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WaEJl FULL LEASED (I a ft : aa aa f J CIRCULATION IS OVER 3800 DAILY m ; 2gsppi - THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR IHIh MANY ACGE RUSSIANS PRESS MM GERMAN Heavily Reinforced, Slav Army Takes Offensive In Galicia Driving Austro-Cermans Back and Inflicting Heavy LossesAttacks to South of Riga RepulsedBerlin Estimates Russian Losses During Summer at 1,400,000 -Over Million Being Prisoners - Submarine Which Sunk Arabic Lost Petrograd, Sept. 1. Heavily rein forced, tho Russian forces in Galicia are tin the offensive against the Austro Germans and in a succession of strong attacks are threatening to roll up the right flnnk of the enemy. Dispatches here today indicated that the Slavs have not only brought the Teutonic) advance in Galicia to nn ab rupt halt, but have made substantial gains between tlio Strypa to tho Zlota Lipa rivers southwest of Tarnopol. Russian troops from the lower Dnies ter are battering General Pflnnzer's, flnnk between the rivers and have driv en the Austro-Germans back nearly a mile. Violent attacks were directed against the Russian lines by tho Teutons when their new offensive was launched in Galicia Inst week, but offioial and un official reports here agree that the Slav lines hold well. With the ro pulse of the Austro-Germans, a coun ter offensive was ordered. In the for .,jard xuah of. the Slavs 3,000 prisoners, mostly Germans, were taken. Thirty cannon and 21 maehino guns also fell into the hands of tho Russians. On the northern ond of the vast east ern front, heavy German attacks are lieingf repulsed in the region south of Riga. ' , The enemy's offensive toward Vilna and the Warsaw-Petrograd railway is also declared to have been brought to n (top. On the whole the situation along the entiro Russian fron't is regarded ns sntisfnctory by the general staff. In tho Brcst-Litovsk ronton the Slav rear guards are offering determined resist Hnce to the Austro-Germnn advance and ftnd retirements are in good order. The retreat on this southeastern front and along tho Galician border is in conform ity with the general plan of retirement . which was made when Brost-Litovsk was evacuated. The Austro-Germnn troops in Galicia have apparently been i-trongly rcinforoed, but aditionnl mu nitions and men Lave also been furnish ed the Slav commanders an'd it is be lieved tho attempt of tho Teutons to hplit the Russinn forces will be frus trated. Grent activity which is being shown Vy the Germans about Fricderichstadt in the Riga region is bolieved here to forecast nn enrly attempt to march on Petrograd. Enormous forces have been gathered about Friedcrichstadt and grent masses of artillery have pounded the Russian bridgehead there. All at tacks are declared to have been repuls ed and attempts of the Germans to cross the Dvina have been frustrated. One detachment succeeded in forcing n crossing, a statement from the wan of fice declared, but the enemy forces were quickly thrown back. Violent righting In West. Paris, Sept. 1. r- Violent fighting around Schrutsmaennolle, in the Vosges ivns reported by the war offine today. The attacks followed days cessation of infantry nssnults in this region, but the French mnin'tuined all their posi Belligerents Desire Peace and Negotiations Hinted (By J. W. T. Mason.) I (Written for the United Press.) .... New York, Sept. 1. The hard and intricate road towards peace in Europe 'ontinues to be tested by the bellige rents. The suggestion' of possible ne gotiations, made this week by the editor "f tho London Economist, which was re produced In the Yissich Zeitung of Ber lin, meets no scorn. Commonts regard ing an unconditional peace imposed by fhe victor are no 'longer heard. Germany, if the official North Gor iau Gazette is correct, has partly as sisted a tentative peace movement, by denying that Germany is fighting for wipremacy. Bir Edward Grev, the Brit h foreign minister, recently declared (here could be no peace in -Europe ao lung as Germany fought "for suprem acy and tribute.'" Germany denies she jeeks supremacy and charges that Great Britain herself seeks supremacy. What is meant by supremacy is ac tual military supremacy of Europe. A l'ower whose chief strength U on the LANK tions hnd threw the Uermans back with heavy losses. Beginning yesterday morning