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TITE MORNING OREGONIAN. FRIDAY, MARCIT 12, 1915. BATTLE IN NORTH FIELD PHOTOGRAPH OF GERMAN HERO AND PICTURE OF HIS CAMP ENTRANCE. KM : r n-H POLAND OBSTINATE Petrograd's Only Other Infor mation Is of Appearance of ; Enemy Reinforcements. LOSSES ON PILICA -HEAVY Ku5lan, HoweTer, Contend Tliey JIavc Advantage Germans Jte port Successes Austrian Units Are Declared Annihilated. lONDO.V. March 11. Russia makes no mention In the official report' today of having gained advantages in North J'oland. such as have featured retro- jrrad eommunications for several days past. On the other hand new forma tiona of large numbers of new Gcr man troops in the direction of Prsas rvsz are reported in the dispatches from the Czars capital. This is at tributed to the excellent system of railroads on the German side of the frontier. Similar explanations were - riven regarding; the Russian defeat in Kast Prussia a few weeks ago. The official German communications tell of numerous advances made in North Poland and the capture of large numbers of prisoners and the annihi lation of one Russian contingent. Success was obtained by the Rus sians in the Carpathian campaign, ac cording to the Petrog-rad report, which lays that several Austrian units were annihilated. The dispatch also says the Germans have been driven back in Eastern Galicia. ' Runnlan I nit Aanlfctlatrd. The official report from Germany ays: "To the west of Sereje (northeast of Augutowo, we took 600 Russians prisoners and captured three guns and two machine guns. "A fresh Russian attempt to break through the German line to the south of Augustowo resulted in the annihi lation of the Russian forces used in this endeavor. "In an engagement to the northwest of Ostroleuka. the Germans were vic torious; six Russian officer and 900 soldiers were taken prisoners, while eight machine guns were captured. "The German attacks to the north and to the northwest of Prsasnysz have made further progress. "Ji the fighting to the northwest of Movomlssto 1680 more Russian pris oners have been taken." Battle Are Obstiaate. The following is the Russian of ficial communication issued today: ""Between the Clemen and Vistula, battles of extreme obstinacy were fought yesterday in the region of Simno. in the valleys of the Oraulew and Orzic and in the direction of Przasnysx. On the left bank of the Vistula there is no chance. "In the Carpathians all of. the enemv's attacks have been repulsed and near Gorlice our counter attack annihilated the Austrian units which had attempted, after the failure of an Austrian night attack, to entrench themselves on our front. "In Kastern: Galicia to the south of Kiejniew we succeeded in driving back fhA liormans.. ".Along the pilica River there have been occurring daily engagements of -rnlarv importance In wnicu me Russians would-appear to have been successful, notwithstanding the Ger man attacks and the fact that the Ger mans have taken many Russian prison ers."' if tvp mm fa -mwi 4 !-V4 'I fit J rA tifT ' f- F V M ly rlf Mf:4r:t - 9 T v BRITISH HOLDING !ftM ADVANCED GROUND 1 ; . Pi ft' "fr lerman Report Says Fighting for Possession of Neuve Chapelle Continues. WESTENDE IS BOMBARDED Warships in Action on Belgian Coast French Tell of Progress in Clinmpagn Against Stubborn Defense. SEA DASH TO BE BLOCKED American Vessels to Guard Harbor to Keep Germans Inside. WASHINGTON. March 11. Although recent official investigation is said to "have disproved reports tnat oerman .hi in New York harbor since the outbreak of the war were planning dash to sea. steps to protect the neu trality of the United States have been taken by the Navy and coast guard dpnartments. Secretary Daniels today ordered the destroyers Drayton and Mcuougai up from Guantanamo to Join the gunboat TVlphin. which was ordered from the Washington Navy-yard last night to take up a watch in New York harbor. The coast guard service ordered the cutter Mohawk in from Tier cruising ground to take a station off Tompkins rllle to reinforce the other coast guard hips in the harbor. REPLY DISTRUSTS GERMANY Continued From First Tac. conventions in this war that BritlHta statesmen are distncliaed to trust her unsupported word. secondly, they urge that the two of fcnss specified in the American note submarine warfare on merchant ves sels and the mining of the high seas are far from being the only, or even the worst offenses of which Germany has been guilty. The contention is made that she haa bombarded unforti fied towns, dropped bombs on places Inhabitated solely by civilians and sunk both British and neutral ships, as if that were the ordinary legal way of disposing of them. Great Britain, it is pointed out, has indulged In none of these practices and such mines as she has been compelled in self-defense to ly have been laid in strict accordance with The Hague con ventions. The policy of , the Germans which arouses the most Indignation among the directors of the British government is hvr alleeed persecution of the Bel- Sian.. millions