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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY,, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914. ADVENTURERS FROM ?.............................................................. - - WAR PHOTOGRAPH FROM BATTLE-TORN BELGIUM. t P 5 : .' . : 1 t i AMERICA ENLlSTlfiG 0 Nobleman Residing in North Carolina Organizing Force to Aid Great Britain. EQUIPMENT WILL BE GIFTS : ' - - . f t I 1 I I L A 6 f ( r : 3 lore- Than 200 Are Enrolled and Flans Call for Half Battalion of 4 80 Infantrymen, 3 00 Cav alry and Small Bodies. LONDON, Sept. 11. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Even In these' days of mined ground, bomb dropping and shells that reduce a fort with a single shot, there are not lack In g adventurous neutrals who long to gt Into the European fight. Hence the Anglo-American contingent that Lord Lyveden, a nobleman of some years1 residence in North Carolina, Is organizing. It is not the intention of Lord Lyve den to interfere with President Wil son's desire of strict American neutral ity. He therefore seeks only British subjects in the United States, or Amer icans resident In Britain or who have taken out British citizenship papers. Permission to organize such a contin gent has only recently been granted y the British War Office, yet more than 200 have already enrolled. Force to Go am Unit. Plans are to form half an infantry battalion of 480. men and one or two squadrons of cavalry of 150 men each, besides small detachments. Then if at the end of four months tho command passes the inspector the men will take the ancient army oath of allegiance to the King not to Great Britain and go to the front as a unit. The small detachments already In clude 25 motorcyclists, a hospital staff and a machine gun detachment, to which a wealthy Anglo-American has given a Maxim. A well-known Ameri can poloist has sent to the States for his stable, and other gifts of the kind ure expected. Any one giving a ma chine gun or equipping a body of men will be honored by having the de tachment or command named In his honor. Veterana Are Enrolled. There are 30 Spanish-American war veterans enrolled. Of these a good share are born British or naturalized Americans. One man was sergeant for six years in the Sixth United States infantry. All those of previous mili tary experience, especially in cam paigning, will be given an opportunity for the non-commissioned and the com missioned ranks up to and including captaincies. The expense of training is paid by contribution, a substantial part by some of the men .themselves. The uni form ia olive drab, rather superior in quality to that of the ordinary Tom my, with green facings and eagle on the cap to suggest the American en sign. GERMAN CULTURE BLAMED Asquitli Says People Were Misled as to British Loyalty. LONDON. Sept 18. One of the roots of the present war was the grave and serious miscalculation regarding the British empire that German culture and German spirit led Emperor Wil liam and the German people Into, said Premier Asquith, in addressing a re cruiting meeting at Edinburgh, Scot land, tonight. The Germans were led into the mis calculation, he said, that the British colonies wanted to cut connections with the mother country and that In dia was In revolt. "What a fantastic dream and what a rude awakening!" exclaimed the Pre mier. "It has been proved that Ger many, by her own deliberate act, made war," Mr. Asquith continued, adding that Geremany had made no attempt to controvert that fact except by the circulation of wanton falsehoods. It Is in the interest not only of the Brit lsh empire, but of civilization, the speaker declared, that tho arrogant claim of a single power to dominate the destinies and development of Eu rope should be resisted. TWO REFUGEE SHIPS DOCK Many Britons Reported Disabled for Life Wltli Severed Tendons. NEW YORK, Sept. 18. From Europe today came many more American pas sengers on two White Star liners, the aitic and the Cretic, each from Liver pool. The Baltic got in with 2388 pas sengers and the Cretic brought 276 Early today the Cunard liner Lusitania, which arrived last night, landed 1502 passengers. Miss Mavis Sheridan, niece of Gen " ei-al Pitcairn Campbell, In command of the Southern division of home defense of the British army, said General Camp. . bell told her that among the British -: wounded brought home were many who : suffered from cutting of the tendons in iii ngnt arm, disabling them for life. ; CANADA WATCHING TRADE - Strict Measure to Prevent Business With Britain's Foes. 0 - OTTAWA, Bept. 18. The government -"- authorities announced tonight that they will take strict measures to pre vent any circumvention of their policy 'f adians and the enemies of Great Brit - ain. The government officials have - been informed that recently dealers throughout the Dominion have received circular letters from firms in the United States offering to forward Canadian goods to Germany and Austria and con sign German and Austrian made goods to Canada. It was announced tonight that ship ment of goods in either direction" will . be confiscated. BAYONETS KILL THOUSANDS American Estimates 20,0 0 0 Ger mans Died in Fight He Saw. LONDON, Sept. 19. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Paris says: r. "An American officer who observed -" the fighting on the line of the Rebals- Champenoise last week, declares that ; it was of a most desperate character, o: He estimates the German losses in this direction during the four days' fighting that be saw as 20,000, a large part of ... them being killed by the French In bayonet charges. These charges, he . said, were not sporadic, but generally being repeatedly executed against the Germans in the trenches by Senegalese or Turco troops." A b " . . . : -v , , . -J : , - . , ,,, -,, - i i" " ' Photo Copyright by Underwood & U nderwood. , , BELGIANS FIRING OVER. BARRICADE IX WIL.LEBROECH STATION, NEAR M ALINES, AT ADVANCING UHLANS. .......................... , .................................. ..................... UHLANS CARE FREE Cavalry Swarms Everywhere When Germans Advance. DEATH IS FACED COOLLY Task is to Develop Front of Enemy, Riding Until They Are Fired On, While Officers in Rear Take Observations. ROTTERDAM, Sept. 7 (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Of the German Uhlans, of whom so much has been heard In the European war, Luigi Barzini, a widely known Italian war correspondent, says in the Corriere della Serra: "As we neared a small station ana the train lessened its speed, we saw a small troop of cavalry guarding the railroad crossing a patrol of- Uhlans. Their demeanor was calm. Though they were in the enemy s country, their care-free attitude gave the impression that they were mrely in a maneuver camp. . Uhlans Are- Eyes of Army. "The swarms of cavalry which the Germans send out ahead of their ad vance are to be found everywhere on any highway, or any path. It is their business to see as much as possible. They show themselves everywhere and they ride until they are rirea on. Keep ing this up until they have located the enemy. Theirs is the task of riding into death. The entire iront or ine enemy is established by them and many of them are .killed that is a certainty they- face. Now and then, however, one of them manages to escape to bring the information which otherwise is obtained by officers in their rear making observations. "The fire with which the Uhlans are received permits a fair estimate of the strength of the enemy, for they know that usually all the soldiers shoot as soon as the cavalry of the enemy shows Itself." "Contact Work" PerUou. The German Uhlan is employed en tirely for reconnaissance purposes and what is known as "screen" and con tact work. In the first of these ca Daclties he endeavors to locate the enemy without running into his fire, doing this usually in groups of from 20 to 30, which move with vanguard flankers and rearguard. In "screen work" the Uhlan is used to cover infantry or artillery advances, taking a position on the flank as soon as this has been accomplished. In contact work, as the task is de scribed by Barzini, the Uhlan rides in small bodies until he has drawn the fire of the enemy. Instead of retreat ing. as he may do in ordinary recon naissance work, he endeavors to trace the front of the enemy, riding parallel to it usually until the last man is shot down. The contact action has, meanwhile, been closely observed from the Ger man front and the advance and attack of the infantry is governed by the in formation gained at the expense of the Uhlan, for whom there is no hope as soon as he is detailed for .this duty but who, from all accounts, does not seem to mind thia part of his work. AUSTRIA GIVES XO ASSURANCE Rome Comments on Denial of Initi ative for Peace. ROME, via Paris, Sept. 18. An Aus trian official denial from Vienna that any initiative toward peace has been taken by Austria is causing much com ment here because it contains no as surance that peace would be concluded together with Germany. The Austro-German treaty originally contained a clause specifying that the two countries should act reciprocally. Anstrlana Are Without Xews. VIENNA, -Sept. 18. In the . complete absence of satisfactory details regard' ing the progress of the campaign in Galicia and along the Servian frontier, the Austrian public is waiting with mute patience- for some definite news as to what really is happening. Ever since it became known that Russia was making great headway in Galicia, the comment In Vienna news papers has been guarded, the editorials dealing chiefly with the German cam paign in Western Europe. The presence of 70,000 Polish refu gees from Galicia, however, added to the constant arrival of trainloads of wounded, tends to offset this reticence. The police recently Issued a decree warning persons against spreading un favorable war news under threats of the severest penalties. Spies are found everywhere in cafes and on the streets, trying to overhear private conversa tions and then hastening to the police and denouncing suspected persons. Hundreds of arrests already have been made and many persons have been placed under more or less strict