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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-27
DESCRIBES CHASE
Of FLEEING SHIPS
WIRELESS OPERATOR ON ENG
LlsH CRUISER TELLS HOW
GERMANS ESCAPED.

I London Aug 70 Wireless 81 oper4toi
Marsden Of the British cruiser Glouces
ter. which pursued the German cruis.
ers Goeben and Breslau among the
1onian Islands, along the western coast
OF Greece, wrote an account Of the
chase to his mother. He says:
The chase lasted four days and
nights. during which our gunners in.
dulged In some long range shots at the
Breslau. After missing the first shot
at 1000 yards he spat on the next
shell for luck and 1t went through.
carrying away half OF the Breslau' 8
funnel. The gunner repeated the op-
Grafton on the third shot which cleared
the Breslau's quarter deck and put an
aft gun out Of action. The cruiser
fired thirty shots in return. Two OF
them mashed boats on the davits on
the Gloucesters upper deck. The ship
narrowly escaped destruction from q
torpedo fred by the Goeben.a
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Bntons Are Calm While Awaiting an Attack
Upon Their P0siti0nby the Dreaded Germans

London, Aug. 26.-Returning from
the front correspondent Of the Times
sends the following under Paris
date:
"At Mons the British troops have
made themselves at home. Prepara-
tions for the city's defence were ex-
tremely comforting in their workman
like detail. In the woods lurked in
Vulnerable field guns. Everywhere in
the town confidence was dominant
When with heavy firing audible in the
distance British soldiers can sit quietly
on the banks of the canal, calmly fish
ing with bayonetted rifles as fishing
rods, the spectacle inspired confidence
even though from all directions the
presence OF the dreaded German cav
airy is reported
The next day the correspondent pro-
ceeded to Tournai where he found the
populace in great alarm. Six German
cavalrymen motored into the town and
inquired whether there were any
French soldiers. They were told that
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there were none, but later in the day
French troops entered the place and
killed the six Germans. The next
morning large force Of Germans at.
tackled the town and was repulsed.
Proceeding to valenciennes the cor.
respondent found that troop trains I'LL.
ed with British soldiers were continual.
ly arriving there. The British officers
were in absolute possession of the re-
freshment bars and no food was OBJ
tanned. The correspondent continues: !:
Near Charleroi, heard some
stories of the bravery of the French
soldiers. The Germans were lombard
ing the city. The French troops made
what amounted to a, medieval sortie,
but finding the enemy In much greater
force than was expected, we're com.
PEELED to withdraw. The bombardment
continued relentlessly whereupon the
French Turcos, picked troops from
Algeria, deployed from the town and
with gallantry which must surely
live in history, charged the German
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GERMAN ADVANCE is STOPPED
Belgidns Terrified at the
Pr0Spect0f Death From SKI

