80 Pages
Section One
Pages 1 to 22
Six Sections
VOL.. XXXIII NO. 50.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
GERMANS MENACE
REAR OF V
Campaign in Poland at
Critical Stage.
RUSSIAN LOSSES ENORMOUS
Berlin Estimates Campaign
- Cost Czar 1 50,000 Men.
DAMAGE TO LODZ SMALL
Fact That Town Was Evacuated Se-
cretly in Night Admitted Offi
cially Austrians Short of
Men In Carpathians.
BERLIN, by wireless to Sayvtlle,
N. T.. Dec 12 Occupation of the city
of Frzasnysz by the German forces
which have been advancing on Warsaw
from the north, recently reported un
officially, was said definitely by the
Official Press Bureau today to have
been accomplished.
"This is the most important factor
In the latent developments from the
Kastern theater of war," the Press Bu
reau statement continues, "and while
In itself it is not important. It shows
that the Germans have begun active
offensive operations north of the Vis
tula. Przasnysz lies on the direct line
of communication between Willenberg,
East Prussia, and Warsaw.
Warsaw Threatened In Rear.
This shows that the advance is di
rected against the fortified line along
the Narew Kiver. - If this line were
broken, the Germans would be in the
rear of Warsaw, which wquld exercise
a deciding influence on the Polish
campaign.
"News from South Poland and
Calicia makes it clear that, notwith
standing certain successes achieved by
the Germans and Austrians, severe re
sistance is. being encountered every
where. A uatrian Forces Inadequate.
"Evidently the Austrian forces in
the Carpathians are too small to clear
Hungarian territory of the enemy at
once and must attack and repulse one
column after another."
In the battles around Lodz, in Rus
sian Poland, the Russians suffered
Creator losses than they did in their
defeat at Tannenberg, East Prussia,
according to the statement issued by
the official press bureau today, an
nouncing the evacuation by the Rus
sians of the City of Lodz. The state
ment reads:
"The evacuation of Lodz took place
secretly in the middle of the night and
remained unnoticed .by us at first, but
It was the result of the previous three
days' battles.
Trenehta Filled With Deal.
"In theso engagements the Rus
sians suffered severely from the Are
of our artillery. The trenches evacu
ated by the Russians were literally
filled with dead. Not even after the
battle of Tannenberg did our troops
have to march over so many Russian
corpses as they did in the battles
around Lodz and Lowicz.
"Although we attacked, our losses
were much smaller than were those
of the Russians. We lost compara
tively few men killed. The Twenty
fifth Reserve Corps, ' in breaking
through the Russian lines, had only 120
killed.
"It is significant that on a height to
the south of Lutomlersk and west ot
Lodz not fewer than S87 Russians
were buried.
Raaalan Loss Estimated at 150,0041.
"According to our estimates the Rus
sians lost 150, 0P0 men. including 80,000
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WARSHIPS WANTED
AT PANAMA CANAL
COLONEL GOETHALS ASKS FOR
DESTROYERS AT OXCE.
Explanation Is Sought and When It
Conies Vessels Slay Go Neu
trality Violation Possible.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Colonel
Goethals has requested, that destroyers
be sent to the canal zone Immediately.
It was learned tonight, but no specific
explanation of the need for naval ves
sels there was included In the message.
A reply asking for this explanation
was sent at once, but no answer has
been received from Colonel Goethals
at a late hour. '
Officials believe the canal Governor
has experienced some difficulty In
preserving the complete neutrality of
the zone and Its territorial waters.
Many ships belonging to belligerent
nations are in the vicinity and it Is
thought possible Colonel Goethals has
found himself unable to check use of
their wireless plants within the three
mile limit to convey Information to
ward ships at sea.
With swift naval vessels to aid, it
would be an easier matter to regulate
use of wireless and it was thought
probable tonight that the necessary
destroyers would be dispatched as soon
as Colonel Goethals explanation is re
ceived. Recent activities by British and Jap
anese warships in the vicinity of the
Canal Zone, which followed the recent
disaster to the British fleet under Ad
miral Cradock, has given rise to some
concern here, although no specific re
ports of violation of neutrality have
been previously received, so far as
known. Reports of wireless interrup
tion from Panama have led to the be
lief that colliers and warships were
exchanging messages, which, if they
have not otherwise been open to ob
jection, have hindered commercial use
of wireless to a considerable extent, it
is said.
In view of Colonel Goethal's message,
it Is believed that code messages have
been picked up which disclose that to
some extent the waters of the zone
have been made a base of operations
by one or both of the allied fleets and
that the Governor wishes to establish a
patrol which will prevent further viola
tions of neutrality.
