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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27. WIo. GERMANS ATTACK PRICES DECLARED I FOE ON LONG LINE AFFECTED BY : , ; RECENT PHOTOGRAPH OF KAISER, WHOSE BIRTHDAY WILL BE CELEBRATED IN GERMANY i TODAY. i t 5 HSllSHH ! Vigorous Offensive Assumed at : Many Points on Eve of Emperor's Birthday. ALLIES REPLY IN KINDI Pat tie Particularly Fierce Xear Ia I Ilaiwe, and Official Reports of Outcome Disagree Both Hides Claim Victories. VOXDOK. Jan. 26. Reports lndicat Ins that the Germans have taken a sud den and violent offensive simultane ously at different points came from the western battle front today. This. It Is believed, is connected -with a sentimen tal plan so to conduct the campaign of yesterday, today and tomorrow as to ho able to report some decisive grain to the people of Germany on the birth- day of the Emperor, which is tomorrow. Today's reports as to the fighting Mono- the Canal of La Bassee. which was particularly severe, are conflict ing. The official report from Berlin, received in London late today, says that British positions extending for two-thirds of a mile and including two strong points of support were taken by storm and held in the face of coun ter attacks. The French official state ment, however, does not concede this victory to the Germans. It admits they made progress temporarily, but asserts that subsequently they were re pulsed. British Say They Hold Gronnd. The British official press bureau to night gave out the following state ment dealing with the fighting be tween British and German troops in the region of La Bassee, in France. "In the neighborhood of La Bassee yesterday the enemy delivered several violent attacks against the rirst ui- vision. They Were repulsed with se vere losses. "In one place alone on the La Bassee road SOO Germans were killed. Fifty- five prisoners, including two officers, were captured. "An attack made on the French lines opposite Tpres also was repulsed with great loss. The French War Office issued late tonight at Paris an official communica tion saying: "The British troops repulsed last night a new -attack on Givenchy-La Bassee and by a counter attack suc ceeded In reoccupying their positions of the day before. "The fighting has been exceedingly - violent on the only road between Bethune and La Bassee and the Ger mans have left behind 300 dead. "After a violent attack, which has already been reported, the enemy was able last night to enter our trenches between Heurtebiz and the Foulon wood, west of Craonne. After these trenches were subjected to an attack by air bombs we delivered a counter attack and. according to latest advices, one section of the ground lost, the Foulon wood, was regained. . . , French . Attack in Ara-oaste. . ' "In the Argonne our troops have' car ried out two attacks near St. Hubert and Fontaine Madame and they were successful in regaining foothold in the trenches recently lost and in destroy ing several German saps. A counter attack by the enemy was repulsed. The earlier French official report to day said: "On the - Tser front Belgian troops have made progress in the vicinity- of Fervyse. "At daybreak yesterday the Ger mans, one battalion strong, delivered an attack against our trenches to the east of xpres. "This movement was arrested sharp ly. Three hundred dead, including the commandant of the company at the head of the German advance, were left on the field of battle. This attack was to have been supported by certain companies from the German second line, but these men, nnder the very exact fire of our artillery, found It impossible to come out from behind their shelters. Diverting Attack Also Made. "Not far from La Bassee. at Givenchy and Guinchy, the enemy delivered five attacks against the British line. After having made some sllght-progrress, the Germans were repulsed and left on the field numerous dead and 0 prisoners, -including two officers. This attack was accompanied by endeavors at diver sion at several points on our front. Between the road from Bethune to La Bassee and Aix Noulette a de tachment of the enemy, which en deavored to come out from its trenches, was at once stopped by the fire of our infantry and of our ar tillery. "To the west of Craonne the enemy delivered two successive attacks, each of great violence. The first was re pulsed, but the second penetrated our trenches. By an energetic counter at tack." however, our troops succeeded in regaining almost all of the ground lost by them. "In Champagne the artillery of the enemy yesterday snowed less activity than on preceding days, while our bat teries delivered an effective fire against the German positions. In the Argonne. in the vicinity of St. Hubert, we checked with our artillery fire an attempt on the part of the Germans to deliver an attack. "In Alsace the enemy was active in employing his mine-throwers against our positions at Hartmann-Wetler-kopf. -At this point yesterday there was no fresh fighting. The Germans yesterday bombarded Thann, Lanbach and Sentheiro." 