RUSSIANS DEFEAT
GERMAN CAVALRY
WARTIME SCENES IN TWO EUROPEAN CAPITALS CAUGHT BY CAMERA.
General Advance of Vast Army
on Both Hostile Countries
Is Unchecked.
SERBS REPORT BIG VICTORY
Austrian Losses Reported at 25,000.
Servian Forces bald to llave In
vaded Bosnia and Bombard
ment of Pola Is Expected.
LONDON, Aug. 2. 11:48 A. M. In
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Company says the Russian general ad
vance both on Austria and Germany is
progressing without interruption.
A big cavalry engagement of the
northern army on Friday was a severe
blow to the Germans in East Prussia.
An entire German battery was cap
tured. Aviators are throwing bombs on
the German entrenchments and mili
tary buildings.
Three Austrian army corps are en
gaged in the Austro-Servian theater of
war. They are wedged in the Junction
of the Drina and Yadal Rivers. In
baitle of four days' duration the Ser
vians captured " Austrian guns.
Battery of (inoa Captured.
A dispatch received here from An
twerp says the Russian Minister has
been advised officially that in an en-
quintet 'n Prussia, the Russians iook
many German prisoners and captured
an entire battery of guns.
According to the same information,
the Austrians in Gallcla have been de
feated with heavy losses. Six officers
and 1250 men were taken prisoners.
A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Com
pany from St. Petersburg, dated today,
eays:
"After a brilliant Servian victory at
Matschwa, the Austrians led toward
the bridges of the Drina, pursued by
the Servians, who captured rich booty
and a large number of prisoners, in
cluding officers. They took 40 guns,
most of them howitzers, horses, ammu
nition and Held hospital military kltch
eus." According to a Central News dispatch
from Rome, many Austrians were
drowned in their flight to the Drina.
The Servian artillery annihilated sur
vivors. The correspondent says that
25,000 Austrians were killed or wound
ed in the battle and that 10.000 were
taken prisoners.
Losses Are ConBrmed.
. Official sources confirm the reports
that the Austrians lost 20,000 men in
the three days' lighting on the Drina.
There has been continuous fighting
along the whole frontier for two days
without any change in the respective
positions of the Austrian and Servian
armies, according to a dispatch from
Nish, the present capital of Servia. It
is officially said that a part of the
Servian army has invaded Bosnia suc
cessfully and that a great battle, with
an outcome favorable to tne Servians,
Is expected.
Conditions at Pola. Austria, are seri
ous, according to a Rome dispatch. The
authorities have issued notices asking
all the inhabitants to make food pro
visions for 90 days. Those unable to
do so must leave within 24 hours. This
is due to the expected bombardment by
the Anglo-French fleet.
EMBASSY CLAIMS VICTORIES
Engagements in Eastern Prussia and
Galicla Reported.
NEW TORK, Aug. 22. The military
attache at the Russian embassy at
Washington has issued the following
statement through the consulate in New
York:
"An engagement has taken place be
tween the Russian and German troops
near Bilderweltschen in Eastern Prus
sia. The Russian troops have captured
eight field guns and 12 ammunition
wagons, two machine guns and many
prisoners.
"In the fight near Krasnik and Goro
dok, on the Galician border, the Aus
trian advance was repulsed, the enemy
suffering heavy losses and leaving in
the hands of the Russians six officers
and 250 men."
Two Upper Phoios by Underwood & Underwood Co.; Lower by Bain News Service.
Too Earl Roberts and l,.,,uhtcr. Alleen Mary, Receiving Ovation After Leaving British War Office. Middle. Prince
of W.le? (Right, Being Cheered by London Crowd. Below. Left, Berlin Crowd Before Cathedral Opposite
KalserT Palace Cheering New. of War. Right. Crowd Before Berlin Bank When War First Declared.
COURTESY IS GIVEN
Returnig Travelers Say Ger
mans Were Friendly.
