K VOL.. 1MV. NO. 16,858. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY. DECE3IBER 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. V CHOLERA FOLLOWS IN TRAIL OF WAR Striking Evidence Seen on Way to Przemysl. WOUNDED BLOCK RAILROADS Writer Describes Trip to Be leaguered Fortress. WHOLE COUNTRY UNCLEAN Itobert Dunn Says Country Is One That Makes for Iconoclasm Re garding Immigration Laws. Time Moves Backward. BT ROBERT DUNN. Staff Corresnondence New York Evening Post. Copyright 1914. by the New York Bvenlna- post. Published br Arrangement PRZEMYSL, Austrian Poland (Gall eial, Oct. SO. Last evening while we skidded down the hill toward the River San, the flashes of Russian artillery fire 12 miles to the eastward pulsed through the night mist like reddish heat lightning:. Tet then, as we passed the sentries of the outer and the Inner fortifications, where nothing- was visi ble except great redoubts of sod and masses of wire entanglements, and re ceived the password Feldruf It was you could hear no detonations; nor any throughout the night In this long-beleaguered Austrian stronghold. But certainly a battle was on. In the streets our headlights struct the blinking eyelids of endless flies of gray infantry trudging afield under their cowskin knapsacks; and toward midnight In the Cafe Stleber It was being whispered that again the Rus sians were attempting to surround the city. Eastern Battle la Greatest. To this place from the Austrian staff headquarters, as the crow flies. It is scarcely BO miles, but by motorcar and rail it took us force "days and nights. As to both mud and land scape, you might have been touring the Piedmont region of Virginia. The single-track railroad was all but blocked with returning hospital train trains of wounded, of Russian prisoners. Red Cross trains going Cor ward; each with no less than two engines and two dozen cars. Remember, that for all one reads of France and Belgium, this eastern war theater Is by far the great er both In length of firing line and numbers engaged. The line extends for 600 kilometres south-southwest of Warsaw, now that the German and Austrian armies are Joined. Here three nations wlch some 6,000,000 men In arms face one another In practically unending battle. , Scene Like That of Civil War. But mere figures are a weak wonder. A nearer marvel lies in the contrast, both human and military, between the war here and the war in the west; and in that difference there is a resemblance of significance for Americana Yester day as we pushed our car over the high divide between two forks of the Ban, no veteran of our war of the seces slon could have stood among those yel lowing birches and believed his eyes. Arms bandaged in slings, limping, brac ing themselves with sticks, the wound ed slipped and tottered down the hill: afoot, mind you, in muddy, gray uni forms and high-fronted caps, almost the exact color and design of the South's. It was 1864, not 1S14. It was as if the years between had profited mankind nothing, the world had not moved since then. In the last letter I cited the likeness of a British to an Austrian headquar ters; but outside the headquarters there is the grim, laborious opposite to that swift and deadly "petrol" war in France. Into the railroad station rolled a train of wounded, of bearded crea tures crowding the wide doors of lug gage vans, staring at you from their swathlngs with the meek daze of the discarded conscript. The hind car was a passenger carriage. Two men in gloves, clad from head to foot in white rubber, stood on the platform. There was a stretcher outside the last com' partment. Two soldiers were lugging a limp body from It, by the head and heels, as one does a dead man. Re sank upon the canvas without a sound nor the tensing of one muscle. He was middle-aged, yet only thinly bearieJ. his nose had once been broken, and his cheeks had a queer greenish pallor. Warning of Cholera Given. A Red Cross man pushed through the hushed throng, his arms forward, un folding a big square of paper. He slapped It upon the carriage with the came perfunctory deftness that a the atrlcal advance agent shows a billboard, It read In great vermilion letters -Cholera." That morning In my visit to General Conrad von Hotzendorf. who, so to speak. Is the General Joffre of the Aus trlan army, he had given warning of the disease without and