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MID SOLDIERS
SACRIFICED IN VAlN
Ssnnans Inflict Enormous
Damage but Fail to Break
, (By William Philip Sims.)
J Paris, Sept. 9. Thousands of
i Annans were dead and wound-
I ti today in the nine or ten mile
! drip of territory between their j
present positions and the lines
j froc which they have retired in
1 to past 24 hours,
i Indications were that they
I re in actual retreat, and not
! filling back for merely strategic
, reasons.
1 The kaiser's officers were said
i a have sacrificed their men
A)teal in 'the effort to break
tira?h the allies' ranks.
J The fightinsr ha3 been of the
Mdcjoerate character, much
wit hand to hand,
j General Von KlUk, command
i n U German extreme right,
; w massed his forces ap-ain and
I Pm, dashin? them desperately
"pinst the British batteries on
1 rawer bank. All these sacri
! thus far have been in vain.
w the Germans' retirement,
j owing each rush, the British
t "Mitry have nnrcnoH tv.
I S'y-u"ously baynetting
r" was P'ain today that the
I tarly prostrated
.V Tusllon. prisoners sav
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Progressives will hold the stage to
night at the regular monthly meeting
of t'ne Salem commercial .club at the
Marion hotel, at which time Bill Han
ley, progressive candidate for U. S. sen
ator; S. M. Gill, progressive candidate
for governor, and F. W. Hild, general
manager of the P. K., It. & P. Co., will
talk. Mr. Hanley will make a non-partisan
speech and discuss some interest
ing subject of his own choosing. He
has the reputation of looking like Wil
liam J. Bryan and to have some of .his
gift for speech-making. He arrived in
the city at noon with his campaign co
horts. Mr. Gill will discuss "The De
velopment of Oregon Resources."
To illustrate his talk on "The Rela
tion of Public. Utilities to the Develop
ment of the Community,'" Mr. Ilild will
use stercopticon views, and hia talk is
expected to be of exceptional interest
and profit. Taken altogether, this
meeting promises to be the best held
vet. The members of the commercial
club are expected to be preesnt and
brina their friends with tnem.
Jack Crowe, manager of thq Maritfn
hostelry, has promised to cook the din
ner himself, and if that promise counts
for anything, there will be some rusb
for plates when the event is called at
6:30 this evening.
PANKHUEST IS PATRIOTIC.
'
Loudon, Sept. 9. "Great
Britain's defeat and Germany's
victory, declared Miss t.hnsto
bal Pankhurst, the suffragette
Joan of Arc, addressing a war
meeting here last night, "would
be a calamity from the women's
point of view.
I agree with the premier thor
oughly this time., and, I hope ho
'will -nevef '"-disagree with"
again. '" -
"The women are ready to
fight in the line if necessary,
ii' they can serve it better in
that way."
HEALTH OFFICERS
REPORT FOR AUGUST
During the month of August in the
city of Salem there occurred only 12
deaths, uf these eieht were male and
four female. The contagious diseases
were two cases of .scvret fever 3nd
two of typhoid.
JVuv,ii3t was apparently it tractive for
yirl babies, for 13 were born as tigiunst
nix boy babios. The total for !(ti sexee
is !.-, which cives the lurih rnte a sur
plus rf seven over the death rittu.
Dr. Miles made 31 calls to the sick
wards of the city during the month, or
an average of one eai-i dav. He made
six quarantine inspection? and quaran
unea iwo nouses. Keairy 500 genera
inspections were made. These were in
part as follows: Clean-un of cmrlino-p
u reruse, itj; ofti-s inspected, 35
chicken yards Ordered cleaned up, 2
. .i o---b-
uunenes inspectea. a 11 meat markets
nspected: 4 fish nimk-pfs fl pronm
,rt " . '.. . ' i
iu COniectlont'nes. 18 roatanrsnts and
iti grocery and fruit stores.
in nis campaign to keen the itr
clean, the health officer r.as inspected
canneries, cider works, ordered frv.it
covered, ordered veiretabl.-s remn prl
ijcm ine vaik, inspected aewew, iuves
. . . "
"aaicu icianus case, sent watif si.(
mens to Portland for analysis, notified
rcpic io cut weeds, connect with sew
rru, etc. .