NATION IS DETERMINED
CENSORSHIPJS TO .RELAX
Vnitett States Plans to Make Policy
More Liberal.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. Although
final decision cannot be announced un
til the word has been received from
the German government, the Adminis
tration prepared today to put into ef
fect a more liberal censorship on the
wireless messages than has existed
and has abandoned the idea of censor
ing the cables.
' Haniel von Haimhausen, the German
Charge d'Affaires. has communicated
with his government, giving details of
the new plan. No censorship would
be exercised on the cables and the
present prohibition of wireless code
messages would be removed. Embassies
and consulates of all belligerents
would be permitted to use the wire
less to send code messages provided
they satisfied the naval officer in
charge at the receiving station of the
neutral nature of dispatches.
The British government, it is under
stood, favors the plan so long as it
prevents any agents of belligerent
countries sending information direct
from the shores of the United States to
ships at sea. It was predicted in
German circles that Germany also
would assent to the plan, as it af
forded her a means of direct communi
cation in code with the United States.
FRENCH DEFEAT ADMITTED
Paris, However, Declares Berlin Ex
aggerates Lorraine Figures.
LONDON, Aug. 23. An official dis
patch from Paris says:
"An official German telegram has an
nounced that we suffered a severe re
verse in Lorraine on August 20, which
was transformed on August 21 into a
rout, in the course of which we are said
to have lost 10,000 men who were taken
prisoners, and 50 guns.
"These are ridiculous exaggerations.
The German success in Lorraine does
not exceed that gained by us in Alsace
and the total of our dead, wounded,
prisoners and missing will certainly be
far less than 10,000. the figure given as
the number of prisoners alone.
"During our retreat none of our
troops crossed the Meurthe River, all
remaining In front of Nancy. This mo
mentary withdrawal following the vig
orous advance is the only episode in a
conflict which will necessarily involve
numerous alternations of flux and re
flux. "Our troops In Lorraine remain full
of ardor and are inspired with the de
termination to conquer and to avenge
their dead."
Feeling Prevails United States Is
Only Nation Well Disposed
Toward Teutons Cases of
Destitution Helped.
ROTTERDAM, Aug. 22, via London.
A thorough canvass of Americans here
shows, that the Germans have been
universally courteous to them. The
hardships undergone by citizens of the
United States have been due in all
cases to the conditions attending mob
ilization, the lack of facilities for
travel and at first a restriction of the
hours during which the streets could
be frequented. A -week after the
opening of the war the latter restraint
was eliminated.
The government took measures not
alone looking to the safety of Amer
icans, but also to their comfort. Those
hardest hit by the war are American
students in Germany, who have found
difficulty in getting their usual re
mittances. Every measure has been
taken to help them.
Apologies Frequently Made.
Dr. W. G. Kanter, of Detroit, who
traveled widely In Germany during
the mobilization, said today that Amer
icans could not have received better
treatment in their own country. While
Inspecting passports and baggage, of
ficials were courteous and on numerous
occasions apologUed for the inconve
nience caused.
Dr. Kanter was in Frankfort-on-Main
on August 2 when the authorities
discovered a French aeroplane over
the city. He said the airship was
fired on and came down, the aviator
being killed. That same night 18
Frenchmen were found at Frankfort
in a house, using a wireless plant.
They put up a spirited fight with re
volvers, but were overcome by a rain
of bullets.
At Cologne eight Russians were shot
on August 7. One of the prisoners
was disguised as a priest, two as nuns
and the other five wore dresses of
women. The impression is that they
were ordinary Russian citizens, afraid
to leave Germany any other way.
Disguised Russians Shot.
During the first few days of mobili
zation the Germans were all confident
that they would win. When it became
known that England had made com
mon cause with France and Russia a
feeling of depression came over the
entire nation. Since then this feeling
Is said to have given place to resig
nation and a grim determination to do
the best possible. Men of all classes
are volunteering for service in the
field. During the first week 1,300,000
enrolled. They are now being armed
and drilled for service.
