Tire WTTXDAT OltEGOJTCAN, VOTITLAXX AUGUST 8, 1915.
NOTABLES OF BOTH SIDES IN EUROPEAN WAR IN RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS.
RUSSIAN OFFICIAL '
KEEPS TRIP SECRET
LAST WEEK OF
GRAY'S -HALF-
PRICE SALE
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Count J. Branick Declares
That Americans Are Idea!
; i to Transact Business.
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L MUNITION LACK IS SHOWN
" Evacaatloa of War-aw Is Numbered
Among Original Plans Abun
dance of Men and Crops
la RomIs neported.
Coast J. Branlek.of Petrograd. R
ata. la In Portland. Ha la on hta war
' o New York, whm ha baa ben trans
i actios; business for tha Russian tor
I ornmcBt. having coma to thia city from
tba San rranctaco Exposition.
1 jot what tha "iiwMnment cosiness"
Includes Count Branick did not divulge.
! but a statement from mm to the effect
that the Rasslan army waa In dlra need
of anna and ammunition and that bo-
fora he came to America ha had paid
visits to both England and Sweden
makes the aolutlon of bla -government
" aostnea mora than a random guess.
-I am not at all surprised at the
evacuation of Warsaw by tha Russian
'. forces." declared Count Branick. "It
waa the original Intention of tha Rua
' slan army to let Warsaw go but at
' that time vi did not think that the
Oermane would violate tha neutrality
cf Belgium and march toward Franca,
. he continued.
litrattoa Declared OrtgiaaU
-So the original Intention of the Rua-
alan forcea has been carried out. War-
Mw u too hard to hold, and I am not
; surprised at Ita captura. If you will
i look at a map of tha war aona you
readily will see why tha Germane were
! successful. German territory on the
' north and Galicla on tha south and
! tha Russian army without ammunition,
i there could ba only one result. 1
! think that Inside of two months' time
the situation will be different. It la
' the last large advance that the Oer-
nans will make and Warsaw Is tha
1 last large prlsa that they will capture.
I Count Branick declared that the eon-
dltions In the Russian capital were
' such that It waa Impossible to tall by
taeraly being In Petrograd that a war
" waa being waged. "There are still In
, tba Russian capital plenty of young
men to furnish Russia with a greater
I army If aha needs one.
If we hd ammunition and arms to
I supply them wa could raise an army of
l.00.a men. There will always be
plenty of men In Russia to take care
of tha Industries and agriculture. And
" tha crop in Russia have' been thla year
It he best for ten years and there are
' plenty of men to harvest them.
Private Red Craee Itrrlce Ctvasi.
At tha beginning of tha war Count
Branick organised a private Red Cross
I service and waa. la charge of It until
his departure tor England, about the
I tint of May. He has worked most of
tse time along tha Russian lines In
' Poland and said that eome of tha slt
. nations ha had witnessed were beyond
description because of their horror,
"la a small village la Poland I was
passing- a bouse snattered by a Ger-
man shell and heard aomo ona shriek
; log plleousiy. I got out of the auto-
mobile and looked la the debris and
.' found aa old woman with both legs
broken and lying near were her daugh
: ter and soo-ln-Uw and their four chll-
dren. all dead.
-Another time we were doing relief
! work after the Germans eiiad been re-
pulsed In their first attack oa War
; aaw. We came to a big oak tree and
, the top of 1t was torn off. Under-
nvatb the tree lay 7J Germans killed
; by tha same shell. They had evidently
i taken shelter there from a heavy rain.
' and a passing shell had hit the tree.
; it la a good example of tha destructive
i power of the modern ahelL Men have
' invented too many destructive agents."
Estate Laid Waste by War.
Before the opening of the war
Count Branick maintained an estate la
. the province of Flock of about
' acres, but It has all been laid waste
and his residence burned and, all tha
'valuable portraits and books that made
' up his library destroyed.
This Is the first visit of Count
' Branick to the United States and he
h-a found the American people -delightful"
and "very hospitable."
, "America is m msuiiu u",
I find the American people easy to do
. 1 . k- . A V. D-lfl.
, Coast Just to see tha expoaltlon at
' San Francisco and I want to say that
: it is wonderful.'
Count Branick said he was eager
j for the time to come when the Darda
' nellea would be opened by the allied
; fleets so that Russia would he able to
. get Its supplies from France. Instead
of having to ship them via Japan.
today and return to New York, where
Be will hii ivr nilHIli VnIWi:i v
; be In Russia Inside of three weeks
and ha Immediately will resume his
Red Cross work at the Russian front.
