Probably fair
tonight and to-
uiurrvw, cuoitr;
westerly winds;
humidity 94. "
7
VOL. XIIL NO. 175.
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1914 SIXTEEN PAGES.
PRICE TWO CENTS. WH'SAV'Sm
' .,, . 7.. . L.. l f-l Lt 1 I K . 1 l-YX""! 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 J -rnS.LLY)' . Tf II III 11 I rl I i" iS ySJ n N "Xv. I
II .... . .. W . , .- II U I ". W m - f a 1 , If KT in ' ii r X. B X. ' B B i B IN. B B B MS . ' i B B B MM' "inJ B
Tif ,Lrr G??35$C&U w- T
BATTLE BECOMES SIEGE,
VJITH GERwIANS HOLDING
PE1A1E1T DEFENSES
British War Office Announces
Strongly Entrenched, With Plenty of Powerful Artil
lery, Indicating That the Defenses Were Planned Be
fore Decisive Stage Was Reached at Battle of Marne.
GERMANS ARE SOLIDLY
MORE THAN
Germans Announce Their Forces Are Gaining Along the
Meuse, While French Claim Slight Successes Be
tween the Argonne and the Meuse, Though
Changes Are Admittedly Slight.
(United Press Leased Wire)
London, Sept. 29. "A growing resemblance
toa siege," announced the British war office to
day, discussing the allies' campaign against the
Germans in the Oise and Aisne region in north
eastern France, "was found in the operations of
September 24 and
IrttUto Coat of
Arms,
"Naturally the
kaiser's troops are very strongly entrenched and have plenty of
well mounted artillery.
"It is plain, from the observations of British aviators, that
their position was not selected by chance. In fact, it is certain
that their defenses are of almost a permanent nature.
"They had time to entrench themselves solidly more than
half way across France and the line along the Aisne had been
put in condition before the battle of the Marne had entered a
decisive stage.
"Because of this it is considered certain that the choice of
position was not haphazard but that the Germans knew just
where they were going and there is abundant evidence that the
selection was nlade by the German general staff in anticipation
of just what afterward happened."
GERMAinfttGHr IS RETREATING, SAYS REPORT
London, Sept. 29. The German right wing is retreating from
its fortified positions between the Rivers Aisne and Somme, it
was declared in Paris dispatches received here tonight.
The same messages said the allies had succeeded In cuttihg
the German line of communications and that part of General
von Kluck's army was in danger.
These reports, said the British war office, lacked official con
firmation, and if was unable to add anything to the formal
.French statement to the effect
tacking the allies' left.
FIGHTING IS GENERAL
Berlin, via The
i still general in' 'France," the war office announced
today, "but no place is apparent where the con
flict has entered
"The German
.but all attempts
been repulsed with
"At the center
a week. Fighting
" r
(toman Ooat of
V uur iorces arc
"Reports from the eastern front show that fighting is still in
progress in Galicia. Przemysl is holding out and the garrison, in
a series of sorties, has inflicted heavy loss upon the Russians.
One sortie resulted in disabling two of the czar's main siege guns
whose fire was damaging the fortress' outer walls,!
"All Russian attempts to assume the aggressive in east Prus
sia have failed.
FRENCH GAIN BETWEEN
Paris, Sept. 29.
left, stated the
received here this
night but all have
At our center
self with shelling
(being continuous.
i i .t i
Between the Argonne region and the Meuse
the French have gained slightly.
"Elsewhere the changes have been very slight."
Ooat of Anna
at rramo.
"On our left, north of the Somme, between that river and the
Oise," said the war office's latest statement today, "the Germans
have continued their night and day attacks but in every instance
they have been repulsed with heavy losses.
"North of the Aisne the situation is unchanged.
"In the Champagne district and east ofthe Argonne region
the Germans are heavily bombarding our center.
"Between the Argonne region and the Meuse our troops have
made a little progress. '''.,.."
"In a general way our line is thrown east and west from the
vicinity of Pont-a-Mousson to a point east of Verdun. Between
Verdun and Rheims the front
through the region of Varennes,
Chauz-Romain, through Berry -
neighborhood, to the Aisne and
"Everywhere our positions
where have the Germans penetrated our line.
"Many German prisoners were taken Monday."
CHINESE BLOW UP BRIDGES BEFORE JAPANESE
" Pekin, Sept. 29. Chinese troops have dynamited the bridere
across the Tayhu river in the
ing on kiao Lhau, according. to
, today.' ,Yhether or not this was
, ment was not known. '
That Kaiser's Troops Are
ENTRENCHED
HALF ACROSS FRANCE
25.
chief reason for this is that the
that the Germans were still at
BUT STILL UNDECISIVE
Hague, Sept. 29. "Fighting Is
upon a decisive stage.
right has been severely pressed
by the allies to penetrate it have
great loss to the enemy.
there ,has been no change for
continues.
