THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 20, 1914-
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PICTURESQUE IS
. GERMAN GENERAL
Von Moltke Is Real Soldier and
"Declared to Be Sane if
Not Brilliant.
KAISER HAS CONFIDENCE
GERMAN OFFICER UPON WHOSE CONSERVATIVE
MENT KAISER DEPENDS.
JTJDG-
Kully 5,000,000 Mten Also Believe
' .Nephew of the "Organizer of Vic
tory" Has Ability to Vindicate
Traditions in His Keeping.
BT TRETDERICK W. WILE.
(Berlin Correpondent of "The Tribune.")
For nine years another Moltke
Teutonic synonym for invincibility in
war has been chief of the great gen
eral staff of the German army. The
decisive arbitrament of the present
campaign will be necessary to deter
mine whether Lieutenant-General Hel
muts von Moltke, nephew of the "Or
ganizer of Victory," is entitled to his
celebrated uncle's other sobriquet of
"The Battlewinner."
His supreme war lord, the Kaiser,
and the tremendous organization of
6,000,000 officers and men which Lieutenant-General
Von Moltke heads, at
any rate have unalloyed confidence In
his ability to vindicate the traditions
entrusted to his keeping'. Meantime,
emulating the habits which gave the
conqueror of France still another pop
ular title, "The Great Silencekeeper,''
Von Moltke's energies are devoted to
hammering into still more deadly per
fection the mightiest war machine the
world has yet known.
The victories which the ' German
army has won on the first six weeks
of war are a striking tribute to his
genius.
Count Von Schlieffen Is Predecessor.
Von Moltke succeeded a brilliant sol
dier. Count Von Schlieffen, at the gen
eral staff on January 1, 1906. He had
had a somewhat more than an ordi
nary career in the army up to that
time, won his Lieutenancy and Iron
Cross in the field as a stripling in the
Franco-Prussian campaign, and ac
quitted himself creditably in various
prades of the service until he reached
his Lleutenant-Generalcy In 1902. But
men Inside and outside the army
looked askance on his elevation to the
post so long adorned by Schlieffen.
They declared he owed it primarily
to Emperor William's passion for the
picturesque and a gnawing desire once
again to have the magic name of
Moltke at the head of the "brains de
partment" of the German army.
Detractors were destined to have
their skepticism dramatically under
mined. Having scoffed at Von Moltke
as a decorative figure, they rubbed
their eyes over the first "Kaiser ma
neuvers" held under his auspices be
fore he had been head of the general
I staff 10 months. The great Autumn
mimic campaign for years past had
been distinguished by operations which
that oft-quoted Marshal of France
would have called "magnificent, but
not war." The Kaiser had an uncon
querable passion for thrilling cavalry
charges over barefields, which would
make splendid cinema films, but cost
the lives of a division In war.
With the taunts of his rivals ringing
in his ears that he was a "Kaiser staff
chief pure and simple. Von Moltke's
first innovation was ruthlessly o ob
literate the picturesque from the Au
tumn maneuvers, and substitute gruel
ling, practical operations night fight
ing, forced marches, and all the other
trappings of "real" war. Count Schlief
fen. who had opposed William II's pre
dilection for pyrotechnics, finally had
to leave the general staff in disfavor.
Von Moltke. revealing a will of steel,
succeeded speedily where his eminent
predecessor had failed. His growth in
the esteem of the army was consistent
and rapid thenceforth. That the Ger--man
army today is essentially "work
manlike" is to a large degree the
achievement of its present chief of
staff.
General Von Moltke, born n Meck-lenburg-Scliwerin
in 1848, was 66 years
old in May, 1914. He is often mis
takenly -called "Count" Von Moltke, for
the title of Count, conferred on his
Rreat ancestor in 1870 on the day Metz
fell, was inherited by the elder brother
of the present Moltke, Count Wilhelm
von Moltke, and ceased with the lat
ter's death a few years ago.
The "Organizer of Victory." whose
wife was an Englishwoman, Miss Burr,
had no children. General Helmuth
von Moltke served as Adjutant to his
distinguished uncle at the general staff
from 1881 until the Field Marshal's
death in 1891. While escorting the lat
ter to the grave. Emperor William in
formed the then Major Von Moltke
that -hevliad deoddso elevate him to
the rank of a personal aide-de-camp.
