THE ' HORNING OREGONIAN. TIIURSDAT, APRIL 18, 1918;
RETIREMENT ALONG
LEANING STATUE OF VIRGIN SHOT DOWN BY GERMANS.
Beautiful Small
Grand Pianos
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SEDITION SUSPECT
400 CONVICTS IB
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Washington Army Experts Say
Further Hun Successes Are
Likely to Force Retreat.
-APPREHENSION IS FELT
It Is Pointed Out, However, That lfl
Present Line Holds, Germans
May In Tnrn Find Selves la
Itatber Dangerous Position,
WASHINGTON. April 17. For the
tnrmfnt the Ufrnun drive at the Brit-I
1-h line has loranted on the rector
running from B-tlllcul around to the
esstward of Tpres and military men
hre are watching; with tiirr interest
the British counter attacks on thla
narrow- front, where further enemy
iui-ce. probably would mean the
evacuation of a large stretch of ter
ritory.
While the British official statement
that the line east of Ypres haa been
withdrawn and readjusted on a new
front did not rive the position of the
nrw line. It Is known that the general
trend of the British lines on this!
northern flank of the great battle now!
I represented by almost a rlcht angle.
Troops which faced due east only a
week airo are now fighting; on a front
that extends In a trenera! east and
west direction and they are facing
south. From the lines to the east of
Tpres the British have been iwunf
back on a 12-mtle front with the Ypres
positions aa the hlngre of the movement.
That hlnare now forms a broad salient I
Into the German lines which they are I
try Ins; to flatten out.
llaaa Waald Wide a.
Should the German effort fall. It Is
believed here the British wilt be left
In a strong strategic position. By a
counter attack from Tpres they might
reconquer all the ground lost in the
last northern extension of tha battle
frrnt. . The desperate nature of the
attacks aimed at the capture of Tpres
ti.dtratea the belief of the German com
manders that their position will be I
i ntenable unless they can widen It in
that direction.
1'ress dsp'-.tches today noted the I
growlnc fury of the bombardment I
alone the whole line. No explanation
of tha purpoee of the gunfire was
made. Tha allied commander In chief.
General Forh, amy have ordered the
bcrbardmrnt preliminary to a counter
stroke.
There was nothing; otherwise In the I
day's despatches however, to Indicate
that a counter blow was coming.
Vprea Sltaatlm IVanies.
There was little effort to disguise
the fact that the T p re situation Is
viewed with apprehension. The fact
that a readjustment of the British lines
to the east was made necessary was
regarded as proof that the position liad
been shaken under the weight of the!
u-rman attack. The extreme rautlon I
with whlrb tha British are now .fram
ing official reports transmitted fori
publication also s noted na possibly
significant.
Nona of tha statements, allied or I
German, carry any explanation of the
events they report, which show the I
eignlflcanco attached to them. When
the British firth army was badly cut
up In the Initial German onslaughts
slree dleclosed to Parliament, noth
ing appeared In the British statements
which Indicated what was transpiring
r the grave dancer that threatened I
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FIT AT RMII.IC.
Haawress Arralgosaeal Kalaeriass
rraves Fewtsjre mt Kvealag. Over
S3n Raleed far Mesa Feed.
Pespita the fart that it waa adver
tised but one day preceedlng the event
the benefit given last night at the
llelllg by Company !. l.th Engineers,
netted over for their mes fund.
Tha entertainment was In tha nature
of a vaudeville MIL
A clever tumbling and acrobatic act
waa followed by Corporal Forney In a
recitation which was a humorous ar
ralgnment of Kaiserlsm from tha sold
Irr's viewpoint. Sergeant Baraona fol
lowed with a clever blackface mono
logue. Frlvate Howard waa a head
liner In a keen little act In which he
Imitated whistles, fighting cats and
canines.
Company T quartette, consisting of
. 1. T IVi. Uillv nt Huff-
man. pleased with their generous con- ARMENIANS FIGHT TURKS
Al.BF.RT (-ATIIKURAL BFI.K" ASSOTI.ITKD B V FBCCH WITH THEIR
IIOFFS FOR rKAtK.
LfiNDOX. April '17. The famous leaning Virgin at the top of the Albert
Cathedral, now behind the German lines, was shot down by German artillery on
Tuesday, says a dispatch from British headquarters in Franca to neuter's
l...niled.
It is not known, the correspondent n11. whether the destruction of tha
statue was an act of vandalism or an accident.
Thla Icanlnc statue has for the last three years been an object of wide
interest. The inclined position was clue to an earlier German bombardment.
