The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 16, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 20 August 1914 — Page 1

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5,500,000 SOLDIERS INBATTLE Kaisir Has 2,500,- > 000 of Them. HEMMED IN BY ALLIES **— French Aivance Is Nearing Alsatian Capital, Strasshurg. germany| pushing forward German Crtown Prince Is Reported Wounded—Kaiser Calls For 600,000 More Men—Belgians Gain in Battle •—Greek Ultimatum to Turkey-*— Invasion of Eastern Prussia by Russians Begun—Czar to the Front— Russia Defies Turkey. LONDON, ENG. — German cavalry patrols have been signaled to the nolithward of Antwerp, according, to the Antwerp correspondent of Reuters. The military governor has ordered the entire civil guard of Antwerp to be mobilized on a war footing and to take their positions in the forts around Antwerp. LONDON — A dispatch to the Central News from Rome says the Austrian torpedo boat No. 19, struck a iiine at t.'.y entrance of the harbor at S’obi, the A, Man naval base' in the Ad'-if'.t.o, ami went down. Only one tnecibei of the crew of twenty wi* saved. PARIS, FRANCE — An official an nouncement here says the rumor is persistent at The Hague that the German crown prince has been shot and seriously wounded and is lying at Aix-La-Chapelle, whither Emperor William has hastened, to his side. LONDON — The Daily Mail’s Basel, Switzerland, correspondent says it is reported there that notices have been posted in the German frontier towns calling to the colors all men, trained or untrained between the agea of 39 to 45. Such men, the Correspondent adds, number about 600,000. PARIS — A dispatch to the Figaro from Brussels says that the battle in the north is turning to the advantage of the Belgians. According to the Belgian minister of war their forces have blocked the pivoting move southward undertaken by three corps of the German army at Liege. SHANGHAI, CHINA —Two German cruisers have been disabled "and brought into Hongkong. Confirmation of this fact was received here. The deck works of the turrets and the Barbettes of the two cruisers were demolished and their funnels had been shot away. Their sides were stained with blood which had Tun through the scuppers. ST. PETERSBURG — The czar has decided to join his army in the field and will remain with the troops throughout the campaign. LONDON — A dispatch from Brussels says the sea of the Belgian government has been moved to Antwerp. German cavalry threatens Brussels. BERLIN — The German government in a note to the Belgian government intimated that the Belgians had so brilliantly proved 4 their honor in arms that the German government, after taking Brussels, would be willing to conclude any arrangement compatible with the conflict between Germany and France and would evacuate Belgium as speedily as war conditions permitted. The Belgian government replied Aug. 13, agaid refusing the German proposition. LONDON — A German army is reported to be heading straight so! Brussels byway of Huy and Jodoigne. The French and Ruskian ministers at Brussels have turned over the archives of their legations to the Spanish minister and have left for Antwerp with the officers of the Belgian government which virtually is moving its capital to the seaport. LONDON — Turkey is mobilizing to war strength. Greece has sent an ultimatum threatening reprisals if Turkey continues preparations. PARIS — The war office officially announces that French cavalry, leading the invaders of Alsace j through Saale Pass, have arrived at ; the village of Rosheim, or Muhlbach. twenty inilos from the capital of the former French province. \ ROME (via London) —Confirmation of the naval fight in the Adriat- j - - ..... I

