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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, '- 9IOXDAT, MARCH lr 1915 - . AMERICAN VESSEL SEIZED IN CHANNEL By FRENCH CRUISER. RUSSIANS RETAKE ROUMANIA FINDS CITY OF PBZASNYSZ 2 PROBLEM COMPLEX Town Practically Destroyed in Changing Hands Four Times Within Week. I 10,000 GERMANS CAPTURED arly 200,000 of Kajser's Soldiers Made Prisoners In North Poland Since War Began, Kays Foe. Czar Plans Xew Move. LOXDOKT. Feb. 28. Not since the war Began has more vicious fighting been recorded than that in the region of Przasnyss, orth Poland, according to .Petrograd reports, the Polish city hav ing changed hands tour, times in less than a week. Tonight the Russians were the possessors of the town, ac cording to reports from both German and Russian war headquarters. The Germans first took the city last week, reporting that 10,000 Russian eoldiers had been captured with it. The Russians retook the place Friday with 3600 prisoners and announced that the quantity of war material captured was et that time too great to be estimated. The Germans with heavy reinforce' ments returned to the attack Satur day and after an all-day battle in the streets, hand-to-hand, they caDtured Przasnysz. only to lose the place for the second time with, more than 5400 presoners. Is Destroyed Przasnysz practically has been de stroyed. "Since the beginning of the war Gen era! BrussilofTs army has captured 1900 tierman officers and 186,000 'soldiers, says the Petrograd communication, 'which adds: "The seemingly diminishing power of xne uerman operations from the Vistula to Kiemen. which is particularly evi denced mine lighting around Przasnysz, where the Germans have been thrown back on the defensive, has led the Russian general staff to plan & new offensive movement. According to the general staff operations are now in a transitory stage preceding the begin ning by the Russians of a general ag gressive campaign over the whole of the northern front." The official statement from the Rus eian general staff received tonight says: "On the left bank of the Nlemen, to the north of Grodno, the action in creases in intensity. The battle ex tends now far in front of the fortified worKS. Villages Chaage Hasds. "On either side the attacks are bus ported by the fire of the artillery. Vil lages cnange Hands. "Uunng an attack on Height 103 we captured six GeVman guns and sev eral hundred prisoners. This height, as also those in the riirRHnn nf the vil lage of Kelbaski, fell into our bands on the evening of February 27. ine anuiery engagement near Ossowetz is still going on. On the nignt or February 27 the enemy brought up new reinforcements and again invaded Przasnysz. A fierce battle for the possession of that town I was fought all through the day, but xnai evening we were masters of it. The German defenders In large num- oers lam down their arms. "In the other sections of the battle field beyond Przasnysz, we also made important progress. In several places the enemy abandoned wounded and convoys. RdmIsbs Igsore Resistance. "Our troops are gallantlv endeavor Ing to develop their success; they pay no attention to the enemy s fierce re- distance and forget their own fatigue. 4. w wuuiuci ui tiuovncia ut&ea anu I already sent to the rear of our line amounted on the evening of the 27th to 68 officers and 6400 soldiers "On the left bank of the Vistula,, on tne uounaietz, the situation is on changed. "In Gal ic la our irooia, luvuncmj i from the Tchet-Chva Valley to the Jas sinovitz-rtozmatow rront, inflicted on the Austrians a severe defeat. This offensive movement was carried out in the midst of a thick forest. Our regl ' ments. which were not supported by artillery, were obliged to hack their way with the bayonet. In this battle ' we captured 4000 prisoners and nine machine guns. ' Loss Admitted by Gennsns. German army headquarters today issued the following official communi ration: "Northwest of Grodno new Russian forces advanced yesterday, but Ger man counter-attacks threw back the Russians onto the advanced position of the fortress, wo took 1S00 prisoners there. "Northwest of Ostrolenko an enemy at t ark was repulsed. "The German troops retreated before superior enemy forces advancing on Przasnysz from the south and east into the region north and west of this town. "South of the Vistula there have been no developments of Importance." The official Austrian report follows: "Twelve hundred and fifty Russians were made prisoners in the taking by assault of one of the heights in the battle of Southeastern Galicia. "The west front is quiet." CARRANZA STANDS FIRM (Continued From First Fage. instead of 6.000.000. Three days was given as the limit. General Stabbed in Crowd. The most serious demonstration. growing out of the arrest of the priests in' Mexico City, occurred last Sunday. Little crowds of Catholics gathered in various parts of the city and in the downtown district a gathering, made up largely of women, began parading. This crowd was met by a counter ele- , ment crj'ins "Down with the church" and "Death for the priests." Colonel Bertrand. according to ac counts, elbowed his day into the strug gling mass of people and was stabbed. but meantime, it is said, he shot and killed two men in the Catholic con tingent. Soldiers who had- been called out fired, wounding several. Four dead bodies were found later. Unconfirmed reports reaching here today are that more rioting is now in progress. Less likelihood that Carranza will order the evacuation of Mexico City now exists and the continued shipping to the city of foodstuffs tends to sup port the assumption that Obregon will hold his army there. H is yet en gaged in an almost daily struggle with soldiers of Zapata. Tale ef Cobweb Clothes. Dartmouth (N. H.) Lantern. Mr Piatt L Tude Marriage is a lot- i -n XT 1 V rhaa tfry I air a. rropoo ui ."" cobweb clothes tbo women are wearing now. - v ; I ' - , tt- - iff II Trro Views at Dads. Takes Just Prior SPIES FLAVOR TRIP Lusitania, Eastward -Bound, Is Ship of Mysteries. TYROS NO LONGER SEEN AVill Irwin, on Way to Disturbed Continent, Describes "State of War" That Begins on Pier and Is Manifest Everywhere. (Oontinued From FIrBt Page.) Blay away irom trouDle. He has al- ready made up his traveling party from the boat. It includes an oil man, a steel man and the wife of a correspond ent assigned to the Russian army. The tour will take seven or eight days from London if they have good luck by steamer from Newcastle to Norway, by train to the Arctic regions of the Scandinavian Peninsula, 40 miles by sledge to the Finnish railways and thence by train to Petrograd. The oil man intends to remain in Russia only two weeks, then back again by the game route, unless in the meantime the ice is broken in Archangel Harbor. Mysterious Passengers Aboard. Senator Young remarked yesterday In the presence of Captain Dow, skipper of the Lusitania: It would be fun to make every one on board tell why he's going to Eu- rone. H'm." said Captain Dow, "I'm think ing you'd get some long passages of silence." For we have a few mysterious pas sengers, who seek no smoking-room ftrnuaintanrps n nA trv to make them- selves as inconspicuous as possible. must be tantalizing; I -cannot repeat some things 1 nave neard, out tnere are two or three pretty little spy games going on under the surface of life on the Lusitania. One of them. In fact. would make a Philipps Oppenheim novel - international intrigue, spy against spy. Just now, so far as I can learn, the allied spies are ahead of the same. I suspect that as soon as we land in Liverpool two or three of our passengers will disappear, not to be seen again until the war is over. It is lucky for them. Indeed, that they are landing in England instead of France or Germany. The Continental nations imprison spies only long enough to get the firing squad ready. Arrests 1VI1I Be Made Quietly. In this case judging by what I have seen before none of our passengers WILL IRWIV AG A IV TO VISIT AND WRITE OP SCENES IS EUROPEAN WAR ZONE. Will Irwin. The Oregon! an prints this morning the first of a, new series of articles by Will Irwin de scribing the war in Europe from informat ion gathered at first hand. Mr. Irwin is not only a trained observer of historic events, but a writer whose reputation is al ready made. He deserves to be rated as a veteran correspondent, since this is only one of several voyages he has made to the scene of the tremendous tragedy that is convulsing Europe. In his opening article of the series he mentions the change that has taken place in the character of travel across the Atlantic. He is writing on board the liner Lusitania. In his next he will describe the change that has cotne over England as a result of seven months of war. The series will be presented in The Oregonian by arrangement wit'.i- the New York Tribune. jj4BitimmmiimL, ! pirn "r" I J V 1 ! hit J- " I t f j ' VI r f - - to Her Sailing. American Flag as It will ever see them arrested. It will all be done very quietly, but very ef fectually, and certain documents of vast import to the history of nations will go on their way unatolen and un- copied. We have been going through the mo tions of a regular voyage on a regular floating hotel: but we have had little heart for the game. The auction pool was a failure; the smoking-room gave it up on the fourth night. But the ship's concert became a live issue. The men who went down on the Cressy, the Aboukir and the Hogue were naval reservists, and as such came under the benefits of the seamen s fund. The mariners of England must take care of their widows and orphans. Joe Coyne and Frank Belcher started to make this the greatest concert ever held on the high seas. Fate counted them out, however. The cold sea air gave Coyne neuralgia, and Belcher, on the night of the biggest gale, "was pitched from his berth and sprained his ankle. Benefit Nets Almost 9500. However, Seton Thompson, intro duced by Senator Young a3 the great est animal authority since Noah, im personated the beasts of the forest; Elsie Janis imitated stage people until she wore out her voice, and an English conjurer