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VOL. I.I V. NO. 16,865. PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, DECFMBER 14. 1914. PRICE FIVE. CENTS. V K V AUSTRIANS DEFEAT RUSSIANS Iff GALIGIA Czar's South Wing Re ported in Retreat. ZEMPLIN COUNTRY EYAGUATED Germans Take 11,000 Prison ers in Northern Poland. PETROGRAD CLAIMS GAINS Offensive Along Entire Mlawa Front Ts Declared to Have Been Suc cessfully Concluded Teuton Positions Are Captured. LONDON, Dec. 13. The following official communication. Issued In Vi enna today, has been received here: "In West Gallcla yesterday the south wing of the Russian army was de feated at Llmanovo and compelled to retreat. We are pursuing the enemy. All attacks on the rest of our battle front failed, as did the previous ones. Teutons From Carpathians Win. "Our forces which crossed the Car pathians, after numerous batles, again continue an energetic pursuit. In the afternoon we took Neu Sandec Our troops again have entered Gral bow, Gorlice and Zmlsrrod. The enemy has completely evacuated the Zemplin country. "In the East Carpathian woods, which Is some distance from the main zone of operations, the enemy was nowhere able to gain Important ground. In general our troops hold the passes In Bukowina, along the line of the Suczawa Valley. Germans Gain In North. "In South Poland there was no fight ing. North of Lowicz our allies made a successful attack against a strongly fortified Russian position." In a wireless dispatch to London, the Official Press Bureau In Berlin anr nounced today, with reference to the situation in the east: "In Northern Poland we captured sev eral of the enemy's positions, taking 11,000 prisoners and 43 machine guns. "There Is no news from Bast Prussia or from Southern Poland." A statement from the Russian gen eral staff received here says: "In the Mlawa region we have brought our offensive to a successful conclusion on the whole of the front. German Position Captured. "On the 12th we captured a German position in the region of Przasnysz and Tsekhanoft and chased the retreating enemy toward his frontier. "In this district, also, our cavalry made a successful charge and Inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. "On the front of Lowisz-Ilow the Germans, charging stubbornly to the attack, suffered Important losses at the hands of our troops, who captured In this region another position to the north of the Bzura River. Battle Ser Cracow Goes On. "In the other regions on the left bank of the Vistula nothing has occurred but unimportant encounters. "To the south of Cracow the situa tion is unchanged. The battle there continues. "In the Carpathians our troops and the Austrlans continue their maneu vers." BRUSSELS READY TO PAY fcpecial Tax and Bank Loan Will Meet German Indemnity. AMSTERDAM. Dec. 13 (via London.) A Berlin dispatch says that Brussels and suburbs have decided to pay the war lien of 45,000,000 marks ($11,250. 000) Imposed by Germany by means oi special taxes payable up to June 15, 1915. For the payment of the remaining 25,000000 marks ($G. 250, 000) of the first war contribution, arrangements have been made with a group of Bel gian banks whereby this obligation will be met in 10 installments. ITALY FIRM WITH TURKEY Release of British Refugee-Consul Reported Advised by Berlin. ROME. Dec. 13. Italy has reiterated her urgent demand for satisfaction to the Sublime Porte for the forcible re moval of G. A. Richardson, the British consul at Hodeida, from the Italian consulate, where he had taken refuge, and for his immediate liberation. It Is understood that Germany has advised the Constantinople government to satisfy Italy's demand and thus avoid complications. POTATO ECONOMY IS URGED German Government Advises Against Waste of Peeling. BASEL, via Paris. Dec 13. (Spe cial.) The Prussian Minister of Com merce has Issued a proclamation urg ing the population of Germany to cook potatoes in the skins so as to save the loss due to peeling when raw. "Throw no peelings or scraps away." he says. DRESDEN ARRIVES AT PUNTA ARENAS BRITISH SURROUXD VX.VU1KD VESSEL OFF ARGENTINA. Another German Battle Cruiser Ap pears In South Atlantic and Con , verted Warships Are There. BUENOS AIRES, Dec 13. The Ar gentine government has received word that the German cruiser