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TTTE MORMNG OREGOXIAS". 3IOXDAT, AUGUST 16, 1915. WORLD GRAIN TRADE PUZZLED BY EVENTS Season's Exports Thus Far Light, Though Europe's Need Is Not Abated. SITUATION BADLY MIXED Cancellation of Order Xo Surpris ing, bat Fact Thai Action Came at Critical 3tarkct Jo net ore Amiirt. CmCAGO. Aug. IS. (Special.) A puzzling situation confront th wheat trade of the world, particularly In Chl- and the Winter wheat market. Foreigners are expected to require nearly a much wheat from the United State as thee bought last year, yet the purchase, ao far aa the beat Informed exporter know, da not exceed IS. 000, bushels, and some put the figure at ia.t0.4ft bushel, while last week foreigners canceled J.009.00 bushels bought for September shipment. A year a Ico about 1M.000.0OO bushels bad been sold at thla stare. tUavrta W III Be DlsalaUhed. Til I'nlted State has about 40.000. t4 bushel to sell, while exports last H4ioo were 12v.uu.0OQ bushels. With about two months of the present sea son son. It I not regarded aa possible for the Inlled states to export any where near j.0i0. bushela In the west ten months. Ocean transportation Is not available, and shipping; la re stricted by war. Errn with peee. ves sels are cot regarded aa being suf ficiently plentiful to carry an abnormal quantity of grain abroad. I. u rope has no more wheat of It own production than last year and some careful estimate m.ke It crop J4.00O.- bushels short. More wheat la avail- able from otlvr sources than last year. however, so that the United State baa mora competitors. Caumdm Preferred Caetasser. Canada will be exporting Inside of 40 days, and aa Great Britain has a credit there It Is reasonable to expect that It will take the Canadian crop In pref erence to that of the I'nlted States, as tt haa to pay gold for It on thla side of the International line, and the feeling la nncasy and Intensely bearish. roo..'"V.r, ssIa. AostralU and Argentina, o that th United Stat will hav to b tl p?rr1?d on for liberal vuppllts. What puulet traders hero Is that with foreigner needlnc ao much wheat, and the beat authorities abroad laytnjr iftt Kurope'i dependence on America for supplier Is becoming more apparent, why they do not buy faster and In larver quantities. There was nothing; In the cancella tion of orders for the world to become excited over, but the fact that the an nouncement of the cancellations came at Che critical period caused amass ment. The short Interest had been re fit:. In 2ptmbr by the advance of cents In four days. Tension was off the export demand, as all the ffrrnt half of Auruit contrarts had been provided tor. However, various Influences caused a drop of cents In September and f 7 rrnt.4 on cash red wheat. Res Ulna of 2.000.000 bushels cash wheat by foreigners waa not enough to cause a b.c break in wheat prices had t.t conditions been ripe for a decline. The maanttude of the cash sales was small compared with the millions of bushels unloaded by speculators who had previously forced September up from a discount to a premium over De cember, while the late sdllnsr carried tt bai-tt to h:f a cent discount at the rlos. In other words, the prices would not have turned downward had conditions sot been riant for a break, as the mar ket Is too bis: aa affair to be Influenced by the sals of a few million bushela This Is the Judgment of well-informed Chicago trailers. WAGE DECLARED TOO LOW i ' n t: it frrt-n f !r-t pmrr company tuat the companies In the Interests of other same locality ar. ronsMered la the fixing of wage con volute In effect an aUmtton that the company cotnMnca with the poorest and least generous employers to tlx the wag rata. Alterwey SI at Permitted. Tna company maintain a settled policy of refuting to deal with any labor organisation or 'rmfelonal la bor man' and even refuse to permit these employe who cannot apeak Kng intelligently to engage aa attorney aa their spokesman and, represema- tlT." Developing this last point further In th report. It waa said that Paul Supinsky. a Jersey City attorney.. vis ited tieneral Superintendent Hennesay. of the company, as apokesraan for committee of all employe who bad hired him to negotiate for them, it was further stated that air. Ilenneasy, "acting In conjunction with Mr. Oifrord. general manager of the company, re fused point-blank to consider th de mand and