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2 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TTTTTRRDAY, NOVESrBER 2G. 1D14, in RUSSIAN ARMY COMMANDER TOE WHOM GREAT VICTORY OVER GERMANS IS CLAIMED. ZAPATA fllMS ORDER 111 CAPITAL A IDUHU l HOPELESS POSITION Defeat Due to Being Cut Off From Army Commanded by Kaiser's Son. Some Looting and Disorder Mark Entry Into Mexico City but Quiet Follows. Washington and Park Sta. VON HlfJDEN 1 s'ZZZrzcgrtt ""Z 'V; - i tw" v ;,,s ' ' y I HI ?gm-&4j ---'j rr ,w - ' " - - - - I CROWN PRINCE IS LOSING With Russians Only 12 Miles Dis tant, Cracow Citizens Ask Sur render of City and Are Ex pelled by Commander. XiONDON, Nov. 26. The correspond ent of the Chronicle In Petrograd In describing the reported German defeat In Poland says: "The weakness of General Von Bln denburgs position was that he was Isolated from the Crown Prince's army which was fighting south of Czentoa chowa, with the object of keeping the main Russian forces engaged while Von Hindenburg operated in the north, but the Russian resources were equal to both armies and when Von Hinden burg found himself hard pressed he or dered into the gap at Wielun the Aus trian troops who were intended to turn the Russian left. German Position Hopeless. "The Austrians shared the fate of all Austrians who have been made to fight the Prussian battles. The Russian grenadiers foiled their turning move ment and put them to flight, capturing 6000 prisoners and several scores of machine guns. "General Von Hindenburg" s position is now hopeless and the thousands of prisoners streaming into Warsaw speak eloquently of his failure. Crown Prince Is Losing;. "In the battle with the Crown Prince's army the Russians are stead ily winning. "The Russian army advancing west ward from the River San is now within 12 miles of Cracow. The civil popula tion, fearing the destruction of the city, demanded its surrender. In reply, the military governor ordered the wholesale expulsion of civilians." 2 ZEPPELINS DECLARED HIT Haiders of Frledrichshafen Are Dec orated by Commander. LONDON. Nov. 25. A dispatch from Geneva. Switzerland, to the Express says: "A telegram from Belfort says the commanding general had a parade Mon day in honor of the British airmen. Commander Babbington and Flight Lieutenant Sippe, who participated In the raid on Friedricushafen, and deco rated them with the Legion of Honor emblem. Later officers of the garri son entertained the airmen at a ban quet. "It is reported here that two Zeppe lins at Frledrichshafen were seriously damaged." PARIS. Nov. 26Lleutenant a V. Sippe, one of the airmen who raided Friedrichschafen, arrived here from Belfort yesterday. He told an Inter viewer that 11 bombs in all were thrown by the air raiders and that there could be no doubt they were very effective, since they were dropped when the aeroplanes were only a few feet above the roof. The weather at the time was very misty, he said, and this enabled him to fly very low. Just high enough to clear the roof of the Zeppelin shed. The thick weather also prevented the Germans from seeing them until it was too late. NEW KHEDIVE PROMISED Germans Revive Napoleonic Policy in Egypt. ROME, Nov. 26. The Glornale d'ltalia today Publishes correspondence from Alexandria, Egypt, which says that Germany is reviving, after 116 years, but with much wider scope, the game played by Napol )n in Egypt and that the natives can now be compared to a volcano from which anything may bs expected. Meanwhile, the correspondent says. Great Britain is preparing to give the Egyptians a new Khedive In tue person of Hussein Kemal, sen of Ismael Pasha, Khedive from 1863 to 1879 and uncle of the present Khedive. "For the present." the correspondent continues, "the only grave symptom is an economic crisis, due chiefly to the impossibility, owing to the war, of exporting cotton, which Is Egypt's chief product. As a consequence the banks are shaky. The moratorium has sup pressed 3000 notes of hand which have not been paid and which will result in about 200 bankruptcies." WOUNDED FILL SCHOOLS Buildings Throughout Hungary . Commandeered as Hospitals. VIENNA. Nov. 25, via Venice and London. Nov. 26. Wounded soldiers from Servia are pouring into Hungary In such vaBt numbers that nearly all the school buildings In the country have been requisitioned for their ac commodation. The few schools In Vi enna which previously had been per mitted to give instruction two hours dally also have been commandeered for the wounded. The Hungarian minister of the in terior has ordered the police through out the country to prepare an accurate Hat of all enemy aliens In their dis tricts. EX-TAMMANY CHIEF TO WED (Continued From First Pas.) his company, but no one suspected a