TWO
TH25 DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY. AUGUST 24, 1914,
American Gitls Story of
Flight From War Zone
ia W. MEYERS ARRIVES DAY AFTER CIRCUS
HOME FROM NEW YORK I : BIG ONE FOR BANKS
1 Excitement TCaa Tntinu In h Citr la the i-ities and towns of the toun
,. .... .v itry at larae there is one day io the
' . j ciu4j vuir-witii At when there it ft tuddfi increase
London, Aug. 24. The following! " Briglam ETeng.foL cl(Unt ,n4 Had End of Thumb1 f.la't'ion-'ne aeit'day "it vanishes
tor, of th. flight f three JWir.n I "With be arrival of the wounded , J of 'mM . nor.
Kirl. from the German war aone was we began to hear tumble atones of he Cut Off. - , rf ; knoW.
rereived by the London bureau of the cruelty of the Be R.an peasants to the v ; w Buch u it
ITnited Press today in a delayed letter wounded and helpless Germans. We saw Henry V. livers, who has been u fa(.t ,hat ,imoilt ,nv ttuk may
front Karl U. Von Wiegand, Berlin tor- a captain, two other officers and fif-1 New York for the past six weeks pur that the dav afte'r the circus
respondent of the Vnited Pros: teen men brought in who aaid they were rhasinK for the Ateyers' department ! d 0'f Jhe r is suaiiv marked ty
' (By Karl H. Von Wlegand.) 1??' 7 : rtore ,h,'! ci'y' lr ",'"ri,' his bank. a. the day of" the biggest
Tare American ;irl-the Misses MMnt forj their jtto the war in Europe. The cause is tJ)at deposits of the year. .;,.
Marlon 1'ark and Kathcrme Lord of L ..A .;.h .k. .i,r,. while returning hm,.. I,, hi. I th. th h1 ew eeoi.onnsts may be surprised
uosion.
aoira,
- iuukt f II I ..l.liuui BIIIUPIPK II r 1 1 1 I.I B -- . i ...... u ... . u u J , " . u iiiiuiu , . . .
on, and Mis. Ida tangdon, of fcl- attempted to slaughter all as they slept, of b.s riKbt hand cut otf between the. 0 . fh! ""'V"
, N. Y, went through th. i th..-i of , Th' ,nd oth,r,oM u. root of th. .ml -ud the first joint. ' to d"l" '. b" ,h,r. ''X
jerman war rone jut a. the father- horril,e itof of erneltiM to (,,, As soon as po le after the ac.Jent, ! "on "V ot disK-l the fact. The
th German
land was atriaing ine nrst """' wounded at the hands of Belgians to
through Belgium, 'lheir stones, as told . WB(m th(iy wre ,eft for t,tm?nt.
ky, mo oa a train en route to Rotter- j .rrom ,, gw ourivc Bnd
dam were full of praise for the cour-! our tnk with tho German wounded, we
tesy ot uermHn orni-iaiaoin, ciyii m Rre oonvilM.ea there is much more truth
military, in the first trymg days of,jn thf (-eTmna chargPi 0f Belgian in
tho war. : hoinnnitr and violation of the rules of
W were In the Ravsr.an Alps Hvilizoj warfare lhB the Belgian
when wo learned war was imminent, ,rn8r(fM ajt the kaiser's troops,
aaid Miss Park. ' We started for l.un-, ,wjt),y tnjt Mun eru,.ty brought
don via Coign at once. terrible retribution from the enraged
reached Cologne it was apparent that 0(.rin,n ...iicris. That is conceivable,
war was only a n.nttcr of hours. I.very- (,Tb( of i)0hnin wpre fatm.
where the greutest a.tivKy was appar- iy, 81)(, B1, lhow in ncart,v
ent nnd the population was feverish vilUeS were said to be fewiou's
with excitement. At Cologne we reach a(f.,in ,1( invaders. We were near
,d tho little village of Dolhaine. on ,he ,WB f vise, which has since been
the Belgian frontier between erviers f , , . lirTmM b,cause of the
. : I . 11. . .,..11 a Tl.a m..l.ii:alinn ' ....
whi. h ne. iirre.l th train w reasons are too numerous anil too ar-
rounding a curve, medical attendance! ieJ to be recounted in extense, but the
was secured and the thumb sewed oa basic fact lies in the circumstance that
again. The train was running at a.whea people come from the country
rupi-l rate and Mr. Meyers was stand- 'into the town they spend money and
ing near a door, and as it plunged spend it in the town. The few thou
aroiiii the curve threw him against sands they may spend with the circus
protect himself and caughi his' it for the most part not taken away
tliiimb iu the jamb. j from the town, for it is a business law
The accident bi:peoed near Willis-, among circoa proprietors that they
ton, North Dakota, at whi.h place he must spend more in a toB thuu they
laid over eiiht hours. Great Northern take away from it. They certainly do
physicians took tho best of care of Mr.:ot Mailt to, but their local expenses
Meyers thumb and dresned it at three compel them to. Excepting iu the
ditferent stutiwis euroute. In every i .i.:. 'i. ........ ,.,,
L.V thut , - ..."
