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fci i tun Leased Wire Today's News Printed Today $utnm Dispatcnes gEVENTHYEAR 1111 BHITiSli SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1914. ON TEAIN8 AND NEWS PRICE TWO CENTS stands, ftvb cents ALL 1 PARTIES ARE j JUS ALUES Us' Are Reported As Being on the Uetensive ai All Points fflDS ARE QUAGMIRES POST IMPASSABLE aimed Germans Have Been Heavily Reinforced So Hare Allies Republicans and Progressives Scrap Each Other But Ignore Democrats P., Will in m Philin StmxA 'Paris, Sept. 16. A general f I'tle has been in progress since Inday along the whole of the : j janco-British and German lines i trth and east of Paris, it was J lited today in a message re- jived fro mthe Bordeaux war I fee at 3 p.m. The Germans were said to be the offensive nowhere. "The German main body and jpiard having been rein .sd," explained the war of , "have been f itrhtinsr defen- e!y along the entire line north Novon. Soissons and Loan to w north of Rheims, and thence :rou?h Ville Sur and Lourbe." While it was known positively at the German had been rein- reed it was renorted that frpsh presumably from Great mm s tar eastern possessions, i arrived to help the allies. The expectation was that, lieil the Veil lifts nn nnnrmmi Jnfch force will be revealed in I It has been the French and fntish plan to continue the pur f :it of the enemy relentlessly, ring them no time to re-form. I According to the allies, the re- Wmxy rains have handicap- p me uermans more seriously ihan thw liouo , c u ...j t'.v l 7. lc 1 '"'I'll ana mm, the soft roads involving , uongci 1)1 me mir- r and capture of their heavy Drawn guns. 3 LlWaj undstood today that nnan prisoners of war were S t Algeria, to be l ?byFrench reserv and troops. liV??1 statent was lrln executed tn the S?7tihrU!h which the ? 5 fP3.have retreated. litf 11 .Mid, spoke ;1 Land clmed to be Sneramento, Cal., Sept. 16. The rou tine work of the Progressive, Republi can and Democratic conventions was broken today by a fiery speech by Frank II. Short of Fresno. .Short kept the republicans "gingered up" while they were waiting fur the platform committee to report, fhort charged thrt I'll the progressive party is doing is .'unking noise and fceeping'the dvnw crats in power. The progressives, having taken their "shot" nt the 0. O. P.s at Tuesday afternoonJs session, wdjourned this morning until 2 p. m. The democrats, (jetting down to business, was prut-ceding with the work of selecting the state central committee, which will be com prised of 250 members. Fred Hall, of Biikersfidd, is slated for the chairman ship of the committee. D. W. Cnrmi cliuel, of Sacramento, v.?:l be chairman of the executive committee. John W. Stuckenbruck, of Acnmpo, is chairman of the convention. Francis V. Keeling, who aspires to) me governorsnip, will r,e chairman of the republican state central committee ami Percy V. Long, of Han Francisco, will land the place in the progressive convention, Both republicans and pro fressies are "laying off" on the dem cciats but are hurling shots nt one an other, the progressive claiming the re publicans are trying to take the credit fi-r tint the progresiTves have ilom7 pT tTI.',., e .- v. - . luiiaiu iumii V .mill's XXI Ilt ie- eated candidate for the democratic gubernatorial nomination, was received nt flu- convention. King gave his prom iso to put his shouldur to the Curtin movement. C-j t SECRETNESS IS CAUSE OF UNREST The Hague, .Sept. 10. Unrest and dissatisfaction at the government's sc crotiveness are iacreiwng in Berlin, ac cording to advices trom the German capital. I'he socialist newspaper Vorwaerts declared today that the authorities must be franker if they expect popu lar support. As an instance of what it does not like, the publication cited the fact that the official reports merely admitted that the Austnans had been defeated in Galicia, while they nssert?d with much emphusis that the Servians had been forced to back across the liivei Save. "The evident attempt to make this appear like an Austrian victory," saiU Vorwaerts, "is an attempt io hoodwink the German people which should not bi repeated. Tney are entitled to tin truth." '".IM er'n I 'N'pt- "''-('Lira B from W.W. Gallup, tjLsu The stake whs $2jo. Bulletins W1? invader, under! If ft wu n90rU from: iAyl th" the Ser-I 1 aSjiSM! ' BRINGS BIG SUIT AGANIST DETECTIVE San Francisco, Sept. 16 A suit alleg ing malicious prosecution and claiming damages of $302,000 was filed here to day by Henry Lee, an attorney, against the William J. Burns Detective agency, the Foreign Mines Development com pany and the American Troua company. The suit is one of many court actions brought during tho past two years in the fight between contending interests for the control of rich potash deposits at Series Lake, Southern California. During the course of his