NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
The hospital ship sent from New
York has reached England.
Rebels in Mexico have destroyed
many miles of railroads west of Vera
Cruz.
Official confirmation has reached
London of the appearance of cholera in
the Austrian army.
A German prisoner who escaped was
recaptured after living for 20 days on
raisins and raw snails.
British war office admits the sinking
of three of her warships in the North
Sea by German submarines.
A hodcarrier on a San Francisco
skyscraper slid 13 stories down a rope,
burning out the palms of both hands.
Vessels from the Dalmatian coast
report that the bombardment of Cat
taro by French Bhips and land forces
has begun.
A British detachment numbering
800 South Wales border men and 400
Indian Sikhs were landed near Lao
shan, China.
Because reporters were required to
enter the back door of the official
press bureau in London, the war writ
ers have gone on strike.
People in Vienna are rioting because
of the government withholding the
war news. Several persons have been
killed and many arrests made.
An Amsterdam dispatch says the
Berlin Vorwaerts was suspended for
three days for saying that the German
advance was in reality a. retreat.
Another Grimsby trawler was blown
up by a mine in the !orth Sea. The
crew all escaped except one deckhand,
who was killed by falling debris.
The European war has not affected
the date of opening the Panama Pa
cific exposition. No nations have
withdrawn their intentions to partici
pate. Berlin army headquarters admits
that one mortar shot was fired against
the cathedral of Rheims, .as otherwise
it would have been impossible to drive
away the enemy's observation posts
there.
Russian troops occupying Seniawa,
18 miles northwest of Jaroslau, says a
Petrograd dispatch, .found that the
town had been sacked by Austrians.
A large number of Austrian soldiers
were captured.
The correspondent of the Italian
newspaper Corriere Delia Zerra at
Trieste says that two Austrian torpedo
boats and one destroyer were sunk by
floating mines last Friday on the coast
of Dalmatia.
A "South Shields dispatch to the Cen
tral News of London says that the
Norwegian steamer Hesvik has been
destroyed by striking a mine in the
North Sea. The chief engineer and
one assistant were killed.
A Pretoria dispatch to the Reuter
Telegram company says it is officially
announced that the German post at
Schuckmannsberg, near Zambesi, South
Africa, surrendered without opposition
on September 21 to the Rhodesian po
lice.
The military correspondent of the
London Times says the question of
officers is a serious one. An examina
tion of English casualty lists shows
the loss of 1100 officers in killed,
wounded or missing. This is two out
of every five among those at the front.
Loans by Portland banks have in
creased $2,500,000 despite decrease in
deposits, claims State Superintendent
of banks, who points to conditions in
Oregon as evidence that criticism of
Secretary of Treasury McAdoo, that
banks are hoarding money, does not
apply on the Coast.
Reuter's Constantinople correspond
ent says the former German cruiser
Breslau has been renamed Midirli and
the Goeben Sultan Selim. The corres
pondent adds that the cruisers, accom
panied by Turkish gunboats and tor
pedo boatB, have been engaged in gun
practice in the Black Sea.
"Pope Benedict XV, the new Pon
tiff, has a great love for America and
Americans, looking up to our govern
ment as a model to all and an example
of the best on this earth," says Car
dinal O'Connell. "The holy father
sent a message of sincere good will to
the people of this land, he adds.
A Berlin dispatch to the Rueter Tel
egram company by way of Amsterdam
says a warrant has been issued for the
arrest of Abbe Wetterle for high trea
son. Abbe Wetterle is a member of
the Reichstag from Alsace-Lorraine
and recently declared the people of
that province were waiting for the
French soldiers to rescue them.
General Beyers, head of England's
troops in South Africa, refuses to lead
the Boers m campaign against the
Germans, holding the conflict unjust.
It is officially announced from Zanzi
bar that the British cruiser Pegasus,
which was recently attacked and
disabled by the German cruiser Koen
igsburg, has been beached.
