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ALONG WESTERN FRONT
London Reports That Conflict Has Not Diminished In Intensity-At
End cf First Week-French Reports Assert
That Armies Are Making Progress Toward Two Im
mediate Goals of Present Offensive Russians Claim
To Be Holding German Advance In East At Princinal
Points and Making Progress at Other Places In Coun
ter Offensive
London. Oct. 2. The first week of
the nlliea' big offensivo on France
and Flanders ended today with nearly
n million men battling with undimin
ished fury in the Artois and Cham
pagne. Before another week ends, a
(rami assault may bring more millions
into the deadly fight from Alsaee to
the sea.
Losses cannot be estimated. The al
lies declare thev have captured nearly
,111.01)0 and slain more than 150,000
Hermans. Berlin reported her forces
had taken- more than 12,000 prisoners
and characterized the allies losses as
"enormous." Paris claimed 200 guns
as booty.
The net results for the week as glean
ed lroiu the official srntements are
First, the British gained on a
five j
mile front, completely occupying Loos
:tnd important positions , near Lens.
North of Loos, however, they lost some
f their gains and their advance was
temporarily halted.
Second, the French captured Souchez
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their progress in the viniy region on
..! ':...i tti.S.ilifj nml miur ,, f ,tna
uie soumwewr oi i.eiis. oiiiing uuuuin
attacks by the Germans failed to re
gain the ground lost.
Third, the French advanced a mile
or two on a fifteen mile front in the
Champagne. At some points, they are
within two mile of the Batzancnnrt
Cifcillerange railway. . German heavy
reinforcements and vigorous counter at
tacks have checked the French in the
Clnim)mgne.
Fourth, the German attempt to halt
the allies' offensive, by creating a di
version in the Argonue, has failed.
French Continue Progress.
Paris, Oct. 2. The French have ad
vanced in the Artoia and Champagne
regions, renewing their assaults last
night and early today, said today's of
ficial communique.
On both the left and center in the
Champagne, the French progressed de
spite strong resistance, and captured
the Salient near Lepine De Vedegrange
north of Mesnil.
"In the Artols, the enemy bombard
ed us heavily east of Souchez," said
the communique, "but the French pro
gress in trench to trench fighting
ard the LaFohe heights (southeast of
1 imyj
"Two German reconnnisances in Lor
..t, ,... .tuin. ."-..
near Moncel and Someville were
It I IMP. I .
"French aeroplane squadrons
oom-
hurtled depots and railways notably on
the junction line from GiiignicoiiTt to
Anufontnine. An aeroplane carrying
guns bombarded the German lines dur
ing the night."
Southwest of Sotiche, the tri-color
forces progressed toward tho Viniy, the
immediate objective of the Artois bat
tle. Russians Are Holding.
Petrogrnd, Oct. 2. Though noting a
lew advances for the enemy, the latest
war office statement today indicated
the Russians are still holding their own
in the struggle with the Austro-Ger-nC'
on the great eastern front.
pulse of German attacks in the
Mitau region was claimed. The strug
gle at many points is at close range,
"nil tiie Slav cavalrymen are cutting up ;
inc enemy, Near the village of Gat,
iid the statement, a Teuton company
ISAbeMarfing?
Th' mod'ra statesman must b purty
imar Lmi.1., I .. m !' t.a.M in him jlia-
t'ict an" alung th' Chautauqua belt.
Life is too short t' wait fer thorough
BAM
wns cut up,
prisoners.
and the survivors taken
The town of Dunilovitch, northeast
of Lnke Medizool has been captured
by the Russians and the enemv has
been dislodged from Ajnouny and Med
izool station in that region!
BASEBALLJODAY
American League.
Second game R. H. E,
Boston 3 7 1
Washington 3 10 1
Shore and Cady; Dumont and Henry.
May replaced Shore. 10 innings. Called
darkness. . ,
R. IL E
Cleveland .' 5 8 2
Detroit , : 6 12 1
Mitchell and O'Neill; Boland and
McKce. Collamoor replaced Mitchell.
