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Jft ' o-omT mjrnnv TlTTJSniY SP.PTKMBER 1BL 1914. PRICE I'lVE CENTS. OL. LIV.-NO. 1B,79. runn;fl,, t PbAUb MUVb UAINb. WASHINGTON BELIEF RIVER AISNE HALTS GERMANS' RETREAT French Troops Have Reoccupied Amiens. GUNS DESERTED IN FLIGHT Ammunition and War Stores Left Behind by Kaiser. HORSES OUTRUN BY MEN Correspondent of London Times Says German Army Was Lured Into Trap and Fall Extent of Rout Is Not Appreciated. PARIS, Sept. 14, 11:09 P. M. The French official statement issued to night says that French troops have re occupied Amiens, which was abandoned by the Germans, but that the Germans ere making a stand on the River Aisne. The statement is as follows: "On our left wins we have every where caught up with the rear guards and even the main body of the enemy. "Our troops have re-entered Amiens, abandoned by the German forces. "The enemy appears to be making a stand on a prepared front along the River Aisne. "On the center, similarly, it would seem as If the enemy intends to resist on the heights to the northwest and to the north of Rheims. In the region between Argonne and the Meuse, he continues to retire. "On our right wing we have suc ceeded in relieving the fort of Troyon, which has been stubbornly attacked time and time again during the last few days. (Troyon Is 12 miles south southeast of Verdun.) "In Lorraine our pursuing detach ments are keeping, as everywhere else, In touch with the Germans. "The morale and sanitary condition of our armies continue excellent." PARIS, Sept. 14. Unrelenting pur suit of the rapidly retreating German armies by the British and French forces continued today with extraordi nary vigor, according to the French view. Despite the great numbers compos ing their various armies which op erated together against the allies, the German withdrawing movement is being carried out with great rapidity and cleverness. The main body ap pears to be approaching the Belgian fronTier. while the German left wing seemingly is gaining shelter in Ger man Lorraine. Ammunition Is Abandoned. So far as known the fleeing in vaders, who after wonderful forced marches into France made such a stern attempt to break through the solid lines of the allies defending Paris, have abandoned more than 60 cannon of various caliber and 30 machine guns because their exhausted horses were unable to drag them fast enough to keep up even with the foot-weary in fantry. Enormous amounts of ammunition and war stores also were left on the route of the Germans, which is through a difficult country, rendered almost impassable in some places by the heavy rains of the last few days and which threaten to continue. Allies Appear Fresh. The allies, on the other hand, it is asserted, display no sign of fatigue. They are represented as stirred by unexpectedly great victories to such a state of elation that they are able to keep close on the heels of the retiring enemy, harassing them day and night, cutting off detachments and attempting to interpose between them and the frontier. It was officially announced this afternoon that the Germans are still retiring everywhere. They are abandon ing all the positions which they erected to cover a possible retreat. (ifrniBD Land to See Warfare. It Is generally believed here that the next phase of the gigantic war, in which hundreds of thousands of men are engaged on the western field alone, will take place in German territory. The allies, according to the military experts, doubtless will endeavor to pre vent the German armies, should they succeed in eluding capture, from tak ing strong defensive positions near the frontier. Large bodies of fresh troops are understood to have been sent forward to assist in the pursuit, and many more are ready to share the chase, it is said. Some portions of the allied armies who through the hot and sunny days. In terspersed wtih deluges of rain, bore the brunt of the fighting, are taking a brief rest in preparation for future movements which may call for equally great efforts. LONDON, Sept. 14. A Times cor respondent, who wires from five miles south of Provins in the department of Seine-et-Marne, says: "I have traveled to this point practi cally along tho whole line of the allied army, though of course always in the rear. General von Kluck's host, in coining down over the Mams and Grand Morln rivers to Sezanne, 25 miles southwest of Eperuay, met little opposition and I believe little opposi tion was intended. The allies, in fact, led their opponents straight into a trap. Tbe English cleverly led the ' (Concluded on Page 3. BULLETINS ROTTERDAM, Sept. 15, via London, A special to the Rotterdamsche Conrant announces that Colonel Von Reuter, widely kimvi through the part he played in the Zabern, was recently billed in action. The Russian Oenerai Kan 1 bars, according to the Sofia news paper Ontro, has been executed nt Odessa on a charge of espionage, a mornn.