A message from Petrograd says that
during three days the Russians in Ga
licia have captured 15,000 Austrians,
including 150 officers. Many cannon,
quick-fire guns and supplies also have
been taken.
Germany's New Gun Is
Big Surprise to World
Berlin. It still Is too early to base
general predictions concerning war in
the future on the engagements of the
present great European struggle.
One prediction, however, does seem
fairly justified already. It is that the
day of fortresses has passed. The
new 42-centimeter (16.8-inch) siege
gun of the German forces appears to
have demonstrated its ability to de
molish the strongest fortifications
ever made. Pictures of the demolition
at Liege bear striking testimony to
the power of this new arm. A Bingle
projectile demolished utterly walls of
reinforced cement and steel, ripped
open steel towers and piled the mass
on the forts' defenders.
This new siege gun has been the
surprise of the war. It has been re
peatedly asserted that no nation has
any military secrets that are not in
possession of all other important na
tions, but events have proved not only
that the existence of this terrible wea
pon was not known to foreign nations,
but that only a limited number of high
German army officials themselves had
so much as heard of it. A member of
the Reichstag, whose name is not giv
en, Is quoted as follows in a German
paper:.
The fact that the German army
possessed such a gun was as much of
surprise to the Germans as to for
eigners, for its construction and na
ture were kept secret, as the situation
demanded, so that even In the empire
only a limited number knew about it."
German Prisoners Say
Kaiser's Losses Heavy
Bordeaux. There was given out of
ficially information concerning inci
dents of the fighting and personal ex
periences which had been furnished
by German prisoners or obtained from
documents seized by French troops.
It relates particularly to the fighting
around Rheims between September 11
and 16.
A German artillery officer wrote:
"Modern war is the greatest of fol
lies. Companies of 250 men in the
Tenth Army Corps have been reduced
to 70 men and there are companies of
the guard commanded by volunteers
of a year, all the officers having dis
appeared."
The following is taKen rrom a letter
written by a German Captain, of in
fantry:
We were surprised by the French
and I lost my company. Searching for
it in a village, I was made a prisoner.
Now my fate Is in the hands of God.
Another German officer captured
at Rheims said:
For tactical reasons, the guard had
to retreat. We had many killed and
800 wounded. The first battalion of
the first regiment of the guard has
not another officer. The French ar
tillery defiled so we'll that we could
not discover Its sight. General Von
Schack and the colonel of the second
regiment of artillery of the guard are
among the killed."
English Labor Unions
Said to Be Backing King
London. The parliamentary com
mittee of the trades union congress,
after a two days' conference, issued a
manifesto to trade unionists of the
country on the war. The committee
was especially gratified at the manner
in which the labor party in the house
of commons responded to the appeal
made to all political parties to help in
the defense of the country.
The manifesto proceeds: "The com
mittee Is convinced that one import
ant factor In the present struggle Is,
that in event the voluntary system of
military service fail, the demand for
a national system of compulsory mili
tary service will not only be made
with redoubled vigor, but may prove
to be so persistent and strong as to
become irresistible. The prospect of
having to face conscription, with Its
permanent and heavy burden upon the
financial resources of the country, and
its equally burdensome effect upon
nearly the whole of Us industries,
should in itself stimulate the man
hood of the nation to come forward
In its defense, and thereby demon
strate to the world that a free people
can rise to the supreme heights of a
great sacrifice without the whip of
conscription.
"Another factor to be remembered
is that upon the result of the struggle
in which this country is now engaged
rests the preservation and mainten
ance of free and unfettered democratic
government, which in its international
relationships has in the past been rec
ognized and must unquestionably
prove to be the best- guarantee for
preservation of the peace of the world.
"The mere contemplation of the
overbearing and brutal methods to
which people have to submit under a
government controlled by a military
autocracy living, as it were, continu
ously under the threat and shadow of
war, Bhould be sufficient to arouse the
enthusiasm of the nation in resisting
any attempt to Impose similar condi
tions upon countries at present free
from military despotism.
