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L PRIZE-WINNING BOY FARMER! OF CALIFORNIA ?*< BUCHAREST REPORT# WERE DRIVEN BACK THE DOBRUDJA. rOJTTY WOUNDED AFTER 280 IN* , ?%ADERS OPEN FIRE ON POSIT 7V r,\ v: k \? * .* f*r c t <*' '<•-* "y " .1 v' V- CALLED TO iRMS AT EVERETT, WASH. . v*' Mothers Know Thai FOUR VILLAGES ARE BURNED • ;*? % I w«wi^a5magBgai^'awwwMiaiawaiww»^ .»»**• ir,;a J'- Defeated Band Is Arrested on Its Re­ turn to Seattle on Steamer--Several Fall From Vessel and Are Believed to Have Been Drowned. ALCOHOL tteFoodbylteguUi 3T;L & H i I N r A N T S C H I L D R E N TherctyPromotln^IH^W Cheeif«hicssandItestCottlafflS Signature neither Opium, Mo"»ranB nor L& kgotic Mineral ttrpfTCfi Fkl VOf X hclpfui Kenedy fcf Cahstipaiionand Dwrrno®* and Fevcrishness and I.oss of Sleep _ resilttin£ iherefrcm-inMaflcy- £ : •V • £ I ffmmm •r> <*' • 4 5 T*- * \ V -&> , i: < •; •• &V,,; V# J? * . £ * Everett, Wash., Nov. 7.--At least six men were killed and 40 wounded on Sunday in a pitched battle at the Ever­ ett city wharf between 250 members of the Industrial Workers of the World, who came here from Seattle on the steamer Verona, and a posse of 150 citizens, headed by Sheriff Don McRae. Sheriff McRae is amon^^ffe seriously wounded. ' #•- After the fight, in which about 1,000 phots were exchanged the Verona tornecf around and started back to Seattle. Many men were seep to fall on the deck of the steamer during the battle, and others, panic-stricken, jumped overboard. Some were taken from the water, but others disappeared, find it Is believed they were drowned. The Verona reached Everett shortly before 2 p. m. The coming of the party of invaders had been an­ nounced In messages sent to Everett from Seattle headquarters. 1 When the Verona reached the city wharf Sheriff McRae stepped forward and informed the men on the boat that they would not be permitted to land. One of the men, evidently spokesman for the party, began arguing with the sheriff and then made a speech. Apparently as a signal, the man dropped his head, and armed men on the steamer opened fire on the posse assembled on the wharf. The first man to fall was Sheriff McRae. One man, formerly a lieuten­ ant In the Washington National Guard, was killed instantly, and in a .-v. y . moment the crowd on shore was panic- stricken. Deputy sheriffs on the wharf ;. _ quickly rallied their forces, however, ej vv j and returned the Are. ' Seattle, Wash., Nov. 7.--Gov. Ernst ^ *1. Lister said he would order the National ' Guard to police Everett. The Verona returned here with five jy -* , dead and twenty Injured on board. Jf • Two of the Injured are not expected to recover. When the Verona pulled into its 4 slip the wharf was surrounded by po- Iicemen, some armed with shotguns and others with drawn revolvers, and thirty National Guardsmen, under com- ; mand of Capt. Paul Edwards. All the guardsmen stood with fixed bayonets s and their belts filled with ball cart- ' ridges. All the uninjured men were loaded h- Into automobiles under heavy police ? pnard and taken to the city jail, where they were locked up. Twenty-four price-winning boy farmers of the state of California arrived ki New York city, after making a transcontinental tour! During their two days' stop in the metropolis, the boys were taken around to all the if&> terestiag places. The purpose of the tour is tp <$ta*u new .ideas ill faring and the marketing of their produce^ Each boy makes notes of everything of interest t$at comes under his observation. The expenses of thetour are being paid by the University of California. ^ ^ ^ V " * - >" CANADIANS READY TO SH^Oof^DlFlRENciES IF RESTORE POLISH SELF-RULE ( ^ Proclamations Indorsed by Kaiser and " j -t Austrian Ruler Read in Citii M 3 * Country to Have Army. Berlin (via Sayville, L. I.), Nov. 7.-- Poland, rich In romance, of storied %%%•" interest almost unparalleled In fasefn- •fJ" »ticn, was re-created on Sunday. Proc- ^ tarnations re-establishing the right of the Polish nation to control its own destinies were read at Warsaw and at Lublin. General von Beseler offl- :r. elated at Warsaw and General Kuk at 4 • : , Lublin. The event, marking one of the greatest moments in the history ' ' ©f Europe, was the consummation of * Joint action of the German emperor •, flnd the emPeror ^ Austria. The form & \ of government established by the proc- 4' '• 'am*tion is described as an autonom- > .V1 V' OUS hereditary monarchy. In effect, • u ^ extends to the Polish province occu- Pied by the central powers, with re- spect to city administration, rights of §t^ self-government similar to those en- , *5; s ^ J^y^d by the city of Warsaw since early in the war. to be created. • Polish army Is ^ ^ * GERMANS QUIT FORT VAUX Berlin Says Teutons Evacuated Strong- w,V[l^©Id Near Verdun Following Ter- rifle Bombardment by French. ' *" Or, (A1-1 ftCrlln, Nov. 4.