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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918. 3 AUSTRIA TRIES TO FACE BOTH WAYS Singular Statement Issued by Foreign Minister. TRIBUTE PAID TO WILSON Hope of Success by Arras Is Aban doned, Yet Fidelity to Teuton ic Ally Is Maintained. TURK CRUELTY TO CHRISTIANS HAS NO PARALLEL IN HISTORY Punishment Inflicted on Unoffending Armenians Worst Event of Modern Times Darkest Ages Present No Scenes More Horrible. Formerly American Ambassador to Turkey. (Copyrighted.) INSTALLMENT IV. BT HENRY MORGANTHAU. Dreadful as were these massacres of unarmed soldiers, they were mercy and Justice themselves when compared :lth the treatment which was now visited upon those Armenians who were sus pected of concealing arms. Naturally the Christians became alarmed when placards were posted in the villages and cities ordering everybody to bring all their arms to headquarters. Although this order applied to all citizens, the Armenians well under stood what the result would be. should they be left defenseless while their Moslem neighbors were permitted to retain their arms. In many cases, how ever, the persecuted people patiently "WASHINGTON. Oct. IS. It Is re- UnrtAd in Vienna arrnrHinip trt an - . , . . . ---- . " -- lever, i , oiiiciat aispatcn irom iBwitzeriano. i- obeyed the command and then the y. mat emperor t-nanes nas a.c- Turklsh officials almost Joyfully seized cepted the resignation of Count Hus- tneir rlfIes B(! evidence that a revolu sarek the Austrian Premier, and en- tjon.. wa belTlg pianned and threw trusted Count feilva Taronka with the their vjctim9 ,nto pr1son on a charge of task of forming a new Cabinet. treason. Thousands failed to deliver arms simply because they had none BASKL Switzerland. Oct. 16. The to deliver, while an even greater num central powers found themselves no ber tenaciously refused to give them longer able to hope for, a military de- UPi not because they were plotting cision in their favor, and Bulgaria's an prsjng, but because they proposed demand for peace only hastened the to defend their own lives and their presentation of their peace proposi- womens honor against the outrages tions. Baron Burlan. the Austro-Hun- wnCh they knew were being planned, garlan Foreign Minister, declared in a The punishment inflicted upon these recent statement to the foreign affairs r,raiii.,,, forma nf the moat committee of the Hungarian aeiega- I hideous chapters of modern history. uon at lenna. Most of us believe that torture has long Farther Bloodshed Useless. I ceased to be an administrative and "Although the central powers have Judicial measure, yet I do not believe been able to face the new military me aarKeat. ages ever preaenicu situation." the Foreign Minister said, scenes more horrible than those which "it must be stated that we cannot hope now place an over lurxey. any longer for a decisive success by arms, while our adversaries are not . sure of their power to crush our resist ance. Hence further bloodshed is use less.' Confidence that Turkey would re- Nothlng Sacred to Turks. Nothing was sacred to the Turkish gendarmes: under the plea of searching for hidden arms, they ransacked churches, treated the altars and sacred utensils with the utmost indignity, and main faithful to the Teutonic alliance h.M mnrtr rmonl In imlta. was expressed by Baron Burlan. The tIon of the chrl8tian sacrtments. They would beat the priests Into insenst bility, under the pretense that they were the centers of sedition. when they could discover, no munitions In the churches, they wouid sometimes arm the bishops and priests with guns, pistols and swords, then try them be Foreign Minister also reasserted Aus- tia-Hungary's fidelity to Germany. "We shall enter upon the negotia tions. he said, "closely united with our faithful German ally and with Turkey, which continues to keep her engage ments toward the alliance, notwith standing the difficult situation in which c",, for possessing he is placed by the disappearance of Bulgaria." Tribute Paid to Wilson. weapons against the law and march them in this condition through the streets, merely to 'arouse the fanatical Baron Burlan said that a sentiment I wrath of the mobs. or pure humanity always pervaded The gendarmes treated women with J-resiaent Wilsons idea or me soiu-l ,n. .,,. crueltv as their husbands. tlon of world problems, "even when There are cases on record in which he Joined our adversaries and laid down .., accused of concealing weanona certain principles oireciea ua. were Gripped naked and whipped with His declaration, therefore, never re- k.i, rr.hiv rrm r viol. tnained without influence among us ... . cnmmnniv rl-iniiuniH these and were never rejected by us in prin- marches that Armenian women and elnl- . . I girls, on the approach of the gen me foreign .Minister expressed ina ,,.. .!,, , .h. fh. View mil trie creation ot a. l8U hill, nr tn mnnnlilii cavea. nations constituted a preliminary con dition for the establishment of a peace of impartial justioe, "such as President Wilson and we