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Jffifo Himtten HH (Bmnm i an. MM 80 Pages Six Sections ' oTm vn rtnvnnv SITVT1 A V THHRVIVR. SEPTEMBER 13. 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BERM AHS MAKE imms Mortar Batteries Aban doned, Faris Says. BATRE RAGES AT CENTER Capture of Artillery of One Army Corps by Frenchmen Is Announced. "HOLD GROUND" IS ORDER French Commander Tells Men No Matter at What Cost Not to Retreat. PARIS, Sept. 12. The official statement issued tonight says: "The German retreat is exceedingly rapid. The pursuit is vigorous. The Germans have abandoned many mortars. "This retreat appears to have been more rapid than the advance. This has been so precipitate at certain points that our troops have gathered up at the general quarters, notably at Montmirail, charts, documents and personal papers abandoned by the enemy, and also packages of letters which have been received or were ready to be forwarded. Mortar Batteries Abandoned. "In the district of Fromentieres the enemy abandoned several batteries of mortars and caissons of ammuni tion. "The prisoners give a marked im pression of utter destruction, over driving and discouragement. The horses particularly are exhausted. "On September 6 the commander-in-chief of the French armies ad dressed the following order of the day to his troops: " 'At the moment when a battle is being engaged, on the result of which the welfare of the country depends, it is important to remind all that it is no longer time to look behind. "No Retreat," Is Order. " 'All efforts must be employed to attack and to drive back the enemy. " 'A force which cannot advance any further shall, no matter at what cost, retain the conquered ground and be killed on the spot rather than fall back. Under the present circum etances no weakness can be tolerated.' "We now know how these instruc tions have been carried out and the brilliant results obtained. "When our victorious troops en tered Vitry-le-Francois there was found in the house occupied by the (Concluded on Page 4.) OJ.O CTACf -ZOSr BULLETINS LONDON", Sept. 13. A dispatch to the Renter Teleajram Company from Paris says the French occupied Solssons, De partment of Alsne, at 6 o'clock Satur day night LuneTllle, in the Depart ment Mnerthe-et-SIoaelle, also haa been occupied. LONDON, Sept. 12. A dispatch from Bordeaux to Reuter's Telegram Com pany saya that the Temps repeats the report that the stock of gasoline In Germany Is becoming exhausted, and adds that, as the German army depends largely on Its motor transport of sup plies of all sorts, this greatly aggra vates the situation. ROME, Sept. 12. A telegram from Trieste to the Resto del Carllno of Bologna says the telegraph' and tele phone wires at Pols, In Styria, where 11-0,000 Austrians are said to be coneen trated, hare been cut. It la reported that bombs were thrown Into the bar racks, which were burned. As a result of these disorders a considerable num ber of executions have taken place. MILAN, Italy, via Paris, Sept. 12. A dispatch to the Corriere della Sera from Basel, Switzerland, says the Ger mans are evacuuting Southern Alsace. LONDON, Sept. 12 The African World says an active movement is on foot to offer Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War, a corps of picked British and Dutch Afrikander scouts for use with .Field .Marshal French's army, under the com mand of General Christian Rudolf De Wet, the Boer commander. ROME, via London, Sept. 12. The Nish correspondent of the Messagero states that the Austrians lost BOO killed and 500 wounded at Mitrokltzn, Seryla. The Austrians continue to re treat, leaving behind hundreds of pieces of artillery and thousands of prisoners. PARIS, Sept. 12. Service on the Northern Railway interrupted by the German invasion, is gradually being re sumed between Paris and the more dis tant suburbs. It was said today there was a possibility, in the event of fur ther retirement by the Germans, that communication with the coast would soon be re-established. LONDON, Sept. 12. A dispatch to the Evening News from Petrograd says that Henry Slenkiewicz, the Polish writer and author of "Quo Vadls," who recently issued an appeal to the Polea to support Russia in the war, has been taken prisoner by the Austrians and sent to Cracow. PARIS, Sept. 12. A Havas agency dispatch from Brlndisi, Italy, says the Italian authorities there have forbidden vessels In the future to leave the roads except between sunrise and sunset. PARIS, Sept. 12. Seven hundred Ger man prisoners have arrived at Brienne-la-Chateuu. They expressed