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Full Leased Wire Dispatches Today' sNews Printed "Today THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR ON TRAINS AND NEW1 PRICE TWO CENTS stands, fivb cents 8AUEM. OREGON. SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1911. ivvc Pltr J&LJ lULil L 'wib f III l I i! FRENCH ARMY HAS BAPTISM OF FIRE GERMANS RETREAT LANE COUNTY MAN FEES SORRY FOR US Finds Plenty of Work in His Line and Regrets Action of Marion County Court as to Agriculturist. Paris, Aug. 8. French troops invaded Alsace today. The province was French to the time of the Franco Prussian war. Since then it has been German. The Gallic troops crossed the frontier from Belfort. First they captured Altkirch. It was said they were com pelled to storm a German position to do so and that both Mdes lost heavily. Then they marched on and attacked the fortifications defending the German stronghold of Mulhausen, the Ger mans desperately resisting. If the French take Mulhausen, they will have secured a firm foothold and will be in a position to break through the first line of German fortifications. Details concerning the strength of the invaders' col umn were withheld. Military experts called the invasion "exceedingly bril liant." The German frontier guards were surprised and retreated. French aviators located the position of the 1 mj.,.,,,- ,rrt oVtti r main German force guarding Altkirch. French cavalry j TRYING lO SETTLE scouts were thrown forward, masking the infantry and j STOCKTON'S TROUBLES field artillery. oivuuun o inuu The advance guards clashed. The French cavalry re tired, drawing the German horsemen within range of the 'SZSFZ Gallic artillery. ig of citizens had been hold nt bis The heavy guns opened. At the same time the French SVXemeiiTof infantry charged the main German force's position. Dis- jthe present labor troubles in .Stockton. iwt.n0o AanlivaA t-Ym firvlir itroc. o Klnnrhr rvno i The mayor stated that he believed both l ul",w " "i".. si,is were willing to accept outside The French charge carried the wearers of the tn-color laid in reaching an agreement, and that lnoi. Jnl-fi tlln P-.on TlTnvU A -fl n n 1,-' n V nol.fr. offml tllC present movement Would restore There has been no further serious Two more contracting firms F. W. Under, Lane county agricultur ist, is iu Salem for an over-Sunday visit. Lust night lie was present at a meeting of farmers at Dexter, about 20 miles south of Eugene, where he gave n lecture on "Pino Seeds." Mr. fouler lias been conducting a campaign in Lime county against impure seeds and is meeting with hearty response by the larmers in that part of the valley. lu speaking of the pure seed cam paign ho was carrying on he said that in a lot of rape seed sold to a certain tanner as .icing pure, he found that 90 per cent of it was wild mustard seed. In another case he found Hint clover sold was infected with "dodder." lie says he has more calls from farmers than he can possibly answer, and that he is kept continually on the go, talking with fanners and giving ndvico right on the ground. Late last night he finished his meet ing at Dexter, drove -0 miles to the railroad, and caught ino earlv train j for Salem. He expressed himself as being sorry that the Marion county court did not see fit to appropriate money to keep n county agriculturist here, as the movement has become espe cially popular with the fanner in the valley. The Lane county court, paid Mr. Kader, was heart ami soul back of it i in in his work there. EFFECT OF WAR 01 AiUS 001 Ml ELSEVHERE More Than a Thousand Amer ican School Teachers Are Marooned GERMANY PROTESTS CENSORING WIRES Americans Complain That Morgan Cinches Them in Cashing Drafts PYTHIANS TO MEET IN PORTLAND IN 1916 Winnipeg, Aug. 8. Portland, Ore., was chosen yesterday as the city for the 191H convention of the supremo lodge of Knights of Pythias at the conclud ing business session of the l'ythinu con vention. The Supreme Temple of Pythian Sisters, meeting here during the eon vention of Knights, elected late today tho following officers: Supreme chief, Corn M. Davis, Ore gon; supreme senior, Lily Samuels, Cali fornia; supreme junior, Elizabeth iiurcninson, .Maine; supremo manager. Minnie