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VOL. XIII. NO. 170. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1914 TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS 0 V TKaXJff AtTO WTWt uiiM rrrs curt 1 Bl ALLIES' ADVANCE 0(1 GERM RIGHT, RETIRES Hand-to-Hand Fighting Progressing Between Al lies' Left and German Right, the Germans Holding the Most Formidable Position Be tween the Oise and the Aisne, According to the French War Department. 'ALLIES' MOVEMENT WORKING OUT EXACTLY AS PLANNED BY GENERAL It Is Announced Germans Made Fierce Attack , on Verdun, But Were Finally Repulsed . by the French Counter Attacks. ( United Press Paris, Sept. 23. Confirmation of reports that the allies have partly turned the German right winir on the River Aisne was received here to day from the Bordeaux war office. the River Oise, it accomplished an The Germans, the war office added, had nmlc annthpr fierce attack from the northeast Co yraMsT" of Verdun, but attacks, the French finally repulsed them. "The allies' left wing." said the details, "is steadily progressing against the Germans commanded bv General von Kluck, having succeeded by determined and at times hand to hand fighting, in bank of the Qise. "The allies movement at this nrntrressincr exactly as planned "The situation is unchanged on the left bank of the Oise north of the Aisne. In the angle formed by the Oise, and the Aisne the Germans hold the most "The Germans violently attacked'.tllo Frcnch;"ptions from .-liorUieasQf.-Vcrdunbut.Uiiavtiack was. first. checked ;and ,hcn . repulsed in a scfies of brilliant counter' attacks bythe French luJLitttotoMifr-'- " ' " " innftenfeVcderlf: "No change of moment is noticeable at any other point on! the line of battle. 'The Germans hold the district south of the. Woevre Region from Richecourt through Seicheprey to Lerbuville. "fn' Lorraine and the Vosges Nominy and Arracourt. "Tlic enemv continues inactive GERMANS MUST FALL BACK TO NEW LINE. SAY FRENCH EXPERTS lly William rhJIip, Sims. Paris. Spt. TS. Newn of the r ttrwTipnt of the citrprac German Hsrht under Oenrral von Kluck was declared by military experts here today to be of even more Importance than appeared on the surface What It unquestionably meant, they Mid. wa that Von Kluck a force had 'been pushed out of alignment with the rest of the German front, aa a result of whlcri the balance of the line -would have to fair ba k or risk being en veloped. It was admitted that In the past three days as many Frenrh and Brtlsh had been killed as during the entire period of the retreat through Belgium and backward to the River Marne. Much of the fighting was said to have been hand to hand. Von Kluck in Danger. Bordeaux, Sept 23. Declaring posi tively that the German right wing on (Concluded on Pa" Four. Column K1t) ENGLISH BELIEVE THE BATTLE OF THE AISNE TO BE ALREADY WON , It May Last Two Days Long- er, bflt Experts Say Part ' of Germans Withdrawing, By Ed L. Keen. London. Sept. 23. Withdrawal by General von Kluck's German right fwlng to a. lino Just southwest of the Franco-Belgian frontier was looked for by military experts here today, as the development In the kaiser's western , campaign. f That the present battle would last at least two days more was the gen eral prediction, but the best judges of the situation were of the opinion that part of. the Germans had already re ' tired to new positions. French, and especially British, losses In the most recent fighting were un , derstood .to have been appalling. Publication by the war office Tues , day night of General French's latest official report was Interpreted here to . day as Indicating the military author ' I ties' conviction that the allies had al ready won the battle of the Aisne. It was believed they would not have driven the report to the public if they not bn jmre of this. fc , Leased Wire) By violent fighting along the right bank of was stated, the allies left has advance of more than 10 miles. by a brilliant series of counter war office report, going into gaining 10 miles along the right point an enveloping one is by the commander in chief. formidable position on our left the Germans have evacuated in the Demecre region. War Bulletins HERMAN SOCIETIES SUSPECTED Washington, Sept. 23. The state department today ordered an investigation of evidence produced by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the Brit ish ambassador here, of alleged un neutral activities or German so cieties in a number of American cities, including Chicago and Cin cinnati. 