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- y 4 THE MORXTXG OREGOXTAiy, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916. ' GERMANS DRIVING FRENCH LIE BACK Ten Men to Each Three Feet of Front Employed in At i . tacks, Says Paris. THREE TOWNS ARE TAKEN lrencli Gnus Answer Eneroy Shell ior Slioll German Works Ponnd- etl by Heavy Guns In Oium- -y pngne and Argonne. LONDON, Feb. 24. Inspired by the presence of their Emperor and led by Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm, the German troops continued all day today their desperate battle centering on the French fortress of Verdun. Attack fol lowed attack against the French line after bombardments, incessant and ter rific, continuing for several days. While the Germans have not been able, despite the raia of shells and furious onslaughts by the infantry, to break the French line, evrlhe ess the French on their right and left wings haTe been compelled to withdraw their lines respectively to the south of Ornes and behind the town of Samogneui., six miles north of the fortress. The French official statement issued at Paris tonight says that there were no infantry attacks during the day to the north of Verdun, but that the ar tillery duel was Intense. Between the Jleuse and Ornes, however, there were several furious German attacks, but the French front hold. t u: Acrln cava "Paris, the Oer- 1 11 mia 1 O ' - mans left piles of dead on the xround. without succeeding in break ing through. A dispatch from Paris tonight says that the Temps in its military review estimates that the Germans are em ploying on the average 10 infantrymen to every three feet of front where the attack is fiercest north of Verdun that is, over a line eight miles in length between Brabant and Ornes. The reviewer maintains that the op , stations are not necessarily prelimi nary to an attempt to besiege Verdun, but comprise an attack on a wide part of the front of which Verdun forms a part of the rear support. The attacks, he declares, are still held within the first-line works, while there are three other lines at strategic intervals behind the first. These lines are more solidly constructed and are more elaborate in their nature than the first lines, as work on them could be done at leisure, without the workers being within range of the German fire. Only between Malancourt and the left bank of the Meuse has there been any diminution in the intensity of the artillery fire. With Brabant, Haumont and Samogneux and the wooded sec tions north and northeast of Beaumont in their possession, the Germans from the Jleuse eastward to Fromezey are forcing,the fighting, seemingly regard less of the cost of life. The French guns have answered the German guns shell for shell, and the casualties on both sides are heavy. In Champagne at several points and In the Argonne forest German works have been pounded by the concentrated fire of the French guns, while in Lor raine the French repulsed a German reconnoitering party that attempted to rapture a French post north of St Martin. tr-VALLEY CONCERN WILL DIRECT WORK FOR SPRINGFIELD. Change Will Be Made About April 1 and Follow Sale in Eugene to ' Municipal System. ' SPRINGFIELD, Or., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The principal office of the Ore gon Power Company will be removed to Springfield from Eugene as soon as the company's sub-station building here can be enlarged and fitted up, accord ing to an official announcement today. This action follows the sale of the power company's distributing system in Eu gene to the municipal plant there. The change will be completed about April 1. The power company will keep a force In Eugene sufficient to handle its gas plant and business there, but will direct its affairs in a score of upper valley towns from here. Vice-President Atilla Norman will have general charge of the management, and A. Lt, Ingalls will be chief auditor stationed here. The Springfield plant is the largest owned by the company,' and together with the Albany plant serves Spring field, Albany. Corvallis, Junction City, Harrisburg and several smaller towns. Independence is supplied , from the Dallas plant. Elmer Dover, president of the com pany, returned to Tacoma tonight af ter spending several days Inspecting properties here and supervising the transfer of the head office. OFFICERS WILL ENTERTAIN Kni-ign Edward A. West to Be Honor Guest at Luncheon. Ensign Edward A. West, of the Ore gon Naval Militia, who is to leave Portland Monday for Denver, Colo., will be the guest of honor at a luncheon at the Hazelwood Saturday by the offi cers of the Oregon Naval Militia. En sign West has been a member of the Naval Militia for about a year Mr. West has been connected with the Portland Kailway, Light & Power Com pany. He goes to Denver to take the position of chief engineer of the Den ver Traction Company. EVERY STORE IS ROBBED Thieves Take Advantage or Economy , Move Eliminating Watchman. "J OCEANO. Cal.. Feb. 24. -Tiery store In Arroyo Grande, northeaster Oceano, vis robbed earlytoday by tnen, who took advantage of the fact that the night watchman had been Relieved of duty for reasons of economy. Arroyo Grande has a population dt 300. The robbers took small, amounts of money and groceries Iromj the different tores. LAND BILL IS CHOSEN Amended Chamberlain Measure in Committee Favor. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 24. "The Chamberlain land grant bill, amended m suggested . bv the Attorney-General, will be fa-' vorably reported by the public land3 committee in the near future." said Chairman Ferris at the close qf today's hearing. "The other bills will most certainly be turned down." "How about the amendment proposed by the Attorney-General, to make the opening contracts cover some 80,000 acres of land, much of which is in cluded in a contract with C. A. Smith?" was asked. "In view of what has been disclosed, that provision, will . be scrutinized closely," replied Mr. Ferris. "If it con tains a Joker it will be rejected." At the time Mr. Ferris spoke Secre tary Houston had not signed his re port on the Chamberlain bill. Talks with various members of the committee disclosed the fact that J. P. Blair, counsel for the Southern Pacific, did not convince the committee today that the railroad company is entitled to dispose of the timber on its grant before disposing of the land, nor did he convince the committee that the railroad has a greater interest than I.!V0 an acre in the grant lands. Several times Mr. Blair spoke of a possible compromise, but said the com pany had never conferred with the Attorney-General, as it had never been invited to submit proposals. Mr. Blair contended stoutly that the "alter, amend or repeal" clause of the granting act iid not give Congress power to revest title to the grant lands in the Government on the mere pay ment of $2.50 an acre, but thought the Government might recover title by ex ercising the right of eminent domain, j SCENE OF PRESENT DESPERATE FRONT. ''NO- ) tOJjwr J U AIA10T 7 v ( A7fi7 Verdun.; Near the Center of the Map, Germana. It Is Strongly Fortified Powerful Minor Forts. Asked If he thought the Government could take, over the lands in that way for a "public purpose," he replied in the affirmative. "What would be that public pur pose?" he was asked. "Conservation, for instance," he an swered, and the committee smiled. MAIL CHIEFS ACCUSED MR. IIAWLEV SAYS MOLALLA INCI DENT SHOW'S INCOMPETENCY. Dally Service Over New Route Denied In Face of Regulation Covering Case at Issue. OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Charges of incompetence against the Postoffice Department is made in correspondence received here over the establishment of a mail route out of Molalla. J. K. Pickett, Acting Fourth Assistant Postmaster-Generai ; G. J. Taylor, secretary of the Molalla Com mercial Club, and Representative W. C. Hawley figure In the letters. The establishment of rural route No. 3 out of Molalla was authorized by the department, the order being effective March 2. Three-times-a-week service is to be given, although the Postoffice Department has a regulation to the effect that daily service is established on new routes when "they are formed in whole or in- greater part by rear rangement of existing