The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 16, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 August 1914 — Page 1

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FRANCE AND AUSTRIA IN WARCLASH Declaration Is Formally Made. FRENCH GET SETBACK British Capture German Liner With $5,000,000. BATTLE CONTINUES AT LIEGE > L _ J., ■ Britain Hints It Rules Se#s—-Austrians Shoot Diet Members —German Soldiers Concentrating Near Russian Border —Serbs Invade Austria —Gen man Spies Shot by Belgians—Austrians Withdraw From Belgrade. NEW YORK — The Cunarder Lusitania, which left here last Wednesday for a dash across the Atlantic, reached Fastnet, about 300 miles from Liverpool. SOFIA — A state of war has been proclaimed throughout Bulgaria in order to enable the government to prepare to guard the frontier against Violations. LONDON — A dispatch to the Standard from St. Petersnurg says a small German airship was riddled with shot and brought to the ground near Czenstochowa, Russia Poland. Its occupants, four German officers, were killed. LONDON — AC entral News dispatch from Berlin says the funds seized by the German government in Berlin banks are said to total $25,000,000. LONDON — The war office press bureau confirmed the report that the Russian Invasion of Austria is in progress. It says a Russian army of 350,000 is advancing through the Styr River Valley toward Lemburg. LONDON — Dispatches to the Times from The Hague and to the Tfelegraph from Maastricht agree that the struggle for possession of the forts at Liege is going on continuously and giving rise to terrible scenes of bloodshed and of heroism. The Germans ere making fierce efforts to silence the forts nearest the city proper and the defenders are gallantly holding out against almost constant bombardment. LONDON, ENG.—A news dispatch from Brussels says it is officially announced there that the German loss in Belgium in the recent fighting was 2,000 dead, 20,000 wounded and 9,700 prisoners. LONDON — The Hamburg-Amer-Jean line steamship Cap Ortegal, with $5,000,000 in specie aboard, has been captured by the British, according to the Daily Mail. The liner departed from Buenos Aires on July 16 for Southampton. LONDON — The English admiralty announces permission may now be obtained for shipment of coal from England to Norway and Italy. This is taken to indicate there is no danger from foreign warships. • PARIS — Leading Serbo-Croatian jnessbers of the Vienna parliament and diet at Seapa have been shot by Austrian military authorities. ST. PETERSBURG — Germany’s troops are concentrating n,e,ar the border in brigades. German aeroplanes are flying toward Kovno. NISH — Montenegrin troops have occupied Spizza, Pachtrovitz and Budva, on the Dalmatian coast. They carried Netalka and Sienokos, surrounding heights, by assault. BARI — Austrian cruisers that bombarded Antivarl, Montenegro’s sole port, shelled also crowds of Mon tenegrins wfap had taken refuge in adjacent hills. Th? port was severely damaged. i PARIS — France has formally declared war on Austria. The declaration followed the failure of the Austrian government to make satisfactoryexplanations ot the movements of Austrian troops from the Austrian Tyrol through Switzerland to the Alsatian border. The declaration of war nad been expected for the last three days, but Franc# was determined that it would not act until something definite bad taken place oh which a declaration could be based. This was in order tc prevent Italy being forced into the as an ally of Austria. When tbs announcemext was re-

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KING ALBERT Ruler of Belgium Defending His Country Against Germans. I " Mm ‘UmhBL JSS H > OF W w Hi * * I Photo by American Press Association. ceived that Austrian troops, under the grand duke of Tuscany, had crossed Lake Constance and were at Basel, on the Swiss border, prepared to attack the French forces operating in Alsace, g peremptory demand that Austria declare hey position was made. The Austrian ambassador was sent for and was given until Monday to get a definition of the Austrian position. This was not done, so the foreign office handed the ambassador his passports and war was immediately declared. At the same instant the French ambassador at Vienna applied to thq Austrian foreign office for his passports, French Reverse Believed, LONDON — Coincident with thq receipt here of the . report that q great battle was on in the valley ot the Rhine near Neu Breisach between the French and the Austrian-German forces, and a that the French had