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I I 1 ! L I! iiiWil ill iJy H iH id If 111 IS iff W ill H it VOL. Li IV. NO. 16,809. PORTLAND. OREGON. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1914. PRICE - FIVE CENTS. KING ALBERT MARCHES OUT Ruler of Belgium Heads Detachment of Troops. CITY DOUBLY BOMBARDED Aircraft Drop Bombs on Ant werp While Big Siege Guns Throw Projectiles. SCORE KILLED FROM SKY German Attack Believed to Indicate Desire to Obtain New Line of Defense. BORDEAUX, Oct. 8. News has been received here that the King of the Belgians marched out of Antwerp today at the head of a portion of his army. LONDON, Oct. 8. A telegram from Antwerp tonight says that the city was not only subjected to a violent bombardment today,. but was raided by six Zeppelin aviators, who dropped bombs, destroying seven houses and killing more than 20 persons, mostly civilians. Houses 20 Miles Away Shaken. The bombardment of the city was bo violent that houses at Rosendaal, a Netherlands town more than 20 miles distant, have been visibly shaken. Some wounded civilians have ar rived at Rosendaal and- the Dutch government has ordered all trains to proceed to that -place to be held in readiness to transport the refugees and injured. Thousands 6f refugees have already arrived. Throughout the entire night, the message adds, a red glare illuminated the sky. Attack Begins at Midnight. According to a Reuters Amsterdam correspondent, an official dispatch re ceived from Amsterdam from Berlin states that under the provisions 'of The Hague convention concerning war on land, General Hans H. von Beseler, commander of the siege army at Ant werp, informed the authorities of Ant werp, through the representatives of neutral states, of the imminence of a bombardment of the city. , The dispatch adds that the attack on Antwerp began at midnight. The.Antwerp authorities are report ed as accepting the view thatthe sit uation is extremely grave. It is the great guns that have turned the seals. Shells from the German 42-j:entimeter (16-inch) guns fell this morning in the Place Verte, close to the Cathedral. Shrapnel Rains on Trenches. Fighting in the outer defenses has taken a most desperate turn. Shrap nel and shell have made many of the trenches impossible to hold. As fast as the Belgians retire from a position, or lose it through the annihilation of their forces, the Germans occupy it. Repulses by the Belgians serve only to delay the inevitable. It is rumored that Emperor William has offered the iron cross and 25,000 marks to the first man entering Ant werp. The unexpected fierceness of the German attack, which, it is reported, is being made by five army crops, has given rise to the opinion among the higher military officers here that Ger many intends, .to establish a second line of defense running from Antwerp to Brussels, Namur and Metz, on which it will be possible to retreat in case the German army has to retire from its position along the River Aisne in France. . ' Two Attacks Made From Air. Attacks by air craft were made both at 11 A. M. and at 3 P. M. This was followed by a rush for the railway stations, the avenue leading to which soon became a struggling mass of peo ple. A dispatch received from Ant werp tonight, which contains several deletions by the Belgian censor, says: (Concluded on Page. 2.) BULLETINS LONDON, Oct. 9. "The communal council of Ostemd has paused unani mously a declaration that tlie town In ready for every sacrifice In order to resist the German advance to the last moment, says the Daily Telegraph's Ostend correspondent. ANTWERP, Oct 8, via Loudon. Among the few neutrals remaining; in this city, where not alone shells from the frnna of the Germans, but hombs from their aircraft, are falling, are I. VV. DIederich, the American Consul, and the members of bis. staff. BERLIN, Oct. 8, by. wireless to SayviUe, L. I. German newspapers to day publish articles expressing; satis faction that the British, and Japanese attacks un Tsins-Tan, the fortified position In the German leased terri tory of Kian-Chau, have been repulsed. They declare that the splendid defense of the Tsingr-Tan garrison is an indica tion that the promise of tbe g-ovemor of the colony to defend the territory to the bitter end is be ins carried oat. ROME, Oct. & The Montenegrin Minister here has received a dispatch from Cettinje saying- that the Mon tenegrin troops on the Hersegovina