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VOL.. LV-XO. 17,116. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER ' , 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. NEW PROGRESS FOR ALLIES IS REPORTED French Tell of Gains in Artois Region. TWO WEEKS' FIGHT PREDICTED Experts Look Forward to Bit ter Struggle in Champagne. BBITISH AGAIN ARE QUIET Germans Say They Have Advanced . Pforth of 'Loos Monitors Con- tin ne Bombardment of Posi- tions on Belgian Coast. LONDON. Oct. 1. New progress for tha allied troops in the Givenchy wood, in Artois. the capture of additional German machine guns and prisoners in the Champagne region and the stop ping of a German bombardment in the Argonne by a. French counter offensive are recorded in the French official communication received from Faris to night. The battle in the Artois progressed all day today, and the French advances were aided by the free use of hand grenades. The Germans, meanwhile, have not been Idle, and several counter attacks of exceptional ferocity are re ported. Battle May Last Tiro Weeks. Another dispatch from Paris says that the military critic of the Temps estimates that the battle in Champagne is likely to last a fortnight. "It cannot continue without inci dental checks," he continues, "but the allies upon the whole front today are in a good situation." The critic says that the official com munication from the war ministry underestimates, rather than otherwise, the results attained. Germans Report Gain Xrar Loos. The Berlin official report says that the British have ceased their attacks and Germans have made progress north of Loos. British monitors continue the bombardment of the Belgian coast, but Berlin says this has been without re sult. The Germans report having taken as prisoners in the Champagne district 104 officers and 7019 men. The latest report of the French War Office says of the results of the day's fighting: "Some new progress has been realized In the Southern part of the Glvency wood (Artois). "To the east of Souchez, we have made prisoners of 61 members of the Prussian euard and set free some of the French prisoners, who had been in the hands of the Germans since September 29. Irritating Shells I'sed. "In Champagne, a sudden attack be tween Auberive and Lepire de Vede grange has enabled to take from the enemy more machine guns and about 80 prisoners. The Germans have directed on some of our new positions an intermittent bombardment in which they used shells which irritated the eyes, making them run water. Our batteries have efficiously responded. "A violent bombardment of our trenches in the Argonne to the north of La Hulette has been stopped by our effacious fire from bomb throwers on the German trenches. Some shells have been thrown from a long range on Verdun and Nomeny by the enemy batteries, which were immediately counter attacked by our artillery. "We have on our part, cannonaded fit long range some trains in the sta tion of Vigneulles les Hattonchatel and caused two violent explosions. French Airship Indrr Fire. "In the Vosges. in the environs of the Violn, an offensive demonstration of the enemy, which was accompanied by cannonading and rifle fire, has not been followed by any infantry action. "Our airship Alhace bombarded during the night of September 30-Oc-tober 1 the junction of Amagne Lucquy and the stations of Attigny and Vou zicrK. The airship was shelled all along its journey and especially at Vouziers. where it found itself surrounded by numerous clusters of incendiary rock ets. The airship has returned safely to its base after the fulfilment of its mission, having been hit only by a few splinters of shells, which caused no damage." The Berlin Teport says French at tempts to gain further ground have failed. It mentions among these at tacks east of Souchez. north of Neu ville and east of Aubervine. Also, it says, all French attacks in the vicinity of Massignes were repulsed. BrltlHk Foree Given as Million. The British forces now in France are estimated at a round million men, which will be increased by 500,000. Daily lengthening of the obituary col umns of the London newspapers is be ginning to measure the price paid by the British for their recent offensive. According to a dispatch from The Hague, the Cologne Gazette says that the Germans on the western front are opposed by forces between four and five times as strong as their own. "German machine guns and cannon.' ays the newspaper, "mowed down the enemy, but despite the mountains of bodies, the French columns continued to advance. The offensive on this iConcluded on Xase 2, Column 3.) DEVICE REMOVES BAR TO WIRELESS COLUMBIA SCIENTIST OVER COMES STATIC IXTERFERENCE. Invention Expected to Make Voice Transmission Over Unlimited Distance Possible. XEW YORK, Oct. 1. The invention of a device with which it is hoped to prevent static interference with wire less communication was announced to day by Professor Michael I. Pupin, of Columbia University. Professor Pupin said his invention eliminates entirely the difficulties constantly interfering with the wireless messages over a long distance. The application of bis device. Pro fessor Pupin said, also will make it possible to transmit the human voice an