THE 0REG03OAN. FRIDAY, MABCH 19, 1915.
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VICTORY OF YPRES
REAL WAR CLIMAX
Importance of Battle That
Closed Last Gap in Line
Only Now Appears.
GREAT ADVANCE CHECKED
'tVill Irvtln Describes Turning Point
lor Allies In Most Sangnlnary
Campaign In History Story
Told for First Time.
(Continued From First rage.)
treat, fighting only rearguard actions.
. There came, too, a change in the spirit
of Tommy Atkins. This was a profes
sional army and a veteran army the
only one on the line else the history
of September, 1914. might have to be
written in other terms. Splendidly
equipped, trained to the minute, edu
cated to the last frill in military science,
the others except for a few divisions
of the French knew only the theoreti
cal warfare of blank cartridges. The
greater part of the English had faced
, ball cartridges in India or South Africa.
They had the spirit of veterans. And
like veterans they resented a runaway
fight. They began to murmur; not over
the dead left for the Germans to bury,
nor the wounded which choked the hos-
pitals of Paris, nor their own prospect
of annihilation. But against this kind of
warfare, which never let them stand
' and fight. Here it was that Field Mar
shal Sir John French went among his
troops, refusing to let them rise. As
they rested by the roadside he sat down
with them, told them that if they would
keep it up just a little longer he would
promise them a tight. The muttering
died down, the army went on back
ward. Again the Germans pressed
them: again there was the ruthless,
mechanical slaughter of charging, tight
locked lines, the ghastly mowing down
of machine guns, the tragedies of burst
ing shells.
British Cot OB at Last.
It was the night of September 6 now;
the British army in its southward re
treat had passed inside of Paris: .it
halted to the southeast of the French
capital and made another stand. The
blackness of despair lay that night
over the leaders of the British army.
Some of the staff officers have admitted
- iMnee that they saw no way out; they
hoped only to find a good position lor
a last stand, and make the massacre
cost the Germans as dearly as possible.
- General French and his corps com
: manders. clean fagged out, turned in
" for a little sleep. At midnight a courier
irom the line awakened them. He was
, pale and 6haken. The German force
'"to the north had got in touch with a
t new German force which had appeared
; from the east. They were cut off from
' the French army; the jig was up. Gen
; eral French in his pajamas, his two
corps commanders in their nightshirts,
: held a council by the light of a smok
ing country lamp. French invented a
way lo meet tue new movement, or
'. dcred dispositions accordingly and went
back to bed. That council of war, on
: the eve of September 7, 1914, one of the
, great days in the history o the world,
i will furnish no theme for the battle
: painter of the future, who loves to
'; trick out his historic figures in gilt
i and gold lace! -
' Tide of Battle Tins.
i And in the morning French, who. it
mind of his enemy, felt a slackening of
mo attaca on uis iiunu uctuic
: was high his aeroplanes had reported
; that Von Kluck. at his front, had faced
; east and was moving away from Paris.
; French struck with all his force. .The
' French army of Paris mado their f a
, xnous taxicab movement and struck
i also. By night the German movement
was not a shift, but a full retreat.
We know now the German plan of
; campaign, and have a better under-'
standing of this whole action at the
'. Marne. Tho great western army of
Von Kluck. which had swept t-irough
Belgium, broken across the unforti
fied French frontier and thrust forward
its cavalry outposts until the Parisian
fire department buried Uhlans within
- the city limits it was never intended
that this army should take Paris. That
honor was for tha- Crown Prince, who
' was coming through Kheims trom the
, northeast. Von Kluck was to dispose
thoroughly of the French and English
1 on his front, to shift to the left and
i Join the Prince's army at a pjint be
! tween Kheims and Paris. Then, down
i the excellent Rhelms-Paris roads, they
; would march together to the luvest
. ment of the French capital.
Von Klerk Underrates British.
