Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 240, 19 August 1914 — Page 1

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UNITE TO OPPOSE ALLIES London Military Critics Fear French, Belgian and British Troops Face Bitter Defensive Battle. Big Fight of Opening Cam paign Expected Soon in Southern Belgium and Northern France. BY HERBERT TEMPLE, Manager of the International News Service. LONDON, Aug. 19. Despite the official announcement that an engagement has occurred between German cruisers and British torpedo boats, despite the fact that Brussels dispatches tell of heavy fighting near the Belgian capital and despite the French announcement of continued success in Alsace-Lorrane, the real interest is centered today upon the Ardennes region of southern Belgium and northern France. Armlet Join. It is there that the German armies of the Meuse and Moselle are believed to have affected a junction, and to have hurled 600,000 men upon the combined French and British armies, but what is actually happening can only be conjectured the censorship lets nothing through as to the operations of the British troops since they landed on the French coaBt. Some theorists see significance in they warning issued to the public by the government press bureau to accept with reserve the reports "spread by the enemy." The pessimists are inclined to take this a forecast of news that all is not well with the allies, but all they can do is to guess. Three Possibilities. One report from Belgium that the Germans were falling back in the north and intrenching themselves in defensive positions might mean, first, that the Germans were preparing a strong front'to begin with in order to cover the "dangerous operation of passing the great masses of troops over a large river; or secondly, that the invaders were throwing up a line to cover their retreat in case of disaster; or thirdly, that the Germans really mean to remain on the defensive in northern Belgium pending critical efforts elsewhere. If this last theory is true, the Germans may be planning to capture Namur and make it a rally pont. This would leave the position of the allies very unfavorable. French Activity. Perhaps the German .schedule has been disarranged, but it must be remembered that hurling nearly a million men into a hostile country is a new experiment.

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Independently of their nationality; women of all countries have taken the field to take care of the wounded. The humanitarian organization of, the Red Cross has enlisted every woman willing to give her services. Members of Royal families and women of the aristocracy have donned the white cap and are attending to the hard duties of hospital nurses. In Germany a division of the Bed Cross is attached to each army corps and are continually at hand to rush to the battle field carrying food and medicine. Friends and foes are treated with equal devotion by the Red Cross ladies and many a mother in France will owe the life of a son to the tender cares of a German )roman, and vice versa. - - i r '- -. - .. -

FRENCH OCCUPY ALSATIAN CITIES NEARTRONTIER Saarburg and Pfalzburg Are Taken While Germans Fall Back Toward Zabern, French Report. . War Office Silent on Progress of Kaiser's Army Through Belgium Toward Nation's Capital. BY FRANKLIN P. MERRICK, (International News Service Staff Correspondent.) PARIS, Aug. 19. The occupation of Saarburg and Pfalzburg by the French troops was announced today. The German troops which occupied these towns are reported to have fallen back toward Zabern, at the entrance to the pass through the Vosges mountains. Both Saarburg and Pfalzburg lie on the railway line running westward from Strassburg, capital of Alsace-Lorraine, to the French frontier. Pfalzburg is 8 miles north of Saalsburg, on a spur of the main line of railroad. War Office Statement. The first statement from the French war office in forty-eight hours relative to affairs in Belgium was given out before noon, but it did not contain any information relative to the operations going on there. It follows: "A dispatch to the war ministry says that near Dinant our troops brought to earth a German aeroplane. The pilot was killed, but the German officer, who had been taking observations, was made a prisoner." From all indications the French invasion of Germany includes two movements upon the strongly fortified city of Strassburg. One column, which had crosses the Vosges mountains at Labonhomme and Ste Marie Auz Mines is moving in a northeasterly direction through the Bruche valley. Another column which crossed near Rixingen, or Rechincourt, is advancing along the railroad leading to Strassburg. It is probable that the north column has for its objective the cutting of the railway lines running into Strassburg from the northeast. Zabern, which guards the pass that must be forced in order to allow the French column ot get east of the northernmost ridges of the Vosges, is a point of high strategic importance.

PORTUGAL IN FEAR OF COAL SHORTAGE BY LEASED WIRE. LISBON, Aug. 19. One one-half the number of trains are running, because Portugal is conserving its coal supply. There is a great fear that the war will be prolonged and complications may arise that may cut off the coal shipments to this country. STEAMER ON REEF ALONG WEST COAST VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 19. The Grand Trunk Pacific liner Prince Albert has been wrecked on a reef in Chatham Straits and is breaking up. In response to distress signals received by wireless from her early today, assistance was immediately dispatched from several points.