London Aug 26 (715 mThe bomb dropping exploit of the
zeppelin OF
widest The Belgian authorities claim that
the attack violation
convention and they preparing protest officially to all the
powers against this warfare
Accounts damage the aerial
fighter.
from conservative
been
dispatch which
houses slightly damaged and nearly destroyed
This dispatch said
which included the Belgian secretary Russian mbassa
the Aberts
entire city with view appraisng the results the aerial bonn
This dispatch published Chronicle
history great community
whom the
performed the exploit his fe bombs
hospitals Begians attending German wounded He
ed emah ege the did
Zeppelin Belgium
The Germans have been their
tons though
bombs buildings
the military barracks royal
palace population is n gloom
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battery, bayonetting all the German
gunners. Their losses, it is said ex.
ceeded those Of the light brigade at
Balaclava. OF battalion, only 100
men it is reported returned un
scathed. Their bravery, however, was
powerless against the German advance
which crept foot by foot through the
outskirts of Charleroi to the very heart
of the town.
There in the narrow streets the
carnage was indescribable. The
French infantrymen told me that the
roads became so jammed with dead
that the killed remained standing up
right where they had been shot sup.
ported by their dead comrades The
last stand of the French was made
before the railway station in front of
which passes the canal. Here the Ger.
mans fought for two hours to take the
bridges. After they had captured the
station with heavy casualties the Ger
mans moved rapidly ahead taking vari
ous suburban villages"
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, taken with view to subsequent oper.
ations."
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Co., from Paris says that the
war Office has issued the following
communication:
In Lorraine the allied armies have
taken up combined offensive move.
ment. The battle recommended yes
terday, is still raging at the time this
bulletin is issued
The Paris correspondent Of Reuters
Telegram Co., says that raid by q
German cavalry division in French
territory is reported by the Petit Par
isien, which states that when the Ger
mans arrived at o'clock Tuesday
morning they encountered regiment
of French artillery which practically
annihilated them.
Referring to the fighting near Mons
the paper says:
"The British bore the brunt Of six
furious attacks. Wounded British
soldiers declare that the allies raised
a vertable mountain of German
corpses near Mons"
French Make Statement.
French embassy today received the
following dispatch from its foreign Of
flee dated yesterday:
THE movement begun yesterday by
the commander-in-chief has been fol-
lowed all day with the greatest meth
cd and the enemy is unable to stop.
1t is confirmed that the army corps
OF the Prussian guard was much ex-
hausted. The Prussian guard was at
tackled terrifcally by the Agenans
and suffered great loss. The Prussian
attack against Nancy was unsuccess-
full. The Belgians coming from EN-
berse have been able, by an energetic
offensive movement to recapture
Malines and to push back the Ger
mans to Vilyerve.
The Russians are following with
great energy their move in Galicia and
routed cavalry division. The serbs
have routed the Austrians from Cuibas
and their own territory
News From Berlin.
Washington, D. c., Aug. 26.-The
German embassy today received a
wireless message from the Berlin for
eign Office by way Of Sayville, L. l.,
which says:
IAN English cavalry brigade has
been repulsed at Maubeuge. An Eng
lish infantry division has been beaten
off with complete rout of the divis-
ion. Many prisoners were taken. A
French official communication of the
Gath proves that the French offensive
on the Belgian line and the Lorraine
frontier has been ruined.
can Austrian corps attacked two
Russian corps south Of Krasnik and
carried off 5000 prisoners, three col
ors, twenty-one guns and seven nit
railleuses. The situation in East
Prussia Is not yet decided"
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SAYS ENGLAND HAD
SECRET AGREEMENT

New York, Aug. 26.-The omcial
press bureau Of the German navy de-
partment issued through Captain
Boy-Ed, naval attache Of the German
embassy, who. is now in New York, Z
statement accusing England with hav-
ing made before the war binding ar.
rangements with France as well as
with Russia although this, her minis
ters had repeatedly and vehemently
denied"
The statement declares Germany Is
fighting for civilization against the
barbarism of Russia"
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CONTINUED ON Page or
WHEAT REACHES RECORD
Price OF Grain Bounds to N0hoord a.
Figures on ts,e Outlook ~ 4
Lengthy MtAn u Z,

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Hxc1ted IUWUeo
tions that the European var would b
long drawn out tho wheatmaxhek soaF.
ed today and haR hour bs0Dre the
close was Z to &c hgher Than ysster-
days close. December wheat sold at
$1.15 and that for del1sry- -next Nay
at 1929
Very little grain WIS actually bought
and sold. The purchase Of $4,000
bushels of May wheat alone VA suf-
hcient to advance the price two cents
near the close. None cared b sell the
cereal short and longs wses m no hur.
.ry to take profits.
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us. NOT To LODGE KICK
Bryan Declines to Take Any Action
Over Alleged Unfair War Methods
Of Germany.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 26.-E. Hav-
enith, the Belgian minister, presented
a protest at the state department to.
day against what he termed war
against women and children" the
Zeppelin airship attack on Antwerp.
Ten persons were killed, the minister
stated, four of them women. Eight
people were injured.
Secretary Bryan was reticent but
intimated the state department could
take no action. Reported activity OF
Brand Whitlock, the American minis
ter in officially protesting to Germany,
was denied by Secretary Bryan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-27
AMERICANS TELL
/ OF FOREIGN WAR.
Tales of Hardships and Wo<
Brought Back By Many /
European Tourists
WOMAN SEES SHIP
DESTROYED BY MINE
Steamer ON Which ShN W.
Riding Turns Back Ia,
Haven Of Refu2e