! ive years or service in the Kaiser's
entourage were succeeded by regi
mental and divisional commands in
the guards until in 1904 Emperor Wil
liam created a Quartermaster-Generalship
to the general, staff, hitherto
filled only in war time, and designated
Lieutenant-General Von Moltke to oc
cupy it. The post is that of a vlce-
rhief and Von Moltke thenceforth was
looked upon as Count Schlieffen's
eventual successor.
Von Moltke's qualities are not of the
dazzling order.
Bulky and stocky of exterior, with
the ungainly outlines of a Bismarck,
blue-eyed and blondish gray haired.
taciturn to a degree, a famed charac
teristic or the Mecklenbursrers and
Kchleswig-Holsteiners, from which the
Moltkes have sprung, the chief of the
general start is a man of indomitable
force, unfailing candor, and mental ca
pacity more distinguished for sanity
than scintillating brilliancy. He cares
Tar less tor show than a guard lieu
tenant. i
The Kaiser offered him the Imtierlal
Chancellorship when Prince Buelow
fell and Von Moltke, believing that a
soldier should stick to his trade, de
clined the invitation. Though he con
trived to keep himself thoroughly In
the background, his powerful Initiative
and relentless perseverance are known
to have been the Influence chiefly re
sponsible for the vast increase in the
peace establishment of the German
army, carried out at a cost of $250,
000,000 in the year, immediately preced
ing war.
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GENERAL COUNT VON MOLTKE.
LOSSES HEAVY, SAY
GERMAN
PRISONERS
Artilleryman in Hands of Foe
Concludes Modern War Is
' Height of Folly.
MAN, 79,- IS HORSETHIEF
Septuagenarian, Palsied and Totter
ing, Has Mania for Steed.
POTTSVILLE. Pa., Sept. 14. John J.
Kllnger, 79 years old. who has the palsy
and totters as he walks, was sentenced
by Judge Bechtel today to three years
for horse stealing.
Klinger has a mania for stealing
horses and running off with them, and
when he is at liberty he keeps the State
police busy chasing him. He has
erved two terms in the Eastern Penl
teniary for this offense, and after just
coming out of there committed the
crime again. Kllnger said he was horn
In Virginia, but that his family resides
in Philadelphia. -
MANY OFFICERS KILLED
Men Fight From 5 in Morning' Until
8 at Night, Without Eating or
Drinking Rain of Shrap
nel Falls Incessantly.
pate, including John and Fred Spain,
Buffalo Vernon, world-champion iiull
dogger; Baldwin, the champion roper
of the world; Cuba Crutchfield, Roach
Brothers, Max Gaunt, Darrol Cannon,
Babe Lee, Hazel Hoxle, Hazel Walker,
Maude Bolin and nearly 100 others.
Extra seating accommodations have
been provided at the Rodeo grounds.
Hotel and restaurant proprietors
have agreed not to raise prices.
The Portland Elks are planning to
run a special train to The Dalles, and
special excursions arranged by com
mercial organizations in various Ore
gon cities are expected.
The big feature of the evening enter
tainment will be a free dance on the
hard-surface pavement of Second
street, the main thoroughfare of the
business district, every night- A 30
piece band will furnish the music Be
sides the dance, there will be all kinds
of carnival attractions. A big street
parade will be held every morning.
The big event of the Homecoming
celebration will be the Pioneer pro
gramme at the Courthouse Thursday
night, October 1. '
The 24th annual Wasco County Fair
will be held in conjunction with the
Rodeo, and promises to surpass all for
mer exhibitions.
BORDEAUX, Sept. 19. There was
given out officially Information con
cerning incidents of the fighting and
personal experiences which had been
furnished by German prisoners or ob
tained from documents seized by
French troops. It relates particularly
to the fighting around Rheims between
September 11 and 16.
A German artillery officer wrote:
"Modern war is the greatest of fol
lies. Companies of 250 men in the Tenth
Army Corps have been reduced to
70 men and there are companies of the
guard commanded by volunteers of a
year, all the officers having disappeared."
Captain Loses Hia Company.
The following is taken from a letter
written by a German Captain of infantry:
"We were surprised by the French i
and I lost my company. Searching for
it in a village, I was made a pris
oner. Now my fate is in the hands of
God."
