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WHAT THE. PHOTOGRAPHERS SEE IN THEIR iJvJ Xyy ' : '-'''--;' ' fc ; : J 7-hvS. W V-; , iTTStl -H'ttfrn r fill rtr Sjr , - - Wi. I - vVS. ' r'vJV r 2,u v.- If, vv'i, V'' : to&VV ; . II i fl -t-rs 1 v'LV- it'll iiH&lj't uvLWr :i Q V SJw . All Principal Events of Week Siior' nQ.rmg the b-i-i NnVt'I'iii ' ' iV ' i 11 11 1 ,1 i1.1 BMJ, ' " Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Busy Readers. ; European War. LOKOOIT Winston Churchill, ma jor In the Oxfordshire Hussara, and former First Lord of the Ad . mlrftlty, hag gone to the front to bat tle for hl country. Wtw York Germany declares she lias all neceRsary funds to finance a winter's campaign. Athens Italian .troop have been landed at Salonlki and are hurrying I'Orth. ZiOndonr 'Emmeline Pankhurst and Other leadlnn mjf f rnent tH dnrlnr tht,'dcgpite the authorities, they will! hold meetings antagonistic to the , present conduct of the war. They vehemently declare that Serbia haa , been betrayed, and may demand the reilgnttlon of Premier Asqulth and Foreign Minister Qrey. . London Fierce fighting Is reported In the region of Velea, Tetooo and , weatward of -the Varda river. Ger-. man forces have arrived in southern Serbia and are helping the Bulgarlap flghtera around Veles. Berlin Natural difficulties of Ser bia harass the German army, accord ' , ing to offlloal reports, yet it is be lleved the Serbians soon will be ur- rounded by the enemy. Austrian forces are said to be crushing the re sistance of the Montegrlna In the west. SUrttaTha capture of 1000 Herbs. ' three cannon a.nd two machine guns Is announced. Thirty-three civilians wr killed at Lens and 60 wounded by French artillery. Three French at tempts to re-capture the Scurio : trenches failed. " Berlin The war .office announces the capture of 8500 Serbs with 12 can non. Pursuit of the Sorbs continues. The Bui gars were responsible for the capture of 7000 of the prisoners. Xrtadon Entente . .powers desire more from Grece than mere "armed neutrality." They wish to be. not in- terfered with Jn their war maneuvers In that kingdom. '. - Paris It is reported that an Aus V , tro-Oerman submarine base has-been . discovered on the coast of Crete, a r Grecian island. Athens The Liberal party has 6"e ,s eided to not participate In the elec tions to be held December 1. The meaning is that Greece will not he forced Into the war on the side of the entente powers. This position Js l- , legea to nave tne support of the cp italistio and commercial classes. Bordeaux The steamship Rocham- ceau, supposed to have been fired by en enemy bomb in mldocean, after her departure from New York, arrived u safely at her destination. Berne In their first attack, on an ..Inland town, Austrian birdmea killed iq and wounded many others in a raid against Verona, on the Adige river. o military damage was done. JJParls King Peter of Serbia desires to die in the trenches, according to a ftusaian diplomat. xoaon Temporary detention ot Greek vessels In English ports have Been ordered, as a hint of what mav t)PPn should toe Greeks fail to meet London A British hospital ship has been sunk in the English chan nel. She carried 400 wounded; 300 were saved. The vessel struck 4 mine. London Field Marshal von Htnden berg has been transferred to the west ern front. Berlin Berlin newspapers declare that the Serbian troops are unable to anywhere stay the progress of the Teuton armies. London-That he may participate in future European conferences, the pope, it is rumored, will temporarily renounce all claim to temporal power. The determination is brought about by the present war. He desires to partic ipate In peace negotiations. Rome Eight hundred thousand dol lars in gold, bound for thn Paclfl? coast, went down with the Italian" steamer Ancona. London Kenneth W. Trlest who ran away from Princeton university in New Jersey and enlisted in the British iiavy, haa Wen released from prison where he was detained s a spy. The American state department interceded in his behalf, explaining he was not responsible. He has departed for home, accompanied by his father who came after him. Constantinople The same benefits and exemptions accorded Moham medans are promised Jews residing lc territory ceded away by the Ottoman empire, if they will remove into Tur kish possessions. London F. Curtis Morgan, claim ing to be a lieutenant in the British army, originated a statement