Somp where along the line Von Kluck
made his mistake. Either he followed
, too closely the machine-made plan of
i the General Staff this is said to be
? the common German weakness in this
j war or he underrated his enemy. The
; British army, 1 understand, leans to the
. latter theory; and indeed he would
; have been Insane to make such a move
; as this, even in pursuance of a plan,
; had he believed that he was leaving a
i really strong army on his flank.
j General French struck; the army of
j Paris struck: more importantly, the
whole French line, from Switzerland to
Paris, pivoted on the Vosges, moved
up its reserve line and initiated a
general attack. The new attack took
' the Crown Prince on his front and his
' left flank. Von Kluck fell back faster
and faster; it was all but annihilation
for him. The Crown Prince and his
" supporting armies to right and left fell
back. The withdrawal became a re
' treat.
That was the great day for France
; that September 7. England's greatest
' day was yet to come. That day. from
; the Vusges to Paris, Northern France
. was a heaven of glory and a hell of
' ; slaughter. That day regiments and bat
, talions did the heroically impossible in
i such numbers that no special mentions,
; no war reports, no decorations, can
i ever recognise or name them. That
- day a whole population of France's
fairest provinces cowered and ran or
stood and died. That day the trans
ports of wounded choked every back
trail, the dead sprinkled every forest in
Northern France. .
Day la Epochal for France.
No one will ever tell the full story.
It would be. like trying to write the
- history of a nation by telling the full
' life story of every individual in the
' nation. But this war, whatever ac
' count it holds against the future, can
never hold another day so significant
to France. Its Infinite agonies were
the birthpains of a new France. From
. it emerged the transformed French
warrior, not emotional but stolid, not
mercurial but determined; above all, a
! warrior recovered from his old back
thought, his old. hidden iear of the
Prusstan superman.
This, however, is the story of the
' English army: it must ignore that
series of actions from the Vosges to
Soissons wherein the French locked
the line for 400 miles against the Ger
man counter-attacks and fenced the
enemy off from the fortress of Ver
dun "10 Waterloos a week." some one
i ii t At.p two davs of un
interrupted rearguard fighting the
Germans made their stand at the
Aisne. A series of actions more or
less severe proved that neither the
English nor the French to right and
left could make present headway
against the strong German intrench
raents. From the Vosges to Lille the
line locked tight; it was no longer
open warfare; it was a siege.
Germans Fat an Defensive.
As General French's dispatches show,
the English felt the German resistance
settling down to defensive tactics. The
part of the line running to right and
left of Soissons became no longer im
portant. . . . .
But there was fighting of aorta to do
far to the left, and early in October
the whole English army yielded its cnriAI :
trenches to the French reserves and VI b I I OUUIAL
. rnijiii it was their
first relief from continuous battle.
The army, I believe, has discovered a
genius in Major-General Robertson,
who had charge of transportation and
commissary. So expeditiously ' did he
work and yet so quietly that the first
German officers they took prisoners
expressed surprise, not so mucu .
capture as at the fact that they were
captured bv the English. "We thought
we were fighting the French terri
torials," they said.
To understand why the subsequent
operations became so vital to the whole
campaign you must understana tne
i i. ..ot.hithwl touch with the
SEATTLE, Wash.. March 18. An
other complaint that treaty rights of
fisrmanv had been violated by Ameri-
lih rb" officers was made tonight by Dr.
"""-." ,-: " -rh. .uteri Wilhelm Mueller, imperial wrm.u
old nistory in a nw . . Rt wh was technically
lines reacuea io uue, i .
sea. and near the Belgian border, arrested yesterday- on a. state warrant
On this end of the line i rencn ana charging conspiracy to bribe an em
nr nn alike, first one and then the .ll)Ve a corporation. Dr. Mueller,
other, had been outflanking ringing
Oincr, 1 1 m.i mcci " - - -
each other with artillery ana eartn- tng-toni complained that state oiricera
works like one of those representa- had violated treaty rights in Invading
tions of mountain chains which we his ofjce. Further violation of treaty
a - a .r in nur school maDS. That I -iv, -HmA hv Federal officers.
line was lengthening northward and was aiieg tonight by Dr. Mueller,
westward day by day. who declared that Monday customs of-
Ronte to Sea Still Open. ficers boarded and searched the Ham-
But the 50 miles from Lille to .the burg-American liner n'f-
ua lav ODen. This gap comraauwu wo m mbhj r
sea lay open, x e-'i' f,m Seattle, without notifying him.
routes to XJuuimiv. i .