Hunting, Oklahoma; supreme mistress ot records, .losio Nelson, Indi ana; supreme mistress of finance, Alice m. II. lloyland, lown; supreme pro tector, Jessie II. lirown. Morula; su preme grand, Klizabeth Mel'ube, Kan sas. The convention will continue until the middle of next week. it:)!::)::):)): BASEBALL TODAY National. R. H. K. St. Louis New York ... Sailed and McLean. Snyder; (he Germans at the same time. were day. The Germans could not hold their ground and began a I ;''I'gw retreat toward Mulhausen. On crossing the frontier, the French troops wrecked the German stations and tore down the kaiser's flags. Alsatians here were jubilant. They predicted the en tire population of Alsace-Lorraine would rise to aid the French. won over by the unions yestor- , cording to a dispatch from Paris. The Frenchmen crossed the frontier S. C. BERRY AT W00D3URN TODAY Woodhiirn, Ore., Aug. 8. S. ('. Berry, a farmer living tour miles trom Wood burn, committed suicide this noon by shooting himself with a revolver. Dur- i Chicago Washington, Aug. 8. European war ring nations were informed by govern ment officials: today that the United States will not interfere with the de parture of reservists unless they were ..run nWml nn.l 11rt11e.1l in tliiu emintrv. New Wrk Citv was harboring a, least 1 " .r0,0:i0 reservists, awaiting transporta tion to their native laud. The German-American chamber of , commerce here protested against an ul-; l'ttslHff; legeil censorship of Herman wireless Philadelphia stations, asserting that British and! McQuillan and Gibson; French cables were not molested. Killifcr. Secretary of the Treasury MeAdon I told the government's relief board that .Cincinnati the financial needs ot Americans abroad . nosiou will be amplv provided for when the ! Douglass and 3 7 0 2 13 1 Maiquard ami R. ENGLISH TEOOP3 ON WAY, fliv William Philin Sims.) Paris, Aug. 8. British transports.: from Belfort, in the French depart-i i"g the last few days he has been acting) COnvoved bv two battleships and three ment of Haute Saone, first took the "'corn- una it is mougni, mm. no snui liiiusciL none leinpui ill I! v liisHiie. lie was 10 years old and leaves a wife and cruisers, today landed ,IH)U British German town of Altkirch and then ad regular soldiers at Ostend. Calais andjvnnced straight on Mulhausen, which Dunkirk. j j9 m miles southwest of Stnisshurg. It was expected the entire force, jt wns .su;,i n trong German force wouiu lie rusiici to .amur to a:u me. was 0ppos ng the invaders i i cui. u ami look Liege. French officers tin ding. It was learned that children. Belgians if the Hermans superintended the; Eritish Malta Move. London, Aug. 8. The British armv th iiimn'"s ready to strike today. The move- was planned by the British and French ' m,'nt of tr,,HIM to ,ho cu'it'1"-'" had nl and navy ot rices who conferred eimv iu London Wednesday. Announcement cf it, however, was withheld until the l.uiding actually was effected. It wii3 admitted that the force landed today was only an advance guard. The liiith-h were understood already to have commandeered enough ships to rush IW.OOO soldiers to the continent. Meantime British reserve cruisers were patrolling the channel. readv begun. Details of the landing today on the French and Belgian coasts were with held, but it was known that fifty ves sels had been requisitioned as trans ports. It was understood the troops landed today were cavalry, field artil lery and infantry. The fleets' whereabouts were un known. Rumors were current that a buttle had been fought or rras in progress. Kuslt to Belgian's Aid. Paris, Aug. 8. Fighting was reported l ore today to be general between Stench and Gorman troops iu Ue Duchy of Luxemburg. The French were said to have ad vanced into the Duchy, vodged between France Belgium, from Nan'-v. It was estimated that there wore al- j i?ady 100,000 French troops in Bel- r,mm, nurrying to assist that country s f.irces against the Germans, and more on their way. By Monday it wa- expected 2"0,o00 I Touch soldier-, would be n.a-sed at all ..'iat-'gie points. Stranded Some More. London, Aug. S. The work of con verting the liner Aipiitania into an ar mored cruiser began today. Thus sev eral hundred Americans who were book- a