Justly, from his viewpoint conceding any alarming figures. In half an hour this was all that one could get out of that alert. questioning and genial master of a na tlon's fate, who. with his gray-white pompadour hair and over-bright eyes, somehow suggests a young lion, though he is quite 60; who. though he has ios one son. and had another wounded, wears no black on either arm of his small body. The same night, by rail. n this last lap to the front, was but tConduded on Pas & french advancing in alsace.lorraine SLOW BUT GEXEUAL MOVEMENT MADE AGAINST GERMANS. Advance Guards Battle in Snow Two Feet Deep Operations Are Near Swiss Frontier. GENEVA, via Paris, Dec. 5. During the last three days there has been a slow but general movement of the French In Alsace against the German landwehr forces. The movement also has begun in Lorraine. Burnhaupt. near Thann. with five miles of railroad, was captured yesterday. The Vosges Mountains are so deep in snow that at Tete-de-Faux,' near Col-du-Bonhomme, at an altitude of 7680 feet, the advance guards of the armies are fighting in snow two feet deep. The men in the trenches in Alsace are suf fering greatly from the cold. PARIS, Dec 4. A dispatch to Temps from Geneva says: "The Federal Council has issued a communication declaring that there is renewed activity by the French and German forces in Upper Alsace. Be tween Pfetterhausen and the French frontier, on the route of Rechezy, the French have placed batteries of heavy artillery southwest of Pfetterhausen, between the village and the frontier of Switzerland: the French also have prepared entrenchments , and barbed wire obstacles. "The Germans have constructed for tifications at Ottendorf, - Llebensdorf and on the heights west of the River 111 on territory approaching that of the French. "Since December 1 there has been a great movement of troops and on De cember 2 continual artillery fire was heard in the direction of Basle." SOME WOULD HANG DEWET Rebel Guarded by Fixed Bayonets as Excited Populace Is Passed. LONDON. Dec. 5. Telegraphing from Johannesburg. Reuter's correspondent says'. Pale and haggard, but calmly smok ing his pipe. General Christian de Wet, the rebel leader, arrived here today. guarded by soldiers with fixed bay onets. He was taken tnrougn the streets, which were lined with the ex cited populace, and placed In the fort. prisoner, pending a probable court- martial. Whether he- will be hanged as a traitor cannot yet be predicted. That some factions favor this, however, is in icated by .the tone ' of the national press, which urges government action gainst 'those behind the scenes who stimulate De Wet and other rebels to action. These co-traltors,' it Is added, should be brought to the shadow of the gallows.' " THREATS CAUSE ARREST After Alleged Robbery Hotel Patron Proposes to Kill Roomers. Alleged threats to turn a hotel into shambles resulted in the arrest of J. H. Murphy, said to be a prominent sheep rancher, whose home is near Pendleton, by Patrolmen Collins and Madden yesterday mornlny. Testimony in court showed that Mur phy's trousers were found outside his open bedroom door yesterday morning. The landlady restored the clothing to Murphy and suggested that he see if anything was missing. "Someone has robbed me of $80!" Mur phy is said to bavo exclaimed. Then. according to the testimony, he tele phoned a friend and announced that he was going to kill a few of the roomers. Judge Stevenson released him with a warning to refrain from strong lan guage. WAR BARES TAX DODGERS Income-Drawing Americans Abroad Revealed in Seeking Safety. WASHINGTON. Dec 4 One effect of the European war which Treasury De partment officials are beginning to ap preciate is the opportunity afforded to gather accurate lists of Americans liv ing in Europe, who are subject to the Income tax. With the beginning of hostilities. Americans living abroad began to reg ister at American consulates acd thou sands of names appear in these records. of which the Income tax division of t'le Treasury Department had no knowl edge from any available information here. The Department has asked the State Department for a complete rec ord of such Americans and will use the lists in checking up returns made by Americans living in foreign countries. EXCHANGE OPENING NEAR New York Banks Approve Plans for Stock Trading. NEW YORK. Dec. 5. Plans for