"But If men have a duty to perform
in the common Interest of the state,
equally the state owes a duty to those
of its citizens who are prepared and
readily prepared to make sacrifices in
its defense and for the maintenance
of its honor."
34 on Lost Submarine.
Melbourne, Aub. Rear-Admiral Sir
George Patey, commander of the Aus
tralian navy, In a wireless dispatch to
the government says that submarine
Ae l, which was reported lost, disap
peared with all hands, numbering 34
men, on board. Other vessels of the
fleet made a search but failed to dis
cover any wreckage. The loss Is at
tributed to accident, as there was no
enemy within 100 miles and the weath
er was fine at the time. This Is the
first disaster In the history of the Aus
tralian navy. The Ae-1 was under
command -Df Thomas F. Besant.
Wounded Briton Praise German.
Berlin. By wireless to Sayvllle, L.
I. Hon. Aubrey Herbert, member of
Parliament, who was among the
wounded In a German hospital and
taken back by the British, expresses
his thanks for the courtesy shown him
In the German hospital and praises
the humanity of the German soldiers.
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.
Portland Oregon hops sold this
week at the highest price of the sea
son. McNeff Bros, bought 133 bales
of fuggles at 18 to 19i cents. One
hundred bales of this quality were ob
tained from a local dealer and the re
mainder was the Cooper lot at Inde
pendence. Several dealers were in the market,
but found growers very firm. A bid
of 17 cents on 250 bales of West Side
hops was turned down by the owner.
It is said a number of purchases of in
ferior grades and of small lots over
contracts have been bought at 14 and
15 cents, but holders of good hops are
not disposed to sell them under 18
cents.
Apples are moving better. The
market is in good shape for fancy
stock, and as prices are reasonable the
demand is growing. Fancy apples are
quoted at $1.25 to $1.50 and choice at
75 cents to $1. The season for Grav-
ensteins is drawing to a close and
Kings, Jonathans, Twenty Ounce,
Snows and that class are coming to the
front. The trade looks for a heavy
local consumption of apples as soon as
summer fruits are off the market.
The Canadian apple crop is not going
to be the menace to Northwestern ap
ples on Eastern markets that was pre
dicted a few weeks ago, according to
Walter M. Dickerson, who has just re
turned from Canada. Several weeks
ago the opinion was freely expressed
by authorities that because of the big
apple crop generally, including Can
ada, and the curtailment of Canadian
apple exports by the European war,
Canadian apples would seek an outlet
in the United States in competition
with apples grown here.
Wheat Bid : Bluestem, $1.03 per
bushel; forty-fold, 96c; club, 94c; red
Russian, 90c; red Fife, 90c.
Oats Bid: No. 1 white feed, $26.25
per ton.
Barley Bid: No. 1 feed;, $21.50
per ton ; brewing, $22.
Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $26
26.50 per ton; shorts, $2929.25;
rolled barley, $28.
Corn Whole, $38 per ton; racked,
$39.
Hay Old timothy, Eastern Oregon,
$1516 per ton; new crop timothy,
valley, $12.5013; grain hay, $10
11; alfalfa, $1213.60.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, case
count, 3031c per dozen; candled, 33
35c.
Poultry Hens, 13j14c; springs,
1414Jc; turkeys, young, 22c; ducks,
1015c; geese, ll12c.
Butter Creamery prints, extras,
35c per pound; cubes, 3132c.
Pork Block, lllljc per pound.
Veal Fancy, 13Jc per pound.
Vegetables Cucumbers, 50c per
box; eggplant, 7c per pound; peppers,
6(&)7ic; artichokes, 85c$l per dozen;
tomatoes, 50 65c per crate; cabbage,
lc per pound; peas, 56c; beans, 4
6c; corn, 75c$l per sack; celery.
6085c per dozen; cauliflower, $1.25
1.76; asparagus, $2.25 per box;
sprouts, 10c per pound.
