M oro, S h e r m a n O o u n t v , O r e g o n . K r i d a v , Æ p r i l 3 0 , 1 9 1 5 .
E s ta b lis h e d 1 8 8 7 .
-Oh, that’s too soon."
"WaU, lot ms know when you’re eon*
tog. Never mind that either. FU ba
ham. I aan’t go awgy.*
▲ few days later whan the wind was
agate off ahora George saw a boat
coming full of old and young psraona.
I t was pallad op at Cha foot of Cha
llghtouuaa. and they aB get eat. than
lifted ont a trunk.
Sk« V « Em ily » • « . M
Sh«
Turned Ont Wall
By F A. M ITCHEL
-W b a fa d m ir
George Tuttle
r on the A t i a n t t e ^ ^ t
a bridge on either 2 L
—
.Outfit#
to hear aotne
more of tbe same kind of talk.
•
“ I hope you're not offended.” Georgs
continued. ’’I'm the lighthouse keeper.
You’re the first person I ’ve spoken to
in a week or more. It’s awful lone
some keeping a lighthouse.”
“ It most be.” said the girl, dipping
• w m r l roun mxms T"
tbe oars In tbs water preparatory to
moving on.
“I wish I bad a girl like you to come
and Uve with me as my wife. . I don’t
think I should be lonely any mom.**
She had begun to pull away, hot at
this let the oars rest Idly on the water.
“ Where do you belong?” panned
George.
“ I ’m tbs daughter of the chief a f toe
life saving station.”
“Obt Do you ttynk your father
would give you to mar*
“I don’t know. Yon might ask him.”
“I can't leave tbe lighthouse.”
“Not In the daytlroeY’ '
“Suppose acme official should coma
when 1 wu» atMcnlT**
T he girl innrgbt u while. then said
that abe wou.au t mind staying there
while be went to see ber father. She
didn't think be would object to bar
marrying, since be had a large family
to feed. Then George aald be thought
be might as well go now as any time.
The girl pulled In to tbe rocks. George
helped ber o u t got Into tbe boat and
pulled away.
He found her father
quite wiping to give ber away, and
after an absence of a couple of hours
George came back wltb the news.
“ An Inspector baa been here.“ said
the girl.
“ An Inspector! W hat dtfl yon say to
him ?’
“ 1 said 1 was going to marry tbe
lighthouse keeper, and he had gone to
see my father about I t ”
“Oh, you did! What did he say to
¿hat?”
“He aald It was all rig h t”
Then the two sat down on tbe rock»
to get acquainted.
“Yon see.“ said George, “when a fel
ler la cooped up tn a lighthouse ba baa
to get a wife tbe best way he can.
W lm t’s yonr name1?”
“Madge. What’s yours?"
-
“George. You'll ba Mrs. Tuttle.”
“ Did father ask yon for references?”
“No. .H e said I most ba all right or
I wouldn’t be given the care of a light
house ”
“ Reckon that’s eo."
“ When will yon marry m e F
i “Moat any time."
“Can’t you bring tbe parson and tbe
folks up here for tbs ceremony?”
. “ M ayba”
“TwtortfiWF
—
coold
see from the top of the tower to either
direction trains coming and going.
▲t drat the young men—be wns
twenty-live years old—wns mack {toss
ed wltb bis position. Be was fond <
reading and bad plenty of time for the
purpose. The lighthouse library con
sisted of a thousand volumes, so that
be was not at a loss for books. Bat
graduallj loneliness came down upon
him, and after awhile be discovered
that be could stand bis Isolation no
longer. He must give* op bis position
or have a companion.
One day when the wind wns off
•bore and the surface of the ocean was
like a lake a girt In * boat pulled
around the point so near that Georgs,
wbo was alttlUK on the rocks, spoke to
b>r
,
....
■
“ Yoo're a very pretty girt,” be said.
She *t<>pi>ed rowing
Georgs stood an «ho roeka and
son mads bar Mrs. T u ttln Than a
hamper was taken from the heat caa-
• bridal toast and too party
tbs tower.
