The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 29, 1914, Section One, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text76 Pages Section One Six Sections Pages 1 to 18 VOL. XXXIII "0. 48. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS." V RUSSIANS MEET DESPERATE FOE News of Crushing Victory Is Not Accepted. PETROGRAD WARNS PUBLIC Retreating Germans Offering Strong Resistance and i Battle Is Undecided. MANY PRISONERS TAKEN Czernowitz Is Captured and Progress in Vicinity of Lodz Is Reported LONDON, Nov. 29. neuter's Pet rograd correspondent sends an offi cial statement which warns the public to observe caution in accepting ru mors of a crushing Russian victory. The statement says the retreating Germans are offering desperate re sistance and the battle has not yet been finished. Rumors of Victory Discussed. The statement was Issued by the Russian headquarters staff and deals with the various rumors circulating n the scope of an alleged Russian victory between the Vistula and the .Warthe Rivers. The statement says: "These rumqrs are partly based on private letters from the seat of war published in certain journals. "The headquarters staff warns the public that these rumors are not founded on facts and must be re ceived with- reserve. "At the beginning of the war the headquarters staff recommended the necessity of receiving with reserve all mews not emanating from an official ourcc. German Campaign Fails. "Undoubtedly the German plan to pierce our front on the Jeft bank of the Vistula and surround part" of the Russian Army has completely failed. It appears from the communications of the staff commander-in-chief that the Germans have been compelled to fall back from Rzgow and Tuszyn through Brzeziny and Scrykow under conditions most disadvantageous to them. The Germans suffered enorm ous losses during the retreat. "The fighting, however, is not yet finished. The battle on the whole front is developing favorably or us. Operation Is Not Ended: "The enemy, however, continues to offer stubborn resistance. It is im possible, therefore, to consider the operations ended and it is necessary to await the revelation of its final re sults in the firm assurance that the Russian troops are fnlly conscious of the necessity for successfully conclud- (Concluded on Page 2.) t t Jwyvy ZS I - v r-rk s -J I 1 if 'mi 7v To era yro yzJF HZAfZ. KAISER PROMOTES VON HINDENBURG GKNJ3KAL IX EAST PRUSSIA TOIiD TO ANNIHILATE FOE. "Willi God Emperor, ' ' Russian lor Our King," Says Go Forward Till Last Is at Our Feet." AMSTERDAM, via London, Nov. 28. A dispatch from Thorn, Kast Prussia, gives an army order Issued by General von Hlndenburg, commander of the German army In Russian Poland, say ing: "In the severe fighting lasting several days my troops brought to a standstill the advance of the numerical ly superior Russian army." . The army order repeats the contents of a telegram sent by Emperor William congratulating General von Hlndenburg on his new success, thanking him and his troops for the protection they af forded to the eastern frontier and pro moting the General to the rank of Field Marshal. ; The army order con cludes: "I am proud of having reached the highest military rank at the head of such troops. Yotlr fighting spirit and perseverance have In a marvelous man ner Inflicted the greatest losses on the enemy, more than 60,000 prisoners, 150 guns and about 200 machine guns have fallen into our hands. But the enemy is not yet annihilated. Therefore, go forward with God for our King and the fatherland till the last Russian is subdued and at our feet. Hurray!" PARIS, Nov. 28. General von Hlnden burg, the German commander, it is said, received the following telegram from Emperor William before' the battle of Lodz: - f "Distinguish yourself. The eyes of the world are upon you." FIRST FALL OF SNOW HERE White Film Covers Heights In West ern. Part of City. The first snov of the season fell In Portland last night, sprinkling Port land Heights, Courcil Crest and Kings Heights with a thin, white film. It was but a feeble effort of the new born Winter, however, and the white sheet did not remain long on tne ground. "Gee, it's snowing flakes as big as my helmet up here," said Patrolman Cullins to Operator Sorenson, at the police station, when he "reported in" by telephone at 9 o'clock. If any snow at all fell down town, nobody could be found who noticed it. BULLETINS WISKIPEO, Jinn, Nov. 28. A rable- (Ttm received by a relative in this city from an officer with the Canadian contingent at Salisbury Plain con tained tne statement that Canadian troopa were coins to Egypt almost Immediately. BKHI.IV. Nov. H. (By wireless.) It was anaounced today by the official press bureau that a