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r- VOL. LIV. XO. 16,810. PORTLAND, OREGOX, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1914. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. ANTWERP FALLS, LONDO Another ReportSays 3000 Germans Are Captured. SUCCESSFUL SORTIE MADE No Fewer Than 200 German Siege Guns of Large Cali ber Throwing Shells. REFUGEES REACH OSTEND Ambassadors of Allies Last of piplomats to Leave Be 1 leaguered Capital. LONDON, Oct. 10. The Morning Post says that it has been informed by a good authority that Antwerp has fallen. The official press bureau says it is unable to confirm the foregoing. The Daily Telegraph Rotterdam cor respondent, telegraphing Friday, how ever, says: "A more hopeful view prevails here regarding Antwerp. Refugees from that city declare that not a single Ger man soldier has yet entered Antwerp." S000 Germans Reported Captured. "Stubborn fighting is proceeding before the Antwerp fortifications," says tHe Daily Mail's Ostend corre spondent, telegraphing Frida3'. "Four assaults have been repulsed nt No. 4 fort at . Vieuxdieu. The bom bardment of the town appears to be diminishing somewhat in intensity. "According to the latest advices the Belgians made a successful sortie from Antwerp, which resulted in the capture of 3000 Germans and forced the enemy to recross the River Nethe, abandoning their guns at Linth." Refugees Beaching Ostend. ''Thousands of refugees are arriv ing here and the steamers for England are packed," Reuter's Ostend corre spondent says. "In the siege operations against Antwerp the Germans are using no fewer than 200 guns of 11, 12 and 16- inch' caliber, some of them having a range of more than eight miles. The bombardment of Antwerp yesterday began at half past nine o'clock at night and stopped at 10, only to be renewed with increasing violence at midnight. Allies Envoys Last to Leave. "The British, French and Russian Ministers were the last of the diplo matic body to quit Antwerp. They left by boat at 11 o'clock last night, after witnessing the first part of the bombardment." The places which have suffered the roost severely in the bombardment were the Southern Station, the Palace of Justice, the Avenue de l'lndustrie and the' quarters in those vicinities. Count de la Laing, Belgian Minister to Great Britain, says he has received no confirmation of the reported fall of Antwerp. Guns Heard 2ft 'Miles Away. The bombardment was incessant all day Friday and in the night. An Am sterdam dispatch says the sky is red with the flames of the beleaguered city and that the bombardment eould.be heard at Rsendaal, Holland, 20 miles north of Antwerp. v - - . The German official report, received rom Berlin Thursday night, reached here today. It said: . " , "Before Antwerp, Fort Breendonk (to the south of Antwerp) has been . taken and the attack on the inner fort N RUMOR l line has begun therewith. The bom bardment of the quarter of the town lying behind was begun after the dec laration of the commander of the stronghold that he took the resoonsi bility." The Burgomaster of Antwerp is re ported to have declared his intention of resisting to the last. Fighting Lively Xear Roye. PARIS. Oct. 9 The following: official communication was Issued here to night: "There is nothing: new to report ex (Concluded on Pag . BULLETINS LODO, Oct. 10. A Renter dUpatcb front Toulon ays that the French torpedo-boats, the 338 and 347, collided Friday moraine off the Ile of Porqne rolles. In the Mediterranean, and sank The crem of both vessels were aaved, but nalvage of the ahlps Trill be Im possible. " OXOO.V, Oct. 10. A Central Newi d U patch from Rome mjii "The Inns bruck; Anstrln correspondent of Mes MKero says that the Imperial Palace and other public buildlnss there are be ins; prepared as quarters for the court and ministries In event of the transfer of the capital." LONDON, Oct. O-r A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Athena says it is asserted' there that German officers have placed some 42 centimeter suns in the forts on the Dardanelles and the Rosphorns. LONDON, Oct O. An Amsterdam dis patch to Reuter's Telesram Company, dated Friday, quotes the Xieiiir van der Dag, of Ghent, as saying that Kins Albert has arrived at Selsaete, a vil lage near the Dutch frontier town of Sas van .Ghent. COPENHAGEN, rla London, Oct. 9. A German fishing vessel has been blown up by a German mine in the Langeland) belt, north of the Coast of Denmark. The captain was killed, but the rest of the crew were saved. PERIX, Oct. 9. The Japanese have mounted siege guns on Prince Henry i Mountain, which, entirely dominates all three of the Tslng-Tan forts, ac cording to advices reaching Pekln to-'. day from Kiau-Chau. These forts are named Bismarck Moltke and litis, and j are between three and four miles from ! the mountain , LONDON, Oct'. O. General Grand!,! Minister of War in the Italian Cabinet, has resigned, according to a Rome dis patch to the Renter Telegram Com pany. The resignation was the result