THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. ORECxON, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917.
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nsly damaged, were seen to fall with
ia the enemy lines.
During this period the enemy stations
. at Bechicourt and Avricourt and instal
lations around Beine and the Suipene
Valley were bombarded.
Last night enemy aircraft bombed
Eperaay, south of Nancy.
Russia's New Offensive.
London, July 7 Russia hag started
her offensive now on the Pinsk front,
Recording to a Keuter dispatch received
'kere today. Violent fighting near this
city was reported. Russian artillery is
: leveling away all obstacles in the way
of an infantry advance and the city of
Pinsk is already aflame.
Haig Makeg Blight Gains.
London, July 7. Field Marshal Haig
' struck today east of Wytschaete, ad
' vancing the British line slightly, accord
ing to his formal report to the war of
' fiee.
' "East of Wytschaete our line . was
again slightly advanced," was the
British commander in chief's laconic
report.
On Thursday reported a drive by the
British which had gained them addi
tional ground around Hollebeke. To
day 's, report is of another push for
ward in practically the same region,
probably around Oostaverne. Both cities
lie in the sharp angle formed by the
THREE
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THE QUEEN OF THEM ALL
MARGUERITE CLARK
IN
"MISS GEORGE WASHINGTON"
The Story of a Girl Who Could Not Tell the Truth
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THE OREGON
river Lys and the canal from Vpres
to Lille. The' two waterways converge
at Comines. ,
For several days now Haig. has not
mentioned any fighting around Lens,
confining his reports to the Belgian
front-
Three Brought Down.
London, July 7. Three German
aeroplanes which participated in the
raid on London were brought down by
British machines as they were return
ing to their base, the admiralty an
nounced this afternoon.
"Enemy aeroplanes returning from
the raid were met 40 miles off the east
coast," the admiralty statement said.
"Two crashed into the sea and a third
fell flaming into the Scheldt. Our ma
chines returned safely."
German Story of It.
Berlin, via London, JulyJ. Defeat
of the Bussians in battles in Galicia
and the Carpathians, in which German
aeroplanes were used in attacking cav
airy and infantry and the Bussians at
tacked in one sector with armored cars
waa reported by the war office today.
The retreating Bussians were attack
ed from the rear and reserve cavalry
detachments dispersed by long range
fire, the statement said. Captured or
ders, it was declared, show it was the
Frerieh who "drove the Bussians to at
tack." '
Bussian attacks later north of the
Tarnopol-Zloczow railway between Bat-:
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tkow and Newyzyn, at Brzezany, Stan
islau and at some points in the Carpa
thians were entirely defeated, the state
ment declared.
The Bussians attacked between Kon
iuchy and Lawrymowce after a very
strong destructive preparatory fire.
For several hours, the statement says,
Russian forces in deep ranks were hurl
ed against the Gorman positions, only
to break down with heaviest losses.
Armored cars wore used with no ef
fect, the German statement claims, de
claring they were shot to pieces.
FORMER STAYTONITB VISITS
Lieut. Funk U. S. A., formerly a
Stavton boy and better known as Ar
nold Funk, made a short visit with
friends and relatives here last week,
before taking his departure for Fort
T,rto vnnwAffh TCflttn Arnold A vounf?
man of whom the entire community can
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reel justly proua. as no weui mruugu
O. A. C. winning high honor both in
Viia atmliaa nnrl in Athletic And Was OU0
'Of the few students who received
enough credits to allow him to repre
sent his college at ke Panama Facific
International exposition in San Fran
cisco in 1915.
Ho is now a lieutenant in the U. 8.
regular army and expects to leave for
the front almost any time. Stayton
Mail.
Thai in atill nnnnrtlimtv for the
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kaiser to quit with good grace. But
he's going to be just stubborn enough
to hang on until no's Kicueu out.
THREE
ACTS
LEW HOFFMAN
The Nutty Hatter
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O. HENRY
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Marguerite Clark
at the Oregon
Lies, like bricks, must be piled one
upon the other in order to construct
any semblance of an edifice of. truth.
One single lie, like a single brick, is
comparatively useless, except for the
purpose of hurling it at someone else.
But even . then the chances arc that
more will have to follow unless the aim
was exceptional.
Upon thig very sound philosophy of
life .there is built a screamingly funny
motion picture farce entitled "Miss
George Washington'' in which delight
ful little Marguerite Clark stars for
the first time since the renewal of her
contract with the Famous Flayers Film
company to continue in its productions
on the Paramount program. It is the
featured attraction at the Oregon the
ater Sunday and Monday.
