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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VOL.. XXXIII NO. 44. TURKS AHlitX, IHVADE EGYPT Russian Envoy Leaves and War Is Declared. ALLIES STAND TOGETHER i Sebastopol Bombarded, Ships Attacked and -Sunk in k Black Sea. BALKANS ARE THREATENED Peace in Region Is Believed to Depend on Attitude of. Bulgaria. , LONDON-, Oct. 31. It is officially announced in London that the Turk ish government summarily shut off communications 'with the British Em bassy at Constantinople Friday last ' and that the British government must take whatever action is required to protect British interests and terri tory and Egypt from attacks made or threatened. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph Company from Athens 6ays that the Russian Ambassador and his staff have left Constantinople. Turkey. Annexes Egypt. A German . official statement re ceived in London by Marconi -wireless says Turkey has formally annexed Egypt. Another report says that 3000 Bedouins have invaded Egypt. According to a dispatch from Am sterdam the Frankfurter. Zeitung prints a telegram from Constantinople . saving .a Turkish -warship has bom barded Sebastopol. ." Russian Mine Layer Sunk. . ; The same authority says; The following official telegram from Constantinople is published by the Frankfurter Zeitung: "A small part of the Turkish fleet in the Black Sea on Thursday sank the Russian mine-layer Prut, a vessel of 5000 tons, which had aboard 700 mines, damaged a Russian torpedo- boat and seized a coal steamer. "A torpedo fired from the torpedo boat Hairet-Millet sank the Russian destroyer Kubanets. The Mauvenet-I Millet torpedoed a Russian ' coast guard ship, -which was severely dam aged. Three Russian officers were saved by us and imprisoned. The Turkish fleet suffered no loss and the battle was successfully continued." four Torpedo-Boats Destroyed. A dispatch from Berlin announces that telegrams from Turkey say that the Turkish fleet in a battle with the (Concluded on Pace 6.) r SUBMARINE SINKS BRITISH CRUISER VESSEL CAUGHT ALOtS DESTROYED BY GERMAN. Most of Crew Are Saved Attack In dicates Enemy Has Established Base on Belgian Coast. DOVER (via London), Nov. 1. Two men killed, nine wounded and about 40 missing: represent the casualties result ing from the sinking of the British cruiser Hermes in the Straits of Dover yesterday by a German submarine. The exact number of missing is not known. LONDON. Oct. 81. The enterprise of German submarines, which have been lurking along the French coast on the Straits of Dover, seeking to get a shot at British , ships engaged, In bombard ing the German positions in Belgium was rewarded today when one of them attacked and sank the light cruiser Hermea as she was returning from Dunkirk. Thft ' greater Dart of the crew was rescued. - The Hermes was a comparatively old vessel and from a naval viewpoint was of no great value, but the fact that she was attacked so near home Indicates that the German submarines must have a base somewhere on the part of the Belgian coast which is oc cupied by the German troops, from "which they menace ships of the allies passing between England and France. Only a few days ago one of them sank the French steamer Amiral Ganteaume, which was carrying refugees from Calais. . How many submarines the Germans have In these waters is not known, but, several of them have been seen recently. When ships are guarded by torpedo boat destroyers, as are those engaged in bombarding the German positions, they are comparatively safe. but the opportunity of the submarines come when one is caught alone, as was the Hermes. BULLETINS PARIS, -Oct. 31. Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian anther. In a alsned article the Figaro, reviewing the phase of the war tn Delirium, still expresses (ear (or the fate eC the Grand Place (market 'place), the Hotel De Vllle (the town hall) and. the Cathedral Brussels. ' He says he la certain and knows from m reliable sonree that they have been mined and that only a apnrk la needed to reduce them to nebria. LONDON, Oct. 31 It Is officially an nounced that the refuge ship Admiral Ganteaume, says a Bordeaux dispatch to Renter's Telegram Company, torpedoed by a German submarine and did not strike a mine as was at first thought. . , ; - WASHINGTON, Oct. 3L Official warning of a German mine field off the North" "Coast of Ireland, waa re ceived today from the British Admlr alty, which warned all ships not to pass within OO miles of Tory