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GERMAN
CAVALRY
OCCUPIES BRUSSELS
Belgian Army Retires
Without Battle.
NEW OPENING (3 DISCOVERED
Kaiser's Forces Gain on Both
Banks of River Meuse.
PLANS MAY BE CHANGED
Belgians, Having Held Invaders in
Check for 15 Days, Are Expected
Now to Merge Strategy W ith
That of Allies.
PARIS. Aug-. 20. The German cavalry
have occupied Brussels. The official
announcement was made tonight.
Strong columns are following up this
movement. The Belgian army Is retiring
on Antwerp without having been en
gaged by the Germans.
Along with the announcement of the
fall of Brussels the official dispatch
says:
"Our troops have met with brilliant
successes in Alsace, especially between
Muelhausen and Altkirch. The Germans
retreating on the Rhine lett in our
hands many prisoners and 24 guns,
ix of which were captured by our
Infantry after a sharp struggle.
French Repulsed In Lorraine.
In Lorraine, the day was less for
tunate for us. Our advanced troops
found themselves faced by exceptional
ly strong positions. They were forced
by a counter-attack to fall back in a
body, which is solidly established on
the Seille and along the canal from
the Marne to the Rhine."
LONDON, Aug. 20. A dispatch to the
6tar from Brussels says the German oc
cupation of Brussels is Imminent.
The Burgomaster of the Belgian cap
ital has ordered the civic guard to dis
arm. It is evident the war is drawing
nearer to Brussels. Already four hos
pitals are filled with wounded soldiers.
German aeroplanes have Deen seen
scouting above the city after sundown.
German Cavalry I Near
German cavalry is reported frequent
ly in the region on the farther side of
the Forest of Soignes, which flanks
the city. This forest is the point from
which the attack is most likely to come
in the opinion of many here, and a net
work of trenches has been thrown up
along thet woods.
The Forest of Soignes, southeast of
Brussels, extends in the direction of
Wavre, where severe fighting has been
reported.
A dispatch from Paris says:
"The Germans have gained ground
on both banks of the River Meuse and
are in contact with the armies of the
allies.
Hew Opening Fonnd In North.
"The enemy, finding the routes to the
southward strongly held by French and
Belgians, discovered an opening In the
North. This may entirely change the
strategy on both sides.
"The Belgians, having held the In
vaders in check for 15 days, have done
all that could be expected. Belgian
strategy will now be merged into the
general plan of the allied armies.
"The retrograde movement does not
mean defeat."
That the great German advance is
being pushed with vigor and deter
mination can be safely asserted. Judg
ing from the Intelligence permitted to
the outside world. On both banks of
the Meuse the Germans are crowding
southward toward the entrenched
French army waiting to ' stem their
progress toward Sedan and Paris.
Invaders Approach Sedan.
The invaders already have reached
a line between Dinant and Neufchateau,
the latter point being less than 25 miles
from Sedan as the crow flies. On the
northward their advance troops have
reached the River Dyle, near Mallnes,
almost midway between Brussels and
Antwerp.
Whether the movement is strategic
or forced, the Germans have gained
much ground In the direction of Brus
sels. Should they, however, take ad
vantage of this tempting opening for
a raid on the Belgian capital, they may
find the now retreating Belgian army
swooping down upon them .from be
hind. A dispatch to the Times from Paris
says the first point at which the Ger
mans crossed the French frontier was
at Circy-sur-Vesouz. Since then there
has been continued fighting in that
region, until a day or two ago, when It
ended in the victorious advance of the
French forces, who inflicted a decisive
defeat on the enemy and drove them
back across the frontier east' of Lune
ville. BELGIAN MOVE EXPLAINED
Importance of Losing Brussels to
German Forces Minimised.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Official ex
planation of the Belgian field army's
backward movement toward Antwerp
was given tonight in the following ca
blegram from London made public by
the British embassy:
"The Belgian field army, based on
Antwerp, has fallen back In that di
rection in order to cover its communl-
AConciudod oa Face 2,1
BULLETINS
LONDON, Aug. 21. Count Von
Benrkendorff, Russian Ambassador In
London, has received a telegram which
aa- that his youngest son. Count Peter
Yon Benckendorff, was slightly wound
ed in the shoulder when lighting with
the Russian forces on the German east
ern frontier.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 20. A body
of Russian troops, according to an
official communication given out today,
has occupied Gumbinnen, 20 miles from
the Russian frontier of East Prussia,
capturing; at the same time 12 Ger
man ir ii ii k and n larce number of
prisoners.
