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dully Ninth Yf.
GERMANY ASKS ARMSTICE BEFORE
GERMAN LOSSES
LIEGE 25,000;
Belgians Send Reports of Disastrous
Repulse French and Russian
Forces Near Union Great lattle
Looms erlln Is Silent sVlel
Word From Colonies Received.
JIUUSHF.LH, via UmliMt Aug. 7
(II p. in.) Tlio Germans before
l.lcge have rrtpicslcd a twenty-four
hour' iirmlsllcc, nernrdliig to mi mi
imuiiccmrlil made by the Helginn
ministry of wnr this r veiling. At tho
ministry It wiih stated that the Ger
mans ailinltti'il their casualties num
bered W.OOO.
It Ik assumed tin Oenuiinti iihl.nl
fur an armistice in order tu lrk up
tlii-ir dead anil wounded.
LONDON', Aug. 7. An F.xehnnge
Tclcgtnpli riiiiiiiiiy'H dispatch from
Unisscls mik tin German troops at
Liege, acknowledge (ln In of U."i,Ol)U
ini'ii. I ho agency Miyrt IIiih ttalc
incut i nfrii'ial.
Another dispatch to llin Ktchangc
Telegraph company from Hrtisels
say tlio Frriit'li anny hits now en
toirtl Holgiiim ami Iiiin advanced well
Into tho country.
LONDON, An?- 7 A ill-mlvli
I'ri'iii llrussels tu tlio Ihchunge Tele
graph i'iiiiiwiiiv today says the Oer
iiiiiii troop attacking Iitj;n have
asked for nn iiruiintlru of twenty
fimr hour,
I'AHIS. Aug. 7. Ofllfinl n-iK.rU
received hero mv the German troops
himt entered tlu Hclglnu city of
Liege, lint have not Ihtii alilu j laku
tlic forts.
Fmhting of the moot violent char
acter look place in the streets.
Tlic Hclgiau troops havo iaitun'il
twenty, seven German I'liiiuou,
(Continued on page two.)
JAP WARSHIPS
WATCH GERMAN
m
mm
HT IN HSTPY FUG
I'KKINO, Auc. 7. -China has In
structed her inlnUvtrs at Washington
mill Tokin lo request thu United
Stales ami Japan to join with China
in an effort to prevent hostilities in
Chinese waters ami territories fop.
onuso of Ilia fiir-rcucliing dangers
connected with tlium.
Tlio presence of Japanese wor
ships ufC thu Oermuil port of Tsing
Tan i) generally en iV trued to mean
that Japan has entered the war.
Thu German (nuthorltieH at 'IVin
Tan have receded reports that Hrit
ih warships havo gone to Yliulivn-
Ntok to frHOort a HiiHKian troopship
to Kino Chautfor IhO liivi-ntnicnt of
ThliiB Tmi. '
'IOMO, Am,'. 7, CuntaliiK of
imireliant vtmHeU IhHoiikIiu; to itim
Kin, IVatieo ami (Jreut llritaiu wrrit
iiilvihcil toilay hy (ho iiuthorilieH to
Hlay In .lapanono ihiiIh In onler to
iivohl ilaiiKOi,
No ooiifitiiiatloii has heen received
hcra of I ho icport that thu 'nHxiim
warohlp Axkolil ami Ihu (Jcruinn
iiriilHiir Kimlun havo heen fiuhtliiK In
thu China Hen.
SCHLESSIEN NEW LOOT
1'LY.MOUTH, KiiKlmnl, Auk. 7.
Tho HrllUh llMht crii.or Vindictive,
toduy (Mptiired ,lho (iurnmii ntuamor
HohliHOieii of ;I500 tun m1 hmUKht
liar Into port. Tho Miiiiii wa
rum iirl.bmi, Atutmllu, tu Hrtimmi
LAST TRIBUTES
T
TO BE SIMPLE
Services at While House Private
Time and Place of Burial Net Set
tled Messages of Condolence
Pour Into White House President
Under Heavy Strain.