1 1 : i i -.r
sua gaining aiung ine lvieuse
ARGONNE AND MEUSE
- "The German attacks on our
Bordeaux war office in a message
afternoon, continue day and;
been repulsed.
the enemy is contenting him
our positions, the cannonading,
' I
follows a curving line passing
to the northward of Souain and
au - Bac and the heights in that
Oise. v
are strongly maintained and no
path of the Japanese army advanc
VVeuisien advices received here
l?y' order of the Chinese govern
-" ' . - .
ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPH
: 1 " ; ' : 1 . - . " : I
:-'-t rriC V - - jsEzr..
I tv- , ' f- - ; , Tje s 'ss
I L?A'- : & ' ha , 4 V- J1
. Copyright by International News Service.
The German cruiser Mainz sinking, off Heligoland in longitude 28. The two funnels and the masts
had been sTiot away when the photograph was taken from the deck of a British cruiser, A few
jniuutes after an officer snapped the picture the Mainz went to the bottom.
AUSTRIANS DRIVEN TO
BY RUSSIAN TROOPS
Main Austrian Army Falls
Back Upon Cracow; Ger
man Offense Is Halted,
(United Pres Leased Wire.)
Petrograd, Sept. 29.-Aftstria!S troops
have been completely 'Cleared from
eastern Galicia, it was -asserted here
today.
The remnants of their forces were
said to have fled through the Car
pathian passes into Hungary, witK the
Russians in pursuit. I
The main Austrian army" fell back
upon Cracow, it was added, with the
main Russian force following.
Germany's offense in Russian Po
land has been halted, the war office
asserted. Attempts to penetrate Gen
eral Rennekampf's line were said to
have been repulsed with heavy loss.
A battle raged today at Tarnow,
Austrian Galicia.
The town is midway between Jaro-
(Concluded on I'Mge Two, Column Two.)
Zeppelin Fleet Is
Massing, Is Belief
Zeppelins Drop Four Bombs at Sjiut,
Damaging' Convent, and Two at
Till ell; Many Are Sighted.
Amsterdam, Sept. 29. The opening
or aerial warfare on a large scale was
looked for here today.
Zeppelins were reported floating
over many parts of Germany. It was
believed they were massing.
They dropped four bombs at Dynze
and two at ThielL At Dynze the con
vent of St. Vincent de Paul was dam
aged. Ivrupp Officials Honored.
Berlin, via The Hague, Sept. 29.
Seven Krupp officials who have been
at the front in the western fighting
zone in charge of the Germans' new
howitzers received iron crosses today.
HUNGARY
FOLLOWED
WAR MOVES EXPLAINED BY J. W. T. MASON
Former Iiondon Correspondent for the United Press.
New York, Sept. 29. The large i
amount 'of space given by General;
French, commander of the British
forces In the field against the Ger-
mans, in his official report, to the Ger
man espionage system, is significant.
It undoubtedly is meant as an expla
nation of the allies failure to make
an Impression on the German defenses.
The tightening of : the consorship,
the new regulations curtailing war cor
respondents activities, and this report
by General French on the matter , of
espionage,' lead inevitably to the Con
clusion that the Germans have been
able to piece fragments of news to
gether so accurately as to anticipate
all the allies moves on the Aisne.
Germans Are Outnumbered.
The Germans' success in repelling
all assaults on their: front requires
such an explanation to account for its
uniformity. Heavily entrenched though
they are, the allies largely outnumber
them, and it1 is not flattering to the
tatter's prowess that they are still
forced to stand still after a full fort
night's fighting.
General Joff re's able strategy dur
ing the allies' retreat toward Paris,
and the stamina shown by both the
British and .French troops throughout
the battle of the Marne, provide mate
rial for arguing a man-to-man equal
ity on their part with the Germans.
Nevertheless, something occurred be
tween the battles of the Marne-and of
the Aisne which gave the invaders an
advantage. '
Spy System X Perfect. ' " '
This new element undoubtedly - was
the German espionage system. It must
OF SINKING OF GERMAN CRUISER MAINZ
SECOND DAY BETTER
THAN THE FIRST AT
OREGON STATE FAIR
More Exhibits in Place and
Thousands Who Visit Find
v; Much to Admire,.
(SaVm Bureau of The oacult
Salem, OrV Sept. 29. Attendance was
increased at the state fair today and
the exhibits were more complete than
yesterday, some shipments having been
delayed on the road. Today was
Woman's Club and Good Roads day
and appropriate programs were given.
