THE MORNING OREGONIAJT, THURSDAY. AUGUST 13. 1914.
9
CRUISER LEIPZIG
IN NEED OF COAL
German War Vessel Arrives in
San Francisco to Re
plenish Bunkers.
BRITISHER DODGES NORTH
Belligerent, in Pacific Can Take
Fuel Only Sufficient to Carry
Them to Their Xearest
Port of Nationality.
BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 12. The Ger
man cruiser Leipzig steaming into
this port for roal.
As the Custom-House closed at
p M . formal application for coal
needed cannot be maoe by the German
rofcsul. Franz Bopp. until tomorrow
The Leipzig is expected to lie at anchor
through the night. .,.,.
The British sloop of war Algerine
was spoken off Cape Mendocino at o
F M. vesterday by the American coast
er Beaver, which arrived here f.om
Portland today. The
cleared for action and not a sailors
head showed above the rails.
The Al-;er:nc wig-w;rged the Beaver
to approach and the two vesse s lay
alongside while the captato. UOM
through megaphones for half JJt hour
For God's bake," implored the cap
tain of th Alge-lne as PBMj"
cording to Caplsin Mason, of the Beav
er. "don't tell the Leipzig where we are.
We're too small."
Vessel Is Without Wireless.
The Alaerlne reported that she was
without wireless and for 10, days she
had been dodging up the coast from
San Diego. Her captain had no news
of the war. and at first was even a.
little skeptical that war really had been
declared. He was glad to hear that the
Rainbow was safe, but bad no informa
tion as to the whereabouts of the sloop-of-war
Shearwater, the only other Brit
ish vessel in these waters.
More flotoam from some British war
ship was thrown up by the tide today
on th- northern shores of the Golden
Gate There was nothing to Indicate
what vessel it came from, and the sup
position still stands that it Is debris
thrown overboard by the Rainbow
when she cleared for action on leav
ing this port before dawn last Satur
day. Prises Depend on Fuel Supply.
Whether the two German men-of-war
now patrolling outside the . nirbot
take any prizes is largely a matter of
how long their coal holds out There
are eight British vessels and three
Frenchmen due here at almost any
tl!Tn"e Leipzig can come into port for
sufficient coal to take her to the near
est home port at any time she wishes.
In the case of German vessels oft th s
coast, the nearest home port is Pal
uall. Island of Savaii, German Samoa,
distant between two and three weeks
steaming. .
The Nurnberg is in different plight.
Her last known port of call was Hon
olulu under the American flag, and
she is not eligible to call for coal at
another American port for three
months subsequent to the date of her
departure, unless in the meantime she
has touched at a home port. Inasmuch
as she was sighted west of Honolulu
on July 29. near Midway Island, this
Is not believed possible.
Fnel Must Be Captured.
Either she must capture coal soon or
put back to Samoa for It. A possible
complication in the situation is that a
British tramp laden with coal consigned
to the United, States coaling station at
California City, on San Francisco Bay,
Is due here soon. As a ship under the
registry of a hostile nation, this col
lier is technically liable to capture,
whoever the consignee.
Seventeen British vessels. two
Frenchmen and five Germans are tied
ui in the harbor. Four of them are
laden and two have taken out thrjr
clearance papers, but do not dare move.
Among these is the Union liner Moana,
bound for Australasia, due to sail to
morrow. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
canceled today the sailing of Its linef
Persia, due to clear August 23 for the
Orient The Persia is under British
registry and will be kept in this port
until further notice.
DEFEAT OF FORAKER FOR SEN
ATOR IS CERTAIi.
Tilllix Nr. tun! by Republicans for Gov.
ernor Cox' Majority on Demo
cratic Ticket In 60,000.
COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 12. Leaders in
the major political parties began to
night preparing for the platform con
ventions which will be held in this
state on August 26. Reliable returns
from yesterday's state-wide primary
had left in doubt tonight only the
nominees for Congress in one or two
districts, and nominees for some minor
offices. The narrow margin that had
separated ex-Senator Foraker and War
ren G. Harding, of Marlon, early in the
day. was changed by further returns
that assured the nomination ot Harding
as Republican candidate for United
States Senator.
The returns received today only
served to increase the total of Timothy
S. Hogan. present Attorney-General,
over his two opponents. John J. Lenta
and John U Zimmerman, for the Demo
cratic nomination.