RAIL CONNECTION PENDING
' Delay Kxpccted la Oregon Electric-
Soathera Pacific Case.
life; lr4V-::i.x i
Amsterdam Hears Foreign
Secretary Is to Resign.
TWO BLUNDERS CHARGED
ALBANY. Or.. Aug. T. (FpeciaU
J The result of the Public Service Cora-
mission hearing yesterday on the petl-
j tlon for a physical connection of the
Oregon Electric and southern Faclde
' lines at Albany probably will not be
. known for at least six weeks.
The transcript of testimony will be
written first, and after that la filed the
plaintiffs will have 10 daya to file a
brief. The Southern Pacific Company,
which Is contesting the petition, will
then have IS daya to file aa answer
. brief, and the shippers five daya there
after to file a repjy brief.
Shippers are confident that the petl
tlon will be granted. Evidence waa In
troduced tending to show, they assert,
'that the connection asked for la badly
needed.
FOREST FIRE STAMPED OUT
Six Biases In Santlam District Do
Virtually Xo Harm.
. ALBA NT. Or, Aug. T.l Special)
Though six forest fires have started
thai far thla Summer la the Santlam
National Forest, not one of them haa
covered more tnan a quarter or an acre.
This Is due to the fact that through the
patrol and lookout system of the Gov
ernment Forest Service, each one baa
been discovered Immediately, ana ex
uished before It secured a start. Con
equeatly no material damage haa re
sulted so far this year.
r. M Brundaa-e. supervisor of the
Rantlmm National Forest, with head
quarters at thla city, aaya that owing
to the fact that toere naa not " "J
MBtlnuad period of real dry weather.
conditions are bow good to prevent any
large forest fires.
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Te KaUer Wlll'lasa la AatossekUe, Ceaferrlaa; With Field Of fleer.. Below Allies' Leadera In Coafereacet lrd
Ts tvauer n"'t9 Extreme Left. Geaeral Jeff re Ceater, Ceaeral Freach la Baekgroaad,
JAGDW m QUIT
Austro-Hangarlaa Noto and Pro
posal to Partition Belgian Congo
Reported to Hare Precipi
tated Situation.
tintion. Anr. 7. The correspondent
at amiterdam of the Exchange Tele
graph Company hears from Berlin the
early resignation of Gottlleh von ja
gow. the German Foreign Secretary, la
probable.
Tha MlnlsterV retirement will he at
tributed to llf health, but the real rea
son, according to the, correspondent's
. .hi k i4n. a two blunders.
the first being the Auslro-Hungaxlan
note to tne unuea otaiea niirein
exportaUons of munitions, which waa
sent to Washington without consult
ing him. and tne second oeing mo
!..-. n hm Rnlarlmn S'rav
yKiva iyiiii.- . ... " -
book that Herr von Jagow urged the
division of the Belgian Congo oeiwccu
Germany and France.
The Foreign Secretary a euccessor.
the correspondent adds, probably will
k- rr Alfred Zimmerman. Under-
Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
No confirmation or tne rumor ni
Uerr von Jagow la about to give up the
foreign portfolio haa been received
from any other source.
OFFER TO BUY , COXGO MADE
German Kditor Saja Belgian Rights
Were Not to Be Violated.
BERLIN. Aug. 7(By wireless to
C til V A m rr IT th. neW ItemS
prepared by the Overseas News Agency
today wss tne louowing.
"The North German Gazette, cotn
...! offiflailv on tha statement
n.H. th Belirlan Grsv Books that
neir vvn . .
GMiarv. nrooosea tne pkriuiua
Belgian Congo between Germany,
France and Great Britain, to the ex
clusion of Belgium, in the Spring of
. - . w - k irtiiln information
about the negotlatlona between Great
Britain and Germany ruiim
flinnita in Africa aeemed to have
reached Parts.
i i-- ru rnhnn the French Ambassa
dor at Berlin, asked for an explanation
. . i nn i . vhn rernleH that
no French rights were involved, but
that perhaps tne Congo region wwum
be an appropriate subject for general
agreementa oeiweeu
"Belgium, ha said, probably would
w hi. ei.nri.ilv in meet the re
quirements, and it generally was doubt
ful whether tne smau wuninw
financially strong enough to administer
I. rnlnnlea. 1L hlch Opinion Was
. a k. ll.l.la. mihllrlKtm.
