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GRINDING OF THE MILLS OF WAR The pictures 'show the unbroken line of worn out and wounded stretching from
the British front in the west to the rear. At the top is a Red Crosa : corps carrying wounded back from the firing line.
Marching in the opposite direction, toward the firing line, are ablebodied men. One of the men supporting the wounded
man in the lower picture is partially barefooted; evidently the result of a!burting shelL v
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GERMANY LOOKS
Bulgars' Reinforce Lines in
Eastern Macedonia in
'Preparation for SuddervAt
, tack by New Enemy.
ISLAND OF HYDRA IN
J REVOLUTIONISTS' HANDS
Flotilla of Greek Torpedo
Boats Said to Have Joined
Fleet of Allies.
' London, Sept. 29. (U. P.) Germany
expects a declaration of war against
".Bulgaria by Greece within 72 houra
aid aq Amsterdam diapatch today. The
Bulbars have reinforced their lines In
Atta.AVM Uan.Hnnl. hut halUv. t Vi
1 . M na.kAlr milillUaHAti will nnr.
nnni n ttnrlr for several wr.eks.
The Greek ultimatum to Bulgaria,
demanding; the evacuation of occupied
Macedonian territory, will be die
patched from Athens today, if It has
not bean already sent. It Is umler-
stood here. Revolutionists have taken
over tha Oreek Island of Hydra, accord-
ins; to dispatches received here today
xrom Canea. Crete.
The dispatches add that a whole
flotilla of Greek torpedo boats haw
joined the auiea. General Dang us, ex
chief of'staff of the Greek army, is re
ported en route to Saloniki to Join the
revolutionist.
Greece Seeks Concessions.
.Rome, Sept. 29. (I. N. S.) Before
reaching a decision to -enter the war,
Greece has asked the entente allies If
they are disposed to make all the ter
ritorial concessions Greece requested at
tha time 8alonlkl was occupied, accord
ing to the Messagero today.
Serbians Repulse Bulgarians.
Paris. Sept. 29. (I. N. S ) Repulse
of Bulgarian attacks by the Serbians
At Kairaakcalan wan officially an
nounced In today's statement from tbo
; French war office on Balkan opera
tlons.
. Reroliltion in Crete.
Canefc; Crete, Sepfc' t9. (!. N. S )
j uf ma, nccompiisnea n eievenin
- revolution. The only resistance was
met at Heraclion, not from the king's
soldiers, but from antl-Venlselos in
habitants. Only a. few were killed in
tha fig-hting which lasted more than
two days. '
In this town the Fourteenth Infan
try, or 2450 -men, were quartered and
half of the officers and all the men
but It joined the revolutionaries. The
Royalists, surrounded' In the officers'
quarters, telephoned to the British and
JTrench consuls for the protection Wt.
tha allies. T-hia wan accorded them and
they ara now awaiting deportation at
Suda bay.
At a meeting- yesterday afternoon on
tha drill grounds, former Premier Veni
calos and Admiral Coundourotls were
.present, together with 6000 of the
townspeople and 3000 armed Cretans.
Military honors were bestowed on Ven
lseloa and Coundourotln while n band
' played the national anthem.
Tha local leader of the revolution
Stigmatised the pollry ofKlng- Con
aantina as unconfetitutwfal and un
natlonal. STEL TOUCHES NEW
HIGH RECORD. 120 5-8
BUT DROPS T01191 2
Bull Market Indicates Day's
Tradfrig Will Approach Two
Million Mark,
IW York. Sept 2. (U. P.) U. 8.
Steel common sold at 120, a new
high record on the stock exchange,
today during a broad and active bull
market which Indicated trading for
tha day would total nearly two million
i shares.
