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2 T1TE MORNING OltEGONTAN. MONDAY, SEPTE3IBEIt 21. 1914. FRZENIY5L RESISTS RUSSIANS' ATTACK Petrograd Reports Bombard ment of Fortress in Gal-. , icia Under Way. INVADING FRONT WIDENED Seizure of Krsheshov, Where Aus tria ns Woudl Have Crossed. Vis tula, Declared . Importait. Sankl's Army Cut Off. PETROGRAD, Sept. 20. The official statement from the chief of general staff Issued tonight says that the Rus sians are bombarding the fortress of I'nemysl, onrhose artillery has opened Are. The statement follows: "The Austrian troops which attempt ed, to check our advance in front of Biranow and Ranlchow. in Galicia, were repulsed with heavy losses. "Siege artillery is now bombarding the fortifications of Jaroslau. Pntmyil Returns Fire. "Fighting is going on against the rarrispn of Przemlysl, who have re plied with artillery tire. "The Russian troops crossing the forests are finding batteries abandoned by the Austrians." IX)NDON, Sept 20 In a dispatch to the Times a correspondent at Petro grad says: "A Saxon cavalry division which recently arrived in East Prussia from France has suffered heavy losses. "Near Sandomir, Russian Poland, the Russians have again defeated the broken remnants of the second Ger man landwehr corps under General Wolrsch. Here evidently the Austrians had prepared to cross the Vistula River. Ruiiu Front Extended. "The seizure of Krsheshov, which is the point where the Austrians would have crossed the river, is of fjreat im portance. Krsheshov is a small town on the San River between Jaroslau and the confluence of the San and the Vis tula. Consequently, with the occupa tion of Krsheshov, the Russian front "widens appreciably and is enabled to cross the river at several points simul taneously in considerable force. "Javorov, where the Russians cap tured 5000 prisoners and 30 guns, is 15 miles east of Jaroslau. Thus the Rus sians are approaching Jaroslau also from the east and threaten to emerge at the rear of the fortress after cross ing at Krsheshov. Dankl Reported Cnt Off. "The relentless pursuit of the Aus trians continues. The Russians are forging an iron ring around the Ga lician strongholds, where the remnants of the Austrian armies are seeking shelter." The Petrograd correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company sends the following by way of Rome: "The Russians have completely cut off General Dankl's army, which forms the extreme left of the new battle front from Przemysl to Cracow IQa licia), and prevented his Junction with the forces under the command of Gen eral von Auffenberg. While General Dankl is retreating in a desperate at tempt to reach Cracow fortifications the Russians are advancing from Sand omir in an endeavor to cut off that re treat as well." Germans Reported In Prmcmynl. A Central News dispatch from Petro grad says: "It is reported that a strong German army, consisting of three army corps, is at Przemysl, completely equipped for the defense of that fortress, which it has been ordered by the German gen eral staflf to hold until the last, in order to enable fresh German troops to con centrate against the Russian front in East PrussK." "It is estimated that the- Austrian losses in the great battle of Galicia are as high as 35 per cent," says the Petrograd correspondent of the Times. His dispatch continues: "There are no reliable data regard ing the Russian losses, but it is be lieved that they are not one-tenth of those sustained by the Austrians. This disparity is due in great measure to the superiority of the Russian gun ners." BRITISH TROOPS IN TRENCH IN FRANCE. ? it i S3., -y"" 'x : -AifV - 1 4 .sU 5"" V TV 'ft? Kr r ? " i t V ? ' u?;,. J v: .it" mini r ' i-'Ji.'- 'i. i -i' A vlJ ft -a s: .?vyf - . . A Little CMld, Can Use -Photo copyright by Underwood & Underwood. PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS NATURE OF COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY ARE FIGHTING. UNIONS BACK KING Volunteer Defense of Great Britain Is Urged. CONSCRIPTION HELD LIKELY of GERMANS CHECKED, SATS RUSS Pursuit of Enemy in Austria De clared to Be Continuous. NEW YORK, Sept 20 Colonel Nlco- lai Golejewskl, military attache of the Russian embassy, gave out an official statement from his headquarters here today as follows: "In Eastern Prussia by'September 17 General Rennenkampf has finally checked the German advance. In some places the retirement and shifting of the enemy's troops are observed. "In Austria we are continuing the pursuit of the enemy. Our