ROTTERDAM. Aua. 20. According
to information from Berlin, the Spanish
government has notified Germany of its
strict neutrality, denying at the same
time hiii Ins any treaty with any power.
LONDON, Aug. 20. A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Cracow, dated today, says Austrian
troops have occupied the town of
Mlechow, Russian Poland, after a still
light with Cossacks. The Austrians
surprised a detachment of 1000 Cos
sacks while they slept and succeeded
in killing or wounding 40O of them. The
Austrian casualties are given as 140.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. A procla
mation was issued formally today set.
ting forth the neutrality of the United
Stntes in the war between Belgium and
Germany.
PARIS, Aug. 20. A dispatch to the
Havas Agency from Naples says 'that
a bomb thrown today at the first
class compartment of a train bound
for Rome exploded and Injured several
travelers.
LONDON, Aug. 20. The Sublime
Porte has sent a warning to represen
tatives of shipping companies that mer
chant vessels passing through the Dar.
denelles must dismantle their wireless
Installations and leave the apparatus
behind them on fenorc.
LONDON, Aug.. 20 The Board of
Trade Issued today a notice to shipping
merchants that the Governor of Nigeria,
West Africa, had reported that the Ger
man wireless station at Monrovia, re
public of Liberia, Is nightly exhibiting
a bright electric light which is
dangerous to shipping, as It may be
mistaken for the Cape Mesurado, Li
beria, light.
OTTAWA, Aug. 20. A war appro
priation of 5O,OOO.OO0 was pnt through
the Canadian House of Commons today.
There was nit opposition or criticism.
The proceeding occupied just one
minute.
BERLIN, via Copenhagen, Aug. 20.
German mobilization having been com
pleted, express trains are resuming
service, but only between the principal
towns. The prohlbtlon on the export
of meat and provisions from Berlin
has been almost totally withdrawn.
Maximum prices have been fixed by
the authorities on rye, flour wheut,
flour, salt and other commodities.
SEA DISASTER REITERATED
New York Newspaper Says British
Ships Have Been Sunk.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. (Special.)
Under a seven-column headline, "Why
the English Fleet Is Silent," the New
York Herald in its evening edition to
day printed the following statement in
large type on its first page:
"According to a definite report from
a reliable source the Herald"s dis
patch regarding the destruction of 39
ships of the British navy by a German
torpedo flotilla is correct. This fact is
said to account for England's silence.
Wireless dispatches to this effect were
received at Sayville, L. I., today.
"Furthermore, it Is said In letters ar
riving here via Holland that three Zep
pelins completely destroyed three Eng
lish dreadnoughts and several smaller
vessels in Hull harbor by means dT
bombs. Three additional Zeppelins
have been built for war use, but it la
not said where these will be sent."
WINE P0URED IN RIVER
Confiscated Liquor Emptied Into
Stream by Albany Sheriff.
ALBANY, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Sixty gallons of wine and a gallon of
alcohol were poured into the Willam
ette River here yesterday by Sheriff
Bodine.
The liquor was seized at the South
ern Pacific freight depot because it
had not been labeled properly for ship
ment into "dry" territory.
It was confiscated and ordered de
stroyed by Justice of the Peace Swan.
BORDER OFFICES CLOSED
Austria Reported Concentrating De
partments in Interior.
LONDON, Aug. 20. Arrivals in Rome
from Vienna, according to a dispatch
to the Central News from the Italian
capital, declare that all the government
offices, archives and cash have been
withdrawn from Ltmborg, In Hallcia;
Czernowltz. in Kukowma; Trent, in the
Austrian Tyrol; Trieste, in the Adri
atic: Spalato, in Dalmatia, and Sara
yevo, in Bosnia.
