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VOL.. L.IV. NO. 16,797. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1914. !CE FIVE CENTS. V GERM RIGHT G Vigorous Attacks Met by Fresh Reinforcements, ALLIES CAPTURE PERONNE Both Sides Massing Troops for Decisive Battle, Not Yet Really Begun. FIGHTING IS HAND-TO-HAND Contest in France Takes on Nature of Siege, Broken by Counter-Attacks. AT THE BATTLE FRONT, Sept. 24 (via Paris). The - German of fensive was extremely vigorous today at the western end of the long line strelching along the rivers Oise, Aisne and Woevre. - The allied troops, whose gaps had been filled with freshly arrived re inforcements, not only repeatedly thrust back the masses of Germans thrown against them, but eventually carried out a successful counter at tack, which resulted in the gaining of considerable ground and the def inite capture of Peronne, about which town the fiercest engagement oc curred. Germans Mow Down Hundreds. At one place the victims of the deadly German machine guns were counted in hundreds, especially where the advance was across an open wheat field that recently had been harvested. Borne men of a French regiment which was making a dash toward the German position when it was struck by the sweeping fire were found dead in the kneeling posture they had taken behind the sheaves of wheat and from where they had emptied their magazines, intending to start a final rush and bayonet charge. 900 Buried in One Trench. After the fight 900 dead were buried in & single trench six feet deep, the Germans being placed at one end and the French at the other. Farther toward the east, near Berry-au-Bae, on the Aisne, north of Rheims, there appears to be concen trated a large German force which has stolidly occupied strong en trenehments, from which it is most difficult to dislodge them. Hereabouts the fighting has been of a desultory character with, however, slight ad vantage in favor of the allies. The men of both armies- in this vi cinity seem to be enjoying their rest, Battle Vigorous Above Verdun. On the Eastern wing, the Germans are throwing enormous masses of men against the French troops protecting the line of defensive forts above Ver dun; but up to the present their ef forts, although costing immense sac rifices, have been vain and the French . line remains intact. The military experts shower praise ou General Joffre for the way in which his plans are carried out. Ow ing to the strictness of the censorship it is impossible to give an idea of the allies' ultimate intentions. GEltMASS ARE RECUPERATING . Strong Positions, Previously Pre pared, Now Occupied. LONDON. Sept. 24 The Bordeaux correspondent of the Times says that the Germans apparently are concen trating their attack on the line of forts between Verdun and Toul. On the French center and left, he says, the allies have reason for confidence He . adds: "Let there be no mistake the enemy are going to give serious trouble along the line where, with striking recupera tive power, they managed to gather their routed hosts fleeing from the battle of the Marne. German Positions Strong. "A week has elapsed since it first be came clear that, although forced to . abandon successive positions prepared for defense, the enemy had found to the north of the Aisne, north-northwest of r Rheims, formidably prepared- fortified positions on which they might hope to Concluded ea Fag 3.) FIGHT N HARD BULLETINS LO-VDOX, Sept. 25. The military correspondent of the Times writes to day as follows! "The question of offi cers Is a serlons one. An examination of onr casualty lists dowi we nave lost already over llOO officers In killed, wounded or missing. This Is two oat of every five anions; those at the front." LOXDOX, Sept. 25. A Berlin dis patch to tne Renter Telegram Com pany, by way of Amsterdam, says a warrant has been Issned for the arrest of Abbe Wetterle for high treason. Abbe Wetterle Is a member of the Reichstag from Alsace-Lorraine and recently declared the people of that province were waiting for the French soldiers to rescue them. . LONDON, Sept. 25. A Pretoria dis patch to the Renter Telegram ' Com pany says It is officially announced that the German post at Schuckmanns berg, near Zambesi, Southern Africa, surrendered without opposition on Sep tember 21 to the Rhodeslan police. The German resident was taken to Living stone. LONDON, Sept. 24. Renter's Con stantinople correspondent says the for mer German cruiser Breslau has been renamed Mldtrll and tbe Goeben Sultan Sellm. The correspondent adds that the cruisers, acdompanled by Turkish gun boats and torpedo-boats, have been en gaged In gun practice In the Black Sea. BERLIN, Sept. 24, via Wireless to London Arm y " headquarters reports that it has ascertained that one mortar shot was fired against the cathedral of Rheims, as otherwise It would have been impossible to drive away with field artillery the enemy's observation posts which were noticed there. LONDON, Sept. 25. A South Shields dispatch to the Central News says that the Norwegian steamer Hesvlk has been destroyed by striking a mine In the North Sea. The chief engineer and one of his assistants were killed, but the captain and