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TIIE MORXIXG OKEGONIAIT, SATURDAY,, APRIE 29, 1916.
VERDUN LAID LOW
BY BATTLE HAVOC
French Writer Says Famous
Old Cathedral Is in Ruins
From Bombardment.
AMERICAN HERO, MEMBER OF BRITISH AVIATION CORPS, WINS
BRIDE IN BELGIAN WOMAN.
TOWN ITSELF DESERTED
Symbolic lecoratlon in Bishop's
Palace Destroyed by Micllin;.
Sculptured AValls of Monas
tery Now Only Rubbish.
PARIS. April 28. The extent of the
fiavoc wrought In Verdun during the
fighting of the last few weeks In pic
tured by Gaston Deschamps, a. war cor
respondent of the Temps, in that paper.
"As our automobile drew up before
the cathedral." he says, "a. terrific ex
plosion of a mortar shell caused serious
damage nearby. Entering: the remnants
of the famous old cathedral, one was
fairly confounded by the enormous
havoc wrought by the bombardment.
Even the huge mosaic paving stones
are wrenched into masses of debris.
Columns and pillars are broken Into
fragments, rich candelabra and lustres
reduced to bits, and the carved pulpit
and sculptured railing around the
chancel are lying in shapeless piles.
"Near the cathedral is the monastery,
whose sculptured walls were famous as
a 15th century masterpiece. All these
now have been reduced to masses of
rubbish. Even the cloistered garden
disappeared under the avalanche of
debris from falling wails.
"The bishop's palace also Is in ruins.
One of Its chief beauties consisted ol
mural decorations representing the
Itiver Meuse in symbolic manner. These
decorations have been literally hashed
to pieces by violent shelling, as If some
burlesque Hercules had used a giant
hammer to crush the exquisitely deli
cat bits of sculpture.
"Verdun itself remains completely
d-eserted. From Porte Neuve to Porte
fc-t. Victor, in the lower city, and also
in the upper city. In the once busy Hue
Ma.ze-1 and Place d Armed, there is a
condition 6f absolute abandonment and
silence, broken only at intervals by the
iealful explosions of big Runs."
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Compensation Act Covers 196 Ca.scs
rSoiortcd Week Kndins April 2 7.
SALEM. Or., April 18. (Special.)
For the week ending April 27. a total
if 258 accidents was reported to the
h'tate Industrial Accident Insurance
Commission of which two -were fatal.
Of the total number reported, 196 were
'subject to the compensation act, 32
were from public utility corporations,
27 were from firms or corporations
which have rejected th act and two
were from firms not employing labor
at hazardous occupations.
The following shows the number of
accidents by industry: "Sawmill, 84:
railroad operation, 28; losxing, 34; con
struction, 40; Iron and steel, 7; machine
hop, 10; paper mill. 19; meat packing.
3; dredging, 2: paving. 2; mining, 2;
painting. 8; department store, 2; tele
j hone and telegraph company, 2; tress
passer, 2. and one each for the follow
ing: Building wrecking, woolen mill,
passenger, oil company, glass and
paint, meat market, laundry, flour mill,
printing, warehouse, garage, transfer.
pipe manufacturing, roofing.
FAIR EXPERT APPOINTED
Oilliam County Selects O. A. C. Stu
dent to Handle Show at Condon.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvalli. April 28. (Special.) Victor
J. Garvin, of Denver, a senior In the
Orfsron Agricultural College, was yes
terday appointed by the Gilliam County
Fair Association manager of the Gil
liam County Fair to be held next Sep
tember at Condon.
llr. Garvin is registered In the school
of agriculture, is president of the
oratory and debate association, varsity
debater ana otherwise active in the
promotion of student affairs. "While a
ytiideiit In the Colorado Agricultural
oiiege ne had a wide experience as
an assistant in the promotion of agri
cultural fairs and exhibits. He will
pass the Summer In preparing for the
fair and will enter upon his duties im
mediately upon graduation the first
week in June.
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Photo Copyright by Underwood.
LIEUTENANT MARBURG A NO HIS COUNTESS BRIDE.
HERO WINS BBIDE
Former Ambassador's Son
Makes Countess Wife.
panne. Their Majesties expressed to
him their gratitude to the people of
this country, and believed that Bel
gium ultimately will regain her free
dom.
ROSE QUEEN COUNT TIED UP
DANGEROUS FLIGHT MADE
Festival Ilutlon Totes Kxpectcd
Add Greatly to Total.
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STUDENT OFFICES FILLED
McMinniille College Holds
nual Election.
