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' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1915. 1 ' V'. SEV0II1CTMS RETURNED AGAINS RECALL CIRCULATORS I Forgery of ,: Public .Records I - Charged Against Men by ! vthe6rand Jury! NAMES- ARE WITHHELD r,r,Xannfut XaototaA a Chare T XmbnUr 7.47 -Otis Xaolctmaata. Tas. rranfl Jury yesterday reported J sevea indictments charging; forgeryf 'I pabUc records against' circulators of the recall jwtltlotts last fall.. prior to J th city recall election,. None of the i men In charge was Indicted, though the i grand Jury made a sweeping: investiga- Vtlon. . The names or tnoaa. maiciea were kept secret, pending their arrests. It. Is said there are iwomen among' the number. V ..: . V. P. Baumgartner, former agent of Swayne Hoyt, lac. owners of Arrow Line steamers, was Indicted on a ," charge of em be riling: S97.4? from the ' company. H. I Keld, another former 7 employe,, was first accused of the crime by Baumgartner, but the grand ' Jury released him. ' Attorney A. M. Brunswick, eandl? i date for the Republican nomination for the office of Judge of department No. . of the local circuit court, at the elec JJ'tlon last spring, was indicted on a charge of embpzzllng 182.85 from A. Qonsentino, a client, i'-f Three Are Xadlotad. i Harry Kulcber, Bobert Wilson and . Jessie Weygandt. yta trio charged with .Z -using "strong artti" methods to rob Mi C. Flank, were indicted on charges of larceny from the person ana roD bery by force, though unarmed. John A. Killman, the 18-year-old boy who shot Claude Rlnehart December 'it 18, and his father. A. I. Killman, were ft Indicted on a charge of assault with, a dangerous weapon. Young Killman C?said he shot to defend his father dur- ing trouble between the Klllmans and i Rlnehart. f ollowlnsr an attempt at sul- ?,(.cide by Sylvia Killman, daughter and ' sister of the indicted men. . Other indictments returned were: X Jamea-Wood ward and Walter Ahrnedt, v uttering forged checks -and larceny in a. dwelling: John Selasky and Joe. Do- donsky, willfully injuring a telegraph P. pole belonging to the O-W. R. & N. company; Joe Bernardo, threatening to kill Marianina Brown. ' i C. J. Dean -was released fnpm changes ( of committing 'an Indecent and lm moral act, and of exhibiting an article for indecent use, by a not true bill. ". T. M.. EH anger was freed by a not ,T true bill from a charge of murder, as " i the result of the death of Thomas Bus- sell after Ellenger had expelled him. - from-a rooming house because. Russell was Intoxicated. Two other secret indictments and j t four not true bills of little importance - were returned. " ; Sean Zs meleased. .The grand Jury reiterated its: recom- ; ,- mendation that a new oeunty hospital - be built, because of the Inadequacy and . dangerous condition of the present A- building. All other departments of u.tne county- and county institutions were praised. -. " The grand Jury served 90 days, and during that time Investigated . 125 cases and heard 602 witnesses. In a statement given to the press volun tartly and without the knowledge r of i. the district attorney's" office the In vestlgatlng body1 gives high praise to the district attorney's force, with spe ,'. clal mention of Deputy Charles Hind man, who handled the cases before the . ' body. ' W desire to particularly empha sise the fact," reads the report, "that .whenever In our investigations of a case it became apparent that the party 1 accused was innocent, that the district ' attorney's office -as as anxious to see I an iftnocent man vindicated and the proceedings dismissed as his office was , to see that a guilty man was punished . and convicted." i " -"We believe and certify that the dlai 1 trict t attorney and his deputies dis J charge their duties faithfully and con- sclentlously and with dispatch. We earnestly recommend that every good cltixen, whenever called upon, to dq all that be can to assist the district at torney's' office. ,;; :t "WILLIAM BALL1S. Foreman, ' ." j f "ADOLPHUS BOSLER, i i "EDWARD KRUEGER, . "ADAM WEIOANT, ' - ! "ARTHUR V. HOW ATT, . -"I: A. BARTHOLEMEW, ' "P. W. R. PREER, Secretary.'1 r m , , MONTAGUE RESPONDS TO DAY'S ATTACK ON .K THE SCHOOL SURVEY V .' (Continued ' From Page One.) no scnooi man or the first rank In the-United States who does not know an approve of It. It is nearly two years now since th ronnrt t.k. lisbed and yet hardly a month