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) 1 ' XQ 17'111' rORTLAXD, OREGOX, MONDAY, SEPTE3IBER 7 iqTi : ALLIES PUSHING Oram More Than 20 Mires of Ger man Trenches Taken, BATTLE CONTINUES FIERCELY Capture of 12,000 Prisoners by French, 17C0 by Brit ish, Is Reported. FOE'S POSITION WEAKENED British Compelled to Retire at Two Points, but Assert Net Advantage. LONDON, Sept. 26. Decided gains for the allies, accompanied by the cap ture of many prisoners, have been made in the vigorous offensive launched yesterday from near Verdun to the Belgian coast. Capture of 12,000 German prisoners by the French and of 1700 by the Brit ish is reported. Germans Admit Repulses. The German official report, issued from Berlin today, admits the repulse of a German division at Loos, with considerable casualties and loss of ma terials, as also is the evacuation of an advanced German position north of Perthes, between Rheims and the Ar- gonne forest. The offensive began Saturday morn ing. For several weeks there has been an almost incessant bombardment, which late last week increased in in tensity, particularly in the sectors where the infantry attacks took place. French Make Important Gains. The French, who are credited with the most important gain, made their chief onset against the German lines around Perthes, Beausejour and Suip pes, in Champagne, where in Decem ber they made a considerable gain of ground. An attack Saturday, how ever, gave them possession of more territory than they had retaken from the Germans since the latter dug tnemseives in after the battle of JIarne. According to the French account, the Germans were driven out of thoir trenches over a front of 15 miles. varying in depth from two-thirds of a mile to two and a half miles. I Adrance Is Being Pressed. Apparently the advantage is being pressed still further, as the French communication makes only the brief est mention of the operations. The importance of this gain lies in the fact that every yard of ground taken in this region weakens the Ger man position around Verdun, from which the Germans might be com pelled to retire should the French suc ceed in making any further advance. The French also have regained the cemetery of Souchez and trenches east of the "Labyrinth," in the Arras dis trict, which was the scene of heavy fighting earlier in the year. The Ger mans had built what they considered almost impregnable fortifications. This attack was made in co-operation with the British, who attacked on cither side of La Bassee canal. British Attack Succeeds. The attack to the south of the canal, Field Marshal Sir John French re ports, was a complete success. Trenches five miles in width and about 4000 yards in depth were taken at this point. This push forward gives the Brit ish possession of the road from Lens to La Bassee, which was used by the Germans for moving troops and sup plies north, and south, and threatens to outflank the German troops which hold the town of Lens. Hill 70, one of the positions taken on the road, is less than a mile directly north of Lens, while Hulloch, which also fell into the hands of the British, is at the end of the road near La Bassee. It is only 12 miles from Hul loch to Lille. British Fail North of CanaL North of the canal the British were enable to hold the ground gained, and had to fall back to the trenches they had left in the morning. The attack, however, accomplished one purpose, as, according to Field Marshal French, German reserves were sent to .(.Concluded on Fags 2. Column 2,4 ' STRENUOUS WEEK TIRES JOHN a, JR. MLNEOWXEU PREPARES TO COX FEB OX POLICIES. Lmon Attitude Toward Meeting Said to Iepend on Decision of Officials of Company. bept. 26. Fresh from the coal camps of Southern Colorado, John 13. Rockefeller, Jr.. will begin a series oz conrerences here tomorrow in the of. rices of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Com pany. At these conferences, it is ex pected, there will be formulated what ever labor policy will result from Mr. ttockefeller's tour of Inspection of min. lnS properties. r' ocKeieuer spent todav at th ranch of J. F. Welborn, president of the i 1 n t -. v . 1 T." . . 