. . The advance was made on sale of
nearly SOQ.000 shares of Steel In three
hours during which a total of 1,337,000
shares were traded in. At one o'clock
J Steel had dropped back to 119.
f" Gains of one to five points were
made by Industrial- leaders, while Steel
wag climbing. New York airbfake ad
. vanced five points to 151. Texas com
pany advanced S to 225. Baldwin
. v Loeomottva, Industrial. Alcohol, Re
publio Steel. Colorado Fuel & Iron and
; V American Car ' foundry were .all
r , carried forward two points or more.
Four Bandits Blow
Saf e and Get $9000
Caron. Eask., Sept. 29. (I. N. S.)
Four armea bandits- last night bound
.. and gagged the watchman of tha local
branch of tha Bank of Hamilton, and
after blasting the safe and cutting the
. aiarm wires, escaped witn 9000.
, Parker to Speak ffrAvilson.
Aabury Park, N. J.. Sept 29. IV.
. P.)John Parker, nominated by tha
. Progressive national convention for
" tha Tlca presidency aa Colonel Roose
: . velt's. running mate, will speak for
i President Wilson in New .York, New
. -Jersey and, -Ohio, it was announce!
here today. . Parker wrote to Presi
dent Wilson offering his setrVices and
tha offer has been accepted. , .
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CANALIZATION PLANS f I CHAMBERLAIN HURLS
OF UPPER COLUMBIA TORK' QUESTIONS AT
UNDER FEDERAL EYE AsAj MORNING OREGONIAN
t i l-v t r t .
vast Development rroject is
Now Being Investigated by
U, S. Engineers Corps,
Federal Survey Outlined.
The survey of the Columbia
river from the mouth of the
Willamette to Vancouver will
be commenced next week by the.
United States enneers.
The report of the engineers
will cover tha work necessary
and the depth. obtainable witn
the allotment for the purpose
In the congressional appropria-.
tlon tpr the Columbia river.
ForHhe service of the city .tof
Vancouver and the military
post, it Is desired that a chan
nel of not less than 25 feet
and preferably v -36 feet . be
created. .. Work paid for by Van
couver already has materially
Improved the. channel In tha
four mile stretch -which will,
i. hoc .-he). aubjeetoc
Hr survey.
Under authority or recent congres
sional act Colonel Potter and Frederick
Schubert of the United States engineer
corps ara making a preliminary ex
amination of the huge upper Columbia
river canalization project.
.Their favorable recommendation Is
expected to be signal for the beginning
of the largest and most comprehensive
river development plan ever under
taken by the United States government.
The coat, not yet definitely estimated,
would be many millions of dollars.
River transportation Is only one of
the uses to be considered' in the devel
opment. Electrlo Energy Factor.
Others are the development of hydro
electric energy for Industries, farms
nnd Irrigation, and the use of surplus
wateY for irrigation. ,
The federal engineers are Instructed
to make preliminary report on the con
struction of dams and locks by which
to circumvent the rapids of the upper
Columbia, the Snake to Pittsburg land
tr.g. and the Clearwater,-which empties
Into the Snake at Lewiston.
They are instructed to consult the
possibility of securing local cooperation
in carrying forward the project as it
may be approved oy congress.
Cheap Power Za Bought.
The upper - Columba canalization
project is viewed as the means of
opening up the great -interior district
with cheap and abundant power for all
purposes, steamboat transportaton in
competition with rail transportation,
and irrigation on a scale hitherto un
dreamed of.
Consideration may be given by the
engineers, also, to a plan for con
necting the pools of the upper Colum
bia with canals that will circumvent
the rapids as It la dona at Celilo, with
out the necessity of bullingdams. -,
This development,' It la pointed out.
would obviate the likelihood of silt
being excessively deposited in' quieter
portions of the stream, while on the
other hand the . power development
would b less.
Deutschland to Itetnrn to U. S.
Amsterdam. Sept. 29. (I. Ni S.)
The German merchant submarine
Deutschland will start on another trip
to the United States shortly, accord
ing to the Lokal Anzelger.
