The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 15, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 6 August 1914 — Page 1

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BRITAIN AT WAR WITH GERMANY HostilitiesEDeclared by Both NationsFRANCE WINS SEA FIGHT Two German Cruisers Reported Sunk and One Captured. BELGIUWAT WAR WITH KAISER Germans Advance Into Polish Russia Capturing Three More Towns —Servia Defeats Austria in Battle—- * French Win Sharp Fight on Border —French and German Ambassadors Recalled From Respective Capitals of Neighbor. London, Aug. s.—Great Britain declared war on Germany at 7 o’clock last night, Greenwich time, and at almost the same moment Germany declared war on Great Britain. Immediately this message was sent by the British admiralty to the British fleet in the North Sea: ‘'Great Britain declares war on Germany. Capture or destroy the enemy.” It was reported last night that a great naval battle was already on. King George had proclaimed the mobilization of the British army earlier in the day and parliament had voted $525,000,000 for emergency purposes. Washington, Aug. 5. —The German embassy served notice on the United States that, a “state of war” exists between France and Germany. It is tanamount to a declaration of war, but technically different. Paris, Aug. s.—Two German cruisers have been sunk and one captured by a French fleet returning from Trieste. Algiers, Aug. 5. —French warships Lave captured the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, according to an unofficial report received here. Paris, Aug. 5. —The French minister of war issued the following note: “The German ambassador has demanded his passports and diplomatic relations between France and Germany have been broken off. “War is declared. “The first act of the Germans, according to information from a positive source to the minister of war, was to execute M. Samain, former president of the French war society, who lived in Metz, and to imprison all the members of that society.” London, Aug. 5. —The New Haven Dieppe cross channel steamer route has been closed. All vessels have been ordered to remain in British ports. This, following the news from Aberdeen, is taken to indicate that Germany has already struck on the sea against England and it is feared the latter suffered heavily. Aberdeen, Scotland, Aug. 5.—A naval battle north of Scotland is reported in dispatches received here. No details as to what fleets were* engaged are known, but from the report, the wounded are to be landed at Cromatary, it is presumed that one of the fleets was British. All physicians were sent from here on a special train to Cromatary under orders from the London admiralty office “to attend the naval wounded.” It was not disclosed here whether the wounded were British or Russian, but the news was accepted as definite confirmation of the naval battle reported In the North Sea. Berlin, Aug. 5. —The German defending forces repulsed an attack in force of the Russian army at Memel, the most northerly town in Prussia. The Russian army entered the empire at the railway and advanced on Memel. The frontier guards interposed no resistance until the fortifications outside | of the town were reached. Here the German commander had manned his men supported by a battery of artillery and the Russians, when they attempted to charge, were raked by a cross fire and retreated in confusion. The Russian loss is said to have been heavy. Washington, Aug. s.—President Wilson issued a proclamation of neutrality. Naval Battle Raging. London, Aug. s.—The German cruiser Panther,- the warship which was sent to Agadir in the Franco-German. Morocco clash in 1911, has been sunk by a French fleet. Unofficial dispatches say that a na-,

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♦ RAYMOND POINCARE President of France Whose Country Is, at War With Germany \ J . '-WK MK 1 'ff / Fi Will M • IS ■■ S <O<O<O<O<O<O o<o<o<o<o<o<o< i SHORT CUTS TO THE NEWS $ o ° <O<O<O<O<O<OO<O<O<O<O<O<O< The great European war now just opening will delay the opening of the Panama canal. In attempting to save his brother, Ralph, Harvey Worley or Frederick, la., was also drowned. Jchn Lee, a farmer aged seventyresiding west of Arcola, 111., was killed by a bull on his farm. The Swift Packing Company’s car j epair shop in Lake Shore yards at Elkhart, Ind., burned. Loss $30,000. it has been announced that the Cowes regatta in England has been abandoned at the request of King George. The Prince de la Tour d’Auvergne Lauraguais was killed