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TIIE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1918. ! VERNON GASTLE DIES : IN FAI I nF AIRSHIP Former, Star Dancer Perishes While Instructing Cadet at Benbrook Field. FAMOUS A VIATOR-DANCER KILLED IN FALL WITH AIRPLANE, AND HIS WIFE. 3SS PLANE FAILS TO RESPOND Aviator Who Was fn barue Machine K"Cpr Practically Cnlnjurrd. Jead Man Om-4 Popular I'lj nrf on American Mage. TORT WORTH, Tea.. Feb. 1J Cap lain Vernon Castle. (mou dancer and nmhr of the ftoyal Klying Corp, f'll to hi death at Henbrook flying field lxtj)r. sarrifli-tng his owo life to cave t.val of (fllow aviator. - Captain Castle, who Jias been acting aa an aviation instructor acre, me iath in an attempt lo avert n col lision with another plane, which wa m-ikinc a Undli( near Mm at what la known aa a "blind angle." Castle aaw a collision waa Imminent and "loomed up' T. feet, but at uch a sharp angle that his engine died, allowing- the plan to turn on its side. tiin pinnae noeo downward to earth. It is believed that If Castle had been S feet higher he would have had time to make a safe landing. The cadet with whom he waa (lying was only slightly Injured. Captain Castle waa on of the best liked mrf on the aviation field. A mili tary funeral will be held at t o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Ills body will be sent to New York for burial. A de tachment from the Royal Flying Corps will go aa an escort of honor. PAULAS. To.. Feb. IS. Tho death of Captain Vernon Castle while flying at fort Worth was the fifth In tha avia tion ram ra rn that city within a week. The Increase In fatalities la at tributed by aviation officers to the greatly Increased flying thai haa com with tk advent of warm Mprinar daya aad t tha fact that the atudenta are reaching- a alas; wher they fly alone. Royal Cars Mar Daring. The Koyal Flying Corps Cadets ara encouraged to make nior daring and dangeroua flights than the American students, and the danger of collision Is Increased by the greater number of air planes that ar la th air during prao lie lime. The fatalities this week at Fort Worth began Monday with the acci dent to Lieutenant Peyton C. March. Jr.. son of tne chief of staff of th I'alted States Army, who fell 160 feet at Camp lUawte, receiving tnjurlea from which be died ttie following day. On Tuesday, fad-is J. L Wray and F. it- Porter were killed. Yesterday Clifford X. Murray, a cadet, (ell to hi death. There waa on fatality at th camp at Wichita Kail thia week and on at Houston, when Donald Uleasoa was killed. Today'a brings th total fatalities at Fort Worth to SI. as compared with even at Houston, three at San An tonio, two at Wichita Fails aad aa ach at Dallas and Waco. I as ! Tsr Tewten lavoattoav Th Imbalnaaa turn, ta which Captain Castle met hie death, waa named after lieutenant Iramelman, the German flier, who downed many allied airplanes be fore being shot down himself, accord tag to flying officer. "Ft la a combination turn and twist while diving." said an aviation offi cer. "Cap tan Castl evidently tried to dive under and around th other ma chine hut waa too cioa to clear his wn." 'tigs? . . ,vt a n - . t i d a i v 1 t,:-. di'h'tt '-til r - : ' ' vkJbf . H.. !'vv I V mi i - I i I . J f j 5 , " . J ' : V , ,.,. j.-f f , - .V feIeXat.. L,aW "Al4 ; 2 ! ; BELGIANS TO STRIKE People Wrought Up Over Ar rest of Presidents. GERMANS FIRE ON CROWDS Demonstration Carried On by Tlion- anJ Futloulnf Taking or Tlire Magistrate Quelled by Force. Number of Civilians Killed. AMSTFUPAM. Feb. IS. Les Nou- velles (Maastricht) reports that th Belgian government, having .ordered the Belgian Judges In th occupied ter ritory to proseculo all activists guilty of having announced th fall of th King's government and of proclaiming autonomy In Flanders, th three presi dents of th Brussels court of eases tlon plaeed under arrest Pierr Tock and Pr. Auguat Harms, loader of the activist movement. The Germans immediately hastened to the palace of Justice In Brussels and arrested tk three presidents, at th same time releasing Tock and Borma. Th new spread like wildfire and dele gates representing (00 Brussels socle- ties met In th main square, where a demonstration of thousand of parsons waa being carried out. Th police and soldiers charged and fired upon the crowds, several soldiers and civilians being killed or wounded. Th thre magistrates wer sent ta Germany. Later the court ( cassation met and decided to resign In a body if th thre magistrates were not re leaaed. All the Helglan tribunals have united and decided to strike. Th Bel gian people everywhere aooording to thia report, a re In a slat of extreme Indignation against th Flemish inhabitants. GERMANY TO FIGHT RUSS rstlna.d Wrem First Pege. German offenaiva aaainat Russia ws discussed. Nearly all present wer of the opinion that It was very lmprob able, but uttered warnings against un limited optimism In this direction, be cause th extreme annexationist groups in Germany might fore th govern ment to a new offensive. "All th speakers expressed cop XRW TORK rib IS rVntaln Caatl.'