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f V v. "" 116 Sub&lltuicl Tea'I (lad io Mwtptpcr cn a"1' wore real satlafac . . tioa . than yotur local mora -naj ppr, with Its world Bewr AXI home community . sews. Ia Salem that paper It - The Oregon Statesman, i in tP n n i X7tcJhct Cleedy today and Friday Wttii probable- ihowri slightly wnuer. Hsi. Temp. Wednesday, 40, Mia.- S2. Xortbwest wind. River S.3 feet. - I " i h! r-ii KCIETIETH YEAB Soltra. Oregon, Thurtday I5ar!n?, Norczaber 14. IS 13 Price Sa nmgstsrd So -tlo. 1S3 Storm Death Toll in East Is Held Due Berlin Bombed As Hitler and . --. ..1. ,. -. :1 lit Speakership Battle IsOveflOO McAllister MolotoffMi r. '(P fl, OA 1 - 1 A i ' ' " '"- . " . ; ' ; . - ' ... ,.. - : - Showdown OfFarrell M. JL r c - j Two Freighters Believed Foundered ; 17 Saved - From Novadoc 17-Year-Old Boy Relates how Dad, Brother, and , ; ' Friend Froze . ; . ; y- (Br the Associated Press)' . - The toll of deaths in Teflons . raked by -wintry storms ; passed the 100 mark yesterday amid In dications that the 'turbulent wa ters of Lake Michigan would east op the- bodies of many more vie Urns. - " - : Fatalities' attributed directly ' and ' indirectly to eold and but- "feting winds", sine Sunday rin- . creased to ,10 1. The total inclnd . ed IS sailors . known 1 to hare drowned but excluded 4t mem bers of lake boat erews who were missing-fand . who were bellered to bare perished. . . Two blf freighters, the .Will iam B. Darock and the Anna C. Mlnch. and two fishing- tugs.-the Richard H- and the Indian, were presumed to hare foundered with the loss of all hands it. Listed posltirely as dead were IS sailors Is members or tne erews of the Darock and the Mlneh whose bodies washed ashore near Ludlngton, Mich., and two - hands from the Canadian pnlpwood carrier, Noradoc 17 Sailors Sayed From Broken Halk - Seventeen sailors and their captain who had clung; to the broken hulk of the Novadoc for more than 24 hours on the beach oft Pent water, Mich., were brought ashore when subsiding seas facilitated the task of res cuing surrirors of one of the worst gales In the lake's history. While they told the. story of their fight for surrlval against wind and wave, the tale of an other tragedy was related in 'a Winona, Minn., hospital by fler ald Terras. 17. He was'" the coaly survivor of a stormbound hunt ing party. He told how his father, Carl; his brother, . Raymond; If, and a friend, William Wernecke, succumbed to exposure along tae Mississippi river Monday night and Tuesday. ' About two" In' the morning, j - Turn to Page. 3, Col. 1.) Laughlin Didn't Launch Printing Use of Identifying Plan at Boy' School Wat Parole Body Idea ; Fingerprinting ef Inmates of Inmates of the Oregon state train ing school for boys, criticised this week In a private investigating association's report, was not Ini tiated - by Superintendent Sam Laughlin, but, rather, was urged first in a resolution .adopted by the state parole board In J 1 y. If XI, it was brought out at a meeting of the board of control ' bare yesterday. r Joseph 8. Murray, bookkeeper and Identification expert at the state penltentlary( called . the . board's attention to the resolution. It also was pointed out at- the board of control' session that Laughlin reluctantly accepted the practice' of fingerprinting his charges but agreed to carry out provisions of the "resolution in co operation with other - state and federal agencies. L 5 Murray told the board yester day that he considered : finger printing . the common practice, adopted as the most, effective means of Identification. , , Governor Charles A. Sprague said he would send for a copy of the report. Issued by the Osborne association, of New York City, for the board's consideration. - Laughlin will be given an op- porta alt y to comment on the re port as It appliee to the training school. Trade of Long Range Planes For Aircraft Motors Planned WASHINGTON," Nov. lS-a-A trade to . Great Britain of giant long-range bombers for warp lane engines was reported today to be one of several