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78 Pages Section One a. 1 I ilL SIX SECTIONS Pages 1 to 18 VOL,. XXXIV. NO. 31. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2G, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DRIVE BY ALLIES IN WEST BEGUN 50-Hour Bombardment Precedes Infantry At tack. FOES FIGHT HAND-TO-HAND Paris Says First Lines of Ger man Trenches Have Fal- len Before Onslaught. WARSHIPS SHELL COAST Bayonets Used Near Ypres in Battle Which Berlin Says British Are Losing. LONDON, Sept. 25. The British and French troops today united in a far-reaching offensive movement against the German intrenchments on the western front. One of the most terrific bombard ments of the entire war has preceded the advance of the infantry, who have engaged the Germans in hand-to-hand combats in front of and in the very trenches. Thousands of Shells Thrown. The most important action probably has taken place in Champagne, where the French threw thousands of shells into the German trenches, shelters, and blockhouses and batteries and then began a fierce assault on the opposing line between the Suippes and the Aisne Rivers. The extent of this assault is not recorded in the French official com munication, which, however, declares that the first line of German positions on that front has been occupied and that the French still are making prog ress. Foothold Gained in German Lines. There has been particularly heavy fighting also to the north of Arras, where the Anglo-French troops have gained a foothold at several points in the German lines. The German War Office officially announces that the Anglo-French ar tillery preparation was of great in tensity and that the long expected of fensive movement by the allies has be gun. The Germans, however, say they repulsed the British on the northern wing in the vicinity of Ypres in a battle which evidently was with the bayonet. Warships Bombard Coast. The British are Btill attacking northeast and southeast of Armen tieres and north of La Bassee Canal. Simultaneously the British warships have opened a violent bombardment at many points of the Belgian coast. It is believed certain that a general movement is under way, both by land and sea, which will bring the western zone of the war into the prominence Concluded on Page ;t. Column 1.) BULGARIA DENIES INTENT TO STRIKE SOFIA SAYS "ARMED NEUTRAL ITY" IS TO BE POLICY. Example or Holland and Switzer land FollowedNegotiations AYitli Both Sides to Continue. LONDON, Sept. 2G. Dispatches from Sofia dated September 23 to Reuter's Telegram Company quote the follow ing semi-oficial statement issued on that day: "The entry of Bulgaria into a state of armed neutrality is, according to the view in government circles, explained by changes which occurred recently in (he political and military situation. Bulgaria has not the slightest ag gressive intention, but is resolved to be armed to defend her rights. Following the example of Holland and Switzer land, Bulgaria is obliged, in view of the movement of troops effected by her neighbors and the danger threatening her from the fact of the Austro-German offensive against Serbia, to proclaim armed neutrality, while continuing con versations with the representatives of the two belligerent groups." A telegram from Athens says that mobilization of the Greek forces is pro ceeding rapidly and that the people, while bewildered by the kaleidoscope of events, appear to welcome the prospect of war as a relief from uncertainty. It is assumed that Greece will resist any aggressive action that Bulgaria may take. STRIKE . OF 40,000 NEAR Chicago Police Prepare for Emer gencies Tomorrow. CHICAGO, Sept. 25. Chief of Police Healy late today ordered all police furloughs canceled and summoned his chief assistants to lay plans for emer gencies in anticipation of a strike of 40,000 garment-workers Monday. Leaders of the garment-workers, who are members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of Chicago, declared tonight that a strike was inevitable and would be called at noon Monday Labor leaders contended that the strike, if called, would affect all mem bers of the organization in the United States. DEFENSES TO BE TESTED Maneuvers for Trying Out Coast Forts Set for Next Week. NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 25. Maneu vers trying out the coast defenses at New York, New London and Boston will be carried out next month between the fortB and four divisions of destroy ers, it was learned today. While the details were not made pub lic, it is believed one object of the drills will be the testing of the effi ciency of searchlights and determina tion of ranges. GERMAN LOAN IS PLEASING Assertion Made That Financial Strength Exceeds England's. BERLIN, Sept. 25. In referring to the success of the new German war loan, the Berliner Tageblatt, according to the Overseas News Agency, refers to the loan as a proof of Germany's strength and thoroughgoing organiza tion. 