Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 26, 1914, Page 1

VOL.. .LVI—NO. French Commander-in-Chief is Concentrating His The Bulletin’s Circulation in .. Forces for Determined Stand on the Meuse MEULHAUSEN AGAIN EVACUATED BY FRENCH A Combined Frenh and British Force is Holding the Fort Near Givet, Which They Gained by Hard Fighting—East of the Meuse the Allied Troops Have Regained Positions Commanding the Roads Out of the Great Forest at Ar- dennes—Upon the Ability of the Allies to Hold the Ger- mans Depends the Fate of France—An Acute Situation in Balkan States Over thg Possible Entry of Turkey into the European Conflict. Paris, Aug. 26, 12:10 a. m.—The war office has issued the following official announcement: “The commander-in-chief, requiring all available forces on the Meuse, has ordered the progressive abandonment of occupied territory. Meulhausen has again been evacuated. New Battle in Progress. “A new battle is in progress be- tween Maubeuge (Department of the WNord) and Donona (in Central Vos- ges.) On it*hangs the fate of France. COperations in Alsace would take away troops upon which might depend vic- tory. It is necessary that they all withdraw from Alsace temporarily, in order to assure its final deliverance. It is a matter of hard necessity. “West of the Meuse, as a result of orders issued Sunday by the com- manding chlef, the troops which are to remain on the covering line_ to take up the defensive, are massed as « follows: French and British Soldiers Hold Adversaries. “The French and British troops occupy a front passing near Givet, which they gained by hard fighting. ‘They are holding their adversaries and sharply checking their attacks.. . . “East of the Meuse our troopns have regained their original posi- tions commanding the ‘Foads out of the greal forest of Ardennes. “To the right we assumed: the of- fensive, driving back the -enemy by a vigorous onslaught but Gen. Joffre stopped pursuit so as to re-establish his front along the line decided upon on Sunday. In this attack our troops showed admirable dash. The _sixth corps notably inflicted punishment on the enemy close to Virton. Armies in Combined Attack. “In Lorraine the two armies have begun a combined attack, one starting from Grand Couronne De Nancy, and the other from South of Luneville. ‘The engagement which began yester- day (Monday) continues at the time +of writing. The sound of cannonad- ing is not heard at Nancy, as it was yesterday.” AN ACUTE SITUATION IN THE BALKAN STATES Over the Possible Entry of Turkey Into the European War, ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—An acute sit- uation has arisen in the Bal states over the possible entry of Turkey in- to the European war, according to officlal advices to the American gov- ernment from various sources. Turkey has not yet given Great Britain, France and Russia a satis- factory explanation of the entry into the Dardanelles of the German cruis- ers Goeben and Breslau. When it was first reported ‘that Turkey had purchased these vessels Great Bri- tain, France and Russia demanded that the crews of the two ships be repatriated immediately. Today's des- patches revealed that German crews were still aboard the cruisers. Italy Would Oppose Turkey. Many Washington diplomats famil- jar with the situation consider it practically certain that should Tur- key side with Germany and Austria, Ttaly would abandon her position of neutrality and join Great Britain, France, Russia and Servia, who could tount also on the assistance of Greece, Greece is Under Martial Law, Greece is under martial law with her army mobilized along the frontier watching Turkey’s movements. The troops of the Ottoman empire are quiet- ly mobilizing without public order to “hat effect. Italy’s order for mobiliza- on on August 27 is believed here to fue to some extent to Turkey's iry activity. ited States Watching Situation _..c United States is watching the situation in Turkey, particularly be- cause of the presence there of hun- dreds of American missionaries. Ambassador Morgenthau has been making long reports on the situation and for a time, a week ago, the sit- ‘uation seemed alarming. The gov- ernor of one of the Turkish provinces had threatened