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Full Leased Wire Dispatches . II If Um to MMmm I miim Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR P AIM TUf THE BRITISH GERMAN RIGHT IS F -IMA SUES AT THE RESULTS REVIEWED n it nni( WJJW.. !LL- CRUISERS ARE SUNK Pm Tn iimit I i pcruah iniaqirm BY UNBIASED CRITIC UU LUUI IBIl , '-. 1 I II I I 1 1 1 U U l LJ III Llllllli I 1)111)11117 bv his own ehmiffanr III IIIIIMil IHIMllllllI in i v him - i i 3 a m i at I I i BREAK Van Kluk's Inability to Ad vance After Being Rein forced Looks Bad EXPERTS SAY GERMANS ARE AT END OF STRING Germans Fortifying Rhine Also Indicates They Will Return to Defensive London, Sept. 22. The Franco-British allies' hammering was ltelieved by military experts here today to be breaking: the German lines in France at last. The experts were also of the opinion that his reinforcements' failure to enable General Von Kluk to resume the offensive proved the kaiser "near the end of his string," as one authority expressed it. It was stated that the German right was being pushed back at Ihe rate of four miles daily and .teveral newspapers published unconfirmed rumors that Gen oral Von Kluk had withdrawn his headquarters to Moils, Bel gium. The British war office had no knowledge of such a develop ment, however, and doubted the report's accuracy. Another and better authenti cated report was that the Ger man government had prohibited Dutch shipping to ascend the Khine beyond the frontier. This was interpreted that the German Rhine defenses were being strengthened, presumably for a defensive fight along that line. That the kaiser's commanders were determined to raze Rheims was considered evident. G A r?innr-Vi f rm lUnn t-x n.'Some anxietv. London Daily Teleeranh aaiHL.A,l'l"""I,nn-v,n h." "?!?. 0 jiaruiy a nouse was standing in Ihe cathedral's vicinity. "The masonry of the cathedral has leen chipped," continued the message, "and its carved figures ind gargoyles have been broken. "In the. cathedral's doorway still stands a crippled beggar crippled in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870 who has remained at his post through all the rain of splinters, dust, pebbles and glass battered from the ancient .structure by the German fire. "Fifty four shells have lodged in the building's interior but the .stonework has withstood the concussion of the explosions. "The cathedral itself can prob ably be restored but it3 priceless decorations have been ruined forever." JUDGElAI.mWAY HAH i ji. i w. -ii BUSY AFTERNOON in Judge Galloway 'a court yesterday ifternoou the case of E. L. Kappahani. tgainst Lena Kappahani, now Lena Hart, relative to the division of prop erty and custody of children was set tled and dismissed. Augusta Karamauos was given a divorce from Gust Karam- AnOS and tiie CUStO.lv of minnr chil.l Pearl. Karamauos is now in the fed- . ... vc ic.i - oral prison t McNiel a isiaad, serving A term for white slaverv. term Ior walt slavery. An order for the distribution of ; funds was issued in the case of Nellie jv.iii.icj ei ai. against aurnaia annorj school superintendent of Washington l county, was informed that a school dis- An order confirming sale was issued' trict having no high school might con by Judge Galloway in the case of G. J. tract with a district having a high Parsons and Sarah C. Parsons against ' school for the instruction of the pupils Martha E. Whiteside and others. I of the first district. A judgment by default in tho sum of j C. O. Brown, clerk of the sUte land 140 waj granted in the case of J. W. board, was informed that the transcript , k HJOIUDI A.', All. LICI III C fl W U judgment by default was granted in tJie case of A. A. Sperry against Sel- jj. ji. uciuic. iiiw a lon France and others. This latter i .Uuw vim.. o. luio uuri judgment was for $307.20 and included "0 for attorney's fees. invi vuiij BTAwua, nvi cento I " ' - a B Saaa aa a aB erman Submarines Attack British Fleet, Cruisers Are Blown to Pieces Loudon, S.'j.t. 22. German submar ines hav, sunk thiee British armored cruisers, the official war information bureau announceil today. The lost vessels wore tiu Ahoukir, tin' Hoguo anil the ('rossy. It stated tllfit cntwidnrnldt. number of the members of Hie crews wire an veil hut exact figures were un- uniainaoic. The North sea was the s.;one