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LIEGE, PIERCED, GERMANS GO ON Enough Forts Shaken to Open Route to Namur. VICTORY STILL IS DISPUTED Report, Unconfirmed, Is That French Have Cut Off Enemy's Movements. REAL TEST IS AWAITED Liege Viewed as Insignificant, But Indicates Germans' Tactics Inefficient. LONDON, Aug. 11., 3:40 A. M. The correspondent of the Daily Tele rrraph telephones a message from Maastricht that there has been heavy firing along the line between Liege and Longres. The Germans are placing heavy guns before Liege and Namur. A Rome dispatch to the Daily Mail eays it is reported that the Monte negrins have occupied Scutari. LONDON. Aug. 11 (Tuesday.) While both combatants claim victory at Liege, military experts here interpret the rather conflicting dispatches to mean that the German forces have broken through the Belgian defenses at Liege, taken the city and started toward Namur, where the next big battle of the seven nations' European war is ex pected. That the Liege forts, at least some of them, withstood the German fire, is believed, but it la evident here that two or more of the forts crumbled suf ficiently to allow the Germans to pass. Situation la I ulquc. Thia is taken to mean that the Bel giana continue to hold the majority of the fortifications, while the Germans passed on into the city and. after rest ing and possibly provisioning, started on toward Namur. The situation is a unique one. There Is no confirmation of the Dally Mail's report that the French have engaged the Germans and cut off their move ments, inflicting a loss of 8000 men. The Belgians assert that they have taken 8000 prisoners on Belgian soil, but military men regard all the esti mates of the belligerents as great ex aggerations. First Week Insignificant. Apart from Liege, the fighting of the first week, when resolved to the proper perspective, eventually, doubtless, will be considered insignificant. One of the most important developments In the eyes of experts, is the general testi mony that the German infantry for mation is obsolete and Ineffective against weapons of today, and means an enormous slaughter if retained. France and Austria finally officially are at war. the ambassadors having left the respective capitals. The French government broke oft diplomatic relations with Austria on the grounds that Austrian troops were reinforcing the Germans. Austria to Aid Germany. Austria appears to have abandoned the advance on Servia for a time and apparently is co-operating with Ger many in the supposed strategy of at tempting to crush France before Russia can mobilize. Financial conditions in England are returning to normal although there is a great dislocation in many trades. The prices of foodstuffs have risen only lightly. OOXSUIy SAYS FORTS LOST New York Belgian Agent Gives Ad vice From Own Nation. NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Pierre Mali, Belgian Consul at New York, today said that, accoraing to his advices from Belgium, only two of the forts at Liege remain standing to-day against the Ger man invasion. These two forts he said would be abandoned and the Belgian soldiers re treat in good order. They would pro ceed to Namur and Join 100,000 French trooDS. Namur is strongly fortified and the Consul predicted a great battle tnere. GERMANS RAZE SMALL TOWNS France Invaded Through Esch, Ten Miles Northwest of Luxemburg". BRUSSELS, Aug. 10, (Via London 1:25 A. M.) The Germans are proceed ing into France chiefly through Esch, a town of the Grand Duchy of Luxem burg. 10 miles southwest of Luxem burg, where they have cut down trees and dug trenches. They have razed the village of Merle and erected wood en platforms. 