Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-14
WAR BULLETINS


rangements for war taxes II the United
States TO supplement falling customs
revenues and how they shall be levied
are being held In allegiance until the
situation confronting the Treasury
becomes more clearly defined.
Washington, d. c.. Aug. t4.-Holun-
teers who have co-operated with Am
bassador Gerard have made it possible
for the embassy in Berlin TO restore
almost normal conditions among
Americans in Germany. according to
report received to-day ut the state
Department. Cooperation of the
Dresdener Bank. which has agreed To
cash limited number of checks of
Americans bearing the American con.
sular stamp of identification, has
greatly relieved the financial tension
Rome, Aug. Is, 11.4O p. NJ, via
Paris, Aug. II, 1885 p. M.-News re-
ceived here from Vienna says that let
ters addressed to foreigners in the
Austrian capital are opened by tho
police, who either retain them or de-
liver them with yellow band or
State Police" Newspapers throughout
Austria Hungary print scarcely any
thing except official news.
New York, Aug. 14.-Among tho
passengers on the New York was
Philip Bunau Varilla, the French en-
gineef whose services were used by
the French government in its Panama
canal work. He said he was returning
to oifer his services to France. Tho
New York had i'm her hold $4,000
dozen fresh eggs for the English
market.
Montreal, Aug. 1I.-Every married
man volunteering for active service Is
compelled TO bring the written con-
sent OF his wife before he can be aC-
cepted, according to "a militia order
made public to-day. Thousands of
these consents have been received by
the military authorities.
Montreal. Aug. 1.-THE Austrian
steamer Ida. 100 tons, which sailed
from Trieste and Naples before war
was declared. reached here last night
and was taken over by the marine de-
partment at Quebec to-day as war
prize.
Washington. ID. c., Aug. 1l.-Plans
for southern congressman and repre-
sentatives of cotton interests for relief
from the embarrassment threatened
by the cOsing of the European markets
took tangible form to-day when bills
to establish bonded warehouses where
I'm cotton may be stored and made the
basis of currency issues were intro
duced in Congress by Senator Hoke
Smith and Representative Lever after
consultation with officials of the De-
partments of Agriculture, Commerce
and Treasury.
London, Aug. IL. 2.53 p. Mt is
reported that the two German cruisers
were met by Turkish vessels outside
and escorted into the DardaneIIes.
There is no official confirmation of
the actual purchase of the cruisesr by
Turkey, but the report to that effect
is generally credited.
Paris. Aug. If. 1882 4. M.-An
official report issued here to-day SAYS:
No fact of striking Importance took
place In the theater of operations yes
terday. There were. however, several
sl<irmishes between German and
French patrols and encounters be-
tween outposts, notably at Chambrey.
In German Lorraines, where two COM
panies of the Eighteenth Bavarlan In
fantry Regiment were surprised by tho
French troops and driven off, leaving
numerous dead and wounded on the
field
Washington. ID. c.. Aug. f4.-Presi-
dent Wilson issued n neutrality procle-
nation to-day covering the war be-
tween Great Britain and Austria
Hungary.
London. Aug. f4, 2.53 p. MA
special news dispatch from Rome saws
the Montenegrin troops, aided by the
habitants of Herzegovina. arc sue
cessfUIly invading Austria. whose
blockade of the Montenegrin coast has Z
practically ceased.
Paris. Aug. II, 1923 A, MA teIe-
gram from Brussels to the Hayas
agency says fresh engagement be-
tween Germans and Belgians occurred
Yesterday between and o o'clock In
the evening at Geet-Betz, five miles
south of Haelen. The Belgian troops
fired heavily on detachment of 400
Germans, who retired hastily.
New York, Aug. 11.-Grecce has
suspended the use of wireless tcIegra-
ply i'm her territorial waters, accord
ing to an announcement made to-day
by the Commercial Cable Company.
TwENTY-FOUR CASES or MUMPs
A slight epidemic of mumps, twenty
four cases. was the cause of an increase
of the number of Contagious diseases as
compared with July, 1918. During the
past month there were siXtv-three cases
against forty-seven in 1918 There are
only two cases of typhoid.
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