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84 Pages Six Sections Section One Pages 1 to 18 VOT,. XXXIV. XO. 17. PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY MOHNING, APRIL 2o, 1913. PRICK FIVE CENTS. SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES IS WIDENING Action Hottest Yet De veloped in West. CALAIS IS GERMAN OBJECTIVE Cannonading Now Heard as Far Away as Coast Towns. GAS BOMBS CAUSE PANIC Jijili jxlat Missiles l-Hrcd by Ger mans Have Effect at liixschoote, but Canadians Recover Fart of Lost Ground. B5T WILL IK WIN. tCopyrig-ht, 3915, by the Ner York Tribune.) NORTH OF FHANCE, April 24. (Spe cial.) There ia no doubt that the ac tion which has been proceeding abojj Ypres and which will probably be known in history as the second battle of Ypres, is the hardest and hottest yet developed on the extreme western frontier. Indeed, no battle of the war has de veloped so much action on so con centrated a front. It is the third des perate attempt of the Germans since this war began to break through the combined British and Belgian lines and take the Important city of Calais. Action Widens Hourly. From attack on one small but import ant hill, the action has spread until It involves at least half of the British Belgian lino and it is widening hourly. It began a week ago in an attack on hill 60, where- the Germans held posi tions of great importance to the use of their artillery. There had been min ing and counter-mining. Had the Brit ish not fired the three mines, which precipitated the action, the Germans, before the day Was done, would doubt less have blown up thoBritish posi tions at their front. Through severe fighting the British secured the craters and held them against strong counter-attacks. British Hold Most of Hill. At the present time, and contrary to German reports. General French's army retains all this hill except the portion stiategetically important on its forward slope. During the fight for this hill the British counter-attacked several times to prevent the Germans from drawing off reinforcements to the critical point. This series of attacks nnd counter-attacks, running along the whole line, developed Into that general attack on the British lines, with Calais for the objective, which the Germans probably have been planning ever since matters have threatened to come to a deadlock in the Carpathians. The Germans, making full use of their artillery, launched infantry at tacks in their old manner close locked. As formerly, the British and French slaughtered them severely with machine gun and rifle fire. Asphyxiating Bonb Fired. Then on Thursday the Germans sud denly threw in that attack with as phyxiating bombs, which will doubt less become famous in this war. It succeeded In breaking the line of the French near Blxschoote. although not to a large extent. The nearest British support was part of the Canadian contingent. Fighting with desperate bravery, the Canadians succeeded in recovering part of the lost ground. They are still at It today. On a favorable wind the sound of cannon ading can be heard as far away as the coast towns. The nature of the gases carried by (v.'onrlurlrd on rafffl O. Column 4. (jBT OUT" DIMES POUR IN FOR BELGIAN AID GIRLS SELL COUNTLESS TAGS OX POJtTLAXD STREETS. Sale Originated by Miss Eva Ancion, Pretty Xative of Stricken Nation. By Midnight $500 Is Counted. Something akin to the spirit of the Belgians In the crisis of war was he spirit of tag-selling in Portland yester day when a small bevy of girls sold numberless red cross tags for a dime each and amassed a sizable sum for the Belgian relief fund. Not content to work the day through, the' girls smiled their way into the night crowd and swelled, the fund ma terially. At midnight even the proceeds had not been counted, inasmuch as the dimes were still trickling and tinkling into the half-dozen coffers about the city. Miss Eva Ancion, originator of the sale, a pretty Belgian girl, Miss Maxine Hembrce and Miss Corine Clark worked the theaters and late crowds with tell ing effect. Miss Ancion sold $66 worth of the little red crosses. Another, con sistent worker was Miss Freda Dangle, who sold 134 worth of tags. About $100 of the $500 which had been collected at a late hour last night was taken in by Dr. O. Gossin, a Belgian of Portland. Other successful workers were Mrs. A. E. Beard, Miss June Fiske, Miss Mar Jorle Crittenden and Miss Dorothy Lo raine. ENGINEERS WIN BATTLE British Success of II ill 60 Due to Speed in Driving Tunnel. LONDON. April 24. The Daily Mail correspondent in Northern France, in a dispatch describing the British at tack on Hill 60, southeast of Ypres.. says: "The British success was due largely to the speed of the tunnel engineers, for the explosion of the British mines anticipated by oniy a short time a simi lar move planned by the German engi neers. "Hill 60 