BREACH OF PROMISE
HER MOST
romana, Ore., Sept. 9. Two suits
aggregating $353,000 filed by Mrs. Cora
-..-....ugcr, a wmow, at Killings, Mont,
against Charles M. Blair, multi-million
aire and business mm r. ini.,4
charging breach of promise and seduc-
u, are cnaractenzed as "pure black
mail in a statement mau l Tiuir
today. j
The suit charging seduction amounts;
to $100,000 and the one for breach of
Promise is for $225,000.
Mrs. K nsmi n ner 'o illn;nnn M CI,. 1
y denied by Blair, who stated that the
complainant ig endeavoring to extort
money from him.
Blair, his wife and two daughters
moved to Portland from Billings three
vr8 "go. Mrs. Ensminger is 29 years
PHIEST3 AND NTJ3 ARE '
DRIVEN FROM MEXICO
. Dr Frnci,M;,t S-Pt. 9. Driven oat
of Mexico by orders of Provisional
i resident Carranza, 45 Catholic clergy
men and 60 nuns arrived here todav
on the steamship City of Mexico. Car
ranza, it was said, believed the Cath
olics aided the federals in the last revo
lution. The majority of the refugees
are Mexican and Spanish. TheT were
men but 24 hours in which to leave
their parishes. "
DAMAGED
Claim Made the Slav Soldiers
Shoot Their Austrian Of
ficers in the Back
EPIDEMIC DECIMATES,
FAMINE THREATENS
One Ray of Light in Gloom-
Servians Checked and
Driven Out of Bosnia
iytrograd, Sept. 9. Though the Aus-
trians were fighting desperately, the
war office here announced today that
conditions in Ualicia "continued to im-.
prove. "
General Rennenkamp, the czar s com
mander in East Prussia, it was stated,
was again on the offensive on a large
scale and was bombarding Konigsberg'
heavily.
Incensed by the destruction of Lou-
vain and other Belgian cities, it was
said the czar was more than ever de
termined to take Berlin.
The Novoe Vremya asserted that
prisoners said Austrian Slav soldiers
were shooting their own ofticers in the
back in action.
Epidemic, Famine and Panic.
Petrograd,' Sept. 9, Anti-war riots
have broken out in many parts of
Austra-Hungary, the Russian foreign of
fice asserted today.
The country, it was added, was oh
the verge of ft financial panic;' famine
threatened and an epidemic was - de
cimating the troops. '"
Austrian Slav troops were declared
to be surrendering everywhere to the
Russians.
The war office said the Austrian
were retreating in Galicia and Russian;
Poland, and cossacks were harassing
their rear guards. . I
It was announced that General Kousz-
ky, commanding tne czar s iorces in,
Russian Poland had attacked tlie Aus
trian right flank, inflicting enormous:
damage. "
The general starr confirmed reports
of Russian victories in the Carpathinn
mountain passes.
Success at All Points.
Washington, Sept. 9. Continued
Russian successes were reported in a
cablegram received today at the Russian
embassy from Petrograd. It said:
"On September 8 a general engage
ment continued along the whole Aus
trian front. The Austrian center re
tired.
"Near Rava, Russia, a battle was
fought against a big force of Austrians,
the Russians attacking a strongiy forti
fied position."
Servians Driven Back.
KM, Servia, Sept. 9. Reinforced,
the Austrian defenders of the Slavonian
(Continued on page 5.)
By KarlH. Von WleganoV 1
t r ti,. H,,A qr,f 9 At
in the air," Sergeant Werner, of the
German army aviation corps, who pilot- j
ed Lieutenant Von Heidsen on his flight!
over Paris.
"The men who hold the reserved
seats in tne tneawr oi mis
. iv:. .! '
wno see tne Dames as uui ecu j
erals see them," said Werner, "are the
aviators. I
"I owe it to Providence that I ami
alive today. .
"T received orders to locate the Brit
ish forces and to learn their eiact line
of battle. , . . I
"Accompanied by JLieutenam vuu
Heidsen, an expert observer, i maue a
monoplane ascent and headed south to
ward Pans.
"The Sunday before we had flown
over Paris, where we dropped three
bombs. On this later trip, however, we
flew south from Mons, following a
broad road, passed the edge of a mag
nificent forest in which 40,000 of the
country's inhabitants had taken ref
uge, soared over the British iieadquar
ters, locating the positions of the com
mander in chief and his staff, made
maps of these positions, erossed to tae
French position and located the- artil
lerv, wRich was masked. Von Heidsen
roughly sketched everything.
