the Germans in Belgium, is the design ol the Uorltam company and will ne ol American
granite and bronze. It is to be paid for by American subscriptions. M. Lucien Henry, of Paris, heads the fund in
the United States.- Mr. Henry is a lifelong friend of President Poincare of France, and formerly was tutor to the
Duke of Clarence, the eldest brother of King George V. To .swell the fund, an entertainment will be given at the
Hippodrome, New York, January 23, at which prominent concert artists will appear.
is one of the librarians of the New
York Public Library and who attended
the fair. .She communicated them to
the editor of the literary supplement
of an Americans dally newspaper, but
her letter never was published. 1 have
confirmed this story at four sources of
information aB well as visually.
A fact that my informants brought
out In connection with the statement
that the French, the English and the
Russians had individual pavilions at
the fair was that the American exhibit.
though not so elaborate, was especial
ly creditable. The Germans say that
ur exhibit of library facilities and ar
rangements was about the best.
They were also much interested in
and learned much from our exhibits
illustrating model libraries for vil
lages, towns and schools. Altogether
ew to them was the American scneme
f libraries for children. No other ex
hibit aroused more admiration among
German educators.
USE OF POWER IS URGED
BRITON COMPLAINS OF CONSIDERA
TION SHOWN NEUTRALS.
HOMANGE IS CLOSED
Death Ends Short Wedded Life
of Wade H. Rogers.
WAIT FOR BRIDE IS LONG
Demand Made That Sea Domlnloa Be
Vsed e Fullest Extent, to Grip
Vitals of Gersaaa Life.
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Heals Aggravating Affections,
Causing Them to Disappear.
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Xew York City, bold by all Druggists.
LONDON, Jan. IS. Much space is de
voted in the Sunday Times to the ques-
ion of the blockade. A member of
Parliament. Carlyon Bellaires. in a two-
column article, accuses the Foreign
Office of being responsible lor the
failure of the blockade by showing too
much consideration for neutrals. The
Sunday Times in editorial comment
says:
"The blockade of Germany can only
become an effective weapon when we
exert the power we already possess
and decline to allow neutral nations to
receive more than a rational allowance
based on their actual national require
menta of previous years. If it be said
that, by putting stringency into being.
hurt the feelings or Interests of
neutral nations, our answer, apart
from the examples set by the belliger
ent nations in tho past, is that the lives
of the men who are fighting for freedom-la
four quarters ot the globe are
more to be studied than profits and
commerce of .comfortable citizens of
countries at peace.
"The future international law is
going to be largely a product of Arma
geddon and the part played in that
struggle by the British navy.
"We who control the actions of that
power have at stake the life . of the
empire and the freedom of our allies
and for our very existence we must
use our sea dominionto its utmost ex
tent. The Foreign Office will realize that
it has the full authority of the British
people behind it in every step it takes
to make the blockade on that shall
eventually grip the vitals of German
life."
McMinnvllIe Elks Entertain.
M MI.VN VILLE, Or- Jan. IS. (fje
ciaU) The local Elk Lodge entertained
the Elk Lodge from Salem Thursday
night. The alera Elks came on a spe
cial train. They were met at the depot
by the local Elks' Band, thence, amidst
music and fireworks, were paraded to
the lodge rooms.
Te Prevent lae Grip.
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removes thj cau. There Is only oue"BROMO
QCININS. S.W.Grove's signature OB bvz,23c
Former Resident of Chehalis Is Vic
tim of Fnenmonia In Washing
ton Shortly After Jocularly
Denying Rumor of Death.
CHEHALIS. Wash Jan. 16. (Spe
cial.) The pathetic end of a romance
of years gone by is noted in news just
received here by Rev. A. H. Chitten
den that Wade H. Rogers had died at
his home in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Rogers was a resident of Che
halis for many years until about eight
years ago. when he went East. Orig
inally from the South, he came to Che
halis in the early '90e. He had never
married, the story being that the
sweetheart of his earlier years had de
ferred to her father's wishes in caring
for him during his lifetime rather than
making a home of her own.
During Mr. Rogers' residence in Che
halis he held many positions of trust
and for a time was clerk of Lewie
County. Soon after he left here for
the East his marriage was reported, his
wife being the woman for whom he
bad waited so many years. The death
of her father, according to the story
received here, had made this possible.
