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AUJ LL.. LIU i J VOL. LTV. NO. 16,755. ' funn.Au. ggwyyg, g GERMAN SHIPS WRECK TOWNS ALGERIA Kaiser's Men-o'-War Ef fective in Bombardment in Mediterranean. ULTIMATUM SENT TO ITALY furious Engagement Reported. Mine-Laying Vessel Is Seized in North. ONE GERMAN WARSHIP SUNK French Reported to Have Cap tured Two Others. ENGLAND SEIZES LINER Russian Fleet Supposed to Be Tied Up Off Turkey Numerous Ves sels in Knglish Harbors Are Ordered Captured. LONDON. Auk- 6- It Is reported that Germany has sent an ultimatum to Italy. The report lacks official con firmation, but is regarded "ere as not Improbable. There have been rumors that Italy, owing- to the strong antag onism existing between Austrians and Italians, was likely to break away from the triple alliance and declare itself on the side of England. COPENHAGEN. Aug. 5. Heavy firing was herd at various points on the North Sea today. Denmark is isolated, all steamship and railway communica tion having ceased. LONDON. Aug. 5. German warships have destroyed some fortified towns and places for the embarkation of French troops on the coast of Algeria. In the first naval conflicts of the general European war now on. Involv ing Russia. Servla, France, England and Belgium on the one side and Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other, the German forces seem to have suffered the most. French warriors off the coast of Al giers have captured the German ves sels Goeben and Brcslau and have sunk the Panther. The Goeben is one of the bigger men of war in the German navy. t.ermaa Liner Taken. The British cruiser Amphlon nai Bunk the Hamburg-American liner Koenigen Luise. The Luise was fitted out for mine laying. At Hull the British authorities have ordered the seiiare of a number of mall German vessels. A French warship lias captured the German steamer Porto, off Guernsey, Channel Islands. The Porto plied be tween Hamburg and Portuguese ports and Is a vessel of 1800 tons. Cables fo Germany from important points have been cut and Germany Is now practically Isolated from the world. The cable to England, although it Is not known to have been cut. Is useless from the German standpoint. Many German vessels have been seized in the Black sea. .V Oerman destroyer has been wrecked in the North Sea and a crew of 20 lost. An explosion in the boiler room was the cause. The German fleet, now In the Ori ent, has been concentrated and Is sup posed to be starting for a scene of activity. Cerman Lose In South. The most violent of the naval en gagements occurred off the Algiers roast, at Bona, where the French ves sels cornered the German ships as the latter were attempting apparently to flee from English ships. The battle reports, although meager. Indicate a furious engagement ensued before the Panther sank. The French veseels then easily took the Breslau and the disabled Goeben. The Breslau. While not so large a vessel, did considerable damage to the town of Bona with shells. Whatever Russian vessels are in the Bosphorus, on the otlujr hand, are bot tled up. as Turkey closed that port to day. The Perkeo. seized by a British war ship today, flew the German flag for the first time less than a month ago. She had been a British vessel, her name being the Brilliant, and her own ers being a firm of London Importers. Her new owners were Laeisz & Com pany, of Hamburg. (,ERM CRCISEK TvOCATED Delayed Message Tells of Leipzig's Sailing From Mazatlan. MAZATLAN. Via Otates, SInaloa. Aug. 3 (Delayed in transmission.) The IN (Concludes en Pas 8.) BULLETINS BRUSSELS, Auk. 5, via London. The Germans, completely repulsed, hare been unable to renew their attack on Liege. THE HAGUE, Aug. 5. Martial law has been declared In all parta .of Hol land. It la officially announced that up to the present time the Germans have not violated the Dutch frontier. LONDON, Aug. 5. Field Marshal Earl Kitchener has been appointed Secretary of State for War. LONDON, Auk. 3 Premier Asqulth. in the House of Commons this after- ntwtn aft.r plvlnr summary of the war news already published, said that the BelKlan government had invited the co-operation of the French troops with the Belgian army and had given orders to the Belgian provincial governors not to regard the movements of the Frencn troops as a violation of the frontier. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. The State Department cabled tonight Ambassador Page at London to draw upon American bankers for S3O0.O00 with which to aid Americans. The money was placed at the disposal of this Government by the Bankers' Trust Company, of New York. IIBt SSELS, Aug. S, via 1 nd..n. Aug. 5 Le Fueple asserts that in the light ing between Germans and Belgians, near Vise a platoon of Prussian cavalry was almost annihilated by the enfilad ing tire of the Belgians from n building on the bank of the river. The Prus sians In revenge, the newspaper says, fired on civilians. At Flemalle, near Argcnteau, a Belgian force surprised a body of Prus sians and killed 70 out of 10 officers and 80 men. The Belgian losses were two officers killed and ten men wounded. BRUSSELS, Aug. 5, via London. The newspaper Le Fueple says that an carl landing of British troops in Belgium Is expected. BRUSSELS, via London, Aug. ... French troops are reported to have entered the Province of Halnsut, a frontier Province of Belgium and to have joined the Belgian army. mtfcL. 