surprise that the British were fighting against Germnny. Another party of SO Uhlans has surrendered at Montereau in a starving condition. LONDON, Sept. 12. The Petrograd correspondent of the Renter Telegram Company reports that a Hungarian bat talion has crossed the Roumanian frontier and laid down its arms. BORDEAUX, Sept. 12 (via London.) An official announcement says:. "Jac ques Delcasse, son of the Foreign Min ister, was wounded in one of the re cent engagements and is now in a hos pital, according to information received from the Spanish .Minister at Berlin." PETROGRAD, Sept. XX The Russian troops are drawing nearer the San River, according to the official an nouncement made tonight. The Aus trian army is in retreat and is being closely pursued by the Russians. PRINCES REPORTED DEAD, Two Sons of Emperor Said to Be Among Koyul War Victims. LONDON, Sept. 13. An Ostend dis patch to the Reuter Telegram Company says: "Crown Pjrince Frederick William and Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the Emperor's third son. and Prince Carl of Wuerttemberg are reported to have died in a hospital at Brussels." SOME OUTSTANDING uviJ.t - vToov yr- KAISER'S MEN DEFY DEADLY ARTILLERY Army Moves Like Part of Great Machine. LINE AFTER LINE ADVANCES Slaughter Terrible, but Foe Cannot Kill Fast Enough. MARCH DISCIPLINE STERN Fellowship Between Soldiers and Officers Wholly Lacking Lag gards Ruthlessly Punished by Their Superiors. BOULOGNE, Sept. 5. (From the correspondent of the London Stand ard) I have seen and marveled at the torrent of human figrhtlnff machines which Germany has poured into this unhappy country. I have watched that most wonder ful slffht the German army on the march and I have witnessed the still more remarkable spectacle German troops going Into action for. equipped with my credentials as the citizen of a neutral country, I have been able to move with comparative freedom in. the southern regions of Belgium and the northern provinces of France. Railways Torn Up by Frend. It was after the occupation'of Brus sels and the fighting at Mons that I found myself resting in a French vil lage through which the German In vaders were passing The retreating French had torn up the railways, and, while the German engineers were re pairing them with all possible speed, the troops marched along the high roads carrying the Impedimenta with them. The hum of a motor high up in the air was the first intimation of their approach. The villagers rushed out and gazed skyward. A Taube aeroplane was hovering above us not very dis tant, and soon we saw others in the leader s wake. It was quite evident that they were spying out the land thoroughly, looking for possible dan gers to the advancing hosts and trans mitting information to the marching Germans. Airmen Fall, Army Machine Goes On. While we watched, one of the Taube machines Crumpled up and fell head long to the ground. Both occupants pitched out in mid-air and dropped a sheer 500 feet to certain death. But how utterly insignificant that tragic, incident seemed. Two German airmen dead, two German families flung into mourning, but the German hosts marched on and the destruction of these human atoms of a mighty whole was of no military consequence whatever. Round the bend of the road came the va.-nerna.rd. consisting of a big contin gent of military cyclists with rifles swung over their shoulders. Knowing the way was clear for them they rode right through the village at a slow pace. Close behind came a regiment of cavalry and then field artillery, tne horses almost worn out, and the drivers thrashed them until they maintained the pace that suited the requirements of a forced march. Then came more cavalry and corns of various descriptions, and then in fantry. The road was wide and they marched them. Such typical German faces and (Concluded on Page 5.) EVENTS IN THE WEEK'S NEWS APPEARED ACCOffOfiG TO ZSPOfZTS G-fRAt- VOM ftUCH almost- cor -rt? a&'G qoa-t ear -the 4j.lfs V-Auy SMUT V"' CfooM V tor H-tscfi INDEX OF TODAFSNEW NtWAIVIbAbbAUUH b The Weatner. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 6-! degrees; minimum, BO degrees. . TODAY'S Unsettled, probably showers; var iable winds, mostly westerly. New American Amoassador to France said to have offended ueoule. Page 1, sec tion X. Germans In battle insensible to deadly fire of enemy. Section 1, page 1. German line In France reported to be continuing retreat- Section 1, page L Kaiser asked to discuss peace. Section 1, page 1. Berkeley, Cal., woman, after losing two children by exposure in war, returns with third child to New York. Section 1, page 6. United states to deal with Turkey without Joining powers. Section. 