been swept back with heavy losses, came a dispatch from Paris declaring that the French war office had forbidden the publication of casualty lists. The French engaged are the army which is invading Germany from Belfort, and which already has swept the Germans before it in victories at Altkirch and Muelhausen. It is believed that the French adlance, which so far had been unimpeded, has suffered a serious check here. Germans Cease Their Advance. BRUSSELS (via Paris) — Information from the front confirms the report that German troops have ceased theif advance by the valley of the Ourthe. They are said to have retired on their reserves and to be throw ing up defensive works. Another German Invading Force. PARIS — A big force of Germans is invading France through Esch. Servian Army Invades Austria. NISH, SERVIA — The Servian army has invaded Austria near Priboj and Visegard. The Montenegrin forces occupied Spizza, Pachtrovitz and Budua on the Dalmatian coast and carried by assault Netalka and Siepp kos. North Sea Again Closed. LONDON — The North Sei has again been closed to the fishing fleets. The admiralty instructed masters of vessels not to go out until further notice. Two Austrian Steamers Seized. ANTWERP, — Two Austrian steam ers were seized in port here. One Hundred German Spies Shot. BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (via Parii Belgium has been completely cov ered with a network pf Germa? spies. Six hundred already have beep arrested and 100 have been shot. of those captured were wearing uni forms of gendarmes, civic guards, sos diers and officers of the Belgian army, Many of the spies were armed with bombs and revolvers and were riding in autpmpbiles bearing false numbers They also had in their possession (eldgrams and letters with counterfeit indorsements. Says Austrians Withdraw. LONDON — The Servian lega (iop makes an official announcement to the effect that the Austrians, whq have beep .attacking Belgrade, have withdrawn after-making seven unsuo , cessful efforts to cross the Danube and the Save and invade Servian terri- • tory. Germans Held as Hostages. 1 PARIS, VIA LONDON. —lt is reported from Belfort that, in view of the execution of French subjects by Germans, sevep prominent residents of the German town of Montreal Vieux, just over the frontier, have been taken by the French as hostages, j

ITALY TAKES WARLIKE TONE Demands Account for Bombarding ot Antivari by Austrians. RELATIONS MORE STRAINED ——— Economic Effects of War Are Severely Felt In Italy—Japanese Premier Asserts His Nation and U. S. Will Remain Friendly—Japan’s Attitude Depends on Result of British Campaign j LONDON — According to thi correspondent at Rome of the Morning Post the diplomatic relations between Italy and Austria are becoming more strained. Italy, has demanded an explanation of the bombardment of the establishment of the Puglia company at Antivari, Montenegro, over which the Italian flag floats and in which there were Italians. The economic effects of the war al-; ready are severely felt in Italy. Train service has been reduced to save coal I ct necesity. There is a scarcity of the smaller denominations of money everywhere. The mayor of Rome has issued a list of maximum prices that may be charged for food. Japan Friends of U. S. TOKYO, JAPAN — Count Okuma, the premier, in an address to th? newspaper men in Japan urged them to refrain from sensational rumors and inflammatory articles in such critical times, saying they were calculated unduly to excite the public and injure Japan’s relations with friendly countries. The premier instanced what he termed a false assertion that the United States was sending a fleet to Japan. “America,” concluded the premier, •'has made no demand on Japan and remains Japan’s great friend." Waiting on British Campaign. LONDON — The Pekin correspondent of the Times telegraphs as fellows: ‘ “Replying to China’s request of the United States and Japan to use their influence to protect China from warlike activities oL other nations Japan has stated that her attitude depended on the {result of the British campaigns. The time was not ripe to consider China’s proposal, it was said. “The United States avoided committing herself.’’ • MRS, WILSON LAID TO REST Bells Toll Along the Rout# of Funeral Train. WASHINGTON — Simple funeral services were held for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the presi dent, in the east room of the Walts House at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. The Rev, Dr. Sylvester Beach Princeton, who had performed the wedding ceremonies for two daughters of Mrs. Wilson in the same room within the last year, read selections from the scriptures and uttered a prayer after the usual Presbyterian funeral services. There was no music. At .4:30 o’clock a special train bear ing the body, the president and ais family left for Rome, Ga., which was = reached Tuesday morning and where the burial took place. Church bells in many towns along the route followed by the special funeral train were tolled as the train passed. GET MILLIONS IN CURRENCY National Banks Take $137,000,000 to Meet Demands, WASHINGTON, D. CJohn Skeltcu Williams, controller of the currency, stated that $137,00-0,000 in currency has been placed with the banks of the country to meet the emergency demands incidental to the European war. Mr. Wiliams said the demands made pq the national banks ip the central reserve and in the reserve cities by their country correspondents are being well met. There is no reason, according to the controller, why they should not be met promptly, and if he finds that nay national bank refuses to honor the legitimate demands of its customers or, correspondents, that bank will be promptly investigated and dealt with, HOME RULE LAW THIS MONTH It Is Expected Parliament Will Be Prorogued Soon After 25th. LONDON — It is believed (ha( Premier Asquith will announce that the bouse of commons will meet on Aug. 25 only lo’cunsider the paces sary departmental measures and will then be finaHj proogued. This means that the home rule bill and the Welsh dis-establishment bill will, ip the ordinary course of proceedure, become the W of the land some time during the present month ‘ Argentine President Is Dead. | NEW YORK — A dispatch from, Buenos Aires byway of Madrid j announces that Dr. Roque S. Pena, ■ president of the Argentine Republic, wqp dpfid. He had been ill for a long time. Tfle dispatep carried 40 details, concerning his illness,

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INDIANA STATE NEWS Oil Wizard Passes Away. I HARTFORD CITY, IND. — Jacob F. Long, seventy-five years cld, claiming to be gifted with the power cl locating treasiires hidden in the ground, is dead. Long was a bachelor, and during the oil boom in this county attracted considerable attention as an “oil wizard.’ Ke pretended to be able to locate an oil pool by the use of a forked stick. Long was never prouder than when called upon to demonstrate his power Drought Stops Sprinkling. DANVILLE, IND. — For the first time in the twenty years’ history of the Danville water works, the deep wells at the pumping station have shown slight evidence of weakening | within the last week. The long continued drought, and the tax on the plant for sprinkling is believed to have caused the depression. All sprinkling of streets, lawns and gardens is op dered discontinued. Hoosier to Join Bntish Army. ANDERSON, IND. — Chauncey I Evrke, a native of this city and now j a citizen of Kimberly, South Africa, ' . who has been visiting his mother here i for the last month, has left for London !to enlist in the British army. He served with credit through the Boer' war and made a fortune in the Kim- i beriy diamond mines since that Xime. Ate Embalmed Hen Fruit. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Just a year ago Neoma Carriel wrote her name and address on an e-gg she subsequently sold to a local commission house. Saturday she received a letter from Harold Daniel, Indianapolis, who said he had eaten the egg the day before when it was served to him in an Indianapolis, boarding house. Mexican War Veteran Dead. COLUMBUS, IND. — Jchn White, eighty-nine years old, a veteran cf the Mexican war, died at his heme in this city of old age, following an illness ot several weeks. Mr. While was cne cf the two last veterans cf the Mexican war in this city, the other being Lcnzo Kelble, father cf Dr. A. C. Kelble. Charge-1 With Feating Child. NASHVILLE, IND. — Mrs. Sarah Hardin has filed an affidavit against Frank Hardin, her brother-in-law, charging him with unmercifully whipping his sen Elmer, fourteen years old. It is alleged that he whipped his son for almost thirty minutes, striking him with a hickcry swith. Penal Farm Deal Closes Aug. 17. GREENCASTLE, IND.