of the disaster. The Ahoukir. on patrol (lutv. was the first ship struck. As the German tor pedo exploded under its hull, the Hone and Cnvsy started to the rescue of the survivors floating in the water. Thev wre lowerimr t li ni r limit. wlinn fresh torpedoes, launched bv the der ma n submarines, readied them nod sent both to the bottom. The three cruisers w're blown almost to pieces, the war information bureau stated, but there were many destroyers ami trawlers in the vicinity and the work nf rescue was prompt. The misfortune was (he greatest 'to the navy since tin war began :ind hor rified the country. Many persons rushed to the admiralty to lie; for de tails, but it was replied that all the naval authorities knew liml ulrpmlv been made public. The cruisers cost approximately $4, jdD.iido each. The disaster was believed to have oc curred mar the spot where Admiral Beatty of the British navy recently sank several Gotman waiships off Heli goland bight. It was known that the cruisers had been scouting in that vi cinity, in search of the main Gorman fleet. Whether or not the German submar ine escaped was not known. The British everywhere were tremen dously aroused and lamcred for speedy vengeance. The Ahoukir and dressy were "built at Fairfield and the. Uogn'e at Barrow. They were all of the same class. They were 4 In feet. long, of u'9 5 beam and 21) fe-t draft, hail 12,000 tons (lis plneoment and could attain a maximum speed of 21 knots. Each was armored wuh six inches of nickel steel and carried an annanient of two !).2 iucli guns in turrets fore and aft, 12 six-inch guns in easements, 12 three-inch guns and two submerged torpedo tubes. Their crews numbered 700 men per ship. OLD BOER GENERAL . London, Sept. 22. The effect on the .South African Boers of General Chris tian Frederick Beyers' resignation of the command of the union's defense forces was awaited here today with n. i, ? ., : - Diners sent a letter to Minister .f Finance nn.l 1W.. .T.. It. .!!." Smuts, in which he declared he would I gladly lead ia resisting a German inva- : .... 4 . . ....... .,. umn-u uull uk nil i.ivn.ian hii.l .i.-c.rrn,) r,A ,.I,..J willll lit' tit., fitii.in l.n .t..:..J 1. that the British movement against Ger man Southwest Africa was a campaign of conipi.'st, entirely unprovoked by the Germans. i "It is said," he concluded, "that this war is being waged against the barbarity of the Germans. 1 luive for given but not forgcUen ail the barbar ities perpetrated in our country dur ing the .Ninth African war. With very few exceptions, all the farms, not to mention many towns, were so many of the Louvains of which we now hear so much." The British contention, which Gen eral Beyers denies, was that the kai ser's subjects in German Southwest Af rica invaded the union's territories and that it was necessary to send troops to resist them. " You'i attack," wrote Minister Smuts, answering the gener al's letfpr, "not only is baseless but most unjustified, coming, as it does, 111 iue innisi or a great war. OPINIONS RENDERED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL A school district receiving tuition for a pupil from another district is not en titled to the regular apportionment frm the high school fund of the coun ty, according to an opinion given out by Attorney General Crawford today ...I., i " r r r. i a ft .iii rriny 10 u. .vi. nonens or uresnam A district is entitled to either the tui Itinn n n. . ..:,. . tion or to the ai'portionment, but not to both. B. W. Barnes, of Hillsboro. county ui procec lings or iijtnci no. lis in tjo lumbia county authorizing the sale of 35,000 in school bonds was regular. The bonds are held to be legal and con- uuutii tut? ociii m oe legal ana con' stitute an obligation against the dis jtrict. SALEM. E Crushing Movement on Right Takes Von Kluk' Last Man to Resist FRONT CHANGED TO PREVENT FLANKING Claim Made This Wing Is Be ing Pushed Back at Rate of Four Miles Daily By William PhiUp Sims. ' Paris. Kept. 22. A crisis iu the bat tle of the Aisne was thought here to day to be approaching rapidly. indications were that a situation was developing similar to the one which characterized the battle of the Marne just before the German center aban doned its attempt to penetrate the al lies' line at Vitry and began to retire. Indeed, French aviators