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3 THE MORMXG OREGOMAX. MONDAY, FEBKUAKY 33. 1915. GROUND NEARYPRES RETAKEN BY ALLIES Germans Said to Have Left Several Hundred Dead on Field of Battle. WOOD WON IN CHAMPAGNE ,rvcnlh Counter-Attack at J-M Eparpcs Imported to Have Ilccn Repulsed) Infantry Is In gajed ita BcJguini. PARIS, via London. Feb. 21. The TVar Off ire announced in a statement given out today that part of the trenches near Ypres which the German captured recently had been retaken and that German attacks elsewhere had been repulsed. The statement follows: "In Belgium there were some infan try action. In the section of Tpres we took a portion of some trenches which the enemy had occupied temporarily. It Is confirmed that the Germans left sev eral hundred men on the field. Our losses were slight. Galna In Champagne Maintained. ...... m-aIho wkm mftln- ln V-nampatine mui "j tained. Two counter-attacks by tnc enemy towara nigni jwicruo, "In the Vosges we repulsed three at tacks, one on the northern bank of U Fecht and two on the southern bank. The fighting continues." The following official communication was issued by the War Office tonight: "There has been intermittent cannon ading from the sea to the Aisne with effective fire by our artillery. "In the Champagne region a counter attack by the enemy, which was bril liantly ropulsed. was followed by a vigorous pursuit, which made us mas ters of the whole of the German posi tion to the north and east of the wood captured by us yesterday. Frrsh PrTcn Aaaerted. "On the rest of the front two other counter-attacks were repulsed and we made fresh progress, particularly to the north of Lesmenils. We captured two machine guns and 100 prisoners. "The enemy delivered his seventh counter-attack at Les Eparges. with a view of recovering the positions gained bv us during the last two days. It failed as completely as its predeces sors." fiERMAXS TAKE SMALL TOWXS Successes in Vosges and Xcar Ypres Are Reported. BERLIN. Feb. II (By wireless to Say- ville. N. T.) German successes at the eastern and western ends of the Franco-Belgian battle line are reported in a statement given out today at army headquarters. A trench was captured from the allies near Ypres and In the Vosges several small towns were taken. A small vessel was sunk by a mine off Nieuport. The statement follows: "Near Nieuport an enemy ship, prob ably a mine-searching vessel, touched a mine and sank. Destroyers of the enemy disappeared when shelled. "On the high road between Gheluvelt and Ypres and on the canal southeast of Ypres we took one of the enemy's trenches and a few prisoners. "In Champagne comparative quiet reigned yesterday, after the heavy bat tles of the previous days. "Near Combres three French attacks were carried out with strong forces and with great fierceness. They were re pulsed with heavy losses to the enemy. We took two officers and 125 French men prisoners. "In the Vosges our attack made fur ther progress. In the region southeast of Sulzern we captured Hochrodberg, the heights near Hochrod and the ham lets of Brctzel and Widenthal." AMERICAN VESSEL IS SUNK (Continued Krom First PagO "except when so constructed as to be come harmless one hour at most after the person who laid them ceases to control them." Similarly it was for bidden to lay anchored mines which do not become harmless when breaking loose from their moorings. The con vention also provided: "It la forbidden to lay automatic contact mines off the coast and ports of an enemy with the' sole object of Intercepting commercial shipping. "When anchored, automatic contact mines are employed, every possible precaution must be taken for the se curity of peaceful shipping." Weak Phraseology Defeats End. These articles were criticised because of objections to their weak phraseol ogy. Germany at the time pointed out that "the belligerent has only to assert a different object. in order to make it illusory." Germany's opposition was backed by France and Russia, although England favored a proposal to prohibit outright the use of contact mines for closing against commerce ports that were not being attacked from the sea. One eminent English authority. Profes sor Lawrence, who was disappointed at the failure of the Hague convention to provide for regulations against the use of mines, wrote prophetically then: "Whereas, in the past the only way of closing an enemy's port against all neutral commerce was to blockade it, and the only way to blockade it was to station a ship or ships in such a posi tion ss to create evident danger to all vessels attempting ingress or egress, for the future it will suffice. In the Judgment of many powers, to lay a cordon of anchored contact mines across the approaches. Neutrals must indeed have lost all virility if they will quietly submit to this. It will not mean the comparative triviality of hav ing their ships and goods confiscated by a belligerent prize court. They will he destroyed instead; and all on board will be sent to their doom." , Neutral' Rights Defined In Law. Inasmuch as the second Hague con vention failed to provide an agreement on the EUbject of mines, previously ac cepted principles of international law are held to be in force. In one of the publications of the United States Naval College for the benefit of the American Naval commanders, the status of the question of mines and torpedoes is thus summarized: "It may be affirmed that the use of mines is a legitimate means of hos tilities as between belligerents. This position does not imply that mines may