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JVMtfHrW llliitafc II ! VOL. UV. NO. 16,812. PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GERMANS OCCUPY CITY OF GHENT NOW Soldiers Quartered in ; Village Nearby. BRITAIN PLEADING FOR -MEN Bars Dropped for Fighting . Recruits Now. PROLONGED WAR FORESEEN Conflict on Line of IjRssigny and Lrns In Which Three German Army Corps Are Engaged . Means Much to Allies. LONDON, Oct. 13. 2:40 A. M. The Belgian city of Ghent is now " oc cupied by the Germans, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Keuter Telegram Company. Uhlans have ar rived at Selzaete. a short distance from Ghent, and the commander announced that 6000 soldiers must be quartered In the village. News has been received from Am sterdam that the Holland government already has opened negotiations with the German military authorities for the speedy return of the Antwerp fugi tives. A Belgian officer at Hulst. Holland, is quoted here as saying that the total number of soldiers who have crossed from Belgium into Holland Is about 26,000. Klrlnn am Dates Frostier Now. Belgian troops were fired on . last night by German machine guns on the Belgian frontier not far from Koe wacgt. Holland. Many wounded men among the Bel gian soldiers who crossed the Dutch line lave been taken to Hulst, the Dutch government placing special trains at their disposal. The rest of the Belgians have been taken to AieL England's need of more fighting men was emphasized . by the announcement tonight that the Infantry standard, which had been raised to check the great rush of recruits at the outbreak of the war, has again been lowered. Required Height Cut. The minimum height for recruits, which formerly was 6 feet 6 inches, has been reduced to 5 feet 4 inches and chest measurement from 3i Inches to S4s inches. An appeal has been issued in Glasgow for 2000 recruits to replace the naval men interned in Holland. Earl Curson of Kedleston. formerly Viceroy of India, in a speech at a war meeting at Harrow School tonight, said the taking of Antwerp was a deliberate part of the German plan. Germany to Fortify Antwerp. "Germany has taken, Antwerp to for tify it, to keep it, to make a great naval port of it. to use it as a great jumping off place for her future attempts upon this country. It is no temporary occu pation unless we make it so." The speaker added that by fortifying Antwerp, Germany would secure a grip n the whole of Belgium, make Holland play her will and then settle down to her main object the destruction of this country. He said England was in for a long war, and declared he was shocked that some people should think the hostilities would be over by Christmas. "Dost Divide Germssy Yet." He Say k. In his opinion more than one Christ mas would roll by before the ending pf hostilities. In conclusion he advised his hearers not to begin to divide up the German empire "before you have got hold of it." . - An official communication from Ber lin says that on Saturday German cav alry completely routed a French cavalry division west of Lille, which Indicates that the extreme limit of the western battle is within 20 miles of the Straits of Dver. A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company from Berlin via Amsterdam i gives the following statement which "s Issued last night by the German General Staff: "Our cavalry on Saturday completely routt-d a French cavalry division west of Lille, and near Hazebrouck we in flicted severe losses on another French vavalry division. Until now the en gagements on the front in the western theater did not lead to a decision." 1 Fragmentary Tlie news of German movements be tween Antwerp and Ostend up to the present is so fragmentary and con tradictory as to be almost worthless. The capture of Ostend. it ia con ceded, would be worth the possession of many Antwerp, to the Germans, so ,it is taken for granted they will not liter the popular seaside resort with out lighting for every foot of the way. Great events depend on the result of the battle now on the line of Lassigny and Lens and the other operations con nected therewith and in which the three German army corps released from the siege of Antwerp will try to-take part. President to Withhold Judgment. WASHINGTON'. Oct. 12. President Wilson wilt acknowledge the receipt of French protests against alleged Ger man atrocities, transmitted to the State Department last week, without at tempting to pass judgment. He told callers today that similar treatment would be given