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I THE MORNING OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. BELGIANS PROTEST m BOMBARDMENT Women Are Declared to Have Been Slain by Germans at Antwerp. ZEPPELIN FLEET ACTIVE Lives Lost Hos- Accounts of Xnmbor or Vary One Dispatch Says pital Where Belgians Aided German Wounded Was Hit. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. B. Have nlth. the Belgian Minister, presented today a protest at the State Deparment against whaj he termed a "war against women and children." the Zeppelin air hlp attack on Antwerp. Ten persona were killed, the Minister said, four of them women. Eight persons were in jured. Secretary Bryan was reticent in dis cussing the attitude of the United States toward such protests and inti mated that the State Department could take no action. Diplomatic Activity Denied. Repored activity of Brand Whltlock. the American Minister, in officially protesting to Germany was denied hy Secretary Bryan. It is understood here that the Ger man mllilray leaders in the battles be fore Liege and other Belgian cities gave due notice of their Intention to use air ships, as Is required by the fourth Hague convention. LONDON', Aug. 26. The Dally News publishes a dispatch from its Antwerp correspondent saying it is reported there that the American Minister to Belgium. Brand Whitlock, has sent an energetic protest to the German gov ernment against the hurling of bombs Into Antwerp from a Zeppelin airship. Accounts of Destruction Vary. A bomb-dropping exploit of the Zep pelin airship at Antwerp promises to become a matter of the widest Inter national consideration. The Belgian authorities assert the attack was a clear violation of article 26 of the fourth Hague convention, and they are preparing to protest officially to all the powers against the manner of war fare. Accounts vary as to the amount of damage done by the aerial fighter. One account says 26 lives were lost. although from more conservative sources it is reported only 12 bodies have been recovered from the ruins of the wrecked houses. Many Houses Damaged. A dispatch which Is regarded as semi-official says 900 houses were slightly damaged and 60 were nearly destroyed. This dispatch was sent to London, it is said, after a committee which included the Belgian Secretary of State, the Russian Ambassador, the papal nuncio and King Albert's secre tary had examined the entire city with a view to appraising the results of the aerial bombardment. This dispatch, published by the Chronicle, says: "For the first time in history a great civilized community has been bom barded from the sky in the dead of night. Count Zeppelin, whom the Ger man Emperor calls the greatest genius of the country, has performed the greatest exploit of his life. Ke has thrown bombs on hospitals where Bel gians were attending German wound ed. He has staggered humanity. On August S the German commander warned General I, man at Liege that If the forts did not surrender the Zep pelin fleet would move against Bel gium. Raid Reported Prevented. "The Germans have been as good as their word. We have explored every one of 10 devastated streets and have found portions of 10 bombs. Their number of victims is unknown. The population is in gloom." A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from its Antwerp correspond ent says another raid on the city by a Zeppelin airship was attempted last night. The effective measures taken by the Belgian military authorities, the correspondent continues, caused the German airship to retire. Trafalgar Square by some of the labor mrtlmi nrnteatfnir niralnst war. but these meetings did not express the sen timent of the neODle." Dr. MacLachlan left the Continent but two davs before war was declared anH wa in I-nnrion at the time. The White Star liner on which she sailed was trailed by a German cruiser, which was lost sight of when the English cruiser Sussex started in pursuit. When in Germany Dr. MacLachlan fnHi at FVeihiirer. Baden, where the Twilie-ht Sleen." of which there has been much discussion of late, has be come famous. It is the treatment which is said to do away with the pains of childbirth, and hundreds of mothers have visited the famous clinic in that German city. it is not imagination but a positive success but probably will not be in troduced In this country far a long while," declared Dr. MacLachlan. "The Twilight Sleep' is meeting with much opposition from physicians in America, mainly because It requires so much of the doctor's time to administer It. Also, it has been tried in this country but found unreliable only because an instable solution of the drug was use. The new solution used