fri New York that Lord Northclirre, owner 01 several newspapers, had said that he had investigated war munitions con tracts in America, and would soon make an expose that "would stir U England and the United States." Northcliffe denies all knowledge of Morgan, and that he ever made apy such remarks. Berlin French troops, which at tempted to occupy a Greek ammuni tion tower at Saloniki, were driven off by Greek soldiers. In apologising. French authorities declared it was a mistake. Berlin German troops find great natural difficulties existing in Serbia. The mountainous regions and the ex treme cold makes marching difficult. Paris The statement is made that women spies along the Austro-Bwiss frontier often. cqry war messages con cealed in every possible manner In their garments, and they are now searched and scrubbed. War instruc tions were found beneath a porous plaster on a woman's hack, and again pasted' on women's bodies and con cealed by a veneer of cosmetics. London Arrangements are being completed for another British credit of $50,000,000 in the United States. London The British have captured 280 yards of Turkish trenches in the Gallipot! peninsula. Seventy Turks were killed in the engagement. Dover The loss of 83 lives on the hospital ship Anglia which struck a mine In the British channel cre ates great anxiety here. It was thought the channel was free f these Instruments of death; but it ap pears Germans had succeeded in plant ing this one. Only the Red Cross fla now showp above the sea. London The Anglo-French war committee sitting In Paris has decided to &aopt tne most cvewivs measures 1 .The sea sled, a new water craft, that will be used for carrying mail and passengers on the shallow inland rivers of (lombla. S Following the recent Zeppelin raid on London and environs, sngrr Englishmen retaliated by destroying property of German tradesmen. A erowd is here seen sacking a bakery in Horton street, the property of a supposed German. aMrs. James V. Gerard, vvffe of the American ambassador to Germany, who has been decorated by Kaiser Wilhelm with red cross medals of the firt and second cla!, the first woman not of royal blood to be so honored. 4 Ruin of th plant of the John Hoebling Sons company in Trenton, N. J., engaged in filling war orders for allies, which was destroyed by fire November 11,-JbTe third munitions plant to be viwlted by fire within 84 hours. 5 Selected attendants, garbed in ceremonial costumes, gathering rice straw front which mats and thatches were made for the aacred shrine used in the coronation of Kmpcror YoshUilto of Japan. 6 Gronp of English war nurses entering St. Paul's cathedral, London, to attend the memorial services for Miss Edith C a veil. to force the Greek nation to either take up arms for the entente allies. Join the Teutonics or declare once for all Its neutrality. London Word is reoelved that the Bulgarians have captured Prilip and are marching on Wonesttr, where the Anglo-Frenoh and Serb forces are re treating. The Bulgarians have also captured Babuna Pass. Algiers It is learned here that 18 vessels were sunk by German-Austrian submarines between November 3 sad 7. Amsterdam The Norwegian steam ship Ulriken has bean sunk and five members of her crew drowned. It is believed she ran afoul ot a mine. She carried 8000 bushels of American wheat for Belgian points. Berlin On November 1 German forces occupied Kursumllya, Serbia, and captured several cannon and took several hundred prisoners. Serbs looted and then abandoned the city. Berlin When It was discovered that French sappers were preparing to blow them up, German troops quick ly evacuated the trenches in Argonne. Paris French artillery vigorously bombarded the German trenches in the Sorome region, Bois Givenchy and Alsne. Washington Secretary of State Lansing will not excuse the torpedoing of the Ancona, even on the Austrian statement that 46 minutes elapsed af ter the shots were fired end the ves sel sunk. The secretary contends that regardless of time passengers should have been permitted to escape in safety. Central News. D BirVBHr An appeal will be taken in the case of Ben B. Lindsay, judge of the juvenile court, fined $500 for declining to reveal, on the witness stand, a conversation he had with a 13-year-oid youth whose moth er was being tried for murder. Snntingtom, Xh L Under foreclosure proceedings the former home of Walt Whitman, the poet, was sold at auc tion xor is,uuu. it