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. THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2o, 191o. ALLIES PRESSING TO RELIEVE RHEIMS French Official Report Says Fresh Progress Has Been Made in Champagne. ! ENEMY'S LOSS IS HEAVY Two German llcglmcnts Driven From .Positions Said by Prisoners to iravc Brcn Cut in Twain. ; Buttle Hand to Hand. f lOSDON. Kcb. 24. (Midnight.) . ws that the allies have made fresh ' progress In the Champagne district in j France is contained in the official I report of the French War Office issued In Paris tonight. This Is regarded as ; especially important because if the 1 movement is successful on a scale of any magnitude, it will result fn relicv " In? the pressure oi Rheims. which has been under bombardment almost in- 2 ccssantly since the beginning . of tho S -war. The report said: ' "There have been artillery ensaze- - mpnis from the Lys to the Aisne. " times rather spirited and all favorabl to us. - -In the Chamnacne region to th .-, rtf vn.il v. iiAve made fre: ? progress and repulsed several counter r attacks. Our artillery on the neign j: of the Meuse has silenced several Ge i man batteries. Heavy German ln Reported. - 'CnnnUmAntnrv renorts emDhasi " the" importance of the success at Les Kparges and the extent 01 ine cnemj i -.,.- nn nmMll section of a lin t carried by us -we have already found - CAA nrm9n killed. "According to prisoners captured 3 after the action, two regiments lrlvei Z from their positions by our attack los ; more than 3000 men: tnai in iu 5 more than half their strength. "We have made progress in the Bo - -n-tiio in tho foret of Aoremont." ; The eastern official report from Paris Z was one of the briefest oi recent aays ; It said simply: 1 1 ,' i . . . V. a Avpanrinn if a. fpw SUC' 2 cessful actions on the part of our troops - near AUDeriae-sur-ouippe. nuunn v T i r r nr1 1 in- e h n a ncrllrred Mince the R"iV - ins out of the communication of last night. We have made further progress toward tne norm oi l ervucs. - f.rrmaai Report Clalma Victories. - The official report from Berlin, how - ever, reports with relation to the fight Z . n cho mn;i i-ti that the French In - fantry attacks failed. The text of this - report was: - "Near Perthes, in Champagne, French '- infantry divisions yesterday made an Z Attack on several places. Violent hand. C to-hand fighting took place, which T everywhere resulted in favor ot the T Jermans. This enemy suffered heavy 7 Josses and was driven back to his posl 1 tions. : "In the Vosges , German attacks ; against Sulzern and Muehlbach east of - Ktnawir miilH nrnprKS In the en ; casements during the last few days we ; riade 600 prisoners. Otherwise noth - ing important has occurred on the .. "Western front." E .(('RE 5IKS 60 FEET AKO HOME DAMAGED IEAR LASSEN PEAK. on All ef Tnli Valley, California, Is Af- fected by 5e-ere Tremor aid T Larce Rocks Disappear. REDDING. Cal., Feb. 24. News was brought here today of a severe earth quake Sunday night in Twin Valley, 50 miles east of here, and 20 miles north of Lassen Peak. The ground has been cracked in all directions and the borne of Iv-i.i Sampey has been tilted five feet out of plumb by the sinking of the earth. Largo rocks have entirely disap peared. An acre of ground sank 60 feet. The snapping and roar of the earth's crust has been likened by res idents of the diat-ict to the roar of a .heavy wind. The tremblor lasted two minutes and affected the entire valley. Much damage waa done on William Morgan's place, where a month ago there were earth movements following an erup tion of Lassen Peak. It is not known here whether the mountain is now in eruption, as the peak is obscured by 7 heavy rain clouds. 36 PLUMBERS CONVICTED - Men Arc Accused of Combining to KcMrain Independent Trade. DES MOINES. Feb. 24. Thirty-sis ' master plumbers, who have been on trial hero since February 10 on charges of violating the bheram nanti-trust Jaw, were convicted today by a jury in the Federal District Court. The men are residents of Iowa. Ne braska, Missouri, Illinois. Michigan, In diana, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and - are members and officials of the Na . tional Association of Master Plumbers 'and of the state organizations of that body. It was charged in the indictments, ; returned June 4, that the association :.. ad been operating in violation of the Sherman law ever since its organiza ; tion and that it had conspired to in- :.; terfere with the business of plumbers ' and plumbing supply houses not mem bers of the association. : FOLDER TELLS OF FAIR . orthern Pacific Heralds Wonders of Northwest to Tourists. A handsome folder, descriptive of the TVorld's