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VOL. LIV-XO. 16,816. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OSTEHD TAKEN, GERMANS SAY Occupation Officially Re ported by Berlin FRENCH VERSION DIFFERENT 'Marching Wing of Allies Said to Cover Approach to Coast Towns. PITCHED BATTLES FOUGHT Line in North Now Extended to Cover Historic "Field of Cloth of Gold." BERLIN, Oct 16, via The Hague and London. An official statement issued "here today says : "The Germans occupied Bruges Oc tober 14 and Ostend October 15." FROM THE BATTLE FRONT, via Paris, Oct. 16. The attempt by the Germans to turn thS flank of the al lies and obtain possession of the ports of Ostend, Dunkirk and Calais has been unsuccessful, for the Germans came face to face with a strong op posing allied army, -which compelled them to fall back after severe fight ing. Approaches Declared Covered. What is known as "the marching wing" of the allies is continually in contact with the German troops and completely covers the approaches to the coast towns. When they fought a pitched battle west of Lille the Ger mans were forced to make a marked retirement from Laventie in the di rection of Lille, their occupation of which last Tuesday by 30,000 men ap pears - destined to be of short dura tion. The line of the "battle of the north" extends over the most historic ground in Flanders, where on "the field of the cloth of gold" Francis I and Henry VHI had their celebrated meeting in 1520. Owing to the sinu ous character of ' the line of battle the total length of it, from the coast of Belgium to the Swiss border, now reaches nearly 360 miles. Allies Reported Confident. Belief in their final success appears to have taken a firm hold on the al lies. All the men display confidence in their commanders, who are doing everything possible to spare their troops. The allied soldiers are fight ing with vigor. They often perform marches which seem beyond human power. This is made evident often when small detachments are acting apart from the main bodies. French dragoons recently were in trusted with the task of covering the passage of a river by artillery. They met a body of German Hussars in a clash. - Both sides charged simul taneously and the melee lasted 10 minutes, during which the men slashed and pierced each other with swords and lances, while the officers' revol vers cracked. Hussars Driven Off. Finally the Hussars broke ranks and galloped off, leaving many of their men on the field. The Dragoons also suffered severely, but attained their object, that of securing a safe passage for their comrades. French officers in the immediate vi cinity of the firing line recently were amazed to see two motor cars con taining seven children, all under 10 years old, and two grown persons en ter the battle zone. Across the glass shield on one of the cars in French were the words: "In the service of the Ambassador of the United States." The car was stopped and it was found that Erie Wood, one of the attaches of the American Embassy, in Paris, w as in one of the cars with Jlr. Cordy, a volunteer attache of the Embassy. Accompanying them were the chil dren of Count Teadysky, a distin- (Continuad on Page e.j BULLETINS LO.VDO.V, Oct. 17. "This towa is still In the firing; line exposed to the nemr'i attacks," a dispatch from Arras to Renters, dated Wednesday, says. On!y yesterday the Germans made another attempt to recapture it nnder cover of darkness, bat after sev eral hoars of violent artillery and rifle ftre, the French were left In possession of all their positions." LOJlDOJf, Oct. 17, 4 A. M. A dispatch to the Central News from Melhourne says that advices of the capture of a German gnnbeat have been received by the Government of Mew Guinea. ROM K, Oct. 16. A dispatch from Cettlaje aayss "A close watch at nlsTbt Is necessary at the military camps not only because of the fear of the enemy, but on account of the dread of wolves which, when the first snow covered the mountain tops, bea-un to descend, attacking- the living: if they cannot find dead." VIEXSA, via Paris, Oct. IT. The po lice bave issued a peremptory order to all subjects of hostile states at present residing- here to report to the police within three days. .The - order says that failure to comply will result in the persons , to whom it is addressed being prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law. PARIS, Oct. 16. The executive com mittee of the French Society of Au thors and Dramatists has decided to recommend to the general meeting ex pulsion of the German members. Hum perdlnek, Hauptmann, Sudernaann, Siegfried and Wagner. DOVER, via London, Oct. 10. A Ger man spy. In a Belgian uniform and with a Red Cross badge in his posses sion, was arrested last night among the Belgian refugees. He was taken to Dover Castle and was followed all the way by a hostile crowd. OTTAWA, Oct. IS. Canada has made arrangements with the Bank of Kng land to cover advances the Dominion requires to finance Its war operations. ROUE, Oct. 1 The Messagero says that Austrian spies are in Northern Italy under the direction of Vice-Chief of Police Haulman, of Trent, watching Austrian subjects of Italian nationality who have escaped into Italy. ST. JOHNS. 