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VOL.. L.I"V. NO. 16,837. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BATTLE BECOMING SIEGE OF TRENCHES Only Night Attacks Pos sible on Line. ARMIES MAINTAIN POSITIONS Rheims Continues to Suffer v . From Bombardment. AIR CHASES FREQUENT Civilian Population Said to Have Suffered Loss of 700 Old Forts Around City Constantly Subject to Fire. ' PARIS. Nov. 10. Contentment and confidence prevail among the hundreds of thousands or French, British and Belgian troops engaged along the ex tended battle line from xthe North Sea to Switzerland, in an endeavor to dis lodge the invading army from its stronghold on French and Belgian ter ritory, according to French officers ar riving at the capital today from the front. Apart from the fierce and sanguinary encounters from Lille and Arras to the geacoast, both armies during the past week have maintained their positions. Only Msht Attacks Possible. The combatants sit steadfastly in their wet trenches, occasionally execut ing the only possible maneuver, a night attack. At any other time the slightest sign of life .brings a hail of rifle bullets, for the infantry is always on the alert, and a helmet showing above the earth works is sure to be greeted with salvo. The two armies have been so long dug in at the same spots that the up turned earth of the trenches is nearly everywhere covered with a short growth of grass or weeds. The reliefs are made . at night with as little noise as pos sible. "Wibwia" Is Dlsgnlsed Genua, A supposedly unconcerned wash- Woman was caught and was found to - be a German officer. Me suffered the usual fate of spies. The City of Rheims Itself still suffers considerably from bombardment by the Germans. Last Friday 250 shells fell into the city, though no French troops were sta tioned there. The ancient and beautiful . cathedral, into which entry is strictly forbidden, seems, observers of the bom bardment say, to be a point of the Ger man gunners' aim. All the buildings around the edifice have suffered severely, while the cathe dral itself presents a shocking spec tacle. Use of Cathedral Forbidden. No French military station is any where near and there are no artillery batteries within miles of the city. The Military Governor has Informed the cathedral authorities that any one as cending to the towers for any purpose whatever will be shot immediately, as he does not desire to give the Germans any excuse for training their guns on the building. On the old forts around Rheims, now in French hands, nobody can show him self without drawing an immediate gun fire from the German position. German aeroplanes fly about constantly, and an exciting aerial chase is a daily oc currence. Airmen Drop Bombs la City. German airmen make frequent trips over Rheims, where they drop bombs In. the chief commercial section of the city, thereby adding considerably to the number of casualties among the civil population, which Is understood to have lost about 700 of its number in killed alone from the effects of the German bombardment. Some lives were lost by persons being suffocated as the result of the subsidence of houses when struck by shells. Every evening about. 6 o'clock the shelling of the city begins, and .the people of the poorer Quarters spend that portion of the day in the open fields on the side of the city away from the German positions. At other times of the day the people seem to go about their business as though nothing extra ordinary was occurring. PIEUC1XO MOVE CONTINUES Germans Strive to Create Flank 'by Driving Through Allies' Lines PARIS, Nov. 10. The fog had abated somewhat today and the battle was resumed wtih all its former vio lence from the North Sea to Arras. Undeterred by previous losses, the Germans again return to the charge. All along the line from the sea to the Vosges Mountains there is no flank on which to carry out their fa vorite enveloping maneuver and the Germans are trying to create one by piercing the battle line in a frontal attack. The effort Is being made to the south of Dixmude and officials re turning from the front say it is likely to continue for some time, The progress of the allies, according to these officers, though not rapid, is satisfactory. A celebrated French General, who has been prevented by age and ill-health from .taking an ac tive part in the campaign and whose name for obvious reasons mannot ge given, said today: It seems to me that the situation of the allies Is excellent, quite apart from the Russian victory The Germans (.Concluded en Page 6.) 