'EMjlJCm GERMAN GENERALS KILLED Berlin, Via The Hague, Sept. 23. In today's casualty list pub lished here appeared the names of Generals von Trotha, von Arbou and von Wrochem, as killed in ac- tion, and Generals von Willisen I and von Kuehne as wounded. In the battle at Saint Die August 20 it was stated the colonel and 17 officers of the 74th infantry were killed and 21 officers were wounded. JAPANESE LOSE HEAVILY Pekin, Sept. 23. Heavy Japan ese losses as a result of the ex plosion of German mines about KJao Chau werej"eported here to day on the authority of Chinese officials on the Shangtung coast, in the settlement's vicinity. Ac cording to tnese accounts, one entire Japanese battalion was de stroyed in this way. AUSTRIAN CRUISER DAMAGED London, Sept, 23. Badly dam aged from an encounter with the French Squadron in the Adriatic, the Austrian cruisers Maria Ther esa and Admiral Spalun have taken refuge at Sebenico, Dalmatia, ac cording to a news agency dispatch received here from Rome today. KAISER'S SONS WOUNDED Rome, Sept. 23. Four of the kaiser's sons are wounded and in nospuais, it was stated today in a message vreceivea nere quoting a bulletin from the front to the Tageblatt . FLEET BAMBARDS CATTARO Bordeaux, Sept. 23. The bom - bardment, by the Franco-British fleet , is steadily demolishing tbe defenses of the Austrian portof Cattaro, it was Stated today at thelaheds at the Dusseldorff aviation field admiralty here. The city's capture was predicted soon. GERMAN LEADER HARD ggl 'i ' j i i x) y ; V hi i &x&4 11''' '''1!Yl Photo General Alexander von Kluck, commander of the German right wing. JAROSLAV CARRIED BY ASSAULT; PRZEMYSL HOLDS OUT -STOUTLY Russians Bombard It btlt ;vU)!n - ,, . ,.,r .A n, , Wilkpt, AJtempt.4a &tjy v It hr &WfliitK'ifThf Time (Tutted Press Leased Wtrejt , ietrograa: Sept. j" 33 iTtinMctt Una. tjrlan stronghold of yJaroslav Tuesday, Clta- capture was not jg- o 1 1 i c i a 1 1 y an nounced by the war office here until to day. The fortress . did Kossian Coat, Of not surrender. It Arms. was stated, but Was captured by assault. The Austrian defenses were first shelled, it was explained, after which the czars forces rushed them on a'l sides and drove the Austrtans out at the point of the bayonet. Most of the Austrian supply depots were said to have been burned. Przemysl was making a stout re sistance, according to the war office. The Russians were reported to be bombarding it .from several positions and to - have -wrought havoc with its outer defenses, but it was admitted no attempt would be made, to take it by assault, as in the case of Jaroslav, a force being. JeXt Instead to besiege lt while operations proceeded in western Gaiicla, The San river bridges, destroyed by the retreating Austrians, were said to have been replaced by Russian pontoons and reserve corps were being rushed across to cooperate with the advanced army already .moving on Cracow. Vienna advices that General Dankl, who, after being driven from Russian Poland, , was trying Ao reach .Cracow. had extricated himself .from his diffi culties, were denied here. It was as serted that,' on 'the contrary, Ills posi tion was hopetess and that the capture or annihilation of his entire force could not be avoided The war office declared 'that' tHe Austrian commanders- were deliberate' ly sacrificing the members of the er satz,' or supplemental reserves, and many of them'were said to be desert lng to the Russian ranks. Announcement was made that the czar haa decorated General lvanorx with the Order of St. Alexander Nov sky. Democrats Ahead In New Jersey Indications That Democratic Congres alonai Delegation " Km Been Kanom Uia tad Saturn Come in Slowly. Trenton, N. J., Sept 23. Returns from yesterday primary jplection were coming in siowiy loaay. indications were that the present-Democratic con gressional delegation. had been renom inated. The result in Hudson county, however, was reported In doubt. Virginia GOes Dry. Richmond,- Va., Sept, 23 i Returns from the state prohibition-election in dicate that Visginla has gone "dry" by a majority of. about 30,000. Richmond, Norfolk, Alexandria! and Williamsburg were the only towns to vote for local option. Air the other cities of impor tance voted "dry." The prohibition law 1 eoea into effect November. 