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Jjpt 4-. VOL,. 1LTV. NO. 16,793. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V SHELLS SET NOTED CATHEDRAL Oil FIRE Structure at Rheims Believed Doomed. BOMBARDMENT IS TERRIFIC City Not Spared by German Guns at Distance. CITIZENS HIDE IN CELLARS Good-Natured Treatment of Enemy's Wounded Left in City Is Feature of Engagement Storm Imi tates Fury of Battle. BERLIN, Sept. 21, via London. An official statement just Issued says: "Rheims was in the battle line of the French and the Germans were obliged to bombard it. We regret the necessity, but the fire of the French came from that direction. Orders have been issued to save the cathedral. "The attacks on the French are pro gressing at several points." BORDEAUX, Sept. 20. The Minister of the Interior, Louis J. Malvy, an nounced today that the famous Cathe dral of Rheims had been destroyed, and all other historic and public buildings cither laid in ruins or seriously dam aged during the bombardment of Rheims by the general artillery. Coupled with this announcement was a statement that the government had decided to address to all the powers a note of indignation against "this act of odious vandalism." Ancient Structures Gone. The structures which the Minister said had been destroyed or ruined in cluded, in addition to the cathedral, the 12th century church of St. Jacques, the 15th century archbishop's palace and the city hall, dating from the 17th cen tury. M. Malvy said that official reports revealed that the cathedral was in flames today, the buring having begun yesterday as a result of the ceaseless bombardment. Foe Desperate, Says France. - It was officially declared that the de struction of these historic buildings was accomplished as indicating that the Germans considered their situation des perate. LONDON, Sept. 20. The famous Ca thedral of Notre Dame at Rheims has been hit eight times by German shells during the three days' bombardment of the town, according to the Evening News correspondent, who viewed the figthlng from the cathedral tower Friday. "Directly theshells began to -hit the cathedral in the morning," says the correspondent, "some German wounded were brought in from the hospital nearby and laid on straw In the nave, while Abbe Andrieux and a Red Cross nurse plucklly went up to the tower and hung out two Geneva flags. Houses of Town Not Spared.' "I believe a shell which hit the building while I was there was a stray shot, for the German guns could hardly miss so huge a mass. towering as it does above the town, if they really wished to reach it. But the houses close by were not spared. Shell after shell came whistling to wards us and smashed into the houses. one of them bursting just across the cathedral square. "Under the cold drifting rain clouds one whole semi-circle of the horizon. edged by the heights on which the German batteries were mounted three miles away, was nothing but an in ferno of bursting shells. Those from the Germans landed anywhere within the space of a square mile. Sometimes it was Just outside the town they fell, trying to find the French troops lying there in the trenches waiting to go forward to attack the enemy when their artillery had prepared the way; sometimes it was in wool combing mills of an English company, whose four chimney stacks made them a conspicuous mark; sometimes it was right in the heart of the town itself. Sacristan's Home Struck. "Once one of them, screaming a bom Inably, crashed through the transept roof of the other end of the cathedral. I never shall forget the note of horrt fled surprise and Indignation that burst from the old sacristan as a shell smashed a hole in a tall house close before our eyes. 'That's my house,' he shouted, as if the German gunners three miles away could hear his pro test. According to this correspondent, few civilians were killed because virtually everyone was under ground for three days. The great champagne cellars were made barracks of refuge. The correspondent visited the coadjutor bishop of Rheims, who met him on the cellar steps. "Tou will find us underground." he Bald, with a smile on his whimsical good-humored face. "Meanwhile," adds the correspond' ent, "the good nature shown to the German wounded left In the city Was astonishing. While shells were falling around the temporary hospital in the nave I found French officers talking