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- VOL LVy- 17,147. " - - . PORTLAND, OREGON. Mnviv x, i,,tt,t,t ' . ,' E HELD INDEFENSIBLE Expediency Must Not Govern.Says America CHANGED POLICY INSISTED ON Surprise Expressed at Power Given Prize Courts. SEIZURES ARE DENOUNCED Increase in English Exports to Neu tral Ports Closed to United States Is One or Many Things Cited in Xotc Protesting Acts. Washington, Nov. 7. The United States in its latest note to Great Britain made public here today cover ins exhaustively British interference with American trade since the begin ning of the European war, declares that the so-called blockade instituted by the allies against enemy countries on March 11, is "ineffective, illegal and indefensible." Notice is served that the American Government "cannot submit to the cur tailment of Us neutral right and it cannot with complacence suffer further subordination of its rights and' in terests." Expediency Not Just Cause. Ambassador Page to whom the note 'as sent by special messenger for de livery to the London Foreign Office, was instructed by Secretary Lansing 'to impress most earnestly" upon the British government that the United States "must insist that the relations between it and His Majesty's govern ment be governed, not by a policy of expediency, but by those established rules of international conduct to which Great Britain in the past has held the United States to account when the latter Nation was a belligerent engaged in a struggle for National existence." Declaring- the. United States "un- IVesftatingly assumes-' the task of championing the integrity of neutral rights, the note proclaims that the American Government will devote its energies to the task, exercising always an impartial attitude. All Phases Discussed. The note, nearly 15,000 words long, was made public by agreement be tween the State Department and the British Foreign Office. It carries with it a voluminous appendix,' giving the text of American naval instructions issued in 1862 and a summary and table showing hundreds of vessels detained by British authorities since the begin ning of the present war. The body of the note is divided into E5 points, dealing with all phases of the contraband question, seizures and detentions, prior to, as well as after the so-called blockade was instituted, and announces that a separate com munication will be sent soon dealing particularly with the "propriety and right of the British government to in clude in their list of contraband of war certain articles which have been so Included." Blockade Regarded Illegal. In conclusion, after an argument on the law and facts. Secretary Lansing Bays: "I believe it has been conclusively phown that the methods sought to be employed by Great Britain to obtain and use evidence of enemy destination of cargoes bound for neutral ports and to impose a contraband character upon such cargoes are without Justification; that the blockade, upon which such methods are partly founded, is ineffec tive, illegal and indefensible: that the judicial procedure offered as a means of reparation for an international in Jury is inherently defective for the purpose: and that in many cases Juris diction is asserted in violation of the law of nations. "The United States, therefore, cannot submit to the curtailment of its neu tral rights by these measures, which are admittedly retaliatory and there fore illegal in conception and in na ture, and Intended to punish the ene mies of Great Britain for alleged ille galities on their part. Old Rulea Are Demanded. "The United States might not be In a position to object to them if its inter ests and the interests of all neutrals were unaffected by them. but. being affected. It cannot with complacence puffer further subordination of its rights and Interests to the plea that the exceptional geographic position of the enemies of Great Britain require or Justify oppressive and Illegal prac tices. "The Government of the United States desires, therefore, to impress most earnestly upon His Majesty's gov ernment that it must insist that the relations between it and His Majesty's government be governed, not by a pol icy of expediency, but by those estab lished rules of international conduct upon which Great Britain in the past has held the United States to account when the latter Nation wa a bellig erent engaged in a struggle for Na tional existence. It is of the highest importance to neutrals not only of the present day but of the future, that the principles of international