i Hl Pi) of fT'ij'H n n W '0 Fall Today's News Printed Today Leased Wire Dispatcnes !ENTH YEAR SALEM, OREOON, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1914. rRICE TWO CENTS TtaTfictT VTiu-" ISAYS JAPAN WILL BE Fill 1 1011 fir P7HmO ! iiinTni iiminnrn IRUi.IORED AUSTRIAN InnrftTPAT OP AV supreme on pacific iiiiLLiuu ur bum o : ;Miainii. umrrcu SHIPS WERE sunk : Hi A i nn NTINU R DAYS German Ambassador Sees Danger to America in Jap'B Alliance With Eng land Gives Her Control of Ocean. New York. Aug. 21. Count Von Bernstorff, German ambassador to the I'nited Htates, arrived hore today on the. liner Rotterdam from Holland. He talked freely of the European war. "From emperor to laborer," he snid, "Germany is ready to defend itself ngninst the Attack of Great Britain, France and Russia. And the Germans are confident of victory. "The calling of the yellow men of Japan into the conflict shows that the allies are not confident regarding the outcome. "F.ngland requested Japan to nke a hand in the affair. Reports that the (iermnn crown prince had been wound ed find that General Von F.mmich is (Had are false. The latter is alive, but is suffering from a wound in the leg. "I consider the taking of Lie(,'o one of the greatest military feats of mod ern times. "When this war is over Japan will he supreme in the Pacific. She took advantage of the present situation to French Have Been Beaten in g?- M r""u in h"r to ad Are Retiring Ny YORK HOP CROP TROOP Advantage Seems to Be With j Germans Bat Not at j All Points ; TRY TO HOLD GERMANS 1 UNTIL RUSSIA STRIKES Over the Frontier LESS THAN HALF j History's greatest and George L. Rose Gets Letter from Bro- Moodiest battle raged today! er ln New yrk Temn of Bad ! between the Germans and' Co"ditiim ofCrop ia the Ea3t" i Je Franco-British. It was the third day of Thnt th '"fK C0Dtst J L8VP1 j r i ,. i i i furnish the larger part of the world I lighting, which grew fiercer jHll,lily of llol,g"rorlthi8 ypar i8 the be. j as it progressed. ! lit.f o( George L. Rose, hopgrower of The battle front Stretches' this city, who has received a letter from ill an irregular line from his brother, Ray C. Rose, who is propti- i Audenarde to Mons, thence ! e,or of the Wa'll I!ow hi' aud (lai,'v i straight away to the south-ran,'h' in neo,lta' otsce count-. New ward 2S far a thp Sivi!Y"rk 8tat0' 8tBting that the ll01' (lrop 5 : t- , l e in that state in practically ruiued. This ' ' disaster to the hop crop, coming ou Ihe engagement was most.! of the war hi turepe, wiiku will desperate, however, from!""""1 that at ,eairt hnl of Germany's -lulls to the I'iver Moselle "rol will not be harvested on account f MKnrli'n.,:. ii f the able-bodied men fighting in the j 'indications Were that It ranks of the kaiser army, will throv: OM Continue for days. tue l)urJln of supplying home and for I Thf flrlvQntofvn i ; eign demand on tue Pacific coast and iae aavantage Seemed tO 0I?the harvest that is gathered in Eng i l SOmeWhat With the Ger-!lnd, which country is also handicapped M211S. though not to an extent so great as i mm EASIER II PRUSSIA Brush Austrians Aside and Overwhelm Germans by Force of Numbers REPORTED ONE ARMY CORPS CUT TO PIECES Outnumber the German Army Two to One; So Far Have Met No Check $ sic 3e sfe s(e sc se afc a(e afe ac afe ae afc ac sfc ac London, Aug. 24. Tom Eome, Paris and elsewhere came tele graphic report today that Em peror Joseph of Austria wm critJcaUy 111. Of these stories there wa no official confirmation, communi cation between Great Britain, ,nd Austria being severed. The emperor is bo old, however, that It was thought likely the n train he must have undergone recent ly would soon begin to tell. BUIillED VILLAGES STARVED REFUGEES DESOL I ' GZT V have iS'gandat i fvuus rne other. Tier ,i.n,. W""'h 1Im to the fightiUB "wag admitted that they, ' August 10, Mr. Rose wrote to George ; fad broken the