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THIRTY-SEVENTII YEAR
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BIS CLAIM
GREAT VICTORY ON
BANKS OF VISTULA
Say Kaiser's Advance Check
ed and Twelve Thousand
Prisoned Taken
ANOTHER BLOODY
BATTLE IS RAGING
Also Claim Situation in East
Prussia Is Improved by
Swamps Freezing
GERMANS DENT IT.
Belin, via The Hague, Nov.
2.1. Answering Russian claims
of an overwhelming victory in
Russian Poland between the Vis- (
tula and tho Wartbe rivers, the if
wnr office here announced of- 4
ficinlly today that the engage-
meut wnt.jtliire'rc!) -to oe reason-'
that nuT..,-,rfl a'l rt".aje really
been rcaehod, and that tho Gor
mans were confident they
would win.
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Only One Question.
Potrograd. Nov. 23. "It is only
a question of how many Germans es
caped," asserted reports today tailing
of an overwhelming Russian victory be
tween the Vistuln and Wnrthe rivers.
The kaiser's advance was declared to
have been completely chocked, with
enormous losses to the Oormans.
Twelve thousand prisoners wero said
to have been taken by the Russians at
Kutno, a town near Lowirz. alone.
Lurlier reports wore to tho effect j
that, before their defent, flernna!
cavalry patrols hnd penetrated to within !
.hi nines ot Warsaw. One body of ;
horses was said to have been cut off
10 miles ahead of the main column and
captured to tho last man.
Another bloody battle was reported
still raging along the hue betweui
Gzcnstochowo and Cracow.
continued iinssinn successes, it was,
ussencu, wero morning this engagement..
In r.ast Prussia, too, conditions were!
said to be far more favorable for the
czar's forces' thnn when thev previous
ly invnded the district, the swamps
which hampered their operations at that
time now being frozen over.
Summed up, the wnr office declared
the Slavs' position everywhere highly
satisfactorily. The opinion was ex
pressed tbnt tho Polish engngoment
would practically decide tho Germans'
eastern campaign.
In East Prussia,
Petrogrnd, Nov. 211. Fresh Russian
succcssim in East Prussia were claimed
here to lav. After five davs hard fight
ing, Guniliinticn. it was stnted bv the
wnr office here, had been raptured. The
Germans, finally, route. I bv n cossnck
charge, wore said to have retreated to
ward Insterbnrg. Continued proirress
wns reported in the Mazurian Luke
region.
STOLE THE MONEY TO
PREPARE FOR MINISTRY
Los Angeles. Cnl., Nov. 2.1. Charged
with participation in the theft of mild
bullion worth $20,000, Clarence Loyst,
22, a Christian F.nilcnvor anil Sundny
school worker, Is in jail here todny.
the police said thnt he commuted, and
tlint he Implicated another youth, the
son of a wealthy mining man of Sun
Bernardino.
According to the alleged confession,
Loyst went with tho Sun .Bernardino
man to the plant of the Consolidated
Oreenwater Copper Mining company at
Pule, Sun Bernardino county, and took
the bullion. They wero overtaken by a
constable before they reached a rail
road, and surrendered the bullion to the
officer, with whom they were acquaint
ed. Lovat, llio police asserted, wanted to
marry a young woman of his rhurch,
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the necessary funds, they snid, he par
ticipatsil In the raid on the mine.
CHALLENGES WASHINGTON
Corvnllls, Ir., Nov.' iX Pr.
E. J. Stewart, othletlc director
Slid coach of the undcfcntel
O. A. C. football team today
Issurd t challenge to the I'ni
versity of Washington for a
gnme December n to decide the
disputed northwestern champion
ship, to be played on any field
In the northwest with the ex
ception of Seattle. Stewart de
clare that the dope show that
O, A. C. has the stronger
team, anil l entitled to the
championship If Washington re
fuses to accept the challenge,
FIGHT NEAR Sl.Z CANAL.
Berlin, via Tho Hague, Nov.
