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THE MORNING OREGON! AN. TTTTTRSDAT. OCTOBER !.". 1914. " CITIZENS MAY-SELL OF MUNITIONS WAR Private Transactions, Even in Contraband Goods, Do Not v. Violate Neutrality. LAW DOES NOT PROHIBIT Acting Secretary or State Says Ar ticles May Be Subjcct to Seiz ure, bat That Is One of Fortunes of War. WASHINGTON". Oct li. Commercial transactions between the belligerent governments of Europe and private citizens of the United States in no way arrect the neutrality of this country, even if arms and ammunition are In volved, according' to a statement is sued today by Robert Lansing:, Acting: Secretary of State. Mr. Lansing: says that he was prompted to make the statement by numerous inquiries and complaints, in dicating a widespread impression that American business men cannot sell war supplies to the belligerents without committing an un-neutral act. Commerce Entirely Open. "In the first place," the statement adds, "it should be understood that, generally speaking-, a citizen of the United States can sell to a belligerent government or agent any article of commerce which he pleases. He is not prohibited from doing this by any rule of international law, by any treaty provision, or by any statute of the United States. It makes no difference whether the articles sold are exclusive ly for war purposes, such as firearms and explosives, or are foodstuffs, clothing-, horses, etc, for the use of the army or navy of the belligerent. "A neutral government is not com pelled by international law, treaty or statute to prevent those sales to a belligerent. Such sales, therefore, by American citizens do not in any wav neutrality of the United the iffect Btates. 'It is true that such articles as those mentioned are considered contraband and are, outside the territorial juris diction of a neutral nation, subject to seizure by the enemy of a purchasing government, but it is the enemy's duty to prevent the articles from reaching their destination not the duty of the nation whose citizens have sold them. Obligation Not Imposed. "If the enemy of the purchasing nation happens for the time to be un able to do this, that is one of the mis fortunes of war; the inability, how ever, imposes on the neutral govern ment no obligation to prevent the sale. 'Neither the President nor any executive department of the Govern ment possesses the legal authority to interfere in any way wtih the trade between the people of this country and the territory of a belligerent. There is no act of Congress conferring such authority or prohibiting traffic of this sort with European nations, al though in the case of neighboring American republics Congress has given the President power to proclaim an embargo on arms and ammunition when, in his judgment, it would tend to prevent civil strife. Expeditions Are Prohibited. "For the Government of the United Btates itself to sell to a belligerent nation would be an un-neutral act. but for a private individual to n t belligerent any product of the United oiaies is neitner unlawful nor un jieutrai. nor within the power of the faecuuve to prevent or control. the foregoing remarks, however, do jiuv uppiy to me outfitting or furnish- in vi vessels in American ports or of .niiiaij expeditions on American soil in aid or a belligerent. These acts are prohibited by the neutrality laws of iuw iiuea mates. AVALANCHE HITS LOUVAIN (Continued From First Page.) armies," said the officer, "and no mat ter how we try we cannot Vways con trol their acts. You 1 seen how well disciplined our sold.is-.re. There is no drunkenness, but there are some stupid fools, and if yon tried to go to Brussels while the soldiers are exeltea by the shooting and killing of their comrades by civilians some stupid fool might make a mistake. He would see that you were not Germans and might mistake you for English. Or else some underofflcer might be disagreeable and refuse to accept your explanations." The officer made no secret of the Ger man policy regarding sniping. "The Germans do not war on civili ans, only soldiers, but when civilians Are on our soldiers from houses we burn the house and those within are shot." Brussels would be taken that day, said the officer, if it had not already been taken. As a matter of fact, the Germans had already entered Brussels, as we learned later. There haj been no resistance from the Belgians, largely through the efforts of the United States Minister, Brand Whitlock. who argued with the Burgomaster and convinced him of the folly of exposing an unfortified city to destruction because of a futile resist ance to an overwhelming force. Talking; With Soldiers Forbidden. We were instructed by the officer to return to our hotel and not to go about in the outskirts of the town. We were not to talk to soldiers even if the lat ter were disposed to talk, and not to appear