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9 TIT 13 MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IOXDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1914. YPRES STILL HELD HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS OF BELGIAN RULERS WHO ARE WITHOUT HOMES. BRITISH BANKERS BLOCK CREDIT FUND .A BY ALLIED A1IES British Official Observer Re Plans to Pave Way for Reop ening of Exchanges Are Abruptly Halted. ports Determined German Attacks Have Failed. WneCoL FOE'S LOSS TREMENDOUS One Assault Pressed to Within FTre Yards of Lines Before It Is Broken by Rifle Fire. Three Charges Fail. LONDON. Nov. 22. Colonel E. X. Bwinton, the British official eye-witness with the expeditionary forces on th-e continent, continuing his narrative of the army operations and supple menting his account of November 19, writes: "Noyember 20 The only change to record In the military situation on our front Is an attack in force again on our left on November 17. The four days from the 16th to the 19th havo been unusually uneventful. "Winter has now Bet in In earnest. Since certain mis statements to the effect that the Ger mans had penetrated Tpres and had been driven out again have apparently been circulated, it is well to say that Ypres, is in the hands of the allies, and that, save for prisoners of war or possible spies, no Germans have suc ceeded in entering the town or even getting near it. The allied position there is stronger than it ever has been. Germans Await RlnioKnentik "Monday, November 16 Our troops on the left passed a most peaceful day. There was little shelling- and no Infan try attacks. A prisoner asserted that it had been the intention of the Ger mans to assault this quarter on the 15th, but the carnage Inflicted by our artll . lery on the previous day has been so heavy that it had been decided to post pone the operation until reinforcements should arrive. "There is no doubt that on the ISth, In massing preparatory to attack, the Germans committed certain faults of which our guns and Maxims took ad vantage with devastating results to the rear German battalions. "The fighting to the south of Tpres continued without marked advantage to either side, but the French every where held their ground. On the cen ter all was quiet. On our right the enemy pushed forward the saps and throwing bombs from their trenches and mortars. One of their sap-heads was successfully attacked during the night and an earth-boring tool was captured." Attacks Pressed On. "On Tuesday, on our left, the Ger mans, after shelling our positions to the east in the direction of Tpres and to the southeast, made three attacks. About 1 P. M. their infantry advanced in strength against our section on this line and took possession of some trenches out of which our troops had been driven by shell fire. When the Germans endeavored to press on, our infantry made a brilliant counter at- mtM. wim oayonets and drove them out of the trenches and for some 600 yards beyond. "A second attempt made farther to the southwest was pressed within five yards of our line before It was broken by our rifle Are. On this occasion the Germans advanced obliquely across our front and suffered severely from our rifle and gun Are. The number of killed left along a length of some 600 yards of our front Is estimated at about 1200. The assault was made by regular troops, though not by the guard. Third Attempt Falls. "About 3 P. M. they massed for the third assault, but, being subjected to a hot shell fire, they gave up the at tempt. On the whole it was a most successful day for our arms. . "On Wednesday, the 18th, nothing occurred except the shelling of our right. Owing to the high tide, the In undation was extending satisfactorily to the southeast of Dixmude. - "Thursday, the 12th, also was un eventful. Our trench mortars were used for the first time with good re sults. The successful resistance we have made has had an encouraging ef fect in spite of the exhausting nature of the operations in the last month. Our men show great enterprise in making local counter attacks in cut ting off the enemy's patrols and in similar affairs of outposts. "Around Tpres we continually are fjnding fresh evidence of the slaughter inflicted on the enemy. On the 15th one of our battalions while advancing discovered a German trench manned by 17 corpses, while there were 49 more in a house close by. The next day a patrol discovered 60 dead In front of one trench and 60 more opposite. All the farms and cottages to our front are charnel houses. The significance of such small numbers lies only in the fact that they represent the killed in a very email area. German Attempts Costly. "According to prisoners 'the Germans' attempt to take Tpres proved costly. One said that there were only is sur vivors out of his platoon which went into action 60 strong. Another reported .that of 250 men who advanced with him only 19 returned. It is believed that one Bavarian regiment, SOOO strong which left