Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, October 18, 1915, Image 1

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FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
CIRCULATION IS :
OVER 4000 DAILY
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915.
PRICE TWO CENTS maSdSS
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WEATHER AIDS SERBIANS
N CHECKING HONS
Snows Cover the Mountains and Rains Make the Roads
QuagmiresAllies Drive Bulgarians From Strumnitza,
But Latter Cut Railroad At Vranja Serbians Continue
Desperate Resistance and
Both Costly and .Slow
London, Oct. IS Bathed in the blood
of defeuder ami foeman, Serbia con
linued today to be the center of war
interest in Europe.
The allied forces, heading for relief
of hard-pressed Serbia, moved north
ward in Bulgaria. Simultaneously
the Austrq-Germ ns progressed south
ward in Serbia. The Serbians are pre
hcntins a determined resistance. The
.1 1 CS UUYtJ m'l .Vl'l Bliuiiliiv 0('00rru
the Teutons. The weather is aiding the I
c w:.,. .i iiUfo
conspired to check somewhat their en- ,11PS-. 00;, wfr to e progressing
,.,uv Snows cover the mountains and 'W'to the climatic obstacles, and the
.aiiis have made the roads little more 'lpemte resistance of the Serb de
Mum quagmires at many points. mi , t i i
Strumnitza, in Bulgaria has fallen , The 0("!a Austrian, report, received
l.ofore the allies. This gave them con- hp .ear X t0,.la' said:
, v. ;,.,,,n,nf s.,inniL. "Austrian-Hungarian and . Oerman
K'ish railroad for fiftr miles northward i
from Salonika mid about a third of
I lie way to Xish.
Reliable reports declare the Bulgari
ans have cut the railway at Vranja.
Allies Take Strumnitza.
The capture of Strumnitza followed
lepulse of 40,0110 Bulgarians who were
it-ported last week trying to cut -the
ailroad between IJudovo and Vilan
ilovo Oil the Serbian side of the Greek
.frontier. The allies, however, drove
tueni eastward into Bulgaria, and dis
lodged them from Strumnitza.
The Serbo-Frnnco-ISritish allies are
dying to extend their front sufficiently
lo reach Nisli and to strike Sofia sim
ultaneously. Von Maekensen's line extends from
Belgrade to GolubaU along a fifty mile
tront. Mis torees are slowly but stead
ily repulsing tho brave bond of Serbs,
but he is in need of reinforcements.
News that he had demanded reinforce
ments was received with encourage
ment here.
The Bulgarians are on the offensive
it many points along the Serbian east
ern frontier.
Following in the fotstops of her al
ly, England, Franco has declared war
ugaiiist Bulgarin, stating that it is be
"aitse that nation has aligned herself
with tho enemies' of France.
E
She Had Fierce Temper,
Drank Like a Fish and
Swore Like a Pirate
(By Alice Robe.)
Como, Jtttly, Oct. 18. Trembling, al
most in collapse, Porter Charlton, the
youthful American, on trial for murder,
today told the court here how his wild
'v passionate love for the handsome
uivorcee Mury Scott Castle, of Call
I'ornin, eiiiled in the Lake Como tragedy
-how he battered her brains out, when
"is own brain snapped, and then buried
her body in a trunk in tiie waters of
Hie lake.
How he met this fascinating woman
"T the world, 2o years his Senior, and
married ner over Ins family s obiec
'"'us wns bared to the crowd of idly
Minima Hint pnmined the little -court
'"cm. lie recounted, too, his intense
'live tor her a love so tragic, he said
MODERN WIZARDS MEET
-EDISON AND BURBANK
Sacramento, Cat., Oct. IS
Two
lie world's greatest wonder workers
met f,.r the first time today when
Thonifis A. Edison, the electrical wiz-
'id of the east clasped lianjs with , indeed a pleasure lo meet you.
Luther Burbauk, the "plant wizard"1 Impatient camera men '""'"''I''':;'
"f the west at t he Southern Pacific de-, f"' ''"V
,,, in ,hi, rit .Sncrnmento wns very limited.
Kdison, who is en route to the ex ! When Kdisoii was made lo under
Position, arrived here on the Fast M ! stand that pH 'lures were wanted he
inin nt 11:45 todav. Hurhsnk Mine ' motioned to Burbauk and suid:
Iri.m Santa Rosa last nighl to meet the: "Come on, come on, they want to
Kreat inventor j'shoot'us."
