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VOL. XIV. NO. 49.
PORTLAND, OREGON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY , 5. 1915. EIGHTEEN PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS ffJSWFSiS
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IGLISH RETREftTO ftT
UP dUKLA, SAYS BERLIN
German Statement Claims British Are Being Forced Back
Toward Tete de Pont, East of Ypre; After Suffering
Heavy Losses, and That Four Farms Have Been'' Cap
tured on Main Battle FronL
VICTORY IN CARPATHIANS HAILED
Terrific Attack on Ypres Resumed by Germans, Who , An
s nounce They Will Capture City Before Week's End;
Six Troop Trains Left for Front Yesterday.
i ? '"Berlin, My 5. (I. N. S.) Official announcement of a heavy
English defeat in the west and of victory for the Teutonic allies
" on the Carpathians front was made here today. It was asserted
that the British -were retreating after heavy losses sustained in
a hot fight ndar Ypres.' The Russians were reported retreating
along their whole Carpathian front. It was claimed they had
evacuated Dukla pass and that already 30,000 prisoners had been
taken by fhe Teutonic allies. .
The official statement said the English are withdrawing in
the direction df Tetede-Ponti east of Ypres. The statement con
tinued, "Van Heele, Eksternest Het Papotje Park and Heren
thage farms have been captured."
' ,The .same announcement also declared that the Teutonic al
lies had won' a great victory in the forest of -Ally, southeast of
" St. Mihiel. Ten officers and 750 men were captured. It was also
claimed that ai French attact at Priestwald was repulsed.
Capture of Gorllce In' Gallcla, 21
miles fast of the! Dunajec river, is re-
i ported here today by the Tageblatt's
correspondent. j
' The southern luring of the Russian
r rmy in west Oalicia was completely
shattered, the report adds,
'The victorious Teutons, pressing
"their advantage ain crossing the Blala,
reached the Ropaj river. Their attacks
were so determirted - that the Russians
retreating hurriedly abandoned first
lines and villages used as. quarters
; without a struggj. ' I
Oorlice was the only point at which
;' the- Slavs made ft stubborn stand and
this last ditch 'defense proved vkin.
An entire Russian division was anni
hilated, all staff ! Officers nd several
generals being, killed and . woundedJ
The Germans', artillery when brought
td. bear on the twn before the final
attack and capture converted It Into
' one enormous p3e of ruins and de
struction. . : A. -., : "' 1 . i
Russian prisoners poorly equipped
A. WORD FROM THE EDITOR
OF THE WOMAN'S CALENDAR
Dear Madaia:. j
I . In. the Woman' 9 Calendar 1 am
trying tfl help you solvesome -of your 'daily
problems t
Lookatrit today bn page .8.
'I V In it, dailyf you will find the
pickcOf the hargaingroffered by 'the r shops
end markets for. you, . your.- children arid
ryouri house. Also.you; will find up-to-datfe
J information about i seasonable things
'to eat and how to prepare them; together
with suggestive'aenus for parties and
novel. means of entertaining, .health,
beauty-and-fashion hinta.
-
Particular-
paid -to 3ea3onable.hou8ehold buying.
I want thi 8
helpful to you and your'pocketbook -
to .lift. k tfew .of the daily -burdens.
Youcan "help
jof us witrx-suggestions.
v faithfully, '
AS GREATEST SINCE WAR STARTED
and spiritless complained of lack of
food and consequent Inability to put
up a determined fight.
GERMANS CONFIDENT
THEY HAVE ALLIES ON
THE, RUN IN FLANDERS
London. May 5. (I. N. S.- Confid
ent that they bow have the allies on
the run in west Flanders, the Teuton
forces, heavily reinforced, today were
preparing to inaugurate a terrific at
tack on Ypres. All railways from Ger
many are glutted with trains carrying
troops, guns and munitions of war.
Strike while" the iron is hot," is the
slogan of the kaiser's- legions.
Since early yesterday six German
troop trains have passed through Ant
werp enroute to Dixmude. The ' sol-
(Conelo. ;d on Pi Four. Column Two.)
i
attention will be
departments to be
me to. help all i .
JWill you?
BEAUTY TAKES PROMINENT PART IN GELILO CELEBRATION AT BIG EDDY
X::: YYY yUWy" Sy:Yy h,
JAP LEGATION ."Ky .lilfei i-
PREPARING TO Lx4c ftS 'fet&l
LEAKE PEKING teSS
Indications of War Between
China and Japan Every
where; China Fears War
Will Begin Without Delay.
Hankow, China, May 5. (L.N, S.)
General orders have been issued from
Toklo for all Japanese women and
children in Hankow to be prepared to
leave for Japan on steamers leaving
today.