The fact that the statue was not brought down was attributed by tho devout
element of tho French people to divine Intervention. The belief was also enter
tamed in the same quarters that whenever the statua fell the war would end. .
The fact that the effigy haa finally been brought down by German fire at a
time when the greatest battle of tha war Is raging Is now regarded by the
French as significant of final defeat for the Teuton vandals and termination
of tha war In triumph for the allies.
TURKS TAKE BATUM
Seaport of Territory Lost by
Russia Occupied.
Washing Won't Rid
Head of Dandruff
Germany I-ands Force? of 4.000
Troops at Helsingfors and War
Fleet of Twelve Vessels An
chors in Harbor.
ION-DOX. Anrll 17. The capture by
th. Turks of tna city of Batum is an
nounced In an official statement Issued
at Constantinople on Monday.
Batum Is a Black Sea port in tha
Trans-Caucasian territory taken from
Russia under the terms of the peace
treaty- This region has been evacuat
ed by tha Russians, but its occupation
by the Tirrks ia being resisted by the
Armenians.
i IjO.VDON. April 17. The Germans
have landed 40,000 troops' at Helsing
fors. according to an Kxchange Tele
graph dispatch from Copenhagen.
A German squadron anchored In the
harbor of Helalngfors consists of IS
ships. Including; tha battleships Posen
and Westfalen. each of ls.0 tons.
WASHINGTON. April 17. Minister
Morris at Stockholm today reported to
the State Department that aa a result
of protest made by him the Finnish
gdvernment In Stockholm has ex
pressed Its regrets over the public in
sult offered Lieutenant C. H. Thor-
llng. tha American attache at Wasa,
Finland, on arcn is. ny a r innun of
ficer and a civilian In a hotel.
The Finnish olllcer has been pun
ished. Mr. Morris said.
YOU CAM CURE THAT BACKACHE, a Canadian pifk port April
' I T Tv.nlMirhl offlora nf th
United States Army Engineer Corps
who went to Vladivostok last Novem
ber to help reorganise Russian rail
roads arrived here today on a trans
pacific liner.
Tha Americana said when they
reached Vladivostok there was no one
to receive them and the Bolshevik au
thorities were not hospitable. o. after,
The only sure way to get rid of dan
druff Is to dissolve It. then you destroy
It entirely. To do this, get about four
ounces of ordinary liquid arron: apply
It at night when retiring; as enough to
moisten the scalp and rub It In gently
with the finger tip.
1H this tonight, and by morning, most
If not all. of your dandruff will be
cone, and three or four more appli
cations will completely dissolve and en
tirely destroy every single sign and
trace of it. r.o matter how much dan
druff you may have.
. Tou wilt find. too. that all Itching
and diKcliic of the scalp will stop at
nee. and your hair will be fluffy, lus
trous, glossy, silky and soft, and look
and feel a hundred times better.
You ran get liquid arvon at any drug
store. It is inexpensive and never falls
to do the work. Adv.
ELL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Tndicrestion.. Druesists
refund money if Jt.feils. 25c'
lBifi alone th beck, dlufneu. heftdach mnd
l'tfal ittteuor Ct a Mrkif of Mother
t-rwr AKUMATir-t-EAF. th piatutvnt XI
li lnI T. r It at ftrvi mtgn ot a cold.
M ha Ton fl iul run down, tlrvd. wtak and
:tnoit nrcr nam thla rvmarkabla combi
nation of natoraa barb and- root a. Aa a
tome LaiatiTa It haa no X)UI. Mothar Grar'a
A f anattarv Lmf ta aoid br Drwcitiata er nt
br raati. for M can't. Samp; wnt FRKK.
AdUraa Mother Cray Co- La Roy, N. I.
A4V.
as c t a j tuirv un J e, i uvj iciv awa
Japan, where they boarded the liner
lor America.
During the stay of the Americans
in viaaivostoK several ltussian oiticcrs
were killed.
As one of the Americans put It, "It
annajeri t rt Km mn nn.n nnann tnr
Russian officers. Any Russian who
held a commission was a poor Insur
ance risk and was killed on sight.''
ALBINA FERRY IS DOOMED
Proximity to Shipyards Impels V. S.
to Ask Abandonment.
Rufus C. Holman. chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, last
night received a telegram from the
United States Shipping Board directing
that the operation of the Lower Albina
ferry, at the foot of Randolph street,
be Immediately discontinued. The or
der waa made because of the proxim
ity of the farry to th Cornfoot ship
building yards.