Ldison was standing on the rear. Kdisoii 's train remained in Sacronien
platform of hi private car as the train to only five minutes and he gave or
pulled into Sacramento. When the dcrs Hint his meal was not lo be Inter
train stopiied his secrctarr helped liim ! rupfd by newspaper men.
-ff the steps and presenUd Burbonk.; "I'm trying W get complete reit,
Ldison, being quite deaf, held his hand,
mi right ear a the secretary snout
ed Burbank'i same. Then thf invent
Make Advance of Teuton?
I'nconfirmed Athens dispatches said
Greece and Rumania are gradually be
ing drawn into the Balkan maelstrom,
on tho side of the alllo.
Bulgarians Claim Gains.
The latest Bulgarian official state
ment, detailing operations of Friday
and previously, told of rain, fog and
snow, but claimed progress of Macedo
, . , ....
ma n he western slopes of the
great Balkan range. Tho central al-
battalion stormed yesterday in an en
circling attack from the uorth and the
west, the Serbian positions on the Av
ulu mountains. Austrian troops ad
vanced on both sides of tho rood from
Belgrade to Groekn and captured the
heights of Vclky, Malmein and Pasul
jisse. Southwest of Souiendria and the
southeast of Pojarcvac, the enemv was
again repulsed by the Germans. '
Concerning operations on the eastern
front, the Petrogrrnd official statement
received here early today showed the
Teutons on the offensive nbout Riga
and Dvinsk. Elsewhere tho Russians
were continuing their offensive as
saults. The Germans inflicted losses
on the Russians in the Riga region, but
otherwise tho advantage inclined to
the Slavs.
Despite their Strumnitza victory,
there is no pretense that the allies yet
have a sufficient force to continue ef
fective resistance. Considerable criti
cism, too, is heard regarding their delay
in re-inforcing their sorely pressed ally,
Serbia.
The Romo cabinet Is understood to
be split regarding joining in the Bal
kan movement, notwithstanding previ
ous affirmative assurances. Chances of
Greece joining tho allies are deemed
better; Rumunia is silent, though re
ports leaning towards the quadruple
entente. -
that he thought of nothing else a pis
sion so keen that it led to constant
trouble.
He spoke at length of the woman s
furious jealousy. He attributed the
temporary unseating of his reason to
the constant intensity of his wife's pas
sions. Married in America, they went on
their honey moon to the villa overlook
ing hake Como, ho said, but his wife's
alcoholic intemperance and her savage
ubuse made constant trouble.
At last, he declared, she was about
to leave him.
"She covered me with insults,"
I'hnrlton snid. "She swore like a wom
an of the streets.
"1 could not but think that another
inn ii awaited her.
"Something broke in my brain.
Stooping, ( seized the woodeh mallet.
What happened next I do not remem
ber." "What happened next I do not re
member. When I awoke, understood
something terrible must have hap
pened. 1 jumped from bed nnd saw
my wife across the threshold. Im
mediately I remembered the scene, nnd
threw myseit on ncr pony, imploring
her to answer me."
Then he told of hurling the trunk in -
to the hike and finally his flight bnck,.),., ,in 1 1i of Charles It. Fnirnll, chief
to America where he was recaptured
nnd brought back to Italy.
"I understood what I had done," he!
choked. "I was filled with horror,
I had destroyed the woman for whom
'
(Continued from Pnge Six.)
oftor's fnce broke into n rnd'nnt smile.
11. i f,rt .ivn.l Di. t in "oltilit MiMI-i I
I ... tinf .t lti.. nut? Ihi'ii lelnl i liir
"
ii in iin mi niiiu
" l.uther Burbauk ! Well, well: It i
he said.
Puritanic nccompaniej him to San(
Francisco.
WELL BALANCED FLEET
Utility of Battleships, Aero
planes and Submarines
Subject of Report
Washington, Oct. 18. Tho utility of
Dattlesnips, submarines, aeroplanes and
dirigibles will be the subject of a sep
arate report from the Secretary of the
Navy Daniels to congress, distinct from
the national defense program, it was
learned today.
In the lust session of congress there
was a strong tendency to favor devel
opment of submarines and aircraft, to
the exclusion of the giant battleships
and t-ecretury Daniels recently express
ed the opinion that the spectacular op
eratious of the under-sea boats had had
the tendency of making perhaps a too
strong sentiment for them. He sug
gested America should have a well bal
anced fleet with the nig boats still pre
dominant.
