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fogden theater I I TONIGHT PERILS OF PAOLINE I PATHE DAILY SHOWING LATEST I WAR PICTURES. ; Keep in touch with the scenes at scat of war by ; seeing them. j 1 I d SEX JOHN BARLEYCORN I JACK LONDON'S WAR PICTURES. ECS I Admission 5c and 10c. kj GOVERNMENT TO BUY SOME SHIPS Vessels to Carry American Foodstuffs Abroad Con gress May Appropriate $25,000,000. LEADERS IN DISCUSSION Fresident Considers Presenl Emergency Requires Prompt Action by United States. Washington. &.ug io. President Wilson today approved a plan to have the oprnmonl buy ;i number ot ships to he used in taking American foodstuffs abroad. It was tentatively agreed that an appropriation of $26,000,000 would be asked ol congn - tor the purchase of the ships. Tin3 president conferred with Ben ale and house leaders on the question of developing and safeguarding the Vmerlcan merchant marine, and the purchase of ships and passage of a bill under which the government will undertake thr Insurance of wai risks were agreed on. Bills carrying out the plans will be Introduced in both houses of congress immediately Prompt Action Necessary. After the conference, Secretary Tumulty gae out this statement: "i hc conference was about the de velopment and safeguarding of the merchant marine and every aspect ol the question was gone over It was recognized that the present emerg ence called for prompt action to re-j lieve a situation which can be re lieved, If action is promptly taken. Iti was agreed that a bill should be in troduced in coneress providing for the insurance of wat risks by the govern ment "In addition to the agreemeut or opinion as to the insurance bill there Vas an extensive discussion of the best means for immediately provid ing ships to carry the goods now vaiting for the markets Several; plans were proposed and it was final ! 1 agreed that a lull "dunrd l" drac n and introduced at a very early date,, which should provide for the purchase of an adequate number of ships by the government and their operation ' through a corporation controlled by j the government, which now operates ships as well as the railroad itself,' iwid which is controlled by the govern-, ment." Call for American Withdrawal. Laredo. Tex . Aug. 19. Resolutions asking thai General Carranza's first official act after he reaches Mexico City be a request to the United States to withdraw its troops from Vera ( i n, where thev are an ' affront to i the Mexican nation' were adopted Mondav night ai a mass meeting In Ealtillo, according to travelers reach ing the border. After the mass meeting, a crowd paraded the streets shouting ' Vivas' for ( arranza and the constitutional ists, and some cried "Death to Amer1. cans," according to the information brought hero. i oo TAKE NOTICE Another Miller Bros. 10! Ranch Feature at the Lyceum, Thursday and Friday. Advertisement. I WAR BULLETINS Brtt.sh Steamers Sail. K Honolulu, Aug If. -The British Steamers Niagara, bound for Aus tialiun ports and Maiama bound lor Victoria, B. C , which have been held here for several days owing to fear to capture by the German cruisers Leipzig and Nurnberg, sailed for theh" respective destinations at l" o'clock DSt night. The Japanese steamer Seiye Mam, bound for Yokohama, al io cleared at the same hour. Glasgow, via London, Aug. 19, 2:46 a mThe arrival at English ports oi several food ships this week was ' the cause ol considerable satisfaction to Englishmen This week has Been tbe arrival here o! the linor Columbia from Xe York with 8000 bushels of rye and the steamship Lofltia and Scandinartan from ( anada with large cargoes of grain. Besides these several large ships have arrived from the Black sea and from New Orleans with various i foodstuffs Other ships are on tbe way with fruit, dairy products wheat I and sugar which will provide for Eng. ' land's wants for a considerable time German Commissiariat Bad. London. Aug 19. 5:15 a. m. "There appears to be very little exaggera tion in the accounts of the bad com missarial arrange"ments in the Ger man army," says the Brussels corre spondent of the Times ' Prisoners lu ought in b the French yesterdav had beet roots and carrots In their knapsacks Thev had been living on these for several das On the other hand the French commissariat is working splendid! " King Alfonso to Decide Attitude. Madrid, via Parts, Aug. 10. 