Registration Lags
As Time Limit -at-
Court House Nears
Thousands of voters iniult-
nomah county have not yet reg-
stered and only seven more
work days are left before the
registration books will be
' closed.
Yesterday -only 494 men and
Hb women registered. The total
registration up to last night
was 81,184, which is approxl-
mately 15,000 less than tha reg-
lstration before the general
election ln4l14. X
The registration books are.
open at the court house from
8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Only regist-
ered voters can vote. Otherwise,
; those who might want to vote
-for - the next president of tha
v United Statea will have to go to
T tha trouble of getting witnesses
to swear in their' vote on elec-
tlon day.
, . Better register now;
$ -Ly ..o Ztkizft&?Z ft
Combles' Fall
Stage
Every Cellar Strongly Fortified
While One Army Foughtjhree
ways and Railroads to Transport Great Guns and
Munitions Supplies to Men at the Front,
By Henry Wood.
With the French Armies, Near Com
bles, Sept. 29. (U. P.) Hqrses lashed
into a furious gallop by mad riders
dashing forward over a sunken road,
with huge quantities of ammunition;
aeroplanes, hovering above, vuiture
hke, awaiting the fall of Combles; men,
sweating, fighting their way forward
over shell-pocked roads in terrible shell
fire
These were some of the dramatic
scenes that preceded the capture of the
strongly fortified village that had
blocked the allied advance north of the
Somme.
The eventual capture of Combles be
came a certainty on Tuesday morning,
when French cavalry patrols advancing
northeastward and English cavalry pa
trols, thrusting southeastward, met
eastward of Combles. They thus com
pletely encircled the village, cutting off
the last communications with the Ger
man army In the rear.
nags JCathoda Hecaasary.
On the same morning I approached
Combles from the west, starting from
Martcourt, the Junction point from
Man Wondering Who
Is Using His Name
John XL Bailey of Forest Grove SMmlea
B Is One Injured in Aa Aataniobile
Accident in Portland Xst Sight.
John E. Bailey, pioneer merchant of
Forest Qrove, is wondering who is us
ing his name. V
An automobile ',upset at' Sixteenth
and Alder streets Jest night and one
man, who gave his' name to Policeman
Welch, as John E. 3aUey of .Forest
Grove, sustained a .lacerated hand.,- It
waa also - reported to the police that
Dr. Selling tended the patient
Dr. Selling says ha attended no such
patient - v
John E. Bailey of Forest Grove as
serts that ha has been at home all tha
time.
The damaged machine was taken to
the Acme garage ;
To Take Up Blacklist Question. '
Washington. Sept 29. !. N. S.
Ambassador Page will sail for London
on the liner New York tomorrow to take
up with the British foreign office Brit
ish blacklisting of American business
firms and Interference with neutral
mails.
; - General -YVandel Dismissed.'
Amsterdam.-- Sept 29. (I. JC&)- A
dispatch from Berlin states' that Gen
eral Wandel, . acting minister of , war,
has been dismissed. -
Due to Method
Known
V
j
Others Built Sunken Road
which the French and English offen
sive waa launched July 1. and travers
ing each successive step in the advance
made in tha. intervening three months
toward tha attainment of this first
great objective. When we arrived
within less than a mile and a quarter
of Combles the town . itself was then
undergoing the final bombardment and
assault.
Although Cembles was a mere village
of 1500 Inhabitants, the Germans had
so fortified every house, especially the
cellars, where machine guns were in
stalled, that the allies were forced to
employ siege methods. They complete
ly encircled the towifwlth their heavy
artillery,, wbichtenerally closed In with
every advance of the Infantry linca.
laost Terrific of Stages.
From the viewpoint of the enormous
quantity of artlller massed against it
and also fpom the incalculable number
of. shells rained Into it. Combles can
easily boast, of having undergone the
roost terrific siege in tha history of the
world.