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JfMINXVILLE. Or., April 28. (Spe
cial.) At the annual election today the
associated student body of McMlnnvllle
college elected the following officers:
Charles Stewart, president: Harold
Wilson, vice-president; Evelyn Ballard,
secretary; Robert Travis, yell leader;
Roger Elder, editor of -the College
.Review.
The first three officers are members
of the junior class and the latter two
are sophomores. Professor "William It.
Frerieh was elected treasurer.
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Vonng: American, Member Royal
l'ljing Corps, In America on
Leave of Absence and Jloney
nioonNcw Ies Expected.
NEW YORK. April 24. Lieutenant
and lira. Theodore Marburg, Jr.,-photo
graphed upon their arrival In this
country, on the deck of the American
liner Jit. Louis. Easter Sunday.
Lieutenant Marburg Is the son of
the former United States Minister to
Brussels. Mrs. Marburg, previous to
April 10, was the Baroness Geselle de
Vivarlo, of Belgium.
"When the war broke out the young
Mr. Marburg left Oxford and Joined
the Royal Flying Corps and made hun
dreds of dangerous flights. One day
last December, when he had risen in
his machine about 200 feet to fly over
the German lines to make pictures his
engine suddenly stopped and the ma
chine crashed down on tne right wing,
driving a strut through his right knee.
He was kept in a stationary hospital
for Ave weeks, when the surgeon de
cided to amputate. But the loss of a
leg had its compensations, the chief of
them being the visits of a sympathetic
Baroness who was married to the Lieu
tenant on April 10.
Lieutenant Marburg is combining
business with pleasure. He is on a
six months' leave of absence to have
an artificial limb fitted and to enjoy
a honeymoon trip. Lieutenant Mar
burg was accompanied by his father,
who went abroad to bring him home.
While abroad Mr. Marburg met the
King and Qneen of Belgium at La-
Xo count was issued from the head
quarters of the Rose Festival Queen
contest last night, owing to the piling
up of the ballots in greater numbers
than the office force could handle. A
count will be announced probably to
night. The extra votes that were allowed
with the purchase of the Rose Festival
buttons must be turned In by tonight
to be credited. It is expected that the
votes from this source will have a
great effect on the totals in the next
count, especially with reference to the
standings of local candidates, for the
sale of the buttons in Portland has been
very heavy.
Aelvermans to Visit East.
MONMOUTH, Or., April 28. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. J. H. Ackernian. wife of
President J. H. Ackerman. of the Nor
mal School, starts Monday on a tour
of the New England states. Her daugh
ter, Mrs. E. L. Carlton, of Salem, who
is a delegate to the Biennial Federa
tion of Women's Clubs in Boston May
23. will accompany her. They will visit
relatives in Boston. Philadelphia and
New York.
Rear-Admiral,, Captain, 2 4 Officers
and 07 6 Men Saved Vessel Is
Eleventh Battleship De
stroyed During War.
LONDON, April Zt. The British bat
tleship Russell has been sunk by a
mine in the Mediterranean. Admiral
Fremantle, the captain of the Russell,
24 officers and 676 men were saved.
About 124 men are missing. The offi
cial report says:
"H. M. S. Russell, carrying William
Bowden Smith, R. N., flying the flag
of Rear-Admiral Fremantle, struck
mine in the Mediterranean yesterday
and was sunk. The admiral, captai
24 officers and 676 men were saved.
There are about 124 officers and men
missing.
Under ordinary conditions the Rus
sell carried between 750 and 800 men
The Russell was laid down in 1899 an
completed in 1903. She was 405 fee
long. 75 feet beam, 26 feet deep an
displaced 14.0)0 tons. She was armed
with four 12-inch. 12 6-inch, 12 3-lnc
and six 3-pound guns and four torpedo
tubes. She cost about $5,000,000.
The Russell is the 11th British bat
tlcship which has been lost during th
war. The others were the Auaaciou
Bulwark, Formidable, Irresistible,
Ocean, Goliath, Triumph, Majesti
Natalo and King Edward VII. In ad
dition about 35 other British warships
of various classes have been destroyed.
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GIANT OFFENSIVE LIKEL
ALLIES EXPECT GERMANS TO RISK
ALL OX ONE GREAT ATTACK.
Military Men See In Combination
Recent Events Indications of .
Army and Naval Move.
PARIS, April 27. (Delayed in trans
mission.) That the German military
and naval staffs are preparing a great
offensive both against the combined
Anglo-French army on the continen
and the fleets on the coast of Great
Britain in a last desperate bid for vie
tory, is the decision arrived at by Major
Civrieux, -the military critic of the Ma
tin, after a close study of the military
factors of the situation.