in Freiburg is durable. "In some cases the use of the drug may be risky for the child, tnougn this Is an exception it the Freiburg treatments. Some physicians here doubtless will make use of It, DUl it will be a long while before It is gen eral practice. Personally, I am very onthiisisst io over Its success and be lieve in its merit" MURDER REVIVES LOVE LINERS BRINGING TRAVELERS ROME More Than 1500 Americans Arrive on Scandinavian and Italian Steamships. MANY COME IN STEERAGE Destruction of Collier by Mine in River Elbe. Among Sights Seen by One of Passengers Nor way Lacking in Incident. HIV A I. KILLED BY REJECTED MAN, WHO KILLS SELF. Girl Causing Tnnk-Creek Tragedy De clares Devotion on Body of Man She Spurned. tv l-v A TCHEK Wash.. Aug. 26. (Soecial.) Because his sweetheart had broken her promise to marry him, John Rice shot and killed Fred Stye, who was his prospective successful rival for the hand of Nellie Lang; shot the girl s brother, John Lang, who tried to pre vent the shooting, and then turned the gun on himself, dying Instantly, me offnir occurred at Tunk creek, 100 miles north of here. The double tragedy served to re awaken the girl's cooling love, for when the murderer-suicide fell at her foot he threw herself across his Doaj crving: "I love you. Johnny; why did von not take me with you?" Before shooting himself Rice bid the firi c-oort-hve. He left a note saying that he had intended killing the girl's I witn aprpoximately father also. All the principals in the affair re ntit. came from Montana and were searching for locations In the Okano gan Valley. i T NEW YORK, Aug. 26. More than 1500 Americans stranded in Europe at the outbreak of the war reached New York today on the Scandinavian line steamer Oscar II, from Copenhagen and the Italian liner Taormina, from Genoa, Palermo and Naples. The Oscar II brought in 1104 passen gers, of whom 784 came in the steerage Nearly all were Americans. The Taor mina had 768 aboard, and several hun dred of these were Americans. Sixty seven Americans came in the Taormi- na's steerage. Among the ships sailing from New York was the Wilson liner Francisco with two 4.7-caliber rifles mounted on her rear deck. These, her officers said, were merely a saluting battery. Her destination is Hull. Destruction of Collier Seen. The destruction of a British collier in the River Elbe was seen by Mrs. Emma Muir. of this city, who was in Vlenn at the outbreak of hostilities between Austria and Russia. While proceeding down the River Elbe, she said, they saw a British collier strike a mine and blow up with all hands. Their boat stopped and a government boat came alongside with the news that England had declared war. Mr. and Mrs. William Hitt, the latter formerly Miss Katherine Elkins, were in Norway at the outbreak of the war. They said they had made the trip to Copenhagen without unusual experience. Reservists Sail for Europe. The Campania, with 400 passengers. many of whom were said to be British and French reservists, and the France, 500 passengers, most of them French reservists, sailed today. William G. Sharp, newly ap pointed Ambassador to France, sailed on the France. The American liner St. Louis sailed at 1 o'clock for Liverpool. She was followed by the Italia of the Anchor Line (British) for Naples and Genoa. The Italia is the first ship of that line to sail for Mediterranean ports since the war broke out. IIOI SE SEATS KILL WHEN LOSS OF PAY IS THREATENED. WAR LOAN METHOD OPEN British Proposal Leaves Details to Discretion of Treasury. LONDON. Aug. 26. David Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, today introduced in the House of Commons a resolution as the basis for the forthcoming war loan bill. The bill, Mr. Lloyd George said, would dif fer from the previous war loan meas ures in two respects. First The actual amount of money to be taken has not been fixed. The sum to be raised will include not only the vote of credit for $500,000,000 al ready authorized, but the sum by which the revenue will be dimlnisted in conse quence of the war. Second The bill will not Indicate the precise method by which the money Is to be raised. That will be left to the discretion of the treasury, to be de cided according to the conditions pre vailing. i. rL nelnired With Applications for Leave "on Account of Illness," but They Must Be Genuine. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26. Prospects of losing a day's pay for each day's ab sence brought Representatives troop ing back to the House today and the rollcall showed 267 of the 433 in their seats In the House the greatest num ber in weeks. "This is the second line of reserves arriving," announced the leader of one returning party, "the third line is on the way." "Who is that man?" demanded Speaker Clark, pointing with his gavel at a strange face. A clerk explained that it was a returned member. A deluge of applications for leave "on account of illness" came down on the clerk. Majority Leader Underwood announced that the sergeant-at-arms would have to be satisfied of the va lidity of every such application. TOURISTS LIVE ON SUFFERANCE Stranded Americuns in Germany. Mostly Women, Suffer Keenly. GENEVA, Switzerland. Aug. 26 (via Parl3). Four Americans made their way on foot across the German frontier at Basel yesterday. They were with out money and had been without food for some time. Fragmentary information reaching Americans here by letter from Germany indicates tnere are still many Ameri can tourists stranded in hotels and boarding houses In German cities. They .re mostly women, and in many cases their resources are limited. Some of them have no money at all. They are described as not unfrequently living on sufferance, subjected to discourtesies, and occasionally put on the streets without their baggage. In some ex treme cases they have had to sell their clothes for food. TLET HOOD RIVER ACCEPTS ftS.S.OOO FOR COLUMBIA ROAD. BID Figure, Far Below Estimate, Is For Work From Multnomah Line to Vlento Benson Attends. BENGAL MOSLEMS LOYAL East Indians Telegrapli They Would Deplore Enmity of Turks. CALCUTTA, via London. Aug. 26. A representative of the Bengal Moslems has telegraphed the Grand Vizier at Constantinople. offering congratula tions to his imperial majesty on the occasion of the feast of Bairam and ex pressing gratification at Turkey's neu trality and British assurance of Tur key's integrity. He adds: "India Moslems, who consider loyalty to the British Crown their first para mount duty, would greatly deplore any estrangement between Britain and Turkey." BRITONS Mary BECOME BRAVE Dr. MacLachlan in London When War Iiegins. People of London heard the declara tion of war between England and Ger many with a solemnity akin to fear, asserts Dr. Mary MacLachlan, who has Just returned from Europe with her sister. Miss Margaret MacLachlan, and mother, Mrs. Donald MacLachlan. "Though the soldiers mustering won many cheers, on the whole the multi tudes were sober and almost fearful," she said. "The nation seemed fright ened at the prospect of fighting Ger many, but was determined to acquit HOOD RIVER. Or., Aug. 26. (Spe cial.) With S. Benson, Highway Engi neer Bowlby, Supervising Engineer Elliott and an imposing array of rep resentatives of contractors present, th County Court late this afternoon awarded the contract for the construe tion of the Columbia highway in this county between the Multnomah line and the town of Viento to the New port Land & Construction Company at 558.000. Fourteen bids were submitted The state and county officials were surprised at the low figures submitted A number of Hood River men estimat ed that the cost of the work would go beyond $100,000, and It was only on the guarantee of Mr. Benson to pay the cost of the construction above $75, 000. the sum of a recent bond issue voted here, that the electors were will lng to vote the issue. GERMANS AID RELIEF FUND Eugene Committee Raises $300 for Benefit of War-Stricken. TOURISTS OUT OF ANTWERP Majority of American Residents of City Elect to Remain. ANTWERP, via Paris. Aug. 26. All the American tourists have left for home by way 'of Holland and England. The majority of American residents are remaining. Business is absolutely at a standstill, though hopes are entertained that traffic will be reopened if the River Scheldt remains free. The royal family -is. showing special interest in the welfare of the oeoDle. The young Princess Marie Josle. to give the people confidence, appears on the streets twice daily. Queen Eliza beth busies herself with Red Cross work. American Interests are being carefully watched and protected by the authorities. All Germans have left the city. The author of this dispatch is not permit ted to telegraph war news. a UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SATE Germans Reported to Have Shown Every Courtesy Possible. LONDON, Aug. 26. T. S. Eliot, of St. Louis, a student in the Summer school of Magdeburg University. Magdeburg Germany, arrived in London today with several students from Freiburg and other German universities which have been closed on account of the war. The Germans. said Mr. Eliot, "showed the students much considera tion and helped us In every way, but traffic was interrupted by the military operations and there were few trains. Consequently, foreigners are getting out of Germany slowly. The Russian men students have been detained