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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
6
Belgians report intense combat at Fort Barchon near noon yesterday when defenders held fire until close quarters. Germans arrived and opened fire in a hail of shot, causing heavy losses estimated variously.
Reports from Brussels via London describe fierce Belgian artillery action near Liege with Fort Chaudfontaine silenced as Germans retreat. Belgians claim 4,000 to 5,000 German casualties and 17 machine guns abandoned. a Belgian lancer squadron reportedly wiped out after 150 German Uhlans killed.
Britain's powerful navy stands ready while the government shifts focus to rearming and training the army. Field Marshal Earl Kitchener is named secretary of state for war to organize the land forces for rapid deployment to Belgium if the German invasion threatens.
Paris reports that French torpedo craft from Bizerta captured the German tank steamer Czar Nicholas II, of about 2,000 tons of oil. The vessel was en route from Batoum to St. Louis Durhone, France.
Mauretania arrived in Halifax at noon after being guided to the harbor mouth by British cruiser Essex. The Cunarder carried 1,400 passengers who are expected to be landed at once.
London reports the Bank of England reduced its discount rate to six percent. News from New York indicates conditions in the financial district were unchanged as calls for funds had risen yesterday to eight percent, with expectations that France and other banks may follow with lower rates.
In Ostend two disguised German officers were arrested today and found with extensive military notes and plans of great value. They are to be executed by firing squad after capture. The event underscores wartime security measures and intelligence risks in occupied Belgium.
The battleship Florida, hastily coal and provisioned, left Brooklyn Navy Yard for Europe with nearly 8 million dollars in gold for American relief. It will watch the German liner Vaterland to determine potential neutrality law violations aboard.
London reports that Amphion sank the Koenig Luise, a Hamburg America liner used for mines. French warship captured the Porto off Guernsey, towed under castle guns. Rumor of Cromarty battle denied. Dover says British ship seized the German bark Perkeo, formerly the Brilliant, built 1901.
Washington August 6 Secretary Garrison condemned high rates by American steamship lines for transporting veterans. He noted prices around 600 per day, then doubled, and said the government may commandeer ships, using army transports at Galveston for trans Atlantic service, to ensure fair compensation later. Pacific and Great Lakes vessels were not available.
Rome dispatch notes German cruisers Goeben and Breslau reportedly reached San Salvatore near Messina after French claims. officer says Breslau shelled Bona and sank ships, while Goeben bombarded Philippeville as a British squadron pursued.
German steamers tied up at Hull were seized by British authorities as prizes. Crews, mostly naval reservists, were made prisoners of war. Local notices warned of possible firing practice off Humber tomorrow and asked residents not to panic. An advertisement for Smoke E Verso Havana 100 cigars appeared in the page.
Brussels Aug 6 anti German feeling in Belgium has intensified with many German residents arrested on espionage charges. Police protect prisoners from crowds as national pride soars. citizens wear cobra badges and Red Cross nurses prepare for wounded from Liege area. King Albert surrenders throne role to Red Cross. hotels become stations. subscriptions aid families of the fallen. Belgian boy scouts capture a German cavalryman and arrest two German engineers suspected spies.
Berlin dispatches report Associated Press correspondent Seymour B. Conger was arrested at the German Russian frontier and sent back to Berlin after orders to reach St. Petersburg. London reports another detention of Dr Han Plehn, London correspondent for Wolff's Telegraphic Bureau, in the morning.
Rival reporters from the south say levies on Americans and foreigners in General Francisco Villa held northern Mexico have drawn complaints to the state department. They allege timber from Kansas City and Orient Railway holdings and the Chihuahua Lumber Co in Chihuahua is being cut and sold to fund the constitutional war chest. Wil Tovar, a sergeant, is named among the figures.
Washington August 6 Mrs Woodrow Wilson the president s wife hovered between life and death today Doctors said kidney trouble from overwork and nervous breakdown contributed to her critical condition She remained conscious and the president canceled engagements while by her bedside in the White House surroundings showed sympathy from officials and diplomats with Theodore Roosevelt among those sending messages
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