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n 3fr? " , CIRCULATION IS OVER 4000 DAILY ... - - '.. . . . FULL LEASED . WIRE DISPATCHES . ' if: ., . THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAIN! AMD NEW BTANTJ8 7IVI CEHT T A 1 BERLIN ADMITS Ultimatum Sent by Czar Expired ' at 9 o'Clock' Today, New York Time, and Declaration of War Hourly Expected . Russian Fleet Now Hovers Off Principal Bulgarian Port Ready to Strike, While Allies Land Troops Near Solan ika Bulgarian Premier Explains That Mobilization Was Not Intended To Be Aggressive In Character By Ed L. Km. . London, Oct. 4. At the hour when Russia's warlike ultimatum to Bulgaria expired today, Czar Ferdinand's iuten tions were unknown here. It was be lieved possible, however, that the Slav (ItMuiinds had gone unanswered and that the Kussian minister and his staff had departed from Sofia, as ordered to do if Bulgaria did not break off with Rus sia's enemies and order out German military offices. Petrograd though had said earlier that she would accept noth ing but this complete backdown, with a pledge to sever relations with the central empires. Kussia still hopes war may be averted even following such a step as tho min isters withdrawal. This hope is based on the possibility that the liulgaria cab inet may change its policy when it real ises that if she acts otherwise, the al lies mean war. If hostilities result, however, the .Slavs may strike first, though tho Bul garians are within a few hours march of tho Serbian border and prepared for any outcome. The Russian fleet was reported to be near Vruna, an important Ulack sea port apparently ready for a blow. Ultimatum Hag Expired. London, Oct. 4. Kussia is expected to maae war on i uigarui tun urruw, thus plunging into the world struggle the thirteenth nation. 'Her ultimatum j to the little Balkan state, which has been feverishlv preparing for war, ex pi red at B o'clock New Vork time to ll a v. mat tmigaria. win euner ignore ne i hussiau demand to sena away leutoi ....r. i.r. """the landing, however, was wit.ineld. wj'viiit uirna Y. 1 1 n ituKia o vui; n " will answer with art' evasion is the be lief here. The Russian ambassador at Sofia, with his staff, is prepared to leave the country tonight, turning over his interests to representatives of a neutral country. Greece's entry on the allies side will follow such a move, although it may be delayed a few days, inasmuch as Greek mobilization is not complete. Itumania's position is doubtful. Ber lin claims that she stands neutral, but Bucharest messages have not continued this claim. Hostilities throughout tho Balkans seem a certainty during the week. Fif ty thousand Bulgarians are massed on the Serbian frontier ready for the first blow. Athens dispatches said three fifths of the Bulgarian strength will up tnrown against oerDia anu tne re- dent that Roumania will maintain her neutrality.' An Athens dispatch from Vienna de clared that the Anstro-Germans will at tuck Serbia today or tomorrow, and that Bulgaria will assist within a few hours afterward. Russian Fleet off Vama. Snloniki, Oct 4. Two powerful Rus sian squadrons have appeared off the Bulgaria Blacksea port of Varna, ac cording to dispatches today. Varna is the principal port between the Dosphorus. It has important rail way connections. The Russians, it is predicted, will land troops there if it is decided to invade Bulgaria. What the war moves mean by tele grume by Cnited Press NEW 'YORK The Russian ultimatum to Bulgaria marks tho finnl efforts to determine whether or not the czar has lost the or- n .ii u .i i. ..' ti,..n.!i.... m I nMmm third officer or me -- v mi in iiiuiimiimi .. -- 7 , , t i l "nds o' things f worry about in thisU'nited States Derdge Chinook drowned life some folks select th' Monro Doc-liu the Columbia river September 11, is Hue. So fer nothin has been righted being held here today for relatives, 'a th' Kastlaad disaster, but th' boat. I The body tu recovered Sunday. iginnl cause of the war. The great struggle was primarily caused by the fact that Russia" and Austria-Hungary each wanted to exercise suzerain pow ers over the Balkans. If Bulgaria refuses