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VOL.. LIV. iVO. 1G,813. PORTLAND, OREGON, VKOKSDA Y, OCTOBER 14, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. L LEAVES BHEHT Heavy Fighting Reported Southwest of Bruges. GERMAN COLUMN AMBUSHED Supposed Remnant of Fleeing Belgian Army Inflicts Big ' Loss on Pursuers. BAYONET CHARGE MADE Refugees Crowd Steamers in Effort to Seek Asylum on British Shores. LONDON, Oct. 13. A dispatch from Amsterdam says the Germans nra marching toward Ostend and Ger man bicyclists already have been seen near Eecloo, 11 miles north of Ghent. German cavalrymen are near Bruges. The inhabitants of the country west cf Ghent are fleeing in the direction of Ardenburg, and the Germans are throwing a pontoon bridge at Zle saete, 10 miles to the north of Ghent. Infantry Encamped in Ghent. Ghent, about 35 miles to the east of Ostend, was occupied Monday by the Germans after two days of fight ing near Quatrecht and Melle. Caval rymen appeared at first, but did not 6tay. Later infantry advanced from all sides, occupied the Hotel de Ville and camped in the streets. So great is the demand for passage en 6teamers from Ostend that, those boats arriving at Folkestone today carried no baggage. As soon as they discharged their passengers the steamers returned to Ostend, where thousands of Belgian' refugees were clamoring for transportation to Eng land. Fighting Heavy at Thorout. The following dispatch, dated Mon day, has been received by the Central News from Ostend: "It is reported that a heavy en gagement is in progress today near Thorout, a Belgian town . 12 miles southwest of Bruges. The operations around Ghent have opened favorably for the allies. The Germans asked for an armistice to enable them to bury their dead, but the request was refused. "Advancing confidently against what they believed to be the remnants of a retreating Belgian army, a Ger man column was ambushed by a force south of Ghent. The German soldiers were mowed down in swaths and a bayonet charge completed their de feat. Six hundred dead "were left on the field, while the allies' losses were practically nothing. The Germans re tired on Alost." Reports Precipitate Panic. The statements of some of those who succeeded in getting away indi eate that a panic exists at Ostend, where crowds of fugitives continue to arrive, spreading exaggerated reports regarding the proximity of the Ger man pursuers. Among today's arrivals at Folke- 6tone and Dover were several hundred wounded Belgian soldiers. It is likely that their number will be considerably increased in the next few days. They are being looked after by the relief committee for wounded allies and are being sent in small bodies to differ ent provincial cities and towns, where arrangements have been made to pro vide them with hospital accommoda tions. 100,000 Belgians in England.' It is estimated that already nearly 100,000 Belgian refugees have landed on these shores. It is feared that the fctream of fugitives will increase in volume as the German occupation of Belgium becomes more complete. Herbert Louis Samuel, president of the local government board, issued today an appeal asking that commit tees be formed in various parts of the country to assist in obtaining food and shelter for the strangers and to help to find homes in which they may be placed. Mr. Samuel said that 8000 tConcluded on Page 3.) BRITISH CONSD BULLETINS LOXDOxoct 14- The Petroff red cr rrspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company It la officially announced by the commander of the Russian naval forces In the Baltic that two German submarines were destroyed during; the attach; on the Russian cruiser Pallida. BERLIN, Oct. 13, via wireless to Sayvllle L. I. Information received from Sofia confirms the report thatthe Russian Black. Sea fleet is sailing; southward. The Porte declines the de mand made by the triple entente that the German naval officers in Constant!, nople be dismissed. BERLIN, Oct. 13, via wireless to Sayvllle, L. I. Information ajiven out for publication today says: The British Ambassador ' at Constantinople has ordered the women of the Embassy to leave the Ottoman capital today. TOKIO. Oct. 13, As the result of the communication to him of the Japanese Emperor's desire to spare the Uvea of noncombatanta and neutrals in Tslnn Tau, Meyer Waldeck, Governor of Klau-Cbau, has sent German officers to meet Japanese officers to arrange details for their departure before the Inauguration of the final attach: on the German fortress by the Japanese and British forces. LONDON, Oct. 13. A letter received In Amsterdam from Dusseldorf says the Dally Chronicle's Amsterdam cor respondent declares that In the recent British aeroplane raid on Dusseldorf, besides a Zeppelin airship being- de stroyed, four persons were killed and maay wounded, BERLIN, Oct. 13, via The Hague and London. The Netherlands was official ly notified today by Germany that the status of the River Scheldt will be re garded by Germany as " . heretofore. There will be no question of forcing the Scheldt or using It for purposes not sanctioned in - treaties. LONDON, Oct. 13 A dispatch to the Times from Ostend says that a German aviator dropped two bombs on