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VOL. LIV. SO. 16,803. PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. WINGS GOUE TO ADVANGE,SAYSPAR1S - . Action Violent in Re gion of Roye. 4000 GERMANS SURROUNDED Situation 'Similar to Parde burg, South Africa, Reported. FORCE IS BEING SHELLED Berlin Says Enemy Advancing Near Albert Has Been Repulsed; Also That Germans Hold Own ''i in Alsace-Lorraine. ' LONDON, Oct. 1. British sources of official news were virtually closed to day, but the brief reports of tl5e French war office at Paris and a report, dated last night, from the German general headquarters at Berlin were made public here. The French reports asserted that ad vance had been made by the allies on both their left and right wings. The German version was that the attackers had been repulsed at both points. Actio Violent on French Left. The French official statement issued at Paris tonight was: "There is nothing of particular Im portance to describe except in the ne gion of Roye (on the French left wing), where a violent action has successfully turned in orfr favor, and in the Ar gonne, where we have made progress . at several new points. "The general situation remains sat isfactory." i . Another statement issued earlier In the afternoon said: "There has been no modification in the general situation. We have, never theless, hiade progress on our, left, to the north of the Somnie, end on our right In the Southern Woevre district." 4000 Germans SnnwndnL A Paris dispatch to the Daily Tele rrap'h says: "A fight is proceeding on one part of the allies' left resembling that at Paardeberg, in the South African war. Nearly 4000 Germans are In the same plight as General Cronje was. They are completely surrounded by French troops in some quarters, where they are cut off from all hope of rejoining their division, and are being shelled. The official statement from the Ger man War Office at Berlin Is given In a dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Com pany from Berlin, via Amsterdam, as follows: ""The hostile forces advancing to the north and south of Albert (a town of France 18 miles northeast of Amiens) have been repulsed. The front battle line is without news. "In Argonne our attack Is progress ing steadily though slowly. At the outer forts on the Meuse the line is without change. "Yesterday the enemy advanced In Alsace and Lorraine in the Central Vosges. His attacks were energetically repulsed. The eastern theater is with out news." French Linen Are Held. A Taris dispatch says the Germans continue the fierce attack in the angle formed by the Rivers Oise and Alsne. in the direction ef Tracy-le-Mont, just northeast of the forest of the Aigne. already the scene of a success on the part of the Allies. Here the French lines have thus far held solidlv, as at tempts to break them have been futile. The contest has been singularly des perate, but the allies by delivering counter maneuvers, have checked the bold attempt of their adversaries. London opinion is that the events on the River JIarne, when the Germans were forced back on their tracks, are being repeated in the battle of the Aisne. Credit is given to General von Kluck, the commander of the German right wing, for consummate strategic skill, but it is felt he has failed to make headway. Further Kffort Expected. It is believed, however, in London that these efforts have not ceased, and that' General von Kluck will be rein forced, even at some risk to other parts of the line. Heretofore reinforcements have been met by reinforcements. ine Germans nearly got through the allied ring near Albert, to the north -east of Amiens, but after two days of nerce struggle they failed. These in cessant assaults on the part of the Germans have, according to the allied commanders, cost the assailants such appalling losses in men that even al lowing ior reinforcements, their ranks must nave been materially weakened. GERMAX ADMITS FOES' WORTH Berlin Newspaper Anxious, but Con fident of Victory. AMSTERDAM, via London. Oct. 1. The Berliner Tageblatt, in a leading article, says: "The German people await anxiously but with confidence further news from the French war theater. The news of the. great advance of the French troops against the flank' of our line should not. unbalance us, . We know that our front line Is protected by broad cbelons whlcn are ready to oppose uch an enterprise. "Even If the French or