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I VOL,. L.IV. NO. 16,839. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IE, SEIZED CITY, IS LIKE TRAP Place Almost Entirely Bound by Water. . GERMANS' HOLD THOUGHT WEAK Kaiser's Troops Now Within 50 Miles of Calais. iYPRES IS STRONGLY KEPT fighting Marked 'by Heavy Infantry . Assaults, Accompanied by Shell D1XMUD S Fire Defending Lines Con tinually Reinforced. ' LONDON, Nov. 13. The Times? Flan ders correspondent, describing the Ger man attack at Dixmude, says: "There were only two points, Dix mude and Nieuport, where the Ger mans could assume the offensive on the Yser, all the front, between being Impossible for fighting on account of the flood. The force concentrated be tween Dixmude and Tborout w&s chos en for the attack.. "In the morning the German bat teries opened a heavy bombardment on the positions and kept it up through most of the day. This cannonade was the prelude to a violent infantry attack on the outskirts of Dixmude. Fierce Fighting? AVajjed. "The attack was made with great gallantry and very heavy fighting took place. "The Germans came on in overwhelm ing numbers and toward evening the allies were compelled to retire. They fell back into the town, destroying the two bridges in their retreat. The Ger mans thus won the bridgehead. "Next morning strong reinforcements were brought up by both sides and fighting continued in and about the town. In the course of the afternoon (a force of Germans succeeded in pene trating Into the town and a desperate struggle went on in the streets. Dixmude Almost Inland. The capture of Dixmude or a part of It would be of great advantage to the Germans. The town is almost entirely surrounded by water. More than once Dixmude has proved a death trap to the Germans and it may well do so again." The correspondent of the Daily Mail In Northern France, telegraphing un der date of Wednesday, adds that the German position at Dixmude is "very in secure, that the Germans are exhausted by their exertions and wilL probably be driven out again. Evidence is accumulating, according to this correspondent, that the Ger mans are suffering from a shortage of ammunition and that tho quality of their artillery and ammunition appears to have deteriorated. Heavy fighting, he says, continues around Dixmude. Point SO Miles From Calais. With Dixmude In their possession today the Germans are within 50 miles from Calais . and less than that distance from Dunkirk. The fighting today seemed to bear out the statements previously made, that they will not abandon this struggle to reach the coast unless they are utterly crushed. The English and ' French theory is that the holding of Dixmude is only temporary; that Its history will be much the' same as that of other towns which have been taken and retaken In ihe fighting on the Yser. Attack Renewed Toward Coast. In certain places north of Dixmude the Germans are at least on the left bank of the Yser; that is, on the side nearest the French coast towns, and their attacks Instead of concentrating to the southward below Ypres, appar ently have been renewed almost on the coast line. Here they drove the allies from Lorabaerdtzyfie, only In turn to be driven out themselves. The official announcement given out by Paris today says that the Germans again are trying to take Lombaerdt syde, which Is to the north of Nieuport and within a stone's throw of the sea. How they can operate in this locality if British and French warships still are standing guard off the shore is not clear to British observers.. Germans Using Infantry. The British official press bureau is sued the following statement tonight: "The operations during tht last few days have consisted mainly of fighting to the north of the Lys. where the points of interest were at first on the line of Hollebecke, Wytschaete and Messlnes. There have also been severe encounters on the line from Zanvoorde to Frelinzhein. ' "The character of the fighting has been one of frequent and vigorous Infantry attacks from the Germans, accompanied by heavy sheJJ fire, alter nating with equally vigorous counter attacks, the general result being the maintenance of our line, not without considerable losses on our Sid's, but with still heavier losses on the other. ix machine guns and more than 100 prisoners were taken by us on the eighth. Allies' Lines Reinforced. ' "The allies' strength has been con stantly maintained by reinforcements. Latterly the stress has been In the neighborhood of Gheluveldt, to the north of Ypres, and at Dixmude. "Tie German artillery fire was prac- (Coa'cluded ob Face 4.) RECENT ELECTIONS ADVERSE TO WILSON MAJORITY OF ELECTORAL COL LEGE "WOTJLD BE REPUBLICAN. Campaign Based on Cry of "Stand by President" Fails of Purpose, on Face of Returns. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Nov. 12. In the recent cam paign the Democrats went to the coun try with a single cry, "Stand by the President. All other issues they sought to evade: all Republican charges they attempted to sidetrack, and with few exceptions,. Democratic Senators and Representatives seeking re-election asked their constituents to return them to office In order that they might con tinue to uphold President Wilson. .The attacks on the Underwood tariff, criticism of the war tax. Democratic ex travagance and the depleted condition of the Treasury all were dismissed with the reply, "The war has made times hard." Always emphasis was laid on the necessity of "standing by the Presi dent." Therefore, from the Democratic view point at least, it can be said that Presi dent Wilson was the dominant, and in fact, the only issue in the campaign. That being true, politicians have figured out what would have happened to Presi dent Wilson, on the basis of the recent returns, 'had this been a Presidential year. This is what would have hap pened: " . " Republican. Elec. dec. State. vote. State. vote. Connecticut 7 North Dakota ..... 5 Delaware ......... 3 Ohio 24 Idaho 4tOregon ft Illinois 29 Pennsylvania 88 Iowa .lXRhode Island ...... 5 Mains 6jSouth Dakota 5 Massachusetts ....ISjUtah 4 Michigan 15Vermont 4 Minnesota 12:Washlngton ........ 7 Nevada 3West Virginia 8 New Hampshire ... 4:Wisconsln ....... ..13 New Jersey 14jWyoralng -3 New Mexico 3 - New York 45. Total 293 Democratic. Alabama 12IMIssourt ........... .18 Arizona ........... SlMontan 4 8 Arkansas ......... 9;Nebraska Colorado 6 North Carolina ....12 Florida l Oklahoma ..10 South Carolina .... 9 Tennessee .....12 Texas 20 Virginia lz Total 221 Georgia .......... .14 Indiana ....... ...16 Kansas .10 Kentucky 13 Louisiana ..10 Maryland ......... 8! Mississippi 10 Progressive or Divided. California 13 On the face of these figures President Wilson would have had 221 electoral votes, or at the outside 234 if he had had California, which, so divided its vote that it is useless to attempt to say how it would have gone In a Presiden tial contest. The Republican candidate would have bad 293 votes, a majority of 59, giving California to the Democrats. In comparing these figures with the electoral vote of 1912, the enormous gain of the Republican party in the past two years of Democratic administration is Interesting and startling; Two years ago, the Republican candidate carried only two states, Utah and Vermont, with .a total electoral vote of eight, while Roosevelt carried six states with 88 electoral votes, and Wilson carried the other 40 states with 435 electoral votes. ' . BULLETINS LONDON, Nov. 12. The Admiralty announced today that In the absence of further- information, ' the loaa of the British .crulaera Good Hope and Mon mouth la the naval engagement off the conii of Chile with the German squad ron on November 1, ia now "off icially presumed.' MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov. 11. A dispatch received here from Valpa raiso any a that the Japanese .aquadron aeen recently off Easter Island la the Pacific by a merchant Teasel consisted of eight .vessels. The battle cruiser Conge waa the flagship. BERLIN, via The Hague and London, Nov. 12. The official newspaper pub lishes a decree forbidding tlve export of leather, horae akin and ealf sklas, ahoddy and tlnplate. LONDON, Nov. 13. Field Marshall Lord Roberts, of Kandahar, la going to France. The official . announcement making thla fact public aaya the fa mous General la going into the war Bone "to see the Indian troops." ' Lord Roberta waa bora In Cawnpore, India, 8a years ago. VIENNA, Nov. 12, via London. Cen tral Fotlrelt, commander of the Aus trian army operating against the Ser vians, haa laaued a general order to the Fifth and Sixth armiea fighting In Ser vla to do their utmost to break the laat resistance of their opponents and end the campaign before Winter L. a In with all the terrible sufferings which would follow. ' TOKIO. Nov. 12. Meyer Wnldeck, who commanded the German forcea at Talug-Tau, according to a dispatch from Talng-Tau to the Aaahl, haa aent a telegram to Emperor William aaylng he waa