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THE MORXING OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. 1914. SAY THEY PRUSSIA KITCHENER it lias1 ihe "KiclC 61 PLACED IN OFFICE 9P Germans Declared in Retreat, Leaving Behind Muni tions and Prisoners. War Lord's First Request Is Listed With Lighter-Side Incidents of Combat. GALICIAN LINE WAVERS BABES TAKE FIGHT NAMES 2 RUSSIANS r - - i ! tar; smrss m?. -vluws or tT'"'S2f '-'. v F ' ' -iff ' ! bra i f&g& V ' : AuMrlnns Admitted to Have Ad vaticed Left, but Right Is Said to Be Thrust Back Servian Victories Recorded. NEW YORK. Aug:. 26. The military attache of the Russian Embassy, through the Russian consulate, tonight issued the following statement: "In Eastern Prussia on August 24 the line of the River Angerap, although fortified for defense, was abandoned by the enemy without an attempt to offer resistance. Insterburg and An gerberg are occupied by Russians. The enemy has retreated In great disorder, partly towards Koenigsburg and partly toward Rostenburg. From the front. urtiesDurg-soidau. the Russians are gradually advancing, the enemy re tiring to Osterode and leaving sev eral guns, machine guns, ammunition wagons and prisoners. Austrian Left Advancing. "On the left bank of the River Vis tula the enemy retired from the Plock Lentchitza line, but further to the south his detachment, yet undisturbed by the Russian advance, retained In their hands Lodz, FetrokotT, Konsk, Random and Opatoff. "In Oallcla the enemy on August 23 advanced his left to the line of Anna- poi-amosrie - namorows; while on their right the Austrlans are, falling back before our advance. On the even ing of August 23 the Russians took Tarnopol and strengthened their po sitions on the River Sered, affluent of the River Dniester. Brilliant Encounter Reported. "On August 24 the commander re ported to His Majesty an account of a brilliant encounter of a squadron of the Nijegorodski Dragoon Regiment, which attacked a detachment of Ger man scouts of 70 picked men under the command of an officer. Six Germans were taken prisoners; the rest . were killed. The Russian dragoons had four men slightly wounded by the enemy's bullets, but none of our men was even touched by the enemy's sabers. "The Servian army continues to be Invariably successful. From the be ginning of the war the Servians have captured 4J guns, six howitzers, 86 ammunition wagons, four field hospi tals, a field bakery and a large quantity of clothing, shoes and horses." FRANCE'S THREE 1 '' SLrB VC' LINES OF DE- I ' W J t GERMANY. l-ivr'C.it'-',"wsw I . tifc f. v3Li'3cS t I Progresa Alone the I . ffjSxA-Ap- I Firat Line of De- ' 5 J If I f II n t' II r ,. 1 m ... i u " " i a I Shovrn) Second and I 1 fcX-N Third Linea Have K--- Z' --JQ&2- - ' : ' t Not Vet Been A- 1 &.Iii5lsS .. ...led. 8 GERMANY SHOWING LEAST EMOTION POSEX IS XOW TKRE-VTEXED Mnsslan Center Marches Silently, With Terrific Force. ROME, via London, Aug. 26 (mid night.) A dispatch from Bucharest aays that the Russian columns invad ing Gallcia have occupied Turnopol, an Important city. 80 miles east-southeast of Lemberg, capital of Galicia. Three Austrian army corps are said to be opposing them. LONDON, Aug. 26. The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent says that the Germans, who retreated by forced marches after their defeat by the Rus sians at Gumblnnen. are assembling a part of their .forces at Koenigsberg. The German fortified position on the River Angerab was abanadoned with out fighting. It is said Manenburg, East Prussia, has been occupied by Russians. The roads beyond the Angerab are strewn with cartridges, knapsacks and equipment cast aside in the flight of the German troops, says the Times' correspondent. North of Neidenburjr. Sundav and Monday, there was stubborn fighting in wnicn the Russians were again vie torlous. largely through their superb use of the bayonet. The enemy here had assembled the entire Twentieth Army Corps in a fortified position. The Russians had to negotiate pits and barbed wire. Hand grenades were used, the Russians finally carrying tne position at the point or the bayonet The Germans retreated toward Oste- roae, leaving Denina many guns, ma chine guns, caissons and prisoners. Meanwhile the Vilna army is driving tne I irst German Army Corps toward Danzig. The question now is whether the German forces can escape and how long the Russians will take in occupy ing the territory east of the River Vis tula. There they will find strong Ger man defenses. It is reported that the Russians on Monday reached Marien burg, only 25 miles from Danzig. The Russian losses include repre sentatlves of all the noblest families in the Empire. The Grand Duke Dmitrio Pavlovitch and the Princes John and Oleg Constantinovitch, who are sub alterns in the Horse Guards, rode In the terrible charges which will forever be a glory to their regiment and the Russian army. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company from St. Petersburg says the Russian Chief of Staff an nounces that since Sunday the Russian invasion of Gallcia and Prussia contin ued uninterruptedly along a wide front. hile the Russian right wing is in vading Prussia and the left wing en tering Gallcia, the Russian center, com posed of the grCat bulk of the army, is believed to b'e marching silently, but with terrific force, on Fosen, the cor respondent adds. Berlin Reports Russian Repulse. BERLIN. Aug. 26 (by wireless to the Associated Press by way of Nauen and Sayville, L. I.). Official reports made public In Vienna and received here by telegraph say a battle of three days' duration at Krasnik (in Russian Po land. 2S miles southwest of Lublin) ended yesterday in a complete Austrian victory. The Russian forces were repulsed along the entire front of 60 kilometers t2 miles), and are now in full flight in the direction of Lublin. Men Go to War Smilingly, and Women See Them Go as if Conscious of Victory. AUSTRIANS DEEPLY MOVED AUSTRIAN ASSURES ITALY Chief or Staff Denies Revengeful Aggression Is Intended. LONDON, Aug. 2 6. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Rome says that according to advices from Vienna General Corad, chief of the Austrian staff, has sent the following message to the Italian government: "The reports published in Italy that Austria-Hungary hag aggressive inten tions against Italy, in order to revenge itsalt for Italy's failure to participate in the war, are absolutely without foundation and are stigmatized as malignant efforts put forth by a third parW." , Harrowing Scenes of Parting Are Reported Also in Austria, France, Belgium Ordinary French man Shows Xo Hatred. LONDON. Aug. 26. (Special.) Emo tionally the Germans seem to be the least affected of all the peoples involved in the war. Americans back from Austria describe moving scenes of separation between the women folk ana men folk of the dual monarchy wives and daughters clung to their husbands and fathers starting for the war ana wept convulsively. Every one viewed the prospect of bloodshed with grief and loathing. Persons who observed the early scenes of the mobilization in France tell similar stories, showing that the ties of domesticity were hard to break tne men sobbing unrestrainedlv when bidding farewell to their grief-smitten tamilles. The- ordinary Frenchman ap pearea to entertain no instinctive hatred of the German. Tne cermans have been taught to hate us and we have been taught to nate the Germans," he said. "Why nenner or us Knows exactly, but war has been declared and all must light.' Racial Passion Sways Russia. fartlngs of Russian soldiers and their relatives also are said to have Deen marked by deep emotion. The men seemed to feel that they were go ing on a long Journey beset with perils and that they would never return. Of their conviction of the necessity of go ing there appeared to be no doubt. Racial passion swayed them. They ex pressed no personal fear; only grief at the fate that tore them away from their domestic attachments and happi ness. The emotional side of family life came out prominently in Belgium also. The Belgians fought like strong men, but they are represented as weeping like children on leaving their homes. Everyone gives a strangely different version of what happened in Germany. ine war appeared to produce general elation. The men started for the war with smiles on their faces, the women watching them go also smiling. Germana Conscious of Strength. Signs of a haunting sense of perma nent partings were not discernible. Every man, woman and child imDressed the observers as buoyed with a con sciousness of German strength and a feeling that the Kaiser's legions would come home unscathed, having slain the lions in the path of German greatness. British ana .trench patriots hODe that Germany will serve humanity, not by overwhelming the western democracies. small and great, but by demonstrating that militarism at the greatest pitch is ineffectual against the spirit of na tionality and should be abandoned in the interests of those whose backs sun- port the burden of the machinery of war. papers had not prepared them for, the belief that England would remain neutral being universal. "I then went to a popular beer hall much frequented by students. Many soldiers were present and here the news aroused a great outburst of patriotism. The band played martial airs; patriotic songs were sung and war-like speeches were made by men mounted on tables. Never have I witnessed such a display of patriotic fervor. "Other scenes of popular cafes were similar outbursts." the CRUISERS' PURSUIT TOLD AMERICANS IN PANIC IN GENEVA Gloucester Xarrowly Escapes De struction by Fleeing Germans. LONDON, Aug. 26! Wireless Oper ator Marsden, of the British cruiser Gloucester, which pursued the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau among the Ionian Islands, wrote an account of the chase to his mother. He said: "The chase lasted four days and nights, during which our gunner in dulged in some range shots at the Breslau. After missing the first