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VOL. XXXIII "0. 48.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS."
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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-
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KAISER PROMOTES
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GKNJ3KAL IX EAST PRUSSIA
TOIiD TO ANNIHILATE FOE.
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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. "
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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
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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
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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
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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
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