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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1914)
SUFFRAGISTS WHO ill f jyitwfe ; pfpU' 1 Left to right are: MisB Rose Winslow, Miss Lucy Uurua, MIbs Doris Stevens, Miss Ruth Noyes, Miss Anna McCue, Miss Jane Plncus and Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs. These women are the "war squad" of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage who have left Washington to work In the equal suffrage Btates. They will appeal to their voting sisters to withhold their support from the Democrats, because of the attitude of the present adminis tration toward equal suffrage. Misses Winslow and Burns are to establish headquarters In San Francisco, Misses Stevens and Noyes In Denver, Miss McCue in Seattle, Miss Plncus In Phoenix, Arizona, and Mrs. Stubbs In Port land, Oregon. , GERMAN WINGS TURNING BACK Entrenched Center Firm Long Battle Still Undecided. French Military Men Expect Im portant Move by Foe Soon Invaders Pushing North. Paris Thursday was the 19th day of continued hard fighting along the 150-mile front from the Somme to the Moselle and yet there is no definite in dication that the historic battle is nearing a finish. There are, however, evidences that the Germans are receding before a forcible and sustained pushing from the allied armies, especially on their western and eastern wings, while the center, where the Germans are more strongly entrenched than at any other point with heavy artillery, remains al most stationary. It is generally concluded by French military men that eome important move must soon be made by the Ger mans, who have found it impossible to stem the advance of the allies, though they offered the sternest and most des perate resistance, sacrificing thousands of men daily. , The German wings appear to be folding back on the center, leaving them some loophole for a backward movement by way of Rethel. The Germans' main supply base at ' Juniville, which is protected by heavy masses of troops, as it is absolutely essential that this place shall be held for the revictualing of the German armies in Northeastern France, ap pears to be placed in a somewhat pre carious situation with its single line of railroad. The line of battle has changed con siderably since the beginning of the actual contact between the two great armies, whose numbers and real posi tions it is not permitted to make pub lic. The front now presents Binuous windings, loops inward and outward at various points in a country which everywhere is wonderfully adapted to defense. Fireworks Plant Blows Up; Five People Killed Chicago H. B. Thearle, president of the Pain Fireworks Display com pany of America, was killed here with four of his employes in an explosion and fire which destroyed the company's plant. John Costello, office boy, thrown through a door into an alley, may die. Firemen thought that several bodies might be under the debris in the flooded basement. The first explosion occurred in the steel and concrete vaults of the Pain building, in which $5000 worth of fireworks were stored. The vaults were supposed to be fireproof and to be able to withstand any explosion. The vaults were blown to atoms. Adjoin ing office buildings were shaken and damaged. Many persons were injured by broken glass and by being trampled. The explosion, it was thought, might have been caused by a spark from wir ing which Johnson, the electrician, was adjusting. "Crush English," Says Kaiser. London The Times Thursday says that it ib able to give from a thorough ly trustworthy source the text of an order issued by Emperor William to his army on August 19. It follows: "It is my royal and imperial com mand that you concentrate your ener gies for the immediate present upon the Bingle purpose, and that is that you address all your skill and all the valor of my soldiers to exterminate first the treacherous English and walk over General French's contemptible little army." Lipton Hospital Ship at Havre. Havre Sir Thomas Lipton'g yacht Erin, which has been transformed into a hospital ship, has arrived here. On board the Erin were the Duchess of Westminster and several nurses. HAVE INVADED THE Bombardment Near Ant werp Renewed With Vigor London A Central News dispatch from Antwerp Thursday says : "The Germans again bombarded Alost and set the town afire. Fierce fighting is raging at various points along the whole line." The official statement of the Belgian general staff, as received here from Antwerp, says: "A vigorous German bombardment of Forts Woelhem, Wavre and St. Catherine, which was continued throughout the night, abated at 8 o'clock in the morning. The assail ants did not succeed in silencing the guns of the Belgian forts nor in any way lowering the morale of the gar risons of the forts. "At no point did the German in fantry dare to move against our first lines of defense. Only one attempt was directed against Forts Liezele and Bresdonk. Our troops, holding posi tions between these works, allowed the enemy to advance until they were within close range, when the artillery and infantry, working