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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
VOL. 26.
DAILY EAST OREGONIAX, TEXDLETOX, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1914.
NO. 327S
I . I I 1 ' Wl' a 1 1 V -
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER. "
ILL BRITAIN
IS IN GLOOM
OVER RE
VERSES
"Big Holiday" Affair in Sending
Troops to Belgium Dispelled by
News of German Success.
FIGHTING STILL IN PROGRESS
.Furbcr Retirement on Part of Al
lies May Not be Surprising Declare
.War Office at I rta Germans arc
Massed In Great Force Along Line
of Frontier.
PARIS. Aug. 15 Fighting waa still
tn progress late this afternoon along
the lines of the allied troops and the
Germans according to a atatement Is
sued by the war office.
At some places, it waa Mated, the
Oermana are massed so heavily that
further retirements on the part of the
-ftlllea would not be surprising.
The war office failed to announce
whether all the forta at Namur had
been taken by the Germans. A atate
ment on the situation was promised
ioon.
The censorship continues to be ex
tremely strict.
England in Gloom.
LONDON, Aug. 25. -Gloomy faces
were the rule In England today fol
lowing the publication on Monday of
the n-ws of the reverses suffered by
the Anglo-French troops In Belgium.
To the average Briton, the send
ing of troops to the continent has ap
peared hitherto as something like a
big excursion. The realtiatlon was
evidently brought home to the peo
ple todny that many of those who left
in such high spirits will never return.
The full of Nnmur hns fairly dazed
the country. That such fortress could
be taken without a prolonged siege
r.ever apparently occurred tn anyone.
According to nn Ostend dispatch.
ft force of German cavalry appeared In
the vicinity of Ostend nnd as there
were no Belgian troops available. ' n
force of gendarmes or police, sallied
forth to meet the enemy. A desper
ate fiht began which was still re
ported to be raging on the outskirts
of the city as the dispatch was filed.
It was stated that automobiles
were bringing In the wounded.
REPORTED TO BE
III
tHU'FMIAGF.X, Atiff. 23. Hit
RniMTtr I rant-is JoM-ph of Austria
Is wriously ill waa confirmed liero
totbly from Gcnnnn sources. Humors
of his illuesH hnve been rtirmit for
several tbiju.
The- Immcdlnlo cnuse of bLs break,
down Is lN-licvcd to have liecn the
Mtraln otvasioncd during the) mobil
ization of tlio Austrian trooft.
LONDON, Aug. 25. Blood curdl
'ing accusations of atrocities commit
ted by stddlers in Belgium are made
against the Oermana in a war office
.statement issued today.
"German Infantry following the
battle near Dlest August I2th." said
the statement, "shot Major Von Dam
me, a Belgian, through the head aa
-he lay helplessly wounded and then
hurriedly burled him. When the body
waa disinterred 26 bullets were found
In his head.
"Following a fight between Belgi
ans and Oermana In which & German
officer wns killed, the Germans burn
ed nix farmhouses, then dividing
the men Into two groups of 11 each,
placptl them In ditches, where the
soldiers struck them down with their
rifle butts, fracturing; their skulls and
Killing them. Attroclous crimes were
committed against women and chil
dren, yet not a single civilian partici
pated In the fight in which the Oer
man officer was killed."
EMPEROR
JOSEPH
CRITICALLY
GERMANS CHARGED
WITH CRIMES IT
ALLOWED III W
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR
Y1ENNA, Aug. 25. ustrla de
clurcd war against Jamn this after
noon. Tlx; formal declaration wan
handed the Japanese ambassador
Willi his pasHrts. lie U expected to
It-ate inimediutcly for Italy.
When the Japanese proclaimed
hostilities against the Germans it was
cH-ctcd Austria, aa Germany's ally
would be. llivolvel. Instead, however,
It was announced the Austrian cruiser
In Klao Chau bay would proceed to
a neutral xrt and disarm. This was
taken as meaning the Vienna govern
FIGHTING MACHINE WHICH WILL HELP DEAL BLOW FOR JAPAN
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J CHINA 1 aS
:
The upper photograph is of the!
Japanese battbhip Kt.ngo, the most
powerful fighting machine of the Jap-jtim.
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Map showing allies nnd German battle
French Germun anj
I
ment didn"t consider Itself concerned j
in the oriental situation. j
Almost simultaneously with the un-!
iioiiiiceiiient of the Austrian dcrlara- i
lion came the re,Kirt from Shanghai 1
Unit the cruiser wouldn't after all dls-1
ami, but that it would help the Klao I
Chau Germans resist the Japanese.
The taxicab service of Ceylon con
h'.i of twenty American made auto
mobiles. A unique feature Is the Is
suing of books of twenty and '.irty
ride taxi tickets.