. I fldenc that the masses of the people or uerminy ana Austria-nungary cuuiu not permit new bloodshed on th Kt slan front, for such an offensive would have the character of an open raid for plunder. "M. Trotxky completed his report with the statement that Russia wa withdrawing from th war. not only 1 appearance, but In reality; waa throw Ins; away all agreements with her former allies, and, aa regards the wa in progress, was reserving for herself complete freedom with reaped to both Idea in her revolutionary policy. Arsslatle Held Ended. A dispatch to the Pally News from Rotterdam says that th Germans take the view that TrotxKy's declaration. though It did not end the war, auto matically ended th armistice. (Th arratatic expired February 14.) Th Qerraans new consider that they hav a fre haad and mean to us the opportunity. This, according to th correspondent. does not mean necessarily that th Ger mans will Immediately try to reach Betrograd. but uir probably that they will support th Ukrain by fore of arms. Th Germans, h says, ar carrying on an active propaganda In the Ukraine for th purpose of suggesting to th Hada that the new stale is endangered by the llolshevikL It Is declared that this Is all part of Germany's scheme fur breaking up th former ituaaian empire with s view to extending her own power and in fluenc over the new states, of whom t la posing aa protector. Belehevlkl Arssle Moving. It is certain that the Bolshevik! are now moving troops against th U kraine, a Berlin dispatch to th Koalnlsch Volks Zitung says, and the central powers do not Intend to allow 1 k em selves thua to be robbed of th fruits of th lately concluded peac. AMSTERDAM. Feb. IS. Peac with th Ukrain was mad not only so that th central powers might obtain food stuffs, but also to effect a breach In th eastern front, it s Indicated In a dispatch from Vienna. Trotsky's Aitltnd Obstructive. A statement from a well-Informed source dealing with the conclusion of lircst-Ultovsk negotlatlona and given to Vienna newspapers says: "As Trotsky's attitude, particularly concerning th application of th prin cipl of self-determination, mad a satis faetory oaacluaien Impossible It became necessary for the powers who were working for peae to mak a breach In th eastern front, that is. to arrange peaco with th Ukraine, thereby also arriving at a settlement of th Rus sian and Roumanian questions. Richest Grnaarg at Itaka. Peace with th Ukrain had to be mad if only because a way waa opened by It to Eastern Europe's richest granary. "Peac with the Ukraine,' the state ment continues, "la the cornerstone of tha entire peac structure and opposi. tlon t the arrangements cannot be regarded as compatible with th In terests of th monarchy." The statement then refers to the ef- Brest-Utovsk by ths tth the Ukrain body will be brought t New York with a detachment of th Roval Flying Corps aa savori. They will attend th funer al, at which full military honors will be accorded th acad aviator. Mrs. Caall was so affected by th news of the tragedy that a phyaiciaa was summoned to attend her. Vernon Castl had a National repu tation as a dancer. Hla horn waa here. He was born in Norwich. England. May . Its7. Hla right nam was Vernon Blyth. oon after receiving his aviator li cense he sailed from New Tork for England to Join the British aerial serv es. In March. 11. h was appointed a temporary Lieutenant m th British Royal Flyrng Corps. Caatl reluraed from th French front In April. 1SII. and Joined the Royal Flying Corps In Canada aa aa Instructor with th rank of captain. Tk following nsonth ho waa reported t have had a narrow capo from death la aa accident whlla flying at Cass. Mohawk. Th cadet who was flying with Captain Castle In the, ma chine at the Urn was killed. When Canadian contingent of th nylnr corps waa transferred to Texas last Fall for Winter training Captain Caatlo went with it as an instructor. Wife Motlosj Ptrter Stnsv Sirs. Castl is on of th star ac tress of a motion picture concern. While both th Castles gained their reputation chiefly as danrera, both bav had. stag carrs. They aatab ihed a dancing school her called "Castl House." wher they taught th modern daaees such aa the "tango" and th "fox trot" aad attracted a clientele amosg th leaders of New York seeiety. XKW HAVF.y. "conn. Feb. la. A ewblegraas received at Tale last night stated that First Ueutenaat Frank ttrowne Turner. 'IT. of Wicomico, Md, wa killed by an alrpLan fall la Franc February . Turner left college kefer bla sair year ended. Joined th w York Naval Militia and waa trans ferred to th aviation section of th Signal Corps. WASHINGTON. Feb. IS In spit of tb frequent fatal accident at th avl. atioa training camp during- th past week, th War lpartnnt Maaleers th prcatag small considering th large number of students and the amoun. of flying they ar doing. Tho acting chief signal officer to night Issued this statement: "Distressing though recent fatalities lo the aviation aectioa of th tilgnal Corp hav been, the percentage of casualties among our young aviators is very low. oonsiderlng th Increas in th number f men flying each day. Th aviators at th Signal Corp train ing school ar averaging about lie hour of flying per day. which makes n diataac of about 11. a rail flaws each day. This is equal to four trips round th earth. "Considering this amount of flying, th percentage f fatal accident la re- markably low. B ELL-AiMS Absolutely Removes conViusn" pUcW IndlfieStiOnA DlWC.StS -TroukV aad hls-govemment. realii t j t ! OC 'l,n the mPO,lblllty of continuing the rcfUHu ia0neyaHAltIUlS..