MruuK i iii i.t-j .
,.l 1 i emn nlnrpR as far south as
a line drawn east and west from Calais.
The Belgians and the French Terri
torials resisted with what force they
had; but- tneir resistance grew irregu
lar. "It's guerrilla warfare, that's what
it is." reported a "sniping" Canadian
correspondent, who, in early October,
got out to tne lines ana miraculously
returned to uaiais unarreaieu.
rtt fnr it- Thtv must drive the ad
vanced German forces back to a line
already established in the minds of
their strategists to complete that all-
important operation of closing the
siege of Germany. They must keep in
touch with the B'rench at La Bassee;
.i . B4.hll,h tnn,h with lha fifil -
gians and Kawlinson's division on the
west. The secona corps, entraining at
Financier's Visit Abroad Xot Signifi
cant in International Way.
VPW VORTv March 18.-
nnrl Ura. Mnrcan sailed for Europe to
day on the steamship Philadelphia. Mr.
Alorgan aeciinea to aiscuiw me uujeti
of his trip abroad, when seen aboard
the steamer just previous to her de
parture, but irom otaer sources iu waes
learned that it had no significance, so
far- a th international financial situ
ation was concerned, as has been re
ported.
It was Mr. Morgan's annual Spring
vacation trip, it was said, and his stay
in London would last until May.
Seattle Editor Cited for Contempt.
SEATTLE, March 18. Judge James
T. Ronald, of the Superior Court, to
day caused issuance of a warrant
against Allen J. Blethen, editor of the
Seattle Daily Times, charging him with
contempt of court in commenting on
libel suits pending against him and
the newspaper. Mr. Blethen is in Cali
fornia recuperating from severe ill
Violation of Treaty Rights in This
and Also in .Arrest on Charge of
Attempt " to Buy Submarine
Information Is -Contended.
tnrough the German jiniDassy at w
lUlUUgil IJLU uiuitui ' J -
tngton, complained that state officers
logne to ail the important rencn
Channel ports. It commanded also an
easy and most accommodating route to
Paris. If the Germans left open that gap,
it was because the fortress of Antwerp
still menaced their western line of
communication. But on October 8
. .An , ,i i .a enHn1v that a
Antwerp iwi ' -
division of English troops, under Gen
eral Rawllnson, sent to assist mo
gians in holding the outer defenses,
did not arrive until the Germans had
gained ground to emplace their 42 cen
timeter siege howitzers and had made
further defense of the fortress a mere
i : 1 : ... navllnsnn1. division
tecumuttin-j.
joined what remained of the Belgian
army and retreated witn tnem au i"
coast past Zeebrugge, past Ostend. The
Belgians took up a . final position at
the Yser River, where they stood to
defend the last sliver of their terri
tory. Rawlinson. rougniy joituns
forces with them on the right, ex
tended his lines toward Ypres.
At about this period the French com
munique lifted for a moment the veil
over these serious operations, so vital
to the whole war: and the glimpse sent
a chill through Paris. "Dense masses
of cavalry," it reported, "have ap
peared on the Turcoing-Armentieres
road, screening an important new
force of the enemy." This was tne
immediate bid ol uermany to
through that gap. The French, out
.i . i i tho lft of their line
naiiRcu, ' .
from before Lille to the town of La
Bassee. The Germans took ia rsassee,
on the heights before that hamlet,
F..Anlv imnnrlant in history.
grown ouu.. - .
the French made a stand and dug in.
Breaking Point Is Wear.
The gap between La Bassee and the
sea remained, to all military intents
a ,oo nnon and fLanfTerOUS. The
Hill! IUJ(JUi3 -
allies plugged it by various devices, as
an engineer builds a dam of earth be
fore be prepares his steel locks. They
overstretched the line of the Belgians.