expressed Indignation that the men should ha engaged a non emploje of the company to aid them la presenting their grievances." "The men ara made to understand. - tha report continued, "that they must eek bo outside aaslstanc la their dealings with th management, and that any show of Independence or any hint of compulsion will be vigorously resented. ( alld Labor Law Reelected. "Th company haa Instituted no ma chlaery by which real or fancied grievances may be peacefully and promptly adjusted. The officials taat aey man haa access to ths general uperlntend-nt. but th employee al lege that they would b discharged be fore reaching th office. "General Manager (J if ford 1 not belle er In child-labor legtaiatlon. and. on th other hand, thinks th children eooulJ be allowed to go to work earner. tie and Mr. Hennesay appar ently have little respect tor the tor-cign-born men whose labor produces the company s earning and are proponent of th extremely In- Uvtduallatte and reactionary Induvtrtal theories discarded by enlightened em ployers and by economist many year agix" Tha report then recited that th company employed a detectle agancy of New Tork City to furnish guards and trikebreakera. It quoted th attorney (or tha agency aa referring to these snea aa "a lot of thugs." Th Invea tigator added: "Their appearance gjnrly Justified hi us of th term." "Th Tt wag broken by Sheriff Eugene Ktnkead," th report stated, -who first overawed and disorganised tha striker by asaauiitng and arrest ing on of their ladr and then trengthenod hi control over thera by premising to as hi Influence to ch eat aa iscresf la waaea and by ar reella: J of th armed guard" IF DARING HIGHWAYMAN WHO MADE SENSATIONAL ESCAPE FROM GRANTS PASS JAIL. ! JOHX A17STI flllTI dlSI HTTP HllfRV I 1 1 I I I H LU llPlS fl lU Ll I MM I I Hll III III nil HI W W " " 1 1 w " w Hll Hooper Overpowers Sheriff at Grants Pass. IS RECAPTURED Passing Bugrr Taken and Used to Spcrd to Libert j FufltlTe la Known Desperate and Dangeroas Criminal. fConttnoetJ Prom First Pare.) cries bad attracted attention and be had been released from the cell where lnJ prisoners bad locked him. A hunt wa begun at one for th fugltlv, and Collng wa caught with in half an hour. H offered no resist ance. Ha asserted that Hooper had drilled him carefully In the part ha waa to play In th Jallbreak and bad threat' ned to kill Mm If b failed to carry out his part of tha plot. Ha la awaiting trial on a statutory charge. Hooper was aa tiiorouxb In hla prep aratlon for lb escape today as h baa been, apparently. In all th long list of highway robberlea of which ha I: charged by police of Portland, who caugbt htm Just a they assarted, ha waa preparing to rob a train at Tb L'alle. A vail which h kpt In th Jail he bad carefully Oiled with food and tobacco yesterday. Collng. ac cording to hla story, had been care fully drilled in hla part, and tha out' law took no chance of failura. The crime of which ha waa accuaed In Josephine County waa only on of a aeries, and tha prisoner, who admit ted having broken parol from Folsom penitentiary. California, where he bad been serving a life sentence for high way robbery, had been brought h for trial againat tha advlca of the Port land detectives, who foretold that Hooper would get out of Jail, and wished. Instead, to aend him back to Kolsorn to complete aervlng th lif sentence. Accusations An Maay. Clime placed at the door of th out law Include the following: Holdup of Gordon Jacobs. Hornbrook, Cal.. netting feud worth of gold dust. Theft of two horse at need. Cal. Attemptlng a train robbery at oedro- Woolly. Wash. Holdup of Oregon City train at Can- man. March I. Holdup of Kogu River Bank, ntting lot. Holdup of telephone exchange uranla l ass. - Holdup of Southern Pacifta depot at Grants Pass. Holdup of Oregon City electric train at Ulen Echo, Jun 2. seaiehers Slot la Pear. Hooper has maintained his Innocence of many of these charge, but baa ad mitted throughout that being a high way robber was hla business. Ha haa been In Jail her sine July it. having been captured by eherlff cMrtaman. of wiko County; Lou n agnr. special detective for th Portland, Railway. IJght A Power Company, and Ed Wood, special agent of O.