'England," it says, "the only land called upon to give a similar proof of financial strength, failed to equal Ger- JAMAICA SWEPT BY GALE Storm in Outlying Districts Be lieved Intense. KINGSTON", Jamaica, Sept. 25. High erales have prevailed in Kingston dur ing the past 24 hours, and it is be lieved the storm in the outlying dis tricts must be one of considerable in tensity, as most of these districts were cut off from telegraphic communica tion with this city. SOME LEADING ITEMS IN THE PAST WEEK'S ADAM OVCJE COUPLE CONFESSED s w i ULIUL Plot Said to Extend Over Three States. MORE ARRESTS TO FOLLOW Mr. and Mrs. Burright Get "Third Degree" in Oakland. SILENCE AT LAST BROKEN 'Trusf Said io Have Had Agents in Every Important City on Pa cific Coast; Portland Po lice Are Borne Out. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept. 25. (Special.) Admission forced from Charles L. Burright and his wife, Jean Burright, held by the Oakland police on charges of arson, probably will result in arrests here and in other cities of the Pacific Coast states, according to Captain of Detectives Petersen. For two days detectives have been sweating the prisoners and have broken through their silence. The confessions are said by Petersen to connect the Burrights with an alleged arson gang nidi nas operated for years in fornia, Washington and Oregon. Call- More Arrests Probable. Petersen, however, will not give a detailed account of the story told by the prisoners, saying it would spoil his chances of making arrests and getting in touch with persons men tioned by them. The alleged "arson trust," It Is indi cated, consisted of more than half a dozen persons and it had agents in every city of importance on the Coast. Petersen says that statements made by Burright bear out the contention of the Portland police that Sanford W. Currier is head of a gang. In his dealings with the Burrights, according to Petersen. Currier acted . independ ently or nis particular organization. Attorney Kept From Clients. All' day the police have been inter viewing persons from Contra Costa County who tl.ey think may throw light on the case. Attorney E. J. Wildgrube, counsel for the Burrights, tried to see his clients last night but was prevented by the police. Accompanying Wildgrube was James Barnaman, of Richmond, father of Mrs. Burright. He. also, was not al lowed to see the prisoners. Suits for damages against the police were threat ened by them. The Burrights are held on the spe cific charge of setting fire to a house at Crumbull street and Fifty-fifth ave nue, December 13 last. The pair are said to have tried' to collect Insurance from the Home Insurance Company. The Burrights are held in default of $8000 bail each. PORTLAND FIUES MKNTIONKD Burright Named in Confessions to "Arson Syndicate." Lester Burright, who Is reported to have confessed to arson charges in Oakland yesterday, has been men tioned In at least one Portland fire by some of the various confessions now in the possession of District Attorney Evans. Burright, with James Barniman, a wealthy merchant of Richmond, Cal., was implicated by at least two confes sions in the burning of a house at Fir land station five years ago. His name has been frequently mentioned in the confessions as one who was promi nent in the coast-wide "arson syndi cate," of which Sanford W. Currier, (Concluded on Page 7. Column 1.) a- ARSON XX I I' 9 I L- I II -Z- --r-c J 7. V M m i I X J "V .C INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. ESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 73 degrees; minimum, 0 degrees. TODAY'S Increasing cloudiness followed by Hhowers, cooler, westerly winds. War. Allies bey in prcat offensive in west. Sec tion 1, rage 1. Germans pressing' on toward Hvinek, Rus sians winning In South and Soutbwest. Section 1. pae 5. Turks exterminating Armenians. Section 1, page G. Carolyn Wilson says Americans Jn Paris want their nation to get into- war. Sec tion 1, page 6. National. Secretary Lane defends leasing system. Sec tion 1, page 6. Vienna to be told ca 1 I'm sr Dumba home "on leave will not satisfy United States. Section 3 , pag. 7. Domestic. Stefansson tells own story of discovery of new land. Section 1. page 1. Popularity of zone attractions waxes and wanes. Section 1, page i:t. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., shows serious pur pose in Colorado. Section 1. pagu o. Couplo arrested in Oakland, Cal., said to have confessed to work of "aron trust." Seciion J, page 1. Eighteen lawyers and land agents indicted by Federal grand jury on Oregon land fraud charges. Section 1, page 7. New York subway collapses again. Section 1. Page 7- Mexico. Raiders not to be pursuea into Mexico pend ing further Inquiry by Washington. Sec tion 1, page 2. Millionaire rancher routs bandits near bor der, killing two, wounding others. Sec tion 1, page 2. Sports., Pacific Coast League results: Portland 3-11. San Francisco 10-0; Oakland i. Los An geles 1; Salt Lake 3-2, Vernon 0-1. Sec tion '2. page 2. Multnomah Club defeats University of Ore gon 3 0 to 7. Section 2, page 1. John S. Barnes, who will promote Rose City Athletic Club, has wide experience. Sec tion '2, page 6. Walter Carlisle gets five-day notice of re lease. Section '2. page 'A. Lincoln and Astoria high schools play score less tie. Section '2t page 5. Phillies win and send Cubs back to cellar. Section '2, page Foster, of Red Sox, holds St. Louis to four hits. Section -, page 2. Pat Moran cinches pennant for Quakers at first attempt, using other teams castoffs. Section '2. page 5. Ty Cobb now leading American League in four departments. Section '2, page 4. Manager of Seals Is near first victory in five races. Section '2, page Aggie Hope hangs as squad grinds on. Sec lion '2, page 4. Gun Club shoot opens at Jenne Station to day. Section page 0. Les Darcy may come to America to seek middleweight crown. Section '2, page Spider Baum is at top of heap among Coast League pitchers. Section 2, page 3. Lefty Williams is king of Coast's strikeout pitchers. Section 2t page 3. , WashinRton is doped to beat California, ap proximately '20 to 0. Section '2. page 4. Portland anglers -make good records. Sec tion '2, pU& "4. Pacific Northwest. E. H. Dewey, Nam pa. refuses to try for Idaho Governorship. Section 3, page i. Washington levy for 1916 seven milli. Sec tion 1, page 8. " Political pot boiiing In Washington. Section 1. page 0. Arrow rock dam completed and Idaho to cel ebrate October 4. Section 1, page 10. Trainmen unable to identify holdup suspect at Oregon City. Section 1. page 14. Methodist insurgents elect delegates to gen eral conference. Section 1, page 8- Kelno crowds CowIItE Fair on last day. Sec tion 1, page 10. Eastern elevens or "big. four" win handily against minor teams. Section page o. Real Estate and Building. Sale of 30,000 home of Mrs. W. A. Gordon is realty fv-ature. Section 4, page 8. Sites offered free If factories build here. Section 4, page 8. Assessor asks aid of realty men in fixing true valuations. Section 4, page S. Automobile und Roads. Paved Columbia. Itiver Highway open for motorists. Section 4, page 0. Agricultural Department bulletin cites brick road advantages. Section 4. page 7. Commercial and Marine. Grain bag season ends with surplus Instead of shortage. Section '2. page li. Free selling of wheat at Chicago on bearish estimates of Winter cro. Section page IS. Best railway stocks is In strong demand at higher prices Section page 3.". Increasing proportion of demand for steel is for export. Section '2, page 15. Several shiju coming to Portland not pre viously reported. Section . page 10. Portland and Vicinity. School Board gives out proposed plan for high school voiuntecr cadet battalion. Section 1, ' page IS. Dahlia Show closes after big success. Sec tion 1, page 10. Firemen's Band is cheered on streets of Portland, visitors are entertained. Sec tion 1, page 10. Visiting delegation of Eastern stationers is entertained in Portland. Section 1, page 16. Julius Maier Is chosen chairman of good 9 roads day at State Fair. Section 1, page 34. Display of children's work on extensive scale planned. Section 3, page 34. Petitions soon will be circulated to extend Stark-street project. Section 3, page 10. Reed College courses ' In business adminis tration outlined. Section 1, page 31. Great display of land products and manu factures is promised for Fall exposition. " Section 1, page 3-. City budgets show effort at economy. Sec tion J. page 11. NEWS ARE GIVEN FLEETING NOTICE BY CARTOONIST REYNOLDS. rew'idc7rtiV olj STEFANSSON TELLS F Perils of .Thin Ice Are Braved in North. NEW DISCOVERY ETENSIVEX Hundred Miles of Coast, and Mountains Beyond Are Seen. FORMAL POSSESSION TAKEN Explorer Plans Now to Strike North west in Contiiiulii; Work and to Cross Seas on Sleds in Spring of 19 1. Vllhjalmur Stefansson. commanding the Canadian Arctic expedition, in tha subjoining narrative, sent to the New York Times, announces the discovery of new land In the Arctic. It is the first word written by the explorer htm elf since April 7. 