A month ago unverified reports were
circulated that Mr. Rogers was dead.
This news reached him through a local
paper. He wrote Rev. Mr. Chittenden
a letter in which he referred jocularly
to the Item.
A week ago Dr. Chittenden received
a letter from a friend of Mr. and Mrs.
Rogers in Washington announcing that
he had pneumonia and that there was
no hope. Another letter followed tell
ing of his death January 6.
BETTER CATTLE WANTED
BREEDERS AT CHEHALIS UNITE TO
RAISE STANDARDS.
Cow-Testing Associativa Electa and
Lays Plans to Improve Herds la
Washington. District . .
CHEHALIS. Wash.. Jan. 16. (Spe
cial.) Perfection of the Lewis County
Pure Breeders' Association followed a
luncheon served here yesterday by the
Chehalis Citizens' Club at the Hotel
St. Helens. Thirty were in attendance.
The organization is expected to prove
a great incentive in encouraging the
breeding of pure-bred stock in Lewis
County and tributary country. N. B.
Coffman, the Chehalis- banker, who is
an extensive breeder of Jerseys, was
chosen president of the association, F.
M. Svinth, vice-president and J. E. Mc
Donald, secretary.
Following the organization of the
pure-breed owners the Chehalis District
Cow-Testing Association met at the
Citizens' Club rooms and held its an
nual meeting, perfecting its plans for
beginning worK at an earjy date. J. C.
Bush, Joe Mrachek. F. M. Svinth, G. J.
Nist and N. B. Coffman were chosen
trustees. O. E. Gibson, of the Western
Washington Experiment Station, .was
present in an advisory capacity as rep
resenting the State College. J. C. Bush
was chosen president; G. J. Nist, vice
president; F. M. Svinth, secretary
treasurer, and J. E. McDonald, assist
ant secretary.
About 500 cows have been pledged
to the work of the organization. It is
hoped to have a tester in the field by
February 1.
WATCH KEPT ON TYPHUS
GASOLINE BATHS TO BE
MEXICAN SUSPECTS.
GIVEN
Death at El Paso Resalts In Prompt
Precautions to Prevent Entrance
Inte United States. '
EL PASO, Jan. IS. The case of ty
phus which caused the death at the
County Hospital here yesterday of
Mopotine Martinez, a Mexican recently
arrived from Piedras Negras, opposite
Eagle Pass, prompted medical officers
of the United States Immigration Serv
ice to take immediate measures today
to prevent entrance of the disease into
this country.
Dr. John W. Tappan, Immigration
medical officer here, received Instruc
tions from Dr. C C Pearce, senior
surgeon of the service, to begin dis
infecting persons from Mexico sus
pected of having been exposed to the
disease. Gasoline baths and the bak
ing of clothing in a dry heating device,
now under construction, will be em
ployed, according to Dr. Tappan.
So far as Dr. Tappan has been able
to ascertain through agents of the Im
migration service and others, there are
no cases of typhus now in Juarez, just
across the Rio Grande.
DRAIN CANNERY ELECTS
Farmers Net $75 per Acre From
Produce Sold at Plant.
N DRAIN, Or.. Jan. IS. (Special) At
the regular annual meeting of stock
holders of the Drain Cannery and Fruit
Growers' Association held in this city
the following directors were elected
for the coming year: J. T. Redford,
Lee Barker, W. G. Cool, O. M. Rush,
L. E. Newton. William Moore, H. W.
Currin. H. J. Buman and A. E. Stocker.
The directors met and elected the
following officers: J. T. Redford, pres
ident; Lee Barker, vice-president; W.
G. Cool, secretary; C. M. Rush, man
ager, and L. E. Newton, assistant man
ager. This year's output was double that
of last year and has all been sold. The
cannery is in a flourishing condition
with bright prospects for the coming
year. Farmers have made the past
year more than $75 per acre from the
cannery and are planning on large
acreage the coming year.
$20 Suits and Overcoats
$25 Suits and Overcoats
$30 Suits and Overcoats
$35 Suits and Overcoats
$40 Suits and Overcoats
. Blues and Blacks included.
$15.50
$19.50
$24.50
$28.50
$32.50
Proportionate Reductions on Our Stock of
IMPORTED ENGLISH OVERCOATS
We have one of the best selected stocks of shirts in Portland.
Prices reduced during this sale.