3. F Oct. 1. The regiment recruited here for European service reached England yesterday on the steamer Florlsel. according to an official message from the War Office received by Governor Davidson today. The regiment numbers 526 men. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Oct. 10. Fifteen k nod red horse for use in the Br.tit.la armr have been bovght l-t the vicinity and shipped from here within the last two days. The animals were bonajht la the Oiark districts by represent tire of the- British government and are belnfc shipped to Canada. TAX PROTESTS DISMISSED Effort to Set Aside Road Levy in Clatsop FaJIs. ASTORIA, Or., Oct. IS. (Special.) An order made In theCircuit Court a few days ago dismissing the suit of the Portland Timber Company against Clatsop County, has been amended so as to include a similar action brought by John E. Dubois, one of , the most ex tensive timber landholders in the county. The suits were brought to set aside the special road tax levy made by dis trict No. 15, the allegation being that the Carnahan road law, under which the special levy was made, is uncon stitutional. Judge Eakin In dismissing the suits said that .the law had been upheld , by the Supreme Court. AMERICAN NURSES LAUDED Austria Says Nation Is Only Neutral Making Xoble Sacrifices. VENICE, via Paris. Oct. 16. The two detachments of the American Red Cross mission met with an enthusiastic reception on their arrival in Vienna on Wednesday.' . They were welcomed at the railway station by the Minister of Railways and other prominent persons, Count Rudolph Traun, representing Herr Woelfing formerly Archduke Leopold Salvatore of Austria), presi dent of the Austrian Red Cross Society, in an address, said that America was the only neutral state making a sac rifice in these terrible times in sending nurses and doctors to Europe to care for the sick and wounded. GERMAN HELP DISMISSED Three London Hotels Discharge Alien Foes; Others Hold Out. LONDON, Oct. 16. Agitation of the London press against employment of thousands of Germans in the hotels of the city resulted today in announce ment that three of the large and fashionable houses were free of Ger mans and Austrians. This was fol lowed by a similar announcement fiom two hotels in the Bloomsbury district. Several important hotels, however, notably in the Strand, are managed by Germans and English help is not de sired. WOUNDED REACH LONDON German Bomb Falls Xear Red Cross Ship Carrying 600 Belgians. LONDON, Oct. 16. Directors of the Belgian Red Cross arrived in London today with 600 wounded soldiers, the last. of 13,000 who have been brought to England.' They left Ostend Wednes day, at which time 23.000 refugees be sides townspeople were hoping to get away. As the Red Cross steamer departed an aeroplane dropped two bombs. which fell a few yards from the ves sel. MEN QN FIRINGL1NE SLEEP IN DUGOUTS Slome Battalions Find Refuge in Caves. TRENCHES WELL PROTECTED Observer With British Army Describes Situation. AIRMAN'SGRENADE DEADLY Tangled Jlass of Motor Lorries and S;ant Remains of The! Drivers Testify -to Tremendous Kxecution Done. LONDON. Oct.- 16. There has been given out in London a descriptive ac count of some recent developments In France, sent by an eye witness at tached to the British general head quarters. The account Is dated Octo ber 13, In France, and is In part as follows: "On the firing line the men sleep in dugouts they have hollowed or cut under the sidej of the trenches. These refuges are raised slightly above the bottom of the trench so as - to remain dry In wet weather. The floor of the trench also is sloped for purposes of drainage. Some of the trenches are provided with overhead cover, which gives protection from the weather as well as from shrapnel balls and splin ters of shells. Obstacles Serve Both Sides. "Considerable Ingenuity has been ex ercised by the men in naming these shelters. Among the favorite designa tions are the 'Hotel Cecil.' the 'Kits Hotel,' the 'Billet Doux Hotel.' and the 'Rue Dormlr." "On the road barricades also are to be found boards bearing this notice: 'This way to the Prussians.' "Obstacles of every kind abound and at night each side can hear the enemy driving pickets for entanglements. In some places .obstacles have been con structed by both sides so' close to gether that some wag suggested that each side provide working parties to perform this fatiguing duty alternate ly. In so much as the work of the enemy is almost Indistinguishable from ours and serves the same purpose. Whole Battalions In Caves. ' "Quarries and caves, to which allu sion already had been made, provide accommodation for whole battalions and most comfortable are the shelters which have been constructed in them. The northern slopes of the Aisne Val ley fortunately are steep and this to (Concluded on Page 2.) IF VOU WERE AN OREGOti I ! Ill .mr. ,:ililrJJ-UM.I i S IF IT KEPT THE TARIFF ON JUTE, BAGS PiaX .v CV mwA