German artillery shelled tho siipes held by the French for hours, the communicate stated. Gas bombs were then hurled against the French lines and German infantry charged forward. Chausseurs, protected by respirators against the poisonous gases, met the onrusuing Toutons with bayonets and knives and drove them back from tho parapets. Heavy losses were suffered by the Germans, who were forced to withdraw. A second charge was made last n'ght, but was also repulsed, it was stated. Elsewhere no important infantry en gagements have been reported during tho past 24 hour3. At points around Arras, heavy artillery exchanges were in progress during the night. Moltke Was Not Smile. Berlin, via wireless to Sayvillo, Sept. 1. The dreadnaught Moltke, reported by the Russian admiralty to have been sunk by a British submarine in the Gulf of Riga, was seen cruising off the Kaiser Wilhelm canal under hor own steam, Copenhagen dispatches reported here today. Cruiser Founders. The foundering of an enemy cruiser bombarding the Gulf of Smyrna was reported to Smvrna dispatches here to day. Two cruisers wore engaged in the bombardment, it was statod, when one suddenly started to sink. The sec ond attempted to rescue tho stricken ship, but was driven off by the Turkish artillery. Capture 1,100,000 Russians. Berlin, via wireless to Sayvillo, L. I., Sept. 1. Since the beginning of the Tepton drive in the east an entire Rus sian field army of 1,100,000 men have been captured or annihilated, an of ficial review of the campaign in Po land and Galicia stated today. It was estimated that 300,000 Rus sians have been killed or wounded. The remaining 1,100,000 are now hold as prisoners. The review covered the German oper ations from the capture of Gorlice up to the present time. In addition tct the enormous Russian losses, tho Teutonic allies are declared to have captured 3800 cannon and ma chine guns. "The actual figures may be higher li.nnw tin pnnmv snved his artillery by sacrificing infantry," the review i on i,l " A n result tho armies first en countered at the beginning of our of tensive are now annihilated. The Rus' mim miwln un their Iohhos bv withdraw ing troops from other parts, especially from the forces which were ready to invade Turkey. "All thesa efforts were fruitless. The enemv was chased out of Galicia, Po land,' Coin-land and Lithunia. Twelve fortresses, among them four big mod- (Continued on page six.) sea and not on the land can never at tain military supremacy in the sense i ..i i... i,r.Min Knirlnti.i's denial ll-urcil n that she soeks supremacy fur herself, therefore, is a fact, and since Germany hns repudiated a desire for supremacy, the first esseniiaj usi. vi j.c.o been reached. . Germany's attitude regarding possi ble tribute is not known in dotail. Ber ii.. ,u .,i inilifntfl that she nn iuuitb - . has repudiated Uio idea that she in tends to uemano an muni"""-. The onlr definite stntement from Berlin lias boen that by the minister of finance that Oermany's enemies will . .. .k ft la not Dos- nave 10 PJ "II " - - - , -Bible to interpret this declaration in an sense excert as an " kaiser expects to levy tribute as the the price of pepe- , . On the other hand, It will not be dif ficult for the Germans to repudiate the views of its minister of tiaDC' 5" attribute them to an excess of P'ofes , it tho nrMent time. stonai wi.- vt r-- , ... however, Germany has not doM tnu. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition Is Now Out of Debt It Is Declared San Francisco, Sept. 1 With former President William H. Taft in the rolo of "Chief Buriiee," the ceremonies of consigning to the flames on Friday night tho poid-off mortgage of $110, 150.02, the last cent of indebtedness of the Panama-Pacific exposition, will be tho most spectacular nnd impressive yet staged at the big fair. The Court of the Universe, where the mortgage burning will take place, will be shrouded in darkness when the core monies begin, with President Moore of the exposition standing beside the huge p)Te, brought into the startling roliof by the glare of a monster searchlight. Moore will briefly outline tho his tory of the exposition at the conclusion of which he will hand to James J. Fa gan, representing tho San Francisco clearing house, a check for $110,159.02. Fagnn in return will give to Moore the cancelled