petty state, P,i to sail on her for New York found Germany and , themselves again stranded. I Conditions Detain Them. Washington. Aug. 8. The German embassy notified Secretary Bryan to- day that Americans were not being de 'taini'd in Germany on orders of the kaiser but bemuse of the lack of trans j pollution facilities. : particularly impetuous charge. The j Belgians feinted a general withdrawal, i The Germans rushed forward almost to ! the muzzles of the cannon. At this tho ; Belgians, who had returned, poured a huiricnne of shot ami shell among them, mowing them down in heaps. I The Germans, it was said, left 1200 'dead and wounded on the field before i those forts alone, their bodies being j piled iu some places four or five deep. j "A Preparatory Skirmish." j Washington, Aug. 8. Counsellor Hu I niel Von .Mainihntisen of the German ; embassy here conferred with Secretary i of State Bryan for an hour today. He I said he had been unable to communi ! cate with Berlin. i "All the news of the war is coming i from French and Lngli!i sources." saiil Von Maimhausen. "The fighting nt Liege is merely a preparatory skir mish and it's not true that the Ger mans have been repulsed." j Captured Germau'Shlp. Shanghai, Aug. -s. The Sabine Rick j mors, a German merchant ship, was i captured by Russian war vessels today nt the mouth of the liiver Amur. American cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina reach Hurope. Hundreds of American school teach ers were marooned abroad. It was pre dicted that the opening of a number of eastern schools would have vo be post poned as a result. The Canadian cinU, Ttainbow slip ped out -of San Francisco harbor at 1 a. m. today and made a dash for th' open sea. It was reported that the German ( miser Loipsic was waiting out side to give battle to the Rainbow. Apprehension was felt for a number of .standard Oil tankers, plying between San Francisco ami the Orient ami the west coast of South America, and fly ing Britjsh and German flags. German societies in New York were organizing relief associations and rail ing funds. They charged the American press with spreading impressions which were causing hatred toward Germany and Germans. The German embassy here told Secre tary Iti-vnn that Americans wern not be ing detained in Germany by the Kaiser's j orders. Lack ot transportation lacili tics, he said, was responsible. The English liner Olympic scheduled to sail today from Mew York did not leave and it. wns announced her de parture had been indefinitely postponed. Presideut Wilson officially pro claimed America's neutrality in tho war between Austria and Russia. II. E. 1 6 0 (i 7 0 Vaughn and Archer; Pl'el'fer and Me- Carry. R. 1L E. 4 5 0 3 7 3 Mayer and I!. II. K. 3 7 2 4 6 3 Rudolph and Gowdy. (Ten innings.) Clark; American. R. II. E. Philadelphia !i 11 0 Cleveland 4 8 0 Shnwke.v ami Lapp; Hagermiiu and Egnn. -' First game R. II. E. Washington 3 9 3 Chicago 4 8 2 Knuel and Henry; Scott, Henz and Mavcr. TOTAL LOSS 38,000 IN FIGHT AT LIEGE BATTLE NOT OVER LIEGE, BELGIUM. The Belgians still held the Ger mans at bay. The former's killed and wounded were placed at 8,000; the latter's at 30,000. French reinforce ments had arrived and many more were coming. Ger many's request for an armistice had been refused. King Albert was in personal command of the Belgian cavalry. Tnere was an unconfirmed report that a strong German f orce had crossed the Meuse north of Liege. LONDON. Word was received that British troops were landing at Ostend, Calais and Dunkirk to help the French and Belgians, and it was expected 100,000 English warriors would soon be on the continent. Reports of an Anglo-German naval clash in which 19 German ships were sunk were officially and emphatically denied. The Bank of England rate fell to five per cent and the war-time ma rine insurance rate to four and one-fifth per cent. . PARIS. French troops invaded the German province of Alsace, capturing Altkirch, and attacked Mulhausen, a strong German force opposing them. French and Ger man soldiers were also fighting in Luxemburg. More French were pouring into Belgium to help resist the Ger man advance. The Legion of Honor order was conferred on Liege. News was received that Archer