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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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The prices are no more than those asked in
shops where many garments alike are carried
in stock and the individuality thereby de
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Coats $14.50 to $ 85.00
Dresses $15.00 to $150.00
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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.
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