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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XIV. NO. 85. PORTLAND, -OREGON, WEDNESDAY? EVENING, JUNE 16, 1915. SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS ei IS ACT AND Kirwi tiAMua rivx CENTS BRITISH DRIVE GERlflS FROtil LA BASSEE LINE New Offensive Inaugurated Following Terrific German Bombardment Which Ob- ; literated Poperinghe.- UNEXPECTED ATTACK IS QUICKLY CARRIED OUT Preliminary Assault Cuts the Wire Entanglements of Germans. Paris. June ' IS- (I. N. S.) British armies. In northern France have taken the offensive against the Germans. . Official announcement was made here today that the forces under General '.French have suddenly sprung Into ac tion, attacking the Germans In the La Bassee district and capturing many ; trenches. I advancing under a heavy cannonade and overwhelming the most desperate-efforts of the Teutons to hold their ground. -y The 'British offensive developed in 'conjunction with stiff attacks by the French, who started a heavy ! drive against the German lines to the south of La Bassee. The main British ad Vance was made south of Neuve Chap pelle, where they opened a series of j . AMaMnl.a An fl&rmnn trenches and drove the Teutons from their fifteenth line of earthworks, . ' - The fighting along the British". front was to the full ' aa . severe -as that in any of the attacks during the. period fclnce the great battle at .Neuve Chap-, pelle. but the losses to the , British were not eo heavy as" in that engage- - menu - They started their offensive unexpectedly, and'1 their rush ousted the Germans before their full resist ance could be brought into play, ' r - Bombardment Precedes attack. Heavy bombardment of the. German trenches opened the attack. iEvery gun in the British lines along the front chosen for attack waa brought ..into pisy and a veritable atortn of shot and seen nrepiw " down - wire entanglements J and. liter ally shattering.. many yards of -the German positions, leveling salients and laterals into one. huge mass or torn up. earth and s concrete. Immediately heavy guns the British left their trenches . and swept - forward, taking -several of the German earthworks at the point of; the bayonet after a abort but fierce resistance, , " The , British offensive followed closely upon the heels of a terrific cannonade which for 48 hours the Ger mans had been directing against the Belgian, British and French positions all along their line In Belgium. Dur ing the night ; the town of Vlamer tlnghe, half way between Ypres and Poperinghe. was absolutely blottea out of existence by the storm" of Ger man projectiles. .'- German Plan Pells. Not since the days of Neuvi Chapelle have the Teutons inaugurat ed: such a blasting cannonade. It was, apparently, designed to intimidate' the allies into inactivity and. to prevent any serious forward movement. The British - attack at La Bassee was the answer to 'the challenge. No information here is available as yet: to Indicate whether the British of- ' tensive is to be the precursor- to a general attack by the allies, but in Paris the opinion la general -. that if the Russian losses on the eastern front are aa serious as the claims of Ber lin and Vienna indicate, it will not be long, in any case, before the armies under General Joff re will strike hard to endeavor to mitigate the severity of the German campaign in the Gall clan plains. . FASTER SPEED COULD -NOT HAVE SAVED THE IS Chairman of Cunard Line Ad mits Economy Was Prac ticed, Says Divers Waiting. London. June 16. N, S.) Extent of the responsibility resting on the Cunard line as a result of its policy of economy .was an issue given much consideration when the board of trade inquiry into .the sinking of the liner Lusitania was resumed today. ; That the Lusltania was traveling at reduced speed in order to economise when she was struck t by the torpedo from the Teuton diver was the admis sion . forthcoming from, Chairman Booth of the Cunard line. I "We decided in November," ' Booth testified today. . "to put the economy plan in , force. The homeward ' rush of Americans having ceased, the.com pany was not making any money - "Naturally, speed is an. important factor In avoiding submarines, but in view of the fact that the Lusl tania was -one of the fastest 1 boats afloat we , considered her safe, Mr understanding is that submarines did not pursue . the Lusltania, ,. but laid in wait for, her. Under such condi tions it would have made no differ ence whether her boilers were working to full capacity or not."