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YOL j jy 0 16 760 rnai ijahu, mmmwi h CHANGE IN GERMAN TACTICS FORECAST Calvary and Gatling Guns in Action. BIG BATTLE BELIEVED NEAR German Movements Regarded as Momentous Prelude. CAVALRY IS REPULSED 6trons Offensive Movement North of Liege Predicted-German Cruisers Reported to Have Taken Refuge in Dardanelles. BRUSSELS, Aug. 11. 11:30 P- M., via Paris,. Ten thousand German cavalry with Gatling suns and followed by Infantry are operating between Tongres and St Trond. This seems to indicate a change in the German tactics and a turning movement 10 me JndTS Monday between German cavalrj and the Belgian cavalry outPos s n the Hesbaye district. This district Is to the west of Liege and north of the Meu.e and forms parts of the provinces of Liege. Liraburg and Namur. The Germans have begun system atic reconnoitering of Hesbaye in order To discover the positions of the Belgian field anr.y. Their cavalry patrols are followed by infantry detachments. On Sunday German cavalry passed the outskirts of Lixhe, following a route to the Bouth. BlaT Battle Foreshadowed. Two hundred German cavalry with nutck flrers already have reached Hannut. S mile- to the northwest of Engagements have taken place most ly along "he line between Tirlemont lynd 8t.STrond and half-way between Fzcmael and Gussenhaven. There have been other engagements near TbTGerman cavalry is reported to have bee., everywhere repulsed with ,oss- These engagements are ,5 a prelude to a German "eUe movement to the north of Liege It is Thought that they may "-h mora! important fighting and a b.g battle in two or three days. . , rulr. Reported la Uarnenrlles. . .1 ii -in P. M. The , Admiralty and War Office information ! bureau gave out the following ton.ght , . a ,n to believe the "There is - . German cruisers Breslau and Uoeben h!v. taken refuge in the Dardanelles and will be dealt with according to International usage. lw,.v There also Is good reason to believe that the mass of German troops on the Western German frontier are distrib uted between TrionvUle (a town in Lorraine. 17 miles north of Metz). and I.iege. and that Lorraine is held comparatively ligbUV south. tustrians Heported In Alsace. There Is every indication that the Austrian have entered Alsace. It is belie,. d the forts at Liege have not been taken. , The mobilization of the terr torial force la at the point of completion. Some of the units of the force have accepted liability to aerve overseas. Volunteers are being asked to follow the!r.e,LamP": which 5000 Kllcnenei s recruits have been enrolled in the past r w divisions i: hours, whi com'- -Scottish. Irish. Northern. Kastern. Western and Light Brigades. Cruisers May Me Interned. According to inter . tional custom jn time of war If the Goeben and Breslau have taken refuge in the Dar danelles they will be compelled to coal within It hours and put to sea or else .,. . . ...i ,. . tHa war be Interned until mc These two cruisers were reported from Vthens as rounding t 0 southern ex- ; tnmitv of the Morea, Greece, at full i speed today. In what direction they j were headed was not stated. RUSSIANS DEFEAT AUSTRIAN j SL Petersburg Announces Victory In j Which Sabres Are Used. ST. PETERSBURG, via London. Aug. U lThe Russian general staff an- j nounces that the Russian troops today , dislodged a large body of Austrian j trooos from the entrenched village of. Zalotche. in Austrian Galicia to the southwest of Radzlviloff in the Rus- a provin. a ': Volhynia. The Russians sabered a section of the Fifteenth Austrian Infantry, while the Thirteenth Austrian Lancers and the Thirty-third Austrian Landwehr fled in disorder. NATION MAYBE HOSPITAL a.wl!4 OfTer to Take Wounded of All Nations. ROME. Aug. 11. (Special.) The evening Journal La Sera has received a message from Berne saying the Fed eral Council has proposed a guarantee of neutrality and has offered to con vert the whole of Switzerland into a colossal Red Cross hospital camp. The reception of the wounded, ir respective of nationality, is proposed. 5 xT . -tT ttt ivpnvpan i v ATTfilTST 12. 