-W Cbato a M ntollto «Ml probably
over tbe railroad a t Cha cot beyond the
Inlet I ’va eften wandered that tt did
not give way even 1» dry weather."
“The f y * " ,” aald Madge, “that c omas
down about 0 o’clock w ill strike I t I f
Itie thia sCda the cot the engineer aren’t
sea I t "
“T h a t would wrack a tzainloed of
people."
,
George dare not leave the lighthouse.
a»*d Madge concluded that abe must go
to tbs scene of the trouble and do
what might ba necessary to the cans.
She put on ber wraps while George
lighted a lantern and banded It to ber
as abe went out. picking np a box of
matches at tbe same time and thrust
ing them into ber band.
■» Madge made ber way to tbe railroad
track, then, turning eastward, soon
struck tbs bridge scroaa tbe in le t It
was really nothing better than trestle
work, though very abort being not
more than 100 feet In length. To croes
It on a dark night In a bowling wind
required bravery.
I^ st tbe wind
should blow ber off tbe bridge sha got
down on ber bands and knees and
crawled over to tbe other end. ,
George from tbe tower could aee
the dim light of tbe lantern moving
slowly and knew by Its quicker mp
tlon when It had passed the bridge
Then suddenly tbe light went o u t At
tbe same time be saw tbe stronger
light of a lecomotiva some eight miles
sway.
Madge had fallen Into a cattle guard*
and her lantern bad gone out with the
Jar.
She was only slightly bruised
and chaibed o u t Sha was near tbe
hi; ber end ef tbe ru t and pushed on
nntii abe stood on earth and atones
that covered tbs track. Tbe obstacle
wns aot wide, but quite enough to
wreck a train. She ran on a little fa r
ther tin she coaid aee through tbe cu t
Then abe set about to relight ber Ian
tern.
Opening the box George had given
ber. she found within It only three
matches. Sbe lighted one, but before
abe coold pot It to tbe wick of tbe
lamp tbs wind blew It out Sbe lighted
another with the same result Then
she was horror stricken on feeling In
the box to find that bat one match was
le ft
» 'j
U.
‘
tralnload of people dependent on
_ _ matphl
A t the same moomnt
Madge M a rti the whistle o f the com
log train. .
I t did not take ber long to realise
that tha Uvea of these partons depend
ad obt on tbs match, but on her ceoi-
nose and Ingenuity In transmitting Its
flame to bar lantern. Kneeling on a
tie. abe tore cotton strips from bar
flaast underclothing,
erad toe lantern with tbs ofc|rt of her
___ r _
to
the wick. Then, risking the tom s coae-
oreuleattog vrtto h er druse, aha lighted
tbs match and touched It to one o f tbe
strips. The strip caught tbe flam«, hut
the wind, which could not be entirely
excluded, blew out tbe match. Other
stripe caught, and tbs lantern wae
lighted.
George Tuttle, watching tbs place
where his wife toould be. saw tbe
flashes of tbs first two matches that
had been lighted. Then suddenly be
eaw a broader lig h t Tbe front of hie
wife’s dress bad caught Are. Madge
grabbed tt In her two bands, and it ap
peared to ba quenched. George heav
ed a rtgb o f rattaf. whan ho to w a light
swinging to and fro. Then there was
the aonnd o f putting an brakes and
tbs coming headlight stopped a few
rods from tbe lantern.
I t required an hour to ramova the
obstruction on tbs track, at tbe end of
which time Madge was carried on tbe
tr a il to the point where tbe track
f lHsed near her home. There abe waa
p *t off and In a few minutes waa
caught to tbe arms of her husband.
As »«on as abe waa released she hgnd
ed h!»*i n handkerchief which she held
by tin f«»ur eornera. full a f money col
lected <»••'# tbe passengers whose lives
tbe bad w. ved.
