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pectlve buyer, on 5 , - " 1 s vl S k k sTy , J" k Wj5 a Sarda" the property you ygjjj tOQV Xg S J VOL. XIII. NO. 142. PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1914 SIXTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. .?T r" cSt BRUSSELS IS OCCUPIED BY KAISER Slrl WATCHFUL WAITING POLICY IN MEXICO WINS, SAYS BRYAN Outlook for Peace Very, Very Encouraging, Asserts Sec retary of State, German Commander's Atti tude Is Friendly and He Promises Not to Harm City if Its Inhabitants Offered No Resistance. ARMY OF INVADERS IS MET BY WHITE FLAG Many Flags of Allies Dis played Despite Plea of Lo cal Burgomaster to Do J Nothing That Might Anger Soldiers of Germany. SCENES IN BRUSSELS, CAPITAL CITY OF BEGIUM; CAPTURED BY KAISERS INVADING ARMY CARD NAL NOW (United Presi Leased Wire.) Washington, Aug. 21. Secretary of State Bryan Issued the following statement this afternoon regarding the Mexican situation: "The administration's watchful wait- ! ing policy nas won out. me outlooK In Mexico is very, very encouraging. Peacefut transfer of power has been made and we are now hopeful of an era of peace, prosperity and progress." (United Pro Leased Wire.) lhent, Bclcium, Aue. 21. The main German army, led by a major general and his staff entered Brussels today by the two main roads from Louvain The burgomaster, officially garbed, met the invaders and demanded the city's protection under international law. This the German commander prom ised, giving warning, however that reprisals would follow any attempt by Belgians to interfere with the German campaign German headquarters wer established in the city hall and German signal officers too charge of all telegraph wires. A proclamation formally an nouncing the German occupa tion was expected later. Rotterdam, Aug. 21. The German occupation, qf , Brussels was : effected peacefully, it was learned today. Burgomaster Max, bearing a white flag, met the kaiser's com mander at the Louvain gate. The German's attitude was friendly and he promised not to harm the city if its inhabi tants offered no resistance. Despite the local officials' plea to the people to do noth ing to anger the Germans, many Belgian, French, British and Russian flags were displayed in the city. ALLIES' MAIN BODY - MAY CLASH WITH GERMANS TODAY Ralph De Palma Wins Elgin Race Anderson Finished Second and Mulford Third; Bast Average 8ped Was Over 73 Mila an Hour. Elgin, 111., Aug. 21. Ralph De' Palma won the Elgin road race here today. Anderson was second and Mulford third. De Palma'B time was 4:05:10, an average of 73.6 miles an hour. Teddy Tetzlaff, of Los Angeles, was the first of the 20 drivers to get away. Chandler started last at 11:05. Enbacher withdrew at the end of the second lap with a. broken gear shaft and Grant was forced to retire at the end of the third lap when his oil tank broke. The smallest crowd In years viewed today's races. At the end of 100 miles, Wishart, De Palma and Wilcox were leading In tha order named. Tetzlaff retired with a broken axle at the end of the ninth- lap. Wlshart's time for the 100 miles was 1:15:13, an average of 83 4-5 miles an hour. Dutch Troops March To Guard Frontier Attack on Antwerp Would Undoubted ly Bring- About Violation of ICether land's Territory by Germans. Flushing, Holland, Aug. 21. Dutc'a troops were being concentrated today in the provinces of Zeeland and Dutch Brabant, on both sides of the Scheldt, to enforce neutrality in the event of a Perman attack on Antwerp. The city is about 10 miles from the frontier, but its outer fortifications, on the north, are but a mile and a half from it. An attack on them would al most inevitably mean a violation of Dutch territory. The closing of the Schfeldt. which might be incidental to such an attack, would also constitute an Infringement of Dutch neutrality, but British war ships were depended on to guard against this. , mil ? IW JJ hTTA. VI pas ".11 iR?wt?iai UB?M!nAI!.