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.rORTLASP. FEBRUARY 21, 1915- SUNDAY- OREGONIAN, . r : I f , i ALLIES CAPTURE ENEMY'S TRENCHES Paris Says Action in Cham pagne District Progresses Under Good Conditions. FRESH ADVANCES MADE Bodies or Soldiers or Five Diffcr ent German Regiments Found on neld at Xon Bayonet Atlaek Is Kepulscd. rRIs Feb. 10. via London. Feb. 21. The following official communication was issued by the War Office tonight: "In Belgium and along the whole front as far as and including KjelmB there have been cannonading and rusii- "Our action continues in the Cham- the Argonne region. West of Bagatelle . . , . na(n nf MV. on r eoniary 1 1 we " - eral hundred yards. On the. afternoon of the same day the Germans counter attacked furiously and a violent hand-to-hand engagement ensued. For more than three hours the contending forces used nothing but bayonets. Our in fantry delivered several successive magnificent bayonet charges and the decimated enemy was finally repulsed and the ground gained was definitely organized. Bombs and Mine Used. "The fighting was even more des perate on February 10 and 11. At Marietherese: the enemy delivered a strong artillery attack and showered field bombs simultaneously with the explosion ef mines In contact with our trenches fly which 15 yards of our work were upheaved. Then, following an attack with large bombs, three battalions of infantry charged oyer the excavation, the first ranks being armed with grenades and bombs. Tne companies of our advanced line were decimated and were obi ped to give ground, entailing the withdrawal of the forces holding the trenches in the rear. To the left and right our men held their positions. -A counter attack was executed im mediately and we succeeded in captur ing our second lino under fire of ma chine guns which the enemy had brought up. On the afternoon and eve ning of the same day. by css!ve counter attacks, we retook more of the lost ground and the trench and cannon lost in the morning. Our infantry inflicted enormous losses upon the enemy. In front of our trenches and on the ground lost and retaken more than 400 dies of the .nmv were counted. Facing ourlines GERMAN ADVANCE IN EAST IS CHECKED Petrograd Reports Victory After Fierce Artillery Bat tle at Ossowetz. PRZEMYSL IS BOMBARDED Xcw Heavy Artillery Used by Ttus sinns, and Austriafcs Are Said to Have Suffered HeaTily Xear Dukla Pass. laONDOX. Feb.- 20. The important news, from a military stanap"... a ceived today from the eastern scene oi war is contained in a dispatch from Petrograd. which says that the uerman forces have been badly beaten at the fortress of Ossowetz. 20 miles .north east of Lomza, in Russian Poland, after other parts of the audience approached and the distumer was esconou the theate. lmmeaiate apoiosioa offered by the theater attendants and German residents in the audience and afterward an official apology came from tne Benin cny autumn. ROUMANIA 'STANDING OUT Russian Minister Advises Allies Not to Rely on Aid. PETROGRAD, via London. Feb. 20". The Russian Minister to Kouraania, M. Poklevskv-Koaell. in a report to' the Russian Foreign Minister. M. Sazanoff, says that according to such informa tion as he has been able to gather Roumania will continue her present policy of armed and watchful waiting. taking sides neuner mr nut o8o,..o. Russia and her allies. 'Russia should not rely upon the co operation of Roumania," says the Minister. GERMAN LOSSES ADMITTED French Forces Occupy Trenches In Champagne Region. BERLIN'. Feb. zi, by wireless to Say-ville,-N. V. The official statement giv en out today by the German army head quarters says: " "In the western theater of the war Strong French forces yesterday at tacked the German positions in the Champagne region north of Perthes and Lesmenilcs. All attempts to break FRENCH SOLDIERS IN TRENCH WATCH GERMAN AEROPLANE. '5 4 Phot o by Underwood & Underwood. TUBE MACHINE OVERHEAD IXTE RRt'PTS FRIEXDLY FOKER OAMfc. pagne district under good conditions. We have repulsed several counter-at-tucks and made fresh progress north of Terthes by occupying the wood which the enemy had strongly organized. "In the Argonne there have been a few engagements of little importance At Les Eparges. southeast of Verdun, after having repulsed the sixth counter attack by the enemy, we delivered fresh attack, enlarging and completing the progress realized yesterday. We took three machine guns, two trencn mortars and 200 prisoners, including several officers. Draii of Five Regiment Foinil. "In the positions which we carried at Xon we found the bodies of soldiers belonging to five different regiments." The earlier oflU-lal statement said: "In Belgium The enemy bombarded Nieuport and the dunes. His batteries were effectively countered by ours. The tiermans appear to have employed Im portant forces In yesterday"s attack against our trenches east of Tpres. After a heavy bombardment of our po sitions, the (iermani attacked with the tiavonet. but were repulsed and our ar liliery held by .its fire the reserves, M-hich were to have supported the first line attack. The German losses were very high. "From the Lys to the Oise and on the Aisne. in the region of Berry-au-Bac, great artillery activity prevailed. Rattalion mt F.neaiy Ieatroyed. 