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THE arORXIXG OREGOMAJT. - FRIDAY. 3IARCH 26. 1913. HOW ITALY, RUSSIA, ROUMANIA, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO WANT TO PARTITION AUSTRIA- PEACE COALITION STATESMEN'S TASK HUNGARY. GERMANY sines! RUSSIA ; POLAND : jf r ? v y Park. West Park Free Telephone Near Wash. St. Mar. 5533; A 5533 Open Dally, Noon to 11 P. M. Open Sunday, IOiSO to 11 P. M. Austrians Routed and Nearly Baron Rosen Says Present War Is Revolt Against Dom inance of Might: 6000 Are Made Prisoners in Lupkow Pass. TODAY AND SATURDAY The Blessed Miracle iiaBED i VICTORY HELD IMPORTANT NEW ORDER IS DEMANDED 2 STRONG WORKS ARE TAKEN BY RUSSIANS formins of Viciously Defended Po sition in Carpathians Succeeds i JDcvpitc niffieullles cw Iu vaion of rru&tia Hinted- LONDON. March 2b. Taking an im portant fortified Austrian position by torm. capturing nearly 6000 prisoners Ana uo7.cn: or maenme guns, partial in jitliilation of the defenders and retreat f the burvivors those are results re- j'orted by the Fetroprad War Office in a vivid description of a terrific battle in the region of Lupkow Pass, Car pathian Mountains. An unofficial report from Petrograd indit ates that another Russian force either has Invaded East Prussia from the frontier town of Tourogrgen a few mites south of Mem el) or is advancing .long the border in the face of vigorous German resistance. Ritual a a Sucre Uerlnlve. Regarding the Lupkow Pass success, the official Petrograd dispatch says: "In the Carpathians our offensive on the front in the direction between Bart feld and Usesok Is developing with com plete success. Our troops, operating under extremely difficult conditions, gained a most decisive success in the region of Luppoff (Lupkow) Pass, where we carried by assault a very im portant Austrian position on the great) crest of the Beskid Mountains. j "Having forced a wood, which was a perfect entanglement of barbed wires and surrounded by several layers o trenches, our infantry pushed forward to the principal positions of the enemy, the men hauling the guns. After bom hard tug It at a distance of 60 paces, they crossed deep ditches fortified with palisade and carried the enemy works, which were strongly armed and provided with internal defenses. (uMt-r Attack: Fall. "The Austrians made several fierce counter attacks in close rank forma tlon, but were dispersed and partly annihilated by our Are and bayonet charge. "Toward the morning of the 24th the enemy began a retreat on certain po titions. .During the day we took as prisoners about 1C0 officers and 5600 men, and besides captured several dozens of machine guns,' "On the front toward the west of th Middle Niemen we continued to mak progress." Aaatrtama Capture 15O0. The following official statement was Issued today by the Austrian War Of fice: "Our troops in the Carpathians on the front west of Uzsok Pass have repulsed heavy Russian attacks, and the fighting continues. Recently we captured 1500 of the enemy. Near Wyszkow the enemy's attack on the positions we captured Monday- has failed." The Berlin War Office report follows "Russian attacks to the east and southeast of Augustowo, near Jednoro zek and to the northeast of Frzaanf :tt were repulsed." .'TRENT'. Vc.v, J v-m fitAVONIA. V, 5 ir ITALY TCODITAOW ujamtC n s- r'V i ia BY I TALY O TrKBlTOKY WANTED TFCDlTi-lPY WAMTCtf TERRITOBY WANTEOS ,r A, . OT StKVIA Sl M0NTENEC-KO . a.lL: it. Sf tww7 tr nesirian novuKts ... SERBIA BULGARIA The political jtmhiLiona of Italy, Russia, and the Balkan states as a result of the -war In the event of victory for allies are centered on Anstria.-Hun piiry. Kome hopes to regain Italia. Irredenta, embracing- tbe provinces of Trent, Ifitrla and Flume. To make Italy su preme in the Adriatic it also wants th e JJelmatian Islands, along- the east coast of this erreat arm of the Mediter ranean. Russia Trill demand all of Callci a and the northern half of Bnkowina. Including Csrnowitr. Serbia and Montenegro want to in clnde in a new Slav nation the Austrian provinces of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Croatia. SLavonia, O&lmatia and Caroli na. ILonmania'a plans of expansion tak e in the southern half of Bukowlna, Transylvania and the Hungarian prov inces of Kirchiana and Moramaresch. J DISEASE SWEEPS AUSTRIA I a Wounded in Deplorable State and Worst Is to Conic, Sajs American. NEW YORK, March 25. Typhoid, smallpox and other diseases are epi demic amung the Austrian soldiers, ac cording to Dr. Charles McDonald, of Washing tun. head of the American war relief husitltal established in - Buda pest, who reached this port today aboard the steamer America from Italian