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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 33, 1914. ETZ BOMBARDED CAN GERMANS GET HOE? IS QUESTION 6.70 BY FRENCH TO San Francisco Attack Made on Hangars, on Railroad Station and on German Barracks. Russia Has Chosen Battlefield on Which to Smash Her Enemy, Says Writer. FOR THE ALLIES GAIN IN ALSACE COUNTER INVASION IS PLAN AIRMEN Tarts Official Report Says Enemy's Attacks, Following Sharp Artil lery Fire, Have Failed to Regain, Lost Ground. ' PARIS, Dee. 27. The following- offi cial statement was issued today: "Between the sea and the Lys the day was calm and cannonading inter mittent. "Between the Lys and the Oise there Is nothing to report. "In the valley of the Alsne and In Champagne artillery duels continued. In the region of Perthes the enemy, after a violent bombardment of the trenches which he had lost, attempted a violent counter-attack which was re pulsed by the fire of our artillery and Infantry. Enemy Driven From Ravine. "In the Argon ne there was slight progress to the south of St. Hubert. One company gained between 100 and 200 meters. We bombarded a ravine, forcing the enemy to evacuate several trenches. Between the Meuse and Moselle, to the east of St. Mihlel, two German attacks against the fortifica tions of the burnt woods were repulsed. "A dirigible dropped a dozen bombs) on Nancy in the center of the City, and without military reason. Our aviators, In contrast, bombarded the aviation hangars of Frescar, one of the railroad stations of Metz, where movements of trains were noted, and the barracks of Eaint Privat, at Metz. In upper Alsace our troops realized further progress on the heights which dominate Cernay, and have repulsed some attempts there." Germans Make Two Attacks. The following supplementary official statement was issued tonight: "After having all last night directed a sharp artillery and infantry fire against our troops stationed at La Bols selle and in the adjacent trenches, the enemy delivered two consecutive at tacks without success. "We hold strongly the trenches cap tured near Pulsaleine. On the heights of the Meuse we have consolidated our occupation of the ground taken near the trenches of Garonne. "St. Die has been bombarded violently from 9:30 o'clock in the morning i to noon." BERHS ADMITS NO REVERSE German Counter-Attack at Albert Declared Successful. BERLIN, Dec. 27 (By wireless to London.) The following official com munication was issued today by the German general staff: "Nothing of importance happened yesterday in Flanders. English ships appeared off the coast this morning. "The enemy made an unsuccessful movement yesterday at Albert in the direction of Boiselle, which was fol lowed by a successful counter-attack by our troops early this morning. The French attacks In Meurissons. in the Argonne and southeast of Verdun, broke down under our fire. "In Upper Alsace, the French at tacked our position east of the Thann Dammerkirch line, but all these as saults were repelled. "During the first hours of the night yesterday the French gained posses sion of an important height east of Thann. but were thrown back after a vigorous counter-attack and the height remained in our possession today." BOMB IS THROWN IN HALL Continued. From, Ft rat Page,) firemen carried men and women Into the engine house, where they received first-aid treatment and then were re moved to the Central Emergency Hos pital. Man Loses Right Eye. Numbers of the women who were only cut about the face by particles of glass strayed about the scene In hys teria, refusing medical aid and talk ing incoherently. Beside the swaml only one person was severely injured. Walter Morris suffered the loss of his rfght eye. The others of the Injured are suffering from minor bruises and lacerations re ceived either in the explosion Itself or the stampede for the exits that fol lowed. . The contents of the bomb remain a mystery to the police, but its effect iveness was beyond dispute. A large vestibule door just within the entrance to the temple and at least 60 feet from the point of the explosion was torn from the hinges and thrown into the street. The glass panes of six large windows facing on Filbert street were broken and crumbled as though run through a crusher and then scattered over the street for a radius of many feet. Heavy marble slabs forming a wainscoting Just within the entrance were torn out and broken In many pieces. Pictures Splashed With Blood. Everywhere within was even erreater evidence of the force of the bomb. On the right-hand side, adjoining the ros trum, one side of the organ was torn away clean as though by a ripsaw. Holy pictures were splashed with hu man blood and throughout the room were bits of hair and flesh "from the mutilated body of the bomb-thrower. The body itself was found In a pool of Jlood, crumpled among some seats on the floor 20 feet from the point of ex plosion. It is said Vavara -was once a student at the Hindu