King Carol Is
Seriously Ill
Germans Reduce
Louvain to Ruins
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PAGB
fHE SEMI-WEEKLY HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS. ORE.
MONDAY, Al’Gl'HT 81. 1814
i
McREYNOLDS IS
NEW LAWS SAVE
IS TO BE JUSTICE
TAXPAYERS AN
IMMENSE AMOUNT
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug.
British Defeated »
29.—- I French Are Routed
UNIFORM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM The Senate today by an overwhelm-^ I
AND BUDGET BILL A SUCCESS ' Ing vote, confirmed President Wil
BERLIN, (via Amsterdam), Aug.
ROME, tug. 28.—A wire from
son's nomination of Attorney General 28—Tbe Oerman war office announces
Bucharest, the capital of Roumanla,
James McReynolds as a justice of the that tbe British were defeated at Mau-
states that King Carol I. is seriously , Reliable Information of Financial
bege, and that the French were routed
uo«>n at the homo of Mrs. George J.
1
Condition of the Counties of the supreme court.
ill, and th it his abdication of tbe
Wall on on Crescent avenue, there be
Immediately afterward the nomina in South Namur. The losses were
Slate is Feasible as a Result of
ing present Mrs. Louis G. VauBellen, throne is expected.
tion
of Thomas W. Gregory as attor I heavy, although no details are given.
System of Bookkeeping Established
Mrs. Arthur It. Wilson, Mrs. Cham
by State insurance Commissioner. ney general was confirmed. Gregory,
who Is a Texan, haB establisfisd a rep I PARIS, Aug. 28.—There is fighting
berlain, Mrs. Bert Carl Thomas and ten - hour law HELD TO
Publicity Causes Cut in Expense.
NOT COVER LAUNDRIES
Light refreshments
utation as a "trust buster,” and hand everywhere. The second lines of ths
Mrs. Stewart,
allied forces are reported to be hold
Friday evening over a hundred were served ut tho conclusion of the
E. M. Duffy of Salem, a represen led the New Haven case for the gov ing the Germans in check, although
members of the Odd Fellows und lie Hayview work.
SALEM, Aug. 28.—Attorney Gen
ernment.
tative of the accounting system of the
LONDON, Aug. 28,— A Central bvkuh orders gathered in their home
the latter greatly outnumber them.
eral Crawford haB Informed Labor
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state
Insurance department, is in the
News dispatch from Rome States that in Hie 1. o. O. F. Temple to meet
it is admitted that the allies are
Tho Leisure Hour Club, which 1 Commissioner Hoff that laundries do city advising tbe county officials with INTERIOR CHINA SCENE
a Britlsh destroyer Bank an Austrlim Gland Master Win. Galloway of tbe meets alternate Wednesdays, will re not come within the purview of the
I yielding points where the Germans
OF
AWFUL
BLOODSHED
destroyer nour Corfu. The report is jurisdiction of Oregon. After a short sume its meetings on September 9th, 1 ten-hour law. This law, says the lieference to the new uniform system
I are most numerous. Tbe war office
of accounting and bookkeeping pro
not conflrmed.
buHinesh session by Klamath Lodge aG(,r a uhort vacation period. The attorney general in bis opinion to the I
SHANGHAI, Aug. 29.—Conditions denies tliat the French positions have
vided for the counties of the state un
1 been turned. It insists that in "prop
A St. Potersburg disputch states No. 137. the meeting was opened to (,jub wln be entertained by Mrs. Thos. I commissioner, covers only factories,
der a new passed by the last legisla of disorder in Interior China such as er time” the allies will take the of
that the Austrians are fortifying the Rebekahs und friends of the or- Hampton on that day.
inllls and manufacturing institutions,
aid
not
characterize
even
in
the
revo
fensive.
¡and a laundry cannot be held to be ture.
Vienne. Tho official reason given is der wlio listened to the Grand Mas-
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Although the limited appropriation lutionary period preceding the Man
The British now hold the center
to "provido work for the unem- ter in a most interesting talk con-1 The first meeting of the Auction long to either class.
ic
hu
overthrow
two
and
a
half
years
made it impossible to send represen-
■
line
of attack. It is believed that this
ployed.”
coming
tho
order.
