The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 18, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 3 September 1914 — Page 1

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GERMANS ADVANCE ONJ’ARIS Allies Suffer Heavy Loss Near La Fere. RUSSIANS VICTORIOUS Win Over Acstrians and Gain Ground cn Austrian Front. BRITISH LAM AT OSTEND Dispatches laid Up By English Government May Relate to Rear Attack on Germane by British —Announcement of Moving French Capital to , Bordeaux Is Denied—Germans Are Abandoning Positions in North Belgium. London censorship suddenly tightened without warning. Numerous dis*patches relating to operations In France and Belgium were held up by the government’s orders. It is believed “operations in Belgium" may relate to a rear attack on the Germans by British troops reported to have landed at Ostend. The German war office statement declares the French and English armies have been driven back with heavy loss. The German advance or Paris continues. On the Austrian front the fighting continues and the Russians are steadily gaining ground. Austria-Hungary is believed to have put a million men In the field. The Rome Messagero publishes a telegram from Sofia, Bulgaria, which says the Austrians have suffered an irreparable defeat at Zamosce, in Russian Poland, fifty miles southeast of Lubin. In a panic before the steady encroachment of Russian troops, residents of Lemberg, In Galicia, have fled the city, according to semi-official advises here. British are landing large forces secretly at Ostend to strike at the German right and rear. Troops were landed during all Monday night and today and marched through the town i toward the south in the direction of the German flank. The German press confidently asserts that the official prediction that their troops would be at Paris Sept- 2 9 will be fulfilled. J. J. Jesserand, the French ambassador, denies emphatically that he has received any intimation that the French government Is considering the advisability of moving from Paris to Bordeaux. Secretary Bryan also denies that any such information had been received through the state department official channels. Reports of the sinking of two German battleships are current in London. The rumors were not confirmed by the admiralty. An official telegram from Antwerp says the queen of th e Belgians left for London this miorning, accom panied by her children. When a Gorman airship dropped bombs on Antwerp some days ago it is claimed that they wer e aimed at the royal ; palace, where the queen and her t children were residing. King Albert was at the front with his troops. According to the Messagero the Bui garlan government has informed Sorvia that If Roumania will abandon her neutrality in favor of Russia,, Bulgaria will do likewise, so that all the Balkan states with the exception of Turkey will bo on the aldo of the triple entente. It Is confirmed that a German aviator flow over Paris late Monday afternoon. The aviator dropped a weighted message Inviting Parisians to receive the Germans well. It was of much the same tenor of the message which was dropped Sunday. An Exchange telegram from Antwerp says the Germans have abandoned the region north of Merchtem and Vilvorde, about ten miles north of Brussels, and also the towns of Huydenburg, Tremelem and Haecht, in . the same vicinity. At midnight Paris ministry of war gave - out the following communique . which had been delayed from 11 I o'clock: "The general situation has : not changed except on our wings, j At our left the Germans have gained I acme ground. In the center there ‘ wore no appreciable modifications | and there has been no fighting there. In Lorraine we have gained certain advantages." j LONDON — The most desperate battle of the war is reported fagla* through La Fere, Peronae and St. <uentin, all In the Department of Bomane, sixty to seventy miles north

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I LORD KITCHENER Calls on British Subjects to Make Many Sacrifices. wfePSr TYE*- ~ «*/ Photo by American Press Association. of Paris. This is where the allies’ lines was bent back upon the secondary defenses in the five-day battle last week and is the “open road” to Paris. PARIS — The change in the situation, according to the bulletin given out by the ministry of war, has been on the wings of the French army. On the left the Germans have ad- » vanced and carried some ground. In the center there has been no appreciable modifications, while in Lorraine the French report advantages. According to the bulletin there has been no fighting in the center. The French center is now almost back on the La Fere-loan barrier of forts and its position is said to be solid. On the right flank the French ar e flighting to cover the withdrawal of French troops along the Meuse. The French claim successes along the line from St. Quentin and Vervins and also in the region around Hani and Perrone, but they were compelled to retreat before the German right flank. It is denied that the capital will be removed from Paris. The city, however, is being prepared for a state of siege. PARIS —- The steady ridreftt of the undefeated French armies in northern France and the government’s refusal to send to the front thousands of willing and ablebodied men seem to point to the following conclusion, according to supporters of France's defensive policy: By retreating to the present second line ol defense the French shorten their front and foil the German attempt to flank them. The further the Germans are drawn into the country the harder it will be to obtain supplies and the greater the number of troops needed to guard the lengthening lines of communication. The allied armies meanwhile are virtually intact and ready to strike a decisive blow