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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
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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
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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.
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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'
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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
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