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ALLIES ISOLATE
GE
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BURN
CANAL BRIDGES
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t lUnofficiaf Report in Paris De-
clares Escape by Way of
Holland Is Cut Off by En-
i trenchments, Barbed Wire.
YPRES IS BLAZING BUT
il IS HELD BY THE ALLIES
Kaiser Concentrating Forces
- in Effort to Reach Dun
a N kirk by Dixmude.
(finlted Pri Tinned Wlre.1
Tarlii. Nov. 12. The Germans In
'northwestern Belgium were unofficial
ly reported Isolated today.
It was said the allies had dynamited
all the bridges by which the Teutonic
force might retreat across the Leopold
canal, and had blocked with entrench
ment and barbed wire ' entanglements
:.th roads by which they might at-
'temnt to set into Holland.
' Yprea was understood tor be' still
blazing. "with the allies continuing to
hold the town. Three children and
ether non-combatants were said to
hare been killed.
Desperate fighting Bctwrn the Ger
mans and the allies continued irom
' the Belgian coast through Dixmude
to the River Lys.
Though the Germans had taken Dlx
hiude. the allies controlled the coun
try about It. The kaiser's forces were
s striving strenuously to continue their
.movement from the town along the
Yser's left bank. Also they were mak
ing frantic attempts to drive the allies
from lombartxyde, which they cap-
turcd Wedsesday.
There has been no fiercer fighting
since' the war began, and on both sides
the losses were appalling.
: Th. feroelty and strength of the
German attempt to reach Dunkirk by
way of the Dixmude region convinced
'.the allies' commanders that the kaiser
had concentrated reinforcements in
,;, that area and was making his supreme
.,ffort to get to the French coast.
. In taking Dixmude it was said the
Germans' losses were almost unbe-
Slevsble.
J, British warships off the Belgian
coast were again aiding . the allies,
' shelling the Uermans" extreme right
murderously.
' The Bordeaux war office's official
communication reported the fighting
front practically unchanged slmte
Tuesday night. The statement re
ferred, in electrotyped phrase, to "al
ternate withdrawals and advances."
The allies' lines, the official state-
V l ment continued, extended from Nieu-
port. aaong tne rtieupori canai 10
Mobraertsxyde and Ypres. through th
f Zlrinesbeake district, and eastward to
Armentlercs.
rtnana Hold Vsor.
Berlin, Tla The Hague. Nov. 12.
The Germans have driven the allies
across the Yser all along the line, the
'. war office officially announced here
, this afternoon.
Clear to the North eea. it was de
rlared, both banks of the, stream have
' been cleared of French, British and
- Belgians.
"South of Dixmude," added the state
', tnent,' "we ara progressing favorably,
paving taken 700 prisoners and eight
guns.
"Fast of Ypres all the allies' counter
''attacks against us have been success
fully repulsed."
DISSENSION
BETWEEN
ALLIES IS
BY RUSSIA
German and Austrian Com-
manders Said to Have Dis-
;i. agreed Over Campaign.
(United Pr ImmiI TClre.l
Petrograd. Nov. 12. Bitter dissen
tions between the German command
era in the eastern theatre of the Eu-
; ropean war and General Pankl, the
Austrian soldier in charge of the Teu
tonic una extreme rienr. wr
Snorted here today.
I German and Austrian officers whom
' "i the Russians have raptured show so
I I much animosity toward one another
; ; that it lias been, found necessary to
confine them separately. The Au
, triana declare the Germans habitually
k - assign 'ine lormer to me worst places
?; on me ngniing ironi ana treat mem
- with studied contempt.
! " - Dankl was declared to have reached
, a point wnere he refused to cooper
ate further with the German forces,
It was Insisted by Russian military
" men that the German crown prince
. lea tne recent unsuccessful Teutonio
' advance, on Warsaw, and It was said
-;, to be due to his failure to hold the cen
ter of the line that placed the wings
V In , ouch a precarious situation that
. the, whole line was compelled to re
, treat precipitately.