-M V i ' v . . Photos by courtesy of O. M. Clark. Auspach boulevard (on the left). Grande Place Malson dn Rol et les Corporations. .......rM.m I -w- mm - I imiirnn ill AT ITT I U nA TU C I I M ITCh DD CCC HCi D D CC DHM HCMT . TEfflPDRARY CHURCH HEAD Delia Volpe Automatically Succeeds Pope Pius X and Will Retain Position Until New Pope Is Elected. PONTIFF'S BODY IS VIEWED BY PUBLIC Pope Had' Asked That Body Be Laid in St. Peter's Chapel. GERMAN HOSTS BACK ON TO STRASSBURG Stong Positions of the Enemy Taken by Brilliant Charges at Point of Bayonet. ' (United Prea Leued Wire.) Paris, Aug. 21. The Germans in Alsace were reported today In retreat on Strassburg and toward the Rhine. The French, It was said, were pushing their advance. The war office's account of the situ ation was as follaws: "French operations In upper Alsace continue successful. Numerous Ger man prisoners and 24 cannon have been taken. "The enemy was engaged In force be tween Mulhausen and Altklrch, both of wMcl the. .French jiow hold. ".The latter have taken a number of the Germans' strongly entrenched po sitions In a series of brilliant bayonet charges, proving conclusively the su periority of the French soldiers. "The French advance guard In Lor raine has encountered vigorous resist ance, the enemy being strongly en-tranched." RUSSIA TAKES GERMAN TOWN St. Petersburg, Aug. 21. Heavy losses attenOed the fighting be tween Russians and Germans In east Prussia Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, as a result of which the Germans, were decisively de feated and the Russians occupied the German town of Lyck, the war office here stated today. Russian victories were also re ported along the Austrian frontier, the czar's troops having driven out all detachments of invaders and occupied a number of points on Austrian soil. It was admitted, however, that much damage was done by the Ger man ships which shelled Libau Sunday, numbers of houses being knocked down or set on fire and a good " many people, Including some women, killed by the burst ing shells. ANTWERP IN A STATE OF SIEGE, PLANS FOR DEFENSE BEING MADE Foreigners Will Be Asked to Leave City; Belgians in a Pitiful Plight, HOW THE UNITED PRESS CORRESPONDENT AT ROME SENT OUT FIRST NEWS OF THE DEATH OF THE PONTIFF IN THE VATICAN "X Wish to Xle Poor." Rome. Aug. 21. The pope's will, made public today, . con tains the following: "I was born poor. I have lived poor, and I wish to die Poor. "I beg the holy nee to grant a pension of 60 lire . (SI 2 n-.onthly to my sisters." - By William Philip Sims. Paris, Aug. il. An encounter today between the Germans In Belgium and the allies' main body was believed her to be expected y the French war of fice. Kzcept that German cavalry were in possession, few details were known concerning the occupation of Brussels. Announcement that the city had been taken was made Thursday night. The civil guard and all citizens had been disarmed and the German commander had promised to protect the town and to save its historic spots from acts of vandalism. It was assumed that the kaiser's Infantry would occupy the Belgian capital today, leaving the cavalry free to proceed southward. The Belgian main body's retirement from Brussels to Antwerp- was con sldeed to have eliminated them from further operations in the field, as It was taker, for granted the Germans would bottle them up in the latter city "The Belgians have fulfilled their part,'' the official statement put it, "and the sterner work of the future re- . mains to be undertaken by the French and British allies." This announcement epitomized very accurately the Paris war office's view of the situation. The Belgians were depended on to do no more than delay the Germans' advance while the French and British made tnetr preparations. They pur sued their task, far more effectively than had been expected. Yet the des perate fighting which has already oc curred was looked on only as outpost skirmishing. "Henceforward, sterner work," is on the program. The situation was regarded highly satisfactory! With the Liege forts still believe to be holding out at their rear, a strong Belgian force threaten ing their right flank from Antwerp, Namur a menace to their left, and the allies facing them, the Germans' posi tion, was considered an unenviable one. The denial that there were any Brit ish troops in Antwerp was thought to have been Issued for strategic reasons. It waa expected the British troops whereabouts would soon be revealed. The Germans were, reported en trenching strongly at Dlest, Tlrlemont, Louvain and Malinez. All Americans May Return m 40 Days Washington, Au- 21. That all Americans in Europe desiring to leave would be homeward bound by October 1 was the prediction voiced here this afternoon by Secretary of War Garri son. He said that at least 25,000 Americans would be brought home within two weeks. Garrison planned today to send 10 array transports from Hampton Roads next Monday and Tuesday to bring Americans home from Europe. Ten thousand, he said, were In Germanv. 