ties g g WILL IFYOUR DEMOCRATICSElS ATORS TOLD YOU NOT TO ' , X f INDEX OF T0DAFSNEW3 Ihe Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 60.8 degrees; minimum, degrees TODAY'S Bain; southerly winds. War. Honolulu Marconi station may be closed for sending news of German gunboat a ar rival. Page 6. Germans auppreas Socialist organ for defiant utterances. Page 1. -Antipodes - training soldiers without- con scriptlon. Pag. 3. Officers of Gordon Highlanders say they buried questionable revolver ammunition served to them. Page . London made dark at night with help of ponce, page s. Women of England protest against too rigid censorship - of war news. Page 2. Men on filing line in Franc, sleep in pro tected duxouts. Pscfl 1. Germans announce occupation of Ostend. Pago 1. Another British cruiser sunk by German submarine. Page 1. National. Senat. to vote - today on deficiency tax measure. Page 2. Representative Gardner insists United States Is unready for war. Page 2. -Poreicn. King Charles of Roumanla is laid to rest. Page i. ' Sports. Pacific Coast League results: Portland 0-3, Oakland 1-0: I.o Angeles 6, Missions V; San Francisco U. Venice 2. Page 13. Too much weight and sloppy field defeat Po-tland Academy in 14-7 game. Page 12. Washington State College and Oregon Uni versity teams meet here tqday. Pag 12. Pacific Kortuweat. Frank shoo talk heard by editors at Oregon city meeting. Page 7. AboMshins Senate would open way for -ex travagance and higher taxes. Page 7. Dr. Wlthycombe declares Democratic attacks win votes for Republicans, page 7. Commercial and Marine. . Sharo advance in pacific Northwestern wheat markets. Pace 17. Chicago wheat orices higher on export buy- inr. ran 17. Foreign exchange advances to highest quo tations 01 month. page 17. Lumber taken for export to Japan, A us trails, and Ezvut. Pace ltt. Portlsnd and Vicinity. Republicans will hold two rallies In Port land tanight. Page 13. Budsret estimates reduced S59,013 mors by ' Council. Page 16. Milwaukee seems likely to enter Portland soon. Page 11. a Tractlcn company, pays city S03.000 for Driige rentals page 13. CLERGY ORDERED TO STAY Prince Primate Forbids Flight From Theatened Hungary. VENICE, via Paris. Oct. 17. At the first approach of the Russians into Hungary many members of the clergy fled from the threatened districts to Budapest The prince primate of Hungary, Johan Csernoch, . has addressed a cir cular to the clergy strictly forbidding them under any circumstances to leave their posts. EXPULSION STIRS ITALY Rome Thinks Austrian Act Lays . Blame Wrongly for Fire. ROME, Oct. 16. A measure reported to have been adopted by Prince Hohen lohe. the Governor of Trieste, ordering the expulsion of all Italian subjects working; in the Austrian dockyards as a consequence of the fire at the Mon falcone dockyards, is causing a great ferment here. The Messagero protests against this as an act of hostility to Italians, who. it says, are thus considered responsible for the fire, which greatly damaged a number of Austrian warships. WOULDN'T IT JAR YOU? IF CONGRESS TOOK THE TARIFF OFF EVERYTHING PRODUCER YOU HAD WORRY j BRITISH CRUISER IS SUIBYSUBPRIIIE o -1 brry o Hawke Is Picked Off by Germans in North Sea. 73 OF CREW REPORTED SAYEO Lives Lost May Number 400, .Including Captain. THESEUS SURVIVES ATTACK Second Warship's Escape Attributed to Poor Marksmanship Vessels ' Destroyed by Kaiser's vlMvlng Cra ft Tota I Sercn Now. , , ACTIVITIES OF SUBMARINES IN WAR REVIEWED TO DATE. Submarines have played a vital part In the war of nation. Of the en counters so far the Oerraan ub merged craft, surprisingly developed, has proved superior, and its deadly attacks are causing apprehension as to England's sea defense. The re corded submarine activities U date a re as f o Ilo ws : September 7 London reports raid of three British submarines outside of Bremerhaven; no mention of ship sunk; British cruiser Pathfinder sank by submarine in North Sea. September 1 0 Persistent rumors, never confirmed., tell of German sub marine raid and - sinking- of three ships off English coast. September 14. British submarine sinks German cruiser Hela outside of Wilhelrashaven. . September 22. German submarine U-9 destroys British cruisers Abou kir, Hugu and Creasy. September 30. London reports British submarines sank three Ger man destroyers on patrol duty. October 12. Russian cruiser Pal lada sunk In Bsy of Finland. October lft. Cruiser Hawke sunk In North Sea. lumjon, Oct. 16. Attacked by a Cerman submarine, the British cruiser Hawke, with possibly all but 73 of her crew, yesterday was lost in the North Sea, according to an official announce ment given out by the Admiralty. Her crew numbered between 400 .and 600 it is believed. An attack was also made on the Theseus about the same time by a sub marine, but she escaped. It Is said through bad markmanshlp of the Ger mans. Captain IVot Reported saved. The name of Captain Hugh P. E. T. Williams, of the Hawke, does not ap- (Concluded on Pace 2.) TO SELL I FIT FAVOR ED THE SOUTHERN COTTON PLANTER BYTAKING DUTY OFF COTTON TIES