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V TITE 3IORNTXG OREGONIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1915. GERMAN DILEMMA AMUSES GARDINA L Belgian Primate's Eyes Twin kle While Relating Pastoral ' Letter Incident. HOME IS SHELL MARKED Interview la Obtained by Represen tatic in United States Lower1 House or Congress, "Who Finds Nation Still in Need. LONDON. Feb. 7. "The situation re mains acute. If the supply' of food is diminished, Belgium will starve." This message was cabled today by ex-Representative Soott, of Kansas, who Is returning from an inspection of - relief wock in Belgium and France, to ex-Governor Stubbs. of Kansas. While at Malintzs Mr. Scott called on Cardinal Mercier. He was accompanied by Pessnn, the printer who was fined Tor printing the now famous pastoral Jotter of the archbishop. Describing Ms interview with the prelate. Mr. Scott said: "Cardinal Mercier lives in a fine old palace. The throneroom has a big hole in the roof and this, with other holes In the walls, to say nothing of broken windows, tells the story of stray shells which fell around the palace. No Ger man soldiers were seen on guard. Cardinal F.njoys Situation. "The Cardinal obviously enjoys the d i lemma in which he has placed the ttprmans. His eyes twinkled as he told the story of his latest adventure. At 6 o'clock one morning, said the arch bishop, a German oflieer and two sol d iers brought a communication from the commander asking him to deny statements that he had been deprived "which had been prepared conMst-jd of four or five typewritten sheets. "Cardinal Mercier said he requested hia callers to return in the evening for an answer, but the officer declared they must await a reoly in the Cardinal's room. At the archbishops request tele phonic confirmation of this order was received. Describing his subsequent experiences, the Cardinal said: " Jt is true no manacles were used to restrain mc. but 1 was to have j formed a service at Antwerp and was not permitted to go there. For three days I was restrained in my palace. Two davs later I was asked to modify my letter, and wrote another. If the Germans are clever, they will publish my tirst pastoral Gratitude Cwnveyed to American. "The archbishop smiled as he made the final statement. Asked if he had any message lor Americans, ne saiu; "'Nothing except to give the people of your great country assurances of our gratitude. e would have starved nau it not been for you. The work or your relief commission has been exceedingly eIiicient. "So far as I could see. Cardinal X!er- cler was free to come and go as he pleased, subject, I presume, to the usual restrictions imposed upon Belgians. Men were at work bracing the' walls of the cathedral and tearing down the parts which must be removed. Al though terribly battered, it now ap pears that the beautiful building wiil be saved. The damage to it is estimat ed at $200.00(1." NEW TRADES ARE SOUGHT Britain Provides Training for Ar tisans Affected by War. LONDON. Jan. 22. (Correspondence of the Associated i'ress.) One of the most interesting employment experi ments In England is a trade training school for grown-up men, enabling them to shift from a trade temporarily stagnated owing to the war into one whose skilled labor is urgently needed. The experiment is being carried out by the Prince of "Wales Kelief Fund, and if successful may be indefinitely ex tended. The furniture trade was one of the most adversely affected by the war, and a large number of skilled furniture workers have since become skilled leather workers on military equipment. The school was opened December 7. In the first five weeks of its existence it enrolled 139 men. 4 of whom have already "graduated" and obtained em ployment as leather stitchers. More than half the men placed have been over 40 years old, and the report of the first live weeks' work in the school says that men over 40, "and in derit over 50." are quite as quick and ad. A -table as the younger men. GERMAN EXPORTS HOPEFUL Jlestoratioii of Clio mica I Trade After AVar Predicted. COLOGNE. Jan. SI. (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) The German exports of chemical products, in the manufacture of which that country un doubtedly led the world, have been virtually entirely cut off since the out- DreaK 01 nosmmes. i.asi .ei attained the enormous figure of $250. 