1600 LA1D-0FF MEN BACK
Southern Pacific Orders Los Angeles
Shops to Resume Work.
LOS ANGELES, Dec, 12. (Special.)
Sixteen hundred men, employed at the
Southern Pacific shops here, who were
laid off when the shops closed down
late in October, will return to work
Monday morning.
The original order for the lay-off
declared that the shops would remain
closed until January 4.
Today, however, orders arrived from
T. W. He'lntzleman, of San Francisco,
general superintendent of motive power,
for the resumption of work Monday.-
SMUGGLING ACT NIPPED
The Netherlands Autliorities Seize
Cargoes From Germans.
AMSTERDAM, via London. Dec. 12.
The correspondent at Hans weert, Neth
erlands, of the Amsterdam Telegraaf,
declares the Dutch authorities have
seized 16 river boats containing car
goes of grain and other goods, which,
it is alleged, the Germans were at
tempting to smuggle by way of the
River Scheldt.
The German authorities, the corre
spondent adds, contend the cargoes are
private property.
KAISER'S FEVER IS GONE
Catarrhal Symptoms Disappear With
Continued Improvemnet.
BERLIN. Dec. 12, via The Hague and
London Emperor William's condition
continues to improve, according to an
official announcement issued today.
The catarrhal symptoms have wholly
disappeared and His Majesty's tempera
ture is normal.
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GARRAflZA SENDS
WARNING TO BRYAN
Use of Force Will Be
Held Unfriendly.
BLAME FOR FIRING IS DENIED
General Says His Men Have
Backs to Boundary.
FORMAL REPLY IS READY
Secretary's Declaration That Retal
iation Would Not Be Invasion
Flatly Contradicted Think
Twice, Is Admonition.
VERA CRTJZ. Dec. 12. "If the United
States employs force to stop the firing
by Mexicans across the international
boundary line at Naco, it will be con
sidered an unfriendly act, notwithstand
ing the friendly motives cloaking the
act."
In this manner General Carranza
made answer, in a statement to the
Associated Press, to the formal notice
served, by the United States on both
Provisional President Gutierrez and
General Carranza that unless such fir
ing ceased force would be employed to
protect American territory.
Responsibility for Shots Denied.
Carranza's reply to the. American
note, which is expected to reach Wash
ington tomorrow, will be in general a
repudiation of responsibility for any
shots that have crossed the line, and
clearly sets forth that he and his gov
ernment will regard intervention at
Naco as a hostile and unfriendly act.
At no time since the receipt of Sec
retary Bryan's note, in which atten
tion was called to. the repeated wound
ing and killing of residents of the
town on the Northern side of the line,
has General Carranza appeared per
turbed, but he has had long conferences
with those close to him, and, in fram
ing his reply, it is said, he has been
careful not. to let himself remain in
any uncertain light.
Blame Placed. on Maytorena.
"General Hill, who is commanding
the constitutionalist forces at Naco, la
on the defensive," continued General
Carranza, "and since his back was to
the line it is dificult to see how he
could be responsible for the tiring in
question. The fact is that Maytorena's
men have been the attacking party and
therefore it appears reasonably clear
that they, and only they, could have
been to blame.
"As a matter of fact I do not know
that the rights of the American citi
zens have been violated. It seems to
me that it would be well for the State
Department to investigate this ques
tion in order to fix the responsibility.
"X remember similar instances at El
Paso, where the Maderlsta forces were
attacking there. In that case those
shot were for the most part the im
prudent and curious Individuals who
flocked to witness the fighting as if it
had been a spectacular show staged
for . their benefit.
Bryan--Warned Against Force.
1 "As to the use of force, of which Mr.
Bryan talks, that is something the
gravity of which I fear he does not
fully appreciate. He says it would not
mean an invasion of our territory nor
a violation of our National sovereignty.
It would. And, moreover. It would more
certainly be an act against the consti
tutionalists who hold the town and in
favor of the Villaistas, who would be
left free to continue their operations.
It would be simply tying General Hill's
hands and leaving Maytorena free. .
"I sincerely hope that good friendship
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather. '
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, S
degrees; minimum, SO degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
War. -
Line in rear of Warsaw menaced by Ger
mans. Section 1, pas 1.
German navy Lieutenant found In box
among luggage on British pier. Section 1
page 4.
Colonel Ooethalss aska that destroyers be
sent to Panama Canal. Section 1. page 1.
