ARMIES AI CLOSER
QUARTERS 111. WEST
French and Germans Fight in
Streets of Alsace Town and
Former Make Gains.
CANNONADING IS KEPT UP
Caissons on Allies' Side Blown Up,
Trenches of Germans Destroyed
in Revenge Numerous
, . Xigtat Attacks Made.
PARIS. Jan. t. The following official
communication was Issued by the War
Office tonight:
There are no noteworthy occur
rences to report other than a sustained
cannonading against our trenches to
the east of Verdmelles and In the
region to the north of Chaultnes last
night and a German attack to the
west of the Consenvoye wood (north
of Verdun , which failed."
The earlier official statement men
tions relatively unimportant engage
ments along the battlefront, says
that the allies have held ground
already gained, and adds that three
new lines of houses have been occupied
In fitelnbach. In Alsace, where for
several days sanguinary street fighting
has been In progress. Artillery ex
changes especially have been spirited
at this point.
ralaaoas aad Treaeaea Destroyed.
The report also indicates something
of the cloier nature of the conflict by
telling of the blowing up by the
Germans of two French caissons be
tween Beaumetx and Achicoust, in
revenge for which the French de
stroyed two German trenches at Parvil
lera and La Boisselle. The text of the
report Is: .
"During the night of December Sl
January 1. the enemy delivered at nu
merous points along the front a series
of attacks which were repulsed with
"Tbe region to the north of the Ly
was during the day of January 1. the
scene of a very serious artillery en
gagement which took place on the
dunes of Nlouport and at Zonnebeke.
"At St. Georges the enemy did not
continue his counter attacks, and all
our gains have been retained.
"In- the regions of Arras, of Albert
and of Koye. there have been artillery
duels.
"The enemy blew up two of our cais
sons between Beaumetz and Achlcourt
In revenge, we demolished the enemy's
trenches at Tarvillers and at La Bois
selle. and we stopped the operations of
the minethrower set up in front of
Frlcourt.
Artillery Obtains "Happy Results."
"Our artillery also obtained happy re
sults In the region of the Alsne, where
It silenced the artillery of the enemy
and dispersed several concentrations of
German troops. We have Installed our
selves on the plateau of Nouvron In
certain excavations caused by the ex
plosion of mines. The Germans were
not able either to advance or drive us
out: all their counter attacks were
driven back.
"In the region of Rhelms there was
a fairly violent bombardment by the
enemy.
"In the region of Perthes we occu
pied and retained a forest two kilo
meters to the northeast of Mesnll-les-Hurlus;
the enemy did not deliver a
counter attack.
"In the Argonne, In the Forest of La
Grurle. the local retirement reported
yesterday has not had any effect. We
have reoccupied a part of the ground
lost, and we are holding our positions
strongly.
Heavy losses Inflfeted Koe.
"On the heights of the Meuse, there
has been an artillery engagement, but
without great severity.
"In the Woevre we have retained the
positions gained by us December 30
without experiencing a counter attack
from the enemy and in the Forest of
La Pretra we have made a slight ad
vance. "In the Vosges wo have driven back
a German attack on our positions at
Itrementl. three kilometers northeast of
Badonviller. Inflicting heavy losses on
the Germans. The enemy has sustained
also hnavy losses at Steinbach. where
our Infantry yesterday occupied three
new lines of houses."
tOSSES DEXIt-T AT BERUX
German Report Sajs All Positions
in Mclnbach Are Held.
BERLIN, by wireless via London. Jan.
t. The official report of operations on
the western front.- issued today, says:
The French sttacks near Nleuport
were repulsed by the Germans. Ger
man successes are asserted In the 'Ar
gonne Forest, as well as in the Bois
Urn Irs. and to the southwest of Saar
hurg, while violent attacks directed by
the French to tbo north of the Fortress
of Verdun are said to have been re
repulsed. The French report that they
gained In Steinbach. Alsace, is denied,
the report saying: "Not a single house
has been lost by us In Steinbach."
The report In details Is as follows:
"In the western theater the enemy's
attacks against our positions in and
near the dunes at Nleuport were re
pulsed. "In the Argonne region we made fur.
ther progress all along the front.
"Fierce French attacks to the north
ft Verdun and also against the front on
the line of Allly-Apremont, north of
fommercy. were repulsed with heavy
losses to the French. Thirty-three offi
cers and 100 men were taken prisoners
by us. On this occasion, we succeeded
in taking the entire Bois Brules (burned
forest), for whirl we have been fight
inc so stubbornly.
Loss Important engagements south
west of Saarburg had the desired effect
'Latefy the French have systematic
ally bombarded the villages situated
behind our front. They succeeded In
killing 50 Inmates of one of the shelters
of one of our divisions."
) NEW POSTMASTERS NAMED
Fourth-Class Ofriccs in Oregon
Filled by CItII Service.