of newspaper criticism of his depart ment. PARIS, Oct. O. In the recent battles along the East Prussian frontier, the Russians too It 10,000 prisoners and 40 cannon, according to a dispatch from Petrograd to the Havas News Agency. LONDON, Oct. 0. A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from Am sterdam says that the Berlin corre spondent, of the Telegram reports that the German army headquarters are now at a French town 50 kilometers from the front, to which they were removed from Luxemburg. LONDON, Oct. i A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company saysi "The Belgian government has ad dressed to the nentral powers a ve hement protest against the action of Germany In monopolising all the food stuffs found In Brussels and its en virons, thereby reducing the native population to famine." BORDEAUX, Oct. 9. The Minister of Finance, M. Ribot, announces that the issue of the national defense bonds was more than successful. From September 15 to October 3, $43,550,400 was sub scribed by the public. ROME, Oct. 8, via Paris, Oct, 9 The arrest by Italian police . Austrian subjects of Italian nationality who had crossed the frontier to escape military service- in the Austrian army has caused considerable excitement among Italian Socialists. BORDEAUX, Oct. . President Poin care has received Information that the Germans again yesterday bombarded his country house at Samplgny, in the Department of Meuse. Forty-eight shells were fired into the bnlldings, which were completely destroyed, MELBOURNE, Oct- 9. It was today announced that Parliament would be invited to make Belgium a gift of 500, OOO in recognition of her sacrifices. -VIENNA, Oct. 1, via Amsterdam and London. The Governor today gave no tice that the collection of duties on corn, flour and vegetables entering Austria had been temporarily sus pended. LONDON, Oct. 9. Railway and tele graphic communications between Ant werp and Berlin have been Interrupted, says a. wireless dispatch from the Ber lin capital. The message adds that the French Consul at Antwerp has trans ferred the archives of the consulate to Roosendaal, Holland. LONDON, Oct. 9. A Renter dispatch from Petrograd announces the arrival there of an American Red Cross de tachment consisting of five surgeons and 25 nurses on their way to the front. LONDON, Oct. 9. A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from The Hajjue says that the second chamber has approved a credit of 50,000,000 florins i:o,XlO,K)0) to cover the ex penses of mobilization. SCOUT AEROPLANE UPSET L French Lieutenant and Passenger Fall 4000 Feet. LONDON. Oct. 9. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Paris says that through the capsizing of an aeroplane in which they were making a reconnaissance Lieutenant Noel and a passenger named Emmer lost their lives. They were flying at an altitude of 4000 feet when the ma chine, for some unknown reason, turned turtle and fell. Another aviator, Carieux. holder of many world's aviation records, has been taken prisoner and is in Berlin now. Dry Campaign Office Opened. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 9. (Spe cial.) W. P. Connaway, ex-cashier of the Vancouver National Bank, has been selected as manager for the dry forces In Clarke County. Headquarters have been opened at 712 Main street. Mr. Connaway said that an aggressive cam paign will be waged. CITY OF 400,000 IS FLEEING Ifl TERROR Antwerp Mob in Panic Chokes Streets. 8-FOOT BRIDGE ONLY ESCAPE Citizens Ignorant of Danger Until Day of Attack. MANY EXHAUSTED BY ROAD Every Available Vehicle in Use, Four Going in Wheelbarrow. Tottering Wounded Turned Out to Make Room for More. BT E. ALEXANDER POWELL. (Special correspondent of the World. Copy riRht, 1014, by the Press Publishing Com pany, tli. New York World.) GHENT. Oct. 8. 11 P. M., by Courier from Antwerp. Although German shells began falling on the outskirts of the city late today owing to the gov ernments policy of secrecy, it was not until the people of Antwerp awoke this morning to find that the government and foreign legations had gone to Os tend and the walls of the city were covered with proclamations signed by the Military Governor Informing them a bombardment was imminent, that they learned of the terrible gravity of the situation. The proclamation begged them to re main calm, urged all who could to leave the city immediately and advised others to seek refuge in cellars. Panic Chokes Streets. By 10 o'clock every shop in the city had closed its window-shutters. At 11 o'clock the Hotel St. Antoine posted a notice that, its servants having fled, it was compelled to close its doors. By noon thoroughfares which lead to the pontoon bridge across the Scheldt were choked for blocks with a panic-stricken mob. To see a city of 400.000 people sud denly put up its shutters and run away is an interesting sight, but not a pretty one. As the Germans are to the south of the city, and as the Belgians have de stroyed ail bridges and roads between the city and the Dutch frontier, the only route left open Xo the frantic fugitives was over an eight-foot wide bridge of boats that a military en gineer threw across the Scheldt at the beginning of the war. Son Shoulders Disabled Sire. Across this narrow and inadequate structure the mighty river of humanity has been pouring steadily since dawn. Automobiles, cabs, dogcarts, hotel omnibuses, barouches, delivery wagons. (Concluded on la-e INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 68 degrees; minimum. 