German cruiser Dresden stranded off Pata
gonia a. Section 1, page X
American Consul-Geueral at Antwerp suf
fers from famine. Section 1, page 3.
Large percentage of wounded in German
hospitals recover. Section X, page 2.
German newspaper deprecates peace move
ment in I'nited States; says this Nation
is disqualified as arbitrator. - Section 2,
page 6.
England fears "short, sharp raid" by Ger
mans would do tremendous damage. Sec
tion 1, page 5.
Mexico.
Carranza warns Bryan use of force on bor
der will be regarded as unfriendly act.
Section L page L
Foreign. m
Sister of Ear Kitchener campaigns for clos
ing saloons of Great Britain during war.
Sectioif 1, .page . .
National.
Navy Department estimates number of air
craft In service lsf European war. Section
1. page 5.
Democrats call Senate- caucus; Lane stays
out. Section 1. page 7.
Gridiron Clnb observes strict neutrality at
Winter dinner. Section 1, page 7.
Battleship Oregon to carry President at
, head of naval parade through canal.
Section 1, page 2.
Taft pleads for adoption of National budget
system. Section 1, page 6. -Domestic.
Colorado miner says contempt trials were
farccial. Section 1. page 6.
New York Stock Kxcnanke reopens with
strongly optimistic tone. Section 1
page, 12.
Master of steamer Hanalei suspended for
two years. Section 1. page i.
Pacific Northwest.
Jay A. French, ex-Wallowa County Judge.
Is sentenced to penitentiary for one to
five years for foraery. Section 1. page 9.
Mies Jessamine BushnelL of Gold Hill, Or.,
mar christen submarine if kinship to Ad
miral Bushnell is proved. ' Section 1
pace 9.
Idaho Moose not discouraged by election
defeat. Section 1. page 12.
Offices of Northwest Livestock Show moved
from Mo sco w to Le wiston. Section 1,
page
Fifty per cent of electric power In United
States held by . three Pacific Coast
states revealed at commonwealth con
- ference. Section 2, page 7.
Old mem bers restored to Fish and Game
Commission. Section 2, page 5.
Attorney for Roy Farnam'MecIarea Edna
Morgan committed suicide in barn. Sec
tion 1. caere 13.
Governor West announces Intent to practice
law in Portland. Section U page 7.
Sports.
Walter McCredle picks five ex-Coast
Leajruers to make good with majors.
Section 2. paste 1.
Franklin and Washington High Schools to
open basketball season January 12. Sec
tion 2. pace 8.
Columbia University expected to permit
football attain. Section 2. page 2.
Dr. Stewart believes chances sood for Aggies
to have strons basketball team. Section
2. naae 2. -
Bezdek nuts basketball squad -through stiff
practice from stare Section X pago &.
Story Fielder Jones is to deliv minor
leagues to Federals called by him "silly
rot." Section 2. urge 1.
Portland ma not be represented at Inter
national boat races. Section 2, page 8.
Portland may get one big intercollegiate
game next FalL Section 3, page 3.
C ommercial and Marine.
Portland irraln trade takes steps to obtain
state Krain inspection law. Section 2.
page 15. . ,
Wheat nearly 2 cents higher at Chicago be
cause of heavy buy ins; by Greece. Sec
tion . 2. page 15.
Stock trading resumed in Wall street and
prices are higher. Section 2, page 15.
Room on liner Santa Catalina to be finished
In Oregon fir. Section 2. page 6. -Portland
and Vicinity. ,
Mr. Selling, sure of election to Speakership,
begins committee work. Section 1, page 4.
Fred Tronson taken to prison to serve Fife
term: Section 1. page 20.
S. B. Huston does not enthuse over hydro
electric plants for state. Section 2.
page IS.
Catholics resent criticism of their actions
following Mexican exposures. Section 2,
page 16.
County Commissioners adopt 22.05 mills
tentatively as county levy. Section 1,
page 18.
Pacific International - Livestock Show de
clared of vast importance. Section 1
page 18.
Bitter fight predicted on 'workmen's com
pensation act. Section 1, page 15.
Real pictures of battles in Belgium to be
shown tonight. Section 1. page 16.
Supplies pile up fast for Belgian relief ship.
Section 1, page 19.
Forest reserve roads built from timber In
come are recommended. Section L
page 17.
Dry Interests advocate light penalties for
liquor law violations. Section 1, page 19
Mr. Fliedner trades interests with ' Morgan
A Boyce for Morgan-Atchley stock. Sec
tion 1, page 19.