2200 In Austria and 1600 in Switzer land. Fair Will Not Bo Postponed. Washington, Aug. 21. Foreign gov ernments were notified by the state department today that the Panama Pacific exposition to be staged in San Francisco in 1915 would not be post ponea. It was also flatly denied that any reservations for exhibits had been cancelled. Germans Are Retiring. Paris, Aug. 21. The French were tlearing the Germans from upper Al sace today. In Lorraine, however, they were en countering strong resistance. Their advance cavalry had revealed the presence of a large German force between Chateau Saline and Morchinen, entrenched as far as the River Seille and heavily supported by artillery. Indications were that this body's business was that of opposing thel French advance on Metz. AUSTRIAN SAILORS CAPTURED Cettinje. Montenegro. Aug. 21. 0nChnndrea anrrerenty-toiuT trian naval officers and Bailors cantnred in Sunday's engagement burned manv houses. between the French and Austrian 1 families are shelterless, destitute and floo to off r Attorn dHtoH hr to- starving. , , . . 4 . i i ne D&igian government is aoing an One hundred and twenty- ,n Us powr to" care for refugees but in the present state of the country. (United Prew Leased Wire.) Antwerp, via The Hague, Aug. 21. Antwerp was in a state of siege today. It was said foreigners would be asked to leave, which they can easily do by water. King Albert and the general staff were here. The forts were manned. Details of the Belgian plans for de fense were withheld, but it was known that all had been carefully mapped out in advance. Steamships were held In readiness to take noncombatanta to France and England. The condition of the Belgian la the i tot1 T" the Germans harra occtrjrtwJ pitiable. . The Invaders seized all food and Thousands of (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) New York, N. Y., Aug. 21. The contention that the United Press re port of the pope's death was "false" is utterly foolish and is merely the wail of a hopelessly beaten press association. Henry Wood filed his flash to the United Press when the Italian gov ernment was notified of the death. (Uolted Prem tilted W"tr.) Rome, Aug. 21. Cardinal Delia Volpe waa head of the Roman Cfcln olio church today. As cardinal ramerlengo, papal au thority passed automatical v into hla His code message beat the censor's I hands immediately following piu x'a instructions to the Italian frontier sorship was established. Immediately thereafter absolute cen- death. He was not in Rome at the iime, nowevcr. so mil not taiie formal ai me conclusion oi eiaDoraic ceremonies, mc pope was umcianj K'"" I Insignia of office, until Thursday. He nounced dead. This announcement was delayed by the absence from win retain his position until a nv Rome of Cardinal Chamberlain Delia Volpe, whose duty it is to take over pp h be elected by the college of tne papal authority ana woo couia not reacn Kome oeiore miamgni. uiner news agencies, represented in Rome by official government press agents, waited for the official proclamation. WOOD IS THE ONLY AMERICAN NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT IN ROME. Italian press agents are bound down with red tape and over whelmed with the importance of official methods. They evidently lost their heads, however, after Wood beat them so badly, as the Associated Press last night announced the death of the pope's sister Anna, who they admit today is alive and in no danger. The New York World and the New York Sun editorially confirm the United Press' unprecedented beat and comment on the slow service of the ssUiJL Press. Cardinal Leila Volpe-s visit to the pope's death chambei ror the fisher man's ring was part of the solemn cerenomlal of all papal funerals. Dressed in the violet surplice and cape of his post, the oamerlenzo firt summoned to him all otlier prelate and clergy of the apostolic chamber and then, leading them, proceeded to the apartment where the late supreme pontiff lay. with the "penltensleri still reciting psalms, and the funeral offices about him. "The Pope Xs Truly Seed!" Admitted to the chamber, be drop ped for a moment to his knees on a violet cushion,' offered up a silent prayer and then approached the dead man's bed. Drawing back the veil which covered the waxen fac. fie day. CENSOR HOLDS UP OTHER PRESS MESSAGES (United Press Leased Wire.) New York, Aug. at.' The New York Sun received on Thursday from struck three times with