college, connected with the temple. He lived in the apart ments over the temple. As far as known he never had had any differ ences with- the s warn i. Recently he was employed in the machine shops of the Southern Pacific Railroad on the Oakland Pier. SALMON PACK IS HEAVY I'ishing Season Good at Astoria but Product Moves Slowly. ASTORIA, Or., Dec 27. (Special.) The Fall fishing season, both on the Columbia River and the various coast streams, was one of the best in years. About 110,000 cases of canned salmon were packed by the Columbia River canneries and 100,000 cases were put up at tne coast plants. - The market for Fall salmon Is said to be Quiet and the pack of silversides is moving slowly. The prevailing prices are $1.15 a dozen for pound cans and from 6a to vt cents for halves. To Care A Cold in One Day. Take LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININK Tablet, I?ruKirlftts rsiund nvony lc it rails to care. . W. GKOVS'S signature la on each box. 25c TWO TOWNS ON GERMAN SOIL AT WHOSE GATES FRENCH INVADERS ARE KNOCKING. ' Y.te ttzri .-j : i - R9fCKSn ' I ...M : tBSn?11 1 S ill p 111 f ' I Ill'lllf ---wll zZi -Jkx&s TOP, VIEW OF FOE PRAISES BRITISH Bayonet Charge Meets At tempt to Shake Courage. FRENCH FOUND BRAVE, TOO Commander-in-Chief of Kaiser's Army In West Predicts End of Fort Building, Also Other Old Theories of Warfare. (Staff cable to the New York 'World. Copyright, 1914. by the Press Publishing Company. Published by arrangement with the New Tork "World.) GERMAN FRONT IN FRANCE, Dec 21. I have just spent three days with General von Heeringen's army in the field and have seen nothing half so interesting as the fine old patriarch who is its Commander-in-Chief. General von Heerlngen, "the victor of Saarburg" and ex-MInlster or War, though prob ably less known to American news paper readers than the "featured" Gen erals, is one of the grand old men of the German army and. a figure to be reckoned with. no. General von . -Herlngeri, like all the other German Generals with whom the World correspondent spoke, did not hesitate a second to praise his British opponents. "The British first line troops are splendid soldiers, experienced and very tough, especially on the defensive. Ttere would be no credit In beating them if they were not," he said, making it clear that he referred only to the BriUsJi regulars. The conversation turning on Kitchener's recruits, he said significantly: Attempt at Fright Falls. "You cannot Improvise armies. Eng land cannot hope to accomplish in a few months what It took Germany 100 years to build up." Coming back to the British regulars, he told the following anecdote: "At one point we used a mlnenwerfer (mine thrower) against one of their trenches. These mortars go off with a frightful noise, calculated to sha j the courage of the stoutest. After the tenth shot our men advanced with a loud 'hurrah! expecting, to find the British groggy; but will you believe It? those tough Scotsmen crawled out of their trenches and . actually attempted a counter bayonet charge. The French they also tight bravely." peaking of the larger lessons oi tne war so far. he said: "For one thing I believe that there will be In future no great building boom In forts; and again, the old the ory of trenches has been sent to the scrap heap. Formerly, you know. It was thought indispensable to have a clear firing field of at least 1000 yards. If possible. f French Find Cover Quickly. Now that artillery plays such an all important role, the thing is not a wide firing field, but cover and protection against artillery, fire, even if you can see to fire for 'only 60 yards. Fifty Is quite enough, and an infantry attack can be stopped in that distance. "Another thing: After you have taken a village by storm the men must find safe cover without an instant's loss of time, as you can Invariably ex pect an immediate heavy artillery fire from the enemy. The French are par tlcularly good at finding cover quickly. Our men must Imitate them. "Also telephones and aeroplanes are indispensable. War without them would be unthinkable now." "What is the one bravest deed that has come to your knowledge. Tour Ex cellency?' I asked. Reernlta Face Fire Slna-lng. "Shall I give you a bombastic an swer?" he replied, good-humoredly. "Well, then, there have been so many brave deeds that no one of them stands out pre-eminently. But in the retro spect the finest thing, to my mind, was our young troops, charging for the first time in the face of a murderous fire, singing 'Oeutschland, Deutschland ueber Allesr Some idea of the position of the Ger mans in the West can be gathered, from METZ. BELOW, STREET SCENE 131 the fact that the General had. time to smoke and chat with me for something like ten hours In two days. "Let the people know In America that we are not barbarians; that everything is quiet and in good order with us, and that we are looking forward with calm, energetic confidence to victory," he said earnestly, on speeding