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! ' ; . .. X . -. . !. ' v ' . ':: : : ' . - ' : I . . . . CARRIAGE TO : RICH SOLDIER IS ATTEMPTED 28Sa Girl Confesses Role in plat Forced Upon Her by Mother 0AUGHTERBREAKS DOWN tea Meeting at Dance in Cfesrch, motner inesto . Tie Couple "V fACOJtA. Wash., March 16- How liiackmtil Is being practiced on boI t urn of he Wild Wegt division at fiBB lewist was revestivu , iuuj.v tlironRli the eonfession of a Tacoma irl irhos mother sooght to use the i yf, C. A. bostobs house and the m'iliury authorities to force a nur ria?e between her daughter and the so of a multi-millionaire serving u a prlrate at the cantonment. No name were given out, but the military authorities say that investi iition thoroughly disproved the itorr told by the girl's mother, and tint 'the girl finally broke down and wnfesscd the plot, saying that she ta forced to play the role she did f her mother. 'hTe soldier first met the flrl at BE 20 ULK EDS Off Early buyers will be given a re duction of 20 per cefit from the fol- lowing prices for bulk seed. 1 ' Farlr huvinr is narticularlr advis- ible this season as all kinds of seeds ire likely to be scarce. Prepare for your War Garden NOW. Look over the following list. Deduct 20 per cent from these prices to ascertain price to you now. Alaska Peas ...... ... 1 5c lb. Little! Gem Peas 15c lb. Goodus Peas 15c lb. Japanese Buckwheat . . 7 H e lb. Early Minnesota Sweet Corn, 15c lb. Xary Beans . 1 8c lb. fow Horn TilniXJiS3' r. .IT. ."50c lb. (Davis White Beans . . . . , 30c lb. Laxy White Beans . . . . "20c lb. Purple , Top . Strap Leaf ; Turnip .'. 50c lb. Genuine Wax Beans 25c lb. Golden Giant Mangel . 50c lb. Half Sugar Mangel Wurtzel Beets . . . . . . . . 40c lb. Giant Red Mangel Wurtzel Beets ...... 1 . . . . .. . 40c lb. Mammoth Kale . ... 40c lb. ii j to cjvuvu ougai Fsfc. - v.. T '.ood Turnip Beets ...... 60c lb. lentocky Wonder Beans . .- 20c lb. Burpee Strjnglers (Green Pod) Beans . . 25c lb. Lonr Bright Scarlet (early) Radlah 40c lb. Mcicle Radish (very early) l . . ..... . . ... ... 60c lb. Early Scarlet Turnip Radish (white tip) , 50c lb. LiTlnston's Perfection To mato . . .......... $2.00 lb. Very Early Ruby Tomato. . 2.25 lb. Early Curled Simpson Let- , tace . . . . . . ........... 50cib. Early Priie Head Lettuce.. 50c lb. Hanson Head Lettuce .... 1.00 lb. krre Algiers Cauliflower.. ......... . .. . . .. 10c oz. 85c lb. Brecon (substitute for cauli flower) ... 60coz. $5.00 lb. arks Earliana Tomato . . 2.25 lb. Dwarf Green Kale (for win ter greens) ........... 40c lb. Mammoth Sandwich Island Salsify .. UOOlb. E?ip Blood Turnip Beets ....... .!.. lOcoz. 65clb. Jellow Swede Ruta Baga. .- 50c lb. Raobarb V. . . .. 1.23 1b. Anstraliav Brown Onion . .1.80 1b. Oron Red Danvers Onion 2.25 1b. Tiite Portugal Onions . .. 2.251b. ke Red Weatherfield Onion .. ... 2.251b. pavers Half-Long Carrot.. 80c lb. ?rly Eryptlan Beets 10c oz. 75c lb. Proved Long Orange Carrot . . 75c lb. iert or Guerande Carrot 75c lb. Plant Pascal Celery . ... ... . 2.25 lb. campion Moss Curled Parsley 80c lb. r Pord Musk Melon... 75c lb. Mixed gweet Peas... i.zs io. lJn Hubbard Squash . . . 90c lb. Prickly winter Spinach.... 30c lb. L'omsdale Savoy Leaved BDinach 40c lb. u'e Late Drumhead Cab-- v b . . 90c lb. 8ugar or Pie Pumpkin. 50c lb. 'Jorida Favorite Water melon ...... 50c lb. rf8toa Pickling Cucumber. 60c lb. p. Sweets Watermelon 50c lb. ,r1' Hat Dutch Cabbage. . 1.20 lb. f'reen CnnimWr .... 50c lb. ..Er,T York Cnbbige. 90c lb. nlsa .BalI- Head Cabbage 1.201b. nef Runner Beans 20c lb. n Yellow Six Week Beans 20c lb. premium Ute Flat Dutch Cabbage .. 