Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 10, 1914, Page 1

Although Advices From Beigium, French and British Sources Maintain Belgians Still Hold Forts | BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS JOIN BELGIANS Is Reported to Have Been Effected in Belgium—German Sub- marine Attacked British Cruiser Squadron—The Latter Sunk One German Boat and Escaped Undamaged— Turkish Troops are Being Concentrated on Bulgarian man Colony of - Tsing-Tau—Cholera is Said to Have Broken Out-Among the Austrian and French Troops. The reports taken, by the Germans were confirmed by despatches ceived from Berlin yesterday, ed that the ‘forts were still in hands of King Albert’s men. though the city was invested, town by the Germans.’ An official despatch” issued by, b were being Belgian general staff said th vanoed Ge: 00DS that Liege had been _apparently § re- al- though advices coming from Belgian, French and British sources ml—lntu:ll:; It was admitted in these despatches, that al- “there has been no serious occupation of the many Bavarians are deserting or re- fusing to fight their colors, the idea of fighting the peaceable Belgians whose queen, is a beloved Bavarian princess, being very unpopular with them.’ ENGLISH PERTURBED OVER REPORT OF FALL OF LIEGE Latest from Brussels Is That -Forts Are Still in Belgian Hands. TLondon, Aug. 9.—Much perturbation was caused here today by reports from vo.unteered for service in the German army. BRUSSELS TURNED INTO A VAST HOSPITAL. Belgians Can Hold the Forts at Liege For Many Months. London, Aug. 10. 3.05 a. m.—Tele- graphing from Brussels, the corres- pondent of the Daily -Chronicle says of the fighting at Liege: “The Germans tried to overpower the forts by flinging immense bodies of men against them in mass form- ation. The last Prussian assault ' on Boncelles reminded one of the early days of Port Arthur. The infantry melted away before the machine guns of the defenders. “The merale of the Prussians was entirely broken toward the end of the ‘general attack. The casualties among. the German officers were considerable. The attackers ran shore of rifile am- munition. Wounded Germans de- clared they had had no food for twi days”™ . i A despatch to the Chronicle from Brussels says Liege Is invested and all communication cut off, but the forts are intact and can hold out for months. Brussels, he adds. has been turned Into a vast hospital, hotels, private houses and public buildings having been given over to the Red Cross. forts are holding out and will not surrender as the garrisons will blow up when resistance is no longer possi- ble. /The correspondent aiso says that the bombardment Sunday was only intermittent, supposedly because the ammunition of the Germans was rman -t pushed back and that fensive movement had -ceased. A juriction. of and F clash between German ish forces are being Bulgarian territory by Bulgaria. ’ Emperor William is reported to have | left for the Alsatian frontier to join the German general staff. The British ermiiralty ‘ainounces . that German submarines attacked a itish,_&hi HE the Brit ps_escaped undamaged ‘while one German submarine :v‘vu lcan ustriag | French army 2 Sonrn British cruiser .squadron, sunk. lor “to ex A tentions in an alleged Austrians a Germany French 4 % Cholera is- among the Austrian and say the Germans y colony of Tsing-Tau. The French and Belgian ' govern- ments have ordered that the resources of the two countries are the common property of France and Belgium. CAPTURE OF LIEGE Latest M Strangely Silent on the Subject, London, Aug. 9. 6.55 p. m.—The lat- est message received here from Brus- sels filed at two minutes past one this afternoon was strangely silent on the subject ‘of the German assertion that Liege had Fallen. The Berlin semi-official news agency in the meantime indirectly reaffirmed the capture of Liege by the Germans. It refers to King Albert’s arder of the congratulating the defenders of day the city and says: “This order of the day has evidently been superseded by .the capture of Liege by the Germans.” BELGIANS CONFIDENT OF ULTIMATE VICTORY Reported That Germany Has Sent An- other Threatening Messags to Gel- | ium, L —— Brussels, Via London, Aug: 9.