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OTClpCSi .v ' Probably fair - : PTMTYttJ " tonight and Sat I. u r day, with V n "westerlr wlnd; , ? I' . humidity 81, PORTLAND, OR&ONVSFRlbAYi EVENIN6;: SEPTEMBER; - 111 1914SIXTEE;N PAGES. VOL. XIII. NO.: 160. , -r j BTaJIfi ITT S Hun v.. KCAPES FROPil AERIAL ATTACK Attempt Made to Kill Emperor and German General Staff in Luxemburg. by Dropping Bombs From Fliers Fails. flOUNT SEARCHLIGHTS TO STOP NIGHT ATTACK Berlin Admits German Right , Wing tin France Is Retir ing, Rest Holding. (United Yrr loused Wlr. Berlin, via The Hague, Sept. 11. That an attempt had been made by yrenrli and Belgian aviators to kill the kulner and :rmsn general staff by dropping bombs upon their headquar in Luxemberg was admitted here today. The. airmen, it was Htated, located William and his officers In the Oer- tnan legation in Luxemburg, whence they were directing the campaign in Kranche, and hurled four bombs but nilftsed the bulldina. ; The legation was said to be heavily guarded, with searchlights mounted on . . the roof and German aviator In read iness for an Immediate ascent to repel aerial attacks. Xalaar Directing Army. ' The kaiser Is- in personal charge of Ms trouis' operations, lie Is In commu rtlcatlonr with the front, by means of a field telegraph station In the legation, Occasionally-he,, and the members-of his staff ' make automobile trips of in spectlon to. the German advanced post ttona, but his .majesty ,has not yet Visited "the actual firing line. It was admitted that the German right In Franc had retired before tbe allies' numerically superior 'forces, but elsewhere along the western line It ' was Insisted, that the kaiser's forces continue successrui. Xastara Situation Improving. In thetast the aituatlon was lmprov ing today. The German first line was holding .. the Russians back In east . Frussja. The Muscovite soldiers were routed In the lake Mauer. region and-evry7 where in that, territory the uermana J wera -taklng;th5; ptft&9lv&fa&ttt&gL. other German troops wera reetirorc Ing the Austrlans. Vienna message aatd tli Russian attack on Prxeroysl had bean repulsed. ' ' Reports that 'the csar'a forces had Invaded, tflleala anuVwere attacking the Vistula fortifications were character ised as "absurd.". Crewn: Prince in Duel With Minister . " Jtaporta KeacV Paris of Fistol right Between Snvar Pasha, war Minister of Turkey and Tarnish Crown Prince. Pail( Sept. .11. Quarreling pver .Turkey's' policy In connection with the Knropeon war. the Turkish crown prince and Knver Pasha, the sultan's war minister, wr declared in a Rome message received today by the. Havas Mews Agency here, to nave exchanged hots. One account was that the 'crown prince was slightly wounded and that Knver was hit in th teg; another that Envr was so badly hurt that be died later. The story came' through many hands and was regarded as very doubtful. ; L y G AR Y Tree Strikes Store, Just Misses Woman Crb f Comaa TOin Gnat of VfinA Cus Trt to Toppla; Troll? WUm Aza Xaoekod Sows. Hih wind daring; the storm Just be fore noon hour . today blew ' down a tall tree on the north side of Bu reside street between Ninth and West Park streets, and Mrs. C. E. Simmons, sten ographer of the Eclectic Feature Film exchange, who was sitting in the front window of the building, which stands Just across the street, narrowly es caped serious Injury oc death. The tree crashed down on the Burn- side street "trolley wires and then struck the film exchange, which is at 392 Burnside street, with force, that shattered every window. A lieavy branch fell across the spot where Mrs. Hirnmons had been sitting, but she saw the tree falling and jumped back to safety. . -y A near panic occurred" along tbe street when the broisen trolley wires vividly flashed up on striking ' the pavement. They were torn down for a distance of three blocks, and traffic was delayed for a few minutes. American Crew for Ship Bed Cross Captain Bast Bay He "Will Bail Mon day or Tuaday 'With Corps of Hnraea