1, page 2. Sea traffic gain great on Atlantic Section 1, page 4. Dr. Aked views "moral effect of Europe's madness," Section 1, page 4, Belgians regaining lost territory. Section 1, page 4. Battlefield of Rtver Marne is scene of deso lation. Section L page 6. Secretary Bryan says present war Is death struggle of militarism. Section 1, page tt. Allies said to fear Wilson will make peace move prematurely. Section 1, page 2. Indian troops being brought to England by way of Canada. Section 1, page 11. Mexico. Carranza denies alarming reports on condi tions In Mexico. Section 1, page 7. National. Senate committee agrees on modified harbor bin. section l. page 7. Consul reports millions In China face year of famine. Section 1, page 7. Domestic, Wheat sales hamper politicians In North Dakota. Section 1, page 5. Wets and Drys in hard contest In Minne sota. Section 1, page 5. Sport. Coast League results: Portland 3, Los An geles 2; San Francisco 5, Oakland l; Mis sions 5, Venice 1. Section 2, Page 3. Shorter season for deer hunting proposed Section 2, Page 4. Mathowson says worry fatal to big league twlrlers. Section 2, Page 5. Portland Golf Club revises members' handi caps. Section 2, Page 5. Gun Club lured by many trophies. Section 2, Page 4. Varsity football squad, back from training camp, reach Eugene. Section 2, Page 2. Irish-American Athletic Club takes National meet. Section 2, Page 4. Thirty O. A. C. men ready for 1014 fray Section 2, Page 2. Three Portland hunters land three deer apiece In Douglas County. Section 2, Page 5. Multnomah Athletic Club classes to start to morrow. Section 2; Page 2. Good year for interscholastio football pre dicted. Section 2, Page 5. 'Fred Newell victor in. Rowing Club's regatta for Gloss trophy. Section 2, Page 4. Pacific Northwest. University of Oregon to have big freshman class this year. Section 1, Page 8. Polk County Fair to open at Dallas Thurs day. Section I. Page 10. Vote at Washington psdmarles retires two Progressive Representatives. Section 1, Page . Governor Haines names Moscow man Asso ciate Justice of Supreme Court of Idaho. Section 1, Page S. Addison Bennett tells of progress In and around Roseburg. Section 1, Page 8. Oregonlans lead activities of California Uni versity. Section 1, page 10. Commercial and Marine. Northwestern wheat market lightly affected by slump In East. Section 2, page 10. Peace rumors lead to further drop in wheat prices at Chicago. Section 2, page IS. Bankers' gold pool may not be required. Sec tion 2, page 15. Exporter has hope through British and French successes. Section 2, page 6. Cuzco carrying submarine equipment to Chile. Section 2. page 6. New prize court metrods used by British. Section 2. page 6. Portland and Vicinity. Visiting Nurse Association's campaign for funds to be waged tomorrow. Section, 1, page 12. 1 Republicans typify Dr. Smith, Democratic candidate for Governor, "dispenser of remarks." Section " 1, page 15. Manufacturers' and Land Products Show enlists many patronesses. Section 1, page 17. Teachers in annual pre-school meeting are advised to be tactful in treatment of war. Section 1, page 18. Robert F. Magulre resigns as Deputy District Attorney. Section 1, page 17. Fire patrols prove efficiency. Section 1, page 15. Vacation ends today, Portland schools to reopen tomorrow. Section U page 18. One hundred and six wfdows are placed on pension roll In 14 months. Section 1, page 15. Weather report, data and forecast. Section 2, page 0. Esteem for Visiting Nurse Association is general In city. Section 1, page 12. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., donates S500 to help Oregon Republican cause and tells why he can't give more. Section 1, page 12. Madame Norelli tells of thrilling escape from war zone. Section 1, page 3. Women's political Science Club- to change constitution owing to growth of organi zation. Section 1. Page 12. Reed College will open Monday. Section i, page 13. : ! ii f-i 1 1 i lini rtrti nnn?n WORDS CENSORED Sharp Is Said to Have Offended France. RECALL SUGGESTED IN PARIS Washington Curious, but Not Officially Informed. REPORT MAY BE ASKED Communication With French Capital Not as Free as Before Removal to Bordeaux Herrick Continues Popular. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Publica tion here of a brief cable message say ing; that the new Ambassador to France, William G. Sharp, had given offence to 'the French people by an Interview caused a sensation here today. No Intimation of what Mr. Sharp said has been permitted to become known. The dispatch said Mr. Sharp's interview had been heavily censored before it was permitted to appear at all. The fact that the censor should exercise his function In connection with the words of the Ambassador of a friendly power Is regarded In Itself of grave significance. Americans Suggest Recall Americans residing in Paris, familiar with the nature of his interview, said: "It would be a calamity if he were not recalled." A prominent American living in t..i. i. o-ivon authority for the complaint against Ambassador Sharp. In the absence of secretary urjau. other officials of the State -Department today said no message had been re ceived from Paris for two days. It that since the removal of the French government to Bordeaux communication with Paris nas not Deen so free as formerly. At the French Embassy aTso it was mill that tin word had been received 'rom the French government relative" to the utterances of Mr. Sharp, ine information Ambassador Jusser- and has are the reports in American newspapers. Official Washington Is Curious. While inclined to be skeptloal as to tho truth of the rumors, officials of the State Department evinced curiosity con cerning the reports ana tne indications are that an official report will be de manded at once from Mr. Sharp or Am. bassador Herrick. whose place Mr. Sharp has been appointed to fill. If the report that Mr. Sharp has been Indiscreet in a public interview is con flrmod diDlomats In Washington be lieve the Administration will not hesi tir, Hrastir-. action. The Presi dent is known to have desired to retain Mr. Herrick at his post indefinitely in Jnnn.nitinn nf hi AXnellent work on rural credits and other questions of Interest to the Administration, and since the war broke out has refused to replace him with Mr. Sharp, who has been confirmed by tne senate ana is on the ground prepared to take the post at a favorable opportunity. Mr. Herrick Is Popular. Mr. Herrick, the retiring Ambassa dor, has been seeking to get away Jom his post for months. He is declared to be one of the most popular Americans who ever represented this country in France, not only with the French gov ernment and people, but with thousands .'occluded on Page 2.) IN THIS LIGHT TO CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. Saturday's War Moves FAILURE of efforts to break through the French center seemed yester day to have resulted In a general re tirement by the German armies In France, and the evacuation of Vitry-le-Francois was one of the significant moves of the day. The French also re occupied the city of Lunevllle, In the department of Muerthe-et-Moselle-Vltry-le-Francols. which was the pivot of their offensive operations and which they had fortified early in the war. This retirement was made imperative by the continued retreat of the German right wing, which Is now somewhere northwest of Rheims, and the defeat of an army corps which was operating just east of Vitry-le-Francois around Hevignne and Sermaize. and which In its hurry to Join the retirement left a quantity of war material behind. The Germans In the Argonne district likewise have begun to fall back, so that the pressure on the forts to the southwest of Verdun, which a Berlin report said the Germans had begun to bombard, should be relieved. In Lorraine, too. the French say they have won further successes and to have been enabled to straighten out their line along that frontier. They have oc cupied the territory east of the forest of Champenoux, Gerbervlller. Kesalnvll ler and Saint Die, thus getting in closer touch with their troops, which, since the early days of the war, have held a bit of German territory in front f Colmar. hlle the French reports say that the French army Is following up all these successes, it would appear that their most serious driving movement is taking place against the German right wing, which since Saturday last has traveled north faster than It went south. On Friday this wing, which. Is composes of General von Kluck's army and par' of General von Buelow's corps, occupied a line which follows the River Vesle and the railway from Solssons through Flsmes to . ie moun tains immediately sou'.h o' Rheims. Yesterday, however, these troops must have gone still furthe- north or east, as the British official report says the British cavalry reached that line be tween Solssons and Flsmes and - that several prisoners were captured. It Is believed that General Sir John French, who won a reputation as one of the grea. st cavalry leaders in the South African War, will