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
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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
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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
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There Is No Shoe Like
Dr. A. Reed's
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S
for men and women.
We are sole Portland agents
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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
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All the
of the
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horrors
Convict
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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
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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
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Sept. 23, 24, 25, 1915
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