WOULDN'T IT JAR YOU ? Friday's War Moves 0 STEXD. the famous Belgian resort on the North Sea, was occupied by the Germans on Thursday, according to an official report from Berlin by way of London. A French report from the battle front, however, says that the "marching wing" of the allies is protecting all coast towns. If the report of the occupation of Ostend is true the Germans . have reached the goal for which they aimed Immediately after they captured Ant werp. Their forces now are only 63 miles across the sea from Dover and 113 miles from London. On their way to . Ostend the Germans also took Bruges, which previously was reported to have been deserted and where no resistance was expected. The French official report does not Indicate what part of the allies' fighting line reaches the sea. but it seems probable it has been thrust for ward as an effective bar to the ad ance of the Germans along the coast. which was their objective when their cavalry made a dash toward Calais. With both the belligerent lines reach ing to the sea. there now can be' no at' tempts at outflanking by either army To win success one or the other of the opponents must break through the line, nd the army having the greatest num- er of men and the ability to move hem to a chosen point seemingly has the better chance to succeed in this at tempt. ' s Military men believe the Germans will try to make a breach in the allies' line. It ia further believed, however. that as In this war the armies fight less for positions than Tor lines of communication, the Germans are strik ing for the outer railway system now in French hands, which runs from Paris through Amiens and Arras to Hazebrouck Junction and thence to Calais and the coast. Thus far. accord ing to the French reports, the allies have repulsed every attempt of the Germans to achieve this object and now have them well pressed back from the threatened railway. The Germans are said to be sending further- reinforcements from Germany to stiffen their l'.nss and enable them to resume the offensive. The French are reported to have offered successful resistance to effectual use by the Ger mans of the advance they made to the River Meuse at St. MiliieL All this Is drawn from French sources, the Germans having been more reticent than usual with regard to the operations in the west. There have been no reports of fight ing south of the Bruges-Ghent line, which is taken to mean that the forces which opposed the Germans around Ghent have been drawn southward to join their main body. Any allied force fighting on the coast will have the assistance of British warships,- but it Is unlikely that these vessels will bombard German forces occupying Ostend or other coast towns. for it would mean the destruction of the towns without, gaining any mil itary advantage. Fulfillment of the promise that pres sure would be taken off France and Belgium, when . the big battle began in the east again has been delayed, The Germans are before Warsaw; in fact, fighting has taken place only eight miles from that city. While their advance to the Nlemen was a failure. the forces of Emperor William appar ently have retrieved some defeats of the Austrians- in Galicla. and advanced as far as Jarozlau, 17 miles north west of Przemsyl. The German plan seems to be to have two armies advance along the left bank of the Vistula River, while two other armies swing aroundnn the right bank to take the defenders of Warsaw on their flank. This, accord Ing to Russian accounts, suits- the Russian general staff, who are said purposely to have withdrawn to the Vistula so that they would have the railways at the back, while the Austro German forces would have to advance great distances on roads which at this time of the year are little more than quagmires. Both sides assert they have won ad vantages in the preliminary fighting. but these victories and defeats can have little effect on the general re sult of th battle, in which it is es timated nearly- 5,000,00 men are en gasred. The Russians, it is said, have 2.600,000 men and the Austro-German force - is declared to total nearly 2 000.000. The armies cover a front of nearly 300 miles. The battle on the East Prussian fron tier 'has ceased. The two armies are facing each other across the borders. both satisfied to remain where they re until the chief battle in Poland is decided. This may not be for months, although the Germans, it Is said, will attempt to gain a quick victory to re lease their troops for the western campaign. One more keel has to be added to the British naval losses in the war, the cruiser Hawke having been sunk by. a Gorman submarine in northern waters. As In the case of the other ships which the Germans have destroyed by means of submarines, only a few of her crew escaped. The cruiser Thesius. which also was attacked by the same lubma rlne that sunk the Hawke, obeyed the Spartan instructions Issued by the Ad miralty when so many lives were lost through the action of the Cressy and the Hogufe In going to the assistance of the Abouklr when the latter was tor pedoed. and turned