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Newspaper Page TextT3 ' t5: . A r!A 'a a Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today's News Printed Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR 8ALEM. OEEOON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEE 21, 1914. ,T ON TRAINS AND KBW PRICE TWO CENTS stands, fivi cent I GERMANS GIVE WAY RETREAT By J. W. T. Mason (Former London correspondent for the United Press.) New York, Oct 21. The allies were succeeding today in bending their battle line toward the main German de fenses in northern France and Belgium. i The towns now mentioned in the official reports as' the present centers of conflict are slightly east of a line drawn direct to the northward from Arras. This latter city is the natural pivot, because of its railroad and high way connections, for an eastward swing by the allies against Germany's northern lines of communication. Two weeks ago it marked the limit of the allies' northward climb out of France into Belgium. The allies' efforts to swing to the eastward from Arras reveal the fundamental basis of their northern strategy. The necessity they were under of aiding the escape of the Anglo-Belgian forces from Belgium caused a diversion, and the Germans' counter offensive against Dunkirk and other French coast towns further delayed the development of the eastward movement. Owing to these two consideration the allies were com pelled to swing, not to the eastward, but to the westward, away from the German lines. They succeeded, however, in retaining their north and south formation as far to the northward as Arras. From that point their line bent backward, that is to say, toward the coast, to block the German counter offensive, and then swung again to the northward, so as to assist the retiring British and Bel dans. In both these thing;! they wore suc cessful. General Von Boohies' German nrmy, which nought to extend itsolt' to )iinkirk mid Cttluis from the Punt, Slid donly found itself in danger of being flunked lit Haint Omer, 20 miles from its eoustnl objective. Then the Gcr innim were driven buck 30 mili'H. This insured the Anglo-Be Igiun forees of n union with the niuin Franco-British Briny. The ,10-mila (lormnn retirement at the name time straightened the al lies' line, enabling it to refrain its north und smith front north from Arms. Kiuco then the allies have resumed their original objective that of Hood ing their front eastward from Arras. The Germans have thrown out an ad vanee entrenched force nbout ten mill's oast of the Arras line. This force is In Hie vicinity of l.ille and the nllies are awining toward it. They have progress ed lis far us Armenlieres, 8 miles north west of l.illo, and as Fournes, tho same distance to tho southwest. These two towns nro five miles east of Arras am mark the extreme advance of the allies' northern offensive. The occupation of l.ille seems now to lie the Franco-British forces' Immediate objective. If the city is taken, the Hermans will hnve to full back toward their irincipal northern defenses for a strug gle which may have u decisive bearing on their future occupation ot French territory. W!LL LET THEM FIGHT IT OUT IN COURTS 1'pon the presentation of tho repre sentatives of tho American Scrrp com joiny, of Los Angeles, Cel., in the form of affidavits from prominent business men of Portland, to the effect that the American Travel Hcrlp company, a Cortland Institution, la triinsnoting'hus tness under misrepresentation and false (iretenses, Corporation Commissioner Italph Watson has decided to rescind bis action of two weeks ago, in which he denied the I.os Angeles concern the light to enter the state because of a conflict In the names of the two cor iorntlons, and will let them file their tirticles or incorporation and right out the name dispute In the courts, In the meantime ha will probably turn the af fidavits of the Portland business men over to the district attorney of Mult iiomtih county to take such action as Is necessary against the Portland concern if it is found guilty of the. illegal bus iness transactions of which It ts ar- u soil, JAPS UNABLE TO CAPTURE KIAOCHAU