Jeking, May 6. (I. N. S. The
Japanese legation In Peking -was pre
paring to leave here at 10 a. m, - to
day. This was believed to foreshadow
a declaration of war on the , part of
Japan.
Reports were in circulation that
Japan will begin war without further
diplomatic communications. These re
ports "were unconfirmed, but all in
dications pointed to their authenticity.
A Japanese cruiser arrived during
the morning at Chin Wang Tao, 155
miles east of Peking. The Nipponese
warship was accompanied by several
destroyers. r
Reports that Japan is sending an
ultimatum to China today were caus
ing great unrest throughout the re
public Outbreaks are feared and
troops have been sent to guard , the
Japanese and i British legations as a
matter of precaution.
English 'Are Blamed.
Feeling here against the English
Is just as bitter as it is against the
Japanese, the Chinese believing that
Great Britain has sanctioned the pres
sure being brought to bear against
China by Japan. 4
A heavy - guard was also thrown
about President Yuan Shi Kal's palace
today.
I Placards accusing the president of
betraying hi 3 country have been post
ed in conspicuous places and feeling
against the present government is
high. Revolutionary attempts to over
throw, the government iare feared and
every possible precaution to prevent
an outbreak is being taken,
Japanese Leave China-r"
Confirmation of reports that 100,000
soldiers were concentrating today in
Peking was lacking. r
.lore than 200 Japanese have left
this city in the past 24 hours on in
structions issued from the Japanese
legation here.
It is also reported that a mediation
offer has been made by the British
minister. : : -ir ':
Concentration of troops In the out
lying districts continues.
China's Integrity Necessary.
"I trust the differences between Ja
pan and unina win oe amicaoiy ad
justed." said Kyo KumasaJcl, consul of
Japan - m Fortlano, tnls momlnjr - in
commenting on the threatened ruptujgp
between the two nations. ... . ...
"My only knowledge of the strained
situation teday is 'gained by reading
the papers, but I trust conditions are
not as bad as reported. If on wilt
look at the situation with a level head
and a clear :consjence, however, it
will be seen that Japan's requests of
China are all made with a view to pre
serving the Integrity of ; China, and the
open door tothat nation.
"Count Okuma put the case succinct
ly in a recent statement cabled to the
Independent,;!); 7?-'-' ; v: .-
. "Japan's position, naturally,- Is . not
entirely altruistic The element of
seJ f -pro tec tlon ; for Japan enters Into
her requests 1 on i China, for Japan
deems it vital! that China's Integrity
be assured and the status quo in Man
churia be kept,"
TAFT IS IN FAVOR OF ROOT
Chicago, I1L. May 6. (I. N. S.)
Former President William ilowaH
Taft passed through here today en
route to Madison, Wis. He ; said the
suggestion that Senator Klihu i-? Root
might become' a presidential possibility
pleases hlnv immensely. Prof. Taft
flatly refused to discuss the Roosevelt
Barnes trial now in progress at Syra
cuse. " : v -- ::- 't -5,:-
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1 -'-'."' r - -' 'ik-; i-c ! r AV'': r-rvsi --vy- f J .
N. 5 Yf$f& igddSn l,'?YYfl yfe'V" j " '
Top Group of sponsors and chaperons who accompanied special trin
to Big Eddy this morning; In the party are: Mrs. C. C. Colt,
Mrs. Emery Olinstcad, Sadie M, Sullivan of Oregon , City, . Mar
garet Reardon of LaCenter, Wash.; Anita Tlose of Kalama, Wil
berta Babbidge, Portland ; Gladys , Wilkins, Engene ; Roma Hunt
injgton, Kelso; Xiydia. LiaRne, Woodland, Wash.; Beulah Wilkins,
Albany; Jane Brock, Washougal.
Center" Miss Margaret Reardon of IiaCenter, Wash.
At right Flagship Undine on way down tlie Colombia from Levrls-
ton, taking distinguished party
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: OF NORTH SEA FLEET
Crews Are Saved by Large
Diver . Which Used Deck
Guns to Sink Fishing Boats
By Ed lb Keen,
London, May B. (U. P.) In a sud
den raid upon an English fishing fleet
1q the. North sea, a German submarine
with a facsimllle of an Iron Cross
painted on its conning tower, is known
to have sunk 11 trawlers and it is
feared that others may have been de
stroyed. ' This latest attack, designed to fur
ther strike at the food supply of Eng
land, was made on Monday. Only to
day, however, did the crews of the, ves
sels which j were destroyed begin to
reach port after having been picked up
by other vessels. - All of the men from
the 11 vessels sunk were rescued -and
brought into port thrilling stories of
their ' struggles while adrift in mall
boats.'' ;- 'i ' - - I ,-"
The fleet attacked by the submarine
(Concluded on Paga fir. Column Two)
1
Madrid Judge Burns
In Justice Palace
Structure Damaged to Extent vf fa,,
OOO.OOO; Atidge aranfla Overcome by
' Smoke While Trying to St Xeoords.