Enthusiastic crowds of yesterday
helped to advertise the fair every
where and trains were crowded with
incoming visitors during the forenoon.
In the Woman's day program Mrs.
Clara Waldo had for her subject "The
State Grange," and she gave a.n Inter
esting discourse on the purposes and
aims of the organization. Mrs. Mattie
Eeatty had for her topic "State Fede
ration of Women's Clubs," and she
told of what had been accomplished by
that organization. Mrs. J. Harford
eave a discourse on the W. C. T. U."
On the subject of "Oregon Congress of
Mothers," Mrs. W. J. Hawkins told of
the aims of the congress and how it
bad progressed.
This afternoon a reception was given
in the old auditorium by the women's
state organizations.
Boys' , Camp Attracts.
The boys' camp, in which boys from
each county in the state are housed
during the fair and entertained be
cause of their ; excellent progress in
the. schools, is (the center of interest
for many visitors. The boys wear
uniforms, are drilled, hear the lec
tures, are taken 'around and -told how
to judge stock, and see entertainments.
This' is the plan f State Superintend
ent Churchill to stimulate interest in
the fair.
The participation of Eastern Ore
gon in the fair is 'largely due to the
advertising through school industrial
clubs, it is admittefd. Field Workers
Maris and Harrington showed the peo-
(t'ooclnded ou Page Tta-ce, Column Three)
have been prepared long, ago and per
fected with true German thoroughness
during the advance on Paris.
When the Germans, tn turn, were
forced to retreat, their ipfes evidently
stayed behind to furnish them with a
constant supply of information. Their
work must have been pro Soundly dis
concerting, since it drew: from the
British commander-in-chief so lively a
description of their daring.
Every time the allies attempted to
penetrate the (jerman lines., the Ger
mans have been at that exact spot in
sufficient force io keep the former at
bay. i !
-The battle front now extends 65
miles' south from the Belgian frontier
and ISO miles east to the German
border. '.
Allies rail to t7ae Advantage.
. Length of battle line is always of
advantage - to an offensive army, be
cause, theoretically, it can mass sud
denly at chosen points, while tho de
fensive ' army must distribute its
strength. : ..
. The allies, in this case, en the of
fensive, have not lived up to one . of
the primary rules of warfare. The
explanation for their failure must be
the German espionage system.
They undoubtedly found weak spots
in the German line, but their preparar
tions for massing against them evin
dently were not kept secret from the
Germans." The only secret has been
the, manner in which the German apies
have communicated with their head
quarters. - Until -this difficulty is over
come, 'there will be no advantage to
the-allies in. attack, and the Germans
will remain fastened in France. .,--,
0MISSI0N.IN EDITOR
IAL
REVEALS BIG COLORED
MAN IN THE WOODPILE
Oregonian Does Not Knife
Primary Now Only Because
It Is "Premature,"
Is .the . Oregonian . tbe friend . or - the
foe of the direct primary?
Among the measures to be accepted
or rejected by the voters in the No
vember election is one which was
framed for the purpose of putting the
knife to the direct primary. ' It pro
poses to legalize the assembly as a
means of nominating candidates.
The Oregonian said editorially yes
terday morning:
"There Is a measure on the ballot to
legalize a primary assembly, but be
fore the work of soliciting signatures
to the initiative petitions commenced
the Oregonian editorially condemned
it. On June 22 it said: 'The Ore
gonian does not approve the proposal.
It Is a revival of the as
sembly system under the direct sanc
tion of law and not by volunteer or
ganizations, as proposed in 1910.'"
Note the stars which separate the
last two sentences.
What do they signify?
Those stars indicate that a sentence
has been omitted. In other words, the
Oregonian has garbled its own previ
ous utterances. Why?
This is what the Oregonian said on
(Concluded on Page Three, Column Six)
MM WOUNDED
LEFT TO DIE
FIELD OF BATTLE
SUrQeOn in Charfje Of HOS-
v I
Pltai irain UeSCriUeS UOn-
.... , , , I
UltlOnS Oil FrOnt aS HelllSn
in Accumulated Horror.
TROOPS IN TRENCHES
HALF FULL OF WATER
Slightest Sign of Activity
Along the Front Is Signal
for Rain of Shells.
Hy Karl H. von Wiegand.
Berlin. By Wireless via Sayville.
Sept. 29. Leaders of the German cam
paign in FYance predict a break in the
allies' lines within a week, according
to dispatches received here from the
front today. They declared the re
sistance to the attack of the kaiser's
troops was already weakening.
