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MARSHFIELD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times. Contt Midi
mill Coos May Advertiser
No. 41
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FIGHTING DESPERATELY TO STAY GERMAN
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BATTLE OF
BEIHG FOUGHT NEAR PARIS
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! strenuous Efforts by the Allied Army to Prevent Success of
German Assaults on Upper Oisc, Less Than Fifty
Miles From French Capital.
ciFRHE FIGHTING WAGED WITH '
VARYING SUCCESS FOR LAST FOUR DAYS
By Sheer Weight of Numbers Germans Are Pressing Allies Back
But Have Been Unable to Break Through the Fighting
Lines of French and British
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BETWEEN
TURKEY
GREECE ONLY II MATTER OF HOURS
Scmi-Official Announcement That Turkish Troops Are Being
Landed on the Shores of Asia-Minor at Smyrna and
Preparations for Hostilities Begun
FORTIFICATIONS BEING THROWN UP
UNDER DIRECTION OF GERMAN OFFICERS
illy Associated Pitbs to Coon liny Times.)
PARIS, Sept. 2. Another German aeroplane has appear
ed above Paris. The aeroplane circled above the city at
a great height for 45 minutes between 5 and 6 o'clock. Ma
chines guns mounted in public buildings fired steadily and a
constant rifle fire was directed skyward. It was unknown
at 6:45 whether any bombs had been dropped.
(Ily Associated Press tu Coos liny Times.)
LONDON, Sept, 2, A corner of the curtain over the battle
drama in Northwest France was momentarily raised today, It
shows the allies battling desperately to prevent the success of
German assaults on Upper Oisc, less than fifty miles from
Paris, On tlio eastern war stage, Russians frankly confess to
disaster to two army corps with the loss of three generals,
Elsewhere tlio Russian armies seem to have triumphed. Gal
icia has been successfully invaded and Lemburg will soon be
evacuated, says tlio Russian war office, On Upper Oise tlio
British are fighting desperately to prevent the Germans from
obtaining a direct route to Paris, Tho battle raged Sunday
and Monday, By sheer weight of numbers, tho Gormans se
cured a slight advance,
Illy Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
PARIS Sept, 2, lii the north there are no signs of hostile
troops at Arras, Lille, Betluine, Douain and Lane, Parts of
o'eeral German army corps in Belgium are moving into Ger
many, i ins was made known by an ollicial unnuuiicemont
today,
Unconfirmed Reports Are Current That Turkey Has Declared
War With Russia Communication With Constan
tinople Cut Off For Three Days.
(Uy Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
LONDON, Sept, 2, A Renter dispatch from St, Petersburg
conveys the semi-official statement that in well-informed cir
cles in St, Petersburg, the opinion is expressed that war be
tween Turkey and Greece is onlv a Question of two or three
i days, Numerous Turkish troops, the dispatch says, have
j landed on the shores of Asia Minor at Smyrna while near Cha-
talia and east of Scutari fortifications are being thrown un un
der the direction of German officers,
RUSSIA AND TURKEY AT WAR
(Uy Associated Press to Cooa Hay Times.)
NEW YORK, Sept, 2, Dow, Jones & Company today pub
lished the following in its news ticker: "London Unconfirmed
icports are current hero that Turkey has declared war on Rus
sia, Communication with Constantinople has been cut off for
three days,"
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENT IS SHOT
(Uy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.)
LONDOfl, Sept, 2, A Telegraph correspondent who has
just returned from Brussels reports that a young Frenchman
lepresenting the Chicago Daily News in Brussels, lias been ar
lesteci and shot,
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TRIAN BATTLEFIELD
Official Report Says Austrians Were Repulsed With Fearful
Loss, and Many of Their Cannon, Rapid Fire Guns
and Supplies Are Captured. '
RUSSIA ADMITS LOSS OF TWO ARMIES '
INCLUDING THREE GENERALS AND MANY OFFICERS
One of the Russian Generals Killed Had Distinguished Renord
In War With Japan City of Lodz Captured
By Germans and Austrians.