activities for his clients, who were opposing the defendant corporations, Lee was arrest ed twice, once in Los Angeles and once in Oakland. He was released each time. Lee claims to have spent $2,000 to effect his release and says his reputa tion was damaged to the extent of :;U0,000 by the arrests. SIXTY THOUSAND SENTJTO BELGIUM Antwerp, Sept. 16. Sixty thousand Germans were being rushed into Bel gium today from Aix-La-Chapeile. hetiier they were bound for France to fill gaps in the kaiser ' advanced lines or were destined to strengthen his Belgian garrisons was uncertain. The Belgians were holding the outer fig of the Antwerp defenses-, awaiting eieiopments. Reports from Brussels wer Hint tht Germans there were strengthening their fortifications and receiving reinforce- It was suspected a German attack on Ostend was planned. The Weather Mm Bain tonight and Thursday; southerly winds. Henry Clews Says All Peoples Should Unite in Peace Demand. NEW" YORK, Sept. 16. After the experience of this devastating and brutallv cruel war on life and prop erty, no permanent peace can be effected uuless it provides for dWarniarm-nt ' of all the nations involved and a binding peace compact made b.-tween them for a pro rata combination of forces ample to police both the land and sea of the eutire combatants, also to include all other nations. If that is accomplished as a result of the war, then it will be an important gain to humanity, and in part some compensation growing out ot tli4 costly aud dreadful slaughter of humau life will be derived. If such a settlement is not accomplished, then recuperation with vindictive intentious will be likely to bring about another similar war in due cou.se of time, which may include our Continent and the whole of Asia, thereby making greater deluge of blood and destruction of property than the present upheaval. 'Tho only possible" gain that this war can produce is what 1 propose, as stated above, and the people of all nations should rise up and insist upon it. It is a question for the peoples of the world to solve for their own protection, provided the various governments will not accom plish that result, as the lives of tin people and their interests are where the suffering aud losses strike. Why, then, should they not make ttnir voice and actions sufficiently strong to overthrow the few that under take to rule adversely to their safety aud intcrestst lu the entire history of the world no parallel can be found of the terrible war betweeu t:ie nations transpiring today. The annals of past conflicts define in ucarly all cases the causes that led to them While we read of what might be called "good" wars, such as our owu struggle for liberty, and our later war for freedom, the bad wars vastly outnumber them, but seeming causes al ways existed religious wars, wars f r conquest, and, as I said, wars for personal right and national freedom. For the present great war, however. I fail to find a cause or reason. I call it the most unreasonable and bar barous war the world ever beheld. It came to rs in so shocking and striking a manner that it eould be liken ed to the Antichrist that the Gospel has warned us to expect some day. I look upon this European conflict as an Antichrist war. What else can it creditably be called, with its brutal wholesale mowing uown, bv the most modern killing machinery, of all kin Is of human beings, comprising all religions without regard to' race, and without mercy, the like of which the world has never previously witnessed. The peoples of all nations should re bel even against their governments, if necessary, to stop it. " HENRY CLEWS. TO RESTORE COUNTRY Finest Fields of France Left Wrecked by Tramping Feet of Annies CLAIMS GREAT VICTOBT. Petrograd, Sept. 16. Frag mentary messages from Galicia today indicated that the Rus sians have achieved the greatest successes over the Austrians there ever recorded in the his tory of warfare. It was reported that the cap ture of Archduke Karl Fratiz was expected shortly. Cossacks, the war office states, had penetrated to the westward of the San river line of fortifications and completely invested ly-zenmsyl, SAY AUSTRIAN AMY IS CAUGHT IN TRAP Petrograd, Sept. 16. "General Dan Id's forces have been cut off from the Austrian center and are unable to reach Przemysl," announced the Russian war office today. Dankl, with Von Auffenberg, was with the Austrian forces which invaded Russian Poland. From Lublin province the two com manders and their forces were beaten back into the north to Austrian Galicia. Przemysl is a stronghold on the River San, and Dankel was making for it as a refuge for his hard pressed troops. He and his men were trapped in the un river bogs, into which they had hoped to entice the Russians. Says He Escaped. Vienna, Via Rome, Sept. 16. Reports that General Dankl's army in Northern Galicia