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VOL. LW-NO. 17.08S. " m-ukiuaxv, mw.. RUSSIAN FORTRESS MELTS IH FLAMES Shells Make Furnace of Novo Georgievsk. UTTER SCATTERED F03 MILES Fleeing Soldiers Drop Arms in Wild Rush for Safety. WOUNDED ARE MENACED rhaJ prisoner bland Aroand lswarvj-d and Many or Oar's Men Actaally XT Cap"". t J'wE (riiONXtU. BENNETT. rrWt "tV r t. ! TrtM ruii'-i - NOV UKOIHIIEV8K. Russia. Aug. M. nidnlfM.-Pr courl.r to Waraaw and by miliary telegraph lo Brltn. Th fortr.s ef Novo Gorslvsk la a lnlni furna.-. Th baml.t aroand in. f..rt r b.ud-d wit Hv coal, and th barra.h. char-. bkhou and armory building. strtchd along tn h.i-n ! ft above th watra of in. Nar.w and th. Vistula, ar. la Th. Nr. ha ra. had th. munitlo chamber and Ih. lor. which in. Il'iaaian coul.l n.tther nor de stroy ar. vpluiin.t In caIee ol I... Hull'la ar. throw I feet trora th window by the explosion an4 mm swishing and pattering 4oo imiit th tr by th. riverside Ilk a kail storm. at. RulM far !... Tb. nr. U raging for bto-h behind th. wal's ft thick and th. hill nU-t wind ! driving th. flames t..4ily forward and la forcing Ihern la crimson trtimi throuxh th. sally yore. v.tl!.tor and chimn.j. Already -m. cf th. Us hav b- in ! ai.lt aad sr. sinking slowly lato th. crat.r rrralU b th Br of, in. Aiatrtaa 3't j -centimeter motor batter. Tb. gtnr Hshia up th lain lor mile aroitx and th prt n.r ilfamlg towly aero.. It by a aot.n rosd. turn slowly la their wearv tr.arca to eaten wpl o( th moot t.rrttlc p.etrl lht ar has brought. or ta Br. Is breaking from th. barracks and administration butuiinc Hi. otn.r id of th. riser. ia this a,.! njmct ar. moving alone with Jump, from Ih unot sindusi of las i,-story .rmory on Ih. cliff. oar la Irawlna ( raaa. Th. roar of t!i .iUi no longer eom.s la :! btl la a craselrs crash. Urarlns constrarlrd of Iron bar. as thi h as a man', arm ar. mrlt ln and U!Hn ln;U to Ih. d.pths f IMs f"rtr.. furnare. 71 aalls ar .0 Ihl.'k thsl thrr arc '.!! some hlh-ault-l rUM(twi; cool .noush lo rnsbl on. to so Vrouil Ihrn and thu. reacn ih. In- 1.1. of th. frtrrL Tshtnc on. of th. ra.sac.s. I p.n ttrjlr.l 10 th. rl p.d court be tr. in rr1n rhurrh. lb nWlns cf wltli a rafk'f th. kIw of th. nm l.apln from lb. powder vaults and caffteats. Jul fr. th. rhapel lies a d.ad Tt'ts.ita ioid:.r. Kom'bodjr bs bad in. rim. m.rt-if'ity to throw a cowl ovr In Is , but In ti. .!sr. Ms outspr.jd bnls .how sr.nin whit, acain.t 1 c.pI. ra.iMr.l. II. It, her ait alon. forcot'.a and unburit4. but a. ver tad a man a mr hrrotc funeral i;rt. and tb. t:mpror brouaht hi. bsn.t lo th. ..tut. wit.n h. p4ssd Ih. bodj. fcrrwiM Hoar lata t If 7. rm. Tandaturm ar. pouring- into the eourt now. carrying1 im of straw lo b. d lftmMlir In in. rh.p'l for Ih. t-ht. IT of th.m stumbi.s ov.r tb. dead It'iwtAa and anoth.r throw, down in. tru.s of straw. bnd orer th. body and lays th. d.sd b.nds upon th. ar.a.t. so th.y shall nit be trampled by th. rin of many fe.1 Th fr. I rollux spwsrd to th. cit adel towsr. wh.r. th. lird Cross flac Is f'ytna I raed two Hus.lan nurses. r. oaly clean wora.a I fca. se.a In two dsys. and a K'i-ta oft.r vf Ih. ft. Ul hu.ptt.i. and a.bed th.m what natfnwi prompted Ih. bddins of th. wound'd on If edac of Ibis roarlnj of m munition. -Il wss a mtstsb." h. reply's. riawMW wewar. I 1aM4. ntiether any of th. wound'd ar. still In p.ril 1 cannot Irarn. I think rot. bat. wh-t.t.r th. sltustlon. the nr. aooa wkil mak. all questiona super fluous. Il Is ro::irc n.sr t' . cUsJrl low.r. Ill n. In ( un( brani bits th. Ked troa I (. but does not Isclt. II. Th. wlr.d bss nn a I tt . and tb fas float T.Uantly and eonstantly. Xtw fir., ar ilulxt and occasional e yon catch th. aromstle odor from UK. (rea btrrfl t-ee. il tors ar orchlnc uadr th ammanitlon blown from th. s!tt tory of h a.-sensL ymT .p bot banks of b-tr rlers are po's of fir. from th. b'irninc farms. W.wii.aa Abaadoa DuIimm. Ms-Mr.. Buns li. irtl'.d In th. stabl. yard snd who:. I'sinlos-la of shells stand ea l' sidetracks l.jdln Into th fortress- Jm. cf ths br!Ji-s wer. so n.i:frt"r blown spart thst already th. Oermens ar alrlnc t. em bck I plumb. Ia on trrk fi.ight train leaded o..