23. Fighting between Turks and
British in the vicinity of the
Suez canal was reported here
today in dispatches from Con-
st".i'inople.
iinttles were described at El
Kantara 25 miles south of Fort
Said, and between Katas and
Testube, about eight miles east
of the canal.
The Turks ware said to have
captured a considerable number
of prisoners, though it was not
; ought likely here that very
large numbers were engaged.
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Jen
Thousand Dollars Sub
scribed at Once Organiza
tion Sure of Success
IIop growers from all sections of the
Willamette Valley, representing Beaton,
Linn, Lane, Marion, Polk, Washington
and Yamhill counties, which filled the
assembly room of the commercial club
lo "standing room only," Saturday
afternoon, uuauimously voted to organ
iie the Oregon Hop Growers' Associa
tioa, to affiliate with, similar associa
tions of the states of California and
Vashiugton, and to incorporate under
:t- samo title, and, within 20 minutes
R er tho books wero declared opeu over.
ViO,000 of the authorized capital stock
of $.100,000 was subscribed in amounts
ranging from one share, valued at $10
to 100 shares amounting to $1000.
Furthermore, the originul delegation
of nine representative hop growers of
Oregon, composed of E. V. O. Paul, of
Buell, and W. H. Kirk wood, of Amity,
Vamliill county; O. O. Goad, of Dallas,
II. B. Fletcher, of Independence, Fred
N. Stump, of Stiver. I'olk Countv: L.
H. McMahan, Salem; M. L, Jones, of
Brooks, Marion county; J. h. Clark,
Springfield, Lbiib county, and B. Cart
wiightj of Hurrisburg, Linn county, wus
authorized to proceed with the work of
organization and signing up stock sub
scriptions until the full amount wus
subscribed, and to appoint sub-commit-
toes iu eucli hop growing sections of the
state to assist iu the work,
It is believed that the full amount of
the stock will be subscribed within
ubout two weeks, and, as soon as half
of it is secured, the association will in
corporate and organize for business, by
mo Bcicctiou ot a board of directors
and a .manager. Meetings of this or
gunizution uud stock subscribing con
mitteo will be held, at the call of '
President McMahan, to report progress
and attend to such other details of or-
guui.ation which may present them
selves for consideration. In case it is
necessary, in order to present the busi-
(Continued on Pngo Seven.)
Say Battle Has Not Reached
Decisive Stage but German:
Have Best Of It
Berlin, by wireless via Snyville, Nov
J.!. Confidence wus expressed this aft
ernoon in tin official statement Issued
by the government of a decisive Our
man victory In the present series of
buttles in progress In Hussion Pol.ind.
Both the Germans and Austrlnns, it
wns stnted, continued to fight with
great bravery, nnd ulthough u decisive
i.tuge had not yet been reuched, with
indicutiuns of ultimate success,
A report that n conflict wns in prog
ress west of the Dunujpc river was in
dicative of tho tremendous extent of
the territory Involved. From the nor
thernmost fighting zone to the sou th
orn tho distance In an nir line wns
ubout 5"0 miles, and the zigzagging
sad ivindlng of tho two buttle fronts
greatly increased this distance.
Several battles were ulso In progress
in uio i tirpatinnn mountains.
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invasion
stumiorn resistance to the Austrian
ZEPPELIN FACTORY
ATTACKED BY BIRDMEN
Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 2.1, Con-
'r g i"o extent or me damage clone,
iiv tae uritisn aviators who nm.le an
aerial attack Saturday on the knlser's
Zeppelin factory at Friedrichshnven,
conflicting reports were current today.
The German version was that no harm
was done. There were rumors, here,
however, thnt the airmen wrought ser
ious havoc.
Persons familiar with the factory's
activities said it has been turning out
a completed Zeppelin every three days
since the war began.
One of the attacking aeroplanes was
known to have been brought down by
a German shot, and It wns rumored tnst
another fell into Lake Constance.