The naval advisory board committee
on aeioplanautics will submit to Presi
dent Wilson after its annual meeting
Thursday a report on military aircrafts
developments abroad mid some of the
remarkable developments in America.
The United States nas the only aero
plane which practically sails itself. The
aviator only turns the crank and steers
the vessel.
Some How Johnny Bull Man
ages To Do the Wrong
Thing at the Right Time
Washington, Oct. IS.--Stnt. depart
ment officials indicated today that no
American action will be taken regard
ing tho German complaint that a
British patrol boat, displaying the
American flag killed members of a
German submarine seeking rescue after
their vessel had been sunk following
its shelling by tho British steamer
Nicosiun.
The report that the patrol used the
American flag until just before it at
tacked the submarine offered tho only
international question. But the right
of warships to use the flags of a
neutral as a ruse, whether in attack
ing or in flight, has been recognized
and established for more than a nun
dred veurs.
Killing of the Germans as they were
trving to escape does not place any
duty upon the United States to protest
to Great Britain according to the stato
depurment's attitude. ThiH alleged
barbarity was held to be on the same
international legal footing as the al
leged German atrocities in Belgium,
against which the I'nited States never
Indued complaint.
The net of the British, however, may
make difficult the American demand
that German submarines exercise visit
and search before sinking merchant
men.
Secretary Lansing snid the affidavits
filed in tiie case through the German
embassy had not been culled to his at
tent ion yet.
Schmidt Murder Trial
Continued For Week
Los Angeles, Oil., Oct. IS.-Oiin
week's continuance in the murder trial
Jf A Scliinb
I ' 'i";,,'- . .
alleged McNaumra
irrnuted todav by
1 ,Tu,tie Frank K. Willis on account of
; eon for the defense. A postpone
i ment of .10 diivs was asked. District
Attorney T. L. Woulwinc objected to
j this, on the ground that it would cost
the county too much to provide for
i prosecution witnesses who have been
"brought here from the cast.
; 'I' hut another biwver, either from
I Los Angeles or Shu Francisco will bo
! employed to replace Fairnll was ad
Emitted today by .lub llurrimnu, a mem
i her of the defense legal stuff. He
would not indicate, however, lust when
the choice would be made. The identi
ty of the attorney under consideration
for the position is carefully shielded.
VILLI8TA8 DEFEATED
f.,.K-. ,.t,,i, TV Yin (lit 1M VillinlA
' - . ii.. ii.. t
I snrr-rci n ncavy ocmii ai ,e.,c
urdnv, said a rnblc?rnm to Cnrrniizista
l Consul Burns today. Light thousand
Ciirrnnistus were reported
invading
Sonora.
BOMBARDS JWISH TOWN
Neuficlial, Switzerland, Oct.
IS. Crossing the Swiss frontier
after a flight nver France a
German aviator today threw
bombs on l.aihaiix de Funds
and Ileum both Swiss towns,
wounding three persons and do
ing heavy damage.
CARBANZA TO BE
RECOGNIZED AS
RULER Or MEXICO
Secretary Lansing to Deliver
Note to Carranza Repre
sentative Today
EMBARGO ON SHIPMENT
OF ARMS TO "REBES
Huerta May Be Turned Over
to Carranza For Trial For
Murder of Madero
Washington, Oct. IS, Tho final step
in the recognition of General Currnnzn
as provisional president of Mexico wns
taken today. The Piiu-Amcricnn con
ferees met. In advance, they agreed a
noto should be delivered to Klisen Arre
dondo, Carranza 's representative here,
by the Secretary of State Loaning, to
be followed by similar notes from the
other conference countries.
Other South and Central American
republics, not in the conference, will
extend recognition by sending new cre
dentials to their dipluniats already in
Mexico City.
This afternoon's conference was to
bo the 'last. Arrendodo was slated to
appear officially before tho conference
nnd to receive thu recognition notifica
tion. Immediate re-establishment of the
embargo on arms shipments across the
boarder to "rebels" was planned
President Wilson had the proclamation
drafted. He exn&uto issuer t late to
day. With Carraiia recognized, both of
ficial and unofficial relations between
tho Americans and Villa, Znpdta and
other "rebel" chieftains censes. Like
wise does the ugreemcnt between Villa
and General Hugh Scott, chief of the
United States army staff for a neutral
none along the bordor. However, re
treat of Villa's dwindling army to
ward Sonora was expected to prevent
any differences as to this zone.