Everywhere along the German. Aus
trlan and Tvrklsh fronts the Russians
' ' were continuing their successes today.
i the war office officially announced.
"Our troops, have approached the
, eastern outlets o the ,Masour lakes in
Fast Prussia," said the statement.
, - "and In fighting in the Goldap, Mlawa
; "and Qoldau districts they have been
. ' victorious, i Our energetic advance In
. t Galacia still progresses.":
!-'. On tne Russo-Turklsh frontier. It
.'. was-said, & Turkish attempt o turn
TEUTON C
CUUMED
(Ceoclaaa oa. fage Two, .Cohuam mut
Big Slander Suit "
Won by Mrs. Smith
Jury 1 Xeturns Verdict Against Mrs.
Marlon Bratbears, Who Said She
Was Slandered In Portland.
NeW York, Nov. 18. Mrs. Marion
Brashears of Portland, Or., lost today
her slander suit against Mrs. Susan
Smith of Shelbyville, Ky., formerly of
Portland, for $50,000 damages. In re
fusing to vote for the '.Oregon woman,
the jury, which was 4"t two and a
half hours, explained; its verdict m
the following words: i
"We wish to specifically state we
find nothing in the evidence proving
improper conduct on the part of , the
plaintiff." :
In . concluding the teeumony in me
case. George K.. Kogera or me r avr
Tire & Cushion company deposed:
"I feared Mrs. BrasBears was ten
derly inclined toward me. Once, when
talking with her in tne presence oi my
wife, the latter asked her not to stand
so ciose to me. 1 thought ier rela
tions with Ethelhert Favary unbecom
ing." '
Mrs. Rogers deposed:
"Mrs. Taylor, a resident of the Den
ny boarding house in 'Portland, told
me she had heard the Rev. Dr. Bakec
coaxing Mrs. Brashears to leave his
room. From this she got the impres
sion that she was an immoral woman.
I once heard Mrs. Brashears ask Mr.
Rogers to sign a paper for her because
he had such a beautiful handwriting.
Mrs. Brashears, cross-examined,
said she remembered walking in the
park with Dr. Baker, but didn't take
his arm.
"Weren't you hoping for a tender sit
uation to arise?" asked Attorney
George Gordon Battle. 4
"Certainly not," she replied with
heat. She denied ever locking the par
lor door when in the room with Mr.
Favary. ,
Teacher-Mothers -
May Get Leaves
Mayor Mitchell of Hew Tork Has Re
ceived "An Impression" That the
School Boards Will Abolish Old Bale.
New York, Nov. 12. Mayor Mitchell
recently wrote the board of education,
urging the abolition of the rule that
married teachers would be dismissed
If they became mothers. He declared
today that within the last 24 hours he
"had received an Impression that the
board will adopt the reasonable, wise
and rational policy of allowing some
sort of leaves of absence to teachers
about to become mothers. '
Local Option Plan
For Los Angeles
Anti-Saloon league Treparing Initia
tive Measure to Force Vote In Juno;
Dry Exposition Year Desired. ,
Los Angeles, Nov. 12. Determined
to make Los Angeles dry during "ex
position year." members of the Anti-
Saloon league are preparing today to
circulate an initiative petition to force
wet-dry -vote next June, . This plan.
furthermore, is but part of a state
wide movement for anjother vote in
916, officials of the league declared.
meeting of prohibition leaders has
been called for next Tuesday to plan
the campaign. (
In the Absence of
News to Contrary"
British Admiralty Announces It Is As
sumed Cruisers Good Slope and Mon
mouth Were Sunk Off Chile.
London, Nov. 12. In he absence of
news to the contrary, the admiralty
announced today that it, was assumed
the British cruisers Good Hope and
Monmouth were sunk in jtiie recent en
gagement with a? German squadron off
the Chilean coast.
ADMIRAL FREED OF BLAME
, i
Portsmouth, England, j Nov. 12 A
court martial today acquitted Admiral
Troubridge, who was in command of the
Anglo- rencn war fleeC off Messina
at the time the German "cruisers Goe
beri and Breslau escaped from the
island port and, dodging the allies"
vessels, succeeded in getting safely to
Turkish waters. The admiralty was
accused , of negligence 4n permitting
this escape. i
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AND ACREAGE
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Journal. ' '
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trade for cow. Ta-bor 431S."