had surrendered to the Russians were denied today by the war office here. That it had bee.n nearly surrounded was admitted but it was declared that later it cut ifs way to safety ani joined the main Austrian force. Xt was owned that Austrian losses were very Heavy. That the Russians had invested Przemysl was also denied. EPISCOPALIANS WILL HAVE NEW BISHOP ALLIES CHECKED III E- FRANC GERMAN miss m This Is Statement Issued by the German War Office This Morning ARMIES' MOVEMENTS ' HAMPERED BY RAIN French Claim Germans Re pulsed in Every Offensive Movement Attempted Portland, Ore., Sept. 16. At a special convocation of the clergy anil lay dele gates of the Episcopal dioeeas of Oregon to ".hoose a successor to the late Riht Rev. Charles Scadding, bishop of Ore gon, Dr. John Henry Hopkins of Chi cago, anil Bishop Sheldon M. Griswold of Salina, Kan., had been nominated when the morning session closed. Others who are expected to be nom inated are Rev. J. "W. Gresham of San Francisco, Rev. William (.'. Robertson, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Rev. E. L. Parsons, of Berkeley, Cal. The election is not expected to be 1 reached before tonight. i Tterlin Vin Tho TTnoiin Sour, lit The Germans have checked the Franco British allies in France, the war office; announced today. In many places, it wag stated, the P'rench had been repulsed. That tho allies were sweepinglv vic torious, as they claimed, in the battle of the Mame, was denied. Instead, it was explained, German aviators re-: ported the presence of ft numerically L!i...! ,1 ll!J ' uverw ueijiuiigiy cupcriur umiimi xurco ahead, whereupon tho Germans with drew to strong positions they had al ready decided to occupy in the event of such a discovery. Its new plans for the western cam- paign, the general staff declared, wcrei working satisfactorily. In the east, it was stated, the Russian j invaders of East Prussia were being; contiuually repulsed. General Ilindeibuig was reported at tacking the czar's lines of communica tion on the east bank of tho Vistula, with good prospects of creating so much havoc that a strong forco of Russians' would have to be withdrawn from Gal icia to protect their lines to the north ward. It was added that a heavy German invasion of Russian Poland by way of tho Vistula valley, with Warsaw as its objective, was contemplated. German I)oation Strong. Paris, Sept. 16. The Germans on the! north bank of the River Aisne were rc-j forming their lines today. They had heavily entrenched the low (Continued on page 6.) J POSITION IS STRONG. Paris, Sept. 16. Military ex- perts here admitted today' that the German position north of the River Aisne is the strongest they have held since they in- vailed Frnnce. Defensive c'ondi- tious were said to be ideal for them. Nevertheless, it was expected they would be overwhelmed by the allies' numerical superior- ity. The British were attempting a further crumpling of the kaiser's right wing. WASHINGTON RESORT WIPED OUT BY FIRE Hoqtiiam, Wash., Sept. 16 Fire early today practically wiped out Muclips, u summer resort on the ocean about JJO miles from here. The loss is estimated at $25,000. Whether any lives were lost is not positively known. A num ber of persons lived over store build ings that were destroyed and not all of these have been accounted for. Un til the ruins have been searched it will not be definitely known whether there wero any fatilities. Tho entire block of business struc tures facing the Northern Pacific, 1: buildings, was destroyed. A shift in the wind saved the remainder of the buildings in town, consisting of three small structures. The fire original in a defective chimney of a restaur ant. Last winter Moclips was nearly wip ed out by unusually high tides. JAMES E. SULLIVAN DIES IN NEW YORK New York, Sept. 16. James E. Sulli van, secretary and treasurer of the Amateur Athletic I'nion, died here shortly before noon today. Ho was operated on Monday evening for a com plication of intestinal and stomach troubles. Sullivan was also director of athletics for tho Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. CHINA IS GETTING FRIENDLIER TO JAPAN Pekin, Sept. 18. Well posted foreign ers here were predicting today that henceforward self interests would give China's sympathies a pro-Japanest slant in the mikado's armed controversy with tho kaiser over Kiao Chan. At the outset, the Chinese were thought to be rather pro-German. IJ-r-haps this was due, however, to hints that tho kaiser might cede Kiao Chan directly back to China as an alterna tive to having the possession taken forcibly oy Japan. London, Sept. 16. The kaiser's forces! in France were preparing to attempt renewal of the offensive, the war of fice stated definitely this afternoon. Their lines, it was said, had re-formed and they occupied stroug positions. The main front was said to be 100 