(Ity Associated Press to Coos liny Times.)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 2. The general staff announced that:
after a seven-days' battle the Russian forces had seized thai
fortifications near Lcmbura and yesterday, after furious.'!
fighting, routed the Austrians who fled in disorder, abandon
ing much artillery.
FRENCH OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BATTLE NOW RAGING
(Uy A mini luted Press to Coos Hay Times.)
WASHINGTON, D, C Sept, 2, A dispatch to the French
Ambassador here gives a summary of three battles along tho
extPHiedfiont. The messagv says: "Our troops press for
ward little by littlo in Vosees, In the regions of Ham, Vervine
and St. Quentin, a battle has be n raging for three days, In
the center there, has been alternate success and checks, A
general battle is still on, On the loft tlio French had to yield
ground, but their lino remains unbroken,"
GERMAN ADVANCE CONTINUES
(My Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
LONDON, Sept, 2, Tho Times correspondent at Dieppe,
France, says: "In the main northern theater of war, tlio Ger
man advance continues without slackening its pace, They
nave made an effort which nearly deserves to be called super
human," GERMAN FORCES NEAR GHENT
(Hy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.)
LONDON, Sept, 2. Reuter's Antwerp correspondent sends
the following official announcement: "The Germans are again
bombarding Malines, The German movements toward Asscne
caused a belief that the Germans were contemplating a move
ment toward Termonde, 1 6 miles east of Ghent, Ninovohand
and Alost, 1 6 and 1 5 miles from Ghent, in different directions,
have been occupied by the Germans, The situation in Ant
werp and Lemburg provinces is unchanged,"
REPORT MANY GERMANS SLAIN
ESE OFFICIALS Ml JAPAN
S VIOLATING NEUTRAL TERHiTORY
M2ZZ2Z
(lly Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
, PARIS, Sept, 2, The exodus of Parisians continues, but it
g not greater than the influx of refugees from Belgium and
Northern France, Refugees from Crepy-End-Valcis, in the de
partment of Oise, 23 miles southeast of Compiegne, report the
Germans were crushed near there and that piles of bodies were
vmgyards high,
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. mm ENGLISH LOSSES IN GERMAN BATTLES. '
LONDON, Sept, 2, The official casualties suffered by
cavalry brigade and of three divisions less one brigade,
British forces in France follows:
Killed -Thirty-six officers and
a
of
PEKING, Sept, 2, Japan has landed ton to fifteen thou
sand troops at Lungkow, the newly opened port one hundred
miles north of Tsing Tau, This is declared here to be a viola
tion of China's neutrality,
(Hy Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
WASHINGTON, Sept, 2, Chinese officials have called at
tention of American Consular officers at Chee Foo to the Jap
anese landing at Lungkow, claiming this violate China's neutrality,
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WILHELM CAPTURED BY BRITISH
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.)
NEW YORK, Sept, 2, Sir Courtenay Bennett British Con
sul General here, announced today that he had been informed
by a trustworthy sources, that the North German Lloyd steam
er Kron Prinze Wilhelm had been captured near here by Brit
ish cruisers and taken to Bermuda,
STEAMER DESTOYED BY MINE.
(By Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
LONDON, Sept, 2, The steamer Eyrie, engaged in 'mine
sweeping operations in the North Sea, struck a mine today and
sanK, oix memoers or me urew are missing, rive
saved,
were
ENGLISH CAPTURE TEN GERMAN GUNS
127 men,
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'jncuininy-six onicers ana mi men,
Wounded Fifty-seven officers and 629 men,
Missing Ninety-five officers and 4183 men,
. J ne report was received from headquarters in France,
is known that a considerable portion of the missing were
wounded and sent down the country regarding whom particu
lars were unavailable at headquarters,
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.)