1 f. -w . x- uci oc iron company, near uenver. It was a day of rest, which th Standard Oil man needed badly after nis strenuous week of touring the coal mining: region. fercy lettlow, a member of the com mittee representing the international executive board of the United Mine Workers of America, which on Satur day issued a statement suggesting a conterence with Mr. Rockefeller, said .unignt mat no formal invitation had Deen sent. He said the action of me union regarding a conference would aepena largely on the policy formu i...cu uy me toiorado fuel officials for dealing- with the miners. FORTY- -NINER IS DEAD Peter Rudio, rioneer of West. Passes Away at Centralla. v-MiKAUA, Wash., Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Peter Rudio, a native of Ger many, and one of the California gold teeners or 1849, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Andrew ivanier, in this city. Mr. Rudio was born in Strassburg in ioo, coming to the United. States when nve years of age. In the gold day he wanted to California from Wisconsin. married near Corvallis, Or, in iwi, nis wire dying last February. He is survived by six children. They nc wrs. Lanier, Mrs. I. J. Gilliam, of n-nensDurg; w. M. Rudio, of Seattler ueorge -K.UQ10, or Santa Paula, Cal.; Mrs. William Forsythe, of Milton Or and Mrs. W. M. Pierce, of La Grande. He was admitted to Masonry at The Dalles in. 1858. The body will be sent 10 walla Walla for interment. T. P. HOLMES, 60, DEAD j -ave of Oregon and Long Resident , of Portland Passes. All his life a resident of Oregon Thomas P. Holmes, aged 60, died at his nome, 5S6 Ramona, yesterday morning arter a lingering illness. The funeral will be held Tuesday, although the hour nas not yet been set. Jir. tioimes was born in Yamhill county and lived there for 17 vears Then he came to Portland and in 1887 he married Miss Margaret Sutherland. mie years ne was in the grocery business. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and Ancient Order or United Workmen. "e leaves his wife, Mrs. Margaret fioimes, and two children. Alice Holmes, wuauw, ttuu -vi i a. ciizaoein liagaro, of Yamhill County. He is also survived by a brother, Oliver C. Holmes, of Port land. HILL LINER KILLS WHALE Great Northern Cuts Huge Sea Mam mal in Twain, Jarring Craft. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 26. (Spe ciai.j lo not many travelers on the deep is it given to see a whale killed by a modern , steamship, but that was the treat given the 325 passengers on the turbiner Great Northern, which ar rived from Flavel this afternoon. Just north of Point Arena this morninir the Great Northern struck a huere whale fair amidships and cut the leviathan in two. The shock Jarred the whole vessel and for a time passengers thought they had struck a rock. Rushinar on doeir they beheld only bloody spume in the track of the vessel and two huge pieces of whale. WOMEN WILL STUDY LAW !5 College Graduates Apply lor Ad mission to Xew School. r CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.)- Some 25 young women, gradu ates from Radcliffe, Barnard. Bryn Mawr and Smith collesres have an. plied for admission to the first gradu ate law school in America, devoted ex clusively to the instruction of women, which is to be opened this Fall. Joseph Henry Beale Royall. profes sor In the Harvard Law School, is the head of the new Institution, which is called the Cambridge Law School for Women. Lectures will be delivered in buildings belonging to Radcliffe Col lege. RAIN IS PROMISED AGAIN Sunday Wet and Cloudy; Sun Seen Only for 5 9 Minutes. It rained yesterday and. what's more. It's likely to rain again today. The weather man surveyed the situation last night and said1 "Showers Monday," and Fall showers usually mean some thing akin to rain, under conditions as they are now. A considerable downpour followed the afternoon of drizzling shortly be fore 6 o'clock last night and sent a good many who had dared to brave the day scurrying to shelter. The entire day was cloudy, only 69 minutes of the .720 of the day eing clear.. . IT FEELING STIRS ALL F E Beginning of Drive Is Felt in Paris. BIG TROOP MOVEMENTS ON People Optimistic in Face of Reverses of Russians. NAPOLEON'S FATE UPLIFTS Country Believes Kaiser Has Ven tured Too Far Into Russia, and Has Prepared Himself to Be Badly Smashed. BT CAROf.TV TTTT.CrtM (Copyright. 