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ALBM, OREOOH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1911
If BECOMES
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This Is the Report, But the
Rumor Though Persistent
Is Unconfirmed
STARTING TUESDAY
BATTLE STILL RAGES
Ime of Battle Extends Clear
Through Belgium; Brussels
Reported Abandoned
BriiMflK, A(. 1!'. The Miy.lpiiiciit
with the Germans nliij the entire
Belgian front had assuiticl the prnpor
tionn of a (rern'ral battle today.
The Cieruiaiis were attiudiinjj the llel
jian Oil t jjost i at Lmiivini' Hi',! pnotlu'r
trussle ivas In progress south of hero.
It d believed thi' kaiser's troops
nera approaching llruscls. 'Mm can
lormiliiig was distinctly hrnrd in tlio
city.
Toere wa a rijid censorsliip. It was
known however, that the (ieriniiii army
of the Jlense hail elicited a junction
with the first army of the Moselle, nnd
that the to were advancing, the in
fantry eiitreni'hiiig as it lame.
The war office here nas without news
(torn Liege but believed the forts there
cre still holding out.
BATTLE
9
ROUND
CENTERS
BRUSSELS
OTHER WAR NEWS
Persistent but unconfirmed reports were current today
that the Germans had taken Brussels.
It was, at any rate, certain that a general battle raged
along the line drawn through central Belgium from the
Holland to the Luxemburg frontier.
The fighting centered before Brussels and Waterloo.
That if it had not already fallen the Belgian capital was
likely to fall soon, was generally agreed.
The allies were confident the Germans would never
reach the French frontier.
Namur was also the object of a German attack.
The Liege forts were variously reported still holding
out, dynamited by their defenders and taken by the Ger
mans. The French war office reported Gallic troops pouring
into Alsace-Lorraine by three routes, taking town after
town and driving before them the German soldiers who
were expected to make their first stand at Strassburg.
The German account was that their advance through
Belgium had just begun, and that the Alsace-Lorraine
fighting was not important.
Russian advices were that the Czar was pushing 70,000
men into Germany and Austria already, and that the Aus
trians had suffered a defeat and heavy losses in a five
hours fight.
The German Object.
Bnuwls, Aii(f. 1".-As toilav's bat tie!
between the thdginns nnil ' (ierinans!
progressed the coiivii-tii.ii grows upon j
the military experts that the Hermans !
, weiryniK to ureal! tlirouuli the allies'
raltr, lit their army in, two. hurst
Hmmrt the flap am) irinke irrhnn-for
the French frontier. Troops were being
"Minted In tremendous strcii"th to
mir) the assault.
'Say Forts Have Fallen.
; Wlon, A,,K. I),.s,,tp ot(Vml
it was persistently reported
tV n tb,t th LifK fu't
. Other acrnuntH were that their
tf'tmu had dynamited them after the
Omain artillery had so badlv wrecked
ttai that they were no longer defensi-
, Fram BrmseU eame the assertion that
. Ust .eeonnts the forts were hold-
feline lin T ; At fl'Hllt of the
BW.'S.r."1' f '-'tiers of
derstood a , IT? m " was
Mm til? "'.
v believe? ,,l'tS hw" le. lare,t
,ht? Pointed out .'"i". "itnl' ful1
"' betwe a 'hi 0,11,1 "tai 'vo the
-ark " V ,hR the lat-BritUh
ridbe P Wipved to be I
" 'Wrtneasof ,hfreln,'lilnR g to!
'ffitoZf -Progress
."tth'Belfi a; Jh.!.,e"ti'n Mated,
Mtfetory..Pa" Palt"" considered
It1""' M defbi, T'l that the
t'e ' C 1 ah,"ll"1",'l the!
War. nMI eircultit..,! n-:.ii..
f'Ced'rLr":111. b,,t of
, l'gwo plan ;i?Vl(1 defended
Mi8ht,Aj,riveiof
idj "le kad "as kuown n
eStefr'Morti-!
The Oormans elaimed they had occu
pied M Intra, Kiissinn Poland.
Tlio Servians declared they had driv
en out the lust Austrian invader.
Germany was said to be negotiating
for the transfer of Kiao Chau direct to
China, leaving Japanese out of the
Uanattctjoji. . At th. eanio time the
knlser was appealing again to Italy for
aid, representing that Japan's ulti
matum constituted an attack on tho
fatherland.
Italy, however, was understood to be
determined to romain neutral.
Turkey anil Bulgaria nlso gave fresh
assurances of their neutrality.