unlimited distance without the slightest Interference from unfavorable electric conditions. The invention. Professor Pupin said, is an improvement on the present aerial antennae. NEW WORK PLAN UP TODAY Rockefeller, Jr., Goes to Pueblo to Unfold Industrial System. "DENVER, Oct. 1. John D. Rockefel ler, Jr., accompanied by W. L. Mackenzie-King and high officials of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, started late tonight for Pueblo. There, at a meeting tomorrow of company officers, mine superintendents and the grievance representatives from the different camps, Mr. Rockefeller will reveal his industrial plan. The plan was -worked out following Mr. Rockefeller's inspec tion trip last week through the South ern Colorado coal fields. After the Pueblo meeting the Rocke feller party will return to Denver. Later movements are uncertain. It is expected that before his return to New York Mr. Rockefeller will visit the company's iron mine at Sunrise. Wyo. The miners there have not yet been organized under the mediation and rep resentation plan recently put into ef fect in Colorado. Their participation in that plan or something of a similar nature is expected to be one result of the Rockefeller visit. PRISONER FELLS DEPUTY Spokane Robber Suspect Is Recap tured In River. SPOKANE. Wash.. Oct. 1. Fred John son, charged with highway robbery, while being taken from the County Jail to the p.-osecutor's office today, knocked Deputy Sheriff Logan uncon scious and escaped. An hour later he was recaptured from the middle of the Sjokane River after he had been woninded. Johnson was in the County Court house corridor when he hit Logan. Po lice and deputy sheriffs followed him and he was found on the river bank. He was shot twice by the police when he refused to surrender. Then he made his way to a rock in the middle of the river and, when Policeman Mitchell reached the rock. Johnson pushed him into the swift current. Mitchell obtained a hold on Johnson and held his head under the water un til he could not resist any longer. 750 LIKELY TO TAKE TEST Three J I Three Hundred on Roll for City Laborers Examination. What is expected to be the largest civil service examination ever he.d in Portland will be that for laborers an nounced yesterday for October 16. In the examination laborers for the next two years in the parks, water bureau and engineering bureau will be select ed. There are alrady 300 applications on file. This will be the first laborers' exam ination held since June. 1913. The men who passed the test then have been the city's laborers since. No fewer than 750 applications are ex pected for the test. MANY SEE $13,000 THEFT Robbers Smash Jewelry Show VIn dow on Busy Street. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1. An attempt to steal jewelry valued at $13,000 from a show window at one of the business corners in the chopping: district was made today by two armed men in full view of thousands of persons. After smashing the window with a padded hammer, they seized two trays contain ing the jewels and made a dash to es cape, at the same time firing their re volvers at pursuers. Women shoppers were panic-stricken and several fainted. One of the men was seized. The other escaped through an office building after one tray of jewels had been knocked from his hand. The other tray was found in tact. BERLIN BUILDS RAILWAYS Improvement of iricdrichstrasse Station Also Vuiler Way. BERLIN". Oct. 1, by wireless to Say ville, N. Y. Two new railroad tracks are being constructed through the heart of Berlin and the great Friedrich strasse Station is being remodeled without interruption to traffic or altera tion of schedules, even during the period of greatest congestion. Four platforms for Uirough trains and six for local are being constructed, so. that in future these two classes of service may be operated without inter fering with each other. Member of Parliament Hilled. LONDON. Oct. 1. Captain Harold T. Cawley, member of Parliament for the Heywood division of Lancashire, has been killed in the Dardanelles fighting. Captain Cawley is the third member of Parliament who has been killed in activ- ALLIES WILL MOVE TO STOP BULGARIA Expedition Will Help Serbia and Greece. ITALY AND RUSSIA AIDING French Diplomats Veto British Waiting Policy. BLOW ALREADY PLANNED Cltimatum to Bulgaria to Demobil ize at Once May Accompany Mil itary Action by I'ornilds able Showing of Force. PARIS, Oct. 1. The Temps announces that France and Great Britain already have taken military measures to de fend Serbia and Greece against Bul garian aggression. The Temps does not indicate what armed steps have been taken by the allies, nor is anything official avail able respecting their military disposi tions. It is presumed in military cir cles here, however, that a formidable expedition will land either at Kavala or SaJonikl, or that It already may be landing. Italy and Russia Co-Operating. The indications are that Italy and Russia are co-operating with .France and England in the execution of this joint movement, although the actual military forces probably will be drawn from Great Britain and France, and that the Italians will lend their aid in the Mediterranean and the Russians on the Black Sea