right be maintained unimpaired. Lawlessness la Charced. "This task of championing the in tegrlty of neutral rights, which have ICuncluded on rag i. Column !. BRITISH BLQCKAD OCEAN GAINING ON BAR VIEW HOTEL SEA EATS IX TWELVE FEET AXI BCILDIXG WILL BE MOVED. Tide and Angry Waters Force Dwell ers Iji Cottages to Ketreat; Kail road Track in Danger. BAR VIEW, Or., Nov. 7. (Special.) Great swells dashing at high tide against the- shore in front of the Bar v lew iotel today ate their way 12 feet further into tS hnt.i ,.o,,i ,i with less than 30 feet between the hotel and the ocean, arrangements were made todav in hrin mnirinr outfit from Tillamook to take the hotel to nigher ground. A storm 'at sea lashed th mirhra r.r it,. a me tides, higher now than usual, have combined to make the situation precarious. Several tent frsmp. et,n,.. v. Prey to the wave's today, and several """" living in cottages between the hotel and the TillamnoV itt tni.. moved their houses back from danger and the sites are now covered by the ocean. J. R. Snidow and S. Butts got tneir nouses away Just in time. xne new Tlllamonk iptiv i to be responsible for rhnrpin- tv, A course of the tides' actions. The Southern Pacific Railroad tracks are yet 150 reet from the new shore line, but there is mnrh nnrt Qrtii intervening and here the sea has been eating us way about 30 feet a day. UNIONS SPUR RECRUITING Many Enlist at Rally of Labor in Trafalgar Square. LONDON. Nov. 7. A rcma.rks.hl demonstration in furtherance of Lord Derby's recruiting campaign was held in Trafalgar Square today by the trades' unions of London. As a result a large number of young men enlisted. cALcyuon o i me tJlapham branch of the Independent Labor Par ty, which declined to participate, all the unions in London sent representa tives and an immense crowd gathered In the square. Resolutions adopted at the ' meeting reaffirmed labor's conviction that the voluntary system of enlistment would meet the needs of the country, and pledged devoted support to Lord Der by's campaign "in order to bring the war to a successful issue and to pre vent the establishment in this coun try of the conscriptionist military and uttviii system. RIOTERS STOP CAR SERVICE Policeman and Threo Civilians In jured at Wilkesbarre. "WILKESBARRE, Pa., Nov.- 7. With thousands of men and boys idle today, rioting and disorder by sympathizers of the striking motormen and conduc tors of the Wilkesbarre Railway Com pany, which Is attempting to operate cars with strikebreakers, assumed serious proportions. Six riots occurred in the course of the day and three men, one a policeman, were seriously in jured and several cars were wrecked. In the borough of Edwardsville a de tail of state police broke un a crowd of 600 men and boys who had stoned a car and driven the crew to shelter. Indignation against the strikebreak ers assumed such serious proportions that officials of the company decided to stop the operation or cars on the half dozen lines that have Teen kept open since Friday. No cars have been run after nightfall. WINTER TRIES TO ENTER City Threatened for Time Sunday With Fall of Snow. winter, which has hin to;-.. . .. f . . , , tne aoors or Portland for a week or more, is becoming- more viirnrmt. In his knocking each dav. and vt. day it appeared for a time as though he might appear in a whirl of snow. There was the "look" of snow in the sky. and the "feel" of snow In the air. but at the last minute it d itinnlveH intn a drizzle of rain. For the past week there hv I. light Jogs at night Yesterday h tn came earner ana stayed later, and th temperature never got higher than 4S The forecast for todav calls fnr r. tically the same conditions that pre vailed yesterday. FIREMAN BURNS TO DEATH Four Others Are Injured at Blaze .in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 7. On man was burned to death and four others injured hem tnHnv in a . .. which destroyed the old Auditorium.