compelled to aurrender on ac count of lack of ammunition and the heavy, damage Inflicted by the enemy on hla forts. PEHPIGNAN, France, Nov. IS, via Paris. A French crulaer steaming off the coaat captured a German, steamship which had on board 150 men and what waa deactibed aa a anapldoua cargo. The Germana on the steamahlp were in terned here. NEW YORK, . Nov. 12. Passengers who - were on the British steamship Vaadyck when she was captured off the coaat of Brazil October 26 by the German crulaer Karlsruhe are being brought to New York. , ROME. Nov. 12AdVlea atantlnople say that the Ottoman army still lacaa TOO officers, and that the authorities at Berlin were requested to supply them. Berlin replied that It would be Impossible to send all Ger mans, but would supplement them with Austrlans, who would travel to Con stantinople Individually aa civilians. LONDON, Nov.- 13, Bi30 A. M It Is rumored among shipping firms In Lon don that the German crulaer Karlsruhe haa been cornered. ONLY 2 OF EMDEJrS SHOTS EFFECTIVE German Outranged and Outfooted in Fight. SYDNEY'S BIGGER 'GUNS TELL Observer on ,' Cocos Islands Describes Battle. WIRELESS IS .BLOWN UP Party of Germans Left Ashore When Enemy Heaves in Sight Seizes Schooner and Has Not Been Heard, From Since. KEELING. Cocos Islands, via Ber lin, Nov. 12. (Special.) It was early on Monday that the unexpected arrival of the Emden broke the calm of these isolated little islands, which the distant news -of war- had hitherto left -unruffled. - ' .One-of the-islands is known as Di rection Island and there the Eastern Telegraph . Company has a cable sta tion and staff engaged in relaying mes sages between. Europe and Australia. Otherwise the inhabitants are all' Ma lays, with the exception of the descend ants of June . Clunies Ross, a British naval officer who came to these islands 90 years ago and founded a line of "un crowned kings." ' Patrol of Beach Ordered. " The war seemed far away. Official bulletins passed through the cable sta tion, but they gave us little real news and the only excitement was when it was rumored that the company was sending rifles, in case of a raid on the station, and that the beach must be patrolled by parties on the lookout for Germans. Then we heard from Singapore that the German cruiser Emden had been dispatched to these islands, and toward the end of August one of the cable staff thought he saw searchlights out ever the sea." Then suddenly - we were awakened from our calm and made feel that we bad become a most important place in the war area. . Fourth Funnel la Obvious Ruse. . At 6 A. hi. Monday a four-f unneled cruiser arrived, full speed, at the en trance to the lagoon. Our suspicions were arouse'd, for she -was flying no flag and .her fourth funnel obviously was a dummy made of painted canvas. Therefore, we were not altogether surprised at the turn of events. The cruiser at once lowered an armored launch and two boats, which came (Concluded on Page 3.) BRAVE LITTLE JAPANSKI JUST WHAT) I MOST MEEDSKl INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. S8.2 degrees, minimum, 47.5 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; strong southerly winds. War. Dixmude, now held by Germans, is sur rounded by water and is likened to trap. Page 1. Armenians Join Russia and, defeat Turks. Pe I. War within war betas; fought desperately on German soil In Vosges. Page 2. Correspondent on Cocos Islands describes de feat of Emden. Page 1. Belgians contribute $3,000,000 to relief of countrymen. Page 3. Kaiser's son prevented by sentry from vla itlng prisoners camp. Page 3. Ecuador and Columbia warned by allies against neutrality violations. Page S. Mexico. United States forcea to remain In Vera Crux until issue of control la settled. Page 1. Foreign. r Mongolian Independence believed subject ol meeting with Russia and China. age 2. .. National. Recent election shows Wilson, If running for President, would bava lost Electoral College. Page 1. Texan wants to be Speaker of the House. Page 8. ., Ecuador end Colombia warned by allies. Page 3. .. President Wilson offended by negro In White House. Page 5. Domestic Mrs. Brashears loses suit for slander, but - her nun. cleared by Jury. Page 8. Bankers say era of depression is past. . Page 6. Woman suffrage victories in two states eele bra ted by National convention. . Pag b. Pacific Northwest. Legislature to be - asked to appropriate $958,911 for Oregon Asylum and Peniten tiary. Page 7. Public ownership declared failure by