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' v " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 1 " , sT VOL. L,I NO. 16,81S. PORTLAND OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1914. PRICE FIVrE CENTS. GERIMHS'COASI MARCH HALTED French Channel Ports' Seizure Blocked. OSTEKD TAKEN IS REPORT Aid of British Fleet Declared Effective in Battle Near . Nieuport. . TEUTON ADVANCE SHOWN Berlin Announces Inhabitants of Dunkirk and Boulogne Are Fleeing. LONDON, Oct. 19. The allies have recaptured Ostend, according to the Morning Post correspondent in the north of France, who says he was given this information on excellent authority. l.kjssuuj, uct. y. ihe crisis in the German attempt to seize the French Channel ports, scarcely 20 miles from the coast of England, came today with the French official announcement that' both" the heavy guns that destroyed the Antwerp forts and the British fleet had taken part in a battle, the front of which ex tended from Nieuport to Vladslo. Heavy fighting near Dunkirk is an nounced in statements from both Paris and Berlin. The German War Office claims that the Kaiser's troops have , reached the neighborhood of that ' port and that the inhabitants are fleeing from both Dunkirk and Boulogne. Germans Are Repulsed. The Paris statement declares that the Belgian army has repulsed the Germans near Nieuport, which is half way between Ostend and Dun kirk. It is also stated that the Brit ish fleet participated in the battle, the heavy guns of the -battleships helping to hurl the Germans back. The Jerman forces already have reached the neighborhood of Dunkirk, according to the Marconi Wireless Company in an official dispatch from Berlin. Heavy fighting is reported to bo taking place at Dixmude and Eoul6ros. The official communication issued by the War Office in Paris tonight is as follows: British Pleet Big Aid. "In Belguim attacks by the Ger mans between Nieuport and Dixmude have been repulsed by the Belgian army, effectually aided by the British fleet. "Between Arras and Roye slight progress has been made at several points. Our troops have reached as far as the wire networks of the de fense. " "In the neighborhood of St. Mihiel we have gained some ground on the right bank of the Meuse. "No news of importance has been received regarding the remainder of the front." NAVY'S WORK VITAL, NOW Cirrninn Ships Endangered by Field of Mines it They Venture Too Far LONDON. Oct. 19 By reaching their tentacles out to the seaboard, the -allied forces have established close contact with the British navy, which is now on tho extreme left ot the line, and seems from the London view for the moment to block effectually a further German effort to turn this-wlng. That the Germans may have grasped this is. perhaps, indicated in the other wise unexplained appearance of four of their torpedo-boat destroyers Satur day off the Dutch coast southward bound. It is suggested that the object was for the destroyers to convoy sub marines which would dispute the com mand of the sea on the Belgian littoral. German Ships Endangered. Should the German navy undertake this venture, tt would be confronted with much the same proposition as met the British fleet since the commence ment of the war, and it would assume the same risks of colliding; with mines heretofore faced by the British alone, because the British mine field stretches right along he Belgian coast from Os tend southward. If. as the allies assert, their left can not now be turned, the only alternative left the Germans Is to hack away BULLETINS , COXSTA3fTi:OPl.E, Oet. The Prte has declined to discharge e Ger man crews of the ernlsera Goeben and Breslau, which have been In Turkish waters since early In the hostilities and which are said to have been sold by Germany to the TarkJah government. This reply was riven In answer to the British representations regarding the continued presence of Germans on board these two vessels. LOXDON, Oct. 19- New Austrian soldiers are required to take the oath of fidelity to the German Emperor as well as to the Austrian Emperor, ac cording to dispatches from Trieste. Insurrectionary bands nre also report ed to be swarming in all parts of the Austrian empire. LODOX, Oct. 10. A casualty list dated October 15 and made public here tonight, give 12 officers as having been killed and 40 wounded In . the recent fighting. HAVANA, Oct. 18. A battle between a German four-tunneled cruiser, appar ently tbe Karlsruhe, and a British cruiser somewhat similar In slso Is re ported by tho American schooner fan nle Prescott, which arrived here today from Gulfport, Miss. The engagement la said to' have occurred October 17 In latitude 26.40 north and longitude R4.20 west. After a half hour of firing tbe cruisers separated, according to the schooner's crew, tbe British vessel go ing west and the German north. The German, It was said, wna listing to port and apparently had been damaged se riously. LONDON, Oct. 10. According to of ficial news received here, says a dis patch to the Telegraph from Havre, the Germaas are - not occupying