Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-09-13
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frencn again HepulSe MooFS.s
Another pitched battle occurred at
Casablanca Sept. 4, when g,0Q Moors
advanced upon the French works.
Mounted on white horses and carrying
banners in the front line, they. charged
from the hills in regular formation and
galloped to within 400 yards of the
French camp chanting In unison
verses from the Koran. The French
forces under General Drude were de-
ployed so as to bring the fire from
modem rifles and machine guns upon
the attacking hosts with deadly effect,
More than 500 Moors We're reported
slain. while only eight Frenchmen
were killed and a score wounded.
French cruisers in the harbor partici-
pated in the action by dropping shells
upon the Moorish forces. Many Of the
cities and tribes of Morocco have now
declared allegiance 70 MNlal HAfA,
who was proclaimed sultan at Mara
kesh, or Morocco City. the southern
capital. In a proclamation he has
urged the people to remain peaceful
and promises to grant satisfaction to
the French for the murder of DR.. Maui
champ. He onppsss the Undertaking
OF holy war, at least HEtils NIL the
tribes have Joined him. Two seaports
are among those who have proclaimed
him sultan, and it was expected that
other important towns would desert
Sultan Apdlnll A Aziz
Odessa Jews Massaersa.
Another pogram, OF massacre, OF
! Jews has been reported at Odessa,
where the 1 Each Hundreds, or Union
Of the Russian People, were permit
ted to carry on nnhiaderel their at
tack upon the Jewish quarter. Mang
of the Jews were slain while praying
over their dead In the Jewish GENE,
| terry, and for several days the entire
| Jewish quarter was scene of fright
full disorder.
Sept. / the car entered ct. Peters
burg to attend the conservation of a
memorial church erected on the spot
where his grandfather, Alexander H.,
was killed by bomb In 1881. Great
| precautions were taken to insure the
monarch's safety, the police even
searching the city and inspecting the
passports Of all suspicious individuals
while police officers were stationed in
every window facing the route over
which the procession passed and own
ers Of houses were forbidden to open
windows under pain OF heavy fine.
Bridge and river traffic was stopped.
and the banks Of the Neya were lined
with guards, and torpedo boats patrol
led the river. The czarina accompa-
MED the car and took part in the cere-
/ mony.
Antwerp Strikers Riot.
The dock strike at Antwerp. which
has been in progress for several
weeks, entered upon a violent stage
| Sept. 9 owing to the failure Of the ne
gotiations as to grain and timber por
ters, although agreements have been
reached in other Industries. Laborers
imported from England and Germany
4 to break the strike We're attacked, and
the police charged the strikers with
sabers and reyolvers One policeman
was killed, and many Of the strikers
were. wounded. Fires were started IL
the wood and lumber yards, and q
vast amount of property was destroy.
ed. The strikers declared, however
that they We're not responsible for the
fires. Some Of the strike breakers re
| fused to work, and the women EN-.
ployed by the steamship companies
joined the strike movement.