to - them, bringing wine and giving them every consideration. There was only, one subject the Germans wanted to talk about; Was it not possible, ICaociuded on fas 2.i BULLETINS ROME, via Parts, Sept. 20. Italy al ready has more tku a half million men under arms. The beat of these troops are 1m camps and barracks ! the Lombard and Venetian provinces. NISH, Servia, via London, Sept. SO. It is officially announced that a merically Inferior Servian force has re pulsed an attach: by 20,000 Austrlaas near Novlpaxar. The Servians Inflict ed heavy losses on the attacking force. PARIS, Sept. 20. The official state ment Issued tonight says that In fight ing north of Sissons the Germans gain ed Kronad, which vras afterwards re captured by the Allies. LONDON, Sept. 2. The British ad miralty reports that the German pro tected cruiser Koenlsrsburar cnoarht the British light cruiser Pegasus over hauling her machinery In Zanslbar harbor today and attacked and com pletely disabled her. The British lost heavily. . PETROGIUD, Sept. 20. The official statement from the chief of the gen eral staff Issued tonight says that the Russians are bombarding the fortress of Prsemysl, whose artillery has open ed fire. LONDON, Sept. 20. Reports from the front, say the Exchange Telegraph Company's Paris correspondent, show that the French and British troops are fighting waist deep in water, the rains having flooded their trenches. PARIS, Sept. 20. In the latest list of wounded Is posted the name of Prince Paul Hurst, son of Prince Joachim Murat, who himself is serv ing with the French army as a cap tain of dragoons. Three other sons of Prince Joachim Charles, Alexander and Joachim also are in the army. ' PARIS, Sept. SO. The Rome corre spondent of the Echo de Paris, says under reserve that reports from Petro grad indicate that General Dankl'a Aus trian army has been surrounded by the Russians. r LONDON, Sept. 2L An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from the Hague says that a message received from Ber lin Is to the effect that Prince August William, the fourth son of Emperor William, was shot In the left arm In the battle of the Marne and that Em peror William has bestowed the Iron Cross of the first class on him. LONDON, Sept. 20. The Exchange Telegraph Paris correspondent. In a dispatch sent at 7t40 o'clock tonight, saysi "The steady advance by the British and French on the left Is highly port ant, as the German General von Kluck's flank is now exposed." BERLIN, via London, Sept. 20. A casualty list, made up largely of the losses of a few regiments, was made public today. " Of the 6126 casualties re ported, 3076 of them fall to 15 battal ions of eight regiments. The One Hun dred and Thirty-first Regiment report ed 1141 casualties. Six of Its officers were killed and 23 wounded. BERLIN, via Amsterdam and Lon don, Sept. O That the German cruiser Stettin had been hotly engaged August 28 by British warships was allowed to become known here today, although no details of the fight were given out. WAR COMET' VISIBLE HERE Celestial Vagabond Reported by Portland Resident. The "war comet" the celestial vaga bond which superstitious persons say heralded the great war now on was visible from Portland last night, across the northern heavens, according to C F. Walch. 663 East Sixty-sixth street. North, who says be first saw the sky wanderer Saturday night while return ing from Astoria on a train and again last night. "The comet is faintly visible to the naked eye," Mrv Walch said. Its posi tion is Just above the lower star in the great dipper. The comet is headed southwest with quite a respectable sized tall streaming in its wake." If the comet is visible, it must be the Delevan comet, discovered by Paul T. Delevan, astronomer, eight months ago from the observatory of La Plata In Argentina. It has been rapidly growing more brilliant and will be closest to the earth in October, when it wiU come within 147,000,000 miles of the globe's orbit. BELGIANS MAKE SORTIE German Flag at Laneken, 22 Stiles From Liege, Is Failed Down. LONDON. Sept. 21. A dispatch to the Rotterdam Courant from ijs Mae strict correspondent which has been re ceived here says:. "A Belgian force made a daring sortie in the direction of Liege. Beaching a point within. 