- ... - - . Booth ? said he : did not ' remember having received any messages ; warn ing him of a probable German attack. LUITANA CLAIM CAME TO U. S: AS RED CROSS AGENT rG V 1 1 r 1 ' W- Dr. Ant6n Meyer Gerhard. GREEK ARMY INVADES OF VENIZELOS LEADS IT What May Be Forerunner: of Formal i Entry of Greece Irjto War is Announced, Home. J une 16. (L N. S.) A Gree army is , Invading Albania, according to advices received here today from Avalona. a The Greeks are commanded by Colonel Zontos, a cousin of Premier Venizelos. head of the war- party." The. invasion is regarded as highly significant in view of the recent vic tory of the "war party in the Greek elections. .In some quarters it was regarded as the forerunner of the for mal entry, of Greece , Into . the, great European conflict . V; ' - Greece's entry into the Albanian bat tlefields,, where Serbian forces are al ready operating, may prove to be - one of JrMttf?wesaN.hetwr.rw- views ot tts significance prevail here: Italian, statesmen are uneasy lest the capture of Turkish teritory in Albania would threaten the Italian domination of the - Adriatic' ; should Serbia and Greece finally prevail against the Al banians, as they doubtless will. One party here fears that Greece and Ser bia , will stick i fast ; to . any territory captured but the fact that the newly elected premier of Greece, Venlxelos, apparently is behind the raid into Al bania has in . a measure , lulled . fears here and : spread -the impression that an -understanding as to the partition of Albania after, the war has been ar rived at " among the powers of . the quadruple entente, ' ' , There is no doubt felt that Greece's entry Into the, war, if such her Al banian . raid should prove to be, would mean that both Roumanla. and Bul garia would have to hasten their de cision. Great increase of strength to Italy, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro, If the allies win, would mean that Roumanla and Bulgaria, if they got nothing- from the European upheaval, would drop to a secondary place in the Balkans. It is believed certain here that the Greek Vaid, If verified, will mean' that" the whole Balkans will be definitely, aligned with the, entente powers or the Teutonic allies within a very short time and that the chance of all joining in the rush to despoil Tur key is by far preponderant. Appnyve3 Order to Emninate Land Secretary' Hoostoa's Plan Would Af fect About 113,672 Acres la Paulina zratto&al PoresV r Washington. June 18. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Forester. Graves hay written Senator Chamberlain that, jtbe secretary ; of agriculture has approved the elimina tion of approximately '113,872 acres from the Paulina national forest. ' The general land off fee - is preparing a proclamation ' to be submitted to the president.' . , ;-:-.,. . ,:.,: If the president approves Secretary Houston's recommendation the elimin ation will be effective July 1. Order of Merit for Lusitania's Sinker ' - . . ;-f Submarine TJ-31, Commanded by Xdeu- tenaatt Sarslng, Reported to Save Bceived Kaiser's Plaadits. , London Jun If. (U, P.) The sub marine U-21 Bank the Lusitania, ac cording to the - Sfslnorcr Demark, correspondent- of. the Evening Star. - i -1 "1 have" leaVned . here," the corres pondent cabled bis paper today, "that the order of merit 'was recently be stowed upon Lieutenant Hersihg. com mander of the U-21, by the-kaiser In recognition of the sinking of the Lu sltania. .-.