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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
K|A0CHOW IS EXPECTED
TO Be HARD PROBLEM
japanese Experts Do Not Expect Its
Fall Before End of
November.

TOXIC, August 31.-Military experts
here are said not to expect the fall of
kiaochow before the end of November,
except by the voluntary capitulation of
| the Germans. The defenses are report
ed to be the most formidable and
virtually impregnable from the sea.
The land Notifications do not follow
the usual German methods, but re-
semble those at Port Arthur. There
are three lines of these defenses.
The food supply in Kiaochow is said
to be ample for three months
German Ambassador Sails,
Count Won Rex, the German ambassado
to Japan. accompanied by forty Germans
and Austrians, has sailed for the United
States on the steamer Minnesota
Baron Muller Won Szentgyorgy, the
Austro-Hunsarian ambassador. left on
the steamer Manchuria. The present des-
tination of both ambassadors is Washing
ton The approaches to the two steamers
We're guarded when the diplomats went on
board. and their departure was not dis
| turbed. The birthday of the Emperor of
Japan was celebrated today A large
| procession of lantern bearers visited the
British, French and Russian embassies
I in Toxic, and the ovation was acknoWl-
edged by the ambassadors The street
| crowds We're orderly, the police acting
merely as spectators
Announcement is made here that it has
| been learned that more than fifty
Japanese are unlawfully detained in Ger
| many. The Japanese government is pro-
| testing through the medium of another
| power.
Tsingtau Not Bonn barded.
| TSINGTAU, August 31-Reports that
| buildings here and the Tsingtau rail-
way bridge have been dynamited by
Germans are Incorrect. There has been
no Japanese bombardment of the city
as yet The forts fired seven shots
yesterday at Japanese torpedo boat
| destroyer.
| The crew of the Austrian cruisers
kaiserin Elisabeth has been ordered to
return to Tsingtau, but has been pre-
! vented from doing so by the Chinese
authorities, who are endeavoring to
maintain neutrality.
Tsina, Shantung, China. August 81
Cannonading was heard here at intervals
throughout the day.
| 1t is believed that the TsinStau forts
are engaged with the vessels of the jap
anese blockading fleet.
China Fears New Revolt.
PEh1NNI, august Sl.-A leanet based
on an alleged statement in Japanese
newspapers that Japan intends to
| make China a dependency was dis
| tributed- in the streets of Picking yes
| terday. 1t stated that every Chinese
should sacrifice his life rather than
accept domination by Japan. The
police attempted to suppress the
, leaflet and arrest the distributors,
some of whom belong to the better
class of Chinese.
The government sent a circular to
the foreign embassies and legations
calling attention to the return of
revolutionists to China. with the OBJ
| ent situation. The circular asks the
| legations to prevent revolutionists
being harbored in the foreign settle
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
Services by Yiddish Evangelist.

Rev. Philip Sidersky. the Yiddish
Evangelist and superintendent of En-
manuel Christian Mission to the Jews In
Baltimore, conducted the service from
the gospel wagon of the Central Christian
Mission yesterday afternoon. In the
course OF his address Rev. Mr.. Sidersky
told Of the conditions in Europe brought
about by the present war. many of the
facts being drawn from his own expert
ences while he lived in Russia and Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
NAVAL BATTLE OFF HELGOLAND
DISASTROUS TO THE GERMANS
British Admiralty States That of 200 Men
Aboard Kaiser Ships Only $50 Were Saved
Result Not Significant, Berlin Declares.

use their guns owing to the thick
weather
The German emperor and empress
met at Badnassau Saturday at the resi-
dence of Baron Won Stein. Their majeS-
ties spent some time visiting the wound
ed and expressing their sympathy with
them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
$50, 900 in Hospitals

In 1s7O, $4,000 Germans entered the
hospitals Although they did not die of
their illnesses. they were none the less
made useless for certain time. In the
Crimean war the allied armies lost four
times as many men through disease as
were killed in battle This proportion
was three to one among the Russians in
1SI7-1S7S: it was only one to two among
the japanese in Manchuria, thanks to
their excellent hygiene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31