new administration measures fast taking shape to re inforce British air might. Release of a bomb sight mech anism long jealously guarded by the army and navy also waa said by authoritative sources to be mader consideration, although there was no official confirmation of recurring reports that tha army and navy had already agreed -to permit Great Britain to obtain the sights. It waa authoritatively hinted that only one of two such mechsnlsms developed ' exclusive ly by the United States figured In the latest negotiations. - Application of President Roosevelt's- rule of thumb policy, un der which the United States would shire newly manufactured .war material with Britain on approxi mately a 10-60 basis, might give the royal -air. force 40 bombers of a current army order of 80. The last of tie order Is scheduled for delivery next month. Another defense development was a reported plan to truln pilots for .Britain and Canada In this Medfofd Man Held Assured of 30 Votes as Marion ' j Delegation Swings to Hisi ; Side; ;31st Vote" 1 Held Going to' t-to Hit 30 - r By STEPir . iERGLER i- IM spirited BpeaKerr Representatives William S. FarreUjr;, of -PdrtU showdown. ; , ; p 1 Word seeped put $ gallon that Represent o DO -Paul Uaiiser' Column ' John Beetle was av fresh air fiend. 'an exercise malhae and cansthenlca - cultlst Whan ha wasn't occupied in : bending over to show his friends how he could touch. the floor with his palms of his hands he was climbing moun tains, riding surfboards or do ing a bit of ro- man riding. " Beetle loved exercise and al ways started off the day with a ri h. bmx. jx brisk walk of ten or IS miles or so. Sometimes he sprinted. Mrs. Beetle, on the other hand. was one of those people who get their chief exercise in jumping to conclusions and striking bal ances. She had learned 'that whenever the thought of exercise came to her she could- lie down and it would go away. Outdoors she rarely walked any further than from the front door to the car door and If It hadn't been for th gasoline odor she would have ased a mo tor scooter to carry her abont the bovfle ia panels of her household tasks. Mr. Beetle had long since given np attempts to get Mrs. Beetle to loin him In skiing., climbing mountains, or going for little J!5 mile treks of a 6anday afternoon. Mr. Beetle had fallen Inter tlie error of thinking that his ' wife had little stamina. He might hare gone on think ing to the end If he had not one day consented to go with Mrs. Beetle on a ahopplng expedition to the big! city. As they entered the big de partment store Mr. Beetle noticed a strange light In his wife's eye. but he thought nothing of it. ' They covered the first floor, walking around each - counter three time as If It were rlteal. Mrs. Beetle went by stope and jerks. Mr. Beetle,' smiling per tlently. stood by. The second floor wasn't bad, but on the third floor Mr. Beetle suddenly realised that Mrs. Beetle (Turn to Pago S, CoL a.) Greeks Take Hills In Albanian Areas ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 1I-P-The Greek h'T g h command de clared tonight that In ''successful attacks" In the71ndus mountains region its troops had occupied- a new series of hill tops on Albanian territory.- ? t. ' No more precise location of tha counter-offensive was given,, but a government spokesman had said earlier that the Greeks are mov ing forward rapidly In a mop-up of territory abandoned by . t h e Italian Invaders In the .Plndus region and along the Greek west Will. - . i There was little or no activity in the Macedonian sector, he re ported, adding that Greek troops still were "holding fast the posi tions they occupied some days ago." 