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THE STJ3TOAY OHEGOAT. POHTLAITD. SEPTEMBER 13, 1914. A BATTLEFIELD NOW FIRST BERLIN WAR PICTURES. DESOLATE PLACE YOU CAN'T MAKE A MISTAKE A7 W (iMiM Bodies Found as Allies Tra verse Scene of Desperate Fighting. MI'S": f ,7 WI f ARTILLERY HAVOC GREAT Banks of Hirer Marne Are Grim Evidence of Pierce Combat, Fields Are Torn With Trenches and Hamlets Are Battered. PARIS, Sept. 13. The battlefields on the allies left wing over which terri ble combats In the, past week have been fought present a scene of desolation. All the troops have departed, following on the heels of the fleeing Germans. Host of the dead already have beqn buried, but here and there small groups of three or four lay together awaiting interment. r Virtually' all the wounded, whether French, British or German, have re ceived treatment . and have been trans ported to neighboring villages, from which places they will be transferred later to the . provincial' cities, where private houses and public - institutions have been placed at the disposal of the army authorities. Shell Halt French Plana. Along the banks of the Marne evi dences of severe artillery fire are vis ible everywhere. Some parts, looking as though they were ploughed trenches abandoned by the Germans, were ex cellently planned, but shells bursting overhead caused hundreds of casualties. All over 'the fields are fresh heaps of earth, where soldiers were buried. The graves for the most part are marked by rough-hewn crosses. The officers were interred separately, their graves bearing their names and In some cases being decorated - witn flowers, ah about are battered helmets, broken rifles, bayonets, swords, belts and haversacks. . .. Houses Are Battered. In the nearby villages houses have been greatly damaged; many bear bul let and -shell marks; doors and windows have been broken; branches of trees have been lopped off by shells and scarred by rifle shots. Id the River Marne, which the Ger mans made heroic efforts to cross many times, but were always beaten back by the overwhelming forces of the French artillery, bodies occasion ally come to the surface. The country people almost prostrated by the -ruin which has been wrought are gradu ally returning to their homes from which even today could occasionally be heard the far distant firing of ma chine guns and field artillery. No civilians or correspondents are permitted to approach anywhere near the reserve firing lines of the pursu ing British and French troops. Five correspondents who ventured oat were arrested and threatened with Incarcer ation in the fortress until the end of the war. .- . Rain Works Hardship. The constant rainfall for the last two days has rendered difficult the move ments of the troops. The Germans are suffering from this more than are the allies, who are full of ardor and flushed with success.', - They often capture iso lated bodies of Germans, who are usu ally famished and without ammunition and almost glad to be taken prisoners, while their horses are absolutely ex hausted. Persistent accounts of a' German Bhortage of ammunition reach Paris. A British officer declared today that he had seen a letter written by a Ger man officer, in which the officer said that .the invaders' position was becom ing critical. He said that the trans port was breaking down owing to the long lines of communications. Further evidence of the lack of am munition was to be found in the num bers of Germans surrendering when called on, without firing a shot. The same officer said that themaps carried by the German officers were far superior to thosepossessed by-the French and British. He was full of admiration for the German tenacity, remark Uig their stand e.b La' Ferte-Sous-JoUarre. 'Where they, delayed the allies' advance for an entire day. It is generally thought that the Ger mans are 'trying (o reacb. the frontier by the Quickest route,. owinglof ears that their communications may be cut off by the fresh army of the allies.' ORPHEUM READY SOON REPRESENTATIVE SETS NOVEM BER 1 AS OPEJfINC UATE. . , Leasing of Heilig or Baker Given Up. Says X. C Robertson Prima Donna to Be First Star. The new Orpheum Theater In Port land at Broadway and Stark street will open, in all probability, Sunday, No vember J. H. C. Robertson, Western represen tative of the Northwestern Orpheum circuit controlled by Sullivan & Con sldine, who was in Portland yester day, set the date and announced there would be no Orpheum shows in Port land until the new house was in readi ness. If the theater is not in readiness by November 1 it will be opened at the soonest possible date thereafter. All negotiations for the leasing of the present Baker Theater at Broadway and Morrison and the Eleventh-street Heillg Theater have been dropped. Mr. Robertson, who at one time was secretary to the late John H. Mitchell, Senator from Oregon, and also to Binger Hermann, Oregon Representa tive in Congress, private secretary to Vice-President Fairbanks and other wise identified with politics in Wash ington, left Portland yesterday after inspecting the progress on the new Orpheum. Mr. Robertson was at one time clerk of the inter-oceanlc canal committee of the United States Senate during the Panama Canal proceedings and was clerk of the Senate committee on coast defense. "Insofar as we can now determine the formal opening will be' November 1." said Mr. Robertson. "As an added attraction to the first night's