the Belgian coast. It Is stated there are only n few Uhlans In Ostend. LODO, Oct. 10. To combat tae In. fluence of Germany and tne dlctator- abJp of Knver Fauna, Minister of War, the Saltan of Turkey, has proclaimed Ynsoff Issedin, heir preMumptlTe to the Turklnh throne and a-enernllssimo of the inny and navy, according? to tele grams from Petrog-rad. Prince Yussof Isxedln la the eldest son of the late Saltan Abdul Asia. The nnnoancement of his appointment fs decladed to have been made unexpectedly at a family council LONDON, Oct. 19. That Roumanla will remain neutral in the European war was decided at a meeting; of the Cabinet presided over by Kins; Ferdi nand and attended by Represents tires of nil parties, accord Ins to a wireless dispatch from Berlin. LONDON, Oct. 19. An attempt of the Austrian fleet to break fhroaajh the line of French warships blockadina the harbor ot Cattaro. Dalian t la, Sunday, was. defeatedV according: to a dispatch from Cettlnje, Moatenesro. Tbe Aus trian, it Is .-aid, were driven- back into the harbor. NEW YORK, Oct. 19. Six .hundred French reservists had sailed from United States ports up to last Satnr- dny to Join the allies armies in Europe It was stated at the French consulate here tonight. Henry Golraa,, French Consul here, and Paul Pierre Moras chlnl, an nttache of the consulate, also have been snmmoned to the colors It was stated. Golran Is a son of General Francois Golran, ex-Minister of War In France and holds a lieutenancy In the French reserves. LONDON, Oct. 10. A Freanch ajun today destroyed 15 German ml trail lenses, two of which were protected by steel shields, aceordlns; to- a Paris dis patch. A German heavy artillery bat tery also was destroyed at St. MI hi el. ITALY CUTS GRAIN DUTIES King Signs Decree Making Radical Reductions Until March 31, 1915. ROME, Oct. 19. In view of the situation resulting from the war. Kins Victor Emanuel has signed a decree reducing: the import duties on cereals during the period of October 20 to March 31, 1915. The reductions, which are based on the quintal (the equivalent of 120.4 pounds avoirdupois) will be as follows: Wheat from 91.50 to 60 cents; corn, 23 to 10; rye. 90 to 40; oats, R0 to 40; flour, $2.25 to $1.05, and corn flour from 63 to 20. Italy imports annually 6,000,000 tons of wheat, the greater portion coming from RusBla and Rumania. About 43, 000 tons of wheat is received yearly from the United States. WEST ASKS REEF CHART Wi Ison May Urge Congress to Have Dangerous Itocks Mapped. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Need for locating and charting -reefs and shoals off the Pacific Coast, was explained to President Wilson today by the congres slonal delegations from California, Oregon and Washington, who asked him to recommend an appropriation to Congress. Mr. Wilson probably will do so. ' , The President was told that 37,000,000 worth of property had been lost in the last ten years because of dangerous uncharted obstructions to shipping. COLLIER BEARS SUBMARINE Consort to Coal Hector In Trip From . Norfolk to Honolulu. NORFOLK, Va.. Oct. 19. (Special.) Bound for Pearl Harbor, Honolulu with a cargo of structural steel and with a submarine torpedoboat fastened to her deck, the Government collier Hector left the Navy-Yard today. Sh will cruise around on the outside until Wednesday adjusting her compasses. The Hector, being loaded to capacity, had no space for coal on board, and the collier Mars will accompany her to coal her several times, at sea before BUSS SWEEPS ON H Fighting Fierce South of Przemysl. GERMANS DIE IN SAN RIVER Kaiser's Losses Great as Told by Russian Staff. HOSPITALS ARE CROWDED Berlin Reports Slav Is Finding Dif ficulty In Creating New Military Organizations 800,000 .Rus sian Troops in Poland. PETROGRAD, Oct. 19. The Russian general staff today made this announce ment: - - "We gained partial successes October 18 in fierce lighting in the region of Warsaw and south of PrxemysL" A newspaper correspondent at Lem berg, referring to the German losses in the attempts to cross the -upper San River, telegraphs that this stream is filled with the bodies of German sol diers floating down to augment simi lar flotsam on the Vistula, where other German troops have met the same fate, The correspondent says that none of the repeated attempts to cross the San yesterday has been successful. Several of the outer forts at Przemysl are reported to have been captured, but these are not considered important. In asmuch as Przemysl already has been Isolated and surrounded. REVOLTS BREAK IX CAtCASUS Berlin .Reports Czar's Army Lacks Greatly In Medical Supplies. BERLIN. .Oct. 19 (By wireless to Say villa.) .According to reports from Russian sources at Warsaw, there are at least 800,000 Russians in the Poland campaign. .There Is great lack of medl cal and sanitary supplies, and the hos pitals at Kiev, Moscow and elsewhere are overcrowded. The Austrian offensive in Galicia, is declared In Berlin to be advancing. Dur ing the assault on Przemysl the Rus sians lost 40,000 men in killed and wounded. Russian troops from Bessarabia have been sent to the Caucasus, where re volts have broken out. The Russians are finding difficulty in creating new military organizations. In spite of their numerical superiority, (Concluded on Pass 3.) WARM REGION - ... . , 7 jm7jmmmv ,sv. 1 fi .rUi,lVfVf f VP'S si?? -Hl'I ULrM ,. nfr,S,r 'C'yv ) tv. t I JtfV-ivy irL I W'fa. r ,.r, li E 7 ,7 f7 . I I A V2, L i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather, TEPTERDAT Maximum temperature. 