Island. The Admiralty believes the mines were strewn to destroy Canadian transports. ( ST. JOHNS, N. B., Oct. 3L The German members of the crew of the American tug Security, arrested by the military authorities, October iltt, were released today and returned to their vessel under orders received from Ottawa. ; . LONDON, Oct.; 31. A dispatch to the Post from Sydney, N. S. W., says It is reported that . the German '. cruisers Scharnhorst . and - 4he . Gnelsenan have been captured aa a result ot the failure cf their eoal supply. There is no offi cial confirmation of the report to be had here. BERLIN, Oct. 31. tBy wireless.) The temperatuie at Archangel now registers 5 degrees. As a result of this cold the White Sea soon will be froaen. BERLIN, Oct. 31 (By wirelesa to Sayvllle, L. I.) A special correspond ent of the Frankfort Gazette In East Prussia reports that there is now n totaX of 40,000 civilians of East Prussia who are missing as n result of the Russian atrocities in this district. THE GREAT LEADER OF DEMOCRACY HEADS AN ENDLESS PROCESSION THROUGH THE OPEN TARIFF GENERAL ADVANCE OF ALLIES ORDERED Brunt of Battle Falls on Line of 40 Miles. GERMANS RESUMING ATTACK Reoccupation of Ostentf and Lille Not Confirmed. IGHT AT YPRES FIERCE Central West Flanders Becomes One Enormous Hospital IUieims Becomes Again Target of German Artillery. LONDON. Nov. 1. The Flushing cor respondent of Reuter's Telegram Com pany says: "Heavy firing can be beard in Sluls from the direction of Thourout. Everything indicates that the Germans are retreating from Dlxmude." LONDON, Oct. SI The impression created here by the latest news is that a general advance of the allied forces in France and Belgium has been.- or dered. -so main interest-again Is cen tered in the battleground covering 80 or 40 miles from the seaboard. The general trend of the movements of both the German and the allied amies Is for the moment, according to both. British' and French official state merits, in a northerly and northeasterly direction, which is in accordance with the desires of the allied commanders, but ' that Germany has resumed her hammer blows with greater energy than ever is attested by the British official Information bureau. Allies Assert They Gain. In spits . of these stubborn counter strokes it is asserted that all the move ments of the allied forces are in a. for. ward direction towards the line still held by the Germans in force and stretching from Bruges to Thourout Rourles, Iseghem end Courtral. Whether from Bruges this line ex tends to Ostend or Zeebrugge is a moot point, there being up to the present no official confirmation of the reported reoccupation of Ostend by the allies. . Definite confirmation of the reported evacuation of Lille by the Germans also is lacking. Battle Stubbornly Fought. The battle in the vicinity of Yvres is of a most stubborn character, es pecially at Passchendalle and th neighboring villages, and the slaughter is so great that Central West Flanders has become one enormous hospital. Th allied advance In this quarter is push ing near Roulers, occupied by the Ger mans after undergoing great damage each time it changed hands. Rheims again has become the target of German guns. GERMANS GAIN NEAR SOISSOX Berlin Reports Allies Across Aisnc. Retreating BERLIN, Oct. 31, via Amsterdam, and London. A report received here, today from German army headquarters says "Our army in Belgium yesterday oc cupied Ramscapelle ' (two and a half miles east of Nieuport) and Frelschoo and our attacks on Ypres are progress ing. Zandvoorde, Chateau Holleneicke and Wambeke have been stormed. "Further south we also have gained ground to the east of Solssons. The enemy has been attacked and durin (Concluded on Page 2.) INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 68.4 decrees;' minimum, 54.4 decrees. TODAY'S Rain; southeast winds. - War. General advance of allies in France and Belgium thousht to have been ordered. Section 1. DSjce- L Brltlah light cruiser sunk by submarine. Section 1. pass 1. Richard Bardlns Davis describes tremen dous waste of present war. Section 1. page 1. SdV on trial In London says mission was to reoort on British, losses In aea battle. Section 1. pare 2. King Albert appeals . to Americana to aid starving people. Section 1, page 3. Allies wounded suffering- from want of hosnitals and experienced surseona in Northern France. Section L page 7. Starv of German soldiers who etarved In trenchea told by diary. Section 1. Dace 2. Paris' mental life feeds on