The occupation by troops find guards
of the bases and lines of communica
tion was popular in Germany. It Is as
serted that women urged their hus
bands and soqs to die for the Father
land. All classes for the time being
are eliminated.
Americans returning from Germany
deny emphatically that they have been
abused by the Germans except in small
towns, where the control was tempo
rarily lax. When detained, the English
received good treatment, though not
quite the same as Americans. There
is no doubt that the Germans have
made a special effort to be friendly to
Americans, and the government has is
sued two books regarding the war fbr
the purpose of making the German side
known in the United States. The feel
ing has prevailed that America is the
only nation at all friendly to Ger
many. The cases of destitute Americans in
Rotterdam are few and are being re
lieved by the American Consul-Gen-eral.
The American Consul in Berlin Is
providing free transportation to all
stranded Americans as fast as possible.
The scarcity of passenger cars is a
hard problem.
Kelso to Have Temperance Rally.
KELSO, Wash., Aug. 22. (Special.)
A temperance rally on a large scale
will be conducted here next Saturday,
according to plans recently announced
by the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union organizers of this section. A
programme, Including a free barbe
cue, sports, races, a grand parade and
addresses, will be provided. A large
amount of contraband liquor which
Marshal Studebalcer has been collect
ing from bootleggers will be destroyed
publicly by the Young Campaigners'
Society of this city.
CITIES CANT PAY TAX
DEMAND FOR 30,000,000 CALAMITY
FOR BELGIANS.
Fear Is Held Germans Will Demolish
Historic Buildings and Seise Art
Treasures in Brussels.
LONDON. Aug. 22. The German de
mand for indemnity from Brussels and
Liege. J40.000.uu0 from the first city
and sio.uuu.uuo irom tne seconu, i ie
..rl nH fie nnA nf the hardest ca
lamities suffered by the Belgians as a
result of the invasion.
The question is how the two cities
are going to meet this bin. tne casn
from the banks in both cities was al
most all removed to Antwerp when
German occupation was threatened.
There is no fraction of the amount of
law in aHIiap tnwTi. nnd it is feared
that the Germans will either demolish
valuable historic ana puonc uuiiuiuso,
or seize art treasures if the citizens of
the threatened cities are not able to
scrape together the $50,000,000 re
quired. This is considered impossible.
D......I. Vine nrtrelpBR enllp.CtiOIlS in
art treasures. Its public galleries are
rich in examples 01 ton iitnuw ""
Dutch schools of painting, and the
Royal Library contains 600,000 volumes,
100,000 manuscripts and 50,000 coins.
The Royal Museum in Brussels is one
of the finest in Europe and there are
many costly statues In the capital.
STAGGERING FIGURES OF THE GREAT WAR
After making various calculations, based upon facts and figures
connected with the current war, a statistician makes the computa
tion in the New York Herald that if the armies of Germany, France,
Austria, Russia, England, Servia, Montenegro, Belgium and Italy,
numbering 20,000,000 men. were to be deposited upon the Island of
Manhattan there would be little room for the millions now occupy
ing this island.
Manhattan has an area of 21.93 square miles. This represents
roughly, based upon an area of 22 square miles, 505,524,800 square feet
of territory. Allowing a space of four square feet for each soldier,
the European armies now in the field would take up every inch of
Manhattan from the Battery to a point beyond One Hundred and Fif
tieth street.
Should they lie at full length, allowing six feet for each man, the
line of sleeping soldiers would extend a distance of 120,000,000 feet,
or 22.72i miles. Such a line of human beings would almost encircle
the globe.
The transportation of such an army of men across the Atlantic
would require 5S5 steamships the size of the Vaterland, of the Hamburg-American
line. The ordinary man of sound appetite consumes
about two and one-half pounds of food every day, so that the men
under arms in Europe consume 50,000,000 pounds or 25.000 tons
daily. To transport this vast food supply, allowing 30 tons for each
freight car, a train of 833 cars would be required. Allowing 60 feet
for each car, this train would have a length of nearly ten miles, and
approximately 20 locomotives would be required to move it.