li . I CH vr A'vi.anu
North German Gaxette says, never waa
Intended or mentioned. The discussion
started from the fact that France, dur
ing the Morocco conference, offered
r- . w nrttlOft and rlahta In or
to buy the Belgian Congo. If It were
tor sale.
i vr r.iii.AviM thm news
avTniuiBiji -- - -
... - - t Ann informed the Bel
gian Mlntstsr of his conversation with
Herr voj Jagow. misrepreseniina: n.
tendencies, but tha fact that Germany
i i i si i K.v. n .1 if H eolonlal neco-
ri j u . - " m
ttatlons Is the best proof tbst she hsd
thought of attacking the other
powers or of beginning a-world-con-flsgratiop."
FLOWER COUNTY IS PLAN
Hood River Floral Association
Launches Planting Campaign.
iinnn vjtx-pjj nr. Aur. 7. (Ppe-
claL) "A valley of beautiful homes
and of beautirul nignways. is
slogan adopted by the Hood River
County Floral Association wti.cn.
launched a campaign xo crcai
In planting flowers along public
. i. s t. . ...Ar-iAttAn la rtro.
inorgutiiiaicB. " -" '
testing the destruction of trees along
the roads or the county.
-u. w.n in hnllvhocks or some
such perennial take the place of weeds,"
declare . jr. lanwu, jficd.
the floral organisation, "and we are
sides now covered with bated poison
oak snruDS are goiaen iu i of
time with California popples. These,
planta grow well here."
The association will distribute liter
ature among ranchers, giving informa
tion aa to the' shrubs and plants that
can bo grown by them with least ex
pense and ertori.
KENNEWICK INVITES PARTY
Commercial Crab Seek lslt oy
Rivers and Harbors Committee.
KENNEWICK. Wash-. Aug. 1. (Spe
cial.) The Kennewlck Commercial
Club haa sent an Invitation to the
v. . k. I? I v i a .nrl TtarborS
Committee of Congress, scheduled to
arrive In poruana August . w n--
the trip up tne toiumoia m ncuui
wlck. The committee will pass three days
viewing and investigating needs for
Improvement of the Columbia River.
..i.n- .hA. th. rraiiio canaL The
Commercial CIMb has asked the Port
land Chamber or ijomcierce w mm w
having the commltteelsit portions of
the Upper Columbia and Snake which
need improving.
TRAIL TO DETROIT READY
Road Connection Built by Foreet
SerTice and Slarlon Ccninty.
t a a -w rir Aiitj- 1 iSnecial.)
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The new trail from Niagara, or., to
r. . t . n. .hlph rlnal WArk has
ireirvii, vri vm " M
been rushed rapidly the last few weeks.
la ready ror travel ua -iimn v,i&...,
i . -nrl nwmlVMl hv F. H.
KI.I.U1UIII .V. nv.v
Brundage, aupervlsor of the Santlam
National rorest nere. xma
been built by the Government forest
....Ira ihrnuirh. po-oneratlon with the
County Court of Marlon County.'
The new trail connects wim mo tn
.1.. -. w ,..nn rn.H at NiafiTSra.
Arrangements have been completed to
extend tne trail i rum vmmik
one-half miles to Hoover.
Pjtlilans to Initiate J. M. Scott.
imiKT rv- Anr 7. (Soedal)
John M. 'Scott. Of Portland, general
k . .nv.r .flr.nr nr i nn noumcra . .
flc Company, will be a member of the
..i... i Fin lull mmn i ine r mwu
conclave In tha crater on wmra jbj-
. .,1 t rntur Iak AU2UH 13. Mr,
Scott In his railway work has been In
charge of many l-ymtan Mcurtiuia
and aeveral trips to Grand Lodge con
ventions.
Klickiat Farmer Is Dead.
CH EH ALTS. Wash.. Aug. 7. '(Spe
i.i t w. J. Llvlnarston: a farmer of
Klickitat Prairie, who had made his
hnm. In Chehalla the past two years.
died Of tuberculosis and the body was
intered at Mossy Rock Cemetery, yes
terday. Mr. Livingston had been a
resident of Lewis County for about 18
v.nr He was born at Kings cree
N C May J8. 1S. A widow and tour
sons survive.
STUDY-IS VERIFIED
Ambassador Tdls How Pass
of Balmaha Was Taken.