1 :Ilf t - : v.:?'' o ii I EXTEHOB WaBELS. Photo by Underwood tt Underwood. a .......... . . i SHIPS ARE DISGUISED British Suspicious of Vessels Flying Norwegian Flag. NORSEMAN TELLS OF RUSE No official order prohibiting livestock movements came from the Bureau of Animal Industry and In the absence of direct orders, it Is said the quarantine formerly enforced at the yards will not be restored.- There will be no more Eastern ship ments of livestock 'until Inspectors have made an investigation of all car lots sent East sinceL J Miliary 10 . to learn'whetheY "the: ' cashes found at Phili adelphla could have originated in Chi cago, it was announced. Name of His Own Steamer Is Ap propriated by Germans Crossing Atlantic at Same Time Cap ture Frustrates Plan. Ueraaaaa Reprt Leases SasalL The text of the German communica tion given out in Berlin today reads "In the western theater the enemy, following his custom, placed Middle- kerke and estende (Belgium) under fire yesterday. A large number of the inhabitants were killed or injured by this (ire, including the Burgomaster or Miduelkerke. "Our losses yesterday were small. Our troops attacked the positions of the Kn?ri?h on both sides of the La Bassee Canal. While the attack to the north of the canal between Givenchy and the canal did not lead to the cap ture of any Knglish positions, on ac count of a strong flanking movement, an attack of the troops from Baden. s"ulh of the canal, met with complete success. In this region English posi tions extending for over a width of 1 li meters 1200 yards), were taken by torm and two strong points of tuppovt were captured. Three officers and 110 men were taken prisoners and one cannon and three machine guns wore cantured. "The English attempted In vain to recapture the positions, which had been employed for our own purposes, but they were beaten back with heavy losses. Our losses were comparatively small. "Battles successful for our troops took place on the heights of flraonne, southeast of Laon. All the attacks of the Frf nchi in the .out hern part of the Argonne were repelled. More than 50 prieonerfell Into our hands.", r CHRISTIAN'IA. Norway. Jan. 12. (Correspondence of the .Associated Press.) Norwegian ship owners are watching with the keenest interest for the final outcome or the controversy between the United States and Great Britain over the searching of neutral vessels for contraband of war. There has been, some bitterness in shipping circles in Norway that so many Nor wegian ships have been held up In Knelish and German ports. England's reasons lor halting snip- nine that flies the Norwegian flag is now explained as due to the suspicion that many of the boats are in reality German ships, disguisea wnn ine Nor wegian colors, and ranging all the way from mine-laying trawlers to speedy steamers loaded with coal and pro visions for cruisers. Xarwea-taa Flag IT.ed fcy Germans. As Illustrative of the methods which it is claimed the Germans are pursuing. well-known Norwegian captain has published the story of the "Norwegian steamer Bjorgvin of Bergen," which, when she left New York, was the Hamburg-American vessel "Graecia, hn savs. - . y . . . As the Graecia. ne claims, tne ooai sailed with a cargo of coal and sup plies sufficient for several months for the then German cruisers uoepen and "Breslau." In mid ocean the crew repainted the vessel, altered the name and added a big white J to tne xun- nel to comDlete the illusion. The transformed ship, the captain claims, was halted by an English man of war. It announced that it was the "Bjorgvin" and answered successfully and satisfactorily all questions asked. Onlv when the British noticed tne un- evenness and amateurishness of the painting in of the new name did the ruse fail. Vessel la Captnred. After a brief chase the "Graecia" was captured by the British warships and now lies m the naruor or uiorai tar, where the Norwegian captain re sponsible for the story found her ana learned the reasons for the capture. The real "Bjorgvin," of 2793 tons, actually was crossing the Atlantic at the time the Graecia, of 153 tons, was captured. She was sunk 60 -miles north of Roohall January 2. The English. It is reported here, have heard that the Norwegian flag has been flying- from numerous suspicious vessels, particularly in the North Sea. and that at the time that the cruisers Aboukir. Hague and Cressy were sunk a steamer with the Norwe gian colors was seen in the immediate vicinity. ' CHICAGO HOLDS LIVESTOCK Discovery of Infection at Philadel phia Is Cause of Act. r'HICAQO. Jan. 2C Shipments of caul, aheep and hogs from the stock yards Iters were voluntarily naitaq to day as a result of ths discovery of foot-and-mouth disease in earlot ship ments to Philadelphia. Ths stopping of shipments was by arfement of hippvrs and the Fedsral i spoolers, j THREE BABES ARE DEEDED Parents Give Children to Grand mother and Separate. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. A' quit claim deed to three children was filed with the Queens County Clerk at Jamaica recently, whereby William A. Malone and his wife. Marian B. Malone, trans fer all right and title to and in William A. Malone, Jr., 8: Marion A. Malone, and . Robert A. Malone, 2. to Mrs. Georgianna Malone, of Philadelphia. The consideration Is SI. Mrs. Malone obligates herself to care for and educate the three children un til they are 21 years old. The Philadel phia Mr3. Malone is the mother of the children s parent. The father said he and his wife could not agree. They decided to part, but could not agree upon a division of th children. They visited a lawyer, who advised the transfer of the children to their paternal grandmother and drew the deed. Malone said he had taken up his residence in Manhattan and his wife had gone to Canada. He said that he had questioned the lawyer as to the le gality of the transfer and had been told the same lawyer bad drawn a sim ilar deed in 1908 and the County Clerk of New York County refused to record it. He appealed to the Supreme Court and a writ of mandamus was issued directing the Clerk to accept the rec ord. FIGHT LEAVES RUINS Countryside Near Lodr Is Big Military Cemetery. DUKE IS KILLED IN BATTLE Head of French Family of Durfort- Civrac Is Victim. PARIS. Jan. 26. The Duke de Lorge, the head of the Durfort-Civrac family. according to an announcement today, was killed in battle January 23. He was struck in the head by the splinter ol a shell, which inflicted a fatal wound. The Duke, 25 years old, was serving as a sub-Lieutenant in the Thirty-second Dragoons. The Duke de Lorge succeeded to the title and estates two years ago. when bis rather was killed in London, by fall down an elevator shaft. BRITISH SHIPS DISABLED fContlnued From Flnt Page.) is received a fuller account will be given." Details of the damage sustained by the Meteor were not announced. - Lion la Thick of Fight. The Lion and her sister ship, the Princess Royal, were the largest in the British squadron. In leading the line the Lion came in closer contact with the Germans and did most of the fight Ing. She was largely responsible for the sinking of the German armored cruiser Bluecher. The Meteor Is one of the largest and fastest torpedo-boat destroyers afloat. She is one of y3 of her class built un der the naval estimates of 1913. A doz en similar boats were authorized la he estimates of 1914. Two hundred additional survivors of the German cruiser Bluecher, sunk in the North Sea Sunday by British war- hips, have been landed. They included a few petty officers. Quinine That Will Nervooa, Not Make Yen The happy combination of laxatives In LAX ATIVE PROMO gUININE makes ths Quinine In thw form navs a isr setter effect tnaa the ordinary Quinine, and It does Bat atfeot ths heed. Remember the full name end look far si nature ot S. W. GSOVE oa box, PrioeSo. EVERYTHING LAID WASTE Sight of Russian Trenches Is Hor rible, Shot and Shell Havlnj Worked as Harrow, Says Writer Giving Description. COLOGNE. Jan. 10. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) "Ruins everywhere, and far and wide the flames and white-heat glow of burning ing villages and farms." says a writer to the Cologne Gazette, describing the battlefield of Nowosnln ,,,,. t .i i Poland. "Along the charred timbers of the houses still crept the sparks which an active breeze would not permit to die, as we went through the wilderness of gray-black ruins. iAnfV , d0frs S'ided through the ruined buildings and threw themselves upon everybody in their wa r the fields, where the thin and starved Winter crops , had been trampled into the mud, thousands of homeless pigeons flew about aimlessly. Like their own ers, they had lost their homes t,h t come the victims of this war. Entire Co an try Is Cemetery. Craters In the b where our shells had struck in -rt near the Russian trenches, now a little behind, then a little in front, but al ways ciosa to the mark. V.e ground had literally been harrowed by the bullets of our Infantry. The sight of the Russian trenehpa was norriDie. The losses of the Rus sians had again been heavy and it was a severe lax upon those charged with the work to bury the many dead In company graves. The entire country side was a tremendous cemeterv. "Many of the trenches were still full of dead corpses lying In ths midst of all sorts of food, as if they had been struck down while eating. Pieces of Dreaa ana remains of other fool, empty and filled Un cans, heaps of cartridges, rifles, spades, nicks, knanaxckn. flairi flasks and other articles of equipment filled the space between the dead In tne trencnes. Field Piece la Bfoanmeat. 