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BULLETINS LONDON, Aug. IS, 2:65 A. 31. St. Petersburg dispatch to the Post nays the Russlnn fleet Is actively sconrlng the Baltic Sen. Twenty captured merchantmen have been taken to Cron stadt, nnd their crews will be taken to the Interior ns prisoners of war. WASHl.NTO, An. 11! Reports that Great Britain has forbidden the landing; of all foreigners on her shores rnnsed Secretary Hrynn tonight to ralile Ambassador Page Instructions to Investigate, nnd If he finds the reports true, to IodKe an urgent protest with ! the British foreign office. ! uivit Isali sitn Via London, Aug. 11. . state of war has been proclaimed throughout Bulgaria In order to enable the government to prepare to guard the frontiers ngainst violations. LONDON. Aug. 11. England now , holds as prisoners of war 800 German sailors taken off ships captured by British war vessels or seised in British ports. HALIFAX, N. S Aug. 11. The min ing of the harbor wns completed today, and the naval authorities announced that small ships may enter or leave port. No large steamers will be al lowed to depart until nil the mines have been accurately located. I.OVDO.V. Auk. 11, i05 P. M. A dis patch from Paris to the Exchange Teie- n-raph Company says the official a nouncement was made today that en casements had taken place between German and French troops nt Longwy Just inside the French border at point where Belgium, Luxemburg and German Lorrnlne 'meet. VALPARAISO, Aug. 11. Sixty Ger man, French, British and Norwegian sailing vessels and eight steamships belonKlna- to the Kosmos line are de tained In Chilean ports by order of their omen. BW VORK, Aug. XX. Cable advices fi-om Vienna saying cholera had de veloped among the Servian and Aus trlnn troops has resulted In precau tions being taken at this port to pre vent the disease from gaining a foot hold In this country. L Off DON, Aug. 11, 4:03 P. M. A Cen tral News dispatch from Vienna, by way of Amsterdam, says the Austrian troops have occupied Mlechow, in Russian Poland, ten mllea within .the border, nfter defeating n body of Cossacks, whose losses are given ns 400 killed and wounded, while those of the Austrlnus are said to be 140 wounded. LONDON, Aug. 11, 4:45 A. M. A dis patch from Lisbon published In the Times says the Hamburg-American Line steamer Cap Ortegul.f reported enptured by a British warship, was taken off Oporto, Portugal, Sunday night. The liner carried $5,000,000 in specie and sailed from Buenos Ayres for Southampton on July 10. SALEM WOMAN POISONED Attempted Suicide S-uspected at Hotel in Oakland, Cal. OAKLAND, Cal.. Aug. 11. (Special.) What is believed to have been an attempt at suicide was made today at the Hotel Menlo by a patron, Mrs. J. S. Dunlap. of Salem, Or. She swallowed tincture of iodine and hfr convulsions attracted hotel employes, who called the police ambulance and had her taken to the Receiving Hospital. Mrs. Dunlap, a well-dressed woman about 31 years old. registered yester day at the hotel. She attracted no at tention till she swallowed the poison. An inventory of her effects showed 16.40 in cash in her room, but no letter nor railway tickets. Up to a late hour tonight she had not regained conscious ness. SALEM, Or., Aug. 11. (Special.) J. S. Dunlap is said to have resided here some time ago, on North Winter street, but his present whereabouts could not be learned tonight and little could be learned of him. ASHLAND TOURISTS ABROAD Whereabouts of Some In .Europe Arc Not Known. ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 11. (Special.) Marooned In Europe, or on the way home to America, are the following local residents or relatives of Ashland people: Miss Bertha Case, sister of Mrs. F. D. Wagner, was at last accounts in the vicinity of Marseilles, France. Rev. E. H. Hicks, late pastor of Bap tist Church, left about a month ago for a tour of Europe and Holy Land. Pres ent whereabouts unkrwn. Mrs. Clara Day. sister of Mrs. M. E. Newcombe, has been touring France, Italy and Switzerland. Supposed to have started home recently, but has not been heard from since hostilities began. Rev. S. M. Dorrance, e.-rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, left for Eu rope a month ago to tour the British Isles and Continent. Supposed to be in England. MINING CAMP WIPED OUT Homeless Total 150 at South Wel lington, but Works Not Damaged. NANAIMO, B. C, Aug. 11. South Wellington, six miles from Nanaimo, and the site of the Pacific Coast Coal Mines Company, was wiped out by fire late today. One hundred and fifty people are homeless tonight as a result. Sixty homes were destroyed, also three stores, poolromm. postoffico and the Wellesley Lumber Company's sawmill. The loss will be over $50,000, with little Insurance. The mine works were not damageU and will resume work tomorrow. 1 I CHINA APPEALS TO POWERS IN VAIN Fear Starts Plan of Big Mobilization. NEUTRALITY TO BE DEFENDED American Ships to Assemble Near Philippines. YUAN SHI KAI IS BUSY President of Chinese Republic and Cabinet Consider Advisability of Preparing for Defense Ex perts Look Into Future. BY JOHN O ALLAN O'LAUGHLIN. .WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (Special.) China has appealed in vain to the powers of the world to enter into an agreement to respect her neutrality. Apprehensive that she .may become involved in the war and that her ter ritory will be seized by Japan and other powers. President Yuan Shi Kai and his Cabinet are seriously con sidering the advisability of mobilizing and making other preparations to de fend the neutrality of their country. It has been borne In on the Chinese officials that they can expect no mili tary support from the American Gov ernment. Diplomatically we are will ing to aid them. But so far as send ing ships or troops to oppose a nation which may take action is something the Wilson Administration will not do. As a matter of fact, plans have been adopted for withdrawing all our big ships from Chinese waters and assem bling them at a strategic point in the Philippines for the protection of that archipelago. Future Developments Annoy. 'The refusal of the belligerent pow ers to enter into an agreement "at this time" to respect Chinese neutrality grows largely out of their preoccu pation In the existing theater of war and their ignorance of developments that may take place. If Germany should be victorious, un questionably shi. would take the British dependencies of Hongkong and Wei-Hal-Wei and would lay clt 1x1 to tne British sphere of Influence In the re gion watered by the Yangtse-Kiang. In addition, she would seize French Tonquln-China and Cambodia and seek to control the Frer-'i sphere of influ ence extending over the three southern most provinces of China. In addition, she would acquire the Portuguese city of Macao. Of course, to do all this, she would have to destroy the Japanese navy, a superhuman t:.sk, in view of (Concluded on Page 3.) ..... I i L ' . . INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, SV degrees; minimum, t0 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, cooler; northwesterly winds. War. Mines planted In North Sea menace neutral vessels and close ports of non-belligerent nations. Page 1. Committee of Americans to go from London with money to relieve Americans In Ger many. Page 3. China appeals to powers In vain to aid her defend neutrality. Page 1. Foodstuffs rising in price in Central West. Pago 1. Drop In imports will compel United States to levy additional "war tax." Page 2. James O'Donnell Bennett tells how London received declaration of war. Page 1. German attack is waged with vigor. Page 8. Rational. New Haven agrees to dissolve without suit. Page 3. Mrs. Wilson laid to rest between parents at Rome. Page 3. Peaceful evacuation of Mexico City begun. Page 5. Pacific Northwest, Seventy-one Mazamas reach summit of Mount Rainier. Page 7. Many Idaho candidates claim Boise as home. Page 7. Ellensburg rises from fire fuins, mid pros perity. Page 7. Carnegie medal is urged as reward for boy who made Seaview rescue Sunday. Page J. Spflrts. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 3. Sacramento 2; Los Augeles 1. Venice 0; Oakland 7. San Francisco 3. Page 6. Large entry being, worked up for Gearhart golf tourney. Page 6. Commercial and Mnrine. Sugar leads advance in food prices. Page 17. R. G. Dun Co. sees good crop outlook for year. Page 17. As steamers leave Astoria exporters become optimistic. Page 16. Grain-buying on war news comes to suddeo halt. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Trade of out-of-town buyers for week esti mated at fl. 000,000. Page 12- Southern Pacific abolishes Portland purchas ing agent. Page 11. Coroner's Jury finds that Bernard C. Lind- strom met aeatn at naiuu Marsh. Page 16. CHAMBER URGES SHIP BILL Portland Asks Delegations lo Back Jones' Measure. Portland's Chamber of Commerce is endeavoring to enlist the delegations in Congress in the support of the Jones amendment to the shipping bill provid ing that ships be allowed in inter coastal as well as foreign trade, and will also interest other chambers on the Coast in the support of the meas ure. The following' telegram was sent yes terday to Oregon Representatives in e.vrmm to Tterjresentatlve Underwood and to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce: "We urge your support in the House of Senator Jones' amendment to bill providing that ships under proper Gov ernmental restrictions be allowed in in tnrcoastal as well as foreign trade. This is of extreme importance to lead- s i 'uatrios in i icltic .lortnwest. KAISER SH0T IS REPORT Wireless Message Says Emperor Is Slightly Wounded in Right Thigh. NEW YORK, Aug. 11. (Special.) A wireless message was picked up to night that the Kaiser had been shot in the right thigh at Aix-la-Chappelle. The message said that the wound was not serious but would require the Emperor to remain in bed for a week or ten days. No further details were given. NORTH SEA MINES MENAGE NEUTRALS v.V . .t CA Ge c0V VN Plf explosives. CRUISERS TO BE CAUTIOUS American Relief to Go by Way of Mediterranean. THE HAGUE RULE IGNORED Britain Formally Accuses Foe of In augurating Practice and Gives Xotlce of Intention to Fol low Example Set. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Mining of the North Sea as part of the plan of the European war not only may close most of the Northern European ports to navigation. but the gold-laden cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina and neutral passenger ships bearing Americans from Europe win uu co.i fronted with new dangers. The American Government was for mally advised during the day by the British Embass; here that inasmuch as Germany had been "scattering mines indiscriminately." Great Britain could no longer refrain from planting mines near her own ports. Liners to Avoid Risks. Secretary Bryan said tonight Amer icans at home might rest assured that the passenger lines plying between Northern European ports would take no chances that would imperil life. An itinerary for the cruisers Tennes see and North Carolina, bearing gold for the relief of Americans, has never been announced. After touching at Falmouth, Eng land, the ships probably will land at some port in France and then head for the Mediterranean, endeavoring, it is thought, to reach Americans in both Germany and Austria from points in the Aelriatic. Neutrals Practically Blocltnded. One diplomat pointed out today that the ports of four neutral nations, Nor way, Sweden, Denmark and The Neth erlands, as well as one of the belliger ents Belgium were practically block aded through the promiscuous planting of mines in the North Sea. The Hague convention, which regu lates the use cf the contact mines, stipulates that the belligerents shall undertake to their utmost "to render these mines harmless within a limited time, and should they cease to be un der surveillance, to notify the danger zones as soon as military exigencies (Concluded on Page 13.) GERMAN EMPEROR SHOWS CONFIDENCE BELGIANS IN FLIGHT, MONARCH TELLS AMBASSADOR. Fact That Germans Are Fighting Entrenched Forces Pointed Out In Conversation Willi Gerard. BERLIN, via Copenhagen. Aug. 10, to Loritlon Aug. Jl, 2:20 A. M. Emperor William today received James W. Ger ard, the Amerfcan Ambassador, In the palade garden and conversed with him at length. The Emperor appeared to be In a serious mood, but confident. He spoke of