to be counting troops or guns, and not to be seen on the streets more than was necessary. He said that the secret police had reported our presence In the city and that from a score of sources we had been reported as sus picious characters who should be under surveillance. With this excellent advice we re turned to our hotel and if anybody tried to tell us military secrets or if any affable stranger drew -us into con versation we 'were most unresponsive. In our Imagination every communi cative stranger was a member of the secret police. We were in for an indefinite period of detention in Louvain and in this re spect less fortunate than the King of Belgium. He was in Louvain two hours before we arrived, but had gotten out In time to escape capture. We had gotten in Just in time to be captured. America to Supply- Much War Material for Hostile. Steel for Bayonets, Ammunition, Stretchers for Wounded and J.ockjavr Anti-Toxin Are Ordered. of the soliders to avoid giving offense to trie people. There was not the slightest doubt in my mina that the citizens of Louvain had lost all fear and apprehension of cruel treatment within the first hour after the German soldiers entered the city. The dreaded Uhlans had turned out o De polite and courteous human be ings. Instead of a ravaging horde, who were murdering men, spearing children and outraging women. Marculuir Goes On All Night. That night we' slept in a hotel, and so long ssVe were awake we could hear the steady roar, like that of a waterfall, of the multitudes that were etill pouring into the town. Sometimes we would awaken, and still the tramp of countless feet the thunder of cavalry, and the rumble of artillery could be heard. The senses reeled under the vastness of the movement. As hour after hour passed and still the gray battalions came flowing in. the mind ceased to grasp It. Its magnitude was too over Powering. The movement became like the workings of some vast mysterious force of nature before which the human mind stands appalled. In the early morning we, awoke with the same roar of marching columns in our ears. Occasionally a new note would Intrude, as when the aeroplanes that were parked behind the railway station tuned up their engines and climbed high in the sky before they flew away toward Brussels. Their motors droned like the hum of a planing mill. After a frugal meal of bread and wine we went down to see if the au thorities would permit us to return to Brussels. Cobb acted as the spokesman of the party and. with a Mr. Sabbe as interpreter, he passed the line of sen tries guarding the approaches to the Palais de Justice and entered the build ing. Spokesman Searched for Weapons. lie was first searched for concealed weapons and then was taken to the Major who would consider our case. The officer laughed heartily when he heard how our party had come out in a taxi and had been cut off. He would not give us permission to return to Brussels, but said we must stay in Louvain. It would be dangerous for us to try to return as well as very imprudent for the army to allow us to go after having seen so much. He admitted that It was a movement in force. The road to Brussels was not safe for civilians to travel just yet, he said. Fifteen soldiers had had their throats cut by civilians the night before, and one high officer, a Lieutenant-Colonel, had been murdered. "Our nien are excited," he said. "You have seen how well they behaved in Louvain, treating the people kindly and paying for what they got, but when they see their comrades shot down from houses they became angry." Houses had been burned and terrible things had- happened.) There are brutes land fools In all PITTSBURG. Oct. 14. An order for 6000 tons of steel to be used in making bayonets was placed here today by the French government. Another steel company received an inquiry from the British concerning plate for arm ored motorcars. Several thousand tons of this plate, varying in thickness from three-fourths of an -inch to an Inch, have been sought daily in this market for two months. ALTON, 111., Oct. 14. An order for ammunition received by a local cartridge company yesterday will ne cessitate the employment of several hundred additional hands and the op eration of the factory day and night for six months. The order was placed by a New York banking firm, which did not disclose the identity of its client. The ammunition, however, is to be delivered at New York. READING, Fa., "oct. 14. A Reading firm today received a contract from the English government for SO, 000 stretchers to be used in carrying wounded from the field. They are to be furnished at the rate of 1000 a week. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14. An order for 6000 packages of lockjaw anti toxin for the French and English troops has been placed with a firm of chemi- cal manufacturers by the British gov ernment. The antitoxin is to be used especially for the immunization of troops who are obliged to fight in trenches. The order is one of the largest ever placed in this country for lockjaw antitoxin and It will take from six to eight months to manufacture it. 2 COLONIES MAY MERGE NEW FOUM1LAND CONSIDERS UNIT ING WITH CANADA. Possibility of Defeat of Allies by Ger many Relives Idea of One Government. ST. JOHNS, N. F., Oct. 14. The possi bility of a union of - ow Foundland with Canada is receiving renewed at tention from political ltaders here as a result of the European war. Advocates of this idea point out the danger to this colony of a separate existence if misfortune should come to the allies in the present struggle and they empha size also the strategic advantage to Canada of the possession of New Foundland at the mouth rf the St. Lawrence River. In this connection the possible fate of the French island of Miquelon. in the event of a German victory, is be ing considered on account of its suit ability as a naval coaling station. Six years ago a German cruiser made a lengthy stay in St. Johns Harbor and her officers took many trips to the suburbs. They also went down the coast to the fishing settlements at St. Pierre. It is now believed they made extensive notes during their visit. The harbor of St. Pierre is recognized as one of the best in this region, as it is free of ice during the Winter. RIVER TUNNELS BEGUN Two New Tubes to Connect Manhat tan With Brooklyn. NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Work was started today on two new tunnels un der the East River to connect Manhat tan with Brooklyn. Ground breaking exercises took place yesterday after noon. The tunnels will connect White hall street, Manhattan, and Montague street, Brooklyn, as a part of the so called dual rapid transit. The plans call for tne construction of a third tunnel under the East River that will Join the Fourteenth street section of Manhattan with Brooklyn. It is estimated that the work will take three and one-half years. r Still another down-town subway tun nel will extend from Old Slip, Man hattan, to Clark street, Brooklyn. The works together constitute one of the largest contracts ever let in New York City. The total cost will be more than $12,000,000. NEW MURDER TRIAL DENIED Supreme Court Rules Against Leo M. Frank in Atlanta. y ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 14. Leo M. Frank, under sentence of death for the murder here In April. 1813. of Mary Phagan, an employe of the pencil fac tory of which Frank was superintend ent, lost his application for a new trial, the Georgia Supreme Court deciding against him. The court held that Three More Days of the First Annual "Sewing Week Sale" Dress Goods A most comprehensive assortment of new and effec tive colorings suitable for Autumn and Winter wear will be found in our Dress Goods Section, and the prices favorable, too, ranging from 44c to $2.19 a yard. Laces and Trimmings -In wonderful variety jet trimmings, chiffons, Oriental laces, opalescent flotmcings, spangle alio vers and flouncings, novelty laces, colored embroidery edgings, beaded allovers and many other beautiful laces and trimmings, now so fashionable. Silks -Comprising every approved plain and novelty weave and coloring in demand this season for the various dress requirements, at unprecedented price concessions, from 44c to $3.15 the yard. Millinery Trimmings Imported novelties in addition to our own carefully selected stock add a great deal of interest to the Sew ing Week Sale. Every style of trimming used on hats this season will be found here in greatest variety, prices in every instance the lowest. During this sale we will trim hats FREE, if the shape and trimmings are pur chased here. Materials Suitable for Undergarments Enter Sewing Week Sale 36-Inch Longcloth, 20c Yard Longcloth, 10-Yard Piece, 98c 36 inches wide, soft finished and free of all dressing. .36-Inch Longcloth, 15c "Yard 10-Yard Bolt, $1.35 Evenly woven, with soft chamois finish. 36 inches wide. Sea Island Nainsook, 20c Yard Extra sheer, fine weave, 36 inches wide, specially manufactured of superior cotton yarn. Put up in 12-yard boxes, $2.00. 40-Inch Nainsook, 25c Yard 12-Yard Bolt, $2.75 One of the best domestic made nainsooks, made m a width particularly desirable. Made of A-l cotton, free from all dressing. 12-Yard Bolt, $1.98 An extra fine quality of'longcloth for fine underwear. Soft Finish Muslin, 10c Yard A most exceptional doth for this price, contains no starch; ready for the needle. 25c White Plisse Crepe 17c An extra soft, crepey material much used for under garments and waists. Comes 32 inches wide.