07.2 degrees; minimum, 50.8 degrees. TODAY Rain; southerly winds. War. Great Britain sends financial experts here to help iu plan to brine about normal financial conditions between two coun- tries. Fas X- London mob again attempts attacks on Ger- man shopkeepers. Page Z. British battleship damaged by Germans at Taing-Tsu. I'age 2. I End of ship aelsure during war Is forecast. ; rage z. Cxsr sweeps on In Warsaw region and south or Pryxmsyl. Page 1. Germans convent to admittance of food for destitute Belgians. Page S- Holland-soldiers are as good Samaritans to .Belgian refugee. page 3. War brides are wed In companies by soldiers. Page o. rational. Thirty-eight Eastern railroads plead for 0 per cent Increase In rates. Page 6. Sports. Pinal battle for pennant on today. Page 14. Lincoln High Athletic Association electa business managers of teams. Page 14. Bexdelc makes varsity work at tackle, dis covered to be weak point. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Credit given' Senator Chamberlain for Alas- sa bin by Democrats declared unde served. Page 19. State Treasurer of Idaho la removed pend ing audit of accounts, page 6. Commercial and Marine. Rates via canal radically lower than those by rail. Page 18. Steamer -Beaver encounters TO -mile gale. Pago IS. Portland and Vicinity. Delayed registration lists from outlying towns in. Page 11. Firemen drawing less than 10O monthly to be snowed salary increases, page a. Portland celebrates Apple day. Page 1. . Two Portland murderers may escape noose and. prison if capital punishment is abolished. Page 13. B. E. Smith, recall candidate for Mayor, to bring mandamus proceedings against form of recall ballot. Page 20. Women at reception welcome Senator Cham. bcrlain home. Page 9. Woman faints, jury in non-support case acquits her husband and gives her S12.oO and reconciliation comes. Page 15. "Safety First" Club formed to procure 50, 000 straight Republican votes. . Page 15. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. WAR HITS CANADIAN INDIAN Hunters of Xorthern AYilds, When Fur Trade Stops, Face Famine. OTTAWA, Oht.. Oct lS.-Jndlans in the northern wilds of Canada have been hit hard by the war situation in Europe. It was announced today that the dominion government has decided to go to the relief of the Indians to to prevent many of them from starving as a consequence of the collapse of their fur Industry. One large company which was buy ing from the Indians has suspended purchases, and has cut off their cus tomary Winter advances of supplies. AID FOR MEXICANS ASKED Red Cross Orders Beans and Corn Sent to Starving War Victims. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. (Special.) Following appeals of Rear -Admiral Howard that thousands are starving at Acapulco, Mexico, as the result of the Mexican war, the American Red Cross today telegraphed Charles J. O'Connor. director of the Pacific division of the Red Cross at San Francisco, to buy 11000 worth of corn and beans. The supplies will be carried to the destitute Mexicans by the naval collier Nero. THE FLAEEBACK. NORMAL FINANCIAL MOVE UNDER WAY Great Britain Sends Ex perts to Aid Solution. EXCHANGES MAY REOPEN SOON South's Enormous Cotton Crop Biggest Puzzle. TENTATIVE PLAN OUTLINED Secretary McAdoo andFederal Re serve Board Hold First Confer ference With English Chan cellor's Special Adviser. WASHINGTON. Oct. 19. The first step toward restoration of normal fi nancial conditions between Great Brit- n and the United States was taken today at a conference between Sir George Paish. special advisor to to the English Chancellor of the Exchequer, Basil B. Blackett, of the English treas ury. Secretary McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board. - Restoration of normal conditions in foreign exchange dealings between the two countries is the object, of several meetings, of which this was the first and which probably will have a direct influence upon the disposition of the South's enormous cotton crop. Although there was no formal dis cussion today of any plans which even tually may be put forth by tbe Eng lishmen or by the Reserve Board, tt became known tonight that officials of the American Government feel keenly that cotton is the crux of a situation which has many ramifications, and that upon the success of plans to care for surplus cotton and upon the wil lingness of manufacturers to buy cot ton, more than upon any other thing. depends the value of Sir George's spe clal visit to America. EjLeaaaaes Max Rcepes It is probable that before Sir George returns to England the question of the reopening of the London