the capture of Liege, where he said the German and Belgian troops were about numerically equal. The Bel gians, ho added, were bihlnd fortlfl ca'ions, but the Germans charged with bayonets and destroyed everything. The Belgians wer; put to flight, aban doning their arms, ho declared. The German and British govern ments have requested the American Embassy to intervene with the purpose of fixing a time for the merchantmen of the two countries to quit the ports of warring nations. All Americans desiring to depart for this country were called to the em bassy Tuesday to be enrolled. The first list of losses in the fight ing was published today. It contained only 61 names. Many rumors are In circulation here. Among, them are statements that Na mur, Belgium, and fcelfort. France, have been captured. There Is no con firmation, but the reports are believed here to be true. PATENT LAWS CRITICISED Revision Proposed ns Means of Cor recting Existing Abuses. 'WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 1. Complete revision of the patent laws to correct monopolistic abuses is proposed In a bill which will be reported to ths House tomorrow by Representative Oldfleld, chairman of the patents com mittee. The report criticises the present pat ent laws and says the revision would prevent delayed applications, evils aris ing from the vendors of patented srtl cles Imposing restrictions affecting prices and use, and the suppression of patents to prevent competition with similar articles. "A monoply," the report adds, "of 9 or 99 per cent of the shoe manufac turing business of the United States brought about by acquirement of own ership of between 7000 and 12.000 pat ents completely covering the shoe In dustry exists in the United States to day." UNSHOD HOOF SAVES LIFE Ellensburg Farmer Kicked by Horse Escapes Death Narrowly. ELLENSBURG. Wash.. Aug. 11. (Special.) Frederick HInson, a young North Side rancher, experienced a nar row escape from death today whfle at tending his' horses before departing for the fields. HInson started to hitch a team and one of the horses kicked him in the face, on the shoulders and chest. The rancher's tongue was cut In two and he was knocked Insensible. He was discovered by his partner. Gene Holt. Dr. Jackson, who is attending the in jured man, says he wijl recover. The fact that the horse's kicking hoof was not shod is believed to have saved HInson from death. "AIRSHIP" TICKETS SOLD Swindler Takes Advantage of Pa triotism of Hungarians. BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. Aug. It Or ders were issued by the police officials today for the arrest of a gang of swindlers, alleged to have sold many tickets for $80 apiece In the Hungarian section of the city for passage from Bridgeport to Hungary by airship route. The tickets are said to have been bought by Hungarians desirous of re turning to fight for the fatherland, who were informed that by taking the air routo they would escape the perils of the high seas Incident to the war. PYTHIANS TAKE LIBRARY Chicago Books to Be Bougrit and Portland Chosen for 19 10 Meet. WINNIPEG. Aug. 11. Before ad journing tonight to meet in Portland, Or., the first Tuesday In August, 1916, the Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, decided to recognize the Dramatic Or der of Knights of Khorassan as an .auxiliary order and to purchase the Pythian library of the late William D. Kennedy, of Shlcago. Ten thousand dollars was voted for Pythian education for the next two years, but the proposal to erect a monu ment to General J. R. Carnshan was not approved. STEAMER OFF CANAL WAY Nebraskan Heads for New York Via Panama, San Francisco Cheers. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.' 11. The American-Hawaiian steamer Nebraskan put out for New York today via the Panama Canal. She will be the first merchantman to nass throuEh the canal from the Pacific Coast The Ari-j zonan, of the same line, left New York In the opposite direction August 4. Traffic will be received beginning Au gust 15. The Nebraskan bore many tokens of good-will and was uproariously greeted by the whistles of all the ship ping in ythe harbor as she got uader way. WAR PRICES RULE MARKETS FOR FOOD Farmers and Stockmen Hold Products INCREASE IN MEATS MARKED Packers' Supplies Desired for Use of Armies. INQUIRY IS ORDERED Chicago City Council Marl. One In cstlgation and I'our Arc Pro posed in Cauprr-, hut I p ward Trend Continues. CHICAGO, Aug. ll.