miles long, with its center north of Rheims. : The fighting, it was said, was de vastating the French Champagne coun try and it was declared it would be years before anything like Its past pros perity could be restored. Italian newspapers were quoted to the effect that tho Germans had decided to retire tp the Rhine and remain on tho defensive against the French anil British while their main army goes ?ast to crush tho Russians, after which, if the eastern campaign proves successful, a return will be mude to resume the of fense in the west. This program was gcueriUy dis credited here, however. WANTED HIS MONEY MORE THAN FREEDOM San Francisco, Sept. 16. Siesta Or tega, who was sentenrea to itU years in Sun Quentin for murder and paroled recently, was arrested -,ir drunkenness and released on $10 bail, the police not recognizing him as a finrolcd prisoner. Whim ho returned today to face trial in the police court, lie was identified and will be sent buck to Sn.n Quentin to serve his sentence for violating his pnrole. His return to snve n portion of his $10 bail money fill cost him hit freedom for life. CZAR KEEPS BUSY GRABBINGTERR1T0RY Bucharest, Sept. 16. Russian troops were reported here today penetrating Austrian Transylvania through t"e Car pathian mountain passes from Ualicla ami iiukovina in largo numbers. Tho belief in Bucharest was that the czur wanted to occupy as much as pos sible of eastern Austria-Hungary, witrj view to claiming it as part of his ter ritory when peace is made. ''rom his armies' movements it was conjectured he wanted all of Galicia, Uukovina and Transylvania. BRITISH COMMISSION QUITS TURK'S SERVICE .Indications Are Germans Are Preparing to Again Take the Offensive Berlin, Sept. 16. (By wireless via army of Vilna, after its defeat by the Sayville.) Russian prisoners admitted today that what was left of the czar's army of Vilna, after its defeat by the Germans in East l'russia, was forced to move southward to positions on the Vistula. It was officially stated that the Bri tish nnval commission nt Constantino ple hod resigned from the Turkish service. EXPERT COMMENT ON WAR SIM (Ey J. W. Mason, former London cor respondent of the United Press.) I New York, Sept. 16. The Germans in' France had ceased their headlong re treat today and their line was holding except at their extreme left. I The left had retired to the Lorraine fortifications on the German side of the frontier, running to the southward from; Metz. This army in Lorraine, is prac-' tically an independent force and its re tirement to the shelter of the perma-! nent German ' fortifications probably means that much of its strength has been detached to reinforce the right wing of the crown prince's army audi the German center north and northeast, of Rheims and the River Ai3ne. ! This line is the invaders' critical, strategic position. If the allies break it the German lines of communication, and avenues of retreat will be gone. The fact that the Germans are hold-j ing their defenses along the Aisne can; only mean that they have been rein-, forced. The allies reported several davs ago that they held the river's; principal crossing places. Yet they have been unable to drive the Germans away; from the stream to the northward. Germans Reinforced. - The suggestions has been made in. London that muddy roads and the lack of enough pontoons for bridges have diminished the speed of the allies pur suit. This, however, is not a sufficient explanation. The real reason must be that the Germans have been reinforced. This being assumed, as true, General Joffre very properly directed more cautions advance. The Germans are in a very danger ous position, but it must be remembered that they probably number more than 1,000,000', and a serious blunder by the allies, resulting for an over-ardent pur suit might easily mean disaster for a great part of the latter 'a forces. From the allies standpoint, therefore, it is a good sign that a more cautious policy has been adopted. An attempt to rival the rapidity of the German drive toward Paris would be in keeping with former Anglo-Saxon ideas of the French temperament, but this idea is one which General Joffre's calm ability has done much to dissipate. The German general staff doubtless counted on the possibility that Impetu ous generalship would lead the French into some trap of their own making, j It was just such impetuosity, however, perhaps dictated by strategic considera tions, which led to German disaster in the battle of the Marne, and with so recent an example before them, any rashness on the part of the French forces at this juncture would be inex cusable. French Generals Wary. That General Joffre realized this wis shown by his present slowing up of the allies offense. Russia's advance on the San river suggests that the czar's major opera tions in Galicia may have reached a