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EADER 1 VOL. XXXIV. WJSSTOX. OHKGON, Fill DAY, XOVKMUKIl 27. 1914. NO. I 23. 2STON SUDANESE WHO WILL FIGHT THE TURKS ajiiiiiiiwiiiiaaa iim i n r7 . -..y ""i ;. i . mm -i , a niM i ii i ,.tK- i t i r v .. i A coUiiujr of tb wll trained uallv aoldlurs upon bum tht British will rely lo repulse a TurkUh Invasion of Isypt EUROPE ASKS LIGHT BARON JOHN A. FISHER Protection of Foreipers at Vera Cruz tiy (I. S. Is Question. Non-Combatants Urged to Keep OIT Streets, As Disturbance Is Considered Likely. Vra Crus Through W. W. Can aria, th United State consul her, the consul of Cuba, Spain, Kranra and Ciraat llrltaln have asked tha United Mate "what effectlv meaaurea are going to b taken by tb United State to protect tba Uvea and property of foralgrwr Ut Vear Crui. Tha con tula xplalnd that they bad no Information to show that tba Max lean government woul I ba unable to enforce tha guarantee given by It. Tba police aaeert they are dally ob taining evidence tending to enow that reprisals are planned by the constitu tionalist. From one prlaoner they eay they obtained a detailed liat of boa that ara to be searched. Excitement waa caused hart by the circulation of handbill which aaid that since General Francisco Vllla'a men proposed to prevent tba occupa tion of tha city the day th Americana leave, It waa earnestly urged that non combatants keep off the streets. It waa added that this Inconvonlenee probably would not last mora than 24 hours, aa It waa expected In that time the constitutionalist would ba able to cur reinforcement to make certain their tenure of tha port. There appears no likelihod of an early resumption of traffic between Vera Crux and Mexico City. So far aa Is known hera the Mexican railway has not been cut, but a considerable stretch of th Interocesnie Una haa been destroyed. Local trains from in termedate point arrived her filled with refugees. Allied Army Inflicting Heavy Loss on Germans Washington, D. C, Foreign office dispatches to the French embassy here Saturday referred to great loss of life Inflicted on the enemy by the allied troop and spoke of th success of the French scouting parties in securing In formation of German troop move m tints. Th dispatches duplicated war office communications with the follow. Ing additions: "Supplementary information recelv ed here reveals that tha last three days' fighting resulted particularly dis astrously for tha adversaries aa re gards the execution inflicted by th al lie In repulsing attacks. "To tha east of Ypres, tha Germans left more than 1200 dead In a space of ground not mora than 500 to 600 me tres square. "Th German blew up th garrison of Chauvoncourt with a mine. We had partially captured this town and, re suming, we war able to force th en my' lines back on the other troops operstlng In that region. "Th German pros haa announced that a strong French attack In th re gion of Grey had been repulsed. As a matter of fact, we have not engaged at that point except In reconnoitering, Those reconnoitering parties, fortun ately, have been successfully conduct ed, and despite resistance bsve dls covered the position and strength of the enemy." TURKS TO EXPLAIN U. S. Asks Reasons for Fiq on Vera Crux Police Will Shoot LawUu on Sight Vera Crus General Candido Agul lar, who succeeded 'llrlgadler General Frederick Funs ton aa military gover nor of Vara Crus, did no mince word whan, through hi chief of police, Theodor Frexlares, ha told th resi dent of this city that any disturbance of the peace, whether It be picking pocket or any of the graver crimes, such as sacking, would result In tb execution of the offending Individuals. The proclamation containing this dec laration waa circulated through th streets aa General Aguilar' force wer arriving. The decree provide that all arm must ba turned fn to tba authorities and . avy failure to comply with the Order will cause the shooting of anyone In whose possession a gun is round. This flat statement caused W. W. Canada, the American consul, to call at tha police station, where he told Chief Frexiere that many Americans had deposited their arm with blm. Th consul ws told that General Aguilar had no Intention of demanding them, and In fact expected the consul to use hi discretion in holding th arms of any Americans. Americans are not exempt from the order, but in case where th authorities are con vinced that their standing warrant it, they will be given permit. Vera Crux is to go on taa list of pro hibition cities, at least temporarily. On entering the- city the Mexicans found the saloon closed in accordance with the order issued