and Surgeons. New York, Sept.j 11. That he had succeeded in obtaining; a crew com posed entirely of Americans and that his ship would sail for Europe either Monday or Tuesday, was the declara tion here today of Captain Rust of the steamship Red Cross. The British and French gwemments had objected to the departure of tne vessel because several members of Its crew were Germans. The Red Cross is loaded with med ical stores and relief supplies for the European battlefields and a corps of nurses and surgeons. , Police Are Huiiting . Wealthy Attorney Bstlred British Army Officer Accuses '' Xioa Angelas Xuiwycr of Bmbessle ment of $500,000. Los Angeles; Cali, Sept. H.--Charg-ing the embezzlement of 134,000 from Reginald H. Gernon, a retired British Army officer, warrants wera out. to day for the arrest of Eugene E. Hew lett, attorney and reputed millionaire. Besides the, Specific charge, transac tions embracing upward of S1.000.CQ9 are"' aaldrto : fur inyoivedT ' ' i 'BorderrDfflcerallh-Nw-;iiexico ara on the lookout for Hewlett. . He was sea 4niviiimiiM$ making his way toward Mexico. ; . Hewlett ia well known in ls Aa geles - and ; 8an - Francisco. News of his alleged flight came jas. a-complei& surprise to-his' numerous friends heie; Gefnon tilleges that Hewlett got him to deed property .valued at $500,000 to . him, -promising-' an . income of $250 per month for life.' hi, wife fo -receive the same amount after his death. , At that time Gernon' was supposedly-: dy ing in a hospital at Riverside. Later he recovered. . j . ' , GRIFFITHS MUST SERVE Washington. Sept. 11- The presi dent approved the court martlal's find ings dishonorably discharging Captain J. H. Griffiths from the army and sending him to prison for three years for embezzling government funds at Seattle. Beef for British Troops. New York, Sept-- 11. The British steamship Highland - Watch,, carrying & cargo . of 3 5 JO tons of freah beef, was expected to leave this port today for Liverpool. The cargo Is intended for tbe British troops in Europe, it was Bald. MAP SHOWING THE FIELD OF AUSTRO-SERVIAN GERM .RIGHT RETIRING INTO SWAMPY LAND Conditions of Last Week Are Reversed, Excepting That Germans Have Natural En cumbrances to Combat. SERIOUS REVERSE AT RHEIMS SEEMS LIKELY Inestimable Value of Belgian Resistance to Germans Proved Again. By J. W..T. Mason. (Former London Correspondent for the United Prens.) New York, Sept. 11. Operations east of Paris were becoming Increasingly difficult today for the German right wing. Its persistent pursuit by the British undoubtedly has greatly exhausted the rank and file, while the suggestion is now being made for the first time in German and French reports that the allies outnumber the invaders. Last week's conditions -are now re versed Today the German right is being Shoved northward to the blockhouses between Paris and the Belgian-Luxemburg frontier, comprising the defenses of the La Fere-Laojj-Rhejms line. Last week the allies were being driven southward upon, these sama fortifica tions. German Position Difficult, . The retreating Germans' present po sition is not as good as was tbe ground occupied by the allies' left last week. The allies had a flank clear of natural incumbrances. The German right, however, , is now moving backward toward a difficult, region, H woods, swamps and ravines. - . The danger Is considerable that the vicinity' of Rheima will see a. serious reverse inflicted on the German right. The allies'v chief offensive pressure la being everted in this7 direction. A Seml-envIdping movement 7 from the west and, south fo driving -the Gar mans toward. Rhaims ls apparently de- mans xowara itneims w apparently de- I center ; must send , reinf orcein euts ' t6 tne right, ano-ra tnis weakened condi tion the entire German Una will be in ian jet ; . - General breach's ; report on . the British- retirement from Belgium sub stantiates . the impression hitherto created that the French general staff was entirely unprepared for a German advance , on Paris rrom western Bel