1014. when his sup porting party turned back and left Mm to continue with three companions his Journey over the ice. Great anxiety had been felt for Mr. Stefansson. and In many quarters he has been given up for lost. Mr. Stefansson places the new land at 77 degrees 43 minutes north latitude and 113 degrees 43 minutes west longi tude. In his narrative Mr. Stefansson begins with the ice work of the Spring of this year, und leads quickly to the an nouncement of his discovery. BY VILHJALMCB STEnvnv iC! 1U1,P- by the, New Vork 'Times i .-iyrigniea in Canada, ublished by arrancement with the Times. uuivoniiij itM-A.-s jj, Aug. 22. (Via iome. Alaska, Sept. 16.) The ice uar ty this year consisted of Storkensen. -inoreasen. and Thompsen. all Norwe gians except myself. We left the base at Cape Kellett in the first part of reDruary with nine others. On Feb ruary 21. through the accidental spill ing of fuel oil. I had to send a sled from Cape Alfred back to Kellett for more oil and waited for them there until April 5. l.ate Mart la Made. We finally left Cape Alfred much too '.ate in the season on account of our too southerly base, 200 miles within the area explored last year, and pro ceeded in a direction between the north and northwest. On account of sore fooied dogs, thick fogs and soft snow among the pressure ice. and much open water, we had reachdd by April 26 only north latitude 75 degrees from a point eight miles from the shore. Here the sea depth ranged from 300 to 400 meters. We traveled much on ice five inches thick, and once would have lost one of our two sleds and the belter dog team had the .ice broken 10 feet sooner than it did. The sled went down after our last dog reached the strong ice on the far side of the lead, and we finally got the sled and the load, although they were soaking wet. Journey Made in Thin Ice. On one day we crossed a 20-mile expanse of ice, none of it over eight inches thick, but safe so long as no wind or current moved the ice or broke it into small pieces. At north latitude 76 degrees 20 minutes, between May X and 6, we drifted 11 miles south and 13 miles west and there was so much open water that we could make little progress, for it took us three hours to ferry across a 500-yard wide lead. We made the jdurney on rafts improvised by passing tarpaulins under the sleds and lashir.g them on the sides. Such a raft carries.' 1000 pounds when thi water is not rough and less if there is a rough wind. The 13 dogs were especially troublesome. The weather was getting warmer fast, and the ice was broken in small pieces with ater or mashed up ice between. ( Continued on Page r.. Column 1. - j& ' - ; OWN STORY 0 WORK Saturday's War Moves THAT the long-expected "drive" by the Anglo-French allies on the western front has begun is indicated by dispatches from London. Paris and Berlin. The Paris report says that gains have been made. Berlin declares the allies have suffered heavily. The offensive was r "ltd by an intense artillery bombardment lasting r.0 hours. tierce hand-to-hand fighting ensued at many points. The battle tide on the eastern front seems to be swinging more with the Russians except in the north, where 1 Dvinsk Js under heavy attack, with the Germans making headway in their drive on this fortified city on the Dvlna. Stubborn battles were in progress when, the latest official statements were issued, for important positions both north and south of the Niemen, in cluding the important railroad junc tions at Baranovichi, about 75 miles southwest of Minsk, and Molodechno. about 60 miles to the northwest of that city. In the southern-central districts around Pinsk and in Volhynia and Galicia the Russian arms appear in the ascendancy, for the present at least. With Lutsk again in their possession they have Dubno to recapture to com plete the reclaiming of the Volhynian fortress triangle, of which Rovno has been held throughout. Fruits of the recent Russian suc cesses in Galicia and Volhynia are re ported in the passage through Kiev be tween September 2 and 20 of 45.000 Aus trian prisoners on their way to interior camps. Neither the chancellories of the entente allies nor the Turkish War Of fice report recent happenings of mo ment in the Dardanelles. The latest statement from Constantinople records minor success for the Turks near Ana farta and Zeddul Bahr, on the Gallipoli peninsula. The situation in the Balkans is devel oping with considerable celerity. The Bulgarian mobilization, as well as the Greek, is proceeding, and Athens an nounces that King Constantine an.! Premier Venizelos have reached a com plete agreement as to the course "f Greece. This is understood in the Greek capital to provide for the maintenance of Greece's treaty obligations. The treaty which Greece and Serbia signed after the