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THE MORNING OREOONIAN, FKTDAT, DECEMBER 18. 1914. VON SPEE'S FLEET BRITISH FLEET COMMANDER WHO DESTROYED GERMAN FLEET IN SOUTH ATLANTIC. HARBOR BILL, PARED DEEPLY, COMPLETE COUPON! Double Stamps Coupon Today and Tomorrow 20 EXTRA 20 Bring this coupon and get 20 extra "S. & H." Trading Stamps on your first $1 cash pur chase and double Nfumns r n bfilnnce of I CAUGHT UNAWARES purchase. Good on first three floors today and tomorrow. De cember Id and 10. Use It and Save Real Money Lone Briton First Engaged Is Estimates of Army Engineers Finally Are Reduced by Nearly 20,000,000. 1. -J, Soon Reinforced by Seven Other Warships. 8-Day and 24-Hour CI pNE CREW SINKS CHEERING I ALL BIG PROJECTS CUT Mahogany, bronze and brushed brass, Amer ican works. Each one warranted to keep time correctly, or back they come. Prices $2.25 to $6.50 Alowm I Indian Special ..... 85 -fiarill I Lookout S1.25 fl nrlrc I Tattoo Junior SX.75 UOCK5 l Simplex $3.00 These Clocks have all the new stunts to make the drowsy one wretched. 1 , . charnhorst Men, Assembled' in For- matlon on Deck of Doomed Ves- eel, Refuse to Surrender, and i Colliers AJso Scorn Offer. Measure as Agreed To Omits Legis lative Effort to Alter Method of Malting Appropriations. Reforms Not Made. I : P. 0 1 vn (HI) 111) ' 1( 1 J BUENOS AIRE3, Doc. 17. The German drulsern sent to the bottom off the Falkland Island December 8 apparently -were taken unawares by the British at 4 time when neither side was expect ifg an encounter. The first detailed Recounts of the battle, which reached ljere today from Puerto Gallegos, Pata gonia, say the vessels were on their tt-ay to seize the Falkland Islands. British possessions, when they came Unexpectedly upon a lone British war sihip. The other members of the British fleet were taking on supplies rom neighboring islands at the time, before the Germans were aware of the strength of their opponents, these ships Jlosed in on them and the fate of Ad mlral Von Spee's squadron was soon sfealed". The story of the battle was told by passengers on the British steamship rlssa, which arrived at Punta Arenas from Callao, Chile. They say the Ger mans fought bravely to the end, even the colliers refusing to surrender. Losses of the British were placed, at eight men. One Briton First. Kneased. It was a formidable British squadron which faced the Germans. Included in It were the battleship Canopus, the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflex ible, and the cruisers Kent, Cornwall, Carnarvon, Bristol and Glasgow. It far outmatched in strength the German so'jadroii, consisting of the five cruis ir Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, iurnberp and Dresden. The British squadron arrived at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, on De cember 7, to take on supplies. The next morning the Canopus, guarding the en trance to the port, sighted a hostile warship. Four others quickly came into view and were recognized as the squad ron of Admiral von Spee. The German warships had left the Chilean islands of Juan Fernandez November 15, for the V 'kland Islands, to take possession of the islands and destroy the wireless station. 'Only the Canopus was visible at first to the Germans, who steamed stiaight at her. The Canopus opened fire and the other British warships rushed to her assistance. The Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leip zig formed in battle line. The Nurn b'erg and Dresden, however, dropped back from the tiring line. The British TTarshlpB concentrated their Are on the fccharnhorst. Admiral von Spee'e flag ship. Crew Goes Down Cheering. ? When It became evident that she . ras doomed, her crew assembled on the forward deck. The Scharnhorst refused to surrender and, after an hour's fight ing, plunged beneath the waves. The crew preserved Its formation as the ship went down, and cheered as the waters closed above them. The Glasgow engaged the Leipzig and sank her. The Gneisenau went down 80 miles from Port Stanley. The urnberg attempted to escape, but af ter a pursuit of two hours, was sunk. The Carnarvon pursued the Dresden, but was not swift enough to overhaul lier. and the German warship escaped. - After the battle the British picked VP 194 Germans, including a few