Bavaria for the front on October 19. had only 1200 men left when an attack was made along the Menin Tpres road on November 14. "The plight of some units of new for mations is even worse, one regiment of the third reserve corps having 6D0 men out of SOOO. . "If the period since the beginning- of the war is considered, the numbers are even greater. For instance, of the 16th corps one regiment lost 60 ofllcers and 2660 men. Another loBt SOOO men. These figures include casualties of every kind killed, wounded and missing." YPRES BCILDIXGS ARE RAZED Germans' Sunday Bombardment De stroys Town Rail. PARIS, Nov. 22. The following offi cial communication was issued tonight: "There was a violent bombardment of Tpres today, during which the market place and the town hall were destroyed. n "In the region of Solssons and Vailly there was rather strong cannonading. "There is nothing to report from the other parts of the front." The following official communication was given out earlier in the day: "The day of the 21st was calm on the whole front. In Belgium, as in the region from Arras to the Oise, there were only 'intermittent cannonades. Our artillery evidenced in goneral more activity than that of the enemy. Our batteries succeeded in demolishing many lines of German trenches. The enemy worked elsewhere to construct new ones in the rear. "The day was equally calm on the Aisne, in the Champagne district, as well as in the Argonne, on the heights of the Meuse and in the Vosges." I". . .. -vy ; - -.. ... . A ; , Vr-V.v - - - ., ' J 4 " " J . - t V"" -X""-.- ' . I -'' ' . - nv ) - ' i r "v . ryot I - - ' ! . , , , I "... U r r mm mi used Japanese, Australian Cana . tiian Warships Mobilizing. ' POWERBOAT IS STOPPED Cruiser Rainbow Encountered Off Xatividad Islands and Remain der of Squadron Near Guad aloupe Group. SAN DIEGO, Nov. 22. Mexican islands and. kjirors are being used as a naval base by a combinatjon Japa nese - Australian - Canadian squadron, according to A. E Moore, captain of the power schooner Mary Dodge, which arrived bore today from the Lower California coast. The squadron. Captain Moore re ported, is. made up of the Japanese battleship. Hizen and cruiser Idzumo, the Australian cruiBer Newcastle, the Cadanlan cruiser Rainbow and the supply ships Nlobe and Protesilaus. The Nlobe is a Canadian collier; the Protesilaus is a merchant ship, taken over when war broke out. The Mary , Dodge first encountered the Rainbow off the Nativldad Islands, close to the Dower California coast and SljO miles below the Mexican bor der. A boat from the Rainbow board ed and searched the Mary Jodge and Inquired concerning the nationality of the crew. The schooner's cook, George Kchueler, was not molested, because, although a German, he was under arti cles on a registered American vessel. Coming north, the Mary Dodge re ported the remainder of the squadron near the Gaudaloupe Islands, 200 miles off the Mexican coast and about the same distance elow the border. She also learned that the Rainbow coaled at Turtle Bay on the Lower California coast. In view of the fact that the Mary Dodge was reported boarded October 15, and the battleship Hizen was standing off Honolulu trarbor October 21, waiting for the German gunboat Geier to come out, there was some speculation here tonight as to whether the Hizen was the bcttlesh.ip reported sighted by Captain Moore. JAIL WILL BE POPULAR Thanksgiving- Feast .Likely to At . tract Many Hobos. The police docket and the Sheriff's page of arrests for Thursday will in dicate that the Jails have not lost popularity in Portland, according to the prediction of local authorities. Thurs day is Thanksgiving, the one day in the year whan wandering hobos and tramps like to break into jail. Portland will be no exception to this rule. Promptly at 12 o'clock noon on Thursday the chefs at the County Jail will set large. Juicy, oozing turkeys on the messroom tables for the pris oners to rejoice over. A deep, tempt ing odor will rise from this feast and when the scent wafts out the open Fourth-street windows to the park blocks below many a hungry, homeless man probably will glance longingly at the barred windows above. A citizen was approached on a down town .Street last night by one of these soldiers of fortune and he was request ed for "two bits." "If I don't get enouch to ut n i to take out the creases of mx abdomen Photograph KIN'G ALBERT AND QUEEN ELIZABETH. by Thursday I'm going to t'row a brick t'rough dat window," he declared. "What for?" "I'll jet into Jail and get a big feed." he answered. So it was, the spirit of the wandering hobos was unanimous in declaring that Jail wasn't so bad after all, especially around Thanksgiving. No home in Portland will have a bigger dinner and no person will enjoy his Thanksgiving feast more than sev eral hundred prisoners at the city and county Jails. To top it off the prison ers will be allowed all the time they want at the dinner table. Instead of being limited, as is the rule on