desire. Such a league. be added, "would form the framework of the new world. It is upon it that the various states will build up their reciprocal relations." As a preliminary to the searches everywhere, the strong men of the villages and towns were arrested and taken to prison. Their tormentors here would exercise the most diabolical ingenuity in their attempt to make their victims declare themselves to be "revolutionists" and to tell the hiding places of their arms. A common prac tice was to place the prisoner in a room, with two Turks stationed at each end and each side. The examination Military Honors Accorded Attache of I would then begin with the bastinado. i j ma is m iui in ut iuiiuic hui. uhuiu MACKINTOSH RITES HELD mon in the Orient: it consists of beat ing the soles of the feet wltb a thin rod. At first the pain is not marked but as the process goes slowly on, it British Embassy WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. With full military honors, the body of Captain attache at the Br.'tish kmbassy, who Melops into the mt terrible agony, . , .M,i rtm c.,n0i, infiiioruo I the feet swell and burst and not in- was buried today in Arlington Na- I frequently, after being submitted to tional Cemetery. Colonel James """'"'" ""- Lockett attended the services as tbe tatea. personal representative of Secretary I Extreme Cruelties Practiced Baker, and American soldiers with Tne gendarmes would bastinado their British Sailors and Marines accom- Armenian victim until he fainted: they panied the body to the grave. would then revive him by sprinkling Captain Mackintosh was a son-ln- water on his face and begin again. If law of the Duke of Dovenshire, Gov- this did not 8UCCeed in bringing their ernor-Generai or Canada, wno was rep- Vctim to terms, they had numerous resented at the funeral by Lord Rich- other methods of persuasion. They ard NevIlL The Duke of Connaught, wouid puu out his eyebrows and beard former Governor-General of Canada, aimost naIr by hair; they would ex- under whom Captain Mackintosh had tract his fingernails and toenails: they served, was represented by Brigadier- General C F. Trotter. would apply red-hot irons to his breast. tear off his flesh with red-hot pincers and then pour boiling butter into the POSSE MEMBER IS MISSING would nail hands and feet to pieces 01 wood eviaentiy in imitation ot tne crucifixion, and then, while the suf ferer writhed in his agony, they would cry: Now let your Christ come and help SEATTLE, Wash.. Oct. 16. (Special. you!" Tet these happenings Old not con stitute what the newspapers of the E. T. Kara age, Searching for Lost Hunter, Now Sought by Sheriffs E. L. Ramage. a member of a posse of Deputy Sheriffs searching the Cas- cade foothills near Duvall last Monday I time commonly referred to as the Ar for W. C. Reynolds, a lost hunter, be- I menian atrocities: they were merely came separated from his companions I the preparatory steps in the destruc- and has not been heard from since. 1 tiorv of the race. The loung Turks ais Ramage was accompanied by a blood- played . greater ingenuity tha.i their hound and had no food with him. predecessor, Abdul Hamid. The injunc- M. M. Sullenger. of the Hass Heuter I tlon of the deposed Sultan was merely Paint Company, and Reynolds, a local I "to kill, kill." whereas the Turkish broker, went hunting in the woods democracy hit upon an entirely new near Duvall at daybreak Sunday. Sul- I plan. Instead of massacring outright lenger found his way out. I the Armenian race, they now decided Two more deputies. Fred Brown and to deport it. J. W. Edwards, were sent out to search In the south and southeastern sec the woods for Ramage Wednesday, aft-I tlon of the Ottoman Empire lie the moon. I Syrian Desert and the Mesopotamian Valley. Though part of this area was once the acene of a flourishing eivili- PHI ISH ARMY RFnnfiNI7Fn sation. for the last five centuries it I WIWia ..ww-... ... ...fa..J .he hllerhf thafr heenmec ma I fh.. Int Af qtiv eminrrv that t ith British Government Welcomes Co- jected to Turkish rule; and it is now . ... . , nt,t n nn la dreary, desolate waste, without cities uc....... - .- and towns or life of any kind, popu LONDON. Oct is. The British gov- lated only by a few wild and fanatical rnment has recognised the Polish na- Bedouin tribes. Only the most in tional army as autonomous allies and dustrious labor. expended through co-belliarerents. according to an official many years, could transform this announcement tonight. Mr M . M HEAD STUFFED FROM CATARRH OR A COLD desert into the abiding place of any considerable population. Deportation la Derided Upon. The central government now an nounced its Intention of gathering the 2.000.000 or more Armenians living in the several sections of the Empire and transporting them to this desolate and inhospitable region. Had they under taken such a deportation in good faith it would have represented the height of cruelty and injustice. As a matter of fact, the Turks never had the slight est idea of re-establishing the Ar menians in this new country. They