Frank B. Willis. Representative in
Congress from the Eighth District, re
ceived a telegram today from his op
ponent. ex-State Senator Tod, con
gratulating Willis on his no ination
for Governor by the Republicans. The
majority of Governor Cox for re
nomlnation by the Democrats will ap
proximate 60,000 or more over Repre
sentative Whltacre. of Canton. .
OLYMPIA LAND MAN HELD
1. R. Collier Arraigned at Centralia
on Fraud Charge.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe
cial.) For alleged defrauding of Cen
tralians by liling them on occupied tim
ber lands In Skagit County and alleged
collection of $150 from each patron, D
R. Collier, a resident of Olympia, was
bound over to the Lewis County Su
perior Court yesterday under $150C
bonds. Howard Breen, Lowell Scott.
C. J. Miller and Pearl Norman. com:
piainants against Collier, testified yes
terday. It was testified that Collier took 11
persons to Skagit County and showed
them the same tract of land.
"They must be easy marks," said At
torney Vance, of Olympia, Collier's
counsel.
"They sure are," replied Prosecuting
Attorney Cunningham.
MR. BAILEY SEEKS SENATE
Ex-Senator to Campaign as Foe of
Prohibition and Women's Votes.
EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 12. Ex-United
States Senator Bailey will be a candi
date for nomination as United States
(.natov In 1916. he announced at the
Democratic state convention today.
Defending his platform resolutions,
which denounced National prohibition
and woman suffrage. Mr. Bailey de
clared that if the resolutions were de
feated ho would take the issue before
the people of Texas as a candidate for
Senator. The resolutions were reject
ed 645 to 107.
POL PLANCON IS DEAD
French Bass Singer, Xoted as
Mephistopheles, III Since June.
DiDis Amr 12. Pol Plancon, the
opera singer, died today. He had been
ill since June.
Pol Plancon was a bass singer and
i papio riehnt in the part of
Mephistopheles in 1893. With that part
his name nas oeen uioacij "--
800,000,000 PERSONS ATFECTED
TRIPLE ENTENTE
Population.
t,,.,..- 166.2.10,000
Prance and colonies. .. . 93,850,000
Gt Britain and colonies..43S,000,000
siam- ::::::::: littm
flontfnegro S00.000
Totals
...707,032.784 2,388.500
DUAL ALLIANCE.
Kegular
Population. Army.
.. 64,925.993 870,000
. .. 51,340,378 390,000
Germany
Austria - Hungary.
Totals
116.266,371
STILL NEUTRAL.
I'oinilrir
Population.
. 36,476,000
Italy and colonies.
throughout his career. He came to the
Metropolitan Opera-house in 1893,
where he sang with Melba. Calve.
Karnes, Nordica and Jean and Edouard
de Reszke. Plancon sang ior
years at Covent Garden. London. He
was 55 years old.
CHERRIES TO GO BY CANAL
Clarke County Fruit Probably First
to Be Sent Via Panama.
. . . ..fATTi-i? wnn A ii c 12. (Spe-
Cial ) The first consignment of cher
ries from the Pacific Coast to Pass
-t, the Panama Canal, probably
will be from Clarke County.
One of the first steamers m
through the canal to the Atlantic sea
board will be the Navadan, of the
American-Hawaiian nsssmiv
pany. and on It will be 270 cases of
t- ', nnA rric heiner shipped to
several buyers in New York City by
The Clarke County growers iuiuu.
Douglas Children to Get Prizes.
ortor-niTnn or Ann-. 12. (Special.)
JllOULf.tw, v - -
The Douglas County Fair Board to-
J... .nnrlutul 1250. With Which tO
purchase prizes for the winners of the
school children s exniDiis ai me muuo
trial fair to be held in conjunction
iv, i. Pn,mtv fair in SeDtember. Lo
cal merchants will be asked to donate
other prizes for the children s contests.
Gerard Goes to Amsterdam.
LONDON, Aug. 13. The Morning
Pnsfs Amsterdam correspondent says
James W. Gerard, American Ambassador
to Germany, has left Benin lor
Amsterdam.
Unidentified Body Found
ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.)
The body of an unidentified man was
found this morning among the logs
in the Larkin-Green Company's boom
at Blind Slough. The remains are
SERVIAN WAR BODY
LISTED WITH BEST
Bravery of Battle-Swept Little
Country Shown by Popula
tion Reduced by 401,000.
PAST SHOWING STELLAR
National Geographic Society at
Washington Reports United States
Would Have 1(6,000,000 Sold
iers Under Servian Plan.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. (Special.)
"If the United States should call to
the colors as many men in proportion
to the population as Servia has, it
would mean an army of upward of
8,000,000 men," says a statement is-
BY WORLD'S GREATEST WAR.
