Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, November 17, 1914, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. Li IV. NO. 10.842. PORTLAND. OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1914, PRICE FIVE CENTS. CRACOW BURNS PEOPLE FLEEING Russians Outflank Enemy, Admits Berlin, COMBINED ARMIES BEATEN Germany Again Is "Under Sign of the Russian Dan i. ger," Is Report. GERMANS RUN GREAT RISKS Retirement From Warsaw Re sembles in Many Respects That From Paris. HOME, Nov. 16. The GiJrnala 1 'Italia publishers dispatch from Venice which says that news has been received there that Cracow, capital of Galicia, is burning and that its in habitants are fleeing. A special dispatch from Petrograd to the Giornale d'ltalia says that the overwhelming advance of the Rus sians toward Cracow is overcoming all obstacles, both the difficulty of the passes and the desperate resistance of the Austrians. Cracow is entirely besieged on the northeast. A sortie from Przemysl has been repulsed by Russian artillery and cavalry, which inflicted severe losses on the Aus trians. BERLIN, Nov716, via London, 11:08 P. M. Germany again is "un der the sign of the Russian danger," to quote the astrological metaphor frequently used by the Germans. The combined German and Austrian armies, which, by a well-timed and well-executed change of front and with timely reinforcements, were able to sweep through Poland to the line of the Vistula, threatening Warsaw and Ivangorod, were, in turn, out flanked by the masses of Russia's command and have fallen back to their own trenches. Timid Begin to Leave. Timid inhabitants of the border regions are leaving their homes for the interior. Professional pessimists draw long faces and a certain amount cf disquietude is beig manifested in civilian circles in Berlin. There are many indications, bow ever, that the retirement before War saw is not that of a beaten army, but cf one which, realizing that it failed in its object of a surprise campaign, promptly changed its strategic plan and retreated. v Predictions are hazardous, but the preat news of the next fortnight may come from the armies facing on Poland's wintry fields. German General Beady. The common report is that Genera! von Hindenburg is ready to accept or to give battle on the new ground, he has chosen. The eighth army intrusted with the defense of East Prussia again" has a new commander. It originally was commanded by Generals von Pritt witz and Gaffron and passed into the hands of General von Hindenburg and i'M-: i? 1? PI.. Ti? T 1 1 I A n.. v.mei ul oiuil von i-iuaenaoni. The new commander is General von Bue low, one of a family of military brothers of high rank. The retirement from Warsaw ro eembles in many respects that from the environs of Paris in September, the Germans in both cases assuming the great risk of running out of am munition and supply trains and ex posing their flank and rear, hoping to smash a supposed demoralized army. Campaign Well Mapped Out. They hoped in the Warsaw cam paign, like Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville, to catch the enemy's right wing napping, roll up'that por tion of it west of the Vistula, press across the river and capture Warsaw. Holding strongly the line from East Prussia on ,the north to Galicia on the south, they expected to be able to stand off Russia and devote their principal attention to the western campaign. That is why, it is said, General von (Concluded oa Pag PRINCE OF WALES IS OFF TO BATTLE BRITAIN'S HEIR CHEERED BY SOLDIERS IX FRANCE. Action of Apparent Future King Is , Expected to Be Followed by In Increased Enrollment. LONDON, Nov. 17. A dispatch from Boulogne to the Daily Chronicle says: "The arrival of the Prince of Wales here was the signal for an enthusiastic demonstration by the British and French troops gathered on the water front. Several trainloads of wounded alongside the quays Joined in the cheer ing. The Prince shook hands and spoke with many of the wounded. "The crossing was one of the rough est of the year, but the Prince suffered no inconvenience, spending the greater part of the voyage on the bridge." The Prince of Wales crossed from Folkestone to . Boulogne last night on his way to the front. The Prince was dressed in a military uniform and unostentatiously departed In an ordinary cross-channel mail packet boat, the Onward. He has joined the staff of Field Marshal Sir John French. The news that the heir to the throne had been permitted to carry out the royal tradition as an army leader has been received with great satisfaction by the newspapers, which express the belief that it will stimulate recruiting. It Is pointed out that the Prince of Wales was the first officer enrolled in the , army after the outbreak of the war, as he volunteered for service soon after midnight, August 4, and was as signed to the third battalion of the Grenadier Guards. 3 TRAPPED AS TRAITORS Canada Accuses Father and Sons of Taking Austrians to America. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, Nov. 16. Joseph Snyder and his sons, Richard and Arthur, are under arrest at the 44th Regiment Armory, charged with high treason in attempting to take Austrian reservists across the border to the American side. They are liable to a death penalty. The Snyders have been under sur veillance for some time and were caught in a trap. They were offered i40 to land four Austrians on the American side. The money was paid and four supposed Austrians were brought to them. A squad of mllltlamen sur rounded the party and imprisoned the Snyders In the Armory. The case is In the hands of the military. DIPLOMATS KEEP SECRET loss of , British Dreadnought Made Known by Ambassador Page. WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. The United States Government has known official ly for. two weeks of the destruction of the British dreadnought Audacious by a mine off the Irish coast, but has kept the secret "at the request of the British government; Ambassador Page cabled the Amer ican Government of the sinking of the Audaclus within a day or two after she went down. He said he had been offi cially Informed of the sinking, as ell as of the delay to the liner Olympic. He gave no details, however, and merely stated that the British government wanted the loss kept "secret for the present. , BULLETINS LO.DON, Nov, aouncrmrnt Is General Charles Irish Gnsrds, kui at Ypres. He w , 17, 5:08 A. M. -Vn-made that Brigadier lltzclnrence, of the been killed In action as connected with the family of the Ea rl of Minister, was 40 years old and i Africa, where he aw service In South was twice nonnded. lOSDOX, Nov. 17, 4:25 A. SI. A Petrograd dispatch to Renter's Tele era m Campany states that General Christian De M et, head of the rebellion In the Oranne Free State and Western Transvaal, has been wonnded In the head. De Wet's followers are reported as much dejected. It la said that they are poorly armed and lack ammu nition. LONDON, Nov. 16. Telegraphing from Athens, the correspondent of the Ex change Telegraph Company Bays it was announced In the Grecian Chamber of Deputies today that Great Britain had advanced the Greek government 40,000, OOO drachmas (S,000,000 to pay for warships for Greece, to be constructed in English shipyards. BERLIN, Nov. 16, (By Wireless.) Austrian olucial bulletins given out In Berlin today say that the Austrian gar rison at Praemysl la showing great energy. The Austrians, It la asserted, have made a successful sortie to the north of the fortress. BERLIN, Nov. lfc. According to in formation given officially to the press today, reports reaching Berlin front Geneva set forth that the British torpedo-boat destroyer Falcon, the cruiser Brilliant and the sloop of war RInaldo have been disabled by German guns on the Belgian coast. BERLIN, Nov. 18. An official Turkish bulletin made public in Berlin today claims further successful Ottoman oper ations against the Russians, who. It is asserted, suffered severe losses In men, ammunition and provisions. AMSTERDAM, via London, Nov. 17. The Bandelsblad In an editorial urges Queen Wllhelmina to consult with President Wilson on the possibility of offering mediation to the belligerent powers. It is rumored here that Henry Van Dyke, the American Minister to Holland, has returned to the United States ia this connection. MILLIONS IN-MEN. VOTED Great Britain Takes Decisive Action. "GREATEST EMERGENCY" CK'D Government Now Will Lend Belgium $50,000,000. HOUSE OF COMMONS UNIT No- Dissenting Voice Heard - When Premier Asks for $1,125,000,000 and Million More Soldiers. Labor Champions Cause. BRITISH PREPARE FOR LOXG WAR. House of Commons votes 81, 125.000,004 additional war credit. House of Commons also votes unanimously . for an additional army of 1,000.000 men. War costing Great Britain close to $5,000,000 daily. Alien enemies of Great Britain .now interned in concentration camps total 14.500, and there are 29.000 still at large in England. LONDON. Nov. 16. Great Britain to day set herself for a long war and a determined campaign against Germany when the House of Commons voted unanimously for the additional war credit of 1 1.125,000,000 asked by Pre mier Asquith. The measure also carries proviso for an aditional army of 1,000,000 men, which also was voted unanimously. Premier Asquith stated today in the House of Commons that the war al ready was costing Great Britain from' 14,500,000 to 15,000,000 dally. Allen Enemies Total Thousand. Home Secretary McKenna Imparted the information that 14,300 alien Lenemies of Great Britain were to day interned In concentration camps in the British - Isles. These were in' addition to the prisoners taken in action and the men removed from the merchant ships of the enemy. Mr. Mc Kenna added that there were about 29,000 alien enemies still at large In England. The condition and morals of the soldiers, the inevitable spy system and the press censorship were subjects dis cussed freely. The Prime Minister characterized the crisis, as "the greatest emergency In which the country ever has been placed." He said 1,200,000 men already were under arms; that the war was costing nearly $5,000,000 a day and that the government proposed to lend Belgium $50.0d0,00u and Servia $4,000, 000 without interest, until the end of the war. Timothy Healy, the Irish Nationalist. (Concluded on Page S.) 4 Sjleigh to AND MONEY XV I yVQy SAHARA 0J?S ZT M' -. ' ii ra.iiTiFifl -frh INDEX OF TODAFS NEWS The Weather. f YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 47 degrees; minimum. 