the silver mai- , its Rome correspondent the following dispatch which was filed -In Rome on ning each time "ciu.eppe Sartor 5 three arrived Thursday. It was ln the oresent state of the country, weanesaay aiternoon at i o ciocic Rome time: "umciai announcement that now believed more than one Aus- with communication prostrated, and the pope was dying was made at v o'clock. Besides his physicians, his sisters trian warship was lost during the verruP., lhe, enemy, not mucn can and Cardinai wCrry del Val were attending him. News of his death will fight. I 1 be withheld until the official announcement Is made." Capture by the Montenegrins of Forts Believed Impregnable, The Sun also received from its Rome correspondent th followlnr dis- most oi Austria s. ports on tne The Hague, Aug. 21. Though the patcn iied Wednesday at S p. m. Rome time: "The pop was alive at 5 west COB.BI oi i.iih Aunaiic win ue i ceiKian censor nun Biniiiuaicu num joiB,au . 7 . . . 1 t'rrrV hnf u in 3 rrtml tn fnnnllinn P.arHiml n11 Vnln H U easy it was thought most Of the tn Antwerp aispaicn receivea nere 10- 1 ' rAiriiir trr.n bvinV Wn with. day a11 detalls of the plans for the chamberlain who assumes charge of the vacant holy see, now absent, is return- city s aeiense against tne uermans. regular troops having been with drawn from them and their de- much was known in advance concern fense entrusted to the landsturm. ing them at The Hague. The fortifications were tnemseives considered Impregnable, but as an ad- ing at midnight, his arrival." Announcement of the pope's death will be delayed until McNamara Leading In Golf Contest At Close of Morning Gam KcNamara Was Ahead With Total of 219; Two Ztettre Beoause of XUnesa. Chicago. Aug. 21. Illness forced McDonald Smith and Kenneth Edwards to retire today from the golf tourna ment in progress at the Midlothian links. Francis Oulmet made the morn ing round today ln 75. At the close of the morning round Tom McNamara was leading with total score of 219. He made the morn ing round today ln 76. Paris, Aug. 21. The French made for flooding the country before vernment v day a protest to the powers against non close to them. GERMAN FRONT NOW FALL OF LOUVAIN IS alleged violations by the Germans Many of the smaller houses in the l nnnA,nt. h,A ,intii th. .-turn of rrdinai n.iu vi- of the rales of civilized warfare. I auburbs have also been destroyed and - Numerous charges are made of the treses Kiumg oi wounaea soiaiers, me the Germans of cover. shootine of Inoffensive non-com- French officers were aiding the Bel- batants. the Wanton bnrnine of vil- P" n majung tneir aeiensive ar- , j . rangements. iageB ana omer acts oi DarDanty. Manv exDerta here said they did not One specific accusation was that I believe the Germans would make a tha irnfoiar'a tmnnm tiro a vHthnnt I serious attempt to capture the city, as warnine nnon the unfortified and n enormous force would be required warning upon tne unioruned ana for the work and it waa d0Ubted if unaeienaea r renca town oi roni a Mousson, with 16,000 inhabitants. SENATE PASSES RISK BILIj Washington, Aug. 21. The sen ate this afternoon, by a viva voce vote, - passed the administration war risk Insurance bilL HERE ARE THE FACTS: The accuracy of tho United Press dispatches which eave to the world the first news of the death of Pope Pius has been established beyond dispute. Owing to the absence from Rome of Cardinal Delia VoIdc several hours elapsed between the pope's death and the formal official announcement. This is established both bv the evi dence of the United Press correspondent and by the corre spondent oi tne iNew York bun, whose delayed cablegrams reached the Sun yesterday. They are published in another column on this page. Here is the accurate chronology of Wednesday's events: At 1 o'clock p. m. Rome time (4 o'clock a. m. Portland time the Sun correspondent cabled that the pope was dyiner. but that the news would be withheld until the official announcement was made. At 5 o'clock p. m. Rome time (8 a. m. Portland time"), the Sun correspondent again cabled that the end was near, but that the news of death would not be given out until the arrival o Cardinal Delia Volpe at midnight. At 8:29 o'clock p. m. Rome time (11:29 a. m. Portland time") the United Press correspondent wired that the pope had breathed his last. The news was immediately given to the Portland pub- uc oy a journal extra. Some four hours later Cardinal Delia Volpe arrived in Rome and finally at 1:20 