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VOL. L.IV. NO. 16,851. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER GREAT WARSHIP AID CREW LOST Only 14 Survive Explosion on British Vessel. DESTRUCTION IS ABSOLUTE Navy Believes Battleship Bul ' wark's Own Magazine to Have Been Cause. 700 OR 800 ARE DEAD Essex Shore, Miles Away, Is Strewn With Wreckage After Disaster. SHEERNESS, Eng., via London, Nov. 26. The British battleship Bul wark was destroyed by a terrific ex plosion as she lay off here today. There were only14 survivors from the crew of 700 or 800 men who were aboard. The explosion is believed to have oc curred in her forward magazine. Whether it was caused by an accident or design is a question to be deter mined by the commission which has been appointed to investigate. Explosion Internal, Say Navl Men. In the opinion of naval men it was an internal explosion that put an end to the ba&tleship, which for 12 years had done service at home and abroad and lately had been doing her part in guarding England's shores. There was no great upheaval of water such as would have occurred if she had been torpedoed or struck by a mine. Instead, the ship was enveloped in smoke and flame and when this had cleared nothing could be seen but jcreckage floating in the water. Ship Suddenly Disappears. Houses in towns seven and eight miles away were shaken by the explo sion and even before men on chips anchored near by could reach their awn decks, the Bulwark had disap peared. The neighborhood was strewn with an enormous amount of wreck age, while pieces of the ship were thrown six or seven miles onto the Essex shore. Considering the size of her navy, Great Britain has been singularly free from disaster of this character. Nev ertheless when the French ' warship ffena was destroyed by an internal explosion in 1907 all cordite ammuni tion was taken from all the British ships and carefully examined. Re frigerators were installed in the ships to keep the powder cool. , Cost of Vessel $5,000,000. The Bulwark, which was one of the older battleships, cost 1,000,000 .($J,000,000). It is believed here that the explosion of the Bulwark was caused by the fall and bursting of a 12-inch lyddite shell iu her magazine. LONDON, Nov. 26. The British Admiralty officially announced today that the battleship Bulwark had been blown up off Sheerness, which is on the Thames at the mouth of the estu ary of the archway. The explosion occurred at 7:53 A. M. AViustorf Spencer Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, made the for mal announcement at 4 o'clock. Military Position Unaffected. "The loss of the ship," he said, in the House of Commons, "does not sen sibly affect our military position, but I regret the loss of life, which was heavy. Only 14 men were saved. All the officers and the rest of the crew, which I suppose amounted to between 700 and 800, perished." An inquiry will be held tomorrow. So terribly was the Bulwark rent ' that it was impossible to render her assistance. Immediately after the explosion the vessel was blotted out by smoke, and as the veil slowly lifted a handful of men were seen struggling in the water. Small craft rushed to (Concluded ea Far 3.) , RUSSIANS ARRIVE TO AID SERVIAN ALLIES FIFTEEJT REGIMENTS MAKE 500 MILE TRIP UP DANUBE. Victory Over Invading Austrians In - Northwest Is Claimed' Retreat Is in Disorder. LONDON. Nov. 26. The correspond ent of the Times at Sofia, Bulgaria, reports that Russian troops have ar rived in Servia to assist the Servians in fighting the Austrians. "Fifteen regiments of Russian troops, with 70 barge loads of ammunition and supplies, have arrived at the Servian town of Raduievatz," the Times corre spondent says. "They made the 600 mile trip up the Danube from Russian territory. They will be rushed to the front to assist the. Servians." Telegraphing from SalonlkL the Morning: Post's correspondent says: "The news from Servia Is optimistic The Austrians are not following up their successes at Valjevo. This fact is due mainly to the appalling weather conditions. There has been a heavy snowfall between Nish and TJskub. At Kumanovo the snow is six feet deep. "The wintry weather will aid the Servians who already occupy positions of great natural strength. The morale of the army Is excellent. The public Is determined to carry the war . to the bitter end. "Forty thousand new troops, count ing: young: ' men from 18 to 19 years old, have Joined the army before Kra guyevat" PARIS. Nov. 26. Vlctonr fnr th Servians In their fighting: with the Austrians in Northwestern Servia Is reported today In a. dispatch from NTlah . V, IT . cj aiivtui Agency. "Combats occurred on November 23," says the dispatch, "along: the posi tions to the east of Rogatchltza, at tacks being- made by us on the enemy's forces. On our left wing: along: the front from Lazarevatz to Mionitza we maintained all our positions. Attacks of the enemy to the southwest of Lazarevatz were repulsed. From