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.
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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.
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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.