1, 1916." Dusseldorff Bombarded." Lt-.TrV Was-confirmed this afternoon by the official war information bureau here. One bomb, it was said,. struck an aero plane." " " ' ' " PRESSED BY ALLIES by International News Service. HUGE RUSSIAN LOSSES ALLEGED BY GERMANS IN TANNEBERG BATTLE Berlin Asserts Officially Rus- Woundeti, '"92,000 Bken BrUs, Sept. 83(Br wtrsUm -via STTill)--XlMLt ' Mw; BwWiii lMt 150,000 kiUd and wmuoaa aad aa B2.0O0 eaptarsd ia taslr rtent tattte with thm Otraui aar Ta&asbsrg was officially asserted hsr today. From Another Source. London. Sept. 2iL-Passing- throogh Liege on their way to concentration camps in Germany, French prisoners of war tossed scraps of paper from their car wtndowa on which were writ- en assertions that the Germans lost 80.000 men in capturing Maubeuge', ac cording to- an Evening News dispatch rom its Antwerp correspondent today. And Still Another. Petrograd. Sept. 23. Between the ime they took Lemberg and September 14, the Russian troops in Austria cap tured - 64,000 prisoners, including 634 officers, many of them of high rank; seven regimental standards, 644 field guns and, 14. Quick firers, the war of fice here announced this afternoon. German's Interview .Subject of Inquiry Alleged Statement of Baron von Bchoea Predicting .War Between United States and Japan Stirs Washington. Washington, SeptT 25.- The govern ment' si attention "was called today" to a reputed interview with Baron von Schoen,, former secretary of the Ger man embassy in Tokio, practically pre djctijig war between the United States and Japan. Secretary of State Bryan conferred this" afternoon with Presi dent Wilson, who was quoted as saying that. "nothing had been done yet in the von Schoen case." The inference was that the government would take some formal action. The interview said to have been given out by Baron von Schoen fol lows : "All the lower class natives of Ja pan "believe war with America s cer tain. There is intense hatred of Amer ica and Americans among the masses of the Japanese. "When Japanese troops were being mobilixed for war with Germany, many of the natives thought Japan was' about to strike at America. - Should Japan and England be vic torious in the present war, I believe the danger to America would be great." . Discussing Baron von Schoen's in terview this afternoon, Toseka Mat sucka, secretary of the Japanese em bassy, said: "Germany's representatives in the United States, from Ambassador von Bernstorff down, are using sinister methods to stir up bad feeling between America and Japan." , SICKNESS PREVENTS LAN TO SELL JOURNALS Alex Farrcll, survivor of thev steamer Francis H. Leggett, will not be able to sell, papers in front of The Journal building this afternoon, as announced. . . Last night he was sent to the Good Samaritan - hospital by his physician because of a badly infected leg, a change in his condition requiring the postponement of his plan to replete his fortunes, a little by the sale ol Journals. - - Allies' Center Retreating, Ac cording to Official Dispatch to German Embassy, While Slow, Steady German Ad vance Is Claimed. DAMAGE TO RHEIMS IS BLAMED UPON FRENCH Say Defenders Mounted Guns in Cathedral; Verdun Be ing Bombarded Success fully, Effect of - German Mortars Being Tremendous (United PrM Leased Wire.) Washington, Sept. 23. A ca blegram from Berlin received at the German embassy here said: "The French cewter is retreat Hrma ootit of Arms. Verdun was successfully bombarded. The effect of the German mortars was tremendous. "The British cruiser Pegasus destroyed