to all such representa- tlona from the nations at war. BULLETINS BERLl.V, Oct. 12. (By wlreles to SayvfMe, I.) The retnra for lmt week t.saed by the HelchabanU ihowi an Increaae of 544,000,000 marks 130, 000,000) In specie notes, -while drcola- j tlon shows a decrease of 292,000,000 marks f 73,000,000). LOIVDON, Oct 12. The Daily Mall's1 Amsterdam correspondent says Berlin newspapers are distributing posters an- nonncina- that the civil population Is leaTlns; Belfort a French fortified town in the so-called territory of Belfort) in fear of a bombardment LONDON, Oct. 12. "It Is stated that the Oermans lost 45,000 men during- the attack on the fortresses Waelhem and Wavre-St Catherine at An.werp, says a Central News dispatch from Amster dam. LONDON, Oct. 12, In a dispatch from Rome, the correspondent of the Central News says that Alontenesrria troops are now only ela;ht hours' march from Rasrnsa, the Aa-tro-HnngirUn seaport In Dalmatla, the fall of which Is believed to be Imminent. LONDON, Oct. 12. The only notice of the arrival of hostile air-craft in the neighborhood of the Thames and the Med way, says the Mayor of Gravesend in a proclamation posted today, will "be the firing; of gnu from the defenses. The notice addsx "Persons seekina; to gratify their curiosity will do so at their own risk. When firing Is heard, the people Immediately should take shelter in the dower rooms or cellars of their buildings.' LONDON, Oct. 12 Notwithstanding the reassuring statement issued by the home office last Thursday to the ef fect that the npy system established by Germany In this country has been completely broken up. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, retired, is con vinced that It still exists and consti tutes a grave menace to the safety of the country. - PA 11 IS, Oct. 12. The following of ficial statement was given out tonights There Is nothing in particular to re port. Violent attacks have occurred along the front. We have gained ground at some points and we have not lost at any place." - RETIRED GERMANS CALLED Losses Cause Disregard of Age, Re ports Petrograd. LONDON. Oct. 12. It is seml-ofTi-cially announced at Petrograd, accord ing to a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from the Russian capital, that owing to the great losses sustained by the German armies all officers and non-commissioned officers who ever have been in the army are ordered to rejoin the colors without regard -to age. Generals in retirement are obtaining commissions in the Landsturm and in the Landwehr corps, while teachers in the primary schools, who hitherto have been exempt from military duty, are now. being compelled to enter service. ELECTRIC SHIP DRIVE AIM Naval Engineers Support Proposi tion of New York Vard. "WASHINGTON. Oct 12. The proposi tion of the New York Navy-yard to make the United States Navy a pioneer in the development of the battleship by being the first to build a breat dread nought with a system of electric pro pulsion is receiving strong support from naval engineers. Secretary Daniels loo,ks on the prop osition with favor and is keeping the way open for the innovation by having Jthe work of construction of the battle ship, which the New York Navy-yard is about to build, so conducted -as to admit of the adoption of the "electric drive" if it shall finally be determined to install that style of propulsion. WEALTHY BELGIANS FLEE London, Accustomed to Penniless Refugees, Is Surprised. LONDON, Oct. 12.. Seven thousand refugees from the war zone, most of them Belgians, arrived at Folkestone today on board four steamers. Among them were 25 wounded Belgian soldiers. Hundreds of the refugees were well dressed and plentifully supplied with money, indicating that they had care fully made their plans of departure. Londoners, heretofore accustomed to caring for the penniless, are now seeing the hotels crowded with well-to-do per sons who seem amply able to take care of themselves. NATION BACKS AMERICANS Wilson Assures Merchants In Europe He W ill L'pliold Their Rights. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. President Wilson today gave assurances that American merchants trading in Eu rope would have the Government back of them to the limit of their rights and that he did not expect that, there would be any interference on the part of the nations at war. " Discussing the effect of the war on business. Piesident Wilson said that from what he could learn the great bulk of business was progressing normally. The cotton situation, he added, had been most affected, but he expected an Improvement. MAYOR ROLPH IS INJURED Wife Also Hurt When Automobile Meets Accident. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 12. A broken right rib was sustained by Mayor Holph as a result of an automobile ac cident near Byron Springs Saturday night. He arrived home- tonight with Mrs. Rolph, who was severely bruised, and their son James, who escaped with a shaking up. The accident was caused by the May or's car scraping a railroad embankment. RUSSIAN CRUISER SUNK BY GERMANS Submarine Raid in Baltic Sea Wins. ENTIRE GREW OF 568 LOST Patrolling Waters Fatal to Czar's Pallada. WATERY GRAVE SHIP'S FATE First Attack by Kaiser's Boats Made Saturday but Successful Recoil . noiter Does Not Come Till Sunday Afternoon. PETROGRAD, Oct 12. An official communication issued today announces that on October 11 the Russian armored cruiser Pallada was torpedoed in the Baltic Sea by a German submarine and sank with all of her crew. The . text of the communication. which was made public by the marine department, follows: "On October 10, German submarines were sighted in the Baltic Sea. The same day, early in the morning, the submarines attacked the cruiser Ad miral Makarov, which had stopped to search a suspected bark flying the commercial flag of the Netherlands. "A submarine of the enemy launched several torpedoes, which luckily missed the mark and caused no damage what soever to the cruiser. "On October 11, at 2 o'clock In the afternoon, the submarines of the enemy again attacked our cruisers Bayan and Pallada, which were patrolling the Baltic. - "Although the cruisers opened a strong fire, one of the submarines suc ceeded in launching torpedoes against the Pallada, whereupon an explosion resulted and the cruiser sank with all her crew." The armored cruiser Pallada "carried a complement of 568 men. She meas ured 443 .feet and had a displacement of 7776 tons. Her speed was 23 knots. With the Admiral Marakov and the Bayan she constituted a group " of cruisers known as the "Bayan class." The Pallada carried two S-lnch guns, eight 6-inch guns, 22 12-pound-ers -and 4 3-pounders, in addition to torpedo tubes. She was laid down in 1905. Mrs. Carman's Trial Begins Monday. MINEOhA, N. Y.t Oct. 21. The trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman for the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey will begin here next Monday, it was defin itely announced today. RES0LYED,That" We Commend Our Tried and True DjsumjtfrrtHc Senator Georgre E. Chamberlain For Remain ing Loyally at His Post of Duty in Cong ress in the Great Emergency Confronting; the Nation. Be It Further RE SOLVED, That We Summon Our Tried andTpuP 43r rrtVir- Senator George E.Chamberlain To Abandon His Post of Duty and Re turn Post-Haste To Oregon in the Great Emergency Confronting" Us Democrats in Oregon. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70.8 degrees; minimum, 62.8 degree. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. War. Great need for fighting nen causes Britain to lower bars. Page 1. German aub marine sinks Russian cruiser and entire crew Is lost. Page 1. German spy system furnishes all needed. In formation about France. Page SV. John T. McCutcheon tells of scenes about Brussels. Page 1. American committee ends relf work In London. Page 3. Great variance seen in equipment of European troops. Page English soldier says Germans are "40 years ahead of the times." Page 2 Russians pursued north of Vistula by AuBtxo- German army, says Vienna, page 2. Lou vain at first not .hostile to foe, writes John T. McCutcheon. Page X. Mexico. ' Naco hopes protection will be turned over to cowboys. Page 6. National. Republican Senators attack ' Administration policies. Page tf. Sport. Boston Braves beat Athletics In one of hardest fought- games ever played In world's baseball series. Page 1. Catcher Gowdy stars with stick. Page 12. Roscoe Fawcett thinks prospect for varsity and Aggies good this year. Page 12. Peter Stevens wins $20,000 Blue Grass stakes at Lexington. Page 13. Pacific Northwest. Fight over removal of Malheur county seat is bitter. Page 0. Representative- Hawley'a friend's . rally to his defense and opposition en, kens. Page T. Ovation given R. A. Booth at Eugene. Pae 6. Commercial and Marine. American wool markets strengthened by British embargo on exports. Page 17. Cattle and hogs advance at Portland stock- .yards. Page 17. Alaska Pacific Fisheries offers cargoes to Portland-Alaska line and would buy $10,- 000 stock In enterprise. Page 16. COTTON AID THOUGHT NEAR Completion or $1-50, ftOO, 000 Fund This Week Is Forecast. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 12. A prediction that the $150,000,000 cotton loan fund, re cently approved by the Federal Ad ministration and the Federal Reserve Board, would be completely subscribed and ready for use by the end of the week was made here today by J. N. Sloan, a member of the committee which accompanied Festus J. Wade, au thor of the plan, to Washington last week. This statement was made at a con ference between officers of the Busi ness Mens' League and merchants, manufacturers and railroad men, held with the view of discussing means of increasing the use of cotton. AMERICAN REACHES LONDON Ex-Boer General Freed by Uernians , on Appeal to Embassy. LONDON. Oct. 12. 11:45 A. it. The flev. Epka de Warr. a nephew of Paul Kruger, and at one time Secretary of State for the Transvaal and a General in the Boer army, arrived in London today after two months detention in Westphalia. Mr. De Warr is a resident of the Boer colony at Hohenward, Term., and is an American citizen, but he was held by the Germans as a British sub ject because he did not have his natur alization papers with him. He ap pealed to the American Embassy in Berlin and was released. STANDING BY OUR GEORGE. OLD HICKORY JACKSON CLUB. AT FIRST NOT HOSTILE TO FOE Germans and Citizens Outwardly Friendly. TOWN CRIER WARJ-orZi - Soldiers Buy in Shops and Give Cash in Payment. PEOPLE ARE REASSURED McCutcheon Tells How Picturesque Kntry Was Watelied by Corre spondents With, Forebodings of Arrest as Spies. BY JOHN T. M'CUTCHEON. (Copyrluht. 114. by John T. McCutenwm. Published by arrangement with trte cm caKO Tribune.- BRUSSELS. Sept. 17. I arrived in Brussels on the evening of August 17. There was a good deal of fighting some miles out from the capital, but In order to leave the city a laissex-passe must be secured from the Belgian military authorities. With this authorization one would be permitted to ride out some distance and might even have an opportunity of seeing real action. Several correspondents who had been in the city a few days had secured these passes and had made trips out to points where fighting had been In progress. They were not allowed to go to the fronVhut they had seen Bel gian and French troops in the field. The following morning, however, a new order was issued. No more passes were to be given te newspaper corre spondents. This difficulty being over come in two days by obtaining a pass of Identification from the American Consul, a taxi was hired and instructed to take u as far in the direction of Louvain as the chauffeur was allowed to go. The King and the army bead quarters were at Louvain and there were persistent rumors thai a German Bcouting party of avalry . was oper ating some miies beyond that point. There were fewer soldiers at the rude earthworks which had hastily been thrown across the end of Jhe Avenue Louise. A guard posted there did not stop the machine. We went on and presently reached a barricade of streetcars that had been thrown across the road. Here we were stopped, but after two soldiers had looked at the certificate of American citizenship we were allowed to proceed. Out on the Louvain road, in 'the open country, there was a great encampment of Belgian soldiers infantry, cavalry, artillery, and hospital equipment. Even the famous dog artillery was there (Concluded on Page 5.) L OUVAlri Monday's War Moves THE linger o( the censor having twisted the tourniquet ' on all sourixs of news from Belgium, just now perhaps file most potentially im portant scene of the fighting in the great war, the British people were forced to content themselves today with the official communication from Paris and even a close analysis of this showed no marked change In the situ ation favoring either side. - 'So" e East came tidings of a . .u reversal In form, the dispatches both from Vienna and Petrograd Indi cating that the Austrian army at Pnemysl, to often reported surround ed, hopelessly outclassed and on the verge of surrender, had turned on the Russians with the aid of -reinforcements, and forced them to retreat. The first news .of this claim ema nated during the morning from the Austrian capital. It was followed later in the day by what purports to. be a Petrograd admission that the Russians had abandoned the siege of Przemysl for strategical reasons, with the object of drawing up a new line against the Austro-German