in an automobile accident while returning to Paris -from Loudres. Captain William Fitzhugh Randolph, who was with Stonewall Jacksen when he received his death wound, died at Warrenton, Va. A bronze statue of Baron Steuben, the drill master of the revolution, was unveiled at the entrance of the new parkway in Utica. Ten thousand rifles for the nationalist volunteers were loaded at Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and are being brought to Dublin. Herbert Diggs and Earl Murphy, members of a thrashing crew, were killed by a Burlington passenger train one-half mile east of Glendale, la. One of the bandits who robbed the stage coaches in Yellowstone National Park last week has been captured in the wilds of Idaho by Jimmy Mcßride, a noted scout. Sir Thomas Lipton has decided not to race the Shamrock IX. for the American cup next September if England becomes involved in the general Europeon war. Ten lumber oompanies fined by the Missouri supreme court for violation of the anti-trust law failed to pay their fines and execution will be issued to collect fines aggregating $135,000. General Alvaro Obegon captured Irapuato, Mex., after heavy fighting, crushing 2,000 federals, >woh lost 200 killed and 800 prisoners. The Constitutionalists’, losses were about the same. The Pennsylvania railroad in a report issued makes public figures showing shat the road transported 87,000,000 passengers during the first six month of this year without killing one of them. Fire did $5,000 damage to the Forept of Arden, Barlow N. Higinbotham’s eighty acres of choice trees, and for a time endangered campers on the tract. The forest is located a short distance from Joliet city limits. Fire which started in the sheep pens of the Bourben stock yards, destroyed a third of the plant, forty railroad cars, cremated 1,000 sheep and damaged more than a score of cottages. Loss is about $250,000. Mrs. Rot*-t Griffith, and Mrs. Clara Greuner of Chicago were drowned in the north branch of the Chicago river near Lawrence avenue when they were thrown into the water from a motor boat which collided with some piling. The bodies were recovered. O. A. Rosenberg, head of the firm bearing his name and one of the leading powers of the European stock market, has made $4,400,000 during the last ten days by his possession of advance knowledge that there would i be a war between Austria and Servia. I The large lumber-laden steamer Van !■ Velck was towed into the Duluth har- ‘ bor with a fire raging in its cargo hold forward. The Van Vleck had reached Outer island, 130 miles northeast, when the fire started. The ore steamer W. C. Agnew picked it up and tow- ’ cd It to Duluth. I

bmmmmmnmmmmimnmbmmmmmmmmi FLEETS ARE FIGHTING IN NORTH SEA France and Germany Officially at War. DIRIGIBLES SHELL TOWN Limburg, Holland, Invaded by Kaiser’s Troops. ENGLAND SENDS ULTIMATUM By Today Is Is Certain Six Nations Will Be Involved in European War —English Navy Mobilizes in North Sea —Declaration of War Expected Today—Great Britai« s Ultimatum to Germany Expires. LONDON — Great Britain’s ultimatum »to Germany demanding by midnight satisfactory answer to matter of Belgium neutrality has expired. PARIS — The regiment Austrian infantry comprising 10,000 men supported by heavy artillery, advanced rfgainst the Servians, but were repulsed, leaving many dead and wounded on the field. WASHINGTON — The German embassy served 1 notice on the United States that a “state of war” exists between France and Germany. It is tantamount to a declaration of war, but technically different. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — Rumors were in circulation that Germany had actually declared war on Belgium. German troops crossed the frontier at Gemmenieh, near the junction of the Dutch, Belgian and German frontiers. LONDON — France and Germany are officially at war. The formal announcement was made in Berlin, Where thp foreign office handed the French ambassador his passports. French aviators are reported as having attacked German air men near Longwy, where a battle is in progress. Germans dwropped bombs on historic Luneville, killing fifteen. LONDON — The German cruiser Breslau bombarded the French naval station of Bona, Algeria, at 4 p. m., after steaming off at full speed in a westerly direction, according to a dispatch received at the French em- ' bassy here. TOKIO — The Japanese foreign office issued a statement that if' the 1 war extends to the far East and England is involved in it, Japan may find it necessary to participate in