2 GRAPHIC TALE TOLD OF LINER'S SINKING British Army Officer, Prisoner, Says Captain Saw De cree of Fate. HIGH FLYER EFFECTIVE orth German Lloyd Trans-Atlantic CYaft, Kaiser WillieJra der Gross, Falls Short in Shots When , Met Off African Coast. LONDON. Aug. 19. 2:30 P. M. The Evening: News publishes a dispatch from Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Riv ing an account of the sinking: of the North German Lloyd transatlantic liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off the coast of Africa by the British cruiser'' High Flyer, reported Thurs day. Lieutenant Deane, a British army officer, taken prisoner by the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from the British steamer Galician on the high s'eas. Is authority of the Las Palmas corre spondent. and in an interview he gives a graphic account of how the great liner was destroyed. Lieutenant Dean was not on board the German liner; he had been sent over to the collier Arucai, from which the liner was coaling. When it was seen that the Kaiser Wilhelm was doomed, the German captain sent his sword, his dispatch box and a letter to His wife to the collier, his secretary being his messenger. Before doing this the captain of the liner had an nounced that he himself would blow up his command rather than surren der. Cannonade Lasts 40 Minutes. When the High Flyer opened fire on the liner. Lieutenant Deane continues, the collier was still fastened to her by one hawser, and owing to some de lay, certain prisoners on board the liner did not get a chance to leave the ship. The Kaiser Wilhelm was bow on to the High Flyer, and the British cruiser had some difficulty in finding her mark. She maneuvered to get broadside on and the ensuing cannon ade lasted for 40 minutes. All the shots from the' Kaiser Wilhelm ap peared to be falling short. From the collier it was seen that she had been hit three times, and on catching fire she ceased replying to the shots from the British cruiser. When the liner had been silenced, the High Flyer also stopped firing. By this time the Arucai, which had separated from the liner, had got too far away to perceive anything more than that she was still burning. The Germans kept on board the Kai ser Wilhelm only her officers, her gun crews and a few engineers. The re mainder of her men were transferred to the collier. TUree British Crews on Arucai. The collier Arucai brought also the crews of three British vessels. the Kaipara. the Nyanga, steamers of 4741 and 1467 tons respectively, and a fish ing boat, which were transferred off Rio de Ora, from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, which had sunk these ves sels before she was attacked by the Hicrh Flyer. . It was 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon while the Kaiser Wilhelm was coal In? that the High Flyer was sighted. The liner attempted to flee, but was pursued by the British ship and a run ning fight developed as the two boats exchanged shots. The High Flyer also disabled with a shot the collier Magdeburg, which was assisting the Arucai in coaling. The Arucai took advantage of the opportunity to make her escape before the result of the engagement was definitely settled and made her way to I -as Palmas. According to the captain of the fishing boat which was taken by the Kaiser Wilhelm his vessel was cap tured off Iceland three weeks ago. REFUGEES PUT TO WORK French and Belgians Sent to Fac tories and Farms. PARIS, Aug. 29. Many more French and Belgian refugees arrived here to day and were immediately forwarded to the central and southern depart ments of France. They will be employed there In fac tories or in harvesting the crops. FIGHT LASTS EIGHT HOURS I (Continued From First Page.) wounds. The Mainz' Quartermaster. who was a septuagenarian, was badly wounded. Ninety German prisoners from the M..mz have been landed at Leith. Eight of them are officers and one Is said to be the son of Admiral Von Tirpitz, the German Minister of the Navy. Six teen of the prisoners are suffering from wounds. 