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K VOL. I, IV NO. 1G.8G9. PORTI.AXD, OREGON, FRIDAY. IJRC'K.MBER 18, 1914. PRICE FIVE CEXTS, v v V ENGLI3H REPAIRING RAIDERS' DAMAGE Bombarded Cities Re sume Occupations. MECHANICS EARLY AT WORK Movement Started to Limit Activities of Aliens. NATION IS NOT EXCITED Ifartlepool Holds Inquest Over 74 Victims, bat Total List of Dead Is Expected to Exceed 100. . ' .. Shrapnel Is Used. ' LONDON, Dec. 17. The people of the JSngllsh coast towns of Scarborough, the Hartiepools and Whitby, which yes terday were bombarded by German cruisers, resumed their ordinary occu pations today. The only difference discerned in the regular routine of this season of the year was the arrival of crowds of camera-boarlng tourists, which remind ed the residents of the Summer influx; the return of those who had fled on the first sound of the firing;, and busy mechanics who were early at work repairing- the damage done by the shells, People Told to Keep Cool. The Mayor of Scarborough placarded the walls of the city with posters ad vising the people to keep cool, but this was hardly necessary, for beyond grief for the loss of friends and neighbors and the little pride displayed at the at tention they attracted, the citizens seemed to be going about their business In a natural way. It will not be long before all marks of the damage done by Jthe gunfire will be removed. The attitude of the people of Eng land is much the same as that of the bombarded towns. There are no signs f excitement, and the only effect the bombardment has had la the demand that naturalized Germans and those who have not been naturalized shall be excluded from areas open to an attack such as that delivered yesterday, and a little boom In recruiting, which has keen slackening owing to the approach f Christmas. . -V - Hartlepool Dead May Reach 100. A dispatch from Hartlepool says that, although at a late hour tonight the official estimate of the casualties was 2 persona killed and about 250 wounded, many of the wrecked bouses have not been explored, and It la be lieved the list of dead eventually will reached 100. Eight soldiers, two of them gunners In the coast defense, and two sailors are among the killed. The panic-stricken residents of the Bister towns have returned gradually to their homes from the country and are standing about In sad groups watching the search of the demolished buildings for dead and wounded. Mayor Fryer Issued a proclamation today saying that where families can not meet the funeral expense of their dead they will be paid for from the war relief fund. The dead are evenly divided between the two Hartiepools, and plans are under consideration for a common funeral for all. Ramon Excite Crowds. Throughout the day rumors were current that German and English fleets were firing off the Scotch coast. No sounds of gunfire was heard here, but the rumors excited the crowds, which were willing to believe predictions that (Concluded on Page 2.) PORTLAND IS DESTINED TO BECOME GREAT INDUS TRIAL CENTER. Fortland is destined to become one of the most important in dustrial centers of the United States. Supreme advantages for such a desideratum are mani fold. A survey of the facts shows that nowhere are climatic conditions throughout the year so. nearly ideal for industry; that housing and iiving condi tions are attractive; that there is an abundance of food sup plies; that the city's drinking water is unsurpassed; that there is an adequacy of shipping fa cilities by rail and water; that the city is in the center of ex tensive mineral resources and raw materials of various kinds; that it is in the heart of the world's future lumber supply; that it has more undeveloped water-power within economic transmission distance than any other city of its size in the world. These are a few of the chief factors that are to shape Portland's future as a manufac turing city. This important enbject will be presented in an interesting manner in the forth coming edition of The Oregonian Annual. 2 BRITISH WARSHIPS SUNK AFTER RAID GERMAN DISPATCH SAYS THIRD DEST1SOYER WAS DAMAGED . Craft Pursuing Teuton Fleet That Shelled Coast Reported Beaten, but London Is Silent. LONDON, Dec. 18. An Amsterdam dispatch to Rcuter's Telegram Com pany contains a. German official state ment which says that some of the Brit ish destroyers which attacked the Ger man raiding squadron off the British coast were surfk. The communication follows: "The retreating cruisers were at tacked by four British destroyers, one of which was sunk. Another disap peared, badly damaged. "At another point another English destroyer was sunk." An' official statement issued by the British Admiralty last night makes no mention of any British warship having been lost. The British statement said that the light cruiser Patrol and the destroyer Doon, which were among the British ships that attacked the German cruisers, were struck by shells and lost five men in killed and 15 wounded. MOB HOLDS SEATTLE JAIL 40 Out of 2 00 Restaurant Raiders "Wreck Cells," Attack Gnard. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec 18. Two hun dred men, supplied with literature of the Industrial Workers of the World, last night terrorized the patrons and attaches of a dairy lunch on Second avenue and Cherry street, took all the food in sight, looted a market of all supplies and 40 of them, who were ar rested, wrecked the Interior of a part of the City Jail. Early today they still held the fort, holding the jailers off by throwing the debris they had cre ated. The men declared they were' unem ployed and that they refused to go to the municipal refuge because they would have to work for their lodging and food. TURKS CONDEMN GREEK Officer Charged With Spying on Steamers at Constantinople. LONDON, Dec. 17. Reuters Telegram Company has received a dispatch from its Athens correspondent, saying that a Greek naval officer attached to the Greek Legation at Constantinople has been court-martialed and condemned to death on. the charge of spying, par ticularly In connection with the de parture of . steamers from Constanti nople. The Greek Minister to Turkey has protested and demanded that the con demned man be turned ' oyer to the Greek Legation. WITNESSES ARE RULED OUT Tansfer of Washington Case Denied for Convenience) In Oregon. OLTMPIA, Wash, Dec. 17. (Special.) The convenience of Oregon witnesses cannot be considered by a Washington court in entertaining a motion for change of venue, the Washington Su preme Court stated yesterday In grant ing a writ to prevent the Pacific Coun ty Superior Court from transferring the case of Grant versus Nash for trial in Clarke County. Gertrude M, Grant, who Is suing Jo seph H. Nash for breach of promise of marriage, asked transfer of the case to Clarke County so that her witnesses, who live in Portland, might come to Vancouver conveniently by streetcar to testify in her behalf. MORATORIUM IS EXTENDED Business In Paris Better Than. Any Time Since War Began. PARIS. Dec 17. For the. fourth time since the beginning of the war, the financial settlements have been post poned. The moratorium, applying to all negotiable securities dated before September and maturing before March 3, 1315, has been extended for two months. Business now appears to be better than at any time since the war began. This applies both to production and to trade. MOST WOUNDED RECOVER Ultimate Loss of Fallen French Is Five Per Cent. PARIS, Dec. 17. No fewer than 64 per cent of the French wounded re turned . to the firing line before De cember 12, according to interesting fig ures supplied today by the surgical department "of the Ministry of War. Of the remainder 24 per cent had re ceived convalescent leaves, 17 per cent were still in hospitals and 1 per cent had been discharged from the army. Three and a half per cent of the wounded died. ASTOUNDING RAID PLANNED German ex-Chancellor Says Recent Jfayul Attack Is Only Prelude. ROME, Dec. 17. On his arrival at Rome, Prince von Buelow, the ex-Imperial German Chancellor, now Am bassador to Italy, was Informed of the bombardment of the English coast by German ships, but showed no surprise. He said this achievement had been ar ranged prior to his departure from Berlin and added: - "This is simply the prelude to what the German fleet is soon to undertake, which may astonish the world." VICTORY OVER CZAR SETS BERLIN WILD Schools to Close and Join Celebration. ENTIRE RUSSIAN LINE SMASHED Some Columns Are Completely Routed, and AH Retreat. AUSTRIANS ALSO TURN TIDE Move Tlirough Carpathians Changes Situation in Favor of - Teutons and Vienna Reports Capture of 21,000 in West Gallcia. BERLIN, via London, Dec. 17. The people of. Berlin were aroused to en thusiasm . today by tne announcement of a great Austro-German victory over tle Russians in Poland. An official bulletin to this effect was Issued shortly after noon. Within half an hour extra editions of the papers appeared and the whole city literally flashed Into bunting. American visitors, who a few days ago commented on the non-display of flags, scarcely ' recognized the streets, which everywhere were gay, with the German black, white and red and the Austrian orange and black, at many places intertwined. School to Celebrate Event. At the Reichstag, where a Red Cross meeting was In session, word was re ceived from the palace that the greatest victory of the war had been won. The schools will close tomorrow so that the children' may assemble to celebrate the event. r- The first intimation of the nature and extent of the Russian defeat was re ceived here last night and circulated In official quarters, but nothing was known of it generally until the official bulletin was published. It - has been understood that the Russians were in a precarious position, but it was not hinted that a decisive result -Was at hand. ' ' Auatrlans Capture 31,000. The official bulletin issued yesterday reported that the operations were "pro ceeding normally," which phrase is the ultlmation of the official report. It is known now that thousands of Rus sians have been taken prisoners. An official announcement received from Vienna says the Russians are re treating along the entire front in Gallcia and Poland, and