massacre to Ameri- cans If Turkey and England went to war. Mr, Morganthau immediately discussed the subject with the Turk- ish foreign office and received as- surances that if any subordinate of- ficials had made such threats they would be censured and 'that Ameri- cans would be accorded respect and courtesy in any eventuality. To Send No Warship to Turkey For a time the Washington govern- ment had under oonsldar::mn‘: sug- .;:uon from Ambassador Morganthau that a warship be sent to Turkey for salutary effect, but qn the receipt of reassuring advices from him the idea mmab.ndollod and officials here now there 1s now no cause for alarm. _ The cruisers North Carolina and Tennessee, now in European waters on a mission of relief, would be avail- le in case of emergencies to bring s away. Latest reports snow 3 larlquu {;ell safe and _that their only difficul! s in cashing let- ters of credit. a problem, however, rapidly being solved by the Ameri- can government’'s board of rellef. The cruiser North ‘Carolina probably will visit Turkey and other countries of southern Europe with gold for Americans. GERMANY’S COMMUNICATION TO BELGIUM GOVERNMENT. Regrets That by Force of Events She Was Obliged to Occupy Liege. Paris, Aug. 25.—The texts of th communication from the German gov- ernment to the government of Belgium of Aug. 9 and the answer thereto, dat- ed Aug. 12, were obtained in Paris to- day from an authoritative source. The German communication was conveyed to the Brussels cabinet through The Netherlands ministry of foreign affairs and the Belgian minis- ter at The Hague. It is signed by Baron Fallon, the Belgian diplomatic representative, is addressed to the cabinet at Brussels, and is as follows: Praise for Belgian Forces. “The Hague, Aug. 9. “The minister of foreign affairs begs me to send you this_information ‘be- cause the American’ minister at Brus- sels (Brand Whitlock) ‘refused to transmit it. - The Liege fortresses have been taken by storm after a courage- ous defense. The German government deeply regrets that owing to the aiti- tude of the Belgian government tow- ards Germany blood has been shed. Germany does not come into Belgiugn as an enemy. It is entirely by force of events that she has been obliged, owing to the military maesures taken by France, to reach the serious de- cision of entering Belgium and- occu- pying Liege as a base for future mili- tary occupations. “Now that the Belgian army by its heroic resistance against enormously superior numbers has maintained its honor, the German government begs the king of the Belgians and the Bel- gian government to spare Belgium from further horrors of war. Wanted an Understanding. “The . German government is ready to agree to any understanding with Belgium consistent with her diffe ences with France. Germany, more- over, gives the solemn assurance that she has no intention of annexing Bel- gian territory. Such intention is far from her thoughts. Gormany is ready to evacuate Belgium as soon as war conditions permit. .- “The United . States minister has begged his colleagues to communicate this offer of mediation. The minister of foreign affairs accepted the mission without enthusias; took this task upon myself in or- der to be agreeable to him.” ‘The Belgian reply to this communi- cation is dated at Brussels, Aug. 12, and is as follows: Reply from Belgium. Please communicate the following telegram to the ministry of foreign affairs: “The proposal the German govern- ment makes to us is a repetition of the proposal formulated in the ultima- tum of Aug. 2. Faithful to her inter- national obligations, Belgium can only reitérate- her answer to that ultima- tum, and all the more so because, since Aug. 3, her neutrality has been vio- lated, a distressing war has been brought to her territory, and the na- tions which guaranteed her meutrality ’l:avec;fl)lyany and immediately answered or call” EMPEROR’S CABLEGRAM A DEATH WARRANT TO GARRISON. Cailed Upon to Defend Tsing-Tau from Japanese. Peking, Aug. 25.