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THE MORNING OREGOXIAIT TUESDAY, SEPTE3IBER' . 2G, 1916. V m t t I; i ZEPPELINS REPEAT RAIDS IN ENGLAND Bombs. Dropped in Northern and Midland Counties; Also Off the South Coast. DAMAGE IS NOT REPORTED Berlin Newspapers and Public Ac cept Philosophically Ixss of Airships and Think They Cannot Be Duplicated. liONDONV Sept. 26. "Several hostile airships crossed the east and northeast coasts of England between 10:30 o'clock and -midnight last night," says an offi cial communication issued shortly after midnight. .. ' "Bombs are reported to have been dropped at several places in northern and North Midland counties. "An airship is also reported off the couth coast. No reports of casualties or damage have been received." Later the following official state ment concerning the. air' raid was- made public: ,v .. . "Several hostile airships, prohably eix. visited the northeastern and south ern counties during the -night. Bombs were dropped in the. northern counties and some casualties "and damage are reported. Full, reports have not yet been received."' - : ' BERLIN. Sept: 25. fBy wireless to Sayville. N. Y- The official statement regarding Saturday night's raid on Eng land issued today reads: "On the night of September 23 and 24 several squadrons- of naval airships extensively bombed London and places of military importance on the coast in the middle counties of Englad. among which were Nottingham and Sheffield. Success everywhere was visible from the heavy conflagrations which could be seen for a long while. "The airships, when approaching England and before crossing the Eng lish coast, were shelled by patrol boats and during the attack by defensive batteries, which used incendiary pro jectiles. The sirships silenced some batteries by well-directed volleys. Two airships -fell victims to. the defensive fire around London. All others returned undamaged." The Berlin newspapers and public appear to accept philosophically the loss of two Zeppelins in the raid on England. The Kreuz Zeitung discusses briefly the possibility that the British might be able to copy the Zeppelin from the airship they brought down, which was iiot completely destroyed. It dismisses this, however, in view of the fact that France, which has long had possession- of a captured Zeppelin, has never been able to duplicate it. I SCIO PRINTER ACCUSED K. EDWARDS HELD AT ALBANY OJf ARSON CHARGE. Evidences of Incendiarism Found In Dwelling 'Which Was Partially Destroyed Iy Fire. r ALBANY.: Or., Sept. 25. (Special.) As the result of a fire which partially w destroyed the dwelling in which he was living in Scio early yesterday morn ' ing. A. E. Edwards, a printer on one of the Scio papers. Wiis arrested today. . charged with arson. lie waived ex amination when arraigned before Jus- tlce Swan here this evening and was - held under $2000 bonds to await the 7 action of the grand jury. Edwards left Scio at 9:33 o'clock J Saturday night to pass Sunday In Salem and his residence was discovered , on fire at 2:30 Sunday morning. While the fire was burning upstairs men re "moving ' furniture downstairs found i zt-r candle burning in a closet beside a pile of cotton, paper and kindling, all soaked In kerosene. The candle had burned almost to the paper. Other evidences of incendiarism were found where fire had started upstairs. 'Sheriff Bodine went to Scio and made I; an investigation yesterday. The build- lng burned was owned by Edward Wes -iley. - GERMAN 15 OPTIMISTIC DR. HELFFER1CH SAYS NATION INDUSTRIALLY SOUND. IS New Great Industries Formed Since War Began Bad Harvest Shows People Cannot Be Starved. . BERLIN. Sept. 25 (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Recently addressing the representatives - of the German economic unions. Dr. Karl Helfferich Secretary of the Interior, said: "Nobody can deny that Germany suf fers heavily under the British crimes of commercial war and that the Ger man nation in the third war year must sustain the greatest sacrifices and privation, but the exceptionally bad harvest last year proved that Germany cannot be vanquished by famine." Dr. Helfferich declared that in spite of the mobilization of millions of men for war the industries of the country maintain a high position. Steel produc tion. he said, totals SO. per cent of the amount produced In peace times. The coal output