4 20 a m King Vlfonso, accompanied by i Premier Dato. his returned from San I Sebastian and will have Important conferences with the French and F.ng lista ambassadors in regard to Spain's attitude toward the Buropean con flict, it is stated. Rome Issues Notes. Paris, Aug 19, 11:15 a, m In a ; dispatch from Pome the correspond I ent of the Havas genr says an Is I sue of new paper notes has been au thorized by royal decree. The notes pre to be five and ten lire ($1 and $2), to the amount of 350,000,000 lire ($70,000,000 entirely covered by Sil ver in i he treasury Bills of one and two lire 1 2" and in cents) also will be issued. Emperor to be Denounced. London. Aug. 1!' 4 15 a m dis I ;;t h to the Renter Telegram compa ny from Bruseels referring to reports thai the German crown prince had been wounded says LePatrlote states that the prince is reported to have visited wounded soldiers at Harck-le Ville. Le People slates that measure will l- taken soon to submit to the Social Democratic leaders of Germany a manifesto stigmatizing the attitude of Lniperor William and Imerial Chan cellor )r. Von Bethmann-Hollweg as in contempt of international law Americans In Rotterdam Rotterdam via London. Aug ID 4:20 a m. About 3(10 Americans ar rived here late J csterday Another; part of the same number is due lato todav These refugees w ill sail on I i ho steamer Ryndam Saturday. Many German Vessels Captured. London, Aug 19 3 55 a m. The Dailj Express estimates that the num ber of large German vessels captured at sea by the British, French and Ku 3ian warships totals 200 with a ton nage of one million tons and a value of $300,000,000 The papers say that there are still remaining at sea about 500 German ships liable to capture at any mo menl Thes ha-e a total tonnage of 2.700,000 tons and a value of $7". 000 000, Heavy Austrian Casualties. London Aug if1 6:25 a.m. The Si Petersburg I orresoondent of the Reu lei Telegram company sas that i Russian official communication re lates a repulse of uslrian attacks on the town of Vladimir in the govern ment ot Volhynla, with heavy Austri an casualties and a renewed German attak on Eydtkuhnen with a division of Infantrj and 36 guns Danger Faces Americans. London. ug 19. 4 13 a. ro A dis patch lo the Daily Chronicle from Ge neva says "It is estimated that there are near ly a million foreigners at present in Switzerland. Food l plentiful bw' very expensive "Four Russians, alleged to have been arm) officers, were shot today al FriederlchShafen This indicate that man- Americans who are strand ed In border towns of German are likeh to find themselves in grave dan ger." Scrap of Paper Important London Aug lt 4 a. m The Time? gives an account of the final interview between the British ambas 1 ador al fieri in Sir Edward Gosrhen and the imperial chancellor. Dr. Von ! Bethmann-Hollweg, Speaking with great Irritation, ac-1 cording to the Times, the chancellor expressed his Inability to understand England's attitude, exclaiming: 'Whj should you make war upon us for B scrap of paper?" The reference was to the treatj sua ranteeing Belgian neutrality, Sir Edward replied, in effect, that he un derstood the chancellor's inability to comprehend thr- British action, but thai England attached importance to the scrap of paper because it bore her signature as well as Germany's Demand on Turkey Denied. London Aug. lf, 5:25 a. m. A dis patch to the Reuter Telegram compa ny from St Petersburg says that n semi-official denial has been issued of the Vienna report that Russia has requested Turkey to permit a free passage ol Russian warships through the Dardanelles oo FRENCH ARTISTS FORM COMMITTEE Brotherhood of Artists to Care for Wives and Families of 2,000 Co-Workers at the Front. Pans. .". a. m.. Aug. 19, The So ciely of French Artists, the National Sot ietv nt' Fine Arts, and oilier groups have formed a committee under th" title of the Brotherhood of rfists to look after the wives and families of 20oo painters, sculptors engravers and architects who are serving with the colors Count Casfillon de Saint Victor, the well known aeronaut, who last year became a Jesuit priest ai ( anterburv England, has returned to join his old regiment and will leave for the fron tier in a few days A further evidence today of a re- I ll i w in i (li lu ruin'- ji vii.