allies' line in ! ""8e an(1' 8ni(i ,hat ne wou1 o'-'k1" ' B"lpilim fnwi U i i l''king his heps August 25 and that ' .: gl'0rCmg them back New York state would have about 30, ! ''pOn the frontier. bales, lie also said that the pros- The allioc incVJ u l,e?t was tue best since li04. ; WW tnS X- 1I1S1Sted h0W- August IS, eight dan later, he again . mat this Was a Stl'a- wrote t0 Mr- Kose of th's city and said : ietic return nre-arrario-prl!,1",t tht crop had cnanged from 8 illd Of nn rQ 'l l,lSeu I good clean crop to a moldv, dirty mess, ! m, ji0 real importance. such as he never saw in all his life. He I he line Was SO Inner in never saw yards go to pieces so quiek- '- Qeed. that- nt f' i'y 88 they diJ !here- Tu c8- 8- 1 sMfl L ' ?0me PnintS One ; signed to the old-fashioned blac4c mold i 'WedreQ tO have the! 8 "d lioe' whi(-l completely changed the uuuuuk. iic uiu tue yarns were liter ally covered with lice. On top of this came the blue mold, which is prevalent in England and which attacks rosebuds here, is putting the finishing touches to all the hopes ever held out for a crop. Many yards, he wrote, will be ab solutely worthless. Of four years of poor yields, this year he says is the cumax. In writing to Mr. Rose, his brothe says he will not pick many hops and what be does pick will be poor stuff. He declares he never saw such a mess as this section, which is typical of the whole of New York state! and says it will cost 20 cents to put the hops in bales. Here the cost is 11 cents. Hh declares he intends to increase his dairy business, as in New York the hop in dustry is a dead letter. Regarding tho outlook for this part of the valley, Mr. Ueorge L. Rose, whe has a big yurd at Independence and an other ou South Prairie, Bavs that the crop will not go beyond 100,000 bules, while the quality will be good. This will have the effect of boosting the price somewhat, but he does not think mm-in.'"1"1" w!,but ' BO 8've 50 cents per pound i ' "rythiiiff tt the highest. The market bera ia 18 cents at present. Nome growers, he said, are inclined to think that the crop will yield from 110,000 to 125,000, but he believes that estimate is too high. St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. Uninter rupted Russian successes in eastern Prussia were reported today to the war office here by (len. Rennonkamp, com ing from the army of Invasion there. "We hold the railroads," he stated, "and have captured the towns of Oum- binncn, Insterburg, Ortelburg Johannnesburg. "Tho 20th German army corps was practically cut to pieces. We took sev eral thousand prisoners." The war office announced that Rus sian cavalry has routed tho Austrians at Vladmir VoinsK. Austria Cannot Help. London, Aug. 24. Russian troops literally are overwhelming the Ger man's in east Prussia, it was declared today in a St. Peterblmrg dispatch re ceived here. Nearly 1,000,000 of the fear's troops, it was said, were driving back half their number of the kaiser's soldiers. Austria was said to be powerless to aid the Germans on account "of the strength of the Russian attack on its i shook his head, own irontier. Front of 50 Miles. St. Petersburg, Aug. 24. The czar's northern army was advancing irresist ibly into northeastern Germany today. It was moving on Koenigsburg. Its front swept, in a semi-circle from Grunheide south to the lake region about Lotzen, a distance of more than 50 miles, with its advance front be tween lusterburg and Norkitten. Farther south another force had driven out the Germans, who recently captured the Russian town of Mlawa and were investing SoMau, German side of the frontier. ou the :l a; ,a crmans must be ul.i "''' the Rus. M teo crushiugly from 't they 'Z,mmhe was ., Ur,:Z uwu ""'ten an I ("nun ; t., bU,J , ; L:,ueville an' ' TuT' IU'U liUe 0f i. treating. tier tlin im ... voe. Ui lie JAPAN ASSURES CHINA PLEASES YUAN SHI KAI By Karl H. Vdn