191.S. by the Chlearo Trihnne .Published by arrangement.) PARIS. Sept. 2. There is a general spirit of optimism in France, which, in the face of the Russian retreat and the present failure of a diplomatic adjust ment in the Balkans, seems marvelous. l don t know in six months when have felt such a healthy stirring of "" among the French wnni. Tk... nil tMl: , . pernaps it would be truer , say. we all believe," for every one in Pranca fttoc. . . seems to believe with them that a smashing offensive swng io come off in a short tir and they haven't a grain of doubt that it is going to be . "corker" to render into corresponding slang the!,. phrase. Big Troop Movement On. There ccn be no doubt that h and has been a tremendous changing Of troops. COncnntrallnn --j rangement. Either directly or indi rectly through friends. I have kept in ciose connection with ferent men at the front. 10 dif- Of these nine have alreadv boon r-. moved to the sector of the Argonne and Alsace, and the tenth wh -tin remains just back of Ypres, in Jhat lit tle space where a few. French troon. are left with the British, wrote his mother the first of th wei, u.. s to move east, inn in i ' - . auui i time. Now if these 10 men. in stiffs regiments. concerned with various branches of the arm v ,n,i ; r: to 100 per cent of my direct aenuaint- ance on the front are all removed it stands to reason that a centage is being massed in the o.t British Holding 100 Miles. This may partly be due to th. i,. i:"., rl ; i. r . . . . ""o"" '"'tra wmcn nave rnme over ana wnicn.are now holding much ereaier portion of the line. understand that, with a few minnr exceptions, the British are, hnuin. r, miles probably even lit. tie over. They are to all intents and purposes in Winter quarters, and win do nothing; more except hold their line. me r rencn snould make iu successful attack that forces mirhi be moved from onnoslte th d.i..i. trenches to support the imnn. tacked by the French. I have been assured over and over (Concluded on Page 3. Column 2.) BUOYAK RA C j - . : i ZZZZ "lJi' X A 1 IS. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, degrees ; minimum. degrees. .ju.x a bhowers; southwesterly winds. War. v.roijn wiison says all France stirs with "Kiiuusm ana expectancy. Page. 1. Alleged German plot to influence Congress Allies make gains In terrific drive into Ger- i.Mi-a in west. race i. ruBinp on rror.t of 300 miles. Pago i. ""..... rairrain protest to America against ...uumviia expuris. 1 age . Mexico. General Carranza reports that food in large L Dce: sent to Mexico City. ... Domestic. . Swedish minister trylne to obtain emmnn.. ment of execution of condemned man who ne cannot clear himself without in- uivmg woman. t'aso 3. Murder of Wisconsin coudIo Karri.. nnii. - -i " Cities In Middle West flooded. Page 11. iijrrmnt in confession savi L fires nettari sang u'jv apiece. Page Sport. racitic Coast I-oairue results: PnnlnnH.s.. Francisco games postponed, rain: Salt Lake 14-5, Vernon 3-0; Oakland 1-4, Ios .mscies u-j. fags 10. T-nAl,.. i . ... 1 j ii lustra na sees last nopes or pen- fa biuiiiiiisiiiiB. rage iu. New stars begin to twinkle at University of amy s.peas picks Red Sox to win world scries. i-age ll. xnirty-slx practice at traps for tournament loaay. race iu. racific Xorthwest. aiany Methodist clergy officiate at Rose- uurg. ra:i u. State fair at Salem onens todav wltli cial children's exercises. Page 5. linunre and Industry. epe- investment tinkers hopeful of future for lumber Industry. Page 0. Henry Clews hopeful of prosperity. Page 9. Portland and Vicinity. Orpheum offers three headlincrs on all-star Dill. page 14. President K!elrchner to make personal ap peal ior Associatea cnarltles. Page S. Oregon loses pioneer educator in death of J. If. Stanley; funeral tomorrow. Page 7. Spiritualists blame teachings of past for humanity's imperfection. Page 8. Citizenship school for aliens to open Oc tober 4. Page 14. Women's Christian Temperance irnion to try in our tuoacco users irom buying liquors. rage X. Sunday school rallies held in many churches wiin jarga attendance. Page 8. s. o. S. call causes