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THE MOTtNTXG OREGOSIAN. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1915- RUSSIANS SWEPT BACK IN HUNGARY Last Strongly Fortified Posi tion Is Given Up in Face of Teutonic Advance. AUSTRIA REPORTS PURSUIT Important Battle Is Being Waged on i OO-Mile Front in Galicia and Operations Jn Vicinity of Warsaw Go On. LONDON', Jan. 2S. The official state ment received tonight from Vienna says:. "The Nagryagr Valley has been cleared of the enemy. The Russians, who, with strong forces, had penetrated the val ley as far as tne region north of Okor mezo (Hungary) were obliged yester day to abandon their last strongly for tified position. We captured Toronya. In the pursuix we reached Wyszkow, where engagements against the hostile rearguard began again. "On the heights north of Kezer swaedlas and near . Volovac the Kus eiajis tried to retake their lost position, but were repulsed. We captured 700 prisoners and five machine guns. "There have been small actions and artillery engagements in West Galicia and Poland." - loe-Mlle Battle Develops. A great battle has developed In Ga licia. aloOg a 100-mile front, skirting the Carpathians. This struggle, which Is in pursuance of the new Austro Oerman plan of shifting the weight of attack from Central Poland tq the south,, may mark a turning point in the campaign in the east, and both the Russians and Teutons attach the high est importance to the outcome. The Hungarians, it Is said, have been con centrating In the Carpathian passes since December, awaiting Bavarian re inforcements. The Austro-German armies, if suc cessful, would effectively cripple Rus sia's drive at Northern Hungary. Thus far, there are no Indications as to the result of the lighting In this battle, which probably is still in its prelim inary stage. An official communication from Petrograd says merely that the battle Is developing on a large scale. To the eastward, in Bukowina, there is in progress fighting which is another phase of the Austro-German movement to drive back the Russians to their own territory Apparently the Russian sweep across Bukowina has been halt ed. The Russian report says artillery engagements are in progress, but gives no information of the outcome. Germans Break Through. Meanwhile the struggle continues in the north along the Warsaw front. Re peated German attacks were made, and at one point on the Bzura the attackers broke through to the Russian trenches. The Russian statement says that later they were expelled at the point of the bayonet. - Both Vienna and Petrograd empha size the Importance of the Austrian op erations in the Carpathians. The Aus trians claim the recapture of certain mountain passes, and Petrograd con cedes that the Austrians have thrown fresh men into this region and are evincing activity along the entire Gal ician front. PETROGRAD, Jan. 2S. The general jttaflt of the Russian army today gave out a communication on the progress of the fighting with the Teutonic allies. It is dated January 27 and reads as follows: "In Kast Prussia fighting has con tinued in the region of Malwischken and Lasdehnen. "On the right bank of the lower Vis tula there took place again an artil lery engagement and encounters with advance panles of the enemy. In front of this river. In the neighborhood of Fkempe, we were successful in forc ing back several German battalions. Intruders Are Bnjoaettcd. . "Tnc night ot January 2S and tne tlay following saw no important change on the left bank of the Vistula. The Germans, however, delivered reiterated attacks against our front in the vicln'.ty of Bollmow. but in every case they were driven back. During one of the engagements some detachments of the enemy who have been successful in raining our trenches were dispatched at the point of the bayonet. Attacks made by the enemy In the vicinity of the villages ot Rabskebudy and Kamionalso resulted in failure. "In the course of January 28 our ar tillery bombarded with success the line of the rnemr ana reduced to si lence a German battery at the village of Atlanka, which is near Sochaesew. "In Galicia. tha engagements are de