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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22
INCREASE OF REVENUE

Washington, Nov. 22.--lncreoscs of
taxes under the income tax law was
favored today by Representative Keat.
ing, Of Colorado, as means Of getting
needed revenue wherewith 10 fulfill the
costly preparedness program. III the
poor man must do the fighting lot the
rich man pay the bills" he said. Keat-
ing recently presented his views TO the
president.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22
CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONS.

Los Angeles, Cal, Nov. 22.--occiden-
tai College, undisputed football cnam-
pions Of the Southern California con
ference, today began training grind
Of two weeks in preparation for its
game with Syreeuse university here on
December 4.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22
SCHOONER Is ASHORE

San Diego, Cal, Nov. 22.-The lum-
ber schooner Noyo, Captain Olson,
bound from Fort Bragg to San Diego
with load of ties, is ashore off La
jolla, IA miles north Of here today. The
captain and two mates are still aboard.
The crew Of 12 was landed. The schoon-
er Is reported to be sinking. She went
ashore in fog.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22
Your
Thanksgiving! !!

HoD about that ne.U Dining
Room Set? The ThanksgiU-
ing dinner on one of the
elegant tables in our stock
uUiN proUe doubly satisfact-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22

Just word about prices-see our
store and stock, examine our furniture
and you will find that quality consid-
cred, our prices are really low. When
you buy here you get the satisfaction Of
quality plus the economy of low prices.
See for yourself.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22
MRS. MARSHALL ILL.

Indianapolis, Ind. Nov 22.-Mrs
Thomas r, Marshall, the vice-presi-
dent 5 wife, was expected to under.
go an operation here today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22
WAR ODDITIES.

London,-Shrapnel from an
ti.aircraft guns on n certain
night in a certain locality Of
London shot into a certain
business office and ruined n
large oil painting of Sir John
French.
London--Lord Kitchener has
agreed to temporarily release
certain soldiers from the army
80 they eau help farmers at
plowing.
London.--It has been sug.
gested that q large hospital be
built in London in memory Of
Edith Cavell, British nurse ex.
ecuted by the Germans in Bel
gium.
a. a. l. A. 4. a. A. a. "a A. A. a. a. A.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22

ory because of the knotO-
ledge of quality which is
always found in furniture
from the Imperial Furniture
Co. A dining room table
Dith chairs to match, Sc
Lected at this store lOiN add
to the pleasure of Your
Thanksgiving Dinner.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-22

at Sunny Brook bridge, Isaac Otis
home, and the families living further
south will build west from the Painter
road and come to town by way Of the
Levi Welty home.-Enterprise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
ADVANCE AT THREE POINTS
Strong Opposition Develops in Eng.
land Against David Lloyd-George's
Temperance Measure.

London.-With the battle in Flan-
ders seemingly at an end, except for
attacks the allies are making to re-
cover the rest Of the ground they lost,
the interest Of the public has turned
to the Dardanelles, where French and
British forces, with the cooperation
of the fleet, are attempting to force the
straits and open he way to Constan-
tinople.
The British have landed at three
points on the Gallipoli peninsula and
have thrown line across the outer
point Of the peninsula. Other British
troops are threatening the Bulair line
of forts and the French are looking
after the Turks on the Asiatic side OF
the straits.
A dispatch from Athens states that
demonstration by an allied landing
party on the historic plains OF Troy
has Resulted in the capture OF 5000
Turks
At other points numerous prisoners
have been taken.
The Turks report that all the land
ing parties have been repulsed, but
British reports, which are brief, con-
tent themselves with the statement
that progress is being made and ignore
entirely the Turkish claims to victo-
ries.
An Athens dispatch says fierce fight
ing on the shores of Suvla bay, on
the western side Of the Gallipoli pc
ninsula, Is miles north of the southern
extremity, resulted in the success OF
the allies.
"The losses of the Turks were Sc
rious. One entire battalion was cap
tured by the allies.
"The French force has been landed
entirely on the Asiatic coast with the
object of advancing along the littoral
to keep pace with the progress made
| by the British on the opposite coast
"The bombardment of the straits
was resumed April q and lasted II
hours. It was directed particularly
at the Kild Bahr forts
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
GERMANS HELD AT YPRES
Allies Effort to Retake Lost Ground
Will Be Second Phase OF
Battle.