Incredible, grew- aome tales of war. Section 1. page 3. Petrograd sars Russians are resisting an at. tacks on East Prussian front. Section i. page 6. Britain Issues statement ; on breach with Turkey. Section 1, page 4. Washington learns of- declaration of ' war by Turkey. Section 1. page 4. Turkey annexes Egypt: war on with al lies. Section 1. page 1. Political. Booth Is . cheered by large audience of worklnsmen In Moose Hall. Section X, vajce L - Rev. Delmer H. Trimble, former paator of Mr. Booth, calla udou Governor Weat to retract charges he made agalnat canal date. Section 1, page 17. ' "Uncle Bill" Hanlev la host of reception at Hotel Orecon. Section i. page 16. Synopsis of election laws prepared by Dis trict Attorney. Section 1, page ltt. Dr. Withvcombe. after visit to every see tlon ot state, confident of victory. Sec tion L pare 14. C B. Moore J. anaworlnr Clarke Letter, says Mr. Ranlov won't carry single county. Section 1. nags 14, Council of Women Voters addressed br can didates in non-partisan meeting. Sec tion 1. nave 9. Final analysis of campaign made by Mr. Letter. Sectiai 1. page 20. Representative Kawley receives ovation at Salem. Section 1. nage 8. Union Countr declared safely In Republican column. Section 1. page 8. Prohibition laaua commands most lntereat In Washington. Section 1. page 8. Republicans call Idaho back to party. Sec tion 1. page 0. Republicans hold fort In Alder-street speak. Ing. . Section 1. page 4. , Lane County enthusiastic tor Booth. Section -. pago 7. . Domestic Carloads of Jonathan apples from Pacific Northwest sell in New York at 13 cents. Section 1. case 7. Man confesses to killing wife and family. Section 1, page 7. Sperta - Oregon Aggies play University of Washing ton to stanastm in scurc.ess . iwu tkin page 1. Washington - out to win from Jump, but O. A. .C. defense proves too strong, section 2, page l. Doble lauds Luts after great game, which proves not one .of. fortune-making, bee Uon 2, page 2. Multnomah Club walks on Washington Club, Section 2, pago 2. Harvard defeats Michigan, 7 to O, without revealing cherished secret, plays, secuo 2. page 2. , . . Arrest of lacy boxer after bout hell stride forward. Section 2. page 5. Annual meeting of Coast League gets sur prise when Tigers let Elliot out. Section u..-pare A. All eyes focus on Lincoln-Washington match Section 2,- page 8. Doble's footbsll record . shows his team have scored 1005 points against oppon ents 88. section 2, page 3. Many title bouts to be staged In Movem ber. section 2, page o. Maior league all-stars to play only game here today. Section 2. pags 4. ' Commercial and Marine. , Northwestern wneat markets again at top notch. - Section 2. page 17. Large- Increase in livestock receipts Portland yards. Section 2, pags 17. Sentiment over business prospects In East decidedly brighter. Section 2. page 17. Wheat easier at Chicago because ut large primary receipts. Section . page 17. Unofficial estimate lists fire damage to liner Santa Catallna at $200,000. Sec- tion 2. page 6. Portland and -Vicinity. Count expenses reported by Auditor reach $730.055. 23 for nine months. Section page 13. Dr. Hodge backs statement of aum child' garden will yield. Section 1, page 12. Concert to- bring in funda greatly needed by Florence Crittenton Refuge Home. . Sec tion 1, page 12. Baby Show proves great attraction at Land Products Exhibition. Section 2. page 18. Central Oregon land of optimism, Robert E. Strahorn finds. Section 1. page 18. La dd- pupils - make pictorial protest against less of nlavcround. Section 1. page 17. Weather report, -data and forecast. Section 1. page i. Halloween pranks keep police busy from 7 o'clock until midnight. Section 1, page 4. Oregon Civio : League hears arguments of both aides on ballot measures. Section 2. page 7. Paul Relmers. of Portland, tells of duping 'British In trip to Germany. Section 2, ' page 6. WAR'S EHOBIUS WASTE APPARENT Destruction in Wake of Armies Complete. LABOR OF CENTURY GONE No Contest in History Marked by Vandalism. So EFFECT IS FAR-REACHING Toll of Human 1,1 fe So Great. Says Richard Harding Davis, That Dis asters Less Appalling Are . Easier to Understand. BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. (Copyright, 1914, by the Wheeler Syndicate, New York.) NEW YORK. Oct. 81. In this war, more than in other campaigns, tne wastefulness is apparent. In recent wars what to the man at home was most distressing was the destruction of life. He measured the importance ot the conflict by the dally lists of killed and