'It is confirmed that the enemy's losses In the campaign of the last few days have been considerable. According to statements of prisoners, a, battalion has been destroyed. "On the heights of the Mouse, toward nisht yesterday, the enemy delivered him fourth counter attack against the trenches which we took at Les Up r;es. The attack beaten back, like, the three preceding oncB, by our artillery. "In the Vosges. the enemy continued unsuccessfully his counter attacks on Hill 607. south of Luesc. South of La Ferht. tho enemy succeeded in gaining a footing on tho eastern spur. Fight ing continues at this point, where we had an advanced post. Rain and enow are falling In the Vosges." HOSPITAL CORPS CAPTURED Germans Said to Have Made Prison ers of Slaff in Field. PETROGRAD. Feb. 29. via London. Reports from Vilna. near the East Prussian frontier, received by the French hospital at Petrograd. tell of the capture by Germans of the French hospital corps. Wlth-the exception of .Manager Richard and lr. Kopp, who were absent from the hospital at the time, the entire corps, including Chief Surgeon Cresson. It is said, were taken prisoners. The corps, which had been universal- i.. . j . i 4 am -rcfnfinnl serv ice, had been engaged since the begin ning of the war in tending flying de tachments to the front and had been almost constantly under German fire. On a previous occasion one doctor and several nurses, while bandaging im'inj H riaid ivprn surrounded V kl 1 1 U' '1 VI . 1 - ' - - by German cavalry and ordered to sur render, but a detachment or LOEsatM arrived In time to errect tneir rescue ALLIES' ARTILLERY GAINS the first line of German trenches was constituted by a ridge made by the dead bodies of their men. In the Argonne region we were suc- i icbiini in the Forest of Lepretr and mad substantial sains in the Forest oi .ua urunr. a v. itnA anr nsrpndancv over the enemy appears to be established definitely.' , The foregoing eye-witness storj is more detailed than those received here tofore, the text of the report occupying four newspaper columns . t,,hmn artillery battle according through- the. Germa nlines, however, a stubborn artillery c:. . nm. n,ace. u,e enemy en- WHEATSOWINGORDERED AISTRIA.V GOVERXMEXT ISSUES SEW EDICT TO LANDOWNERS. Failure Cmly With Law Laid Don la Punlahable ly Heavy flats or Imprlaonment. VENICE, via London, Feb. 20. The appeal Issued to farmers Thursday by the Austrian Minister of Agriculture, in which he urged them not to leave a single plot of ground anywhere un cultivated, was followed today , by a peremptory . decree by the Austrian government ordering lan&owners to sow immediately every available part of their around with Spring wheat. Where necessary local authorities are empowered by the decree to pro vide labor for this work and to recover from the sale of crops the expenditure Incurred. Failure to comply with the edict is punishable by heavy fines or imprison ment. The Minister of Agriculture was quoted as saying in his appeal Thurs day: n AnrnAn mnrw than ever UDOn work in the fields this Spring. The power of the army and the security of ha tnt are conditional upon the pro ductiveness of agriculture. "The ouestion oi iooa supplies . Unnarv rinilv i M becoming .UflUI-uft j - J more aciite, according to recent news dispatches, and the government has confiscated an stores oi inun , . .r inM,, fnp ra.ttla is crreatly Increasing the gravity of the situa tion. Continued Krpm Flrft PasO Xo. 20. an important fortified position which we organised and defended against impetuous counter-attacks. On February 16. In the same region another brilliant action, prepared by our artillery, developed the fact that the enemy was unable to reply shot for shot to our guns. -To the north of Beausejour we cap tured two and three-quarters miles of the enemy a first line of trenches on the heights, taking 400 prisoners. In cluding many officers. "Pursuing this success on the next day our troops brilliantly carried the enemVs second line over a front half mile in extent. - In this engagement we took several hundred prisoners. We achieved brilliant successes la OVERT ACT IS AWAITED (Continued From First Pgrt.) . . . . t hA Russian general staff from high personages. The Ger mans are reported to have suffered heavy losses and are now retreating to the East Prussian frontier. - Second, in importance is the news, re received bv way of Geneva from Cra cow, that "the lltissians have begun to bombard Przemysl with new heavy ar tillery and that they have driven the Austrlans back along the line of Kros- T..inniia Tho Austrlans are re- ..j . - i. .nffarol lnnses in the last three days at Wyszkow, near Dukla Pass. Heavy Battle la Prosrtsi. n-v. xnmmnnlrntinn of the Ai.siro-Hunirarian staff, received from Vienna, says there has been eavy fighting in Northern Poland, which Is still in progress. The report says: "In Russian poiana yesieraaj tillery and rifle Are was severe. Vigor ous fighting developed aroung the Kus- annA nncittnnft rnntured by us in the region south of Tarnow and on the Dunajcc Jtiver. ju cu.