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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 191S. i J 1 ALLIED ATTACK ON DARDANELLES IS NOW DECLARED HOPELESS Losses in Land and Sea At tack on Gallipoli Have Been Tremendous. L BRITAIN'S OLDEST RECRUIT HIS BATTLES BEFORE Sunday- Monday -Tuesday-Wednesday THEY ARE French Commander Outlines Campaigns After Consult Two master productions that prove the superiority of Columbia service ing Large Relief Map. MANY SHIPS DESTROYED ALL IS LIKE CLOCKWORK Wo Twer Than Six Battleships Bnined L By Tims Action Is Vsdsr Way, Prtnch by Well Directed Plre Trom Turkish Torts. Ztsader Zs Taking1 His Only Opportunity to GENERA JOFFRE WINS FOUGHT By Captain Lothar Perius. Berlin. Nov. 10 i I. N'. R.) Dr. Ashniead-Bartl tt. -orrespondent of various lxndoii newspapers, wrote as follows on October CO, under the head ing of "A Xw Armada at the Darda nelles." "Our mirhty armada. should have trurk terror Into the hearts of the Turks, hut that stubborn and extre mely stupid people have little 'or no fnee of fear, and were probably rather flattered at the Immensity of the fori e brought against them. After all. this name armada failed to force the I;ai danelle? " t'p to now Ashm.ad-Rartlett had shown himself g.s a serious-minded journalist, wortby of respect. He has cn f n ug many a valuable elucidation with rf ?ard to that unhappy enter prise at the Iardanellen. But this Jhtest perversity of his an attempt to rover a valiant opponent with abuse must In Itself be regarded as another proof of the complete hope lessness of the English action In try 'ng to find the way to Constantinople. To disparage your enemy is always a sign of demoralization. How do things stand today In the matter of the Pardanelles enterprise? Allied Lohii Are Heavy. Thousands of Kngllsli and Krenrh reainen sank with their ships to the bottom of the sea in their vain at tempt to foroe the straits. They were destroyed by the annihilating fire of the Turkish coast batteries, or by the torpedoes launched from German sub marines.. Tens of thousands of French and Knglish soldiers met their death In their futile and fepeated attempts to storm those admirably defended positions at Ari-Burnu. Gaba Tape and Anafarta. The attachs of the allies during this right .nontns" war deserve in be called Jantastiv. The results aotuaUy achieved in contrast to the losses are negligible in fact, almost nil. According to the official reports, six battleships and several smaller fighting units ,were completely lost; eight battleships, two battle cruisers, three armored cruisers, seven cruisers. numberless torpedo boats and subma rines, mine sweepers, etc.. as well as transport and supply shins, were put cut of commission through serious ,damage. How many of these must be consid ered as beyond all possibility of repair jno tnu3, out of the game so far as Js concerned, we can not Charles Farmer, a veteran of the Crimean War, who offered himself for erviee in the British army at the age of 78 years, after having been out of the service 44 years. And what Is more to the ioint, he was pronounced physically sound and was made a private in the Slirophire Light infantrj. the war Judge, since the repairs are kept secret. The valu' of the expended ammuni tion, most of it fhot away, runs into hundreds of millions. To this we must add tho deterioration of the great cannon tubes upon the battleships. . 70.5 centermetre or 38 cetitermetre rifle tube can only fire a very limited number of shots. This varies from between 80 to L'On. Then the guns have to be dismounted and replaced by new ones. The Knglish losses on land up to the beginning of October, as compared to parliament, weie 96.399. They did not include tho colored troops. Xo one can say what the French losses vere and the world must remain in ignorance of this, since the French government does not dare to publish casualty lists. All these enormous sacrifices were made in vain, for In all human prob ability it will only be a question of a very short time before the last soldier of the allies shakes the dust of Galli poli from his boots. Even now near ly all .the French troops, aa well as- several English divisions, have left Gallipoli. It iniy be assumed that the Eng lish will try to hold the last positions on the Suiva BH'.ht, if only for the sake of prestige inolved. They may succeed in doing this for a little time under the cover of the runs of the warships. But the British army au thorities need not base much hope upon this. The mass of the Turkish army is already stationed at another place, ready to meet its enemy. Church Bells Are Removed. Petrograd, Dec. 11. Nearly 3000 church bells have been removed to NlkJosky convent, near Moscow, where they are stored In a large park. The bells, many of which are of enormous t-ize, come from the towns and vil lages of Poland, Courland, Lithuania and Volhynia. and have been trans ported into the interior of the empire so that they rould not fall into the hands of the Germans, who would have used them for the manufacture of B&elU and other war ' material. Jewelers Since 1868 At Wellington and Park Portland cIke Store of Wonderful Gifts and Dependable Qualities We take this opportunity to correct a possible mistaken idea that this big store is only for those desiring to purchase articles of high price. We do specialize in rare gems and costly mounted jewelry, yet we have a very large assortment of dainty novelties and gold jewelry of equal quality at moderate prices all backed by the Feldenheimer guarantee. 