1 kh t Cruiser Knajagrn Four. The British light cruiser Fearless took a prominent part in the battle, tihe approached within ten miles of the German coast and drew out the German cruisers, which attempted to surround her. At one moment she was engaged single handed against four of them. One had come within 7000 yards when she was struck and burst into flames. After the gunners had found the range the German marksmanship was good. The Fearless' wireless was shot away and was hit 19 times. Afterwards th5 Fearless stood by the disabled German, although she her self was in great danger of being sunk. The arrival of the other British cruisers speedily decided the engage ment. The British losses so far reported are. one killed and 20 wounded. Refugees Save Baggage. All baggage must be left behind in fieeing from Paris, is one declaration in an interesting letter received in Portland by Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Moore from Mrs. M. Lyne and daughter Felice, who are now In London. The pistle tells of a hurried flight by boat to Havre, a method which saved their luggage, and of the lonely con dition of Paris, where the men are gone and where cheese and dry bread is the principal diet The letter stated that practically all the Americans and English leaving Paris had been forced to leave baggage behind and to travel only with what clothes they had on. French Moratorium Kclaxed. PARIS. Aug. 29. At a meeting of the Council of Ministers tonight, the de cree for a new moratorium was signed, whereby bank depositors may draw 10 per rent of the balances credited to them for the payment of salaries or for tho purchase of raw materials. The purpose of increasing the percentage of money that may be Ornni out is to encourage the resump tion oi commerce and industry. i - x s,, B , , I m : I , -" Lijfe-. ' mm - Hi tegs fll JjiJSBu-r -rV jj BBWHii Isf MuMnyJBIlplP" jjp jj '-"',- - TOP BKLGIAN RESERVES LBAVIN i G ARK KM. HI. FRENCH RESERVISTS LEAVING MO ITS RAID. SOCIAL PLANS FIXED Society in Washington mains Neutral. Re- DIPL0MATIC CIRCLE BIG Entertainments in Capital City Not to Be Disturbed by War In Eu rope Sympathy for King Al bert of Belgium Known. WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. With the return of M. Jusserand, French Am bassador and dean of the diplomatic corps, and the early re-establishment of all embassies and legations in their Washington chanceries, the capital is taking on a social neutrality that speaks well for the long training men and women of Washington have had in matters of official etiquette. The greatest of all neutral powers as represented by its capital city is prepared to extend the same courtesy and consideration to the followers of the Kaiser or of the Emperor of Aus tria as to the allies of King George, the Czar and the French republic. Washington society is sincere in its attitude toward the diplomatic circle, and the coming season need not be marred by any lack of tact or cour tesy on the part of American hosts and hostesses who will welcome, not at the same time, but with the same sincer ity, representatives of all the warring nations. The strong personal friend ships of the Ambassador from Germany and his American-born wife will make the Kaiser's Embassy in the future, as THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, WARTIME SCENES IN CITIES OF EUROPE. Photoa Copyrighted, Bain News Service, ni; ORll. MIDDLE LEFT . GERMAN CROWN PRINCE AFIELD; TO JOIN COLORS. BELOW In the past, one of smart world. the centers of the American Woman Popular. The new white palace of the Czar's envoy has as Its chatelaine not only an American, but a Washingtonian of the most charming type, who is one of the most popular women in resident as in official circles. Without doing the least violence to the President's good counsel, or the newly established social neutrality, as set forth in his message "to my fellow countrymen," Washington may feel a personal sorrow for the stress and trial now besetting Belgium and the city oT Brussels. Only a little more than 15 years ago the present King of the Bel gians, as Prince Albert, heir apparent to the throne, passed nearly a week in Washington. Not even the visit of the late King Edward of England when Prince of Wales, and a guest at the White House, was marked with so much ceremony and fraught with such widespread in terest as this visit of the Belgian roy alty, then a handsome young bachelor, attended by a suite of officers from the court of his uncle. King Leopold. He was guest of the Alibi Club at a not able dinner following the reception given in the Prince's honor by the Bel gian Minister. Klnc at Informal Repast. In the old assembly room of the most exclusive and smallest club Washington has ever known the present King sat and smoked a pipe and drank his beer from a pewter flagon while four mem bers of the club, two of them United States Senators, in caps and aprons, prepared the supper of buckwheat cakes, grilled bones and panned oysters that furnished