Meauwtnie, me piigut or vii-ioriuim
Huerta, one timo Mexican dictator, wss
more serious. Carranza is expected to
demand that, he be extradited from Kl
Paso where he is held an American
prisoner charged with vinlution of Am
neutrality bv fomenting a revo
lution from this side. 'Probably, he
will be turned ever to Carranza if Am
erica is convinced of Carranza 's good
faith to trv turn, uot as a political of-
render, but as tho alleged murderer of
President M micro.
STOCK MARKET FIRM.
New York, Oct. IS. The stock mnr
kt opened higher.
Mi Dudley Tanker took ill th' Fay-
cIm County 1'air t'dsy, renewin' iniiny
ole acquaintance an' ringiii ' a number
new i lines, it seems use w ncn a
oiiple o' cliiiiiis git ready t' settle
down they nil is marry girls tout can't
sen ono another with a periscope.
THE WEATHER
lT" GET IN THISl
Oregon: To
night and Tues
day partly
cloudy and occa
sionally threat'
ening weather;
southwest e r I y
winds.
Towiw. A .nv.
vw.y wm
BUM N wA
' u. Ml IT 1
LQWEHASSESSMENT
CAUSE DF HIGHER
lilll TAX FOR 1915
As Property Values Shrink
Needs of City Tax Budget
Cause Increase
WILL CAUSE ADVANCE
OF AT LEAST .5 MILLS
.Budget Will Be Presented For
Approval of City Council
Tonight
Tho city councilmen are due to
wield thcii pruning knives tonight at
I tin regular meeting of the city council
to trim the city budget for III IS to fit
the pocket books of the tax payers
and also to ci nform to the tax pa; ers,
idtns ,f economy. The council has
been meeting in executive session fre
quently for the last two weeks to pre
pare the 1015 budget and after the
most rigid economy the totalled the
amount only to rum t tint on account
of the reduction in property valuation
the tentative budget would call for a
15.01 mill tax. Tho councilmen then
began another course of pruning and it
is expected that the taxes will be re
duced to M.5 or 14.fi in the budget as
it. is finally presented to the council
for their approval tonight.
?ubllc to Have a Say.
Tho taxpayers have a sny, however,
nnd a puiilic meeting will bo called
before the amount is finnlly determin
ed.' The reason for the apparent in
crease in the tux for next year is the
decrease in property valuation from
last year. In 1H14 the property valua
tion for the city Of Salem was 12,
ll!;i,(Wl. Of this sum the corporation
tax was l.BOO.S.'M. Tho corporation
tax is established by the state tax com
mission and the amount has not been
fixed for this year und it is expected
Hint it will be a slight decrease from
last year's amount.
The property valuation for the city
of Salem as fixed by County Assessor
Ben West for 1015 is 10,(!0H0. Add
to this the corporation tax of last year,
ljil,.100,,'IS4 and the amount upon which
tho city might base its taxes Is $ll,li:,
:i84 or a decrease of .r00,2H5 from 1-si
year's property valuation. Again if the
property valuation of the corporations
operating within the city is decreased
over last year by the tax commission
it is possifde that the city will be ob
liged to base its tax levy upon nbou.
i(ii()n,(l00 less than last year and tM'
will account for the necessnn Increase
in taxes over last year's levy of 11.2
mills.
Must Raise $185,000.
It is estimated by the committee on
accounts and current expenses that It
will be necessary to raise approximate
ly iIH5,0(I0 to run the city's business
for the coming year, This Is a slight
increase over lust year due to Increases
in the street department of about I!HH'
and in the fire department of about
2,110(1 made in the interests of in
creased efficiency, There Is nlsn an In
crease of it:i,on(l to the incidental fund
of the city which Is, however, only
tcmpnrnry. This is relative to the fore
closing of liens of the city on paving
in the (Inks addition and also for n
few other odd lots about the town. In
the Oaks addition n number of the
property owners have defaulted in their
pavement tax and it will be necessary
for the cltv to pay the taxes due the
county in order to foreclose and sii'iire
a clear title to the property. As soon
as Die title is secured through the
courts these lots will be sold at a price
high enough to reimburse the city tor
all expenses nun tne ir.i.oou wn
paid back.
Ask More for Firemen.
The amount appropriated for I he fin
department last year was 12,Hii"
this year 15.4m is asked which will al
low for some needed repairs and the
employment of regular firemen instead
of the call men. Chief Button explains
that when a call is turned in. at night
and nil of the call men ure al the Mn
lion he has enough nu n to mini the en
gines, but when the call comes il. ring
one of the three meal hours all of tin
eipiipineat is short handed. One do.
strurtive fire, it is argued, would en
tail losses fur in excess of the extra
money asked. The increase in the street
department is sought to cover sweep
ing, cleaning, construction nnd resurfac
ini! of streets oud the construction of
! new bridges.