I Forsaking all semblance of truth for
the nonce, Miss Clark becomes the ally
of deception, as the result of telling
one untruth in order to deceive the
. head of the private school in which she
lis a pupil. The richly humorous side of
the situation is the fact that she is
' so innocent in her appearance that she
I has deceived her mother and others in
to believing that she has never uttered
a syllable of fiction since the day she
was born. As a result of this erroneous
impression, she is presented with a
Truth medal. But her immediate friends
who know her ability have dubbed
.her "Miss George Washington" and
they concede to her without a dissent
ing voice the all around fibbing cham-
pionship of the world. It might be said
in extenuation of the girl's propensity
I for deception thnt her father is a dip
lomat and that she comes honestly by
her ability. ,
DEATH OF GEORGE BURCH
George Burch died at the Silvorton
hospital Friday night shortly after an
operation. Mr. Burch had been suffer
ing for a few days with stomach trou
ble, and it seemed that an operation
was necessary. The operation was made
successfully, but he seemed to be care
less in eating and died shortly after
tho operation was performed.
Mr. Burch has lived in this vicinity
for a number of years and was well
known, lie leaves a wire ana two enn
dren. ,.,n.r-
The funeral w held Sunday from
the Christian church, Rev. J. A. Ben
nett officiating, and interment was
niado in the Silverton cemoteiy.
WILSON ACQUITTED
Portland, Ore., July 7. By unanim
ous vote of nine ministers of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, tho Bev. Clar
ence True Wilson was found not guilty
yesterday of each and every charge, in
cluding allegations of lying, defamation
of character and violation of law,
brought against him by Harry McClnin,
of Salem, for investigation by the ec
clesiastical tribunal of the church.
The acquittal followed the dramatic
withdrawal of Mr. McCain from the
case.
SILVERTON WOOL SHIPPED v
The bie lot of wool, amounting to
over 71,000 pounds and which brought
'nearly $52,000, was loaded for ship
ment Tuesday at the local station. Tail
Wood and F B. Decker were the own
'ers and the sale wag made through F.
M. Morley for Win. Brown & Co. of
Salem.
I The wool goes to Salem where it will
be baled for an eastern shipment. Ap
peal. Costumes
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Notify Commission They Will
Not Ask increase at
This Time
. A letter was received by thc public
service commission this morning from
A. C. Spencer, general attorney for the
jNounern .raciric railroad system, stat
ing that the railroad lines of Oregon,
after a conference, decided to withdraw
thir request of a 15 per cent horizontal
increase in intrastate freight rates
The withdrawal was made after a con
f erence between Attorney Spencer and
Commissioner Miller.
The letter states that in view of the
fact that the Interstate Commerce com
mission has continued the application
of the carriers for a horizontal increase
of 15 per cent in rates until October 2,8
for the purpose of observing the, effect
of increased cost on carriers' earnings,
it was thought unwise to hold an imme
diate hearing on the carriers' applica
tion for a similar increase In intra
state traffic.
The railroads prbpose to file a supple
ment cancelling various supplemental
tariffs in various suspension orders. The
roads propose to make future applica
tions. The Iduho commission found
that the local roads In that state were
in need of an immediate increase. The
following are tho roads that signed the
withdrawal:
The Spokane, Portland & Seattle rail
road, the Oregon Electric, the United
Railways, the Pacific & Eastern, the
Oregon Trunk, the Southern Pacific, the
Oregon-Washington Railway & Naviga
tion company, tlie Oregon Short Line.
and the Portland Sail way, Light &
Power company.
State House News
Four fatal accidents were reported to
the statu industrial accident commission
during the past week, according to the
weekly report. There was a total of
356 accidents reported to the commis
sion, of wliich US( eame under the pro
visions of the compensation act. The
fatalities were: Joseph Steiner, Port
Ian, department store; James Adkins,
Oregon City, trcspassor; J. F. Cuddc
back, Portland, ooiitsiuction; Paul Gor
chau, Clifton, lugging.
The Coos Bay Water company filed
its annual report with tho public ser
vice commission this morning. The
statement shows that the operating
revenue for the past year was $37,100.
40 and the operating expenses $19,K19.
50. The net operating revenue is $17,
280.00. The total gross income was giv
en as $11,775.14, making total deduct
ings from this sum of $10,431.77 leaves
a uet income of $4,343.37.
The California and Oregon Coast
Hailway of (limits Pass, filed its re
port, which shows an operating rev
enue of $21,400.1,4 and an operating ex
pense of $17,449.44, which leaves a net
revenue of $3,051.21).
Tho Deschutes White Pino Lumber
company filed articles of incorporation
witn tho corporation commissioner this
morning to deal in standing timber and
timber lands. The capital is $50,000, the
place t business I'riugle Falls, and the
incorporators (J. F, Ward, .). P. Wintei
and (. O. Ward.
