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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1914. PARIS SMILES EVEN IN HER WAR CLOTHES City Is Likened to Closed Newport Place, Just Shut Up Temporarily. WOMEN CLEAN STREETS Metropolis Is Asleep at 8 o'CIock and JDarkness Is Profound Gay Flags or Allies Entwined Be deck Streets; Hotels Empty. BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. (Copyright, 1V14, by Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) PARIS, Sept. 11. Delayed. (Special.) In London those who fled from Paris described it as a city doomed, as a waste place, desolate as a graveyard. Those who run away always are alarm ists. Thev are on the defensive, for they must explain why they ran away. Paris is like one of those Newport palaces out of season. The owners have temporarily closed it, the win dows are barred, the furniture, paint ings draped and caretaker and a night watchman are in possession. Paris American'? Goal. It is an old Haying that all good Americana go to Paris when they die. Most of them take no chances and pre fer to visit it while they are alive. Before this war if a visitor was dis appointed it was the fault of the vis itor, not of Paris. She was all things to all men. To some she offered tri umphal arches, statues and paintings. To others, by day. racing, and by night Maxims and the Rat Mort. Some love her for her bookstalls along the Seine and other Latin quarters: some her parks and forest garden and boule vards, and some because of the Lux emburg. Great City Still Smiles. Some loved only, as in the place where everybody was smiling happily and polite, where they were never bored, where they were always young and where the lights never went out Should they revisit here today they would find her grown grave, decorous and going to bed at sundown, but still smiling bravely, still polite. You cannot wipe out Paris by re moving even 2.000,000 people and closing Cartler's famous gem shop and Cafe Paris. There still remain some hundred miles of boulevards, the Seine and her bridges, the ex-Arcade Tri omphe with the sun setting behind it and the gardens of the Tulleries. You cannot send them to the storehouse or wrap them in linen, and the spirit of the people of Paris you cannot crush or stampede. Laek of Population Shom. Between the Paris of two months since and the Paris of today, the most striking difference is the lack of popu lation, the idle rich, the employes of the-government and the tourist of all countries are missing. They leave great emptiness. When you are on the streets you feel either that you are up early before anyone Is awake or that you are in a boom town from which the boom has departed. The Rue de La Paix and the boule vard are empty as Wall street on i leKal holiday. In almost every one of the noted shops "Ferme" is written large or It has been turned over to the use of the Red Cross. Of the smaller shops, those that remain open are chiefly bake shops and chemists, but none need go naked nor hungry. In every block lie will find at least one place where he can be clothed and red, "Theater All Dark. But the theaters are all closed, for no one is in a mood to laugh and cer tainly no one wishes to consider any thing more serious than the present crisis. So there are no reviews or operas or comedy. The Theater Francais, which in the war of 1S70 remained open, is closed and the Xouveau Cirque, where Choc olat. the black Marcelline of Paris, used to disport in the water, now is a hos pital. There are just enough of every tiling, as the English say, to go on with. There are just enough taxicabs and fiacres, just enough restaurants, three in all. and just enough hotels. In my hotel I am the solitary guest and I know of two others where American friends of mine each occupy the same enviable position as the proprietors are glad to have even one patron. KuKriilr- Suite Occupied, I occupy the suite in the Hotel del Kmpire from which Eugenie, when she became an Empress, moved to the Tul leries. It costs eight francs a day. But should I want chicken for dinner It would cost me 12 francs. If I wanted rolls I could not have them for "petl pan" consumes too much flour and so all bread la baked in large loaves. Everywhere possible service is rendered by women. When yesterday I arrived at 4 in the morning, women were act ing as street-cleaners, dragging across the boulevards snake-like hose on wheels. There are women even on the tramcars as conductors. Boy Seouta Serve. Men not strong enough for the cam paign are In the civil government In every capacity. A man not In uniform wears a brassard on his arm, which shows he Is a postman, fireman or mes senger. As in Brussels and London, boy scouts are filling the positions as messengers, clerks and watchmen once held by their senior. To offset the empty streets there is splendid color in thousands of flags. For miles you see from every house the flag of France or the grouped flags of the allies. They