-i4 sa less i .lwaa l -' . TTTi-an a v a i!fii:sT a7! " - PKICE FIVE CENTS. NORTHWEST MILLS OPEN; TRADE BRISK STKADV OPERUIOV THIS WIN TLH iVlUCATED. Plant at Wendllnf; and Aberdeen Soon Ilrsame Operation t Near Orrjon City Begin. Kl'GKNE. Or.. An. 19. iSpeclat) Th Booth-Kelly Lumber Company aii nounced today that lt -Wn!Iln mil. will resume operation on Monday. Sep tember . employing a cr.w of IS. men and TS In the timber. A. C Plson. manager of th Booth Kelly Company. announced today: -slinc closed down a fore of men haa been at work making rpalra. w hav. bulit a B.w dam and Installed new saw husks, a new carriage, new trussea oer Ih. boilers, and concrat foundation Tb crwa alr.ady has bea called In. to report Friday." Th. Pprlngfl.io mill la at preoent working on l-hoor ahlft a day. ABKRDEKX. Wash.. Aug. 10. (Spe cial After a shutdown of e'ght m.-ntha Xhm Wilson Broa' mill will r n..ni. h.r Wednesday with a crow of from Hi to IS men. John Wilson, th manager. Intimated that th mill would b kept In steady oper ation throughout th Winter. nrrrjiv riTT Aur It. (Special.) n.. iin.uki. and University rark plants of th Jl.nefc Lumber Com pany began operation touay an.r --i. n . ..s.ral months. Th plant at illlwaukl. U employing 19 men and th. on at t nlT.rstty rara U. S. BUYS 100.000 SHELLS Ch-rago Man Announce Order, Say In: Germany Hoy la America. Too. iii.a:1l Auc. S. Corga M. Getsi how. aecrstary of rhllllp. Cets- chow at Co, I quolec in in. v.. indar as saving that h I a .lockholder In a firm which Is mak ing lo. SOD six-Inch sheila for in. In 1 ted Statea Army, and that th Car man goe.rnro.nl. Ilk th. allies. Is purchasing munitions of war In the American market. H would not nam th firm. "A to th American order. I am not at liberty to dlsclos th nam of lb firm, further than to say that tb. contract U worth about .ilO.OoV Mr. Uetsrhow la ouoled as saying. "A month aft.r the war brok out thla firm ordered IS Uthea for making .belts, bat th.y arrived only recently." PASTOR DELAYS DECISION lies. William Parsona. Kurcnc, IX nlea AccrUn Colleire Uialr. Il.e. Wlltlam Isr.ons. of Eugene, who baa been filling th pulpit of lb. Central Pr.sbyt.rian Church for th po.t month, announce that b haa not accepted Ih call to th. chair of Kibl. study and theology of Al bany Coll.g.. aa published recently. -r. I'srsoos Is eminently fitted for Ih. chair of theology In th. Albany Collrg. and h oJ '" trn.lk to lb. co.lege," said Iter. Andr.w J. Montgomery, superintendent of church tension of th. l-ortland pr.sbytcry. -I belt.v. that If I", rarsons go.a to Albany It will b highly IMVT to th. rre.bterl.n Church of th stat Bd Ih. snod of Oregon.- VISTA SPEEDERS SCORED Portland llclliU llesldent Ip In Arms Over Ianeron Prltrlns. Complaints ssaln.t auto speeder or. Vial a.ivue. mad by resident or 1-urtland Heights, hav been so loud thai th. polic. may be called to take hand. Keports ha been mad. by Mala rs.ider.ts that msny drtv.r. ar. mak- ...... in i miles an hour up and down the Mil Irom th brldg lo i: Helgbta llr. slatloit, fevcra. " row esv.iiea by children from death, or injuries du. to last driving hav. seen reported, and lb cltisena ar. up li axms over the condition pr. vaiare and pol.v. action will b twilel to. Ihey say. If th nuisances or. not stoiped at once. HOPPICKERS IN DEMAND Irdrral llorean Has Place fur JO 1 amines ear PortUnd. More hopplckers are wanted In h Willamette Valley. Kamily parties are prelerred. Th. r-dersl Immigration, bureau at :t Hallway Exchange bulldnig r.- ported yesterday that it has places for iv Dior famliie in nuumcui ") varda not far from lor Hand. The. plac.s can b. had by arplylng to th. immigration tyffic today. It la dealrcd that the appllvanta hav their own tenia. Tb Federal bureau already has l-Uc.d hundreds of families In tb hop Held. LA GRANDE SAVES WATER Lawn Irrigation Curtailed to Con nerve Prinking Supply. lV C.rt.XNt'K. Or, Aug. 3. (Special.) Irrigation of lawn. In Ua Grand was stopped today by City Manager Utfky and Water Miperlntendent lloyL Th artltr of water, both In th supply and th. reservoir prompts such action. Whii fire protection la assured In any venl through river sourves. thai water la Impur and will b. used only a laet resort. It la hoped that by curtailing th. ua of water tb supply of drinking wat.r will b available IhiougU