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PARIS, Dec. 1 (By Mall to New
Tork.) After fifty elf ht days of ad
venture and auffertng within the Qer
man lines a lieutenant and a private
of the 140th Infantry have managed
to rejoin their regiment They are
all that aucceeded In escaping out
of a total of forty officers and three
hundred men of a detachment cut
oft their regiment.
Although surrounded by over
whelming hostile troops the detach'
ment resolved to fight their way out,
If possible, and they set to work the
very same night The German! were
on the watch for them and although
they charged again and again the
little band was borne back by sheer
weight of numbers, so that when the
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night; your cold or catarrh will be
gone.
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Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream In your nostrils- It
penetrates through every air passage
of the head, soothes the Inflamed or
swollen mucous membrane and relief
comes Instantly.
It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed
up with a cold or nasty catarrh Re
lief comes so quickly.
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1914-18 AT
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Commerce, Including Business Man
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the War Zone
rollcall was gone over only eighty
men were left to answer to their
names.
They kept up a running fight all
the next day, and into the night as
well, by which time they had been
reduced to 21 all told. They took
to the woods, and for a month man
aged to subsuit on roots and fruit
Now and again some of them would
venture out to forsge, usually with
disastrous results for the whole coun
tryside was swarming with Germans.
They would . alt have died of starva
tion had they not providentially hap
pened upon some woodcutters, who
henceforth kept them supplied with
food of a sort
They were unable to obtain any
change of clothes, and were reduced
to rags owing to their constant expo
sure. The Increasing cold also began
to tell on them and half way through
October three out of four of them
were on the verge of collapse. Lieut
Benard and Private Morand de Jouf
frey decided to make one last dash
for freedom, and the others to give
themselves up, which they did the
next day after burying what was left
of their arms and ammunition. The
two made across country and after
three days continuous walking stum
bled Into the French lines almost
without a shred of clothing to their
barks, no boots and after eating
nothing for 48 hours.
It took them barely a fortnight to
pick up their strength on$e more and
they are now back at the front, the
lieutenant with the Cross of the Le
gion of Honor, on his breast, and the
private with the military medal and
a sub lieutenant's stripes.
A comic picture of Frlnce August
Wllhelm, the kaiser's fourth son, mar
keting at Ahclms, Is drawn by a Red
Cross nurse who was In the town
when It was occupied by the Ger
mans. "One day a younug officer
whose uniform was hanging In tat
ters and who was Indescribably dirty"
she says, 's'topped me In the street
and asked If we could receive in our
hospital some wounded In whom he
took an especial Interest. I replied
that I no longer had any authority
there, and that as It was I hardly
was able to find enough food for
those I was taking care of. already.
He thanked me nnd went on. I then
saw him enter ft pork-butcher's shop,
and a few minutes later he came out
carrying a great quantity of sau
sages In his arms. It was only later
that I learned that this ragged offi
cer was the kaiser's son."
Going to an abandoned hut In the
middle of his field, a wine-grower of
Vlnay heard a nolce and, kicking open
the door, found two emaciated fig
ures, bearded and dirty, In war-worn
Rray .uniforms. They Immediately
threw up their hands In token of
surrender, then told their story. Sol
diers of a Hanoverian regiment, aft
er the battle of the Marne they be
came separated from their comrades
anA fnf MV-n wfkft tlorl filAAn In
the neighboring woods, subsisting up-
on roots and berries. They were
stupefied to learn that the Germans
had not yet captured Paris, and were
equally amazed to find that they were
not to be shot.
Lieut. Gerald do Cnstlenau, serl
oimly wounded, died at the camp of
his father. General de Costlenau.