by General Fun- aton. This was.beartily approved and under a new order issued by the Mexi can commander the saloon will re main closed "until further orders." General Aguilar issued another proc lamation In which be call on the people of Vera Crux to assist him in the maintenance of order. The gen eral assure ;thern 'of bis intention to furnish guarantee of safety "to all residents, Mexicans and foreigners, of all classes, even to those opposed to th cause." Tax Ratios Increased Far Above Last Yearl PEACE SUGGESTED Salem Because of comparatively quiet real estate market the greater part of the year, the State tax com mission haa fixed ratios somewhat higher than laat year for virtually all counties. The higher ratios, however, do rot necessarily mean higher taxes, but mean that the valuations for tax able purpose are nearer the actual valaei. than laat year, when property values were higher. The ratio are' for th one of the county assessors In determining the taxes of public service eorporatione and for the purpose of arriving at each county's proportion of taxes for use of the state. Under the law the commis sion finds the actual value ef public corporation property and fixe a valua tion for taxable purpose In the same ratio of actual value as the county assessors fix for th assessment of other property for taxation. The property of public service corpora tions is the only property actually valued by the commission and the ratios are fixed for the benefit of the county assewor In levying tb taxes. In Multnomah county, where there is a Urge part of public service eorpor tion property, the ratio la increased from 60 to 63 per cent, but In 1912 it was 65 per cent. Tbe biggest increase was made in Tillamook county, where it waa advanced from 60 to 88 per cent. An increase of from 62 to 63 was made In Grant, from 80 to 86 In Curry and from 66 to 74 In Klamath. The ratio are used a a basis for equal! tat Ion between the counties In apportioning th state taxes, the ap portionment and levy of state tax to be made In December, and tbe collec tions to start early in the spring. Tbe State tax commission, wbieb is composed of Governor West, Secretary of Stste Oicott, Stat Treasurer Kay and Tax commissioners Galloway and Eaton, has been ' gathemlg Informa tion and conducting hearing for more than a month in arriving at the ratios. Virtually all public service corpora tion had representative before the commission asking for reductions of tentative ratios fixed by the commie-sion. A comparison of ratio for this and last year is a follows: Appeal of Welfare Union Read h BoBand and Not Ccnsorei Belgium To Bo Held at Aug Coot Until Negotiation Begin Invasion Dreaded. Camti Tlmkt brnaa Clauop Columbia ... Cao. Crook Corrjr Vougim iiiilum Grant Hvnr Hood Ki.OT , Jackaun J'Mpofna... Klamala.... 114 MM . .7 .n , .& .66 .It .It . .1 . .61 .M .as .1 .at .a .n .74 .74 .74 .7 Cacntf Lm Lineal Linn MaJhaar Martoa 1914 1M M . . .at MulU Polk ...... Snormaa.. Tillamook . Untoa Wallowa Waaca. , Waahiiurtoa. WharleT Yamhill .M .6 .80 .70 .75 .7 .64 .70 .( New Willamette Valley Southern Soon to Operate Cruisert Told to Toko No Action Unlet Commanded by Wash ington Authorities, Oregon City Willamette Valley Southern tracks will be laid into Mount Angel, Marion county, by Thanksgi ing, trains will be running on regular schedules by December 15 and direct connection over a new electric railroad will be established shortly afterward between Portland, Oregon City and the rit; nr-l terminus of the new line. German forces Again Baron John A. Fisher, admiral ot the Uritlsh Duct, who has been ap pointed first sua lord of tha admiralty to succeed Prince Louis of Uattonberg. Japan to Rule Klau Chau. Pekin General Kamlo will be ap pointed military governor of Kiau Chau by th Japanese government, but th appointment of a civil governor baa not been settled. The Japaneae wiU have charge of the customs tem porarily. Two military administra tions will operate, one at Tsing Tau and one at Lantsun. Officials of the South Manchurian railway will man age th Shantung railways until order 1 restored. Only officials and ex realdenta possessing tltl deed to property wUl be permitted to enter. Russians Lose 50,000 In Attack on Germans London Berlin was decorated Thursday in honor of General von 11 in denburg' victory In Poland, according to Copenhagen dispatch to the Times. The ,. Russian losses, tha dispatch ssys, are estimated at between 40,000 and 60,000 men. A Potrograd despatch to the Dally Telegraph says : "The battle now being fought in the Northwest corner of Poland may be regarded as possibly the most critical yet