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BRITISH DEFEAT NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS. Portland. Imperial Guard, Led by Crown Prince, Claimed Annihilated. General Pau Announce» Victory Over German» in North Million in Rattle. London.—A Boulogne dispute'll to I he Evening News suys u telegram has been received from General Pau announcing a victory by the allied forces at Precy Hur Oise. The Imperial Guard, under Crown Prince Frederick William, la reported to have been annihilated by the Brit ish force which opposed them. The Evening News dispatch says; "A telegram has been received from General i’nu announcing a victory by flic allied forces under Field Marshal Sir John French, commanding the British, and Oeneral d'Amude nt Precy Hur Oise, about 25 miles north of Paris. "The allies were drawn acrons (he northern tin« with the center at Precy. The English troops were on the left and the French on th« right. The former had In front of them the Im perial Guard under Crown Prime Frederick William. "On both wings, It In reported, the allien were nuccensful. The German l«ft wan held by the French and re tired to th« north. "The Imperial Guard, who were or d«r«<l to surrender, were annihilated io th« itritihb it ix reported tha1 tlie Crown Prince was in their midst.” The liritlxh official bureau has re ceived no confirmation of thia mes sage. An earlier official statement given out In I’urln said that a general action bu<l start«! on the lini' from Nnnteull- le llardouln to Verdun, u distance of 120 miles. It was then said that, thanks to the vigorous action of the French troops, supporteli by the Brit- ixh, the Germans had "started retir ing." Unofficial advices from Berlin also have Indicated that a buttle of tre mendous Importance was being fought in the territory descrllied. The official bureau says: "General Joffre's plans are being steadily carried out. The allied forces, acting on the offensive, have been successful In checking and forcing back tn a northeast direction the Ger man forces opposed to them." All ABLE-BODIED BRITONS ARE SUMMONED TO COLORS London In the historic Guild hall of Ixmdon, Premier Asquith Saturday started the crusade to stimulate enlist-’ merit under the British flag, which he intends to push through the country. He is calling on every able-bodied Brilon of military age to come to the help of his country in the hour of need. The premier opened his Guild hall address with the announcement that up to the present between 275,000 ami •300,000 recruits had responded to the call of I-ord Kitchener, the secretary of war. The premier said the empire had en tered into thia contest of might ver sus right with clean judgment and a clean conscience. Sorority Girl» Are Free. Stanford University, Cal. — After detention by German officials at Heid elberg, three Standford sorority girls, Miss Carolina Squires, Miss Ruth Squires and Miss Katherine Sheldon, of Palo Alto, have cabled their rela tives that they have secured passage to America. The young women were allowed to proceed from Heidelberg to Rotterdam and thence to Ixjndon. Ao cording to the cable message the ves- sei on which the party cross«! the English Channel narrowly missed hit- ling a floating mine. Pope Name» Secretary. Rome It is officially announc«i that Pope Benedict XV has appointed Car dinal Dominico Ferrata to be papal sec retary of state. Cardinal Ferrata was lx>rn in 1847 in Montefiascone, Italy. Hix work ax papal nuncio at Paris and as prefect of the congregation of bish- op* in Rome stamped him as a finish ed diplomat. Ho presided over the Eucharist congress held last year at Malta. In 19111, when the late Car- dinal Rampolio resigned ax papal secre tary of state. Cardinal Ferrata wax mention«! ax a probable candidate for the office. __________ Austrian Steamer Sunk. London—The sinking of the Aus- trian steamer Bathori by a British cruiser In the Bay of Riscay was re ported Saturday. The Austrian steamer refused to heave to until the cruiser put a shot across her bow. The warship then took off the crew of 26 and sent the steamer to the bottom. The prisoners taken includ«! a Ger man imperial staff officer. The Bathori was a steamer of 1385 tons. She pli«i between Fiume and French ports and wax last reported in Havre roads August 5. Ulstermen Going to Bar. Belfast, Ireland — Within an hour after the opening of the recruiting office for Ulster volunteers, 700 men of the North Belfast regiment had en roll«! for foreign service. Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster Unionists, addressed a battalion of volunteers, assuring the men that “sufficient vol unteers will remain in Ulster to pro tect it from invasion. It will keep ax a province for you until you return.” NEW POPE LS CHOSEN Bï I 1 ITALIAN FLEET COLLEGE OF CARDIU ls ' TO AID ALLIES Portland All cereals arc advancing in price, with wheat leading the pro cession. At the Merchants’ Exchange sessions bills of $1.12, an advance of 2 cents, were rnaile for bluestem, with sellers asking $1.13 and $1.14. Club was bid up to 934 cents, red Russian was half a cunt higher at 93 cents and rod fife a cent higher at 934 cents. Buyers and sellers could not get to gether, and no business was transacted at the session. The interior wheat markets were very strong, with country millers com- ¡M-ting sharply against Coast buyers and farmers, as a rule, holding for still higher prices. For two days farmers in the Big Bend section have been receiving $1 net for their blue stem, while at Walla Walla a sale wax made at $1.07, Club wheat sold on the Sound at 954 cents. California is in the market for wheat of al) kinds and full prices are being offered. During the past month ship mate south have been large, amount ing to 471,305 bushels from Portland. Flour shipments from here to Califor nia in August were 40,171 barrels, and the Sound sent 76,955 barrels down. Barley prices were quoted unchanged on call at $24.50 for feed and $25 for brewing. The San Francisco barley market advanced sharply, December closing at $1.254, against $1.22 on Saturday, and the May option at $1.824, as com;iared with $1.28 Satur day. Eastern demand for Oregon and Washington barley is report«! here. A $6 rate on barley is announced from Portland to New York via the Canal. Mi life«! Spot prices: Bran, $256/1 26.50 per ton; shorts, $28.50; rolled barley, $23.506(24.60. Corn Whole, $37 per ton; crack«!, $38. Hay Old timothy, Eastern Oregon, $l5/al6; new crop timothy, valley, $12.5(Ka 13; grain hay. fHc/10; alfal fa, $lDul2. Eggs — Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 28c; candled, 30c. Poultry — Hens. 14bfl44c; springs, 15m 16c; turkeys, 22c; dress«!, choice, 25c; ducks, 10ml5c; geese, 10c. Butter — Creamery prints, extras, 35c per pound; cubes, 31c; storage, 2«m.28jc. Pork—Block, 12|c per pound. Veal—Fancy, 13(0.14c per pound. Vegetables — Cucumbers, 50c [»er box; eggplant, 8c per pound; peppers, 6m7Jc per pound; artichokes, *1 per dozen; tomatoes, 25m 50c per crate; cabbage, l|<u.2c [>er pound; [»eax, 5<«i) 6c; beans, 46/6c; corn, $1(<Z1.25 per sack; celery, 50m85c per dozen. Onions--Yellow, $1.25 perjsack. Green Fruits — Apples, new, 75c(fr, $1.75 per box; cantalou[»es, 25cm $1.25 per crate; peaches, 20m75c per box; plums, 50cm.$l; watermelons, 80(<i90c per cwt.; casabas, $1.50m2 per dozen; pears. 50cm $1 per box; grapes, 75c(<£ $1.50 per crate. Potatoes—Oregon, $1.35 per sack. Receipts at the Portland Union Stockyards in August were unusually heavy, the total run being 4855 head greater than in the same month last year. The largest gain, as has been the case every month this year, was in the hog division, where the increase was 4013 head. Cattle — Prime steers, $6.75(a.7; choice, $6.50(n6.75; medium, $6.256/ 6.50; choice cows, $5.75m6; medium, $5.25 tn 5.75; heifers, $5.50 (a; 6.50; calves, $66/8.50; bulls, $3m.4; stags, $4.506/5.75. Hogs Light, $961,9.25; heavy, $8m 8.25. Sheep — Wethers, $461.5.25; ewes, $3.506/4.35; lambs, $5m6. Seattle. Seattle — Predicting that Elberta ;>eaches will sell down to 25c per box next week, the street is preparing to meet the heaviest volume of this fruit since the opening of the season. Not withstanding that the stock has been [muring in all week, jobbers have bat tled to get the best price possible for the grower, but to little purpose. Do mestic canning operations, which sank to a minimum since sugar began to mount upward, has paralzyed profits to the producer. With the main avenues of consumption closed, the surplus has been thrown back into the local trade, and demoralization was inevitable. Should there lie another season like this, many growers declare they will cut dojvn their