six-times-a-week service." Change in the order was asked but was refused. "Nothing has contributed more to ward showing the incompetence of the present administration than its ineffi cient administration of the postal serv ice of the country," declares Mr. Haw ley in a letter to Mr. Taylor. "The ti.. nnn.nnilQtlnn V. i 1 1 ia now lin- rUDLVllKC cJj.i i ... der consideration in the House and members of both parties ana irom an over the country are complaining of the incompetence of the administration in the way it is conducting the postal service. Not only myself, but it ap- .. o-rAot Tvinnv TCenrpspntatives. jcai Oi S ' J . ' have experienced the same unfair rul ings. TAYLOR BILL SUPPORTED SITHERLIN MEETING WANTS ROAD BUILT THROUGH FpRESTS. Crater Lake Cutoff Favored and Per manent ConMtrurtlon of High " . ways Is Advocated. SUTHERLIN, -Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) One of the biggest good roads booster meetings ever held in this part of the country took place last night under the auspices of the Commercial Club. Fifteen members of the Roseburg Commercial Club were present, includ ing President Seeley, of that body, and these took an active part in. the pro gramme. The meeting at Sutherlin was one of a chain of gatherings being held in the larger towns of Douglas County to arouse support for a cutoff from the Pacific Highway in the southern part of the county to Crater Lake. s0 &. C. Bartrum, of Roseburg, super visor of the Umpq.ua National Forest, advocated the support of the Taylor bill now pending in Congress, which has to do with county co-operation with the Government in building Toads through the forest reserves. Resolutions supporting the Taylor bill were adopted and a reasonable amount of permanent highway con struction each year was favored. Facts were brought out at the meeting last night showing that more than $1,120,000 had been snent on the Douglas County roads in the past six years and there are not to exceed 60 miles of first class road in the county at the present time. Douglas County has nearly 2000 miles of road. Scientists in Germany are trying to find oma way to utilize the great amount of fuel contained In 300 fquare miles of peat beds in Southern Bavaria, IS CAUGHT IN FLORIDA Man Arrested on Yacht De dines to Answer Ques tions as to Identity. CHECK BEARS FIRM NAME Stranger First Slakes Show of Re sistance, but Changes Mind nnd Is Taken to Jail Word From ' New York Is Awaited. TAMPA. Fla., Feb. 24. A man an swering the description of J. Grant Lyman, wanted in Isew lork for al FIGHTING ON WESTERN BATTLE Is Presumed to Be the Objective of the and Defended Additionally by Several leged defalcations of more than 300, 000, was arrested late today on a yacht at St. Petersburg, Fla. He declined to answer questions as to his identity. The man was said to have with him on the yacht several trunks and sub cases, containing an elaborate wardr robe. 114905 in cash and a certified check fdr J5594, payable to the bearer and drawn on t,he Manhattan Company of New York." There were several in dorsements on the check, police said, the last one being the signature of "John H. Putnam & Co." This was the name of an alleged fraudulent concern organized by Lyman in New York. The yacht Is said to have been bought in Tampa last Saturday from two men whose names were given as "Smith" and "Olsen," and who, police say, re cently brought the vessel here from Chicago. Search for Lyman began last Sunday on advices from New York. Pictures of Lyman were published and late to day police at St. Petersburg were In formed that a man whose appearance corresponded to the picture was aboard a yacht in the harbor there. The ar rest followed. Police Chief Easters reported that the man at first made a show of resistance, but apparently changed hi3 mind and submitted Quietly. He was taken to Jail in St. Petersburg. To newspaper men he declined to reply when asked if the police had arrested the wrong man. It was announced the man would be held at St. Petersburg pending word from the New York authorities. PAIR, 60, TO HIKE AFAR FAMILY WILL START 4000-MILE TRIP EAST ON MARCH 1. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Owens and Chil dren Plan to Reack Portland, Me., Giving Shorrs Along Way. A hike of more than 4000 miles from Portland, Or., to Portland. Me., has been arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Owens and family, of 427 Montgomery street, who plan to leave on the trip from The Oregonian corner March 1. They expect to make the trip in a leisurely manner, giving .vaudeville performances en route to pay expenses and advertising the Rose Festival. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Owens, the party will consist of their two daughters, Isabella and Mary Elleanor, and their son, John S. Owens. From Portland the party will go to Tacoma and then to Auburn, then across the mountains to Pasco and Spo kane. They will go East from there by Yellowstone National Park. The programme, which they will give en route, will be of a varied character consisting of music, comedy work and original songs. Mr. and Mrs. Owens are nearly 60 years old but they expect no trouble in making the long trip. BURGLAR BLAMES RRIDE LESTER BUTLER BROUGHT BACK FROM OREGON CITY. Young Wife Planned Robbery of Pair for Whom She Had Been Brides maid, Declares Prisoner. Declaring that his bride of a few weeks pointed the way for him to be come a thief, Lester Butler, who, under the name of Elmer Butler, was arrested at Oregon City Wednesday night as he was attempting to pawn some Jewelry, admitted the loot was stolen from the home of Mr. and ' Mrs. H, E. Hobbs. 182 Royal Court, Portland, last Friday night. Butler, who Is 23 years old, was brought back to Portland yesterday by Detectives Goltz, La Salle and Leonard, and, according to them, he explained that ha fell Irom grace at tlie "prompt- THOUGHT LYMAN ing" of his young wife, who was Miss Anna M. Mills and whom he married February 8. Information gained by his bride when she herseTf was a bridesmaid at the wedding of H. E. Hobbs and Miss Nord strom was used, according to Butler, by his wife In "pointing . the way." She- told him her friend's home was "the opportunity," according to Butler. The Hobbs residence was robbed last Friday night of jewelry valued at $300, some of it wedding presents. The Jewelry in the suitcase carried by But ler when arrested is said to be that taken from the Hobbs house. Butler had not disposed of any of the Jewelry. A charge of burglary has been placed against Butler, who also faces an un expired term of one year for convic tion of larceny from the Arnold Amuse ment Company. He was paroled when sentence was suspended on this con viction. . RAILWAY PARTY IS BACK ROUTE OF NEW ROAD TO TAKILMA IS INVESTIGATED. Copper Mines at Town Are Operating Steadily Declares Emery Olmstead, Who Accompanied Officials. Emery Olmstead, vice-president of the Northwestern National Bank, re turned yesterday from Grants Pass, whence he accompanied officers of the California & Oregon Coast Railway over the route of the new road to Takilma. 40 miles southwest. With Mr. Olmstead were KODert Twohy, president of the road; R. B. Miller, vice-president, and George "W. Boschke. chief engineer. The lino now extends 15 miles out from Grants Pass, ten miles having been built by the peo ple of Grants Pass and five miles by Twohy Bros.,, contractors. It is prob able that the line will be extended to Takilma this year. Mr. Olmstead says that the. copper mines at Takilma are operating steadily and that the 'ere is being hauled by wagon to the terminus of the railroad. 15 miles away. 'Business in Grants Pass is booming," says Mr. Olmstead. "Every house in the town is filled and-new people are arriving every day, "It was almost im possible to get a room In the hotel. It appears that Grants Pass and the neighboring territory offer many opportunities for the Portland whole salers and manufacturers and doubtless they will be prompt to grasp them." MEDF0RD ALUMNI FORMED Old Students of St. Mary's Academy Gather for Reunion. MEDFORD. Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) Sixty-five former students of St. Mary's Academy, most of them from the classes graduating between 1860 and 1870, gathered at the academy building today, renewed old acquaint ances and formed a permanent alumni organization, with the following execu tive committee: Miss Alice Hanley, Mrs. Miles Cantral, Mrs. Kate McAn drewa, Mrs. Lewis Ulrich, of Jackson ville, and Mrs. Ernest McKee. The name of the organization will be selected later by this committee, and a constitution and by-laws will be drawn up. The former students were mostly from Medford. although Grants Pass, the Applegate Valley, Lake Creek and Northern California were represented. The present students gave an Im promptu programme in honor of the visitors. SISTER OF DEAD SOUGHT Effort Made to Notify Portland Rel ative of Frank E. Gary. Frank E. Gary, of 49 Walnut 'street, Neponset, Mass., who has a sister in Portland, whose married name is un known to the Massachusetts author ities, has been found dead in a hotel room in Springfield, Mass., according to information received in Portland yesterday. Mr. Gary had registered "at a Spring field hotel and his name was at first mistaken to be Frank E. Gray, of ilew York City. Elmer Slate, of Neponset, read of the death and made the identi fication. . The Tower Genealogical Society, of South Boston, Mass., undertook to lo cate Mr. Gary's sister, and as an ac commodation to the Gary family has written Miss Alice Tower. 1724 Stark street, Portland, enlisting her effort in locating Mr. Gary's sister. 'JAG' ADVERTISES HIS DRINK Albany Inventor of "Whisky" Gets Drunk From Own Preparation. ALBANY, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) With only five days standing in the way of Albany's police court going for the first two months of the year with out a. drunk being arrested, two became overly bold and were locked up by the local authorities today. George Myers, the first drunk to be arrested this year, has procured a pat ent preparation which, according to the label, "could be used in making any kind of whisky at home." Myers began manufacturing and drinking his product last night In his quarters at a local lodging house. By midnight his room would no longer contain him, and he ventured forth to tell his friends of his new product. He was picked up by the night police. The second was Andrew Kilbourne, who alleged that his condition was due to an overdose of "From blttere." 17 AT, EUGENE GET PAPERS Native of Ireland, 88, Is Anions Those Admitted to Citizenship. ElfGESE, Or.. Feb. 24. (Special.) James Casey, 88, a native of Ireland, who came to this country in 1846, father of 13 children and who had been a resident of Oregon for 40 years, was admitted to citizenship yesterday in the Lane County Court room. Mr. Casey was among 17 admitted to cit izenship. C. A. Burden, who was elected as a member of the council in Eugene at the last municipal election, but who could not take the oath of office, be cause he had failed to obtain his final papers, also was naturalized. BAND0N BEACH CONSIDERED John M. Scott Silent as to Rumor of Western Pacific Extension. BANDON, Or., Feb. 24. (Special.) John M. Scett, general passenger agent for the Southern Pacific, and J. A. Or- .j . . v. i iAft nt the ceneral nas- senger' department, were in Bandon to day investigating tne inausiriai ana beach resort possibilities of this sec tion. The visit was made as a part of the offioial inspection trip over the new Willamette-Pacific road. - As to the rumored extension of the Willamette-Pacific to connect with the Southern Pacific line from San Fran cisco to Trinidad,; Cal., Mr. Scott had nothing to say, w Is OQn Your choice of Men's Genuine Leather Wallets, Coin Purses, Card Cases, Cigar Cases, black and tan, values to $3.00. 35c Tinted Sta-OOp tionery for. 50c "Queen Anne " iii I ' Kd - Bi 1 'Tl nr. '-tHHTotTftS and e n v elopes, 07 n lUhlXwl now for o I b 25c Linen -Finish on salelQn now for I wU DID YOU get a S h e r w i n Williams Floor Paint letter? W K HAVE THE PAINT, the brushes and paint ex perts to ex plain your problems. TEACH THE CHILD TO SAVE , SPECIAL $1.95 Regular Price $2.50. THIS CASH REGISTER BANK Accurately Registers Cents, Nick els, Dimes, Quarters and Halves. rn. "MARK CROSS" 39b Fine Leather Wrist Watch Holders XllVz price Ten only. 89c 49c 89c TAX ON POWER FAILS Effort to 'Amend Shields Bill Is Not Successful. ATTEMPT IS CRITICISED Congress' Authority Over Navigable Streams Declared Limited to Kight to Police Them, Not to Exercise Tyranny. