THE MORNING OREGONIAX, TUTTRSTDAT. SEPTEMBER 17. 1914.
S01SS0NS AGAIN If!
HANDS OF FRIENDS
Ancient City Abandoned by
Captors and French Drive
on Across Aisne.
MANYTOWNS LITTLE HURT
Senliak, However, Is Mass of Ruins
and Germans Are Accused of De
struction Effects of Artil
lery Xoted Everywhere.
SOISSONS. France. Sept. 15, via Lon-
on. Sept. 16. The German right wins
In its retreat abandoned Soissons yes-
;, terday (Monday), at the same time
leaving also the southern bank of the
River Aisne. The German retirement
northward continued during Monday
j. nigrht. The French in their pursuit
crossed the river.
' The French artillery Is today heav-
. lly in action on the other bank of the
; Aisne. The only interruption of the al
most Sabbath-like stillness here is the
. crash of French artillery, concealed
T ' at a point scarcely 300 yards from Sois
T. sons, mingled with the lessened roar of
-i other guns farther distant...
C'lty'a Tradition! Include Caesar. .
; Here had been a fine little city of
S 13,000 inhabitants, with traditions since
f the time of Caesar. A few hundred per
; - tons were in the streets jack of the
river. The rest had left before the
;, Germans returned.
Directions where to find bridges and
routes to neighboring towns were
' painted on the walls of buildings at
;' the corners of streets in the German
r . language.
German soldiers named Schneider,
' Pchultz and Schwartz had written their
5 names In chalk on the steel shutters
f of the shop windows.
.. Prince Joachim, the youngest son of
Emperor William, was here five days
; ago, before he was wounded.
" Lat Shell Vooadi Woman.
; i; The last German shell fell into the
" ' town this morning, wounding a woman.
- On the roads behind the army are
V . supply trains. Huge automobile trucks,
r . built to carry four and a half tons.
or two-wheeled carts, each with one or
. two led horses, so that if one gives
. out another may take its place, crowd
" the way.
- In the wide track where the nine
J; - days' fighting took place over the 75
r miles of country between here and
the Marne, singularly little physical
f damage was evident.
Senlisk, a town of 6000 Inhabitants,
: appears to have been burned by the
r Germans intentionally. The whole place
I Is a mass of ruin3. Early today a black
kitten seemed to be the sole inhabl
X tant of this French town, but presently
' some of the Inhabitants e-ner I from
' - their battered homes, and one says
1 .' that no fewer than 1900 persons were
- really in the town. Some of the lnhab-
ltants affirm that the Germans or-
,- ganized the incendiarism, setting house
f after house afire, until it seemed aa
j . though everything would burn.
' Civilians Burying Dead.
5 ; Other towns and villages In this
t vicinity, except for the damage done
by artillery and rifle fire, show no
$ signs of the recent i--nflict.
i ; Silence reigns over the country back
: of the fighting line, and few persons
S are seen moving about. Small parties
s; of civilians are burying stray dead In
" the fields where they fell and burning
;- or burying dead horses. An occasional
t buzzard is seen wheeling in the air.
" The wheat ricks stand untouched close
"- to the intrenchments with which the
countryside is lined. Rows of trees
V along the fine roads show the effects
i of artillery fire. An occasional tree
; trunk a foot thick has been cut off
C sharp by a single projectile, and at
points along the highway where the
'' fire was hottest branches litter the
S ground.
s FIGHT IS ON n0-MlLE LINE
(Continued From First Page.)
,: sued tonight announces that headquar
; ters sends no new details of the battle
now being fought along the Aisne
". River.
f Outcome Not Predicted.
The text of the announcement was as
' follows:
"General headquarters has communl
cated no new information tonight
about the action going on along our
Jront.
"As has been remarked before,- it Is
not to be wondered that during the
" , course of a battle which has lasted
several day3 no definite conclusion of
I ' any kind can be inferred. We know,
: v however, that up to j6 o'clock tonight
we have not weakened on any position."
V The fact that the battle is raging
- '. within a short distance of Paris passes
".' almost unperceived at the French cap-
3 ital. The trains filled with prisoners
or wounded do not pass through the
- city, but around it over the belt line
; railway to provincial centers. Those
" of the wounded who are able to con-
; : verse declare that the fighting Is fierce,
:.' but that the allies feel success In the
j end is certain.
BERLIN, Sept. 16. (By wireless via
Sayville, L. I.) The German prospects
". in the battle in the Marne region are
j etill characterized In Berlin as favor
y able.
Berlin Denies Victory by Foes.
'" The general staff has authorized the
- announcement that nowhere along the
line of battle have the British or
i French forces won a victory.