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SCENE OF BATTLE 1 i I French-German Border Where | Great Battle Is in Progress. NORTH Sea rn-r — it . CUNViiue [>> 1 ‘ S+BERN ic Sea is given in a dispatch from Celtinje to the Corriere d’ltalia, which says that the Australian battleship Zrinyi and three other ships whose names could not be ascertained were sunk by the French fleet. A great number of French and English warships are said to be patrolling the coast. LONDON — Hemmed in by the allied forces of France, England and Belgium to the west and by 800,000 Russians,' who are invading eastern Germany, Emperor William is at Mainz, directing his army in an effort to deal a crushing blow against the French. Russia’s speedy mobilization and Japan’s threat impel Germany to put forth her utmost strength to win a decisive battle at once. Despite reverses, German troops in Belgium have made important advances and are now only fifteen miles from the French border. More than 3,000,000 soldiers are marshalled against the kaiser’s army. C-f these 800,000 are Russians, 400,000 are in the forces of the allies in Belgium' 51 and 1,800,000 French troops on the Franco-German border. The combined armies of Germany operating against Belgium and France are estimated at 2,500,000 men. The progress of the German troops through Belgium is evidence that the victories of the allies have not retarded the Germans. Russia Defies Turkey. LONDON — Russia defies Turkye to bar the passage of the sixtyeight war ships in the czar’s Black Sea fleet through the Dardanelles to co-operate with the French and English squadrons in destroying German and Austrian commerce. More than cne hundred German and Austrian vessels have been captured by the Russians in the Black Sea. Austrians Invade Russian Territory. LONDON, ENG.— Several Austrian army corps have invaded Russian territory, according to the Vienna correspondent of the Reuter Telegram company. The Russian advance on Zalosce, Brody and Sokal, in Galicia, clvose to the Russian frontier and northeast of Lemberg, is checked. Kaiser to Direct Men. ROME — Word reached here that Emperor William of Germany, accompanied by the entire German general staff, has reached Mainz. From that point the kaiser expects to direct the entire campaign against the French and Belgian lines. Earlier reports from Holland said the kaiser was expected to go to Mainz. Mainz is one of the chief fortified cities of Germany, the largest city in the grand duchy of Hesse, on the left bank of • tbe Rhine. Montenegrins Take Many Places. LONDON, ENG. —A dispatch from Rome to the Exchange Telegraph company says the Montenegrin troops have crossed the Bosnian frontier and occupied the town of Tchainitza after a fierce battle. The dispatch adds that the Montenegrins have captured eight Austrian blockhouses in Herzegovina between Bilek and Trebinje. They have also occupied seven villages near Trebinje and have taken twelve Austrian officers prisoners.

GERMANY GIVEN NIPPONESE DEFI Ultimatum Demands Kaiser Surrender Kia-Chow. MUST COMPLY BY SUNDAY Japan Insists Port Be Turned Over Pending Its Return to China Under 99 Year Lease Under Which It Came Into German Control in 1897—Gives U. S. Assurances. TOKIO — Tbe Japanese government has sent an ultimatum to Germany demanding that German warships in the far east be withdrawn or dismantled and that the German leased colony of Kiao-Chow be surrendered. Tbe ultimatum expires next Sunday, giving Germany just one week in which to send her reply to the Tokio government. If Germany within this week of grace does not accede to the Japanese demands, the Japanese government will take steps as it sees fit. The fact that the Japanese fleet left Japan some days ago for an unannounced point and that a considerable body o| Japanese tr'oops have been on transports awaiting an order, to sail for similar length of time indicates that Japan is prepared to use such force as may be necessary to enforce her demands. - In its ultimatum, as the terms of that instrument are described by the usually well informed Jiji Shimpo, the Japanese government demands that Kiao-Chow be turned over to Japan pending its return to China upder the terms of the 99 year lease under which it came into German control in 1897. A German fleet seized Kiao-Chow bay in 1897, nominally to guarantee reparation for the murder of two German missionaries. Negotiations were then entered into with the Chinese government and an agreement reached under which China leased to Germany for a term of 99 years the bay and an area of 117 square miles of land on both sides of the entrance to the bay. The lease provides that during its term Germany shall have all the rights of territorial sovereignty, including the right to erect fortifications. Germany declared Kiao-Chow a free .port In 1899. It was explained by Japanese that It was necessary for Japan to demand that Germany turn Kioa-Chau over to her instead of to China because China in her present state is not strong enough to hold the teritory leased to Germany against possible greedy nations. Japanese therefore intends to take it from Germany and hold it for China until such time as China has become strong enough and stable enough to be entrusted to hold what is rightfully hers. JEWS TO GET CIVIC RIGHTS IN RUSSIA Permit to Be Greeted by Czar for Immediate Effect. PARIS — A decree granting civil and political rights to all the Jews in Russia will be issued by the czar without delay. This act is of great importance to America and will, it is believed, be followed by a new era of cordial relations between Russia and the United States. Professor Richard Gotthell of Columbia University is now in consultation with M. Isvolsky, the Russian ambassador to France, concerning the good fortune which is in store for the Jews in Russia. Although he admits the correctness of this news, Professor Gotthell will not make any anonuncement upon the matter until later. > Ship Registery Bill Passed. WASHINGTON — By a vote of 40 to 20 the senate rejected the conference report on the shipping bill to admit foreign-built ships to American registry and proposing to open the coastwise trade to foreign craft. The house bill was then adopted by the same vote. It only extends American registry to all foreign-built ships. Garibaldi Offers Aid. PARIS, FRANCE —More than 20,000 Italians are anxious to enlist in the French army, Rieiotti Garibaldi, son cf the hero of Italian unity, offers 8 force of from 20,000 to 40,000 Italians fully equipped to fight on the fron tier. Canal Is Open to the World. WASHINGTON — With the iu itial, trip of the Panama railroad steamship Cristobal through the Panama canal, from Atlantic to Pacific today the Isthmian waterway is opened to the commerce of the world. China Massing Troops. LONDON — China has rejected Japan’s intervention in Kaio-Chau and is massing her troops to wrest that territory from Germany. i —- -- , - . mmmmm