The simultaneous occurrence, he adds,
of Zeppelin raids, the risky North Sea
naval expedition and the unexpected
outbreak in Dublin are not mere coin
cidences. At the same time, he points
out, the Swiss frontier has been closed
for three weeks, while on the French
front in Lorraine and in the Vosges the
Germans are renewing demonstrations
n the hope of dividing the attention of
the French staff.
There Is one principle that the Ger
man staff will never abandon. Major
Civrieux concludes, unless under abso
luto necessity," and' that is the reten
tion of the .strategic initiative. It is
aware of the allies' common designs
and is asserting all its energies to
forestall them.
Painter Fonnd Dead Near Salem.
SALEM, Or., April 2R. (Special.)
The body of Frank Miller, of The
Dalles, a painter, was found today in a
barn east of the Tuberculosis Sani
tarium. Death was due to heart dis
ease, according to Coroner Clogh, who
made an investigation. Miller entered
the barn yesterday, telling persons
nearby that he was ill. He refused of
fers of medical attendance.
Teachers' Road, Trip Postponed.
The -teachers' excursion out the Co
lumbia River Highway, which was to
have been held today, has been post
poned owing to the inclement weather
and will be held Saturday. May 6, in
stead. The excursion will be under the
auspices of the Portland Education Association.
CROP OUTLOOK FAVORABLE
Brownsville Reports General Condi'
tions Promising.
BROWNSVILLE, Or., April 28. (Spe
cial.) General crop conditions here are
favorable. Grass is much shorter than
usual, due to continued cool weatner.
The farmers are progressing rapidly
with Spring sowing. Wheat acreage
is very small this year, because last
year's price did not reach the growers'
expectations. Many fields are being
sown back to clover.
There was a heavy apple, pear,
cherry, plum and prune bloom, and
most of them have set well. Peaches
are only a fair prospect.
SECOND WIFE DIVORCED
Politician Ousts Spouse To. 2 so He
Can Rewed First One.
SAN JOSE, Cal., April 25. A troth
plighted to his bride 41 years ago by
William H. Rogers. Democratic Na
tional committeeman from California
and attorney, was renewed when he
was married to his former wife, Mar
tha Estelle Rogers.
Between these two marriages Rogers
had married and divorced Anna Rent,
a ban Jose stenographer.
LATEST OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
German.
BERLIN, via London, April 28. The
olflcial statement issued today at
the German army h'eadquartera says:
"Western theater As the result of
fights in the region east of Vermellee,
48 English prisoners, including one cap
tain, were taken and two machine nuns
and one mine-thrower were captured.
"The regular shelling of Lens and its
suburbs, and also numerous villages
south of the Somme, and the town of
Roye. has Increased during the last few
weeks. Casualties among the civilian
population, especially women and chil
dren, have been caused.
"After an aerial fight, one enemy
aeroplane fell west of the Meuse over
Bethelainville; another near Very, and
a third machine was brought down by
our anti-aircraft guns near Frapelle.
A. German air squadron dropped
bombs on the barracks and railway
buildings at St. Menehould.
"Eastern theater The situation is
unchanged. Railway establishments
and warehouses at RJeeeyca were at
tacked by one of our airships. Sev
eral Russian flying depots also were
attacked by our aerial squadron.
French. '
PARIS. April 28. Today's official
statement by the War Office says:
"Last night witnessed no event of
Importance with the exception of an
intermittent bombardment in the re
gions of Avocourt and Esnes and a cer
tain activity on the part of our trench
guns in the sector of Regnevllle, west
of Pont-a-Mousson.
"During the day of Thursday, French
aviators delivered numerous aerial at
tacks. An aeroplane of the enemy was
brought down in the region . of Fro
mezey. Two other German machines
attacked by French airmen were com
pelled "to land, seriously injured, one
near Douaumont and the other In the
wood of Montfaucon. In the region of
Nesles-Chaulnes, a German Fokker
plane reached by the French fire, was
seen to fall head first within the Ger
man lines. .
"On the 27th a French air squadron
in the Woevre bombarded the railroad
station at Lamarche. throwing down
18 shells."
Turkish.
CONSTANTINOPLE, via Berlin (By
Wireless to Tuckerton. N. J.). April 28.
The text of today's official state
ment by the War Office is:
"In an engagement near Quatla, east
of the Suez Canal, April 23, Turkish
troops annihilated four enemy cavalry
squadrons. The Turkish forces at
tacked the strongly fortified positions
near Quatia. destroying the entire
camp and a large part of the fortified
positions.