Onions Yellow, $11.25 per sack.
Green Fruits Apples, new, 50c
$1.50 per box; cantaloupes, $11.50
per crate; casabas, $1.251.50 per
dozen; pears, $l1.50; peaches, 45
70c per box; grapes, 75c$1.60 per
crate.
Potatoes Oregon, $1.60 per sack;
Yakima, $1.50; sweets, 2c per pound.
Hops 1914 crop, 1718c per pound;
1913 crop, nominal.
Wool Valley, 18J20Jc"per pound
Eastern Oregon, 1620Jc; mohair,
1914 clip, 27Jc per pound.
Cascara, bark Old and new, 4c per
pound.
Cattle Prime steers, $77.25
choice, $6.506.75; medium, $6.25
6.50; choice cows, $66.25; medium
$5.25 6.75; heifers, $5.50 6.25
calves, $6 8.60; bulls, $3 4.76
stags '$4.506.
Hogs Light, $88.25; heavy, $7
7.25.
Sheep wethers, J4W.&.4U; ewes,
$3504.60; lambs, $55.60.
Seattle Yakima potatoes ere so
scarce on the street that the trade was
supplied wholly from White Rivers,
which jumped to the unusual level of
$30. There was not a sack of Eastern
Washington spuds on the entire av
enue. Growers were paid $22 in less
than carload lots for White Rivers. It
is thought that the scarcity of Yaki
mas is due to the recent rains, which
have prevented digging. It is a con
soling idea for the street to hug to its
bosom, but there is no escape from the
knowledge that growers are speculat
ing and in iurthenne this plan are
withholding shipments from the mar
ket with the evident determination to
cause a rise.
The apple trade is very brisk, with
the choice of buyers running strongly
to cooking stock. Frequent sales
loU of twenty-five boxes were made.
There is litye call as yet for eating
stock. Jonathans are in demand and
Winter Bananas enjoy a liberal move
ment. The life of the apple trade is
due to the disappearance of peachei
and pears. Only a few Elbertas are
available and these sell up to 65c,
Bartlett pears have gone for the sea
son. Idahos and Fall Butters are ar
riving in good commercial lots.
Eggs Select ranch, 350; 36c dozen
Poultry Live hens, 10(;15c pound
old roosters, 10c; 1914 broilers, 13tfii
14c; ducklings, 10(u,12c; geese, 10c
guinea fowl, $9 per dozen.
Dressed Pork lOdfllc per pound.
Dressed Veal Small, 1314e per
pound; large, 9 13c.
Apples New, cooking, 75c(rr.$l per
box; Gravensteins, fual.25; Jona
than, $1.2R1.50; Winter Bananas,
$1.75; Kings, 75cf?i$l.
Crabapples 40cfi)$l per box.
Cranberries $8.75 per barrel.
58 PERISH WHEN
STEAMER SINKS
Only Two of Leggett Rescued
Off Oregon Coast.
Lifeboats Containing 38, Including
Women and Children, Are
Swamped by Heavy Sea.
Astoria, Or. Fifty-eight persons, at
least, and probably more, perished
when the steam schooner Francis H.
Leggett sank in a 90-mile gale 60 miles
south of the Columbia river and 30
miles northwest by north of Yaquina
light, off the Oregon coast Bhortly af
ter 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. Other
e timates place the number of dead
at 70. Five women, a boy and a girl
are among the missing.
Two persons are known to have
been rescued, after qlinglng several
hours to wreckage tossed by a vicious
sea, and an unconfirmed report says
third person has been picked up.
The known passenger list, furnished
by the owners at San Francisco, to
taled 35. Besides Captain Maro, the
Leggett carried a crew of 24 men.
Two lifeboats are reported to have
been filled and lowered. One contain
ed 30 persons and the other eight. All
the women and children were includ
ed. Heavy seas swamped the lifeboats
immediately upon their striking the
water.