! The sum of 7,(HI0 is nsked for new
sewers which is the since as the amount
appropriated last year. The I'llil bill
for lint was ii,.iiiii nun iur uie i..m
loir year under the new contract will
call for l!i.l.'l5 which is a decrease of
about .l,(MKI. In mntung its budget
for the minlniz venr the committee
have cut down every Item t' the bar
est necessities within the range of. ef
ficiency but it l evident that a further
trimmiiig is due the tentative (induct
as proposed.
How cornel it that Hint resoiir.eful
publishing house nt Indianapolis fi.uls
no more new t-ilent in Indiana I Is tho
lead exhausted I
II
Heavy Artillery Fire Feature
of the Day, French Claim
Slight Advantage
Paris. Oct. IS. French artillery con
tinued today to shell many parts of tho
German western front. In tho northern
section the artillery and infantry strug
gle around Bois endiacho was turned to
tho French advantage. Today's offi
cial statement told of repulse of three
Germa.i attacks there.
Further south, to tho north of Ver
dun aud Lihons, continual trench fight
ing and successful bombardment of
German works was reported. German
attempts to occupy pits which explodod
mines made between the lines, were ro
pulsed. Violent trench fighting was re
ported at Nonieny, whilo at Kply, Grem
ecey, Bidcourt and Bluniont Station, ar
tillery made quick work of tho Teu
tons. Advices todav indicated the Germnns
are trying to break tho Belgian section
of the west front.
lleuvv dumace, it is heliovcd, wns
done bv tho French aerial bombardment
of Treves in Hheinish Prussia, in retal
iation for .cpelin raids on London.
Claim They Are Progressing
On All Fronts and That Bui
garians Are Winning
Berlin, via London, Oct. 18. Pro
gress for tho Teutons on every front
was claimed in today 'b official state
ment. In the west the French woro held bnck,
in tho east, tho Germans progressed In
their offensive about lligaj while In4hft
Serbian operations, through snow, fog
and rain, the Auslro Germans nnd their
Hiilgnr allies pushed their onward way
against stubborn resistance.
British efforts to capture Teuton
trenches northeast of Verinelles, us well
as French efforts ut Tahuro and Ixdii
trey have been repeatedly repulsed. At
Scbrat.iunciicllo the enemy was unable
to recapture a single foot of ground.
Germnn aviators dropped sixty bombs
on Belfort.
"On tho eastern front, we made good
progress, south of Higa. West of II
lugsf we captured two miles of tho en
emy's trenches: in tho reirion of Smor-
gnu we repulsed repeated attucks. 1 lie
army of Prince Leopold broke down
Hussion assaults on both sides of the
Ljai'hot'itschi Bariinowitchl railroad,'
the statement said.
Coi ruing liie Serbian operations,
the statement deiluied that southeast
of Pojnreviis, tho Teutons captured Bo-
cevae, ;i) miles south or tho frontier,
reentering an important advance, and
likewise took Mount Cruise.
Te the eastward, tho Bulgarians oc
cupied the heights of Mnelin, Percin
and llaliinziitn.
"South of Belgrade, tho statement
continue.!, "wo are advancing ugnlnst
Cvetlieveorob, Vroen and Mneva region
and the enemy is retiring."
Mistaken For a Deer
Is Killed Instantly
BE MAKING GAINS
Grunts Pass, Or., Oi l. IS. J, L, My-lovl,r .fore the bridge can lie erected
ers, of Omuls Puss, a former mayor or. iilltv ,y ,), ,v eoiiuties. The Polk
the city, was shot and instantly killed-; (- (,(mrt )lst ,(ir ,ip(,ari.( to ho
while hunting in Cow Creek .-iiiivon, ruv,ril, , lt ,, tructuro and tho
three mile above Anchor, Into Hiinituy ltM,.(Ilt ,.x to tho county, but
afleinoon Myers was mistaken for a hi .,, mt JuiK,( Tei.t
deer bv James Ma- I. will, whom he, , r (if ,1(ftrt Hm, jf ,
le I (.rants Pass Sunday morning or , ,,, f tlli, jt
hunt lie was shot through tne head , , , ' , , , ,,', ,M
vii:mtr!! ttr utix -
shipped to tliis city.