0011.000. German experts in this trade, how ever, express no fear as to the future. They are of opinion that the compe tition which has started in other coun tries will after the cessation of the war tend only to sharpen the edare or The Inventiveness of German chemists, who will, they say, be able to make further chemical discoveries which will place them in a position at least equal to that which they have hitherto held. SEVEN BROTHERS SLAIN lllind Frenchman Receives Official News of Death of Sons. GtXKVA, Jan. (Correspondence of the Associated 1'ress.) t-'even sons of an elderly blind FrenchmRn named Chonarii. of the village of OhaufTout. near the Swiss frontier, were called to the colors last August and marched away to tar. For a Ions while the lather heard nothinR from them. Be coming alarmed he applied for assist ance to the bureau here for the ex ihance of information regarding pris oners of war. One by one letters from the French headquarters arrived in Geneva. The seven sons had been killed, leaving 14 children and four widows. Klamath Falls Ilea Is Merrill. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Feb. 7. (Special.) The grammar school basket kali team last night defeated the Mer rill team. 45 to . Alfred Fetersteiner. center for Klamath Falls, was the big tar of the match. He registered 21 of the 45 points. The boys' team of the senior class of the local high school won the preliminary from the sopho more team by a 19-to-7 score. . - - CHRONOLOGY OF CHIEF EVENTS OF WAR TO DATE. PROGRESS OF PAST WEEK. ' . February 1 United States advises Germany that sale of hydro aeroplanes to belligerents, is not Violation of neutrality. February 2 Great Britain announces that all food cargoes lor enemies will be considered contraband. International bridge between Canada and United States Is dynamited by German. February 3 Turkish force reaches Suez Canal, but is routed by British. , , February 4 Germans declare blockade of British waters. February 5 Many civilians reported starving in part of France occupied by Germans. ... February 6 British liner Lusitania flees under American flag to escape Germans. ' EARLIER EVENTS OF" THE WAR. June 28, 1914 Grand Duke Francis Ferdinand, heir to Austrian throne, and his wife assassinated In Sarajevo. Bosnia, as result of Pan Slavic propaganda. July 23 Austrian sends ultimatum to Servia. July 28 Austria declares war on Servia, Russia mobilizes against Austria. July 29 Austria bombards Belgrade, July 31 Germany demands that Russia demobilize. Belgians and Germans order mobilization. August 1 Germany declares war on Russia. , August 3 German troops enter Belgium. , August --Great Britain sends ultimatum to Germany demanding respect for Belgian neutrality. Germany declares war on France and Belgium. Great Britain declares state of war exists with Germany. August 6 Austria declares war on Russia. August 7 French enter Alsace. August 10 France declares war on Austria. August 12 Montenegro declares war on Austria, Great Britain announces state of war exists with Austria. August 15 Japan sends ultimatum to Germany, demanding tbat she withdraw ships and evacuate Kaiu-Cbau, China. August 17 Belgian capital moved to Antwerp. August 20 German army enters Brussels. August 23 Japan declares war on Germany. 'August 25 Austria declares war on Japan. August 28 British fleet victor in sea fight in Heligoland Bight. Germany losing cruisers and torpedo-boat destroyers. August 31 St. Petersburg becomes Petrograd again. September 3 French capital moved to Bordeaux. September 5 Great Britain, France and Russia sign agreement to make no peace save together. September 7 German right wing, under Von Kluck. after having approached within few miles of Paris, begins retreat from the Marne. September 16 Russians reach Przemysl. September 21 German submarine U-9 sinks British cruisers Cressy, Bogue and Aboukir in North Sea. October 9 Antwerp -capitulates to German forces. October 16 Germans enter Ostend, on English Channel. British cruisers sunk by German submarine. October 17 Four German destroyers' sunk by British cruiser in Xorth Sea. ,MI October 20 Japanese occupy Ladrone Islands, in Pacific ocean. October 27 British super-dreadnought Audacious, third in tonnage and armament in British navy, sunk by torpedo or mine off north coast of Ireland. October 29 Turkey's warships bombard Russian ports and sinK gunboat; Prince Louis of Battenberg resigns as First Sea Lord of British navy because