-. , ; Arranging Fair-to-Fair Plight. n Los Angeles, CaJU June 16. tU.' P.l -Silas r Christof f erson, aviator. Is in XjOs Angeies tooay supervising the as sembling ; of , a. new aeroplane motor with-which, he hopes to fljr fnm the San Francisco fair to the San Liego fair .without ' stopping. Christofferson expects to follow a 650 mile route be tween tne two clues, leaving an Fran. cisoo between 4 and 6 - o'clock in the morning, arriving at Sac Dieeo at noon. He will carry one p&ssenger. r ii COUSIN ALbAHIA GERftlAuS DENY DOCTOR MEYER HOAX CHARGES Ambassador von Bernstorf f 's Secretary Calls Story. "Ab surd and. Ridiculous" Reflection on His Chief. MEYER GERHARD CAME FOR RED CROSS, CLAIM Charges Unofficially Branded as "Possible but lm- . probable." - Officials Deny Story. V New York, June 1. (U. P.) Attaches of the German m embassy today Joined f- In de- it claringj false a story' printed jjt by the "New York Tribune, a- if leging that the United -States had been deceived as -to the identity of Dr. Meyer Gerhard, . ' Red Cross agent and. special : it messenger of Ambassador von Bernstorf f to Berlin, who was said to be Alfred Meyer, chief of the German army supply di-- 4f . vision, iand sen t here - to ' pur- chase munitions. The Tribune ; also claimed important military j 4 information had been gained by the German, visitor. f Counsellor von Haimhausen, Hk at the "summer embassy" it Cedarhurst : made strong denial' Kc It of the charges, as did Captain Frederick Elder, secretary to Ambassador von Bernstorf f.' The story is pure tommy- Mt rot," said von Haimhausen. "So far as J know , there Is no A1-' fred Meyer. : Dr. Gerhard was JSC wkaT ha . VWtWAMn. - M ' .L. : to be, an agent of the Red: Cross, and was not a purchaser Mt of munitiona" . . - J ' Washington. vj June 16. (tJ. B.y "Possible, but improbable," was - the verdict of official Washington : today opoa the story published by the New York Tribune, alleging that Dr. Meyer Gerhard; -wttd""islted' ttwc Ualt4 States as a lied Cross agent, was in reality DrJ Alfred Meyer, -chief of the supply division . of ; tbov German army.? ; H Acting Secretary 'of State Lansing and former Secretary of State Bryan disclaimed knowledge of the allege! facts contained In -the Tribune's story Lansing intimated - that au investiga tion might be made, but added, that even though the charges were true, they constituted no violation of tb4 law. : Such deception would be only a discourtesy, it was stated. ; : "At the request of Ambassador von Bernstorff a letter, was given Dr, Ger hard." said Lansing,' "stating that he had been in this country as a Red Cross representative and desired to return' to Germany." i - . i -This letter was signed by Secretary (Concluded un lf FtCt Column Twa.t BULLETINS . Turks Destroy Positions. t Constantinople, June' 16.- (I. .JJ. S. Destruction of several strongly de fended -.positions of the i allies near Avi Burum Is claimed in today's of ficial announcement from the war of fice. . i - .. : . ', ;. - , Turkish aviators assisted in the at tack, - dropping ' bombs npon the al lies -with considerable success. - Astor Helps Red Cross. London. June' 18. (I. N. a) The Marquis ' of Landsdowne - announced here tonight that William Waldorf As tor had opened 'the Red Cross : u In scription list with a check for $100, 000. v ." Lnsitania Was Unarmed. New York. June 16. I. N. S.) That the Lusitania - was unarmed was the testimony of. four witnesses here today In the. federal grand Jury hear ing of perjury Charges again tt Gustav Stahl in connection with the point at issue. ..'fii- Breslan Bobs; Up Again. ' London, June . IS. I.- N. S.) An Exchange Telegraph Athens dispatch today; reports an engagement In the Black sea last Friday between the Russian ; and ' 'u Turkish , fleets., The Turkish cruiser Breslau was seriously damaged and some Turkish torpedo boats were sunk. .Twelve Turkish of ficers and 80 sailors were Urowned, ac cording to the dispatch. . - . French Demand Facte. . Paris, June 1 8.