R. II. E.
St. Louis 0 3 0
Chicago 3 7 2
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Schalk
McCabe and Agnew; Ben?, and
First game ' R. II. E.
Boston r. 18 2
Washington 3 7 2
Wood, Ruth and Thomas; Johnson
and Williams.
National League.
Brooklyn-New York game postponed,
wet grounds., '
Philadelphia-Boston game postponed,
rain. ' '
R. II. E.
Chicago .. 5 11 1
Cincinnati 3 5 3
Douglas and Bresnahan; Dale, Stan
dridg'e and Wingo.
R. H. E.
Pittsburg 17 1
St. Louis 3 4 0
Maniniaux and Gibson; Ames and
Gonzales.
Federal League.
First game R. H. E.
Newark '. 7 8 1
Baltimore .'. 13 5
Senton and Raridon; LeClaire end
Maisel.
R. II. E.
4 9 1
19 2
to-,Kanns 0itv
igt i,0uis
Cullop and Easterly; Davenport and
Hartlev
uuttaloBrooklya game postponed,
re-i,ni r
I rirsr. game
R. IL E.
,ch!..A a 19 l
r -"uFtv " -
Pittsburg 5 16 0
Brown, Braithwood and Wilson;
Knetzer, Dickson, t'omstock, Ilearn and
O 'Connor.
Second game R. H. E.
Chicago 6 15 1
Pittsburg 3 3 2
Prendergast and Olson; Barger and
Berry.
Second game R. IT. E.
Newark .... 3 7 1
Baltimore 2 4 2
Mosley and Raridon; Conloy, Quinn
and Russell.
FOOTBALL GAMES TODAY.
New York. Oct. 2 Old King Football
positively shivered this afternoon at
the upsets which comparatively minor
teams wrought in clashes witn tne Dig
elevens.
Virginia toppled over lale 10 to 0;
Georgetown beat the Navy 10 to 0;
the Massachusetts Aggies were only
beaten 7 to 0 by Harvard; and Kutgers
heia I'nnceton to a u to u score.
Other scores follow;
Carnegie Tech S8, Waynesburg 0.
Gettysburg 19, Western Maryland 0.
Harvard 7, Massachusetts Aggies 0.
Virginia 10, Yale 0.
Princeton 0, Rutgers 0.
Case 19, Marietta '7.
Pennsylvania 10, F. and M. 0.
Georgetown 9,' Navy 0.
Lnfavptte 13, Ursinus fi.
Lehigh 14, Carlisle 0.
Ohio 46, Ohio Northern 0.
Marry Wade
VAKMC lt
V. mc0i PHIL ! I .
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WALL STREET IS
T
Sankers Make Large Profits
From Commissions On
Heavy Trading
New York, Oct. 2. Wall street to
day is literally a street of gold.
In the past week more t'ann 7,000,000
shares have changed hands, meaning
that brokers commissions amount aloue
to more than l.'oO.OOO.
Profits of outside traders and pro
fessional speculators are impossible to
estimate but they probably rival any
thing the street knew in its palmiest
davs.
Talk of 2,000,000 share days is heard
in the wake of the heavy trading.
Houses which recently worried about
making just their expenses are now
rolling in wealth.
The craze for the "war babies,"
"cats and dogs," standard issues, in
fact everything and anything in tho
way of a slock gamble is swamping
the" brokers. People who never before
saw a broker or his office are now
regular visitors at the headquarters of
the Wall street houses. ,
Evidences of the new ern of pros
perity are seen in the return of the
"harpies" old timers in the street,
who, having suffered reverses, now live
on the bounty of the street. itearau
rauts and saloons in the financial dis
trict are doing a land office business
for where the brokers a few months
since were contenting themselves with
a sandwich and a glass of beer for
lunch, they are now dining on pate d-foie-gras
and champagne.
(By United Press leased wire,
first leased wire Bince the
storm.)
New Orleans, Oel.' 2. Five
hundred are dead and property
damage of from 75,000,000 to
100,000,000 was wrought by tho
West Indititl hurricane which
swept a big part of Louisiana
and Mississippi.