London.-Field Marshal Sir John
French, commander-in-chief of the
British forces on the continent, has
announced the conclusion Of another
German attempt to break through the
allied lines around Ypres and along
the User canal, which brought about
one of the most sanguinary battles OF
the war.
In his report to London he says:
"Our operations in conjunction with
the French have definitely stopped the
German attack"
This, however, only brings to an end
the first phase of the battle, for the
allies have yet to win back the ground
lost in the great German sweep. For
this purpose they are now delivering
counter-attacks against the German
lines. Only at one place-Steen-
straate-have the Germans kept their
footing on the western bank of the
canal, while to the north Of Ypres the
positions remain much as they were,
the allies making no claims to an ad-
vance there and the Germans report
ing that all British attacks have been
repulSed.
To hold these lines the Germans
have brought up further REINFORCE
ments, and Belgium, behind them, has
been denuded of troops. The towns
and villages in Belgium are being
guarded by only a handful of sentries.
Fighting also continues in Cham
pagne, where the Germans claim the
capture of strong French position in
the Argonne and the Woevre, where
the French say they are progressing,
and in the Vosges, where both sides
claim to be in possession of Hartmans-
Weilerkopf 1t is probable that this
mountain, which commands the plains
of Alsace, has changed hands several
times, and this would account for the
contradictory reports.
The Russians and Austro-Germans
are heavily engaged in the region OF
Uzsek Pass, in the Carpathians, and
in the direction of Stry, where an at
tempt is being made to strike at the
Russian communications.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Washington Is Stirred.

Washington.-Pres reports or the
torpedoing of the American steamer
Gulflight and the loss of her captain
and some members of the crew Great
ed a stir in officia lcircles here.
If the first reports are borne out,
the attack on the Gulflight constitutes
the first case of an American ship
struck by a torpedo with consequent
loss of lives. Two have been sunk by
mines, the responsibility for which has
never been fixed, and an American,
Leon C. Thresheh, was drowned when
the British ship Falaba was torpedoed.
The United States government has
Just completed it's investigation or @1s
Thresher case, but in view OF the Oil
rect attack on an American vessel now
reported, it is probable that both incl
dents will be dealt with in whatever
diplomatic action is taken
1t was recalled that in the note sent
to Germany in answer to Germany s
proclamation of sea war zone the
Washington government stated that it
would hold Germany 'to strict account
ability for the loss Of American lives
or vessels.
The Gulflight was steel vessel OF
3,2O2 tons net and was built at Cam
den, N. j., in 1914 She was owned by
the Gulf Refining Company. The yes
sci was 383 feet long, 81 feet beam
and 90 fent deem She was equipped
with wireless apparatus.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06

GERMANS FLANK RUSSIANS
Kaiser's CavaIrymen Move AROUND
Right of Cars Men on Baltic
Coast.

I,ondon.-A sensation has come from
the east, where it is announced that
German cavalry, which apparently got
around the extreme right OF the rus
slams. had invaded the Russian Baltic
nrovinces. There has been no 1ndlca-
tion in what force the Germans are
operating, but it is presumed mere tnat
the cavalry is simply looking over the
ground to find out what opposltlon
force landed at Polangen, in the prov
ince of Courland, would meet Win. III
military circles here it is asserted that
this cavalry, however, can interfere
with the Russian communications ana
give the famous Russian Cossacks
something to do.
At the other end of the Russian line
the Russians are reported to be con-
tinuing slow progress in the Uzsok
pass. and to be repulsing Austrian at
tacks on their flank in the direction OF
Stry.
In reply to the Zeppelin visit to the
county of Suffolk, England, allied air
men have visited Belgium and bonn
barded Ostend and other towns, and
also attacked towns in Southern Ger
many.
Nothing OF Importance has occurred
along the western battle front. The
Germans claim still to hold bridge
heads on the User canal at Het Sas
and Steenstraete. They are being at
tackled by the allies. who, according to
all the official reports, are on the Of
fensive at most points. The German
report repeatedly refers to the repulse
of allied attacks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
FRENCH CRUISER IS SUNK
Austrian Submarine Sends the Leon
Gambetti to Bottom in Strait
of Otranta.