re sumption of trading in stocks on the floor f the stock exchange were re ported in financial circles to have been approved today by the clearing-house committee representing the banks and the reopening of the exchange for stock dealings, it was said, might be witnessed next week. Ratification of the plan by the gov ernors of the stock exchange is nec essary, and this, the reports stated, was expected to be forthcoming at a meeting of the governors to be held next Monday. Flour Sent to Belgians. WASHINGTON. Dec 4. Forty thou sand dollars' worth of flour for the starving Belgians was purchased to day by the Belgian relief committee. This sum represents a part of the con tribution received by the central com mlttee from nearly every state. TWO-THiRDSINTRAP LOST TO GERMANS Big Number, However, Make Escape. LINES OF ENEMIES ALTERNATE Retreat Is Stopped at Times to Make Vicious Attacks. TEUTONS TRY FLANK MOVE Berlin Denies Enormous Casualty List and Say Czar Weakened by Loss of 100,000 Men; Pe "trograd Claims Victory. LONDON, Dec 5. Experts estimate that the Germans lost two-thirds of their army In Poland In the recent fighting In the ' region between the Warthe and Vistula rivers, says a dis patch from Petrograd to the Morning Post The message refers to the delay In the arrival of Russian reinforcements. which enabled the Germans to break through the surrounding ring, and adds: "As It was, a large number of Ger mans got out of the trap, and the sub sequent fighting has been a curious tactical spectacle, with the Russians and Germans in alternate strips cov ering a considerable area. Attacks Are Alternated. "The Germans have alternated furi ous attacks with retreat fighting, and the information vouchsafed is insuffi cient to show how final success can be obtained." . BERLIN. Dec 4. (Special.) Al though no newB has been received of the operations in the vicinity of Lowlcz, It is assumed that the Germans' attempt to flank the Russian right is continu ing, according to a report issued to night by the military headquarters. The value of this movement. If suc cessful, would consist In forcing the Russians southward ' away from , the route to Warsaw and toward the rear of their main army. Much .depends on the progress of the Germans and Aus- trians facing the enemy's center and left flank. So far they have maintained their position and repulsed all attacks. but whether they have been able to advance is not yet known. Rnalui Believed Weakened, The fact that the Russians have lost 100,000 prisoners and many guns, the latter of which cannot easily be re placed, is considered by critics here aa bound to weaken them seriously. The military headquarters reports that the following are tha facts about (Concluded on Page 2.) V CUV A TTTWrt J-Tt ftTTTO THTriW A WWAn WTiHTrtTI t I 2 ( I F WATER WAS lYS X - ' . I MADE TO ORIMKl , (CONCtvLONCtV .a. -v rL t I OH WHY IS THE jk 1 WAV YO I , ... jJrS' V lr Ip- -j ixL,)l -r--ecr-u.c (L y v L mkM J&Lhm V G SALOON L u nr rut e iy'fi i 1 i i 77ZT HeAtv-tAw ffl no lire i eLyou ) ?SSCA -TOAD'S U ' ........ ............. ..-.. . ...........-...... ......... sase.se 7 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4T.8 degree ; minimum. 3S.S degreea. TODAY'S Unsettled: probably occasional light rain; variable wind. . t , War. '" Germans try to cut Russians off In flanking movement. Page 1. Cholera follows in wake of war in Austria. Page 1. French make jreneral advance In Alsace and i-orralne. Pace 1. . Pressing need of Belgians emphasized by reuei chairman. Page 2. Villagers in war zone stolidly silent amid ruins of homes. Fan 8 - Three indicted on charges of stealing war news, page 2. Belgian army far from being beaten. Pace 2. Dome. tic. Nine detectives indicted for implication in clairvoyant swindle Fan i. Railroad engineers want share of profits ot increased productivity. Page 1. . Millionaire indicted on white slavery charge. Fag. 3. Colorado mine owner testifies labor unions try to run business ot companies. Page . Sparta. Spokane club likely to be farm for Beavers. r-age o. Rube" Marquard taken from Giants in Fed erals' latest raid. Page 6. Northwest Conference bars Summer base ball. Page 6. . Paclf ie Northwest. . Representative Slnnott says Democratic ex travagance and tariff, not war. blameable for new tax. Page 7. Twenty-nine strikers on picket duty at Can. iraua Jailed. Page 7. Commonwealth conference to pass on power bill and clan to centralize state govern mental branches. Page 4. Commercial and Blaurine. Contracting for next year's wool and hops. rasa la. Wheat prices lifted by reports ot drouth in Winter crop belt. Page 16. Upward tendency of atock prices In Wall street. Page 15. Skipper thinks Pulitzer should carry pilots In. addition to tug service. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Roscoe P. Hurst to conteat Legislative seat won by c M. Hurlburt. Page 16. Sick and hungry find needs met by chart ties. Page 11. Tax stamp - buyers find hours short at in ternal revenue office. Page 12. J. S. Seed. 63. takes third bride, aged 19. who takes second husband, after planning elopement. Page 8. Chinese to ask habeas corpus to test status of first-decree murder In Oregon. Page 4. Sessions of Portland Grade fnlon of Sunday Schools show new Bible teaching methods in vogue, rara 4. Renresentatlve Forbes says Secretary Lane's ntuun is surpi ise. raga . Further pledges make election of Ben Sell ing to Speakership assured. Page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Page IS. ITALY PURCHASES WHEAT Million Tons Bought From Argen tine and Ships Engaged. ROME, Dec. 4. The government has presented ' to Parliament financial measures which would Increase the revenue 68,0O,90 y-unes $10.00y,00u) yearly. The government has purchased a million Jons of wheat from Argentina. Five steamers have been chartered to transport the first shipment. PRINCES FLEE IN AIRSHIP Kaiser's Sons Escape Death or Cap - ture by Sudden Flight, LONDON, Dec. 5. Princes Oscar and Joachim, sons of the German Emperor, saved themselves from Imminent, dan ger of death or capture in the recent battles of the Warthe and Vistula Riv ers in Russian Poland by taking flight in an aeroplane, according to advices from Petrograd today. ENGINEERS WANT SHARE OF PROFITS Frank Admission Made at Wage Hearing. RATE STANDARD IS SOUGHT Brotherhood Chief Declares Overtime Is Unusual. COMPARISONS ARE MADE Railway Employes Quote Eastern Manager in Favor of Theory Men - Should Share In Increased Productivity of Labor. CHICAGO, Dec 4 Interest In the ar bitration of demands made on Western railroads by their enginemen swirled today about a basts on which the men assert their wages should be figured. A frank admission that the men con sider themselves entitled to share in all profits from the operations of the roads was a feature of the hearing. Another feature was the development that the men seek at present the stand ardization of rates only, while the rail road managers assert that rates can not be standardized without coincident standardization of other issues. Profit-Sharing Insisted On. William S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, testified in a technical way as to why the men consider it of vital importance that their pay shall be computed on the basts of the weight of the locomotive which they drive on its driving wheels. It was Carter, likewise, who Insisted that the men have a right to share in the profits of their roads. The only other witness of the day was Samuel T. Stelnberger, a clerk em ployed by the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Firemen and Enginemen. He pro duced exhibit four. a pamphlet which gives the present rates ot pay on every type of locomotive used on most of the railroads party to the arbitration, as Compared with the rates which the compilation-purports to show would be paid if the proposed schedule of rates were awarded. ; Overtime Demand Ucanauai. Warren S. Stone, grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers and cbJef of counsel for the men in the arbitration, brought out that an engineer or fireman might run his loco motive for months without overtime accruing. He contended that for prac tical purposes- the comparison submitted was sufficient to gauge the general ef fect, with approximate accuracy, of placing the demands of the men into effect. "In the course of Carter's testimony. (Concluded on Page 8.) Friday's War Moves THERE Is still lacking reliable news of the progress of the battle in Poland, which continues to monopolize Interest. An unofficial dis patch from Petrograd says the battle of Lodz has ended In success for the Russians, but this statement is opposed to that of the Berlin official report, which says