Huntington, Collis P. Huntington's son, and his wife had been arrested as spies at Nuremburg. BERLIN. It was admitted "a hostile foreign press" would call the German check at Liege a defeat, but assert ed that really it was an insignificant incident. Foderal. First game R. II. E. Brooklyn 1 0 0 Chicago 2 8 0 Lnfitto anil l-nnd; Johnson anil Block. First game R. H. K. Baltimore 13 1 Indianapolis 4 0 0 (ii inn, Yount and .lacklitsch; Billiard and Raridan. m BULLETINS Teachers Are Marooned. New York, Aug. 8. Advices received here today indicated that hundreds of American teachers were marooned abroad. , Those in Germany, it was said, will not have tin opportunity to escape for weeks. AMERICAN ARRESTED STSIPPED AND SEARCHED French Caotura Town. Consuls Must lelve- I'mis, Aug. S. French troops todavl Ottawa, Aug. S That their presence Jl.ti.re I the Germ.m town nf Alkir,.h.Mn the don.im-.n is not desired and they ?!l inlW fir.il rhn-A.it nt' !:!f..rl IVmu i WOilid be CXIiell II was said thev stormed a German po sition to make the capture and that both sides lost heavilv. Big Battle Imminent. London, Aug. 8. French troops to d.iy attacked the fortifications guard ing the German stronghold of II ul tima? n, in the province of Alsace, ac- 1 from the country should they not leave at once, was the intimation given by the government to day to German consuls in Canada. The order does p it apply to Canadians who have been designated by Germany to act as consuls in some instances. Bails. Aug. S. Foiled States Aniba sador lleri-i.-k learned today that Collis J'. Huntington's son, Archer Hunting ton, president of the American Geo graphical Society, and his wife, were ar rested at Nuremburg, Bavaria, as spies. Huntington, it was slated, was strip ped, searched and deprive 1 of his priv ate ,,apers. The Hiintinytoiis' chauffeur escaped to Switzerland and telegraphed the news, to Paris. M I SERVICE H Bt R I F THE WHITE HOUSE NlSIf, Aug. 8. No Austrians are left in Servia, tho war office here announc ed today. They luivo been repulsed everywhere, it was declnrd. The crown prince is leading the main Hervian di vision, which, abandoning defensive tactics, is now invading Austriu. The Germjn firo at Liege, the war offico statement continued, w.is severe but tho artillerymen's marksmanship was poor, while the Belgians' accuracy was deadly. They had a system ot rango firing, it was stated, by which thoy bail succeed ed in dropping shells among tho Ger mans with trcmandotiB effect in re sponse to signals from Belgian avi ators, hovering over the kaiser 'a forces. Tho mines, too, it was said, had woi"': cd well. One of the Gorman regiments frightfully shattered by them was re ported to be tho Brandenburg guard, a crack troop. Officials hero denied that the Bel gians at Liegn were short of ammuni tion. They declared tho garrison had enough to last a month at least. Tho war offico stated that today s fighting was a repetition of Wednes day's, Thursday's and Friday's, tho Germans being everywhere repulsed, the destruction of the railroad by means of which they had expected to be kept in connection with their base. PARIS, Aug. 8. The French govern ment today conferred tho order of tho Legion of Honor on the city of Liege in recognition of the valor of its gar rison's defense against the Germans. LONDON, Aug. 8 The Bank of Eng land rate wns reduced today to five per cent. BITFALO, N. Y., Auj;. 8. Royal Ca nadian infantry patrolling the Wetland canal today raided an Austrian recruit ing station near Wetland, closed the of fice and urreated three men. VIENNA. Austrian troops were so active on the Russian frontier ihnt the campaign against Hervia lagged. Aus trian cavalry was sent to help 'the Ger mans. Many Czech soldiers in the Aus trian army wero shot for refusing to fight Slavs. ST. t'ETKHSBFRG. It was reported Germans had landed at Ekenaes, Fin land, and were marching on Helsingfors, which is connected by rail with St. Petersburg. After bombarding Lilian, it was said the German cruiser Augs burg was blown up by a Russian tor pedo. Drive Germans Back. Brussels, Aug. 8. vVith King Albert in personnl command, Belgian cavalry this afternoon attacked the flank of tho German force at Liege, hemming