dispatch had been received from The Hague reporting that rebellious forces In South Africa had seised the Police Station at Ham. manskraal, in the Transvaal, and had forced the EnKllsh to retreat. Heavy losses were inflicted. It is said, upon the British. BERLIN. Nov. 28. (By wireless.) It was said seml-of t Iclally today- that Germany would not take any diplo matic steps on account of the mobili sation of the Portuguese Army and that full responsibility would be left with Portugal. Germans in that coun try have been advised to depart. BERLIN, Nov. SH. (By wireless.) The Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Betta-mann-HoIlweg, will return to Berlin tomorrow to make preparations for the opening; of the second war session of the Reichstag on December 2. PARIS, Nov. 29. A dispatch received here from Petrogrrnd quotes an official announcement from the headquarters of the Russian army in the Caucasus as follows t "An engagement occurred November 27 with a Turkish column to the west of Juseran. In other sec tions of this front there have been en KairementH of only minor Importance. " m v i)' ZJCCOZ0yCr TO ?PO?X5 Gr OG-Zy G- ZZZZZSJFZ. Z ?J?A NEUTRALS URGED TO TRY GERMANS Arnold Bennett Wants HagueTribunaltoAct. CASE OF BELGIUM IS VITAL United States Suggested as Leader in Plan. "G ERM AN MEN ACE" H URTS Englishmen Who Feel That .Amer icaf Ought to Be "Hero in Strife" Submit That Allies Are Fight ing America's Battles, Also. BT FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. (London Correspondent of the Chicago Trl buue. Reprinted by Arrangement With the Tribune.) , LONDON. Nov. 10. "Let The Hague Court of Arbitral Justice inaugurate Its career with a bench of neutral states under the chief justiceship of President Wilson, with Germany In the dock on an indictment reading "Belgium!"' This Is, In substance, Arnold Ben nett's reply to a question as to the most effective service America can render civilization at the present crisis in the world's history. On every hand Americans In England hear the view seriously expressed that our sympathy for the allies or what is believed here to be the sympathy of at least 75 per cent of us ought to take a more positive and tangible form than merely platonic sentiment. Many Eng lishmen are paraphrasing what the old German historian, Theodor Momm sen, once said to me during .the South African war when I told him that the vast majority of Americans undoubted ly sided with the Boers: "That Is all very well, but why don't you do some thing?- Platonic love never bore chil dren." Allies Support Monroe Doctrine. Englishmen who feel that America ought to be "a hero In the strife" sub mit that Britain and France are fight ing our battle as well as theirs. They say that the British navy stands not only between kaiserlsm and these Isles but between German militarism and Its frankly confessed designs on Monroe ism. - . Such a view is held by Arnold Ben nett, with whom I have Just had 'the privilege of discussing this particular phase of the situation at his pretty country place at Thorpe-le-Soken, In Essex. 'Bennett, like all thinkers of his race and generation, abhors war; but he Is at one with them today in Insisting that there can never again be peace till tne uerman menace has been stamped out for all time to come. I asked the author of "Your United States," to which he paid a memorable visit three years ago, to air his opinions as to the most effectual role neutral America can play amid the crash and din of Europe's titanic killings. Bennett V'lewa Our Duty. The Idea that the allies fight for America as well as for themselves is lucidly advanced in Bennett's "Liberty a Statement of England's Case," which is one of the most popular and telling of the many preachments on the war now crowding the English book stalls. "I didn't want even the assurance of one like yourself, fresh from the United States." said Bennett, "to con vince me that the great majority of people In America are strongly on the side of the allies in this affair. I have had lots of letters- from American friends and readers, and they leave me in no doubt on the point. Other Eng lish writers are receiving quantities of f. onHiuled on Par, 7 WARTIME TOPICS AGAIN rroYry JL INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. . TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, 4tt degrees; minimum, 40 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. War. Russians meet desperate foe in Germans: Petrofrrad warns against reports of vic tories. Section 1. page 1. Kaiser makes Von Hindenburjr Field Mar shal. Section 1, pago 1. Paris resuming wonted occupations. Section 1. page 1. New York Stock Exchange resumes trading after being closed lour months. Section 