trees. Eggs — Select ranch, 35ef 36c per dozen. Poultry—Live hens, 106/) 15c per pound; old roosters, 9c; 1914 broilers, 14(d)15c; ducklings, 10(</!12e; geese, 10c; guinea fowl, $9 per dozen. Dressed Pork 86i 10c per pound. Dress«! veal — Small 12 60 134c pound; large, 8(d) 12c. Ranch butter—16c per pound. Apples -New cooking, 50(d85c box; new eating, $ 1.25(<i. 1.50; Gravensteins, $1(81.25. Blackberries—$1 crate. Cantaloupes — Ponies, 50c crate; standards, 75c. Crabapples—50c(<i$1.25 box. Grapes- Malaga, $1.10 crate; To kay, $1.50; Concords, 30c. Huckleberries 7«./ 8c pound. Pears Bartlett, 75c(</fl.25 box. Peaches—306('40c crate. Dressed beef—Prime beef steers, 12 6(124c [mund; cows, 114<</12c; heif ers, 12c. Dressed Hogs — Whole, packing house, 13c pound. Dressed spring lamb—126/, 13c lb. Dress«l mutton— 94m 10|c pound. Beets—New, $1.25 sack. Cabbage—Local, $1 sack. Corn—Green, $1.25(0)1.50 sack. Carrots—Local, $1 sack. Cauliflower—I.ocal, $l(r£1.25 dozen. Cucumbers—Hothouse, 35(d,75c dos. Rome - The sacred college of (Ordi nals Thursday elected Cardial Giacomo Deila Chiexa, archbishop of Bologna, supreme [x/ntiff to succeed the late Pope Pius X. His coronation ax Bene dict XV took place September 6. Immediately after his election the pontiff said he could not imagine how bench Fleet In Mediterranean to his frail being wax capable of enduring I the enormous weight of responsibility lie Shifted to North St a ' thrown upon his shoulders, especially to Aid Itritinh Navy. at a moment when all the countries of Europe were stained with blood; when the wounds inflicted upon humanity Washington, D. C.~ That an agree also were inflicted on the church, and ment exists between the Triple En when countless victims of the war tente, made up of Great Britain, were being cut down. France and Russia, and Italy, is estab The war, he said, had arm«! faith lished to the satisfaction of diplomats ' ful against faithful, priest against here by information they have re priest. while each of the bishops ceived. i offer«! prayers for the success of the Great Britain has given Italy 40,000 army of his own nation. I‘_. victory But tons of coal for the use of the Italian 1 for one side meant slaughter to the fleet. Additional supplies are to be other, the destruction of children provid«l as needed. The result will equally dear to the heart of the po.n- be that Italy will be able, when the ftiff. moment for her action comes, to use i The conclave of the sacred college her fleet against the Austrian and had been in session since the evening Turkish navies. The French fleet in of AugUBt 31, and the final vote was the Mediterranean thus will be re- not taken until the morning of Sep- lieved of the necessity of bottling up I (ember 3. When the name of Cardinal the Austrian men of war and can be Della Chiexa was cried out by the Car- shifted to the North Sea. dinal scrutineers as having received The union of the British and French the prescribed two-thirds vote there navies will mean that tremendous was much excitement among the mem force will be station«! off the German bers of the conclave, coast and enable offensive operations Then followed the traditional form- against the harbors within which the uia, the cardinal being asked as to German navy is lying ready for action, whether he accepted the election. The exact moment when Italy is to Amid breathless silence he answered throw in her fortunes with the Entente in the affirmative, but his reply, out of — 1 *..... - profound emotion, was scarcely audi ble. Immediately all the cardinals re- • moved the canopies from above their chairs, this being the tangible sign ' that the leadership of the church had j passed from them to the newly elected Pope. Great Britain Supplies Coal for Operations of Warships. h BATTLE OF AEROPLANES IS FOl’GHT OVER PARIS SLANG Æ. — The New Fable of the Juvenile Who Studied Mankind and Laid His Plane Accordingly. Once there was a Kid who wore a Uniform that fit him too Soon and a Cap on one Ear. His Job was to an- swer the Buzzer and take Orders from any one who could show 25 Cents. In the Morning he might be acting as Pack Pony for some Old Lady on a Shopping Spree and in the Afternoon be would be delivering a Ton cf Coal. He had been waved aside by ButlerB and ordered about by Blonde Stenog raphers and joshed by Traveling Sales men until his