the German offensive in Poland is taking its normal course. The fact is that the fighting in this region has developed into such a jum ble that It is almost Impossible to fol low It. The most Important factor from the allies' point of view Is that the German advance on Warsaw seemingly has not succeeded in its object, nor has it had the effect ot diverting the Rus sians from their forward movement through the Carpathians and onto the plains of Hungary, or against the for tress of Cracow, around which they are drawing a ploser ring of men and artillery. Taking into consideration the case of Przemysl, which has held out so long against the Russian attacks, mili tary men do not look for the early fall of Cracow and are rather Inclined to believe that the armies of Emperor Nicholas will endeavor to keep the large Austrian force Inside the fortress and enter Silesia from the southeast. Much depends, however, on the battle which is being fought with Buch inten sity further north between the rivers Vistula and Warta, and In which all agree the losses on both sides have been very heavy. There is an inclination to believe that had there been any proba bllity of an early success for the Ger mans In this field Emperor William, who has returned to Berlin, would have remained to witness the victory of his troops. "The battle in the west appears to be at a standstill. The allies and the Ger mans have attempted to take the of fensive at different points along the front, but as neither claim to have made any advance and as both official reports mention repulses of the enemy. It is evident that the attacks which have been made have not met with much success. Under the title "Four Months of War," the French Bulletin of the Armies is publishing a report of the entire operations of the war. In it the explanation is made that the French were unable to take the offensive until the British army was ready and that the advance into Alsace, which has been criticised as bad strategy, was de signed to draw the Germans from the Belgian front. This plan did. not suc ceed. It says, and the allies were driven back to the Seine. The arrival of Australian and New Zealand contingents in Egypt on 40 transports Is quoted as another tri umph for. the British Navy. The Ger man cruiser Emden was not far from this fleet of transports when she was overtaken and destroyed by the Aus trallan cruiser Sydney. . It Is taken for granted, however, that the convoy of the transports was so strong that even the Emden would not have dared attack them. The statement made In the Italian Parliament by Premier Salandra that Italy should maintain her attitude of watchful and armed neutrality has cre ated much Interest in London and sym pathy is expressed for the aspirations of the Italian people. SHORT LIFE GIVEN BRIDGE Commissioner Dleck Opposes Add ing to Bnrnslde Overload. Supplementing a report made re cently to the effect that the diversion of traffic from the Steel bridge to the Burnslde bridge by reason of the pro posed closing of the Steel bridge De cember 8, would cause an extremely heavy overload on the Burnslde struc ture. Commissioner Dieck yesterday is sued a second report in which it is said the proposed change would reduce the Mfe of the Burnslde bridge ma terially. It Is asserted in the report that the bridge has an overload at present. Engineers have estimated that the structure will be worn out in about eight years under present con ditiona. To Increase the burden would curtail the lite of the structure materially, the report says. EDISON DENOUNCES HIS ACT Faith Lost In Own Remedy, Manu facturer Is Enjoined; NEW YORK. Dec 4. (Special.) In papers on file in tho United States Dis trict Court, Thomas A. Edison, the In ventor, says that he no longer has any faith In the neuralgia remedy which he invented in 1879. - On the strength . of his admission made in an equity suit. Judge Rose, in the United States District Court, en joined the Continental Chemical Com pany from using Edison's picture in advertisement of the preparation which the company says is the old Edison mixture. The company is also prevented from selling the drug under the name of "Edison's' polyform." SEA PRECAUTIONS SPREAD Britains to Take More Stringent Measures in English Channel. LONDON. Dec. 4. It is the intention of the Government to take more strin gent measures to hinder the operations ot mine laying and other hostile craft in the English '. Channel, according to a notice issued tonight. This notice says that after December 10. within a specified area of the channel, all lightships, buoys and signal lights are likely to be withdrawn or shifted. Advice is given merchant vessels that navigation within this area will be "exceedingly dangerous." without the aid of. pilots, who are to be sta tioned in . certain porta. 