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SI2!!!!:S fOCLXK? -JI; r LjV Kl ' IK l EiS loovTl s : 0 C V " OXllXX: VOccaslonal rala Read them each? a A A AJ I ' I tT;:?fNX: VjJLJ tl WX fclV CT W V' FWrTfiN Z181 and t0 evenine ia The EDIT t ( V - i!f&V morrow; ,w i n d a , Wrna? K' . )sa. iTSOoTZ . V-mostly B O U t h-- f Journal. ft N ' , ' V Hgg-S(rT ; . . ; . t V-Q. S ' , 1 ft , . humidity 86. ' VOL. XIII. NO. 262. . . . : V PORTLAND, OREGON, - FRIDAY 4 EVENING. JANUARY 8, . 1915. EIGHTEEN PAGES ,t PRICE TWO CENTS. 1915. EIGHTEEN PAGES TWO 0 TkAOT asamrwi STAMDB mi csvra i GAT 0 SIS FAVOR LOCAL SELF RELIANCE Projects Constructed by Set tiers Themselves Under State and Government Supervision Advocated. SHORT SPEECHES TAKE . UP MORNING SESSION Congress Listens to Views of Delegates on Wide Va riety of Subjects. JPTorram for Tonight. Address Abel Ady? president Klamath Water liners' associa tion. Address C. I. Smith, agricul turist O-W. Jl. ft N.ompany. Address "What the Oregon Agricultural College ' Is Doing and Can Do to Assist Settlers, on Irrigation Projects," by Pro fessor W.' L- Powers, director, of Irrigation. ' Rep. Saturday, :30 A. M. Continuation of 10 minute talka by appointed representa tivaa of delegations of western Oregon counties Advance report of resolutions ' ' : committee, State and Federal Coopera- ti'oft-Dtacuwaion, led by J. N. Teal, 'of Oregon's rights and needs iwlth reference to federal reclamation expeiidltures. : Recess.'!; ,.. atmrday, 31 T. M. Address Ira P. Englhart. North Yakima, chairman federal ' ' uoiauuimouj uouvuiBisaJ Addres--J.. O. Camp, project manager. United fUates reclar matlon. Klamath project. Jlddresa Herbert D. Newell, project manager, United States reclamation, Umatilla project. Final report resolutions com- mittee. i ! Election of officers. Adjournment .1- " - I--'- -;Tlie oatk.lrsiyatjtv4t;t Oregon, irrigationtsdngressea la pre-, paring to voice a new policy. . "IDcsl self-dependence In Irriga t ion" Is a sentiment that commands an approval surprising those who have listened to the ij aoimetlroes stormy, sometimes pathetic, demands and lap peals for government or state con structibrt. and appropriation, during past years. '! : ' The thought of local se.lf-dependence In reclamation projects does not; how ever, banish the thought of a govern ment-state protectorship. It will be proposed before thai irrigation con gress adjourns tomorrow nignt inai the body,,KO oil recordl as approving the ICOneludA oii Pid roar. Column Thr unoniTAi GIVEN POISON WHEN Statement Issued by Physi '. clan Makes Autopsy on Mrs, Eschmann Useless, , (Special to Tbe Journal.) Walla Walla, Wah.. Dec. 8 That Mrs. Gottfried Eschmann was fatally poisoned at St. Mary's hospital bi" eurgea who had been Instructed to give her a cathartic, is indicated by a state ment lasued by Dr. C. K. Suttner, phy sician. , . i;he statement says: "The cause of death was aa follows: Acute Inter stitial i' nephritis . (toxic) from acci dental taking of bichloride of mercury. Duration three days." , ... ' Dr. Suttner was not at the hospital at.the tlma the medicine was adminis tered, and no blame has been attache te him. Whether or not action wilt be taken against the hospital could not be4 learned. Mrs. Eschmarm was at the hospital undergoing - treatment for a broken arm. No medicine, was given, accord ing to the hospital authorities, until Saturday, when,, according to their statement : yesterday, the patient was given a dene of common -salts.. Soon after taking the potion Mrs. I'schman I became unconscious. 1 . She died Tuesday, after telling' tier hus- , band that she thought she . had been 'poisoned. i The husband directed that an autop sy be performed, but such operation is made unnecessary by the statement of - Dr. Suttner. ... : Sale of Absinthe - Stopped Forever ' ''V-i'.' J""'ni' ! hIh pa inn . Frealdeat rolacare of rraaee Signs Sa- : . ezee Waking Prohibition Varmaneat; :, Chamber of Seputles Must Ratify. ' Parle. Jan. 8. President Inln 1: has signed a decree1 making, permanent prohibition of the sale of al lnthe The order will be submitted fto the - chamber ot deputies, for rati flcatton. - i The original prohibition order f was lasuea tt tn ouioreaa or me war, UfflMAM MUI MEDICINE IS ORDERED Business Revival ) Shown bg Larger, Automobile Sales y . '.! : I. Manufacturers Say From 20 to 30 ' Ver Ceirt More Sold Than ' Last Year., New York, Jan. 8. Ueingv their