favored. The collectors got almost $500. Now we are rolling along the milky blue waves of the Irish Channel. These seas, in peace times so busy and fre quented with craft of all classes, are now as barren and deserted as the open Atlantic. Since we passed Daunt Rock this morning we have sighted only one sail. We shall anchor in the Mersey tonight. Tomorrow morning, escorted by a guide cruiser, we shall zigzag through the mine fields into port. Before that the British authori ties will have put us under formal ar rest, that they may search the more readily for spies and secret agents, And the least imaginative among us will realize that we are entering world at war. Snbmarine Rumors Are Heard. Later: Now this, at the threshold of war, illustrates the mystery which surround all things European in these days; perhaps it illustrates also what a world of rumor this has become. This morning, just off the Irish head quarters, we slacked up and nove to. The wireless cracked busily for a few minutes, the sailors made some changes in our appearance, which I shall not mention for fear of the censors, then we Droceeded again. At 10 o'clock the regular wireless news appeared on the bulletin board. It consisted merely or the otnciai com muniques. A little later, however, the rumor grew that 10 British merchant men were torpedoed yesterday by sub marines in the English Channel. The stewards, when they talk at all, main tain stoutly that it is true. The offi cers just as stoutly deny it. We shall not know until the pilot brings tne newspapers. WAR SOUVENIR III COURT v E.NGLISHMEX IN LITIGATION OVER GERMAN SHELL. Mlmlle Thrown Into Hartlepool Values at 92.50 a Pound, but Judge Thinks Buys Is Fool. LONDON, Feb. 10. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Fragments of shells thrown by the Germans- on West Hartlepool during the December naval raid are now realizing eucn i high price as souvenirs 'that a brick layer and a real estate agent recently went to law over a portion ol a shell The piece weighed 47 pounds and re tailed at a pound, so tne claim ants said. The relic was found in a gutter by bricklayer named Spoors. Being Its discoverer. Spoors claimed the shell as his. Gibbon, the estate agent, heard of this and proceeded to prove that the shell struck a house belonging to i client, whom he held to be the right ful owner. As the. client renounced the title. Gibbon claimed ownership and proceeded to take the piece from Spoors on the ground that he intended to send it as a present to Lord urness. Before giving judgment to Gibbon, Judge Bonsey, of the County Court, said he would not give a halfpenny for the shell and thought that any one who would pay 20 pounds sterling for it a fool. If the Germans paid a Jw more visits to Hartlepool, the judge thought, the market price of shells would drop so low that people would not even bother to pick up the frag ments. Improving. (Washington Star.) x My taste in music is improving." said Mr. Cumrox. How do you know? inquired his wife, haughtily. 'I am getting so I" can enjoy the music of a hand organ whether it has a monkey with it or not." Rather Mixed. (New York Globe.) I don't like that deal you're in." Don't worry; you won't be answer able If it's questionable." Appeared Flying From Her Stern, FUTURE IS PAINTED Lloyd-George Makes Refer ence ta United States. NATION DECLARED UNREADY America, Says Chancellor?- Would Be Overbusy Defending Own Conti nent Workmen in Armament Factories Are Warned. BANGOR, Wales, via London, Feb. 28. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd-George, made pointed ref erence to the United States in a speech here today. 'If Germany is triumphant over this country." he said, "she would be prac tlcally dictator of the world. And where," he asked, "could we then look to a chivalrous country to. protect us to America? "If countries like France and Rus sia, with huge armies, and we, with the most powerful navy in the world. could not face this terrible machine, how could America ylep in? It would be more than America could do to de fend her interests in her own conti nent. ' America is more unready than we were." The Chancellor then took up - the liquor and industrial Questions. "The government has wide powers to deal with the drink question and it means to use them, he declared. He said a small minority of the workmen employed in the armament factories had refused to work a full week be cause of the lure of drink. "We need en, but we need arms more than men, and every day of delay is full of peril to the country," he as serted. "For one reason or other we do not get the assistance we have a right to expect from our workshops. Industrial differences are inevltaDie, but we cannot afford them now. "It is intolerable that the lives of Britons should be imperiled for the sake of a farthing an hour." MANY SMELT ARE SHIPPED 75,000 Pounds Leave Woodland in Day, Most Going to Portland. VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) Large quantities of smelt are being shipped daily from Woodland, on the Lewis River, to various