Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-08-28
Especial Dispatch by the international
News Service.)


News SerVice.)
4 NEW YORK, August 2S.--If the
warning powers of Europe are able to
carry out their plans, this is destined
to be a war without pictures. Since
the first hint of hostilities, this coun-
try has been flooded with pictures of
mobilization, the gathering of troops
in England, France, Belgium and Aus
tria-IIungary The first fighting broke
out ahead of time when the Belgians
so heroically and Unexpectedly OPP
posed the Germans. This was not
according to schedule.
Belgium at the outset allowed some
correspondents and photographers
within her lines, and for several
weeks there have been many Belgian
war pictures in circulation. But from
now on authentic war pictures are
likely to be scarce
Information, considered reliable,
has reached here that the kaiser has
issued orders that any man caught
by his troops in the field with cam
era shall be shot Similar informa-
tion has been received about orders
issued by the French Should these
reports prove correct, in substance
the prospects of making a photo
graphic record OF the great war are
distinctly discouraging
Still. the war photographers have
not given up hope. Tactful persist
ence has worked wonders before, and
it may accomplish results again be-
fore this war has advanced far AS
soon as Developments showed that
war was inevitable, many American
photographers hurried to England to
see what could be done in the matter
: of war pictures. In all of the cap
itals these picture men are now wait
ing, bringing to bear all the infiu.
ence possible to obtain permission to
go with the armies, and ready to
seize any chance. take any risk. to
J get pictures of the real fighting
Some of the best newspaper and
: magazine photographers of America
are now in Europe, and it is certain
that If there be the slightest oppor
tunity, they will make pictures In
the first heat of mobilization, photo
graphs were made everywhere, anC
these have been coming to the Unit
ed States by every ship.
SO far as moving pictures are con
cerned, no American company has We
proposed a partnership arrangement
: with the kaiser for series of wa
movies. There seems to be feeling
that the Francisco villa preceden
might not hold good in Europe.
In the present contest condition
are not of the sort to appeal to an.
8 photographer who understands them
a The battles are certain to be of stu
pendous proportions, and very bloody
The majority of them are sure to b
so widespread as to be beyond tn
range of any camera or artist t
depict as a whole.
Yet II a clever operator had onl
been in one of the forts at Liege, h
might have made a splendid pictorif
record of some of the Germa
charges. Some wonderful improve
ments have recently been made
moving picture comeras. With tn
IN ordinary lens II is necessary to be n
more than 200 feet away from tn
T subject at the furthest
IL But recently the telephoto lens hs
been adapted to the moving pictul
camera The most powerful of thes
= can make a picture of a man at 81
r. yards, so big as to fill the plat
Il Only one of these extraordinary
u powerful lenses has so far been ma
ufactured, and 1t is the property
French moving picture compan
But it, in the present war the
- should come opportunity for picture
IN It is certain that many Photographic
will order one of the long.range
struments.
ce The possibilities of such lens
photographing a battle may be !
derstood when II is remembered {
perience has taught that most of {
m fighting Is done at ranges of fro
/ 900 to 400 yards. That is prov
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