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PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIV. XO. 16,756. PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7. It4. GERMANS HURL BELGIANS BUCK Forts Fall and Victory at Liege Seems Certain, ADVANTAGE POINT IS GAINED Defending Regiment Is Routed as Invaders Break Through Historic Fortifications. ENTRENCHED CAMP AHEAD Belgium Army, if Driven From Liege, Prepares to Make Stand at Namur. PARIS. Aug. 6. The German forces have broken through the line of Belgian forts at Liege, and, in what is reported to be an unrelenting at tack, are advancing surely but stead ily. A regiment of Belgians is known to have been routed through a strategic movement of the Germans and terrific heavy artillery fire. Two of the Belgian forts have fallen, but the battle wages ter rifically through the night. Rein forcements are being brought up on both sides and it is said the Ger man have formed an almost im penetrable line, having gained an ad vantageous point for battle. I Siege Guns Used. The Germans were able to use their light siege guns against the forts of Liege, which are 30 years old. , Two of them were silenced and the German columns broke through. The other forts are holding out. The Bel gians are making a determined re sistance before the city. The situation at Liege, according to the latest dispatches, was as follows : "It seemed certain that the fortifi cations could not stop the German army, and the only question was whether its advance could be delayed. The fortifications already had held it for 30 hours and the fierce struggle the Germans had made and still would have to make, it was believed, would compel them to pause and revietual. Namur Is Entrenched. "If the German army suceeds in carrying Liege it will find itself con fronted by an entrenched camp at Namur, at which the Belgians are pre paring to make a stand as fierce as that at Liege. "The Belgian army was brilliantly fulfilling its task of delaying the Ger man advance, and it appeared certain the German staff's plan of campaign in Belgium would be hindered by the obtiuate stand of the Beljrians." GREAT FLEETS NOW CLASHING Buttle or German and British on High Seas .Most Vital Vet. LONDON, Aug. 7. 2 A. M. Europe awaits with tense interest the out come of two battles now being waged in the struggle of the nations. If re port us to be credited, the British and German fleets are engaged m a com bat on the high seas which is likely to have an important bearing on the confKei. The German army of the Metise, in ii ;nlvance through Belgium, is meet ing with determined resistance from the Belgian forces. On Wednesday Brussels reports declared the Ger mans had been repulsed all along the lino, hut yesterday the attack was re newed with greater energy and prob ably with considerable reinforce ments to the German side. It is not to be forgotten, however, that all the news and reports that have been received respecting both land and sea operations have come through French and British sources, or sources in control of or in sym pathy with them. Germany's version of what has transpired has not yet been received and therefore the story has only half been told. Under ex isting conditions of communication, it will be long before the progress of (Concluded on Page 2.) BULLETINS PARIS, Aug. 6. A French mine ship today raptured and toned into Cher burg a 5000-ton (jerman steamer. VIENNA, A nc . 11)00 P. M., via London The Russian Ambassador to Auatrlt-Honnrr nan given hla pass ports tonight. BERLIN, Aug. 6, via London, 11)00 I P. M. It Is announced that a report to I the effect that German troops operating j on Beta Ian territory had been com I pelled to retire is unfounded. TIEN TOOT, Auk. . Tkr Russian cruiser Iskodel and the Uerman cruiser Kmdrn have been sunk in an engage meat off H . l-Unl- rl. I . Mi. Aug. 6. A tierman trawler has been captured by British warship off the Orkney Islands, to the north of Scotland. The trawler waa believed to have been doing spy duty. A carrier pigeon was found on board. The British cruiser Diana captured the- German schooners Elsie and Rio Grande and brought them Into Falmouth today. BERLIX, via Amsterdam and London, Aug. 6. The force of Russian cavalry which tried to break through the Ger man frontier guard was repulsed today near Soldau, in East Prussia. Another Russian cavalry division also suffered losses and ia retiring in the direction of Neldrnburg. BERLIN, via Amsterdam and London, Aug. . There la no truth in the re-...,r.,-,i vlnlntlon of the neutrality of Switzerland. It has not occurred nor Is It contem plated. The Swiss government has re ceived, according to a government an nouncement, an official assurance to this effect. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 0. Austria Hungary this evening declared war on Russia. MADRID, Aug. 6., via Paris. 11 P. M. According to official advices more than 50 German steamers have already been captured by the British squadron. SUNDERLAND, England, Aug. , Us30 p. 31, Henry Aaron 3Iathea, who is said to be an American artist and to have been sketching for newspapers, was arrested here today on suspicion that he was attempting to obtain in formation concerning the movement of British troops. He was remnnded for a neck to enable the authorities to make Inquiries concerning him. OTTAWA. Out., Aug. 8. England accepted tonight Canada's offer to raise an expeditionary force. Orders were Issued todny all over Canada to call for volunteers. A division of 31,000 mri will lie nilseu.. Every effort Is being made to pro vide strong defenses for Sydney, Nova Scotia, the center of great coal mines, the terminus of Atlantic cables and the site of a powerful wireless station. TOKIO, Aug. 7, 'i35 A. SL It is re ported that German warships have cap tured a vessel belonging to the Russian volunteer fleet. A steamer which arrived at Shlmo noseki today reports having been chased by a German torpedo-boat de stroyer. The captain said that when he hoisted his colors the German war ves sel disappeared. MANILA, Aug. 7. An authentic re" port received here today states that a German squadron has been given battle by British cruisers at Talng Tau. CANADA AFTER AUSTRIANS 10,000 Workmen Warned Not to Conspire Against Britain. WINDSOR, Ont., Aug. 6. More t'.ian 1000 Austrians employed in Windsor and vicinity are being kept under close surveillance by the authorities. Lead ers of the Austro-Hungarian colony have been officially warned that any of their countrymen who are suspected of conspiring against Great Britain will be arrested. Windsor immigration officials have received orders from Ottawa to refuse to allow Europeans from the United States with through tickets to Europe via Canada, to enter the Dominion. MEXICANS STILL DUBIOUS Refugees Pear for Lives When Gov ernment Transfer Is Made. VERA CRUZ. Aug. 6. Hundreds of refugees, mostly Mexicans, continue to arrive here daily on special trains from Mexico City. Most of them can not be convinced that the accession to power of Venustiano Carranza will not be attended by danger for non-combatants. The hotels here are overcrowded and many of them have placed cots in their corridors. T.he (Jerman steamer Antonina is still delayed by the rebels at Tampico. HINDUS TO JOIN REVOLT Astoria Laborers Expect Trouble In India During War. ASTORIA. Or.. Aug. 6. (Special.) The Huidus employed at the Hammond Lumber Company's mill are said to be planning to return to India soon to join in the revolution that is expected to ensue, while Eligland is involved in war. They- plan to go to San Francisco and join the Hindus there who are negotiating for the charter of a Japa nese vessel. ALTITUDE RECORD BROKEN De Lloyd Thompson, Chicagoan, in Yankee Craft Beats Beachey. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 6. De Lloyd Thompson, of Chicago, flying in an American-built aeroplane, broke the American altitude record here this af ternoon by rising to the height of 16.500 feet. The previous record was j 1.260 feet, made by Lincoln Beachey at Chicago in 1913. IS. WILSON, WIFE OF PRESIDENT, DIES End Comes at 5 o'Clock After Long Fight. "HUSBAND" IS HER LAST WORD Immediate Family Present When Summons Comes. EXECUTIVE BREAKS DOWN Gloom Overhangs Capital When Passing of Beloved Womnn Is An nounced Senate and House Adjourn in Sorrow. WASHINGTON', Aug. 6. Mrs. Wood row Wilson, wife of the President of the United States, died at the White House at 5 o'clock this afternoon Death came after a brave struggle for months against Brlght's disease with complications. The President ,was completely un nerved by the shock and his grief was heartrending. He bore up well under the strain, however, and devoted him self to his daughters. Mrs. Wilson Unconscious at End. The end came while Mrs. Wilso was unconscious. Her illness took a turn for the worse shortly before 1 o'clock in the afternoon and from then on she grew gradually weaker. Kneeling at the bedside at the end were the President and his three daughters. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Unit ed States Navy, and a nurse were jn the room and just outside a door were Secretary McAdoo and Francis B. Sayre, Mr. Wilson's sons-in-law, and Mr. Tumulty, his secretary. Both Houses Adjourn. Both houses o Congress adjourned when Mrs. Wilson's death was an nounced and for a brief time the wheels of the Government practically stopped, while everyone paid respect to the loss of the President. The beginning of the end came at 10 o'clock -this morning, when Dr. E. P. Davis, of Philadelphia, who had been called in for consultation, realized that the time for hope had passed. He took the President into the red room of the White House and there in a broken voice told him the truth. Mr. Wil son's face blanched, but he bore the shock well. He was informed the end was only a question of Hours. Daughters Then Advised, air. Wilson then took his daughters, Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, Mrs. Sayre and Miss Margaret Wilson, aside and told them of their motherls condition. Un- (Concluded on Page 5.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Muxlmum temperature, 77 drirees; minimum temperature, SO de- TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. War. Great Britain fn deadly earnest. ,Page '2. British fleet drives German fleet toward Dutch coast. I'age 1. Great Britain uroclaims list of contraband of war. Page 3. Boy scouts due to play big part In European war. Page II. German army advances at Liege. Page I. Liege, first battleground in great war, is big prize. Pag 4. Price of steel Ees up $3 on Pacific Coast as result of war. Page 5. Namur's famous fortress, honeycombed with passages, stunned in vain by gturmed in vain by Germans Pase -1. Early reDorts of German losses thought 'colored." Puice 3. (Jerman Dosters In French zone are revealed as beinE directions tor Kaiser's soldiers. Page 12. British steamers Mauritania and Cedric rush to Halifax when warjied by wireless that cruise of foes are near. Page 1. Foreign residents of Oregon against Ger many In sympathies. Page IS. Naval battle off West Coast of United States Is expected. Page 2. Turkey reported ready to enter conflict. Pace 12. Asquith bids all resources rally. Page 2. NationaL Mrs. Wilson, wife of President of United States, dies after long illness. Page 1. Domestic. Federal Industrial Relations Commission hears strike views at Butte. I'age j. Sports. British Isles bow to Australians In tennis cup play. Page 7. Coast League results: Venice i. Portland 1; San Francisco 6, Sacramento 2; Los An geles 7, Oakland 1. Page 7. Pacific Northwest. Knowles, woodsman, cures his bruised and Infected feet with fir balsam. Page 13. Forest fire near Belknap Springs, fanned by wind. Is spreading. Page 6. Roseburg Council expected to act Monday In Marshal-pastor controversy over private dance in parish house, page 18. . Commercial and Marine. Railroads ask extension of time for sale of river fleets. Page 16. Exporters await President's definition' of contraband goods. Page 16. Foreign purchases of hops will be taken care of. Page 17. Flurry at Chicago sends wheat to highest price of year. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Hearing on moving picture censorship ordi nance fulls to bring agreement, page 12. Fresh air children outfitted for today's trips. Page 11. County Commissioners clash at meeting of inquiry board. Pago 11. , Dr. Francis J. Fluno explains theories of Christian Science. Puge 17. Taxpayers' and Wage-earners' League de nounce prohibition as freak legislation. Page 13. Rev. W. B. HInson withdraws resignation. Page IB. BRITISH SALUTE GERMAN Present Arms Ordered When Kaiser's Ambassador and Suite Arrive. y t HARWICH, England. Aug. 6 When the German Ambassador ana his suite numbering 100 persons arrived here this afternoon a contingent of the rifle brigade received them and presented arms. T,he Ambassador in reply to the honor raised his hat. A young German in the crowd shouted "God save Germany," but there was no disturbance. SUNDERLAND, Eng., Aug. 6.. 