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t f i 3 w E f M "S a I 2 THE MORNING OREGOXIAy, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1914. I " ' " 1 ...... ' e-W iM under date of Eat- I - - - - ; . - - II : : r CZAR TAKES FIELD; KAIZEB ASKS AID Future of Teutonic Empire Hangs on Pending Issue in Appeal to Troops. PRESENT CONFLICT VITAL Only Hope of German Success Said to Be Crashing Blow and Suf ficient Strength to Annihi late Russian forces. PETROGBAD, Oct. 5. (Special.) A spectacular and dramatic crisis, un equaled since the days when Napoleon at Austerlitz and Leipsic faced nations in arms, is now presented in tho theater of war in Eastern Prussia and Poland. For the first time since Alexander II and the Czarevitch watched the assaults of the Russian guard on tho, Turkish redoubts at Plevna has the sovereign of all the Russias taken the field in person. The significance of the pres ent dramatic situation far overshadows all operations on any field in this ar up to date. In Thorn, East Prussia, the Kaiser, In the midst of his troops, is issuing personal appeals for the greatest strug gle between races since medieval times. His speeches do not minimize the vital importance of the impending conflict. He makes it clear that on the pending issue hinges the future of the Teutonic Emplve. Czar la Kaiser's Antithesis. The Czar of Russia is the Kaiser's antithesis , in personality, manner and speeches. Quietly taking his place in the center of his millions, sharing their food and common lot, Nicholas II is exhorting his followers, who now have come to feel that all Russian ideals of unity and hope for the future are cen tered in his person. Each monarch is backed by millions of men and the pivot of a gigantic race struggle; each faces a conflict more gigantic than the world ever con . ceived of before. Bach in his own way Is exerting his entire influence to in crease the morale of his followers and encourage his armies to a supreme ef fort. The Kaiser, militant and defiant, trav eling in state, is the personification of armed power. The Czar. mild, religious and intense, is appealing to the best side of his people and is helping to crystalize to the fullest extent the new spirit of unity. Crushing Blow Needed. The only hope of German success is an immediate crushing blow and suffi cient strength to annihilate the Rus sians. Geographic conditions, the sea son and the strength of the Russian army are all against their efforts even in part. Half a victory will profit the Ger mans little. Each day sees an increase in Russia's strength, while the ap proach of Winter and the bad roads for the Germans' heavy artillery, which is their strongest arm, militates more and more to their disadvantage. I That the Kaiser appreciates the des- perate issue on which his empire and dynasty, perhaps, are staked, is clear from his action in leaving . the acute situation in France and joining his armies on the Russian frontier. around Antwerp, urday, says: "The Germans continue their efforts to capture Antwerp. They are in a des perate hurry to accomplish it, pound ing away unceasingly with their artil lery at Forts Waelhem and Wavre-St. Catherines and flinging their infantry forward in frantic efforts to break through. "Their losses have been enormous and the numbers killed are estimated as high as 800V during the present movement. - "The Belgians adopted a clever ruse at Waelhem. After the bombardment had lasted several hours the fort ceased to reply, whereupon the Ger man staff, thinking the fort out of action, ordered the infantry to advance in close formation. The Belgian gun ners waited until they could see the whites of their eyes and then opened a murderous fire- "Thua far the . forts in the outer ring of the Antwerp defenses have suf fered little harm from the German bom bardment. The German big guns are not being worked by regular soldiers, but by men in citizens' clothing, who wear only an armlet to indicate their military occupation. Undoubtedly these men are employes of the Krupp factory, hastily summoned to replace the losses among the regular gun layers. The heaviest German guns are located north of Vilvorde, where foundations of reinforced concrete have been prepared. "The German shells have practically wiped out most of the little villages and hamlets in the outer circles of the Antwerp defenses. The Germans still hold Malines, although at a heavy cost, as the town Is subject to a constant bombardment from the Antwerp forts." WARBUBTQN'5 $25 EASY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON WORKING FOR COLUMBIA. Congruiloal Record Show. Word for Which Reward Is Offered in Vancouver Paper. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 6. Twenty-five dollars of easy money can be picked up by per persons who apply to Stanton Warbur ton. Progressive candidate for Con gress against Albert Johnson, of Wash ington. Mr.. Johnson today received a copy 'of a Vancouver paper of Septem ber -29. containing Warburton's naid advertisement in which he offered S25 to any one who can produce "a single wora tnat Representative Johnson has uttered In behalf of the Columbia River." Mr. Johnson cites House docu ment 879, page 4, paragraph 9, wherein it is officially recorded that Mr. John son and Senator Jones urged an aooro- priation for improving the Columbia River between Vancouver and the mouth of the Willamette. Mr. Johnson charges that Mr. War burton is equally wrongfully accusing him of failure to work for Willapa and Grays Harbor.s for both of which nroi- ects he argued before the river and harbor committee and before the Army engineer board. Mr. Johnson says all approvd proj ects in his district will receive allot ments of funds from the $20,000,000 ap propriation. When the engineers de cide on a plan for further imnrovina- Grays Harbor, the appropriation for that work will be secured, and $100,000 for Willapa Harbor will be incorpor ated ip the next hiver and harbor bill. WAR ON LOCATORS AIMED United States Attorney Reamcs Or dered to Submit Cases to Jury. United States Attorney Reames, when In Washington, discussed alleged fraud ulent operations of those who are "lo cating" persons on railroad grant land the subject to the attention of the No vember grand jury. "Tho land fraud operators are still working in nearly all Western and many Middle Western states, in spite of the convictions of those who have engaRed In tho business," said Mr. Reame, "and we propose to persist in the prosecutions until it is fully un derstood that locations on the railroad grant land must not bo sold." ANTWERP FORTS YIELDING (Continued From Flrgt Fire.) ' emphasizes the dangerous position of Russia. "The government of the Netherlands has strengthened the Dutch force along the frontier districts to disarm Belgian troops when, the latter cross the fron tier from Antwerp. Prelate Defends Uermus. "According to a statement made by his eminence. Cardinal Bettinger, the highest Roman Catholic authority in Bavaria, the statements appearing in Knglish and American newspapers that priests have been shot and bayonetted by German soldiers, while attending the wounded in Belgium, are to be con sidered as absolutely without founda tion. " It is also declared that the English newspaper correspondents overlSok the fact that a large portion of the Ger man army is Roman Catholic. "A manifesto signed by Harnack, Bode. Behring, Hauntman. Klinger, Sudermann. Roentgen, Fulda, Deiss niann. Humperdinck, Liebermann, Man-: zel. Liszt, Thoma, Wundt and othei prominent savants and artists indig nantly protests asalnst what is termed unceasing lies about the pretended bar barous warfare of the Germans.' Americana Praise Germans. "The leader of the American Gov ernment Commission sent to Germany on board the cruiser Tennessee to pre pare for the return of American tour ists has addressed a letter to Franc von Mendelsohn and the German Amer ican relief committee, highly praising the German nations in arms, and thank ing them for innumerable proofs of kindness. "Russia has issued S75,000,000 of se curities. "The return of the German Imperial Bank last week shows 1493,000.000 in ' specie, which is $10,250,000 more than in the previous return." , ANTWERP, Belgium, Oct 5." via Lon don. According to official announce ment made here today the situation of the fortified positions around Antwerp remains today without change. HASTE A1DS TO HAVOC Germans Kejioi-ted to' Have Ix Heavily at Antwerp, LONDON,' Oct, 6,, The Antwerp cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph, tel egraphing regarding tha fighting COTTON LOAN FUND URGED Establishment of $150,000,000 Now Awaits Treasury Approval. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6. A plan for raising a cotton loali fund of 16i,00,ao pro posed by a conference of St. Louis bankers ,was ratified here today by a delegation of bankers from the cotton growing 'states and now awaits only the approval of Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board before it is carried into effect. "It must be distinctly understood," declared Festus J. Wade, chairman of the St. Louis Clearing House Associa tion and originator of the plan, "that this is not a movement for the purchase of cotton. It is simply a movement to make available a fund of $150,000,000 to -loan on cotton at not to exceed six cents per pound middling basis." WESTERN WIND FALLS BACK . (Continued From First Pare.1 neither adversary can claim what Ka polean called "the result." With the shifting of the battle scenes the railroads are resuming traffic through a number of cities which had been occupied by the Germans. From Epernay news comes that the Germans respected the vines of Epernay in the important champagne district. Colonel Du Paty de Clam, a celebrity of the Dreyfus case, is among the wounded in. Paris. ' GERMAN SUCCESS IS REPORTED Right Wing and Army in Argonne Said to Be Progressing. LONDONVOct. 5, 10:26 A. M A dis patch to Reuters Telegram Company from Berlin, via Amsterdam, gives an official statement issued at the Ger man headquarters on the evening of October 4. It says: "In the western theater the battle on the right wing and in the Argonne dis trict i proceeding successfully. "The operations around Antwerp and in the eastern theater have been car ried out according to plans and without fighting." The correspondent of the Times at Bordeaux, commenting on the battle in Northern France, says: "The time has not yet come to reveal the composition of the allies' left, which is now striking up toward the Belgian frontier, but when the veil hiding the movement in the neghbor hood of Amiens is drawn away it will be seen what a potent factor the French railway service has been in the battles of Northern France." WARNING GIVEN JAPANESE Continued From First Pajft.) of Shang-Tung through Wei- through the Province to Chl-Nan, passing Hsien. The Japanese are confident that the Chinese troops will obey the in structions of President Tuan Shi Kai to this effect, consequently they are sending less than BOO men westward beyond Wei-Esien. The Japanese are using the lino in connection with their operations against the German territory of Klau-Chau. BritiKh Steamer Aground. ST, NAzAtRB, franco, Oct, 6. The British steamer Pponish Prinoe, from New Orleans, September fl, via Neyfolk September i i. for- this port, went aground today in the roads and lies in a critical position, .Two Feet ef Shs in A!bea, MACL1SO&, Aiwii-i. Oct. 5. More than twe. of enow fell this afternoon, A .Res IQoth leg ale. rr-. ..... . - j a- V fl5vte Jr.