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THE SUNDAT OKEGOXIAX. TORTLAND, 3IAT 2, 1915. GUMS THREATENING DUNKIRK LOCATED Allies Drop Bombs on Posi tions and Clear Air of Re l connoitering Craft. BRITISH PUBLIC AROUSED incident, Declared Small in Itscir, Brings AVar Closer to Shores or England Than Ever Before. Shells I'M red Long Distance. LONDON. May 1. The Admiralty an nounces that the position of the Ger man guns which have been bombarding Dunkirk bavins' been verified by air craft reconnaissance, it was attacked last night, 12 small and two large bombs being dropped. Reconnaissance also was made to Os tend, which was cleared of all import ant craft. A Taube aeroplane appeared in eight, but kept 10,000 feet up and three miles off. A naval aeroplane chased the Taube, whereupon the latter retired. A dispatch from Folkestone received here tonisrht says: SH'onil Bombardment Verified. Refugees arriving here from Dun kirk report that six shells from the German 17-inch guns fell in Dunkirk early Friday night at intervals of 10 minutes. Considerable damage was done to the town. The women and chil dren of Dunkirk are leaving in large numbers. This is the second bombardment of this port, the first having been reported yesterday as having occurred on Thurs day. The British public has been greatly impressed by the Owman bombardment of Dunkirk, which it is believed in military circles here must have been from a distance of from 18 to 20 miles. The ' Times Bays the incident is of small importance from a military view point, but that it brings the war closer to England's shores than at any earlier period of the struggle. Krnau Tenacity Recognised. "We have," the Times says, "in the events of the past 10 days the clearest possible proof that, far from being on the run, the Germans can at any mo ment resume the offensive in the west with great power and obstinate cour age, with an ample supply of men and guns, and in a spirit that will stop at nothing. "The bombardment of Dunkirk is only one more sign of their settled purpose to reach the coast towns near England, and it ought to bring us with a bound out of that world of illusion in which the nation has been encouraged to gaze at the facts through the mist of facile optimism Passengers who arrived in London from France yesterday said that the shells that fell in Dunkirk were of large caliber, and were supposed to have come from guns at least 17 miles inland. Many persons were killed out right, while others died later from their injuries. Military Ponrrleti to Reply. The Times correspondent In Northern France says the first shell fell in Dun kirk at 3:30 o'clock Thursday, almost at the same moment that three Ger man aeroplanes were seen hovering overhead. "The bombardment," the correspond ent adds, "continued for 90 minutes. In habitants hid in the cellars or fled the town. The military authorities of Dun kirk were powerleess to reply to the enemy's big guns, the whereabouts of which were unknown, but they opened a. furious fire on the aeroplanes and drove them off." The French war office tonight issued at Paris an official account of the bombardment, saying: "The bombardment of Dunkirk by heavy artillery is a new proof that the Germans have not been able to pierce our lines nor have they obtained by it any appreciable result. They are striving to impress neutral opinion by these manifestations, without military efficacy. "From the viewpoint of the develop ment -of the operations this bombard ment is without importance, its ef fect is entirely localized to the de struction of a few houses and the kill ing of peaceable inhabitants of Dun kirk. New victims of German barbarity are the only results obtained by the enemy. The position of the armies confronting each other in Belgium is without any modification whatever." 