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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 7, 1915. (-nuntv. Sheriff Wells, of Skagit Couh RAILROADS PLACE 0L0 CULTURE LIES ty, has been elected president of the association; Fred McuorKie, oi nur tnn Onnntv. was re-elected secretary sh.rif T.nnirmire. of Pierce County, is Extra! Extra! Extra! EQUIPMENT ORDERS vice-president and John Stringer, of King County, is treasurer. The Sheriffs have appointed legisla tive committees to work for a law establishing a state bureau of identi fication of criminals and removal of the present constitutional limit of two terms for county officers. DREAM OF DEATH IS TRUE Xorth Yakima Man's Body Is Found , Alter Wife Has Vision. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.; Feb. 6. (Special.) In the absence of her hus- I 1. hi. Ur.mj In this CltV 4 Domestic Demands Aggregate Entire Stock of the World's Renowned chaf f ner & Famous Belgian City Inces santly Subjected to Fire of Big French Guns. $30,000,000; Foreign Gov ernments in Field. 4 Hart "V" MANY CARS ARE NEEDED Fancy Fabric Suits and Overcoats WAR CONDITIONS TERRIBLE yesterday morning to visit his son near Naches City, Mrs. John Tanghe D DIXmUDE Mar r V Earth Trembles, Walls Crumble and I'all, and in Midst of All Quaint Clock Chimes: "Only Sub mit to Will of God." Continued From First Page.) ruined by the rain. There was cor respondence from the beginning of the 15th century, carried on in German be tween a merchant in Calais and the city government of Dixmude. There lay the minutes and other documents of the city government from the time when the Hanseatlc League was in the high-tide of prosperity, financial ac counts reaching back into the 14th cen. tury manuscripts of humanistic learn ing, scientific treasures of an impor tant and fascinating character. City Lives Underground. "Gladly as one would have lost one's self with these discoveries, this was manifestly not the moment to become absorbed in them, for the enemy's fire was directed without interruption at the market square and the former town ball. "So human being was at first to be seen in the ruined streets, yet there was much life in the city but under ground. Hundreds of eyes were watch ing us while we were wandering about. At times a sentinel would emerge sud denly from' a jumble of timbers and stones to warn us not to cross certain streets, for there are stretches of ground in this desolated town that are swept by the enemy's rifles so inces santly and with such a hail of bullets that it is sure death to try to cross them. "Asain we stopped before one of those confused heaps of ruins. Here were the headquarters of the German commandant. Forbidding as the pile looked from the outskle, it was com fortable enough inside. It was some rich man's house, about three-fourths of its height left standing, and its rooms on the ground floor being left intact. IS-ind bags and earth had been laid upon the debris covering the upper floors and this made the lower rooms secure against exploding sheila. Candles and lamps shed a mild and peaceful light in the rooms a light that set off tinely tho century-old splendor of the costly furniture that had been brought In from other ruined houses. The coffee percolator was humming. An ancient clock chimed at the end of every hour the same choral: 'Only Submit to the Will of God.' Hostile Trenches Close Together. "A tunnel, partly underground, and partly broken through the walls of Toonis and houses, leads up to the vrtillcry observation stand. From here c overlooked the battleground. The hostile trenches lie close to each other, at one point not more than 30 yards. The River Yser, now carrying high water, constitutes the dividing line here. On the other side we could see the French, mostly marines, moving about in their trenches rather care lessly what they might well do. as we were not answering their wild fusillade. "1 have now seen trenches all along the western front. from the Swiss fcnrder to the North Sea: but I have no where seen such trenches as these along the Yser here. The ditches are cut considerably below the water level of the river, and the result is that they are constantly filled with water. They are cut, not into earth, but into fully saturated mud. and water is all the time collecting in them. Hence the bottoms are covered with brush, under which brooklets can be heard babbling, yet without awakening any poetic sentiments in the midst of this per petual rifle-lire. Men Chafe Inder Inaction. "T went forward into our most ad vanced trenches, and what I learned there is well worth telling. Men liv ing under conditions the most uncom fortable that can be imagined, yet laughing over all the discomforts of the war and cherishing only the one wish that the inaction -imposed upon them by a wise strategy may soon come to an end, and that they may be al lowed to attack the enemy that has been lying before, them for weeks. At tho same time French corpses are still lving unburied before our positions, left there from