a. ro., Ihursday, Rome time (4:20 o. m Wednesday, Portland time), the official announcement was made It was then that the slow freight of the Associated Press began to move. Only a few hours before Pope Pius passed away the Asso ciated Press newspapers published a Rome dispatch saying that Iris condition was "not as serious as had been reported." The unseemly controversy' begun by the Associated Press newspapers 'is without excuse. It is pitiful attempt to divert at tention from the inefficiency of their own news. service. CHARGED WITH BARBARITY The Rome censor held up this message because the pope wis actually 1 du,y elected pope Turning, after th; third blow, to the others in the chamber, he said solemn ly, "The pope truly is doad." From the master of ceremonies he next received the 8t. Peter's ring In a crimson purse, and from the datary and secretaries of the papal household tne late popes seals. Thus empowered, a corpa of the Swiss and noble guards was at once assigned to him and he proceeded to the Vatican apartments assigned tit him, to remain until he is called on in transfer his authority to a new anj ditlonal precaution arrangements were dead when it was filed. These messages throw a significant light on the situation In Rome on Wednesday night. The messages sent by Wood, United Press correspondent. were coded and were sent through, while the messages of other corre- F RQWNING E They were declared also to have the men could be spared from fighting the French and British allies. Communication with Brussels was severed. Reports were current that, in their DISTRICT BELGIUM shelled a Red Cross hospital, de-l advance through Belgium, the Ger- molishing it, with a loss of seven killed and eight wounded. manshad burned many villages. Forty Killed When Building Collapses SERVIANS IS PURSUIT Nlsh, Servla, Aug. 21. The Ser vians today were pursuing the Austrian army which they defeated Sunday, Inflicting heavy losses on the fugitives, according to semi official dispatches received here from the fighting zone. They had Uartment has received word of the captured SIX cannon in an assault collapse of the new Celba (Honduras) on the Austrians retreating left custom house, with the death of 4 wing, these dispatches said. Liege Forts May Be Standing but Kaiser Controls Big Eastern Part of Nation. American and BrltlsH workman on Custom House at Celba, Honduras, Meet Sudden Seats. American and English workmen. i ROUGH RIDERS FOR FRANCE Refilled SUgtir IS 50 Cents Lower; Paris, Aug. 21. That the French government had accepted a com bined - American Rough Rider arfd aviation corps for service against the Germans was announced today. - Later several thousand foreign ers marched to the Hotel dee In valides and asked to be enlisted. It was said many of them prob ably would be accepted. By Ed Ij. . Keen. London. Aug. 21. The German front in Belgium, according to reliable infor mation, extended at dawn today ln a Washington, Aug. 21. The state de- wavy line from Msllnex, by way of Brussels. Wavre. Gembloux. Namur and Dlnant, to "Keufchauteau. Back of this line It was thought the Liege forts might be still holding out. Otherwise eastern Belgium waa com pletely under the kaiser's control. It was expected the continued ad- vanm movement would be by two Coffee Is Weaker routearDd,n!CVy tothrXvd liiruuiit , w. , . - the southeastern toward Sedan, at the south end of the line. How much more progress would be RECEIVED BERLIN BY DEMONSTRATION Capture of Brussels Was Not Known at Time Message Was Sent. FRENCH DEFEAT GERMANS London, Aug. 21. A defeat of Germans by French cavalry at Leo poldshope, Belgium-, was reported in a news agency dispatch received here , from Paris this afternoon. Five i hundred Germans, it was Etated,- were killed and wounded. CAPTURE OF BRUSSELS IS :.. CONFIRMED - London, Aug. 21. -The British war office formally confirmed to day reports that the Germans had captured 'Brussels. - There was a cut of 60 cents a 4 hundred pounds In the price of all grades of the refined sugar here today and with the market 4 much weaker there are strong indications that- lower prices will be forced. Almost as ' pleasant as the drop in sugar prices comes to coffee drinkers that the war price advances ln that commod- lty are fast being eliminated. Today's prices are within a ,. fraction of what they were pre- vlous to the opening of Euro- pean hostilities. With a big crop ln South America and the fact that most or tne coffee planters are financed generally by German interests, together with the fact that the latter are i unable to do so this season, the outlook is for stilt lower coffee . prices. 