THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915. FNHNFFR I FWTC IQ I Police Chief Takes " )"r: Bath Then Learns WILLING IU GIVE UP ALL HIGHWAY WORK The Naked Truth Provision Is That Commission Relieve Him of Responsi bility and Return Bond. HIS STAND IS MAINTAINED Probable That Action Will Be Taken Today to Fut End to tbe Tnnnoli. Salem, Or., Augr. 26. State Engineer Lewis today offered to withdraw from all connection with highway work if the state highway commission would enter an order relieving him of all duties and responsibilities in connec tion with highway work, and direct the governor to return the bond for $10,000 heretofore filed, with Dim and not yet approved. In a letter to. the commission, Lewis deplored the fact that Governor Withy combe and State Treasurer Kay had eeen fit to construe his letter of dis mingal o Deputy Cantine as a breach of faith. He pointed out that the continual .turmoil In which the road department 'has been Involved seemed to render his course in following the law as in terpreted by the attorney general det rimental to tjie best interests of road ;work in Oregon. I "In view of the unfortunate misun derstandings , in connection with th operation of the new road law, I wish to state my position and offer a sug gestion for settlement of the contro versies." says Lewis In his letter. I 'I opposed the pasage of this art ! and later sought its veto. these efforts, with the approval of the governor, I secured an opinion from the attorney general, which I have since endeavored to follow. Commission Enters Order. "Apparently contrary to this opin ion, the highway commission entered an order some time ago directing Mr. Cantine, my chief deputy, to take charge of certain construction work, reporting to the commission direct. Re cently Mr. Cantine stated that he would do this. 1 have not seen fit to contest this order, "and my recent letter dismissing Mr. Cantine was Hood River, Or., Aug. 26. Bathers at the recently opened Hood River beach made so many iM complaints to local police re- garding the theft of Jewelry. money and other personal be- 4 longings from Aheir clothes, that Harry Bailey, chief of the ifr police night squad, decided to 4t ; make personal effort tp land the culprits guilty of the thefts. i Accordingly, ' disguised In a ! bathing suit, he nonchalantly I entered the water with other bathers last flight, and while disporting with the grace of a . jjfr young porpoise kept his peri- scope eye on the lookout for petty thieves on the beach. After a good bath, the chief wrung out his hair and waded ashore to don his street habill- ments. Then he discovered that some ft 3 unscrupulous- being had r "frisked" his official trousers jjf- of every red cent. MAN WHO ATTACKED YOUNG WOMAN NEAR IS BAKER PRISONER Captors Telf Deputy ' Sheriff That They Were Just About to Act. Carl Guiott Sees First Movie Show Pendleton Man "Whose Sight Was cently Restored Visits Place of Amusement WJth Kis Pamily. Pendleton, Or., Aug. 28. While Carl Guiott is rejoicing In the recovery of sight in one eye, another well known Pendletonian. "Billy" Welch. on of j an early day pioneer, is mourning tne loss of one eye. By a singular coinci dence, the misfortune of the one and the good fortune of the other occurred almost the same date, and one was quite as sudden as the other. Welch, who is a feed yard proprietor, had returned home one evening about a month ago when, without warning. i the vision nf rm v was shut off. Falling in There was no pain until the following i day. Physicians advised him to con- suit a specialist in Portland. They I declared an opaque lens had dropped across the pupil, shutting the visual ized object from the retina. In the case of Guiott, they said a similar lens, which had obstructed the pupil, had dropped from place. In Portland Mr. Welch underwent an operation that restored his sight; but within a week decay set In, and the eyeball was removed entirely. Now he must secure a glass substitute. Mr. Guiott's restored sight continues merely ! to improve, and he can now see quite Baker, Or., Aug. 28. The timely ar rival last evening of Deputy Sheriff Nelson at the Sidney Storie ranch near Weathery prevented the probable lynching of the assailant of 20-year-old Eleanor Storie, who was attacked late Wednesday while riding a horse hojne from the postoffice. The prisoner, who refused to give his name, was brought to the county jail early this morning by the officer. Miss Storie was attacked as she rode close to the railroad trestle, her assail ant rushing out, seizing the bridle, pointing a gun and threatening to shoot unless she dismounted. Th girl struck the man several times with the reins, the horse finally taking fright and shaking the man off. Miss Storie rode home and gave the alarm, members of a threshing crew headed by her father giving chase, and after ' several hours running down the fugitive. The man was taken back to the ranch and according to tne story told I the deputy he would have been strung up then and there