shot at 11,000 yards, he spat on the second shell for luck, and it carried away half of the Breslau's funnel. The gunner repeated the operation on the third shot, which cleared the Breslau's quar ter deck and put her aft gun out of action. "The cruiser fired 30 shots in return. Two of them smashed boats on the davits on the Gloucester's upper deck. Our ship narrowly escaped destruction from a torpedo fired by the Goeben." Swiss Soldiers, With Fixed Bayonets, Required to Calm Travelers at Station. PEOPLE FIGHT FOR PLACE First-Class Railway Cars AU in Use for Conveyance of Wounded. Austrian Thoroughness of Search Complimented. UPPER CLASSES ARE SERIOUS Uower-Class Cafes in Berlin Joyous Over War Declaration. LONDON, Aug. 26. An interesting light is thrown on German feeliner bv H. F. Valentine, of New York, who has Just arrived in London from Germany and relates experiences In various Dresden cafes on the night Great Britain s declaration of war was made known. The upper classes received the news seriously, the lower classes joyously. I was in a cafe frequented bv well- to-do people," said Mr. Valentine, when a man entered and read aloud a telegram announcing England's dec laration of war. A sudden hush fell where all had been animation a moment previous. Most of them arose and left quietly. Among them I noticed a director of a large steam ship company. tll of them were sur prised by the news that the news- FOREIGN HONORS CANCELED Russia Rars Decorations in Reprisal for Alleged Excesses. LONDON. Aug. 26T The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Times says military circles are much impressed by an order dismissing the German and Austrian sovereigns and princes from honorary colonelships in Russian regiments and depriving them of Rus sian decorations. , This has never been done in any war. The Emperor has positively for bidden Russian officers to wear Ger man or Austrian decorations. These extreme measures were decided on at a special council held In Moscow and are due to the alleged inhuman treat ment of Russian subjects by Germans and Austrlans and to the Indignities said to have been inflicted on members of the Russian imperial family. FILIPINOS APPROVE BILL Administration Measure Urged Congress as Imperative. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. The pend ing Administration Philippine bill was urged as an Imperative necessity and as in accord with Fllplno sentiment in a favorable report filed with the House today by the Insular affairs committee. The general provisions of the measure: which would reorganize and liberal ize the government of the Philippines and declare the intention of the United States to recognize independence soon as the Filipino people are ready to establish a stable government, already have been made public. The report says the text of the bill already has been communicated to the various provincial and municipal gov ernments throughout the islands and has their approval. PRINCE, SURROUNDED, DIES Germans Report Death of Frederick William of Lippe at Liege. ROME. Aug. 26. How Prince Fred erick William or Lippe dlea in tne ghtlng before Liege Is described tersely in a dispatch received here to day from the headquarters of the Ger man army. The Prince's regiment was sur rounded by the Belgians under the walls of Liege and he was struck by two bullets while standing among his men. He died instantly. WHEAT CHEAPJN FRANCE Crop Harvested and Cutting of Oats Is Well Advanced. PARIS, Aug. 26T5:B5 P. M. The wheat crop has been harvested throughout France, according to infor mation collected by the government. The price is comparatively low. The cutting of the oats crop is well ad vanced. Beets are in splendid con dition. The news regarding the vintage is good, although the vines are somewhat damaged by cryptogamic growths. PARIS, Aug. 26. (Special.) A pani of 800 Americans in a railway station in Geneva, Switzerland, which only the nxea bayonets of Swiss soldiers sue ceeded in quelling, is described by H Thompson, a Chicago architect, who arrived today in Paris, accompanied by nis wite. uur train, winch contained many cars and was loaded with Americans left Lucerne peacefully enough," he said, "but when we reached Geneva we were compelled to change cars. We were led through a subterranean pas sage under the tracks but the farther end of this passage was barred with chains. it was while the passengers were packed tightly in this passage that the panic started. The pressure from behind was so great that women were crushed to the floor. The chains were broken and the crowd fought for places on the train. Americans Go Wild. Talk about the excitability of the French! I never saw anywhere else people so wild as were these panic stricken Americans. The station au thorltles immediately called a squad of soldiers. These cleared the platform with fixed bayonets and succeeded in restoring a semblance of order. We paid for first compartments from Lu cerne, but trom Ueneva to Pans we had to travel third-class. "While