"The enemy suffered heavy losses.
The survivors hastily fled toward the
canal. One Colonel, one Major, 20 Cap
tains and Lieutenants and 257 un
wounded and 24 wounded soldiers were
taken prisoners.
"Turkish camel riders and Medina
volunteers distinguished themselves In
this action.
"On April 25 an enemy air squadron,
composed of nine aeroplanes, raided
Quatia and dropped about 70 bombs
on the hospital. One British and two
Turkish wounded soldiers were killed
and two British soldiers were wounded.
"Turkish aeroplanes successfully at
tacked the enemy's man of war at El
Kantara and the dorks of Port Said.
They also dropped bombs " on enemy
camps between Port Said and El Kan
tara. The machines returned un
harmed. "Caucasslan front On April 25, the
Russians attacked the right wing near
Surem, south of Bltlis. They were re
pulsed, retiring two kilometers to the
northward and suffering heavy losses."
Inter-City League Notes
IRISH rebels are still In control of a
section of Dublin,' according to an
official statement by Field Marshal
French, given out In London tonight.
The military operations against the
rebels are proceeding satisfactorily,
the field marshal says.
The rebels -are barricaded principal
ly inv the Sack ville-street district with
tne general postoffice as their head
quarters and continue to withstand the
military's efforts to disperse them.
only aerial ana artillery activities
marked the progress of the war on th
European fields, but the British have
met with reverses both in Egypt and
in-Mesopotamia.
In . battle near Quatia, according to
reports from Constantinople, a British
force -of four cavalry squadrons has
been annihilated by the Turks, who
raptured 300 prisoners, besides in
flicting heavy losses.
London announces that an attempt to
relieve the beleaguered force of Gen
eral Townsend in Kut-el-Amara failed
when a vessel loaded with supplies
grounded in the Tigris River, four
miles east of Ivut.
Airmen also have been active in the
Asiatic field. Constantinople claims
that a British aeroplane squadron
raided Quatia after the British defeat
and threw bombs on a hospital.
The Turks attacked from an aero
plane an entente warship at EI Kan
tara and the docks of Port Said. They
also dropped bombs on entente avia
tion grounds on Imbros Island.
There has been some Infantry ac
tivity along the front in France held
by the British forces, but along .the
rest .of the front the artillery and
aerial arms have been the means of
attack by the opposing forces. The
artillery bombardment has been violent
both east and west of the Meuse in the
Verdun region.
French airmen have shelled German
stations and the Germans have retali
ated by attacks' In the Verdun sector.
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ALCW STREETAT WEST BiEK -MAE SHALL 70O-H0MEA617I
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GREECE IS AROUSED
Sentiment for Venizelos
Growing Amazingly.
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REBELLION IS PLOTTED
Ux-Premicr Counsels Against Vio
lence, but Tliere Is Increasing
Desire to Overthrow Pres
ent Government.
ATHENS, Sunday. April 23, via Rome
and Paris, April 2. An impartial ob
server, who has just returned from 1
tour of all the mainland of Greece, re
ports an amazing spread of sentiment
n favor of former Premier venizelos,
even in conservative Peloponnesus.
The recent efforts of the government
to suppress the demonstrations ana
meetings of the Venizelos adherents
have awakened deep resentment among
the people, and there is a growing d
termination to oust the present gov
ernment. even if it be 'necessary to
esort to arms.
The Associated Press learns from in
contestable authority that several lead
ers of the revolution of 190a.are plan
ning a similar attack, although Veni
zelos deprecates this and advises in-
tead patience and legal methods.
A recent plot against him fajled only
by a hair s breadth, owing to devotion
f his followers.
The weakness of the opponents of
the former Premier lies in the discon-
ent among the rank and file of the
army, who largely attend tne meetings
f the Venizelos followers and who are
openly dissatisfied and declare that a
purposeless mobilization is depriving
their familes of their support. It is
said in well-informed quarters that so
many soldiers have returned to their
omes .without permission that the gen.
ral staff is unable to class them as
eserters and Is- obliged to grant them
leave, which they already have taken
Even the officers of the army, with
the, exception of those in higher com
mand, are discontented, notwithstand-
ng that an increase of pay has been
ranted to them by royal decree.
Neutral observers who are In a po
sition to Judge declare that the present
condition cannot last 60 days longer
and that unless an allied offensive
against Bulgaria relieves the tension
y sweeping the Greeks into war with
their ancient enemies, a political cata-
lysm In Greece is inevitable.