mortgage, which will thon be namled to the lormer president. Placing ono corner of the mortgage to the blazing pyre, Taft will wave the flaming paper nhift, a signal which will release a veritable bedlam of noise throughout the exposition. Tho ashes will then be placed in an urn which Aviator Charlie Niles will take aloft in his monoplane nnd scatter, to tho winds. Niles' flight wil conclude the official cremation ceremonios and will usher in the carnival which is expected to bring to tho exposition the greatest evening throng in its history. Wood Products Exhibit . In Portland Armory Portland, Ore., Sept. 1. Wood prod ucts of the 10 western states worked in to every conceivable form, will be On exhibition at the armory hore for four days beginning February 21, 1916, it was announced today. It will be fae largest display of wood products oyer undertaken in the United States, it is stated, and it will be fore the purpose of demonstrating to the public the many uses to which wood may be put. Announcement that the show would be held was mndo by A. L. Portor, of Spokane, secretary of the Western Re tail Lumber Dealers' association. In connection with tho exhibit will be held the 13th annual conference of the association, Porter stated. NATIONS OF EUROPE, INTOXICATED BY WAR, TEAR MASKS AWAY By William 0. Shepherd. (United Press staff correspondent.) Washington, Aug. 18. In wino, it sometimes is snid, there is truth. War is intoxicating, and, in the wine of war there is truth. The nations of ' Europe are drunk with war; their maHka are off, you eun sec them as they really are. Just aH a drunken in tin shows his inner self so do tho war-drunk nations of Europe rovenl, to the careful observ er, their inner thoughts and motives. The revelations of the wur in Europe nre not confined to the nations of Eu rope, but extend to the United State. A mun who has been in Europe, knes deep in war, for tu past year, nnd then return's to the United States, sees the land of the starn and stripes in a new light. I have discovered America. The first discovery wus in Europe. In all the truthfulness of their war in toxication, the Europeans showed me the United States ns they saw it, and I was not unlinmed, but proud. "The United States Is the conscience of the world," said a famous Gorman college professor, now the Germnn army Censor at lluuiea. "The world bus gone mad, but your land alone is cool and snnn and we must to you, at the finish of this war, to tell us hat winity is." At the English front, after a day in the trenches, I snt li.Midj a grate fire in a little, hotel a few miles nut of uiielf fire; I didn't want to go ttt l;ed, nr fear of seeing ngniu'. in my sleep, Jkiffli tho sights I lud ivitnessed dur ing the day. Pcrlnp'i the British f' firers who wero sitting around felt the. same. Suddenly one of them spoke. "One of the grent eat men this world ever saw," ho said, "was Abraham Lincoln. I've rend every word J cnuld find about him, and my two liUle daughters and two little sunn know ev erything about Abraham I.lneolo that I do." "Yes,'.' spoke up another British of ficer. "Do you know, l'v hea'd I in coin mentioned ever ao many times late ly. Something in this war, just seems, - , r , J I t i MEXICANS TMirlK DEATH OF QRQZCQ PURE MURDER Sympathetic Demonstration Is Planned By 1 Paso Followers .1 AMERICAN REPORT SAYS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT Orozco Receiiily Arrested Under Heavy Bonds El Paso, Texas, Sept. 1. Moxican sympathizers of Gen eral Orozco today charged he was murdered in cold blood by Americans who encountered tho former leader and four of his followers in a canyon in the High Lonesome mountains yes terday. Sympathetic ' demonstrations are expected tonight when tho bodies of Orozco and the other Mexican killed with him ar rive hore. The police force hns been strengthened and the American troops here will be held in readiness to quell riots which may break out when the funerals are hold. tj iL tJ tig j L ij J. T F T f rft p Washington, Sept. 1. One f of five Mexicans killed Tuesday by a posse of the Texas border has been positively identified as Geuoral Pasqunl Orozco, Chief Bielaski,, of tho department of justice investigation bureau wns ad vised by special audits today. The official report of Orozco having been killed said the Moxicnii