AMERICAN TROOPS
LEAVE VERA Off
Ell) II I GUI
General Aguilar with 8,000
Is Waiting Near City Ready
to Take Charge
THIS WILL NOT DELAY
FUNSTON COMPLETES
Hundreds of Refugees Arriv
ing Ask for Transportation
to United States
Vera Cruz., Mox., Nov. 2.1. As Uucle
Sam'B soldiers marched aboard eight
American transports here today, prep
aratory to evacuating Vera Cruz., Gen
eral Aguilar, commanding 8000 Mexican
constitutionalists, waited lust outside
tne city limits to take over the gov
ernment of the city. As fast as Ameri
can outposts in the sand hills adjacent
to the city left, the constitutionalists
occupied these positions.
Tho Amorican evacuation proceeded
quietly. Tho crowds in the streets wore
orderly. All the saloons were closed.
The transports, with steam up since
10 (('clock this morning, wero expected
10 sail netorc u o clock this evening.
Nearly 1000 Mexicans were fleeing
from Vera Cruz aboard the refugee ship
Antilln, which will leave when tiio
transports sail,
The customs receipts collected at
Vera Cruz by American officials will
be brought to Washington by General
Fuuston.
Secretary nf Wnr Garrison said he
was undecided about the distribution of
the troops after their return to this
country. They will be quartered tem
porarily, he snid, at Texas City.
The return of-Oenernl Fuuston, it wns
said, will cause a shift in depaitmental
cmmiunders. It is planned to brinir
Major General Tnsker U. Bliss, now in'
command ot the American forces at HI
Paso, hero as assistant chief of Btaff
of the United States army, preparatory
to succeeding Oenernl Scott as chief of
staff later. If Fuuston desires a loave
of absence the changes will be post
poned until ntter Ins return. Otherwise
he may take command of the central
division, General ,1. V. Franklin Hell
succeeding ."Jouerul Bliss.
Either Taction Can Have City.
Vara Cruz., Jv'ov. 2;). I'nless some
thing unforeseen causes a sudden change
in plans, the American troops in Vera
Cruz will sail for home tonight. They
were .embarking today.
No representatives of nny of the var
ious factions iu Mexico have appeared
iu response lo uenerai f unstici s pub
lished invitation to lake formal charge
imv i-utv. lucre win ue no deliiv,
however, in tho departure of tun Ameri
can troops because of this. The city
will be merely left in charge of what
ever faction wants to assume respon
sibility. Hundreds of refugees arrived tolnv
and asked General Funstuii for passL,'
iv uiti i lllll'll CTinittS,
Kiht American army transports n,'l
III
live warships were lying off Turn-jom.! : lectiveness of their blockade of the
a Vein Cruz today. The presoti ' lumr-rman const, and, in the main, in keep
is for the warships to remain li senile f hp ,,,, romp 01,n nmi Buf0 fr
cun water for an Indetinite r v allies' shipping. This, however, is
General Carronzn wns at A " '". r ' p"f Helen! Iv spectacular work for
day. He probably, will . ... .Kf hj, ,, 4ulliu. The people are as proud of
Cruz when the American Vmr iion iflj.r navy as ever but thev do bliimo
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Quiet In Moxlco Cltyr
Washington, Nov. 21. Reports of
fighting nt several points in Mexico
were contained in cablegrams received
today nt the state department. All wus
said to be tranquil In Mexico City,
where General Blanco is in control,
Acting Secretary of State Lansing
snid Vera Cruz was nnxlous over the
division of public sentiment iu regard
to alleglenco to General Villa or Gen
eral Ciirranzu. Official advices from
Mexico City, however, said conditions
there were greutly improved.
Washington officials expected Gen
erul Blanco would attempt to reconcile
' ' i"'is. Aiucr can occupation
f Vera Cruz, it was anno. J. ,.t
ttin I ... 1 ,
i the l'nit..,l mm,.. ,.,.. i...i..
fVHlO.OOO and the navy probably twice
tliut amount.