—Announcement is made that the members of the State Penal Farm commission, which selected the penal farm site at Putnamville, will come to Greencastle on Monday, Aug. 17, and close the deal by which the land will be deeded to the state. Man Dies in Bathing Pool. TERRE HAUTE, IND. — James Dereus, forty-five years old, of Chicago, died suddenly while bathing in the 1 pool at the Y. M. C. A. building Here. There was no water in the man’s lungs, which prompted physicians to pronounce death due to apoplexy. j Wants $52,000 for Going to Jail. JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — Mrs. Margaret M. O’Connell has filed suit for $52,000 against the Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction company, alleging that she was humiliated by being committed to jail June 9, 1914, on a surety of the peace charge. Fire Caused by Lightning. NORTH VERNON, IND. — A large barn on the farm of Frank Leigh in the St. Ann neighborhood was < stroyed by fire caused by lightning. Five horses, farming implements and : thirty tons of hay were burned. The insurance carried was small. Raid Is Made On Grocers. ANDERSON, IND. —What is said to be a series of prosecutions was begun with the arrest of Ermon Hawkins, an Arrow avenue grocer, charged with selling rotten eggs. The affidavits were filed by Food Inspector Tucker of Noblesv.lle. , Sullivan, Ind., Merchant Fails. gULLIVAN, IND. — W. E. Woods, who hfcs been in the clothing business here thirty years, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The assets are SB,OOO, and the liabilities are $14,560. The indebtedness is divided among sixty creditors. Aviator In’ured in Crash. LAWRENCEBURG,. JXD. —ln attempting to make a flight at the fair p.n aeroplane driven by W. F. McGinn o( Cincinnati, O„ ran into a fence, breaking the crank case, cne wing and two propeller blades. McCinn wu slightly injured. Y. M. C. A. Worker In New Field. PERU, IND. — J. W. Hogue, fcr three years secretary cf the Railroad Y. M. C. A. here, has resigned to accept the secretaryship cf the Gculd lines’ Y. M. C. A. at Little Reck, Ark. Small Tcwn Reads Sign of Times. GOSHEN, IND.—Explaining the European war as tfl# cause, every Retailer in advanced sugar to .cents a pound- It had been selling at 5 cents. ....

i RALSTON FEARS ALL MAY BECOME INSANE I 'iidiana Governor Is Alarmed al Increase of Lunacy. KOKOMO, IND. — “If something is not done by the American people to reduce the enormous increase of insanity in the country there need j be no worry about peace and war,” declared Gpvernor Samuel M. Ralston in an address at the opening of the chautauqua. “All of us will become insane and cut each other’s throats.” A statement was made by the governor that his temperance-inclined friends may point to as being a declaration of his position on the question of state-wide prohibition. The governor had read an extract from a speech ot Dr. Smith, head of the Eastern Indiana I Hospital for the Insane at Richmond, ‘ in which Dr. Smith said many cases of insanity are caused by immorality and improper living. Among the things , the doctor said caused insanity wan alcohol. .In commenting upon the extract the governor said that the American people should stamp out the causes. MAYBE HE CALLED~A BLUFF Father Who Disappeared in April Returns to Home. LAFAYETTE, IND. — William F. Wainwright, one of the largest i land owners in Tippecanoe county, ; who disappeared mysteriously from his home south of this city last April, has returned. His family had given him up for dead and was of the opinion that he met with foul play. He had ■ a large sum cf money when he left ' here and he did not inform his family he was going. He could give no explanation why he left heme. He said he spent the time in Cclcrado and California. The 'wife and daughter were overfeme with joy when he returned. They spent a large amount of money in trying to locate him. RAIN MIXED ELES2ING ONLY Drought in Fayette County, Ind., Broken and Corn is Saved. CONNERSVILLE, IND.—A three weeks’ drought was bn ken wnen a heavy rain visited Fayette county. Farmers report that the corn crop is saved and they now are able to re- | sume their plowing fcr fall v. heat. i The rain was accompanied by th a worst electrical sterm in years. Two barns were struck, a large structure on the Walter Dean farm and another on the Claire Lake place south cf here. Both were fi'led with grain and hay. The total loss is estimated at $3,500. Two horses, one cow and many hogs were killed. ' BUILDINGS WRECKED BY WIND Farmers Believe Rain Came too Late I to Save Corn. NASHVILLE, IND.