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'.1. . ' . ' ' ' ' ",' - - .!-' .,-. ?.. . . . " J... , . - ' ' . "-- - .,. nal'. want col- tT 1 10Mfe ; ( NX !VV ' V vV wind, northerly;- . :. umns will bring N JX -tl I humidity. S3. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 1914 EIGHTEEN PAGES. TWO OK TRAINS A HO NEWS VOL., XI H. EX AMDS FIVE CEXJ9 British War Office Admits Move Is Undertaken but Says It Is Too Early to Prophesy Possible Results of Battle Near Seacoast. FLEET BRINGS DOWN ZEPPELIN AND PLANE Shots From British Warships Said to Have Nabbed Ger man Aircraft; Six German Coast Batteries Put Out of Commission by Fleet. M'nlted Preiw I.Met VTtr. London. Oct. 21. The de velopment of a turning move nicnt by the allies against the (icnn.ins extreme rnrht, in northern France and Belgium was' admitted today by the war office here. It was generally believed the Franco -r Anglo - Belgian forces hoped to dislodge the kaiser's -troops from the vicinities o Nieuport and Osterul. ' The British fleet was said to be participating in the operation by bombarding the enemy from the sea and a naval brigade disembarked for the purpose was understood to be cooperat ing with the Bejlgians on land Firing with their aeroguns . off the Belgian coast, in co operation with the allies' marks- men on shore, British warships were reported ncre tonignt to have 'brought down a Zeppelin and an armored taube aeruplane in last Sunday's fighting. tt was not stated whether the aerial crafts were captured or destroyed.' From tlie same source came .news that British warships and a naval brigade on shore had put six German coast batteries out of commission, the Ger mans losing 1G00 artillery men. The official war information .bureau permitted publication of tlie reports but did not guaran tee their accuracy. A report was current that the al lia armies had found the Teutonic rislit weaker than they had expected. and were taking full advantage of their dinoovery. War office officials declared that It wa.i too soon ti make 'a forecast of ' no outcome of pendinjj operations, de spite their admission that there was "no reason to rtoubt that the allies were on the offensive." Unofficial personages with inside in formation, declared, however, that the presence of heavy artillery on the Germans' extreme right unquestion ably meant a covering movement was in progress. Their vew was that the KalHer certainly was withdrawing at least part of his Infantry from the Nleuport-Dlxmude-Roulers line to hold bis positions in the vicinity of Lille. GERMANOFFENSIVE IS DEVELOPING AGAINST VERDUN, IS BELIEF Taris. Oct. 21. Though desperate fighting continued today In the ex treme north of France, and across the frontier in Belgium, the feeling was growing among experts here that Dun kirk is not the kaiser's main objective. A new German offensive was devel oping against Verdun and the French general staff's eyes were turning in . .mat direction. The Berlin war of fice's claim that some of th,e Verdun forts had been reduced waf denied. Soma military men surmised that the (Jermans' activity at Verdun was de signed to distract French attention from Alsace-Lorraine, where the Teu- iuiiiv. mites uuve Dcen nara pressed ior several days. Nobody imagined, however, that the kaiser s efforts to take Dunkirk would cease. In fact, it was known that he wb reinforcing his northern army. Herce encounters occurred during the' night In the Belgian wooded dis trict about Becelaer, Hooge and Ghetu velt, east of Ypres. Along the line from Armentieres to Bailluel,- In France, and thence across the frontier to Poperinghe, in Holland, the allies were also strongly attacked, hut repulsed the Germans. The latter were developing a new movement, to the northward of Lille at the same time that their artillery engaged the allies more to the south ward. At General Gallienl's headquarters here the situation was pronounced ex- erlient. from" the -allies' Ma-ndnoint A message ftom the Bordeaux war office spoke of conditions as un changed, but did not refer to the fitrht Ing known to be in progress today. abating instead exclusively wttn Tues day' happenings. The German attacks on the allies (Concluded on Pjo Two, Column Six) OFFICIAL GERMAN. Issued by the War. Office at Berlin this afternoon. "Th atrmtnf are gradually gaining la the general direction Of Dunkirk. "The right wing1 la idTtiolir from