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- ttk oi Tn their attack on the Shields bill providing for the de velopment of water power in navigable .nnei-vationists of tne screams, L11VJ " , . Senate, led by Senator Walsh of Mon tana, insisted on the aaopuou " j t ito- th Federal Govern- ment the right to tax power companies operating under tne oni. , i ... fha nue.stion ot tne vvaisn, tnu's - , constitutional right of the Federal Government to ihip , : ia ,m frankly said the tax . shou Id ba im- posed Decauso ""b ' . , ", er" to impose it by means of Indirec tion, tie sam , "The permittee will be required to . -mith h Govern- enter mio win. ' , ment of the United States, under the terms of which ne agrees v v United States so much for the privi lege he enjoys. If he is sued for a failure to pay. he certainly cannot con tend that It is an unconstitutional agreement. . "If under certain terms and con ditioAs, he goes on and constructs the dam and does not comply with any of j:tnn- nnf helnC COnditiOnS tnose .coiiuiuuiio , ,j - . . of the act. but conditions of the con tract he will be in no bhuhuuu i in vent being ousted of his Pr'vUeges on the claim that no power of that kind exists." Policy Compared With Blackmail. ReDlving to Senator Walsh, Senator Shields said: "The. United States naving no . ....).... v. i BtrAnms. the Con- eriy iu n n . fc c. . - - - gress, as its agent, -cannot constitu tionally sen or lease mo . nm streams for any pur- pose, its power being confined to the control of them for the purposes of navigation. When it attempts to do more, either directly or by coercion of the riparian owner, it is guilty of con fiscation of private property. "But it is suggested that Congress, , i .k.nii.tA inrlsdic.tlon over the UUV1HS J construction of structures in navi gable waters, can iorma tne uwiieis riparian property from using it, al though that use be not only consistent with tho rights of the public, but bene ficial to navigation, unless the owners .m i with such conditions as will v""Ll"J , , . may be imposed upon them. Call it what you may pieaee, i.n.. ... ... form, the proposition that Congress nnnHIttons in such cases as way 7 this upon the owners of the be1s and Painless Parker Outlaw His Confessions CHAPTER XVIII. m i- 1 n,rf f P t willingness of t h e t ti I e ai" " Trust to inuraer ma .. in -Alii moon In 1 a .n !. it in w " " . hot for me opened my eyes. w.. ...... .1 m lO settle the nuetion for myself once ana for nil. I deciaea to remain an ""'- liiw" for the rest oi my profess lonai cureer. I am proaa or f net that I m 'un ethical." It places me apart I r o m class of men who 1 . I. n-H-I. H hOM- tlllty towaro proK- ,,l- rens tnai "." - - -- ; lng. It dtatinguishex me from the Medl Une Men who fight educntlng h. pub- lie Decause ii . . . entrenched eralti .ecus , Ii-.'' iry jj Extra Stamps Today and Tomorrow Always Bring This Coupon COMBINATION ATTACH.MF.XT. WATER MOTTLE. WATER-BOTTLE COVER. Regular $2.25 Outfit Compfcie $1.49 SOME OF THESE YOU NEED 25c Turkey Dusters, for the7j motor, now for 25c Klean-Rite Cloth Brush 7 on sale now for 35c "Holdfast" Tooth Brush OOp on sale now for 75c Williams" Toilet Water Oq on sale now for BETTER THAN TOOTH PI. Ask your dentist. Dental Hon fSrm.Vt..h.a.n.d.5:IOCtO$l.50 50c Hinds' Honey and Al- f mond Cream 50c Parisian Massage Cream OK (J now for 60c Glover's Mange Cure on n sale now for $1 Johnstone's Sarsaparil- CO OC la 85ci three bottles for. . ( 25c Pascura Tablets, now at CCp three for. DJU One pound Grafting Waxgjjg 25c B a y I Qo 45C V Itcli ou Rum for uu I hrzp ior.. 25c K o s e- I On water for.. !" 