PARIS. Sont. 93. "A Gorman navalrv rnrns marr.hincr to
ward the Compiegne forest on the allies' left engaged the Eng
lish yesterday, The English captured ten guns," This was
officially announced today,
PRESIDENT SIGNS EMERGENCY BILL
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay TJmes.)
WASHINGTON, D, C Sept, 2, President Wilson today
signed the war insurance risk bill,
(lly Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
PETROGRAD, (St, Petersburg,) Sept, 2, The following
official announcement was made today, "Our forces invading
Galicia continued their advance toward Lemberg, The enemy
fell back gradually before our troops, We captured somo can
non, rapid fire guns and caissons, The pursuit continues
Near Guila and Pipa the enemy occupied strong positions of
sucli natural strength that they were considered impregnable,
iliey also desperately attempted to stop our advance by flank
ing our attack, We repulsed the Austrians, inflicting sovore
losses, Wo buried on the battlefield 14,600 Austrian deadf
captured a flag and thirty-two guns and a quantity of supplies
and made many prisoners, including a general, On tho south
front, in the Warsaw district, all Austrian attacks have been
repelled successfully, Assuming the offensive on their right
wing wo forced the Austrians to retreat, capturing three can-
non, ten rapid fire guns and over one thousand prisoners, The
latter said that the Austrian losses had been heavy,"
The statement adds that the commander of the Austrian
division, commander of brigade and a division chief of staff
were killed, Of the 4000 prisoners, 600 were wounded,
(By Associated Press to Coos Buy Times.)
PETROGRAD, (St, Petersburg,) Sept, 2, The general staff
announces thr-t tho Austrian fifteenth division was completely
icuted lien'-1 ustchoff on August 20th, and one hundred offi
cers and 4000 soldiers captured,
RUSSIA ADMITS LOSS OF TWO ARMIES
(Hy Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
LONDON, Sept, 2, Advices from St, Petersburg sav that
tlio Russian general staff frankly confesses to disaster to two
army corps, including the loss of three generals,
RUSSIA LOST NOTED GENERALS
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.)
LONDON, Sept, 2, The Times' St, Petersburg correspon
dent says one of the Russian commanders killed was General
Samsoniv, who distinguished himself in the Japanese war, The
other two lost were General Martos, commanding the army
corps, and General Pestitch, attached to tho general staff
From Galicia the only news is that a fierce battle is raging,
AUSTRIA TO EVACUATE LEMBERG.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bny Times,)
ROME, Sept, 2, The Giomale d'ltalla publishes a Vienna
dispatch saying that Austria is arranging for the evacuation of
Lemberg, in Galicia,
RUSSIANS LOSE CITY OF LODZ
(By Associated Press to Coos Hay Times.)
WASHINGTON, D, C Sent, 2, The German Embassy re
ceived a wireless message from Berlin today announcing that
"German and Austrian troops have occupiecf Lodz, the largest
manufacturing center in Russian Poland, and that the battle
northward from Lemburg is continuing,"
"The report is confirmed that the French abducted fourteen"
women and twenty-five children from a German frontier place
They also abducted a hospital doctor and his assistant from
Orchingen, Their fate is unknown, The papers are full of
Russian horrors in East Prussia, The Russians cut off the
breast of a mother and impaled her five children on a fence.
Four Cossacks ravished a woman while they handcuffed her
husband, forcing him to be a witness,"
"German soldiers returning from Belgium were cruelly mu
tilated, This increases the German people's exasperation
against the revolting atrocities created by the Belgian civil
ians, Enormous excitement has been caused by the Belgian's
attempt to induce the world, with London and Paris, who are
endless liars, to believe the German soldiers are the authors of
the atrocities,"
GERMAN OFFICERS ARE CAPTURED BY FRENCH
PARIS, Scot, 2, The Petit Parisian today says: "Fourteen
German staff officers have been captured and sent to Nimes Jn
the department buard,
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