The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 4, 1914, Page 2

| Germany BERLIN, Aug. 4.—Germany today issued a formal declaration of war against France. q Accompanying the declaration the foreign office issued a statement charging specific violations of the frontier by French troops, accusing French aviators of hurling bombs into unprotected German towns, and San. i 0 “despite French aggression.” a It was announced that the German military /} authorities at Stuttgart had seized $20,000,000 gold . jood morning. Tam an escaped ; consigned to Russ convict Fy ° . A young man with black hatr, a The Unted Press’ Berlin bureau was besieged by yoy; oven and deoaned in a neat i . : ult t the city edttor’s desk. | a American refugees today, clamoring to know whether }\''' ' Siva an giateley seeae 5 the Washington government intended to send trans- '\*!0e%" man. But bis introduction that was different. The Star looked up as he ports or warships to rescue them. We of We bave had visita with ny strange men in the course of Fighting was repprted near Luxemburg. ; French aviators were sent to attack a German customed having ex cone’ S105 dirigible whch appeared above Luneville, throwing |‘ ** times to pass the time o° day several bombs into the public square near the Church bers of the nobility who have come % : up to see how we are coming on. _ of St. Jacques, knocking down one of the church But never before an escaped con- walls, demolishing part of the fortifications and killing | "fiie the img man, with his 4 5 |quiet manne, and speech, did not 15 French soldiers. fit our previously conceived mental picture. The city editor called the “ertme reporter” to one side and sald “This guy must be a nut He says) Report Fleets Clash |ne's - seunpee convict, Find out} + aa Aug. 4.—Heavy sea firing at dawn" ""’ . we John Burne—that’s the young STAR—TUBSDAY | John Burne dining car conductor at Lewiston Junction, Whitman county. He denies responsibility for the crime, Th deta is are immaterial MARCUS LOEWS'} Empress] ALWAYS 107% 20¢ NEW POLICY | } ‘was reported off the Yorkshire coast today. | man’s name—didn't talk nor act like | ; The French war fleet recently left Brest under|* “vt.” He knows the iife inside : the penitentiary at Walla Walla, or| sealed orders, and about the same time the German the “bic houre,” as he calls tt fleet was reported as having passed the Kiel canal. |, Duriu bis talk be mentioned the) It is believed that they have met and fought. |porter has seen sentenced during : e ; the last five years Burns was sent up from Colfax| March 10, 1911, on a “five to ten”| roo s re n a e |year “bit,” after conviction on a <i jcharge of shooting D. L. Reeder, ale PARIS, Aug. 4.—Skirmishing between German and French troops AMUSEM: “Becurred at Mars et Tour today. ENTS The engagement is between the advance guard of the German army | advancing on Paris from Metz. The vanguard is already across the! frontier /METROPOLITAN THEATRE - It is opposed by a strong French force. George J. Mackensia Presents ‘The Metz army's right wing was in contact with the left wing of the| Alice Fleming and the Metropaiitan German force which passed through Luxemburg, so that the line extend- Players ‘ed practically without a break as far northwest as Longwy, in There the French troops are still engaging the Germans. A flerce “GRAUSTARK” clash is reported there between French and German aviators. The Luneville bombs, it was said, contained a new German ex-|_ MAtiness the. Evenings Be to th | gph It was of tremendous power, the victimes being literally torn shrecs. | Expect Riots in Italy MONDANE, France, Aug. 4.—Serious anti-government uprisings on sated Italian side of the frontier are reported imminent. Despite the gov- q t's announcement of its neutrality in the European war, it dis | regarded the ultimatum served on it by the labor leaders In ordering peel mebilization—as a cathy ¢ pared measure, it was stated. Quality Treasure Ship Safe eee BAR HARBOR, Me. Aug. 4. naval authorities if it touched and _ S. S. Kronprinzessin there. PHOTOPLAYS lie, of the North German its arrival here created the " Lloyd, which was supposed to utmost excitement. Yachts Afternoons, Cont—1:30 to 5:30. | attempting to run the Brit and motorboats surrounded it Nights, Cont.