THE OREGON : DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST- 25: 1914.
HICKEY HAS FIGHTING
CHANCE FOR HIS LIE;
Sun
BEING
DETAINED
Dentist Who Was Murderous
! ly Attacked Recovers Con
5 sclousness This Morning.
MOTIVE NOT APPARENT
; Mother Says Tamils' Bu Bssa on Good
' Terms and Injured Man Had
J Dr. Jeph Hickey, Victim of a dead
ly assault at his hoftie early Monday
morning, has recovered consciousness
;at St. Vincent' a hospital and has a good
; fighting chance for life.
' In the city Jail, his 18-year-old son,
'"Leroy, Is held pending a thorough la
, vestlgation of the assault which was
f made with a heavy four-pound ham-
mer which fractured the dentist's skull
severely behind the right ear. Tollow-
7 ing a three hour cross-examination by
!' detectives, young Hickey has adopted
sn attitude of silence and steadfastly
declares his Innocence.
' Meanwhile Detectives Craddock and
yVauglin are working on a number of
I clues In an effort to discover direct
! evidence that would throw no re light
on the mysterious case. At the pres
. put time It Is admitted that concrete
evidence to connect the youth with
; the crime is lacking. The officials,
I however, hold to the opinion that the
. tifcKuult was an- "Inside job."
In short, they are working on the
theory that someone inside the house
wo thA rirtnt'i no 1 In th iRunnlt Onlv
two persons Leroy and his mother
. were In the house at the time, In ad
: dltlon to Dr. Hickey, who was in bed
on ft sleeping-porch on the north side
of the house.
Carpenters have ben constructing a
room extendinK the entire length of the
' second story, facing the east, and irn
'. mediately below this room and less
' than four fept from the house is a
parage. It was from this garage that
, the heavy hummer used In the as
; sault was procured from a kit of tools
owned by Andy Wonboldt, who had
been employed to repair the Hickey au
tomobile. There, are three easy ways of reach
ing, the -sleeping-porch on the south side
of the house. Two two-by-fourserect-ed
by the carpenters rise from the
sround to a point uuove the porch, and
a walnut tree grows within two feet
of the porch railing.
On the north nido is a window
directly over the kitchen porch which
can be easily climbed. A cord hold
ing this window closed. It Is said,
was found broken Monday morning
after the assault had been committed.
Mother Bays Motive Lacking.
i ner nome mis morning Mrs.
Hickey made a full statement of what
she knew concerning tbe case, and her
testimony, backed by the physical ap
pearance of the windows and garage
and building go far to explain circum-
pianola jiui i uiiuuiii aiinu.
She is convinced that her son had
nothing to do with the assault and
j declares a motive is entirely lacking
as far Ha sho is able to ascertain.
Family relations have been harmoni
ous within the last week, she insists,
and on the evening preceding the as
sault her husband and son were on
t friendly terms.
Much stress has been laid on a
. rumor to the effect thai young Hickey
; had the only key to. the garage. This
Mrs. Iltckey denies.
Her husband-also had a key, she
.says, and added that the key which
, her son possessed had been in his over
.n.Ms pocket wince Inst Friday and was
.-. found by her yesterday.
Son Discovers Attack.
; "On the night preceding the attack
'en Dr. Hickey," she said, "Mr. Hickey
-wept to sleep on my bed. I awakened
, him at o'clock nnd he retired -to hi
"own.bctl on thp sleeping porch. Lcrov
scame Into the house at about 9:30. We
chatted h while anji both were happy.
'He te something. Then a fire engine
. passed and we went out to see whether
.there was a fire near by. We both re
' tired shout m so.
"It was near U o'clock, dawn was
'-breaking, when he rushed into my
room. Mother,' he cried, 'get up quick
.something awful has happened to
.father.' He did not say he had been
murdered or robbed an reported in one
of the newspapers. .' .
',; "He then went on to tell me that he
'had heard his father groaning and had
Yecn him rolling on the bed when he
'""'j"', . uuiii- sieppea out
'." through the window, necessary to reach
jthe bed and found him lying on his
hack with bloorl pouring out from the
terrible wound behind his right ear.
Son Had Been rorglven.
- "I.roy looked up the police and doc
tor's - telephone numbers and 1 tele
phoned. My son went to the hospital
in the ambulance and was present
"
Men s Fall Styles Ready
Here are a score of new Fall models, fresh from the
$14
for men's $20, $25
and $30 Summer.