French Fleet Sinks Part of Austrian Squadron on Adriatic

This photograph shows the Mediterranean Entente Cordial fleet cleared for action. The ships in the rear from left to right are the Cemocratic, Veritie, Republic and Justice (French ships) . Those infront are the Inflexible, Indefatigable, Duke of Edinburgh and Gloucester. The French ships of this fleet are reported to have met and sunk two ships of the Austrian squadron in the Adriatic sea. -

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FOR SUPREME COURT BY LEASED WIRE. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. Attorney General McReynolds was nominated to the Supreme Court bench today by President Wilson. Assistant Attorney Gregory was nominated to succeed McReynolds as attorney general. CONDITION OF POPE REPORTED AS WORSE - BY LEASED WIRE. ROME, Aug. 19. Cardinal Merry Del Val was summoned to the bedside of Pope Pius this afternoon. He remained only a few moments and then left to call back to the city the cardinals who have recently left for cooler scenes. Reports are in circulation this afternoon that the Pope is dying, but his physicians persist in their statement that his condition is not serious. The summons to Cardinal Del Val and his subsequent action was regarded as an ominous sign. MILLION FOREIGNERS IN SWITZERLAND BY LEASED WIRE. GENEVA, Aug. 19. There are nearly one million foreigners in Switzerland today. There is a plentiful supply of food, but big prices are being asked. The war has not greatly affected importation of foodstuffs, as food is coming into Switzerland over all frontiers except that of Germany. I in Field

POPE PIUS ASKS CATHOLICS TO PRAY FOR SPEEDY PEACE

Exhortation Especially Directs Clergy at Direction of Bishops to Invoke God for End of Conflict Public Supplications Requested in All Parishes.

BY LEASED WIRE. R6ME, Aug. 19. The exhortations of Pope Pius addressed to all the Catholic clergy throughout the world to pray for peace in Europe, was made public today. It follows: "At this moment, when nearly the whole" of Europe is being dragged Into the vortex of a most terrible war, with its present dangers, and miseries, and other cries to follow, the very thought of which must strike everyone with grief and horror, we whose care is the life, and welfare of so many citizens and people cannot be but deeply moved and our hearts wrung with the bitterness of sorrow. "And in the midst of this universal peril we feel and know that as both fatherly and apostolic ministry, we should with all earnestness, turn the U. S. TO ACQUIRE SHIPS TO CARRY FOREIGN TRADE Vessels to Carry Goods Formerly Sent in Foreign Bottoms to Countries Buying of United States. Bill Introduced to Enable Government to Insure War Risks of Cargoes and ear ners. BY LEASEDuWr.J WASHINGTON, iAug jPi9 . The United States govern3nienwill soon j purchase a number off iHltfs and operate them through a corporation controlled by the government according to an agreement reported at a conference today at the white Ihouse between President Wilson and i a committee composed of Senator Clarke, Chairman of the senate committee on commerce, Senator Simons, Representative Underwood and Secretary of tho Treasury McAdoo. The administration war risk insurance bill was introduced in the house today. The bill creates a. bureau-' of "war risk insurance" ia -te treasury department under the supervision of Secretary McAdoo, to insure vessels for the use of the shippers in American vessels against risk incident to the European war. The bureau and secretary McAdoo will establish regulations regarding policies and premiums, and an advisory board of three experts shall be employed for the adjustment of claims and similar questions. An appropriation of $50,000,000 is, authorized for losses. The president-is em(Continued on Page Two.)' The Weather FOR INDIANA Unsettled tonight and Thursday, north portion.. Probably showers. Fair south, slightly cooler tonight north portion. ; Temperature Today. Noon 90 Yesterday Maximum Minimum . 92

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whence cometh help' to Christ, the Prince of Peace and the most powerful Mediator between God and Man. "We charge therefore, the Catholics of the whole world to 'approach' the throne of grace and mercy, each and all of us, and more especially the clergy, whose duty furthermore it will be to make in every parish, as their Bish op shall direct, public supplication so that the Merciful God may, as it were, hear the prayers of his children and speedily remove the evil causes of the war, giving to them who rule, to think the thoughts of peace, and not afflic tion. "From the palace of the Vatican, the second day of August, 1914. "Signed PIUS X." WROTE JAPANESE NOTE TO GERMANY COUNT OKUMA. Count Okuma, the Japanese premier, who wrote the Japanese ultimatum to Germany, which it is expected, will involve Japan in the European conflict, has given the American newspaper men every assurance that American property in the Far East will be protected in the event of war. He laughs at the stories that Japan's move was inspired by a desire to involve the United States in the strug gle. He says that the relations between the United States and Japan have never been so friendly as they are at the present moment PALLADIUM WAR ATLAS. The first consignment of war maps have been exhausted and another consignment of 1,000 will be here on Friday or Saturday of this week. This atlas will give full and complete maps of Europe, Austria, Servia, Germany, England, Belglum, France, Russia, Italy, Greece and the world, together with special data showing comparison of armies and navies involved. The atlas contains 16 pages of maps, published by George F. Cram, of Chicago. Price 10 cents to Palladium subscribers.

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Fall of Capital Denied, But German Troops Expected to Occupy City Within Next 24 Hours, Strategists Say INVADERS AnACiTcmf OF LOUVAIN

BULLETIN NEW YORK, Aug. 19. Der Herold, ft German newspaper, bulletins a London dispatch saying; that the Belgian chamber of deputies today permitted the Germans to occupy Brussels.