of Austrian birth. October 31 Turks annex and invade Egypt: German submarine sinks British cruiser Hermes. November 1 British squadron defeated by German fleet off Chili ean coast. . . - November 3 Great Britain and France formally announce state or war with Turkey. November 7 Tsing-Tau. German stronghold in China, falls. November 10 German cruiser Emden destroyed by Australian cruiser Sydney: German cruiser Koenigsburg bottled up. November 26 British battleship Bulwark blown up and sunk near mouth of Thames from explosion of own magazine. December 2 Austrian army occupies Belgrade. December 7 Germans occupy Lodz, Poland. - December 8 German commerce destroyers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipsiz and Nurcberg destroyed off Falkland Island by British fleet. Cruiser Dresden escapes. , . j.- December 14 Servians recapture Belgrade and inflict decisive de feat on Austrians. . December 16 German fleet raids east coast of England. Hartle pool. Scarborough and Whitby bombarded. Eighty-four persons, mostly civilians, killed. December 25 Seven British warships and the same number or Hydro-aeroplanes raid German naval base at Cuxhaven and escape. December 28 United States demands of Great Britain and allies early improvement of treatment of American cargoes. January 1 British battleship Formidable sunk in English Channel by German submarine. January 5 Russians defeat twoTurkish armies in Caucasus. January 10 Great Britain concedes protest of United States against carpo seizures is right in principle. Right to examine ships is re served. January 13 Count von Berchtold. Foreign Minister of Austria, re signs after difference with Hungarian Premier; Turkish force occupies Tabriz. Persia. January 18 Russia destroys another Turkish army corps. January 19 German fleet of airships raid Sandringham and other cities in England. January 24 German cruiser Bleucher sunk and three sister ships damaged bv trying to raid English coast. January 30 German submarines begin series of raids in British waters, sinking merchant vessscls. FOG SHROUDS GUNS Artillery Activity Hampered on Western Front. DAY "QUIET" IN BELGIUM nit British Forces Capture Brickyard Held by Germans Between Be tlmne and La Bassee Infan try Generally Inactive. i.nx-nnN" Feb. 7. War activity in France and Flanders was scattered to day and for the most part of seemingly tie importance. Fog covered me ai- onne, hampering the artuierj. a brickyard in the vicinity of La Bassee was captured by the English. The Ger mans admit that in this vicinity the iemy penetrated one oi meir irenuies, it thev sav the battle for Its posses- iion is continuing. j.ii nr;iii ftTYiTmrnifntion was issued by the French War Office tonight: "In the night or teoruary i Hoiivorori in the region of Nieu- port, several minor attacks, all of hich were repulsed. "There is nothing to report concern- - -.- - f Viihrnnrv 7 IS? Hie ujictAiiuiio l-. -- " jpt the bombardment of the district the north of faoissons. The official report issued earlier in ie day said: . . t n i . . . ... iTav ' Pahpilftrv 6 l Ll xtri&'UI" - " was quiet. Between the canal and the road from betnune to ia oassee, ilometer east of Cuincny, a Dricayaru here the enemy had maintained a ifition was taken by the t.ngasn. In the section oi Arras, 10 me nui m i.. th. nT-TTifin hntl-pries have iombarded the trench captured by us Kfbrnarv 4 but mere nas ueen jiu fantry attack, i - . a-os tn 7?ia;ma then nave been artillery fights in which we have had the advantage. "In Champagne we have repulsed an attack by half a battalion to the north Beausejour. l-- ... ,Ka A rf nnnn tn the VOS263 artillery combats have been handi- pped in the mountain region uy a K fog. cep the kilo pos of bo on inf thi F.AOI SIDE CAPTURES TRENCH Germans Gain Near Yprcs and Lose South or La Bassee Canal. Rrnux. Feb. 7. (By wireless to London.) An official statement regard- nc tlie prosress ot the war issuea nere todav says: "Southpast of Ynres we have taken a French trench and two English machine ns. South of the Canal La Bassee the enemy penetrated one of our trenches. Tiie battle ia still raging there. There were no other incidents ot importance in either theater except artillery battles." Xew Pastor Officiates at Albany. ALBANY. Or, Feb. 7. (Special.) Rev. G. H. Youner. the new pastor of the i rat Baptist Church of Allniny, ar rived in this city yesterday and con ducted his first service at the church today. Mr. Young ia a native of Eng land but came to this country as a child and was educated at a Baptist college in Connecticut and the Baptist Theo logical Seminary at Hamilton, N. Y. He has served as pastor of Baptist Churches at Superior, Wis.; Beaver Dam, Wis., and Oswego, N. Y. For the past two years he has been a mem ber of the faculty of Colgate University, Hamilton, N. Y. COLONEL SMITH IS DEAD Attorney for Last Mexican Governor of California Passes at 81. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 7. Colonel George H. Smith, personal attorney of Pio Pico, last of the Mexican Governors of California, and later a judge of the District Court of Appeals when the Southern California district was estab lished, died here today. He was 81 years old. He wrote many books of jurispru dence and philosophy, his "Theory of the State" being awarded the Phillips prize by the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia in an interna tional competition. Colonel Smith was prominent in the Spanish land grant litigation of California. During the Civil War he commanded a Confederate cavalry regiment. WORK ON BIGJVULL RUSHED Hoqniam Concern Expected to Have Employment for 100 Men. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) Work is progressing steadily on the completion of the new lumber and shingle-mill of the Panama-Eastern Lumber Company in this city, and on construction of the new steel railway bridge across the Hoquiam River in the north end of the city to connect with the site of the new plant. Ex pectations of officers of the company are that the mill will be completed and in operation by April 1. The new mill will have a ten-hour capacity of about 100,000 feet of lum ber and about the same number of shingles. It is to be run night and day, and will employ about 100 men. VIENNA FEEDING PEOPLE Reserve Stores Drawn to Meet Com plaints of Starvation. VENICE. Italy, Jan. 22. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Al though the Vienna newspapers are not allowed to mention any details of tne bread riots which occurred there dur ing the third week of January, it iH published that a special Ministerial Council was called to consider meas ures for provisioning the city. An official communique was later is sued, saying that "the government has decided to take 163 wagonloads of flour from the stores kept for times of ne cessity and place it at the disposal of the city for immediate distribution, in answer to complaints of starvation made by the populace." Hoquiam Lumberman Dies. HOQUIAM. Wash.. Feb. 7. (Spe cial.) Frank E. Stevens, one of the best-known men in the lumber business on Grays Harbor, died here yesterday after an illness of several months, aged 57. llr. Stevens had been in .the em ploy of the Hoquiam Lumber & Shinule Company for- 17 years. - - GERHEB THREAT SUSPECTED Embargo on War Munitions and Other "Neutral" Acts Demanded by League. VOTING STRENGTH IS CITED Organizers Include Chicagoans Whom President Wilson Recently Refused to Allow to Present Fatherland's Accusations. (Special to the New York World. Published by arrangement wita me worm.; WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. Official Washington is still puzzled over the formation here recently of a National German-American League, which has let it be known that lte political in fluence will be felt from now on, par ticularly at the approaching Presiden tial contest in the 1916 campaign. The league was called together by Representative Bartholdt, a St. Louis member of the House, ancl it heia an all-day session behind closed doors. After the meeting it was announced that the league would hereafter work to "re-establish a genuine American neutrality and to uphold it free from commercial, financial or political sub servience to foreign powers. The formation of the new' league took Washington somewhat by sur prise. A few days before it was con vened Mr. Bartholdt sent word around to all the papers that there would De some slight news value attached to the ora-anization of the new German- American League. Later it was learned that the news would be coniinea to a statement "in English" setting forth the tenets of the new German-Ameri can political creed Free and Open Sea Wanted. These tenets when announced said that the new American neutrality was in favor of a "free and open sea for American commerce and unrestricted traffic in non-contraband