offi cers. Of these survivors 100 were from the crews of the two German colliers. An opportunity to surrender was of fered the colliers, but it was refused, and they were sunk. The cruiser Cornwall was damaged slightly below the waterline. None of the other warships was damaged. Funeral services were held Decem ber 10 for the eight sailors who were killed, in the presence of the command rs and crews of the squadron. The British Admiralty report of the battle said only seven men of the Brit ish squadron lost their lives. ALLIES GAIN IN BELGIUM CiUItM A- TUEXCHES OCCUPIED AT FOIXT OF BAYONET. French Official Report Says Artillery Uu Done Effective Work In Vicin ity 1 Traeey-Ie-Val. PARIS, Dec. 17. The following offi cial communication was issued by the "War Office tonight: "In Belgium our troops have gained ground to the north of the road from Tpres to Manin, and also to the south and southeast of Bixschoote. "We nave debouched to the northeast of Arras and have reached the first bouses of St. Laurent Blangy. "Appreciable progress has been made Kt Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Mammets and Marlcourt in the region of Bapaume and Peronne. "From the Somme to the Vosges there la nothing to report." The earlier official reports said: "Between the sea and the Lys we nave occupied several German trenches at the point of the bayonet, consolidat ed our position at Lombaertzyde and St. Georges, and organized the terri tory taken from the e,nemy to the west of Gheluvelt. "We have TOade progress at soma points In the region of Vermelles. "There has been no Infantry action along the remainder of the front, but we report very effective shooting on the part of our heavy artillery in the en virons of Tracy-le-Val. on the Aisne and In Champagne, as well as In the Argonne and in the region of Verdun. "In Lorraine and in Alsace there la nothing to report." Douglas Auditing Bill Refused. KOSEBURG, Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) Alleging that the bill was exorbitant, the County Court yesterday refused the claim for- $576 submitted by W. R. McKenzie & Son for auditing the books of Douglas County. One reason ad vanced by the court is the fact that the xperte neglected to file a satisfactory report. In one office the experts claimed to havo found an "apparent" shortage, but no figures were mentioned. O 5 , ' ' ' Nsk N-W I ( A v l - ; r 14-s - " " - ," 1 I 1 , t $ f V ' "I 1 www Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. ADMIRAL SIR FREDERICK CHARLES DOVETOX STl'RDEE, K. C B. GALE WHIPS COAST Southern California Resorts . Heavily Damaged. COMBERS WRECK HOUSES Streets ot Long: Beacli Front Are ' Flooded and Spray Is Sent Over 60-Foot Buildings Would Be Rescuer Drowned. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17. Heavy seas, whipped up by a 40-mile southeaster that swept the southern coast last night and early today, wrought damage amounting to more than $100, 000 at Long Beach and at Hucneme. John Caspinola, a fisherman, was washed off the launch Roma, one of the vessels sent out to search for a disabled motorboat, which was "blown out to sea with six members of the family of J. H. Blake, of Rodondo. The Blakes, however, were saved by another vessel. At Long Beach the gale rolled up the highest seas seen at that point this year. Breakers dashed into the strand, tearing Ut bulkheads and ce ment walks, wfecking several resi dences close to fhe waterfront, flood ing streets and sending spray high over 60-foot buildings back of the promenades. The greatest damage was sustained in the Seaside park and Alamltos Bay districts. Huge waves battered down houses, marooned several families in their homes and flooded streets and streetcar tracks to depths of from one to three feet. Several factories and two schools were among the buildings flooded and workmen and students took a compulsory holiday. At Hueneme the old wharf, at which vessels moored to take on cargoes of Ventura County beans was almost wrecked. A section of it, 1100 feet in length, was smashed and the debris hurled on the beach. The damage here Is estimated at $50,000. MONEY MACHINE FIZZLES Saloonman Parts With Savings for Device to Print Currency. , PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13. At a pri vate demonstration given by three