was nere mat Whitman received the inspiration un der which he wrote his most cele. b rated poems, including "Blades of Grass," etc. OoanelfTUle, Pa, There is a condi tion akin to a famine in the labor market of this great coke region, it being found impossible to secure the necessary help to operate the ovens to their full capacity. St. Louis Senator Bois Penrose, of Pennsylvania, in an interview here said, "I have not said I was a candi date tor president on the Republican ticket. There are no candidates, and will not be any until the convention takes action." ' . Cleveland An order for $36,000,000 worth of rifles for the Russian army has been received here. ' Butt If a process by which it may be saved can be devised, five times the amount of potash heretofore im ported from Germany may be ex tracted from the tailings around the copper plants ot this and 9 ter West ern plants. It is in the form of silicates. Hew Torx Emil J. Simon, a radio engineer, sued for infringement on certain Marconi wireless patents, pleaded that wherein he had infringed was' occasioned by work he was doing for the government. Federal Judge Hough decided that the government has such' an interest in all devices, upon which it granted patents as to entitle it to the temporary use there of. The suit was dismissed. Washing-ton Brand Whitlock, of Toledo, O., American representative to Belgium, is being urged as Demo cratic candidate for vice-president. Mr, Whitlock is described as a thor ough progressive in character and temperament. Omaha Nebraska Republicans have requested Justice Hughes te perrr.'.t the use ot his name for president on the primary ballot next year. Assent has not yet been given and likely will not be the Justice declining to enter the race, Washington Sending parcels to Germany by parcels post has been discontinued. The Holland-American line declines to accept such shipments pn account of delays in examination to ascertain if the packages contain con traband. Liverpool At Liverpool the crew of the steamer New York left the vessel unprovided with passports and were arrested and sent to prison for 14 day a A second offender was given 2$ days. Jfew Tork Pupils attending the public schools must submit to surgical operations if required by the school board. Parents of a student were or dered to have his tonsils removed. The order was disobeyed, the parents ar rested and convicted. The. court de clared it is the duty of parents to send their children to sehool in the beat possible, physical condition. Chicago There are 60,000 well drilled Filipinos, and S50.000 others in the islands, ready to take up arms in defense of the United States If their services should be required, according to P. J- H. Farrell, president of the Army and Navy club. Panama Six months, it is esti mated, will be required to clear the eanal of the obstruction caused by the recent slide. Washington A cablegram from Porto Rico says Dr. Henry R. Carter has been stricken with dengue, the megjlnant tropical fever usually so fatal in that island, but will recover Dr. Carter went to Porto Rico espe cially to fight that disease. Hew Tork Anthraxj has claimed its third victim. Miss Sophie Rosen, aged 17. She wore about her neck a fur from a skin which, it is thought, had not been properly treated, and it com municated the disease to her. It is a common affliction among animals. Vow Tork Lack of ocean going vessels is largely responsible for the shortage of freight cars. Fifty thou sand are tied up on fasten sidetracks on account, of inability to unload. .: Atlanta No . beverage coataialBf more than one per cent of alcohol may be lawfully sold In this state after May l, 1918. Th governor has signed the new dry law. Chlcafo The national garment workers secretary announces that, be cause Europe is demanding enormous quantities of wool for soldiers' blankets, clothing will come at higher prices this winter, and men will be forced into pink overalls because of the scarcity of dyestuffs which come from Germany. Chicago It is rumored that Medill McCormlck has asked Wioodore Roose velt to again become a candidate for the presidency. JTew York A World, poll of congress on the president's preparedness pro pram shows of those answering 117 for, 18 against and 85 non-committal. Hew Tork 3C. ray treatment for cancer at the Rockefeller Institute gives hope that a means of curing that disease may soon be found. Chuyxnas, Mexv General