that 31,000 prisoners were taken in West Gallcia. The Austrian communication adds: "The latest news permits of no fur ther doubt that the resistance of the Russian main force has been shattered. After the defeat of the southern wing In the battle of Llmanovo, which lasted (Concluded on Paga 6) .4 AMERICAN ARWV . W -lM 'i ' WW INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS '. The : Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, IZ.C degrees; minimum, 35.4 degrees. TODAI'S Fair and continued cold; north easterly winds. War. Berlin Is enthusiastically celebrating victory over Russians. Page 1. , England repairing damage, done by German raid. l-'age 1. "... Two Brit lull destroyers sunk ly Germans after raid. Bay Germans. Page 1. Allies await shell reserve to begin offensive in earnest. Page 2. Britain establishes protectorate over Egypt. Page a. British ensign flown by German ships at tacking Whitby. Page 2. Three steamers aro sunk by mines in Uorth Sea. Page 2. German Admiral von Spee's fleet caught un awares by British. Page 4. ' Mexico. Mexican factions at Naco continue to hold positions. Page 1. National. Harbor bill, "pared nearly S20.000.000. com pleted by House committee. Page 4. Flurry over violations of neutrality at 'r - - Canal la over. Page 5. - Witness In Naval hearing says one foreign nation excels United States Navy 4n gunnery.. Page S, . . Domestic. Vaudeville lions "cause panic In New YorK theater. Page 1.. . . L.eo M. Frank begins new fight for his life In Federal courts. Page 6. Woman aid of dead' robber of two Cincinnati banks is sought. Page 8. Southern-California Coast lashed by sea and tale. Page 4. , t : Sports. Pugilism to end In California tonight at midnight. Page 14.. Hugo Bezdek signs three-year contract to coach at Eugene. Page 14.. Salt Lake franchise deal nears completion. Page 14. Pacific Northwest. One hundred persons wait in Albany Court bouse to hear .verdict in Grler murder case. Pago 6. Deputy Game Warden Arthur Hubbard, of Ashland, slain on duty. . Fags T. Commercial and Marine. Corn from Portland, Me., cornea to Portland. Or., by canal. Page la. Record prices offered for wheat in North western markets. Page 19. -Immense export buying lilts wheat prices at Chicago. Page 19. Stock trading is dull with declines general. Page 19. Portland and Vicinity. Slashing of 1500,000 from II.TSO.OOO Jetty fund regarded as hard blow. Page la. Hill officials declare they will not pay price asked tor new franchise. Page 7. Sheriff Word accused of attempt to make county pay for recount. Page 11. Sole provider for little waif of 4 called by death and public aid asked. Page 8. Any effort to redlstrlet state likely to bring turmoil. , Page 13. School Board shortens grammar grade study from cine to eight years. Page IS. Commercial fishermen enter pact with Fish and Game Commission not to hava usual squabble before Legislature. Page IS. Rev. C. W. Robinson, rector Oregon City Episcopal Church, quits to study needs of poor. Page . E. Henry Wemme dies suddenly of paralysis in south. Page 9 R. F. Lytic buys Royal Arms Apartments as Christmas present for wife. Page 15. Ben Selling glvea list' of it7 pledged to his support for Speakership. Page 6. Dr. c. H. Chapman,-"replying- to - Professor Kuchnemana, declares Germany is - waging -bidbous warfare. .Page ti. Toyland matinee-Is huge success. Page 8.- CRUISER BUILT SPEEDILY British Warship Delivered Coin ' plete in 10 1-2 Months. LONDON, Dec 17. What is described by the Admiralty as a record in ship construction - was announced today. The light cruiser Caroline was delivered complete today and placed in commis sion, 10 Va. months after her keel, was laid. The date of delivery specified in the contract was May 31, 1915. Carmell, Laird Sc. Co., of Birkenhead, built the cruiser, which is of 3800 tons' displace ment. 'and has a speed of 30 knota HELP! SEE WHO'S HERE! AT RETAIN POSITIONS No Sign Is Shown of Obeying Warning. GENERAL BLISS HAS HOPE Report Said to Indicate He Has Persuaded Maytorena. SCOTT'S ARRIVAL AWAITED CliieNof-Stafr Expected to Use Ad ditional Infloenco With War ring Factions Plea Made for General Itnrbidc. WASHINGTON, .Dec. 17. Secretary Garrison conferred with President Wil son tonight, giving- him the latest re ports from Brigadier-General Bliss on the situation at Naco, Ariz, where the Mexican Generals have not yet moved their forces so as to avoid firing into American territory. Tlte reports showed that the condi tions had undergone no apparent change, although there was little firing In evidence. Action Waits on Scott. While the United States Government is determined, if necessary, to open fire on the two Mexican forces to compel them to stop shooting into the State of Arizona, it was learned tonight that no decisive action was planned pending the efforts of Brigadier-General Hugh Scott, chief of staff of the United States, now en route to Naco, to influence the two factions to adjust the situation. While the reports from General Bliss to the War Department were not made public, it ia believed they indicate that he had thought he had persuaded