romance was budding. Miss Edmondson is widely known in educational and suffrage circles. She was born in Indian Territory, but has been In the East frequently. Her first public appearance in New York was during the suffrage parade in 1918. when, attired in an Indian costume and mounted on a mustang, she represented Oklahoma She has sung frequently in public and has written and lectured on the Cherokees. The girl's father went to Oklahoma long before it was opened to home steading. As a child Miss Edmondson Was sent to an Indian school at Tahle- quah, Okla. Later she attended Chicago University and a school in Boston. She bas been in New York for the last year studying. This will be Mr. Croker's second mar riage. His first wife died in Austria. It Is understood that the bride and bridegroom will go to Florida on their honeymoon trip. i. V.;-' W.-K . ... HiJiD DIKE RUSSIANS HEM FOE Retreat on Vistula - Warthe Front Resembles Rout. CARPATHIANS ARE CROSSED Czar's Troops Make Capture South of Mountains, in Austria, but Force in Hungary Is Driven Back With Heavy Ixs. uoa Continued From First Pace.) prove decisive in the campaign in Poland. Russian troops which entered the County of Ung, In Hungary, have been driven back, according to a telegram received here from Budapest via Am sterdam, and are now retreating to the frontier after suffering heavy looses. Energetic action is being taken, the message adds, against the smaller Russian forces at present in the Hun garian County of Zemplin. A wireless dispatch from Berlin says the Austrian official report published today .announces that Austrian troops have gained ground in the direction of Wolbrom and that this, taken In con nection with the German report from Czenstochowa and the district to the north of Cracow, shows, in the opinion of the German military authorities, that the Teuton allies are working to gether on the south wing to good pur pose. Difficulties Are Overcome. Wolbrom and Plllca, toward which the Austrians also have gained ground. lie in mountainous country, and the fact that this ground has been gained shows that the troops are overcoming many difficulties. Clear and frosty weather prevails in most of the eastern war zone, with a temperature of 14 degrees above sero. Fahrenheit. At Cracow, Gallcia, foggy weather with snow and rain continues. In Flanders the temperature is near the freezing point. Low temperature pre vails In the Lorraine Plateau and in the Vosges Mountains, with a foot and a half of snow on the crest of the Vosges. A Berlin dispatch received earlier to day says the German staff gave out an official communication saying the Rus sian center attacks in Poland have been repulsed and that the offensive of the Invaders of East Prussia also had been repulsed. TEUTONS FIGHT EACH OTHER Clash Occurs Between Garrison at Przemysl, Say Refugees. LEMBERG, Galicia, via London. Nov. 25. The sound of firing, which was said to be the result of a clash between the Germans and Austrians composing the garrison of Przemysl, was reported by refugees arriving here today from the vicinity of the Austrian fortress. The sound came from fortifications on the Interior line and was audible two miles. It was further reported that the Qer mans had hanged the commandant of the fortress because he proposed to surrender the citadel. The Austrians are said to have opposed the measures put into effect by the Germans, which resulted In a pitched battle In the streets. Wounded Austrians returning from the Carpathians and from the south of Lemberg report that the Austrians are retreating in utter defeat. Their Josses f J 1 1 ,.K -V i'f.i NICHOLAS. are said to have been heavy and to have included 6000 prisoners and all the supplies. Toward Cracow the retreat is said to have been mad in better order. DAY IX XRE.VCHES IS QUIET No Alteration Occurs on Entire Front, Says Paris. PARIS. Nov. 25. The following official communication was issued to night: "This was a quiet day. There was no alteration of any part of the entire front." The earlier official report said: "From the North Sea to Ynres there have been no infantry attacks. Be tween LAngemarck and Zonnebecke we have gained territory. In the vicinity of La Bassee, the Indian troops recap tured from the enemy certain trenches which had been taken from them the evening before. From La Bassee to Solssons there has been almost com plete calm. "We have made slight progress feear Berry-au-Bac, and In the Argonne. "At Bethincourt, northwest of Ver dun, a German attack has been re pulsed. A suspension of hostilities re quested by the enemy has been refused. "In the region of Pont-a-Mousson our artillery found it possible to bom bard Arnavllle. "Nothing has happened In the Vosges." 