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THE MOKNIXG OKEGONIAIT, TVEDXESDAT. SEPTEMBER 27, 1916. GREEK KING ABOUT PRESENT ANGLO-FRENCH LINE, WHICH HAS BEEN CARRIED BEYOND IMPORTANT CITY OF COMBLES AND NOW " . THREATENS BAPAUME AND PERONNE. WILSON'S ADVISERS EXHIBITING ALARM Portland Agents for Butterick Patterns and Publications Latest Fall Styles Now Shown TO DECLARE WAR STORE OPENS DAILY AT 8:30 A. M- ON SATURDAYS 9:00 A. M. STORE CLOSES DAILY AT 5:30 P.M. ON SATURDAYS 6:00 P. M. Athens Greatly Excited and Belief Prevails Deal With Allies Is Near. VENEZILOS . PLAYS TRUMP Cretan Statesman Engaged in Strug ' gift With King Circumstances, He Declares, Call for Provl- sional Government. ATHENS, via London. Sept. 26. In circles close to King- Conetantine the belief is expressed that he will declare war immediately. The greatest excitement prevails in Athens. In some quarters the feeling is expressed that M. Venizelos' action has been hastened by the prospect of an early agreement regarding Greece's entry into the war between Greece and the entente powers, and it is consid rred that the Cretan now is playing his last trump in the struggle with the King. The Information that an agreement may be reached between Greece and the entente comes' from official sources and is based on telegrams from Greek Ministers in entente capitals. Critics Become Silent. The French press of Athens, which for the last month has been sharply as railing King Constantino and flouting every suggestion that he could hon estly be desirous of Greece joining the entente allies, is silent this morning. The entire Greco-entente situation has changed over night, and it is re ported that the entry of Greece into the war has suddenly become a mere question of days on the terms King Constantine indicated to the Associated Press August 31 namely, a guarantee of the integrity of Greece and a loan sufficient to equip the army and cover the cost of remobillzatlon. The Associated Press learns that the coldness of the diplomats, the indiffer ence of their governments and the bit terness of the press of the entente powers was due to a suspicion of the sincerity of King Constantine's desire to enter the war, which was based on a private conversation between the King and ah entente diplomat almost a month ago and which the entente gov ernments are said to have regarded as revealing the true attitude of the mon arch, notwithstanding repeated official and unofficial assurances to the con trary. "Sllenec" to End at Once. The .publication of the King's dec laration first opened the eyes of the entente representatives to the possibil ity that they might be misjudging King Constantine and finally led to frank explanations. The reiterated of fers of the present Cabinet to reor ganize itself to meet the desires of the entente are said at last to be consid ered as an earnest expression of the sincerity of the Greek government's in tentions, and that "the silence" which had been inflicted on Greece since the fall of the Zaimis Ministry is to end immediately. The Royalist organ. Forward, in an editorial this morning says that war should be declared on Bulgaria with out awaiting mobilization, unless the matter of the return of the Greek sol diers taken prisoner by the Bulgarians and sent to Germany is settled, within a period of hours. Army Officers Demand Action. General Constantine Moschopoulos, chief of staff of the Greek army, and 500 officers have signed a memorial addressed to the King demanding that Greece abandon Its neutrality. Early reports that General Moschopoulos had resigned, according to the Reuter die patch from Athens, conveying the fore going information, were premature. LONDON. Sept. 26. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Athens says: "The steamer Hesperian has arrived In Suda Bay, where ex-Premier Veni zelos will disembark in the morning. "The Patris today publishes a state ment made by M. Venizelos before his departure from Athens, in which the ex-Premier said: " 'The purpose of the movement of which I am taking the lead with Ad miral Condcuroitls is purely national. Circumstances compel me to form a provisional government, not to over throw the Athena regime, but to form a force for the government of Greek Macedonia, that being the only means left to preserve the unity which al ready has been harmed by those who ceded Macedonia to .the enemy. Athens Regime Left Intact. " 'The Athens regime remains intact and if it mdves in the right direction I will stand beside it politically and militarily and assist it in every way. I am leaving as a soldier who, having failed to persuade his comrades, does