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XXXVII.
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h TI10 Const Mall.
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1914. EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull
unci Coos liny Advertiser
No. 19.
GUSH AND GERMAN FLEETS
THOUGHTTOBE IN NORTH SEA
Ennland Anxiously Waiting for News from Great Naval
Battle, Which Will Have Marked Effect '
on "European War.
1
IRMAN FLEET REPORTED TO'
HAVt BUMbAKUtU SbVAbUAKU
jmors of Firing Increases Excitement, But Nothing Definite
Forthcoming some wotinueu men Keporteci
to Have Been Returned.
(By Associated Press to TI10 Coos Bay Times.)
LONDON. Aug, '6. England waited today with anxiety for
nnrts of movements of the British fleet, of which nothing lias
eon heard since the departure some days ago under scaled
rdeis. All eyes turned toward the North bea, whither it was
ciierally assumed that tho war vessels had gone to encounter
he Gciman nauiosnip squaciron, nepons 01 ining ami uie
inival of a number of wounded German and British bluo-
Fnckots at Harwich on the eastern coast kept excitement at the
lilchest noint. The morning passed, however, without any
nore definite signs of clash. German war vessels are said to
iao penetrated the bult of f inland and bombarded bvea
jonrdi tho "Northern Gibralter,"
FRENCH SEND FOREIGNERS OUT.
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON, Aug, 6, The French government, according to
Americans ai riving from the area of war, is doing everything
possible to get foreigners out of the country, Tho ports are
(crowded with Americans and Englishmen seeking to leave
France.
WILSON TO WORK FOR PEACE.
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times,)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6, President Wilson sent the fol
lowing message vosterdav to Emnoror William, Emperor Nich
olas, Emperor Francis Joseph, President Polncalre and King
beorge!
'As official head 07 one of tho Powers signatory to I lie
Hneuo convention, I feel it to be my privilege and duty under
Article Throe to snv in a sriirit of the most earnest friendship
that I should welcomo an opportunity to act, in the interest of
nuropean peace, enner now or ai any oxner ume.
JAPAN WILL AID 'ENGLAND.
SHANGHAI, Aug, 6, Officials of the Japanese consulate
said today that upon receipt of tho first official news of the
beginning of a clash of arms between England and Germany,
Japan would send a fleet with TO.'OOO men to attack the Ger
mans at Tsing Tau and 10,000 more to relieve the British gar
risons at Tien Tsin and Peking,
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY DECLABES WAR 1UPDN RUSSIA.
(Bv Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times)
ST, PETERSBURG, Aug, 6, Austria-Hungary tonight
declared war on Russia,
CHINA WILL BE NEUTRAL.
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times)
PEKING, China, Aug, 6, China today proclaimed neutral
ity in the European conflict,
The work of fortifying the German possessions of Tsung Ta
continued and the authorities there added to their accumula
tion of provisions,
THIRTY GERMAN MARINES LOST
TOR EDO BOAT
W
ODES
MANY LOST IN GERMAN BOAT EXPLOSION.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,).
COPENHAGEN, Aug, 6, A German torpedo boat destroyer
was sunk near the Gedser lightship off South Gedser by the
explosion of her boilers, Thirty were drowned, A few were
lescued by the lightship,
' RUSSIAN AEROPLANE SHOT DOWN.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
VIENNA, Aug, 6, A Russian aeroplane carrying a pilot
and two Russian officers was brought to earth hy Austrian
sharpshooters near Lemborg and the officers killed.
ENGLAND WANTS LARGER FORCES.
(By Associated Press to 1 he Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON, Aug, 6, Premier Asquitli asked the House of
Commons to vote a war credit of $500,000,000, and said that
Field Marshal Kitchener wanted the power to increase the
British army to 500,000 men,
BELGIANS ANNIHILATE UHLAN REGIMENTS.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
LIEGE (via London), Aug, 6, A force of German Uhlans
made a brilliantly courageous but fatal attempt to capture the
Belgian staff here during the night, The Belgian troops
swooped down and annihilated them all,
BELGIANS LOST HEAVILY IN BATTLE.