Suits in all styles,
models and sires.
But the sale 'closes
Saturday night, so
come quick.
"S. & H" Stamps Given
Mrs. Davis Member
Of Pioneer Family
rnncral Services will Take Place Irom
Tamily BeslAencs Tomorrow After
noon Xntermeat at Hlverrlew.
"Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Blanche Davis, wife of Robert E.
Davis of the Pacific Power & Light
Co., who died yesterday, will be held
at the family residence, 3S3 North
Thirty-second street, at 2:80 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. The Rev. J. B.
H. Simpson, rector of St, Mark's Epis
copal church, will conduct the services.
Interment will be In Rlvervlew cem
etery. Mrs. Davis who was 50 years of
age, was the daughter of one of the
best known pioneer families in the
state. Colonel and Mrs. John C. Bell.
Mrs. Davis was born at Salem, but
had lived at Portland for a number
of years. She was married to Mr.
Davis 27 years ago.
Surviving, in addition to her hus
band, are a son, Robert B. Davis.;
three sisters, Mrs. J. H. Gray of
Portland, and Mrs. S. V. Mitchell and
Mrs, C. M. Maxwell of New York, and
two brothers, William Bell of this
city and Robert E. Bell of North
Takima.
Colorado Militia
- Found Not Guilty
ConrtmartiAl Acquits 23 Officers and
Men of Rational Guard of " Man
slaughter, Murder and Arson Charges
Denver, Colo., Aug. 25. Acquittal
was the verdict returned by the court
martial which tried 22 officers and
men of the-1 national guard of Colo
rado on charges of murder, man
slaughter, arson and larceny growing
out of the battle at Ludlow on April
20 last, between state troops and
Vlstrlking coal miners. The findings
of the courtmartlal were made public
here today. The verdicts were sub
mitted to Governor Amnions for ap
proval before they were made public.
Pastor of Rose City
Park Church Quits
Rev. Boudlnot Seeley Will Devote Tear
to Special Study in Biff Cities of
Hast.
i
The resignation of Rev. Boudlnot
Seeley, pastor of the Rose City Park
Presbyterian church for the past four
and one-half years, was announced at
the services of that church, which Is
located at East Forty-fifth and Harw
coek streets, Sunday.
Mr. Seeley delivered his last sermon
on the last Sunday in July. He will
devote a year to special study in ths
big cities of the east and afterwards
take up the ministry again. He will
leave for the east about September 10.
The church board has not yet decided
upon bis successor.
when Dr. Mackenzie performed the
operation.
"It is true that Leroy raised a check
on his father and with the money went
east about three months ago. We im
mediately made good the check and
while Leroy was in the east he wrote
me, and asked us to consider it a Ift&n
and promised to pay it back. He re
turned recently, got a job first with
the railroad and later with a surveying
"party on the Columbia highway. We.
forgave him and -as far as we were
concerned all that is a closed inci
dent." Investigation of the premises today
shows that an outsider would have
little trouble securing the hammer and j
In reaching the porch. At the rear
tf the garage, five feet from the
ground, are two big windows. One is
closed. The other is wide open, and
the presence of a mass of dusty cob
webs, in 'the hinges and along the
sill, shows that it has been open for
some' time.
The carpet bag from which the
hammer was secured lay half con
cealed behind a couple of small Toards
immediately below the window. Other
tools are in a basket on a work bench
to the left of the' window. No key to
enter the garage would be necessary
jinder such circumstances, declared
Mrs. Hicke,y.
Diamond Ring Was Found.
The fact that a diamond ring valued
at $750 was missing when Dr. Hickey
was first found early in the morning
endicated robbery was the motive. This
was later found in the pocket of his
trousers, left in his wife's room at
the front of the house, where he had
disrobed.
Dr. Hickey wore the ring on his left
hand. The location of the blow indi
cates that he was lying with the hand
concealed under the covers. Dr.
Hickey carried life Insurance and his
will, known to the entire family, was
made out so his wife would secure the
entire estate. Dr. K. A. J. Mackenzie,
who performed the delicate operation,
said this afternoon that no one would
be allowed to talk to Dr. Hickey of
the assault because excitement might
result fatally. A portion of the brain,
he said, was penetrated by bone splin-
lera hut Via a nt iritia t ea recoverv un-
less infection sets in.