Carranza has sent troops to the Yaqul Valley tc protect American interests in that region. Panama Panama wants to float a loan of $1,260,000 in the United Statea Mobile A $30,000 loss was oc casioned by an incendiary fire In the Hallet war plant in this city. Kansas City A local investment company misappropriated frorn $100, .000 to $160,000 belonging to the Scar ritt Bible and Training school. Pover, IT. K. A spak from a brok en needle set fire to the bag depart ment of the government powder fac tory at Picatinny, creating a panic among the women employes, Washington Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, would protect every Amer ican ship sailing the ocean, with a convoy, if necessary. He says he is r,ot entirely opposed te ship subsidies, if this would put our vessels on a footing with the subsidised ones of foreign countries. I,os Angeles John Hinch was re turned from Japan to testify In the trial f M, A. Schmidt, aecused of be ing an accomplice of the McNamara's In the dynamiting of The Times build ing. He was in his cafeadjoining The Times when the exploswn occurred. Hew Tok The oase against Robert Fay, bomb plotter, was held up pend tng the filing of new information. In his several confessions it is believed the prisoner enmeshed Max Breitun and Dr. Kienxle, now at liberty under $25,000 bonds each. Washington The army staff re port on defense needs will be given to the public after Secretary Garrison's report to President Wilson is pub lished. Reports say the experts have recommended a standing army of $B0,, 000 and a reserve force of 600.000. Calumet, Klca. The steamer Alfred P. Wright, wheat laden, from Duluth, burned to the water's edge in the portage entry of Refuge Harbor. The ship was set adrift into the channel, where it partly blocked traffic. Washington In his forthcoming message President Wilson will recom mend a five-year schadui at JOURNEYS ROUNDABOUT strengthening the army and navy at a cost of $1,000,000,000. Hew Tork Mayor Mitchel was oper ated upon for appendicitis. Recovery has been rapid. Washington The president will re commend to congress greater eco nomies in governmental expenditures; passage of conservation measures; sweeping changes in mining laws; trtide expansion; establishment of co operative selling agencies abroad for American exporters; passage of "anti-1 dumping" measures to prevent cheap foreign goods from flooding the Amer ican market after the war, and in creased taxes on liquor, tobacco and wool. Washington Declaring for .freedom of speech. President Wilson ordered the re-lnstatement of Assistant Post master Burkitt, removed by the post master at Winnetka, 111. Burkitt had said that, in his opinion, the president should have waited a year after the death of his first wife before re marrying, Washington For failure to keep Its oontract to transport coal from the Atlantic to Mare Island, the govern ment secured a judgment against the New York & Porto Rico company. Chloago AH negro business houses in Chicago closed on Wednesday dur ing memorial services held in honor of the late Booker T. Washington. Savannah Plans for an annual na tional holiday in memory of the late Booker T. Washington are incubating among negroes here. Washington Bernard Judoe and company are planning to send Amer ican ships to Rotterdam for $10,000,000 worth of American merchandise held in that port on account of the British orders in council. They declare that. i interfered with, they will expect the American government to stand by them. Washington The charge of ex Senator Jonathan Bourne that the sec retary of the treasury makes deceptive reports concerning cash in the United States treasury is scouted by Secre tary MeAdoo as ''so ridiculously un true as to be unworthy of notice." Washington Surviving the Ancpna disaster Cecile Greil, American, made affidavit that, the vessel was fired . upon by the Austrian submarine after she had come to a full stop, and the I bombardment lasted 45 minutes. The affidavit was forwarded to Washing- ton h Amr1an Con -nil Maaon from Algiers, tie aescrioes me ainani as an "highly intelligent woman." The statement will be considered by the government along- with that of ethers who were passengers upon the de stroyed vessel. p Washington The question of gov ernment ownership of "every element entering into the construction of bat tleships," is being agitated by Secre tary of the Navy Daniels. This Is oc casioned by the