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URGES FEDERAL WAR INSURANCE RuHuianM Repulne Austrian Foe» Atony Frontier Ixmdon. -Apparently reliable and ' authentic Information comes from St. , l'i t<mbiirg that Riisalan arms nave been successful both along the border within Kusslan territory and In East | Prussia, at a point occupied at the very beginning of hostilities by a force of tlie Czar's troops. The Austrians have suffered a check <>n tlie Imli i t< r H im r Four regiments of Aust: Inn Infantry and eight regi ments of Chhins were routed. Hnnnritri Join in Advising Solu Tho approaching big battle probably will be a decisive one. tion of food Export» and An attempt by tho Germans to oc Foreign Exchange. cupy Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, one of tho points to which Russian troops were dispatched early In the war. has Washington, D. C. Government in failed. The Germans, consisting of a auranee ngainst *»r rink« of American detachment of Infantry, with artillery, repulsed with loss. register »hl|>» and their cargoes was were It Is announced officially at St. tho solution offered Saturday by 62 Petersburg that German aeroplanes repreaimlatlve business men of the have been carrying out extensive country for the «toppage of American maneuvers along the Russian frontier, overseas commerce because of the Eu but have done no damage. A Berlin dispatch to the Dally Tele ropean war. The pro|w>aal was made in definite graph nays the German staff admits form after an all day conference pre heavy losses on the Russian frontier. The German troops near Millhousen aided over by Secretary McAdoo, of the captured lo French officers, 500 men, Treasury department, who called the four guns, 10 wagons and many rifles. meeting. Practically all of the largest According to the report, German banking and shipping interests in the territory has been cleared ot French. United States were represented. It Is said that at 1-agardc tbs Ger The conference appointed a commit man troops took more than 1000 prix tee of 12. headed by Seth lx>w, presi oners, about one sixth of the two de dent of the National Civic Federation, feated French regiments. The Austrian troops on the Russian to remain In Washington and advise with the governmental departments frontier have been placed under tho command of a German general. and committees of congress during the The news I h confirmed that certain framing of legislation believed neces divisions of Austrian forces compris sary to relieve conditions produced by ing Tyrol, ci < /. < hs regiments have the war abroad. been transported to French territory. The committee began drafting a bill I to be presented to congress at once and I England Seven All Diplo pressed for passage, with a view to matic lien With Austria having a government insurance bureau in operation as soon as |><msilde after Ixmdon — Great Britain has severed the (tending measure modifying re diplomatic relations with Austria, as strictions on American registration of did her ally, France, without a declar ation of war. It has been expected foreign-built ships goes into effect. To insure freedom of discussion, the that n declaration of war would bo conference w as held behind closed j proclaimed, but there waa none. Count A. Menzdorff-Poullly Dietrich- doors, but the resolutions adopted and received his passports and has some of the proceedings of the con stein left. I|o |s an Intimate personal friend ference were made public in a state of the British royal family and feels ment issued by Secretary McAdoo. his dismissal keenly. Iln has been In The statement declared it to have Ixmdon for IK years—first ax first been the concensus of opinion at the secretary to the embassy and then as conference that with enlarged registry ambassador. Ona of the first results of the prac of Amoriran ships snd action by the government supplementing what pri tical state of war which the severance vate companies might do in connection of diplomatic negotiations brings Is to be seen in the Mediterran with the insurance, the question of ox likely ean. An Austrian fleet has been bom ports of grain and cotton and of fore barding the Montenegrin coast and a ign exchange would readily solve them larger fleet has been reported near selves. the Straits of Otranto. It may be pre Many speakers, including J. P. Mor sumed that tho British Mediterranean gan, James J. Hill and other finan fleet, cooperating with the French ciers, |>olnte<l out the fact that Eng fleet, will put a stop to the attack on land, Erance and Belgium already had Montenegro from the sea and that a provided for government war insurance bombardment of Austrian ports may follow. for their merchant shipping. Against The break In the diplomatic negotia this action, they said, the United tions between the two countries came States would be helpless, as no ships ax a result of Austria's sending troops would pass under the American flag to the French border to assist her with the passage of the proposed regis ally, Germany, against Great Britain's try law unless their owners were as ally, France. sured of insurance under the Stars and Stripes. Relgian* Whip German* The result would be a foreign mon in Open Held Action opoly of sea trans|s>rlation, they pre Brussels, via London.