fought in the Rusaisn campaign, and although little information is ob tainable, it looks as though th victor ious Russian advance has suffered a check, as It is evident the German counter attack has compelled the Rus sians to concentrate a considerable distance to the rear of th line reached by their right flank. Ono of the ablest critic, in the Army Messenger, admits that a new phase of the war has opened, which is likely to have a decisive Influence on th whole campaign." Turks Are forced Back, Pari -A dispatch from Petrograd to th Havas agency contains a state ment issued by the geneal staff of the Russian army in the Caucasus, which says: "Engagement of secondary importance continue in tha region of I Zatcharekh. In the valley of Glytchal, a Turkish column was defeated and forced back toward Bar. In the Er- xerum region action occurred along th whole front, but the fight is im peded by the state of the roads, which have been rendered Impassable by rains." Washington, D. C. The United States government baa directed Am- baaaador Morgenthau at Constantino ple to ask the Ottoman government for an explanation of the firing by Turkish land force at a launch from the American cruiser Tennessee, pro ceeding from Vourlab to the American consulate at Smyrna, Asia Minor. Secretary Daniels, with the approv al of President Wilson, cabled the commanders of the Tenneaaee and the North Carolina, also in the Mediterra nean, to take no action which might embarrass tbe American government and to await specific instructions from Washington concerning the general situation. These steps followed the receipt of a message from Captain Benton C Decker, commander of tbe Tennessee, which waa paraphrased in this state ment from the Navy department: "Captain B. C. Decker, fn command of the Tennessee, wired Secretary Daniels that while proceeding from Vourlah to Smyrna to make official calls boat was fired at. Consul waa anxious for ssfety of consulate. Ten nessee proceeded to and left Vourlah at request of Ambassador and is now anchored In the harbor of Sclo (Chios), Greece, from which Captain Decker's telegram was sent. Secretary Dan iels telegraphed for fuller informa tion." Although without definite details as to just what occurred, high officials of the Washington government had no doubt that the incident, no matter where the responsibility lay, would be promptly adjusted through diplo matic channels. President Wilson is determined that under no circum stances shall the United States be in volved In war with Turkey. If the Turkish officers acted without the, au thority of the Ottoman government and the firing was not justified by naval procedure in a closed port, it is confidently believed here that the Ot toman government will render an apol ogy- On account of the slow cable com munication from Constantinople through the only available route Bul garia, Roumania, Austria and Italy no message concerning the incident came from Ambassador Morgenthau, bis last dispatches dated November 16 arriving only Thursday. They were of a routine character. The reserve banks are not to do a banking business except with member banks. London An official communication given out in Petrograd, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch, an nounces a German retreat in Poland. The statement follow: "Between the Vistula and the Warta the Germans have retreated from the line running from Strykow to Zgirz, Sxadek, Zdunsks, Wola and Woiniki." agreement will allow direct connec tion between Mount Angel and Port land. An early morning express serv ice wiU leave Mount Angel and gather milk, cream and farm produce which wilt be delivered into Portland every morning and a daily freight service will be maintained. Freight in small quantities now i coming in on the road, but all of tbe company' equip- London A dispatch to tbe Time I ment I busy hauling gravel from this from Petrograd says: "The expected victory between the Vistula and tbe , Warta haa been con firmed by private advices. Large bod ies of the enemy'a force were sur rounded and captured near Lowics. The enemy is reported in some cases aa abandoning his guns. city to the end of tbe line for ballast. Two and three trains of eight or 10 cars each carry ballast on tbe line each day. Rails are now laid on the line and the track la thoroughly ballasted with river gravel four mile past Molalla. Six passenger ears and other equip ment are now In Portland waiting un til the road is completed. Depots and electrical substations at Beaver Creek and Monitor are well on- Germany itself soon der way. Crew now are working along the right of way on the larger