-W. R. A X Company at Th. I'aJles, July It. 1-earcTiers for the fugitive ar not especially nervous when entering un derbrush, relying on Hooper's oft re peatej assertions that, while h wai a holdup man by profession, be had never killed a man and did not Intend to. A review of the daring career of nine months, sine hla being granted a parol from Koisora. shows no caaea where there haa been any shooting UOOPLR EXPECTED TO FIGHT i Portland Officer Think Fugitive Will Not Be Taken Alive. Armed, and knowing that ha face a life sentence If captured. Hooper wlK flsht to the death beforo h I ar- again, say Portland officials. Hooper bad less than two mllea to go before he reached th mountains norm of Grant Pass, where h I said to hav friend among tb proapactor. One let the woods. Hooper could - cur food, a rtfie. and ammunition from hla friend, and swing bark to Dia stronghold among th Indian near Codvtlle. CaL Lou Wagner, special agent for the Portland Railway. Lignt Power Company, predict that tnla will be th course th escaped prisoner will follow. At God v 111. Hooper la thought to have been admitted ta member ship la aa Indian trlb. Th In diana had th greatest respect for bis prowesa la shooting and hunting. It is said that Hoopers chief amusement during hla stay there waa to practice : . k r . ; : Vv- I ; - - w markmanahlp on coins which his red kin friends tossed in the air. A slender hope of tracking Hooper Is held out by the fact that be deeply In love with a girl at Tb Dalle, and may try to communicate with her. He had purchased an automobile for this girl ahortly before his arrest in The Dalles. Lou Wagner last nigh said he had little confidence In toi possibility. Hooper, Wagner insisted. 1 a "light-o'-love" and haa aweethearts In every town he has visited. Local officials were strongly opposed to holding the man In Oregon for trial, as he had violated hla parole from life sentence In California, and could be locked up for the remainder of hi life in Kolsom prison. Lou Wagner said at the time Hooper was taken to Grant Pass that Hoope had expressed a hope to be taken there. becauae he could escape from that JalL The cells are located in the Court bouse yard. Detective Sergeant Joe Day, in com mon with other Portland officer. proved something of a prophet. 'What they ought to do with that fellow la to take him under heavy guard to Folsom and let him serve th remainder of his Ufa term there." aald Detective Day when he learned that it was the Intention of the officers In charge of Hooper to take him to Grants Pas to stand trial for robbery. 'Why in Hades are they sending that fellow to Grants PassT he demanded. Why. from what I know of Hooper and the Jail at Grants Pasa that fel low will kick hi way out of Jail there In socks he a been wearing two weeks.' According to local officials Hooper Is the second man to" escape from the Grant Pass Jail this year. Th other, Patrick Sullivan, got away late laat Winter. PYTHIAN MEETING NEAR ADVANCE PAItTIES OP KXICHTS GATHER AT CRATER LAKE. Tweaty-flve to Be Initiated at Seaatea Held mm Wisard lalaad aad Story Will Be Presented. MEDFORD. Or, Aug. IS. (Special) Lverythlng la ready for the state lodge conclave to be held by the Knight of Pytblaa at Wizard Island In Crater Lake, beginning Wednesday, August IS. About (09 members of the lodge from ail parts of the state are expected to attend, and several advance parties have already gone to the lake, combining- tha ceremony with their va cation. Twenty-five new member will be Initiated, some of the more prominent being 111 lam G. Steel, superintendent of Crater Lake National Park, and John M. bcott, general passenger agent of tn southern Pacific. Dr. Wrlghtman. of Portland, grand chancellor, and L. R. Simpson, grand keeper of records and seal, will attend. The story of Damon 'and Pythias will be given, with Crater Lake as a setting, the speaking part being as signed to R F. Mulkey and Messrs. Baldwin. McKee, Llndley and Harri son- Three auto truck hav been en gaged to ibaul the paraphernalia and food to the lake, the lodge maintaining Ita own commissary department and cner. The women will occupy Crater Lake lodg and th man will sleep In th open, using tents. KLAMATH FALLS, Or, Aug. IS. (Special.) Arrangement, aa far as they can be made by the Klamath Falls lodge, for the Knights of Pythias' ceramonlea at Crater Lake next Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday are be ing completed here. Thla series of ceremonies will b one of th most unique ever staged In the stat and will take place In th crater of