Rrindisi, Italy.-The French cruiser
Leon Gambetta has been torpedoed by
the Austrian submarine U-6 in the
Strait of OtraAto, the waterway lead
ing to the Adriatic Sea. More than
500 officers and men drowned when
the boat went to the bottom.
The first report of the destruction
of this cruiser came from the men on
duty at the semaphore station of Sus-
ia Maria Lucea. Vessels were sent
out at once to the aid Of the Leon
Gambetta from Brindsi, Taranto,
Otranto and Bari The men at the
station also went out in their own
boat and were the first to reach the
scene.
It has not been ascertained yet il
the attack on the French cruiser oc-
Cured within the territorial waters OF
Italy.
The Austrian submarine U-6 is the
same craft that a few days ago board
ed the Italian steamer Jolanda.
Since the beginning of the Anglo
French operations against the Darda-
nelles French warships in the Adri-
attic have limited their activities to
watching in the Strait Of Otranto with
the idea of preventing any Austrian
submarine escaping from the Adriatic,
at the head of which is Pola, the Aus
trian naval base, and reaching the
coast of Turkey. This patrol duty was
particularly to protect the vessels OF
allies operating against the Darda-
nelles.
The submarine which attacked the
Leon Gambetta came from Cattaro, on
the eastern coast of the Adriatic, 300
miles from Santa Maria Leuca Point.
This distance could have been trav-
eled by the submarine in about 20
hours. 1t was learned here that the
U-6 was sighted by fishing boats the
day before 1t sank the French cruiser
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
FIGHT TAX ON LIQUOR
French Cooperate With British in In
vestment of Dardanelles Forfs.
Fierce Fighting Follows.

London.-Proposals introduced in
the house of common by David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the exchequer,
to double the duty on spirits, quad
ruple the duties on wines, and to IN
stitute an increase by graduated
taxes on beer-to encourage the use
of lighter beers-were strongly op-
posed and it is generally believed
that the new taxes will have to be
moderated before parliament will ac-
cept them.
The O'Brienites, as a protest
against any additional taxation on
Irish whiskies and beers, brought
the first division of the house since
the outbreak of the war, by voting
against the provisional resolutions
bringing the taxes into force at once,
to prevent Withdrawals from bond
while parliament is dealing with them
there. The resolution relating to spir-
it's was passed by vote of 80 to 6,
the minority being composed OF
O'Brienites.
The Nationalists also protested
against the measure but did not vote.
The Unionists, who withheld criticism
until all the facts could be placed be-
fore them, also abstained from voting.
The Laborites promised to reply to
the chancellor's charges that minor.
ity of the workmen, lured away by
drink, were not putting their best into
the work of producing war matreials.
The extra taxes will be included in
the budget which Chancellor Lloyd
George will introduce in the house of
commons and the bill, which is an
amendment to the defense Of the realm
act, will be postponed for the second
reading at later date, when the de-
bate on it will take place.
The chancellor estimated that the
double duty on spirits would yield the
same total as heretofore, allowing for
decreased consumption, would bring In
e1 300, 900 ($8,O0O,0OO) extra and wine
Ell, 100000 ($7,5O0,0O0) extra.
In the camp areas the government
would have power for the period OF
the war to ,close any saloon consid-
cred injurious. Compensation would
be paid to all those whose property
was appropriated.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
GERMANS LOSE TWO AND BRIT
ISH ONE IN RUNNING FIGHT
ON NORTH SEA.
ENGLISH RESCUE ENEMY
Two Officers and a. Men Taken From
Sea and Made Prisoners of War.
Submarine Gets in it's
Work.

