THE SUNDAY OREGON TAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST 23, 1914.
CONFISCATION OF
LANDS CONSIDERED
British Columbia Government
Discusses Action Against
German Interests.
FINE TIMBER IS INVOLVED
Properties Said to Be Worth Nine
Million Dollurs, Represented
by Baron von Alvensleben,
Are in Balance.
VANCOUVER. B. C. Aug. 22. The
British Columbia government is con
sidering the confiscation of valuable
timber limits and other Interests in the
province owned by Baron Alvo von Al
vensleben and wealthy German clients
of the Von Alvensleben firm, according
to a government official. Baron von
Alvensleben. who was in Germany at
the time war was declared between
Germany and Russia, is in New York on
his way to British Columbia. Alvens
leben's home is in Vancouver. He de
clared recently that he represented
$9,000,000 of German money Invested in
British Columbia
Early this year, before returning to
Germany, the Von Alvensleben Inter
ests made efforts to sell to the govern
ment of British Columbia 14 valuable
timber limits situated near Buttle Lake,
on Vancouver Island, at the entrance to
Etrathcona Park. These limits contain
come of the finest yellow cedar in the
province and were desired by the gov
ernment to complete the Strathcona
Park Reserve. The price asked was so
large, however, that Sir Richard Mc
Bride, the Premier, flatly refused to
consider the proposition.
Since the outbreak of war and the
confiscation of British interests In Ger
many by the German government, the
government of British Columbia is un
derstood to be preparing to confiscate
all German interests held under the
crown.
In addition to the timber limits on
Vancouver Island, the Alvensleben In
terests also own 15 valuable limits on
the coast and numerous mining and
real estate interests.
MINES WRECK 2 STEAMERS
Denmark Ships Founder in North
Sea, Crew of One Lost.
LONDON. Aug. 23. The official news
bureau announces that two steamers,
the Maryland from Copenhagen and the
Danish steamship Broberg, have struck
mines in the North Sea and- foundered.
They were on the main trade route 35
miles from shore.
The Maryland struck a mine Friday
night. The crew of the Broberg, see
ing the accident, proceeded to the res
cue in launches, but failed to save the
crew. On resuming search Saturday
morning the Broberg also struck a mine
and foundered, but her crew was res
cued and brought to Lowestoft. Eng
land. GERMANS KILL OWN MEN
Jstien Forts Shell Troops All Night,
Believing They Arc French.
ROME, via Paris. Aug. 22. The
Tribuna publishes today a report from
a. correspondent at the front who says
a German retreat at Mulhausen under
the fire of the French artillery became
a. tragedv. It was impossible for the
Germans to see where this fire came
The Iatien forta on the Rhine, the
dered to convey nearlj; 8000 men. with
equipment. Detachments also are
coming from Vancouver. Calgary, Red
Deer. Regtna. Moosejaw, Saskatoon.
Brandon. Portage La Prairie. Kenora.
Fort William and Port Arthur. Two
thousand are leaving Winnipeg, in
cluding infantry, cavalry, artillery and
ambulance men. with bands.
GERMAN WIRES CUT OFF
ChanceHor Notifies Associated Press
Empire Cannot Send News.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. The Associat
ed Press has received the following
through the German Embassy:
"Berlin. Aug. 22. The Associated
Press, New York: Germany is com
pletely cut off from the rest of the
world and can neither send out news
nor receive it. The Empire is there
fore unable to defend itself against the
falsehoods propagated by the press of
the hostile countries. It can only de
fend Itself by Its deeds. The German
people will be profoundly grateful for
every effort to disseminate the real
truth. i
"VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG,
"Imperial German Chancellor."
ZRINYI SUNKBY SHELL
French Projectile Explodes Maga
zine of Austrian Warship.
LONDON, Aug. 22 (2:08 P. M.) Offi
cial news from Paris gives further de
tails of the encounter in the Adriatic
about a week ago, which resulted in
40,000 AMERICANS
LEFI ON CONTINENT
Residents' Committee in Lon
don Says 31 ,000 Have Been
Able to Start Home.
4000 STILL IN GERMANY
Refugees in Austria Coining Out by
Way of Switzerland Direct Sail
ings From Ports In Italy
to Be Begun Soon.
LONDON, Aug. 22. The committee of
American residents of London, of which
Herbert C. Hoover, of California, is
chairman, has now taken complete
charge of American tourists in London.
The efforts of the committee are being
concentrated on measures of financial
relief. It has had charge of this work
from the beginning. The Information
CHRONOLOGY OF CHIEF EVENTS IN WAR 'TO DATE.