regular channel. ENGLISH POUNDS CONTINUE SLUMP Value Drops Despite Gold Shipment LOW LEVEL OF $4.61 REACHED AH Foreign Exchange Except Rubles Is Carried Down. CAUSE REMAINS MYSTERY Only Ksplanatlon la Presentation of Bill Against European Buy era Foreign financiers Are Awaited lo Stein Tide. NEW TORK. Aug. SO. Two things stand out tonight aa th dominant fea tures of today foralgn exchange mar ket: English gold and American securi ties to th amount or 1(5.000.000 were o band to help redeem th pound ster ling from Its lowest recorded depre ciation. Th pound sterling dropped a cent and a half mors in value. IwSBB) C.atlaaea Dally. New loan values or th pound ster ling hav bacon 1. a matter of dally oc currence. For th past four business days a new "ccord baa been estab lished each day. Today It waa set at $l.l. :i cent below normal. Saturday It waa $4.i:V. Friday It waa 1 163. and on Thursday of last week It was 4.(4, which equaled the previous low record. Thar wer no Indications at tb clos of business today that th end of th slump waa In sight; on th con trary, tb belief prevailed that ster ling would become still further depre ciated before th market 1 put to rights. In Its downward cours. sterling car ried with It all Continental exchange except l'uaalan rubles. In which deal ings wer said to b extremely llght Thls rouney showed an Improvement over Saturday, rising from 14.2S to J4 I. Franca went to .02. within I points of their previous low record of deprecia tion, and Hres dropped to t.ii. four points from their former record. Ger man r.ichsmarka fell to SO'i. three quarters of a cent above th low record and about th same amount below the rls of last week. With tlx markets thoroughly demor alized, no on In high banking circles cared lo venture an explanation or a forecast. Representatives of half a dozen big banking bouses said they wer not Interested In the latest fig ure. This waa taken to mean that th.y had virtually censed to deal In foreign exchange for th time .being. Uilla F.ree Hate. Dwwn. Ther. was no method of determining th. amount of bunlness that was don In sterling, but there waa every Indi cation that, a Urge quantity of bills had been presented here against Euro pean buyer and that thla had forced rates down. 7yi? 4CMS avoAC. k tfVWtm?rS HUHt J UAS J aT'arr'tVa- TrVS VaTaC v. r AiSEOONirj jY A si-rcM osh& wS-0v iJWW : i i I INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS ftlrXlliAfl fflUlj IN I Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. T4 dezTMS; minimum. M degrees. TODA"T8 Tuesday fair, westerly winds. War. Novereorslavak Is mad. roaring furnace by German ah el La. 1'aaa L Bait-turn plsnned with Britain to nlr war. says German neaapaper. fag. S. Prance active aa shows by figures. Psgs 3. , Hasina. Mexican rlalng In Texas frustrated. Pag. 1. Katleaial. Next step In Mexican peace programme de termined without recard to what Car ranza may reply Pan S. Washington AdmlnUtrstlon ragsrds Portland power conference sa vital. Pag. 5. , Domestic English pound alumpa to nsw low level of I4.U1. Fas a. Oregon pennant at exposition fliee from tallest flaspols In th. world. Pag a. Witnesses defy court of Inquiry In Colorado militia case. Ps(. 3. Dr. William T. Hornadsy declares ooasv defenses ar. Inadequate. Pag. 3. Chinese-American steamship line ' to be launched. Page 2. ri porta. ran throughout country discuss fat ot "mudbalL" Psgs lu. Trlangl monopoly on stars In American League looms. Pag. 10. Whltted's freak drive gives victory to Phila delphia over St. L4ul. 4-S. Pag. 10. Western golf hopes mest In first round. Paga 11. Pacific Northwest. Mill In Northwst resume with brisk trad. Pag 1. Forest fire blss sfresh In doaen different Eastern Oregon polnta. Pag IL. Commercial sad Maria, local wheat blda ara again reduced. Page IS. Large run of hoga causes lower prices st stocknrd. Pago li. Chicago wheat lower on heavy selling. Pag li. Wall etreet trading professions! and prices Irregular. Pag 16. rsrtlaad aad Vldalty. Arno Doech, war correspondent and Oregon Ian ex-rporter. visit. Portland and ds sciibes European situation. Pag. 1. Alvln Hawkins snd Otto Nelson, high school students, drown In Wlllsmette. Pag. li Sanford W. Currier confess burning or many buildings for