1-ntrlsnri. Aucr. 5. Two hun- l twiil, il' trawlers which returned here this evening from the North Sea reported that they had seen no hostile warships. BTAiaiBOMa. Auk. 6. Radio sta tions within the jurisdiction of the United States were prohibited by an executive order, issued tonight by Pres ident Wilson, from receiving or trans mitting messages of an "unneutral na ture" from any of the European nations now at war. The order was delivered to the Secretary of the Navy for enforce ment. BRUSSELS, via London, Aug. B. King Albert has assumed command of the troops and has issued an inspiring proclamation to the army, In which he declares that "the perBdy of a haughty neighbor demands that Belgium shall defend her honor and Independence." He bids the Belgian soldiers remember the army's glorious deeds of the past and show themselves worthy of the trust placed In them. FORT WILLIAM, Oil, Aug. 5. Fearing that attempts may be made by German agents to hamper Canadian shipping by blowing up the big termi nal elevators at the head of the Great Lakes, Colonel Laurie has ordered sta tioned at all grain storage houses mem bers of the Ninety-sixth Canadian Reg iment. Colonel Laurie acted on instruc tions received from Ottawa. DEPORTATION LAW DEFINED Chinese Boys, Sent Home, Caught by Wireless and Returned. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 5. Chinese boys who enter this country as mer chants' sons and subsequently are forced to become laborers, by stress of misfortune, are not liable to deporta tion. This was the decision today of Judge Pooling in the United States District Court, In the case of three Chinese youths arrested in Fresno and brought here for" deportation. By an error the three were actually deported before the judge had given his decision, but a wireless message overhauled them on their way to the Orient, and they were set ashore at Honolulu and brought back on the next ship. CUTTER TO RETURN RICHES Kron Prinzcssln Cecelie, In Port to Avoid Capture, Holds Gold. BAR HARBOR. Me.. Aug. 5. The J10.600.00o in gold carried by the North Cterxnan Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Cecelte. which came here to avoid cap ture, was still aboard the steamer to night. It was understood from Washington that arrangements were being made to have the revenue cutter Androscoggin take the gold back to New York. The Androscoggin was ordered here from Portland, tonight. KING WILL LEAD ARMY Albert of Belgium to Head Franco Belgian Troops in Field. BRUSSELS, Aug. 5. (Via London.) According to Le Solr. under the treaty between France and Belguim, King Al bert will command the Franco-Belgian troops operating in Belgium. King Albert has placed his palace at the disposal of the Red Cross. ENGLISH BANK RATE CUT Exchequer Announces 6 Trr Cent Will Rule Again at Once. LONDON, Aug. 5. Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George announced In the House of Commons today that the Bank of England rate was to be re duced to 6 per cent either tomorrow or Friday. The Government, he said, had not yet decided to suspend specie payments. AMERICA OFFERS TO HELP BRING PEACE President Wilson Sends Mediation Offer. CONFLICTING HOPES ARE HELD Kaiser's Consent, It Is Be lieved, Will Avert Great War. CRISIS BRINGS QUICK MOVE Foreign Diplomats in United States Promise to Fse Every Means to Get Proposals Before Warring Countries. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. President Wilson today formally offered the serv ices of the United States Government to the warring nations of Europe should they desire now or at any fu ture time in the conflict to discuss terms of peace. He tendered what was technically phrased as "good offices," which. If accepted in principle, would be followed by a conference of repre sentatives of the powers of Europe In which the United States would play the role of mediator. Under The Hague convention, to which all European nations except Servla are signatories, a neutral na tion is permitted, even specifically urged, in time of international conflict to tender her good offices to contend ing powers. Cable Sent to Powers. Acting under the terms of The Hague convention, the President cabled Em peror William of Germany, .Emperor Nicholas of Russia, Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, King George of Great Britain and President