not turn against them, but shoulders his rifle to fight the enemy. PARIS. Sept. 26. The revolutionary movement Is spreading in Greek Mace donia, in Crete, the Aegean Islands and in Kpirus. says a Havas dispatch from Athens today. TJRITISH and French troops yester i day won their greatest success since the recent drive began by cap turlng Combles. The town was filled with German dead, Paris says, and ac counts agree that much war material was taken. The British also took Thiepval at the northwestern end of the line and the fortified town of Gueudecourt, as well as the Zollern redoubt. The French also made a farther advance and cap tured a wood, with several German fortified positions. The success of the day removes the last great obstacle to the drive on Bapaume aixl Peronne. While Petrograd continues silent with regard to the operations on the eastern front, both Berlin and Vienna tell of the repulse of strong Russian attacks in Volhynia, Galicla and Car pathian Mountain region. On the Roumanian front Austrians and Germans have been compelled to evacuate the Vulcan and Szurduk passes of the Transylvanian Alps, in order to avoid an extensive Roumanian encircling movement. Sofia reports the capture of the Amzarech-Pervels line in Dobrudja from the Russians and Roumanians. The situation in Greece is still tense. Ex-Premier Venizelos is on his way to the island, of Crete, supposedly to take charge of an insurrectionary movement that has as its object the forcing of the Ktng and the government to agree to Greece's entry into the war on the side of the entente allies. Unofficial advices say that the belief is expressed in Athens in circles close to the King that he will declare war Tuesday's War Moves immediately. f DOTTED LIXE SHOWS APPROXIMATE A'INQ OF TEACHER LOSES SUIT Supreme Court Rules Against Anarchistic Instructor. OLD CONTROVERSY ENDED Action of School Board of Districts No. 25, Columbia County, In Dismissing M'.ss Flora Foreman Is Vpheld. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 26 (Special.) Action of the School Board of District No. 25, Columbia County, in dismissing Flora I. Foreman from the teaching staff because of her anarchistic teach ings, was upheld today by the Oregon Supreme Court, which affirmed the judgment of Circuit Judge Eakin. of Columbia County. The opinion was written by Justice Harris. Following her dismissal as an in structor. Miss Foreman instituted ac tion to recover ?85 which would have been due her had she been permitted to teach until the expiration of her con tract. The trouble occurred in the Spring of 1914. In citing the reasons for dismissing the teacher, the School Board alleged that eh e taught her pupils "principles OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS British. LONDON. Sept. 26. The text of to day's official statement Is: "Yesterday's operations were entirely successful. The preparation and execu tion of the attack by the artillery and infantry and the co-operatlon between them were in all respects admirable. More than 1500 prisoners already have passed through the collecting stations and more are arriving. Much war ma terial has been captured, but the amount canot yet be estimated. "Further progress has been made during the night and this morning. "A strong redoubt which had held out between Les B6eufs and Gueude court now has been captured and the garrison made prisoners. Our troops entered comDiea from the west and are overcoming the enemy's resistance. There the enemy's losses were very severe." Tonight's official statement says: "On our right, French and British troops jointly occupied Combles as a result of the capture of Fregicourt and Morval. We have beaten oftheavy counter-attacks near Morval and Les Boeufs, with severe loss to the enemy. "In our center we stormed Guned court and have driven the Germane back in disorder. "Or our left we captured Thiepval and the high ridge east of it including the Zollern redoubt. This ridge was strongly fortified with an elaborate system of heavily wired trenches and was defended with desperation." French. PARIS, Sept, 26. The text of today's official communication is: "North of the Somme French troops first arrived at the outskirts of Fregicourt, and then during the night they occupied all of the village. "French advance detachments went as far as the cemetery of Combles, while other reconnoltering parties reached the southern boundaries of the village. One of these latter detach ments took possession of a trench southwest of Combles and 'took pris oner an entire German company. "At other points along the front French troops have organized the posi tions