ex. pert before League of Municipalities. Page 7. Uncharted reef In Pacific found -to be huge bed of rocks. ' Page 7. Report made of-money spent for candidates and measures in . campaign. Page o. Sports. Lincoln Iligh-HIll Academy game ends In row." lege 14. San Francisco gets next meeting of minor leagues. Page 14. Option on Seals, given to Berry.' cf Los Angeles, and associates. Page 14. Agglea may fall before Idaho eleven. Paga 14 Commercial and Marine. Pilots make counter salary offer to Port Commission. Page 18.' Hop-buying Is heavy in Oregon and Wash ington. Page 18. Wheat prices tally at Chicago on European buying. Page 19. Curb trading In securities without, restric tions at New York. Fags 19. Portland and Vicinity. Cattle of West free from disease and de mand tor products grows. Page 15. War tax to cost Oregon seoo.ooo. Page 15. Attempt to be made In next Legislature to amend lien laws. Page 18v Infant son of Thomas B. Lovelace perishes in fire. Page 15. Woodmen celebrate at Manufacturers and Land products Show. Page 9. Tanner Creek sewer has been cause of ' trouble for 20 years. Page 6. L. C. Oilman, president of Kill lines In Ore gon, sees era of prosperity early In 1915. Page IS. . . . Terrific rale strikes Portland, Page . Charge against Joseph Berger may be re leased. Page 4.. ........ NEW LANDS "NOW 3V AHEAD Count of 1 3 Ont of 1 6 Xevada Ooun - ties Shows Piatt Losing. RENO, Nev., Nov. 12. With 13 out of 16 counties in Nevada officially can vassed. Senator Newlands now leads over Samuel Piatt for re-election by 31 votes. The other three counties will be can vassed tomorrow. A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED. it" - t J&yrrr., Jwfcr. r ARMENIANS AID GZAR IN WAR ON TURKEY Guerillas Defeat Sul tan's; Troops. TOWN IN GERMANY CAPTURED Report of Split Between Teu . ton Allies Reiterated. AUSTRIANS LEAVE GALICIA Pursuit of Kaiser's Array . Slackens bnt Minor Battle in Russian Poland OontinuesPetrograd Claims Caucasus Victory. LONDON. Nov. 12. Reports reaching the Russian capital from the Turkish border attach Increasing Importance to the part the Armenians are playing in the Russian-Turkish war. accord ing to a Petrograd dispatch, which says; "In several towns occupied by the Russians Armenian students have shown themselves ready to Join the Invading army. All along the line of march, according to these dispatches, the" Armenian peasants are receiving the Russian troops with enthusiasm. Armenia Ready for Sacrifice. "An Armenian newspaper, referring to this crisis. In the history of Armenia, publishes the following: " "The long anticipated day of de liverance for the Turkish Armenians Is at hand and the Armenians are pre pared for any sacrifice made necessary by the performance of their manifest duty." "From this border country there has come to Petrograd further reports of armed conflicts arising from the re fusal of Armenians to become Turkish conscripts and surrender their arms. Armenians Defeat Turks. "It Is now rumored that the impor tant City of Van Is today besieged by Armenian guerrilla bands In great force. In Feltun these bands are said to exceed 20,000 - in number and they are reported to have defeated all the Turkish troops sent against them, caus ing the Turks heavy losses. "News of the beginning of a battle at Cracow, Galicia. is momentarily ex pected. . "The Germans have been digging trenches, and erecting barbed wire en tanglements along the whole of the Russian-German frontier to Impede the progress of the Russians. It is under stood, however, that their main plan is Concluded on Page 2.) pyr-o-: -PS Thursdays War Moves A CRITICAL stage In the battle In West Flanders has been reached, and the next few days, if not hours, should produce something more de cisive than has yet occurred. The Germans have continued to at tack, with all the forces at their com mand, the British and French who bold the line-' between Dixmude and Tpres, but, with the exception of the capture of Dixmude, which was accom plished Tuesday, and some little prog ress made around Ypres, they have not been able to make any material ad vance.