except for the pleas of women, . which delayed action until an officer arrived. The captors made no ' objection to turning the prisoner over, but said that nad Nelson been a few minutes later the man would nave been a "goner," Miss Storie was not hurt except for bruises about her body, where she was bit with a gun. The prisoner denies all knowledge of the attack. Turn Irrigation Ditches on Fire Hood River, Or., Aug. 26. A forest fire was narrowly averted when the fire from a slashing being burned on the Mc Isaacs tract in the Parkdale section got beyond control. A large amount of cord wood was burned and for a time the Mclsaacs residence and barn and the large apple packing and storage house of Loomis & Wood worth were threatened. The call for help took over 100 men to the ground and the Irrigation ditches in this district were turned over the burn. Relief Reaches Newport. Newport, Ark., Aug. 26, (U. P.) The first relief train which has reached Newport since the city was Inundated as the result of swollen streams, ar rived today, bringing state troops. The soldiers tock charge of the city and began distribution to the needy of the 1500 rations they brought with them. Hundreds of persons are still ma rooned in the surrounding country. 7 plainly. Sunday night he saw his first ex hibition of motion pictures. Fit'feeTi years ago, when blindness struck him, the moving picture was in an experi mental stage, and the picture play house was almost unknown. He sat through five reels and enjoyed it. confirmatory of my verbal action Im mediately after his decision to report to the commission and not to me. "This action seems to have been con strued as a breach of faith, which was certainly not intended. It was a mere revocation of my personal appointment, and was presumed to be in harmony with the desire of the commission for .a friendly suit. It was not intended to, and did, not, revoke the governor" ap pointment. My opinion, however, is that the- work and responsibility should not be divided. . "Either Mr. Cantine or myself should have complete charge of the engineer ing work with sufficient power and authority to properlv execute the same. under present conditions. It seems m- I tne capture of Leraberk. It is 120 possible to get a clear cut division of ' miles east of Warsaw, on the Bug the work. I river, and is the Junction point of sev- f "While I have been endeavoring to I eral important railways. The town was follow the law as interpreted by the 1 strongly fortified, and .was selected by attorney general, yet in many differ- 1 the Russian general staff to serve as ences of opinion as to the meaning of the base for the Slav armies when Jt i this law, misunderstanding arising : became evident that the fall of War therefrom, and the continual turmoil . saw was inevitable. in which the road department has been j Field Marshal von Mackensen ad- j Involved, seems to render a continu- j vanced from the south apainst Brest ance in this course detrimental to the 1 Litovsk. He cleared northeastern Ga- best interests of road work In Oregon. Jicia of the Russians, thrust them Hopes to End Trouble. back across the Polish border and then BREST LITOVSK FALLS BEFORE GERMAN ARMY (Continued From Page One) dl I; Babe" Fowler has returned to ye Oregon Grille After an absence of two years on the "big time" vaudeville circuits Pantages Hippodrome Howard Field Minstrels. The unusual person ality of this charming little entertainer makes her singing and dancing act a decided hit. On the Same Program Is Mile. Estelle the premier danseuse, in new creations and a feature costume song entitled "Who'll Take Care of the Harem When the Sultan Goes to War?" Real entertainment, with an incomparable) dinner, for $1. Every evening from 5:30 to 8. A la carte at all hours. ye Oregon Grille Oregon Hotel. M. C. Dickinson, Manager. Broadway at Stark When in Seattle Stop at Hotel Seattle. "I cannot concur in the commission's Interpretation of the law respecting my duties and responsibilities. But if the commission will enter an order re lieving me of all duties and responsi bilities in connection with highway work and direct the governor to re turn the bond for $10,000 hertofore filed with him but as yet unapproved, I will gladly withdraw from all con nection with highway work. "This proposition is submitted in the belief that it is in harmony with tho views and desires of a majority of the state highway commission, and if ac cepted will end this unfortunate con troversy." State Treasurer Kay and Governor Wlthycombe today expressed them selves as favorable to the proposition outlined by Engineer Lewis, and a res olution to that effect will be passed today at a meeting of the state high way commission, Kay stated. A meet ing would have been held tomorrow but for the absence of Secretary of State Olcott in Portland, where he is attending a conference regarding un employed as a representative of the highway commission. The acceptance of Lewis' proposition will mark the close of the long fight waged on Lewis by Wlthycombe and Kay. King Nicholas of Montenegro can not be induced to buy a new hat. He considers his old hats the best friends he has. For Absolute Foot Comfort There Is No Shoe Like Dr. A. Reed's Cushion Sole S for men and women. We are sole Portland agents Rosenthal's Portland's Best Shoe Store. 