40 degrees. TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds. -War. Cracow burning and populace fleeing and German-Austro armies driven back by Russians. Page 1. Prince of Wales (toes to front as army of ficer. Pace 1. " House of Commons votes for Great Britain's war campaign millions in men and money. Page 1. Inundations now deadlock armies. Page 1. German experts guard Belgian works of art. Page 2. Germans clean up Antwerp. Page t. Germans charge repeatedly against bayonets and artillery fire. Page 2. Pope in encyclical urges peace between na tions and In church. Page 4. Hundred towns in France destroyed slnoe war began. Page 4. Americans find prisoners of war are being well treated. Page 5. Germans retreat In East Prussia, says Petro. grad. Page 6. Mexico. Villa will go Into exile, says report, and peace In Mexico Indicated. Page 3. National. Government reports indicate general Increase in prosperity. Page X. Reserve Bank Board proposes transfer of $150,000,000 more to reserve banks. . Page 13. Domestic Gompers beads off tailors' declaration of war on brotherhoods. Page 6. Suffrage convention ends calmly and truce is formed. Page 4. ' Sports. Oreror. holds secret practice In preparation for game against Aggies. Page 14. Aggies agree to play game at Ttcomft' to nein raise funds for Belgians. Page 14. Athletic Union grants recognition to women swimmers. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. Sole witness of fatal shooting of husband by Mrs. Grler, near Mill City, telle Jury woman aimed rifle at bim once. Page 7. Appointment of Seattle police chief sur prises, ' but Captain Louis M. lang is - liked. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Heavy buying of hops In Yakima section. Page la. All lines of livestock firm at North Port land yards. Page 19. Chicago wheat weakened by large visible supply figures. Page 19. Northwest sends record cereal cargo to feed allied armies. Page IS. Court says Port of Portland must pay dam ages for vessels burt in its charge. I'ase 18. Portland mod Vicinity. Flnley and Clanton restored to office in spite of Governor. Page 1. Budget Is adopted, but'Councll will be asked to make levy of 7.4 mills instead of 7.5. Page 13. Campaign plans for city election already get attention. Page 11. Miss Emma Ulrlch, 21. Is killed at door or home on Corbett street; slayer escapes. Page 4. ' Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19. Portland bankers lsud new Federal banking system. Page 16. , Bride, medal and $1000 are man's reward for saving girl from drowning. Page 13. Tone war Is traced to deported woman. Pane 8. , George L. Baker plans operation of stock theater circuit In Portland, Spokane,' Se attle and Vancouver. B. C. Page 8. BRITAIN IS HOARDING GOLD Receipts From Abroad Are 9130, 000,000 and Holdings Greater. LONDON, Nov. 6. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Gold is be ing hoarded in England at such a rate as , to cause much discussion. About 30.000.000 ($150,000,000) has been re ceived in gold by England from other countries in the last three months. Moreover, treasury notes have been put into circulation to the amount of 30,250,000, in addition to 5.000,000 in Bank, of England notes. Nevertheless the Increase in gold holdings of the Bank of England has amounted, to more than the sold actually received front abroad. This proves conclusively, it is said, that there is a general hoarding of gold. SPEAKING OF WINTER IN THE WAR , rrn GAME COMMISSION LOST TO GOVERNOR Finiey and Clanton Re stored to Old Offices. WEST REPORTED DISTURBED Board Politically Shuffled,, As sumes Former Aspect. PLACE IS GIVEN 0PSUND C. II. Evans, of Lost inc. Refuses to Resign and Is Discharged Xo Opposition expected From Executive After Defeat. After manipulating appointments on the State Fish and Game Commission for nearly a year to his own political advantage. Governor West yesterday lost control of the organization, and W. L. Finiey and R. E. Clanton were restored to their respective offices as State Game Warden and Master Fish Warden, from which places they were removed last February to satisfy a passing whim of the Governor. This action was taken at a special meeting of the commission In Port land yesterday morning. Theodore Opsund, who has been Master Fish Warden since Mr. Clan- ton's removal early in the year, re signed at the Invitation of the com mission. Mr. Clanton was elected to his old position and Mr. Opaund was named his assistant. Resignation la Refused. C. H. Evans, of Lostine, who was ap pointed as Mr. Finley's successor at the time of the reorganization, was given opportunity yesterday to resign and refused, whereupon he was dis charged and Mr. Flnley named in his place. The organization of the fish and game departments now is virtually the same as it was prior to the shake-up last Winter. Four members of the commission were present at yesterday's meeting. They were C. F. Stone, B. EL Duncan, George H. Kelly and M. J. Kinney. Floyd Bllyeu, chairman of the com mission, was out of town and Mr. Dun can presided. It is understood that the vote to restore