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PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL. jLIV. XO. 16,77. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914. SHELLS FALLING IN TtRLEMONT Refugees Are Seeking Asylum in Brussels. HOUSES REPORTED ON FIRE Richard Harding Davis Says He Has Seen Evidence Germans Are Retiring. LONG BATTLE LINE DRAWN German Emperor Is Said to Have Personally Issued Attack Orders. BY RICHARD HARD1NO DAVIS. (Copyright. 1914, by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.) BRUSSELS, Thursday Noon, Aug. 20. (Special.) The censors allow the newspaper La Dernlere Heure this morning: to say that shells are falling: In Tireleraont and a dozen houses are on fire. Refugees from Tlrelemont arrived here last night on the last train from that city and this morning: they are coming- in by motor cars. They left so suddenly that they have not even hand baggage. Their cars are repeatedly stopped and news of the attack near Tirelemont is demanded, but their news is as scanty as their luggage, and, like the stories all who run away tell, are exagger ated. tinaum Retiring, Says Davis. Testerday I was close to Tirelemont with a column of French dragoons and artillery that was the rear guard of a large body of French force. While I am not permitted to tell what I saw. It was of a nature to convince one thor oughly that the Germans are withdraw ing. BRUSSELS, Aug. 19 (Via Paris.) An engagement is reported to have taken place in Northern Ltmbourg. An important Franco-German battle is expected. LONDON. Aug. 19. (2:20 P. M.) The curt announcement in a telegram from Brussels, dated last night, of fierce fighting between Belgian and German troops along an extended front is gen erally accepted in London today as in dicating the real beginning of the first great battle of the war. Emperor Directs Attack. The German attack is today again reported made on the direct orders of Emperor William himself to his Gen erals in the field. The exact extent of the line of fight ing has not yet been revealed but pre sumably It stretches In a north and south line. Beyond this, its definite lo cation is virtually guess work. Refugees from Diest. Tirlemont and other towns in that section of Belgium, who fled as the Germans appeared, are coming into Brussels in great numbers. They declare that since the Inhabitants vacated Tirlemont, German shells have been dropping in the town and that subsequently the Belgians broke the German advance there at the point of the bayonet. Battle Rases on extended Front. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Brussels, sent at 7 o'clock last night, says: "A fierce battle is in progress be tween the Belgians and Germans along an extended front. Large numbers of refugees are arriving from Tirlemont." Another Reuter dispatch from Brus sels says the German advance posts covering the regions between Gem bloux and Jodoigne are being grad ually pushed back before the advance of Belgian and French forces. The Belgians and French are now in close Junction and contact with the ad vance lines of the German army. PARIS. Aug. 19. A dispatch to the Paris Midi from Brussels, dated today, says cannonading was distinctly heard in Brussels at S o'clock this morning. The correspondent adds it is under stood that a German army is march ing on Brussels by way of Huy and Jodoigne. Retirement on Antwerp Humored. An official announcement this morn ing says the retirement of Belgian troops toward Antwerp is rumored, but not confirmed. It Is officially stated that even if this report were true, it would neither be a grave symptom nor unexpected. The defensive organization of Belgium, as conceived by General Brialmont, and presented in technlral works, provides that Antwerp be considered as a last defense. It has been fortified with care and is today a vast entrenched camp on the flank of the enemy. An official communication from Brussels, made public today, gives cer tain details of the transfer of the seat of the Belgian government from Brus sels to Antwerp. This transfer is not an immediate ne cessity, it is explained, but it is pre ferred to effect It now in a normal manner, rather than risk interruption to governmental business. While Belgian officials have gone to Antwerp, their families remain in Brus sels. The Queen and the Princes are at the Antwerp Palace, while the King Is with the arnv BULLETINS I.O.DO, Auk. 20 Telegraphing from St. Petersburg, the correspondent of the Dally I elegraph sends a com munication Issued by the Russian gen eral staff reporting a prolonged battle about 30 miles northwest of Knmenez, the capita! of Capolla. It declares the Austrlans were beaten back with heavy losses. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 10. The Governor has Issued a proclamation forbidding the exportation of sugar from Jamalcn. It Is explained that the product Is required for Imperial pur poses. BRUSSELS, via Paris. Aug. 10. A German monoplane was brought down by riflemen today at Sterrebeck, only a few miles to the east of Brussels. The pilot, an officer, had In his pos session three revolvers, bombs and I terestlng military notes. His legs were broken by the falL, but notwithstand lng his Injuries he endeavored to dls charge his weapons. ORA.V Algeria, via Paris. Aug. 10. The Austrian steamer Emilia of 360 tons, bound for Trieste, was stopped by a gun from Fort St. Gregolre and brought lu here, a prise, by a tug. The caotnin of the Emilia was unaware that war had broken out. ROTTERDAM, via London, Aug. 10, Large contingents of Austrian troops including mountain artillery, which the German army Is without, have passed points along the Rhine on their way to the front. LONDON, Aug. 10. A dispatch re ceived today by the Marconi Wireless Press Bureau from Berlin snys that in an encounter near Stallupohnen, East Prussia, August 1", a division of the German First Army Corps defeated a Russian force, capturing WOO prisoners and six machine guns. Many Russian guns, which conld not be taken by the Germans, were destroyed. LONDON, Aug. 10. The Central News publishes a dispatch from Rome, say ing that the German gunboat Vaterland has been forced to disarm at Nanking China. The Vaterland Is 104 feet long and has a displacement of 160 tons. LONDON, Aug. 10 An official com munication received here from Paris declares that confirmation is at hand of previous reports of a Servian victory at Shabats over 80,000 Austrlans. Shabats la in Servla, 40 miles west of Belgrade. The Austrlans suffered a se vere defeat. LONDON, Ang. ID. An unsubstan tiated report has been received here from St. Petersburg that a Russian warship foundered in the Black Sea after striking a mine, and thnt the Odessa docka are on fire. The official information bureau has no confirma tion of this report. LONDON, Aug. 10 According to ad vices received here today from St. Petersburg, Grand Duke Michael Alex androvltch, a brother of Emperor Nicholas, has left St. Petersburg to Join the Russian fighting line. .. TO EVTER frTwAK (TOM VA SISTERS, A9iD TWO PORTRAITS rmfimimmmmmLJuM . .i.&cr mmm in in n il i 1 I II il m mkm m H . WfS a. Is J Wmm . I Hflf "ElM BIG LIEGE FORTS STILL HOLDING OUT Kaiser's Heavy Artillery Now Put to Use. HOUSES MILES AWAY SHAKEN Invasion Marked by Great Destruction of Property. DUTCH CHURCHES BURNED Holland Preparing to vasion With All Strength Allies Resist In' Possible Invite Germans Northward. MAASTRICHT. Holland, Aug. 19. (Special.) Germany's heavy artillery Is in action at Liege, and the booming of big guns is loud in Maastricht. Each of the Kaiser's siege guns re quires 12 horses to draw it, and the discharge of these terrible weapons causes the houses In Maastricht, 19 miles from Liege, to shake to their foundations. Fugitives from the region of Liege report that some of the small ei- forts have fallen, but that the prln clpal ones are Intact. From Liege to the Dutch border the air is foul with the stench of decom posing bodies of horses and men. Th dead, when burled at all, are only lightly covered with earth. Carcasses of cattle and horses lie everywhere in the fields. It also is said that there are many dead in the houses left stand ing on or near the scenes of conflict. Fugitive Women Aided. Two women fugitives with their lit tle children, warned some German sol diers not to- enter the houses lest they see gruesome sights. . With these women and children the Germans shared their rations and also gave chocolate to the little ones. "We, too," they said, "have wives and babies at home." Most of the fugitives, however, re late frightful stories of the havoc wrought by the invaders, of the butch ery of innocent men, women and chil dren, and of the ruthless burning of buildings. Two churches close to the Dutch border were put to the torch on (Continued on Page 3.) PORTRAITS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATIVE OF LIFE OF . ..... ......... ,i , , S HIS LAST Pl'BLIt APPEARANCE OF POPE IS PAPAL REGALIA- INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 81 degree; minimum. 60 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds. Pope. Pope Plus X dead. Pago 1. Pope" Plus X resigned to loss of temporal power. Page Pope PIux X was first child of ven of postman who received salary of 40 cents a day. Page 2. War. Japanese cruiser reaches San Francisco day after German leaves. Page 1. Richard Harding Davis says shells are fall ing In Tirlemont and Germans are re tiring. Page 1. Situation of Americans in Europe improving. Page 3- Liege principal forst hold out against Kaiser's greatest artillery fire. Page 1 Heroes on illfated British cruiser Amphion hit by mine lauded by government Page 5. Prize ruling of San Francisco collector studied in light of Hague convention Page 3. Italians returning to Rome accuse Germans of outrages. Page 1. Armors denv meat has advanced four cents a pound : say average is three-fourth of cent. Page 3. Domestic. Charge ajrainst Mr. and Mrs. Victor E Innes Is revealed to allege murder of two missing women. Page 5. Sports. Coast League results: Portland 13, Oakland 0: Venice 2. San Francisco 0: Los An geles 5, Sacramento 2. Page 10. Native of America, Tom McXamara, of Bos- ion, best golfer of day in Chicago play Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Dallas jury finds Louis Davis guilty of mur der in the second degree. Page 9. Commercial and Marine. Value of Pacific Coast hop crop estimated at SO.180,000. Page lo. Correspondent expresses