goods; the immediate enactment of legislation prohibiting exportation of munitions of war and the establishment of an American merchant marine." The real sting came in the last few paragraphs of the resolutions adopted by the league, which set forth that the league and its members "pledge themselves, individually and collective ly, to support only such candidates for public office, irrespective of party, who will place American interests above those of any other country, and who will aid in eliminating all undue for eign influences from official life." One portion of official Washington feels that the league's statement vir tually serves notice on the Administra tion to look out for itseir in iib, unless the Administration supports Congressional measures now pending to prohibit the exportation of muni tions of war to foreign countries. Voting: Strength Is Weapon. The weapon that the league is ex- nected to wield, if the Administration fails to fall into line. Is the voting strength of German-American societies represented at the meting, wnicn in clude some 5,500,000 members. The German-Americans who attend ed the meeting follow: Horace Lv Brand, of Chicago, tne new secretary; Dr, C. J. Hexamer, nresident of the German-American National Alliance; Dr. Kurt H. Rich- ter, of the German Historical Society; Professor William R. Sheppard, of Co lumbia University: Professor James T. Hatfield, of Chicago; Professor A. B. Faust, of Cornell; the Rev. G. C. Berk meyer, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of North America; Joseph Frey, president of the German Roman Cath olic Central Union; Dr. Edmund von Mach, of Harvard, and Representatives Porter and Barchfeld, oi fennsyivama, and Lobeck, of Nebraska- Mr. Brand, who is the editor ana publisher of the Chicago Staats-Zel-tung, came to Washington September 17. in company with German-American citizens from Indiana, Illinois and Wis. consin, and requested an audience with President Wilson to lay before him the German view of the acts of cruelty al leged to have been committed by the Belgian and French troops The dele gation rrofessed to have a "book of accounts" sent from Germany by way of East Africa giving the German ver sion of "acts contrary to the laws of nations." Wllnon Refuse Audience. The following day the President de clined to see the delegation, and wrote a letter taking the position that German-Americans or other foreign-born citizens, regardless of what bias they might have as a result of their par entage, should remember, first of all, tbat they are Americans, and as such should respond to his appeal to the American public to refrain from showing their partiality. The present policy of the Govern ment in carrying out President Wil son's neutrality proclamation is be lieved to be satisfactory to nearly all German sympathizers. Mr. Bartholdt was authorized to appoint sub-committees to form branches of the new league throughout the country. PEOPLE ARE INDEMNIFIED France Accepts Xew Principles Heretofore Unsupported by Law. PARIS, Jan. 20. (Correspondence of . i. , i ... ,i n.n t . Bv n. decree an nus ABOtH-ICfcfcCU - ..... - , j . propriating $60,000,000. to be applied inHiuiHnai indemnities - for damage to property caused by the German occupation, tne n rencn imiiiiin held to have adopted the principle ot iii-h indemnities, though heretofore no law authorized them. Heretofore the state has declined all responsioiiuy ior damage to private tnteresis as uii it ...i. inuoeiona ETifutfifs committed i An . , wbm nnctiHered in the same category as losses by storm or hre. , ln Tun. whn there was no thought a law recognizing the principle of na tional responsibility ior uraiviuuu losses in such eases. The Chamber, however, did not consider the discus sion of this law urgent and it was deferred. ITALY COUNTED ENEMY (Continned From First Page.) which she will be supported by Ger ... Tn ovniH nrpp i ni tat In ar thin struggle is the aim which Prince Bue low and the German government now despaiR of accomplishing. Incidentally a strange rumor is gain-o-mnn amnntr officials in Berlin that Italy's entry into the conflict irould result in that power becoming a republic, because King Victor Emman- i .i .ira nis vnH tn FmMrdr Francis Joseph that he would abdicate rather than consent to war against the two other members oi the triple alliance. Take LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE Tablet DrucriBts refund moirey if it fail to cure. E. . la tiKJ H. O Sliuaiui w m vsa v. MAXWELL, THE TAILOR importer of Jforetgn UPoolensf 246 WASHINGTON STREET Portland, Oregon, February 8, 1915. To My Friends and Patrons: The dull month of February is "upon us, and being between the seasons, merchant tailors have little or nothing to do. I must, with the co-operation of. you, keep my tailors at work, so they can earn enough to feed their families. This special offer is absolutely for this week only. 