Lille. Fierce fight ing marks Its prog ress. "A severe engags ment Is also la prog ress along the Tser river, as yt with bo eg decisive result. "The assault on German Coat Verdun continues. Fresh artillery was sent forward to the German position opposite this fortress. In tee eastern theatre ox war a Bussiaa cavalry raid upon the German lines southwest of Warsaw was re pulsed ith heavy loss. ' Another body of Bussians was trapped in a wooded section in the same district by a com bined German and Austrian cavalry force and badly beaten. Vienna advices declare the Aus- trlans are repelling the Jtusslan in vaders in Oaltela in many places." FRENCH. Announced by the War Office at Bordeaux this afternoon. "Throughout Tues day the enemy's at tacks were particu larly violent at HlenpoTt, Dlxmude and La Basse, bat all were repulsed with great energy by the allies. Else where the general situation along the front Is Un changed. " Oeat of Arms of Trance. BRITISH. Dispatch Passed by London Censors. London, Oct. 81. Confidence that the kaiser's attempt to break Into Prance along- the line of the north coast has been effectually blocked was expressed today by the war office British Coat ef adu, Zt was admitted that hard fighting was expected In this district: later, but at the moment it was said the same thing was happen ing in the north that happened farther to the southward both sides were en trenching, so as to make progress for on another as difficult and costly as possible. The Germans were reported .bring' ing' heavy artillery to the north and the war office's opinion was that they planned to use It in attempting- a slow advance, entrenching- line after line as they proceeded. This, of course, was assuming- that they did succeed In making any progress, which, the Brit' lab military experts declared them selves sure would net happen. WAR SUMMARY -BY J. W. T. MASON Former London Correspondent for the United Press. New York. Oct. 21. The allies were succeeding today in bending their bat tle line toward the main German de fenses in Northern France and Bel gium. The towns now mentioned in the official reports as the present cen ters of conflict are slightly east of a line drawn direct to the northward from Arras. This latter city is the natural pivot, because of its railroad and highway connections, for an east ward swing by the allies against Ger many's northern lines of communica tion. Two weeks ago it marked the limit of the allies' northward climb out of France iito Belgium. The allies efforts to swing to the eastward from Arras reveal the fun damental basis of their northern strat egy. The necessity they were under of aiding the escape of the Anglo-Bel gian forces from Belgium caused a diversion, and the Germans' counter offensive against Dunkirk and other French coast towns further delayed the development of the eastward movement. Allies Maintain formation. Owing to these two considerations, the allies were compelled to swing, not to the eastward, but to the vest ward, away from the German lines. They succeeded, however, in 'retain ing their north and south formation as far to the northward as Arras. From that point their line bent back ward that is to say, toward the coast to block the German counter offen sive, and then swung again to the northward, so as to assist the retiring Brrtish and Belgians. In both these things they were suc cessful. General von Boehm'g Ger man army, which sought to extend itself to Dunkirk and Calais from the east, suddenly found Itself in dan ger of being flanked at St. Omer, 20 miles from its coastal objective. Then the Germans were driven back 30 miles. This insured the Anglo-Belgian forces of a union with the main Franco-British army. The 30-mile German retirement at the same time straightened the allies' line, enabling it to regain its north and south front north from Arras. ' Allies to Aim for Ulie. Since then the allies have resumed their original objective that of bend ing their rront eastward from Arras. The Germans have thrown out an ad vance entrenched force' about 10 miles east of the Arras line. This force is in the vicinity of Lille and the allies are awingins toward it. They have progressed as far as Armentieres. eight miles northwest of Lille, and as far as Fournes, the same distance to the southwest. These two towns are five miles east of a north-and-aouth line drawn through Arras and