the old-time Alibi menu. Supper was served as usual in the Dutch kitchen, with the appointments in sharp contrast to the earlier dinners In the visitor's honor with the Presi dent, the Vice-President and the Min ister from Belgium, as the respective hosts. Of the score or so of Americans par ticipating In this most unusual enter tainment even for this unusual club, still prominent in Washington, are an ex-president of the club; Dr. B. Frank Loring, Woodbury Blair, ex-Senator-J Welmore and the present Ambassador to Italy, Dr. Thomas .Nelson Page Major-tf cneral Joseph Saucer aud GERMAN SHOP IN PARIS AFTER WAR TASKS DIFFER Czar Steamrolls as Others Stonewall, Says Writer. RUSSIA TO REACH BERLIN Allies Must Fight Back, if Need Be, to Atlantic Without Allowing Aggressive German Victory, Is Assertion. LONDON, Aug. 29. The military cor respondent of the Times, in his account on the war today, says: "There is a great difference between the tasks of the allies in the Western and Eastern theaters of war. "In the West our task Is stone walling; that of the Russians is steam rolling. "The situation in the wast is such USH & LAN 17 PIANOS One Grade Only and That the Best We Do As We Say, Hence Oar Success n .1 jo u 433-435 Washington Street r ortianci ESrancn corner twelfth. AUGUST 30. 1914. that only an extraordinary stroke of good fortune could give us a smashing victorv and enable us to annihilate the foe. It is our business to keep our wicket up while Russia makes the runs. We must fight back, if need be, to the Atlantic ropes without allowing our selves to be knocked out. "Germany must have an aggressive victory to win. ana 11 musi u j jt har 1 thnt nhiect. "The Russians have a most brilliant role in this war. Kussia must reacn Berlin within a couple of months. If at the end of that timo our claws are still fast in the German armies in tha west, and if Servia still has her teeth in Austria's back, then the strategic and political object of the war will be achieved." M STORMED IN FOG SCREENING OF GERMAN ADVANCE CAUSED FALL, SAVS BELGIAN. Survivor Tells of Escnpe After Hond-to-Hand Struggle While Guns Poured Shells Into Ports. LONDON, Aug. 29. A dispatch to the Telegraph from Folkstone says that several Belgian cyclist soldiers who have arrived there from Namur say that the fall of that city was mainly due tp the presence of a heavy fog. under cover of which the Germans at tacked. One of the soldiers, who wore remnants of a uniform of the Thir teenth Regiment, said: "When the fog became very thick, enveloping all tne forts of the town, the Germans Degan moving up under cover of a terrific bombardment which continued two days without cessation. The enemy had sighted their guns be fore the fog came on and their aim was excellent. One of the first things hit ctotinn The nolte pf the cannonading was horrible and Namur soon oecamu uu..., -was practically demolished. "We made a dash out and suddenly ran into a body of Germans whom we engaged hand to hand. We dispersed them, although there were only t0 in our littl band, but in the fight we lost our bearings and groped blindly v,h foe- and smoke for a long time before we found our way. "Meanwhile there was a coiumui boom of heavy artillery and the whis tle of shells overhead. Gradually, how ever the sound of the bombardment irrew fainter and at dawn it liad prac tically ceased. "The fog then lifted, and from the hills we could see the ruins of the town from whence we came. s e pushed on. soon finding ourselves In France. PRESIDENT RESTS ALL DAY Wilson Takes Auto Ride and Naps at "Stammer White House." WINDSOR. Vt.. Aug. 29. t-resiuem. Wilson got a thorough rest today at the "Summer White-House." A long automobile ride in the morning and a nap in the afternoon completed the day s programme, and he planned to remain indoors tonight. .ui. The President sDed In the White House automobile to the clubhouse at Hanover, N. H.. where he passed an idle half hour in the doorway looking out at the rain. LEIPSIG HAS DISAPPEARED German Cruiser Believed to Be Headed for the Orient. SEATTLE, Aug. 29. The German cruiser Leipsig has not been seen for nearly two weeks, and in British Co lumbia the impression is growing that she is crossing the Pacific. Ocean. She was last sighted off Cape Mendo cino. California. Shipping men say that as the Leipsig has no coaling facilities on the Pacific Coast she could not con tinue the cruise. OUTSKIRTS ORDERED RAZED (Continued From Flrnt Page.) of Bavaria were attacked from Nancy and the south, but the enemy