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The Sunday Journalt' It Is a
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something you want i In exchange
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BRITISH IVI
BY
NIGER'SSLAYER
Carefully Laid Field at Deal
Planned t& Protect London
Against Invading Fleets,
Navigated by Submarine.
MYSTERIOUS CRUISER
ANCHORED NEAR NIGER
It Flew Dutch Flag but Brit
ish Believe It Gave In
formation to Germans.
(United Press Leased Wlre.l
London, Sov. 12. England was
fairly frantic with rage today at the
torpedoing by a German submarine of
the British gunboat Niger less than a
mile off the port of Deal and only eight
miles from the great naval base of
Dover.
Something like 100 vessels were an
chored In the Downs in the Niger's
vicinity and the gunboat was sunk in
full view of crowds of people on shore.
The explosion when the vessel was
struck brought thousands with a rush
to tha pier whence, to their horror,
they first saw a thick puff of smoke
arise from the stricken craft, and
then watched the boat list heavily, set
tle down by the bow and with Its stern
rising higher and higher above the
water, until 20 minutes after the tor
pedo was fired, it disappeared be
neath the waves.
Galleys had put out from shore in
the meantime and the members of the
Niger's crew -were rescued with the
exception of three, who were still miss
ing today and undoubtedly perished.
Four others were injured by the ex
plosion, two seriously. Lieutenant
Commander Mulr, the gunboat's com
mander, was the last-man saved, jump
ing from his bridge into the sea aa
the vessel went down.
Mulr was authority for the state
ment that the oncoming torpedo was
seen from the Niger's deck but the
attack was so sudden, he explained,
that the crew was powerless to 'do
anything to save the craft. The sub
marine whjch fired the. deadly mis
sile was also. briefly visible at the sur
face Just after the explosion.
Admiralty officials admitted that
they were suspicious of a small cruhser
flying the Dutch flag which anchored
close to the Niger several days ago
and left shortly. before the latter was
sunk: They were strongly " of th
opinion that this ship really was Ger
man and that Its mission was to cover
the movements of the submarine which
did the actual torpedoing.
One thing in particular" which gave
the British a severe shock ' was the
fact that in approaching- the Niger,
the submarine had to pass directly
through a mine field recently laid for
London's protection, indicating that
the Germans had found a channel
across it and might be expected to
make further raids.
GOIfERS STEPS IN TO
SAVE FIGHT BETWttN
Commiftee Suggests That
Peaceful Means Are Best
to Bring About Union Ends
tftilted Pref Leased TVIre
Philadelphia, Nov. 12. President
Samuel Gompers prevented a mixup
today on the floor of the American
Federation of Labor convention here.
A clash was threatened when fraternal
delegates representing the American
Federation of Churches' and the Fed
cratlon of Catholic Societies severely
criticised socialism, despite the heavy
percentage of Socialists on the con
vention floor.
Walter George Smith, representing
the Catholic federation, referred in
veiled utterances -to the Colorado and
vest Vl.rglnia strikes, saying: ho did
not believe violence was .Justifiable
under any circumstances. He said he
thought labor would' fare better if It
would turn the other cheek."
Numerous delegates were on their
feet Instantly demanding recognition,
hut Gompers intervened.
' ' Gompers Deplores Violence.
"I believe in peace and order," said
Gompers, "and I deplore violence. No
man in America will go farther than I
in trying to settle difficulties by
amicable measures.: But I feel It my
duty to' say there comes a time in the
affairs of labor when meekly bow
ing to oppressive demands Is consent
to the riveting of the shackles of op
presion upon -.the wrists of Industry.
1 will hit no one, but I believe that, as
a representative tor mis organisation,
I should make its attitude plain.
"We deplore strikes. We greatly
desire peace andi always have made
the utmost concessions to secure peace
and gain rights from the employers.