62 degree. TODAY'S Rain; cooler; southwesterly winds. War. McCutcheon tells of being held as prisoner. Page 1. London hears unconfirmed rumor Antwerp has fallen. Page 1. Antwerp's population of 400,000 is panic stricken mob. Page 1. Belgians refuse to buy Immunity for Ant werp, page 3. Przemysl on fire and Russians say it "will fall soon. Page J. German officers skilled In leading men Kaiser visits army amid oomp. Page 3. Situation at Berlin nearly normal. Page 2. Sports. Coast League results : Portland 3 .5, Venice 1-1; Missions 3. San Francisco 2; Oak land 1. Los Angeles 0. Page 10. University team expects hard struggle today asainst Whitman. Page 11. Athletics rushed off feet in first game which Braves take. 7 to 1. in world's series play. Pas-e 1. Hill Academy fumbles way to 13-to-0 vic tory over Jefferson High. Page 10. Detail of first world's series game "shows up" old Athletics' stars. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Dav Is record-breaker for Sherman County. Pa.Te 3. Victor M. Place. Seattle attorney, held on Federal conspiracy charge. Page 5. Eugene women organize "Booth Club." Page 4- Commercial and Marine. With early relief of local grain congestion, baying will be resumed. Page 15. Wheat declines at Chicago on check to ex port selling. Page 15. Wool market strengthened by England's embargo on shipments. Page 15. Port of Portland relinquishes bar pilotage. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. City Commission starts to prune budget for 1015. Page 15. Symphony Orchestra sounds appeal for $6000 guaranty fund. Page 7. Seven hundred and fifty varieties of dahlias on -exhibition. Page 14. Dr. Wit by com be outlines policies in state- menu Pave 9. Republican candidates today open Multno mah tour. Page 11. AID IN GRAFT CASES DENIED State Commission Is Refused Chi cago Council's Attorney. CHICAGO, Oct. 9. Maclay Hoyne, State's Attorney, today refused an ap peal from Charles E. Merriara. chair man of the Council crime commission, to appoint Fletcher Dobyns, of counsel for the commission, an assistant United States Attorney to prosecute members of the police force who have been Im plicated in deals with pickpockets, ac cording to testimony before the com mission. The request for a State's Attorney was made, according to Mr. MVrriam. "because of tee startling testimony" regarding collusion between certain criminals and certain members of the police force. Mr. Hoyrre's refusal was based on his belief that such Investiga tions should be conducted by the grand jury and not by a Council commission. 63,000 PASTORS AT FRONT Seven Bishops and 19 Other Prel ates Are Included. ROME, via Paris, Oct. 9. According to reports received at the Vatican more than 63,000 ecclesiastics are now serv ing in different capacities with the armies In the field, especially with the Belgian, French and Austrian forces. Most of these clergymen are engaged in hospital work. They include seven bishops and 19 other prelates. HIS CHOICE. SECRET POLICE ON TRAIL OF WRITERS Military Pa;s Ignored iwivil Power. TRIP FROM FRONTIER SLOW McCutcheon Describes Hard ships jd. Correspondents. LANDWEHR FORCES SEEN Regiments Representing Substantial Classes or Men Are Fleasant and ' Jovial in Demeanor on Way to Front. BY JOHN T. M'CUTCHEON. 'Correspondent Chicago Tribune. Copyright. 1914. by John T. McCutcheon. Published by arrangement with the Tribune.) AIX LA CHAPELLE, Sept. 10. This is the story of our ride on a prison train from Beaumont to Aix la Chap elle. With about 250 prisoners we bad been marched through the dark streets of Beaumont and loaded on a train which left at midnight. The private soldiers, consisting of about 80 English prisoners, 150 French and Turco prisoners and eight Bel gians, were put in boxcars, while the officers, suspected spies and our own party of five American correspondents were assigned to a second-class coach Into which a number of wounded Ger man soldiers had been carried. Suspects Are Not Spies. The three suspected spies were not spies at all. One was a Frenchman who had lived in Brussels many years and had been attached to the Ameri can Consulate as an interpreter; also he had been the Brussels correspond ent of an American paper for many years. He had followed the German army in an automobile with no purpose other than to serve his paper, but unfortun ately he had brought with- him a cam era and a Belgian photographer and spoke English with a decided French accent. With him bad also come a young American art student of Brus sels who saw