previously taken from the Ger mans. "The enemy has been . particularly active on our right wing. Here gen eral counter attacks delivered yester day evening upon our new trenches be tween the Bethune road and the Somme were renulsed. The number of able bodied prisoners made yesterday and counted up to the present time reaches 800. "On the right bank of the River Meuse German troops yesterday even ing delivered a violent attack upon the Thiaumont work and at Fleury, but were repulsed. Tonight's supplementary communl cation says: "The battle continued successfully today. North Of the Somme the en tente allied troops increased their gains considerably, having attained within a rew hours the objectives assigned for the second day of the struggle. "French troops captured the entire section of Combles situated east and south of the railway. Our patrols en tered in conjunction with the troops or the right wing of the British army, who were cleaning up the northwest ern part of Combles. Shortly after ward the whole village fell into our power. "The booty captured in Combles was large. The Germans had accumulated in the subterranean regions of this POSITIONS OF ALLIES AT BEGIN- DRIVE. of anarchy and disloyalty to their Gov ernment; among other things, that the Government under which they live 'is rotten to the core' and that there is no God and that Jesus Christ is not the Son of God." The Supreme Court found that the plaintiff had actually taught the an archistic principles as alleged and re cites in its decision how within two months after Miss Foreman had begun to teach, charges were made against her. She was acquitted of them, with the result that one of the school direct ors resigned and subsequently another was recalled. "On March 30," continues the court's recital of the case, "a serious disturb ance occurred at the schoolhouse when the plaintiff and her followers clashed with the school directors. When the directors went to the schoolhouse to give rulings and Instructions to the plaintiff, she said: 'I teach as I darn please.' "The National flag was not flown a single day while the plaintiff occupied the position of teacher and an Index of her conduct is furnished by the testi mony of one of the directors, who stat ed that another director told the plain tiff "You had better raise up the flag,' and she says. 'I won't do It; If you want the flag, you hoist It up yourself.' " Other decisions were: IT. Nelson vs. Brown A McCabe. steve dores, appellant, appealed from Multnomah County, suit for damages for personal In juries, opinion by Justice BurneJt; Circuit Judge Galloway's judgment for plaintiff af firmed. Hurry M. Van Zandt vs. Palph Willis et al. appellants, appealed from Multnomah Coun ty, suit to recover balance due for an auto mobile, motion to discharge appeal allowed; opinion by Chief Justice- Moore. Petitions for rehearing were denied In Clark vs. Clark, Berridge vs. Marlon County. W. Tt. Mackenzie & Son. appellants, against Douglas County: appealed from Douglas County; opinion by Justice Bean; petition for rehearlnsr denied. place an enormous quantity of muni tions and supplies of every kind. We collected 100 abandoned wounded Ger mans. Combles Is filled with German corpses. "This afternoon our troops captured a small wood north of Fregicourt, and also the greater part of the strongly fortified ground between this wood and the western horn of St. Vaast wood, east of the Bethune road. "The number of unwounded prisoners captured by the French since yester day now reaches 1200. We have counted up to the present 30 machine guns." Germans on Western Front. RERt.TV. Ront 9fi Th. day's official statement on the fighting 11 i ne west is: "Anglo-French infantrv on the fmirfh day of the artillery bombardment launched a uniform attack between the An ere Brook and the River Somme. "Fighting which commenced at noon continued during the night. "Between the Ancre and Eaucourt Abbave th hostile fh-rii-kf- waa stifle by our fire or broke down before our lines. 