was up to the average and coke even exceeded the production in , times of peace. . New great industries, the secretary said, had been formed since the war began. ARMY HONORS SERGEANT Naming of Camp for Enlisted Man Breaks Precedent. ; EL PASO, Sept. 25. An unexampled compliment was paid to the memory - of an enlisted man today when by order 4. of Brigadier-General Bell, the camp J Occupied here by troops of the Tenth provisional division was named "Camp ' Owen Byerne," after a sergeant or tha name belonging to the Twenty-third Infantry, who was killed in a saloon last Thursday in performance of his 5 duty with the provost guard. W. B. Sands, a Texas Ranger, is in Jail charged with the murder. Sergeant Byerne had completed near 'z.lyz years' Army - service and had served in the Cuban. Philippines ana Boxer wars with distinction. Camp Owen Byerne contains some i 26,000 men. Heretofore Army. camps have been generally named after Presi dents and Generals. OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS .-. Germans In Balkans. BERLIN, via .London," Sept. ' 25. The bombardment by a German airship f Bucharest, capital of Roumania, is reported in the. -official announcement issued here today. Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces, which are invading Eastern Roumania. have won further success, the statement says. British and Serbian attacks on the Macedonian ront were repulsed. Following is the tatement: 'Army srro-uo of Field Marshal von Mackensen Fighting south of the Co-badin-Toprai Sari line (Dobrudja) was successful for the allied (Teutonic) troops. The fortress of Bucharest was bom barded by one of our airships. Macedonian front Minor engage ments occurred near Fiorina on Satur day. Repeated strong Serbian attacks against Kaimakcalan broke down. Weak English detachments advancing on a wide front in the Struma sector were repulsed." French In Macedonia PARIS. Sept. 25. The text of today's ommunication concerning the fighting n Macedonia is: On the left bank of the River Struma. British troops, continuing their raids, were successful in an attack upon Janimah. to the north of Lake Tahinos. A detachment of French troops operat ing on the right of the British took a trench at- the point of the bayonet and made some prisoners. "A bombardment of Doiran resulted in causing a fire in the town. On our left wing progress was continued. In the region of the Broda River. Serbian roops have reached the frontier. lo the north of Krusograd and to the northeast of Fiorina, French infantry men have occupied the first houses of Petorak, as a result of a spirited fight. and they- also, -have made a slight ad vance to the north of Fiorina. T.o tne west of this town Russian troops cap tured by assault Hill 916. which had been strongly organized by the enemy. In this same locality a Bulgarian counter-attack was checked by the fire of our artillery and then repulsed at the point of the bayonet by French and Russian troops acting together. To the southwest of Fiorina, a. irencn recon nolterlng detachment has had several spirited engagements in the country outh of JPreeba Lake with Bulgarian detachments from Biklista." 'Bulgarian. SOFIA, Bulgaria, via London. Sep tember 25. The Bulgarians have suc cessfully defended Kaimakcalan Height on the western side of the Macedonian battle front against repeated attacks by. entente forces, the War Office an nounced today. The statement follows: On September 23 ' the enemy, after prolonged preparation by artillery and infantry fire and bomb throwing, made repeated attacks upon Kaimakcalan Height. The enemy attacked succes sively on the right and left flank and finally the center, but was repulsed with heavy losses. "In the Moglemca valley and on both sides of the Vardar there has been weak artillery firing.' On the Struma front there has been lively firing. Several enemy battalions that advanced against the villages of Nevolen. Dolno, Karajovo and Gudelt were thrown back to the right bank of the stream. "In the Dobrudja there has been ar tillery and infantry fighting of minor importance. Germans on Western Front. BERLIN. - via London. Sept. 25. The failure of further attacks by the allies on the Somme front Is .announced -by the War Office. "she statement fol lows: "The tremendous artillery battle be tween the Ancre and the Somme con tinues. Local enemy advances against the Rancourt sector and near Boucba- vesnes failed. On Saturday weak French hand- grenade attacks at . Thlaumont work (Verdun front) were repulsed. Yester day we beat back strong French hand grenade attacks northwest of Souville. "In yesterday s numerous aerial en gagements we shot down nine aeroplanes.