400 yards long, for the unloading of horses and guns. Reports reached here today from many directions of the retreat of the German cavalry before large French forces, which are said already to have cleared considerable territory. The lo cality of the fighting is not revealed. (Concluded on Tag it) BULLETINS LONDON, Aag. 10, :15 A. M. The Rome correspondent of te Exchange Telegraph Company Mr that, accord ing to dispatches from Vienna, the Montenegrins yesterday bombarded the Austrian fortifications of San Teodo and Cattaro, without, however. Inflict ing seriona damage. LONDON, Aug. 10, il5 A. M. The Prince of Wales left Buckingham pal ace thla morning to Join the battalion of the Grenadier Guards to which he has been assigned. He la to be sta tioned at the Warley Barracks, Brent wood. KV.w tdik. Anr. 10. United States customs officers went out in the reve nue cutter Calumet today and sealed up the nlr,l nnnnratus of all vessels 1 .k. k..,.,,. flvinc the flaKS of th warring European powers. This action follows the censorship placed on wire less stations along the coast to enforce the neutrality of the United Mates. ptRi. auk. 10. It Is officially an noonced that the French losses In the fighting at Althlrch do not exceed 1O0 killed and wounded. LONDON, Aug. "lO, 3:45 P. M The North Sea was again closed to the fish ing fleets today. The harbormaster at Scarborough received a message from the Admiralty Instructing him to tell the masters of fishing vessels not to go out until further notice. AMSTERDAM, via London, Aug. 10, 12:15 P. M. A group of 50 German soldiers from Mecklenburg, who were detained after taking refuge on Dutch territory, arrived here today. They are to be Interned at Alkmnar till the end of the war. ii iimi-- Am. 10. via Paris, Aug. 10, 5:30 A. I- An Austrian fleet of 13 bat tleships and 10 torpedobonts Is said to be going at full steam toward the Strait of Otranto, which connects the Adriatic with the Ionian Sea. The probable pur pose of the fleet Is to give succor the German cruisers Goeben and Bres lau, which have been reported In that vicinity. PARIS, Aug. 10, via London, 8 P. M. It was officially announced tonigni that France had broken off diplomatic r.lnilnn. with Austria-Hungary. The French Ambassador at Vienna haa left the Austrian capital and the Austro Hnngarlan Ambassador at Paris has asked for his passports. LONDON. Aug. 10." 10:43 P. M. On moving the adjournment of the House of Commons for a fortnight. Premier A am A tilth bl evening Intimated he was hopeful that In the Interval he might be able to make proposals regurums Irish home rule which would meet with something like general acquiescence In the solution of the question. i.nsnnv Ansr. 10. An a result of the war King George today through Reg inald vcK.nna. the Home Secretary, ordered the release of all militant auf- fragettea serving terms in prison for breaches ot the pence. Mr. McKenna made thla announcement In the House of Commons. LONDON. Aug. 11. 1:40 A. M. A Brussels dispatch to the Exchange Tel egraph Company says among the Ger man losses In the assault at Liege were Prince William of Llppe and his son, who were killed. THREAD SHORTAGE LIKELY Supply r German Material Nearly Exhausted Here, Is Report. ALBANY. Or., Aug. 10. (Special.) Fearing that the capture of Mulhausen. Germany, by the French will cause a scarcity of embroidery thread, local women are purchasing it in large quan tities now so that they will have plenty for fancy work for Christmas presents. According to local merchants practically all of the embroidery thread used here is manufactured at Mulhausen. The supply is diminishing rapidly here, and some have purchased as much as $5 worth at one time. Merchants are sending in orders, hoping to get a minnlv before the stock of the whole sale houses in this country is exhausted. The Albany Art Craft has sent oraers to 10 different places for five dozen boxes, and expect, from present indica tions, to receive no more than one dozen from each place. POLICE STOP WAR FILM Movie Manager Arrested for Run ning Franco-Prussian Scenes. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 10 The po lice closed today a moving picture house and arrestea tne proprietor on a charge of inciting a riot, because pictures were shown purporting to rep resent the Franco-Prussian war. Hotel managers throughout the city have ordered their orchestras to play no national or patriotic airs, not even Hungarian dance music. Repeated clashes among ofienuea guests taugnc the managers that absolute and impar tial suppression was the course of wisdom. 