There was unimportant, desultory na
val fighting in the North sea, but the
main fleets remained inactive, the Ger
mans under Heligoand'e guns and the
British watching for a chance to strike
at them.
0 rimi
STAND AVOIDED WAR
Great Pressure Brought to Bear on Him
to Send Troopg to Mexico City, But
He Could Not Be Budged. '
Washington, Aug. 19. Just how close
the United States came to being In
volved in a war with Mexico as re
cently as a fortnight ago has boon re
vealed by some high officials of the
government.
When General Carranza abruptly re
jected the overtures of the peace en
voys sent by Provisional President
'ailmjal ami at the same timo ignored
the diplomatic efforts of the American
Ciovcrnmont to bring about a peaceful
entry of the constitutionalists into
Mexico City ,drn9tic measures 'were
urged on President Wilson. Many
members of tho cabinet it is said a
majority argued in favor of sending
troops from Vera Cm to the Mexican
capital to prevent the anarchy that was
then expected to follow from the fail
ure of the Carhajal government and the
constitutionalists to rrach an agree
ment. The president, however, firmly re
sisted all pressure, arguing that the
sending of American troops to the city
uu a mission or oraer would prob
ably mean war with the approaching
constitutionalists.
A few days later actual overtures
came from the Carbajal government in
an indirect way to the effect that if
American troops would come to pre
serve order thoy would not be op
posed, but assisted. These assurances,
according to official messages here,
were given by Minister Lnjan, of Car
bajal Is cabinet, with the authority, it
is said, of Senor Carbajal. Other prom
ises were made. The United States
was to receive a coaling station in
Magdalena Bay, the Chamiseal claims
were to be adjusted, and many other
Mings of interest to the United States
were to be arranged.
The president rejected all approaches
ot this character, believing the consti
tutionalists themselves would maintain
order when they reached the city. He
Rave his attention Instead to the pos
sib e split in the north between Villa
and Carranza and Anj hi. off.
The Weather
1 Pl6-SwiM.Hk ,
Fair tonight
and Thursday;
northwest windg.
to harmonise the leaders so that a pro
visional government recognized by all
factions might be set up.
To carry out this purpose, the Presi
dent sent a personal frioud, Paul Pul
ler, a New York lawyer, to see both
Villa and Carranza. ar. Fuller saw the
president and Mr. Bryan secretly in
Washington, and has just arrived at
Villa's headquarters, where he is co
operating with George C. Carothers,
American consular agent, in urging
Villa to join with Carranza in main
taining peace in Mexico.
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BASEBALL TODAY
Jit
American League.
First game R. H. E.
Chicago 1 6 0
Boston 3 8 0
Benze and Nchulk; Leonard and Car
rigan. . E. H. E.
Detroit 6 10 2
Philadelphia 7 9 2
Dauss, Cavit and Stanage; Bressler
and Schang. Pennock replaced Bress
ler. Bush replaced Pennock. Boehler
replaced Cavit. Williams replaced
Boehler. Oldham replaced Williams.
R. H. E.
Cleveland ....5 9 2
New York 7 U 2
Steen and Egan; Brown and Sweeny.
Second game E. H. E.
Chicago 1 9 1
Boston 4 8 1
Scott and Schalk; Wood and Cady.
R. H. E.
St. Louis 8 11 2
Washington 5 11 4
nn.m T-,,r ON TBAINS AND NEW
mu uni STAKES, nVB CENT!
J . 1
GERMAN
RETIR
E
'BUT CONTESTING
. EACH STEP OFWAY
French Claim They Are Forc
ing Germans Back AH
Along the Line
FIGHTING IS FIERCE
AND LOSSES HEAVY
Germans Said to be Falling
Back on Strasburg; the
French Highly Elated
Paris, Aug. 19.-K)perating north fro
ine nwiss frontier, east throuirh the
LIEGE FORTS FATE
STILL IN DOUBT
RUMORS FILL AIR
Rotterdam, Aug. 19. Much conflict in ascertaining the
fate of the Liege forts.
The wireless press service sanctioned by the German
government asserted the Germans had taken them and
were preparing them for their own defense.
Another story was that they were still holding out as
late, at any rate, as Monday.
Belgian advices were that the forts apeared to be still
held by the Belgian garrisons, as nothing had been heard
by the war ministry of their having fallen.
A fourth version was that the Belgians dynamited and
abandoned them.