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81 " ' T
iTION IS OFF IP
Berlin Regards Campaign in
Montenegro as Ended.
RESISTANCE BROKEN UP
Enlistments In the United States Army
are being encouraged by means of moving
pictures of soldier life.
Austrians -Count on Future) Aid of
Albanians," Whom They Will
Supply WitJt Munitions? Italy
Is Deeply Disappointed. .
BERLIN, via London, Jan. IS. The
Berlin newspapers treat the laii ot
Cettinje as practically ending the cam
naiim in Montenegro. The Austrian
advancing from there, they say. will
Join hands with those operating from
the nortneast ana soumeasi,
ther resistance can only be confined to
irr.jnlar bands, dodging from one
mnnntnin fnRtness to another.
In such warfare the AiDamans, mo
newspapers believe, will prove oi val
uable assistance to the Austrians, who
will supply them with arms and ammu
nition mil thev are now eager for the
Austrians to break through to Scutari,
where they will greet tnem as ueuv-
erers.
Military Achievement Important.
As a military event the capture of
Cettinje is rated high Because ii was
defended by Mount Lovcen, which
tnrar. Kfiflfl feet above Cattaro Bay.
and was regarded as practically im
pregnable. Russian engineers n
greatly strengthened the fortifications
since the war began. They bunt tnree
chains of artillery positions, the first
defended chiefly with Italian cannon,
the second with French 15-centimeter
howitzers and the third with Russian
1 and 34-cenumeter mui u.i c.
tk, h Italian navy undertook no
action to frustrate the Austrian attack
upon Lovcen. wnicn was wimm
h nf rattaro Bay. is regarded not
as a striking lack of prowess, but-a
tribute-of emciency io we
submarines.
Italians Keenly Disappointed.
The canture of Lovcen was com
mented uoon -in the Italian newspapers
with keen disappointment, a
southward advance by the Austrians
put an end to Italy's ambitions to make
the Adriatic an internal Italian sea.
which was distinctly formulated in the
demands Italy presented to Austria be
fore declaring war. '.
German newspapers also treat the
conquest of Montenegro as a decisive
blow to Russia's Balkan ambitions.
They assert that Russia hitherto used
Montenegro, along with Serbia, as dis
turbing elements in the Balkans, and
as outposts against Austria, While the
newspapers refrain from speculatnig
about the ultimate status of Montene
gro, they conclude that its function as
a Russian outpost la ended.
GOVERNMENT IS AT SCUTARI
PodgoriUa and Nisio Reported to
Have Been Evacuated.
' BERLIN. Jan. 16. (By wirejess to
Sayville, N. T.) The Montenegrin gov
ernment has arrived at Scutarla. ac
cording to advices from Vienna, re
ceived by the Overseas News Agency.
The foreign consulates, which had
taken up quarters at Scutarla, have
been moved to Alessio, an Albanian
coast town 20 miles further south.
Pnds-nrltia. to the east of Cettinje,
and Nisc are said to have been
evacuated Wy the Montenegrin forces.
TURKS ROUTED ON TIGRIS
British Forces Under General Ayl
mer Press Enemy Closely.
LONDON. Jan. 16. Turkish forces on
both banks of the River Tigris, Z
miles south of Kut-el-Amara, in Meso
potamia, are retreating, according to
an announcement made today by the
Official Press Bureau. The War Office
adds that after hard fighting the Turks
began to withdraw January 13, .and
are being closely pressed by British
troops under General Aylmer. The
statement says:
"After their defeat on January S-J
the Turkish force opposing General
Aylmer retired to a position across the
Tigris at Orahe, 35 miles down stream
from Kut-el-Amara.
"General Aylmer attacked the posi
tion January 13, hard fighting continu
ing until nightfall.
"During the evenings of January 13
and 14 the enemy began to retire, and
is being closely pressed on the east
and on the north by the British forces."
Oregon Breeders Win Awards.
MONMOUTH, Or., Jan. 16. (Special.)
The special award for Oregon breed
ers at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
has been divided pro rata as follows,!
the following Monmouth breeders belns
included in the list: Cattle, C. P. Heni
bree. 1259.07; O. G. Hewitt, J3."S:
Frank Loughary. J5S.66. Sheen and
goats. William Riddell &. Sons. ioSi.SI.
Poultry, Mrj. M. L. Tinkers, $6.87.
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448 distinct new ideas shown to the
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