Another German officer captured at
Rheims said:
'For tactical reasons, the guard had to
retreat. We had many killed and 800
wounded. The first battalion of the
first regiment of the guard has not an
other officer. The French artillery de
filed so well that we could not discover
its sight. General Von Schack and the
Colonel of the second regiment of artil
lery of the guard are among the killed.
Night Brings Its Griefs.
"With grief we learned each evening
of the death of our comrades. It is
necessary to have lived the battle and
to find oneself in the evening without
food and with only the hard earth for a
bed to appreciate the truth of the
words. 'Warm was the day and bloody
the battle; cold is the evening and calm
is the night.'"
The following Is from a letter by a
Lieutenant of the Twenty-sixth German
Artillery:
"The Tenth corps has been con
stantly in action since the opening of
the campaign. Nearly all our horses
have fallen. We fight every day from
5 in the, morning till 8 at night, without
eating or drinking. The artillery fire
of the French is frightful. We get so
tired that we cannot ride a horse, even
at a walk.
I til in of Shrapnel Lasts Three Days.
"Toward noon our battery was liter
ally under a rain of shrapnel shells
that lasted three days. We hope for a
decisive battle . to end the situation.
for our troops cannot rest. A French
aviator last night threw four bombs,
killing four men and wounding eight
and killing 20 horsed and wounding 10
more. We do not receive any more
mail, for the postal automobiles of the
Tenth corps have been destroyed."
An officer of the Prussian Guard
regiment said:
"My regiment left for the front with
60 officers; it counts today only five.
We underwent terrible trials."
GERMAN BOYCOTT PLAN
WRITERS WOULD BLACKLIST ALL
GOODS BOUGHT FROM ENEMY.
BIG CELEBRATION IS NEAR
Rodeo, Fair and Homecoming at
The Dalles at Same Time.
THE DALLES, Or., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) The biggest week in the history
of The Dalles will be the one commenc
ing September 27, during which the big
Wild .West Show, The Dalles Rodeo,
the annual Wasco County Fair and
meetings for homecoming pioneers will
be held. It will be Homecoming Week
in The Dalles, and all former residents
of the city have been invited to return.
The Dalles became famed last Fall
for furnishing some of the best Wild
West exhibitions in the West. This
year's show promises to eclipse all nre
vious ones. The Rodeo will last four
days, from September 29 to October 2.
Many noted performers will . partici-
Inriua trial Defeat, Woman's Corps for
Army and Use of Prisoners In
Harvest Field Suggested.
"The surest way to secure continuous
employment In this country is to get
more business. Let us with renewed
vigor attack our enemy in the markets
of the world with our army, of "com
merce." Thus H. E. Morgan, of Fetter-lane,
England, writes to the London Daily
Sketch of August 19. The Sketch
prints his letters with a number of
others, all suggesting ways and means
cif contributing to the downfall of Ger
many. The most startling' suggestion con
cerns the organization of a "Thomasina
Atkins corps," to be composed. In the
words of comment made by the Daily
Sketch, of "ladies that can ride and
shoot"
A woman signing herself "A Would
Be Member" writes to ask If another
who had signed herself "Thomasina At
kins" would tell her where to apply
for membership. The Sketch gives the
address desired, so that British female
militancy, expressing itself before the
war in window-smashing and incen
diarism, may find an outlet In prepar
ing to repel a foreign Invader.
"Our crops must be saved and the
land cultivated during this war," runs
another letter. "Why not use the Ger
man prisoners for this? Thev would
thus repay their keep Instead of resting
In lazy luxury and it would save our
old men and women from doing work
beyond their strength."
"As a public official I should like to
point out several German-made articles
that our gas, water and municipal au
thorities should strongly boycott in the
interests of British manufacturers."
writes a man who signs himself "Clerk
of Works, Yorkshire.
He names as among the articles of
German make that should be boy
cotted "gas, steam and water pressure
and other gauges which of late have
been largely dumped into this country
irom uerraany.
Another writer declares that "thr
is danger in allowing a great portion
of our bread supply to be in German
hands.
I hope the British public will sea
that they obtain their bakery supplies
irom jsriusners. tnereby giving bud
port to their fellow countrymen, who
tor years have had to face the severest
competition from Germans and cheap
German labor."
