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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1914.
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After Fierce Artillery Fire g
British Troops Make
Resistless Charge
CAPTURE OF POSITION
IS FIRST REAL GAIN
'Germans Make Two Desper
ate Charges But Are Re
pulsed by Artillery
London, Sept. 20. After the
fiercest artillery fiirht since the
-war began, the ISritish forces
northeast of Paris have succeed
ed in turning the German line I
just south of Saint Quentin and
Peronne, it was staged today on
unofficial but reliable authority
here.
As a climax to their bombard
ment, the British troops made a
desnorate bayonet charge, cap
turing nine miles of German
trenches literally filled with
dead.
While the artillery battle
raged, aeroplanes, Hying low,
gave the British gunners the
German range so accurately that
the shells burst directly over the
, . . j''"g the line from Liubivia to Losnit:;a
iienv;iit;, which were jamnieu
with waiting Germans.
This continued for hours.
Twice the Germans tried to
charge but the deadly artillery
fire drove them back both times.
Finally British made their
own rush, sweeping all before
them.
In the trenches they found the
dead and wounded so interming
led that it was difficult to rescue
the latter.
The movement was a complete
success, it was stated, and the
capture .of the position consti
tuted the first really important!
gain from the Gctmans. It gave
the British a strong strategic i
foothold on the hills command
ing the roads from Peronne and
Gonzeawurt to Saint Quentin,
and with this advantage it was
believed the allies would be able
to drive the Germans entirely
from the neighborhood of Saint
Quentin, whence, indeed, it was
thought their main body already
had withdrawn.
Von Kluk Forced Back.
Paris, Sept, 23. The allies'
turning movement against the
German right northeast of Paris;
still continued today, it was
stated officially.
The assertion was made un
qualifiedly that the wing had
, it . i i j it,
auiuauy ueeii
General On KlUK Was being!
forced back.
StreilOUS efforts were al.SO be-
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trig made by the allies to split;
the kaiser s southermost forces
off from his main army and
isolate them.
The German center held, how
ever, and its left was active, hav
ing been strongly reinforced.
It was not only said that cas
ualties were enormous but the
admission was made tnat tne al-
lies, having been on the Of fen -
Sive, had suffered more in the
past three days than the Ger -
mans.
The weather had improved,
which was enabling the Franco -
r:j.:i. .v,,v nnrnt mnro
DIlLlhil oimira .TCIBl.c
rapidly and tO bring neavier
artillery into action.
No Other Change in Line.
"The allies' left wing," said the
war ottice report, going inio .. public and if we can be of any service
" is steadily progressing against the . w. laf do our ' T(
Germans commanded hy General von,. B rina .w v wol,l like
Kluk, having succeeded by determined
and at times hand to hand fighting, in
. T7 i e
(Continued on page 5.)
Out Numbered Germans
Two 10 One Von Kluk
in Danger
lionlcaux, Sept. 2:1. Declaring posi
tively that tho German right wing 011
the Kivor Aisne had bean turned, tho
nr office here asserted today that
oneial Von Kink's annv was in immi
nent danger of isolation from the kai
ser's main force.
Though it was admitted reinforce
ments were being rushed to him from
Belgium, military experts here said
nothing could save him from being en
circled ami forced to retreat.
The wing was outnumbered by the
allies two to one, it was stated.
Altogether, the wnr office nnnounoed,
tho French ami ISritish had more than
l.iMlO.Oni) men in the field and were
i.olding ."iOO.OOO in reserve.
The Kheims fighting was said to be
continuing with the Freneh occupying
an improved position, a German assault
having been repulsed in disorder Tues
day night.
Summing up the situation, the war
office pronounced the outlook the most
promising, from the allies' standpoint,
since the war began.
SERVIAN FORCES
ADVANCE STEADILY
Nii-h, Sept. 'Si. The capture by
Servians and Montenegrins ot the town
of Futchn, in the Austrian province of
Bosnia, was announced today by the
war office here.
Fotcha has been reported captured
before. It was not known whether
these earlier accounts were erronous or
whether the Austrian retook the town
and have now lost it again.