—The flrHt dicted, and the fixing abroad of the price at which cotton and wheat should bnttle In open country is reported in the following official communication: be sold. "After having panes tho night (Tuesday) In the position they had reached after their retreat, the Ger mans advanced In force toward a point In our po.ltion, which they thought waa not held. "Our staff, however, was alert, nnd, Ixmdon -The Daily Telegraph learns by cavalry reconnaisances, from a diplomatic correspondent that Informed was able to.rive the m-cessary orders, the Japanese government intends to with the result that the enemy found carry out to the full its obligations un its advance checked. A battle took der the Anglo-Japan treaty. plnce. In which our troops were victo The correspondent says that the Jap rious. Ten thousand men took part anese navy has put to sea and will co In the fight. "This wan the first action of our operate with the British fleet in taking effective action against the enemy's troops in open country and their con duct is a good augury for the future. ships in the Pacific. Apart from this, the situation to all appearance has undergone no change. Food Price Inquiry Rcgun "As regards our allies, the plan ar ranged beforehand lx being followed by State and Federal Force» out exactly according to program." Belgian nnd French troops have ef Washington, D. C. Legal forces, state ami Federal. all over the country, fected a Junction south of Brussels. got into action Saturday, carrying out The German advance In the Belgian of Limburg and Brabant hns President Wilson’s suggestion for an provinces lieeii checked. The Germans are investigation of whether food [»rices bringing up heavy artillery agninst are lieing artificially increased on the Liege._____________ __ pretext of the Eur»|>enn war and for Captured German* Are Sulky. criminal prosecutions, if thut is found to be the case. Paris.—Severnl hundred German The national capital led off the cum- prisoners passed through the Cham- paign with n grand jury investigation, pigny station, near Paris, on their to which commission merchants, way to Polctlers, where they will be wholesalers, retailers, buyers for ho Interned. The soldiers seemed quite unconcerned ns to their fate. The tels and restaurants were subpenaed German officers in the party, how and citizens having evidence were in ever, were sulky. vited. The untiring activity of General Reports of other investigations be Joseph Joffre, commander-in-chief of ginning in many localities by United the French army, has won the admir States attorneys and state and county ation of his troops. Since the first authorities began pouring into the at day of mobilization he has traveled thousnnds of miles in his motor car torney general’s office. Special agents of tho department of nnd appears to be everywhere at one time. His chauffeur is the famous Justice began their search for evdencc racing motorist, George Boillet, who of manipulations or other methods of three times won the French grand price fixing. prix. ________________ Conference Will Present Bill (o Congress for Action. JAPAN TO FULFILL ITS ENGLISH TREATY PLEDGE Prize Put» Into Port. Hclgium I* Auk cd to Quit. Montreal — ThejAustrian steamship Ida, 4700 tons, which sailed from Tri este and Naples before war was de clared, reached hero and was taken over by the Murine department at Quebec as a war prize. Captain Mar- tintolich had heard nothing of the war and was astounded when Marine department officials notified him of the seizure of his vessel. The Ida is a freighter, the property of the Aus- tro-Amcrican line. She sailed from Trieste July 21 and from Naples July 25 for this port. London.—The Dally Mall says It lenrns that on Monday, after the fruit less assault by the Germans on the Idege forts, the German government again approached Belgium, through Holland as intermediary, pointing out that Germany had no quarrel with Belgium nnd no desire to be at war with her, and naked the Belgian gov ernment to reconsider its refusal to allow tho Germnn nrmy to traverse Belgium to save useless bloodshed. The Belgian government, according to the newspaper, made reply again refusing tho German request. Prisoner* of B//r Arrive. German* Hit Own Aline. Paris—German prisoners have ar rived at Nantes, which gives color to the reports that France intends to keep them in one of the numerous islands off the south Breton coast. The Petit Journal says that Belgium, owing to the smallness of her territory, is ask ing France to take charge of 2000 Ger man prisoners. London.