our point of view the day ended favorably for us. "After the fighting on November 23 the enemy was constrained to retire. The retreat was disorderly at some points. We took several prisoners." ALLY SHELLS KING'S HOME Germans Spare Belgian Castle De stroyed by British. v BERLIN, Nov. 26, The Official Press Bureau gave out the following: today: "The Amsterdam Telegraaf recognizes the fact that strict discipline is main tained among the German troops in Flanders, saying that any injustice to Belgians Is severely punished. "The commander of the German army in Belgium, the Berlin Kreuz Zeitung reports. Intentionally spared King Al bert's castle on account of its histori cal associations and its artistic value, though It was well-known by the Ger mans that Field s Marshal French and his staff were staying there. After their retreat the English forces bom barded the castle and destroyed It when the staff of the German dr'lon settled down there." PURSUIT OF TURKS ENDS Russian Staff Reports That Kurds . Also Have Been Disposed Of. PETROGRAD, Nov. 28 An official communication from the general staff of the army of the Caucasus says: "In the direction of Erzerum the pur suit of the routed enemy has been ter minated. "In the past few days a series of en gagements have taken place south of the Valley of Alaschkert, where we have disposed of considerable Kurdish forces, who were reinforced this time by regular troops." FOOTBALL INJURY FATAL Russell Peace, of Santa Cruz, Hart Saturday, Dies of Hemorrhage. . SANTA CRUZ. CaT. Nov. 26. Kicked on the head last Saturday in a Rugby game for permanent possession of the Coast Counties Athletic League trophy, Russell Peace, a member of the vic torious Santa Cruz High School team, died last night from cerebral hemor rhage. As a result Principal Bond has an nounced there shall be no more foot ball at Santa Cruz. BULLETINS PETROGRAD, Nov. 26. It la Bald that the report published In the Bonne Gaxette that Rnniiia, France and Great Britain were endeavoring; to secure the reopening; ox roe uaraaneun Is a p invention. PARIS, Nov. 27. A dispatch to the Havas Acency from Athena says ad vice received in the Greek capital from Mltylene state that a Turkish nine-layer has been torpedoed and nuk in the Bospborus. BERLIN, Nov. 26. (By wireless.) The Turkish Embassy at Rome aaya that the Ksyptlan advance guard on the Snea Canal deserted to the Turks. BERLIN, Nov. 26. (By wireless.) A dispatch from Berne aaya reports from a reliable source set forth that the French losses, up to November 1, were 13O.0OO men killed, 370,000 wound ed and 167,000 missing;. BERLIN. Nov. 257-(By Wireless to SayvUle, N. Y.) Reports of a pan- Islamic anti-British movement are confirmed by the Russkoye Slovo, of Petrosrad, which says that the move ment had Its beginning In Afghanistan. The Porte aaya that all Arab who are fit for military service have declared their readineaa for a holy war. i mro out ItlHI. L MCD UUI TO BITS, SAYS FOE Big Forces Surrounded By Russians. , DESPERATE RESISTANCE MADE Petrograd Avers Plock Army Is Cut in Halves. RESCUE BEING PREVENTED German and Austrian Accounts Take Favorable View, However, and Tell of Capture of Large Xumber of Prisoners. LONDON, Nov. 27. The Petrograd correspondent of the Times sums up the present situation in Russian Poland as follows: "One group of the Russian forces fetters the Austro-German army on the Czenstochowa-Cracow front, inflicting heavy blows, and capturing guns and prisoners. Apparently another group of Russians are holding at Wielun a German column which Is endeavoring to go to the rescue of the Plock group. Germana Divided A ear Plock. "The main Russian force is ex clusively engaged against the Plock group, whose front is cut in halves. Its right half is surrounded on all sides and is vainly struggling as in an Iron vise and striving to break through to the left wing at Lowlcz, which in turn is battling unsuccessfully." The Petrograd correspondent of the Morning Post Bends the following re garding operations in Russian Poland: "The temper of the public is being tried to the breaking point by the habit of the headquarters staff in withhold ing important news of a Russian vic tory merely'in hope of announcing still better things in a few days. Reports come from a dozen different sources showing how the German forces have been shattered. . Germana Held Near Strykow. "The German corps which broke through the Russian center at Brzezlny is still trying to get away from the regian of Strykow. where they have been held by the Russians for three days, but, apparently, they still refuse to lay down their arms. Conditions are such, however, that it is only a matter of time when they must sur render or be annihilated. "The magnificent marching power of the Russian troops is a feature not properly reckoned with by the Ger mans. Some foot regiments have been in the fighting line, always on the alert, for 50 days consecutively and (Concluded on Page 8.) JOHN BULL IS prOMfll! It I S.vt j i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 04 degrees: minimum. 