and New York stock exchanges will be considered. It is predicted here tonight that' the London exchange would reopen shortly, with the British government urging that London brokers shall not call loans Immediately. If the London mar ket is not greatly affected Its resump tion of business may be followed by the New York exchange. So much depends, however, upon th solving of (he cotton problem that there probably will be no further confer' ences until a committee of the board (Concluded on Pas. 3. Monday's War Moves THAT the British fleet at last has come into definite and decisive, ac tion and aided materially In pushing back the Germans in their attempt to seise the French channel ports was the big news of the day from various points yesterday. French and English reports relate of the heavy siege guns which created such havoc at the fall of Antwerp being brought into play within 20 miles of the coast of England and it was the con tinuous firing from the mammoth Eng lish dreadnoughts In the channel which have driven back the Teutons in a bat tle the front of which was said to have extended from Nieuport to Vladslo. The recapture of Ostend by the allies also la reported but not officially con firmed. Berlin announces that the Germans have arrived In the vicinity of Dunkirk and that -tbe inhabitant of Dunkirk and Boulogue are fleeing to places of safety. The French War Office again gives the Belgians deserved credit for their stand against the enemy near Nieuport. which is located about midway between Dun kirk and Ostend., In regard to the remainder of the immense battle front, the Berlin re port is silent, while Paris claims prog ress has-been made bttrten Arras and Roye and near St Mihiel on the right bank of the Meuse. ine allies also have made progress eastward from a point sou'" of Ar- mentieres towards Lille on a line run ning roughly to Arras. The report tells of house-to-house fighting in which the allies are ad vancing. The battle has raged around Arras without respite for ten days, and on the part of the allied troops " with a perseverance and a spirit which never for a moment has been relaxed." xne iietmin official report covers these operations more tersely. It says that the attacks to the west and north west of Lille have been repulsed with heavy ;osses to the allies.. The situation is still so much in the dark that it is impossible to Judge of the exact trend of events. The English and French papers naturally gather en couragement from the reports published from their side. From the German point of view it is possible the Germans have Improved their position and with the forces which besieged Antwerp and reinforcements from Germany are attempting along the coast another sweeping movement like that which carried them so far into France. la this field of action it appears inevitable that there soon must be some decisive result. The flatness of the country seems to have made it impos sible for tbe two armies to entrench and face each other without important change in position for weeks, as they have done across Northern France. The announcement that the Germans have taken siege guns to the neighbor, hood of Belfort may mean .that they plan to attempt an advance on both ends of what during: the past month has become virtually 3. long" fortified line. Great battles continue in the Eastern theater between the Russian and Aus-tro-German forces. Reports from both si'" are brief and contradictory. Pe trograd claims the Russians have won partial succass in severe fighting before Warsaw and Przemysl. Vienna declares that the Austro-German armies have madu advances in both regions and that the Russian casualties at Przemsyl number 40,000. Tokio admits that the Japanese cruiser Takachiho had been sunk on October 17 by a German mine at Klau- Chau Bay, with the loss of 274. men. An Austrian submarine Is reported to have been sunk in the Adriatic by French cruiser. Shell fire from the forts at Tsing- Tau is said to have heavily damaged the British battleship Triumph. Turkey has refused to assent to Great Britain's request that tbe German offi cers and crews on the former German cruisers Goeben and Breslau be dis charged. MAN IN QUICKSAND 2 DAYS Rescae Kffected After Long Work on Big Trench. WARE. Mass., Oct. 19. After 48 25 hours' imprisonment in quicksand, I feet below the surface of the earth. I Maurice Allen was rescued today by la gang of SO -firemen, policemen and citizens who had dug a ditch 50 feet long and 30 feet deep to reach him. Allen was conscious when rescued. but very weak. He said he had been unable to help himself as his feet were held firmly by a piece of planking. 