Tha Bird and the Eagle.
"Suddenly be pres'jd my arm and
pointed upward.
"We were then nearly
1.000 feet
GRAPHIC STORYO
eastern France at 1,500,000. It
was figured that they were op
posed by about an equal num
ber of Germans.
Russia was said to have
thrown 8,000,000 troops into
Russian Poland and across the
German and Austrian frontiers.
Austria was understood toliave
1,000,000 opposing them.
This did not take into consid
eration tue Geman forces in
east Prussia, concerning whose
number tnere was considerable
uncertainty, the French and Bel
gians in Belgium or The Aus
trians and ISurvians engaged
along Austria's southern fron
tier. The total of these, it was
thought, probably would be an
other 1,000,000.
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Italy Wanted Albania at Close
of Balkan War, But Was
Shut Oii Of It
IT WOULD PLACE HER IN
CONTROL j)F ADRIATIC
When Kinglet William of Wied
' Quit Turks Just Quietly
Took Possession
Rome, Sept. 9. Italian officialdom
exnreased considerable perturbation to-
,iv at news of Turkish government '
re-establishment in Albania,
To people of the new world Albania
may seem too remote -and uncivilized to
be "seriously considered. From the Ital
ian southeast coast, however, its shores
are distant considerably, less than 100
miles across the Strait of Otranto and
the Italian government has long desired
to possess it.
Aside from the terrotcries' intrinsic
value, and Italians believe that policed
and developed, it would be well worth
having, ownership of it would make the
Adriatic an Italian lake and tremen
dously Increase the country's naval
power and importance.
Would Bottle Austria.
Incidentally, It would effectually bot
tle up Austria 's only ports and pave the
way for an ultimate Italian claim to
that country's Adriatid provinces, as
naturally belonging to Italy.
Of course, the arrangement would not
Continued on page 6.)
TURKS
Fl ALBANIA
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BIB THE CONTEST
RSI IS
high.
"Looking where Von Heidsen point-
"It was evidently, swifter than our
monoplane.
"I tried to climb, realizing that the
biplane would drop a bomb as soon as
it was airecuy iu.i.;
But I failed. I could not reacn
the biplane's level.
"Soon it was directly overhead.
"I was not a f read, but it was a
moment -of suspense such as to
take
years out of one's life.
"The biplane's speed was regulated
so as iust to keep pace with us as it
swept lower and lower. "I felt certain that the end was
"I learned then how a bird feels !near
with an agle or a hawk awooping upon; "The Bleriot was even speedier than
it. I the Bristol, but it also was without
"The biplane evidently W2 trying bombs, and those in it had to depend
to get so close tnat a oomo oouia noi
miss us.
A Pistol DueL
"My nerves were unstrung. 8udden
lv I saw' a flash beside me aod thought
for moment that a bomb had struck
us. ,
"Then I realized that Lieutenant
Von Heidsen was liring at the biplane
with his automatic pistol.
"The biplane's propellor was in
front so.that those in it .eould not fire
from that direction. Then it became
certain that it tarried, no bombs. In
stead, it veered aside and opened fire.
"Simultaneously we plunged norti-
ward toward the German lines.
"Accurate shooting was Impossible;
French War Office Issues
Statement of Situation On
the Battlefield
FRENCH ARMY STILL
HOLDING MAUBEUGE
Claim Made that Germans Are
v. Exhausted and Ammuni
' tion Running Low
Bordeaux, Sept. 9. The French war
ornce here issued the following state
merit this afternoon:
"The general battle between the
allies and tho Germans, begun Sunday
in the territory northeast of Paris and
toward the eastern frontier, continues
with French successes reported, in the
main.
"The Gorman attack on the French
right wing was weakened for the first
time, and the t rench wing is now re
ported advancing.
"The Paris defense army, co-oper
ating with the French and British field
forces, is engaged with the Germans
near the River Ourcq. The allies have
gained a decisive victory In this quar-
ter,-pressiug the Germans far back.
''Severe fiEhtlnar is in rroaress in
the vicinity of Sezanne and .Vltry Le
Francois, a point toward which the Ger
jnans have pouted heavy reinforce-,
ments in an effort to break the French
line. , 1
Btlll Hold MubeuBe.
"The French artillery is unusually
effective and the strength of the Ger
man assault has been so far broken that
the French are able to charge and drive
the Germans upon their own reserve
lines.