Jt was said, at any rate, that it was
enveloped when the Servian and Mon
tenegrin advance began on Serajevo,
now also in their hands.
The war office here announced also
tho capture of the Austrian entrenched
positions at Kagatitza, I'ratzt and Od
asaka, northeast of of Serajevo.
Jt was stated that the Austrians hold-
)ail Decl rotej
completely and that
many of them were captured.
The Austrian's Story.
Vienna, via Home, Sept. 23. ' ' We
are invading Servia successfully," in
sisted the Austrian war office nere to
day. "Sot only," the statement continued,
"has Serajevo not been captured but
the Servian and Montenegrin invaders
o- Bosnia have been repulsed heavily
and are now retiring.
'There have been a number of cases
of cholera and dysenteria at the front
but the patients have been isolated and
the situation is not alarming. '
CREW OF TAHOMA
TAKEN OFF SAFELY
Among Them Were Several Survivors
of a Wreck Off Semichi Island That
the Tahoma Had Rescued a Short
Time Before.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 23. All of the
74 officers and members of the crew
of the United States revenue cutter
Tahoma, stuck fast on an uncharted
rock HO miles west of Kiska Island, one
of the westernmost islands of the Aleu
tian peninsula, have been rescued by
the steamships Senator and Patterson,
which are standing by the Tahoma in
an effort to drag her from rnc reef.
The officers and men will be taken
to Nome and then transferred to steam-
ships bound for Seattle
This information was conveyed in a
wireless message received in Seattle
last night from the Alaska Steamship
company's Nome liner Victoria, which
was loo miles ott tape t lattery.
i An earlier aisparcn irom rue sream-
l,ip Mariposa, relnved from Valdez,
aajj the Tahoma had been abandoned,
but in view of the later developments
this was taken to mean that an effort
would he made to float tiie cutter.
A caMe from VaUM aavs taut among
time re!tenvi fTom ;)ie Tahoma were
a number of persons who had previous-
1 v n rp,i,-'u'-'d " the latiomu from a
jwrecK orr .-emicni lsiana. inc name
"jof that craft was not given, but it is
"believed to be a gas trading schooner
from I'nalnska.
COMMERCIAL CLUB NOTES.
Mr. ,T. L. Hodges, of Elk, Kansas, and
j Judge Frank Doster, of Topeka, Kan-
sas, two prominent men ot that state,
:anre' - ;.bh3n8uring on 0rceon 118 their
About two hundred inquiries have
, be-n received so far for the cheap land
;ist that win be distributed the last
of the week.
Thp ,.i,.v hns u r,rMPnt flV;r a hnn
(jr, (i first-class rooms that hive been
listed at reasonable ratej for Ihe State
1 Fair visitors.
Remember the Commercial Club ex
hibits for the benefit of the general
i tQ inter;gt in Oregon, send us their
DRmptj an(1 we wiu do the reBt
1 Thpre were six out-of-town visitors
1 8t the club offices yesterday.
GERMAN STRATEGY
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Expert Thinks Statesmanship
Not Military Considera
tions, Control
SUBMARINES MAY
EQUALIZE NAVIES
British Have 25 Fighting Ships
in North Sea and Ger-
17
mans
By J. W. T. Mason, Former London
Correspondent of the United Press.
New Yolk, Sept. 23. The destruc
tion of the ISritish cruisers Aboukir,
llogue anil Cressy demonstrates the
wisdom of Oernmny's naval strategy
in keeping its warships protected by
its laud fortifications during the early
stages of the war.
Had the ISritish vessels been modern
dreadnaughts instead of 12 or 13 year
old secondary cruisers, Great Britain's
numci'iral supremacy would have been
seriously reduced,
AT BATTLE QFA1SN
PUZZLES THEALLIES
To accomplish tins is the dominant 1 loree-iucu guns on tnc catlie
idea in Gernianv's naval plans I r'1 ' . , ,
Great Britain has 2o dreadnaughts. I 1 "sserted also hat French gen-
battleships and cruisers in the -North
sea and Germauv has li.
if German submarines can steal in
among the ships of the enemy's first
line ileet, not many such exploits as
Tuesday's will be necessary to give
Germany the lead in dreadnaught
strength.