'A British air communique is sued from Greek headquarters told of new successful attacks by the RAF. country. The reports said that 4000 men would be given primary flight training this winter at com mercial schools not handicapped by severe, Canadian winters. Mr. Roosevelt has said there were no legal barriers to the procedure, ' Advanced military flying would be confined, however, to Canada, center of the British empire war pilot training scheme. ' vIa announcing the rule of thumb policy last week, Mr. Roosevelt said It applied specifically to huge long-range Boeing- - bombers of a type developed exclusively for the army and .capable .of carrying heavy bomb loads more than 3000 miles. - The engines which the United States would obtain In the deal were Included In current. British: orders with American manufac turers for more than S 0,0 00 mo tors. 'They were said to be more needed tor the moment by the ex panding Amnrlcan air forces than by Britain. , . , ; T ' On the bi sls cf contract "costs, It or 20 of the most powerful enrtnee would approximate the $3 S 0,0 0 . complete cost ef the latest type i-motor army. bomber. ! ! I j ." 4yXest being. waged by State or ft Atr. Of MHfnrrl and TIitv ared last niht headed for a jdarion' county, legislative dele onn . Steelhammer of Salem wno bar been-essaying the role of third man maneuvering against jrarreu and McAllister, bad "gone over" to, the Medford man. In that case, it . was asserted, . Mc AlUster, with the other three Marion coun ty representatives' support, was assnrea.oi xo votes... The SI st and deciding pledge, according to local report, has been promised by an unnamed, legisla tor. io. me nrst of the two con tenders to gain the SO-mark "on ine aottea une.7. . Bteeinammer could not be rescued ior a statement If Steelhammer ha given his pledge to McAllister, all that re mains for the Medford man tn clinch the lower house leadership ia get his other promisors down on paper today, one representative oectarea. If McAllister doesn't bold tfc SO votes claimed for him. on the omer nana, his contest with Far- reu is considered by experienced legislature members as headed tnr a blownp that would throw the issue wide open. - 1 Turmoil Believed Brewing in Vichy Surprise Cabinet Meet Followed by Call for Session VICHY, France, Nov. 1S-G-Aa urgent session of tha ivm government was" called for tomor row following a surprise cabinet session tonlrht. contrary to custom, no com munique was Issued .' and minis. ters declined to give any hint as to the Important Questions- under consideration. . : Political observers pointed out that this in all likelihood meant that the government had failed to resolve major problems before ite Simultaneously with the cabi net session, the government is sued a communions denvinr hi it called foreign rumors concern ing nign personalities in France's African colonies -and French In- ao-unina. Whether this statement eon earned' Gen. Maximo Weygand. ' irciwiBw representative in French Africa, and Admiral Jean uecoux, governor general of irencn indo-Chlna. was not die. elosed. ; j- - (Refusal of General Wevrand " " " cy jaonaay as ex pected, aroused - speculation among xoreirn circles at Bern: Swltxerland. who professed to aaa therein a stiffening attitude to. waro rTanee's German and Ital ian conquerors. i (Domel, Japanese news arencr. reported from Hanoi. French Indo-Chlna, Tuesday night, that Ad miral xeceux had , resigned aa governor-general of that Frcnrh Asiaue outpost because of diffi culties created by. a strong group i oajgoa layering . the "free renen' movement ef Qnni Charles de GauUe.) ie Apparent Winner in North SEATTLE. Not. sniwr v. c. um apparently lost la his Pierce county strong hold tonight whatever .Tim chance he had ef overcoming the lead ef Mayor Arthur B. Langlis of Seattle, the republican nom inee. In one of the closest races for governor ia the state's his tory. The Post-la tntrnv ..I flatly that Laaglle was the win ner, en the. basis ef absentee bal lot eo sated and the republican strength la districts where tn remain uncounted. ; ;Wlth absentee returns Includ ed from M ef the If connties. Lanrlle held a lead of J.SSS. It wavered np and down during the aecond day. of absentee conntlng-. but Its trend was steadily upward. in absentee votes Langlie had T.7SS te DiU, S,S40. a margin of 1.4IS. with more than naif of the state's total absentees tallied. -roe total vote stood: Langlie SS5.S7S; Dill 181.JI1. Movie Star Given . . Heref ord as Gift j KANSAS CITT, Nov. ' 1S-6TV-! Leo Carrillo, the actor, will have something more than memories to take back with him to California. The screen. star this -afternoon waa presented a Hereford bull In appreciation for his activities -at the American Royal Livestock and Horse show. The presentation was made y.aecrge II. Davis, j American. Royal chairman. " - i Carrillo "was ' parade grand marshal In the opening day eere-mealea.