Tbe next day an officer of the rail
road called nt «be lighthouse to see
the woman wbo bad saved many Uvea
and many thousands or dollars for tbe
company. He had a check with him
for 810.000 tnto which be inserted her
name. Nor w ta thia all. Tbe rail
road company took ber bnsband Into
Its service end promoted him ae tost
as he learned his duties.
George T attle when be hears of long
courtships and elaborate preparations
for marriage sneers at them. "Do you
suppose^" ba says, “I could hare gut a
better wife by ail that fuss? And. as
for the divorcee, there are more of
them to proportion among the rich,
wbo make moot ado about their mar
riages. tbsn any other class.“
Mrs T uttle doesn’t talk about each
matters. She thinks any way la a good
way If to t parti## contented ara
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
ROBERTS
ROOSEVELT ADMITS
“BOSS”JID E D HIM
WM. BARNES, JR.
F i v e C e n t«
GERMANS ATTEMPT TO
BREAK LINE AT VPRES
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Events Occurring
Througheut
Letters
the State During the Past
/
Week.
D. C. O’Reilly Buys Harth Bank Fleet.
Portland.— Drake O. O’Reilly, head
of the Diamond O line and Interested
to waterfront properties. aa wall as
being a member of the Port of Port
land Cowmlaaleo, has booomo the own
er o f toe stedfc, steamers and other
Navigation
, r
jnuOt 9t too Spokane, Portland A Be
attle railroad. The exact amount of
money Involved la not publicly stipu
lated but la generally estimated to he
between 845,404 and 171,000 as the
property had been held at that figure,
tt la reported.
Apple Increase .Unlikely.
Hood River — Indications In all parts
of toe Hood River Valley point to an
apple crop no larger than that of last
year, despite the fact that numerous
young tracts w ill come Into bearing
this season. While a few scattered
orchards promise a big yield, growers
say that the old tracts w ill bloor
scantily. Judging from the expressions
of growers who have Inspected the
orchards. the crop w ill about equal
that of last year, whan the Apple
Growers’ association handled 843 car
loads of apples and the Fruitgrowers*
Exchange 94 carloads.
Owner Not Compensated.
Roseburg— Holding that an employ
er la not entitled to recover money
for injuries sustained, even though he
has taken advantage of tbe workmen's
compensation act, Judge Skip worth,
of Eugene, handed down a decision in
which he held that tbe state industrial
accident commission acted within Its
rights when it refused to pay tbe claim
of E. F. Lang, of Dillard, Douglas coun
ty. Mr. Lang, who owns and operates
a m ill near Dillard, was injured in
August, 1914, and la te r filed a* claim
for compensation.
BANK BOBBED OF $600
Robber Throws Ammonia In Officer's
Face and Escapes,
iM e d f o r d — Throwing a botUa of ana
monla In tbe face of E. R. Rosser, cash
ier of the Rogue River State Bank at
Rogue River, and then gagging him
With an ether-soaked handkerchief, an
^ id e n tifie d robber obtained 1844 to
«Ash. stopped into a .waiting automo
bile and escaped. Later be was pur
sued by sheriffs posses from both
Jackson and Josephine counties-
Aocordtog to tbe cashier's story, bs
was Just closing his books for the day
whan a strange man entered and, corn-
lag swiftly toward him, directed a sav
age blotr at hie fdee. Mr. Rosser put
up his arm In defense, while the rob
ber, with his other hand, threw the
contents of a bottle of ammonia full
bi his face.
Blinded -and gtoplng, Mr. Rosser
triad to escape, M l waa quickly over
powered, bound and gagged and soon
succumbed to the ammonia fumes.
FW ntn h v S i i i T l n —
F t« «
A ssoctatloo .
Don« M.» Roberta, Mayor of Torre
Haute, Indiana, wbo Was sentenced to
six years’ Imprisonment for election
frauda
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3 LOST IN BANNON'-WRECK
Schooner Randolph Upset by Breaker
WhHs M aking Port.