be used at will without regard to those not concerned in the war. "It is generally admitted that the belligerent's Jurisdiction is the proper area for hostilities, within this area, therefore, there may be a greater freedom of use of mines. The sole re striction here should be that the mines should be under control, that is, the belligerent should be able to control the mines In such a way that they should not imperil the neutral or the belligerents might keep the neutral from or guide him through the mine area. The use of mines should be confined strictly, to military operations and areas and perils should not extend to innocent neutrals." The reference in message from American Consul Fee to the destruction of the Evelyn "at Borkum," was in terpreted in some quarters as meaning that the vessel was within the terri torial waters of Germany when she struck the mine. Consequently some ofClcials believe a claim for damages against Germany might be made by the American owners. As the Evelyn was insured by the Cnited States war risk insurance bu reau and is 1 ho first vessel lost that had been covered by Government in surance, an interesting precedent in in ternational law may grow out of the proceedings. CARGO VALUED AT ?350,00O Eveljn, Built in England, but Home Port Was Philadelphia. NEW TORK. Feb. SI. The steamer irir. ..mk In the North Sea yester day by'striklng a mine, was carrying a r cotton to the firm's agents in Bremen. William L. Harrlss. of the firm u.-i.. Trl.v & Vose. the ship's owners, said tonight. Mr. Harriss valued the cargo at about 13511.000. The cargo was insured with tne Government, ne said. .. . , The Evelyn saiicu irorn ima ! Bremen January 7 and was reported arriving at Rotterdam j-cDruarj n. further report of her movements nu been received until the news came to dav that she had gona to the bottom. Vr.-i.;.. if-nrfi rivp the comple- ment of the Evelyn at Sj men, so that r srEXF. OF SINKING OF AMERICAN STEAMER BY MINE IN J NORTH CROSS MARKS BORKUM ISLAND, It is probable that all on board the vessel were rescued. The Evelyn was a single-screw steel steamship and was commanded by Cap tain Smith. She was 252 feet long ana iiss net. She was built in South ampton, England, in 1883. Her home port was Phlladeipnia. MINE'S NATIONALITY UN KNOWN Scene of Disaster Is Directly Within German Territory, onpiiiw vitL Tondon. Feb. 21. The i ,t'mer Evelyn, which sailed from New York on January 29 with a cargo of cotton for Bremen, struck a mine yesterday off Borkum Island, in the North Sea. The vessel sank. Her captain and 27 of her crew were saved The nationality of the mine which destroyed the Evelyn has not been es tablished. .... i The Evelyn is the nrst. Ame..v... vessel to meet disaster as a result of . A Tiimnpnn nations. one sea vv aritnc v. t did not sink within the war zone In cluded in the German Admiralty a uc cree of February 4. which went into effect on Thursday. Borkum Island lies directly off the German coast at the mouth of the Ems River and is German territory. ITALIAN BOATS SHELLED At STRIAX ATTACK CAUSES EXCITE. MEXT IN ROME. General Fight Is Staged In Latin Cap ital by Central and War Factions. Police Charge Crowd. nipt Ttoiv via Rome. Feb. 21. The fishing-boat Gesu arrived today, from Antivari, Montenegro, and the members of her crew said that the Gesu and the fishing-boat Saturno. while flying Italian nags, i.u fired on by two Austrian iorpeu--"-This report has caused great pop ular excitement in Rome. r: . - . ,.,... r the Gesu iMemDers ui said that the vessel was anchored near Antivari with the Saturno. when the Austrian torpedo-boats approached. . . . i ,;,.l.inir vaceplfl nr. The captains oi me ' dered their crews 10 lanu. The Austrians. according to this re . tho erews and then on the vessels, while Austrian aeroplanes dropped bombs. No one on either vessel was injured, but the Saturno was damaged so badly that she was unaoie w ROME. Feb. 22. A general fight, in which many persons were wounded, oc curred today at a meeting called by the parties favorable to Italy's remain, ing neutral in the war and those de siring the government to intervene, at which it was intended that speakers should give their respective views. The police finally charged the crowd and dispersed it. WOOL BRINGS THOUSANDS Bale Sold in Ixmdon Adds $11,500 to Patriotic Funds. LONDON, Feb. 4. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The first bale of wool ever bought by a woman on the Wool Exchange realized a total of 111, 500, which will be divided among patriotic funds. This bale was given by a Sydney (N. S W.) firm and sold in that city in No vember for $2500. ine purchasers shipped it to London to be auctioned for patriotic purposes. Many women were present and bid as eagerly as the men. Starting at a bid of 250, It was sold many times ove for various sums, which, when totaled, reached S305. A "sweep" by several wool brokers prior to the auction added to the Sydney proceeds and the final sale of the bale to a woman at 60 cents a pound brought the total amount real ized up to J11.500, RUSSIAN COLUMNS AWAITING ENEMY Strategy Changes as Border Is Passed and Germans Meet Obstacles. THAW ACTS AS BARRIER Indications Now Point to Succession or Stubbornly Fought, but Sep arate Battles V'ndcr Diffi cult Condition?. (Special cable to tb New Tor VI orld. Copyright, by the Press 'h lishln, Company. mulshed by arrangement Un the World.) FETROGRAP. Feb. ID Since the great German forces brought their last concerted sweeping movement across SEA. W HERE EVEIYS WENT DOWN. East Prussia