—A letter received here from an American at Tsing-Tau, the seaport of the German territory of Kiao-Chow, says it is considered there that Emperor William's cablegram to the garrison to resist to the uttermost is virtually the death warrant of ev- ery member of the force. The Germans are detaining by force a large number of coolies, evidently for :‘Il'lfllta.ry labor, in and about Tsing- ‘au, ‘The writer of this letter says fur- thermore that Hqrace Remillarg, the American vice consul at Tsing-Tau, who left before railroad communica- um;flwu ::r::en, toalfs with him the archives o e Amerd: British and Russian consulates, oy Peking has no information of the landing of Japanese forces at Kiao- Chow. The British and French regi- ments, which supposedly are to take part in the land operations against Kiao-Chow, are still at Tien-Tsin. ‘The Japanese minister to China vis- ited the foreign offices yesterday and requested the removal of the limitation to 30 miles on the fighting area around Tsing-Tau which has been fixed by the Chinese. The foreign officers de- clined his request. Emperor William's Uncle Killed. Paris, Aug. 25 5.20 p. m.—The Jour- nal this afternoon says it has obtain- ed from an authorized source the news that in a battle fousht yesterday an uncle of Emperor Willlam, command- ing the imperial guard, was killed | Tieve to Berlin informed us that the - in Proportion to the City’s Population " [An Outline of Japan’s Policy TO ACT STRICTLY 4N ACCORD WITH ALLIANCE AND TREATIES OF THE VICTORIES OF THE GER- MANS IN BELGIUM, . VER.IONS BY DIPLOM TS | M Herriet Harper: aged 02 years |1y ATJAY - SUSPICION OR the G::FMUATNESA::::ISEASDOF CRUELTY. ; I SN & elctions at Atchison, Kan. French Ambassador Says They Are Insignificant — German Embassy Claims Greater Part of the Belgian- French Frontier is in Their Hands. prin: day arrived in London. They are the York Ju!dyuzs. for Hamburg, and the Prinz Adalbert, which sailed from Philadelphia for Hamburg. VICTORIES ANNOUNCED BY RUSSIAN EMBASSY. Claims Belgian Civilians Shot at Red, Cross Nurses and Dectors. New York, Aug. 25.—Johann Von Bernstorff, the German ambassador who arrived here yesterday from Europe, said today he planned to re- main = New York until Thursday be- fore proceeding to Washington. The ambassador declared he wanted to get at first hand information concerning the censorship the United States gov- ernment is exercising over the Ger- man-owned wireless station at Say- ville, N. Y., and its refusal to grant the one at Tuckerton, N. J., a license. Wants Cables to England Censored. Count Von Bernstorff pointed out that with the cables to England un- censored, the representatives of Great Britain in this country were at lib- erty to forward to their government information concerning movements of German warships or any other in- formation that might be deemed ad- o Visable. He said he had formed no|sion of a great number of rolling stock, cpinion yet upon the subject and|also of large stores of forage, fuel, wanted to be fully informed before|etc, and confiscated the local treasury, even contemplating taking up the cen-| containing 50,000 marks. On August sorship question with the state depart-|20, at Gumbinen, the enemy brought ment at Washington. into battle no less than three army The attention of the ambassador was | corps trying to turn the’right_ flank called to the published statements|of the Russians, but was repul emanating from Belgian sources that Gaomsdios Aokl Fae - Ardutioe. German soldiers had been using Qum-| .ageonoy e FOREC PEE TS dum or expanding bullets. deliv oo “uckum‘ Wras Denies German Atrocities. enemy’s center, which led to the cap- “I refrain from discussing the so-|ture of a considerable amount of Ger- called cases of cruelties upon my ar-|man artillery. By the Russian left rival yesterday,” he said, “for the rea-|ank, towards the evening, the enemy son that I did not care to be an in-|was also defeated and requested an strument in the creating of any ill-|armistice which was refused. Furth- however the Belgian|er to the south, on August 21, the Rus- sians took Goldap and Aris. Russians Capture Twg Towns. “On August 22 our successes were Custome receipts at the port of N York last week were $3.814'560, aainst $4,367,262 the same period last year. Fire destroyed the Kilmer Opera House and several other buildings at Schoharie, N. Y, at a loss of $40,000, m‘l”n first annual convention of the - NEPOSY sioyueg oFeSOW wIeg 28 Newe of ihe will be held in Chicago, October 7-3. Aug. Germans at Namur . e Secretary Redfineld notified the Ger- man wireless station at Tuckerton, N. Of Motives Now Prevailing in Amer- ica—Will Restore Kiao-Chow to . China, Whether Tsing-Tau is Taken by Force or Otherwise, Tokio, Aug. 25.