knew that the great majority would never reach their destination and that those who did would either die of thirst and starvation, or be murdered by .the wild Mohammedan desert tribes. The real purpose of the deportation was robbery and destruction; it really represented a new method of massacre. When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations, 'they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they understood this well, and, in their conversations with me, they made no particular attempt to conceal the fact. All through the Spring and Summer of 1915 the deportations took' place. Of the larger cities only Constantinople, Smyrtoa and Aleppo were spared; prac tically all other places where a single Armenian family lived now became the scenes of these unspeakable tragedies. Scarcely a 'single Armenian, whatever his education or wealth, or whatever the social class to which be belonged, was exempted from the order. In some villages placards were posted ordering the whole Armenian population to pre sent itself in a public place at an ap pointed time usually a day or two ahead, and in other places the town crier would go through the streets de livering the order vocailyj To their frantic questions: "Where are we go ing?" the gendarmes would vouchsafe only one reply: "To the interior." DIPLOIC L HAILED BY ALLIES Reply to Germany Met With Fervid Approval. ' PARIS PRESS ENTHUSIASTIC American Executive's Words Inter preted as Showing Intention to Destroy Militarism. Proceeding Merely Robbery. In some cases the refugees were given a few hours. In exceptional in stances a few days, to dispose of their property and household effects. But the proceeding, of course, amounted simply to robbery. They could sell only to Turks, and since both buyers and sellers knew that they had only a day or two to market the accumula tions of a lifetime, the prices obtained represented a small fractidn of their value. Sewing machnies would bring only tl or $2, a cow would go for $1, a nouserui or furniture would be sold for a pittance. In many cases Armenians were pro hibited from selling or Turks from buying even at these ridiculous prices under pretense that the government in tended to sell their effects to pay the creditors whom they would inevitably leave behind, their household furniture would be placed in stores or heaped up in public places, where it was usually pillaged by Turkish men and women. The government officials would also inform the Armenians that, since their deportation was only temporary, the intention being to bring them back af ter the war was over, they would not be permitted to sell their houses. Scarcely had the former possessors lert the village when Mohammedan Mo hadjirs immigrants from other parts of Turkey would be moved Into the Armenian quarters. Similarly all their valuables, money, rings, watches and Jewelry would be taken to the police stations for "safe keeping" pending their return, and then parceled out among the Turks. Tet these robberies gave the refu gees little anguish, for far more ter rible and agonizing scenes were taking place under their eyes. The systematic extermination of tbe men continued; such males as the persecutions which I have already described had left were now violently dealt with. Before the caravans were started, it became the regular practice to separate the young men from the families, tie them to gether in groups of four, lead them to the outskirts, and shoot them. Hangings Reported Dally. Public hangings without trial the only offense being that the victims were Armenians were taking place constantly. The gendarmes showed a peculiar desire to annihilate the edu cated and the influential. From Amer ican Consuls and missionaries I was constantly receiving reports of such executions and many of the events which they described will never fade from my memory. At Angora all Ar menian men from 15 to 70 were ar rested, bound together in groups of four, and sent on the road in the di rection of Caesarea. When they had traveled five or six hours and had reached a secluded valley, a mob of Turkish peasants fell upon them with clubs, hammers, axes, scythes, spades, and saws. Such instruments not only caused more agonizing deaths than guns and pistols, but, as the Turks themselves boasted, they were more economical, since they did not involve the waste of powder and shell. In this way they exterminated the whole male population of Angora, in cluding all its men of wealth and breeding, and their bodies, horribly mutilated, were left in the valley, where they were devoured by wild beasts. After completing this destruc tion, the peasants and gsridarmes gath ered in the local tavern, comparing notes and boasting of the number of giaours" that each had slain. In Trebizond the men were placed in boats and sent out on the Black Sea; gendarmes would then come up in boats, shoot them down and throw their bodies into the water. When the signal was given for the caravans to move, therefore, they con sisted for the greater part of women. children and old men. Any