the train stood at the sta tion at Bourg, another train with Ger man prisoners from upper Alsace drew up on the risht-hand side. It was fol lowed almost immediately on the left hand side by a train of French wound ed from Mulhausen. We understood then why there were no first-class cars These had all been taken for hospital purposes. From the windows of our train we could see the wounded lying lengthwise on the seats of the first class coaches, two In each compart ment. Surgeons Lose No Time. "It was a ghastly sight. Some had died on the way and the condition of others was so serious that the sur geons began to operate as soon as the train stopped. We gave cigarettes through the window to one poor fellow whose head had been sabered. He seemed exceedingly grateful." Mr. Thompson was stopped and his automobile was searched by Austrlans while he was trying to return to Switzerland from Austria. He ex pressed admiration for the thorough ness of the Austrian examination. SAN FRANCISCO IS HAVEN Vessels of Belligerent Nations Take Refuge in Harbor. SAN FRANCISCO? Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) -San Francisco's harbor rapidly is becoming a haven of refuge for the vessels of many nations. In the ma jority of cases these vessels are of nations now at war. This is the only port in the world that has known within a period of less than 48 hours the entrance ana departure of steel clad cruisers of warring nations. There are now lying In the harbor 38 vessels from foreign ports, 29 of them .flying foreign flags. To join them from overseas ports 105 vessels are headed for this port. These vessels have a total tonnage of 270,000 tons. Of the vessels headed for this port 22 are from New York, 15 from New castle, N. S. W.; 9 from Hongkong, 11 from Antwerp, 12 from Rotterdam and from bydney. Single vessels are on their way from Buenos Aires. Copen hagen, Callo; Calcutta. Emsden, Miiki, Xloji, Nagasaki, Nitrate Port, Napier. Genoa, Glasgow, Hull, Papeete, Shimon- osekt, German Woman Married to English man, Shop Sign 'Hoggesbatt' Is Replaced by 'Jenkins' House wives Establish War Rules. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON, Aug. 14. Grlrn as war news is, it is not without its lighter side of amusing incidents, oddities and ro mance. Lord Kitchener's first question when he entered the War Office to take up his new post, so it is reported in the SDortine Chronicle, was addressed to the porter. "Is there a bed here?" he asked. "No, my lord," replied the porter. "Get one," said Lord Kitchener, and passed on. The conferring of war names upon children began as soon as the first blood was shed. "Albei t Leman Liege" Hopkins and "Marie Alsace Lorraine" Lecompte have already been registered in London. The suggestions advanced in letters to the press for mitigating the distress during and after the war cover almost everything. An Australian urges that the fecundity of the rabbit offers a so lution. He would have the government Inclose areas of the country and stock them well with rabbits. "Thousands of rabbit? rapidly multi plying would prove very useful during a period of high prices," he says. German Sign Taken Down. To end hostile demonstrations, a Ger man woman shopkeeper of Islington was married to an Englishman, and "Jenkins' has replaced "Hoggesbatt" above the shop. Almost everything is free to the sol diers. Photographic studios Invite sol diers in for free photographs to leave with their sweethearts. Bootmakers advertise their desire to repair any army man's boots free of cost, and in some Instances they engage to keep the footgear of the wives and children at home In repair so long as the war lasts. The use of the telephone for the cir culation of war news to subscribers has become a feature of the newspaper service throughout the British Isles Most of the papers have definite late evening hours set apart, during which any subscriber who has paid from shilling to a pound a week for the service may learn late night war news by telephone. Wives of soldiers married without of ficial permission and without title to allowances are to receive allowances just the same, according to announce ment. The allowance will be 25 cents a day for every wife, with 4 cents a day for every boy under 14 years of age and every girl under 16. Welsh to Sing: Anyway. The Welsh have decided to hold the great National Eisteddfod, or singing festival, at Bangor next month, not withstanding the war. The proceeds of the festival are to be devoted to the Prince of Wales war distress fund. London housewives have made up some "war rules for the kitchen," which call for marketing in person, the bringing home of all small parcels and buying and cooking the most eco nomical way possible from day to day, rather than buying in quantities. Some of the London papers have severely scored the practice of the well-to-do In buying huge quantities of foodstuffs with which to stuff their larders, knowing that their action contributes further hardships to the poor. "Business