Logansport Pharos-Reporter (Newspaper) - August 7, 1914, Logansport, Indiana WEATHER INDICATIONS and warm tonight and Saturday continued LOGANSPORT FULL LEASED WISE 0V THE 5EWS SERVICE I VOLUME 70 No 78 LOGANSPORT INDIANA FRIDAY AUGUST 7 1914 SEMIWEEKLY EDITION HAND TO HAND FIGHT IS GOING ON IN CITY LIEGE THIS P ft BULLETIN BRUSSELS August high over Liege today a Ger inan aeroplane dropped three bombs into the square killing thirty persons and injuring a score of others They passed over Fleron fort and though fired upon a dozen times succeeded in reaching a point directly over the city The pilot dropped a bomb in the fort as he passed but it failed to explode Those which he dropped in the square all ex and their terrific force blew several of the victims to atoms Withdrawing after exhausting his ammunition the aviator passed over fort The gunners there also missed and he succeeded in returning to the German camp BULLETIN LONDON Augr Exchange Telegraph company gave out the following from Brussels this The war office states that the commander of the German force attacking Liege has asked for 24 hours armistice The enemy has not succeeded in The forts are intact The Germans a loss of 25000 men This dispatch was received with reserve in official circles BULLETIN BRUSSELS Aug German regiments mistaking each other for a detachment of Belgium troops fought a battle in the darkness east of Liege early today Six were killed and twenty were injured before they discovered their error By Bernard Belancourt BRUSSELS August hundred and twenty thousand German troops were hurled upon Liege late this afternoon in a third desperate attempt to capture that city Reinforced by fresh troops that arrived shortly after the kaisers forces retired last night and camped on the left bank of the Meuse General von Em michs regiment moved forward en masse Before the infantry got into action 87 German batteries sta along the Meuse shelled Fort Fleron and put three of its mortars out of commission Under cover of their artillery the German infantry then dashed forward and within a short time had captured Bressoux a suburb of Liege only a short distance from Fort Fleron At the time this dispatch is sent desperate handtohand fighting is go Ing on in the streets Bressoux Forts Powerless The forts about Bressoux are unable to fire upon the combat ants for fear of killing Belgians as well as Germans If the Ger mans retain they probably will be able to take the main city in a few hours Ten thousand men were rushed from Fort and Fort Barchon to assist the troops resisting the Germans at where many houses are in flames The garrison at Fort Fleron is hard pressed to defend itself a large force of the Germans concentrating their attack on that strategic point August losing more than killed and wounded in a three days attack on Liego the German army of 00000 men under command of General von abandoned the assault last night and retired to the left bank of the river Meuse There they will await rein forcements Four hundred thousand German troops are reported on their way here from iu two columns one the direct to Liege and the second mov ing up the valley of the river which joins the Meuse at Liege SO 000 Reach Verviers Eighty thousand of these reinforce ments have already reached Verviers These troops are said to be under command oC the German crown prince was reported yesterday to have already arrived at Liege Six pon toon bridges have been thrown across the Meuse south of Vise and at ii oclock this morning the kaisers troops began their advance Though subjected to a heavy tire from Belgian guns they successfully the passage to the river ami moved southward blowing up a number of railroad bridges Deny Citys Capture excitement was caused here early today by a dispatch sent from to London and flashed hero savins that Liege had capitu lated This was immediately denied by the war minister who issued an official announcement that the Ger mans had withdrawn after fifty homes of almost continuous fighting that the Germans had lost more than 15000 in killed and wounded and that their ar tillery had failed to batter a breach in any of the Liege forts The attack on Liege will be re in a few hours The invading are placing their artillery where they can direct a disastrous fire on the forts of Barchon and If these forts are re the city will he compelled to surrender Reinforce Belgians Reinforcements for the Belgian gar are being sent to Liege as rapid ly as possible Whan the Germans besan their attack there were only men to resist them but there are now about 30000 in and immedi ately west of the city U the Germans capture Liege they will have no difficulty in taking Xa miir and then the route to Paris will be open Liege and the main line of