90c lb. tr y Wlnnlngstadt Cabbage 1.20 lb. wrir Jersey Wakefield Cab- n2M 1.001b. -Pencer Mixed Sweet Peas. 30c oz. " - to tectlon On Package Seeds a complete assortment of ' ? "ower and Vegetable Seeds a e and 10c packages. a dance in a Tacoma church. At th urgent request of the mother, be visited her at her hame. The next time he saw the girl, she visited hhn at Camp IajwIs, accAupanied by her mother. She tried at Another time to see him but he was in class. Unable, to see him, the girl fin ally called at the hostess house and told her story. She threatened to commit suicide unless the soldier married her. The secretary refer red the case to division headquar ters, f The young ooldier was called up and questioned. He was forced to prove every statement by the testi mony of two witnesses. A humor ous angle developed in1 this part of the case. On the dates given by the girl, it was proven beyond a reason able doubt that the rolcller had been in quarantine for measles, and that he had been in quarantine from three days before the first date un til five days after the last date. Doc tors, hopsital orderlies and nurses corroborated his statement. The staff officer investigating found that the young man enlisted by special permission at the ag of 19. By hard work and endeavor he had risen to a non-romnissioned of ficership and finally had been ap pointed to the third officers train ing camp. Under cross-examination the girl broke down, and between her sobs told how her mother had conopired to- bring about the; wedding. She also implicated a Japanese servant. There will be no pj-osecution, the military authorities say. HIGHER WHEAT PRICE DEBATED t : f Hoover Would Cut Consump tion; Senators Would In crease Production WASHINGTON. March 16. While the food administration was making plans today to meet the critical wheat shortage by a further reduc tion in consumption the senate again took up and debated legislation to increase production by raising the price on the 1918 crop.' The food administration was stirred to action by reports from the department of agriculture showing that the supply of wheat on farms and In country elevators is far lest than It was a year ago. The senate considered a bill by Senator Gore of Oklahoma to fix the price at $2.50, or 30 qents a. bushel more than set In a recent procla ma ti f i by President Wilson. .In the house today also a bill was introduc ed by Representative Morgan of Ok lahoma to appropriate $300,000,000 to compensate producers for the losses they sustained when the gov ernment' established its 1917 price at a-figure lower than the then mar ket price. '" , Senator Williams of Mississippi, Democrat-, opposed price fixing legis lation, declaring farmers had been allowe'd j a free market for. their products. z ROMANOFF LEADS DREARY LIFE IN CITY OF DEATH Ex-Emperor of Russia Walks With Head Bent in Mel ancholy Manner SECRET POLICE WATCH Nicholas Would Be Horticul turist; Life Led by Wife Miserable Republican Committee To Meet Next Saturday N. D. Elliott, secretary of the Mar ion County Republican Central com mittee, announces that a meeting of the committee will be held next Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The meeting will probably be held at the court house. All Republican candi dates for office who are to go before the voters at the primary elections are Invited to attend the meeting. TURN HAIR DARK WITH SAGE TEA f ' If Mixed' with Sulphur , It Darkens so' Naturally Nobody Can Tell .4 ST m Hardware Co. The old-time mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur for darkening gray, streaked -and faded hair is grand mother's recipe, and folks are again using it to keep their hair a good, even color, which is quite sensible, as we are living In an age when a youthful appearance is of the great est advantage. Nowadays, though, we dont' have the troublesome task of gathering the sage and the mussy mixing at home. All drug stores, sell tho ready-to-use product. Improved by the addition of other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound." It Is very popular be cause nobody can discover it has teen applied. Simply motsten your comb or a soft brush with It and draw this through your hair, tak ing one small strand at a time; by morning the gray hair dlrappears. but what delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound, Is that, besides beautifully daikening the hair after a few appli cations, It also produces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which la so attractive. This ready-to-use preparation Is a delightful toi let requisite for those who desire a more youthful appearance. It Is rot Intended , for the cure, mitiga tion or prevention of disease. GENEVA. Switzerland. Feb. 2. (Correspondence of The Associat ed Presa.) Xichalos Romanoff .who r. c-inperor