-tL C S. )--Owing to the fantastic rumors circulated recent ly about French losses, tn the war, th3 League of the. Rights of Man has pe titioned the government i to publish the exact figures.. The league says other nations have .published lists without disastrous results. "Surely,? concludes the petition, "the government ; will agree that French people,, who have shown from the out set heroic serenity, also are 'capable of hearing the truth. We venture ta add that-it has the right to hear it," ' King of Greece Is Dying, Says Athens Blood Poisoning1 Sas Set Zb and Beath of Monarch Is : Believed To Be a SCattei Of a Trw Hoars Only.' Athens, T June 16. (I. N. - S.) King Constantine today was in a, critical condition and was 'sinking rapidly. Blood poisoning ' has' set - In and death is believed to be . - but " a - matter of hcura. , ' -. , - .' - JL Zeppelin Raid on England Is Deadly to 15 Fifteen Others , Seriously Injured, .35 Slightly, Much Damage Done' by Fires, Admits London. . London, June 16. (L N. S.)-Admission that last night's Zeppelin at tack on the northeast coast of Eng land resulted ' in the heaviest toll or life ,.yet exacted by Teuton bi rdmen was forthcoming In an official state ment Issued from te - war office to night. - , ' - Fifteen persons met Instant death; 15 others were seriouslyf Injured; and an aaditional 35 were slightly hurt. Fires which resulted In heavy proper ty damage were caused by incendiary bombs. The .- loss will run into the thousands. - One bomb, according to reports re ceived here, was responsible for the death of live civilians. The war of fice, aside from admitting the serious results of the raid, refused to go Into detail. It even refrained : from men tioning the cities and towns visited, confining Its announcement to the statement that Che bombardment oc curred -on . the "northeast -- coast." ; Last night's attack marked the twentieth German raid on . Kngland from the air. It Is generally supposed to have been in retaliation for the raid on Karlsruhe Monday by both British and French aviators. Nineteen civil ians and soldiers were killed in the raid on Karlsruhe, the attack resulting in the heaviest loss of life from the air of any yet staged. Beginning with the .German raid on the municipal area of London May 31, In which four . persons were killed, the last 16 days have brought out re ports of a number f aerial attacks by both sides, all of which indicate a determination to force the fighting from the clouds. The most Important aerial engagements of " the last' : two weeks over the continent and England are as follows: Aeroplanes of - the allies attacked the headquarters of the German crown prince June 3, and two days later a German - aeroplane dropped explosive .bombs on the French seaport of Ca lais. '. ' On June 6 a Zeppelin airship visited the east coast Of England itnd killed 5 persons. On June 7 Lieutenant Warnef Ord, a young- Canadian aviator, destroyed a . German Zeppelin in an air duel over Belgium. From his aero- plane he wrecked : the dirigible and caused the death of its crew, v On June 8 Ghent was badly damaged by a British raider and the following day Venice was bombarded by an Aus trian aeroplane. On June It Austrian aviators bombarded towns on the Ital ian frpntier, and two days later British-airmen attasJtejajeerjnaa(yrig ible sheds at Evere. if 10 JUlled at Karlsruhe. f Berlin, June 18. i-(L N. S. Baden dispatches today report casualties In the allies' air raid against Karlsruhe more extensive than first presumed. Nineteen persons were killed instead of 11, and 14 were seriously injured. Scores were slightly hurt. . -.- - AUSTRIANS ROUTED IN BATTLE IN TRENTINO, G reat Victory for Italians is Claimed; Austria Is Shift ing Her Troops. London, June 16. (I. N. S.) A great victory for Italian arms in east Tren tlno about the town of Glacier is re ported in an Exchange Telegraph dis patch received here today from Chais so. . The . Austrian route, the ' dispatch said, was complete. Italians Threaten JRailroad. , : Headquarters of the Italian Staff, Bologne. June 16. (f. N. S.) Italian trops are within 25 miles of Toblach,' through which passes the onljr direct railway communication between Vien na and the Tyrol. On the line north of , Cortina