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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
, ACTIVITIES IN THE WAR ZONE AS RECORDED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS
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'AI; the Principal Events of the
Week Briefly Sketched for
Information of the Busy
Reader.
European War
TTAkY 1 said to be spendinK $1,000,
I 000 n day for the purpose of puttlnj?
her army on a footing to enable It
.to b ready for any demand.
Commanders of five Austrian corps
kve been removed and npw men put
- ;in ineir piaci, the ones removed!
.claiming that they retired of their own
fWtll because of ill health.
Germany I ntid to have called to
? the colors all retired army officers
to take the places of those officers
who have died or been disabled In
'action.
Military Instructors of Germany
who had not before been made subject
to military service are being sent to
?th front, it is reported.
. C, The Germans who are coming out
of retirement are beins Kiven com
tmands in the landstrum and landwehr.
Prussian army losses thus far totai
' f 511.000 killed, wounded and missing it
- ;la reported from Amsterdam. '
-. f Austrlans state that their airmen
Jhava covered 12,000 miles In their areo
fplanes since the war began and that
- I they haya avoided capture by the Rus
Jalana. British officers deny the charge that
5 Jthey axe not following the example of
Germany iq publishing at frequent ln
' itenrala Hsta of the captured soldiers
'and wounded prisoners in their hands.
. Iooklnir to a. riOHslhlo rtafoat r.r .v,
'allies by Germany the plan of the
- uuiuu 01 i-cw r uuuuidnu ana Canada
is beine HdvoratM in anmm niia-.
Bomb wu dropped from a German
. , n)puuu near me quarters occupied
, pyv.pre&ideat Polncare of France and
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General Joffre, commander of the
French forces.
An attack on Belfort. a French fort
ress, is said to have been planned by
the Germans with as large a force as
possible and inhabitants are fleeing for
safety. Belfort Is an almost impreg
nable fortress and the place has a
population of about 26,000.
German ambassador to United States1
says he has received reports front
Berlin that dumdum bullets were
found on persons of French soldiers
captured by the Germans.
Canada's exneditionarv foreA nf aa .
000 soldiers has reached England and
the men were taken to Southampton
for disembarkation.
Reports of heavv cruris In tho T?lnlr
sea is . taken to indicate that the ex
German cruisers now flying the Turk
ish nag had an engagement with Rus
sian warships.
General Ftodnnv r-nmmAnriar tha
Third Brigade of the French Colonial
troops, was killed In battle. General
Marcot, ex-governor of the famous
.trench military school at Saint Orr,
has been killed in battle, also.
French are lakine nrprantiono tn nre.
vent the spread of typhus which is
said to have been discovered among
the German troops which have been
taken Drisoners.
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In winging airmen, a number of Ger
man : aviators having been brought
down by fire from field guns.
Austrian aviators performed good
service learning the exact positions of
the advancing Russian armies.
Then thousand refugees, mostly Bel
gians, arrived at Folkstone by steamer.
Germans captured Antwerp and the
Belgian army, lead by King Albert,
fled.;
Hundreds of thousands of people
fled from Antwerp when the German
hosts drew near to the city, many of
them flocking over to Holland. Sol
diers who sought refuge In Holland,
neutral territory, will be interned.
Australia will send an additional
brigade of light horse and field hos
pital equipment to aid the British.
Sum of $285,000 raised by Canadian
women and sent to the British war of
fice through the Duchess of Con
naught has been apportioned among
the various hospitals.
It Is denied that the queen of Bel
gium had fled to England, it being
stated that she is still at Ostend.
Martial law was declared through
out British South Africa as result of
a revolt of the Boers led by Colonel
Maritz, who is blamed for hatching the
plot.
It is reported that the Boers, aided
by the Germans In South Africa, in
tend to establish their own republic.
Germans are arming the Boers for.
their fight on Great Britain.
The Russian armored cruiser Pal
lada was sunk by a German submarine
in the Baltic sea and the entire crew
of 563 men perished. Details of the
German victory are lacking.