was driven off German Marine I'njtnKfd. "German marines returning from Get the Young Fellows Ready for College Complete outfits at Phegley & Cavender's. More styles to select from the best values in Portland. We're Showing Our New Fall Line of jspfiomore perfect Clotfvas For Young Men Better come in and look them over. There are certainly some snappy styles and fabrics for you to choose from. Priced at $20 to $30 NEW HATS, SHIRTS, NECKWEAR, ETC., all in line for Fall, and they're right up-to-the-minute. You'll find just the particular style you'll want here. DROP IN TOMORROW Phegley &? Cavender Corner Fourth and Alder Streets Scutari have Joined the Austrian forces engaged against Servia and stormed In the first line a mountain 1000 meters high on the banks of the Drina. "Cologne and the Rhine province have each contributed 100,000 marks ($25,000) toward a fund for the relief of refugees from East Prussia. ' "The American Assistant Secretary of War, Henry S. Breckenrldgu, who is charged witn a special mission to Europe in connection with the repatria tion of stranded Americans, has ex pressed his gratitude for the support he has received in German and Austrian official circles." Brussels Force Reduced. LONDON, Aug. 29. One hundred and sixty railway trains loaded with Ger man troops have passed through Bel gium from the southwest toward the northeast, according to an Antwerp dispatch to the Renter Telegram Com pany. This, it is added. Indicate! that the Germans are sending troops back on account of the advance of the Rus sians. The German force at Brussels has been reduced to a minimum. These 160 trains, which passed through last night, the dispatch con tinues, are transporting one army corps with full equipment, and "It would appear that the rapid advance of the Russians Is compelling the Ger mans to withdraw troops from the line of the Meuse." Couple Back From XorwM. Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Evenson. of 33."i Eugene street, who have Just returned to Portland from Norway, are the first of a party of 1" persons from Portland who went to attend the Centennial In Chrlstlania. and who are finding them selves delayed In returning by the war conditions. Mr. and Mr. Evenson had their return ticket on a steamer which left August 7. which was one of the last that was able to sail without delay. This steamer took more than 500 more passengers than she ordinarily would carry. Other members of the Portland party may he delayed for many weeks before they can arrange to return. Distinctive Types IN Ladies' and Misses' Coats, Suits and Dresses (Of the Better Class) Each model shown here this season has a rertain individuality that stamps it distinc tive, an air of exclusiveness demanded by the well dressed woman of today. The prices are no more than those asked in shops where many garments alike are carried in stock and the individuality thereby de stroyed. Suits $22.50 to $125.00 Coats $14.50 to $ 85.00 Dresses $15.00 to $150.00 C. E. Holliday Co. 355 Alder St.. Cor. of Park TO TRADE FINK WILLAlttKTTE VALLEY ONION TRA GOOD MJ ALSsO 1 A ALLIES QUIT BOULOGNE rRKI,.RATION HAM I'"" HMD OF GERM I W 1 11 1 . L'hlana. Who Ma Be Vanguard of I nmr Force, Reported Within 31 Miles of t'U.v on I hannel. LONDON. Aug. It. A Central Newa dispatch saya that Boulogne has been evacuated by the allied troops. The correspondent of the Express at Boulogne telegraphs that preparations are being made there in expectation "f a cavalry raid on the lown. He aays: "The German troops are advancing In North France and Boulognn Is niak. in preparations for a cavalry raid. A notice was posted In tho sub-profec-tures and the hfadiiuartorn of the aeli darmerlea, saying the troops had MM withdrawn and calling on thx Inhabi tants to remain calm, preserve ordar and make any sacrifices necessary for the good of their country. "1 am told the customs officials laft Boulogne Friday morning, and that the officials of the civil administration are ready to leave. Since Thursday nlaht the lown has been absolutely jrartd by visitors. Some left by boat ami others by land In the direction of Havre and Dieppe. Homf of the Inhab itants are leaving, but as yet there has beeen no general exodus. "The story Is that I'hlans. who may be tha vanguard of a large body of cavalry, are within 30 mllea of tha ton. WANTS C0RDW00D. 1 have a beautiful, nearly new, $00 walnut player piano, with 72 muale rolls, which I will trade for curd wood, f. o. b. cara. 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