Madrid. May 5. (I. N. S.)--Flre
which broke out late yesterday In the
Palace of Justice damaged that struc
ture to tie extent of $2,000,000, accord
ing to official estimates here : today.
While endeavoring to -' save court
records. Judge Aranda of the court of
cassation was overcome by smoke and
perished.' A score or more of firemen
were more or less seriously injured.
SINKS
RAWLERS
to . Big Kddy.
UNITED STATES NOTE
TO GERMANY REJECTS
PRIZE COURT OFFER
Amerjca Refuses to Leave
Justification of Frye's Sink
ing to Such a Body,
Washington, May 5. (U. P.) The
latest note of the United States In pro
test against the sinking; of the Ameri
can ship William P. Frye by the Ger
man converted cruiser Prins Eltel was
made public by the state department
today. ' ' t
The note -was cabled to Ambassador
Gerard in Berlin April 28 and was supposedly-delivered
to the German for
eign office on May 1. ( .
The destruction of the Frye. which
carried a cargo of wheat, was referred
to in the American note as a "violation
of the treaty obligations Imposed ' upon
the Imperial government under: the ex
isting treaty 'stipulations between the
United States and Prussia." - .
; "The,, United States will not con
sider," the note continues, "the Ger
man suggestion that the legality of
the destruction, the claimants stand
ing or the amount of indemnity be sub
mitted to a prize court." .,
The note, -sugested that settlement
of the" entire matter be transferred to
the German embassy In Washington.
Grocers From -AH
Over U. S. to Meet
San Francisco, May 6. (P, N. S.)-
The National Retail Grocers will hold
their annual convention nere, begin
ning next Monday, with the largest at
tendance - of any convention yet held
here in connection with the 5 Panama
Pacific exposition." Every state In the
union will" be represented. -
Below, left to. right Representative W. E. .Humphrey of Washington,
Governor Moses Alexander of Idaho, Senator .Wesley L. Jones of
, Washington distinguished passengers on' flagship. , .
GULFLIGHT TORPEDOED,
T BLOWN UP BY A
E, STATES REPORT
Owners - of American Tank
Steamer Declare German
Submarine-Did Damage.
Washington. May 6. TJ. P.) Th
Gulf Refining company, owners of the
tank steamer Gulflight, - today In
formed the state department that, the
vessel was torpedoed by a submarine
without the slightest warning as it
was following the wake of two Brit
ish patrol boats, i The Gulflight was
flying- the American, ensign,, the 'ves
sel's owners stated. ,
The message forwarded to Secretary
Bryan by the refining' company was
based upon Information received from
Chief, Officer Smith of the Gulflight.
This set at rest reports which resulted
in the belief, that the tank ship might
have struck a mine. The message
from the refining company, also stated
that" similar information has been: fur
nished by Consul "Banfield." ; The
name given was evidently misspelled
In transmission by cable, as no "Ban
field" appears in the consular list.
' Diplomats of neutral countries.' call
ing at the state department, today ad
mitted that they were reporting all
details of the developments in the
Gulflight situation to their home gov
ernments. Diplomats of -Norway,
Sweden and Holland are following the
situation closely and It Is believed that
these countries will follow whatever
lead the 'United States - may take in
tCoacinded ea Page live,: Ooloma Two.)
MIN
PORTLAND IMPORTERS
CAN RETRIEVE CITY'S
PRESTIGE AS A PORT
-fe-; ; ;- , -::ir:" ' -
Prominent -Merchant- Says
Clearances Should Be Made
Here Instead of Entry Port
Just a little attention : to tbe needs
of this port. Just a little insistence on
part of importers, and Portland will at
once begin to retrieve Its prestige-as
an ocean city. Such is the opinion of
H. D. Rambdell, . vice president ' and
manager of Xdpman, Wolfe Co and
formerly president of tbe Portland
Commercial club. ;;, - :
- Mr.' Ramsdell believes that the clear
ing of. Imports at this jort means
much ; more " ' than the piling: up pf
"paper' figures." He expressed hearty
agreement with Collector of Customs
Thorny C. Burke, who in an Interview
in The Journal Monday evenlnr in
sisted thatS Portland, will keep on los
ing credit for foreign trade just so
ldng -as importers, permit goods to be
received at rival ports, or When goods
must be so received because of lack of
direct ' shipping facilities, . entered , at
those rival ports as business belonging
lucre. ;. - . . .-
VKtMar It icit '
"So long as we have been Import
ing," said Mr, Ramsdell, we have been
having goods that are received at New
lore snippea inrougn in Dond to Port'
lana ana ciearea nere, Every ; other
importer could do the same anil profit
by itJv - This talk about being more
conTwiini w clear at. the port of en
tCcschiera i rui 1ve. Colons Oee.)