22 miles of that town. the Belgians pulled down the German flag at Laneken and hoisted the Bel gian pennant. In the engagement with the Germans at Laneken the German force Buffered some losses. No Bel gians were injured. "Another sign of disturbance in this region is the Interruption of passenger service over the Liege-Maestricht Canal." AUSTRIAN WARCRAFT LOST Pola, Great Naval Station, Is Being Extensively Fortified. VIENNA, via Venice and Paris, Sept. 20. The Austrian torpedo-boat No. 27 was sunk in the harbor of Pola Monday, Much secrecy has been maintained re garding the occurrence, which is be lieved to have been due to a boiler ex plosion. The crew was rescued. The work of fortifying the great naval station ' of Pola continues with unceasing activity, especially on . the land side, where barbed wire entangle ments bar beea placed. FRENCH SHY THEIR FRONT HOLDS FAST Position Lost, Another Taken Near Rheims. GERMANS ATTACK FURIOUSLY Slight Advance by Allies Re ported on Left Wing. WEATHER DELAYS BATTLE Ground Difficult and Strong Defen sive "Works Encountered Saxon Army Declared to Have Been Broken TJp. PARIS, Sept. .ZO. The French war of fice issued the following communica tion: "On OUr left ttinf wa iava a rain made a slight advance along the right bank of the River Oise. A division of "sen captured another flag. "All the efforts of the Germans, sup ported by strong artillery, to smash our front between Craonne and Rheims have been repulsed. Positions Exchanged Near Rheims. "Near Rheims tne hill of Brimnnn a portion of which we had occupied, has been retaken by the enemv. In rutnm we have taken possession of the de- ienses or ia fompelle (about five miles east-southeast of Rheims). "The Germans have roused thunili to a condition of such fury that, with out military reason, they have fired on tne vatneurai or KUelma, which is In flames. "In the center, between Rheims and the Forest of Argonne, we have won the village of Souain and have taken thousands of prisoners. Gains Made West of Argonne. "On the western side of the Argonne our gains are maintained. "In Woevre there is nothing to , an nounce. ... - "On the right wins: in Lorraine tlio enemy has been driven back beyond our iron tier, evacuating in particular the region of Avricourt (border vil lage). In the 'Vosges the enemy has tried to resume the offensive in the neighborhood of St. Die, but without success. "Our attacks progress slowly on that side because of the difficulty of the ground, the defensive works encoun tered there, and the bad weather. "As yet we have no certain con firmation of the reduction of the forts - (Concluded on Page 3.) LQOK THEM OVER CAREFULLY, MANY NEED SWATTING. : M - f f Iky m 1 f 1 Al-MlJXUilMIUJXiatKM-U-'U'lUiA.M.U -- .III! INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 65 aegree; minimum, 54 degrees. TODAY'S Rair; warmer; northerly winds. War. Labor unions urge Britons to enlist for de fense. Face 2. Great Britain' has big flock of aeroplanes at front. Page 2. German foreign off lcs authorises interview on Germany's position la war. Fbk 1. Noted cathedral at Rheims set on fire in bombardment. Page 1. Two companies of Germans rout French army corps from difficult position. Page 8. Berlin says British stored ammunition' In rance In advance of war. Page &. Paris reports lull In battle. Page 8. British Ambassador praises Gerard's conduct in Berlin. Page 8. French ray their front is holding fast. Page i. Russians bombarding Pnemysl. which, re plies to attack. Face 2. Both British and Germans lose ships tn far- 011 seas. i'age 4. Furious artillery duel under way In France. rage 4. Close of great battle near, says British writer. Page 4. United States lays down rules for sailings of ships' of belligerents. Page 5. Pacific Northwest, Quartermaster of steamer Buck dives Into sea to rescue Leggett survivor. Page 1. Sports. Pacific Coast Ieague results: Portland 8-0. Venice 8-1 ; Missions 0-3, San ' Francisco ' 1-1: Oakland 4-6, Los Angeles 8-e. Page 8. Boston retains lead over Giants though latter's playing improves. Page 8. T. Morris Duma made life secretary of Pa cific Northwest Association. Page 8. Portland and Vicinity. Benjamin Belling, Senior, killed by train. Page 7. Rev, T. L. Eliot expounds world peace plan. Page 9. German concert nets more than ST0O for Red Cross fund. Page T. "Stop, Thief." at Baker, rollicking comedy, well presented. Page 14. Church of Madeleine celebrates third anni versary. Page 8. New photoplays at moving-picture theaters are stellar. Page 14. First of Hill steamers due March 1. Page 11. Suffragist press chairman here tor cam paign against party that turned down women. Page 5. Husband fears Mrs. Stella Fueston kid naped. Page 11. Dramatization of "Trail of Lonesome Pine" at Heilig revives joy of story. Page 14. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 4. Multnomah Fair has last day. Page- 11. JAPANESE GAIN REPORTED Germans Retire In Disorder After - Skirmish In China. TOKIO, Sept. 20. Lieutenant-General Karri lo. commander-in-chief of the Japanese armies that are moving on Kiau-Chau, the German leased posses sion in China, reports that he met and repulsed a German detachment on Sep tember 18. The official announcement of the skirmish says that the troops, after landing at Lai-Shan, 40 miles north of Kiau-Chau, moved southward at Wang Ko-Huangr, 13 miles east of Tsimo. . The Germans used machine guns, but at sunset, it is sa4. abandoned thei position in dlso'.er, leaving behind supplies, equipment and personal ap parel. The Japanese suffered no casual ties in this fight, but had three casual ties among their cavalry while It was reconnoitering. ' Train Held TJp and Robbed. .LOS ANGELE3, Sept. 20. Two arm ed men held up and robbed Southern Pacific northbound train Number 75 (The Lark) late tonight, north of Bur bank. They secured $550 and much jewelry from the passengers. NATION FIGHTS FOR LIFE, SAYS GE Foreign Office Justifies Position in War. SLAY DOMINATION RESISTED Britain Accused of Combining Europe Against Rival. TEUTONS ARE DETERMINED In .Interview Offldaly Approved, Baron Alumm Draws Allegory. From America to Support 'Pol icy of His Own Nation. BT JOSEPH UEPILL PATTKRSOM. (Staff correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. By arrangement with the Tribune.) BERLIN, Aug. 26. The following re markable authorised Interview was granted today by the German Foreign Officecomparable to the State De partment in Washington to your , cor respondent. The interview was held directly with Baron Mumru. adviser to the German Foreign Office in American, -Chinese and Japanese affairs. v Baron Mumm, who speaks English fluently, was secretary of the lega tion' in Washington 1888-1892, and minister pro tern to the United States 1899. He was Minister to China 1900-1906 in the six difficult and critical years succeeding the Boxer re bellion, and Ambassador to Japan In 1906-1911. Style Make Secretaries Gasp. When the interview was completed it was typewritten and- submitted to the German Foreign Office ' for ap proval. This approval was hard to get. In fact, the German Foreign Of fice at first entirely disapproved of the article, rather on account of its manner than because of its substance which it was acknowledged has been faithfully interpreted. But the way in which the inter view was written, in American news paper style, caused some of the ojder secretaries of state accustomed to the formal phraseology of less hurried and more dignified days to gasp. How ever. Baron Mumm, with his deeper knowledge of how things are done, written and said in the United States, persuaded his confreres that the In formality of the conversation as re ported would, if anything, cause it to be more widely read In America. On that plea the Foreign Office finally and in considerable perplexity (Concluded on Page S.) R MAN Sunday's War Moves 1! ONE of the fiercest battles of all times, which has been raging across Northern France for a week past, with first a silent advantage on one side and then on the other, remains undecided. The great armies which have been fighting for a month have dug them selves into entrenchments on rivers and monntaJn ranges on a front reach ing from the Oise to the Mouse, and thence southeastward along the Franco-German frontier. Artillery duels such as never have been seen before are being carried on with the hope of compelling the evacu ation of the strongly-held positions, with occasional successes to the oppos ing sides, while the infantry, in the face of a galling fire, . have charged right up to the guns only to make their opponents give way slightly or to be repulsed with great losses. Fighting has been fiercest on the allies' left, which lies on the right bank of the Oise River, in the vicinity of Rheims. the famous cathedral of which has been set afire by German shells. and between that town and the Ar gonne ridge it has been give