and the Russian women students at Magdeburg are being cared for in a convent. W. R. Peck, the American Consul, who have been with him many years, have remained loyal and are with their master. TSING-TAU, China", Aug. 26. A Ger man aeroplane went up from Tsing Tau today to reconnoiter. The pilot failed to discover any evidence of Jap anese warships at sea or of Japanese troops on land. The Austrian cruiser Kaiserln Eliza beth has been dismantled and her crew has left here by rail for Tien-Tsin. WAR DECLARATION RUMORED Washington Without Advices as to Austria's Action Toward Japan. LONDON, Aug. 26. A Central News dispatch from Paris says positively that Austria has declared war on Japan. WASHINGTON, Tug. 26. The Japa nese Ambassador In Vienna placed his government's interests in Austria in the hands of the American Embassy to day and planned to leave tonight for Berne, Switzerland, according to official dispatches. The message made no refer ence to a declaration of war on Japan bv Austria. Neither the Japanese Embassy nor the State Department received confir mation of the declaration of war by Austria today, although messages di rected from Vienna on other subjects reached the American Government. OPPONENTS OF COMPULSORY SERV ICE ARE REASSURED. Asquith Says Kitchener Will Not Be Content With 100,000 Men Na tional Spirit Intensified. LONDON, Aug. 26. Announcement here of losses in the campaign on the Continent seems to have intensified British determination. This tenacity of purpose was further evidenced by Pre mier Asquith in the House of Commons today in making the announcement that he proposed to ask King George to convey to the King of the Belgians the admiration with which Great Brit ain regarded "the heroic resistance of li is army and people to the wanton in vasion of their territory and an assur ance of the determination of this coun try to support in every way the efforts of Belgium to vindicate her own inde pendence and the public law of Eu rope." The opponents of compulsory mili tary service In Great Britain momen tarily raised their heads in the House of Commons today, but the Premier re assured them. He said there was no intention of ' introducing this system. He added, however, that Secretary of War Kitchener needed all the recruits he could get. It was a great mistake to think, Premier Asquith declared, that Great Britain wanted only 100,000 men. AMERICANS JOIN LEGION VOLUNTEERS FOR FOREIGN SERV ICE NUMEROUS. Men From Western United States Among Those Enlisted in Paris. Others' Offer in London. PARIS, Aug. 26. Among the Ameri can volunteers who left here yesterday for Rouen for a period of training under French army officers are R. Hil- debrand, of Helena, Mont.; O. Darieo, of Fresno, Cal., and J. Miriam, of Santa Barbara. Cal.; S. Venture. Seattle; G. Lugberg, Spokane, Wash.; C. Beaumont, Butte, Mont.; A. F. Manesco, I. Thomp son and J. Casey, San Francisco. George Casmeze, of New York, is the leader and organizer of the volunteer detachment. LONDON, Aug. 26. Many Americans have enlisted in London in the foreign legion organized by Captain Ricci, who fought with Garibaldi. The services of the legion have been offered to the British War Office, but have not yet been accepted. The legion contains 3000 men and 200 officers. One-third of its member ship speaks English, one-third Russian and one-third Italian. The Americans who enlisted here are uncertain as to this legion, and many of them are go ing to Paris to enter the foreign corps accepted there by the French army. EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 26. (Special.)- Nearly $300 was collected tonight by Eugene Germans, to be sent by the German Consul in Seattle to the aid of wounded soldiers and widows and orphans in Germany. During the past week, a committee has been collecting the money, and the German Ladies' Aid has been active. E. Koppe, chairman of the meeting, does not believe that the war can kill Germany's industrial supremacy. The local Germans hold that many of the reports now received are un fair to Germany, and refuse to believe reports of alleged German cruelty. JAPAN PLEDGE IS SENT (Continued From First Page.) given their word and their pledge, which will be as honorably kept as Japan always keeps promises. "OKUMA." SALEM PIONEER IS DEAD Alexander Hamilton Churchill, 1854, Victim of Illness. of GERMAN STEAMER IS HIT Princess Alice in Flight From Brit ish Warship in Pacific. MANILA, Aug. 26. The North Ger man Lloyd steamer Princess Alice reached Cebu from Zamboanga today with a huge hole in her stern patched with cement. The captain admits that after leaving Manila he tried to establish wireless connection with Yap, one of the