ports. "When warmer weather conies, I be lieve typhoid will sweep through the Austrian army like a prairie fire." Dr. McDonald said. At present sanitary conditions among the Austrian soldiers are comparative to conditions that pre vailed in the American Army during the Spanish American War, he said. The plight of the wounded is deplor ble. ! HOLLAND IS FOR PEACE ? Co eminent Promises to lo All It J- Caii at Proper Time. - t EERIUN, March 25. (By wireless to Sayvllle, N. Y.) Amon the items sriven I out by the Overseas News Agency for publication today teas the following:: C "The utch Foreign Minister, reply- " inir to a memorial addressed to Queen X Wilhelmina by several of her subjects 1 asking the Queen to use her pood offices toward bringing about peace, informed I, the petitioners that both the Queen and ; the government of the Netherlands t strongly desired peace, and that they would do all in their power at the proper time to effect peace." RUSSIA HAS TRADE PLAN Echauge of Hides for American Leather Goods Is Suggested. WASHINGTON". March 25. A sug gestion that difficulties of American trade extension in Russia might be overcome by a co-operative plan for the exchange of American leather manufactures for Russian hides has been made to the New England Shoe and Leather Association by Henry D Baker, commercial attache at Petro Krad. who will leave the United States to return to bis post in a fortnight. Depreciated Russian exchange, which has fallen from 10 to 15 per cent, Mr. Baker said, now prevented any great expansion. j FESTIVAL CHAIN PROPOSED : Pacific Coast Association Meets to ; Plan Amalgamation. J SAJV FRAXCISCO. March S5 The festivals Association opened Its conven- tlon here today at the exposition t round. The association is endeavor : ins to amalgamate all the Pacific Co&st ; festivals into a chain, giving the visitor ; to th Coast a serie of festivals, car t nival, pcrtolas, flectas:, rodeos, etc all " the One, Co-operaXloa -wad promised the &o- APOLOGY ASKED FOR Bryan Wants Zapata to Atone for Insult to Flag. SALUTE IS NOT REQUIRED Stars and Stripes Torn by Murder ers of McManus, Brazilian Min ister ReportsForeign Hap Violated at Manzanillo. women were then executed with great atrocity, while the younfrer women were carried away as slaves. As a result of the war, 12.000 As syrians are taking refuge in- the Cau casus, some 17,000 are described as In Imminent danger at tbe Urumiah mis sions, while 20,000 aredead or missing. Furthermore, much, property has been destroyed. ONLY ARTILLERY ACTIVE LULL ON WESTERN FRONT IS INDI CATED BV OFFICIALS. WASHINGTON. March 23. How the American flag which was flying over the homo of John B. McManus, a citizen of the United States, in Mexico City, was "torn and dragged half way down the pole" by Zapata soldiers when they murdered McManus and looted his house two weeks asro. is told in dis patches from the Brazilian Minister, made public today by Secretary Brynn. This incident was reported at tne time the death of McManus was being investigated, but there had been no an nouncement of It until today. Secre tary Bryan said reparation for the in sult to the flag had been asked for from Zapata authorities, but that, o far. no reply had come. In answer to Inquiries he said there had been no de mand for a salute to the flag as In the Tamplco affair. Regret for Killing Expressed. One expression of regret for the kill ing of McManus already had been re ceived from General Palafox. the Zapata commander, with a promise of indemnity for the family and punishment for the slayers if apprehended. Brazilian Minister in reporting Mc Manus' death March 11 mentioned only the fact that the American flag- was flying over the house. The next day he sent a further report referring to 'the desecration of the flag." An in qulry from the department as to what this meant brought an explanation on March 1 that an American committee. which Investigated the occurrence re ported to him that "following a fusil lade which preceded the general entry of the Zapatistas into the house, the flag was badly torn by the Zapatistas and dragged half way down the pole.' Other Foreign Flags Violated. The same committee, the minister re ported, had submitted to him a photo graph of the house and flag. In this connection it became known today that several foreign flags had been violated recently at Manzanillo. among them the American flag over the house of an American ranchman. When the matter was called to the at tention of General Carranza, he denied the truth of the reports of American and British consuls. OLD GLORY SAVES 3000 AMERICAN PREVENTS MASSACRE BV Tl'RKS AND KURDS. Women, Men and Boys In Persian Vil lages