mark the extreme advance of the allies northern offensive. The occupation of ' Lille seems now! to be the Franco-British forces' im mediate objective. If the city is taken, the Germans will' have to fall back toward their principal northern defenses for a struggle which may have a dcisive bearing, on their future occupation of French territory. MAID TESTIFIES M STRESS SAD ... SHOT HIM!" Colored Servant in Carman Household Said MrsCar man Rushed Into Kitchen Immediately After Shooting ADMITS PERJURY WAS COMMITTED AT INQUEST She Says She Signed Stat ment Absolving Doctor's Wife at Her Request. Press Tossed W1r Mineola, U I., Oct. 21. Damaging testimony against Mrs. Florence Car man, on trial here for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, was offered at to day's session by Celia Coleman, her own negro maid. "On the night of the murder," the maid testified, "Mrs. Carman came downstairs and walked out of the house through the kitchen. A minute or two later i heard the sound of breaking glass and the report of a revolver. In less than a minute the defendant en tered the kitchen and said: 'I shot him.' " The witness was questioned closely by District Attorney Lewis Smith. "Did Mrs. Carman have anything In her hand?'' he asked. "Yes," the maid answered. "She had a long blue revolver. I was standing near the pantry door whea she came over to me. I touched her on the arm and said: 'What are you going to do now? Body Tay In Doctor's Of flea. "She answered, 'I am not going to do anything." "Then I went into Dr. Carman's of fice and she followed me in. The body of a woman was lying on the floor near the operating table. I stayed in the room for about a minute and a half and then returned to the kitchen." "Where did the defendant go?" "I don't know. I didn't see her again until the. next morning. She came to my room before it was time for me to get up and said she hoped God would forgive her. She said she would care for my little boy as long as he lived If anything ever happened to me. Then she asked me to say nothing of what bad happened the night be fore." ' Tha expression . of Mrs, - Carman's face never changed once during tha. Coleman : woman's : examination. Her lips' were drawn tight as she sat, with head erect, facing the witness. She kept her eyes fastened on the witness, but the latter never looked in her direction. "Mr. Levy," continued the negress, "now one of the defense attorneys, came to see me in the kitchen the next morning. He asked me if I saw any one pass through the kitchen the night before. I said I had not. On Thurs day he returned and again I told him I saw no one in the kitchen before I heard the shot. Later Mrs. Carman wrote a statement to the effect that (Concluded on Psg Two, Column Foot) All Teutons In England Arrested Government Orders for Assembling of Germans and Austrian Between 17 and 50 Are Announced. London, Oct. 2L Government orders for the assembling of all German and Austrian residents of Great Britain be tween the ages of 17 and 50 were an nounced by the Star here this after noon, the plan being to send all the men to concentration camps as pris oners of war. This action was said to have resulted, from discovery of the fact that soles have kept the Germans informed of all British troop and ship movements. Hitherto non - combatant Teutons have been allowed their liberty, though closely watched. Submarine Attempt Off Eugen Island Copenhagen Beports Efforts of Brit ish to Sink German Destroyers; Ins talls are Wholly Xacklng. Copenhagen, Oct. 21. An attempt by British submarines to sink several German destroyers off Rugen island was reported here today. Detailte were wholly lacking. That British submarines should be operating so far from their' base seems highly unlikely. If the Copen hagen report is true, however, it is probable that the submarines are ac companied by a British fleet of suf. flcient strength to engage the Ger man naral force In the Baltic. The Journal Will Report West-Booth Debate Governor West has accepted the proposal to meet R. A. Booth next Friday evening to discuss the question "Where Did Mr. Booth Get His Timber?" . - The Journal will publish Sunday morning a full and ac curate report of both speeches. Throughout the campaign The Journal has recognized the grave importance of the methods by which Mr. Booth ac quired his great timber holdings. Therefore it has published all that Mr. Booth has had to say on the subject. More than a page was devoted to the verbatim report of Mr. Booth's Albany speech in which he undertook to answer the question which is to be discussed again Friday evening. For a full report of the meeting read The Sunday "Journal. It ttmW USE OF SHIP BAGGAGE CAR BY 0.1 R. R. Presents Will Be Carried Free From Northwest to Brook lyn by the Company, The railroads have been the newest recruits to the ranks of the donors to the Christmas ship. And they are making one of the most appreciated contributions of alL The O.