a prospect of adventure. Their motives were in no way sin ister, but the fact that two of the three belonged to races at war with Ger many made their presence within the German lines suspicious, to say the least. These three were prisoners of war and were headed for a destination then unknown. Correspondents' Destination Uncertain. Equally uncertain was our own desti nation. We thought, or rather hoped, we were going to Brussels, but were somewhat skeptical. The car had three or four compart' (Concluded on Page 3.) Friday's War Moves INTEREST in the war operations in Europe centered yesterday on the fate of Antwerp, although there was fighting on the western wing of the opposing armies in France, which on the previous day had extended north as far as the Belgian border and were said practically to have reached the coast of the north sea. While one morning paper in London was informed on "good authority" that Antwerp had fallen, neither the British official bureau nor the Belgian Minister is able to confirm the report. The last advices from Belgium had the Germans still hammering away with their ar tillery against Antwerp. One dispatch said 200 big German guns were in oper ation there. Ostend advices reported thousands of refugees arriving in that city. Another report had it that the situ ation was "hopeful," despite the terrlttc bombardment, and that the Belgians had made a successful sortie, resulting in the capture of 3000 Germans. This report said the enemy had been forced to abandon some guns at Linth. Whether Antwerp falls or holds out, the stand the garrison and the Belgian army is making has commanded world wide attention. A report from Rome says German newspapers are predict ing that the Germans desire to use Antwerp as a base of operations against England; that these operations will be begun soon and that Admiral von Tir pitz. Minister of the Navy, has resolved to go aboard the flagship of the Ger man fleet and direct the operations of the navy in person. Also there is some belief in London that Antwerp might be made the base for an airship raid in force on London. The war chancellories of the allies and the Germans have not seen tit to lift the curtain of secrecy high enough for the public to obtain an insight into the conditions-which prevail along the battle line in France. "There is nothing to report." the French War Office says, "except that there has been a lively engagement in the region of Roye, where in the last two days we have captured 1600 pris oners.' That is all. From the British and. Germans came nothing. CONSUL DIEDERICH SAFE American Representative at Ant werp Reaches Ghent. LONDON, Oct. 10. Henry Diederich, American Consul-General at Antwerp, arrived at Ghent. Belgium, according to the Ghent correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. In a dispatch dated Thurs day the correspondent says: "Consul Diederich arrived from Ant werp today. He told me that many shells fell in the city between 11:30 o'clock Wednesday , night and- 7:30 o'clock this morning-, when he left. One shell exploded Just in front of his resi dence. The cathedral had not been struck, although shells fell near that building." KARLSRUHE LATELY SEEN German, Supposedly Disabled, at . San Juan Few Days Ago. new yokk, Oct. 9. As . late as a few days before October 4, the German cruiser Karlsruhe, which unconfirmed reports have had. sunk or disabled by British warships, was coaling in Sao Juan, Porto R4co. according to passen gers on the Brazilian ship Minas Go- reas. which arrived here today from South American ports. The Minas Goreas put in at San Juan on October 4 on her voyage north. The Karlsruhe had taken on coal there a few days previous, the steamship's passengers were informed. ' PRISONERS TO BE LISTED Frarjoe Prepares to Exchange Iden tity Information 'With Foe. PARIS, Oct. 9. The government is assembling exact information regard ing the" identity of 70,000 German pris oners now in French bands, with the object of exchaging this information with the German authorities for simi lar facts regarding French prisoners. The French Ministry of War has is sued regulations under which money may be sent from France to French prisoners in Germany and also from Germany to German prisoners in France through the Swiss postal administra tion. FRENCH SIGNS FORBIDDEN Order Issued by German Commander at Saarburg, Lorraine. LONDON. Oct. . The German mili tary commandant at Saarburg, Lor raine, has lssu,ed a proclamation order ing the removal of all French signs and inscriptions from the shops, build ings and schools, according to a Reuter Telegram Company dispatch from Saar burg by way of Amsterdam. The German commander also forbids the use of envelopes, letters and bills with French headings. . WAR ON BRITAIN NEXT? German Newspapers Say Antwerp Will Be Used as Base. ROME, via Paris. Oct. 9. The war against Great Britain, according to German newspapers received here, will begin at the end of October, after Ant werp has fallen. Belgium then will become the