The surgeon U. charge of the hos-
pital train on which I returned from I
a viPit to Alx-la-Chapelle naid many of I
the wounded had ; to be sacrificed be
cause of the scarcity of doctors at the
front. He accused the French of dls
regarding the Rod Cross completely
and declared many German physicians
had been killed while attending the
wounded.
Conditions at the front he described
as "ntinsn. speaking or the righting
as tiit- fiercest in history, and as in
cessantly in progress, day and night.
It alternates, he explained, between
artillery duels and charges by one
ON
siae or tne otner, usually cneclced uy mana' main Kiao Chau defenses,
machine gun volleys and sometimes I j Monday's engagement they cap
actually at the point of the bayonet. tnred 50 German prisoners, and a
The troops, h said, were compelled I
to remain constantly in trenches half I the comfort of these and other prison
filled with water, the slightest sign I er8 a gpeclal office has been opened
(Concluded on Page Two, Col a ma Oae)
Cerman Cruiser
Sinks 4 Britishers
Xmdn Send 7our Friaes to the Bot
tom of tne Indian Ocean Crew Ate
,.r.Md Vrisoners.; , ..-,sf
London, Sept. ?9. The sinking by
the German cruiser Emden, in the In
dian ocean, of four more British steam
ships was admitted by the official war
information bureau here today.
The ?essels sent to the bottom were
the Tumeric, King Lud, Liberia and
Foyle
lombo,
Baseball Game
Today Postponed
Owing to a freight wreck , on the
Southern Pacific ' in front of the
Shasta Limited, bearing the Loa An
geles baseball club, the opening ganii
of the week will not be played i thi
afternoon at the Taugnh street grounds
with the Portland nub. Manager
Dillon of Los Angeles wired the infor
mation to Judge McCredie at .noon,
and in view of' the postponement
double header Will be played Sunday
afternoon, starting at 1:30 o'clock.
The steamship : Grisedale was alno " 7,1 fJ i- -aiH Tthat thi
captured but released later to take the Port and Kai" T1I .nt.mion or
- . ,,, ... . I couple have no immediate intention or
crews of the other four craft to Co- t ,..4 vt u.r.h ,,niain,i
WHY THE OMISSIOIM?
Deputy Sherifl Lose
One of Prisoners
Victor MCKoaky, Aooua4 of Btalinf
Otto Htltoa'i 'Auto, Esoapa From
Train at Arlington.
Courtesy to a prisoner on th part
of l'puty Sheriff Lumsden, who re
turned yesterday from Cheyennt,
Wyo,. where he had Korie to- bring
back A. L. ,1'enner and Victor Mu
Rosky, two 17-year-old boys chargt-d
wjtli stealing n automobile belonging
to Otto Nelson, was rewarded with
treachery on tt.i part of McRoaky
Vf r I Pulrv Mm u a 1 1 Aiun1 H lit f 1 A t
doni while at Arlington, Or.. becaue
he complained of not feeling well, and
took advantage of hia opportunity to
dart irom tne tratn an it started rrom
town. Telegraphic descriptions have
been st'nt out and Lumsden haa re
turned to eastern Oregon to search for
him. Kenmr is being hld in the
lOULity jail.
Italy Stays Out of
Albanian Fracas
Zt Announces In View of International
Situation lt Smi Hot Consider Choice
of Turk Warrants Action.
i
Rome, Sept. 29. That Italy did not
like the Albanian senate's choice of
one of ex-Sultan Abdul Hamid's sons
as king of Albania but would neverthe
less refrain from action in the matter
was announced by the. Trlbuna today.
"In view of the grave situation ex
isting throughout Kurope. Italy does
not consider the offer of the Albanian
crown to Abdul Hamid's son sufficient
ly important to necessitate interven
tion," said the Tribuna; It was be-
lieved other European government
would take the same view.
German Prisoners
Taken by Japanese
Japs Within Three Miles of Main
Kiao Defense sad Take Vumber or
German Machine Onus,
Tokio. SeDt. 29. The Japanese were
within three miles today of the Ger-
number of machine auns. To care for
by the government at Tokio. orricers
are preparing quarters for them at
Mojl. '
Tho Japanese Red ' Cross was con
templating today sending nurses to
France.
Mrs. Marsh Leaves
With Ex-Husband
Mrs. IWla Marsh, who was trie
and ncauitted of the charge of the sec
ond degree murder of Bernard C.
Linstrom left Portland last night In
comnany of her former husband, J. iu.