15,000 VILLA MEN MARCH ON CAPITAL ARMY OP 40,000 PREPARED TO RESIST ADVANCE. Severe Fighting Continues In Sub urbs of Mexico City Zapata Gen erals Continue Attacks. MEXICO CITY. Nov. 10. Generals commanding 50,000 men in this vicinity were relieved of their command today by General Venustlano Carranza be cause they refused, to nullify their ac tion In signing an agreement to abide by the decision of the Aguas Callentes convention. Among these soldiers are General Benavides, commanding 10,000 men; General Antonio Vlllareal, Gen eral Javencl Robles and. many others. It is reported here that General Villa's advance guard, consisting or 15.000 men of all arms, is marching south of Encarnaclon de Diaz on its way to the capital, which it is said to have been ordered, to take in the name of Eulallo Gutierrez. Between the troops and. their goal is General Pablo Gonzales, who is loyal to Car ranza, with 40,000 troops disposed about Quaretaro City. It is expected a clash of arms will occur there. In the capital there are 27,000 men, according - to official figures. Severe fighting continues in the suburbs of the capital. Persistent at tacks aTe being made on Xochimllco and San Angel by the .followers of Emilloano Zapata. During the fighting last Sunday it is reported there were 300 casualties. NACO, Ariz., Nov. 10. Governor May torena Villa troops opened the renewed siege on the Carranza garrison in Naco, Sonora, . early tonight with well- directed artillery fire. For 30 minutes the attackers' threw shells into the town. The fact that the artillery opened tonight apparently to get the range is believed, by Hill to presage a night attack. BULLETINS GENEVA, via Paris, Nov. 11. A heavy uww has fallen la the Vossei Mountains and the Black Forest. The Germans are aald to have bad.Kreat difficulty In removing their rtaei Held artillery from defeaslve positions on the heights lata tbe valleys. Their removal la considered in aome quarters here to indicate that the army la pre paring for a retreat. LO.XUON, Nov. 11. An Amsterdam dispatch to the Heater Telegram Com pany saya that the Dutch newspapers confirm the statement that Germany Is traaaferrlng cavalry and artillery from the westera to the eastern frontier. LONDON, Nov. 10.- A Central News dispatch from Vienna says that prep arations are being rushed for the nec- nd siege of Prsemayl. It Is reported that the Rnsslaaa are equipped with new eight-Inch French guns. MAASSLUIS, - Holland, via London, Nov. 10. The Norwegian steamer Plutoa, bound from London for Chris tianla, was sunk by a mine Sunday oil Yarmouth. Nineteen men of her crew and three passengers were rescued by a Dutch lugger. BERLIN, Nov, ' 10. Reports received here from Copenhagen act forth that the Russlaa governmeat la protesting to Pekla against the concentration of troops on the Maachurlan frontier. BERLIN, Nov. lO. The Sheih-ul- Islam, head of the hierarchy In Turkey, has prepared aa announcement to all Mohammedans la which he declares that every . Mohammedan .fighting oa the aide of Great Britain, France aad Russia Is not a warrior but a murderer. and liable to religious punishment. BERLIN, Nov. lO, via wireless. The Novoe Vremya, a newspaper published In Petrograd, reports that the Japa- m government haa denuded from China a .concession for the construc tion of a railroad from Tsl-Naa, 1: Shantung province, ta the Yangtse River. LONDON, Nov. 10. A dispatch to the Renter Telegram Company from Pre toria aaya It la officially announced there that on November 8 Llentenaat Vandeventer met the rebels at Sand- f ontein, 64 miles north of Pretoria, bail ing or wounding 130 and capturlag 25. The Union losses were 12 men killed aad 11 wounded. ' t BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 10. The Brit lsh cruisers Carnarvon and Defense ar rived here today, accompanied by the transport Orama. CARRANZA ACCEPTS TERMS TJnited States Request Regarding Vera Cruz Citizens Granted. MEXICO CITT, Nov. 10. General Venustlano Carranza has granted all the requests of - the