None of the writers seem to consider
the fact that trade with Germanv is
completely suspended. Apparently their
purpose is to persuade British con
sumers from using anything of Ger
man make that may be in stock In the
shops of the country and to discourage
luture Duying or uerman goods.
The London Times, the London
Weekly Dispatch and other English
papers bristle with patriotic senti
ment. There are poems calculated to
stimulate enlistments and the most
hopeful spirit throughout.
Among the notable literary men who
have letters printed on the editorial
page of the Times of August 19 are
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who writes
concerning the work of the London
Volunteer Defense Force, and Israel
Zangwill, who writes as a member of
the Jewish Territorial Organization.
Mr. Zangwill expresses a hope that
England will insist upon the enfran
chisement of the Jews In the adjust
ment following the war.
POISON OAKt IVYT
Use Santlseptic Lotion. Instant relief.
Druggists refund money If it fails. 60c.
Adv.
This Store
will be closed on Monday
in observance of
A Jewish Holiday
Ben Selling-
Morrison Street at Fourth
KAISER NOT BEATEN
Notwithstanding Losses Rein
forcements Come.
ADVANCE IS EXHAUSTING
Germans, Maintaining Their Front
Unimpaired and Meeting Aid,
Using Cantlon at Every Move.
Reserves Are Conserved.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. An associate
editor of the Army and Navy Journal,
reviewing the European struggle, says:
The Germans are now being sub
jected to the same test through which
the allies passed successfully during
the first month of the war, but the
conditions are very different. The left
wing of the allies was retreating
through a friendly country, where they
had railroads and highways in perfect
condition. The inhabitants also ren
dered every assistance possible. The
Germans in their advance found all
bridges destroyed, and even the roads
blown up in many places. Their ad
vance was necessarily more exhausting
than was the allies' retreat.
At lta best, a long-continued forced
march is almost as severe as a battle
in the loss of strength that It causes.
A notable example of this is shown in
the campaign leading up to the battle
of Antietam in 1862. Although the
Confederates had been disciplined and
hardened by more than a year of war,
and. although they had just won the
great victory of second Bull Run. with
its consequent increase of morale, the
forced marches of the succeeding two
weeks leading up to the invasion of
Maryland and the occupation of Fred
erick caused the army of General Lee
to lose more than one-fourth of . Its
strength.
Losses From Exhaustion Heavy.
The German losses from exhaustion
during their advance from Belgium to
the Marne River must have been much
greater than those of the allies. In
this retreat they find conditions even
worse. Their men. already over
strained, are called on to repeat their
exertions on Insufficient food and de
prived of the stimulus of pursuit which
sustained them during their advance.
Such conditions are a constant tempta
tion to the frail and faint-hearted to
take advantage of opportunities to be
come separated from the column. The
man who considers his side beaten is
tempted to say to himself: "What's
the use? Demoralization .spreads.
It should not be assumed, however,
that the Germans are in immediate
danger of being captured by the
French and British. While their losses
may be large. both from the above
cause and from casualties In battle,
they are maintaining their front unim
paired and are steadily meeting rein
forcements as they fall back. A study
of the reserves that Germany has avail
able to rush to the aid of this army
shows that the Germans are far from
beaten.
In the effort to encircle and crush
the allies' left wing the Germans over
taxed the armies assigned to this task.
Such a move depends upon constant
aggression for its success. it can
not stand still. If stopped it must fall
back to refit.
Germans Use Caution.
The Germans are now in the latter
stage of this operation. Caution re
quires that they should steadily with
draw their right wing until they have
gained time for their reserves to add
sufficient strength to Improve their
chances in a general battle. This does
not mean no fighting at all; there will
be a continued series of rear-guard
actions, the Germans holding every ad
vantage of their position long enough
to delay the allies' advance as much as
they can.
Little news has been allowed to come
through concerning the situation be
tween Amiens and Laon. German de
tachments from Lille and Brussels have
been rushed toward Laon. Unless the
allies have a new army to extend their
left flank across the Oise River, near
St. Quentin. they again will be in
danger of an attack from their flank.
In case the German right wing is
forced to withdraw still further, their
lines of retreat can be predicted with
some assurance. The fifth army, under
the Crown Prince, would fall back on
Montmedy and Longwy. The fourth
army, to the west, would have no
choice but to retreat straight north
through the Ardennes toward Sedan.