- Our anti-aircraft guns have brought down four aviators in the last few days. Six citizens were killed and 28 seriously wounded by an enemy bomb attack on Lens." Germans on Eastern Front. BERLIN, via London, Sept. 25. The following official account of operations on the eastern front was issued here today: "The position - near Manalow, which was recaptured on Saturday in a coun ter attack, was maintained against re peated and strong assaults of the Rus sians. 'Between the Zlota Llpa and the Na- This picture was granted first prize yijuj .JJMIM m jui.-l ' f.iTiii.T r.. i.n -rm,i.ii - i. , .. Cli T" ' ' " y- " " 'L'"' ' " II LI "I" i iii'ii I fif ' I i' iV V i'i i'i rivrn "jtvt 1.1 lmuuHJ WUUHUJ I mu.y.. 14 I .. ....- W1ffl..,,,,,,r,,,f,, S n-x &&J ?ws4f xl'f ,.i V-V -i'- j .V "i - L? - f " "1 x r v v -i jx, S'Wj. j I ruined village in Alsace, are defending themselves down to their last cartridge, pan loos. An officer. Just hit. can be seen dropping hia rifia. rayuvka the Russians made fruitless attacks on the positions held by Turk ish troops. Detachments of the enemy which penetrated Turkish positions were driven out by a counter attack, and 142 prisoners were taken. In the Ludowa sector, Carpathians, attacks by the Russians were repulsed. "Roumanian advances between the Szurduk and Vulcan passes were repulsed." British. LONDON. Sept. 25. "South of the Ancre," says the British official state ment issued today, "the enemy attacked one of our outposts east of Courcelette, but was repulsed. "We blew mines last night north of Neuve Chapelle and north of Hulluch. Much damage was done to the enemy's works. "The enemy's trenches were raided at several points." An official report issued late tonight said: "South of the Ancre our troops at tacked Monday and have been every where successful. Enemy positions were stormed on a front of about six miles between Combles and Martin puich to a depth of more than a mile. The strongly fortified villages of Mor val and Les Boeufs. together with sev eral lines of trenches, have fallen into our hands. "The village of Morval stands on the heights north of Combles. and with its subterranean quarries, trenches and wire entanglements constituted a formidable fortress. The possession of these two villages Is of considerable military importance and virtually sev ers the enemy's communication with Combles. , . "A large number of prisoners, ma chine guns and other war material were taken. Heavy losses were inflicted on the enemy. In comparison with the results achieved our losses have been so f:fj comparatively small. "On Sunday six enemy aeroplanes were destroyed In air fights and at least three others were driven to the earth damaged. Three of our machines are missing." French. PARIS. Sept. 25. The text of today's official communication Is: "On the Somme front there was spir ited artillery fighting last night in various sectors and also south of the river. "On the right bank of the River Meuse we easily repulsed a German at tack upon one of our works to the east of Vaux-Chapitre wood. "To the southwest the artillery fight ing continues with intensity in the sec. tors of Thlaumont, Fleury and Vaux Chapitre." The supplementary communication issued tonight says: "North of Somme the battle was re newed Monday with gTeat violence along the Anglo-French front. The French Infantry, assuming the offen sive about noon, simultaneously at tacked the German positions at Combles and -Rancourt and defenses held by the enemy from the latter village as far as the Somme. "Northeast of Combles we carried our lines to the outskirts of Fregicourt and captured all the strongly fortified ground between that hamlet and Hill 148. The village of Rancourt also fell into our power. "East of Bethune road we extended our positions to a depth of about one kilometer from the Combles road to as far as Bouchavesnes, carried by as sault a hill northeast of that village and reached to the southeast of Hill 130. Farther south we carried several systems of trenches in the vicinity of the canal Du Nord from the Bethune road as far as the