—6:30 to 11. | war fleet's North sea biock- Although Captain Pollock | Sundays, Cont—1:30 to 11 p. m.| ade, and get into Hamburg, ar- | would not discuss the Kron- | p,j ; tived here today. | prinzessin’s movements, it was | Pricee—Afternoons, 100 and 15¢. | PANTAGES ‘The Stanley Seminary Girls “COLLEGE CAPERS” Other Ble A Captain Pollock came ashore 15e and 200. @8 s00n as his ship had docked and communicated with the learned that the wireless mes- sage to return to American waters was received Sunday North German Lioyd’s offices night when the ship was 800 In New York. miles off the English coast. He was reticent concerning | T same night the Kron- the vessei’s movements. The (| prinzessin intercepted a wire- Passengers, it was understood, | less message from one French wanted to land immediately. warship to another, informing The Kronprinzessin Cecelie | the latter that the liner was in sailed from New York before their vicinity and asking that the E isis bec lookout be kept for it. ope Rogeeptigee wait Rte gry 4 ‘Moore 7 23x0- Sun. hug. 9 to. 160 end 96 Its cabins were crowded with | the time. The captain stopped Bargain at aday pular Passengers and included In its | it at once. He had the deck | i . cargo was between $10,000,000 | lights extinguished, stretched GUY ‘BATES POST ~<a $15,000,000 in gold and canvas across the portholes | the Season's Supr iver consigned to English and and skylights, doubled his | « French financial houses. lookouts, and ran at full speed |“Omar, the Tentmaker ail orders now. Hox office ay] According to schedule, the Viner should have Plymouth, Eng. it evidently was reached by wireless on the vo » howev- ‘@r, and warned that it would Fisk seizure by the British . Paris on Guard PARIS, Aug. 4—Every precaution has been taken to pro- tect Paris from a night aerial attack. Searchlights of the highest power are kept flashing constantly, from dusk to dawn above the city, sweeping the sky In all directions. ; Aviators, too, are kept continuously on duty ready to meet + and fight invading alr men. If possible, they are to be shot, * but in case of necessity, their craft will be rammed in midair, } though to do so will cost the lives of the Frenchmen as well « as the Germans. ¢ Military men did not belleve the four German aviators * and with hie through a dense westward. According to some gers, the liner was chased, sup- posediy by a British warship, all of Monday night. siren silent fog to the touched at DAYS Seattle | 2 MAT. DAILY FRIDAY, AUG. 711—SAT, AUG, 8TH TENTS AT_4TH AVE. & LENORA STREET erent and Di) Others—The € | | j | | | i . who crossed the border Monday, flying toward Rhe lanned to attack the French capital, their view being that the risks of so long a flight over a hostile country In a heavier-than-air machine would be too great to take, and that any such at- tempt as may be made will be undertaken with a dirigible. The quartet, they thought, were simply scouting. Street Given to ades Will Senttle, Is Needed when the opportunity for profit able investment Is presented A savings account started now A Mf Prof. Langdon, that Oxford scientist who is translating the Baby. | Wil! furnish the funds and we'll lan tablets excavated at Nippur, doesn't let up, I'm going to call|| pay you for the keeper and give my: if up without any committment of papers d by Judge Frater. His latest is that the Fall of Man came about igh the ng of the fruit of the bitter plant, and not a apple; but it was not Adam, who did eat thereof. That at once scrambles what | learned in my youth. | In the first place, a delicious fruit like an apple offered some e case of Adam. When, for that fine apple story, you substitute on about Eve's tempting Adam with bitter c. kill the artistic appeal, all around imbeci! Again, if it was Noah who took that medicine, it was not Noah| who sailed the ark, and Prof. Langdon has simply got to trans | tfot out a commander for that important craft. And, if Adam didn’t gain his standing in history by eating that apple, what did Adam do? i'm not disputing that the Babylonian tablets tell Prof. Langdon, iat what he says they do. The Babylonian reporters assigned to write! the apple tragedy and the flood may have had it in for Adam and ih. It wouldn't the only instance wherein blaming It on the reporters was the onlv refuge for folks whose scrapes got into the public prints. 