the- crew of 14 were rescued by a ' British warship and brought to South Shields. LONDON, Sept. 24. Russian troops occupying Sc'niawa, 18 miles north northwest of Jaroslau, says the Petro grad correspondent of the Renter's Telegram Company, found that the town had been sacked by the Austrian. A large number of Austrian soldiers were captured. PEK1N, Sept. 24. A British detach ment numbering SOO South Wales border men and 400 Indian Sikhs were landed near Laoshan, China, yesterday. It Is expected that the Anglo-Japanese attack on the first line of tbe Tslng Tau defenses will begin tomorrow or Saturday. LONDON. Sept 24. Official confirma tion has reached London of the appear ance of cholera in the Austrian army. According to this Intelligence It is ad mitted that there are nine cases of cholera among Austrian wounded sent back from the front. LONDON, Sept. 24. Another Grims by trawler was blown, up by a mine yesterday in the North Sea. The ves sel remained afloat tea minutes, which enabled all the members of the crew to escape, except one deckhand, killed by falling debris. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 24, via London. The Meows Van Den Dag says that the Berlin Vorwaerts, which yesterday was ordered suspended for three days, was suppressed for saying In an article that the German advance was in reality retreat. BARI, Italy, via Paris, Sept. 24. Vessels which have arrived from the Dalmatian coast report that the bom bardment of Cattaro by the French ships and by the guns on Mount Lov ehen has begun. PARIS, Sept. 24. The correspondent of the Italian newspaper Corrlere Delia Zerra telegraphs from Trieste that two Austrian torpedo-boats and one torpedo- boat destroyer were sunk by floating mines last Friday on the coast of Dal matla, according to a Rome dispatch to the Ilavas News Agency. . HONTPEL1ER, via Bordeaux, Sept. 24. A German prisoner who escaped at the beginning of the month was recap tared today by a sergeant, to whom he declared he had lived in the open air for 20 days, subsisting on raisins and raw snails. BUENOS AYKES, Sept. 24. The Ger man steamer Waermann arrived here today from an African cruise, having on board IS officers and 202 other per sons from the German steamer Cap Trafalgar which was sunk by the British auxiliary cruiser Carmania. Some of the party are wounded. OSTEND MAY BE ATTACKED Zeppelin Drops Three Bombs Which Work Great Havoc. LONDON, Sept. 25., 3 A. M. A Zep pelin airship coming from the direction of Thourot (12 miles southwest of Bruges, Belgium) dropped three bombs yesterday, one of them striking the Avenue P. De Smet De Nayer bridge, on the outskirts -of the town, another fell In the harbor and another on the premises of a wholesale fish dealer in the fish-market, partly wrecking the building. Although the censor evidently has eliminated the point of origin of the above dispatch and also the name of tbe town into which the bombs were dropped the latter place undoubtedly is Osten-d on the coast of Belgium. From Ostend as the crow flies It is only about 70 miles across the North Sea and the Strait of Dover to the Eng lish Coast. Day's Charges Total 22. . LONDON, Sept. 25. Speaking of the numerous charges made dally by the Germans near Soissons, the correspond ent of the Express In France says: "Sunday night there were no fewer than 22 cavalry charges under the per sonal supervision of the Crown Prince. The object Is to wear out the allies and keep them from sleeping.' JAPANESE INVADERS GARRY OWN FiAILWAY Line Made Necessary by Big Siege Guns. REPORTERS ACCOMPANY ARMY China Forbids Boycott; Troops to Prevent Uprisings. GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY Heavy Losses Inflicted on. Invading Force Crossing Frontier of Kai ser's Leased . Territory, in Advance Guard Fight. PEKIN, China, Friday. Sept 25. The Japanese government. If it has not begun to do so. evidently intends build ing a narrow gauge railway from the seaport of Lung-Kow. on the north ern coast of the Chinese province of Shan-Tung, to Klau-Chau, the German concession on the Shan-Tung Peninsula. . Considerable suspicion has been aroused, among the Chinese officials by the supposed intentions of Japan be cause ot the precedent of the Antung Mukden Railway, which became ulti mately a permanent broad-gauge line Road Is for Artillery. ' Reports received at the capital from Lung-Kow say that the Japanese landed the railway material from the trans ports which brought the Japanese to the Chinese coast. Ekl Hioki, the Japanese Minister at Pekln, admitted to the Chinese Min ister a few days ago the necessity pf the Japanese constructing such a rail-. way, the Minister explaining that siege artillery could nor, be transported over me i;mnese roaas. The Foreign Office replied that the government hoped the Japanese would respect the sovereignty of China. Chinese Would Boycott Japan. Reports received here from Canton say that the Chinese there desire to Institute a boycott against Japanese goods, but that the government, which already has suppressed a newspaper for writing anti-Japanese articles, is capable of preventing the boycott. There have been extensive move ments of Chinese troops in the coast