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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAH, TUESDAY, . FEBRUARY 22. 1916. TURKISH STRATEGIC POINT TAKEN BY RUSSIANS AND MAP SHOWING DISTRICT WHERE RUSSIAN DRIVE IS ON. Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. Saturdays at 6 P. M. VOTES HEW CREDIT Addition for War Brings To Pacific Phone: Marshall 50S0 Home Phone : A 2112 tal to 2,082,000,000 Pounds Sterling. The Most in Value, the Best in Quality 8 HOUSE Of corpus ASQUITH CITES ECONOMY rrpmicr Declares Britain's Credit Is I'd Impaired and Insists That Every Bit of Paper Is Backed i hy Gold and Will Be. ' LONDON", P'eh. 21. The Hpuse of Commons tonight passed new votes of I rredit to the amount of 420,000.01) J. This is expected to carry the" war to the I end of May. bringing: the total sum ap propriated by means of votes of credit! Hnce the outbreak of the war to f2.082.000.000 a sum. according to I I'remier Asquith. "not only beyond! precedent, but actually beyond the lm- ngination of any financier of this or! any other country. Parliament was occupied today en tirely with financial questions. Premier Asauith spoke for 60 minutes in pre senting the government's motion for I the new war credits. The Chancellor! of the Exchequer. Reginald McKenna, I followed with a statement regarding! American exchange, which he declared, I la now as high as the British govern ment wishes it to be. The point emphasized by Premier Asquith was not the enormous totals necessary for the war. but the fact that ily careful economy and eareiruaras ine governments did well in holding down the expenditure to 5,000.000 a day, which figure he thought unlikely to be exceeded at any time. Kstlmate Cot to Bone. "I feel the enormous and overwhelm ing responsibility in asking the House I lor this gigantic sum. said me f-re- was satisfied that the government had J J (JWIMo most carefully explored tne ground so that we are not asking for a penny more than the exigencies of our cause I and the creat historic responsibility which we have undertaken require, and I Waters Flowing Through Broken unless we are satisueu iiihl evoij iib Fible precaution is-being taken to see that the taxpayers money is not being wasted. i Touching on the loans to England's allies, Mr. Asquith said that the amount row had arrown to nearly 169,000,000, to which must be added loans to the allies made by the Bank of England at the request of the British government. The amount of this latter item was not made clear by the Premier, but he dlate relief reaChed Natchez tonight declared that the provision in the Sep timber budget, allotting 423,000.000 for loans to the allies, would not be ex ceeded. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in n optimistic statement regarding the condition of British credit, said: "Criticism has been made that we re not taking proper steps to main tain our credit, particularly with ref erence to American exchange. I merely ask the House to compare our Amer ican exchange with that of any of the other belligerents. At the present time the rate is 4.76 and the government does not wish it higher than that. It is still 10 cents below normal, but we do not wish it to go higher up or above normal, for the simple reason that we are discouraging imports by keeping the exchange a little below par and checking the export of gold to America. Paper All Backed by Gold. "It is an absolute marvel that after 3 8 months of war we are still an open Kold country. Our paper can be ex changed for gold at the bank. Every sovereign in paper money has gold Lack of it. It would never have been believed two years ago that British credit could stand the extraordinary test to which it has been subjected. "Notwithstanding the gigantic expen ditures we have maintained our credit. "We have great resources, but we must husband them with prudence. I have ' no doubt that a year hence I shall be able to show that our credit is still un impaired." Touching on the question as to whether after the war acceptance and discounting of German bills would be discouraged in London, the Chancellor tald: "This subject must be left for the future: but I am sure that the com mercial interests of the country will . oppose the relinquishment of the trade of accepting and discounting bills drawn abroad, which has made London the admiration and envy of all the world's great commercial cities." During the course of the evening's debate Sir Joseph Walton, Liberal for the Barnsley division of Yorkshire, criticised the government for not more carefully inspecting munitions received from the United States. "Care should be taken that we do not Ket bad supplies from America," he paid. "I am informed that of 28 shells recently fired by one of our howitzers at the front only four burst." Ofr UirrSh lFr rMiJjk : .cfi fit B&ss ' 1 tm' - ; rt, . 