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$ r I. S- J ., SKH 5 lAY Dl UAY I Facts German Mobilization takes the Palm. A nillllnry export wrltvs as lows. fol- I tlio oxlslonco of wlilch wns J nrJIi known nli.oad. Each soldier llnul At the ond of tho first wcok of now shoos, now ittidorclotl.liiK. rr moblllnillmi tlio Gorman chlof of colvctl IiIb wiltton liiHtriiotl.ons wlin staff, Gonornl von Moltko, nnnotiurad 'train to take nntl wlint sout to nr-i'tiny to tlio country that not a hitch had Pood for tho Journoy wns xlvun t occurrod; not ovon a single Inquiry him, and when his train runclioJ cot for further Instructions, or a com- tain stations hot drinks wore sorvod plaint, had been rorolvcd nt Benornl to him. Mo 1 at no thinking to do staff ljcaJniiai'tors For sovon days only to icad his ordor. four million men had been tttrnliiB And yet this inciodlhly offlclon' soldiers, a poncoful nation wns be- machlno. whatevor the final outoonu '''lug transformed Into ono u nrms, and has failed to accomplish Its purpose not In tho slightest detail bad it tip- it Ins neither taken I'arls nor sur ponrcd that anything had' gone inunded tho allied armies with n rln wrong. of stool, nor held Its gioiind li At tho ond of tho socond week tho Fiance. Tho policy of blood an 1 Iroi lecord wns the snmo; tho operation has Tor the present been blocked; (W wng complete. Millions of mon had tho first tlmo In 101 yonrs a great joined their commands and long plan- Gorman fnny bns met with n rail ned organizations had sprung Into chock. Tho supremo tost of tho being. 1'aoli man 1 nd, received liln greatest of machines Is now before ur orders, picked up his kit and gono to How will It stand up under defeat? tho front. Will the defects of Its qualities leao" With nil respoct for Russian and to its undoing? It Is n wonderfu French achievements along the same thing to have tho heads of the nincli lino tho palm must bo awarded to the, iuo do nil the thinking and plnntiltip Oormnn thoroughness, for It Hindu and to reduco tho soldiers merely t' posslblo that triumphant march pawns. Hut when tho pnrts of sue1 through Uolglum and France whlc" J a nine' Ine ljegln to crnck and break never stopped until it was seventeen! sometimes It appears t. at the moiv miles from I'arls. perfect tho mnehlno the greater th' Few Americans can approcinto tho damage. For ono thing tho pawn extent of tho advance planning In-1 are not apt to know what to do when volvcd for this mobilization, or the their thinking Is not dono for thorn labor oxponded to keep It up to date. Tho very fact that theirs has boon n Tho French wout to war In tho hlstor- perfect mac' Ino has deprive,! thorn of Ic red trousered uniforms; the der- the experience, acquired In mootlnr mans appeared In tholr grny khaki unforeseen emergencies. PORTUGAL SENDS TROOPS 10 cer, was his pxncf opplnllc Ho rare ly l,r.d a word to say and silent n nsunl, on that day nt Voulpnlx, when wo couldn't make out whence tho et onty's flro was coming ho stood orec upon a wall In tho full flic. Wo pull ed down with n broken let;, hut no boforo he hnd polutod out to us tin enomy. "The eldest of our nontenants wn ilso a roiorvo officer, llo know ev ry llttlo kink of so'dleiing. llo wot equal to every