1. Pago (ft. Ostend much changed by German occupation. Section 1, page 6. -Millions clash in forest and swamp In pre llmlnarles of greatest battle. Section 1. page 4. ' Neutral nations urged to alt In trial on Ger man - act. Section 1, page X. Spirit of Austro-Hungarian troops in Gallcla reported to bo excellent. Section 1. page 4. - French dragoons smash German aircraft. Section 1, page 3. Russian regulars in Gallcla act well, irreg ulars worse than murderers. Section X, page 2. Russians reoort overwhelming defeat of Turks in Caucasus. Section 1. page 0. " Mexico. Zapata tmnlshes crime and enforces order In Mexico City. Section 1, page 5. National Opponent of . woman suffrage protests to President. Section 1. page 7. '. Domestic. Southern Pacific discharges 32 - employes after filing charges. Section 1, page 7. Pacific Northwest. Telephone company will fight any reduction of charges. Section 2, page 10. Canal for small craft connecting Seaside and Warren ton projected. Section 1, page 10. Wide variety of topics set for discussion during farmers' week at Corvallis. Sec tion 1. page 11. Coos Sheriff savs he has evidence against Portland detective In alleged kidnaping of Simpson slrls. Section 2. page 7. Gospel of corn growing looms, over many farmers. Section 1, page 6. Heads of private colleges-plan for higher standards. Section 1, page 11. Sports. West Point defeats Annapolis, 20 to 0. Section 2. Dace 1. Even minor colleges of Northwest refuse to consider rusrbv. Section 2. page 3. Oracron will lose none of her veteran players. Section 2. oaee 2. Nearly all Aggie players will bolster next year's team. Section 2. page 2. Oregon Aa-rlss and Washington considered tied for .Northwest title. Section 2. page 2. Men who are to take over Seals all Zcnbwn as real sportsmen. -Section 2, j.age 4. Harrv B. Smith says law against decisions will hurt fight game. Section 2, page 5. Roscoe Fawcett elves much credit for record success of 1014 football to standard rules. Section 2. oage ft. Interscholastlo - football squads make same number of points as last year. Section 2, page 4. : Commercial and Marine. Oregon onions will be shipped to New York and Liverpool. Section 2, page. lu. Wheat suoplies may be exhausted before nev crop arrives. Section 2. page 15. London settlement concluded wltnout seri ous trouble. Section 2. cage 16. Inspectors to fix damaace to Quinault in dry dock today. Section 2, page 6. . Portland sod Vicinity. . Senator T. 1 Perkins makes close study of state's expenses to outline economy pro gramme. JSefcUon 1, page 1 ii. Mrs. Rufus Zotrbaum (Margaret Montgom ery), of Portland, witnesses sinking dt , Urttish- gunboat Niger by German sub marine. Section 1, page 1. Fairy-lik host entertains 35 youngsters with Thanksgiving feast. Section 1, page Progressive business men's "pumpkin" show nets neat sum for charity. Section 1, page 13. Legal committee of dry forces drafting pro motion measure to submit it. soon, sec tion 1, page 13. City beautiful committee of Rose Festival meets hearty response in plan to plant roses in parkings. Section 1, page 1-. Associated Charities to succor needy, not only at Chrifatmas, but all year. Section 1, page 23. Commonwealth conference at University of Oregon to be Coast-wide. Section 1. page 14. Fat stock to have whole show to itself. Sec tion 1, page 14. Programme prepared for Elks' memorial. Section 1. page 17. Paving of Columbia highway under bond issue is in .general" favor. Section 1, page 10. Weather report data and forecast. Section 2, page o. . I Many changes In 'state Board of Health, In cluding removal of Dr. C. S. White, may be made in new administration. Section 2, page ft. Mazamas dedicate their first club rooms in Northwestern Bank building. Section 2, page 7. 700,000 GERMANS GATHER Great Force Assembled Near Arras and Heavy Fighting Begins. ' IXJNDON, Nov. 2. The Weekly Dis patch's Boulogne correspondent says: "The Germans have collected 700,000 men in the neighborhood of Arras, where they are preparing for a deter mined effort to break through the FURNISH INSPIRATION BUAl. v5V7 YS vzs &?y. PORTLAND WOMAN SEES WARSHIP SUNK Niger Blown Up Near Hostess' Home. ARREST AS SPY IS AVERTED Mrs. Rufus Zogbaum (Marga ret Montgomery) Writes. FRIENDS RESCUE' 30 MEN British Craft Struck by German Submarine Sinks in 2 0 Minutes Xear Deal in Sight of Amer ican Officer's Wife- How she watched the sinking of the British torpedo gunboat Niger by a German submarine November 11, in the Downs opposite Deal, and how she was threatened with arrest on the charge of being connected with the sinking in the capacity of a German spy. Is re lated by Mrs. Rufus Zogbaum, formerly Miss Margaret Montgomery, society girl and member of an old