Wiegand. Maastricht, Hollana, via The Hagn, Aug. 24. Hundreds ;of Iielgian refu gees are crossing the Dutch frontier, penniless, )ialf-sUrviM anil with no clothing but what thfcy wear. The Dutch red erots has established refugee camps and improvised hospitals and feeble efforts aro being made to relieve the suffering: of tho fugitive.,. Roads crossing the Dutch frontier from Holgium have been barricaded oy the Dutch, troops, who are determined and I to fight to maintain their country s neutrality. As t.n American correspondent I past ed thiough Holland intending to visit the Belgian villages and investigate personally stories of German brutalities. As Maastricht the distant booming of the guns at liege could be heard. The refugee there were in a pitiablo condition. When 1 was within .18 miles of Liege a Dutch patrol arrested me. The ma jor in command forbade me from cross ing the frontier and gave me my choie of returning to Maastricht or going to jail. I returned to Maastricht. Tt.c major who forced me to do so wa polite but firm. When 1 appeared be fore him I protested that I represented hundreds of American newspapers and had a duty to perform. The major " Your train leaves at 4 o'clock," he said, "and you have just time to catch it or you can go to prison. You can t Btay here, i can i listen to arguments. I'm sorry," he added, apologetically, but profanely, "but I'm compelled to do my j duty. Kxcuse poor Knglish." Doctors in the cathedral here, whic'j has been turned into a hospital, to'J manv stories of the courage shown lw the wounded Germans.- Tuey spoke of one of them, only a boy, who was brought iu in a frightful ly" mangled condition, remained two days unconscious, regained conscious ness just before he died tried to salute, failed, whispered to a nurse: "Heir Lieutenant, 1 report myself," and then fell back dead. A young German officer was men tioned, who, lingering for several days with a shrapnel wound the size of a baseball in his side, constantly impor tuned the physicians to disregard him and help his comrades, and frequently murmured his regret at being too weaK to return and continue fighting. Aid from outside is urgently needed. Medical stores are scarce and food is short. The Dutch Red Cross is doing every thing possible with the means at its command to relieve suffering. From the hills south of here the Uer- TO STANDSTILL HT LITTLTSERVIA Austrian Soldiers Have AH Been Withdrawn From the Servian Territory SERVIANS TAKE 4500 AUSTRIAN PRISONERS Servian Forces Still Pursuing Their Badly Demoralized Enemy This Rumor Is Unconfirmed Monte- grins Founding Away at Cataro, and a Zeppelin Is Reported Wrecked. Nish, Servia, Aug. 21. Austria's de feat in its Servian campaign has been complete, the war office here announced today. As a result of their losses at Drina, it was stated the Austrian forces had all been with drawn mid Servia 's part in the war would soon be over. Servian captures included 4,500 Aus j:n..u ..... tl.... .nr rt fi..l.l-..n. hnit,.e. 114 M.i.Lm,'. I l,Bny ",ake loa"8 and quantities of equipment and ammunition. Brindisi, Italy, Aug. 24. Nothing de finite had been heard here today con cerning the unconfirmed report that Austrian ships had been sunk in anoth er navnl bottle in the Adriatic. All accounts, however, agreed that the Anglo-French fleet wns busy off the Austrina Adriatic coast, and reports had been received from reliable sou'ees of the bombardment of Cattnro. From I.ovetch tho Montenegrin guns were snid to be stiP pounding this port. Officinl French advices were quoted tlo the effect that Gallic, aeroguns had destroyed tho German Zeppelin No. 8, near Badonvillcrd. Not much credence was given to the rumor thnt Greek troops had been sent to help the iscrvians against Austria. It wns thought unlikely the Athens government would act thus without de claring war, and no news of such a de claration hnd been