at the weakened Germans. The French government desires to hold sufficient recruits in reserve to make up a second army equal to the first. Preparations are being made for a long struggle and even if the present army is destroyed resistance by no means will be ended. This policy meets with great opposition from Georges Clemenceau, the former premier. Germans pushing Toward Paris. PARIS — The following official statement summarizing the situation up to date was issued: “On our right, after partial checks we have taken the offensive and the enemy is retiring before us.' “In the center we have had alten nate checks and successes. “On our left by a series of circumstances which turned in favor of the Germans and despite lucky counter attacks the Anglo-French forces were obliged to give way. As yet our arrues, notwithstanding a few incontes> a ole checks, remain intact. “The morals of our troops is excellent in spite of considerable losses which are being filled from regimenta! depots.” ’ The discouraging feature of this announcement is the admission that the German attack on the center has assumed the proportions of a general engagement. This is believed to indicate that the Germans have been reinforced and that the main body <s now less than sixty miles from Paris. Germans Sink British Steamer. NEW YORK — The British steamship Holmwood has been sunk ‘ by a German cruiser off tne coast of South America, according to a cablegram received here by the owners c the Katherine Park, which has the crew of the ship aboard. The cablegram, which was from Rio Janeiro, did not state the time or place of the I sinking, nor did it give the name of the German cruiser. French Gets New Army. PARIS — Additional French forces totaling 600,000 men will bo i ready for active service in about six 1 weeks as a result of the decision announced to call out the |914 young men and the older classes of the re- . • servlsts. The reservists will be equipped and ready for the field in a few days.

GERMAN ADVANCE SLOWS UP Paris Hears Kaiser Is Ciieckeil. VICTORY. SAYS BERLIN German Capital Claims Russian Army Is Surrounded. AUSTRIA IS BADLY DEFEATED French Left Wing in the North Again Gives Ground—Kaiser’s Forces Getting Nearer to Paris —Germany Reported to Be Arming Turks to Strike at Russia—British Subjects Ordered by German Official Expelled From Brussels. Well founded, though unofficial, reports are current in Paris that the French have checked the German advance on the north. A dispatch received at Copenhagen from Berlin says: “Great battles are raging in East Prussia. The Germans have surrounded the Russians on three sides and have forced them into the lakes and swamps of Mauer region. There is great jubilation here over the glorious result which was due to the ability of our staff.” The London Evening News publishes a dispatch from Paris saying that a French chauffeur, attached to the general staff, arrived In the French capital today from the north, and made the following statement: “The Germen’ advance has been checked by their terrible losses during the past few days. They even asked for an armistice to bury their dead.” Dispatches to London from Ostend say that a German troop train has been blown up in southern Belgium and that many of the troops aboard were killedt Austria is recalling troops from France and is also bringing back more of the soldiers who were sent to the Drina and Danube against the Servians. The minister of war issued a call for reservists the French territorial army living in .fl 'th and northeastern France. The step is said to be preliminary to calling out all reservists in the country who have not previously been summoned. This brings to French ranks all males between the ages of twenty and forty-eight. The American committee *at Paris called on the minister of war and asked for proofs that the Germans were dropping bombs on Paris. The minister exhibited the documents In the case to of the committee and the American ambassador and the latter, upon examining them, said that h e would ask ’ his government to make a protest. Another bomb was thrown from a German airship over Paris late last night and there was a rush of the crowd into the eight wide streets and boulevards leading to the Place De La Concorde, where it was at first believed the bomb had struck. The aviator, who was flying high retreated in a northeasterly direction and is evidently attached to the German forces who are in that part of the country. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that the German defenses in East Prussia have been strengthened. It also reports that the Russian advance has met with reverses. Reports from Berlin say that the engagement at Allenstein was one of the greatest battles of the war; that 120,009 Russians were killed and 70,000 taken prisoners. The Russians claim that their advance has not been checked and that they are occupying defenses around Koenigsberg. Reports from St. Petersburg say there has been heavy cannonading in the Skagerrack. Paris, Sept. 2.—Well grounded, though unofficial, reports are current in Paris that the French have checked the Germans advance in the north. Three million men, in five German armies and in three great French and British columns, waged battle today on the result of which depends the fate of Paris. The main conflict was on a line seventy-five miles long between Perrons and Vervins, northeastern France. Military experts declare that the position of the allies is good, that they occupy the strong positions 'selected for the great battle of the war’s early stages by the French general staff, and that the Germans are in a perilous position by reason of separation : from their base of supplies and through exhaustion due to the fighting > of the last ten days.