No details of the fighting in France
V- ,' are given out, and it is said that no de-
cisive turn of events seems probable
t for some time to come.
' " WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. An official
J - dispatch today to the French Embassy
from Bordeaux says:
, t "On our left wing yesterday the Ger-
r mans resisted north of the River-Aisne
j on a line formed by the Forest Lalgnes
. and the Craonne.
' "At the center their line of resist-
ance yesterday was north of Rheims
- and the camp of Charlons towards
f; ' Vienne (a town at the western border
of the Argonne). The hostile forces
south of the Argonne have accentuated
their movement, retreating between the
rl" Argonne and the River Mouse.
"They were holding ysterday even
ing a front at Varennes and Consen
voye. On our right wing the Germans
are retreating toward Metz.
HGHTIXG MAY LAST " DAYS
German Reports Saj Battle Line Is
18 0 Kilometers Long.
BERLIN, Sept. 15, via Rotterdam to
London, Sept- 17 The battle of the
Marne, according to reports received
from general headquarters, is still in
full progress along the entire front
from Paris to Verdun. There has been
no decisive result. A staff officer de
clared today that it might take sev
eral days more of hard fighting to de
cide the Issue.
Last night's bulletin showed that the
armies of General Von Kluck and Gen
eral Von Buelow were in engagements
Sunday and Monday and. that the other
armies yesterday joined In the general
action. Including that of the Crown
Prince of Germany, who hitherto had
his hands full with Verdun.
The Tages Zeitung's military expert,
in summarizing the situation, gives the
battle line as 180 kilometers from
Crepy to Verdun. He declares the op
posing armies have closed their gaps
and are now in contact along the whole
front.
General Von Stein's reassuring an
nouncement to the Upper Siiesians that
no greater danger is threatening them
seems to have been due to the retire
ment of the Austrians under General
DankI and Auffenberg, dictated. It Is
thought here, by a possible flank move
ment by the Russians.
An official warning baa again been
issued to East Prussians not to return
to their homes in certain parts of the
WAR IS COSTING BRITONS ALONE
44.80 A SECOND.
LONDON. Sept. 16. (Special.)
Tha cost of the war up to today. In
cluding ths losses resulting- from
commercial paralysis, has been $11,
265,000,000. according to figures
compiled here.
The cost to England alone, based
on figures covering 43 days from
August 1, has been $166,500,000.
This is at the rate of (3.872.093 a
day. 181.337 an hour, J28S9 a min
ute and $44.80 a second.
province which are still considered un
safe. The North German Gazette today
published the text of President Wil
son's call to the people of the United
States to be impartial with, regard to
the war. It has now been made pub
lic In Germany. Commenting on the
call the paper says:
"It is with satisfaction that we learn
of this noble and .worthy announce
ment." Referring to assertions made by the
foreign press concerning peace the
newspaper declares:
"Our German people will not lay
down their arms in the war until the
guarantees necessary for Germany's fu
ture position in the world have been
secured in the struggle."
PACIFIC MAY LOSE LINER
MINNESOTA TO GO TO ATLANTIC,
SAN FRANCISCO REPORT
Only One Line Under American Flag
Will Be Left If the Great
Northern Aets on Plan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. (Spe
cial.) There was a persistent rumor
In railroad circles today which, how
ever, could not be confirmed in this
city, that the Great Northern was
planning to take the steamship Minne
sota off the Pacific and transfer it to
the Atlantic.
The Minnesota Is the largest vessel
on the Pacific with a capacity of 28,
000 tons and now plies between Seat
tle, Japan, China and the Philippines,
handling Oriental trade.
If the Minnesota is transferred, , the
only line flying the United States flag
to be left on the Pacific will be the
Pacific Mail.
It was learned today that certain
patrons of the Great Northern Steam
ship Company had negotiated with the
Pacific Mall to carry to the Orient cer.
tain refrigerated commodities. The
Great Northern is known to have an
affiliation with the Nippon Ynsen
JtCatsha or Japan Mail Steamship Com
pany, so that in the event that it should
take its big ship off the Pacific it
could still handle traffic to the Orient.
BRAZIL DELAYS STEAMER
Clearance Refused Robert Dollar as
American Vessel.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Brazilian
authorities at Rio Janeiro have refused
clearance to the former British steamer
Robert Dollar, recently transferred to
the American flag, and the State De
partment has taken up the situation
through the American Ambassador.
When the oaptaln of the Robert
Dollar raised the American flag. the.
British Consul at Rio Janeiro Is re
ported to have refused his consent to
the transfer and the Brazilian govern
ment accordingly declined to grant a
clearance.