is only 200 yards long. The fighting there has been more terribly concentrated than in any spot in his tory. The whole hill is mined, trenched, sandbagged and covered. Some of the enemy's trenches are still virtually 'on the hill within 20 yards of the British trenches. "The Canadian troops have been spe cially commended by the British com manders for the speed and precision with which they dug themselves in after charging." DANKL EXPECTS LONG WAR Austrian Commander AVill Not At tempt Even Approximate Date. GENEVA, via Paris. April 24 Gen eral Dankl, of the Austrian army, is of the opinion that the war will not come to an end soon. This Austrian commander, who has been active In defending the Carpa thian passes against the Russians, ex pressed this opinion to Major Tanner, of the Swiss army, who is also cor respondent of the Basel Nachrlchten He declared, the war would last for a long time and said he could not fix even an approximate date for its end. He said also that the Swiss govern ment had preserved its neutrality splendidly, favoring neither side. 2 BOYS HURT IN COLLISION Machine Crashes Into Car Driven by T. J. Clark. Two unidentified boys were injured in a collision between their automob'ile and a machine driven by T. J. Clark, of the Newmarket Garage, Second and Ankeny streets, at 8:30 o'clock last night. Both machines were damaged badly. Mr. Clark told the police that he col lided with the boys as he turned into Burnslde street from East Twenty fourth street. He said the boys were driving at a. high rate of speed. The boys were taken to the Good Samaritan Hospital. It is believed that each received a broken leg. TOPICS OF THE 4 BRITISH ARE LED BY INEXPERIENCED MEN , -r.1nV&'' MosC" -, . dined "Offi cers Lost in Battle. TERRITORIALS SEEM SEASICK Panic and Heavy Losses En sue in First Engagement's. AERIAL FLEET EFFECTIVE Proportion of Airmen Casualties Is Less Than 'in Any Other Arm of Active Army Trenches Not , Entirely Uncomfortable. BY ROBERT R. M'CORMICK. (Copyright. 1015. by the Chicago Tribune. Published by arrangement.) BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, March 20. The extreme front of the ermy presents many in congruities found in the rear and In the artillery zone. Vilages and farms are Just as thick. The buildings are more or les demol ished and all of them are shrapnel and bullet scarred, yet so strong are they that they still furnish considerable shelter against both enemies the Ger mans and the weather. Light Shelter Is Ample. The weather, indeed, is not a for midable foe. If cover is found from the rain a reasonable amount of wool en clothing will take care of the cold. Thus a couple of shell holes and a part of the roof blown oil do not render a building uninhabitable as they would in our Winter. As the reserves must be kept in con siderable numbers in the rear of the trenches, it has .been necessary to build wood huts. These, generally in the rear of an elevation or in a wood, are- not dissimilar from lumbermen's brush houses at home. I walked Into several of them and talked with the Tommies, as British professional sold iers are called. . They were a heart-gladdening crowd, without a word of complaint. Their only idea was to outlast the enemy. Once when the officer who was giving up a day to us remained outside the hut I asked a corporal who was shav ing why he did It. I could not get any answer from him. He could not understand what I meant by such a fool question. For him a shave was part of the uniform. Trenches Not Uncomfortable. From the reserves we walked to the supports Intrenched in two lines in the rear of the firing line. Here again the men were not entirely uncomfort able. 1 do not feel at liberty to describe the method by which defense from the enemy was combined with cover from the Weather. It will suffice to say that the structure is more comfortable than any duck blind I have been, in and that it was as well hidden. The soldiers were in excellent spirits and their apearance belied the state ment that they had suffered severe hardships. I believe these were some of the men who a few days later took part in the successful assault at La Bassee. They were so pleased at be ing photographed that I promised to send them copies of the pictures. We were allowed to go as far as the first line of supports, about 50 yards from the firing line and as far again from the enemy, but no farther. We had expected to get into the front trench, and for a moment the sense of disappointment was almost as great as the feeling of obligation for all the hospitality received. As a palliative for our feelings Ve (Concluded on Page 6. Column 1.) TIMES THAT LOOM UPPERMOST GET THE ATTENTION OF CARTOONIST INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS War. Battle line rocks to and fro In fierce fighting on western front. Section 1, page 6. Submarine