The Austro-Hungarian government
is concentrating all Its oflcial depart
ments in Vienna and Budapest.
RUSSIA CHEERS FOR SERBS
Grand Duke Nicholas Sends Con
gratulations for Victory.
LONDON, Aug. 20. The St. Peters
burg correspondent of Reuter's Tele
gram Company says that Grand Duke
Nicholas, commanding the Russian
army, has sent a letter to Prince Alex
ander, of Servia, saying:
"Having received news of the bril
liant victory of the Servian army, I
send, on behalf of the Pan-Slavic army,
cordial congratulation on the first
victory God has given us. The Rus
sian army shouts to you a vigorous
cheer in honor of the victorious Serbs,':
SHOCK OF POPE'S
DEATH KILLS SISTER
End Follows Fatiguing
Watch Over Brother.
DEVOTED ANNA SARTO PASSES
Pius Reported to Have Left
Family Out of Will.
INSURANCE IS FOR THEM
Bomb Explosion on Train Delays
Arrival of Sacred College Dean
and Invitation to Cardinals
Not Yet Sent Out.
ROME, Aug. 20. While the Christian
world was grieving tonight over the
passing of Pope Pius X in the Vati
can at an early hour this morning, the
sorrow of the late pontiff's immediate
family was increased measurably by
the sudden death, due to shock, of
Anna Sarto, sister of the late temporal
head of the church."
The devotion of the sisters was
shown at various times during the
pontiff's ill health, when they were
always solicitously at his bedside,
seeming to notice neither hunger nor
fatigue.
The sister was assisted from the
room and collapsed soon afterward.
Dr. Amici attended her, but alarming
symptoms developed, with high fever,
from which she did not rally.
Nothing Willed to Family.
It is reported that the Pope left
nothing to his family, but shortly be
fore his death he arranged for life in
surance to the amount of $10,000 in
favor of his surviving sisters. Nothing
else goes to his family. The will of
the Pope was read today in the pres
ence of Cardinal Merry Del Val, but it
has not been officially made public.
The death of the Pope has been the
cause of infense grief to- the papal
secretary of state, who could not re
frain from tears, even in the presence
of strangers. He said: "I have lost
the one dearest to my heart. He was
more than pontiff, more than master;
he was my second father."
Cardinals' Invitation Delayed.
Contrary to custom, the cardinals up
to noon had ndt received an invitation
to go to the Vatican for the first meet
ing after the death of the Pope. The
delay was due to the absence from
Rome of Cardinal Seraphim Vanuttelll.
dean of the Sacred College, by whom
euch invitations must be issued. Car
dinal Vanuttelll was In Naples when
he received the message from Cardinal
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maxliriura temperature, 68
degrees; minimum. 60 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; northwest winds.
War.
German cavalry enters Brussels. Page 1.
German Emperor said to have ordered re
sistance to last In China. Page L
Plan to Ret coal to cruiser Leipslg frus
trated at San Francisco. Page 3.
French to provide work for unemployed.
Page 2.
Exodus of Americans from war zone is pro
gressing. Page 2.
Ships sail light to England, though food Is
in great demand. Page 3.
Japanese . outline their grievances. Page 3.
Ship purchase opposed in Europe. Page 1.
rope.
Portland people pay tributes to late pontiff.
Page B.
Father O'Hara nays tribute to Plus X.
Page 5.
Rev. Monsignor Joseph F. Mooney compares
works o Leo XIII and Pius X. Page 5.
Sister of late pope dies from shock. Page L
Mexico,
Mexico Citv Is wild with enthusiasm as
General Carranza and his forces march,
triumphant, into capital. Pag 3.
Sport.
Pacific Coast League results: Oakland 2,
Portland 1; San Francisco 6, Venice a;
Los Angeles 4-S. Sacramento 3-1. Page 10.
Oulmet's play weakened in finals of National
tournament. Page 10.
Programme of second-day races is carried
out with gust. Page 10.
Pacific Northwest.
Mrs. Innes, after formal arrest on murder
charge. Is placed In hotel under guard.
Paga 15.