KIAOCHOV
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S V
anese navy. The cruiser was complet-1
AN
,rf e :-at . v . a wei 7 "jaw - m a r-
I ed In Mulch KH and is one of the! It!''1" "f W"r a m:,;' Kiao
l jh!w. the Gi-rnnn r.-.svul Mation In
t in'dirn battleships afl;it Ueb'v j C'liiu. ,
V . v !
lines as drawn up today along the
I'tlgian frontiers.
AAN
TODAY NAMUR FALLS
Austrian Monitor Destroyed,
LONDON, Aug. 23. In a dispatch
from Paris the corresMindent of the
Exchange Telegraph company says
1'"' Evcolslor publishes a message
from Nisli, Kervia. stating that an
Austrian monitor strut- a mine In the
Adriatic and was destroyed. The
crew of the monitor ,iM-rlslied. The
location of tills aeicdeiit Is given as
between Orchava and Ilaziach.
I5e pure you're wrong before you
back up.
,LU tT
Is Earno Paito. the Japanese
GARRISON HI POUT
T
TOKIti, Aug. 23. Japanese, Brit
ish, Flench and Russian wnrshins i.
j blockading Tsing Tchau. and taking
every precaution against floating
mines.
It is stated on good authority that
more than 10.000 mines obstruct the
entrance to the harbor.
Tlie garrison of 7000 snowed plainly
Its determination to resist.
I'AIUS, Aug. 2.V Germans In
northern Belgium are Oil the offensive
again. Near Mai I nee they attacked
la combined British and French force
at dawn. While the fight raged a
force of Belgian from Antwerp at
tacked the German flank. Surprised,
the Germans retreated 13 miles to the
southeast. There Ihcy were heavily
I reinforced and resumed the offeri-
slve.
German Attack Repulsed.
PARIS. Aug. 23. A concerted tier
man attack from Colmnr nn IViul
i troops In Alsace was repulsed with
heavy loss the war orflce announced
! today. The French still hold Mid
I bauson.
At Mulhnuscn they repulsed nu-
' in-muni niiut-KS. in uie
frontier of Iorralnc, Gallic forces
hnve taken n stronir iswltlon Iw-mv
1 Nancy and l.unevllle.
01
ED 01 GERMANS
RE
JAPS
BELGIANS ATTACK
OK FLANK TURNING
GERMANS ADVANC
BEFORE GUNS
OF GERMANS
All Hopes of Speedy Termination of j
l.!r.lr Successe$ I
rvaioci o iiuuj.
ALLIES ON THE DEFENSIVE
I kit tie Continues Today All Along
LJne IvOHfccs on Itotli Sides Are
Said to lie Heavy Britain Will lie
Compelled to St-nd Kvcry Available
Man to the Front.
PARIS, Aug. 25. Following the
fall of Namur and the reverses of the
French and British allies at the hands
of the Germans on Monday In the
battle on Belgian soil, the former
were on the defensive today. The
Germans are pressing the advantage
they gained in yesterday's fighting.
The battle Is raging all along the
Franco-Belgian and the Franco-German
fronMer.
The war office issued the following
statement this morning:
"The battle continues along the
second lines of the defenses of the
allied troops which the French and
British will hold while the Russians
move on Berlin."
The fall of Namur Is left unexplain
ed. It was reported, however, that
the Germans succeeded in capturing
one of the forts in which they mount
ed seige guns and that the other for
tifications were reduced thus, one at
a time.
The London war office admits the
fall of Namur. This success of Ger
man arms is regarded as ending all
hopes of a tpeeSy termination of the
war.
It Is believed th.it the British will
In- compelled to send every available
soldier in the country to help the
allied forcts already in the field.
The losses among the British troops
are understood to be large.
Officials of the British government
are reported to have said today that
"when it becomes known what both
sides have suffered, the world will be
startled."
lYcncli Soldiers Captured.
WASHINGTON. Aucr. 23. A wire
less message received by the German
embassy from the foreign office at
j Berlin stated that the Germans have
! captured 10.nn,) French soldiers, in-
(Continued on pag eig'.it)
KAISER AND VON MOLTKE ON THE FIELD
xi : Mi k J
mum-
a
Kaiser Wllhelm of Germany is now
reported to be in charge of the Ger.
man troops near Meta. Behind the
Kaiser In this photograph ( Gen. von
Moltke, nephew of the first Gen. von
Moltke who engineered the German
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PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED TODAY
PORTLAXD, Ore., Aug. 25.
(Special to the East Oregonian)
Today a further advance was
shown in the price of bluestem ,
wheat on the merchant's ex-
change when bids moved up to
the dollar mark while asking 4
prices lift to $1.05. Bids on
club have been unchanged at
S8 cents with club holders ask-
Ing 90 cents, a cent above their
price yesterday.
lUlians are making their own mov
ing p'tiires with such marked sac
cess that foreign films are In little
demand.