frontier defeated the Austrlans and occupied Bilelt in Herzegovina. They took four officers and 125 men prison ers and captured several quick-fire guns, many rifles and a quantity of am munition. LONDON, Oct. 8. A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from Am sterdam says that the Mayor of Rot terdam has requested the manager of the railway not to send any more trains with refugees from Belgium, as already there are thousands in the city and It is Impossible to house more. LONDON, Oct. 8. Renter's Telegram Company has received a dispatch from Berlin saying that Dr. Wilhelm Bode, director of the British Royal Museums, has announced that neither the museums themselves nor the German government Intends to retain works of art brought into Germuny during the war. Such works are removed to In sure their safety. LONDON, Oct. 8. A Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that a message from Budapest announces the almost complete an nihilation of an Austrian battalion of Czechs, in a fierce encounter with the Russians during the letter's advance on Marmaros Szlget. Every soldier In the battalion was either killed or wounded, it is said. BERLIN, Oct. 7, by wireless to Say ville, L. I. According to official news today, the loyal conduct of the Iolish soldiers in the German army has made possible the dissolution of the German anti-Polish union. PARIS, Oct. S. V Gessnan aeroplane flying over Paris and the suburbs of Aubervilliers and St. Denis, at 9 o'clock this morning, dropped two bombs, one of which wounded tlrree persons. Tbe other did no harm. PARIS, Oct. H. The French authori ties have seized food supplies valued at between $1,500,000 and 92,000,000 which had been deposited on the docks at Havre by a German firm. The ac tion was taken to prevent the supplies from being taken abroad. ROME (via London), Oct. 8. A dis patch to the Tribuna from Petrugrad says the Russians ve driven the Ger. mans from Wloclawek (Russian Po land, 35 miles southeast of Thorn, East Prussia, and have fortified themselves within a lew miles of the fortress of Thorn. The German left wing in Po land, according to the dispatch, is said to have been partly enveloped. ROME, via Paris, Oct. 8. A dispatch received here from Russian headquar ters says that the intimation has been given to the Austrlans holding the town of Prsemysl, Galicla, that they will be permitted to surrender with military I honors, but that if they refuse to sur render the Russians will give them no quarter. RO.ME, Oct. 8. A dispatch received ! here from Petrograd says there have been sanguinary fights between Ger man and Austrian - prisoners, who ac cuse each others Generals of- respon sibility for Russlnn victories. NO TERMS, SAYS BELGIUM I Government May Take Refuge In Great Britain. WASHINGTON, Oct. .8. E. Havenith. the Belgian Minister, in announcing formally today the withdrawal of the Belgian capital to Ostend. said the act had no political significance and that no matter if all of Belgium fell into the hands of the Germans, Belgium would make no terms with the enemy before similar steps were taken by the allies. It was stated by officials that it was possible that in case of German ad vances on Ostend the Belgian govern ment might retire to England. It was pointed out, however, that the English fleet was capable oft offering assist ance in protecting the seacoast town and that Belgium probably would make every attempt to keep her government on na'.Ive soil. CANADIAN TROOPS IN PORT Cunardcrs With First Contingent - Anchor at Southampton. SOUTHAMPTON, via London, Oct. 8. Three ships of the Cunard line fleet are anchored in port here with the first contingent of Canadian troops. Other vessels carrying soldiers from the Do minion are expected soon. The -city is full of staff officers and steamship officials, who will supervise the transportation of the troops on the next stage of their Journey. . The people here are enthusiastic over I the arrival of the Canadians and are! prepared to give them a hearty wel come. , LIMIT ON ACTIVITY OPPOSED IFJ JAPAN Legislator Objects to Place With Belgium. WAR CREDIT FINALLY YOTED Wish Expressed for "Powerful Voice" in Settlement. PEER HOPES FOR TRADE Premier Says Enthusiasm Is Natur ally Less Than In War With Rus sia, but Steps Are Taken to Impress People. TOKIO. Sept 18. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) A few mem bers of the fseiyukai. or opposition party, opposed the government war programme at the session of the Japa nese diet, but finally, in the Interest of national harmony, withdrew all oppo sition and the war credit of about $25, 000,000 was voted. The opposition took the form of a remonstrance against Japan's submitting to any form, of limitation at the hands of Great Britain as to what she could or could not do in the war with Germany. It was not in keeping with Japan's national pride, the speakers said, that Japan should bekept from the South Seas or any other part of the Pacific Ocean where her interest as a nation at war might call her. Japan Not Consulted by Allies. One member of the opposition want ed to know whether Japan had" been consulted about the agreement made between Great Britain, France and Rus sia, without the consent of the others. No. said Baron Kato, "our govern ment has in no way been consulted. The Anglo-Japanese treaty of alliance pro vides for consultation only with re gard to Far Eastern affairs. This, per haps, was the reason why we were not taken Into council." Th- member persisted: "Belgium, which is engaged in the war. is also out of this agreement. Am I mistaken in thinking that Japan has been treated as being on a par with Belgium?" Powerful Voice Desired. The Foreign Minister replied that he did not think that such was the case. The member then concluded by ex pressing the wish that Japan have a powerful voice when the time came for the conclusion of peace so that she might reap good fruits. Subsequent to the adjournment of the diet, it was announced that Great Britain had Informed Russia and France that the agreement as to future (Concluded on Page 2.) - WHEN IN DOUBT VOTE NO ' Br Attlf s llllli ' H W XKvNf 7J,, . I i I I IV. " 1-liTTTlLACi tmsrH F-"7 ( 1 I J2r:2 till t I I ,.oUi x I TiOai 7 IXi k,ZJ I "tik'J, (.'to J." TV! Mi l mil 'l lj( V I II I i i kji lliitlc I 'g-u v'smmjj ? v Uii i t v r'c'csHSv -- "i yuR - i it t S . "o; -SsbT- it : . . 3 v v i : i if. i i . vv &7A ';, ,.pjL - . v i i ; in m DoVftY i If - - r IU ,',7ii ', 'rruYUjfit-u. . ziL ! t i I. Wi'U Ill Ar'ifALYTrfti I .i, . ( It t iM u; , ". , . - I t t T-rr- I, ' " M sr. . Jfc-f W I 1 I ill Ml lb' ' M"'l I ' f I y" 1 1 ' I If - INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61-4 degrees; minimum. 07 decrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. War. i KInr Albert of Belgium leads detachment of troops out of city; town Is bombarded from land and air. Face 1. German field entrenchments strong- feature of defensive tactics. Page X. Japanese opposition party objects to placing- limit on activity, page 1. Red Cross doctor describes terrific slaughter - In battle. Page 2. Art Is big share of. Antwerp's possessions. race Antwerp often object of attack. Page 2. Greatest German siege guns secret of suc cess against Belgian defenses. Page 3. Hundreds of thousands of innocent victims suffer as result of war. Page 3. Small loss of life at Tahiti due to defective German gunnery. Page 5. War tax . measure to be pressed to con clusion in Senate. Page 5. Fierce battle is claimed by Russia. Page 2. Italy regains submarine taken by Lieuten ant. Page 5. Rational. Washington continues neutral toward fac tions to. Mexico. Page 6. - Sports. Philadelphia loses brotherly love spirit as war opens for world's baseball title. Page 1. Coast League results: Portland 8-0, Venice 7-0; Los Angeles 7, Oakland 3; San Francisco 2. Missions 1. Page 12. Varsity ' gridiron lake for Whitman game. Page 12. Pacific Northwest. Alaska's salmon pack for season exceeds 3.UO0.00O cases. Page 8. Moro Pair opens with large attendance. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Port of Portland reduces salaries 10 per cent. Pace 17. y Thousands of bales of Oregon hops - sold dally. Page 17. Wheat two cents higher at Chicago because of export buying. .. Page 17. Money market easier at New York. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. Republicans asked to vote against one Legislative candidate. Page 7 Ten persons reported by families to have disappeared. Page 9. , Argument for defense In arson ease expect ed to be vitriolic. Page 7. City recall election set for October 27. Page 13. Official list shows there are 255 candidates for county offices. Page 1.3. Safety first committee inspects fire drill system in schools. Page 16. O.