Jun6 28 Pan-Slavic propaganda culminates in assassination of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, heir to Austrian throne, and his wife.
July "8 Austria informs Servia her reply to a demand for repara
tion and unreserved apology is unsatisfactory, and declares war on
Servia. Troops invade Servia.
July 23 Russia mobilizes.
july 30 Germany demands that Russia explain mobilization move-
mAugust 1 Russia refuses Germany's demand and German Ambassador
nresents formal declaration of war on Russia. France mobilizes infor
mally. State of war declared between France and Germany. German
and Russian troops engage in border skirmishes.
August 2 Two German armies enter France. Russian troops enter
t t m l n y
August 3 France declares war exists with Germany and formal
declaration is not necessary.
August 4 Great Britain declares war on Germany.
August 7 Austria formally declares war against Russia.
August 8 Germanv and Austria threaten to declare war on Italy
If she persists in neutrality. French army wins first victory in capture
of Altkirch. in Alsace, on Swiss frontier.
August 10 French Ambassador at Vienna asks for his passports.
China, fearing neutrality will be violated, vainly appeals to powers
for protection.
August 13 Great Britain and France declare war on Austria.
August 15 Japan sends ultimatum to Germany, demanding that she
withdraw ships and evacuate Kiau-Chau, China, giving her until August
23 to obey demand. "
August 1" Belgium moves capital from Brussels to Antwerp. Mon
tenegrins invade Bosnia and Herzegovina. French win minor victories
In Alsace Four Austrian battleships sunk by French.
August'lS British expeditionary army landed in France. Turkey and
Greece mobilize forces.
August 20 German cavalry occupies Brussels.
August 21 German patrols reach Ghent, Bruges and Ostend.
the loss of the Austrian battleship Zri
nyl, a vessel of more than 14.000 tons,
and a crew of 857 men.
The Zrinyi was struck by a shell
from a French warship. This projec
tile exploded in her magazine and dam
aged her so badly that she foundered
in a few minutes.
WAR SESSI0N IS ENDED
Canada Increases Customs to Pro
vide Needed Revenue.
ETAWAH, Ont., Aug. 23. The war
session of the Canadian Parliament
was closed today by the Duke of Con
naught. It was the briefest session of
Parliament ever held, having lasted
only five days. During that time the
two houses voted $50,000,000 for war
supplies.
Customs rates on tobacco, liquor,
sugar, coffee and canned fruits were
increased to provide revenues. The
government was authorized to issue ex
cess circulation of Dominion notes, to
suspend gold payments and to declare
a moratorium, if necessary. The notes
and registration bureaus conducted un
der citizens' committees have now been
dissolved. Chairman Hoover reports
that the residents' committee between
August 5 and August 22 rendered finan
cial assistance in various ways to 3200
persons.
During the same period 31,000 persons
sailed for the United States. The resi
dents! committee still will continue Its
work of meeting incoming trains, of
protecting girls and women who are
alone and directing travelers to reliable
hotels and boarding-houses.
More than 2000 Americans arrived
from the Continent during the last
week. The committee estimates that
there are 8000 Americans in Switzerland
who are expected in London. Refugees
in Austria are coming largely by way
of Switzerland. It is believed that there
still are about 4000 tourists in Germany
who are coming out slowly by way of
Rotterdam, from which point transpor
tation is given those who are without
resources, on the committee's guarantee
to the railroads.
The number of tourists in Italy is not
known, but direct sailings from Italian
ports to America soon will begin. Ad
vance sales would indicate that there
are 30,000 Germans In Great Britain.
From its present data the committee
believes there are about 40,000 Ameri
can tourists still on the Continent who
desire to return home.
GERMANY SOLEMN, SAYS WOMAN
Singing of Patriotic Airs on Streets
Is Forbidden.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. The White
Star liner Baltic arrived today from
Liverpool and Queenstown with 2120
passengers and nearly 6000 sacks of
mall. The passengers included more
than 1500 refugees. Seven hundred of
the 1100 in the steerare were Ameri
cans, who had been unable to get ac
commodations in the first and second
cabins.
Among the passengers was Miss Flor
ence Ralph, of Buffalo, who at tne out
break of the war was studying music
in Berlin. She told an interesting story
of her escape from the Continent. She
heard the Emperor deliver the speech
in which he said his sword had been
forced into his hands by his enemies.
As he said it. Miss Ralph declared, he
patted the hilt of a heavy saber that
was hanging at his side and tears came
into his eyes. The Germans cheered the
Emperor's speech until he told them to
go to the churches and pray. The crowd
then became solemn.