own business ag a gauge, automobile man ufacturers .exhibiting at the automo bile show here predicted today a great buKinesrf revival in ail commercial and industrial lines within 60 dajs. S. . A, Miles, manager of the show, issued tbe following statement today: "Autoniohile manufacturers say their sales (during the present show .are from .20 to 30 per cent higher than lat yeftr,.' V leFicve this to be sound evi dence that conditions .are mending. Otherwise people - would ' not spend money, for cars.,. . ,. V -" : t ' "D!ers who were cauflous a few weeka ago are now .pronounced optim ists.." Reports from "the "automobile in dustry throughout the country show business is much heavier than is usual at thi season of the year." , Marry Debear, in charge of the Max well exhibit, said the. sale of cheap cars was unusually heavy, showing" the "average man" . waa a tight money holder, when Ae fears, hard .tlmesv De bear said he "was convinced that busi ness was' improving. " ' Atrocities Charged 'Against Germans Investigators 4 of Horrible Beports . Trom Belgium Declare They Have Proof of Truth of tha Charge a. llavre," Jan. 8. That ' almost - un believable crimes have , been ' provfen is asserted In the report of the com mission . headed - by George Payelle. first uresident of. the court of ac counts, which has beenJ investlgati'ngj gium, , it; was stated i here today; . The court reportj .it : Was - added, would be published ; today. It is of about C0.000 words and asserts that the investigators- saw positive " proofs of -the horrible things, related 4- -. Outrages against, women were , ad mitted to have beep ' perpetrated, mostly by private individuals, but "this was not" the ajse' . adds the report, "in connection with . the rec ords of pillage, 'burnings and execu tions presented to us. "The latter occurred In nearly every instance in the presence of respon sible . officers, . wUii. not. infrequently assisted In tl.e . , - , "The pillaKi;ig of buildings was or ganized .nd . methodical. Everything was taken." even ;o vomt'n's clothing and babies'- toya." 1 . ' . Methodists'1 Object To School Dadoing X,os Angelas Ministers nroiett ' to Softool . Board About TaaobJnf. Xytlimlcal or Xolk Sauoiar In School. . - - ; I.os AngSles, Jan. 8. Ulethodist min isters of L,os Angeles -wtll confer with the sboard of education January 19 to protestjagalnst folk dancing and other terpsichorean activities in the public schools. . .'.I ,. "-.-. - "Rythmical dancing, called folk dan& lng, and. other exercises that -expose the persons of little girls and 'misses contrary to that modesty t f, deport ment and refinement of spirit; that gives -wompnhaod its greatest charm," is. the specific objection hi the aninls- terial protest, according to .a repert prepared by a committee appointed by the municipal association of the Meth odist Episcopal church of los Angeles. PASSPORTS ARE REQUIRED London, Jan. 8. It was officially announced here today that hereafter Americana who visit London r must have their passports vised at their embassy.1- Those Who wish, to con tinue their journeys to the continent must; also have their papers stamned by the London consular agent of the country to which they' are bound. EFFECT OF GERMAN 1 i ; ; rl' t- 4 - w 4-' S i;V, .v.v-,.-1-.-.-..rf....S:.y,..,.. "Im mi' 1 1 1 Vi - t . 1 1 2. . - . '.. . ' ' .' 3 " 1 . " " C'ovyrtgnt by t 'laterliatlenal 3ie SerTkrs. This British mine swerpcr struck one of tbe German mines while sweeping off Filey and was lifted clear. ' of t ho water. No one was killed because the watertight bulkheads saved the' ship from sinking. ' -She was later brongbt into Scarborough harbor, - where thipho.togranh' VasTtalten.'- ;The 7 picture. - fchows the hole torn by the mine and the crew of the sweeper, i,The' captainvis second from left ' xj ' i '.-'''' "lK' '- T . ' . .',-' ' -V ' ' . " 1 j . " ' 4 . - t i .'.,. i . - . 