Insurance. Pag 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Psg IS. Oeneral floethala arrive with family for Portland visit. Paga . Chamber urgea passage of Jltn.y law as approved by voters. - Paga T. Guardsmen and naval militia will b busy st rlfl rang neat week. Pag ft. Rain slds fight on forest flrea. Psgs 11. BRAZIL DRY, CATTLE DYING Eighty Per Cent ot Some Herd in Northern States Lout, NEW YORK. Aug. SO. Prolonged drouth in the northern states of Braxll this Summer, particularly In the states of Pluhy. Oeara. Rio Orande do Norte and Parahyba. haa resulted In serious loss to cattle-raisers, according to Oeorge Holdernesa, of OeaVa, Braxll. who arrived here today on th team ship lenis from Para. Th loss in some of these districts haa been as high as 80 per cent of the herds." said Mr. Holdernesa. "Crops also suffered." RUSSIANS PAY IN CURRENCY Largo Bills Brought Out and Busi ness Serlounly Knibarrascd. PKTROGRAD. via London. Aug. 30. Th silver and copper coin supplies of Petrograd shopmen and tram conduc tors were drained speedily today by the general presentation of paper money of large denominations. Natural ly when the public began accumulating change, business was seriously embar rassed. State and private banks are said to be well stocked with coin and are paying It out Irs unlimited amounts. THIS IS PEACH WEEK! TEXAS FRUSTRATED Police ChargeSpeakers Who Urge Killin- lt.. PRESIDENT 0 V. nC- ABUSED Plan to Form "Republic Texas" Goes Amiss. of 26 HELD UNDER ARREST Charge of Treason Likely to Be Put Against Men Who Try to Incite Mexicans to Kill Ameri icans at San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aus. 30. With the arrest here of 26 Mexicans. 23 of whom were detained late today. Chief of Police Lancaster and Federal au thorities tonight announced that a plan to Incite the Mexican population of San Antonio to deeds of violence had been frustrated. The prisoners, according to Chief of Police Lancaster, are followers of the so-called plan of San Diego, the ex travagant, manifesto promulgated by a party of Mexican agitators which proclaims the "Republic of Texas' to be governed by Mexicans. Recent up rising In the Lower Rio Grande Valley caused the programme for the estab lishment of the new government to go amiss and at the same tftne Federal officials were put on their guard. Speech Are Inflammatory. Three of the leaders were arrested Sunday night while addressing a crowd of 1000 Mexicans on the market plaza. The addresses were of an Inflammatory nature and calculated to arouse the poorer classes of Mexicans to deeds of violence. Since the disturbances in the Browns ville territory special agents of the Vnited States Department of Justice and police officials have been keeping a close watch to prevent a possible up rising in San Antonio. They also had learned that members of a Mexican party were here in great strength, but until Sunday night there had been no open attempt to encourage disorders. Then three speakers gathered about 1000 Mexicans and in passionate out bursts of oratory pictured to them a tale of persecution of their fellows. Chief Lancaster, Police Inspector Mus sey and Captain Welch heard their remarks. Speaker Abnsea President. "One speaker," Chief Lancaster said, "after abusing the President of the United States, the Government of this country and the white race generally, openly declared: 'It is no harm to kill a gringo and an Allemane.' (Meaning Americans and Germans.)" It was right at thla point the police charged the crowd and arrested the leaders, but not without a fight. As the officers were withdrawing, one of (Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.) 