- a irame ana galvanised iron building at Fillmore and Page streets, and did $30,000 damage to adjoining properties. The total ios" is estimated at 0 000 Dennis Mulcahy, the fireman who lOSt hlR 1 f f d Wa . . . ... - . . v uj i k names, rendered unconscious by the smoke and uumcu io aeata Derore help . could reach, him. MEN FROM CALVADOS, SAFE British Steamer Rescues 55 From French Victin of Submarine. .X. LONDON. Nov. 7. Flftv-flv. bers of the crew of the French steamer Laivaaos, wnicn was sunk by a Ger man submarine November 4 in tha vi. cinity of the straits of Gibraltar, have been rescued and taken to port by the British steamer Lady Plymouth. The crews of the French ship Dahra and of the Italian ship lonio, whfch were sunk the same day. were picked up, but until today no news had been received of the men from the Calvados. JAPAN WDRSHIPS'AT SHRINE OF MIKADO Ruler Enters Ancient Capital in State. ' VAST MULTITUDE IS HUSHED Emperor Rides in His Royal Coach of Gold. SETTING WHOLLY ORIENTAL Gorgeous Ceremonial Is Preliminary to Coronation Next Wednesday. Americans Are Among On look ing Throng "at Kioto. KIOTO. Japan. Nov. 7. A churchlike hush enveloped Kioto, the ancient capi tal of the empire, when Emperor Yoshi hito and a gorgeous cortege made their state entry into the city at 2 o'clock to day. Here on Wednesday next will be held the first great coronation cere mony. A similar scene never was witnessed in the Western world. The Emperor and the imperial shrine were silently worshiDed bv hi jects. The cortege was regarded as a sacred, mystic and religious procession. Reverence la Maintained. Although a desire to avoid accident was a controlling factor, one of. the cnier reasons Tor imposing silence upon the multitude was a wish to maintain reverence for the monarch as he ar rived in the city at sacred coronation rites. The Japanese viewpoint found ex pression when the master of ceremonies said to the Americans and other for eigners who were assigned to vantagi vuiuis in me palace grounds: "When the shrine and the Emperor pass, please remove your hats and bow. but no not cneer. A gray Autumn day added to th solemnity of the scene when the pro cession entered the palace grounds in a purely Japanese setting. ... -. .'- - Emperor Enters In Golden' Coach. Kindreds, bent with years, stood with soldiers, reservists and thousands of delegates from the Societies of the Em pire. The cortege was an exact repre sentation of the one which passed through Tokio. The shrine, hidden be- nind curtains of purple, gold and red, bcrnt. on the shoulders of yellow-kl- mcnoed villagers, was preceded by priests afoot and followed by the Em peror in the royal golden coach. as the cortege reached the nalace gates, the notes of a bugle broke the stillness and informed the multitude that the sacred mirror was enshrined. Then the reverent restraint was broken and the immense throng? gave them selves up to gayety, fireworks and il- jimnatlons. The grounds around the station com pound and the streets along the route of the imperial procession were pro fusely decorated and were thronged with citizens eager to worship the im perial sanctuary and welcome the Im perial cortege. On the station platform were present 'Concluded on I'age 3. Column 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS 1 Th Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 4 degrees: minimum, a d2rpM TODAY'S Occasional rain; southerly winds. War. New Greek Cabinet formed. Page 2. Bulgarians trying to envelop Krench Serbia. Page 2. v , Foreign. Japan worships at shrine of Mikado. Page 1. Mexico. i Villa On defensive. Pago 3. National. America tells Britain blockade of neutrals is inaeiensiDlc. fage 1. Bryan will muster little support In Con gress. Page 1. Austrian protest made on excessive munition shipments not on own failure to obtain - supply irom America. Page -. Domestic. Actress-suffragist uses beautiful back as nature poster" to help campaign. Page 3. Chicago -wets turn out 41.3SA mpn In pro test against enforcement of Sunday law. Page 1. 1 Sports. Northwest conference teams show worlds oi football power. Page 10. - Oregon tj play at Los Angeles today, rain ur snine. rag JU. California expects another slaughter Seattle Saturday. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Ocean eats into within few feet of Bar View Hotel. Page 1. Sunday closing observed scrupulously at Al- rags 3. Finance and Industry. Progress of Lewis County shown. Page 9. Interpretation of Federal reserve law annoys bankers. Page it Comptroller's ukase against usury by Na tional banks amuses city bankers. Page tt. Portland, and Vicinity. Visiting film magnate has had remarkable rise from bartender. Page 11. City taxes to be 20.22 mills, according to present figures. Page 11. Family of boys headline clever Orpheum bill. Page la. Dr. w. B. Hinron resigns as White Temple pastor, page 14. New East Side Christian Church holds first services; nearly 200 members sign. I'age o. Electrical men and retail merchants hold sway at Land Products Show tonight. Page S. New film romances are offered. Page 7. Sunday-closing