way possible, Mr. Meyers says that!
the officials endeavored to make him;
and Aix l.a rhapelle The mobilisation f0I1BtBri, nnrrn(f f Germans bv the
villngers.
orders had been receiveil nt that hour,
and ail trams were lurneo over n u.e, x fho r(mf of rBnnon ,,;,, j
military aepanmenr. e i u.i i . oisc-n-, , P0Htlnt ,,, of ()man ,.,
poured through Dolhnin, we began to
easv.
Throughout the entire day thou- thing for our comfort, nnd finally wrote ""l lnMI. "'"I'l'fl. t.y ies or . recovery or mis son oi
I v Mini a iiiiir an ii iiiilmil i.' iu iiiv lulu r.
bark. There whs no hotel ami so r.e
got a peusnnt why had a little home u)(.
in me town io ia us in. ... .,. . fllu ,.., i
Heard Cannons Koir. w,,re refused permission to cross back
"Th next morning we walked down on German soil, nnd then enmc buck to
the road to the railroad junction and the village of C'srled. The German cap
met with what to us seemed to be thejti'.in commanding the guard there was
entire German army advancing on Bel- j kindness itself. He tried to do every-
ciuin
winds of men swung through the little us n passport. That was a veritable'
vilhgn. That night we begun to hear j life-saver for us. It enabled us to
the roar of cannons ns the Germans ' cross to German soil again. We went
opened their nttnek on l.iege. The rnnrito Aix l.a ("hnpelle. Tho American cou-
continued all through the night am) oi- sul there, to whom we applied for piss
most
Be
nation, the verv stillness after such
din was decidedly impressive. lice stamp this sheet of noto pnper, and
"We felt wo were in the very path it took us to Merlin without trouble."
of tho war. l.iege was only n few miles i Praises Gorman Soldiers,
away. We were In touch with the sol j Miss I'nrk n-ns enthusiastic in her
diera constantly. (In the very first dnv ' praise for the courtesy shown them by
we were in Dolhnine they aixured us the German soldiery,
we would not be delayed. They all j "In Dolhnin," she said, "there was
eemed confident that there would be an Knglisli woman and her little child,
from the town itself, but from the poo-
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as euuirortaolu as ooxsi e. He arrived fi . n l
in Salem Sun.lav. ' ; T,e Pfl'nrtort of the Uanium 4
Mr. Meyers Was in New York when i S. emXi t"'1' n
war iu Kuroj-e was declared and savs the committee
Wall street tor a time was a veritable I " """8 of fund, for the cir-
hive of excitement. In Herald Souare icul' l'eIl,b"'tlon mSs the throngs
he savs that interested knots ot peo-"'to tow ' " air- eonven-
IWI was becoming scarce, j l'l"" watch the bulletin hoards all iKnt., on, eeieoraiion or any oiner son
.Many groups he observed got into heat-1 1 " UUS1IUM 1,11 inwn nae u
ed iirguiiients respecting the various a-jtnltc UV ,,ie lurl'n assumed by the cir
tlous but nothing warmer than argii-!CU8 ninnagerg, and the general history
ments pa.-se.l. The represeutativts of!0' uch investments by local business
the warring factions would march men is a record of considerable ininiedi-
thioogh the streets and sin thoir ns-'eto loss, with extremely doubtful pos
lead to conflicts, Mr.
that was published in
Capital Journal is tvpicnl, nnd is cor
roborated by other articles appearing
111 iith.ir iignnra ft...... 1 1. .......
wt without Interruption during the ports, said oar German army nfficers'l n,, U1 , i)hl, 0 cm
it threodujs. When there wits a ces- pass was much moro potont than any- '
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ii iiiiiiu "c couiii suppir. e nail ine I '- t iikikiiijiiiiini.
Meyers' letter. Circus day Is again appronclii. j in
mp raturnav tins city, ana in view ot the incon
trovertible facts cited above it ought
to be welcomed by local economists as
it is bound to be by the musses of the
lcople and thus made a day of pleasur
able contemplation for everybody in
the coinmunitv.
BLOCKADE IN CHINA.
