J THE 'Competent help - of all kinds can b a WEATHER OlaJpCK Cloudy tonight PImtWm and tomorrow; .UIIIUIMa.. probably rain; v southerly winds: ecured through O an ad In The Jour- TJ'l nai ww eui- y i. umn.. .": jV humidity 90. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10,- 1914. TWENT!Y PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. VtSSrSSn VOL. XIII. NO. 159. 1 0 ss wmm af Tm IE) H7TTD)n7 A Mi; J5MJI BELGIAN CITY OF OSTEND IS REINFORCED BY TROOPS FROM ENGLAND Rumor Heard in Paris That Cracow, Strongest Fortress in Austrian Galicia, Has Been Cap tured by Russians, Who Are Believed to Be Advancing Between Warta and Oder Rivers. FLEEING AUSTRIANS, REINFORCED BY GERMANS, TURN AND GIVE BATTLE Petrograd Announces It Expects Austria to Sue V for Peace in Ten Days One Fourth of Austrian Army Killed, Cap tured or Wounded. (United Press Leased Wire) Paris, Sept. 10. All accounts indicated that the situa tion on the German Russian frontier was becoming more serious for the kaiser hourly. K A report was current that the Russians had taken Cra cow, the strongest fortress in Austrian Galicia, and were advancing across the frontier toward Berlin. Military experts were convinced that an enormous Rus sian force had already entered Germany south of the Warta river, and. was marching toward the kaiser's capital between the Warta and the Oder. V : Russian troops were said to be threatening Breslau. 5 , jUSTRIANS TURJt ON PURSUERS. Petrograd; Sept. 10. -Having been heavily reinforced by German troops, the Austrians, under Generals Dankl and Von Auffenberg, today turned on General Rouszky's pursuing Russians along a line' extending southwest from the vicinity of Rawa Ruska through Sadowa to a point near the River Dniester. ' The line's position today showed that the Austrians had been driven completely from Russian Poland and were fighting in Austrian Galicia. The. Russian plan to sur- ' round and annihilate them evidently had failed, however, through the aid given by the Germans. General Rouslky had also been reinforced. He reported that he' had captured 31 cannon and 12, 000 Austrians, including 150 officers of the Fifth corps and the commander of the Fifteenth division, at Rawa Ruska. The Russian siege, of the Austrian stronghold of Prze- mysl was still in progress. AUSTRIANS LOSE 120,000 MEN. Vienna (via Rome), Sept. 10. That the Austrians had lost 120,000 killed, wounded and missing in recent fidit Ing with the Russians was officially admitted here todav. This represented one fourth of the Austrians whole first line. , . Besides men, the army has lost enormous quantities of supplies and war munitions., . It was learned that Archduke Francis Frederick, the emperors cousin, has assumed personal charge of Aus trian military operations. That the Russian forces in Galicia intend to advance on -Berlin through Silesia was generally believed. Officialdom admitted that Austria's economic plight was serious. EXPECT AUSTRIA TO SUE FOR PEACE. London, Sept. 10. The Russian foreign office expects , tuduia iu auc iui peace wiuun iu uaa, 11 was siaiea in ' messages received today from Petrograd. ' : Announcement that the Austrian first line had lost ' 120,000 was followed by an estimate that more than half n Austria's remaining troops are Slavs, and, as such, friendly T -V- Persistent reports were current this afternoon that Brit- :: ish trpbps, moving southward from the Belgian coastr had Cut Germany's lines of communication between the kai v ser's fighting front in France and its base. . V 1 ROUMANIANS WOULD JOIN RUSSIA ' - s Bucharest, Sept. 1 0. Pro-Russian excitement was in : ; creasing here today. Tt; & t . v , News of. the successes by the czar's troops in Russian Poland and Austrian Galicia: had kindled a 'tremendous amount of warlike enthusiasm, and sentiment was strongly In favor of Roumanian participation in the conflict. ; 4 - The reigning house, pro-Austrian in .its sympathies, was holding back strongly from - such a course, but it . seemed ; uncertain i whether it would be able to stem the ;;4ide of popular feejing. : : r . : v ' : 7 ' : 1 ... ' : -1 J : i : ; ' S277r; : 7 'r97Tntrr UZTnjii. ' ft uU Ufa iWJVi OEffl i-trzJl ir r 1 'c mM'Mai GERMAN GOlUNIGim GUT BY BRITISH TROOPS I BELIEF III PARIS, LONDON General Gallieni Announces "Allies Are Repell ing Germans Everjrwhere," and Says Ger man Right Wing Is Especially Hard Pressed by British Reinforcements Fail to Arrive. GERMANS EXHAUSTED BY RAPID i MARCH AND EFFORT TO BREAK FOES , ' i Copyright by International Newa Service. British marines, who landed In considerable force at Ostend, Belgium, marching through the streets of the famona seaside resort. War Bulletins SUBMARINE IS NEW FACTOR Washington, Sept. 10. "The reported sinking of the British cruiser Pathfinder by a German submarine is a new event in naval history," aid Captain Bristol, Sec retary of the Navy Daniels' aide, this afternoon. "The submarine," he continued, -"was not developed seriously before the Russo-Japan ese war. Attempts , ; to : use ..sub marines lii that war were thwarts- ed." 1 POSITIONS OF GERMANS, AUSTRIANS AND RUSSIAN ARMIES IN EAST PRUSSIA IDZUftlA OFF POINT REYES San Francisco, Sept. 10.