goes" r oui some woraing school teacher wtftea me or a copy, saying that he . has seen and wants to make use of it, and often these teachers write again I after they have got it and speak in the most'glowing terms of its value. These are practical men engaged in the ' business; knowing whereof they 'speak, and It Is reasonable to presume that they know a little something about their own. business. , -.Prepared by Able Men. "If some - country school teacher . were to write Senator Day commenting , contemptuously on his method of street paving. It may well be imag ined that such comments Would not be .taken seriously, and, that the making of them would be a better commen tary on himself than on the object of his observations. And it is a poor rule that doesn't work both ways. . . "The survey was prepared by a group of the ablest public school work ers in the country, and they are in virtual agreement on all points, it is a proiesaionei aocumem. wnich -re quires some professional knowledge -for its full comprehension, but I do not see- how any Intelligent man can read 1t and - not see that every rec ommendation in it deserves the most considerate stUdy and thought by any one engaged In that work, both on Kola Tablets have many friend who use them as a general tonic and for Kidney trouble. Price 25o per b'tjx. S boxes' for tl.00. For sale by Laue-Daris Drug Co., Sd and Tamhill s'ts. aoeonnt of the great eminence, and ap proved ability of Its authors and on account of the weight and force of its matter. Z will venture the opinion that there are few large . cities in the United States where it has not been given more and better' consideration than here. . y Hostile Spirit iBnowa. "This is not the fault of the teach ers. So far as I know most of them acknowledge the ability' and usefulness of the surrey.: . , ';. - rBut the school board from the first received it in a hostile and grudging spirit, arrogating to themselves credit for such of the reforms - proposed as they could pot prevent,' and obstructing all they could prevent. ' , "The public must Judge, ana very likely it has already Judged, whether their attitude la at all due to the fact that the authors of this survey strike straight and hard at the practice of electing teachers by the board, upon which that body greedily insists, in stead of having them chosen by the superintendent ana horaing mm re sponsible for. results, ' which Is, past ail question, the only sound method. In any event It is a pity that a great opportunity for open minded, recogni tion for a valuable piece oc. work is being wasted by the school board, and apparently by some legislators, " or whom better things , might be ex pected.!' , - s , LITERACY; TEST IN IMMIGRATION : - Dll 1 DCTAIMCn or DILI. nClHiiiCUjln (Continued From Tage One.) literacy, test, declared congress will override any Whits House veto. , He said that the White House opposition to the educational .qualification had been put forth with a view to influenc- mg ine senate s voie- ie aisooeuevea ; uuti i" wi wk"'" entire bill. Senator McCumber hotly declared that the American farmers .had been ground down and down untij the aver age wage for work throughout the country was in tbe neighborhood of 20 cents a day. - . . Why do you single out. the Bel- gians?" he asked. "Why not be broad, and if you are admitting the Belgians because their country has been overrun by the armies and their farms ruined, wny not exempt xrom tne literacy f est , the Bileslana and the East Prussians, whose country has been overrun by the Russians, and why not exempt the people of Normandy and .of Alsace, whose country has been overrumby the uertnana just as was Belgium? Jews Are Favored. "Another discrimination In this bill seems to make It a crime tof be a Christian. The illiterate Russian Jew, can come In without taking the liter acy test because he is, persecuted be cause of his race, but the illiterate Italian Roman Catholic is barred out." Senator Root took a hand in the shaping of the Xjodge amendment by' pointing out the dangers of trouble with regard" to tbe contract labor law. A vigorous discussion of the cost of living land whether the bringing of he Belgians with the distinct under standing that they should go to the farms, would cut this cost, was L brought about by McCumber's protest. Senator Pittman of Nevada declared there was rich land in Nevada crying for men to work