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I INDIANA STATE NEWS G. O. P. Ediotra End Session. LAFAYETTE, IND. — After holding a business meeting in this city, the Republican editors of the Tenth | district have departed for their homes. The purpose of the gathering was to d’scuss the and Jack Henley, secretary of the Republican rtate committee, was present and • urged the editors to co-operate with the state committee. 1 The association elected the following officers: Homer J. Carr of Gary, president; John M. Mavity, Valparaiso, vice president, and Charles K. Mavity of Lafayette, secretary. "Blind Pig" Case Tangled. MARION, IND. — Frank Britt and George Patterson, charged with I operating a “blind tiger” at Arcana, v.ere fined $56 and $75 respectively by Special Judge H. F. Hardin in police court. Both filed notice of appeal, but Britt was sent to jail by j I May or Batchelor on an old suspended sentnee on a Similar charge. The action of the mayor is said to open a questiop of law, attorneys for i Britt asserting that the time limit of , . Britt’s suspended sentence has ex-i pired and that the city is liable to an action for false imprisonment. » 1 Discovers It Afterward. MUNCIE, IND. — Ralph McCurdy, sixteen years old, lies in the Heme hospital at the poinj of death ■ as the result of being shot by his 1 brother Don, fourteen years old. En--1 tering his mother’s lunch room, where bis brother was working, Don picked 1 up a target rifle and pointed it at his 1 brother. When told to put down the ! gun he pulled the trigger, the bullet • passing through his brother’s stomach. 1 The younger brother says he did not think the gun was loaded. Fear Felt for Missing Girl. ROCHESTER, IND. Indianapolis police asked Rochester officers ’ to look for Miss Alveda Bryan, who is said to have started for this city last ’ Thursday and from whom no word has J been received. She was not located in this city, although trace was found ’ of her. She has a sister, Miss Cora Bryan, 1124 Market street. Indian- ’ apoiis. , The family fearfcsh<may have met with foul play. She cam e here to sell beads, it is said. Named for Red Cross Work. PERU, Brown S. McClintic, a son of William B. Mc--1 Chntlc, prominent lawyer of Peru, received notice that he had been ap- ' pointed to act as a Red Cross surgeon tn Europe during the present war. Mr. McClintic, who received his appointment from Maj. Patterson of the United States navy, chief of the International Red Cross society in the United States is to be in New York cn Saturday, wept. 5, to receive his assignment. Track Walker Succumbs. TIPTON, IND. — Harry Russell, twenty-nine, was struck by a fast interurban car south of here and died at 2 o’clock the next morning. Russell was walking south on the track when struck. His right leg was cut off at the body and he suffered other Injuries. Russell was conscious until death. He leaves a widow and twin g‘rk. Up to about a year ago Russell was engaged in grocery business here. Did Her Duty to Posterity. ELWOQD, IND. — Following the birth of her sixteenth child, a boy baby, who survives her, Mrs. Lenora Fettig, wife of Benjamin Fettig, died at her home here. She was forty-three years old and was one of the most prominent Catholic women of the city. Fourteen of the sixteen children born survive her, the oldest not yet being eighteen years old. Church Burna; Fireman Hurt. HAMMOND, IND. — St. Edward’s Catholic church at Lowell, Ind., was destroyed by fire at a cost of $25,000. In rushing to the bljize in an auto three volunteer firemen, Leon Minninger, Clayton Davis and Clayton Belshaw, were injured seriously when the machine collided with an auto driven by A. J. Riddle. Slashes Neighbor’s Throat. COLUMBIA, IND. - In j quarrel Christopher Cook of East Columbus slashed the throat of. his neighbor, John Ashby, with a knife, cutting a gash two inches long. The trouble was the result of a feud between the two men which started when Cook killed Ashby’s dog some time ago. Pearl Weighs 87 (Wins. COLUMBUS, IND., — James Walker, a young farmer near here, who hunts pearls at leisure times, found a pearl at the Devil’s Elbow In White river, which is valued at $1,200. The pearl, which weighs eighty-seven grains, is said by local jewelers to be perfect in shape and color. Heimberger Is Better. NEW ALBANY, IND.*— The condl- ( tlon of Adam Heimbenger, a prominent ; Democratic politician, who is critically ill at his home here, is somewhat Improved. He has regained consciousness and an improvement in his condition has been noticeable throughout the day.