Associated Charities busy trying to raise
relief fund to last from Christmas to
Christmas. Section 1, page 20.
Washington Chapter Royal Arch Masons
has annual banquet. Section 1, page IS.
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HANALEI'S GAPTAIH
SUSPENDED 2 YEARS
Neglect and Lack .of
Skill Are Found.
SPEED IN FOG REPRIMANDED
Shaping of Course for North
Channel Held Wrong.
DUTY IS POINTED OUT
Punishment of Master ot Steamer
Lost on Duibury Reer, When 33
Lives Were Sacrificed, Most
1 Severe in Years.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12. The li
cense of Captain James J. Carey, mas
ter of the steamer Hanalei, -which went
to pieces on Duxbury Reef November
23, with a loss of 23 lives, was suspend
ed today for two years by James Guth
rie and Joseph P. Dolan, United States
local Inspectors, In an order which ad
judged Captain Carey guilty of negli
gence and unsklllf ulness.
There remains an opportunity for
Captain Carey to appeal the decision to
Supervising Inspector Bulger or to the
officials of the Bureau of Navigation
in Washington. His sentence of sus
pension is one of the longest given in
recent jears here.
Deviation of Compaas Shmri.
When the Hanalei piled up on the
reef It was running at. full speed, al
though It was enveloped In a thick fog.
Captain Carey was not on the bridge,
having left the vessel In charge of Sec
ond Officer Reese, whom he blamed for
the wreck. Reese was drowned.
A feature brought out the first time
In the findings of the two Inspectors
is that, as on practically all vessels,
there -was a deviation In the ship's
compass, in this case 3 easterly, and
that if the navigator of the Hanalei
had forgotten to take this compass de
viation Into consideration the steamer
would have brought up In the exact
position in which she stranded.
Charges Are Suatalned.
. Inspectors Guthrie and Dolan In their
order to Captain Carey said: v
"Alter careful consideration of the
evidence we are satisfied that the
charges of negligence and unsklllful
ness are sustained.
"First, you were negligent in navi
gating your vessel at full speed in a
fog. In violation of the first paragrapn
of article 16 of the international rules.
"Second, you were negligent In not
having an officer supervise the casting
of the lead to verify your position In
stead of trusting this responsibility to
two sailors when you left the bridge
and remained about 20 minutes, your
vessel being within four miles of Dux
bury Reef buoy In a dense fog.
Wron- Course Taken.
"Under the circumstances It was your
duty to have hauled your ship off shore
and Btopped, provided you did not have
an officer at the lead to relieve you
during your absence.
"Third, you were unskillful In shap
ing your course for Duxbury Reef
buoy and attempting to come in
through the north channel during a
dense fog. Had your course been shaped
for the San Francisco lightship and
through the main ship channel, it
would have been safe for you to leave
the bridge under the circumstances
that compelled you to leave, and the
steamer Hanalei would not have been
lost, as you. admitted at your trial."
British Warships Coal..
PANAMA, Dec 12. Six British war
ships are said to have been coaled SO
miles south of here yesterday.
They are supposed to have come from
Australian waters.
THIS WAY TO CARTOONIST REYNOLDS.
Saturday's War Moves
THERE have been no marked de
velopments in the last 24 hours
either in the eastern or western bat
tles, so far as available official re
ports disclose, although fighting of a
more or less violent character is pro
ceeding along the two fronts. In this
the opposing headquarters assert the
advantage . fell to their respective
armies.
As an offset to the Russian assertion
of having checked the. advance of three
or' five German columns Invading their
territory, the Germans say that their
cavalry has repulsed the Russian
horsemen on the East Prussian
frontier; that In North Poland the Ger
man operations are developing and that
in South Poland the Russian attacks
have been unsuccessful.
It Is admitted in Berlin, however,
that the Russian resistance Is by no
means broken, although, according to
the German estimate, in the battles
preceding the evacuation of Lodz the
Russians lost 150,000 men. Including
the 80,000 previously reported captured,
while the German losses, it is said, were
light. The town of Lodz suffered little
damage.
There is the same disparity between
French and German accounts of the
battles in Flanders and France. It Is
apparent from both, however, that the
allies have assumed at least a partial
offensive. The French announce that
this movement Is meeting with suc
cess, while the Germans assert that
the attacks of the allies have been
repulsed with heavy losses In killed,
wounded and prisoners.