4327 KILLED IN BRITISH REPORT LOSSES OB" WAR, isrcLTmara marijies. Great Majority of These Who Lose Lives Are Drowned missing Dne to Antwerp Expedition. LONDON, Nov. 25. Thus far during the war the royal navy has lost 4327 officers and men kllied, 473 wounded, while 968 are missing and 1575 are captives and have been interned. These figures are contained in a statement issued tonight by the Ad miralty and include, in addition to na val men, the marines of the royal na val division. The casualties and num ber of men captured or interned are given as follows: Officers Killed, 20; wounded. 37; prisoners, 6; interned, 4o. Men Killed, 4107; wounded, 486; miss ing, 968; interned, 1524. A great majority of those reported killed were drowned, 1718 losing their lives in this manner when the cruisers Pathfinder, Aboukir. Cressy and Hogue were sent to the bottom by German submarines, while the foundering of the Monmouth and Good Hope, after the action with the German squadron off the coast of Chile, was responsible for the loss of 1654 officers and men beneath the waves. The operations of the royal naval division at Antwerp are accountable for nearly all those reported interned or missing. Most of the missing are said by the Admiralty statement to be prisoners of war in Germany. FRANCE MAY LOSE STATES Spanish Press Expects African Col onies to Secede. BERLIN, Nov. 25, by wireless. In formation given out today by the Ger man official press bureau Includes the following: "The Madrid newspapers are con vinced that France will lose Morocco, Algeria and perhaps Tunis unless she wages a big colonial war. These news papers refuse to support a movement looking to supplying Spanish military aid to France in North Africa." BLANCO GOES IN NIGHT Sixty Soldiers Reported Killed in Fighting; on Outskirts Diplo matic Corps Assists in Or ganizing Police Force. WASHINGTON. Nov. 25- The main forces of General Zapata occupied Mexico City last night and are main taining order, according to official telegrams from Mexico City dated to day and received here late tonight. Two messages were received, one from the Brazilian minister and the other from American Consul Sllliman. Both were filefl in Mexico City today. Disorder and Looting Reported. Mr. SilUman reported that the Zap ata forces, after sharp fighting In the outskirts of the Mexican capital yes terday, in which 60 soldiers were re ported killed, entered Just as the forces of General Blanco evacuated the city. There was some disorder and looting in the brief interval between the evao- uation by Blanco and the arrival of the Zapata troops, but the city was quiet immediately afterwards. The convention forces under General Villa, according to Mr. Silliman, were expect ed late today. The Brazilian Minister said he had received full assurances from the Za patistas that they would maintain order. Blanco Ignores Promise. He said that contrary to previous promises to the diplomatio corps and without taking any measures to pro tect the city. General Lucio Blanco left the city at 3 A. M. yesterday. The Bra zilian Minister immediately sent a commission consisting of Carlos Cor- dillo, secretary of the Brazilian lega tion: Charles Parker and S. F. Fuller, to visit the Zapata headquarters. They were assured that full protection would be given the city. In the meantime, before the Zapata forces entered. Colonel Saldana. as sisted by ex-Governor Iturbide, in agreement with the diplomatio corps, organized a patrol service with the po lice force, whose arms had been taken from them by the departing troops. Notwithstanding the constant entry of Zapata troops during the night, the Brazilian Minister said, order naa oeen maintained. GARRISOX PRAISES FtTNSTON Skill of American Troops in Vera Cruz Commended by Secretary. WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Secretary Harrison wrote today a letter to Major General Funston expressing bis admira tion and appreciation of the General's handling of the situation at Vera Crua during the American occupation. Mr. Garrison's letter will be delivered to General Funston when he arrives with his troops at Galveston tomorrow, and is as follows: "My Dear General: Now that you and your command have returned safe to this country I desire to express to you the great appreciation that I have of the excellent service rendered by you and the men under you while at Vera Cruz. "In many jways the situation there was as difficult, if not more so. as actual warfare. The proper- perform ance ot the duty called for self-restraint, Judgment, coolness and dis cipline in the very highest degree. The fact Is that during all the months that you occupied Vera Cruz there was not one untoward Incident of great sig nificance. Any laxness of discipline or any careless handling of