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CZAR NICHOLAS Ruler of Russia to Join His Army in the Field. 1 A GENERAL SURVEY GF THE WAR. Friday, Aug. 14. —Evidences of a sharp sea fight in Chinese waters were brought to Hongkong yesterday, when two battered warships, either French or British, arrived there with many wounded. The telegram apparently censored, did not identify the warships, butj said they were reported to have been in action with the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. The reported purchase of the German cruisers G’oeben and Breslau by Turkey has been made the occasion of action by the British, French, Belgian and Russian allies, which are to call Turkey’s attention to its duty as a neutral. Russia is reported from St. Petersburg to have mobilized 5,500,006 men, 2,000,000 of whom are on the German and Austrian frontiers. Russians are re f»arted to have? driven hack two German army corps who were endeavoring to occupy Eydkuhnen. French official reports say the Belgians captured 2,000 German prisoners at Liege and the French have taken 1,500 along the frontier. Saturday, Aug.* 15—-Rumors reached London that the Japanese navy has put to sea to co-operate with the British against Germany’s possessions in the east. The Exchange Telegraph company says the death of General Von Emmich, the German commander at I iege, is confirmed. The Reuter Telegram company announces that as a result of the five days’ fighting in Alsace the French have occupied Saale pass. The French minister of foreign affairs reports a Russian victory over the Austrians near the River Dniester. An infantry and cavalry regiment of the Austrian army are said to have been annihilated. An Austrian army of 400,000 has attacked the Servians and succeeded in forcing an entry into Sabac on the Save, thirty-seven miles from Belgrade. The Austrians were repulsed at Belgrade and other points on the Danube. Sunday, Aug. 16. —The battle on which hangs the destiny of Europe is now under way south of Namur. The allies have been victorious in a sharp artillery duel. The Bulgarian government has officially declared the country to be in a state of siege. Russian cavalry has recaptured the towns of Kielce and Chencin, Russian Poland, driving out the Austrians with heavy losses. | The Belgian Ind German armies have been engt in force at Dinant, fifteen miles south of Namur. The battle opened with a sharp artillery duel. The Belgians drove back the enemy after several conflicts between infantry forces. A Constantinople dispatch to the Politikten says that Russia has made demands upon Turkey that unrestricted passage through the Dardanelles be granted to the ( Russian Black Sea fleet. Monday, Aug. 17. —French official reports assert that the French armies continue their forward march in Alsace, where many guns are said to have been captured from the Germans, as well as many prisoners and the standard of an Alsatian infantry regiment. A naval battle between French and Austrian warships off Budua, Dab mafia, is said to have resulted in the Sinking of two Austrian ironclads, while one was set on fire and another lied. Dispatches saying Greece has received information of the passage through Bulgarian territory of Turkisn troops going toward Greece are published in Copenhagen. It Is said Greece has threatened to take aimiUu measures. mnmmnu3tiaa^.x-