wizard Island in Crater Lake. The high officiala of the Oregon lodge will be present, and a number of chapters ar (ending special delegations. Tha Grants Pass, Medford and Klamath Fulls lodges are putting on th work. RUSSIANS REPULSE TURKS Transport Column, Including Drove of Cattle, Captured. PETROGRAD, via London. Aug. 13. The following statement waa Issued to day at the army or the Caucasus head quarters: In tha direction of Olti. In the dis trict of Blldassore. attempts of th Turk to resume the offensive were repulsed. In the valley of Passlne we took the western crest of Kara Derbent after a stubborn fight. All Turkish attemps o regain their lost positions were un- sueceasfuL "We captured a Turkish transport column with an eecort of prisoner. The column Included a large drove of cattle and wagons loaded with grenades and riflea." AMERICA DECLINES TO ALTER WAR UWS Reply to Austria Says Neu trals Cannot Sit in Judg ment on Belligerents. PERPLEXITIES ARE NOTED Both Germany and Austria-Han gary Declared to Have Supplied Munitions to 'Warring Na tions In Other Conflicts. (Continued From First Page.) it conlenda la aound. it should apply with equal force to all article of con traband. A belligerent controlling th high seat might possess an ample sup ply of arms and ammunition, but be in want of food and clothing. On the novel Drinrinle that equalization Is neutral duty, neutral nations would be obliguted tc place an embargo on such articles because one ofthe belligerents could not obtain them through' com. mercial Intercourse. Maae ef Perplexities Involved. But if thla principle, so strongly urged by the Imperial and Royal gov eminent, should be admitted to obll gatlon by reason of tire superiority of i belligerent at sea. ought It not to oper ate equally as to a belligerent superior on land? Applying to this the theory of equalisation, a belligerent who lacks the necessary munitions to contend successfully on land ought to be per mitted to procure them from neutrals. while a belligerent with an abundance of war atorea or with the power to pro duce them should be debarred from such traffic. Manifestly the Idea of a strict neu ralitr now advanced by the Imperial and Royal government would Involve a neutral nation in a mass of perplexi ties which would obscure the whole field of international obligation, pro. duce economic confusion and deprive all commerce and industry of legitimate fields of enterprise, already heavily burdened by the unavoidable restrlc tions of war. Own Action Cited d Precedent. In thla connection It la pertinent to direct the attention of the Imperial Royal government to the fact that Austria-Hungary and Germany, par. ticularly the latter, have during the yeara preceding the present European war. produced a great surplus of arms nd ammunition, which they sola throughout the world and especially to belligerents, ever during that period did either of them suggest or apply the principle now advocated by the Im perial and Royal government. "During the Boer war between Great Britain and the South African republics. the patrol of the coasta of neighboring neutral coloniea by British naval ves sels prevented arms and ammunition from reaching the Transvaal or the Orange Free State. The allied republics were in a situation almost identical In that respect with that In which Aua- ria-Hungary and Germany find them selves at the present time. Yet, In spite of the commercial Isolation of one bel- gerent, Germany sold to Great Britain nd other belligerents hundreds of thousands of kilos of explosives, gun powder, cartridges, shot and weapons; nd It is known that Austria-Hungary also sold similar munltlona to the same purchaaer. though in smaller quanti ties. Principle la Unchanged. 