Washington Gov ernment regarding the evacuation of Vera Cruz by the American troops, ac cording to a telegram received tonight from Foreign Minister Fabela. Every guarantee asked by. Washing ton for the Mexicans now in Vera Cruz will be given In a public decree to be Issued shortly. . In return for these concessions, the Carranza. gov ernment has asked the TJnited States to fix a definite date for the evacu ation. NOBLE HUNGARIANS SLAIN Aristocracy Suffers Heavily Battles In France. In . PARIS, isoc. 10. According to the latest list of killed published In Vienna, the Hungarian aristocracy had a con siderable loss in the battles around Lille, France, to which district they had been sent to aid the Germans. The lists show that 867 Hussars be longing to noble families were killed. GERMAN TERROR OF SEAS IS DESTROYED Australian Drives Em den Ashore. SPIRITED DEFENSE IS FUTILE Koenigsberg, Also Menace to Allies Ships, Bottled Up. EMDEN'S LOSS IS HEAVY 'Briliant Entry of Australian Navy Into War" Made Subject of Con gratulatory Telegram - by Lord of Admiralty. LONDON, Nov. 10. Destruction of the German cruiser Emden, which has long preyed on the commerce of the allies in Eastern waters, and the bottlingvup on the coast of East Africa of the Ger man cruiser Koenigsberg waa reported officially today. The Emden was run ashore after a futile but spirited resistance, .on an island 500 miles southwest of Java, in tbe Indian Ocean. The Australian cruis er Sydney won the battle. KoKentsDerg Is Imprisoned. The report of the Admiralty said: ' "The Koenigsberg is now imprisoned and unable to do any further harm. The fast vessels which have been searching for her are thus released for other service. "Another large combined operation by fast cruisers against - the German cruiser Emden has been for some time in progress. In the search, which has covered an Immense area, the British cruisers have been aided by French, Russian and Japanese vessels, working in harmony. The Australian warships Melbourne and Sydney also were in eluded in these movements. Emden Forced to Fight. yesterday morning news was re oelved that the Emden, which had fceen completely lost to sight after her ac tion with" th" Russian cruiser Jemt chug, had arrived at Keeling, or Cocos, Island and landed an armed party to estroy the wireless station. Here she was caught and forced to fight by the Australian - cruiser Sydney, Captain John Glosson. A sharp action took place, in which the Sydney suffered the loss of three men killed and 15 wounded. The Em den was driven ashore and burned. Her losses in personnel are reported as very heavy. All possible assistance ow is being given to the survivors by (Concluded on Page 2.) BATHER UNCERTAIN j mm .sees n ii.js.sss- ' INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 49.8 degrees; minimum, 41 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. , 'War. German spy shot in Tower of London. Page 1. German cruiser Emden driven ashore In Indian Ocean, Koenigsberg bottled up oil East Africa. . Page 1. Final assault on Tslng-Tau marked by reck less daring on part of Japanese, rage Battle in France and Flanders becomes siege of trenches. Pago 1. Russians gain on left wing, but right i forced back. Page 1. Britain fully awakened to war. Page 2. Britain to slese all doubtful copper cargoes. raze a. Havre, capital of Belgium, not gay. Page 3. Russians report on sinking of transports in .tsiac bea. ra:e . Mexico. Villa marching on capital with 13,000 men. .rage i. , National. Cattle epidemic now affects . 14 states. Page c Domestic. Quarry laborer shoots president of company wnen told to wait until payaay xor nu money.. Page 6. Portland pastor's room cosy, explains wom an In court. Page 6. Pacific Northwest. Robert G. Smith, of Crants Pass, is dis barred by supreme court, irago ? ... b ports. Minor leaguers ' pledge loyalty to organised baseball. Page 12. Idaho-Aggie game to -furnish prize package ot inns, rage 12. Constable stops bloody Langford-M,cMahon Hunt in sixth round. . rage 13. Commercial and Marine. Portland wheat cargoes sell in London further advance. Page 17. Chicago wheat market lower because of scarcity of export tonnage. Page IT. Stocks and bonds In demand at New York at- higher . prices -Page- 17. Portland likely to ha9 record grain ship ments for r 815-18 season. Page 18. . -. Portland and Vicinity. Numerous salaried positions are in gift of newly-elected Governor. Page 1L Police rules cause talk in clubrooms. Page 17. Phil Metschan. Sr.. left Germany for Amer lea 60 years ago, November , 10. Page 7. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17 Hillsboro sets record for largest delegation at Products Snow. Page 1. Shattuck parents and teachers honor' Misses Millard and White at reception. Page tt. Big shakeup due in Water Bureau. Page 6. A. I Mills predicts hotter times by Spring. rage 4. Trial of State Security Company, alleged "loan shark" concern. Is begun. Page 4. Assessors, in sessions, discuss their troubles. Page 7. Chfnese baby show to be held at Armory triaay. rage . W. Lair Thompson says Legislature bent on economy, rage 13. CANADA TO "WIN OR DIE" Alberta Minister Says Dominion Will Benefit by "War. NEW YORK, Nov. 10. "There is no doubt In the minds of Canadians of the result of the war; but should the Brit ish Empire fall It would not affect any of us in Canada, for in that event we should all be dead and should know nothing about It." said Arthur I Sif ton. Prime Minister of. Alberta, wh was the guest of honor at a dinn,er of the Canadian Club here tonight. "There is no sentiment of doubt that we must give every possible aid to carry the war to a. successful conclu sion," he continued. "It may be a mattex. of months,, it may ,be a matter of years: but when the war Is over Canada will be the gainer." t Increased . prosperity will come to Canada, the . Minister predicted. CONDITIONS STILL PREVAIL AROUND THE OBSERVATORY, HAH SPY SHOT IN . LONDON TIMER Sentence of Courtmar- tial Executed. SECRET IS KEPT TO LAST ClVllian POSe by NaVal LieUien- ant Admitted. DEATH IS MET BRAVELY Execution, First on Historic Ground Since 1700, Takes Place Near "Where Anne Boleyn and Others Ended Lives. LONDON. Nov. 10. It is announced officially that Charles Lody, alias Charles Inglis. who va found guilty I Dy a court-martial ot espionage no- i vember 2, has been shot as a spy. I When arrested Lody said he was an I American but later confessed he was a I German. He had lived in New York I and Omaha. In Omaha he married the I daughter of Gottlieb Storz, a brewer, I who later divorced him. I Lody met his deatn in the Tower of I London after having been found guilty I by a court-martial on charges of hav ing communicated with the enemy. The statement concerning the execution is brief, merely saying: "Sentence was duly confirmed.". Superior Not Betrayed. It is understood that Lody died bravely, refusing to the last to reveal the name of the superior officer .from whom he received his Instructions to spy on the British navy. This was the first execution in the Tower of London since 1700. The scene of the execution was the tower bar racks, not far from the spot where Anne Boleyn and other persons famous in English history were put to death Lody was about 28 years old. ' Ledy Oace Employed la America. Carl Hans Lody, the first man in generations to be shot as a spy in England, once was employed as a guide by a tourist agency in New York, and also worked for the Union Pacific Rail way in Omaha. He was arrested late in September in London charged with espionage, and at his trial testified that he was a former Lieutenant in the German navy, but that he had been transferred to the reserves. In his capacity as a reserve officer, Lody said, he was ordered to go to England and keep track of the move- (Concluded on Page 8.) EH Tuesday's War Moves CLAIMS of the contending armies on the eastern and western battle grounds, especially as concerns the situation in West Flanders, dovetailed in so few respects tonight as to leave but one big faction land or sea undis puted. That was the destruction of the German raider Emden and the trap ping of the German cruiser Koenigs berg, the latter In a palm-lined East African river under circumstances which read as though they were taken from Stevenson. The British marine Insurance rate was almost instantly cut one-half for never since the days of the Alaba ma has there been such a successful commerce destroyer as the Emden. Cheers broke forth at Lloyd's on the struggles of the armies in France, Belgium, Russia and. elsewhere were forgotten. Tet