and take all the time. The French official report, however. again asserts Blight progress has been made on the French left and that the allies have again repulsed strong fron tal attacks between Craonne and Rheims. Around Rheims the issue has been about equalized, as the Germans have recaptured the heights of Brl raont, while the French have taken the defenses of La Pompelle. The French also have scored a sucfess between Rheims and the Argonne. where they have taken the village of Souain and have captured numerous prisoneres. ' In all cases these are separate at tacks and counter attacks by tha armies lying In the trenches waiting for their altillery to compel the other side to slacken its fire. The losses in these attacks must be enormous. The British apparently have learned something from the Japanese attacks on Port Arthur. They make a rush forward and when the fire becomes too heavy for them to make a further ad vance they again dig trenches for them selves and remain there until another opportunity offers for them to gain a few more yards. The Germans have had most of their artillery at work, but the French are bringing up more and bigger guns. This kind of fighting, with both sides in strong positions, may go on for days yet, but sooner, or later one side must find the continual fall of shell and the disconcerting attacks too much for them, and, leaving a Btrong rear guard, will draw back for a breathing spell. The battle resembles In many par ticulars that of the Shan -Ho in 1904, when the Japanese and Russians, with much more time to do it. established positions which each thought to be impregnable. Shells and infantry at tacks, however, finally compelled the Russians to withdraw with losses that at that time were without precedent. With all the hard, long fighting behind them, the Germans again are making attacks toward Verdun, while the allies are making frontal attacks on the German right, and are once more attempting to outflank it While accounts of the operations in Gallcia differ, and one goes so far as to say that General Dankl's army Is surrounded by Russians, and only rem nants of the German corps there re main, it is considered certain that the armies have not come to grips again. ' The Russians will have .to capture Przemysl, where it is reported .three German army corps have been sent to help the Austrians, before they can make further progress westward. The other Russian army, however, will be free to proceed against Cracow if Gen eral Danki is disposed of. The German army in Silesia has become more active. Interesting information has been given out by the British Admiralty re garding British successes and misfor tunes in various waters. The British merchant cruiser Carmania has sunk a German merchant cruiser, supposed to be either the Cape Trafalgar or the Berlin, off the coast of South America, but the German cruiser Koenigsburg has completely disabled the British cruiser Pegasus, while the latter was overhauling her machinery in Zanzi bar harbor, killing 25 men and wound ing more than three times that num ber, and the German cruiser Emden has sunk six British merchant steamers in the Bay of Bengal. There has been a review off the Is land of Halkr by the Sultan of the Turkish fleet. Including the former German cruisers Breslau and Goeben, after which the warships proceeded to Constantinople for coal. Italy, according to reports from Rome, now has more than 500,000 men under arms. ARMY WINS ON APPLE DIET Russians Fat Xo thing but Fruit 6 Days While Chasing Austrians. LONDON. Sept. 20. The Petrograd correspondent of the Times says that General Ruzsky's army, while In pur suit of the Austrians toward Lemberg, left all transports behind them and for six dayB lived on apples. This is cited by the correspondent as showing the great energy of the Rus sian soldiers, who are 'able to endure forced marches and continuous fighting on such, a diet. Crater Swallows HILL WELLINGTON, N. Z., Sept. 20. A volcano eruption has occurred on White Island, In the Bay of Plenty, off North Island. New Zealand. Half the hillside has fallen into the crater and 11 men who were working In some of the sulphur deposits are missing, . DIVE BY HERO SAVES mm rpprrTwinm UHLLDJULII .lUllli Quartermaster Jumps With Lifeline. LARS ESKiLDSON RISKS LIFE Steamer Buck at Astoria With George Poelman, Survivor. RESCUE INCIDENTS THRILL Captain Has High Praise for Quar termaster Who Leaped Into Fierce Sea Doomed Vessel's Whistle Shrieks as Craft Sinks. ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 20. (SDeclaL) The Associated Oil Company's tank steamer Frank H. Buck came into port shortly before noon todav. bringing George Poelman. the first of the two survlvons of the Leggett disaster to be picked up. but the last to reach shore. The Buck also produced a hero, Lars Eskildson, quartermaster on the Buck, having dived into the storm-swept sea to rescue Poelman. Leggett's Agents A beard. E. M. Cherry, Lloyds' agent and the Astoria representative of the Hicks Hauptman Transportation Company, of San Francisco, owners of the lost steamer Francis H. Leggett, boarded the steamer here. The Buck was the first vessel to reach the scene of the sinking of the Leggett and it was her crew that picked up the only two survivors. Sterna Strikes Karly. "We left Hoquiam Wednesday eve ning and ran into a storm as soon as we entered upon the open sea," said Poelman, one of the two survivors. "The ship was heavily loaded and made very alow progress through, the gale. Some time after noon of Friday the deckload of ties began to slide off and soon the ship took on a heavy list to starboard. which gradually became worse. ' "All the passengers and the crew had donned life preservers and most of tbem were on deck. There did not seem to be much excitement. It was blowing and raining and was very cold. Loaded Lifeboat Uptarns. "I stood in the after part of the ship holding onto the rail. I saw men at tempt to launch the lifeboat and they told me to get in. I got in and they started to lower the boat, but it was so rough that they pulled it back again, and I got out. Later the boat was low ered again with several men and wo men in it. It turned right over the minute it touched the water and I could Bee the poor people splashing around in the sea. Some got hold of ties and boards, but some Just drifted out and disappeared. "The engines were running all the time until the very last. Just before the end came the whistle gave one short blast and then the engines stopped. Man Sinks Wit Boat. "Captain Maro was near me then on the deck, near the wheel. He seemed dazed and stood looking at the deck. I was holding to' the rail then, when, all at once, the boat seemed to drop out from under me, but I held on as long as I could and went clear under water with it before I lost my hold. When I came up I grabbed hold of two ties and hung on. I looked around roe and saw lots of men holding to the ties. One man held up his hand to me and I saw one of his fingers had been cut off and his hand was all bloody. "I could hear someone shouting, but couldn't understand what be said. It was awfully cold and the people near me drifted away, all but one man, and I could see him until it got dark, then I was all alone for a long time. Liahts Prompt Shout, "Then I saw the lights of the Buck and I shouted as loud as I could. They were not far away and I shouted again, but they went right past me and I thought it was awful. Then they stopped and turned around and came back, and one man Jumped overboard and tied a rope around me, and they pulled me up on the ship. My partner was near me when the Leggett went down and I never saw him again. I came from Whidby Island, where I was working on a farm, and I was going to San Francisco. These men on the Buck were good to me and I am glad I am alive." About 4 o'clock Friday afternoon the wireless operator heard the Japanese cruiser Idzumo notifying the station at North Head that the Francis H. Leg gett was lost below Cape Mears, but could get no further information. Cap tain B. H. Macdonald, master of the Buck, immediately instructed the chief engineer to drive the craft full speed ahead, and steered directly for the scene of . the disaster, arriving in that vicinity about 11 o'clock at night. "About midnight." said Captain Mac donald, "or shortly before. Third Offi cer Gibbs, of this ship, then on watch, sent word to me in my stateroom that he had heard a cry for "help' out on the sea. I rushed to the bridge to con firm it, and, believe me, it was a call for help from a pair of powerful human lungs and charged with all the terror one human voice could carry. "Ordering the chip to be brought about instantly, I went back to my room and dressed, returning to the (Concluded ea Page 8.)