-W. R. & N. company has offered the free use of a baggrage car on a through pas senger train to carry the portion Of the cargo that is being assembled in the Pacific northwest. This means that the hundreds of packages of warm clothing .and shoes and foodstuffs and toys that are pouring in upon The Journal daily will be transported to ' the ship in Brooklyn on a passenger train and by courtesy of the following railroads over whose lines the car will be root ed: The O.-W. R. & the Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific, the Chi cago - Northwestern and the Krie. The Journal will receive all contri butions up to and including Friday of this week. After being carefully packed and marked the goods will be delivered to me o.-w. t & rt, and by November 3 will be aboard the navy department's collier Jason in Brook lyn ready for the voyage to the war zone. Points Out Evil of Perkins' Proposal W. C Tan Antwerp, One of Governors of B. T. Stock Exchange, Says Incor poration, Federal Control Dangerous. New Tork, Oct. 21. Direct issue with yesterday's statement by George W. Perkins, former partner of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, that the New York stock exchange should be placed under government control, was taken here to day by William C. Van Antwerp, one of the governors of the exchange. "Had the exchange been incorporated when the war commenced," said Van Antwerp, "anyone with an ulterior mo tive could have sought an injunction. Even the granting of a preliminary in junction, which would have kept the exchange open for the shortest time in which such Injunctions- are dissoluble, would have precipitated an economic tragedy in this country. Hundreds of thousands of innocent persons would have been ruined. CHRISTMAS GIVEN MAKING THE 1ST TO MEET BOOTH IN JOINT DISCUSSION NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT Refusal of Oregonian to Agree Not to Print Garbled Report Only Point Not Agreed On, Governor Oswald West will meet R. A. Booth. Republican candidate for the United States senate, in a joint discussion of where Booth got his timber, and his record in publio of fice, at a meeting to be held Friday night In the old HeUig theatre. Elev enth and Morrison- streets. The governor has agreed to meet Mr. Booth in a joint discussion, al though the conditions the former im posed in reply to the challenge from the Oregonian have not been met Because the Oregonxan oaa been per sistently misrepresenting and garb ling its reports of speeches delivered by him. the governor imposed as one of the conditions of the joint discus sion that the Oregonian should pub lish a verbatim report of all that is said by both speakers. The Oregonian has not agreed to do this. The Oregonian agrees to print only "whatever may have been said at the Booth-West meetinr that is pertinent to Air. Booth s campaign (Concluded on Pas Two. Column Tare.) Inspector Killed By Vengeful Hindu Immigration Official at "Vancouver, C Who Helped Bar Shipload ef Hindus, Is Shot Sown la Court. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 21 . Domin ion Immigration Inspector W. C. Hop kin son, while acting as interpreter in court, was shot and instantly killed here this morning by Mow a Singh, a Hunau. Hopkmson, who was one of the best known of the dominion immi gration officers, had been a marked man ever since be conducted the ex amination of the Hindus aboard the steamship Komagata Maru last Aug ust. Hopklnson was -in attendance as interpreter in: court this morning when Mowa Singh drew a revolver and fired at him pointblank, killing him instantly. - This is the twenty-fourth violent death as a result of the Komagata Maru incident. Allies' Cruisers Are Off California " Ml I II French, British ' and Japanese War ships Gather Several Hundred Miles South of , San