Caro line Islands, but found that the Yap station had been destroyed by the British. While speeding from Zamboanga he was chased by a British warship and barely reached port. The Princess Alice sailed from Hamburg une 25 for Yokohama. SALEM, Or., Aug. 26. (Special.) Alexander Hamilton Churchill, a pioneer of 1854, died today at Willam ette Sanitarium, tnis city, arter an ill ness of several weeks. His home was at Hopmere. this county. Mr Churchill came to Oregon from Iowa and settled in uoles Valley, Douglas County, moving to this county several years ago. He is survived by the following children: Walter Wesley Churchill, Virgil Vernon Churchill and Gladys Evelyn Churchill. A brother, Shelby Churchill, of Douglas County, arrived tonight to take the body to the lLself' welL Meetings were bald in old. homestead there for burial. TORPEDO - BOATS DO BATTLE Briton Has 11 Killed and Wounded; German Losses Unknown. PEKIN, Aug. 26. Up to noon today the only engagement reported to have occurred near Tsing-Tau, capital of the German protectorate of Kiau-Chau, was an encounter between a German torpedo-boat and a British torpedo boat, on Sunday or Monday last. The British vessel returned to Wei-Hal-Wei with a loss of 11 men killed and wounded. The German losses are not known. Letters and telegrams received here today from Tsing-Tau say that this seaport, commercially active and bus tling in normal times, now is virtually deserted with the exception of the Chinese laborers, who are detained by force, and the German soldiers, who from time to time are seen passing through the city streets. Excepting a few Americans and about 40 women who have remained behind to nurse the wounded, all the non-combatant whites have departed. Chinese rickshaw coolies and house servants almost have all disappeared. The servants in the employment of , injuries. e UNSOLD BONDS DISAPPOINT Clarke County to Hold Up Its Sale of Issue for Bridge. VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 26 (.Spe cial.) The inability of Multnomah County to sell her block of bonds for the building of the Columbia River In terstate Bridge has had a gloomy ef fect on the residents of Clarke County, especially in Vancouver. It was ex pected that the Clarke County bonds could be sold September 14, when bids are to be opened. Now that the Multnomah County bonds are unsold, Clarke County will not sell her bonds, as it would be use less to. be paying interest on money not being used. ENGLAND RJCH IN MONEY Second Issue of $75,000,000 Over subscribed in Quick Time. LONDON. Aug. 26. The second i6sue of 15,000,000 ($75,000,000) in treasury bills has been another success. The total applications, which were prin cipally from banks, amounted to more than 40,000,000. Those who made ap plication at a fraction over 98 will get their allotments in full. The Interest works out at slightly more than 3 per cent Bills were taken rather freely on the market today at late rates. The Women's Store Is Fully Prepared To Show You All the Latest Modes in Autumn Apparel With the New Coats While every season there are many new ideas brought out in coat styles, it has been left for this new season to surpass them all for originality and beauty. For these nerv coats are indeed beauti ful finest of soft Duvetyne coats, fully lined with satin. Smart looking coats of tweeds and handsome plaids for traveling and week- $10.00 to $100.00. With Handsome New Suits end trips. Coats of imported Hindu lynx, of wool plush, pony cloth, pebble cheviot, broad-tail-zibeline, and many novelty materials that have all the appearance of soft furs. They show the flare skirt, cape effects and pleated styles in the richest of deep toned colors and can be had as low as Third Floor Women are constantly asking what they are like dozens of new models answer this ques tion. The long, graceful lines predominate, and every new model boasts of some kind of a tunic, either on the skirt or attached to the coat. One charming style gaily flaunts a fine pleated skirt part to the jacket with a plain gored, though flared, skirt of plain black satin, and gracefully draped with a sash of the satin. Nothing more attractive could be imagined than this combina tion of black satin and dark blue serge. Some suits are distinctly cutaway in the front, others with wide belts, long pleated and flare tunics, plain or pleated skirts. There are many broadcloth models, others of fine serges and gabardine, poplins and cor duroys and the predominating colors are dark blue, black, brown, Russian green and plum. Many of these handsome models sell at $18.50 and others range in price as high as $125.00. Third Floor. With the Advent of the Basque Dress there