It was only on reaching the most
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Quarrel Eeults in
, Wounding of Four
'Bus Boy of Congress Hotel, Chicago,
Breaks Walter's Iknll, Snoots Two
Officers and Is Dangerously Wounded
Chicago. Sept 29. (U. P.) The Con
gress hotel was thrown into aa uproar
shortly after npon today, whefc Angelo
Cornelus. a 'bus bov, at the hdtel, shot
two officers after crushing, a waiter's
skull withr a coffee.. pot, following
quarrel in the kitchen of the fashion
able hotel. r
1 Cornelus was chased across the al
lay by a house detective, Frank Brack,
and, after running up several flights,
turned and fired at the detective,
wounding him in the abdomen. Several
policemen followed, and Joseph Carl
isle, a policeman, waa shot in thevleg
by Cornelus. . .
Tha boy was shot by a policeman, and
is in a dangerous condition. The wait
er, William Soroitis, is not expected to
live. .
"MUzi Is Defendant in Salt
San. Francisco, Sept. 29. (U. P.)
Bessie Baker Hoff, who plays Mitjzl
in Oliver Morose s new rauslc&l com
edy, " "Canary Cottage- was served
with a divorce summons at. Marys vilU
today following the - filing -of a- suit
for separation cere thy her husband,
Frederick Hoff. wellv known theatrical
musical director. .- Ha charges infidel
Where Can Article of Diet
Be Found in Oregon Proj
ects, Senator Inquires.
- legislative pork' seems to be a
staple article of diet with Mr. Hughes
and tha Oregonian. from what I see In
that paper," said Senator Chamberlain
thla morning. "I have read the Orego
nlan's onslaughts on the so-called 'pork
barrel with a gooddeal of Interest, and
I have in mind soma of tne alleged
pork' -passed out by tha last congress
to tha people of Oregon.
"Tha river and harbor bill contained
$1,785,000 appropriated for various
OreKon projects," Senator Chamber
lain continued.
Otber Sections XTamed.
"Coos Bay harbor was given $70,'
000, Tillamook $ 5000, the Coquille
river $6000, the Coos river $3000,
Siualaw river $5000, Snare $25,000, the
Colutnbt nd Itg tributaries $3$,QvO,
th. wtUametta and Yamhill ' rivers
$47.060 the Columbia and Lower Wll
lamette $360,000, the mouth of the
Columbia $1,200,000, the Clatskacle
(Concluded on Pge Five, Column four)
Seattle Will Try to
Get Spirit Back
tjls
Hill Will Be Adviser to JTew
anlsation Composed of Soma of
leading Business Kan of Seattle.
Seattle, Wash., Sept 29-(P. N. S.)
To try to obtain part of the ori
ental and Russian trade, an organiza
tion has been "perfected here, headed
by Samuel Hill as adviser, its board
containing the most prominent and
wealthy citizens of Seattle.
The birth of the organization fol
lowed an address by Mr. Hill before
a representative gathering at the
Rainier club.
A. B. Stewart of Stewart ft
Holmes, wholesale druggists, is chair
man of the committee, with thse
members: O. D. Fisher of the Fisner
Flouring Mills, William Piggott, presi
dent of the Seattle Car & Foundry
company; H. C. Henry, capitalist and
president of the Northern Life Insur
ance company; C. D. Stlmson. and F. A.
Stuart president of the Carnation Mi'k
products company.
The plan of the committee calls for
united action on the part of every
citizen, its first step being a solid
support here to get the business of
the far east. It is planned to revive
the "Seattle sptrit."
General Principle of
8-Hour Day Favored
Hughes la' Speech Gives Season for
Kls Statement Bnt Declares Against
Surrendering "Anything We Have."
Blnghamton, N. Y., Sept. 29. Re
publican Candidate Hughes declared
himself here today in favor of "the
general principle of the eight-hour
day."