CELILO CiJIL
S
TO CflKBCE
Totfiy Is Big Day in Series
of Celebrations Which
Mark Opening of Columbia
River Country.
TEN THOUSAND AT
BIG EDD PROGRAM
Young Women Take Part in
Impressive Water Pouring
Ceremonial.
By Marshall N. Dana.
Big Eddy, Or.. May 6. This Is the
supreme day of the Columbia river
basin. Portland and s Astoria clasped
hands across the Celllo canal with
Iewlston, Kennewick and Panco. The
canal was dedicated to commerce. Tbe
Columbia was officially and formally
declared the open "river. Ten thou
sand people assembled In - rejoicing
that steamers now travel in regular
service from tidewater to the new
Idaho seaport. Bulk nerd no longer
be broken In freight carrying to the
Inland Kmplre. '
The celebration fleet passed through
tbe canal, entering at Tumwater Kails,
near Celllo, ; about noon. The steamer
Asotin wan first through. The flag
ship Undine was followed by the Uma
tilla, the Annie Comings, J. N. Teal
and Joseph Kellogg.
Crowned Them All.
Although there had been celebra
tions at many points along the line
from the Interior, the Big Kddy pro
gram crowned them all. Imprewslvo
was the ceremonial when, young wo
men from the towns of the; Columbia
and its tributaries poured i into the
canal the waters of rivers that flow
through communities giving new trade
opportunity by the upening of ilie
canal.
A better, brighter day for tli- cele- .
bratlon could not be Imagine'!. W'eaih
er was perfect. The Journey dAwn,
river and through the canal was ac-
(Cnttrludert on fs 1trv. Column Thr
DALLES IS CROWDED
WITH 'VISITORS ON
HAND FOR PROGRAM
. ; ' '-
Allegorical Parade One of the
Leading Features for Fes-'
tivites,' '
Hy Marshall N. Dana. I
The Dalles, Or., May 5. At Big K.l1r
passengers aboard the flagship tuivs
been saying; j "After Lewlston, Kenne-
wlck, . Umatilla od Maryhlll, Uolden
dale, what Is j there left to celebrate?''
But when the openinK of the canal
was sighted, an entirely new spirit
came over the crowd. They shouted,,
they, sang "My Country 'Tls of Thee.'
Admiral oray, in the pilot nouse,
waved 'his gold braided white cap In,
formal salute to the canal. lie pos-"
sessed himself of the whistle lever.'
The hills echoed with the joyous sound.
Not far behind was the Umatilla and
Irrepressible Captain F. V. . Wlnalow
lowered the boiler pressure whistling.
Hello hello, wake up. wake up, cele
brate, celebrate," or at least that wa
precisely the way it sounded.
A train came booming - down the
track. Whistles were exchanged. It
was the "Sherman county special"
packed with a cheering crowd. The
movies and camera men directed a bat
tery of lenses against the canal open
ing and the turning fish wheels.
Brady Makes Promise.
"I'll use the pictures in pleading be
fore congress, for the further Improve
ment of the Columbia river," i enthu
siastically promised Senator Brady of ,
Idaho. No member of congress who
hasn't been here has any idea of this
wonderful accomplishment." he jubi
lation continued. The draw of the
North Bank railroad bridge sprlngtng -
4Cetx-lodcl ea Pg Two, Column Two.)
Liberty Bell Will
Come to Portland
Zt Will Xsve rbUadelphia July 3d sad
- Will Make Stops at Euntlagton, po
; kane, Seattle and Portland.
I Philadelphia, May f.--(I. N. S.)
July 2 today was set as the date for
tbe Liberty bell to begin its long Jour
ney to the Panama Pacific Internatlon.
ai exposition at San Francisco. Btops
will be made at various points en route.
Including Chicago, Omaha, Huntington,
Or.; Spokane, Seattle and Portland. -
60,000 Acres of
Oregon Land Open
Secretary &aae Issues Order by Which
Desert Ziand In Eastern and Central
i Oreron Is Thrown Open.
' Washington, May 6. (I. ti. S.)
Secretary of the Interior Lane recent
ly Issued an order which' will open to
entry on June 10, 1915, under the pro
visions of the enlarged homestead act,
nearly 60,000 acres of non-irrigable
land in eastern and central Oregon,
principally in Morrow, Crook and Gil
liam counties.
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