THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 25. 19U.
BATTLE OF VERDUN
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campment, had been tormed by JBa-
varian infantry two days earlier, after
its heavy guns had been put out of ac
tion and artillery officers said that
Fort Lyonville. 15 miles to the south
and' out of range of vision, was then
practically silenced, only one of its
armored turrets continuing to answer
the bombardment.
The correspondent had spent the
previous night at the fortress town of
Metz, staying: under the same roof with
Prince Oscar of "Prussia, invalided in
from the field in a state of physical
breakdown; Prince William of Hohen
zollern, father-in-law of ex-King Man
uel, and other officers either watching
or engaged in the operations in the
field, and traveled by automobile to
the battlefront, 35 miles to the west.
Fortifications Well Masked.
For the first part of the distance the
road led through the hills on which are
the chain of forts comprising the fort
ress of Metz, but, although the general
staff officer in the car pointed now
. and then to a hill aa the site of this
or that fort, traces of the fortifications
could only occasionally be made out.
Usually they were so skillfully masked
and concealed "by woods ' or blended
with the hillsides that nothing out of
the ordinary was apparent, in striking
contrast to the exposed position of the
forts at the recently visited fortress
of Liege, which advertisedtheir pres
ence from the skyline of the compass
ing hills and fairly Invited bombard
ment The country as far as the frontier
town of Gorze seemed bathed in abso
lute peace. No troops were seen, rarely
were automobiles of the general staff
encountered and men and women were
working in the fields and vineyards as
if the war were a million miles away
instead of only next door.
Supply Trains Crowd Roads.
Beyond Gorze, however, leading
outhwest through Chambley, St. Ben
oit Vigneuilles to St. Mihlel was crowd
ed with long columns of wagons and
automobile trucks bearing reserve am
munition, provisions and supplies to
the front or returning empty for new
loads to the unnamed railroad base in
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SIR EDWARD GREY, WEARING DERBY, TALKING TO HIS COl'SIN. TROOPER MONK MASON, WHO FACES
HIM IN CAMP OF KING EDWARD'S HORSE, liA.tGLEI PARK . ,
presenting arms before them In recog
nition of their gallant sU.nd.
Honorable Terms Granted.
The most honorable terms of surren
der weie granted them, their officers
were allowed to retain their swords,
and on their march toward captivity
they were everywhere greeted with ex
pressions of respect and admiration.
Headquarters guard here was com
posed of a company of infantry.. The
the rear. Strikingly good march disci- company's field kitchen, the soup boiler
pline waa observed, part of the road be- and oven on wheels which the German
army copied . irom -tne Mussians ana
which the soldiers facetiously and ai
fectionately called thetr "goulash can
non," had that day, the Captain said,
fed 970 men, soldiers of his own and
passing; companies, headquarters at
taches, wounded and the detachment
of French prisoners.
Experienced officers still rank the
field kitchen with the sturdy legs of
the Infantry, the German heavy artil
lery and the aviation corps, as four of
the most Important factors in the
showing made by the German armies.
FIGHTING IS CLOSE
French Forts Powerless With
German Siege Guns in Play.
ing left free for the passage of staff
automobiles or marching troops. Life
seemed most comfortable for the driv
ers and escorts, as the enemy in ad
vance had been long enough in position
and its railroad base was so near that
supplying it involved none of the
sleepless nights and days and almost
superhuman exertions falling to the
lot of the train in the flying march of
the German armies toward Paris.
A few miles beyond Gorze the French
frontier was passed and from this point
on the countryside with its deserted
farms, rotting shocks of wheat and
uncut fields of grain, trampled down
by infantry and scarred with trenches.
excavations ror Dattenes and pits
caused by exploding shells, showed
war a devastating heel prints.
Commanding General Comfortable.
Main army headquarters, the resl
dence and working quarters of a com
manaing General, whose name may not
ne mentioned, were in Chateau Chamb
ley. a fine French country house. In
the chateau the commanding General
made war as comfortable as in his own
nume. leiegrapn wires led to it from
various directions, a small headauar
ters guard lounged on the grass under
tne trees, a dozen automobiles and
motorcycles were at hand and grooms
were leading about the chargers of tue
General and hin Ktaff At St n.nnit
five miles farther r.n n. .iiiin.iiii.il, I censors' decision. Judge Stevenson de
headauartor wa nrnimi.r.d in cided that it was hardly fair to appeal
a chateau belonging to 1 rich resident, a decision of five to one person and as
Th nni!n,m.i ..mi,, i...... la result he has appointed vena winner,
to the American Army, and quarters John W. Kelly M. a. vm trazer, u .
himself whenever possible comfortably Lovings ana Alary Anne umiin xo as-
n trans- I B1Bt ann uuvwc "
ST. MIHIEL IS IMPORTANT
Only Severest Fighting Can Recap
ture Essential Position Fate
of Verdun Depends on Suc
cess of Field Array.