received. The Scr visns, too, from all nccounts, needed no uid nt present. BRINGS SUIT AGAINST MERCANTILE COMPANY SCRAP N HISTORY Chasing Them Out. Nish, Aug. 24. Still pursuing the Austrians, the Serv'on forces today re captured the towns of LostniBea and Leichiiitzii which tho defeated troops occupied some time ago and fortified strongly. Defeat Overwhelming. Athens, Aug. 24. Nothing could have been more complete, than tho Aus trian defeat by the Servians on the Drina August 20, according to met sages received here from Nish today. It was said about 200,000 Austrians were engaged and that the Servians were numerically their inferiors. Never theless, it was declared the Austrian fores was hopelosslv routed and th?u began the pusuit which nearly cut the Austrians to pieces. The Austrians wore accused of kill ing women and children in villages they passed through in their flight. Ia an nouncing abandonment of the Serviu-i campaign the Austrian government stated: "On account of the Russian interven tion in the Servian war, Austri is forc ed to gather all its forces for the priui i pal struggle in the northeast. "The decision 1ms been reached, tlinrnfnra tn Vttr fmm thfl OffenHIVil an.l iulra lltl A WflitillCT flttitllllp. til A U I II iT , A VOTy, a Suit instituted after an investigation of the affairs of the concern by Cor poration Commissioner Watson against the. National Mercantile Company was filed in the circuit court toilav. It is stated in the complaint that tho com- upon rel estate inortgago security and transacts other business of this nature. It is aliened tlmt the company has not complied with the laws of the state in not making a (tecluration of intention 01 the business of the corporation, in not filing a cer tified copy of the nrticles of incorpor ation with the proper authorities, in not appointing and maintaining an at torney in fact in accordance with the a fresh attack wlieu opportunity ients itself." pre- Uki, i, 'i.. . ma.... . . n hit l""Uiiw.i , ,un,'is pa ''gliting ""J rut. . mbr. "' hant, l. u.: l-uri... I. """- k" f tu,.?,- . Ue t0" W'Uaj u... ....... " -....-.git,,. 1(1 If i .a ha, . c tirtt, klJ.V "iltu." 1 ."'" 'u Uer- 1 k .. iilllit u ' ." tu,.-.... r Lin . . " " 4 k., I ''wk I. ''''Iillii.. , . " u.,! '"u '-ck to A i.t.,. . " '- ', When the barteuder begins to call a I'Utrou by his first name it is time for him the patron to top and consider whether he really can take it or leave it alone. PEKIN", Aug. 24. Replying to a sug gestion from China that fighting at Kiao ( hau be kept within a radius of 1U0 lie, or about twenty miles, from Kiao Chau Bay, Japan explained to the Pekiu foreigu office today that the Japanese would respect Chinese neutral ity as fur as possible but might be forced by exigencies of warfare to go bevond the limit specified. I ne 10K10 go erniueui nuuni iuui hi ;- . :l :..i,i was anxious to limit as far as possible ; "ooV can toVoi-tUni on KeW&'yS-. of many village, are also that in the interests of speed, it might discernible in the general direction of be Pessary o ask the Pekin adminis- Liege. The scene was one of frightful trains indulgence, to some extent. desolation, due to the vengeance exa t hineo the recent arrival here of min- ed by tne C.er.uans enraged by stone, ister Hioki, Japan's new diplomatic of atrocities said to have been perpe epresenut ve in China, he and Presi- t rated by the 1 elgmn. on wounded .ol deut Vuan t-hi Kai haie held several dieis or in retaliation .or the f.nng by conferences during which President ' civilians on Germsn troops. ?" , w. .aid to Tav. snokeu ...nreci-! A Dutch army 230,000 strong guards atively of Japan's announced plau of the frontier. returning China. Kiao Chau, ultimately, to (Coutinued on page S.) MEXICAN SITUATION IS CLEARING SLOWLY 'Washington, Aug. 24. President Wil son declared today that efforts to bring about trouble between