and promi nent family of Portland, in a letter re ceived yesterday by her mother, Mrs. J. B. Montgomery, who is living with her daughter, Mrs. Walter F. Burrell, at 828 Hawthorne avenue. Sinking; and Ile.cn e Seen. At the time of the Incidents which she relates Mrs. Zogbaum was visiting at Deal, the nearest point to the French Coast, where the Channel Is "but 40 miles across. The Niger had been de tailed to guard the harbor of Deal. Mrs. Zogbaum not only saw the Niger sunk near where she had fished pleas antly only the day before, but she wit nessed the rescue of the crew In the very motorboat that she had fished in and saw the wounded men brought ashore. In telling of the disaster the Asso ciated Press dispatches published re cently in The Oregon lan explained that the sinking of the gunboat was wit nessed by thousands of excited specta tors, but the details of the happening are printed here exclusively. Following the destruction of the Ni ger, Mrs. Zogbaum was closely watched and investigated by detectives and po licemen, who had several lines of clr cumstanclal evidence on which to base their suspicion. Mrs. Zogbaum does hot explain how she escaped arrest, but In timates that her hostess and host satis fled the officers of her complete Inno cence. Husband Is Naval Officer. As Margaret Montgomery, Mrs. Zog baum lived In Portland until a few years ago, when she went to Europe, where 'she traveled extensively and mingled in high diplomatic circles. Her fame as an authoress has spread far and wide, her best known book being the "Ambassadress." She was married recently In London to Rufus Zogbaum, a Lieutenant-Commander In the United States Navy. Lieu tenant Zogbaum was for a time in charge of the German embassy In Lon don following the recall of the German Ambassador when the break came be tween England and Germany. He is now In New York City and Is assigned to duty at the war college at Newport, R. I. Explosion Mistaken for Salute. "What experiences I have had since I last wrote to you! There was a man-of-war flying the Dutch flag lying off Deal, about a mile out to sea. We observed her very carefully through P. C's telescope. On Wednes day morning she had disappeared. "There Is always a British gunboa guarding this piece of coast. We knew her well oy sight, too. On tConcluded on Page 10.) TO CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. 7 f(Mlf syotg Saturdays War Moves CORRESPONDENTS at Petrograd have communicated an official warning against over-optimism as to the outcome of the battles on the Rus sian frontier. The precautionary mes sage says the Germans are fighting desperately and that the battle is far from decided. All that Grand Duke Nicholas vouchsafed was: "We have succeeded in making progress at certain points." He 'refers to the battle of today, In which, according to Information from unofficial but usually credible sources, the Russians have gained a victory over the German armies, which made the third attempt since the beginning of the war to advance on Warsaw. This brief reference to the battle, added to what was said in the previous report from Russian headquarters, is taken in London to mean that if the Germans have not been defeated already the Russians have drawn a cordon around them from which they will have great difficulty in escaping. That they have a chance to escape in good order, how ever. Is strongly Indicated by the warning message before referred to. Some correspondents in Petrograd, who quote the highest military sources for their Information, repeat that this cordon is steadily tightening and that the Russian guns are spreading death among the German armies caught in its grip. They declare the only hope for the Germans, who are said to num ber 150,000, is that the two army corps sent to their relief may be able to break through the Russian line, which they are attacking at Lenczyca, north west of Lodz. That the Germans have not given up hope is further shown by the Berlin official account of this operations, which says that the Germans have re commenced their attacks and that the fighting continues. y General von Hlndenburg, who has Just been made a Field Marshal by Emperor William in recognition of the protection he and his troops have given the East Prussian frontier. In an army order issued at Thorn says the Germans have brought the Russian offensive to a standstill and inflicted heavy losses. Further south, to the west of Novo Radomsko, the Germans say they have repulsed the Russians, while for the armies which are advancing to besiege Cracow the Russian headquarters an nounces a "decisive success" in the last few days' fighting in this region. The Russians, according to their official re ports, captured about 15,000 