Tranclseo. San Francisco. Oct. 21. Verifica tion of reports that . BriUsh, French and Japanese warships were concen trating off the coast of Southern Cal ifornia was brought here today by the steamships Coronado and New port. ,- It was said that the French cruiser Montcalm had joined the Jap anese cruiser Id in ma, and the Cana dian cruiser ; Rainbow several hun dred miles south of San Francisco. Shipping men here believe that the allies are now concentrating to wipe the German' fleet from Pacific waters in order to Insure safety to the steadily increasing shipping that is leaving San, Fran'rlsco. WOMEN HAVE PLACE IN AFFAIRS OF STATE DECLARES DR. SMITH Democratic Candidate for Governor Makes Address at Public Library, Albany. By Fred LockJey. Albany, Or Oct. 21. The women of Albany were addressed yesterday aft k tv r t cm i. twiamiio I 7 J 7 " csuMuaaie mr governor, si me pDtKi library. Dr. Smith was Introduced by Mrs. H. A. Nelson, who said: "In Introduc ing to you the speaker of the day It is oar expectation as well as desire that I , . . . I v m wbuu. i Dr. Smith began his address, which I was on "Duties of Otiaenshlp," by re- I fenimr to the beautiful new library as a tangible evidence of what women were doing along civic lines. "I un-I - -1 .a cwilk . mL.1 s-t V. I ifn of Albany and that the women took a most, prominent part "in "the I work. ' - I "I feel particularly pleased that I hin ttM hotter of takinsr nsrt In tS first public meeting held In this audi- London. Oct. 21. Warfare by street torium. I believe that every good car was one of the features of today's citizen must be pleased to note the in- operations between the allied forces teres! that women are taking in po-1 litlcal issues. The old argument that I women will have 'to neglect their I homes if they take part in political I making good use of a trolley line con affairs ban been-proved false. I necting Ostend and Bruges directly Old Days Have rassert I -r. w . dav. and that v.a in h- wm f our rrandmothrra whn a woman's work was never done. In Th les " finding the interur ..MitWM, t the cookinsr and the car. ban lines in northern France equally of her family and doing the house- work, she had to do the spinning, the weaving and the making the clothes and do much of the work now done by machines. ' "Fortunately the modern inventions have freed women from this old Ume drudgery so that today they can now take care of their homes and partici pate in the great movement for the up lift and improvement of society. "We see women today using their influence in the betterment! of the schools and in working for civic im provement. We all know that women have already been the most effective Influence in the family, the home, the schools and the church. The reason the schools of this state have made more progress than has been made In any other line of activity is because the women for years past have been voting at school elections and helping to secure the right men as school di rectors. This practice has not only been valuable in training the women for the duty of citizenship, but it has advanced our schools much more than If men only had participated in their management. "In 107 there were S00 graduates of our high schools in the state. In 1914 there were 1500 graduates, an increase of 400 per cent in seven years. The argument against women participat ing In politics has been disproved by the splendid work that women have done in the establishment of juvenile courts and la their work for child wel- tOandaaed on Pace Six. Coiaoa One) Governor West to Address Meetings Xnside Facts Regarding Workings of legislators Will Be Presented la Two Meetings Tomorrow. Governor Oswald West wUl be the speaker at two mass meetings to morrow. One wUl be held at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in G rebel's haU. in Montavilla, and the other will be held in the city hall at St. Johns at S o'clock in the evening. The afternoon meeting has been arranged especially to give tne wo men voters an opportunity to hear the chief executive. The women are invited to all of the meetings, but they are particularly Invited to -avail themselves of the opportunity to at tend the arternoon meeting. Drawing from facts which have come within bis personal knowledge since he has been In pubuc office in the state, the governor has a story of great interest to tell the voters. Me gives an