- -;- " - f '.' Langl German Sources Declare Bombing Is Aimless , in Suburbs Little Information - out on Subjects Before Fuehrer, Envoy i BERLIN; Nov. 14--(Thursday) -V-Brltlsh bombers strnck at Berlin late -last night soon after Adolf Hitler and Soviet Premier Foreign - Commissar V. M. Molo toff had completed a 4-hour con ference devoted chiefly. Informed sources said, to. ."negotiations. ' A communique said the raiders rained bombs "aimlessly',' on the suburbs and hit residential, sec tions but failed to reach, the In ner city ; because ef strong anti aircraft - defenses.' Some, rooftop fires were - said to hara . been started but were extinguished quickly. : Nazi Informants said Molotoffs reception, given last night In re turn for - the German banquet tendered In his honor was held as scheduled." There had been reports Molotoff would wind ap his Berlin stay today, but these sources said It had not been de termined when he would leave. Coincident with the announce ment of the British raids, the official DNB news agency report ed fast German bombers had at tacked London and south Eng land In heavy raids yesterday. The news arencr said "bombs or all calibres" were hurled on Industrial plants and rail lines along Britain's entire eoastal re gion. Three Flahtera Held Downed In air fights. DNB said, three British fighters were downed against only one German loss. The Information regarding the Hitier-Molotoff eonversatlon was confined merely to the statement that they talked over "negotia tions," a term that suggested pre liminary talks were done and the stage of decisions reached, al though there was nothing to hint of their nature. an press sources were re served and circumspect. For ex ample, the authoritative eommea tary service- Dienst An Deutfcb- land observed that certain specu lations abroad were mere "trial balloons" of Interested persons. and added that a "further deep ening" of German-Russian rela tions was In prospect. ' On tomorrow, the third . and perhaps final day ef his Visit, Molotoff and his accompanying (Turn to Pag S, Col. 7.) Italian Subs Join Nazis for Patrols ROUE, Nor. 11-m-The fascist press reported today that German and Italian naval force, Intent on tightening the counter-block ade of the British Isles, were con centrating in the north Atlantic shipping lanes to smash at BriU lsh supply ships. Both II Giornale D1 1 a 1 1 a. whose editor, Vlrginlo. Gayda, fre quently voice- Premier Mussolini's Ideas, and the Duee's own paper, D Popolo D'ltalia, mentioned tha new axis plan. n Popolo D'ltalia said dozens of Italian submarine new- were operating - In J the Atlantic - and Gayda noted that these subma rines, hitherto busy. In - the .cen tral lanes, have" moved farther north. . . While the . Italian high com mand reported that British planes had attacked Italian naval base at Biindlsl Bart and Taranto, It limited its - communique , to the declaration that b o m b a were dropped only on Barl, an Adriatic port, where three -persona ware wounded and alight damage was caused. ' Again . .oo Tho Oregon Statesman: Scores a Beat! Oil wall blasts In Ohio end Oklahoma, following cm the) hods of three explosions in muriitiona plants, were reported In the Salem erect yes terday morning ONLY by .The Oregon, States man. - .