fight Is begun with attack on Judge Uantenbein s di vision, i age 14 Chamber calls meeting for discussion of public expenditures. Page 7. Twenty-first Infantry Band to play at Land Show this week. Page 8. Rev. w. a. Eliot declares errors beneficial In soul cultivation. Page 8. Tug makes record towing windjammer to Ma. Page 12. Consumers' League launches "early shop ping" campaign. Page . KITCHENER VISITS FRANCE Conference With Leaders Precedes Trip to Near East. PARIS, Nov. 7. Lord Kitchener, British Secretary for War, before leav. lng for the Near East, conferred with Premier Briand, Minister of War Galll eni and General Joffre, the French commander-in-chiefs . J The dispatch contains the first hint of the route taken by Lord Kitchener in proceeding to the Orient. It appar ently bears out the report In London that his mission includes an effort to co-ordinate the work of the general staffs of the allied armies. 3 BELGIANS ARE EXECUTED Communication of Military Informa tion to Allies Charged. AMSTERDAM, via London,' Nov. 7. A dispatch from Brussels, by way of Berlin, says: "A field court-martial has sentenced to death three Belgians' and condemned another to 12 years imprisonment. Since February, 1913, the condemned had noted all militarj' transports pro ceeding to and returning from the front along the two railway lines, which in formation, they communicated to the allies. The sentences were confirmed and executed." LEND A HAND BREAK FROM BRYAN ALREADY IS MARKED Party Expected to Sup. port Wilson. ARMED DEFENSE DEMANDED Ex-Secretary Will Have No Leader in Congress. OLD FRIENDS ALIENATED Republicans Will Xot Play Poli tics With Question of Prepared ness; President Can Use Clo ture as Weapon. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7 (SneciaLl The break of Democratic members of Congress from Bryan and alignment with President Wilson is demonstrated by the attitude of Representative Smith. Democrat, of Buffalo. N. T.. who says that Bryan is for peace every where "except in the Democratic party.' Sentiment in Congress win support the Administration's Nuin.i Policy. Opposition will come from a coterie or Democrats who. like ex Secretary Bryan, favor peace every where except in the Democratic nartv The contest, however, will consist cnieriy or controversy. "The new Congress will respond to the demand for an adeauate armv Insure the protection and enjoyment of American freedom,"- says Mr. Smith. Bryan Dissertation Astounding. "With a discussion already under way regarding the division of t,..-Tu torial spoils when the European war is over, the President and the Con gress would deserve universal execration- if they failed to bring the armed torces to a standard where acrrir,n can be successfully resisted. It is most astonishing to read Mr. Bryan's disser tation on the effectiveness of mnr.i suasion when he. as Secretary of State witnessed the spoliation and subjuga tion or Liuna." Several of the leadine- Dumnrriii members of the House, including Sher ley. of Kentucky: Fitzarerald nr m. York,.and Garner, of Texas, forming a sort or ouaget committee to ad lust an propriations to receiDts. will meet tomorrow for the purpose of worklne out some plan to get the money to make possible President Wilson', mm. tor preparedness. Notice Served on Bryan. In this effort they will turn miiiraW on uryan, serving notice on him and nis followers. In. and out of noner. that the hands of the President are to be upheld. Representative RaiUv Democrat, of Pennsylvania, leading among the House small-Navy, small- Army men, will find the President' policy and programme buttressed with votes when they hold here their pro posed rally in protest and opposition under the Bryan banner. Bryan will be handicaDned In mairino- uis ngnt m the House by failure to have among the prominent Democrats a (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) Sunday's War Moves THE political crisis in Greece, which has clouded the Balkans, has been finally overcome. M. Skouloudis having accepted and performed the task of or ganizing a Cabinet, which, being com posed of all the members of the Zamais government with the exception of the ex-Premier himself, will carry on the former government's policy of main taining neutrality. The new Cabinet is at the mercy of the U of O Library 22NOV15 ,amber, but trie impression is uu nu attempt will be made to turn it out. thus avoid ing dissolution of Parliament and a consequent election, the result of which could not be predicted while the army remains