other days. After the big feast the. prisoners, that is if they follow the procedure of other Thanksgivings, will gather around and recall former Thanksgivings, such as: "Now, I remember dat feed wot me mother give us kids back In Indiana on Thanksgiving in '98." and so forth. The- prisoners will be indebted to the several charitable organizations of the city for the feast and also to the Sher iff and to Chief of Police Clark. The Associated Charities, the Pacific Rescue Mission, the Prisoners' Aid Socletv and other organizations are expected to L'vninoQie. . TEUTON MUTINEERS DIE GER3IAXS EXTERMINATE AUSTRIAN DETACHMENT, SATS RUSSIA. Split Declared Due to Kaiser's Demand That III Ally Send Troop to Him, Sacrificing Own Soil. LONDON, Nov. 22 "It is confirmed that serious dissensions have arisen be tween the Germans and the Austrians." says the Morning. Post's Petrograd cor respondent. "A stormy council, under the nresl- dency of Emperor William, was held at tsresiau arter the German flight from Poland. After mutual recriminations. Germany demanded that Austria send every available man to the defense of Bast Prussia, arguing that there was no hope of saving the Austrian fron tier from the advancing hosts. The Austrians, however, demanded that the Germans make a serious attempt to save Cracow. "Moreover, this council meeting was preceded by actual fighting between Austrian and German soldiers in the retreat. The fighting. It is said, oc curred after a large body of angry Austrians left the Germans and struck off on their own line of retreat, where upon the Germans sent detachments to bring them back. Both sides fired shots, the Austrians being overpowered. "The German explanation later was that they exterminated the muitnous troops." ARMY FATALISM CHEERFUL Briton at Front Laconically Predicts Annibilation. MANCHESTER, England, Nov. . (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The Manchester Guardian quotes the following passage from a soldier's letter as "another evidence of the cheerful fatalism of the Britisher." " 'We are going strong. At first we had a day -or two of starvation. Then vaccination. Next inoculation. Some have- Isolation. We're going out soon, snd some of us will meet annihilation. What, oh!" German Asks Boycott. . SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 22. Baron E. H. von Schack, imperial German Consul, urged Germans throughout America to boycott goods manufac tured by nations hostile to their country, in an address delivered today at a benefit for German wounded sol diers, widows and, jorpbaas. .. K ; if . . T.. ...: WSflv.ve.: .3 A7 ? -7 V: ft !r - by Underwood & Underwood. PLOT IS CHECKED Russia Admits Revolutionary Activity Existed. DUMA MEMBERS ARRESTED Social Democrats, Continuing Activ ity for Downfall or Military Porter, Taken Wltb. Incrim inating Documents. PETROGRAD, via London. Nov. 22 The Russian government admits semi officially that a revolutionary plot has been discovered and that members of the Duma are implicated. A semi-official statement confirming an earlier dispatch today said: "At the beginning of the war most of the Russian people were conscious of the necessity of defending the dig nity and integrity of the fatherland, and were unanimous in assisting the authorities of the accomplishment of the tasks incurred by the operations of war. An altogether different attitude was observed by some members of the Social-Democratic Association, who con tinued an activity aiming at the down fall of Russia's military power - by means of an anti-war agitation, the distributing of secret proclamations and the conducting of propaganda of word and mouth. , "The government on October last learned of a plan to convoke a secret conference of delegates of the Social Democratic organizations to discuss measures aiming at the ruin of the Russian state and the speedy realiza tion of revolutionary plana. "On November 17 the police discov ered that a meeting of the conference was to be held in a house in Viborg Road eight miles from Petrograd. A detachment of police arrived on the scene and found there 11 persons, in cluding the following members of the Duma: M. M. Petrovsky, Badayeff, Mouranoff, Samanoeff and Chagoff. "There being no doubt as to the anti government object of the conference, the members of the meeting were ar rested after a search, with the excep tion of members of the Duma, who were released. An examining magis trate was entrusted with the inquiry and immediately opened an Investiga tion. Having examined the documents seized in the raid, the magistrate drafted an indictment against all the members of the conferencs under ar ticle 102 of the penal code, and issued warrants for their arrests." ROCKEFELLER SHIP IN PORT Twenty-Three Thousand Tons of Pood Soon to Reach. Belgians. LONDON, Nov. 22. The Rockefeller Foundation food ship Massapequa, which left New York November 3, with provisions for the starving Belgians, arrived at Rotterdam late today. Her cargo will be on the way to Belgium in canal boats tomorrow. The American Relief Commission's re port shows that it has delivered in Rotterdam to date 25.200 tons of food stuffs, most of which have been actu ally distributed in Belgium. Ships now loading or under charter with cargoes awaiting them will provide a further 68,000 tons and from various quarters of the world 70,000 tons additional have been assured. PAtSH IS CALLED HOME Washington Officials Not So Opti mistic as Formally, but Secre tary McAdoo Says Situation Has Been Improved. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22. Plans for clearing up the international finan cial situation and paving the way for re-opening of the London and New York Stock Exchanges came to an abrupt halt today with the departure of Sir George PaUh and Basil B. Blackett, of the English Treasury De partment, for New York. They expect to sail for England next week, and, although no definite information was obtainable here tonight, it is believed that they will not. return. According to Secretary McAdoo,- Sir George has been called back to Eng land by Chancellor Lloyd George to explain the proposals cabled to Lon don by him. The message recalling him evidently came as a surprise, as he explained to Mr. McAdoo over the telephone. Credit Fond Meets Oppesltloau- Some officials here were not so op timistic today about the success of the American plans as they had been before the news of Sir George's recall was given out- It was recalled that English bankers who are vitally in terested in the negotiations were not at all desirous of having Sir George come to America, The point on which the English bankers are believed to be sticking and the one about which they desire a personal explanation from Sir George is the creation of a flOO.ooo, 000 credit fund by-the Bank of Eng land to protect American securities which may be sold on the reopening of the London Exchange. A sugges tion for such a fund which may look like an additional burden for shoulders already well laden probably has been regarded with some disfavor by Eng lish bankers. There is no doubt here that both these officials, as well as the Ambas sador, understand that there is dis tinct advantage sentimentally and otherwise in doing anything in rea son which may aid American bankers at this time, when changing from one system of banking to another and still keep American trade and busi ness going. Negotiations Are Saspended. The negotiations probably will be suspended for sime time. further representations probably will be made through the British Ambassador. There is a belief in some quarters that the fact that the London Bankers were not wholly pleased with the plans proposed had been known in Naw Yoik and tl at the promised reopening of the New York Exchange was delayed on this account. In announcing the departure of Sir George, Secretary McAdoo gave out the following statement: "Sir George Palsh has Just Informed me that he has received a able from England, saying that the suggestions submitted by the committee of New York bankers, composed of James Brown, A. H. W'rtn Benjamin Strong, Jr., are under consideration by the ixndon bankers, but as some points are not clear and need full -explanation, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer has requested fc-r George and Mr. Blackett to return to - England in order that they may explain the sit uation more fully. They expect to sail, therefore, within the next few days. Situation proved. Says McAdoo. "It is thought inadvisable to pub lish the recommendations and sugges tions of the New York bankers until the London bankers have had oppor tunity to consider ther.' fully and to act on them. As soon as a conclusion is reached, the fact wi" be given to the public 1 "The situation, here has materially Improved since Sir George and Mr. Blackett came to America, and their visit has been exceedingly valuable in wringing ab-"t a clearer xinder standlng on both sides ' the water of existing conditions. It was a gracious act on the part of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer to let them come to Washington." SACRIFICES TIRE BELGIANS Desertions Declared Due to Selfishness." Rrltlsh BERLIN, Nov. 22 (via wireless to Sayvillo, N. Y.) The official press bu reau gave out the following today: "Belgian fugitive officers interned in Holland declare that they got sick of sacrificing poor Belgian soldiers to British selfishness, so they persuaded the soldiers to desert, telling them that the Belgian King did not agree with the cruel sacrifice and that the King was a slave of the English and French. Owing to dissensions in the British Cabinet and to differences between King Albert and General Pau, Belgium, officers say, is tied hand and foot by the French and English. Rebels Active in Morocco. BERLIN, Nov. 22 (Via wireless.) The Politiken reports that the sub urbs of Tangier, Morocco, are in the hands of Moslem rebels. French troops, the newspaper says, are being sent to