of whom. It Is de clared. "would be at this moment in a Ktate of semi-starvation but for Amer lean generosity and assistance." The view therefore held in the most authoritative quarter of Great Britain is that if there is to be any question of Germany's conforming to the rules of crvllized warfare with respect to all points and not merely with respect to two of them, which she has been ac cused of departing from, it must come up for discussion and that Great Brit ain could enter into no agreement on a subject which did not include a radical change in Germany's present proceed ings in Belgium. Finally it is declared by the same authority that these being the factors that mainly influence British official opinion. It may be inferred that the natural sympathy of the British gov ernment with the American suggestion, both on its merits and from Its source of origin, must to some extent be miti gated by some other and, wider considerations. 300 German Solons at Front. COLOGNE, Feb. 1G. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Three hundred members of the Reichstag and the various mate parliaments of the German empire are now at the front as soldiers according to the Cologne Gazette. The total membership of these parliaments is 1300. LONDON, March 11. Confirmation of yesterday's reports of an advance by the British forces jn Northern France is made a feature of the reports from the western battle front today, and these reports are not denied in the German official statements, though the latter declare that fighting for the possession of the village of Neuve Chapelle still continues. In addition to this, the British flo tilla has directed a heavy bombard ment of Westende, Belgium, and a Brit ish aviator has thrown bombs on Manin. West Flanders. The late offi cial report from Paris tonight says the British are holding the ground they gained at Neuve Chapelle. Heavy Fog Delays Operation. The official report of the French War Office tonight said: "A thick fog has greatly interfered with the operations at different points along the front. "The British flotilla has successfully bombarded Westende, Belgium. In th sector of Ypres we repulsed two at tacks near Zandworde. In the region of Neuve Chapelle the British army has repulsed two counter attacks. The enemy s losses were con slderable. In Champagne we made appreciable progress last night in the wood wes of Perthes, where we had gained footing five days ago. The enemy de fended himself stubbornly. In spite of a violent bombardment and several counter-attacks we maintained our trains. "In the Argonne, tn ine region oi Four de Paris and Bolante, in tne course of fighting previously reported we captured a mine thrower and a ma chine gun. Tn the Vosges we repulsed a coun ter-attack at Reich Ackerkopf." British Advance ConBrmed. The earlier official report formally announced the capture of a long stretch of German Dosltions in Flanders. The renort follows: A British attack yesterday resunea the capture of 2500 meters (nearly one and a half miles) of trenches be fore Neuve Chapelle (Flanders), and of the village itself. It progressed in the direction of Aubers as far as Pietre Mill and In a southeasterly direction as far as the northern border of Bois du Pubiez; that is to say, a distance of about two kilometers beyond Neuve Chapelle. The German artillery fired only a few shots." Aviator Bonbards Flanders Tom The report given out by the German War Office at Berlin today said: "An English aviator has thrown bombs on the town of Menin, tn West Flanders. Only one of his missiles ex oloded. and this killed seven and wounded 10 Belgians. "The British yesterday attacked the German positions Bear Neuve Chapelle. At some points they entered tne village, The fighting here still continues. The British advances near Givenchy has been repulsed. "In the Champagne district the French have delivered two attacks against the positions in the forest east of Souain, which they lost to us the day before yesterday. Both these at tacks were repulsed and the losses of the enemy wore heavy. "In the Vosges the conflict for the possession of the Reich Ackenkopf was resumed yesterday." Indians and Brltlah Advance. The British War Office gave out an official announcement today of the suc cesses of its troops in the North of France. The report said: "The Fourth and the Indian corps ad vanced yesterday on a front of 4000 yards for roughly three-quarters of a mile and captured all the Intervening hostile positions and trenches... The corps on the right and left of these two corps also were engaged. More than 700 prisoners were taiten. British aircraft yesterday were ac tive and succeeded in destroying the railroad junctions at Courtral and Menin." - Top Austrian Troops on Guard Before General von Hlndenburg'a Headqnar rrs In Russian Poland. Below Von Klndenborg. er attached,- certified -by the policy commissary, says the Petit" Journal. Persons who fail to follow these in structions will be proceeded against as spies, the paper asserts. . The precau tion will be taken, it is reported, be cause of the Increasing activity of Ger man agents who are' seeking to influ ence publio opinion. TYPHUS SWEEPS SERBIA TWO AMERICAN FHYSICIAN3 ARE AMONCK VICTIMS. ' SPIES ACTIVE IN FRANCE Permits of Residence for Foreigners Are to Be Required. PARIS, March 11. Permits of resi dence issued to foreigners after March 20 must have a photograph of the hold- Twelve Nurses From United States Alao Are Stricken by Disease for Which No Bemedy la Known. BERLIN, March . 