—It Is understood that the Germnn torpedo bont destroyer report ed to have been sunk by the explosion of one of her boilers off South Gedser on August 5, really was destroyed by a mine laid by a German warship. Tho Danish and fimJifh lines, it lx re ported, censed running ax n result of Information that the Germans had laid contact mines in the North Sea. I----------------------------------------------- REACHES PORT: NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Taffeta Afternoon Dress to Cost Ten Dollars Portland. | Portland — There waa no material | situation at the opening of the week, i The exporters are still unwilling to J enter the market, and domestic busi ness is of small volume. Speculators would no doubt show more activity if the financial situation were favorable. Prices are more or leas nominal, with “No Word* Can Exaggerate Con 86 cents believed to las about the right dition».“ Sag Passengers price for club. Farmers are very Haygage Abandoned. strong in their views. Wheat - Track prices: Club, 86c per bushel; red Russian, 84c; blue New York.—The American liner stem, 89c; forty-fold, 87c. Millfeed Bran, $234/ 23.50 per ton; Philadelphia, with the first great shorts, $27; middlings, $31. crowd of Americans who rushed from flats - No. 1 white, $22 per ton ; Europe when the various nations de feed, $22. clared war, arrived in Now York Barley No. 1 feed, $20 per ton; Thursday night, There were 703 pas brewing, $20.50; rolled, $22.50. Hay—Old timothy, $164/17 per ton; sengers In the cabin und 309 in the new crop, timothy, $13 (<t, 15; grain steerage. Virtually all of them were without hay, $84/10; alfalfa, $114/12. baggage, many of them without mon- Com—Whole, $35 per ton; cracked, e? and all had stories of hardships to $36. tell. Hop dealers are steadily reducing The Philadelphia sailed from South- their estimates of the coming Oregon ampton a few hours after England de crop. Some of them now figure the clared wur on Germany. The first day yield ax low as 110,000 or 115,000 out seven French torpedo-boats and three submarines were sighted One bales. It is likely that the Pacific of the torpedo boats hurried after the Coast will be 50,000 bales short of last Atn/rlcan liner, the rest of the fleet year's production. The market has gained materially following slowly. Finally the torpedo- boat—the B 7—came alongside and or in strength, and a strong demand for dered the Philadelphia to stop. contracts has developed. Growers are The war vessel circled the liner sev not ready sellers and business is being eral times, its officers looking closely put through with difficulty. About at the faces of the passengers crowd 60,000 pounds are known to have been ed on the decks. When the French naval officers were sure the Philadel signed up in this state and in Wash phia really was an American vessel ington at 14} «nd 15 cents. Dealers and that the passengers were Ameri were offering these prices in several cans, one of them shouted In English sections and many orders are known to that the Philadelphia might proceed. be unfilled at 14 cents. The passengers cheered the French Hops — 1913 crop, nominal; 1914 ships. The cheer was returned and contracts, 144/15c. the tiny war crafts steamed away. Pelts Dry, 13c; dry short wool, 9c; The refugees In the steerage had the freedom of the ship. The men dry shearings, 10c; green shearings, were separated from the women, how 154/30c; salted sheep, $1.254/1.50; ever, and In some cases husbands spring lambs, 254/35c; green pelts, were separated from their wives by short wool, 304/60c; lambs. August this regulation. Rather than sleep in take-off, 604/ 70c. the steerage scores of these passen Peaches were the firmest article in gers slept in the smoking-room, on the fruit list. The supply was not the life rafts, and In steamer chairs. large and there was a great demand. Four persons were in every cabin. The best peaches readily brought 75c As the Philadelphia neared her pier cents. In the North River the crowd waiting There was a good demand for good on shore shouted a welcome to the refugees, Then for a quarter of an cantaloupes, standards and jumbos sell Ponies brought hour the whole river resounded with ing at $1.254/1.40. anywhere from 50 cents up. Melons cheers. The regulation preventing a ship were in oversupply and weak. which arrives at quarantine after sun Grapes were plentiful and sold well. down from proceeding to her dock un A fancy car came in, Malagas going at til tho next moring, waa waived. $1.35 and Rose of Peru at 75 cents. An hour and a half after she Lemons were strong at the advance, arrived in the lower bay the last of fancy now selling at $9.50. her passengers had gone ashore. The first straight car of new pota Travelers from Paris told of mobs swarming through the streets, break toes was received, and they sold well ing windows and looting German at 4 cents. Tomatoes were weak at shops. Gthers told of Germans caught 504465 cents. in