APPEAL BOARD IS NAMED
Judge Stevenson Appoints Assistants
' to Pass on Films.
A motion picture board of appeals
has been appointed by Municipal Judge
Stevenson to assist him in the review
ing of Sims which have been condemned
by the board of censors, on the appeal
from the exhibitor.
According to the city ordinance, the
Municipal Judge alone is responsible
for the films after they have been
passed by the board of censors. He
may either condemn or pasa tne pic
ture on the exhibitor's appeal from the
in houses, wasting no energy 1
porting and setting up tented cities
for officers and soldiers. No matter
how fast or how far" a German army
moves, a completely equipped tele
grapn oirice is ready for the army
commander five minutes after head-
uuarters have been established.
PrlMMrra Treated Deferentially,
At St. Benoit a party of some 800
French prisoners war: ,ncnnntpr,H
waiting outside headquarters. They SATURDAY'S
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lng contrast to the elderly reservist
type which predominates in the Ger
man prison camps. They were evident
ly elite troops of the line and were be
ing treated almost with deference by
their guards, a detachment of bearded
landwehr men from South Germany.
They were the survivors of the garri
son of the Roman camp fort who had
put up such a desperate and spirited
defense as to win the whole-hearted
admiration and respect of the German
officers and men
Their armored turrets and cemented
bastions, although constructed after the
best rules of fortification of a few
years ago. had been battered about
their ears in an unexpectedly short
time by German and Austrian siege
artillery. Their guns had been silenced
and trenches -were pushed up by an
overwhelming force of pioneers and
infantry to within five yards of their
works before they retreated from the
advanced entrenchments to the caBe
ments of the fort.
Stinkpots Smoke Out Germans.
Here tney maintained a stoat re
sistance and refused every summons
to surrender. Hand grenades were
brought up. bound to a backing of
boards, and exploded against the open
ings into the casemates, filling these
with showers of steel splinters. Pio
neers, creeping up to the dead angle
of . the casemates where the fire of the
defenders could not reach them, di
rected smoke tubes and stinkpots
against apertures In the citadel, fill
ing the rooms with suffocating smoke
and gases.
"Have you had enough?" they were
asked after the first smoke treatment.
"So, was the defiant answer.
The treatment was repeated a second
and a third time the response to the
demand for surrender each time grow
Ing weaker until finally the defenders
were no-longer able to raise their rifles
and the fort was taken. When the
survivors of the plucky garrison were
able to march out, revived by the fresh
air, they found their late opponents
the films.
The city ordinance provides that films
shall be condemned when the censors
decide that they are "obscene, Indecent
or immoral." There are films which
are none of these things which, never
theless, may be objectionable, and these
are chiefly the ones which will come
to the board of appeals lor decision.
LONDON, Oct. 2. The Times to
day prints a dispatch, in which its
correspondent at Nancy, France, un
der date of October 15, gives a vivid
picture of the fighting on the right
wing of the French army.
Though the French official commu
nications continually say that the sit
uation on the right wing is un
changed," he says, "they do not mean
that the opposing armies are marking
time. The Germans have made fierce
efforts to get Verdun. These efforts
were also fiercely repelled and th
French field army still stands between
the army of Metz and the coveted fort
resses of Toul and Verdun.
Junction la Prevented,
In the attempt on Saint Mihlel the
Germans were more successful.
flshting will be necessary to eject
them, but the German oDjecuve me
junction of the army of Metz with the
right wing of the Crown princes army
of Argonne has been prevented. The
French are praying lor a heavy fall of
snow which would seriously hamper
the enemy's movements of supplies and
might even drive them Into the open
like wolves.
'The guns of Verdun have never yet
WAR MOVES
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and stiffened with German troops, give
ud their attempt to cross the San
River.
In the great eight-day conflict be
tween Sambor and Przemysl the can
nonading has been continuous. Here
the Austrians began the attack and.
after being hurled back, concentrated
in an advance against Lemberg in an
effort to cut the Russian line. It is
declared they were defeated with
loss of 5000 prisoners.
The German-Austrian forces also are
said to have taken Jaroslau, but to
have been ousted later. The official
report from Vienna says the Russians,
after being allowed to cross the River
San, were pressed back, and that the
Austrians defeated two Russian divl
slons at Ivangorod.