New York, Aus. 3A-leeariy fuon
Americans stranded IN Marope - ~
outbreak Of tho war reached New Ynrk
today with varying tales Of hardaAin.,
some OF them with vivid stort.s -
nshting af,oat and ashors-on ~
scandinavian line stsamar osca. M.
from Copenhagen. md ths naaa.n rnas
1aormina from Genoa, R.,srmo,e.a
NapleA
Among tho Oscars passsns,ss vus .
party Of three, who saw from - a.cr
OF the ship British cnlliersblown IN
ny mine TN the rtves Nihs q
August s.
Tho Oscar Il brought IN lila pAs.
sensars Of whom 7s4 came Ia the
steerase. Nearly all were Americans.
The Taormtni has 76s aboard and Sev.
eral hundred Of these were Americans.
siEty-seven Americans came Al the
Toarmini's stserags.
Among Ne S1Aps, saalinx nlom Nev
York ssii The Vensou iineear: y f4.ncsico, ~
With two ~ cadber rides mounted on
her rear deck. These her onloers said
wers merely salutlng hattssy. Hsr
Destination II Hull
The destruction Of the British ool.
Her IN the river Mbe was described 81.
Mrs. Emma Muir Of this city, who va
IN Vienna at the outbreak OF hostaIiti1s
between Austria and Russia. Mr..
Muir said that she witnessed the mob.
Liking Of troops in Austria and npon
leaving there again saw Armios mob
iltzing IN Germany. After many do
lays she managed to get to Carlsbad
and on Aug. embarked With Ceorxe
Meisel and his daughter OigA on the
British steamer Bury for England.
Proceeding down the river EIbs they
said they saw . British collier strike
9 mine and blow up with ali hands.
The Bury stopped and governments
boat came al0ngsido with tho news
that England had declared war Hear
ing this. the Bury's o6fcers. M,
Muir said, took the ship to HAmhurx
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London, Aug 26.-Since the with
fenses of the French frontier virtually
no news has reached the public O
military operations in South Belgium
Owing to the difficulty of compiling
correct list among such an extend
ed front, no details of the British
casualties which Premier Asquith esti
mated yesterday at 1000 yet have
Deen received. This delay is increas
ing the distress of anxious relatives Of
men at the front
The announcement of losses how
ever, only seems to have intensified
British determination Judging from
the extra work being performed by The
recruiting Offices today This tenacity
of purpose was further evidenced by
Premier Asquith in the house of com.
mons this afternoon in making the
announcement that he proposed to ask
King George to convey to the king OF
Belgium the admiration with which
Great Britain regarded "the heroic re.
Bistance of his army and people to the
wanton invasion of their territory and
assurance of the determination of this
country to support in every way the
efforts of Belgium to vindicate her
own independence and the public law
Of Europe"
Getting War Revenue.
London, Aug. 26.-David Lloyd
George, chancellor of the excheQuer,
today introduced in the house of COM
mons resolution as the basis for the
forthcoming war loan bill. The bill,
Mr.. Lloyd George said will differ from
the previous war loan measures In
two respects.
First, the actual amount Of money
to be taken has not been fixed. The
sum to be raised will include not only
the vote of credit for $500, 100000 al
ready authorized, but the sum by
shich the revenue will be diminished
In consequence of the war.
Secondly, the bill will not indicate
the precise method by which the
money is to be raised. That will be
left to the discretion of the treasury
70 be decided according to the decis-
ions prevailing.
Situation Unchanged.
London, Aug. ga Havas agency
dispatch from Paris says:
''The situation in the Vosges is un-
changed. The battle continues in the
region of Luneville and the French
troops are making progress. On the
kuxemburg frontier and in the district
Of the Sambre river several unimport-
ant engagements have occurred. The
situation in the northern districts give
no cause for anxiety. No Germans
were seen today (probably Tuesday,
In the neighborhood of Lille or Tour
Going Tin the department of Nord
France). where measures have been
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COUNTRY GOING BROKE
Customs Receipts Fall Shy Of Furnish
Ing the Government With Cur
rent Expenses.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 26.-War
revenue legislation, according to ad.
ministrauon leaders, is inevitable but
will not be undertaken until both
houses are ready to consider it with
out interference of other legislation.
Majority Leader Underwood said to-
day that President Wilson was con
vinced Of the necessity of new taxes
to replenish falling customs but that
he wanted trust legislation to be out
of the way before addressing congress
on the subject.
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BULLETINS