reported that they already discerned signs of a Ger man retrograde movement. Reports from the front were to the effect that General Von Kluk had been unable to use his reinforcements for offensive purposes on account of the more urgent necessity for their ser vices in resisting the allies' turning movement. Had this movement hip. ceeded, it would have compelled the surrender of all of Von Kluk's and part of General Von Buelows forces. Even with his reinforcements, it ap peared that Von Kluk's line had been forced to swing around so as to extend nearly straight north and south to es cape being turned in the NovonSois- sons region. Military men here declared them. selves convinced that- the Germans would not attempt to form fresh lines on French territory if driven fi nhan. don their present positions. 1 lie weather .tad unmoved today The ground was still (tailitMii announced that' the Frvneh ar- ,-,i - - In Allie3' Favor. Paiis, Sent. 22. That tho hntHi .e the Aisne was ernduallv turning m allies' lavor was indie.itp.l liv .li.. patches received from the front' today THINK NO IN SIGH u.i nenerai UHUieni, military governor! "K to give the news. As Geier J of "Paris. j Fred Funston told me, just as he was The Franco British turnint; movc-j hurrying away from Vera Cruz for Lon ment, directed acainst the extreme Ger- j t'0": "There's only one bigger news man right under General Von Kluk con- I"1!'" storJ' that could happen on this tinned it was stated, and the wing was'eurtl1 "ml tlint would be another planet declared to be slowly retiring. Mili-! upproaching ours with an Inevitable col tary experts said they thomrhr it wnnl.l : lis'"n two weeks distant." What sturr- take some time for" the movement tn ! mithin. t,.n....tt..... I... - i ..iw.... .,ii,iM uuL nicy expressed iHMuirr momentum out Xte , -,"U"em"e ot Ultimate success. t:m , th th"?' tho ' ' I n -thc h'l' "orth of l?e Aisne. from Soissons to Carnnno tKn 1 I"" deduced that the relnforco- Von Kluk had rpceivoil oti. incuts mated at 100.000 stromr had boa., l siifricient to enable him to resume the offensive. The German center aiso, it was said, apparently had abandoned offensive tactics. French military men declared also that they were confluent the kaiser had already put his last available man into the field, so that it would be impos sible for him further to reinforce his armies now at the front. They predicted that within two weeks he would be lighting defensively on his own sido of the frontier. WAR TAX BILL IS ORDERED REPORTED Washington, Sept. 22. The house ways and means committee, by a party vote, this afternoon ordered the war tax measure reoorted to the hon !.. publican members opposed the meas ure ami win present a minority report. The house rules commirtaa tnmn.fn will report a special rule giving the tax bill the ritfht of nv r"m.t. n... u..,,. ,i,:u ' ..i, .. nouse tins week. A section nrnrn inr tm on oounlln,. ..Lik - "mot .K'" : ,r Of nroducts to be taxed The Weather ITS fit 5 Fair tonight and Wednesday; north easterly winds. OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER Faris, Sept. 22. The story of a thrilling escape by King Albert of Belgium from kid naping by his own chauffeur and surrender to the Germans was circulating here today on the authority of the "Progress Du Nord," a Lille publication. The king was Inspecting the Belgian front recently, accord ing to the newspaper, when he noticed that his chauffeur was approaching dangerously near to the German Hues ami ordered him to stop, instead tho man throw on full speed and steered directly in the enemy's direction whereupon Albert shot him through tho heail and killed him instantly. On his person, sail the "ProgresB Du Nord, " were found papers showing that the Germans had promised $200,000 to tho chauffeur if he would de liver the king to them. ONE BULLET FID It Entered Archduke's Head Sped Through the Chancel lories of Europe PIERCED THRONES WRECKED HOMES Made Millions Fatherless and May Change th Map f the World By William O. Shepherd (I'nited Press (Staff J-orrespondent ) London, Aug. 24. (By mail to New inur srarreu tu;s war in En. v 'j ......... (,,, iuiiiii.ua or men are lined iu t.. kill i that the civilization which Europe has been slowly building up since the dark ages has been thrown to the winds and that