11. ' by . wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Americans arriving here from Serbia report that the entire country is suffering gravely from an epidemic of diseases like typhoid, ty phus and recurrent fever. Typhus, otherwise known in Serbia as spotted fever. Is reported to be par ticularly dangerous because no remedy Is known. The disease is spread by vermin and the percentage of deaths is said to be high. An American physician named Cook, who was sent to Serbia from Paris and an American Red Cross physician have succumbed to the disease. Nine out of 12 American nurses have been stricken with typhus fever. The gravity of the epidemic is en hanced greatly by the scarcity of phy slcians, whose number was far from adequate even before the war . broke out. No fighting is In progress in Serbia at the present time. GERMANS HELD IN WEST BY ATTACKS French War Office Says Oper ations in Champagne Ful filled Their Mission. RUSSIANS THUS RELIEVED Campaign Begun February 16 Meant to Prevent Sending of Reinforce ments to Fast Colonials Prove Their Bravery. 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The decision ot the British government to segregate the captured crews of German sub marines and perhaps institute criminal proceedings against them for attacks on unarmed merchantmen naa evoKea heated comment from Berlin newspa pers. Keuter a Amsterdam correspond ent quotes the Vossischa Zeitung as saying that the British are acting In blind rage. It asserts that if the British Admir alty carries its plans into effect it can not fall to result in reprisals. The Lokal Anzelger also saya that corre sponding counter measures will be taken by Germany. Cremation oi Fallen Proposed. PARIS, March 11. As a measure of precaution against a possible epidemic of disease after the war, Mr. Dumont, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, has presented a bill in the -chamber which provides for the burning of the bodies of all enemy soldiers killed on the battlefield and in addition the bod es of French and allied soldiers which are not identified and of persons vic tims of contagious diseases. 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"The essential purpose of the operations begun by us in the Champagne region on February 16," says an official statement issued py the war office tonight, "was to at tract to this point of the front the great -est consumption of war munitions and thus prevent transportation by the en emy of his troops to Russia. 'This purpose has been completely attained. The Germans had in Cham pagne. February 16, 119 battalions of infantry. 31 squadrons of cavalry, 64 field batteries and 20 heavy batteries. From February 16 to March 10 they had brought there, moreover, 20 battalions of infantry, one regiment of field artil lery and two heavy batteries, being equal to one army corps. Line In Russia Not Reinforced. "Despite these reinforcements, they failed again to take the advantage and found it impossible to transport troops to Russia." The statement then criticises the Ger man official communications, declaring that, among other things, they have failed to mention that beginning with February 28 what was called a German success in Russia "was changed into a characteristic check." The foregoing are referred to in the statement as general results. It then gives a resume of what it describes as local results, such as the almost com plete annihilation of two regiments of the guard, the taking of 2000 prisoners and the gaining of a position favorable for the base of new attacks. Heavy Concentration Compelled. The statement concludes by saying the losses inflicted on the Germans were greater than those suffered by the Russians and that the Germans were obliged to concentrate on this art of the front five army corps and also were compelled to use a Tgreat quantity of munitions. The statement dealing with local events, particularly of the work of the French Colonials near Beausejour, says: Among the numerous military achievements the capture of the earth works at Beausejour was not the least brilliant. Our colonial lnrantry. to whom this honor is due, gave proof in this fighting of a determination and a spirit of sacrifice worthy of its glorious traditions. - "The earthwork or fort of Beause lour is situated on rising ground be tween two ravines and it is surrounded by deep trenches, with communicating trenches to the rear wide enough to permit large numbers of men to ad vance. "The first attack was tiegun by our colonial infantry February 23 