Not First Attempt.
While the German seamen demon-
strated, however, that they possess the
necessary courage and skill for torpedo ;
work far from their base, their chances
of lessening the British naval superior
ity seriously by this method are remote.
Tuesday's exploit cannot have been
tho first German attempt of the kind.
Failures probably were registered pre
viously. Nevertheless, the use of submarines,
followed later, perhaps, by night tor
pedo boat attacks, must continue for
some time to come to be Germany's
method of sea fighting. With tho rela
tive naval strength of the two coun
tries as at present, the Germans would
invite almost certain disaster were ,
their ships to steam forth to a surface
conflict.
All possibilities of submarine fight
ing must first be exhausted, however
small the chances of vital success.
Strategy Is Puzzling.
The German general staff's strat
egy in the battle of the Aisne is evi
dently puzzling the allies.
General French's latest report to tiie
British war office testifies to this in
the confession that, for a considerable
time after the battle began the allies
j believed the Germans were fighting on-
I ly a rearguard action.
I The reason whv thev believed this
was given in this column at the time
the Germans were first known to have
entrenched t'ne'r line along the Aisne.
It was pointed out then that the in
vaders would be overtaken by disaster
if they delayed then retreat too long,
on account of the danger to their
flank a danger to which the allies
were r.ot exposed during the battle of
the Maine because of the protection
the Paris forts gave them on their left
and the permanent frontier fortifica
tions on their right.
Fighting for Position,
The diplomatic necessity for holding
fast to French territory as long as
possible was doubtless responsible for
the risk the Germans took in continu
ing the battle along the Aisne.
Strategically their position is pre
carious, for if the allies succeed in
outflanking General Von Kluk a Ger
man retreat more hasty than the one
from tho Marne will become necessary
and the allies will be better prepared
to follow it up.
However, the advantage of entering
a peace conference after the war either
direct from French soil or from the
immediate frontier must outweigh, in
the mind of the kaiser's advisers, the
risk ot holding the Aisne positions to
the uttermost second,
General French's continued surprise
at German strategy on tho Aisne is very
strong evidence that statesmanship and
not military considerations is now in
fluencing Germany's operations in the
field.
DEMOCRATS RENOMINATED.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 23. Returns
from yesterday's primary election were
coming in slowly todav. Indications
I were that the present democratic con
gressionnl delegation had been renomi
nated. The result in Hudson county,
however, was reported in doubt.
GOT TIRED AND QUIT.
San Francisco, Sept. 23. Unemploy
ed and despondent, Hans Orodt, a me
chanic, committed suicide here today
by hanging himself in the basement of
his lodging house.
REPORT IS CONFIRMED.
Paris, Sept. 23. Confirmation
of reports thnt the allies have
partly turned the German right
wing on the River Aisne was re
ceived here today from the Bor
deaux war office.
By violent fighting along the
right bank of the River Oise, it
was stated, the allies left has
accomplished an advance of
more than ten miles.
The Germans, tiie war office
added, had made another fierce
attack from northeast of Ver
dun, but by a brilliant series of
counter attacks, the French fin
ally repulsed them.
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Ceneral Story of the War As
Told by Correspondent
in Berlin
(By Karl H. Von Wiegand.)
Berlin, Sept. 23. (By wireless via
Sayville.) A slow, steady German nd
vance in the westward was announced
by the wnr office today.
Referring to the outcry concerning
tho bombardment of Hhoinis, the mili
tary authorities 'said' the Germans orig
inally withdrew from the town after
capturing it, ns they wished to save it,
wnereupon tiie trench occupied it and
euw.e .riii rower sig
nailed to gunners in the streets the
rango of the German positions, the Ger
mans saw them pluinly doing this and
had no option but to fire on them.
The French were blamed severely for
making the city a part of their bnt
tle line.
i ne uernn mornine newsnaners
I played up Tuesday's' disaster to the
Mrmsn cruisers
Cressy, saying -one excellent effect it
n,v hnvo ,:i h ,nn n,. n.
man sailors to the policy of repression
imposed on them by the admiralitv.