intimate view of the in side workings of the legislature, where special interests are often served much more zealously than the : interest of the people. He points out I clearly and forcibly how, in his opin I ion, the interests of the people may 1 be" best safeguarded in the present campaign. Royalist Uprising Starts in Portugal Colonel Boca, Who Zads Bsvolt, Is ported Arrested With acost of His roXJowsTs; Several Bombs Thrown. London, Oct. 21. That a royaHst revolution has been started in Portugal was asserted today in a dispatch re ceived by the Exchange Telegraph com pany from Lisbon. Rumors have been current her for some time that ex King Manuel's friends had promised to finance an uprising In his interesU The republican authorities of Portu gal have vigorously suppressed the up rising, it was stated in later News Agency dispatches received from Lis- bon this afternoon. Adria.no Boca, an ex-colonel, who started the revolt in the clti of Braganxa and Mafra. was said to have been arrested with most of His fol- l lowers, and it was declared that quiet had been restored. The Lisbon message attributed the trouble to Qerman meddling, asserting that agents from Berlin had been as suring royalists 'that the kaiser would restore the monarchy if he won. According to the Exchange Tele graph there were disorders in Lisbon as well as at Braganxa and Mafra., several bombs being thrown and con siderable damage done. Chamberalin Well Received in South Senator Greeted at Ashland This Aft ernoon and Zs Scheduled for an Ad dress at Medf ord Tonight. ash land, or., Oct. 21. Making a long jump. Senator George K. Cham berlain reached this city early this Ter where record aua,enc r th cam" paign is prom l sea ror tonignt. Tne senator was welcomed all along the line this morning at the stations from Grants Pass to Medf ord. a delegation of Gold HUl people getting on the train there and journeying with him to the Jackson county metropolis. Former Mayor J. H. Beeman was at thialr head. At the Medf ord depot the senator was mt Dy a score of wen known dtl sens, including United States Attorney Reames. George Putnam, W. H. Canon. state committeeman; Mose Bark dull, county chairman, and others. The trip from Meuford to Ashland w" made by. auto, brief stops being made en route in the towns of Phoenix "w "-"land Talent. Senator Chamberlain will speak in Jacksonville tomorrow morn ing. Gold Mill in the afternoon and Grants Pass in the evening. A prr.:oci A .p0 TTclTl fT ill IilltJo zAJ. tJ U blllR Kj Interur ban Lines Trolley SUneata southern Belgium and Horthern Tranee Are Found Useful and the Germans along the northern Franco-Belgian frontier, The Germans, it was learned, were with the front and of another one run- I ning back from the fighting line to the railroad center of Keulbejte. sei-riceaoie. Red Cross Corn for Starving Mexicans XTaval Collier Hero Takes Corn and Beans to West Coast, Where Btaxi cans Are Said to Be In Want. San Francisco, Oct. 21. Tha naval collier Nero will leave late today or early tomorrow for Acapulco, Mexico, with 18 tons of corn and beans. The foodstuffs were raised by the Pacific coast division of the Red Cross to re lieve a large number of persons re ported to be starving in Mexico. More supplies will follow until the sUnation is completely relieved. Conferees Agree to Reduce Tax on Beer Washingt6n. Oct. 21. House and senate war tax conferees virtually agreed this afternoon to reduce the tax on beer from $1.76 to 11.50 per barrel; to eliminate the additional tax imposed by the senate on rectified spirits and to eliminate the tax on gasoline imposed by the house bill. Late News Bulletins CKJJtass aoazztst bait,' Mary Magulgan ef 778 Obexlla street, a primary election clerk of precinct Bo. 893, filed an affidavit with the oOuaty clerk today making charges against. County Commissioner Xk. V. Hart la re lation io the attempt of Commissioner Hart to remove JT. M. Xieever as an elec tion official of the same product. The affidavit states that tha eonrmlastonar brought a Mrs. Bead to tha booth and asked that she be allowed to -vote, da spite tha- admission of Mr. Hart that the woman was not a resident of the precinct, it is asserted. Upon the re fusal of the officials to permit the woman to vote the commissioner is charged with acting in a rode and un seemly manner toward the election board. ACSTBZAV8 CULXM TZCTOBT. Yienma, via