The known survivors are Alexander
Farrell, of Sacramento, Cal., and
George Pullman, or Pollman, of Winni
peg, Man. Both were rescued by the
oil tanker Frank H. Buck, which is
lying off the mouth of the Columbia
river awaiting a quiet sea to enter
this harbor. Farrell was transferred
to the steamer Beaver and taken to
Portland. He told a thrilling story
of his experience and gave pathetic
accounts of drownings of persons at
tempting to cling to wreckage.
The Leggett was en route to San
Francisco from Grays Harbor ports,
having left Portland a few days ago
for Washington towns to load lumber.
German Shells Set Noted
Rheims Cathrdral Afire
Berlin. An official statement is-
Bued Monday says;
Rheims was in the battle line of
the French and the Germans were
obliged to bombard it. We regret the
necessity, but the fire of the French
came from that direction. Orders have
been Issued to save the cathedral.
"The attacks on the French are pro
gressing at several points."
Bordeaux. The Minister of the In
terior, Louis J. Malvy, announced that
the famous Cathedral of Rheims had
been destroyed, and all other historic
and public building. either laid In
ruins or seriously damaged during the
bombardment of Rheims by the gener
al artillery.
Coupled with this announcement
was a statement that the government
had decided to address to all the pow
ers a note of indignation against "this
act of odious vandalism."
Germany Questions
British Sincerity
Berlin. Nobody in Grmany Is will
ing to admit the sincerity of Great
Britain's basing its declaration of war
on Germany s violation of the terri
tory of Belgium and Luxemburg and
much alleged evidence Is produced in
newspapers and magazines to prove
that Great Britain had already made
up its mind to join France and Russia
previous to Germany's advance on Bel
glum territory.
In the highest circles of the German
government it is asserted that the
foreign office has evidence that Great
Britain was negotiating with Russia
several months before the war broke
out to furnish ships for a descent of
Russian troops on the coast of Pom
erenia, which lies on the Baltic north
of Berlin, but it appears that nothing
came of these negotiations.
Another curious and timely piece of
evidence is presented In the Bhape of
an item purporting to be from the
Paris Gil Bias of February 25, 1913.
That paper is said to bave published
the following:
"A newspaper of Eastern France has
revealed a highly Interesting piece of
news, In military circles there it is
related that large stocks of British
ammunition have for several weeks
been brought Into Maubeuge, near the
northeastern frontier of France, on
the railway line from Paris to Cologne.
The city of Maubeuge Is of great mil
itary importance. It Is designated In
the French general Btnff's plan of cam
paign as. the concentration point for
the allied troops which will be com
manded In case of a war by the En
glish field marshal, Sir John French,
under General Joffre as commander-in-chief.""
Japanese Gain Reported.
Toklo. Lleutenant-General Kamio,
commander-in-chief of the Japanese
armies that are moving on Klau-Chau,
the German leased possession In
China, reports that he met and re
pulsed a German detachment on Sep
tember 18. The official announce
ment of the skirmish says Hint the
troops, after landing moved southward
at Wang-Ko-Huang, 13 miles east of
Tslmo. The Germans used machine
guns, Abandoned their position In dis
order, leaving supplies, equipment and
personal apparel. The Japanese suf
fered no casualties.
Army Wins on Apple Diet.
London. The Petrograd correspond
ent of the Times says that General
Ruzsky's army while In pursuit of the
Austrians toward Lemberg, left all
transports behind thorn and for six
days lived on apples. This Is cited by
the correspondent as showing the
great energy of the RiiBBlan soldiers,
who are able to endure forced marches
and continuous flghtlnf on such a
diet
The Basque's
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THE most prominent feature In all au
thoritative displays of new styles In
gowns la the basque. It 1b shown In
several developments, including mod
els which hang straight from the
shoulder to the swell of the hips. But
this model Is not aa graceful as those
which follow the outline of the figure.
None of them is tight fitting. They
fasten either in front or the back.