gium. General Joff re's, advices to the British' commander underestimated the number "of Germans approaching from that- quarter, and no adequate effort was made by the French to assist thaif suddenly overwhelmed allies. This again demonstrates the Inesti mable strategic advantage to the French of the Belgians' resistance. If time had not been given thus for the British force's arrival.,the French left would have been overwhelmed and the fall of Maubeuge would have become a second Sedan. The allies' present favorable position probably would never 4,have been at tained if it had not been for Belgium and Great -Britain. The German general staff seems tc have estimated correctly what the French would do, but It lacked Insight into the - characters - of - the Belgians and British ACTION GERMAN BRITISH RUSSIANS War Bulletins NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED Copenhagen, Sept. ;1 1 . Uncon firmed reports of a Jjattle In prog ress between the German Baltic fleet and a Russian squadron off the Aland islands were current here this afternoon. OPERATOR IS ARRESTED Honolulu, Sept. 11. -i Arriying here from the orient, on its way to San Francisco, the Pacific Mail liner Manchuria' reported today the arrest at Hongkong of its wireless operator, Frits Eliest, charged with giving information concerning . British , naWal . move ments to German ships. It was said the British insisted Eliest was a German , reservist, though he claimed 'American citizenship. LEIPSIC IS SIGHTED San Pedro. Cal., Sept. 11. Of ficers of the Steamer President, in port here today, reported sighting the German cruiser Leipsic late Wednesday afternoon 80 miles south of here. She was proceeding slowly northward. WIRELESS REGULATION URGED Washington. Sept. 11. Navy of ficials predicted here today that Marconi's defiance of America's proposed wireless censorship would result in the passage by congress of stringent regulative legislation. It was hinted that an emergency measure probably would be asked to avert litigation If Marconi ques tions America's right to Impose censorship. V BALKAN ALLIANCE FORMED v Bucharest. Roumaaia, - Sept.. 11. Roumania, Bulgaria and Greece have formed! an alliance, it "was stated ' Jiesa today, for f united ac tion against Turkey, If the latter j a .'5 garrJiV"Ki: -?Ur4' TORPEDO ; BOAT BLOWNt UP Trieste, Via Rome, Sept. 11. An Austrian torpedo 'boat' has been blown up by a', mine off Fasana; it was announced here today. Most of the crew were saved. The Austrian; war fleet was cruising off the; coast but had not met ;the enemy ; up to today. Food- was running short In Trieste and business was pros trated. There was. much suffering. SEMLIN'S CAPTURE BLOODY TAthens, Sept. 11. The Servians have taken Semlin, Hungary, ac cording to dispatches received to day from Nish, after the bloodiest battle since the Austro-Servlan fight at Shabatz. The capture was made at the point of the bayonet. Thousands of Austrlans were killed or taken prisoner. The rest retreated in s oanic. Many . stands of colors, numbers of cannon and quantities of mu nitions also fell Into the Servians' hands. - , - . According to the Servian war office, the city was first bombard ed. Then a feint revealed the fact that the Austrlans were in difficulties, and a charge was ordered. One hundred and fifty thousand Servian veterans of the. Balkan war responded . to the . order. , Their rush was irresistible. The Aus trlans were dislodged quickly. V BELGIAN COMMISSION ARRIVES New York, Sept. All. The Bel gian commission which is to lodge a protest .with the American gov ernment at Washington against alleged German atrocities In Bel gium arrived here - today on the liner . Celtic. The commission's spokesman, Henri Carton Mi Wart, refused to talk for publication; The Celtic carried 1900 passen gers, and many or them were des titute. x ' . . Count de Leichterveldd secre tary, of the commission, . denied that Belgian civilians were ordered to resist the Germans. He' de- cl ared - if tbe kaiser had . Informed President Wilson that the - Ger mans were forced to take extreme measures because Belgian civilians opposed them that he lied.' "V.