Ostend Monday. Neither of the missiles .ex ploded. LONDON, Oct. 13. The Kaiser Wilheim Canal, telegraphs the Amster dam correspondent of the Reuter Tele gram Company, between the Baltic and the North Sea, has been closed to ordinary traffic for the duration of the war. BERLIN, Oct. 13, via Amsterdam and London When the Germans entered Antwerp they found In the harbor 42 steamers and two sailing vessels fly ing various flags, according to an of ficial statement given out here today. The statement says the damage done to buildings in the city was slight. AMSTERDAM, via London, Oct. 13. According to the Erankfurther Zeltung, inoculation ' against cholera Is being carried out in the Austrian army on a large scale. One hundred and twenty thousand packages of cholera - serum have been received from Vienna and whole regiments are being lined up for treatment. The period of Immu nity gives by inoculation Is about three months. ROME, Oct. 13, via Paris An em phatlc denial comes from Cettlnje of the Austrian statement that the Mon tenegrins have fired on Red Cross hos pitals. Everything has been done, the Montenegrin officials say, to spare all places having the Red Cross flag fly ing, sometimes to the serious detri ment of military operations. ROME, via Paris, Oct. 13. According to a dispatch received here the Ger man officers at - Constantinople esti mate the Turkish army at 900,000 men. The estimate made here on figures from reliable sources places the num ber at between 600,000 and TOO.OOO. TORPEDO BOAT DOES WORK Berlin Announces Sinking of Cruis er Pallada, of Bayan Class. BERLIN, Oct 13, via The Hague and London. It is announced officially in Berlin today that an armored cruiser of the Bayan class was sunk October 11 at the entrance to the Bay of Fin land by a German torpedo-boat. This announcement refers to the loss of the Russian cruiser Pallada, pre viously reported. This report, however, mentions a torpedo-boat as being- re sponsible for the loss of the Russian cruiser. The Russian 'official statement of the same incident said a submarine sank the cruiser. FRANCE TO SEIZE GOODS Confiscation of Holdings of German and Austrian Firms Ordered. BORDEAUX, Oct 13. M. Briand. the Ministers of Justice, has Instructed all the district attorneys in France to seek out and sequestrate all goods and funds belonging to German and Austrian firms, many of whom, it is declared, have either formed French stock. com panies or taken shelter behind third parties of French nationality. M. Malvy. Minister of the Interior, has asked the prefects to co-operate with the attorneys and has called on the members of commercial and trade associations to assist. GERMAN FLEET IS SIGHTED Prince Henry's Squadron Heported Off Aland Islands. PARIS. Oct. 14. A strong German souadron flying the flag of Prince Henry of Prussia is cruising around the Aland Islands, according to a message from Helsingfors transmitted to the Hayaa agency from Petrograd. On several occasions Prince Henry's squadron has been reported cruising in the waters south of the Aland Islands. It Includes seven dreadnoughts, several cruisers, four torpedo-boats, coalers and repair vessel GERMANY- PREPARES FGR RAID ON BRITAIN Large Fleet of Zeppe- I ins Gatherirv ENORMOUS GUNS' COMPLETED Range of 25 Miles Said to Have Been Achieved. CHANNEL PORT DESIRED Hatred or British Is Intense but Pluck ' Is Admired Belgium's Absorption, in View of Cost to Germany Is Expected. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 30. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Re ports are current, in Berlin that the Krupps have completed some enor mously heavy suns of a caliber and range never before attempted and that a large fleet of Zeppelins is being collected near Kiel awaiting a favor able opportunity . to sail for England, according to the statements of a British -newspaper man who has just returned from , Berlin to Amsterdam. Artillery officers assured this cor respondent that the new Krupp guns have a range of about 25 miles and probably are destined for use at some Channel port in event the Germans secure a foothold there. He also says that the aeroplane factories in Ger many are working day and night sup plying machines and that 200 aviators are qualifying for military service every week. ' British Bitterly Hated. 'Tlje- British are more hated than either the French or Russians," he said. "The Germans would rather capture one Englishman than 20 of the others. In Germany. England is blamed for it all, rightly or wrongly. She is ac cused of being at the bottom of this war. Neither officers nor men of the German army seem to have much re gard for the British army as a fighting machine, but they freely admire' the pluck of the British officers and the rapid range-finding abilities of British artillery. "Judging from.what'I saw in Berlin, that city at this moment holds another five or six army corps of able-bodied young: men attached either to the first or second reserve or to the landsturm. The same proportionately may be said of all the other German cities. Every where I was struck by the boundless enthusiasm for war. Absorption of Bei7:tn.J3:perted. "It is true," he continued, "that all the news is subjected to a