5 . - ' ,y 1 - . v 'f t - ' - ' - . - . - ' GELILO POWER This Is Opinion of-Engineers in Report on Project Which . Has Been Completed After 4 : Extensive Survey. SENATORTDAY REFUSES j . TO GIVE RECOMMEND Indications Are. That ;He Will File His Own Report ' on ; Project. . Engineers who conducted the' investi gation of the water power possibili ties at the; Celllo falls, on .the Colum bia river, report that 4 80,000 horse power imay be developed there. The estimated cost of this huge project is placed at 50,000,000. Because of . the great cost and the large amount of power for which it would be difficult to obtain a market, the engineers, report that the project Is not a feasible" commercial under taking at-this tihse. i , f While the report of the , engineers has been completed for some time it ha not been printed because no funds are . available to 'defray the expense. All of the $15,000 appropriated by the state and a similar amount put .up by the government has been exhausted. xne -in veetigauon was - made- under a cooperative contract between the state and the federal : government, through the reclamation service, Keport Held.;--".. Copies of the report are in the" hands of the members - of - the committee named by .the last legislature-to rep reaent the state, and of E. O. Hopson, su pervising engineer in Oregon for the reclamation service. The members of the -state committee are -Senator,. I. N. Day, chairman; Senator J. C. Smith of Grants Pass, Representatives -J. D. Ab bot of Portland and Vernon . Forbes of (Concluded on Pare EleTeo. Column One Paraguay Ruler. Imprisoned; 75 KilledmFm Revolution in , th j . Sotith, American i Country Results in Arreet of President;' Street Fighting. , Washington, Jan. ' 8. Secretary of State Bryan was Informed this .afternoon- .that revolution . had broken out In Paraguay, and that the ' president of the republic had been Imprisoned. More than .75 persons, the dispatch said, ' were killed in fighting in , the streets of Asuncion, the, capital. ' - One ; Eemaining Leg Is Cut Off by' Car : Los Angeles, Jan. 8. Roy Arnot, a gardener, lay suffering, today at the county hospital, having lost-his only leg beneath a streetcar while hurry ing here to visit a sick friend. Thirteen years ago, : in Cleveland, Ohio, Arnot fell beneath a car and lost his right leg. . Last night as be alighted from a car at the hospital, he slipped to 'the pavement and rolled under the wheels, and his left leg was ground to pieces. . t , - MINE ON HULL OF BRITISH MINE SWEEPER; INNOCENT PURCH AS ERS MAY PAY FOR LAND ESCAPE LITIGATION State 'Board, Allows buyers of - Benson-Hyde Acreage the "Privilege ..Requested,; ;. (Salem, flurean of The'lnnrnil. " ' . Salem, Or., Jan., 8., The state land board today adopted-a resolution, pro viding that innocent- purchasers of school lands involved in the, Benson Hyde entryraan frauds may coma in, make a satisfactory showing, pay the state $2.50 an acre, and the suits now pending against them will be dropped. Each case must be submitted to the Interior department for approval. ; ( Attorney A. . C. ; Shaw of Portland, representative 'of alleged innocent pur chasers,' appeared 'recently before the board and made the offer to pay 12.50 an acre. He represented owners of about 20,000 of the 60,000 acres in volved in : the ;auit. Final action on the matter was delayed until today. The resolution adopted by the board today follows: "In the matter of the suits to set aside the so-called Benson-Hyde' school sections within the Cascade .forest re serve. It is the sense of: tbe board that innocent purchasers and . holders in good faith of title to lands selected In lien or f saia Dase Janets t snail De en titled to confirmatory deeds .upon euch showing . belngr made ; to- - ; the , bdard (Concluded on Pale Nine. Column Three.) V :v;M 'm t r r A THAWING OUT THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE IS THRILLED BY MOST EXCITING DAY SINCE WAR; $1.50 FOR . WHEAT CONSIDERED LIKELY BY TOMORROW Rush to.Buy'Keep Up After, Being Reached at 1 o'clock When- $1.41 3-4. Was i ToujchecTj Italy! In -Marketnel)eterrnfn!ng Factor." ' r Exports Beach Hlgn Kecora. New York, Jan. 8. Brad- 4 street's -weekly review of ex- 4 porta," issued ! today, showed i wheat exports, including flour, . i for the week totaled 10,865,000 biushels, a new high record. Kxports for the same week ; last year were 6,404,000 bush- ! els. " ' Experts declared if the ex- ports continue to average 7.B00,-; , OOO busneis weeKiy, tne Amer- lean surplus will be exhausted i by eprihgr. , May wheat sold today at xi.oo on the consolidated exenange , 4 here. The same"" option's high mark yesterday, was, 51.47 ( :. :- . . enrdeaffo wneat Frlcea. Open High ' Low Close Mav .11.394 $1.41 81.38 81.40 A July 4 1.26. 1.27 1.25 ' . 