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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1914. AMERICANS URGED TO AVOID PARIS Last of Refugees From Switz erland Arrive Safely in French Capital. 1000 GO TO HAVRE TODAY United dtmtem Pleas for Doomed Member of Austrian Parliament Whose Wife 1 American; Wax Office Aide Thought Safe. WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. With the arrival in Paris of 250 Americans from Switzerland, the last to leave that country by way of France, Ambassador Herrick has asked the State depart ment to advise Americans not to come to Paris in the future. Mr. Herrick has arranged a special train for tomorrow to carry 1000 Americans from Paris to Havre. William G. Sharp, who is to succeed Mr. Herrick as Ambassador at Paris, arrived there today. Secretary Garrison felt no apprehen sion today concerning Assistant Secre tary Breckinridge, reported to have disappeared. Mr. Garrison said his assistant was last heard from in Vien na and probably was in Switzerland now. Secretary Bryan asked Ambassador Penfleld, at Vienna, to use his good of fices In behalf of Professor Masaryk. of Prague, a Bohemian member of Par liament, said to be under sentence of death for political offenses. His case was brought to Secretary Bryan's at tention by the Bohemian -American Press Association of Chicago. Mrs. Masaryk is an American woman. Ambassador Page reported to the State Department from Rome today tii.it he has sufficient transportation facilities for bringing all Americans out of Italy and needs no more money for relief work. President Wilson today issued his neutrality proclamation In the war ex isting between Belgium and Austria Hungary. NEARLY 24 00 ARRIVE HOME Three Vessels Eastbound Have tewer Than :JO0 Passengers. NEW YORK, Sept. 2 Nearly 2400 persons, a majority of them American refugees from the theater of war abroad, arrived home today on three steamships the Helligolav, from Dan ish ports, with !.":; the Cunard liner Carpathia, from Mediterranean ports, with 504, and the Italian steamship Verona, which reached here tonight, also from the Mediterranean, with 820 passengers. The Verona brought 865 bags of mail. Three ships left for Liverpool the Olympic, the liner St. Paul and the Red Star liner Vaderland. These three ves sels carried fewer than 300 passengers among them. Several out-going vessels today were observed under pursuit by the British cruiser Suffolk off port. They were allowed to proceed after being halted and forced to make known their iden tity. The American liner New York, from Liverpool, and the Italian vessel San fiuglielmo, from Naples, signaled San dy Hook tonight and will dock here tomorrow with more home-comers. Italians Cheer for Fr a nee . NEW YORK, Sept. 2. J. C. Wardlaw. a professor in the State Normal School In Athens, Ga., a Carpathia passenger, a ho was accompanied by his daughter and a number of young women stu dents, said lie saw hundreds of thou sands of soldiers mubilized in Italy and in Naples and Rome. There was constant cheering for France among the Italian soldiers. PROTEST BODOFF TODAY Belgians Go to Liverpool to Sail for United States. LONDON. Sept. 2.- The Belgian com mission appointed by King Albert to go the United States and present to President Wilson a report on alleged violations of internal .onal law con ventions by Germany left London today for Liverpool and will sail tomorrow from that port on the Celtic for New York. The commission Is headed by Carton Dewiart. the Belgian Minister of Justice. M. Dewiart and M. Vandervelde, members of the commission, and Ma dame Vandervelde delivered addresses today before French and Belgian clubs on the alleged German atrocities in Belgium. Word "Moratorium" Even Puzzles Wall Street. Kxtraordlnnry Act of Govemment Said to Be Vinecfssary In Ger many, Says Dispatch. From the Monetary Times. A MORATORIUM has been declared at various times recently in Great Britain, France, Sweden, Brazil. Peru and Cliina. In Germany, says a Ber lin dispatch, a moratorium is deemed unnecessary. The rising generation at least cannot bo blamed for unfamiliarity with the word moratorium. It was a new one to Wall street, which I generally re puted to know every word in the finan cial vocabulary and to have invented a few besides. A large bond house in New York received a cable from Its London correspondent which ended up. "moratorium expected." The message was not in code, but the word "mora torium" stumped the cable clerk. He finally consulted his rode book and dis covered that moratorium was the sym bol for "We draw on you for $7000." Unfortunately this interpretation did not fit in with the sense of the mes sage. The office manager was called In. He couldn't help. The partners in their turn failed to shed any light on the matter. The cable company was persuaded to repeat, and the message came back with that curious word still unchanged. The mystery remained un solved until somebody happened to no tice a piece on the news ticker to the effect that a general moratorium had been