-3C- j wsr in present circumstances, preferred to lay down their arms with a certain eclat and to assume th pose of an oppressed people. 'Still In State f War. "The Russians' tactics, however, may prove to be th worst for them because we are in no wise bound by their dec laration, and from the standpoint of in ternational law we are still in a state of war with Russia, qualified at pres ent by the temporary armistice. The Russian government cava us opportunity to denounce the armistice nd continue the war. or to make a similar peace declaration. The Auatro- Hungarlaa government haa no reason to denounce the armistice. In Germany a more skeptical opin ion appears to prevail, but an exchange of views should soon take place. On the other hand, it would be s great mistake on our part to announce the state of peace now and thua bind our hands. Tltfit would not do if, for ex ample, we have to Intervene to pro tect the Ukraine. Our relations with the Russian gov ernment, however, are not broken; neither do the Russians wish thia. On the contrary, they desire to continue diplomatic relations through the wire less with the commissions now sitting; In Petrograd. We shortly expect a declaration that Roumania is ready to enter Into ne gotiatlona with us." ALAXD ISL.VXD RELIEF PLAXXED Bolshevik! Official Will Try to Stop Russian Violence. STOCKHOLM, Feb. 15. At th re quest of the Swedish government. M. Borovsky-Odovsky, the Bolshevikl rep resentative here, will leave for th Aland Islands today on board a warship to Induce th Russian soldiers to stop their acts of violence against tha In habitants. The Russians also will be asked to leave the islands on Swedish vessels. LONDON. Feb. 15. Great quantities of arras and ammunition bound for Finland have been seised In the harbor of Stockholm, the Social Demokraten. f Stockholm, says, according to aa Exchango Telegraph dispatch from Co penhagen. Half a million cartridges, it is said, were delivered there to th order of an alleged private individual. Th workmen at the Vesteras factory hav Informed the government that they will stop work If exportation of munitions Is permitted. GET RAPID BOLSHEVIK FAME Two Statesmen Reported Once Hum ble Tollers In San Francisco. Tor Verses Castle, mm Fvet Seat of Military Airplane. Belove-r-M . and Mrs. Castl, x ALLEWBY PUSHES Of! British Front in Palestine Is Advanced Two Miles. WEST FRONT SEES ACTION SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. M. Mir sky, a member of the Lenine-Trotzky cabinet, was at on time a laborer in thia city, according to Cyprian Sha nowsky. former attach of the Russian Consulate here, who said he vised Mlr sky's passport when he returned to Russia, Sbanowaky said that U. Schneroff. i Bolshevik delegate to the Brest-Li tovsk peace conference, was formerly an elevator boy In San Francisco. REPUDIATION STIRS DUTCH Holland Suggests Other Neutrals Act la Regard to Russian Loans. THE HAGUE. Feb. 15. Holland has suggested to tho other neutrals th they tak Joint action In respect to the repudiation by th Bolshevikl of Russia's foreign loans. Foreign Min ister Loudon has Informed a deputv. Spain, said th Minister, already has consented in principl and replies are expected shortly from Swltserland an4 toe Scandinavian, countries. ROCMAXIAX PEACE HIXTED AT Berlin Advices Say Negotiations About to Be Opened. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 15. Berlin news papers of Thursday evening Intimate that peac negotiations with Roumania are about to be opened. They say although no of flclar com munication haa been issued, it may be assumed that Roumanian negotiator who will first discuss a prolongation of th armistice hav arrived at a place agreed upon. Prince to Enter House of Lords. LONDON. Feb. 15. Tho Prince of Wales, who automatically becam a member of tho House of Lords on st aining his majority, but who did not ak his seal, will do so next Tuesday. according to tha Times. Te Prevent tfia ftrtn !?V c Grip LAXATIVE BROVO QL1MN&1 Tablets remove the causa, There .nl? " "Brom Quinine." , E. W. CROWS signature box, aOc. Adv German Lines Pierced by French Troops and Prisoners Taken Violent Night Fire Reported Along Mense River. LONDON, Feb. 15. Tho British force. in Palestine yesterday made an advance of two miles on a front six miles north east of Jerusalem, tho War Office an nounces. Tha statement follows: "Yesterday w advanced our Una on a front of six miles to an average depth of two miles on either side of the village, of Mukhmaa. 