to heed Russia now, Petrograd will not recover her vanished prestige for years to come. By permitting Russia to act alone in her ultimatum, the other powers rec ognize the others superior rights in the" Balkans. If Sofia heeds its demands, he can claim that his racial influence prevented Bulgaria from adding to the allies troubles by'joining the German standards. Russia thus would be in 0 position to cluim a paramount posi tion in the Balkans, even though she is Inialdo to expel the Germans from Russia. But if Bulgaria enters the war, with j the Aiistro-Germniis the rznr's power in southeastern Kmope will be shat tered. The Serbs are incapable of checking both tho Teutons and Bulgari ans and if thev are checked, it nfnst I be by non-Slav nations. Hence. Bhould Britain, France and Italy with possibly Greece and Rumania check them, Rus sia would be in no position to claim consideration in that territory. Overthrow of Pan Slavism however, does not mean establishment of a Teu tonic suzeranity and in the end, the Balkans are likely to have more liberty of a(,(i(m withou(. be f(mtrolk.d bjr - , .. J . r Allies Land Near Salonika. . Athens, Oct. 4. The government per mitted it to become known today thnt Anglo-French troops have landed near SaioniUa to pgsif,t 0re(1(,e in rP.,0iin(t aBy iia rinn attack. The location of The government has taken four rail ways to facilitate troops movement to Macedonia. Bulgaria's Explanation. Sofia, Oct. a. A Bulgarian news agency announced today it had been authorized bv the government to deny the following rumors: That German officers have armed in Bulgaria to participate in the operations of rail ways and to command the army. That Premier Radoslnvoff has de clared Bulgaria would receive from Germany $10,000,000 a month after it entered war. Thnt there have been street disturb' ances and numerous arrests of leaders opposed to the governments present course. That the cabinet as reported by the jforpi(ll ,,reM) is I10t fuv wl,,p0rted by France Holds Reservists. Berlin by wireless to Tuckerton, X. J., Oct. 4. France has ordered that no Bulgarian reservists be permitted to leave the country, according to a Vi enna dispatch today. Not Aggressive. Says Premier. London, Oct. 4. Tho .obstinate re fusal of Serbia and Greece, to recognize Bulgaria 8 rights in Macedonia, forced the mobilization that has brought Bui garia to tne brink bf war, Premier Had- oslavoff declared in an exhaustive statement telegraphed today to the I nited Press. His statement sent in replv to a re quest for an announcement of Bui garin s intention says: " 1 can onlv amplify mv recent decla rations whv the Bulgarian government hns adopted an attitude of armed neu- tralitv similar to that which switzer lend and Holland assumed at the be ginning of the war. "These reasons are of a political character. Kvents are happeuing in the different theatres of war, bringing about the near anproacn of a coulla- gration in tho Balkans. "The resumption of the Austro-Ger man offensive ngninst Serbia, together with a movement of troops in neighbor in? states wero matters to which the Bulgarian government could no longer remain a party. "Moreover, chances in the political situation from the olistiuaie refusal of Serbia nnd (Ireeee to recognize Bul garia in Macedoua, after clear explicit recognition thereof by all the great powers, called for a new policy on the tinrt of Bulpsris. Mobilization was therefore forced -uou us from every point of view. "But, it must lie said, and I insist on this point, that our mobilization has no aggressive character. It was taken with the solo object of assuring reali zation of Bulgaria's legitimate claims. We are firmly resolved to defend by force of arms our rights and our inde pendence." DREDGE OFFICER DROWNED. Astoria, Oct 4. The itodr of An- Matter Will Be Dropped Ac cording to Prosecuting At torney Ringo It was stated by District Attorney Ringo today that the matter of the al leged frauds among some of the ticket sellers and takers nt the state fair this year would be dropped, that he would carry the prosecution no furth er and that no evidence would un placed before the grand jury which