1 I made before resistance would be met with from the French and British al lies waa known only at the war of floe. It was generally believed a general engagement waa very near. Great Fight Believed Near. Paris. Aug. 21. The greatest battle of the Belgian campaign, perhaps ln the world's history, was believed nere todav sure to start soon between the French and Germans near Brussels. Indeed, tt was thought likely there had already been outpost clashes. According to the general stair, the exoected engagement will not be a mere Incident It Is counted on to re sult in the complete checking of the German advance. Not much could be learned owing to the strictness of the censorship. French operation in Lorraine, it waa stated, were being delayed pending completion of tha movement In Alsace. By Karl If. Ton Wlegand. ino wague, Aug. 21. News of th fall of Louvain was received with patriotic demonstration in Berlin, ac cording to advices received here to day from the United Press bureau In the German capital. At the time the message was sent the fart that Brus- mau uuaj un capiurea was un known. Berlin was Ignorant of the kaiser's exact whereabouts. Reports that the crown ptince had been wounded were ienied. I Details of, the German advance At a m. today the pope's body wa removed from the vatlcan throne room to the chapel of the sacrament at fit- . Peters. The body was exposed to public view only six hours, as It had not yet been embalmed, and was then placed In a temporary tomb in St. Peter's to await the further ceremontal. This violated tradition and prece dent, but the pope had said he did not wish his corpse to remain for the cus tomary three days ln the throne room for exclusive visits by the rardinals, nobility, diplomats and others of the privileged claases, but desirtd It ex posed immediately In at. Peters tot rich and poor to see. Another Tradition 'Broken. The tradition calling for th expOM- ure of the pop?'s iet outside the chancel rail for thousands to kiss waa also shattered, and those who view the body during the next fix days wtll not be permitted to knn the feet. At 6 a. ra. the late ttupreme Kntlfr relatives bade farewell to the ody ;n the throneroom. Twenty-five Italian and five foreign cardinals wtro already ln Koine toJay in readiness for the conclave to sele.t a new pope. Pontifical High Mass Is Intoned Ceremony Takes Place This Morals f at Columbia T7nlverlty Thursday Kequltm Mass at Pro-CathedraL Pontifical hlfrlt mans wan Intoned by 60 Catholic priests at :45 o'clock this morning at. Columbia university. Nxt Thursday morninsr at 10 o'clock through Belgian territory were being I 30 prlCKts will take part In the pontiff- lurnisned to tne public through brief cal requiem ma for the repose or the ' official bulletins. soul of the late iopr Piu X. These erv- The people of Berlin, it was stated, ices will be helrt at the Pro-CathedraL do not look for further serious I Fifteenth and Oavi street. Father OHara. who wtll deliver the panegy ric, will preside. Other officials of the maun will be Father Hillebrand and Kev. J. C. Hughes, deacon of honor; Itev. Ar thur Lane, deacon of th: mn. and Rev. George Thompnon, sub-deacon of the masH. A special double male quartet, directed by Profer Good- " rich, will rut n Ik) i the munlc. The ritual for the de-id will be none at the catafulquc, which Is a specially constructed platform bearing a casket representative of the one holding the body of the pope. The platform and casket will be draped In black. check to German arms, the general etaff holding that the French will be easier to beat than the Belgians. Long cusualty lists were being pub lished. President Will Persist' in Plan Only KlBor Alterations ln BUI for Oov. eranvent Purchase of Karoaant Tea sels Will Be Made. Washington. Aug. 21. President Montenegrins Win Over Austrians. Cettinje. Montenegro, Aug. 2J. That the Montenegrin tutd routed the Aus trians at Crlvojdnl and Uraliavo, after a battle which raged all of Wednea day, was announced in message re ceived here today. Kfve hundred Aus trian prisoners were taken. - t . Wilson is determined to stand by Mi plan for government purchase of mer chant vessels, despite criticism from ! certain quarters, according to an nouncement here today. Several minor alteration In the bill. It waa stated. probably would be made.