provinces but the war department an nounces they are designed against pos sible revolutionary outbreaks and to prevent anti-foreign demonstrations. From the province of Shan-Tung it is reported that the Chinese are as sociating all foreigners with Japanese because they learn that the British, (Concluded on Page 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 81 degrees: minimum. B-i degrees. TODAY'S Rain; cooler; southerly winds. ' War. Germans mowed down by unseen British. says elr Joan r rencn. Pass X. Japanese army carries and constructs own railway In Chma. Face 1. Fierce battle reported raging near Breslau. rage . Britain and France not o recognize V18 oi snips - unless gooa xaitn is proveo. Pace 6. Hundreds of thousands in distress In Vienna Pace 6. Captive Germans aid French In caring tor wounded prisoners. Fcge S. Passage of war tax bill today by House as sured. Page X American Red Cross surgeons and nurses reach England. Page 2. German right making vigorous fight, met by allies - witli fresh reinforcements. Page 1. Jews In Austria appeal for aid for distressed coreligionists. Page 2. Russian advance reported before Cracow. Pag 2. Germans deny British cruisers sunk by sub marine fired single shot. Page 4. Offending wireless station to be olosed today, despite injunction suit. Page 4. National. McAdoo Includes state banks In his "antl hoarding" crusade. Page 6, Turkish diplomat to leave United States. Page 5. Domestic War will not delay Panama-Pacific expo sition. Page 3. Sports. William becomes world's champion pacer by defeating Directum 1. Page id. Portland to seek to hold swimming try outs for men to be sent to fair. Pags 16. Coast League results: 'Missions 4. Portland 2; L0OB Angeles 10. ban francisco o; Venice 8, Oakland 0. Page 16. Pacific Northwest. Pendleton's big show wins warm praise. Page 7. College women tax dormitory room. Page 1. Josephine County's most successful lair comes to close at Grants Pass. Pags . Knights Templars hold annual session at Ashland. Page o. Statements show Portland bankers liberal with borrowers. Page 7. Four large fruit agencies approve plan for organising to keep up prices of apples. Page U. Commercial and Marine. Five bodies of Leggett disaster claimed. Page 20. Good hop prices In Oregon are predicted by brewer. Pace zi. Wheat lower at Chicago under fear of Canadian competltioni Page 21. Dealings In bonds are on large scale. JTage 21. Portland and Vicinity. Morbid crowd watches Mrs. Marsh's trial start. Page 21. C. M. Hurlburt, candidate for Legislature, ordered by Republicans to withdraw. Page 8. Conference hears effort to divide Methodist Church. Page 17. Robert J. Snow sues for 875,000 for arrest on forgery charges. Page 8. Disappearance of young fiance makes list of missing persona total five. Page 15. "Shepherd of Hills" at Helllg story of mountain ioik. iage 11. Dr. Loveland rebukes Christian Church and warring monarcha. Page IT. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 21. ESCAPED PRISONER LOYAL Bourtzeff Returning to Russia to Fight Without Amnesty Offer. LONDON, Sept. 24. A dispatch to the Evening Star from Copenhagen says that Vladimir Bourtzeff, the Russian revolutionist, has reached Stockholm on hia way to Russia to offer his services to the Russian government. Bourtzeff once escaped from Siberia, where he had been sent because of his revolutionary activities, but though political amnesty has not been granted him, the correspondent says, he does not fear arrest. BLAMING IT ON MAItS. - IS e. .- a see, ............... GERMANS MOWED BY UNSEEN BRITISH FOE Enemy Less Efficient, Says Sir John French. ARTILLERY EXCELS, HOWEYER Use of Prisoners as Shield Is Among Violations Charged. KAISER'S ARMY IS MIXED All Classes on Battle Line; Material for Siege of Paris Is Now 'Used as Teuton Defense Allies Claim Advantages. LONDON, Sept. 24. The official press bureau tonight Issued a report from Field Marshal Sir John French's head quarters, supplementing the dispatch of September 22 on the British opera Hons In France.' The text follows: "The enemy Is still maintaining Itself along the -whole front, and In order to do eo is throwing Into the fight de tachmenta composed of units from very different formations the active army, reserve and Landwehr as is shown by the uniforms of the prisoners recently captured. Germans Virtually Besieged. "Our progress, although slow on ac count of the etrength of the defensive positions against which we 'are press ing, has in certain directions been con tinuous. but the present battle will last for some days more before a decision is reached, since it now approximates somewhat to siege warfare. "The Germans are making use ot searchlights. This fact, coupled with their great strength in heavy artillery. leads to the supposition that they are employing material which may have been collected for the siege of Paris. Feeling; Is One of Victory. "The nature of tbe general situation after the operations of the lSth."l9th and 20th cannot better be sum marized than as expressed recently by a neighboring French commander to bis corps: 'Having repulsed repeated and violent counter attacks made by the enemy, we have a feeling that we have