But in time of peace we must prepare
for war. We mutt always be teady in
any event."
Collective Bargaining.
Frank Walsh, chairman of the fed
eral industrial . relations committee,
said that body, in reporting to con
gress next montlv will declare that a
majority of American employers favor
collective bargaining with employes. .
'"' "As we understand it," he said, "col
lective bargaining is that machinery
which students and disinterested men
have devised,' making it impossible for
well fed men to drive hard bargains
with hdngry men. Everyone who. toils
should have a compelled voice In con-
R
CATHOLICS AND LABOR
(CoBdaded an Pe Two, Column 81x)
ANENT. THE NEW RULES F:OR
PARDOK THE INTKUSiOfi
SIR, BOT WOULD
ioo mino nccoMPwYiNej
Me TO CHIEF CLIVUCSj
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1 UU S- U SOBSTITUTtS FOK. Vj
SUBSTITUTES FOK.
VILLA AT HEAD OF HIS
ARMY OF 25,000 GOES
TO ATTACK CARRANZA
eace Conference Formally
Declares War on Constitu
tionalist Chief Officer,
TTnltia PrwM Lee3 wire.
Washington, Nov. 12. General Fran
cisco Villa, at the head of 25,000
troops, was .marching on Queretaro,
where a large Carranza force under
General Gonzales is entrenched, ac
cording to official dispatches received
by the state department today.
Government officials here had prac
tically abandoned today all hope oi
immediate peace in Mexico. Another
period of watchful waiting on the part
of President Wilson and his assistants
was expected to follow unofficial re
ports of a declaration of war between
Villlstas and Carranzistas.
Administration officials declared
American evacuation of Vera Cruz was
impossible until the new revolt Is set
tled.' President Wilson ano secretary
of State Bryan both awaited aavices
from consular agents, but nothing
definite had been received up to noon.
Official Information indicated that
General Villa has 2o,000 men under
hi command and General Zapata,
Villa's ally, about 10,000 trained troops.
Carranza's force probably slightly sur-
masses Villa's numerically, but oar-
ranza's soldiers are Daaiy gcauerea,
while Villa has his troops mobilized.
PEACE CONVENTION IS
FORMALLY ALIGNED j
AGAINST CARRANZISTS
Kl Paso, Texas, Nov. 12. The Aguas
Calientes peace convention toaay
formally declared war on Provisional
President Carranza alter receiving
telegrams from Generals Obregon and
Villareal repudiating Governor Gutier
rez of San Luis Potosl. elected pro
visional president by the peace dele
gates, the convention itself and all its
acts. 'according to advices Just re
ceived here. Some of the delegates
had favored giving Carranza more time
to consider resigning and . to accept
Gutierrez, but the convention decided
to act immediately when the telegrams
from Villareal and Obregon were re-
CeGenera!s Obregon and Villareal are
regarded as Carranza's strongest mili
tary assets.
It was reported today that General
Luis Gutierrez of SaltillCL had declared
his loyalty .to Carranza aid announced
he would fight his brother, the newly
elected president.
Military operations on both sides,
were progressing today. General Ja
cinto Trevlno, the Carranza leader at
Leon, evacuated that city to VlllistaSf
yesterday after a short but sharp en
gagement. He was retreating today to
a new Carranza mobilization center at
Si loo.
TI. S. Consulate at-
Meims Is Damaged
Oerman Shell Strikes Building- Which
Bas Been Vacant Since Consul Bar
deira Departure Three Weeks Ago.
Paris, Nov.
consulate at
IJ. The United 1 States
Rheims. vacant since
Consul Bardell's departure three weeks
ago. has been damaged by a German
shell, it -was learned here -todayv - The
t jag and escutceon. It was stated,-rsre
not - bit. .however. .-;vr - 'l?
Knhat the crv -r r-LA
v v ; .tfs 'jj Fr-s .
GOV
ERNOR WEST TO
SSUE PROCLAMATION
ON CATTLE SITUATION
Will Take Steps Necessary to
Protect; Oregon From Foot
end Mouth Disease,
(Salem Bureau of Th' Journal.)