troops have drawn near the fortress of Przemysl and the fortifications of Sieniawa (Sini ava) and Yaoslaw (Jaroslau), "In Eastern Prussia, the enemy's Saxon cavalry division, just arrived from France, has suffered heavily. The population of Lublin and Holm greeted with overflowing enthusiasm some of the victorious troops returning from the battlefields of Krasnik and Tomaszow. "We have captured the entire siege artillery, consisting of 36 heavy howit zers, brought from the fortress of Breslau by the German reinforcements in premature anticipation of the siege or xvangorod. near sandomir our troops again defeated the German corps under General Woersch. "Our troops have taken the fortifica tions of Sieniawa (Siniava) and Sambor. The Austrian rear guards have been driven from the river Wisznia (Vichnia) beyond the San. In retiring they de stroyed the bridges over the former from Radymno to Medyke. "Yaroslaw (Jaroslau) is in flames. "On September 15 in the region of Sandomir-Mire-Radomysl In the corner between the Vistula and the San, we took 3000 prisoners and 10 guns. At Niemlrow and its vicinity, we took 3000 wagons of artillery supplies. Crowds of Austrian soldiers are straggling in the region occupied by . our armies. Gradually they come out of their hid ing places and give themselves up." Siniava is in Galicia, and is situated 18 miles north-northwest of Jaroslau on the bank of the River San. Sambor is 17 miles northwest-by-west of Dro hobyoz. Sandomir, a town in Russian Poland, Is 67 miles southeast of Ra com on me leu Dank oi the Vistula and on the Galiclan frontier. RadomysL in Galicia, on the bank of the River San, is 47 miles . southwest-by-south from Lublin. Possibility of "Brutal Methods Enforced Military Service Is . Declared Sufficient Cause ' for Prompt Enlistment. ' . - - - - -. vj? LONDON. Sept. 3. The Parliament ary Committee of the Trades Union Congress, after a two days' conference, issued a manifesto to trade unionists of the country on the war. The com mittee was especially gratified at the manner in which the Labor party In the House of Commons responded to the appeal made to all political parties to help in the defense of the country. The manifesto proceeds: "The Com mittee is convinced that one import ant factor in the present struggle is, that in event the voluntary system of military service fall, the demand for a national system of compulsory mili tary service will not only be made with redoubled vigor, but may prove to be so persistent and strong as to become irresistible. The prospect of having to face conscription, with its permanent and heavy burden upon the financial resources of the country, and its equally .burdensome effect upon nearly the whole of its industries, should in itself stimulate the manhood of the nation to come forward in its defense, and thereby demonstrate to the world that a free people can rise to the supreme hlghts of a great sacri fice without the whip of conscription. "Another factor to be remembered is that upon the- result of the struggle in which this country is now engaged rests the preservation and maintenance of free and unfettered democratic gov ernment, which in its international re lationships has in the past been rec ognized and must unquestionably prove to be the best guarantee for pres ervation of the peace of the world. The mere contemplation of the overbearing and brutal methods to which people have to submit under a government controlled by a military autocracy living, as it were, continu ously under the threat and shadow of war, should be sufficient to arouse the enthusiasm of the nation in resisting any attempt to impose similar condl tions upon countries at present free from military despotism. "But if men have a duty to perform in the common interest of the State, equally the State owes a duty to those of its citizens who' are prepared and readily prepared to make sacrifices in its defense and for the maintenance of Its honor." Gale Damages German City, LONDON. Sept. 20. A Marconi wire less dispatch from Berlin says that Hamburg has been visited by a strong southwesterly gale and has suffered considerable damage from a flood. Near the village of Moorburg the bursting of a dyke has flooded the neighboring country, which in parts Is several feet under water. SHELLS FIRE CATHEDRAL (Continued From First Page.) they asked, to get a bigger Red Cross flag to put on the tower? "We started back to Paris through a torrential rain and a wind so strong that they seemed to be trying to lml tate the fury of