English forces advance still further In a northwest Concluded on Fas 4.) BRITISH SUGAR SHIP IS SUNK BY LEIPZIG VESSEL WITH $500,000 CARGO DESTROYED OFF PERU. Crew Sent to Callao on Kosmos Liner and Appeals'to Consul In Hope of Gaining Liberty. '. v CALLAO, Peru, Oct. 1. The Kosmos steamer Marie arrived here today with the crew of the British steamship Bank fields, which was sunk by the German cruiser Leipzig oft Eten, Peru. The crew of the Bankflelds has ap pealed to. the British Consul here In the hope of obtaining their liberty. The men said that their ship carried a car go of sugar, valued at 9500,000. The Marie was followed into port by the German steamer Amasis, also of the Kosmos line. The Bankflelds was a steamship of 2339 tons. She sailed from Cardiff on June 10 for Iquique, Peru, and arrived at Antofagasta, Chile, on July 30. She had not been reported since. The Ger man cruiser Leipzig has been active since the war began.. She sailed from San Francisco after coai'.ng on August 18. Since then she has been variously reported as sunk or captured, but no definite news of her whereabouts wt. received. The report indicates the war ship had been looking - for prizes on the western coast of South America. TRIPLE WEDDING IS SEEN Happy Camas Couples Married at Vancouver Hotel. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 1. (Spe cial.) A triple wedding took place to day In . the parlors of Hotel St. Elmo. The six young people came from Cam as, 12 miles east of Vancouver. Those married were: H. J. Wood worth and Miss Edith Kersey; Clarke Kersey and Eleanor Hutchinson, and John W. Jones and Miss Olive B. Myers. Rev. H., S. .Templeton, of the First Presbyterian Church, of Vancouver, performed the ceremony for the first two couples, and Rev. J. R. Griffith, of Beaver Creek, Or., for the third. Imme diate relatives and friends present were Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Kersey, Mrs. D. . W. Hutchinson, Mrs. G. H. Hadley and Harry S. Parker, of Camas. C0QUILLE DOCTOR FINED J. S. Masson Admits Liquor Law- Violation and Fays $200. COQUILLE, Or., Oct. 1. (Special.) ' Dr. J. L. Masson, one of the pro fessional men who pleaded guilty to a violation of the liquor laws at Myrtle Point, was fined I2O0 and sentenced to 30 days in Jail." N. G. W. Perkins was fined $500 and sentenced to 30 days in jail and Dr. M. O. Stemmler was fined $500 and sentenced to 30 days in jail. All the Jail sentences were suspended. Frank V. Catterlln was fined $200 for gambling at Lakeside, and Dr. L. G. Johnson, of Myrtle Point, was charged $50 for illegal prescriptions through which patrons obtained liquor. Ruby Morrison, was -fined $500 or 40 days in jail. LEWIS HUNT MILLS WEDS j Daughter of Massachusetts Bishop Marries Fortland Man. BOSTON, tass., Oct. 1. (Special.) The marriage of Miss Eleanor Law rence, the youngest daughter of Bishop and Mrs. William Lawrence, and Lewis Hunt Mills, son of Abbot L. Mills, of Portland, Or was solemnized this aft ernoon in the Church of the Holy Spirit by Bishop Lawrence In Mattapan. The wedding was a large society af fair, as both young people have a host of friends. Mr. Mills is a Harvard man and most popular in Cambridge. LATEST WAR BULLETINS PARIS, Oct. 1. It is officially an nounced by Austria-Hungary, naya a dispatch from Rome to the Havaa Agency, that General Von Auf fenhurs;, commanding the first - Austrian army, Is III. It la raid the General has con tracted cholera. BERLIN. Oct. 1, via The Hague and London. The 38th German casualty list, made public today, contains about SOOO names. It Includes three Major Gencrals. one killed and two wounded. Major-General Schocrenbcnlnsr was killed, while Jlajor-Gtncral Emll Hen lent was slightly and Major-General Oscar Renter was dangerously wounded. LOXDOSI, Oct. 1. The war Informa tion bureau made It known today that Indian troops were landed In France last Friday. The point of landing was not revealed, but It is presumed that the troops disembarked at Marseilles. LO.V'DOX, Oct. 1. The foreign office Issued a statement tonight saying that the report published In London loduy asserting that the situation between Turkey and Great Itrltaln and her al lies was critical was not authorised and did not represent the views of the government. PARIS, Oct. 1. Italy Is ready to make a protest to Turkey against the aboli tion of the 'capitulations at Constanti nople, according to a Rome dispatch to the itavas Agency. LONDON, Oct. 1. Eighteen steamers of an aggregate tonnage of 28,381 have been sunk by German warships during September, according to a Board of Trade report, while nine steamers were destroyed by, mines la the North Sea In the same period, 75 lives being lost. Postoffices In Presidential Class. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 1. The postoffices at Ger vais. Or., and Pope, . Idaho, became Presidential offices today, the salaries of the postmaster being fixed at noa FRENCH ROUT 15,000 PRUSSIAN GUARDS Death's Head Hussars Gallop Into Death. " FOES BUT 200 YARDS APART 2000 Horsemen Fall in First Flash of Guns, SACRIFICE AIDS GERMANS Regiment of Grenadiers Courts Gunfire to Cover Retreating Col umn Bordeaux Paper He ports Battle at Center. BORDEAUX, Oct. 1. The defeat of 15,000 Prussian Guards, who attacked the French center September. 26 is de scribed today in the Petit Gironde. As soon as news of the German ad vance was received. French cavalry was sent to hold the enemy at Aube- rive, department of Marne, to give the artillery and infantry tima to come up from Souain, a place near Auberive. Hussars Plan Surprise While the French Dragoons were pre paring: for the defense of Auberive a brigade of : Death's Head Hussars, avoiding: the village, came across the vineyards and fields with "the Intention of surprising- the French artillery on the-;march. It was a critical moment. The French Dragoons were two miles ahead and the Infantry two miles behind the gun ners who were in danger of being sabred across their guns. The Hussars were only three-quarters of a mile away, galloping furiously, in two min utes the guns were un limbered and lined up along the road. The enemy then was only 500 yards atway and the command could be heard to prepare to charge the guns. ' ' i , - 2000 Kail 1m Flank. In the charge the Prussian cavalry gathered speed with every yard. When they were 200 yards away the French gunners aimed and there was a flash of fire. Through the blue smoke tile artillerymen could see the enemy's horses rearing and officers trying vain ly to rally the broken lines. A second time the battery hurled death into the' doomed brigade. A great silence succeeded the thunder of hoofs and the shouting of men. Two lousand horsemen lay as If struck by ghtning. Here and there a wounded (Concluded on Psge 2.) WE AXING All I V H'OOL ' ON TTMT- roic A INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The West her. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 53 degrees; minimum, 49 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. War. McCutcheon describes havoc left in wake of 'war. Pare 3. -v French reports say. both wins t rs making advances, page 1.' German cruiser Ielpslz sinks British vessel with - 000 sugar cargo oft Peru. Page lA Rival flanking movements? cause of heavy losses on battle line In France. Page 1. Tax on auto horsepower to be substituted for tat on rasoline. Page 2. Britain considering reconstruction of map after war. Page 2. Allies and Italy buying motor trucks and aeroplanes. Page a. ..... . Bordeaux newspaper publishes account of defeat of 15.0tX Prussian guards by the French. Page 1. Agreement with Great Britain regarding contraband is near. Page 2. Only three houses left in Termonde and desolation reachea air Belgium. Page 1. Food ' Question becomes grave In Austria, Page 3. National. Republican Leader Mann predicts ultimate struggle for control of Pacific Page 6. Adjournment of Congress set for October IB. Page 6. President Wilson writes letter Indorsing Sen- ator Chamberlain : says Democratic ma jority Is needed. Page 3. Mexico. Move for peace In Mexico gains. - Page 2. Domestic. Senator Penrose' In replying to Roosevelt savs Colonel has surrendered to "boss" in Pennsylvania. Page , Sports. - Many hunters out and nearly all get limit of five birds. Page 12. May Day Hal wins Oregon Futurity at State Fair. Page 12. . With pennant In sight. Beavers are harassed. Page 12. Coast League results: Venice '2, Missions 1; Oakland 2, San Francisco 0. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Mrs. H. C. Pusey,- of Oregon City, drowns elf In Clackamas River. Page 0. Two dead heats please Rodeo spectators. Page 7. Portland , day at State Fair draws crowds despite drizzle. Page 7. Commercial mad Marine. Den of Ruthven - erodes German and make London safely. Page 16. American, milts will - require all domestic wool 6n hand. Page 17. Wheat depressed at Chicago by large crop estimates and heavy receipts. Page 17. Foreign exchange and domestic money rates easier at New York. Page 17. Portland and VlcisMty. . Crown-Willamette Taper Company. $13.