—It is Germai sent a new and threatening message to Belgium. sent to the front-have displayed excellent spirit while meany of the soldiers wounded at”Liege have asked to be sent to rejoin thefr regi- ments as soon as thelr wounds have reportedl that ny has All the t been h ealed. Confidence that the final outcome of | the war will be victory for the Bel- glans is general here. A Germa, n- officer and .a number of German soldiers. who surrendered to the Belgians at Liege declared they haq done s0.because they were social- hey condemned the war as un- ists just. NOT A MOMENTS . ARMISTICE AT E!GE Fallen Into the Hands of the Belgians. p sl paton to s Cantial . 9, sels says the news asserts ment's arrhistice at Liege. newspaper 100,000 of the latest e _the German of- the Belgian, British troops in Belglum is re- ported to have been effected and a and French | hands and that there had been “no se- south of Namur is said to have taken | 3 Athens despatches say large Turk- ncentrated on ‘eement with said to have broken out ervian REAFFIRMED BY GERMANS from Brussels Are from Bru Etolle Belge that ‘thers not not been a mo- Tifies | GERMANS CAPTURE MOTOR | Iint M Berlin, via London, Aug. 9—6.08 p. m. Accordi; pattern fallen into & 55T R “In_the of the eheck of the ‘that must German sources of the fall of the Bel- gian city of Liege and the capture of thousands of prisoners. Messages from ‘Brussels up to 1.20 p. m. today said the forts were still in Belglan rious occupation of the town by the Germans.” A’fl"ERIcAN ARMY OFFICER'S UNIFORM ATTRACTS ATTENTION i | Was ‘Acting as Military Attache With | Near German . m.—One of the officers who had been tary attache with the % in a garrison in a the German frontier with | ~_when the mobilization His .American army ich up to that time had 05t - unnoticed among the immediately. attracted al ‘Are you English or Russian?" the le ‘asked him. This query was put “to_the officer many times, and his,| response that he was an American was { always foll by an invitation to of wine. At last, fear- refusals te accept lity might cause % went to the commander and asked that he be al- lowed to change his uniform for plain clothes so that he would not attract attention. His request granted. FIRING HEARD OFF SAN FRANCISCO BAY. Belief is General That It Was Blast- ing in Quarries. San Francisco, Cal, Aug. 9.—Two reports of firing off San Francisco bay yesterday, following the departure of the Canadian cruiser RairLow, stirred the populace here, but today belief was general that blasting in quarries ‘was responsible for both. The whereabouts of the Rainbow, other than that she turned south when first leaving port, and of the German cruisers Nurenburg and Leipzig are | entirely unknown here. lGERMANs CLAIM THEY HAVE CAPTURED LIEGE. Say That Between 3,000 and 4,000 Bel- | gian Prisoners Are En Route to Ge many. Amsterdam, via p. mn—A semi-offici Ferlin says: ““We hold fast. Liege is in our hands. lThe losses of the enemy werg cConsider- don, Aug. 9—6.50 1 message from £ble. Our losses will be communicat- ed as reliably known. The transport |oz, 3,000 or 40,00 Belgian prisoners to | Germany has begun already, according o news received-here. We were faced at Liege by a quarter of the total Bel- gan army.” DI!G*EPANCY BETWEEN THE BELGIAN AND GERMAN REPORTS Believed to Be Accounted for by the Retreat of Belgian Troops. London, Aug. 9—7.25 p. m.—The dis- crepancy between the Beigian and Ger- | man reports on the situation at Liege is believed by military men here to be accounted for by the retreat of the Bel glan troops which had held the routes between the forts and that the town of Liege has been taken by the Ger- mans, who continue to advance on a line between Huy and Louvaln, leav- ing part of their army to besiege the Liege forts. CARS CARRYING MONEY, | Gl b Were Trying to Cross the ‘Russian Frontier. ~-Three motor cars carrying large sums of money were captured by the | German population and troops while / g,fln today to cross the Russian f ex, - ¢ nearly exhausted. \ WAR NEWS FROM 3 ROME ViA LONDO! Reported That Cholera Has Broken Out Among Austrian and Servian Troops. Rome, via London, Aug. 9.—It is re- ported here that cholera has broken out among both the Austrian and Ser- vian troop: The German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, which recently were forced to leave Messina, Sicily, are reported to have succeeded in passing through the Stralts of Otranto into the adri- atic sea, . Forty-eight trainloads of Austrian trooj from the Tyrol arrived today at &pold'hoehe. in. Baden, to the northwést of \Basel, Switzerjaid. They. were on their way to Alsace {0 assist the Germans. GERMAN CRUISER AT © ' SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO Frensh and English Consuls Protested. its Right to C There, San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 9.