Mayor Waldeck, German governor of
Kiao Chau, was commanded by Jap
anese generals to surrender, the offer
stating that to comply in the face of
superior nunuers, would not be a mili
tary disgrace.
Germany has undertaken to negoti
ate with Holland for the etun of Bel
gian refugees who sought shelter in
Holland when the Germans captured
Antwerp.
It is reported that many of the Bel
gian males who. sought refuge in Hol
land are soldiers who escaped from
Antwerp dressed as civilians.:
Number of Belgian soldiers said to
have fled to Holland, is estimated at
28,000 and the work of caring for the
men is beginning to be a burden on
the Holland government.
Conferences are being held at Con
stantinople with the view of making
treaties to take the place of the capit
ulations with the foreign powers which
were recently abrogated by the Turk,
isa government.
1 A group of refugees near the end of a long tramp to Paris.,
2 A railroad bridge across the River Ourcy, in France, was blown up as a train load of wounded sol
diers was crossing over it. The train and its occupants were hurled into the stream, 40 of the sol
diers being drowned.
3 An Algerian soldier inspecting a British armored car with interest.
4 New type of Belgian armored motor car, recently introduced into the Belgian army and used In the
fighting before Alost.
5 French troops in their trenches near Soissons.
6 Citizens of Berlin surrendering their jewelry to a government agent to provide funds for the army.
In, return each receives an iron ring inscribed with the words "for our country."
7 French troops firing from behind a stone wall at Soissons.
8 German blue jackets at Shanghai before departing for the defense of Tsing-Tau.
9 A German outpost near Brussels, awaiting a prospective attack by the Belgians.
elaborate defense works in Belgium,
t-uncreie Demg used in tne worn, me
defenses extending for a great dis
tance. Unless their vArkn wrA talron Vt
fore hand the Germans would be able
to retire on their strong fortifications
which have been previously prepared
in Belgium, should their right wing
give way.
Turks ara Kalr? to nst-v A-rl-triMi 'IKfWl
Greeks out of the town of Eregll on
me pretense mat tne section was
needed for the nrenaration of millt-rv
defenses.
Captain L. Coleman. U. S. A., accused
of discussing European war news in
a manner to violate the neutrality
policy of President Wilson explained,
voluntarily, that he was Incorrectly
quoted, according to statement of Sec
retary of War Garrison.
It is reported the Austri&ns have
fought their way back eastward
through Galicia and reached the River
Zan.
Not only has the siege of Przemysl
been raised by the Russians but Jaro
slav has been retaken by the Aus
trlans, It Is reported.
.Warsaw is in imminent danger of
falling into the hands of the Germans,
it being the only city. in Russian Po
, land which Is not occupied by the
kaiser's forces.
German
circulating posters saying that the
civu population of Belfort. a French
town, are leaving that city in fear o
a bombardment.
Germans reported to have lost 45,000
men In taking forts at Antwerp.
Paris reports ' that violent attacks
of the enemy have been repulsed along
the line.
War credit In sum of more than
$2,500,000,000 will be asked by the
Prussian government.
German shAlia HpotrnrAi 0,11.1 tn
cathedral at Rheims, and struck the
cuun Douaing.
Renewing Its support of British gov
ernment in war crisis the General Fed
eration of .Trades Unions of London
requested better provisions . for care
of wounded and a mini mum pension
of $5 a month. ,
Of the 300 wounded Belgians ar
riving at Kolkstone, England, many
had not had their wounds dressed for
six days.
Belgian refugees? have been, trans,
ported from Ostend, says report from
Folkstone.
French and British governments or
dered 50,000 sheet metal tent stoves
from a Mercer, Pa, firm.
A crew of 11 men of the Norwegian
steamer Heina, which, was captured by
French cruiser, charged with trans
porting coal to Germans, reached New
York.
Russia, Austria, Servia and Galicia
have been officially declared contam
inated with cholera by the Swiss re
public. Switzerland Red Cross has names of
40,000 prisoners of belligerents which
will be furnished families of the men.
During an artillery battle 10 shells
fell in La r gin, Swiss village and but
little damage was caused.