Representative Kahn, acting for Cal
ifornia owners of the ship, has been
in frequent conference with Secretary
Bryan, and today the State Department
cabled Instructions to Ambassador
Morgan to ask Brazil to recognize the
transfer and clear the vessel.
DOUGLAS 'DRYS' BEGIN WAR
Campaign Opened at Rosebnrg, 150
. Attending W. C. T. IT. Feast.
ROSEBURG, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.)
The "dry"' campaign, as far as Doug
las County is concerned, was opened in
Koeeburg last night when 150 men of
the city gathered at a banquet served
under the direction of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union. Speak
ers included B. L. Eddy. O. P. Coshow,
J. E. McCllntock and others. It is
planned to hold these' banquets fre
quently from now until election.
The "wets" also are at work. Sev
eral orators advocating a "wet" Ore
gon have spoken here, and others are
booked for dates before the campaign
closes.
LONDON MAY GLITTER SOON
Official Hopes Precaution Against
Air Attack Will Be Needless.
LONDON. Sept. 16. In a statement
Issued tonight Sir Edward R. Henry
Commissioner of Police in the metrop
olis, expressed the hope that the re
strictions placed on street and shop
illuminations as a precautionary meas
ure against Zeppelin raids on London
may be modified later.
For the present. Sir Edward says, he
Is advised by the air department of the
Admiralty that it is desirable in the
interests of public safety that they be
continued.'
FOREIGN TEACHERS BARRED
Germany Also Closes Schools to Pu
pils of Hostile Nations.
LONDON, Sept 16. The correspond'
ent of Reuter's Telegram Company of
Amsterdam telegraphs that the Ger
man ministry of education has ordered
the dismissal of teachers and profes
sors In the Bchools and high schools
of Germany who are subjects of hostile
states.
Furthermore, the children of subjects
of hostile nations are to be excluded
from the schools of the empire.
WILSON IS NEUTRAL
OH KAISER'S PLAINT
Reply Made to Germany's
Charge Allies Use Dum
Dum Bullets.
PEACE WILL CURE EVILS
Washington Says Conference at End
of War, With All Facts at Hand,
Will Punish Wrongdoers and
Lay Blame Correctly.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. President
Wilson today replied to Emperor Wil
liam's protest that the allies were using
dumdum bullets. ' The President's reply
follows closely the statement he made
today to the Belgian commissioners
protesting against the alleged German
atrocities. His reply to President Poin-
care's message will follow the same
lines.
The text of the President's reply to
Emperor William was:
'I received your Imperial Majesty's
Important communication of the 7tb
and have read it with the gravest in
terest and concern. I am honored that
you should have turned to me for an
Impartial judgment as the representa
tive of a people truly disinterested as
respects the present war and truly de
sirous of knowing and accepting the
truth.
Day of Accounting; Coming.
'Tou will, I am sure, not expect me to
say more. Presently. I pray God very
soon, this war will be over. The day
of accounting will then come, when. I
take it for granted, the nations of
Europe will assemble to determine &
settlement. Where wrongs have been
committed their consequences and the
relative responsibility involved will be
assessed.
'The nations of the world have for
tunately, by agreement made a plan
for such & reckoning and settlement.
When such & plan cannot compass, the
opinion of mankind, the final arbiter in
such matters, will supply.
Final Judgment Deemed Unwise.
'It would be unwise, it would be
premature, for & single government,
however fortunately separated from
the' present struggle, it would even be
inconsistent with the neutral position
of any nation, which, like this, has no
part in the contest, to form or express
a. final Judgment.
'I speak thus frankly, because I
know that you will expect and wish
me to do so as one friend should to
another, and because I feel sure that
such a reservation of Judgment until
the end of the war, when all its events
and circumstances can be seen In their
entirety and in their true relation, will
commend itself to you as & true ex
pression of sincere neutrality.
"WOODROW WILSON."
The President made a similar reply
to the Belgian commission which vis
ited the White House to protest
against the i alleged atrocities com
mitted by the Germans in Belgium.
The Belgians were headed by Carlon
D. Wlart and accompanied by Minis
ter Havenith to the office of Secretary
of State Bryan, who escorted them to
the White House, where they were re
ceived by President Wilson.
GRAIN INCREASE WANTED
CANADA TO URGE FARMERS TO
RAISE MORE WHEAT.
Government to Urge Sowing of All
Available Land In Order to
Bleet War Conditions.
OTTAWA, Sept. 16. As a war meas
ure the Canadian government will en
deavor to have the wheat acreage dou
bled next year. A conference has been
held between the Dominion Minister
of Agriculture and experts in wheat
production to devise means to enlarge
the wheat acreage of Canada for 'the
coming crop it was learned today.