D'Ampezzo, King "Victor Emmanuel's forces also are preparing to attack Franzensfesto, the strongest fortress in 'the Tyrolese Alps, i 'William Marconi, inventor of wire less telegraphy, today petitioned for a sub-lieutenancy In the engineer corps. He will be assigned to the. telegraphic : department. C ' Iew Invasion Begins. j -p. Milan. June 16. (I. N. S.) Invasion of Austria from another direction,; through the gtelvic pass, has been unj der taken by - the Italians, according' to ! dispatches received here today. - The Italians .are attempting 'to seize j the, railroad running ; north from Bor-j mio through, the .. .pass, ? and ; furious fighting is progressing. . - - ; ! . The Austrlans have massed numer ous heavy guns at the entrance' to the pass and are offering determined re-1 slstance to the Italian attacks. - . ! Austria Shifts Armies. Vienna,. June 16. (I. - N. S.) CVia Berlin and Amsterdam) Great bodies of German reinforcements- have been pouring into Galicia for five days in orderlo enable the Austrlans to shift their troops to fight the Italians. Of ficial announcement to this ef f etft was made here -today. ' V-;- ; . . ' - News : of the capture of Mosciska and the retreat of the. Russians from Buckowina caused great rejoicing here today. GOETHALS TO HOLD ON " Washington, June 16. fl. N. 8.) I General George Goethals 'will not ( retire from . active service in" the ar- i my. and 'the governship of the Panama canal zone until fall, Secretary" of War Garrisons announced .here today. he is about to -return to -Panama to pre pare estimates for maintenance of the canal, .and its defenses. . - SAYS LONDON 0 MAYOR'S BIG STICK" ENDS CAR STRIKE Chicago's fJew Chief Holds Officials Involved in His Office Until They Agree to Arbitrate Differences. 1400 CAR EMPLOYES ORDERED BACK ON JOBS In Meantime Three Arbitra tors Will Meet to Fix New Wage Schedule. ' : Chicago, 111.,' June 16. JCL N. S.) The great Chicago, strike of elevated railroad and surface car employes end ed today. At 6:30 o'clock this morn ing all the men' were ordered bsck to work Immediately. It was expected that full service on all lines would be In progress before noon. The - end came after an aU-nlght conference. The order to return to work was given when company offi cials agreed that the . mayor should be one of three arbitrators to fix a new, wage scale. i All Privilege to Jtemaia. Company officials" agreed not to withdraw any of the present privileges of their employes and to not allow tne umpires to reduce the wage scale now in effect. . ; ; - Clerks laid off by stores at the out set of the strike .were being put back to work;, today. Wbe&ythe strike was. called off the men Immediately reported for work and dispatchers now are. trying to get schedules . started. Elevated - trains, however, were beglnnig to run with more delay than surface cars, and thousands were , forced to walk again to work this . morning. News of the end : of the strike : was not publshed in the morning papers and the walk ers feared that the few cars -running were but the attempts o, strikebreak ers.. - "i . , V - .. . . " ' - Chicago's mayor held the represent atives of the two factions- virtually prisoners until i''an agreement - was reached.- It is reliably reported that at" "one Him -1 he forcibly prevented FTei(It f BtraiKof Hlw elevated lines from leaving. : . i ; ? JToo4 Sastena .. Sesnit. ; i "vithtthe end of the conference the union leaders hurried : to strike head quarters in taxicabs and then sent couriers to notify the strikers to re turn to work. ,.,--...-- , ' .-j-.-. The conference - began at. 8 : o'clock last nifht and an eight hour wrangle followed. At 4 a., m. luncheon: .was servei. . Thla , saved . the day by re storing the good temper of the de baters and they, immediately began -to reach an agreement. Union officials will select on um pire and the company another: to act with the. mayor.