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8 TTTTC SUNDAY OHEGOXTAX. POItTLATTD, JUNE 27, 1915. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN ! AGAIN SAVES ALLIES German Army From France - Made Necessary in East k by Hot Resistance. : SACRIFICE COUNTS IN END SIcCormick Tells How Czar's Gener ' als Thrust Desperately at Time ;:; When Kitchener's' Soldiers - ( , W ere Only Being Enlisted. BT ROBERT B. M CORMICK. fCopyrUht. 1915. by th Chicago Tribune. Account read and approved by the Russian i General Staff. Published by arrangement ' with iha Tribune.) - ' GREAT RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, !lfay 13. It will be remembered that the first phase of the war on' the east ern front consisted In the repulse f 'the Austrian offensive and the diversion Into East Prussia. The second phase concerned the moves growing out of Ithe Russian offensive toward Cracow. ; In September, as again later, the Russians did not attempt to attack Przemysl at an enormous cost of men and ammunition, but, surrounding It with an army Inferior to the garrison, moved on the offensive. Rennenkamp still at Suwalkl and the northern fortresses garrisoned, the field army advanced to a line from Dukla Pass to Tarnow, while Kozaks cavalry raided Hungary, German Railways Useful. Hindenburg left four corps Jn front of Rennenkampf, and by the use of the wonderful German strategic rail ways came with six corps to Silesia, on the Russian flank. The Russians im- 'mediately withdrew the three armies nearest Tarnow to the line from Lublin to Warsaw. Hindenburg arriving be fore the Austrians directed three army corps on Warsaw and three upon Ivangorod. ,.- Then followed one of the most san guinary conflicts of the war for the possession of the capital of Poland. It seemed to the Inhabitants of the town that "Warsaw must fall, but the Si berian corps arrived in the niclc f time and after them the imperial guard. A member of the guard's corps, pride shining in his eyes, told me how two regiments of the guard, totaling 8000 men. arrived as the Siberian corps were reeling back before the Germans' onslaught and with the flags flying and band playing marched into the thickest of, the attack. After the bat tles only hundreds remained where thousands had been, but the tide was turned. Russian reinforcements con tinued to oppose the three corps of Hin denburg. Desperate Maneuver Kails.' The Field Marshal now attempted a desperate maneuver. He retreated to Mm Rawka River, drawing the Rus sians after him. Then taking the throe army corps before Ivangorod, he hurled them on the pursuing Russians' flank. If the Austrians had come in time to occupy the trenches deserted by the Germans this maneuver might have succeeded, but the Austrians cams late. Again the Russians poured through the opening of the line and unex pectedly found themselves face to face with the advancing Austrians. Both parties were taken by surprise, the Russians thinking that only the re treating Germans were before them, the Austrians believing that the Ger mans still occupied the trenches along the. Vistula. A confused hand-to-hand battle re sulted, in which the superior strength and activity of the Russian soldiers gave them an immense advantage. The Austrians were driven headlong at the Jsame time the German flank move ment was stopped, and Hindenburg's left army corps was driven in. Hindenburg withdrew to a line be tween Cracow and Kalisch, and the Austrians went back over the moun tains. Przemysl. which had been re lieved in the advance, was now v rein vested. Allies Rescued Acain. In the meantime on the western front had been fought the battle of the Alsne, the British army had been transferred to the extreme left flank in an unsuc cessful attempt to turn the German 'right, Antwerp had fallen, and the Kaiser with his imperial guard was 'hammering harder and harder at the gates of Dunkirk and Calais. " England found difficulty in keeping ;her expeditionary force up to its orig inal number. Kitchener's- army was "only in the form of preliminary enlist ment. Every equipped man in France ".was on the firing line. Again in October, as early In Au gust, the Russian army attacked not for local advantage, but to rescue the allies on the other front. With Generals Brousiloff and Dimi trieff in Galicia and the eleventh army "besieging Przemsyl, the Russians de bouched from Lodz upon Cracow and .Silesia. General Renenkampf took three corps to protect the right flank and General Sievers with his army corps moved into East Prussia