Somme. "The number of unwounded prison ers taken by us and counted up to the present exceeds 400. Italian. ROME, via London. Sept. 25. The War Office announced today that Ital ian troops had taken by storm another mountain top on the Trentino front. inflicting heavy losses on the Aus- trians. ' The statement follows: "On Saturday afternoon our Alpine troops took the summit of Garinal 1886 feet high, on the northeastern part of Monte Cauriol. The enemy left many dead on the field, u e took many prisoners. "Last night one of our airships, hav ing eluded the enemy searchlights. dropped bombs on the railway stations of Dottegliano and Scappo, on the Carso Plateau. The airship returned safely. Hotel Planned for Working Girls. CHICAGO, Sept. 25. A large hotel for working girls and women Is to be con structed in Chicago and conducted un der Catholic auspices. Archbishop George W. Munderlein announced to day. ONE OF THE MOST REALISTIC FREXCU SOLDltRS DEFEXDIXO VILLAGE I ALSACE. at tha War Photographic Exposition recently held in Paris. Several French ALLIES l!l BIG RUSH WIN ON 13-MILE LINE British Advance Mile and French Half That Distance on Somme Front. COMBLES IS ENCIRCLED Road Cut and Ring Drawn Tighter, So Munitioning of Village - Id Impossible Pay's Progress Is Made Down Hill. BY ARTHUR S. DRAPER. (War Correspondent of the New York Tribune. By Special Cable.) LONDON, Sept. 25 The allied troops today smashed forward along a 13-mile front north of the Somme. In a blow as heavy as any they have struck in the Picardy offensive, they captured three towns, broke through several lines of trenches and took a large number of prisoners. The British and the French moved forward in a combined attack. Haig's troops assailed the German line from Martinpuich to Combles to the river. a distance of seven miles. British Advance Fall Mile. Strong obstacles faced the British. but before the battle was over they had moved forward a mile along the whole six-mile front. Morval and Les Boeufs, lying directly south of Bapaume, fell and with them several lines of the new trenches built since the allies broke through the original defences.- Morval was the hub of a furious bat tle. This village had been converted into a veritable fortress, a maze of underground passages, . trench lines and wire entanglements. It was situ ated on a hill and its capture was a formidable task, but the suddenness of the dash and the thoroughness of the artillery preparation soon found a way into it. By these gains, Haig's line was brought within three miles of Bapaume and more positions along the important road from Albert road were carried. The seizure of Morval cuts the last road from Combles. Combles Almost Encircled. This in conjunction with the French advance today makes the encirclement of the village nearly complete. Focb s troops gained a half mile along almost all the seven-mile line which they assailed. Rancourt, another village on the National highway which runs through Peronne and Bapaume, was carried in the first charge. Continuing the attack, the French drove northward and forged forward to the outskirts of Fregincourt. lying northeast of Combles. Thus the only gap in the circle around Combles is the scant mile between the Morval- Combles road and Fregincourt.. Muni tioning of the village is now impos sible. Farther south, where Mount St- Queen tin, the key to Peronne, is the present objective, the French advanced along the whole line from Bouchavesnes to the river. This brings them within half a mile of Mount SU Quentin and extends their hold on the National Highway. CANADA'S QUOTA SHORT DOMINION TO SYSTEMATIZE RECRUITING METHODS. ITS Present Methods Have Raised 400,000 of Half Million Promised Stock of Labor Will Be Taken. OTTAWA, Ont-. Sept. 25 More sys tematic recruiting methods are to be put in force in Canada, it was an nounced today, to bring the Dominion's contribution to the entente allied. armies up to the half million quota promised Great Britain. The present methods have raised 400,000 men. There is to be an additional service board to increase enlistments, with Sir Thomas Tait as director-general. Sir Robert Borden announced today that the National Service Board's duties WAR PHOTOGRAPHS EVER TAKEN. Note tha wounded soldier handing f ' . A IK. - . - - . -- smiiim Portland Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications Latest Fall Styles Now Shown STORE OPENS DAILY AT 8:30 A. M. .ON SATURDAYS 9:00 A. M. PACIFIC PHONE MARSHALL 50SO The Unquestionably the Best Values In Mew Fall and. Winter Merchandise Are to Be Found at This Store! This store is demonstrating every day that goods and prices count most in modern mer chandising. 