Bandon, Or.—One passenger and
two members of the crew of five of
the gasoline schocfeer Randolph were
drowned when the vessel capsized Just
off the bar here. 0 f the three remain
ing members of t ie crew one swam
ashore and the other two were taken
from the engine room alive, one hour
later when the boat washed ashore.
R. E. Knorr, a druggist of Gold
Beach; Milton Cato of fhla city, cook
on the boat, and I L L . McConnell, of
Langlois, Or., mam ger and part owner
of the craft, were the men who lost
their lives. . **
The Randolph i as attempting to
make port here <ben the accident
happened. When ^bdut 344 feet out
side of tjxe Jettj the was h it by a
breaker that keeled ber over and im-
, mediately following thia cams one
which capsized Bar
—
John Bunny is Dead.
New York. Jfi hu Bonny, whose an
tics t aa a moving picture*- comedian
have made mBHonis laugh, died at
his home In .Bppafclyn. He had been
|U for about three weeks of a compli
cation of
Four KHlod Whan Limited Hits Auto,
Creswell, ,0 r , — Tbs northbouad
Shasta Limited of tbe Southern Pacific
company struck'an automobile driven
by F. E. Sly to Wont of bla home hers,
smashed It to fragments and killed
four small children who occupied the
tonneau, besides Injuring Mr. Sly so
badly that he died
YEARS’ EXPORTS WILL
RUN $2,750,000,000
Fruit la H urt by Frosts.. *
Pendleton. — Farmers who have
made a survey of their crops since the
drop In temperature, which brought
frost and Ice In some sections of Uma
tilla county, report considerable dam
age dona to fruit and vegetables. Tha
general opinion among wheatgrowera
is that the grain has not been injured,
bat much alfalfa has fallen. The dam
age In thia county la confined largely
to the Irrigation district around Stan
field aad Hermiston, especially to the
lower lands.
Washington, - r Secretary Redfield
laid before President Wilson at a cab
inet meeting hia estimates that Ameri
can exports for the current fiscal year
will reach 82.788,040,040. The secre
tary took to tha cabinet masting tables
showing that exports of breadstufta
from tha United States last month
amounted to 858,400,040 worth, as com
pared with 88,048,000 In March, 1914.
H a lf of all exports from tha United
States during the eight months ended
February 28 w « |t to British territory,
aa against 45 M r cent a year ago to
the same periqti. an analysis by the
Corvallis Man Stabbed to Death.
department
o|
commerce
shows.
Corvallis.—The body of W ill Purdy French territory ranks second for
waa found near his home here by two American ptoducta markets, having
members of the railroad section crew. displaced Germany from that position.
Purdy evidently had been murdered.
Exports to other nations, Including
He bad been struck Just below the their dependencies, were in the follow
heart with a knife. Appearances were ing order: \Ita |y , Holland, Denmark.
that be bad jumped through the win Cuba, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Nor
dow* after being stabbed, and had way, Spain, Mexico, Russia, Brazil,
crawled or fell forward a short dis Argentina, Belgium, Panama, China,
tance.
Chile, Switzerland and Turkey.
The sheriff and coroner were noti
fied and George -Avery waa arrested
T H E MARKETS
on suspicion.
Oil Found at Baker Causes Excitement
Baker.— Visions of an eastern Ore
gon oil field, with this city at the cen
ter, are in order here, following heavy ‘
seepage of oil In the drill hole at the
tost well being sunk by C. S. Black
mon and associates. It is known there
Is oil In the valley, as heavy seepages
from artesian and other wells have
been note<L at many points, but tha
greasy mua and pure oil In tha drill
hole was of such quantity that a buck
etful was dipped o u t
Two Man Drown In MeKenxIe River.
Bngene.— Haggert Tronsen, son of
C. O. Tronsen, of Eugene, and Charlaa
Cola, residing two miles from Coburg,
wars drowned In tha McKenzie river
M a r Coburg whan their boat oapelzeA
Portland.