from Augustovo Leaving the Austrians to attack in front. Field Marshal Hindenburg from Thorn dashed on the Russian flank. Jtenenkampf'a corps were badly cut up and. driven into Warsaw and the army at Lodz was outflanked on both flanks. Hindenburg Dcmaidi Reinforcements. Pleve by forced marches reinforced each threatened flank, but the -combined armies were nearly surrounded and facing destruction when the re mainder of Renenkampf s corps march ing forward from Warsaw struck the "German's left flank in reverse, the ta bles were turned, the trappers . were trapped. On October -2 Hindenburg telegraphed to stop instantly the at tack on the Yser River and send him reinforcements. ' The transfer of these corps relieved the pressure of the Yser River but ar rived too late, to prove of decisive ef fect at Lodz. General Mackensen had bravely cut his way back to the Ger man army, leaving many dead and 10, 000 prisoners. It was upon a re-formed entrenched line that the army from France made the attack near Lowitsch. However, General Rouskl. command ing this front, considered his line from Lowitsch to Cracow strategically weak and withdrew to the positions along the Bsoura, Rawka and Nida. River south of Tarnow. While Hindenburg was fighting so fiercely in the-north the. Austrians had again come over the Carpathian Moun tains and attacked the armies under General Brousiloff and General Dimi trieff. who had been named as army commander when Rouski was promot ed. They were driven back all along - the line, leaving SO, 000 prisoners. tieruuuis Want Warsaw. Without Warsaw the occupation of Poland Is more of a liability than aa asset to the Germans. It takes from their fighting front the advantages of au-ategtc railways, places them among a hostile population, and adds nothing to the food supply of the combine em pires, as this portion of Poland scarce ly raises enough grain and vegetables to support the native people. Warsaw is the principal railroad cen ter In this theater of war. It Is also a neutral military depot. Enormqusly rich, it would furnish as large a war indemnity as Antwerp. Its capture, fur thermore, would Increase enormously the German military prestige, which alone holds off the attacks of the Bal kan states. In January, therefore. General Hind enburg made a desperate attack on Warsaw. Of necessity perhaps, perhaps com pelled by higher authorities, Hinden burg gave up the . former tactics ot quick marches and flank attacks. In stead he massed 600 pieces of artillery of different calibers and kinds upon a si-mile front from Souhaczew to Boli mow on the Rawka River and for days tried to drive a hole through the Rus sian defensive. Germans Like Waves ef Ocean. Russian officers who were present tell me that the Germans advanced In close order, frequently with rifles slung over their shoulders and holding each other's hands; after an interval of 200 yards thepe came another line, and then another, then another, until they seemed like the waves of the ocean. 1 have heard -no contradiction to the oft repeated assertion that these soldiers were sent into action greatly stimu lated by strong liquor. For more than ten days and nights this attack continued, shrapnel burst overhead and high explosive shells fell in the trenches, the opposing machine guns squirted death, the Germans were as many as the waves of the sea but the Russians came as thick as the sands of the ocean. Every day probably equaled the slaughter of Cold Harbor. When Hindenburg gave up his des perate assault 30.000 Russians lay dead and wounded on the field of battle, and the losses 6f the Germans in their un successful attack must have been much greater. But while he failed in his main ob jective, Hindenburg would not be de nied a victory. Advancing with eight corps against the army of General Sievers, now reduced to three and a half corps. General Hindenburg placed four corps in line and with his remain ing four corps turned both flanks. The Germans then attacked Grodno with the Twenty-seventh corps, but were re pulsed by the Imperial Guards. there has been no single great bat tle; but many severe small engage ments, all correlated one with the other. Here General Brausiloff and General Dimitirleff have been adding to tneir record ot unbroken victories. POSTAL EMPLOYES DIKE SENATOR IANB A3iD Mil. HAWLGT SPEAK AT SALEM. Other Addresses Are Made and Clerks and Carriers Adopt Resolutions Asking for Shorter Hours. SALEM", Or., June 26. (Special.) More than 200 persons attended the joint banquet of th,e Oregon State Letter