severe cen sorship and therefore the people do not (Concluded on Page HOW THE INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDATS Maximum temperature, 70 degrees: minimum, degrees. TODAY'S Fair; cooler; southerly winds. , War. . Germany said to be making ' guns much larger than those, used. In siege of Ant werp and Liege. Page J. - Holland united politically, but apprehensive for future. lage 2. Russian-Turkish naval battle Is foreshad- . www. ' s man a enforce strict rules on Antwerp - cltlxens. Page 2. Colonel Marlti and -command revolt against Britain in South Africa. Page 3. British Consul leaves Ghent: heavy fighting reported near Bruges. Page 3- German entry Into Antwerpmade with mil itary pomp. Page 1. Tsing'Tau suddenly changed from peace to war. footing. Page 15. Germany's peace terms would strip France, Paris hears. Pago 5. National.. Cotton relief legislation makes adjournment of Congress uncertain. Page 6. Sports. Boston takes baseball title In great fifth inning. Captain Evers' bit being cause. Page 8. Coast League results Oakland 4-0, Portland 3-4, Missions 6, Los Angeles 0; San Fran cisco 9, Venice 7. Page .8. Braves win baseball championship of world, establishing remarkable record. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. New labor laws asked by Oregon Federation of women at Kugene. Page 7. Secretary Olcott says law will leave state without Emergency Board November 4. Page 7. , Baker politicians are wondering why Sen ator Chamberlain's secretary . registered there. Page . Commercial and Marine. Hop-buying uninterrupted and prices are maintained, page JU. Export buying of wheat and flour makes grain llrm at Chicago. page 18. Foreign exchango rates higher and opera tions decrease. Page 3 9. Lower river fishermen complain that piling hinders . gillnetters. - Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. Julius L. Meier makes plea for more roses in Portland. - Page 1L - - Tie -ote of budget committee defeats In creases in pay temporarily. Page 13. West gives former jobs to officials forced - to resign. Page 20. - New Pyllilans are subjected to thrilling tests. .Page 19. ' ... "What have you done?" Senator Chamber lain is asked by Russell Hawkins. Page 13. Colored women form Republican club. Page 14 Chinese eggs force down price of home product. . Page 18. Navy Department lifts gag from Portland y. M. O. A. wireless plant. Page 18. TEUTONS FORTIFY BELGIUM Long Lines of Defenses Said to Equal Those on Aisne. LONDON. Oct. . 14. "The German positions in Belgium are equal to those on the Aisne," says a Central News dispatch from Ostend. "In ad dition to Antwerp, they have prepared reinforced concrete works heavily mounted with Runs, extending from a point east of Louvain to- a.: place north of Vilvorde, on through Alost and thence south to a point southeast of Brussels. ' "There is also- a . continuous line of fortifications from Liege through Naraur and lions to .Valenciennes. Thus, should the German right retreat, it would be powerfully protected unless the works were forced beforehand." Convicts' Petition Not Allowed. JOLIET. . 111., Oct.. 13. The convicta who at a recent chapel meeting ac quiesced in a statement that state wide prohibition in Illinois would re duce crime 70 per cent will not be al lowed to present a petition to that effect to the Legislature. WOMEN OF EXIGENT. INDORSE . . . ANTWERP ENTERED II. MILITARY POMP 60,000 Soldiers Pass in Glittering Review. ARTILLERY SEEMS ENDLESS Citizens, With Pitiful Gifts, Seek to Placate Foes. PEOPLE TREATED WELL Town Councillor Proceeds With Din ner While Messenger Front Con querors and His Men Wait at Door of Hall. BY E. ALEXANDER POWELL War correspondent of the New York World. CoDvrlaht. 114. by the Press Pub lishing Company. Published by arrangement with tne .X ew xora .worta.i BERGEN-OP-ZOOM, Holland, Oct. 9. The cccupatlon of Antwerp by ,the German conquerors of the city was an Impressive martial spectacle. The first troops to enter were bicy clists, followed by a brigade of infantry and several field batteries. The latter passed through the city at a sharp trot, unllinbered on the quays and opened fire with shrapnel on the Belgian rear guard, which was landing from lighters on the opposite side of the river. Bridge utckly Constructed. A company of German infantry start ed across a pontoon bridge, only to find, on reaching the middle, that it had been blown up by the retreating Bel gians. Two soldiers plunged Into the river, without an instant's hesitation, swam across the gap and clambered up on the other portion of the bridge and dashed forward to reconnoiter. Within two.hours after reaching the waterfront the Germans had rebuilt the bridge and their troops were pouring across It in a steady stream. - As the sound of heavy cannonading came from across the river throughout the- even ing, they evidently caught up with the Belgians. , . j- - Sixty Thousand Pass In lie lew. Though a heavy force entered Ant werp on Friday night, the bulk of the army did not enter until late Saturday when 60,000 men passed In review be fore General von Schultz and the mili tary Governor of Antwerp. Admiral von Schroeder, who, surrounded by a glitter ing staff, sat their