VOL, XIII. NO. 158. THEGERBflANS Strong French Fortress Sur renders to Germans, Who Take Four Generals, 40,- 000 French Troops and 4Uu uannon. DESPERATE RESISTANCE OF FRENCH UNAVAILING "Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Hessen Is Included Among ' Wounded; German Trains Are Running Into France, Says Berlin. By Karl H. von Wlegand. Berlin, Sept. 9. (By wireless via Sayville) The capture of Maubeuge by the Germans wac announced by the war office here today. The prisoners taken, it was stated, included four French generals and 40,000 troops. Four hundred cannon also fell into the , Germans' hands. The place was one of France's jinost powerful frontier strong 'holds. It made a long and des Derate resistance. The name of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Iressen was given in the list of wounded. The Germans are inflicting tremen ' dous losses upon the Franco-British allies In the battle now raging: In northeastern France, it was stated today In official government bulla tins issued here. The bulletins' tone ' Indicated, how aver, that the kaiser's advisers are worrlfil by' Rnstan aetfHtleir'Ia the . cast. German, trains were reported run 'nlng: Into France to a point 22 miles south of Sedan. German engineers were said' to be repairing road beds tunnels and bridges and generally perfecting communications with the front as rapidly as possible. BY RUSSIAN ARMY IN POLAND; LOSS HEAVY Germans Included Among the Prisoners; Poland. Is Now Cleared of Teuton' Allies. (Cnlted Pres Leaned Wire.) Trtrograd, Sept. 9. The war office announced tonight that General Xlouszky's Russian forces !n Poland had crushed the Austrian armies un der Generals Dankl and Von Auffen , berg. It was statM that large numbers of prisoners were .taken. Including many Germans, from which it was Inferred that the Austrlans had been rein forced, and that the Russians had beaten the original Austrian armies and the reinforcements as weQl. y Rousiky's troops f ronv Rawaruska, according to the war office's account, attacked the Austrlans' right flank. and another Russian force -from War saw assailed their rear. The battle was said to have begun Sunday and continued until today, when 1t ended in an overwhelming Muscovite victory. The Austrlans were declared to be fleeing, abandoning much artillery and ammunition, and the capture by the Russians of three regimental stand ards was claimed. Kxplalning that the Austrlans fell into a trap, the war office declared: .Russian Poland Is now clear of the enemy." , Russian losses were admittedly ' heavy. I . "The Austrlans were forced to give battle while in retreat,' said General Rouaaky In his official report; "our cavalry cutting great gaps in their tear guard. t "When they halted to repel this at tack the Russian force, which recently captured lumber?, attacked them, from the south. "The Russians gallantly carried their entrenchments at the point of the bayonet. "It was a glorious victory." . Thanks and Reward 7 : For Canal Builders , Washington, Sept. 9. TAe bouse passed the bill extending the thanks cf congress to the chief builders of - the Panama canal. Including Colonel Goethals, Colonel Gorgaa and Com mander Rosseau. Congress authorised the promotion on retirement of Colonel Goethals and Burgeon General Gorgas to major gen eral ships, and of oth er Panama canal officials one grade. In - recognition of ineir services. :;, . ' -T''.:-, -a-,-.- AUSTINS CRUSHED AMERICAN RED CROSS VttJUl y; fct-VV'ryy rys r t;f- : : vs'T'T- -r Xf My-; HvcC- iv. h f' &A 'v-'Jif v- tylP rfev;wf - jf t -- - - , , , r,Tr K - -t T f ! FU !vN ?