to the borders of Russia, conditions facing them have Imposed a radical change in their tactics. The central aim of their operations was clearly defined up to a point when the Russians succeeded In drawing out from a gap between the swift columns of the Germans north and south which were beginning to pass beyond them i.n both flanks. Raulnn Columns Combined. The Germans now find that they have still to fight a combination of Russian columns inside the fringe of Russia and in the bare, thinly populated plains of Northeast Poland. The determined fight the Russians have maintained in the angle between Russia and Poland along the line from the Lyck to Grajewo, where they still hold' the ascendancy, h;La orevented a co-ordination of the attack by the German army that crossed eastward on the borders of Poland ana its northern partner, which is now held up against the Russian defenses on the Niemen River. This arrest of the German combina tion has led to a noticeable scattering of their operations. Numerous detach ments from the southern army have been drawn by the Russians toward the east bank of the Narew River, where they have engaged in separate fights on the broad belt of marshy forests, particularly along the Rossogo tribu tary, which joins the Narew at Ostro lenka. Separate Battles In Prospect. This enforced dissipation of the en ergy by Germans is entailed also by the tactics of the Russians in the Su walkl region and further north. It Is expected that Marshal von Hindenburg will have to have substantial reinforce ments to link up the broken and scat tered lines into which tha invading army is now spread. The trac" '.ess country along the Narew Is rendered still more difScul. by the soaking thaw, and Is naturally a barrier to a flank attack in force against the Russian northern communications with the cen tral campaign in Poland. Immediate prospects point to a suc cession of separate stubborn battles under the cost of trying natural con ditions. Even when not in contact with the enemy an infantry column with only the barest necessary transport can cover scarcely six miles a day. The Russians are doing well in the Carpathians and in Western Galicia. They secured the strong position of Gorlice with the control of the rail ways. The Germans and Austrians together lost heavily in their efforts to reach the Eaphtha region. GROUND LOST BECAUSE OF WAR WON BACK AGAIN. Increase Over Corresponding Period of Previous Year Is First Since Depression Was Noted. CHICAGO. Feb. 21. (Special.) Bank clearings for the entire United States in the week ended February 20 showed the first increase over the correspond ing period of the previous year that has occurred in any weekly report since the war began. These exchanges between the banks for the week designated, which indi cate the increase in the country's busi ness activities, totaled 3.273,338,298, comparing with J3.256.847.192 in the corresponding week last year. It is also significant that the figures for the week ended February 20 show an increase of J618.000.000, compared with the pre ceding week ended February 13. Since the figures are those reported at the country's trade centers, "it is evi dent that they reflect trade gains, al though an analysis shows that a con siderable part of the gain probably can be attributed to checks of large denom inations cleared In connection with re cent large financial operations. The cash purchases of goods and sup plies by the warring nations in Europe alsj go a long way toward swelling tha clearings figures. 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The Austrians are vigorously push ing their campaign in Galicia and Bukowina, notwithstanding the un favorable weather conditions. German army headquarters today Is sued the following concerning the situation on the eastern front: No actual changes have occurred In the district northwest of Grodno, north of Osscwetz. southeast of Kolno, and on the front between Przasnysz and the Vistula east of Plock the battles are taking their course. "There i3 nothing new from Poland south of the Vistula." The following official communication was received today from Vienna: "The situation in Poland and West Galicia generally is unchanged. Yes terday it was calmer. "In the battles on the Carpathian front from Dukla Pass to Wyszkow several Russian attacks again were re pulsed wtih heavy losses to the enemy, who lost 760 men taken prisoners. "The operations south of the Dneis ter River are progressing. "In Bukowina all is calm." 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HORSES REALIZE DANGER Riderless Troop Halts at Sound ot Rattling Rifle Bolts. LON'DON Feb. 6. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) A remarkable instance of horse sense, when several riderless steeds broken loose in the night Ignored a challenge to halt but stopped on hearing the rattle of rifle bolts, is related in a letter from the '"we were on patrol along a dark roadway." says a British trooper -when we were startled by the thump of hoofs. The sound af galloping came nearer and nearer down the road until the time came to shout a sharp halt! The horses were almost on us when we challenged a second time. No stop. In a second the patrol released safety catches and opened the cut-outs. At the metallic ring of the bolt actions the horses reared back on their haunches. Advancing, with our fingers on the triggers, we found the animals were unsaddled and without riders. "Later we learned they had broken out of their stable. 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