- I tions which prevailed before the mob ilization was the reappearance ot flower girls on the city streets The fact that they nad fresh cut flowers for sale shows that the train service can be used for something else than the movement of troops and military supplier. Nearlv all the flowers seen in profusion in Tans during the sum raer months come from the south oi France. The restriction on military orders against the use of any foreign lan guage in telephoning still is operative and rigidly enforced. Americans Use Bad French. Americans are not. as a rule, known for their linguistic abilities In speaking with friends, thev often, aft er a few words in imperfect French, lapse into their own tongue Imme diately thev are interrupted on the wire with the curt instruction that the use of a foreign language is not al lowed They follow protests and ex postulations and finally the resump tion of the conversation In French It has some times happened that when Americans were talking In French laboriously and to the bC6t oi their abilitv, they have been told to cease speaking in a foreign language Ex planations that French was being used would bring an apology, but tinkled with sarcasm. Ambassador Hernck is an excep tion Spei lal orders hae been SSUed i.-i mittini: him to i onv ersc in IChl lish. BOARD OF TRADE COMPLAINED OF Grand Jury Receives Numer ous Protests Regarding Transactions of Chicago Board. WILL INVESTIGATE High Meat Prices Come First Imports Fall Off Im mensely in New York. Chicago Aue. 19. A hin' that the federal Investigation of recent In creaaes m food prices miaht embrace execution ol ertain Hoard of Trade transactions was given by district At torney Will.erson today 'I h.tr le celved a number of complaints against the l-:o,irr! of Trade relating to cer tain operations there, but have not ci had opportunity, Jn the rush of other business to scrutinize them, he said Consequently l prefer not to disc u8s them now ." Mr. Wilkerson said the grand jury expected to complete the m . ei t, ,,, of high meat prices first. Imports Decrease Immensely New York. Aug. 19. Customs house reports made public todaj slum that imports since the beginning of the j European war have decreased Im mensely. Imports for the week of July IS were more than three million I dollars above the figures tor the week I of August 8 the lael io be compiled PAY CASH-SAVE MONEY! I THAT'S THE INDEPENDENT WAY YOU'LL LIKE IT. A SPECIAL DIVIDEND TO MORNING SHOPPERS. Jgfk pmNE Twon0 MARKET Ijjjjjj Charles KLarneo. AMAZING THINGS SEENJNJUSSIA All Internal Grievances For gotten and People Rise as One Man to Fight Germans. HARD FIGHT EXPECTED Bitterest Enemies Shake Hands Even Jews Fight Side by Side With Russians. London, 4 -'0 p. m.. Aug. 10 "It is Impossible to relate a tithe of the amazing things that have happened In Russia during the last ten days ' says a letter to the Dally Chronl. -le, written in St. Petersburg on August li' it continues: Russia is not recognisable, or ra ther that haunting beauty of Russia, which those of US who live here grop ingly and often sadly feel and love has suddenly shone forth radiantly from out of the heavy clouds of fail lire and defeat that have hidden It for so ma n v j ea rs "Russia is full of moral energy. She has never displayed It with the same v igor as now at an period of her historv Russia feels herself for once to he morally in the right." Internal Troubles Forgotten "Russia's internal condition was de plorable." says the correspondent "The Roles, Finns and lews were em bittered by i he government's polic of oppression The Duma was divi ded and helpless Strikes were spreading There were serious riots in St. Petersburg." The writer adds: "Few Russians wanted to fight for the sake of Servia but when it be came clear that the Austrian move. ' was only the prelude to (jerman at tack on an apparent 1 helpless and demoralized Russia, the feeling chanc ed in an instant "The general mobilization made all Russia realize the situation The peasants, the workmen and the stri kers of the week before, clerks stu dent?, teachers and lawyers, all drop ped their work without a murmur and joined the ranks. Russia Rises As One Man. "I had half expected mobilization riots in the country districts like those