Fair at San Francisco and of Mie exposition at San Diego, has just ton issued by the Northern Pacific T:aiiway in an effort to Ruldc tourists making the Caliofrnia trip through the , : jsorthwest The advantazes of traveling via the Northern Facitie. through Portland and r on the new steamers to the Worlds ; Fair city are pointcJ out. Yellowstone "Park and some or the other scenic ' Harms of the Northern Pacific -route 1 are presented In story and in picture. The pamphlet will bo distributed ; throughout the East. Heavy German Gun Bnrt.. ' - GENEVA (via Paris). Feb. J4. One ' of the largest and newest of the heavy ' tierroan guns in the bombardment of a position of the allies near Thann, Al-r-iace, exploded today. One officer and five sunders were killed. NEW Undamaged Edifice in Battle Area Almost Unknown. GRAVEYARDS LAID OPEN High Steeples Furnish Commanding Observation Points and Sooner or Later Shells Strike Them. Strange Pictures Left. tsepi.iv Feb. fi. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The extent to which village churches have suf fered damage is observed by an Asso oiateH Press correspondent who re cently visited many sections of the war area. u fnnnH mnnv recrions where an un damaged building within a 10-mile ra dius of recent battle lines was a ranu and an undamaged cnurcn annum un known. "With their high steeples ine churches have furnished most com manding observation points and sooner or later some well-aimed shells have struck them. Strange pictures are oc casionally presented by these ruins. At Konnine, a namiei . r f Nftmur. shells have pierced the walls of the church tower irom eaca biub. Grave Opened by Projectile. iru. .,mw Dt.rH a nn four Drecarious corner legs of brick and a gaping hole reveals the framework of the chimes, whose tones are now hushed. The Bel-e-n had a lookout with a field tele phone In the tower. The churcnyara mmosionra ipset or marked by flying splinters of .i.it- i n..rfin had been bared 8.1C.119 M1V- -,...... " " . - by a plunging projectile. A hooded ar- . e iAn fajiH with crlass. raneiniii. 1 v' " " . - containing a wreath of immortelles. had been demoiisnea. nern r--p" the little body or our M , says me j i.Hnn rr .ho marble slab. The name, except for the initial letter, has ieen deraced ty a iragmeni oi enei-. fi l. f . nf thA Conflict at Bonnine can be judged from the ap pearance or a neia near ine tuun-u. it mni.lni about an acre of land. A hedge surrounds it. In all this acre there is no spot it ieet square wn. l sneil nas not iaucn. Great Cracifix Alone Escapes. Evidences of equally tremendous hell fire are seen inside the fortress . j i TViorn in a Til nt between two of the forts, 'some 140 by 250 feet. 33 shells had pitted tne earin ana it had struck on the walls surrounding ie piol. . rninv la XTi.fflninen went of Arras, a cemetery was throughout a . . . -1 . 'noie oay tne scene ui qwijci a... .i,uk .m. A 1 tha !,Tirh Vtti heen driven " ' v - , dislodge the Germans. There is hardly t grave in tne c-ineicry wuoc . : - U i1afao.il hut thA BIUII13 IS IlUt 1 . ll v. uw..bww, " - " " most prominent object in the lnclosure, a crucifix some 30 feet high, does not bear a single mark. Haiti to Be Investigated. Bryan announced today a commission, headed by ex-Governor Fort, of New Jersey, will sail from New York Eatur. day for Port au Prince, Haiti, to make a general investigation ot conditions in that country, long disturbed by revo- i. T. ict unil.rntriAil MnlllAn lead ers will be told nothing but a stable government win receive ro-onmon ui tho United States. ' Colorado Tightens Liquor Law. DENVEIt. Feb. 24. The Colorado House, by a vote of 63 to 0. finally passed today the temperance bill for the enforcement of the statewide pro hibition constitutional amendment. The bill differs from the measure passed by the Senate In that tt would prohibit the Bale of liquor by drugstores or by any other agency or Individuals. The meas ure will be sent to conference. Albuquerque Is to be connected with (.rand Quivrra ruins by a modern, biffhway 60 miles long. , . It ft fs - oil iMkrm - fu-jl CHURCHES HIT . BRITISH ARMY LANDS IN FRANCE. -7wrKy?nr , v, .its' ! 