--Fort Vaux on the Verdun front has t)een evacuated by the Germans, It was officially an­ nounced by the Germon war office on Thursday. Following a violent bom­ bardment, during which hundreds of great French guns poured tons of steel upon the battered work, the Germans withdrew. yi # fighting their way forward through \ _ the fog and battle smoke, the French K- - won fresh ground on Wednesday night on *he Somme front and the Les < Boeufs-Sailly Saillisel line. , in an- "$£ nouncing this success the French war •Hi 1 °fflce reported also the capture of 536 ' ̂ , .K^i«oaaan prisoners. ^ 4 1 , S,000 to Chase Villa. , . Washington, Nov. 6.--Nine thousand pCarranzistas are to be concentrated at sj,^ Jiminez, ilex., to exterminate Villa forces, Mexican Ambassador Arredon- do announced on receipt of a dispatch Consul Garcia of El Paso, .Tex. meg.- &3A ? * Vllllstas to Be Shot.. j Paso, Tex., Nov. 6.--Gen. Francis- t, co Oanzales, military commander in Juarez, announced that Colonel Garcia and eight Villa men brought to Juarez 1 with ifim would be shot unless they "< ,-Were ordered sent to CJUhuuhua City. ^ "-Tlirw More Norse Ships Sunk. ^ . London, Nov. 4.--Three more Nor- v wegian steamers have been torpedoed. 'V>: They are the Tromp, the Caerloch and ,v!i the Ravn. The crews were saved. The r, Tromp, a vessel of 1,752 tons, was 'ft '£pnaerly the Dutch steamer Jokna^a. '£*• l| -- ; ; I Cost of the1 Great War. - >1 New Tork, Nov. 4.--Debts of the ^ seven largest nations in the war are in ^ excess of $75,000,000,000, compared ^ with $27,000,000,000 at the war's begin n * inlng, according to statistics complied ; jits # .>•«• ^urt m* w.wto KrtUc ' •: t'* -• . . \ < i • V.V.- •***• •• •> ' ?<"i--$ m&mmrm*. This is a model of a memorial foun­ tain to be erected in Newport, R. I., to the memory of the late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, who lost his life on the ill- fated Lusitania, by fifty of his friends In the United States and England. It is the work of Eugene H. Morahan, a noted New Tork sculptor, and is ten feet six inches in height. The entire base .and bowl will be mad6 of red. westerly granite with ornamental bronze bands and Hon heads. One side of the fountain is to be devoted to a drinking trough for horses, and the other for the use of pedestrians. Further typifying Mr. Vanderbllt's love for horses, the fountain will be mounted with a bronze group of a' Roman gladiator holding in check two rearing horses. It will be unveiled early in the spring of 1917. United States Senator James D. Phelan of California driving thi^first rivet in the keel of the California, which, when completed, will be the {greatest battleship In the American navy. It Is being built at the Mare Tjiflpfl tawf yard. ^ GETTINCTA RIDE IN THE^GENLIAUS^UTO"" Shipping Box of 8teel. • shipping box of steel Instead 01 wood has been made by an American manufacturer In order to reduce the amount of damage sustained by goods In shipment from theft in transit. It is almost unbreakable and entirely thief-proof. The container consists of five- sides and the lid. The sides are made of three:ply steel, and so hinged that the container can be folded flat when not in use. It is provided with handles, which normally rest in re­ cesses so as not to interfere with the piling of the boxes. The steel con­ tainer is Immeasurably stronger than those of wood, while comparison with fiber boxes is quite impossible. Missed Her "Grannies.