is now in session. Saturday nigt Cleve Simpkins, one of the ticket takers at the main pass gate was arrested by the fair grounds police, Simpkins was lock ed up in the city jail Siiturday nigh and remained there until this morning. After his arrest it is alleged that the police secured a written confession from him implicating another who was sell ing tickets. According to the police the confes sion dated hack fur two years and at any rate it caused the ticket seller to be called out by the police and brought down town to the stution whero he was questioned and then released on his own recognizance as it was Sunday morning bv this time. Simpkins was booked, as 'Held for Justice Court." Today, however, the officers in some instances refused to discuss the matter n...l hiinn, 1,t-t tltn llfn.BAnttin Hill! I"r lull U, Ulll II II I1IV ' veil .... ivu up to District Attorney Ringo where the matter npparently is to be allowed to rest. It was estimated by the fair board that their losses may in up into hundreds of dollars, but the evidence whicji was alleged to iave been obtain ed only pointed-definitely to a much smaller sum and it ,rs stated today that this had been adjusted. Reliable facts' are difficult to procure aud the alleged confessjon of Simpkius has been given out. Owing to the prominence of the par ties concerned there was wide interest in the. mutter today nnd many Tumor were afloat but little definite informa tion was obtainable. According to the officers of the fair tickets were being taken up nt the pass gate und returned to the ticket seller who resold them. The fair grounds police had been on the lookout tor nlleged frauds but were unable to secure any evidence until a "spotter" was placed near the main entrance. The spotter reported, accord ing to Chief of the Fairgrounds Police Burnett, that he saw Simpkins drop a cash fare ticket into his pocket and called him to account for it. Simpkins is alleged to have replied that he gave the ticket to the gateman on the casn gate. This the gateman denied and Simpkins said he gave it to another who likewise denied it. The arrest was then made and it was reported thut 42 tickets were found amounting to $18 in cash as some of them were half tickets. It is said by the police that other schemes were being promoted at the fuir this year which caused the fair grounds police to be on the lookout and their net fell over the young gate men in their investigation. Cleve Simpkins is a resident of Hopewell where his parents are prominent farmers. Ho is a student of the University of Oregon and a prominent fraternity man. I St. Louis Is Second and Pitts , burg Third-All Close Together Chicago, Oct. 4, Chicago has a pen nant toduy after five years of wallow ing in the trough of the American and Xutloual leagues. The Chicago Federal league club brought the honors to the Windy City by breaking even in a doubleheadcr with the Pittsburg Rebels yesterday. The locals had to win one game to finish ahead of St. I.ouis, whir won its game. The crowd was variously estimated at from 25,000 to 28,000. Pittsburg was lending up lo yester day, and when the Pittfeds dropped two matches to Chicago, St. I.ouis lost the big opportunity to go into first place by losing 4 to 1 to Kansas City. As it was the pennant race wss won by Chicago by but .000S of a point over St. Louis. At the conclusion of the play tonight the lengne season stands: Chicago, .0057, and St. I.ouis, .5lu. First game R. H. K. Pittsburg 5 II 2 Chicago 4 12 1 Batteries: Rogge,' Knctzer and Ber ry; .McConnell, Prenirergost and Wil son. Second gsme R. H. K Pittsburg 0 2 0 Chicago 3 7 1 Batteries: Knctzer, Allen snd Berry; Bnilcy and Wilson. St LouU 8, Kaiuaa City 2. . Bt. Louis, Oct. St. Louis won second place in the Federal lesgns ract by defeating Kansas City, 6 to I. Prominent Financial Attorney! Discourses On Speculation- Made Market New York, Oct. 4. Dire warning of consequences of speculating in the pres ent iflieculation-mnde market was sounded today by Samuel I'ntermeyer, financial expert. , Writing to Rev. C. F. Reisner, in re ply to a request for information, Unter meyer declared that "nover before in the