emergency. Ilofon .ve innii'hed out he bellied tho Inoy uorlencod to make tholr wills, lie oo, was toady. I ntn sure, when or t' nt bloodv sixth of Septombor hi' llfo wont out like so many others. "And our cnptaln with tho golden honest hoart and the coiebrated nnnif ho knew every one of the 270 mot intrusted to him. tho circumstance and tho dntv for which every Indlv' dtinl was fitted. Never during tho on tlio campaign and every day with few exceptions wo had our two wnrm monls. For thnt wo bad to thank hit unwearying rare. An 1 then we hat' our baptism of flro from the artil lery we lny unprotected In n wood md could nut stir ho walked up nun down boforo us, calmly puffing his pipe and staking bis life for no nth r purpose, than to give us courage , For him, too, was the bntt'o on thr ' Marue his Inst day. Ills own log broken, and with n gaping, wound In his bronst, he bound up the ead of tho bugler lying bosldo hint and mur mured "poor youngstor, poor young- itor. ' Ho wns burled tho next dnv Tears aro not often shod In the fluid. 'Hit his little hillock was damp." Concerning Fighting Armies' Machinery of Wa. imjMtffiffMfHfiiifffTiimmmf inn i mmimi iiwiwss Ml H fHillMIl! 1JH JL ' MtStl. 4 111 131 r.JCI Hi Hilisfitl'IH lit. 4?1IKWfM XUIiJV l&UMMirm MMm I i ,tlll fit' ! m mmmm musm mms mwm Httrcn mi ma . ua u s ' u mwh i v, i nu'v ,pwvn.wTr 'TYfTiLw7rtwanMi;'fifrirk wili Jim i i&r i ikb .uki i . ' a ' IU UtSIAIIM NfcW AITL hGoTZnVWWWtt miv iitw ITTI WW? :: I. POSESSON VOLUNTEERS EIGHT WELL Tho French "D" bullet Is larger1 than tho Gorman "S." Holh aro pointed, but the "l" tapers off to waid tho loar, while tho "S" oniH abruptly. Either bullot can kill a mnn at a mile and n cymrtor. ."Mixing mncl lnos tiro carried on tho march to supply concrete for anchor-1 Ing morta's. Travollng gas works supply hy drogen for the dirigibles. j Self-propelled machine shops nf ford topnlrs to broken down onglnrn or motors. In tho Inst ten yoars fle'd artillery lms been more markedly Improved, than farming machinery. I At Grnvolotto, In 1S70, lSfi.000 Germans fought on n line five tulles long; nt Vnlu, In the llusso-.lapnneso war, General Kurokl lined up 10,000 in the same length; on the buttle fields In Europe now there are pob ably 1000 to f.000 men to tho mile. In 1S70 one bullot In H7f found Itr mark. During t'ie Uusso-.lnnaitoso war it took 1.053 cartridges to put no .Irputexo soldier out of the fight ing. Millions of cartridges In Europe In the present war have killed and wounded only thousands. Discretion nnd defense have kept pace with flro arms nnd inarksiiiniwlilp. Artillery gunners of today, ctouch od behind steel shields, do not see ' tholr targets. Tho range Is found and ' corjoctod by an officer tit a screened ' (Uy Associated Press to Coos liny Tlmas.) NEW YORK, Oct. If;. Two expeditionary forces of Portugese iroops, for one of which English transport wore used, sailed from Lisbon, September 10 to rein Tom garrisons in Portugese possessions in Africa which ndjoir those of Germany. This was. made known by the Porfu goso (JonsuMieiieral here I'id is the lirst news of tlio in itial military move by Portugal to enter (he war. GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF eSHGHT ATTACK BY GERMANS Nitcliiits