Shanghai, August 21. Jap
anese, llritish. l-'rrnch nnd
Kusins warships established a
blockade of Tsing Tchau todav.
MAREIED.
LKWIS-BKAX Siitiir.lav, July 22,
inarrtMgc cere-
t n..i..: 1:1 & . ... i .
u i.i.imi.u.-.- iimu iii-ikimiii. ' i;i. 111 ns.e us n it pi'Hiuini s liomc. i
We're only mnrchiug through The sobliers wero kindliest in their j
Belgium,' ono strapping big German . treatment. Officer rnme round daily
told me. and asked if she were comfortable, ifi
"Oa the second day we saw the full-she had enough bed clothing to keep
korrora of war with the bringing herself nnd her child warm, and offer
through Dolphnin of the first wound- ed food from their nrmv mess if it
fd. ' They were carried from the front 'was needed. Owing to tho wnr withj
in automobiles. Meanwhile, the village j ICuglnnd, she was not permitted to cross
wai left with only a scant hundred the frontier into Germany again. j
nldiers, all the remainder being order-1 "During our trio from Cologne to!
d to the firing line. Thot tnme dnv Berlin r e passed 7S military frnins in I vmln fo,,.,,.'
far up in the sky we saw a French j 2 hours. Kverything passed off like frien,B at th
munppiaiie. i up xuarn n I'oinnin sig- ciocK-wors.
ailed the machine, and not receiving! - ' Although ws were In the center of, ' The assault and battery case of Brick
return, opened fire on it. The mono- ( things, we can only testify to the grent- K1,inst Enright, which arose Friday
plana waa far above range, and so far est courtesy and consideration of every -.VHr altercation over businesa mat
as w. eould see was uninjured by the , German with whom wo came in contact. j ters in the Plymouth Clothing .tore,
bnadreds of bullets fired at if. This j Despite congestion at tho rnilroad sta-jWli(.h WB(1 to come to trial this morn
waa the only aeroplane we, suw, but t.ons the officials were never too busy :ig Rt 0 0.clck postponed until
German soldiers told me later that sev- J to help ns, and the soldiers gnve u' Tuesday at 10 o'rlnel
eral had been maneuvering overhead , the kindliest treatment. It 'a an experi- j
and that their sbootiog had brought I enco wo wouldn't want again and y-t
one uown. ;wouldn t have missed for worlds."
1
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1 Washington, Aug. 24. President Wd
Uou told cullers lit the Wiiite House
BILL TO PURCHASE
VESSELS WILL PASS
I today that he expected the bill for gn
j eminent purchase of merchant vessels
will bo passed by congress within twj
weeks. He suid the tleet was intendel
111 If, at the home of Albert Lewis on, largely to develop new trade and did
Wilson and Hr streets, Mamie Bean j Bot lhik jt WCUM dinourage private
ni l.eo.ard Lewis. Rev. W.-fl. t.nto,prises.
Illodgelt rend the
moiiv.
Mr. Lewis is emidoved bv the
Spiinlding Lugging Coinpanv. The
are at home to their
the Albert Lewis home.
iprises.
CHARLES BROWN, MEDFOBD,
KILLED BY A LIVE WIRE
"Medford, Oie., Aug. 24. Charles
Brown, :,.), a statiuuary engineer, is
dead today from an electrical shock s is
tained while attempting to extricate
himself from the entanglements of a
live wire. The wire fa' 1 1 across his
shouldeis as he was aiding in l'ightir.g
a baru fire. He' took hold of it t'
throw it from him, and was killed in-stantlv.
INQUISITIVE WILLIE.
(Continued from page one.)
My pa he didn't go down town
j Last evening after tea,
But gut a book and settled down
! A comfy as could be.
!I tell you I was offul glad
, . ... i To have my p about
embaasy here nan,,i,r today thut It To tlli , ,,,,,
had received the fol owing nu.,ge Ba trviu' to find out.
from Berlin via the wireless station ut .
fayville, I,. I.:
"The German erown prince's army
woa. derisive victory northwest of
IHedenhofen, near Mets, over five
Kreach army corps. The retreat if
the southern French wing on Verdiiii
wai rut off. The French retreated to
the River Meuse. The crown prince's
army ii chasing the French, and has
tukpn a number of prisoners. The
French no longer are able to face the
terrible fire sent iutu their ranks by
the Germans,"
I And so I asked him why the world
Is round instead of square,
(And why the -piggies' tails are curled,
And why don't fish breathe nir;
And why the moon don't hit a star,
; And why tlte dark is black,
I And just how many birds there arr.
And will the wind eome back.