cut where there is danger of elide in the rainy season and pile will be driv en in several place to make the safety of the track sura. Over the new line Mount AngeL the terminus, is 80 mile from Oregon City, or 43 mile from Portland. Mo lalla la 19 miles from Oregon City and 82 mmile from Portland. Tbe railroad officials are making tentative plans for tbe train service. The passenger service will be equal to any electric road in the state. The beat equipped coaches have been ob tained and the company is planning to cut the time from Portland and Oregon City to Molalla and Mount Angel tinder present steam road achedulea. TbeBagua, Holland Although tb German proa assert that Germany can bring 8,000.000 reeervlst into the field without making use of men under 18 and over 48 year old, there are several indication that German offi cials dealre peace. Semi-official attempt are being made to negotiate first with one and then with the other of the allied foreea. Tb German section of th peace societies are sanding circulars to their representatives in Holland and other neutral state to Initial a peace movement. Tbe International Wohlfahrt Verein (Welfare Union) of Berlin, ha mad a direct appeal to influential Dutch newspapers by mean of a printed cir cular incloaed in an open envelope, ex pressing tbe wish that ail neutral : countries and lover of peace work to gether and prepare the way for media tion overture to be mad by some neutral power, aa, for instance, tha United State. It is considered remarkable that tb circular should have reached its des- ' tination. If its contents bad been dis pleasing to the German censor it nev er would have passed the frontier. In military and governmental circles in Holland it is considered likely that will open peace Kaleva Brothers and Sisters Hold Convention German Submarine Sunk Astoria The National convention Itu British Patrol Boat of the United Kaleva Brothers and t, Th- ar, f th .d. SUters, formerly the Finnish secretary miralty announces that the German submarine boat U-18, which was re ported off the north coast of Scotland Tuesday, was rammed by a British patrolling vessel and foundered. Tbe patrolling ship rammed the sub marine at 12:20 o'clock. Tbe U-18 was not seen again until 1 :20, when she appeared on the surface flying a white flag. Shortly after this she foundered just as the British destroyer Garry came alongside. The destroyer rescued three officer and 23 of the submarine's crew, only one being drowned. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph company from Copenhagen says the Danish steamer Anglodane collided in the Oresund with the German tor pedo boat destroyer S-124, which foundered. Two German sailors, ac cording to the correspondent, were rescued by the steamer seriously in jured, but later succumbed. The re mainder of the crew of the destroyer were drowned. Brother hood, closed it session here this week. The convention decided to meet once in four years, changed the name of the organization, voted to admit women to membership and doubled the salar ies of the national secretary and treas urer. The next convention will be held at Fort Bragg, Cal. The question of es tablishing an insurance branch of the order was postponed until the next convention in order to allow the subor dinate lodges further time to consider tbe innovation. Officers to serve during the ensuing four years were elected as follows : President, Gust L. Laine; first vice president, Andrew Johnson; second vice president, Mrs. Aino Martin; sec retary, Sven Lonberg; treasurer, Wal deman Walkkinen; trustees, Walter Mork, Henry Niemi, John Personen, Samuel Burg and Arvid Moiseio; aud itors, Samuel Asikinen, John Wiina miki and H. F. Toikka. Peace Near, Lloyds Think. London Remarkable optimism rel ative to the duration of the war pre- Seaside Creamery Pays. Seaside Seaside's co-operative vails in financial and insurance circles creamery has made a satisfactory 44'Year Marriage Ends. Salem, Ore. His wife for 44 years, Ruth A. Byrne Friday obtained a di vorce from James S. Byrne, Circuit Judge Kelly granting the decree. They have three children, the youngest be ing 81. Desertion was alleged. King's Mail Fills Truck. Havre, France A large motor truck was required to forward to King Al bert at his headquarters in Flanders th mail received here for th king on th occasion of his fete. No class of j society forgot the Belgian ruler on his saint's day, which corresponds to a birthday in Protestant countries. Pic ture postcards bearing congratulations and best wishes were in the majority, but the king's mail contained poems, drawings, paintings and