been victorious.' "So far as the British are concerned, the course of events during these three days can be described in a few words. During Friday, 18th. artillery fire was kept up Intermittently by both sides during daylight. At night the Germans counter-attached certain portions of our line, supporting the advance of their infantry, as always, by a heavy bom bardment. But the strokes were not (Concluded on Page 6.) Thursday's War Moves ll n HEAVY artillery continues to play a leading part in the battle of the Aisne, which now has been in progress nearly a fortnight. With the greatest stubbornness the opposing forces con tinue to hammer away at each other from their well-entrenched and strongly-fortified positions, but. up to the present, without reaching a decision. Almost without a lulL great shells are being hurled across the rivers, val leys and plains stretching from the River Oise in the west to the Meuse in the east, and thence southward along the whole Franco-German border, while the lighter guns play on the infantry lying in the trenches awaiting an op portunity to deliver attacks and coun ter attacks with, as the -French official communication says, "alternate retire ment on certain points and advance on others." The battle line has stretched out far ther to the westward, the French left wing having made some progress in the direction of Noye, which lies to the northwest of Noyon. The latter place a few days ago was the allies' extreme left. A detachment has occupied Pe ronne, which is still further north. A report from German headquarters. dated September 23, says; however, that the efforts of the French to encircle the German right have had no result. The French also say they have made an advance to the northwest of Berry-au-Bac, which is about the point where the German line crosses the Aisne, con tinulng southeast - to Brlmont, which ha3 been the center of many vigorous attacks. Along the rest of the line, although there have been fierce engagements in which both sides claim victory, the sit uation is unchanged except that, ac cording to German reports, the Ger man troops have recaptured Varennes, Department of Meuse, which the French took a few days ago. The French account of the battle compares it with Mukden. In the lat ter case the tide of battle was turned by the arrival on the Russian right of Nogi's army from Port Arthur, which it had Just captured, and the Russian left was almost enveloped when Gen eral Kuropatkln withdrew the great bulk of his army northward, leaving the rearguard to fall Into the hands of the Japanese. The Austrian general staff Issues a denial of the reports of Russian vic tories and the defeat of General Dankl's army. The Austrian force, the report says. has. been concentrated in a new position for several days, but "have waited in vain for any serious Rus sian attack." From other sources, however, it is reported that the Russians have sur rounded Przemysl and have got be tween that fortress and Cracow. It may be some days before another big battle takes place here, as one. Aus trian army is behind the forts of Przemysl and the other Is making Its way to the remaining fortress of Cra cow, while the Russians are taking the smaller towns in Gallcia under their wing. ( A reports, which lacks official con firmation, says that General Rennen kampff, who withdrew over the East Prussian frontier when the German reinforcements arrived, has himself re ceived more men and has again taken the offensive and compelled the Ger mans, in their turn, to withdraw. It is considered probable that the tall of Jaroslau and the Isolation of Przemysl have compelled the Germans to look more closely to the protection of their line drawn from Thorn to Kalicz, which guards Posen., as the Russians now are able to release a lacge number of men for the invasion of that part of Germany. The Servian and Montenegrin armies, composed largely of veterans of the Balkan battlefields, are before Sara jevo, capital of Bosnia, flushed with victory and preparing to take this latest acquisition of the dual monarchy, the possession of which by Austria has been a thorn- In the side of the South ern Slavs. In the operations here the Invaders look forward to a hearty welcome from the greater part of the population, who belong to the same race as they do. This war. while in Bosnia and Gall cia it Is uniting races long separated by artificial boundaries, is also draw ing together the races and sects of all the countries engaged. In Germany the Socialists are fight ing In line with their greatest ene mies, the militarists. In Russia revo lutionists are fighting or returning home to fight for -the Emperor. Great Britain is receiving support from all sections of the empire and the Irish and the Welsh have now decided to organize an army made up entirely of their nationals. Irrespective of the men who have Joined Kitchener's armies. GERMAN TRICK COSTS SHIP British Angered by Cap Trafalgar's Fire Shoot In Broadside. MONTEVIDEO. Sept. 24. Details of the sinking of the German steamer Cap Trafalgar by the British auxiliary cruiser Carmania ' several dayl ago were related by the sailors of tbe British, vessel, which arrived here