LONE GERMAN ON GUARD
American Captain Refuses to Re
lease Brltlbh Prize Crew Con
cealed Below, In Fear
Trouble Would Ensue.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. The story
of how a British prixa crewl of an
officer and four men waa taken Into
. r-m.n nn hv nnn Onrnun nettT
officer on the American bark Pass of
Balmaha waa told today in a caoin
nn n hn Rill. DflDftrtmfint f TOTTl
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin. The
seizure of the ship, and some meager
details had previously been told in
news dispatcnea.
The Pass, ot tsaimana wnn suuu
.frnrn NW Tork for
Archangel had been held up by a
Brmsn cruiser oeiween mo
Islands and Iceland, and a British
prise crew placed aboard to take her
to KlrkwalL Soon after the cruiser
disappeared a German submarine
halted the hark ana tne unusn prue
crew concealed themselves in the
cabin. The aubmarlne commander or
dered the American ship Into Cux
haven and placed . aboard one non
commissioned officer.
The Pass of Balmaha was 11 a ays
Mallnn hm nO.M.7M f fllTTI th FsrOS
Islands to Cuxhaven, during all of
which time the British crew remained
below and were prevented irom com
ing on deck by the captain of the
.Kin nhn -o A tin WUI Afraid "trouble
would follow" any attempt on their
part to overcome tne uerman oiutcr.
Tne State uepanmeni win
gate ' the seisure of the ship. The
German authorities are expected to
contend the cotton was contra Dana in
tended for Russia ana auojeci 10
seizure.
T0RPED0B0AT FOX COMING
Craft Order Into Columbia to
Take Congressional Party North
ot'n r.TT'TrM Wash A TlflT. 7. fSDC-
-i-t a .f'l-lol virnar nrmlttinF tha
CIBi,; vmviui v. vv " -
use of tbe torpedo boat Fox to bring the
Consreesionai rivers ana nruur
mittee party rrom ABiun .
a-!-. v. Viarhnra hflfl bAAtl raCeiVBO
here by Lieutenant E. A. Bradner from
Adjutant-General uaur.ee iooraBgp.
mi. IT ir 1. Via. f Tai f rt I n bt h 1 n fit tbA
A QQ A V .9 v J -.-. r -
Fourth IMvlslon, Naval Militia, of this
city. . ...
Mr. Bradner will take about so navai
m.i wltk him In Tnrtianfl on
III liikiaiuuii n..i, ...... - - -
the Fox. The Fox probably will arrive
In Astoria on August i. epeciai
rangements for the "entertainment of
. i I -1 . . . ... nnlna, TTI 1 . bv hOth
Aberdeen and Iloqulam commercial
bodies.
PAPER MILL SITE CHOSEN
Cost of First TJnit oX Albany Plant
" Put at $1,500,000.
ALBANY. Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.)
Plana to establish here the 'largest
n.111 nn tha 'Piu'.lfln Coast are
0brca ...... wu ..w
baaed on a new process that utilizes
many kinds pi wooa noer trow wmui
Chesterfield Suits, Including All
Summer Weight Fancy Suits
Don't miss this great opportunity to buy the finest clothes made
at less than manufacturer's cost.
CHESTERFIEL
SUITS
$20.00 Suite . $10.00
$25.00 Suits .
$30.00 Suits .
$35.00 Suits .
$40.00 Suits .
$12.50
$15.00
$17.50
$20.00
Extra Special Shirt Sale
50 dozen fine Madras Shirts, new Fall
styles, values $1.50-$2.00. a-.
Choice....... pl.iU
SPECIAL
Manhattan,, Shirt Sale
$1.50 Shirts at fjjj 1 .25
$2.00 Shirts at $ .65
$2.50 Shirts at $ .9 5
$3.50 Shirts at $2.85
$5.00 Silks at JjJ3.
Special Reductions on All Furnishings.
Take Advantage to "Supply Your Clothes Needs,
Washii
&Wes1
M.
Price Cut on
531 W9
Jones Cash Store, pioneer mail orCer
a Ircr-,t distributors of Sugar in the Northwest, you share in the
old reTable mail ord.er house growing btgger every year
Constant increase of living costs is compelling the middleman to drop
out We believe in keepinL your money at home, but keep it IN
vnim OWN POCKET! That's our answer to the mail order kickers.
Anybody anywhere can take advantage of this low price on sugar.