it, and produce food for the world. Most Bead Our Language. Senator Walsh of Montana took issue with McCumber's statement that the production of wheat was increasing too rapidly for the consumption, say ing he' looked forward to the time when Montana would produce 100,000,'- 000 bushels of wheat annually, instead of '26,000,000 -as at present. . As passed by both house ana senate. the literacy test provides that the im migrant must be able to read, but Hot necessarily to write, aj least one language. "There Is no requirement that-he must be. able to read English, Smugglers Caught By Lucky Stroke ''.... - & Chinese Invites Immigration . Inspec tor to Act as Chauffeur, and Be - oe, . Los Angeles, Call, Jan. - 2. Chance today played "a lone hand against a gang of alleged smuggler of Chinese, who after making a minutely detailed plan for. bringing into this country. 35 Chinese from Mexico, were frustrated because one Of their number,, by a freak of fate, tried to get two federal Immigration inspectors whom he mis took for chauffeurs, to transport the contraband Chinese across the Mexi can line near San Diego, in ' automo biles. .-i ' s -v' In tbe coup that followed as the result of this "one chance in a thousand," seven men and one, woman were arrested and what is declared to be one of the most elaborate, smug gling conspiracies ever - plotted In southern California, was broken up. One of the prisoners is J. E. Miller, a-white man, who la alleged to be the real smuggler. He is In Jail at San Diego. The other prisoners are Kum Chu, a Chinese; Mrs, Joseph Brune, of San Pedro; an unidentified Mexican; Zing Lee, a wealthy ; Chinese of San Pedro, alleged to be the brains of the gang, and three' contraband Chinese. These are In the Los An 1 geles county jail. .. . STORY IS CORROBORATED Police authorities of Ambridge. Pa. a suburb of-Pittsburg, wired CantaJn of Detectives Baty yesterday to the ef fect mai a Mrs. Mann bad been killed there on -the -day mentioned and in the fashion Ernest Rosnar, now in Jail here, had described. They said a man named Rosnar had committed the deed, and that identification would be com plete If it were found that Rosnar had a moie on ma necic- Captain Baty fOUnd no Kllfh mark tint kImiI Konlr that the Identification is undisputed through, connections Rosnar mentioned In his confession. Roshar wandered into the police station three Weeks ago in an Intoxicated condition and gave himself up. After sobering up he re pudiated bis confession. Maker of Click Unknown: Henry E. Oorham. arrested bv Citv Detectives Grisiw and Vaughn - last weea- arter ne bad hired three steno graphers at a salary -of -SIS when he himself had but an actual cash capital of 11.06. was served i with a warrant yesterday charging defrauding an inn- aeeper. xne cnarge grows out of his alleged failure ? to settle his account at the Imperial hotel, ' where he had a suite of rooms. Oorham, who repre sents himself to be a special agent of tne btuaeoaKer corporation when ar rested, baa two checks, one . signed "J. B. Rockstad" drawn on the Farm ers and. Mechanics Bank of Sookane. District .Attorney Evans2 yesterday re- ceivea a oispaicn irom the bank, stat Ing Rocks tad is -not known to , them. Jot)5ii al Want Ads bring result. MANAGER KAUFMANN AT THE PORTLAND HOTEL General Breakdown In ;. Health Causes' Genial Mine Host to. Seek Long Restr - MAY OPEN BUSINESS HERE After Spending Two ct Three Month Traveling, Mr. Kanfmaau Will -Beturn to Portland.' ' ' Mine ' host, tbe . genial i Godfrey J. Kaufmann, ex-railroad man' and cater er perfalt, " on February 1, next ' will sever his connection' with the Port land hotel. -A general breakdown In health that, has been making.' itself more and more apparent during the past six months, is the reason. : Mr. Kaufmann will spend the two or three months after his resignation lDret montns arter his resignauon traveL First he, with Mrs. and Mlss Kaufmann, will visit the Pan ama-Pacific - exposition In -San Fran Cisco and from that place- they will take a trip through the Panama canal, returning from the Atlantic coast at their leisure. ' ... After his return to Portland, Mr. Kaufmann expects to engage in busl Bess, either In the high class griU boisiness or possibly in the hotel busl ness. leaves Against Say Wishes. . Mr. Kaufmann leaves the manager ship of the Portland hotel against the wishes of the Day interests, who own , the big 