Gen eral Maytorena to stop firing into the United States. Plea Made for Itnrbidc. General Iturblde's friends in Mexico are fearful for his safety and Secretary Bryan today directed Consul SUliman in the Mexican capital to make urgent representations in his behalf. He Is said to have been imprisoned. Special Agent Carothers. of the State Department, who has been ill, applied today for and received two weeks' leave of absence, which he will spend - at Gomez Palacio. .. NACO, Ariz., Dec 17. Peaceful solu tion of the Naco trouble. In which five persons have been killed and 47 wound ed on the American side, now depends on the success of Brigadier-General Hugh L Scott's personal influence on the two Mexican commanders. Stray Bullets Continue Fall. Governor Maytorena, whose Villa troops have for ten weeks besieged the town of Naco, Sonora, where General Hill with his Carranza force Is en trenched. Is determined to continue the (Concluded on Page 2.) MEXICANS NACO Thursdays War Moves Crr HE Russians arc retiring along X the entire front In Galicia. and Poland." This statement, officially Is sued at Vienna, is the outstanding fea ture of tonight's news from the battle fronts. While there is no confirmation from other sources, such a move on the part of the Russians would be quite in line with the announcements in dispatches from Petrograd that tho Russians, threatened on both flanks, had decided to take up new positions where they would be able better to meet tho on slaughts which are being launched against them by the Austro-Germans from the Carpathians to the East Prus sian frontier. Should the Austro-German armies, as on previous occasions, follow the Rus sians In Poland another big battle will soon be in progress which may decide whether the Germans are to get to Warsaw or whether the Russians are again to threaten an invasion of Ger many. - The delay of the Russians in fulfill ing expectations that they would prove a serious menace to German territory Is-a disappointment to the peoples of the allied countries, but military men express tne view that it is better for Russia to meet her foes in her own territory, where the means of commu nication would be more on an equality. The German and French official com munications do not disclose much of what is going on in the west, but It is apparent that the allies are still on the offensive from tho coast to La Bassee and at various other points along the front. While no marked advances are reported, the French say they have made some progress and have organized the ground which they gained during the preceding days. The Germans, on the other hand, assert that the attacks by the allies have been repulsed. From the number of wounded reach ing the hospitals of both the Germans and the allies it is evident that the fighting in Flanders today was of a more severe character than shown in tho official statements. Correspondents report that the hospitals are again fill ing up, while along the Dutch border continuous firing can be heard. The long-expected proclamation bring ing an end to Turkish suzerainty over Egypt and the establishment of a Brit ish protectorate over that country was officially issued tonight. The last straw doubtless was the action of the Khedive, who was the Sultan's representative in Egypt, but with little or no power, in taking sides with Turkey against Great Britain". . Lieutenant-Colonel Henry McMahon, who has been appointed high commis sioner, although a soldier by profession, has had long and varied experience as a political officer in India and other parts of the East. - He has .been For eign Secretary to the government of India since 1911. Further details from the English coast towns bombarded by the German squadron disclose an increasing num ber of victims of the German snella. At the two Hartiepools alone the num ber of dead is now officially announced as 82, with 250 wounded, and it is said the number of dead may reach 100. At Scarborough 17 were killed, and it Is thought the full casualty list ha not yet been 'made out- One British light cruiser and a torpedo-boat destroyer which engaged the Germans lost five men killed and several wounded. That the German ships were hit several times by the English coast batteries is announced officially at Berlin, but it is asserted that the damage sua tained was slight. The former Imperial German Chan cellor. Prince von Buelow, now Am bassador to Italy, referring to the Ger man bombardment of the English coast towns, says: - "This Is simply the prelude of what the German fleet is soon to undertake. which may astonish the world." The German Field Marshal. Von der Goltz, according to late dispatches, has been appointed Military Governor of Constantinople and Acting Minister of War. A German Admiral is said to have taken over the Ministry of Ma rine. GERMANS ADMIT BEING HIT Coast Batteries lo Damage, Accord ing to Official Keport. BERLIN, via London, Dec. 18. It is officially reported that the German vessels which bombarded Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby were hit sev eral times by the coast batter tea The damage was