Mr. Holman will present the telegram
for Immediate action at a meeting of
tha County Commissioners this morning.
Major Birkner Is Ta'rred and
Feathered and Led Around
With Rope About Neck.
PRISON PLOT CARRIED OUT
BIG CATTLE DEAL CLOSED
Pendleton Buyer Takes 650 Head of
Prime Beef Stock.
PENDLETON. Or., April 17. (Spe
cial.) C. E. Rude, Pendleton cattle
buyer, has completed a deal In Jeffer
son County, paying $100,000 for 650
head ot prim beef stock.
A special train of 23 cars was char
tered to get them to Seattle, where
they will be marketed. The cattle were
purchased from BidwelL Crom & Son,
Prida Bros, and Bolter, all of Gateway.
Stock on the ranges in that section
la in fine condition, according to Mr.
Rude.
Anti-Alien . Demonstration Takes
- Place in State Penitentiary of '
Sea Mexico, Where Accnscd
Soldier Is Held.
SANTA FE. X. M, April 17. Fou
hundred convicts In the State Pentten
tiary this afternoon tarred and feath
ered and led around with a rope about
his neck Major John M. Birkner. of
Camp Cody, Deming. N. M.. who ia held
the Penitentiary as a Federal
prisoner in default of $6000 bail. He i
charged with violation of the espion
age act.
Major Birkner. who was born 1:
Nuremberg, Germany, but who had been
in the American military forces for
more than 30 years, was arrested last
Friday at Camp Cody, where he was
an officer In the 127th Field Artillery.
His home Is in Lincoln, Neb.
Major Birkner was allowed out I
the prison yard for exercise with the
400 convicts. The warden knew nothing
of what was going on until he heard
loud cheering. He rushed out into th
yard and found Birkner stripped and
covered with tar and feathers.
Rope Araaad Major Neelc
The prisoners with loud hoots were
leading him about the yard with a rop
around his neck. Assistant Superin
tendent Dugan rescued the Major.
The prisoners, evidently in accord
ance with a prearranged plot, - had
secured the feathers from their pillows,
but where the tar came from is
mystery.
Birkner is alleged to have made dis
loyal utterances such as "the Germans
will sink American transports as fast
as they are sent over."
Birkner claimed th charges were
spite work by subordinate officers
whom he had disciplined.
LINCOUT, Neb.. April 17. Major John
M. Birkner, who was tarred and feath
ered by convicts at the New Mexico
State Penitentiary today, was promi
nently identified in the Nebraska Na
tional Guard for more than 30 years
At one time he acted as Assistant Ad
Jutant-General.
Claim of Loyalty Made.
Major Birkner's wife, who resides in
Lincoln, today said that she recently
received a letter from the major In
which were statements showing that
he was loyal. She declined, however,
to make tha letter public.
Mrs. W. J. Bonekemper, Major Birk
ner s cousin, declared the Major was
loyal to the Government and said that
his room at his home In Lincoln was
decorated with the American flag.
CYCLOPS DECLARED IN PORT
rntlnud From First raf;.)
announcement will clear up the mys
tery.
Publication of a dispatch from San
Francisco quoting Mrs. A. M. Anger-
maim, a sinter of Lieutenant-Comman
der G. W. Worley, commanding officer
of the Cyclop, as saying their family
name was Wichtmann and that her
brother was born In Germany and came
to America as a child, led to an exam
Ination today of the commander's rec
ord at the Navy Department.
It shows Worloy entered the service
of the Navy 28 years ago and at that
time gave Sasi Francisco as his birth
place. He attained the rank of master
in tho naval auxiliary and for years
commanded colliers and supply ships.
When the auxiliary was merged with
naval volunteers after the United
States went to war, Worley was in
command of tho Cyclops and he re
tained that assignment with the rank
of Lieutenant-Commander.
Worley Knemy of Kalaer.
Mrs. "Worley, who lives in Norfolk,
Va., explained there today that her
husband's name was changed legally
at Port Orchard, Wash., when he was
young man and before he entered
the Naval service. She confirmed tho
statement that he waa born in Ger
many, but declared he always was an
enemy to that country. His foster
father, she said, was named Worley
and ha went into court to legally adopt
the name of George Wichtman Worley.
Navy oflciers attach no Importance
to Worley'a change of name or the
news that he was born tn uermany
and scout any suggestion that his Teu
tonic origin might be significant In
connection with the disappearance of
his ship. They point to the officer'
clear record of a quarter of a century
and declare that if his loyalty should
be Impugned for such a reason, a con
siderable portion of the high officer of
the Navy must be under suspicion.