NEWS SUMMARY
General.
Austria declares war against Janan
today. Formal declaration handed to
minister who at same time receives
passports and prepares to leave coun
try. Namur falls before guns of Ger
mans. Blow comes as surprise to
British and French.
Fighting continues today in Bel
gium between allied troops and forc
es of the kaiser.
All Knland mourns over reverses
! In Belgium..
j Antwerp is attack by German dirg
j itilt- but Belgian gunners brinj; huge
airship tti earth after bombs arc
thrown into city killing several per
sons and damazin; hiiildins.
F.m,'cror ,Tosedi of Austria is seri
ously ill.
Japan is ready to extend operations
to other Miints to help Kngland.
German garrison in 1iinesc iosse
siou prepares to resist Japs.
Local.
Squaw struck by engine but ml-rat-ulouly
escaes serious injury.
Commercial club asks county court
to octition highway commission for
preliminary snrey tf n trunk road.
School reopens on Sept. 1 1,
Mayor Matlock not quite so well.
Kound-up acquires a new huckcr
campaigns during the Franco-Prussian
war In 1870. Von Moltke Is known to
his troops as "the man who never
r miles." This photograph caught the
general In a fairly pleasant mood,
however.
mm
ANTWERP, Aug. 25 After It
had done considerable damage by
dropping bombs Into Antwerp, a Ger
man Zeppelin waa brought to tha
ground today within the Belgian lines
by a shot from an aerogun. The en
tire crew of 25 men waa captured.
The big dirigible hovered for a
time directly over the main part of
the city. It waa sighted as it ap
proached the outlying fort and fire
was directed at It -repeatedly but the
ahota went wild. The evident purpose
of the balloon was to destroy the
palace, at which it aimed three
bombs. The palace itself waa missed
but the bombs demolished a number
of houses nearby and several persons
were killed.
The ammunition at this point be
came apparently exhausted and the
Zeppelin turned and sailed south
ward. While passing over a fort six
miles outside the city It was struck
by Belgian gunners and dropped to
earth like a wounded bird. Hope
lessly outnumbered by the Belgians,
those on board the airship surren
dered. Allies Are Entrenched.
WASHIXGTOX. Aug. 25. Accord
ing to an announcement by the
French embassy here. French troops
are still holding Altkirch and Mul
haussen. The allies. It was declared, follow
ing their defeat yesterday by the Ger
mans, have firmly established them
selves to the west In Belgium.
"France and England," an official
of the French embassy said, "are not
disheartened by the reverses suffered
tn Monday's fight." -
The embassy declared that the al
lied troops originally -had assumed
an offensive position but It had fail
ed. When a retreat became necessary
It was said, entrenchments west of
their original position were construct,
ed.
The defeat of the allies, in the em
bassy dispatch, was attributed to the
superior numbers of the Germans. It
was said, however, that the present
position of the allied forces Is im-
! pregnable.
War Council Held.
PARIS, Aug. 23. Facing the
gravity of the situation In Belgium,
a war council was held this after
roon at Elysee palace.
The following announcement was
Issued later in the day by the war
j minister:
"There is no doubt of the final out
come of the struggle In the mind4 Of
any French official.
"The enemy is, advancing In extra-
ordinary strength hut every battle
weakens him and every advance
makes it necessary for him to brins
supplies from a greater distance
"Hm Is now ntLarkim- tn wenfern
I Belgium and along the Swiss frontier.
Our policy Is to remain on the de
fense and to force the Germans to
remain on the offensive until we are
ready to strike and then we will
strike hard."
TO
EXTEND ITS AID
TO
THE HAGl'E, Aug. 23 The staff
of the Japanese embassy at Berlin
arrhed here safely tills afternoon.
Jap May Extend Operation.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. "If Eng
land requires assistance tuL-l,l. th
orient, our treaty force Japan to ser.
wusiy consider going to her aid."
TIiIh was the. statement today of
Japanese officials here.
Wilson Declare Neutrality.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23. Ameri
cas neutrality in the war between Ja
pan and Germany was proclaimed h
President Wilson this afternoon.
Russian Successful.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 25 Th
war office announced thl afternoon
that Russlun troop occupy several
passes in the lower Carpathian moun
tains well within the Austrian fron
tier. It was al.io stated that large num
bers of the czur's troops ar be
tween the mountains and tho freth
river and that the Austrian ar re
tiring. The announcement was taken l'
indicate that etnlv Kiinslxn oper
ation In the Austrian province i,t
IB
READY
rukeuiiiii have begun.