- , . . , The elevated railway trains resumed service at 6:04 o'clock and by 7 o'clock were carrying many passengers. The operation of surface cars was delayed, as the men refused to go. back to work until notified officially that the strike was off. ; Making Last Plea For Frank's Life . ... Attorney for Condemned SSan leak as tm passioned Argument Before Geor gia's Governor aadXarge Crowd. .Atlanta, Ga, June il(L N. S.)-i-Governor Slaton s today waa hearing the final plea for Leo Frank's life. Attorney Howard, representing Frank, who is under sentence to die for the murder of . llary Phagan, made ? his final arguments for a commutation of sentence, while a crowd that occu pied every available inch of space in the governor's offices listened with bated breath. a . Calvin Demarest -Stabs Wife, Mother . . . . . ; . - - Boted ' Bllliardist, XTervous ' Wreck,' At tempts Suicide After Attaddag ram. Uy in Chicago Home. Chicago. I1L. June 18. (I. "tt. 8.) Calvin Demarest.: a bllliardlst of na tional prominence, here today slashed his . wife's face and body with a ra zor, cut his mother,-. Mrs.- Sda .Dem arest, vand then attempted to kill him self ljyr cutting his throat and left wrisW , All may : recover. Demarest had been suffering from ' a nervous breakdown for some time. ;' New York Society Woman in Portland Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, widow of the New Tor k banker of .that name and prominent ; in New York society. Is at the Multnomah liotel for a brief visit. ' She , is accompanied by Miss Helen Phelps Stokes and Miss .Helen Lowell Parsons. ; They are on , their way back to New Tork after spending some time In California. Anson Phelps Stokes wras a member of an old: New Tork ban kin g-: bouse and was - a well known; yachtsman. : . Anson Phelps Stokes' Jr. is secretary of Tale univer sity, and anothers&on, James G. Phelps Stokes, is a prohjinent publicist ' and propagandist. - -t r . , WOOL SALE AT SCIO, OR. Scio, Or.. June IS. Frank Libby of Jefferson bought the only wool offered at this afternoon's sale, .paying 1 cents for 2500 fleeces... . - . . - - - - , " ".'..-. : v ACTIVE IN SETTLING : f ; - i ; . " - 4 I- : - ;'v- - ' ... t " ' 1 William Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chicago. HUNTLEY BROS. GET CONTRACT. IN SPITE OF MUCH LOWER BID Oregon City' School Directors Sell Supplies - of Various inds to Board. "Oregon City, Or" June If.' Under thehead . of annual supplies, for; the Oregon City schools, the school board lets contract each year for-various kinds of paper, blotters, ink, pens, and all the materials needed in the school. This contract usually amounts to $600 or $600, and in addition the board pur chases several hundred dollars worth of supplies In small amounts during the year. - - . . ' ' ' . ' -. ' Tear after year this -r contract f has been - going to Huntley Brothers, one of the other of them having been a member of the board for . many years. Mayor L. K. Jones of the Jones Xrug company,- also - a-dealer in ' confection ery! and school supplies, has regularly tidl on thek contract, i This : year his bid1 was $150' -lower than Huntley ICoDcktdad oa Pag five. Cokimn Two) ORDERED TO MEXICO TO OVERAWE YAQUIS Three Hundred Marines With . Machine Guns to,Help Pro tect Americans. Washington. June 16. (U. P.) The navy department " today." ordered -Admiral Howard, commanding J the Pa cific fleet, to dispatch the cruiser Col orado from San Diego to Guaymas with 800 'marines and 33 bluejackets. Ifp . was i explained - that the cruiser was ordered out at. the request of the state department. Reports -to Acting Secretary Lansing ' stated that" Amer icans and . other . foreigners,- at Guay mas were in danger as a result of . the Taquls uprising. - .Orders , were given that marines - and . bluejackets Should not; be landed except in case of emer gency or danger. Specific directions were given that, no territory should be occupied. , It was suggested that an officer be ' sent from the cruiser to parley with the Indiana ' ' - This is believed - to 7 account for re ports from Coronado regarding troops entraining for Mexico; regarding which the war department' had. no 'informa tion. - " vl-i''rfr.J-s';!' :..t , : Tilla Alddt'Bed Cross. ; ' 'Washington, ; JUnei 16. (II. P.) Armed with. General Villa's guarantee of non-interference the Red Crops was active ' here preparing today , to - rbsh Its relief work In .Mexico.!. " Judge, Xouglas, V attorney for Car ranza here, is going, eo Vera Crus'with- Ja a few days.