which occurred during ihe fa panese war. but friends from the south, the west and the east declare that all Russia is as one man. Kv erywhere the people are going to war "to die fcr our country.' as the peas anls sav "The drink shops were closed and all went soberly and Bternl expect ing no easy ictories and prepared for a long and hard struggle. ' For the first time in his reign, the Russian emperor is cut off now from ! those German Influences that epged him on continually to ruinous reac tion His Majesty came out on the balcony of his palace to greei an Im mense throng of his people Even Jews Lay Aside Grievances. ' The Duma gave stirring expression io the nation's feeling The fanat ical reactionary Pourishkevitch actu ally shook hands with his bitter ene my, the cadet leader, Milloukov. Rep resentatives of arious nationalities, the Poles, the Letts the Lithuanians, the Russian Germans and most strik ing of all. the Jews, stood up and de clared whatever they had suffered they would la aside their grievan ces In this hour of great trial and righl Bide by side with the Russian people. Many deputies were moved in tears ' Will the government be capable of seizing this splendid opportunit for making 8 permanent peace with all Its peoples?' FRENCH MOTHER LOSES FOUR SONS Proud to Give All to the Cause "Boys Safe in Arms of the Father." Paris Aug 19 11.15 a. in A wom an with four sons in the French army todaj walked slow h down the steps of one of the municipal offices where relatives are informed officially whether soldiers are dead, wounded or unreported She waa exceedingly v. lute but her emotion was greater than could be expressed in tears. A liiend came up uulil.lv and said "Have you good news0 1 am so giad iny Jean is safo " "Yes, they are all safe" was the reply "They are safe in the arms of the Father I am proud to glv all to the cause GLAD TO ESCAPE FROM WAR ZONE Xew York. Aug. 19. F W P.Ian chard, a citv official of Txj Angeles, was one pf the passengers on the steamer United States., in yesterday Iroru Copenhagen, who was glad to escape from the war zone even though steera-:i accommodations were the best in could et Mr Blanchard wi on his wav to St. Petersburg when war was declared and was turned I back at the border He lost all his i li. iiiiiii-s ' On my way to Den mark," he declared, ' 1 saw the Ger ; mans treat Inoffensive Russians most Inhumanely, Russians were kicked about the streets like footballs, worn en and children Included Americans, however, were net maltreated, as fnr ;k I know.' See "John Barleycorn," at Ogden Theater tomorrow night. Advertisement. MOTOR CARS TO BE SENT HOME i American-owned Machines, 1 American-bred Horses and Polo Ponies to Be Shipped From England. BOY SCOUTS USEFUL I Russian Woman Tells Trou bles to Young Interpreter Who Obtains Prompt Relief. London, Aug 19, 0:06 p. m. Robert P. Skinner the American consul gen eral at London, today received a com munication from Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign secretary saying the British government would permit the exportation of American-owned motor cars on proper representations being made to the customs authori ties. The government also is willing, the foreign secretary said, to allow the return to the 1'nlted States ot Ameri can bred horses and polo ponies which are not needed by the militarv, though thp question of the military fitness of the animals must first be decided The Hny Scouts have been indis penaable to the merican relief com mittee an messengers and guides, but the broad scope of their usefulness was proved today when a scout acted as an interpreter for a Russian wom an who was unable to speak English The scout a as Alexander Volkoff. son of the Russian naval attache in London He learned that the worn an. whose husband is a naturalized American lived 'n Pennsylvania, that she had started with her baby to visit her home In Russia, but had been caught by the war in Germany and had been forced to return. The wom an is without funds and the Amen can relief committee will pay her pas sage back to Penns:-h ania nn REFUGEES PASS THROUGH SWEDEN - Fifteen Thousand Russians, Exhausted, Famished and Sick, Driven From Germany. STOCKHOLM CROWDED Heterogeneous Gathering of All Classes Laborers, Ex treme Poor and Business Men Fare Alike. Stockholm. Sweden, via