doubt that United States will De able to export its surplus hops. Page 15. Chicago grain market continues to advance Pae lo. Canal oDenlnir turns Spokane cargoes to Portland docks, page 11. Portland and Vicinity. Judge Lovett declares high prices of Oregon lands are turning settlers away. Page 15. First decline In raw sugar Is heralded. Page 14. Henry Cue, of The Dalles, heads Oregon Redmen. Page 18. Judge McGinn decides in favor of hard-sur facing of. Base Line road. Page 9. Royal Rosarlans will make merry at Bonne ville Sunday. Page 7. Democratic factory inspector closes Oregon mohair mills. Page 11. . Weather report, data and forecast. Page 16. EUGENE GIRLS JOIN ARMY Waitresses Go to Berlin to Nurse Brothers in German Troops. EUGEN'E, Or., Aug. 19. Special.) M.ss Anna Teus and Miss Marie Teus, sisters, who until this week have been waitresses in the Osburn Hotel, have left for their home in Berlin, where they expect to become nurses in the German army. They have three brothers now at the front. They will go to New York by way of San Francisco, and from there hope to take an American ship. BERLIN, via Amsterdam and London, Aug. ifl. German troops today oecupleo the town of Mlawa, in Russian Poland, close to the German frontier, on the Warsaw railroad. i - ml), is viTiriv 41 IBnlUi. 1111)1)1.1'. HOW ; FROM LEFT. ) ; PROFILE AND FlLL-FAt'K PORTRAITS OF POPE. LOWER ROW BRUSSELS ITSELF EXPECTS CAPTURE People Await Attack in Force by Germans. FRAGILE DEFENSES ARE BUILT Opinion Is Foe Seeks Offset to French Advance. POPULACE WILL SUBMIT American Military Expert, After Visit to Belgian Capital, Tells of Situation Effort at Re prisals Xot Probable. LONDON, Aug. 19. An American mil itary expert, reviewing the situation in Belgium, said tonight: "I left Brussels today. There was a good deal of agitation there, as the people thought the Germans were near, and there had been fighting at Tirele mont. A good many refugees are com ing from Tirelemont and Louvain. "The people kept quiet, though they were filled with suspense, owing to the numerous rumors. The impression was that the Germans, after making recon naissances in force and scouting the country to the north of Brussels with cavalry, were about to advance in force on Brussels. The population had been told by the burgomaster that if the Germans came, they should remain In doors and go on as far as possible with their usual vocations. City la Undefended. "Brussels is an undefended city, but within the last three or four days every important street leading out of the town has been barricaded. Trenches have been dug in the outskirts and barbed wire entanglements have been placed in front of them. These de fenses, however, are intended only for protection against a cavalry raid. They would be futile against any attack in force. "A battle for the actual possession of Brussels will be fought outside in the direction of Wavre and Louvain. If the Germans take Brussels, it does not mean In any sense a military setDacK for the allies, beyond its sentimental effect, and the opinion in Brussels was that owing to French successes in Al- (Contlnued on Page 4.) POPE PIUS X, WHO IS DEAD. Wednesday's War Moves IN EWS of actual happenings on me battlefield yesterday was limited as usual by the remarkably efficient censorship maintained by the combat ants. Some observers, however, were permitted to inform the world as to minor details. Richard Harding Davis tells of shells dropping in Tirlemont. and adds that from what he saw (he is not permitted to tell what that was) he is convinced the Germans are withdrawing. He does not say. how ever, what the significance of this movement is, whether the French and Belgians have made the place unten able or whether the movement has merely served Its strategic purpose from the German point of view. German heavy artillery has been brought to bear on the forts at Liege, and the firing of these tremendous en gines of destruction shakes the houses in Maastricht, Holl"'" lies away, to 1 COURT .L,:....ilan mll- itiVT import who arrived In London from Brussels last night says the peo ple of the Belgian capital, which Is undefended except hv . lly con- structed ent. BRA? IAU" hes and BldS ..... Court Ger suf- uiillOKophlcaliy pre-partu- lor It. It Is believed In Brussels that the taking of the city is desired by. the' German forces for the effect it may have at home and to offset the seeming progress of the French at the other end of the battle line. Brussels people have been told by the Burgo master how to act In the event of capture, and they believe the allies will recapture the city in due time. The world is In utter ignorance of the fate of the great battle, if it actu ally Is being fought. Even officials of the United States Government know as little as the general public. Not a single message, and American diplo mats are in hourly communication with all European capitals, has come in the last five days giving the slightest hint of the development of military operations. In only one dispatch was there any reference to pending hostili ties. Minister Whitlock, at Belgium reported that, although the seat of gov ernment had been moved to Antwerp, he saw no need of leaving Brussels for the present. From