all these armies were at each other's throats the Germans and Rus sians clashing in cavalry engagements along the German frontiers; the Rus sians still harassing the Austriaus in Galicla, and French,. British and Belgians uniting to hold back what still appears to be a tremendous Ger man attempt to break through the allied line in the vicinity of Ypres. Many dispatches speak of the move ment of German troops eastward from Belgium as forecasting the necessity of reinforcements along the eastern frontier, but neither the French nor German official Rtatfmnnta indicated any slackening in the violence of the German attacks In West Flanders. In fact, the- French statement says that ireiwwii uio sea. ana Armenuores me opposing forces were both acting on the offensive. As to the outcome of . this double offensive, the rival contentions are absolutely contradictory, the Germans asserting slow progress near Ypres and the French asserting that the German attack was beaten back. In view of what seems to be a sustained and con- certed German effort In this region, the reports of the German retirement are hardly borne out. although It Is said they have moved their headquarters still farther east, this time from Ghent to Alost. The' situation along the battle line in France proper, from the standpoint of the allies, was summed up in a dispatch from an "observer with the Indian corps." who says there has been no marked change anywhere, though he professes to see a gradual weakening of the German attacks. . Aside from the military aspects of the war, what stood out boldest was German's reported threat to cut off the food supply which the United States is sending to Belgium if the Belgians did not return to their cities and make an effort to resume their normal oc cupations. The Belgian answer is that It. has been impossible to resume semblance of normal activity because the German soldiery bad commandeered all implements and materials necessary to an industrial revival. The British government issued last night another so-called White Paper, reviewing the incidents which pre ceded the declaration of war against Turkey. It deals in the main with the Goeben and Breslau affair and sets forth that the Grand Vizier all along was at least ostensibly against dragging Turkey into the conflict, but either was powerless to resist Enver Bey and his associates, or while out wardly opposing them, was winking at the fast approaching crisis, while the Turkish and German preparations went forward. SERVIANS BEATEN AT-HOME Austrlans Report Victory Over Army of 120,000. BERLIN. Nov. 10 (by wireless). Ac cording to an Austrian official an nouncement received in Berlin, the Austrlans, in a battle in Western Servia of three days' duration, defeated 120, 000 Servians, who have been forced to retreat on Valjevo. The Austrlans made many prisoners and captured a large quantity of war material. An Austrian aviator has thrown bombs on Cettinje, Montenegro, dam aging the station. The reported victory of General Poticrek, the Austrian commander, over the Servians, proves, the Berliner Tage- blatt military writer maintains, that this general is fully capable of holding the Servians in check. This success of the AUBtrians, he concludes, may soon show its influence in a political way. "BLUE SKY LAW" PASSES Apparent Defeat Turned Into Vic tory in California. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. An in vestment company's act a so-called 'blue sky law" placing tbe Issuance of all securities and the conduct of all investment companies under an ap polntlve official with bank examiner's powers, was adopted in California at Tuesday's election, according to returns received tonight. A majority of nearly 45,000 in Los Angeles County alone turned apparent defeat into victory for the measure. FIRST CROSS IS AWARDED Thrilling Rescue of Captain in Face of Bullets Wins Honors. LONDON, Nov. 10. Sergeant-Major White, of the army service corps, is the first man to get the coveted Victoria Cross in the present war. The gallant act for which this sol dler was awarded the cross occurred at Le Cateau, -where White, after his corps had been driven back by German cavalrymen, returned in the face of hall of bullets searching for his wound ed Captain. He was successful and car ried