1314 HONOR SATISFIES HARRIMAX CLUB IS NOT TO HAVE CANDIDATE FOR QCKEN. Election of Thelma Hollingsworth. to Reign Over Festival Last Year Held Recognition Enough. Because of having had the honor of naming Queen Thelma Hollingsworth for the 1914 Rose Festival, the Harrl man Club will not enter a candidate in the race for queen of the 1915 festival. George W. McMath, president of the railroader' organization, yesterday an nounced the decision of the club. "That interest in the Rose Festival may be maintained at the highest pitch, it has seemed to the directors and of ficers of the Harriman Club that it is advisable that the club refrain from any attempt to name one of our charm ing young ladies as either queen or maid in waiting for the festival this year," said Mr. McMath. "In Queen Thelma Hollingsworth the Harriman Club secured the honor of having the first queen ever elected for the big annual festival. "We appre ciated the honor and were delighted at the tact and graciousness exhibited by Miss Hollingsworth on the many oc casions when she appeared in public. "And in making this announcement we do not want to be understood as admitting that there are no other ladies in our club on whom the honor would not rest equally well. We have a lot of them. "But it is better that the honor should be passed around. "It is our earnest wish and desire that the Harriman Club be the first to entertain her majesty, whoever she may be." one of the last survivors of the group that witnessed the transfer of Alaska to the United States by Russia 48 years ago, the ceremonies taking place at Sit ka, then the capital. Sitka, although no longer of commer cial Importance, is still the chief point of interest for Summer tourists to Alaska, all of whom visited the Rus sian cathedral and met Father Sergius. ell had served the United States as in terpreter and assistant to the boundary commission. A few years ago he re ceived a silver goblet from the Russian government with a letter from the Rus sian Ambassador to the United States, expressing appreciation of his services to the Russian church. The body will be sent to Sitka for burial in the ancient Russian church yard there. EVTERAN'S CAREER LONG B. W. POW ELL OJtCK CITY HE. COHDEH FOR MEDFOBD. Grand Army In Charge of Funeral of Former Judge of Colfax County, IVebmslMU Benjamin W. Powell, the Civil War veteran who died at his home' at 723 Michigan avenue last Wednesday, at the, age of 71 years, was born in De Kalb County, Indiana. He served in Company C of the Fourteenth regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in 4 B:'??wpmtf ivH."jwv.i.-wijuwt.wjwMtka I t r -J 1 1 , - J is J i s ' V - . 1 II v a ; I If ... 1 i f ' r -irST n---iMfatM4'rtitoMUMrt I I Benjamin W. Powell, Who Died f ' Recently. , Company C of the Seventy-fourth regi ment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He received honorable discharge at the close of the war. He had been a member of General Compson Post. 22, Department of Ore gon of the Grand Army of the Republic and was an Odd Fellow. He was ad mitted to practice at the bar of Nebraska and at one time was Judge of Colfax County. After coming to Oregon. Mr. Powell was City Recorder of Medford for a term and later was the first City At torney of Castle Rock, Wash. He re moved to Portland in 1907. Funeral services were held Friday from the chapel of the Chambers Un dertaking Company at Klllingsworth and Kerby streets, under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic. ASTORIA FISHING BEGINS G1LLXETTGRS DOTTING BAY MAKE FAIRLY GOOD HAULS. Cache of SOOO Pounds of Salmon Caught During Closed Season Is Confiscated and Sold. ASTORIA, Or., May 1. (Special.) Scores of gillnetters were on the river today and the entire bay from the bar up was dotted with boats as a result of the opening of the Spring fishing season at noon. All fishing was stopped at 6 o'clock tonight on account of the Sunday closing law. Some fairly good hauls were made by those fortunate enough to run across the little bunches of salmon playing about in the lower river. Early next week quite a number of traps and seines will begin operations and by the middle of the month probably more gear will be in the water than for years so early in the season. That there has been some illegal fishing during the closed, season, which ended today, is shown by the fact that last night Deputy Fish Warden Larson discovered a cache containing 5000 pounds or royal chinooks a short dis tance this side of Rainier. An excava tion had been made close to the river bank and It was filled with salmon packed in Ice bo that the -fish were in excellent condition. The