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. . . . " ! ; - - VOL. LlV. XO. 16,796. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, : SEPTEMBER 24, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ALLIES TRY TO ENVELOP FOE Long Forward Movement to North Accomplished. DAY'S FIGHTING IS SEVERE French Say Their Left Wing Gains, Berlin Says Enemy's Center Falls Back. SOISSONS IS BOMBARDED Noyon Alse Suffers Heavily From German Fire, but Ca: . thedral Has Escaped. PARIS, Sept. 23. General Joffre, the Commander-in-Chief of the French army, is devoting much attention to the western wing on the battle line, where the fighting has been incessant nisrht and day. The allies since the beginning -of the battle of the Aisne have pushed back the Germans a distance of nearly 11 miles, forcing them to seek a further defensive position on the plateaus and in the rough country, which, however, offers excellent op portunities for entrenchment. t Soissons Long Bombarded. ".' The headquarters staff has been en abled to make a long movement for ward to the north. The town of Sois sons has been subjected to a furious German bombardment for nine days. The cannonade starts each day at dawn and again at 4 o'clock, continu ing until 7 in the evening. The ca thedral and other buildings have been greatly damaged. The . German artillery is posted northeast of the town, while the French guns occupy an emplacement to the southeast. There -appears no necessity for the shells to' fall on the town itself, as the French troops are stationed a considerable distance from it. " Noyon Also Suffers. Noyon is also suffering from the German gun fire, but the fine cathedral up to the present has es caped. Today's advance of the allied troops entailed severe fighting, in which the artillery played a large ' part. The combat had lasted for 24 hours, but eventually the Germans yielded ground after losing heavily. The allies suffered 6everely. Many ambulance trains have left the front for provincial cities, carrying German aud French wounded. Large numbers of seriously wounded British officers and men have been transported to the American "and other hospitals in Paris. Among the killed today was Gen eral Dupuis, commander of the B7th infantry brigade. Battle of Aisne Prolonged. The French official communication issued tonight, after announcing that there has been no change in the situa tion on the battle front since the is suance ot the previous communication, makes some comments on the battle of Aisne. The text of the announce ment is as follows: 'There has been no change in the situation since the last communica tion. '"The battle which is in progress along the Aisne has extended over eight days, but it should cause no sur prise it one recalls the Kusso-Japa- nese Yar. ' Battle Like That in Manchuria. "The battle of the Maine was an action undertaken in the open field, which began .with a general resump tion of the offensive by the French army against the enemy, who did not expect it and had not had time seri ously to organize defensive positions. The same cannot be said of the battle of the Aisne, where the adversary, who was retreating, stopped and took posi tions .which, by the nature of the ground, are substantial in themselves in many places and which he has been (Concluded en Pas 6.) BULLETINS LONDON, Sept. 24, 1K5 A. M A dis pateh to Renter's Telegram Company from Amsterdam saya the German Can anl there has been advlaed by ala g ernment that submarine U-8, wMch la credited Trlth blowing op the three British crnlsera in the North Sea early Tuesday morning:, haa returned to' a German port uninjured. ''.' - TOKIO, SeptT 24. The War Office makes the official announcement that British troops, under Brigadier-General Nathaniel W. Barnurdiston, commander of the North China forces, landed' on September 23 In the neighborhood of Laoskan Bay to participate in the movementa against the Germana at Taiif-Tan. LONDON, Sept. S4 General Ton Detailing, commanding . the . German army In Alsace, has been dismissed, according? to m Geneva dispatch to the Daily Chronicle. LONDON, Sept. 24. An Antwerp dis patch to the Renter Telegram Company saya that Belgian gendarmea have ar rested 40 nuns In a German convent at Horsbeeck because one of the nuns addressed the villagers In favor of Germany and denounced King Albert. The villagers would have demolished the convent had not the authorities in terfered. 