cling to the heels of this retreating army Just as long as his men and horses can stand the strain. It Is possible, too, that he will get assistance from the French cavalry, which has not yet been heard from to any great extent in this war and which Is credited wn.. being the equal of any In the world. The Belgian army has become active again and according to official reports from London is advancing from the forts around Antwerp. It apparently has divided into sections and has re occupled both Aerschot and Mallnes, where there have been so many en gagements during the past few weeks, and has even got as far southeast s the battlefields of August, and coming down on both sides of what remains of Louvaln has cut communications be tween that town and Brussels on the west and between Louvain and Tlrle mont and Liege on the southeast. An other army is still harassing tHe Ger man force which is advancing south ward to France. While the Belgians have only about 80,000 troops, theirs is a mobile force and can cause trouble to the weakened German army of occupation in Bel gium. The Russians continue to strike at the Austran left In Gallcia, and, ac cording to the reports from Petrograd, they have succeeded in smashing it. What remains of the Austrian left is said to be in the' angle between the rivers Vistula and San, where the Russians hope to force a surrender. On the Prussian and Posen campaign nothing has been divulged, but offi cial reports say the Russians are op erating before Posen and Breslau and have occupied Tsenstochoff and Petro koff. It is thought, however, that they will satisfy themselves with try ing to hold their positions In both Prussia and Posen until they have at- (Concluded on Pace 4.) GERMANY IS ASKED TO DISCUSS PEACE Kaiser Known to Have Letter From Wilson, MOVE IS BEGUN BY BANKER Von Bernstorff Said to Have Given Encouragement. ALLIES' POSITION KNOWN Britain Declared to Oppose Tempo rary Truce, and Prance Declines to Treat While Invader Occupies Her Soil. WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. Emperor William has had under consideration for several days. It was learned tonight, an informal Inquiry from the Ualted States Government as to whether Ger many desires to discuss terms of peace with her foes. Up to a late hour no reply had come, but on its tenor depends to some ex tent whether the Informal peace move ment Inaugurated Just a week ago to night can be pursued further with Great Brltsln. France and Russia. The Inquiry was not a formal one, such as President Wilson's original tender of good offices, but waa an ef fort of an ofTIclal oharacter to deter mine whether Germany's reported wil lingness to talk peace was based ou tact Story of Peace Talks Teld. The chronology of the peace move ment was revealed tonight, after a canvass of officials, diplomatists and others directly concerned In the Inci dent. The story of the seven days of peace talk, as told by some of the prin cipals, Is substantially as follows: Saturday. September 6 Count von Bernstorff, the Germs n Ambassador, dined with James Speyer. the banker, at the letter's residence In New York Oscar Straus. American member of The Hague tribunal and former Cabinet of ficer, was present In the course of the evening, as the conversation turned to the subject of poace In Europe, the Get man Ambassador said that while he had no advices from his government since leaving Berlin, he recalled a con versation with the Imperial Chancellor there. In which the latter said he be lieved the Emperor would be willing to discuss ' measures of peace through mediation. Ambassador Gives Coeseat Previous to the Ambassador's con versation with the Chancellor. Em peror William had already acknowl edged President Wilson's tender of good offices, but had been non-coiunilt-tal as to Its acceptance. Mr. 8traus Im mediately asked the Germuii Asbes sador for permission to repeat tbu con versation to Secretary Bryan at Wash ington. Count von Bernstorff gave his consent Sunday, September 6. Mr. Straus ar rived in Washington and went to the home of Secretary Bryun, where they secretly conferred. The Htcretary communicated later with President Wil son. It was decided to get the Uer man Ambassador's consent to forward a report of the Incident to Ambassador Gerard for discussion with the German foreign office. In the meantime, Mr. Straus was advised to talk the situa tion over with the British and'Krench Ambassadors here. He saw each that day. Monday, September 7. The German Ambassador reached Washington and (Concluded un Peas 2.) o?of? ycyv y y To zscr