fulfill* ' ment of the Anglo-Japanese alliance. : LONDON — Belgium has de- ! tied Germany. In the house of commons Sir Edward Grey announced that 1 Germany had notified Belgium that she would treat her as an emeny unless 1 the Belgians consented to maintain an 1 attitude of friendly neutrality. Belgium refused and announced that she ' vas prepared to resist aggression by every means in her power. The kiug himself has taken command of the • army. LONDON — A Central News • dispatch from Brussels quotes the Bel- ’ gian war minister denying that Ger- ' man troops have occupied Vise and saying that the soldiers there are Belc gians. s BERLIN — German military offleers at Stuttgart reported to the war 5 office their seizure of $20,000,000 in 1 gold, consigned to Rusia. The gold • was part of a shipment forwarded to ! Russian banks for use of the czar’s government. s Heavy Firing in North Sea. 1 LONDON — The Express says: • “As we go to press we learn from high • authority that heavy firing has been going on for some time in the North 1 Sea. Firing in such volume indicates 1 the participation of many ships.” ' j As England and , Germany are not T \ yet at war the encounter could only be 1 between German and French ships. 5 The only suggestion of any French, squadron in the North Sea was con-: 1 tained in a dispatch from Dover stat-; Ing that a French fleet had passed : there Monday afternoon. This has ’ not been confirmed. Germans Invade Limburg, Holland. • j BRUSSELS — The Burgomaster I • of Antwerp announced that the Ger- ’ mans had invaded Limburg, Holland ' ' and that the province had been placed, 1 under martial law. Limburg has ai 1 population of nearly a quarter of a' 1 million. The people of the Dutch • Kingdom, resolved to go to any ex"j tremity, are said to be opening thedykes and flooding the country, which I

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INDIANA STATE NEWS Women as Deputy Sheriffs. LAFAYETTE, IND.—Mrs. Lillian Mahan and Miss Rachael Hill of the Lafayette charity organizations were sworn in as county deputy sheriffs. They will receive stars and don their insignia of office. The work of charity organizations carries the officers into the worst districts of the city and county and in many cases a city or county officer is needed. This is the first time in the history' of Tippecanoe County that there has been a woman deputy sheriff. Third Strange Skeleton Unearthed. THORNTON, | IND. — While digging a small ditch at the home of Frank Coolman workmen dug up an Indian grave in which, besides the skeleton, was found a silver cross, 9x12 inches, and bearing the word "Montreal” and initials “P. H.” A peace pipe and a gold thimble also were found. This is the third skeleton that has been found on Mr. Coolmau’s farm in a year and also the third silver cross found in this community. Former Teacher Paroled. INDIANAPOLIS. — Governor Ralsion paroled Guy Hart of Warrick county from the state reformatory, .vhere he has served one year of a two-to-twenty-one year term for arson. Hart formerly was a school teacher. In releasing Hart the governor acted on the recommendations of the judge and prosecutor and ten of the jurors who sat in the case, and of Superintendent Peyton of the reformatory. Alleged Blind Tiger Raided. ANDERSON, IND. — A Sunday camping party suspected of operating a blind tiger was raided by Sheriff Black on White river, near Chesterfield, and James Robinson, who acknowledged being proprietor of the place, was placed in jail for lack of bond in the sum of SSOO. Five cases of beer and several empty beer cases, together with a quantity of whisky, were confiscated’. Arrest Ends Wide Search. SOUTH BEND, IND. —A search in progress since last February and extending from coast to coast ended in the arrest in Detroit of Herbert Traska of this city, charged here with having passed a fraudulent check for $350 on the St. Joseph Savings bank. Traska has been in a Detroit hospital for several weeks under an assumed name. . Death May End Big Suit. VINCWNESpF* IND. — With the sudden death of Andrew M. Orr, owner of 10,000 acres of farm land, it is likely that the appeal to the supreme court on the H»ram Brown drainage, affecting the Orr acres, will be dropped. The transcript of 600 pages was completed Saturday, for the expense of which the estate is held liable. Auto Parade for Ralston. GOSHEN, IND. — When GoverGoshen, Ind., Aug. I.