the repeated attacks that failed after frightful losses for the enemy. lifting one's head cau tiously for a moment above the edge of a trench one sees piles of silent dead men with blackened faces lying out there in blue French overcoats. It Is a horrible sight, but owing to the incessant fire of the enemy It is im possible to give burial to these bodies. "As I was returning from the trenches through a queer tunnel like the burrow of a mole, passing under streets and houses, through cellars, rooms and kitchens, and once even un der a dripping sewer, the enemy pre pared for us a surprise that did not come wholly unexpected, lie began to bombard the ruins of Dixmude with heavy artillery. Walls Kail. Clock Chimes. "The first shell struck into a heap of ruins quite near us and made a noise as if the world were coming to an end. 'livery man into the bomb proofs.' was commanded, and several officers pulled me along with them into tfie subterranean dwelling of the com mandant. For three hours we remained there, listening to the noise and ex pecting every moment that a shell would strike right over us. Once the earth trembled: the adjoining house had been struck and came down with a crash above our heads. 'Now said Die commandant as another shell struck. 'NonV at one time nearer to u. at another farther away. Through It all the old Flemish clock was chim ing out the hours with its choral of submission to the will of God on high. "Since prudence is the better part of valor, and it was uncertain how long the bombardment would continue, we finally left Dixmude in the midst of It. To the left and to the right shells were dropping and walls were falling with a crash." SHERIFFS PICK SOUTH BEND Washington Association Elects and Arranges Convention. OLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 6. (Special.) The Washington Sheriffs' Association will hold its convention next Summer at South Bend, members decided today In accepting the Invitation of Pacific FORMER HOME COMPA.VY SIPERI DIES IN SOITH AMERICA X - TELEPHONE l.TE.DE.T 'I pi fe &fyM. I x I M. Antolne. L. M. Antolne, superintendent of maintenance of the Home Telephone Company in Portland until November, 1911, died Feb ruary 1, at Rosario, Argentine Republic, following illness due to typhoid fever. The news was received by Dr.( J. C. Twitchell In a letter from Chicago. Mr. Antolne was affiliated with the Portland Knights of Colum bus and was interested in grow ing apples at Hood'Kiver during his residence here. He resigned his position to go to Buenos Aires as special representative of the Automatic Electric Company, of Chicago. Mr. Antoine was a well-known athlete, being a member of the Antoine-Ruelbeck battery at Notre Dame University, when that institution won the cham pionship of the lake states. While in Portland he caught on a local team. dreamed at 11 o'clock last night her husband was dead. Early this morn ing his nude body was found on a rif fle in the Naches Kiver. Tanghe was 55 years old. He for merly was a nume tender ror a canal company, but had been out of work several months. Examination failed to show marks of violence. He has been desDOndent for some time, and it is be lieved he threw himself into the river fter disrobing. His clothing has not been found and he is supposed to have thrown it into the stream. ACT TEST CASE IS OUSTED Constitutionality of Corporation De partment Still Issue. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 6. (Special.) Cor poration Commissioner R. A. Watson has Just received notice or me dismis sal of the case of the National Mer cantile Company vs. R. A. Watson et al.. which was pending in the United tates Circuit Court of Appeals at ban Francisco. This case was brought to test the constitutionality of the act cre ating the corporation department in Oregon. There have been four cases brought since this act went into effect. All were for the purpose of testing the act. Two of these already had been dis missed. If the present amendment be fore the Legislature is passed it will practically settle the other case now pending. Mining Town to Have Saloon. BAKER, ' Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) Bourne, the little mining town where several of the big mines in the Sump ter Valley are clustered, is about to enjov a short period of liquor selling. Tho "town has been dry for some time, although not because of local option, but the city- council is- said to have decided to grant a saloon license un til January 1, 1916. ABERDEEN" TERRIER TRAV ELS S50.OOO MILES AS TRAMP. " : X pPf-lilf x "Kid." ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 6. (Special.) "Kid" is a thorough bred fox terrier. He has trav eled probably more than any dog in his day. "Kid" is 7 years old and has ridden railroad trains for 250,000 miles or 10 times the distance around the world. "Kid" began his travels when merely a pup. making the run between Walla Walla and Pasco with his master, T. C. Fox, who was then an express messenger. Mr. Fox is now Aberdeen agent for the Northern Express Com pany and is still the owner of Kid." After his master gave up railroading "Kid" continued and became a tramp dog, making runs between Olympia, Walla Walla and Lewiston, Idaho. The dog apparently has given up his gipsy life, but every morning he is at the railroad station to greet the Northern Pacific east bound train. Russia Buys 15,000 for Delivery on Pacific Coast Activity in Fac tories of United States for Six Months Assured. CHICAGO. Feb. 6. (Special.) Near ly 130,000.000 worth of orders have been .placed by American railroads with makers of equipment during the last 30 days. Besides these big con tracts, the Russian and French govern ments have ordered . enough rolling stock from domestic producers to in sure activity in locomotive works and factories for the next six months. A partial list of orders pending and confirmed by American and foreign lines is announced as follows: Russian government Fifteen thou sand cars from builders, delivered at Seattle, $12,000,000. French government Baldwin loco motives. $200,000. Chilean government Two hundred and fifty cars from a Pittsburg maker, $250,000. Bis Car Orders Placed. Pennsylvania Railroad Fifteen thousand cars. $12,000,000. Burlington Railroad Fifty locomo tives, 1500 cars and 30,000 tons of steel rails. $3,000,000. Illinois Central Railroad One thou sand refrigerator cars from the Amer ican Car & Foundry Company and 75 locomotives from the American Loco motive Company, $3,750,000. Erie Railroad Twenty-two thousand tons of steel rails from Carnegie Steel Company, 6000 from Illinois Steel Com pany and 2000 tons from several small concerns, $1,000,000. Southern Pacific Railroad Thirty thousand tors of steel rails from the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, $900, 000. Pennsvlvania Tank Car Company I One hundred tank cars from the Omaha Car Works. $800,000. Much Other Equipment Needed. Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Rail way Fifteen passenger coaches. Swift & Co. Five hundred and fifty cars from Haskell & Barker, $500,000. Mather Stockcar Company Five hun dred cattle cars from Haskell & Bar ker, $500,000. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Twenty-seven thousand tons of steel rails. $800,000. Boston & Maino Railroad Fifteen thousand tons of steel rails from the Lackawanna Steel Company, $4 50,000. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Seventy five thousand tons of steels rails from Carnegie, 50.000 from the Chicago Mills Steel Corporation and 12,000 from oth ers. $725,000. Serbian government Seven locomo tives from the American Car & Foun dry Company, $200,000. The Siamese government is contract ing for American cars. The Santa Fe. New York Central. New Haven. Chattanooga, Nashville & St Louis and other roads are said to have placed orders aggregating $-o,-000,000. At a Final Clearance Sale Commencing Tomorrow Positively Ends Saturday dv tt.7 ivn m.irir ETrFPTFin. OFF $20 Suits and O'coats $13.35 $30 Suits and O'coats $20.00 $25 Suits and O'coats $16.65 $35 Suits and O'coats $23.35 Hundreds of fine patterns to choose from. Every weave, every style, in regular, stout, slim and stub models. Be on hand early get first selection. Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co. Northwest Corner Third and Morrison The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes ACT OF GARRANZA CAUSES ANXIETY SPANISH COLONY INVITED LAND NEAR SPOKANE INVESTI GATED for'ioo FAMILIES. Agent Announce. Power to Fnrehase With Growth of Colony, When Once It I Began, In View. . - . -t. nr v. voh fKneci&l.) One hundred Spanish families will be . L .tid rin lands in SDokane DrOUgnL iw ou , . County and adjoining sections from the farming aisiricis ui nuiium during the coming season, according to , v. : hv V Wenz. & resi- piani wcuib j - - t dent of Mexico, who Just arrived here. Mr Wenz will atari immediately trip through the agricultural sections snnkana to examine lands and se cure data on each community. He states that ne nas Deen auinuncu . t onri thniich auite reti- ID purtiitiBc - cent about his plans, announces that if possible ne win bku ev c.h tracts. . m ... hpintr made to bring from 200 to 300 families to this country from .Mexico, lie bbjb. mt. Wenz, with a complete camping outfit, team and wagon, will start his trip in & few days. MURDER OF BOY ALLEGED Tacoma Housekeeper Held for As sault to Face Greater Charge. TACOMA. Feb. 6. Prosecuting At torney Remann announced tonight that h would file an information Monday charging first-degree murder against Mrs. Bertha Diffley, as a result of the death in December of 3-year-old Clar ence Hall. Mrs. Diffley was employed as housekeeper in the home of Amos Hall, the boy's father, and the boy died while the father was aosent irom me :ity. At the Coroner's inquest, shortly after the death, neighbors testified to alleged beatings inflicted upon the child, and physicians, who examined the body of the boy, which was exnumeo for autopsy, said certain bruises on the back of the head could not- have been caused bv a fall from a trunk, which, Mrs. Diffley said, led to the boy's death. The woman has been held in Jail on an assault charge. Indian Touth Convicted. PENDLETON. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) Richard "Burke. Indian, 21 years old. slayer of Edward Kirkpatnck, a Uma tilla Reservation farmer, was found guilty here today of manslaughter. He had been indicted for murder in the second degree. The jury was out two hours. The offense carries a penalty of from one to 15 years in prison. Sen tence will be passed on young Burke Tuesday at 9 o'clock. . CARD OF THANKS. .1 ; 1 . 1 -w- emna.!,., anil h.Aailflflll floral offerings extended to us in our hour of great sorrow through the death of our beloved mother. Charlotte Hill. ERNEST WESTERBERG. Adv. CECIL. WESTERBERG. CARD OF THANKS. I wish to thank the Independent Order of Oddfellows for their service in my bereavement, that of my father's death. Adv, C. W. ACKEBMA.V. Washington Displeased by Ef fort to Remove Capital fo Vera Cruz. DELICATE POINT INVOLVED Acceptance of. Invitation by Diplo matic Corps Would Mean Kecog nition of Government First Chief Spurns Compromise. WASHINGTON", Feb. 6. Efforts of General Venustiano Carranza to estab lish Vera Cruz as the capital of Mexico and compel the diplomatic corps in Mexico City to go there were discussed today by officials and foreign diplo mats here as one of the gravest devel opments of the Mexican situation. President Wilson conferred at length with Acting Secretary Lansing, of the State Department, and it was under stood the American Government would point out to Carranza its displeasure over any inconvenience to tho diplo matic corps in Mexico City. Already a . ) nrrrraan fo.r thft with- muvcuicai l" '-'O" drawal of legations recommended to the home governments oy some oi ,iue diplomats in Mexico City, but in view of the necessity for keeping careful watch on the Interests of their nation als, such a step is not considered likely to be approved by foreign nations gen erally. Spaniard and Brazilian Call. The anxiety over the situation was reflected somewhat by the visit of the Brazilian and Spanish Ambassadors, who separately sought Information from Mr. Lansing. It was admitted by officials of the State Department that while General Carranza had renewed his invitation for the diplomatic corps to go to Vera Cruz, such a step was doubtful because of its possible construction as a recog nition of the Carranza government The Spanish Ambassador said he had received a message from the Spanish Minister in Mexico City denying that Angel de Caso. confidential agent of the Spanish government, had been of is 111 illumes ill t.io ft...... . - o - - - . discredited rumors that Carranza Viould deport tne ispanisn Mimsier, who, he said, had. no knowledge of them. Carranza Refuse to Compromise. General Carranza sent the follow incr inn?A tonicrht to Eliseo Arre- dondo, his agent here: 'I desire to make clear mat unoer nlmtmaiannna XT i 11 I enter intO allY compromise with the enemies of the people's cause. I will only accept their unconditional submission to the au thority of the first chieftainship. - "No general or chief of the constitu tionalist . army is authorized to make any arrangements of a political char acter with the enemy, and I shall con- ' I or. aft nf riislni'nltV if anV chief attempts to make such arrange ments or listens to any prupuaaio leading thereto without the express in structions of the first chief. "I will continue to ignore any group calling itself a convention or congress ncnihiv tht mnv attemnt to med dle with the government of this coun try, irrespective of the fact whether it is civilian or military. No Convention While War Is On. Tn fii.th.innia nf thft nnitv Of action and the speedy pacification of the country, I have aeciaea not iu tuc ..nninn. vniiitnrv chiefs, nor any niuciis - - any convention, congress or assembly as long as the war continues. "When peace is restorea i snaii can - .. n,.nr,Aclv olfr?teri hv all the O, UUH5ICDO. j citizens, which shall have the charac ter of the constitutional congress, to the end that it may enact all the re- . -i ...I Jnrinir thn fitrufle and give them the validity of constitutional provisions. ' The State Department s. Bumiiiaiy i its riisnatches from Mexico, issued to night, was as follows: "The department is miormea tnav ou the night of February 3 the authori- .1-. : -. U.n.n r-itv 1i3K1l0d SLTl Official notice to the effect that all Villa and Chihuahua bills were worthless. "It is reported that tne laDor unions have called a meeting of protest against the removal of public offices to Vera Cruz and the closing of the schools, etc. "It is reported that many puoiic em ployes have been thrown out of work. "it is said that Villareal, the Secre tary of ths Treasury under Carranza and Gutierrez, was imprisoned Febru ary 3. "It is reported that the local Chamber of Commerce took up the matter of pa per money with General Carnnza and that his reply was unsatisfactory. On February 4 there were popular demon strations