much apprehension In Portland until word of Harvard's safety is receiveu. page 11 Wife of noted violinist caring for 42 babies. rage Ex-Governor Herrlck of Ohio to address Portland bankers on rural credits. page 14. UttNAL ULUitU rUtt WttN Recent Slide Is Worst in History of Panama Waterway. PANAMA, Sept. .26 (Special.) It will be'another week before the canal is reopened. .Fifty-five ships have been delayed so far. and some of them have turned back. The recent slide is the worst in the history of the canal eignteen months will be required in excavation work to remove all the earth that slipped into the canal. surveyors have begun on Taboga Island, in Panama Bay, :n anticipation of appropriations for increasing the de fenses of the canal. CLUB POST TO BE GIVEN UP VV. Hi Id, Scheduled to Leave, la Multnomah Vice-President. F. W. Hild. general manager of the Portland Railway. Light & Power Com pany, who is to leave shortly for Den ver to take up a similar position there probably will resign the office of vice president of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, which he now holds, ac cording to announcement which he made last night. The matter will come up at a meeting of the trustees nf th club, which is to be held todni- THERE'S SOMETHING DOING AT THE STATE FAIR 1 i ! ' : " "" " BATTLE PAGING ON FRONT 0F300 MILES Every Sector Being Hammered by Allies. TRENCHES BATTERED DOWN berman Positions on First Line Filled With Dead. TROOPS WORK IN UNISON Terrific Conflict of Manic Is Ki ceeded in Intensity and Numbers Kngaged; Kaiser's Reserves Arc Held at nay. PARIS. Sept. 26. fSneell P.M.i rv o ,.j . .: ' J '"'""'", simuitaneousi nnii. uverwneiming forces on every sec lue oame rront. stretching 300 miles from the North Sea in ih. ir. ....jwnns, me i-rench and British ar "-apiurea more than 20 miles or oerman trenches and fortifications oeptn in many instance, r oue-nair miles, have seized varl arla vantage points and have taken more than 20.000 prisoners una many guns. 1 . . . . "aiue. Which beean S,te,,. oris? iitklu . J ragea with undiminished 1U" aI Saturday night, still continues "1U1 lne torces in death grip in hand l""""a iignting. in which bavonet. am Deing- used. Battle Greater Than Marat. In the number of trooDs enmir i. the terrific havoc wrought hv (-mm. less batteries of th , . maSnltMe of the new of- ....3ive orive Degun by General Joffre. v.u,.I.auer-in-cnier of the French, and r,Ma Jiarsnat Sir John. French. Commander-in-Chief of the British, to pel the Germans, the vast conflict now unaer way exceeds even the battle of me Marne, which halted the invasion of France in its momentous bearing on the fate of the warring nations. le terrific assault, bearun Satur day and now being pressed with un abated vigor and determination, came after ten months' of natienr nrmir.. tion by the French and British com manders. The battle was preceded bly nreoara- tory thunder of the hundreds of huee new cannon built for the supreme con flict and which, for 50 hours, literally rained fire on the German fortifica- tfrtTltt Krtt K AVnlnuivc. I ; - . shells being hurled into the positions neia oy me Teutonic soldiers. The German War Office pays tribute to the ruin caused by this bombardment in its reierence to the fact that the French "penetrated our battered-down trenches." Armies Act Simultaneously. Following a conference several days ago between General Joffre and Field Marshal Sir John French, the allied commanders made ready for their si multaneous assaults. It was decided that the French- would send enormous columns of infantry into action in the THIS WEEK. Concluded on Patre :i rn,fmn i i . . Sunday's War Moves rpWENTY thousand unwounded prls X oners and dead and wounded on both sides not yet numbered figure jn the toll In the first two days' drive or the Anglo-French forces, who have oegun a great offensive movement against the German entrenchments aiong tue line of the war none, which extends from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier. Two distinctive operations are un derway, one to the north of Arras and the other in Champatrne region, while there has been an incessant bombard ment along the almost entire front Both the British