slight, however. It Is declared. The following details were given out: "When approaching the English coast our cruisers were unsuccessfully attacked by four British torpedo de stroyers In misty weather. "The batteries at Hartlepool were silenced and the gas works destroyed. There were several detonations and three big fires in the town could be ob served from our ships. "The coast guard station, and water works at Scarborough and the coast guard station and signal station at Whitby were destroyed. "Our ships received some shots from the coast' batteries, but suffered only slight damage. VON BEHNEKE." EMPLOYES GIVE PINK TEA Xcw Lunchroom at City Hall Boon to Women Workers. Pink teas are the latest pastimes for women employes at the City Hall. The innovation was started yesterday when a luncheon was given to MUs Margaret WW to, private secretary to Commis sioner Brewster. The affair was held at noon in the lunchroom recently es tablished at the City Hall. The. room Is fitted with cooking equipment and among tho women em ployes are a number of expert cooks. Noon luncheons In honor of employes are planned for the future. VAUDEVILLE LIONS TERRORIZE CROWDS Animals Escape in New York Theater. POLICEMAN SERIOUSLY SHOT Two Others Wounded by Bul lets Fired in Pursuit. SONG AND DANCE STOPPED Chase of Lionels Is Conducted Through Streets and Up nights of Stairs of Tenement, Where Fate Overtakes Her. NEW TOKIv, Dec. 17. Six trained lions escaped from their cage on the stage of an East Eighty-sixth-street vaudeville theater today, and, bounding Into the audience, consisting princi pally of women and children, created a panic. One lioness, Alice, the largest of the pack, escaped Into a crowded street Policemen pursued her Into the hall way of a nearby apartment-house and in Bhooting at her probably fatally wounded a companion. Sergeant Daniel Glenn. Two other officers were slight ly wounded by the claws of tho beast in a battle at close range. Hundreds Flee From Theater. At sight of the lions hundreds of persons in the theater fled screaming to the exits. Mothers delayd by gath ering up their children crowded into corners and places of supposed safety. Scores fainted and many, numbed by the sight of the animals among them, sat transfixed in their seats. With the exception of Alice none ot tho beasts displayed great ferocity. A few persons who got in their paths were scratched, but none of them was seriously hurt. Five of the animals still were roam ing about the theater when the last of the audience escaped. In their rush to safety, spectators left behind all kinds of wearing apparel and personal belongings. Beasts I to am Through House. Meantime the beasts roamed over the house from gallery to basement. With in an hour after the last spectator left they were rounded up in tho lobby and driven Into their shipping box, none of ihem being Injured. Three arrests were made on charges of manslaughter in the second degree, pending the outcome of the injuries of the wcunded persons. Those in custody are La Bailee Andree, tho lions' trainer; C. A Turqulst, their keeper, and George H. Hamilton, manager f tne attraction. The lions were owned by Francis Fe rari, a showman, who had been exhib iting them in carnivals during the Sum mer. Song and Dance Interrupted. The animal act had been completed and a song and dance quartet held the stage In front of the first drop, when the lions escaped as they weru about to be transferred from tho steel ex hibition cage to their shipping box. Andree screamed. Turnquist grabbed a whip, cracked It loudly and shouted at the lions, while frightened actors. (Concluded on page 2.) BIG REALTY DEAL GIVES T.tXGIBLG EVIUE.NtE OF PROGRESS. The largest realty transaction of the entire year was consum mated yesterday, when S. . Mor ton Colin, of the S. Morton Cohn Real Estate & Investment Com pany, sold the Nortonia Hotel, on the southwest corner of Eleventh and Stark streets, to Charles JR. Frazier, president of the Crescent Paper Company, and his mother, Mrs. M. E. Frazier. at a valuation of approximately $260,000. As part payment for the prop erty Mr. Cohn accepts title to the stable building at the north east corner of Ninth and Davis streets, now occupied by the Baggage Omnibus & Transfer Company, and several business and residence parcels located In the neighborhood of East Sev enth, East Fine and East Oak streets. These properties ap proximate about one-half the valuation of the hotel property. The Nortonia is a six-story building covering an area 100 feet square and has been oper ated as a fashionable residential hotel since its erection in 1007. It was purchased by Mr. Cohn -in 191L Mrs. Harry W. Rogue, pres ent manager of the hotel, will continue her lease of the build ing In conjunction with the ad Joining annex, the former Wash ington Hotel. LeRoy R. Fields and William B. Honey man, Ji represented Mrs. Frazier and Mr. Frazier in the transaction and Philip Fry, of the Fred A. Jacobs Company, handled the arrangement on be half of Mr. Cohn. Charles R. Frazier is a son of the late Wil liam Frazier, formerly Sheriff of Multnomah County. t