Are Slaughtered and Girls Are Takea Away as Slaves. TIFLIS. Persia, via Petrograd and London, March 24. Confirmation has reached here of an assault made by Turks and Kurds at Urumiah on Rev. Eli F. Allen, formerly of Portland, Or. bishop and four clergymen were hanged at the mission. Harry P. Packard, the American doc tor of the missionary station at Uru miah of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian Church, risked his life In a successful effort to prevent frightful massacre at Geogtapa, where 3000 Assyrians made their last stand. They had fought for three days and all their ammunition was gone. At this Juncture Dr. Packard unfurled an American flag and advanced between the lines. His act resulted In the sav ing of all but 200 of the Assyrians, who had been burned in a church. Fifteen thousand Assyrian Christians ave taken refuge under the protection of the American mission station, while 2000 are at the French mission. At Gulpashan the Kurds were par- Iculariv cruel. This was the last of a total of 109 Assyrian villages to hold ut and it was occupied a month ago. The Kurds ordered all the Assyrian males into the streets, tied them in groups of five, marched them tq the graveyard and killed them barbarously Fairly Lively Engagement by Big Guns la Champagne District Is Only Oper ation of Importance. PARIS, via London, March 25. Offi cial reports by the War Office today Indicated an almost complete lull in war operations on the' front. The report issued early In the day said only: "In the Champagne district there were yesterday fairly lively artillery engagements. In the neighborhood of Hill No. 196 we repulsed three German attacks.- In the Argonne the German attack at Fontaine failed. At Epargeg we repulsed three counter-attacks. The communication issued tonigh was even more brief. It said: "The day passed calmly and there Is nothing to report except a German at tack at Notre Dame de Lorette, which was repulsed." BERLIN. March 25. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) The official communi cation given out today by German army headquarters says: "With the exception of unimportant engagements on the heights of the Meuse, southeast of Verdun, and ' on Hartmann's-Weilerkopf, which still con tinue, only artillery duels took place along the western front yesterday.' WOMEN DARE DEATH Service in Dread Plague Zone Bravely Given by Americans. WILLS ARE MADE FIRST i De ' de BATTLESHIP IS ON WAY GEORGIA SENT TO PROGRESO TO HELP KEEP YUCATAN QUIET. Bryan Thinks Arrangements Will Be Made Soon for Shipment of Sisal Needed In United States. WASHINGTON, March 25. Rear-Admiral Caperton, commanding the Amer ican fleet in Mexican waters, today or dered the battleship Georgia from Vera Cruz to Progreso, where there have been local troubles. His dispatch re porting the movement of the Georgia said the port of Progreso still was open. The Georgia will join the cruiser Des Moines, now at Progreso guarding for eign interests and seeingrto it that the port is kept open to commerce. Their presence is expected to aid In the maintenance of quiet at Yucatan, where the sisal hemp growers are trying to get out their crop needed by American twine manufacturers. Secretary Bryan said today conditions had grown more favorable in Yucatan and that there were assuring indi cations that arrangements soon would be completed for shipment from Progreso and Merida of 110,000 bales of sisal already contracted for from the Yucatan government by American interests. Details of the plan, the Sec retary said, were being concluded in Kopen with the twine manufacturers. Rear-Admiral Caperton reported to the Navy Department that the Alvardo government, Carranza s taction. In Yucatan had taken over the Yucatan railroad. Doctors of United Stales Red Cross Arc as Heroic in Volunteering to Enter Pestilence-Swept Districts of Serbia. WASHINGTON, March 25. Heroism of American Red Cross doctors and nurses in the plague-stricken districts of Serbia are graphically described in reports to headquarters of the Amer ican Red Cross. . , . One report tells of the "inspiring and blood-tingling heroism of a corps of American women and men who have been facing the ugly -countenance of eath every day that, they have been service in .the Gevgella country, as well as of certain additional American Red Cross surgeons- and nurses who, forewarned and fully advised about the state of affairs in that section. Volun teered to go to the rescue of their fel low Americans and are now on their way there, after having arranged their personal affairs as though preparing for certain death." One American Doctor la Dead. At the time the report was written early in March