OHEGONIAX NEVVS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Jan. 2. The following fourth
class postmasters have been appointed
In Oregon as a result of Civil Service
examinations:
Thomas K. Ashley. Bay City; P. Nel
son. John Simmons Beatty. J. L. Beatty,
Winthrop A. Howe, Brighton: J. A
Baldwin. Mrs. Janle N. Bryan. Clover
Flat, new office: Mary A. Walton. Fox;
L. M. Alderson. Charles S. Shell. Grouse;
P. M. Silver. John 11. Danner. Jordan
Valley; Al V. Williams, Ethel L. Bent
lev, Morgan; A. Phillips, VloU B. Nich
ols, Nichols, new office: Dent E. Bark
hurst. Olean: A. McCorquodale. Llla W.
Parker, Pyrtte. new office: Dorcas E.
Woody. Winchester: H. E. Cummins.
Julius B. Buck, Aloha; Leonard Ciro
moyottl. Clem: Ira K. Venator. Crow
ley; William P, Sedge, Dairy.
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TRAVEL, TOO, IS DIFFICULT
Terrible Condition of Wounded of
All Xations in Dunkirk Hospi
tals Described and Koar of
Battle Heard Xear Dixmude.
rrr . t a -tiTAT.T.4 Wash.. Jan. 2.
(Special.) "Paris is very tame at pres-
it no night liie an caiea -----S
o'clock. It seems strange to one
customed to the Gay Paree of other
days." writes Esther M. rnm.ps.
ember of the American '"-- "
ub of Paris, to her cousin, Charles
Phillips, of Walla Walla.
Travel in Europe these days is real
work for it takes from one to two days
to go a distance ot tour or uvo
travel in normal time. We could not
get laziez passer for Dunkirk at Paris,
so we bluffed it to that town, trusting
to our luck and our American pass
ports to get us through, but the spy is
the bete noire of every ally nowa
days, so we couldn"t get through the
gates. We argued and wheedled for
about half an hour and It was 10 P. M.
when we arrived. Then the Chief of
Police slowed us but 3 hours in wnicn
to stay, but we Increased this through
the United States Consul, who is a
Frenchman."
Hospitals Are Described.
Speaking of the hospitals at Dun
kirk, she said:
"We went through two immense
sheds used In time of peace for
freight where they dumped the
wounded as they brought them from
the trenches in the trains and auto
busen Some of them lay there for
days before being attended to, when
perhaps they could have been saved by
prompt attention. Gangrene develops
too often. It seems impossible to get
enough doctors and nurses for such a
slaughter.
"You see Turcoa, French. Indians.
Soudanese, negroes. English, Belgians
and Germans all in the same wards and
sheds. They have to keep the black
men from the Germans for they cut
their throats If allowed within arm's
length.
"Journalists above all other people,
are not allowed near the firing line.
y were only American tourists with
abnormal bumps of curiosity, and had
taken tne precaution w t" " i
selves with the red book which is the I
taken the precaution to provide our-
THE SUET) AY OREGOyiAJT. PORTIiAJTD, J
DONE BY GERMAN WARSHIPS
sC j -
ARCH RUNS OF THEIR HOME AFTER BOMB ARDMENT. BELOW DAM-
ai i ii m.- a t:mii?i;l. unlP. tTS PI T.KV ROAD.
hallmark of the Americans touring
here.
"We worked it well and saw and
heard a lot of interest. The second day
we walked quite a distance toward Dix
mude where the guns were bellowing.
Dispatch bearers flew by us; cannon re-
tiirntncr' -renriiits ff-oinir: autod with
suDDlies. ambulances with wounded
all of these were common sights
I "Tlf.
when the Germans were almost there.
I stayed a month with French friends
about two hours' distance from Bor
deaux, and then went for quite an ex
tensive visit to Spain. It is a very in
teresting country, but I prefer France.
I was away two months and was glad
to get back to Paris, even with the
Germans near. If the war continues I
shall not remain here longer than this
Winter. I may visit Walla Walla by
wav of Spokane."
At one place in her letter Miss Phil
Hps said she was told by Belgian sol-
.llu.a that tripv fminri in thn nockets of
German prisoners jewels and human
hands. "They Kuleo every one ot mem.
We see these things in the allies' pa
nn hut hnvp taken them with a grain
of salt until now, but I believe these
men told us the truth."
TEACHERS AGENCY FIGHTS
Taliditv of Washineton law Re
garding Employment Questioned.
rvT.-vit.rPTA xcaah.. Jan. 2. (Special.)
- Thft Pacific Teachers' Agency today
Intn tha KfatA COUftS a fight
against initiative measure No. 8, the
anti-employment agency law. suit be
iTig started to enjoin Attorney-General
RECIPE FOR BALD HEADS
Well-Known Politician Nearly Bald
Now Has New Growth of Hair.