salmon were confiscated "and taken to Kalama, where they were sold. Deputy Larson arrested Frank Matka, of Mayger, Thursday night, on a charge of fishing during the closed season. He was founa ruilty in the Justice Court and fined $50, as well as $5 costs, which he "paid. NOTED PRIEST IS DEAD Ker. Sergiua KostromctinoTf, of Sitka, Passes in Seattle. SEATTLE, Waash., May 1. Rev. Sergius George Kostrometinof f, rector of St. Michael's Cathedral. Sitka, Alaska, and who had been connected with that church since 1S8S, died at a hospital here today, aged 61 years. He waa born at Sitka of Russian parents and was FIRE IMPERILS' 500 HORSES Streams From Hose Force Animals From Corrals at Caldwell. CALDWELL. Idaho, May 1. (Spe cial.) - A stubborn fire yesterday threatened to wipe out the Union Stockyards buildings. A spark from a passing freight train is supposed to have started the blaze. The fire de partment fought practically all day before the blaze could be controlled. The fencing about the innumerable pens was dry and burned rapidly wher ever the running blaze touched. As a last resort 75 buckets were brought from town, and a small army was formed to stop the spread of the blaze. The rain late in the afternoon also helped to extinguish the fire. When the fire broke out there were between 400 and S00 horses in the yards. Because of the dense smoke which enveloped the yards it was im possible to get the animals from the pens without the expedient of driving them out with streams of water from the hose. Business Holding Its Own. Postal receipts are holding their own. according to the latest report of Post master Myers as to the monthly income, A decrease is noted, but it is no more formidable than has been recurring during earlier months of the present year. Receipts for the month of April totaled $97,025. 85, as compared with $105,786.52 for the corresponding month of last year, a decrease of 8760.67. Saloons Going: Ont of Business. WALLACE. Idaho, May 1. (Special.) The County Commissioners today granted one more saloon license, bringing the total to 20. At the end of May 10 are planning to go out of business. r""1 o J. G. MACK & CO. FIFTH STREET Between OAK and PINE J. G. MACK CO This Store Will Continue to Sell the Trustworthy Kind of Furniture, Floor Coverings, Drapery, Upholstery and Decorative Materials, Etc., in Which It Has Always Specialized Satisfaction isn't a matter of a moment, but an enduring thing. That is why we sell dependable goods. Remember, we are but one and one-half blocks north of our former location. Our rent and operating expense have been mate rially reduced. You, as a purchaser here, will also profit b y the lower prices which we are enabled to offer. Sharp Reductions in the Carpet Departm't Note These in Room -Size Rugs Two Body Brussels Rugs, sze4iO. 9x12 ft., regular price $30. SpeclP" Two Wilton Rugs, 9x12 ft, f00 CA regular price $40. Special P'" One Balkan Rug, 9x12 ft, fyf O Cf regular price $55. Special PHJ One Wilton Rug, 9x12 ft, d A O tt( regular price $50. Special PxOJV One Chenille Rug, 9x12 ft, tfjCO Cf regular price $65. Special pOw.iJlJ Two Axminster Rugs, 9x12 S?Q 1 7C ft, reg. price $27.50. Spec! 1 e I O Imported Hand Tufted Chinese Rugs at Importers' Cost! See these clever creations of the Orient and youll realize their beauty and adap tation to correct decorative schemes. Shantung wool, size S by 6 feet. We've priced them for Immediate disposal. Traveling Men's Samples of Best Grade Wilton Carpets, (trt J r Worth $9, Special tj)Z4D Each one two yards long, adapted for sleeping-porches and other floor-covering purposes. We secured them at a ridicu lous price and offer them at such. Print'd Linoleum Square Yard Laid, Special .You choose from four good patterns of the best Printed Linoleum at the above special price during this week only. If your kitchen or bathroom needs cover ing or re-covering, here's an inducement to buy. The 80c sq. yd. grade, mind you, laid for, square yard, 4:0 c. Six Very Attractive Specials in the Celebrated Cowan Furniture Every Piece of Solid Cuban Mahogany Authentic reproductions bearing the shop mark of the famous maker, Cowan, of Chicago Such Furniture Will Give Service Through Many Generations Sewing