-..,.:. ' . . ' On Sunday your Statesman ALONE reported the.. - deaths of Senator Key Pitman and former Prime - Minister Chamberlain ' and devastating ., earth quakes in Rumania. . - . ; - f The Oregon Skriesman' consistent news leadership ran local as well as world-wide. news is made t TX certain by lts; krte-2:30 a. mw -presstime ' hours krier than any other morning newspaper. . dlstribuled In this; area, j 1 - , - ., I For all the LATEST :Novs read Fhs Orenon Statesman RUMANIAN r The first plctare ef Romanian earthqnake damage to reach the United em a destroyed section (right) of the huge Carlton apartment In Bucharest. Engineers decided It would be futile to tnnnel wader the boUding to re seme persona stffl trapped ia the rain. This plctare waa radioed to New York from Berlin. (AP Teles at). Slight Temblors Felt in Olympia No Damage Is Reported as Earth Rocks in Sound Area OLTMPIA, Nov. lS--Numer ous persons declared they felt a slight earth shock here at abont 10: St o'clock tonight. No dam age was reported. . Newspaper and police, depart meat telephones rang almost con stantly for several minutes after tha tremblor. While reports came from all sections of Olympia, most wra' front tha south end of the city,- mai lt t o m joints several miles south of the city limits. One woman said she was "al most pitched from my chair." The reports agreed .tha shock was a quick earth movement which end ed almost before It could be rec ognised. Tha earthquake missed by leas than 14 hours occurring on the anniversary of a mneh stronger temblor which shook the Pacific northwest last year. The II 39 shock came shortly before mid night, November II.' TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 1S-UFV- Resldents of the Dash Point area, several miles northeast of Taco- ma. reported dishes were rat tied by a alight earth tremor at lfl:S0 tonight. The tremor was also felt with in the city proper, bat apparently only in a comparatively email area tha north and district, police reported. ...... Modoc Point Firm Agrees to Rilling Washington. : NoV. i s-Gpy- The national labor relatione board announced today that tha Lamm Lumber Company.- Modoe r Point, Ore., had agreed to "cease inter fering- with the self-organisation of Its employ es'and reimburse oaa of them, Harvey Hail, by 1351 for wage lost through his al leged discharge for anion actirl- Tha board said It had dis missed charge that tha company bad refused to bargain with CIO's International Woodworkers union. EARTHQUAKE TAKES TOLL In State of Utah They Learn Early - To Cough up Tax - SAIT TtAXB CITY, Nov 18 JP)-Two pbysfclaaa vowch for thJa etoryi - A woriied another took her 4-yeasMld som to the nonue of Dr. B, B. Blgby at Fairyiew, Utah. The boy had swallowed penny. . Saddenly, the boy coughed and ap eaaae the penny so -eompaavled by retail sales tax token. . . - - Dr. David E. Ostler of Rich field, Utah, related the detail In av letter to the state tax com minloaw Be did not mention r--?iM Role of Lecturer GOP Quarters Believe He Will Write, Speak From Indiana ' By RICHARD I. TURNER WASHINGTON. Nov. 11-A An Impression prevailed In re publican anartara today that Wen dell X Wlllkie la planning a ca reer as a writer and speaker on pnblie events, to follow a bent which he enjoya and to tend force to his leadership of tha republic an party In tha fonr yearn to come. Althonsh the defeated republic an presidential nominee has yet to come to a final decision, bis friends here expect him to settle down en or near his Indiana farms, contribute regularly to the magasines and emerge from time te time for speaking trips. In no event, they think, will ha return to Commonwealth and Southern, the public utility hold lnar company whose presidency he resigned to wage the presidential campaign,', or take any other post Intimately associated with, big bus iness. - : ; The idea Is that he would be In a- much more effective position to guide the party and help.ahape its pollclea . from rural. Indiana than from a vantage point In busi ness or a Wall street law firm. any number of which would be only too delighted to take him Into partnership.! " . The nronosal at any rate la be ing urged npon Wlllkie, and re ports reaching . Washington are that ha finds It to his liking. Family of Three Unhurain OREGON CITT, Ore., Nov. it (AV-A" family of three escaped se rtoua