- Needs no ironing, simply shake out after laundering. Cameo Ladies Cloth, Special 17c A new, substantially-made cloth, made specially for those who want a . heavier material than longcloth or nainsook. Latest Trimmed Millinery at Lowest Prices $ 1 0 Turbans and Small Trim' d Hats $7.5 0 A splendid showing of very smart turbans, sailors and other medium-sized hats. Copies of the newest ideas displayed for the Winter season. Turbans of fine silk velvet with trimmings of tall burnt ostrich fancies finished in novel effects with grosgrain ribbons; others have quills and wings in black or colors or gold and silver flower trimming with band of ostrich in black or white. $5 Trimmed Hats for $3.95 There are exactly 1 00 hats in this lot, mainly small, close-fitting shapes in tailored and dressy effects. Made of good quality velvet and jauntily trimmed with narrow ribbons, fancy stick-ups or pea cock, pheasant tail or flowers. $7.50 Trimmed Silk Velvet Hats $4.95 Splendid trimmed hats made of fine silk velvet in the newest shapes, close-fitting, sailor and rolled-brim effects. Trimmings of fancy ostrich feath ers, novelties in ribbon and flowers, gold edged banding, large poppies in velvet or silk roses. $15 Trimmed Hats at $10 Of Lyons silk velvet in large and small shapes, with trimmings of fancy ostrich in soft, becoming effects, some being fur-trimmed. There are also tailored hats in a variety of pleasing styles, with feather pom-pons, skeleton ostrich or dainty tailored bows of grosgrain ribbon as trimming. tecond Floor. Hats at $12.50 to $18 - Handsome copies of the imported models, of soft est velvets. Hats at $18 to $45 Handsome hats showing the turban and sailor ef fects. Second Floor mammammam jj Your Pictures jH Fitted Free in ! These Frames ffji Oval and Square Picture Frames Special 48c to 98 c Most of Them Are Worth Double These frames will stay with us for but a day or two. We keep the' factory continually busy- supplying us. They are the best lot of frames we have had in many months, and every lot received seems to look better than the last. In this new shipment, just received, are . $1.00 Picture. Frames for 48c In oak and mission finish, walnut and rosewood veneer and antique gold finish, in plain and ornamental designs. Made from I -inch and 1 J2 -inch mouldings, in sizes 8x10 to 10x12. $1.25 Picture Frames for 68c Hand-carved designs, in many sizes from card, size to and including 7x9 frames. These frames come in old gold finish, artistically carved. $1.25 to $1.50 Oval Frames for 59c , Frames in old gold, brown and black finishes, in sizes from 8x10 to 16x20. Made from J-inch to 2-inch moulding, in plain or ornamental designs. $2.50 Picture Frames for 98c Every size from 10x1 2 to 16x20, in mahogany, carbon brown, old gold and mission finishes, plain or carved effects. Mouldings in these frames range from 1 to 3 inches. EVERY FRAME IN THIS ASSORTMENT IS FITTED WITH GLASS AND BACK READY FOR THE PICTURE. Sixth Floor FRENCH EMBROIDERED LINGERIE Unlaundered,' Which Ex plains These Special Prices $1.95 , Unlaundered French embroidered gowns, made of good quality long cloth, in slipover style, with double yoke back. One style has plain scal loped edge and the other style has dainty embroidered design in front. They have set-in flowing sleeve and are full cut. Special. $3.48 Unlaundered . French combina tions of corset cover and open draw ers, made 'vaisted style, with round neck. The rront is daintily embroi dered and has five tucks at waist line. Eyelets and ribbon-drawn. Drawers are straight style finished with scallop and dot embroidered edges. Special. Fourth Floor Now being demonstrated in the Art Needlework Section. FREE classes in knitting and crocheting every day. , Fifth Floor. Specially Made and Specially Priced New Blouses in Four New Styles - At $1.35 - Interesting, attractive styles of madras, linon and organdie in four different models. Made with pique vests and collars, embroidered fronts in white, and combinations of white and black made with yokes long set-in sleeves trimmed with hemstitching and buttons. These waists offer a most exceptional opportunity for the woman seeking blouses that are new in style and economical in price, for they certainly have all the appearance of higher priced models. The four models on sale are shown in the illustration. Third Floor c'MercUnJioo oTc Merit Only" Lace Curtains A Manufacturer's Imported Samples Which Would Sell Regularly at $2 to $4 79c Each IV to iy2 Yards Long by 45 to SO Inches Wide 500 curtains in this sale which our buyer purchased from one of the largest importers of fine lace curtains. These cur tains were his showroom samples and represent some of the most attractive patterns shown this season. They are of fine net with hand-made Battenberg laces and Cluny laces, and beautiful fine Swiss point and Irish points, as well as fine Brussels nets. In white, ecru and Arabian color. j ' Fifth Floor. 