'Successes VArA nhtIn Kir Vl a enemy east of Eaucourt l'Abbaye. and the pnnn npst r f t-hA villo-j.a am v. a i; of Guedede Court-Bouchavesnes must oe recognized. "Near Bouchavesnes and further southward as far as the Somme French charges, repeated many times, failed." Turkish. CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept, 24. via London. Sept. 26 "On our right wing on the Caucasian front there were the usual skirmlshts with intermittent artillery fire," says an official an nouncement issued here today. "itegular and irregular forces of the enemy landed on September 22 under protection of aerial units in the neleh borhood of Akyol Peninsula, They were pusued and sustained heavy losses, ac cording to later Information. We in flicted heavy losses on the enemy. when we obliged bhn to retreat east of the Suez Canal. We captured a Quan tity or Dooty which he abandoned dur ing his retreat." . Italian. ROME, via London, Sept- 26. Violent counter attacks made by the Austrians on positions the Italians had taken near the summit of Monte Sief. on the Upper Cordevole Valley, have been re pulsed, the War Office announced to day. The statement follows: "In the Astlco district our artillery has rendered futile the enemy's attempt to consolidate the positions we evacu ated on the summit of Monte Clmone In the Upper Cordevole, counter at tacks delivered with increasing vio lence against the positions we took on Saturday toward the summit of Monte Sief, were repulsed. Roumanian. BUCHAREST. Sept, 35, via London, Sept, 26. A lull has set in on the Dobrudja front along the line between the Danube and the Black Sea, at which the reinforced Russian and Roumanian armies checked the German and Bul garian invasion. In Transylvania also comparative calm prevails. The an nouncement issued here today also says: "Last night a Zeppelin succeeded In reaching Bucharest, but was driven off by our guns." President Told It Is Vital to Carry New York, So Will Make Speeches There. DIGNITY TO BE RELAXED Position Heretofore Has Been That It Is Unseemly to Go Out Seek ing Votes Biff Political Event Set for Saturday. LONG BRANCH, N. J., Sept. 26. As a result of a conference here tonight between President Wilson and Judge Samuel Seabury. Democratic candidate for Governor of New York, the Presi dent is expected to make one or more speeches in New York within the next few weeks. No final arrangements have been made, but Judge - Seabury re mained at Shadow Lawn over night and will discuss the New York political situation with Mr. Wilson in the morn ing. The President has been told that it is imperative that the Democrats carry New York and concentrated efforts will be made to present the Democratic case to the New York voters. William F. McCombs, Democratic can didate for United States Senator, will see the President within the next few days. It will be the first conference between the two since Mr. McCombs re fused to accept a second term as chair man of the Democratic National Com mittee. Mr. Wilson will do everything possible to secure Mr. McCombs' elec tion, It was said. Hughes Itinerary Scanned. The announcement of a long itinerary for speeches in New York to be made by Charles E. Hughes, the Republican nominee for President, was read with Interest by Democratic leaders here to day, but it was said that Mr. Hughes' plans would not affect those of the President. In spite of the determination of Mr. Wilson to make only non-political speeches on his forthcoming trips away from Shadow Lawn, it appeared probable tonight that he would find means for getting his views on par tisan questions before the country. His addresses here will be more of a polit ical character than those elsewhere. Elaborate arrangements are being made to turn the reception of the Pres ident Saturday to members of Young Men's Democratic Clubs into a big political event. It will be the first time since his notification speech that the President has addressed a purely Democratio audience. Wilson Stands on Dignity. Up to the present, Mr. Wilson has persistently refused to carry on any active campaign for re-election. He takes the position, that It is undignified for a President to go out seeking votes. Vance C. McCormick. chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will confer with the President tomor row. Walter Llppmann. of New York, lso will see Mr. Wilson tomorrow. The President motored to Princeton this morning and voted in the New Jersey Democratic primaries in the old fire-engine house, where he cast his ballots when head of Princeton Uni versity. No returns from the primary were received at Shadow Lawn tonight before the President retired. . WINGED ZEPPLINS NEW BRITISH ESTABLISH IDENTITY OF CAPTURED CRAFT. First . Airship Finally Destroyed by Aeroplane After Passing; Through Effective Gunfire. LONDON, Sept. 26. It was announced today that the identity of the two Zep pelins brought down in the raid on the night of September 23-24 had been de termlned as the naval Zeppelins L-32 and 33. both of recent construction. The first airship was finally destroyed by an aeroplane after passing through an effective gunfire. The second air ship was hit by gunfire from the Lon don defenses, and was forced to de scend in Essex through lost gas. Owing to deaths from Injuries hav ing occurred and the casualties not having been reported by the police im mediately, some amendment must be made to the list of casualties caused during Sunday night's raid. The cor rected figures follow: Killed, 23 men. 12 women and three children, total 38; injured, 56 men. 43 women and 26 chil dren, total 125. In last night's raid total casualties so far reported are: Killed, 26; injured. 