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WAR TERRORS STRIKE A TERRIFIC BLOW TO- ONE LOCAL WOMAN . i Four Brothers and Sweet--heart Went to Front When -Clash in Europe Carrie, TWO BROTHERS ARE SLAIN Vwa Dlpatch Ar OUaad Daily y Portland XrtdBt WhOM Position XI Kott Trying1. I . , can fight for hi jcquntrx. : ; ' ' No doubt It 1 very exciting to pick The French wilt give, up all their up th paper, skim over the war new .men,, their young men and their old and Bhlver at the latest horrora among men, before they will yield. ., . people you never met in countries you, VThe Germans attack us and -moY never saw. dewn- upon us because . they have There mut be repeated chills and ( waited and stored up treasure "and thrills In the war arguments, and not made fortifications .until they would a little satisfaction in settling me causen, the campaigns and the con summations all to one's own satisfac tion. Probably, too, the war seems less dittant more real and not so much Just a Bubject of daily report and spec ulative conversation where there la mention of some of the hard exper- iencea American, have had getting home out of the war zone. War Features Appeal. But suppose home to you meant; France; that you were a young woman tr.hinir vour native tongue to the children of well to do Portlanders; that the war called into action your four brothers and your sister's hus band In one army, and your finance Into a hostile force;, that you were aure they must be fighting, but weeks followed weeks without word until one day there was a letter that brought no gladness after its seal was broken, because it eald two of the brothers had been killed, without saying which two. Wouldn't it all come home to you then this war? If it does come home to $ou, you can put yourself in the place of Miss Vera Bel of 738 Hoyt street. All her relatives are In France. Her parents are dead. She came here to teach. But since the war her mind and her heart, she says, are in France. Vosltlon Trying One. The man she 1s to marry If she re turns to France and he survives the war. is in the Hunuarlan army. Con sequently her sympathies are not so much for one side aa against the other, as for those near to her who fight on both nide. For that matter, said Miss Bel, yes terday. In lier pretty, French way, the, Austro-Hungarlans who fight with the Germans against the English and the French, have no heart for their work. "They say to themselves, Viya la Franco;' and they are so much taken up with the English," she averred. "1 do not have a guess. I know for I know and have my friends among thofc who fight. "I watch the war 'news. 1 wait erry clay for some message. I go i every day to The Journal and I study ! the war map there. Others come too, but they seem only curious, while- I oh, every day's moves of the armies nieann something to me, means more anxiety, more worry. Watches War Ifewm, "Half the time I do not know what I am doing. I think, 'Am I awake, am I dreaming, will I open my eyes pretty noon and the what you call night mare be only a Joke. I do not care much if 1 eat, or If I rest, but I must work, for, since the war my guardian in France sends me nothing, and' then the work helps me forget for a little mlile."' Miffs Bel is attractive, modest and retiring. She knows Europe well from extensive travels and she speaks Ger man Mid Hungarian fluently as well an KiirUnI) and her native French. Her fiance wan brought up In her own . faintly, but that did not relieve his necessity to fight with his own peo ple against hers when the war broke out. Two Brothers Killed. One brother, she has learned, was killed at the beginning of the war. The other ,whh killed In hand-to-hand battle oh the French opposed the man h of the Germans on Paris. Hie arm wan rrlscronscd with sword cuts, but what took hlu life was one of the heavy Oerman bullets passing en tirely through bin body. "Would you huve kept them from fighting for their country if, thus, you knew they could have been kept from harm?" nhe was aked. "No, no!'' she exclaimed. "My great DIAMONDS Not a, Luxury They're better than a SA VINCS BANK If you buy them from me on my liberal PAYMENT , If LA N You get possession when making; first payment; the increase in value (while paying for them) is far greater than any other in vestment, besides ypu have the pleasure of wearing them. My Guarantee, Year MneyBack, on any diamond if its equal can be secured elsewhere for less. 1 CALL INVESTIGATE CONVINCE YOURSELF FEUX BLOCH tartaat Diamond Scaler ia Ora 283 MORRISON ST. : . - Be. th aad 8th. .-. Tornarly ' MAB BLOCH 4 HORRIBLE CARNAGE IS SOW? - -- rfgrret Is that I km hero and not there, that I am a woman and not a man who think France weak enough to crush. tfbt So atronf JLa Oannany. "And France is not as strong a Germany,, nor so well . prepared for war, and the hajp of the English means much. 