The German account was that the forts were easily
from" Nanc'the' trench1"1 B0ut!'8a9t! reduced when artillery was brought to bear on them, and
thenciermanya back toaay across Aisace? i that the appearance of delay at the outset was due to the
fact that the first German force to reach them was a com
paratively small and not fully prepared body of troops
which was rushed to the front on the strength of infor
mation that French officers were instructing the Belgians
concerning their guns, an alleged violation of neutrality.
The actual German advance, it was declared, was just
beginning.
The fighting in Alsace-Lorraine, it was asserted, had
not been important.
POPE PI I
DEAD
WORR
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OVER
T
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Lorraine, the war office here an
nouueed.
Everywhere, it was stated, the kaisou
troops were in retreat. They made no
attempt to defend Banrburg, according
to a general staff bulletin, and experts
bclioved their plan was to make thoir
tight at otrasliurg.
Colmar, between Strasbure and Mul-
hauson, which the French captured
shortly after they entered Alsace and
later evacuated, was also re-occutiied
by them.
Though the Germans wero retiring,
they were fighting, it was admitted.
and heavy losses wore reported on both
sides.
The German wounded were beins
abandoned and the French were caring
for them, a message from the front
stated.
One of the kaiser's sons was quoted
as having declared in an address to the
troops: "The Trench- aro savages.
Strike hard and furnish them with ex
amples of the sort of warfare they
like best to wage."
OFFICERS COMING
FOR VICTOR INNES
Governor Colquitt, of Texas, sent a
telegram to Governor West this morn
ing, stating that officers v.itli requis
ition papers were on the way to Ore
gon to take Victor E. limes into cus
tody. Governor West called up Sheriff
Parker of Lane county and urged that
officer to hold the prisoner at all haz
ards until the Texas officials arrived.
The tenor Governor Colquitt's tele
gram would indicate that innes was
badly wanted in Texas to njiswer to
the charges preferred in that state.
Governor Colquitt is a man of decided
views and will be remembered as the
man who offered to take a troop of
30 Texas rangers and clean out both
warring factions in Mexico.
WILL TALK ABOUT
RIVERS AND HARBORS
the Columbia river jetty, the harbor
work on Coos Bay, at YnquinH, hold up
tho purchase of the locks :it tho Wil
Inmotto Falls at Oregon City, and also
hold np other improvements on tho
rivers of tho coast.
The Corvullii G.wtto-Times has the
Afflicted With Bronchial Ca
tarrh, Condition for Some
Time Dangerous
MENTAL TROUBLE WAS
CAUSE OF COLLAPSE
Doctors Say He Died Practi
cally of Broken Heart
Over Conflict
He!)!
.
4
STORY OF HIS LIFE.
nine years as a
,-! following to say concerning !ho visit
J paid to that yty by i artnlu Devcnny:
I "It costs ten cents a biithel (o ciiriy
Captain Davenny, of Washington, Try
lug to Stir Up the Public to the Tm-
vortance of River ind Harbor Sill,
Jl costs ten cents a hiitnel to cnriy
wneat ny rail from Uhicngo to New
Captain Wilson L. Davenny, field i lYork a distance of 1,000 miles. It
secretary of the National Rivers and 8t9 eonts rci bushel to carry wheat
of 3,000 miles.
"in other wonU it costs oni-t nth
Weilman and Agne.w; Harper, Shaw,
xentley and Ainsmith.
National League.
R. H. E.
New York Ill 0
Pittsburg 5 13 0
Demaree, Fromme and MeLean; Coo
per and Coleman. Wilse replaced
Fromme. McQuillen replaced Cooper.
R. II. A.
Brooklyn 6 9 0
Chicago 0 8 3
Atchison and McC'arty; vaughn and
Bresnahan.
Federal.
R. BT. E.
Pittsburg 3 7 1
Indianapolis 2 6 3
Camnitz and Berry; Falkenberg and vitally interested.
quarters in Washington, D. C, who has
been traveling over the Pacific coast
in an effort to arouse interest in the
passage of the rivers and harbors bill
that is now before congress, is in Salem
for a few days.- Arrangements were
made at a luncheon given him at the
Marion Hotel at noon for a meeting to
be held in the commercial club audi
torium Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
at which time he will talk on "National
Waterways and their Development."
Members of the board of governors
and prominent business men were pros
ent at the luncheon at the Marion. They
received the Captain cordially and ex
pressed themselves as anxious to co
operate in the endeavor to secure the
passage or tho rivers ana .Minors Dili.