A hostile aeroplane dropped a bomb
Tuesday near tho Dusseldorf hangar,
but it did no damage.
Messages from the eastern fighting
zone said General Hinderberg had not
only driven the Russians generally out
of East Prussia but had pursued them
to the shelter of their own fortifica
tions at hovno.
The rains having begun, it was stat
ed thnt the Kast Prussian roads were
impassable and that the campaign in
tnat district must lag for somo time.
Several correspondents accused the
Russians of violating the Red Cross
flag, one account quoting witnesses who
saw a Russian train of -10 or 50 carloads
of munitions bearing the Ree! Cross in
signia.
For bravery in action, Michael
Schwab, a Bavarian socialist and a
member of the landwelir, received the
iron cross.
The newspapers lately have been lav
ing much stress on America's strictly
neutral attitude and its refusal to show
any preference for the French.
MARCONI TO TEST
DEPARTMENT'S RIGHTS
New York, Sept. 23. That they were
preparing a federal suit to determine
the right of the Tinted States navy de
partment to exercise censorship over
wireless messages was declared today
in a statement issued from the office
here of the .Marconi Wireless company.
The statement, in part, said:
"The message from the British cruis
er Suffolk, bo much criticised by navy
officials, was addressed to a private
person in New York and asked that
fresh beef, potatoes and newspapers be
sent to the Suffolk on the high seas."
Officials of the company here insist
ed that the Marconi company is an
American corporation.
IDENTIFIES BODY AS
CAPTAIN JENSEN'S WIFE
Marshf'icld. Or.. Sept. 23. it was
stated todav that a fisherman from As-
toria identified the body of the woman,
' a victim of the Leggett wreck, brought
to Gardiner by the schooner Tillamook,
as that of Mrs. J. Jensen, wife of Cap-
tain Jensen of the steam schooner No-
komis.
Some young men sow wheat anil raise
corn, and some others sow wild oats
and raise Cain.
The Weather
Oregon:
Fair
tonight. Thurs
day fair, cooler
west portion,
easteruly winds.
SAYS AMERICA
MUST FIGHT JAPAN
E
German Ambassador Former
ly at Tokio Makes This
Statement
SAYS ENGLAND WILL
STAND WITH JAPAN
Jap Minister Said It Is Only
An Attempt to Stir Up
Trouble
Washington, Sept. 23. The govern
nient s attention was called todav to
a reported interview with Baron Von j
Schoen, former secretary of the Ger
man embassy iu Tokio practically pre
dicting war between the T'nite.l States
and Japan. Secretary of State Brvnn
conferred this afternoon with Presi
dent Wilson, who was quoted as say
ing that "nothing had been done yet
in the Von Schoen case." The inference
was that the government would take
some formal action.
The interview said to have been
given out by Baron Von Ohoeu fol
lows: "All the lower class natives of Japan
believe war with America is certain.
There is intense hatred of America and
Americans among tho masses of Jap
anese. "When Japanese troops were being
mobilized for war with Germany many
of the natives thought Japan was
about to strike at America.
'Should Japan and Englnnd be vic
torious in the present n-ar. I believe the
danger to America would be great."
Discussing Baron Vou Schoen 'a inter
view here this afternoon, Yoseka Mat
suka, secretary of the Japanese em
bassy said:
"Germany's, representatives in the
United States, from Ambassador Von
Bomstorffdown, arc using sinister
methods to stir lip bad feeling between
America and Japan:"
THE FAR-REACHING
RESULTS OF WAR
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 23. His broth
er in an unknown grave on tho battle
field at I.iege; his mother's life
brought to a premature end through
grief over the loss of her son, Hans
Evers, jr., local business man, is now
called upon to risk his life for Ger
many, fevers iouny received orders
from the German military authorities
to return immediately to the father
land and join the colors. If he does
not go, the personal property nnd home
of his aged father will be forfeited to
the government. The father will be
drivon from the country, he says, and
the little farm homestead in Mecklen
burg will revert to the kaiser.