Sailing List Is Changed.
WASHINGTON. April 17. The Navy
Department today corrected Its list of
those aboard the collier Cyclops, given
out Sunday when announcement was
made that the vessel was missing, as
follows:
Not previously reported as having
made the voyage: A, illiam Kiehard
Douglass, baker, Chicago. 111.: Robert
Henry Cow lea. Bridgeport, Conn.
Reported as sailing but not aboard
he vessel: Albert S. Calhoun, Jr., West
Tisbury, Mass. (Previously reported as
Albertus S. Cahoon. Jr.); John wmiam
Cummings. Fall River, Mass.; Russell
Howard Cowles. Sacramento, Cal
William Robert Douglas, Jr., New Or
leans, La.
Cummings was listed as a passenger
aboard the Cyclops. The others were
members of the crew.
Fashion, utility, tone, appearance and
quality all insist that your new piano
should be one of the splendid small
grands which are now so popular and
which in size are little larger than the
conventional upright and in price cost
but little more than a GOOD piano of
that type. We have in small grand pianos
The Harrington Little Grand, $625
The Milton Tiny Grand - - $535
two of the most beautiful and worthy
small grand pianos in America. Compare
them if you will with grands costing $100
to $200 more. Test them for tone, action,
appearance; try them for great volume,
for delicacy, and pass your critical judg
ment upon them. We are content to let
them tell their own story under yoUr fingers. ; Your
. conclusion is foregone. . .
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PEACE HOVE NOTED
Czernin's Removal by Austria
Held as Affording Chance.
B0URIAN NAMED MINISTER
Estcrhazy, Relative of Count Kever-
tala, Succeeds Prince von llo
i lienlohe as Chief of Court
to Emperor Charles.
LONDON. April 17. The CologneGaz-
ette, according to a despatch from Cop
enhagen to the Exchange Telegraph
Company, prints a report that a strong
peace movement Is developing in Aus-tro-Hungarian
circles In consequence
of the resignation of Count Csernln,
the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister.
Many influential Austrian politicians.
the despatch adds, hold that the re
moval of Count, Czernln affords an
opportunity to seek a basis for peace
negotiations, which has been impos-
ible while the Count was Minister
for Foreign Affairs.
AMSTERDAM, April 17, Baron Bu-
nan has been appointed Austro-Hungarian
Foreign Minister in succession
to Count Cxernin, according to a Vienna
despatch.
Baron Stephan Burlan Von Rajecz
was Minister of Foreign Affairs from
Soptember 15, 1914, to December 28.
1916. when he was succeeded by Count
Cxernin. . '
Burlan Wrote Aacona Notes.
Baron Burlan has been Austro-Hun-
garlan Finance Minister since Count
Cxernin has been in the Foreign Office.
He succeeded Count Berchtold as For
eign Minister in 1914, and was the
author of the notes to the United States
concerning; the Italian steamship An
cona. sunk, in th Mediterranean with
loss of American lives in the Fall of
915. He retains his portfolio as
Minister of Finance.
LONDON, April 17. Princ von
Hohenlohe, chief of court to Em
peror Charles of Austria-Hungary, has
been discharged, according to an Ex
change Telegraph despatch from Copen-
agen. Count Alexander Esterhaxy,
brother-in-law of Count Revertata, has
been appointed his successor.
Count Revertata. while Counsellor of
the Austrian legation in Switzerland,
sounded a French envoy early In 1917
on the probable chances for opening
peace negotiations.
The Austrian government has claimed
that France took the initiative, but
former Premiers Ribot and Painleve
declare that it was Revertata who
sought and arranged the meetings. I
WASHINGTON, April 17. The com
mittee of Union of the National Ger
man parties of Austria has passed a
resolution expressing regret for the
resignation of Count Cxernin and declaring-
that no modification of the in
ternational policy should be made. ac-
cording to an Official despatch today
from France.
Both the German newspapers and :
the ; pro-German press In Austria, the
despatch said, unite in eulogising '
Cxernin and declare that the letter of
Kmperor Chsrles to Prince Sixtus. of
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Count's resignation.
In official circle in Vienna, the ex
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between the Emperor and Cxernin is
g;i'on as the real reason for the reals-nation.
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and quickly Curci dia
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Heals over night; cleansing;, sanative and an
tiseptic. Soothing, cooling and refreshing.