history of the Stock Exchange has the public been threatened with so don goruus a pitfall as thnt which is wide open for victims." "It is worso than hopeless," he con tinued, "for the averago man to try to win a fortune in the market. In the end they all lose. The present activity is a feverish wave of wild and senseless speculation that has ssized tho general public, and is spreading like wildfire from ocean to ocean, for which the pub lic, as usual, will pay dearly in the end. "This latest 'experience will not be in vain, although the cost be heavy, if it arouses public sentiment to the pokit of compelling government regulation to onvert the exchange into a great legi timnte, responsiblo security market responsible whi(h, ' hi8l "d honorable tunc- Sounding a warning against specula- nun, mm iu imur uui.v ui suiiiiu iiivesi nient, Untermeyer 's letter continued: 'As an investor nnd lawyer, who for upwards of .to years hns been connect ed intimately with tho affairs of cor porations ajil is familiar with the mil ehinery of the hxcliango, i have no hesitation in saving that it is worse than hopeless for the average ninn to expect to amass a fortune or to make money dealing in the market. "My experience is that in the end they all lose. They don't lose all the time, t'oey do lose all in time. "My ndvice is to urge them to keep as fnr nwny as possible from the con tagion of speculutioii and to warn them especially against the present specula tion tevcr and never liuv stocks except to an extent to which they can pay for them in lull as an investment, and then only after thorough investigations of the merits of the property based on normal conditions. "Above all, 1 advise that in making their investments they kocp away from the so-called (mostly miscalled) war stocks, most of which are selling at ureatly inflated prices, based on tern porary conditions, greatly exaggerated and acellerated by pool . manipulation aud other artificial activity. "Stocks representing nothing beyond hopes nnd dreams of promoters and rightly regarded ns little more than waste paper, havo suddenly galvanized into liro with tho aid of cunningly de vised, nnd wnlelv advertised rumors and half truths from unknown quarters and have been unloaded on tne unfor tunate public. Ours is the only country in which there is no public supervision over the stock exchange, although we are more in need of it than all the oth ers combined. "This would uot stop speculation. No law enn nceompliiih that and it is doubt ful whether it should bo nttemptcd by law if it were possible. But we would have honost speculation. Under regu lation we would know from month to month and almost from day to day, wliou it is necessary for public pro tection what is the real basis for pub lished rumors on which prices are boosted. "It would be a mistake to abolish the Kxchango. This would retard legiti mate business and financial enterprises. Wb should strive to adopt its usefulness as a public market by securing it with in its proper functions. That can be accomplished only through government sunervisioji. '' .'-li-li - Plunk, who replaced Crandall in the third inning, after the visitors had made two runs, pitched shut-out 'bnll. The score . R. H. K. Kansas City 2 0 St. Louis 0 Batteries: Helming and Brown; Crandall, Plank and Chapman. Half Billion Dollar Loan Is Subscribed and Closes Tommorrow New Vork. Oct. 4 The half billion dollar loan to the allies is guaranteed and the books of the loan syndicate will be closed at 10 o clock tomorrow Morgan t Co. announcer today. Thu nutans thut enough banks and big in THE WEATHER Oregon: Fair to night with lig'it frost interior and west and heavy frost east por tion Tuesday fair and warmer, ex cept near . the northwest j east erly winds. f ITS (tDiHC To ti DEDICATED IK 8E Ceremony Marks Completion of Twelve Million Dollar Irrigation Project Boise, Ida., Oct. 4. Arrowrock dam, built to create a storage reservoir in the Boise river for irrigation of lands under the Boise project, was formally dedicated today. Special trains were run to the dam site from cities and towns on the project and great crowds witnessed tho ceremonies. The