'While, as compared with the pres ent wsr, the quantities sold were small a table of the sales la appended), the principle of neutrality Involved was the same. If at that time Austria Hungary and her present ally had re fused to sell arms and ammunition to reat Britain on the ground that to do would violate the spirit of strict neutrality, the Imperial and Royal gov- rnmant might with greater consist ency and greater force urge ita pres- nt contention. "It mlirht be further pointed out that during the Crimean War large quanti ties of arms and ammunition and mili ary stores were furnished to Russia by russlan manufacturers, that during the recent war betwen Turkey anc taly, as this government Is advised. arms and ammunitions were furnished to the Ottoman government by Ger many; and that during the Balkan Ware the belligerents were supplied ith munitions by both Austria-Hun gary. While these latter case are not analagous, as in the case of the South frican war. to the situation of Aus tria-Hungary and Germany In the pres ent war, they nevertheless clearly in dicate the long established practice of the two empires In the matter of trade war supplies, Marketa Open ta All Alike. "In view of the foregoing statements. this Government is reluctant to believe that the Imperial and Royal govern ment will ascrib to the United States lack of Impartial neutrality In con- nulng its legitimate trade in all kinds supplies used to render the armed forces of a belligerent efficient, even though the circumstances of the pres ent war prevent Austria-Hungary from obtaining such supplies from the marketa of th United States, which have been and remain, so far aa the tlon and policy of this Government re concerned, open to all belligerents alike. "But In addition to the question of principle, there Is a practical and sub stantial reason why the Government of e United States has from the founda tion of the Republlo to the present me advocated and practiced unre stricted trad In arms and military pplles. It has never been the policy this country to maintain In time of peace a large military establishment stores of arms and ammunition suf ficient to repel invasion by a well- ulpped and powerful enemy. It has esired to remain at peace with all nations and avoid any appearance of menacing auch peace by the threat of ita Armies and Navies. America Would Need Snpplle. "In consequence of this standing policy, the United States. In event of aa attack by a foreign power, would at the outset of a war, seriously, if not fatally, embarrassed by the lack of rms and ammunition and by the means o produce them in sufficient entities td supply th requirements National defense. Th United Slates s always depended on the right and1 wer to purchase arms snd smmunl- You can save money on your Insurance if you apply for a policy in the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. Before your next birthday. Why delay? Horace Mecklem Gen. Agt, Northwestern Bank Building tion from neutral nations In case of foreign attack. This right, which it claima for itself, it cannot deny to others. "A nation whose principle and policy t la to rely .upon lnternatlnal obllg tiona and international Justice to pre. serve ita political and territorial in tegrlty might become the prey of an aggressive nation whose policy and practice It la to Increase its military strength during times of peace with the design of conquest, unlesa the na tion attacked can. after war bad been declared, go into the markets of the world and purchase the means to de fend Itself against the aggressor. Katloaa Would Be Arnrs Caxep. "The general adoption by the nations or the world the theory that neutral powers ought to prohibit the sale of arms and ammunition to belligerents would compel every nation to have in readiness at all times sufficient muni- tions of war to meet any emergency which might arise and to erect and maintain establishments for the manu facture of arms and munitions to sup- ply the needs of its military and naval forces throughout the progress of war. Manifestly the application of this theory would result in every nation's becoming an armed camp, ready to resist aggression and tempted to employ force in asserting its right rather than appeal to reason and Justice for the settlement of international disputes. Perceiving, as it does, that the adoption of the principle that it is the duty of a neutral to prohibit the sale of arms and ammunition to a belliger ent during the progress of a war would inevitably give the advantage to the belligerent which had encouraged the manufacture of munitions in time of peace and which had laid in vast stores or arms and ammunition In anticipa tion of war, the Government of the United States is convinced that the adoption of the theory would force militarism on the world and work against that universal peace which is the desire and purpose of all nations Men exalt Justice and righteousness in their dealings with one another. . The Government of the United States, in the foregoing discussion of the