Salem, Or., Nov; 12. Representa
tives of the stock Interests and rail
roads of. Oregon and the federal gov
ernment met today with Governor
West to consider the scope of the
proclamation to be issued by Governor
West as a precautionary measure to
establish a quarantine against cattle
from states having the foot and mouth
disease and take such other measures
as may be necessary. .
It developed that the action to be
taken would not lntertere with the
shipments from the territories now
supplying the North Portland market.
The governor was informed that at
the suggestion of federal officers the
work of disinfecting the stockyards at
North Portland was started today, and
that the 'railroads had agreed to go
ahead without delay and disinfect all
their stock cars.
- Montana and Idaho "have state laws
requiring the Inspection of cattle when
they are shipped on cars. A goverp
ment official expressed the belief that
the foot and mouth trouble In eastern
Montana was already under control,
as inspectors from Montana had been
ordered east.
The railroads have agreed to dis
infect all yards along the lines which
are used for feeding purposes.
The governors' proclamation. in
course of preparation, will cover the
ground so as to ruuy protect the stock
interests of Oregon, it was stated.
A.t the meeting today he was assured
of the full cooperation of the livestock
interests, as well as the railroads and
federal inspectors. .
It was stated , that time enough will
be given the railroads and others to
fully comply witn the terms of the
governor s eaict.
Not Dangerous to Adults.
P tTnited Pres lA-net Wire.)
Washington. Nov. 12. In an official
bulletin issued here' teday by the de
partment of agriculture it was claimed
the foot and mouth disease was not
dangerous so far as human beings
were concerned.
"In adults,) said the bulletin, "the
symptoms are sore mouths, painful
swallowing, fever and occasional erup
tions on tne hands, some authorities
believe that wherever It Is general
among animals is is fairly general
among Jiumans, but tne disturbances
It causes are usually so slight that the
disease is not brought to the attention
of the family physlcisn.
The department again advised
housewives .today to boil' and pasteur
ize all milk before serving.
Patrols Guard Animals.
Charleston, W. Va., Nov. .12 Vet
erinary patrols were stationed today"
at important shipping points along the
border in an effort to keep -animals
suffering from' the foot and mouth
disease out of the state. The depart
ment of argiculture was assisting the
state in trysworK. :
SERVIANS CLAIM VICTORY
Nish, Nov. 12
Eervians. of "-six
-Tne. routing by the
battalions of Aus-
t triana, who had crossed the Danube
ihtoServian territory, near Zemendlra
was officially announced here today
or the Austrlans. is. wfs stated , that
2000 were; taken prisoner ' and two
guns were captured. ; - v :
POLICEMEN
THE New LSW
rEQKJIM& TWO
POUCCNKN TO
SWCH A MAM'
vmi. FIND FAVOR
NNlTH THE SMAU
il
THERN PACIFIC TO
BUY OUT SANTA FE IN
RAILROAD TO-EUREKA
Northwester Pacific May Be
Extended Through Coos
Bay to Portland,
(Cnited Presa Leased Wire.)
San Francisco. Nov. 12. Financial
circles here were stirred today over
the announcement that two of the big
gest railroad deals ever consummated
in California were about to be put
through. The deals affect the South
ern Pacific, Northwestern Pacific, San
ta Fe and Northern Electric railroads,
and will be completed, according to
lcr, as soon as the appraisers nrf
auditing departments of the Santa
Fe and Southern Pacific finish their
reports.
The Santa Fe. according to an
nouncement, is to sell its half inter
est in the Northwestern Pacific, run-
1 f, "om fran to Eureka,
to the Southern Pacific, which already
ETeo'tHr.0' StCk- Tbe Northern
Electric is to become Santa Fe pror
erty and the Santa Fe plans practical
reconstruction of the Northern E ec
trlc for use as a steam road as well
as an electric line.