police eurveiiance. Six Slav deputies in the Relchstath already have been imprisoned. These include Dr. Kramaraz, the Czech leader. AMERiCAfLGlRL SUFFERS GERMANS REDUCE RETIRED OFFI CER, DAUGHTER TO WANT. Food Taken and Woman Forced to Care for Army Horses Before Rescue From Fight Zone. PARIS, Sept. 18. Trying experiences befell Major Edwin Jacob Stivers, U. S. A., retired, and his niece. Miss Stivers, who were caught in the track of battle at a little village called Vau- molse, about 45 miles northeast of Parl3. The American Ambassador, Myron T. Herrick, learned yesterday of the Major's situation and sent. Lieutenant Edwin Grebel, Jr., one of the young Army officers now attached to the em bassy, in an automobile to bring the Major and his niece to Paris. Lieutenant Grebel found the Ameri can, who is in his 80th year, broken in health. The Major said the British troops had been in the village on Aug ust 30 and 31 and the Germans from September 1 to 10. There had been good deal of shooting around his cot tage. He painted a small American flag on a piece of board, which he nailed to the cottage, and this was usually respected. Miss Stivers, how ever, was made to do all kinds of work for the German soldiers, such as serv ing them at table, making tea and watering their horses. All their food was taken except po tatoes, on which they lived several days. Some of the last Germans to pass. Major Stivers said, declared they had had almost nothing to eat for three days. He says be saw them eat raw potatoes and carrots. As all means of communication with Paris had been cut. Major Stivers was unable to send word to Ambassador Herrick. Tears came Into his eyes when he saw the automobile on which vs painted: "In the service of the Am bassador of the United States." Within an hour he and his niece were on their way to Paris. Major Stivers was born in Brooklyn, O., and distinguished himself in the Civil War. He was mentioned by Gen eral Rosecrans for conspicuous gal lantry in the battle of Chickamauga. His home recently has been In Paris. Springfield School Nearly Burns. SPRINGFIELD, Or., Sept. .18. (Spe cial.) A bundle of cheesecloth, which contained several packages of matches thrown carelessly into the hall of the Sprlnfleld High School, nearly caused the destruction of that building by fire yesterday. All the matches of one box were Ignited, but the cloth had smoth ered the fire before it had broken into a blaze. The floor had been oiled and the supply of oils used in the building was not far from where the package was thrown. Hoppicking Movies Taken. QU1NABT, Or., Sept. 18. (Special.) The hopplcking machine installed on J. A. Livesly's Lake Brook farm, near here, having proved a success, a repre sentative of a moving picture company this week photographed it for exhibi tion at the San Francisco exposition. PLOT FOUND, IS VIEW Antwerp Precipitated Louvain Affair, Say Germans. NORTHERN SORTIE IS CITED Admitting The Hague Permits Spon taneous Uprising of People, Kai ser Holds It Restricts Them to Repulse of Attacks. WASHINGTON, Sept, 18. Adolf von Bruening, ex-secretary of the German embassy at Washington, who is now at Genoa, Italy, has sent to a relative here the following communication from Dr. von Zimmerman, German Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, with the information that the German govern ment requested that publicity be given to it Berlin, Aug. 30. Official communi cation of the German general staff: The City of Loewen (Louvain) . has surren dered and was given over to us by the Belgian authorities. On Monday, August 24. some of our troops were shipped there and intercourse with the inhabitants was developing quite friendly. Fire Opens Suddenly. "On Tuesday afternoon, August 25. our troops, hearing about an Imminent Belgian sortie from Antwerp, left in that direction, the commanding general ahead in a motorcar, leaving behind only a Colonel with soldiers to protect railroad (Landsturm battalion Neuss) As the rest of the commanding Gen eral's staff, with the horses, was going to follow and collected on trie market place, suddenly rifle fire opened on us from all the surrounding houses, all the horses being killed and five officers wounded, one of them seriously. Simultaneously fire opened at about 10 different places in town, also on some of our troops, just arrived and waiting on the square in' front of the station and on Incoming military trains. A designed co-operation with the Bel gian sortie from Antwerp was estab lished beyond doubt. Two priests caught in banding out ammunition to the people were shot at once in front of the station. Street Flaht Lasts 24 Honrs. "Street fighting lasted until Wednes day, the 26 th. in the afternoon (24 hours), when stronger forces arrived in the meantime and succeeded in get ting the upper hand. Town and north ern suburb were burning at different places and by this time have probably burned down altogether. "On the part of the Belgian govern ment a general rising of the population against the enemy had been organized for a long time; depots of arms were found, where to each gun was