INDIANA MAN FIRES | AT GHOST, HITS SELF Shoots Wild When White Dew Appears in Rocdwsy. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Daily S. 1 rn er, a stock raiser, near here, was shot through the right thigh ih an unusual accident. He is in a serious condition. Driver was returning to his home after spending the evening with his friends. While driving past a graveyard a white cow that had been grazing near the entrance started toward Lis horse. Driver thought of ghosi Urew his revolver and opened fire. A ball passed through his leg, another tore a hole in the horse’s ear and the third hit the cow. DR. WINTERS ASKS DAMAGES Father of Missing Child With Wife and Boarder Sue Detectives. NEWCASTLE, IND. — Dr. W. A. Winters, father of Catherine Winters, missing since March, 1913; Mrs. Byrd Winters, her stepmother, and William R. Cooper, former boarder at the Winters home, all of whom were arrested May 29 on a charge of conspiring to murder and bum the body of the missing child, filed suit against the Louis Wein detective agency at Indianapolis, in which they ask for $2,000 damages each. Winters, his wife and Cooper allege they were arrested and that Cooper was forced to remain in jail for two days before obtaining bond and that Dr. and Mrs. Winters were forced to remain in the police station for several hours before they were able to obtain bond. They claim that the case was nothing more than a “malicious prosecution.” YOUTH DIES UNIDENTIFIED Stranger, Taken to Bloomington, Ind., Hospital Insensible, Dies. BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Without having regained consciousness the young man who was brought to the Bloomington hospital after he had fallen from a Monon train near Mit laell, died here. His skull was crushed and his brain was rupturedIn the young man’s, pocket was a souvenir post card addressed to Miss Daisy Trusty, French Lick. Miss Trusty was« sent for and failed to identify the young man as her brother, Allen Trusty, of Taswell, Ind. She visited the hospital last evening and said that although the youth resembled her brother that her brother hai brown eyes. The young man was well dressed and neat appearing. PIONEER BUILDER IS DEAD Veteran Railroad Constructor With Record, Passes Away. COLUMBUS, IND—Michael Purcell, a pioneer railroad man in Indiana, is dead at his home in East Columbus at the age of 85 years. He helped to build the old Madison & Indianapolis road, the first railroad built west of the Alleghany mountains, the Madison branches of the Pennsylvania lines, and the Evansville & | Crawfordsville, now the Evansville & i Terre Haute road. Later he served as supervisor on ilie Madison and Cambridge branches, and in 1884 he was transferred to the supervisorship of the main line of the Pennsylvania lines, which position he held until 1890, when he retired. FAMILY NARROWLY ESCAPES Fire of Unknown Origin Destroys Block in Indiana Town. LAPGRTE, IND. — Fire of an unknown origin virtually destroyed a whole block in the business district of Stillwell, at the intersection of the Lake Erie and Grand Trunk railroads, Laporte county. The fire started shortly after dawn in the rear of the building in which was located the postoffice, Mann’s poolroom and the living apartments of the Mann family. The structure was completely destroyed and Mr. Mann, who is also the postmaster, and his wife and three children barely escaped death, they being rescued in their night clothes by neighbors. NEWSPAPER CHANGES PILOTS ■ 1 - ] Moose Organ of Gibson, Ind., i« Under New Management PRINCETON, IND. — The Independent Progressive county organ, • has changed management, D. A. ; Boatwright of Palestine, 111., who 1 founded the paper a few months ago, 1 severing his connections with the pub 1 Let tion. The new managers are John P. Wagner of Chicago and his brother, Chas. B. Wagner of this city, who will con- 1 tinue to issue a Progressive paper. < ... ] Truck Farmer Kills Youth. ! KENDALLVILLE, IND. — Howard 1 McLaughlin, sixteen years old, of Lan»ing, Mich., was Jellied by Charles Cushing, a truck farmer living near this city. A shotgun was used and ' death was instantaneous. 1 The young man and three contpan- ‘ ions were in Cushing’s melon patch. *