London, Aug. pa dispatch from
Paris to the Reuter- Telegraph Co.
says: "The losses Of the Austrlana
In the battle Of the Drlna continue tc
grow, according to teieorams from
Nish. The latest aver that out Of
100000 Austrians engaged 5000
were l<iilsd, $1,000 wounded and ~.
teen theysand q ssads grlssrAEs
osvsnty.sive guns were eaptursd."
London. Aug. 2e.-The Russian en-
bassy Is in receipt Of tsIeorams
from the general staff at st. Peters
burg, which announced fresh Rus.
sian victories against both Germany
and Austria. These messages de-
clare that Russian troops now oc-
cupy the whole Of the eastern and
southern half Of eastern Prussia.
Paris, Aug. 26.-The French war Of.
flee was silent this morning. No o.
ficiai announcement has been 10
sued. Unofficial military opinion is
that tho fighting along tho French
Belgian frontier continue. Quiet con-
fldence exists in Paris that the allies
will hold of the German attack and
take the offensive when the proper
hour arrives.
London, Aug. 26-The Daily News
publishes dispatch from ito Ant
werp correspondent, saying It 10 re-
ported there that the American min
lister to Belgium, Brand WhitIock,
has sent an energetic protest to the
German government against the
hurting OF bombs into Antwerp from
+. Zeppelin aIrship.
London, Aug. 26.-A dispatch from
Antwerp to the Exchange Telegraph
Co, says the Belgian operations be-
yond Malienez were continued
throughout last night. Belgian
forces destroyed defensive works
constructed by Germans.
London, Aug. 26.-lt was announced
officially that German TogoIand had
surrendered Internationally. The
allies will enter kamina Thursday
morning.
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GERMANS PLANNING
TO EXTEND COAST

London, Aug. rs, e a. m.)-The mill
tary correspondent of the Times today
says:
I'VE and the Dutch need have nc
doubt that the annexation of all the
North sea ports from the Straits OF
Dover to Emden will follow a German
success in the war, success which
would only be preliminary to the con.
centration OF all German effort upon
the subjugation of England.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-27
Japanese Fail to
Capture Tsing- Tau
With First Rush

New York. Aug. 26-The jap
anese attack on Tsing-Tau, the
fortified port of the territory of
Kiao Chau, has failed, and the
Japanese are preparing for q
siege, according to cable mes
sage received here today by
Count Won Bernstorff, German
ambassador to the United
States, from the German en-
bassy at Pekin.
Count Won Bernstorf said
that the cable message contain
ed no details but merely an
nounced the failure of the Jap
anese attack and the prepara-
ton for a siege.
"The information Is undoubt-
edly correct" he said.
Washington. D. c., Aug. 30
The Japanese ambassador In
Vienna placed his govern
ment's interests in Austria In
the hands OF the American en-
bassy today, and planned to
leave tonight for Berne, Swift
erland, according to official dis
patches. The message made
no reference to a declaration of
war on Japan by Austria, but
earlier reports stated that
Austria had formally declared
war.
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LONDON aug. 26.-The Times St
Petersburg correspondent, says that
the Germans. who retreated nv forced
marches after +he,r d.faa. -, ~. D..
80 =. go. .utl >4ei.at 90 ~ 'ue i.u'
sians a' uunD1nnen, are ASSEMBLING
part Of their forces at Koenigsburg
The German fortified position on the
r,vor An.ah as .h.nx.. ....,...
go - /" - - 'Se.A1oAe1 y - 4t1iou'
hsntlns.
.+re-n r;th . - U1nu as:,s1 .iI e, AnueLao als
equipment cast aside IN the hastv
flight Of the German troons." savs the
Times correspondent "Nnrth ~ Neid
enburg Sunday and Monday there was
stubborn fighting In which the Rus.
slams were again ytntnrioua larrelv
throREh their sRpexh uae Of the bay.
zs AZ ei1eft sheft h&d asg3 3Ao1ed
the entire goth army corps In = forti
ned position. The Russians had to
negouate pits and barbed wire. The
Russians finally carried the positions
az the point OF the bayonet. The
Germans retreated toward Ostercde.
leaving behind many guns, machine
guns, ca1ssons and prisoners.
"rhe Germans a. curh,nrer h.a a.,
the advantapes IN MN nhara and noa;.
tion. The Rnsaiana include ronrason.
tat1ves OF all the noblest families in
the empire. The Grand Duke Dmitrt
Pavlovitch and the Princes John and
Oleg Constantinovitch, who are sub
alterns In the horse guards, rode in
the terrible charges which will forever
be a glory to their regiment and the
Russian army"
n.cor,+,on. n..,,,.d
.,..,,. .'
Miii.aly clicles are nuch impressed
~ an oIuer oisnllssins the German
alN anu austrian soserlsns anu princes
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WISHERT'S HELPER
DIES OF INJURIES