—The German cruiser Karisruhe arrived this morning Supposedly from Haitien ters. She called for supplies, including coal. The French and English consuls prof L to Governor Arthur Yaeger that the ®ruised had no right to take coal. captain of the ~cruiser claimed the right under the proclama- tion President Wilson to take coal enough t§ enable his ship to make the earest Home port, which is Hamburg, The go srnor declined to interfere and the cruiser is now coaling and will leave within 24 hours. The captain of the cruiser expects an attack in the waters by English and French éruisers which are reported to be waiting outside. FOR PRACTICAL AID TO THE FRENCH NATION American Chamber of Commerce at Paris_Con Paris, Aug. 9, g Means. p. m.—A spec! .45 meeting of the American chamber of commerce today appointed a commit- 1al tee to consider means for rendering practical aid to the French nation. This would be done by facilitating fin- ancial exchange, providing for quick transportation of French merchandise and procuring employment for women and thus enabling mamy industries here to continue operations. The war department has authorized the American hospital at Nuilly to in- stall in the new buildings of the Pas- teur Lycee 200 beds for wounded sol- diers, AUSTRIANS OCCUPY TOWN IN RUSSIAN POLAND. German Warships Going Towards the Dardenelles. St. Petersburg, Aug. 10, via London, 2.30. a. m.—The town of Andrejew, Russian Poland, and the customs station at Radzivolov, in the province of Volhynia, near the Austrian. fron- tier, have been occupied by the Aus- trians. A detachment of Austrian 1roops was repulsed from the village of Leznivolf and beat a hasty retreat. According to news reaching here the + German warships Goeben and Bres- lau have passed Greece apparently going toward the Dardanennes. Russians Compelled to Retreat. Berlin, Aug. 9, via London, §.30 p. m_ Two Russian companies of infantry with- machine guns today attacked German territorials three miles from Vilsit in eastern Prussia. The Russians ‘were compelled to retreat, German Troops Without Provisions. Paris, via London, Aug. 9, 8.30 p. m. —TIt is reported that the German troops in Belgium are without provisions. Isolated patrols are said to be surren- dering in order to obtain food. * e Austrian Cruisers Rome, Aug. 9, via —Austrian cruisers destroy; the wireless & ing to advices brought to Bari, near Brindisi, by steamer today. Antivari. $.45 p. m. , An Death of Prosident of Argentina. iadrid, Spain, Aug. 9—A despatch frcm Buenos M"r- reports the deaih there of Dr. Rogue Saenz Pena, presi dent of the republic of Argentina, who hzd -been il for a long time. priind No News Lord Joicey. . London, Aug. 9—Friends here of able to obtain news as to his where- abonts, - Russian Troops in Valley of River Styr St. Petersburg, via London, Aug. $— 7.30 p. m.—Russian troops have pene- trated through the valley 6f the River Styr, which rises in Austrian Galicia, and flows into Russia. and have enter- ed Austrian territory, driving the Au: trian advance posts between them. Turkish Forces on Bulgarian Soll/ Athens, via London, Aug. 9—1.40 D. m.—Large Turkish forces have con- centrated on Bul n territory, near Ferejik, in the vicinity of the River Maritsa. They are moving apparently in the direction of the frontiers of Thrace and Bulgaria agreement with Bulgaria. MEXICAN CABINET IN SESSION TWO HOURS Probabilities of a Peaceful Transfer Are Regarded as Strong. Mexico City, Aug. 9—The cabinet ‘was in session two hours today consid- ering the situation as affected by the revolution. Upon adjournment President Carbajal received Robles Dominguez, a representative of Gen- eral nza and Felipe Contreas, representing General Zapata. Several members of the diplomatic corps also calleq on the president during the day, Senor Santibanes, the presidential secretary, did not give out the results of these conferences, but prominent members of the diplomatic corps sald that the situation was much better tonight than heretofore. It was stated that it is practically assured that if the transfer of government occasions a battle, the e ent will not be