- v -K- t HO'w iT 'i twwhWiMiMWsa I 'Vgjfji i gV4'J;J FALL OF MAUBEUGE IS F OF DANGER OF French Lose an Entire Army Corps, Making Up for Ger man's Heavier Losses, By J. W.' T. Mason. (Former London Correspondent for the United Press.) New, York, Sept. 9. The fall of Maubeuge indicates what traps en trenched, camps are, and testifies to the allies' wisdom in leaving the La Fere-Laon-Rhelms defenses unguard ed when it became necessary for the first army to retreat. Maubeuge is one of the strongest fortified centers In France, guarded by outer and inner rings of detached forts. Its capture Is what the Ger mans have hoped for since the war began. On a small scale It Is a re production of the grand climax aimed at by German strategy. The fortress was defended by the allies involuntarily. ; During the re treat from Belgium part of the Brit ish expedition and a French force were cut off from the allies main body and compelled to take refuge at Maubeuge or surrender, sought the protection of the great entrenched camp on the Samhre. Bombarded for Two Weeks. It required a fortnight's bombard ment by Germany's siege guns to force a capitulation. The same disaster would now be in process of duplication elsewhere rf the allies had not seen the danger of placing too much reliance on their per manent fortifications. Fortunately for them, Maubeuge stands alone as a demonstration of the reason why the French general staff appears more afraid of Its own permanent defenses than of the Ger man troops. Maubeuge s surrender must mean that the German guns battered the forts to fragments. The loss to the allies, if German figures: are correct, totals an army corps. - This goes some way toward reducing the inequality of the Ger mans' heavy losses during the advance on Paris. It also means the release for operations at the front of the German besiegers, and the kaiser may gain in this way two army corps at the present critical moment, with the allies endeavoring to assume the of fensive east of Paris. Battle Idas 225 Kllas Kong-. The disposition of both the allies'! and the Germans lines is most com plex. Their fronts extend along a 225 mile undulating line, which, if drawn straight, would be 1B0 miles long. r Paris is at the west end of this line, and the Lorraine frontier, behind Nancy, is at . the eastern end. That is to say, the Una is approxi mately that of the Hudson river be tween Albany and New YorK city. ' That the German right wing has been thrown back there can be no doubt, and suggestions to the effect that the repulse can be felt 80 ; miles to the rearward, at Amiens, gives a measure of importance of the allies' success at that point. -1 : ARGENTINA LEADS -WORLD f Buenos Aires. Sept. congres sional investigation revealed 11,000,- OOfr graft m construction ot Argentina's inew capiuLi,yX'-3"1rH'"H'"7;''-iir:--:;'' RO ENTRENCHED" CAMPS PORTLAND, OREGON, NURSES AND THE SHIP American Bed Cross nurses and' surgeons photographed on the deck of the steamship Red Cross tn New York harbor. Left to right Miss Helen Scott Hay, supervising nurse; Miss Jane Delano, president of the American Bed Cross, and Major Robert Paterson, in charge of the corps of surgeons and nurses. f Steamship Bed Cross, formerly the Hamburg-American liner Hamburg. Some delay has been experi enced in starting this expedition.. British objection has been lodged that although the new officers are American, the same crew is aboard as when she was a German vessel. MAP SHOWIEL GERMANS QUIT ALSACE Basel, Switzerland, Sept. 9. The Germans were reported her today to nave evacuated upper Al sace completely, the troops being needed to oppose the Russians "in East Prussia. , , j. '.. I. . .'. f MINTS LAYER CAPTURED London, Sept. 9. A British gun boat hag 1 captured a German mine layer with, 2 00 mines on board, the admiralty announced today. Where the capture occurred was kept s SAYS BERLIN GRIEF-STRICKEN v; Bordeaux, Sept. S.-t-"Despite the efforts of the kaiser's government to stimulate wart enthusiasm t by news :. of German i'Tlctoriealf,i said . . . . . ; ; , . FORGES 'ftWEivSi rJ- S GOURNAK w (BRETEUlU; NOYOJJT Sn . &ERrtA,fM ARMV C JfifiHnAiU C3 FRENCH ArtMV, WEDNESDAY EVENING, THAT WILL CARRY THEM TO CARE FOR THE WOUNDED ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE IN FRANCE" Theophile Delcasse, ol the French, cabinet, here today, ' "Berlin and the people of Germany generally are plunged in grief. ; Business is prostrated; the cost of living is rising." ". JAPAN PASSES WAR BUDGET Tokio, Sept 9. Following the low1 branch' of the Japanese par liament's example, the upper bouse today, passed the .government's 126,500,000 war budget by a unan imous vote. . ':'z . i. - -..i. ;'-."