By acquiring control of th
ern Electric the Santa s. .
what It has long waniwi n. .
of feeder roads in the Sacramento val
ley. There will be built at
was said, a direct line from s
Cisco to Sacramento by way of Vaiuin
a favorite project with the owners of
me norinwn c-ieotric before it went
Into the hands of Receiver J B Coh
lan.
If the deal goes through, the South
ern Pacific will become sole owner
of the Northwestern Pacific, runnlrir
through Marin. Sonoma, Mendocino
and Humboldt counties. Pir.ni
the stretch of rough country along
the southern part of the Eel river
every mile of this road is a fine rev
enue producer.
The above dispatch lenda rninr
the story published here last fall that
the Southern Pacific intends eventu
ally to extend the Northwestern Pa
cific from Eureka, Cal., to Coos Bnv
to connect with the Willamette Pa
cific, now tinder construction west
ward from Eugene. Such a link, built
for the most part along an easy grade,
wild offer the Southern a new en
try into San Francisco from the north
and would eliminate the heavy grades
ana niiinuii oicrannc conditions over
the SlsKiyou mountains.
It was pointed out that if the courts
sever the Southern and Central Pacific
properties, leaving the Oregon lines-
Central Pacific holdings cut off from
connections witn tne mam Central Pa
cific line eastward rrom Sacramento,
the Shasta route will be broken "
The Northwestern Pacific traverses
a ricn territory capauie pr intensive
development. The same is true of the
Willamette Pacific, which gives the
Willamette valley a new outlet to the
sea.
American Cruiser
Is Safe at Beirut
VortB Carolina, Which. Sons Keports
, Said Kad Struck a Mine, Has Mot
' icoved rrom Beirut Slaoe Hot. a.
"Washington. Nov: 12. State depart
ment officials wene advised today that
the cruiser North Carolina i safe at
Beirut Reports that It had suffered
an accident were said -to be without
foundation. The .North Carolina,. It was
said, had not moved ;from Beirut sines
' November 2. '.. - - , ,.
SOU
Goeben Damaged
By Allies' SheUs
Oerman-Turklsh Cruiser Sit During
Bambardment of Dardanelle and
Baa Oaplng Hole Above Water xane.
London. Nov. 13. The Turkish
cruiser Goeben was struck ;by one of
the allies' shots during the recent
naval bombardment of the Dardanelles
forts and badly damaged, according
to a news agency dispatch received
here from Petrograd oday.
The vessel was said to have a gap
ing hole in its hull above the water
line.
The Goeben and the cruiser Bres
lau were originally German vessels.
Early In the war the Anglo-lrench
Mediterranean squadron drove them
Into Messina. The British and French
ships lay outside the harbor waiting
to attack them unless they interned.
The two German craft succeeded in
giving them the slip, however, and
succeeded in reaching Constantinople.
Thla leing a neutral port at the
time, the allies took it for granted
they would intern. Instead, it "was
announced they had been sold toJTur
key. The allies questioned the, valid
ity of the transaction, especially In
view of the fact that both ships were
still manned by their German officers
and crews. The sultan, however, dis
regarded all protests.
, Later both vessels engaged In an at
tack on Russian Black sea porta and
shipping. The story was not defin
itely proven, but it 4was widtly as
serted that they did so without the
sultans authority, the step belt?
taken by the Germans who manned
them as a means of dragging th
Turks into the war. At any late. It
did result in bringing them Into the
conflict.
The Goebem was by far the most
formidable ship in the sultan's fight
ing fleet and if it has been seriously
damaged, its loss will be a serious
blow to his naval power.
Queen's Illness
Saddens Royalty
Queen of Italy Suffering" Troa Incur
able Disease; Xing- Victor's Blrtlv
day Made Gloomy by Her Condition.
Rome, Nov. 12. King' Victor Eman
uel of Italy was grief stricken yester
day instead of happy, on his forty
fifth birthday. For, behind the of
ficial attitude of his government In
the complicated war drama, lurks a
domestic sorrow which is adding to
the already burdensome weight of the
empire. For it is known in otficial
circles that Queen Helena expects to
become a mother in December, and
that she Is suffering from a iiseas
that in her case is Incurable. Her
delicate condition has made an opera
tion Impossible, and her household is
grief stricken.