"The day before I left Berlin the au
thorities issued strict orders," she said,
"that no parades of citizens should be
allowed and that any persons found
singing patriotic songs would be ar
rested. The idea was. I understood,
that the government wanted to im
press upon the people that it was a
time to be solemn and not to be over
confident." Samuel Untermeyer, the lawyer, said
American women, beautifully gowned,
sat at tables and sandwiched among
several hundred foreigners of the kind
usually found in steerages, who were
eating with their fingers.
Dr. B. Pollock, of San Antonio, Tex.,
was among the steerage passengers.
He was in Liege on August 1 and 2 and
said the streets were full of wounded
men. Many of them were sitting with
their backs against the sides of the
houses, nursing their wounds. He said
there seemed to be few doctors in the
town. He himself dressed the wounds
of several men.
Dr. S. W. Morris, of Tacoma, Wash.,
another steerage passenger, arrived in
New York with $1.80 and the clothes
he had on. A friend met him at the
pier with a large roll of bills which
the doctor asked for by wireless when
the Baltic was off Fire Island today.
The Baltic was convoyed by the Brit
ish cruiser Essex from the middle of
the Atlantic to a short distance outside
the three-mile limit.
Gold Ship May Go to Norway.
PARIS, Aug. 22. The United States
cruiser North Carolina, which brought
funds from the United States for the
relief of Americans in Europe, will
leave Cherbourg tomorrow. The cruiser
will stop at Falmouth and may go to
Norway. Officials in charge of the re
lief money will leave for Genoa and
Rome on Monday.
L
AtSTRIANS DECLARED BEATEN
ALONG WHOLE IRONT.
"Enemy Suffered Great Losses, Booty
Was Exceedingly Great," Says An
nouncement From Nlsb.
NISH, Servia, Aug. 22. The follow
ing announcement concerning the
victory of -he Servian troops over the
Austrians was made here tdday:
"The Servian army has gained a
great victory at Mount Pser and the
River Zadar. The enemy retired along
the whole front. Our soldiers then
pursued them vigorously. The enemy
suffered great losses; the booty was
exceedingly great.
"The Servians yesterday continued
pursuing the Austrians' left wing to
ward the Drlna and captured two more
cannon. The Austrian attacks on the
Servians' left wing were repulsed, the
enemy retiring, pursued by a strong
Servian artillery fire. On the Northern
front there is only a feeble bombard
ment of Belgrade.
"The Servian artillery has destroyed
three Austrian steamers and three
barges near Stara."
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Tartan checks, navy serges, finished and unfinished
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tailored from fabrics especially pleasing to the
voting man of today.
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BRITISH SHIPPING SAFE
GERMAN COMMERCE HALTED, SAYS
ENGLISH EMBASSY.
Summary of Naval Situation Avers
Allies Have Upper Hand In Euro
pean and Far Eastern Waters.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The Brit
ish Embassy made public tonight the
Miine official summary of the
naval situation received today from
the London foreign office:
"The floating trade of Germany has
been brought to a standstill by the
operations of the British cruisers in
the different parts of the world. The
German fleet is unable to interfere or
to set German commerce free, owing to
the British main fleet, which is cruis
ing in full strength and preventing any
interference with its commerce. Al
ready about 7 per cent of the total
German tonnage is In British hands,
another 20 per cent is sheltering in
neutral harbors and the remainder is
either in German harbors unable to
move or endeavoring to find security.
British shipping, with the exception
of less than one per cent which was in
German harbors at the outbreak of the
war, is actively pursuing its business
on all the great commercial routes.
"The German squadron in China has
been rendered ineffective by the con
stant pursuit by the British squadron
in the Far East. Trade in China is
therefore unaffected.
"The Austrian squadron in the Adri
atic has retired into the Adriatic be
fore the combined Anglo-French fleet,
which is so superior that it Is about to
send strong detachments to any part of
the Mediterranean or adjoining seas
in which naval forces may be required.
"Great numbers of the seafaring pop
ulation of Great Britain are offering
themselves for service in the fleet.
LONDON. Aug. 22. A Reuter dis
patch from Rotterdam says steamship
service has been restored with British
BIRD SE YE VIEW OF EUROPE'S GREAT BATTLEFIELD.
of chartered banks were made legal - ' SCr. 1Zr (Ci'TS S- -LZZ-
tenders and authority given tc er.large -"Tl-- CT''X'-
the note circulation of the banks. The r:gS!S5P!i7 B' MrSi.''
action of the government ain
Life Sentence Passed. A-feft ' : .. ' V
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wr im;
correspondent continues, seeing a body
of German troops approaching in the
night, mistook them for French troops
and began firing on them. The mis
take was not discovered until dawn.