I'rmo Stiuiig lliuiitli Ci'iiiiiiii Anjy Now. ol mill elevnted post. ' Guns on the field rnngo from tho three-Inch piece, ilrlng it lli-pound , ' ot three nnd ono-linlf mllos, to tho . Gornir.li S.I howltier, firing a 250-'' pound projectile. t A single field gun may flro 100 rounds a tiny, as In tho lluskn-Jnpnn-' ! oso war. At Mukden .'1000 of these guns weio In position--(Condensed. from Wuldeinitr Kaoinpffort'H paper In Amorlcnu Itevlow of Uevlews. I I FRANCE'S PART IN. WAR COSTS $7,000,000 A DAY ."Minister or Finance Itlbot Itopoilx i Outlay for SKly lnx Is JjiCJll.ddD.IIOII. tnr auij rim c. iui Tim..i ynnif, nwny tIl0 0Wlirg0 tl(koH fro, nnitl.l.V, Oct. IB. Carl Dlotn, our 0vrta.(Hl liliigii ovory last aton Qottornl Scorutnry for tho Olympic 0f hrcmtli. Games, who, as earlier cablftl, kiii, wounded in (ho fighting befora Purls, luis sent to the I.oknl Anzlgr f:om tho. hospital tho following lottor do- scribing a night attack by troops of tlio Guard Coips: The Hilhounttn of ' tho village stHiidH out dark bfoio in and its walls spiny out load and flro. The clwreh spire spits out sparks like a fireworks display piece. Lotus traillfl Of flrn nlnvlnc frnm nvnrv After tho battles near tho village .,, Hll(, ,.,, ollr oflr whu. of Voulpnlx August 29 and 80 our tlos ,, vMn iU ,, ,)f Buo rflgmo.it hnd a rest day. tlten march- We trl, over ,1IlilIB,S(.te(I wlr0 ed Its thirty mllos Soptombor 1 anJ ,,,,, j10H(,long Into a ditch full of the sanio distance Septombor 2. Tho wntor ,,, t0 P,l(lll.,iynnl WR bird day wo aoemd to have caught 0HW artor ,01BO u take ,, thf tho onumy and wore Incessantly on ,,., hoill. af, ,, ,,, , the move until lato at nlg:.t deploying , f,limog tIl(J H1t colltmW and taking ,, varlou- positions. We lliroilCh tho ,., ,, Mvml mw failed to on oh him. however, and boyomli u ,, H,mf-t (,RW M inndo oaniii dlMiipolutoil and utte.ly t, 0 sxIiau8ttJl tr0 C()I!e 0 r08, oxhnustod. The long desired field , fh thmmlvm ,,0W, ,0 k tchons our -goulash ajmuon" a- rfw , ,, wImut , lln ?""!"" t!0M'.hi,,""tw '" ' to un.ll.ig their heav, ponred. steaming deliciouslj. when ,, from Mw,r m(kgi s we got word that the enemy had oc- ,.v,,.a i,u .. . ouplod tho villa,,, of Manmt.x. , few ,.,, lhj J "'J" ,Snt mllos away, and eiitronohod. S vrl ,, .,...-i- -.:..." icv uiviiDToiini I TTjr i lit (H'v, icompanlos of our reglmont wer told "How often ave I laughed to my- "m..flr iiA!lt'.'iOm0 "BB."."'1 Jhv T li youiiwt of our office, nek nnvii.!., i. , "u1: ! ho lHverl hi. naive lecture whu. , d. ''"' 8 ,n thtt ,e nl woiH.ie.1 what n when we tnarcl.ed out. sw.t hg ,,,,, of ,Mirv.lll grow, Unload rifle.!' w. the flr.t com- men flvo to ot, year. hi. seulot .rnaiul. Not a pleasant command for ,uuld havo In real battle for W tho infantryman to tnko tho oart- twenty lr-o.pun.lhle jear.. in tin - ridges from hi. be'ove.1 rifle, now Imttle on the Maine, the irondlnst o! .of no moio iiso to him than a feather the war to dato. I lay woundur until .ho got. bron.t to broa.t with ninotig eomrndp. wl-oee voices wor tho enemy, nut w! at I. the ime already .till and watchod his platoo. ordQrs aro order, and In night fight- l0 t0 action on the left flank. ,' lg this order I. partliiilnily called no 0f I'leneh trendies .pit ") for If