Wheat—Club, 81.2S; bluestem 81-30;
red Russian, 8120; foriy-fold, 81.28;
red fife, 81.22.
y '»
Hay—Eastern Orason timothy, 815;
grain hay, 812; alfaUa, 818.84; valley
timothy, 812.50.
. w
Butter—Creamery, 2fc.
'* ,
JCgga—Ranch. 18c.
Wool— Easterb Oregon, 25c. '
Mohair—82^ 3304
*
Seattle.
Wheat— Bluesteafe, 81.84; elub |1.88;
rad Russian, 81-28; forty-fold, 81.88;
die, 81.28.
Barley—825 par ton.
Hay— Timothy, 81« per ton; alfalfa,
814 par ton.
Butter—Creamery, 85c.
Soa—IK
Read
Show
Colonel
—■ ^.B«. ■
Brunt of Fighting in Terrific
Consulted Senator Platt in
Battle in Flanders Borne
Many Matters.
by Canadians.
Syracuse, N. Y j — Theodora Roose
velt admitted under cross-examination
In the suit for alleged libel which W il
liam Barnes has brought against him,
that while governor he had freely con
sulted the “boas” of the
party In Now York
to th e 'appointment
state government and
tire and political matters.
The “boss” named was Thomas C.
Platt, who at that time represented
New York to the United States senate.
The ex-president said he took the ad
vice of the senator in many matters.
The testimony resulted from ques
tions asked after letters of a series
that passed between Colonel Roosevelt
and Senator Platt bad been read to the
Jury. In these letters, both writers
discussed all manner of political and
legislative affairs,
la one, Colonel
Roosevelt asked the senator's advice
about making speeches.
In another letter, the colonel sent
the senator a proof of bis message to
the legislature, which dealt with,
among other things, public utilities,
the franchise tax, the trusts, industrial
conditions and labor. The part deal
lng with the trusts, the colonel wtota,
“had been submitted to several ‘ex
perts’ ” including Ellhu Root. President
Hadley. Professor Jenks, of Cornell,
and James A. Dill, wbo was described
In the letter as “a big corporation law
yer.”
And In the last letter read, which
was dated In 1941, Colonel Roosevelt
told the senator that he did not want
to be vice president of the United
States, as it was not an office In which
he could do anything.
London. — Tha bloodiest fighting
since the battle of Neuve Cbapelle
took place between Ypres and the
North Sea. Reinforced by troops with
drawn from the east P iK slan front,
the Germans have evidently renewed
their attempt to hack, their way
through the allied Has to Calala aad
PORTLAND MILL FIRE8WEPT
Albert Brothers’ M llllnq
6tock
F iant
and
Is Dam aged.
Portland.— Fire, which for a period
threatened to develop Into a disastrous
waterfront conflagration, swept a por
tion of the plant of the Albers Broth
ers' M illing company on the want riv
erfront, between Lovejoy and Marshall
streets, at 4:44 o'clock 8unday morn
ing, resulting In a loss estimated at
8144,400. The damage Is fully covered
by insurance. The origin of the tira
Is not known. .
Prompt and efficient work of tha
Portand fire bureau saved a complete
lose sud perhaps a grave watertroat
conflagration. Had there been high
wind and the flames had reached the
wooden docks the damage might have
exceeded that of any other Portland
waterfront fire.
At this place the
docks are the thickest and tha Broad
way bridge might have bean bsuily en
dangered aa the mills Me on either aide
of i t
Must Teat the Sanity af Thaei.
New York.—The questiou of the
aanity of H arry K. Thaw wlU ba d
terml^ed by a Jury. Supreme Court
Justloe Hendrick, In a decision handed
down, granted the application for a
trial made by Thaw’s attorneys.
Italy’s Strength 2,000,000.
Parts.— French m ilitary authorities
estimate the full m ilitary strength of
Ita ly at 2,000,404 man, of whom 800,000
probably form tha aotiva field army.
JAPANESE DEMANDS
. ON CHINA MODIFIED
Pekin.— A new draft of the Japanese
demands on China was presented to
the Chinese foreign minister by tha
Japanese minister.