points in Oregon, Washington and even to Can ada. Last Wednesday a shipment of 1000 boxes of SO pounds each was sent by boat to Portland, and the same day 500 boxes were sent by express from the same point. In crossing the Lewis River on the railroad bridge one may see thousands of smelt dying and being washed back down stream, too weak to battle with the current. It is said the smelt do not eat anything after they leave salt water. so after a week or two they become weak. After spawning the female dies. it is said. To Core A OeTd In One Day. Tk LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE Tablets Drucrlau refund nvon-ey If It fails to curs, B. tV. GKOVE'S alcnaturs Is on sach box. 2 Bo. Showing a man that he's wrong won't stop the argument. It will only make him more angry. Washington Star. TWO HEIGHTS IN THE MOST POPULAR ABrPrQ'ry COLLAR DUDLEY 2yt inches NORMAN 2yi inches 2 far 28 els. DrD, rWwy 4 C., be. ORIENTAL RUGS Wash-cleaned and repaired by native weavers. Prices moder ate. Phone Main 3433. CARTOZIAN BROS. Importers of Oriental RugcM, 473 Washington, Bet. 13th & 14th -.'JCJLl tir . War Attitude Governed by De sire to Aid Those of Race Outside of Country RELATIVE STATUS IN MIND Conservative Statesman Believes V'. derstanding With Italy to De mand Peace at Opportune Time Would Be Best. BTrruADraT Tfah 1A fCorresnond UUVllJUkuu., J ' ... . . T ,. ence of tne Assaciaiea rrras.i m oum ming up the attitude or noumania as pntennr tne list 01 warring nuu th AlCAAilUI ' ' most prominent statesmen in Roumania, expressed himseu wnn tnis numeiy m mark to a correspondent of the Asso - . J T n - "In the Spring, when the sap rises and the buds swell and manKina gen erally feels a little better than is good var t.nar' hitt until then we am likelv to use a little common sense jii tuu . . Mr. Marghiloman is leaner 01 tne Conservative party ana iormer minis . r TlnanA Hid ViltWK AXA thOSfi O o man rhnmil .in SOITlC QUartet'S "With being a Germanophile. tin fact, at the outbreak of the present conflagratio t. vnrnnA hla villa, was stoned on nigm uy tixw sai"D ... ......... which a short time before had attacked the German legation. Tin, Bind, but Conflict. Denying that he was a Germanophile, but that his position was oniy mat o a man with rtoumania s miereeis a heart Mr. Marghiloman discussed th political situation in which Roumania now found itself. "The temper of the people has been rather bellicose." he said, "but it is now realized that there is no good in going to war without a fair prospect of gaining either glory or profit. There is no glory in going to war witn Ger many, because Roumania has for ou years had an understanding with that country; there is no glory in going to war with France, because Roumania is indebted to the Republic for many things, not the least of which was Napoleon Ill's choice of Roumania's first King, who just died." He pointed out that the ties with Germany were largely industrial, with economic development of Koumania standing in a large measure as the work of Germans. The ties with France were sentimental, but strong. 'There is no reason why Roumania shouldgo to war with either France or Germany, ' he said. War Causes Are Nearer Koine, Why we should go to war Is a mat ter which is born of conditions nearer home." The conditions he referred to were the numbers of Roumanians living outside tlie Roumanian Kingdom. He charged that those in the Transylvania section of Hungary had been denied their rights to such an extent that few nf them were Dermitted to cast a ballot. There were also some 3,bOO,ouo Rou manians in Bessarabia who, he said, were on the verge of being Russian ized. In their instance, Russia had shawn more political sagacity, giving the Roumanians many important- pub lie offices, "with the result that the Roumanian in Bessarabia feels half Russian even now." "If the war should lead to political readjustments in Europe on a large scale," said the Conservative leader. the least Roumania must do in that case is to take such steps as will re tain for her her present relative posi tion. Part of this policy is to incor porate into Roumania such Roumanians as are now without the borders of the mother country. The man in the street believes that we ought' to be able to bring all of them into the national fold. That is absurd, of course. "We must either take the Roumanians of Hungary or those of Ruesia.' Understanding With Italy Best. His discussion of the situation showed its complexity. To incorporate the Roumanians in Transylvania would also include the addition ofsome 2,000,- 000 Hungarians and Germans. From the viewpoint of race preserva tion, there was more urgent need to reincorporate the Roumanians in Bes sarabia, who were so speedily losing home ties of hoth language and cus toms. If we side with Russia, we must re- WITH FISK SERVICE At New Low Prices FISK TIRES are demonstrating greater -worth than ever, and yet they NOW cost you less much less! Built on a GOLD standard they are now sold on a silver basis. 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