the - wounded officer to' safety. WhiU was utmat la both latva, RUSSIAN LEFT GAINS; RIGHT FORGED BACK Railway Bridges Blown Up in Germany. TRAIN IS REPORTED CAPTURED Reports on Austrian Battle Line Are Conflicting. EACH SAYS FOE RETREATS Vour Thousand of Czar's Troops in Kast Prussia Captured, Says Ber lin and Military Expert Pre dicts Retirement Soon. LONDON, Nov. 10. Russian troops have made notable advances against the German right wing, while the Kaiser's army In Northeastern Prussia has forced at least a part of the enemy ' back across the frontier, although the Czar's forces defeated the guard of a railroad and destroyed bridges and cap tured a train In that district, according to reports from Petrograd and Berlin. Along the Austrian battle line there is a wide dlscrepency in the reports from Petrograd and Vienna, respect ively. Line Abandonment Indicated. A Petrograd dispatch says: "The Austrian evacuation ot the position to ' the southeast of Lemberg. In South Galicla, and in Bukowina, is reported In Petrograd today to be continuing. There also are indications here that the entire Austrian line from Stry to , Czernowltz Is gradually being aban doned. Dispatches received here from Czer nowltz, capital of the crown land of Bukowina, declare that with the excep tion of a garrison of reservists of the oldest levy, no Austrian troops are left there. "The engagements recently have, for the most .part, been . trivial encounters between individual columns. Only at Kolomea are the Austrlans seriously disputing the Russian advance." Rnsslaaa Go Back, Saya Vienna. The official version Issued at Vienna says: Tne Jttusstans nave evacuates the greater portion of Bukowina and retired In the. direction of the Dniester River, where they have beep pursued by the Austrian troops, who have taken many prisoners. The Russians were repulsed near Gumblnnen, according to a Berlin dis patch, which adds: Simultaneously with their operations against the main German army under General von Hlndenburg on the Una of the River Warthe, the Russians at tempted to break into East Prussia by the old route south of Wlrballen, but they were met at the frontier by Gen-. eral:von Morgen's army, and after very . heavy fighting were driven back across the frontier. 4000 Raaaiaas Reported Taken. The Russians are reported as hav- ing left 4000 prisoners in German, hands." A Petrograd dispatch says the fol lowing Russian statement we.s issued today: In Eastern Prussia the right wing of the enemy, which has been stubbron ly resisting in the region of Lick, has been driven back toward Mazourlek Lake. East of Neideburg, 24 miles south of Koenigsberg, near the Muschaken Railroad, station, a Russian cavalry . force defeated a German detachment which was protecting the railroad. The Russians captured a train and blew up the railroad, bridges. On November 8 Russian cavalry. meeting a cavalry division of the enemy, forced, it to retire towards Kallsz. On the route leading to Cracow we have attained Mieschow, a town 44 miles southwest of Kielce. Three New Towns Claimed. 'In Galicla our troops have trav ersed, the River Wislokaa. They now occupy Rzesow, Dynow and Lisko." Major Moraht, writing in the Berl-. liner Tageblatt. according to a. Berlin dispatch, says: 'Our northeastern army has gained great results, beating a superior Rus sian force and. capturing 4000 men and large quantities of war material. "The losses of the Russians will necessitate their retreat and the dan ger of the Russian armies coining back into East Prussia Is greatly dl- -. mini shed. "The result undoubtedly will influ ence the Russian offensive in Poland. Our eastern army, has become stronger rather than weaker and will stop Rus sian aggression. "Since the fighting line is being in creased in length the possibility of strong hostile patrols marching around our wings to cross the frontier no longer exists," RUSSIA'S TASK TRElEXDOCS Germans on Own Territory Have Perfect Communication. LONDON; Nov. 1L A Petrograd dis patch to the Daily Telegraph says that at every point the Russians' lack of artillery is compensated by the num bers of infantry. All along the Rus sian front bayonet tactics have been as common as artillery duels on the German-French battle line. "Having reached the German fron- Oiennhiiisd. 5.)