By Herbert Temple, European Manager of The International News Service. LONDON, Aug. 19. The German army in Belgium, lying east of Brussels, has taken the offensive and a battle, which began yesterday afternoon raged all night and is still going on today. A dispatch from Antwerp stating that the Germans had captured Brussels, was denied at the Belgian legation. It was announced that telegrams had just been received showing the position of the Belgians and their allies to be perfectly satisfactory. It was also stated that the latest advices showed that the forts at Liege were still intact. Despite the denial issued at the Belgian legation, the belief persists that news will come within twenty-four hours telling of the occupation of Brussels by the army of the Kaiser, as the army opposing the Germans east of the Belgian capital is made up of Belgian troops alone, the French and English allies being stationed in other quarters. According to the dispatch to the Central News Agency, the Germans opened the fighting east of Brussels with a brisk cannonade of the Belgian lines about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Long range guns were put into action to drop shells into the Belgian ranks. Miles in the rear, some of these projectiles bursting in Tirlemont where extensive damage was done. It was indicated that the Germans had massed heavy forces east of Louvain, the headquarters of the Belgian army, in an attempt to push through the Belgian lines at that point or to 'roll back the Belgian front toward the capital. MOVES BEYOND NAMUR.

ROME, Aug. 19. A Berlin dispatch I to the Corriere D'ltalia Bays the Ger man war office states the German cen ter is steadily advancing beyond Namur, Belgium, though meeting with sharp resistance from the French and English troops. This confirms dispatches received in New York from the London bureau of the International News Service sayv'g ina. me main German army is believed to be headed for the Ardennes region. DENIES DEATH OF PRINCE. NEW YORK, Aug. 19. An attempt was made to assassinate Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany on July 31, according to a story sent out today by a local news agency. It quotes Richard Baron, a passenger on the liner Finland, which arrived this morning as saying that the Prince was shot in the right hip while riding in near Linden. Mr. Baron was later seen by a representative of the International News Service as he was leaving for Chicago. He denied the story sent out by the news bureau. VISITS SICK SOLDIERS. LONDON, Aug. 19. Ditspatches received here today bring conflicting reports of the rumor that Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany, wounded in battle several days ago. It is believed, however, that latter reports will bear out the one which came from Brussels which stated that the Crown Prince was not wounded, but had been visiting the wounded soldiers at Kerick-Le-Ville. SENDS MORE TROOPS. LONDON, Aug. 19. It is believed that the British government is sending heavy reinforcements to the continent. Plymouth is being used as the principal base of transportation operations. Thousands of soldiers are ar riving there every day for mobiliza tion. Meager dispatches, all suffering from censorship, have been indicating for the past twenty-four hours that the Germans were throwing a net around Brussels on the south and east. The German column, which, advanced northward from the Meuse, in an evident attempt to get between the main body of the French army and the Belgians, proceeded in a wedge-shape with the apex aimed at the Belgian capital.1 Much of the country around Brussels has been ravaged by flying Bquadrona of Unlans. GUNBOAT DISARMS BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 19. A Reuter diepatch from Rome says that the German gunboat Vaterland, has been compelled to disarm at Nanking, Chins.

REFUGEE CRAFT LANDS TOURISTS ON NATIVE SOIL Finland After Exciting: Voyage Brings Home 1,082 Happy Americans From War Zone of Europe. British Warships Near English and . United States Coasts Hold Up and Examine Vessel. BY LEASED WIRE.) NEW YORK, Aug 19. Ten hundred and eighty two more refugees from the European war zone, most of them Americans, arrived here today on board the Red Star liner Finland. It ' was an exciting voyage with the liner being held up repeatedly by British warships, some of the passengers weeping for joy when they saw the Statute of Liberty looming up through the mist at the gateway of New York. The Finland was delayed in getting away from Antwerp, which port she left on August 8. The master of the Bhip had been warned that the lighthouses were darkened and the coast was heavily mined so that passing out was tedious after the ship finally did get under way. Wreck Obstructs Channel. The main channel into the North Sea could not be used as it was obstructed with the wreck of a Norwegian steamer which had been sunk by a mine. After having the ballast tanks pumped out the captain of the Finland sent her through smaller channels. All the way to Dover, where ISO more Americans boarded the vessel, the Finland -was repeatedly overhauled and stopped by English men. of war. After leaving Dover, the' Finland continued to , be held up by British cruisers until she cleared Lands End. Thence she had an anmterrupted voyage across the Atlantic, bat when off Nantucket lightship, the familiar gray, squatty form of a warship again loomed up. This man of war proved to be a Britisher, looking for prises. The Finland was allowed to proceed but just east . of Ambrose channel lightship at the entrance to New York tmrhT" 'irr - again held up bjr. an English ynct sUfe, - 'p