Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-03
ALLTOWN, IOWA. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1914.
Latest Bulletins
From Scene of War

Latest Bulletins
From Scene of War
LONDON, AUG. ga BRUSSELS
DISPATCH TO THE EXCHANGE
COMPANY SAYS THAT
THE BELGIUM CABINET RE-
sPoNDs TO THE GERMAN NOTE
OFFERING AN ENTENTE iF BEL
GUM WOULD FACILITATE THE
OF GERMAN TROOPS
HAS BEEN GIVEN AND is IN THE
OF A FORMAL REFUSAL.
LONDON, AUG. IA DISPATCH
TO THE DAILY TELEGRAM FROM
PARIS TODAY SAYS GERMAN
TROOPS HAVE TAKEN POSSESS
SION OF THE BELGIAN TOWN OF
ARLON.
VIENNA, AUG. 3-THE MILITAER-
IScHE RUNDscHAU STATES THAT
SERIOUS FIGHTING is IN PRO-
GRESS ON THE RIVER DRiNA.
BANDS OF SERViAN VOLUNTEERS
WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS
THE RIVER ARE OPPOSED BY
HUNGARIAN FROM
TIER GUARDS.
THE SERvlANS FIRED ON THEIR
OWN RIVER BOATS, KILLING AND
INJURING MANY MEN.
LONDON, AUG. 8. DoWAGER
EMPRESS MARIA FRoDoRoWNA
OF RUSSIA, SISTER TO QUEEN
MOTHER ALEXANDRA OF ENG
LAND, WAS TODAY STOPPED IN
BERLIN ON HER WAY TO ST.
PETERSBURG AND GIVEN CHOICE
OF RETURNING TO ENGLAND OR
GOING TO COPENHAGEN.
BERLIN, ANG. 3.-iNvASiON OF
RUSSIA BY GERMAN TROOPS BE-
GAN TODAY WHEN THE FIRST
BATTALION OF THE 155TH INFAN.
TRY, WITH A MACHINE GUN CON-
PANY, OCCUPIED kALlSZ, IN RUS
SIAN POLAND.
LONDON, AUG. 3. - GERMAN
CAVALRY TO-DAY RAlDED The
FRENCH FRONTIER NEAR THE
FORTRESS OF RELFoRT AND At
TEMPTED T o COMMANDER
HORSES, ACCORDING TO DIS
PATCHES FROM PARIS. GERMAN
PATROLS ALSO TWICE ATTACKED
JoNcHEREY NEAR BELFoRT.
WAst,tNGFoMrAuG. 3. - PREsl.
DENT WILSON TOLD CALLERS TO-
DAY THE UNIFIED STATES HAD
NOT DlREcTEY OR INDIRECTLY
MADE ANY OFFER TO USE ITS
GOOD OFFICES TO BRING ABOUT
PEACE IN EUROPE. HE SAID HE
HAD NOT HEARD OF A SUCCESS
TIoN BY THE QUEEN OF HoL-
LAND THAT THE UNITED STATES
UNITE WITH HER COUNTRY TO
OFFER MEDIATION.
STOCKHOLM, AUG. 3-A BATTLE
WAS FOUGHT YESTERDAY BE-
TWEEN THE GERMAN AND RUS.
SIAN FLEETS OFF THE ALAND is.
LANDS AND RESULTED IN THE
RUSSIANS BEING DRIVEN BACK.
THE RUSSIAN VESSELS TOOK
REFUGE IN THE GULF OF Elm
LAND, WHERE THEY REMAIN TO-
DAY.
NovoRossIYsK, RUSSIA, AUG. 8.
THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES
HERE TODAY SEIZED THE GER
MAN STEAMER ATLAS AND ORD
Erred THE CREW TO DIsEMBARK.
THEY ALSO SENT VESSELS IN
PURSUIT OF A GERMAN STEAMER
WHICH LEFT THE PORT YESTER-
DAY.
ANTWERP, BELGIUM, AUG. s.
MARTIAL LAW WAS PROCLAIMED
HERE AND ALL BUSINESS WAS
AT ONCE SUSPENDED.
BERLIN, AUG. 3.-M SvERBlEV,
THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR, WAS
HANDED HIS PASSPORTS THIS
MORNING.
LONDON, AUG. "a STRONG BE-
LIEF WAS PREVALENT HERE TO-
DAY THAT FIELD MARSHAL EARL
KITCHENER is ABOUT TO BE APP
POINTED BRITISH MINISTER OF
WAR. HIS RETURN TO HIS POST
IN EGYPT WAS CANCELLED TO-
DAY.
QUEBEC. AUG. 3-THl PORT OF
QUEBEC WAS TODAY PLACED IN
CHARGE OF THE MILITARY Au-
Tho7iTlES. THE NORTHERN
CHANNEL OFF THE ISLAND OF
ORLEANS WAS ORDERED CLOSED
TO NAVIGATION AND 1T is BE-
LlEVED TO HAVE BEEN MINED.
ALL BUOYS AND CHANNEL
LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
THE REGULATIONS FORRiDS ALL
PERSONS APPROACHING Gov
EMINENT SHIPS OR DRY DOCKS.
NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 3. - THE
CAPTAIN OF THE FRENCH LINE
STEAMER MISSISSIPPI. WHICH
ARRIVED TODAY, RECEIVED Or
DERs TO UNLOAD AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE AND REPORT TO THE
FRENCH CONSUL GENERAL HERE.
THE CONSUL GENERAL WOULD
NOT DISCUSS THE ORDER. HUN
DREDS OF FRENCH RESERvlSTS
AND VOLUNTEERS ARE BEING
ENROLLED BY THE CONSUL.