Five die when auto crashes off bridge at
North Bend, page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Short crop of Oregon potatoes Is expected
to raise prices. Page 15.
Wheat advances at Chicago are lost by
profit taking. Page 15.
Portland mills bid on contract lor 4.0O0.000
feet of lumber for East. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Unrest of labor and capital discussed before
Federal Commission. Page 14.
Changing system of streetcar stops may re
sult from study of conditions. Page 7.
All forest fires in state under control.
Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13.
Mrs. C. A. Ward makes pjlea for deaf-J
Page 9.
WAR TAKES CHINESE EGGS
Shanghai Dealer Declares Supply
Will Go Abroad.
Thousands or cases of eggs that
would have come to America will be
shipped to European cities, owing to
the great shortage of food bound to
result from the war, declared E. Block,
the "Egg King" of Shanghai, China,
who was in Portland yesterday, at the
Imperial. He is on the Coast arrang
ing for shipments this Fall, wnich
probably will be less than last year.
The average shipment of eggs from
Shanghai has been 15,000 cases of
eggs. The eggs bring but 2 or 3 cents
less a dozen than the eggs of domes
ticated hens.
SOCIALIST NOT EXECUTED
Bryan Says Ambassador Denies Re
port About Eiebknecht.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Walter Lanfer
siek, National secretary of the Socialist
party, received a telegram tonight from
W. J. Bryan, saying that the United
States Ambassador had reported there
was no truth in the rumor that Carl
Liebknecht, the German Socialist, had
been executed.
The firet report was the Socialist
leader had been shot for refusing mili
tary duty.
GERMANS TO FIGHT
TO LAST IN
Emnr.tff Orders Resis-
tance tv oan'
,o
LONDON HAS NEWS
China Sounds United States on
Plan of Transfer.
WASHINGTON IS SILENT
Proposal Made That Kiau-Chau Be
Conveyed to Chinese Through
Washington Made Tentatively.
Reply Is Not Given.
LONDON, Aug. 20. According to In
formation received in official circles
here today. Emperor William has or
dered that resistance be made to the
last to Japan's attempts to drive Ger
many from Kiau-Chau.
BERLIN, via Copenhagen and London,
Aug. 20. The Japanese ultimatum has
been the subject of much comment by
the German press.
The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeltung
believes that Germany will rely with
a polite yet definite refusal.
Japan's Policy Long Considered.
Count Ernest von Reventlow, the
naval expert, publishes an article in the
Tages Zeitung showing that Japan's
policy has been prepared for a long
time. He recounts how M. Sugimura,
the former Japanese Ambassador at
Berlin, who was friendly toward the
Germans and had always directed his
efforts towards a rapproachment be
tween Germany and Japan, at the time
of his departure from Berlin aid to
Count von Reventlow that he had been
suddenly ordered to return from Berlin,
when on leave. The Ambassador added
this remark:
"I will go and I will never return to
Berlin."
PEKIN, Aug. 30. China inquired to
day of the United States what its at
titude, would be toward the cession by
Germany to the United States of the
territory of Kiau-Chau for Immediate
cession thereafter back to China.
Intimation From Germany Hinted At.
The Inquiry of the Chinese govern
ment was made to the American
Charfe d' Affaires and it was said to be
based on intimation" from Germany
that such a course might solve the
problem.
The Chinese government is not sure
that such a programme would meet
with the approval of Japan or Great
Britain and the opinion is freely ex-
CHINA
Thursday'sWarMoves
GERMAN cavalry occupied Brussels,
the capital of Belgium, yesterday,
according to news which the author
ities at both Paris and London per
mitted to go through. The importance
of this move is disputed by" some and
minimized by other military men.
Brussels was an unfortified town. It
was said that the Belgian forces had
done what had been assigned to them
to do In delaying the German advance
to this point, and that from now on
their movements will be merged into
the general strategy of the allies.
The Germans seem, however, to be
making no advance In Alsace. The lat
est report Is the French have recap
tured Muelhausen and it still seems
true that, after 18 days of fighting,
there are no German troops on French
soil. French advices, however, admit
failing to progress in Lorraine.