"The defense of Maubeuge continues
heroically against strong German forces
provided with heavy siege guns."
The statement concerning Maubeuge
was in direct contradiction of the Ger
man claim, of which news was received
here through British sources, to the ef
fect that the Maubeuge fortifications
had fallen, and that with them the
Germans had taken 40,000 prisoners.
It could not be learned whether the
war office intended itl statement as a
denial of the German story or if Ber
lin had later Information than Bord
eaux. Shortly after the statement's (ap
pearance War Minister Millerand de
clared that the kaiser's offense was
broken and that the allies themselves
were on the aggressive, General Jof
fre's strategy having been successful
everywhere.
Casualties Enormous.
The allies, after damaging the enemy
enormously during his advance, Miller
and continued, finally withdrew to a
previously chosen line and gave battle.
This fight, he said, was still con-
(Continued on page 3.)
D
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because of the speed at which we were
moving, but one bullet struck our
plane.
"It was evident that the Englishmen
were trying to disable our motor, as
we were trying to do to theirs.
"So far as we were concerned, we
felt helpless, our machine was so much
lower and more unwieldy.
"Suddenly th lieutenant touched
my arm again, and pointed to a spot
thousands of feet above ns. There) ap
proaching at tremendous speed, was a
small Hienoi monopinnc.
Enemies Leaves Tnen.
"It looked like an eagle to the at-
tack.
on pistols.
Sweeping and circling the Bleriot
kept firing at us, Von Heidsen answer
ing the shots quite calmly.
"Suddenly German troops appeared
below and began firing at the enemy.
The Bristol and the Bleriot, their am-
munition exhausted, disappeared to the
southward.
"We landed safely, bearing an ex
tremely valuable report.
"But 1 don't want a similar exper
ience again."
Sergeant Werner, a university grad
uate, declared that the Zeppelins have
not yet been fully tested. lie predicted
j great-things for them when they be-
come really active
Say Reinforced Army Was
Completely Crushed and Is
in Full Retreat
IJctrograd, Sept. 9. The war office
announced tonight that General Rousz
ky's Russian forces in - Poland ' had
crushed the Austrian allies under Gen
erals Dankl and Von Auffenborg.
It was stated that large numbers of
prisoners were taken, including many
Germans, from which it was inferred
that the Austrians had been rein
forced, and that 'the Russians had beat
en the original Austrian armies and the
reinforcements as well.
Rouszky'a troops from Rawaruska, ac
cording to the war office's account, at
tacked the Austrians' right flank, and
another Russian force from Warsaw as
sailed thoir rear. The battle was said
to have begun Sundaf and continued
until today when it ended in an over
whelming Muscovite victory.
The Austrinns were doclarnd to be
fleeing, abandoning much artillery and
ammunition and the capture by, the
Russians of three regimental standards
was claimed.
Explaining that the Austrians fell in
to a trap, the war office declared, Rus
sians of three regimental standards was
claimed.
Explaining that the Austrians foil in
to a trap, tho war office declared,
"Russian Polaud Is now clear of tho
enemy."
Russian losses were admittedly hoavy.
"The Austrians were forced to give
battle while in retreat," said General
Rouszky in his official report, "our
cavalry cutting great gaps in thoir rear
guard. When they halted to repol this at
tack the Russian force which recently
captured iiemberg attacked them from
the south.
'The Russians gallantly carriod their
entrenchments at the point of the
bayonet.
"It was a glorious victory."
KING OF ENGLAND-
i SAYS WAR YAS FORCED
, London, Sept. 9. "This calamitous
conflict," said an address from the
king, read in parliament today, in which
the various British colonial governments
were thanked for their offers of as
slstance against Germany and Austria,
"was unsought by us."
"My voice throughout was for peace.
My ministers strove early to allay the
causes for strife and to appease dir
ferences, with which my empire was not
concerned.
"Had I stood aside when, in defiance
of pledges to which my kingdom was a
party, the soil of Belgium was violated,
her cities were desolated and the very
life 0 fthe French nation was threat
ened with extinction, I should have
sacrificed honor and given to dontruc
tlon liberty, my empire and mankind."
The address placed full responsibility
lor rue war upon ucriiiany.
Postmaster General Samuels, speak'
ing in the house of commons for the
administration, said England would give
asylum to all Belgian rerugces.