ROY HARDCASTLE
KILLED BY ACCIDENT
While out hunting with some bovs of
nnout his nge Sunday afternoon, Roy
jinrucnsup, ageu i.i years, was ac
cidentia shot with ft shotgun which he
wns carrying and wns Instantly killed.
Coroner Clnugh, who was notiflnd bv
telephone this morning nnd Informed of
the circumstances surrounding the case,
decided that death wss due to an ac
cident and will hold no Inquest. Young
llnrdcasfle and his comrades were on
their wny home from the hunt near
Monitor, about five miles northeast of
Mount Angel, about t o'clock in the
afternoon and were in the act of climb
ing the bank of the river, either Butte
creek or Pudding river, when Hard
rsitle slipped and fell. In getting up
;
STORM CAUSES MANY
. DEATHS.
Detroit, Mich., $Tov. 23. Ad-
vices received here today from
Lake Superior points caused the
belief that more -than SO per-
sons perished in the gale which
swept the lake nearly all of
last week.
Wreckage piled, tip on the
south shore of Lake Superior
showed that the steamer Cur-
tis and her kargos, the Marvin
and the Peterson, were lost.
The Curtis carried a . crew of .
2$ men. It was also believed .
here that the steamers Binaloa,
Nipigon and Nisiko were lost
with all of their eiews.
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Much Complaint ' b England
Over Censorship, Navy
Management; and Tax
London, Nov. 11. (By mail to Now
York) A great deal has been said and
writton concerning the patience with
which the British public submitted to
all restrictions placed upon them as a
result of the wnr, of the uncomplaining
spirit with which tuoy bore their bur
dens and of tho unanimity with which
they supported all branches of their
government.
This is true to a great extent, but
licit entirely so. There has been a min
ority which has criticized nnd found
fault very freely and a very consider
able majority which has done tho same
thing with reference to some few things.
The censorship, for instance, has been
roundly denounced as needlessly strict
unintelligent and pigheaded. It is ac
cused of suppressing news which would
liava fired tne country s patriotic en
thusiism ami enci.uruged enlistment.
It is declared thnt it has violated all
principles of intcrnntionnl fair play,
that it has discriminated; thnt it has
suppressed news which the public posi
tively had a right to know, and that it
has suppressed much other news, which,
if perhaps not very important to the
public, had nothing whatever to do with
the war. ,
Sore About Navy.
Njr has the incrense in the Income
tax been received with anything like
u joyous greeting. If the people re
garded It exclusively as a war tax may
bo they would take it with better grace,
but it has been their experience that,
once imposed, the income tax sticks, ex
cept when it goes up, and the present
increase is generally considered perma
nent. The people yesterday called on
to turn over from one-twelfth to one
tenth, or even more, of their incomes
to the state, naturally do a great deal
of grumbling,
Fiuully, the admiralty has came in
for much verbal rough treatment nnd
some unfavorable comment in the news
papers. It was the general expectation
when the war began that the German
nnvy wor'd bo quickly wiped from the
sen, Instead, it is tho consensus of
opinion that the British fleet has been
ridiculously inactive, and thnt such en
counters as have occurred tho bnlanco
has been rather in the Germans' favor.
Tnle, some excellent nuthoritics hnvo
pointed out that the British wnr ves
els have accomplished wonders by the
tho admiralty a administration.
HALTS MINIMUM WAGE,
St. Paul, Nov. 21. .lodge F.
M. Catlin temporarily enjoined
the operations of tne state min
imum wnge commission, which
ordered into effect today the
minimum wage scale of $0 a
week for women.
he pulled his gun up toward him, muzzle
forward, when It was exploded nnd he
received the full charge of birdshot In
the chest, which torn a hole clear
through him. Hen III wns instnnlaneous.
Tho initials of tin) bereaved parents
could not be definitely ascertained hut
It is presumed that he wns the son of
Mr. and Mrs. It. W. Hur.lcastle, who
reside at Monitor,
The Weather
THSV iM T-f
Oregon to
night and Tuesday
unsettled; probab
ly rain northwest
portion; southerly
winds.