veloping on a Inrge scale. The front extends from Mount Pnkla to Mcunt Wvjskow. On the right wing of this front, we have captured 100 prisoners and two machine anna. "In Bukowina on January 25. In the vicinity of Waleputna, southwest of Kimpolunc. there was an artillery en gagement." BERLIN. Jan. 28. The German War Office today said: "Kastern theater of war: , "Unimportant attempts of the enemy to mako an attacK nortneast or uuro blnnen were repelled. "Near Biexum. northeast of Sierpec, near the West Prussian border In Po land, a Russian division was repulsed, ntherwiso there arc no changes in Po land." TURKISH LINES ATTACK OFTE.X'MVK IS TAKEN AT 3 WIDELY SEPARATED I"OIXTS. Heavy Reinforcements Are Reeeivea at Front From Constantinople Vic tory nf Rnsstsns Reported. PETROGRAD. via IonUon. Jan. 29. The Turks, who. since the reverses they sustained a month ago at Sari Kamysha and ' Ardahan, have been more or less Inactive, again are taking the offensive at three widely separated lioints. namely. In the Tchoruk district directly south of Patnm, near Olti, wpst of Kars, and in the province of Khoi. northwest of Tabrls. Military observers profess to see in this activity an elaboration of the Ger man programme of a stronger offen sive throughout the Carpathian front. The Turkish strength at these three Toints is estimated to aggregate four and one-half corps, or 126 battalions, with SS4 guns. The force Includes 35 cavalry squadrons and 75.000 men of the second line. According- to Russian staff officers tMe Turks since their recent defeats !t:ive succeeded In bringing from Con stantinople about 15 new divisions of cavalry, artillery and engineers. As before the Turks are operating with i;rserum as their base Tiie seneral staff of the Russian army of the Caucasus gives out the following official announcement con cerning the progress of the fighting in that country , "On the morning of January 26 Turk ish forces in the vicinity of Suitan Sellm, in the Tc'noruk country, deliv ered a aeries of vigorous attacks on our positions, all or wnicn we repuiru. .. r rlH RS miles West Of Kars, the Turks, following their cus tom of recent days or taKing w of fensive, sent forward an enveloping i Tki. nnlnmn WAR. IIOWP VCI , CUIUIItll. I "'3 . . thrown back by ns and the Turks sus tained heavy losses. . "In Azerbaijan Province, Persia, ni ....:..;,,- r f the enemv is increasing. It has been noticed particularly that nu merous bands ol K-uros, support j regular Turkish troops, have under taken offensive operations in mo cinity of Khol. but they everywhere have been repulsed. "Along the other Caucasian iruma January 26 the military activity was limited to ritle uring. . BERLIN. Jan. 28. (By wireless to Sayville.) A statement issued today hv the. Turkish Army headquarters at Constantinople annonunces that the Ottoman troops in a movement in the Caucasus nave -f.ntM fhe Russians near Olti, a town 55 miles west of Kars. The Russians. according to the Turklsn statement, lost much war material. COMMONS IS DEPLETED ABSENCE OF ISO MEMBERS DIE TO ' SERVICE IN WAR. Estimates to Claim First Attention but Government Will Be Asked to Explain Conduct of Affairs. Trtvmv - Tan is fforresoondence of the Associated Cress.) Both houses of Parliament will meet on February 2. The House of Commons, depleted in numbers by the absence of ISO mem bers at the front, will plunge at once into the consideration of the outstand ing estimates, which must be imme diately passed upon, in view of the ear ly close of the financial year, iater in the session the Chancellor of t he Exchequer, Lloyd-George, will make his annual statement, a matter of even Imnntan.A thfln MSllal. in ViOW Of the financial necessities of the war. The House ot Lroras, wnicn met iou on January 6 for a brief session, will probably mark time for the first day or two of the new session. Some of the newspapers have criticised the government rather severely for allow ing a meeting of the Lords while tha House of Commons was not sitting. One of the weekly Liberal papers : that "snmA nla.in sneakinsr on this point will be heard when the House of Commons reassemuies. The