- - Th French official report says that an the attacks have been repulsed. The Germans are no longer utilizing green troops In this region, but have brought up the pick of their army, in eluding sorSe Prussian Guards, who at tempted an offensive movement against the British without success. Both sides express satisfaction with the progress of the battle. Berlin says that the attacks of the allies have been repulsed, and that their own attack is making headway; while in London and Paris it is felt that so long as the allies can hold the line of the canal from Nieuport to Ypres their position is a strong one. In France, from the northwest to the southwest, there have been engage ments of lesser Importance in which according to the French report. Gen eral Joffre's armies have succeeded In gaining ground and strengthening their positions. The Germans continue to destroy bridges and railways In Bel gium, but with what object remains secret. It is thought, however, that they are making preparations to Win ter in that country and they are taking every step to prevent their plans from becoming known to their enemies. The Russian army under General Rennenkampf is lighting its way into fc.ast Prussia and has taken Johannls burg, which is on the railway from Lyck to Soldau, both of which towns are already In Russian bands. This gives to Russia the control of an Im portant railway line which skirts the frontier In German territory and sev eral branch railways running into the Interior. "The central army, which drove the Germans back from the Vistula, has had only unimportant engagements, but it is known to be pushing forward to the borders of Posen and Silesia, which the Germans are crossing. The Russian left wing has followed the Klelce Railway to the Austrian frontier, and is within a few miles of Cracow, the siege of which is imminent. The Southern army, under General Ruzsky, Is at Rzeszow, between Prze mysl and Cracow, and its crossing ot the Sao River is being opposed by the Austrlans. Another detachment con tinues the siege of Przemysl, while still another is operating against the Aus trlans, who are holding the passes of the Carpathians. The r.rmy of Armenia, whose base is on Kara, trans-Caucasia, is approaching the Turkish fortress of Erzerum. The manner in which Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian Commander-in-Chief, is wielding these armies, and the mobility they are showing, are the sub ject of admiration on the part of mili tary men in London. , A message from Sarayevo says that the Governor of Bosnia has addressed a proclamation to the Austrian army, de claring that the Servians must be com pletely defeated before Winter. In conformity with this, the Servians have been driven back to their own country, but according to the Servian account, they Inflicted a defeat on the Austrlans who attempted to follow them. There is a steady flow of recruits for Lord Kitchener's army, and it Is ex pected that with the territorials, who number 600,000, Kngland before Ions will have an army of 2,000,000 men. New armies are also being organized in India- Great Britain and France have warned Ecuador and Colombia that they will not countenance further violations of neutrality by them. Representations have been made at Quito and Bogota to this effect and the United States Government has been notified in view of possible complications that might arise. No specific violations have been men tioned, but it is believed, the warnings were the result of charges that islands off the Ecuadorean coast have been used by the Germans as coaling sta tions and that wireless plants in both Colombia and Ecuador have been giv ing Information to German cruisers. MINE RAMMED TO SAVE AH bnt One Lost on Kussian Picket ' Boat That Shields Cruiser. LONDOX Nov. 12. A dispatch from Petrograd tc the Times says: "The correspondents of Finnish news papers report the heroic sacrifice of the crew of a Russian picket boat In order to save a Russian ctuiser which was un wittingly' approaching a mine in the Gulf of Finland. "Realizing that it was too late to signal the danger, the boat deliberately rushed at the mine at full speed. A terrific explosion followed and six of the crew of.. seven perished. The sur vivor, who was severely wounded, has received the decoration of St George." NORWAY GRIPPED, BY GALE Terrible Storm Submerges Bridges and Damages Snipping. LONDON, Nov. 12. A dispatch to the Morning Post from Christiania, Nor way, says: "The severest storm In ten years has been raging along the coast, but Is now abating. Several bridges are sub merged and several ships in the harbor here are damaged or ashore. Mail serv ice is disorganized. - "Most of the coasting steamers suc ceeded in reaching refuge owing- to ample .warning VERA CRUZ WILL BE HELD FOR PRESENT Guarantee of Guaran tees Now Demanded. TANGLED. DISPUTE VEXATIOUS Washington