LIQUOR CRAZED MAN SLAYS TWO PERSONS Villager Kills Merchant and Seriously Wounds Miller. MARTINSVILLE, IND. — While seated at the store of George Prather in Mahalasville, a village six miles southeast of here, Clinton Lemons suddenly jumped up exclaiming, “Every dog has his day,” and began shooting I a icvolver which he had drawn from ' his pocket. ! Cne shot struck George Prather, a merchant, in the head, killing him instantly. Another shot struck C. M. Trownfelter, a miller, in the breast, ranging upward after striking a bon?, la fileting a very serious but possibly urt fatal wound. i Lemons is said to have been drinking heavily for some time and Its es- ; feet on his mind seems to be the only explanation for the shooting, as no trouble of any kind preceded the tragI edy. Lemons walked out of the village and took to the woods near. The victims of the shooting were among the best men of the community and Lemons has never been tn trouble before. AU are of mature years and have families. NEW RAILROAD FOR INDIANA Line Will Connect Cincinnati With Garden Land* of Hoosierdom. EVANSVILLE, IND. — The first stakes in the survey of the new Cincinnati, Indiana and Louisville railway, which will connect Cincinnati with the farm and garden lands of Southern Indiana, have been driven. The survey will be byway of French, Ind., just beyond Aurora, through Rising Sun, North, Patriot, Florence, Markland, Vevay, to Lamb, Switzerland county, where it is proposed to have the terminus of the road for the present. Lamb is opposite Carrollton, Ky., where it is proposed to make connections with the Louisville and Nashville railroad for Louisville byway of Carrollton and Worthville railroad. SHOT SCARES INDIAN A WOMAN Hoosier Teacher on Liner Fired on by French, Home. HARTFORD CITY, IND. — MfSs Gretta Brown, formerly a teacher In the schobls here, has just returned from a trip abroad. Miss Brown was in London when war broke out. She returned home aboard the Philadelphia. traveling in the steerage. En route a French cruiser commanded the Philadelphia to stop, but the commander gave orders to steam ahead until a shot from the warship brought the vessel to a halt. When the commander of the French ship learned that the boat was flying the American flag and was loaded with tourists he permitted the ship to proceed. Miss Brown will teach In Chicago this year. lawyer’dies of his wounds Effort to Eject Shell From Pump Gun Results Fatally. HAMMOND, IND. — In an effort to eject a shell from a pump gun. Attorney W. K. McAleer, former Republican prosecutor of Lake county,, accidentally shot his nephew and junior law partner, Vernon McGirr. The accident occurred as they were about to step into their automobile south of Hammond, where they had been for an early morning hunt. McGirr, who was twenty-five years old and unmarried, died four hours after the accident. He was a graduate of Valparaiso university and until recently was secretary of the Lake County Republican central committee. CITY AFTER BOY WEED USERS Giri Clerk Fined on Charge of Selling Tobacco to Boy. HARTFORD CITY, IND. — Mias Inura Jennings, a clerk, was fined S2O tooay for selling tobacco to Charles Quillen, a minor. Although she testified she was not at work on the day the sale is alleged to have been made the girl was found guilty by Justice Croninger. S. J. Hughes, a grocer, and Emil Schweier, a tobacco dealer, were fined $lB.lO for selling tobacco to minors. MAN’S BODY