I
And why does water stay in wells,
And why some folks do wed,
And what's that roar 1 hear in shells,
i And why some hair la red;
: And why the grass is always green
i Instead of sometimes blue,
An' why a beau will gruw a bean
And not an npplo, too.
WOMAN NOVELISTS PLAY WINS BIG PRIZE.
8ver Relations.
Copenhagen. Aug. SI. Germany sev
ered diplomatic relations with Japanese
Tery informally, it was learned here
today. Just before the hour for ex
pirstiun of the Japanese ultimatum, a
representative of the Berlin foreign of
fice, called on the Japanese chnree d
. ! I I. ...... i .1 .. " , '
-...... n.Diu'ct mm ins passport, i And then my pn got up, an
remaning mat itermnny hud no nus The offul wurds ho auid!
wer.10 rnnne to Jupaueso demand con-, I hadn't done one thing, but he
KiH) , Just sent ,ne off to bed.Kx.
ipe American ambassador took over'
the Japanese embassy, 1
And why a horso can't lenrn to moo
Aud why a cow can't neigh,
And do tho fairies live on dew,
And what makes hair turn gray;
gee!
THE LIFE CAREERj
"School l i la youlH should InrsrtsMy !
orviro ,u pirpsr i-i ta th IwM mi
...w -i n.tn-si.ri.i fM.COlloa Kir VBHS
kt U niMM' frrsidrnic. W. hliul.
Th! t the Mission of the
IfM
j Oetreani Break Llnei.
Ifndoa, Aug, 24, That the Ger
man la Belgium have broken the fir.'t
line of the allies' defeuso wus anaoune
ed by the official war information bu
reau here tonight.
Aa reeult, it was staled, the with
drawal had become necessary of a part j
of tho allies' forces to their original
(vsition on the French frontier. It was
explained that this withdrawal waa ui-
ea prepared plnn. and was for "purely , SEPTEIBER l8th, iQlA
strsteLMB reasons." ' V'l
! write for Illustrated too-pace Book
I let. "Tim LIFE Cahim:R." and lor Cata
t klff CAnt.iloin full 1..I... H..i..
I, . . oi ri i : .......... ... ,u. ui.uiiiin.ivii.
ans, Aug. 84. Tbc war office ad n,tt r.irc irmr-ni tiidc .
jnitM rtl. .. th.t a p-nera.
battle between IVnrh and (ierntttus i r.odrv. Pm,lt'v h.,k,.i... L'.t,,i
. i . . . I . . . 'm, i ixi.n'Hinii f i iui iktiiiuiri
FHrtyaixtb, School Year Open
trategio reasons.1
French Are Rttirlnf.
wn ragmif througliout the osucs
iunontia rauge.
"The general sitnstloa hss deter
mined o to briug back our troops," it
t. us stated.
r
A T- J
ijfi ; ill fa iRow m Jrf
FOUR MILLION MEN
LED BY EMPEROR
Home, Aug. 24. The first
line of the Kussian army now
moving in force agaiust the
entire German-Austrian frontier
numbers 4,t0,0H) men, accord
ing to a dispatch received here
today from the tt. I'eteburg
correspondent of the Messagero,
newspaper.,
A second rmy, almost as
great as the first, it was an
nounced, will move behind tliO
first and reinforce it when heed
ed. The rxar was said to be at
the front with the general army
staff.
As a result of the meeting of the
Oregon Loganberry Growers' associa
tion in the auditorium of the Snlem
Commercial club Saturday afternoon, a
subscription of was made for the
purpose of odvertising the loganberry.
The subscription will heroine due when
$154)0 has been raised. It is planned
to make this sum fully $21)1)1). Among
those who spoke at the meeting were
L. H. Roberts, treasurer of the associa
tion, who talked on the outlook of the
crops; Manager Crawford, of the Snb'm
Fruit I'nion, who spoke on "The Ills
try and Marketing of the Loganber
ry;" J. 11. Albert, banker, who favored
extensive advertising of the berry in
national magazines in order to create
a demnnd for the product; and H. t4.
Gile, of the Gile company, who talked
on the "History of the Prune Iindus-;
try," and suggested that the prune I
growers and loganberry growers co-op-1
crate with the Salem Commercial club'
in advertising both fruits.
o
In reply to a letter of Inquiry cent
to the 1'nitcd States National Lawn
Tennis association nt New York city
by Halph Moores, secretary of the pro !
motion department of the Salem Com-1
menial club regarding the mat.cr of
securing sanction of that association
for the tennis tournament to bo heb
here August 'U, n communication hr.
been received from the secretary of
the nssocintion stating that sanction
could not be given unless the Salem
club joined the national association.