wounded. But In those wars, ex cept human life, there was little else to destroy. The war In South Africa was fought among hills of stone, across vacant stretches of prairie. Not even trees were destroyed, because there were no trees. In. the district over which the armies passed there were not enough trees to supply the men with firewood In Manchuria, with the Japanese, we marched for miles without seeing even a mud village, and the approaches to Port Arthur were as desolate as our Black 'Hills. " ' Tnrko-Itallan War en Desert. The Italian-Turkish war was fought in the sands of a desert and In the Bal kan war few had heard of the cities bombarded until they read they were in flames. . But this war is being waged in that part of the world bast known to the rest of the world. Every Summe hundreds of thousands of Americana on business or on pleasure bent, trav eled to the places that now dally are being taken or retaken or are in ruins. At school they had read of these places in their history books and later had visited them. In consequence in this war they have a personal and Intelll gent Interest. It is as though of what is being destroyed they were part own era. Toward Europe they are as ab sentee landlords. It was their plea ure ground and their market. Now that it is being' laid low, the . utter wastefulness of war is brought closer to this generation than ever before. Loss of Life Net All Waste. Loss of life in war has not been con sidered entirely wasted, because the self-sacrifice involved ennobled it. Th men who went out to war knew wbat they might lose. Neither when in the pursuits of peace human life is sacri need is it counted as wasted. The plo neers who were killed by the Indian or who starved .to death in what then were deserts helped to carry dvillza tlon from the Atlantic to the Facia Only 10 years ago men were killed 1 learning to control the "horseless wag oris." and now 60-horsepower cars are driven by women . and young girl Later the airship took its toll of human life. ' Nor, In view of the possibilities of the airships in the future, can it b said those lives were wasted. But except life there was no otbe waste. To perfect the automobile and the airship no women or children were (Concluded on Page &.) 'T Saturday's War Moves F3RMAL declaration of war between Turkey and Russia was anndunced yesterday from Constantinople. For a time, it seems, the Porte hoped to con fine its hostilities to Russia, but the French and British Ambassadors are preparing to withdraw, and there Is every Indication that Turkey will be obliged to account ' to all the members of the Entente. The Turkish foreign minister made a disavowal to the French Ambassador of the acts of the Turkish warships, declaring their Ger man officers and crews were to blame. This disavowal, if It reached the Rus sian Ambassador, was not accepted by him and the breach was not prevented. The effect of Turkey's stand on the Balkan states is still problematical. Greece is said to be still neutral, but watchful of her interests. Much may depend on what Bulgaria does. The Italian Cabinet resigned yesterday, as result of differences over the ad visability of pushing war preparations at any cost, with a view of being ready for all eventualities. The Cabl et crisis, however, does not for the present presage Italy's entry into the war on either side. Turkey Is said to have "annexed" Egypt. It Is believed that Russia has made preparations to protect her Caucasian frontier, but that she will not attempt to Invade. Turkish territory for the present. Probably the same attitude will be adopted by England In Egypt. One of Great Britain's difficulties will be the protection of the oil fields which she recently acquired in Persia. Indian troops can be brought up fpr this purpose. Meanwhile, some of the warships un der the Turkish flag have destroyed several vessels of the Russian navy, and it is reported from Constantlpole by way of Rome that the Russian fleet had attacked the Turkish fleet In the Black Sea off the Crimean coast. The German attempts to reach the French Channel ports have been re sumed with renewed energy. The Ger mans undertook general offensive tac tics from the coast at Nieuport to Ar ras and. while they made progress at some points, they were repulsed at oth ers and in some cases were compelled to give grounds Near the coast their advance was checked by an extension of the flooded area. The battle is now progressing with the fury that marked the opening the last phase of this