character of some of the ques tions which the government will be asked to answer regarding the conduct of the war has been foreshadowed. Lord Selborne, in the .House ot wrun debate on January 7, suggested a fu ture demand for inquiry into certain i i i . ,ha nafnl warfare, such 83 the Antwerp expedition and the defeat off the coast ot cniie. uiuer " the same occasion, were critical of the vagueness of the plans for citizen en rollment in case of a raid, and Lord Curzon expressed dissatisfaction with the supply of. men recruited and sent to the front. GERMAN PLEDGE GIVEN AMBASSADOR PROMISES MILITARY WILL NOT USE FOOD CARGO. Necessary Steps to Be Taken to In sure That Government Will Not Ex ercise night of Prc-Emption. NEW YORK, Jan. 2S. A letter from fnnnt von Bernstorff. German Am bassador to the United States, guaran teeing that the cargo of toodstun.3 on k., a the American steamship Wilhel- uu, u ..... - - - - I mina, now on the high seas bound for Hamourg. ucrmauj, "- 1 V. .. 1 1 ..'VI I German government or its rrnv-prnment or its naval or r, .,k,i- . illtary forces, was made publiC( to- mi hr counsel for the shippers. The guarantee was given at tne son itation of attorneys for the W. L. rnmnii;ulnn CnmltailV. - Of St. r.nnia tshinners of the cargo, who fear seizure of the snip Dy war vccia m the allies ana aesire, mey cj. .v free from suspicion that they have sent the foodstuffs for any other purpose than for sale to the ciVil population. Count vou BernstorfTs letter says: "I, as representative of the German government, guarantee to you that the foodstuffs will not reach the German government. Its agents or contractors, nor the military or naval forces. I will further take the necessary steps which will insure that the German government will not make use of its right of pre-emption. "The order of the German federal council, which is at present being commented upon in the press, has merely been issued to prevent food stuffs, at present in Germany, from being cornered and speculated with. hus bringing about an inflation of tlx eir prices. At any rate tne oraer does not affect foodstuffs imported from neutral countries and intended exclusively for non-combatants." MEAT IS HELD AS PRIZE British cixe American Product Con signed to Copenhagen. LONDON, 'Jan. 28. The Danish steamer Kentucky, which sailed from New York, .November 30, for Copen hagen, and was detained December 17 at Kirkwall, later being transferred to l.ith. cleared for Copenhagen January 22. Previously 250 tons of-mcat shipped from New York had been removed from the vessel. This meat has been sent to a prise court. The official British report of the in cident says the meat was consigned to "the Daiiske Fedt Import Company," which it is declared opened its Copen hagen office after the Kentucky had sailed and "which undoubtedly was started with a view to supplying the enemy's forces." . ... The other meat, and the grain, lubri cating oil and foodstuffs on board the Kentuckv was not held. It is an nounced that the delay to the steamer was due to her having stranded at Fraserburghe Bay while en route to Leith from Kirkwall, which fact made Inaccessible that part of her cargo which had been ordered sent to the prize court. FRENCH DESTROYER SUNK German Xews Agency Reports D structlon Ofr Xicuport. BERLIN, Jaiv 28. by wireless to Say ville. N. T. The Overseas News Agency says today: "From a communication made by the French Minister of Marine to a- corre spondent of the London Times. It has been learned that a French torpedo boat destroyer was sunk last week off NieuporU" That boy's after a new suit he means to get it, too ! Maybe your boy feels the same way, but like the office boy who wanted a raise in salary, he s "been too busy to-mention it"! Suits are lower now here's what you pay for the best in the land: . Boys' $ 6.50 Norfolk Suits. . . . . .$ 4.95 Boys' $ 7.50 Norfolk Suits $ 5.95 Boys' $ 8.50 Norfolk Suits. 6.95 Boys' $10.00 Norfolk Suits . ". .... $ 7.95 Boys' $15.00 Norfolk Suits ...... $11.85 Boys' $20.00 Norfolk Suits. . . . . .