give to the city a brilliant holiday appearance as though for some great procession she had decked herself. Xatlvea I'nl forma Gaudy. Of all the many uniforms the most picturesque are those of the native soldiers of Algiers and Morocco, the Turcos and Zouaves swaggering in red fez and baggy breeches. They are splendid and soldierly looking. It is no wonder the Germans object to them in this war. I would want them kept out of any war in which they were not on my side. They and the English in khaki always are surrounded by crowds and when they move on to tell their tale to a fresh audience, the crowds cheer them. Also it cheered this morulng when a motorcar slowly rolled down the Boulevard Capuclnes bearing aloft two German standards. MelmetN Win Smiles. A soldier who had single-handed cap tured one of them was given the Meda' Miliiaire, the highest military honor, but an hour later when two wounded men raced by in an automobile, each wearing a German spiked helmet, the people only smiled. They know that to own a helmet you do not necessar ily have to fight for It and that they can be had as souvenirs, although they command a high price. But I find that few other things command a high price. On the contrary, owing to the scarcity of money, in order to get it, people ask less than usual. As for example, my Imperial suite at $1.60 a day. In days of peace it would be many times that.' A great change that has come over Paris is wrought at 8 o'clock each night. Then at the hour when once she began to blaze forth In all her brilliance, she goes to sleep, or if she does not sleep, she lies awake in darkness. Darkness la Profound. It is darkness so profound that on the Avenue Champs Elysses you feel as though lost in a great forest. It is not a pleasant sensation. It is not that you are afraid you will be waylaid and robbed, but rather that you yourself are Intent upon some burglary. The lamps of your cab are the only ones in sight, or the sound of footsteps echoes loudly. You feel like an Apache bent upon a predatory errand. So, finding not after 9 o'clock a single light burn ing, a cafe, and those of the street lamps only at great distances, like lighthouses, you are forced indoors and so is everyone else and by 10 o'clock Paris, the gay. wicked and beautiful, is as dark as a fishing village on Cape Cod. And as she sleeps, like the arms of a mother over a cradle, above her roof tops the great searchlights pass with a slow, protecting majestic gesture. REFUGEES, TOO, SUFFER BELGIANS' FLIGHT CAUSES UNTOLD TRIBULATIONS. ITALIAN RADICALS WOULD GO TO WAR Government Is Asked If Par ticipation in Conflict Is Not Inevitable. ADRIATIC INTERESTS CITED GoTernment Has Some Support In Hope to Hold Off Until Forced; Raising Army in Meanwhile. Others Favor Neutrality". Scattered as l eaves Before "Wind, Non Combatants Are Compelled to March Fur and Long. .LONDON. Sept. 14. Describing th flight of the Belgians during the -Ser man advance, a correspondent of the Associated Press who recently arrived here from Belgium says that the refu gees scattered like Autumn leaves be fore the wind. Unaware of the maneu rers of the opposing force, some fled directly toward the scenes of the en agements. Others whirled aimlessly in circles. Many traveled in dilapidated wagons drawn by horses too old or otherwise unfit for military service. A great majority, however, walked, dis carding after a little even their hand bags. As a rule they wore their best clothes. At Nivelies there was encountered man who had walked all the way from Charieroi In one day, carrying a small son on his shoulder. When the trouble began he hid with his boy in the cellar of his home. The house proved to be in Uie path of the artillery fire and finally the upper part of the building was de stroyed by a shell. He scrambled out of the ruins uninjured, only to fall in the hands of the German soldiers. The treated him well except that he was rorced to march with other hostages beside the soldiers to prevent sniping at tne troops by Belgian citizens. A Catholic priest holding a cross in his trembling hands was compelled to head a processlo 1 as another precau tion against attacks by the inhabitants of the town. BIBLES GIVEN SOLDIERS 'Trust in God" Is Lord Roberts Advice Pasted In Books. LONDON, Sept 14. "I ask you to put your trust in God. He will watch over and strengthen you. You will find in this little book guidance when you are in health; comfort when you are in sickness, and strength when you are m adversity. Koberts. F. M. In the back of Testaments which the Naval and Military Bible Society is dis tributing to King George's soldiers and sailors this advice from Lord Roberts is pasted. The Scripture Gifts Mission has sent more than oO.OOO French Bibles to Bel glum and France for distribution there among the allies. Each of these also contains Lord Roberts' message trans lated into Flench. Lord Roberts never was in greater favor in England than now. His warn ings concerning the inadequacy of the British army are fresh in the public mind. NORTH SEA DECLARED SAFE All Shipping but Genua!, and Aus trian Now Moving. LONDON. Sept. 15. 