the situntinn is tn l.i.r t ;i... BYUWOY STARTED THE IR jja.Write or talk about, intelligently. It ,l,,vUvill take n lnimlrd i-on f.,. i.':..i 0fl tllifl biggest event the world has ever known? known? Tho answer is: One little lead bullet from a revolver in the hands of a .Ser vian high school boy. And this bullet probably would never have been fired if an ordinary chnuffeur had not lost his way in n little town in Bosnia. One little twist of a chauffeur's wrist, as he turned an automobile into n side street, when he should hnvo remained on thc main road; one high school boy they started this war in Europe. It's hard to find enough to say about this one lend bullet. It went into tlu head of an archduke, os he rode in his automobile. It sped tlirough the clian collories of Europe. It circled about thrones. It entered the bed chambers of the world's kings, emperors or czars and drove sleep from the eyes of state, men. It sped into millions of homes and brought sorrow and death. Oceans of tears of women and little children Ft created. It flew into the bourses and money markets of the world and cut their nerves. To understand the situ ation in Europe before this bullet was fired, imagine, if you can, that every item of civilization everything that is good homes, science, art, music, sur gery, education, culture, peace had all been done up into one hugo package and hung by a slender thread over a deep precipice. For years this package had swung this way. Thc winds of war have often threatened it, but the states men of Europe have steadied it and !"." !Jh" J "'--"". luc ,i.u a the hold and the Btorm nas passea, time after time. And . . And men aiong apeeas mis one leaa tiullet, - .: "e 1 "."'?' " "'." T?Pe- 1Ue crash will be heard throughout cen- turies Where Prinzip is now is a secret. Most probably he is dead. From the day he was seized by the crowds in the streets of the little town of Kerajevo and dragged off to jail, lie has been out of sight. Austrian censorship kept back the news; his punishment is a mystery to the courts of Europe. It all happened on Hundny morning, June 2H. King George, of England, was living in Buckingham palace, ia London, enjoy ing the social season. In far away St. Petersburg the czar of Russia was en tertaining Poincare, .the president of France. The emperor of Austria had gone to his summer home for his vaca- (Coatinaed on page 6.) 22, 19U. KNOWING RESULTS .u Pays No Attention to Pres ence of German Armies in Suwalki Province KNOWS JACK FROST WILL CONQUER THEM Austrian Army Under General Dankl Said to Be In Close Straits Now Rome, Sept. 22. German efforts to compel the czar's forces to turn their attention from Gnlicia tn tht ilnfo,, of its own territories in the north of iiussian I'oland are not meetiucr with success, according to advices received here today from Austrian sources. The German invaders are active, in deed, in Suwalki province. They have taken a number of unfortified towns practically without resistance. The Russians are defending their1-fortresses but elsewhere the kaiser's troops are having matters much their owu wav, it was stated. The Russians view evidently is, all dispatches indicated, that this section must take care of itself until dalaeiu has been completely subdued, when military experts here took it for granted they would themselves undertake to create a diversion from Russian Poland by invading Germany from the south eastward and moving on Berlin. Before doing this they will have to defeat the Austro-Gernian Hies at Cracow and todav it was said tnev were moving against. the latter in force after' viTiu; .mrwsv auv-prwmy, and capturing the town of Dubieeko, there by cutting off Przemysl from the west ern teutonic forces. Army In Danger. News of the fate of General n l-1 - -.ii.. a eStt'X by way of England were to the ef fect I that he had been cut off in this at-1 tempt., if this story was true, it wa J considered certain tlmt hiu ui,.ni:,, must be desperate. Delayed advices from Nish told of heavy Austrian losses in the fighting along the Rivers Save and Drina which marked the latest unsuccessful Austrian attempts of an invasion of Servia from those two directions. As the situation was interpreted here the Servians, though not strong enough lor an successful Austrian invasion to the northward, are