$13.85 The Same Generous Reductions on Boys' Balmacaans BEN SELLING Morrison at Fourth , GERMANS' JEWELS Gifts Are Pressed on Victor ious British Sailors After Sunday's Battle. NERVES OF SOME BROKEN Ordeal on Board Doomed Cruiser Proves Too Strenuous, but Many Doff Hats and Start Down With Shouts of "Hoch." LONDON, Jan. 29. TheDally Tele graph prints today an interesting story of the last moments of the German ar mored cruiser Bluecher. which was sunk in last Sunday's engagement be tween the British and German squad rons in the North Sea. The story Is prefaced by a record of the return of the British light cruiser Arethusa and the entire mosquito squadron to lt8 base. --- ....... Except In the case of the torped. boat destroyer Meteor, the correspond ent says, there was not a -single casu alty of any kind In the line of small boats and every vessel of this squad ron is as fit to fight again as it was the day it left port Heroism Is Shown. The correspondent says that when the Arethusa fired two torpedoes at the Bluecher that cruiser had no way on and was an easy target. The second torpedo hit her squarely amidships and tore such a tremendous hole in her that she sank at once. X 1 1 V J proved Tho last scene on tne jsiuecner the heroism of tne oerman xaiinrs who were lined up along her O.I1U1 . ' 1 1 - - ' ' ' i . . 1 .kt. . rt mim C H ran, aware mm .... " -V.-: The correspondent says tne men aoiieu M " ' . "and joined in a chorus of "Hochs" as she began to sink. Warning shouts of "jump" went up from the decks of the Arethusa and the spa quickly was dotted with life belted men from the Bluecher. many of whom had been badly wounded by shell splinters. In some cases the nerves of the men had broken under the ter rible ordeal they haa enaurca. Rescued Officers Grateful. The joy of the officers at being res cued found expression in gitts or rings, watches and money to tne res cuers. The British sailors wanted to c thada ,nf. tha nermann nressed the irlfts on them, saying: "You have saved our lives. Take these as little mementoes." The German sailors ii o i Tinihinf to offer, but they were profuse in their expressions of irratltude. They made persistent-'re- quests of their British foes for cigar ettes. The British light cruiser Aurora, ac cording to the correspondent, was In action with the German light cruiser Kolberg. The Aurora's first shot, he ; .. -i Bn-qv ihfi TCnlhrrff's mid ship funnel while her guns raked the nr-rman boat. When last seen by the Arethusa, the correspondent declares the Kolberg was in a sinking con dition. AMERICA FAILS TO AID PROTECTION ' OF PRISONERS RUSSIA IS QUESTIONED. IN Conditions In France Also Are Unim proved Since Bryan's Appeal and New Effort Is Asked. to London) Jan. 28. Word was received here today from Vienna that the Austrian Foreign Minister. Baron Stephan Burian, had telegraphed to Secretary Bryan at Washington, expressing regret that the mcrican diplomatic corps in Russia, into whose care Austrian interests In hot rnimirr were committed at the i. - ti o 1 1 nnt been able to afford better protection to Austrian and German priaoncin t - . - Burian suggests that the American Am hassador at Petrograd make new repre- The Famous "Aquascutum" Coat Reduced to $29 S. ERVIN & CO., OVERSTOCKED LTD. In Men's nnd Women's Fnmons English Costs K. S. ERVIN & CO., LTD., SECOND FLOOR, SELLING BIDG. GIVEN 10 RESCUERS Headed This Way sentatlons to the Russian government The condition of the prisoners. Baron Burlan says, has not been improved, either in France- or Russia since Secre tary Bryan took action in their behalf i . ntrn Rarnn Rnrian reauestS a telegraphic reply from Mr. Bryan. rr.1 T1 ...i ..n t of Wn SthinSftOn . x iic Slate vj.j.. ........ . .