Dresden has arrived at Punta Arenas, in the Strait of Magellan. A dispatch from Puerto Gallegos says a vessel has been sighted, near there surrounded by British ships. The fate of the Dresden, the last of the squadron of Jive German cruisers under Admiral Count von Spee, which was defeated by the British Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee's squadron off the Falkland Islands December 8. seems still to be a matter of conjec ture. Dispatches from Buenos Aires on Saturday reported that the Dresden was stranded at Puerto Gallegos, while a Valparaiso, Chile, dispatch, by way of London, said that the Dresden had taken refuge In an inlet on the Coast of Patagonia. In the recent engagement, according to the official report, the German cruisers Gnelsenau, Scharnhorst, Leip zig and Nurnberg were sunk. The Dresden made her escape toward the end of the engagement in the direction of the Straits of Magellan and was pur sued by the British. Another German cruiser not accounted for, which, however, did not take part in the battle, is the Karlsruhe. A re cent dispatch from Buenos Aires gave the report that the German battle cruiser Von der Tann had reached the South Atlantic. There are also two or three merchantmen which have been converted into cruisers. The dispatch indicated that this ves sel probably was a German, and said that In appearance she resembled the Nurnberg. The Nurnberg, however, was reported by Vice-Admiral Sturdee to have been sunk by the British squadron. A later dispatch received from Puerto Gallegos said the ship had dis appeared, and it was believed she had sunk. SWEDES POINT TO BERLIN Anchored Mines Are Declared Ger man; Xo Floaters Found. STOCKHOLM, via London, Dec 13. The Swedish Minister of Foreign Af fairs today gave out a statement with regard to the recent sinking of three Swedish steamers as the result of strik ing mines in the Gulf of Bothnia. "The Germans." the Foreign Minister says, "declare that the mines were Rus sian, as no German mine-laying had been done up to the time of the disaster. Official investigations made by Finland discloses that several groups of an chored mines were German and not Russian, and that they had been laid during the war In the Gulf of Bothnia. "No floating mines, it was said, had been found." VON DER GOLTZ IN TURKEY Heir to Saltan's Throne Receives German Field Marshal. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 13, via Lon don Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz, until recently Governor of the territory in Belgium occupied by the Germans, arrived In Constantinople last night. He was accomapined by the German military attaches stationed at Bucharest, Roumania, and Sofia, Bul garia. ' The Turkish heir apparent was at the railway station to receive the Field Marshal, who some years ago re organized the Turkish army, and in a speech of welcome presented to him a decoration which the Sultan had con ferred on the Baron. COLONEL SIGNS CONTRACT Magazine Gets Exclusive Right to Political and Economic Writings. NEW YORK, Dec. 13. (Special.) Theodore Roosevelt has just signed a three years contract with the Metro politan Magazine to contribute articles on political, economical and scientific subjects. Colonel Roosevelt may continue to write on outdoor life or explorations for, -'"her publications, but all his thoughts of a political or social order are to be reserved for the Metropolitan. At the time of his resignation from the Outlook last July It was said he would continue to contribute occasional articles on social and industrial sub jects to that periodical. DUTCH STEAMSHIP ASHORE Loss of 2 3 Lives Reported Off Por tuguese Coast. LONDON. Dec. 13. A Lloyds dis patch from Oporto says that the Dutch i steamer Bogor from Amsterdam for Buenos Ayres, Is ashore north of Lelxoes. on the Portuguese coast, and Is a total wreck. It is believed that 25 lives were lost. The Bogor, which belonged to the Rotterdamsche Lloyd line, was of 3621 tons and was built at Hamburg. ROUMANIA BELIEVED READY Hostilities With Austria This Month Is Belief of Athens Paper. ATHENS, Dec 13. (Special.) The Nea Hellas says there is reason to be lieve that Roumania will declare war on Austria before the end of December. Dispatches from Mytilene say the Turks have strengthened - the heights of Vryoulla and Pagos, dominating Smyrna, with heavy artillery. MIS WOUNDED BY MEXICAN BULLET List of Border Casual ties Grows to 52. TWO OTHER PERSCNS ARE HIT Villa Commander Denies Order to Cease Attack. ARTILLERY AGAIN IS BUSY Besieged General Draws Enemy's Fire by Practice With New Max ims Majtorena Continues to Prepare for Assault. NACO, Ariz., Dec 13. Mexican "stray" fire added the fifty-second name to the casualty list on the Amer ican side today. Mrs. Jose Martinez was bit in the back by a bullet from .the Biege of Naco, Sonora. which crossed the border and pierced the wall of her home. The siege continued across the bor der, with its accompanying shower of Mexican shot and shell. Two other per sons, Jose Martinez, husband of the wounded woman, and F. H. Kuck, were hit by pieces of spent shrapneL Kuck's leg was bruised. Martinez was unhurt. They made a total of five persons struck by spent ammunition, but not included in the list of 52. Receipt of Order Denied. The reported order from Provisional President Gutierrez for Governor Jose Maytorena, the Villa commander be sieging Hill's Carranza troops In Mex ican Naco, to cease his attacks If they endanger Americans, . is still reported "not received." Maytorena tonight said he had a message from Mexico City, but that it did not contain such an order. Maytorena purposes, therefore, it is said, to carry out bis plans for a final attack on Hill Tuesday. He Is digging zigzag trenches toward the besieged town and meanwhile occupying his men with persistent firing from the south, which keeps American Naco in con stant range. Artillery Fire Exchanged. A carload of artillery ammunition was received by Maytorena today and Hill caused the consumption of it by drawing the enemy's fire in giving his own new 75-millimeter Maxims, re ceived yesterday, a liberal tryout- The gun practice resulted In placing one shell (which did not explode) Bquarely in the center of Maytorena's main camp. Maytorena then moved his camps. Hundreds of Bullets Cross Line. The net result of the action was given by Hill as one man killed. The estimate on the "stray" bullets cross ing Into American territory ran into Concluded on Pave 3.) iWHT DON'T SANTA CLATJS COME TO OTJB HOUSE? jj IP DO YOU mllKp t : ALWAYS feKlfe 1 TALK ABOUT mkmMm&i SANTA JMi ; 1 i . i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDArs Maximum temperature, 84 degrees ; minimum, -26 -degrees. ' TODAY'S Fair and - continued cold; east erly winds. War. North coast saved by fanatical attack by Turcos. Pace 1. Anstrlans report Russian defeat in . Gallcla. Pace 1. Gorman cruller Dresden arrives at. Punta Arenas. Page 1. Belgium denies pact with British alleged by Germans. Page 3. Paris cabmen glad to accept small' gratui ties. Page Z. French advance In Pretre forest. Page 2. Many celebrated French names appear on rolls of war. Page 2. t French and Germans Join ' In 'Impromptu games while facing each other In tren'mes. Puge 2. Germans confidently plan Invasion of Eng land, says report. Page 4. Mexico. Mexicans continue -to shoot across boundary; wo.raan wounded, two men hit. Page 1. ' National. Goethals' request for destroyers at canal due to British vessels defiance of regu lations. Page . S. United States anti-aircraft guns are de clared efficient. Page 8. Burleson says Postofflce Department la - self-sustaining for first time la history. Page 6. Republican solidarity in next Congress foretold. Page 6. Domestic United States will gain large trade as re sult of war. Page 4. Sports. Catcher Brenegan is sold to Spokane. Page 10. Sentiment against no-decision bouts grows. Page 10. Grantland Rico writes of good and evil brought- about by Federal League. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. State tax levy to average about 3.5 mills. Page 1. President of Washington State College would retire. Page 8. Chinese wedding in Seattle Is gay affair. Page 8. Roy Farnum. accused of murder of Edna Morgan, talks for six hours with pros ecutor. Page 8.- Fortland and Vicinity. Today In "Prosperity day." proclaimed to help the sale of Oregon-made goods. Page 11. Roanoke makes fast trip from South. Page 11. "The Rosary" scores triumphant hit at the Baker Theater. Page 1-1. Portland society cuts cost of war-time f uuctiona. - Page 0. All new movlng-plcturs shows are Joyous. Page 7. Many shivering In Tuletlde air. Page 9. Bridge bond bids, aggregating $1,400,000. to be opened today. Page 11. Rev. H. C. Moses decries Christmas rush which commercializes gift-giving. Page 9. Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians and others denounce Wilson and Bryan for Mexico's savage warfare. Page 14. Temperature decreases for four days and may go still lower. Page 8. Actresses to aid in sales of . Red Cross seals. Pase 14. Reality of Belgian war pictures at Helllg Theater Is startling. Page 4. Dr. Levi w. Myers, of Oregon Peace So ciety, blames weak foreign policy of UnltiiJ. Sea tea for European war. -Page IL PorilnV -Austrlans rout Servians ia .battle -and ,wreck pool halL Page 4. Churchgoers walk and give fares to charity. Pase 9. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 11. TURKS UNDER ALLY REVOLT Brutality of German Officers Given as Cause of Mutinies. Staff Correspondence, New York World. Copyrighted, 1U14, by Press Publishing Com. pany. Published by Arrangement With New York World. ATHENS, Dec 13. Mutiny has broken out among sailors of the fleet at Con stantinople, owing to brutal treatment of the men by German officers. A revolt of Turksh troops at Stam boul barracks for the same cause fol lowed. Two German officers were killed. SHIED T BY RAID OF TURGOS Fanatical Zeal Shown in Night Attack. HOLE IN ALLIES' LINE CLOSED American Finds Himself Lead ing Men at Ramscapelle. DESPERATE CHARGE MADE Wild Troops Assault Town and by House-to-House Fighting Drive Germans, Stubbornly Re sisting, From Position. (By a Staff Correspondent of the New Tork World. Copyright. 1914. by the Press Publishing Company. Published by arrange ment with the New York World.) LONDON, Nov. 25. In the street at the little seaside town of La Panne, in Belgium, the town where King Albert of Belgium has been spending bis nights, I saw an American Army poncho one blustry day late In November, i could hardly believe it was really poncho at first, as I had heard there were no American Army officers at tached to any of the armies. So I hailed the wearer of the poncho with an American. "Hello, there!" quite a different form of address, 1 must ad mit, from what I would have used to ward any Belgian, and found that the dry individual under the rubber was Sanford Griffith, of Chicago, a lawyer, and just now free lance American sol dier with the Belgian army. Battle With Turces Described. He came around and had lunch with me at the usually respectable little seaside pension that the young Belgian officers of the headquarters staff had turned into the only remaining gambling-house on the Belgian coast. Those who were not too interested In baccarat to hug the stove heard with me the tale of the retaking of Kams-ca-pelle, two miles south of Nleuport, from the point of view of an American observer. It is true that we had bad the retaking of Ramscapelle three times a day, as it was the most fiercely fought of all the night attacks on the Yser, but Griffith's tale had a new thrill in it, as he had been with the French Turcos, plunging through the dark the whole night through.' Attack on Ramscapelle Unparalleled. In my experience in this war I have seen nothing compared to this attack on Ramscapelle. Just to the north of the town and at the railroad station the Fifth Regiment of volunteers was attacked without a moment's rest all day and all night. They were rushed from their trenches only after they had killed hundreds of Germans. They fought without food or water, until they could not hold their fcot guns. For (Concluded on Page 5.) NORTH C0AS Sunday', War Moves BOTH the German and French offi cial reports refer to Saturday aa a quiet day. They contain evidence, how ever, that the allies' offensive move ment is beginning to gather Impetus and is meeting with stubborn resist ance from the German troops, who have been left to hold the western line while their comrades are battling with the Russians in the east. The French have been particularly active in the Woevre region, where they have been trying to cut off the German force which projects like an arrowhead to St. Mlhiel. on the Meuse. The German report shows that Gen eral Joffre's men have reached a point midway between St. Mlhiel and