Pekln, Oct. II. Russia is withdraw ing practically all of Its first liae troops from Manchuria and hlbcria to Imrl them against the (lermsns on Its restera frontier, The places of the departing forces art being taken by icpervlsts, Aa a result of these military move anenta in both directions, the rnilrnad in greatly eongosted, ordinary train achedtile being upset completely. The Oerman defense of Kino. Chan is extraordinarily stubborn. Much of the territory about the fortification ia said to b mined and tha besiegers are losing heavily. URGED BY m, 30 MilJS IRK NOT Military Experts Say Move On Dunkirk Is To Draw Atten tion From Alsace Paris, Oct. 21. Though desperate, fighting continued today in tho extreme north of Franco, and across tho frontier iu Belgium, the feeling was growing anions exports hero that Dunkirk is not the kaiser's main objective A new (lormnn offensive was develop ing against Verdun and tho French general staff's eyes wero turning in that direction, The Berlin war office's claim that some of the Verdun forts hail been reduced wna denied. Home military men surmised thnt tho German's activity at Vordnn was de signed to distract French attention from Alsace Lorraine, where tho Teu tonic forces have been hard pressed for soveral days. Nobody Imagined, however, thnt the kaiser's efforts to take Dunkirk would cense. In I'net, It was known that he was reinforcing his northiirn nrmy. Fierce encounters occurred during the night In the Belgian wooded district about Hecelner, llooge and Ohctuvelt, east or ) pres. Along the line from Armeiillers to Hnillncl, in Fn e, and thence across tne Iroiitior to Toiiiorenghe, In Holland, the allies were aim) stiongly attacked but repulsed the tlennnns. The latter were developing a new movement to the horlliwnrd from l.ille, at the same time thnt their artillery engaged the nllies more to tho south- I ward. At (lenernl (ialllenl's hondqiinrtcrs urn- uif snoaiiun was pronounced ox '(client, from the allies' standpoint, ! ACTION WAS DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING Home time ago, acting under tho be lief that Attorney Ooneral Crawford and Assistant Attorney General James Crawford were acting la their official rnpnoitie and in the interest of east ern stockholders to establish the bona fide of the Oriole Oold Minine- Com pony of Grants Pass, Corporation Com missioner Watson agreed to audit the books of the company and take un the examination of the mine at the ex pense of the etate. Hlnca, however, he lias learned that they are acting In their private capacities aa counsel for the mining company in a suit iastltut- ci against U. V. Rowland, of Portland for aa accounting, in which esse he does not see nt to lend tha machinery of his of firs In thcfurtheraere of private litigation and has ao notified the Oriole Gold Wining company and Attorney tuenrrai Crawford, us baa also with I drawn his request to the bureau of I mines and geology for aa lamination ot tne property, )c ift sj( sfc 3C 3fl 31 31 3c 3C 3C 3C )C SjC 3C ALLIES' SHIPS ASSEMBLE Ban Francisco, Oct. 21. Veri- fication of reports that British, sje French and Japanese warships were concentrating off the coast of Southern California was brought hero today by tho ijt steamships C'oronado and New- port. It was said that tho Fronch cruiser Montcalm had joined the Japanese cruiser $ idzinno, and the Cnnadian cruis- $ er Kainbow several hundred if miles south of San Francisco. chipping men here believo that the allies are now coiicen- trating to wipe the German fleet from Pacific watora in order to insure safety to the t steadily increasing shipping that is leaving San Francisco. I il Turning Movement Develops in Northern France to Drive Germans From Ostend London, Oct. 21. The development of n turning movement by the allies agninat the flerninns' extreme right, in northern France nnd Bolglini, was ad mitted today by the war office here. It was generally believed tho Francl-Anglo-Belginn forces hoped to dis lodge the kniaor'a troops from tho vicinities of Nieuport. nn,l Ostend. The British fleet was said to be participating in the operation by bom barding tho enemy from tho sea nnd a naval brigade, disembnrked