The general impression is that the
allies, with artillery and occasional In
fantry attacks, are preparing the way
for a general offensive and in doing
so are meeting with the usual stub
born resistance from the Germans, who
are firmly established In entrenched
positions. The advance, if it is possi
ble, must therefore be slow, as Gen
eral Joffre, the commander-in-chief. Is
not likely to sacrifice the lives of his
men In an attempt to storm fortified
works.
The Servians continue, to announce
successes of their troops, who are said
to have been led by King Peter and
his. two sons. . The Austrians tried to
stem defeat by sending a force from
Belgrade southward against the Ser
vian right wing, but this army, like
that which is retreating westward,
suffered heavy losses after repeated
attacks.
The Pope's plea for a Christmas
truce .has failed., for while a majority
of the European powers received it
sympathetically, the others did not feel
able to Bupport It. From Berlin It Is
said that Russia would not consent to
the truce because the Russl .i Christ
mas does not fall, on the same day as
that of the other states.
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SUN AND COLD DUE TODAY
East Wind ' Likely to Bo Brisk
Enongh to Bring Furs Out.
It's going to be fair again today and,
there's likely to be a breath of Win
ter lurking around, too.
District Forecaster Beals surveyed
the situation last night and - decided
the sun would shine considerably over
Sunday and that the mercury would
stay down around the 40 mark as it
did yesterday when the maximum was
39. Incidentally, yesterday set a cold
weather mark, the mercury being at
29.3 at 8 A. M. Last night at midnight
the mercury was at 31 and was steadily
dropping. An east wind due today may
have enough snarl to Invite furs and
upturned overcoat collars.
Boston and Portland 'are having
about the same temperature.
LASSEN PEAK SPOUTING
Spectacular Picture Against Glisten
ing Snow Is Portrayed.
REDDING, CaU Dec. 12. Lassen
Peak broke Into eruption again yester
day, the sixty-second time since the re
newal of Its volcano-like activity In
May, and today two further eruptions
followed that were visible in a radius
of 100 miles.
Great columns of black smoke poured
skyward at 10 A. M. and 4 P. M., making
a spectacular picture against the glis
tening blanket of snow.
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DRESDEN AGROUND
OFF PATAGONIA
Fleeing German Ship
Is. Stranded.
NEWS REACHES BUENOS AIRE3
Last of Five Commerce Raid
ers Accounted For.
WESTWARD FLIGHT ENDED
Pursuit by British Believed to Bo
Continued Vessel Probably Now
Within Territorial Waters
of Argentina. ,
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 12. The Ger
man cruiser Dresden, one of the squad
ron engaged by the British warships
off Falkland Island and which took to
flight, has stranded on the Argentine
coast near Port Gallegos.
The engagement of December 8 off
the Falkland Islands resulted in the
destruction of the German cruisers
Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipzig;
Later It was announced that the Num
bers also had been destroyed. The
Dresden escaped from the encounter
and was supposed to have fled to the
westward. This would take her to the
coast of Patagonia.
Territorial Waters Reached.
Gallegos Is a town at the mouthof a
small and rapid river in Patagonia, al
most due west from the Falkland
Islands. The broad estuary at the
mouth of the river Is known as Port
Gallegos.
No further particulars are given out
here, but It Is supposed the British
warships continued the pursuit. The.
Dresden is believed to be within terri
torial waters of Argentina.
Japanese Waiting tn Pacific.
It is believed the Dresden was try
ing to reach the Straltss. of Magellen,
which would have offered many hiding
places,' as well as an asylum In the
event of further pursuit A Japanese
squadron Is said to be in watting at
the western terminus of the 6 trait 3.
GROWTH OF POPULATION IS
TANGIBLE EVIDENCE
OF PROGRESS.
"Pertinent evidence of Port
land's steady march forward In
population Is furnished in sta
tistics compiled by Assistant City
School Superintendent Rice,
showing that the enrollment In
the Portland high schools has In- J
creased materially each year X
since 1905, the year of the Lewis f
and Clark Fair. I
In 1905 the high school regis- '
tration was 1094, In 1910 2217
and last year 4131. This year to
date 4157 have entered the four I
Portland high schools, and of fl-
clals estimate that this number i
will be Increased to 4500 before t
the end of the school year. .AH I
figures show the number entered J
during the year, and not those I
In attendance at the end of the-
year. .
The actual figures by yearsat J
the end of the June terms from A
1905 to 1914 inclusive are as fol- J
lows: 1905, 1094; 1906,' 1226; 1907, !
1428; 1908. 1793; 1909. 2028; 1910,
'2217; 1911. 2584; 1912. 3161; 1913, t
3594, and 1914. 4131. I
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