the French capital and beaten by Vegetables — Cucumbers, 50c per gendarmes and excited citizens. box; eggplant, 10c per pound; pep The streets near the railroad sta tions were piled high with abandoned pers, 74/10c; head letture, $1.70 per baggage. So great was the rush of crate; artichokes, $1 per dozen; toma Americans from France to England toes, 504/65c per crate; cabbage. If4/ that small steamers In the English 2c per pound; peas, 54/6c; beans, 44/’ Channel, constructed to accommodate from 600 to 900 persons, carried 3000 6c; corn, $1 per sack; celery, 354/75c men. women and children on every per dozen. Onions—Yellow, $1.35 per sack. trip. Green Fruits—Apples, new, 75c4/$2 A loaf of broad selling for 8 cents was bringing 22 cents when some of per box; cantaloupes, 50c4/.$1.40 per the passengers left Paris. Other food crate; peaches, 504/75c per box; stuffs wore soaring proportionately. plums, 60c4/,$l; watermelons, 504/75c "1 met Jack Johnson on the boule per hundred; casabas, $2.50 per dozen; vard.’’ said Howard Willett, of Chi pears. $14/2 per box; grapes, 75c4/$2 cago. "His face was wreathed in smiles. Crowds surrounded him ask per crate. Potatoes—Oregon, l(glfc per pound; ing him to fight for France." A committee formed on board the sweet potatoes, 4c. Philadelphia with the expressed pur Eggs — Fresh Oregon ranch, case pose of assisting Americans abroad count, 234/24c; candled, 264/27c. Issued a statement saying: Poultry—Hens, 14@14}c per pound; "No words can exaggerate the des- springs, 154116c; turkeys, 20c; dress pernte condition of stranded Ameri cans nil over Europe outside of Eng ed, choice, 22c; ducks, lOfiillc; geese, 10c. land.” Butter — Creamery prints, extras, Many of the passengers said they had been stopped In Germany and 32jc per pound; cubes, 28fc. forced to prove that they were Ameri Pork—Block, 12c per pound. cans nnd not Englishmen. Others had Veal—Fancy, 144/14}c per pound. been stopped In France and asked Cattle— Prime steers, $7.254/7.50; whether they were Germans. With a choice, $74/7.25; medium, $6.754/7.50; few exceptions all were treated cour choice cows, $64/6.25; medium, $5.50 teously when they proved their na 4/5.75; heifers, $6.254/6.65; calves, tionality. Soldiers wore stationed all along $64/8.25; bulls, $34/ 4.75; stags, $4.50 the roads and squads of them were 4/6. Hogs—Light, $84/9.25; heavy, 74/1 guarding every tunnel and bridge. Mil itary guards with loaded rifles were 8.25. on every railway coach and engine Sheep—Wethers, $44/4.75. and in all the stations. Among the passengers were Charles Seattle. Aldrich and family, of Cleveland, Seattle — Wheat —Blucstem, 92c per whom some one In Ixmdon offered $1..... for their stateroom or $">oo If bushel; forty-fold, 87c; club, 86c; | Fife, 84Jc; red Russian, 83je. allowed to travel with them. John A. Wilson, of Franklin. Pa., With a small amount of cream com- President Wilson’s cousin, smilingly ' ing to the local creameries, the price announced on the pier that he be of the city-churned product has been lieved ho had less money and more forced up to 30c and dealers prophesy summer clothes than any other man a slight upward rise above this price in New York. He carried with him a set of golf sticks presented to Presi within the next week unless the situa dent Wilson by the City Lunch Club tion changes. Most of the houses are of London and which he was com- carrying large storage stocks, which will more than carry them over until manded to bring over. the cream supply becomes stronger. Eggs remain at 33c, with little pros Cruiser to Patrol Coast. pect of immediate change. Fresh local Vnllejo, Cal.—The United States ranch eggs are still rather scarce. cruiser Raleigh has been ordered Cheese is firm. Dealers are on the lookout for any north to patrol the Pacific Coast In tho enforcement of neutrality in the consignments of large poultry, as the European war. The Raleigh is now market remains filled to the brim with on her way from Mexico nnd will ar small hens. There is a decided de rive at San Francisco within two mand for 4 and 5-pound chickens. days. The torpedo-boat Hull nccom- Eggs — Select ranch, 32@33c per panics her. News received at the navy yard is dozen; Chinese, 18c ; Eastern Aprils, that the erulser Maryland will guard 264t28c; local Aprils, 284i29c. Butter—Washington creamery firsts, the Pacific entrance to the Panama cubes, 28c per pound; do. bricks, 30c; Canal. Admiral Howard reports the port city creamery, bricks, 30c; Oregon, of Mazatlan open to commerce. 28c; jobbing, basis, 25j4/26}c. Poultry — Hens, 164fl7c per pound; squabs, $2.504/3 per dozen; 1914 broil Price of Sugar Soaring. New York.—The upward tendency ers, live, 18(419c per pound; duck of tho sugnr market continues nnd lings, 144/15c; old ducks, live, 13@ new high records were mnde again 14c; geese, live, 154/16c. Thursday, when fine granulated su Tacoma. gnr wax quoted nt 6’4 to 7 cents nnd centrifugal, .96 test, nt 5.88. Tacoma—Wheat—Red Russian, 80c per bushel; milling, bluestem, 89c; club, 85c; forty-fold, 86c; rei Fife, liai moral Offered a* Hospital. London.