- last month forwarded to Petrograd two requests from tne Ausiro-n.uiiBa.." government for better treatment for Austrian and German prisoners of war. Especial emphasis was laid on allega tions that prisoners in Siberian camps were being treated inhumanly. It was also said that conditions in French de tention camps were bad. The State Department authorizes Dr. Paul Reinsch, American minister at Pekin. to confer with the Russian min ister there, with a view to having an investigation made by American mis sionaries in Siberia of conditions among the prisoners. CITY WANTS BONUS BACK Suit Begun Against Concern That Abandoned Shoe Factory. MEXICO, Mo., Jan. 28. Suit to oust the International Shoe Company from doing business in Missouri was filed here today by the City of Mexico as a result of the closing of the factory of the company nere several weeks ago. It Is charged in the suit that the closing of the factory constitutes a violation of the Missouri statute, which provides that a company that accepts money or land from a town for opening a factory there may not dis continue the factory without returning the bonus or its equivalent - The International Shoe Company op erates 23 factories, many of them in Missouri, and employs 10,000 persons. The Citv of Mexico also asks that penalties "aggregating 174,000 be as sessed against the company and that It h onmiielled to refund the bonus money. The International Shoe Com pany is capitalized at 825,000.000. France Increases Bonds. PARIS. Jan. 2S. The Chamber of Deputies adopted today a bill increas ing the limit of the issue of Treasury bonds, which had been fixed at 3,i.00, 000.000 francs ( JTOO.000,000) to 12.000, AAn AAA it nisn Tirovldcs for issuance of short-time Treasury bonds. Thu Minister of Finance, M. Ribot, j declared before the adoption of the bill: "After six months of war, the ex penditures of France have amounted to only r.,uoo,u".uuw iranv: wtou.vuu, 000) of the amount originally appio if hefore the war we had said it.... .mr !iv months' hostilities we would hsve been so far from exhaust made in America of the choicest selected" American wheat v a food that builds sturdy men, fit for the day's work contains more real nutriment than meat or eggs, is more easily digested and costs much less, Iireclde the one universal breakfast cereal that has survived all food fads and has become a staple breadstuff, good for meal in any season, for youngsters and grown-ups. Made in America Two Shredded Wheat Biscuits, heated in the oven to restore crisp- erred with hot mine or uhinr. satisfying meal at a total delicious with fruits. TRISCUIT the Shredded Wheat Wafer, eaten a toast with butter or soft cheese, . substitute for white flour bread ' crackers. Made only by The Shredded Wheat Co Niagara Falls, N. Y. Compare the Leading Player-Pianos of Today at Eilers Music House-Most Attractive Sale of Slightly Used Ones We have announced throughout this week in the daily papers our most attractive sale of little-used Player Pianos. . To coranare different standard makes of Player- Pianos side by side is indeed a rare opportunity and of great advantage to those who wish to make a careful and choice selection There isn't another store in this city much for you. - While we refer to these as sliehtly that many of them could not be regarded other than brand new. We class them as httle-used, by reason or their having been loaned for a short time on special oc casions, such as churches, theaters, lodge-rooms, hotels, for tourists, etc., which does not depreciate their real value. But, following our custom, we on sale at the reduced prices, with many others. Portland are takinir t gicau ii. t.)' j ................. advantage of the tremendous, reductions are being made oy ine r.ners musu; nuum m men so. i e i : ,u 1 ...... .1 Dlni.o, Pionm ITavA vmi over felt salts ui aiigiiiaj-iAocu a i.,jvji .......... the need of music good music in your V i had to forego the pleasure every nome snouia nave u account of the high prices which are generally asked for Player-Pianos? If you have, then here is your oppor tunity a rare chance to secure a very fine standard make in a Playor-Piano at a price that will astonish you. Many of the;se Player-Pianos have been used very Utile; in fact, an expert could hardly tell them from new. Others have been used from three t five years, having been taken in as part payment on our Chickering Artigraphic Player-Pianos. Every Player-Piano is thoroughly over hauled and reconstructed and are now equipped with all the latest features of the modern Playor-Piano, and they will give good service for many, many years to come. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN PIANOLA PIANOS We have included in this wonderful sale a number of Pianola Pianos which we have taken in trade, and, though ased, they are in the very best of condition. A few years ago, before the advent of the modern improved 88-note Autopiano with the human-touch fingers, its automatic guiding device, five-point motor and many other un equaled advantages, Pianola Pianos ranked as the best to be had, and even now the Pianola Pianos in this sale contain all the much-advertised Themodist and Metro style Pointera feature of the Pianola Piano which was of real value before the invention of the modern Solo style and Rythmodic Music Rolls. We have had these pianos in our shop and have them now equipped with the only really practical guiding device, without which no modern 88-note Player-Piano can be considered perfect. We have also equipped these pianos with metal tubing instead of the precarious rubber tubing which is usually employed, and we consider these tho greatest values for the money that we nave ever naa tne jng. tQ the public. ing the sum at our disposal it would have been received with smiles of skep ticism. We have confidence in the un limited resources of the country anu m it- tn rnntfnue the struggle to the end. cream, nuut a compwe, uour- cost of five or x cents. Alto is as or f j A 11 n..iltF naur an per cent from the New York price later and somewhat more used Pianola Pianos, but also in perfect Tu;r' hardly to be told from new, even by an expert will bo sold at a discount of 60 per cent, and still others ot an actual 65 per cent off. Think of it! ?950 Pianola Pianos, playing the latest 88-note rolls, at actually 3&c on the dollar, or only $332.50 actually less than what tho piano part of it alone cost to makes and with free music rolls included. Just glance over the prices which we enumerate below and then take a few moments to step into our store and let us demonstrate some of these pianos for you. Here is the chance of a lifetime for you to supply your home with that long-wished-for music a Playor-Piano that your whole family can play, from the baby up to the father and a good Player-Piano, too. Every instru ment sold is backed by the Eilers organization, and we will consider no sale closed which does not give satisfac tion. With each instrument we give a liberal supply of good music the very best and latest rolls free of charge, and a handsome player bench. w $475 Kingsburg Player, used, 88-note music, $197.00 $550 Stuyvesant Pianola, used, 88-note music, $232.50 $550 Stuyvesant Pianola, used, 88-note music, $356.00 S500 Lessing Player, used, 88-note music $2G5.00 $550 Stuyvesant Pianola, used, 88-note music, $247.00 $600 Bungalow Player, used, 88 note music. . .$295.00 $650 Wheelock Pianola, used, 88-note music. .$372.50 $800 Steck Pianola, used, 88-note music $44r.00 $1050 Weber Pianola, used, 88-note music. .. .$487.00 $1050 Weber Pianola, used, 88-note Music. .. .$5fi5.0O $1000 Krell Auto Grand, used, 88-note music. .$ 445. OO $700 Eilers Player, oak, used, 88-note music. .$397.00 $750 Eilers Player, mahogany, 88-note music, $450. OO $750 Bush & Gertz Player, mahogany, used, 88-note music $ 163.00 $600 Bungalow Player, mahogany, used, 88- , note music $43S.OO $650 Bungalow Player, dull mahogany, used, 88-note music $ob.00 $750 Kimball Player, mahogany, used, 88- o note music Sii'Ri $800 Kimball Player, oak, 88-note music $44a.OO $800 Marshall & Wendell Player, muhogany, used, 88-note music lioSivIIi $650 Playauloma. used, 88-note music $9.00 that can do as used, it is a fact are placing them - in prices which . j home and have i t 1 i Notice 0ut-of-Town Readers We will ship one of these fine riayer-Pianos any where in the Northwest subject to examination and trial. Send for our descriptive catalogues. pleasure ui uner- Junction City Club Is Active. The Nation's Food W heat A latout. i.vnis will be discounted 40 t.llrra lllilldlss llrailwa' at Alder the lt.it of committer, places of meet ing and topics for dlscushlcu. The clui was ni-KHtiUcd October 5. 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