G. O. Tobias. secretary of the Thomas
Shoe Company of Charleston. w. Va.
died at the home of his brother, DIR.
i. II. Tobias, at Hancock. Md. He was
we'll known throughout the West Vir-
ginia coal fields, where he sold shoes
for tLA last fifteen years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31

shall French's announcement put new
face on the situation. According to all
official and unofficial reports the Ger
mans came up on the small British army
with overwhelming force and rolled up
the infantry in solid masses time after
time, spending their men lavishly and
bringing into action a great weight OF
artillery, with machine guns mounted on
armored cars. The Zeppelins carried
quick-iirers. There We're cavalry charges
and counter-charges during the four-day
battle, in which the British commander
asserts his troops displayed great gal
lantry.
All accounts from the soldiers, even
from the excited correspondents, agree
that the British soldiers are not down.
hearted and are confident of their ability
to hold their own against anything ike
equal numbers of Germans.
No Cutlery for Names.
Although the country has known for
a week that many of the soldiers are
buried on French and Belgian soil and
other thousands are in hospitals, there
is no cutlery for names, but general
Willingness to wait if the interest of
the army requires it. A few neWspa-
pers have criticised the extreme secrecy
which the government maintains, but
there is nothing approaching clamor
against 1t.
The few soldiers who have been
brought to English hospitals from the
front are pledged to do no talking
about the war for two weeks. and only
some personal experiences have been
related. No one disparges the bravery
Of the Germans. but all criticise the
methods of the German infantry.
Officers who have seen the German
maneuvers have said that the infantry
would be moved down if employed in
the same tactics in actual battle. One
soldier, speaking of the recent fighting
said:
IF the British losses were heavy, the
German losses must be enormous. The
heavy masses. They were like a NOV
ing wall of men. Our fire simply
slaughtered them. We didn't care for
their infantry, but their artillery was
deadly in it's precision. Nearly all our
wounded were hurt by shells, but
those suffering from rifle shots were
chiefly hit in the legs
According to another soldier. the
Germans came UP in thousands Franks
and ranks of them coming along" he
SAID We swept away one rank, and
there was another. We swept that
away. and a third was waiting behind
it. On they came over the bodies of
their friends, solidly, like wooden SOL
dlers, and as regular as clock"
me British soldiers think Their
south African experiences helped their
infantry greatly. On the veldt thew he
came experts at taking cover and in.
! trench1ng themselves. There were
enough veterans in all the regular regi
menus to show the younger men how
TO take care of themselves in a fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
Other War Facts.

On similar basis here are some facts
about other wars:
Russo-Turkish war Os77-1s7s)-Turkey.
500, 10000.
Russo-Japanese war Q9o5-Russia, ST.
2OO.OOOOOO.
The number Of men killed or who died
of wounds in these wars were:
Franco-Prussian war-Germans. 2S6OO.
Russo-Turkish war-Russians. 1850.
RusSo-Japanese war-Japanese S. 800.
Whence 1t results that the cost of kill
ing each man was as follows:
In 1s7O-1s71, s21, 900.
In 1S77-1s7S, $1,000
In 1905. So. 400.
What will kill the greatest number and
reduce the effective force most will be
not the rifle or cannon, but fatigue, ty-
plus, or cholera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
Guns Now Germans Down.

I'm Landrecies alone on the 2oth as
an instance a German infantry brigade
advanced in close order into narrow
street which they completely filled. Our
machine guns were brought to bear on
this target from the end of the town.
The head of the column was swept
away. A frightfuI panic ensued. and it
is estimated that 500 or 900 dead and
wounded Germans were left in this
street alone. Another incident which
charge of the German guard cavalry
division upon the British 18th Cavalry
Brigade when the German cavalry was
thrown back with great losses and in alb
solute disorder These are notable eX-
ampIes of what has taken place over
practically the whole front during these
engagements, and the Germans have
been made to pay the extreme price for
every forward march they have made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
Movement of British Army.

1.-The British retirement proceeded on
the 25th with continuous fighting,
though not on the scale of the previous
two days, and by the night OF the 25th
the British army occupied the line OF
Cambria, Landrecies and LIE Catean.
(Cambrai is a fortified town in the de-
partment of the north thirty-tWo mics
southeast of Lille on the river Scheldt
LIE Cateau is fourteen miles east by
southeast of Cambrai) 1t had been IN
tended to resume the retirement at day
break on the 10th, but the German at
tack, in which no less than five army
corps were engaged, was so close ana
fierce that it was not possible to carry
out this intention until the afternoon.
The battle on this day. the 18th, was
of a most severe and desperate char
acter The troops offered d superb and
most stubborn resistance to the ire
mendous odds with which they were
confronted, and at length eXtricated
themselves in good order, though with
serious loss, and under the heaviest ar
tilIery fire. No guns We're taken by the
enemy except those the horses OF which
had all been killed or which We're shat
tered by high explosive shells.
Gen. French estimates that during
the whole Of these operations fro.~ the
23d to the 26th inclusive. his losses
amounted to 5000 or 5000 men. On the
other hand. the losses suffered by the
Germans in their attacks across the
open, and through their dense forma-
ton are out of all proportion to those
which we have suffered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
Ready for Another Fight.