—King George has offered 82c. Butter—Washington creamery, 29(/fl Balmoral Castle as a hospital for wounded soldiers. 30c; Oregon, 27@S8c. Liner Arrives With First Load of Stranded Americans. A LONG with the flowers, the sum fl mer girl is glorifying the earth with beauty. More marvelous than all of them, and ever changing, she blossoms out in all the lovely con ceits that have been invented for her. And each girl, taking her cue from the last word in styles, tells her own story of the mode. Wise young heads plan to reveal a beauty of neck or arm, or to conceal a little defect. The result is that fashions are spiced with much variety. One of the numberless afternoon gowns of taffeta, in which the design is suited to the fabric and could hard ly be carried out in any other, is shown here. The very short sleeves and “V” shaped neck are pretty for either the plump or moderately slen der girl. But the bodice gathered in over the shoulder provides a fulness that is suited to the slender girl, and should be dispensed with for I heavier figures. i The skirt is straight and moderate ly full. Two shaped ruffles at the waist line and about the hips make a short tunic effect. This is adapted to a slender figure. A tunic cut to fit smoothly about the hips and without fulness is much better for any other Guimpes of laee, with round or high neck, and undersleeves of lace or net, [ are made to be worn with gowns of this description. The addition of these accessories make it possible to wear this dress on the street. The girdle of handsome brocaded ribbon gives opportunity for an individual taste in the selection of colors, and is a touch of light and splendor need ed in a design so noticeably simple. Two-toned or changeable taffetas, and the fashionable plain colors look well made in this and similar styles. The design is so simple that it hard ly requires a pattern to follow it. The home dressmaker can hardly fall to be satisfied with a pretty dress which makes so few demands upon her ingenuity. The all-round usefulness of taffeta for afternoon and evening wear has given it pre-eminence this season. Be sides, it is inexpensive. In the 36- inch width a good quality sells at about a dollar and a half a yard. The allowance for a dress is ndt often more than five yards, so that one may manage to provide material for it, and also enough ribbon for the gir dle, net for the guimpe and sleeves and the few necessary findings for making, without exceeding the pur chasing power of a ten-dollar bill. It is in being able to make things at home that chances lie for excellent dressing on a modest allowance of money. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Ribbon Hats of Black Moire quite novel in hats S OMETHING bids for the attention of those who find themselves in need of late sum mer headwear. Hats made entirely of ribbon, and trimmed with it, are dem onstrating bow cleverly designers take advantage of a special kind of fabric and use it in a new way to anticipate a late-season want. The special fabric. In this instance. Is moire ribbon of a very high luster, with the beautiful markings that dis tinguish It from other weaves strong ly defined. It is used to cover the body of the hats and to form wings, bows and “ears” or other ornaments with which the covered hats are adorned. The purchaser of late-season millin ery chooses either a hat that is manu factured for wear during a brief per iod, when all white or white and black Indicate the dog days, or a hat that belongs to no particular season. Such a hat may be expected to prove use- >11 for fall up to the time that the /now flies and to come In handy when there is a doubt as to what will suit the weather. The three hats of black moire shown here belong to the latter class. They are suited to fall as well as to sum mer. An all black hat “comes in han dy” so often that it ought to form a part of every woman's outfitting in millinery. The shapes are moderate In size and of light weight buckram. Except for some plain satin used for facing underbrims and covering coronets no other material than moire (in either wide or narrow ribbon) is used. A millinery paste or glue is used in covering the “ears,” wings, buckles, etc., and in applying the ribbon to the shape, if it is to be flat to the buckram This is the work of a professional milliner and can hardly be done by the amateur. Where the ribbon is laid on the shape in plaitings or ruffles the needle and thread do the work and such hats are not too difficult for the home milliner. The largest of the three hats pic tured here is made over a frame which extends over the face and turns up in the back. It is covered with plain messallne satin. The brim edge la finished with a binding. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.