Elgin, H.. Aug. 26.--John c. Jenter,
mechanician for Spencer Wishart, the
automobile racing driver. who was kill
ed In an accident In the Elgin national
trophy race last Saturday. died today
at local hospital Of his injuries.
Jenter and Wishart were crushed Whsn
their car turned over. ....1
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RUSSIAN FORCES
MEETSUCCESSES
News From Cars Realm
Tells Of Victories Over
the German Armies
DEFENDERS BEING
FORCED TO RETREAT
Invaders Reported Within a
Short Distance of the
Big City Of Danzig

Paris, Aug. 26.-A report was In
circulation this afternoon that
Russian troops yesterday occupied
Marienbure, East Prussia, twenty
miles south Of Danzie. This news
has not been confirmed.
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London, Aug. 26.-lt was announced
officially that German TogoIand had
surrendered Internationally. The
allies will enter kamina Thursday
morning.
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London, Aug. 26.-German forces delivered an at
tack or TIE French southern frontier yesterday ues
day. They repulsed and retired all along the line
This information was given out by the official
bureau this afternoon The text of the is
as follows
1T is officially announced that on August Is the
French their southern frontier attacked in force
by the Germans The attack repused and the enemy
retired all along the line"
London Aug 26.-A dispatch to the Reuter- Tele-
gram Co from its Antwerp correspondent says that an
other raid the city by Zeppelin arship was at-
tempted last night The effective measures taken by
Belgian authorities the correspondent continues, caused
the German airshp to retire.
Paris Aug. 26.-A German aeropane fell to the
ground inside the British lines in the Quesnoy region
yesterday and the two German officers board
killed Quesnoy is six miles from Lille.
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VICTORIOUS ARMY Of KAISER IS
APPARENTLY PERMITTING ALLIES
To RETREAT TO FRENCH BORDER

Absence of News Indicates That Forces Are Moving to
New Positions for Another Struggle on Which the
Fate of Paris May Hang; First Fights Bloody
ENGLISH ESTIMATE THEIR LOSSES IN
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TWO THOUSAND
Determination of the Brtons to Defeat Germans Is
Growing Daily; More Men and Money to Be Thrown
Into the Balance Against the TeutOnic Race
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-10-03
GERMANS UNDER CROWN
PRINCE ARE REPULSED
ALLIES PROGRESS ~ WOW RI
DISTRICT SLOW III CON
TINIOtS.
Alljes' LETT Wing Within Thirty Miles
of Belgian Eurdcr--itooIs
Suffer from the
Cold.
nv the Associated Press,

Paris, oct $3.50 p. m An ON
eial announcement issued this after
noon SAYS:
First violent action has continued
since Yesterday near Roye where we
repulsed all attacks, although lae
enemy was heavily reinforced there
second. in the center IN the Az.
come region the German army aii-
der the crown price attempted 10
s,in nv through the woods but ii Wa&
driven north. In the Woeyre dis
,rict and on the heights OF the
uense our progress has been SLOW
but continuous.
An unofficial announcement es'i-
mates that the French. including the
british and Indian allies, now mum
her 15o. 600 men. The troops are
suffering from the chilly nights.
The British officers have ordered
large quantities of turs, oVefcoa's
and rubber blankets,
The London Times correspondent
said the concentration OF the alllea
loft wing has prolonged itself to \
noint within thirty or forty miles OF
tho Relelan border Through this
line the Germans have attempted 70
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-10-03
FIRE NtH W tk OFFICE
CLAIMS ALLIED VICTORY.

Paris, Oct 2, The official re
view ot the battle of The Aisne is
sued this afternoon confirms the re
port that-the Germans failed in their
attack last night when they tried
to break through the French left
in the vicinity OF hoFe and around
F.assisHy The statement added that
thr Germans were heavily reinforc-
ed but were again repulsed with
loss.
An attempt on the part of the
army Of the German crown prince
to Slip through the French lin" IN
the vicinity OF forest OF Grurie fail
ed. The French attacked ard drove
the enemy back at this poini
The situation in the center is des-
eribed as unchanged constant pro
gress is being made BY lie French
in the Noevre district
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-10-03
CHECK IS SLIGHT
The Germans Have Been Rein
forced and the Allies Arc Receiv
ing Fresh Troops--Fighting
Continues.
BY the United Press.

Paris, Oct 3.--The allied left has
been checked. II is slight but never
theless a check The desperate re
sistance from the reinforced German
right has temporarily halted the al
lied turning movement
At no point, however, has the
Germans penetrated the French line
although they made several assaults
during the night and We're continu-
ing their efforts today.
The allies, however, are constant
ly being reinforced and 1t is believed
the present series of desperate as
saults are the final efforts OF the
German general staff TO turn defeat
into victory.