.through agricultural papers and lec
turers farmers will be advised that it
will be good business and good pat
riotism to seed every acre at their dis
posal to wheat. Efforts will be made
to have new land plowed for barley
and oats that the cultivated areas may
be seeded to wheat alone.
The British government has asked
the dominion to co-operate in the work
of increasing production so that the
food shortage in Europe resulting from
the employment of men in war may be
met. Later it is likely the Canadian
government may give aid towards
plowing and planting, and where nes-
sary it may advance seed to those who
require it.
ALBERT REPLIES TO CZAR
Belgian King Says His Soldiers De
serve All Honor.
LONDON, Sept. 16 Reuter's Ant
werp correspondent says King Albert
has sent a telegram to Emperor Nicho
las, gratefully acknowledging the
honor conferred on him by the Em
peror in the bestowal of the Cross of
Knight of the Military Order of St.
George.
"I hope Tour Majesty will permit
me," King Albert's message said, "to
bestow all the merit on my valiant
soldiers. Your Majesty s eulogy of the
Belgian people and army particularly
touches me, and will be received with
lively gratitude and praise by the en
tire nation."
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TEUTONS FEAR SPIES
Newspaper Man Outwits Ger
mans at Brussels, He Says.
WRITERS ARE SUSPECTED
Belgian Capital Charged With Sup
pressed Incitement and Bearers
of News From Foes Are to
Be Shot Unceremoniously.
BT PAUL SCOTT MOW8ER.
(Correspondent of the Chicago Dally News.)
GHENT. Belgium, Sept. 19. tbpe-
cial.) In Brussels during the last week
the atmosphere has been violently
charged with suppressed excitement.
The German officers appeared to be
nervous and the German authorities
have become exceedingly suspicious.
So far as I know I am the only news
paper man who has been In Brussels
within the last ten days. If the Ger
mans had discovered my activities they
would doubtless have sent me a pris
oner to Alx-la-Chapelle. If by any mis
chance they had Captured one of the
couriers whom I was sending through
their lines with unsigned dispatches
my fate would have been much worse.
The Germans have taken the stand
in this war that newspaper men are
merely privileged spies. Some good
natured officers, catching American
newspaper men in' their neighborhood.
have provided them with special passes.
but the next officer encountered is more
than likely to destroy the passes and
arrest the bearers. .
Cltlsens Come nnd Go.
A small but constant stream of civ
ilians have been passing in and out of
Brussels by way of the Minove inter
urban line since the German occupa
tion. The Germans stopped the cars
on this road and searched the pas
sengers several times.
A few days ago the German author
ities In some mysterious manner ob
tained possession of a letter which an
American living in Brussels had at
tempted to send to a brother in Lon
don by a courier. The writer in this
letter expressed regret that he had not
sent his mother "and sister out of Brus
sels before the arrival of "those
damned Germans." He further men
tioned that a young American named
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Ayers attached to the American Con
sulate was motoring in and out of the
German lines bringing newspapers.
The German authorities were ex
cedingly angered, by this and especially
the phrase "those damned Germans.'
They were going to arrest Hibbert
Ayers as a spy, but the American Con
sul explained that Ayers had made
only one trip through the German lines.
He had, indeed, brought English news
papers, but that was before the Ger
mans had ordered an embargo on all
newspapers.
Simultaneously with the seizure of
this letter the Germans announced that
they would unceremoniously shoot any-r
one caught bringing in newspapers
through the lines or reading any but
German newspapers. A few hours
after this order the newsboys caused
a sensation by running along the boule
vards selling a French newspaper call
ing Itself simply "The Dally." The ex
cited crowd bought the papers, but
were disappointed at finding that it
contained only a few love stories and
an article concerning bullet wounds.
reprinted from the London Lancet of
an ancient date. The people then un
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iniiujis ua sate.
Lincoln County Fair Due.
TOLEDO, Or.; 8ept. 1. (Special.)
The Lincoln County Annual Fair will
be held September 23 to J 5. The fair
board is working hard under the new
County Fair law.
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No. 12
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8:00 P. M. Lv.
9:45 P. M.
10:25 P. M.
1:20 A. M.
3:55 A. M.
7:55 A. M. Ar.
THE SHORTEST ROUTE BETWEEN PORTLAND
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Effective same date, a new Local Train will be put in service between
Portland and The Dalles, as follows:
No. 8 No. 7
4:00P.M.Lv. Portland Ar. 10 :00 A.M.
6:40 P.M. Hood River 7:35 A.M.
7:30P.M.Ar. The Dalles Lv. 6:50 A.M.
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At. 7:20 A. M.
5:13 A. M.
4:30 A. M.
1:50 A. M.
11:22 P. M.
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