AND ALLIES.
tegular
Total War
Strength.
5,590,000
4,000,000
731,000
222,000
240,000
50,000
9,833,000
Armv.
Reserves.
3,300,000
3,280.000
476,500
180,1100
208,000
1,290,000
720,000
254,500
42,000
32,000
50.000
7,444,500
Total War
Strength.
6,300,000
2,000,000
Reserves.
4,430,000
1,610.000
1,260,000
6.040,000 7,300,000
Total War
Strength.
1,200,000
Army. Reserves
250,000 950,000
sued by the National Geographical
Society here today, "and this does not
take into account the fact that the
recent wars in the little country have
,-..,.,1 nrija intn the Dercent-
age of adult male population. Prob
ably, if the united states cwieu
many men to the colors in proportion
to the adult male population, it would
mean an army of 12,000,000 men.
"These figures show what a heavy
hand Austria-Hungary lays upon the
Kills rtmmrrv U'hnCn nrmv "TaVfl SUCh
a remarkable' account of itself during
the two wars it Had passed inrougu
before the third battle descended upon
it How terrible the ravages of the
wars in the Near East have been is
territory taken by Bulgaria in the early
months or me present year. xuai
count showed that where, previous to
the wars, there had been a population
of 702,000 there is now a population
of only 301,000. Of course. Servia did
not suffer that much, but these fig-,
ures are indioative of the great wars
it had to face.
Servla'a Record Praised.
"Military critics everywhere admit
that in discipline, leadership, adaman
tine spirit, and elan, there is no army
its size in the world that can make a
better showing than the Servian army
made during its wars with Turkey and
Bulgaria. It is a fighting force that
is conceded to have every quality of
strength that a military machine may
possess.
"Its plan of organization is distinc
tive. Compulsory service is personal
for all ablebodied men and pecuniary
for all who are incapable cf personal
service. These latter must pay an
indirect tax of 30 per cent additional.
The military forces are divided into
a. national army and the Landstrum,
which forms the last line of defense.
Service in the national army begins
at 21 and ends after 45. In the Land
strum it begins at 17, ends at 21, be
gins at 46 and ends at 50.
"The national army consists of three
bans: the first ban including all able
bodied men between 21 and31; the sec-
THREE SONS OF KAISER, ALL OF WHOM ARE AFIELD
FROM LEFT, 1'KINCE
ond ban all between 31 and 38, and the
third those between 38 and 45.
Army Service Mandatory.
"The first ban has its cadre, a school
through which every ablebodied man
of 21 must pass. No one is allowed
to change his nationality while be
longing to the first ban; nor can any
member thereof receive any outside
appointment or become even a monk
until he has served his term in the
army.
"The term of service in the standing
cadre is two years in the cavalry and
artillery, and one and a half years in
the other branches of the establish
ment. There is a six months' service
for those in the schools of the coun
try who can pass an examination for
Lieutenant of Reserves. There is also
a six months' enlistment for recruits
from whose homes at least two others
have served the full term.
"All those who possess cattle and
suitable carts are under obligation to
turn them over to the army wiian
needed. Those who do not possess cat
tle and carts have 6 per cent added to
their taxes for the remount fund."
FIGURES VARY GREATLY
FEDERAL ENGINEERS REPORT ON
NORTH CANAL UNIT.
Company Asks 9300,000 for Project and
Experts Say It Could Be Built
for C184.000.
SALEM. Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
That the work on tne North Canal unit
of the Central Oregon irrigation proj
ect, which the company has offered to
sell to Oregon and the United States
Government for f300,000, could be built
at present for J184.000 is a report
made to Secretary of the Interior Lane
by Government engineers. A copy
of the report has been forwarded to
Governor West. Announcement was
made by the company when its offer
was submittted that if the deal was
consummated the money would be used
in completing the work on the other
units.
The Interior Department has only
$420,000 available for co-operative work
in Oregon and it is not probable that
a deal can be made in the near future
for the completion of the North Canal
project through state and Federal co
operation. As a result it will be nec
essary for the company to complete
the improvement or for the time being
concentrate its efforts in improving
the canals on other parts of the proj
ect. Regarding the offer of the com
pany to sell the North Canal unit Gov
ernor West said:
"The subject was submitted to Sec
retary Lane for Investigation, with a
view to completing the project through
state and Federal co-operation. The
reporting engineers find the amount
expended in works to be $225,000, but
make no allowance for preliminary
surveys or other expenditures con
nected with the development of the
project. The report says that the
works could be reproduced now for
$184,000 arid recommend that this fig
ure be accepted as the value of the
plant. The report suggests a plan
whereby the amount can be reduced.