'TYPO' INSURGENTS BEATEN Anti-Administration Forces Lose Battle at Convention. PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Aug. 10. The opening of the annual convention of the International Typographical Union here today was attended by nearly 300 delegates. By a vote of 205 to 71. the anti-administration fore. a were de feated on their proposition that the delegates, rather than International President James M. Duncan, should ap point members of tho committee on appeals. PRISON STRIPES ABOLISHED Folsom Penitentiary Board Changes Style of Convict Uniform. ortturpwrn Pol All sr. 10. Striped uniforms at Folsom peniten tiary are to te aDOiisneu. This decision has been reached by the prison board directors, although .u- r,f ih new material to re place the stripes has not yet been selected. MONTENEGRINS ARE CHECKED IN BATTLE Austrian Frontier Post Withstands Attack. 5000 TROUPS TURNED BACK Defenders Lose 22, While In vaders' Loss Is 200. RUSSIANS ALSO REPULSED Vienna Dispatch Says Austrian Be connoiterlng Expeditions on Frontier Successful Servian Supplies Are Being Out Off. VIENNA. Aug. 10. via London. Five thousand Montenegrins last Saturday advanced against the Austrian frontier post to the east of the fortified town of Trebinje, Herzegovina. The Austrian losses were one officer and 21 men, while the Montenegrins lost 200 men killed. The Russians have made strenuous efforts to enter Austria, but have been repulsed. The Austrian frontier troops have carried out successfully several reconnoitering expeditions. The Reichspost says that Servian supplies from the new Servian territory are being cut off as the surrounding or the Servians by the Austrians proceeds. RUSSLiN BORDER IS OBJECT Kaiser Masses Troops in Readiness ' to Engage Czar's Men. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 10. (Via London, 1:02 P. M.) The regular troops of the German army, who hitherto had been scattered In small detachments along the frontier, are now concentrat ing near the Russian border in brig ades, composed of two or three regi ments each, all in readiness to take the field. The positions in the border villages have been occupied by units of cavalry and infantry of the German Army Re serve. - No serious encounters occurred yes terday on the frontier, but frequent skirmishes between the outposts are reported. The German military aero planes fly daily in the direction of Kovno, capital of the Russian province of the same name, which has an outlel on the Baltic. Oosta Rica Raises Quarantine. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 10. The quar antine against New Orleans because of bubonic plague, it was anaounced to day, was raised by Costa Rica. No cases have been reported during the past nine days ROAD T WAV? Mm v 4 INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, S8 degrees; minimum, 60 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; northwesterly winds. War. Lleee Dierced sufficiently. Germans go on toward Namur. Pace I. France and Austria break off diplomatic relations. Page 2. American Brain exporters may not send grain to Belgium In spite of appeal Page 1. Tl o-b trail,. eains and financial skies clear generally. Page International lawyer declares United States In in dnnpr of beinc drawn Into war. Page 15. r'..-,- Hnn ion nmi held spies and arrests 2000 suspects. Page 2. Th!.!, ' "ii for home, but others want to stav In war zone now. Page 8. British cruiser captures big German liner Kron Prlnz Wilhelm and takes R.rmnHfl. Paflrft 1. her to Tr Akd noted Conaregatlonallst. amazed that European Socialists war. Page 5. Mexico. have permitted Mexican Cabinet discusses planned entrance of constitutionalists Into capital. -National. President Wilson now on saddest Journey e 1.1. Hr tn hnrrv beloved Wife In ...-I-.-' i Pasre 6. i-w. . Rr-itrv Board holds first formal meeting. Page 3. Sports. n.at.a.i ..(urn hnm todav to clash with Senators. Page 11. Brookes twists angle in tennis play on New York court. Page 11. Pacific Northwest. Forest fire fighter meets death. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Shutting off of German hops Increases de mand for Oregons. Page 15. Increase In visible supply checks wheat ad vance at Chicago. Page H. Charter of British hark Andromeda to load grain for England may be canceled. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Hearing on right of railways to operate boats is concluded. Page 14. Hundreds of merchants flock to city for Buyers' Week. Page IP- ' Case of W. H. Holmes Is heard by Civil Service Commission. Page 0. Commercial Club host of visiting buyer Page 10. Oregon's wool crop valued at $2,700,000. Page 9. . NEWS CENSORSHIP SCORED Irish Leader Says Censors in Europe Should Be Newspaper Men. LONDON, Aug. 10 (4:45 P. M). T. P. O'Connor, the Irish Nationalist, toaay in the House of Commons again opened fire on the press censorship established by the British Government. He said that thousands of dollars spent by American newspapers had been wasted in consequence of the censorship, and he suggested that trainea newspaper men should be added to the staff of the censorship bureau. The Right Hon. Charles Hobhouse, speaking in behalf of the British post office authorities, disclaimed any re sponsibility for the censorship, over which he said the War Office exercised full and scl control. He said if there was any delay in forwarding messages after they had passed tne censor, ne was ready to do wnat ne coum in tne matter. MRS. LAW JOINS RED CROSS jiew York Woman Leaves London to Help French Nurses. LONDON, Aug. ioT-Mrs. George Law, of New York, leit onaon toaay Dy auto bound for Havre. It is her intention to join the French Red Cross. ON THE ROAD TO PARIS. KE wiiir r : ifr ft BELGIANS' APPEAL FOR GRAIN MAY FAIL American Exporters In clined to Vigils? SUP1 re'" "ASSURANCE" NOT ENOUGH LiverDOol Pleads for Fulfill ment of Contracts. PROTECTION FIRST ISSUE Dealers' Association Empowers Com. nilttee to Act in War Crisis. England Said to Have Assumed Safe Passage of Ships. NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Notwithstand ing Belgium and England's appeal for bread, American exporters may ship no more grain to either country for some time, as the result of a lengthy meet ing today of the North American Grain Dealers' Association. . A committee of five, to be appointed by the association's president, was em powered to take "such measures as may be necessary to protect the interests of shippers in all matters affected by the present war. Liverpool Protests Cessation. Whether shipments of grain should continue on contracts made before the war was the subject of a vigorous pro test by the Liverpool Corn Trade Asso elation, which had received reports that further shipments on such con tracts would not be made. Liverpool's representatives told the dealers that they had the assurance of bankers that exchange would be nearly normal with in a week. If all American dealers should refuse to ship grain, they said, they would be working against the common good. Nevertheless many of the American dealers felt that unforeseen conditiona warranted the cancellation of their contracts made prior to the beginning of hostilities. Belgium's Appeals Urgent. Two urgent appeals by cable from the Belgian Minister of War for Ameri can grain were transmitted to the asso ciation hv the Belgian Consul here. In the first dispatch the Belgian Secretary of War requested the Consul to notify the dealers that England assured safe passage of grain-laden vessels across the Atlantic, and that payments for wheat were guaranteed by the Belgian government. The second cable, more imperative In its tone, read in part: 'Do make energetic efforts to induce wheat exporters to execute contracts." John Bassett Moore, ex-Counsellor to the State Department and an authority (Concluded on Page 4.) wwmtni :h mlh : .TV . 1 BULLETINS BELFORT, France, Aug. 10. French surgeons who have been caring for the wounded In the fluhtlnir in Lower Al sace report that the French bullets pear to make more serious wounds than those of the German rifles. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Poatal money-order service with Austria was so- day by the PostofOce De- COV ,11131 . Bias court-- XjCWA, Ont Aug. 10. adlan naval officials were uneasy today Be ennse the cruiser Rainbow has not been heard from since leaving San Francisco last Friday. The boat la equipped with wireless and heretofore has kept in touch with Canadian wire less stations In British Columbia LONDON, Aug. 10, 2ll0 P. M. A tel gram from Charlerol. Belgium, to the Dally Mall despatched on Sunday night, ays a force of French troops arrived in time to participate In a One succexs of General Leman's Belgian division over the German troops Investing Liege. LIVERPOOL. Auk. 10. Directors of the Cotton Aaaoclntlon decided today, na the financial position has Improved, cotton may be held with the usual ten dnys allowed for payment, but If any buyer Is overdue with an earlier nay ment he must provide a bank guarantee for the new business. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. Secretary Bryan nnnonnced todny that he had re ceived acknowledgment of President Wilson's tender of good offices from Austria-Hungary, France, Great Britain and Russia. PARIS, Aug. 10, li47 P. M Detach mcnts of the famous Truco or native troops from the French colony of VI geria penetrated Upper Alsace todny. BRUSSELS, Aug. 10, via London, Ii25 A. M- The Germans are proceeding Into France chiefly through Esch, i town of the Grand Duchy of Lmeu burg, 10 miles southwest of I.uxem burg, where they have cut down trees and dug trenches. They have rased the village of Merle and erected wooden platforms, 400 yards long, for the u loading of horsea and gans. ROME, Aug. 10, via Paris, Si.tO A. M. flight Austrian regiments nre re ported to have crossed Lake Constance, en route for Alsace. PARIS. Auk. 10. 5:50 A. M. In the capture of Mulhausen, the French seised a great aeroplane factory operated by a noted German manufacturer. It Is announced that the list of German sui cides in France has been Increased by the death of several women, who be came despondent becanse they were un der the necessity of leaving the coon try. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 10. The French government today asked quo tations on 25,000 pockets of Louisiana rice, according to anno -ment of lo cal dealers. PARIS, Aug. 10, I0I25 P. M. The Aus trian Ambassador, Coant Saecsen Von Temerln, left Paris tonight. LONDON, Aug. lO, 5ll5 P. M The Dutch steamer Alcor of 2006 tons, has been sunk snd her crew lauded at Helslngfors. She was bound from Rot terdam for Cronstadt, Rusala. There la nothing to show whether she struck mine or was hit by a shell. BRAZILIAN BOATS QUIT 'Seven Ships Will Abandon South American Coast Trade. NEW YORK. Aug. 10. The Brazilian Steamship Company announced today that its fleet of seven vessels had been withdrawn from the coasting trade of South America anJ until further notice would ply between Brazil and New York. These ships fly the Brazilian flag. Arrangements for chartering several other vessels flying neutral flags, such as the Norwegian, are being made. These vessels also will run between Brazil and New York on regular sched ule, carrying freight and passengers. It was said that the government oi Brazil, on the representations of cof fee, rubber and other business interests, had urged the company to divert its ships. With but one or two exceptions, all the shipB plying between South America and the T'nlted States are un der either German or British flags, and consequently have been withdrawn. The steamship Bermudlan, due nere today from Hamilton, iiermuda. has been ordered to remain in that port in definitely, according to announcement made by the Quebec Steamship com pany, blx nunored Americans were ex pected on the ship. HEAVY RAINS END DROUGHT Missouri Soaked After 97-Day Dry Period; One Killed. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Aug. 10 Rains from 15-minute showers to long continued downpours were reported tnrougn Eastern Missouri and Western Illinois tonight. At Centralia, 111., Walter Gar ren was killed by lightning. In Mississippi County, Missouri, the rain broke a 97-day drought, in si. Louis the downpour started at S o'clock and at 10 o'clock still was unabated. Pana. 111., reported two inches of wa terfall within 30 minutes. NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Heat caused the death of three persons in New York today. Nearly a dozen others were overcome. The temperature did not go above 85 but the humidity waa very high. TEXAS DEMOCRATS MEET Candidates to Be Ratified Today; One Place Is Contested. EL PASO. Tex., Aug. 10 The state Democratic 'convention of Texas con venes here tomorrow for the purposo of ratifying the nomination of officers chosen in the recent state primary and the adoption of a party platform. The state Democratic executive com mittee, in session today, declared Jeff McLemore, of Houston, a nominee for Representatlve-at-Large over W. P. Lane, the present Controller. Mr. Lane gave notice of appeal, asserting that an official count would insure his election. BRITISH CAPTURE GREAT WAR PRIZE Kron Prinz Wilhelm, German Liner, Taken. 