apathy of private steel companies in bidding on armor plate for the new battleships for which bids were recently asked. Washington Secretary of th Navy Daniels vigorously rebuked the court martial which acquitted Lieutenant Ed son Oaks and Chief Machinist Thom as O'Donnell, and convicted Lieutenant K. L. Hill in connection with the "x plosion of the boiler on the cruiser San Diego, in the Gulf of California last January. Washington The department of Jus tice has iurned over to the stste de partment such evidence as it has se cured connecting consular repreenta lives of foreign governments with plot ting against munitions manufacturers in the United States. Salt Lake City Joe HUletrom. I- W. W., was shot V) death In the prison yard Friday for murder. His case at tracted wide attention In view of the intercession in his behalf by President Wilson and the Swedish minister to the United States. Chicago The determination of the surgeon In the case not to operate on the Infant son of Mrs. Anna Bollinger, born physically defective, on the ground that if the child lived he would probably be mentally deficient, has been the occasion for a nation-wide dis cussion of the principle involved. The mother acquiesced in the doctor's opin ion and the child was allowed to die. Pacific Coast, X A HI Br A man whose name is sup D posed to be Makem entered the blacksmith shop of Leonard Ooul Thursday, with a JI-80 caliber rlffe with which he shot the blacksmith through the heart. The murderer had formerly worked for tjpul but was dis charged, supposedly because of his in- temperate habits. He hsd oeen resio ing in Weiser, Idaho. Bag erne, Or, Heavy rains have caused all streams in this vicinity to swell. many overflowing their banks. Los Angeles Mrs. J. S. Wilson es caBed from the Orange County hospital and, clad pnly in a kimona. attempted suicide by walking Into the eurr at Santa Monica. She had quarreled with her husband and declared she was "tired of it all." Heddlac, CaL Loren Fryer. IS, con fessed to the shooting of Ltm Sing, a Chinese placer miner, for his money, but got none. Mmkt4 Thar, im It ItlntlAS ftf IHA .v, icnrhrn track, in tha caaeads mountains 1 ., , Woodhurn, Or The .new major ot Woodburn has : clasped the ljd down hard in tins- cuy, ana tne iwwn mm dry as an! Arabian desert. alem, Or. Attorney General Brown opines that the prohibition law contem plates two dosen bottle of beer or twe ouarta of liquor to the family per month lsaU that can be lawfully pur chased, and not the same amount by each adult member of the household. Bond, Oxv The contract haa beep let for a i4-nch water main from this city to the flume of the Central Oregon Ir rigation company two and a half miles distant. The work will be completed in 30 days. The supply will com from the clear waters ox the Deschutes river, an Prsitrtaflo.il fl. . McCJure, Near Tork publisher, sounded a warning here that the United States and Mexico, af. ter the European war. may be endan gered from the graaplnir hands of Kn ropean interests in Mexico, seeking con trol of Mexico's treasure vaults. an Praaoisco The Union Iron Works will soon begin the expenditure of $1,000,000 in the enlargement of its plant. Los Angeles Seventy thousend school children saw the Liberty bell 'n this city. an Francisco John w. Barrett, popular athlete, was killed fighting In the allies' trenches- He had predicted his own death by saying the average life of a range finder, of which he was one, wag but 10 days. Caloafo Society women are orgnn lilng to be trained for nurses, their services to be offered In case the United States should naad them or there should be a repetition of the Eastland or Iroquois disasters. an Praaelsoo It la not believed, there Is any connection between the explosion that damaged the Enterprise foundry and those which have injured munitions plants at other plaees. It Is thought to have been the work of a discharged employe. an Praaelsoo By a vote of 11$ to 81 the American Federation of Labor has gone on record to continue as a craft union organisation as against In dustrlallsm. It dema itself the hub of all crafts, as separate from each ether as the states of the union, yet as Inseparably linked together. Delegate Frad, of Oregon, brought the question before the Convention. mm m nu i u x.j. xjubb STIFFNESS AWAY Rub pain' from back with mall trial bottlo of old "St. Jacob'- Oil." 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