Since the 26th, apart from cav
airy fighting, the British army has
not been molested 1t has rested and
refittcd after its extreme eXertions and
glorious achievements. Reinforcements
amounting to double the losses Sus-
tanned already have Joined. Every
gun has been replaced and the army
is now ready to take part in the next
great encounter with undiminished
strength and undaunted spirits.
To-day the news Is again favorable.
The British have not been engaged,
but the French armies, acting Vigor-
ouslv Oh the right and left, have, for
the time being, brought the German
attack to a StandSt1ll.
Sir John French also reports on the
2Sth the British 9Th Cavalry Brigade
fought in brilliant fashion with Ger
man cavalry, in the course of which
the 18th Lancers and the Royal Scots
Greys routed the enemy and speared Il
large number in flight.
"It must be remembered throughout,
that the operations in France are vast
and that we are only on one wing of
the whole field of battle. This stra-
tegic position Of ourselves and our all
lies Is such that whereas a decisive
victory for our armies in France prob
continuance of resistance by the An
Clio French armies upon such scale
as to keep in the closest grip the
| enemy's best troops can, If prolong ed
| lead only to one conclusion.
Britons in Good Spirits.
| The British public has been reassured
| BY the statement of Field Marshal Sir
| John French that the British army in
| the field is in good condition and spirits
and has been reinforced by twice as
many men as were lost during the four
| day battle and retreat. and is ready to
| meet the enemy again.
| The announcement that the losses to-
| tailed between 5,OOo and 5000 was some
| thing the country was prepared to hear.
| The people would not have been sur
| prised to learn that the losses wore
| much greater.
| Earlier in the day the country received
+, a distinct shock through stories Of dis
| aster to and decentralization of the Brit
| ish army. which We're published in some
of the London papers. A correspondent
| had evidently been listening to startling
| tales from wounded stragglers behind the
| lines who gave the impression that the
| British troops had been cut to pieces
| that their organization was gone and that
| they were without supplies or communi-
| cations.
Earl Kitchener's report Of Field Mar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE CORCDEAN GALLERY OF ART
viii reopen 10 the public WEEK
DAYS on Tuesday. September LIST, 1914.
The date OF the opcnin: Of the Sunday
exhibitions will be announced later.
i. Is. MctiT1HE,
Director.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
COSTS OVER $4,000
TO KILL A SOLDIER
Statistics Show Amount Paid by De-
feated Governments on Basis
Of the Winners Dead.

1t costs more than $4,000 to kill a SOL
dier in modern warfare. Russia spent
SD.4p for every Japanese slain, and
France paid $4,000 per victim in 1870
These figures have been CLEANED from
statistics compiled by Gen. Percin of the
French army, giving losses and the ex-
pense in all the recent great European
conflicts. He finds death from disease
far more frequent than from shot and
shell.
Gen. Percin gets the cost Of killing a
soldier by the simple arithmetical proc
ess Of dividing the total cost of the war
to any belligerent by the number of men
killed on the other side.
In 1sTo-1SI1 France spent s4Oo,On. 600 in
actual expenses of the war Repairing
materials and giving succor to the victims
of the war. expenses that are justly to
be added, cost another S2o0,oO0G0.
France paid s1.ho0.0Wno1 as war in
demnity. plus another s4OoOo,n0 interest
on the sum. loss of revenue. forced con-
tributions by the enemy and upkeep of
the German army of occupation. This
third category of expenses. not being in
evitable in all wars. cannot properly be
included,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
Found Lille Abandoned.

when the Germans swept round
Lille they found to their amaZement
that this town. surrounded by forts,
had been abandoned. This easy &C
cess to a town which could have been
defended to the last gasp opened the
way to the west of France. The fact
was that the controlling brain of Gen.
Joffre, the French commander-in- chief.
and his staff had decided the northwest
corner of France was untenable and
that the main army of defense should
be drawn into closer and stronger po-
sitions.
1T was then that the great panic
among the populace of the affected dis
trict began. The flight of thousands of
families was an enormous tragedy
They still are being hunted from place
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-31
DRIVE BRITISH BACK
|NDESPERATEF|GHT
Army Refitted and Reinforced,
However, and Ready for
Next Great Battle.
STATEMENT OF SITUATION
MADE BY LORD KITCHENER
Announcement Based on Reports of
Sir John French, Who Says Cas-
ualties Exceed 5000.