- - li 1 1 i2S I. M The official press bureau Issued tonight a denial of the report that Russian inn have been landed In Belgium. "There la no truth whatever," says the bu reau, "in the rumors that Russian sol diers have landed or passed through Great Britain on their way to France or Belgium. The statements that Rus sian troops are on Belgian or French soil should be discredited." WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Secretary Bryan announced late today, on receipt of a message from President Wilson, that the Belgian Commission, which i... , t hi. country to protest against alleged German atrocities, will be received at the White Mouse Wednesday afternoon. WISH, Servla, Sept. 14, via Paris. The Servian offensive movement con tinues successfully on the left bank: of the Save. No Important developments along the Lower Brina have been re ported since the Servian victory on September i, LONDO.V, Sept. 14, 2:38 P. M.-rGreat Britain today put in force the regula tion that no foreigner Is to be permit ted to land In England without a pass port. Hereafter no naturalized Amer ican citizen will be granted a passport unless he submits his naturalisation papers or unless the State Department investigates his naturalization through court records. ROTTERDAM. Sept. 14, via London. A dispatch from Berlin says that the German General Staff announced on September 13 a plan of campaign lu the western theater of the war, of which no detail had been known, hnd led to a new engagement, which, so far, Is favorfible to the Germans. PEKIN, Sept. 14. It Is believed here that 25,000 Japanese troops have now been landed on the Shantung Penin sula. The Chinese are sending 25 Red Cross men to serve among both com bantants at Klau-Chun. This is the first time the Chinese Red Cross mem bers have worked among foreigners. A dispatch from Lal-C'how today says that Japanese troops are passing toward Shaho and Pl3C-Txt (Ping To is about 40 miles north of Klau Chau.) BERLIN, via Copenhagen and Lon don, Sept. 14. Commercial Councilor Feedor, of Berlin, has promised 500 marks (125) to the first Zeppelin which throws successfully j;Ight bombs on English soil. LONDON, Sept. 15, 4:05 A. M. A Reuter dispatch from Rome quotes the Glornale d'ltalla as saying: "Austria has removed her first line of troops from the Italian frontier, especially the frontier riflemen. The Alpine sharpshooters are needed against the Russians, but the Austrlans have pre pared a defense of the frontier with gendarmes, reservists and members of the Lundsturm and Landwehr. A pos sible landing of Italians at Trieste, which Is unfortified, has been provided against by entrenchments on the Campo Marso Hill, which overlooks the town, and by blockhouses around the Gulf of Trieste. The remainder of the coast of Istrla and Dalmatia has been mined." PRESIDENT NEARLY LEFT Aided by Secret Service Man Execu tive Leaps Aboard Moving Train. SPRINGFIELD, Mass.. Sept. 14. President Wilson was forced to jump aboard a moving train to keep from be ing left at Greenfield tonight on his re turn trip from Cornish, N. H-, to-Washington. He left his car to walk on the station platform and the train started before he climbed aboard. He caught hold of the handrail and Jumped on the observation platform aided by a secret service operative. The President's return trip was turned into an almost continuous ova tion by large crowds which gathered at all stops. v CORNISH, N. H-. Sept 14. President Wilson left here at 3:20 P. M. today for Washington, where he will arrive to morrow morning at s o'clock. TORPEDO SINKS BRITON Cruiser Hela Hit by Explosive From Submarine of Enemy. BERLIN, via Copenhagen, via Lon don. Sept. 15. 