WAKIIINOTOK. Auk. 7.-lMiucr..l
ttrrvlupM for Mri. Woinlnnv WilMin,
wifo of the prrMiilrnl, will ho held at
thu while Iioiihi' at '- p. in. Tuchilny,
nftrr which Hit hoily will he taken
on a Kpeeial train for Initial at Home,
(a.
Tim cahluet iiieotiiis wan euncelled
and all retilar riiKaKcmrnts for the
urxl few tlii) will he put off, the
president Meln; only offtYiiiU with
imHittnnl hutiui'KH.
Defiulto nrnuicuientN for the fu
neral will not he made until after the
arrival oT I'rofenhor Stockton Axxnu,
Mm. WiUoiiV hrnther, who now U on
hlx way to WaKliinton fnun OrKoii.
It wax thought prohahlr- at the white
hoiii.0 that thu finienil will ho .Mon
day at Itouio, wliero Mm, Wilhou'ji
tuolhor ami father arc hurled.
KjHi'iiil telegraph operator wore
hrouht to the whltu Iioiimu lo receive
thu Hood of incfcfcUKCK which came
from criins in every walk of lifo
in every hlale.
According lo prrent arrniiKeuietiln
the menhir hii-diic of the Kovern
inent ilepurtiiieutM wilt not ho inter
mptcil eieept at the time of the fu
neral. Tho pre!ilenl tent illrret won! lo
the, IrmlerN of the xcuntu ami the
hoiiHo ami the hradn of the f;oveni
inent ilepaitmenlrt thai it wan hW
wixh thai (he regular luiMincKM enn
tiuuc and that tho lowering of the
flag lo half.nat h(i tho only puhlio
recognition of Mrn. Wilnou'n death.
Ho wiih dehirotirt thai eoiiKrert con
tinue in (ih1ou without interruption,
Tho prcxident Iiiih cxprcst.ed thu di
rect ileMlro that the funeral Hcrvtcvt
he an Hiiiiplo ax ptwsihle.
Formal announcement wax made at
the white Iiounu toilay that thu funer
al xcrviccrt at tho while hoimc wilt be
htrictly private, It wan alo an
iioiiiii'cil Hint tho lime nod plaou of
thu hurial hint not heen decided.
ATLANTIC SEAS
NKW YOIUC, Aiib, 7. Heavy fir
Iiik or great volume and at short
Interval lasting mora than ono hour
was heard at 8 o'clock tliln mornlmt
aixty inlloi mnithoa.t ot Scotland
LltthUhlp by offlcora and crow of the
atoumer HrottUh I'rlnco, which roach
cmI hero this afternoon from Trini
dad. 1X)NI)0.V, Aug. 7. I'oralitout re
porta ot an Important encounter be
tween tho Herman and llrltlah floota
maueuverliig (or btratcslo position
n tho North Kea kept tho Mrttlah
public In a statu of ngltatlon through
out tho forenoon. Tho excitement
wan not allnyud until tho tlrat lord
of tho admiralty mado thu official
anitouucomont In parliament that
stories of fighting ana losoea other
than thoxo of tho llrltlah crulsur
Atuphlon and tho German tnluo-luyvr
Koonlg IaiU wero unfounaud.
LONDON, Aug. 7, (3s30 p. III.)
A dispatch to tho Daily Nows from
Whitby saya that a ship owner M
rospnnslblo for tho statoment that
nineteen Gorman ships wort) sunk or
raptured in tho battlo ot tho North
Hun and that several Mritish ami
French vesuhi were sunk,
LONDON, Aug. 7,-Ciiplaln Nay.
lor said Unit thu filing was ilUlliiiil
ami Unit Hut ho nppcuied to noinl
at ipilck Inlet vaN. lie uw mo who
hips dining Ihu voyage,
MS
WON
REPORTED
NORTH
MEDFOBD.