—A very severe wind and electrical storm visited the southern part of Brown county. ’ Several large barns were blown down, j the house of Jesse Sims was struck by lightning and destroyed, and at Belmont, telephone poles for two miles were blown down. Much corn was leveled and streams are all over the bottom land. The two months’ drought at Nashville was broken w’ith a steady rain of three hours. Farmers believe that the early corn was too much burned to be saved. MISTRESS DIES, DOG SUICIDE i Faithful, Starves Itself When His Old i Friend Goes. I JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — Joe, a w-hite bulldog, seven years old, starved I itself to death from grief at the loss of a mistress, Mrs. William A. Payne of Corning, N; Y., according to Mr. Payne, who is the son of Parady Payne of Blue Lick, this county. Mrs. Payne was sick a long time, and Joe was faithful in attendance on her. The dog would accept food from ' no hand but hers, and when she died it was disconsolate, wandered from room to room and about the grounds. It refused food and finally died of starvation. KILLED Tn AUTO BY A TRAIN Harry Brown, in an Endurance Contest, Crushed, at Hammond. ! HAMMOND, IND. — Harry M.' Brown, sen of County Commissioner Matthew Brown cf Lake county, In uiana, was killed in a collision be tween his autctncbile and a Monon passenger train at Hammend. 111. Brown was participating in a 200mile endurance contest from Crown Point. Refuged in Switzerland. EVANSVILLE, IND.—Local relatives learned cf the arrival In Erunig, Switzerland, cf .Mr. and Mra. Pau’ Grpsjea cf Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Grosjein is a banker and broker in the Belgian capital. Mrs. Grosjein VUSi formerly Mtsg Mabel Lahr of Cais elty, daughter of A. P. Lahr, depart-: Kicut store proprietor. The cablegram received raid it was impossible for them to reach this country. j

GENERALJOFFRE Chief of French Army Fighting on Frontier. 1 g ?v ■■ ■ i e I F? ■*: * AI 1 t -, Photo by American Press Association s - - . ... . .... . ■ S ♦o<o<o4o>o<o OOO<O<O<O<O4O4 j o o ; I SHORT OUTS TO THE NEWS s 1 o o t 40404040404004040404040404' A eon was bern to Princess Arthur | 5 of Connaught, at Louden, who. was i 3 formerly Duchess of Fife. ’ The Swedish minister of defense. General H. V. D. Keilhau, Las resigned owing to ill health. He is succeeded by General C. T. Hcltfodt. Henry Maples, who shot and killed Jesse Ferguscn at Meyer, 111., surrend--1 eced to Marshal Ward of Cantin. He was turned ever ct the authorities at Quincy. ’ One of the bandits who rebbed the stage coaches in -Yellowstone National 3 Park last week has been captured in 1 the wilds of Idaho by Jimmy Mcßride, ’ a noted scout. Charles S. Hamlin of Boston has been selected fcr governor cf the feds oral reserve beard and Frederick A. 5 Delano cf Chicago has been selected 5 vice governor. Three youths, Michael Geary, WillE iam Dohney and Arthur- McNally, are I held in Chicago for the murder of Po- > liceman John Howe and H. J. Stevens, [ an “L” ticket agent. At least one mail to Europe each week will be assured by vessels of the I American line in the event all the big German, English and French ships . were taken from service. Speaker Champ Clark was nomi- , nated for re-election to congress in the ’ Democratic primary without any opposition. This is the tenth time he has been nominated in the Ninth district. The J. J. Porter company, one of the largest wholesale millinery concerns of Pittsburgh, filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, placing liabilities at $129,558.13 and assets at $177,418.30. A German in civilian attire asked a harvester near Zurich how many Swiss troops were in the vicinity. The harvester drew back three paces, swung his scythe, and the German’s head rolled in the corn. Colonel James C. Pulger, soldier of fortune, was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury at Denver, Col., for the killing of Lloyd C. Nicodemus, a hotel proprietor. The jury recommend the death penalty. The fourth lynching In the vicinity "of Monroe, La., in a week occurred when an unidentified negro was hanged a few miles from here by a mob of white citizens. The negro was suspected of killing a white man. Thorwald Nielson, superintendent of the Danish Old People’s home in Norwood Park, 111., shot and killed his 1 wife, Mrs. Mary Nielsen, during a fit 1 ( cf jealous rage and then hanged himself to a rafter in the basement of ' j the home. ' A leading lead merchant of London says war cannot last long because the world’s supply cf lead is insufficient to maintain the supply of bullets. It is 1 ! estimated that 14,6<0,CC-O men will be ■ i in the field before long. If each man j fired cnly 100 rev nds it wculd exhaust 1 the present stock cf lead. During a severe lightning and rain ' sterm here ten persens were rendered tnccnsclous when lightning struck their hemes. Mr. and Mrs. Riley Walter and seven children were all 1 rendered unconscious and Mrs. Ed- ] ward Wilkes was the other victim. The 1 rainfall amounted to .94 cf an inch. 1 In a dense fog in th# Hudson River 1 hte steamer Iroquois ct the Manhat- 1 tpn line crashed into the Berkshire of the- Hudson Navigation company line ripping her almost to the water line. ' The Iroquois remained fast in the hole J and the two vessels locked together 1 were brought into dock by other steam 1 ers. The Bershire had 1,000 pas j senders aboard at the time. _ |