Loaning over the body in the pres
ence of his staff, the old general em
braced It, and said: "My son, you
have the finest death a man could j
wish; but I swear mat our armies
shall avenge you by avenging all the
fBinllles of France." Then, placing
a handkerchief over his boy's face,
the general walked away with Jaws
set but eyes undlmnied.
i V. titnut. n wa nnnlitA tft
corner the sunshine market. '
Loss In Cotton Almost Oonpcnwted
by OUier Iteim Value Are Gen
erally Hlglirr Small Increase In
Price at Eggs Contribute to Result
import Is Mad.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Ameri
can farms during 1(14 eclipsed all
lecords for combined value of their
products with a total of almost $10.-
000,000,000. Secretary Houston, of
the department of agrlcultuie, an-
nounned that the value of all farm
crops, farm animal products and
farm animals sold and slaughtered
aggregated $9,872,3U,000.
That was $83,000 000 more than the
grand total for 1813, the previous rec-
ord year, and more than double the so desirable Is the fact that it ma
value of all farm products In 1899. tures in its Ontario home In 65 days
Cotton Bring Total Down.
Crops this year were valued at $.-
044,480,000, and the estimated total
valuo of the animal products and of
the farm animals sold and slaughter-
ed was $3,828,466,000. The value or
crop production this year was slight-
ly less than In 191$ on account of the
reduced value of the cotton crop,
brought about principally by the Eu-
ropean war.
The corn and wheat crops, however,
were the most valuable ever produced
ln the United States, bringing the
year's crop value total to only $88.-
279,000 less than the total for last
ear, despite the loss of more than
$300,000,000 In the value of the cot
ton crop.
Value of Animals Increases.
"The estimated value of the anl-
mal products on the farm In 1914",
said the Agricultural Outlook yester -
day, "is distinctly higher than in'
1913, which was Itself a record year
In the value of this class of products.",
This Is due t0 general, but slight
Increases in production, except for.
sheep and awlne, and in prices, and
more especially to a small increase
In the average price of eggs and to
a more considerable Increase In the
farm price of cattle and calves sold
i and slaughtered.
"It must be borne In mind that the
rao 7 ol ln"e ""'.morning from a short visit In Pen
stand for net wealth produced, nor deton
ror casn receipts, nor ror prom, nor
for Income In any sense. Each pro
duct Is valued, as In the census, when
It reached commercial form and the
grand aggregate of all Items Is to be
regarded as an Index number,
from an absolute point of view."
Sales per Farm Are $803.
or.
The sales of crops last year were
. Ann ftrtft." ..u. f
livestock. $2.919:000.000; a 'total of
Cllinnil AM TV .lma1 v, Ina !
of toia TsaTeV per' fam w llM
sales per capita of rural population
(excluding town.) $139.
The value of the principal farm
crops this year was:
Corn. $1,702,599,000; wheat, $7,
680.000; hay, $779,068,000; cotton,
$519,616,000; oats. $499.413 000; po
tatoes. $198,609,000; barley. $105,
903 000; tobacco. $101,411,000: sweet
potatoes, $41,294,000; rye. $37,018,
000; susrar beets $27,960,000; rice.
$21 849.000; flaxseed. $19,540,000,
and buckwheat, $12,892,000.
In the production or tne rorcgoing
14 principal crops, mis jr.
ive was about 10 per cent larger than,
in 1913 ana b per cem smaner in..,8lcken wholesome and
1S1Z. wnicn year manos as one ui
the greatest aggregate productions In
the United States. This year two lm
portant crops exceeded previous rec
ords wheat, with $891,000,000 bush
els. following the 191$ record of 763,-j
000.000 bushels, and cotton, with 15,
966,000 bales (preliminary estimate),
the previous record being 15,690,000
bales In 1911.
The value per acre of all enumer
ated crops averaged about $16.44 this
year, compared with $16.62 In 1913
and $16.15 In 1912.
As a Christmas greeting the sub
marine torpedo and the aerial bomb
should go out of style before next
Christmas.