THINK THE KAISER
PERFECTING PLANS
TO INVADE ENOLAND
Moving of Entire Belgian
Population from Coast
Awakens Suspicion
GERMAN WARSHIPS
GET READY FOR SEA
These and Other Things Mean
Either Invasion or a Big
Naval Battle
. London, Nov. 23. Preparations for a
German invasion of England wero be
lieved here today to be in progress on
the other side of the North sea.
Reports were current that the kaiser's
warships at kmden evidently wero pre
paring to put to sea. Mysterious troop
movements were proceeding along the
coast. The entire Bolginn population
of the coast towns of Zeebrugge and
K.noclte had been transferred to Bruges,
The inhabitants of Saint Nicholas had
received orders to movo immediately to
Antwerp.
All things wore taken as meaning
that the Germans were engaged in some
undertaking concerning which they
wanted none but Germans to know any
thing as yet.
Indeed, six German submarines were
said already to have been put together
at Zeebrugge.
Tho Teutonic garrison at Bruggcs, It
was learned definitely, wns relieved
Friday by a force of slightly wounded
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T!."Lrv DUUUU',,,!" lu
Th. beiicf here was that the kaiser
was making ready for one of two things
the establishment of coast hoses for
an English raid or tho engagement of
tho British fleet, with a view to trans
porting a large force of troops across
the North sea while the buttle rnged.
From The Hague came tho news that
the center of fighting today was a lit
tle to the south of Mlddlckerke, and
that the battle was of extraordinary
ferocity and at short range, both sides
freely using the bnyo ot.
Eighteen Bodies Recovered
from Wrecked' Steamer,
Ten of Them Identified
Sault Sto Marie, Mich., Nov. 23.
Tho steamship Hinuloa, reported at De
troit to have been lost in the storm
(hat Bwept Lake Superior Inst week,
was tnle nt Heto tins rridny, accord
ing to the captain of the Cnnadian I'n
iliq railway steamship Alberta, which
arrived here today. No word hud. beer
received, however, of the steamships
Nipigon, Nlko or Cn"e, for whoso Biifu-
ty much apprehension is felt here.
Lightecn bodies had been recovered
from the wrecked steamship Curtis, of
which ten had been identified.
Twenty steamships left Whitefish
this morning, the cuptuin of the Nor
wegian vessel Wave reported.
Several vessclB which hud been tied
up by the storm reported hero safely
today.
llie Curtis wns wrecked, otr .lionis
ing harbor when Its commander, Cup
tuin Jennings, ordered tho steamer
buck from the harbor entrnnco In nn
effort to save one of tho barges which
had gone adrift. 1 ho Curtis not only
failed to save tho barge, but wus Itself
wrecked.
80,000 MEN AND 200 GUNS.
Loudon, Nov. 23. Eighty thousand
Germans and 200 guns, mostly of 13
Inch bore, passed through Cnpcllc and
Sevendcele on their wny to tho front
during tho week end, according to a
dispatch received hero tonight from
Rotterdam.
It wns stated that the guns were ac
companied by engineers f ruin tho Krupp
plant.
Fifty automobile loads of onginenrs
were also said to have gone westward
toward Ghent.
BCHOONEU, UOES ABHOEE.
San Francisco, Nov. 23. That the
steam schooner Hanalei, bound from
Eureka to this port, went ashore at
Dutch Bay reef, between Point Bonitn
and Point Reyes, and that her passen
gers and cargo were in grave danger,
was the text of a wireless report re
ceived here this afternoon. A revenue
cutter and a life-saving crew were rush
ed to the scene.
CHILI GETTING WARM.
Lima, Peru, Nov. 23. Chilean
newspapers received here today
declared the Chilean govern-
ment was determined to stop
alleged German violations ctf
the country's neutrality, even
if it cost war. The Germans
were charged with having estab-
lished a naval station outside
Valparaiso where they were
said to have assembled several
.vessels with coal and supplies
for Admiral Von Spees' cruiser
squadron.