or Russia, once exer-clfc-d sway over the fate of millions or Russians, leads a melancholy lUe at Tobolsk, the Siberian "city of death to which he and his family are exiled, according to one of the Red Guard sentinels stationed at his home thore. "My life has always been that of a prisoner," the former emperor is quoted as saying. "It is not my for mer power that I regret. I have only one wish' and that Is to return to the Crimea and ,devote myself to horti culture." Writing to a friend In this city, the Russian Red Guard said: "The attitude of the emperor when he Is alone is full of calm and simple oignity but as soon as he thinks that he Is no longer obsprved he gives way and walks with bent head. His hair has became as white as snow and his face is filled with a painful melancholy. He Is often seen at the window following his children with his eves when they go out for a walk and furtively wipes away a tear. Wife's Life Mlsermble. "If the emperor shows reslana t!on,i it does not find an echo in hi3 wife, Alexandria - Alix. Everything in her present situation seems cal culated to wound her and make her miserable. She was only allowed to take with her fifteen boxes of cl '.th ine. At first sht this mar acorn quite a considerable amount, but it must not be forgotten, that the whole wardrobe of five women and n pmncrnr is contained therein. Therefore tt is comprehensible that it would not suffice for an txilo of long duration. To this must be adr ded the impossibility of procuring any kind cf clothing in Tobolsk. The The princesses possens In all only four costumes, and are billed to be contented with those. At regards their jewelry, they wero forced to leave it all in Fetrograd. " "The former empress occupies herself greatly with her children, but Instead of encouraging them to be resigned, she strives the whole time to keep up in their memory the remembrance of the past. It Is the impossibility of cbrresnondlng which revolts her the most. The few letters she receives are carefully censored beforehand by the officers of the 'body guard.' Her confidential friend is Madame Narichkina. a for mer lady in waiting now living in Tobolsk, from whom the former em press has no secrets. Secret Police Watch. "The princesses can move freely about the town, without any spe cial suferintehdence. but naturally. nnt without beinz followed step by step by the secret police, ,who. how ever, perform their.duty as discreet ly as possible. "On the contrary, the heir-apparent Is closely guarded, aa. the revo lutionaries fear an abduction. He Is escorted everywhere by the sailor Deremanko. a man of herculean stature, who once saved the prince's life at a fcunt. He has not the right to go into town without being ac companied by a certain number of officers. The prince is In good health, but a slight limp betrays the stiffness of the right foot which is incurable. "There Is little to say abont the life of the princesses. The Grand Duchess Olga. who is or a very seri ous nature, perhaps even gloomy, vaa Wnmn n nurse in a military hospital for convalescent Siberians, to whom she devotes six hours a day. The Grand Duchess Marie is learning .hximnH and tvnewritina: in order to help her fathe;- In the editing of his memoirs. But un to tne present the emperor has neither written nor dictated anything. Arcom mediation Are i-mn. "rh rrnund floor of the resi dence of the former imperial family Is occupied by a company of soldiers, Ironically termed "the emperor's bodyguard." 'The remaining two Ulrica from the aoartment of the dethroned monarch Colonel Rom anoff. Jt consists of four large ana four small rooms, which are furnish ed In the simplest manner. There Is no water laid on, no gas. no elec tricity, and no bath room. The serv ants are obliged to draw tne neces trv water from a well close by. The rooms are heated by means of primitive brick stoves. The largest room is only five yards in length ty tare In breadth. Where are the spacious reception rooms of Pet-r-hof and the Winter Palace, with their surcharged magnificence. "There is no pleasing view in any direction from a.iy of the window Nicholas and his wire are condem ned on nriniPle. to a life of seclu sion; they arc only allowed to leuve ttiA