Whitman Becomes the
Governor of New York
With Ceremony Friday
ALBANY. X. T., Dec. 31. Charles
Seymour Whitman will tomorrow be
Inaugurated as republican governor
of New York state. He will take the
oath of office here In the office of the
secretary of state. Chief Justice Wll-
lard Barlett of the court of appeals
will be the administrating official.
Governor elect Whitman will succeed
OnVAfnnr Martin H. Glvnn. democrat.
le defeated Gov. Glynn at, the No
vember elections.
Following the oath-taking exercis
es, the inaugural ceremonies proper
will be held In the assembly cham
ber of the capltol. In the legislative
hall before a great company of guests,
official, military and personal, the
new chief executive will deliver his
addrexs. In the late afternoon and
evening the newly elected executive
and Mrs. Whitman will hold a pub
lic reception In the executive mansion.
They will be assisted In receiving by
the remaining recently chosen state
officers and their wives.
Governor-elect Whitman will pro
ceed to tho capltol for his Inaugur
ation under military escort. He will
leave his official resilience shortly be
fore noon. briiiKing up a procession
In which his military staff and sev
Seed Cornea From Ontario, Canada,
and In its Native Soil Matures In
05 Days front Time of Sowing Two
Spring Sowings Hill be Made
Other News Notes of Town.
(Special Correspondence.)
ECHO, Ore., Dec. 31. Seventy
pounds of special seed briev ... r."
celved here Tuesday by O D Teel
0f the Meadows. The barley was sent
hlin by an uncle at 0ntarl Cana(la.
The dutv ftnd nrp n fh. ...,
Pound were S15 Mr Tee ,s m
tPreH,ed , everytnln)? p'roreM,ve V,n
the aerlculture nr lrrl,.l,.n l..
has secured this seed for experiment-
al purposes. What makes the barley
fom the time the grain is sown.
What It will do in this climate re-
mains to be seen. Mr. Teel expects
to make two spring sowings of It with
two or four weeks between seeding
times.
Raymond Thomas of Portland sc.
companied by his wife arrived here
yesterday morning at 2 15 In response
to a telegram telling of the death of
I his mother. Mrs. J. G. Thomas Thev
returned to Portland on the through
train No. 11 In the afternoon, accom-
panted by his father J. G. Thomas and
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. Smith who
formed the funeral party, as the body
win be interred at Portland.
A shipment of six car loads of beef
cattle were made from here on Eat
turday night last. Nate Rains and
B- F. McCulIough were the owners
and they sent the cattle down for the
, Portland markets.
T. J. Hardin of Lapwal, Idaho, for-
merly a farmer of this section Is here
visiting his daughter Mrs. George
Goodman and family.
George Melville formerly of Echo
but now a business man of Toppen-
ish. Wash., is here visiting his mother
Mrs. Charles Scherer.
Mrt Maud, DupuIs of Ai&mi re.
turn(, ,.. TnnA r.r . f.w .v.
vlglt wlth Mr, r M Bryant
A B murned yesterday
Wm. J. Haney of the Meadows was
an Echo visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Means of
.Umatilla spent Tuesday visiting here
with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Thomson.
Eltlng Spike of Buhl, Idaho, la
here visiting his parents Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Spike.
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and the remains were Interred In the
I. O. O. F. cemetery at this place.
Gore, Ga, P. A. Morgan had oc
casion recently to use a liver med!
cine and says of Foley Cathartic Tb-
lets: "They thoroughly cleansed my
system and T felt like a new man-
light and free. They are the best
I medicine I have ever taken for con
I atfnatlnn. Thov IrAOn fha Jttnmjtrh
weet ,lver acUvei bowela regular
Foley Cathartic Tablets are stimulat
,n(f ,n ct,on and neIther p.lpe nor
thnPlltpl,iv rlearmln nnri keen the
liver active. Stout people like them.
Sold everywhere. Adv.
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION
CLOSES ITS CONVENTION
HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 31 Dr.