If the club decides to join the nation:.) i
association by wiring that fact and;
sending the written application, the ex
ecutive committee may elect to sanc
tion the meet. The matter was refer- j
red to I'ti ill Walluce and Bob Beitham. 1
memlters of the committee who hnvet
tho tournament in charge.
Harvesters and Hop Pickers'
Dry Goods Supplies
Calico at 5c a yard Big assortment
36-inch Percales at 10c a yard
BOYS' Boys' Overalls, Children 's Cov.r.11
Q-TTTTpTC! dtublo seat sad knee, Overalls,
jii.k,id Hl.avy JeBimjj
25c :50c 50c
Cotton Blankets at $1 pr., at 80c pr., at 50c pr.
STRAW 3-poun.T
HATS I right for outing wear j Cotton BatS
8c $1.50 pair 50c
Hop Pickers' Gloves at 25c, at 10c and 5c pair
Our Fall goods are coming in fast. Ladies'
New Coats, the newest things, at moderate
prices. Our Fall Millinery Stock has arrived.
ROSTEIfl & GREENBAUM
240 and 216 Commercial Street
Because Louis Brankofski threatened
to cut out his heart, William Wohl
swore out a warrant this morning
against him and had him arrested by
Constable Cooper. The difficulty arose
over the payment of rent for the fruit
store that the two conducted on State
street opposite the Spa. Wolil alleged
that they had been partners and were
settling up when Brankofslii cume to
him this morning and said he owed him
$10. This WoM, denied and it is then
that be alleges Brankofski threatened
to cut out his heart. The case was
brought to trial this afternoon in Jus
tice Webster's court.
I ANXIOUS ABOUT STAFF.
! Washington, Aug. 21. Anxiety con
cerning the whereabouts of the Berlin
."tiff of the Japanese embassy was en
( pressed this afternoon nt the' Japiinc
; Washington embassy. The charge d'
affaires, 1). Gercap, had not informed
'Tokio how ho planned to leave. No
j word had been received from him, ii
i was suid, in 4S hours.
FLOUR ADVANCED.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 21. Flour to
day advanced another 20 cents per hit
rel, nnd the patent grades were selling
at $").20. Millers claimed the advance
was iiue to a shortage in bhiestetu
wheat.
Th
Lady
and
Child
HAVE EVIDENTLY USED LIBERALLY AND
ififfiRMififfliti TO GREAT ADVANTAGE .
The National Embroidery Patterns
Aflttr reading ftUteen huudrvd auJ folty-tti manuscripts entered Iu tit
rv Husbandry. HortLulHir. Am,i.ituH hai ...i. . t.L.i. .mA k k rvia nhmtttaMt
: I tat I T k t" tWMH"DWlIUH - Uf ay 1U,WV M 1-AV 11 IV U IHT WliV ' MV V-o -'"J r "'"
LOCOING FNCM-.f'ki,no. HOME LCo' to him Mr. Mnthrop Ames and tooso whom no associated with himself as
E?Gim.! .warded the ptb. to Jlls. Alio Brown, ot Boston M.as,
H rlnvav. Mcvti.iTiL al. ('.Iiemk.il. Mininr. : a-.i... i.,n., i hi. i.. v ti.. i.. i..,... wom t
I ma was lutcrprvrru meanisg inai t v-r..-n . . vv... i:nv.c. I iiiR(WAV.i.
tho r'renrh vere rt tiring in upper Al ' INOCTKIAL ARTS. Augutu Thouiaa. preohlent of tb ijock-ty ot American Dramatists, aud Me
s-i. to escape being eut off by thej rv.Virc.i.rvt-A-rkliltur, Dalrs Adolpb Klauber. who Is aasot lated with Mesara. Sclwyn & Co., theatrb al pro
rnormous (Jerainn irur from fet. "ie. Home M ikers Course, lodusuul ;
i uurrw. in aa auviM.ry mciij, ftnj ronauiKTipia wm wiutii i ivpui um
! Arts. Forestry. Hoins Short Course.
I $rirff ,Viw i'liino. Strlne. Rand, i - ... .... - . .k.
oUe Culture. ' 1
It deals wtta rami tj pel
. . . i . , . i.
r'vt truth Tttniiv nmntv ran mm-uiuirf. av
r - ' t ,.nA t. fi Boonci Cours. bv Mul Fr. I ills Brown't flay U called "Cblldroa- of Earth,
journal Vranis and to r?ond .,. M,!'l'T ntTo. i ta Kw En,B'1 " b rlrtt ,oc y' rtbof, ,n hs ,bort
'JJy to thong which opptal. j imam. a u ul u n asi .iisma work rod(c(L Mr. Atnoa will produro tho plaj tarly aext aeaaon.
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