The clothing for 20,000,000 men, allowing three yards for each
man's uniform, would represent 60,000,000 .yards of cloth. Sewed end
for end together this strip of cloth would cover a distance of 34,090
miles or one and one-half times the circumference of the earth. The
buttons for these uniforms would weigh about 2000 tons and would
require more than 1000 horses to draw the load comfortably.
Each soldier consumes about one and one-half pounds of meat a
day, provided it is apportioned on this liberal basis by the various
commissary departments of the respective armies. This would mean
the consumption of 30,000,000 pounds, or 15,000 tons To supply this
food more than 25.000 cattle would be required. The hides so ob
tained would, if converted into shoes for this vast army, provide shoes
for fewer than 5.00,000 men for one year and shoes for 20,000.000
would take more cattle than could be housed in the stockyards in
Chicago If they were 20 times as big as their present size.
Few realize what a tremendous spectacle 20,000.000 men would make
if they were to parade. A regiment of 1000 troops, marching four
abreast, occupies a space ten feet wide and 1000 feet in length. Twen
ty million men marching in the same order would cover a line of
march 3837 miles in length. If the men marched four feet apart, this
distance would be doubled, and at six feet it would be trebled. Just
fancy a parade reaching from New York to San Francisco, the head
of the line counter-marching and reaching Ogden, Utah, on its re
turn before the last men are in motion at New York.
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HARVEST IS DIFFICULT
0LV AGED AND CRIPPLED WORK
IN FIELDS OF FRANCE.
.Nation Straggling to Gather Crops.
Men Are Gone, Horses Disappear,
Cattle Are Driven Away.
pipis aiih- 22. Rural France Is
making a valiant struggle to harvest
its crops. Only old or crippled men
and women, besides children, are
ivnAimr in the fields. The men have
mu.. the horses have disappeared,
part of the cattle have been driven off
and the inns are closed.
t p:trotat. on tne Norman coast, out
of a population of 1900 only 34 men
are left and tnere is nut a m -
nAniin(, 11 fnw old animals.
IMilCe O.VLCllll"B - -
Americans have a large number of
villas there and instead oi
,-..! ...! these wealthy people
pia.yms itiniio, -
are working in the fields and orchards,
cheering up the peasants.
.1 ),. Vi ruination of the fOOd
Alienuj 111c i
supply, should Paris become be-
leagured, wnicn is iesaiu
, in ncmnvlne the attention
of the Academy of Sciences. A com
mittee on hygiene is arranging for
quantities of preserved beef, milk, etc.
Donald Harper, 01 me
lief committee in Paris, is goin5 to
i,..i.i uirir,st to President
Wilson that he recommend an interna-
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tional measure ur ccmc... -
ud the parity of the money of the great
nations.
"I have seen American auuaas,
Mr. Harper, "selling in Paris for as
1 tft nnri Vnr three days a
dollar was not worth at the banks
more than 90 cents. Money changers
and tourist agencies were buying Eng
lish sovereigns at 23 francs apiece and
selling them at 28. An American dol
lar Is now at i a"" ::
in Paris. It would be a service to all
countries to provide a means of keep-mo-
mnnev at a relative value, what
ever may happen."
thence to be taken across in quick
time by the swift Cunarder Maure-tania.
RESERVISTS IN UNITED STATES
ORDERED TO REPORT. '
From 10,000 to 12,000 Are Affected and
Announcement Is Made Government
Will Pay for Transportation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. All Brit
sh army reservists In the United States
lave been ordered to place themselves
it the orders of English consular of
ficers in their districts.
The reservists have not been oraeren
jt tin. r r.n nra 1 o Tne lull tieiiso i'i
the term, but they have been ordered
to get in touch with British consuls to
be ready for orders. The British Em
bassy here expects tnat some 01 uwn
-..111 V.a nacom hied in Canada to be
ready for transportation to the British
Isles, Europe, or tne rar sw.
will rumnin in the United States in
close touch with Brltlsn consuls.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. From 10,000
to 12,000 men in this country will be
affected by the instructions from Eng
land requesting that British reservists
be gathered and returned home for
army service, it was estimated by
British Consular officials today.