Injury today, in tha crash ef a light plane three xnilea east of here... - - - - - -1 The pilot, Robert Magnusson, SS, Kelso, and his wife. 10, were cut and- bruised aa the plane bruahed a tree and tumbled ' 40 feet to the ground in a take-oft from a farm field, but their two-month-old baby apparently was not even scratched. '-'- The Magnussons, flying a plana owned by the Twin Cities Hying club of Kelso, cof which Magnus son waa a member, had Tiaited relatives at Gladstone, near here. .They-used a field tn tha Maple Lane district for their departure about S pan. Tha plana failed to gain altitude, and one wing hit a tree. . Tha wing was damaged and the propellor wrecked in tha Crash. vv-"-- 'y-tf'" They went to a doctor's office in Oregon City, bat examination revealed only superficial in Juries. T Chinsxley Flarea ; Ealeia flrenea were called out to exticjrulia a chimney fire at 49 1 North Summer street at 9:39 last nirut. - , , -. . . awv States show reecuve selvage work: SSeekManagert Job at Silverton Hiring of Manager Slay Be Deferred Until First of Year ILVERTON, Nov. It. Plrst steps toward the hiring of a city manager for Silverton were tak en at a special meeting of the city council - held Wednesday night; The manager form of gov ernment for . Silverton waa . pro vided In the May election when a new charter was adopted. Mayor 8chlador and councilman expressed surprise that only three applications had been received for the position. Hirlnr of the manager may . .be ceierrea until tha first of the year. It was indi cated Wednesday night. Invited by Mayor - Schlador to sit in at tne council -meeting Wed nesday were J. W. Jordan. Ernest Starr, and Lowell Brown1 coan- eilmen elect- Mayor. Schlador-ex plained that as these men will have to work with the new man ager she wished them to hear the Qualifications of the applicants and to feel free to express their opinion concerning them. An ordinance waa also passed Wednesday night providing for the re-issuance and re-sale ' of $4008 rafandlng bonds. Tha bonds will be sold at the Decem ber 1 meeting. - Mayor gchlador also reported that there had been complaint tn connection with the elty rest room at the Main street bridge and suggested a part time closing of these. The eouneiT -voted to close the rest rooms from mid night te t o'clock each morning. Bad Weather Aids , Britain's Defense LONDON. Nov. 14.-(Thursday) -in-Bad w father shielded Eng land for tha most part last night from raiders starting their aecond year of attache on British soil. The night waa quiet after an all-clear ended a abort raid dorr lag which fighters 'were reported la actions against axla bombers. : Bombs were dropped : la . one district of London, at soma places in east and south England and on a town tn East Anglla, but n government communique a at d casualties wire Halted to "t small number of people Injured. British, i warplanes, mean wall e, ere reported . hy authoritative sources to have attacked a num ber of objectives In Germany last night, t including some In Berlin. New Penney Salem Store Is ' Firm's Most Latest development on the busy Liberty street business row. the new J. C. Penney company department. store, will be opened for public Inspection v at , It o'clock this morning, lt Interior complete and its eountera filled. J. N. am Charabera, manager, announced yesterday. - : i Twenty four, yeara eld next March, this unit's new quarters represent its fourth, expansion. It la the most modtrn plant in the costpan, aeeordins to C. C War- ran, cistxtct raanartr, Portland, and Kenneth. Herman, cf tie ad- vertlaing department. New York City, who are here for tha open ing. v.. W The Penney coayany first en tered the Calem - i-erket at ' lis present ICQ 'North -Liberty street location, which It .lias occupied continaously. sijice D. B. Jariaan, the V.tzX, manager, was In charge Until La rettrem3t la IS 17; when Mr. Chambers no here'f r o ra V&.co irer, . as fcla succes sor. - - . Tie-store is&ce talen ta 1817, a aittile floor with an area. 10 hy 3 Battleships Reel as Bombs Rake Taranto i'j'N V " 1 ' !