- OO 0.000 firm, organised to take over Crown-Columbia Paper Company . and Willamette Pulp & Paper Company. Page 11. Investigation of tclrV story nets many and authorities hint at white slave traffic rintf. Page 17. Records refute charge that Mr. Mc Arthur used railroad pass. Page 13. Trhee boys face charges of passing worth less checks. Page 0. Ex-Governor Geer describes Chamberlain as foe of direct " nrlmary. Page 10. Board picks nine districts for night schools. . Page IS. ; - Republicans rally to ' aid of Thomas M. Hurlburt. Page 13. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. AUSTRIA WILL PAY ITALY Sinking of Craft Deplored and Re moval of Mines Promised. HOME, Oct, 1. Thev Austrian govern ment has replied to the Italian protest against the floating mines in the Adri atic Sea.. . . Austria deplores the sinking of Ital ian vessels, and promises to take meas ures to remove the menace to shipping and to indemnify fully the families of the victims. It is reported that Italy demands an Indemnity from Austria of $1,000,000. HIS NEW AND LATEST HAND - W POOLED EH X FLANKING EFFORTS CAUSE HEAVY LOSS V Each. Side Strn' to Ove Luther LINES ARE GROWING LONGER Allies Are Able to Bring Great er Power to Bear. STEADY FIGHT EXHAUSTING MJddle-Agcd Men Said to Have Ap peared Anions" German Prison ers Take, Indicating With drawals to Eastern Front. ON THE BATTLE FRONT, via Paris, Oct. l. The reont terrible hand-to-hand conflicts or. the western and east ern wings arose from the attempts of the German and the allied Generals to execute Hanking movements in grejU force at the same time in the open country. The lines of the armies have been growing even longer In the last ten days in a mutual endeavor to over lap each other. The wings have been heavtly rein forced, but the allies have been able to bring greater power to bear and not only have prevented the Germans from breaking through, but have gained ground steadily and now have the ad vantage. 7 Prlaoaera Middle-Aged. German prisoners taken on the western end of the line in large num bers shew that the reinforcements which have arrived recently consist largely of men who are nearing middle age. Some of them are fathers with families, who have been away from the active army service 10 or 15 years. This seems to Indicate that many corps have been withdrawn to meet the Rus sian advance. " The German practice of maintaining an incessant offensive appears, accord ing' to military men, to be having the result of wearing out their human ma terial. Some of thelfcbrps have been almost wiped out. The fighting. If the beginning of the battle of the Marne la taken as the beginning, lias been unceasing something previously un known in military history and before this fight started many German regi ments had fought all the way down from Liege. Belgium. Incesaaat Attacks Exhan.tlnic. The German attacks in the lost 24 hours seem to have become less ener- iConcluded on Page 2.) ME - DOWN. Thursday s War Mo?es THE battle of the. Aisne, now near lng the end of its third week, will won outstrip in respect to time the contest fought at Mukden nearly ten years ago, but still no decisive result hs been achieved by either side. yesterday was one of the shortest given to the public since the war be gan. It records that progress has beer Umade by both right and left wings of me. allied armies, but gives no details or -the extent of the progress between the lines. . Military experts, however, believe that the great claws, as they have been described, continue to open to clutch at the outspread wings of the German army, particularly the right, which forms the upright portion of the L, and now has Its back to the east, fight ing with desperate attempts to prevent the French left wing from encircling or smashing It along most of the front, estimated at 180 miles in length.' The artillery has played by far the most important part In the struggle. but on the German right the lighter guns, cavalry and infantry are doing most of the fighting with a stubborn ness and disregard of life that people have often said In recent years mod ern soldiers never would display. There have been unprecedented artillery