The Russians apparently are engaged
in the offensive operations on the
East Prussian frontier, as the German
official report refers to a Russian at
tack at Augustowo, which it says waa
repulsed.
Of the fighting in Bosnia the ac
counts are so contradictory that no
judgment can be formed. The Austri
ans say they have defeated the Servi
ans and Montenegrins, while both
those powers say the Austrian attacks
along the. Bosnian frontier have been
repelled. J
"Willamette Seconds Lose at Dallas.
PALLAS. Or., Oct. 24. (Special.)
The Dallas High School football team.
coached by Carl Fenton, former Unl
versity of Oregon star, today defeated
the second team of the Willamette
University here, 15 to S. The game
was one of the baat ever witnessed
here. - Willamette scored on a fumble
by Cutler, but waa unable to kick goal.
been in action, and there Is no prospect
of the fall of Verdun unless the French
field army allows the Germans to get
their big guns within range.
Forta ITtterly Useless.
"The whole history ot this war, how
ever, goes to prove the utter useless-
ness of forts under present conditions.
The best type of fortifications seems
to consist of batteries from which the
guns can be easily moved to a new
point as soon as they are located by
the enemy. The day of the fixed fort
is gone. After the Germans had en
trenched themselves at St. Mihlel, their
big guns made short work of the
French forts at Troyon and Camp-des
Romains. The guns of the forta had a
range of only five miles against the
German siegers' range of seven miles.
"The Germans have placed a battery
of Austrian 42-centimeter guns on the
site ot Camp-des-Romains. which com
mands St. Mlhiel and a large part of
the Woevre. It is most important that
the French recapture this position, but
it will take the most severe kind ot
fighting to do so."
APPREHENSION IS ALLAYED
JAPANESE TAKE PRIZE
GERMAN STEAM SCHOONER
TXTRED OFF HOBJOLXTLV.
CAP-
Captain Makes Sarins; Attempt to Es
cape by Jumping; lata Shaxsx
Infeated Waters.
WAR IS
50,000,000
COSTING
DAILY.
On the basis of the French and
English official data regarding
the daily average costs of the
war to those governments to
date, the London Economist reck
ons the daily outlay at 150,000,
000. It thus arrives at it:
"According to a Swiss compu
tation, there were in Europe at
the end of August about 20,400,
000 men actually under arms. At
the beginning of October Ger
many (on the same authority)
had under arms 27 army cqrps of
her regular troops, and an equal
number of reserves,' making a
total of 54 army corps, say, 2,
160,000 men. Of these. 24 army
corps were in France, six In Bel
glum and Alsace, 13 in East
Prussia, and 11 between Thorn
and Cracow. There are, in addi
tion, assumed to ba 1,500,000
landsturm and volunteers serving
in the interior, while 600,000 fresh
recruits are reported to be in
training sufficiently advanced
for them to be ready for service
in November.
"Even the neutral states, it
was estimated, had mobilized
more than 2,000.000 soldiers on a
war footing. For each soldier,
including initial and consequent
expenses. 10 shillings per day is
usually counted in an estimate.
This gives a total daily war ex
pense in Europe of over 10,000,
000 sterling. Of this Germany
would provide for some 2,200,
000 per day, Austria, for 1.600,
000; Russia, for 2,100.000, and
France for 1,600,000. Even
Switzerland was then spending
some 60,000, and Holland prob
ably 100.000."
The Economist's estimate
brings the assumed daily aver
age close to the highest Euro
pean estimate published before
the war, which was $54,000,000,
but with Italy also assumed to'
be at war.
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HONOLULU, T. H.. Oct. 24. The first
German prize to be taken in sight of
American shores washed by the Pacific
fell to the Japanese today. She is the
little steam tradinar schooner Eeolus.
Hard . with no cargo and a small crew, which
calls annually at nan francisco io re
plenish her stock. The battleship Hizen
captured her early today within sight
of the headlands flanking Honolulu har
bor.
The American revenue cutter Thetis,
which put off to the scene of the cap
ture, brought back word that the Hizen
probably would send her prisoners
ashore tomorrow. Two other warships,
one three and one four-stacked, were
sighted 20 miles off port.
Japan is known to have five warships
in American waters, the cruisers Kongo
and As a ma, which convoyed the liner
Shinyo Maru to San Francisco and were
reported off shore there today, and the
three vessels sighted here today.
British and Japanese merchantmen
crossing the Pacific keep in constant
touch by wireless with warships, which
direct their movements, and it is under
stood on reliable authority that Japan
alone has in all eight vessels patroling
the lanes of travel.
