The Ordway new era., 1914-08-28
THE WAR DAY BY DAY |

Aug. 23.-JApanese Ambassador Chin
da notified U: 9; that formal d dssiars, : ARA
issued. Great Britain and France viii
share equally in q loan Of !10o,ooo.ooo
Toxic were held In the streets. follow
Ing announcement that Japan had de-
clared war on Germany. U >. Ambas-
great battle opened along the French
tron.ieS the German army estsndirs sna Ing
Al Shanghai 1t was stated the Mia
and early bombardment expected. Re
ported at Rome that several Austrian
warships had been sunk IN the q Adri-
dam with 5000 Americans caught in
Germany when war broke out.
Aug. a2.-Kaisef ignores Japan's
A London dispatch says Germany cap:
tto tSat charleroi % is srsmbiinE before the
German fire; French forces reported at
Lille and Verdun to protect frontier:
an overwhelming attack. Mish dis;
patch says the Servians killed and
Wounded $1,000 Austrisns in ths he battle
prisoners. English and German forces
clash at Waterloo.
Aug. 21.-Germans lombard Ma
and ruin In Belgian fortress. Germans
occupy Brussels. Serbs rout lS0, 100
near Losnitxa. French win clash along
the Swiss frontier, and then turn south.
limited s'ass sS,nes e imam 's soS
Of 10000. 900 levied led aan On Brussels and
Germans on province OF Liege
Aug. 20.-Germans occupy Brussels
as the Kaiser's army marches on Ant
werp. French claim series of sue
mans whip Belgians at Aerschot. after
hundreds are lost In aifles ranks. Rus
sia and Austria Austria, strIEsiitng ,S tnS. n evenly ~
ditch in effort to hold place in Orient.
piaiaes in offeiai messaSe 80 10 Enissd
States United States charters nine
steamers to bring Americans home
from Europe.
Aug. 1s.--German battle line sweep
Ing toward French frontier. Formida-
bic Lisss forts forts have tS fallen, is report; r.
Psria. t sremSies i before ae fgT RaiseF. vietori.
ous march. Fightlng In progress all
sy ssh IL Be- Berlin sn' Under % guard s a. war or
der q, .eems neas French drag eannon amen
crosses. 5000 Austrians fall in battle.
hs .as ffePSr'sa feP e ssye
the opening OF greatest battle III
sco '' miles si long. W sriti.s iand ioo, 1000
men In France. French commander
says the esssntIon BY FIsnsh artlilery
prince 10 seriously wounded at Aix;ia-
chapelle.. Wilson'S plea FOR neutrality
nation Fifteen thousand Aastrians re- e.
ported killed near sabac.
Aug; l7.-state Of Siege proclaimed
derman advance over Bslsium 70 the
%SsrP fssrnk aS
French continue advance into Alsace;;
Lorraine. Car PROMISES Jews equal
Four Xu.trian wsrships destroyed BY
French In Adriatic Sea. Turkey ad-
vances toward Greek border. Japan
be protected. President Wilson'S offer
Of mediation acknowledged By Kaiser.
italian troops mobilize along Austrian
The Germans declare the Cossacks
were shattered and routed In great
disorder and that 5000 OF them and
eight guns were captured.
An official statement from the
French war office says:
1.-THE fort which commands the rail-
road to Aix-la- Chapelle by Verviers
and the tunnel to Chaudefontaine. was
subjected to a continuous and extreme
ly violent bombardment. When 1t was
reduced to mere heap OF ruins. and
Major Nameche, the commanding offi.
Ger. judged that further Resistance was
impossible. he blocked up the tunnel
by running several locomotives into
each other. and set fire to the fuses
leading to the mines surrounding the
fort. His mission then accomplished,
Major Nameche determined that the
German flag should not fly over even
the ruins Of his fort. blew up the pow
der magazine and perished.'
1000 Pythians Crowd Pueblo.