John
A.
Jefferies
In
an
opinion
rendered
at
the
re
I
Bridge Club for the year was held
i tatlves to each county to instruct the , ago were reported today by foreign position is in front of tbe famous gap
also addressed tlie gathering, and Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Louis quest of State Superintendent of Pub
officials, the new uniform accounting ers who arrived here from Hankow ' of Treves, through which tbe German
BRUSSELS, (via Antwerp), Aug. told of many Incidents connected with Gerber, on High street, and a most lic Instruction Churchill, tbe attorney 'system planned by Commissioner J. and other up-country points.
' main army is moving.
28.—The Germans havo mounted I the early days of tills section of the enjoyable afternoon was spent in general holds that a temporary per W. Ferguson Is now well established
Throughout Honan, Hupeh, Shansi, |
rapid fire guns at tho northern en 'state. After the Bpeechmaklug, those| playing the card game after which mit does not allow a teacher to teach , in the counties of the state, and Is i Szechuan and Anhwei provinces, they j
BERLIN, (via Rome), Aug. 28.—
trance to the city. Automatic guns I present assembled in tho banquet the club wan named. Mrs. E. R. in a high school of the state.
said brigandage is rampant on such | I There is great jubilation here over
proving successful.
mounted on autotrucks uro patrolling ' room, where a banquet committee of Iteumos. Mrs. F. B. English, Mrs. J. C.
For the first time in the history of I a scale that cities of even 200,000 and tlie announcement of a series of im
the rouds lending to the suburbs, and ¡the ord< r had prepared a repast, after | luockenbrough, Mrs. Will Hum and NOTED COWBOYS TO
the State it is possible to secure ren 1300,000 population are unsafe from portant victories. It Is declared that
BE AT PENDLETON
every precaution is taken against a which the guests and members en ¡Mrs. Aloert M. Worden were Invited
table data for comparison of the flnan- attack. Scores of smaller towns have the German Infantry bayonetted tbe
possible outbreak. The city la calm. joyed dancing in the West hall, while guests, and during tbe afternoon a
| cial condition of the counties. This bec*n sacked. Frightful massacres allied lines at many places.
Burghomaster Max has refused to ¡others amused themselves with social' luncheon was served. The club will
PENDLETON, Aug. 28 Buffalo information, which is contained in a have been perpetrated, and loot worth
It is declared that the superiority
leave the city hall since tho occupa i I converse.
hereafter meet on Suturday after- Vernon, the champion roper, both repOrt made public each quarter, is millions have been carried off.
of
the German Infantry was plainly
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noons. The noxt meeting will be at fancy and steer roping, and bull-dog- having a decided influence on the
tion of the city by tho Germans. His
Bodies of troops aggregating 20,-
firmness has earned him the respect ! in honor of her mother, Mrs. M. J. (he h()mo of Mrs. L p wlllet8 on ger, who wus such a prime favorite at'curbing of the expenditures in the 000 or 25,000 in number are in the evident at Meubeuge, Longwy and Nsr
of tho Germans, and their commander ¡Kelly, of Albany, who is spending the K|amatb avenuej on the afternoon of the three first round-Ups, will be on .counties of the state. The last report field against the outlaws, and there mur. The government admits that
the losses to the German troops were
¡summer In Klamath Falls, Mrs. C. C. | S(ipU.lnbor 12tb
Members of the the program again this year, when | shows that only eight counties out of I
is showing him every courtesy.
have been dozens of skirmishes and a heavy. It Is now considered certain
; Hogue was hostess to the following J Al|Ct|on BrI(lg0 club are Mrs. L. F. tlie fifth annual Round-Up is staged, the entire thirty-four in the state,
few tolerably respectable battles, in that the Germans will reach Paris
Wednesday afternoon: Mrs. J. Fred wl„etH Mrg Lou,a Oerber, Mre. K September 24, 25 and 26.
have deficits.
LONDON, Aug. 28.—Premier As
which
the bandits have held their own without being seriously checked.