nevnrthel... en tui ld of defending their own frontiers and in thc Astrian provinces of Bosnia and iier.egoviiia, to tneir westward, where tho local noiinbitiiinii m ,-,r,,l. f,.;.,,.,i ly to them and they and Montenegrins am uuie to operate extensively. Reports were looked for shortly of an attack 011 Serllievn. ennitul nf tr.J:.,o where the Montenegrins were reported' anno! in tne city s outskirts. BLAME IS PLACED ON REGULAR OFFICER Referring to the death of W. A. Rit ter, member of the Coast Artillery (O. X. G.) band, claimed to have been the result of a cold contracted at Fort Ste vens, Or., during the recent encamp ment, the governor's office has been Hideavoring to tix the responsibility for failure to have straw on hand for use of troops when they arrived in camp. It appears now that the duty was in cumbent upon an officer at Fort Ste vens and in view of this tiie matter has been reterred to the war department ior investigation. BRIDGE WILL CLOSE AT 9:300PENS AT 6:30 Redecking of the steel bridge over the Willamette river began last night and until the work is completed the bridge will be closed from 9:39 in the evening until 6:.'(0 in the morning. The work is being done by Mr. Busnnell of West 8al?m under contract with the Marion and Polk county courts and the city of Salem. It is estimated the cost will be about $2,100. The work is to bo done so as not to interfere with traffic. Signs will be placed at each end of the bridge informing travellers of the hours of closing and opening. It is ex pected that it will require three weeks to redeek the bridge. PASSES THE SENATE. Washington, Sept. 22. By an almost unanimous vote the senate this after noon passed the substitute for the rivers and harbors bill, carrying an appropri ation of but $20,000,000. All amend ments to the committee report were rejected. Effects of Movements Pointed Out and the Day s Story Told in Paragraphs By J. W. T. Mason, Former London Cor respondent of the United Press. New York, Sept. 22. A re-disposition of strength along the Franco British allies' line was suggested today by the Berlin statemeut that the kai ser's forces had resumed their attack on the French froutier fortifications south of Verdun. The Germans have not been rein forced at that point. On tho contrary, there was confirmation of this column's recent inference that the German re tirement on Metz meant that troops were being dispatched from Lorraine to strengthen the battlefront farther north and west. Apparently the French have similarly weakened their Lorraine front.er corps to strengthen their line elsewhere. As a result of this, the Germans seem to have been able to resume the initiative at Verdun. The Verdun engagement, however, has little bearing on the immediate strategy of the great battle. Tho French lino of fortressej has been able to hold its owa against the Lorraine frontier attack, necessarily n weak one on account of tiie far more serious sit uation farther west. Becon3tructs Battle Line. This liresilltlllbly WHS till) rpnwnnimr which led (leneral .lot'fre to reconstruct his battle line. Tho two points at which the nllies have been aiming since the battle be gan have been the Gorman center and right wing, roughly divided by Rheims. Kast of Rheims Lie German lino has been moved backward slowly, but to the westward the right wing has held its own. Probably, therefore, if the French eastern froutier force has ween weak ened, the men were being scut to aid me nines west or nneiins. The breaking of this wing would mean the collapse of the German de farje ,v- !g thn A!oe , t accom pli" it tho allies have been concentrat ing their efforts at three points: Along the hills north of Rheims, with n view to cutting the German right '!' K Wing g railroad connection with its oase. between ma ""ZlA T1 , Armies Boinforced. , T. ! " . r ' 1 ' " J ,v "V1 1,1 ."'e tiie assimilation of their reinforce ments by both armies. A resumption of the allies' encircling movement against the German right wing with further assaults by the Franco-British forces at Craonne and Rheims, as part of the same strategic plan, should become evident as soon as ! '"I'osition has been made of these re- "ror,'e"U!m.!f The Kllssian advance on Crnennr Vino again become obscured. It is impossible to determine the battle line, which os cillates greatly, as it is defined in ad vices from Petrogrnd and Vienna. It seems probable, however, that the Russians are now well across tho Kan. having left n force, presumably of not less than 100,1.00 to envelope Przemsyl. The rest of the czar':! army, it may be taken for granted, is pushing the Austrians across western Galicia. At what rate the Russian steam roller is noving is unknown but it appears that the Austrian resistance is becoming more tenacious as the advance con tinues. i BASEBALL TODAY National. R. 1L K. Chicago 50 0 000 000 5 10 1 New York ... 