'JhtbSS? ncr ' JZACJC J )))) J v FLOOD DANGER GAINS mn) . Many Persons Threatened in J juexmwoA V) , Louisiana Parishes. l ) " r Y l0m MAROONED V M Bltlis. Which la Ixjvee Kise to Several Villages. Two Steamers Rescue Many. Six Xegoes Drowned. NATCHEZ. Miss.. Feb. 1. Reports of acute suffering and appeals for imme from Concordia and Tensas parishes, in Northern Louisiana, where a half dozen towns, not heard from for sev eral days, were said to be inundated, with their Inhabitants marooned and in imminent danger. Word of the flood's devastation was brought here by James P. Harrison, who said the towns of Newlight, Mary- dale, Issaquena, Dickard, Big Choctaw, Bayou and Coutre Point were in urgent need of assistance. The inhabitants, he declared, were in danger of being drowned unless motor boats were to their relief. The land in 'Western Tensas and Concordia parishes were said to be frem three to five lower than the flooded territory to the east, and a cor respondingly increased depth of water was reported. Water Approach Towns. The waters from the Newellton break in the Mississippi levee were reported nearer to Vidalia and gradually rising in the towns of waterproof and Rodney. Many -of the flood victims assisted by relief workers today had been ma rooned since last Tuesday. Rescuers reported that although many were in serious condition they believed no deaths would result. Six negroes drowned was believed to represent the total fatalities. Reports from Clayton, La., early to night said that water had reached the outer limits of the town and was ex pected in the business and residence section by Tuesday. f our steamers and numerous flat bots are engaged in rescue work in the district flooded by the Mississippi levee break at Buck Iiidge. Refugees Reach Safety, Two steamers loaded with refugees reached Natchez today from the neigh borhood of Newellton. Two other steamers were working between iatcnea ana tne buck itidge crevasse, where Hood victims are sul- fering most from exposure and lack of food. Reports from Newellton say a num ber of parties with supplies have gon into the back country in shallow draft scows in search for persons who it had been impossible to reach Water from the constantly widening crevasse at Bucl Ridge was reported rapidly covering Tensas, Concordia, Franklin and Catahoula parishes. GENERAL SUED FOR WAGES 2 6 Negroes Forced to Work After Storm, Ask $104,813. LANSING FEARS CENSURE REASON GIVEV FOR DECLINING DEMOCRATIC CHAIR3IANSHIP. GALVESTON. Tex.. Feb. 21. A suit Secretary .'Kniuci jiojur - uenerai j. franklin .KeH. U. S. A., and two other defend ante, was filed in United States Dis trict Court here today on behalf of 26 negroes, who ask damages amounting to $104,813. Texas City and the Texas l ity Board of Trade are co-defendants. f .State Seeks to Retain Public Faith in Foreign Policy, Declared to Be Non-Fart isan. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. The reason Secretary of State Lansing declined The negroes charge that, after the the invitation of . William Church Os tropical hurricane of last August, they borne, chairman of the Democratic were arrested and set at work, with no state committee of New Tork, to be promise of pay. General Bell was In I come permanent chairman of the ap -ommand of troops then stationed at proaching Democratic state convention Jexas City. I was that to act in that capacity might be misconstrued and might subject the foreign policies of the Government to the criticism of partisan bias. Mr. Osborne made public today Sec rotary Lansing's letter declining the invitation. The letter said: "The impression prevails through out the country that our foreign rela tions are entirely removed from par tisanship of any sort an impression which I believe Is fully justified by the way in which the President has conducted them. I would deplore any change of public opinion in this mat ter, as I am sure you would. I would. therefore, be unwilling to do anything which would remove the justified im pression of the American people." NAVAL BASE BILL IS UP Continued From Firwt Page.) no more for the Columbia River than 1.x recommended by the naval commit' tec. The Astoria proposition having only been presented to the Senate today, it has not yet been discussed by the Sen' ate committee, and it is therefore im possible to learn what attitude that committee will take. Having regard for the general sen timent in Congress, it may be said that the prospects are not favorable for the establishment of a first-class naval base near Astoria at this time. The prospect of securing a submarine base is njuch better. Kx-Rallway Official Dead. WILMINGTON. N. C., Feb. 21. W. N. Royall, ex-general manager of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad, dlpd here today after a long illness. Ta Care A Cold in One Day. -.k. t iTiTrvy brovo aCTNTNE Tablet T-i-,iifttK refund nonu If It falls to Cora. B. W. GiiOVE'S i tuum la oa each box. ' 2M. FRUITMEr! DISLIKE "SCAB" Hood Klver Growers Begin Sys tematic Elimination Campaign. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Because of the use of the word in describing laborers employed to break a strike and of its repugnant meaning in terms , descriptive of cer tain diseases of animals, the word "scab," as applied to the defacing marks caused on apples by Xungua Top View of Erierum. Below Hap S hows Enrram and Said to Be Next Rnaalan Objective. will be taboo among local fruitgrow ers and market men. Scientific treatment of all orchards to eliminate the disease is planned, with co-operation of the state experi ment station. TRAIN LEFT; CHILD SAVED Engineer Stops Runaway With His Passengers sa Spectators. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Passengers on a westbound train witnessed an unusual scene four miles from Twin Fails today when the train came to a sudden stop. The engineer, John Newton, leaped from his engine, vaulted over fences and stopped a run away horse hitched to a buggy in which a 5-year-old child was the only occupant. Giving the child into the hands of relatives, who soon arrived on the scene, the engineer rushed back to his train and resumed his run. TURKS TURN BACK Troops on Way to Reinforce Erzerum in Retreat. RUSSIAN ARMY ADVANCES "ROSE PLANTING" DAY HERE City Park Bureau to Set Out 1000 New Bashes In Various Parks. The City Park Bureau will observe 'rose planting day" today by setting out 1000 new rose bushes in various parks. The plants have been grown from slips in hothouses and are well rooted and ready for transplanting. In the collection are a number of new types cultured from cuttings made last year from new types experimented with in the parks. PRESIDENT FILES IN IOWA Sir. Wilson Presents Name as Can didate for April 10 Primaries. DES MOINES, la., Feb. 21. President Wilson today filed affidavit with W. a Allen, Secretary of State, for President on the Democratic ticket at the Presi dential preference primary to be held in Iowa April 10. Inconio Tax Cases All Disposed Of. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. All the in come tax cases Deiore tne oupreme Court were disposed of in favor of the Government today on the authority of the original decision, upholding the constitutionality of the law. Czar's Forces Occupy Entire Lake Van District, Ottoman Soldiers Evacuating Bitlis Advancing Invaders Near Trebizond. PETROGRAD, via London. Feb. 21. A dispatch from Tiflis to the Bourse Gazette says that two Turkish army corps, which were on their way to reinforce Erzerum, have turned back on being informed that the fortress had fallen. LONDON, Feb. 21. The Russians have . occupied the entire Lake Van district, the Turks retiring southward and even evacuating Bitlis, according to a Petrograd dispatch received in Rome and given out here by the wire less press. On the other wing, according to the dispatch, the Russian advance guards have arrived within a short distance of Trebizond on the Biack Sea Coast. v Berlin reports tnat Russian attacks in front of Dvinsk have failed and that minor enemy advances at other points also were repulsed. A British official communication con cerning the operations in Mesopotamia, made public tonight, says: "The general officer commanding the troops in Mesopotamia states that on February 17 and 19 bombs were dropped by hostile aeroplanes on our camp at Kut-el-Amara. JNo damage was done. Otherwise there is no change in the situation. , "The dispatch of reinforcements to General Aylmer (who is going to the relief of Kut-el-Amara) is proceeding satisfactorily." An official report received from the British officer commanding in the Mediterranean says: "In the course of an aeroplane recon naissance of the enemy's advanced post east of Suez February 20, one of our CROUP-SOME READING THAT WILL PROVE INTERESTING TO YOUNG MOTHERS First Symptoms and Treatment How to Guard Against the Disease A Remedy that Has Never Been Known to Fan. Crouo is a terror to young mothers. To post them regarding the cause, first symptoms, treatment and how to pre vent the attack is the object of this article. The first symptom of croup is hoarseness, and in a child subject to this disease, is a sure indication of an approaching attack. This is followed by peculiar rough cougn. ay giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as direct ed as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croup cough appears. the attack may be warded off and all danger and anxiety avoided. This rem edy is also a certain cure for croup, and has never been known to fail. 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Orange groves, Old Spanish Missions, Beach re sorts, flowers and palms everywhere. Information t City Tirket M ffre, corner Btll and Ouk Mm.. Villon Depot, or E. Morriinn S(. Station. Fonra Broadway 27BO, A 6701. John M. N-..itl. Gen. I'aaa, Agent. Southern Pacific Co. SIXTY INSTITUTES WHiSRE NEAL TREATMEN T OVERCOMES. DRINK or DRUG HABITS I IV FOt'R TO fKVEX DAYS. MSAL. IXSTITrTB, 340 COLLIDE ST., PORTLAND, OR. Marshall 21U0. JL