the German surveying vessel Moeve, but was herself attacked? and sunk by the Ger7 man . cruiser Koenigsberg. f. The, embassy did not know whether the reference to Verdun rneanWihat the - city; hact fallen. UPON FRENCH BY THE GERMANS FOR RHEIMS By Karl H. Ton Wiegand. Berlin, Sept. 23. fBy Wireless via Sayville.) A . slow, steady German advance in the westward was an nounced by the war office today. Referring to the outcry concerning the bombardment of "Rheims, the mili tary authorities said the Germans originally withdrew from the town after capturing it. a they wished to save it, whereupon tbe French occu pied it and mounted three inch guns on -the cathedral. It was asserted also that French genera officers in the cathedral tower (Gooctaded on Pace Two, Column Four) ALL OFFICERS AND CREWTAKEN SAFELY FROM THE TAHOMA Such Is Information Reach ing Seattle by Wireless From Liner Victoria, (United Press Leased W1re.l Seattle, Sept. 23. All of the 74 offi cers and members of the crew of the United States revenue cutter Tahoma, stuck fast on an uncharted rock 90 miles west of Kiska island, one of the I westernmost islands of the Aleutian peninsula, have been rescued by the steamships Senator and Patterson, which are standing by the Tahoma in an effort to drag her from the reef. The officers and men will be taken to Nome -and then transferred to steamships bound for Seattle. This information was conveyed in a wireless message received in Seat tle last night from the Alaska Steam ship company's Nome liner Victoria, which was 160 miles off Cape Flat tery. An earlier dispatch from the steam ship Mariposa relayed from Valdex, said the Tahoma had been abandoned, but in view of the later developments this was taken to mean that all on board had been removed, but that an effort would be made to float the cut ter. A cable from Valdez says that among those rescued from the Taho ma were . a .number of persons who had previously been rescued by the Tahoma Wrom a wreck off Semlchi island. The name of that craft was not given, but it is believed to be a 1 gas trading schooner from Unalaska. 1624 Men Sink With Cruisers t Nearly All British Officers Lost it as at t u" at at at at Berlin Jubilant; London Furious The British Cruiser Cressy (Built in marines in the North Sea with the AbouVir and Hogue, Both of Same Class and Built in 1900. They Were 12,000 Ton Ships, 454 Feet Long and Carried Two 9 Inch, Twelve 6 Inch and Twelve 12 Pound Guns. They Cost $4,000,000 Each and Though of Obsolete Type Were Serviceable War Vessels. mmmMmmm MMtctm . -. a - x v - :u'i7 m ill y ::v'' wxnvhxww" -wa. K - i ..in ' - lwwiitiv-ri in r--Tlrit"nVs Attacking German Submarines Believed to. Have Escaped Unscathed After Destruction of British Cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy in, North Sea. t List of British and German BRITISH LOSSES The light cruiser Amphion. blown op by a mine in the North sea, August 6. The gunboat Speedy, blown up by a mine in the North sea. Septem ber 5. The cruiser Pathfinder, torpe doed in the North sea, September . The light cruiser Pegasus, dis abled by the German cruiser , Koen Ingsberg in Zansibar harbor. Sep tember 20. The cruisers Aboukir, Hogus and Cressy, torpedoeed in the North aea, September 22. . t ; , (Cnitd Presn Leased W.l Xxmdon. Sept. 23. The , admiralty's official estimate of the number: of those who perished through -thai loss of the British cruisers -Abba1r,vHogui aid Cressy Jlacd tas figure today at This estimate, pas made following a compilation of all available Informa tion and was believed to be correct. The cruisers were supposed to carry crews of 700 wen each, which would make the survivors number 476. That each .ship had exactly 700 mn on board, however, was. thought unlikely. so this figure was only an approxi mate. Tbe dead were understood to include nearly all of all three ships' officers. Stung by the loss o the tnree cruisers, it was believed here today that the British navy would take the aggressive immediately against the kaiser's sea forces. OTeat Cry for ngeaaee. That besides the three cruisers lost. other British ships were