fought in the city and that the prob- abilities of a peaceful transfer are very ng. ‘“The army would evacuate Mexico " said one of the diplo- ‘turning over the protec- tive work to the force of 3,600 gen- darmes now stationed here, were it not for the presence of Zapatistas om the outskirts. The federal army fears that their evacuation and uncondition- al surrender would turn over the city to Zapata and not to Carranza. That is Jow the only hitch in the way of a peaceful transfer and I believe that the problem will be solved within the next sixty hours.” FOUR MEN BATHERS 2 DROWNED AT STAMFORD. None Could Swim—Stepped Inte Big Hole and Could Not Be Rescued. rd, Conn., Aug. 9—Four, men t $1 bathing. together ina la- lowe’en park today were They were Nicola Lorissa; Nicholas Camellio, Michael'Gastino and his brother Domenico, all laborérs, and about 25 years of age. None could swim. In wading out they stepped into a hole which had been made by a dredger and all went down and could not be rescued. There is no bathing house at the lagoon, but persons frequently go bath- ing there. The park is on the shore front and is publicly used. The four men. who were intimate friends, went to the' park and put on swimming clothes. After being in the water a short time theey started to wade fur- ther out. A dredger had been operai- ing in that locality and the men sud- denly walked into a deep hole. Heip ‘was not at hand and the men had been dorwned before a boat could«be put off. The bodles of Lorissa and Camellio ‘were quickly recovered. All the men lived on West Main street. Germans Occupation of Liege Admit- Brussels, Augi 9, London, Aug. 10, 3.15 a. m.-It was admitted here late tonight' that the town of Liege had been occupied by the Germans. Villa Starts for Mexico City. ‘Washington, Aug. 9—The constitu- tionalists headquarters here announc- ed tonight that General Villa had started south with his division to par- ticipate in the entry of constitution- alist forces into Mexico City. It was said that the combined armies of Obergon, Villa and Gonzales, Natera, Aguilar and Zapata, over which Gen- eral Carranza is about to assume command, will number more than 70,000 men. Fighting on West Coast of Mexico. On Board U. S. S. California, Ma- zatlan, Aug 8 (Via SanDiego, Aug. 9)—Fighting continues with heavy losses on both sides. Wounded con- stitutionalists are being cared for in cars along the Southern Pacific tracks, ‘medical assistance being rendered from the U. S. S. California. bodies of soldiers are floating ip the harbor. Suicide at New Britain. New Britain, Conn., Aug. 9—Nelson M. Tayvlor, a former deputy_sheriff, committed suicide at his home in Kensington today, by shooting himself through - the temple with a revolver. Despondency is believed to be the reason for his act. Up untll about ten years ago he was prominent litically in Kensington. A widow and a son survive. He was 63 years old. All German Ports Mined. . Washington, “Aug. 9.—The German foreign office has notified Ambassador Gerard that all German ports have been mined. The ambassador also re- ported today that the English channel had been mined, but he did not” say by whom. Death of Sir Edward Anwyl. London, Aug. 8.—Sir Edward Anwyl, professor of Welsh and comparative philolggy. in the University of Wales at Aberystwyth, died today. He was 48 vears old. Pfofessor Anwyl was | posed to be of incendiarv crigin, t widely known as an educator. Small Fire at . Milford, Comn., Aug. 9—iire, sup- day destroyed the ba~n uwred by Mi chael Donohue. The loss to building and contents is placed at $500 2 Reported by Wireless, - Siasconsett, Mass., Aug. 9.—Steamer 2t | S, e B S T at noon. 8 a. m. Tuesday, Many In Touch With All Foreign Legations TO CARE FOR AMERICANS IN ALL PARTS OF EUROPE. BRYAN IS ACTIVE with Berlin SEC’Y Communication Ambassador Gerard at Established Through Copenhagen—Warning for - American Ships, ‘Washington, Aug. 9.