His Army Consists of 15,000
While that Defending City
Numbers 20,000
EI Paso, Texas, Nov, 23. Fifteen
thousand Mexican troops, commanded
by General Angeles, were assaulting
Guadalajara today. Genoral Villa in
structed Angeles to capture the city,
even if he found it necessary to level
it. Tho city was being dofonded by
20,000 Carranzistas, commanded by Geu
oral Miguel Diguez.
The vanguard of General Villa's
army halted Sunday on its advance on
Mexico City at Cazadcro, 50 miles from
Tula, where resistance was expected.
Several miles of railroad tracks have
been destroyed and Villa awaited re
pairs before proceeding. This work
probably will require a wcok.
Villa himself was at Celaya today. Ho
will proceed lator to Qucretaro, the now
mobilization point for his army.
General Eululio Gutierrez, named pro
visional president oi Mexico at the
Aguas Caliontes peace convention, was
en route today to Vanegus to nrrauge
for a conference wittt his brother, Gen
""l.l" 'i'r 'I hTA
to induce tho latter to repudiate Car
ratizu,
CRUISERS TO REMAIN
IN TURKISH WATERS
Orders Given commands to "Protect
American Citizens u Occasion War
rants' 'Missionaries Fear Serious
Trouble.
Washington, Nov. 23. The United
States cruisers Tennessee and North
Carolina will remain indefinitely iu
Turkish waters.
Tins was mu'lo certain today when
nuvy department officials denied re
ports t li lit tiio two warships would be
recalled us soon as the Smyrna incident
was officially disavowed. Secretary
Daniels ulso declared that orders to
Captuin Becker of the Tennessee anil
Cuptuin Omar ot the North Carolina
that they must not act oil their own In
itiative had been modified so they may,
if grave necessity arises, "protect Am
orican 'citizens us the situation may
warrant. "
It was understood hero that tho
change in the administration's attitude
resulted from prcssuro brought to beur
by Amorican missionary intercuts.
Missionuncs wero angered wficn It
wns announced that warships in Turk
ish waters wero forced to work under
specific Instructions from here, and they
deluged tho Whito House with protests.
Ambassador Morgenthaii at tho sunie
time assured the porte thnt America
believed Turkey would protect Ameri
cans under its jurisdiction. Alorgen
tliuu soon was expected to officially re
port that Turkey Jiad disavowed any
hostile intent in connection with the
Smyrna incident.
Scott Is Arrested.
Ssn Beriiurdino, Cal., Nov, 23. Win
field Scott, 23, was arrested today by
Chief (if Police Seeombo on a warrant
charging him with participation in the
tiic.lt of gold bullion worth iUO,000
from n mine at Hale, Cal, Ho wus ac
cused by Clarence Loyst, who was ar
rested in Los Angeles late yesterduy on
a similar charge.
Scott Ib the son of D. P. Scott, a
real tstnte dealer and mining man. Ho
denied the charge but refused to dis
cuss the enso.
RUSSIANS REPORTED
HEAVILY EEINfOUCED
Berlin, via The Hague, Nun'. 23.
Thut the Kussiniis engaged with the
German forces along tho line between
Iho, Vistula and Wnrthe rivers hns been
heavily rolnforccd was officially stated
here thin afternoon, It wns said, how
ever, that no decisive stnge had yet
been reached ill tho fighting.
From the German standpoint, the
Czensctochowo-Crocow buttln was de
clared to be progressing satisfactorily,
"Steady gains and slight advances,"
continued the official statement, "are
being made daily In the Argoiina re
gion. We have taken a large number
of prisoners.
"The fighting from Neluport to
V'pres still progresses. Our guns re
pulsed a smnll British squadron which
approached the coast,"
GERMAN ADVICE
REACHES CRITICAL
STAGE DF JOURNEY
Danger of Being Flanked Is
hnminent but Position Must
Be Held j ;
IF ARMY IS FLANKED I
DISASTER IS CERTAIN
Safely of Army Depends
Largely (In Incompetence
of Russian Generals
(By Of. W. T. Mason, former London
correspondent for the United Press)
Now York, Nov. 23. General Von.