Boms, Oct. 21 Destruc tion by an Austrian torpedo boat flo tilla of the dock warehouse and many railroad ears at the Montenegrin port of Antivari was announced today by the admiralty hers. It was also asserted that an Austrian fleet had stopped the naval bombard ment of the Austrian port of Cattaro, tha Anglo-French squadron which was engaged in shelling the city withdraw ing when the Austrian Teasels, seeom- SALEM TURNS OUT TO HEAR Crowded Opera House Rings With Enthusiastic Wel come Home to Senator by. His Former Townsmen. - APPLAUSE PUNCTUATES VERY TELLING SPEECH Tribute Paid f president Wil son and Smith, Candidate for Governor. ( Staff Correspondence.) fialem. Or., Oct,' 2C. Nvr pgr us a former fellow townsman acrovocd a--more rousing reception thBjJ'as giv en Senator George fluliamberlain -here last night. HscortedMjy a band ; from the Marion hotpl to the opera house at 8 o'clock he addressed one of the largest audiences of the prt-sent , campaign and scores were turned away ; unable to iret into the building. Salem's playhouse-' was crovrrled to . suffocation. The orchestra, the boxes, the balcony, the gallery and evury inch , of standing space was taken. And;.; when Robert A. Booth, his Republican opponent, ppoke 'vhere a short time since, the audience had to be invited to move toward the front of the house to fill the empty, seats! Speaks With Cfcreat Effect. - Senator Ctiamborlain was in fine.f'et-. tie and fspoke With an abundance of ; humor and great effect. His audience -was in an appreciative mood asd roundly arPlaudcfj his mention .of President Wilson afid his policies, and Governor West. j -t The stage was occupi-d ny a dozen r or more of the lending citizens of Sa lem, P. L.. Krazie. chairman of the Marion county ppmocratlc central ; committee, presidi. A large Amer ican flag hung at the Tear of ' the stage, bearing a streamer with the words "Tried and .True." As the curtain , slowly lifted and. the audience saw Senator Chamberlain .. seated in the middle of those on the stage and beheld his campaign slogan ; In print before them, a mighty volume-, of spontaneous applause shook the. building I. . .U.ii Tim Campaifn Song- The meeting was opened by the sing ing of "The Star Sparmled Banner." by Mrs. Hallle Fairish Hinges, who v has sung at every campaign meeting F held for Senator Chamberlain in- 8a j (Concluded on Page Six. Column Tbre Transsiberian Line Crowded by Troops Bnssia Is Withdrawing Most of Her First-Line Beglments From Siberia -and Manchuria iito Fight Osrmana. Pekln, Oct. 21. ttussla is withdraw- it . . i . it troops from Manjrhuria and' Siberia-' to hurl them against the Germans on Its western frontier. The places of the departing forces are being, taken W.r .......l.l, 1 As a reault of tpese m ill tary'i move ments In both directions, the railroad Is greatly congested, ordinary .trala - The German defense of Klao Chatt la extraordinarily stubborn. Mueh" of the territory about the fortifica tions is said to be- mined and the be siegers are losing, heavily. . Servians Surround J' rt'i. !.r ci tjiiy ui aerajevo Rome. Oct. 21. A combined Serw vlan and Montenegrin force had and were rnakirjg strenuous efforts to take the city, in time to rescue -Gavrio Prinzip, Afchduke Francis Fer- ; dinand's ansain,and his accused co.. conspirators, now on trial there, ac-. cording to advices 'from Cettinjel The Cettinje messages Intimated that they were meeting with a stubborn rit- ; ance. panied by a number of aeroplanes, made their appearance. This fleet was said to be now acting on the offensive in the Qulf of Cattaro. Zt was denied that an Austrian sub marine was sunk. ' ' V. B TO STOP SXZZTJSXS. Washington, Oct, 81. Official indi cations .today wars that England . and AmaricV are approaching a showdown on the question of British seizure of American vessels. The administration feels that the seizure of the Standard Oil tanker John B. Rockefeller was a useless pro cedure as no flag transfer was in-, volved. A protest against the seizure of the Brindilla also was contemplated. Frealdent Wilson conferred at length ' here today .with Acting Secretary of FBOTEST8 AGAXHST 8BZPZBO. ,' - Serlin. bv Wirelaa via SUt-b-111. Or. the war office here announced today, both 'direct to France and to the var ious neutral powers, against the JU irregulars, and also against violations of the rules of warfare which it . troops.