Resolutions dissolving the liu-Kola
Tablet company and the ''iilinury club.
both of Fortlaiid, were tiled.
In compliance with the new insurance
law concerning the qualifications of
insurance agents throughout the state,
Insurance Commissioner Wells is send
ing out agents qualification report
blanks to the 3000 fire insurance
agents in Oregon. Like blanks will be
sent to the various life insurance com
panies to be distributed to their agents.
The new law requires that insurance
agents must have certain qualifications
before the.v will be permitted to do bus
iness in this state. The report shuwing
their qualifications must be filed with
the insurance commissioner and be sat
isfactory before a license is issued.
General Beebe of Portland, and Dr.
J. C. Smith, who represented Josephine
county in the 1917 legislature, are in
Salem. They called on Governor Withy
combe at tho state house this morn
ing. CBIJISER OLMPIA SAVED
Washington, July 7. The cruiser
Olympia, recently ashore on Block--Is-:
lant tins hnpn flnttfpH nrirl tnltpn tn n!
sheltered harhur, the navy department
l-nnounccd today. It is believed the old
lewey flagship can bo repaired and
made serviceable.
Chautauqua Will
Have New Location
When the Chautauqua opens on July
15, it will bd in a new location. The
tent will be pitched on Marion street
directly in front of and covering a part
of the yard of the high school. This
location was made possible by conces
sions granted the Chautauqua boosters
by the' city and school officials. Al
though the former location on the uni
versity campus left lfltle to be desired,
yet it is felt that this location will be
better in, that it is on higher laud, and
consequently the air will be better. Tho
tent will also be in a better situation
in reference to its accessibility, being
between Church and High jitreets. The
committee in charge of the chautauqua
have very greatly appreciated the kind
ness of the board of trustees of the uni
versity in extending to them the use of
the campus year after year for the use
of the chautauqua.
A meeting of the committee will be
held at the Commercial club Monday
night wTien very important questions
will be discussed and final plans will
be made. Every one of the 52, whose
names appear on the programs, as the
sponsors of tho movement are urged to
show up.
BIG TIMBER DEAL
A t e
Portland, Ore., July 7. The
transfer of 27,000 acres of north-
western Oregon timber lands
from the Dubois Lumber eom-
pany to the Oregon-American
Lumber company, will probably
be completed today.
Heads of both companies ar-
rived here last night.
The consideration is approxi-
matcly $4,000,000 and the deal
is one of the largest of its kind
in the history of the northwest.
The new owners plan immcdi-
ate development of the great
. tract, and much of the timber
will be used in shipbuilding.
HARD LIQUORS GIN
NEW LEASE ON LIFE
President Will Have Billion
Dollars Worth of Booze If
Clause Stays
Washington, July 7. A billion dol
lars worth of booze will bo turned into
the hands of President Wilson, if an
amendment passed by the senate today
remains in the food bill.
The amendment directed the presi
dent to seize all spirits in bond and
pay for it to insure distillers a fair
profit.
The tola! amount he would assume in
this event, would be two billion gal
lons.
Kf forts by the "wets" to have the
amendment reconsidered failed, 52 to 25
Hard liquor and other spirits took a
new lease on life this afternoon when
the senate reversed its action of yes
terday and voted 43 to 30, not to pro
vent withdrawal of spirits in bond.
Action was taken because of claims
-hat forbid withdrawal would amount
to confiscation without compensation.
1 ne senate adopted an amendment bv
Senator f-jmott, I'tah, directing the pres
ident to seize nil liquor in bond and pay
for it the actual cost of distillation,
plus "a reasonable" profit of not more
than 10 per cent. This amendment
would he operative only if the amend
ment were retained to the bill forbid-
Iing use of liquor for beverage pur
poses.
WoulU Cost Billion
The fcmoot amendment, Kenator Pen
rose. Pennsylvania, said, would cost
the United States $1,000,000,000.
Wants Clau?e Cut Out
Washington, July 7. President Wil
son has asked the withdrawal of the
amendment to the food bill wliich would
prevent members of the advisory com
mittee of the Council of .National De
fense from selling to the government,
according to a letter received by a
member of the senate agricultural com
mittee today.
There is some disposition to tass the
buck to the president on the matter of
interning the bonded goods so that they
may be withheld from consumption and
re distilled for munitions.