'A bit and saw which were lowered to him this morning enabled him to work one of his feet free, but another cave-in buried the tools and left him as help less as before. An improvised diver's helmet made I from a barrel was lowered into the hole just after midnight last night and Allen was supplied with air by a pump. FIVE HELD IN HAZING DEED Maryland Judge Styles Cadet's Un timely End as Murder. ANNAPOLIS. Ma, Oct. 19. Branding the death of Cadet William R. Bowlus, of Mlddletown, Md.. from a hazing escapade at St. Johns College here on May 26 as murder. Judge Brashears today urged the grand jury to Investi gate the tragedy. The five freshmen who are held re sponsible for the death of Bowlus are George H. Weaver. New York; Henry Valdez. Havana, Cuba; Fendall Mar. I bury, Baltimore; R, A. Jones, Cam bridge. Md.. . and John . M. Noble, DAY IS HERE FOR ALL TO MICH APPLES City to Pay Tribute to Favorite Fruit. POMMES TO BE EVERYWHERE Distribution in Schools to Be gin Great Fete. BOYS TO RACE EATING Merchants, Tlieaters, Public Market. Railroad. Housewives and Every Kcbident Are One Today to Help Oregon Growers. KEATURES OF APPI,K DAY CELE BRATION. Distribution ot 3O.0OO apples In public schools morning and after noon. Distribution of 1O.O0O apples to hos pitals and chsritablo Institutions by Muts at 10 o'clock. Apple courses cooked in domestic science department o? schools. O.-W. R. & N. Company opens ex hibit ot apples and. contest In Yeon butld'n; at 10 o'clock. Hotels and dining-cars offer apple menus. Public market on Yamhill street features apples all day. Theaters and various business houses present apples to patrons. Apple-eatlns; contest sts 4 o'clock at Sixth and Alder streets under the auspices of the Order of Muts. Thousands upon thousands of apples that have been bankinjr up in tbe mar ket for the past few days will pour in a yellow and crimson flood out through the channels and rivulets ot retail trade over all Portland, and over all Oregon and over aV the Northwest to day, for this is the day that has been set aside officially as Apple day. It should be said the apples will flow out by millions when one is speaking of the Northwest, for there are millions of apples ready to supply the great de mand that has been stimulated by the preparations for Apple day. In Port land a single feature of the distribu tion ot apples will call for 30.000 of them, while the programme that will spread apples to all parts ot the city. will run these figures for Portland alone up into tbe hundreds of thou sands. Apple for Every Pnpil. The campaign is to move apples by the box, and the slogan of the day calls upon the citizens of Portland to "eat apples "buy" the box." The celebration will begin in the morning at the opening ot school, with the distribution of apples among the pupils. This will' go on in the various schools throughout the day. although the greater part of the 30.000 apples set aside for that purpose will be given out in the forenoon. A committee from the Commercial Club yesterday gath ered up the apples for this purpose on Front street and delivered them at the schoolhousea in readiness for today. Speakers at many of the schools will emphasize the importance of the upplo industry in the Northwest and every pupil will be given a pamphlet on the apple Industry, Issued by the Commer cial Club committee. The O.-W. R. & N. Company com pleted preparations yesterday for an exhibit of apples and apple products in the Yeon building, which will be opened to the public this afternoon at 1 o'clock. In addition to the exhibition there will be a contest in apple cookery, for which prizes aggregating 152.50 are offered. Baked apples, apple pudding, apple dumplings, pies and sauce are entered in the contest and a board of woman judges, headed by Lillian Tingle, will make the awards. rmboj-i to Race Eatlas- Another especial entertainment feat ure of the day will be the apple-eating contest for newsboys, to be held at Sixth and Alder streets by the Order of Muts. at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The Muts also are planning to dis-. tribute 10,000 apples among the in mates of various charitable institutions in the city. Rules for apple-eating contest follow: Contest will consist of 20 teams of boys each, or 400 boys, formed in a hollow square around the. street Intersection. A cash prize of SI will be clven to the winner In every team. The winners of first prize will then com pete. for tbe srand championship prize ot S'. The Judges will, report to tbe committee at 3:45 Jf. M. Judges will then assemble their teams and escort tbem to their stations. At the firing ot the pistol every contestant will advance to tbe stand In tbe center of tbe street, receive bis first apple, return to his station, whistle once and then eat the apple, coro and alL Be will whistle once more after finish ing the first apple and then go to the cen ter ot tho street and receive the second apple. ( . The same process will apply for the third and last apple. v Whistle rart of CoatesU After finishing the last apple tbe con testants must whistle and raise tbe right band. The judges will then conduct, the win ners to tbe center of the street, where ' tlie prises will be awarded. Then the prize-winners will be given an other apple and tbe contestant finishing It first will re-elve the grsnd championship prize of $2. Tbe rOTnmftt. urgs that rll boys wbe (Concluded on Pas S.) she reaches her destination. j seseai I I Preston. Md. , (Concluded on Fuse .)