House of Kuppenheimer. New English, Semi-English,
double-breasted English, box and other models
that youll not. see approached in any other clothes.
Imported Tartan Checks, Glen Urquhart Plaids, Mix
tures, Stripes. Everything that-IS rfew in
Suits $18
See the $10,000 in -prices to
Walla Walla Frontier : Days,
GUS KUHN,
.Successors to .
Steinbach & Co.
INNES SAYS HELMS'" !
AFFIDAVIT IS ONLY
THREAD QF EVIDENCE
Man Accused of Murder De
'dares Arrest "Damnable"
Outrage; In County Jail,
W I lflT niCPI ICO pfP!Hot)i)s, secretary to Governor vvesi
VVL.U IMUI UlOlfUOO 1 HOC, late yesterday afternoon honored th
Mysterious Charge Investigated by
Federal Officials Proves To Be
On of White Slavery.
"The Marshal Nelms affidavit Is ah.
solutely the only thing holding us on ;
this charge, and it is a damnable out- Portland. The latter found the requi
rage." " . ' sitlon in due form and he had only
The statement above was made by j on e "W'tlon to offer that being that
t t . .. -r. ... j the secretary might delay Issuing the
ictor K Innes. ex-asslstant United warrant until the Innes twins, aged 4
States attorney of Nevada, who is ac-, years, had been brought from their
cused of the murder of Beatrice Nelms : Lane county home to Eugene,
and her sister, Mrs. Eloise Nelms Den-, Miss Hobbs asked the agent if he ln
nis. Innes, his wife, and the pretty j tended to leave Eugene on the first
twin children, were brought to Port, j souyibound train following his arrival
land front Eugene shortly before noon i there in the evening, and he said that
on the first leg of the journey back
to San Antonio, Texas, where the mur
der is said to have been committed.
Innes was lodged in the county jail
and will be held there until train
leaving time tonight. He courteously
refused to discuss any of the direct
details of the case, referring inter
viewers to his attorney, John McCourt,
but he talked freely of family affairs
and of his life in Portland the last i
few months.
Bitter in Criticism.
Innes bitterly criticised the "flimsy''
cnargee accruing , m uenna ofl, "n I
vrmcu lie is uemg new. i.w tunc ;
Texas, he asserted refused to ha.ve ,
anything to do with the case outside .
of its own borders, and he said that
Marshall Nelms. who is a brother of
the missing women, was most vindic
tive, in paying the expenses of offi
cers to 'come all the way1 here to get
him and his wife.
Burns detectives imparted the in
formation today that the- mysterious
charge against Innes on which gov
ernment agents have been working for
some time is one of violation of the
Mann white slavery act. The govern
ment officers bellex'ed that Mr. and
Mrs. Innes had never been married,
and they were seeking evidence to sub
stantiate this.
Innes was asked if he knew the na
ture of the government charges. He
confessed ignorance. He was told
them, and asked if he had ever been
legally married to Mrs. Innes.
minister Performed Wedding.
"I was married as lawfully as it is
possible for one to get married," In
nes asserted. The wedding took .place
in Salt Lake' he said, a minister per
forming the ceremony. The wedding
license was among his personal effects
n . . ... i.,,q
: !?.,.
the , ..yeaoTd twms , Victor a7d1 Tt"ed ,the TErltish har but were ; allies, following a defeat by the Ger
Venetia a ff- " l" undirable to say , mans, were firmly established at a
veneua ana Aipnonso sewion, oepu.y anvthine mnro nt tirosnt hnn I i. ... .v, . v,..i-
sheriff of Bexar county, Texas, arrived
at the Jefferson street depot shortly
after 11 o'clock.
District Attorney Walter H. Evans
and Francis S. Alkus, resident manager
of the Butns detective agency, were at n6rate Itehtina ara! lk thi h.t J L- , re emDas8y Baia JLae aI"
the railroad station to meet the party. I S Shting, areola the best of I He originally assumed ant offensive
The two chiren laughingly climbed j "The irovernment h.. nn nt 1 Posltlon DUt failed. When retreat was
off the train fTrst. ualL To mX nubMc vet " ' necessary. " entrenchment.