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INDIANA STATE NEWS * Blacksmith Kills Officer. SALEN, IND. — Grant McCory, night marshal of this place, was shot and killed by Wilbur Miller, i thirty-five, a blacksmith. After the shooting Miller gave himself up to the sheriff and said the shooting was in self-defense. McCory was found by tbe Farmers’ bank with a bullet hole through his head. McCory had been on the police 1 force of Salem for about two years. He was under sn indictment for arson 1 and was to have been prosecuted on a charge of firing his own barn. This 1 is tae second watchman Miller has 1 bad trouble with, he having assaulted Layman Ticklin about two years ago. ' *■ Van Overturns, Kills Man. ROCKVILLE, IND. — Joseph Hoe* kins, a very prominent young man of Brazil, was killed near here while he arid a companion were taking a load of camping paraphernalia to Eel camp. Hoskins was riding on top of a moving van. As the van took a turn in the road it suddenly started to topple over. Hoskins jumped and was caught underneath the heavy wagon and his back broken. He was taken to Center Point for medical aid, but died within a few minutes after arriving there. Horse Kicks Prove Fatal. AUBURN, IND. — Mrs. Rosa A. Schull, sixty-seven years old, died from injuries received when she was kicked by a horse. She was unable to tell the story of the accident, as she was made insensible and remained so till death. It is believed she was gathering eggs from a nest in front of the animal when her apron frightened the horse, causing it to kick her in the left temple. She was the mother of seven children, five of whom survive. Mother Faces Kidnaping Charge. EVANSVILLE, IND. — Mrs. William Hasse, Wichita, Kas., may be brought here to face a charge of kidnaping her two children, who were wrisked away from Aere in an automobile. An affidavit against Mrs. Hasse has been sworn out here by Mrs. Mary Breidenbach, grandmother of the children, in whose hands the court placed the little ones when Mrs. Hasse obtained a divorce from her first husband, Otto Breidenbach. Robberies Follow Carnivals. GOSHEN, LND. —While a carnival was exhibiting int he city of Nappanee robbers entered the home of Christian Johnson and escaped with plunder valued at S2OO. Cities in this section contemplate enforcing prohibitive license fees against street carnivals. Throughout the summer thefts have been reported wherever carnivals have exxhibited.

Dr. W. G. Ralston Dead at 96. EVANSVILLE, IND.—Dr. W. G. Ralston, ninety-six years old, this city’s oldest resident, and probably the oldest physician in the state, died here of old age. Dr. Ralston was born in Gibson county and spent his life iu southern Indiana. He served in an Indiana regiment in the civil war. Peeved Youth Disappears. EVANSVILLE, IND.—Just because the father failed to appreciate a cartoon he had drawn with the European war as the subject, 14-year-old Harold Swade told Tiis family he would go where his work would be appreciated. He disappeared and efforts of the police to find him are unsuccessful. Indiana Woman is 103. TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Mrs. Elizabeth McCoy celebrated her 103 d birthday at Sylvania, north of here, and a few miles west of Farm Home. Mrs. Phoebe Shannon celebrated her 100th birthday. Both have resided in the Wabash Valley since the early part of the last century. Youth Drowns While Bathing. LOOGOOTEE, IND. — Edward J. McGuire, 19 years old, of this city, was drowned while bathing in White river at Hindostan Falls, near here. Young McGuire was a member of an outing party of young people who were spending the afternoon on the river. Raise for Vandalia Opertors. TERRE HAUTE, IND—About two hundred telegraphers of the Vandalia Railway will receive an increase from $1.25 to $5 a month and ten days’ vacation on pay each year, beginning August 1. This announcement was made here.