The plan is to serve both the North
Canal arid- the Pilot Butte lands to a
certain extent through the North
Canal and apportion the above cost of
works to both systems. It also is
planned to charge off an amount to
cover certain other lands of the com
pany which could be irrigated from
the North Canal. Under this plan the
amount In cash to be paid to the com
pany would be $50,000."
PESTS IN FOREST STUDIED
Agricultural College Professor Col
lects Hood Kiver Specimens.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 12 (Spe
cial.) Professor H. S. Jackson, of the
Oregon Agricultural College, accom
panied by J. R- Winston and Professor
H. A. Moznette, both of Hood River
County experiment station, have been
on a tour of the forest in the remote
part of the valley to secure specimens
of fungi and insect pests that have
been destroying the natural flora at
the base of Mount Hood.
Professor Moznette also secured for
experimental purposes specimens of
beetles that have been at work on the
forest trees.
The Prlbllof Islands is the seat of the
most important seal colony in the world.
Next in Importance is the Commander
herd, owned by Russia, while the Kuril
herd, owned by Japan, comes third.
JOACHIM. CttUHA 1'KIKCK FREDERICK
100-11 LION FUND
NOW NATION S AIM
Secretary McAdoo and Chair
man Underwood of House
Committee Discuss Tax.
TOBACCO TOLL IN VIEW
Levy on Beer and Increase of In
come Tax Also Considered, but
Question to Rest Pending
Study of War Losses.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. How to
raise something like $100,000,000 to
offset the loss to the United States in
import duties expected to result from
the war in Europe will be the subject
of a conference tomorrow between Sec
retary McAdoo and Representative
Underwood, chairman of the House
ways and means committee.
Treasury experts completed tonight
a statement showing imports from the
war zone. They did not huzard an es
timate of probable loss in revenues,
though formally it was admitted that
the total might be in the neighborhood
of $100,000,000 for the year. Figures
also have been prepared to demon
strate what might be raised by in
creased taxes "on liquors and tobacco
and by adding to the income tax.
President's Advice Sought.
Representative Underwood and Sen
ator Stmmons, chairman of the Senate
finance committee, are making a thor
ough study of the situation, but will
not attempt to frame a definite plan of
action until Secretary McAdoo has out
lined actual conditions. Then the ad
vice of President Wilson will be sought.
The normal revenue on importations
from the countries now affected Ger
many, Great Britain, Austria-Hungary.
Russia, France and Belgium approx
imate $116,000,000 a year. Germany ex
ports many things that the customs
experts say may be provided by Eng
land and other countries. Japan might
take advantage of the opportunity to
increase its exportations of articles
normally supplied by Germany. The
chief loss will be In pottery, laces and
embroideries, toys, dyes and the like.
Among the plans being informally
considered is one to change the in
ternal revenue tax on cigars and to
bacco, making it an ad valorem tax in
stead of a flat tax on amounts. In this
way it is estimated about $40,000,000
could be raised. From an increased
beer tax it is estimated $30,000,000
could be brought in. No change in the
income tax could be effective until
after July 1 next
One Would Tax "Wealtay Only.
Senator Shields, of Tennessee, issued
a statement today urging the use of
the income tax to provide any addi
tional revenue needed.
"I favor an increase in the income
tax," he said, "thus placing the burden
on the wealth of the country, which,
although receiving greater protection
and benefits, has always borne, propor
tionately, the smallest share of Its
maintenance."
The Treasury statement showed to
day that the custom receipts for the
month of August up to date, aggre
gate $7,766,538, 1 against $10,205,968
for the same period last year and that
since July 1, the total has been $30,
755,003, about $7,000,000 less than dur
ing the first six weeks of last year.
RUSSIAN DOWAGER IS ILL
Sister of Queen Mother Alexandra
May Undergo Operation.
BERNE, Switzerland, via Paris, Aug.
12, 7:25 P. M. The Dowager Empress
Maria Feodorovna, of Russia, has ar
rived here seriously ill, and, it is said,
will undergo a surgical operation.
The Dowager Empress, who is the
sister o Queen Mother Alexandra, was
stopped in Berlin on August 3, on her
way to St. Petersburg. Eventually she
WITH TROOPS.