Woman'. Fao. Veiled. MhXter K KUcheder also ! J f their rlglnal p0slti0n W"
Then came Mrs. Innes. She was i referred in the house of commons to, ,ph embassy's disnatoh attrihnte.1
dressed in a blue suit and hat, and her J h b t. British to ZtS: ??"t
face was closely covered with a blue , a concerted German attack at Mons number of Gertnans. It was said, how
veil. She held one corner of it over ! I telegraphed to General TYench," i evfr fh t th r...r. Tratn Xr v,
the lower portion of her countenance j
and stared intently at the report-1
ers. She leaned heavily on the arm j of. them.
of one of the men of the party and j "We are arranging matters, in rals
seemed to be far from welL ing a new army," continued Lord
Innes was last.' His arms were Kitchener, "so as to place it .on an
laden with paper packages and other effective basis as soon as possible,
small personal traveling effects, and . "Should this disastrous war be pro
it required a close investigation toIonsed and none can foretell its exact
show that he was handcuffed. All I duration with certalnty--we must see
were loaded in Mr. Evans' machine that, after three years, there will be
and taken to the courthouse.. The chil- another force ready to take the place
dren were taken by friends to a home ; f those who have borne the brunt of
on the east side.
Mrs. Innes was tason to the wom
en's department of the jail and Innes
was taken to one of the larpe cells
liict r1 P t , r, .x f" f i ,w. T . .
juci. ui. hid vm.iv-, it was iiiit-f
mated that lie would be given a !
"thlrd degree" process of questioning !
by the officers, but hi3 attorney. John
McCourt. called the district attorney's
office and cautioned against anything
of the sort.
Protests for Wife.
Innes protested against the treat
ment his wife was receiving in being
forced to travel as a prisoner with
only men guards. His wife, he said,
was in a most serious physical condi
tion, and he produced the affidavit of
Dr. T. W. Kirby of this city, who
treated Mrs. Innes, and who made a
sworn statement to the effect that he
believed Mrs. Innes is a victim of
incipient tuberculosis us well as suf
fering from other ailments. Deputy
Sheriff Newton asserted that a matron
would probably be taken along to
The Store of 100 Per Cent Service
to $40
be competed for at the
Fourth Street window.
President
Morrison
At Fourth
guard " Mrs. Irm.es on the Ion g trip
south. ' J.
Marshall' Nelms studiously avoided
all contact with Innes on ths trip
from Eugene - to Portland and thence
to the county Jail. -He said that be
had not .spoken to either of the "pris
oners since coming to the state on his
jnesent errand. -
' Detet5tiv-Alku of the Burns agency
,'sai'd 'that William, J, Burns had per
sonally taken charge of the investiga
tion -qf the Nelms mystery, and had
taken the case, without charge, be
cause of his personal friendship with
John V. Xelras, father of the girls,
and United States marshal at Atlanta,
Ga., for 12 years.
Extradition Hearing Was Brief.
(Salem Bureau of Tb Journal.)
SaJem. Or.. Aug. 25. Miss Fern
! Hobbs, secretary to Governor West,
requisition of Governor Colquitt of
Texas for Victor E. Innes and wife,
under arrest at Eugene for the murder
of Lois Nelms Dennis in San Antonio,
Texas, and gave the agent from the
Lone Star state the warrant request
ed. The hearing was brief, lasting less
than half an hour, and consisted larsre-
iy in an examination of the requisition
papers by Attorney-John McCourt of
was his intention. He did .not take
kindly to the suggestion as to the chil
dren, believing they could be taken
care of all right and delay was unnec
essary. Miss Hobbs- suggested that
plenty of time had elapsed since the
arrest of Innes to take care of the
' r,.,n w tX ir Ti general battle, either while tho corn
children and bring them to Eugene. . M, th
McCourt explained that a Portland
relative had gone to Eugene yesterday
morning to arrange for the care of the
children. Miss Hobbs got the sher
iffs office in Eugene on the telephone
and was assured that the children
could fee brought there before mid-
night. The warrant was accordingly
Ull(d and the deputy left for Eu
gene with the intention of taking
Innes and hlfJ wlfe Bouth on th9 mid.
night train.
Attorney McCourt stated later in the
day that he believed it to be no use
to appeal to the courts, as it Could
only mean delay. He said, however,
that Attorney Foster of Eugene, who
has also been counsel for the accused,
was not then quite convinced that was
the best course. McCourt announced
his intention of returning on an even
ing train to Portland and said that h
had no intention of defending Innes in
Texas, believing Jthat some Texas law
yer would be employed.