in a remarkable combination, showered the attacking column with a hail of projectiles and bullets, which threw their ranks into disorder and compelled a hasty retreat. This attempt cost the Germans dearly and was not repeated. In short, the events of the day confirm the confi dence of the Belgians in the power of resistance of their natural redoubt." New French Gun Kills Without Apparent Wounds London Confirming in a degree the strange stories told of withering death dealt by a new explosive used by French artillery, the Standard corre spondent has written from Dieppe : "A visit to the field battle of the Marne shows the devastating power of the French three-inch gun to be some thing of which we hitherto had not dreamed. Entire sections and com panies of Germans have been struck as if by simultaneous thunderbolts, re minding one of nothing so much as the wholesale extinction of the populations of Herculaneum and Pompeii. "On the borders of one of the for ests a company of Prussian infantry at bivouac is laid out as if surprised by the fire. Two sentinels are still grasp ing their rifles, and a little way off a messenger lies by himself. Further on, an officer on guard lies a few yards from his men with loosened belts and lying in their blankets. Two of them still hold playing cards in their hands. "Even more extraordinary is another group of 60 dead lying about a small haystack, as if in sleep, their rifles stacked and their knapsacks arranged in orderly heaps." Americans in No Hurry. Paris There are still between 800 and 900 Americans in Switzerland, according to the latest estimate. Most of those remaining belong to the wealthy class and are in no hurry to go home. At Basel German and French Red Cross officers were exchanged and will return to their respective coun tries. The interchange was supervised by Swiss officers. The French and Germans held friendly meeting, ex changing cards, drinking the health of one another and discussing their war experiences. Prisoners of War IlL Paris Telegrams from Budapest indicate that much alarm is felt there regarding the health situation, Bince numerous cases of dysentery are offi cially admitted to exist among prison ers of war interned in various parts of Hungary, Wounded Austrian officers from Galicia unanimously agree that the Russian artillery fire is extraor dinarily good, especially that of the Kiev corps. Kaiser's Filth Son III. Berlin Prince Oscar, the emperor's fifth son, it was announced Tuesday, is suffering from a heart affection, due to his exertions in the field, and has been obliged to leave his regiment. He iB under the care of physicians at Met. The empress received a letter j from the emperor in which he referred optimistically to the situation. WESTERN STATES BOMB FROM AIR BEHEADS CITIZEN Girl Maimed and Many Build ings Are Damaged. German Aviator Drops 4 Missiles On ParisOne Strikes Near American Embassy. Paris Four bombs were dropped on the city from a German aeroplane Sun day. One missile, exploding in Ave nue du Trocadero at the corner of Rue Freynoinet, blew the head from the shoulders of a man who was standing on the corner with his daughter, and crippled the child. The other bombs did little damage. Crowds, taking advantage of a beau tiful autumn day, were promenading on the banks of the Seine when the aerial warrior appeared almost direct ly above'the Eiffel Tower. It is believed that the first bomb dropped was intended for the wireless station or the tower, or possibly for the nearby buildings containing army Btores. It landed in Avenue du Tro cadero, not far from the tower, and the explosion was heard for many blocks. The houses in the vicinity were bad ly damaged, many of the walls crack ing and windows being shattered. The bomb struck only a block from the American embassy at No. 5 Rue de Chaillot, where Ambassador Myron T. Herrick, who did not accompany the government to Bordeaux, still makes his home. In the wake of the bomb fluttered a German flag. At the sound of the ex plosion the promenaders in that sec tion first rushed for shelter, and then, as the airship moved on, they hurried to the scene of the havoc. In the midst of the excitement the aeroplane dropped three more bombs. One landed among a herd of cows pas tured on the Anteuil race course. One cow was killed and others toppled over stunned. A third bomb fell in Rue Vineuse and a fourth in Rue de la Pompo, a quarter in which many Americans live. Comparatively little damage was done in either instance. Chinese to Spend Millions for Trade in America San Francisco That the Republic of China will spend $10,000,000 in the United States and Canada in 1915 in the development and extension of her trade with North America, was the gist of a message received here by the ranama-racitic exposition direct from President Yuan Shai Kai, and con firmed in a similar communication from the head of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of China. In the working out of what is per haps the greatest commercial enter prise China has ever , planned, 50 wealthy and influential public men of the republic