—When Governor Ralston arrived here Friday, en route to the Elkhart Chautauqua, he was tendered an informal reception at the Hotel Hascall. He remained in this city until 2:30 o’clock, when he vas escorted to Elkhart by a procession of thirty-five automobiles. Finds Cid Watch in Sewer. SHELBYVILLE, IND. — While repairing a sewer this morning in the rear of the James McCtoskey jewelry store, Benjamin Ruggles round a gold watch which had been dropped into the sewer about fourteen years ago by Fred Horst. The case was still In good condition, but the movement was practically destroyed. Fight Pork’s Deadly Foe. DANVILLE, IND. — County Agent A. W. Orr has arranged for a mass meeting of the farmers, merchants and professional men of Hendricks county, to be held in the college chapel, to discuss plans for a more aggressive campaign against hog cholera, which costs this county SIOO,000 every year. Believed Drowned While Drunk. GOSHEN, IND. — The body of Albert Carpenter, fifty-one years old, a teamster, was found lying in two feet of water in Rock Run creek beneath a Big Four railroad bridge in this city. It is believed that while Intoxicated Carpenter started on a short cut to his home and fell through the bridge into the creek. Eloper Dies of His Wounds. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Herman Kinman, thirty-five years old, of Petersburg, Ind., died here of knife wounds said to have been inflicted by William Markley when the latter learned his wife, from whem he is i separated, and Kinman contemplated 1 an elopement. Bible Classes Ask Policewomen. EVANSVILLE, IND. — In a petition to Mayor Bosse and the board of public safety, twenty-eight Bible classes of the local Federation of , Bible Classes ask for the appointment of a police woman. I I Man, Eighty, Ends Life. ; MICHIGAN CITY, IND.—An unidentified man about eighty years of i age, thought to be from Chicago, com- | mitted suicide here.

VISITOR LOSES LIFE \ OH WAY TO HOSTESS’ Sad Tragedy Befalls Virginia Girl in Indiana. GREENSBURG, IND. — While being driven to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leno Padget at Burney, sfiortly after she had alighted from a train here on which she arrived at 8 o’clock at night from Radford, Va., for a visit with Mr and Mrs. Padget Miss Bessie Lyons, twenty-five years old, was killed when the horse behind which she was riding ran away. \ The accident happened about twe and a half miles west of Greensburg and Miss Lyons died shortly after hei injury was received vs concussion of the brain. Mrs. Padget was a sister of Miss Lyons. She and her husnand met the j train in a buggy to take the visitor tc their home at Burney. The three were ; riding in the buggy when the horse be came frightened. It jumped suddenly and a part of the harness broke. The animal then dashed madly down the road for several hundred yards and Miss Lyons fell out, receiving the ini jury from which she died. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Padget was injured. THREE HOOSIERS DROWNED River Tragedies Fill Homes in Indiana With Grief. VINCENNES, IND. — Hobert Sullivan, nineteen years old, son of Sherman Sullivan, and Boyd Johnson, sixteen years old, son of £ack Johnson, both prosperous farmers of Johnson township, were drowned in White river while attempting to swim through an eddy near the old Johnson homestead. The body of Sullivan was recovered this evening. Both lads were the only sons of their respective families. A sad feature of the tragedy was that Johnson’s grandfather, William Johnson, lay dead at the Johnson homestead when the drowning occurred. He died that morning. Menominee, Wis., Aug. 4. —R. S. Smith, a student at the Stout institute summer school, was drowned here while canoeing in the Red cedar river. Smith was thirty years old and leaves a wife and an e’ght-year-old son at Martinsville, Ind. Last year Smith was a teacher of manual training at Tulsa. ADDRESSESBOYSAND GIRLS , Gov. Ralston Compliments Those In I Farm Work In Indiana County. LAPORTE, IND. — Complimenting ' the young boys and girls on the J excellent work they had done in the I past and telling them of the honor that follows honest toil, Governor Samuel M. Ralston addressed an audience of several thousand persons at the Fox Memorial park, the occasion being the first annual picnic of the Boys and Girls’ Agricultural club of Laporte ■ county. The governor was given a royal welcome at the station on his arrival ! by two bands, one the famous Ladies’ .Band of Westville, and a 'delegation of citizens. The guest was at once taken to the park, where the field exercises were held. The governor was a guest of honor later at a luncheon at the Rumely