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mmmmv' m TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF WOMAN'S TEARS BUT THE WOUNDED KNOW (EtftfS AOt'H OlM'OI'Tt'NITV to h ho great -urrluslng power (Jj iwmii.v cmci.i.s iti-:ciiKi with exoiy copy of this medium. Hao your advertisement read by tii fotnniuiiliy should not bo eri, n. -I in inarm;; your iulirtl- , the Homp ( omimiiiltj regulnr!), a I Tp fiiohp or media of sue- that tlioy U know you Ho In troduced lt TIIK TI.MKK. Sf, or. Hants is tiik ti.aii'.s. MKMIIKIt OV TIIK ASSOCIATED 1'ItKSS WMsHzzsoaittaorai:! XXXVII. IXnlillstiiM 1S7S as The Coast Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1914. EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mull and Coos liny ArixcWisvr No. 30 EAT BATTLE OF EUROPEAN WAR IS ON TODAY mmi& TGR s in FRANCE FIRST STORIES OF FIGHTING SI LIEGE REACHES AMERICA G EFFORT TO THROUGH BELGIUM, jrce Fighting Between Belgian and German Troops Indicates First Great Battle ot the War Has Commenced. MAKES PESSIMISTIC PREDICTION. (By Associated P-trs to The Coos Bay lines,) PRIS, Aui. 19, "Ortport ronhal, howcvei inteiest Ing, do not justify us on counting, with any ceitainty, on prompt and definite victory," writes Former Minister of For eign Affairs Piclion, in Le Petit Journal. "I find too much said about the Germans being demoralized. Their original over-confidence may give place to doubtsr but that is all. The war now beginning is wai to th death, It probably will be long and the losses will he enoimous." IPEROR WILLIAM HIMSELF ISSUES ORDERS TO GENERALS IN THE FIELD jport Confirming the News Comes From London and Paris sources- many uonmcting Humors ot the Situation. n servian troops gaii victory over 80,000 austrians FEAR LIEGE FORTS HAVE FALLEN (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) I ON DON. Aiiff. IP). Nnthinff rlnfinhn hns hnmi mnnivnd as to tlio fate of Liege, but it is presumed that the Germans have captwed all forts that were not blown up by Belgians before evacuation. Heavy Losses in Killed and Woundsd in Terrific Battle Montenegrin Army Is Short Distance From Import ' ant Austro-Hungarian Seaport. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) LONDON, Aug, 19, An official communication received here from Paris declares that confirmation has been received cf a Servian victory at Shabats over 80,000 Austrians, Sha- (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) i wts is in bervia, forty miles west ot Belgrade. I he Austrians i niunnM Aim iq tup piipt AiuiuniiMPPMciMT im a suncrec neavv osses n men ana munmons. no casua ues lELEGRAM FROM'BRUSSELS DATED LAST NIGHT TELLING amounted to 3000 killed and 5000 wounded. IF FIERCE FIGHTING BETWEEN BELGIAN AND GERMAN' tROOPS ALONG AN EXTENDED FRONT IS GENERALLY, ACCEPTED HERE TODAY AS INDICATING THE REAL BEGIN NING OF THE FIRST GREAT BATTLE OF THE WAR. THE OMAN ATTACK IS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MADE ON WE DIRECT ORDERS OF EMPEROR WILLIAM HIMSELF TO. WE GENERALS IN THE FIELD. THE EXACT EXTENT OF, IHt NUHIINU LllVfc IS IMUI Yhl MtVbALtU, UU I I'KtSUIVI-. REFUGEES FROM DIEST. TIRLEMONT AND OTHER, """ '" mu ,ui;rric J,u,l,,u,a,,l, fOWNS IN THAT SECTION OF BELGIUM, WHO FLED AS' iuu, dui ruw uumiimui. ME GERMANS APPEARED, ARE COMING INTO BRUSSELS (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) N GREAT NUMBERS. THEY DECLARE THAT SINCE THE LONDON, Aug. 19. A dispatch from Biussels claims that NHABITANTS VACATED TIRLEMONT, GERMAN SHELLS the German advanco