speakers were J. H. Lowell, rep resenting the United Stutes reclamation service; Governor Alexander for the state, nud D. R. Hubbard for the set tlers. Flocks of pigeons, taken to the dam from all pnrts of the project, were re leased at the conclusion of the cere monies. F.ach bird carried a message of good cheer to the settlers. Kxcursions will lie run to the dum every day this week. The dam is 22 miles upstream from Boise and is the key to the Boise irriga tion project, the largest thus far under taken by the United States reclamation service. Two hundred and thirty-four thousand acres in the valley and on the benches .adjacent to Boise, Nampn, Caldwell and a number of smaller com munities, will 1)6 benefitted. In the construction of this system the reclamation service solved the problem of storing the flood waters of the Boise river from a watershed twice the nrea of Rhode Island, holding the surplus in reserve and then distributing it to the fnrmcra in the hot summer months when the normal flow of the river is inndequnte. This piece of work cost the govern ment 12,000,400, which the settlers are under contract to return in 20 years in the way of annual payments for water. Arrowrock dam alimo cost 5.500,000. The dam is 1148.5 feet high, but only 2S7- feet of it is in sight, as It extends down ' below the lied of tho river through the volcanic rock for tho dis tance of 91.5 feet to the solid granite. The river channel back of Arrowrock for 18 miles between the mountains is converted into a reservoir with a ca pacity of 244,300 acres feet of water, enough to cover 381 squaro miles to the depth of one foot. At one end of tne flam is n uevice for lifting logs of any size from the reservoir, carrying them across the ilnm and shooting them down an incline to tho river below to be sawed into lum ber nt the mill at Burlier. Three bil lion feet of timber growing In the Boise basin abovo the dam is to be lifted in this way, a job that will consume BO years. vestors have applied for blocks of bonds to niisure that the entire loan will be taken up. Then the sale of the "bnbv" bo'ids of lOO denomina tions nnd the higher ones to the public will start. After tomorrow applications of banks and investors for the bonds at 0ft will not he received. PHILLIES ARE I REAL Dope Sheets Give Little In formation Concerning Na tional League Leaders By George R. Holmes. (Written for the United Press.) New York, Oct. 4. With the world 's series only four days away the Phillies will enter the struggle as the biggest " Dnrkhorse" ever. While the Braves, who made a won drous win lust year were comparatively unknown, there wns a world of dope on them as compared to the Phillies this year, The Braves entered the pennunt nice, with the glory of having fought to the top of .the National league. The Phillies on the other hand, nave loped along on an even " fifty-fifty" keel without having to fight bitterly and at all times have left their rivals to cut cadi oth ers throats. Kxeept fnr the mignty Grover Cleve land Alexander no one knows much con cerning the Quaker City team. However, they do not compare with the Giants who faced Boston In 1012, The Giants batted fifty points mure as a tenm than tho Phillies today uii'l they had Mathewsou, Mnrtpiani and Tesreau as the ranking stars, ret, iios ton, admittedly weaker in 1112 tliun to day, won the pennant. With the exception of Alexander, the Phillies are ss big a crowd of misfits ns were the Braves. They are cast-offs gathered with an eye to saving a dollar in the face of a bad season. The Phillies, like the Braves, enter the contest, hopelessly outclassed on paper. But the Braves smashed their way through to the penuaut goal br taking four straight games, an unheard of feat. The Phillies will-well wst until Oc tober 17. DAHQ NEAR BOI IN DE .1 Business Starts In Judge Kel- : ly's Court This Morning Without Delay Bepartnient No. I of the circuit court, convened this morning with Judgo Percy K. Kelly on the bench and ins caso or milium lebold nnd Joe Lebold against Mrs. A. N. Bo wen nnd Lilly Bowen as the first caso on dock et. This is an action to recover money alleged due oil a