Some modifications of several minor
pointa In the demands have been
made. Tbe clause to the original de
mands relating to supervising In tbe
organization of Chinese police by tbe
Japanese has been withdrawn, except
with reference to Manchuria, and tbe
second clause of group 8, relating to
the Hanyehptog company mining con
cessions, has been eliminated entirely.
The Japanese plenipotentiaries have
it la said, informed the Chinese pleni
potentiaries that the revised draft la
W e Irreducible minimum, the accept
ance of which Japan Insists upon. But
Japan, it la stated, makes one note
worthy concession, offering to restore
Tstdg-Tau to China If China defers no
longer the. acceptance of Japan’s da-
mends.
•o n of Ix-Beeretary Seward Dias.
Montross. N. Y.—Frederick W. Sew
ard, assistant secretary of State in the
cabinata of Presidents Llnooln, John
son and Hayas and son of tha lata Sec
retary of State William H. Seward,
died here la his 85th year. Ha laaves
a widow, Anna M. Seward, and one
brother, General William H , Saward,
oí A utora,
"
W illia m Baraea, J r , the New Y e rk
politician who sued farm er President
Roosevelt for 850,000 for llbol.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
The German successes at Yprea la
the moat Important thing they have
achieved in the western theatre of war
since the battle of Soiaaona to Janu
ary.
The German rushes In Flanders and
the Woevre, where they claim to have
had considerable auoceaa, are bellev^l
to be the forerunners of another big
effort to break through the allied lines
In the w est
♦— “»
The attack In Flanders, originally
leveled at tha French, waa transferred
to the British lines held by the Canadi
ans, where for two days the men from
the Dominion engaged In a deadly con
test with the Oermana The lattar
say In their official report that they
have made further progress toward
Ypres and that the British counter-at
tack has been repulsed
The French account, on the other
hand, declares that the allies’ counter
attacks continue with success and that
the British hold all their positions, and
repeats the charge that the Germans
are using bombs containing asphyxiat
ing gases.
Tha German attack to tha Woevra,
or In tha Meuse HlBs, waa directed
talnst tha French positions to tha
aouthwqpt of Oombrea, and. according
to tha Berlla statement, the French
suffered a heavy defeat Paris, how
ever, says that to a oountorattaok tha
Germans ware completely drives out
of the French first line, which they
had pushed hack.
The eastern front has bean enjoying
a period of comparative calm except
In the mld-Carpathlana, where the
Russians continue to attack the Aus
trians to Ussok Paas, and to tha east
ward, where the Austrians aad Oer
mana are trying to crush the Russian
flank. Both aides report aucceasea
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
By a vote af 88 to 88 tha California
legislature defeated the bill designed
to abolish capital punishment
Alaska'a measure abolishing capital
punishment passed the territorial leg
islature.
Governor Fielder of Naw- Jersey
signed the hill calling for tha submis
sion of the woman suffrage question
to a vote of the people of the state on
October 18.
8trike and lockout troubles, which
ara affecting thousands of union men
In Chicago, may ba settled aa result
of willingness of tha contractors' asso
ciation to meet the uaion man to i
. open the conferenoa
The capture of Irapuato by General
Obregon, as wall as the occupation of
Guadalajara, the second largest city
to Mexico, by General Digues, waa con-
firmed at the Carrnnsa Junta at Wash
ington.
Wives of striking laborers at Stam
ford, Conn., to the number of 50 or
more, armed with broomsticks, pick
handles and salt, fought hand to hand
with the police when the latter at
tempted to disperse them after a
demonstration at the Town Hall.
Reports that President Wilson had
personally taken charge of the gov
ernment's case against the Riggs Na
tional hank here, to which the bank la
charged with certain Irregularities by
the treasury department, were emphat
ically denied at-the White House.
Germans Crules at Sea.
Berlin, via London.—Tha German
admiralty gave out a report reading
as follows:
“The German high sea fleet has re
cently cruised repeatedly In tha North
Sea, advancing Into English waters
without meeting the sen forces of
Great Britain.’’