Table, Special, $19.50 Regular price $45. Em pire Colonial. Extra heavy pedestal. Drop leaves. Height 28 inches. Top, open, 18 by 34 inches. Three Patterns in Tabourettes, Sp'l, Each, $4.95 Regular price $7.50. Height 18 inches. Top 14 ni'lips in diam eter. Kluted and plain pcdestalx. Hound and square tups. Library Tables Two Sixes in This Pattern $75 Library Table, top (T Q r 23x48 inches. Special. $J).0) $95 Library Table, top (fy rn 32x42 inches, Special. )40.DU Muffin Stand, Special, $5.90 Regular price $15. Lip. edge shelve. Height S6 inches. Top shelf 10 inches in diameter. Lower shelf 12 inches in diameter. Gate-Leg Table at the Special, $75.00 Reproduction of the origin al Independence Table. Blze of top, with leaves raised, 48 bv 63 inches. Top, with leaves down, 19 by 48 inches. Has silver drawer in end. Regu lar price $110. Tip Table at the Special, $5.90 Regular price $l-i. Diameter of top 2 4 Inches. Cabriole leg. Height, when closed. Z Inches. Idea! for after noon tea, card playing and other purposes. Overstuffed Furniture Made under our own supervision in our own workshops by skilled workmen. These Unusually Low Special Prices are opportune for placing a piece or two of this Furniture in your home. Lady's Overstuffed O 7C Easy Arm Chair, Sp'l .J) XOe I O Large Overstuffed rnn f a Easy Arm Chair, Sp'ZT), JJ High hack and low arms. Deep seated. Loose-seat cushions. $37.50 Large Overstuffed 7 foot Davenport, Sp'l. Plain seat and back. Hair top. Double stuffed. English Overstuffed tfQC flft Large Davenport Sp'l pU)jj Three-pillow back, three loose-cushion seat pattern. Pillow vpring large arms. Down and white curled-hair filled. Regu lar price $16u. IC IIC Two Good Specials in Drapery Goods 18c Cretonne at the Special, Yard . . , Repeating Last Week's Spring and Mattress Specials FVHrd Citlti Mattress, Rft Regular Price 1S50. up'! Any size. Covered in art ticking, inely-good bargain in mattresses. A genu- Va Yam Bed Spring. t 1 Jtt Rtftilir Prt?e 93. a --! a I Will J Woven wire, with the coil spring support. Any size at this special price. The grade of material that sells regu larly and readily for 50c yard. Pleasing selection can be made from the assort ment shown. Width 36 Inches. An oppor tunity to replace your old bedroom hang ings and upholstery at a worth-while cav ing. Sundour Drapery Mate- rials at the Special, Yd. . . 0C The genuine Sundour fabric, which means It's color fast, rlfty inches wide. Plain and figured, in 18 different colors. Regular price $1.60 yard. New: French Cane Porch Furniture' Very attractive and restful furniture. Ideal for outdoor use. No glue used in joints. Clialra nd tables as lew aa 98.75 ud up to $15. qUo (Glo 6S and TO Fifth St. jMaiok-S Coo Bet. Oak and Pine, Just l1- Blocks North of Former Location- , Tl -2l Blocks North of Washington New Goods Con stantly Arriving Kvery day sees new pieces and suites placed on our floors. In a few weeks our displays will le enlarged to former normal proportions, and will be, practically speaking, new throughout. . BOWLBY REPLIES ALLEGATION'S OP EXTRA PAG AX CE MADE BY MR. KAY DENIED. State Treasurer Accused of Not Back ing Hieuway Engineer, but En couraging Hostile Officials. SALEM, Or., May 1. (Special.) Henry L. Bowlby, former State High way Engineer, in a statement issued tonight, denies allegations of State Treasurer Kay that he was extravagant and negligent when in office. The statement in part follows: "Mr. Kay said no roads in Columbia County were finished, when as a mat ter of fact 26 miles between Gobel and the Clatsop County line of the Pacific Highway were completed. There would be no threatened lawsuits if Mr. Kay had backed up the State Highway En gineer instead of encouraging the hos tile county officials in their fight to have a change in the office of en- SAT1YE OP CANADA DIES IX PORTLAND AT AGE CP 4S. 1 . - - t X' - " A t t - f 4 I I ' ' srf- A I i 1 V -r i I ' 1 I William W. Carmlchsel. William W. Carmichael, a na tive of Wyoming, Canada, died at his home, 580 Ash street, April 23. He was born September 23, 1867. He married Mies Gladys Kelley October, 1909, and has since made his home in Portland. The funeral services were held at the home April 2S. Besides his