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D Jtwwjr 111 man. . - nPTi 4 x-ta nwnrkiv rnnpsniT ATTOITST IS." 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. LIT. XO. 16,761. "" ;t '"' gggggg . . t ADVANCE INTO BEL MB ON Fighting Again Raging About Liege. ALLIES WELL CONCENTRATED Important Cavalry Movements Screen Operations of In vading Forces. FIGHT FOR FORTS IS ON New Phase of War Being De veloped, Foreshadowing Change of Route. LONDON. Aug. 13, 1 :30 A. M. The Exchange Telegraph Company's Brus sels correspondent says: "The Bel gians have routed the Germans in a fierce encounter between the Belgian left wing and massed German cavalry, infantry and artillery. The Belgians displayed wonderful control under the fierce fire, and their victory has aroused the liveliest enthusiasm along the whole line of the allied troops." BRUSSELS, Aug. 12, 5:55 P. M., via Paris. The German army has moved north of Liege and is advanc ing into the heart of Belgium. It is difficult to determine its objective. There is & screen of cavalry in ex traordinary force along the whole front of the allied armies. The new army corps is investing Liege. The French cavalry is engaged in sharp fighting. Both the German and al lied armies are feeling their way. Fighting for Liege Forts Resumed. The fight for the possession of the Liege forts has begun again. The Germans erected a bridge at Lixhe for the transport of troops and heavy ma terial, and it is possible that sim ultaneously an attempt will be made to cross the Biver Meuse in front of Liege, for convoys have been sighted proceeding toward Engis. On the report that operations on n extensive scale were imminent, a correspondent, by permission of the trar control, made a circuit along 20 miles of the Belgian front, visiting the extreme advance and talking with the officers and men. German Cavalry Active. The Belgians are on the alert, as important bodies of German cavalry are making their way through the country above Liege, proceeding in the direction of Tongres and St. Trond. The impression of the correspond ent is that no heavy fighting is likely in Belgian Limburg, where the Ger mans have little or no infantry. By the opposition offered by the Belgian troops at Liege, the Germans lost precious time, which was profitably employed by the French and British in concentrating masses at convenient Vernberg. AH day forces have been so disposed is to be supported by fortified masses at many of the chief points, but little or nothing has been done around Brussels, and it is thought that city is being used as a bait to attract the Germans Allies' Preparations Vast. The Belgian people are anxious re garding Brussels, as the German cav alry is carrying raids nearer and nearer to the capital, but such con siderations are not likely to have any effect on the decisions of the general staff. It is certain that vast preparations have been made by the allies now spread ont for battle, and they are likely to move quickly when the hour to strike comes. The Germans appear to be begin ning a fresh phase of the -war. They are entrenching along their Maestrlcht-Liege front, and are em ploying peasants on the road south through the provinces of Liege and Luxemburg, foreshadowing an attempt to force their way through south of (Concluded on Pai 4.) BULLETINS imdiv 1 IT 11 P. M. A dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Mat! Sayat "The Austrian have suffered a checK on the Dniester River. Four regiments of Austrian Infantry and eight reg ' ' - at Uhlans were routed. The approaching big battle will probably be a decisive one." I.OMJO V Aug. 13. 2 A. M. A Berlin dispatch to the Dally Telegraph' says the German staff admits heavy losses on the Russian frontier. VIENNA, via London, Aug. 1 effeetlve blocknde of the Montenegrin coast has been established since yester day by the Austro-Hnngarlan fleet, nc cording to an official announcement here today. LONDON, Aug. 12. The Russian com mander of the fortress of Sveaborg, Finland, haa ordered all the Inhabitants of the place aud Helaingfors to leave, a. a battle or a bombardment la be lieved to be Imminent. NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Amer ica addressed today a protest to the Secretary of the Navy against Govern ment censorship t Its wireless mes sages and asked that there be cited the law under which the Government is acting In establishing such a censor ship. BRUSSELS, Aug. 12, 10:40.P. M., via Loniliii A rearlmrnt of Draicoons com ing from the direction of Liege and who attempted to surprise the Belgians at Alneffe, In the Province of Liege, were driven off, leaving 153 dead and in" nrlsnnrra. Uhlans have taken up wards of 400,000 from the bank at Hassclt. capital of the Province of Limburg. LONDON, Aug. 12, 7t40 P. M. The Exchange Telegraph's Nlah, Servla, cor respondent says a combined Servian and Montenegrin Invasion of Bosnia from Plevlje (TaahlIJa), northwest of Novi basar, has henna in three columns. General Radomlr Patnlk, chief of the Servian army, has taken supreme com mand of the forces. ROME, Aug. 12, via. London. Th Corrlere d'ltalla publishes a telegram from the frontier saying that an Aus trian cavalry brigade has been ex terminated on the Austro-Russlan frontier. WINNIPEG, Aug. 12. Ammunition and artillery are being shipped to the Pacific Coast In large quantities. A special artillery train passed the city today en route to Vancouver. PARIS, Aug. 12. 