, Hoeller, Mrs. Harry Newnham, Mrs.l,, Hal|> Mn) Ogcar shIve Mr„ Geo
Buffalo was not in tbe contests last
Mr. Duffy states that the budget as often aB they have been beaten. No
quith said today in the house of com
■R. E. Wnttenburg, Mrs J. 8. Stubble- , Wr|gbt_ Mpfc E. w Gowen Sr„ Mrs year for the simple reason he was de bill, a companion bill to the uniform
mons: "On Wednesday tho British
I quarter is shown on either side, the
PORTLAND, Aug. 28.—To tel!
sustained the assault of five complete 'field, Mrs. Geo. A. Wirtz, Mrs. R. H. Sua8 obenchaln, Mrs. John McLean, fending his title as world's champion accounting system, both of which victors invariably beheading the pris Eastern folks what Oregon is doing
Dunbnr, Mrs. George Hum, Mrs. J. B. ' Mr„ O(>f>rgo „ Mcrrylnftn> Mrs. Wil- roper and bull-dogger in Australia. were introduced in the legislature by
German corps. Our forces held the
oners, and in some cases torturing in the way of game protection and
Mason, Mrs. W. E. Faught. Mrs. G. SQn g wlley> Mrf Charlefl , Robcrt8 He returned about the 1st of June
W. O. Smith, has resulted in a saving before killing them.
ground until they were met with tbe
,
propogation, William L. Finley, head
W. White. Mrs. F. M. White, M tb . f nd Mrg Prcd R williams
tills year, and settled down in Pendle to the taxpayers of the state through
brunt of the attack, they then re-
Opponents of the President Yuan of the state biological survey and
.Maxwell M. Long, Mrs: Gene West,,
ton to await the coming of the Round- reduced levies of millions of dollars.
tired to a slightly new position.
ChlKai government are said unques game propagation work, will leave
Mrs. M. L. Sargent, Mrs. Chas. E.
Up. Other noted cowboys who will
"Tho British inflicted enormous Worden, Mrs. A. M. Worden, Mrs. J.
Mr.
Mr- and MrH
W Whlte and be here are: Bee Ho Gray, Sammy A million dollars was cut from the tionably to be encouraging the ban late next month on a trip of seven
published budget in Multnomah coun dits’ activity, to be supplying quan weeks that will take him through
losses on the enemy, but I regret to G. Camp, Mrs. 8. T. Summers, Mrs. dBUK,,ter* Mls8 Hattle' aro Preparing
Garret, both noted ropers. Garret hav ty alone. Tbe reduction made In the
tities of arms and ammunition, and more than half of the states of the
state that our losses were correspond ¡Arthur R. Wilson, Mrs. J. 8. Voor- to leave for Oakland, where they will
ing the distinction of being the only budget in Klamath county last fall
ingly heavy.”
, to be doing their utmost to weld the Union.
■ bees, MI bb Jennie Harris, Miss Ruth s|>end **l,‘ w'nter months.
cowboy to perform on the White was >80,000, and a corresponding re
¡numerous bands into a single force
Finley, who is even better known
Saucerman, Mrs. Mason Pease of St.
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I House lawn at Washington to a select duction was made in all of the other for another revolution
as a scientist of natural history in
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28.— Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Worden of Pueblo,
One of the»blg social events of the audience, consisting of the president
In Southern China revolutionary the East than he is here, will lecture
German Ambassador Bernstorff de ¡Colo.; Mrs. G. H. Rogers of Minne- week was the "measuring social” at of tbe United States and his family; counties of the state.
agentB are busy in the vicinity of before the National Geographical So
nied that the Germans bad violated appolls, Minn.; Mrs George Schmelt- th® Christian church Friday evening, Otto Kline, trick rider; Sid Seale, Art
MONDAY IS LAST
Canton and piracy on the West River ciety at Washington, D. C., and the
the rules of civilized warfare by |zer of Wilmington, Dela. The after- riven under the auspices of tbe Chris- Acord and many others.