'hostelry, and who urged Mr. pKaufmann to take an indeterminate vacation Instead of resigning. ' Fear that a feeling of responsibility would rest upon him and defeat the purpose of his throwing down the reins of con- trol caused Mr. Kaufmann to refuse the offer of the owners orthe Portland, Up to now no successor to the pres- ent manager has been chosen. Edward Boyce, managing director of the" Port- land Hotel company, is In California, and H. L. Day. one of the owners of the hotel, is in Salt Lake. They ex pect to meet in the next Jew days and settle on Mr. Kaufmann s successor. Mr. Kaufmann - became associated with the Portland In 1907. . As travel ing auditor of the O. R. & N. company he had become acquainted both In a business and social way with "officials of the First National bank, wnich owned the controlling Interest, In the Portland. ; Enters Hotel Business. At , the ; instance of H. X. .Corbett. vice president of the bank, Mr, Kaut raann left the railroad and became financial secretary of the hotel com pany. holding that .office until 1911, when he was made secretary of Jthe hotel - company and manager of .the hotel. -During nearly all the time that he has been at the head of the hotel Mr. Kaufmann has bad no assist ant and the brunt has fallen entire ly on 1 his shoulders. This resulted In a partial breakdown last fall. Prior to a trip to California in NiJvember he notified the company of It intention to resign. At the in si stence of Mr. Boyce, . Mr. Kaufmann waited until his return ; from the south before making a final determi nation. Makas I" Pinal Decision, The trip south did not have the desired effect, hence, the decision to resign February 1 which was an nounced : yesterday. "I sincerely regret to leave the Portland," said Mr. Kaufmann, "and while I am severing my business re lations with the Day Brothers and Mr. Boyce,il hold for them and they for me. the same -olose personal -regard that has existed between us for years. , My health ' demands that I take a complete rest. If I do not, I fear an attack of. nervous prostra tion. I To Bemain -in Portland. . ' "I hope to enter, the grill business here for myself within -the next four months. I am certain that Portland can support a high class grill such as are found ,ln San Francisco, Los Angeles and other wide-awake places. : "All the property I have I ac quired" during my , 21 years residence here.- ! have succeeded fairly; well in Portland and Intend to stick by her." " - "- - - T RESIGNS POSITION OTTER COLORED TERRIER &FRENCH CLASSICS Bpead a tew interatinr and prof italtle mis ntes today . la Madias The, Yoornal Want Ada. The asms , of the clauifioatioa la vhich it appear today precedes each of these Items. , . swap coLmra ss "20 vols, French elaaala novels and 14 vols. Irving. Eetail at $60. Trade fer office fnr aitare or other values.' . , V.OWET TO L0A3T 87 - - SEAL ESTATE . "$8000 to loaa, 7, eaatrsl west side; prin Wpals only." - - . EXCHANGE HEAL ESTATE 24 "Six-room cottage -with bath, g-as and. elec tricity. Sightly lot is food location. To trade for small farm, partly or wholly "improved, $3500. Might assume soma. Owners only," . LOST AKD FOtTHS . 81 TLost Small - otter . oolored terrier; lioense nomper . BUSINESS " 6ECTI0H OJTE Edwards Co. Furniture. Hobarts Bros. Specials. Zaoa Clothing Co, ; :. - Bea-Selling. Thompson Optical Institnte. Ferkina Hotel Restaurant. Meier 4c Frank Annual Clearanoe Bale. C. J. Mathies at Co Man's Clothing. Hotel Multnomah. , Rosenthal's Shoes.' Electro-Painless Dentists. 7. O. Mack 4 Oo. Furnitura. . ,; Woodard, Clarke avCo. ' 7. K, Gill's Clearanoe Sale. Meier ft Prank Co. Furnitura Specials. v .' . BECTIOH TWO j r - Olda,' Wortman it King Specials. ;: Jaeger Bros. Jewelers. Kilham Bta. Printing Co. . - - Woodard, - Clarke A . Co. Prescriptions. Hotel Lenox Announcement. J. K. Gill & Co. Cloaraaoa Sale. " - Sherman. Clay & Co. Kurtsmaa Fianos Hvland Bros. Book Sale. Practical Information Adsj- " Over beck h Cooke Co. Stocks and Bonds Coos Bay Una S. ft. Breakwater. , . Henry Jenaing A Boos Furnitura. Page, a. ...' 4. 6-7. 8. . 10. 11. 12. Page. 1. 6. 7. BECTIOH THRTTK . - .. .. Part -One -c Pagav . 