WAR LOOMS IN I
MEXICO, PANIC
RULES CAPITOL
Rebels March on Mexico City Car
ranza and Carbajal Peace Afents
Fall to Aoree on Transfer of Power
Carrama's Attitude Agfravates
Reject All Proposals.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. General
Carrnnm ntu! I'rovlnlonal I'reHldcul
Caihajal have failrd lo agree on
traimfcm'ug power in Sloxieo ami
I rouble In exacted in Mexico City,
where (he population Ik reported lo
ho pniiie-htriekeii. "Tin! coiiMitulion
alint force are marching on the cap
itul. ThU wiih the official explanation
today of uveuth in .Mexico during the
laxt twimty-fuar hourc. Tho United
Stated government Meat a strong pro
tent to General Cnrnuun, urging (hat
he give the Carhajnl delegates an op
xirtuiiity (o he heard, hut the envoy
already had left Baltillo ami nre now
on their way lodify to Vera Cnu. Of
ficial reportx to the blato drpartmeul
fay General Cm rr a lira did not accord
the Carbajal delegates "even hciiiiI
eourtcKy" when the envoy prci.entcd
what they termed mx HtiggehtionH,
the Carratua representatives flatly
rejected all and declared thu confer
enca at nn end.
Chagrin of ndmiuint ration official
at h fotirxo of Carrauxu wax ap
parent ami it wiih predicted Unit the
United States not only would keep
It military torccn at vera trur. hi
definitely, hut would consider further
thu (pieUou of holding moral xup
port from the cuiihtltutionallbU when
they did reach Mexico City.
SALTH.LO, fex., Aug. 7. Con-
btltiitlonulints will invoko the fainoiir.
htatuto of 18ICI, known as thu law
of Juarez, if federal nohliew do not
lay down their anus, according lo
an official announcement here. It
also wax atatcd the Htatutu would be
enforced against Carbajal and tho
civilian officials iiiiIcmh Mexico City
is hiirrcii(ered to the couslitutional-
ibl.
Tho law condemns to death any
Mexican who hart fought against the
fatherland.
EUROPE CALLS
FOR AMERICAN
GOODS EARLY
NKW YOltK, Aug. 7. Marino In-
auranro undorwrltora reported today
that tho European douiand for Am
erican manufactured Roods had al
ready started, weeks ahead ot the
earliest womont expected by tho var
ious lines of export trado. Tho do
uiand for Insuranco on shipments
waa brisk jcBterday dosplto tho ro
porta of tho activities or mo Gorman
crulaora along tho Atlantic seaboard
and Die' further fact that rates had
boon ralaed twonty per cent.
CANADA PUTS BAN
ON KAISER AIDS
VANCOUVF.lt, II. Ci Aug. 7.-A
Jhmilnion order In council hart been
received oldsing nil Genuaii consul
ates in Canada and giving (lenuun
consular officials forty-'ulght hour
in whloh to leave thu country.
Consul Von F.lliugcr, who haw been
In uliiirgu ol Ihu German consular of
ficii here, and who is said to luivu
(teen Ihihi ii F.ugliuid, today prodiio
cil American nuliirallimtlnu papers'.
Unit ml NIhIn Consul General Minis,
field look cliarKi at (lenuun inter'
tuts 1m Vatn'oitver,
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ORKOOy, ffUfDAy. AUGUST 7, 1914
SOMJARY OF DAYS WAR NEWS1
Winiluii ttpificcr Churchill, firxt
clared in the IhhW of cotninoim there liml not been any fighting or losses
other than hfiil b'ii iiiiiioiineed officially. This statement ensued on
reMrlH t b nrtVal battle between German ami Itriti-h ships received from
sovcial aourecHi ltil the Hrilish udmiralty refused iufonuiitioii. It was
regarded it hlgilffieHtil (tint the fishing fleeU on the cant coast of Kug
laiid wero gIven,w'rHiiion to go out and fi-h.