Invasion into France The former is defended by forts the total armament including supplementary batteries is 100 guns Ech fort haa least eighty heavy OF SEA DISASTER BUT ENGLISH ADMIRALTY BE GERMANS LOST REPORT 19 GERMAN SHIPS LOST Winston Churchill Says System of Used by Germans is j Dangerous to AH i guns anil mortars and four ing gnus forts main armament is In cupolas or behind armored casements It win require heavy Howitzers to deal these cannot be rushed as the Seventh Clerman corps found in the attack Weakness of Liege The weakness of lies in the wide intervals between the forts bn for five days thirty thousand laborers have been digging deep trenches aad preparing obstacles that the Germans will be compelled to surmount before j they take the city An English correspondent who suc in reaching Liege sent the fol lowing dispatch here today Truly they are de fenders of Liege They have held back two German army corps for forty hours If they had done no more they have achieved the great task of the moment They gained time which was vital Confident In their numbers the Ger mans believed that no obstacle would be presented to their strategy of out flanking the French position on the eastern frontier The unexpected fighting ability of the Belgians has up set the German plans CHICAGOAN KILLS SELF AND FAMILY Olaf Broods Over War Beats Wife and Son to and Suicides CHICAGO Aug Olaf Lange a dentist today beat his wife and son to death with a hammer after stabbing them with a dagger and then committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor The police believe he was insane his condition having as a result of brooding over the European war The police say Lange first attacked Ms wife stabbing her eleven times and beating out her brains with a hammer He then son and beat him to death Lange then rushed into the bath room of his apartment and after cutting his own throat turn ed on the water in the bath tub jump ed in and lapsed into unconsciousness The tragedy was discovered when wa ter from the bath tub overflowed into the apartment below By Herbert Temple August a ter rific battle between the German and British fleets has occurred in the North sea with a victory for armada of Britain is the general bej lief here today though the admiralty is maintaining the greatest as to the movements of its Winston Churchill first lord of the admiralty stated in the house of com mons this that there has been no losses of any kind of fighting except that already officially an He declined to give any fur ther information One Cruiser Sunk The only loss officially announced Is the sinking of the cruiser Amphi on She was blown up by a mine The admiralty has not made any official announcement that fighting has oc curred Reports received here from along the coast carry the rumor that nine teen German ships were sunk in bat tle Churchill discussing the sinking ot the cruiser Amphion said that the system of mine laying followed by the Germans was new in naval warfare and might affect neutral shipping throughout the civilized world He added that the admiralty would care fully consider it Found Ship Laying Mine The statement by Winston Church ill in full was ae follows Apart from the loss of the small British cruiser Amphion and the German there has been no oilier fighting and no other loss as far as we are aware On Wednesday a flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers while patrolling the upper reaches ol the channel found the Luise laying mines The destroyers pursued and sank her About fifty of her crew which proba bly numbered or 130 men were humanely Raved by the crews of the British destroyers The Amphion continued to scout with the and while on the re turn journey was blown xip by a mine Comment on Mine System The indiscriminate use of mines not in connection with military har bors or strategic positions and the indiscriminate scattering of contact mines ah out the seas might of course destroy not only warships but peace ful merchant vessels under a neutral flag and possibly carrying supplies to a neutral country This use of the mine is new in warfare and deserves the attentive consideration not only ol those who are engaged in war but of the na tions of tlie world t The admiralty is not at all alarm ed or disconcerted by this incident LIEGE BATTLE A PUZZLE TO MILITARY EXPERTS Beyond the fact that the German farces attacking Liege have suffered terrific losses the actual situation in and around the besieged Belgian city is a puzzle to military experts this evening Three conflicting reports were re corts were received here late in the day The International News Service correspondent at Brussels stated that 1200000 Germans attacked Liege this afternoon and penetrated Bressoux o suburb