1. a. Bay Barkhnrst TaHor te Mas. ; ' -Protunaa Shoe Co. Samuel Rosenblatt A Co. Motorcyola Supply Co. "Haxlsy Da vidson.' - Apex Bioycla Co. "Tho." Dayton Cycle Co. "Dayton." Portland loa Hippodrome. -' Part Twa, Fag. X. Denny-Ron ton Clay Coal - Co. Veteran's Funeral r " Takes Place Today Thomas O. Shrevs Was One of Organ- laers of Sellef Corps and Prom - ; tttcns in Grand Army .Work. Funeral services for Thomas C Shreve. Dast-commander of Ben Butler Post;' o. A,R., one ot the organizers of th Relief Corps and prominent lxf tne Grand iArmy, worl,-kwho ; died ; New Year.'s i ve, - will be held at - Z o'clock: this afternoon from Lerch's .tChapel, East Eleventh-and -East Clay streets. Interment will be In Lone Fir ceme tery with services by the members of the Ben Butler Post, G. A. R. Mri Shreve had taken an acUve part in Mount Tabor-Presbyterian church and was one oS Its leading elders, and was also a member of the Keniiwortn Presbyterian - church. The : pastors of both (of these churches ' Will nave charge of the services at the chapel. He was born at Lambenvxiie, x. j., February 2,.1SS8. and at the outbreak of the War-of the Rebellion enlisted in the One Hundred and bixtn ttegi ment,1 Company D. 111. Volunteers serv ing until peace was declared.. - In 1875 he moved to Colorado, com ing to Portland in .1899. 'Besides his mMnw h .leaves . . a " son.., Arthur R. Shreve and thre? daughters, am. a Mar- N. Chase of Portland; Mrs. D. W. kllpatrick. of Cripple Creek, Col ahd Grave A. Shreve, of , Boston, Mass. Germany DicbNot Ask Consuls! Eecall Dispatch Branded ! as TXntrue That Kaiser Requested XT. SS. to With draw Consuls from Belgium. Berlin, Wireless via Sayvttle, Jan. 2. The newspaper Jlord Deutsche takes occasion to --stamp as untrue the Reuter New Agency report that Germany has requested ' the United States to withdraw Its consuls "from Belgium. T : - . "What happened,' says". the Nord Deutsche, "was that the-, German gov ernment notified all neutral states that she would A not recognize . the credentials "Of foreign 'consuls "In the occupied portions: of -i Belgium as binding. The wishes of the various countries ' concerning their consuls under tbe changed conditions will ba gladly , .met but the condition is imposed that the consuls must be at least entirely neutral In feeling. - "No demand was made for the withdrawal of the consuls and s a matter of fact many are .still there. Including the ; American consul gen eral at Antwerp,, while- Holland's consul . in Liege Is . still there al though he la a -Belgian." Mrs. Lindsey, Wife . Famous Judge, Is HI Surgeons Perform Operation on Her in' In Chicago, and She Zs JSTow on Road i to Becovwry; ' : - Chicago, 111., Jan. 2. Mrs. Ben B. Lindsey, wife of a the famous "Kids' judge," of the Juvenile Court of Den ver, is slowly recovering in St Luke's hospital from a delicate operation. Judge Lindsey came to Chicago with his wife and was with her throughout the ordeal. He is stopping in the AudU torium hotel. "There was no heed of anyone, try ing to make a mystery of Mrs. Lind sey's presence at the hospitals said the Jndge tonight when told how doer .1 a"""J naa was ill and-very nervous and we said nothing - about our coming because we wanted her to be as quiet as possible. We think now that she is out of dan ger' . . ' . -, . Calhoun's Big Farm Project Untangled Solano Irrigated Tracts wm Be Gov , erned by Seorganlzad Company and Debts Cleared. . " San Francisco, Jan. 2 Plans for the rehabilitation of the Solano irrigated farms project are now practically ma tured, having been worked out by Pres ident Jesse W. Lilienthal -of the United Railroads and the creditors', committee, which represents $356,000 of Indebt edness against the. farms company., . There Is to be organized a new Com pany which, under this proposal, will own 18,171 acres of the farms prop erty, at a valuation of $46 an acre, free from any Indebtedness. ' K BTTSINESS OPPOBTUJimES " 80 '' ' f Eave ttiveated an entirely new type of flying machine, which -rises straight Into tbe air, hovers and soar and travels forward, all without the nse of a propeller. Considerable loss power needed than with ordinary plane. Would .like to meet private gentleman who would fiaano me in patenting and manufac turing machine. State nationality." T BTJSXJriSS PEOPEHTT 6 "Earn 16 net with this apartment. Prios $33,000. Well located In best Kob Hill sec Hon; has waiting list and ao-vacaaciea; hard wood floors, tiled bathrooms, sleeping porches, vacuum cleaning and hot water heating plant and all built in oonvenienoea; "is one of -the best paying and economical to operate prop erties in Portland and a snap; investigate; it will pay.