FOUND INCREEK Teamster of Crawfordsville, Ind., Believed to Be Suicide. CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. — The body of Lee Stewart, thirty-five years ! old, a teamster, was found in Sugar i creek here by small boys. He had ! been missing since Thursday. The coroner believes Stewart committed suicide. He had been in ill health. | He was unmarried. His mother, a brother and a sister live at Seymour. Ind., and a sister | lives near Indianapolis. Chosen High School Teacher. LAW’RENCEBURG, IND. — Miss j Mabel La Duke of Mt. Vernon, Ind.. : has been chosent teacher of mathe- ; matics in the high school to fill the ; vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Elva Antrim. I

PRESIDENT POINCARE ■ French Executive Upon Whose Country Germans Are Advancing 1 — - - Photo by Amarioaa Press Association. A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE WAR. Wednesday, Aug. 26.—Official reports from Berlin declare that a battle of three days’ duration at Krasnik, Russian Poland, ended in a complete Austrian victory. It was officially announced in Berlin that Lieutenant General Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meiningen had been killed by a shell before Namur Aug. 23. Dispatches from the general stpff at sor I Russ&“Sgkliikttfermany 6 and Austria. Russian tropps are said to occupy all of the eastern and southern half of eastern Prussia. Thursday, Aug. 27.—The Germans have occupied the French cities of Lille, Valenciennes and Roubaix. Four Belgian divisions from Namur stopped the southward movement of the German Fourth division, after which the Belgians retired on the French line. Diplomatic relations between Austria and Japan have been severed. The Austrian ambassador, Baron Muller de Szentgyorgy has been recalled. A blockade of the leased territory of Kiaochow has been declared by the Japanese, whose warships shelled a small island off the coast. Friday, Aug. 28.—A serious reverse to British arms on the French frontier is officially announced in Berlin. After nine days of fighting the Germans put the western line of the allies to flight. The English were defeated at Mauteuge, France and the Franco-Belgian forces were driven back toward Maubeuge. Field Marshal Sir John French’s troops were attacked by five German army corps and cavalry in the neighborhood of Cambrai and LeCateau and their casualties were heavy. The Germans broke through the French lines near Arras, in the province of Pas de Calais. A British destroyed has sunk an Austrian, destroyer off Corfu. The largest Japanese warships have bombarded Tsingtao and inflicted heavy damage. Kiaochow is under martial law. Saturday, Aug. 29.—Berlin has received reports of the defeat of the British at St. Quentin, France. Field Marshal Lord Roberts declared that Great Britain would require hundreds of thousands of men for the present conflict. Train service between Paris and Boulogne has been suspendde. The Princess Patricia Canadian light infantry, 1,600 strong, sailed from Montreal. Sunday, Aug. 30.—The Russians in Austria Galacia defeated the Au» trlans, killing 3,000 aud capturing many prisoners. German troops have been forced to abandon the Vistula river at several points and are being driven back rapidly all along the line of this river, which is of great strategic importance. The British forces after retreating from Aug 23 to 28 have reformed their lines and resumed the offensive. The British loss is reported to have been 6,000, but 12,000 men have been sent to take their places. Germany Is reported to have offered to allow Luxemburg to enter the German Empire on condition of giving up her neutrality in the war. An aeroplane flew over Paris and dropped three bombs, tearing up the st re etc and' damaging houses and causing intense terror among the unarmed and unprotected populace, but not kfliing anyone. . _ ' ! uni —|> er