against the nullification of the money, as a result of which it is said that General Obregon, at present. mili tary chief of the city, decreed that this money should be accepted temporarily, pending definite action on the part of General Carranza. It is reported that there are no indications of improvement in the economic situation. "Advices from Tampico February 2 said that there was no change in the local petroleum situation or in political conditions. Petroleum companies are said to be sending unemployed men to the United States on petroleum steam ers. According to report, the petroleum commission has left Tampico for Vera Cruz for the purpose of reporting di rectly to General Carranza the results of its investigation. It js said tnat a gen eral state of depression exists among petroleum men on account of the un certainty regarding the provisions of the prospective petroleum law." MEXICANS DEMAND PEACE Conference Calls on Military Leaders to Terminate Strirc. SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 6. A reso lution calling on the leaders of the parties now engaged In the war in Mexico to terminate the strife and unite for the good of the country was adopted by the Mexico peace confer ence held here today. The resolution, in the form of a message, is being tel egraphed tonight to General Carranza, Villa, Maytorena, Hill, Zapata, Angles. Cantu and other military officials. More than 500 delegates from almost every section of Mexico and every po litical party participated in the con ference, which was presided over by Miguel Bolanes, Cacho, former Gov ernor of Oaxaca. The conference ad journed late today. In the opening address Federico Gamboa sounded the keynote of senti ment, which every speaker followed when he said, "Mexico is a house for Mexicans, and Mexicans only." The convention decided on a plan to obtain peace by the appointment of a permanent committee to bring about a conference of the military officials in Mexico at the earliest possible time. Federico Gamboa, former Minister of Foreign Relations in Huerta's Cabinet, and Francisco Carbajal. President of Mexico between the Huerta and Car ranza administrations, were elected chairmen of this committee, with power to name sub-committees in the United States. Spain, Cuba, Canada and other countries where tnere are colonies ui Mexicans. This committee is to ar range for another convention in Mexico as soon as answers are received from vi miiitarv officials to whom the ap peal is addressed. Wheat 'Exhibit to Be as Cascade. i r... i."1" 1 v.., Umatilla County wheat, falling and tumbling over a picturesque precipice in cascade effects, will be the plan of exhibit for this county at the San Francisco exposition. The necessary wheat will be shipped to San Francisco as soon as the exhibition room in the Oregon building is prepared to receive It. Umatilla. Wallowa. Baker. Mal heur and Union counties will join in an Eastern Oregon display. LAKE TITLE OPINION GIVEN Oregon Held Supremo in Lease of Beds or Summer and Abort. SALEM. Or., Feb. 6. (Special.) At-tomey-Genersl George M. Brown has just submitted an opinion, at tho re quest of tlio legislative committee nn public lands, to the effect thst the title to the beds of Summer and Abert Iskc, located in Lake County, is cstcd In the State of Oregon. Tho opinion nolii-lled for the purpose of guiding tho LeR-inlaturo In its consideration of tho tentative leap of these lake beds, which ws entered into by tho State Land Hoard, and which the Leglsliituro is asked to rat ify. The lessee Is Jason O. Moore, and tho Ifito Is for to years for a minimum of U5.000 a year. Tho brrtu of thoii lakes are reported to be rich in min erals of commercial value. Aberdeen, S. !., will meter city water. A Druggist's Favorite Kidney Kemedy--Cured Himself TT" ! Cl -,-an n trrx T ViaH 9 T1 Attack Of C U ICCII jrcofcio m. . acute kidney trouble. I consulted a physician who gave me meaicine wmu , i : .i . time. After A is- oniy mivvcu m v..... continuing his medicine my trouble re turned as severe as Deiore. i r nan.. 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You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling about the kidneys- . 1. 1 .. 1 .. -nrhn .'.)! jnir K a aiii-e and mention The Portland Sunday Oro- gonian. esuin iuij-vih " " " dollar . size bottles for sale at all drug stores.: Adv. . . j VEN during such times as the present, when Gill's service organization is taxed to the utmost by reason of the eager and enthusiastic shoppers attending the sale of the Lipman Wolfe Book Stock, the same atten tion to detail the same unfailing courtesy and prompt attention prevail. Your attendance is invited during this unusual event, whether you care to avail yourself of the remarkable savings or merely browse through this splendid collection of Books. THE J. K. GILL CO. Third and Alder. Booksellers, Stationers and Complete Office Outfitters. The Harter Automatic Cooker It's a combination of a Fireless Cooker and a Gas Range. 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