6:55 A. M. .It is officially announced that on the morning of September IS the small cruiser Hela y a torpedo irom a nosiiie CZAR ADMINISTERS CRUSHING DEFEAT was sunk bj submarine Almost the whole of the crew were saved. LONDON, Sept. 15, 3:05 A. M. The Scotsman today states that the German submarine which sank the cruiser Path finder has itself been sunk by the gun fire from seven British ships. RECOGNITION SEEMS NEAR France. Spain, Italy and Portugal About to Accept Carranza. LONDON. Sept. 14. A dispatch to the Kxcnange Telegraph Company from Madrid says the new Mexican Minister to Spain, Sanchez Arizona, after having conferred at San Sebastian with Foreign Minister de Lema. ar rived in Madrid today and received the archives of the Mexican legations of Madrid, Lisbon, Rome and Paris. This, the correspondent says, is con sidered as a preliminary to the recog nition of the New Mexican government by Spain, Italy, Portugal and Franca, Physicians Declare No Evidence of Expanding Bullets Found Burn ing Houses Used as Signals. Lemberg Is in Danger. LONDON, Sept 14, 10:1S P. M. A dis patch to the Central News from Copen hagen says that Berlin messages re ceived In Copenhagen admit that the chief Austrian army has suffered an absolute defeat, but asserts it is retir ing in good order. "General von Auffenberg's army," the correspondent continues, "is said to be in a dangerous position, being cut off rom the main army. The Austrlans have had terrible losses." It is said the nrisoners taken by Russia in the 17 days' fighting total 180.000. - PETROGRAD. Sept. 14. The follow ing official comir unlcatlon was issued tonight: "On the Austrian frontier the Russian troops are crossing the San River. On taking position near Rawa Ruska. the Russian troops captured 30 annon and 8000 prisoners, and also enormous stores of war material and provisions. "The results of the pursuit of the enemy in that territory are still un known. Austrlans Leave Batteries. "In the marshes of Belgoraion the Russians found more Austrian batteries sunk in the mud, abandoned during re treat. "The general army, while repulsing the last desperate Austrian attack, captured,-the moment our troops took the offensive, a great number ui prisoners and guns, the total number of which has not as yet been determined. "General Brussiloff declares his troops gave proof of great energy, de termination and bravery. The com manders of the corps, he says, led their units with imperturbable coolness. Austro-German Prison, ers Total 180,000. RUSSIA CROSSING SAN RIVER Koenigsberg, East Prussia, Now Threatened. GUNS IN TREES DEADLY (Concluded on Page 4.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6 degrees; minimum, 35 degrees. TODAY'S Showers, westerly winds. War. Richard Harding Davis says German retreat puts Paris at ease. Page 1. Russia tells of complete victory of all her armies. Page 1. Administration yet hopeful :hat Germany will hear to peace offer. Page 1. Germans" retreat halted at River Aisne, where stand against pursuing allies is nude. Page 1. Rival colonization policies on test In Africa. Page 2. Italian radicals would go to war. Page & Belgians at Antwerp hold Germans from Prance. Page 2. Richard Harding Davis pictures Paris smil ing in her desolation. Page 3. Report from Beriin lists victories over allies by Germans. Page 2. Domestic. Maine Democrats elect Mayor Curtis, of Portland, as Go veruor. Page tt. Pacific Northwest. Eleven castaways of Stefansson party arrive at Nome on revenue cutter Bear. Page . Raiding Deputy Sheriffs tell what they saw at Friars' Club. Page 6. Sport. Draft of Coffey reveals coup by major leagues to outwit Federals. Page 12. State University football squad numbering 35 turns out for practice. Page 12, . Rest given Aggies in training camp to give cripples chance to recuperate. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Pacific Mail to suspend New York-San Francisco service via Panama. Page lb. Northwestern wheat markets affected bj weakness East. Page lu. Rush to sell "wheat breaks prices at Chi cago. Page IT. Large orders to sell stocks are withdrawn at New York. Page 17. Active demand for all classes o! livestock at North Portland. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. J. C. Alnsworth and A. I Mills, back from bankers' conference, report Eastern mills humming, due to war. Page 7. All attendance records broken at reopening of Portland schools. Page 11. A. L. Bunnell, sheep king of Klickitat country, long considered confirmed bach elor. Is wedded. Page 11. Members of Retail Dealers' Association re count general disturbance due to war. Page 4. Nurses campaign nets large returns. Page 4. Republicans of state to meet at dinner to night at the Commercial Club. Page o. "Star Spangled Banner" birth honored in Portland Page a. Lafferty's speech for Government-owned rail lines picked to pieces by C. N. McArthur. Page J B. PRINCE PR0UD0F WOUND "God Has Allowed Me to Be Wound ed, Bless Him," Say's Kaiser's Son. LONDON, Sept. 15. According to the Exchange Telegraph's Hague corre spondent. Prince Joachim, youngest son of -Emperor William, recently sent to the Dowager Grand Duchess of Baden the following telegram: "God has allowed me to be wounded. Bless him. I am proud of the day I fell. It was the finest day I have lived." Berlin Posts 400t) Dead. BERLIN, via Copenhagen and Lon don, Sept. 14. The most extended list of German casualties yet published has been made public here. It comprises "84 killed. 2190 wounded and 814 miss ing. Tho total of all published losses up to date are now as follows: 4184 killed. 15,985 wounded and 5070 missing. Kaiser, However, Silent on Subject. LOSSES EXPECTED TO FIGURE Many Influential German Americans Aid Movement. UNITED STATES PACTS DUE Treaties Making War With America Impossible for Year Are to Be Signed Today by France, Britain, Spain and China. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Although no reply had been received tonight from the German government to the inquiry of the United States concerning the attitude of the former toward peace in Europe, Administration officials were hopeful that from the Informal effort something tangible might soon develop. That ' many influential German Americans are working to bring about some exchange of peace terms has been admitted In official quarters. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan are keeping in close touch with all the efforts. The feeling prevails among Administration officials that as thu casualty lists grow and the enormity of the struggle is brought home to the masses in each country, the movement for peace correspondingly will gain momentum. Peace Pacts to Be Signed. In the midst of the conflict the United States will tomorrow sign trea ties of peace with Great Britain. France. Spain and China, countries whose combined population is more than two-thirds that of the earth. The pacts, similar to 19 already ratified by the Senate, are regarded by President Wilson and Secretary Bryan as prac tically a guarantee against war, as they provide" that all disputes be sub mitted to a permanent commission for investigation during a period of a year before any nation Is free to en gage in hostilities. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, Jules Jusser and, Juan Riano, the British. French and Spanish Ambassadors respectively, and Kal Fu Shah, the Chinese Minis ter, have received instructions from (Concluded on Page 2.) TWO CANDIDATES. WHEM BTH WAS A FARW HAHO, CHAVBf7LAi WAS FtUiMflCr FOR QFFCF 'BOOTH WAS A SCHOOL TECHFR. CHAMBERLAJH WAS A?uVVyG FOR. OFFCF a 1 1 i rrru WHJEv sooth WAS A CJLFRK , CHAH&FftlAn WAS FfunnriCr Ft offCF BOTH IAAS A T?A lFLMG SAt-ESMAH, CHAM8FRLAM IAAS FZUSVWVOr Foft QFFCE IAHF eoT IAAS A Z.Urt&ttFtW. CHAM&f?J.Af WAS f?USFtYCr FF OFFCF AOfVVB BOOTH AS "5 CAHOOATF. H FY0S CHAM0FFU.4IY S7JLL. f?UVVISiCi FOr? OFF ;'-' oesoosaeseei Otst Monday's War Moves BXCKPT for the army which has La begun attacking Verdun, the Ger man forces in France have fallen back all along the line, according to the French official report Issued yester day. From Nancy to Voagea they have withdrawn from French territory, while on tho extreme right General Von Kluck and General Von Buelow con tinue to retreat to the northeast bo fore the French and British, even giv ing up their defensive position on the River Aisne between Coiupelgue MM Soissons. Further west, the German detach ments that held Amiens have moved northeastward to try to rejoin the Ger many army of the right at St. Quentlu. It Is possible that all the Germans in Northwest France have dono likewise; otherwise they would be in danger of being cut off in the center. Another defensive position, behind Rheims, has been given up and In the Argonne re gion a general retreat is taking place toward the forest of Belnoue and Trl-ancourt. The allies are pushing their advan tage and doing thoir utmost to turn the retreat Into a disaster by a stern pursuit on perhaps the broadest seals yet known in war. On the right they are in good position to continue the offensive, if the men and horses are not