Victor KmanueL who fears his
minions will be thrown Inta the whirl-
lng, ever spreading eddy of, war, Js
the only son of Humberfc T," and was
born November 11, 1869. He married
Princess Helene In 1896. She is tho
fourth daughter of Nicholas, King of
Montenegro. - They have four Children,
three girls and a boy. The latter,
Prince Humbert, born September 15.
1904. is heir-apparent.
Italy's king has manifested two good
hobbles. He insisted on the thorough
training of the Italian army and on
the weeding out of extravagant gov
ernment expenditures. It is said that
his salary exceeds $3,000,000 a year,
but be Is the most democratic monarch
in Europe.
ELiden Sailors Get
Away in Schooner
Three Officers and 40 Man, Comprising
Landing- Party from Oerman Cruiser,
Escape With an Armed Boat.
Melbourne, Australia) Nov.- 12 That
three officers and 40 men from the
German cruiser Emden. which the Aus
tralian warship Sydney destroyed on
the Cooos island shore. In the Indian
ocean, were at large in the open sea
In a schooner wnicn tney com
mandeered on the island, was an
nounced by the minister of defense
today.
These, it was expiamea. made up
the landing party which had already
destroyed the Coeos Island wireless
station befort the Sydney attacked the
Emden. Seeing their cruiser destroyed,
they escaped instead of surrendering,
taking . with them two months' sup
plies, four Maxim guns snd a quantity
of small arms and ammunition.
The .statement was made that, be
sides the Emden, the Sydney sank
two colliers which ' accompanied the
former.
President Rebukes
Impudent Negro
Ccrjimlttee Which Comes to Complain
About Segregation la Ooverament
' Buildings Orows Znsolent.
Washington. Nov. 12. Negroes, rep
resenting the National Equal Rights
league, attempted to "bait" President
Wilson here today.
W. Monroe Trotter of Boston,
spokesman for the league, so passion
stely attacked' federal officers for seg
regating negro and white employes In
federal departments that President
Wilson reproved him. The negroes said
they were disappointed at the presi
dent's sttitude.
President Wilson said be regretted
the, negroes considered such a question
a political one. He said the blacks
should not consider the segregation of
white and black federal employes here
an unftendly act. . . '
The discourtesy of W, Monroe Trot
ter " angered President Wilson., ; He
openly rebuked him and told ithe ne
groes if they evr came t the, White
House again they should have another
spokesman. v-
President Wilson said "he had never
been spoken to in his office before as
the negroes, addressed him. . . ' . ' .
FRENCH STEAMER IS LOST
Tendon. Nov.; T2.---The French steam
ship Duchess : de Gulche .has been
wrecked by a gale in Havre roadstead
with the loss f 11 lives, according to
a message received by Lloyds today- '
FIRE FATAL TO
ONE
Two-Year-Old Biy Suffocat
ed by Smoke find dies Af
ter Being Removed From
Building by Wriman at Risk
- .t. - . :
PARENT LEAPS! FROM ,
WINDOW, mES BABE
Blae Starts Whn Youth Ac
cidentally Dr$s Lighted
Match in.Vfeodbox. .
Mother love
Hnclyi Ic
rts ff
pve-for-mothr
piayeu their parts fr disastrous
fire on the east sld?3ii
suiting in the death-jof a year-eld
child. . -Hf .
Mother love lmpelird Thomas
B. Lovelace to go bak Into her burn
ing home at 1508 EasFlfteenth street
xor ner youngest bori
Mother love arava'Wtrr
Jump to. the ground from a rear sec-
ona story window. nly In bet-
night clothes, with th Infant pressed'
to her breast. ' .
And the child was- aved. -But
love-for-motht-r ImnntlM twn
older boys whom sh. had placed !'
sarety before gqlng bavJc after .the" baby
to iouow their mother Into the bias
ing resldenco
Child Oats Be wildered.
Little 2- ear-old 1 tiomns was too
small to find Mm wa'out.