'Sometimes they say our French men are light and airy they laugh. they sing a song, they pick a flower, they make cmpUmenta and JOve. But that is not true. Our men can fight. I They do not fight like wooden'men as the Germans fight. They are quick; they know how to fence. The Germans with their big guns fight well at a distance, but In hand to hand battle one Frenchman Is equal to three Ger mans. "And if the Germans should get by the SS forts outside Paris though I don't see how they can and If all our men should be beaten down, the women and children of Paris will oppose them as long as they have breath and life." Miss Bel said that she tried to go back to her own country as a Red Gross - nurse, but gave up 'the effort when she found her own government would have to bear the expense of transportation.. She did not think her government should be called upon for any preventable expense. As she sat talking ttbout the war in her rapid English, the postman rang the belL With a hasty "Excuse me" she ran to the door, her face bright with hope, but she returned crest fallen. The only letter left was for someone else. "I get so few letters and they -mean so much Ho me,'" she moaned. Copy of American Bulletin Keceived paper Published In Xrtndon Gives Prill Details of Means of Befagees' Re turning Hone. A copy of "The' American Bulletin." published by the American relief com mittee- for the information of Ameri can reiugees in London, just re ceived in Portland, shows graphically tn? eiatorate and systematic mean ures taken by the committee to as sist tnetr fellow countrymen in need.s The Bulletin consists of four four- column pages, one of which is devoted entirely to an advertisement for. Self ridge's, the big American department store in London. The pajer contains information of every 1 conceivable description for Americans, such p.s a steamship table with sailing dates of vessels and their approximate carrying capacities and whether filled or with available space. There ls a "leader" or editorial ex horting Americans to return to the United States, as "All Americans worth their salt are needed In their own communities with their shoulder to the wheel." There Is a list of those registered with the committee for the day pre ceding publication, an Inquiry column entitled "Who's Where T' a list of do nations to the women's relief commit tee and information regarding money, lost baggage, letters for the continent, passports and steamship tickets. Americana are warned of steam ship speculators and pickpockets and warning- It, issued in black type to women alone to stay clear -of lodg ings K"not expressly approved by our women s committee." The Bulletin makes it clear that everything possible is being done by the committee to protect and care for Americans in the great city on the x names. French Censorship Law Is Very Strict Correspondents Forbidden to Approach Xearer Than 85 Miles to the Pro tier or Battle Xdne. . Paris, Sept. 2. The strictness of the French press censorship can be more forcibly realixed when one reads the law passed governing publishing oi news, i ne law, in part, read: "Journalists are forbidden to pub lish information, other thart that com municated by the government or the military authorities on the following points: Military operations, mobiliza tion, transport of froopa, transport of war materials, composition of divis ions, etc, strategic plana, lists of wounded, killed and prisoners, fortifj cations, provisions, movement of the fleet, etc., and in general alt in formation of a military or diplomatic character tending to favor the enemy and damp the spirit of' the army and the public." The law forbids any correspondent to approach nearer- than 15 miles to tho frontier or, wherever the battle line may be.. r French Sculptor -Donates Hospital Predertck XaeXonxdea and Wife Offer Polly Sxppe4 Bnlldiag With Twelve Beds to Bed Cross. , Paris, Sept. 2S. Frederick Mac Monnies and his wife have presented a fully equipped hospital pf 12 beds to the Red Cross. The hospital is located at Glrerny, where the sculptor has hi summer residence. The studio of the late James Finn, also is being used for a hospital. The American residents of Grverjiy supplied blankets and other i equipment ana fflme. MacMonnies do nated money with ' which to run the hospital for three months.. ... 11 V ' i " f -k One of the world's largest retaining walls has been built to prevent the river at Rangoon, Burma, from shift ing its channeL. -r -U" " - - ' '-?n : 5 ' LIKE A NIGHTMARE vv . Top Company of French soldiers. Tenth member in line, counting left to right, is brother of Port land woman. Bottom Miss Vera Bel of this city, whose four brothers an swered the call to colors. 'ATROCITIES' OF WAR BY AMERICAN JUDGES London Spectator Suggests That Three Be Named by French, British, Belgians. London,' Sept. 28. An inquiry by American jurists into the allegations of . German disregard of the rules of civilized warfare is suggested by the Weekly Spectator. "Undoubtedly American jurists would command most general confi dence," the Spectator says. "We can not ask President Wilson or the Amer ican government to appoint such a committee of Inquiry. They would naturally be afraid of annoying the German government by ' so doing and of imperiling that strict, nay anxiuoa, neutrality which they desire to main- tain in the case of the German empire. We do not see, however, why the French, British, and Belgian goTern- ments should not privately Invite threa American jurists of high distinction to undertake the work of discovering whether the Germans have