general and his followers wore surprised while seeking food on a Culberson county ranch. They were pursued by a posso appears to hnve turned attention to Lincoln, thouiHi I ran 't toll wliv, I've just read a bonk nliout him nnd 1 I. n'uw ever so ninny people in London who've done the same. The newspaper;! keep quoting him nil the time, too, "It's because he wns nlwnys for the underdog," paid tl-.n first officer. " lie was hravs and indent and kind nnd honest. Via l.i.oiv my children love Hint story 'inoiit him and the sixpenny pieces he had in na old sock." "What was thatf" asked a third of ficer. "We'l one time Lincoln kept u gro cer's sluip in ii l ltli' village iin.l the "il 1. go posL.J l'c wns in a eornul' of lua shop. Ho I'll (hurgo of it. One ihv he failed in Imihum'Ss; he'd tried to nnke a go of it lor months, but dmv.i I i' went. All tli! citizens of the vil li ge thought h : ''s ruined mid S'uno ot men, w i.i ' his feared that hi: bid pr.b'ib:y :.n tin postoffice money in trying to save his shop. So they collected ul.out . lorly uouads amon t!i wiscves- you ln everybody who knew Lincoln loved him and took it t.i nun. "Jlerua forty pounds, Abe,' they sid, Wn figured that you hnd loxt the postoffico mon ey, too, in the smnnh, and as soon ns the sheriff comes aroiin'l and finds it o'lt you'll be in trouble. "'Just wiit n minute, boys,' snid Lincoln, 'I'll run up stairs and itet the postoffico bunk and see how I stand.' "l'rettv soon lie came downstairs. carrying, an old sock, full of coins, six pence and ihrupences una pennies unit rfaey were the very ofns that ho had been taking in at the postoffico window during all the hard months. - "Lincoln counted It all. out and thun he said. 'Thanks, awfully, boys, but I dun't believe I need cent of your money'. "That's the story about Lincoln that my children love the best," concluded the Untisner. ' la London, some weeks later, at set oral book stores I discovered there had been a growing demand sluce the war begaa, for books on Lincoln. BASEBAUJODAY National League. B. II. E Philadelphia 5 7 11 New York 6 8 3 MeQuillen nnd Hums; Stroud, Kittor and Schang. -Mayer replaced Mcljuillon. Cincinnati 4 8 1 Boston 0 10 Touey and Wingo; Hagau and Whaling-First game St. Louis f. 4 10 1 Pittsburg 0 5 1 Salleo and Snyder; Adams and Mur phy. Second game St. Louis 0 3 1 Pittsburg 7 15 1 1 crime, iVenaus nnd Gonzales; Har mon and Gibson. American League. Boston 6 6 0 Philadelphia 0 3 4 Foster and Cady; Wyckoff, Nabors ami Lapp. New York 14 0 Washington 2 7 0 Caldwell ond Nunamaker; Ayers and Henry. 12 innings. Chicago 4 10 " 4 Detroit : 5 10 2 Scott, Benz and Schalli; Covaleski, Poland and Stanago. Cleveland 6 10 2 St. Louis 2 8 3 Carter and O'Neill; Koob and Sov eroid. lloft replaced Koob. Federal League. Newark i 2 7 Buffalo 5 12 Kaiserling mid lturidun; Scliulz and Allen. Baltimore 7 11 0 Brooklyn 4 6 2 LeCluir and Owens; Falkenberg, Mar ion, . Wiltso and Smith. Wulker re placed Witlse. St. Louis .' 7 12 0 Pittsburg 2 10 3 Davenport and Chapman; Roggo, ncarn ana uerry. Street Railways Gather In Fortune In Nickels San Francisco, Sept. 1. The San Francisco municipal railways gathered in $285,641.50 last month in nickels, ro- ports filed ny tho car ofticinls with tho city treasurer show today. The city's bannor car fare dny during that mouth b.rought in $7,385.30. Tho next biggest month in the year was Julv when $221,- 084.85 was. collected. June registered $186,(144.90. and mi' do a stnnd in a canyon of tho High Lonesome mountains. All were killed in tho battlo that followed, Geuoral Orozco was arrested with Goneral lluertii recently while en route to Kl Paso when it was alleged a plot was on font to start a now revolution in Mexico in behalf of the former dic tator. Orozco was held in $7,500 bail, but eluded his guards and escnped across the border, He wns one of the lute President Mndoro's leading com manders in the revolution which over threw President Diuis, but later joined Iluerta. Iteports Hint tho latest strengthening of General Fuuston's forces on tho border due to a more serious sit nation which wns developing were persistently reiterated today ami equally emphatical ly denied at the war department. It was officially announced that tho transfer wns ordered last) night of tho Fourth infantry and Sixth Cavalry from (IiiIvckIoii to linrlington while the Third Battalion of the Nineteenth In fantry was ordered to Did Itio. Both of these transfers, however, wero arranged with General Piinston in advance, it wns stated, un a pnrt of the general plan for policing till! bonier. 