Pont-a-Mousson, so they must have got across the German line of communication, but they lost 660 men in prisoners and a large number of killed and wounded. In the same region the French say they have made substantial progress There has also been more fighting around Ypres, In Flanders. The battles in Poland continue almost without intermission; and while both Russians and Germans announce suc cesses and the capture of prisoners and guns, apparently no decisive result has been reached in any series of contests. The Germans still are delivering heavy blows at the Russian center, where, they assert, they took 11,000 prisoners and 40 machine guns; while to the south of Cracow, where the Russians are on the offensive. Grand Duke Nich olas records the capture of 4000 pris oners, four guns and seven machine guns. Another Russian force is holding the passes of the Carpathians and is thus preventing the Austrlans from sending relief to their army in Galicia. There is no news of the German troops who are advancing south of Mlawa. with the object of attempting to turn the Russian right, since Petrograd reported a partial success over them. The marvelous recovery of the Ser vians and their defeat of four Austrian army corps which had penetrated half way across Servla remains the wonder of military men. The Crown Prince, in an address to his troops, told them that they had "beaten and pursued the enemy with a rapidity unheard of In military history." The shattered Austrian right wing crossed the Drina into Bosnia,' where it was attacked by the Montenegrins near Vishnegrad, and had to leave an other toll of ptiBoners, killed, wounded and war material. The pursuing Ser vians also took 5000 prisoners and some guns and munitions. The Austrian army from Belgrade has again essayed attacks against the Ser vian right wing, but meeting with no success, retired. It Is unofficially re ported that the Austrlans are prepar ing to leave Belgrade. That the former German cruiser Goeben, now owned by Turkey, was not so seriously damaged in her brush with Russian cruisers as has been reported Is shown by the fact that she took part in the recent attack on Batum, the Russian seaport, which, according to the Turks, resulted in a serious fire, but which the Russians say caused lit tle damage. Bulgaria, according to a Paris re port, has expressed to the powers of the triple entente her desire to remalu neutral. This means that Roumania, if she oo wished, would be able to Join the allies without fear of being at tacked by Bulgaria. Considerable doubt has been raised regarding the fate of . the German cruiser Dresden, one of the German squadron in the South Atlantic defeated by the British warships recently. The Argentine government has received ad vices that the Dresden has reached Punta Arenas, on the Strait of Magel lan, while Buenos Aires reports that a vessel, probably a German, has been sighted off Puerto Gallegos, surrounded by British warships. Reports concerning the condition of Emperor William are contradictory. Amsterdam says he has improved to such an extent that he is expected to leave Berlin for the front during the course of the week. Another report has it that it will be necessary for the Emperor to undergo an operation for an affection of the throat, thereby de laying his return to the front for sev eral weeks. Germany is reported to have advised Turkey to make amends to Italy for the forcible' removal of tbe British Consul at Hodeida, Arabia, from the Italian consulate, where he had taken refuge. Italy has reiterated her de mands for satisfaction and for the im mediate release of the Consul. The Swedish Foreign Minister makes the assertion that German anchored mines have been found in the Gulf of Bothnia, where a few Swedish steamers I were sunk recently. Germany has as serted that no mines have been laid by her up to the time of the disasters. KAISER READY FOR FRAY Complete Recovery May Permit Re- " tarn to Front Soon. AMSTERDAM, Dec 13. Emperor William has made .so much progress toward recovering his health, tele grams received here today from Berlin I say, that he will be able to leave the capital this week for the battle front. fiRNRVA. Switzerland Dec 13. A j report reached Basel from Berlin today I that Emperor William win db ODiigea to undergo an operation of the throat nrhon h hai sufficiently recovered I from his present illrfess. which is not considered serious. The doctors, however, consider that I it would be inadvisable for His Majesty to return to tne iront , lor several weeks, and he probably will spend I Christmas at home. rvnwn Prince Frederick William, the I report from the capital says, has ar rived in Berlin. . . . 