duels between the Rivers Oise and Aisne and between the Oise and the Somnie. which have taken a heavy toll of the opposing armies, followed by cavalry and In'antry charges In which first one and the the other sid'j would gain or be compelled to gi' e ground. Still they have held on, the German wing being extended farther north ward as the French made anothe: move to work around it. With an un limited supply of troops this might go on for an indefinite period, but with the forces at the disposal of the two staffs the operation must soon come to an end. The German otTicial account says the Germans have defeated the French north and south of Albert. This doubt less refers to an engagement, which correspondents have mentioned, admit ting that the French had suffered a temporary reverse, but had later re gained ground. Tonight's report that further progress had been made indi cates that they have penetrated north of Albert. On the allies' right, in Southern Woevre. where progress also Is report ed, the French have been fighting to compel the Germans, who succeeded In crossing the Meuse at St. Mihiel. to re turn to the eastern side of the river. For a time the Germans had the bet ter of the artillery fighting, as they possessed the bigger guns. This sit uation Is now said to have been over come, for the French have brought up additional artillery. Including some big naval - guns, which are credited with being able to outrange the German guns by 700 yards and which are being used to drive the Germans out of their strongly fortified positions. Both sides appear' to be full of con fidence. The Germans, who are bring ing up reinforcements to meet the at tempts to outflank them, are in what appears to be almost impregnable po sitions and are using them skillfully, fighting strenuously to retain. The al lies, on the - other hand, place their hopes in the arrival of reinforcements on their left and the possibility of finding a weak spot in the German front. The Indian troops- should now be with the British army, the official bureau today having' permitted the publication of the fact that they land ed in France on Friday last. Of course It is not known where the Indian troops are going, but it is be lieved that th left wing will be stiffened' by them. Some of the ter ritorials also have reached Field Mar shal French. These include the Lon don Scottish, one of the best of Eng land's volunteer regiments, recruited from Scotchmen In London. They have reached" a high statu of efficiency and in their ranks are some of the best marksmen In the empire. Among them are a number of men who com peted with the United States for the Palma trophy a few years ago. With the German attack on the outer fortifications on Antwerp, Bel gium again lias become the scene of serious operations. The invaders, so far, have confined their attack to the forts protecting the river crossings be tween Mallnes and Antwerp. A Ger man report says that two forts have been silenced, but the Belgians deny this. They . declare the forts stopped firing as a ruse and that when tho Ger man field artillery approached to take them they reopened fire, decimating the Germans, who had to retire, leaving behind several guns. , There is no indication of the strength of the Germans at that point, but it Is presumed they have launched no mean force against the formidable defenses of the temporary capital. I According to a Rome dispatch, the Russian Ambassador in that city has is sued a- statement to the effect that the Russians have destroyed the Aus trian army in Galicia and that they are now turning their attention to the tak ing of Priemysl and Cracow. A great battle is Impending- before Cracow and on Its result win depend tho future movements of the Russian army. Vic tory to the Russian Emperor's troops would permit a junction of these forces with the Russian central army and an advance into Silesia. " The Germans, however, continue to bombard, the fort of Ossowetz. Their operations in this district have been greatly Impeded by the marshy nature of the country - which prevents the movement of heavy guns and trans ports. Austria has made immediate response to Italy's demand for an explanation of the sowing of mines In the Adriatic promising to indemnify the families of the fisfiermen who lost their lives and to adopt measures to prevent a repeti tion of such occurrences. PITIFUL HAVOC IS LEFT 111 WAR'S WAKE Peaceful