Poincare of France as follows: "As official head of one of the pow ers signatory to The Hague Conven tion, I feel It to be my privilege and my duty under article 3 of that con vention to say to you in a spirit of most earnest friendship that I should welcome an opportunity to act In the interest of European peace, either now or any other time that might be thought more suitable. An occasion to serve you and all concerned In any way would afford me lasting cause for gratitude and happiness. "WOODROW WILSON." Late today Secretary Bryan sum moned all European diplomats who were in the city and gave them a copy of the telegram in the hope that they would transmit It to their governments and urge acceptance of the tender. Envoy's Hope Slight. The Austrian Ambassador, represent atives of the British, Russian, German (Concluded on Page 2.) TTTI tj Tui ucn T 1 ITfilTST 1014- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 83 degrees; minimum. 68.2 degrees, TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. War. Germans loss thousands and are repul.ed at Liege. Belgium. Page 1. German war ships destroy towns in Algeria. Page L American Army ofricers wage European war on paper. Page 2. China wants America to request wr"g nations to observe Far East neutrality. Page 2. . Americans in London gradually being cared for. Page American neutrality must be obeyed to let ter is order Issued from Washington. Page 3. President Wilson formally offers services to world to bring about European peace. Page 1. Few portlanders receive word from rela tives and friends tourinr abroad, page u. Aspect of blockade loom on Atlantic al ready. Page 3. Sport. Coast League results: 32,,.Vg?" 3: San Francisco i. Sacramento 2. oak. land 4 Los Angeles 3.. Page 6. Former Princeton tenuis stars defeat East ern champions at Chicago. Page 6. Pacific Northwest. Masamas ready for ascent ot Mount Rainier. Page 6. Domestic. Mrs. Wilson, wife of the President, reported dying. Page 1. New York Progressives turn on Roosevelt for Hlnman Indorsement. Page I. National. Federal Trade Commission bill, passed by Senate, radically differs from House measure. Paae 1 Commercial and Marine. Nearly all commodity markets have upward tendency. Page 17. Wheat advances sharply In Chicago market. Page 17. Fire, believed to be Incendiary. l quenched near Elevator Dock. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Proposed traffic measure being revised by Commissioner Brewster. Page 11. Movies- bills this week unusually well blended and attractive. Page 11. Two lade lose lives In current near Recre ation League camp. Page 10. EUROPEANS SEEK PAPERS Citizenship Asked to Enable For eigners' to Escape War Service. Austrians. Germans. French and Russians are seeking American citi zenship as never before in the history nf the naturalization department of County Clerk Coffey's office. Large mimhers are declaring their Intention to become citizens and many of them frankly admit they are doing it to escape military service abroad. "It is cheaper to pay a aonar iu to go back home to fight" has been the reDeated statement made to Deputy Clerk Gleason. The records show that on August 1 there were more requests filed for -ut.-n.hin than at anv other date for months. The majority seeking the pro tection or tne American uu-is " this month are Austrians. SCORE DIE IN COLLISION Passenger Train on Kansas City Southern Crashes Into Motor Car. mPT.iN. Mo.. Aucr. 5. Twenty-five persons were killed and 25 injured, six nf them fatally. In a collision between a passenger train of the Kansas City Southern Railway and a motorcar or the Missouri & North Arkansas Rail road, ten miles south of here tonight. Amnnn- the injured was Dora Major, Seattle, Wash. She suffered Internal injuries. A relief train, carrying physicians and nurses, brought the injured to Jop- lln. "YOU ABE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS!' PRESIDENTS WIFE AT POINT OF DEATH Mrs. Wilson CoV . . 'r3& At Only afeggtas PHYSICIANS' HOPES VANISH President Directs Affairs of State at Bedside. DAY AND NIGHT VIGIL KEPT Operation Necessitated by Fall on Rug Is Beginning of Illness and Stomach Trouble, Brlght's Disease, Prostration Follow. WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. At 11 o'clock tr.nii.-hf. Mrs. Wilson was resting easily. but her respiration was being assisted at times by artificial stimulants. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. Mrs. Wilson, wife of the President of the United States, lies at the point of death tonight. Four months of almost unbroken illness, a complication of nervous ali ments and Brighfs disease, have sapped the vitality of the first lady of the land. The end Is regarded as a matter of days, perhaps hours. Her three daughters are at her bedside and relatives have been summoned. Physicians have been In consultation for days, but It was admitted at the White House tonight that hope for her recovery had almost vanished. Nation Directed From Bedside. Conscious only at intervals, Mrs. Wil son has been cheerful and has called constantly for her husband. Every moment that could be spared from urg ent official duties has been devoted by the President to his wife. At the side of his constant helpmate .and adviser he wrote the tender of good offices appealing to the European monarchs to stay their conflict From the sickroom he has been giving di rections to the various department heads for the relief of thousands of Americans stranded abroad. The. nress of domestic legislation, the European war and the Mexican situa tion and the) flurry over financial con ditions throughout the country have weighed heavily on the President as he has maintained his day and night vigil. Slip on Rug First Cause. For several days it has been known to those in closest touch with the White House that Mrs. Wilson was gravely HI and that hope for her re covery was slight. The President himself has clung desperately to the hope that she might yet, survive the crisis, but her frail constitution, weak- (Concluded on Page T. ) BULLETINS LONDON, Aug. 5. A naval action was In progress in the Morth Sea this afternoon, accordion to the Evening Standard, which adds that this news was confirmed by a high authority, who, however, said the action was not of decisive importance. PARIS, Aug. B. Two regiments of .ermsn I hlans have been destroyed by the Belgian army, according to an offi cial announcement given out by the French War Office this evening. LONDO.V Aug. 5 A bill lotrodured In the House of Common today by the Home Secretary, Reginald McKenna, to restrain the movements of undesirable aliens with the object of facilitating the removal of spies was passed through all stages. The Home Secretary announced that -I spies had been arrested In the British Isles In the last - I hours, chiefly in the navsl renters. PARIS, Aug. 5. Official advices say that Germany declared war against Belgium yesterday and that German forces moved on Belgium from the ter ritory between Alx-La-Chapelle and Rheydt. Several dirigibles have been holer ing over Brussels and the residents of the Belgium capital. In a state of exas peration, are attacking the (irrmans In the city. WASHINGTON, Aug. S. The French Government has placed several mil lions in gold with the American Em bassy at Paris for the relief of Ameri cans In France, according to advices to the State Department tonight. HULL England, Aug. .'.In anticipa tion of probable events, the local po lice today issued notices stating that there may be "firing practice off Hum. ber tomorrow' and warning the In habitants not to be alarmed by It. London, Aug. 5. - Confirmation has been received of the report that a French warship has captured the .rr ninn steamer Porto off Guernsey, Chan nel Islands. The Porto, which belongs to the Oldenburg-Portuguese Steamship Company. Is a vessel of 1KOO tons and plies between Hnmburg and Portuguese ports. WARSAW, Rasslan Poland. Ang. 3, via London. Russian frontier patrols, driving the enemy's cavalry before them, have crossed the East Trnsslan frotler at Lyk and Biala and pene trated 10 miles into ;rrman territory. The Russians captured and bnrned the German railway station at Borjemln and Blala and cut commnnleutlon from Lyk to Johannesburg, the enemy fall ing back all along the frout, burning vlUages. LONDON, Aug. 0. The admiralty an nounced this afternoon that a special dispatch boat would be placed at the disposal of the German Ambassador to morrow in order to permit him to lear British territory. Telegraphic communication between England and Germany and Aaatrlu Hungary is entirely cut off. WARSAW, Aug. E, via London. Rus sian frontier patrols, driving the ene my's cavalry before them, have crossed the frontier at I.yk Blala, penetrating 10 miles into Germany. . .SAFFROX-W AI;DE, England, A 5. A hostile crowd tonight broke up i peace meeting In Ibe Market PI stoned the window of the Independent Labor headquarters and hauled down the red flag and burned It. NEW YORK, Aug. 3. The Hamburg Amerleau Hue steamer Vaterlnnd, the biggest steamship afloat, apparently v, n . mnltfnfr resriv lotllirllt Hi liroceed to sea. Shortly before midnight smoke was pouring from one of her stacks and a tug was at the liner's stern. I M. Aug. 5. The port of Southampton has been closed to mer chant vessels. The American liner St. Louis has been ordered to depart. WILLAMETTE BODY NAMED G. II. Alden Will Be Bean at Uni versity in Salem. SALEM. Or., Aug. 5. (Special.) The teaching corps of Willamette Uni versity was completed today by the board of trustees by the election of G. H. Alden, formerly of the UniversKy of Washington, dean and teacher of history: Charles L. Sherman, formerly of the University of Iowa, Instructor of economics and social