60c Paraf- Cp fin Oil ford4" 50c Mulsified Cocoanut Oil Ogp now for uuu CHESSMEN tm?:l$t to $5 60c Gold Int- i 35c Tinted tlal Sta- OQn tionery at.. Jo 35c Riverside Papeterie O I n now for. . . L I u P a p e t o rles, choice of 07p seven for. 15c "Portland, Ore gon" Tab lets now q 50c Hurd's 07 1 Lawn M' Ladies' Hand bags. P y r a lin Ivory Hair Receiver. Drinking Cups in Leather Cases waters of navigablo streams is not only the commonest tyranny, but blackmail in its worst form. Charge Not Suiitalned as Tax. - "Charges of this kind cannot be sus tained as a tax. Congress has no power to levy such a tax. Its power to raise revenue is confined to taxes, duties, imposts and excises, uniform throughout the United States. These charges cannot be made uniform nor apportioned among the states, as the Constitution requires; nor can the power to fix the rate of taxation be delegated; nor can the levy of a tax originate In this body." Senator Sutherland, of Utah, one of the ablest lawyers in the Senate, holds the opinion expressed by Senator Shields. He said: "What does Congress do when it passes one of these bills authorizing the building of a dam? Congress by that simply says to the licensee: 'We are charged with the responsibility or seeing that obstructions to navigation ara, prevented, and therefore you will not be permitted to erect dam, ex cept in such a way as not to lnterfero with the navigability of the stream: and to that end we will supervise and superintend the construction of the dam.' That is the only power which Congress has. To deduce from that power an authority on tho part of the Government of the United States to charge "a citizen for the use of the water of the stream to generate power is to draw a deduction that is to my mind wholly unwarranted." Senator Shields reiterated that the United States has no proprietary inter est, but a mere police power In regu lating the navigation in streams. The Walsh amendment, by the way, was rejected by a vote of 15 to 36. Senators Chamberlain and Lane or Oregon, Poindexter of Washington and Myers and Walsh of Montana voted for the Imposition of a Federal tax on power plants on "navigable streams. Senator Borah of Idaho and Senator Jones of Washington voted against the tax. IS KEBRASKA STATU CAPITOL IS SOT DAMAGED. Janitor Walts All Night to Report Al leged Bomb Blowup In Bne nirnt of Building. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 21. Authori ties at the State Capitol building minimized the report of tho story told by a janitor that a bomb had been exploded last night in tho furnace room of the Statchouse. Investigation during the day dis closed that no damage had been done to the furnace where the explosion oc curred. The theory of the officials Is that a large firecracker was placed in a small brass tube found lying in a storeroom and thrown with an accu mulation of trash in the furnace room, and was In turn thrown into the fur nace by the night janitor, causing an explosion. Gale Harlan, the janitor, said the. ex plosion occurred early last night, but he made no report of it to the police or anyone rise until today. Major Hie dayliKht into their bluff method! hrcauNe It would end the time-honored fee graft because it would put their profession otr an honeKt IumIm. A hundred yearM from now thrt den tlot or doetor who einpltiys now Mr rented "ethical" aolr will be driven out of the community. He will lie viewed much the ume would my acholarlr friend, Ir. Henry . Itnln mnkrr xhoulil he rome to town, act uu hia totem-pole nnd wlarwam nnd begin the manufacture of Big Medicine In front of the City Hall. I eoniildrr it a privilege to be able to adrireaa the great, fair - piny - lovlna American public through theae column and show up a claas of men who, liv ing thousand yrara in the punt, at III struggle for the right to hoodwink the Ignorant, practice the blaeU arta, l.efott almple profeaalonnl principle, bolater up an ahaurd claim to superiority, tax the gullible all they can stand nnd fight like wildcats to keep their graft intact They have been trying for twenty three years to atlfle my voice but they haven't done It yet. They can't. (To Be Continued.) Adv, AUZX STREET AT WEST RMBK -MARSHALL 70O -T10MF. A ' y Use This Coupon SO EXTRA -O Ulitig this coupon nnd gt 20 extra VS. & 11." Trading Stamps on your lir.sL $1 rnh pur- balance of purchase. 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