London. Aug L9, 1:06 p m. Fully 15,000 Russian refugees from Germany, most of them exhausted. famished and 9l k. have gone through Stockholm since the beginning of the war. From L500 to 2000 have "arrived daily Ho tels, barracks and schools have been used lor their housing and are filled to capacity every night These unfortunates are a hetero m ueous gathering from all classes 'rhere are wealthy women in furs and diamonds, poor women in rags, with half nukfd children in their arras; priests in caftans. workmen in smocks, and wealth) professional and business men. all of them driven out ol Germany. Anions th refugees arp m number of patients who say thy were driven' out of hospitals in Germany Children were separated from their fathers atid mothers, while mothers lost their children on the way. Husbands in some cases remain prisoners iu Ger many. A number of Polish women taking the Mire ai Austrian baths neai the frontier were forced to return by wa) of Berlin and arrived here with out money or news of their children and husbands Now Know What Poverty Mean. 1 now, for the first time in my life understand what poverty means, is a common remark made by the Russian millionaires whose pockets were filled with Russian money but who were unable to buy one cent s worth with it until the Swedes at Mai moe came to their assistance, Rus slan hankers, phvsiclans and profes sors all lell the same story of an ex hausting and foodless journey in con soquence ol the Germans refusal to ai cepl rubles. M Armatschew skij. the governor of Kalisse, Russian Poland and a num ber of others, It is asserted, were transported on a train with shaded windows to an unknown place, where hundreds of persons were packed to gi ther in a barn for three days. The municipality and citizens ot Stockholm are giving all possible as Blatance to the refugees and those -ent on their journey are provided with rations to take them through Lapland, where there iM be difficul ty In finding food for so many thou sands ol strangers oo CRUISER AWAITS SAFE ESCORT PalmOUtb, Hngland, Aug 19 via London. 11 16 a, m The L'nlted Mates cruiser Tennessee, which should have sailed at dawn today for tin Hook of Holland on its mission or relit me Stranded Americans In lu rope, did not depart IUnrv S. Breckinridge. United States assistant secretary of war, In explanation of the delay said I had expected to receive informa tion from all the European govern ments promising safe escort for m.v representatives In conveying treasure to Hie different capitals I also ex , 1 CALIFORNIA I I "WHERE COOL I HI 8EA BREEZES BLOW" H tj ROUND TRIP U S? LOS ANGELES Tickets on Sale: j BB fj August 22 23-29-30. 1 KM Return Limit, 60 Days. j HaH $40 Round Trip j itth Tickets on Sale Daily to Sept. 30, n Return Limit, Oct 31. SpS PACIFIC NORTHWEST 1 Special Round Trip Fares j rfp (PORTLAND $40.00 I M SEATTLE $47.50 I SPOKANE $40.00 Tickets on Sale Daily to Sept. 30. E f Return Limit, Oct. 31. AuA f ' YELLOWSTONE PARK tMlz P TOURS I I For Further particulars call at or vllF P- CITY TICKET OFFICE I UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM H 2514 Washington Ave. i j Phone 2500 j! ' W. H. CHEVERS, PAUL L BEEMER t I pected more definite information through Ambassador Walter Hines Page from the continent of Europe as to the exact number of Americans stranded in the various countries As thi3 has not arrived, 1 must stay on ! until it does, so that I can instruct my representatives exactly what to I do Wireless News Impossible. It is impossible to get Information , by wireless at sea in the war nrea, as we have been asked not to use our wireless in the war area. Therefore, a 6ea we should be cut off from ev erybody without having perfected our I continental plan6. "I shall remain here until I receive all the information. " The cruiser North Carolina, which .in'hored in the channel all night, left at dawn for herbourg The Tennessee will communicate with her by cable American sailors here complain ot the high charges for changing their money They lose eighty cents on eocb five dollar piece. London. 