comrade is not to .hoot com- from muchlne KUu.. rlflm m.i ...til rmio, and the cartridge, rattle froin leiy and agalu.t It our men charge- , , hi., magazine. , rorwiP(, t0 wpU (,eath A( t o march out tlirmi.h tho still tm,i r. ,.w,.,.. W Cm, ....i . , ". ..... j whuhkkji iiaiiiuuuii' huptuiuhflr nlg'U. the moon lighting, laughing n. usual lod the way in . mir way b,,t lighting it. a. wo'l. ' whirlwind ailvanco by rushes, ti h.r i nn cn,,,,,e ()f dlu'hBS- b,,r"t lwliidlliig miiad following him do ii'tougi, 10 ,le(Ue8 ,, fanpi,g !11(, v()(tt(lly iii)U ho h t(s (o)k Mm k S i'1 St0C1 8l0'Q f " ",()W0,,' "0,lr "oxt ywt lieutenant wa lnN-nn . , 8 ' ulK ,orw,u" "npoimiar owing to hi. .cath4n .4S 9,uIilete Blloiu e Suddonlv when im.mn .iu.Bl.. ...,... .. .. Wnrrn nl.n ... -....-. .....w. . T' .1 nil, BOIiniUIII the brnw ,n ,1,,"1,,e", "n,'3tt ll0n tio. of the men. And yot we all came irfost Tr , 'e h,U U mlM b",l0U ,0 lovo Mm- t,p wb wo soeine.' flTld falrlJ"1 ' K""1 hlgl1, T,la ,0 ,)8 alUI"K ' K'11"' C'HUPOPPO. maudVla " 'H18l"f ke,,rl- Xo vomm UrolIw ou,ll', roUl tongue , lianS. .' : " th 0"0,nj'-',1. wy " scathing, kept us In flcSIoji ? anrt th l',Ml00l, wrg of laughter while otir lltotho. i..Gr.. ". . "" ""'"I aim wiui, Hi oK- Hones .uunir hi !., mii the Iiion eliM.itu fnru'unl .,i,. .,.. i..i. t ..... ... .. -- ........... kuuiuuiii iiuiiua. i (iiw Him, lOO, lUA QtlOIll These (lluumiuiir. ,im. .... n,.. at ,.. .. . ui)weverfniii , . . ' "' v"" i ; aim uuu lUoBWfflfc . K ou Ulu rwu ,,0"i wh,t0 uo'nth tho pines. HJgvillaso itself. It Is 40Q "The third oflfuor a r tn mIjiI I'itm to Cun IHjr TlmM. TIIH HAQUI3, Oct. 10 Whl'o Ger- nan tiowspnpers have Htudloiisly ro mined from' remarks concerning the tttltiido of tho Alsaclans toward tho hostile camps In tl e western theatre f'wur, a Sw as who followed the op- rations of t' o Kreneh and Germans In tho Sandgaii Is uuntoil In the Col gno Gazette as saying: PAItIS, Oct. in. Tho wnr Is cost "Tho French, regularly, during ai , K l-'ranro $7,000,000 n dny. Mliils ngttgomont, bombaril the villages fot i tor r Finance Alexandre Itlbot has1 hoars, innlntnlnliig a terrible flro.j "unouncod that tho outlay for the1 actlcH for which tho Alsaclans havelf'rst 8lty days of the conflict wns coiuo to dislike thorn oxtromely. It! 120,000,000. 's romiirkablo, moroovor, how Gor-f -M- ,lll,t kIvoh an interview to tho1 .nnn the AlsnclniiH havo bocomo of a Tompvon the sltiiallon In tho Hunk iiiddon. Whnt 1 1 yonrs fulled to ac- of I'mnco, which litis not published onipllHji In this respect, a few boms regular statements since the war be ar the Kuropotm wnr hive done. " n Ht'H that on Oct. 1 the "The Alsuclnn serving In tho Gor- ''""k had ?M2. 100,000 In ca.h, which ' man nrmy Is doing hi. duty. With w"8 tJ.500,000 more than It had on he spl'llng or blood camo a fraternal tno ,)V r tlio war. feeling, host oxproMod. perhaps. In "'.oana and discounts,- tho mlnls tho saying: 'Our troop, fought nt ,or r "nciioo II. "mo $805,200, .iicn nnd such a ploco; lost or won OOO.jjn incronse during tho last week at this or that point.' 