science, and the re-election of Dean Frederick 8. Muldenhall, head of the department of music. Because of poor condition of the building, Lausanne Hall, the history dormitory of the co-eds, will be closed the next school year anil the girl stu dents must find other homes. It is planned to build a new dormitory for the girls when the necessary money is obtained. ST. LAWRENCE TO BE MINED Ship Truffle Suspended Until After Kuropean War. OGDENSBURG. N. Y., Aug. 5. Paper manufacturers In the United States Importing pulp wood from Lower Can ada by shipload have been notified that unless special permission is granted the service will be suspended until after the war. It is said to be the purposo of the Dominion government to stop ull ves sel traffic In the St. Lawrence River east of Montreal and plant mines In the river. CANADA TO OFFER 20,000 Service Abroad So Attractive That More Than 100,000 Would Go. OTTAWA. Ont., Aug. . Colonel Samuel Hughes, minister of militia, en nounced late today that Canada Is rais ing a contingent of L'0,000 men for serv ice abroad. Men are to report to the officer commanding in each district. Colonel Hughes said he already has received orders from more than 100, 000 men. PRICE FIVE CENTS. I OF GERMANS ARE LOST AT LIEGE Belgians in Hemic Defense Hold Fortified Town After Hard Battle. FORTY WITHSTAND ADVANCE One Belgian Squadron Drives Back Six Squadrons of Kaiser's Invaders. WOUNDED BEING CARED FOR Army of The Meuse Fails and Is Forced to Fall Back. GERMANS KILL CIVILIANS Town of Vise Humeri by .Men I iwlcr General von Kmmlch, Who, In Proclamation to Belgium, De mands Open Pnth for Army. BRUSSELS, via Tarls, Aug. . (Thurs day). 1:31 A. M. Several thousand dead and wounded Is the toll paid by the German army of the Meuse for Its attack on Liege. The Belgians made a her.tlc defense, repulsing the Germans after heavy slid continuous fighting. The fortified position of Liege had to support on Wednesday the general shock of the German attack. Belalan Forts Effective. The Belgian forts resisted the ad vance fiercely and did not suffer. One Belgian squadron attacked and drove back six German squad rona One hundred wounded Germans are being transferred to the City of Liege, where they will he cared for. Prior to tho attack on Liege. General von Emmlch. commanding the German army of the Meuse. Issued a proclama tion calling for an open road through Belglufh for the advance of his force" and suggesting that prudence would show It to be the duty of th.i Belgian people to accede, to this. In order to avoid the horrors of war. Germaos Hum lee. The Germans committed repression:! against the civl! population of the town ,.f Vise, elaht miles northeast nf Lle . burning the city and shooting many of the residents. General von Emmlihs proclamation to the Belgian peoplo follows: "To my great regret tho German troops have been forced to cross the frontier. H. l---i.ni neutrality already having been vloluted by French officers. who. illscuised. entered the country in automobiles. Our greatest desire Is to avoid a conflict between people who have always been friends and once ull to Hsmcmber Waterloo, where the German armies helped to found your country's Independence! Free Passage Demanded. Rut we must have free passage. The destruction of bridges, tunnels or rail roads must bo considered as hostile acts. I hope the Oerman army of the Meuse will not bo called upon to light you. Wc wish for an open road to at tack those who attack us. 1 guarantee that the Belgian population will not have to suffer the horrors of war. We will nav for provisions ami our sol diers will show themselves to be tho best friends of a people for whom we have the greatest esteem and tho deep est sympathy. Your prudence and patriotism will show you that It is your duty to prevent your country from being piungea miu the horrors of war." iiNimX Ana. 6. (Thursdsy.) Of ficial dispatches report that the Bel- Iui.m hivii renulscil all attacks by the Germans In the neighborhood of Liege. The Belgians delivered a. vigorous counter attack, killing all the Ger mans who had passed the forts The fortifications afforded admirable resistance to German shells. Evegtiee fort, which was In action all day. was absolutely unharmed. The Belgian avi ators proved every whit as good as the Germans. Several civilians have, been shot at Vise and the town has been burned. PARIS, Aug. r.. It Is slated thst Germans in Alsace are shooting all per sons suspected of giving Information to the French. The Mayor of Baal, Bavaria, Is said to have been shot for having tried to smuggle Into France the news of the proclamation of martial law by Germany. A German cavalry patrol has been routed by French cavalry on the Swiss frontier. Three of the Germans were killed and two taken prisoners. The remainder fled Into Switzerland, where they were disarmed by fedora! troops. HOUSANDS