even original musical compositions. Children were heavy contributors. Landslides Wreck Train. Bellingham, Wash. Great Northern passenger train No. 365, bound from Vancouver, B. C, to Seattle, struck two landslides 10 miles north of White Rock, at 5 o'clock Saturday. The first slide was passed safely, but when the engine struck the next one a few yards on, the engine toppled over and rolled down the embankment onto the beach. Fireman Will Cumming waa Injured slightly. No one else was hurt. in London. The Lloyd policies indi. cate that betting now is 10 to 6 that the war will be ended by March 31. Not long ago the betting was 6 to 1 there would be no peace within a year. The military situation in the East is regarded as favorable and little anx iety is felt for the safety of the allies left wing in the west, in spite of the massing of German reinforcements against it As for the menace of air ships and raid forces, while such at tacks are expected, nobody appears to believe that they can prove to be over poweringly diBasterous. " Delayed Reward Large. Montville, Conn. A bequest of $75,- 000 is the reward . which has been given to Henry 'A. Bolles, of this place, for saving a little girl from drowning in the Thames river 28 years ago. The girl was the daughter of a Mr. Trumbull, of New York City, and had fallen overboard from her father's yacht. Mr. Bolles, a boatman at that time, said be remembered that the father asked his name, but be had heard nothing more since then. Trumbull died recently and Mr. Bolles has just been notified of the bequest. Kaiser's Son Recovering. Amsterdam "Prince August Wil liam, fourth son of the German em peror, who was injured in a motor ear accident, is improving, but complete recovery will take a long time," says the Berlin correspondent of the Tele graaf. The correspondent adds: "The report that the crown prince has been wounded haa been unfounded." i showing in the first 18 months that it has operated. The capital stock is $5000 and in the year and a half since it started, the stockholders have re ceived approximately $2700 in divi denda, in the form of increased prices for butter fat. that being the manner in which the profits are distributed. At the last meeting of the board of directors Manager C W. Brague re signed and F. H. Laighton was ap pointed to fill the position of secretary and treasurer. Florence Mayor Ousted. Florence At a special election Thursday, George W. Evans was re called from the office of mayor and C. W. Morey waa elected by a vote of 104 to 78. Grounds for the recall were that the mayor directed destruction of . building which waa being moved without permission from the council, and when judgment was obtained by the owner of tbe building, voted for the payment of the judgment and costs from city funds. The mayor'a defense was that the improvement made by the destruction of the building was in ex cess of the amount of the judgment, and the fact that the city council in regular session authorised the pay ment of the judgment, the suit having been brought against George W. Evans as mayor and against another city official. Railroad Sue County. St. Helens The Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway company bas brought suit in the United States court against the Consolidated Contract com pany and Columbia county for $21, 303.30 damages as a result of con struction on the Columbia highway in Columbia county. The railway corn- negotiations. Tbe government, it is . said, sees itself menaced by Invasion, and should the enemy march into Ger many, the people would feel that they have been misled by the government as to the trend of the war. It also would impair the authority of the cen tral government and the cohesion of ' the state of the empire. Germany, public men at The Hague believe, will try to bold Belgium at ail coat until peace negotiationa are opened, since it desire to use Belgium as a pawn for obtaining favorable con ditiona from the allies. A strong see- ond line of defense ha been prepared in Belgium. Roughly, it runs from Antwerp to Mons. A third line is being prepared along the Meuse river. lurk Voluntarily Explains Firing on U. S. Launch Washington, D. C Turkey has vol untarily explained to the United States government through Ambassador Mor genthau that the shots fired toward the launch of the American cruiser last Monday were intended merely as the customary warning that the port of Smyrna waa mined and closed to navi gation. Although the explanation was in formal and the United State govern ment still is awaiting a reply to for mal representations which Ambassa- : dor Morgenthau was instructed