Marsh. She said that her destination
was her father's ranch at Weston and
remarrying.
that her former husband would ac
company her as far as Walla Walla
and from there he would proceed to
his home In Rockland, Idaho,
Braves of Boston
Cinch Pennant
Boston, Mass., Sept. 29. The Boston
Braves won the National league pen
nant here this afternoon by defeating
the Chicago Cabs 3 to 2, while th
New York Giants were losing to Pitts
burg, 5 to 2. The Braves could lost
the remainder of their scheduled games
and still retain the lead even If the
Giants won all of theirs
1 .4 .1 1 . r. hnnad nvpr in HM
CASUALTIES AT
THE AISNE NOW
TOTAL 280,000
Estimates in Paris Place Ger
man Losses at 180,000
and Those of the Allies at
100,000 Up to Date.
FLANKING MOVEMENT
OF ALLIES IS GAINING
Decisive Battle Looked for on
All Sides Before Advent
of Winter.
liy Will lam Philip Sim.
(I'nlled Presi Krastd Wire.l
Paris, Sept. 29. The atlles' flanking
movement against the Germans in the
Oise and Al;ne regions continued to
gain slowly today, it was announced
at military headquarters here. ,
In this qaartcr and on the heights
of the Meuse desperate fighting con
tinued. Elsewhere In the northeast
comparative quiet reigned owing to
the complete exhaustion of the troops
n both sides.
Thl did not mean, however, that
he German bombardment of the Vef-
un-Toul line of fortifications had
eased. The big guns utill roared and
the German shells continued to ex
plode over the Frencli forte.
Reports were also current of re
newed German activity farther south,
in' "upper Alsace.
280,000 Killed, Wounded.
Casualties In the battle of ths Aisne
were estimated at l&O.ooo Germans and
00.OU0 of the allies killed, wounded
and missing. Not only was the Jcr
man total hieher than that of the
allies, but It was said their proportion
of killed was higtiei than the latter".
The presence here of British officers
wearing Indian uniforms was taken 94
proving conclusively that Indian troops
were in me rieid.
A battle decisive enough to end;thr"
war is looked for before cold weathe
by foreign military attaches who hlvs
Mc,, juiiunitifi iuv iinuung in noriiw
eastern and eastern- France.
rhey predict also that the battle f
the- Aisn will soon enter upon a
clslve stage.- - - .
Spirit of Troops XxeaUsat. ' '.
A majority of them also prophesy
that it will be followed by two con
flicts simultaneously one In Belgium
and in the neighborhood of Rheims,
and the other in the eastern theatre of
war.
I talked with many French officers
an my recent trip to and from the
front and they shared this opinion.
They sa)d, too, that the spirit of the
French troops was in the sharpest con
trast with that of the Germans. I per
sonally notices the Frenchmen s cheer
fulness and perfect willingness to fight
day and night. '
I was surprised to find regiment
composed of men from shops, factories-
and various sorts of Indoor employment
disregarding exposure and In perfect
health. They sang and jested with the
most perfect indifference despite to
cold drizzle and discomfort of constant
ly soaked clothing. - , .
Tfce inspector general said the aver
age amount of sickness had been less
than at maneuvers.
0. A. C. Student.
Body Puts Stop to .
Freshmen Hazing
Oregon Agricultural College, 4
Corvallis, Or.. Sept. 29. The -
Oregon Agricultural college '
student body, at Monday's
meeting of the college council, ,
decided to do away with all
forms of hazing. , jr-e
Hereafter, it will not even
be "compulsory" for the fresh- )
e men to wear the green cap of
servitude. They may continue
e to do so if they so votea a '
body. Otherwise its "curtain'
for the cap along with the
other hazing stunts. -
Expulsion from college 1 f
the penalty proposed for vio-.
lations of the antl-harlnr .
edict -, X e
Complete Sawmill
Guitar, Etc. .
"COMPLETE sawmill ready, for'
operation, capacity - about 26,- ,
00 ft. per day; plenty of good
timber; will sell for about - of
actual value." Class. 30. . ;
W A NTEI Senera I merchandise"
or grocerytore lB exchange for '
desirable acreage near Golden-:
dale.x Class. 20. - -
"WANTED To buy a smalt farm
cheap for case; ld"o 20 acres; v
must have some buildings; no
agents." Class, 38.
. "GUITAR (Columbian) .in . good
condition, to trade f or : first -'
class trunk." Swap Column, Class. -
25. .
"128 WOOD and coal heater for
815 delivered." Claes.
"FOR BALE Boston bull terrier
puppies..- pedigreed." Clasa. 48.
Thee Items are published to-,
day in; The Journal Want Ads."
The number" Of th classification;
' in whiehlt appears follows each'
Item. . 1 -. " .
"s.