away from th perishing crew of the Hawke. Of the Hawke's crew three petty of fleers and 49 men are reported to have been rescued by a trawler, while on officer and 20 men are said to have es caped on a raft. The Hawke is be lleved to have had on board a crew of 400 men. The last of the Belgian wounded, who total 13.000, have reached England and the flow of refugees also has ceased except for some who are coming from Holland and French ports. fo satis factory arrangement has been mad for the return to their homes of those Belgians who crossed the frontier into Holland. although thi Germans are striving to induce them to do so. (germs suppress SOCIALIST ORGAN Defiant Vorwaerts Si lenced Indefinitely." PAPER IS FRANK TO THE LAST "Comrades" Abroad Told Sub jugation Is Opposed. CREED IS NOT ALTERED Editor Says ''Every riratk-al Policy of State" Will Be Resisted as Strongly as Circumstances Will Permit. BERLIN, Oct. IS Although the Ger man Socialists in the Reichstag voted for the 6.000.000.000 mark Jl. 250.000. 000) appropriation to carry on the pres ent war, and although the members of , the party went to the front as enthu- lastically as did the non-Soctaltsts. their political creed has not altered. They still condemn and oppose the pol icies of the government and denounce what they term "class consciousness." When the war is over, they say. they intend to take up anew the battle to 'free the proletariat from the yoke of capital" and to take the reins of gov ernment out of the hands of the bour geoisie. Offending; Jsnrnsl Suppressed. Tliese aims are set forth by Vor waerts, the chief organ of the party. , in a remarkable article which has led to the indefinite prohibition of the pa per's publication. This la the second penalty inflicted on Vorwaerts, its ap pearance having been recently prohib ited for three days, because of an ar ticle giving what the military authori ties considered too many details about the German campaign In the South west. The article that led to the final sus pension of the paper begins by re ferring to Germany's efforts "to make the truth known abroad." and to the alleged fact that these efforts may not have succeeded fully. Cerasi Repsrts Questioned. The extent of these efforts," It Is declared, "shows how difficult It is to create confidence in the German re ports." The fact that foreign countries were for so long deprived of German news. the article says, was in part due to necessary military measures. It con tinues: This alone cannot explain fhe ex isting difficulties. It is necessary to go back to times of peace to find the explanation. For a long time a great measure of mistrust, suspicion and an tagonism to Germany has been heap ing up abroad even in the neutral countries and. we now see the effects of this." Police Chicanery Blamed. In part, Vorwaerts says, this was due to Germany's sudden rise in the eco nomic world and to fear and suspicion on the part of the great capitalists. But "the Jingoes abroad would hardly have had such success with their prop aganda if another factor had not been present. That land which developed so mightily was at the same time that land which made its workmen a pres ent of the anti-Socialist law and. also, after the repeal of this law. institu ted a police government of chicanery and allowed "the equality of all citi zens to exist only on the paper of the Prussian constitution. "Thus Germany appeared to the rest of the world and even to the working classes in the light of a power whose rule meant militarism and political op pression. It was this that made it pos sible for that distrust and bitterness to arise which greatly aided our belli cose opponents in the ruling classes, and which makes it possible for us to sain the sympathy o( neutral coun tries only with the greatest effort. "Predatory SnbJuBatieo" Opposed. "This explains why regrettable pro nouncements have come even from the laboring classes in these lands. Theso are regrettable above all because they try to fasten upon the German folk as a whole responsibility for the acts of a single class. "The comrades abroad can be as surfed that the German working clas disapproves today every piratical pol icy of state, just as it has always dis approved It, and that It is disposed to resist the predatory subjugation of for eign peoples as strongly as the cir cumstances permit. The comrades in foreign lands can be assured that, though the German workmen also are protecting their fatherland, they will nevertheless not forget that their in terests are the same as the proletariat in other countries, who, like them selves, have been compelled to go to war against their will, indeed even against their often repeated pronounce ments in favor of peace." "WAR TO FINISH" URGED Foremost French Peace Advocate Says Conflict Is Necessary. PARIS, Oct. IS. Senator Baron Ces tournelles de Constant, the foremost French peace advocate and a member of The Haeue trlbuntal, said recently: "The world cannot measure what Prus sian militarism has cost "Peace can no longer be restored ex cept by war to the finish." i