damaged, was widely rumored; and there was a tre mendous clamor throughout the Brit ish isles for speedy vengeance. The newspapers pointed out that not only has Great Britain a vastly stronger navy than Germany, but that its submarines are much more numer ous than the Germans, and the press was demanding to know why the ad miralty had not used them effectively. Few details of the Aboukir-Hogu-Cressy disaster, were made public. From the fact that many of the sur vivors were landed at Muiden, it OF SLAVONIC ALLIES Fotcha, in Bosnia, Taken by Serbs and Montenegrins; Austrian Rout Claimed. (United Press Leased Wire.) Nish, Sept. 23. The - capture by the Servians and Montenegrins of town of Fotcha, in the Austrian prov ince of Bosnia, was announced today by the war office here. Fotcha has been captured before. It was not known whether the former ac counts were erroneus or whether the Austrians retook the town and have now lost it again. It was said, at any rate, that it was envelooed when the Servian and Montenegrin advance began on Sera- levo. now also in their hands. The war office here announced also the capture of the Austrian entrenched positions at Ragatitza, Pratzta and Odassak, northeast of Serajevo. It was stated that the Austrians holding the line from Lioubivia to Losnitza had been routed completely and that many of them were captured. Vienna Claims Successes. Vienna, via Rome, Sept 23. "We are invading Servia successfully," again insisted the war office here to day. "Not only," tbe statement continued, "has Serajevo not been captured, but the Servian and Montenegrin invaders of Bosnia have been repulsed heavily and are now retiring. . "There have been a number of cases of cholera and dysentery at the front. but the patients have been Isolated and -the situation Is not alarming." - AUSTRIAN POSITIONS CAPTURED BY ARMIES 1899), sank by German Sub War Vessels Lost at Sea GERMAN LOSSES Submarine sunk in an attack on the British cruiser squadron In the North sea. Augunt 9. The light cruiser Hela. simk by a British submarine - near Heli goland, August 17. The cruiser Magdeburg. blown up by Its commander In the gulf of Finland. August 26. The cruisers Mainz and Koelln, of 4000 tons each, and two torpedo boats, sunk by the British cruiser squadron in Heligoland bight, Aug ust 28. conjectured that the three vessels were sunk off the hook of Holland. The survivors had received orders hot to talk. ' f- ' Ttrm Torpedoes Jftad Stark. I If was learned, however, that the fJermafta fired seven torpedoes,-' five of whleh scored bullseyea , , , - - The Aboukir was struck aamuJtane ously fore and art, and almoet blows to pieces. Its boilers also exploded, and few of its crew escaped uninjured. Not ralilng that they were at tacked by submarines, but sup posting the Aboukir had hit a mine, the commander.s of the Hogue and Cressy Degan jowertng boats to resrxie the sailors struggling in the watec. WhUe they were doing so another torpedo struck the Hogue and it sank at once. Two Kit taa Grassy. A moment later a fourth and fifth torpedo struck the Cressy. both below the water line and sent it, too. to the bottom. Confirmation was lacking of reports tnat the British destroyed two of the five German submarines said to hav been In action. Or the survivors 287 were accounted for as having been taken to Muiden by the EKitch steamship Flores. The Tl ton, another Dutch steamship, packed up 114 and transferred them to British destroyers. Others were rescued di rectly by the destroyers or by other craft near the scene of the disaster at. the time of the engagement. The' public generally has been far from satisfied with the showing tbe British navy has made since the war began. ' It was assumed at the outset that Germany's sea strength would be crushed at once. Not only has this not happened Germany's bigger ves sels are failing to venture from the shelter of their land defenses to meet a fleet rumerically their superior- hut British losses of war vessels have considerably exceeded the Germans' thus Xar. In the actual number of ships lout (Concluded on Pmce F1e. Column Two.) BIG BRITISH MR