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The materials are heavy, closely-woven outing flannels, Amoskeag and Daisy cloth in plain colors, white or in stripe patterns. All are extra well finished throughout, cut in full length and width and are ex ceptional values at regular prices. A splendid saving for those who attend this sale, for values to $1.75 are to go at $1.19 and lines selling regularly to $1.50 are to got at 980. would be to stimulate recruiting and to determine whether the service of any person i more valuable to the state in hia present employment or in military service. The board also Is to l&sue badges to persons honorably discharged Irora military service, to those exempt for physical reasons and to those who are held to be m6re valuable in existing employments. Stock of labor Is to be taken in each military district and the employment of women arranged for. GARFIELD TO COME WEST Way Women Will Vote on National Issues to Be Studied. CHICAGO. Sept. 25. James R. 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Choice From LOT Values Up TWO to $1.50 AT GREECE IS ON EDGE Venizelos Leaves Athens, Probably for Saloniki. HINT IS GIVEN CABINET British Suggest That 11 Government Is Sincere It Will Clean Its Own House S 0,0 00 Cre tans Are Under Arms. LONDON, Sept. 25. The situation in Greece la most serious, says a Reuter dispatch from Athens. Ex-Premier Venizelos, accompanied by Rear-Admiral Condouriotis, commander-in- chief of the Greek navy, several su perior officers and his supporters, left Athens today. They are bound prob ably for Crete, whence they are ex pected to go to Saloniki. ATHENS. Sept. 24. via London. Sept. 25. It is reported in political circles hero that a renewed effort to learn from the diplomatic representatives of the entente what Greek ministerial changes would mollify the entente and enable negotiations to proceed more regularly, met with this unofficial sug gestion: 'The unacceptable members of the Cabinet know they are not acceptable without being told. If the Greek gov ernment be sincere it will clean Us own house." 1 .Sixty-nine out of the 80 members of King Constantino's famous Cretan guard, who have been disbanded, the organization leaving only 11 loyal members, purpose following ex-Pre-mler Venizelos to Saloniki. should he decide to go there to join the revolu tionary movement, according to advices from Crete. Armed Cretans to the number of 30.000 are now said to control the en tire island in behalf of Venizelos. the insurgents now having entered Canea. where they took possession of the government buildings, turning out the Greek authorities. PARIS'. Sept. 25. Monsignor Agathan gelos. Greek Metropolitan of Drama, wan arretted on board the steamer Ohio on its arrival at Saloniki from Piraeus by order of the national de fense committee, according to a Salon iki dispatch to the Matin. Bishop Agathangclos constantly attacked the entente in speeches and writings, and is also accused, the dispatch says, of acting as a spy. PERSHING WINS PROMOTION Advancement to Be Major-General Formally Decided On. WASHINGTON. Sept. 25 Secretary Baker announced late today that the President would nominate Brigadier General Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary - forces in Mexico, to be a major-general to fill the vacancy created by the death of Major-General Mills. Colonels Eben Swift, of the General staff: Francis H. French, of the Twenty-First Infantry: Edwin St. John Greble. of the Sixth Field Artillery, and Charles Treat.. of the general staff, will become Brigadier-Generals, suc ceeding Brigadier-Generals Pershing, who is promoted to Major-General. and Granger Adams. Montgomery McComb and F. W. Sibley, who are to be retired. STORE CLOSES DAILY AT 5:30 P. M. ON SATURDAYS 6:00 P. M. HOME PHONE A 2112 $1.10J, For Lines ulaiiy Sold to $1.73 General Pershing's promotion does not affect his assignment as commander of the expeditionary force In Mexico. Soldiers to Vote Eight-Foot Ballot. A LEANT, N. T.. Sept. 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