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FRENCH AT ALSACE FIGHT TO GET EVEN Revenge Upon Germany at Border Comes After 44 Years of Waiting. KAISER'S LOSS EVIDENT ltri Ttecelves Sews of First Victory Nonchalantly--Lunge Fighting Only Tactics WantedNew Regulations Made. PARIS, Aug. 9. (Special.) In Alsace the French army is keeping up the battle of Wtssembourg. the first en gagement of the Franco-Prussian war. After 44 years, today France is taking her revenge. Although official news from the front comes slowly Indicating that the French government knowa Its business this time there is every rea son to suppose that the German army, already smashed in its initial plan of attack through Belgium, has suffered far greater reverses on the French fi-nntiar. which Is all the more wonder ful when one remembers that only a Week ago the general moDtlizauon os- gan. The Paris populace received the news Of the first victory of their own troops with the same sang rroid tnai nas characterized them since the first sus picion that the war typhoon was likely to burst. Newsboys ran along the boulevards shouting "good news," but Frenchmen and French women seized the papers, read, and only smiled the Eame smile of perfect confidence, which, at such utter variance with the national attitude during four decades, has In a week been written in history. Lnin Fighting la Order. It is certain that every citizen of the republic has had one fact instilled into his very soul, that when the time came to cross swords with Germany there would be no defensive tactics, but at the very start a straight lunge into the enemy's heart. Frenchmen to night see already the German empire tottering to its fall, but they are keep ing quiet about It. They know many more props must go in addition to the two so quickly kicked away before the military giant which has awed the world comes crashing down. That their military strategists after manv vears of contemplation have dis covered the weak place in Germany's splendid frontier defense seems certain. The tone of the press comment on the capture of Mulhausen is a further in stance of the steadiness and determina tion animating France. There Is no hysterical self-praise, no frenzy of tri umph, but a firm certainty that France's time has come; a strong resolution to maintain the course of victory. Frrnrh Only Tongue Allowed. The report from the east frontier of the capture of Kolmar is unconfirmed, although it was taken by a French bri gade Friday night. A German brigade occupying the entrenchment after of fering some resistance took to flight under cover of darkness and were pur sued by a regiment of French dragoons. The Germans, after evacuation of Mulhausen. retired upon Xeu Breisach, 20 kilometers north, firing a great num ber of buildings, notably provision shops and fodder stores, and also a forest near Kolmar. Alsatians, who had been terrorized by the German military, welcomed the French with open arms. New military regulations affecting foreigners became effective today. No one can converse by telephone In any language but French. If a single word is uttered In English, for instance, communication will be cut off immediately. Rt. Hon. Winston GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF COUNTRIES NOW DIRECTLY CONCERNED IN EUROPEAN STRUGGLE. The following presents the men who direct the diplomatic, military and naval destinies of the several great powers figuring in the day s news: Great Britain. Chief of the Imperial Staff Field Marshal Sir John D. P. French. cor.-. V nf Tiv,reiirn Affairs Si r Edward G rey. K. G.. bart. Secretary of State for War Prime Minister Herbert Asqulth. First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty - Spencer Churchill. Admirals of the Fleet Sir G. H. U. Noel, Sir A. D. Fanshawe, Sir W. H. May. Fra nee. Supreme Commander of the Army General Joffre. Minister of Foreign Affairs Premier Rene Vivianl. Minister of War Adolphe Messimy. Minister of Marine Ahmand E. Gauthier. Military Governor of Paris General Michel. Commanders of Divisions of Squadrons of the Navy Admiral Bone de la Peyrere, Vice-Admiral Bellue Vice-Admiral Marioles. Kuala, Commander-in-Chief of the Army and of the Navy, since the death ot the Grand Duke Alexis Czar Nicholas IL Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Sazanoff. Minister of War General Suk homlinoff. Minister of Marine Vice-Admiral Grigorovich. Commander of First Military Conscription. St. Petersburg H. I. H. the Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaye witsch. Grr many. Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy Emperor William II. Chancellor of the Empire Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg. Secretary of Foreign Affairs Herr von Jagow. Minister of War General von Falkenhayn. Chief of the Kaiser's Military Cabinet Freiherr von Lyncker. Secretary of the Navy and Chief of the Admiralty Admiral von Tirpitz. Chief of Staff of the Army General von Moltke. Chief of Staff of the Navy Admiral von Pohl. Austria- Hungary. Commander-in-Chief of the Army Emperor Franz Josef. Chief of Staff of the Army Frei herr Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf. Minister of Foreign Affairs Count Berchtold von Und Zu Ungars schitz. Minister of War F. Z. M. Ritter von Krobatin. Minister of the Navy Admiral Hauss. Inspectors-General of Troops Feldzeugmejster Oskar Potiorek, F. Z M Ltborius von Frank, General of Infantry Moritz Ritter von Auf fenberg. General of Infantry Franz Schoedler, Commander of the Royal Hungarian Reserves General Franz Rohr. Italy. Commander-in-Chief of the Arm y Heutenant-General Polllo. Minister of Foreign Affairs Marquis di San Giuliano. Minister of War General Grand!. Minister of Marine Rear-Admiral Senator Enrico Mllo. President of Ihe Council of the Navy Admiral V. R. H. Prince Thomas. , . Commanders of Squadrons Vice-Admiral Amero and the Duke or the Abruzzi. Ser via. Chief of Staff of the Army General Dutnik. Minister of War Colonel Dushan Stephanovitch. Minister of Foreign Affairs Prime Minister N. P. Pashltch. Montenegro. Prime Minister General Vukovitch. Minister of Foreign Affairs M. Plamenatz. Lifting the Receiver SUBMARINES GO OUT Canadian Warships in Quest of German Cruisers, Is View. AMERICANS WOULD RETURN Mui seek Aid Day After Landing of Liner in England. LONDON, Aug. 9, 5 P. M. Many of the Americans who arrived in England yesterday on the White Star line steam er Oceanic already are applying to the American relief committee for cash and DATES OF DECLARATIONS mOI PRESENT I I no. PEAX CONFLICT BEGAN. July 28 Austria formally de clares war on Servia. August 1 Germany formally de clares war on Russia. August 2 Montenegro formally joins Servia In war on Austria. August 3 France announces war exists between France and Ger many; no formal declaration of war made. August 4 France and Germany break off ail diplomatic rela tions. August 4 Germany unofficially said to have declared war on Belgium, but fighting becomes serious without official an nouncement. August 4 Great Britain declares war formally on Germany. August 7 Austria-Hungary for mally declares war on Russia. return passage to the United States. The passengers who were released from the Hamburg-American ships in terned at Falmouth also are applying for aid. The German steamship lines refuse to grant refunds on ticket deposits, trav elers being given only non-transferable orders on the New York offices of the company. PLAN MAKES COTTON CASH Senator's Idea Is to Give Farmers Notes for Crops Stored. WASHINGTON. Aug. 9. A plan whereby Southern cotton farmers may f:et credit direct frqm the Government for cotton In warehouses was proposed last night by Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, to the Southern Senators and members of the Bona, who considered relief fur the cotton situation, result ing from the European war. The plan was discussed, but definite action there on was postponed until another meet insr. The plan would authorize the Sec retary of the Treasury to withhold from the Southern states, excluding Florida, 50 per cent of the $300,000,000 of emergency currency to which the banking capital and surplus of the South would entitle that section, under the currency legislation passed this week. In lieu of this 50 per cent. Sena tor Smith would provide that under such regulations as the Secretaries of the Treasury, Agriculture and Com merce adopt. Treasury notes might be issued to cotton owners who presented warehouse certificates. OIL TANKER SIGHTS ONE American Vessel Lansing Is Signaled Off Cape Flattery by One or Kai ser's Warriors Now Maneuver ing Off Pacific Coast. VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. 9. Intima tion has been received here that the two submarines wnich the Dominion government purenarfed in Seattle and which were for the Chilean govern ment to their order, have been ordered to put to sea under sealed orders. The supposition is that their instruc tions are to go after the German cruisers Leipzig and Nuremburg. thought to be scouting off the Pacific Coast to seize British sea prizes. No verification can be obtained as to the actual destination of the new sub marines. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. Captain Edward Bugge. of the Union Oil Com pany tanker Lansing, which arrived In port today, reported passing a German cruiser 70 miles south of Cape Flattery at 6:40 A. M. Tuesday. The cruiser was within three-quarters of a mile of the tanker. She dis played no colors, and was under little headway. The Lansing broke out the American flag, to which the cruiser re sponded by running out the German en sign. The Lansing steamed on south ward without being boarded, as was reported earlier in the day. AUSTRIA ASKED TO EXPLAIN (Continued From First Page.) have been so overjoyed at the appear ance of the French army that they tore up the frontier posts. Reports of the arrival of an Aus trian army corps on the Swiss frontier near Basel were the object of close attention by the French military au thorities. It was said that several more Austrian army corps were being organized in the Tyrol, whence they would later be sent toward the French frontier. Austria Asked to Explain. In view of this, the French govern ment asked today the Austrian-Hungarian Ambassador to France, who still remains at his post, to explain the in tentions of Austria-Hungary in regard to France. 