The strucgle centers around an
amendment by Senator Cummins, pro
posing a ban on importation of hard
liquors and also withdrawal of bond
ed stocks. Those who oppose interning
tlie present stocas say that many banks,
will tail if the proposal passes, in view
of their heavy loans on warehouse I
bonds. Others point out that the rev-
BIDS ARE OPEIIED FOH
COMFORT STATU
Cost Will Be Complete About
$6,120 Contracts Were
Not Awarded
According to the bids for the con-"
struction of a comfort station at State
and High streets on the northeast cor
ner, which were opened yesterday after
noon about 5 o'elosk in the presence
of Architect George M. Post, Alderman
H. L. Stanton, chairman of the special
committee having the comfort station
iu charge, and the bidders, the cost of
the station will be about $(1,120.75,
which includes plumbing, elect do w r
ing, heating and ventilating.
The cost of constructing 'the sta
tion is to be borne by the city ai,4
county jointly. No contracts were
awarded yesterday. The committee hav
ing the matter in charge will meet Mon
day to make arrangements and to pre
pare for actual construction work if it
is decided to accept the lowest bid. The
bids were as follows:
Construction Dalrymplo & Buley,
$4,93.0; Biewert & Engstrom, $3,050;
Fred A. Erixon, $4,835-
Plumbing Uraber Bros., $1,405:
Patton Ilnn,t.;., -
T. M. Barr, $1,000; Fraser & Pratt,
$1,483.50.
Electric wiring Salem Electric com
pany, $275; George Tettingell, $177.75;
Dennison Electric company, $324.
Heating, ventilating, gas fitting and
installation of Iiuud water heater, Port
land Baihvnv. I.iirht & Po
$505. '
GRAND JURY INDICTS
198 FORXONSPIRACY
Charge Is Conspiring to Fo
ment RevoIuh'on-42
Others Indicted
Ran Francisco, July 7. Ninety-eight
indictments were returned by the fed
eral grand jury today, charging per
sons in all walks of life from capital
ists and German officers to Hindu
laborers with conspiring to foment a
revolution iu India.
Among the dufendunts are prominent
business nyn of Ban Francisco and
Herman consuls in Chicago, Honolulu
and (Shanghai. Members of the so-called
"India committee" iu Berlin and
scores of Hiidus in various parts of the
country are ulso named ,
It is specifically charge that these
defendants, using German money audi
operating from San Francisco as their
base, conspired to overthrow British
rule in India. Their operations are
said to dato from tho outbreak of tho
European war. .
At the reqpest of United .States Dis
trict Attorney Preston, the federal
court issued bench warrants and placed
the indictments on the secret file.
The grand jury also returned indict
ments against six fclan Francisco ship
ping firms cud 3(1 persons on chnrgo
of conspiring to charter and outfit
ships, load them with coal and send
them on the high seas to supply Oermnii
warships, at a time when (ierninnv ubh
at war with Franco and Great Britain.
Russians Forced Back
by German Attack
Petrograd, July 7. After occupying
three lines of enemy trenches in tho
region of Bnikovmuuiauv yesterday,
.Russian troops were compelled to re
linquish them after heavy enemy coun
ter attacks, today's official Bussiau
statement declared.
"In the Pinsk region," the statement
added, "our naval flotilla destroyed
mine barriers along the banks of "tho
Pinsk river."
"At the end of all day battle Fri
day, the heights northeast of I'resovien
and the villages of Lavrikovco ami
Travotluki and enst nf ;,i,l.,v ri'mo i it.'. I
in our hands," the statement sai.l, add
ing, no ai.o tooK osu prisoners lim
ing tho day." .
Got Seven of 20 Airplanes.
London, July 7 Tho vice admiral at
Dover reiiorted lute torlnv that seven
of the 20 German aeroplanes which at
tacked London wore brought down by
British anti-aircraft defenses.
Only four of the attacking fleet wero
reported downed in previous dispatches
chronicling' the raid.
WOMEN GO TO FIGHT
Petrograd, July 7. Russia's death
regiment of women started for tho
front from here today. Open air fun
well services were held in front of Ka
zan cathedral. Lady Bin hanaii, wife ;f"
the British ambassador to Russia, was
among these wishing Russia's lightii,
women "liod speed."
Sergeant George Morton
Has Chance to Recover
(Capital Journal Special Service.)
Dallas, Ore-, July 7. Word received
from Vancouver from the bedside of
Sergeant George Morton, who was mys
teriously shot near camp at Clackamas,
Thursday night, say that his chances
for recovery are good if no complica
tions set in. News of Sergeant Mor
ton's shooting caused a deep regret
among his many friends in Pallas and
they are loath to believe that he at
tempted to take his own life. His moth
er, Mrs. A'iola Morton, left Dallas
Thursday night to be at his bedside.
enue loss next year will be i50H)0,0':0
or more and this muv prove to be com
pelling argument.