practical reason why it has advo cated and practiced trade in munitions of war, wishes to be understood as speaking with no thought of express ing or Implying any Judgment with re gard to the circumstances of the pres ent war, but as merely putting, very, frankly, the argument In this matter which has been conclusive in determin ing the policy of the United States. While the practical manifestations so well illustrated by Germany and Austria-Hungary during- the South Af rican war. and the manifest evil which would result from a change of practice render compliance with the sugges tions of the imperial and royal govern ment out of the question, certain asser tions appearing in the Austria-Hungary statement of the Germans for its con tentions cannot be passed over with out comment. Assertion Reviewed In Detail. These assertions are substantially a follows: (1) That the exportation of arms and araunitlon from the United States to belligerents contravenes the pream ble of The Haf.ue convention of 1907. 2) That it Is Inconsistent with the refusal of this Government to allow furnishing of supplies to vessels of war on the high seas. (3) That according to 'all authorities of international law who conoern themselves more prop erly with the question' exportation should be, prevented 'when this traffic assumes such a form or such dlmen slons that the neutrality of a nation becomes involved thereby.' As to the assertion that the expor tation of arms and ammunition contra venes the preamble of The Hague con vention of 1907, this Government pre- umes that reference is made to the last paragraph of the preamble, which as follows: ' 'Seeing that, in this category of ideas these rules should not. In prin ciple, be altered in the course of the war by a neutral power, except In a ease where experience has mown ine ecesslty for such change for the pro tection of the rights of that power.' Manifestly the only ground to change the rules laid down by the con vention, one of which, it should be noted, explicitly declares that a neutral not bound to prohibit tne exporta tion of contraband of war. Is the ne cessity of a neutral power to do so In order to protect its own rights. Complaint Won Id Invite Rebuke. 'The right and -duty to. determine hen thla necessity exists rests with the neutral, not with a belligerent. It discretionary, not mandatory, it a neutral power does not avail Itself of its right, a belligerent Is not privileged to complain, for In so doing it would n the position of declaring to me eutral power which is necessary to protect that power's own rights. The imperial and royal government cannot ut nereelve mat a compiaini oi iuib nature would Invite Just rebuke. With reference to tne assertea in consistency of the course adopted by this Government in relation to tne ex portation of arms and ammunition and that followed in not allowing supplies to be taken from its ports to ships of ar on the high sets, it is oniy neces sary to point out that the prohibition f supplies to snips or war rests upon the principle that a neutral country must not permit its territory to be come a naval. base for either belliger- erent. A warsnip may unaer certain restrictions, obtain fuel and supplies in a neutral port once in three months. German Authority Quoted. "It may not be inopportune to direct particular attention to the declaration of the German auinonty, rui n.inicne, who states that at the beginning of a war belligerents have never remon strated against the enactment of pro hibitions of trade in contraband, but adds, 'that such prohibitions may be considered as violations of neutrality, or at least as unfriendly acts, if they are enacted during a war .with the purpose to close unexpectedly the sources of supply to, a party which heretofore had relied on them.' "The Government of the United States deems it unnecessary to extend further at the present time a consid eration of the statement of the Aus-tro-Hungarlan government- The prin ciples of International law, the prac tice of nations, the National safety of the United States and other nations without great military and naval dis play, the prevention of increased armies and navies, the adoption of practical methods for the adjustment of international differences, finally, neutrality itself, are opposed to the prohibition by a neutral nation of the exportation of arms, ammunition or other implements of war to belliger ent powers, during the progress of the war. "LANSING." Indian School Harvests Wlieat. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 15. (Special.) Harvesting at the Tutuilla Indian School has been finished, a little more than 200 acrea having been in red wheat. The yield averaged a little bet ter than 40 bushels to the acre, and tha grain is of excellent quality. "so fc ' I- ' -1 .-l ft1 " t' S-wT I a. LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET First Time Ever Shown in Portland PEOPLESjBLANCHE SWEET today until thurs. IN THE SECRET ORCHARD SORTIE IS REPULSED Germans Threatening Kovno Approach Nearer to Fort. MORE PRISONERS TAKEN Russians Making Stubborn Stand Between Karew and Buff Rivers and Also Against Advance of Prince Leopold. BERLIN, Aug. 15. The German offi cial report on operations in the east tonight tella of a sortie of Russians from Kovno, which, it says, was re pulsed, and of stubborn resistance con fronting other German armies. The grip on Kovno is declared to have been tightened. The report says: "Army group of Field Marshal von Hlndenburg: Troops under General von Buelow have driven the Russians near Kubisko. in a, northeasterly direction. Four officers, 2350 men and one machine gun were captured. A Russian sortie from Kovno was repulsed. One thou sand prisonera fell into our hands. Our attacking troops worked nearer to the fort. Russians Resist Stubbornly, "Between the Karew and the Bug the enemy made a stubborn stand. A Karew crossing was forced by our troops late in the evening. "The army of General von Scholzya took more than 1000 prisoners, and that of General von Gallwitz took 3550 pris oners. Including 14 officers. They also captured 10 machine ' guns. - On all fronts we gained ground. "Army group of Prince Leopold of They Dance Wonderfully ! At "Ye Oregon Grille" t - Dine in an atmosphere of good cheer. Unexcelled cuisine superior service. SPECIAL DINNER $1.00. served from 5:30 to 8 P. M. A la carte at all hoars. Ye Oregon Grille" Hotel Oregon M. C Dickinson, Manager Broadway at Stark When in Seattle Stop at Hotel Seattle Vb the best cigar made in tfie.United States - of all Havana tobacco -by the Spanish (strictly Hand) method gfworkmanship, the Panama -Pacific International -Exposition awarded the MEDAL oP HONOR the hi&host honor it could bestow in the Clear Havana class Jfie cigar was VAN DTCK sold by Better cigar dealers trom coast STAR TODAY ASD ALL WEEK THE FAMED VAMPIRE WOMAN IN Bavaria: The Russians put up a stub born resistance against the advance of this army group. During the course of the day we succeeded in breaking through the enemy positions near and north of Losyce and midway between Losyce and Miedzyrzec. The enemy ia retreating. Many Prisoners Captured. "The troops under General von Woyrsch alone, up to August 14, took 4000 prisoners, including 22 officers, and also captured nine machine guns. "Army group of General von Mack ensen: The defeated enemy yesterday attempted to range his front on a line north of Mlodawa. southwest of Slawa- tycze, Horodyzyce and Miedzyrzec. Un der the force of our Immediate attack the enemy resumed his retreat this morning." BELGIANS WEAR MACARONI German Order Against Showing Col ors of Italy Evaded. LONDON, Aug. 2. When the Italian arms were removed from the Italian embassy in Brussels, the people of Brussels knew Immediately that ItrJy was at war with Austria and cele brated the event by wearing small Ital ian flags in their buttonholes. They did not wear them long, as the German authorities arrested the flag vendors and published an order against this method of showing sympathy, where upon all the Belgians went about with small pieces of macaroni tied to their lapels, according to a story authenti cated by a traveler recently in Brus sels. Orders had been published that there should be no display of national in signia or national colors of either Bel gium or her allies. When the Belgian national holiday came around blacK flags were hung out of every Belgian home. Several offenders were accord ingly arrested. They pleaded that the order said "colors," and black was no color, but the absence of color. Therefore they had not violated the order. They Sing Beautifully! This Week's Cabaret Fea tures MLLE. E S T E L L E, from the New York Hippo drome, and five charming girls in a special cos tume song. to coast THEDA BARA