All wires were down until thiB
afternoon when the United
Press' leased wire to The Item
and The States, opened success
fully. Because of confusion of
wires, blocking of trains, news
is trickling In slowly from
points which suffered the most.
Many places are accessible only
by boats.
O. A. O. IS WINNER.
(Capital Journal Special Service.)
Corvallis, Or., Oct. 2. Score first
quarter, O. A. C. 14, Willamette 0; end
first half O. A. C. 28, Willamette 0.
RUSSIAN JOAN OF ASO
London, Oct. 2. Mira Ivanov
na, sister of charity, is Russia's
Joan of Are. ,
" Pctrograd dispatches today
told of how she had rallied the
men of Tenth company of her
regiment, when all its officers
had fallen. The soldiers were in
panic, and almost ready to flee
before the Teutons.
Taking her position at the
head of the forces, she com
manded a charge against the
Germans, drove their line back
and captured a trench, only to
fall fatally wounded by a Oar
man bullet.
Cornell 34, Oberliu 7.
W. and ,f. rt; W. Va. 0.
, Amherst -0, Bowdoin.
Vnion 14, WillinniB 0.
Ohio State 19, Weslevan C.
Miumia 22, Akron 7.
Purdue 7, Wabash 7.
Bates 6, Fort McKinley 0.
Worcester fl, Heidleberg 13.
Georgetown 21; Cincinnati 7.
Annv 14, Holv Cross 14.
Nebraska 4S, Drake 13.
Minnesota 14, North Dakota 0.
Denison , Marshall College 0.
Kansas 20, Wabash 0.
Indiana 7, Depoiiw 0.
H ID OHLY VICTORIES
BY SPECULATION; ON BOTHFROHTS
Sketches Some of the "Made In Oregon" Boosters At the
j.vy nii
BERLIH REPflHTS
. ....
AH Counter Attacks of British!
In Vicinity of Loos
Have Failed
FRENCH ARE REPULSED
IN CHAMPAIGN REGION
On East Front Russians Are
Repulsed and Further
Advances Made
Berlin, via London, Oct. 2. British
counter attacks north of Loos iiave
failed, the official statement today
claimed. French attacks southwest of
Angres, east of Souchez and north of
Neu vi lie were repulsed.
"In the Champngne," Baid the state
ment, " the French attacked on a wide
front east of Auberive. This failed
except at one point where the enemy '
succeeded in penetrating our advanced
positions. Making a counter attack, wo
took 71 prisoners, and killed the re
mainder who had penetrated."
Capture of 10,731 men and 211 offi
cers around Arras and in the Cham
pagne was I'lalined.
The Germans destroyed two French
aeroplanes in the squadron which bom
barded Uton and killed a woman and
a child.
Concerning the eastern front, tho
statement said;
"General von Linsincen's forces
stormed Korwina, taking 1300 prison
era. A Russian attempt Wednesday
nignt to pierce our lines west of Tarn
opol failed with heavy losses.
"riuld Marshal von Hiuilenbcrir re
pencil nnacKs soma or jarcz near
Lake Mpiagla. Tho enemy nas not at
tacked east of Wischney Bince their mi
successful effort Thursday, We took
1100 prisoners near Nnorgen Friday,
Italy Will Send 200.000.
Geneva, Oct. 2. Italy is preparing
in aann tfM llllfl frn.ma tn ..l U...LI..
... .,.... ..uu.ui.v i.uvjira V ItlU UUIIIIO
when tho expected German Kulirnr of,
fensive begins, according to Rome ad
vices today.
French and Ktmlisii artillerymen are
arriving at Belgrade daily, in antici
pation or uio urive against serum, and
a detachment of Russian gunners is al
so reported to have been sent to that
country.
Ultimatum to Rumania.
Amsterdam, Oct. 2. A Cologne mes
sage today indicating that Austria has
decided to send au ultimatum to Ru
mania, demanding free passage of mun
itions to Turkey.