to make to the Turkish foreign office, it was generally admitted at the White House, State and Navy department that all danger of serious complica tions over the incident had been re moved. k Ambassador Morgenthau reported that two members of the Ottoman cab inet, the ministers of the interior and war, had fully explained the occurrence to him and high officials here said hi -message was filed before the instruc tions sent from Washington to discuss the subject officially with the grand vixer could have been received by Mr. . Morgenthau. ' w V.' -' ' The following summary of the dls- pany alleges poorly constructed em- patch received from Ambassador Mor Big Lumber Cargo Sent South. St Helens The St. Helens Mill company this week sent the Celilo, with a million feet of lumber, for San Pedro and the Multnomath for San Diego. The Multmonah left the dock 30 minutes after the Celilo had cleared. These two vessels had a race on their last trip down the coast. Each vessel with a full quota of passengers. The Willamette took a full load of lumber and passengers for San Pedro. The Yosemite, with 40 passengers and 600, 000 feet of lumber, departed for San Francisco. Baker Growers Refuse to Sell. Baker Prices on grain slumped still further in the Baker market. Offerings for wheat were $1 for blue stem and forty-fold and 98 cents for club, two cents below the top offerings of last week. ' Barley dropped from $20 a ton to $19 a ton, oats fell off 2J cents a hundred-weight, the offers be ing only $1.12). Farmers refused to sell at the reduced prices, which were based on the reduction in Portland. bankmenta and bulkheads in road work near Clatskanie, where the new high way runs close to the railroad tracks, thus endangering persons traveling on the railroad. Trespassing, piling de bris and throwing stones from blasting are alleged also. An injunction re straining further defective construc tion is asked for. Mail Changes Planned. Manhfield Coos Bay business men are trying to plan a scheme of changed mail service which will assure receipt of the daily mail at the cities of Marshfield and North Bend earlier than is now the rule. A plan la being worked out by Superintendent W. F. Miller, of tbe Coos Bay, Roseburg A Eastern railway, that will bring the mail from Myrtle Point so that it will arrive in Marshfield at 10:16 o'clock in the morning, and the schedule for this train service has been submitted to the Portland offices and if approved will go into effect in about a week. There is another plan to carry the mail up and down the beach in auto, boats and stages, between Coos Bay and Mapleton. ' Coquille Cannery Active. Marshfield The Coquille River Co operative Canning company haa had a successful season. John Nielson, sec retary of the institution, state the cannery packed 9000 cases of salmon, which is 8000 case short of the best output. A .considerable proportion of the 1914 pack consisted of Chinook, which came into the river for the first time this year. The run of chinook waa due to the work of the salmon hatchery on the north fork of the Co quille, which several year ago started hatching Chinook. genthau at Constantinople was given out at tne White House: 1 "Dispatches concerning the Smyrna incident have just been received from Ambassador Morgenthau, which were sent before he had received any com munication from the State department. He informs the government that on the evening of the day on which the incident occurred (Monday last), the Ottoman minister of the interior in formed him that the commander of the Tennessee had attempted to visit Smyrna in hia steam launch, passing through the mined zone, contrary to the Turkish government's regulations, and that the boat had been stopped by ' warning shots fired toward her." American Ship Seized. Santiago, Chile The ,. American steamship Sacramento, which until a few months ago was the German . steamship Alexandria, bas put into Valparaiso and the story related by her captain has resulted in the Chilean -authorities starting in investigation to determine who is responsible for the apparent violation of neutrality in which she was Involved. The Sacra mento, Captain Jacobson, left San Francisco for Valparaiso under her ' -new register and flying the Stars and '' Stripe October 15. De Wefs Sons Surrender. London The Cape Town eorrespon- ' dent of he Reuter Telegram company says that two sons of Gensral Chris tian DeWet, tbe rebel leader, bav surrendered to a magistrate in Cape Town. Several of General De Wet's chief officers, together with most of . his supporter to th west of th rail- , way line,- surrendered at the same time.