Chagrined Over . Repudiation of Oaths. UNITED STATES IS ALOOF Policy, However, Is to Wait Until Assurance Can Be Given Thut Dominant Faction Will Not Disclaim Responsibility. WASHINGTON. Nov. 12. President Wilson and Secretary Bryan have de cided not to fix a date for the evacua tion of Vera Crus by the American troops until It is determined which faction can dominate that section of Mexico sufficiently to carry out the guarantees asked by the United States as a prerequisite to its withdrawal. General Candldo Agullar is In com mand of most of the troops In the im mediate vicinity of Vera Cruz and is believed to be loyal to General Car ranza, who is In open conflict with the national convention which declared General Kulallo Gutierrez provisional president, of Mexico. Support for Guarantee Demanded. The President is unwilling to with draw the troops until the . various guarantees asked for can be enforced and there is no danger that some other faction on becoming dominant will disclaim responsibility for negotiations hitherto conducted with' General Car ranza. - The Washington Government does not desire to Interfere In any way in the tangled controversy which has arisen between the various military chieftains, but Administration officials showed plainly today their chagrin at the fact that several generals who wrote their names on the Mexican flag recently, kissing it as a pledge that they would abide by the acta of the convention at Aguas Calientes. have now repudiated tfieir oaths, refusing to support General Kulallo Gutierrez, selected as provisional president. Lorsl Llenests Recognised. The United States will continue Its custom of dealing with each element that is in de facto control of a certain territory. Special agents are accom panying General Gutierrez, General Villa and General Carranza. From all these representatives co..ia advices today reflecting the uncer tainty and doubt which enveloped the general situation. - On the alignment of the various chieftains depends whether civil war will result in earnest. Should r ma jority of the more powerful leaders side with the convention, Carranza will be compelled by force of arms to re linquish power. It will take several days for the situation to shape itself definitely, however, and Mexico, ac cording to official reports, is wrapped . in a tangle of plots and counter-plots between the two elements In their con test to win the support of the more Important military chiefs. Carransa Stoves to Cordoba. Official advices showed that General Carranza had moved his archives. Cabinet and clerical force to Cordoba for a lengthy stay. He is understood . to have left Mexico City because he doubted the sincerity of troops guard ing the capital. When General Blanco started from Aguas Calientes for Mc-.-ico City he was arrested at Silao by General Pablo Gonzales, who hitherto has been regarded as a supporter of Carranza. Dispatches from Aguas Calientes to night saying General Gonzales would stand by the convention were taken to mean that Blanco would be released and that the two men might work in harmony in the control of Mexico City and surrounding territory. If the re port concerning Gonzales la verified, it also will mean that Villa's big col umns, which moved southward today, will have uninterrupted control of the territory between Aguas Calientes and Mexico City, leaving Carranza to oper ate toward the east of the Mexican capital. Generals Declared Loyal. Dispatches given out tonight by Rafael Zubaran Capmany, Washing ton representative of General Carranza, said that Generals Obregon, Blanco, Gonzales. VUlareal, Hay and others would support the first chief. The telegrams, dated yesterday, said that these men called on Carranza to re sign, but on his statement of his posi tion in refusing, they decided to Ignore the convention and support him. Mr. Zubaran also gave out a tele gram from Carranza announcing that hostilities had opened between his forces and those of the convention, and that he had notified all civil and mili tary authorities to recognize only his own orders, as be was still "first chief of the constitutionalist army in charge of the executive power of the nation by virtue of the plan of Guadalupe." Woman Doctor to Aid Belgium.' CHICAGO, Nov. 12. A woman physi cian. Dr. Caroline 'Iledger. carrying a supply of typhoid virus. Is goiug to Belgium to aid in the fight against the inroads of the typhoid germs. The Chi cago Woman's Club voted today to send her as their representative.