(Bv Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times)
WASHINGTON, Aug, 6, Diplomatic dispatches say the
heaviest losses at Liege yesterday occurred when the Germans
wore caueht between two forts,
Tho annihilation of some Belgian troops in a furious
charge on overwhelming German forces was also reunited,
PRESIDENT'S
WIFE IS DEAD
MIT-EHM
DIE IN WRECK
GERMANS ARE
GIVEN SURPRISE
The Anvance into Belgium
Meets With Unexpected
Resistance.
ID, AmocIMM pre., to Coo. flr TIibm.)
11UUSSELS, Aug. 6. Tho Ilolglan
minister of war announces that tno
foitlfieatlons of Llego and vicinity
are firing vigorously on tho Gorman
ttoops. Prompt destruction of tho
bridges by the Delglana checked tho
main German advance Reconholter
Ing parties located three Gorman ar
my corps, tho Tenth at Eysden, tho
Seventh at Vervlors, -10,000 strong,
and tho Sixth at a place not named.
An army of 100,000 Germans is
marching today on Llego, whero a
Eeneral attack is expected tomorrow.
A Gorman officer taken prisoner
said ho was amazed at tho resistance
offered. Tho Germans had been giv
en to understand at norlln that they
would not ho opposed In Delgium.
A Gorman military aviator was killed
today, The Tenth corps, operating
along the northern lino, and find
ing unexpected resistance, moved fur
ther northward. Invading Dutch ter
ritory at TUlburg and crossing the
Metz at Eysden.
AMERICANS IX COPEXHAfiEX.
IDr AwocUtM Pre. 10 Coo. Day Tlmea.)
COPENHAGEN, August G. Tjhe
American legation hero is practically
In a state of siege. Nearly a thous
and Americans arrived rom Ham
burg, whence they Intended sailing
for America. They left their bag
Rage In Germany.
E
IS VERY CLOSE
Charles Curtis Has Small Lead
Over Bristow for Sena
torial Nomination.
(II, AuocLtfcl Prm la Coo. Dt? Time. )
TOPEKA, Kans., Aug. C. While
Charles Curtis, former Senator, con
tinues to hold a lead over Senator
Uristow for the Republican senator
ial nomination in Kansas, tho re
turns from yesterday's primaries left
tho result In doubt and It was boliev
ed Uristow had a chance.
FOH RELIEF OF AMERICANS.
Congress Appropriate Two Millions
For Citizens Abroad,
(1)7 AuorLlM I'rm to Coo. U7 Time..
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 6.
Tho House promptly passed the
$2,500,000 appropriation for tho re
lief of Americans In Europe and
within a few minutes the Senate
passed It also and sent It to tho
White House. Tho North Carolina
will carry additional gold, probably
to Medlterannean ports, leaving the
Tennessee froo to supply tho needs
In tho north.
WILL I'HOTKCT PUBLIC. '
(Bf AocUl4 frts to Ooo. D7 Time. I
VIENNA, Aug. G. Tho Austrian
Hungarian government today took
drastic measures to protect the pub
lic against dealers charging exorbi
tant prices and any attempt to keep
&ecret tho amount of stocks or to
raise prices will bring a prison sentence,
Passes Away at the White
Houss After a Linger
' ing Illness.
(1)7 Aiiorltloi I'rtu to t' U.j Time..
WASHINGTON. 1). C, Aug. C
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wlfo of tho
President of tho United States, died
al the White Houso today nt fi o'
clock p. in. of n complication of
dlsoiises.
The end rnmo after two serious
sinking spoils. Tho President and
their threo daughters nnd Francis
E. Sayro were at the bcdsldo nt tho
end.
President Wilson left Mrs. Wil
son's bedsido only to sign Important
official papers. Ho did not sco even
members of tho cabinet.