DAY FOR TAXES has reached such proportions that Camp Fire Club in New York, in addi
bombing Antwerp. He asserted that ' noon was pleasantly whiled away at tian Women's Board of Missions. An
I even foreign shipping is endangered. tion to delivering numerous talks be
the French aeroplanes bad dropped tlie beautiful Hogue residence on orchestra of nine piece», under the
.MRS. 1*. H. SINNOTT
Today is the last day on which to j_________________
fore educational bodies.
bombs on Coblentz on the first day of High street, tlie guests busily plying ; direction of Professor G. A. Wirtz,
OUT OF DANGER pay taxes without incurring the pen- ¡SAY CANAL WILL MEAN
The moving pictures of Oregon wild
the war, and said that with Antwerp the needle, while engaged in social rendered two selections, to the delight
i alty of 10 per cent and Interest at 12
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HAWAIIAN LAND BOOM life and of the conservation and prop
fortified It made no difference wheth chat. During the afternoon a dainty of all. Mesdnmes Beckley and Dan-
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l>er cent.
!
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agation work, many reels of which
er the bombardment wub from un air collation was served by the hostess, ¡els rendered a duet entitled "Some- . lr’' 1 hlUlp J Slnnott* wife of the;
On Tuesday, September 1, tbe taxi HONOLULU, Aug 29,—Hawaiian have been taken by Mr. Finley in the
assisted by her daughters, Miss Faye, time, Somewhere.” Different coun-.l,,>
of
Herald, underwent
ship or a warship.
and Miss Hortense.
tries were represented when called aM °IH?ratlon for aPPeudicitls Friday, roll will be turned over to tbe sheriff, Islanders are looking forward to a past four years, will be shown every- •
I
for by Mrs. R. II. Dunbar, secretary ! u,ornin,< al t,le H1BCkburn hospital, although it will be several days be- tremendous boom in the territory where on this trip. Since the pictures
JAPANESE FUNDS
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I
HELD BY GERMANY
Rev. Ernest C. Richards and wife of the organization, by the following 1Sh* had not been iecllng wel1 for Bev' I fore they will be removed from the following the opening of the Panama were viewed by Secretary of Com
canal. From the standpoint of the merce Redfield in Portland early this
returned Friday from Klamath Agen persons: Argentina, by Mrs. J. n> >ral days, and an examination last county treasurer s office.
Out of the total tax roll of >436,-¡great land owners and their better year, their fame and the work that
BERLIN, Aug. 28.—The Germani cy, where they spent a delightful Sheets; China, by Miss Laura Bice; night showed an acute case of appen
government has Impounded all of the . fortnight, "rusticating."
Western Canada, by Miss Rachel Ap dicitis. Tbe operation was performed 600, it is estimated that the delln-, paid dependants, the prediction seems is being done in the state has gone
funds of the Japanese government
plegate: Africa, by Miss Lucille Beck tills morning by Drs. Johnson, Cathay quent assessments will amount to be- | to be based on sound reasoning. In forth.
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and Merryman.
tween >7u,000 and >100,000 when working circles, however, some dls-
Hugh Smith, government commis
which were held by Germnn banks
A sfttdy session of the Ewauna Lit ley; Homo Society, by Mrs. S. D.
The surgeons report a very success the books are turned over to the senting voices are raised,
sioner of fisheries under Secretary
here.
erary Club was held Wednesday after-1 Harlan, president.
The following
i
sheriff
The largest single assess
The Hawaiian natives, it is agreed Redfield, on a Southwestern trip re
young ladies presented a “Grecian ful operation, and late this afternoon
ment which has not been paid is that on all hands, except, perhaps, in na cently, came all the way to Portland
the
patient
was
doing
nicely,
and
no
drill": Misses Maud and Ruth Miller,
against the Southern Pacific company, tive circles, have never made satis to see the pictures.