ENGLAND CAST
DOWN BY NEWS
FROM BELGIUM
(Continued From Page One.)
comes known what both sides have
suffered," as one government official
expressed it, "the world will be star- i
t-inu. ,
"The enemy," said Premier Asqulth, !
reporting to the house of commons '
me t rencn war ornce published Mon
day night.
"I can add, however, that the French
government states that the British
i r inns nosi-iira no rn Tnanhtn n n j
he said, "congratulating the troops on
their splendid work. We are proud
the earlier fihtins and see the affair
through to the end.
England Zs Gloomy.
Reports continued to, circulate that
i . 1. . .
me ijrtfi mans vitre overrunning the
French department of Meurthe-et-Mn-
sella and that its capital, Nancy, had
been captured, but they were uncon
firmed.
Gloomy faces were tho rule in Eng
land today, following publication : of
the news of Monday's reverse suffered
by the Anglo-French allies in Belgium.
Namur's fall fairly dazed the coun
try. That such a fortress could be
taken, at any rate without prolonged
siege, had never occurred to anyone.
Advance on Paris Next.
The newspapers admitted that sn
actual German advance toward Paris
was at lask on the program. ,
"England and France." said the
Chronicle, "must stubbornly resolve
that, come what may, they will never
surrender to Germany. We must stick
to her as she stuck to Napoleon, until
we pull her down.
"So long as we hold the sea, we can
not ourselves be vitally stricken."
To the average Briton- the sending
of troops from this country to the con-
i tlnent appears to have seemed hlther
j to something "like a big excursion. To
j day the realization evidently was
i brought home to the public that many
: of those who left in such high spirits
j will never return.
There was a quiet buying up of pro
; visions in progress by many of the
! well-to-do and much talk was heard
of the possibilities of a food short
' age. Hints were even in the air of
future hunger riots, though of Course.
I no scarcity having yet developed, there
w-as as yet not a sign of actual dsor
' der. . -.
Girl Would Be Actress.
Charles Capon and Augusta Iler
Herman were arrested at the Starlc
street renting house, this afternoon by
police officers on a statutory charge,
and It Is believed tnat the casa will
develop into one of white slavery.!
"a Trtr fB ci (VI rt Via va ran i t1 T
x-1, a v it a - omva v no " J , a a. i t i
persuaded her to take" up he? abode
with him while they prepared a vatfde-
. ville act together. , Ha is said to have i
; represented, . to the girl that iie was
a-bookkeeper at a local packing house, I
but to the detectives he confessed .(hat
he fs a chicken picker.
Mercantile Plant Damaged.
.. Fi re, discovered about 10 o'cloclt
last night, completely destroyed the
building and stock : of th. Peninsula
Mercantile company, at X747 Penin
sula avenue. - The origin has not
been explained. The 'loss U . esti
mated at from $3500 to J3S00.
.-A steamer chair which opens into
i a life raft- when it strikes water Is
I a life saving appliance patented by two
! Ne England men. - ' - v
FIGHTING IS RENEWED :
BY GERMANS, TRYING
TO
Estimates Place Belgian Loss
at , 16,000 Killed, 50,000
Wounded at Liege.
OTHER FiGURES MISSING
Allies Minimize Importance of Tester-
day's Check by Germans tetter
Predict Advanoe on Paris.
(United Free Leased TVIre.
The Hague, Aug. 25. Renewed fight
ing in the vicinity of Maubcuge, in
French territory south of Mons, Bel
gium, was reported here this after
noon.
This rumor was unconfirmed. If
true, it evidently meant that the Ger
mans, pushing westward after the
allies, were again attempting to open
ineir way into ITance.
The Germans were said also to have
resumed the offetnslve in northern
Belgium, and reports were current of
an engagement between them and
French, British and Belgians, from
Antwerp, near Malines.
Despite these reported encounters,
there seemed to be a lull in the big
batants took a little rest or until the
Germans came lip with the positions to
which the allies retreated following'
the desperate engagement centering
around Namur, Mons and Charltroi.
British and French accounts mini
mized the importance of Monday's ad
mitted reverse. The German version
was that it was very important and
predictions were made of a speedy
general forward movement.
An account was received from Ger
man sources of the destruction of a
German ship which hit a mine while
leaving Hamburg but it was said the
crew was saed.
Rough estimates placed the number
of Belgians killed in, their fighting
with the Germans at 16,000 and of
wounded at 50,000.