as usual" is being given wide publicity as a motto for the Eng lishman at home to follow so far as possible during the war. Notwithstand ing the optimism, however, the shadow of unemployment is lengthening daily. One of the largest candle-making firms in England reports that business took a decided spurt with the outbreak of war, due to a .popular fear that the gas and electric, service might fail suddenly. REDCROWN Gasoline of Quality Noi a nwdure krf a straight product of refining Standard Oil Company ( C A L 1 T 0-R,l I A) BRITISH SEND GRAIN UP Lord Kitchener's Prediction of Long War Causes Advance. The excitement that prevailed in all the wheat markets of the world as a consequence of Lord Kitchener's state ment that the war might last three years was the occasion of a sharp ad vance in grain prices in Portland. At the noon session of the Merchants Exchange a 5000-bushel lot of blue- stem was sold at $1.06, which repre sents an advance u( cents over the best price of the preceding day. Bids for club wheat were raised 4 cents to 92 cents, and other kinds of wheat were advanced from 3 to 6 cents. Higher prices also were offered for oats and barley, but there were no sellers. MAYOR NAMES AGENT Chamber of Commerce Here to Take Red Cross Funds. PLANS NOW ARE OUTLINED but am harilly conarloita of th tsrriblt sufferings now being endured by the many victims of this war. If each of us WSiiM recall the sufferings we ourselves, or some of our own family, have undergone from Illness or Injury, each would hs glad lo contribute to mitigate the misery of theee woundea men. Every dollar given will mean the lessening of pain of some poor man. Our sympathetic people are willing to aid tn this merciful work, hut It needs the help of a local commutes to bring the matter to their attention. Please help America to play the nnbler part In thla titanic war, to assuage suffer ing, to save life, not to destroy It. Donors If they ao desire may dealgnata the countries for which their rontrlbutlona are to be used. The Red ("roes accounts are audited by the War Department. Portland Organization Will Not Con duct Active Canvass for Money to Aid Cause, but Will Re ceive and Distribute. Mayor Albee, in response to a plea from the American Red Cross Society, has appointed the Portland Chamber of Commerce fiscal aient for the Ited Cross funds to be collected In this city and dispatched to the National Ameri can organization, for relief work In Europe. The Chamber will not conduct an active canvass, but funds may be sent to its office and there will be received nd transmitted according to the direc tion of the donor. Arrangements can be made by those donating funds for hem to be applied to the relief work In the army of any of the conflicting na tions they may desire. The outline of the plans of the na- ional organization is embodied In the following letter received by the Cham ber from the chairman of the National Relief Board: Funds are greatly needed to send over iUa I'. ..f Crn.a slifrt With 1 .". 0 BM Tif l' IBS :ind Red Cross trained nursos, surgical equip- I ments and larffe quantities of hospital sup plies. This ship sails under the American and Red Cross flags and will be In charge of Admiral Aaron Ward. U. S. X., retired. We read of the thousands of wounded. GERMAN T0G0LAND YIELDS Allies to Killer Kanilna Today With Capitulation I iH'oiidlllonul. LONDON, Aug. 2. Premier Asqullh In tho House of Commons today read a communication from the commander In chief of the forces In British West Africa, saying that tho authorities of Togoland. the German colonial posses sion on the West Coast of Africa, had offered to capitulate on terms, in re ply, the British officer suld that tho capitulation must le unconditional. It was later iinnniincod ofTI l.i 1 1 y that German Togoland had surrendered un conditionally. The allies will enter Kamlna Thursday. BANK GETS INFERNAL BOX Attempt to ltlow Tp Itillon Itesults In lAMidon laUlts WarnliiK. LONDON, Aug. 26. An attempt t.i blow up one of the chief London banks, says the Evening News, has led to ail official warning to all banks to exam ine thoroughly on delivery all deep boxes deposited with them. A harmless-looking deep box wn presented at a London bnnk for deposit In the strong room. A sharp oar eniiftht an ominous ticking: and an Infernal ma chine was discovered In the box. Paris Now Eats Frozen Game. PARIS. Auer. 26. The Minister of Agriculture today authorized the sale of frozen game in Paris. Large quan tities of frozen rabbits In normal times are sent from France to the United States. As a rule, they are kept in cold storage until the opening of the game season. Under the present circunfi stances they will be used here. Manning's 35c Coffee Manning's Coffee Store Jones' Market Fourth and Alder NONE BETTER, It Is a serious claim to Indulge In tho ord Best In promotion of any line of merchandise. One must be positively certain of the promise to safely lake such n posi tion. 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