mobilized. While the allies now can have little hope that Greece will aid them in the defense of Serbia, the belief is still held in London that it is not too late to turn the tables on the invaders. The depart ure for the east of Lord Kitchener, after conferences in Paris with Premier Briand, General Gallieni, the War Minister, and General Joffre, the commander-in-chief of the field forces, has given confidence that the campaign is to be carried on energetically by the man who knows the east better than ttlmost anyone else. Advices from Saloniki and other points show that much larger forces than were thought to be near the scene are being landed at Saloniki and are proceeding to points where it is be lieved they can do the most good. Troop trains are continually leaving Saloniki. but so much secrecy is being maintained that it is impossible to com pute the number of men. One report says an Italian-Anglo army has landed at Valona (Avlona) on the Adriatic, with the purpose of cross ing Albania. The Russians still are concentrating in Bessarabia, to be pre pared to make a descent on Bulgaria from vths east. Meanwhile, in Northern and Kastern Serbia and on the Montenegrin frontier big battles are in progress. The Aus-tro-Germans say they are advancing all along the line and that they have reached the Morava River, which has been crossed at some points. In their advance they are picking up prisoners, guns and war material. The Montenegrins, like their Serbian allies, are fighting stubbornly in de fense of their country and report that they have reoulsert n nttmnt k.. . v.- , . ...J". J vuc Austrians to cross their border from Herzegovina and captured four guns, a Muanmy or supplies and a few men. They also assert success over the Aus trians in the sanjak of Novipazare, where they captured four more field ninn d n A u n n 1 1. .... .3 i a ..w w.ha uuiiuivu men. In the south the French are report ed tO be Over the Bulcarlan frnnll.. where they have taken several villages. It would annear therfnr ihnt tr,n central powers, who have obtained their initial oojecttve the opening of the road to Sofia and Cruistiniinnnia v, a Jot of fighting ahead of. them if oeruia is w De overwneimed. tne weatner, wnicn nas turned Wintery. has not interfered with the Russian offensive alongr the Eastern front. The Russians have extended their attacks to the district west of Riga and thence to the south of Dvinsk. They are keeping the Germans on the move and the latter admit that in the region of Lake. Swenten the Russians penetrated their lines. The battles continue. although neither side is making any material progress. The Russians say they have taKen 8000 prisoners by a thrust across the Stripa, while the Germans declare they have captured 6000. - The Italians continue their offensive, but on the western front the fighting consists only or local engagements. November 8, 1014. Russians cross Prussia frontier. Battle rages along entire line in Bel gium and France. Plea Is made to all of United States to help feed Belgians. Turks bombard Russian port in Black Sea. ALASKA MISSIONARY DIES Alexander R. Mackintosh, Stricken on Boat, Passes in Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 7. (Special.) Alexander R. Mackintosh, for sev eral years a missionary for the Pres byterian Church at Haynes. Alaska. died Sunday at Seattle General Hospi tal, following a short illness with which he was stricken when aboard the steamship Humboldt, returning from the North. His wife had been in Seattle for the past year, and he had come to visit her. A daughter, who taught with her father among the Alaska Indians, died a year aeo. Four sons survive, one in Georgia, another in Ohio, a third in Alaska, and a fourth In Los Angeles. Mr. Mackintosh was born in Scotland 77 years ago. He came to America as a young man and in the Civil War served three years in the Union Army. For SO years he was manager of an iron foundry at Ironton. Ohio. He quit a successful commercial career to de vote his life to missionary work amonc the Alaska Indians. JAPANESE STEAMER SUNK German Submarine Slakes Success ful Attack at Gibraltar. TOKIO, Nov. 7. --The Japanese steam er Tasakunl Maru. 5118 tons gross, was sunk by & German submarine near Gib raltar Wednesday. The captain and crew reached shore safely. The Tasakunl Maru evidently was the victim of one of the German sub marines which have passed safely through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea to undertake a campaign against the merchant ship ping of the allies, and already have sunk several vessels PRICE FIVE CENTS. 