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Dorine Powder Cases, Picture Frames, etc. Orders by Mail Will Receive Our Prompt and Careful Attention Captain Granville Fortscue, former military aide at the V.'hite House un der Theodore Roosevelt, has seen as much. If not more, of the war at close range as any other correspondent, ills observations are Included in a series of articles written for The New York American and The Oregon Journal. By Captain Granville Fortescue. Fortjf-three days is the average life of a soldier in the firing line trenches. Keep that fact in mind. Remember that the men in the trendies fathers. sons, husbands ana Drotners men Ike yourselves in many cases have but 43 days to live. I have seen the dead, as many ps 60, friend and foe, buried id by eide in one of these long, narrow trenches, and the damp earth is piled orr top of them, but armies take up their fight ing again. A fighting line today is run from a central office. You can understand that it is physically Impossible for tny general to place himself in a posi tion where he could watch 400 miles of fighting front. The general staff is the head of fice the board of directors of the war. The headquarters of an army corpse division and brigade are the tranch offices. A network of wires connect each une of these sub-units with the ac tive brain that gives .direction to the whole military forces of France. General Joffre's ICap. In a room at General Joffre's head quarters there is a table about 20 feet quare. On that table la a relief map, built in clay. That map Bhows the hole western battleltne from the English channel to the Swiss moun tains. Every feature of the landscape Is depicted every river, every road, every hill, every hollow. ea h tree, each trail, fleM, forest, culvert, ditch fence, mountain, is physically rep resented on the map. It is as if you were polseil in an aeroplane above the center of France and could see the whole country from Dunkirk to Belfort. 400 miles, livery Inch of that map shows one mile of '.errain. Diasonally across it runs the line of the French trenches. Be yond them are the enemy positions. Along each section of the front a number of movable blocks are placed. These blocks represent units of the French army a sorps, a division, a brigade, even a battalion, each varying tn size. The approximate force of the enemy is also thus depicted. With this great map before him. General Joffre meets every attack and counterattack, every move of his en emy. In the room adjoining is a telegraph office. In times of activity as many as &00, or 1000 telegrams (call them telegrams, although if they are in military language they mean dispatches) arrive in a single tia The telegraphic and telephonic aides of the general compile and classify all Information instantaneously for the commander-in-chief. The great man is left alone with his maps. His mind concentrates upon the information he has received. He forsees the object of his enemy. A few blocks are moved on the map. In an instnt the thousands of wires that spread out from headquarters are vibrating with the message from the chief. Thousands of soldiers are set marching, artillery moves from point to point. The supply wagons every where follow the fighting forces, and ambulances and field hospital follow the ammunition trains. When Commander Xsrts. Like clockwork at the appointed hour a bombardment begins. It may last days, day and night, before the infantry charge is ordered. Thus be gins a great battle. After the com mander has given his orders, he may rest. Really that is the only time when he can rest. Generals win battles, but soldiers aid nations In wars, as Kitchener says. But It is brain power that wins in every walk of life. This is as true of war aa it is of peace, and General Joffre has a 12-cyllnder brain. You have all heard of the courage of the troops In the fighting line. Deeds as wonderful are done every day in this war as any that have been performed by the heroes of ancient Greece or Rome, or the splendid fight ers of our own civil war. Officials Dismissed For Levying Graft Warsaw, Dee. 11. Several employes of the board of health of Lodz have been dismissed and some of them will be prosecuted for bribery and extortion. Tho discharged officials, who have i been in the service of the city for , years, tried to keep up the old Russian custom of making "extra money" in the discharge of their duty. There was nothing wrong in this, as the bribes collected by them were al- ways considered as "legitimate graft" , not only by themselves, but also by i the public, and they could not under stand why things should be run differ ent under the German rule. The discharge and arrest of the grafters was the result of a proclama tion, which gave the citizens the assur ance that they would not have to fear the vengeance of dishonest public of ficials If they reported cases of graft to the police. Blind Manls Thumb ! Print in Forgery, Madras, India. Dee. 11. (I. N. S.) i A clever scheme to forge a blind man's thumb print has just been disclosed in the high court here. While Jagan naickalu Chetty, a blind man, was traveling on a train, his companion, ! Chinniah Chetty pretended to massage his fingers and took a thumb impres- , slon. which he used for forging a re- ' ceipt of payment for a certain claim ' h had against the other. The blind man successfully .fought to have the. clainjpaid, despite the forged receipt. Fascinating Versatile Beautiful Bessie m trty ivrsx '.'? t - v i i . , a yA i Mhf' ii mi afi'tit " c ' mm TiK.tK W sunriscaJle in her greatest emotional effort as the pampered wife .Fraok Mills noted American stage star as the husband in AW A powerful sermon on the hollowness of luxury and wealth without love A near domestic tragedy pictured in this vivid, forceful drama by Thos. H. Ince Weber aumd Field First film showing of these Broadway favorites in a Keystone laugh compeller THiie Best of Eeemies e c MinniMa The Theatre Beautiful Sixth at Washington f