activity in North Sea is re newed. Section 1, page 7. ' French eye witness describes capture of A Illy wood, near St. MlbieL Section 1. Page 7. Russians and Austrian- both suffer enor mous losses Id Carpathians. Section 1. page 6. Secon-i battle of Ypres develops into hottest action -of war in west. Section 1. page 1. Most of trained officers of British army lost In battle. Section 1, page 1. Nephew of Bismarck is typical German farmer. Section 1, page 7. German Socialists chafe under military cen sorship. Section 1, page 7. Mexico. Widow of John B. McManus will stay In Mexico to hold property husband died trying to protect. Section 1, page 8. National. Senator Borah's promise .of full statement of attitude toward National ticket arouses general inteerst. Section 1, page 5. ltomestlc Washington society shocked at McCombs family estrangement. Section 1, page 2. President of Model License League assails Anti-saloon League. Section 1, page u. Barnes' suit against Colonel expected to last two weeks. Section 1, page 0. Strikers declared to have fired first shots in Colorado mine battles. Section 1. page 1. tSport. Remarkable records made at University of Oregon track and field meet. Section '-. page 3. New York Americans pound mighty Walter Johnson. Section 2, pace 2. Braves break Phillies' great winning streak. Section 2, page 2. Practice day events of Oregon state trait shoo 1 1 n tourney take place today at Portland tiun Club traps. Section 2. pago 8. Western golfers rated lower with exception of Chick Evan. Section 2, page 5. Baseball early calls Carisch from work in father's brewery. Section 2, page 2. Seals are not likely to grab pennant in run away race. Section 2. page 1. Wlllard wins championship due to his de termination despite early scoffing of sports. Section 2, page 5. Eugene golf players planning trip to Mcd ford for return intercity tournament. Sec tion 2, page 5. Oregon track team's attention is on games in San Francisco. 'Section 2, page 4. Some bushers practically refuse to accept releases from McGraw and he has to bar them out of park. Section -, page 4. Pacific Coast l,eague results: Portland 8. Salt Lake T- ( innings!: Los Angeles 6. Oakland 2; Venice 4, Ssn Francisco 2. Section 2. page 1. H. Chandler Egaa Is beaten in golf tourney. Section 2, page 3. World's relay record broken at Pennsylvania games. Section 2, page 3. City League first place at stake today. Sec tion 2. page 3. Xew rating of golf players shows stars of West are fading.. Section 2, page 4. Pact tic Northwest. Three lost 'and three saved when Randolph is wrecked at .Bandon. Section 1, page L Governor Lister, of Washington, may run for Senate. - Section 1, .page y. Advertising man tells Kugene students honor Is first requisite in business.. Section 1. page 8. Idaho Republican leaders seek state chair man to harmonize all party forces. Sec tion 1. page H. Corvallis man is stabbed to death in home. Section 1, page 3. . . - - Commercial and Marine. Mohair sells at highest ")riee of season at Brownsville. Section 2, page 17. Company formed to make Portland leading -Western wool center. Section 2, page 17. Wall street stock market develops 'unlooked for strength. Section 2, page 17. Wheat higher at Chicago on European buy ing. Section 2, page 17. North Bank fleet purchased by Drake C. O'Reilly. Section 2, page 6. Deed, to Oregon City locks someplace In mall and closing of transaction awaits its arrival. Section 2. page 3. Portland and Vicinity. Ex-President Taft to be' accompanied by wiftt and daughter on Portland visit. Sec tion 1. page 11. Senator Lane home for Summer. Section 1, Page 11. Portland men back from Elks' convention in Centralia greatly pleased, but tired. Sec tion 1, page 10. , Allegorical wedding to mark union of Snake and Columbia rivers. Section 1. Page 12. City Auditor would have aspirants draw straws to see who files first Wednesday morning. Section 1. Page 13. Festival queen will be elected by newspaper coupon method. Section 1, page 12. Six measures are on ballot and four pend for June election. Section 1. page 17. All clubs pledge aid to Police Band for tour over continent. Section 3, page 10. Degree of Honor is launched on career as Independent order. Section 1. page Itt. Woodmen will greet Head Consul Boalt to day. Section 1. page 16. William F. Woodward advocates Stevens bill to eliminate rate cutting. Section 1, page 18. Work and problems of Visiting Nurse As sociation reviewed. Section 1, page 15. First of novel street-corner maps Is ready. Section 1, page 14. Sons of Revolution will gather here in July. Section 1, page 14. Letter from German officer received here by Miss F. C. It. Grothgeun says "Eng land can't starve us." Section 1, page 14- Remodelling nearly done at the Portland adds to attractiveness of hotel. Section 1, Page 13. Visiting Nurses dispense cheer to host of needy ill. Section 