second Balkan war is said to cai! for Greek assistance to Serbia should Serbia be attacked by Bulgaria. As regards the Bulgarian interna! situation, it is declared in Sofia dis patches, through Berlin. that the threatened split in the cabinet has been averted, the opposition leaders declar ing themselves ready to support Pre mier Radoslavoff's policy. Berlin dispatches say that both the Greek and Bulgarian mobilizations are considered there as measures to bring about armed neutrality, similar to that of Holland and Switzerland. German newspapers express resent ment at the attitude of Roumania, which is regarded as far from friendly to the central powers. September 1014. Germans rush men into Fast Prussia. Battle in France goes on along en tire line. Sayville wirelees station has permit to operate with Germany. Toronto troops leave for war zone. Work of relief of Americans in war zone about ended. Germans prepare siege of Antwerp. DRY LAW COST DATA ASKED District Attorneys to Make Esti mates on Enforcing Prohibition. bALEM, Or.. Sept. 5. .(Special.) Suggestion that all District Attorneys in the state prepare an estimate of the cost of enforcing the prohibition act in their respective counties, for inclu sion in the budget of the County Courts, is made by Attorney - General Brown in a letter to them sent out to day. "Of course," advises Mr. Brown, "lawful expense created by your office by virtue of the terms of section 25 of chapter 41. laws of 1915, would be a lawful charge against your county, whether the estimate be included in the county budget-'or otherwise, but u would be better county business to make the estimate and include it in the budget provided for by chapter "3!. laws of 1913." ) . CHAMPIONS ANEW CLOSE BIG R00ND0P Pendleton Boy Crowned King of Busters. NEZ PERCE INDIANS BESTED Lee Caldwell, Tried Out Thrice, Makes Good. THRILLING IS EXHIBITION Sensational Hides by Trio Long Mill He Keiiicmbered by Crowds AVhicli Witnessed l'inule of Circat Attraction. PKXUL.KTO.V Or.. Sept. 25. (Spe cial.) New world's champions were made at the Roundup park this after noon, and Pendleton's sixth nationally famed frontier exhibition came to a close with a fitting climax just as dusk dropped its curtain over the big arena when L.ee Calowell. of Pendleton, was crowned king of all broncho busters. Caldwell had to ride in the finals three of the worst bucking horses ever saddled for such an exhibition to prove his supremacy over Yakima Canutt. of Pomeroy, Wash., and Jack son Sundown, of the Nez Perce Indian reservation, and he did it in a fashion to prove his title indisputably. Caldwell rode Two Step, a breathing tornado, in the semi-finals. It was & great ride with the cowboy scratching hard from the first jump. He drew L,ong Tom, old king of the Roundup, buckers, as his first mount in the finals. On this equine devil he made another brilliant ride, scratching all tha wa y. Judges Not Satisfied. Sundown and Canutt had made sen sational rides, and although Caldwell's horsemanship was perfect, the judges were not satisfied with Long Tort's misbehavior. Caldwell was given another horse. Me got Spitball, another notorious brute but again the horse failed to show its expected form and Caldwell rode him out, raking him all the way. He was ordered to make a third trial on T. J. Nutt and then the crowd was treated to a rare exhibition of bucking in which the rider proved master. Canutt won his chance in the finals, ridiivg Smithy, until his cinch broke and the saddle slipped over the horse's head, pitching the rider headlong and bringing the animal to the ground. Canutt was given a second mount and made another sensational ride, going over the fence with his horse like a blister on its back. The Idaho Indian, Sundown, made the most spectacular ride of the day on Culdesac. being so Intent on his work that he failed to hear the timer's gun announcing his conquest of the brute and rode a full minute longer beforo the gun was fired agai n. (randsttnnd 1 Divided. The grandstand and bleachers were divided between Sundown and Caldwell for first place, and the Judges were un decided between Caldwell and Canutt until Caldwell had been given his third horse. Sundown failed to scratch his horse as vigorously as the two other riders, which gave them an advantage In the judging and Canutt was awarded second place. Fifteen of the best riders in the world competed in the semi-finals of the championship bucking contest. Picked from the contestants in the Thursday and Friday afternoon and the Friday morning contests, they rep resented the best in the viewpoint of the judges. There were many other good rides made, but those put up by Concluded on rase S, Column 2.)