front. The allied movement, it is said here, is destined to offset the agreement said to have been effected between Bulgaria and the Teutonic allies, under which Bulgaria will act against Serbia before October 15. It is understood that Great Britain felt disposed to await the re sult of that eventuality, but that French diplomacy favored an immedi ate initiative for the purpose of over coming any Bulgarian menace to Serbia before it could be put into effect. Bulgaria Replies 'by Mobilising;. A minister of one of the Balkan States said today that' Bulgaria never had replied to the note of the Triple Entente allies submitting Serbia's con cessions to Bulgaria with regard to Macedonia. Instead of replying this minister said Bulgaria had ordered a mobilization within a few days after she received the allies' joint note. This mobilization. In the opinion of the min ister, was in itself an adverse reply, and he expressed the belief that Bul garia did not intend to make any fur ther answer to the allies. The minister said he considered two courses open to the allies. First, a peremptory ultimatum to Bulgaria to demobilize immediately, and. second, a military expedition to safeguard Serbia (Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.) NOW FELLA KiPl) -arfj rH O INDEX OF TODAY'S t?fj The Weather. TEST RRD AY'S Maximum temperature 60 decrees; minimum, CO degrees. TODAY'S Showers; southwesterly winds. War. French report continued, sains on "Western front. Paie 1. France and England to defend Serbia and Greece agatost Bulgaria, rase 1. National. Ldvely -demand for Pacific Coast lumber expected after war. Tage 5. Iometic. Washington Day celebrated at Exposition. Page 1. Sport. Ccast League Results Ioa An cries 1. Ver non ; San Francisco 6. Salt Kake 1; Portland-Oakland same postponed, wet grounds. Page 12. Old Jup. halts Beaver plans, necessitating double-header Sunday. Page 11!. Shooters turn out In force after China phet san3 des.ilte rainy day. Page l'.l. On coin's to hangs chosen city for first pramo of World's Series. Page l'J. Willamette will pUy O. A. c. today. Page Pacific Northwest. Central ia la thriving after surmounting earlier setbacks. Page G. Baker cave hermit learns he is rich. Page Advance deposit for flat rate telephone eer.ice abolished. Page 7. Commercial and Marino. Buying of wheat for shipment Eat strength ens Northwestern market. Page 17. Chicago wheat lower on bearish crop esti mates. Page 17. SteI is leader in buoyant stock market. Page 1. Trade improvement reported In alt sections of country., page IT. Turretdeck steamer attracts attention In harbor, paje 14. BANK TELLER SENTENCED Elmer Holman Gels 2 to 1 5 Years for $ 10,000 Theft of I'unds. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Oct. 1. Elmer Holman, who recently confessed to the embezzlement of 118,300 of the funds of the Farmers" Savings Bank of this city, of which he was teller and chief accountant, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court this morning to .larceny by embezzlement and was sentenced to from two to 15 years in the state reformatory in Monroe. The information filed Wednesday hud been amended and Holman was sen tenced on a charge of embezzling $10,000. FIRE THREATENS RANCH I -a Grande sends Volunteers to Save X. K. West Property. LA GRANDE, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Fire, starting at noon on one section of the West ranch, near Hilgard, swept through standing timocr and is bearing down' on the valuable ranch buildings and equipment according to reports that reached La Grande late today. Five automobiles with volunteer fire fight ers left for the ranch to attempt to save the buildings. Telephone communica tion has been cut off. N. K. West, owner of the ranch, is a director of the State Fair and is at Salem. The place is one of the most thoroughly equipped in the state. FRENCH TO HELP RUSSIA Special Military Mission Reaches Iront to Confer 'With Czar. PETROGRAD, via London, Oct. 1. A special French military mission, headed by General A. G. L. D'Amade, has reached the headquarters at the front of Emperor Nicholas. The Lokal Anzetger of Berlin said last month that France and England. were ready to assist Russia by send ing to her field headquarters expert strategists to replace Russian officers. THAT THE HUNTING SEASON IS IMPOSITION HONORS WASHINGTON STATE New York Telephones Its Greetings. GOVERNOR MADE INDIAN CHIEF Dinner, Reception and Dance Given Mr. Lister and Party. JEWELS ARE PRESENTED Visiting Executive Pays Tribute to Citizenship or West and Other Notables Speak Seattle and Tacoma lo Have Their Day. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. I. Substan tial citizenship, backed by genuine en thusiasm and natural resources of the three states bordering on the Pacific, as well as others of the West, are re sponsible for the upbuilding of this part of the country and give undis puted assurance of & promising future, Governor Lister, of Washington, as serted today in an address at the Washington State day celebration at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. "The great spirit of the great West," he called it. Indiana Initiate Governor. Governor Lister's speech, his initia tion into the Blackfoot Indian tribe under the name of "Chief Eagle Tale Feathers," music by four bands, two being the firemen's and police band from Seattle, planting of a Douglas fir In the Washington building's lawn. presentation of a box of Jewels by ex position officials to Governor IJater. and transcontinental telephone greet ings from New York City, state and Government officials marked the exer cises in the afternoon. At the California building tonight. Governor Lister was guest of honor at a "dinner given by the women's board of the exposition. Afterward there was a reception and dance. Western Cltlmenaalp Prataed. "There Is no higher or better citizen ship anywhere than In the states of the West," said Governor Lister, "and it Is this citizenship that gives assur ance of the development that is to come." John G. Kelley, publisher of the Walla Walla Bulletin, spoke in praise of the exposition. "I believe that every man, woman and child who can pos sibly do so should visit the exposition.' said Mr. Kelley. "I have kept my 12 year-old boy out of school two weeks to come here. I believe that he has learned more in those two weeks than he can learn in school In years." Governor Escorted by Military. Governor Lister and party were ac companied to the exposition by a mili tary escort. A. J. Ritchie, of Tacoma, was chairman of the day. Addresses were also made by F. L. Stetson, chief of the Seattle fire department: State Senator Pliny Allen, of Seattle: Mrs. (Concluded on rase 2, Column 4.) ON. I W, War Moves - w.n. nuiKftna nas laKen XJ sides with the central powers and turkey and that the Anglo-French. Russian and Italian troops will assist inenas oi ine entente allies, while it momentarily h .1 k tion of the diplomats, has not dam pened me interest of the public in the situation in the eastern .nH theaters of war. The offensive of the a.iies in me west and the determina tion With Which the Riixxian. . posing the Austro-German advance in " are me absorbing topics. The news from the two fronts is con sidered in London as the best for many months. The French and German forces ap parently have made no further proc- ...iv -n3 i luii oi euviiie. in Artois. but on the other hand, they have been Nnrruu.fni in n , . i i . i " - ' ... IIUIDIII IIIC German counter attacks and. so far as ' " ' . ute noia virtually all me ground gained. In the cast, the Russians appear to be making a much better effort to hold their positions, for. exDect lust In fmnt of Dvinsk and in Volhynla, the Germans assert no progress, while between those two points and Galicia, according to a Berlin official report, all the attacking is being done by the Russians. Indeed, the Russian troops are countering the attack which Field Marshal von Hln denburg launched at Minsk from the northwest and have succeeded pretty well In straightening out their line from the north to the south. Italy is also showing signs of re newed activity and has begun an of fensive along the Isonzo River, par ticularly against the important Aus trian position of Tolmino. Nothing has been heard of the much-talked-of Austro-German offensive against Serbia or of the operations on the Gtillipoli Peninsula. October 2, lflH. French battle near Verdun until grenades dislodge them. Senate committee Democrats agree ore reduced war tax on gasoline. Russia takes two forts at rrzemysL LABOR PUZZLE IN COURTS Status of Station Men" to Be De cided in Washington. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Oct. 1. (Special.) Is a "station man." given a 100-foot "station" of road work to complete, an employe or a sub-contractor? Labor Commissioner Olson, mho has directed the bringing of a test case to settle this question in the King County Superior Court, declares that upon the answer will depend the effectiveness of the eight-hour public works low, and possibly of the minimum wage law for women. Norrock Construction Company, de fendants in the test suit, a prosecu tion under the eight-hour public works law, claim they are not responsible for the fact that station men under them work ten hours a day, claiming that the men are sub-contractors. Should this view be adopted by the courts. Commissioner Olson fears that employ ers of women might, on the same rea soning, claim that all piece workers were contractors, and not subject to minimum-wage requirements. GRETNA GREEN DRAWS 366 Vancouver Breaks Kword 1 it Issuing Marriage Licenses In September. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct. 1. (Spe cial.) That Vancouver continues, in favor with couples from all over the Pacific Northwest is shown by the fact that during the month of September & new record for marriage licenses was established for this year. One hundred and eighty-three licenses were issued, 90 of which were obtained by couples who grave Portland as their place of resirdence. The total number of Oregon couples, including: those from Portland, who ob tained licenses here last month was 137, these contributing; more than 600 to Clarke County in license fees. TURKEY INVITES CAPITAL Hope Expressed Germans Will Help Develop Country After AVar. BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville. N. Y.. Oct. 1. The Overseas News Agenvy today eave out an interview obtained by the Constantinople corre spondent of the Vosstscbe Zcitung with the leader of a Turkish company, who said Turkey was planning: to encourage an influx of foreign capital after the war. He added that the Turks hoped the Germans would participate in the de velopment of the country's natural re sources. ADMIRAL SIGSBEE IS ILL Commander of Maine When She Wad Blown Vp Suffers Breakdown. NEW YORK. Oct. 1. (Special.) Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee. com mander of the Battleship Maine wnen she was blown up tn Havana habror in 1S98, was in the Naval Hospital at Brooklyn Navy-yard today, suffering from a nervous breakdown. His illness is said to be serious. Rear Admiral Sigsbee is 70 years old. Xew Orleans Traffic Restored. Railroad traffic through New Orleans has been restored. Advice was received here yesterday by H. A. Hinshaw, gen eral freight agent of the Southern Pa cific in Portland, that both freight and passenger trains are running through the stricken city uninterrupted. Serv ice on the other lines entering New Orleans, it is understood, also is being maintained without delays- 255 REPORTED DEAD ALONG GULF COAST 105 More Are Missing; Hundreds Marooned. PROPERTYLOSS $100,000,000 Only Four Houses Are Still Standing at Empire. MANY CLINGING IN TREES Packets Capsized by Hurricane and Passengers and Crews I.ot Res cue Steamers Arc Rushed to Flooded Districts. XKW ORLEANS. Oct. I. Repots scattered sections of the hurricane area in Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf coast late today gave 143 -killed. 10S reported dead and 105 missing. Hundreds of persons along the Mis sissippi and Interior points are ma rooned in flooded sections. ai00.0O0.CMMt Kstlaaated Damage. The property damage was roughly estimated at approximately 100.00.0,000. The known dead in Louisiana in cluded: New Orleans and environs. 24; Rigo lets, SI: Lake Catherine, 23; near Frenier. 25; eight drowned in sinking pocket near Grand Isle. Reported dead and missing: Shell Beach. St. Bernard Parish, 1: Island de la Croix, ; Yoloski. 13 negroes. Couriers by boat and train as well as mail advices brought in reports of tremendous property loss and rumors of many drowned along both sides of the Mississippi Rivet south of here. SOO Marooned at Empire. Boat passengers arriving from Em pire, near Loulloth Cunal. about 50 miles down the Mississippi, reported that only four large houses still stood at Empire and that about 200 persons were marooned In them. The state con servation commission here started a rescue vessel for that point. Many inhabitants of the flooded sec tions on both sides of the river were reported marooned and some were said to be clinging to tree tops. Relief ves sels were sent to rescue them. Bay St. Louis. Miss., on the Gulf Coast, reported cne dead and property loss will run Into millions. Many at Keaorla Are Dead. Twenty-one persons were known to be dead at Rigolets and at Lake Catherine, both small resorts a few miles west of the Mississippi-Louisiana state line, according to W. P. Powell, one of 12 survivors who arrived here today. Fifteen negroes and one white man were reported dead at Shell Beach, and 22 white persons at De la Croix Island, both small settlements In St. Bernard Parish, south of here. Reports of 23 dead between Vrenier and. Des Arc, on the west shore of Lake Pontchartrain was confirmed to day by a railroad man arriving at Hammond. La. The sole survivor of a party of nine passengers and crew of the Grand Isle packet Hazel arrived here early today. The vessel capsized and was dashed to pieces near Grand Isle. The survivor. George Linden, en gineer of the Hazel, floated lo miles on a piece of timber and wai exhausted when picked up by a passing vessel. Five of the crew and a white woman aboard the steamer F. M. Owens, which sank near Lockport, were reported missing. Of the 21 persons known to be dead at Rigolets. three were white persons and IS negroes. ANTIMONY MINE REOPENS Xew York. Kirm Contracts to Pur chase Property Near Baker. BAKER, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.) The demand for antimony which- the Eu ropean war has stimulated has led to the bonding of tna old property four miles east of Baker by a New York, corporation, the Magnolia Metal Com pany, which has contracted with tha present owners. Dr. A. Koehler and J. K. Carter, to purchase the works for 110.000. Antimony was known to be In the vicinity of Baker years ago, ajid the mine was first located by Or. J. P. At wood and James T. Wisdom. A fall in price of the metal, however, induced, them to abandon their cl-timii, which were later relocated by Lr. Koehler and Mr. Carter. A 14-ton shipment of the ore haa reached Baker to be shipped to San Francisco. BIG LUMBER CARGO LOST Steamer Avalon Is Thrown on Bar at Willapa. Harbor. RAYMOND. Wash., Oct. 1. (Special.) While crossing Willapa Harbor b.-r at 4:30 this afternoon the steamer Ava lon was struck by a heavy breaker, which threw the vessel on her beam ends, causing her to strike heavily on the bar. The lashings broke, and 200. 0H feet of lumber cargo went over board. The vessel was brought bark to tiis place badly damaged and leaking. Ex tent of the damage will not be know a until morning