one American surgeon. Dr. James F. Donnelly, of Brooklyn, had died as the result of typhus and cabled reports said that nine of the 12 American Red Cross trained nurses and three of the remaining Ave surgeons sent to Gevgelia last November were down with the frightful malady. How gravely the situation Is regard ed was expressed today in this state ment, made at the Red Cross head quarters: "With much of continental Europe in highly unsettled state, with fields and trenches drenched with blood; with shallow graves of thousands of dead scattered throughout the war area; with vermin and filth on every hand; with hundreds of thousands of wounded men being cared for in a pitifully inad equate way, a vast number of them having Infected wounds, and with the approach of warm weather and attend ing flies and mosquitos, Europe may be well bravely apprehensive fearful that an unprecedented plague will sweep the Old World." Many Women Brave Death. In one portion of a report from Ser bia the heroic conduct of American Red Cross surgeons and nurses who volun teered to go to their fellow-workers in Gevgelia is described as follows: To the lasting credit of American womanhood it should be said that there were numbers of offers from American Red Cross trained nurses to go to Gev gelia. In two or three cases they an nounced they had made a final adjust ment of their personal affairs and were ready to face death itself. One insist ent nurse said that she had no near relatives and therefore would not be missed that there was no one depend ent on her. Another nurse, who had only an aged father of her immediate family living, said she had talked tne matter over with him fully and had at last persuaded him to permit her to accept this hazardous service. ' Jbx-Knssian Ambassador to United States Says Life of Community of Nations Mtost Bo Organ ised on Different Basts. PETROGRAD, March . (Correspond ence or the Associated Press.) It is tne opinion of Baron Roman Rosen that the war should lead to an entirely new conception of international polit ical relations. Armed peace, he points out, has been a failure,' and it 'will be necessary to evolve a new theory for the purpose of maintaining the polit ical equilibrium of Europe. oaron uosen formerly was Russian Ambassador to the United States, and served as one of the Russian envoys at the Portsmouth peace conference. He is now a member of the Upper House of the Russian Parliament. "The portentous and calamitous events we are witnessing," said the Baron, "should, it seem, impress civi lized mankind with the necessity of or ganizing the life of the community of nations upon a different basis, de signed so as to preclude the possibility of any ono power automatically involv ing almost all the others In a catas trophe, such as Germany's over-ween ing- ambition has brought upon the civilized world. Modern Equilibrium Falls. 'It can hardly be denied that the much vaunted equilibrium baed on the grouping of the great powers of Europe in two irreconcilably hostile camps has lamentably failed to do so. Instead of being, as was claimed for It, tne surest safeguard of the peace of Europe, it has proved the cause of constant emulation between the op posing group's of powers in ever-grow ing formidable armaments, and has finally led to one of the powers con cerned resorting to the criminal folly of a war. "To devise a plan of safeguarding the civilized world against the re currence or . a catastrophe such as the present one will, after the conclusion of peace, become the task, and should not prove to be beyond the imits of the competence of true states manship." Baron Rosen reflected the viewpoint that the war was "the revolt of man kind against the Idea that might goes before right." "Place la Sun" Not Begrudged. 4 'This is why the sympathy of the world seems to be on the side of the allies." he continued. "No one dreams of begrudging the German people the 'place in the -sun' that is theirs by birthright among the great nations on footing'of equality; but the world will never submit to the hegemony of the 'mailed fist.' "No one doubts the patriotism of the Germans or their determination to fight as lotng as their resources last. Still, the ' amount of ' suffering which this war entails, not only on the bel ligerents, but also on the rest of the civilized world, is bound to grow from month to month as the war continues. Therefore, It would seem to be to the Interest of all concerned, and most of all, perhapB, of the German people themselves, to bring the war to a con clusion as soon as possible. General Coalition Proposed. The surest way of reaching such a result would be to bring about a gen eral coalition