—8Secretary Bryan announced today the American government was now in communica- tion wi'p all its Buropean embassies and legations and that everyone was made to care for Americans in all m“mh-c: )(“‘Bry he‘: tel Co n. T, an at once tel- Qflwvnh inquiring about Archer M. Huntington, president of the American hical soclety and other Amer- icans reported arrested as spies. Americans Arrested on Suspicion. . Official dispatches Tevealed that many Americans had been arrested or temporarily detained in Germany merely on sucpicion; that at tie out- break of hostilities and during the mobilization period persons who talk- ed English were under esplonage. One | dispatch said many Americans were thought to be acting suspiciously be- cause they displayed cameras and were taking pictures of the troops or scenes incident to the break of war. Asy Americafis soon would to leave Germany were given communication Gerard was expected to clear up all doubts on the subject within the next 24 hours. Ome of the first messages which came from basador Gerard was a formal notification from the foreign office that most Ger- man ports had been mined and a re- quest that American ships be warned against navigating in any ports which might = be basis of hostilities for foreign forces. English Channel Mined. Another report from Ambassador Gerard said he understood the English channel had been mined but did not say by whom. Counsellor Barela: charge d'affairs of the British em. bassy who was at the state depart- ment today suggested that Germany probably mined the channel but that he had received no advices to warn American ships to that effetc. Mr. Barclay said he had called merely to faclliate cable communication for the American government via London to Points on the mtlnentBflfllac; all mes- es passed through ish censors. S he ‘state ; department announced that an additional $50,000 had been cabled to Minister Stovall at Switzer- land and that the numbe:-% Ameri- cans in that country was mated at 8,000. From Carisbad a despatch was re- cecelved saying 300 Americans there State Department Busy Sunday. ‘were all well Secretary Bryan, Counsellor Lans- ing, Assistant Secretary Phillips and state department officlals generally were at work throughout the ‘day. Mr. Bryan conferred with President Wil- son at the White }Jo:xse on the ean situation but no anmnounce- 5‘:;‘:"'“ made. It is believed that the situation in the war in the Far East was discus The appeal re- cently made by the Chinese govern- ment to the United States to help maintain her neutrality has not yet been acted upcn. Anxious to Learn Intentions of Japan. State department officials denled a report that Ammbassador Guthrie at Tokio had presented a note to the Japanese government dealing with possible developments involving Jap- anese government with hespect to the Buropean war. It is considered very likely that if Japan on behalf of her ally Great Britain, should ipate in an attack on the German colony of Tsing-Tau, a formal effort would be made by the United States to pre- serve China's neutrality. Situation in Far East. The danger of Inciting the revolu- tionaries in China through the activi- ties of Japanese and other foreign troops is known to be a matter of se-| rious concern to the Peking govern- ment, which s understood to be press- ing the United States through its min- ister here for some heipful action. For several days there has been a | dsp jon ‘n administration circles to regard the situation in the Far| Fast as not impressing as it was con- #idered unlikely that Germany would ! take the offensive because of the pre- dominance of English, French and Japanese warships in the waters of the western Pacific. The reported in- ! fention of Japan to/ attack Tsing- Tau, however, may _ influence the American government’s decision on a plan of action. | St ol Shle S e et i £OOL WAVE IS PROMISED TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT. | la Moving from the Northwest—Pre- | ceded by Thunder Showers. ington, Aug. 9.—A cool wave -::l':: foom the northwest tonight | Promised some relief from high tem- | peratures prevailing through the mid- | @le_west and the eastern states. Pre- e by thunder showers, the cooler her should reach the valley states | t . the weather bureau experts " and extend to northern points along the Atlantic coast by late tomor- Tow night. The showers are expectad to cause somewhat lower temperatures in the middle Atlantic states by Tues- | day. Fourth Lynching Near Monroe, La. Monroe, La. Aug. 9.