1M ! " j. ! ItTnlted Prera leased Wire.) I Chicago, Jan. 8. Dollar . and a half wheat appeared a strong possibility In tomorrow's trading on - tne cnicago board of trade, following (.almost; un precedented excitement and soaring prices today. The" high mark, today was 81.4194 at 1 o'clock. ? -ft The early tradlnr was marked i by much nervousness. Soon, however, jthe grain started a steady upward climb, which continued until near the close, when a slight recession occurred, r As prices advanced, witn no indica BUSINESS, PRESIDENT tci 10 mm am a PDnu ILLLO InUlnlm Great Throngs Greet Wilson in Ohio and Indiana; Talks on War at Richmond, Ind, , (United Pret Leased Wire.) ' : Indianapolis, Jan. 8. President Woodrow Wilson , was accorded a re markable .demonstration-: in., Tomlln- son's hall - here tnls afternoon when he appeared as the principal speaker at " the Jackson day celebration. Five thousand persons were packed Inside the flag-draped hall. ' Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 8.-PreeKdent Woodrow Wilson was. scheduled to reach Indianapolis at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon and? will leave -on the return trip ttf Washington at 6:45 p. m,. today The legislature, will adjourn this aft ernoon in .order, to be present when President Wilson starts his address at 3 o'clock in Tomllngon' hall at ; the Jackson -day celebration. The preai dent's speech was expected to -: be of the greatest political significance. : - Great erowds greeted President Wil son in Indiana and Ohio towns: J s Speaking from the platform, of his ear at Richmond, lnd.. President Wil son told 3006 persons, this, afternoon (Concluded. a Pag aonrteest Cotuma 8U t LET US MIND OUR OVN in U1VUHU PUMP Nervous Start, 'High Mark tions in sight of a break, traders be came' wildly excited, and the rush to buy was kept up unchecked almost to the end of the session. Kansas mills paid a price equal to $1.42 cash for No.!2 hard wheat to day. " Responsibility f or Uhe bull move ment was- placed upon the lack of an outlet , for- th. Russian' - crop through, the Dardanelles, the entrance of Italy Into the market, presumably fore shadowing that country's participation in the European war, and a .rush of email buying orders. , July wheat closed at $1.26?i. The high mark for that month was $1.37. May opened $1.39, or 1 cents above yesterday's close. Buying en thusiasm as a result of reports of im mediate cash sales was responsible for the early, advance. Substantial gains also were., registered . in '.Other grains. "'-July wheat advanced "1 -'cents over last night's closing: price, opening at (CoBcladed on Pa- Two. Oolama One.) MADE TO FOREIGNERS Promise Made to Return Nat- . ural Wealth to Townships Solution" of Land Problem, ' (United Preas Leased Wlre.l Galveston, Texas,. Jan. 8. Mexican Consul Burns : announced here today that General Carranza had annulled all land, water . and ' forest concessions granted since .December, 1876. and had promised, to return this natural wealth to Mexican townships. Great "American . and other foreign Interests are affected by the order.. ; . Battle on Northern Border. Laredo, Texas, Jan. 8. Carranzistas were making'. desperate attempt to day - to . recapture ' Saltlllo from the Villlstas, : A fierce battle was in prog' ress . near' that , city, according to ad vices received here. . Jt was reported . that General Villa had called to. his colors 1500 former federal of fleers, with the Intention of having them' reorganize General .Huerta's army and join General Villa In "the. pacification of Mexico. , ' A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas, says 16 cars of wounded soldiers have arrived vX Matamoras, Mexico, just across, the Rio Grande.? The injured men were Carranzistas who engaged the Villlstas about -Monterey. ' The family 'Of Provisional President Eulalio Gutierrez arrived in . Laredo today, having , escaped frsm San Luis Potost just before that city was taken by Carranzistas. - - Reports' from JPueblo,' which. 'city was i captured by General 'Carranza's forces j that General 'Arguiredo, the VHlista commander,' was seriously -wounded. General 'Obregon's ; men. the report declared, picked up ,790 dead Viilista in the .streets of Puehla after the de fenders had fled,, while; outside the dead were scattered for 0 miles. ; ;; CARRANZA CANCELS ALLM HE CQNCESS ONS Vatican Demands That Cardinal Mercier Be Free Cardinal Gasparri Holds Long Con ference With German Ambus-. . sudor to Italy, at Rome, -London, Jan. 8.