the parting cor respondent. CZAR DENIES SALE OF ISLE German Report of Cession to Japan Is Declared Unfounded. PETROGRAD, Dec. 27. The Russian government has authorised the official news agency to deny in the most cate gorical manner the statement that Rus sia has ceded to Japan half the island of Sakhalin, in exchange for heavy artillery. It is asserted that the re port Is absolutely unfounded. One of the items given out by the German official press bureau on De cember 25 said that reports had been received from Copenhagen to the effect that Russia had traded her half of Sak halin to Japan for heavy guns. Sakhalin Island lies off the east coast of Asia and Is separated from the main land by the Gulf of Tartary. The southern half was ceded to Japan by Russia under the treaty of Portsmouth. RELIEF TO BE CONTINUED St. Johns Committee Wilt Report on Operations to Date. ST. JOHNS, Or., Dec. 27. (Special.) All members of the Christmas com mittee will meet tomorrow night at 202 Jersey Btreet to adopt plans for con tinuing the relief work during the Winter. A complete report of all work will be submitted. The relief committee is composed of V. W. Mason, chairman. Chief of Police Poff, Postmaster Mona- han, Alexander S. Scales. C. Graden. N. Stark and Mr. Blair. Supplies on hand include new and second-hand clothing, $180 in cash and 1150 worth of groceries. 100 iars of jelly and 250 quarts of canned fruits. Flour and 200 pounds of beans have been cent by a Portland wholesale house. HIGHEST TEMPLAR IS DEAD Colonel Macartlmr, Grand Master of Knights, Is Stricken Suddenly. TROT, N. T., Dec. 27. Colonel Ar thur Macarthur, grand master of the grand encampment of Knights Tem plars of the United States, died sudden ly of apoplexy today at his home here. He was 64 years old. Colonel Macarthur was the editor and publisher of the Troy Northern Budeet ana was widely Known as a newspaper man, t or many years ne was promi nently identified with Masonry and was elected grand master of the grand en campment at Denver, in 1813. He has Deen a Mason since 1872. FIRE DAMAGES HOSPITAL Patients in San Francisco Building Are Drenched. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 27. Fire In ward A of the Letterman General Hos pital at the Presidio of San Francisco today brought such speedy aid from the hospital corps fire department that several patients were drenched In their beds. The great wooden building which houses the hospital and which has worried many medical officers because of Its inflammability was saved. ROYAL STORK IS MERCIFUL Amnesty to Many Prisoners May Follow Birth of Italian Princess. ROME, Dec. 27. The daughter born to the King and Queen of Italy Satur day will be named Maria, it is an nounced. It Is expected that as a sign of re joicing over the birth of the Princess amnesty will be granted to a number of prisoners, r Including those con demned for participation In the revo lutionary movement last June and others not accused of ordinary crimes. MIELHAl'SEN. ITALY READY TO HID Cruiser Ordered to Help Amer ican Warship in Turkey. RESCUE OF ALIENS IS AIM Four United States Vessels Are Pre pared to Steam to Any Place on Saltan's Coast, if Needed, Following Tripoli Affair. ROME. Dec. 27. Instructions hav been sent to the Italian cruiser Cala bria, now at Beirut, Syria, to assist the United States cruiser North Caro lina, If the necessity should arise as the result of further demonstrations against the departure of Europeans from Turkish territory. The cruiser Tennessee, the fuel ship Vulcan and the gunboat Scorpion, of the United States Navy, which also are looking after American interests along the Eastern Mediterranean, are ready to steam to any place where they are needed, according to reports received here. k According to a disDatch from Athens. the cruiser North Carolina recently threatened to use her guns as the re sult of an Incident at Tripoli, Syria. The cruiser, convoying the American steamer Virginia, entered the harbor of Tripoli and the commander request ed the Turkish authorities to permit the British and French Consuls to de part with their nationals resident in the city. This request was refused, but several of the French 'residents boarded the Virginia. They were attacked by a mob, who wounded the captain and first officer. The North Carolina then threatened to fire and the mob fled. The Virginia and the North Carolina men leit for Dedeagatch. Later the cruiser proceeded to Smyrna. TURKS REPORT VICTORY SINGLE) SHIP SAID TO HAVE AT TACKED RUSSIAN FLEET. EW Said to Have lUfued Battle at Another Point and to Have Re treated to Sebastopol. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 27, via Lon don. An official communication issued Sunday says: "The Turkish forces are victoriously advancing along the Caucasian front. There Is no truth in the Russian official report that the Hamldieh has been tor pedoed at Sebastopol. The Turkish fleet, including the Hamidteh. steamed through the Black Sea and returned without damage. "One of our warships on December 24 met a Russian squadron composed of five battleships, two cruisers, ten destroyers and three minelayers. The Turkish ship, single-handed, in the night, attacked and bombarded the bat tleship Rostialay and sank two mile layers, the Oleg and Athos. Two Rus sian officers and SO sailors were res cued and taken prisoners. "Simultaneously another portion of our neet successfully bombarded 3a tum. On December 25. in the fore noon, two of our ships offered battle to the Russian fleet, which retreated to isebastopol. Nine Taken In Pool Hall Row. The police reserve squad was called out last night to quell a disturbance In a pool hall at 263 First street. Nine men were arrested by Sergeant Lyons, In command of the squad, and Patrol men Fair. Loner. Nelson and Humph reys. The men were Ben Collins, 25 years old; Vred Carlson, aged 21: Ivey Collins. 26: Frank Karloff. 23; Henry Evans, 89; John Marrell, 21; Ben Noloft, 25; John Boloflf, 29, and Peter Col lins, 18. Xo Position or Town Taken by As sault hy Kaiser's , Forces, Al though Number of Men Irately Sacrificed Eqnals Corps. (By the special correspondent of the London " PETROGRAD. Dec. 27. (Special.) The Germans on Friday sensibly slackened their hitherto frantic at tempts to force a passage of the rivers which mark the Russian front. On the left bank of the Vistula they now are bringing up heavy artillery up to and Including 11-inch guns. The mortars are moved along ordi nary roads by motor to action, but in emergencies can even be dragged by horses. 13 to a gun. Naturally they move -only on the best roads and these are extremely scarce in Poland. Frost has now set in, which will doubtless facilitate traffic of every kind, provided the snowfall is not too heavy. "It' a Long Way to Warsaw." Presumably the heavy artillery is not intended so much to force a passage of the rivers as to bombard the fortresses which the Germans apparently now ex pect to reach. Their first idea was that if they got across the rivers they would soon dispose of the Russian forces behind this line and march glor iously into Warsaw. The Germans have brought up their heavy artillery a little prematurely, perhaps, for it will be still a long way to Warsaw, even when the passage of the rivers is forced, which has still to be done in fact. Enough men to make an army corps in several weeks' attempts by day and night have been sacrificed al ready. According to Information the Ger mans have taken nothing whatever by assault neither towns nor position! since Russia decided to reconstruct her strategic front. The rearguard probably has held touch with the Germans while the Rus sians moved to their new positions, but only modern armies could score vic tories over such rearguards, as in the present case the rearguards were al most entirely of cavalry, whose only duty was to keep In touch with the ad vanclng enemy and annoy his advance at every step. It Is not merely mendacious but ridiculous for the Germans to speak of victories all the way from their polit ical frontiers half .way Into Poland. As a metter of fact Poland occupies the unhappy position of Belgium. It is the cockpit of Russia and half of It is ruined already and not worth much now as a conquest even If the con querer for a moment dreamed he could stay there. Csar's Cavalry Only Is Turned. Singularly after the first German flight from Poland it was gratuitously assumed that the Russian army pur sued the enemy Into Germany, when the valiant Germans turned round and drove the Russians back again half way to Warsaw. That story was as false as the present, for the pursuit was a cavalry affair. The bulk of the armies of Russia will not attempt to attack Germany on her own territory until the " German fighting forces are smashed beyond re covery on the ground that suits Russia, but not Germany, namely, the cockpi of Poland, where the smashing process is now going on. There is no doubt about the immediate result. The only doubt is whether the Germans will again extricate their best troops and get away home. 13,00 0 CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS Germans Reported Repnlsed and Austrlans In Fall Retreat. PETROGRAD. De$.V27. The following official statement was issued from general headquarters today: "During December Zb tne fighting along the lines of the Bzura and Rawka rivers was confined in general to artil lery fire. We have repulsed with suc cess various attacks by the Germans. "Along the lower course of the Nida River we ousted, towards evening of De cember 26, from the village of Wisllca, the Austrlans who had obstinately de fended It and who attempted to fortify themselves on the left bank of the Nida. We then drove the Austrians beyond that river. "South of the Vistula in tne region :ffiiii!iiiiui;.iliiliil!iili)iili!iii!iiiliiiiii!iiii New England Mutual M SUCCESSFUL FOR OVER g ll SEVENTY YEARS m ffl Horace Mecklem, General Agent 23 Northwestern Bank Building. jP a liberal interest rate and your cash always safe THAT'S what a Savings Account offers you here. Get started with the NEW YEAR NOW with $1 or more. United States National Bank Capital . $1,000,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits $1,250,000 Third and Oak Sts. New Year Holidays Tickets on Sale December 28, 29, 80. 