London.-The British admiralty has
announced that two German torpedo
boats have been sunk in the North Sea-
The British torpedo boat destroyer Re
cruit also was sunk.
The text Of the statement follows:
ga series of small affairs took place
in the neghborhood of the Galloper
and North Hinder lightings.
During the forenoon OF May II
M. destroyer Recruit was sunk by a
submarine, four officers and Il men
being saved by the trawler Daisy
SAT pm. the trawler Colombia was
attacked by two German torpedo boats
which approached her from the west
ward and commenced an action with
out hosting their colors. The Colon
bia was sunk by torpedo, only one
deck hand being saved by the other
trawlers.
ga division of British destroyers
comprising the Laforey, Leonldas
Lawford and Larek, chased the two
German vessels and after a brief run
ming fight of about an hour, sank them
both.
"The British destroyers sustained nc
casualties.
"Two German officers and A men
were rescued from the sea and made
prisoners OF war"
The destroyer Recruit was on patrol
duty when the submarine sank her
According to details received here, the
Recruit when struck signaled for as
sistance and her call was answered by
the trawler Daisy and 80 men out OF
her complement of 65 were saved.
It is stated that torpedo was fired
at the Daisy, which was forced &c
leave one Of her rescue boats behind
and that the submarine chased this
boat and fired her gun at it, woundlns
four men.
British torpedo boat destroyers
sighting in the distance two German
torpedo boats which had sunk the
trawler Colombia and apparently were
supporting a submarine, engaged the
Germans at long range in the vicinity
or the North Hinder light. The Ger
mans endeavored to run away, Du
the British boats pressed them hare
and shortly afterward sank them. Th'
British boats rescued some or tn'
crews of the Germans and landed
them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Tests Bucket Shop Law.

Washington. The question Of
whether the Texas .bucket shop" law
bars the enforcement in that state
of contracts for future sales Of cotton
on the New York cotton exchange has
been submitted to the supreme coaRt
by the Fifth United States circuit
court of appeals. When Allen But
terfield OF New York sued J. Z. Hume
of Austin, Texas, for orders to sell
and buy future cotton the Texas fed
eral district court held that such a
contract could not be enforced. On
an appeal the circuit court was doubt
full about the law. 1t certified the
question to the supreme court
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Held on Arson Charge.

State Insurance Commissioners Hen.
~ has reported the arrest and prelim-
mary trial Of George Reed and John
Fleming, white men at Prentiss, who
are charged with arson. They are
charged with having set fire to a resi-
dence located near Carson, and the re-
port to Mr.. Henry lis that both were
held to the grand jury in the sum OF
$1,000 each.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
OFFICERS Killed Making Arrest.

Osceola, Ark.-Word has reached
here from Nodeaa of the killing OF
Deputy Sheriff Dave Wells and an
other officer whose name was unob
tainable on Island "a, near that place
May 1. It seems that Wells and the
other officer who was killed were Of
ficers of the state of Tennessee and
went to the island to arrest some Of
tbs bootleggers who have infested that
place for d number of years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Sues for $4,000.

Sues for S25,OOO.
Suit for $4,000 for alleged libel has
been filed in the Kinds county circuit
court against the Jackson News. The
plaintiff is Mrs. Mary Craig Kim.
brough Sinclair, wife of Upton Sin.
clair, writer and socialist leader. The
suit is based on dispatch published
in the News under a New York date
line which carried statement that
Sinclair, his wife and three other wom-
en- had been arrested after demon
stration in front of the Rockefeller Of
fices at 26 Broadway. The declaration
contends that the publication of the
dispatch was false and defamatory and
claims actual and punitive damages
therefor.
Mrs. Sinclair is member of a prom
inent Mississippi family and well
known throughout the state, and
claims that the publication complained
of has brought her into disrepute.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
ADVANCE RAILROAD WAGES
Arbitration Board Recommends That
$4,000 Employees Receive Ad-
vanced Pay.

Chicago.-An arbitration award ad-
yancing to some extent the rates of
pay of $4,000 locomotive engineers,
firemen and hostlers employed on the
100000 miles of line of SO Western
railroads in the great area OF the Unit
ed States and Canada bounded on the
east by the Illinois Central and the
Great Lakes, was signed here April ~.
A dissenting opinion was filed on
H. half of the brotherhOods OF engine
men. in which the arbitration was
branded as failure and the Newlands
law, under which it was arranged, an
inadequate device for the settlement
of industrial disputes. The award ef-
fective May 10 and binding for one
year only, was frankly declared as
merely postponing for twelvemontn
the actual settlement of the differ
ences involved. The railroad mem
bers of the board issued formal
statement criticising features OF the
regulations governing the arbitration
and remarking that certain conces-
sions regarded as intrinsically unjust
were made for the sake OF preserving
peace with the employees.
Judge Jeter, C. Pritchard of Rich
mond, Va, chairman Of the board, ex-
planned his position and stated that
while in, his opinion the men in certain
branches of the service were entitled
to greater advances than were grant
ed, he had to make concessions In or
der that an awaM might be made, and
he found much of a hopeful nature in
the award.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
SINKING OF THE TANK STEAMER
BY SUBMARINE Is SERIOUS
AFFAIR TO WASHINGTON.
THREE OF CREW ARE LOST
Shock Causes Captains Death and
TWO Seamen Jump Overheard
and Are Drowned-Vessel
Is Beached.

