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. : . THE OREGON DAILY "JOURNAL; PORTLAND, MONDAY. OCTOBER-' 9, 1916 10 BRITISH TANK V1NS IN A FIGHT TO THE FINISH WITH GERMAN TANGLE Ponderous Armored Machine ' Wobbles Over Maze and ' Drives Out Enemy Forces. UNDER TREMENDOUS FIRE When the Bust of -Battle Clears Awy ' Xnr Moaater Is gees to Bo Mak lag Way Ore Zaimfi Work. By Frederick Palmer. : t Arwr1t1 CoiTiipondnt With th Brlttsb f Army of tbe Press of tbt Lotted Htacro.i At the British Front, Oct. .(!. N. B ) A fight to the finish between a British "tank" and the "tangle" waa the outstanding dramatic feature of . the charge of J,c Bars by the British In the advance In that neighborhood Saturday. ' The tangle waa a good, example of the methods - of defense which the Germans are using, now that they are out of their old fortifications. It Is a strong point with a maze of dugouts reinforced with cement, which haa teen especially constructed as a rally-ing-polnt for maehtne-gun play on the infantry, both flank and front. Shells, even of the largest caliber, are unable to put all the machine guns put of action. "Clearly, this was a Job for the tank." said a British staff officer, "and one of the worst it has ever . tackled." Osllaat Picturesque. No rush of any torpedo-destroyer under the guns of a battleship, and no cavalry charge on record could have ' been more gallant or picturesque. Since the taking of Eaucourt L'Ab taye, British bombing parties have made many rushes into "tangles" where the Germans have met their showers of bombs with showera of their own.- The fire had smashed much of the cement, making the ad vance all the more difficult in the midst of the labyrlnthlan turns which baffled the British, while the defend ers, due to their familiarity with their own lair, had every advantage. Nelth - er bullet nor bombs could harm the tanks, but it is bound to be under heavy shell fire. For the commander and the crew, death was success. Dexterous as the tank la in. moving over all kinds of. obstacles. It was un certain whether "his majesty's land ship," as the official title goes,-could navigate the tangle. Was Center of Blear? Tire. With that peculiar grumbling and rumbling noise that It makes as It goes over the ahell craters. It started off. Sheila dropped all around It. covering it with earth, but it seemed to bear a charmed life. Warping Itself up that half ruined fortification. It managed to cross over the upheaval of cement blocks and biased away with Us own machine guns into the dugouts and into the machine gun positions of the Germans. Meanwhile the German artillery did not seem to mind whether or not it hit its own men. The German artillery, having sighted tbe tank, were de termined to smash it if it was within the power of its guns to do so. The tank seemed to draw all kinds of fire and all the trouble there was in its own direction. At times the tank was hidden from view by the shell smoke and dust from the explo sions, but when this cleared it was still seen moving over the craters made by the shells aimed at it. Tank Bid Duty Assigned. With bullets and shell fragments rattling on its sides it kept on the Job. Death and destruction did not matter. Its business was to clear the tangle and it succeeded. The British maintained their posi tion and gained the front of Le Sara Saturday. They are cloae up to an other German atrong point which the gunners have named "The gunner's delight." This is the butte War Len rourt, a sort of tumultous hill which Is an ideal target for the gunners. They have torn the top off it and have blasted it out of anything like the former contour on the skyline. The Germans made another strong counter attack at 6 o'clock In the morning against the British positions beyond Thlepval and succeeded in get ting into a portion of the British trenches. Here the British closed on them and after a bloody hand-to-hand conflict recovered the trenches and took the survivors prisoners. CONVICT HIDES NINE DAYS IN PRISON AND VISITS LOVER THERE SORDID ROMANCE CONTINUES BEHIND PRISON WALLS Portland Salvation. Army. It nas been! arranged for her to live at Stark's borne. Concerning the parole. Governor Withycombe said: "I am Influenced not only by tbe recommendation of the parole board, but especially by Mrs. Kersch's action Sunday when her warning, given at the risk of her. life, thwarted Tanner's plan to escape from the prison. 'I have hesitated greatly to grant leniency in such a case as the one Involved, but it does now seem that Mrs. Kerach de serves a chance. She has learned a bitter lesson." THOSE LINCOLN LOVED CONTRIBUTE MOST TO TON'S CAMPAIGN All Classes Aid in Swelling Fund but "Common Peo ple" Most Numerous. "BIG MONEY" AIDS HUGHES Wall Street Fourlng Out Unlimited Stuns to Secure Election of BepubUeau Candidate. 