Berlin was said to hope fur a satis
factory reply. The ultimatum gave
Rumania only a short time to reply,
BULGARIA WILL STRIKE
London, Oct. 2. Bulgarian
forces are massing against both
the Serbian and Greek frontiers,,
apparently for an early war
blow, according to Paris dis
patches tuday.
THE WEATHER
Oregon: To
night occasional
rain northwest,
fair south and
east portions.
Sunday generally
fairj westerly
winds strong to
moderate along
(oast.
tlll fill
TAil is MfN
Ipl
SUDDEN STROKES
MADE BY ALLIES
MARK PROGRESS
By William Philip Slmnis.
Paris, Oct. 2. Sharp and sudden
strokes, whereby tho allies are steadily
improving their positions in the Artois
and Champagne, have temporarily re
placed the battering tactics which
marked the beginning of their giant of
fensive along the western front.
But another smash of terrific force
will not be long postponed.
Artillery battles are increasing in in
tensity, giving indication that the al
lies are ripping away obstructions in
preparation for an infantry drive of
the first magnitude.
French losses are extremely light
considering the nature of tho fighting,
I am told that officers expected to lose
one third of their men, but as a matter
of fact, only 11 per cent has suffered.
This comparatively small loss is due to
the thorough artillery preparation
which marked the days liefore the of
fensive started, though in addition the
new steel helmets have prevented the
ordinary slight head wounds.
A wounded corporal today told me
that at many places, the French bom
bardment leveled the (K-rmau trenches
and buried their occupants.
"We charged ncross the tields in a
chaos of loose mud, pieces of shattered
barb wire, shreds of Gorman uniforms,
While the City of Brotherly
Love Will Stage Contest
Quality May Be Missing
By George R. Holmes.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
New York, Oct. 2. The buttle lines
nne drawn.
Tho Chillies and Ked Mox meet in
mighty conibnt October 8, only six
days more at Philadelphia with tiie
world's championship at stake.
The second game, on the 9th, will he
in the Clunker City also, with the third
and fourth at Boston on the lltli and
12th.
If a fifth is neeessnry to decide the
series, it will bo in Philadelphia.
Should the series run to six gmues, it
will be in the Hub. Should the struggle
still be unsettled, a toss of tho com
will decide upon the eitv for the
PENNANT SERIES
TO OPEN TUESDAY
AI QUAKER GITY
seventh battle. In the event any game lnforocd as a result of continued ox
is postponed the Wins will remain periuuuts during the year. Grunt uum
whore they are until played. 1 tiers of machine guns aro in possession
The National commission settled the of the defense. Results have demoh
momentnus question of location by the strntcd the Inability of conducting tho
toss of a coin. Owner Lonnln of the present operations like those in the bat
Ked Sox called tails as the eoiu spun t 0f Kluntrn a year since,
through the air and came down heads roqiiont pauses are necessary now,
UI ., . , , , ' while the artillery tries to root up oh-
A 1 1 that i. now necessary is good tHfBB Coutinum.ii attacking by In-
Jf. . , . ... v.n. i i
The nmp res for the National league
.:n u. d:..i... i mil ii.
will uo V'li.viirn iiikiit riiii lull jvii.-iii,
wi.ile for the American, Bill Evsns and
"Silk" O'Loughliu will officiato. Tav
lor Spink of St. Uuis will be officiul
scorer and the baseball writers of
Philadelphia and Boston will select two
others.
The cost of the coveted pasteboards
will range from 1 to the former
for general admission, the latter for
boxes, with a $3 rate for reserved seats
in the grandstand and
'J for tun
j,; bleachers.
Although the Phillies favored open
Ting tup series on Saturday witd a
ichunre of Grovcr Cleveland Alexander
' pitching again on Mmdny after sn
' nver-Hiindiiv rest. President Tener of
the National b-ngue, suggested Friday,
and President Ban Johnson of the Am
erican league agreed.
The list of players declared eligible
for the world's series follows:
Philadelphia Alexander, Adams,
Bancroft, Bums, Bnumgartner, Becker,
Byrne, Cravath, Chalmers, Dcmsree,
Ihigev, Killifer, Luderus. Moran, May
er, .fcOiiillun, Niehoff, Rixey, Pnskert,
Stock, Tincnp, Whitted, Weiser.