one who could possibly have protected them from the fate that awaited them had been destroyed. Before the caravan moved the women were sometimes of fered the alternative of becoming Mo hammedans. Even though they ac cepted the new faith, which few of them did. their earthly troubles did not nd. The converts were compelled to surrender their children to a so-called 'Moslem Orphanage, with the agree ment that they should be trained as devout followers of the Prophet. (To be continued.) LONDON, Oct. 16. Now that Presi dent ' Wilson's note has received vir tually unanimous indorsement from British newspapers and public men who have commented upon It. it may be said that there was considerable un easiness here while the public was awaiting the President's next move. The President's first note of inquiry led to some apprehensions that he might commit America in his reply to the German proposal to some line of policy which the governments and peo ples associated with her against Ger many could not follow whole-heartedly, or that the President might seem to speak for- the associated governments and by implication pledge them regard ing matters on which the other, gov ernments had not agreed. All Mlafclvlnga Dissipated. The reply of the President, however, Instantly dissipated all such uneasi ness, as Is attested by the fervor with which the note has been received. Declaring that every allied country will indorse President Wilson's note to Germany, the Chronicle says: "There is no closing of the floor of negotiation, and yet there is no open ing for a side-tracking correspondence. There is in the note no pretext for am biguity or misconstruction. The Telegraph describes President Wilson's note as "one of the hardest hitting communications ever given out under the form of diplomacy. The Daily Express says: It is a clear and unequivocal reply. . . . While the Kaiser remains the Kaiser there can be no peace." The news paper also adds that the junkers should also be removed from power. The Daily News says: "President Wilson's reply goes with shattering force and directness to the heart of the business. Kaiserlsm has made the earth a shambles and Kaiserism must go. That is the core of the reply. Wilson's Note Momentous. "It is the most momentous declara tion of world policy ever uttered and has behind it the embattled strength of civilization and the sanction of democracy in every land. No more kings in shining armor must be tojer afed on this nlanet." Ex-Premier Asquith in a speech to day referred to President Wilson's latest note in reply to the peace pro posals of Germany, saying: "The reply which President Wilson has given to Germany is exactly what was required. xt is terse, uisiutieu and outspoken and goes to the root of the matter. It leaves no loophole to escape, We cannot Imperil the ascendency we have gained on sea and land or give breathing time to an enemy who could not he trusted to observe either the rules of honor or humanity," he added. PARIS. Oct. 16. Enthusiastic ap proval is given President Wilson's re ply to Germany by the morning news papers today. The Figaro says president wiisons depth of thought and staunch loyalty no longer permit tne Germans to com promise with defeat, it adds mat it puts forth the question of German morality with singular force and that is the Question which divides tne world. The President, the petit Parisian says, seeks to prepare tne separation of the German nation from Its present rulers and if he succeeds Prussian militarism will be dead. . Colored Yarns Customers tell us that they can 'only be found in the popular high shades at . t h i s store. Here are scores of colors In reliable Minerva yarn. Enough for everyone who comes NOW. Ltpni eff) CO jP to man yvoue ikd kjol MercKamJi's of J Merit Only" " Kodak Time With Fall Just turning the leaves Kodak outings are numerous. Specialized serv ice is here at your disposal. We de velop films in any size. Come in ana let us handle your work. I Chiffon Veils Bar Influenza Germs I Fashion's Favorite Wool Jersey Dresses Here m a Special Sale $ Frocks that came to us through a very spe cial purchase. Excellent quality wool jerseys. All the wanted colors are shown. Pekin blue, navy, Joffre, rookie, beige and taupe. Some have the most attractive apron tunics. Some have touches of braiding and em broidery. Some have button trimming in tailored fashion. . Some are quite plain with satin collar and cuffs. Most of them have the new round neck that is so smart and so becoming. And they're all wonderfully smart and very special at $23.75. - Third Floor Lipman, Wolfe dr Co. (Reprinted from Oregonlan, October 15. CHIFFON VEILS BAR INFLUENZA GERMS 'Almost Absolute Preventive' of Influenza Announced. NEW YORK, Oct. 15. Wearing of chiffon veils was ad vocated tonight by Dr. Royal S. Copeland, health commissioner, as one means of checking New York's continually spreading epidemic of Spanish influenza. Dr. Copeland said the veils would serve as an almost absolute preventive, and that it might become necessary to order everyone in