3.5 - MILL. LEVY FOR STATE IS ESTIMATE Corporations Will Pay Greater Proportion. MORE PROPERTIES INCLUDED Aggregate Increase of $7, 178,791 Shown. MULTNOMAH'S ROLL LESS Power of Exercising Judgment ia Providing for Appropriations Will Tend to Preserve Uni formity in Requirements. 1914 TAX LEVY ESTIMATES FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY. Mills 1913. '1914 State .4.6 2-8 State school ...... 1.4 ... County 1.8 1.65 Roads 2 1.6 County Library ... 1.45 .45 Port of Portland. .. . 1.85 1.1 City of Portland.... 7.7 7.5 School DIst. (Port.) . 7.6 5 Totals 28.3 20.1 'Estimates to date. ........ ................. .4 SALEM, Or.. Dec 13. (Special.) The State Tax Commission announced today that the valuation for taxable purposes of properties of public service corpora tions assessed by the Commission for 1914 and apportioned - to the various counties was $126,195,993.16 and the real valuation was 3187,094,192.24. Valuations of properties are about the same as last year, but the totals are larger because more property is assessed. Levy t Be Loner. Announcement was made that the millage levy for state expenses would be smaller than the levy of last year, which was 4.37 mills. This year it will average 3.5 mills, being based upon the estimates for the various depart ments of state approved by the State Board of Control. These estimates will be totaled tomorrow and the exact millage levy fixed. The valuation for taxable purposes last year was $119,017,202.03 and the real valuation 3182.117.694.58. v Low Record 1-24 Mills. The smallest levy in reecnt years was in 1912, when it was 1.24 mills. This was due to surpluses from tbe previous year, the largest amount being $500,000, which had been appropriated for the State University but not used. The big levy last year was due to large appro priations and the inability of the State Tax Commission to anticipate appro priations so they had to be made the year of the legislative session. A law passed at the last session gives the Commission .power to exer cise its Judgment In making estimates of special appropriations for public buildings and improvements and other extraordinary expense, with the result that the levies from year to year in the future will be more nearly uniform. Under the old law the Board could not exceed $200,000 in making provision for such expenses. Several Compaaies Added. Valuation for taxable purposes of public service companies' property in Multnomah County is fixed by the Board this year at $38,708,063.65 and real value at $61,441,370.90. The increase over last year, when the valuations were $32,859,439.76 and $54,765,732.94, is due to the assessment for the first time of the property of the Portland Gas & Coke Company, the St. Johns Gas Company, tbe St. Johns Water Company, the Northwest Elec tric Company and several other con cerns. Next to Multnomah County, Umatilla has the largest valuations because of Concluded on Page 11.) REALTY PROFITS GIVE TANGI BLE EVIDENCE OF PROGRESS. As an Indication of the pros perous condition of Portland is the recent action of the board of directors of the Realty Associates, a corporation controlling some of the best income-bearing real es tate in the city. A dividend of $35,000 was de clared for the period from June 1 to December 1. This dividend is the largest one in the history of the company, which has been in existence for about seven years. The company owns the Colum bia building at West Park and Washington streets, the Healy building at Park and Morrison streets, the old Y. M. C." A. build ing at Fourth and Yamhill streets, several business blocks on Grand avenue and a number of residence additions. R. D. Inman is president of the company; George Lawrence, Jr., vice - president, and Thomas D. Honeyman, treasurer. Other di rectors are M. C. Ban field. A. M. Smith, A. C. Emmons, C. F. Swlgert and II. A. Sargent. There are many stockholders. 1 .