Complete ullegec retgnn ns to military movements in both Germany
and France, 'iinl it is iiHsiinied both armies ure eouceutrntiug for decis
ive battles. N'vjilnt nn to where they will como Into contact has been
given.
Liege, Uelgiun, was auuin attacked by German troops last night, but
wna still lioldlujcoiit. The rcoil of a Geniinti reverse tl.cre was denied
in a dispatch fin Merlin.
The German cruiscrx Guebeu and BnvHauj obliged owing to Italian
neutrality to le' R Han Snjvatorc, Sicily, have gone out lo meet the Hrit-i-h
Hcc,t. The c rimnnders urn said to have handed their wills to the
German consul b -fore departure.
A London lie fster report sy the German crown jirince has been
seriously injured tiv an unidentified assailant. A Fiuuf-h sea captain
reHirted the Hm-inn navv bottled up at Helsiugsfon. and the Russian
lori of N'clvu to)e burning after an attack by German vessels. No con
firmation. ,
.Many German merchant vessels were brought into Kuglish ports iixbiy
by Mritish rmlieK. The Holland Lloyd steamer Tubanti.t, with 'J,."(H),".
0(11) from South America for the Deutsche bank iu I.0111I011, wan also
brought i"
French wnnl
ps also captured
The French premier npiwnled to
wheat and wine crops. j
Tokio reortH the Gentian squadron at Tfing Tan, China, hemmed in
by Hritish war vessels.
Thu Mritish tank f earner San Wilfrcdo is reMirted destroyed by a mine
off Cuxhaveii, Oennnliy,' and the Mritish steamer Cniigforth was b?ached
near Conslaiitinoide utter contact with a mine.
Stones of discourtesy In Genmiuy to the dowager empress of Ilussia
arc declared faUn hv the Gnnnu freiun office.
BEL IAN
Ki
CHEERS FORCES
TO LONG FRAY
imUfiSKUS, Aug. 7. Ileforo de
parting for tho front. King Albert
addressed a proclamation to thu Mcl-
glan army, Mlng:
"Without tho least provocation on
our part our neighbor, proud of Its
forces, has -torn up treaties boarin?
Its signature and broken In on tho
territory of our fathers becauso wo
refused to forfeit our honor.
"An attack was uiado 011 us and
the world marvels at our loyal atti
tude. "Ho comforted by our Independ
ence. "Our menaced nation shudder and
Its children havo bounded to tho fron
tier. "Mravo soldiers, t alulo you In
tho namo of Belgium. You will
triumph in tho namo Of Belgium. You
will triumph because your strength
ban been put to tho service of tho
right.
"Glory lo you i-oldlors defenders
of the liberty of our menaced fath
erland.' Flvo persons dressed as preachers
wero arrested today at tho railroad
station and accused of being spies.
An Indignant crowd booted and men-
acod them.
A doctor wearing tho emblem of
the lied Cross caring for tho dead
on tho battloflold outside Liege, when
tbreatacned by Gormans, drew his
revolver and was Immediately shot
dead.
CENSORSHIP ON
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Score
tnry Daniels today instructed navy
eommundautrt to detail officers to
wireless hlatlons iu their trinity n
ceiiHoirt, All niesMigcrtvof a neutral
character will be transmitted, but no
undo inessugcrt will ho received. This
order will affect priuvipally thu Ger-inau-owiied
station at Suyvillc, L. 1.