the situ ation might have precipitated conse quences of a most disastrous character. "The skill and ability of the officers and the discipline and exemplary con duct of the troops not only prevented any untoward Incident, but reflected the greatest credit upon themselves and the country which they represented. "I desire to convey to ycu and the of ficers and men of your command my warmest thanks and sincerest apprecia tion." VERA CRrZ AWAITS CARRANZA City to Be Headquarters for Cam paign Against Capital. VERA CRUZ, Nov. 25. General Venustiano Carranza will direct from Vera Cruz his campaign for the re covery of the national capital. It is expected that General Carranza will arrive here before the end of the week, probably Friday. A triumphal arch has been erected in the center of the city and General Candido Aguilars men are preparing to make his entiy one long to be remembered. The headquarters of General Car ranza will be the lighthouse building, which was occupied by the Twenty eighth United States Infantry when the Americans were here. Virtually all the places that were occupied by the Americans have been taken over by their successors, in cluding the positions along the out post lines. General Aguilar's head quarters is the government stamp office. Order continues to prevail In the city, despite the fact that the saloons are open. The soldiers have not been paid off lately and the drinking places have been patronized only moderately. Resumption of work in the various government offices is getting under way slowly. The Custom-House Is ex pected to be in full operation tomor row as also is the public health de partment. Thus far it has been im possible for the health department to do much work. There has as yet been no forced loan. The Spanish merchants are reported as saying they will be willing to con tribute to such a loan if the present good order continues. SIEGE OP NACO ABANDONED Maytorena "Withdrawing Troops, After Suffering Heavy Loss. NACO, Ariz.. Nov. 25. Governor Maytorena, commander of the Villa troops, has practically ceased his siege of Naco, Sonora, where the Carranza forces under General Hill have been entrenched for two months. It was reported tonight that several columns of his troops were withdraw ing to the main camp on the south, with evident preparations for a discon tinuance of the attacks. His losses are said to have been heavy. C. A. Rldder Weds Miss Niermann. WILSONVILLE. Or.. Nov. 25. (Spe cial.) Charles A. Ridder, of this placa Big Thanksgiving Bill! Here Today for 3 Days Only The Ever-Popular Favorite, "HUMAN HEARTS" In three acts, featuring King Baggot and . Ailene Pretty. "HIS UNCLE'S WILL. A crackajack two-act comedy. "IN TAXI 23." Another remarkable comedy act. BIG BILL OF THE YEAR. 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. Daily. 10 ADMISSION lO PEOPLE Ja THEATER West Park, near Washington. Thanksgiving Treat GREAT SUCCESS The Fonr-Act Paramount Pic ture Drama of High Society. 'ARISTOCRACY' Featuring the great actor, TYRONE POWER. Special added attraction. LATEST WAR VIEWS The funny "A TRAFFIC IN BABES." This fine bill THREE MORE DAYS ONLY 11:30 A. M.-ll:30 P. M. Daily. lOtf ADMISSION 10 was married today to Miss Louise Nier mann. of Portland. Mr. Fiddtr is one of the best-known young men In this part of the country as well as in New berg, where he is in business. Mrs. Rldder is a popular young woman, being well known in Newberg, as well as In Portland. SHORT LICENSE PERMITTED Attorney-General Says Liquor Per mits for Less Than Xear Legal. SEATTLE, Nov. 25. Cities and towns of the state may Issue liquor licenses for periods less than offe year, in order to comply with the terms of the state prohibition law, which becomes effec tive in 1916, according to Attorney General W. V. Tanner. His opinion to this effect was fur nished to State Treasurer Edward Meath, who is addressed in the opinion that the state law will be met by the state recelvlnsr 10 per cent of the ac- tanning s 35c Manning's Coffee Store Jones' Market Fourth and Alder Keeping Ahead Is Our Game We specialize in ready-to-wear Suits and Over coats for the fellow who seeks individuality. The shop where style reigns supreme. 285 M orris on Bet. 4th and Stfa Sts. Coffee Li TWO EACH DAY TO lj m CHICAGO . IJIJ I liil Ia Quick Time, 72 Hours, Jli Jill MINNEAPOLIS Mf tISp t'iil IIT - - iff I .la 11 Ll Through Transcontinental Service THAT IS POPULAR. Every provision for the comfort of the traveler. Dining service, "Top Class." Hie "SOUND" LINE To Tacoma Seattle Leave 7:35 A. M 4:00 P. M.. 11:S0 P. M. (Sleepers open 9:30) Tickets and all information at 255 MORRISON ST. Phones Main 244, A 1244. A. D. CHARLTO.Y, A. G. P. Portland. 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