horses in front of the royal palace in the Place de Meir. i For five hours the mighty host poured through the streets of the de serted city, while the houses shook In the thunder of their tread. Company after company, regiment after regi ment, brigade after brigade swept past (Concluded on Page M. BOOTH. Tuesday's War Moves HEADQUARTERS of the Belgian gov ernment were transferred yester day to Havre. France. With the excep tion of King Albert, who remains at the head of the army, and the Minister of War," the members of the Cabinet, with trie other government officials and diplomatic corps, went from Ostend by steamer to the French port, where they -will carry on the affairs of state and where hospitality has been offered them by the French government. The American and Spanish Ministers, both of whom are still at Brussels, are the only diplomatic representatives accred ited to Belgium remaining in that country. This is the third move of the Belgian capital since the Germans silenced the forts of Liege. The government first moved from Brussels to Antwerp, thence to Ostend. and yesterday crossed to Havre. This final change followed quickly upon the German westward advance, which was begun immediately after the fall of Antwerp. Success in taking the chief port of Belgium opened the way for a new plan of cam paign which embraces the occupation of the whole of Belgium, Including the coast towns, and if possible some of me nonnern r rencn ports. The Germans Ttre making a simul taneous western advance in Southern Belgium, while across the border in France a whole army corps has occu pied Lille and cavalry has been seen as far west as Hazebrouck. which Is on the railw-ay leading to both Calais and Dunkirk. . . French forces have been sent to cut off. if possible, this attempt to reach the coast, and, according to the French official communication, have taken the offensive against the Germans. This movement, besides being a dis tinct menace to the allies' left wing. If successful would arouse great enthusi asm in Germany, as an indication that the promised attack against England by airship and otherwise is about to be carried out. Already bombs have been dropped on Ostend from aero planes which, once the Germans reach the coast, will be within easy striking distance of the British coast ports and even London. This new movement promises to bring the battle of the Aisne. which has been in grogress for a month, to a speedy conclusion. The . Germans, although they have brought heavy re inforcements from Germany and can now use at least a part of the troops which participated In the siege of Antwerp, are known to have with drawn many troops from their front along the Aisne to reinforce the right wing, where they , have been striking hard at the allies: left, i These attacks apparently . have met with' little success, for the French say they . have made -marked progress be tween Arras and Albert. . At the same time the withdrawal from the center of the German troops engaged has en abled the allies to make advances in the Berry-au-Bac district, to the north west of Rheims, and also toward Zouain, west of the Argonne and north of Malancourt, between the Argonne and the Meuse. Nothing is said in the French official report of the fighting around Apremont and St. Mlhiel, which has been heavy for some time. Here the Germans have been making determined efforts to maintain their positions on the Meuse. However, all this is now secondary to the battle in the province of Picardy, which forms the Department of Somtne and part of Olse, Fas-de-Calais and Aisne. Of fighting in Galicia. the official re ports from Petrograd and Vienna are so directly at variance that there Is no reconciling them. Vienna says that the relief of Przemsyl is complete, while Petrograd declares that the siege is progressing and that the Russian ar tillery Is destroying all the fortress works. The general opinion gathered from the various reports is that the Rus sians have withdrawn to a line start ing from Sambor. in Galicia, and pass ing through Przemysl. Sandomir and Ivangorod and thence to the west of Warsaw, roughly along the San and Vistula Rivers, where they -are waiting to meet the advancing Austro-German armies on ground of the Russians' own choosing. The biggest forces are between San domir and Ivangorod. which is the cen ter of the German advance. The fight ing thus far is only of advance-guard character, or probably, where the Rus sians are withdrawing, in the nature of rear-guard actions. The Germans seemingly are com pletely out of the Suwalki and Lomia districts, but the Russian advance into East Prussia is making little, if any. progress. Probably both are willing to wait where they are until the bigger battle to the south has been decided. The Germans, it is said, have been surprised by the early Winter and are suffering severely because of, not being provided with, heavy clothing such as the Russians have. While it Is known that . Colonel Maritz, the leader of the rebels In South Africa, has only a small follow ing, the disturbance in that part of the world is considered by the British to be unfortunate at this moment. Maritz is a Transvaaler who fought in the Boer war. but Jtt Its