after crippling Fort Fleron A Paris dispatch said an official mes sage received there stated that the Germens had entered Liege The Ex change Telegraph company reported from Brussels that the Germans had asked for an armistice and admitted the loss of 25000 men Believe Earlier Story An earlier dispatch from the Inter national News Service correspondent gave the German losses as 15000 He had been instructed to send only cial reports as to losses and it is be that his figures are therefore nearer correct than those given by the ex change telegraph There is a vast interest in the Liege battle and scenes of frantic asm were witnessed outside the Lon don newspaper offices when a bulletin was posted telling of tremendous loss es by the Germans Mrs Milo Tuttle of Lake is spending the week with her parents INDIANA LINEMAN KILLED Ind August Bry ant twentythree of Pierceton Ind an electric lineman was fatally in jured near here today when struck by a falling tree Both his legs were broken and his skull fractured DEATH TOLL NOW FORTY Mo August death toll resulting from the wreck of a motor car and a passenger train on the Kansas City Southern railroad near Tipton Ford was placed at forty today discovery of an other charred body in the debris GERMAN CABLE CUT NEWS MAY BE BIASED The International News wishes to point out that the cut ting of the German cable has cut off Germany from direct communi cation with the outside world Practically all of the news from Europe in the past few days hae come from either London Paris or Brussels where the foes of Ger many exercise strict censorship or all cable news It Is within the power of the censors to suppress any or all news The fact that the London cables since the German cables were cut tell almost soley of Eng lish French and Belgian victories must not be taken to indicate be yond doubt that the Germans have not been victorious In some or their battles There are always two sides to a story When the Germans side finally is told it may show that they have captured many English merchant ships have inflicted damage to their foea in naval battles and it may contra dict some of the London cables about the German losses at Liege U S TREASURER ASKS DEPOSITS SENT TO HIM 1 INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN Needs of Americana in London Have Been Taken Care Sail PALI OF S DEATH OF MRS WOODROW WIL SON A SHOCK TO ALL THIRD TO DIE IN THE MANSION First Lady of the Land Had Endeared Herself to Scores of People in Washington WASHINGTON August A pall of sadness hangs over the white house arid over all Washington today be cause of the death of the First Lady of the Land At the main entrance of the executive mansion black crepe told of the sorrow within and the gates of the white house grounds were closed All the flags of the city were at half mast and only a few absolutely necessary for at work in the execu Washington has not yet recovered from the shock of Mrs Wilsons death President Wilson and his daughters remained in seclusion in the white house the former denying himself to all except his family and his secretary The funeral plans have not yet been ar ranged but it is expected that Mrs Wilson will be buried either at her girlhood home in Rome Ga or ill Princeton where she spent so many years while her distinguished hus band was president of the university Third to Die Here Mrs Wilson was the third wife of a president to die in the white house Mrs Benjamin Harrison died on Oc tober 25 1S92 Mrs John Tyler also died there The death of Mrs Wilson came after an interim of twentytwo years without a death in the Immediate family of the executive in the man sion The last death of a member of a presidential family in the white house was that of Rev John Wither Scott the venerable fatherin law of President Benjamin Harrison It was but five weeks before that the wife oE President Harrison Caroline passed away after a long illness Endeared to All Although Mrs Woodrow Wilson had spent only a few months of active social life in the white house she had endeared herself to scores of Wash with whom she became in acquaints J She was the first wife of a president to visit the slums of Washington and to take steps to bring about an amelioration of conditions Only yesterday the al ley hill which she so vigorously advo was passed by the senate It her dying wish and it will be passed by the house in the near fu ture When Mrs Wilson came to Wash ington she was a strong vigorous wo man and despite the exacting social duties she assumed it was not until she had a severe fall in the lobby ot the white house that her health be gan to fail She slowly grew weaker and when she died she was thin and worn and nothing lite the bright strong and charming woman who be came the First