No German, French or British fig
ures were available, but it was be
lievsd that they lost far more heavily
than the Belgians, the latter's total
number in the field having been com
paratively small and much of their
fighting having been done from behind
entrenchments.
PRESENT POSITION OF
ALLIES IMPREGNABLE,
IS (5LAIM OF FRENCH
Washington. Aug. 23. The French
were still holding Altkirch and Mul
nausen toaav. accomm to an an-
nouncement by the French embassy
here. It was also declared that the
fought. .
"France and England," a French of
ficial said, "are not disheartened by
j the reverse."
i . . .
' alie'd forces waa impregnable.
The dispatch also declared the sec
ond French division had .suffered se
verely, but was'in good condition now.
One dispatch said the allies were
progressing through an opening to Col
mar. France believes, it was declared,
that Germany has massed practically
her entire army to strike France. It
was denied, however, that the allies
had been forced out of Belgium yet.
An embassy official said one reason
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A. popular attraction at Marcus L.Ww' Empress this week is the clever
. rnelange of song and patter by Helen Stuart and Fred Hall. Miss Stuart
: has a rich, mellow sopraAo. and Fred Hall does some finished character
work as art English "chappie." , ; - .
French Confident
Of . Final Victory
War Office Admits Germans Axe Ad-
vandng; But -Say Every Battle X
"Weakening- Eaunyi Forces.
Paris, Aug. 25. rA war counsel was
held at the Elysee palace. Later tht
war minister, announced:
A war counsel was held at the
Elysee palace. Later the war min
ister announced:
There is no' doubt of the final
outcome. In the minds of any of the
French officials.
"The enemy is advancing; in extra
ordinary strength but every battle
weakens him and every advance
makes It necessary for him to bring
supplies from a greater, distance.
"He is now attacking in western
Belgium and along the Swiss frontier
"'Our policy is to remain on the de
fensive and to force the Germans to
remain on the offensive until we are
ready to strike, and then to strike
hard."
Namur's fall was unexplained. It
was reported, however, that the Ger
mans succeeded in capturing one of
the forts, which enabled them to fight
in greater security and more ef
fectively than In the open, that they
mounted siege gxms in the defense
they had taken and that the other ;
fortifications were reduced thus one
at a time.
Italy Still Neutral;
r . n -rt '
tStrengtnens t orces j
Persistent Reports Are That William
of -Wied Ha Fled From Durasso; i
Borne Expect Intervention.
Rome, Aug. 25. Italy continued to -
day to strengthen its force of troops , Btruck them down with their rifle
on the Austrian frontier. It was an- ; butts, fracturing their skulls and klll
nounced this was merely "precaution- j ipg them. Atrocious crimes were com
ary," Italy remaining neutral. : mUted against the women and chil-
Austrian advices were that an at
tack seemed to be expected on Aus
tria's Adriatic naval base, Pola; that
the fleet was being concentrated in
Its vicinity and that preparations were
being made for defense.
It was understod the French fleet s
hnmk.rdmt , a ori nri.-i
the fortifications of the Austrian east
Adriatic port of Cattaro.
Persistent reports were current that
William of Weld, the recently createl j
King oi Aioania, naa ilea irom uur
azzo. The conviction was growing
here that Italy would have to inter
vene in Albania.
Present Is Longest
Dry Spell oH Record
Sixty-two Says Have Elapsed Since
Bain Kas Fallen; longest Previous
Periods Eacn Fifty-seven Says.
Sixty-two days have elapsed since
this portion of the earth has felt the
patter of rain drops. This breaks by
five days the record for drouth in this
section, there having been drouths of
67 days each in 1883 and 189S. On Au
gust 3. 3 1-000 of an inch of rain fell
from the skies, not enough to-, more
than label a trace of rain in the me
teorological survey of the month. The
last real rain storm was on June 24,
when .18 of an inch fell.
Service Not Interrupted.
The Canadian Pacific railway today
Issued a statement denying that its
steamship service between Seattle, Vic.
toria and Vandouvcer had been inter
rupted in any way on account of the
war in Europe.
North German Lloyd Is Sued.