—The Tokio Koksal Tsushin (International News Agency) says it is a position to state “on high- est authority that it is the settled pol- icy of Japan, approved by the emperor, privy council, the cabinet and leading business min_that Japan under any future conditions will act strictly in accord with the trms of the aliiance with England and the treaties and asTeements with America and her pledge to China. To Preserve ‘Integrity of China. “Japan will restore Kiao-Chow” con- tinues the statement, “will preserve the terri‘oria] irtegrity of China and the terms of the ultimatum to Ger- many will be adhered to whether Fsing-Tau is taken by the force or otherwise. Japan realizes that in these y faced responsibilities she must act with the utmost circumspec- tion especially in view of the cam- paisn of misapprehension and the world-wide oprevailing misunderstand- ine of her real motives, ambitions and pclicies, Critical Time in History of Japan. The present is perhaps the most ment In h history and 231 for all t'me on of her mo- and for- tered by years of anti-Japanese propa- =anda “The partition of China or the vio- ‘'atlon of Chinece interrity in any way is the last thing Japan plans. She most desires the friendship and con- fidence of Pekine ard th- entire erad- ication of all roots of suspicion.” To Cooperate With Great Britain and America. ‘The stateme t of the Kok=al Tsushin continues that it has authority for the assertion that “it Is to Japan's in- terest to cooperate with Gr at Britain and America and that it would be fa- tal to attempt to blockade the com- merce o feither country. With friend- Iy cooperation Japan's trade Is cef- tain to immensely increase while Great Britain and America alone are able to supply.the vast products and cooperate in the great undertakings and developments In the Far East from which China will equally bene- fit. There iz no room to doubt that it is the settled policy of Japan to avoid even a suspicion of the viola. tion of Chinese intesrity or to exten: her operations beyond the present nec- essary sphere in.order to secure the peaceful developments from which all aloke will reap profit” RELAXATIOV OF EMBARGO ON SHIPMENT OF FOODSTUFFS. Freer Clearances of Grain and Other Cereals Are Reported. New York, Aug. 25.—Further relaxa~ tion of the embargo against the ship- ment of foodstuffs was one of the few interesting developments connected with the fnancial situation today. From many important points along the Atlantic seaboard freer clearances of grain and other cereals were reported, indicating that the railroads are ear- nestly co-operating in the movemeat. Improvement in thie situation, it is generally recognized, will go far tow- jards disentangling the many knotty problems which have grown out of the disorganized state of the foreign ex- change market. Another conference of they exchange interests was held to- day, but, like most previous meetings, the outcom eleft conditions virtua'ly unchanged. There is a growing im- pression, however, that our bankers may yet agree to export a moderate lamount of gold to meet impending foreign obligations. Gold bare amounting to $500,000 were taken from the assay office today for government account, it was said, and another small shipment of gold coin to Canada was reported. Successful in Conflicts With Prussian and Austrian Troops. New York, Aug. 25.