Mr. Flnley and Mr. Clan ton to offioe was not unanimous. Governor Reported "Disturbed." The appointments became effective immediately. Governor West was noti fled of the board's action. It is ro-J ported ttiat be was visibly disturbed when he learned what had happened. It is said, however, that inasmuch as the Governor's efforts to use the fish andgame organization to further the candidacy of Dr. C J. Smith for Gov. ernor had proved futile, he will make (Concluded on page 13.) ZONE. 7f.:'V6A'c- S Monday's War Moves THE coming' of Winter has partly paralyzed the movements of troops both in the East and the West theaters of the war. The Russians on the border of East Prussia are reported to be marching through snow clad in sheepskin Jack ets similar to those which the Japan ese first wore in Manchuria. Blizzards have swept the trenches In Belgium and Northern France and brought great suffering to the wounded as well as to the men in the fields. A large area of West Flanders around Dlxmude has been flooded by the heavy rains and is no man's land for fight ing The French and German reports are contradictory as regards the progress of their armies in the west. Berlin says there was only slight activity because of the snow storm. Paris announced that the Germans, 'in attempting to cross the canal near Dlxmude. .were thrust back, while the allies recap tured several strategic points, re pulsed two -German attacks southeast of Ypres and "entirely destroyed" a German regiment south of Bixschoote. An observer with the British army who. furnishes the newspapers reports from the front, announces that the Ger man attempts to' battr a wedge through the British lines have decreased greatly In force during the past few days ana that they bear no resem blance to the attacks in great force launched against Ypres at the end of October. They are mora in the nature of demonstrations in force than serious assaults, he declares. The writer pays high tribute to the bravery of raw German youths and men of middle age, who, he says, do not hesitate to march against the trained British troops. If the Germans .have abandoned their furious battering ram efforts to thrust back the allies' lines and reach Calais, their failure will constitute a distinct victory for. the allies. It is asserted, because the allies have not tried to ac complish anything more than to hold their own on the defensive. Petrograd reports that the Russian campaign, is developing favorably in East Prussia. From other sources it is reported the Inhabitants of that country are beginning to flee before the menace of a second -invasion. On the Polish frontier and in Galicia two enormous armies are massing for a battle which may decide the fortunes of the war in the east. Rome announced yesterday that Ven ice had heard that Cracow, capital of Galicia, is burning, and that the in habitants are fleeing. . The fate of tho war depends now, says Colonel Fayler, an eminent Swiss military writer, essentially on the re serves of men that the armies are able to bring up, and in this respect, accord ing to military opinion, Germany ap pears to be in a state of Inferiority. Not only does the Russian offensive prevent Oermany from transferring men from the eastern to the western front, but troops that are now being Instructed in the interior will necessarily be sent against the Russians. It also is pointed out that Germany has to operate on fronts totalling near ly 1000 miles with 25 active army corps. while the allies have at their disposal 23 army cocps for a lino less than hall as long. Thus from the point of view of available troops, it is argued, the comparison is unfavorable to the Ger mans. Prince Dolgoroukof f, in an article in a Moscow newspaper, demands vainly the liberation of Russian Jews from special legislation. Constantinople denies the allegation of the triple -entente powers that Tur key intends a violation of the interna tional character of the Suez Canal. The Russians near Koprukeui. In Trans-Caucasia, lost 8000 men in killed aud wounded. Berlin reports. The Turks took &00 Russian prisoners and cap tured 10.000 rifles and large quantities of ammunition. The Turks are advanc ing on Batun, tbe Germans say. A word of caution to the allies comes from Petrograd. This is that they must not expect the Russians to sweep on to Berlin overnight, as it were, as their advance may take months and even longer. The Germans occupy the defenses they have been preparing for years and in addition to this they may be able to spare even more men for the op eration on their eastern front. In East Prussia, the Russian for ward movement seems to continue, and it is said that the Russian generals are imposing on the captured towns fines In proportion to those levied by the Germans on the cities of Belgium. These lines correspond with the popu lation of the town taken. The British operations against the Turks have spread the conflagration to the southern entrance of the Red Sea, where Indian troops, assisted by British warships, have taken a Turkish fort. In the Caucasus, tne Russians and the Turks are still at grips, both sides claiming victories. The spy agitation in England again has flared up. Today all persons leaving London for the Continent must depart from a designated railroad sta tion, where the person and the bag gage of every traveler is subject to a search for maps and drawings and anything else that might be Intended for the use of the enemy. GERMANS SALUTE THE DEAD Appreciation by Press Expressed Over Lord Robert's Death. BERLIN. Nov. 16 (via Amsterdam and London. 