the men on the battle line. A shell had fallen on a railway embankment close by and killed a ref ugee. It was miserable enough for us what must it have been for those wretched, homeless refugees, whose burned-out cottages we passed for mile after mile of blackened, ruined and forsaken countryside?" CATHEDRAL RICH IX HISTORY KJieims Structure Famous as Place of Crowning of Kings. If the reported destruction of the Cathedral of Rheims is true, it is the greatest loss from an historical and artistic sense oi the present war. Be gun on the site of an earlier church erected' by Robert De Coarcy in 1212. and' continued at Intervals down to the 16th century, it haa been described "as the most perfect example in grandeur and grace of Gothic style In existence, The west front, which was begun about 1241-42, is said to be the most beautiful structure produced during the middle ages, with its deeply recessed triple portal and the wonderful rose window that surmounts it. this win dow, more than 40 feet in diameter, is reported to have been destroyed by a shell. If was in the Cathedral of Rheims that the successive Kings of France from Philip II to Charles X were crowned, and it was there that the Maid of Orleans, after her victorious career, stood, banner in hand, before the great altar and saw the coronation of Charles VIII, which marked the ful fillment of her vision. After kneeling before the monarch whom she had placed on the throne "she begged the gentle King to allow her to return to her flocks." The elaborate richness of the sculp ture, its stained glasses and statuary are not surpassed in any existing struc ture. In the north transept over the sacristy was a clock said to have been the oldest moving piece of horology in existence. Among the priceless cathedral treas ures were some wonderful church plate of the early centuries, reliquaries con taining a thorn of the holy crown, the skull of St. Remy, and countless tapes tries, some dating from the fifth cen tury. In a chapel attached to the vestry was a rare collection of Roman and mediaeval sculpture, including the fa mous sarcophagus of Jovinus, the Ro man prefect of Rheims, who was con verted to Christianity in 866. The archbishop's palace, also reported as destroyed, is a double chapel dating from about 1230. There the monarch! of France were boused at their corona tions and there Joan of Arc lodged when she came to Rheims to crown Charles VIII. The palace adjoins the cathedral, and about a quarter of a mile to the southwest is the Church of St. Jacques, also reported destroyed or ser iously damaged in the bombardment. Save for its antiquity, dating from the 12th century, St. Jacques possesses lit tle interest, all the valuable church an tiquities of Rheims having been col lected in the cathedral. Another church of great antiquity and interest is that of St. Remy, but no mention of its fate is made thus far. It stands on the extreme eastern edge of the city and was founded by Clovis and Clothilda on the spot where Clovis was baptized. The walls of the nave of St Remy's date from the tenth century. The City Hall, also said to have been ruined or badly damaged by shell fire, was commenced in 1627. but not com pleted until the present century. It contained a fine library with hundreds of volumes of manuscripts, some an tiquities and a good collection of paintings. Aside . from these notable monu ments, a thorough shelling or confla gration might destroy many lesser buildings that have made the ancient city a place of enormous historic in terest. Some of its old houses date from the 12th and 13th -centuries, and here and there - still exist remains of the Roman occupation. AUSTRIA CLAIMS ' VICTORIES Weakened Russians" Declared De feated Repeatedly. LONDON, Sept 20. The following dispatches have been received from Berlin by Marconi wireless: "It is reported from Vienna by way of contradiction of the figures published from Russian sources as to the Aus trian losses that the Austrian army has repeatedly defeated the weakened Rus sian forces; that the Austrian troops hold a strong position in Galicia and are ready for further fighting. The Russian General Martos. who ordered all male inhabitants of East Prussia to be shot and the villages de stroyed, has been brought into Halle in chains. He will be tried by court- martial.' (General Martos was report ed on September 2 to have been killed in battle in East Prussia.) A Russian Major has been con demned to death after a trial by court- martial. He is alleged to have com mitted