On Germany's eastern frontier there
has been considerable outpost fighting,
which would indicate that the
Russians are completing their work of
concentration. There has been no seri
ous collision in this region as yet. how
ever. Austria is too much engaged with
Rtassia and with the need of helping
Germany to make much progress In her
war campaign against Servia.
One of the significant developments
of the day in Washington was the In
quiry of the Chinese government of the
ctoto. whether the United
States would undertake the trusteeship
of the territory of Kiau-Chau. trans
ferring it at once from Germany to
China. China's Inquiry was understood
to have been based on an acquiescence
of Germany in such a plan, hoping
thereby to avert a war with Japan.
While officials were reticent to express
i,...., it was generally believed
that the United States Government
would not accept the proposal ot Lnma
unless both Japan and England for
mally assented.
China's endeavors to obtain the ter
ritory of Kiau-Chau and at the same
time preserve neutral relations with
Germany! Japan and Great Britain
were manifest in dispatches from
Pekin. In any eventuality China indi
cated clearly her Intention of remain
ing neutral.
Diplomatic dispatches from Europe
containing little concerning the prog
ress of the war. Colville Barclay.
,r.,r,,r, nf the British em
bassy, inquired of Secretary Bryan
when a decision on me
less controversy might be available
and learned that none had yet been
reached. Announcement, however. 1
expected to be made today.
Several peace organizations have
asked the Administration's attitude
. meetings which they
lUMttlU
planned as a demonstration against
war The President did not disapprove,
but suggested that speeches referring
to individual countries in i'
omitted.
How the.European war Is causlng an
increase in the prices of certain metals
and affecting the production of others
is told by the Geological Survey. The
war has raised the New York price of
tin to 65 cents a pound. In July tin sold
as low as 30.5 cents a pound. Antimony
has reached more than 20 cents a pound.
The war has closed the European mar-,
ket to American radium ores and will
have a deleterious effect on the pro
duction In this country. With the
greater part ot white arsenic used In
America coming from European coun
tries, imports will undoubtedly be seri
ously diminished.
A condition imposed by the British
government to the admission of a Ger
man relief ship to British waters Is
that It should fly the American flag
and be manned by American officers.
The purpose is to prevent the disclosure
of the defensive plans of the British
harbors to Germans who now officer
the vessels in which It Is proposed to
bring home American refugees.
BAN PUT ON SPOILED FOOD
Products Must Be Denatured Before
Being Shipped, Is Hilling.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Spoiled food
products will have to be denatured be
fore being shipped Into Interstate com
merce in the future, under a ruling an
nounced today by the Department ot
Commerce.
This will permit the shipment of
spoiled eggs for use In tanning ana
r.thr snoiled substances for the manu
facture of fertilizer or oils and greases
used In machinery, but will require
them to be treated with denaturing
substances so that they cannot possibly
be used for food.
NO CLUE TO DEATH FOUND
Jury Says William Bruner Was Mur
dered, but Knows Not by Whom.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) The jurors In the case of Wil
liam Bruner, murdered last Thursday
and whose body was found yesterday
hidden away in the bed of a creek on
Davis Slough, returned a verdict to the
rrnnr on vine that the deceased had
come to' his death by a gunshot wound
from unknown persons.
No evidence whatever was produced
that gave a clew to the officers. Dis
trict Attorney LilJIquest. however, will
investigate the case further.
KAISER'S SONS AT FRONT
Eitel Frederick and August William
Reported With Troops.
LONDON, Aug. 20. The Rotterdam
correspondent of the Times reports
that a telegram from Maestricht says
Prince Eltel Friedrich, the second ion
of Emperor William, Is quartered in
the Provincial Palace at Liege on the
footing of the commandant of the First
Guards Regiments.
Prince August William, the fourth
Bon of the Emperor, who stopped last
night at the Grand Hotel In Liege, also
arrived at the Provincial Palace and
lell by. motorcar Xur tue front.
SHIP PURCHASE IS
OPPOSED IN EUROPE
Wilson's Plan Arouses
Nations at War.
MANY DIFFICULTIES FORESEEN
France Never Has Recognized
Sales to Neutrals.