too tired for further effort. They are based on a strong line running from the Marne to tho fortresses through the hilly country south of Argonne. While the allies' left, composed large ly of fresh troops with a heavy force of cavalry under General Pau, is wheel ing around so as to drive Generals Von Kluck and Von Buelow toward Ar dennes and Luxemberg, General Pau's army by a few more marches by La Fere and Laon might cut communica tions between tho fetlring Germans and Belgium. The British who Sunday took near ly all tho crossings on the River Aisne and captured many prisoners, are now north of that river and are pushing the attache that would assist in forcing the Germans to evacuate Rheims. Tho center, somewhere between Chalons and Rhelm.'., is making an effort to recap ture the latter city, which would be one of the most popular victories thui could be announced to Frenchmen. The British War Office Issued a long dispatch yesterday from Marshal Sir John French covering more completely than the previous summaries the fight ing from September 4 to September lu, inclusive, a period of seven days. Ac cording to this report the German swerve to thu southeast of Paris is accounted for by General Von Kluck's decision that the British who had been so heavily engaged In the retreat from the Belgian frontier could be igaoreU and that he could proceed with lilt plans of enveloping the main French army. The new army which came out from Paris, however, upset this calculation and, with his flank threatened, the German General had to withdraw a movement which has been continued up to the present. General French paid high compliment to the latest addition to the British army the flying corps and ha alsu quotes a letter from the French com mander, General Joffre, who congrat ulated him on the accuracy of the in formation supplied by the aviators. These men have done little or no bomb throwing, but have confined themselves to gathering Information about the enemy for the general staff. This is the work that military men always have said would prove of the greatest service in connection with the use ot the aeroplane. In what conflicts they have had with German aviators, the BritlBh flying men, according to Field Marshal French, "have established la dividual ascendancy," and he adus. "something in the direction of mastery of the air has already been estab lished." This Is particularly gratify ing to Britons us England was one ui the last to go seriously into the devel opment of aviation and the government has been severely criticised for not giving it more encouragement. The Belgians, who have received new big guns and reinforcements from somewhere, by a sortie from Antwerp, have prevented the Germans from senu ing more of their troops out of Belgium to the south. It is reported that the Germans had another army corps ready to dispatch to the assistance of their right wing, north of Paris, but quickly stopped its departure when the Belgians showed their strength and ability to cut com munications between Brussels and Lou vain. Although the Belgians had to re tire to the protection of the Antwerp forts when the Germans discovered them, they proved themselves capable of at least annoying the army of occupation. All the news seems to confirm the Russian reports that the Russians have inflicted another crushing dereat ou the Austrlans, who on the right were supported by some German divisions. By the capture ot Tomaszow, the Rus sians drove a wedge between the Aus trian army, which had lnvuded Poland as far as Upole, Krasnostax ana Za mosc, and the army which they de feated at Lemberg and whlcn, although it lost heavily in killed, wounded, pris oners and guns, managed to reiorm to some extent and undertake the offen sive. The Germans, who reinforced the Austrlans, according lo latest advices, shared In the defeat. They are trying to reach the fortress at Frzemyal, and the rear guard is endeavoring to keep off the Russian cavalry, which is pur suing them Austria hud in Poland and Galicia an army estimated at 1,000,000 men. with 2500 guns. At Lemberg. Austria lost many thousands of men In killed, wounded and prlsonurs. It is now stated, although not officially, that the total number of prisoners amounts to 180,000, and that 450 Held guns were taken, besides the guns in the captured forts, and an Immense amount of war material. PARIS AT EASE ON RETREAT SAYS DAVIS Bomb Dropping Ceases as