Tho month's constant Illness began
with (i nervous brenkdown, then a
fall on tho Whlto Houso floor with nn
Injury to tho splno, which was fol
lowed by Drlght's disease i
President Ik Prohtnited,
President Wilson was completely
prostrated when his wlfo died and
ho broko down completely.
When Secretary Tumulty entorod
the executive offlco to tell tho wnlt
Ing uewspnpor men, his cheeks were
bnthed In tears.
(117 Aiocl.te4 Trei. In Ooo. n7 Tlmea.J '
WASHINGTON, Aug. C President
Wilson has beon nt tho bedsido of
Mrs. Wilson almost constantly for
several days, and her protrncted ill
ness lias grown extremely grave,
Mrs. Sayro and Miss Mnrgarot Wil
son havo been called to her bedside.
It was whlio sitting besido his wlfo
that tho President wrote a message
to tho European crowned heads ap
pealing for peace.
1IK.WV LOSS OF LIFE AT TIP
TOXFORR, MO., WIIK.V KAXSAS
CITY SOITHEHX train hits a
MOTOR CAR.
1117 A.aocltle4 Pre., la Coal I 7 Time.,)
.10PLIN, Mo., Aug. C The thirty-eight
killed and two score Injured
In Inst night's wreck nt Tlptonford
when n Kansas City Southern pas
senger train collided with a .Missouri
& North Arkansas railroad gasoline
motor cur, woro brought hero this
morning. Mnny or tho dead nnd In
jured woro badly burned by tho ex
plosion of the gasoline on tho motor
car, A misunderstood order cnused
tho wreck.
IS ROUTE ROPE
W
DEVELO PIEDTSHT
FE
So Far Only French and Belgian Reports of Developments in
European Struggle Have Reached London
May Change Perspective Soon.
ENGLISH THINK THAT GERMANS
' HAVE BEEN GIVEN WORST OF IT
English Navy Continues to Pick Up German Merchant Vessels
in Various Ports Italy Denies French Claim
of Naval Victory.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON', Aug, 6, German news as to the happenings oF
the last day or two in the conflict In which the armies of
nearly all Europe are engaged, is still lacking, and it is pointed
out here that when it readies the world it may alter the per
spective of the war picture painted by Belgian and Frenrlo
artists, '
Not a word reached London from Berlin, while isolated and
delayed messages from Vienna throw no light on the military
situation,
Many German vessels were snapped up again today In
British ports,
ENGLISH DEFEAT GERMAN VESSELS.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
A Madrid 'dispatch from the Canary Islands says that a
British squadron sunk one German cruiser and captured an
other, which is being convoyed to Gibraltar,
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
ROME, Aug, 6, The Trlbuna publishes a report that the
cruisers Goeben and Breslau, which were reported captured
by the French, have arrived at San Salvatore, Sicily, One of
ine German officers said that while the Breslau was shelling
ihe French naval station at Bona, Algeria, sinking ships in the
harbor and destroying the castle, the Goeben bombarded
Philippeville, The British squadron subsequently pursued
them,
v"
OERMAX CRUISERS
ARE SUNK TODAY.
(Mr Auorl.teJ I'r. la Coo. IUy Time.,)
NEW YORK, Aug. C Cnpt.
Hesslg of tho Uranium Lino
steamer Eurnnum, announced at
tho Rrltlsh consulate that ho
Intercepted n wireless from tho
steamer Lusltunla saying that
two Gorman cruisers which had
been pursuing tho Lusltnnla
had been chased and sunk by
two nrltlsh warships.
OAIM'URE HERMAN SPIES.
(Iljr AHocUlea I'ree. to Coo. nr Tim.,,
HRUSSELS, Aug. C Two
disguised German offlcors woro
arrested today nt Ostond and
had In their possession extensive
military notes and plans of great
vnlue. They are to bo shot.
Don't forget llio a3c luncheon ut
Tho Chandler. Jl:,'lo to U o'clock.
GOOD PROGRESS ON THE RAILROAD
Supt. Dixon here on Tour of
Inspection War Won't
Affect Road.