the Germans between the charging horses and the forts, which simulun teously poured a murderous artillery, fire among them. Tho Toutons, after neavy losses, were compelled finally to retire upon their main column, near the river. The Liege Belgian garrison had by this time been reinforced by French troops and more Frenchmen woro con stantly nrriving. Full confidence was expressed hers that Liego could hold out indefinitely, PARIS, Aug. 8. According to the Petit I'arisien today, the German cruis er Augsburg was sunk by a Russian tor pedo lifter bombarding tho Russian port of Libau. The report was unconfirmed. VIENNA, Aug. 8. A strong force of Austrian cavalry has been sent to holp tho German troops against tho Frencj, it was announced hero today. At just what point assistance was to bo render ed was not stated. An Unveniied Story. The Hague, Aug. 8. Whilo admitting that tho kaiser's troons had been check- Russians were raiding across tho ,,, llt Liege, Berlin dispatches received NIS, Aug. 8. That Servian troops have occupied Kotcha, Austria, was an nounced officially hero today. The Weather Servia Iuvades Austria. Athens, Aug. H. .Servian troops were pouring across the Brina into the Aus trian province of Bosnia today, accord ing One of the eifect3 of the war has been to raise the price of structural steel per ton. according to the an nouncement ot' .Mr. Purcell. the bridge expert of the highway oinmission. This Washington. Aug. 8. Only tho sen ate and house committees, members of the cabinet and close friends and rela-j ROTTERDAM, Aug. 8. The Ninth fives of the Wilson family will attend ; Belgian regiment, returned today from t'.ie funeral services to lie held in tho Liege, paraded through Antwerp today east room of the White rloiise Monday . with each soldier carrying a German over the tiodv of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, helmet on his bayonet. wife of the president of the United' States. j NEW YORK, Aug. 8. Private cables Announcement to this effect was . f doubtful authenticity told here to made lure today by Presidential Secre- j ,y 0f ., reported uttuck by German tary Tumulty. The services, he said, , torpedo boats on British warships in win no oi i.'ie KiinpicsL --...ici. ittl(, uiver Jtuiiiticr. f our l-.nglisli ves sels unit several of the German ! were said to have been mini'.. The date of the alleged engagement was not giv-1 ig to Nish messages received here by will not materially increase the cost of ,iv of Salonika. The Bosnia Servian's : bridges, however, as an ordinary i- toot span of the lightest weight weighs but 2i) tons and the heaviest bridge ot this length weighs but Jm tons. Steel ere said to be rising to support them Bulgarians were understood to be gathering along the southeast Servian frontier. In answer to this move Greece ' has been the lowest in price this sum- Oregon : tonight warmer in Fair : was hastening its mobilization, in readi ; ncss to invade Bulgaria, if necessary, j trom the south. Simultaneously, it was a i expected Rumania would attack it from south !the nort"n- and east portion; northerly winds. Another Fearful Slaughter. London, Aug. 8. By temporary evacuations of Forts Fltron, Chauh and I 1'rllnl.il.c Kafn.. T. ft'fA I ll.l R. -ftltl contrived another frW'ilf il slaughter f Germans today, according to a dispatch I to the London Star. The Germans, it was said, made a mer that it has been for vears on long time contracts, which permits of eastern competition. A license was issued today for the marriage of Ed C. Cade and Miss Lena Powers. Mr. Cade is a teamster of tnis city which the young lady also claims as her Dome. This is the first marriage, license that has been Issued for a week at the county clerk's office. Judge Bushey said the ceremony this afternoon. Onlv the members of the family and most intimate friends will accompany the body to Rome, Ga., where it will ! lie lllirieil. ! ,, .....I .1... Mtr,rv n reioirdeil nL-ciiti There will be no honorary pallbearers, f,u . White House attaches currying tin);' body to the hearse and from the hearse j jXI;smN(. Holland. Aug. 8.-The to the special train on which it will boi V( jnn Ht,.amHhip TyH 8triI,k a " , T . , '"' VI'""' ""'I was so badly damaged that bv the Rev. Svlvcster Beach, of ... , , . . , . , . , , b German and Austrian frontiers nnd the I!..