Villagers Driv en Out by Shells. ROADS DESERTED AND LONELY Germans Bury Dead, of Every Rank, on Battlefield. ONLY WOUNDED SENT HOME McOutclieon Describes Journey in Track of Army Scattered Equip ment Marks Patlt of iYench Army Going on Before. By JOHN T. M'CUTCH BON. (CopyriKUt, 1914. by Jc'.in T. JlcC'utchBcn. Published by arrangement with Ih'j Cni raso Tribune.) AIX-LA-CHAPELI.E, Sept. 13. It was 5 o'clock in the evening of August 26 that we left the little town of Soere-eur-Sambre to go to Beaumont, where the main column of the German army was said 'to be. The distance was eight miles, a splen did road running along the ' French frontier, and at one place passing through the little Belgian frontier custom-house town. It was necessary to reach Beaumont before dark, for it would be dangerous to approach the German outposts after dark. . Our progress was handicapped by our horse, which was very tired and which could hardly make more than five miles an hour. Road Lonely and Devantateft. The road was beautiful, as most of the Belgian main roads are, with great trees on each sfde and with patches of forest and well cultivated fields in terspersed along - the way. But now the road was grim in its brooding si lence and in Its devastation. The road was deserted, and as it passed through the Bois I'Avesnes it was inexpressibly lonely. At the top of each sloping trtn. were hastily-constructed barricades and at the bottom were obstructions of tree branches in tertwined with barbed wire, which still lay where the French had placed it a day or two before. At a great gateway on a long drive way that led between somber trees to a distant chateau in the forest there was a French uniform and a scattered heap of French equipment. Hilltop la Barricaded. A little farther along in the road there were brush breastworks thrown across the top of a hill. They looked pitifully futile against determined ad vances. Lying at one side was tha coat of a French officer. A few hundred feet beyond lay the broad, silent square of the little town of Montignles St- Christophe. It was woeful In its look of devastation. The houses fringing the side of the square were battered and deserted. The street was littered with wreck age. Tho peaceful villagers were gone, driven away by the shells that had beaten down their homes and trans formed their quiet village into a mass of ruins. - The gashes made by shells appeared on every house huge, ragged holes through solid walls, shattered windows and wrecked roofs. Peasant Telia of Fight. Across this sleepy town, directly be tween the opposing ridges occupied by the French and German cannons, had shrieked the shells which had made an inferno of little Montignies St. Chris tophe for a few hours. Then the French were ' beaten back, the Germans marched through, and the little town wao left alone with Its dead. We stopped for some time to study the town and the ravages of war. A peasant appeared from some place and wc stopped him. He said there had been about 5000 or tOOO French, and he didn't know how many Germans, many more, he thought. It had been a terrible fight. The French were beaten back with many killed. Along the wayside we saw many pieces of French uniforms and equipment dropped by, the French in their frantic retreat. A short distance farther on. in a little house, -we' saw some villagers clustered together, talking in sub dued tones. They kept within doors. Through the open doors of mauy of the houses we saw the peaceful evi dences of household industry, left just as they were when- the women fled in terror. Pots were still on the stoves, tables were still set. Even tha doors had not been closed. Vlllasera Bury Kreaeh lead. At the edge of town stood a cov ered cart.jWlthin which were the bod ies of two French soldiers, their heaUs on the floor of the cart and their feet resting on the seat. , An overcoat had been thrown over their faces. Two villagers were preparing to bury them. t)it in a field some more villagers were digging a hole into which tha bodies were to be thrown. It was unspeakably pathetic Somewhere there will .be French mothers -and wives and sisters wbo . will wonder what has become of those two men. Weeks will go by with no word from them. . They will be re ported missing, but whether dead or as prisoners will not be stated. They will lie in their shallow grave in the field near a little Belgian town, with I : R rKTl 1 1Q.O " ft