** < Margaret, who lived in Milwaukee, where she was In the habit of seeing the dear old German grandmas, visited with her mother in New York. After being there a week she wanted to go home. "Why, dear?" asked her moth­ er. "Don't'you like New York?" ~**Nq, mamma," answered Margaret; "they ain't no grandmas here." Getting Even*------ "When tny rich uncle died he left his entire fortune to charity, cutting me off without a penny, although I am his only living relation." "That's tough. Aren't you going to contest the will?" "No, I think I'll just disinherit the lawyers." s, Ambiguous. "What do you suppose people will think of my new automobile?" "I wouldn't be surprised if a. good many were struck with it;" A group of English soldiers on the western front enjoying the prospect of the unexpected honor of a ride in a general's war auto. They would not havo the ride If they were not pretty well bunged up with wounds. MUCH IN LITTLE According to a bulletin Issued by the department of commerce, there are 5,073 radio stations In the United States. For outdoor sports a St. Louis man has invented a program that can be fastened to a person's hat to form an eyeshade. Only one out o£ 100 inmates of a certain lunatic asytum had red hair, and only four were of light hair and complexion. Japanese workmen wear on th^lr caps an inscription stating their busi­ ness and their employer's name. Seventy per cent of the World's cork supply is said to be produced in Spain and Portugal. In Russia there are enough people to populate Great Britain, Germany and France, with a considerable num­ ber left over. An English Inventor's electrical tool for removing boiler scale deliver? 8,00a hammering and ̂ tearing strokes a mi> n Canadian infantry on the western front under heavy murc-hlng orders. The equipment of these soldiers is differ ent from that In any other wars in history. The shovel is quite as Important a part of their equipment as the gun. The troops have to do some real manual labor in the digging of trenches. « MEMORIAL TO * VANDERBILT LAYING THE KEEL OF THE CALIFORNIA •MivCwvMt VW f * % W V> Official Statement From Petrograd Ad­ mits Enemy Made Further Prog- m in the Vicinity of 'jf^#red*ak - ? f -V'V, -- - " Bucharest, Nov. 8.--The war office announces that Rouuit^iian forces In Dobrudju have compelled the retire­ ment of Teutonic troops, which In their retreat set fire to several vil­ lages. The villages burned were Daenl and Garlici, on the Danube, 12 miles north of Hlrsova, and Rosman and Baldar, 18 miles northeast of Hlrsova, about forty miles north of the Con- stanza-Tchernavoda raiiroad line. The official statement follows: "Southern front--All along the Dan­ ube there has been artillery activity. "Dobrudja-»Our advance detach­ ments forced' the enemy to retire. Dur­ ing his retreat he set fire to the vil­ lages of Daeni, Garlici,, llosman and Gaidar. "Northern and northwestern fron­ tiers--On the frontier of West Mol­ davia the situation is unchanged, "In the Prrthova valley we repulsed 'enemy attacks from Rijes toward our center and ouf left wing. "On the right bank of'the Alt vio­ lent fighting continuesjn the region of the Itacov^za-Titesti. "In the Jiul valley the #nemy fe- cei v§<k re-enforcements and we discon­ tinued our pursuit." 1 Petrograd,. Nov. 8.--Roumanian troops In the vicinity of Predeal were compelled to retire before the invading Austrlans and Germaas, the war of­ fice announced. Berlin, Nov. 8, by wireless to Say-, ville.--In Roumania, southwest of Pre- deal, the Invading Austro-German | forces captured Laomu height, It Is' announced officially. Further progress was made southeast of KothentMirm pass. Roumanian attacks in the re­ gion of the Szurduk pass wfere re­ pulsed. The statement follows: "Front of Archduke Charles Francis <--Engagements In the Tulghes sector and between Altschanz and the Booza pass road proceeded without change In the situation. "Southwest of Predeal we captured Laomn hfeight and made further prog­ ress southeast of Rothenthurm pass. "On both sides of the Szurduk pass road Roumanian attacks weure re­ pulsed. "On the southwest front we took more than 450 mfen prisoners. fac-Simile .Si^nfttareo^ GENTAt'R C oMPAWt At 6 months old 35 Exact Copy of Wrapper* THI OiyiUW tOMWNV, W. L. DOUGLAS 41 THE SHOE THAT HOLDS IT8 SHAPE" $3.50 $4.00 $4.60 & $5.00 $3-00 . Save Money by Wearing W. L, Douglas •hoes, for sale by overOOOO shoe dealers. The Beat Known Shoes in the World. W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bot­tom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail prices are the same everywhere. - They cost no more in Francisco than they do in Naw Yodc. • They aci always wocth tbe