hmift In order to attend mass. at a neighboring convent. The "ma. iprm of ith hour in PetroKrad even consider the authorization to fre c.uent the public baths once a week as quite an exceptional favor. On those occasions they ara Invariably escorted by four officers and a squa dron of soldiers. It Is thse same officers, who take upon themselves the purchasing of the small house hold necessities, not wishjng to en trust this duty to the imeprtal fami ly's servant1:, a valet end three maids "'The Inhabitants of Tulwdk di not show any Interest fn. or hostili ty towards the exiles. The only vis itors who have access to the x-em-peror are Ha rem Fredrl hs and Gen eral Vojekoff. who ar t also nettled in Tobolsk, and who enjoy, hit full est confidence." LEVIS LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON i State Engineer to Give Ad dress at Salt Lake City While En Route John H. Lewis, state engineer, will leave for Washington. D. C.j to day, where he will take up with gov ernment officials important ques tions Rearing upon Oregon reclama tion projects. lie will urge the im mediate execution of the state's con tract with the United States so that construction may begin at once on the Jordan Valley Carey act project of 46,000 acres in Malheur county. The question of issuance of pa tents on the Central Oregon and Tumalo projects also will be taken up with a number of other questions affecting Central Oregon projects. Mr. Lewis will give an address March 20 at Salt Lake City at a Joint meeting of the Utah Society of Engineers and the Utah section of I the American Institute of Electrical . Engineers on the subject of "West I ern Development and Its Relation to .National transportation Problems. RUB NEULALGIA AWAY! 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With women on equal terms with the men. will there be such a thing as the "houoette?" Women's Shoes are Very Dainty Gracefnl curves are features of the New Spring1 Models. Fab rics to suit the shades are often combined. Greys, Ivories and Tans are the prevailing colors and ; $ - I s Duo-Shade Combinations Are popular. Patent Pumps wlth spats in colors appear welt Y6u can learn just what styles best meet your require ments by visiting this store if now. The Browns in latest designs are only. .. $8.00 Ivories in classy effects at $7.50 Greys in the Wanted Pearl shade at.... :..$7.00 The Duo-Shades in different color schemes at $6.93, lown as low as.... $5.45 The Real Conservative Shoe Store The BOOTERY DALLAS. Texas, . March 11. "io. longerfis it necessary for people to Journey to some fair or earn leal to se; birdmen perform "stunts." With the coming of thousands of aviators to the several, training camps for army flyers, airplanes have become very commonplace in Texas. A half dozen big machines hover ing, over a Texas town no longer attract attention. Texans have come to regard the army flyers with their dives, loops, nose spins, and similar feats as very ordinary. In the rural districts the frequent cross country flights from Dallas to ort Worth. Wichita Falls. Waco, Houston and San Aanonio, no longer send the barnyard flock hurrying to cover. Even the chickens have come to look upon the aviator and their big ma chines as everyday visitors. Several machines were badly dam aged by the curious crowds last fail when the advance guard of aviators began to make cross country flights. Little Attention Attracted. Today aviators alight at will and. aside from possibly a few passersby or play children, attract little if any attention. Every aviation field ha its off! dal tester. This tester H the Indi vidual who m&keH the first flight with every new machine. Once he climbs Into the air with a new ma chine-he begins a series of "stunts," calculated to try out the planes that are 'to be used by the flyinsr cdets .First he will make a dozen loops. tnen a nose spin, cominr out to do a sudden dive, then a wide loop and rinlsh with a turn on the wing. "These test? 