wife, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. L. L. Bartlett, and four brothers. Walter, of Alpina, Mich.; Angus, of Grand Kitpids, Mich.; Mose and Sam, of Marshfield, Or. The body was taken to Mc Minnville for interment, where the Klks' lodge had charge of the services. gineer. Mr. Kay leaves the impression with the reader that I advised building temporary roads. The facts are that Mr. Kay stated in the meeting of March 22 that he thought it would have been a better policy to have built more miles of mediocre roads than to accomplish such an ambitious scheme as opening th3 Columbia Highway on standard lines and grades throughout Columbia County. Governor Withycombe dis agreed with Mr. Kay and stated that he thought my plans were good and that the road movement would be best served by doing as much each year as possible along right lines until an en tire road could be thrown open to traf fic built on proper grades and with proper curvature. "No men were- employed that were not needed. It was thought to be econ omy and has proved to be so, to keep on the payroll the district engineers in charge of contract work rather than to get rid of everyone who had personal knowledge of the work under contract and to break in new men when work was resumed this Spring. Such a pol icy would have pleased the contractors and would have been an apparent but false economy." Major Bowlby said the County Judge of Jackson County had been plaeased with the character of work done undef his supervision, and the remarks at tributed to him by Mr. Kay were not made in his presence. Further, the engineer said, he did not believe they were made at all. Major Bowlby de clared that no counties hfad ever re ceived more for the money expended in the way of roads than Clatson. Co lumbia and Jackson Counties. Man, 73, Emulates Bunyan, Though Not in Motive. Prisoner From Vancouver Jail Writes of Innocence. Citing Hard, ships and Poverty Borne Through Winter. VANCOUVER, Wash., May f (Spe cial.) J. B. Lad dames, an aged man, recently sent to Jail after being convicted of dumping tin cans on the public highway, yet maintains his innocence. He writes "A cheery word to the poor and disheartened, from an old man of 73," as follows: "I have lived In and within Vancou ver for the last 20 years. I have a family of four grown children who couldn"t get a day's work this Winter. My potatoes ran out, my cow laid down and died, my grocery bill got to be $25 and I didn't know where I was going to get my next sack of flour. "Two men took mercy on me and had me arrested for another man's crime of dumping two sacks of tin along the highway. I was tried before the Jus tice of the Peace, found guilty and the fine and costs amounted to $7.60. Xot being able to pay it I was committed to the County Jail. There they were good enough to have my picture taken to be placed in the rogues' gallery. That's what a man gets for attending to his own business for 20 years. I am still here waiting to see what the Sum mer will bring forth." Portland People in Chicago. CHICAGO, May 1. (Special.) Reg istered from Portland today at the Congress was George W, Kleiser, of the firm of Foster & Kleiser. DIVORCE IS ATTACKED MARIOX PROSECUTOR TAKES HAND IX CASE TO MAKE TEST. Appeal to Supreme Court Taken Prom Decision Granting Decree to Mary M. Smytae for Desertion. SALEM, Or., May 1. (Special.) De claring that the grounds for the decree were inadequate and that the husband was no more to blame than the wife. District. Attorney Ringo, of Marion County, today filed ark appeal with the Supreme Court from the divorce granted by Circuit Judge Galloway to Mary M. Smythe, an instructor at the Feeble Minded Institute, from Ignatius M. Smythe, of Elk Point, S. D. The law recognizes the Ditsirct At torney as a party to divorce proceed- VICTOR IV LIVOOLX-rOM MBIA DEBATE WILL RECEIVE SILVER TROPHY CIT. "V i: 1 r1 , '.