conclusion was one of the irreconcilables who crossed over Into German territory, where he fought with Germans against the natives. Later he returned to British South Af rica, got an appointraent in the police and worked his way to the command of which he has just been relieved. The territory affected by the rebel lious movement is the southern end of the Kalahari Desert, which is parallel with the German frontier. There are about 12,000 white farmers in the dis trict, whose farms are. widely scat tered. The Montenegrins claim another vic tory over the Austrian? to the north east of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia. BRAVES CHAMPIONS TRADITION BROKEN Connie Mack's Famous Machine Passes. $100,000 INFIELD SMASHED By Score of 3 to 1 Bostonians Nab World's Ball Title. HEROES GO; OTHERS COME Philadelphia Tukes Bitter Dereat in Good Spirits, Lauding Winners to Whom Belong Spoils and Much-Deserved Victory. BOSTON, Oct. 13 The Boston Na- ' tional League club completed the most remarkable record in modern profes sional baseball by defeating the Phila delphia Americans in the fourth and final game of the world's series at Fenway Park today by a score of 3 to 1." Beginning with their rush from last place in the senior league in the middle of July, the Braves have broken tra ditions and records in the National sport with speed and abandon during the last three months. They emerged late this afternoon champions of the universe, leaving a Wail of startling surprises and upsets in their wake which It will be hard to duplicate in years to come. Mark's Machine Pshcs to Fssje Last and far from the least of their accomplishments was the overthrow in four consecutive games of. the world famous baseball machine of Connie Mack, with its hundred thousand dol lar Infield, home-run heroes and corps of skillfully blended veteran and youth ful pitching stars. Tonight the new champions, gathered under the management of George Stall ings are celebrating their ascent to the championship throue, while the wreck of the Athletics' baseball jug gernaut is bound for the home of Wil liam Pcnn, stunned and stupefied by the unlooked-for calamity which, tem porarily at least, racked It to the smallest cog. To the victors belong the spoils and the credit, and unexpected as was the crushing defeat, the Mackmen took It in sportsmanlike spirit, praising the winners and offering no excuses for their failure to hold their National League rivals in check. In fact, none are available, for the Bostonians out played and outgamed their more ex perienced opponents in every game and department of play. The best that could be said of the Athletics by their warmest admirers was that the team, neither collectively nor as individuals, appeared to get going in the form shown in previous world series. Youth Breaks All Records. To crush completely and decisively the great combination which has rep resented Philadelphia in the American League in recent years is honor enough for any rival baseball club, but the Braves, In their youthful ardor and speed, did even better, for they estab lished a new world's series record by winning in succession the four games necessary to clinch the title. Not since the National Commission assumed charge of these annual inter league contests, in 1905, has this feat been achieved until today. Several clubs have won four out of five games, and in the early days of the Temple cup and National League against Atmerlcan Association straight victories were chronicled. In 1SS4 Providence defeated the Metropolitans - three straight; in 1S94 the New York club defeated Bal timore in four games for the Temple cup, and two years later Baltimore won four consecutive victories from Cleveland. The Athletics fought doggedly until the end, and even late in the game of today their adherents, who had made them . two-to-one favorites In the wagering before the opening contest, confidently believed they would start a batting rally that would bring about at least a momentary check in the Braves' headlong run, but the Mack mens' famous punch appeared to be gone. The new champions were first to score, and except for half an inning, when the score was tied, held the lead until tne end. tOvera Gets l-'irst-K un Honors. . To Captain Johnny Evers fell the honor of scoring the initial run of the final game of the 1911 series. He opened the fourth session by working Shawkey for a pass, advanced to sec ond on Connolly's Infield out and mo-ved to third on Whitted's single and scored on Schmidt's infield out. The Athletics tied the 'score In the fifth Inning When Barry singled, took second on Schang's out and scored on Shawkey's double. Nothing daunted, tho Braves came back in their half of the same ihning and won the game with two additional runs, made after two were out. Rudolph singled to center, took third on Moran's double to left and both came home when Evers sin gled over second. The Athletics ap peared to lose heart and never seri ously threatened In the remaining ses sions at bat. Because of the shortness of the series the club owners and National Commission divide a smaller sura than In any world's series since 1910. The attendance at today's game was 84. (Concluded os Vase 8.