0- ALL JCAS Mondays War Moves W1 HILE no reports from th Eastern war theater, embracing the re gion from Courland to Southeastern Galicla, indicate that the Germans and Austrians are still pressing th Rus sians hard in combat or tenaciously following them in retreat, military ob servers believe that the approaching toctial season will limit the further T rd movement of th Teutons and '.hem to bo content with th fruit o cnelr past successes as the Winter season falls upon them. Both Berlin and Vienna lay emphasis on the statement that Field Marshal von Hindenburg's forces along the Dvina River in Courland have renewed their activities, which were brought to a sudden halt recently with the suc cess of the Russians in holding Riga as a menace to Von Hindenburg's rear. In Southwestern Russia, in the Brest Litovsk region, the Austrian and Ger mans are chiefly concerned in driving Grand Duka Nicholas' armies further Into the Pripet Marshes, evidently with the purpose of repeating the early success of the Germans in the Ma surian Lake region of East Prussia. To th Northwest, in the sector lying only a short distance to the east of the East Prussian frontier, Berlin reports an advance of the Teutons and the capture of the town of Llpsk, lying just to th west of the fortress of Grodno, upon which the aims of the Germans now are evidently centered. With the opening ot the Autumn months, the military observers are di recting attention to the fact that the Russian Fall storms are due to begin about October 21. They assert that they are the danger limit to military operations in the Eastern field. It is recalled by some of these observers that th Autumnal equinox marked the turning point In the Napoleonic cam paign. The first warning was a light snowfall preceding tne equinox, but soon afterward heavy snows fell and with them came disaster to Napoleon. Desperate fighting continues in the Dardanelles In the vicinity of the spot where the British recently made their landing. The Turkish reports claim the recapture by the Ottoman forces of allied trenches with heavy allied casualties. These claims, however, have not yet been conceded by Great Britain. TJIe military operations in the west ern field have been, confined to trench fighting. On the Austro-Italian fron tier the Italians say that their forces are slowly advancing northward. August 31. 1014. Great battle in East Prussia wages along lOO-mila line. German aviators drop bombs on Paris fand demand its surrender. Germans' loss off Heligoland in naval battle 870 men, while British lose 29 men. Germans gain on River Somme. BLIND WARDS WILL STUDY Four Men at County Farm Are to Be Taught Trade. Four blind men at the Multnomah County Farm will be eduoated so they can earn their own living. This win ter they will attend the School for the AduTt Blind in Portland, and probably will be taught the trade of chairmak- intf. The County Commissioners yesterday decided that the four men should be sent to the school. T. F. Myers, super intendent of the blind school, made the recommendation after he had visted the men and had been assured that they desired to learn a trade. To keep them at the farm will cost 15 a month. To send them to school will cost 820 a month, according to the Commissioners. CITY TO DESTROY RECORDS Old Vaults AVill Be Cleaned Out to Store Xewer Documents. Tons of historic records. Including receipts, cancelled vouchers and other documents dating back as far as 1890 are to be destroyed to make room for present-day records in the vaults at the City Hall. City Auditor Barbur will ask the Council tomorrow to au thorize the burning of the old records. which, he says, fill the vaults, so the city can avert the cost of new vaults. The records, he says, have all been checked over and audited, and are of no possible use. By discarding tne relics the city hopes to save $15,000 proposed originally for new vaults. ALL CAN SPRINKLE TODAY Two Odd Dates Coming Together, Ban Is Lifted for Day. Everybody, whether occupying odd or even numbered houses, is privileged to sprinkle today owing to two odd-numbered dates coming together. For the day the alternate sprinkling day rule does not apply. Even-numbered places sprinkled yes terday, while today rightly is the day for the pdd-nunibered places. Because of tomorrow being an odd-numbered date also, all water users can sprinkle today. The alternate system will apply again tomorrow, odd-numbered places only being permitted to sprinkle. 