will come to San Fran cisco early in 1915. After studying trade and manufacturing conditions in connection with the exposition, they will make an extensive tour of the United States and Canada, establish ing branches of Chinese business houses in every important center. It is in providing capital for these branches that the Chinese business as sociations and the government will ex pend the $10,000,000 to the big booster excursion for the establish ment of closer commercial relations with the West Philippine Measure Up. Washington, D. C Ultimate inde- pendence of the Philippines is proposed in the Jones bill, consideration of which began in the house Monday, un- der a special ruling allowing unlimited amendment and 12 hours' general de bate. Republicans, declaring it was unwise legislation at this time because of the European war. Debate proba bly will last all next week. Represen tative Garrett advocated the bill carrying out of the Democratic pledge to the Filipinos of a representative government for the islands. NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. Experts estimate Germany's daily war cost at $5,000,000. It is declared that Australia is mo bilizing an army to aid Great Britain. Mrs. Adams has been aorjointed as sistant United States attorney at San Francisco. Canadian troops have embarked for England to aid the British in the Euro pean war. Harry Thaw has leased an estate in Manchester, N. H., where he will spend the winter. Two unidentified victims of the wrecked Bteamer Leggett were or dered buried at Newport, Oregon. The Montenegrins are within artil lery range of the Sarajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia. The will of Mrs. Frank Leslie, wife of the late publisher, bequeaths $2, 000,000 to the cause of woman suf frage. Noting the success of aviation in the European war, Uncle Sam is said to be increasing the efficiency of the U. S. aviation service. Twenty Eastern Star delegates and members were injured when a plat form in Kansas City collapsed, precip itating 400 persons. The 38th German casualty list made public, contains about 8000 names. It includes three major generals, one killed and two wounded. A resident of Maubeuge, who had been made prisoner but later escaped, states that Maubeuge was three-quarters burned by the Germans. Italy is ready to make a protest to Turkey against the abolition of the capitulations at Constantinople, ac cording to a Rome dispatch to the Havas agency. By order of the military commander of the province of Brandenburg, Ger many, the Vorwaerts, organ of the So cial Democratic party, has sus'pended publication indefinitely. The Dardanelles have been closed to navitgation, according to a dispatch from Constantinople to the Reuter Telegram company, London. The dura tion of the closure is not Btated. News from Petrograd indicates that within a week a new Russian army 1,000,000 strong will join the present armies in Poland and Galicia for "Rus sia's principal attack on Germany." It is officially announced at Vienna, according to Rome dispatches to the Exchange Telegraph company, of Lon don, the Austro-Hungary army concen trated at Cracow numbers 2,600,000. A German bullet is said to have been the cause of the death of Prince Adalbert, the German emperor's third son, also, it was found that other Ger man officers died from a similar cause, A report received from Munich esti mated that 2,000,000 men, and women are idle in Germany, and that the num ber of unemployed is increasing daily A lack of raw material, it is Baid, is the cause. The London war information bureau has made it known that Indian troops were landed in France last Friday. The point of landing was not revealed, but it is presumed that the troops dis embarked at Marseilles. It is officially announced by Austria- Hungary, says a dispatch from Rome to the Havas agency, that General Von Auffenburg, commanding the first Austrian army, is ill. It is said the general has contracted cholera. The historic annual banquet held by the New York chamber of commerce. has been postponed on -account of the war, and the president of the chamber suggests the members give the price of each plate ($20) to the Red Cross. An Antwerp dispatch to the London Daily Mail says : "King Albert is to be seen constantly in the danger zone, He is reported to have ascended in a balloon to survey operations. The enemy shelled the balloon but the shells fell short." Eighteen steamers of an aggregate tonnage of 29,681 have been sunk by German warships during September, according to a London board of trade report, while nine steamers were de stroyed by mines in the North Sea in the same period, 75 lives being lost. Secretary Bryan, for the United States, and Ambassador Bakhmeteff, for Russia, signed a treaty binding the two nations to submit all disputes that cannot be settled diplomatically to an international commission of five members for investigation during period of at least one year, during which hostilities may not be com menced. A Petrograd dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph company, London, states