'remarked the test er. a -lieutenant t one of the fields near Dallas, "put an extraordinary strain noon every part of the chine. If It comes out all right, I Tut my O. K. on it and It's readv for use. If it doesn't they will soon get another tester and lnstrue tor." 1 Every day dooiens of hnges shin ping1 crates rj hauled in the Texa aviation fields: Every field has It itH8embline riant where exoert me chanics carefullr uncrate the many parts and In a few days a new air plane Is rolled into the field. Everv Inch iof the Irish linen covered wing 13 eone over for anv defects. Wire and connecting rods are lerked an3 submitted to a heavv weight. The steering mechanism is examined, the. motor started 'and I trained ears lis ten to its hum. If this preliminary test shows everything to be shin shape, the lonr brown craft with the red. white and blue stripe on th rudder is trundled further Into tbe field, the tester mounts th sent, fas tens the several straps that hold him in and sails awar. . . Loop Ordinary Tet. Loops, dives, .none and tall splning are Just ordinary flvln for the test er. The machine stands on end. or its nose, flys on the side, turns ov and keeps flying, executes spiral nd glides, fifes upside down It fact doea everything but "sit up and beg. The big tests on all narts of th machine comes when a tnrn on th wing" Is executed, when the machln Is suddenly tilted to one lde or Of other and if there is anvthing fau'tr- with the machine Its comes to l'ght Moth hands, both feet, and the wholr heda are needed In "stunt" flvlnsr and the failure of anyone of theV to act properly may mean the en of the "stunt" flyer as well. To execute a nose and tall sp'n scleral thousand feet up, the moto rs Idled and the machine Is "out or ifontrol" of the aviator. To rleh the machine he must soed un hV enjrine and use both hands and fe In settinir his planes and steering gear. Skill and coolheadedness yequ'red to reealn control of th machine. Confidence is another thing reonlred to make a snccessfu flyer. "It can be cutlivated." sa'd the lieutenant tester. Machines from the Texas field take to the air daily la-face of wind? M1tr thirtv-flve nd forty milei and hour. Few of the accident which have occurred were due to wlndv conditions, instructors cla'm Aviators refrain from flying ove Texas towns where there are partlc ularly tall buildings. A XEW ROXO OF IIATF, f My Tuesdays are meatless. My Wednesdavs are wheatless, I'm gettine more eatless Each day. Mv fcome Is he"tless. My bed it Is sheetless. They're a'l sent to the Y. M. C. A. The bar-rooms are treatless. My coffee is sweetless. Each day I eet poorer And wiser. My stockings are feetless. My trousers are seat less. By gosh but I do hate Tlie kaiser! Asheville Citizen. FACTS About Woolens A few facts told by jobbers of woolen goods: "The prices are high and the woolen' market is in a frightful condition." j - "Unable to duplicate samples near i like those you sent, practical all staples are closed out." "The fact that the Government has comman deered the woolen cutout makes it almost impossible to care for the civilian trade." . A salesman for a large woolen house was heard , to remark that Mosher had more goods than the company he worked for. Having bought before the advance in woolens I am still able to make up a hard finished all wool worsted suit at $35 and up. Order j before present stock is exhausted. D. H. MOSHER 474 COURT STREET Try a Meiv Constructed - The latest product of Firestone's big factory has positively proven itself the universal leader. 70 per cent of Ford equipment this year is FIRESTONE. Our Free Tire Service is worth your considera tion. , ' " . Come in and ask to look at the new FIRESTONE SCOTT & PIPER FIRESTONE DISTRIBUTORS 252-260 State Street Phone 451 "DIG IN" YOU'VE heard how the boys Over in the trenches have to get down under cover quickly after a raid. They simply "dig in" and burrow under. Now that's a whole lot more dangerous than for you to "DIG IN" in that Garden. Hut, you 11 be doing your, bit just the same for the more food we pro ducethe harder those boys will "fight for your" country and YOU. You will find the United States Nation- al Bank as interested in national and . community welfare J as its own. : IMtedStotes . tSalem Oregon, "MEN! MEN! MEN!" BEE CLASSIFIED AD Rigdon's Funeral Parlors The Home of Square Dealing. Beautifully Appointed Private driveway. Superior service. Lowest in cost. Small in size great in results Statesman Classified Ads