27. Slight damage of military impor tance was done. HARDING TO TOUR WEST Idahoans Report Prospects of Re publican Success Bright. CHICAGO, Sept. 26. Senator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, will begin a speak ing trip through the West in behalf of Hughes and Fairbanks October 1. He will visit Montana. Idaho, Utah Wyoming, Nebraska, Missouri. Indiana and Kentucky and then go East to close the campaign. United States Senator Bradley, John W. Hart, National committeemen, and State Chairman Evans, of Idaho, visited Western Republican headquarters to day and reported that while the Demo crats are making an aggressive tight In that state the prospects of Repub lican success are exceptionally good. FLOUR HIGHEST SINCE WAR Prices In Chicago Now $3 Above Those of Year Ago. CHICAGO. Sept. 26. The price of flour was advanced 20 cents a barrel today, the highest level since the Civil War. Standard Minnesota patents sold for 19.10 a barrel, an Increase of S3 over a year ago. Woman Views Caskets ; Takes Poison QUIXCY. 111.. Sept. 26. Mrs. Mamie C. Van Alstene today visited an under taker, looked at several caskets, re turned home and invited in several friends and then walked into the front yard and took poison. She died In the arms of her nephew, who was here to take her to his home In California, She has been despondent since the death of her husband in April. PACIFIC PHONE MARSHALL 50SO The Decided Savings on tlie Mew S owFr!! Unusual economy is plainly indicated in these sped play, representing most every 10 Yard For Gold and Silver Metal Trimmings in values to 25c. 19f Yard For Rosebud Trimmings in Satin and Chiffon, 35c grade. 250 Each For Garnitures Silk and Bead Orna ments, worth to $1.. 1Q0 Yard For Narrow Venise Edges, white and cream, worth to 20c Another Fine X.at of Chiffon Broadcloths at $2.00 Yard 50-inch Chiffon Finish Broadcloths wanted Fall and Winter shades pure wool fabrics of rich, lustrous "Wool Serges at 65c Yard 38-inch All-wool French Serges, in navy, brown, green, rose, Co penhagen, tan, gray, red and black a matchless val- C ue at, yard OOC Women's Fashionable Fall Shoes $3.50 Pair Footwear, of TTnsarpassed Quality. Fit and Style. Priced Right. A complete showing of the latent new styles In Women' new Fall and Winter Shoes both button and lace models in all stzes and widths You nave -choice from those in vici kid. gunmtal and Patent colt leathers, with cloth or neat kid top Styles for street or dress CO El) wear. Shoes that are unsurpassed In quality, fit andstyle atvuiww Children's High-Top Jockey Boots Regulation style In Patent leather, with cloth, velvet or neat kid top in tan or black form fitting lasts with spring- heel A popular shoo for Fall wear. SIZES 3 TO 5 PRICED! OK I SI7.ES SV4 TO 8 PRICED ( I Cfl AT. PAIR H. J. ROSSI ARRAIGNED D)HO MAX IS TO BE PUT OX TRIAL FOR MCRDER. Crime Committed June 30 Waa on Re turn From Absence and Wlfo Has Been Away Since. WALLACE. Idaho. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) Herman J. Kossl. prominent business man. was arraigned In the District Court today on a charge of murder in the first degree. Rossi was escorted from the Jail to the court room by Sheriff Pfell. He was neatly dressed and recognized friends in the courtroom and nodded pleasantly to the court. He appeared slightly nervous and pallid from his three months' con finement in the County Jail. Walter H. Hanson, one of his attor neys, took a seat beside Rossi during the short time consumed In the ar raignment, the reading of the informa tion being waived and the statutory time taken in which to enter a plea. He waa then returned to the county jail. The information filed against Rossi charges that on June 30, 1914. he wil fully assaulted Clarence Dahlcfaist with a revolver, inflicting a. wound from which Dahlquist died on July 1. The shooting of Dahlquist followed the return of Rossi from a meeting of the Republican state central committee in Boise and ca"used a sensation. There were a number of witnesses to the shooting, which took place In the lobby of the Samuels Hotel about 7:30 P. M. Rossi once was Mayor of Wallace and recently was chairman of the State Board of Control. 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