- DIRECTORY Page. I. Oregon Eleotrio Railway. -. Wiley B AUea Co. "Scrip" Journal Want Ad Premium, 4. : Auctions, )Tsw Today. ..' Want "Ads. 6. Want Ada.? . . 7. - Want Ads.' ; ' 8. Want Ads.', SECTION FOUR Lipmaa, Wolfe A Co. Special Sale. Theatrical Announcements. ' Movie Shows.' Pacifio Motors Co. "KaxwelL " Northwest Ante Co. "Reo." Auto. Cards.. ;-. Firestone Tires. -Gibson Electrio Garage A Storage Bat tery Company. Ballon ft Wright "Xlxoa. Narthwest Auto Co. "Reo." f Journal's Trade and Circulation. - SECTiokrrvE Powers Special Announcement. W. G. Smith A Co. Engraving. . K. S. Ervin te Co. English Tailors. - Portland's Emporium. . W. B. Settle Apparel for Woman. Exclusive Shops. Atiyeh Bros. Oriental Rugs. H. Liebes ft Cc-Furs. . , -. Wiley B. Allen Co. "Has on A Hamlin" Eastern Outfitting Co. j Midwinter Clearance Sate. The Portland Hotel. SeiVerUng-Lncas Musio Co. , yenhaus' Mssrmlo Temple Aaditariara. Ben Selling Fancy Butt Bale. Page. a. 4. Page, X. 8. 8-7. Lipman, Wolfe A Co. January Clear ance Date. Rummelin "Furriers." ' Wise Dental Co. . Bu&h tc Lane Plane Co- . . ATTORNEY'S FEES FOR j ; SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE 13821 Records ' pf School ; Clerk ; Show : That former State ment of Sefiator Is Error. AMOUNTS ARE DETAILED Betnm of Money "Was Usted Cash Refund to Straighten Out the Difficulty. , a - Attorneys ifees have - cost 'school district No. l a total ot $3313.3? from May,.-1913.-to! January 1,-1915 exclu-! siye of some fees wWch hare not- yet ! been settled ' as -. to amount. This amount includes $1018.75 spent for ab stracts of . title .to property which , the board contemplated acquiring. : , - Following a recent meeting of the education committee of the state sen ate during Which Portland schools; text books and the application of school laws in the local district were under investigation. The Journal re ported that some of the senators ques tioned, the advisability or paying $50 a month to attorneys and appropriat ing $5400 for legal work beside, in one year. ' The senators who had made the statement - were - apparently misin formed, for' the records of School Clerk Thomas show that the $50 - a month paid to Nicholas & McCoy, at torneys, forms a part of the listed ex penditures and that the total for last year actually spent was $383L3f. . Casnj Refund Shown.- ,. The- $5400 figure ' was apparently used through misapprehension. In the annual report an' item of $5479.60 ap pears -under the head "Attorney Fees and Litigation.' Another column shows an Item or $1652.25 as a cash refund. It is this Item -which appears .to have Involved the total In a mixup. - r School Clerk Thomas said that' the cash . refund appeared J because ,. the $ie52.25 had been paid out twice and that the first of the payments was returned when , thye second -was made--To straighten out the difficulty the return of the money was. listed, as a cash refund and the total disburse ment remained as . before, $5478.60, though the actual money spent -was but $382L35. - William A. Munly received from the district $636.35 for 12 examinations made from May 21, 1913, to September 3, 1914. ' F. C Hoecker received $382 for examining five abstracts and $30 for two opinions on" school-law. - Nicholas '& McCoy, retained at-$50 a month by the board as regular coun sel for the-board, have been -paid be tween May X, 1913, and the present, $1515,' of which $1250 was the regular retainer and $265 -was special, fees in cases In which, the board was repre sented. .. . ... ' t:ViV-? ) Eow Attorneys Were Paid. Fulton & Bowerman represented the board. In' one ease and received, $10 J. King & Saxton were paid $250 for work in another case. Wilbur & Spencer received; $125. for participation in two cases. Judge Martin L. Pipes was paid $200 for services In one case. Of the total spent; $1695 was paid out during the school year from June, .1913, to June, 1914. but this includes Tnone of the cost of abstracts of title; which are listed in the . annual report of ; Scll0oi clerk. Thomas under another head. District .Attorney Evans expressed ready willingness to take up the school district legal work should tbe board re quest him to do so, but suggested That another deputy might be necessary If the work involved any great amount of time. He said that the only work the district attorney is specificalljr au thorized to do