hotel. FIREMAN DIES; CHIEF HURT Interurban Car Strikes Fire Truck Nearly Clear of Track. CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. — Clarence Williams, forty-seven years old, ! a city fireman, was instantly killed and Fire Chief John Hurley was seriously ' injured at noon when hose wagon No. 2 from the East End department was struck by an incoming interurban car on the northwestern division of the I T. H., I. & E. traction line at tl}e | Intersection of Pike street and Woodi lawn place. j The hose wagon was going north on Woodlawn place, answering an i alarm occasioned by a grass fire along ‘ the Monon railroad. The interurban car w’as going west. Frank Ezra, driver of the hose wagon, lashed the horses and succeeded in getting the ' wagon partly across the track. The car struck the hind wheels. I PEOPLE IN WILD SCRAMBLE For Town Lot Drawing? Nix, on the Lots! Sauerkraut. I COLUMBIA CITY, IND. — T:.e Vance Canning company’s storage in I this city was raided by local persons and more than 7,000 quart cans of sauerkraut were appropriated by the raiders for their own use. For some unknown reason the news spread about the city that the company was giving kraut away and in a short time hundreds of persons flocked to the storage and fought for the goods. The president of the company, W.H. Kissinger, has served notice to those who obtained the goods that they must ' return the kraut or settle in cash. The j company officials are looking for the person who started the report. Victim of Heat Succumbs. BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Michael Fioreuden, forty-two years old, an employe at the National stone quarry, south of Clear Creek, died of teat , prostration while at work.

' GENERAL YANKOVITCH One of the Principal Commanders of Servian Army. I Is k > : • ■■ th 1 j Photo by American Press Association, would make the passage of an army impossible. German Envoy Quits Paris. LONDON — The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail sends the following, dated Aug. 3: “The German ambassador, Baron von Schoen, left Paris at 10 o’clock p. m. He visited the French foreign minister for the last time Monday afternoon and protested against attacks on German ships in Paris and alleged frontier raids by French troops. “Immediately on Baron von Schoen’s departure the French ambassador at Berlin was instructed to demand his passports. Trans-Atlantic Station Closes. NEW YORK — Rather than risk breach of neutrality laws it was decided to close the Trans-Atlantic wireless station at Tuckerton, N. J. This station employing the Goldschmidt apparatus, communicated only with a tower at Hanover, Germany, and not with ships at sea. England Assure* France. LONDON — Sir Edward Grey told the house of commons that he had “given France the assurance that if the German fleet came into the English channel or through the North Sea to undertake hostile operations against the French coast or shipping, the British fleet would give all the protection in its power.” LONDON. — With the state set for the world’s greatest conflict, the four great nations of the European continent are at war. England; the mightiest of them all, is mobilizing. All Europe stands aligned—Russia, France, England and Servia allied against Germany and Austria—four against two. Twenty millions of men offer their lives. England’s vast fleet is mobilized in the North Sea, ready to pounce upon the German squadrons should they venture from Danish waters. Declaration of war is left to the British house of commons. A German troop train traversing Alsace-Lorraine was blown up and 200 troops were killed, according to a private dispatch received in New York. Germany violated the neutrality of Belgium, which is guaranteed by England, by seizing Arion, and invaded Switzerland, seizing Basle., Antwerp, the Belgian port, is reported blockaded by British ships. The New York Savings banks now require sixty days’ notice of withdrawals and $50,000,000 in emergency currency was brought to New York. A hundred thousand Americans in Europe are in financial distress. President Wilson asked congress at once for $250,000 to bring them home. AMERICANS WILL GET AID Administration Undertakes to Send Funds to Stranded Tourists Aboard. WASHINGTON — With the news of the otner nations into the conflict hourly expected, President Wilson and his advisers squared themselves to the task of protecting American credit, preserving' American foreign trade, and succoring a quarter of a million tourists in or near the zone of war. Os momentous importance to those who have friends in Europe is the announcement that the administration will undertake at once to transmit gold or the equivalent of gold to stranded Americans abroad. 11914 AUGUST 19141 |s|m|t|w|t|f|s| IzLMsleMs 16171819202122