campaign, and even on the English coast the boom of - big naval guns which are bombard ing the invaders' flank could be dls tlnctly heard. The allies have brought up land and sea forces In an endeavor to check thl second effort of the Germans to es tablish themselves on the French coast. from which they hope to menace Eng land. The German official report yesterday announced that the German troops had occupied- Ramscapelle. wh.ch 13 on the railway and canal between Nieuport and Dlxmude, but, the French official communication says they were driven out by a counter attack. Doubtless the extension of . the flooded arte, which now reaches beyond this town, made the German positions untenable On the whole, tnerefore. It would ap pear that the situation on this most important battle front remains much as it was when the Germans, through exhaustion a few days ago, ceased their heavy artillery fire for rest. The French report tells of various advances and losses, 'but these usually, so far as distance Is concerned, can be marked In feet or yards, and the advance made a few days ago by the British in Bel gium of 1200 yards was considered re markable. Throughout the great battlefront there has been a repetition of attacks and counter attacks, with at times a pronounced thinning of the lines, whether they have gained a slight ad vance or have been thrown back. The Germans made a particularly violent attack east of Solssons on the Aisne. and, according, to the German 'report, drove the French across the river. Reports that Lille has been re-oc-cupied by the French and that Ostend (Concluded on Page 5.) GATE INTO AMERICAN 107.5v BOOTH ACCLAIMED BY WORKIUGEII Nominee Addresses Great Crowd. CHEERS OF APPROVAL RING Orator Shows Democratic Tariff Is Foe of Labor. POLICY IS TO AID EARNERS Candidate Wins Ovation in Speecn In Moose Hall, Loud Applause Sounding as Republican Prom ise of Prosperity Is Heard. "Labor cannot go up if the tariff goes down," declared Robert A. Booth, Republican nominee for the United States Senate before a large crowd of workingmen at the Moose Hall last night. We must have a market for Amer ican farm products and protection for American labor." he continued amid the cheers of the big crowd that tilled the hall. Mr. Booth was the principal speaker at a smoker given by the "Booth for Senator" Club organized recently by his friends and supporters among the workingmen. Dr. James Withy combe, candidate for Governor; C. N. McAr thur, candidate for Representative in Congress, and Thomas M. Hurlburt. candidate for Sheriff, also spoke, George L. Baker presided. The ora torical programme was interspersed with music furnished by Charles U. Levering and M. D. Crockwell. Tariff Main Isaac. Mr. Booth reviewed the issues of the campaign but declared that the only issue dividing the two great parties the Republican and the Democratic is the tariff Issue. He laid down the Issue. He laid down the . claratlon that if elected ho I the principles of the Under- and that he will labor to emphatlo dec! will oppose the wood tariff the end that American labor and Ameri can farmers are protected. "Whether elected or not." he de clared, emphasising his utterances with his tightly-clenched fist pounding into the palm of his hand, "I will continue to be the friend of the American labor ing man. Whether elected or not I will stand against any people coming to this country that will lower the standard of the wage earner. "I believe a condition should exist in this country that will make the Ameri can workingman not only the envy of all the world but the model as well." Talk la to Point. Mr. Booth received the undivided at tention of his listeners. He delivered a clear, concise, logical, earnest ad- -dress. He did not depart, in the style of the conventional campaign orator, to humor his audience with stale stories or to belittle the private and public acts of his opponents. He con fined himself to the direct issues ot the day and viewed the situation confront ing the Nation from the standpoint of a citizen of Oregon and of the Pacific Coast. He pointed out that now that the Panama Canal Is complete and in operation, its greatest mission, from the viewpoint of the Pacific Coast, should be to offer greater opportunity to the people of the Pacific Coast. He insisted that the Government owes It to these "Western states to provide the land with the fullest, freest and easiest means of development so that the peo ple who come here through the canal , (Concluded on Page 4. MARKETS.