- Cardinal Gaaparrl, representing the Vatican, has - had, a long interview with Prince vott Buelow. the flew German ambassador to Italy, according to the .News' Rome corre spondent today, in which Gasparri de manded that Cardinal Mercier of Bel gium be released immediately and that all his rights be restored to him, re gardless of his political expressions. It. was reported earlier in the week that the Germans had arreateiT Cardi nal Mercier for telling; Belgians that thev wore nnt mnrallv hnnnl tn nKew I German orders. - - That the arrest had been made was subsequently denied In Berlin. Cardinal Bourne of London and other catholic church, dignitaries in England declared tha fiorman Hpnlal nf Mr- I declared the German denial of Mer c4ra arrest was untrue. They were urging the forwarding of demands that the pope act energetically.. These assertions and activities were" supplemented by a statement from the Belgian legation, in Which it waa de clared that, the Catholic clergy in Bel gium had suffered especially at the Germans' - hands. It was related that churches were destroyed or profaned in every city and town through which the invaders passed. Many were said to have been used as stables, their sacred vessels were; stolen aad the priests were shtft'or hanged.-" The legation declared that 26 priestb were massacred in the diocese of Ma lines alone, for no cauae whatever. - Publicity Policy For Shipping Row J All Slplomatlo Exchanges Between England and United States Over the Shipping Question to Ba Published. Washington, Jan. 8,- A. system of "pitiless publicity" will be the Ameri can government's policy in its ship ping controversy with England. Prompt publication of all diplomatic ex changes on the matter will be'insisted on. by America, it was learned today from a reliable source here. - England's preliminary H reply to President Wilson's protest against In terference with American shipping by the British fleet was expected to reach Washington tomorrow, : and it will be published simultaneously here and In London. No exception will be taken; it was announced, to England deferring Its definite answer. America's . re Joinder likely will require prompt ac tion on the demands voiced in its pro teat. ' Preliminary Reply ReceiretL , " London, " Jan. . 8.V-England'a pretlin lnstry reply to 'the American protest concerning interference with shipping was received today by- American Am bassador Page and immediately for warded to , Washington. The detailed answer to the protest. It was announced at the foreign office, is far from complete. Two weeks, it was stated, will be required to finish the document. ' - Rosebery Warns x Against; Sniping! Proclamation to Civilians of Midloth ian Evidence That Attack on Eng land by Oermana Is Expected. London, "Jan. "8. As Lord Lieutenant of Midlothian, Lord Rosebery issued a proclamation today to the civilian pop ulation of the district, urging the peo ple to remain in their homes and leave fighting to the soldiers In the event of J a German invasion. . This was taken as additional evl-,1 dence that the military authorities looked for an attempt , by the kaiser's forces to make a descent on the island. There have been many threats that If j the Germans came they would meet j with Just such attacks by civilians as they Duntsbed so drastically in Bel- sium. These suggestions nave an along been deprecated! by persons at the head of the government. Preparations for restating a German raid continued to go forward briskly, especially along the east coast. DRESDEN RAIDS IN PACIFIC " - : New'Tork. Jan. Si The German c-raiser Dresden with- a consort," tbe only surviving German warship of, the battle with the lirttimi rieei rr tne Falklanda, is still raiding commerce in the Pacific, according to Captain Nor rls and eight officers of the British steamship Cahaeras. who arrived here today on the fruit steamer Carillo. The Cahaeraa was sunk by the Ger man warship Prince Eitel off the Chilean coast December 6. . Captain Norris, his wife and baby daughter were landed at the pert of Papud by the Germans. The members of. crew were given 30mlnutes,O"coIlect their effects before tbe-Prl nee Kitel sank the Cahaerasr I The Used Automobile Many automobile owners ' sell their used cars each year in order to buy the i latest model with all the 'newest refinement! The used cars afe usually in cortdition to j?ive excellent serv ice to the owner, j , ' . ' The used automobile market,, created by the rush, for new models gives hundreds of peo ple a" opportunity to ; purchase a really