LONDON. August 31.-After four DAYS
of desperate fighting. the british army in
France is rested, refitted and reinforced
for the next great battle. according to
an announcement yesterday by Lord
Kitchener. secretary of state for war.
In a statement based on reports from Sir
John French. commander of the expedi-
tionary forces. the secretary says that
the British, after struggling against ire
mendous odds. retired to a new line of
defense. where they have not been mo-
Tested since Thursday.
Their casualties are between 5000 and
5000. Since this fighting ceased the
French on the right and left have
brought the German attack to a stand
still. it is declared.
Lord kitcheners statement which was
issued through the medium of the official
Information bureau, follows:
Britain's Part in Fighting.
Although the dispatches of Sir John
French as to the recent battle have not
yet been received, 1t is possible now to
state what has been the British share in
the recent operations.
There has in fact, been a four-day
battle-on the I'D. 2ith. 18th and 18th
of August. During the whole of this
period the British in conformity with
general movement of the French armies
were occupied in resisting and checking
the German advance and in withdrawing
to new lines of defense.
The battle began at Mons Sunday.
during which day and part Of the night
the German attack, which was stubborniy
pressed and repeated. was completely
checked by the British front. Monday,
the oath, the Germans made vigorous eff
forts in superior numbers to prevent the
safe withdrawal of the British army and
to drive 1t into the fortress of Maui
beuge
This effort was frustrated by the
steadiness and skill with which the Brit
ish retirement was conducted, and. as
on the previous day, very heavy losses,
far in excess of anything suffered by us,
were inflicted on the enemy, VINO, III
dense formation and in enormous masses,
marched forward again and yet again to
storm the British lines.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-15
How the English Play Baseball
-:U:- -:rI- -:n:- ak -:LI:-
Just Think Of Making 100 Runs
By FRANK C. AIENKE.

inning" In other words, Mr.; Moore seems
- Lsys noIzed out four circuit smashes
~ did. we'll go our expert in one
stanza, one farther in the 6oquet idea Wen
r. COMING If he really did execute these
five home runs s-t.,
-. --s11rss the populaee that:
smart fielding and accurate returns to
So, ,-sTiors batsrnen are important features,
~ e fbe bsIl is nearly always in the an
- 1scessitv FOR a well cut and dried field
does not arise"
Always in the Air.
7udrinr from the number Of runs made.
If would be safe to assume that the bali
~ nearly always in the air" and. no
5r-,bt Isst seen when disappearing over the
fence ia case they used fences in that
Jan attractive feature Of the game" we
are told lis that there is no waste Of
fir,e As each batsman makes his stroke
- vssrbes first. second or home base. as
he case may be, the next batter is ready
- F ~ in the form Of tea, were
served throughout the contest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-15
YOAKuM LOSES TO
WHITE; KNOCKOUT
Chicagoan Puts the Denver
Fighter Out in 18th Round,
After Pushing Fighting.