6:45 p. M. The German Consul here was arrested today at the instance of the military' authorities. The charges against him were not divulged. NO DOUBT AS TO WHO'S IN THE LIMELIGHT . . inwo LINERS TO HALIFAX Mauretania and Ced ric Seek Refuge. BRITISH CRUISER WARNS THEM Wireless Message Tells of Enemies' Warships in Path. 2600 PASSENGERS QUAIL Travelers Include Many Notables Bound for New York From Con tinent Gunfire in Wild Dash to Safety Reported. HALIFAX, N. S.. Aug. 6. Two big trans-Atlantic liners flying the British flag, bound from Liverpool to New York, came into Halifax today as a haven from German cruisers. The unexpected arrivals were the huge Cunard liner Mauretania and the big Cedric of the White Star line. Both had been warned by the British cruiser Essex of the presence of hostile ves sels in the North Atlantic wafers they were about to traverse on their voyage to New York, and were advised to make all haste for Halifax. The Essex her self convoyed- the Cedric into port late today and anchored with the liner in the inner harbor. It was early In the day when the Mauretania surprised Halifax by steaming into port. Arrangements for conveying her passengers to New York were still in progress when word reached here that the Cedrjc also was making for this harbor at the outer line of Great Britain's strategical posts in the North American continent. 2600 Passengers Carried. The Mauretania brought more than 1600 passengers, and the Cedric more than 1000. All, it is expected, will be sent by fast trains to their destina tion, ending prosaically in Pullmans and day coaches the trip from war ravaged Europe, which was interrupted so dramatically by tbe flight of each from the danger of seizure at sea. It already had been arranged that the Mauretalnia's passengers proceed by land. At 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night, while in the fog off Sable Island, the Mauretania was warned by wireless from the British cruiser Essex to change her course without delay and head for Halifax. At the time she was 380 miles from New York and 140 from this port. The helm was shifted so quickly that many passengers, jolt fid bv the shock as the ship heeled (Concluded on Page 3.) oniinrw DESTROYED LANCE HERO OF BATTLE BRITISH TORPKDO BOAT WITH IX) IK SHOTS M.NKS LV1SE. German Miuc-La.t ing Ship SUUta in Six Minute- Twent -Kight of German Crew Are Rescued. LONDON. Aug. 6. The British tor-pedo-bcat destroyer Lance was the hero of the first naval engagement in the present war, sinking the Hamburg American line steamer Koenigin Luise, which had been lltted out as a mine layer. The Lance fired only four shots. The first destroyed the bridge of the steamer, the third and fourth tore away the stern and the Koenigin Luisu sank In six minutes. The Lance rescued 28 of the German crew. Several were wounded. Two of them each lost an arm and four other each had a leg shot away. None of the Lance's crew was in jured. The Koenigin Luise was caught lay ing mines some 60 miles from Har wich. GIRL SPY'S RUSE FAILS Pretty Russian Young Woman Ar rested in Trance. TOULON, Fance. Aug. 1. A pretty Russian girl named Claire Poplerscli. who was arrested on a charge of spy ing on an important scale on various forts and naval oases and also with providing naval officers with a liberal supply of cocaine, pretended that the notes found in her possession were material for a sensational novel which she hoped to copyright in the United States. This statement aroused the suspicion of the magistrate and he discovered that the notes were "copyrighted for a military power, not the United States." DEATH HALTS CANAL ACT Vote on Foreign-Ship Change Near as Senate Adjourns. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The Senate was about to reach a vote late today on the bill to amend the Panama Canal act to admit foreign built ships to American register because of the war. when the session was abruptly ad journed owing to the death of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the Presl dent. Airenaments nad uecn accepted to provide that the President may. when ever in hla discretion domestic trade may require it. permit'forelgn ships of American register to enter the coast wise trade and to authorize the Ameri can Red Cross to charter a ship and carry live American flag. The bill Drub ably will be passed tomorrow. The Senate held no executive session to consider the nomination of Paul M. Warburg, of New York, and Frederic A. Deiano, of Chicago, as members of the Federal Reserve Board. N ' CROP-MOVING HELD SURE "Secretary Kedflcld Says Europe Must Have Wheat or Starve. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. "American crops can and must move to Europe which must have our wheat or starve Just as soon as the question of su premacy of the seas Is settled com merce Will be resumed." Thus spoke Secretary Redfield, of the Department of Commerce, today. If England sweeps the seas Eng lish merchant ships will resume their transportation of our crops," said Mr. Kedfleld. "If Germany Is successful. her ships will carry the grain. Eng land is, of course, our biggest cus tomer. Another thing that will help will "be the bill now before Congress amending our shipping laws. But even if there are not enough American ships European nations will send othera It's their worry; not ours." Mr. Redfield said every effort would be made by his department to assist In work relative to crop congestion. CONSULS PLEDGE SELVES All Promise New York Customs Head to Obey Neutrality Pact. NEW YORK. Aug. 6 Dudley Field Malone, Collector of the Port of New York, had all the foreign consuls in New York before him today in the Customs-House and asked them, unon their honor, to co-operate with him In seeing that the neutrality of the United States Is observed. All promised to do so STEAMER CANCELS TRIP Caledonian Remains at liudon, Amerlcuii Craft Departs. LONDON. Aug. 6., 6 P. M. The Ley land Hue steamer Caledonian, which was to have sailed for New York Sat urday, today canceled her sailing. The American line steamer Phila delphia sailed from Queenstown at 3:39 o'clock this afternoon for New York. CARRANZA NOT ADVISED Curbajal der" s "Unconditional Surren Not Transmitted Yet. SALTILLO, Aug. 6. If President Carbajal has agreed to unconditional surrender of Mexico, official word of this has not reached General Carranza. General Carranza said there has been no change in tho plan to march con stitutionalist troops to Mexico City. BRITISH FLEET CHASES ENEMY German Warships Driven Toward Holland Coast. FIGHT OPENS ON HIGH SEAS English Cruiser Amphion Is Sunk When Mine Laid by Germans Is Hit. 130 LIVES REPORTED LOST Captain, 16 Officers and 135 Men Saved, Says Report. Luise's Work Effective. LONDON, Aug. ?, 1 .42 A. M. The British fleet has engaged t lie German fleet on the high seas. The British warships arc reported to be driving the Germans toward the Dutch coast. The Press Association claim that it was advised of the fight between the fleets by the Admiralty. Tho Admiralty, however, refuses to eon firm or deny that a battle is in prog ress. British Cruiser Sunk. An Admiralty report says that the British cruiser Amphion was sunk this morning by striking a mine. I'aj m aster J. T. Oedge and 130 men were lost. The Captain, 16 officers and 135 men were saved. A previous report said that the Ger man mine-layer Koenigcn Luise pmb ably had placed some mines before she was sunk by the British torpedo- bout Lance. Amphion of Third Flotilla. The Amphion was a light cruiser of 3441) toils. She was attached to the third destroyer flotilla, under t'aptaiu Cecil H. Fox, commanding officer. Her regular complement was lilfj men. She was commissioned in April, 11)13. Announcement was made by the Admiralty tonight that it had re ceived DO confirmation of the report, said to huvc originated with the n tain of the steamer Uranium, that two German .cruisers had becu sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean in a fight with two British cruisers which wore protecting the Cunard liner Lusitania. ; Kit man KMH is iiiM'itovi.n Two Cruisers Reported 4 u pi u red Anchor In Slcll). ROME. Aug. C. (Via London, 11:17 A. M.) The Tribune publishes a report today that the German cruisers Uorhcn and Brcslau, which were reported cap tured by the French, have arrived at San Salvatore. near Messina, Sicily. One of the German officers In an In terview said that while the Brealau was shelling the French naval station at Uona, Algeria, sinking ships In the harbor and destroying the castle and some houses, the Goeben bombarded Philippeville, further along the coast. He added that the two cruisers war subsequently pursued by a Drltlsh squadron. NEUTRALITY GUARDS ACT Dcstroer and Cutter at liar HaHmr to Help Treasure ship. BAH HARBOR, Mc. Aug. The torpedo-boat destroyer Warrington and the revenue cutter Androscoggin ar rived here today to enforce neutrality regulations and allow foreign ships to leave Frenchman's Bay without clear ance papers, t upturn nan. 01 tna cut ter, conferred with Lieutenant-Commander Mannlx on the destroyer. They called later on Captain I'olack, of thu German liner Kron 1'rlnseasln Cecilia. The revenue cutter Is to give what ever assistance it can in landing the $10,600,000 In gold now on tho liner. TWO CONSULATES STONED Winnipeg Mobs Make Attack on t.er man and Austrian Places. WINNIPEG, Man.. Aug. ( Roused to a high pitch of enthusiasm by the pa radlng'of troops and warlike speeches of street orators, a mob tonight stoned the German and Austrian Consulates and the German club hers, doing con siderable damage. Police were called out and a guard was placed about the Austrian Con xulatc. The German Consulate and German club were closed indefinitely.