It is believed that it will be wol! worth
thB while of any citizen to come out to
the meeting tomorrow night nud hoar
what Captain Davenny has to say re
garding the importance of the djvelop
ment of the rivers and harbors of the
country. Ho is said to be an excellent
speaker and to have something good to
say.
During his trip on the Pacific f onst
Captain Davenny has jpuken in Los
Angoles before the directorate of the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce,
visited the Los Angeles Harbor commis
sion, visited Marshfield, Coquille, Flor
ence, Eugene, Newport, Albany, and is
now in this city. He is endeavoring to
bring home to tho people of the coast
the importance of their waterways and
to have them bring pressure to bear on
their congressmen in ord'ir to secure the
passage of the rivers and harbors bill.
In this bill that is now pending before
congress, he points out that Oregon is
it :ne Din siioui'i
Pope Pius X wa9 born at
Riese, near Venice, June 2, 1835,
Ho studied at Riese, Troviso
ami Padua.
Ho was ordained a priest in
1858.
Ho served
curate.
In 1807 ho was appointed
priest of the parish of Sulzano.
In 1875 he becamo chancellor
of his diocese.
He became Vicar Capitular In
1S77.
In 1881 he was created bishop
of Mantun.
In 18!K! ho became cardinal
and patriarch of Venice.
He was elected pope August
9, 1903.
Raridan.
I fail to pass it would tio up tho work on
War News Told in Paragraphs
as much to carry freight by water as it
does by rail.
"Captain Davenny talked for more
than an hour, and every minute of his
talk was instructive,, entertaining, and
thoroughly enjoyable. By comparative
figures he Bhowod clearly the value of
open waterways wherever they may be
and at the same time demonstrated
that all interests are gainers and none
losers."
Captain Davenny was a member of
the staff of the Now York Tribuno end I
was one of tho founders of the United
Spanish War Veterans, and the founder
and publisher of the Spanish War Re
view. He has been on the Pacific
Coast since January having come to at
tend the meeting of the Inland Water
ways Congress at San Francisco.
CHEAP LAND LIST
GROWING STEADILY
LONDON, Aug. 19. British warships
have captured 200 German merchant
vessels since the war broke out, the
admirality announced today. The
prizes' total tonnage was placed at $1,
000,000 and -their value at $300,000,000,
including their cargoes. .
ANTWERP, Aug. 19. A German
aeroplane wds forced to descend at
Dinant today and its pilot was killed,
while a passenger who accompanied
him, a German major, was captured by
the French.
The Belgians' French allies were de
fending Dinant.
They had a hot engagement Tuesday
with Germans who tried to cross the
Meuse there, repulsing the later by a
heavy artillery fire and inflicting ser
ious losses.
LONDON, Aug. 19 Information was
received from Berlin today that the
Germans . claimed, to have occupied
Mlawa, in Russian Poland.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 19. The
German cruisers Goeben and Breslau,
re-christened with Turkish names, were
manned today with Ottoman crews.
ROTTERDAM, Aug. 19. Lieutenant
De Moranville, son of the commander
in chief of the Belgian forces in arms
against the Germans, wandered acci
dentally into Dutch territory today and
was disarmed and interned for the rest
of the war.
LONDON, Aug. 19. Fresh assurances
that Turkey and Bulgaria would remain
neutral were received today by the
British foreign office. The foreign of
fice thought the two governments were
speaking in good faith, and believed if
it was true, as reported, that Turkish
troops were crossing Bulgarian territory
toward Greece, they would be recalled.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. The Jap
anese embassy here announced today
that the Japanese minister at Stockholm
had cabled that the mikado's ultimatum
to Germany had been received at tht
foreign office ii Berlin. -
gunboat Vaterland was announced to
day in a cable received here from Nan
kin. It was said the warship would be
interned until the end of the war.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 10. Russia
wna oettinir into action rauidlv todav.
Invasion of the Austria provinces of j h.avo been listed already by tho promo
Galicia and Bukovina was progressing' tion department of the Salem commer-
According to a statement of Fred 9.
Bynon, secretary of tho Willamette
Valley Exposition association, which
organization is collecting the exhibits
by which Marion county will bo repre
sented at tho Panama-Pacific exposi
tion, the county will have some exhi
bits of canned fruit, vegetalbes and
hops that will be second to none. Mrs.
Sam Foster, who has taken prizes re
peatedly for the excellence of her can
ned fruits, is conning the material as
it is received and already the exhibit
shows up fine.