Additional transports carrying first
contingent of Canadian troops reached
England.
British cruiser Hawke was sunk by
torpedo fired by German submarine
In North sea, resulting in loss of 492
men.
German cavalry occupied Ostend.
Executive.
UNITED STATES supreme court
convened for the year with a to
tal of 652 cases on the docket or
nearly 85 less than the record of last
year.
American consuls in Antwerp and
Brussels are reported to have taken
risks of their own lives in caring for
the interests of the allies In the war
zone.
Celebrating the anniversary of the
arrival of Governor Harrison in the
Philippine islands more than 50,000
Filipinos marched at ilanila.
Hugh Gibson, the young secretary
of the American legation at Brussels,
acted as personal messenger for Am
bassador Whitlock in Belgium.
Southern senators agreed on the
amendment to the war revenue bill
which will be submitted to the senate.
According to terms of the war rev
enue bill three year bonds drawing
four per cent and secured by cotton
will be Issued by the government to
prpvide funds for the cotton Industry.
Under the terms of the. war revenue
bill' a tax of one cent a pound would
be imposed on the. 191S crop for the
purpose of raising money with which
to retiree outstanding bonds.
Senate Republicans launched a fight
on the Democratic policies in general,
centering their fire on the war revenue
bill.
Senators Borah. Burton and Smoot,
In the senate, charged the Democratic
administration with bringing on a big
debt and assailed the war revenue
measure. Administration leaders are
meeting the attacks and declare they
will proceed with the policies.
Possibility that adjournment may be
delayed looms because of demands of
the southern cotton interests for rec
ognition in congress.
American representatives In foreign
lands have been asked by Secretary of
State Bryan to learn the facts regard
ing the alleged destitute condition of
the Belgians In Brussels since the city
was occupied by the Germans.
American Ambassador Gerard of
Berlin is negotiating with the German
foreign office for the delivery of food
supplies detained in England and des
tined for Brussels and other towns' of
that section.
Governor Glynn, of New York, was
indorsed for reelection by President
Wilson.
United States government stands by
its policy not to encourage private
loa as -to -foreign countries at vac
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Sir Lionel Gard-j-T repudiates the
Interview ";Jn w!ii ii was made to ap
pear thijjrhe atUi'Sd President Wil
son's Mii'jan policy.
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Comirercial and Industrial.
AMEHP'MENT tij the law making
the I federal reserve banks more
attractive to skvings banks, trust
companies and stat banks IS urged by
the committee of (Sie American Bank
ers asseciation. , .
Astoria? public' docks and water
front treasure and the municipal
w harvcMs 'rSnd !fx k . 1,11 is orposed by
the Porj'" of Astoria commission on
the gr'rfjp&H that trey are not for the
btst Interests of tfse state.
After eing r lotted down for a year
the II. i Martin Ltujnb-er company mill,
at Centraiia. Wastt. has resumed op
erations: with a fusl.crew.
St. Louis cxpers predict that the
federal cotton loan fund of $150,000,000
will haye all beeii subscribed in a
few days,' : i
Bank.il of Washington state in the'
report Jilst render1! show an increase
in resqtjrces of . rtrrly $10,000,000 In
comparison to thejfecord of last year,
the figyrs beng iUken from 268 con
cerns. :;sf; . " j t
Dr. Wj L CarlyJi, will succeed Gay
Wetsel 3t secretary of the Northwest
Livestock show, apfcording to a report "
f rornjjiwiston, liaho. The latter re-
Profeet against, the rise In freight" .'.
rates for farm rriarhinery shipped from
Stockton," CaL, toaprthern portions of
the cftuntry hav 4 ! been filed by the
Holt anufacturi-fg company' of that
city. I ... .v S.;
President WUCn deserved great
credit; Jeir his paie in the new federal -
banking-faw. ays Representative Qli' Iv
or itieomona. wnoassisted in drawjng
the present till. J t.
SchKi principal of New York: are
' Conelued on. JagTwelveTlils Sect&oaa
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