-W. R. & N. demands S51.ull.22 rental for bridge and Its closing may result. Page 16. Forester Graves announces plans to benefit pacific rtortnwest timber conditions. Page 1L Weather report, data and forecast. Page 13. ITALY IS KEEPING WATCH Surveillance Maintained as Part of Policy of Neutrality. ROME, via Paris, Oct. 8. The Italian government, in its endeavor to main tain neutrality. Is exercising the strict est surveillance over persons coming across the frontier from Austria. Numerous deserters from the Aug trian army are taking refuge in Italy and some criminals also are seizing the opportunity to escape, punishment In Austria by disguising themselves as de serters and coming into this cauntry. WAR COSTS $55 A SECOND British Economist Estimates Finan cial Strain on Ills Xation. LONDON, Oct. 8. "This war is cost ing the country 11 pounds ($55) per second, night and day," said Sydney Webb, well known as a political econo mist, in a lecture today at the School of Economics and Political Science, of which he was the principal founder. GERMAN TRENCHES FEATURE DEFENSE F. is lit r i, ie (1 VYOrkS BUI t Modern ?. V POSITION IS WELL CHOSEN Provision Made for Retreat, Foot by Foot, if Necessary, RECOVERY MADE POSSIBLE Masking of Positions Exceptionally Thorough ArttUery Burled Out of Sight -French Bayonet Work Is Nullified. THE HAGUE, Sept, 26. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) The heroic, but thus far futile, efforts of the allies to drive the Germans from their main positions along the western battle line has drawn military men here to a study of the German system of entrenchment. Since September 13 French and Eng lish artillery has thrown thousands of tons of shell and" shrapnel against the German trenches and their infantry has made man an- assault, but still the armies commanded by Generals Yon Kluck, Von Hausen and the Duke of Wurtemburg hold the ground they chose for the defensive when, on Sep tember 10, it became evident that only a general falling back could foil the tremendous flank movement initiated by the allies. Field Works Have New Features. Little is known of the chaacter of the German entrenchments at least no official Information dealing with the subject Is at hand. It is certain, how ever, that the field works of the Ger man army are of the best type and that they contain some new features. One has to read the thousands of private letters from the front published in the German papers to glean even the slightest idea of what the modern Ger man trench . and redoubt is. So little military" information of any sort e capes the eye of the German censors that a thorough description of the en trenchments is Impossible. There are enough allusions to com fortable sleeping places in the trenches to permit the conclusion that they are elaborate affairs. It is also known that the trenches are never less than three feet deep, are generally at the upper extent of ground, offering no cover of any sort to the attacking enemy, and that barbed-wire entangle ments bar immediate approach. There are plenty of bomb-proof and covered passages from one section to another. Th artillery, on the other hand, le (Concluded on Face Thursdays War Moves W HILE the immense armlesx of the w belligerent powers of Europe are engaged in a death grapple along lines hundreds of miles in extent in battles which for the numbers engaged in fierceness and stubbornness have no I p .,nt in history, the intrepid little .Olt Belgium is making a last of the strongest fortified positions in tne world. For the moment at least, the struggle around the chief port of Belgium at tracts the most attention, for the re sult of the engagement there must hava a considerable effect on the bigger bat tle between : the Anglo-French and German forces, which now extends from the Swiss frontier, across France almost to the North Sea. The Germans, while attempting to get across the R'iver Scheldt, southwest of Antwerp, made their main-attack from the east and succeeded some days ago with the aid of their big 16-inch guns, in breaking through the first line of forts. Between the first and the second belt of forts, according to their own accounts, they defeated the Belgian army and captured several guns. Shells have now begun to fall in the city Itself and, from reports coming through Holland, the railway stations, the Palace of Justice and several oil tanks have been damaged. At the same time six Zeppelin dirigible balloons flew over the