'William Tanner and Hazel Erwin, who carried on clandestine court ship in spite of penitentiary bars, and whose bold attempt at es cape was frustrated by a third prisoner. (Continued From rr One.) down the corridor to a window facing the residence of Warden Mlnto. She screamed to Minto to come quickly, telling him Tanner was in the house. Tanner was found on a bookcase in the Bertillion room. Both he and the Erwin girl refused to make any statements as to the attempted es cape. An investigation disclosed that Tan ner had effected an entrance into the women's department from the Ber tillion room In the men's section, sec ond floor. He had removed a section of the base board about three feet in length and had made a hole through a wall of brick 23 inches thick. A"h old chimney hole was used in which to store the bricks removed. After going through this hole he was in the vegetable room, which is located in the women's section. From there it was easy for him to reach Hazel Erwln's room. The Erwin girl Is be lieved to have furnished him with food. Manned to Become "Matron." From evidence in the way of cloth ing found it Is believed that the Erwin girl Intended to disguise herself as Matron Pope. The only difficulty would be encountered at the front gate, but as it was foggy and milkers and other workers pass in and out in early morning hours, it might be possible for them to pass muster. The guards are stationed at towers on the corner Woodrow a door leading toward the stairway. They had evidently given up the plan of whittling out the lock as dangerous. An extra pair of trousers was found in th.e room and may have been intended to disguise Miss Erwin as a man, if that plan should seem feasible. Doz ens of packages of smoking tobacco and cigarette paper were found in the room. Warden Minto and other officials had a theory that Tanner was . within the prison and searched nearly every where except in the women's depart ment. After four or five days passed without any clue, they thought it probable that he had made his escape. Will Parole Woman. Governor Withycombe announced this morning that he would grant a parole within 30 days to Carrie Kersch. She has been In the penitentiary since April 25, 1911. Mrs. Kersch was implicated "with Jessie Webb in killing a man at Port land and placing his body in a trunk. The parole will await the return from the east of Major Jessie Stark of the Another Big Scandal Breaks Out in Russia Financiers and Confederates Are Said to Ksve Bouffnt Great Quantities of Foodstuffs Until Fries Drives. TTp. Copenhagen, Oct 8. (I. N. S.) Russian papers publish details of a gigantic scandal which has caused great excitement throughout the em pire Of tbe czar. According to these retorta A niimh,r of well known In- I fluential financiers and several high officials have been arrested in Petro grad. Moscow, Kieff and other cities. Among the arrested are Rubinstein, the manager, of the Franco-Russian Bank of Petrograd. with his wife and two brothers, the director of the rub-t rs.' Nellie Young! " iieunwui . u.. Umatilla county Mrs. Laura Tweedy, Umatilla county .... Will M. Petersen, Uma tilla county H. J. Taylor, Umatilla county M. L. Morrison, Uma tilla county E. E. Gelss, Umatilla county Barnett H. Goldstein, Portland fund is the tangible evidence of their deep interest in the campaign and their earnest desire for the reelection of President Wilson. Wall Street is doing Its utmost to elect Mr. Hughes. Unlimited sums have been poured into his campaign fund. Money Is being spent ' without stint in the effort to becloud the real issues of the campaign. No president who faithfully serves the people can look Tor Wall Stteets' support. The cost of the campaign for the reelection of President Wilson Is being defrayed not by "big business' but by the people. Those who wish to aid can do so by acting upon the sugges tion of the coupon below: Campaign Wilson Fund, Previously reported 12918.25 Wm. M. Blakeley, Uma tilla county J. N. Bcott, Umatilla Co. 20.00 20.00 proprietors of the banking firm of Juncker Brothera & Wolfsohn, a fa mous lawyer and attorney ' for tbe Spanish embassy The financiers and their confederates of the walls, some distance from the gate. The pair had filled a ssck made of jn official circles are accused of hav a blanket wlfh clothing and had used ! ing formed a ring for illegal specula tion and usury. It la charged that they bought up sugar, grain, meat and other foods and held these necessi- A Nation-wide Poll Showing