Myers was about )." years old, a na
tive of Yamhill county, the family be
ing among the pioneers of that lls
trj.t. He leuvis a wife and three chil
drew,
EMPIRE ENDANGERED
BY BULGARIA'S ACTS
By J. W. T. Miuton.
(Written for the I'nited press.)
New York, Oct. IS. The blackest
v.e. k Great Britain hiu faced since the
beiiiniiiit of the war Is causing the cir
culation of rumors from Berlin that
tentative peace Is under consideration.
London, however, denied these reports,
and expressed the belief that Germany
will soon be suing for peace because
of the danger of a momentary collapse.
Though it is imposslblo to tell I he
basis for the renewed peace talk, the
cnlrtiiirc of Bulgarin, and the opening
of the Teutonic campaign in the Hnl
knas are factors which may shorten the
war, These have caused a profound
CONCRETE BRIE
PLANNED BY STATE
HIM E
Proposed Structure to Cross
at Salem to Cost About
LOW ROAD GRADE AND
DIRECT LIFT PLANNED
Seventy Per Cent of Original
Cost Would Remain Within
Two Counties
Proposing a atructine which will util
ize as far as possible local materials
and locul labor, but which will provide
a bridgo heavy enough to accommodate
interurbnn traffic for yoara to eome,
Assistant Engineer H. W. Holmes, hend
of tho bridgo department of the state
highway engineers' office, presented
his plans to the Marion county court
this afternoon- for a bridgo across th
Willnmotto river at this city. The struc
ture us proposed will be of the over
head, reinforced concrete typo with tho
deck hung from the arches instead of
being placed above them. This will en
able the engineers to construct a bridgo
at a particularly low grade across the
river and will eliminate the climb which
is a feature of the present, steel bridge.
It will consist of four concrete arch
spans 15.'l feet from center to center of
the piers; one movable span 120 feet
long across tho river chunnel; five con
crete arch spans 74 feet long and an
earth filled approach.
"In general, it may be snid that tl
type of structure aa proposed is the re
sult of an effort to revelop a design
that, would not only prove economical
nnd practical from ft construction
standpoint but would, at the same time,
present a pleasing appearance from an
aesthetic viewpoint, with the dnsirnWe
features of utilizing, as far aa possible,
available local materials and local lab
or.. It is safe to say vnat 70 per cent
of the cost of the entire etructuro wilt
remain within tho counties Involved,"
wns tho statement of Mr. Holmes in
outlining his proposed plan beforo the
county court this afternoon.
The bridge ns planned will cost ap
proximately 2:i5,0O0, which is a liberal
estimate and nny. alterations that might
be made will tend to reduce the cost.
Tho estimate given covers every pos
sible excess expense and provides for
any of the approved typos of movable
spans across the channel. The tvpe of
movable span proposed is the Strauss
direct lift tvpo which has proven satis
factory in tho past and narmonir.es wit
the design of tho structure.
The bridge deck Is .11 feet wide from
curb to curb and has two six-foot walks
at the aides and is 1150 feet over nH
with the concrete approaches but ex
clusive of the dirt filled approaches. It
will bear the addition of a street car
track and tho attendant increased traf
fic, nnd nt the same time provide for
plenty of room for vehicles.
Tho plun of the bridge department
ns proposed submitted the county com
this afternoon and tnken under advise
ment by this body pending tho report
of the engineers who are making a
physical examination of the bridge at
present across thu river. The present
steel structure was condemned in 1012
and has been considered dangerous for
years and the Marion county court is
strongly in favor of thu erection of a
new structure. It is necessary, how
p il,,,t tti. I'nllf eittintv enurt be won
PRESIDENT IB A 8INOER
Cleveland, Oho, Oct. IS. President.
Wilson is a singer. His daughter, Miss
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Hole, suys he has a fine tenor voice.
fundamental change in Great Britain 'a
relationship to her allies.
As long as the neutrality of the Bal
kans prevented the Germiius from go
ing lo Turkey, Kgypt, Mesopotamia and
India, Britain's empire wu secure and
she could adopt n it unulteruhln attitude
to the pence which the other nllica
wanted.
But, now no longer Is her empire
outside the area of possible Teutonlo
aggression. Therefore Great Britain
must reply upon her allies more than
previously. This lends to equalize their
Influence. So, when France, Russia
and Italy want peace, It will be den
geroui for Britain to hold oul alone, j
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