11)4 miles north-northeast of Jeruaalem. An enterprise against one of our posts about four miles northeast o Jerusalem was repulsed after it had reached within bombing distance, few prisoners were taken." Following la today's official west iront communication: "The enemy's artillery showed con siderable activity early. In tha night against our front line in tbe Queant sector. Apart from patrol encounters In the neighborhood of Lans, in whioh we secured prisoners, thera Is nothing further to report on tho British front. Yesterday morning an attack by German raiding party on a Belgian post east of Meroke was successfully repulsed." PARIS. Feb. 15. French troops last night penetrated tbe German lines northeast of Courcy on tho Aiane front and returned with a number of prison ers, the French War Office announced today. A lively artillery duel was maintained in the Champagne, notably in the sector of Butt du Mesnil. wher American batteries ar stationed. The night was marked by violent bombardments on the right bank of the Meuse, and in the Woevre region. In Upper Alsace tha French repulsed a German raid in tha district south of Seppois. 'On the night of February 13-13 French aerial squadrons dropped 4500 kilograms of projectiles on the rail road stations at Thlonvme, uonuans, Schembles, Mets and Sablotx. Fires and explosions -were observed at the sta tions at Schembles, Mets and. Sablotx.' LONDON. Feb. 16. In a leading ar ticle on th Americans In notion in France, th Manchestern Guardian says that more noteworthy than the ground gained, valuable as is every inch on his Champagne front, where Amen can batteries were engaged in support ng tho French raid of Wednesday, Is h fact that th Americans lor tn first time took part in th fighting. There have been American casuals les In France before now." eontinues he Guardian, "but they hav been in German attacks by air r by artillery ire. This ia th first Instance in which th Americans have taken part formal attack. The French are a polite people, but for that very reason they do not waste compliments and heir praise of the part taken by tn American heavy guns In this action may be taken exactly at its face value We have persistently warnea tn people not to expect the American as- istance to develop ita iui( vaiu eariy. but when America does Develop ner military power, wa place no limit on what It can aooom,pllah. W must re member that th Americans are the qual f Germans In pride ana energy. nd their superiors in population, ma terial resources and mother wit. Lambs Die of Indigestion. BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 5. Deaths of 325 lambs In a stockyards here were ts JUST RECEIVED Twelve New Models in Henderson Corse Corsets of Guaranteed Quality, Fit and Comfort Giving , At $1.25 to $3. 75 Pair Both front and back-lace models in styles to suit every figure comfortably. They are made of the best materials and come in the double guaranteed rustproof boning. 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The much ridiculed German sausage may be play ing an important part toward disinte grating the Kaiser's army. France's message to German troops that they will do well to surrender and give the password J'kamerad re publtque1 is being carried te the Ger man front ilnes in sausage meat and in other ways. Small vials containing the message on oiled paper are dropped in Germany from allied airplanes and relatives who hope for peace and the lives of their men to be spared slip the message into things they send to the troops. Many of those receiving the message surren der and "surprisingly few spies have been found among their number. Propaganda pamphlets showing that the war aims of the allies are for the overthrow of the Prussian autocracy are heing dropped 200 to 300 miles be hind the German front lines. LIEUT, BAGLEYT0 MARRY Bride-to-Be Miss Marie L. Harring ton, of Colusa, Cal. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. A license to marry was issued here today to Lieu tenant-Commander David Worth Bag ley, of Washington, a brother-in-law of Secretary Daniels, and Miss Maris Louise Harrington, of Colusa, Cal. Lieutenant-Commander Bagley waf in command of the American torpedo boat destroyer Jacob Jones when It wa torpedoed and sunk by a suhniarine in the war zone December 6, 1917, with a loss of 61 men. LABORERS MAY BE DRAFTED Voluntary Service for Public Works Proposed by Government. ROME, Feb. IB. A decree has been promulgated providing for voluntary national service for agriculture, indus try and public works. The government reserves to itself the right to resort to compulsion In event volunteers do not come forward in suf ficient numbers. Read The Oregoninn classified ads. BRITONS and CANADIANS Come Across. Naw Agreement'with" the United "States provides that' YOU will be DR AFTED if you don't y ol unteer. i All kitten between 20 and 40 are liable. Your Brothers Over There Are Calling ' Volunteer., to :day;r the fneedis"imperatiye; you, yill not . be doing- your, full. duty, if you wait to be drafted. You Can Join Either the British or Canadian'Armies DOIT' TO-DAY At Nearest British and Canadian Recruiting Depot IB a h a n B 83 M a n H a B M