army In other points in Galicia. Whatever may be the truth of the situation the Russians have been claim ing an unbroken series of victories in their sweep through Galicia and the coincidence of today's dispatches, sup plemented as they were by more cir cumstantial accounts from Vienna of a vigorous Austro - German offensive. seemed to presage important news. The British ana Belgian troops who retired from Antwerp before the Ger man occupation with the exception of those who are now interned on Dutch soil as a result of having crossed the border have been swallowed as com pletely as If they had been buried under the ruins. For military reasons their positions and the area of hostilities in Belgium must remain obscure until the turn of events brings them .sharply to the fore again, as was the case when, after the fall of Antwerp, the British public learned for the first time that British forces had assisted the garrison. Optimistic, as always, the British press, besides contending that Antwerp is of no importance to Germany as a naval base, finds solace In the argument that the release of the allied troops there more than counterbalances the troops which Germany will send from that point into France. Colonel Fred erick M. Maude, a retired army officer and author of several standard mili tary books, writing In today's livening Standard, says: , "This morning finds the' Belgians with five-sixths of the . British con tingent perfectly, ready to renew the "Shi., with their supplies, and rein forcement from over 'tea amply safe guarded. After deducting the neces sary garrison for. Antwerp, losses and so forth, it is exceedingly Improbable that the Germans have more than 60. 000 men left to follow them, which us a ciear gain or 4U.U00 to our left wing, without counting the rein forcements which we shall pick up on me way.'' The official communication from Paris indicated that this left wing is stretching dally and nightly farther west and . north and will soon reach the coast if the opposing sides continue throwing out cavalry in an endeavor to outflank or break through. The allies make no claim to victory in the afternoon statement, which opens with the remark that these cav alry operations continue as far north and west as Hazebrouck. a point hard ly more than a good day's walk from Calais. When the allies asserted yesterday that they had driven the Germans from Aire, London learned for the first time that the Germans had made substan tial progress west from Armentleres. which they reached last week. Presum ably the allies still hold the ground the claim to have regained, but the Germans are throwing more men west ward and are putting up a hard fight. The communication does not make plain which side holds the town near est the coast. Nowhere along the battle line do the allies say they have made any prog ress except in the center, on the right bank of the Aisne below Soissons. At two other points, notably between Ar ras and the Olse and on the right in Vosges, it is said, the German attacks have been repulsed. A paragraph near the end of the offi cial communication saying it is under stood that the Germans are occupying only the suburbs of Antwerp, while the 24 forts along the Scheldt (Escaut) still are holding out, has been received in London with considerable surprise and skepticism; In view of the an nouncement of the British war officials that the city was occupied by the Ger mans and the unanimous accounts from correspondents to the same effect, to gether with the Berlin statement that the invaders virtually took complete possession -of the city. Probably stirred by the bomb-dropping exploits of German air craft over Pari, London seems to be prepared far such visitors, and official notice has been served on persons living near the mouth of the Thames that they should be ready to seek their cellars at the first subject of firing, as there will be no time to spread news In any more formal way. . Recruiting througout Great Britain, particularly in London, has been boom ing, -it is said, since the fall of Ant werp, the talk of the Germans advanc ing from there to Ostend having seem ingly brought the war closeIhome in the minds of the people. The whereabouts of Jibe -Belgian Queen Is still a matter of conjecture, and the same vagueness surrounds the King's reported wounds. Italy, by official announcement, has spent $1,000,000 a day since the war began to place her army in a state of preparedness,- lATHLETICS LOSE THIRD GAME, 5 TO 4 Twelve-Inning Contest