Evers' brother, William, was a cor
poral in one of the famous 1'hlan regi
ments. He was directing his squad in
the fighting around I.iege, when he vis
struck by a bullet of the enemy ami
killed.
The news of his death was sent to
the mother. She lived only to hear the
report. The shock caused her to drop
dead. The father then was left alone
on tho little farm, from which he is
now to be evicted, unless his remaining
son conies to tjie aid of the kaiser's
army.
.FOOTBALL TEAM
BEING SELECTED
Salem high school boys will piny
football with the Chemuwa Indian
school, Saturday, October 4. Every ev
ening since school opened, H. O. Clancy,
the new athletic director, has had the
boys on the field for practice.
Forty men are out this year, with
only six former plnyers. I.nst night,
material was bought for regulation
footbnll outfits, and it is expected the
boys will make some showing in their
new uniforms.
At the high school assembly meeting
this morning Victor Bradison addressed
the student body, giving suggestions
for the coming football, baseball and
basketball meets. Under the coaching
of Director Clancy the students are
enthusiastic over athletics. Lnst year
Coach Clancy" assisted his team at Cen
tralia, Washington, in winning the
southwest Washington championship.
Roy Keenc is the captain of the foot
ball team this year.
ANOTHER BANK FAILS.
Raymond, Wash., Sent. 23. The Ray
mond Trust company closed its doors
today on account of insufficient funds
n pn.rv nn tinui nulla Tho prfltnt llf Ihe
failure is not yet known. The books
were placed in the hands of the bnnk
examiners this afternoon.
FUTUR
FRENCH OBJECT to pro (iirnr
PRffiOFBlSPLOU VILUI
Think They Are Not Given the
Credit They Are Entitled
to For Bravery
Paris, Sept. 14. (By mail to Xew
York). Continued accounts in Ameri
can newspapers received here of the
prowess displayed by the British in
their fighting alongside tho French
ngainst the Germans in the northenst
are hceimiiiiLr to evoke some Gallic
I complaints that America's stcries of
the struggle, reaching the United States
in a greater proportion from Britis'.i
than from French sources, are giving
the islanders rather inoro than their
I'air share of the glory.
There is no real disposition to de
tract from the laurels France's allies
have won and certainly none to under
estimate the value placed by the French
on the assistance thev have given. At
the same time there is perhaps a little
.jealousy at suggestions some of the
public thinks it has seen to tho effect
that French strategy is, hardly equal to
the British article; that the French
have not always given the support they
might to the British, and that the lat
ter have borne the "brunt" of the
fighting.
The French, after all, these plaintive
ones say, outnumber the British a good
manv to one along the' fighting line,
and while the Hritons are given full
lit for the showing they have inade
where their forces hnvo been concen
tinted, naturally, it is agreed, the
French, for numerical reasons, have
done the bulk of the fighting.
In short, the French view is that the
French soldiers, mini for man, have
fought as valiantly as any of the al
lies, and it pains them to notice that
tho British, having more of tho neutral
world's ear, have told a more eloquent
story of their deedi ami seem to be
correspondingly more talked about.
Some really rather nasty flings arc
heard, generally in the form of queries,
why, with the overwhelming naval su
periority the British have not accom
plished more in the way of actual de
struction with their fleet since the war
started.
This comment is of course purely un
official and is not really more tjan
skin deep, but it is illustrative of the
difficulty of carrying on a .joint cam
paign by tho armed forces of two dif
ferent nations without tho develop
ment of jealousies nnd friction.
FOUR BODIES WASH
ASHORE AT NEWPORT
Newport, Ore., Sept. 23 The bodies
of the four victims of the Francis Leg-
gett disaster washed ashoro near Bay
City are being embalmed hero today on
orders of the Hicks, Haiiptman com
panv, owners of the vessel.
J. Caldwell, of Aberdeen, has wired
thnt he will be here Wednesday night
for the bodv identified as that of ('.
W. Caldwell.
Every effort is being made to locate
relatives of the other men, one of whom
is thought to be D. A. Goldsmith of
Seattle.
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BASEBALL TODAY
National.
First game It. If. E.