Lady of the scarcely sixteen months ago WASHINGTON Aug Burke treasurer of the United States today began the work of sending money from relatives and friends in this country to Americans stranded abroad Mr Burke said that deposits should be sent either to the treasurer or the United States Washington or to the assistant treasurers at Baltimore Bos ton Chicago Cincinnati New York New Orleans Philadelphia St Louis and San Francisco Payment will be mads to the by officials oil board the United SUtae Tennessee on its in Europe or on cable advice from the depart ment The depositor should give his and address and the name and ad dress of the person to whom the money is sent He should also give the age height weight complexion and color of hair and color of eyes of the payee Deposits arc accepted only at the risk of the owner and the receipts given for the deposits should be retained Cared for in London LONDON August immediate needs of all the Americans who were stranded here have been taken care of by the American relief committee and the of the marooned tourists was added to today when they were told that the United States cruiser Tennessee millions In gold specie for their relief had sailed from New York last night About 2500 Americans arrived in London from Paris during the past 21 hours bringing the total that has come here from the French capital since the was began up to 7500 Ail the are being taken care of immediately by the comittee It is at least 15000 Americans will sail for the United States within the next week and there will hea general as soon as the Tennessee arrives and provides the Americans with sufficient gold to pay their passage back to New York 2000 Americans Sail The American liner Philadelphia which sailed from Southhampton for New York yesterday with 2000 Amer will be followed by the Celtic which was due to sail early today with 2GOO passengers Five ships are scheduled to sail from here for New York and the total bookings are over 10000 Every available inch of room on these liners has been sold out Many of those who secured early and who have no fears of a prolonged stay in London sold their to those who wanted to get hack to New York at once They realized two and tree times the regu lar price for their tickets Another Sails August 10 LIVERPOOL August steam er Viking which was engaged by a syndicate of Americans to carry stranded citizens of the United States home will sail August 10 it was an today Paying Out Gold LONDON August Bank of England began paying out gold in ex change for paper money and financial confidence was fully restored today Shopkeepers and hotel proprietors secured a supply of the precious met al and met all requests made by Americans One pound notes were issued by the government and are be ing freely circulated There was a large crowd at the Bank of England when it opened but there were lees than last week when the payment of gold was stopped PRICES OF MEAT AND FISH GO UP As Result of Wars Coffee Sugar and Eggs Also Take Take in Price Land NEW YORK Aug in meat are reaping a harvest as a re suit of tlie European war Today the fish mongers took their inning boost ing prices from two to three cents a It was officially announced at the white house today that the funeral services at the white house will be pound for standard varieties private The time of the funeral serv J 11 ices has not yet been fixed Funeral Probably Monday Although clans for the funeral have not been announced it probably will j The socalled cheap beef sold today be held Monday Word came to 10 white house today that Mrs Wilsons Even sugar and coffee which come from the West Indies are rising Eggs also are a source of increased profit to the shopkeepers only sister Mrs Edward Elliott is ill in California and will be unable to come to Washington for the services Her brother Professor Stockton Ax son is on his way to Washington and is expected tomorrow S E Brown of Atlanta a cousin of Mrs Wilson and George Howe of Continued on 7 at 16 cents as against 13 cents two days ago Lamb has advanced 4 cents a pound and veal the same Mutton has gone up cents Canned meats today advanced five cents a dozen wholesale on two pound tins And the end IB not yet AUSTRIAN REGIMENT IS ANNIHILATED IN BATTLE IN ROME Aug Austrian regiment was totally annihilated in a battle with near today and the are now in full retreat toward the Danube according to a dispatch received here from Nish NAPLES Aug wireless message intercepted by the operator of a ship here this afternoon indicates that the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau have been sunk in a battle with a British fleet off Messina today It read Both Germans sunk The operator who intercepted it said the message was appar ently being