Greatest Since 1912. DRAMATIC MOMENTS MANY Fighting Spirit of Youth Strik ing Feature of Struggle. NEW MEN JUMP TO FAME Repeatedly Mackmen Battle Tlicir Way Into Load, Only to See Hival for World's Honors Come Vp and Pass Them. BOSTOX, Oct. 12. In one of the hard est fought games ever played in a world's series, the Boston Braves de feated the Philadelphia Athletics at Fenway Park today by a score of S runs to 4. Twelve innings of thrilling baseball were necessary before the National League representatives could record their third consecutive victory of the present series. So bitterly was the struggle contested by both teams that with the possible exception of the final game between the New York Giants and the Boston Red Sox in 1912, nothing equalling to- pday's play has been recorded since the world's series began under National commission auspices in 1905. Play Exteads Over Three Honrs. For three hours and six minutes the two teams alternately led. tied or forged ahead in the score and the game that began in bright sunlight was won in deep twilight with electric signs' flashing outside the park and the even ing star glimmering overhead. While not the best played game of the series from the standpoint of tech nical baseball, it was so abounding in dramatic moments, thrilling plays and baseball strategy that the 35.00(1 spec tators who filled the stands were lifted ' to superhelghts of enthusiasm by the struggle. New players mounted to niches in the world's series hall of fame and oth ers suffered the temporary censure of the fans, but when the winning run finally crossed the plate in the dusk the general sentiment was that it was a splendid game to win and a trying one to lose. Boston Determined to Win. The Braves rushed Joyously from the field determined to clinch the cham pionship title of 1914 with a fourth victory tomorrow, while the Athletics, taciturn and grave, filed slowly out of the park, still hopeful that their famous -machine would yet arise to tile emergency that faced it. To retain the honors won last Fall, tho Mackinen must win the next four games, a task generally -considered Impossible by fol lowers of baseball. The odds on the Bos ton club tonight are 3 to 1, with little Athletic money in sight. The most striking feature of the play was the fighting spirit shown by the youthful combination that Manager George Stallings has gathered around him to represent this city in the senior league. Repeatedly the Philadelphia team would battle its way into the lead, only to witness its rival draw along side again in the Bame or succeeding Inning. Never once during the long and nerve-racking contest did the Braves cease their attack. Both from an indi vidual and collective standpoint they deserved the victory they won. Americas Flrat to Seore. The American" Leaguers were the first to score, sending a run across the plate in the opening Inning on Mur phy's two-base salute off Tyler's de livery. He moved to third on Oldring's sacrifice and scored when Connolly dropped Collins" high fly. The Braves tied the score in the second Inning on Maranville's walk, steal of second aud sprint to the plate on Gowdy's double Into the leftfield bleachers. In the fourth each team added an other run. For the Athletics Mclnnis double in the same spot and scored on Walsh's single to left, Schmidt re sponded for the home team with a sin gle over second, advanced on Deul's out and counted on Maranville's single to right. With the score 2 to 2 the play con-" tinued without advantage one way or the other until the 10th Inning. The Mackmen began the extra session by scoring two runs when Schang singled to left and was safe on Tyler's late throw to second on Murphy's grounder to the pitcher. After Oldrlng was out, Collins walked and Schang and Mur phy scored on Baker's single. Gowdy Start. Rally. Gowdy started the Braves' rally with a home run into the bleachers back of centerfleld. Moran got a p. 33 off Bush, went to third on Evers" bingle over second and came home on Connolly's sacrifice fly. Again the score was tied. Another inning and -a half passed without result, but when Catcher Gowdy came to bat for the Boston club in the 12th session he opened with a double to left field, his third hit of the game. From the midway bag he called for a relief runner, and Mann was sent to bis place. Bush purposely passed Gilbert, sent In as a pinch hitter for James. When Moran bunted half way between third and the pitchers' box Bush grabbed the Concluded on lase 13.1 1 09.0 H-