Richard L. Nosworthy. Acting Consul-General,
said he had received the
instructions and was acting upon them.
It was explained that every British
reservist who has registered at a Con
sulate accounting his readiness to re
turn to England or who may do so In
the immediate future, will have his
return passage paid by the British
government
In this city many men who hold re
sponsible positions in Wall street of
fices are subject to the call to the
colors, as are not a few who are ap
pearing with theatrical productions
here. It was said that some reservists
likely would be sent back on the avail
able "ships from this port, but that the
probability pointed to numbers of them
being concentrated at Halifax, N. S.,
COTTON CROP IS FINANCED
St. Louis Plans to De Without Gov
ernment Aid.
ST. LOUIS. Aui. 22. Plans for the
protection of the surplus of the cotton
crop of the South were perfected today
by a committee appointed yesterday at
a meeting of the St. Louis Business
Men's League. The plan was submitted
to the St. Louis Clearing-House Asso
ciation at noon, and as the bankers In
dividually had approved of It. Festus J.
Wade, president of the Clearing-House.
will report to Secretary McAdoo Mon
day that the Government need not con
cern itself with the financing of the
cotton crop, but he will urge that the
St. Louis Federal Reserve bank be
opened as soon as possible to facilitate
the working of the St. Louis plan.
The plan adopted by the St. Louis
committee provides that local merchants
in the cotton states who have dealings
with St. Louis wholesalers or manu
facturers store the surplus cotton of
their districts in their own warehouses,
as far as possible, and send the ware-
RAILWAY DISTANCES 1 N Ell- i
HOPE S W All mill
The following table of railway
distances may he helpful toward
an Intelligent reading of the dis
patches: Paris Brussels, 200 miles.
Paris Namur, 191 mllijs.
Brussels Liege, 33 miles.
Brussels Namur, 35 miles.
Paris Verdun, 175 miles.
Verdun Metz, 42 miles.
Paris Nancy, 220 miles.
Nancy Strassburg, 74 miles.
Paris -Belfort, 275 miles.
Belfort Mulhausen. 31 miles.
Mulhausen Basel, 21 miles.
Mulhausen Colmar, 28 miles.
Colmar Strassburg, 41 miles.
Basel Strassburg, 89 miles.
house receipts to the St. Louis whole
salers and manufacturers. The St.
Louis men then will take the ware
house receipts to the St. Louis banks
and with those receipts as security bor
row money to send to the cotton states.
It is suggested that those banks lend
at the rate of $35 a bale.
MAN STEALSjrO GET JOB
Expenses to Civil Service Examina
tion Paid From Mull Sack.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22. On the
eve of taking examinations for th
position of railway mail clerk, James
Jav. formerly assistant postmaster ai
Redding, Cai.. stole a mall ssck, rinea
it of a registered Jetter containing
S280. and paid his expenses to San
Francisco, where the examinations are
held, from the proceeds of the theft.
He was arrested here, confessed and
today made restitution of $250.
The facts were given out today by
the chief postal inspector and Jay was
held for the Federal grand Jury.
Former Ashland Man Appointed.
ASHLAND, Or., Aug. 22. (Special.)
Charles F. Harrington, of this city,
has been appointed as a Government
meat Inspector at South Omaha, Neb.
Harrington was a veterinary surgeon
while here. He left Ashland several
weeks ago with this Federal position
in view. He Is a veteran of the Span
ish war.
SWISS ARMY MOBILIZED
LEGATION EXPI INs 111 Willi Is
mkiii:i. piu: i no tin.