prisoners, 40 cannon. M-machine guns and some general staff officers. This battle, although it is considered in military circles here not to be as Important as that Around Lodz, would open the way for the Russians into Southern Silesia if they are successful. Cracow, military men admit, would prove a hard nut to crack. In the west the allies are still wait ing for the new attack by the Ger mans, which has been so long prom ised. AU communication between Bel gium and Holland has been stopped, so that nothing authoritative can be learned of what the Germans are doing. Reports continue, however, of large German forces moving west, some of whom have boats and bridge-building material. It is said that 700.000 Ger mans have been massed near Arras and that heavy fighting already has begun. It is believed in London that the next attempt of the Germans to get through to the French coast will be south of the Franco-Belgian border. The vicin ity of Arras, it is considered, will serve the purpose of the Germans, as well as some point farther north. It being argued that should the allies' line be broken here they would have to aban don their positions in Flanders. In ad dition, with boats or without boats, it is thought that the inundated. territory would prove an obstacle to a German advance through Belgium to the French coast. Following the report from Petrograd of damage Inflicted on the German fleet by the Russians in September ccmes the announcement through Paris that the German cruiser Hertha has been sunk near Li ban. There also are rumors that the German battleship Caiser Wilhelm der Grosse has been orpedoed in the Baltic Sea, Both these PARIS RECOVERING FROM WAR'S ALARM City Again Gay, Thea ters Soon to Open. PEOPLE RETURN TO HOMES Latest Styles in Mourning Are Shown in Reopened Shops. CONDITIONS ARE MENDING No Lack of Food or Fuel Is Shown and All Whoso Incomes Havo Been Interrupted by War Are Being Provided For. PARIS. France, Nov. 28. (Special.) Paria is becoming more like itself every day. It is now nearly three months since the German advance to the Marne threw the city into a panic and aent thousands of the citizens scattering southward. There were days' in September and even early In Octo ber when the boulevards were almost deserted. Crossing the bridges or strolling along the avenues De L'Opera, oue only saw the miserable human wreckage, cripples and beggars, which in ordinary times passes unnoticed in the crowds, but was then left conspicuously be hind by the receding human wave. People Returning; to Homes. Generally speaking, since October 1 the current has set In from the other direction. People are gradually re turning to their homes and one after another the shops and hotels have re opened. Within a few days some of the theaters will unbolt their doors and begin to give patriotic spectacles. Taxi cabs once more make the wayfarer Jump in a lively fashion wherever you try to cross the street and as of old the sidewalks are thronged with children The tearooms are filled every after noon and a decree permitting the cafes to be open after 8 P. M. would be ac claimed. Signs of war are surprisingly few. One sees convalescent and wounded soldiers limping along with canes or with arms In slings and one Jumps for tho curbing to avoid military automobiles rushing past at mad speed. That Is about all of a military char acter or a procession of soldiers. Marines l.'nfamlllar Sight A regiment of marines marched yes terday through the streets with trum pets blaring and flowers stuck in the soldiers' guns. Crowds came running from all directions to sec the unwonted sight. There was much cheering, for everybody remembers the gullant con duct of the marines at Dixmude. These hundreds of fine young fellows tramped along, laughing and flushed with ex citement and pleasure at the prospect of going to the front to prove their mettle. Every day at 3 o'clock crowds gather at the various newspaper offices and read the official bulletin. A few dayd ago your correspondent saw an elderly man, who, wishing to avoid the crush, stood quietly on the opposite side of the street, scrutinizlnz the bulletins with powerful field glasses. Latest Styles In Mourning Short n. The windows of dry goods and cloth ing stores are filled with woolen under wear, blankets, socks and chest pro tectors for the soldiers, while the latest styles in mourning or Red Cross cloaks are shown. A young woman was 3een today with a white collar outside of her Jacket, on the corners of v.-hich were embroidered the French and Bel gium flags. There are many peasant refugees from Belgium and Northern France! They are easily recognizable from the Concluded on Paep 7. LET TELL THEM EUROPEAN -TAKE THEIR. Away fkom OUR OCEANS f