city, dropping bombs. Five German army corps are taking part in the siege of Antwerp, which i defended by the Belgian army. The outer forts, like those of other for tresses which have fallen since the war began, have not been able to withstand the fire of the big German guns, but the Belgians still are hopeful that with the inner forts, a flooded area and mobile Held army they may be able to saVe the city until assistance may come by the defeat of the Germans in France. . Such a defeat, it is realized, is an enormous task. The official report from Paris, however, is more than usually optimistic The strong German reinforcements which appeared on the Belgian frontier in the region of Lille, according to this report, "have made no progress at any point," while "at cer tain points the enemy has moved back, particularly to the North of Arras, where the fighting is developing under conditions favorable to us." The cavalry are fighting even farther north than this and the French com munication .says operations have de veloped almost to the North Sea. Around Roye, where the Germans cap tured important heights from the French last week, the French have regained some of the positions which they were obliged to abandon. From tha norfh it Aisne, where two forward movements by the Anglo French troops have been mentioned within the last few days, the Germans seem to have withdrawn some of their men. probably to strengthen their ex treme right, around which the allies have been crying; to work ever since the battle began, nearly four weeks ago. On the center, between Rheims and the MeU3e, the armies are resting on their arms, awaiting their turn to take the offensive. On the heights of the Meuse, between the fortress of Verdun and St. Mihiel, where the Germans crossed the Meuse a couple of weeks ago, the contest still goes on. The Germans have withdrawn to the north of Hattonchatel. They still, however, hold St. Mihiel and some positions to the north of that town on the right bank of the river. The conjecture, therefore, that the French had driven them back across the .river soon after they made their advance and captured, besides the town itself, the forts of Romains and Paroches. proves ' to be Incorrect. - - In the AVoevre district the Germans, without success, have delivered violent attacks against the French, who doubt less were trying toget behind the Ger man force which has established itself on the Meuse and St. Mihiel. With the Germans to the north withdrawing and the xepulse of their attack west of Apremont, the Germans at St. Mihiel are considered to be in rather a dan I gerous position. T-- chcr big battle line between the combined Austro-German armies and .fc.oiis of Russia extends from the UalUian frontier, near Tarnow, north to the East Prussian border. Another Russian force is besieging Prezemysl in Gallcia and still another is invading Hungary. On the East Prussian fron tier the fighting appears to have come to a standstill for the present. Ger man accountsstrongly deny that the Russians crossed the Ntemen. In Southwestern Poland the Austro- German armies have advanced along both banks of the Vistula River with the object of compelling the Russians to evacuate parts of Galirfa. and, ac cording to their reports, have defeated them, capturing 4800 prisoners. The Russians reply that they allowed the enemy to advance as far as the I Opatow-Sandomir front in order to force them to abandon their strongly I entrenched position near Kielce and I accept battle in the open country. Since this battle, nothing has come through concerning the movements of the two armies. Great Britain and Austria have ar ranged Tox the exchange of civilians detained in the two countries who are not of military age. This is important to England, as many prominent per sons have been detained at the Austrian watering places, where they were taking the cure when the war broke out. The lesser events of the day include the dropping of bombs by a German I aeroplane in the neighborhood of Paris. T.anaeken's Burgomaster Dies. LONDON, Oct. S. M. de Baratat. burgomaster of Lanaeken, Belgium, has died at Hamont as a result of a ! bullet wound in his chest, says the Central News Amsterdam correspo'nd- 1 ent. PHILADELPHIA HOW AS BATTLEGROUND Brotherly Love Spirit Lost as Play Nears. STALLINGS -THREATENS MACK Talk Rife of Ticket Graft Scandal in Series. GREATEST STRUGGLE DUE To Cap Climax ot