Provisional Pres ident Carranza and General Villa were being made by persons outside of Mex ico. Trouble-makers who probably would profit by intervention, the presi dent said, were using every means in their power to prevent an adjustment of differences between Carranza and Villa. Tactions Confer. Kl Paso, Texas, Aug. 24. A confer ence between the factions in northern Mexico with a view to preventing fur ther strife will bo held at Nogules, bo nora, some time this week. It was re ported that in addition to the friction caused by General Maytorenas uprising against the Carranza government, Car ranga's dispute with General Villa also would be taken up. Losses Are AppaHir.g,Excccd ing Those of Any Battle Ever Before Fought MILLION RESERVES BEHIND CONTESTANTS French War Office Says Out come of Battle May Net Be Known for Days (Bv Wm. Philip Sims) Paris, Aug. 24. The French and British were holding back the entire Ger man army today. The fight ing was desperate; the losses appalling. The war office here de clared the outcome of the statutes, n is furthor alleged that battle probably would not be the company has failed anil refused to j. j comply with the law when demand KnOWn lor dayS. The fighting line was iiKe a "Z" from Audenarde to Brussels to Mons and Namur. The heaviest fighting was half way between Brussels and Mons. If the Germans should be beaten experts said they would be in danger of having the column cut in two. The German army in Lux emburg had also assumed the offensive. In Alsace the war office said the French were holding their own, the Germans having been re pulsed at Mulhausen. The situation in Lorraine was pronounced "satisfac tory" though it was admitted that the French had aban doned Dononoa and Saales passes to prevent being cut off. wus made upon it am, that it has done business by false and untair represen tations. , An injunction restraining the com panv from doing any uusiness whatso ever within this state ia sought. At torney General Crawford is handling the case for tho stato and the Mercan tile company has been in -e legal lime light a number of times before and the case promises to become an interesting battle from a legal standpoint. )(c 3C jjC f( lC fc )C JC )(C 3C 3ft jC jfc 3c Sjt 3)( 4' BASEBALL TODAY American. First game E. II. E. St. Louis 16 6 Philadelphia 7 9 0 Hamilton and Agnew; Plank and Mc- KAISER RISKS ALL ON ONE BATTLE .,,:.T"" this o..i,i j The Weather . ... iun..,t Ult take refuge, dividing and I which would send it forces, a broken Fy J. W. T. Mason. Hi m-ist ta leucii;nn .j ! buck into Ardennes and Luxe,,,- (Former London torrespou.ieut or toe , . ' or fi,t between the two burg. (jieruian armies engaged in driving llieia United 1'rebS.) New York, Aug. 24 An audacious f Kaijuu, in the aoitii and iu fore (Ivrini.n attemot to S(iuee.e tue in-i from llelgium undoubtedly is the meau t: ' '"""i ItM '-I.ll 't . tted . ing of the great struggle progressing to day from Luxemburg bliiiot to tu! '-L. I Oregon tonight and Tues day) noi'.hcrly . iuds. u...lurn I'liritneliu coast. The most important part of the kais--p'ii tit.iv is to drive his forcas tiirough southern Urlgiuiu into France. The iinporlauce of tue battle U If be succeeds iu thi the German wit! iU(llttte.l by the pre.euce of the Untlsh Fair i be able to coii. eutrste iu me gaps UB ! u,l Freu. h. It the Uurmaus are ro'- tweeu the l'raio h fiouticr stroiiKuom rJ ju tlir(r utheru aavauce meir pii'i at Lille, Valeuuenues anil siauucuge. t)me iu thee petitions, it is klear that a liermuii moveineut photiug t llr II MMi 111 acting IlUe a great lcu, . u,,l,iokeu ((iduhlly narrowing, will attempt If right Is Lost, press the allies backward. .tiipeudous triumph is the stake t'-t it .h. vi.i Wins. I ,i.i..u (ieriuaiir is ldavmg, since it is iu the mnautiirie, llussia has begun an important driving movement in east lug them back, ia the south, from tie .Prussia, wnicn seem, to . oo Fieuch frontier. , j"t the bottling up of a large part of .