declared in England. U bat the Dictionary Define Word. The word "moratorium." according to the New International Encyclopedia, conies from the Latin morta. delay: "An extraordinary act of a govern ment by which tbe collection of all debts is suspended for a specified time. A recent instance is the moratorium decreed by Argentina in IsSO. at the time of the great financial crisis which led to the suspension of the Barings of London. Such an act may cause inter national complications." According to the Encyclopedia Brit annic: "Tbe term is sometimes used to mean the period over which the indulgence or period of grace stretches. A mora tory law is usually passed in some special period of political or commer cial stress. For instance, on special occasions during the Franco-Prussian war the French government passed moratory laws. Their international validity was discussed at length and upheld." Chancellor Lloyd George has an nounced that the general moratorium will be extended for another month. Wages, salaries, rates and taxes, gov ernment payments and national insur ance are not to come within the scope of the moratorium London dispatches state that it now transpires that had moratorium not been declared, bills of exchange would have been presented for one and one half million dollars, without means of meeting them. Banker Gives View. The vice-president of the National City Bank of New York, the represen tative of that institution in London, in reply to queries from United States bankers, cabled as follows: "Moratorium only affects bills of ex change other than checks or demand bills. Bills accepted before August 4 must be reaccepted, extending the ma turity one calendar month from date of original maturity. Amount then paya ble is plus accrued interest at bank rate current at date of acceptance." KAISER MAKES PROTEST JAPAN CHARGED "WITH VIOLATING CHINESE NEUTRALITY. Pekln Government Incensed, but Is Afraid Japan Will Grab Terri tory if Opposed. PEKIN, Sept. 2. The German lega tion has protested to the foreign of fice against an Infringement of China's neutrality by Japan. The protest fol lowed the landing of a Japanese di vision at the newly opened Chinese port of Lung-Kow, 100 miles north of Tsing-Tau. News of the Japanese landing caused no surprise here, as the Japanese le gation several days ago requested the foreign office to remove the limit of the BO kilometers (about 30 miles) ra dius prescribed by the Chinese as the fighting area around Tsing-iau. The foreign office did not comply with the request, but It was under stood that the Chinese troops would be instructed not to oppose the Jap anese. The Chinese officials are de scribed as incensed, but afraid of doing anything that might afford the Jap anese a cause for territorial or other exactions. Whether British forces will cross Shan-Tung with the Japanese is not divulged, but the point is much dis cussed here. WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. Chinese of ficials have called the attention of American Consular officers at Chee Foo to the landing of several thousand troops by Japan on Chinese territory at Lung-Kow, near Huang-Haien. This, Chinese officials assert, is a distinct violation of neutrality. ORDER KEPT IN MEXICO THROUGH SLEEPER FROM UNITED STATES REACHES CAPITAL. Wilson and Bryan Commend C&rranza, lut liefer Recognition Until Pro gramme la Completed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. Confident that a general election in Mexico will be held soon, the President and Secre tary Bryan have expressed to Presi dent Carranza their satisfaction with the rapid progress being made In re storing tranquillity in the Southern re public. Although they realize recon struction days will be fraught with many delicate situations. Administra tion officials are convinced that the present government Is rapidly acqu'r ing stability and believe no counter revolution of importance is to be ex pected. Official dispatches bear out this vifow. Order is being kept and business beirig generally resumed. One mes sage commented on the arrival in Mex ico City from the United .States of a in rough Pullman sleeper the first lit nearly two years, revolutionary opera tions having paralyzed railroad traffic ever since Madero was overthrown. Paul Fuller, a personal representa tive of the. President, will confer tomor row or Friday with General Carranza on the future relations between the United states and the Carranza government- Recognition is not now expect ed to bo given until a deflnita pro gramme is agreed upon by all factions for Mie election. No deferences, it was iearned today, have aiUen between Carranza and tbe American Government concerning the closing of the port of Vera Cruz. The act is construed as friendly and as re sulting from a desire to increase cus toms revenues at other Mexican ports. RELIEF FUNDS AID ASKED British Benevolent Society Invites Public to Attend Meeting. The public is invited to attend the meeting of the British Benevolent So cietv tomorrow night at 8 o'clock In the Knights of Pythias