Denver. Colo, July 15.-CharLe White OF
Chicago knocked out Stanley 4oakuIn o.
Denver in the 18th round Tuesday night
me end came with a right to the jaw after
the ChicaEoan had sent the Denver ughter
down for a count Of seven
white displayed his ring generalship from
he start and in the closing rounds smotn-
rcd MS opponent with let's and rights. In
the 18th round Yoakum's blows began 70 90
Wild and though he bored in repeatedly ne
was forced to cover At the nnisn Mnlte
bore no marks OF the conflict while 1oa-
kum's lips and left eye were swollen ana
YoalZ1m evened the first four rounds by
carving the fighting TO his opponent land
the fifth White Jared Xoakum with rig mt
swing to the head and took the honors IN
the sixth after a lively rni1up around the
ring. The pace slowed up in the seventh,
Yoakun had the honors in the eighth round
OF fast infighting, and divided the ninth and
a0th.
White who had fought with ease thus
far began 10 force matters in the llth, Jarr-
ing Yoakurl with let's and rights to the
head and face without a return White set
q whirlwind pace in the next four ROUNDS,
ToaEurn being unable to eTade the Chicago
ans jabs and uppeTcuts.
cut over ToakuIn's left eye and swollen
lips erideuced the effect Of Whites blows.
white continued TO land at Will in the 18th.
18th and 18th. When the gong sounded for
EparrinE a few seconds White sent a left and
Eight to the jaw that sent 1oaEurn down for
the count Of seven. He came up but was
forced TO cover by a fusillade OF blows and
second right 10 the jaw sent him down Tor
Sc full count.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-15
MAY CUT LEAGUE
TO FOUR TEAMS

Definite action relative to whether it
would be practical to reduce the City league
to a four team circuit Will be taken at tho
meeting OF the directors Of the league We'd
nesdav evening at the Rio Grande bank. The
RESIGNATION OF the Telephone team. followed
nv the disability Of the Newspaper club who
tendered a resignation on that account. viii
result in some action on the part OF the Of
me schedule Of the league is now about
three-fifths completed. and with four teams
OF the league as nearly on par as possibls
A. far As playing ability Is concerned. II -
believed that the circuit will be reduced BY
a unanimous vote. All four OF the teams a.
present are regarded as contenders for tbs
pennant.
President Paul Atkinson OF the league has
petftioued Walter s. Clayton, chairman OF
the city park Improvement Committee to
construct q drain on the field to the park
lake IN order that the diamond be kept
above water.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-15

Game called on account Of the general
WEAKNESS Of the players after the second
inning).
Commenting on the attempt made by the
Welsh gang to overcome 1SS run lead In
their half OF the second, one OF the Eng
hsh newspapers said:
.erbe yveIsbuen never looked ike max
ing the 1S4 runs needed to win the game,
but they tried hard h. Evans, OF the
Grange Gasworks, and z seer, OF the Phll
Harriers, who was captain OF the team
executed the most noble work Tor they
recorded 1S runs each as the result Of their
labors. but the side was out IN % runs
A Marathon Event.
As we understand the situation, Messrs.
Evans and Seer messed up the opposing
pitcher to such an extent that they were
given the privilege Of running around the
bases Is times each and that divers and
sundry others Of their teammates con-
tributed the other 81 runs that were tailed
during the final half inning Of the pasume-
However, neither OF the Welsh Messrs-
need get concerted about what they did.
few OF their English opponents went them
slightly better in the run making business
In the first inning L Higgins made Is runs
and J. Barron Il. while in the second inning
higgins contributed 25 runs and Barron
aided his side by ambling around the bases
The Experts Version
One Of our English brethren. who has
been given the title Of baseball expert"
by the editor-in-chief Of the paper on which
he works, wrote an article about baseball
after the aforementioned game was over
II YOU don't believe that this fellow IS an
expert on baseball and knows all the in
and-outs Of the said game we submit evil
dence. the evidence being the article that he
wrote in which he explained the game to
those who didn't know much about tt-and
who perhaps don't know much now.
Here is the article. in part:
Baseball lacks the stately dignity Of
cricket II is strenuous and husting. II
not a highly skilful game. 1t has many
merits. It should appeal to public whose
ideas have been speeded up BY professional
An Eagle Eye Needed.
''The impression that this match con-
veyed was that a splendid eye IS needed for
success as a batsman- The bat, which is no
more that three and a half inches wide,
is held at right angles to the body, chest
high"
Then the expert goes on to describe some
Of the rules OF the game. Here Is the de-
scription OF one rule. but It must be one |
they cOncocted In England. No one seems I
10 know anything about Il over here
a batter is allowed to miss only one /
ball which the umpire passes as a good 1
one. On a second offence he Is ruled out" |
Can anyone imagine what would happen /
II some umpire tried to rule OUT Heinie I
Zimmerman after he had taken only two ]
swipes at the bau7
And Listen to This.
'aThe greatest excitement develops de- ]
clares our English expert when only two /
Or three men remain not out, for then hard {
hitting and quick dashes 10 the home base /
become necessity"
Our expert losses boquets at one OF |
the English players named d. Moore. who |
made five hits for four each in the first |