New York to adopt them. CHIFFON VEILS ARE HERE APLENTY FOR YOU In white, tan, gray, brown, navy, Copen, delft, green and black. Priced $1.25 to $5.00 Main Floor Lipman, Wolfe SCo. A Lovely New LAMP SHADE may make your living-room appear to have been completely "done over." There are wonderful new shades in Japanese effect, many in soft combinations of colors and others brilliantly glowing. . Instructions are free if materials are purchased here. Fifth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. ! Christmas Stationery In a Three-Day Sale With many thousands of our dear ones away in the service, no gift will be quite so appropriate this season as writing paper. Anticipat ing abnormal demand, this store has gathered together the largest holiday stocks of paper in its his tory, and calls atention to these stocks with an extraordinary three days' sale, starting today. Many Lines Are Specially Priced to Stimulate Early Shopping Representative Linen, 60c A new creation in high-grade white and tinted paper; 24 sheets and 24 envelopes in. a drawer box. Children's Fancy, 10c Up Cute little boxes of writing paper 'in holiday designs for children; as sortments at 10c, lSe, 19c and 25c. Panama Fancy, 50c Excellent quality paper in white, tints and the new olive drab- shade so much in demand. Special 50c. Main Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. THERE'S "WONDERFUL VALUE OFFERED IN THIS IMMENSE SALE OF Maids' and Nurses' Uniforms and Dresses Dresses of practically every description per- iri l 1111 1 1.! cale, Indian Head, DiacK sateens ana novemes;, made in neat styles popular for house wear. You could not buy the mate rials and make these dresses . for the special prices at which they are offered. Some have the high neck, preferred in regu lation dresses for maids; but it would pay you to alter the necks if desired, the values are so very wonderful. There are not all sizes in all styles, so early choosing is advised at these special prices $1.45 $1.95 $2.95 Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. o BRITISH ADVANCE LINES PROGRESS MADE IN VICIXITY OF LILLE AND LENS. DRAFT CALL DATES GIVEN General Crowder Will Summon 2,- 399,000 Before July 1, 1919. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. Draft calls French Troops Make Important Ad for meu who have passed their wtn Is Reached Near Grand Pre. t LONDON. Oct. 16. Northeast of Lens the British have advanced to the neighborhood of Haubourdin, about three miles west of Lille, and to th birthdays are expected to begin about March 1. The approximate date of the first call was disclosed today by pub lication of testimony by Provost Marshal-General Crowder before the House military committee. General Crowder told the commit tee 2,399,000 newly registered men be tween 18 and 45 will be called before I h . Prossed the Haute Deuele July 1. The calls for general service Can.L south of Pont-A-Vendin and will be divided as follows October. 345.000; November. 204,000 December, 197,500; January, 147,000; February, 244,000; March, April, May i-nd June, 344,000 each month. These men will supply both the Army and the Navy and Marine Corps. taken several villages, according to the' communication of Field Marshal TTnfer Issued 'last night. The text of tne communication ioi' inwa "We have crosserl the Haute Deule Canal on both sides of Pont-A-Vendin In addition 20,000 mer. for limited atl(i have captured Estevelles, Meurchin service will De caned eacn montn. and Bauvin. "Further north our troops mad nmo-Aoo in tha n a! o-Hborhood ' of Hau YflWkfQ TAKF RRflWn PPF L,,hih. I nillW n I VI inilW I I I aaaa I " " . , - . . TSl loV jn tne remainuer ui to" (Continued From First Page.) during the night. The forward ele ments of the American troops, consist- ! CAPTAIN SPEIER in DINNER GCEST IS PRESENTED WITH AVRIST WATCH. 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Marmola rres-riptinn Tablets, containing exact dosea tif the famous prescription, are sold by drtlKKists at 75 cenia tor a larae cane, or if you prefer you can obtain them by andtnc direct to the Marmola Company. et'4 Woodaard Ave.. Detroit. Mich. They are harmless and leave no wrlnklea or flab blneaa. They are popular because effective sad convenient. Adv. Deck of Vessel, With Allied Flaps Much In Evidence. Captain Jack Speier. "f the Engineer Officers' Reserve Corps, will leave Sat urday to report at Fort Douglas, Utah, and with him will go a gold wrist watch presented to him last night by officials and fellow workers of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Summoned to the Chamber of Com merce on urgent business, he found himself in a private dining room that resembled the deck of a vessel. Sig nal flags were strung from end to end, the walls draped in American flags and those of the allies, while be tween were ring buoys, life preservers, crossed cars and even a coil of rope, and strung around the floor, as though a border for the carpet, was a Manila line. On the table were small brass ventilators, sidelights, a ship's bell, binnacle light and even