—The military attache of the Russian ecbassy today issued from the Russian consulate the following account of ‘the operations of the Russian army: Stubborn Battle. “Battles in Eastern Prussia on the seventeenth to twenty-first of August ‘were marked by great stubbornness. At Lyk the retreat of the 20th Ger- m: army corps assumed an ex- ‘Washington, victory of the other points in Belgium where it had | :net th:nu-llled f::"wt reached Wl-hl-! ngton through varioys official channels |y In wi > today. Jules Ji the | Tt 51 operating R i b or, who paid his first visit to | s department after his return| While walking in his sleep, Alex- summarized ihe ander Fee, 80 years old, of Brooklyn, fighting in Belgium, based on his des-|fell from the third story of his home patches: and was killed. French Ambassador’s Statement. Herman Schwartz of Brooklyn, “We did not succeed—that is true, cken but many of “the reports as to wur| chorco.to death on & cnl . hile celebrating the fifth anniversary losses are exaggerated. Two of our | g iivisions suffered, but the Germans|°f his wedding. suffered also, cspeclally the Prussii| The Interstate Commerce Comm guard, Our movement was n offen-| ,io, reversed its former ruling to con- sive one. In view of possible failure, W -olioan Ja: in .line -of . defense, zt;rm :‘:u- a decision that tap lines are | and on that line of defense we now . stand. It was an offensive tack which| peaths of failed, but we knew it might fail, and in New York provided outline of occupation. OUur|compared with 350 during the same army is practically intact.” period last year. German Embassy’s Claim. ho ¥ i Bc- et ps The German embassy made public a S Yaflen ba ey o e desphtch eaid to have been received by | Noa for Gloucester, Mass., went ashore wireless via Sayville, L. I, saying the near Nantucket, Mass., but was float- Belgiai infants one year of age last week numbered 346 greater part of the n-French | ed with slight damage. | frontier was in German hands and pre- | dicting a general advance converging toward Paris. Three Diplomats Meet. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, and Viscount Chinda, the thapt:nedu mb‘«lfl&?nr, a.lle;l‘ t} the devcloped; the exemy in complete dis- |5, Rt Jiat - Sa M. Juses: order retroated behind the River An-|jidl T 1CaVIng, The thres diplo- the t 3 T | room about the genéral situation. The river at Darkcnhmen being seized by | boqris g - ho Russians. To the south of the|Li.Leh ambassador sald he 50 beyond what had been given out River Angerapp the Russians are In| io g, possesio: of Johannisburg, Orteleburs | wienont mivicer retelor, Chinda was and Villinberg, On August 23, the Rus-’ o Cneentions They've got the fever in London. | Two babies were christened Albert | Leman Lieze Hopkins and Marie Al- | sace Lorraine Lecomte. ished additional accusations. I cannot Deputy Attorney-General James A. halp saving that official reports from eputy Attorney-Gene Parsons, of Hornell, N. Y., announced his candidacy for the Democratic nom- citizens there had fired at German ination for attorney-general. troops from windows and had shot at doctors and nurses wearing Red Cross arm bands and under the Red Cross flag. Furthermore the citizens muti- ‘~ted woundrd German soldiers.” 800,000 Men in First Line of Deferise. Count Von Bernstorff said he be- lieved there were about twelve Ger- man army corps and eight Austrian army corps along .the Vistula river, Germany’s first line of defense lgnsut Russia. Threre are about 800,000 men in these corps. The unb?ssador said he wished to reiterate for the benefit of the people of, the United States, that Germany was not blame for going to war. PEOI;LE OF ALL CLASSES ARE NOW ON A LEVEL In the Wild Scramble to Get Out of Belgium. , London, Aug. 25, 10.20 p. m.—From all parts of Belgium refugees are ar- riving at Ostend, says the correspond- ent of the Reuter Telegram company Some come from distant Charleroi, and other towns along the' Sambre, where thev say they were being deaf- ened by the roar of artillery, more guns being in action than they'ever thought existed. These people, of all classes, are now on a level, the rich, or those who are rich, finding it just as difficult to get the necessaries of life as the poorest. The hotels are crowded by people of means who, havjng lost their have nothing but what they are weal ing. Many young Bruxellois, who be. longed to the civic guard, but who were disarmed and deprived of their uniforms, are going about in the cheapest clothes purchased in the back streets of Ostend. “Every boat going to Folkstone,” adds the correspondent, “is said to be the last, and every day there is a rush to the quay, for nobody wants to be in Ostend when the Uhlans arrive, and rumor has them coming hourly.” SOMBARDMENT OF BELGRADE IS