Morocco. Persians' Harass Russians. BERLIN, Nov. 22 (by wireless) Spe cial correspondents report that the Persian mountain tribes are making raids into the Turkish territory and inflicting heavy losses on the Russian troops. COLLAR 2 far 28 Kid Chratt, reabaJr A Co., lac Umu Arrow FIFTH AND STARK STREETS Has been doing a strictly honest and legitimate business. The People of Oregon Edict That We Must Quit and -we are complying with their request. Ask your friends and neighbors about the Na tional Wines and Liquors. Our stock must be dis posed of as soon as possible. Now is your time to buy your holiday goods. Port, Sherry, Angelica and Muscatel, $1.50 value, per gallon, 85 $2.25 value, per gallon, $1.43 $3.00 value, per gal., $2.05 $4.00 value, per gal., $3.85 Sparkling Burgundy, Sau terne and Champagne, Per quart $1 to $5 Per pint, 50 to $2.50 Whiskey tottled in bond Sunnybrook, $1 value, 79 BIcBrayer's, $1 value, 79i Cream Rye, $1 value, 75 National Monogram Whiskey, full quarts, 65 No goods sold on credit. S. & H. Green Trading Stamps given with all purchases. Free delivery. Main 6499, A4499. FIFTH AND STARK STREETS LUMBER SHOW IS NEAR COUNTItY-WIDB EXHIBITS TO GREET MINNEAPOLIS EXPOSITION, Standard Grading: System to Be Derooa trated and Other Unique Fr turea Are Planned. CHICAGO. Nov. 22 Lumbermen of all parts of the country are planning to participate in a lumber exposition, which is to be held in the National Guard Armory at .Minneapolis, Minn., on January 1, 20 and 21. The expo sition is to be held under the auspices of the Northwestern Lumbermen's As sociation, which has its headquarters at Minneapolis. The affair Is to be one of education not only to the young er generation in the lumber Industry, but to the general public as well. The American lumber industry long has recognized a system of standard grades in all classes of lumber. The purpose of the forthcoming exposition will be to exhibit all of the various kinds of lumber, each one In its differ ent grades, aad there will be inspect ors on hand to explain how lumber is graded and how a standard system of grading is observed throughout the lumber Industry of this country; The exposition will be unique in that it will furnish the lumberKindustry Its first opportunity for presenting a com prehensive display of the lumber prod ucts of the United States. Included in the exhibitions there will be displays of Pacific Coast woods, such as fir, red cedar and spruce. There will be dis plays from Idaho and Eastern Wash ington of larch, Idaho white pine. New England Mutual Life Insurance Company Constructiva Conservative-Safe For over seventy years HORACE MECKLEM, General Agent S30-S31 Northwestern Bank Building To Chica Kansas City, New York Through California Superior service via Santa Fe from San Francisco, through Ix8 Angeles, and you can stop and visit Earth's Scenio "Wonder, the Grand Canyon of Arizona, on your way Let me make up your next itinerary. Will be glad to make all your reservations. Drop me postcard for descriptive folders. ' H. E. VERNON, Gen. Agt. Santa Fe Ey. 122 Third Street Phone Main 1274 Portland, Or. Claret and Zinfandel, 75c value per gallon only 60 Reisling, Sauterne and Bur gundy, $1 value, gal., 75 $1.00 value per gallon, 75v $2.00 value, per gaL, $1.50 $3.00 value, per gaL, $2.25 Whiskey by the gallon Na tional Monogram. $3 value, per gallon, $2.25 $3.50 value, per gal., S2.25 $4.00 value, per gal., $3.25 ?5.00 value, per gal, S3. 75 "$6.00 value, per gaL, $-4.50 Imported German Rhine Wine, Trench Claret and Burgundy, per gallon, SI to $3 Washington yellow pine and white fir. The lumbermen of Minnesota, Wis consin and Michigan will contribute displays of white pine, Norway pine, hemlock and the Northern hardwoods, including birch, maple, beech and elm. From the Southern States there will be displays of long leaf yellow pine. Ar kansas and Texas will be represented with displays of short leaf yellow pine. Other displays will Include cypress from the Gulf States, and various classes of gum lumber from the Middlo States, which now are being used in increased quantities for furniture and Interior finishing. WARDEN FINLEY IS BACK State Game Official Confers With Aides at Asbland on Way. ASHLAND. Or.. Nov. 22. (Special). State Game Warden Flnley was here today in consultation with local game officials on his return to Portland after an extended trip East. At Washington Mr. Finley attended various gatherings and was in consul tation with the Federal Biological Sur vey over co-operative work with the Oregon board along similar lines. On this tour he exhibited a series of mov ing pictures in connection with ad dresses on the status of the game problem in Oregon and adjacent states. Mr. Finley left for Portland tonight. KAISER LAYING PLANS (Continued From First Page.) pose is to land at least 10,000 men an hour, so that in a day and a night, there will be 250,000 Invaders on Eng lish soil. 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