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BANKS ARE FIRM Grave Crisis Is Met By Government and Financlirs. WITHOUT RULES GF GJIDANCE Measures Resorted to Since Friday to Cope With Emergency Pr duce Period Free From Exciting Manifestations—Banks in Large Ce ters Issue Certificates—Notice on S ivlngs. NEW YORK — Wha-cver apprehension had been enteru ined as to the possibility of a more e ?vere and disturbing financial reflevt: m at the outset of the new week of t c intcraational blow dealt finance ind trade by the European war has be m quickly relieved. Thanks to the p ompt and energetic action taken by tl e banking, interests of the country ar I the government in co-operation the - s is a feeling in the banking communi y that the situation is well in hand. The measures resorted tc since last Friday morning to cope wit an emergency of unprecedented ma? litude and significance were continued over Sunday and Monday and the e' ect which they produced was rnanif st in the freedom of the day from ext ting manifestations of any descrlpti n. Meet Unprecedented Si nation. There was general rect mition of the fact that for a situat in so unprecedented there were n rules to guide and that the steps taken to meet its exegencies had to e dictated by the most unintelllgen estimate possible of the developmer s as they unfolded themselves. The prevailing opinion of the financial co: munity is that the various precauti nary processes from the closing of the stock exchange on Friday to th issuance of clearing house certifies is in this and other cities will permi the country to maintain its trade am industrial equilibrium and that there i main now chiefly to be dealt with tl 3 problem presented by the dislocat >n of the foreign exchange market. There is a substantial mount of money owing by us abroa on open account, the bills accruing i the next thirty to ninety days. Tl ire is entire agreement that further emittance of gold, even if possible, would be desperately unwise. It v mid help Europe little and hurt us i ore. Will Issue Certifies' :*. Before the hour for the opening of . the banks for business her the clearing house association votL I to issue clearing house loan eerrfßc"“tes. These permit the banks to settle heir daily balances with each other v ithout the use of gold and resort to t em is not to be criticised academical?' but commended as a practical - p ivisicn of ready facilities against th unknown contingencies of the futur> The action of the New York cles ing house was imitated at Philadelpl ia, Boston and other centers and is a art of the general plan for maintainin, the credit machinery of domestic busi. ess in full operation. FOREIGN SHIPS TO FLY AMERICA:/ FLAG Underwood Bill Admits Them to American Regis ry. WASHINGTON — By an unanimous vote the house passed the Underwood bill prepared by adr inistration cfficials providing for the a mission to American registry of f reign-built ships. The bill is designer to relieve as far as possible the tie-u in American commerce by the cornj. ications in Europe. The Underwood bill was passed despite the assertions of Republican speakers that its enactme: t into law might involve the United States In trouble with one or the c her of the belligerent powers of Ev ope. The argument was made that he Underwood bill might be looked i >on abroad as. a subterfuge on the ] irt of the United States to enlist *th< vessels of belligerents into it# merch nt marine The bill was supported by Congressman Mann. SOCIALIST LEADER S SLAIN Anti-War Statements of lean Leon Juarez Resented PARIS, FRANCE —Jean Imn Juares, ‘ Socialist leader and son er deputy, was shot here by an uni nown man was shot here late last n ;ht. The man who shot hi: i down is Raoul Vilain, twenty-nine years old/ and a student at the A: chaelogical school. His mother has b ;en a lunatic for twenty years and he himself is a crank. He is a men ber of the Parti Sillonist, which is h< stile to the Camelots du Roi. The Socialists have her i opposing war. The police have with leld details but it is understood that 1 is assassin resented an anti-war state nent made by Juares. Slayer Ends Life. DULUTH —Henry Wuoi . arrested* for the murder of two chJdren com- ' mitted suicide. , -J »

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