.
Mayer of Tarrs Hauls Impeaehed.
Terre Haute.— Mayor Roberta, re
cently found guilty with 27 other Terra
Hauteans of conspiracy to corrupt tha
election here on November 8, 1914,
was Impeached by the city council by
a vote of T to 8. Roberto la now In
the federal prison nt Leavenworth.
Kan., serving a six-year santonc# on
th# atoction conspiracy oonvtetioa,
J Aa official report to the war offlea
stated that Canadian troops bora tha
brunt of the German drive across the
Taer.
That the Canadians suffered ex
tremely heavy ioesea Is admitted. Un
der violent artillery and shrapnel fire
and rifle and bayonet attacks they
stood their ground until It was obvious
a retirement waa Imperative. Thus
given a breathing spell, the Canadians
reformed their lines under fire. They
then developed a surprising counter
attack, recaptured four of their can
non. which had been lost, and took
numerous German prisoners. Including
a colonel, sad stood their ground until
support arrived and checked the Ger
man charge, which would have un
doubtedly pierced the main line of the
allied army.
Everywhere the Germana were on
the offensive, denoting a concerted ef
fort to-force the allies to maintain
their positions to the exclusion of any
effort to strengthen the Ypres salient
Assailant of Egypt’s Sultan Hanged.
Cairo, Egypt.— The young Egyptian
merchant named Khalil, who made an
unsuccessful attempt to kill Hussein»
Kamel, the sultan of Egypt at Cairo
on April 8, waa hanged.
BOMBS SET YPRES AFLAME
Thlrteen-lnch
Guns > n d
Armored
T rain s A re Ala# Used.
- London.— “Yprea la to names, tha
Germana having thrown a hall of In-
oaadlary bomba Into tha town." Thus
telegraphs the Morning Post’s oorrea-
poodent to Northern France.
“The fighting continues hotly all
along this fr o s t” the correspondent
adda “Tha Germans show extraor
dinary daring to bringing heavy a rtil
lery close to their front line, the guns
ied being mostly 18-inch Austrian
howitzers an movable carriages.
“The Germans also are using effect
ively armored trains carrying 4.7 guns.
For the use of these armored trains
the Oermans have consolidated and
strengthened the system of light rail
ways, uniting a number of small towns
to tha neighborhood of Yprea, to which
they have added strategical branch
lines.”
Wilhelm Not to Daoh for Homs.
Washington.— Announcement from
Newport Newa was received that tha
commander of the big German sea
raider Kronprinx Wilhelm had given
notice ha would Intern.
ALUES LAND ARMY
NEAR DARDANELLES
London.— Indications of a combined
land and naval attaak on the Dardan
elles, in which a British army of enor
mous proportions is taking part, are
given in official reports by tha admir
alty and war office and private ad
vices.
The official communications ©on
firm the report that an army
landed and that a battle la in
Private advices ara to tha effect that
Kitchener’s army, numbering from
108,004 to 208,000 men, has arrived la
tha Aegean Sea, from the Islands of
which tbe allied British and French
fleets have been operating against the
■traits
In addition to tha British forces pre
sumed to have been landed on Galll-
polln Peninsula, m ilitary observers
hers ara of the opinion that a large
force of Frepch troops have bean land
ed there also, aa an official communi
cation from Paris a tow weeks ago
said that a large army had bean trans
ported to the coast of Egypt to ba
ready to cooperate in nay movement
against Turkey considered neceeeary.
That a terrific battle for possession
of the roadway to Constantinople is tn
progress la intimated, in view of to#
figures given in the private advices
by toe official communication, which
says the disembarkation was suaQsaa
fnl "tn spits of serious opposition from
tha enemy la
protected by barbed w tiw *-
Belglans fiend Thanka.
The Hague, via London.— A I
lai addressed to President 1
signed by about 48,8## Belgiaj
gaoa now In Holland,
tude for the aid which Am
extended to th# Belgian war
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