infamous acts. "General Dankl has expressed his thanks to- the first army for their glori ous victories at Krasnik and Lublin. He says his undefeated army has sua pended Its attack on an enemy of twice its strength and has now occupied position which it has gained." KING'S AIR CORPS BIG Large Flock of Planes Fly to Front Over Channel. AVIATORS DIRECT GUN FIRE Briton Declaring Himself In Posses sion of Information Says Sky men Perform Good Serv ice With Armies. LONDON. Sept. 4k -j (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) So little has appeared regarding the movements of the British aerial force that the fol lowing excerpts from a discussion of Its activities by one professing to be closely connected with this branch of the service is interesting. Speaking of the sending of 36 British aeroplanes across the Channel by air, which was kept secret for some time. he says: 'As a combined flight, that surpassed anything ever done in aviation, but it was only part of a big movement; other machines had flown across the previ ous day, and at the present moment tnree lull squadrons, JSos. 2, 3 and 4 each consisting of 12 aeroplanes, be sides reserves, and motor transport, are with the expeditionary force. But apart rrom the news or two fatal accidents, and the appearance in the casualty lists of an airman's name among the wounded, nothing authentic has been published concerning the doings of the rtoyai i lying Corps. "Even though I knew more than very little about the work of our army aviators at the front. I should not be permitted to reveal it; yet a few facts may be given without indicating posi tions or conditions. evidence points to a general sune- riority of German aircraft throughout and to a desire on the part of the en emy to create a depressing moral ef feet on the allied troops by the parade of a yaet number of aeroplanes, which are ever actively employed. "Many of the wounded soldiers back from the front speak of the persistent way in which German aeroplanes flew over the positions during the different engagements and signaled to their ar tillery data by which the range could be corrected and kept. Not a word has been said as to our own aviators per forming similar service for our artil lery, but that Is simply because the testimony that has reached us so far is from men who were only in a position to see but very small sections of the operations. As a matter of fact, our army fliers have been directing artil lery lire and to good purpose. DOUGLAS PIONEER DIES Father of Portland, . Roseburg and " New York Residents Passes. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept. 20 (Special.) Michael Tynan, for a half century a resident of Douglas County, died here Saturday. The funeral will be held to morrow Mr. Tynan was employed by the Southern v Pacific Company for many years and was foreman of a track-lay ing gang at the time the line was built from Portland to this city. He is sur vived by three children P. H. Tynan of Portland; James Tynan, of Roseburg, and Mrs. fay, of New York. TEUTON DEFEAT DEMANDED Krencli Semi-official Press Scouts Peace Before Crushing Foe. riu, aept. so.r According to a semi-official press report, the oppor tune moment for peace negotiations is not in sight. The Journal Des Debats says: "The articles of treaties, written pro hibitions and restrictions will not suf fice. All these the Imperial Chancel lor. Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg. ha declared to be merely 'scraps of paDer. wnat is needed are material meas ures immediately executed that will strike all of Germany and constitute guarantees for the future. This is the destruction of German territory, or ganlzations and instruments of war." The Temps says: "No delusive peace! It is necessary to pursue a single idea the end of the militarist German empire. BRITAIN GAINS FOOD IN WAR Imports Abovo Normal Declare Lon don Newspapers. - LONDON, Sept. 20. London papers are . unanimous in the opinion that Great Britain will not soon suffer fara ine. Imports of grain have been large ly in excess of normal. The paths to Canada and the United States are now open, - and- a regular steamer service between Archangel, on the -Whit Sea, and London - has been Tliere is nothing more, pleasing than the voice of a child over the telephone. Establishing connections over The Pacific Telephone is so simple that even a child can use it as freely and with the same accuracy as a grown person, giving added protection to the home and greater satisfaction to the household. Simplicity and accuracy together with its general use insures the most constant and satisfactory service. 