--A three f unneled warship, believed to be the Japanese armored cruiser Id- ruma, was sighted off Point Reyes today by marine lookouts. Last week the Idzuma was reported off the northern coast. HOSTS CROSS CANADA New York, Sept. 10. Arrivals here .this afternoon from Canada said that 167,000 British troops, including soldiers from India, Aus tralia and New Zealand, had crossed Canada en route to France. They boarded transports, it was said, at St. Johns. Canadian news papers . have been ' forbidden - to print news ' of the movement of troops. i Cy ' sZftlzii I'ltWH.AUSTRisM , m ' ' 0 MUNICH VIENNA. . - r- V O iv, ' '! 'C Tr- va A Oder river.1 BRITISH WANT BIGGER ARMY J Tate Reports from Paris aj the Russians have taken Krakow and are marching on Berlin along the London, SeptilO. Premier as- quith . today asked parliament to increase the British regular army by 600,000.' -It was believed- it would be done immediately. He Intended to ask for further in creases later, the premier said. If 500,000 proved too few. The initial increase of 500,000, Asquith added, would bring the total establishment 'of regulars and territorials, or volunteers, up to 1,501,838 men. JAPAN TO FOLLOW ENGLAND . London. ' Sept. 10. Assurances were received from Japan today that the mikado would enter into no peace agreement with Germany or Austria-Hungary etcept on terms satisfactory to his ally, Great Brit ain. FREIGHT, BEER, WINE MUST BEAR WAR TAX FOR UNITED STATES i House Ways 'and Means Committee Finally Agrees A Upon Revenue Producers. WAR BEGINS IN AFRICA -Cape Town, Union of South Af rica, Sept. 10. -A strong military I on freight of 3 per cent of its value. force from German ; southwest Af- President Wilson, It was announced. (Cnltrd Ptwar Leaned Wire.) . Washington, Sept 1. -The Demo cratic members of the house ways and means committee -agreed today on a war tax bllL- It increases the tax on beer by 60 cents per barrel, wine 20 cents per barrel, and Imposes a tax rica is entrenched on British ter- flnally accepted the freight tax. Tt wa nRttmatml the heer'tajr would ritory near the boundary. Premier raige j3S.ooo.ooo; - the wine- tax $9,000,- uotna torn tne coiomai parliament ooo, and the freight tax i $65,ooo,ooo. today. He added that troops were! other tax proposals, it. was said, will on their way to dislodge the in-(be dropped. vaders and that all of German Chairman vnaerwoea expectea toin- southwest Africa would be at- .Ki- in k- thmnrh. Th wit tacked. X ' OCEANIC IS WRECKED ; London, Sept. 10.- Details were nnobtainable today of the manner in which the White Star ' liner Oceanic, in service ' as a converted cruiser, reported wrecked off the north Scotch coast, - met Its fate. . The official war news bureau an nounced only 'that 'the rvessel was "a total wreck" without explaining provides for the railroads to collect the freight tax, receiving ; l per cent of the amount collected for expenses. Pcpe Sounds Out Warring Nations Beasdiot XT. Bends $Totes to Ambas sadors as grsllmlnary to Appeal fox , Peaee Austria Xspoxtsd TaToraMs. whether It was driven ashore by har.ent nte. Vo tbVTmbdor. of a storm, stranded by accident or the warring nations, it was learned to destroyed by. the enemy. day. to ascertain their views relative was saved. ' I favorably. 1 ' British Cruiser Not Hurt in Fight Bristol Hot Injured In BaUI With Ger man Cruiser Says Embassy -300,000 British Xavs Enlisted Thas rar. Washington, Sept. lOL. Fiat denial of German reports that the British cruiser Bristol had been; disabled In a fight with an unnamed! German war ship in southern waters 'was voiced here today by officials jof the British embassy. - The London jforelgn Office has forwarded the following cable to the embassy: , I There Is increasing enthusiasm for recruiting in .Great Britain. Three hundred thousand man have joined the regular army since tse war began. The ! eagerness to enlist has I grown mark edly since British troops! have actually been engaged with the enemy." Bankers to Raise $150,000,000 Gold Morgan and federal Beserre Board , Discuss KeanB of Securing Payment of Toreiffa Xtobts. j . Washington. Sept. 10i J. Pierpont Morgan, the New York financier, con ferred here today with j the members of the federal reserve j board and a committee. of bankers regarding thf problems of paying American debts abroad and securing payment of for eign debts, despite moratoriums. The bankers propose to raise $150,000,000 In gold to liquidate debts due foreign ers. "" j Floods Aid 1 Beleaguered