A gown designed by one of the fore
most French costumers Is shown in
the picture given here. It la an excel
lent combination of the new basque
and plaited skirt in a one-piece gar
ment. Where the basque and skirt
join, a narrow girdle of the material
of the dress is sewed down and fin
ished with a small bow at the back.
Fancy buttons are set on,.but In real
ity the basque Is fastened with hooks
and eyes.
The front of the garment Is cut like
the back, in a "V" Bhape at the neck.
This gives opportunity for the Intro
duction of white next to the face. A
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Ostrich Plumes and Fancy Feathers
NOTHING Is so noticeable In the
most elegant millinery prepared
for the fall season as ostrich feathers.
Short, broad plumes and tips lend In
popularity. After them ostrich feath
ers developed in fancy forms have
demonstrated the Ingenuity of manu
facturers In copying flower forms and
In originating all sorts of new deco
rations. This fancy ostrich is to take
the place of prohibited aigrettes, much
to the satisfaction of all right-thinking
people. America having taken the In
itiative In doing away with the al-
Bretie,
French and other designers
replaced it with ostrich and other
fancy feathers quite as airy and beau
tiful.
Many of the new shapes are wide
brimmed, and wide brims always mean
long and Bhort plumes. Three hats
are shown here In which tho use of os
trich plumes In the best of mountings
may be studied. It will bo seen that
jne may use a single plume of medium
length, or two long plumes, or many
short ones, with equally artistic effect.
But for some time the slmploet forms
of trimming have characterized the
work of the greatest designers, and a
single plume of finest quality mounted
on a velvet hat leaves nothing to be
desired In the way of art and elegance.
The black velvet hat (shown In the
picture) having a narrow brim at the
right side, which widens and lifts to
the left, Is decorated with a single
white plume
the Thing
it n ' . i ." . ' Mi I jfinXi ' nri
r
guimpe with flaring collar made of
fine organdie fills In the open Bpace.-
The basque hangs straight from the
bust at the front. The shoulders and
body are cut In one and the shoulders
are very long. In this, as in other
basque models, long sleeves are
shown. They taper In toward the
waist, and cuffs are worn with them.
In the gown pictured the cuffs are of
organdie, but stiff linen cuffs are very
smart, worn with black satin gowns.
Women will welcome the return of
plaited skirts. The plaits are pressed
down and the skirts at most are two
yards wide. This gives room for a
comfortable stride, but preserves tha
effect of a narrow Bklrt,
A very hew basque has been made
In which a straight panel Is set in
down the back. The underarm por
tions are gathered and joined to tha
panel with a piping. PipingB, in fact,
are much in evidence on many of tha
new gowns.
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
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This plume Is mounted on the un
dcrbrim, and Its full, broad end, or
"head," falls acrons the hulr and back;
brim.
The beautiful picture hat, having a
wreath of ostrich tips about Its brim,
with ends curling upward toward tha
crown, Is finished with a half plumo:
on the bandeau and underbrim at the
left. To add any further trimming to
this model would be as foolish aa
adorning the lily or painting the rose,
A wide brimmed hat. In which a
single magnificent plume Is mounted
on the crown at the right Bide, is moBt
original and during in its use of os
trich. The end of the plumo is cut
off at the beginning of the flues. Tha
plume Is laid upon the crown and
sewed dowa In two places. It Is left
free to curl and curve at Its own sweet
and graceful will. A narrow band of
handsome moire ribbon, tied In thf
simplest of bowa at the left side, fin
ishes the bat. In this model the body
of the hat amounts to simply a set
ting for the plume, which la featured
by the manner In which It Is placed.
Ostrich plumes and tips in fine qual
ity make a good investment became
no matter what the vagaries of fash
Ion tbey are never "out."
JULIA BOTTOM LEY.
It Is sad to see family relics sold
at auction, but the most pitiful thing
under the hammer Is generally your
thumb nail. London Tit Bits.