1:31 A. M. A Hague dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company says the Dutch news papers express satisfaction at the Ad miralty statement that the North Sea is clear. Dutch shipping, which was held up last week through fear of floating mines, is now moving exten sively. In Rotterdam harbor there are German and three Austrian steam ers, which are afraid to leave. All oth ers are sailing freely. WELSH MINERS ARE LOYAL Holidays Given Vp and Coal Xavy Is Mined on Sundays. for PARIS, Sept- 15. A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Rom says the committee of direction of the Radical party in Rome at a meeting yesterdas which was participated in by members of Parliament, adopted a resolution which is considered of great signifi cance. The resolution, after declaring that Italy's interests in the Adriatic must be safeguarded and that Italy should co-ope'rate to prevent the conflict be ing settled in a manner that will de termine the predominance of military tendencies, calls upon the government "to consider whether the grave, but inevitable task is not imposed to change from neutrality to active par ticipation In the conflict." Three Groups in Situation. The Giornale d'ltalia says there are three groups now taking a hand in the situation. The first of these, it de clares, represented by the government and supported by a majority of the Constitutional party, is favorable to neutrality u-ntil the interests of the country are in question, but meanwhile favors strengthening the army. The secund, it says, is represented by the remaining Constitutionalists and several ex-ministers, including ex- lJremier Luzzatti, and besides Social ists, who are favorable to neutrality to the end of the war, the preserving of the economic energies of the country and the maintenance by the govern ment or its own system of foreign policy. Some Ready for War. The third group, which is said to consist of Reformists, Socialists, Radi cals, Republicans and Nationalists, who lavor the abandonment of neutrality n order to realize the old aspirations to redeem the Italian provinces in the Adriatic, still under foreign rule. I he a Italia supports the idea to maintain the present cabinet, saying that the formation of a cabinet as sug gested by the Messargero, the mouth piece of the third group, would mean instead of a ministry of national con cord, one of national discord. TOtitON AVITH ALLIES FORECAST Italian Socialist Deputy Says Action Is Inevitable. BORDEAUX. Sept. 14. The Temps quotes Prince Tasca Di Cuto, an Italian Socialist deputy, with reference to the attitude of Italy: "Opinion in Italy," says the deputy. Is unanimous in demanding the realiza tion of the anti-triple alliance pro gramme. Every one today believes that Italy must absolutely separate her policy and destiny from the triple alliance. "United action with the triple en tente is the inevitable outgrowth of the situation. Italy's neutrality has been a necessary transition; our niHJ tary measures have been taken as quickly as geographical conditions per mitted and the Italian army is ready for all eventualities. Our fleet is mob ilized and coaled, thanks to arrange ments with England. "We are now neutral only, in appear ance. The action of Italy might defi nitely turn the scale in favor of the triple entente." rible loss. Sixteen attempts were foiled by the French artillery fire directed on the river and In one trench 600 dead Germans were counted. "The whole country was strewn with the dead and dying. When at last the Germans retired, they greatly slackened their rifle fire, and in one place retired 12 miles without firing a single shot One prisoner said they were short of ammunition and had been told to save it as much as pos slble." Wounded List Long. "On Monday night. General Von. Kluck's army had been thrown back from the Marne and from the Morin and to the region of Sezanne, and his position was serious. Immediate steps were necessary to save his line of communications and retreat. to this end reinforcements were hurried north of the Meaux district and to the Ourcq. and tremendous efforts made to break up the French resistance in this quarter. "I am convinced that the full ex tent of this rout is not yet appre ciated in England. It was of a truly terrific character, and such a blow will not fail to have a lasting effect. "The number of wounded entailed colossal transportation work. I my self counted 15 trains in eight hours, a fine, grim set of men, terribly weary but amiable, except the officers. French Wild With. Joy. "On Tuesday night the English were In possession of La Ferte-sous-Jouarre and Chateau Thierry, and the Germans had fallen back 40 miles, leaving a long train of spoils behind them. . "On Wednesday the English army continued the pursuit toward - the north, taking guns and prisoners. i'On that day I found myself in a new France. The good news naa spread. Girls threw flowers at the passing soldiers and joy was mani fested everywhere. "The incidents of Wednesday will astound the world when made known in full. I know that two German de tachments of 1000 men each, which were surrounded and cornered but re fused to surrender, were wiped out al most to the last man. The keynote of these operations was the tremendous attack of the allies along the Ourcq on Tuesday, which showed the German commander that his lines were threat ened. Then came the crowning stroke, "The army of the Ourcq and of Meaux and the army of Sezanne drew together like the blades of a pair of shears, the pivot of which was in the region of the Grand Morin. The Ger man retreat was thus forced toward the east, and It speedily became a rout." RIVER HALTS THE RETREAT (Continued From First Page.) CARDIFF. Sept. 14. Wales, the source of the British navy's coal supply, has shown its loyalty to the King. The Welsh miners have waived all holidajs and are working Sundays whenever it s necessary to keep the navy supply of coal up to the required standard. Union officials took the position that it was not necessary for the union men to surrender their holidays, but the miners overturned the ruling. tired Germans mile after mile and the Germans believed the Englishmen were running away. When the tremendous advance reached Provins the allies' plan was accomplished and it got no further. "The fighting on Sunday, September was of a terrible character and begun at dawn in the region of La Ferte Gaucher. The allies' troops, which were drawn up to receive th.. Germans, understood it would be their uty to hold on their best in order hat the attacking force at Meaux might achieve its task in security. The attle lasted all night and until late Monday. The German artillery fire was severe but not accurate. The French and English fought sternly on nd slowly beat the enemy back. "The attempt of the Germans to cross tne Kiarne at Meaux entailed ter- German Prisoners Exhausted. PARIS. Sept. 14, 3:40 A. M. A con voy of 700 prisoners and 164 wounded, all from the Imperial Guard of Ger many, passed through Corbiel, 18 miles southeast of Paris, Sunday. All were completely exhausted and nearly famished. REPULSE IS TOLD OFFICIAIjIx British Declared to Have Gained Ascendency in Air Also. LONDON, Sept. 14. A portion of the official statement made here today rela tive to recent fighting follows: "On Sunday, September 6, large hostile forces crossed the Marne and pushed on through Coulommters and past the British right further to tig east. They were attacked at night by the French fifth army, which captured three vil lages at the point of bayonets. "On Monday, September 7. there was a general advance on tho part of the allies. In this quarter of the field our forces, which had now been reinforced, pushed on in a northeasterly direction in co-operation with the advance of tho French fifth army to the north and of the French sixth army to the east ward against the German rear guard along the River Ourcq. "Possibly weakened by the detach ment of troops to the eastern theater of operations and realizing that the ac tion of the French sixth army against the line of Ourcq and the advance of the British placed their western flank ing movement in considerable danger or being taken in the rear and on its right flank the Germans on mis day commenced to retire toward the north east. "This was the first sign that these troops had turned back since their at tack at Mons a fortnight before and from reports received the order to re treat when so close to Paris was a bit ter disappointment. From letters found on dead soldiers there is no doubt there was a general impression among the enemies' troops that they were about to enter Paris. "On Tuesday, September 8, the Ger man movement northeastwards was continued. Their rear guards on the south of the Marne were being pressed back to that river by our troops and by the French on our right, the latter capturing three villages after a hand-to-hand fight and the infliction of se vere loss on the enemy. "Nevertheless, the tactics adopted for dealing with hostile air craft are to at tack them instantly with one or more British machines. This has been so far successful that in five cases German pilots or observers have been shot while in the air and their machines brought to ground. As a consequence the British flying corps has succeeded in establishing an individual ascend ency which is as serviceable to us as it is damaging to the enemy. "How far it is due to this cause, it, is not possible at present to ascertain definitely, but the fact remains that the enemy have recently become much j less enterprising in their flights. Some thins in the direction of the mastery of I the air already has been gained in pur suance of the principle that the main object of military aviators is the col- j Section of information. "Bomb dropping has not been in- ! dulged in to any great extent. On one j occasion a patrol bomb was exploded j successfully in a German bivouac at j night, while from a diary found on a j dead German cavalry soldier, it has . been discovered that a high explosive ' bomb, thrown at a cavalry column ; from one of our aeroplanes, struck ar ammunition wagon, resulting in an ex plosion which killed 15 of the enemy." MAP SHOWING PROGRESS OF GERMAN RETREAT IN FRANCE. 