grocery bill nnd wns appealed from the justice court whore judgment of 1 33.00 with :t4.S.l as costs was awarded to tho plaintiff against tho defendants. Attorney It. C. vtygnnt and Smith & Shields are ap pearing for tho plaintiffs and McNnryj & Me.Nary for the defendants. Attar court was called to on er at 10 o'clock the roll of the jurymen was called and the examination of men for tho jury in the case at bur began and occupied the entire forenoon. The next ease to be called wns that of Fred Schooler against R. R. Ryan. This is an action to recover money alleged due on two promissory notes, slOO.iiO and $257.40 respectively, with interest. The sum of 75 is asked for attornevs fees, 'Uho defendiint makes a general denial or the allegations or the plaintiff. Turner Ik Turner are representing the piitiniiir and iileinturrr & Melntiirrr are representing the defendant. Tho jurymen empaneled for this term of court wero nil on hand this morn ing with the exception of four. R. P. Phillips, a farmer of Sublimity, was ex cused on account of physical in eapicity, and Luke Kmery, a farmer of uervais, wa excused for the same reason, Clyde) Harris, of Brooks, re tired, wns excused on account of the serious illness of his daughter and John Maurur, a machinist, whs an exempt fireman. The other jurymen who wore called to Borve are as follows: Georgo Laberee, of Salem, Oregon no. a, occupation nn engineer. I. Gronnkium, of Snlem, Oregon, No, 3, occupation a merchant. A. C. Jlnvno, of Salem, No. 1, occu pation a fanner. Kd Ooff iu, of West Gervais, by occu pation a farmer. W. S. Giilvin, of Marion, by occupa tion a farmer. John Knhut, of Fast Gervais, by oc cupation a farmer, A. W. Anderegg, of Haloni, No. 5. by occupation a carpenter. C. A. George, of Mnrlon, by occupa tion a farmer. R, C. Hnlloy, of Salem,' No. 5, by oc eiiatboii retired. T. J. Kress, of Salem, No. 3, by oc cupation a mochnuic. .las. Colvln, of Aumsvlllo, by occupa tion a farmer. E. B. Koono, of Salem, No. 15, by oc cupation a clerk. Klmcr Sc'ninueker. of Aurora, by oc cupation a blacksmith. jos, Nlblor, of McKeo, by occupation a Tanner. Dewey Miller, of Aurora, by occu pat ion a farmer. r. Andrescn, or hnlom, No. 12, by oc upntinn a snlesmnn. K. A. M. Cone, of Biittnville. by oc- cuiation a farmer. Geo. A. Ditnick, of W. Hubbard, by occupation a farmer. W. r. Jenks, or isalem, No. n, tiy oc upation a merchant. W. H. Howd, of Shaw, by occupation a farmer. Itiley Hitc.hoy, of Fairgrounds, by oc cupation a farmer. Roy Burton, of Snlom, No. 0. by oc cupation a clerk. Frank K. Libby, of Marlon, by occu pation a farmer. Ferdinand Kiinc, of Salem, No. 18, by occupation a carpenter. A. A. Kiirner, or Snlem, No. 4, by occupation a farmer. J. S. McDonald, of St. Paul, by occu pation a farmer. T. Hook of West Mt. Angel, by occu pation a farmer, Judge Galloway, of department No. 2 of the circuit court, today handed down a decree of foreclosure in tho enso of Susan Kngon against William Hporal sky and Mabel I). Austin. By tho de cree of the court tho plaintiff is given n judgment avnlnst the defembints In the sum of 011.00 with interest and costs of liO with ftioo s attorney's fees. A mortgage on lots 1 nnd lli in Cowles Central addition to Wood burn was ordered foreclosed.' Georgo Morrlt Faber, a salesman of Portland, has secured a license to wod Mary L. Brown, of tins city. That hunting Is proving a more pnpu Isr sport than usual this year Is at tested by thn fact that tho county clerk s office issued liO'i hunting li cen si's during the month of September and 'Ml morn sold last Friday, while ; prepared to hunt Sunday by purchasing ! t ln-ir lieenso Saturday. According to County Clerk Gehlhar this is the largest amount of hilnters licenses ever sold Iu tne county in the sumo length of time nnd although a largo number were or dered the supply is practically ex hausted for the year although thero remains three mouths in which a li cense may be purchased. ROBBERS BLOW BATE Albany, Ore., Oct. 4. Two robbers blew ohmi the safe in the general mer chsndise store of Lamar Bros, nt Pet oris, early today and escaped after ex changing revolver shots with II. B. Iabo, who