36 degrees. TODAY'S Unsettled, probably rain: south erly winds. ,War. Kitchener teils ' Commons Girmim sra definitely checked in west, badly de- icatea in east. Pare 1. British battleship Bulwark destroyed by ex. plosion attributed to Internal cause; all of crew but 14 killed. Page 1. South American nations want belligerents to agree to stay away. Page 2. Russian armv reaches Servia to engage in battle aitalnst Austrians. Page 1. Russian double advance envelops Cast prus- iu mrw. rage o .Petrograd reoort says German forces have wvu surrounded and, are being -cut to raw 2. .ueirort. Alsace. France, believed amply for- titled against Germans. Page 6. Seven million Belgians spend Thanksgiving ujisf iur xoou. ag Y. National. Pan-America unites in thanksgiving Washington. Page 6. Rear-Admiral Blue says promotion in Navy u iu siaw. rage o. - Domestic. Rlohard Croker bride says she is Indian Princess; couple are married quietly in New York. Page 8. Sports. Sam Landlord knocks out Wills In 14th round at Vernon. Page 17. Oregon University defeated, 14 to 0. Pace 16 Multnomah Club pierces Oregon line at wllL Page 18. Cornell, in loosely-played game, defeats Pennsylvania. 24 to 12. Page 18. Oregon Aggies, at Tacoma. defeat Univer sity of Southern California squad. 38 to 6. Page 17. Pacific Northwest. Roseburg Armory is dedicated. Page 7. Mayor Hi GUI .now strongest contender for jwio uovernorshlo honors in Washington. Page 7. State's wards celebrate Thanksgiving in vari- wu ways, rage 7. Portland and"Vlclnlty. Portland's celebration of Thanksgiving day is most cordial. Page 1. ProDosed laws and Speakership to be dls- cussea at legislative caucus tonight. - Page 12. Offering at union services largely for bece- iit ox .Belgians, page 8. City Auditor to urge Legislature to pass act for serial bonding nlan. Fan 11. Jew and Gentile unite In thanksgiving serr. ice. Page 8. Associated Charities finds store families in neea. page 13. Secretaryship only post to te filled soon by Governor-elect. Page IS. George M. Brown. Attorney-General-elect. is selected by Anti-Saloon League to draft prohibition act. page 4. Orient starts lumber purchases. Page 13. Weather report, data end forecast. Page 13. JUDGE RELEASES EDITOR Federal Court Issues Writ for Critic of Indiana Grand Jury. INDIANAPOLIS Nov. 26. Judge An derson, of the Federal Court here, to day released Charles Clogston, editor of the Terre Haute Post, who had been fined and sent, to jail for contempt of court for printing an article criticising the Vigo County grand jury which" is investigating alleged election frauds. and threatened to proceed against the officers of the State Court if they mo lested him. Clogston was summoned before the State Court last Tuesday and fined and sent to jail for ten days, and the right was denied him to present the testi mony or argue the case through attor neys or to take an appeal. Judge An derson issued a writ of habeas corpus last night and the. editor was produced in court today. After hearing the evidence Judge Anderson declared that Clogston bad been deprived of his liberty without due process of law and ordered his release. NOW THREATENING HIS FOOTBALL PLAYERS. ZBEGOMES' L Arrival of Leader Is Greeted With Cheers. MEXICO Gin IS ORDERLY Villa Gives Promise That Looting Will Be Prevented. EARLY ARRIVAL EXPECTED Programme Believed to Be to In stall Enillio Gutierrez as Soon as Preliminaries of Occu pation Are Completed. VERA CRUZ, Nov. 26. General Ve nustiano Carranza reached here late to day from Cordoba. His arrival brought thousands of enthusiastic citizens Into the streets and when he spoke from the balcony of the Municipal Palace he was greeted with loud cheers. The general will take up his official duties tomorrow and from this city as his temporary capital will direct the campaign against Generals Villa and Zapata. Trip Made 1b Dtaa Car. General Carranza made -the trip to Vera Cruz in the Presidential train, the gaily painted equipment of which was made famous by ex-President Diaz. He was accompanied by Generals Obregon and Alvarado and Luis Cabrera. Jesus Urueta and other civilians who at tained national distinction during the Madero regime. Behind General Carranza's train there came troop trains. Most of these hew soldiers are of a type superior to those previously seen here and are reason ably well equipped and disciplined. To make sure that there should be no unpleasant Incident on General Car ranza's arrival, the saloons and many commercial ho'uses were closed. Re calling the General's preference for horseback . riding, the local . officials provided a magnificent mount for him at Los Cocoa, a suburb wheri the Presi dential train halted. He waved tho horse away, however, saying that he preferred to walk, as did the common people. ' Crowd Showers Confetti. So from Los Cocos he trudged in the