11:55 P. M. It is Bid that the forts around Liege are still holding out against the Germans and that the troops which defended the city nave reformed to the west and as sumed the offensive. It Is said that the Belgians have blown up bridges and the railroad In the rear of the German forces, cutting off their supplies. HUNTINGTONS ARE SAFE Consul Reports Americans Jn Nur emberg Hotel in War Zone. WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. Mr. and Mrs. Archer M. Huntington ai "safe and well in the Grand Hotel at Nurem berg." according to a Consul dispatch today, which makes no riention of their having been arrested or released. Charge Haimhausen, of the German Embassy, who sent a dispatch through the State Department today making in quiries for the Huntingtons, said that he did not think it likely that they had been officially detained. He said that, in all probability, their situa tion was similar to that of other Americans in Germany unable to get transportation because f the conges tion in railway traffic caused by mob ilization. The dispatch from Nuremberg men tioned Mr. and Mrs. Huntington in a list of names and made no mention which would imply that their's was a special case. MONK WOULD JOIN ARMY Father Bulatovicli Applies for Res toration of His Commission. ST. PETERSBURG, via London, Aug. 12. 4 P. M. Application for the resto ration of his commission in the Russian army has been made by Father Bula tovich. a former officer of the guards, who is now superior of a monastery on Mount Athos, in the peninsula of Saloniki. Father Bulatovitch purposes remain ing in religious orders and will head his troops in his uniform covered with his cowl. SUGAR CONTINUES TO RISE New High Hccords Established on New York Market. NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The upward tendency of the sugar market con tinues and new high records were made again today, when fine granulated su gar was quoted at 6 to 7 cents and centrifugal, .96 test, at 5.88. The consumptive demand was active both for local and foreign account and holders of raw sugar in Cuba had in many cases withdrawn offerings in expectation of much higher priceB. ARGENTINE LAW BENEFITS Business Houses May Continue to Do Business Securely. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. For the benefit of Americans and business houses doing business in Argentina, who have heretofore forwarded money through European exchanges, Minister Naon. of Argentina, was authorized to day by his government, as the result of a special law Just passed by the Argentina Congress, to receive deposits of gold and to notify his government by cable of their receipt. Money so deposited will be paid to those authorized to receive it. RUSSIANS REPULSE FOES ON FRONTIER Austrians Checked at Dniester River. DECISIVE BATTLE IS NEAR Four Regiments of Infantry, Eight of Uhlans Routed. GERMANS ADMIT LOSSES Attempt to Reoecupy Town In East Prussia, Taken by Czar's Troops Early In War, Is Defected. Aeroplanes In Action. LONDON, Aug. 12. Apparently relia ble and authentic information comes today from St. Petersburg that Rus sian arms have been successful both along the border within Russian ter ritory and in East Prussia, at a point occupied at the very beginning of hos tilities by a force of the Czar's troops. The Austrians have suffered a check on the Dniester River. Four regiments of Austrian infantry and eight regi ments of Uhlans were routed. Decisive Battle Imminent. The aproaching big battle probably will be a decisive one. An attempt by the Germans to oc cupy Eydtkuhnen, East Prussia, one of the points to which Russian troops were dispatched early in the war, has failed. The Germans, consisting of a detach ment of infantry, with artillery, were repulsed with loss. It is announced officially at St. Petersburg that German aeroplanes have been carrying out extensive maneuvers along the Russian frontier, but have done no damage. German Staff Admits Losses. A Berlin dispatch to the Daily Tele graph says the German staff admits heavy losses on the Russian frontier. The