-c. v-" AUSTRO-FRENCH AIR BATTLE SRome, ;.Sept. 9..rr An . Austrian aeroplane carrying " a light machine gUtt4todar attacked two -French hydro-aeroplanes which.", had as cended ; from.-Antlvarl, Montenegro, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914. SIXTEEN PAGES. on a scouting, expedition, but the Frenchmen escaped. The Aus trlans were mining Cattaro harbor. TURKISH MUTINY RUMORED London,' Sept. 9. The mutiny of ' Turkish troops at Adrianople was reported in a news agency dispatch received here today from Bucharest. f A widespread famine was feared. SINK GERMAN VESSELS Paris, Sept. 9. The French cruisers Conde and . Descartes, co operating ' with" a British cruiser, have sunk two big German mer chant" steamships In the Atlantic, according to , Fournier's . news agency today. : The names of the were not dirnlffe AVIATORS FIGHT IN MID-AIR IN A TERRIFIC EFFORT TO ANNIHILATE RIVALS; GERMANS CAUGHr6ETlEraElHTISf "I Know How a Bird Feels With an Eagle Swooping Upon It," Says' Sergeant Werner of German Corps,. Telling of Thrilling Fight in the Skies, B7 Karl H. von Wiegand. Berlin, via The Hague, Sept. 9. At Liege, before I returned here, I saw the chief actor In the first actual "battle In the air." Sergeant Werner, of the German army aviation corps, who piloted Lieutenant von Heidsen on his flight over Paris. "The men who hold the reserved seats in the theatre of this war and who see the battles- as not even the generals see them," said Werner, "are the aviators. "I owe it to Providence that I am alive today. "I received orders to locate the Brit ish forces and to learn their exact line of battle. "Accompanied by Lieutenant Ton Heidsen, an expert observer, I mads a monoplane aaoent and headed south toward Paris. Map British Positions. The Sunday before we had flown over Paris, where we dropped three bombs. On this later trip, however, we flew south from Mons, foUowlng a broad road, passed the edge-of a magnificent forest In which 40.000 of the country's Inhabitants had taken refuge, soared over the British head quarters, locating the positions of the commander In chief and his staff, made maps of these positions, crossed to the WILSON, SAYS REPORT !E But the President Has Re ceived No Message About Alleged Dum Dum Bullets. (United Press Leased Wire.) London, Sept. 9. The kaiser has ca bled to President "Wilson, it was stated In & Copenhagen dispatch received by the Chronicle today, protesting against the alleged use of dum dum bullets by British troops on the continent. It was stated his majesty's message also denounced in general the : Bel gians participation in the war, and de clared the Germans were compelled to act drastically against them on ac count of atrocities they perpetrated against the Qermans. For the destruction ox Lou vain he was quoted as expressing regret.': No Message at White House. Washington, Sept. 9. Tha cablegram reported to hav been sent to presi dent. Wilson by Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger many protesting against the alleged use v of dam ' dum bullets by British troops In Franca "had not reached . the Whits Housa up to noon today. - .- KAISER HAS CABLED FROM DANISH SOURC French position and located the artil lery, which was masked. Von Heid sen roughly sketched everything. "Suddenly he pressed my arm and pointed upward. "We were then nearly 6000 feet high. English Biplane Olves Chase. "Looking where Von Heidsen point ed, I saw, 1000 feet above us, a bltf Bristol biplane, speeding toward us. "It was evidently swifter than our monoplane. "I tried to climb, realising that the biplane would drop a bomb as soon as It was directly above and destroy us. "But I failed. X could not reach the biplane's level. "Soon It was directly overhead. "I was not afraid, but It was a mo ment of suspense such as to take years out of one's life. "The biplane's speed was regulated so as just to keep pace with us as it swept lower and lower. - 1 "I learned then how a bird feels Concluded OB Pafe