EARNEST INQUIRIES MADE
Nation That Asserted Right to Mnk
Captured Vessel Would Be Em
barrassed if Owner Were Gov
ernment of United State.
BY JOHN C ALLAN O'LAUGH LIN.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20 (Special.)
President Wilson s advocacy of the bill
to be Introduced In Congress tomorrrow
for Government pruchase of merchant
ships belonging to belligerents has
aioused the Jealous attention of the
maritime nations at war.
Earnest Inquiries have been ad
dressed to this Government In relation
to the subject. So far as can be learned.
Great Britain and Russia have not reg
istered a protest, but Prance never has
recognised the validity of sales of
belligerent merchant ships to neutrals.
Great Britain and Russia, according to
the representations made, must no sat
isfied of the validity of the transter.
both by bill of sale and payment of a
reasonable consideration.
Payment 1 llfrmnn. ' I. Iked.
Neither of these belligerents, how
ever, likes the prospect of the payment
to a German line subsidised by Iho
Cerman government of $22,000,000. the
amount which. It Is said, will purchaso
all the Hamburg-American stearaera
now In American ports.
Diplomats further object to the Idea
of Government acquisition of vessels on
the ground that they will become na
tional In character. In spite of the fic
tion of a private corporation, such as
the Panama Canal Corporation which
runs vessels between New York and the
canal zone.
Selsnre Threatens ompllcntlons.
They point out that such vessels will
be liable to examination for contraband
by warships of the belligerents and If
contraband should be found the offend
ing craft will be taken Into port for
action. It is true the carriage of con
traband goods does not subject the
vessel and remaining cargo to confis
cation, unless all belong to the same
owner, or unless there has been soms
actual co-operation In an attempted
fraud upon the belligerent by covering
up the voyage under false papers and
with a false destination; but while the
vessel would not be subject to for
feiture, the mere selxure of a ship be
longing to a corporation controlled by
the United States Government undoubt
edly would create a good deal of feel
ing among Americans.
Tho right of belligerents to prevent
neutrals from carrying to an enemy
articles that may serve him In the di
rect prosecution of his hostile purposes
has been acknowledged by all author
Itles. In case one of the national mer
chant ships should be seised and su
u.inr hiiiirerent forces should arrive.
the captors would have to determine
hat to do with their prise.
Russia and Britain Disagree.
rii uni.ian irovernment took tha
position during Its war with Japan
thi
at the captor or a neutral
right to sink It It ho tounu H aini
lt or Impossible to carry It Into port
. .HiuHi.'.iinn. Great Britain con-
a
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for
i... that such measures "would oc
casion a complete paralysis of all neu
tral trade" and characterised them as
"contrary to acknowledged principles
of international law" and "Intolerable
to all neutrals.
With Great Britain In command of
tho seas the possibility of the sinking
of a merchant vessel belonging to a
corporation owned by the United
States is extremely remote. At the
same time it Is conceivable that It
might take place If the commander M
a warship should be In a tight position.
Great Britain wants to maintain the
most cordial relations with tho Amor
lean Government and desires that noth
ing shall be done containing the possi
bility of their Impairment.
British Would Not Objn-I.
Certainly no formal objection would
be raised by the British government
to private purchase of merchant ships
belonging to a belligerent. That gov
ernment has taken the view of the
United States as expressed by Cona
Johnson, solicitor for the State Depart,
ment, as follows:
"A neutral has a perfect right to
purchaso the merchant vessels of bel
ligerents during a state of war. when
.,,..), nnn-hua ia bona flde. without de
feasance, reservation of title or inter
est and intended to convey perieci ana
permanent title to the purchaaar."
There are a few exceptions to this
rule.
Britain's Advantage Lessened.
It must not be forgotten that the .
acquisition of a large mercantile ma
rine by the United States would arouse
some feeling abroad. England'a great -est
gain from this war will b tha de
struction of Germany's over-eeaa com
merce and the means for Its convey
ance. With all German ships captured
or destroyed, her own vaaaels would
largely take their place. If tha United
Statea U to tska over a great section