- -It Is believed be -will advise Carranza to acoept peace under the best terms that can be obtained. Officials are -still hopeful that the situation- will work, itself out. making either peaceful or armed intervention vniieeessary. ': J"-.i WM - j i Ready to-Sail Tomorrorr. m -San Diego, Cal.. June 16. P. N.'s. With ' three ' companies of r&arines on board., the cruiser ' Colorado, flag Ship of the Pacific fleet, will be rvsj&r to - steam for. a' point just - south of Guaymas tomorrow morning.- The ma rines" will, board - the cruiser early in the morning. Regular: equipment of machine -guns, , field ' artillery and " a field transport - will be "taken by the marines. , . . . . CRUISER COLORADO IS CHICAGO CAR STRIKE . , -T. i - . N SCHOOL BOARD BUYS DR. i SOMMER'S OLD AUTOMOBILE AT $500 Machine Selected in Compe tition! Upon -.Invitation ; of Bids. , About a year and a half ago Dr. E. Ai Somraer, a member .of the school board, bought a nw-r automobile, a Cadillac of the- Cover Motor ! Car company:- He had an old "White ear, which ' he left' with the Covey Motor Car company to -sell for him. : Soon after, the v school- board de cided i to bay a sepond hand car for the use of D. J. Phillips., school elec trician; ' The board' wanted a light truck, but in the - advertisement t for bids this (clause ..was inserted: "Or for a car iwhlch is not at present de signed . for . a. truck, but - which can, at a small expense, be converted into shape which will answer' the pur pose." - " jr.-'- -r " i , - Ten bids were -received, ". one from the Covey Motor.;' Car company for a used- White, . price $500. Other bids were received as follows: White com pany,: Pope Hartford, $500; Peerless truck. ' $800; Kast - Bnrnside garage, Pulck, $400; J. O. Elrod. Marman. $450; Ford Motor company, touring car, $550; r Runabout, $500; Town car. (Coaclddee oo Pace Seven. Cobmrn rear) Mrs. Ray; Barkhurst Hurt in Auto Orasli Wife v. of Portland Tallov smf faring Prom Serious Injuries Sustained in Wreck Sear Santa Ana, Cal. - -? Santa !Ana :CaL June' 16. (TJ. P.) Painfully but not fatally injured in an automobile smash on the state - high way :. near ; here, Mrs.1 Ray? Barkhurst, wife of! m prominent tailor of i Port land, Orti lles'at the home Of her pa rents, Mr.i and 1 Mrs. C. S. ' Shaw, here today, '"JMrss- Barkhurst ? was - hurled from ah . automobile - when it ran into an' uncompleted section of the high way and' suddenly stopped, wedged in a mass of construction- material. . Mrs. Barkhurst's collarbone. was broken1 and she sustained deep lacerations. It was stated today , she would be unable to return, to her Portland home for sev eral weeks. - . CONCRETE MIXER ; MOTOR TRUCK : , , The following nvant Ads and; many others can be found under ' their . respective headings in the VWant ! Ad" section of today's -paper:- ,,-'-- - " - Pianos, Organs aad , 84. . r. Kusleal Instruments : "VICTROIA. for summer . to re-, 'sporisibla party. ; Give : refer- ences."- ' - ' i; Tot Bale -Miscellaneous -Is : ", . "FOK . HAJ& Power batch1 con ' -1 cnt i mixer and hoist. Steel i hoppern. wheelbarrows, shovels,, all vomvlete." e ;4Vv X ' -c , .Y i i. i --'" ;'. . v-i swap Oolnmn . BW -. . -'65 COMBINATION card and din ing, ta We, removable top, solid oak, early- Knglish finish, new, ' Have no use for this luxury; What have you to trade? . t . - - -r';;.;.V" - Au-tomoblles-Aocessorlee 44 ""PACKARD motor truck. ton; - Moreland. : 2 . ton; ; Oakland do- . livery auto. .1 ton; Oakland run about., express wagon and dray. Office desks, - chairs and other equipment.".