81, 1914; January 1, to San Francisco and other Cali fornia points; also to Klamath Falls via Weed. Return limit all points Jan uary 4, 1915. Superior Train Service Observation Cars, Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars, High-Back Chair Cars and Diners. Holiday Fares in Oregon of Larnow (Gallcla), on December 25, J we drove back the Austrians from the Tuchow-Olpmy line. The enemy abandoned ten rapid-nrers and we took 43 officers and more than 2500 soldiers prisoners. The next day we continued the pursuit of the Austrlans, who retreated In disorder. We captured eight more machine guns and about 1000 prisoners. We occupied the heights near Siedliska on the left bank of the Biala River. "In the direction of Dukla (Car pathians) there were engagements on December 25 and 26, and the Austrians. driven, from the Zmigrod-Dukla line are in full retreat. In the latest encounters in this region, the Austrlans suffered enormous losses and left In our hands as prisoners more than 10,000 men." GERMANS AGAIX EXTER MLAWA Battle Is Still Keen in Central Plllca Region. PARIS, Dec. 27. The French war office Issued the following today con cerning the fighting in the east "In Russia the Germans' who resumed their march on Mlawa have reoccupied that city The situation in Poland re mains without notable change. The violence of the battle on the Bzura and the Rawka has diminished. In the Central Pilica region the battle,, on the contrary, continues keen, except on the Lower Nida. On Jhe whole Galician front, the struggle is under conditions favorable to the Russians. CERJUSS REPORT PROGRESS Offensive Southeast of Tomaszow Is Declared Successful. BERLIN, Dec. 27. (By wireless to London.) The German official etaff says: "There has been no change in the situation, either In East of West Prus sia. In Poland our attacks on branches of the Bzura and Rawka rivers re sulted In slight progress. Southeast of Tomaszow our offensive continued successfully. v ' "Russian attacks in Inowlodz, from a southerly direction, were repulsed with heavy losses to them." NEW YEAR'S EVE. A jolly time at Hotel Gearhart "By-the-Sea." Take New Year's Dinner with Grandma Wescott. Hotel always open. Reservations 100 hi Fourth street. Arabs in Riot Are Killed. BERLIN, Dec 27, via wireless to Say vllle, N. T. The Rome newspaper Vita reports an outbreak of rioting in Alex andria, Egypt. Three thousand men with machine guns, the paper says, were necessary to suppress the disor der. Eighty-five Arabs were killed. . iiiffiiiiiiJuaiiiiuuiiiM m Life Insurance Co. Portland, Oregon Tickets for the New Tear Holidays will be on sale between all points in Oregon December 31 and January 1. Tickets will also be sold between all C. & E.. P. R. & N.t P. E. & E. and S. F. C. & W. points. Return limit for all stations January 4, 1914. Call at City Ticket Office. 80 Sixth street, corner Oak; Union Depot, or East Morrison-street Depot for full particulars, fares, reservations, train schedules, etc i Southern Pacific John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. The Exposition Line 1915.' SLVRKSMAA SHIP AXU RANGE IM PROVES, SAYS LORRAINE. Wounded English Actor-Aviator Says Danger Increases Wounding of Companion Is Described. LONDON, Pec. 27. (Special.) Robert Lorraine, the actor and an expert and daring airman, now recovering from wounds in the London Nursing Home, says that the anti-aircraft guns of the Germans are excellent. "They have many batteries of these," he says, "although in the early days of the war their shooting was poor, it is no longer so and they can send shells to burst at a height of 8000 feet above the ground. As effective observations cannot be made at a greater height than 6000 feet, the batteries get a chance of hitting us. Sometimes we have descended as low as -itiOy feet to make sure of certain thingrs. "One day when at about that heifrht, the machine I was in suddenly dived nose first. I thought for a second that a shall had burst close to the machine and smashed the rudder, so glanced back, but there was nothing wrong there. The machine was up again in a moment. When I looked at the man who held the levers, I saw blood drip ping from him. I clambered over to help him should he relax his hold on the levers, but he was strong enough to keep control of the machine until he had brought her down." Australian Cruiser Long Off Chile. VALPARAISO. Chile, Dec. 2T. The Australian battle cruiser Australia, which came into this port yesterday, sailed about the Pacific coast of South America for several weeks. Truckee's Largest Hotel Burns. TKUCKEE, Cal.. 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