-. .....1 A T; ....In ''eiiioiiin iiini ut i iiiun lu.iiin imnniii r, mere .Miii..iiK . ..i..K.r, uii.i K ., palgll iiuuor siurioisnes. J III e.ar pilousilc.fi the Rosso-German nnte-bellum cor--esiiniulence to prove tliat Russia was for pence. ROME. Despite strong pressnro by Germany and Austria, Italy remained neutral. It was believed Germany with held a declaration of war only because it still hoped to will Italy over. That Italy had declared against Germany, as reported, uas denied, Italian officials said Austrian naval officers had re fused aid to (lermaii warships against the English on the ground that Austria and Great Britain were not at war. .ISII, SKIiVIA Austrian t roups; havinir been withdrawn trom the Serv ian frontier, Servia began an iiuasion of Austria. "'ii vs. Learuinif liiilL'nria iiere today insisted that tho deluy was incident to Germany s cam- "A hostile foroign press," it was owned, however, in an official account of the buttle, "will characterize the enterprise as a defeat." It was reported hero today that a German force several hundred thousand strong, after marching northwest from Verviers, was crossing tho Meuse on pontoons today between Liego aud Vise. The vanguard, it was asserted on Gor man authority, was already moving southward along the west bunk of ths river. This story was unverified. The German crown prince was said i to be iu command. np- t (ireoce It was similarly pre- craft pearcd about to attack Semn enured to attack Bulgaria. reported paring. LISBON'. T'ortugM announced it was for England and offered to lead the latter troops. Germany iininedintelv de- ii.il a definition of the Portuguese outside of Wiorington Is- i ',' I'"-'"'""".1 prepi.mu.ry iu ue- Invades Alsace-Lorraine. Paris, Aug. S. A French army today was invading Alsace-Lorraine, formerly French but German since tho Franco Prussian war. It was reported the Gallic troops wero attacking strong German fortifications near Mulhausen. Princeton, N. J.. a close friend of the. Wilson family. The Rev. .1. H. Taylor, of Washington, will have thargo of the White House services. One of the telegrams received today by President Wilson read as follows: "Is there no hope in your bereave ment in the hope that you saved similar bereavement in thousands of American homes." Probably reference was made to the peaceful settlement of the troubles in Mexico. Presideut Wilson appeared on the White House lawn for a few minute today, wearing a white suit with a band of erepe on the coat sleeve. it hud to be beached. MALTA, Aug. 8. The Italian con sul hore today called certain classes of reservists U the colors. MEXICAN CONDITIONS REMAIN UNCHANGED Mexico City, Aug. 8. Conditions re mained unchanged in Mexico City to day. Preparations for war continued, Presi dent Carbajal abandoning all hope for peace between the federal and consti tutionalists. General Baron today was appointed eommaader in cief of the federal forces, in tfes capital. TOKIO. A Japanese war fleet sailed for the sea of .liipaii to watch Ger many's oriental naval movement. A weird report was current that the Fnited States meant to prevent .lapan from helping Kngland and n joint ses sion of the cabinet and the elder states men actually was held to consider tho matter. PORT LOMA, Tognland, West Africa. British colonial forces seized the Gor man city of Port Loma and part of Togoland, a German possession. Brussels, Aug. 8. The Germans be fore Uege were in great distress today, their supplies having failed to arrive, as a result of the cutting ot their cum munications by the Belgian cavalry and PORTUGAL DECIDES TO STAND BY ENGLAND Lisbon, Aug. 8. Resolutions pledging Portugal unconditionally to support Great Britain iu the present European war wero adopted by parliament hore today. The war office offered to mob ilize three army divisions to place at Lord Kitchener's disposal. Publication of the resolutions and announcement of the war office's offer wero immediately followed by a demand from the German foroign office that Portugal define its attitude toward Ger many. .(I This was considered preliminary to a German declaration of war. 1