Lamb to Be Mexican Ambassador. WASHINGTON, IND. — John F. Lamb of Indiana will be named American ambassador to Mexico by the president if recognition is given to the Carranza government, it is said at the White House. Crowd Hit With Birdshot. PETERSBURG, IND.—UhI Martin of Knox county, four miles north of here, heard marauders in his melon patch and shot into the crowd with a gun loaded with birdshot. Several were wounded. Rain Saves Some Crops. PETERSBURG, IND. — Rain fell here most of the day, insuring the late corn crop, tomato and melon crops. About 50 per cent of a corn crop will be raised in this county.

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MUCH DEPENDS ON PRESIDENT Shipowners Are Not Rushing to American Registry, DIFFICULTIES ARE POINTED OUT Refusal to Admit Foreign Ships to Coastwise Trade Given as One Reason—Expense Prescribed in Reference to Officers and Crews Unusual —President’s Exercise of Discretion Important. New York, Aug. 19.—Announcement is made by W. R. Crace & Co. that upon the signing oi the emergency ship registry bill b • President Wilson they will transfer several of their vessels now flying die British flag to the American flag. The name 3 of the ships were not g> tea, but it w£s said that unless the; should be specially chartered they will continue to ply between the United States and the ports of the west coast of South America as usual. Stars and Shripes Expensive, n Hesitancy about coming under the flag to create a merchant marine for the United States is not ascribed to sentiment, but to plain, he *d business reasons. There are seven i objections ' to the bill which makes it lore expensive to operate under th stars and stripes than under any otl ;r flag. One objection is the eliminat ng of the clause which permitted * the foreign built boats to do any coa twise trading. Another is the unusi il expenses to ship owners pescribed a reference, to officers and crews. > Much Depends cn Wilson. In maritime circles it w s said that much will depend on Pi. sident Wilson himself; how he will • xercise bis discretion in suspending the provisions of the American ipping law which prescribes that all watch officers must be American efi zons.

TROOPS OF ENG; AND LANDED IN T RANCE Kitchener Gives fexi-book ei Soldierly Advite. London, Aug. 19.—The nost important revelation of the da - has been that of the landing ofsp F -itish expeditionary army on the shores of France. The transports ion of the soldiers lasted several da-, s and during that time not a men ion of ti,e expedition was permitted i.i the newspapers here. Even now tle strength of the expedition, the na nes of the regiments composing tne lorftingents and the ports where they landed are not allowed to be made p iblic. Every man of the Bri-ish expeditionary force which has landed in France carries in his knap ack a little pamphlet signed by Earl Kitchener, containing 200 words of so ind soldierly advice. The field marshs tells them to fear God and honor tl> j king and their country, to reme nber that they will be 'fighting on tl e soil of a friendly nation, to abstain :rom liquor and looting and to be c: urteous to women and no more than < ourteous. Nothing further is alb ved to be made public in regard to this force since it has disappeared in o the country on the other side of B* ulogne.

ALLEGED ROBBERS CAUGHT Two Men Arrested in Men- jhis, Tenn., Suspected of SIO,OOO Theft. Chicago, Aug. 19.—Lest :r J. Fishman, twenty-five years ole and Chas. J. Ludwig, twenty-six year old, wanted by the Chicago police, c arged with the theft of approxima fly SIO,OOO worth of jewelry from t e store of Samuel Trocky, two week ago, have been arrested in Memphis Tenn., according to an announcer: ent by attaches of the William J. 1 urns International Detective agency. WHEAT BULLS ARE 'JAMPANT With Export Channels C aen, Grain Jumps 5 Cents. Chicago, Aug. 19.—8 u!s in the wheat market were ramp ,nt on the board of trade and tossed ; rices up in the air regardless of th ligh-cost-of living investigation. The; could not help themselves, for the bt - to the ex* porting of our immense .heat crop was removed.

Prices mounted as if at ached to a dirigible, and wheat did n it stop till 5c above where it was the lay before. Transatlantic Mail Re iumed. New York, Aug. 19. —Th American »nd Red Star lines annou, ce that by special arrangement with the postoffice department there w'l be an Atlantic mail service each Wednesday and Saturday, both from New York and Liverpool, by steamer* flying the American flag. ,

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