W. Grant Chambers, dean of the
school of redagogy of the University
of Pittsburg and Dr. Nathan C. Schaf-
fer of this city, made the principal
addresses today at the closing sessions
of the State Educational Association
in convention here. Election of off!
cers, reading of reports and closing
routine business occupied the edu
cators during the afternoon session.
eral state militia companies will take
part General James W. Lester will
be the grand marshall of the Inaugu
ral parade which promises to be
simple but impressive.
Besides Governor-elect Whitman
the other recently elected state offi
cers will formally take their posts to
morrow. These Include: Edward
Schoeneck, lieutenant-governor; Fran
cis II. Hugo, secretary of state; Eu
gene M. TraVIs, comptroller; James
L, Wells, treasurer; Egbert E. Wood
bury, attorney-general; Frank M.
Williams, state engineer and survey
or. All are republicans.
Both the executive mansion and
the executive offices here are today
fully prepared for tomorrow's .formal
reception 'of Charles S. Whitman,
governor-elect. Gov. Glynn Is quite
ready to desert officially both places,
mnklng way for his successor. Gov
ernor and Mrs. Glynn have already
opened their town house here In the
attractive Washington park nciRh
borhood. The outgoing governor will resume
his editorial activities on his local
newspaper. He will first. It is prob
able, take several weeks' rest. As
chief executive he took no real vacations.
Disobeyed Officer and Went Out to
"Get" the Teutons Picks Off Six
Men With Hulleu and Then Fights
Officer With Bayonet Victoria
Cross Awarded Mm
(By P. M, Parle, United Press Staff
Correspondent.)
LONDON, Dec. 9. (By Mall to
New York.) Here's a bit of valuable
advice to the Kaiser's troops and their
Austrian allies. Don't annoy Private
George Wilson of the Highland Light
Infantry. The last time they eo far
forgot themselves It cost the lives of
seven men and Incidentally it enabled
George to win the Victoria Cross.
It Is true that Wilson's own com
pany commander also annoyed him
by refusing permission for him to go
out and demonstrate with a party of
Germans, who, with a machine gun.
were making themselves a "fearful
nuisance," but George put all the
blame on the original disturbers of
the peace of B Company, 2nd High
land Light Infantry. He was so an
noyed that he risked court-martial by
disobeying the . orders of his officer,
It was at Verneull, on September
14, that the II. L. I., who had been
In all the fighting from Mons onward,
found their trenches being raked by
a German machine gun, cunningly
hidden In a wood. Neither riflemen
nor artillery could locate the pest
which was doing considerable dam
age. B Company was suffering heav
ily, and Wilson, who, besides being
one of the ornaments of the company
himself numbered many friends am
ong the victims, decided that it was
time to take charge of matters per
sonally. Accordingly he marched over to
his officer and calmly asked permis
sion to go into the wood and put an
end to the "annoyance."
"Certainly not" snapped the offi
cer. "We have lost enough men al
ready, without throwing more lives
away."
George saluted and returned to his
Position In the trenches, but the more
he thought over the thing, the more
annoyed he became. "He had taken
a real dislike to that Maxim, and he
asked me to come with him and try
to settle the Germans," said a com
rade, who adds: "I said 'No. You
heard what the captain said. Any
way Its too risky.' "
By no means turned from his pur
pose, Wilson worked hts way along
the trench In the direction of the
wood, and encountering a straggler
from the King's Royal Rifles, he found
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a ready coadjutor. The Rifleman al
so had a grievance against the hid
den Maxim, and the two angry men
crawled towards the enemy's po
sition.
Halfway there, they were discov
ered, and the gallant K. R. R. pri
vate fell with a bullet through his
brain, but Wilson kepi n his way.