00 00000000 :t 2 Cheney and Archer; Mathewson, O 'Toole and Meyers; McLean. r ir. e Pittsburg 200 000 000 2 i 2 Boston 20 1 400 1 0 H 12 1 MeCjuillen and Colemun; Tyler and Whaling. R. II. E. St. Louis 5 li 3 Philadelphia 4 4 4 Griuer and Wingo; Mayer and Dooin. p ir v. Cincinnati 4 7 1 Brooklyn 5 8 1 iingling and Gonzales; Aitcnison and McCarty. (10 innings.) American. First game Washington R. H. E, 1 tl i Chicago 9 10 Shnw, Engel, Williams and Ainsmith; Benz and Sc.halk. p tf v. Philadelphia 14 19 0 Cleveland 3 8 6 Bush and Schang; Carter and r.gan. At St. Louis New York-St. Louis game postponed; rain. Viru mm. a IJ U I' Boston 5 10 1 Detroit 6 VI 1 Collins and C'arrigan; Covelskie and Baker. Second game R. H. E. Boston 5 8 1 Detroit 0 4 3 Collins and Carrigan; Oldhnin and MeG-ie. t ra, " raAINSAND NBWi ALLIES Germans Resisting Stubbornly Are Steadily Being Forced Yield Ground .SINKING CRUISERS AROUSES BRITISH French Military Experts Say Germans Will Be Out of France in Fortnight The sinking by the German submarine in. the North Sea of the British armored cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy was admitted by the London admir alty todav. British First Lord of the Ad miralty Churchill had just threatened, unless the German war vessels left the shelter of the kaiser's shore defenses, the British ships would go in after them "like dogs after rats." Like an answer to this declar ation came the news of the British North sea disaster. It was believed the loss of life was heavy, inciadinjf most of the cruisers' officers. A cry for vengeance went up from the British and there were signs of extraordinary activity at the admirality offices. The news from France was, on the whole, favorable to the allies. The French account was that the German lines showed signs of breaking. French aviators thought they saw indieations of a German "retrograde movement." It was asserted that the Ger man center had abandoned the ofTenive. The German right was de clared to be retiring four miles daily. General Von Kluk, the wing's commander, was reported to have transferred his headquar ters rearward to Mons but this story was doubted. French military experts pre dicted the Germans would be on the defensive on their own side of t.Vj frontier within a fort night. 1 It was surmised that they, were fortifying a line along thai Rhine with a view to retreating that far. . ( Story in Paragraphs. Wire communication between Berlin and lireslau having failed, it was sur mised the Russians might be attacking the latter place, but this was not gen erally credited. German invaders were active in Sual ki province, Russian Poland. Allied Servians and Montenegrins were reported to have captured Sera jevo, capital of Bosnia province, Aus tria. The Servians claimed to have in flicted heavy losses on the Austrians ia defeating the last attempt to invada Servia. Riots were reported in Berbn and Vienna. The Japanese, at latest accounts, wore bombarding the Germans' Kiao Chan bay defenses. Australian warships took the island of Naurau and destroyed Germany's last wireless station in the Pacific. An unidentified 12,000-ton ship was reported to have struck a mine iu tha North sea. Particulars were given of the sinking by the British converted cruiser Car mania of a German merchantman off the South American coast. The Germans contradicted all theaa statements. They snid they were still trying to pierce the allies' center, that Verdun was isolated and being bombarded, that they had captured Craonne Heights and that otherwise there had been no im portant changes. Rheims was still undergoing bom bardment and the cathedral , was suf fering heavily. The German version won that the) French had fired on them with guns (Continued on pago S.) IN FAVO