under cover of artillery, fire. We first cap tured the advance trenches. The Ger mans made six counter-attacks, but ench time thev were repulsed and forced to withdraw with heavy losse3. We held our positions during the night, but at dawn the attack was renewed with hand grenades and bombs. "The men withstood this attack, en couraged by their officers, who, al though wounded, appealed to their men to be brave and courageous in tne lace of fire. This detachment, however, was killed almost to the last man and the survivors were forced to retire in the face of overwhelming numbers. The attack was resumed February 27 by two battalions of colonial infan try, who succeeded in capturing the trenches. A brilliant bayonet charge heaped the trenches high with German dead. The work of fortifying the trenches was immediately begun with the idea of withstanding a heavy counter attack. This expected attack was made at nightfall. Four times the Germans advanced, but they were re pulsed with the aid of artillery. A company of French infantry ordered in to assist, charged and beat off the Ger man assault. 'The cannonading continued through out the night. We were doubtful if the small band of defenders could hold out until dawn. When there was suf ficient light the German attack was resumed with more intensity than ever. Guns of various calibers rained their fire on the position. Thu brave band still stood firm, driving back at tack after attack, until midnight, when the bombardment ceased. "Under cover of dartcness thn posi tion was secured by advancing French infantry. The fort was now ours and the brave colonials were relieved." FRKXCII DEIT3AT IS ASSERTED German Expert Says French Are Beaten in Champagne. BERLIN, via London. March 11. Major Moraht. military expert of the Tageblatt. explaining the significance of the French campaign in Champagne, which, he says, closed with a "com plete French defeat." declared the City of Vouziers (on the Aisne, in' the department of Ardennes) was un questionably the point which the French sought to take. "This city," ho says, "commands to a great degree the northern entrance to the Argonne and this district would have been evacuated by the Germans If the French had taken it or else the German front there would have been forced into an angle toward the west, where it would have been ex posed to attacks both from the west and south. "Another result would have been the weakening of pressure on Verdun, which the Germans would then have been able to menace only from the east and southeast. To the material as pects of the victory must be added the physlcial and moral effect on the enemy and their heavy losses." cessions In South Manchuria, but It win agreed that Japnn fhould have thn preference In future railroad loans and the right to prospect for mines for it fixed period and operate a large pro portion of the mining properties so dis TOKIO MAKES CONCESSION Compromise Reached In Matter of Mines and Railroads. PEKIN, March 11. At a conference today between representatives of Japan and China' concerning the demands made on China by Japan and presented at Pekin shortly after the Japanese oc cupation of ICIau-Chau, the Japanese delegates showed a conciliatory atti tude. They made slight concessions from the letter of their demands as previously presented. A compromise was reached in the matter of tho railroad and minlnir con- Wcnatohee Council 1'ost Is micd. WENATCHEfS. WKh.. Mar. 11. (Special.) Dr. L. B. Manchester traj named by the Council Tuesday night from the First Ward to fill out the unexpired term of A. W. Hoppock, re signed. The City Council also Initi ated a movement for a free employ ment bureau to be operated by th city and county Jointly. HellKolanA i at on time the Oratna, Orn of North Euri. A WINTER TONIC Why la it that some people keep well all Winter while others, leaa exposed to cold and damp, suffer with colds, grtiv pleurisy, pneumonia and all the 111 of the season? Thin blood and debility are tb causes of much sickness In Winter. When the blood is thin and thers Is oxygen starvation In the tissues of the body, poisons are retained that ahouM be eliminated and there Is a lowered resistance to di.scnse. Rheumatism disappears when th blood Is built up and does not return If the blood is kept rich. The after-effects of grip ar never cured until the blood Is built up. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills enrich th blood and enable It to carry more oxygen, to nourish the starved tissue in debility, to .xoothe the Inflamed membranes In rheumatism, to quiet th nerves In neuralgia and sciatica and tn expel the lingering germs after thi fever and influenza of grip have paused. All Winter Dr. Williams' Pink Plll.i should be in every house, ready to u.. You can get them now at the nearest drug store. The third edition of the popular llftlo book "Building Up the Blood" has Jui"t been published. Write today to th Dr. Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady . N. 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