5 I : : v : ; , TWO VIEWS OF TOMMIES AT ETAPtES AD MAP CAMP IS LOCATED. GREAT ARMY - MOVES Second British Expedition Is Landed in France. SECRET CLOSELY GUARDED Volunteers Xow Heady lor Firing Une Are Those Who Entered Service Six Months Ago Ac curate Figures Concealed. NEW YORK. Feb. IS. The second British army has reached France. The secret has been closely guarded and no announcement has been made in London. The nows became known here with the arrival from across the At latic of an artist with pictures which he succeeded in smuggling out of the country. The great secrecy observed in Eng land, it is presumed, was partly due to fears of submarine activity by the Germans in the English Channel. Those men are tho first of the volun teers who entered the army six months ago. Many of them were sent to Malta to replace tho regular troops there, which were taken to France to go into action immediately, while the new men were being trained for army work. They are now ready for the fighting line. The enormous movement of troops to France made it necessary to remove the wounded from the towns in Northwest France to points farther south, so that the hospital buildings could be used to house soldiers. It is reported that the new force ag gregates 760,000 men. but accurate fig ures concerning them are concealed. WOMAN IS ARRESTED, TOO Companion of Man in White Slave Case to Be Prosecuted. nijir- a nn troh 24. Jena M. Peder- sen, Chicago manager of a Cleveland, O.. concern, and miss oaaie oiujuhux, his stenographer, were arrested by ..j-.-..t f fir-tula here laat nlfht- the rrv-i-i w. .... . first arrests under the Supreme Court s new rule ontne niann act mu .i .n-.t.fra tn break the law may be prosecuted as well as the men. in aeiauit oi un uic; ..--ted to jail. They were charged with having conspired to violate the white .i.v. ot nn An rust 20. 1914. in coming from Milwaukee to Chicago. PASSPORT FRAUD CHARGED German Naval Reservist Is Impris oned In New Tork. NEW TORK, Fe"bT24. Richard Peter Speglcr, a retired German sea captain. SHOWING WHERE .a n fn tha Rprman navy. CLIIU - 1.5--l ... -. was arrested here today by agents of the Department or justice on a. .-.--of fraudulently obtaining an American passport. Vincent Cook, of Hoboken. N. .T Ulan whs taken Into custody. The Department of Justice agents said they expected to make additional arrests soon. , ,, In the complaint Spegler. is alleged to have obtained a passport under the . arinnteri hv the State Department about January first after the discovery or an aiiegea cuiibjj.h-j to furnish German reservists with American passports. Six arrests were made at that time and the defendants are now awaiting trial. Spegler and Cook were held by a United States commissioner in $15,000 bail each for a further examination. In default 01 bail they were sent to the Tombs. foodsSydoobted SWISS THINKS GERMAN REGCLA. TIONS ARE MERE PRETEXT. Austria-Hungary Takes Over Stocks of Grain and Flour and Will Under take Bread Distribution. m LONDON, Feb. 24. A dispatch to the Post from Berne, says: , "All Germany's war bread regula tions, war cookery schools and other arrangements are not due to any real scarcity of food, but are a pretext to induce charitable Americans to feed the Belgians and the French to feed the people in the portion of France occu pied by Germany." VIENNA, by wireless to Berlin and London. Feb. 24. The Government has taken over all stocks of rye, barley, maise and flour products. The dis tribution of bread will be undertaken in various districts. BERLIN, via London. Fob. 23. The first day's trial of bread cards, which every German has been required to have In order to receive his bread sup ply, caused some misunderstanding and Irletion, out me system in howv'b.i worked well. At the restaurants many of the guests forgot to bring their cards and were not allowed bread. The inno vation also crippled generally the numerous automatic restaurants. HARBOR BILL IN DANGER (Continued from First Fase. increased by 176,000. The Senate com mittee also inserted a provision author. izing the President to take necessary steps to obtain from the Cuban gov ernment reimbursement of $6,500,000 expended for tho army of pacification in 1907-1909. Nightingale Statue Unveiled. LONDON.' Feb. 24. 9 statue of Florence Nightengale was unveiled here today. It is the firyt instance a statue of a woman, aeide from royalty, has been erected publicly in London. On account of the war there were ne ceremonhes. GERM ANYWOULD LET - WILHELMINA ALONE Pledge Not to Interfere in Dis tribution of Cargo Is Conveyed to London. OWNERS NOT HAMPERED Free Dealing in Konmania Grains Mentioned as Proof That tiov ernment Regulations Do Not Apply to Imports. LONDON, Feb. 24. The formal pledge of the German government that it will not assume control of the Wilhelmlna or any other vessel arriving from America reached London today. The declaration, signed by Gottlieb .l. TTftreln Mln- von Jagow, to ucin o-- - ister, was brought here by W. U Brook ing, a member or tne unn the cargo ot the Wilhelmlna. The case Is soon to come before a prize court, and Mr. Brooking's purpose is to make use of the document in presenting the case for the release of the vessel and her cargo as well. " ,..,. The text of the German declaration follows: . , . "By motion of William L. Brooking, manager of the Green Commission Company, of St. Louis, the Imperial Government makes the following dec laration: Immunity Promised Car;o. The cargo of the steamer Wilhelmina, as well as the cargoes of vessels ar riving in the future from America with ehall h Subject Itfvu iwi v. i ""- w - - - neither to seizure nor to selling right, nor to any other government measure . i . : ..