They threw In the French Territorials,
. . . ! I . .. A .har-ofsw-a ht
men in tneir tua, auu,
mental ar.d physical condition, inferior
as soldiers to tne youiin.
trained first-line troops. The heavier
masses of the German advance were
not yet upon the allied line: so it did
not break, but it bulged terribly: the
campaign at this point became a back
ward light. The long battle on the
. ... a a now like a. rubber
wcoteiw a i li 1. 1- - -
bladder with a weak spot. Blow it up.
and the bladder bulges in that spot. " thnked the prosecutors office for
Blow it a little further, and the bladder a tesy!
breaks In that spot. - Counsel for Mueller and Schulz today
rr.i L. ....1.1 i n n i n wn S TIPflr HhATI. ... . , . I . . .
rue mcoaiub t'"'" - i voluntarily lurnisnea aiuvj nan eacu,
on October 11. the first or tne mam .... Ih. to annear for trial
British force detrained at St. Omer. superior Court whenever ordered.
Not only the German outposts, but even act jg a fu1 recogrllition of the
sirone forces or tne main ooay, nau
Ulll OCALUGi '
fh -nntnin of the Saxonia reported
the matter to the Consul today.
Vialt Declared "Social Call."
i- .- f. n -rtimnrnfwtv nf the
cwiiui v,o-iL..i. - --
United States Coast Guard Service, said
tonight that no searcn oi tne
had been made. He explained that
Captain Benjamin Lichtenberg. com
manding the coast guard cutter Scout,
while calling at Eagle Harbor on his
regular rounds had boarded the Sax
onia to make a "social call" and that
there had been no thought of search
ing the vessel.
Dr. Mueller today wrote a letter to
r. . : i r , ,! ..mnla1n(no- tha t Tlenutv
Olicnii ntwgc lui"'" n .
Sheriff Lathe, special Investigator at
tached to tne t-rosecutins -office,
invaded his office in search for
Dan Tarnisasky in violation of treaty
rights, and demanded an explanation.
Chief Deputy Stringer, in the absence
of Sheriff Hodge, replied that he
knew nothing of Lathe's action and
that he visited the Consul's office
without orders from the Sheriff.
Chief Deputy Is Contradicted.
-D-ncaontino. Attnrnpv T.undin con
tradicted Stringer's statement and de
clared that he had notified the Sheriff's
office that he was sending Lathe to the
r?a-mn .nn(!ni!itA to Brrfest Tarnisasky.
Mr. Lundin furthermore said that al
though Tarnisasky was arrestea in tne
corridor outside the consulate Lathe
would have been within treaty rights
if he had arrested him within the
Consul's office as Tarnisasky was
charged with grand larceny, a felony.
Dr. Mueller said he would forward
the correspondence . with the Sheriff's
office to tne German iraoassj.
-wn iTiatMiftine were - received by
United States District Attorney Allen
today ' to investigate ino aiscw
violation of treaty rights, although such
instructions are expected tomorrow.
Treaty Violation Denied.
-d,.... tha rymntv nrosecutor's
office filed information against Consul
Mueller and Consular Secretary Schulz,
.hrtfini, thorn with consniracv to bribe
ah employe of the Seattle Construc
tion & Drydock company in viola
tion of a state law, the treaty with
Germany, dated 1871. was studied care
fully. According to the treaty, con
suls are immune irom arresi ex
cept on criminal charges. The con
on! and his secretary have not been
personally molested Their counsel was
notified of the issuance ot tne warrant.
jurisdiction of the state courts.
GERMAX EMBASSY PROTESTS
State and Justice Departments Begin
Investigation of Seattle Case.
WASHINGTON. March 18. On receiv-
t fmm the i.erman em
turned to Calais unarrested bassy the Departments of State and
Tha English army found it, task cot ,7 " prompt action to
Justice today took prompt action to
ascertain the circumstances incmcui iu
the service of warrants on the Ger
man Consul and his assistant in Se
attle, Wash.
At the request of the State Depart
ment, the bureau of investigation of
the Department of Justice telegraphed
its Seattle agent to look into the case
and make a complete report of the
fnflfa tn -Uk-ashinorton at once. The
SU Onrer on October 11, went immedi- Gcrman embassy protested to the State
atelv into action at the toughest point . .,. .hot n, Mnoilor tho Con-
in the whole campaign La Bassee. , and gchulz, his assistant, were
Village Holds Out Still. arrested in violation oi a treaty i-
That village held out against every tween Germany and the United fctates.