ITALY NEUTRAL IN
WAR NOTES REPLY
NKW YOltK, Aug, 7, II Progress
an Itullau uuwspupur ot this city,
saa today It bus received a cablu
dlspateh from Home stating It lisi
been ufflclHlly announced there that
Italy's answer lo Ilia Merman ulll
malum was that Italy w
Hsutral,
rewslH
GERMAN
WIRELESS
lord of the Hnlih admiralty de
several German merchant shins.
t he women of France to anther the
G
PRICE BARRETTS
EASTERN MARTS
Three carloads of Martlctts were
sold this afternoon to Philadelphia,
New York and Mostou markets at
.?!..")(), $l.Uo mid .t.7t, good oeniiig
of the season prices. This, with the
George H. Daggett car, make.-, four
cars of Itogue Kiver fruit sold in the
cant today. Fruitgrower are box
ful with the oH'iiing prices and the
California crop of jenrs short and
all shipped and picked. The picking
and packing of fruit is iu full swing.
FUST Fl AT
ALBANY. Qr., Aug. 7. A forest
flro which sturtod Wcducsday aftor
noon, ten miles northeast of Ulok
nap Springs, waa spreading rapidly
today. Continued Kind nullified ef
forts ot flro fighters to stop tho
flames. Tho Uuited States forest ser
vice Is sending more men to tho
scone. A lago body ot big fir is
burning along Smith river, ten miles
south of Fish Lake.
AUSTRIANS FLEE
SERVIAN ATTACK
BOMtt, Aug. 7, via London, (3:45
p. m.) An unconfirmed dispatch
published by tho Trlbunu saya au
Austrian regiment was annihilated
by Sorvians tu tlio east of Belgrade,
and that tho' Austriaus aro In full
retreat toward tho Daniioe.
IRISH ARMY
LONDON, Aug. 7. Richard Crokor
tho former political Icador of Now
York, today sent to John l. Hod
moud, the Irish louder, 3,S00 as 11
subscription to thu Irish volunteors
fund and offerud his resldunco and
grounds at Glctiiairn for thu accom
modation of thu wounded during tin
Kurupeau war,
Mr. Crocker announced that ho was
proceeding to America to liittireat
IrUli'Aweilcsns In tho volunteer
Iwovvmral,
D
OPENING
BELKNAP
SPRINGS
AIDS
KAISER TAKES
SLY SLAP AT
UNITED STATES
Refers in Royal Decree to "Hostility
Over the Seas" and Jealousy of
World Prates of Loflfl FiM for
Peace Asks Divine Assistance to
His Armies.
IIKMLIN, Aug. 7, via London (1:15 p
m.i A proclamation by KmKror
William addressed to the German na
tion was published In tho Official Ga
zette today. The texa was as fol fel fol
eows: "Slnco the foundc"n of tho Ger
man empire it has been forty thrco
years the object of the efforts of my
self and my ancestors to preserve th3
peace of the world and to advance by
peaceful means our rigorous devel
opment. "Our adversaries, tiowcrer, aro
Jealous of tho successes of our work
and there has been latent bostllltr
to tho cast and to the west and be
yond tho sea.
"This has been borno by us till
now, as wo wero awaro of our res
ponsibility and our power.
"Now, however, these adversaries
wish to humiliate us, asking that
wo should took on with folded arras
and watch our enemies preparing
themselves for the coming attack.
"They will not suffer that wo
maintain oar resolute fidelity to our
ally, who is' fighting for her position
as a great power and with whoso hu
miliation our power and honor woulj
bo equally lost.
"So tho swonl mus.t decide.
"In tho midst of perfect peace tho
enemy surprises us. Therefore, to
arms!
"Any daljlng and temporizing
would bo to betray tho fatherland.
"To bo or not to bo is tho ques
tion for tho empire which our fath
ers founded. To bo or not to be is
the question for German power and
German existence
"Wo shall resist to tho last of
breath of man and horso and we shall
fight out tho struggle, even against
a world of enemies.
"Never has Germany been subdued
whon sho waa united.
"Forward with God, who wilt bo
with us as Ho was with our ances
tors." OUTLINE RELIEF
MEASURES AID
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1
Murke, treasurer of thu
States, issued u statement
, John
Uuited
today
giving further explanation of how
friends of Americans stranded iu
Kuropu may deposit funds in their
behalf with Hie treasury department.