1, Page 14. Ground is broken for last unit of East Stark street sewer trunk. Section 1, Pa?e 13. c?oivoyfj- Tr g-oo 1 DEPUTIES FIRED ON FIRST, SAYS COWBOY Rout of Colorado Offi cers Described. SAFETY IS SOUGHT IN FLIGHT Colorado Militiaman Admits Service Under Sheriff. STRIKERS' TRIAL GOES ON Other Deputies Tell or Battle In Which Many Shots Were Fired and Out of Which Charge of Murder Mas Grown. TRINIDAD, Colo., April 24. Testimo ny that the battle between deputy Sheriffs and striking coal miners on October 25, 1913. in which John Nlm mo was killed, was begun when a party of deputies was fired on by a crowd of armed men near the Ludtow depot was given today in the trial of John R- Law-son on a charge of mur der. Lawson is accused of being in com mand of the strikers on the day of the battle. The defendant is the district No. 15 member of the international ex ecutive committee of the United Mine Workers of America. Cot puncher Sees Shoot la a-. Charles I Fanning, a young cow puncher, was the witness who told of the beginning of the battle. He said that he was a deputy Sheriff, stationed at the Ludlow section-house in the early days of the recent strike of the miners. With other deputies he started on horseback to go to the Ludlow sta tion to meet the afternoon train from Trinidad, as was customary. He was about 100 yards ahead of his compan ions. "What did you see as you approached the station?'' asked Norton Montgom ery. Assistant Attorney-General. "I saw 100 or more men around a long string of boxcars." "How many were armed?" Men With Guns Start nattle. "I saw about 60 with guns.'" "What happened then of an unusual nature?" "The first thing that happened w-as when they began shooting at me. and I turned around and went back." "Did you go fast or slow?" queried Montgomery. "I went pretty fast." "Did you run your horses?" "Yes, I ran them." Fanning detailed his part in the bat tle which followed the retreat of the party which had started for the sta tion. He told of seeing the body of John Nimmo. (nsrdnniaB Is Also Deputy. Before Fanning took the stand, the cross-examination of K. K. Llnderfelt. a former deputy Sheriff, was completed. Llnderfelt said he had served six months in Mexico under Madcro and had seen military experiences in China and the Philippines. He aaid he was a First Lieutenant in the Colorado Na tional Guard at the time he was com missioned a deputy Sheriff in October, 1913. He said he did not see which side fired the first shot. Linderfeli declared that he never worked for a mining company until two months ago, when he took a po sition with the Victor-American Fuel Company, at Hastings. He said he was no longer in the employ of that com pany. James H. Wilson testified that he was commissary and paymaster for the party of deputy Sheriffs stationed at (Concluded on Page 2; Column 1.) Saturday's War Moves THE Germans are pouring troops Into Flanders to press the attack which at the beginning has forced the allies back to the Yser Canal to the north of Ypres. Thia movement, according to reporta reaching Holland, has assumed even greater dimensions than those which preceded the battle that raged for more than two weeks In this same region last October. On that occasion the operations ended in the discom fiture of the Germans, who had de clared their intention of pushing their way through to Calais! London believes that the Germans have a similar aim now and have set out to capture Ypres. which is described as the key to the French ports. While the attack originally met with considerable success, duo, according to the allies' reports, to the use, by the Germans of asphyxiating gases, it is said to have been checked. The Cana dians, who held the extreme left of the British lino and were forced to re tire when the rest of the front was pressed back, made a brilliant counter attack, regaining most if not all the ground which they had conceded, and retaking four guns which they had left in the hands of the Germans. In the words of Sir John French, they "saved the situation." The British report does not say how much ground they recovered, but the statement In the Berlin official report that a British attack at St. Julien was repulsed shows that they are well back In their old positions, for this town, which is on the main road between Ypres and Poelcappelle, is immediately south of Bangemarck, from which point the German attack was launched. The Germans, however, still maintain their hold on the Yser Canal farther north, for they speak of storming the village of Lizerne. which is across the canal between the towns of Stecn straate and Het Sast, which they took in their first rush. The German attack to the south of Ypres, which was made simultaneously with that to the north, apparently has failed entirely. These attacks are believed to have been the beginning ofanother big bat