attached the name of the citizen to be armed. "A spontaneous risins; of the neonla has been recognized at the request of tne smaller states at The Hague con ference as being within the law of na tions, as far as weapons are carried openly and the laws of civilized war fare are belnar observed, but such ris ing waa admitted only In order to flght me attacking party. WAR IS BIG TAX ON SWISS Indemnity at End of Hostilities May Be Asked by Neutral. BERNE. Switzerland, via Paris Bept 18. Although the extreme measures which - were adopted during the first weeks alter the war began have been relaxed. Switzerland is still under the pressure of mobilization. This is tax ing the financial resources of the gov ernment, as it is now spending 1,400 000 francs dally on the army. It is said that Switzerland intends to ask for an indemnity at the end of the war, owing to the stoppage of manu facture and industry. Borah Urges Harmony. PEORIA, 111., Sept. 18 The Illinois Republicans met in convention hare to day and in a harmonious session elected Garret de Forest Kinney, of Peoria, chairman of the Republican State Cen tral Committee and adopted a platform which includes a plank for unlimited woman suffrage. The Democratic party is depending I for 'its salvation from defeat this Fall on two things," said Senator Borah, of Idaho, in his address to the conven tion- "The war in Europe and the di vision in the Republican ranks. Up to three weeks ago Democratic leaders ad mitted that the outlook was dark. With the advent of war. 3000 miles away. they took renewed hope. Senator Borah declared that the ma chine which dominated legislation in Washington was the most perfect and most relentless Washington had ever seen. He said that the only matters which caused the split at Chicago in 1912, the domination of the' National Committee and the excessive number of Southern delegates. lad been rem edied by the action of the new Na tional Committee and the preferential primary law, and made an urgent plea for the return of the Republicans to the fold. "If the Republican gains In the re maining states show anything like the percentage of gain in Maine, the next Congress will be Republican, and every Republican candidate for Governor in the North will be elected." he said. APPLE YIELD ENORMOUS WAR MAY DELAY SALES OF CROP, BUT NOT MATERIALLY. J Department of Commerce Suggests Cul tivation of South American Markets for Sursliu. WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. President Indications are that the commercial apple crop of the United States this year will be far in excess of that of last year, but less than that of 1912 by several million barrels, according to announcement made today by the Department of Agriculture. Depart ment officials say the problem of dis tribution will be somewh-t complex. owing to conditions resulting from the war. -t'ention, however, Is called to the fact that in normal times Europe takes less than 2,000.000 barrels of American apples, and growers and dealers are urged to be optimistic and to make plans to dispose of the supply usually sent to Europe n other ways. It is believed that, with judicious handling. the home demand may be increased and the commercial crop marketed with relatively fair success to all. With respect - to Europe, exporters are urged to watch carefully the move ments, of ships and assure themselves of steamer space and a demand on the other side before making shipments. Shippers of apples are advised to stimulate the demand in and Increase their shipments to Latin-America and the Orient, and it is suggested that through co-operation with the Depart ment of Commerce extension of trade In this respect can be achieved. MATES AT WAR TURN FOES Leipzig Tar Pulled From 111 Bed and Beaten by Fellow-Invalid. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 18. John Stecher. who, with Paul Welschel. was taken off the German cruiser Leipzig about a month ago and brought to a I hospital for medica treatment by a I party of San Francisco newspaper men. was sentenced to six months In the! county jail today. The two men were sailors aboard the i war vessel. Stecher, whose illness wail of a minor nature, was first to recover. I He went directly to the room where I Welschel was recovering from an oper ation for appendicitis, pulled him out I of bed and beat him. Race Boosters to Visit Roundup. LA GRANDE, Or.. Sept. 18 (Spe cial.) In order to advertise the 1915 motorcycle races more than a hundred boosters will visit the Roundup at Pen dleton Friday. September 25, by special train. The boosters -will carry appro priate badges advertising the- races, which in their third year are becoming of more than state-wide Importance. About 60 per cent of the population of Germany lives ia cities. Reserve your judgment in choosing your Fall rear until you see the ultra correct display of Benjamin Clothes in this store. Not a hitch in stitch, in style or quality. Irish and Scotch txveeds, plain and fancy English plaids and mixtures. Suits. $20, $25, $30 and $35 for wen and young men. Hats Knox, Warburton and Dobb's Fifth-Avenue Hats, $5 