To sense the trend of union labor sentiment in the coming Presidential election, the editor of THE LITERARY DIGEST addressed a letter to the presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries of labor organizations, representing practically all branches of industry, in every State of the Union. The letter asked for an expression of opinion as to the sentiment of their unions toward the different Presidential candidates. About. five hundred replies, from thirty-two States, have been received. In this week's number of "The Digest," dated October 7, the result of this poll is given. Many interesting statements from labor leaders are quoted, and this feature of the "Digest" will be read carefully by workers in every branch of industry. The article, in the opinion of many people, quite definitely answers the question "Will Organized Labor Vote Solidly?" It is handsomely illustrated with reproductions of original photographs. Among some of the other striking features in "The Digest" for October 7 are: , "American Business Bursts Its Jacket" The President and Leaders of Hi Party Assert the Highest Peak in American Business Has Been Reached Under Democratic Administration, and This Without Counting War importations or importations. The Zeppelin Raids on London New York's Traction Strike India's Six Invasions Our Future Hybrid Race A Government Show on Wheels Tftie Medical Fee System of the Future The Birth of Our Popular Songs Opposite German Views of Atrocities Negro Labor Coming North The War Caused by Coal and Iron Germany's Luxurious Trenches . (Specially Illustrated) Who Started the War? Sterilizing Oysters Conquering Heavy Roads in France French and Belgian Art Losses A Study in Rural Religion Many Interesting Half-tone Illustrations, Cartoons, Etc. A "Movie" Film That Girdles the Earth From week to week the columns of THE LITERARY DIGEST present a complete moving-picture of the world's events, happenings of every sort in all lands, skilfully condensed so as to make a reel oi actual, vital news that exactly meets the requirements of the busy man or woman of today. And you can be absolutely sure that nothing is colored or dis torted in the least. Each fact is recorded for you without fear or favor just as it occurred. This constantly changing film represents all shades of opinion, all diversities of thought. It is uniform in one respect only, its impartiality. It holds the mirror up to life and leaves you to judge for yourself. - "i. October 7th Number on Sale Today 10 Cents The .i FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous -NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK "Tis a Hark of Distinction to BaRadxot Th Litsr&xy Digest Tr ' I sUi ties until the prices were driven up. The profits they jpade through these illegal maneuvers are estimated at mil lions of dollars. To reach the officials whose aid the ring needed Rubinstein Is said to have employed a number of beautiful and fashionable women, mostly well known actresses of Petrograd and Moscow. WM. VINSEN COMMITS SUICIDE AT TONOPAH, PROMOTER DESTITUTE Mining Man Well Known in Pacific Northwest; Noted as Spender, 20.00 25.00 .25.00 5.00 S.00 2.00 10.00 Campaign Woodrow Wilsoa To the Oregon Dally Journal: I enclose herewith f for the Woodrow Wilson cam paign fund, to be spent In fur therance of the (Oregon or National.) campaign for the reelection of President Wilson. . Karns Address (Mail tnis coupon, together with you contribution en closed, to The Journal, Wood row Wilson campaign fund. Portland. Orison. Check should be mads payable to The Journal.) "placed a brtrslt f Nlles and wreaths of honor. Headed by General Bajrscka, ' the great friend and patron of Art Smith, each member of the company came forward n turn, closed his eyes, and bowed his head, clapped his hands to call the attention of the spirit, and then paid homage and burned Inccnne before him. The ceremony was exactly In line with the reverence paid to de ceased ancestors of great men. A memorial dinner was afterwards held at which General Nagseka -declared It was the American Nlles who first' taught the Japanese the real i os slblllty of conquering the air. Just as Commodore Ferry first opened the country to lorelgn Intercourse. A law suit against the promoters of his tour lor payment of Nlles' bill at the Im perial hotel was settled before the memorial meeting. Japanese Cabinet Completed. Tokio. Oct. 9. (U. P.) Marshal Count Terauchl. new Japanese prime minister, has completed his cabinet, with the statesman Motono as for eign minister. Tribute Is Paid by Japanese to Aviator Total J3043.25 Contributions to the Woodrow Wil son campaign fund now exceed $3000. Among the contributors are people In all walks of life, but the great ma jority are those whom Lincoln loved to term "the common people." The Tokio, Oct. 8. (I. K. S.) Rmidlng their heads, clapping their hands, burn ing Incense and muttering a few words of rever'-nce. a select company of 40 Japanese paid their last respects to the shade of Charles P. Nlles, the Ameri can aviator who was killed while mak ing a flight over Oshkosh, Wis. The ceremony took place in front of an altar erected in a room In tbe Im perial hotel, Tokio, on which were A ' fflaksMi Makes A Snappy William Vinsen, formerly a wealthy mining promoter, well known In Port land and Seattle, committed suicide near Tonopah, Nev., yesterday accord ing to word received here today. Vinsen lost his fortune and for sev eral years past Is said to have been almost destitute. He had been work ing an unprofitable mine lease at Tono pah and according to a note left be side his body had decided to "give up and quit." Some 25 or 30 years ago Vinsen was the proprietor of a flourishing restau rant in Helena, Mont. Later he en tered the mining game at Hecla, Mont., and operated in Montana and Idaho for a number of years with Indifferent success. About IS years ago he entered the eastern Oregon field at Sunrpter, where he promoted the Minnie, Ibex and other well-known properties. He also had a lease on the E. & K , owned by ex-Senator Jonathan, Bourne Jr. He attempted a great deal of development there and Interested capital in New, York, Boston, Philadelphia, London and Paris. Vinsen, wlio was a mafPbf great sise, was known as a spender. Stories are told of his hiring a brass band to escort him through Sumpter, from sa loon to saloon, that he might treat the populace. It is said that frequently when he rode on the narrow gauge Sumpter Valley railway he would order out the road's only private car. Because of his bulk he had a great aversion to walking and he would hire a cab to go a block. The longest walk he was ever known to take was in New York some years ago, when. with only three coppers in his pock ets, he was forced to tramp In a broiling sun from the financial dis trict, to the Waldorf-Astoria, where he engaged a room despite the con dition of his fortune at the time. Vinsen is said to have dissipated a great amount or money and was last seen in Portland about three years ago. 1' . ifelift: I ."1 siO'-'I.uL'i .'.. IS ill s i aJ' -mm W mm m-m m m a POIOllLWDIfllHl rfHANGIN' bosses in mid-stream " ain't usually the best way to get across Nature grows the tobacco let her finish the job. Plan to Build Big Artificial Island Warehouses, Kailroad Tracks; Cost $40,000,000. New York, Oct. 8. (I. N. S.) There will soon come before the war department at Washington for approval a plan to build a new artificial island In New York harbor, which, with the buildings on it, will cost 740,000,000. The proposal to make this alteration of the face of nature was made by a group of wealthy men, and the New York harbor line board has Just held a hearing here on the question. The board's recommendations will be for warded to War Secretary Baker. The new island would have an area of 440 acres and cover the Red Hook Shoals. On the made land, one mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, would be built transshipping sheds and warehouses, railroad tracks, high slips for barges carrying freight trains, and on the Brooklyn side IS piers. The plant would be run along the lines of the great Bush terminal. 1 At the hearing opposition developed from representatives of the Bush ter minal and of a proposed new terminal at Bayonne, N. J., while prominent shipping men appeared both tor and against the project. If the war department's decision Is f avorable. . the men behind the project, must then get the consent of the stale legislature to leave the right to the shoals and then put in a successful bid . for the lease. . There is some sentiment for having i the City of New York itself build the new terminal; and in any event the : group pushing the idea expect to In corporate in their lease a clause pro viding that the state or City get the i terminal alter a penoa oi years. Easily Managed. From the Boston Transcript. During a railroad strike a young and green engineer was put on to run a train. On his first trip out he ran some distance beyond a station he was to stop at, and on backing up he rar. a far the other way. H was about to start forward for another attempt when the station master shouted: OI thunder! Stay where you are and we'l -move the station." . - YOU want "life" in your pipe tobacco. Only . 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