New York, Aug. 25. The Guarantee
Trust company sued the North Ger
man Lloyd for $1,040,467 damages be
cause the Kronprinxessin Cecilie failed,
owing to the war. to deliver $5,000,000
gold shipped to London bankers.
why the allies had failed In the first
conflict vas because It was not ex
pected that Belgium's neutrality would
be violated. Some time ago France, it
was said, feared Germany would re- !
sort to such tactics and began to for- ;
tify the frontier. Only one city, Mau- j
beuge, it was said, was fortified. j
LOEW'S EMPRESS
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ACCUSE GERMANS OF
MANY
ATROCITIES
HELPLESS BELGIANS
British War Office Tells of
Murder and Torture of Men
and Women,
AGED MAN WAS TORTURED
Belgian Women and Children TJsed as
Shields for German Advance, Then
Were Fired TJpon, Zs Charge.
London. Aug. 2S. Blood-curdling ac
cusations of atrocities committed by
soldiers in Belgium were made against
the Germans in war office statement
issued here today.
i uerman inianirv. ionowini mo pi-
M - . , .a .
tle near Dlest, August 12," said this
statement, "shot Major Von Damme,
a Belgian, through the head, as he lay
helplessly wounded, and then hurriedly
buried him. when his body was dis
interred 26 bullets were found in his
mier
'FollcSving a fight between Belgians
and Germans in which a German off!
cer was killed, the Germans burned six
I form hniisoa and thsn AlvldinBT the
j en into two groups 'of 11, placed
; them in ditches, where the soldiers
dren. .
"Yet not a single civilian particl
pated in the fight in which the Ger
man officer was killed.
"The Germans, maltreated an aged
man, torturing him with fire, and fln-
ally burning him to death.
I 'Tortus; the fight ng near Aerschot
i vermans . U8ed Bel8lan women and
' children to advance to a strategic po-
WHEN the
big clock
strikesand
the time-ball falls,
let it be for a sign
that at The Port
land there's a fine
luncheon and a good
ly company awaiting you.
In the . Dining - Room
11:30 to 2
After the day's work
is done, bring friend
wife for a sumptuous
dinner.
5:30 to 8
Music
The Portland Hotel
G. J. Kaufmann, Manager
AMUSEMENTS
aseball!
RECREATION PARK
Cor. Vaughn and 24th
San Francisco
vs
Portland
Aug. 25-26-27-28-29-30
GAMES BEGIN
Week Days at 3. p. m.
Sundays at 2:30 p. m.
LADIES' DAYS
Wednesday and Friday
IUVER 8TEAMERS
STEAMER GE0RGIANA
Leaves Washington-street dock at 7
A. M. daily, except Sundays. Sundays
at 7:30 A. 3. for
Astoria and Way Landings
Returning, Weaves Astoria at 2 "P. M.
Fare Jl.oo each way. Main 1422.
Night Boat toThe Dalles
Steamer State of Washington
area TavKr st. Dork 11 p. m. dally except
Tbursilay fur The ltallea. I.rle. Hol Bler.
Wblte Salmon. L:Bdrwuod. Caraon. StTnoo.
Kelurains kn .Tlie Is)l' 1- m. oooo.
Freijebt ao4 uukxenzcri. TeU-oboue Main X13.
vilzr Txtsa.sion to puEoos citt
and way i.iiu. Motor boat aperd u the
'KITTY MORAN
Superlrr obsvrrvtloua, aiiDitar;, cool and
comfortable. Air tight comparuueot. Leavea
FaTorlte bnathouse, luot of Morrtaoa t., 10 :ao
ox.. 1 :'M aud 4 p. id. Lea Tea Brown boat
faocae, Oregon City. 11:15 a. m., :46, 6:13.
Kre 25c. (Saturday and Sunday extra trip.
7:30 a. ra., Oregon City. 8:45 a. m. Saa4af
extra tiirm to rk Grae. 7:30 p. vt. .
UPPER COLUMBIA RIYER EXCURSIONS
ON STEAMER BAILEY GATZERT
J Teily round trip to 7h Dalles, except es
8uiiUay and Monday; leave Portland at T a.
lu.. arrtT on return at :v p. aa. a are,
$1 eacb way. Sunday, exeuraloa to Cascade
U-cka. $1 ronnd trip; leave Atdcr at. Ikk-s at
9 n. m.. arrlT on re tarn it (. n. pBoae
Main 614 ot A-5112. ,
sltlon on the Belgian front and. after
getting there, fired on the women
wounding one," - .
Charges Against Austrian.