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BIG FIGHT IS RAGI IG OMBORDER Germans Fase Allies at Three Fonts. ——n DUTCH DEFY GERMANY Austria Officially Oecl ires War on Montenegro. JAPAN MOVING LARGE FORCE Austrian Subjects at Bosnh Said to Be in Rebellion—French 1 roops Fall Back From Muelhausei —Germans Make Another Attack >n Belgian Forts Reported Repulsed -Austrians Reported Driven From R ssian City., Paris, Aug. 12.—Great c >posing armies are in contact alon; a twentymile battle front on the Fr nch border south of Luxemburg. S 11 farther south alternate French 1 id German victories are reported. T1 e Germans say they have driven the 1 rench back from Muelhausen. The 'rench say there is no longer a Ger ian soldier in France. The French de artment of I the Meuse, the Alsation te ritory near j the Swiss frontier, ai d . le Belgian I territory near Liege are hree great , centers of land open Hms France is I receiving black re-e’t- rcC'ients from Africa. . r Washington, Aug. 12.— fficial notice of Austria’s dtei ra: n of war 1 oii Montenegro was >ce> ed by the state department. Brussels, Aug. 12.—Holla id Is about to make a peremptory iemand on Germanv to withdraw her - oops from the Dutch frontier. Alrc dy an explanation fcr the massing -f the German army on her boundar; s has been demanded. The foreign oil ?e here announces that its advices from The Hague were that the Du ?h government is preparing to tell the kaiser that the failure of the ( ermans to withdraw from the front. 3r will be considered a casus belli. Cettinje, Aug. 12. —The ?• entenegrin and Servian armies have loved well into the interior of Bosni; , and it is announced that a general ’.prising of » Bosnians to throw off Au strian rule is impending. So confide it are the authorities that a revolt! ion is impending that arms are being made for. the use “of the entire p.ovinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina aLiost immediately.” Shanghai, Aug. 12. —The captain of a Japanese vessel which a rived here reports that 45,000 Japan* se soldiers had embarked on transpor- 3 and were awaiting orders. He said le believed their destination was Tsn g-Tau, the German possession in Chim. French Quit Muelha isen. Paris, Aug. 12.—A larg ? force of Germans on Saturday nig't attacked the French advance guard which had pushed forward on Cerma? and Muelhausen. Before this attac c the commander of the French troc >s had quit Muelhausen and assembler his troops in the rear of the town. He quickly placed his forces in a fight' ig line and stopped the advance of th > Germans, who, according to French n ports, were superior in number. The actions of the French are declared tc have been * brilliant, and it is claimed that they remain masters of northen Alsace. Women Repulse Sol iers. Paris, Aug. 12. —Accordii g to h special newspaper dispatch, he woman workers in the Belgian na tonal arms factory at Herstal, just iutside ol Liege, defended the vilb ge against the German attack. They a med themselves with revolvers and other weapons w’ith which they repu ;ed several charges of the Germans u lans. The correspondent says 2,00‘ Germ am were disabled by wounds c • scalds. Russians Force Austria s Back. St. Petersburg, Aug 12.- -Successful so far m all the skirmishir ’ along the Austro-Russian border. th# czar’s troops have forced the / (Strians to evacuate the Russian tnw of Radziwiliow. The town hart be n occupied by the invaders sever. J da s ago. Engagements at Lo> jwy. London, Aug. 12.—A di> atch from Paris says official anu >un, ment was made that engagements had taken place between the German md French troops at Longwy, just inside the French border, where Belgi m, Luxemburg and German Lorrair -s meet, at Longuyon and at Virton in Belgium. State of War in Dutch P ovlnces. The Hague, Aug. 12.—/ royal decree proclaims a state, of var in the Dutch provinces of Lim’ >rg, North. Brabant, Zseland and part: of Gelderland of the River V> al.. Six Carloads of German i risoners. St. Petersburg, Aug, 12.—A telegram