Discussing the Adam son bill, which
he has held was a surrender to the
railroad brotherhoods in their threat
ened strike, Hughes said:
"1 am not opposed to the principle
Of an eight-hour day. I favor the gen
eral principle of the eight-hour day. I
ahould like to see an eight-hour work
day. What la the object of It? It Is
a relief from, strain; it is to provide
opportunities' for recreation; it is to
give the sense of contentment and
reasonableness in life, from the pres
sure of over-exertion."
But he declared against surrender
ing "anything we have." ,
Rain Puts Stop to
Dodger-Philly Game
Brooklyn. N. Y.. Sept 29. (I. N. S.)
Rain her this afternoon ended the
Philadelphia-Brooklyn Nationals game
after less than two innings play.
. , Sixteen Persons Injured.
New York, Sept, 29. U. P.) Six
teen persons were injured, two seri
ously, in a collision between two sur.
face cara of the' Union Railways,
manned by- crews of strikebreakers, at
171st street and Third avenue ia tho
Bronx this afternoon. One car . waa
rounding a curv when - the , second
, rammed it .' ', -
Peace, Prosperity, Business
Preparedness and 8-Hour
Law Will Be Discussed on
Coming Western Trips.
REGARDED AS ONES ON
WHICH OUTCOME RESTS
"Would You Repeal Adam-
son Law?" May Be the
Question Asked.
By Robert J. Bender.
Asbury Park, N. J., Sept 29. (U. P.)
Four issues peace, prosperity, busi
ness preparedness and the eight hour
law will be enunciated by President
Wilson when he goes into the country
to wind up his campaign for reelection,
it was learned today. These issuer
he regards as the ones upon which the
voters will vindicate or denounce bis
administration. 4 ' -
The president is feeling fit,' appears
r. trifle heavier and says he's in great
trim for the coming trips west. He is
enthusiastic about it as is Mrs. Wil
son. who will accompany him every
where. It will be Mrs. Wilson's tirst
taste of a real campaign and she la
entering it with zest.
Peace Will Be Foremost.
The man on the street, the presl
dent believes. Is thankful first of all
that his country Is at peace. For that
reason his foremost issue will be an
appeal to the voters no't to accept
what the president terms "radical
changes of policy which may alter
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NEW DATE NOW FIXED
L
Labdr Leaders Pretltct That
on Next Monday Work Will
Be Suspended,
New York. Sept 29. (U. P.) A new
date for a general strike call to all
trades unions in New York city may
beiSet today, following the failure of
the union worker; to walk out on
Wednesday. Monday next Js the date
on which labor leaders now predict
that the long threatened tieup will be
voted.
There Is a possibility, however, that
the meeting on that date, which will
be held in Beethoven hall, will be
marked, not by the long expected "gen
erai suspension of work," but by the
Central Federation union formally call
lng off the plan.
"The fight is still on," labor leaders
declared today, while admitting thai
the unions have stood by thetr co
tracts and failed to walk out as ex
pected.
Police Commissioner Woods de
clared:
"As far as we can ascertain, it's all
over. Of course, we shall continue the
same vigilance.
Indian War Veteran,
Aged 83, Dies Alone
James F. Miller, 83 years old, was
found dead in bed at his home, 1435
East Sixth street north, at the corner
of Dekum avenue, at 11 o'clock this!
morning by Mrs. F. J. Shaw and Mrs.
A. Chambers, neighbors. :
Death had occurred ealy lase eve
ning. The body was removed to. tlie
public morgue. Mr. Miller owned con
siderable property about the city and
has a number of children residing in
the state. One son. Rev. C. C. Miller
is a Baptist minister at Alsea. The
body is belr$ held subject to the ar
rlyal of relatives. He had been living
In the house where he died about nine
vears.
Mr. Miller was an Oregon pioneer
and was proprietor Of the first gen
eral store at Silverton. He was a
veteran of the Indian wars and a mem
ber of the G. A. R.
-
S. P. Announces Embargo.
Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 29. (P. N.