for the purpose, was understood to bo co-operating with the Belgians on bind. A report was current that tho allied armies had found tho Teutonic right weaker than they bad expected nnd wero taking full n'dvnnlnge of their dis covery. War offleo officials declared it was too soon to nmlic a fiecast of the out come of pending operations, despite their admission that there was "no ron son to doubt thnt the nllies wero on the offensive," I'nofficial personnel's with Inside In formation declared, however, thnt the presence of heavy artillery on tho (lor man s extreme right unquestionably mennt a covering movement was in progress. Their view that tho kaiser certainly was withdrawing at least pint of his Infantry from the Ninuport- runners line to hold Ins positions in the vicinity of Lille, The German Side Of It. Berlin. Oct. 21 VI. Tl,., lTn,. The (lermnus were grndnnlly gaining in the genernl direction of Dunkirk today, tnev announced tins afternoon. The kniser's rleht. wing was advane. Ing from Lille. Fierce fiirhtlnir mark el Its progress, A severe engagement wns nlso In progress nlniw the Vser river, ns yet with no decisive result. Till Teutonic nHHIIIltt. On Verdutt emt. tinned, Fresh artillery was sent for ward to the Gorman iionWIoh nmmuii,. this fortress. Iu the enstern tlenl-n nf m,n m T... slnn cavalry raid upon the Oerman lines southwest of Wnrsnw wns re pulsed with heavy loss. Another body oi missions was trapped In n wooded section in tho same district by a com- Il i II oi lleriiiaii .m,,l An.t.lnn n..ni... force and badly beaten. . Vienna advices declared tho Aiim Irlnns were repelling the Russian In viiilers in (lnlloln in many places. EXTENDS HTSRAILWAY WILLAMETTE VALLEY EXPENDS liAKUU BUM THIS SEASON. The Willamette Valley Lumber com pany Is now completing a two-mile stretch of railroad extension In a west erly direction from lllnck Itock. mid when this shall have been finished an additional three miles will be laid nut by F.nglticcr Taylor, nnd the work will be continued on Into the timber belt. A bridge 114 feet high Is now being constructed near the terminus, at the lour-miie post in the l.lttlo l.uisin mute bnsln. The Willamette Valley Lumber com panv, whose extensive sawmills are in Dallas, has expended during the pres ent yonr approximately a.w.liou in rnll road const rod Inn work, and it Is estl mated that the contemplated three-mile extension will cost nbout the same sum tier mile, or a total of about tftt.OIHI. When this Intler stretch Is completed which will nrohnhlv be earl neil full the company will have aeven miles of logging road. Over this road logs are brought to Black Hock, where they are nicked up by the Nalom. Falls City ft Western for delivery in Dallas. Dallas Observer, WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. The Franco-Anglo llelginn allien' attarka on Oerruany'e advance linn nenr Nieuport, Belgium, have bn repulsed with heavy Insavs, it was stated In a Berlin message, transmitted by wireless, from Berlin to tb dermaa embassy here te- Jy. , The report that the Husslana lave raptured Csysraky must be a lie. No body but themselvra baa any such place. 111 COME TO E Gives Account of His Steward ship Which Is Heartily SHOWS GREAT WORK : DONE BY CONGRESS Lauds President Wilson and Condemns Scurrilous At tacks on Him "GEORGE'S" PLATFORM. "If you waut to repudiate all of the constructive legisla tion that has been enacted by the democratic I congress the Underwood tariff bill, the cur rency reform bill, tho Alaska railroads bill, the Income tux bill, tho trades' commission bill the groatoat constructive leg islation that has ever been passed in the history of the country for the benefit and ouiniicipation of tho masses from capitalistic power; it' you want to repmliute tho policies of our president, who stands for world wide ponce and the pros perity and advancement of the greatest nation on the face of tho earth, du not vote to return me as your representative In the I'nitud Htutes senate, for 1 am going to stand for these prin oiples to the last il;tch, an.l will fight for them as long as there, is any light loft In me." ; The House Filled. F.oslly the largest erowil