Boston Barry, Carrigan, Cady, Col
lins, Foster, Gregg, Gardner, Gainnr,
iloblit.el, Hooper, llendriekseii, .limv
hn, Leonard, Lewis, Mays, MrNully,
l''Uh
IMS ARC ft.
HA.MPIOH
& AoorJNf
t T(IH tiJttt
Hud CO-
battered head gear, knapsacks, shoes,
tin cups and mutilated dead."
A wounded machine gunner said he
and two of his mates dragged their
guns back two half miles, stopping
occasionally "to tear off a round for
the bodies."
"The now guns are beauties," he
said, "they fire twice as fast as tho
old ones, and the bodies just melt away
before them."
A gunnor wounded In the thigh rested
in a Paris hospital, surrounded by all
the conveniences of modern surgery and
the attention of white gowned nurses,
only a day after he had been picked up
on a battle field, because of tho fine
ambulance system.
"There's far less suffering now than t
in the battle of the Marne, ' he suid.
"On our side I saw but few dead, Buty
1 'in told that some who charged tho
bodies too rapidly were caught from
the front and the flank and were
killed by tho German fire."
Everyone from the front praised
Toffre and called him "grandpa" and
"dad" fln account of his. Interest in the
soldiers welfare,
One officii? said of tho munitions sup
ply "we are on even tortiiB with the
Germans now in artillery. Mark mv
words we'll got them before we quit,"
BOTH SIDES IE
Second Week Allies and Ger
mans Alike Seeking Respite
From Conflict
By 3, W. T. Masou.
(Written for the United Press.)
Now York, Oct. 2. The second week
of the Anglo-French offensive in the
west begins with both sides seeking a
respite. The early intensity of tho al
lies' efforts has died, and the Germans
aro only feebly counter attacking. This
quick exhaustion strikingly differenti
ates this new struggle from the battle
in Flanders a year ago.
The trench warfare has improved, and
bus become moiit elaborate since the
Germans seized Ostcnd aud attempted
to advance on Dunkirk aud Calais.
Then the battles ruged backward and
forward with continuous intensity. Posi
tions wero won and lost repeatedly, and
the stru'tulo was fought largely in the
open.
The present Artois and Champagne
defenses havo been strengthened and re
fiimry Is in possible. A series of as-
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stunts, with rests between is the only
.i 1 .1 , . 1 11 1 a 11
"'' ' Bt l not suicidal. As a matter
of, ,a,!t. ige warfaro is the only met h-
O'1" P" w th A serious breach
In the enemy 's lines is necessary before
a major advantage can bo obtained
This naturally is extremely difficult
because the enemy has many pnrnllel
defenses and all must be captured be
fore the breach is completed,
SUBMARINE CREW SHOT
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 2. The'
crew of the U-27 which sank the
liner Arabic, was lined up on
the deck of their submarine and
shot by a firing squad from a
Brlllsh patrol ship, according to
a report from New Orleans to
day, upon arrival of the Ley
land liner Nicuslan. A crew
member of the latter ship claim
ed to have tho Information
definitely.
(nth, Shore, Hcott, Speaker, Thomas,
Wood, Wagner.
Big State Fair
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Shraers Find Relief From
Burning Sands In Splash
ing Through Mud
SALEM DAY WAS RECORD
FOR FAIR ATTENDANCE
Pioneers and Grangers Pro
gram and Carnival Features
To End Show Today
..Today was Shrine. " day, Pioneers'
day, Grange day and onmival night is
scheduled for this evoning at the state
fair. From the indications, though, it
is evident that the rain lias served to
dampen the spirits of gayoty and revel
ry and the state fair today has resolved
itself into the usual closing day. To
day's attendance will not come up to
yesterday's and this leaves Wednesday,
Salem day, as the big day in the history
of tho stato fair. The gato receipts at
tho main gate and at the north gute
show a total of.8,M9.50 and for Port
land dnv, Thursday, tho receipts totaled
$7,597.25.