1 jLONDON, Sept. 2-4 According to a Renter dispatch from Rome, the Glor ale dTtalia publishes a report from Antivari that the Montenegrins on Wednesday opened an assault on Si tayevo and engaged the Austrlans In a sanguinary battle which continues. PARIS, SeptT 24. A son of - Field Marshal Count Von Moltke has been killed In the fighting at Efeternny. ' LONDON, Sept. 23 A aeml-of flclal statement from Berlin, telegraphed to the Renter Telegram Company from Amsterdam, declares there Is no truth In the report that the Russian General, Marios, was taken to Halle in chains. He la noW at Nelsse. The government, however, Intends to hold - an. Inquiry Into the conduct of captured Russian offlcera suspected of having ordered or tolerated atrocities. - LONDON, Sept. 23 According to- a message from Paris to the Central News, a Russian cruiser . haa sunk a German cruiser and two torpedo boats la the Baltic. . " ROME, via London, Sept. 23. A dis patch from Vienna to the Glornnle d'ltalia tells of serious Illness In the Austrian army. The Municipal Corfn cll at Vienna has -voted 1,000,000 crowns (approximately $250,000) for the con struction af a barracks for the treat ment of contagious diseases. ROME!, via Paris, Sept. 23 News re ceived here from Cettlnje saya that wlthjn this week the Montenegrins ex pect to have on top of Mount Lovchen long-range cannon capable.- of disman tling the forts at Cattaro and with which they can bombard, the Austrian ships, thus allowing the Anglo-French fleet to capture the stronghold. LONDON, Sept. 23. In a dispatch from Rome the correspondent of the Central News says travelers who have arrived In the Italian capital from Sebenico, In Delmatia, declare the Aus trian cruisers Marie Theresa and Ad miral Staun . have put Into that port badly damaged. AMSTERDAM, via London, Sept. 23. The correspondent at Maestricht of the Telegraaf saya that during the past few days about 50,000 Germans, wound ed on French battlefields, have passed through Liege on the way to Germany. LONDON, Sept. 23 The Telegraph's correspondent with the Belgian nrmy says the Belgian army emerged from the ramparts of Antwerp Tuesday la a sortie against the German army based on Brussels. The advance guard ex changed shots with the German out posts on the road. 13 miles from the capital. INDIA LOYAL TO BRITAIN Leader of 60,000,000 Mohamme dans Says Hope Groundless. LONDON, Sept. 23. (Special.) "Germany made a mistake about India, as it did about Ireland. And anybody who counts on India to be false to Eng land will come a cropper" In these words his higheness Aga is. nan. recognized temporal , leader of 60,000,000 Indian Mohammedans. summed up the Indian Empire's status ill the world war. A lvhan has directed the Khoja Moslems, who alone number several millions, and over whom he is spiritual as well a temporal head, to place their personal services and resources at the disposal of the government and has volunteered to serve himself as a pri vate in any regiment of Infantry of an Indian expeditionary force. VENEZUELANS IN - REVOLT Government Porces . Surprised and City Is Captured. PORT OF SPAINTTrinldad, Sept. 23. It is reported here that Venezuelan revolutionists under Horatio du Charme surprised the .Venezuelan government forces at Cano, Colorado, . a port of entry in the former State of Bermudez, inflicting a defeat, alter which- they captured Guanoco. Du Charme later repulsed the government troops sent against him. y The rising against the government. according to advices received here, ap pears to be well -supported in the re gion where the . hostilities have oc curred. . Japanese Barely Escape lire. Fire started this morning In the rear of the rL. J. Schmitt harness shop, 351 Bumside street, badlya damaging the entire frame building at that num ber. Nine Japanese who were sleep ing in a room on the second floor were roused by Patrolman Harms and es caped without their clothes. The building-la next to the H. L. Keats garage. BURNING OFTEUTON VOIDED Priest Saves Men in Flaming Cathedral. 13 INJURED DIE IN RHEIMS FIRE Vengeful French Soldiers Try to Drive Others Back In. MANY SEVERELY BEATEN Works of Art at LouvalnNovr Said to Have Been Saved Pictures Taken From St. Peter's Church While It Is Burning. LONDON, Sept. 24. 3:41 A M. The correspondent of the Daily Mail at Rheims, under date of Monday, gives a story by the Abbe Camu of the ter rible scenes in the cathedral when it was set on fire. He said: "It was all . over iri an hour. There were two separate Tires. We put the first out with four buckets of water. all we had In the place, but soon another shell struck the. roof and the wind drove the flames along the raft ers Inside of the nave. We rushed up again, but it was flaming all along and as we could do nothing we hur ried down. Wounded Germnns . Fight . Fire. "There were holes in the ceiling of the nave and sparks began to fall through them into a great heap of straw, ten feet high " and 20 yards long, the Germans had piled along: the north aisle. We tried to catch the sparks in our hands as they fell and such of the German wounded as were able to walk helped us. But -the first spark that fell, on .the pile set it blazing. "There was no time to think of any thing but getting out the wounded. They screamed norribly. We carried many of those that could not walk, while others dragged themselves pain fully along to the side door in the north aisle. . Those- who had only hand and arm wounds helped their comrades. We got out all except 13, whose bodies lie there now. ' "All Should Burn" la Cry. "When at last -I came out of the flaming building I found the whole body of wounded huddled together around the doors. Opposite to them was a furiously hostile crowd of civi lians of the town and a number of (Concluded on Page 3.) t - THERE'S I J Ik All cyZTifc. il tea rrant-ET erj '"'-va-yV A LST$ You mau'To gy. cs L.-. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS "x The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 54 degrees; minimum, 65 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; cooler; -variable winds, be coming westerly. War. AlMes left wing making long movement to north in effort to envelop German right. Page 1. ' German wounded die in flames In Cathedral of. Rheims. Page 1. -Russians report 'they are pursuing Austrlans. Page 4. Worldpwide misery, due to war, revealed hy Presbyterian missions. Page 4. .. 1400 British believed lost on cruisers sunk, by submarines. Page G, Sturdy legs one of four factors enabling swift German advance. Page 3. Kitchener said to have caused French Cab- inet crisis by protest -against failure to succor expeditionary troops. Page 2. Belgian citizens ordered to doff hats to German officers. ' Page 2. Mexico. Villa declares Independence; repudiates Car . ranza. page 1. National. President Wilson firm with Colorado mine operator on terms of truce. Page 6. McAdoo refuses Government funds to banks that hoard money. Page 3. . Delay in iggs-Caminettl white slave and f u?l fraud . cases iorbidden. Page 5. Sporta. Coast League results: Portland 6, Missions 2; Venice 5, Oakland 2; San Francisco 2, Los Angeles 1. Page 12. Giants out of National League pennant race. Page 12. Case of Missions not yet decided by Pacific Coast League magnates. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Baker to vote on proposal to abotlsb com mission form of government. Page 7. Oregon Agricultural College enrolls 1276. Page o. , Many Oregon counties holding fairs. Page n. Commercial and Marine. Fifty-cent decline in all American sugar markets. Page 17. Wheat Jumps at Chicago on news of heavy trading in Pacific Northwest. Page 17. "Mystery ship" to load In Portland today. Page IS. ,. Portland and Vicinity. Fifty-cecond Oregon conference of Metho dist Episcopal Church opens. Page 16. Thomas F. Bradshaw, head of Ford fac tory. Is missing. Page 1L New shows at moving-picture theaters are hits. Page 13- Council authorizes City Attorney to fight Judge McGinn's school ruling. Page 1L Europe buys great quantities of pacific Northwest wheat suddenly. Page 1. Clubs compiling data of area available for settlers in Oregon. Page 13. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13. Six weeks race now for Congress promises red-hot campaign. Page 16. Questions put by Portland women to Mrs. Stubbs start lively debate. Page 7. SOCIALIST ORGAN QUITS Berlin Xewepaper Pays for Criticism of Prisoners' Treatment. LONDON, Sept. 23 A dispatch to the Central News from Copenhagen says that the Berlin Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ, announced that the Commander-in-Chief . had ordered the paper to suspend publication for three days. The action, the Vorwaerts says, was due to its free criticism of the alleged bad treatment of prisoners of war by Ger.nany in comparison with the good treatment accorded German ' prisoners In France and England. ' ' ' ; -' ; All . Indorse Federal Suffrage. DENVER, Sept. 23 The platforms of the Republican, Democratic and Pro gressive parties of Colorado were made public today, following a two days' ses sion by "the candidates of -each party. All favor the enactment of a Federal equal suffrage amendment. SOMETHING DOING IN PENDLETON TODAY. 6UCK4 HOOK UGl SMOKE'EM CAMPAIGN CG-AR VILLA DECLARES WAR CARRANZA Chihuahua and Sonora in Open Revolt. - GRAVE CRISIS PRECIPITATED First Chief Orders Closing of Railway as Precaution. REBELS GET MUNITIONS General Obregon, Adherent of Car ran ra. Declared to Be Prisoner in Villa's House Washing ton Is Concerned. EL PASO, Texas, Sept. 23. General Francisco Villa, dominant leader in Northern Mexico, denounced tonight the central government headed by Venus tiano Carrtnza ana announced his in dependence in a statement sent to the Associated Press. This placed the Sta,te of Chihuahua in open revolt against the party In power at Mexico City as well as Sonora. the next border state to the west, where Governor Maytorena previously has proclaimed his Independence of the constitutionalist party as represented by Carranza. Munitions Sent to Sonora. Villa agents sent several carloads of munitions as well as troops today to assist Governor Maytorena, of Sonora. who is in open revolt against Carranza. This was followed later in the day, according to reports received here, by the sending of 600,000 pesos In Villa paper currency to Maytorena officials. - This money, it was said, was being placed In circulation in that part of Sonora dominated . by the Maytorena forces to absorb the constitulonallst or Carranza issue. " General Obregon Made Prlaonct. General Obregon. one of the Carranza adherents, who heads the Northwest ern military zone of which Sonora is a part, remained at Chihuahua City, said persons arriving from the south. He was reported last week to have been arrested by Villa, Telegrams received . here ' several days ago signed with Obregon's name had said that he was returning at once to the national capital. It was declared today officially that Obregon was held a prisoner at Villa's house in Chi huahua. All available troops under Villa's command were rushed tonight to meet (Concluded on Page 4.) 