NIsh. Servia. Aug. 23. Servla sent
a protest to the neutral powers today
against alleged atrocities committed, la
retreat by the Austrians who .were Je
featcd along the river Drina. on Ser
vian villagers. " .
The war office here declared th
Austrian retreat was really a disor
derly flight, in which, as In the en
gagement which preceded it. the Aus
trluns lost frightfully. Four regi
ments, it was asserted, lost practically -every
man, killed, disabled or captured.
Seattle Danker Iies.
Seattle. Wash.. Aug. 15. Kilwnrd "
Andrews, president of :he JSer'.: N'a- -tional
bank, well knon financier of
the northwest, died suddenly of heart '
disease last night. He was 61 year
old. .
AMUSEMENTS
HEILIG
BBOAQWAY
AT TAYLOR
Main 1. A 1122
ALL THIS WEEK
TONIOHT i:15 .
pr?ceaik Matinee Tomorrow
VH.
MAUDE
ROCK and FULTON
la it Uril Musical Corned;
'THE CANDY SHOP'
ExoeUent Cut. Etucning Chorus.
Evaningi Lower floor. fl.M. Bsleony,
i uv, joo, ovc. uailKT-y. sac.
Tomorrow sod St. list Lower floor, fl.
Balcony, 76c, 50c. Gallery, 85c, 25c.
BEATS NOW BELLING.
wheke
EVERY
BODY COES
QUALITY VAUDE-ra.r.1!
lO-Big Feature s-lO
COKTINUOUa Afternoon. l.rwv to ::!;
DlsUt, :.?( to 1 1 :(i; Su:iil jr. 1 .OO to 1 1 :0O,
PRICES Aft-u.Hn. Mc nud lie.
Nliihtg, 15c Hud
HATIKEE DAILY 230
Th World' CUtur.picn llartvcmtii. Mul
Eucila Mulhal, and her huge ccmpanr of
roufhriders, cowooyi. ccwgirii. buokjng bron
cho and battling lteert. "Tluklig lalea rf
Toviho-p": Mr. nd Urt. Bent:ey, Marimba
Xyiophenifta: Tmr Oron; The Heed Bitters i
Dave Vanfield: Mutual Weakly. Phoneai
BAKER THEATRE
IV r i - . I C" . M . M
ten v win iiuiiijj caiuraiiy, Aug.
The A. B. Basco Co.
"The Chinese Ambassador"
Matinee dally. 2:30 p. m. Nlghta,
7:?' and 9 o'clock. Any ent Wv.
Portland' Greatest Amusement Park,
Complete Change of Prucrajn.
Claiborne and TrombloT la berrinta and
Hnntingtcn freeman; Vaudeville acta;
Moving PictTirea. Orcheirra concert t
1:80 and 8:30. Vaudevil.e at 4 and 10
p. m.
ALL PERFOB.MANCES FREE.
Can at Fint and A. der. . LaunchM
Vorriaon Bridge,
TODAY AND TOMORROW
SHOW GROUNDS
Twenty-fifth and Raleigh
GREATEST $H0W Oft EARTIi!
IN 6LORtOV lNArJIDcJtO A4.LIANCE WITH
THE WIZARD PRINCE ?ARABW
1
Colooal
Orientil
Greatest
Arenie
of
All Time
Monster
ZOO
2 P. M. TWICE DAILY 8 P. M.
rMfUBHtni ei rmi,i wur.tf m T
GALA STREET PARADE
ADMISSION TO rn CHILDREN
EVERYTHING OUC HALF PRICE
Downtown ticket office Sher
man, Clay & Co. Tickets on
sale now at same prices as
charged at the show grounds.
'Pioneer Days' Stampede
Complete Progrram wild West Cos
tst
Pioneers' Re-Union
BOth ABAiTcrsary of TascouTti
Za connection wltn
COLUMBIA RIYER INTERSTATE FAIR
TiHCOUTtB, vrAan,
Sept. 7 (Ibor Say) to 12. 114.
on
State Fair
SALEM
Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, 1914
Splendid exhibits and faces
Reduced rates on all lines
For information, address
FRANK MEREDITH, Sec.
THE ROUND-UP
The World Epic Drama of
the West
Pendleton, Oregon
September 24, 25, 26
For railroad rates, special trains
and tickets, see your local Rail
road Agent. ' Reduced rate on
all roads. : ; ,
"Let Vr Buck"
MMFHVn.HPH.lM.I'.IKIIJI
CIRCUS DAY
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