1200 Pieces of Every New Kind of Neckwear At 59c Each Certain opportunities came to us to buy the kind of neckwear that is greatly in demand at an unusually small price, and this neckwear we offer you to day at a fraction of the price for which it would sell were it bought in the reg ular way. Of fine white organdie and linen soft roll effects, hand embroidered, or with corded and wired edges in black and white and hemstitched edges. Soft roll effects and wired standaway styles, and the wired models can be washed without removing the wire and will not push out of place. Vestees with collar attached of organdie trimmed with small buttons and with the soft roll collars. - Then there are other collars edged with lace or showing dainty embroidered designs. - These various styles are illustrated in the accompany in picture. ' First Floor VICTOR & COLUMBIA TALKING MACHINES $22.50 Boucle Coats Special at $14.85 The style of these coats is of a far finer character than usual at such a low figure. A -coat at $14.85 is not difficult to buy the problem is to get at that figure a coat that is both serviceable and fashion able. And this offering is a solution of this difficulty. These coats are made of a two-toned boucle, full 52 inches long, and can be had in green, blue, red and brown mix tures. They have a collar of black plush, belt across the back and trimmed with large, attractive buttons. The illustration was made from this new model. Third Floor FREE SEWING MACHINES- Frank's showing of newly-discovered evidence was insufficient. Thi wm Frank's fifth attempt to obtain a retrial or annulment of the verdict, which was returned August za last year. He still has pending before the State Supreme Court an appeal from the lower court's denial of a mo tion to set aside the verdict on the ground that he was not in the court room when it was returned. Albany-Corvallls Printers Join. ALBANY, Or, Oct. 14 (Special.) A temporary organization of the Albany and Corvallis printers was effected here yesterday at the Albany Hotel. A com mute was appointed to prepare a uni form wage scale, which will later be adopted, and a petition was signed asking that t charter be granted for the Albany-Corvallis Typographical Union by the head organization. SULLIVAN WINS. WILSON ABMIXISTRATIOJf- BOWS TO ILLI NOIS POLITICAL. BOSS. Former Foe of President and Secre tary Bryan t Be Supported la Senatorial Campalfa. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Oct. 11. The Wilson Admin istration, after consultation with the Democratic lyeaders in the Senate, has decided to support Roger Sullivan In his Senatorial fight in Illinois, and Secretary of State Bryan has been ordered to let up in his fight on him. Roger Sullivan represents every thing President Wilson is supposed to ?,bh..,ne Is tne "P of Politician ..noun nag aenounced frequently; and he is a man for whom neither the t.co.uem nor tne secretary of State ..icuiuia entertained either re- ps-i or approval. Sullivan was the worst kind of an anti-Wilson man prior to the nomination at Baltimore he has never arrayed himself with the Administration since the Baltimore -uiivention. dui now the Wilson Ad ministration has surrendered. Every criticism that the Democrats can make of Boss Barnes, of New York, who has retired, or Penrose In Pennsylvania, can be made with equal propriety by the Republicans of Koier Sullivan. - .Notwithstanding his record. Sulli van today has the staunch support of the Administration, and the word has been passed from the White House that everything within reason must be done to elect Sullivan. With the Ad ministration, the Chief rnnr.rn nnw is to have a Democratic Senate for the next two years. OLCOTT Emergency ADMITS MISTAKE Board Members May Hold Over Till January 1 . SALEM, Or.. Oct. 14. (Special.) Al though there is still some doubt as to the meaning of the constitution, be cause of a conflict of sections, Secre tary of State pleott today, after further consideration of the question, an nounced that he probably was in error when he said the terms of the present legislative members, as members of the State Emergency Board, would cease after the general election in No vember. An amendment, passed in 1908, says that all officers except the Governor, elected at any regular general biennial election after the adoption of this amendment, shall assume the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday in January following such election. This is taken to mean that the present legislative members of the Board continue as legislators and as members of the Board until the first Monday in January. British Warships Conceal Names. BOSTON, Oct. 14. British warships patrolling the South Atlantic have their names concealed and their crews have tied . handkerchiefs around their lettered hat ribbons, according to of ficers of the Dutch steamer Ixppersum, which arrived today from South Amer ica. Tile Loppersum was held up by British warship off Pernambuco and thoroughly searched.