129 TENTH ST., Bet. Washington and Alder. hoes pressed on to Lublin Two Forces Against Fortress. With the capture of this point he advanced steadily upon Brest-Li tovsk, though the movement of the Austro Oermans in- this region was without any support until after Warsaw was captured. Following this victory Prince Leo pold advanced eastward through Praga, Novo Minsk and Siedlce. and within the past week has been aiding von Macke"hsen's forces in the attack upon Brest-Litovsk by assaults from" the west and north. With the two forces operating against the fortress, it was practically enveloped. Some military critics rated Brest Litovsk as of more strategic import ance than Warsaw. Other Victories in Slg"ht. Its capture makes the surrender of the entire Kovno-Brest-Lltovsk line imperative, and the fall of the fort resses of Bielostok and Grodno is now expected at any time. The Russians who retreated from the fortress base are believed to be with drawing to the east and northeast. Their right wing is protected by for ests on the north, while their left is guarded by marshes and swamps, which seriously delayed the advance of the Auetro-Germans. The ease with which Brest-Li tovsk was captured caused the greatest sur prise. 1 he direct attack against the fortress had few days. Slavs Counted on Brest-Litovsk. Although the initial statement from the war office made no. announcement of the number of prisoners taken, it is believed several thousand must have been captured, as Russian strategy did. not rrm t amnla ttiA 1 1 . n .1 f u i fortress for at least a fortnight. The Slavs had firmly counted on Brest-Litovsk as their base after War saw fell. No other city possesses the railway and natural advantages for an important base nearer than Moscow or Petrograd. It had the transportation advantages, not only of several rail roads, but of the Bug river, which is navigable. Very Old City. The fortress of Brest Litvosk is one of the greatest in Europe. It is at the confluence of the Bug and Mukhovets rivers. Railways Intersect there from Odessa,. Kiev, Moscow, Vilna and East Prussia. It is ono of . the oldest cities 1 of Russia, being mentioned as earlv as j 1020. The population is approximately 60,000. j Vast sums of money were spent at ! Brest Litovsk by the Russians, who , regarded conquering of the fortress as practically impossible. The threat of j the Austro-Germans against it became reauy serious axter Warsaw wag cap tured on August 6. been in progress only a ho SU If ' Park, West Park, Near Whintrtr,n V W fl All the of the Ship horrors Convict Sue made cess real in a wonderful film going on at the National today. Convicts are shown going on board, in their cells, being tortured, exercising. The old Success becomes an inhabited ocean hll once more. You may shudder, but you will learn more of this wonderful ship. Three days only: Columbia The Theatre Beautiful ''i'-rMSWn La' . , ... d'aTr mm., h ' Featuring only High Grade Productions For Thursday, Friday and Saturday The New Management of the Columbia Presents A Great Double Bill w n ID) m,nmra s lm f f 0 99 A Side-Splitting Farce Comedy With. That Queen of Comediennes Marie Tempest Playing the Part of Chief Fun Maker Ably Supported by Eddie Lyons. And That Two-Reel Domestic Tragedy That Photo Play de Luxe liaf s Al 19? Produced by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley. ANIMATED WEEKLY Interesting World Events Galloway Is Dead. Los Angeles, Aug. 26. (P. N. S.) Former Chief of Police Alexander Gal loway, 85, is dead at his home here to day following a long Illness. The fu neral will be held Friday under the auspices of the police department and the Masonic order. Teetli-Vnlues Are Set. Ban Francisco, Aug. 26. (TJ. P.) The price of -teeth is going upway up. A. H. liohaa asks $7540 each for two teeth, dislodged in a fight B .! 'suit filed here i-J Then You'll Laugh Yourself Sick at David Harum for David is that great-hearted, lovable half banker, half hoss trader we all love. in this picture William H. Crane makes us all giggle, gurgle and roar. Come and chuckle at and with Dave. Three days only. Both Big Features Today Till Saturday : (T(fM W 1 All p n a jJ lL ILJ IVLI ID) U A 6th at lJW 6th at Washington r- Washington Children 5c ifW ' f ;','A i iM Love Seats 25c ; & &y U Hf; ; Scenefrom -feMii Mrs. Plum', Pudding A mf4Sg 1 itinr a itwT? a l -.it ? a? 1 ; 111 I.I vjMfc va i - mm, i I r , , 6th Annual Round -Up The Epic Drama of the West PENDLETON, OREGON Sept. 23, 24, 25, 1915 Let'er Buck! 20th ASTOKIA ASSTJAIi BE O ATT A. Astoria, Ore., Sept 2-3-4 The Biggest Water Carnival in the Northwest. - Scene of Official Motor boat Contests of the Pacific Coast. 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