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All garments are cut by me personally and all are made under my personal supervision. Do not delay. very truiy yours, 246 Washington Street, Betwean Second and Third. CAPITAL IS CURBED Britain Subordinates All Un - dertakings to War. NEW 'ISSUES SUPERVISED Subscriptions fop Enterprises to Be Carried On Outside Empire For bidden Way Prepared for Another War Loan. . td 99 f Pnrresnondence XWlV i-VW... ucvia. - v . . . ... n I . . V. I of the Associated .rress.j (.ousiueioo discussion ha3 taken place recently as to what new issues of capital would be allowed by tne government, aim llittur.i - " - following statement issued by tn ireaaurj . . t witri thA rponenintc oi the stock exchanges, the treasury have had under consweranun me s"""" .i wHia-iVt new fsmiAR of CtnJI liuu UI1UD1 V M.... M.. - . i i TTnitArl W i r trH nm ran be Capita.! ill uic -- permitted during the continuance or the war. r ir t tn tha tpAnmipv that in tn present crisis all other considerations must be subordinated io me t A hnchonrilntr th financial JiaVCaDIDLJ liUB" '"O --- resources of the country with a view to the successiux prosecution ui mo Accordingly iney wjhh u m e - i i -v l i 1 H nnrlna thfV aeratoiKi mai uinn a .m-v.c feel it imperative in the national inter est that iresn issuea ui piia,. di'ou h nnnrnvArl hv the treasury before they are made. Necessity Mum. Be Shown. s .nirn 1 ' i 1 I Via irnvarnAI. by the following general conditions: 1. issues ior unaerianmga carncu vu or to be carried on in the United King dom shall be allowed only where ft Is shown to the satisfaction of the treas ury that they are advisable in the na tional interest. 2. 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The choice of our forefathers the criterion of the present generation and the hope of the next. Horace Meclclem Gen. Agt., N. W. Bank Hliifc- THE SHOW " rtACE OF PORTLAND for entertainment of highest order; for house of bet ter c o m f ort and convenience, and for service you will appreciate. THE NATIONAL. Any Seat 10c MONDAY AND TUESDAY 1 THE SHANGHAIED BAR V Three-act. 8tronK drama. Lubin feature. Pictures a story of Intense emotions and exciting adventure. 2 E SCAPE OK THE KT FREIGHT One-act Edison. The heroism in Helen fea tures this splendid railroad Ftory. s ms. rniput in hi lKv JOB" Two acts. The best this wonderful comedian has attempted. Drawing packed houses. 4 HEAK.ST-KEI.ira WEEKLY News from over the world in pictures. 0 DOROTHY DAPHNE I.KMH Mezzo Koprano. Popular sonfrc and airs. NATIONAL PIPE ORGAN Clifford Carney and George I. Ingram. Wednesday and Thursday Exploits of Elaine (Matinee) The Lieutenant-Governor For Another's-Crime The Syndicate Lover The New Teacher Vocal and Organ Bolos. w(fOtX&. Chat No. 6 .. I wonder if you remember that a day or so ago I spoke of the educational value of motion pictures. Alone these lines, it is really remarkable what a .m.t fect knowledge of history we twentieth century folk arc obtaining through the film camera. Possibly our historic stories may be a trifle exaggerated, but that does not detract from their force. Take for instance the story of "Mistress Nell," which delves deep into the romantic happenings surrounding Charles Stuart, of England. Would it be possible to learn history in a more agree able way than by watching MARY PICKFORD so charm ingly live the life of Nell Gwyn, one-time idol of the theater and the King, as she does at the PEOPLES THEATER this week? Over at the STAR one gets a glimpse of the tragedies of penitentiary life as one sees the life of Charles E. Van Loan's desperado, "Buckshot John," being expiated for his early crimes. And a simply wonderful film of the Ancon passing through the Panama Canal. Yes, I think you will enjoy and learn much from the" bills at both the Peoples and the Star Theaters. My next chat will be In tomorrow's Oregonian. John F. Cordray