9 CLAIRVOYANT RING ARE INDICTED Ward Politician Has Revenge on Police. DETECTIVES ARE INVOLVED Details of Elaborate Chicago Swindle Given Out. 'TRUST'S" BOOKS SHOWN Worthless Stock Sold to Lovelorn Victims Seeking Counsel and Pro ceeds Are Divided Between Many Partners In Crime. CHICAGO. Dec. 4. C P. ("Barney" ' Bertsche, ward politician and for years a leading figure in Chicago's under world, today followed the lead of Frank Ryan, leader of the clairvoyant ring here, walked into the grand jury room and told what he knew of the relations between certain policemen and crim inals. So did James Ryan, active worker in the clairvoyant ring. Their stories, which substantiated and augmented the confession made yesterday by Frank Ryan, resulted to night in nine true bills against mem bers of the detective bureau, accord ing to Maclay Hoyne, State's Attorney. Hoyne said the indictments would not be returned until Saturday. Clairvoyant Monopoly Arranged. Bertsche. who with James Ryan was convicted of having swindled Mrs, Hope L. McEldowney, of La Crosse, Wis., to the extent of 815,000, has been at outs with the police department since a re volver fight n a busy downtown cor ner some time ago. Detectives James Monagban and William Egan, Bevtsche, Nathan Splra, who had just been con victed of arson, and one or two by standers all went to hospitals with bullet wounds' as a result of the fight, ing. ' After leaving the grant! jury room, Bertsche told of an agreement he said he had made with Captain John J. Halpin, until recently in -charge of the detective bureau, and Lieutenant John Tobin, by which Frank Ryan and his men were to have a monopoly on the clairvoyant business down town. Inarratitude Angers Politician. Captain Halpin and Tobin. both of whom recently were transferred from Concluded on Page 2.) ACTIVITY IN DOCK BUILDING GIVES TANGIBLE EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS. Authorization granted by ex ecutives of the Southern Pacific for the repair and general over hauling of a dock north of East Glisan street, almost connecting with a dock 1230 feet long, is the latest move In building activity along the waterfront, which is the greatest for sev eral years. The Southern Pacific Company expended $50,000 on its new dock between East Burnslde and East Glisan streets. The structure is 1230 feet long. It will be used today for the first time in loading lumber from cars to a vessel for transportation to California. The company has 'completed a second dock at the foot of Davis street. 100 feet along the waterfront and 90 feet deep, which cost 11,000. Municipal Dock No. 1, the north section of which is being completed at the foot of Seven teenth street, will have cost 247. 000 when existing contracts are ended and 8506,000 when the last work Is performed. Municipal Dock No. 2, between East Oak and Eaat Washington streets, represents contracts aggregating .261,000, and 825,000 additional will be required to finish it. The Spokane, Portland tt Seattle Railroad has a new dock about ready between East Main and East Madison streets, costing 816,000; the dock of the Ukase Investment Company. between Clay and Mill streets. 320 feet long and 100 feet wide. Is ready for use and entailed an expendi ture of $10,000, and the American Can Company is prosecuting final work on an extension to its dock, 70 feet long, that cost $2500. - At the south end of the dock of the North Pacific Lumber Company the Denny-Renton in terests have one under way 80 feet on the river and connected with the shore line by a road way 20 feet wide, costing $4000. The new dock of the O.-W. R. & N-. located about 200 feet north of where Oceanlo dock stood, is rapidly being finished. It is to cost $85,000 and is 580 feet long, over all. by 143 feet wide, with a shed 500 feet long and 120 feet wide. At Bridgeport a dock 3100 feet is available and another I Is build ing at Linnton. w I