The two boys, Thoraas, 2 years old.
and Bayard, his oCder brother l 4
years, had first txHU put out of the
back door by their rnther before shs
entered the bulldlngV to rescue ths
baby. . v.l r ..y.'-
Unbeknown to her 'the little boys,
with all the trust aii(K confidence that,
goes wlUi love v of tjother In their
hearts, followed hcrtfbaok Into the
house. . -y
Bayard she found Hid put out tho
frontdoor. . " - ,
But it was not until Mrs. Lovelac
had made hor leap fJtr life and lutd
gathered her small qlsn to her that -she
dlscovere-d little Thomas to', b
missing. - . r :r:j
Search revealed hlrjt In the bath
room off the first sbry rear porrh
where be had wsbder4. lie was still
living when taken out W the building,
butw-sied., of suffot'aJpjt. .befura ; Dr.! :
rtoy K. Steartjs coul jnach the liouse.
The remains were feken to the un
dertaking establishme, of Walter C
Kenworthy. ' -.'v -
Boy Telle How Started. ' . '
Eagerness on part oe.tlie two boys to
surprise their paVenj8 by cooking
breakfast Is repo".siE je for the. firs.
Lovelace Is a railroad 'billing cleric
and works nights. Btlh his wife and
he were In bed 'whenHfhe youngsters
got up and decided ;1(o prepare the
morning meal. .- ,
Bayard, the elder, fhd engineer IS
thn Htt.tnnt OOt haru - mm. '
membering froiij a fj evloua experi
ence that he hud cooked potatoes and
struck s match to light tho kitchen
fire. The head hrokj off and flev
biasing Into tbe woodjlox next to the
Move. The little bn-,f rlhtened, rait.
Tlaynrd ran nd hi(V under a - bed,
helng pulled out In ter; his mother,
who jiroiixcd by rs. M, 8tupft,
a nelghlior, who dlscorrd the blase.
Motor company Noi?23, Esst Sev
enth and Stephens struts, was worked
with the Sellwood company, N 20, In
fighting the flames. ' jtf .-; i
When the fire broke rout this morn
ing another member f the family i
1-oys was not at hpmegj The two efill
dren saved .by .the heroic efforts of
the mother are 'little? the worse
tor .
for
their exctting
IihtmI K.I.
expertince save
rather Is Xtturad.' '
The father, Tttosjiua i I. Lovelace, re
c.eived painful bums aJout the hands
and face in flghtln-g V& blaze. V
The death of Hjit- 2- ear-old
Thomas lovelace rntks - the-- four
teenth fatality resu'ltftig from fires
thus far this year, jtor alt of 1M3
there were only nine dsaths from fir,.
Members of .the,.7'safety -first"
committee of nprtlBf nf.irnied M
the tragely this morjpig, stated that
the fire, emphasised ni-e forcibly than
ever the absolute neea of extemllng
the "surety tirst - Movement oAong
lines of fire preventtoW. . ,- -
NEWLY MADE flOUNJY ;
OF JEFFERSON IS HELD
UP BY COlT
n
; . v- ;. ; r- . -
Clerk Has .-Beep Enjoined
From Certifying Vote , on "
- Proposition offcDivision. ; .
v -4 -
lmUin Bnm ef T5e M-nraH.
Salem, Or., Nov. lZtcierk Warren'
Brown of ' Crook rotfnJ writes Secre
tary; of Stat OI cot t'rfrom PrlnevlUe
that lie, has ben Venjfrined by court''
"order from certifying :be vote m the
proposed county f Je erson proposi
tion, so the sbstrsctlannot be for- '
warded until a f urtheij prder f ronn the
court jj
A question has beenSaised as to the
legality of certain vot?s cant for the
new county. AccordJ to the count -of
votes, the ncssary7VnaJorlties were
secured to create a 'vtfft county from
part ul Crook coutitr4 t . ,"' " . -
; Reluctant Admission.
, Butte. Moot..- Now XZ-W was
it
last couceiied yesterday that woman s
suffrage tarried last weelc