6000 TONS OF GOAL WON TOO Strict Cable Censorship Long Hides Ship's Fate. LINER MINNETONKA CHASED Atlantic Transport Captain Put Electric Wires to All Stateroom a and Blanket Porthole and Escapes From Punruem. LONDON, Auc. 11. 4:10 A. M Ttia Hamburg-American line steamer Cap Ortegal with Sb.000,000 In specie aboard, has been captured by the British, ac cording to the Dally Mall. The liner sailed from Buenos Ayres on July It for Southampton. NEW YORK, Aug. 10 While In coming ocean liners today brought con firmation that foreign warships are cruising off the American Atlantic coast, strict censorship over the cables leading out of Bermuda, perhaps kept hidden from public knowledge the fate of the North German Lloyd steamer Kron Prins Wllhelm. which took 0fto tons of coal out of this port under cover of darkness lust week before the battleship Florida began Its enforce ment of neutrality laws. The British cruiser Essex has rap tured the German liner and Is taking her. a prise of war. Into Hamilton. Ber muda, according to wireless messages declared to haze been overheard at sea. The Associated Press correspond ent at Bermuda Indicated in a cryptic dispatch that he had Information which he had not been allowed to communi cate by cable. This message came in response to one informing the correspondent of the re ported capture of the Kron Prins Wll helm. Port authorities put Into effect more rigid enforcement of the neutral ity laws today almost simultaneously with the arrival of the Atlantic trans port liner Mlnnetonka with the story that a warship, nationality not learned, had pursued her during the closing hours of her voyage to American wat ers. Embargo Placed on Wireless. An embargo was placed on the wire less apparatus of every foreign ship In New York harbor. This step was taken after the authorities began to sus pect foreign cruisers at sea might be communicating with ships of their na tionality in port. The ehase of the Mlnnetonka ended early today only after the ship steamed into the three-mile neutrality sone In the vlclnty of Nantucket. Three days out from Liverpool the Mlnnetonka, flying a British flag. wjjn Informed by wireless by the White Star liner Oce anic, on her way to England, that a state of war existed. Last night the Mlnnetonka refused to disclose by wireless her identity to warship which asked it. With her portholes blanketed and electric wires to every stateroom rut, the Mlnnetonka sped through the fog, and a few hours later lost sight of her pursuer's search lights. The Kronprlnz Wilhelm, named In honor of the heir to the German throne, was launched In May, 102. She Is 3 feet long, of (6-foot beam, 21.300 tons displacement and 30,000 horsepower. She has a speed of 21 knots and at the time of her launching waa one of the fastest and largest vessels afloat, ana has accommodations for 1715 passen gers and a crew of 662. The Mlnnetonka brought 127 cabin paHeiiBrn Reservists Are Stranded. Thousands of German and Austrian reservists remain stranded here, un able to find means of transportation homeward. The Holland-American line steamship Rotterdam, said to have on board many Dutch reservists, expected to sail tomorrow for Amsterdam. The Lamport and Holt line announced re sumption of sailings of Its ships to Brasll and Argentine ports, beginning Thursday. Collector of the Port Malone, before starting for Philadelphia today to con fer with the port authorities there re garding the neutrality laws. Issued an order to the customs Inspectors urging the exercise of judgment In enforcing the revenue status in the examination of Americana and others returning from Europe. "Bringing In Kronprlns Wilhelm as a prize." Olympic Rushing North. While 60 miles off Sandy Hook late yesterday, the British tanker Wapello, which arrived here today, sighted tho Olympic, of the White Star line, which left New York apparently headed for England. From the course the ship was following the captain of tho Wapsllo reported she was steaming along a course which would take her toward Halifax, where several of the fleet have put In recently. Officers of the line denied the Olympic was going to Halifax. There Is now In this harbor one of the largest oil tank fleets ever as sembled here. The tankers stretch from Tomkinsvllle out to quarantine, apparently afraid to put out to sea while cruisers lurk In the Atlantic. (Concluded on rage 2.)