-v: i 'si-- - !' ." kit i rais liilliaiialalatasansiiafcjsaaam Award Offered by G. Heltkemprr. G. Heltkemper. of the Heit kemper Jewelry Company, will present a silver trophy cup to the winner of the Lincoln-Columbia University lnterscholastic de bates which are to be held next Friday night in the auditorium of each school. The cup is the largest ever presented for an lnterscholastic debate, measuring 16 inches lit height. It is handsomely en graved and will bear the name of the winning school. It will be come the permanent property of the victor. ings, and Mr. Hingo desires to find out Just what constitutes grounds for divorce. It is the first divorce proceed ing in which a District Attorney has appealed from a degree of a judge in the history of Oregon. The Smythes were married July 24. 1907, and have been separated for more than two years. Continuous and will ful desertion was alleged In the corn plaint, although Mr. Hingo asserts t.ie couple agreed to separte. Both being desirous that a divorce decree be granted, Mr. Ringo avers that there Is no legal desertion, for the law provides that desertion must have oc curred contrary to the desire of the plaintiff making the allegation. "It is pretty easy to get a divorce in this state." declared the District Attorney, "and I wish to find out where I stand. It seems to me that many have been granted which under the law should not have been." CAT'S GRAVE KEPT GREEN Children of Kittenhouse Square Con tinue Tribute to Pet. PHILADELPHIA; April 27. Ritten house Square's only grave is blossom ing like the bay tree these Spring days, for the young society friends of Tom Rittenhouso, the famous est which formerly was the pet of the children who frolic in the square, have seen to it that the grave is kept green and beautiful. Of course, the principal Interest is taken by Harry Trultt, the superin tendent of the square, but at the same time many of the little children who frequent the square, whose fathers and mothers could buy them anything they could possibly want, have devoted much of their time to superintending the superintendent in his care of Tom's last resting place. Tom was one of the movt famous of this city's cats. Prom the time he first made his appearance In the square, a a kitten, almost 28 years ago. until be died last year, he was a prime favor ite. Men and women whose own chil dren now play in the squsre were youngxters themselves when Tom first arrived. He was brought here by a newsboy. The newsboy has long since grown up and disappeared. When the newsboy left many persons tried to steal Tom, but, like all cats, he always came back. He had adopted Rlttenhouse Square. Last year, when Tom died, a little grave was dug against the little house on the iv est ide of the square. Two square granite blocks mark the head and foot of Tom's grave. The mound Itself is outlined In beautiful flaming tulips. Six or seven pink and white hyacinths grow on top of the grave, which Is inclosed with arched wire. At the four corners of the inclosure are hyacinths, and several rose bushes com plete the floral decoration within the wire. BRIDEGROOM NEAR DEATH Injuries neeclved in Weddins Prank May Prove I'atal. MVSKOGr.B, Okla., April 27. Arch Veitch, a stockman' of Maiia. Okla.. is believed to be dying in a hospital here as the result of a wedding prank. Friends tried to pull him from a train as he was leaving Wagoner, Okla.. with his bride on a wedding trip to thii city, and in the struggle Veltfh strained ligaments in the region of his heart. Council Rejects Plun to Omit Names. EKLOIT. Wis., April 28. "What's in a name?" Ancient and mossgrown though the queHtion is. It found an answer at the Bcloit City Council meet ing, when Alderman W. A. Kussow In troduced a resolution providing that committee members' names be deleted from the printed proceedings. He said that the printing of the mimes alone cost the city $200 a year. The resolution was defeated by "th public ought ti know" argument. YOU 0 Are Invited to Take Ad vantage of Afy Perfect Credit System You may through this orisinal plan choob any Diamond, Watch cr other article of Jewelry and have possession of same by a small first payment, the balance to be paid in convenient weekly or monthly sums. You are assured of the maximum value at the cash price, with all the privileges that po to make my Perfect Credit System. It's differ ent, because you do not have to pay extra for the accommodations. Call, investigate, be convinced it pays to buy from me. . Largest Diamond Dealer in Oregon 283 Morrison Street Between Fourth and Fifth Street.