( -V" "-'1 ", - c - ' ' ,- f " ' ' Churchill Declares Bio l - Makes British Forct V 1 ',' '. ' Dominant '!, .-- Three Sid e i of Africa CT . Put Under British " 'Bail of War y LONDON, Not. 1 S.-fJ-T h e : British announced today, thai v their, bombera had left half oi , IUIys elusive battleships crip pled and ' reeling in Mussollnre main naval base of Taranto, audi claimed that the blow had alteredl ' decisively the balance , of Medi terranean naval power. This gldHons episode, Prime -MlnUter Winston. Churchill told an exultant house of coramon wlll moreover; leave Its lmpree . sion . "oa' the naval situation int every quarter of the globe." ; The admiralty, said photograph- ' le evidence showed that two bat tleships were lying part way un der water, one of . them beached f that a third "probably" was se verely damaged; that two cruis- .( ers were leaning tipsily In the In ner harbor ef Taranto and thai the sterns of two fleet auxiliary vessels were submerged. : London naval, circles, doubting that British bombs alone could have wrought such damage against the battleships because of their armor, 1 suggested ' that tor pedo planes took part in the at tack. , - . More In the traditional style of naval 1 Warfare was the reported sinking of an Italian supply ship, the firing of twoothersund the) damaging of an" Italian destroye off Valona. ' Albania Moidif bight, a announced ly the BrlU lsh admiralty. Convoy Cut off on Own Seav " A communique said the attack was delivered the night of Nov. 1 !-l 2 when a squadron on patrol along the main line of Italian , communications with Albania, la the strait of Otranto, intercepted the convoy. . . Twn Ttalfan AtntmTnrm mnnrht to shield ' tha supply ships, bu one, was . sunk outright and tw others were 'seriously fired an "almost certainly sunk" while th fourth escaped behind : a smoke; screen, according to the admlrf alty. ' i , Both destroyers escaped, but one waa . damaged. The British acknowledged no casualties of damage. ? Almost as though reflectlas theeo reports of aaral , victories. the .British government, an 1 aounced extension of the blockade) to . include Syria, . French WeeV Africa, Liberia, Portuguese) Guinea, Madagascar and Reunloa Island. . v Blockade vessels, were ordered to halt ships in sea sonec off these territories, on three .sides of At rice, unless the vessels have navicerts,- er certificates of prior In spectlott and approval of f theii cargoes by - tha British.' ' ) The biggest and newest of the battleships reported crippled isj the bombardment at Taranto, the) admiralty said, 'was one of the) 3 1.0 0-ton Llttorio class. She "H badly down by the bows, her fore castle is under water, and she had a i neavy list at, starboard," tne , communique related. - . "One battleship. of the Cavoua (ll.tl J-ton) ' e 1 as a baa been beached and, from her stern up. to ana including tne alter turret la . under . water," the admiralty. went on. "The ship la listing heav tly to starboard . . . , It appears probable that a . Turn to Page X. CoL i.) . rj Modern Plant 100 feet, waa later enlarged . to Include the second floor, then ex tended hack 49 feet on tha mala, floor and the mezzanine floor " added and, finally, three yeara ago, eight feet more built on to the rear of tha building to provide office space. "Since tha epenlnf . of the store in 1117, it has growa stea dily, with expansion of o.uarUr held back until business neeeset t a t a d, enlargement," Mr. Cham bers recalled yesterday. " "I .hepa wa are prepared now for ear expansion needs for the , next tea - years., the manager adde3. "I believe the few yeara will m a'steady Increase in Ea- v lea's baelseEs and expect the next ; census -U1 disclose an even greater Increase than the last" ! ' . .The'new' Jnwey -pl't is vir-;.. tually a new liililzz. v Kttla more than the lowtr wail-t cf t-o Id structure rftained. ;A tilrd tory tea teca afided and the bastraeit level lowerevl td permit, its c f:r rzsn'.'zt. ri-r. Cf f'rili :a II 1 13 t!ic3rt (Turn to F&r 2. CoL 8.) ; , 1