- j I '-' ' - Excaaage Seal Xstate 34 "SEAT1LK property worth $100, . -000. mtg. $27,000 at 6. leased ' for 2 Vj years at $37S per month; trade for Portland property." v " t Suburban: Acreage 70 - "RIVER frontage acre tract, lm proved; 5 room modern house, garden and fruit; price $3060. SLUGS WIFE, CHILD, CUTS Will THROAT Crazed by Brooding Over Do mestic Troubles, Man At- tempts to Murder Family With a Hammer. i -.;r 8 - -- - - . - GIRL VICTIM AND HER FATHER NEAR DEATH Neighbors Hear Screams and Batter Down Doors in Attempt at Rescue. ; Maddened through brooding over domestic troubles, C. 1 Durbora w, a paperbanger, attempted to murder his family at his home, 8923 Fifty-ninth avenue southeast. shortly after S o'clock this morning.. Slugging his 6-year-old daughter, Ruth, with- a carpenter's hammer, fracturing her skull, he afterwards cut his own throat The little girl Is said to be dying at Good Samaritan hospital, and Durbora w, with his vocal organs -severed and unable to speak. Is in a serious condition.. He also struck his wife with the hammer, but the blow glanceVi. and ,. she retained con sciousness enough to enable ber to flee from the house. The Durboraw home, according to neighbors,, has for many months been the scene of serious family trouble Frequent quarrels and fights that at tracted neighborhood attention have occurred. After a spat last week, in which Durboraw left and went to the hnrtm nt Kin mother, he cini tingle yesterday morning.. Neighbors say that apparently a reconciliation had been effected. Dur boraw took the two older children to the store with him last night. ITeighbors Hear Screams. The ""families .of R.-F. and O. F. Olson tat- 6903 Fifty-ninth avenue southeast, one house west of the Dur boraw home, were attracted by screams emanating from the back yard, taiortly after 0 o'clock this morning: They saw Mrs, Durboraw, in nlstht clothing, and with blood streamlni? from a "wound In the head, staggering about the yard. She screamed in coherently to the Olsons, father and son, that her husband was murdering the children. The two men rushed (o the lious-j (Concluded oD.Png. Thirteen. Column Ootf ROAHASTER MAKES RECOMMENDATION Oil HARD SURFACE BIDS ,.. - -i " -. Pavement Generally Favored - Is Bitulithic Type; Some of Proposals Exceed Estimate Roadmasfer Teon today submitted to the board of county commissioners bis tabulation of paving bids, together with' his recommendations for 'the awarding of contracts. These recom mendations were as follows: Columbia River highway, sections A. B, C, D To Warren -Construction company, -bitulithic. $443,496.42.- Bection E To Koya John-Arnold com pany, brick, $22,921.68. Bandy road To Warren Construc tion company, bitulithic, $214,850.37. Base Dine road To Clark Henry Construction company, bitulithic, $147, 37t.40. v.-v " Foster road to Gleblsch 6c Joplln, bitulithic, $70,976.95. ( Powell Valley road to OsRar Huber, bitulithic," $121.03.96. ' Capitol highway to Gleblsh & Jop lln, bitulithic, $89,988.74. Canyon road, - section A, to Boy a- john-Arnold, Altullthlc, 16,S03.o. Section B to . Montague-O'Reilly, concrete, $22,352.00. . St. llelens road, section M. to War ren Construction - company,, bltullthfr:, $28.537.03., ,- No recommendation is made on the (Concluded oa Pag Two. Cnlnira One) Mails Must Carry M British Letters B&gland Announces That TSo Otierr ' ICeaas of Conveying Them to or Troni Country Be Allowed. .New York, June 16.(I. N. S. The British censor has issued an or- Into or out of Kngland except "through the mails. ; This fact was learned through a notice posted on the Cu narder Orduna when -she arrived from Liverpool. - The notice reads: ' '"Notice to passengers:- All passen gers to or from the United Kingdom are . warned that by regulation No. 2 4 of the defense of the realm regula tions, it Is.made an offense for any unauthorised person to convey any letter 1 or -written commuoicai'on to or from the United Kingdom." - It is signed by the home secretary. ' ? John Kcdraond 111. . London. June 18. I. N. fi.) Ac cording to the Freeman's Journal t clay, John Redmond has been suffer ing since last Thursday with rt.ot .: poisoning, lie left his bed. Tuo . J wilt - be unable to attend j ar; i t for some time, but hopes to Usv I -don for Ireland within a f ' w i - f :.