Child-Nature was as bard and flinty as that of the She- Purser in a swell Tavern who lately has cashed one that proved to be Phoney. In answering the Call of Duty he bad gone to the Dressing Room and taken a private Fash at the Maga zine Beauty before she began to at tach the Hair or spread the Enamel. He had stood in the private Lair cf the Sure-Thlngers when they were cooking up some new Method of col-1 lecting much income without moving out cf their Chairs. He had stood by while Husbands, with the Scotch standing high in the Gague, collaborated on the Lie which was to pacify little Katisha, waiting in the Flat. Before delivering this Masterpiece of Fiction he would have to do a lit tle Sherlocking and finally locate Katisha In one of those places where they serve it in Tea-Cups. In the Homes of the Rich and Great where he delivered Orchids and Invi tations and perfumed Regrets he would overhear Candid Expressions which indicated that every Social Pans—A fight in the air over Paris “ ’' . Three German air 1 took place Friday. men hovered over the capita) and im mediately two French machines were j sent up to engage them. Meanwhile rifles and machine guns , mounted on public buildings kept up a | constant fire. By this means one of ■ the German machines became sepa- . rated from the others and the French | aviators flew swiftly in its direction. 1 The Germans opened fire, to which the I Frenchmen replied vigorously. The battle Beemed to turn to the disadvantage of the German, who mounted speedily to a higher level, King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, “n<l- holding this position, , was saved He finally dis- whose fleet may join the Triple En ' from further attack. I appeared in a northwest direction over tente. Fort RomainviPe, after a vain pursuit. The other German aeroplanes also is not known, but it is predicted that it will be soon. There is not the escaped the fire of the guns and after slightest doubt either in official or circling about for a consid erable time, diplomatic circles that Italy will join disappeared from view. in the conflict. Similarly there is no question that Turkey and Bulgaria Japan Charged With Vio- will operate with Germany and Aus fating Chinese Neutrality tria. Turkey’s entrance into the strug gle will be the signal for action by Pekin — The German legation has Greece. Self-defense will compel Rou- l protested to the foreign office against mania to participate, and her alliance i an infringement of China’s neutrality with Russia and Italy is undoubted. I by Japan. The protest followed the i landing of a Japanese division at the I newly opened Chinese port of Lung ! Kow, 100 miles north of Tsing Tau. New. of the Japanese landing caused I With a Comrade In Misery. j no surprise here, as the Japanese lega- Paris—A proclamation has been is- tion several days ago requested the Leader was trying to slip Knock-Out sued by the government announcing foreign office to remove the limit of Drops into somebody else’s Claret that the government .. . departments — will -q the jo 50 kilometers kilometers (about (about 30 30 miles) miles) ra- ra- Cup. be transferred temporarily to Bor- dius prescribed by the Chinese as the Around the Haunts of Business he deaux. , - - - - — fighting area around - — Tsing Tau. would stand on one Foot while the The proclamation was issued by the ; The foreign office did not comply Boss Carefully worded the Message minister of the interior, who said the with wlvu the vllv request, but ,» „„„ under- which was to read like a Contract it was decision had been taken solely upon stood that the Chinese troops would be j while leaving a Loop-Hole about the the orders of the military, because the instructed not to oppose the Japanese, size of the Hudson Tunnel. fortified places of Paris, while not The Chinese officials are described as One night the Kid was returning necessarily likely to be attacked, I incensed, but afraid of doing anything homeward with a Comrade in Misery. would become the pivot of the field that ....................... " Japanese a cause . As the Trolley carried them toward might afford ‘ the operations of the two arimes. for territorial or other exactions. j that portion of the City where Chil- The building of supplementary de Whether British forces will cross i dren are sUll in Vogue, they fell to fensive works