—The fourth | lynching in this vicinity in a week oc- curred tnday when an unidentified ne- gro was hanged a few miles from here by a mob of white citizens of Ouaihita ' parish. The negro suspested of | killlog a white man named Phrvis, | foreman of a logging camp, after a ' qharrel oyer a game of cards. Four Germans Nearly Starved. the coast guards, and were nearly starved. China " from all sian’s store at Efim‘"‘;r‘ adjourn on Monday until August 25. ed a crusade against noisy automo- biles. ashore on the coast of floated undamaged. sylvania prohibits ed was elected a member York Cotton Exchange. placing State banks on a par with na- tional banks in regard to reserves. | 000,000, while e R An Austrian ked a Rus- The British House of Commons will The Mayor of Harrisburg has start- State Representative Mark Gapag- an, political leader of New Orleans, is. déad. The steamer Bay State, which went Maine, was re- The pure food department of Penn- e sale of bleach- State. 4. O'Dowd, of Augusta, Ga., of the New flour in that Frederick Earle, of Mountainview, N. J., was struck and killed by an Erie Raiiroad train at Singac station. The House passed the Owen bill announced a red: uction of five st, is. He was 61 years old. All but 10 of the coal mines in Kan- sas have been closed as a result of the strike of 3,000 miners several days ago. Fire starting in the blacksmith shop of the Louisville Transfer Co., at Lo isville, Ky., caused damage of $100, 000. A seat on the New York Stock Ex- cha; has been purchased by Daniel Sullivan. The price was not made prominent in in the middle west died died at Saugerities, N. Y, aged 84 years. Bernard F. Martin, a former Tam- der, State senator and police is dying at Atlantic High- lands, N. J. Standards of inspection for immi- grants from Europe will not be made any less rigid because of the situation in Europe. That Cardinal Farley and his party, as to whose safety abroad there has been some anxiety, are safe at Brun- nen, Switzerland. 5 Dr. Olaf Young a Chicago dentist, while insane shot and killed his wife and three-year-old son and them committed suiclde. Forest fires are ragining in the w around Quebec and the Val- ©1 ler military camp -is threatened with destruction. A young girl, who was arrested tn ‘The Bronx, N. Y., with in- toxication, tried to commit suicide by hanging in her cell President Wilson nominated Jud Victor Woolley, of Wilmington, )e‘: to be United States Circuit Judge of the Fifth District. F. E. Smith, Sir Edward Carson’s chief aide in the Ulster Volunteer movenient was appointed chief of the British press burea: Forest fires in wi rn Montana and northern Idaho have been brought under control according 1o a message received at Spokane. The State Savings Bank at Butte, Mont, a former Heinze institution} ciosed its doors and is in the hands of the bank examiners. The 42nd dhnual championship re- gatta of the National Assoeiation of Amateur Oarsmen was concluded at Philadelphia Saturday. The conference of miners and op- erutors st Whe W. V&, has journed without sing reached an agreemen! on the wage scale. The fourth international conference on home education which was to have met at Philadelphia September 22 to 29, has been postponed indefinitely. Fred Smith, " a Rutland, Mich., farmer, has eight swarms of bees..He built hives, put them In orchard baited with honey and visiting bees took possession. The Board of Trade returns for, the month of July show that the imports into the British Isles, decreased $12,- the exports decreased $13,095.000. According to reports of refugees reaching Pekin from Tesing-Tsau, the German cruisers are all away scout- ing, and this is supposed to account ‘)!r the almost entire cessation of Bri- tlsh commerce above Shanghal. An electrical storm that swept Franklin county, Vt, late Friday night destroyed a butter tub factory, several large barns and other buifldings and killed many cattle and swine. The loss is saN to approximate $75,000. Everyone who ocontributes two dol- lars or more to the American Red Cross fund for relief work among the warring European nations Will be en- rolled as a member. large of the soclety for the remainder of this year. The German-American Alllance, in resolutions, calls upon the press of the country to accord * treatment to all sides’ conflict, and condemns what is styled as the “attitude of certain portions of | an English speaking. \ Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, widow of the former Ambaseador to Great Britain, . has notified the American Red Cross that she will defray the expenses of 13 Red Cross nurses for Great Britain for one month. Mrs. Reid also sent $1,000 to the British Red Cross. The British cruiser Rainbow, which put in at San Francisco early Fri- day, sailed at 1:35 a. m. Saturday. The authorities had permitted vessel to take aboard 50 tons of coal, sufficient to take it to the nearest home port, Victoria, B. C. . N The Treasu Department gave orders to the 7.