price paid for them. ^ ' I 'he quality of W. I* Dcugjas product h guaranteed by more than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles are the leader̂ in the Fashion- Centres of America. They are made in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, ail working with an honest determinatioa to make the best show £ot the price that money can buy. Ask your shoe dealer (or W. I* Douglas shoo*. If he can not supply yon with the kind yon want, take no other make. Write fi' " " - - - get shoes of the by return mail, postage free. for inserting booklet explaining bow to shoes of the highest standard of quality for the price. FRENCH MAKE NEW GAINS LOOK FOR W. L Dongha name and the retail prico •tamped on the bottom. '4ft Boys5 Shoes Bast in irie Worid $3.00 $2.50 £ $2.00 President J^E^oi^aB^hoe^o^BrorkiUMiijMBSS. Berlin Declares Fierce Attack by Foe on Twelve-Mile Front Was R«< pulsed With Heavy Losses. , Generous Offer. "Time and again I've given you a lift in my motor car." . 3T "So you have." "Now that I am hard up and can't meet this month's payment on it you* refuse to^ieail me any money ir t'li 4 yuo fs 6f i was le-al- Parls, via London, Nov. 8.--Addi­ tional progress was made during Mon­ day by the French troops operating In the northern part of the St Pierre- Vaast wood and more prisoners also have been taken by them, according to the official communication. Berlin, Nov. 8.--A severe defeat of the Pranco-Rritish forces on ^he Somme by troops from all pArfs Germanay during the last 24 hqurs announced by the war office. Th lies, the statement said, launched an attack of fierce violence against the front held by (Jeneral von Buelow'a army after an artillery preparation by "their whole firing capacity." The at­ tackers were thrown back everywhere. The allied attack was launched on a front of 12 miles. The attackers suf­ fered "the heaviest sanguinary Tosses," the statement said, "and accomplished nothing but a local gain lnQthe north­ ern part of the St. Pierre-Vaa! WOO^8*N I /^Juhl Sprawl of Peewee wast telling a- I of the style prevailing at his cousin's house in Kansas City. "^hy( dad- burn it, they ett diner at "six o'clock at night,'.' sai<} he. "And at every plate there were six forks dnd^" • , " "Gee!" cackled his youngefr brother. "How'd you know which one to use?" "Hoh ! That didn't bother me none. I Just grabbed my knife and sailed right In."--Kansas City Star. *1 Well; I'll. tell you what I'll do to help you out. l*ou estimate the num­ ber of times you have taken me to town in your car and J'll pay you ten cents for each ride, which Is twice the fare charged by a jitney bus." " HIGH cost OF LIVING f * ~ ** \ * IWa Is a Serious matter heuse- keeperg as food prices are constantly going up. To overcome tnis, cut out tlie high priced meat -dishes and serve yoijr family -more Skinner's Macaroni antl Spagh^sfti, the cheapest, most de- iiclous anijunost nutritious of all foods, ty'rite the ^kinner Mfg. Con Omaha, Nebr., for beautiful cook book« telling hiw to prepare it in a hundred different ways. It's fre^f to every woman.--Adv. -f fif His Efficacious Way. The officers and 380 men and 11 ma­ chine guns were captured. - SEVEN ARE KILLED IN WRE0K GOT HEMLOCK SEED CHEAP* Englishman's Snrewd Scheme for Pr|i|* curing Drug That Commanded Good Pnetf on Market? Mr. Pickwick's valet and all servant, Samuel Weljer, whose 11 m- ^ | ited acquaintance with physicians and apothecaries did not hamper his fes^"* tive imagination in the relation of medk t ical novelties which were hefcrd witH wonder nnd amazentent by Mr. Pick* wick and his friends, should have hadl,^ in his repertoire the following from thai London Garden: Evufry autumn a '.V Heavy Coal Train Runs Wild in Penn­ sylvania--Four Engines Re- duced to Scrap Iron. Altoona, Pa., Nov. 8.--Severn are be­ lieved to have been killed and another lsflSying In the Altoona hospital as a result of a wreck at Newportage June- ton,' five miles south of here, on the Newportage branch of the Pennsyl­ vania railroad, following a thrilling leu-mile uu^h u6wjn the eastern slope of the Allegheny mountains by a heavy coal train. The coal train, running wild, crashed into a light engine at the Junction, wrecking 47 of the GO cars In the train. Four light engines were reduced to scrap ano\tons of "coal piled up caught lire immediately after the crash. The^dead: 4. L. Itiscing, I*. C. Schuma, Frank Fry, R. F. Jackson, J. H. Gordon, W. C. Hor- nor and W. K. Thompson. • Germans Sink Own U-BoafT Berlin (via wifeless to Sayville, L. I.), Nov. 8.