'Our troops, of $17,500,000. This sIiowh that tho of cour.o, aro the Goriuans, liecnuie ,,1U1, ,inH maAo om discounts and I the Alsaclans and I.orr."lnors havo '-"J10 tt -will mako more. , fouglrt where the righting wn. hot- "T,1) advancos mado to tho govorn tost, and now they aro proud or the ment on 0ct- 1. "ftor two months or sncririce In blood and life they havo tho wnr- roached n20.000.000. Tho . made. cr0t,l, l,n,n!ic" tho satno dnto In tho ' "Something must bo said for tin tioasury was $50,200,000, and there Gnrmnn volunteers. Troy flieht wol5., foro w0 ' 'r from having oxhnust- A few thousand of thotu nrrived Just 0(1 tho nmount provided by our con In time to participate hi tho roar Vf,"tlon with the bank. Hosldos, wo guard action fought by tho Gonnaiis I,nvo Jl,8t ronowod the convention to after the buttle or Thanti. Froah ngKliro V' rosiiiireoii nocossary hi FrpncU troops had boon sent to ninltc tnH0 tho wnr should bo prolonged tho best or tho Gorman retreat. Hu , ''"J'0"'! Ho dnto now fnroaoon. the voluntoers were biavo and the Frenoh had to go buck. W! at thott HARD STRUGGLE AHEAD. young troops lack In training Is ills (Minted hy tholr oagernosa to right, and which .eoms to ucroa.o a. th battle got. moio deeporato. There l much onthuslnsiu In tlio voliiutoeru.' THICKS OF TIIK UiaOIANS. IS LONDON TIMES' VIEW Tliiinilciril S.ijn (eiiiiauy, Itcdiiccd to llefeusi, Will lie u For iiililnhle I'Nie LONDON, Oct. 15. Tho nillltnry export of tho Times says: "llowovor iiiikIi wo mny bond bnok tho Gorman right wing, what- coiiridouco wo havo that tho hurrah" againBi hov Tl? inutr1 frt tu o nv TlinW.J HHItl.IN. Oct. 10. Tho following ver incident In Holgluni Is rolatod to the ;,,0I r tho Hus.l.iv iniiskoa In the I'oillti I.oknl Anzolgor by a niombor p"st will piovo declslvo, wo must ot tho I.andwohr: "Whon wo doslrod ot ontortnln tho slightest illusion to pass tl o night In a cortaln town, regarding tho hnrd and trying con an Inkoepor with unusual f.lond'i 'l'"0" wlilcli awaits all tho alllos noes ofroiod us quarters hr slxt '" tno '"turo In ojioratltig against men. Whon wo Invehtlgntod the,(,0,,"nn' roducod to tho doronslvo .looping quarters tho hay loft wo1 "ormany Is. still united. All hor found blldon doon In tho hay two ,nK,lt ' "mis. all hor arsonsnls aro big wlno bottlos with dyniyiilto and wrklng nt full pressure, llor floot ruse, attochad. Tlberoiipon tho Inn wl" 8trlko wll0 tho hour comos. K-ooper was tlod to a ladder and l'robably In co-operation with tlio guarded by a sentry. Thou for a nrmy ' whole day ho stood up against tho "TllQ I,no of t,in A'8o. whon door of tho o'liroh and In tho ovo-, fo,Tq'1' '""' l,rovo o bo only onoi nlng ho wn. shot. of "'""' 8lmlll" ""ok propnrod In tho roar of It. It may ttiko a very f - ' '-t l"g tlmo for tho nllios to compol I SOl'Tll COOS WVF.U HOAT jGonnntiy to fool a weakness. It SICKVICK I thoioforo dovolvos upon tho allies to rosoryo offl- LAl'NCII KXPKKSS i leases Mni'lifleM every lny f S ti, in. I.o.ue.s lu'iid of ihcr j tit tt p. in, j STHAJIKU ItAI.MtOW j leaves head of rltur dally at 7 I 1 a. in. Leave, .Maishfield tit 'J p in, loi' cliiii'ler apply on board, j j UOtiL'ltS A' SMITH, j Proprietors. look forword to a long war." SODA VILLK MAX SHOT OX TIIK STUKKTS ok THAT CITV ALBANY, Or., Oct. 16. A. II Gibbon, a woll-known rosldont of So davlllo. was shot and fatally wound 01 by W. C. Angel, a Lebanon man Tho shooting took place on tho stroot nt Sodavllle. -,,. F.c,s Hy, Kiigllsl, Try J lt 1 W"" Force SciiiiillniHliuiH to Come i,ln'P HlilpB havo boon .