Hall at Eleventh and Alder streets. The meeting is called for the purpose of assisting the British National Red Cross fund ami the Prince of Wales fund for the de pendents of the killed and wounded and other sufferers in the present war. Substantial support is needed badly for both funds. Any one who is in sympathy with the stand of tlreat Britain in the war or any one interested in the aims and purposes of the Be nevolent Society is cordially invited by the society to attend. BATTLE IN AIRJS FOUGHT (Continued From Firt Pay..) monde and Ghent and then returned to ward Antwerp and tried to fly over the city, but for a time a heavy artillery lire kept it outside the outer forts. "At 3 o'clock this morning five or six bombs were droppea Irom it. Later seven bombs were dropped in the Pare du Rosignol, close to some houses whicn have been converted into hospitals and which were flying; the Red Cross flag. These houses were damaged and 10 or 12 persons slightly wounded. After the bomb-dropping exploits the Zeppelin rose and disappeared in the direction uf Mallnes. Rivet. Act a. Bullet.. "An examination of the bombs thrown showed that they had a thin double covering, the two covers being joined together with mushroom-shaped rivets, which acted the part of bullets and are liable to cause terrible injury when the covers are burst by the explosion. They are similar to those used by the Bon nett motor car bandits in France. "This morning the Belgian authori ties conducted the L'nlted States Con sul to the Red Cross buildings which were struck by bombs, that he might see the extent of the damage done. King Albert also visited the buildings this morning.-' WAR-TIME TRIP ENDS Mrs. J. C. Olds and Miss Edith Olds Arrive Home. VOYAGE FOUND TROUBLOUS Second-Class Steamer Boarded by Portland Women Is Chased by German Warship and British Craft Acts as Convoy. Hours of tiresome waiting at steam ship offices with thousands of Amer icans seeking passage home, "cabin" quarters in the hold of a Canadian liner crowded to suffocation, a pursuit through the North Atlantic by a Ger man cruiser and a final safe escort by British men-o'-ware, .are episodes in the European tour of Mrs. J. C. Olds and Miss Edith Olds, who arrived in Port land last night from Chicago. The steamship on which Mrs. Olds and daughter returned was of the second-class, and quarters on it were obtained with the greatest difficulty and at the payment of a high premium. With ordinary passenger accommoda tions for 300, there were 1300 passen gers on its last trip, says Miss Olds. The two Portland women were in the southern part of England the day war was declared and were in London the day following. They describe the excitement as high, with soldiers pa rading through the streets every few minutes, shouting crowds, drunken men and women, attacks on German stores and patriotic demonstrations. British Courtesy Praised. "The British deserve great credit for the manner in which they treated Americans," said Miss Olds last night. "They helped us all in their power and gave us every consideration. In spite of their hospitality, toward the last week we were there we could note that there was a feeling of anxiety with regard to the food sup ply and Americans, who deliberately stayed to see the excitement, were not welcomed." Three trunks belonging to the trav elers were lost in Bremen, and the tourists returned only with their hand bags The trunks had been sent on ahead of the party and were in Bremen when the war was declared and the tourists could not go on. Mrs. Olds and Miss Olds left Port land June 7, intending to tour England and France, leaving Cherbourg, France, on their return, but got no further tlian England. Miss Edith Olds was to remain In New York at school. She will return there later this Fall. Coin Obtained Readily. For the first week after war had been declared, while the banks were closed, the party ran short of funds, having only non-redeemable travelers' checks. Once the banks had again opened their doors money was even advanced on credit to Americans and there was no trouble in cashing checks. German cruisers still free in the At lantic are being hunted by the British, asserts Miss Olds, who thinks the Brit ish fear mostly the cutting off of their food supply. Before they left the American Relief Society had been organized at the Sa voy Hotel. They left Liverpool on a second class liner of the Cunard-Canadian line August 18. The ship sailed under sealed orders. Believing that German spies had knowledge of the sailing of the boat, every porthole was heavily blanketed and the entire ship was painted drab. No lights were allowed on deck and the greatest secrecy was maintained. German Cruiser Chases Ship. On the first night out a German cruiser gave chase, but lost them in the darkness. The next day two Brit ish cruisers came to the rescue and acted as escort for part of the trip. The course taken was a more north erly' route than ordinarily, passing through the ice fields and coming down the coast of Labrador. A source of some annoyance and much amusement was the action of Canadians on board, who had obtained passage a month or so in advance and looked down upon the Americans trav eling in the steerage, who had paid many times the passage money they had, said Miss Olds. The journey, which ordinarily takes 10 days, was made in eight and through a more dangerous part of the seas than usual. The travelers arrived at Que bec August 26. Though the nervous strain was great and both are much fatigued, neither Mrs. Olds nor Miss Olds is the worse for her exciting ex perience. CAPITAL EDICT HONORED Slav Papers l:se Not 'St. Petersburg' as Decreed by Czar. PETROGRAD (St. Petersburg). Sept. 2 tvia London. 