--The destruction of the Ger­ man Submarine U-20 by its own crew after the submarine had gone aground on the west coast of Jutlaud,. is re­ ported by the German admiralty. Australia Polls Record Vote. Melbourne, Nov. 8.--A record* num­ ber of votes was polled on the con­ scription referendum, but the Jlgurep are still incomplete. Out total of 2,087,000 votes counted 'tin? major-L^V."^ " Ity against conscription is 73,00ft w Vlllista Bandits Defeated. I Washington, Nov. 8.--The Mexican embassy announced that official dis­ patches had been- recelve^f.that the de facto troops had defeated a large num­ ber of Vllllstas In lyjioqqi, Chihuahua. jNo details are known. Torpedo Hits German London, Nov. 8.--A British r£ubma» rlne operating in the North serf reports that it fired torpedoes at a! German battleship of the dreadnaughit typte, making a hit. The amount of damage "Now dealer, tjque w ne • J phqSu loavei iurely an Antique. here," said "the second-hand a rifirfe bargain in an an- hograph, which--" 'Who^Ver heard^f a phonograph classed as antique furniture?" breke in the. scnrnful customer.- ^ "Well, believe it or not," returned tlie dealer, "but the raaq I bought It fr<jm had had it so long it was all paid for."--Kansas City Star. Pimples, boils, carbuncles, dry up and disappear with Doctor •Pieree'«fla G<®ien Medical Discovery. In tablets liqaid. --Adv., Conscientious ' ' "Do you always keep the projtnlses y<jn make before election?" ^Nyell," replied Senator "Sorghum, "T do my tiest. If l can't beep them I am willing to make them over again as often as may be desiredE* ^ * - a man -V Only Propift Wife--rThls paper tells of In Ohio who lives on onions alone^ . Hub--Well,,-anyone who lives on onions ought to live alone. The longest rlve^ in Japan is the Tone, Its main course being alraht 200 ' : man used to bring to a wholesale drug house in London a, quantity of hem«' lock seed which he sold at ha'f th$L market prices The curiosity of a merafe ber of the ifeuse at last becoming aroused he asked the man how hf could afford to sell the drug so ch^p*4 iy., After being promised.that nothiW would be done to interfere with hiif business he described his method!; Every spring he filled his pockets witH' ( , the seed and went out into the coun^ . try. Wherever he saw a: good wid#'•».% hedgerow he "slaved the seed. 6road» Capt. Then Jie went his way ahd wor^1 ried no more over his; crop un fall, when he revisited the scene of labors. He, w<5uld then call the farm* «er's attention to the •"weeds'* in hi# hedge, ,offering to cut them down for * shilling a hedged an offer Vhich th« farmer gladly accepted». Thus was th# ground -furnished free and be wae.|»aU| to cut the harvest. - / -• "^vl* Hard Hit. The late Richard H^riiiiig Davis, bluff and hearty, detest**^ snob, and whenever a snob's head'pcj)pe<l up h% took a whack at It^ . 4 ' oner of his dinners at CrossroafW^arnj, his estate near Nevfr" York, made a siiobblsh remark abqut a son of lievolotion who had mar* JI WUlT 11 th# of hit J j©. 1 girl of great beauty and i' ried a chorus talent. & ~ Mr. Davis glared at his guest. Hi*j rudtly face grew redder. Then he said f "You, iny hoy, are one of those chap* who thinly the st»ciai scale 1$ life's only reliable weighing machine ["--New- York GJlobe. Many School Child ren are SleMjr.^ t> Children who are delicate, feverish nnd erne* will get Immediate relief from Mother Gray'ii Sweet Powders fur Children. They cleanse thtf stomachs act on the liver, and are recommenc­ ed tor contplaininK children. A i>le.-isant rem». edy for worms. Used by mothers for 20 years. All druggrists, 85c. Sample FREE. Mother Gray Co., Le Roy, N.* Y.--Adv. AMwmi / Up-tovDate Diagnosis.. . "What did the doctor say?" felt of Jones' purse and said there wai* ^ no hope."--^Dallas News. j. ^ NeV York receives weekly from 12Sv*:V v;-'- to 175 carloads Of chickens, avera^^|| ; 20,000 pounds to the car. ' «' Buy material^ that last Fully guaranteed --beet reepoiuibility For «tale bjr dealers every where at reaaonable prieee Hoofing . _ General RdDflag Mtotrfj * *, •'•y K*' *%••• 14 HngarndBwOdtKaPiwen ihuir • AHUM SI