London.-The American oil tank
steamer Gulflight, which sailed from
Port Arthur, Texas, April 10 for Rouen,
France, was torpedoed May 2 off the
Sicily Islands, according to Central
News dispatch.
The captain of the Gulflight, accord
ing to the same advices, died of heart
failure as result of shock. Two sea
men jumped overheard and were
drowned.
The other members of the crew were
taken off by a patrol boat. The vessel
was towed into Crow Sound ana
beached.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
FIGURES SHOW 16 MORE CON.
vICTs IN CONFINEMENT IN
APRIL THAN MARCH.
SUES FOR 25,OOO DAMAGE
Wife of Upton Sinclair Charges Jack
son Daily News With LibeI-oth-
err News From Mississippi's
Capital City.


There are now 1,499 prisoners on the
Mississippi state convict farms, or six.
teen more than at this time last month,
This is shown by the report of the
prison registrar, Mrs. 0. NJ. Spickard,
to the board of prison trustees.
The report covers figures from
March 25 to April 25, and. states that
during that time SO prisoners were re-
ceived, one was returned for violating
pardon conditions, one voluntarily re-
turned and three were recaptured.
During the same period Is prisoners
were discharged, Ia were pardoned by
the governor for meritorious conduct
and four escaped.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Clean Town Contest Closes.

From all accounts those whose duty
it will be to grade the reports to be
submitted by the towns and communi-
ties which entered into the cleanest
town contest and determine the prize
winners will not find the task a sine
cure. The contest closed on April 80
For the purpose of grading properly
DR.. Willis VALLEY, state sanitary in
spector, has drawn up scheme to ap
ply generally throughout the state, by
which a community could acquire a
grade of 100 per cent or points.
DR.. Valleys grading plan is as fol
lows:
General sanitation, 25 points; public
buildings, 25 points; food supply, 2F
points, and schools, Is points.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Country Club Opens.

The magnificent new home OF the
Jackson Country Club, which has been
established some four miles out on the
Jackson Clinton high road, has been
thrown open to the public and its mem
bers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06

In order to make Greenville Missis-
sippi's cleanest town, the mayor and
city council have purchased $4,000
gallons of oil which will be spread
on all of the city's unpaved streets.
The work of putting the dust elm
inator down will be started at once.
Greenville is in the "Cleanest Town
contest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06

Jerome Love, negro postal clerk,
has been tried at Laurel before United
States Commissioner w. G. Landers
and bound over under a bond of $500
to await the action of the federal
court on the charge of tampering with
registered mail. Love has been on the
run from Clarksdale to YaZoo City,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Railroad Docket Light.

According to James Calceran, secre-
tary of the railroad commission, the
docket of cases for consideration at
the meeting to be held soon will be
rather light, with none of general i'm
portance
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06

J. F. Wright, a well-known citizen
living one mile east Of Shannon, COM
mitted suicide in his home April 26
by taking carbolic acid. He was so
years old. Domestic trouble is the
cause, he and his wife having been
separated for more than a year, though
living in the same house with several
of their children.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Won KIuck Recovering

Amsterdam, Holland. Gen. Won
Kluck, the German commander, who
was wounded In March, is on the road
10 recovery. according to the Ham
burg Nachrichten.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
italian Troops to Frontier.

Verona, Italy Railway service on
the Austrian side Of the frontier vir-
tually has been suspended for ordi-
nary purposes. All lines are being
used to carry troops to tho Italian
frontier.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
MISSISSIPPI
STATE BRIEFS

The first annual session of the Ne
gro Farmers Conference of the Indus
trial Agricultural College for Negroes
began two days meeting at Shelby
April 80.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-06
Will Reduce Acreage.

Regardless of such action as may be
taken by private planters in the delta
in the matter of either increasing or
decreasing their COTTON acreage, 1t
seems to be the policy of the state pen
itentiary board the cotton area will be
considerably reduced, and given nor
NAL season there will be a reduction
in the size of the crop in proportion