The time for a compromise between
he Liberals and the adherents of the
Minis'try has passed. A most rigid
riple censorship of all press telegrams
keeps the world generally ignorant of
actual conditions in Greece.
with 2S is third. Holland has lost 24
and the United States seven.
British losses amount to 4 per cent
or the total number in service and 6
per cent of the tonnage. French losses
are 4 per cent in number and 7 per cent
in tonnage. Despite these losses it Is
declared the aggregate of ships owned
by the allies is being steadily in
creased through building.
98 NEUTRAL SHIPS LOST
"WAR TOLL INCLUDES 736 MER
CHANTMEN OF ALLIES.
German aeroplanes have dropped
bombs on the Russian battleship Slava
In the Gulf of Riga, and Berlin reports
the action had good results.
The Teutons also have attacked Rus
sian warehouses at RJezyca with air
ships. - -
orvray'a Marine snrrera Heaviest el
Noncombatants, American List
Naming, bat Seven.
WAS HINTON. April 28. British esti
mates of the European war's toll of
merchant ships, given in figures today
by the Department of Commerce, put
the number at 736 with a tonnage of
more than 2.000,000. Allied vessels lost
number 638 and neutral 198.
The estimates, made by a British Ad
miral, give British losses as 410 ships;
French, 53; Russian. 33; Italian, 27:
Belgian, 10. and Japanese three. This
does not include the loss of 237 trawl
ers by the British, seven by the French
and two by the Belgians.
Norway with 81 vessels destroyed,
leads the neutral nations In losses.
Sweden with 40 is second and Denmark
31 BOMBS HIT RUSSIAN
Battleship Slava Declared to Have
Ueen Fired by Attack.
BERLIN, April 28. (By wireless to
Tuckerton.) An official report issued
today by the German Admiralty an
nounces that three German aeroplanes
yesterday dropped 31 bombs on the
Russian battleship Slava in the Gulf
of Riga, Several of the bombs are said
to have taken effect, and fire on the
battleship was distinctly observed.
The Slava displaces 13,516 tons and
was built in 1903. She carries a com
plement of 825.
The Admiralty announced .that on the
night of April 26-27 German naval
forces destroyed a large British guard
vessel on Doggerbank and brought in
a fishing steamer as a prizo.
L0RIMER CASE NEARS END
Trial on Bank-Wrecking Charge to
Go to Jury 'Scxt Week.
CHICAGO. April 28. The case of ex
Senator Lorimer. charged with partici
pating in the wrecking of the La Salie
iStreet Trust & Savings Bank, will go
to the jury early next week.
Albert Fink, attorney for Mr. Lori
mer, concluded the technical part of
his argument today, and will discuss
Mr. Lorimer's character tomorrow. It
is expected he will finish Monday.
Attorney Hayden Bell will close for
the state, and the case, wherein em
bezzlement and conspiracy are charged,
will go to the jury. (
NINE INDICTED FOB PLOT
GERMANS ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY"
TO DESTROY SHIPS.
Chemical Company President Is I n
volved, mm Bombs Were Made in
Hia Plant, It Is Charged.
NEW TORK. April 2S. The Federal
grand jury returned an indictment to
day against the eight Germans recently
arrested on the charge of engaging in
a conspiracy to place incendiary bombs
on ships carrying munitions for the
entente allies, and against Dr. Walter
T. Kchcele, president of the New Jer
sey Agricultural Chemical Company,
the alleged leader of the conspiracy,
who has not yet been arrested.
It was at Scheele's factory that th
bombs were partly manufactured, it is
alleged. The indictment was found on
testimony given by Captain Charles
von Kleist. who was employed in the
Scheele factory, and Ernst Becker, an
officer aboard the Hamburg-American
line steamship Friederich der Grosse.
on which also it is alleged bombs were
manufactured. Both were among those
indicted, but immunity has been
promised them, according to the Dis
trict Attorney.
The others are Captain Otto "WolDert
and Capfain Eno Bode, of the Hamburg-
American line; Carl Schmidt, chief en
gineer, and Frederick Karbande, Wil
helm Parades and George Praedel. as
sistant engineers, on the Friederich der
Grosse.'
The indictment charges that the acts
in the conspiracy were committed be
tween January, 1915, and April. 1916.
It asserts that Dr. Scheele bought the
lead used in the manufacture of the
bombs from J. B. Johnson & Co.. of
Jersey City, at various times in April,
191o, and on January 8 and February
2. 1916. On April 15. 1915, Becker is
accused of having delivered to Wol
pert a satchel containing several of
the hombs.
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