respected and are respecting the agreement made at the Hague in 1899 and 1907, and also' those rules of civilized war fare which generally are respected by belligerents and to report whether any infringement of these conventions and these rules have been made by . mil itary order or whether such cases of inhumanity as have taken place were due merely to the soldiery having got out of hand and that the responsible oflcers did their best, even ir inef fectively, to check the unauthorized action. President Wilson could hardly for bid Americans to conduct such an in quiry." The Spectator takes 'exception to the suggestion of Lord Selborne .that Dutch jurists should join with the Americans on the ground that the Dutch people stand today in the grip of Germany arid that it would not be fair to ask Dutch jurists by their action to expose their country to the risk of bringing upon it the fats that has overtaken Belgium. "American Judges." the Spectator concludes, "happily need " not be weighed down by such con side rations." Swiss Make Loan For Army Expenses Mobilization Cost Will Be Paid by Borrowing- 80,000,000 Franca, to Be Bepaid is 19X7. Washington, Sept. 26. Conditions In Switzerland, especially concerning finances, were described in ; a state ment issued from the Swiss ; legation. It states:, "For covering the expenses of the mobilization Switzerland has issued, at 99 per cent, a loan of 30,000.000 francs at & per cent, payable in 1917. For the special benefit of American tour ists the Swiss press published newi of interest to them In English. - No attempt of any violation of Swiss neu trality is to be reported." It is rumored in Missouri that Gov ernor Major is planning to run for United States senator two years hence. when a successor to Senator James A. Reed Is to be elected. KCold Weather-Bad 1 M - -'-wW P-r 4" 7. I la. (M 'G ..J i k..... ' "i . I URGES INQUIRY NTO :f Gold Crown White Crown Bridge Tooth Sr. W. tsas. WISE Tears In Failing Bldg. 3d and Washington, S. E. Cor. Entrance on 3d St I mm 1 1 mn Mini iui ) ArrALLinb bUOl. IM! BE ELEMENT THAT IS TO END EUROPE'S WAR vfr Only a Matter of Time until i Big Powers Are Finartci T r- ' i ally trnDarrassed, - FRENCH RENTAL VALUES Bsntals of too Katlon as a Whole Xicked TJp la Thlrty-8ix ; Says. Ware By Herbert Temple. London, Sept. 26. One of the most powerful elements that is at work to day for- the .settlement of the I great European .war is the appalling cost of the titanic" conflict. It can be Only a matter of time until every one of the warring powers is embarrassed finan cially. It is not assuming too mnct to. say that each of the nations, with its great armament, believed that war, when it came, would be of brief dura tion; that the stupendous cost, and the terrible loss of life wrought by mod ern war machinery would bring any connict to a quick termination.. The European powers have not en tered upon this war without some pre rious calculation as to the means by which it must be carried out- In ad dition to the great accumulation of gold in the central banks, plans for new taxation and additional allow ances for the army and navy have been part of the fiscal programs of all the powers for many years. Immense War Appropriations. The immense war appropriations of the combatants, huge as they are, would be a mere bagatelle if the war is prolonged. Germany at the outset appropriated Sl,250,000,000; France on the same day set aside more than $1, 000003,000, and the British parliament voted $500,000,000, following this up subsequently with another appropria tion of the same amount. Russia has not made known what she appropri ated, but it is safe to say that the grand total of the European war funds by all the belligerents -is near $4,000. 000,000. Several European experts In such matters have estimated that the. war is now costing the combatants $50, 000,000 a day. Some Frenchmen have calculated that It is costing- France alone $20,000,000 daily. How Is this tremendous ' burden of war outlay to be met? That is the problem with which the financiers in the European cabinets are grappling while the tacticians are planning new army moves. ' j Preach Batata! Talaes. , In France the official estimate of the rental value of private structures, homes, stores, mills, hotels and the like is about $708,000,000 annually. If, therefore, $20,000,000 a day;, is re quired for the French army ; now in the field, the value of the rentals of the nation for a whole year was licked up in 36 days. It is already gone. This is just one item to bring home to the average man the. effect or war. Who will say that under any form of taxation, such burdens will not react directly upon the rental of the hum blest laborer and indirectly, through the enhanced rental of stores and shops, upon the price of what be buys? This is only one of the many forms in which the financial burden) of the war will fall upon the masses In all the countries involved in the struggle and in the form of increased debt and interest charges upon their children and children's children yet unborn. Europe Has Enormous Setts. Already the oldest countries 'of Eu rope stagger under enormous debts in curred in similar manner in previous wars. France bears the