for' tbe board is to par ticipate in condemnation ' proceedings, but that he did not believe statutory authorization is necessary. . Former School Director. R. L. Sabin said he knew of no large amounts paid out for fees and that he believed the board has ever been economical in legal, matters. He suggested that he had always opposed employment of relatives or business associates of the board members, but said he did not believe that such employment had been abused to the injury of the district. H favors the emDloyment of inde pendent counsel, saying he believes it Is cheapest ana most emcienx. School Clerk Thomasl is' opposed1 to employment of the district attorney's office saving .the deputies are- not mature enough to handle the important cases of the board, but District Attor ney Evans laughingly pointed out that his "youthful deputies" have beaten various attorneys of the school board In very important cases involving both' property .and liberty. GREAT BATTLE T .--r: IS BEGINNING ON THE MEUSE (Continued From Page One.) was admitted tonight to mean that the new .units would be on the fighting line shortly.- ft is necessary that the German trenches from Soissons to the North sea be carried jf the Germans are to be eliminated from Belgium and northern France. This is admitted to be the task assigned to the British. Heretofore it has been found impos sible because of the strength of the German positions, and a number of frontal attacks would be extremely costly In men. But now . that - the Germans are assuming, the onensive on the center and right, it is believed by the military experts here that Brit ish troops must get busy immediajtely If they are to prove the factor. In the war that "Kitchener has promised they will be. , . FROM SEA JO THE V0SGES ARTILLERY , CONFLICTS VIOLENT ' , .... ;. . ' .-.'s-' . i ' "vT-"v':y-'.:-;:.. ' i ' (By the Jnternational Hew Service.) . Paris, Jan. 2. Violent artillery, con flicta harve raged along the entire bat tie front from the sea to the -Vosges during the past 48 hours to tne al most utter exclusion of Infantry at tacks. ' i So furious have been the bom- bardnrents and the reply of the hos tile guns . and at such short range that to send the loot troops into jtfae field of fire at any of the various storm centers of the general battle -would be suicidal. - Moreover, the open fields over which troops might advance have been ' turned into great seas of mud. honeycombed with trenches and sap pers' tunnels and furrowed and blast ed Iby ' exploding shells ' until passage-1 across them is almost Impossible. - Tonight's 'Official statements report a fierce fusillade- by the Germans against the allies' - earth works to the FOR YEAR1914 east of "Vermelles "(between Bethune i and Lens) and . in tne region ' to the j north of Chaulnea. Here the Germans ' opened with their big guns a terrific cannonade, followed by- a raking fire from the rnachlne guns posted In their trenches Vat the French reply was so terrific that the invaders were pre vented "from following their cannon ade with an assault in force. , Artillery Exchanges s On the Flanders front the French and Belgian troops operating in front pf Nieuport were stationary during the entire day while the artillery ex changed shots with ' the Germans, neither side being able to dislodge- the hostile, forces. - - At St. George's ;the German bombardment has ceased and the allies are strengthening the posi tion tor use as a base m offensive ma neuvers, -iy ' v,' a--. Before Sonnebeke, further along the Yser,- the "Germans -aiso '.attacked, with their big guna but the range was long and theif fire ineffective. V'Arrasji, Albert 'and Royie were ' 1m- portent Centers of the conflict. In the J JLV. Z Vi '. ne). owns,t ail ; of whichare of great value strategic- r.. '.rl 'Vs r e "p r Dlasle t -Llh ,in8lf f-i ff ea. ".t ... uu v.. wc icjiuu ovpoiti cu two imn. lnBAi with n ah a B.,i.-i ing the " FrenchartiHeV were blown nr. vk. o R.mon, .i,.it'.nj - - v . uu ..uvl,.u, section - of --? the highway blasted by In retaliation the -.French 'ganners concentrated the f Ire Of several bat- teries on the German earthworks at La xsoisseue ana at farvuie. leveled the German dugouts,' routing the occupants and driving them before a terrible' fusillade of mitrailleuse fire back to ln ln trencnes, wmcn 8w. their supporting positions. The French dlntfr monotonous, because of the guns also silenced the trench howitzers sUght advances to which weather con whlch the Germans had established be- dltions, and the almost equal strength lore r ncourt -v' In the angle of the Aisne. and - the Oise, von Kluck's most advanced sali lent. all the batteries of the Germans which were in action yesterday were silenced.