The German cannon had thundered all
right long, making havoc among their
own men.
The people of the region evacuated
tov the Germans came out to welcome
t'"ie French troops with French flags
In their hands, crying at the same
time: "To the Rhine, to the Rhine."
CANADIAN TROOPS MOVING
t-peoial Trains Ordered to Convey
8000 Men From West.
WINNIPEG. Man.. Aug. 22. Western
Canadian troops began entraining to
day for Valcartier Campi Quebec. The
big movement through and out of
Winnipeg begins tomorrow and will
continue all Monday
SALEM, Or., Aug. 22. (Special.)
Roy Carroll, convicted of killing John
Zoller, Marshal of Gervais, was today
sentenced to life Imprisonment in the
penitentiary by Circuit Judge Kelly.
His attorneys say they will apepal.
Funeral of
Good!) rod Held.
UNION. Or.. Aug. 22. (Special.)
The funeral of A. J. Goodbrod, who died
at the La Grande Hospital August 20,
was conducted nere today unuer tne
FUu4 special trains have been or-I auspices ol the OddfeUows' lodge.
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and Irish ports and also with Havre
and Christlania, Stockholm and other
Scandinavian ports.
GIFT AWES GER MAN TOWN
Legacy of 5100 to Welda to Me 350
Years Causes Doulit.
BERLIN, Aug. 17. A story Is told of
the canny Burgomaster of Welda who
gave his native town $100 on condition
that it should be kept at compound
Interest for 330 years, when Welda
would possess a snug municipal for
tune of approximately $6,250,000.
Although the gift was at first thank
fully accepted, the Town Council's
sober Judgment now Is that the com
munity ought to ponder well before
taking on the long-distance burden. A
meeting of citizens Is to decide whether
they are justitied in foisting upon their
posterity, three and one-half centuries
hence, the responsibility of adminis
tering a fortune which would cause
no terrors to a metropolis, but might
quite overwhelm Welda, which lias 6000
souls and long ago attained Its full
stature.
PIANO TONES SUSTAINED
Frenchman's Instrument, I.Ike Or
gan, Sounds While Keys ProMBi
PARIS, Aug. 17A "conversazione"
was given this week by the Society of
French Civil Engineers, at which vis
iting British engineers were Intro
duced to a new invention of two
Frenchmen. M. Maitre and M. .Martin.
It is a piano In which the notes are
produced by the wires being set In vi
bration by an electro magnet Instead
of being struck by hammers. The
mechanism is operated In the usual
way by a keyboard, but. Instead of
dying gradually away as they do with
ordinary piano notes, maintain their
volume as long as the key is pressed,
that of an organ, and makes of the
that' of an organ, and makesc of the
piano an entirely new and different
Instrument
COALING STATION ADDED
BRITISH PROVIDE BAM: M
i:.A BAY o n i i:u IM. M.
I'rolrnllaus (arrylas Furl I'riim -slmn
anil ( riilrr Italnhnn Is
I .inc off fritter Rupert.
SEATTLE. Aug. J2. The British na
val authorities are establishing a coal
ing station at Pachena Bay. on the
west coast of Vancouver Island. The
big blue funnel liner Protesllaus Is car
rying coal from Nanalmo to the new
station. The Canadian cruiser Rainbow
Is off Prince Rupert, the most north
erly port In British Columble.
Two days ago some mischievous per
son In Ottawa sent to the banks of
Prince Rupert a dispatch, purporting fo
be signed by Minister of Marine Haien.
saying that a German cruiser was about
to put into Prince Rupert for coal and
urging the citizens to resist. At tho
same time dispatch was sent to the
Eastern United States from Ottawa
saying that a German cruiser had ap
peared at Prince Rupert, taken coal and
levied tribute on the banks.
So far as known at Esqulmalt. the
only German cruiser on the coast Is the
Leipzig, last reported oft Northern Cali
fornia. It Is declared In Victoria that
two warships recently have bren added
to the British fleet at Esquimau, At
the station no Information Is given
except that the cruiser Newcastle Is
not there.
Niece Born to It. P. Hobson.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS. Wash..
Aug. 22. (Special.) A daughter was
born to Lieutenant and Mrs. James M.
Hobson. Jr.. here today. The Lieuten
ant Is a brother of the naval hero.
Kuasla now nan 17. Mil msnufaoturlnf e
tabllahinriits, employing 2,Kil.l"l operailv.
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