1 lie movement or troops has nothing to do with present conditions nn the border, It wns insisted. A widely accepted theory of the move ments was that preparations wero be ing mndo in view of possible develop ments in Hie administration 's pluu to restore order in Moixco. Curran.isln agents were encournging reports that Germnn money was being used liberally in Mexico to stir up troublo anil keep tho United Slates too busy to show much concern over Euro pean developments. QUARANTINE CHOLERA SUSPECTS New York, Sept. L With 200 per sons quarantined here on the liner President Wncom aus pncieu oi navm cholera, city health authorities were to lay taking every possible step to nrovniit anv soread of the disease. It is said to hnve broken out among refu goes from China. THE WEATHER Oregon: Tonight and Thursday partly cluudy anil occasionally threatening wea they; southerly rinds. - that sroem) WILL S PRICE TWO Wil I WARN I IK lllbk I I I II II 1 Ullll-IIV BEFORE FIRING TORPEDO Berlin Government Formally Accepts Rules Laid Down By This Country-Visit and Search of Vessels Will Also Be Observed Before Their Cargoes Are Sunk As Contra band Germany's Acceptance Is Complete and Is Not Dependant Upon the Policy of This Country Toward the British Blockade i(c ii sc s(c sjc ))c sc c )fc 9t jjc ?c )c sfc jJc Diplomatic Steps in Controversy Resulting In Germany's Acceptance of . American Demands in Submarine Warfare, February 10 First American note, protest against Germany's de struction of merchant vessels in newly prescribed war zone. Gor-' many told tho United States would hold the imperial government to strict accountability for such nets and would take such stops as might bo necessary to safeguard American livim and property and se curo the rights of American citizo m in the seas. February 1(1 Germnn reply,' ng eed in prineiplo cf neutral ship ping, but, cited misuses of tlie American flng; suggested that tho' United States convoy its own vessel; hoped tho United States "will recognize tho full moaning of tho strngglo which Germany is con ducting for her very existence." May 13 Second American noto: Lusitnnia iiaving been sunk May 7, Gorninny was called on to " mako reparation so fur ns repa int ion is puuriblo for injuries without measure," and told that the United States "will not omit any work or act nocessury to porform unco of its altered duty iu maintaining tho rights of thu United States and its c.itizotiB. " May 30 German reply: Charged Lusitnnia wns an armed vessol and that tho German government bolietcs it was acting in justified seif-defenso in seeking with nil means of warl'ure lit its disponul to pro-r tect tho lives of its soldiers by destroying ammunition intended for oiicmyr , . ' Juno 10 Third American noto: Denied Lusitnnia was armsd and again "with solemn emphasis" warned Germany; declared tho Unit ed States "is contending for nothing less high and sacred than the rights of humanity which no government is justified in resigning." Julv II) German reply: Heiterated assurances that United States ships in legitimate trade would not. be intert'erred with, expressed hopo that tho United States would seo that such fhips do not carry contraband and suggested that four passenger ships, to bo Immune from attack, bo placed in traiiB-Atlantic service, but contended "in particular tho imperial ' government is unable to admit that American citizens enn protect any ship thro igh tiio mere fact of their presence on board." July 21 Fourth American nolo: Asked for no roply. Declared further attacks on ships carrying Americans would be regarded as "deliberately unfriendly," nnd tint the United States Will contend for the freedom of tho seas, " wit.iout compromise and at whatever cost." Said tho United States expected the German government wir.ild no longer refrain from disavowing the net of tho commander who sank tho Lusitnnia and from offering reparation, "so far as repa ration enn be made for a needless destruction of human lifo by an illegal act." August 19 White Star liner Arabic sunk. Two American lives lost. Liner's enptain and