42,703 Pacific Telephones in Portland. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company Sales Department Main 8800 Telephone Building, Oak and Park Streets 1 v . 1 established, which will make It possi ble for Russia to continue its shipments of butter and eggs to England. At present the stocks of meat In London warehouses are said to be 60 per cent above the average, while the wheat, maiae and barley stocks are 150 per cent, 200 per cent ana euu per cent, respectively, above the average. Ships bearing print paper have resumed sailings from Norway and Sweden, so it seems likely newspapers will not be short of white paper. SUBMARINE SAVES SEAMEN Capure by Germans Prevented by Dive Under Water. LONDON. Sept. 8.- "The most roman tic, dramatic and piquant episode that modern war' can show," says a naval Lieutenant in describing an episode in the Heligoland fight. His letter reads: "The Defender, having sunk an enemy, lowered a whaler to pick up her swim ming survivors; before the whaler got back an enemy's cruiser came up and chased the Defender, and thus she aban doned her whaler. Imagine their reel ings; alone in an open boat without food. 25 miles from the nearest land. and that land the enemy's fortress, with nothing but fog and foes around them. Suddenly a swirl alongside, and up, if you please, pops his Britannic majesty's submarine E4. opens his conning tow ers, takes them all on board, shuts up again, dives and brings them home, 250 miles! Is not that magninceni.' sso novel would dare face the critics with an episode like that in it, except, per haps. Jules Verne; and all true: juag ntrtcent. indCi, and it is war." AUSTRIA ARRESTS ITALIANS British Subjects In Trieste Are Ad vised by Police to Leave. VIKNNA, Sept. 20. The position of fhe Italian Inhabitants of Trieste is exceedingly uncomfortable. Hundreds have been arrested and many houses belonging to Italians have been searched by the police. A large num ber of Italians are leaving Trieste, es pecially the younger men, many of whom are enlisting in the Italian army. The few British subjects remaining in Trieste, many of whom are women and elderly, men, have been advised by the police to leave Austria in order to avoid unpleasant consequences. BRITISH HOSPITALS MANY Method of Preventing Typhoid In American Army May Be Adopted. LONDON, Sept. 20. Through efforts of the War Office 150 military hospitals have ' been organised in Great Britain. These have been arranged in groups and each has an administrative center. Practically all the sick and wounded returning from the Continent are re ceived at Southampton, and from there those whose condition is the most seri ous are sent to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, and the others are distributed where their cases can be handled to the best advantage. Rheumatism, brought on by exposure, makes the condition of some of the in jured pitiful. Some typhoid has been reported among British soldiers in the field. Sir William Osier's suggestion that the American Army's plan of inoculating all soldiers against typhoid be adopted Is generally supported by the press. IRISH FEEL LOUVAIN LOSS University of City, Now Destroyed, Patronized by Many Celts. LONDON, Sept. 20. The destruction of Lou vain has brought a pang to the hearts of the Irish people, for the Uni versity of Louvain was for centuries the great universitv for lih tnj.nI and especially ecclesiastical students, there being no such Institution in Ire land Itself. During the last two cen turies or so it has turned out more than 300 Irish priests, and nearly 30 Irish bishops and archbishops. There was another tie between Ire land and Louvain University, the tie of Irish learning. The library of the university contained 70.000 volumes of priceless manuscripts, and a large num of these were Irish. Women's Club Founder Dies. CHICAGO, Sept. 20. Mrs. Ella (Uane Bowes, a leader among Illinois club women, died today, aged 64 years. Mrs. Bowes was the founder of the Church Culture Club, the West En Women's Club and the Tuesday Art and Travel Club and was the founder and first president of the Chicago Country Club. PAIN IN THE BACK Do- not worry about a pain In your back. xne worry win uu you niuio harm than the pain. The serious dis eases of the kidneys seldom or never produce such pains while the cause of most DaCKacne l muw;uiar I UDuuia- .1 k I . I. 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