-‘ Fr':uuim mint buy 200,000 ounces of silver * cents an ounce. O ARE MERELY OUTPOSTS German Garrisons Wers Mwmerically Fairly Strong, But Merely Hindered mmemFflllfl' Back to There Supports. % The principal oil purchasing agencies | ra; vy cents a barrel in prices for crude oil. strongly for- tifled and all of th 1 »: of em lie outside the outposts of the garded as fortified cities. Their SOns were numeri but 1t ‘was understood. that in case ¢ attack they would merely endeavor to hinder the French advance before fall- ing back into their supports. Strassburg Prepared for Siege. Neu Breisach, where they are said to have retired, lies to the east of Kolmar and is strongly fortified ‘while Strassburg, situated some distance to the north, is the center of a great ag- Eregation of German troops, is strong- Iy fortified and is supposed to be pre- pared for a long siege. French Losses “Not Exocessives Officjal reports of the fghti tween the French and e nl‘n::- state that the French losses were “not excessive” while those of the Germans are declared by the French to have been “very serious.” The Alsatian in- habitants are sald to have been so oyerjoyed at the appearance of the French army t they tore up the frontier posts, Austrian Army on Swiss Frontier. Reports of the arrival of an Aus- trian army corps on the Swiss frontier near Basel were the object of close attention by the French military au- thorities. It was said that several more Austrian army corps were being organized in the Tyrol, whence they woulg later be sent toward the French frontler. In view of this the French government today asked the Austro- Hungarian ambassador to who still remains at his post, to explain the intentions of Austria-Hungary in regard to France. German Troops Burn Buildings. Before retiring from Muelbausen the German troops are sald to 'fi: set fire to numerous bulldings in t city, especiaily the warehouse, where food and forage were stored and forest of Hard. near Kolmar, is said to have been razed. Martial Law in Alsace. Martial law has been established in Alsace, where it is said the Ger- mans announced that any person sus- pected of sympathizing with the r‘nm‘.h would be executed without de- 2y. Civilians Build Entrenchments, Details of the fighting around Liegs, Belgium, state that 'S. forts there were not seriously affected by the fire of the German siege guns which wewe of large calibre. Not a shot has been fired there since yesterday morning according to officlal reports and dur- ing the two days' cessation of fight- hlz: over 50,000 civilians have been emiployed in throwing up entrench- ments between the ring of forts. These entrenchments are said to have rem- dered the city almost impregnable, France and Belgium Share Resources. Detalled orders were issued today by both the French and Belgian gov- ernments making the industrial re- sources of the two countries common property while the arms factories in France and Belgium are working in co-operation in supplying military material. Coal and grain are to be utilized in common by the two coun- tries and there is to be complete co- ordination of military resources. English Warship at Togoland. The governor general of Freneh West Africa telegraphed to the colo- nial office today stating the Fyenoh forces wefe there in co-operation and an English warship has occupied the German colony of Togoland. Simul- taneously with the appearance of the British warship off Port Lome. "the French garrison of Grand Popo in Da- homey, crossed the frontier and oc- cupled the eastern part of the German colony. Wireless Stations Suppressed. All ‘the wireless stations in Framee and Algeria were suppressed m the government, except in cases authorization had been given or where they were used for military purposes. Joseph Caillaux, former premier, has joined the French army and has been attached to the treasury department as inspector of finance. MISSING FROM THE BATTLESHIP ARKANSAS It Is Thought That Lieutenant Kest- ting Has Been Drowned. lagerstown, Md., Aux. $.—A re- strongly marines from the battleships Arkan- sas and Florida. He was commended for signal bravery during the siege. Automobile Iniuries ‘Proved Fatrl.