to day. The. battle took place at a point 300 miles off Rio Janeiro and lasted two hours. The Cap Trafalgar lowered her flag as If to surrender, whereupon a yawl tilled with sailors put out from the Carmania to take possession of the German vessel. The Cap Trafalgar, however, sud denly opened fire on the yawl, which sank, the sailors in the boat perishing. The Carmania, whose officers were an gered by the act of the Cap Trafalgar, opened fire and sank the German ves sel. The British boat then continued on her voyage. In announcing the sinking of the Cap Trafalgar, the official press bureau at London on September 20 added that the Carmania lot niae men killed and that 26 others were wounded. The survivors of the German ship, rescued by a collier. it is said, were RAILWAY TO MEXICO CITY GUT BY REBELS Track West of Vera Cruz Torn Out. BRIDGES ARE BEING BURNED Activity Charged to General Aguilar With 6000 Men. TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN News Not Available of What Is Transpiring In Capital, to Which Large Number of Americans Have Returned. VERA CRUZ. Sept. 24. All, the tele graph and telephone wires and the one railroad line linking the capital and Vera Cruz were cut today. Brigadier General Funston. in command of tie United States forces here, and W. W. Canada, the American Consul, have been unable to ascertain the reason of sev ering of communications and of what is transpiring In Mexico City, to which place a large number of Americana who fled during the revolution have returned. A force of men under Hlgeno Aguilar. an aged ex-federal General, began tear ing out the railroad north of Esperanza about 100 miles west of Vera Cruz to day and at the same time cut the land wires. Railroad Agent Sends News. The first Intimation that these things were being done came from the rail road agent at Esperanza, who sent a message to Orizaba, in the south, say ing: "People are burning the bridges and tearing out the rails." A few) min utes later communication ceased. The agent at the station east of Esperanza said it was understood there that the work of destruction was being done by Aguilar's men. ' - A train which left the capital early today was unable to pass a cut and was compelled to return to Mexico City. The train that left here for the capital is returning from Orizaba, having been unable to get by. Retention of Troops Advised. On account of the change in the sit uation Consul Canada has recommend ed to the State Department tbe advisa bility of retaining the American troops In Vera Cruz until conditions are more normal. Seven American transports are now here loading Army supplies in anticipation of evacuation of Vera Cru by the Americans. It is said that one of General Villa's agents was in Vera Cruz recently can vassing the fugitives here. It is bald that promises were held out to some of them that If they Joined, Villa their old ranks would be recognized. ' Aguilar's Men Number 60OO. It is said that Hlgenio Aguilar has about JS000 men in his force, the greater part of them old army men. whose of ficers have held them together. Asso ciated with Aguilar are Generals Ar gunendo and Andrew Almazan. It Is reported here that General Villa recently attempted to buy ammunition In the United States, but failed to con tract for more than 2.000.000 rounds. Caxraasa'a Men Move Kortb, After the destruction of much of the read, in order to make sure that troop . trains would not crowd him from either . direction, . General Aguilar sent two light locomotives over the undisturbed portion of the track under full heads of steam. He then made up a trainload ot troops and started them southward to ward Orizaba, whence two troop trains loaded with followers of General Car ranza already had moved toward the north. Five hundred men of the forces Just beyond the American lines also have been sent north to support the Carranza forces. WASHINGTON STILL IS HOPEFUL President, Hovever, Will Frown on Further Fighting in Mexico. WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. Hope that Generals Carranza and Villa would ad just their differences peaceably aud avoid a second revolution was ex pressed by high administration offi cials tonight. President Wilson has made It plain to both men through his personal rep resentative, Paul Fuller, that the United States will look with disfavor on con tinuance of fighting in Mexico. There was confidence among high officials that the advice recently given would not go unheeded. In the meantime the Washington Government will take no steps to in terfere in the quarrel and will await patiently the course of developments. For the present no change will be made in the plan of, evacuating Vera Cruz, though no date has been fixed. Settlement to Be Attempted. In the course of the day, official dis patches revealed that the Brazilian Minister and American Consul Silll man were in conference with General Carranza, while George C Carothers. American consular agent, was await ing the arrival at Juarez of General Obregon, with whom he expected to discuss the situation and later confer with Villa. ' General Carranza informed the Amerlqn consular representatives that ' Concluded on Page 2.) y