Day Full of Trib ulations 'for Baseball Men,. Weath er Observer Threatens Rain tor Today for First Game. - PHILADELPHIA. Oct. S Unless all signs fail the world's series of 1914 will be modeled along the lines of the great European war. The spirit of brotherly love for which the Quaker City is noted appears to have been crowded into the background. The struggle for the premier base ball honors of the universe opened with a campaign of threats that read like bulletins from the foreign war zone. Manager Stallings, of the Boston Na tionals, threatened to punch Connie Mack, of the world's champion Ath letics, on the nose; Director Porter, of the department of public safety, threat ened to investigate ticket graft scan dals; the National commission received an alleged shortage of pasteboards, and to cap the climax, the weather man threatens rain for tomorrow, the day upon which the American and National League pennant-winners are scheduled to open the series at Shibe Park in this city. All Philadelphia Stirred. Not since the memorable struggle between the Philadelphia Americans and the New York Nationals in 1911 has this city been so stirred by base ball conflict. Both the visitors and their thousands of followers appear to take the coming contests with unusual seriousness, and it is certain that every game of the series will be fought out. to a finish with a grim earnestness that Includes no quarter for the foe. The spirit of battle and the absence of quarters were noticeable throughout Philadelphia tonight. Every hotel was crowded with baseball players and spectators gathering for the final and most important clash of the season, but the congestion was a negligible quan tity compared with that which pre vailed in the offices when seats for the series were being handled. The demand for admission coupons to Shibe Park surpasses anything of a similar character ever encountered in past world series in which the Ath letics have been participants, and thou sands of fans have been unable to pur-, chase tickets through the ordinary channels. Baseball Mem Astounded. Close followers of professional base ball are astounded by the keen interest and enthusiasm which has developed over the games betwen the Braves and Athletics. -Local attendance at Shibe Park during the American League sea son was not up to the usual standard this season, but the rush to secure seats for the closing contests surpasses all pre- j vlous records. Local fandom has been augmented by special delegations from Boston, New York, Baltimore and Wash ington, and hotel proprietors and base ball magnates are at their wits' ends trying to accommodate the gathering clans. Tonight baseball magnates, players, writers, ticket speculators and fans are surging and seethlag about the city in a manner which would lead the un initiated stranger to believe it was the hour before the enemy opened bombard ment. Baseball and its many ramifications is the sole topic of conversation. Every angle of the game and the world's se ries is discussed, and as many conclu sions are reached as there are dis putants. Statements and denials issued from the camps of the rival clubs helped to keep Interest keyed up to an un nsual pitch. This is especially true of the controversy between the two club managers regarding the use of Shibe Park for practice today. Wire Carries "Pusch" Measnse. Manager Stallings. of the Boston Na tionals, accused Connie Mack, of the Philadelphia Americans, of unsports manlike conduct and during a tele phone conversation this afternoon threatened to punch the world's cham pions' leader on the nose at the first opportunity. The first trouble arose over Stallings' request for tbe use of Shibe Park for practice. He made the request to Mack in person and the Ath letics' manager assured him he was welcome to use the park at any hour except between 2 and 3 this afternoon, when the local club was scheduled to practice. According to Connie Mack, the Bos ton manager was satisfied, but when Mack asked Stallings today if he had accused the Philadelphia club of - re fusing. -to permit the National League champions to use the park the argu ment soon became both bitter and per sonal and the hard feeling spread rap idly among the" players, magnates and partisans of the two leagues. Discuss- " lng the affair Mack said: "I cannot understand how the trouble arose. Stallings asked me for the use -iCoucluded uu Fai'e Y-.)