-ij counter attacks were repelled with losses. "On the Carpathian front tne general situation in-the neighborhood of Wysz knw remains unchanged. Fighting is in progress almost everywhere. "in southeastern jaiicia me has been unable to maintain his strong positions to the north of Nadworou. Yielding before our attacks, the Rus sions retired in the direction of Stanis lau, pursued by our cavalry." Russians Thrice Pursued. According to a. dispatch from Ber lin. Major Mohrat, military expert or the Tageblatt, points out that reports from general headquarters show the pursuit of the Russians is proceeding in three directions. The northernmost has resulted in the capture of Taurog gen, but not without fighting along the line from Tilsit to lauroggen. i"o Russians, however, soon were forced to retreat again. Major Mohrat says, and 1- annenm that Tift reinforcements have been sent them from Kovno. "This whole movement, ne says, is the result of -the Mazurian Lake vic tory." The official report of the ueiman War Office, issued in Berlin, says: t ad ut om xvflr arpna. in the district to the northwest of Grodno and to the north of auwaiKi, mere Jiave been no Important changes. "To the soutneast or adi u me cu my has been driven back into his ad vanced position of Lomza. oca.wv. nt Wvjtzvnler. northeast ot Przasnysz and "east of Racionz,' there have been engagements oi a local cnai-acter." BTitain and Germany have made to ward each other. There is every pros pect, however, that the long British note replying to the American protest of December 28 on the subject of con traband will bring forth a rejoinder from the unuea oiaies. iuo qucuwbu therein Is one of the academic prtn- i i r in.Mi,tlnnii1 law and. while officials here admit that the commerce of the United states nas oeen iremeu .....v. hv thA allies since the protest was sent than before, they re 1 , V. .. n unwilling to set any preiraeui u quiescence in several of the British contentions. . . Prix Court Decision Awaited. ti.. c,,ia nnnortmpTit nf late has re ceived comparatively few complaints of detentions ana seizuro mu. vnc u prevails among officials that the Amer ican note has had its desired effect. As for the- note which Great Britain sent in the case of the American steam- .i-iii .i Vin.i fnr nrmiinv with Cr liuciniilie. - - j .- a cargo of foodstuffs, now held by the British prize courts, mu mm -"i'"-' - :n - intn nrt further corre- meni .cv. - - - spondence on the subject, awaiting, as j i.i.. nr th nrlzn court before mak i 'nininmatic representations. The j nt the rourt is expected, how ever to be made within a reasonable length of time, and if. in the opinion of the State Department, there is a de nial of Justice to the American owners, a protest win oe, en.rou , AFFRONT IS APOLOGIES QriCKLY MADE TO AM BASSADOR GERARD. Criticism of Americans for Speaking English In Berlin Theater Work of Overaealoaa Individual. . vTr-nr TORK. Feb. 20. Details of the incident in a Berlin theater, when the American Ambassador, Mr: Gerard, and a party of Americans were crlticisea because they were conversing in Eng lish, were described today by u. t Pyne, private secretary to Ambassador Gerard, who reached here on the - ti : T-l, thaotA, n'jrfv Atl-. Pvnft liUBlUIUS. --iiaai Y ----- said, was composed of tne Ambassador, Grant Smith, secretary oi me Ameuun t firm at Vienna: Mr. Pyne and an other American. "We were sitting in a dox, mr. r-i.e said, "talking in a low tone. An occu pant of an adjoining box in a loud voice said that inasmuch as Germany was at war with England the English language was out of plite in. a German . . . iia warn Avnrpsslnff his Ob- inwicr. 