surviving passengers sttiil the Arabic was torpedoed without warning. AmbiiHsuilitr Gerard instructed to request a report from the German government. , Pending the arrival of the subniarino bnck In port. United Statos Informed n complete report could not bo mnde, but this government iniiiit informed of "full satisfaction" and informal pledge given no more ships would bo torpedoed witmmt warning, or American lives endangered. September 1 Germany formally accepts all American demands, agreeing to observe tho rules of visit nnd ncarch before torpedoing merchant ships, )c )fc )fc jc )c C 3f( )C c )c j( )( )c jc By O. P. Stewart. Washington, Sept. 1. Germany today officially accepted America's terms in tho controversy growing out of tho sub marine warfare. Ambassador Von Bornstorff, acting for tho Berlin foreign office, informed, the stato department that henceforward,! the kaiser's submarines attacks will! conform with America's interpretation! of International law. I Germany's reply to the last Lusitaniu note forwarded bv tho administration! will givo assurance that no more liners' will bo torpedoed without warning pro vided they io not attempt to escape or resist the siilnuurino. Neither will liners bo sunk without safety to the lives non;"r','';,,,", wiin'ii nnnuriiiiri runini wn.ii 11 m mi plication of visit and search and allow ancn of ampin time In which non coin bnliints may be removed before a ship is sent to tho bottom. Tho state deirtment wns further In formed t lint Germnny adopted this policy before the liner Arable, was tor pedoed and sunk. This amounts to a practical disavowal of the destruction of the White Slur liner which resulted In the loss of two American lives. Upon receiving instructions from tho Berlin foreign office as to the Informa tion that should be given this govern ment, Ambassador Von Bornstorff ap peared at tho state department fifteen minutes before tho time sot for a sched uled conference with Secretary Lans ing. Ho first Informed the secretary of Oermany's ifeeoptiinee of all Amer ican demands orally. Returning to the embassy, ho then prewired a noto to Secretary Lansing, putting in writing the full acceptance of this government's terms as contained in the Lusitnnia re nly. The German Not. The ambassador's note soldi "Regarding our conversation .this morning, I beg to Inform you that my Instructions regarding our answor to the last Lusitanla note are that H con. talm the following passage; CENTS stands five cents mil c jc j(( sc sjt sfc )t s(? sjc s( jfc s)c st ( sjc )c iff c fc )fc c )c )( jfc c sfc " 'No liner will bo snnk by our sub marines without warning and without, safety to the lives of non-combatants, . provided the liners do not try to escape or offer resistance.' Although I know you do not wish discuss the Lusltunia question till Arable incident is definitely and satisfactorily settled, I desire to inform y f ,,,,v(,i boeauso this policy f '.v government was decided on be- f"r" "'" Arabic incident occurred, " I have no objections to your mnkina; ""V " y '' I'" uuuvo information." Secretary Lansing's Comment. Commenting upon Von Bornstorff note, Secretary 1ansing would only say ''That in view of its cl,rness it seemed needless to make any comment." other than it appeared to "bo recognition of the fundamental principles for which we have contended." Without waiting to make a written translation of his mnmoranrum from the foreign office, Ambassador Von Bornstorff hurried to tho state de partment ufter arranging for a confer ence. Having delivered his oral mes sage ho raced by automobile back to the embussy und there drafted it la English. The noto was then dia patched with nil speed to the stato de partment by a special messenger. England Must Yield Now. Diplomats hoped, and somo believed, this action of Germany may prove to be the initial step toward ending tho war. The sweeping character of the concessions aro more than anyone look ed for. It wus pointed out the eon- cessions wero really nude to the allies as well as to tho Unitod Statos. It would place Great Britain In a difficult and ungracious position, some declared, if, after Germany has yielded, England should refuse to modify her blockade. ' Senator Lewis, calling at the Whlt flouso,-quoted Chief Justine White as saying Germany's acceptance of th (Continued sn fag TbiM.).