St. Bonis .... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 2 1
New York ... 0 0 00 1 0 0 0 01 11 I
l'erritt and Wingo; Tesrau and .Mc
Lean. Second game Tt. H. E.
St. Louis .... 230 00 0 20 2!) 12 I
New York ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 8 0
Sallee and Snvder; Marqunrd and
Mcf.enn.
First game It. H. E.
b" okTvu : : : : : : : : : : : . : : : : : : : I I l
Cooper, Adams and Schang; I'feffer
and McCarty.
Second game R. H. E.
Pittsburg 2 5 1
Brooklyn 5 10 2
Con.elman nnd Coleman; Rucker and
Miller.
First game R. H. E.
Cincinnati ... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 H 2
Boston 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 X 3
Ames and Clark; James and Gowdy.
Second game R. H. E.
Cincinnati ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 5 0
Boston 00 0 00 0 00 00 4 0
I.car and Gonzales; Davis and Gowdy.
R. II. E.
Chicago 4 8
Philadelphia 0 12
Lavender and Archer
Killifer.
exander and
Federal.
R. H. E.
PHtVburg :;;:;::;::":::":: i is
3 3 2
Watson and Chapman; LeClnir and
Berrv,
At Buffalo Indianapolis-Buffalo
game postponed; rnin.
Kansas City 9 13 2
Brooklyn 8 15 1
Johnson and Easterly; Brown, Soin-
mers and Land.
R. II . E
1 5 0
4 7 3
Wilson;
Chicago
1 Baltimore
Lange. Prendergnat
and
Suggs and Jncklitseh.
Called end eighth; darkaess,
THE DAYS
FIGHTING
Losses of Allies in Three Days
Greater Than During
Whole War
LOSS ON CRUISERS
IN NORTH SEA 1,624
Say Russian Loss, Killed and
Wounded, 150,000; Pris
oners 92,000
In the battle of the Aisne the
allies had partly turned the Ger-
man right wing today.
inis assertion was made on
French and British authority;
the Germans denied it.
The Berlin war office claimed
"a slow, steady German advance
in the west."
According to Paris, Bordeaux
and London accounts, the allies'
had cained ten mi es on th
! right bank of the River Oise.
It was asserted that the
British had taken nine mile3 of
German trenches, filled with
dead. - -. .
In three clays, however, the al
lies' losses had admittedly been
as heavy as during all the rest of
the war.
In the face of a German de
nial, it was also asserted that
the French had repulsed the teu
tonic attack from northeast of
Verdun.
The allies predicted that the
Germans would soon move back
to a new line just inside the
French frontier.
The Bordeaux war office de
clared the outlook the best for
the allied forces since the war
bep-an.
While disputing all these
claims, the Germans told of im
portant victories in the east.
They said the Russians had
practically cleared from East
Prussia and driven as far ad
their own defenses at Kovno.
They declared they were also
operating almost unopposed in
Russian Poland.
The Russian Loss.
In the Tanneberg fight they
nlaced Russia's losses at 150,000
killed and wounded and 92,000
taken prisoners.
Over the sinking of the British
cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and
Cressy all the fatherland re
joiced. 1
The Germans made no men-
finn nf tVio lna nf nnv nf tVlPl'r
own submarines in this fight, im
plying tnat none was suiierea
The British estimated that
they lost 1,624 lives when the
three cruisers were sunk, which
would make the survivors num
ber approximately 476.
The British were as much de
pressed by the exploit as the
Germans were elated.
They expressed much dis
satisfaction at their overwhelm
ingly powerful navy's failure to
have wrought more destruction,
' and clamored for action.
O T'V.n Tirt uh floor vi-na ovnppfprl
i ,, . .
10 assume me itggica.nvc a
once. With Jaroslav already in their
hands, the Russians in Galicia
ojwere bombarding Przemysl and
j advancing on viui.ivy.
Having, as they ciaimea, tan n
Serajevo, the Servians and Mon
tenegrins declared they were
capturing more towns in Bosnia.
The Servians also told of aa over
whelming victory over the Austrian
along the line from Liubivia to Lo
nitzn.
All these Servian and Montenegna
successes the Austrian war office de-
(Continued from page 3.)