2,500,000 LIVE IN CHjCAGO Xew City Directory Sliows Johnsons, With 10,000, Lead; Smiths Third. CHICAGO, Aug. 30. The 1915 edition of the Chicago city directory will indi cate a population of 2,500.000, it was stated today. The Johnsons 10,000 of them lead numerically, as they have for the last two years, and are closely followed by the Ardersona and the Smiths. ISSUE OF WAR LIES IN FRANCE, 15 VIEW Oregonian ex-Reporter Back From Europe. GERMANS AIM TO SIT TIGHT Paris Not Goal of Von Kluck, Says Arno Dosch. BRITISH ARE DOING LITTLE Correspondent at Front, on Visit in Portland, Says No Atrocities Seen-by Him, but Invaders Ruled Belgians Severely. "Watch the western front." That is the advice of Arno Dosch, European war correspondent and ex reporter for The Oregonian, who is here visiting his father. Colonel H. E. Dosch. By "western front" he referred to the western theater of war in France and Belgium. "The fighting between the Germans and the Russians In the east," he de clares, "is important enough in Itself, but the real issue of the war will bo fought out between the French and the Germans in the west." French Have Hard Task. Naturally, when he gets through with that kind of talk he always is asked: "Well, what is going to be the re sult on the western front?" Just as naturally, he fails to give a categorical reply. But he has it ' fig ured out. after nine or ten months of close personal observation from both fighting lines, that the Frenc't are go ing to have a mighty hard Job driving the Germans out of their present posi tions in Northern and Eastern France. The Germans, he says. Intend to re main right where they are. They hav ho intention of restoring the integrity of Belgium. They want it as a German province. Allies Lack Ammunition. "All the Germans need to do right now." he says, "is to sit tight, and it is apparent that this Is what they pro pose to do." "But why don't the allies start an offensive .campaign in the west?" he generally is asked. "Lack of ammunition." he says. That, he insists, is the key to the whole situation, and ventures the guess that this same element may be an Im portant factor in determining the re sult in the west. One thing about Mr. Dosch's con versation that readily forms an im pression is his constant reference to "the French" and "the French army, instead of to "the allies" or "the allied army." British Columbians Fight Most. In explanation he says the bulk of the fighting against Germany In the west has been done by the French soldiers, commanded by French gen erals The British haven't done much and most of what they have done has been done by Canadians and by Brit ish Columbian Canadians at that. "The big figure in the future fight ing for the French." he predicts, "will be General Fosch. Keep your eye on him. He will be an important factor In this war." He points out that it was General Fosch who checked General von Kluck's rush toward Paris a year ago and says General Fosch is the real fighting genius of the French forces. In speaking of General von Kluck, he declares that it was not the German leader's intention to go to Paris last Fall at alL He wanted to crush and annihilate the French army, and was on a fair way of doing so when Gen eral Fosch rammed the center of the German army. That stopped him. Paris Not Goal at First. "It was the plan of the Germans to send General von Kluck through Bel gium and, General von Buelow through Luxemburg, and to combine the attack o' these two forces on the main French army." explains Mr. Dosch. "This pro gramme succeeded only until General Fosch got in the way. "It was not intended to enter Paris until the French army had been crushed. General von Kluck was not aiming at Paris when he drove, across France a year ago. Had the general plan succeeded, however. It is probable that the Germans later would have taken Paris." - , Mr. Dosch declares that history will show that the battle of the Marne, where Von Kluck's mad rush was checked, was one of tlie bloodiest as well as one of the most important of the war. The territory on both sides of the river for miles in either direction, he says, is one immense graveyard containing the bodies of thousands of French and Ger man soldiers." t n,n.t nf his thrilling European ex periences Mr. Dosch was accompanied by his wife, a California gin. one pm .m. mnn nt the war than any u'J 3 " " , other American woman. Mrs. Dosch now is visiting her parents in Laniornia. While with her in California last week Mr. Dosch fell while running for a train and wrenched his knee Hence he carries a cane. It is a heavy sticg. iConclutled on Pas 3, Column 2.J. rrm 109.0