a bridge tele graph gear. ' Since obtaining leave as Harbormas ter in March, Captain Speier has been port captain for the Bureau of Opera tion here, and C. D. Kennedy, in charge of that department in Oregon, pre sided last night. Others present in cluded L. J. Wentworth, supervisor of wood ship construction; James Crich ton, in charge of office details in the operating department with John D. Vaughn, port steward; Fred F. Smith, port engineer, and Auditor Overstreet. Menus indicated that the dinner was aboard the S. S. Jolly, J. Speier com mander, the vessel being headed for France, with her position at four bells "off Portland." The guest of the evening was told that his colleagues would follow bis career on the other side. DISAPPEARANCE IS URGED 'Spurlos Versenkt' Plan Suggested in Berlin for Kaiser. PARIS, Oct. 16. According to a source of information not without value, Berlin is considering how Em peror William can disappear without endangering the dynasty, says a dis patch from Geneva to the Temps. One solution being considered, it is said, Is the abdication of the Emperor in favor of his grandson, William, the eldest son of the German Crown Prince, with the Emperor's brother. Prince Henry, as regent. The Journal Des Debats yesterday mentioned editorially the possibility of such a plan, but it condemned it as unacceptable. front south of the River Lys there is nothing to report. PARIS. Oct. 15. French troops have Ing oi machine gunners, are occupying made an important advance toward organized shell holes. the important town of Rethel and have The confusion among the German ?"." -"wh.iV . . rf uu , Retne aaya the War unice statement ous organizations, increases daily, tonight. Even this method does not prevent the I In the " Argonne the French have strength of the units from decreasing reached the Aisne west of oranri pre steadily. I and have capturea tne vnms3 in and xermes. neanj oVV iiupuuvis WASHINGTON. Oct 16.SubstantiaI were , t.k Q ethhen'Frencn also gains on botn sides or tne Meuse . made a marked advance. The against stubborn resistance by a re- towns of Remies, Barentoncel and Mon- inforced enemy was reported today by ceau-Le-Wast have oeen taiien. General Pershing in his communique for Tuesday. The dispatch follows: 'Headquarters American Expedition ary Forces, October 15: Our troops today continued their at tack on both sides of the Meuse, en countering stubborn resistance from a reinforced enemy. -East of the Meuse Acting upon orders from Chief John French and American troops , have son three poolrooms were closed last gained ground. West of the river the night by the police for not complying righting nas increasea in violence ana with, the new city neaitn ruies t p- our troops nave made suostantial vent (he spread oi spanisn lnnuenra gains. including Hill 299, which nri for allowing crowds to congregate changed hands three times. We have jn their places. The estaoiisnments un broken the is.riemniia-ateeiung line at new points, where our men closed with the enemy in a series of hand-to-hand THREE POOLROOMS CLOSED Erickson's, Blazier's and Schaeffer's Places Under the Ban, encounters in which they took prison ers. Spruce Worker Is Killed. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. 16. (Special.) Giuseppi Chiopsso, an enlisted man in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Spruce Squadron, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon while at work at tne crown Willamette Paper company's camp in the Young's River district. Chiopsso was cutting wood for a donkey engine when he was struck Dy a piece of stump. His back was broken. Chiopsso died after being Drought to the city. He was a native of Italy and 32 years of age. Oriental Cafe Cor. Broadway and Washington (Upstairs.) OPEN 11 A. M. to 2 A. M. Finest Grill of Its Kind on Pacific Coast. MUSIC AAD DANCIXG. American and Chineae Dishes. Service at All Honra. TRY OIH DAILY LCNCIL 11 A. M. TO (?. P. M. 25c, 30c, 35c, 40c to 75c. Including Soup, Vegetables, Drinks, Dessert. SPECIAL SUBTDAY TURKEY DIXSER, 75 der the ban are Erickson's, Second ana Burnside; Blazier's poolroom. Third and Burnside, and the Schaeffer place, Third and Arikeny. Chief Johnson and Mayor Baker visited the poolrooms last night to see if they had complied with the request of the health department not to allow crowding and the above establishments .were closed because the authorities said that they had not moved their tables far enough apart and had allowed crowds to congregate. Chief Johnson recently visited all poolrooms and no tified the proprietors that if they di not comply with the orders of th health department they would be closed up until the ban caused by influenza was lifted. m ducted into the Army but essential to fishing and canning operations, will be furloughed and made available for fish ing work during the fishing season and for other essential industries during the intervals. Fishermen to Be Furloughed. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 16. 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