posts covering tho region botweon Gom- IAVE BEEN DROPPING INTO THE TOWN AND THAT SUB- b oux and Jodo eno. ust east o Wateiloo. are bo he gradually 5EQUENTLY THE BELGIANS BROKE THE GERMAN AD- pushed back before tho advance of tho Bolgian and French ANCE THERE AT POINT OF BAYONET. forces, I ho Belgians and Ficnch annies aro now in close GERMAN AOVANC DCIUP RID ItlLf! DV dl ib ncrllLoLU Dl E POSTS ARE BELGIANS Many Americans Caught Between Lines of Belgian and Ger man Armies Have Narrow Escapes From Death. MANY SAVED BY LYING IN TRENCHES WHILE BULLETS FLEW OVER THEM Arrive on Steamer Finland That Fliss American Flag But Was Stopped by Many Foreign Warships. MrM,(By,iteoclnlC(l PrGSS l0 TllG Cos Bay Times,) NEW YORK, Aug. 19. First-hand tales of the fight at Liego and grim narratives of the war came into this poit on. 'he IPs of American refugees aboard-the Red Star liner Finland, Several Americans were caught between the fire of the Belgian and German armies and weie saved by lying in the trenches while bullets flow over their heads. The Finland steered through a little used channel out of Antwerp to the North Sea, where she found tho horizon smudged with the smoke of Brit ish battleships in perilous passage through mine-strewn waters wliero there were no buoys to guide them, The way lay over shallows and all ballast had to be thrown overboard. Time after time tho Finland was stopped by warships, although she flew the American flag. FIRST EYE WITNESS TELLS OF ' LGIOftl 8ATTLEREL0 5GEIE5 Clusters of Corpses Strew Gory Field and Moans of Dying Assail Ears of Man Who Visited Battle ground in Auto. jorccs, mo Belgians and Mcnon annies aro now i junction with the advance lines of tho Germans. position esti BELGIAN RETIREMENT RUMORED. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) PARIS, Aug. 19. An official announcement says that the letirement of the Belgian troops toward Antwerp is rumored but not confirmed. CONFIRMED FROM FRANCE. I GERMAN ARMY MARCHING ON BRUSSELS. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) ' I (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) PARIS Ann- 10 A tnraful cintlu nf llin milifnru citunlinn PAR S, Allg. 9. A dlSllfltfih fmm RlllSSfi S SflVS tint finil- n the northern' frontier leads tho French military observers to Inonading was distinctly heard in Brussels this morning. The HI.. -- . -, ill i i f-l . i- .1 il. rm-rnpnmw nnf nlslo iUni ! !o Miinrxftnf Mini iUn (Jni'mnn nn lie conclusion inai events transpiring in Deigiinii lociay uie ine yu,ui'",,ll,UNl " muni 10 uuuuioiuuu uuiiiihuuihuui mmy ifiinninn: of ootratons on an immense scale, bermany..is fc maicnmgon orussois uy way ot nuy ana joaoigne, ..ri r ' i i i rr .a i- I. i. .i r".. nr rw A M DnrlDCftinMT DIIRflnorn miiKin a iresn ana mignuer oiiori 10 uieaK inio nance hroirli the comparatively open Belgium country, AUSTRIA HURRIES REINFORCEMENTS. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) ROTTERDAM, Aug, 19, Largo contingents of Austrian tioops, including mountain artillery, whiclUhe German army is wniioui, nave passeci points aiong xne nnine on tuoir way to the fiont, TERRIBLE CARNAGE IN DINANT. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) PARIS, Ana. 19. Details of tho fighting at Dinant between Fionoh and German trooos show terrible carnage, The first ricitli comnanv. a though decimated, held their aiiotltoi company came up with artillery, which c 01 Hi . i ne r-rencn cavalry men acivanceu aiic beiin.iii attackers into the River Meuse. NAVAL BATTLES RUMORED. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bav Times,) LONDON, Aug, 19, It is reported that a naval encounter has occurred in tho North bea, but it is not yet confirmed, BROTHER OF KING IN DANGER. (Bv Associated Press to The Coos Bav Times,) ition until ROME, Aug, 19, A message from Cettinje. states that !Ind-uu7' roved, the the Montenegrin army is within two hours' march of Ragusa( ' ,,,0',Bn,,u' MARY BOYLE O'REILLY PAINTS GRAPHIC PICTURE OF THE FIRST GREAT BATTLE An Amsterdam Merchant, a Non-Combatant, Tells of the Terrible Carnage, Horrible Scenes of War, and Thousands and Thousands of Dead. ' pniin war rrom JUrv llojle O'Holl- . " 8 ,al" !' "1 tho dead hurn l.v. la thori)iiKlil. Jnu'liuiitlc and was'1" ,,r ,,"llo'l- ' mlKlit thou liavu ealilod froni'Knropo. Tho Interview I'oen huh Hie fearful picture at llinwclH. llclKliim. Aiik. 1 2 When"11 """tl '" l"),ro, for"ver' flint tlie (iuruinn army hefjan Ita In- "r'ioro woio riomn and smll wihIoii of IIuIkIiiiii I huiTlod ovoi'Iiik faco In tho nat cottage, win- At llriiHaolB I halted, for I crtuld fr0, ,,,tfr vllln f Mescli. Vot only not got nenror Woko. whleh the (ler-a ",l0 further "Ioiik wo found the 111 II II 1111111 IVflo ullfillttur I tiififtlilim lit !!.. ..1 . . . "" .''. """ .'"in. mihw iiu;iHiiy IMUWinff I lOUCh a , iiviu . limn iiiiKt'u io a man who climler of dead soldiers tho wheM Iuih lievn In and nlimit I.leKo aluco1 nkltltlliiiP )., i. i.L n'.? i.?,-vi?" tho city was first liesleKed. From Bklrnilsh of oiitnosi tlie.o rinVm, him have fhst hand reports of fil,oJ wo ,"l!o site of "i'n eamp mark riKlitlnif. They all agree that there ed by heaps of tho load was terrlho cariiage, horrible scenes' sit,.,, u ,?i. ..m.. ,00 iT-. !!!:0,,"'! . "HolBlonB and (Sermans Jay strew uvum .iiiMiouill.n null 111 IIWIIWOI llmliln pushed the1 n fortified seaport of Austria-Hungary. t King Nicholas of ntt fllotAll rf..f I. .' ,; " ". ""iuii, Kivinc IMIMII 111'lllflllHll I ll.ii ai.n Mt w 1 -. SEAT OF BELGIAN GOVERNMENT BEEN MOVED TO in Amsterdam merchant, one of i ee, l a , , and bayj not nLluA 'i0, l, '" S(.i ,.a" '.i:1.?80' to,,,,,lioin1 under them, were the bodlec S I the linMlnflnlilu ; ,-ii, , .,,, .i;i,'.r.r r ""'' ""'" u i'p;;,'K;,ir,,'S',,;r s rss? 'jsri'S; ffi.S!"!10' ' "" -" i-,'i.';0'i;.rSr,,?";,iSi,1!,iss "Why?" I naked, though I nioro 'ri,0 8i0r.. wn i,na,u. , than half suspeced what the answer, &,?.' T." WWindTS ' Xon.Cmhn,n, Talks. i lfL I1! "0,) 'H"!' P. ?r -Well, here Is just one reason-,, .V "" '""" " J !,eat ,. i , V. . v ."hid uiit;a erv Transfer Made to Prevent Possible Interruption of Govern ment Business at Brussels Queen and Princes Are Now at Antwerp Palace. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) PARIS, Aug, 19, An official communication from Brus sels gies the details of the transfer of the seat of the Bel- : pun go eminent from Brussels to Antwerp, The transfer is iiot an immediate necessity, it is asserted, nut it is referred, to effect it now in a normal manner rather than risk interrup tion to government business, The Queen and Princes are at the Antwerp Palace while the King is with the army, SAY GERMANS ARE GOING FORWARD. ROTTERDAM, Aug, 19, The Cologne Gazette asserts that the advance of the German troops, while slow, has not been seriously checked anywhere, GERMANS IN RUSSIAN POLAND. BERLIN, Aug, 19, German troops today occupied the town of Mlawa, in Russian Poland, close to the German fron tier, on the Warsaw Railroad. . Montenegro has been