thnt has assombled upon an occasion of the kind in .uuiiy years, winch filled the opera hou.io tu "standing room only," and this at a premium, was that which grouted United Htntes Senator lleorge I'), Chamberlain at the Urn nil last night to listen tu his address upon the issues of his campaign for ra-olnction to the United Stales seiuile upun tho demo cratic ticket. The houso was filled to overflowing long beforo the time for the meeting, and it was a tlioioughly mixed assem blage, the Inilics being out In full force, unil there was a mixture of ull parties In nttenilanco. Prior to the meeting at the opera houso Senator (hamberluln atteiiileil sin Informal luncheon lit tho Marion hotel, wliero he met and chatted with scores of old friends and acquaintances, at the con clusion of which, led by the t'herrinns' hand, the party proceeded to tho opera house, und tho hand, after nlnvlng a soicciion in i rout or tun mentor, came back upon tho stage and rendered an other selection as the curtain wns rais ed amid tumultuous applause from tho audience ns It caught sight of the guest of honor. Mrs. Hinges Slims. Mrs. Ilallio Parrish llingcs, Oregon's nightingale, was then Introduced, and sang the "Star-Hiiuugled Haulier. " In which she acquitted herself so well she had to respond to nn Insistent encore, which, she did with n snug which was composed especially for the occasion, entitled,' " Boosting for (leorge's He Election," which brought down the house. Nenntnr ('hamberluln wus (hen Introduced to the audience, If it may ho said (hat ho needed nil Introduction to his own family, by Chairman P, li, Frar.ler, of tho county democratic cell oral unnnilttoe, which he yirccoded with n few laudatory remarks, nnd when the senator took the floor he wns greeted with thunderous npplnuse, He prefaced his campaign address by a short talk to the big audience, iii which lie stated that It did him good to get hnck once more to Hnleiu, where he had spent nine years nP his life In different official cnpncltlcs, and was struck with the wonderful strldea In advancement and prosperity that the city and the whole country had en Joyed In. the past few years, lie had only kind wnrds for the people of Sa lem, whom he regarded as among his best friends, and for the city Itself, which wns the birthplace and home of HI OLD-TIM HIE (Continued on Page Five.) The Weather SfU.t'.. .1..,- (MoMTr! pofi J Tonight and n&vfti Thuraday fair, weal portion) var iable winds, mbst- ty northerly. London, Oct. 21. Warfare by streetcar was one of the -features of today 'a operations between the allied forces and the Ger mans along the northern Franco Belgian frontier. The Germans, it was learned were making good use of a trolley line connecting Ostend and Bruges directly with the front and of another one run ning back from the fighting line to the railroad center of Koul beke. The allies were finding the interurban lines in northern France equally serviceable. )t i(t lc jfc )c fc )(c lt3C3C3C3C)fC)clC9fc He Confesses Murder But Wife Points Out the Utter Impossibility Of It Loa Angelos, Cal., Oct. 21. Believing the "case mny bo but partly Bolvcd, de toetives continued their investigation of tho murder of Mrs. Maud Kennedy, to which Percy Tucwell confessed late yesterday. lugwell himself was responsible for tho coursohey hnve token, ho having repudiated his confession Into last night and then mndo another admission of guilt in which he asserted thut Philip Konnedy, the slain woman's son, was a partner to the crime. Kennedy's rofusul to shako hands with him after bis first cnnrvsslon prompted Tugwell to retract his words, tho polico believe. After ho hnd been taken to his cell ho sent for Inspector Home and told tho story attempting to involve Kennedy. As u result, Kennedy and his wife and Bert Denormandy re mained at tho polico -still ion throughout mo night ponding further investiga tion, Assistant District Attorney Ford, be fore whom Tugwell mode his confession yostoriluy, said : "I don't believe there is a question of Tugwell 'a guilt. Whether anyone elso is concerned is what wo must de termine, The entire enso should be cleared up today." Did Not Hava Time. San