S.) Because of freight congestion
both at Galveston and New York, the
Southern Pacific will place an em
bargo at 12 o'clock tonight on all
freight except copper bullion con
signed via the Sunset-Gulf route. A
similar embargo was lifted August
18 last.
Four Burned to Death.
Richard. Sask., Sept. 29. (I. N. S.)
Mrs. Adolph Odegard and . her three
children were burned to death and her
husband was seriously burned when
their farmhouse was destroyed by fire
today. Other occupants suffered mln-jf
burns.-'
I
Roosevell to Take Stamp.
New York, Sept, 29. (U. P.) Colo
nel Roosevelt, ex-president, will appeal
for votes for another man Charles E.
Hughea for the place of president in
a speech tomorrow at ' Battle Creek,
Mich. - Some consideration is given to
a Pacific coast tour.
. 8now Falls la Michigan. ' ::
Grand Rapids,' KlcK, - Sept. Zs (L
N. S.) The first . snow of tha season
fell throughout central Michigan to
day.' ,',.' - r' - "
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New York. Sept. 29. (U.. P.) John
D. Rockefeller, billionaire, la the way
the oil king could have hia cards .en
graved today and everyone In Wall
Btreet would accept it as a fact
When Standard Oil of New Jersey
stock hit 667 a share yesterday, It
brought the counter-value of the stock
of Standard Oil as it existed before
the government dissolved It as a trust
up to $2014 a share. This 82014 rep
resents the addod values of each frac
tion of stock. in subsidiary concerns to
which each share of the old Standard
of New .Jersey was entitled.
John D. owns 247,692 shares, with a
par value of $24,769,200,. The value
of these holdings at the time of dis
solution was $167, 194,100. The value
today, with yesterday' closing quota
tions as a basis, Is f 498,889,028.44, or
nearly half a billion. This, with
Rockefeller's holdings In various
banks, railroads, enormous block of
national, state and municipal bands,
brings his total up to the billion fnarlt,
FRARY FORGERY JURY
IS UNABLE TO AGREE
IS
Question of Intent Point Over
Which Split Came; Delib
erations Lasted 48 Hours,
Forty-eight hours to the minute
from the time the Jury in the Eliza
beth G. Frary forgery case retired
they returned Into court at noon today
and asked to be excused.
"It is absolutely impossible for us
to'agree," stated the foreman.
The Jury stood nine for conviction
and three for acquittal.
The question of "intent' was the
point over which the Jury deadlocked.
"Some of us fellows," said one of
the Jurors, "believed that from the
time the defendant first met Homer
N. Ford down to the present she has
been under, hia influence. We believed
she did not Intend to do wrong when
she signed her name as Ford'o wife.''
"And the rest of us," eald another
Juror, "believed he was under the in
fluence of her more than she waa under
any Influence of his."
"That'a the way It went," concluded
the first Juror.
No request came from the Jury-room
for a discharge. The Jurora on each
side had settled down to a dogged de
termination to stick to the last. About
11 o'clock Judge Davis sent his bailiff
to inquire if there was any psospect of
agreement, or whether the Jurors want,
ed to be dismssed. The word returned
was that the Jurors were not ready to
give up.
So, Just before the court adjourned
at noon, again the bailiff was sent to
make Inquiry, and returned with the
Jurymen
Deputy District Attorney Collier
said that very likely MIbs Frary will
be tried again soon, but this question
will be given further consideration be
fore definite decision is reached. The
next trial may be delayed until a'ter
the supreme court passes on the con
viction of Homer N. Ford,who is ex
pected to appeal.
Sentence is to be pronounced on Ford
this afternoon. Tbo penalty Imposed
ty law for forgery is two to 20 years
In the state penitentiary. He was con
victed Of inducing Miss Frary to sign
a deed as ais wife, when bis legal wife
waa Mrs. 'Caroline Ford, wbom he
married before a notary public in
Alaska and deserted for Miss frary.