'EM HORSE" k.pendleton!! Wednesdays War Moves THE battle of the Aisne seems to be waiting on the outcome of the at tempt of the allied forces to outflank the German right wing. At any rate, the French official report, while It speaks of an advance made by the allies' left in the region of Lassigny. and unofficial reports say that this ad vance was one of 18 kilometers (about 12 miles), simply records the repulse of several violent attacks by the Germans and the fact that elsewhere the situa tion remains unchanged. Military experts, however, warn the public not to ignore the German efforts to force the French barrier chain at its more assailable points. An event of the day was the flight of British naval aeroplanes from Antwerp to Dusseldorf, approximately a distance of 500. miles, in the course of which they dropped bombs on the Zeppelin sheds of the German aerial fleet which would co-operate with the German navy in case of a raid on England. The British official bureau intimated that the flight was undertaken as a warning to the Germans that If any more - bombs are dropped on any un fortified towns in Belgium or France, the allies can retaliate. It is likely that the warning is also intended to include London, which has been looking for a visit from the Zeppelins for some days. The flight of the British aero planes was one, so far as distance Is concerned, that they were quite used to. as for some time Jthe British flying men haves been put to the test. They have made flights from Montrose. Scotland.- to Salisbury, which is about tha. same distance as the round trip be tween Antwerp and the Rhine for tresses. It was given out In Berlin that the destruction of the three British cruisers in the North' Sea was the work of a single submarine, the U-9. not a fleet of them, as had been reported. It haa not been possible to make up a roll of the dead, but It is thought close to 1400 lost their lives. It is possible trawlers and other vessels will bring In more survivors. The landing of some of the sur vivors in Holland has raised the inter esting question whether they must be interned until - after' the war. It has been taken for granted that this would be the case, but the point Is now brought forward that they are really shipwrecked sailors ' and are entitled to the hospitality of a neutral country as such until they are ready to return home. ' A similar case rose at Che-Fu In Japan's attack on Port Arthur. Several Japanese whose ships were Bunk at PorfArtliur were taken to the Chinese port and -the Russian Consul asked that they be interned. They were finally allowed, however, to return to Japan. - The losses through the sinking of the British cruisers, while heavy, are small compared with those on the bat tlefields. It was reported from Holland that 60,000 German wounded had passed through Liege from France, and it is knowji that the losses on both sides are exceedingly large. . In Galicia the Russians seem to be pushing steadily on to their goal, which for the moment is PrzemysL They apparently have that place pretty well surrounded by now for, following the capture of Jaroslau, they announce the occupation of Wislok. a town on the Hungarian border southwest of Przemysl. and an important station on the railway which runs from Sanok through one of the passes of the Car pathian Mountains . to Zemplyn and thence to Budapest. . Wislok probably wa taken by that part of the Russian army which ad vanced from Lemberg by. the southern route to cut off the retreat of the Austrian army through the Carpathians to Hungary. It is also another, link in tho chain which the Russians are drawing around the fortresses of Przemysl and Cracow. On the German frontier the Russians are in close touch with the German forces according to their report, but no fighting has oc curred. The Russians are said to be In retreat . in this district, and this probably Is true, for the best Petrograd has to say is that the army is with drawing "in perfect order." This In dicates that General Von Hindenberg is going at his work vigorously. A press dispatch says the Servians have retaken Llnbovia from the Aus trlans and that the losses were heavy. A news agency dispatch Is authority for the statement that the Germans have entrenched and mined the ap proaches to Brussels and also are forti fying the region around Ath, north west of Mons, to prevent the Belgians falling on the Germans should a re treat from France be forced. A German official report says the Russians lost in the battles near Tan nenberg, . 150,000 men killed and 90, 000 captured. Another batch of Ger man prisoners' arrived in England yes terday. The Austrian losses are even heavier than those of the Germans and the allies. Up to September 14, according to Russian papers, the Rus sians have captured seven Austrian flags. 