Carrier' Association and the Oregon branch of the United Associa tion of Postoffice Clerks, at the Marion Hotel tonight, at which addresses were made by United States Senator Lane, Representative in ' Congress Hawley, Postmaster Myers, of Portland, and Postmaster Huckesteln, of Salem. Following the banquet the associa tion of clerks adooted resolutions urg ing that the night work of postal em ployes be reduced to seven hours, and day work to eight hours; that seniority Bcrnto. govern in assigning em ployes to day work; that employes, after serving a certain length of time, be retired on pensions: that the Hamill bill now before Congress be indorsed, and that the coupons to money orders be abolished. A resolution offering the thanks of the association to Bois E. Penrose, of Pennsylvania, and Thomas L. Reilly, former Representative in Congress from Connecticut, for their efforts in behalf of the postal employes, was adopted. Preceding the banquet was a street parade led by the letter car riers' band of Portland. Senator Lane and Mr. Hawley com plimented the postal employes, declar ing that the department was one of the most thorough of any under the Federal Government. Postmaster Meyers headed a delega tion of about 50 clerks and carriers, which arrived from Portland, tonight. HOP DIRECTORS ELECT ORKGOIY GROWERS REPORT CAP ITAL STOCK AS SIOO.OOO. Association Announces Control of 50,000 Bales Form of Contract Found Sot Irregular. SALEM. Or, June 211. (Special.) At a meeting of the directors of the Ore gon Hopgrowers' Association here to day, the executive committee reported that the organization had a member ship of 66; that the capital stock of SIOO.OOO had been subscribed and a part of it paid, and that the association now controls more than 50,000 bales of hops. M. L. Jones, president, denounced re ports that the form of contract under which the association was doing busi ness was Irregular. He said that John H. McNary. lawyer for the organiza tion, had made an investigation and had found tho contract to be the best in existence. "We are getting along nicely," con tinued Mr. Jones, "and all our mem bers are encouraged over prospects. There Is no question that the asso ciation . will be the greatest boon to the growers in the history of the in dustry. Through it prices will not fluctuate as they have in the past and growers will get a fair return for their investment." John Grant, of Dallas, and J. If. Miley, of Aurora, were elected directors, making the total number 40. Plans were completed for handling this year's crop, and arrangements were made to continue the campaign for members. L. If. Part Moves to Colorado. L. II. Dart, who for the last six years has been superintendent of delivery for the Ben Selling stores, will leave to night for Breckenridge, Coio., where he will be associated with others in a large mining concern in operation at that place. Mr. Dart will be accom panied by hia wife, and he expects to make his permanent home in Brecken ridge. Mr.- Dart is an ardent sports man and is one of the directors of the Anglers Club of this city. His many friends wish him well in his new field of endeavor. Two Kealty Men lined $20 Each. T. D. Richardson, of the realty firm of T. D. Richardson & Co., and W. A. Cummins, also a real estate man, wero fined $20 each in Municipal Court yesterday for conducting a gambling game in the offices of the firm. 615 Kilers building. George Brown and Lou Butterfield were fined $5 each for visiting a place where gambling was being exploited. All pleaded guilty. Police Lieutenant Harms, Sergeant Burke and Patrolmen Wlllett and Brouning made the raid Friday night. WARSHIPS WORTH $175,000,000 SOI Losses of Contending Navies After Ten Months of War Are Compared. SUPREMACY NOT DECIDED British Suffer Tea Times' as Much From Torpedoes as Enemies, but Have lead in Gunfire Be cause of Early Start. LIVERPOOL, June 15. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) After 10 months of the war the losses suf fered by the contending navies present some interesting points for speculation, says the Journal of Commerce, afford ing a comparison of the relative merits of the various offensive weapons in the navy struggle,, and showing how costly it, is to the countries concerned to Indulge in minor encounters. Summarizing the losses under types of vessels, Great Britain and her allies have been deprived of the services cf eight battleships, 14 cruisers, four gun boats, six destroyers, 10 submarines, 14 boats and six armed merchantmen and auxiliaries. The losses of Germany and her allies consist of one battleship, 23 cruisers, 15 gunboats, 13 torpedo craft, six sub marines and 20 armed, merchantmen and auxiliaries. Torpedoes Destroy Most. ' Separating the losses under the va rious causes, neglecting auxiliaries and armed merchantmen, the torpedo has destroyed 131.000 tons of allied vessels, the mine 50,000 tons, gunfire 37,000 tons and 22,000 tons have been lost in vari ous other ways. The German, Austrian and Turkish fleets have been deprived of 13,000 tons of war vessels by means of the torpedo, 23,000 tons by the mine, 81,000 tons by gunfire, and 23,009 tons from various other causes. These figures show that England and her allies have lost 230,000 tons of naval fighting material, costing ap proximately $100,000,000, while the Teu ton and Turkish losses total 140,000 ions, worth about $60,000,000. British Losses Heaviest. The figures also show that the mis cellaneous losses officially recorded are approximately the same on both sides, while from torpedo, gun and mine the British and their allies have lost nearly double the tonnage that their opponents have lost by the same causes. By torpedo the British losses are 10 times more than those of the other side, which shows clearly how Im portant a part that weapon plays. In gunfire England has established a long lead chiefly because the Ger man ships at large when war was de clared have been destroyed by this means. In the armed merchantmen and auxiliary class the net register tonnage vl am snips aestroyea amounts to 30.000, while the German, Austrian and Turkish losses stand at approximately double that figure. The total financial loss in this instance amounts to about $15,000,000. Thus 10 months of skirmishing and preliminary actions, leading to no defi nite result o far as the . question of naval supremacy Is concerned, has brought about the destruction of about 460,000 tons of warships costing $175. 000,000, SENATOR BUTLER ACCEPTS Independence Day Orator at Hood River Is Prominent Legislator. " HOOD RIVER. Or.. Jum 26. fSne. cial.) Senator R. R. Butler, of The Dalles, has accented an Invitation tn deliver the Independence Pay oration uere on Monday, July 5. Hood River merchants are making preparations for one of the most elab orate celebrations in the history of the city. More than 150 city and valley automobile owners already have sig nified their willingness to take part in the floral parade." Carpenters will begin work Monday to enlarge the bleachers and grand stand at Columbia Park, to make ready iur ins recora crowd tnat is expected to attend the Independence Day base ball game to be umnired bv Billv Sun.. day, the evangelist. DOUGLASTAXPAYERS ELECT 1 1 Xeivl y -Formed League to Check l'p on How County Ftinds Are Spent. liOSEBURG, Or.. June 26. (SueciaL) The Douglas County Taxpayers' league, lormed today, elected K. M. Fox, of Sutherlin. president; B. W. Strong, of Roseburg, first vice-president; W. C. Edwards, of Drain, second vice-president; G. W. Riddle, of Riddle, third vice-president; R. E. Smith, of Roseburg, secretary. - Thirty directors chose the officers. The purpose of the organization is to see how county money is spent and to bring co-operation between the tax payers and the county officials. R0UMANIA READY TO HELP (Continued From First Page.) oy the demand submitted to Vienna. Roumania will make a formidable addition to the allied forces. It has an army of 600,000 men, well equipped and well supplied with guns and am munition. It has a small fleet which can co-operate with the Russian fleet In the Black Sea. Russians to Get Breathing Spell. The army thrown into Transylvania and through that territory onto the plains of Hungary would cause an im mediate cessation of offensive opera tions by the Austro-Germans and com pel them to turn back hastily and assume the defensive. This would sup ply a needed breathing spell for the Russians. Bulgaria has an army of 400,000 men, well supplied with German guns and German ammunition. This force would move on Constantinople by way of European Turkey, thus compelling a division, of the Turkish troops. Greece, too, could move by land on Constanti nople with 300.000 men. Germany. Austria-Hungary and Tur key, under such conditions, will be compelled to fight new armies aggre gating 1.300,000 men. In addition. Greece has a small but first-class fighting fleet which would be able to take care of the Turkish fleet by -itself. There is little doubt now that within a relatively short space of time the Dardanelles will be