Tells How He Did It.
A Watrn nolitician. well known on
account of his baldness and his ready
wit. surprised his friends toy appearing
with a new growth of hair. Many of
his friends did not know him. and
rht he h&d & wig. On be
ing asked how he did it. he made the
following statement: "I attribute the
growth of my hair to the following
simple recipe, which any lady or gen
ti.m.n can mix at home: To a half
pint of water add 1 ot of bay rum, a
small box of Barbo Compound and hi
ox. of glycerine. Apply to the scalp
two or three times a week with the
finger tips. It not only promotes the
growth of the hair, but removes dan
druff, scalp humors and prevents the
hair from falling out. It darkens
streaked, faded, gray hair and makes
the hair soft and glossy. These ingre
dients can be purchased at any drug
tore at very, little cost and mixed at
,. . ,
home. ' - --
IN BALD ON BEITISH COAST.
rhotoa Copynighted by Underwood & Underwood.
Tanner and the King County prosecutor
froni enforcing the measure.
The plaintiff alleges the measure un
constitutional and. even if valid, in
applicable to teachers agencies. Two
judges of the Federal District Court
recently upheld the constitutionality of
the measure, a tnirtr .nioge qisst-imns
DR. M. M. BULL, Mgr.
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AS UART S, 1915.
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The
Retention of Kiau-Chau Rumored
Compensation, but Hay's Open
Door Policy Will Be Guaranteed.
LONDON. Jan. 2. (Special.) All de
nials to the contrary notwithstanding,
it is known to a certainty that Great
Britain and Russia have decided 1o
bring Japanese troops to Europe before
July. , .
To what extent American opinion
would be agitated' if this momentous
step were taken is the question that
bulks next to the American note in ths
principal week-end publications. It
has become more important, in view of
the controversy over the detention of
American merchantmen by British war
ships. ,
"At last," says the Saturday Jteview,
"we have entered the long-expected
troublous zone of diplomatic tension
created by the fact that in dealing with
the United States we must reckon with
the tireless hostility of 12.500,000 German-Americans
who powerfully In
fluence the Washington policy. Irre
spective of the party in power. It
is the German-Americans that have
brought about a situation which never
would have existed but for them; and
in meeting it we must keep constantly
t tha riiatinctinn between the
honest protests of Amerlran rammer
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clal men and the machinations of Teu
tonic agents in the Republic."
This note is sounded on all sides.
Representative Vollmer's allusions In
Congress to the Japanese menace in
the Pacific and the desirability of keep
ing on good terms with Germany in
order to thwart Japan's ulterior aims
are cited by the Manchester Guardian
as "fresh proofs of the desperate hope
of the Kaiser's friends in the American
federal legislature to embroil London
and Washington over an issue in high
politics simultaneously with an issue
of contrabandage."
It is commonly asserted in Fleet
street, though nothing of the sort lias
crept into print here, that Japan's
compensation for land service in Eu
rope would be the retention of Kiau
Chau; but, following the precedent ot
the purchase of the Philippines from
Spain by the United States. Japan
would pay China a large sum. Aa a
further condition, Tokio would guar
antee the open door policy ot John
Hay. The latter stipulation, it Is
thought here, would "lull the American
apprehensions."
MALAKKA IS TOTAL LOSS
Position of Motorship on Ccdros Is
land Rocks Prevents Salvage.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. Messages
received here late today by marine un
derwriters say that the Danish motor
ship Malakka, ashore on Cedros Island,
S00 miles south of San Diego, will be
a total loss. The vessel carried a cargo
valued at more than, 1,000,000.
rne crew wa '
Dentist
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Dentist
New Year's "Rush"
Morrison
at Fourth
vage steamer laqua, sent to tha rescue
from here, but the poMltion of the veset
on the rocks was such that she could
not be saved.
LAME BUCK.
i
Eub pain right out with small
trial bottle of old
"St. Jacob Oil.
Kidneys cause headache? No! They
have no nervea, therefore cannot cause
pain. Listen! Your backache ! caud
by lumbago, sciatica, or a strain, and
the quickest relief is soothing, pene
trating "St. Jacobs Oil." Hub It right
on your painful back, and Instantly
the soreness, atiffness and lratni
disappears. Don't stay crippled! G-t a
small trial bottle of Jacobs OH"
from your druggist and limber up. A
moment after It Is applied you'll won
der what became of the backache or
lumbago pain.
Rub old, honest "St. Jacobs Oil
whenever you have sciatic neuralgia,
rheumatism or sprains, as It is abso
lutely harmless and doesn't burn the,
skin. Adv.
1H
VMIlsLL
DR. V. APE..HLLIUO.T,
Asst. Mar.
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RUB
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