midst of a shouting crowd and under a shower of confetti over the mile of highway leading under the triumphal arches to the center of the city. Later he was the guest of local officials at a dinner. General Carranza's headquarters will be in the lighthouse building. Just- in front of this structure is moored the training ship Zaragoza of the Mexican (Concluded on Page 3.) VERA C fill GAHRANZA CAPITA Thursday's War Moves THE Russian general staff still is withholding the details of the vic tory, which all other dispatches, from Petrograd say the Russians have won over the German forces which pene trated Poland. The official report of yesterday simply says the battle con tinues to develop to the advantage of the Russians and that the Germans are trying to extricate themselves from a position unfavorable to them. The Germans, on the other hand, de clare they have Inflicted heavy losses on the Russians between Lodz and Lowlcs. The military authorities In Petro grad. assuming that the unofficial re ports of a victory are true, express astonishment that the Germans should have attacked Lodz, for they say de feat there was inevitable. The Ger mans who advanced from the north and south, these military observers aaa, aoubtiess Intended to seize the railway between Sklerniewice and Piotrkow and Interrupt communication between the northern and the southern nussian armies, but Grand Duke Nicholas, with the enormous number of men at his commands was able to sandwich them and direct his attacks from all points except due west The reported failure of the German Crown Prince's army to advance, on the Cracow-Czenstochowa front Is consid ered by these military critics as con tributing to the checking of the Ger mans. It Is said In Petrograd that one If not two German corps are almost com pletely enveloped and that they are making a desperate effort to fight their way out to the north. Already a large number of prisoners are re ported to- have passed through War saw. This is considered In London to confirm the unofficial reports and the statement of Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords yesterday that "the reinforced Russian troops in this neighborhood have been able to check and defeat the Germans with. I believe, heavier losses than they ever sustained before." The Russians are said to be contin uing their advances through the Car pathians, in Western Galicia, and against Cracow. Professor Bernard Pares, the British government's rep resentative with the Russian head quarters staff, says the Muscovite forces are forming a half circle around East Prussia to avoid the well-fortiflcd and difficult Mazurian Lake region. They also are declared to be operating with success against the Turks in the Caucasus. . Except for artillery fighting the bat tle in the west remains virtually at a standstill, although In isolated attacks both sides say they have made some progress. There is no indication where the next German blow is to be struck In the attempt to reach the French coast. Lord Kitchener, In the House of Lords yesterday, declared that all the gaps in the British army, which for a long nine naa iougnt against great odds w una Deen rilled and that both critisn and French reinforcements naa reached the front. While Lord Kitchener expressed confidence in the result of the war and asserted that 30.000 recruits were Joining the Brit ish army each week, he warned the public that still more men would be required. ' The Secretary of War added that an Indian force was In touch with the Turks 30 miles to the ea." of the Suez Canal, while Indian and British troops were busy on the shores of the Persian uuir and throughout Africa. He said the Indian government had announced its intention to continue to support the Indian contingents fighting in France and elsewhere. BRESLAU PANIC-STRICKEN Seven Thousand Wealthy Refugees Flee From Slavic Onrush. "jf.j v a. owiizenanu. rsov. 27. via Paris. Seven thousand refugees, most ly members of wealthy German families In Breslau, have arrived in Munich dur lng the last 48 hours. They declare that the city is in a state of consterna tion owing to the reported approach of tnq Russians and that business is at a standstill. In the Duchy of Baden the reservists of the years 1S91-1894. now mostly men of 40 to 45 years of age, have been called out. These reservists, who are said to number about 350,000, are being distributed in the forts along the Rhine to liberate the younger men there for active service. FRENCH RETAKE DIXMUDE Marines Reported Successful in Holding Town Against Germans. " LONDON, Nov. 26. The correspond ent of the Daily Mail at Dunkirk, France, telegraphs that Dixmude has been retaken by the allies. He says: "The French marines attacked the town strongly on Tuesday night and drove the Germans out of three lines of advanced trenches. On Wednesday they followed this up by entering the town in an irresistible charge. " "The enemy did not halt in their re treat