point which will permit a Russian march on Berlin soon. Once in force on the west side of the San, the Muscovite troops will be past Austria's main fortified line, and it there is truth in Petrograd reports of stupendous Russian victories in Galicia, Cracow should be reached without ser iVus opposition. Once in control of Cracow, the czar will dominate all of Galicia, which he covets to annex to Russian Poland. Then the Russian general staff can give all its attention to planning oper ations against Berlin. Therefore, in crossing the San, the Russians are entering upon the l&st stage of the Galician journey, which they must complete to insure them their share in the spoils of war. The next step will be the lung march through Germany. BASEBALL TODAY American. R. II. E. Detroit 8 13 2 Cleveland 3 7 2 Oldham and McKeo; Carter, Hager inuii, Coumbe and Bassler. first game It. n. E. Chicago 1 6 1 St. Louis 2 0 0 Scott and Schalk; Hamilton and Ag new. r. n. E. St. Louis 3 8 2 Buffalo 7 17 3 Kcupper and Smith; Moore and Allen. K. II. E. Chicago 7 10 1 Pittsburg , 4 8 1 Johnson, Lange and Wilson; Knetzer, Loelair and Berry. R. II. E. Indianapolis 2 10 1 Brooklyn 0 4 3 Moseley and Rariden; Lafitto and Owen. R. H.E. Kansas City 2 8 1 Baltimore 3 6 2 Adams and Easterly; Suggs and Jack litscb. National ... ., R. II. E. Cincinnati 16 9 New York 8 6 1 Ames, Fittery and Gonzales; Demarea and Meyers. R. II. E. Pittsburg . 2 6 5 Philadelphia 6 9 2 Cooper, Conzelman and Oibson; Rixey and Killifer. R. It. E. Chicago .. . 2 6 2 Brooklyn 7 9 2 Lavender, Pierce, Smith and Archer; Allen and McTearty. R. 'H. E. St. Louis 8 9 6 Boston 6 10 2 Perritt and Snyder; Tyler and Whaling. LIE E ABANDONED GERMANS FALL BACK AI ERA L POUTS Another General Battle in Pro gress, in which Conditions Are Unchanged , BRITISH ATTEMPT TO CRUSH GERMAN RIGHT Another general engagement to the east and north of Paris was developing today. On the east General Joffre in personal command, was driving the French against the German crown prince's and the duke of Wurtemburgs teutonic forces. North of the River Aisne the British were attempting further to crumple the German right. Fighting had been in progress since Monday. The allies admitted the Ger mans position north of the Aisne was the strongest they have oc cupied since they entered France. It was denied, however, that they had resumed the offensive anywhere and asserted that, in spots, they had given way a little.- That they intended attempting to take the offensive again M'as nevertheless, plain. It was also certain that they had been reinforced. Unwilling to risk disaster by over-impetuosity, the allies were maneuvering cautiously. Heavy rains in the fighting zone handicapped both sides, but especially the Germans, with their huge and easily-mired guns. The Berlin war office denied that the allies had won decisively anywhere in the battle of the Marne. Weakened by the transfer of troops to the northward, the German forces along the Lor raine border were falling back somewhat. The French continued to hold most of upper Alsace. Berlin announced the German abandonment of Liege, a puzzl ing statement which the London military authorities thought they might have misunderstood. Sixty thousand Germans wero mov ing from Aix La Chapelle into Belgium, with what object the allies did not know. A German nttnek on Ostend wa thought a possibility. It was reported the kaiser was going to East Prus.-ia to superintend opera tions ngninst the Russians. Italian sources had it that the Ger mans would retreat from France and net defensively in the west until they hud beaten tho Russians, afterward re sinning their western campaign, but British experts doubted this story. . All accounts agreed that the Ger mans were defeating the Russians in East Prussia very heavily, the Oer mnns said. A German invasion of Russian Po land, with Warsaw as its objective, wai talked of. Claim Great Victory Over the Austrians in Galicia, the Russiuna claimed the greatest victory "in the history of warfare." They declared their troops were al ready across the River San and that the Austrian stronghold of Przemysl had been invested. They said they had General Dankl' Austrian army surrounded and some ac counts had it that it had surrendered. The Austrian version was that, after being nearly surrounded, Dankl's forces had cut their way through the Russian and joined the main Austrian body. Vienna also denied the investmeut of Przemysl. From the Austrian provinces 01 ua licia and Bukovina, the Russians were overrunning Transyli.a. Austrians defeated the Servian In vaders and drove them back across the River Save. Italy was believed to be nearer than ever to joining the Anglo Franco-Russian combination against Germany and Austria-Hungary. t Having accomplished its mobiliza tion, the young idea will now proceed to shoot, - ' j