Secretary Bynon is working hard to
get the finest and best fruits, vege
tables and Hops together that was ever
placed on exhibition. Thoso three
items are what Marion county has
pledged itsolf to furnish. Other coun
ties of the valley will furnish wool,
grains, grasses, dairy products, etc.
Air. Bynon states that any person hav
ing unusually attractive fruit or veg
etables on hand should immediately get
in touch with him, as he is after the
best the country enn produce.
Bynon, with a laconic smile, remark
ed that he had not "canned" many
hops yet. He will preserve this crop
in alcohol.
Over 20,000 acres of chean lands
cial club, and every day brings more
letters giving acreage to be listed. The
movement that has been started to list
tho cheap lands for the benefit of im-
imnraiitB is meeting witn lavor, as
those who are looking for places ap
preciate what is being done and those
who have the lands to sell are glad of
the co-operation.
It is the plan of the department in
order to find as much of this cceap
land as possible to go over the assess
ment rolls of the county assessor and
VENICE. Auff. 15. Austrian com- secure names, addresses, mmntitv nf
mandcrs in the field aeainst Servia : land, and the value at which it is held.
have received orders to carry Servian Then letters will be written to the
on a targe scale, seventy thousand
Russians were already across the fron
tier and marching into the enemies
country by several routes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. The Unit
ed State consul at Antwerp cabled
Secretary of State Bryan today that
King Albert of Belgium, with the Bel
gian princesses, and members of the
cabinet, had arrived there from Brussels.
ROME, Aug. ,19. Disarmament by
the Chinese authorities of the German day,
prisoners on all military trains, to be
executed if the Servian troops make at:
tempts at train wrecking, according to
a message received from Serajevo to-
owners explaining the scheme of listing
ana enueavor to get them to list with
the club. Large acreages are found in
this manner that otherwise would not
be known.
- Rome, Aug. 19. Pope Pius X. died
today. The pope lapsed into uncon
sciousness at noon, just after the last
sacrament had been administered to
him.
Tho physicians administered oxygen
to keep him alivo until the arrival at
his bedsido of the officials which the
church rites require to bo at the pon
tiff's bedsido at the end.
At 1:30 p. m. the doctors said tha
patient's condition was desperate. His
fever increased and he was very weak.
The physicians could do nothing, and
tho sufferer sank steadily until tha
moment of his death.
"Until the moment of his death,"
as soon as it was' realized how hopeless
his condition was, orders had been giv
en that the blessed sacrament be ex
posed, and rusii cables were sent to
Catholic dignitaries directing prayera
for the supreme pontiff.
His sister, Maria, to whom he was
devotedly attached and who has lived
with him or near to him for tho past
20 years to attend his wants, was with
him at the end.
Though in failing hoalth for a long
timo, his ense has been considered ser
ious for but a few days.
Yesterday, however, Doctors Amici
and Marchiafava admitted his condi
tion was grave. Early today it waa
said he was threatened with pneumonia.
How imminent was his danger was not
realized even then, until the actual an
nouncement of his death was made.
His Holiness was described as afflict
ed with bronchial catarrh and gout
when first taken ill.
It was recognized by his doctors,
however, that mental perturbation over?
the European war had more to do with
his breakdown than his physical ail
ments, though grave as thoy were. Ho
died practically of a broken heart as
a result of the conflict.
He fainted when told that hostili
ties actually had begun. One of hia
last acts before it was realized how
close he was to death was to issue tha
following exhortation to the world:
"At this moment, when nearly the
whole of Europe is being drugged into
the vortex of a most terrible war, with
its present dangers and miseries and
the consequences to follow, the very
thought of which must strike everyone
with grief and horror, we, whoso caro
is the life and welfare of so many citi
zens and peoples, cannot but be deeply
moved and our heart wrung with tha
bitterest sorrow.
"And in tho midst of this universal
confusion and peril, we feel and know
that both fatherly love and apostolio
ministry demand of us that we should
with all earnestness turn the thoughts
of Christendom thither, 'whence comes
tho help,' to Christ, the Prince of Peace
and the most powerful mediator be
tween God and man.
"We charge, therefore, the Catholics
of the whole world to approach the
throne of grace and mercy, each and
all of them, and more especially the
clergy, whose duty furthermore it will
bo to make in every parish, as their
bishops shall direct, public supplica
tions so that the merciful God may,
of his children and speedily remove the
of 1iis children and spedily remoe the
evil causes of war, giving to them who
rule to think the thoughts of peace and
(Continued on page 8.)