wss aroused by the nitro- glycerine explosion. ONE Tin LOST TO FRENCH Other Attacks Were Repulsed According To Today's Of- ficial Statem nt FRENCH REPORT ASSERTS 1 STEADY PROGRESS IS MADE London Believes Fighting Oa East Front Turns In Favor : ; of Russians Berlin, via London, Oct. 4. Though the French admittedly captured a Ger man trench on the la III northwest of Givenchy, other attacks were repulsed, today s official statement announced. The' Germans gained from the British near a point of Loos and from the French west of Viiiiy. German aviators bombarded "with visible results," at Chalons whore the French rearguard is assembling. Yesterday five monitors bomburded Zccbruggo, with no military results, said the statement. Three Belgian civ- ilians were killed. " North of Loos, our attack continues to progress.' . "Northwest of Givenchy, the French obtained a firm foothold on a hill north west of Givoiichy, but south of Given-, chy wero repulsed. Northeast of Neu- vi.lle, our counter attacks recaptured iu yards of trenches. ' ' "Northwest of Ville-Sur-Tourbe, and norhtwest of Massiges, French attacks failed under concentrated fire,". Trench Report Progress. Paris, Oct. 4. T'uo French continue; their progress north of Arras today's official communication announced. ; ' While tho statement did not claim important successes In the Champngno, it asserted that German attacks there hud been repulsed. "We have mado further progress in tho Givenchy woods, west or Vimy andj havo occupied important crossroads on hill 110, snid the communication. "Tiio battle from trench to troncH around (junnnevlres and Nouvron con tinued yesterday and lust night. "Near the Navarin farm in the Chniiipagne, tliero wus heavy bomburd ment on both sides. . Attacks ngainst our newly won posi tions north of Mesnil were repulsed. "Tho French nirfleet threw 40 bomb nn tho Siiblons railway stution at Met.." Russians Are Gaining. London, Oct, 4. The struggle for Dvlnsk is turning to the advantage or the Hussians, according to the Petrn gnid official statement oarly today. Gurmnn drive for this highly important point npaprently lacks tho forcefulness which marked tho earned siages or urn fight, after the Hussiims slipped out lietwcen tho jaws of tho Teuton ma- In n around Vilna. The statement claimed repulse of a Teuton offensive in tho Dvinsk region, about tho railways southwest of H loukst. , The Teutons have evacuated Tyljn. and their attempt to cross the Drisitia ta has failed. Tho statement reported several bay onet and sabro attacks at various points of the eastern front Tho Slavs claim to be mowing down the enemy south of Koslnny and near Bultaguzy and south of Smorgoii. ' Tho fiuhts about Kollil and t iurto- risk continue but tho combats have di minished In importance to what the of ficial statement churneteri.ed as minor engagements. Troops Shipped to Serbia. Bucharest. Oct. 4. A quarter million troops under Field Marshal von Mack- ensen havo been withdrawn from Rus sia and have arrived at tne Serbian frontier, where Von Maeknnscn will di rect the Austro-Gerinan drive to Con stantinople according to the newspaper Kpochn. These rorcus nave uihcii up their headquarters at Versecez. They are reported to have 2,000 guns of all alilires. Tim above dispatch was unconfirmed from any oilier source. It is a fact, however, that the Amtlro Gorman cen ter, commanded by Von Muckeusen has not progressed for ten days, although the Russians arn not presumed to be in grout force east of Pinsk. Dispatches Saturday hiuttsi thut troops for Balkan operations hud been withdrawn. Battle and Snows. Home, Oct. 4. Dalian troops' aro battling amid the snows and ice at the head uf the Geneva valley, and in tho Cnriiic. Alps. Winter hns set iu among the higher peaks, but diwpite below r.ero weather at sonio points, the Ital ians lire iiiai'ittiluing their struggle against the Austrian". The latest official statement retried sum 1 1 engagements at the Logacuro pami and at Prumoslo, favoruble to the Italian troops, and repulso of Austrian attacks In the Tolimlno. Klsewhere tho conflicted was report- fed at a comparative stuudstill. (Coutloucd on Page Light.)