.rORTLASP. FEBRUARY 21, 1915-
SUNDAY- OREGONIAN,
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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.
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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
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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. Immediate
steps should be taken to atop it be
fore it is too late. Here is a simple
. v.iv, vmi can make at home
that will stop the hair from falling out.
it crow 111 ana
eruptions and scalp humorsr To a half
nlnt of water aaa j. -
Tot gycer ne. and Ipply to the hair,
os. oi a1" . ' ,:r tins, two or
hee Umls a' week! .fhese ingredients.
ran be obtained ax j "
very little cosl vr .
This recipe not only promotes the
nowtb of the hair, but darkens
ftreaked. faded gray hair and makes
it soft and glossy Adv.
HOT TEA BREAKS
A COLD TRY THIS
- nnrkntfA of Hamburs
Breast Tea. or. as the German folks
call It, "HamDurger orun into, , .
any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful
. . , a nut a run Af boilinar water
OI me wa , , . ,
upon it pour through a sieve and drink
a teacup tun ai " "
.ff.iiv. wiv .to break a cold and
CUre BHl. r .
licvlnir congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus breaking a cold at. once.
It is inexpensive and entirely vege
table, therefore narmiuss. am,
How many hospital patients Jiae
been soothed of their frightful itch, of
the scorching pain ot skin disease, by
the famous T. IX D. ,1:"srrl't'1onn fir
eczema, a soothing tluid. washed in by
a nurse's hand!
X SUFKRVISIXG MTSK (name or
nurse and institute on application)
writes regarding a patient: The dis
ease had eaten her eyebrows away.
Her nose and lips had become disfig
ured. Since the use of IX 13. IX her
eyebrows are growing, her nose ana
face have assumed their natural ex-
PrFoH0ors. too, use D. D. P. in private
. m nillllllllMIN
prat in e. twn -1 . -frankly
writes: "IX D. V. ia superior
to anvthlng I have ever found. FU
and soothing, yrt a powerful -R'nt.
To do the work. IX I . I' lTe-.rin-tion
must be ppll-d r.-onllna i
rertlnaa given in tlie paniphlcl a.ound
everv bottle. . Al .
And It rertainlv lk ewav h lt h
at once the moment the liquid la
PlAli" driisnxfs of tanding hive the
famous spe, ifi: at ?. .'Oe and !
But we are so tonfldenl of the m"' -its
of tills presTlptlon tlist vr will
refund the purchase price of the firsi
full-sl7.e bottle if It falls to rf.ch our
case. Von alone are to iudste.
Kor sale by the Hustler lrna '
AahlBKa mt l-urtli .viv.
rankly writes: "D. D. V. ia superior! v ""
DJD.Be Soap Keeps Your Skin Healthy
rarely, if ever, figures in conversation.
Tr. nnlnt of Donularity with the people
he ranks about fifth. Field Marshal
von Hindenburg Is the national ntro,
, . i i- n,aii.inrni-niiri neonla
BllQOUSn " . - '
his chief of staff. General von I.udcn-
dorff. Is given credit for nis vicior.oa.
Tho war on the eastern frontier Is to
the Berliner of far more Interest and
importance than the campaign lni in
west. "
"Next comes the Crown Trince.
Nothing could attest his rising to fame
more strikingly than the lact that
bristling mustaches a la Kaiser have
practically disappeared, all the officers
having clipped their mustaches to the
tooth-brush style worn by the heir to
the throne.
"After him. running a close third.
comes Count Zeppelin, the m-n w-o
made England shiver and quske In fear
and mope about In the dark, to the a
light of all Hcrllnera.
"Then comes the Crown Trine or
Bavaria and tho luk of Wurtemberit.
both of whom have proved tbemaelven
great military leader. After them
comes the lOmperor.
"The Crown ITIivess Cecllle l un
doubtedly the most popular woman
Germany has had since the Uva f
Queen Louise, wife of King Frederick
William of Prussia. The Vnille of Her
lin,' as she is called, and her four
sturdv little koos. all In military dress,
arouse the wildest enthusiasm when
ever they appear."
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