this it was inferred that the German forces were not yet close enough to the Belgian capital to cause alarm. The absence of Information about tho movements of the big armies is ac counted for by officials as due to the fact that American diplomatic officers are so absorbed in caring for stranded Americans that they are unable to make any calls at the different em bassies or legations where news might be obtained. Ambassador Herrick, in one of the messages, however, spoke of the fact that even diplomats were un able to learn of what was happening in the war zone beyond what was given out bv the official press bureaus, so strict was the censorship everywhere. In Alsace-Lorraine the French turn ing movement through Southern Alsace (Continued on Page 4.) (FROM LMFT,, T.IE POPE THREE DEPART I Kli OK POPE I'll S I"KOll i ii i POPE DIES III Ei End Hastened by Grief Over Great War. CRISIS COMES ON RAPIDLY Sudden Collapse Attributed to Age and Gouty Affection, Combined With Catarrh. OLD AFFLICTION RECURS Exhortation to Catholics of World to Pray for Peace Almost Last Act. ROME, Aug. 20. Pope Plus X died at 1:20 o'clock this morning. He had been ill for several days, but alarming symptoms did not develop until Wednesday morning. Throughout the day Drs. Marchlafava and Amlci devoted their utmost ener gies to stimulating their patient and keeping him alive. The cardinals 'were informed of the 1'ope's grave condition and some of them who entered the sick mom describe the Impressive scenes, especially when the pontiff, rousing himself from time to time, spoke. I mi - in- I ii. (i. .ii Administered. "In ancient times the Pope by a word might have stayed tho slaughter, but now he is Impotent," he said once. Prayers were said by thousands and the bells of the churches sounded when tho sacrament was exposed upon all the altars. When the court learned of the 1'ope's condition there was the deepest concern. King Victor Emman uel personally Informed (Jueon Helena and the news was communicated to the Queen mother. Extreme uiu-tiou was administered by Monsignor Znmlnl, sacristan to His Holiness. The sisters of the Tope and ills niece were overcome with grief. Cardinal Merry dol Val knelt by the side of his bed. where other cardinals Joined in. the members of the house hold intoning prayers. Tlit. dying l'upo. In a moment of lucidity, said: "Now I begin to think as the end Is approaching that the Almighty in bis inexhaustible goodness wishes to apare me the horrors Europe Is undergoing. " illness First 'I nought t old. On Tuesday Dr. Man-hlafava an nounced that tlio Pope was suffering from a simple cold and that ponlbly complete rest fnr a week would re store him to Ills usual health. The bronchial condition spread, however. and on Wednesday It wus announced that the Pope's condition wis serious. A bulletin issued at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, signed by Doc tors Marchlafava and Amlci. gave the following explanation: "The Popo'a condltiun grew wore during the night. This was due to the diffusion of the broil- hltis to the lower lobe of the lift lung. Symptoms or Heart weakness nccame so inrwu iiiiis at 10:30 o'clock this morning that it was believed Ilia Pontiff's life was endangered. At I0:JU P. M., the symp toms wore slightly Improved, but still grave. The temperature Is now 103.1, pulse unoven at 13U, respiration 30." Physician Etpialna t "I lapse. Dr. Marchlafava was able to leave the A'atlcan for time, owing to tho amelioration of symptoms. He said that nothing early in the morning hiul Indicated tho gravo crisis, which had come on rapidly. Shortly after he left. Dr. Amlci examined the patient. He explained that the sudden collapse was due to the Pontiff's age and the gouty affection which always combine to give bronchial catarrh of an acute nature a most serious character. Dr. Amlci further explained that the Pontiff's diminished vitality, caused by old age, might render his Illness fatal. 'Hie practice of ..vlng lu huatc-d rooms and breathing vltlatej air, as tho re sult of large assemblages in the papal ir! mi nts, was against mm, ana, ne added, tho people would now under stand why the attending physicians were strongly opposed to tho resump tion by the Pope of collective audi ences. Physicians llesort to Oiyarn. At times during the day the Pope had much difficulty In breathing. He suf fered much from headaches and Inabil ity to rid himself of the accumulations In the lungs. Stimulants were injected and oxygen administered. Several times the Pontiff revived and seemed much better. He would thon speak to those about him, and insist that his desires lie executed. In one of these Intervals he asked for Monsignor llosa. who was recently appointed sec retary of tho consistorl.il congregation. Monsignor Rosa had been an intimate friend of tho Pope since the Pontiff was bishop of Trcvise. As soon as lie was notified he rushed to the Vatican and was admitted Imme- I illately to the apartment where the I Pope was lying. Monsignor Rosa re maineii alone with the Pope and the incident was considered significant, as ! owing to his present position, ho would lie secretary of the conclave In case or the death of the Pope. It is thought (Conl.nucd uu l'4j 3.) IM 11 i in o