British attack it is holding still. It
became, as the campaign went on, only
a pivot from which the English forces
turned the Germans back from France
FlanHara For a WP.k thf mifirPS-
sive British detachments were detrain
ing ana going lorwara at once to ngnt
and to die. By October 19 the English larger SHELTER CSED BY CIV.
orm-o- wn tflirhtincr a f-catterintr. con- I
J . . : . I unv pnnvrnFn foot troops.
INFANTRY TEHT CHANGED
Article Vmed at Present Condemned n
Too 'Small to Afford Complete
Covering for Men.
ill lit jr waj iitjiimi , a. ,,, iuei
.t lAnlrina- Kattla nrhnai. frtPns n'a
Ypres. the beautiful old capital of French
r landers. ty inai ume, aiso, tiie xtu
jrtan army, which had been given a brief
desperately engaged in holding- the Yser
at the point oi tne line nearest me sea.
cal point for them had been lost and ;; WASHINGTOv March 18. By a de-
wnn ndrK in 1 1 1 ri fcr our k on i ti n 1 mm i .
-.X-i.i o,,o nr tho CT.m. cision just rendered by secretary uir
. I oil font trnnn.1 of-the Army, num
ish, the Belgians had Hooded tne coun- '" -" j- - .r. hereafter wiU be
try: the extreme lert or tne line was j-u, the shelter tents now is
Secure. I .. mo.mtoH trnnna.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)- M BU hitr tent for dis
n i I w - " ,
- - I . .1 j n n rm Via An rn H Am Tt aOrt Ctn
- - . . tnot it- is tfto sma.il and
MORGAN OFF ON VACATION does not iff ort proper protection from
rain.
The dismounted tent, with five pins,
as carried by each soldier, weighs two
pounds, 12 ounces, while the mounted
.. aa Tv-ith nolps and five rjins.
'. P. Morgan weigh four pounds, seven ounces each.
These tents, variously known as "dog
tents, and "bungalows, eacn sneiter
two soldiers -with the materials divided
between them on the march.
The tent for dismounted troops is
much smaller than the cavalry tents
and is supported by the rifles of the
occupants, thus doing away with the
necessity for poles.
PLANT FIRE KILLS MAN, 60
Tacoma Factory and Five Homes
Burn, Causing $90,0M Ixss.
t
TAOGMA. Wash., March 18. Fire
v. i .vont tho F.aa-la Macaroni Manu
facturing Company's plant. South Twen
ty-seventh street ana t-acmc avmuh
fiv n-woilinzs adioining it at 2
o'clock this morning, caused a loss es
timated at sso.oou ana tne aestn ot -Andrew
Wilson, aged. 60, who was ovex-
- Mr. Schwan.
- The name of the Schwan Piano
Company is derived from the
company's president, F. J.
Schwankovsky, of Council Crest,
who, as manager for the Graves
Music Company, created the
largest piano business ever en
joyed by that house the past two
years, thus familiarizing himself
with local trade conditions. Re
ealizing its possibilities, he has
organized the Schwan Piano
Company and secured the Coast
distributing output of the largest
piano factories In the world.
Mr. Schwankovsky hails orig
inally from Detroit, Mich., where
his company, the F. J. Schwan
kovsky Company, did a very suc
cessful piano business for 30
years, before his withdrawal in
1908, when he went to New York
City to associate himself with
John Wanamaker and to give his '
son and daughters opportunity to
finish their education. His two
daughters last year accompanied
their mother to Portland, where
her health has greatly improved,
making it no longer necessary to
spend the Winters in Pasadena,
Cal., or Palm Beach, Fla.; conse
quently the purchase of the
Council Crest home, where she is
enjoying better health than for
many years past.