Hindenburg and his German followers
have now reached the most critical part
of their journey from the kaiser'
frontier to Warsaw.
They sre at Lowicz, planted straddle
wise across the railroad lines from the
northwest, which at this point begins
to converge with tho line from the
southwest or Warsaw. The straddle is?
IS miles long and the angle formed by
the two railroads extends to the east
ward for 45 miles before its apex i
reached at the metropolis of Russian
Poluud.
This engle must be held by the Ger
mans in order to command both rail
roads. Hitherto Von Hindenburg ha
been compelled to protect only tho Una
from the northwest. Now, however, he
must mako sure of the one from tha
southwest, too, or accept the grave risk
of being flanked.
This risk, oven with both railroads)
under German control, Is a constant sno.
Von Hindoiibnrg is truly "'living dan
geronsly," in full accord 'with Nlcfj
sches teachings,
Taking Big Risks.
Besides tho railroad angle, there is
river angle alivo with perilous possi
bilities, into which tho Germans are
entering.
This river angle Is formed by th .
Vistula. After passing almost straight
across Russian Poland from the German
frontier, the stream bends sharply t
tho southward just before Warsaw isj '
reached, forming a right angle with it
self. Warsaw is on tho north and south leg
of the angle, nbout ten miles from tb
angle itself. On tho east and west leg,
also about ten miles from the bend, in
Novo Georgicvsk, a first class fortres
of great strength.
Into this man-, bntweon the towns el!
Warsaw and Novo Georgievsk, the Ger
mans must venture, if thoy are flunked
or caught in the roar, they will be driv
en between theso two fortresses and,
the Vistuln, with disaster inevitable.
To some extent offsetting this risk
is the fact that no Hussian commander
hns jot shown the capacity for directing
such a coup. Noverthloss, the fact re
mains that at no previous time since thor
war bngnn has there been so splendid an
opportunity for a devastating stroke m
Von Hindenburg is now offering to th
Russians,
Outnumbered 2 to 1.
Indeed, neither in the east, nor th
west has a comniunder yot shown a bold
ness cnmpnruhlo with thut displayed by
Vim llinderbiirg in his present drive,
which involves dnngers which probably
noboily but he would risk.
Ilis'army is certainly outnumbered 3
to 1, if not morn heavily, and th
ubnmiiiable condition of the Russian,
roads makes it hard for it to profit by
its nnturnl mobility, through which 1
less difficult country, it would enjoy
considoruble advantngo over the Rus
sians. Von Hindenburg is of the type, how
ever, which reveals In such huiiilicnp.
His open criticism nf the kaiser'
strategy at army maneuvers during
ponce times was what caused him to be
on the retired list when the war
sturted. In the face of the national
crisis, ho uud the ruler mndo tip their
quarrel und Vou Hindenburg nturtixi
ahead to win the title of prince, which
will be conferred on him if he save
Kastera Germany from a Russian in
vasion, MARION TURKEYS
FORJHANKSGIVING
That southern Oregon, or any other
pint nf the world, has untiling upon th
Wilametlo valley, and particularly Mar
ion county, In the way of producing
i hone nnd succulent turkeys, is evl
di'iu oil by the big shipment of 50 splen
did s eciinens which was received by
loc'il markets this morning from Hub
bard, this county. Tim birds tipped th
scnlivi at an aggregate tiital of 044
pounds, dressed, or on average of near
ly 13 pounds apiece, and they ar t
magnificent lot of young, fut birds.
All nf the local markets are begin
ning to receivn their Thanksgiving
stock of turkeys, geese, ducks, chick
en, etc., and the supply seems to be
t'ur in excess of tho demand up to dat.
Turkeys are bringing 1H to li cents to
tiio producer and will reluil nt 2S cent
per pound, from 2 to 5 rents lower than
lust cur's markst. ,
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