Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-07
WAR BULLETINS

Washington. ID. c.. Aug. 7.-Receipt
of President Wilson's offer of good
offices has been acknowledged by some
of the warning nations in Europe, but
none of the responses constitute any
thing i'm the nature of a reply. Officials
do not know whether Ii has been re-
ceived by Germany.
Rome, Aug. Z, via London, 2.45
Il. M.-An uncOntirmed dispatch pub
lished by the Tribuna says an Aus
trlan regiment was annihilated by
ServianS to the east of Belgrade and
that the AustTianS are i'm full retreat
toward the Danube.
Lima, Peru, Aug. 1.-The Peruvian
gov ernment to-day issued decree
proclaiming moratorium for thirty
days from August s.
Paris, Aug. 7.-OniciaI reports re-
ceived here say the German troops
have entered the Belgian city of Liege,
but have not been able to take the
forts. Fighting of the most violent
character took place in the streets.
The Belgian troops have captured
twenty-eVen German cannon.
London, Aug. IA dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from MeSsina,
Sicily, says that the commanders of
the German cruisers BreSlau and
Goeben, which are sailing out to meet
the British fleet, waiting outside the
straits, first handed their wills and
personal property into the keeping of
the German consul
Plymouth, Aug. T. The Holland
Lloyd steamer Tubantia, from South
America. which has been brought here
by warships, has S2,50O,OOO i'm gold
aboard, part of which Is consigned to
the German Bank of London. There
are also several German reservists,
besides quantity of grain, aboard
the Tubantia.
New York, Aug. I'll Progresso, an
Italian newspaper of this city, SAYS
to-day that il has received cable
dispatch from Rome to the effect that
IL has been officially announced there
that Italy's answer to the German uIti-
matum was that Italy will remain
neutral.
London, Aug. 7, 2.37 p. M.-Chan-
cellor OF the Exchequer Lloyd George
informed the House of Commons that
the government was considering the
question of taking over the harvest
throughout the British Isles The
chancellor declared that the banking
business was normal everywhere and
that the people were paying i'm money
quite freely. Tho German banks i'm
London have been obliged to close
until the British government grants
their applications for Iicensse
Peking, China. Aug. THE Ger
man cruiser Emden, which was re-
ported sunk yesterday. is said to have
returned to Tsing-Tau to-day with
one of the big vessels of the Russian
volunteer feet sailing between Naga-
sakt and Vladiyostok. The latter ship
carried nearly 1000 passengers and
crew.
Quebec. Aug. 1.-Two ships, pre-
sumably German. are reported to have
been stopped in the st. Lawrence
river at the Island of Orleans, near
the naval station recently established
there.
Washington. ID. c., Aug. 7.-Upou
receipt to-day from the Russian em-
bassy of confirmation of Austria Hum
gary's declaration of war against
Russia officials of the State Depart-
mont began drafting another neu.
traiity proclamation to define the no
sition of the United States with refer
ence to the latest phase of the Euro
pean conflict.
Philadelphia. Aug. 7.-RecaIIed by
wireless. the German cruiser PennoI.
which left here on July 27 with
2,OOO.0 900 gallons of oil for Germany.
returned to her dock to-day.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 7.-Secre-
tary Daniels to-day instructed navy
yard Commandants to detail officers TO
wireless stations i'm their vicinity as
censors. This order will affect prin
ciDalIv the German -Owned stations Mt
Sayville. L. l.. and Tuckerton, Y. j.
San Francisco. Cal. Aug. 1.-The
British cruiser Rainbow put I'm here
to-day. Collector Davis sent ont
boarding officers to learn her inten-
tions. Under the neutrality laws she
can take on only sufficient coal to
repain here more than twenty-four
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