''If will save time and avoid con
fusion and errors," said Mr. Murke,
"if depositors will furnish a written
memorandum giving plainly their
iiamu and addrc.s and the name and
uddre.ss and brief description of the
persons to whom it i iltiMred pay
ment Khali be made, giving, if 110s
rtiblo, thu ngA height, weight, com-
piejkUin and color of eyes and hnir
of the henufieinrv."
Mr. Murke explained that deposits
may bo mado with iianUtiiiit treas
urers of tho United State at Haiti
inoro, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati,
New York, Now Oilcans, Philadel
phia, St, Louis and San Francisco,
or sent to room 1U8 Treasury depart
ment, Washington, I). C. On thu ar
rival of (ho cruiser Tennessee in Kit
rope, payments will he made o Ihu
varfous beneficiaries on cable ndiveu
of the department,
Depositor vveiu vwmieil to keep
receipts for their piiymrfnU In In
sure refund If Ihu hum-ticiary is not
foiiinl, '
lluports from various ports say that
heavy firing has been heard Iu the
N'oilh Km a for tho past twenty four
hours,
WA
REFUGEES
2sr0. .118
LIEGE
DUTCH VIOLATE
RULES OE WAR,
Latest Breach Endangers Lives and
Shipping Without Guarding Strat
egic Points sVltlsh Admiralty Re
ports No Fighting and No
Naval Losses.
LONDON, Aug. 7. Winston Silen
cer Churchill, firxt lord of the Mrit
ish admiralty, announced today in
the house of commons that there had
been no fighting and no losses of any
kind other than had already been of
ficially made public.
The first lonl aid:
"Apart from the loss of thu small
British cruiser Amphiou and tho Ger
man mine-layer Koenlgiu Luiz, there
hart been no other fighting mid 110
other los, art fur art we arc aware.
"On Wednesday a flotilla of torpedo-boat
destroyer!, while Kttroll
ing the upper reaches of the chan
nel, found the Koenigiu Luiz laying
mines. A destroyer punned and sank
her. About fifty of her crew, which
probably numbered 120 or 130 men,
were humanely snyed by the crewn
of the Mritish destroyers.
"The Aropbion continued to scout
with the flotilla, and while on the re
turn journey was blown up by a mine.
"The indiscriminate use of mines
not in connection with military har
bors of strategic positions and the
indiscriminate Hcatteriug of contact
mines about the seas might of course
(Continued oh fago two.)
BRITISH OF ALL
CLASSES ENLIST
IN WAR SERVICE
LONDON, Aug. 7. (2.13 p. m.)
Tho response to Field Marshal Karl
Kitchener's appeal for recruits for
the Mritish army surpasses anything
In tho memory of British military
men. Hugo crowds or all agea and
all stations or lire, silk hutted men
and poorly clothed laborers stood In
long lines all day Ih front ot tho re
cruiting stations awaiting their turu
to go before tho medical officer.
Dr. Hans I'lehn, correspondent of
the German telegraphic nows agency,
who had been placed under arrest,
was released today after bo satisfied
tho pollco that he was not a spy. Ho
has decided to return to Germany.
A dispatch from Qucenstowa states
that tho Celtic sallod from mere to
day for Now York artor embarking
250 passcngois who wero glad to bo
allowed to occupy tho steerago.
WEST APPEALS FOR
RED CROSS AH)
SALK.M, Or., Aug. 7.-Goveruor
Oswald West. today isslicd uu appeal
to the pcoplu of Oregon to coutribiitu
to the American Hod Crow expedi
tion which is to go to thu aid of tho
sick and wounded soldlors in tho
Kuropeau eoutliet. "During our war
with Spain,' ayrt tho governor'
statement, "tlioiiminds of dollars
were sent by Kuroncau Med Cro
societies to aid our disabled Soldiers."
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