offering we have booked a grand opera star of International fame. The programme of dedication has not yet been out lined. "For a time we did consider opening In the Baker or some other theater, so that we could bring bookings that we are now putting on -at Seattle and Van couver, but we have given up that idea entirely. While we are losing every day by not being able to put on our bills in Portland, we have concluded It would be better business to .wait, until sra could open in, our own horn.' IZszy'' " " j " ? V 43 I im Iff t It a t iflfM ll " V jv ill . tif 4f hdm Ptf T - jt ITSI 0C rt ,111 1 PA'S . I " 'rCftu , 'J??T. :n ii 4ii41 1 iif r - i I. - - - - ' ' Photnii Convrfs-hted bv Underwood & Underwood. TOP RESERVISTS HURRYING TO RAILROAD STATION IN ANSWER TO K AISER'S CAI.I- BELOW LAST-MINT TE GOOD-BYES OF GERMAN BE; 1R ERA till E Secretary Bryan Says Present Conflict Is Last. ' FREEDOM HAS NEW VOICE 'There Is "as Much Inspiration in Noble Life as in Heroic Death,'"" Says Speaker in ' Address on "The Flag.! BALTIMORE. Sect !. "The con vulsions through.- which Europe is .w passing are the death throes 01 "militarism,"- - declared Secretary of State Bryan here today In his address the "Star-Spangled Banner" ceie- hratlon The constitution of the United States, he said, had become a pattern copied by other nations, and lere now was to be seen everywnere .e waning of monarchial authority and hereditary power. "We are entering upon a new age," said the secretary. w are entering upon an age in wnicn freedom will be given new interpreta tions and bravery will una lorms oi expression." Mr. Rrvan came as the personal rep- ..r.itlvn of President Wilson, who was unable to attend. He took for his subject "The Flag." Freedom and Bravery Defined. our banner derives its splendor hi.m tii fact that it floats over. the land of the free and the home of the k.. .alA Mr. Rrvan. "WO might well spend this hour in thanksgiving for all that has been achieved unoer the Red, White and Blue. But, grati fying as that would be, more advan tage can be gained fiom the contem plation of the part which we must play today and tomorrow in determin ing what that flag shall symbolize. What kind of freedom shall It repre sent to the world? For what sort of bravery shall It stand? "The world has longed for freedom throughout the ages not of the priv ileged few, but of the countless multi tude. Some have at all times had freedom freedom, resting not upon respect for human rights, but upon the power of might. "Bravery has never been lacking, the bravery of the conqueror who risked his life to secure the authority that he coveted. But the freedom of the despot and the bravery of the tyrant are not the virtues of which Key sang. "The masses hava gradually won their way to freer air and larger lib erty, but every inch ot ground has been contested. Long before Columbus be gan his voyage in search of the North west Passage substantial progress had i .4 Ki.t 1 w r.curvcH for our forefathers to. lay.. upon the soil ot a Am, continent tha foundation of lnatU tutlons dedicated to the doctrine that all men are created equal. Type of Courage Changed. "Accompanying the development of freedom has come a change In the type of courage which man has manifested. There has been a constant growth in the spirit of brotherhood an increas ing tendency among men to unite their efforts in defense of common rights and the 'advancement of the common good. "The war era has ended in the United States and is drawing toward its close In foreign lands; the convulsions through which Europe is now passing are but the death throes of militarism. We are entering upon a new age. Our constitution has become the pattern copied by other nations. The success of our experiment in self-government has answered all the arguments for merly advanced In behalf of arbitrary power. The triumphant democracy of the new world has stimulated the friends of liberty in the old to new advances, until we see everywhere in creasing limitations placed upon mon archical authority everywhere the waning of hereditary power. ' Government Always Necessary. : " "But no matter how high man rises or upon how lofty a plane he plans his life, the flag will still wave above him. The theorist may delude himself with the belief that man will have.no need of government when he becomes' 'a law unto himself but he comprehends but a part of the problem. The coercive part of government will diminish- as civilization advanceseven now a large proportion of the people have no need of the thou shalt nots" of the criminal law. But while the restraints of the statutes may be expected to fall Into disuse because unnecessary, the co-operative part of government is ever increasing. The people find it economical to do together, through the instrumentality of organized govern ment what they could not do by Indi vidual effort Union of effort Is Im possible without mutual confidence, and confidence is impossible without sympathy. The freedom of the future, therefore, will bring . the substantial satisfaction that comes from voluntary acts of helpfulness the joy that Is to be found in the willing bearing of Joint burdens. Blood-lrttlmx Not Test of Manhood. "Let no one think that the texture of our manhood will be' of a lower quality when its strength is no longer tested by the stress ' of war. We could not worship God as we do if we were convinced that each generation must be exercised in blood-letting in