1 Before retiring from Mulhousen. the German troops are said to have set fire to numerous buildings in that city, especially the warehouses where food and forage were stored and the forest of Hard, near Kolmar, is said to have been razed. Martial law has been established in Alsace, where It is said the Germans announced that any person suspected of sympathizing with the French would be executed without delay. Liege Said to Be Quiet. Detaftls of the fighting around Liege state that the forts there were not seriously affected by the fire of the German siege puns, which were of large calibre. Not a shot has been fired there since yesterday morning, according to official Belgian reports and during the two days' cessation of fighting over 50,000 civilians have been employed in throwing up between the ring of forts entrenchments which are said to have rendered, the city almost impregnable. Detailed orders were Issued today by both the French and Belgian govern ments making the Industrial resources of the two countries common property, while the arms factories In France and Belgium are working in co-operation In supplying military material. Coal and grain are to be utilized in com mon by the two countries, and there is to be complete co-ordination of mil itary resources. Africa Becomes War Scene. The Governor-General of French West Africa telegraphed to the colonial office today stating that the French forces there, in co-operation with an English warship, have occupied the German colony of Togoland. At the same time a British warship appeared off Port Lome, the French garrison of Grand Pop, in Dahomey, crossed the frontier and occuped the Eastern part of the German colony. All the wireless stations In France and Algeria were suppressed today by the government, except in cases where special authorization had been given or where they were used for military purposes Joseph Caillaux, ex-premier, has Joined the French army and has been attached to the treasury depart ment as inspector of finance. FROM the hook of the Pacific Telephone places you instantly in touch with the business and social life of the city. The Operator's answer averages about four seconds from the time you signal her, and she is ready to give you your connection, the time of day, "information" or to sum mon help if you are in danger. This simple, rapid and accurate method of establishing telephone connections without effort on the part of the user, is one of the features of Pacific service. 42,557 Pacific telephones in Portland save energy, time and money for the user. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company The Telephone Building, Oak and JarK streets Sales Department Main 8800 GERMAN DOOM READ H. G. Wells Says Past Record Presages Defeat. WRITER LAUDS FRENCHMEN DR. JOHNSON IS MAROONED Voted Traveler, When Last Heard From, Was in Turkej?. One of the Americans marooned in Europe by the war is Dr. Franklin Johnson, brother of the late William Carey Johnson. Dr. Johnson formerly was a professor at Chicago University, and a noted author, translator, lec turer and traveler. He has passed many years in Europe. He studied in the German University of Goettingen. and received a degree from it, and he attended the Greek Uni versity at Athens and received a degree from it. Over two years ago he and his wife started on a trip around the world, going by way of the South Sea Islands, the Orient. India and Palestine. Just before the war broke out they were in Turkey, intending to go to France soon. TWO GERMAN CRUISERS WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO SCOUTING CLOSE OFF PACIFIC COAST. BE : : : : : if. t ' j Above, Leipzig: Built 1005; Displacement, BM Complement, 280; Length. 341 Feet Gun, Ten Four-Inch, Ten Smaller, One Machine. Below, Nuremburg; Built 1906t Displacement, 34501 Complement, 295; Length, 361 Feet; Quia, Ten Four-Inch, Ten Smaller, One Machine. Author of "The AVorld Set Free" De clares Teutons and Austrians Have Provoked Strong Foes and Have Xo Chance. BT H. G. WELLS. Author ot "The World Set Free," "The War In the Air." etc. Copyright, LONDON, Aug. 5. For my part, I do not doubt that Germany and Austria are doomed to defeat in this war. It may not be a catastrophic defeat, though even that is possible, but it will be a defeat. There is no destiny in the stars, and every sign is false if this is not so. They have provoked an overwhelm ing combination of enemies. They have underrated France. They are hampered by bad social and military traditions. German Called Poor Soldier. The German is not naturally a good soldier. He is orderly and obedient, but not nimble or quick-witted. Hence his sole consiaerauie nnuunj a.n-v-ment is his not very long march to Paris in 1871. On the other hand, since those years of disaster the Frenchman has learned the lesson of humility. He is prepared now somberly for a similar struggle. His is