- MNo other word," said the count, ''expresses it. King Albert Issued a - proclamation - the instant the Germans entered Belgium,; warning civilians to offer i no resistance. After laying pur., case before fair minded Americans we will be con ten to let them judge the truth of the matter." - " . :. . REOCCCPV" MULHAUSEN f ' Basel, Switzerland, , Sept.. .11. The , French " were -reported - here today,- to'ihave occupied .Mulhausen SAP FGES ARE DEMORALIZED: RECEIVE SET-BACK IN PRUSSIA L . i , : n ' . British War Office Announces French and British Armies Are Pursuing Germans, Taking Many Prisoners Who, It Says, Give Evidences 1 of Drunkenness Among Routed Enemy; Rus sian Advance in Prussia Halted By German Army. RUSSIANS DEFEATED IN PRUSSIA IS CLAIM ; (United Press Leased Wire) Berlin (via Amsterdam), Sejrt. 11. A notable Ger man defeat of the Russians in Ea$t Prussia was announced here this afternoon. j - The left flank of the invading force had been com pletely crushed and the Russians were in full retreat, it was stated. This victory, said the .war office, opened the way for a German attack on the czar's main army in Russian Po land along the line to Warsaw. ; It was added that it'might also be possible for the Ger mans to flank the Russians, whose forces have been re duced by the dispatch of fresh ttoops to Galicia, where it was declared the Austrians were again on the 'offensive. RUSSIANS EXPECT GREAT BATTLE. Pefrograd, Sept. 11. The Russians in East Prussia were retiring today to new defenses to oppose a large German force approaching from: the west. The war office stated that a great battle was near. - The German army was said to include several army corps withdrawn from France, with 200,000 of the sec ond .line of troops. It was reported that this boldv had stripped; the east Gentian :ibrts to! their heavy .'''RsSiancavalryduhd tne the Lake Mauer region. Five German corps were the Austrians along the line from: Tomasaow through RawaJ Riiska and past the vicinity of Lemberg to the River Dniester. : German officers have reorganized the Austrian -forces and. a general battle with the Russians was developing today. ' ' ' . . ' . Two German army corps were reported on their way to attempt relief of Konigsbergj wriich the Russians are bombarding. J AUSTRIANS REPULSED; SERVIANS IN SEMLIN Nish, Sept. 1 1 . Servians under Crown Prince Alex ander today occupied Semlin, trians in the bloodiest battle of the.Austro-Servian war. The Austrians lost enormously. . Semlin is on the north site Belgrade. It'was announced also that Servians from Ushitza,.' having Fotcha and Vishegrad, were of Bosnia and approaching its capital, Sarajevo. The Austrian troops opposing them were said to be nu merically weak. . . AUSTRIANS DROPPED GUNS TO FLEE, Petfograd, Sept. 11. -Tjhe Russian war office issued the following statement today: "After, the recent action were 'overwhelmingly defeated, fled in utter panic: The soldiers the cannon, transport wagons them to flee, leaving the transportation. equipment. "When, the main bodv the wayiwas blocked thus and . the retirement was impos sible until tjie roads had been cleared. . ; j . - Thd Austrian pfficers efforti to rally their men failed. U was a: complete rout, in which the. troops abandoned even their rifles -and knapsacks to expedite their escape." . The; statement was supposed to refer to the r Rawa Ruska'.engaemeht. . , AUSTRIANS DEMANDING PEACE. -Vienna (via Rome), -Sept.; tl. "Peace" was the; al most universal demand here 'todayi ; : Anti-German feelings was increasing.