-Wir prices for food continued to spread over ths en tire Central West today. I'roposed Congressional inquiries to Jetsrmlne why prices should go up In the face of tho rscurd-brssking harvest and the rutting off of Euro pean markets failed to check the ad vance. One of the causes given for the ad vance was that farmers and stock -raisers are holding their products in the hope that tho demand from Eu rope. If It can be filled, will send prices to a new high level. Inrrease la Tea im k.,n An Increase In wholexals meat prices during the last ten das is shown In the following: Au l MM io. PorL loin IM.40 111 1 Short Kins 8ptmbr 11. 11.1 October 11.37 ll.tite Jsnusry M.I 11.4 Lams tl.U 11.12 Beef cuts 14.14 K.UO A comparison of retail meat prices shows an Increase since last wutik: Today. Ssturdsi. Hound slesk t .M M .J Slrlelu steak SI .31 Poiurhuuss M .1-I3 Klb ruasl :l ,; Pork chops 10 .33-14 l-smb chops I .31 , Lrjc of lamb II Mt Veal steak It n 13 Veal chops 31 .2 Kirrjlsr Food Muffs In. Similar advances have been made In the prkes of other foodstuffs within !tcn .... as follows: Now .ll.oo-f.oo . .1 . .11- .! . .07- .11 .10 . 14- .41 August l. 14.40-1.7 .74 .I'm .1 .3 .M Flour, barrel . . . . , Kiour, 14-lb. sack. Sugar, pound Beans, pound . . . , Esse, dozen Lemons, dosen . . . An investigation ss to whether these prices are Justified will be begun by the Council committee on public mar kets, which, according to Alderman Law ley, Its chslrman. will meet with state officlsls and heads of civic or ganizations, expert economists and rep resentatives of the wholesale and re tall dealers. "Retail prices are going up no faster than the cost of raw materials." said F. E. White, a director of Armour IV Co.. today. "All classes of most are advancing in price. This I only natural, because we are now called upon to live off our own supply of cattle and hogs, and at the same time Kurope wants to buy from us, being unable as yet to Import from South America and Australia. Provisions In Limited upply. "Tinned and barreled meets, mostly pork, are especlslly adsptablo to srmy use. Firms manufacturing these com modities are not giving iuotatlons on them: stocks In this country are too limited. We cannot manufacture goods fast enough for the demand. We wore caught wit low stocks, which mesns sky-high prices of these goods." Retail mest dealers are inclined to blame the wholesalers, ami a meeting of the Cnited Master Butchers' Asso ciation has been called for Thursday. WASHINGTON. Aug. II. War prices for food In the United States called forth four proposed Investigations In the House today. All of the measures proposed Inquiries Into the reason wh), when Amerlcsn bumper crops are de prived of their foreign markets, tho price of foodstuffs should go up In the domestic market. Representatives Moore, Kelly and Farr, of Pennsylvania, called on the executive departments to make the In vestigation and Mr. Donoho. of Penn sylvania, proposed the creation of a special House committee for the task. CHICAGO. Aug. 11 James H. Wll kerson, United states District Attorney, end Maclay Hoyne. State's Attorney, said tonight they would Investigate the Increase In prices and would seek In dictments If It were found that an arbi trary and unwarranted price had been set for provisions. WOOAB MK1 M.W lUXOlU) DomeMlc a Well as Foreign De mand I Heavy. NEW i'UUK, Aug. 11. The sugar ...... . ... f.ntlrtued 1., soar today and new high records were mad in both nrf refined. .ales of ubss oc curred at 4V. to 414 cents. Centrlfugsl equaled-.14 and 5.3 duty paid. Klne granulated was advanced to cents by some refiners and to V conts by others with sales of SO. 000 bags re ported to the United Kingdom. The domestic demand Is also large and withdrawals are heavy with some of the refiners already behind on the orders.