Stetsons, $4 Up Bristol, $3, Our Leader Soft hats niih diamond crowns and con trast trimmings in shades of brown, blue, gray, green and black. Noticeable features in this season's stiff hats are higher crowns and narrower brims. Buffum ? Pendleton Morrison Opposite Street Postoffice ii JAPANESE GET HO LUND HIEBTA DEAL. IN LOWER CALI FORNIA IS REPUDIATED. Consul Representing New Regime In forma Nipponese Capitalists Title Will Not Be Given. LOS ANGELES, Sept. IS. (Special.) Japan's alleged attempt to gain a strong foothold in Lower California failed today when the new Mexican government, through its Los Angeles Consul, Adolf Carrlllo, refused a syn dicate of wealthy Japanese rich land and pearl concessions sold to them by ex-Dictator Huerta. This action came as a climax to series of negotiations said to have been carried on between Huerta and Japan. The Japanese, Carrillo said today, al dy were in possession of a large number of valuable concessions in Lower California, which will be taken from them. Representatives of the syndicate who called on Carlllo today told him that the syndicate had established Amer ican headquarters in San Francisco and was prepared to take up the Lower California concessions. A heated discussion followed, in the course of which Carrillo curtly notified the Japanese "that the Mexican con stitutionalist government will give no concessions of any kind to Japan or to the Japanese. 'The constitutionalist government. he continued, "has promised the Mex ican people that all of this land that rightfully belongs to them will be turned over to them as soon as in vestlgatlons now being made by a com mittee appointed by General carranza baa completed its work. Angered at Carrlllo's refusal to fur nish them with passports into Lower California, pr to make arrangements for the turning over of the land, tne Japanese threatened to go to Mexico City to "see whether the government would refuse them the land and pearl concessions." Co-Ed9 to Officiate at Fair. SPRINGFIELD, Or.. Sept. 18. (Spe cial.) Co-eds in aprons and caps will make biscuits and serve them to visit ors as part of the exhibit of the Spring field schools at the Lane county Fair, which opens at Eugene Tuesday. The domestic science department Is under the direction of Miss Mary Hartung, a graduate of the Oregon Agricultural College. Cheniawa Report Issued. CHEMAWA. Or.. Sept, 18. (Special.) The annual catalogue and report of the Chemawa Indian School, printed in the school plant, has been issued. An outline is given of the work done in the 10 trades and professions taught in addition to the regular course of study. The school, established In 1879, has Fownes Gloves at peace prices ANNOUNCEMENT by Fownes Brothers & Co. London & New York The fact that we personally manufac ture practically every pair of gloves we sell, puts us in an enviable position before the buying public. On account of our storage supply of the best raw materials on band, we have not been obliged to increase our prices on American or EngBift goods. These consist of Capes and Mochas unlined, silk-lined, wool-lined and fur-lined, -for men, women and children. With the supply of light-weight gloves from the European Continent cut off, this should be good news to all who desire good gloves: Fownes quality, Fownes style and Fownes durability at no increase in price. Visit your retailer now and supply your fall and winter needs in gloves. If you will in sist on Fownes, you will secure quaRtyix peace prices. "Ifs a FOTFNES that's all you need to know about a glove, FOWNES BROTHERS &i CO. 119 West 40th St., New York (This announcement does not Include roods made on the Continent of Europe, which consist oi licht weight kid gloves.) grown from a mere handful of stu dents to an enrollment of 792 and as an instance of the magniture of some branches of the work. Mr. Wadsworth mentions that the canning club of girls. 173 in number, preserved 2400 gallons ot- strawberries for Winter use the past fcpring. T. R. NOT NOW CANDIDATE Maryland Republican Gives Out Re cent Letter From Colonel. BALTIMORE. Sept. IS Edward C. Carrtngton. Jr.. Republican nominee for the United States Senate, today made public a letter under date of August 27 last from Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, which, after saying "there are certain states where the Republican candidates have declared they are for me in 1916," goes on to say: 'As regards the announcement for myself, I do not regard it as amounting to anything, because, in the first place. I not only hope, but at the present tim believe, that I will not be a candidate In 1916. and also it is of no earthly consequence to indorse me unless tho principles for which I stand are in dorsed." 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening and 3 o'clock other evenings Is the closing hour for accepting Classified Ads. for proper classifications for the next day's issue. Classified advertisements ac cepted after these hours will be run under the heading "Too Late to Classify." Manning's 35c Coffee an Manning's Coffee Store Jones' Market Fourth and Alder 6