suave and polished gentlemen it turned out $10 and $20 notes at a speed that was amazing. Louis Fancuskay was impressed. He liked the idea. Opportunity for amass ing wealth had been thrust upon him, he felt, and no shadow of suspicion marred the sunshine of his serenity as he parted with his life's savings, $3100, to take possession of the marvel. "It" was a machine described by the demonstrators as "the most wonderful mechanism ever devised in the history of the world for the printing of money." All one had to do, they ex plained, was to insert a roll of blank paper, furnished gratis, turn a lever, and wait for the finished bills to emerge. In the seclusion of his home, 2700 Passyunk avenue, Fancuskay tried it. Blank paper wormed Its sinuous way through a maze of rollers and came out blank. He inserted another roll of the specially-prepared paper, but the result was the same. Then Fancuskay fainted. When he recovered consciousness in a hospital he told of the wonderful machine that had gone wrong. Doctors advised him to consult agents of ifae secret serv ice. The secret service men sympathized. but could not help him. "It wasn't a counterfeiting machine," he was told. "It couldn't print a $1 note between now and doomsday. If it could we would arrest you as a counterfeiter. As it is, this isn't a counterfeiting case. and you'd better tell the police about It lr you -want your money back." So Fancuskay appeared at detective headquarters and unfolded his story of iqs swmaie. "They cleaned me out of every cent I had," he said. "I made my money in the saloon business and was looking for a profitable investment when the men with the money-making machine got hold of me. " "They put in blank paper, and out came $10 and $20 bills. To show me th money would pass as genuine, thej gave me one of each denomination, and I spent it. That convinced me." FALSE SCENT BRINGS JAIL Private Detectives In Automobile Excite Suspicions of Police. PITTSBURG. Dec. 10. George a. Qulnn and Harold Herschberger. pri vate detectives, axe in Central Police Station under the technical charge of being suspicious persons. They arrived in Pittsburg and pur chased an automobile. Then they be gan shadowing a prominent business man. They have been living in Beech avenue. Northside. The head of the agency of which the men are connected arrived from New Tork. He says his men were watching the wrong man. The police were un der the impression that the prisoners meant harm to the business man. The latter did not know that he was being watched. $10,000 Alienation Suit Filed. ROSEBURG, Or., Dec. 17. (Special.) After a deliberation of less than 15 minutes, a Jury in the Circuit Court late today brought in a verdict for the defendant in the case of William Mc Lean vs. Gub Linbloom. McLean brought suit to recover $10,000 dam Hges. He charged that the defendant had alienated the affection gf his wife. MOVING PICTXR.ES show de struction OF BELGIA.V CITIES. The destruction of the cities of Belgium from Alost to Antwerp is shown with startling effect in the motion pictures, "On Bel gian Battlefields." which is showing at the Heilig Theater this week under the auspices of The Oregonian. The filmss are exclusive, being the only ones taken during the campaign and were secured through arrange ment with the Chicago Tribune. Half the receipts from the sale of these films will go to- the Bel gian Red Cross fund and The Oregonian will turn over its profits to the Christmas rolief fund of the Associated Charities. The admission price is 25 cents and the tickets are on sate at the box office of the Heilig or the office of The Oregonian, "The only real war pictures that have yet been shown," is the verdict of a military authority, given when they were produced in Chicago recently. The films will be shown this afternoon but not tonight. . BUNDLE AIDS ARE BOGUS Ragpickers Pretend! They Are Col lecting for Charity. PITTSBURG, Dec. 10. Rufus Marden, Crawford street, and William Brown, of Devilliers street, negro rag-pickers, were each sentenced to pay $25 or serve 60 days in the workhouse, accused of collecting bundles intended for the poor. Charged with being a suspicious per son, James Cargo, 65 Boston street, was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or serve 60 days in the workhouse. When ar rested he had three bundles, donated for "Bundle day." WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. The annual river and harbor appropriation bill, carrying $34,138,580 for waterway im provements througout the country, was completed today by the House river and harbor committee. Ksti mates of the army engineers were re duced by nearly $20,000,000 and the bill appropriates only for work on proj ects which have already been begun, and making no provision for new un dertakings. Following the defeat of the river and baxbor bill at the last session of Congress ad the appropriation of $20. 