-,1 n,n,,y frmetl'SS added: i, " "'.. UnUW. n,t ni ,. ...... .-. - 'It HllOW, n,,.'.H,n8 "r 'Htl,h. Ut UB L man p.ess, according lo conimiinlca- ""l,!nU ''lmlll ," " . ,et lions received hero, think. Great l.rl, S?nv,nn 8,,U- PirtlcMlarflj! A V tain Is using piessure to Induce Mm mnik tn" v V. for W. r. .. . . . i " MonrA ... -i M-nnu navian countries, particularly ,, of h0BB ""! Deiimurk, to abandon tholr noutrnl-l ,,, ,' h J''V'l'.hns MOVKn , tere.1 ki LU f"e - sssssssajr WHY DESTROY th, ntnimi . PROGRESS OF OREG0 THAT'S AVTrAT. TUB SO-CAILRn ..Av in,Pfl I 1)0 1 10 PA km iflh at mhim xrx',,,..;.,.1 h FALLOT. Win ' -WIIYMAKW IT LlPONKim,KT() urn iiQim ' OR ANY OTLLUI? INDITSTKIAI S PLANTS ON TLB HIVE,, VN MA 2 ' " !!!?D wiiw.,tt,,,(IkopC; 1 T. "WHY CKIPPLKTILI3 DKVELopAlFvni n 1 O HEAT TIAlBBlt RBSOUIJOBS; WHY oUpS p -" --" '.. ' J K II I I m I i' Wttl'llMXT 1 ----- . . . . ., , IA, Vllllllllf i THAT'S WirAT AVrLL TAKE PLACE p Tnr ' PLK VOTE "YES" ON NUMBERS 1128 AXU W. AVliyhK-kuplliolliousandsornrrosorovcMflow lamkli inir iidoii ho niiv l'ii i n whIi.ph .r !.. ji..i ;m i.lionlet flint for ll.o l,,.rif m' p7, ;. "n" h. lIlmil M present gonomlion have some of the Iwnof'iL IVom tliinsiVffi Jndii.sti'ics of all kinds will )0 driven from Oiwon ami k Icndin- mvosloi's will tni-n (heir m-ks upon llicHtaJeifiCS called Wale,' Kmnl bills luvome laws. 'Thai is it 3 t woman and riulri in Oregon will he advciwlv affwtwl f S Oregon needs onlside cnpilnl ( develop its tfi'oat iiatiinl soni'ces but we will ilrivo it away If we pass NiimUw W w .!.)() Oil lw 111 nf II in riivinnmi !....;,.., ll'll,,.,.,,,.,. ..n...i inir..i... i.i ,ni.,i .. .. ii uira mi r.uiuu iviliur I' roill DlllH ai'O paSSl'U l)V tlicp pie, a vast amount of properly will he withdrawn from taxation this Stale and (his great burden will he thrown upon the rest the taxable properly, resulting in a heavy increase in evervbodr taxes. i rl hese bills aro vicious; they are destructive of the vcrrwi illiol'ndu nl' Him CJInl,,. 1w- tmrl'il ii, ....... I.. I............ !..... ' ll The way to defeat them is to WJIc "NO" 1129 and 331. OREGON COMMERCIAL PROTECTIVE ASSOCTATlOXi ; Yooii HmhUny, Porlhuid, Oreijon. Paid Advertisement. Years Ago " ri I all but the shortest journeys were me ured by days-now all but the long-j est ones are measureo Dy nuuio k r Years ago when a man wanted to buy something or liails thing to sell, he told his neighbor and so gradually in tlie , i ...i.a -iini of (lavs bis niessaiie reached perhaps, several poopn wiw , torested in bis proposition. Today when a man wishes to Ml buy or exchange anything, whether it he a house or a j farm or furnitureif ho wants to rent a flat or a room ho W inserts a little Want Ad. In ono day his message is wJ'' 1 fore thousands of poonlo anionir whom there will he just son he is looking for. As the express train lias supphnlod the stage-coach, so Waul Ad has surperseded (he old "word of month" hm1 1 barter sale. Tho Goon Ban Times with its daily circulation of. w jj thin 2000 aopios is pro-omiimtli tho paper to carry !l ': wwyo to (ho paopla of Southam Qrayc ' .!' I i w