- .11 .i... i: a.,. th rou ll (iermau V 's eastern field force ! tUs 1 illJl ism v - ' .imlhern Helgium, however, the rest of K. H. E. Kt. Louis 3 8 1 Philadelphia 6 10 1 liaumgardner and Leary; Bush and He hang. Calo called end seventh; dark. First game R. It. E. Detroit 3 10 1 Washington 13 0 t'oveluki and titanuge; Ayrea and Henry. Second game R. II. E. Detroit : 11 li 0 Washington 0 4 2 Dauss and McKeo; Khaw and Aius worth. Williams replaced Ainsworth. R. H. T.. Cleveland 3 9 3.. Doston 7 13 U Kagerman, Dillinger, Coombes and O'Neill; Leonard and Carrigan. Wending replaced Coombes; Tboinns replaced Carrigan. R. H. E. Chicago 2 0 0 New York 1 (J 1 Hcott and Bcbalk; Fisher and Niniu maker. Colo replaced Fisher. National R. II. E. Philadelphia 3 7 2 Pittsburg 2 9 C Marshall and Dovin; McCjuillen and tiibson. R. II. E. Brooklyn 0 5 C Cinc.liinsti 4 4 0 Keulhacn and McCarty; Benton and Gonzales. R. II. K. IloHton .., 3 1 Chicago U 10 2 Tyler, Rudolph and Clowdy; Lavender aud llresuauan. t I. d .....I'MIII!! t must wait This etplaius the continuation of the present fightiug from Mons to Luiem- can end at be.t in uo moie ins a l doubtful victory, for a tout by wbi-h the allies may retire iroin tieitjiinii win j Hhould this plsu, too, succeed, the, rising iu southern Uelgiu.u tUmCli jurjSed military c-euter of Koenigsburg, Alleu- stein, Thorn aud Uraudeu. The hussian progress ought to be ranid. for eveu with a Part of t'l-i car's army ready to luvade Germany 's active field force iu the tut is uuiucr ically its inferior. Tue Ku.oian maiu advance parallels roughly the Vitulu river. About M luilra west of the poiut wherq Itusaian main streugth Is advancing the river swings to the northwart. Once tlu Wu.nans have pttssod the heavily guard t l barrier here, the r riou H'bs of thu Mf threat agaiust iicrliu cau be bettor R. II. K. U U 8 7 li! 0 Federal. First game Brook lyu Indianapolis 13 innings. Marion, Maxwell and I-a lul ; Kaiser ling and Karl. Ian. Baltimore Ht. Louis game postponed; rain. Pittsburg Kannaa ( ity gume postpou ed; rain. Chicago aud Buffalo, no gume; team traveling. New Vork-Kt. Louis game postponed; raiu. Greatest Losses in History. Paris, Aug. 21. More casualties than in any other battle in history had already been piled up today in the ti tauio struggle ruging between the al lies and the Germans in Belgium, the war office announced today. This was the conflict's third day. There were points wherd the allies de fensive wall had been broken, but re inforcements, rushed forward at top speed, bad invuriubly filled up these gups. In ether places the German Infantry had been compelled to retire. The Germans were in enormous strength, however, and experts said nearly 1,000,000 reserves were behind the kaiser's troops. bouth of Luxemburg, the Kaiser a troops were repulsed at Font A Mous son Haturduy but re-captured it Sun day. The town is just ou the French side of tho frontier. The force which took it was the Met army, and it waa rumored the German trowu piinee wus iu command. . German reinforcements were being KtrassburB to help thil body which was beuteu ly the Fieuch at Mulhausen. British Stand Ttrra. London, Aug. 'ii. "British forces ou the contineut have engaged the enemy iu the neighborhood ot Mons, Belgium, siuce early Kundity," said an official ar office announcement to duy. 'The British are holding their gnund." The war office expressed th opinion that the outcome of the big battle in Belgium would uot be knowa for sev eral days. Lxprrts here agreed that, should the Germans be defeated, they would h to fiyht ou the defousive breurlcr. A New York mau has gone abroad tu swim the Kuglish rhsnucl. That's about the ouly way he'll get anue Jul t prweut. Claims French Defeat. VahiuKtu. Aug. Sil.-Tbe German (Coutiuued oa paje A.) L - .