- In addition the fire of the French guns was so accurate that a movement of the German troops, back of their line, evidently a redisposition or concentration of forces at a new point, .was broken -up and the troops The .i .1 p OTVaiOHT t4 KUmNHSIMta BtWPrENHSJMsS Bssprsiimisissl - s.Mrpsnnstsisaj -, . s , '- ' i Here, rtien, is the one most important event of the New. Year. A. sweeping clearance of all Men's and Boys' Apparel, at re- ductions of 20 up to. 50 and nore. . Now is your, chance, to choose fronr-great stocks of the famous Kuppenheimer and Cambndjre Clothes at these remarkable reductions. All styles, all models, .all sizes, uome $15 Men's Suits, Overcoats and Balmacaans Boys Suits $3.95 Boys' $6.00 up to $15.00 Doiible Breasted Suits with, full peg: knick trs. Sizes 8 to 17 years. fl QK Choice now .......... W POei7a Women's Coats $9.85 Women's and Misses' $20, $25 and $30 Man-Tailored Coats, fQ VZ7 Successors to Steinbach & Co. L were dispersed in disorder, according to the French aviator scouts who were watxshlng the effect of the fire and correcting the French gunners' ranee. :-' - Sappers Axe .Busy. t .Mining operations- by: sappers now have taken the; place of the trenching tool on that part of the AUne front commanded by the Plateau of Nouvron. On this height several mines were ex ploded In front of the French positions, tearing great; holes ' in the ground. Under cover of the blasting, opera tions while the pall ;of smoke still bung over the excavations, the French advanced. and while' the debris, and mud was still; falling, thickly about, took, possession of the pits and 'held them despite the most desperate ef forts of the Germans to dislodge them. Several German assaults were directed against the newly gained vantage point of the French, but each was repulsed with losses to the enemy. ' 'Artillery- duels with '. slight advances at certain points, particularly near tured r axiA now hold a wood to the northeast of Mesnil-Les-Hurlus, marked the fighting along this entire stretch of batUe line as far east as ''the 3kleuse. ttcked near isreraenu, two mues h-ck afttrIerinr hlavv driven back after .suffering . heavy r2"' 'r ? low"'-; wmiK f "f h an,d daf ' foppfn f.' S u jr , l W"SL. . - i The morale of the J allies continues .1 ri gooa aespiie me trying wcew of the hostile forces! restricts them. Confidence in the- final result, how ever, remains unshaken. Tonight's official statement says; "There are no Incidents worthy of report except a furious fusillade Jast night against our trenches to the east of Vermelles and In the region to the north of Chaulnes and an unsuccess ful German attack west of the woods of , Consenvoy.' Store of 10Q Per Cent Service Tomorrow, It Begins Our of Men's and Young Men's Winter Suits,! Overcoats and Balmackan Coats fabrics (including blues and tomorrow sure. $30 Men's Suits, Overcoats 5 53 O and Balmacaans at . . X . . i-3priiZm $25 Men's Suits, Overcoats and Balmacaans at. . L . . . . $20 Men's Suits, Overcoats and Balmacaans at . ; 1 . . 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The conntesa was the - wire of the I AUrUIVI OClfiU U lilQ UIULTU 1 States and her marriage here was the culmination of; an' international j ro-J mance.. t V rft- - -i ' . For twe months her tWaahington relatives had been out of touch with her and the state department tried to obtain news of her whereabouts.: Fi nally the Netherlands minister, M. Van Kappard, managed to learn that she was recovering from an operation; in a' Brussels- hospital. Emanuel; De - Buisseret, the oldest son of the : count and countess,- is at' present attending a Washington school as the guest ox his granamother, Mrc. John P. Story. . The . count now represents his coun try in Russia." , ' ; ! Loevv's Empress Theatre iTickets Free The Sunday; Journal of January 10, will contain a coupon which when presented at The Journal .office, will entitle the holder to two- tickets for Lowe's Empress theatre. Journal readers can have the best seats in the; house as guests of The Journal. 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