sent from the vicinity of Messina to a warship off the southern coast of France LONDON Aug admiralty announced today that British warship Vindictive had captured the German Schlesien and taken her to Plymouth The British consul general at Antwerp reports that the oil tank steamer had been destroyed by mines off Cuxhaven The steamer Calgarian re ported by wireless today she was out of danger near Race BRINDISI Italy Aug first naval battle in the At was fought between the Austrian cruiser Taurus and a flo tilla of British torpedo destroyers The Taurus was crippled and put in here to escape her pursuers She was leaking badly CHERBOURG Aug French mine layer Pluton cap tured a 5000 ton German steamer off the French coast today MANILA Aug German squadron is engaged in battle with a British cruiser off the coast of China according to a report received here today STOCKHOLM Aug captain of a Finnish ship that arrived here today reported that the Russian fleet had been bottled up at Helsingfors and that the Russian forts at Reval and Li ban had been captured by the Germans and burned There is no con of this report A Russian cruiser is reported ashore near Finland ATHENS Greece Aug is secretly mobilizing its troops All the officers were recalled by telegraph today THE HAGUE Netherlands Aug Dutch army fe mob rapidly for war with Germany Queen Wilhelmina left here early today by automobile to inspect the troops concentrated near Rotterdam LONDON Aug French embassy received an official dispatch today stating that the Austrian ambassador at burg had asked for his passports Austria regarding herself at war with Russia BERLIN via London August denial was made by the German government today of the repart that Germany had sent an to Italy WASHINGTON Aug Russia has been occupied by German troops and the Russian general staff has abandoned the city says an unofficial dispatch received by Secretary Bryan today He refused to state the source of his information NEW YORK Aug New York office of the La of Buenos Ayres has received the following dispatch via Paris BERLIN Aug order of the emperor one hundred socialist deputies have been shot in Berlin among them the social ist leader Herr Liebknecht CONSTANTINOPLE Aug British steamer struck a mine in the Black sea today and had to be beached ROME Aug Messina dispatch to the Tribune reports that a naval battle between German and French ships is now raging in the Mediterranean Firing of guns can be heard at Messina CANADAS FIRST MOVE ABOUT WAR German Consul at Winnipeg Manito ba Passports Today Or ders to Mobilize troops Aug Con sul General Baron Rudt Ton Collen berg at Winnipeg was this afternoon handed his passports by the Canadian authorities with the request that he leave Canada within 24 hours The baron with the members of hia staff will go to St Paul Minn tomorrow The United States consulate has been asked to look after the affaire of the German government in this district The Austrian consul has not yet re his passports Orders were received today from Ottawa to mobilize 1500 troops in Winnipeg at once for service in the British army in Belgium This confirms Englands intention to stop the German invasion into France if the French troops do not the advance themselves Twentyfive thousand men are being mobilized in Canada CUT INDIANA OIL PRICE Ind August Tie Ohio Oil company today an a second cut in the price of crude oil The European war situation has caused the slump in oil Dr 1 H Bamfield leave Sun day for a few days sastern trip HUNT LAFAYETTE GIRL CHICAGO August E Walsh today asked the police to lo cate her niece Thelma Moorehouse who has been missing two weeks Tne girl formerly lived in Lafayette Ind BRYAN SILENT ON PEACE PROPOSAL SAYS IS TOO MATTER German Embassy Is Closed at Wash ington Clerk In Charge of the Austrian Embassy WASHINGTON Aug ol State Bryan refused to discuss whether replies had been deceived by this government to its mediation pro submitted to the pean nations That at one reply has been received was gathered from the tenor of his conversation but when questioned closely the secretary refused to throw ony light on the sit This is such a delicate matter said the secretary involving it does the closest diplomatic relations between this government and others that it is a matter to be jealously guarded I must refuse to answer any until the depart ment can make a public announce ment At the British embassy it was stat ed that it was most likely the Ameri can ambassadors would send their re plies direct to the state department At the French embassy here it was stated that the reply of that nation to expected to be only a polite of the receipt of President Wilsons offer The German embassy is closed A clerk in charge of the Austrian Continued on 7 4