1 f vxV S UAik zzzzOk (W vSH I ' MM t. 1 A-zs-zzr O GKTTAAfS t o LlX-f3lJ?a I ' -. X ("I fat V A FREE SEWING MACHINES $1 DOWN SI WEEK tTrJanWUe ofcJ Merit OnW FREE SEWING MACHINES $1 DOWN $1 WEEK An Amazing Sale of Blankets In Which the War Plays an Important Part The war has raised the price of wool and cotton. It has caused a shortage of wool be cafuse of the few ships to bring it across the ocean. It has stopped the importation from Ger many of dyes used largely in the manufacture of blankets and for which there is no adequate American substitute. We are working contrary to existing conditions of trade and offer 3700 pairs of blan ks in standard grades A LL-WOOL BLANKETS, COTTON MIXED BLANKETS; SINGLE, DOUBLE AND CRIB-SIZE BLANKETS; WHITE, COLORED AND PLAID BLANKETS. Yet in the Face of This Fact We Are Selling Standard Blankets at Deep Reduction from Former Pri ces COTTON FLEECED BLANKETS 85c Fleeced Blankets 68c $1.00 Fleeced Blankets 77c $1.25 Fleeced Blankets 89c $1.50 Fleeced Blankets $1.19 $1.75 Fleeced Blankets $1.33 $2.25 Fleeced Blankets $1.79 $2.50 Fleeced Blankets $1.98 114 SIZE BLANKETS $ 4.00 Wool Blankets Wool Wool Wool cJ'Morcl-rJ.eo of cJ Merit Only- QUALITY GRADES $ 5.00 $ 6.50 $ 7.50 $ 8.50 $10.00 $12.50 $14.00 Blankets Blankets Blankets Wool Blankets Wool Blankets Wool Blankets Wool Blankets $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 2.79 3.33 4.79 5.63 6.45 7.33 9.45 $10.45 Compare these blankets vith any you have ever purchased hefore. if you please. , Fifth 1 lour. PMAN, WOLFE What You Get When You Buy A 3lJjpDjSl' Front Laced Corset A corset that is distinctly individual in style, some thing different from other lines, combining style and comfort. Soft, pliable Modart boning, lightness of weight, fineness of texture, great strength of material, neat ness and beauty of finish, excellent workmanship and pleasing lines. Free circulation resulting from the absence of rigid pressure on the nerves and blood vessels of the spine. These are a 'few of the many things every Modart wearer enjoys. They are what you will get when you buy a Modart, Ask our corsetieres. US .n.mjjr z vraysy? Of Tbrrr Liar Roproi.ro Hos Allfra irri.si.mi and Germans (Heavy Dasarti), Luivrr One Mark Line of Battle a Week Aim Middle One That of Last Friday and Upper One That of leaterday. Oorman Right I nuer General Von Klu. k Hn Suffered Moat and Given More ..round. German Army at Verdun, Under the Crown Prince Una Given Little, if Any, Ground, a nd German ITorcca Southcaat of Verdun Also Hare Held Their Own. TAHITI TRADE HALTED WAR CAUSES COLLAPSE OF MAR KETS FOR PRODUCTS. Force for Defense Organised aud All Germana Exeept Consul nnd Mia Family Put In Detention. PAPEETE, Tahiti. Aug. 30. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) Even at this distance from the theater of the European war, business Is al most paralysed. Chinese houses which deal in produce have suffered enor mously, owing to the suspension of ocean travel. The vanilla, cobra and pearl shell markets have collapsed. All credit virtually has been stopped by (he bank. The German steamer Walkuere, of 3836 tons, was captured while loading phosphate rock at iiakatea island and the vessel and crew wore brought here, where they have been detained. The French artillery authorities have shown great activity. Heavy guns for The protection of the town and harbor have been mounted and a force of be tween 500 and 600 men haa been or ganized. All German trading houses were closed by order of Governor Fawtler and the entire German colony, with the exception of Herr George liop penstadt. tho German Consul, has bean placed in detention un Quarantine Island. - Owing to the bitter feeling against Germana in some quarters, German property has been placed under mili tary protection. Herr Hoppenstadt, his wife and family left for San Fran cisco via the Union liner Maltal. Violent QuukeN Shake IVru. LIMA. Peru, Sept. 14. The earth quakes in the Department of Arequipa continue. Yesterday IS shocks, some violent, were recorded at Caraveli, which was destroyed last week. The tremors continue today. POSLAM QUICK TO STOP THAT AWFUL ITCH If you feel as though you would giva anything lust to relieve Itenlng dlstreas. remember that I'oslum actual ly atopa Itching as soon aa applied and. what Is more, quickly heala and restores .ho skin to health. Brings Just the soothing, antiseptic, healing influence needed. 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