Francisco, Oct. 21. Unbounded faith in her husband's ianicence. de spite his alleged confession, wus voiced nero todiiy ny Mrs, Thelmn Tugwell, the soven weeks bride of Percy Tug well, under arrest in Los Angeles on n charge of murdering Mrs. P, H. A. Kennedy on the night of September 1. Mrs. Tugwell slept Into toitay, follow ing n mtisienln given lust night nt her stepfnther's homo here. "Why should I worry f" she nsked. "I know my hiisbnnd Is Innocent and firmly believo ho will bo exonerated In a week or two three weeks nt the most, "On the overling that Mrs. Kennedy died, my husband left his father's homo in Los Angeles shortly after din ner, explaining he wns going to a ga rage to say good bye to the buys there, ns ho Intended to get married Septem ber 4. The next day wo wero to leave for San Francisco on tho stouniHlilp Knso ( ity. And wo enrried out this program to the letter. Was In High Spirits. "My husband returned home shortly after o'clock. Ilo was in good hu mor because tho men at tho iiarnirc would not believo that ho was going to bo married. But wn fooled 'em. Percy was not perturbed. If ho had killed Mrs. Kennedy, lie certainly would hnve snown in ins demeanor that ho had been through some excitement. Both his fnther nnd mother wero nt home when he returned from the uaraire. Tli men nt tho garage, too, will verify this statement, "It's very certain to me that Percv could not have taken the tong ride to Mrs. Kennedy's home, murdered her and returned within the short tlmo that ho wns away, His confession, If he made one, is ridiculous, But the most ridiculous story Is the mm thnt my husbnnd financed our honeymoon, it was said that he paid fur the trip with the proceeds from tho jewelry stolen rrom tne murdered woman, "As a mntter of fact, my liusbnnd wns 'broke.' I financed the trip with mi, my anvings rrom my own work, Percy had nothing. Since coming uii hern with my husbnnd wo have lived with my stepfather and mother whllo Percy looked vainly for a job." MOVE INDICATES SOMETHING DOING Paris, Oct. II, A Hidden tightening of the censorship today hinted at Im portant developments along the fight- Ing front. It was reported that the nllies were directing a determined attack agnlnst the Oermana at Mile, which was be lieved to be tho headquarter! of the kaiser 'a right wing, Tha opinion was widely held that the Teutonic troops wert retiring to the eastward of the llclglsn frontier, No confirmation and hern received of Tuesday 'a report that they had evac uated Ostend. DESPERATE BATTLE IS RAGING AT WARSAW, ANOTHER AT VERDUN There seemed no doubt today that the allies had block ed the Germans' attempt to gain control of France's nor thern coast. The Berlin war office said, indeed, that the kaiser's forces were "gradually gaining in the general direction of Dunkirk." There was good evidence, however, that an allied turning movement was developing against the ex treme German right. - Thfi ficrhHinr was an rlnsA fn t.Vip ponst. that. Rriti'sh wnr- ships were helping the allies shore. The French were trying to recapture Lille. Many hot fights were in progress in northernmost France and Belgium. The French were hopeful that the Germans were re tiring across the Belgian frontier. A fierce new German offensive was developing against Verdun. Desperate fighting continued about Warsaw, apparently more in the Germans' favor than the Russians have yet admitted. The Servians and Montenegrins were pressing Sera jevo hard. The Portugese republican government suppressed a royalist revolt which it was charged German agents fo mented. The Kiao Chau Germans continued their resistance, killing many Japanese. Signs oi German naval activity aroused uritisn nopes that the kaiser's war fleet was about to venture into the open sea to fight. British submarines were reported to have attacked German ships off the Danish island of Rugen. British, French and Japanese warships were said to be in concentration off the southern California south coast, presumably in the hope of destroying Germany's Pacific naval power. The Germans were building Zeppelin hangars at Brus sels and Antwerp ; Say the Lion and Lamb Will Lie Down Together, with the