1 2 40 p m. lug 19 The American embassy, has been advised by Henr S Breckinridge irom Fal mouth, that he has instructions from the secretarv of war at Washington not to sail for the Hook of Holland until so ordered from Washington The embassy has no knowledge ol the reasons for this delay. It is sup posed here that negotiations regard ing the movements of the Tennessee are proceeding directly between Washington and the continental gov ernments concerned Washington. Aug 19. Secretary Garrison of the war department ad mitted today that the cruiser Tennes see, held at Falmouth. England on her mission to relieve Americans stranded abroad, was awaiting his or ders, but refused to discuss the matter. oo AMERICANS TELL OF LIEGE FIGHT Grim Narratives of War Told by Arrivals on Red Star 1 Liner Finland. STORIES OF HARDSHIPS Captain Steers Ship Through Mine Strewn Waters War ships Stop Vessel in Spite of U. S. Flag. New York Aug. If First hand ,' tales of the fight at Liege aud grim narratives of the war sweeping Lui ope came into port today on the Hps of American refugees from the con tinent aboard the Red Star liner Kin land. Many of the Americans aboard were without money or baggage; some had been held as spies; Others bad made their way on foot from the Interior of Belgium to Antwerp amid the scenes and dangers of warfare and nearly all had stories of hard ; ships encountered in their fllghl With a Dutch pilot aboard. Captain Barman steered his ship through a little used channel of the harbor of' Antwerp to the North sea, where he found ihe horizon smudged with the smoke of British battleships. In his perilous passage through the mine j strewn waters l here were no buoys i io guide him His way lay over the shallows and he had to lighten the ship of all her water ballast to make . the course without scraping the bot- torn Time after time the ship ws Stopped by war vessels, although she flew the American flag. .lames A Patten of Chicago, and; his wife, passengers on the Finland, said they were In Carlsbad when hos tilities began. They left Immediately for Antwerp At Nuremburg thev were taken to guard house and rlK Idjy cross examined before they were! permitted to continue With hut little food Mr and .Mrs j Patten had to hire n hor6o and cart to get from Herbsthal across the Bel-' t m gian frontier to Vervlers ft I "From Verviers we proceeded bj cart toward Liege. ' said Mr. Patten " We had not progressed three mile? H h I when w e came upon a party of Bel , gian engineers mining the road. They t. had great piles of dynamite stacked W'- ! there ready to plant in the ditches fe they were digging across the roadway E, I "They advised we had better go tc j.- Liege by another road, we hastened i 1 to do o. I Americans Lie In Ditch. I Two hours later another part ol Saa Americans was halted at that very J spot by n skirmish between the Bel- jf glans and L'hlan6 They were forced If to lie in a ditch while the Belgians fired over them. Next day 3000 Ger s ii 'ins were killed by the mines vvc I; I had seen the engineers planting. I "We arrived at Liege at 1 o clock t on the afternoon of August 4 anc managed to get a train for Brussel0 . two hours later But we illd not leavf f before we heard the thunder of ihe t i forts cannon repulsing the first on , slaught of the Germans The town sjb was cold with fear" Other passengers on board the Fin lal 'I said that Mr Patten had bought I steamship tickets for nine stranded J Americans 1 I no CANADA WOMEN I USE VETO POWER I Ottawa. Om . Aug. 1? Canada s H women do not want their husbands to go to war and are wielding the veto I power bestowed on them b the gov- (j ernmenr w ith .su h effect that In some Instances volunteer regiments have been thinned to 5U per cenl ol their B-fl membership. Thus far exceeds the government's esijmate of vetoes. A protest against their m n.ei v. ; man-- ' today lo Colonel Morrison, director of artillery HAND BLOWN OFF. Price Aug. 18. Montgomery, the I 1 0 J ear-old son of Mrs. Bradley of i this city, was severely injured while 1 'uniting rabbits this afternoon. Hp I was dragging his gun bv the muzzle w hen the trigger caught and exploded ftfl the gun the charge blowing away par; ot his right band. y woman I who say. I cant save' generally means they don t try to! It's the bustling American, born ir adopted, who gets there by starting a savings account Our Savings Department and 4 per cent interest ate for you. pay- j ;)de ipiarter yearly January. April lu October. 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