The various estimates in some in
stances gave Portland, day as the ban
ner day of the fair but tho cash receipts
show Sulem day to have been tho larg
est day In tho lilsti.y of the Oregon
state fair. With the exception of 1913
when tho sunshine smiled upon the fair
throughout tho week this season's re
ceipts -will show a substantial increase
over former years.
The following table shows tho gato
receipts at the main gate for five years.
This does not includo campers tickets,
concessioners, exhibitors end helpers
passes, auto tngs, team tags, and ticket
sold for tho entire week of the fnlr pre
vious to the dato of opening, and em
fraces only the cash sales for tickets at
the main nnd north gates:
Sunday. 1911, 1!)N; 1912, 10I.oO:
1913, 1,I4; 1914, lt(l; 19115, 372.25.
Monday. Bill, !51S.n0; 1912, 7i:!.25;
1913, .H(!8.25; 1914, I0L25; 1915, 412.-
50.
Tucsdiiv. 1911. 1,22.3S; 1912,' !,-
131.75; 1913, 2,U9.75; 1914, 1,727.50;
1915, 1,574. 75.
Wednesday, 1911, 13,474; 1912, 4,-
(145.25; 1913, 8,097: 1014, 7,493.25;
1915, 8,399.50. ,
Thursday, 1911, 5,485.7o; lta,
918; 1913, 8,097.25; 1914, 5,516.5(l; .
1015, 7,597.25.
Friday, 1911, 1,(112.50 1912, $2,91 1;
1913, t4,0IIH.73; 1914, l,46tl.50; 1915,
1,910.75.
Saturday, 1911, l.flSIO.SOj 1912, !,
401.75; 1913, 2,758; 1914, 2,350.25.
Total, 1911, 14,201.110; 1912, l.V
902.50; 1913, 28,103; 1014, 19,001.25;
1915, 19,997.
Tho ticket sale In the grandstand for
this year follows: Monday, 40.25;
Tuesday, 188.25; Wednesday, I.OH;
Thursday, 978.50; Vrlday, 284.25. To
tal for five days, 2,ull.25.
The Bhrlncrs arrived this morning
with their friends and families but the
inclement weather out down the at
tendance to far below the expectations
had the sun been In evidence. The Cher
riiin band and McKlroy's band met
them at the depot and escorted them
down town to tho strains of a lively
march. After a pursdo through the.
streets they disbanded at the Masonio
temple whero they were taken over the
city In autos if they so desired. They
visited the fair grounds this afternoon
and a dance will be given In honor of
the visitors at the Masonic, temple this
evening at 8:30 following a buffet
luncheon and in informal reception.
The Pioneers' program will be held
tonight In the auditorium with Hon. P.
Hi. D'Arcy, of this city, presiding.
Governor Withycombe Is scheduled to
deliver an address and George H.
Itimes, secretary of the Oregon Histori
cal society, will give an address on
" Karly Pioneer Scenes" illustrated
with stereoptlcan slides. The pioneer
program Is largely of a reminiscent
nature and the visitors find tho quiet
nens and order of the fair a marvelous
evolution from the scenes that they took
part in when they first arrived in Ore
gon, The carnival features scheduled for
tonight Include a band concert, au open
air performotice on the tight wire and
the ever present spirit of revelry that
characterizes the closing night of thi
Mint.. fiiU The iliihlmm weather, how
ever, will doubtless curb the gnyety of
many or m apociniors mu i any "
will close the biggest and best ente
fair ever held in Oregon.
VEGETARIAN HENB.
ii, -i.-i... i..t 9 Vaoiitnrian
lil-inni-j, ' Hi., ... r
hens aren't up to the tyghylnn stand
ard of their meat and fish eating sis
ters, sceoidlng to facts gleaned from
investigations ny rroirr
Dougherty of the University of alitor
nis. The Mrictly vegetarian birds laid
103.1 eggs per ver; tie meat bird
129.7 j aud the fih eaters 131.7.
niljjUUOIl.
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