STILL MOST SEVERE. Ice-boxes have been intalled in sev- ‘ral large postoffices to take ~are of He lare pdrcel post business in poul- ry, eggs and other foodstuffs. ! The Society of American Play- wrights will receive $200,000 from the estate of Bronson Howard aft:r the expiration of two trust funds. Dr. Alexis Carel, of the Rockefeller Institute in New York, cancelled his departure from France and at present is in charge of a big war hospitall Crossed wires in an electric switch- ard at the Eastern Maine hosp tal K d Kiao-Chow, sians took Solday and Neipenburg, | 2 o 3 from which localities consideragle | i) o T Ush ambassador continued his discussion with state department :g’;“:o of the Germans retreated 1o|omcials on questions of neutrality. Mr. | c 3 = Jusserand talked at length with Mr. Austrian Regiment Driven Into Swamp | Bryan on the general lult:iect o(h neu- “In Galicia, on August 7, at Novos- |trality and referring, it is understood, | tav, our cavalry drove the squadron of | to.the proposed pi by the Amer- the Ninth Austrian regiment into a urchase ‘government of shipe for the trans- rim‘wm.rg two officers and 105 |Atlantic trade with ‘belligerent nations. b SV e ik o an ench am ors the g Savalcy E_":r:"":":' status of the pesce treaties which are for Insane at Bangor, Me.. started & Ergement . between Zioczow . and | g e | m -the United Are that caused a loss of about $5,000. Zborow, against an enemy, in superior v o gtk forces, the Russfan cavalry took from the Austrians two batteries of horse artillery, and 100 prisoners. Bridges of thie River Sere are in the hands of the Russians. respectively, similar to the investiga- 'no:n treaties recently ratified by tae i senate. An average of nearly 800 Germans have been naturalized In Aaustralia since Anm&lt lzrmeta‘vmgfleo:ulmbg—oor VN T PRI ey o o~ gl rali: jons ut STEAMER HALTED AT MOUTH S gl ey OF NEW YORK HARBOR. sh Cruiser Essex Stopped Aus- trian Freight Steamer. George Wilis of Detroit, a veteran seaman, was swept overboard and drowned from the vacht Spray while racing off Bar Point Light, Lake Mich- igan. PLAN ABANDONED B REGARDING NEUTRAL SHIPS| Nel'hv York. Aus. 25.—Almost at the — mouth of New York harbor, and with- ' Lott, 18 years old, of 1Tnion- {n @ight Of ‘gbservers on shore, the yille m: o sris serualy il ored whmm British cruiser Essex halted today the :a horse on her father's farm was stung Austrian freight steamer 1da, en route by bees, causing the animal to run to this port from Quebec. Officers and : gway. sailors from the Bssex boarded the > sSteamer, examined her papers and af- ter holding her an hour permitted her to proceed on her journey. The Ida, a slow steaming veseel, sailed into Halifax ten days ago with the Austrian ensign flying from her Jackstaff. She had aboard a heavy cargo for Quebec and some stone for New York. The captain knew noth- ing of the declaration of war and first learned that his ship was liable to cap- ture as a prize when authori- ties boarded the vessel and seized it A prize court decided, ‘however, that inasmut as the IdaWhad sailed from Shouia &l be permitted to discharge her cargo and continue her journey un- molested. Accordingly, the ship was released, the cargo for Quebec dis- charged and the trip continued to New York. Now the Ida has reached New ggfl;idhahwe\;;r, th& case is different. 01 she ve the port, she woul be subject to capture. g 400 GERMAN RESERVISTS PRISONERS AT FALMOUTH Wers on Holland-American Liner Poudu'n Bound for Rotterdam. Falmouth, England, Aug. 25, 6:20 m. — The Holland-American Llllpe steamer #otsdam from New York, August 15, arrived here this afternoon with 400 Germans and some Austrian reservists on board. The reservists were immediately made prisoners of war, and are now in the hands of the military authorities. The Potsdam cleared from New York direct for Rotterdam and her sailing orders did not call for a stop at Falmouth or at any port between ew York and Rotterdam. The agents i Hol!uhndb-e?m‘zeln line to whic e ship belong ived no word of her arrival at Nm“mdt.h and express their ignorance x the cir- cumstances that led her an Eng- lish port. It is surmised, here, that she was spoken at sea by one of the British patrol ships and the presence of Austrian and Te- servists on board was discovered she ‘was conveyed into a British port. BRITISH CASUALDTIES OVER TWO THOUSAND In Spite of Hard Fighting are Still in Best of Spirits. United States Discards That Plan to Bring Americans Home. ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—The proposal of the United States that nations at war regard as neutral ships owned by a belligerent chartered exclusively to bring Americans homeé has now been abondoned. The subject is still being discussed through diplomatic chan- nels, but chlefly to establish the posl- tion of the powers on article ¥+ of the Second Hague convention. - Under that article ships engaged in philanthropic mission were held to be exempt from capture. The United States announced that the repartition of Americans was construed by this government as such a mission, and asked the powers for a decline on the subject. Germany agreed but Great Britain accepted conditionally, asking | that if German ships were chartered, Americafi officers should man them. France rejected the proposal but has since modified her position 'to the same view held by Great Britain with reference to American officers. Both the French and English governments now maintain that if the German liners tieq up in American ports were chartered by the United States, her officers should not be permitted to sall into English of French ports where information about the fortifica- tions of a harbor might be obtained. Inasmuch as the German ship own- ers probably would not wish to em- ploy foreign officers to handle their ships the plan has not met with suc- cess. Administration officials said today hdéwever that since tne plan was proposed adequate facilities for transportating Americans have been provided in other ways. TOURISTS ON SPECIAL TRAINS THROUGH FRANCE A warrant was issued for the arrest of E. W. Amos, agent for an express company at Easton, Pa., charging Lim with the theft of a package contain- ing $8,000. Thomas Laughy, ten year old son of James Laughy, a Sanbornton, N H., farmer, accidentally shot and kill- ed himself while out hunting with his elder brother. The Department of Agriculture es- timates the prospective beet-sugar crop in this country for next year at 4,826,000 tons . This will be the smallest since 191 Captain Edgar King, of the United States Army Medical corps, reported that one-fifth of all regular soldiers discharged for disability are afflicted with mental disease. Joseph Nadler of St. Lou and Maynard Upton, of Boliver, Mo., were suffocated and 14 persons injured in a fire which partly destroyed a restau- rant at Houston, Tex. All arrangements have been com- pleted for entertaining the Grand Army of the Republic at their eighth annual encampment in Detroit, from August 31 to Septembetf 5. Burglars entered the home of Fred- erick Prax"in New York and escap- ed with cash and jewelry valued a $2.600. Paintings, rugs and furniture were also. destroyed by the vandals. Members of the Atlantic Deeper Watorways Association will hold the seventh annual eonvention in New York and nearby towns on the Hudson t‘l{x‘fln‘ the week beginning September Hardly a Building Remains Undam- aged—Palace Partly Burned Down. London, Aug. 26, 12.25 a. m.—A des- patch to Reuter's Telegraph company from Nish, Seryia, says: ‘“The latest information received here is that the bhombardment of Belgrade Is still most Severe. Shells of large calibre are doing immense damage. Hardly a building remains undamaged. The palace has been partly burned down. Another large bullding in the city has been struck by thirty-five shells.” STRANDED AMERICANS FLOCK TO THE NETHERLANDS Rotterdam is Now Crowded to Its Utmost Capacity. London, Aug. 25, MALINES BOMBARDED BY FORCE OF 2,000 GERMANS. Two Hundred Houses Partly Des- troyed—Belgians Made Energetic getic Counter Attack, cans to The Netherlands is still run- ning high, and” Rotterdam, the only place where it is possible to get steamers direct for the United States, is crowded to its utmost capacity. The steamer Rotterdam is sched- uled to leave Rotterdam next Satur- day with 2,000 American passengers on board. The remaining Americans must wait for other ships. The International tourist office esti mates that there are even now som thing like 45,000 Americans in Eu- rope. They say that most all of them seem to be trying to return home by way of Rotterdam, where the hoteis and private houses already are over- crowded. The baggage of these tour- ists is scattered all over the contin- ent. The Holland-American line has offered free transportation of bag- sage tc America for all their passen- gers. Some Americans at Rotterdam are trying to return to the United States on board the American cruiser Ten- nessee. London, Aug. 25, 10.58 p. m.