636 guns, 44 machine guns and 64,000 prisoners, including 635 officers. 2 TRAINS OF TROOPS LOST Entire General Staff of jGerman Di . vision . Reported Prisoners. LONDON. Sept. -23. The Mail's war correspondent says he' hears that two trains of badly-needed German rein forcements were blown up between Peronne - and St. Quentin through the feat of a French gunner, who man aged to tap a telephone wire con necting two German stations. By this means he gained the 'Infor mation that the trains were coming and was able' to place guns to command the . line. By a quick attack he was able to ambush the two trains. The Mail's correspondent says that on Sunday the entire general etaf f of one German ' division were brought prisoners to Amiens. EUROPE SUDDENLY BUYS COAST WHEAT 10,000,000 Bushels Go Via Canal. DEALS ARE CLOSED SECRETLY Portland and Puget Sound Ex porters Active 10 Days. SOME FARMERS SELL ALL Pacific Offering Cheapest Trice la World, Buyers Grasp Opportun ity Cargoes Believed to Be for Britain. English and other European wheat buyers' have suddenly turned their at tention to Oregon and Washington. In the past few days immense quan tities of wheat have been sold by Port land and Puget Sound exporters for shipment througn the canal to the open, ports of Europe. It is said that the sales made here aggregate 5,000,000 bushels, and that the same amount ha3 been sold by dealers In the north. De-ala Are Lirge. While the total quantity may not be as great as reported it is known at any rate that the business , done has been on a very large scale. Wheat has been selling cheaper in the Pacific Northwest than anywhere else In the world, and it is this fact that has brought the buyers here. At the opening of the season, the Port land wheat market stood at S3 cents, while at Chicago wheat was worth SO cents. Now club wheat in Portland is quoted at 95 cents and December at Chicago is worth 11.12. While tlia Chi cago market has advanced Zl centJ Portland prices ' have risen only 13 cents. Bayers Work Seeretly. Local and Puget Sound buyers have been very industrious in the country for several days..They-faave been work ing as secretly as possible, eo as not to excite the market, but the facts of the big buying began to leak out yes terday. In some sections "eo much wheat has been bought up that the farmers there look upon the season as practically closed. It Is probable that between 20 and 60 per cent of the entire Northwestern wheat crop has been already sold at a date when in normal years the move ment would hardly have started. Most af Crop bone. In Columbia and Garfield counties it is estimated that fully 80 per cent of the wheat Is out of farmers' hands. Be tween 60 and 70 per cent of the Whit man County crop is said to have been sold. In Oregon the buying was equally heavy. Over half of the Uma tilla crop is sold and on the Condon branch and in Sherman County fully 75 per cent of the wheat has changed hands. Since the beginning of the season about 12,000.000 bushels of wheat have reached tidewater, but grain men de clare that a vast quantity of purchased wheat remains in the country to be shipped. One dealer haa only received 25 per cent of wheat he has bought. Loll May Follow. It is also believed that much more wheat has been sold than has been bought, and as a consequence the mar ket in the immediate future may show some radical changes. Although the demand continues strong, dealers look for a lull in tho operations, owing to the Congestion. Otherwise prices in the country might go 3 to 5 cents higher. Shippers are, complaining of the ex cessive freight rates steamship owners are demanding 35 to 36 shillings. Tha rate from the Pacific Coast via tho canal is three times as high as the At lantic rate, while they declare it should not be over twice as high. But with the German merchant marine put out of business, the shipowners of England, France and the neutral countries have things their own way. Export Managed Easily. A normal rate on wheat to Europe, considering the time saved by the canal, gralnmen assert, would not be over 27 shillings 6 pence. There Is but little difficulty now in financing export grain business, the sales being made with bankers guar antees from the other side. The farm ers of the Northwest have an oppor tunity to dispose of all their wheat, but they are not getting as much for it as they would if freights were not so high. Some of the cargoes are es timated to net the steamer-owners 150.000 profit. Another interesting development in the grain trade has been the exporting of flour in large quantities to Europe. Two lots are about to be shipped, ag gregating 32,500 barrels. It has been about 20 years since flour was shipped in large quantities from Portland to Europe. The war is the direct causa of this new movement. It is believed, the flour going from here is tor use of the British army. The wheat probably will also be taken in charge by the British Government. Wheat Crop Abroad Fair. WASHINGTON. Sept 23. Wheat pro duction throughout the countries in the European war zone this year generally (Concluded on 2.) A.