If baby's skin shows slightest redness or tea
dency to .Irritation, yon can relieve It a0
once with Santiseptic Lotion. Santi-septUt
is a safe and dependable preparation toC
baby's shin. - If your druggist cannot supplf
It, 25c sent Esbencott Laboratories, Portland
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SYNOPSIS OF TUB ANNUAL-STATEMENT
OF
THE OCEAN ACCIDENT &
UUAKANTEE CORPO
RATION, LIMITED
of London. Knrlsnd. on th ZUl rtnv of r
rcmber. I'.ni, made to th Insurance (nni
miBKionrr of the tHate or Oiijun. pursuant
to law:
Cnpital. . .
Amount of deposit capital f !. 000. i)0
Income.
N"el premiums received dufins
the. year '.nifl,n4 43
Interest, dividends and rents-r-
reived dnrlns the year 193 778 11
Im-ome from other snitrres re-
22.ftfl 4..t
l),i38, 191.35
Total Income ,..
Disbursements.
Losses paid during the yearv'in-
aajusiment expenses,
cluding-
etr. .'
Commissions
and. salaries paid
' dtirlns the vear-
Tases. lleenses and. fees
during the vear .
Amount of all . other expenditures
paid
fit. Si 5, 370.30
1.991.4J5.01
130.S30.S5
Mfl.O.lfl.BB
339.3B2.ll
Total
.0, S05.00T.63
expenditures
Assets.
Value of storks and bonds owned
(market value) $7,204,842 00
Loans on mortgages an(j count- :
era, etc jn.vono.nn
Cash In banks and oh hand 339 33 0 8G
Premiums In course of . collection
written since September 30.
1917. . J sua r,
Other admitted assetR . ' 194 i'n 3,.
Interest and rents due and ac- " '
crued 102.441.8(1
Women Invited to Library.
Portland women ar invited to attend
a meeting In room G of the Central
Library today from 1 to 4 o'clock.
There will be readings from favorite
authors. It is suggested that women
attending take their knitting.
Company H Auxiliary Meets.
The regular meeting of Auxiliary to
Company E, 162d Infantry will be held
In the small parlor of the'l. M. C..A.
today at 1:30 P. M.
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Set of Stall & Dean
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Write or call for one
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BUY YET ANOTHER
. LIBERTY BOND
brthwestern'
.National
Portland
OreotX
Total assets co ana sea An
Total assets admitted In Oregon. !363!s6s!43
Liabilities.
Gross claims for losses unpaid. ... $2,910, 081. 63
Amount of unearned premiums '
on all outstanding risks ..r... 3,103,162.93
Due for commission and broker
age . ITT T0 Kt
All other liabilities 57agi)!(i
1.450.000.00
Total liabilities ' fi'n ":n u
Total premiums In force Decem
ber 3J, 1S17 .....$6,146,051.33
Business In Oregon for the Tear.
Gross premiums received during
the year ( $1,339.30
Premiums returned during the
yw .: 15.2SB.4ri
Losses paid durtns; the year..... 81.4S2.2l
Losses Incurred during the year.. 39,229.21
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The Ocean Accident V Guarantee Corpora
tion's revenue accounts of the United States,
as filed with the Insurance Department of
the State of New York, on December 31, for
the respective years, show aa follows :
1914.
Admitted assets $3,576,477.41
Leeal liabilities 3-.611. 423.67
Voluntary reserve ... 0SO. 000.00
Surplus L305.053.74
iseposus wun oiaiO' insurxnca
Departments and United States
Trustees for obligations In the, -United
States exclusively. . 3.891,000.00
Premium Income... 4.563,067.86
1915.
Admitted assets .$6.101. 601. 1 57
Legal liabilities . 4,081. RS0.48
Voluntary reserve 7Ui.00.0(
Surplus 1,309,721.11
JLJeposils WiA male insurance
Departments and United States
Trustees for obligations In the
United States exclusively 4.354.500.00
Premium Income 4,523,237.93
1016.
Admitted assets ........
Legal liabilities
Voluntary reserve
Siirnlus
Deposits wun istaie insurance .
Departments and United States '
Trustees for obligations In the
United States exclusively ...... 4.866.000.00
Premium Income 6,028,399.27
1917.
Admitted assets
Legal liabilities
Voluntary reserve
surplus
Deposits "with State
..$7,276,949.08
4,s..l.e-0.2
1,100.000.00
1,325.122.80
....$S.363.86S.4.T
;.. 6.570. 0.(i!
1,450,000.01)
1,343,607.74
Insurance
Departments and united states
Trustees for obligations tn the
Unitrd States exclusively 6.170,800.00
Premium Income 8,01V, 31b.