Thomas Dixon, In charge of tho
Coos Ray and Euegne railroad work
for tho MacArthur Perks Company,
the general contractors of tho lino,
arrived here last evening via Drain
and Allegany to Inspect tho work at
this end. He will spend a day or so
inspecting tho work on this end of
the line.
Mr. Dixon states that good progross
Is being made all along the line.
Last week, ho and General Manager
Hitchcock and Supt. Tinkler of tho
MacAtrhur Perks Company made a
trip over the line from Eugene, com
ing down to Florence and thenco
down the coast to Gardiner and as
far as Lakeside, returning to Eugene
last .Thursday. From there Messrs.
Hitchcock and Tinkler went to Brit
ish Columbia, where they have con
tracts. Mr. Dixon says that tho railroad
Borvlce Is bolng extended from Eu
gono towards the coast as rapidly as
tho line is being ballasted. Thoro
are a few bridges to complete and
somo steel to bo laid but service will
reach tidewater on tho SIubImv early
this fall.
The bulk of the grading will also
be completed this fall, leaving only
the tunnel work, which can bo con
tinued during the rainy season.
They have between 1G00 and 1C00
men at work on the line now. Tho
wages for common labor remain tho
same, $2 per day, nnd tho men pay
$0 per week for board. However, the
station men and other classes make
much better wages than this.
There Is a constant change In tho
workimHinaencorn gaul gql n g al I
(Continued on Page Six.)
GERMANY'S THREE ARMIES. "
Bv Associated Press to The Coos Bav Times,) y
BRUSSELS, Aug, 6, Tho Germans have crossed the Bel
gian frontier at three points in the vicinity of Liege, A fight is
in progress between the Germans and Belgians for tho posses
sion of Fleron, six miles from Liege,
GERMAN TROOPS SUFFER HEAVY LOSS. ffi ,
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON, Aug, 6, A dispatch from Amsterdam says that
3500 Germans were killed or wounded in tho fighting at Vise, v
Belgium,
BRUSSELS, Aug, 6, The Gazetto today says that the
German losses when thev were repulsed in the Liege district
are estimated at 8000, wlille the Belgians suffered far less,
1 BELGIANS ROUTE GERMANS.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
BRUSSELS, Aug, 6. The alleged rout of the German
Seventh Army Corps was not confirmed in its entity, how
ever, says tho Gazette, which acfds: "The Belgian Eleventh
Brigade, after successfully resisting the German attack, pur
sued the fleeing Prussians with such energy that tho Genoral
commanding the Belgians was obliged to order our troops to
turn back, as they were getting outside the range of the runs
of our forts, A number of wounded Germans fled to Dutch
territory and this gave rise to the belief that the enemy had
been completely routed, At 4 o'clock this morning the German
Tenth Army Corps attacked Chaudfontaine, Boucelles and
Flemalle, near LiQge, The Belgians captured seven guns, The
proposal for the surrender of Liege was again firmly refused,"
GERMAN CABLE IS NOT WORKING.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
NEW YORK, Aug, 6, The Commercial Cable Company
said today that there was no trouble with its lines running
from New York to Nova Scotia and thence to England, The
cutting of the German cable completed the isolation of Ger
many from communication with the outside world, except
insofar as messages may bo exchanged by wireless, All
direct communication with the United States is severed, Here
after all news from Germany will have to filter through hostile
countries, The last message from Berlin received by the
Associated Press came at 1 o'clock yesterday, telling of the
British ambassador formally announcing war,
BELGIAN TOWN IN FLAMES.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
LIEGE, Aug, 6, The town of Argenteau is in flames, The
German army is reported marching on Liege,
DENY NAVAL BATTLE RUMOR. '
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
LONDON, Aug, 6, Rumor of a naval engagement occur
ring off Cromarty, Scotland, was set at rest by official denial.
BELGIAN OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC.
(By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,)
BRUSSELS, Aug, 6, The Belgian Minister of War in an
official statement said: "The Belgians are successfully com
batting German invasion, The Belgian losses are trifling com
pared with those of Germany,"
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