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BIG BOAT BUiINS; 275 AK SAVED City of Chicago In Thrilling Race With Flair.es. PASSENGERS HURLED iN WATER Fire Breaks Out In Hold of Graham and Morton Ship Off Chicago Harbor—Crashes Into Pier—All Rescued—Captain’s Coolness and Heroism Saves. CHICAGO, ILL. «— Wrapped in fUmes and doomed to dest uction, the excursion steamer City of • Chicago, inbound from Benton Harber, raced a mile with death early in tl e morning, rs aching the government breakwater, just off Chicago harbor, t.nd landed 250 excursionists, most oi them women and children, just before the boat sank. With a. crash that could be heard several blocks the boat struck the pier with such force that r any of the pasengers were hurled into the water. They w’ere dragged to satety by tug crews and landed on the breakwater. A thoro canvass of the pa senger list checked with the list of rescued proved conclusively not a life was lost. To the coolness and hero.sm of Captain Oscar Bjork is attribu ed the saving of hundreds of lives. The fire Is believed to have started in the boil-er-room when the boat vas a mile from the mouth of the rive \ Two fire boats, two excu 'slon boats and several tugs were ru hed to the distressed steamer When i wireless message was received fren Captain Bjork at the Auditorium v reless sta tlon. The message was i 'ansmitted to W. Burke, superintend nt of tho docks of the company, wl n reported to the fire alarm office. The tug Erie was out i i the lake when it saw the distress signals. It rushed to the assistance cf the boat and towed it to the life. aving station, standing. by ready t a take off passengers It the boat shewed signs of sinking. Fight Flaries. *■ FffTboatS vvere quickly s'lt’to fight the flames, but alLhope of saving the vessel was given up short! after and she burned to the water’s edge. The City of Chicago beloi ged to the Graham & Morton Tra. sportation company, and had been ir use since 1890 as an excursion boat She left Benton Harbor at night bound f-ay Chicago. JAPAN COMPLAINS TO U. S Pretests Against Imprisoning of Its Citizens by Germa's. WASHINGTON, D. C.—A the Japanese embassy it was said oday that a protest had been registert d with the United States against the treatment accorded some fifty or mor. Japanese who remained in Germany after the declaration of war. It was said that these Japanese had been i iterned in a prison fortress and that the explanation given by the Germans for such conduct had been that they :ould thus protect the Japanese froi i possible mob violence. The Jap&ne ;e government insists that the tre itment cf its nationals is unfair. Although there are only a small num' er of Japanese now in Germany th ire are n vast number of Germans ye in Japan In Japan there has been m incarceration and no threat of suc’i conduct. The Japanese have demanod the helease of the captives. Miner* Threaten to Burr- Butte. BUTTE MONT. — Minrs openly threatened to lay the tow i in ashes if either state or federal troops should attempt to enter Butte. Cne of the leaders of the miners dec ared that they do not purpose to fig t the soldiers, but they would wreck vengeance upon the business men for h ving been instrumental in bringing soldiers to Butte. “We have quantities of dy: amite and oil,” one leader said, “and he troops will find ashes.” Train Kill* 4 Autokts. COLLINSVILLE, ILL. — Two men and their wives were kill »d fifteen • miles east of Collinsville, w ten a fast inbound train from New Y< rk on th* Vandalia line struck an f itomobilcin which the party was tov -ing from Oklahoma to Detroit. 1 hey are Robert Grandman and v ife, each about sixty years old, and R . H. Pahl and wife, the man about hirty-five and the woman probably th rty years old j Carranza Closea Vera Cruz. WASHINGTON, D. C. — Brigadier General Funston has retorted to Washington that Provisional President Carranza has ordered the pc t of Vera Cruz closed. This will have a serious effect on the city’s food sup )ly. This new move by Carra za is expected to cause further olications in the situation between the United State* and Mexico. — a»ii j —1... -■ ■ ...*<3 '—A