seems no end to the many and vari ous modes of trimming and combining cloth with silk materials. No style in years has been found to be so generally be coming as these newest of new basque dresses. You will find them in Serges, Crepe de Chine, Gabardine, Charmeuse, Crepe Meteor and Silk Poplins. The sash is conspicuous on the majority of these gowns, most often passing twice around the waist and knotted carelessly low in the back or at the side. The material used for the skirt is incor porated into the bodice in a number of entirely different ways. For instance, where charmeuse or satin is combined with dark blue serge, the full-length sleeves are fashioned of the satin, while the sleeveless coatee is of the serge. The flaring collars and the deep cuffs of white linen or organdie, as well as those of laces, give these basque models a very chic air. Priced at $12.50 to $75.00. Third Floor. The Newest of New Waists i With so radical and complete a change in the bodice lines of the gowns for the new season it is most apparent that a sim ilar change has been effected in the design of the separate bodice. A new tendency is to combine satin with long loose bishop sleeves of chiffon, and this idea has been most cleverly car ried out in some new models of dark blue and black saun with white chiffon, the chiffon also being used for the vest and collar. Extremely clever is a bodice of flesh tinted and white chiffon combined, which produces the most exquisite effect imagin able. Other models there are, too, of satin, which continue Well below the Waist line in draped hip girdle effect. Also new models of laces, nets and fine voiles in plain colors and Roman stripes. Priced at $1.50 to $15.00. Third Floor. Separate Tailored Walking Skirts Needless to say the tunic style predominates, many beinp accordion pleated and many combine satin with serge and wide graceful sashes of satin or messaline are being used on these separate skirts. You will find these new skirts developed in serges, gabar dines and handsome plaid effects. $5.00 to $10.00 each. Third Floor. Roman Striped Trimmings on Petticoats Many of the new petticoats are trimmed with handsome Roman stripe silks others of all-silk messaline, Jersey silk and combinations of silk with jersey. Specially priced at $1 .95, and others selling to $5.00. Third Floor. In the Junior Specialty Shop on the Fourth Floor Is An Exhibition of the New Suits, Dresses and Coats Charming dresses of serge and satin, the basque styles showing the long tunics, and others with a plain one-piece back collars of white satin one very charming style shows a nosegay of old-fashioned flowers nestling quaintly at one side of the collar. All unusually graceful and especially becoming to the youthful figures. trrNew Suits of serges, cheviots, wool poplins and broadcloth. New Coats for the girls from 2 to 6, 6 to 14 and 14 to 17 years. Of velvet, plush, fancy mixtures, plaids and crepe effects. Fourth Floor. C Merchandise of C AH Goods Purchased Today and Balance of the Month, Will Be Charged on Your October 1st Bill Just Received, the Great Song Hit On Sale Here Only "I'm the Man Who Paid the Rent for Mrs. Rip Van Winkle' The Great Mystery Solved by Robert Lewis & Ernie Erdman. Basement. Wishart's Mechanician Also Dies. ELGIN, 111., Aug. 26. John O. Jenter, mechanician for Spencer Wishart, the automobile racing driver, killed last Saturday in an accident in the Elgin National trophy race, died today of his sages must be written in plain English or French. Ber- JEWS PRAY FOR PEACE Congregations Asked to Plead for Cessation of Slaughter. BROOKLYN, Aug, i. A prayer for peace between the warring nations of Europe has been prepared by members of tho Ugion, ol Orthodox Jewish Con gregations of America, of which nard Drachman is president. It Is being sent to all congrega tions affiliated with the union, with the request to use It in the services during the war. The trend of the prayer is a bitter denunciation of the men who are now ruling the destinies of their soldiers and asks for a quick ending of the slaughter and massacre taking place In Europe. Trust Bills to Keep Moving. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Adminis tration leaders iu Congress were sum moned to the White House today ami told thai the President expected nn letdown In the programme of keeping the trust bills moving. Senator Kern told the President he expected a vote on the Clayton bill Saturday. Sweden Prohlhlts Cipher ta!ikM. NEW YORK. Aug. J6 The use rf code or cipher In cablegrams to Sweden has been prohibited by the government of that nation, according to an an nouncement made here today by the CamuiOiclal Caoie Company. Jut ii.ee-