41,386 WETS MARCH IN CHICAGO PARADE Protest Against Law Enforcement Voiced. THOUSANDS OF BANNERS FLY Many Participants Wear Cos tumes of Native Lands. GOOD ORDER IS MAINTAINED Police Furnish Guard Grudgingly, . Viewing Demonstration as An archistic in Purpose An , Amended Law, Demand. ' CHICAGO, Nov. 7. (Special.) Forty one thousand three hundred and eighty-six persons, by actual count, pa raded the streets of Chicago today in protest against the enforcement or the Sunday-closing law. It had been announced that more than 100,000 persons had been pledged to parade. The day was perfect and returns indicate that the liquor forces turned out their extreme strength. They fell nearly 40,000 short of the McKinley prosperity parade, the largest in the city's history, when more than 80.000 persons passed the reviewing stand. Police Guard Given Grudgrlnitlr. There was strict order in the great parade and also among the more than three-quarters of a million spectators lining the line of march. The city fur nished a small force of mounted police, although this was done grudgingly, as the parade was looked -upon by the of ficials as anarchistic in its purpose and as a public protest against en forcement of the law. But the mount ed police and patrolmen handled the situation admirably. There was little drunkenness, at least before and dur ing the parade. The managers of the demonstration saw explicitly to that. After the parade was over,, how ever, there were many celebrations at which the regulations were modified or removed altogether. Many Native Costumes Worn. The demonstration was overwhelm ingly foreign In its make-up. Of the thousands of banners, few were in the English language. Banners proclaim ing the virtues of personal liberty and home rule were borne by untersteut zungverelns and geselschafts and maen nerchors by the score. The sections were led by former German Austrian army men, who executed the goose step as they passed the reviewing stand. There were many cheers for the Kaiser, although the promoters frowned severely on this part of the demonstra--tion. The marchers were grouped by races, and many wore the brilliant costumes of their native lands. Alongside were automobiles and wagons bearing the women of the same races, in the gaily colored gowns of their own lands. Leaders Map Campaign. While the thousands were marching by. the leaders of the movement met in the reviewing stand and decided on their course of action in the immediate future. They will ask Governor Dunne to include in his call for a special ses sion of the Legislature a provision to revise the Sunday-closing law. giving home rule on the question to cities, the entire revision to be submitted to a referendum of the state. They also decided to put through the City Council a resolution demanding an investigation of the action of City at torney Francis, whose watchers kept a record of all city employes who took part in the parade. It is expected to muster sufficient strength to pass this resolution over the Mayor's veto. City Attorney to Be Attacked. Finally they will urge State's At-, torney Hoyne to secure indictments against Attorney Francis on the ground that his keeping tab on city em ployes in the parade constitutes a blacklist and amounts to malfeasance In office. One feature of the demonstration came when a passing band struck up "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"' and the officials in the reviewing stand solemly arose and removed their hats under the impression that it was the National anthem. Besides flags of the United States and banners and emblems of their so cities, the walkers carried banners ex- pressing their political and economic sentiments. Banners Bear Sloarana. "We are the taxpayers," read a huge sign, which bore reference to a public charge made after the recent dry pa rade that its participants had been chiefly children and in only a few in stances taxpayers or voters. "The toiler is worthy of his' recrea tion," was another banner. Still an other bore: "It is less difficult to surrender our liberty than to acquire it." "If all the fool laws were enforced, more than half the people would be In jail." "Morality is not created by laws. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." "The remedy the referendum." "Virtue comes not from the penal code." Anti-saloon people who conceded that the demonstration had brought out an unusual crowd, attributed it to the closed saloon. X I"