000,000 to maintain work on existing projects, the board of engineers sub mitted estimates aggregating $53,000, 000. These the committee, according to Chairman Sparkman, "pared to the bone." Big Projects Reduced. All of the big improvement projects were involved in the effort to reduce the appropriations. The bill gives the Mississippi River $6,937,000 out of $10. 500,000 recommended; the Ohio $S,6S4. 000 out of the $9,884,000 recommended; the Hudson $1,500,000 out of the $3. 670,000 recommended; the Tennessee $822,000 out or the $3,000,000 recom mended; the Columbia $1,985,000 out of the $2,500,000 recommended; the Miss ouri $1,350,000 out of the $2,500,000 recommended. The Delaware River receives the full estimate, a cash ap propriation of $1,500,000. As agreed to by the committee, the measure carries no legislative pro posal to alter the present method of making appropriations for waterway improvements. No action was taken on the various reform plans recently agitated, including the proposal of Senator Newlands. which has at least the partial indorsement of the Admin istration, for the establishment of a commission to control all river and harbor expenditures. eTT Legislation Sacrificed. Representative Sparkman said no new legislation was considered be cause the committee had worked un der pressure in order to meet the gen eral plan for speeding up the appropri ation bill to assure the completion of the legislative programme before the expiration of the present Congress. He said that numerous legislative pro posals, including the Newlands plan, were pending before the Senate com mittee, which will consider the bill after it leaves the House and that any action would come from the Senate sldo of the Capitol. Among the appropriations- for the larger projects were the following: Missouri River, mouth to Kansas City, $1,200,000. . Northwest Gets Allowance. Columbia River, Celilo Falls to the mouth of the Snake River, $45,000; The Dalles to Celilo Falls, $80,000; at Cas cades, $10,000; Columbia and lower Willamette, below Portland, $600,000; mouth of the Columbia, $1,250,000. Oregon. Coos Bay, $80,000; Nehalem Bay. 116.175; Coquille River. $76,000; Siuslaw River, $117,500; Snake River, $20,000; Willamette River, above Port land and Yamhill River, $42,500. Washington, Grays Harbor and Che- halis River, $15,000: Waterway Puget Sound to- Lakes Union and Washing ton, $5000; Cowlitz and Lewis Rivers, $22,000; Puget Sound. $25,000; Skagit River. $7000. The bill also carries an appropria tion of $250,000 for examinations, sur veys and contingencies. Falls City Accepts Street Work. DALLAS, Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.) The City Council at Falls City Monday night accepted the street improvement constructed by W. B. Stevens, of that city, under a contract. The work was constructed during the past Summer and was completed and ready to turn over to the city in September. Objec tions by property owners have caused the delay in the acceptance of the work. Joseph Addison, the English essayist, used the pseudonym "Clio." When he wrote a manuscript in the city he anno tated it with a "C"; when rn London, "L." ; when in Islington, where he lived. "I." and when in his office, "O." th whole xellnjr Ohio. EVERYBODY NEEDS PURE, RICH BLOOD Pure blood enables the stomach, liver and other digestive organs to do their work properly. Without it they are sluggish, there is loss of appetite, sometimes faintness. a deranged state of the intestines, and. in general, all the symptoms of dyspepsia. Pure blood is required by every organ of the body for the proper per. formance of its functions. 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