7:43 A. M.) The Lokal Anzieger, in an editorial on the death Lord Roberts the whole German press of Lord Roberts, says: "On the occasion of the death ot expresses itself, alike, appreciatively about the fallen enemy. Even in war moments occur when the fighter sa lutes the enemy with the saber Instead of striking him with It. Such a mo ment has arisen with the departure of Roberts." INUNDATIONS NOW DEADLOCK ARMIES Rain of Stee! Halted Along Battle Line. ALLIES BEAT BACK GERMANS British Fight Fiercely in Bayonet Charges. SNOWS IN V0SGES HEAVY French Hussars Stuff Cniforms With Straw, Attach Them to Horses Driven Into Enemy's Linos. Conp Wins Prisoners. LONDON, Nov. 17. 20 A. M Tele graphing from Dunkirk. France, the correspondent of the Daily Mall sayss "There was heavy fighting around Ypres Mondny. The casualties were large but the battle resulted in excel lent progress for the allies. "The German casualties are esti mated at lOO.OOO In the past four days." PARIS. Nov. 16. The usual hall of steel and the surging of armies in Northern France and Belgium seemed to have met with obstacles today, for the roar of cannon was less violent and the troops scarcely came in con tact with each other. It is generally believed here that new inundations started by the . Bel gians put many of the German guns out of action and also prevented the movements of troops. It is almost impossible to gain an ac curate insight into the prodigious action that is stretching over the 300 mile front and at the ends of which the fighting has been extremely severe during tbe last three weeks. The con tinuous night marches and attacks made by the Germans which have been met by counter attacks from the allies near Dlxmude and Ypres, how ever, are said to have resulted in a considerable thrusting back of the Germans. Encounters Now Hand-to-Hsnd. A coal basin in Northern France, which is partly ocoupied by the Ger mans, has been the scene of heavy fighting. The long lines of small houses belonging to the miners now form a capital shelter for the in fantry who frequently are engaged In hand-to-hand conflicts. These combats of cold steel have seen the British infantry engaged against the Prussian guards, and descriptions of the fighting from the front paint the encounters as terrible. The Prus sians fought three deep the front rank lying down, the second rank kneeling, and the third rank standing rect. The British fire, it is said, caused an awful slaughter, and finally when the Brit ish charged with the bayonet before tho Germans could bring their machine guns into action, hundreds of men fell. The Blego operations along the re mainder of tho line find the troops of both sides' apparently immobile. But the allies continue dally their work of sapping and approaching the German positions, and there is said to be the possibility of a general assault at any moment. Snow Kali Heavy. Heavy falls of snow in the Vosges Mountains, lasting more than 24 hours, have made tho movement of artillery most difficult. The fighting there is almost at a standstill. Reports from the front tell of a bril liant feat of a British infantry detach ment of eighty men who were cut off at night from their command and took refuge in a wood during a fog. The wood was surrounded by Germans., At dawn the British heard the French at tacking and decided to charge with the bayonet at the rear of the Germans, of whom they captured 400, it ia said. A regiment of French Hussars near Ypres stuffed a number of uniforms with straw and attached them to wounded horses. These they drove into the German lines. While tho Germans were firing at the dummies on horse back, it is said the Hussars charged their flank and took a large number of prisoners. SNOW ANKLE DEEP IX FLANDERS Trench Warfare Xow Is Becoming Greater Ordeal Daily. LONDON. Nov. 16. The armies of the allies and of Germany remain deadlocked In West Flanders today along the battle line where the snow is ankle deep with the prospect of further intermittent artillery duels and infantry clashes which for morn than a month have been swinging back and forth without definite result. The snow and the generally adverse weather conditions will make neces sary more fiequent shifts of men in the trenches and there will be more sickness, especially lung and throat affections. In short, trench warfare, already laborious and exhausting, daily will uecome a greater ordeal. The Germans have not abandoned their attempt to reach the French coast towns, and yet tlrey have not advanced. Today according to the claims of the allies, tbe Germans are back on the right bank of the Yser, having been forced to release their grip on points on the left bank held so stubbornly by them last week. In the meantime, the Germans are putting the finishing touches to the de fenses stretching in row after row (Concluded on Pag 4)