order to prevent stagnation. There is - a much inspiration in a noble life as la a heroic death. "It is 1000 years since Solomon de clared that "He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city," and yet the world is just now coming to understand this truth. In the day that is dawning the bravery of self-restraint will take the place of that bravery which tramples upon the rights of others man will dare to for give and leave vengeance to the Lord." "Love to Kaiser" on British Shell. LONDON, Sept 12. "The projectiles which we sent into the German ships in the Heligoland battle were covered with chalked messages such as "Love to the Kaiser" and "Regards from Eng land," " writes George Brown, gunner, in a letter received in London today with mail from the fleet A Bed Bug Cure. Ask for Insecticlda Plununec Drug Co-, id and sladiaon. Adv. , ' WAR TAKES 2 BABES Mother With Remaining Child Returns to New York. ONE BODY BURIED I N YARD Mrs. Anna Gibbs, or Berkeley, Cal., In Fleeing Stockholm "Walks Into Midst of Battle Exposure Kills Children. ' NEW YORK, Sept 18. After seeing the death of two of her children, as a result of privation and exposure endured on her flight from the war zone in Europe, Mrs. Anna Gibbs, of A to America to day with her 3-year-old child, Martha, on the Campania. Mrs. Gibbs had gone to Russia with xi .viM..n DDriT in the Summer. One died of fever and another of pneu monia as a result or exposure frequently interrupted flight to Eng land by way of Stockholm, after the outbreak of hostilities. Mrs. Gibbs on August 2, while in Russia, started on a walk with her children toward the town of Vilna. Battle Rages Are tied Them. She found herself in the midst of Russian soldiers between whom and the Germans a battle was raging. "The soldiers were very kind," said Mrs. Gibbs. "They seized the children from mo and carried them into the trenches as the shells were shrieking in the air above us. A Sergeant told me we should all be killed in another minute if we went on. "I spent the night lying in the trenches with my children. The day before I had noticed that Curtis had a high fever, but did not think it was anything serious. In the night he be came worse, owing to the noise of the guns and the exposure, and died in my arms at dawn. Hother Baries Child's Body. "The soldiers shared their tea and black bread with me and my remain ing two children, and as the firing had ceased I started back to Wirballen. carrying the body of my hoy in my arms, with Anna and Martha hanging to my skirts. The place seemed deserted, so I walked until I came to an undertaker's shop, which I .entered and called out to see if anyone was there. No reply, so I found a coffin, laid out my boy in it and carried it on my shoulder to the house ot my brother-in-law. "They had all gone, too, so I dug a grave in the soft soil in the garden ana put the coffin into it I had no strength to do more, and the children were crying for food." ' . Colonial Spirit Is High. SAN DIEGO, Sept 12. War spirit in New Zealand and Australia is at lever - V heat according to Captain A. Carson, of the British steamer .-aital, which arrived here Friday evening after an exciting two weeks' trip from Welling ton, New South Wales. -According to Captain Carson, the day that the Malta! sailed from Wellington 10,000 troops in five transports left for England under convoy of two Brit ish warships. The day before two troop ships, loaded with 1400 soldiers left the New Zealand port Much mystery surrounded the destination of these troops, but the general Impres sion was that they were bound for German Samoa. In. addition to, these troops, 10.000 men and 3000 regular soldiers sailed from . other New , Zealand ports for England, the 10 troop ships being pro tected by three warships from the British and French Asiatic fleets. Australia already has dispatched to the mother country, according to the Maital'B passengers. 20 troop ships, carrying approximately 35,000 men. horses and equipment ,The people of the Southern Continent are said to be crazy for war, and the recruiting of fices are swamped day and night with applicants, who Insist on going to Europe to fight. Traffic along the New Zealand and Australian coasts is paralyzed, owing to the large number of vessels com mandeered by the government for war purposes. Saxon Valor Commended. LONDON, Sept 13. A German offi cial dispatch sent by wireless through the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Com pany says: "The Emperor has informed the King of Saxony 'by telegram that during the entire series of operations . the Saxon army has, under the most difficult con ditions, rendered surpassing service and the success obtained yesterday after heavy fighting formed a new and glori ous page in history." Salmon Poacher Fined. ASTORIA, Or., Sept 12. (Special.) Had Bright's Disease Doctor Said He Would Die. Bright's Disease excites fear in moat people. While Bright's Disease follows neglect of kidney trouble, it can be checked in its lncipiency. For more than ST years Warner's Safe Kid ney and Liver Rem edy has been rec ognized by many prysicians as a de pendable remedy. "I was taken with Bright's Disease of the kidneys and went to a doctor. He analyzed my urine and said I could not live. I began taking Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Remedy and War ner's Safe Nervine. In four months I was cured." H. B. 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