-it ' i maximum taKen in tuimoi-uuii ...v.. . prices, according to the measures al ready issued for homegrown wheat. The cargo of the Wilhelmlna. as well as all'future similar cargoes, shall re main the property of the American owner and it can be sold by him at any place at the price asked. "Food coming in this manner to Ger- .(.oil nnt h nisnri for either the army or navy or for any other govern- . ' t i- a M,.tf. r nirndrfl ment purposes, j uc m.c.... ": . . i. .T cv,a11 Iia nermttted to OI Huai mi h1,v" i . . impose upon buyers the obligation that this food be not usea ior me n.i mj the navy or for other government pur poses." Roauuiniaa Grains Dealt In. , . f v. nntAntinn that the 1 1 1 BUJJVii -" German conservation regulations do not apply tO lmporieu gram, ' said today that Roumanian grains had been freely dealt in since the begin- -i . .!. onH that at all times the prices on them had ranged much higher than maximum prices mr Home grown grains. ... , T- D.Ankin(r GOVS J niTI P H T"l 1 1 - A TT1 6 T" 1 11 1 . lj i u i . .-, can sentiment has been created in Ger- a larp-A exnortation of arms and ammunition to Great Britain from America. "unvtravor ' Mr. Brookines said, well informed Germans fully realize that there is no illegality in this. Still they n .. n i. what stand the are shaiuuo iu - American Government will take rela tive to the exportation of foodstuffs to .... ,k.fhr tho United States will insist on its legal rights when this tavors liermany. TV. a ante fnf thA hearlnc: before a prize court on the Wilhelmina's cargo bas not yet been fixed. JfEAT CARGO IS HELD CP Xorvregian Steamer With American Good Taken to Falmouth. LONDON, Feb. 24. The Norwegian steamship Vitiua. tzt ions. ir.. Tork February 13, for Rotterdam, with a cargo of Chicago packing-house products, loaded under the supervision of the British Consul-General at New York, has been detained by the British authorities at Falmouth. Tne jsritisn wia i. uom. - ----- are the Rotterdam consignees of the Vitilias cargo. . , i- i An1 th rnn The American i.iw"i --.- " . : , sulate are working on the case, and It Is believed tne snip mm ; - will be released. NEW TORK, Feb. 24. The steamship . i - iwm r.t QnrAHen. Vltilia, ownea ay was chartered by the Federal Forward ing Company of this city. BOOM COSTLY TO NATION Government Losing $50,000 Yearly. in Mall Service to Idaho Camp. SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 24. (Special.) The Government has started a mining boom In the Elk City district of Idaho and the flurry is costing it just about SO 000 a year, according to the stories of mineowners and prospectors from that camp, who are attending the Northwest mining convention. With the camp 50 miles from the railroad, tho low-grade claims lay idle for years, the owners being unable to ship their ore out or to get foodstuffs and supplies to the camp at living prices. The Government is carrying all the traffic now by parcel post and everything from toothpicks to mining drills find' a place In the mailbag. Since the Inauguration of the parcel post the greatest activity seen in many years has been started and Important announcements are being made by property owners or lessees. ANTWERP LOWERS PRICES Eleven Pounds of Flour Is Jtaximum Purchase Permitted. prct, Feb. 6. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Dispatches from Antwerp announce that the Burgomas ter has lowerea tne in.v"""i'i . i, .. finnr which are now 4.8 cent- a ponnd for wheat bread. Oil to rioioK Coys CHAT -NO. 14. Portland people have an especial reason lo be proud of "The Warrens of Virginia." A Portland woman is linked Jowly with the story. David Belasco consulted many time Judge A. J. Dittcnlior.frr, father of Mrs. Leon Hirsch, of this city, in the filming of the great play. Judge Dittenhoefer is the sole Surviving member of the State of New York, of the Electoral College which declared Lincoln President. "Judge Dittenhoefer had an influence in bringing about the events in the drama," Mr. Belasco wrote to the Peoples Theater. Mr. Belast o had films made of the Judge, which he sent to Mrs. Hirsch, who has kindly loaned them to the Peoples Theater