base of operations against Great Britain, the newspapers say. They add that Admiral Von Tirpitz. the Minister or the Navy, who is now at general headquarters with Emperor William, has announced that he will go aboard the flagship of the German fleet and direct the opera tions el the German navy. ATHLETICS RUSHED OFF, FEET; LOSE 7-1 Neither Lucky Breaks Nor Flukes Figure. RUDOLPH'S BOX WORK GREAT Two-to-One Favorite Mack men Fall Hard. FAST BRAVES KEEP UP.PACE Sharp, Heavy and Timely Hitting Bostonlans Pile Up Offensive Lead, 'Which Leaves Xo Open- " Ing for "Brotherly Love." PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9. Playing with the same sensational speed that marked their rush from last place to the position of pennant-winners in the National League, the Boston Braves crushed the Philadelphia Americans here today in the first game of the world's series by a score of 7 to 1. Although the newly-constructed base ball machine of "Miracleman" Stall ings wabbled once or twice, it never left the track, and under the guiding hand of Pitcher Rudolph crashed through Connie Mack's champion Ath letics, scattering dismay and disap pointment in- its trali. The victory over the 2-to-l American League favorites was well won, no lucky breaks or baseball- flukes figur ing in the defeat of the famous Mack men clan. By sharp, heavy and timely hitting the Braves piled iip an offensive lead, which, coupled with Rudolph's sterling box work and the general de fense of his teammates. left no open ing through which the Philadelphia club's attack could penetrate. Braves Klrat to Score. The Braves were first to score, put ting two runs across in the second in ning. Whltted walked and scored on Gowdy's double, who in turn came home on Maranville's drive to left center. The Athletics came back with a run in their half of the same inning, when Mclnnis was passed and scored on Strunk's single, which Moran let slip through his fingers for three bases. In the fifth Gowdy tripled to center and came home on Maranville's short hit over Mclnnis' head. Boston clinched the game in the next Inning, scoring three runs on Evers' single, Connolly's pass, Whitted's triple to right and Schmidt's single, which was too hot for Barry to hold. " Just to show that they could hit other pitchers besides " Bender. the Braves added another off Wyckoff in the eighth, when Schmidt singled, went to third on Gowdy's one-base slash and stole home as Maranville fanned. Weather Ideal (or Ball. Weather conditions were ideal for the play, the diamond aad outfield being dry and fast, while a warm sun shone overhead from a fleecy sky and made wraps unnecessary. Every seat in Shibe Park was filled, and several thousand spectators witnessed the contest from stands erected on housetops which over looked the park. The bleacher stands filled almost Im mediately after the opening of the gates shortly after 11 o'clock, about 4000 men and boys gaining seats beyond the out field, while fully twice thatr number were turned away once the stand was occupied completely. The reserved sec- . tions were not thlcklx populated until much later. At 1:30 o'clock there were still many vacant-seats, but as the hour of the game approached the late ar rivals flocked in rapidly and hurried to their seats, to the strains of the band and cheers of those watching the play ers in, preliminary practice. The finishing touch was added to the picture when the Royal Rooters, Bos ton's organized rooting corps, marched into the park headed by their own band and waving red and blue pennants with the word "Braves" and an Indian head boldly outlined" on the same. They even carried the idea further, for several fielders wore full Indian regalia, in cluding feathered headdress and toma hawks. . , Battle Sons: "resale" Inspires. The battle song "Tessie" was sung repeatedly, and the 300 members of the corps cheered each telling Boston hit or play and encouraged the team in the crucial periods during the second and seventh inning, when Rudolph wavered for a moment under the strain. When the game ended the Royal Root ers paraded around the field singing and snake-dancing. They finally wound up in front of the Boston bench, cheer ing the team and players in real college football style. They bad every reason to be elated, when, aside from the cold figures, the opening victory of the world's series of 1914. shows that the National League representatives were superior, both col lectively and individually, in each de partment of the game except fielding, where two errors were charged against the Braves while not a single mlsplay marred the work of the Athletics. The' victors scored seven runs, 11 hits and two errors, to the losers' one run, five hits and no errors. Rudolph fanned eight Athletics and walked three. Bender struck out three and gave two bases on balls, while Wyckoff, who relieved him, fanned two and walked one Brave In three and two thirds innings. Heavy hitting honors also went to the Boston batters, who (.Concluded on Page 10.-