the gravity that precedes aston ishing victories. In the air, in the open field, with guns and machines, it is doubtful if anyone fully realizes the superiority of his quality to the German. It is difficult to guess how far a Rus sian attack will be directed by intelli gence, how far Kussia will have to blunder disastrously indeed before she can be put upon the defensive. A Russian raid Is far more likely to threaten Berlin than a German to reach Paris. The safest and most effective place for the German fleet at present is the Baltic Canal. Unless I underrate the powers of the water plane, there is no i i i, Te It "i,. into nort sale jiaruui v o - - i anywhere, that port can be mined and bottled up. Bombs to Destroy Fleet. Ships can be destroyed at leisure by aerial bombs, so that if they are on this side of the Kiel Canal they must keep at sea and fight, if we let them, before their coal runs short, a battle in the open sea. In that case their only chance will be to fight against odds with every nrnsnect of a smashing, albeit we shall certainly have to pay for victory in ships and men. In the Baltic we shall notably get at them without the participation of Den mark and their ships may have con siderable use against Russia, but in the end even there the mine, aeroplane and destroyer should do this work. GERMANS HAVE NO PROVISIONS Paris Reports Confirmation of Snp piy Shortage Claim. PARIS, via London, Aug. 9.-4:20 P. An official announcement Issued today says that confirmation has been received that the Germans invading Belgium are lacking in provisions. It is said they have undertaken to force their way into the country with out making adequate preparations. bumeWWaustria RUSSIAN MINISTER SAYS SHE PRO VOKED BIG CONFLICT. gary who provoked the internecine war among the Slavs, and added: "But, thanks be to God, she will not ruin the work of Slav unification." Asserting that Austria's internal dif ficulties led her to have recourse to the sword, M. Sazonoff said it was impossible for Europe to recognize the will of Germany as obligatory. If the German Cabinet had so desired. It could have stopped Austria by a single word, but Germany preferred an equiv ocal policy, he said. The speech was Interrupted many times by extraordinary demonstrations. When reference was made to Belgian bravery and to France and England, the whole house rose and the members, facing the Ministers of those coun tries, who occupied seats in the diplo matic gallery, cheered wildly. The Minister of Finance, M. Bark, then told the members of the financial resources of the country. Russia, he said, had entered the war with $376, 000.000. It was proposed to provide further Income by increasing the tax on wines and tobacco, he said. All legislation necessary to provide funds for the war was passed. At the conclusion of the business an imperial ukase, adjourning the Duma until Feb ruary, was read. BRITISH FARE CRITICISED ENGLISH MERCHANT SAILOR'S LIV ING DISGRACE, SAVS OFFICER. 31. Sazonoff Declares It Is Impossible For Europe to Recognize Will of Germany As Obligatory. ct prTRT)sm:Rf! Anr 3 fvia London, 7:15 A. M.) The Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. aazonoii, reviewing the European situation in a speech be- f.-,.-.. tV, C Tt 1 1 TT1 O hlnmPfl AllstrlR larfflV for the war. He declared the national conscience of Russia was clear ana . . . , atf her efforts to nrflsprva the peace her enemies would not succeed in throwing upon i-cussia tne responsi bility for the conflagration. TV Minister eaiised n. -sensntlon when he declared it was Austria-llun- Food ou Ship Unfit to Eat at Times and Living Quarters Insanitary, Reports London Examiner. LIVERPOOL, Aug. 9. The living quarters and food to which the Brit ish merchant sailor is subjected con stitutes a disgrace to civilization, ac cording Jlo Dr. Herbert Williams, medi cal officer of the Port of London, who spoke at the recent Sanitary Congress here. "What would be said," declared Dr. Williams, "if any sanitary authority ashore permitted to be inhabited a house of two rooms built of impervious materials, each lighted by three im movable windows seven Inches square, and each inhabited by eight men, with 14 square feet of free space available for each man. p'urthermore, picture the room heated by a cheap stove, usu ally broken, with the chimney passing through the only available ventilator. It is an accepted fact that men living under unhealthy conditions degenerate physically and morally." All other speakers declared the food on merchant ships to be unfit to eat. and, with the vile and overcrowded forecastles, self-respecting men were forced out of the service. The sending of consumptive men to sea with a view to cure also Increases the dangers of disease-breeding quarters. Dr. Perrin Norris, the Australian delegate, proposed to make the ques tion an international one, as the evil is world-wide. Vet the British stand ard of marine fare, he said, is the low est of any country. BRITISH LINER LATE Fear Is German Cruiser May, Have Captured Vessel. getting the better of the battle and had the Englishman under him. when young Joseph Bateman came to the rescue and executed a Hank movement by kicking the German In the eye. Police Judge Gay was so filled with war talk that he decided to wait until Monday to give his decision as to which party was wrong. NIGHT DASH IS POSSIBLE More than J5.000 acres ot land In Ontario are under cultivation for the growth of to bacco, with a yield of more than L'0.000,000 pounds. Steamer Carrying 2 00 Passengers and Cargo Valued at $1,500,000 May Have Fallen Prey to German Cruiser Leipslg. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. The re port of the presence of a foreign craft of war In the vicinity of the Faral lones, brought this morning to Mon terey by the oil tanker Frank H. Buck, but not giving the nationality of the craft, with the failure of the British Hner Persia to make port this afternoon, led to the fear In shipping circles that the Pacific Mailer might have fallen Into the hands of a Gorman cruiser. The Persia, carrying nearly 200 cab in and steerage passengers and laden with a cargo valued at $1,500,000, was fully due from the Orient and Hono lulu early this afternoon, but up to the close of quarantine the steamer had not put in an appearance. While officials of the Pacific Mail Company declared they entertained no apprehension for the safety of the Persia, members of the port boarding staff, who waited all afternoon for the vessel to arrive, expressed the belief that she had either been seized or that Captain John Hill, having been apprised by wireless of the possible proximity to his course of the German cruisers Leipslc and Nurnburg. had slowed down with the intention of making a dash for the Golden Gate with lights out after dark. MEDF0RD FAMILIES CLASH English Get Best of Encounter and German Makes Complaint. MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) The respective fighting abilities of the German and English armies led to a sanguinary encounter between the fam ilies of Carl Jesche, a German Jeweler, and Samuel Bateman. an English sup porter. Saturday. The tight terminated in the Police Court, where the German subject displayed a swollen eye and asked that Bateman be arrested and punished. According to neighbors, the trouble started with the first declaration of war, and early morning arguments over the back fence finally resulted In a fight between the Jesche and Bateman boys, followed by a fistic encounter be tween the fathere. According to witnesses, Jesche was YANKEES ASK TO ENLIST Canada lleoclves .Many Application! From laMriOUMi OTTAWA. Ont.. Aug. . Several thousand applications for places In the Canadian expeditionary force have been received from the I'nlted States. A considerable number are from Cana dians naturalised In the I'lilted States, but most of them are from young Americans, who apparently see a good chance of being sent to the scene of fighting at the front. Somo Amcrlcanx ; have appeared at Canadian enlistment points and volunteered. So far there Is disinclination to ac cept any but Canadian residents, whose applications have so far outnumbered the places available. If the war 1 prolonged Canada will raise second and third divisions of 21,000 men each and American volunteers will be given an opportunity to enlist In them. GERMAN DOCTORS "SHOT" Berlin Statement Say Kiwi du- regard Tlioe Aiding Mounded. BERLIN, Aug. S. (via London. t:ti A. M. A semi-official statement pub lished here accuses Belgian civilians In the vicinity of Liege of having partici pated In the fighting against the Ger mans. It says that doctors attending the wounded were fired on from am buscades and that the population on the French frontier opposite Metz fired from an ambuscade upon German pe trols. The statement continues: "Possibly these facts are due to the mixture of nationalities In the Indus trial districts, but It Is also possible that France and Belgium are preparing ftM ..n.-', .- In ti fmnp tlreur wttr Hh;iiinpt our troops. If this Is proved by further Incidents our adversaries themselves will be responsible If war with Inex orable strength Is extended to th guilty populations. The German troops are accustomed to fight only against the armed power of a hostile state and cannot be blamed If In eelf-defense they should adopt exceptional meas ures." RESERVIST ISJJNDER BOND Court Hoquires Surely of Provision for Family. NEW YORK, Aug. S. City Magistrate Harris, sitting In the Domestic Rela tions Court, established Saturday pre cedent In the case of wives and families of foreign reservists called to the front. Joseph Geler was placed under a bond of 2t0 to support his wife and two children In the event that he Is com pelled to leave this country. Mrs. Geler made the application. Geler Is an Austrian. FINAL SUMMER CLEARANCE COATS, SUITS, DRESSES, WAISTS Of the Better Class) It is not necessary to elaborate on the bargains offered here; those who have any conception of quality and price will know. All remaining two-piece Silk Suits, regardless of former price $16,75 Some formerly selling as high as $60.00. 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