is proceeding vigorous- Shan Tung with the Japanese is not talking of the Future and what it ly. Several of the gates of Paris divulged, but the point is much dis might have in Store for a Bright Boy were closed to traffic. cussed here. who could keep on the Trot all day and sustain himself by eating Cocoa- Russians Admit Defeat Capital Edict Honored. •Nut Pie. at Hands of Germans Petrograd (St. Petersburg) — The The Comrade hoped to be a Vaude Ixindon- Advices have been received name St- Petersburg does not appear ville Actor, but the Kid said, after here from Petrograd (St. Petersburg) |in Russian newspaper now Thus ------ 1 some Meditation: “During the past that the Russian general staff frankly has been observed the imperial edict Two Years I have mingled in all confesses to disaster to two army changing the name of the Russian Grades of Society, and I have decided corps, including the loss of three gen capital from St. Petersburg to Petro to round out my Career by being a grad, on account of the German form I Deep-Sea Diver.” erals. MORAL—A little learning Is ft Telegraphing from Petrograd the of the name under which the city has correspondent of the Times declares been known since its foundation. Other dangerous thing and a good deal of it that the war reports given out by the cities in Russia with German names, is Suffocating. headquarters staff in the ~ Russian capi- such as Schlussburg, have asked that tai are generally rather meager, but their appellations be Russianized. The New Fable of the Cousin Who Be Mourning dresses are increasing in came Cognizant of Our Short are generally true. comings. That the headquarters will stick to number on the streets of the Russian On the deck of a Trans-Atlantic this plan also when the news is bad is capital. Skiff a certain Old Traveler, who proved by the announcement made American-French to Aid. owed allegiance to George and Mary, here. The wording of the announcement Washington, D. C.—A French relief reclined on his Cervical Vertebrae indicates that other Vistula fortresses, fund is being formed to assist sick and with a Plaid Shawl around him and besides*Graudenz and Thorn have re wounded refugees, not only French, but roasted Our Native Land. ceived 'reinforcements. The n^'s ar also Belgian, English and other nation He told the American In the next rived Thursday night and the people of alities now swarming into Paris and Steamer Chair that he had been un- Petrograd received it with firmness. other cities. Reports reaching here able to get his Tea at the usual Hour Their faith in a final Russian victory from Paris ami other places in France and out in that place called Mlnnie- remains wholly unshaken. tell of the misery, particularly among Apples the stupid Walter never had the poorer classes, following in the heard of Bloaters for Breakfast. Liner Reported Captured. train of»the war. An announcement Furthermore, he had not seen his New York — Reports were current will be made later of the details of the Boots again after placing them cut- here that British cruisers had succeed organization of the French fund, which side the Door In Chicago. The Houses were overheated and ed in. capturing the Kron Prinz Wil will be centralized and administered the Railway Carriages were not like helm, the German liner which had been by the French embassy. those at Home and the Reporters were roaming the seas since her sudden de Forward Chaps and Ice should not be Spanish B or Veteran» Elect. parture from this port a day or so be added with the Soda, because It was fore war was declared between Ger Louisville—Major C. F. Cramer, of not being Done. many and England. Sir Courtenay Columbus, Ohio, was elected com- He was glad to escape from the Bennett, the British consul here, had mander-in-chief, and Scranton, Pa., Wretched Hole and get back to his heard the rumor and made inquires was chosen for the 1915 convention, by own Ixidglngs, where he could go into during the day, but said that he had the United Spanish War Veterans in Cold Storage and have a Joint of Mut been unable to confirm it from any re 11th annual convention here. Omaha ton and Brussels Sprouts as often as liable source. The Kron Prinz Wil and San Francisco had wanted next desired. year's convention. helm was a North German Lloyd liner. FRENCH MOVE CAPITAL TO CITY OF BORDEAUX ttenmrrf atotut »OO The Yankee cringed under the At tack and then fully agreed with the Son of ambitious Albion. He said we were a new and crude People who did not know how to wear Evening Clothes or eat Stilton Cheese and our Politi cians were corrupt and Murderers went unpunished, while the Average Citizen was a dyspeptic Skate afflict ed with Moral Strabismus. Then he retired to his State Room to weep over the Situation and the Brit ish Subject said: “The American is a Poltroon, for he will not defend his own Hearth and Fireside.” A Cook’s Tourist from Emporia, Kansas, dropped Into the Vacant Chair. When the Delegate from The Rookery, Wormwood Sc.ubs, laling, 8. E., resumed his scorching Arraign ment of the U. S. A., be got an aw ful Rise out of the Boy from the. Corn Belt. The Emporia Man said there were more Bath Tubs to the Square Mile out in bis Burg than you could find in the West End of London and more Paupers and Beggars in one Square Mile of the East End of London than you could find in the whole State of Kansas. He said there were fewer Murders in England because Good Op portunities were being overlooked. He said he could Tip any one in England except, possibly, the Arch bishop of Canterbury. It was his unbiased Opinion that London consisted of a vast Swarm of melancholy Members of the Middle and Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom who ate Sponge Cake with Seeds in it, drank Tea, Smoked Pipes and rode on Busses, and thought they were Living. Standing beneath the rippling folds of Old Glory the proud Citizen of the Great Republic declared that we could wallop Great Britain in any Game from Polo np to Prize-Fighting and if we cut down on the Food Supplies the whole blamed Runt of an under sized Island would starve to death in a Week. With quivering Nostrils, he heaped Scorn and Contumely upon any Race that would call a Pie a Tart. In con clusion he expressed Pity for those who never tasted Corn on the Cob. After he had gone up to the Bridge Deck to play Shuffle-Board, the Rep resentative of the Tightest little Island on the Map took out his Note-Book and made the following entry: "Every Beggar living in the States is a Bounder and a Braggart.” That evening in the Smoke Room he began to pull his favorite Specialty of ragging the Yanks on a New Varker, who interrupted him by saying: "Real ly I know nothing about my own Coun try. I spend the Winter in Egypt, the Spring in London, the Summer in Carlsbad, and the Autumn in Pares.” So the Traveler afterward reported to a Learned Society that the Typical American had become a denatured Ex patriate. MORAL—No Chance. The New Fable of the Two Brothers, The Even Start and the Con trasting Termini. In a Flag Station the Job of Tele graph Operator is about the Limit of Earthly Ambition. Therefore two Boys living in a weedy Hamlet began to haug around the Depot and learn the Morse Alpha- bet In due time each became a regular Railroad Man with Calico Sleeves and a Tooth-Brush in his upper Vest Pocket. They were transferred to the Junc tion and began to have dealings with the Old Man himself and cuss when No. 6 balled up the Schedule. Being quick on the Trigger and good at sizing up Men, they got into the Operating Department and each had a Card-Case full of Annuals. One accepted an Offer Io go up Into Canada and crack the Whip over a Line being projected by British Capi talists who were too well-bred to get out in their Old Clothes and prod the Help. The other remained In the Land of his Birth to push an Extension Into the Northwest. Each delivered the Goods In his own Bailiwick—spanning the turbu lent Streams, fillfi'g^the deep Hollows, boring through the Hills and bring ing a new Empire out of the lone some Wilderness. W’hen the Gauk who had been trans formed into a Canuck cleaned up on the big Assignment, the Directors gave him a Dinner and the King sent for him to come up to the House and kneel on one Knee and be dubbed the Earl of Saskatchewan. The Brother wanted to attend the ceremony, but he had to send his Re grets as he was in Jail at the time. Moral: Only a few receive Title# but many are Indicted. Floor-Walkers. Bacon—I see a reasonably active man walks about 297,200 miles in 84 years, just walking about his house and place of business. Egbert—Of course, that doesn’t in> elude men who have had to care for restless children at night