notified by the Austrian commander that M llio Mnntonocrrinc nttnrl Iho trmn tlio Qarwinnc rrnrl Mnntn i.iu iiiui, iviij(-,i uiu Illinois uiu iuimi mo uui vuiiid cum muuiis negrins held as hostages will be shot, among them being Count Vopiovic, a brother of King Nicholas, UNITED STATES TO ACT FOR JAPAN. (By Associated Press'to The Coos Bay Times,) WASHINGTON, Aug, 19, Japan has asked the United States to take over her embassy in Berlin "In case of emer gency," unarge Barclay ot the British embassy formally presented to Secretary Bryan England's declaration that Japan's action would be limited to tho German possessions eastern Asia, ,,l!"""s -. idemoss. GERM ANS FIRE ON ITALIAN BARRACKS. I "AWfi ?. ? '."S.JSSSg.J JfleK (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) ,tae- T? bowio-b had dragged him around uego. The living. Btiii " ROMF. Allff 1Q Rpflio-ppq fmm Mnrfphiirp- Rprmnnv P"1-,Bt',her w'1'1 h,s f1tther-nHt! 'o't ('ni'e(l for. lay among the corpses. nUIVIC, MUg, y, neiUeeS TlOm lyiagaeOUIg, be many, he one unconscious, the other dead, llavo you ever burned out a hug say that German soldiers fired on 3000 Italians confined in , e i,n, f m that followed, neat or worms in n tree ana B"en the barracks there, killing seven and wounding sixteen, because llo;?;w'. S itb&S Vie S.nlt.KSa.lJaeS SOme Of them ShOUted "Htirrall for Italy," v.as moaning .ltirull for It. as wo thob still wrlgtMnB. agonffi POPE PLEADS FOR PFARF passed In our motor only n few hours f""8 scattered through It? Just en. ro., Ait dT-Z" 4 ti n n T' n- lJt wo Jlil not stop. Horror lnrBo that picture to human propor- (By ASSOCiated PreSS tO The COOS Bay Tillies,) to confess. I hardly notlcetl his suf- 'os nnd add to Its silence the hor- ROME, Aug, 19, The Pooe has addressed an exhortation fer!ns ' 1,ai see so "ch iiko it. ror of groans and cries. Timtiswiiat to the world, ifwhich he saysf "In the milt of this univefsal SfcEPkAWK, SR WiMW1?, B!Sf" "' "" Oeiil, We knOW that both fatlierlV love and aDOStolic millistrv e tlel(l' '?r. wrlthlnp wounded' . ''"ere a man's wholo body turneiE rlomnnrl nf ,,c I10I ,,o oh.-n.U .T.itl, oil n...,A ..: 4kl "? compressed in tho bloody mass " Anoiner was Jerking spasmod 1)1110 eveil liov IIor ilvlmr In 11 1' .11 alone, out on' the country oad e- red y he " v , ZtT,!' vnn.i vun- mIoipa,, i.l i.ii ,,.,.1 ,e"." Hniiie A sheot of flro an in , mangled boneath the' wheels oiu, VXiS St SL demand of us that we should with all earnestness turn the thoughts of Christendom thither, whence comes the help, to Christ, Prince of Peace and most powerful Mediator between God and man," CANADIAN TROOPS TO MOVE. OTIAWA, Aug, 19, On Thursday the Canadian govern ment will begin moving its 25,000 volunteers of the Over-Seas Division to the assembly camp at Valcartier, of the dead. lcally In tho death crln. Thfr "Yes. wl en I started out In tho bloo,y """'l was ra ned and further motor for a run along the battle- ?n a i,nnrt becko'ed In appeal. Weea. fleld, from Vise to Llogo. I rathor ex- ,ng f?j;"18 ,we,',, Painfully crawllnj: pected tho trip would bo exciting, it nor t,ho sliambles aB aimlessly. It would be glorious to bo one of ttuj emed, as singed Insects. Red Crot tlrst on those flolds where the Bel-i? ,hT" ",,u """? wwo wow glans had been so valiantly fighting for hearth and home, against tho In vaders. "Would that I had been the last Ing their way methodlcallv aero the field, which under the gIooy drizzle of rain had grown sodden. (Continued on Page Two.) i :. ML in il