German troops near Muelhausen captured 10 French officers, 500 men, four guns, 10 wagons and many rifles. According to the report, German ter ritory has been cleared or French. It is said that at Lagarde the Ger man troops took more than 1000 pris oners, about one-sixth of the two de feated French regiments. I.W. W. STYLED "ENEMIES" Central Verein Indorses Campaign for Home Rule in Ireland. PITTSBURG, Aug. 12. The annual convention of the Central Verein ad journed here today, after condemning the Industrial Workers of the World as "enemies of the Christian work men." The Irish Nationalists were In dorsed in their campaign for home rule. ANOTHER GREAT I I ' i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YEST3RDAVS Maximum temperature, US degrees; minimum. 6-4 degrees. TODAY'S Fair, .northwest winds. War. British announce Western Atlantic is safe for shipping. Page L British sloop dodging its way up Pacific Coast. Page 2. TTnltrt States nonders rilan to raise S1O0 0O0.000 to offset importation loss. Page 2. National Geographic Society lists Servian army with tne worm s oesi. rit Plea made that American Navy help ma rooncd tourists to return. Page 6. Chartered neutral ships to return Amert cans home. Page 5. Richard. Harding Davis tells of safe arrival of Lusitania. Page 1. All nations of Europe in grave danger of being Involved In war. rage . T,tv oaii reserves from United States. Page 11. Ulamo f ry war laid on Russia. Page 5. Progress of European war summarized. Page 3. Food prices rise, due to war. Page S. Sports. -.. , .... results Portland 6, Sacra mento 3; San Francisco 6. Oakland 0. Venice S, Los Angeles S (called, darkness, end of eighteenth Inning). Page I. National. Senate discusses peace treaties as Europe nri Tf Pasre 5. Captain Watts will demand balloon race prize. Page i. Tennis world championship contest, on. Page 7. Parific Northwest. North Yakima trade shows steady growth. Page 13. X. W. W. scoff as witnesses suggest rem edies for social unrest. Page 16. Knowles reports capturing deer with snare. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. Hon market firm. Page IT. Chicago wheat market declines. Page 17. Vessels to Alaska to carry all lumper ito can. Page 16. Portland and Vicinity. Buyers in Portland may reach 600 by end of week. Page 12. O. M. Clark urges revision of present marine laws In order to exienu iruue. New shows at movlng-plcture houses Include thrilling dramas and tickling comedies. Page 18. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13. FRENCH DENYHEAVY LOSS Frontier Engagements Declared to Have Been Only Skirmishes. PARIS. Aug. 12 (8:10 P. U.) The French Minister of War explains that the engagements on the Franco-German frontier are no more than outpost skirmishes. "The best denial that can be given to the report that the French lost 2,000 men at Altkirch," says tne Ministry, Is that the total effr 've French troops did not reach that number." It is further explained that tne ad vance of the French infantry on Mul- hausen was to cut the center of Ger man communication, and it is added that this was successfully carried out. The communication concludes: "W.e are placing in upper Alsace a considerable number of troops. 2 TRAIN VICTIMS MAY DIE Victor Johnson and Unidentified Man Hit Xear Chehalis. CHEKALIS, Wash., Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) Victor Johnson, formerly of Olympia, Wash., and an unidentified man, possibly his brother, were struck by a southbound Northern Pacific train near Chehalis tonight. Both may die. The unidentified one suffered a frac tured skull and internal injuries. John son was formerly employed by the Northern Pacific out of Tacoma. Tne two men were dressed as laborers. GREAT LINER WINS E Britons Wfe$, co' tama .ome. PASSENGERS HAVE NO FEAR Much Gold Carried by Return ing Reservist. SHIP'S LOG KEPT SECRET Torjcdoboat Gives Scare on First Day Out, but She Turns Out to Be FriendlyRumor or Own Capture Is Read. BY RICHARD HARD IXO DAVIS. (Copyright by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.. 