- The 'popular view: was that tbeGermans had left the Austrians to-fade the Russians aldne in Jheir: eagerness to invade France, artillery and was bringing it CermansTn great force in - ' - . understood to have joined Hungary, repulsing the Aus banlq of tbe Save river, oppo forces of Montenegrins and effected a junction between invading the Austrian province CLAIM RUSSIANS in Galicia, when the Austrians the Austrian left wing cut the horses loose from anp other vehicles" and used roads j blocked with abandoned .. ! . of Austrians started to retreat. ALLIES ARE PURSUING THE FLEEING GERMANS j : (United Press Leased Wire) London, Sept; 1 1. The German retreat is general," announced the war office tonight; referring to the fighting in northeastern France, "and continues. The British and French forces are pursuing them vigorously. "Thursday, 1500 prisoners, several guns and a quan tity or transport equipment were taken. "The enemy is retreating most rapidly east of Sois- sons, where there are evidences of some disorder. ; "Considerable bodies of the enemy are being found hiding in the woods, after finding it impossible to keep up with the main line of retreat. . "They are surrendering on sight. "The plight these men are found in, their positions and the riflin,of villages are evidences of drunkenness and point to a demoralization in the ranks of the routed ' enemy. ' "The pursuit, will be continued." v GERMANS ARE WITHDRAWING ALL FORGES FROM BELGIUM Ghent (via jOstend). Septal lhe Germanswere withdrawinglaWtbeji-fforcc? tatteogfcrtir4Q T-L -J: f 1 inc soiaiers who nave recently Deen operating in this region were making their best speed ; southward. ' . rf. The Belgians took the offensive the moment the evacu ation began, j A strong Belgian . column man corps in the Audenarde-Contrai-Renaix district, and in the fight which ensued there were heavy losses on both, sides. ' ! , . v' ' : It was believed trie Germans were about to evacuate all. of northern Belgium and ines of communication are Anglo-Belgian raid on them was momentarily expected here. ' PARIS BELIEVES DANGER OVER. ; ; Paris, Sept. ill. Paris was' overjoyed todav at favor able news from the front. Announcement that the that elsewhere their lines were assurance that . all danger to passed. -.- The belief was general that the : Germans must soeed-: ily.iwithdraw from French, territory -or be completely over whelmed. I : 7, ALLIES' OFFENSE UNCHECKED. " Paris, SeptJ 11. The allies' offense in the ' north is unchecked, Military Governor t if-x- t ! 1 ! j f in mai quarter, 11c aaiu, uic ucrmans were in retreat. At , the center, however, he stated, the battle was still ? in-, decisive! ; ! " A,- - . . . GERMAN RIGHT BACK FROM 12 TO 15 MILES Paris, Sept.! 1 1. Germany's right wing in northeastern France had been driven back coramg to a telegram receivea at j :p. m.'trom tne Bor- deauxwar office. It was stated that the allies' offensive' still continued.; , . " ; . - ' - -v, .. Four days' 'uninterrupted fighting, according to the war ' office's statement, was involved in pushing, back the Ger man right. ' I '- 7 ' .; - . , "The first! phase of the battle of the Marne,?went on the telegram, "was very favorable to the? allies; ?the Qer- mans retreating on the ngnt and. at the centerr,, .' ; ; - ' "The.German armies; commanded by the cfcniprince and the, Prince of Wurtembiirgi which are; attacking the i French on the Oranin river, entering the Marne'near Vitry, have been unable tojadvance. ; '7 7 . " 1" . ,' : Atteri on jLter.Vaiiu J ; i v "The general, situation has now completely "changed. Since September the enemy has been unable ; to' advance t anywherem bur lines -j ' . 'y . . 'The iGerman - armies under Generals von ; Kliik and Von Ejuelow. fought; furiously in a . vain attempt td l3reak through the French center on the plateau north of Sezanne and Vitry.".,, .,; ; ' ; . . . ; ttom northern Belgiuniaoday frontier; ' ... - .. ......... attacked the - rear of a Ger- - northeastern France. Their endangered. News of an ' ' : allies' center was. holding and advancing was hailed as an the French metropolis has -.. - Gallieni announced today. - : -1 r . . WING DRIVEN ' from 12 to 1 5 miles today; ac- :1 . . . ! . . ., . " "ri" ' ' ' ' o (Concluded on Page Two, .: Column . One. ) .. ... -i .. i- , ,'-- -sji-.'-; -1 ' .-.!, (Concluded on. Page Two, Column Two.)