-' . V " M . I Starts in This Store Today 3000 Men's Suits to Be ACRIFIC In order to keep our tailors busy during the dull Summer months so that we could keep our organization together for the Fall season we made up about three thousand Men's Suits right here in our own tailor shop. These Suits are all strictly tailor -made, having been turned out by our best Union Tailors. "We expected our trav eling men would sell these Suits at wholesale to merchants throughout the Northwest, but on account of a dull season they are still unsold. To turn them into money at once we have put them at the following very low prices, and will close them out in our retail department at a great sacrifice. $ 0.85 for Suits Made to Sell at $1 5.00 $12.50 for Suits Made to Sell at $18.00 $14.SO for Suits Made to Sell at $20.00 $18.50 for Suits Made to Sell $25 - $30 .fsiri-'J.-'' ,v.;V 3.00 Who Wants a Good Pair of Pants for Only - - - Nearly SOO Pairs of $4, $5 and $6 Pants to Jtse Closed Out at $3 the Pair They are mostly small lots not enough of a kind to send on the road with our salesmen. Some have been cancelled by merchants who found they had bought too many pants for one reason or another. They are here and will be closed out in our retail department at the low price of 3 the pair Jo Lo Bowman Third and Stark Streets Wholesale Tailors L If " r &Coo Our Tailor Shop Is Hungry for Business We are prepared to turn out fifty tailor-made Suits each day and we are only getting about twenty-five Suits. In order to keep busy we will turn out a few high.- tf 1 O C f grade Suits as low as ij) 0.e3 vl Our Suits bear the genuine Tailors' Union label. EV1QRE IV1QNEY NEEDED Relief of Americans in Turkey Vital Problem. GOLD SUPPLY INADEQUATE Conditions Such in Jerusalem That Food Cannot Be Obtained and Many Are Facing Starvation. Plea Is Heard. WASHINGTON. Oct. S. Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople haa appealed to the State Department fflf additional funds for the relief of Americans in the Ottoman empire. The recent deposit by this Government of $150,000 has been found inadequate. Ambassadors Page and Herrick, at London and Paris respectively, were advised of the situation in an effort to make quickly available funds for Turkish distribution and steps also were taken in that drection by 'Treas ury Department officers. Recent advices from Turkey de scribe the financial condition as acute. Checks and other negotiable papers are refused by the exchanges, the gold supply having been found to be in adequate. A private dispatch to the State De partment said, today conditions in Manning's 35c Coffee Manning's Coffee Store Jones' Market Feurih asd Alder jRrUialAtn MP .lien . . . , J " kUA.. AVWU UVIUU uo ooiamea Dy a large portion of the population and many were facing starvation. Officials here were unde cided as to what relief could be offered. additional funds to Turkey will avoid using the cruisers North Carolina and Tennessee for distribution work. Are You an Economist or a Spendthrift? Economy depends not alone upon what you pay out, but also and more especially upon what you get in return. A $10 suit is the height of extravagance, but a $35 suit may easily enough be the very acme of economy. Nobody can sell ' a decent suit of clothes for $10 and nobody living sells bet ter clothes than Politz at $20 all the way to $35. And it is the sole object of this advertisement to point out that the man who puts price before quality is not an economist, but a spend thrift, pure and simple. Verily, better than a Harvard degree is a working knowl edge of HORSE SENSE. 285 Morrison Betweea rur(k aad t-lfta.' (ipitiiiiiwiiiir Buffum& Pendleton ANNOUNCE ' Clothes Mews of Importance to Men and Young Men WHO WEAR OR SHOULD WEAR Benjamin Clothes The newest Suits for Fall and Winter wear for young men ara of English or semi-form-fitting cut; very smart and snappy iu appearance. For the business and professional man the conservative box-back model lends dignity and address to the wearer. Materials are of domestic and imported plaids, cheviots and tweeds in plain, fancy and mixed effects; also in hair-line' and pencil stripes. Suits $20, $25, $30 and $35 Raincoats The stylish Raglan and the swagger Balmacaan in wide range of choice materials, imported and domestic, $25, $30 and $35 Overcoats For full dress and semi-dress wear. In gray and black, rich in appear ance, correct in style. l a The acme of style in Soft Hats is the hieh diamond crowns with light contrast trimmings; colors and shades brown, blue. gray, green and black. Particular features in Stiff Hats are higher crowns and narrower brims. Kmi. -Warbortoa and Dobb'a Kifta Ave. 3.00. Stetsons S4.0O up. tfristol 9W Buffum & Pendleton OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE. MORRISON STREET. I I I .M