tle, which, with both aides strongly entrenched, promises to be one of the bitterest and bloodiest of the war. Telegrams from Holland tell not only of the movement of German reinforce ments to the front, but of long trains of dead and wounded, which are passing to the rear a condition of affairs which also must exist in the rear of the allied army. The outcome of this battle ia awaited with the utmost con cern. In the meantime fighting goes on in Champagne and the Wocvre, as well as in the Carpathians. Despite torrential rains, the Russians appear to have re sumed their attacks on the Austro German positions guarding -Lxsok Pass. The capture by the Russians of hill 1001, It is contended, will greatly facil itate their operations, reducing in Im portance hill 92, which the Austrians still hold. Confirmation of this new Russian of fensive is contained in the Austrian of ficial report, which records fighting on Turka road, which traverses Uxaok Pass. There Is no official news as yet of the operations in the Dardanelles or the North Sea, but in the latter region there is evidence of activity on the part of Germans, who have sunk or captured several neutral vessels. The Danish steamer Nidaros was captured; the Norwegian barks Oscar and Eva and the Swedish steamer Ruth were torpe doed by submarines; the Norwegian steamer Caprivl was blown up by a mine off the English coast, while Ihe Finnish steamer Frack was torpedoed In the Baltic. Diplomats are watching Italy, which, apparently has not yet reached a deci sion on her future attitude. The fact tnat the meeting of the Council of Ministers called for yesterday was postponed, would seem to indicate that negotiations between Italy and the Ger manic allies are still proceeding, or that Italy is waiting for a final answer to her demands for territorial conces sions. Assailant of Kg pi's Sultan Hanged. CAIRO, Egypt. April 24. The young Egyptian merchant named Khalll, who made an unsuccessful attempt to k-'ll Hussein Kamel, the Sultan of Egypt, at Cairo on April 8. was hanged today. REYNOLDS. 3 LOST, 3 SAVED BAfJODN WRECK Schooner Randolph Is Upset by Breaker. TWO ARE CHOPPED FROM HULL Lifesaving Crew Rewarded for Using Axes on Craft. ONE MAN SWIMS ASHORE Ernest McConiirll, I'lirt Owner of Boat; Ml I toil Cox, I'asscnsrr, and K. Knorr, Cold Uracil Drug gists, Drown In Wreck. MARSHF1ELD. Or.. April 24. (Spe cial.) Three lives were lot and three saved when Ihe gasoline schooner Ran dolph of Bandon. was overturned by a breaker on the Bandon bar today. The Randolph had delivered cannery sup plies at Rogue River for the r'oabord cannery and was returning to Bandon. Captain Charles Anlers n and Henry Colvin, of the crew, were rescued by the lifesaving crew through n hole chopped in the hull aftnr the vmsrl had been on the beach among the breakers for art hour, little the worse for their experience except from nausea due to gas fumes. Huge Breaker fills Ship. Those lost were: Kniest McCon nell, part owner of the boat; Milton Cox, a passenger; nnd It. E. Knorr, a druggist of GolO Beach, formerly of Marshfleld. Chaunccy Carpenter, who for a time was thought to be the only survivor, related seeing the huce breaker coming and of having called to the others in the hold to coinu out. None answered and the craft overturned at mce. Carpenter swam ashore and was taken to his home In Bandon ex hausted. The tide was going out while the lifesaving crew was working at the wreck to discover, if possible, those who were thought to be underneath. It Is believed the vessel will be lost. Her position is just south of the south Jetty. Vessel Wrecked Three 1 ears A ate. The Randolph went ashore at Rogue River three years ngo and was not salved for several weeks, when she was drawn across the south apit and re paired. The craft was onco in trouble on a spit at the mouth of the Columbia River. John Anderson, the Randolph's ex-captuln and part owner, sailed the Randolph until he was killed last Fall while walking his gangplank at Wed derburn. The RandolDh was well known hare among waterfront interests. She ar rived on Her last trip April 12. ana sailed April IS for Bandon and other Coast ports. The vessel is owned at Coos Kay, and was 30 feet long with a beam of .s feet and deptn or hold or four feet. She was built at Randolph, Or., in 1S10. PAIR WED IN TWO MINUTES Jtecord-BrcaWlnjr Murriasc for Speed Performed at Salem. SALEM. Or.. April 24 (Special.) In less than two minutes after Mosslo M. Palmer. of McMinnville, and Miss Mrtle Olson, of East Independence, en tered the Marion County Courthouse today they were husbaud and wife. It was a record-breaking marriage for speed. County Clerk Gchlhar issued Ihe li cense and County Judge Bushey, who was In the Clark's oflice, performed the ccremjny. Mrs. I.eoria Sch leek man, a Ftster f tho bridegroom, and Thomas McDaniel were witnesses. 7- (&J