Submarines Claim
8 Victims in Day
London. Sept. 29, (I. N. 8.) The
British ship Second has been torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine. Thu
is tha eighth victim of submarines
within tha paste 2 4 hours.
V Steamet Boddam Is Sunk.
'Madrid. 8ept. 19. (I. N. S.) The
British steamer Roddam, . I21S tons
register, has been torpedoed and sunk
by an enemy, submarine la the Medit
erranean sea, - t ;
AND
DISCHARGED
Bloody Battle Is Reported as
Having Taken Place Withi
Heavy Losses, but Details,,
Are Meager as Yet: .
HOSPITAL TRAIN AND i
SURGEONS ASKED FOR
Mexican Manager of Ameri
can Mine Escapes on a
Gasoline Velocipede.
El Paso, Texas. Sept . (U. P.) J
That Pancho Villa has administered a '
severe defeat to Mexican de facto '
forces and was still in possession of :
the town of Cusihulrachlo last night,
was the report received by agents -of .1'.
one of the United Statea government
departments early ttfday. -. ' -
In one of the bloodiest battle since
the Mexican revolutions began, a large ,
force of Vllllsta bandits engaged dr-k
ransa troops Wednesday at CusthuirA- '
chic, SO miles west of Chihuahua City.
Meager details of the battle began to
seep across the border today. Car- -ransa
officials at Juares admit that'
losses on both sides ran into the bun-,
dreds. '
From reports in Cusihulrachlo, mln-. '
ing men here, today received, a mil
sage indicating that Villa had cap
tured the town after fierce fighting in ,
which part of the garrison revolted
and went over to the bandits. It Is
reported that Villa In person led his ' t
army to the attack. ,
From Carranza authorities at Juarex
few details are available. It was stat
(Concluded on Pg Four. Colama goar '
REPUBLICAN CENTRAL
IITTEE HEAD IS
KILLED BY A WOMAN
E, C, Thomas s Diesv From
Wounds Inflicted by Miss
Edith Colby, " ,
Missoula. Mont, Sept. 29, (tT. P.)
E. C. -Thomas, chairman of tha San-;
ders ' county Republican central com
mittee, diec today from wounds in
flicted by Miss Edith Colby, a news-'
paper woman of Thompson Fails.
A bullet in the abdomen caused
death. Thomas was shot at Thomp
son Falls yesterday. He was rushed
here for medical attendance, but ex- L
plred before being able to make a
statement. "
Miss Colby Is under arrest. Bail has
been refused. l'
Ed Donlan, one of the big Republi
can politicians of Montana, said today,
t.Kat Miss Colby had a heated argument .
with Thomas on Wednesday. Several
threats were made, he said. "
The shooting occurred in ths street
in front of Thomas' office. Witnesses
declared not a word was spoken. Miss
Colby walked up to Thomas, three shots
rang out and Thomas staggered. As
sisted by a friend, he walked Into his
office. C .
Although mortally hurt, ha was able -to
walk from tha building soma time ;
later. and start for Missoula.
Thomas had been prominent In Sao- '
ders county politics for 16 rears. Miss -Colby
accepted the editorial chair of
the Independent-Enterprise about two:;
months ago. She was formerly prom
inent in Spokane politics.
The shooting was tha result, H Is
believed, of a newspaper fight, which :
has been raging for three months. . .;
Allied Warships Are
Active in Black Sea
Two Torpedo Boats aad Cruiser Bam-;
age MangaUaj Bulgarians Oeenpr
String of Mountain Paaaee.
Sofia, Sept. 29. (I. N. S.) Activity
of enemy warships in tho Black sea is
reported today in tha Bulgarian offi
cial communication. The statement
says:
"We have occupied a string of moun
tain passes between Lisetx and JsJltS
Jeevo. '
"Two enemy -torpedo boats and a
cruiser bombarded Mangalla, destroy
ing considerable property."
Mangalla is a port' in ths province
of Dobrudja.
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