fine car at a surpris ingly low cost - ; , - - , . This opportunity is presented to you every. Sunday In the Want Ad section of The Sunday "Journal, and yon will find a spe cial department devoted to use4 t ears, under the heading automo biles.' See if the car yotr want is not among the bargains! T CALLED OUT TO Youths .From 16 to 19 Sum moned to Colors and Will Be Set to Work Digging Trenches About Capitals. BUDAPEST ANn VIPNMA w W L,W HIlU llUHU BOTH EXPECTING SIEGE Men Armed With Old Sinale w U wn lyi V , Shot Rifles Are Being J Drilled. The War Xrfneup. .f 4 Prance and Belgium Allies - highly optimistic, claim gains "at many points, asserting Ger- man efforts to resume offensive 4 have failed everywhere.' ( . : Germany Russians claim to have pierced kaiser's Ka s t - Prussian defense line. . ;. 4 Russia German Invaders tell of shooting down 10 Slav aero- planes; weather puts damper on operations in Poland; 50.009 4 Turks said 4.0 have been cap- . tueed In Tranncaucasus. I " ' 4 ; Austria Auatrlans , retreat ,'4 Ing before superior Russian forces in Bukovlna; minor fighting in Carpathians; - ef- 4 forts in progreHH to ruins new army for defense of Vienna and Budapest, and for new Servian ' 4 invasion; revolutionary mutter- ings. " 4 " Eng:land--Lord Roaebcry Is- c '4 sues warning to Midlothian ci- vilians not to fight In event of 4 , German Invasion. 4 (tToited Pr led Wtre.) Vienna, via Rome, Jan. 8. Austrian engaged In a supreme, attempt to raise a new army for. the defense of Vienna and Budapest against expecte.f Russian attacks and for a aimultane ous renewal of the Servian Invasion. ' . Beys between' the ages of II and 19 were summoned today, ta report to th (Coneludcd en !-Tn, Column Klfht) - SUCCESS: OF ALLIES At MANY POINTS IS CLAIMED BY FRENCH Abandonment . .of Trenches, Reported Captured by Ger-' mans, Filled WithUJud. - (United PTe sn4 Wire.) Paris. Jan. ,8. One of its .most op timistic statements since the war be- -Ran was issued today by the govern ment. Successes by the allies . were claimed at many points,- and It wad said .that nowhere had the Germans been able to resume a serious offen- sive. Renewed -fighting In Belgium,-north of Saint Georges and about Lombaert- zyde, was 'reported. In this district it was asserted that the allies were advancing,', . To German stories of gains In the vicinity of Arras the explanation was ' given that certain trenches had been abandoned voluntarily by the French because the mud had filled them and they were no longer servicable. The Gallic forces were said to hoi 4 the highway between La Boiasele and Aveluy, and in the woods in Ha vicin ty the wcre reportd unr meant- ed artillery in a strong position. Blockhouse Is Sexnolishsd. The FrVnch - also were 'gaining the -upper baud in the artillery duet whleh has been raging for five days In the , Aisne district. ' West, of Rhelms it was stated that a jUorman blockhouse , had been demolished, and the German mine throwers, .which - liave caused much damage, had been silenced by the French eannonadev , . - The statement spoke of some-fight- ing in the Meuse regionrrbut said it was ot comparatively': small import ance- . . -., ' , - In the Argonnes, the Germans were given credit for blowing up some of the French trenches, ' but it was de nled that the former were able to hold ; the advantage they gained by this exploit. - . . There' was said to 'have been .- no change in the situation in Alsace, ' Turkish Tnuurports Sunk, . " - . ; The war office confirmed ..report that two Turkish transports, had been sunk, one last Saturday and the other : the ensuing Tuesday, and that the Ot -toman cruiser. Med Jldeh had been dam aged for .the fifth time in a fight with two Russian cruisers, from which it eecaped after an exchange of shots. where 'these Incidents occurred was not stated, but from the reference to Russian cruisers it was surmised that, tbe scene was the Black sea. A furious struggle had developed about Saint Mlhlel today .front a des- perate French attempt to recapture th towns' fortifications and . force' back the wedge the Germans drove Into their right wing, on the Mcuse, earlier In the war. - . . - By a series of nights assaults, the Gallic troops had succeeded in taking an outer line of the invaders' trenches, thus securing certain excellent posi tions for their artillery, -with which they were poundingthe enemy tnerci- (Cmcludf4 ea Ff Twe,; Celusut Thi.) s DEFEND VIENNA -X