Two. Column Od. ) BILL IS PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT, SENATORS Measure Would Eliminate $15,000,000', Giving to tbe Columbia $1,000,000. (Waabtngtoo Bureau of The Journal.) asnington, Sept. 9. As a result of a conference between tho president and several senators today. It is re ported a new rivers and harbors bill will be brought in, eliminating about $15,000,000,, including 15,000,000 for the Columbia river continuing contract. but leavlag $1,003,000 for the Columbia. tho president denied that ho would veto tho present bill if it came to him, but said he thought soma projects might Judiciously - be eliminated. The plan would be to reenact tho Columbia S5.000.900 item next year. Senator Chamberlain, , being asked about the probability of a new bill be ing brought in, said there has baen soma discussion of the subject among Democratic senators and that It is poa- sime tne out wui oe trimmed down. "The chief of engineers." h aiL -thinks that In view of tho fact that tho season is nearly over, tho amounts appropriated In 'the bill can bo mate rially reaucea. , snoma this be done. there'll , be a reduction -. all . along tho line. 1 don t know wnetner tho Orea-on items will bo cat-i The whole matter Is tentaUve. ' We haven't taken it" up NEW RIVERS HARBORS wita tne Totner siao at au yet- PRICB TWO CENTS. VtESAV&Zl ALLIES II German Right Wing Reported. to Be in Complete Retreat, the Effects of Which Are f Being Felt as Far North as; Amiens. ALLIES' CENTERIHOLDS, ; DESPITE FIERCE ATTACK British Leap Over Trenches to Follow Up Fleeing Ger mans, Who Leave Bodies Piled in Fields Marking the Line of Retreat U nltwl Prw Leaoed Wire.) Bordeaux, Sept. y. The. French war office here issued the following statement this aft ernoon : "The general battle between the allies and the Germans, be gun Sunday in the territory northeast of Paris and toward the eastern frontier, continues, with French successes reported, in the main. "The German attack on the French right wing has weak ened for the first time, and the! French wing is now reported ad-' vancing. "The. Paris cfefense -army, co operating with the French a'nd British field forces, is engaged with the Germans near the river Ourc;. The allies have gained a decisive victory in this quar ter, pressing the Germans far "Severe fighting is in progress in the vicinities of Sezanne and V'i'try !e Francois, a point to ward whicli the Germans have soured heavy reinforcements in in effort to break the French me. - - Maubeuge Holds Out. "The French artillery is un usually effective and the strength of the German assault has been so far broken that thr French are- able to charge and drive the Germans noon their uwn reserve lines. ! "The defense of Maubeujre continues heroically aeain'st strong German forces provided wun neavy siege guns. The statement concerning Maubeuge was in direct contradiction of the Ger man claim, of which news was re ceived here through British sources. iu me euect mat me Maubeuge for tifications had fallen, and that with them the Germans had taken in Ann prisoners. It could not b? learned whath war office intended- its statement as a denial of the German story or If Eemn naa later information, than Bordeaux. Allies' Strategy Snooaods. Shortly aftr the statement's an. pearance War Minister Mlllerand de clared that the kaiser's offense was oroaen ana mat tne allies themselves were on the aggressive. ftnr.i Joffre' strategy having baen suc cessful everywhere. The allies, after damaging the Mmv enormously during his advance, llll- ierana conunuea, nnany withdrew to a previously chosen lino and ran battle. This fight, he said, was still contin. ulng, much to the allies advantage. uermans a.re xxnaosted. The Germans are exhausted, the war (Conclul4 on Pasa Vive. Column One.) ITEMS "Roll top desk, cost 1131; sso- lifice, $50." Class. 1. "A $28 Buck heater for $11; A-1 condition; coal or wood." Class. 5. .i , j $26 6 room furnished noo. furnace, fireplaoo, lawn. - roses; newly painted, clean." Class. SI. "Dog wanted. 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