IRRIGATION BONDS VOTED.
Pendleton, Ore., Sept. 9. (Special to
the Journal.) Paradise irrigation pro
ject bonds were voted, 54 to 18. NO
attempt will be made to sell bonds at
this time. The bond issue was for
$200,000.
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National.
First game R. H. E.
Philadelphia . 52000300 0 -10 13 5
Boston 00010101 03 7 2
Alexander and Killifer; CoChrehan,
Crudeher, Strang and Gowdy, Whaling.
Second game: Philadelphia 0, Boston
4, in sixth inning. Davis and Gowdy;
Tincup and Bunn.
B. II. E.
Brooklyn ..... 00400200 3 tf 10 2
New York ... 00001 1100 3 6 6
Pfeffer and McCartyj O'Toolo and
McLean.
E. II. E.
Chicago 1 4 2
Pittsburg 5 S 0
Cheney, Hargrave, Uagerman, Bros
nahan; Mc(juilln and Coleman.
Federal.
First game R. II. E.
Indianapolis 3 11 1
Baltimore 6 9 0
Moseley and Raridan; Suggs and
Jucklitsch.
B. H. E.
Kansas City 0 8 1
Pittsburg 7 13 3
Adams, Henning ana Easterly; Knet
zer, Camnitz and Berry. '
U. 11. .
St. Louis 1 8 1
Brooklyn 2.7 0
Groom and biuionj Beaton and land.
American.
R. II. E.
New York - 0 2 2
Washington - 16 0
Warhop and Nunamakerj lloutley and
Henry.
Philadelphia and Boston were tied in
the tenth inning 0 to 0. Batteries,
Plank and Bchang.
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Great Battle at End of Third
Day Results Only in Long
Death List
CLAIM GERMANS HAVE
EVACUATED ALSACE
And That Two Main Armies
Have Been Withdrawn
From France
Germany claimed an import
ant victory today the capture
of the French frontier strong
hold of Maubeuge, with four
generals, 40,000 troops and 400
cannon.
The "French war office main
tained, however, that the i'ortress
still held out heroically.
Elsewhere the gigantic strug
gle between the Franco-British
allies and the Germans continued
without a decisive result.
The French and British as
serted, however, . that the ad
vantage was on their side.
They said their center and ,
right were advancing, and that
the Germans ; left .-had been
"pressed far back.". ..
The Paris garrison had sallied
out to help the Franco-British
field forces.
The German account was that
the kaiser's troops were ''heavily .
damaging" the allies, i
It was said the Germans had
evacuated upper Alsace.
Their two main armies were
reported to have been withdrawn
from France, the first reserves
taking their places, to face the
Germans in East Prussia.
In this quarter General Ren
nenkamp, the czar's commander,
was vigorously on the aggres
sive. Kbnigsberg was being heavily
bombarded by the Russians.
In Russian Poland and Oaliuia the
Austrians were reportes In retreat.
Austrian anti-war nuts were said to
have broken out.
Tho Austrian Slavs were understood
to be mutinous, an epidemic was creat
ing havoe in the Austrian army and
wiuesprena tamine tnreatened.
Austrian troops, however, had chuck
ed the Servian invasion.
Tho Servians said it was a tempor
ary reverse only, and that they would
soon be on the aggressive again.
From Gorman sources came word that
tho kaiser had cabled to President Wil- 1
son protesting against tne alleged use
by the British of dumdum bullets, ac
cusing the Belgians of atrocities against
German soldiers, defending tho conduct
of his troops and regretting the de
struction of Louvain. .
His message had not yet been re
ceived at the White House.
Floods about Kiao Ctiau forced the
Japanese to suspend land opersitnna
against tho Germans there.
The lower house of tho Toku parli
ament having appropriated $';i,500,'i00
war funds, the upper houee followed it
example
French and British warships were re
ported to have sunk two German mer
chantmen. A British gunboat took, a German
mine layer.
It wa? feared the German rruisera
Gneitenuu and ScharnhorBt had Mcapod
from Kiao Chau and joined others of
the kaiser's ships preparatory to prey
ing on British shipping in the Pacific
All told, it was estimated, 6,000,000
to 7,0000,000 men wer fighting today.
Losses, it was declared, were enor
mous, one report telling of 10,000 dead
left on one single East Prussian battle
field.
The Weather
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Thursday; winds
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