—An Ant- ‘werp despatch to Reuters Telegram company says that early this morning a force of 2,000 Germans bombarded Malines (Mechlin), fourteen miles southeast of Ontwerp. Two hundred houses were partly destroyed and the church tower was damaged. The Bel- gians made an energetic counter at- tack and drove the Germans as far as Vaildobe to the south, the losses on both sides were considerable. No Discomfért Other Than Lack of Sleeping Accommodations, London, Aug. 25.—Some 800 Ameri- can tourists from Switzerland arrtved in London this afternoon, having come through France by special train. They report no special incident be- yond the fact that they had been without sleeping accommodations for two days and two nights. Among the arrivals were Miss Mary Harris of Brookline, Mass., Fred ‘Wanamaker of Rochester, N, Y., who came from Balse; J. Howard Edwards and his family: and Mrs. C. H. Wat- Overcome by smoke, Fireman John Quinn, 50, was fatally injured by a fall from a ladder while fighting a ten- ement house fire at Methuen, Mass. He dled after being removed to a hos- pital. Police Lieutenant Michael Murphy found a turtle wedged in the rocks of the Passaic river near East Orange. On the turtle’s back was cut the in- scription, “War is Hell. Keep away from it. 1864.” The Will of Pere; his Hill AMERICAN MINISTER TO 3 BELGIUM HEARD FROM. Persuaded Burgormaster of Brussels Not to Make Fight. ‘Washington, Aug. 25.—Brand Whit- lock, American minister to Belgium, from whom nothing had been heard for several days, finally succeeded to- day in getting a cablegram through to s An;‘elri:‘:a: government from Brua-|™ sels, whiel e reported to be in mar hands but completely “surround-|SPent the time on a station platform. ed by armies engaged In active oper- "i‘}“"wy. e - Safety of Americans Reported. 3 itloc! d not wmove. the| Washington, —T s ais- Amcrican legation wita the Belgian |patches meA:t:'xJ"d ok court when the seat of government was taken from Brussels to Antw-'g but remained behind together witl most of the other neutral miinisters. It develops that through the influence of the American minister and the Spanish minister the burgomaster of Brussels was persuaded not to mak a fight because of the Yatal conse- quences of a bombardment of the de- fenceless city. phrty left Lu- cerne Saturday and joined the spectal t.r‘un. which wu“nm in three sections at Geneva. Leaving Geneva, Sunday. they reached Paris Monday. At Am- iens the Americans had to get out of thelr train in order to facilitate the of troops. From midnight 8 o'clock in the morning they P. Lewis,who died "Movements of Steamships. estate ! Gibraltar, Avg. 23.—Arrived: Steam- entirely to er Caserta. New York for Naples. his son, Frederick 2d, of Copenhagen, Aug, 24—Arrived: Saugatuck, Conn. stmme-mr P"hradorlck VIL New York. g , Aug. 25 — Arrived: The Guaranty Trust Co. entered suit|Stesmer Petsdam. Wew York. for $1,040,467 against the North Ger. man Lloyd Steamship Co. and a Dep. to libel '.h:“n enm';:‘ny!u iverpool, 2. —Sall teame. 'S | Live Aur. 22. led S 3 oft. | steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie which|St. Paul, New York. - lying in that harbor. London, Aug. 25, 2:5 p. m—"“We have heard this from ' Sir John commant of the Brit- ish forces on the contipent,” Premler Asquith informed the members or the house of commons this afternoen, “that the withdrawal of his troops to a new position was 1i 500 Strangers in French Army. -| Paris, Aug. 25, 10:20 p. m—Five were | hundred strangers of all nationalities in Paris who were unable to nv-‘ 8ood account of themselves have to sent to_ the concentration camps In o Mll;' Céll:k‘. ireen wic] onn., Miss Stanehurst. .