AND PRINCE OSCAR
PEOPLES
HAS
Big Winner
IN
The Scales
A Drama of Terrific Action on
Circumstantial Evidence
Played by Daniel Frohman's
Famous Player
Only Three
Today, Friday
lOc-
-Only-
was permitt:! to go to Stockholm. She
has decided to remain in Switzerland
during the war.
DOCK BONDS AUTHORIZED
City Council Passes Emergency Act
to Sell $150,000 Issue.
as an emergency measure an ordinance
Introduced Dy commissioner p"Bi"
uu. f.-.r- th hRiinnrfl und sale of
JlUVlUi'ifi . '
dock bonds, series "E," in the sum of
5150,000.
The sum to be made available by the
issue was asked by the Commission of
Public Docks to finance the construc-
. . .. , ...vw.ne.. at Ihn tear of Dock
L1UII U ti . .............
No. 1 at the foot of Seventeenth street.
and to take care oi any urn iciuiicicb
that might result from outstanding
contracts, particularly the building of
East Side Dock No. 1.
BIG VESSEL PASSES CANAL
First to Enjoy Distinction Reports
Sighting British Cruiser.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. The steamer
t-ritnhl. which arrived tonight from
Cristobal, has the distinction of being
th first vessel of any considerable
size to navigate the r-anama Canal in
both directions.
The vessel sighted the British cruis
er Suffolk at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The warship was then about five miles
southeast of Scotland lightship, near
the New York harbor channel.
Bend Alleges Overcharge Rates.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Complaint was made by the City of
Bend to the State Railroad Commission
today that the charges of the Bend,
Light & Power Company are excessive
and discriminatory. It is alleged that
the rates are based on an over-valuation
of the property.
La Pine Bank Chartered.
SALEM, Or., Aug. 12. (Special.)
State Superintendent Sargent today is
sued a charter to the La Pine State
Bank, of La Pine. Its capital stock
is $1500. The officers are A. A. Aya,
president; F. W. Tomes, cashier, and
George TV'. Dobson, vice-president.
Falling Rock Kills Miner.
ROSDYN. Wash., Aug. 12. (Special.)
Walter Hurrell, aged 30. a miner at
the Jonesville mines of the Roslyn Fuel
Company, was killed last night by a
falling piece of cap rock. He left a
wife and two-months-old baby.
Fifty London, England, teachers are to
visit the Panama Canal. .
THEATER
A
of Justice
Days More
and Saturday
lOc
believed to be those of a stranger
who about three weeka "go started to
walk from the boom-houiw to the com
pany's camp and whose blanket were
found several days later, lying, beside
the trail.
WAR TO AFFECT HATS
l II. I.! Mil Ml IMM. liN
will m:t vrLi:
Winter Headaear to ll"c I .urnncan
Features a rrn b American le
alffnerN, la l,eneral Opinion.
If the war continues one month or
several years, its effect on millinery In
Portland will be the same rather
startling. Mldseanon or Winter hats
will be decidedly fcr-ign, and the army
that becomes the most popular will
have Its peculiar headgear and colura
perpetuated and dlplaed on tlie heads
of American women. All styles will
have European features, as srrii by
American designers.
Of course, 1'arls, Vienna, Bert la and
London already have provided sailor
hats not the Merry Widow kind -turbans
and toques for Fall wt -, but
those fashion centers havu no opportu
nity whatever to dictate what .-.hall
be a proper hat for milady in I ha
United States about Christmas time or
Easter.
Velvet has been used more than any
other material in the present styles,
but Its price already has advanced 10
per cent since war began.
"Germany supplies thr schappe used
in velvet by American manufacturers."
said J. B. Bradshaw. of a milliner firm,
yesterday at the Benson, "and now
that shipping has been stopped, the
supply on hand will soon gle out anJ
prices will Jump even higher. Kelts
will replace the demand In this coun
try." "There Is a quandary concernlnsT
Spring styles." declared L Lowengart.
who returned from Europe Just bsfore
the war. Mr. Lowengart also said that
right now the American designers are
making models embodying the colors
and characteristics of the hats and
caps worn by the soldiers of the war
ring nations so as to be ready for a
rush. .. .
It Is admitted by local dealer that
less than 1 per cent of the hats are
imported. They say styles are brought
over and modified and altered to mi
the requirements of this country. Most
of the materials have been coming
from across the Atlantic, but these can
be made In America and consequently
will have a tendency to start menu
facturlng Interests now Idle and pro
vide work for more of our people, they
declare.
Experiment In cotton In Southern s
have Men .o .ucc...ful taat Tj asay Sj
ons of the. nuntr' mom Import''
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