captured. Once the Dardanelles are open Russia will obtain ample quantities- of munitions and then will be in a position to make her long-desired advance toward Ber lin, . , WASHINGTON AT WEST PARK emnm Chesterfie $20.00 Suits at $25.00 Suits at $30.00 Suits at $35.00 Suits at $40.00 Suits at Special Straw and Panama Hats $2.00 Hats at. . S1.45 $3.00 Hats at $1.95 $4.00 Hats at 2.75 $5.00 Hats at $3-50 $6.00 Hats at $4.25 $7.00 Hats at $5.00 Special Men s Fine Shirts $1.00 Shirts 85 $1.50 Shirts.... $1.15 $2.00 Shirts $1.45 $5.00 and $6.00 Silk Shirts $3-65 WASHINGTON AT WEST PARK AIR RAID THRILLS British Resident in Letter De scribes Experience. LITTLE GIRLS ARE SCARED As Bombs From Zeppelin Dcop in Front Yard, Host Pretends to Be Amused In Order to Keep Vp Spirits of Guests. Though terrifying and disastrous to noncombatants, the German Zeppelin raids on.Jthe suburbs of London are ac cepted now more or less as a -matter of course, according to a, letter re ceived last week by J. Bunnett. of the University Club, from his home at Southend - on - Sea, London. Though bombs have fallen In the garden out side their house, the main precaution ary methods were to have a ladder outside in case of fire and to move the bedroom from the second floor to the dining-room on the first floor. Excerpts from the letter follow: During the time our visitors were here we have had four visits from the German Zeppelins, two raids on South end. Westcliff and Leigh, one on Lon don and one on Gravesend. Our guns were firing on them during each at tack, but. of course, no one knew ex actly what was happening, as we are told- to keep in the house, as It Is safer. ... Most of the fatalities and injuries which happened during the first at teck were sustained by folks In the streets. ' I am sending you some local papers, which contain accounts of the raids. Tou will see in the Southend Telegraph what occurred during the second raid. ..... "On each occasion the airships looJJ exactly the same course and must hav turned directly over our house, for bombs have dropped all around us. back, front and on both sides. For tunately, most of them fell either in the roads or gardens: one fell on the PHth just outside the garden fence, one in the back garden of a house two doors away and two in the gar den of a college eisht houses down the street. Many more fell close around us on other streets, so we rose and dressed and waited for the next hap pening. - "We had our visitors to look after and. of course, we felt responsible for their safety. They were too little girls of 12 and 16, and naturally they were frightened. Mrs. Wood was. too. but we all tried to make light of It before them. Last night was quiet, but the newsboys are calling this eve ning about a raid of a Zeppelin on Hull. In which four people were killed and 40 injured. One does not know what next will happen. A great many people have left this town and trades people say that their business is bad. "Our dining-room is our bedroom, because It is on the ground floor and in case of fire easy to get out of; the windows are large and the doors are left unfastened. The men of Westcliff havo formed a relief guard of watchers and patrol the streets at night, two on each street. They will call us In case of anything happening. The house ladder is laid In the front garden for use in case of Ire. "Although we are not exactly fright tened. yet we are not feeling very com fortable You can understand that the watching gets on our nerves." Tigard Names Director. TIGARD, Or.. June 26. (Special.) 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Sandbloom making it obligatory with the teachers to reside in the dis trict during their term was defeated. NORMAL SCHOOL IS GUEST Students, Teacliers and Alumni Are Kntertained by President. MONMOUTH, Or., June 26. (Spe cial.) President and Mrs. J. IL Acker man tonight entertained the faculty, alumni and student body of the pre gon Normal School in the new gym nasium on the campus. Four hundred Summer-school girls were greeted and. with the faculty and members of alumni present, the guests numbered 500. Addresses of welcome were given the students and responses made. Man Cauglit With Stolen Purse. Caught with a purse containing $12, the property of Mrs. R. A. Wilson. Harry Zarcotzieu was yesterday morn ing held to the grand jury for lar ceny from a dwelling by Municipal Judge Stevenson. If convicted In Cir cuit Court he will receive a sentence of from one to seven years. 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