Popular Men I In n il I oiiinisiinrr-tli-(
kief and cblcf f stsf ' aoo.ooo
Men Held In kHM
WASHINGTON. Aun. 11. At the
Swiss legation here the following state,
ment was mnde public today:
"The Swiss federal council has
mobilized from the beginning the whole
military force of Swltxerland, th elite,
the landwehr mid part of the Isndslurm.
numbering together about 100.000 men.
The mobilization is not a result of a
menace to Swltierland, but merely a
precautionary military measure. The
efficient training of the army and the
careful war preparations enshle
Switzerland to maintain the Inviola
bility of its territory.
"A commander-in-chief of the srmy
was elected. Colonel Ulrlch Wllle rising
to the rank of General. Colonel Nprech
er von Berneck Is chief of staff. Both
names art popular- In Switzerland ai"l
the neighboring countries and inspire
the troops with highest confidence.
"The mobilization was completed
quietly and speedily. The frontier, the
Alpine passes, as well as the Gotthard
and St. Maurice fortifications are
strongly guarded. The German railway
station at Basel Is barred. Railroad
traffic between Germany and Basel has
ceased, as all trains are stopped In the
German stations outside Basel. The
Swiss - German boundary there Is
sharply guarded on boh sides. Soma
German patrols which crogsed the
boundary line were immediately dis
armed and interned."
Linn Hops Are lllp-.
t niMV nr Ans 21 (Sneclal.) -
The first hopplrklng of the year In this
county was begun In a ynrd near nar
rishurg. other yards In that vicinity
will beitln picking next week, but In
ih. varl in the vicinity of this city
picking will not begin until about Sep.
teniber 1.
fereyr-b"o
gB'ffjr they en,
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fiilli 2 dreaded r,
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.Motorcycle Itiders Upset.
A. G. Armstrong and T. Heslen nar
rowly escaped Injury last night, when
a motorcycle which they were riding
turned over at Broadway and Ankeny
street, causing the gasoline tank to
explode. Neither wi injured, although
a bunch of matches In Armstrong's
pocket was ignited.
Your check for $345 buys tomorrow
quite new, late 88-note 'model 50
player piano at Graves Music Co., 151
Fourth St. Adv.
Asthma Hay Fever
The hay fever sea
son is at hand, and It
may be well for uf-
k n o w that
be speed 1 1 y
from this
malady by the
Warner's Safe
A.thm. Itemedv. Pre
pared and prescribed
for all forms of iisthins,
hay fever and atuffy
rolda It soothes and
. .. tin.. folks who
restores at me . . .
have asthma so bad that the Mo
ait up night after "
thev could get no relief til W3
used Warner's Safe Asthma Remacl,.
bTln five minutes' time It made . the. -breathe
easy, so they obta ined restfu
sleep and today they would not bi
SuRttf i.. you aALfr?f-yr
rfr.iira-lBt or us upon receipt of pr'r''
?5c"otlpa.d. Warner's Safe Remeilu I
Co , Dept. M Rochester. N. Y.
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rjif..'.t.
Acid Stomachs Are
Da nger ous
Common
Dlatla-
be-
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itiilahrd Speelallsl.
. . v. ilanirffrnu
"Acid stoma. .. -.- "7- ---
. i.: irritates im .
rf. li sle lining of the stomach, thus
hfn erlng n "(f preventing the proper
hindering "'" n11rh .n,i leading to
probably nine-tenths 'of the case, of
Stomach trouble from i which MM
c nil treatments ar. useless In such
cases, for they leave the source of th..
trouble the acid In the stomach, as
uang-rius aa ever The acid must he
neiitra zeil aim n ioi ion
vented and the best thing for this pur
pose Is a tefl.poonful of bl.un.ted mag
esln. a simple antacid, takan In a
little warm or cold water after eating,
which not only neutralizes the acid.
but also prevants the rermentst ion
from wnicn acinny is "
which ordinarily cause distress may be
eaten with impunity ir tne meat is
followe.i wun a nine i'i?uiim
- 1 1.1.1. I. nl,Uln,..l fl .oil Mnv
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drnirirlst. and should always be kept
handy. Adv.
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