IBS.NCT
PURE
SUGAR
$6.15
--"i'l'.i
Fruit or Berry Sugar $Q . 1
lOO-Lb. Sack Cut to. JL
SALE OF MASON JARS
Guaranteed first-quality, genuine Ball-Mason Fruit Jars.
PINTS, dozen, SOc; gross, $5J0 QUARTS, dozen, SSc; gross, $60
y2-CALLONS, dozen, 80c; gross, $9.00
Get Our Great
Bargain Catalogue
tfoTor Sloaey Back"!, your protection.
Jones Cash Store
Established in 18S2.
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Mai 7 This for Big
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mcuioaSe
R. Thomas, inventor of tha new proc-
. . , K .Ttonsive tim-
CSS, IS DCIUB ua.y-n-. , - -
ber Interests. Ha haa demonstrated
by experiments mo luuu'. r - "
process. The Albany Commercial Club
r , c uKrnnii.ea Charles H.
nas cnoocn c. , ' .
Wteder. George Taylor, J. A. Howard,
P. A. Younsc, Senator rj. j-. u
A. C. Schmltt to aid in the preliminary
planning mn b
selected along a string of lakes Just
north of this city. Mr. Thomas plans
contemplate a $20,000,000 plant even
tually, but it is planned to erect a
500,000 unit at first and enlarge the
plant as conditions Justify.
PORTLAND HELP PLEDGED
Mr. .Mills Assures Klamath Falls
Men. of Co-operation.
KLAMATH FALLS, OrlT Aug. 7.
(SpeciaU--The new Klamath Commer
cial Club recently had as Its guest at
.. . . v,." luncheon here A- L-
a Rci-iwfttL...
Mills, president of the FlrBt National
t, i. DA,ti.n. Mr. Mills spoke
xaun., . , ,
briefly and promised the co-operation
of the Portland club In getting more
and better railway facilities here.
President E. D. Johnson, of the Klam
ath Falls Commercial Club, yesterday
received a letter from Mr. Mills,
which said in part:
-I am glad that I was of assistance
in the. good work of organizing the
business men of Klamath Falls, and
assure you I have not forgotten what
Was said at that time. Just at the
first moment I have to spare I will
take up the subject with C. C Colt,
president of our Chamber of Com
merce, to see if he cannot appoint a
committee or delegate one of our stand
ing committees to co-operate with your
organization in Klamath Falls. As
soon as I have had a conference with
Mr. Colt I will advise yoU of the re-
BUlt."
ROAD WORK . GOING AHEAD
Pacific Highway Branch Xear
Ridgefield Vnder AVay.
RIDGEFIELD, "Wash., Aug. 7. Work
on Permanent Highway No. 6, which
consists of 6700 feet of roadway and
which is to be macadamized, a trunk
road leading to the Pacific Highway
four and a half miles east of here, is
progressing rapidly. The right of way
has been cleared and preparations are
now being made to begin grading.
The rock will be crushed at Tacolt and
is to be furnished the contractors at
Tha trti-h nt hiarhwav When
completed will have a flat roadbed 24
Z Jt . 1 1 Thn
teei W1UD t LVJXJ l vcufat... w
end of the road will be reduced to 6
per cent.
Columbia to Pay Off Part ot Debt.
ST. HELENS. Or.. Aug. 7. (Special.)
Tax collections in this county indi
cate that the indebtedness of the
county, except highway bonds, will be
paid off by October 1. County Treaa
urer Hattan has on hand I87.10J with
which to redeem outstanding warrants.
CARRIERS MAY USE AUTOS
Postal Department Approves Method
Already Old at Albany.
ALBANY. Or., Aug. 7. (Special)
After automobiles had been used for
three years on the rural mail delivery
routes from this city the United States
Postoffice .Department sent out notices
only last week saying that it would be
permissible in the future to use cars
for this purpose provided special per
mission was secured from the depart
ment. PostmaTster Stewart at once applied
for this permission for the local car
riers, who have been using automobiles
constantly In the Summer, not doubting
but that this modern method of han
dling the mail was entirely satisfac
tory to the department.
Elma to Ilavo Commercial Course.
ELM A, Wash., Aug. 7. At the regu
lar meeting of the School Board this
week, it was decided to have a commer
cial business course in the high school
this year. Typewriting, shorthand,
bookkeeping, commercial law and com
mercial arithmetic will bo taught. A
special teacner will be engaged.
To nearly all readers of The Ore
gonian the 15th page, Sec 1, will be
more interesting and of greater bene
fit than any other. Don't overlook it.