until they were seven miles out of the town. The marines lost 300 men." British Spare Football. LONDON, Nov. 26. "The situation at present does not demand legislation for the suppression of football," said Pre mier Asqulth In the House of Commons today, replying to a question as to whether such a move was under way. The Premier added that negotiations with the football magnates were progressing from which satisfactory re sults were expected. The agitation against football be cause It la Interfering with recruiting continues In the British press. ENTIRE CITY ENRAPT BY SPIRIT OF MIS Portland Grateful for Peace and Plenty. HOMES OF POOR GLADDENED Celebration of Holiday Most Cordial Ever HeJd. POPULACE IS PRAYERFUL Churches Everywhere Hold Thanks giving Services; Poor Cheered; Prisoners Have Feasts and Perfect Day Crowns All. When the Thanksgiving sun climbed above the shoulder of Bnowy Mount Hood yesterday morning. It shone upon a city of 275,000 grateful souls. It brought with it the spirit of the one big feast day in the whole calendar, and, departing, left Portland In a thankful mood. Its people fully alive to the blessings of the year. Portland, never has had a more general expres sion of real thankfulness. The cele bration of the day of thanks showed a city filled with great content. Spirit of Peace It r Ik us. In the churches, worshipers gave thanks to the giver of all good things, and a National spirit, appreciating the blessings of peace, mingled with the religious paeans that arose from grate ful hearts. Most beautiful of all the features of the day was the thoughtf ulness of those who shared their store of plenty with others less fortunate. Many a home was brightened and many a child made happy by scores of residents who provided bountiful dinners for the needy. City's Wards Are Cheered, Thanksgiving cheer came to inmates of the various institutions, for the toll-woiu, -theweary and the unfor tunate. Best of ail. these were not forgotten. While the ones to whom the gods of chance give lucky cards -celebrated the day, these humble folk were remembered and all Portland feasted as one big family. At the city and county prisons those who have fallen wrong wise of the law wero cheered by generous menus and the holiday spirit. Many a man was able to forget for a. time his misfortunes and to realize the kind liness there is in " the heart of hla fellow-man. j Perfect Day Knjoyed. The day was perfect. The sun shone and there was the bracing tang in the air that comes with the season. Hie football game attracted thousands and many others spent much of the duy outdoors. Just to be out emphasized the joy of living. Many lucky persona went into the country for the only real Thanksgiv ing dinner known to man. Those having favor with the gods dined iu farmhouses far away, where the tur key and tho rest of the dinner hai Just, the right flavor and -where tho stage setting was Just right fur thu most typical American feast. Families and old friends foregathered just as they have ever since the Jolly old Pilgrim fathers set this 'pleasant Thanksgiving fashion. Long may it live! City Celebratora Pitied. Others had to worry along with 10 course dinners at luxurious hotels in town, and, although they drank a lot and ate the whole menu from soup to the printer's name, they may be pitied by those favored ones, who were ablo to sit down to the headline attraction of the day in a funny old farmhouse. Portland housewives were mighty busy yesterday and responsibility sat heavily upon them. It was a day jf home-gatherings with the dearest friends of the family invited. Every one of these home dinners was caid to be tho best ever cooked, and un doubtedly, that Is true. Give the Port land housewive credit; she is witUout peer. Commercial Club Joyous. The Portland Commercial Club din ner last night was the largest such affair given by such organization, although in all lie clubs holiday fes tivity reigned. Theaters were fillel at all performances. Generally, it was a hoKda. with business almost entirely suspcaidivi. Banks, city and county offices um'i nearly all stores closed. The postof fice managed to let all but 50 car riers off duty for the day, these miui- lng the collections without deliver ing mail. The United States Court ground on as usual, ho-fever, argu ments iu an admiralty -use beinf heard. x Sheriff Word's regular Thanksgiv ing dinner to 55 children in an empty corridor in the County Jail will Iocs remain a bright spot in their you un lives. . 287 Unemployed Cunts. About 287 unemployed nven were feasted at Scaddlng. House. St the y. W. C A. 90 girls, away from nfcie. dined on Thanksgiving fare.- At the hospitals. Children's Home. Multnomah Farm and numerous other institutions. holiday cheer prevailed. - The Muts, Ad Club members atid ' the Elks distributed baskets of goort things to the homes of many families where the edibles were much appre ciated. No less than 180 homes were (Concluded oa Page 8.)