This army would so crowd the roads
through this hilly district that the
armies on Its right the first, second
and third armies would also be forced
to retreat by lines straight to the
north, running through Mezleres,
Rethel and Vervins, respectively.
Allies' Morale Improved.
The greatest gain to the allies from
this victory on the Marne lies in the
Increase of morale that must ensue.
The smoothly moving war machine of
Prussia broke up the great armies of
Austria In a seven weeks' war in 186t
In 1870 they destroyed the boasted
armies of France in a like period,
though the national guard and the vol
unteers kept up the unequal struggle
for four months longer.
The events in France will have their
Influence throughout the entire thea
ter of the war. Germany is now be
ginning to feel the strain of the large
armies required. It is no longer a que
tion for her of sending to every field
of action all of the men who can be
transported. She must now save her
reserves for the most important fight
ing at the expense of the other dis
tricts. It seems probable that the en
tire defense of Austria hereafter will
be left to the Austrian army.
Here Comes
the Big Cut
Just Look at
the Prices
This Sale
Authorized by
Order of the
Court
Terms $1 Down, $1
ler Week.
Pay more or all
at any time Almost
any piano sold on
terms of 2 to 4 years.
Many really good
ones at only $44,
$68, $74 think of it!
The better ones also
included, cost a little
more.
Chickering,
Kimball, Behning,
H. P. Nelson,
Ivers & Pond,
Steinway,
Ludwig,
Weber Pianola,
Many
Other Pianolas.
Emerson,
Schuman, -Wegman,
Steck,
Lester, Kingsbury.
. Crown,
Melville Clark Player
Piano.
We now have all of
these makes in pi
anos, player' pianos
or grand pianos.
LOGGING BUNKS ORDERED
Demonstration Train to Show Way
to Safeguard Workmen.
SALEM, Or., Sept. 19. (Special.)
Having decided to make compulsory
the use of the safety logging bunk,
Labor Commissioner Holt announced
that he would invite the six companies
offering the bunks for sale In this state
to equip a train with their devices for
demonstration purposes. Each com
pany will be asked to equip one car of
the train so the representatives of the
logging companies may have little
trouble in determining which they in
tend to adopt.
According to the Commissioner, the
Oregon conception of logging bunks
for many years was four stakes driven
In opposite sides of a flatcar. To un
load, two stakes must be chopped in
two at the bed of the car, it being up
to the chopper to find a place of safety
when the logs began rolling. Many
failed to do so. and. as a result, bus
tained injury or were killed.
Think of Buying
Pianos, $44-$66.
Snre they are up
right pianos.
Read page 5, this
section.
The Moyer Stores
will be closed on Monday
in observance of
A Jewish Holiday
MOYER
First and Yamhill Second and Morrison
Third and Oak
C?y;;:v New ' l-jjr y i
f&Z&lA Piano 4l2rr- M
W ,.C J 97.50 fjlr JJ
Sii350 Values
tills , s-vvr:-sr-- -
v ... 5
Talking
Machines
Must Go!
Columbia, Edison or
Victor and lots of Records.
SHEET MUSIC.
Mast go at any price it will
bring. Sharp & Mack own it,
bnt they have no place to move.
Sheet Music 2S some a little
more.
Violins, $2 to $S, a few more.
Everything equally low.
Total Values Sale Pr.
$1050 Weber Pianola. . , .$537
The Finest and Best
Made by the Aeolian
Company.
$1500 Lester Grand Pianola $666
88-Note
$500 Eurmeister Pianola $218
$450 Emerson ..$227
$575 Weber ....$288
$250 Ludwig
What will you give?
$600 or $700 Kings
bury Player Piano,
Late 88-note S335
Would you like a
Steck Piano?.. $48
Terms: 75c per week
Or a Steinway, same
terms, for $88
or a beautiful upright $287.
We Can Show You the
Biggest Bargains in
Electric
$500 values $88 or $600 values
$166. $650 values $278 or
$750 values 388.
We must also close out all fix
tures. Four Desks, two Safes, a
number of Chairs, Music Bolls,
Bugs, Stools, Benches, Cabinets
and Typewriters.
450 Values
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$166 Iplli J
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tpg750 Values
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850 Values
galues
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700 Values
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Until 9 o'Clock
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Agent and Creditors' Representative