2:40 P.M.) The name St. Petersburg does not appear in any Russian newspaper today. Thus has been observed the imperial edict chang ing the name of the Russian capital from St. Petersburg to Petrograd, on account of the German form of the name under which the city has been known since its foundation. Other cities in Russia with German names, such as Schlussburg, have asked that their appellations be Russianized. Mourning dresses are increasing in number on the streets of the Russian capital. EXPANSION DESIRE DENIED Germany Says Lord Churchill's Warning Is Ridiculous. WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. The German Embassy has received the following message from Berlin: "Lord Churchill's declaration that a victorious Germany would seek expan sion in South America appears to be the climax of ridiculous calumny and of an unscrupulous attempt to Incite the friendly nations of both North and South America against the German peo ple, while the German press here, on the contrary, heartily welcome the progress and prosperity of free Amer ican nations." SWITZCRLANDJSSUES LOAN Expenses of Mobilization Met by Borrowing 30,000,000 Francs. WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. Conditions in Switzerland, especially concerning finances, were discussed in ft statement issued from the Swiss Legation today. It says: "Covering the expenses of the mobili zation. Switzerland has issued at 99 per cent a loan of 30.000.000 francs at 5 per cent, payable in lsl7. "Until the middle of August 200 Italian fugitives from Germany and France had crossed Switzerland. They were cared for en route, and Italy sent a special delegate to thank the Swiss govern ment. "For the special benefit of Amen- SEE THAT URVE LARGEST PRACTICE IN THEWEST f The Thompson method of building up the largest retail optical business in the West is an open book. If Dependable Eye Wear intelligent service satisfaction three of the many reasons for our suc cess. j We give you highly sat isfactory Eyeglass service because we understand your needs and cater to them. If We guarantee satisfac tion because we know that every pair of Glasses we furnish are accurately ground to fit your special needs. ff Whether your Glasses cost $2, $3 or $5, they are guaranteed to give com plete satisfaction. THOMPSON Optical Institute 2d Floor Corbett Bldg. Fifth and Morrison Portland's Oldest and Largest Exclusive Optical House can tourists the Swiss press published news of interest to them in English. The condition and spirit of the army are excellent. No attempt of any viola tion of Swiss neutrality is to be re ported. The strictest measures have been taken against usury in the trade of foodstuffs." BRITISH HINT SHIP LIMIT BIG PAYMENT TO GERMANY FOR SHIPS WOULD DISPLKASK. RLsht of United States to Buy of Na tions at Mar, However. Ad mitted by Ambassador. WASHINGTON, Sept. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British Ambassador, talked over with the President today in general terms American neutrality in the European war. The ..embassador expressed the hope and desire oi his government that none of the questions of neutrality which might arise will alfect friendly relations between Great Britain and this country. The Ambas sador referred in a general way to the position of his government on the pro posed purchase of foreign ships for the upbuilding of American merchant ma rine. While not disputing the right of this Government to purchase as many ships from one nation at war as she chooses, England would not be pleased if a great number of vessels were bought from German owners, a circumstance that might give Germany a big supply of money. The answer of the American Govern ment to this idea is that when the time for purchasing ships arrives noth ing of an unneutral nature will be done, and as equitable an arrangement as possible will be sought. One of the chief points of diplomatic conference will be the attitude of Eng land toward the cargoes of Government-owned ships. The British Admir alty's instructions as to neutral ves sels subject to capture when carrying certain cargoes are specific, the Am bassador pointed out at the State De partment, and it is not unlikely that some agreement will have to be made in advance in this connection. Oregon Man Kobbetl In Chicago. CHICAGO, Sept. 2. (Special.) 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