FLEET Zeppelin j Shed Set on Fire but Otner Damage to Ger man Station Not Reported. (United Press Leased Wire.) Antwerp, Sept. 23. A British aerial bombardment of the Bickensdorf f avia tion grounds at Cologne was announced here today. According to tbe newspaper Han- delsblad, five British aviators flew to gether across Belgium, dropped their bombs at the chosen spot and escaped. Near Antwerp, it was said, one of them was forced to descend and his capture was .attempted by a party of Uhlans, but a Belgian armored auto mobile rescued him. Except that one of the sheds used for housing Zeppelins was set on fire, the extent of the damage done by tbe bombardment was not known. MADERO FAMILY RETURNS Asbury Park. N. Sept. S3. Forty members of the Madero family, exiles since General Huerta attained power, have started back to Mexico. BOMBARDS AVIAIN GROUNDS AT COLOGNE PASTORS E I E. SESSION Much Interest . Centers in Conference Which Is At tended by About 200 Min isters From Over State. BISHOP COOKE RULES AS PRESIDING OFFICER Yearly Assignment of Min isters to Form Import ant Feature. With nearly 200 ministers from all parts of western Oregon and many visitors from various parts of the United States present, the slxj y-second session of the Oregon conference of the Methodist Episcopal church opened this mornlnj; at Centenary church. Kast Ninth and Pine streets, for a session to last five days. The church was parked for the open ing exercise, more than usual Interest being attached to the session because, of the fact that the conference has not been hHrl here for several years. Resident Bishop R. J. Cook is presiding and delivered an impressive openipg sermon In connection with the com munion service. On the platform with Iiim. and as sisting In the ac .ilniatraton of the sacrament, were the Rev. H. J, Van Fossen, of Ashland, district superin tendent of Klamath district: Rev. J W. McDougall. district superintendent of Portland district; Rev. J. T. Abbett, district superintc .lent of tbe Eugene district, ami Rev. James "Moore, dis trict superintendent of the Salem dis trict. rather Tlyaa oa Platform. "Father" Jim Flynn, dean of ths Methodist pteaching corps in Oregon. St years old and a preacher for more than 64 years, was on the platform during the communion service and re ceived an ovation.- Despite his advanced years and the fact that he has been practically an invalid for ths past year. he delivered the benediction et the clot of the morning's program. . Rev. K. Ulltens, cantor or the Meth odist church at Amity, delivered the memorial address In which -the three ministers and. members ef ths con ference who have passed away since the last- session were ntoed. Rev. Lewis Ttiomas of Woodlawn church conducted the memorial service. - Following the communion . service. (ConelaSed on Vagt Four, Column Un-I GERMANS FIGHT AI E FOR REASONS : OF DIPLOMACY ONLY Are Delaying Retreat From France as Long as Possi ble, Is Mason's Opinion. By J. Yv. T. Mason. Former London Correspondent for ths United Press. ' New York. Sept. 23. The destruc tion of the British cruisers Aboukir. Hogue and Cressey demonstrates the wisdom of Germany's naval strategy in keeping Its warships protected by Its land fortifications during the early stages of the war. Had the British vessels been modern dreadnaughts instead of 12 or 13 years old secondary cruisers. Great Britain's numerical supremacy would have been seriously reduced. To accomplish this la the dominant idea Jn Germany's naval plana Great Britain has 2i dread naughts, battleships and cru-sers in the North Sea and Germany has 17. If German submarines can steal among tbe ships of the enemy's first (Concluded on Pago rw, Color on Two) TYPEWRITERS, ROLLER SKATES, Etc. "CASH and Portland property for country general merchandise store. 34000 to $10,000; owners only." Class. 20. "FIVE room bungalow In re stricted district; has reception hall, living 'room with fireplace, built-in buffet, kitchen and pan try, two bedrooms, nice bath, electric lights, blinds; lawn all made, SOxlOO lot; street work paid. 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