Margurite Dunbar, Flora Ward, Jo serious complications are anticipated.
which is held up awaiting a decision factory laborers. The Japanese have
i sephine Murray, Dorothy Sanderson,
on certain county warrants, which done tolerably well, and the Chinese
FORTY PER CENT OF CITY'S
SALEM, Aug. 28.—Whether the
Karl Montgomery, Gladys and Erma
to make your first deposit you
TOILETS FOUND DEFECTIVE were offered as part payment and re still better, though they have annoyed federal game law, which provide« for
Bambor, Evelyn Graves, Lora Wilson
meet many men bound in the
fused by the treasurer.
the land owners by Insisting general an open season for duck hunting In
and MesdamesR.R.Kanatzer and Hal).
same direction—men whose
Where the first Installment of ly on doing plantation work on shares the state from October 1 to January
An
immense
waste
of
wator
which
After the program tlie measurement
lias caused a heavy drain on the plant taxes has been paid, no penalty at- rather than for definitely fixed wages. 15 of each year, supersedes the state
company you will be glad to be
of the stature of all present was taken
of the California-Oregon Power com taches if the second Installment is
In. They represent the most
The Chinese exclusion law and tbe law on the subject. Is a question with
and each paid for refreshments ac
pany has been caused by defective paid by Monday, but In case the first agreement between the United States which State Game Warden Evans
progressive business men in
cording to feet and inches of height
'¡toilets, is the discovery made by the installment has not been paid, a pen and Japan have cut off labor supplies finds himself confronted, and he has
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the community. Put yourself
alty of 1 per cent per month, or 5 per from these two sources, however, with signified his intention of requesting
officials of the local water company.
Next Wednesday's meeting of the'
in that class by starting your
cent, is collected on taxes paid before the result, during the past few years, an opinion with relation to the mat
f
or
the
past
week
or
so
H.
E.
Art Needlework Club
' at the
* home of
September 1. After September 1, a that wages have been increasing, and ter from the attorney general.
account today.
The amount
Blachly
has
been
making
a
personal
Mrs. Robert E. Wattenburg is being
10 per cent penalty Is collected by the there has not been enough of ft at
doesn't matter. Start with what
The state law provides that the sea
looked forward to with interest by inspection for the company of all wa
sheriff,
with an additional 12 per cent any price.
ter
connections
in
buildings
and
resi
son shall be open for duck «nd geese
you have.
the members of that popular organl-
dences He finds that about 40 per Interest.
fe
The shortage has been partly sup hunting in District No. 1, comprising
zation, as that is the "book exchange”
cent of the toilets in the business see
plied by importations, under rather the counties of Multnomah, Clatsop
meeting. Each of the sixteen mem
SALEM, Aug. 28.—That the Ben- thin evasions of the anti-contract Columbia and Tillamook, from Sep
tion of the city are defective, either
bers of the organization will pur
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
in not being equipped with floaters Bon-McNary contest for the republican labor law, from Southern Europe, and tember 15 to December 31, and that
chase ono of the late popular books
or in some other way that permits a nomination of justice of the supreme especially from Portugal. The sx- It shall be open in District No. 2,
before that time, and the books will
court will be settled by including the i pense of bringing them has been comprising the eastern section of the
large leakage of water.
be interchanged by the members, each
The company has been forced to fifteen votes illegally thrown out by heavy, however, and on their arrival state, from September 15 to Febru
having the privilege of keeping each
keep their pumps going day and night the election board of Sixes precinct, they have generally insisted on cur ary 15 of each year. Should the fed
book for two weeks before returning
for some time to keep the city pro Curry county, Is the belief here. The rent wages. The number brought in eral law supersede the state law. It
it to the club. After all of the mem
tected. The company claims that the matter was called to the attention of 'has been comparatively so small that will mean that the season will not
bers have read all of the books they
necessity for this has been caused by Governor West in a telegram from ¡they have usually carried their point, open in either district until fifteen
are then returned to their original
the vast amount of water that has District Attorney W. H. Meredith of ¡or approximated it.
days after the date provided for by
owners for their respective libraries.
been absolutely wasted daily, without Wedderburn, who sent the following,
the state law, and that the season
The
common
view
Is
that
the
open
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which has just been made public:
benefiting anyone.
ing of the canal will cheapen the trip will close in District No. 2 thirty
Mrs. George H. Feese is here from
"Messengers who brought poll from Europe to the islands so much days earlier than is provided for by
Lakeview, the guest of Klamath Falls
books from Sixes precinct informed that there will be a flood of immigra the state law.
CHINESE THINK KTHAT NOW IS
frit nds. Mrs. Feeso is the wife of
OPPORTUNE TIME TO REVOLT Clerk Stannard that fifteen votes in tion, with corresponding advantages
Rev. Foose, who until going to Lake
that precinct had been placed among to the employers.