that the Russian moratorium has been extended for a month. A dispatch from Rome asserts that the.minister of the interior has an nounced that 15 new cases of cholera were discovered in the Budapest mili tary hospital. The operators of a German Zeppelin dirigible dropped a bomb into a school- house at Bielostok, Russia, killing the chilHrpn. li(fnrilinfT tfi n Hiennf,h frnm Petrograd. Eleven children were ported killed by the bomb. European War Hurts Re public of Panama, Too Panama Like nearly all the Central and West Coast South American coun tries, Panama ia suffering from the effects of the European conflict. The situation here is aggravated, it is de clared, by a lack of financial surplus, and it has been found necessary to pro pose the discharge of many govern ment employes and the stoppage of practically all of the public work. There is no immediate possibility of securing additional revenue from im port duties. Under treaty agreements with the United States the republic cannot increase duties beyond the 15 per cent which is already imposed. Ever since the outbreak of the Euro pean war imports have steadily de clined, those from Europe having al most disappeared, while imports from the United States and other neutral countries have not increased sufficient ly to make up the deficit. Recently Ernesto T. .Lefevre, secre tary of foreign affairs and one of the president s trusted advisers, stated that a general reduction of govern ment salaries was in contemplation. This, however, he said, cannot be done without the sanction of the national assembly. A measure is said to be in preparation for this purpose. Considerable dissatisfaction is mani fest in commercial circles over the de termination of the administration to carry to completion the proposed Na tional exposition. It is pointed out that the immediate abandonment of this project would materially aid in straightening out the country's finances and probably would make unnecessary the borrowing of a considerable sum at high interest. All Big Gun Factories in Italy Busy With Orders Rome Factories manufacturing big guns are working night and day to finish the supply of modern ca which has been ordered for the Italian army. The firms hope to be able to hasten the work to such an extent that the whole army will be provided with these cannon in a few weeks. An or der has been issued to hasten the prep aration of the supply of provisions and ammunition for the troops. bignor Monti-Guarnien, deputy from Pesaro, recently called on the ministry of war for an explanation of the delay in the manufacture of cannon ordered from Italian firms. Parliament not being in session, the interrogation has not been answered as yet. It was semi-officially declared that the question concerned 87 field bat teries. The delivery of guns of the 75 millimeter type was delayed owing to a modification in the specifications made after the order had been given, The report that the 1885, 1886 and 1887 classes of reserves would be called to the colors iB confirmed. Early in October" is the time Bet for mobilization. This will make 11 of the classes of the first category in the service, with a total of 1,390,000 men, witnout counting the 80,000 men now in Tripoli, Italy will have an army of 1,310,000 men in her own ter ritory, divided into 30 army corps. $5,000,000 Is Daily Cost to German Nation at War Berlin The response of the German public to the efforts of the government to raise a war fund of 5,000,000,000 marks ($1,260,000,000) has, it is as serted here, removed all anxiety the nation may have had regarding its ability to meet financial obligations due to the war. Originally the reichstag allowed a war credit of 5,000,000,000 marks in addition to the war treasure, and of this amount 4,500,000,000 marks has been subscribed by the public without straining seriously the financial re sources of the empire. According to military authorities, the war is costing Germany about 20,- 000,000 marks ($5,000,000) a day, in elusive of money spent on behalf of those who have been deprived of their breadwinners. The means of the gov ernment at the beginning of the war, not counting the permanent war treas ure bill, including the reserve funds of the Reichsbank, amounted to about 500,000,000 marks, which in the mean time, however, has been considerably increased through the issue of notes. It is thought, therefore, that the money available for the purposes of the campaign can be increased, if nec essary, by several billion marks. Mine Is Thought Wine. Rome Details of the destruction of a fishing boat off Rimini by a floating mine show that the fishermen mistook the mine for a wine cask, which they sought to recover. Throwing out a line, they drew the supposed cask to ward them and when it touched their craft an explosion occurred. The boat was blown to pieces and ail the nine men were killed. Members of other nsning crews in me vicinity were wounded? by flying splinters. Experts say that hundreds of mines from Austria are floating towards Italy, $2,000,000 Left Suffrage. New York The residue of the es tate of the late Baroness De Bazus, formerly Mrs. Frank Leslie, has been bequeathed to the cause of woman suffrage, it was learned here. The etsate has been estimated at $2,000, 000. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, pres ident of the Internationl Woman Suf frage Alliance, said that she had been informed that she had been named as recipient of the residue, but had not been informed yet as to the amount of the sum. ENGLAND'S ARMY NEEDS BLANKETS Supplies in Hands of Manufac turers Are Exhausted. Million and a Half Needed to, Pre vent Pnemonia Housewives Strip Beds to Help. London Colder weather throughout the training camps in England and in the war zone on the continent has emphasized the shortage pf blankets and overcoats which the English army is facing. Advertisements of the War office frankly announcing it has exhausted the supply of blankets in the hands of manufacturers and wholesalers and asking retailers to submit bids appear in many of the London papers. With about half a million men now in serv ice, and the prospect that the number will shortly be doubled, the blanket supply iB a serious problem. Great Britain is busy collecting blankets for Lord Kitchener's new army, and patriotic housewives are not only stripping their own beds, but importuning their frinds. As blan kets are not long-lived and their places must be filled by new ones, this form of tribute is considered about as heavy as the equivalent in cash. In all, a million and a half pairs of blankets must be had. The outfitting of so many men in so short a time has overtaxed the machin ery of the War office. An outbreak of pneumonia is feared unless blankets arrive in plenty. As the climate where the English are now fighting in France and in por tions of Germany in which English men may be engaged is much more severe than the moist winter of Eng land, there is some apprehension as to the effect colder weather will have on the British forces and much discus sion as to the most effective way to guard the soldiers in the trenches against severe weather. Reduction of Gasoline lax Agreed on by Committee Washington, D. C. Reduction of the proposed tax on gasoline in the war revenue bill from 2 cents to 1 cent a gallon and the imposition of a tax of 50 cents per horsepower on automobile sales, were agreed to by Democrats of the senate finance committee. The committee did not reach the bank tax in its deliberations but will have before it soon a sub-committee recommendation that the proposed tax of $2 a thousand on bank capital and surplus be eliminated and that there be substituted a stamp tax on checks. drafts, certificates of deposit and other negotiable paper. The tax on checks, drafts, etc., would be 2 cents and on certificates of deposit, etc., 2 cents for each $100. From this it is estimated the revenue would be about $10,000,000 a year. It was also agreed to retain the pro posed increased tax of 50 cents a bar rel on beer in the house bill, with the understanding, however, that a further increase of 25 might be made should the committee find it necessary to raise more revenue after it has com pleted consideration of all sections of the bill. The proposed tax of 20 cents a gal Ion on sweet domestic wines and 12 cents on dry wines, the committee agreed to revise, retaining the house, rate on sweet wines but reducing the' dry wine tax to 8 cents. This was on recommendation of the Treasury de partment. The committee action with reference to gasoline and automobiles occasioned considerable surprise, as the general expectation had been that an automo bile tax would be substituted for the gasoline tax. The one cent on gasoline will bring revenue amounting to $10, 000,000. The proposed 60 cents per horsepower on automobile sales will not affect persons owning automobiles, but will be levied only on sales. There is a provision, however, that whenever a manufacturer already has contracted to sell automobiles at a certain price the tax shall be paid by the jobber or dealer. The stamp tax, including the in surance taxes, tobacco dealers' tax and other features of the bill, will be con sidered next. 54 Ships Are Registered. Washington, D. C Fifty-four ships aggregating nearly a quarter of a mil lion tons and worth approximately $15,000,000 have been added to the American merchant marine since the new ship registry law went into effect. Although the vessels previously sailed under British, German or Belgian flags they were really American owned and had foreign registry only because they were foreign built. Assistant Secre tary Sweet, of the department of com merce, said the question of prizes was not involved in any of the transfers. Greece, Warned, Retorts. London A dispatch to the Express from Rome says that it is renortprf there that Emperor William of Ger many has sent a telegram to the King of Greece warning him that if Greece enters into a war against Turkey Ger many will not guarantee the future existence or ureece. Kine Consta n- tine replied, the dispatch says, that if anv of the Balkan ntatc t.,, 1 on either side Greece would declare for J the triple entente.