to use with "The Warrens of Virginia," with a special title, bearing the signature of David Belasco. "David Harum" will be the special attraction next week at the Peoples. Don't forget our remarkable blendid bill, headed by "The Court fry Boy," now on at the Star Theater. There are many other features there, including "The Fibber and the Girl," with Mry Pickford. My next chat will be in Saturday's Oregonlan. rents a pound for rye bread and 5 '.4 cents a pound for wheat flour. No more than Jl pounds of flour nisv be sold to one person at a lime, and dealers charging more than the max imum price render themselves liable to imprisonment up to five years. Ger man papers print this dispatch with comment on the. low price of food In Belgium as compared with those pre vailing in Germanv. CZAR CHARGES CRUELTY JIVTIbATlOX AI KILLING WOl'NDF.D ABE ALLEGKI). OK Rossi an Frlsaaers Put to Death, Civil Population Attacked and Tumdnma Are Vaed, Washiostoa Is Told. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The Rus sian Ambassador, George Bakhmeteff, sent the State Department today a memorandum from his government charging Germany and Austria with violations of the Geneva fced Cross con vention and of part of The Hague con vention, with mutilation and killing of wounded Russians, with putting to death Russian prisoners, with attacks on the Russian civilian population by German and Austrian armies; attacks against Russian troeps by the civil population of German and Austrian ter ritory: the use by Austria ns of dum dum bullets, and the desecration and pillaging of churches. The document was presented to the State Department, it said, not as a pro test, but as a matter of Information. It was announced that similar com munications were made to all other neutral countries. The embassy also sent a copy to the American National Red Cross with a letter of protest from Prince Alexander of Oldenburg, head of the Russian Red Cross. HELGIAV WOMEN'S MILITARY CAPS ARB COXFISCATKD. Appearance of Soldlera' Headgear on Wives Causes Too Much Patriot ism to Suit Authorities. RS-rM.iv Foh 54. via London. A Tageblatt dispatch from Brussels says "The latest craze in millinery Bel tian soldiers- caps attained suci great popularity that the German armies have had to confiscate the new style ot headgear. "The soldiers1 wives and sweetheart had discarded the flag and the othe -i .j.n,nin, thv for DailUIIM .VVM , merly wore and adopted the hats or .oi-airvmon and carbineers, which they iiu.j . mkieii anele. The fad threat ened to create a public nuisance, as the wearing of the hats by the womc caused outbursts of patriotic cnthusl asm at every turn. "The women took the conflscatloi good-naturedly, the milliners being th only Ccs to grieve." WATER BOND SALE 0. K.'D Council Approves Recommendation on $460,000 Issue. a recommendation ot City Commissioner Bigelow that an jssun oi - year 4 per cent water bonds Issued to raise money ior new -v. .. - struction during 1915. be sold to the Harris Trust ; cavmn ca5? . .Hr.H a hid of M.0S for the entire issue on condition tht the bonds are acceptaoie tor mv.-....-.- ni th savinar bank luws LPUr PVOro u.i".. -- - .w.. Ktnti of Massachusetts. If they are not acceptable, the company will pay only 93.03 per oent. The question ot the aceepiiDiiiiy ui um be determined oeioro mo . su mated. Berlin Prepares for New loan- BERLIN (via London). Feb. 24. The imperial government win issue smi.j its second 5 per cent war loan. This U to consist of 1260.000,000 in treasury notes, maturing at an average "l J", vearB. The issue price will be about 98.50. Mumps Kpidcmlc at Bandon. -. r . oc'l IT.' T VT T) Ar Feb. PlT- .1.1 . Di- ir. 1 Houston, city health officer of Bsndon, is threatening a gen eral quarantine to stamp out mumps, which has invHdcd the f.-hnnl, wnd the mm THEATER DON'T MARRY Until You Hare Seen Featuring BLANCHE SWEET Mac Marsh, Donald Crisp, Rob ert llarron and Owen Moore Showins: All This Week Coming; Sunday Betty Nansen in "The Celebrated Scandal" or "The World and His Wife" city authorities sre considering the advisability of closing- the schools Twenty-four scholars are out f one building on account of the epldrml' and thre tenchers rr on tho lck KM Remainder of This Week THE CHRISTIAN HALL CAINE'S Great So ciety Drama Visualized Wonderful Tortrayal of Con test between Good and Evil for the Soul of a Beautiful Girl Coming SUNDAY Cominj Solution of "The Million Dollar Mystery" The Grand Finale of the Great Mystery Serial riioto-I'Iay 10c ADMISSION 10c America's Greatest Cigarette and tpTx" LigtrrOa si Uk VtrU, ITS I.HKAT l OIt U.1IKV Bonus ami uTOMAin. 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