heaviest bur den of public debt, amounting to about $6,350,000,000. Great Britain,! cornea next with aboat $3,500,000,000. The debt of the German empire la only little more than $1,000,000,000, but this is because the empire is only about 45 years old, and the Immense debts of its component parts are still borne by the separate states. Austria Hungary has a debt of abont $1,000, 000,000. !1 i According to the most available fig ures, the annual debt charges of France amount to $255,000,000;; Great Britain. $120,000,000; Austria-Hungary, $60,000,000. and the Germany empire. $62,000,000. The national debt of Russia amounts to about $4,550,000,000 on which the annual . charges amount to some $207, 000,900. But, unlike the other; great powers. Russia's debt was not entirely incurred buying powder and ball, but represents to a largo extent import ant productive works like, the Trans- Siberian railway and similar unaer takings. i , Wlio Win Bear the Burden. . How much these staggering charges are to be increased in the various countries by this greatest of all wars. no man can say, but inevitably the fresh burden Imposed by the waste of war will fall upon the laborer and the man of small means. They may; not pay the taxes directly but tbey will pay them Indirectly. For them the war means in a large measure that the Increased productive power of the race, due to machinery, which has added so greatly to humac comfort, will be cancelled by the waste of war. It means that every thing- that they buy will be Increased in order that the. dealer may pay high er rent and. taxes. And the money with which they buy will decline in their hands, if their respective states resort to excessive issues of paper in order to provide the "sinews of war. Teeth -Aches and Pains Unless your teeth are sound and in perfect con-' dition,; the cold east winds will make them ache and cause you untold misery. f Attend to Your Teeth NOW We are the oldest reliable dental company in' Oregon. All our dentists are college graduates i and registered. . . ? d ! $5 We Give I a 15-Year j Guarantee i Work Finished in One Day When Required DENTAL CO. ! Soldier's Funeral' to". Be Held Tuesday Services for X.ata Captala mhees Jack- son wm Occur at Ainiory MlllTary Komors to Be Given, Funeral services for the late Captain Rhees Jackson, U.' S. A son of Colo nel James Jackson, U. 8. A-. retired, of Portland, who was killed at Laredo, Texas, last week by a fall from his horse, will be held at . the Armory, Tenth and Couch streets, at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. -' A military escort, provided by; Colo nel . Young, of the Twenty-first ' in fantry at Vancouver, and Colonel Mar-j tin, of the Third Oregon infantry, will accompany the body from the Armory down Stark street to Second street and south on Second street to Market street. Here the escorting troops will be halted and returned to their sta tions. Interment will be In Rlvervlew cem etery, friends and relatives as well aa a firing squad accompanying the body to its place of last rest. War May Reconcile Church and State Heroio Work of Preach Buns and Monks oa Battlefields Zs Being BM. ogmized by the Government. Paris. Sept. 26. "War may reunite church and state in France. Hundreds of nuns have been recalled from Belgium, to which country they were expelled when the religious or ders were dissolved and are working as hospital nurses. Moreover, there are 22,000 monks on the battlefields. It is- thought im possible that the heroic work of both nuns and monks should be lost on a public which is ever quick to recog nize devotion to duty. Probably the Concordat In France will never be seen again, but under a new pope it is believed that the war will Induce a better understanding between church and government. Churches still win remain the prop erty of the state. There will at least be an era in which not only national monuments, like Notre Dame, but all churches will be maintained and re paired at public expense. Frince of Wales Is Not Going to Front London, Sept. H. The Prince of Wales was very anxious to go to the front, according to a statement issued by the official press bureau, and trie! to get Lord Kitcheners consent to do so. But as he had not completed his military training. Lord Kitchener sub mitted to the king "that for the pres ent it is undesirable that his royal highness should proceed on active service.' MILITANTS WILL PAY TAX London. Sept. 26. The Wompn' Tax Resistance league, composed mainly of suffragettes, whose motto is "No vote, no tax," has decided to pay taxes this year oa account of the war. It notified the government to this effect. In the past members of the league frequently have sacrificed their property rather than pay taxes. A Full Half Block of Genuine Shot Down Prices During "Our 9 DAY SAIiE Which WiD Continue All This Week, Three Blocks East of the Morrison Street Bridge. Come Early. CALEFBR0S. Extension Table $19.50, 6-ft extension, $19.50, 6-ft extension, $42.50, 8-ft. extension, $70.00t 8-ft extension, $75.00, 8-ft extension, I ' '""',: t $6Q0 Table, like ctrt,60-in. top, o,ex!now $36.00 Famous Empire! Dressers mm If ' ' it . ! In .Which to Take 1 ! 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