and French hive been successful, carrying trenches extend ing over a distance of 20 miles. and a depth varying up to two and -,-ialf miles. ,-SOv It Is reported ' lttV ..Doth from .,r,'".Bn it inat the "dvance still )S 13 . continued, the ground rained having in a large measure, been held and constructed. The Berlin War Office admits the retirement of the German forces at various points, but uiiiin-izes the result of the menu engage- Tho British gains have been to the north of Arras. They have taken the town of Loos and the quarries north west of Hulluch and have compelled the Germans to draw on their reserves to check the advance. For the time being the iUvinnm. of events in the owed those In the eastern theater, where the Russians have staved the progress of the Austro-Germans at many points and apparently have suc ceeded In getting themselves well in hand for further offensive and defen sive operations. The quick answer of Greece to Bul garian mobilization probably has hee a factor in clearing the atmosphere with respect to Bulgaria's ir,... .. The Bulgarian government has noti fied the powers that the mnhin,..i of the Bulgarian army was not intend ed as an otfensive measure. Individual members of the Bulgarian government also have expressed themselves t tk. same effect. Nevertheless both Greece nrt w mania continue to make ready for any cvenLuantles. September 27, 19M. dropped in Paris hoh.H. Bomb woman and maims girl. German advance unon -Warsaw ,i clared failure. Battle rages furiouslv. without -in cisive result, in France. GIRLS SURE OF ESCORTS Fair Se.x, in Maioritv. t..i. for Jerferson Boys of 1 9 1 0 Class. Boys of the 1916 caSs at .I.ff.r. High School have (coni . ubjects of a social despotism de veloped by the girls of the same clai apparently for the purpose of vee,,- hat all of the girls are taken e,r of for the class party on October 1. lne proportion of girls to boys in he class is about five to three hey voted a ruling that the h,-. i he class must escort only girls nf the 916 class to the party, while ih. ii have the privilege of inviting escorts where they choose. CONGRESS TO STUDY GAS Week to Be Devoted to Development or Problem at San Kranciseo. SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 26. Xew pro cesses in the utilization and manufac ture of gas for cooking and lighting purposes, the problems of gas manag ment and the relations of public utili ties to Government will be discussed by experts this week at the third In ternational Gas Congress, which opens here tomorrow and will be In session five days. "Gas week" will open tomorrow with the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Gas Association. RANCH MANAGER IS FREE Man Held by Mexican Bandits for Hansom on Way to Border. EL PASO. Sept. 20. E. p. Fuller, manager of the Cudahy ranch at Santo Domingo, near Villa Ahumada. who was recently kidnaped for a ransom said to have been equivalent to $2000 in United States currency, has been re leased and has reached Villa Ahumada. A message received from him today said he expected to reach the border on the first train north, but gave no ueiaus oi nis release or whether the ransom sent to the bandits from here was paid. CARRANZA ARMS HELD UP Munitions Stopped at Border on Or ders From Washington. LAREDO. Tex.. Sept. 26. United States customs officials today held up 500,000 rounds of cartridges and a larg? number of .Army rifles destined for use by the Carranza forces, on orders said to have emanated from Washington. All ammunition will be so held pend ing further orders, it was -said here today. It is not known whether this Is the beginning of a new embargo on arms to belligerents in Mexico. MARINES KILL 40 HAITIENS Itebels Attack Wound America ns Ten Men. and CAPS HA1TIEX, Sept. 26. In an at tack by Iiaitien rebels on an Ameri can force about two miles from Cape Haitien 40 Haitiens were killed. Ten Americans were wounded. The rebels have refused to disarm and the Americans are marching on Haut-du-Cap. in the Plain of the CURB ON TIPPLERS Jiun PBnir in jura l lu Hllii Temperance Union Has "Lovely Scheme." SUPREME COURT AID IS HOPE To Class Tobacco Users as Narcotic Addicts Is Idea. LAW TO BAR DRUG SLAVES Lecturer Outlines