Germans Retire. FORCED FLIGHT IS INDICATED Ammunition and Dead Left on Field by Von Kluck. BRITISH SHELLS CLIP HILLS Another Squad of Corrcsjiondrnls Courteously Escorted Out of War Zone by French After Being Detained by Ally. BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. (Copyrlsht, B1. by Wheeler s ndlcsts. Inc. I PARIS, Sept. 13. The retreat of the German right, which on September was as near to Paris as the forest of Crecy, to points 70 kilometers distant has naturally relieved the tension in this city. It has cleared the air of aeroplanes. Now for airships to resell the city it would bo necessary to pass over the heads of the allied army. But it Is Improbable that public opin ion has had much to do in calling a halt to these visits from which only they were sufferer. Acting on a pro test from the American committee In Paris. Ambassador Ilerrlrk asksd the police for evidence of bomb-throwing from aeroplanes. The fact that this request was made probably has become known to the German authorities In Berlin. In any ent for the six days that have elapsed since the protest was made the aeroplane visit have ceased. Bombs Mutilate Victim.. In buildings of hlstorto vsluo end galleries of art Paris Is so rich that to throw a bomb without destroying something of value to the whole world would require enreful aim. Those bombs tliat did fall were of an espe cially vicious nature. I saw a photo graph taken by the authorities ot the body of a young woman struck by .i bomb. It showed 19 Wounds. The mutilations of othsr bodies could nut be described. During the withdrawal of the Ger mans the question was raised if it were not voluntary and part of a pre conceived plan to strengthen the army in the center. Evidence now revealed on the battlefields, over which Oenerai von Kluck's army retreated, shows that the positions that the Germans at tempted to hold were rendered unten able. On the hills where their guns were entrenched Normandy poplars of enormous width and height were up rooted by the Kngllah artillery as by a cyclone, and where trees cannot stand neither can man. Further evidence was the amount of ammunition that was abandoned by the Germans. Apparently no effort had been made to save. Forced Flight ladlrated. This and the number of dead still lying In the fields and In trenches Indi cates that it was not a wlthdrawsl according lo u preconceived plan, but rather a forced flight. Still further proof of this is in the prisoners tsken by the British. The prisoners they csptured are said to have been lost through an error of their own people, who too soon blew up the bridge across the Marne, thinking all their men already had crossed. About 1600 who had not crossed were cut off by the river and were swiftly sur rounded by the British. The rule against permitting corre spondents to accompany the Allied armies was today again Illustrated by the return to Paris under arrest of John Reed, of the Metropolitan Magaslne; Boone, of the London Times; Jeffrey, of the London Daily Mall; Robert Dunn, of the New York Kvening Post, and two others of the London Daily Mirror and Times. Writers Put ln.hr tl li Two days ago they six wulked from Crescy to Couilomieras and asked per mission of General Smith Dorrlon to accompany his column. They were by him turned over to the French, who explained that they were not under ar rest, but he sent them, guarded by gendarmes, to Paris with orders to re port at 6 today at the military head quarters and then proceed to the city of Tours, where they are to bo released. On their papers they are described as "not 'dangerous." Whether the trip to Tours is Intended as punishment or is meant to keep them well away from the field uf operation, they departed for that city this even ing, v SERBS DEFEAT AUSTRIANS Beaten Forces Shoot Own Men to Prevent Retreat. N1SH, Servla, Sept. It (Delayed In transmission). A great battle was fought September I and on the whole of the northwestern frontier of Servla. The Austrlans, who were trying to In vade the country at different points, were everywhere repulsed and suffered heavy casualties. It Is estimated that they lost more thun 10,000 men In deed or wounded. Military authorities con sider the victory decisive. Brilliant bayonet charges were mndo wblch. It Is said, the Austrluns nowhere could resist. The Austrlans are said to have di rected machlnugun fire against their own troops In order to prevent their retreat.