Making use of every available Inch of
cover he fired as he went and picked
off the six Germans working on the
gun, one by one. Only tne officer re
mained, and as his magazine was
empty Wilson went In with the bay
onet The unfortunate officer tried to
run the daring Scotchman through
with his sword but was too late, and
the ready bayonet avenged the losses
of B. Company. Wilson was at a loss
what to do with the captured gun,
as It was too heavy for him to carry
back to his own lines, and its po
sition was now too exposed to b
worked against Its former owners. He
accordingly decided to destroy It
and under a heavy fire he beat the
delicate mechanism to pieces with his
rifle butt
Then picking up the breach-block
he returned In triumph.
"There's the Maxim. Sir," he said,
throwing his prise on the ground, and
saluting his astonished officer.
"Where on earth did you get it 1
forbade you to leave the trenches,
gasped the officer.
"Over there. Sir," reptted Wilson,
waving his hand airily In the direc
tion of the fatal wood. "I saw a fa
vorable opportunity, and there wasn't
time to come and ask you again, sir.
Another salute, and Private George
Wilson retired complacently, quite
unconscious that he had done any
thing worthy f a V. C.
A few months ago Wilson was sell
ing newspapers in the streets of hi
native city Edinburgh, and with the
oubreak of the Austro-Siberlan
trouble he was anticipating profitable
business. But England was drawn In
to the war, and as a reservist he had
to rejoin his old regiment He Is one
of a family of eight and two of his
brothers, and a brother-in-law are In
the army, one of the former having
been wounded at Ypres.
A rough diamond, and considered
rather slow and wooden, nobody who
knew him imagined that George Wil
son was of the stuff of which heroes
are made. Nor did he ever Imagine
anything of the kind himself. The
war was a nuisance, as It Interfered
Bye to the
Troubles of
The bells of New Year's eve
will ring out a peck of troubles.
But, after all, 1914 was not as
bad a year as some of us feared.
It has taught us many valuable
lessons. It has made us more
self reliant.
We are in better shape to
welcome 191 5.
What will the New Year be?
It will be just as good as we
make it and no better.
Begin planning today. Look
to the future with courage.
Be aggressive.
Advertise
Let the worlcl know you intend to make
1915 your biggest business year.
with his business, and he cheerfully
rejoined the colors In order to finish
off the war as soon as possible. It
was in this frame of mind that he
went after the machine gun which
was "annoying'' him. Such Is the
opinion of bis sister, Mrs. Deveiln,
whose husband Is serving in the Royal
Field Artillery.
"George never seemed to realise
the seriousness of the war. and the
idea of personal danger never seemed
to occur to him." she said. "One of
hla recent letters to me. Is character
istic of him. He says: 'Yesterday,
you will be surprised to hear, we
caught four hens, and I volunteered
to take them to a farm, under fire,
to cook 'em. We were being shelled
with shrspnel something fierce, and
on the way I was knocked out and
blinded for about three houra The
Germans got Into the trenches of B
Company, and they had a proper Sat
urday night fight with hands and
head. We lost seven, and three
wounded, but the Germans lost
thirty and fifty-three prisoners. If
we could do that every night the war
would be over by the New Tear
easily.' "
RELATIVE OF MAN
AT BAKER LOSES
LIFE IN FLIGHT
DARING ATTEMPT OF BRITONS
TO RAID GERMAN NAVAL
RASE is FATAL.
BAKER, Ore., Dec. 31. The one
Briton to lose his life In England's
daring aerial and naval swoop on the
German naval base at Cuxhaven Sun
day, Commander Bewlltt, whose by
dro-aeroplane was sent crashing Into
the sea, was a first cousin of Thom
as H. Hewlitt of Baker, who has a
large sheep ranch on lower Powder.
Mr. Hewlitt Is In Baker today and
he told that the British commander
was his cousin. He had never met
hla cousin but the two families have
kept continually In close touch and
Mr. Hewlitt knew of the dangerous
part which his cousin was taking la
the European conflict
Bombs Fall on Dunkirk.
LONDON, Dec 31. News reached
Dover that a squadron of seven aero
planes flew over Dunkirk Wedneeday
and dropped bombs.
1914