Lamb Inside the Lion Home, Oct, 21. (Delayed.) Consld crnhlo guessing Is being done Iu official circles hero thnt tho war will end with what Is left of Austriu a part of the Uuruiun empire. Kalian politicians generally think thnt whllo Germany muy fail to beat tho allies. It will yet como nenr enough to a draw to escape tho loss of terrl tory, except possibly Alsaco-Ijorralno, Tho belief is freely expressed, how ever, that Austria will suffer heavily, (lalieia. Iluliovliiu. nart of Truiisylvu nia, HoHiiiu, llcr.cgnvinii, Dulmntia and its Italian provinces being mentioned as among the territories il may huvo to let go by the board. Those who hold theso views Incline to think thnt It will not, be strong onouiih to stand nloiio thus crippled but thnt It will, by its own preference, liccoiuu simply one, or It may bo sov erul of t It o (leriniin states, COURT INTERPRETS RECALL AMENDMENT When an election is held under the recall amendment to tha state constitu tion, the first question to be decided by tho voters is whether or not the of fleer shall be recalled from office, and tho second question is, in the event of the recall of the officeholder, the elec tion of his successor to office. This is the substance of nn opinion given by the supremo court this noon, written by Jiistlro llurnntt, In which it was decid ed thnt the form of the question nn the ballot for the recall of Mayor Allien, of Cortland, which rends, "rinntl It. It, Albee be recalled from tha office of mayor!" ia within the provision! of the amendment, According to tho contention of Eu gene K, Hinith, candidate for the mey orality of l'ortland, in the event of tha rena.ll of Mayor Albee, the present Incumbent will have a "double rhot" at the office against his opponents, for hli name also appeara aa candidate for tho office from which he la recalled and by a bombardment from off LONDON IS AFRAID OF ZEPPELIN RAID London, Oct, 21. Beporta that Ger many was recalling the marines who took part in the operations preceding Antwerp's capture, and thut the Teu tonic wnrshipa wore taking on quanti ties of supplies aroused much outhiiH Insm hero today, aa It waa conjectural tho kaiser's fleet was at least about to vonturo from tho sholtcr of tho Herman, shore, defenses to give battle to tha British in tho open sea. The Hritlsh public has been thirsting for such a trial of strength since tha war began, confident, from tho numer ical superiority of England's squadrons, that the Oormnns' sea strongth wouli he completely annihilated. Tho atory from Btavongor, Norway, of tho sinking by a submarine of tha llrlllsh ship (llitera off the Norwegian const Tuesday wua not believed hero, no ship of that nnme figuring in tha lists of vessels either in tho British naval or mercantile aervlcea. Nowa that (lerman Zeppelin hnngers) wero being built nt Antwerp and Brus sels wna not so joyfully welcomed a were accounts of the kaiser's naval activities, Asidn from all other con siderations, thn Ilrltlsh have no fancy for thn property damage, which might ba dono by a aiircessful Herman airship mid, and tha press wns urging thnt tha government take every possible precau tion to resist an aerial attack. From Toklo ramn reports that (Ireat Britain's ally, lapan, waa experiencing unexpected difficulty In reducing tha (lormnn fortifications at Kiao Chau, thai Mikado's losses being referred to aa amounting to "several thousands," E8TIMATE OF LOSSES, Berlin, via Tho Kugue, Oct. 81. Tha ICreus Zcitiing estimated today that French, Ilrltlsh, Husslan and llelginn losses thus far totaled 7nu,0nn. No mention wna tnado of Gorman or Aus trian casualties. PAHIW, Oct. 21. (lerman attempts t mount heavy coast artillery for usa against Ilrltlsh naval guns were re ported here today to have been frus trated by bombaidinent from the Brit ish warships, which dismounted tha kaiser's cannon before it could ba used, effectively. A. man thinks he la misunderstood because he doesn't know himself. A man 'a Interest in a divorcee) womaa) never Iota up until he dlaoovera why, It la possible for him to be recalled aad elected to succeed himself at tha ssme election and by virtue of the same bal- , ! . i ,.J fajaayT :