Von Bernstorff's Xote Xot Made Pub
lic, bnt Acting Secretary Lan
sing Admits Statement
Is on Record.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. Count
Bernsdorff. the German Ambassador to
the United States, announced today that
he had formally communicated to the
Washington Government the determi
nation of Germany to respect the Mon
roe Doctrine, whatever the outcome of
the European war.
After considerable search his note to
the State Department was discovered,
but its text was not made public, prob
ably because the communication had
figured in exchanges of cipher mes
sages with Berlin. .
South American Alms Disclaimed.
Its substance was communicated to
the press, however, by Acting Secretary
Lansing, who Slid:
The German Ambassador on Sep
tember 3 last. In a note to the Depart
ment of 8tate. said that he was In
structed by his government to deny
most emphatically the rumors to the
effect that Germany intends, in case
she comes out victoriously in the pres
ent war, to seek expansion In South
America."
Discussion of the Ambassador's note
was aroused by a published statement
of Dr. Dernburg, former Colonial Sec
retary of Germany, which called at
tention to the fact that his government
had taken occasion to notify the
United States formally of the untruth
or reports as to its intentions in South
America.
Germany's Enemies Blamed.
Dr. Dernburg and German officials
here attributed these rumors to Ger
many's enemies In the present war. be
lieving they were designed tn influence
public opinion in the United States
against Germany.
At the German embassy surprise was
expressed that Dr. Dern burg's remarks
had aroused particular interest. It was
asserted that the disclosed no altera
tion of policy by Germany, and atten
tion was drawn to public utterances of
Count Bernstorff, dating as far back
as 1909, to the same effect. Speaking
before the Academy of Political and So
cial Sciences in Philadelphia in that
year, the Ambassador quoted "Cool
idge's "The United States as a World
Power.
Previous Vtterance Quoted.
"Mr. Coolldge thinks,- the Ambassa
dor said, "the chief source of difficulty
between Germany and the United States
may be found in the Monroe Doctrine,
in regard to which the American people
will hear no argument or compromise
and are prepared to maintain their po
sition at any cost.
"We. in .Germany are well aware of
these facts, but there is not the slight
est indention on our part to get a ter
ritorial foothold in the Western Hem
isphere.'
The fact that neither In his verbal
communication to Mr. Lansing in the
note to which his statement was re
duced, nor in his many speeches on the
subject had Count Bernstorff ex
pressed the specific acceptance of his
government of the Monroe Doctrine
waa noted here.
Monroe Doctrine Interpreted.
One reason given for this was that
tho famous doctrine waa too vague and
nebulous In statement to be made the
basis for formal agreement with Euro
pean powers.
As the essence of the doctrine is
generally understood to be unqualified
opposition to the acquisition only in
the Western Hemisphere by any Euro
pean power, however, the Ambassador
felt that a declaration on that point
should be sufficient to allay apprehen
sion in this country which might have
been aroused bjtumors that Germany
planned a colonization policy in South
America if victorious against the allies.
Callfornlans to Meet Tuesday.
The California Society will hold Its
monthly meeting In room A. Public LI
brary, Tuesday night. October 27. at
o'clock. A special programme is being
arranged and David M. Roth will speak
on "Memory" and will give practical
demonstrations.
Rationalists to Hear Lecture.
Caroline Nelson, of San Francisco,
will deliver a lecture on "The Enslave
ment of Woman," before the Portland
Rationalist Society tonight at 8 o'clock.
in room A. central liDrary.
3 PICKED AS CRACKSMEN
Warrants Allege Portland. Suspects
Robbed Gardiner Mill.
ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 24. (Special.)
Warrants of arrest were issued In
the Justice Court here late today, ac
cusing John Adams, Walter Brennan
and John O'Neal, now in Jail at Port
land, of burglary in connection with
the robbery of the offices of the Gar
diner Mill Company at Gardiner, six
weeks ago.
Sheriff Qulne. of Roseburg, who has
been working on the case for several
days, said tonight that several Gar
diner residents had recognized the
photographs of the three men in jail
at Portland as the persons who were
camped a short distance from Gardiner
several days before the robbery. On
the day following the. burglary they
were missing. The Sheriff also said
the men, when arrested, had consid
erable money, some of which showed
evidence of having been blackened
from an explosion.
The robbers twice dynamited the
safe, from which they took about $2000.
Sheriff Qulne expects to go to Portland
Monday, and it is probable that the
suspects will be returned here for trial.
Cotton Brokers Owe $9,888,361.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24. 8. H. P. Pell,
head of the suspended cotton brokerage
firm of S. H- P. Pell ac Co., today testi
fied In bankruptcy proceedings that
the debts of his firm totalled J9.888.S61
and ths assets S,428,B0,
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