Germans. Toklo, Sept. 10. Japanese land op eration against Klao Chaa have been suspended owing to torrential rains,. The floods are the greatest Shan tung province has seen in : 30 years. Military movements In! the face . of f Such conditions wera rendered tempo rarily impossible. - " , The' "Kiao Chau ' Germans bavs con structed bomb proof shelters for their exposed 'positions as a defense against aerial attacks. TRADE COMMISSION MEASURE APPROVED BYAVIVAVOCEVOTE i i - 1 I First of Administration Anti . Trust Measures Is Passed by Congress, j (Gnlted Pnm Leawd Wire.) Washington, Sept. 10. The house this afternoon by a viva voce vote approved the conference report on the federal trade commission bill. It had previously been adopted by the senate. It is the first of the administration's anti-trust measures to pass congress. Russian Front Is 300 Miles Long Beaches rxom Xoe nigs berg to the Southern Carpathians, Bulging la the Center and Steadily Advancing. i Copenhagen. Sept. 10. Russian con vex fighting front stretched today from Koenjlgsberg. on the Baltic, In east Prussia, - to the southern Carpathians, In Aiistrtan Galicia. At; the center It bulged out toward Posen and Breslau, in Germany, and Cracow, in Galicia, which, according to. some accounts, had already been taken. , , . . Such was the description of the situ. ation received here today from Russian sources concerning the lines on and be yond j the caf a western frontier. The sweep of the line was approxi mately 800 miles and at practically all points It was said to- b advancing steadily. - s Terrific Thunder Storm Races Over Battlefield This Morning. Compelling Even Carnage to Stop While It Lasts Troops Take Opportunity for Swim. j (United Press Leased Wire) ! Paris, Sept. 10. "The allies are repellinir the enemy ' everywhere," announced General Gallieni this afternoon. The german right, it was stated, was hard pressed. -' Their reinforcements under General von Buelow had failed to arrive and they-had been driven across the River Marne and toward Belgium. j . It was believed recently landed British troops were raid ing their communication lines and attacking their flank for midably. 1 According to the military governor, the French center jvas advancing. ' ; It was expected a statement would be received from the war office at Bordeaux laf erf " - r "r GERMANS ARE RETREATING. J f r 4 London, Sept. 10. "The Germans are retreating along their whole line," the war office reported to the public to day on conditions in France. j "The British," the announcement continued, "have crossed the River Marne in a northerly direction. I "The Germans have-lost heavily and General French states that he has taken mapy prisoners. j their efforts." ' " GERMAN LINES REPORTED CUT. , ' London, Sept. 10.- The western German army's! lines of communication, with its .base, have been cut, it was stated positively today in a dispatch .received by the Lon don Daily Telegraph from Paris. 1 If the statement was true, it was agreed that thel Ger man situation was critical, i A message to the Daily News vividly described the ighting between the allies- and the Germans in the Jarne River valley. . Part of the main battle, it was stated, was fought dur ing a thunder storm, which was so violent for a time as to compel a suspension of hostilities. Taking advantage of the lull, many of the British and French soldiers were said o have disrobed; and enjoyed a plunge in the MarneJ It was admitted that the Germans fought magnificently. but the French and British cavalry finally charged unitedlv and overwhelmed them. The bayonet was declared to have figured extensively in the engagement. ! Reports from General French, the British commander on the continent, showed that the Britons have -borne the heaviest burden of holding the Germans back. f Military men here we're inclined to criticise the Gallic commanders' cooperation, expressing the opinion that they failed to realize ine seriousness or ineir own situation. - t FRENCH REOCCUPY UPPER Bordeaux, Sept 10. The French are reoccupyine all of upper Alsace today, it was stated at the war office, j The - 1 -n - - !J i. Z l A x; . i .1 . iurce m isicc wit adiu to iiuciiu coupcraiiiig witn One in Lorraine. , ( The Germans.were retiring beyond Mulhausen, fighting ,-; only defensively. . . i ; j - ' President Poincare and War Minister Millerandj held an important conference today relative to the desirability of transferring the seat of government back to Paris. It was said to be the war of fices opinion that the Germans will be driven far to the northward if they are beaten north east of Paris, and that there will then be no reason for de laying the return to the permanent capital. -s, r: Word was 'received from . General Joffre to the effect -that he thought the crerf nfihernerman I ment was VWM&Mm&R . y . . ' . : " . . , . 1 . . ' , Jr