1 1 - J jectlons loudly, when a German nearby - hi. nnt anrl stnnncd him. sav- roso iu mo -1 - - . - in: 'Sit down! Don't you see those gentlemen are Americans? v "At the same time several men from tered into the advanced German trenches, where fighting still contiues. otherwise. Hie enemy was repulsed and; .juffered heavy losses. ' "Korth ior veraun a rrenni also was repulsed. Near Combres prep arations for renewed French attacks were made by viloent artillery bom bardment. , "Fightingi' still continues in tne Vosges. The Germans stormed the cnemv's main positions for two kilo meters on the heights west of Sulzern. and also on Reichsackerkopf, west or Muenster. A battle' for possession of the height north of Muehbach is going on. Metzerland and Sadernach have been occupied by the Germans after a battle." s GERMAN VESSEL INTERNED Argentina Requires the Auxiliary Cruiser Holger to Stay in Port. BUENOS AYRES. Feb. 20. The stip .,i,.i Ttorinri rlurinc: which the Ger man steamer Ifolger, which arrived here Thursday, might remain in mis port having expired, the Argentine authori ties have declared the vessel interned. Newspapers here publish a report that the German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz-Wilhelm is actually in the waters of the River Platte, having on board sailors from vessels which she has sunk. The Holger, when she arrived here, had on board the crews of several mer chant ships sunk during January and February by the cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm. CAPTIVES TO WORK FARMS Hussians to Let Men or Slavic Origin Go Unguarded. PETROGRAD. via London, Feb. 20. The department of agriculture at Pe trograd. 'Which developed the duty of making dispositions of war prisoners, resolved today to apportion those of Slavic origin Poles, Ruthenians, Bo hemians. Croatians and Slovaks among farms for what is termed free labor. On the farms these prisoners will not be under guard. Germans, Austrlans and Hungarians will be used in road building anil canal construction. Wages will be paid, from which will be deducted the cost of their clothing and of maintaining a guard. HINDU MUTINEERS KILL 11 English Men and Women Among Victims in Singapore. Tnviii -Feb. 20. A report' from Singapore. Straits Settlement, says that the mutiny of tne ranou ""'' " . irtiAVAii Knsrllshmen ana women were' killed in the fighting and some Japanese were wounded. Marines were lanaen lroin jiiijuucov and French warships to queu ine turbance. Women Killed by Mr Bombs, mmo ri "ti Tr was semi-offi- cially announced in Paris today that an Austrian aeroplane flew over Cet tinje, the capital of Montenegro, on February IS and dropped nine bombs. Two women were killed and four chil- dron were wounded Dy tne exPioiui. according to the statement. Heroic Women Mentioned in Orders PARIS Feb. 20. Three women have k..n mentioned in the orders of the . r viAf-ni,. cervices as nurses. They are Madamoiselle Baccara and Madamoiselle Maistre. who are at tached to the hospital at yauxbain, near Soissons, and Madamoiselle Mund i wilier, of the hospital at St. John Drieu. W:E'RE sounding the first notes of Spring. It's the season for brighter ' mi colors for lighter fabrics for an optimism that expresses itself in becom ing apparel. t Look in on us and see what the clever master-weavers have been doing. Here are patterns you've never seen before tailoring that excels in thoroughness. New stripes, new mixtures, new tartan checks, new plaids all awaiting your approval. $15 to $35 Main Floor Ben Selling Morrison at Fourth li if jm Mi ' ifff III PINCH UNSEEN Neutral Writer Says Germany Is Not in Straits. KAISER NOT POPULAR HERO I. D.E li Hospitals; andard SMis Remedy People Declared Confident of llti mate Victor, but Not Boastful. Distrust of Diplomatists Said to Be Noticeable. LONDON, Feb. 15. The Times began the publication today of a series of ar ticles by a neutrai traveler of wide j and . - , k tin, lust spent varied experiences ty - several weeks in Germany. What he h. niitnn and says discounts sreauj . . cinrips to the etfect uanisn iicwi.v. that Germany is seriously feeling the pinch of war. , hn The writer, who. according to me T?Zl nows Germany Ulorough1y and possesses careLu. ",J''"7;:'it. , any saw no sign of German straits in an war. The peop.e, - - hope and are niaKius to.Pec.nomU- their staying power arUcfes'ves5 Picture of wonderful machine-Tike organization , ov.ng ; wnth gcat smoothness and contends tl hat tne allies must press forward their prep SritlonVw-lth the utmost energy with ous speculating on the prospect of the GeTTdny-SmaCrhtiere rds thTxtra orrGean distrust of their dip- lomatists. inoy uCt.. - , future they will have no great diplo matic place filled without consultation wfth thefr great banking and commer- CiKvery"one of them believes that the end will oe favorable to Germany The writer says 1 CL v , - of vfctory. There is little boaatlng of the prowess of German arms. .c..v.. " mo foreigners, the Kmperor's name HOW TO HAVE LONG BEAUTIFUL HAIR - By a Hair Specialist. It is not hard to stop the hair from . .i nrnmott its growth n Jhe rTght mn, are used. There Is no hope for the scalp wnCr i the scalp ta shiny. roots are u coj - .a who have not However, iv .. reached this condition. 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