Plan Amid Ap plause or Meeting Addressed hy Attorney-General and Prose cutor on Prohibition Act. If the Woman's Christian Ter,-- ance Union has iia way, no person who uses tobacco in any form will be per mitted to receive shipments of liquor in Oregon after the Prohibition law goes into effect nex January 1. even in the limited quantities prescribed by the act. Mrs. Mattie M. Sleeth, state lecturer for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, told an audience in the Central Methodist Episcopal Church. Vancou ver avenue and Fargo street, yesterday afterno.on. of "a perfectly loveiy scheme' the union has in view for de priving tobacco users of their diams. Proposed ProceKn In Mm pie. The process of eliminating them from the privileged ones who under the law can ship in 24 quarts of beer or two quarts of spirituous liquor a month, is to be quite simple, as Mrs. Sleeth outlined it. In the affidavit for all liquor con signees to sign they must swear among other things that they are "not ad dicted to the use of narcotic drugs." The plan of the union is to have to bacco users declared addicts to the use of narcotic drugs. Supreme Court Alt I Hope. Makes no difference whether you smoke it, chew it. or perchance, use it as snuff the use of the weed in any form would debar you automatically, under this arrangement. "The Woman s Christian Temperance Union." Mrs. Sieeth explained, "has a pai-iecuy loveiy scheme in view to get the Supreme Court to declare that to bacco usets are addicted to the use or narcotic drugs." This announcement, which she made following addresses by George M. Brown, State Attorney General, and Walter II. Evans, District Attorney of Multnomah County, on enforcement of the Prohibition law. evoked an out burst fo the most spirited applause. I.lquor Delivery In Doubtful. "That was one point the speakers have not touched on," continued Mrs. Sleeth. "And another one is that under the law liquor shipments must be de livered at the residences of the con signees. Well. I guess some of that liquor will never bo delivered. The "uiiicu win nave something to about that." There was more enthusiastic plause. say ap- Introducing Attorney-General Brown the first formal speaker on the pro gramme, Mrs. Sleeth described him a "a dry Attorney-General of a dry state. . who will tell you "how the W. C. T. J "an help enforce the prohibition law." " Women Told They Can Aid. He said there was much that th women could do to aid in the enforce ment of the law. Mr. Brown expressed the belief that the District Attorneys of the state will do the best they can to enforce the law. but added that it would be necep sary for every law enforcer under the act to have a great deal of courage, spirit, energy and patriotism. "When business gets adjusted, and people will begin to feel that the law is a good thing after all. it will be easier," he said. "The law has got "to be backed by force. Xo law is greater than the force behind it. "One of the first things you must consider is how the Portland police force stands on the subject of enforc ing the prohibition law. How are you goins to provo that they knew there was a blind tiger, and did not act on it? Care in Fixing Blnme Advised. "But never blame the police force unless you have something to blame It for. "The assumption is. of course, that the police and the Sheriffs force will do their full duty. But that is for you to ask them and keep asking them until there is no longer any doubt. "Find out how your Constable's of fice stands. Find out how your magis trates and your judges stand. Some of them mav not be inclined to punish the man who violates the prohibition law as they would punish the man who violates the burglary law. "When the District Attorney is at tempting to enforce the law in its early stages, he will naturally be sub ject to much criticism. There will be times when he will have to investi gate when people think he should act. At such times let the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union stand firmly behind him and give him their sup port." l iquor la Being Stored. District Attorney Evans spoke on the subject. "Can the Prohibition Law Be tCouciuded ca I'asu 2, Column I.J. GlflUll 0