such as crushed the power of the first Nepoleon, still hav ing France Intact and an honored member of the family of nations. "Falling this, however, a league of neutrals, especially if it be headed by the United States, might bring to bear on Germany moral pressure sufficient to make her realize the futility of con tinuing a atrugglo that certainly could Three Acta With Ethel Clayton and Joseph Kaufmann. This is a heart-gripping play. Intense in sentiment to the shrin of motherhood and fatherhood. A play for every man and every woman. A story of the childless marriage. Another woman pre tends sympathy and wins the man away. The wife discovers al most too late that tho lonp-looked-for has happened. She tries to communicate with her husband, but the letter is returned un opened afterwards it is discovered that it whs done by the other woman. She seeks her husband and at his hotel the "blessed miracle" takes place. Words cannot describe the story. MOTHERS FREE Any mother who feels that circumstances will not permit her to afford the price to sec "The Blessed Miracle" will gladly be admitted free of charge between the hours of 12 and 6 today. MELVIN G. WINSTOCK, ' General Manager National Amusement Co. "it v.si'M jti'vw ? - T KrV& -it -- . A 'A V, . it it- : ft. - .5 A"- -J a . J ? SCENE 1'KOM THE HI.ESSKD MIRACLE. BARRIERS SWEPT AWAY Two-act Feature Drama of Love and Intrigue. THE LADY OF SHALLOTT Clean and clever comedy. MISS LILA VIVIENNE BARBOUR One of the most versatile and entertaining singers we have the pleasure of offering. TWO PIANOS AND PIPE ORGAN In combination throughout plays. An exceptional feature. Sunday Miss Florence Turner In "For Her People" 4 Acts never lead to bltlons." a realization of her am Aslies of eaa Pent by Mali. TJEicni.iETON. Or.. March 5. (Spe olal.) eamethlna- like flurry of ex citement was caused at the Pendleton n.4rin. t mi v. wlinrt tha news w spread about that a dead man had Just been slilppeo by paroei pasi. m in this sase traveled tn a box a foot long, whloh contained the ashes of Thomas P. Balrd, a patient at the East ern Oregon State Hospital, who died early in the week. The aHhes were sent by mall to relatives In Seattle. MARGUERITE CLARK IN "GRETNA GREEN" PACKS PEOPLES THEATER. 1 5 v MX ; MY ( :: ' Wk 1 1 I J i The Reason. HOT PIPE RETURNS SPEECH British Soldier Returned as Dumb Swears Alond When Burned. LONDON, March 6. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Two among the British prisoners of war returned by Germany as totally disabled have al ready recovered from their afflictions. A blind man sees and a dumb man talks. Lance Corporal Fowkes. of the lth Hussars, was shot In the head at Mons and was pronounced permanently blind by the Germans, But ha has regained his sight as the result of a special X ray treatment, The news of Corporal Fowkes' reeov. ery had scarcely sta-ted the gossip go ing in Queen Alexandra Hospital, when the patients were startled, or shocked, by the sharp exclamation of "Oh, Hell!' The words came from a patient who had been -struck dumb by concussion when a shell burst near. He had un wittingly put his hand en a hot water pipe, and the shock et" the sura re- tifttui tow i aaoflf.b. , (Times Picayune.) 'Why did the ladies in the days of chivalry give their gloves to the knightsT' "I suppose it was to show they had an admirer on hand. POSLAM SOOTHES BURNING SKIN. STOPS ITCHING If you are not familiar with the rapid action of Poslam In the relief and eradication of any skin trouble, you will be astonished to see bow readily it takes hold and how easily its work is accomplished. 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As a young woman said at the PeopleB Theater yeserday: "She Is Just perfectly cute." Immediately after the conclusion of the Marguerite Clark play, the great comedian, John Barrymore, will be seen at the Peoples Thea ter In that screaming farce, "Are You a Mason?" beginning Sunday. In "Gretna Green," Miss Clark far surpasses all her former suc cesses. This latest appearance of the diminutive and charming star on the Paramount Programme is certain to establish her as one of the foremost screen artistes of the world. The Play possesses all the essential elements valuable to the success ful screen drama love, sacrifice, humor, mystery and thrill and is of the picturesque period of the early. 19th century, when romantic elope ments to Gretna Green, a lovers' haven in the North of Scotland, added a dash of excitement to many true love matches, when hearts reigned over the marts of commerce, Just before the prose of business usurped the poetry of romance in old England. 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