1014. LONDON. Aug. 12. (Special.) Tho run home of the Lusitania ended last night in safety. Where old ships feared to start, or having started, put back, she took a sporting chance and won and of all the reservists return ing to colors she is the most welcome. Her original cost was $7,000,000. On this voyage she carried much gold, 800 bags of mail. 200 passengers and a crew of 800. Among her passengers were Lieutenant Porte, the aviator, who was to attempt to fly across the Atlantic In the America; Sheldon Leavitt Crosby, secretary of the Amer ican embassy at Madrid; M. Monier, the French chocolate manufacturer; Miller, of the British polo team; Guy Standing and Laura Guerlte. Passengers Are Calm. The panic reported by the passengers on German ships that have reached New York was on the Lusitania ab sent. The discipline was strict, but all on board recognized the precautions taken against capture. From sailors to passengers the ship's lug was a closed book, but several In fldent were witnessed by all. The first day out a torpedo-boat destroyer gave us a scare, but she was apparent ly American, and after looking us over she turned back. Later in the day we held up the Pannonia and as we could not use the wireless we gave her good advice by semaphore. After that no other ship was sighted. Wireless Tale of Capture Read Yesterday morning we signalled the station at Bull Cow and Calf and were shortly told to take down our flags. Like any other trans-Atlantic pas sengers we indulged in our position. No wireless messages were sent, but any bulletins were snatched from the air by our operators. One saying that we had been cap tured by German cruisers was general ly discredited by those on board. SPORTING HANG BULLETINS LONDON, Aug. 12, 11:45 I. M. Ar rangements have been made for (he departure tomorrow of the Austro Hnngarlan Ambassador, Count A. ..Inrfi' - Illlv - 1 lit-1 rii h (e i ii . WBO ... Vj.x ke In England for 18 years as C($C&' ? 4 -nry. Minister and Anlnmuiilor, ")-. T&respectively, and who is one of the most intimate friends of the British royal family. Si:oi I. Korea, Auff. l.ermnns arriving here from V ladlvostok re port that Meveral Kusslan vrulwer, 1U torpedo - boats and eltfht nuhntarlnea were engraved lu nil nine the harbor of Vladivostok. . They Hay aKo that 150 German reservists and lOO uon rombatant have left the city, but that 350 other Germana, mostly women and children, atill remain. LONDON. uC. 12, 3(45 I. M. A Rome dispatch to the Central Nevta says the Messagero puhlishea a ntes iffe from Basel, Sv Itserland, sajlna; that i German infantry rear! menli were annihilated In the battle with the French troopa at Mnlhauaen. WASHINGTON, Auk. 12. The Treas ury Department today announced It had bouKht 1,175,000 ounces of stiver at 52 cents an ounce, with the two-fold purpose of enablluK both mines and smelters to continue operations Hurt to take advantage of low prices caused by the check in the export movement. VANCOUVER, B. ('., Auk- 12. Under sealed orders the hospital ship Prince Griirsre, Captain Donald, sailed from Esqulmalt early yesterday mornloK A cither the reason for her departure nor her destination wns divulged at the Navy-yard. She was sighted by the Shldsuokn Mara about 25 miles west of Race Rocks last night, steaming at full speed for Cape Flattery. LONDON, Auk. 12 A Central Newa dispatch from Nlah. Servla, says 1'rlnce Georsje of Servla was wounded while watching the Austrian bombardment of Belgrade today. 6TTAWA, Ont., Aug. 12. American Consul - General Foster has received several applications from German sub jects la Ottawa asking to be helped to return to the fatherland. These he has placed on file, but as yet he has not received any Instructions covering the request from Washtuarton. HOME, via Parla, Aug. 12. The Pope la ao overwhelmed with ftrlef by the outbreak of war amouK all the prin cipal nations of Europe that he Is unable to do any work, and sits Unt ies and atlent for hours every day. PARIS, Aug. 12, lli30 P. M. The bombardment by the Germans of Pont-n-Mousson, In the department of Muerthe, and Moselle, about 20 ntllen northwest of Nancy, began yesterday. A hundred shells of large caliber fell lu the town, killing several inhabi tants and demolishing buildings. CRUISER TO PATROL COAST I'nited States Warship Ilalcigh to Enforce Neutrality. VALLEJO, Cal.. Aug. 12. (Special.) The United States cruiser Raleigh has been ordered north to patrol the Pacific Cost in the enforcement of neu trality in the European war. The Raleigh is now on her way from Mex ico and will arrive at San Francisco by Saturday. The torpedo-boat Hull accompanies her. News received at the Navy-yard is that the cruiser Maryland will guard the Pacific entrance to tho Panama Canal. Admiral Howard reports the port ol Mazatlan open to commerce. GERMANS HIT0WN MINE Destroyer's lixplosion Not Due to Daniugcd Boiler as Reported. LONDON, Aug. 12. It is understood that the German torpedo-boat destroyer reported to have been sunk by the explosion of one of her boilers off South Gedser on August 6, really was destroyed by a mine laid by a German warship. The Danish and Swedish lines, it is reported, ceased running as a re sult of information that th'i Germans had laid contact mines in the North Sea. FRENCH ACCUSE GERMANS Official Statement Makes Charge of Shooting Wounded. PARIS, Aug. 12, 11:68 P. M The fol lowing official statement was Issued tonight: "A wounded French cavalryman at Mezlcres declares he Baw a German cavalryman shoot a wounded French man. He says ho heard live or sHx other shots and saved himself by feign ing death. "The Germans arc wearing uniforms taken from Belgians killed in battle." CARLTON MILL BURNING Half Million Dollar Loss Is Threat ened by Flames. CARLTON. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Fire, breaking out mysteriously in the center of the plant at 11 o'clock to night, is destroying the $500,000 mill of the Carlton Lumber Company and threatening 20,000.000 feet of lumber in stock. Philip Buchner, of Portland, Is pres ident of the company. Insurance Is 135,000. Flacking Board Inquiry Proposed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. Favorable reports on three hills to aat aside the action of the Navy "plucking" board in retiring Captains John H. Gibbons, Frank K Hills and John C. Leonard, were voted today by the House Naval affairs committee. The report pro poses a general Investigation of the activities of the "plucking board." BRITISH PATROL WESTERN ATLANTIC Ocean Is Declared Safe for Shipping. FIVE CRUISERS ARE ON DUTY Rear-Admiral Craddock Gives Assurance to Shippers. SUMMARY ACTION TAKEN Steamship Thut Does Not Obej m mand Promptly Is Quickly )t -minded by Shot That No Delay Is Tolerated. NEW YORK. Aug. 12. The Western Atlantic Ocean is clear for shipping In the area as far south as Trinidad, ac cording to announcement made by Ad miral Sir Christopher Cradock, of tli British cruiser Suffolk, through the British consulate here today. Tha Suffolk Is now not far from New Tork City. The Consul went on to say that there were five British warships in th. Western Atlantic and that their patrol was so effective that all British ship ping Interests had men assured that there was little danger from German craft. Steamship I.lnr. Hea.aured. This information waa brought from Admiral Cradock by the captain of the steamship New York City, which the Suffolk halted outside of New York harbor yeatarday. "The report from Admiral Cradock la moat reassuring," said It. Nosworthy, Acting British Conaul-Genaral. "and 1 have notified the steamship lines that the ocean is now clear of German cruisers. As the message from Admiral Cradock Involves tha movement of fleet and plans of tho Admiralty 1 cannot maku It public." Sea Rattle I. Humored. The sound of big guns, apparently coming from the open sea to the east ward of tha Isle of Shoala late today, gave rise to reports that a naval batth had taken place off the Now England coast. The reports, however, could not be substantiated. Llfa-aavcra with powerful glaaaea could make out no war vessel in sight, although they had a wide range of vision. Inquiry among the coast defensea de veloped that some mortars had b- ri discharged at Port McKlnlry. at Port land. Me., nearly 40 miles away In a northerly direction. Some color waa given to the stories of a battle by tha statement of Captain (im.eiudd on 1'aan .1 REPORTING A GREAT WAR The Oregtinian has arranged to cover in I ho most complete detail all the available news of the great European wnr. The Associnted Press, with its supe rior organization and tin equaled facilities, will serve the readers of I he Orefronian with J its usual impartiality and thor- outlines. Tin: Oivporiian pre- J sents today a preliminary letter from Hiehnrd Hardin"; Davia, i the famous writer and war cor- I respondent, who has just ar- t rived in London on his way to the scene, of hostility. Mr. Davis will furnish a series of letters to this paper, iu eon- I junction with other American t newspapers. Hesides, an arrange- , ment has been made wit If tlx Chicago Tribune by which the special war service of that great newspaper will be received ami printed by The Oregonian. Tho Tribune's eorps of special Euro pean correspondents consists of the following: John T. McCutrheon, artist and author, assigned to duty in : Joseph Medill Patterson, au- 1 thor ami journalist, assigned to J duty in Germany. Lieutenant Henry .1. Keilly, I U. S. A., assignment yet to be announced. These correspond- t ents arc on their way to Europe. There will be in addition 1 a comprehensive special service from various sources. J The duties of The Oregonian's t sin i .i I corps l wrrcspomicnts will be to be at the front when ever practicable, to co-ordinate ami interpret the news, to dis cuss strategic and diplomatic movemeuts, and to give their personal views and experience in the hostile countries. The magnificent Underwood photographic service and the excellent Bain service as well will be furnished to Oregonian readers. The Oregonian has no doubt I that in completeness, variety 4 f and interest its war service will T ! compare favorably with that of 4 J any other newapaper. - aj a a a 3 109.2