Miss Carpenter Bafe.
view about a year ago, occupied the
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28,—The the spoiled ballots because voted for
Those who have been Interested in
On the Pacific Coast the Unions
pulpit of Grace M. E. church for sev
Chinese revolutionists will take ad- more than one candidate for gov have been taking steps to meet such the welfare of Miss Abbie Carpenter,
eral years.
vantago of the war in Europe to at ernor."
an expected situation, but here, owing who has been touring in Scotland’
Benson carried Curry by a few to the class of workers and the com England and France this summer, and
tempt President Yuan Shi Kui’s over
Kiiyk Returns.
throw, according to Pacific Coast votes, but it is said that McNary led pleteness of the landlord’s domina has been In the "war zone,” will be
Attorney D. V. Kuykendall is home agents of the revolutionary party.
In Sixes precinct. Sixes precinct was tion, unionism has never secured glad to know that she has wired ths
from Eugene, where he visited rela
Tlie time Is deemed opportune, they not Included in the stipulation en much of a foothold.
superintendent of schools In Seattle,
tives, and from Douglas county, where
explained, in that the powers will be tered, into by McNary and Benson, but
that she will be there for duty Sep
Hawaiian
agents
already
in
Europe,
he Indulged in hunting. He tells too much absorbed with the struggle it is thought probable that some ar
tember
1, as instructor of home eco
not contracting for workers, but
some hair-raising tales of his prowess among themselves to undertake grabs rangement will be made now.
pointing out to them advantageous nomics. MI sb Carpenter was elected
Kith the rifle.
of Chinese territory under cover of
While the canvass In Grant county conditions they will find in the terri to this position several weeks ago, but
the confusion Yuan's downfall will gives Benson a lead of one, there are tory, and the small cost of the voy no definite acceptance had been sent
Miss Josie Low, daughter of Sher necessarily Involve for a time.
still several precincts In Multnomah, age as soon as the canal is open.
until recently.
iff C. C. Low, this morning under
They predicted a general uprising Washington, Hood River and Tilla
went an operation for tonsilitis at the In a short time.
mook counties that were included in
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Savidge Home From California
Blackburn hospital She is improv
the last stipulation for recounting.
Mrs A. J. Lyle and daughter
have
have returned from a honeymoon of
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ing so rapidly that she was moved to Inspecting Line.
several
weeks,
spent
In
camping
near
re,urned
from
California,
where
they
OF KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
her heme early this aitc.rnoon.
J. W. Metcalf, division superin
Local Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Prospect. They will reside In Klam- 8pent several
following a visit
tendent and C. A. Wesler, division en who went to Merrill Thursday report nth Falls.
t0
to Mrs
Mrs. Lyle’« old home In Minnesota.
gineer, went through to Kirk Friday a very interesting meeting at the re
U. S. DEPOSITARY
WILL A. LEONARD
morning in the superintendent's pri ception given Grand Master W. M.
Miss Lily Stilt«, of the 8 tilts Dry
"Dr. Thomas* Eclectic Oil ts the
vate car. They are making their reg Galloway.
OUR POLICIES—
About twenty attended I best remedy for that often fatal dis Goods company, has returned from
DENTIST
ular tour of inspection of the line, from Klamath Falls. Following the ease—croup. It has been used with San Francisco, where she has been
To distribute the banks assets in such a way as to maintain under
White Maddox Bldg.
any conditions and at all times an ample reserve to meet the demands
and will return to Dunsmuir in the regular lodge meeting a general meet success in our family for eight yttn." for some time selecting now goods for
I morning.
of Ito depositors and take care of Ito borrowing customers.
ing and banquet was given.
—Mr». L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. T. • the winter trade.
U
t
LONDON, Aug. 28.—Tho Press bu- ’
reuu Buys that Louvain lias been re
duced to ruins, not one of the historic
and beautiful buildings being spared.
The Germans set tho town afire at u
hundred different points, using ex
ploBives and b«mb|. The Inhabitants
aro held prisoners at the concentra
tion camp.
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