Now his new Oregon corpora
tion, the Schwan Piano Company,
is introducing many new and
original features that will prove
exceedingly interesting to piano
buyers. One, for Instance "no
interest" is found without prec
edent in the Northwest, while
pianos or player pianos are sold
on "but 5 per cent cash of the
price. For example, on a $200
piano but $10 cash down, with
3 per cent monthly payments, or
$6 per month. No interest means
a saving of $25 to S65 per piano
to piano purchasers.
The Schwan Piano Company
thus proposes to meet the com
mercial conditions of the present
and the requirements of the near
future with positively no parallel
in Portland or Coast piano sell
ins. Prices are settled on a principle
"one price" and therefore the
positive and unqualified protec
tion -thrown around customers
makes it as easy for even a
school girl to buy as safely as
the most experienced shopper.
The sale of player piano music
at 15c each is another feature.
This makes player piano music
as reasonable in price as popular
sheet music is selling for today,
and will prove a boon to Port
land player piano owners.
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Dr. PAUL C YATES
TEN YEARS OF HONEST DEN
TISTRY IN PORTLAND.
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I Have Cut Prices
I will save you oU cents on every
dollar on the best dental work made
by human hands and without pain.
My offer is for you to go to any
dental office and get prices, then
come to me and I will show you
how to save a dollar and I make
a dollar on your dental work.
My Price Will Surely Suit Yon
My Work Will Surely Please Yon
AM. WORK GUARANTEED.
Paul C. Yates SffiiS??
Fifth and Morrlwon. OpponUe Post-office-
I iiiflftir.giMilvl
come while removing his belongings
from his home. x
The dwellings destroyed were owned
by J. F. Carr, Andrew E. Wilson, W.
W. Wood, Frank Piatt ana tiuy unnsi
ilaw. All were partially insured.
Joseph Maganini, president and man
ager of the macaroni factory, says the
buildings were valued at between $50,-
000 and $60,000, and the stock of goods
at $30,000. Both were partially insured.
Grand Army Head at CentraHa.
CENTBAL.IA. Wash.. March IS.
(Special.) G. R. Gale, of Bremerton,
commander of the Grand Army of' the
Republic for the districts of Wash
ington and Alaska, is on his annual tour
of Inspection of the posts of Southwest
Washington. Tuesday nignt and yes
terday he was the guest of the Hamil
ton Post in K.elso ana tomorrow mgni
he will visit the T. P. Price Post In
Centralia. The Woman's Relief Corps
women of the Grand Army ot tne re
public and Spanish War Veterans will
assist in his reception here.
Mrs. Moody's Funeral Set for Today.
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The funeral of Mrs. Mary Moody, wife
of Z. F. Moody, ex -Governor of Oregon,
will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon at the Moody noma, 825 court
street. Rev. Carl H. Elliott, of the
First Presbyterian Church of this city,
will officiate. Interment will be in City
View Cemetery. All near relatives of
Mrs. Moody have arrived in the city for
the obsequies.
The territory of seven nations Joins that
of the German empire.
HAIR COMING OUT?
randruff causes a feverish irfttation
of the scalp, the hair roots shrink.
loosen and then the hair comes out fast.
To stop falling hair at once and rid
the scalp of. every particle of dandruff,
get a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at
any drug store, pour a little In your
hand and rub it into the scalp. Alter
a few applications the hair stops com
ing out and yon can t find any. dan
druiljAdy, .
Copyroht Em Scba&nei- A Man
Five
Varsity Fifty
in Glen Urquhart plaids
(Pronounced Erkert)
YOITLL find this most attractive model for
young men made in this latest favorite in
fabrics; you will be pleased with that combination
The soft, quiet, rich tones of the Glen
Urquharts will appeal to nearly everybody; but
some of you may want the more brilliant tar
tans, shepherd and club checks, or new stripes.
Pay about $25
Ask the merchant who sells our goods to show
yon Varsity Fifty Five at $25; a good price to
begin with. Be sure of out label; a small thing
t4ook for, a big thing to find.
Harrt Schaffner & Marx
Good Clothes Makers
Sold Exclusively in Portland by
Sam'l Rosenblatt & Co.
The STORE for MEN
Northwest Corner Third and Morrison
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