'The work of the burial nartiee vu nara ana trying, but It had to be done. At any rate, it was not! as sad a duty as burying our own dead. "Toward evening a large number of rude crosses had been set up. marking tne resting places or those for whom many a hot tear will be shed. On a hill Russian and German graves were close together grouped about a heavy Russian fieldpiece. which had been lit erally smashed by a square hit under the barrel. On another hill I met soldiera of the regiment, who were burying their comrades, going to work silent ly and with sad expressions on their faces. One large grave had already been closed, and into the second the harvest of death was being gathered. Foe Praises Dead Russians. "Then the grave began to fill with earth and soon there was a brown hill over it. "Helmets off for prayer,' com manded one of the men, and then the gravedlggers entered upon that second function of theirs officiating clergy men. Those were real prayers. Later I took a walk with a Ser geant. He seemed to know most of those who had Just been buried and bad a kind word for all. He also spoke of the dead Russians, They had held to their positions with a tenacity that deserved all credit, lis saldj they were bravo, i James A. Patten Says Pebplei Who Eat and Sleep Well Make High Markets. SPECULATION IN -DOUBT Veteran Grain Dealer Says Cash and Fntnre Prices Always Come To gether Difference Meant to Cover Charges. CHICAGO, Jan. 26. Optimism and pessimism have a direct bearing on the price of grain, according to James A. Patten, veteran grain dealer and oBard of Trade leader, testifying today in the Government suit for the dissolution of the "call. committee" of the Board of Trade. The Government contention In the suit was that the committee arbitrarily fixed grain prices. The chief feature In fixing prices, Mr. Patten testified, was the problem of supply- and demand. "There are other causes besides sup ply and demand." said Mr. Patten. 'Ttake, for instance, in the years 1893 to 1896 the entire country was In pessimistic state of mind. If the people feel well and sleep well at night they will be in an optimistic state of mind. They will be more willing to look at things in an optimistic way. . Conse quently prices will be good. In 1893 to 1896 the prices all - over the country were In a poor state." Speculation Hard tv Gauge- Give -us your best judgment as to the amount of speculative buying on the Board of Trade here as compared with the actual transactions," asked the Assistant District Attorney. That would be almost impossible. replied the witness. "For instance, the corn market at present is moving free ly. The merchants in Duluth are col lecting a large supply from all over the country. They are storing it there and will. put it on the Chicago Board of Trade next Spring. Not a single car. venture to say, will be shipped to Chicago. They are buying the corn now at a price 7 cents beneath what the price will be in May. These prices must come together. They always do. They will either sell the corn through the Board of Trade for .Eastern consumption or for ex port. They are not greatly concerned as to whether the prices rise beyond the 7 cents or not. Seven cents will cover the interest and storage charges until May. The chief aim is to avoid a decline." Price Unaffected by Call Rule. In response to questions by Assistant United States District Attorney Davles, Mr. Patten said closing prices on the Board of Trade varied only slightly from prices under the call rule. The witness said that If a group of individuals were interested in hav ing the price of grain rise, and after they had succeeded in raising the price, the figure set by the call committee might be affected by the action of the committee. On cross-examination, Mr. Patten Said that the operation of the call rule had in no way affected the prices of grain. Has the suspension of price raising between 1:15 P. M. and 9:30 A. M. the following morning, appreciably af. fee ted prices?" "I think not," said Mr. Patten. 'It is not a fact that through postal cards sent out small dealers thought the price of grain was going to fall immediately and accepted the offers?" Yes, and frequently sold short. EX-EDITOR OF TIMES DIES New York Newspaper - Man and Banker Drops on Way From Club. NEW YORK, Jan. 21. James A. Sperry, ex-manaeing editor and part owner of the Brooklyn Times and prominent in Brooklyn affairs, dropped dead recently in the Williamsburg bridge plaza. Mr. Sperry was a banker, 6s years old, and recently had lived at Marble dale, Conn. He had been in Brooklyn visiting with friends. He was at the Hanover Club, of which he once was president, and appeared in the best of health. He started home and walked out onto the bridge plana. where he suddenly collapsed. He was dead when an ambulance surgeon arrived. Mr. Sperry was bridge commissioner under Mayor Frederick W. Wurster, and was a member of several Brooklyn clubs, including the Congress Club. His wife was Miss Emily Peters, sister of Thomas P. Peters, ex-editor of the Brooklyn Times. : THEATER: TODAY AND BALANCE OF WEEK LYDA BORELLI THE CELEBRATED ACTRESS, IN "THE NAKED TRUTH" IN 5 ACTS A Story of a Real Woman. A Keystone Comedy "HoganV Mussy Job" Coming Sunday SALISBURY'S WILD ANIMAL HUNT TICTURES A Mastervleee a Wild Aalasal Life la Our Owa Great Ceuatry. Educational WaOrfnl TfcrllllmST. 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