41/2% interest on your deposits while your account is increasing in size. We'll be gind to have you start at any time. THE BANK FOR SAVINGS Third Avenue at Pike | 8,000 tons of coal, jat Kaiser and Blame on BERLIN, Aug. 4.—Responsibility for general hostilities in Burope is flatly placed on the shoulders of "i the czar of Russia, both in a mes sage to the czar from Emperor Wilhelm of Germany, and in a gov-| ernment publication just Issued by Germany recounting the events leading up to the declaration of war by Germany In a manifesto issued by the czar, the scorning of the benevolent tn-| tervention in the differences be tween Servia and Austria-Hungary | by the latter country, and the att! tude of the German government tn | declaring war when Russia refused | to cease her mobilization of her army with a view to having it in padiness to protect Servia, are directly responsible for the uropean imbrogito. Before strife broke out, on July 31, the ¢ sent a sage to Em- peror Wilhelm, signed, “Thy De vot was con "in which he said tt chnically impossible to dis ne Rui mobilization made wary by a similar movement of Austrian y. The message 4 “| give thee my word upon it, Bombard French Port LONDON, Aug. 4.—A German cruiser was bombarding the French naval station at Bona, the French embassy here. From Belgium came a report that the kalser’s troops at railroad and were rushing armored trains toward the French frontier. Verviers had selzed the Ministers Ask Peace Seattle's cabinet of ministers de elde yest ay atthe Y. W. CLA cafeteria that a grave discrepancy exists in European countries pro fessing to be Christian, who are now in the throes of what ises to be a horrible war Civilization, they declared, seems to be only skin deep with many of | the Europeans. Battle on Pacific? SAN DIBGO, Aug. 4 reports that the German Leipsic had captured the Brit(sh tramp steamer Queen Maud, with Following California, the British sloop of war Shearwater, with her decks cleared for action, {s on the way south from San Diega today to join the sloop Algerine and the auxiliary cruiser Rainbow of the navy, and the Japanese | Idzuma, Commander Trousdale of th Shearwater said before leaving San Diego yesterday, {s prepared to protect her com merce along the west coast at any — ‘TOURISTS MUST STAY ABROAD WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-—Secre- tary of State Bryan was infermed by the German embassy here to day that until mobilization is com pleted all foreigners, including American tourists, must remain in Germany. 300 AUSTRIANS DIE IN BATTLE PARIS, Aug. 4.—-An Austrian de. feat by Servians, in which 300 Aus trians soldiers were killed, was re |ported to the foreign office here to |day by the French minister to Ser- via UGUS«e 4, 1914 prom. |t cruiser| from the Idzuma in case of an en- in the Gulf of| off the coast of Lower California, British | cruiser | that England | PAGE 2. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—President Wilson has signed a proclamation of American neutrality in the European war. means that hereafter no volunteers can be organized on United States territory for service abroad, and that no arms or ammuni- tion may be shipped from this nation’s ports. ciningbnis ns mci rman owen sed Scape Convict Pays Visit to The Star; Lays ‘Cannon’ on Desk and Gossips With a Reporter "7. ! LONDON, Aug. 4.— Germany declared war to- day on Belgium for oppos- ing the passage of German troops through its territory on their way to invade hic 9 This act, is believed, | will force England to put an army into Belgium to nation. Field He served three years and three! three years—that a m t it off. IT know a lot of men|Marshal French, who re- months at Walia Walla and was, on the average policeman any 4 no|/knock after they get out of prison June 1, transferred to the Meskill! matter how big a crook he 1s, If he|Maybe folks dont bel ; But igned during the Ulster Stone quarry, 14 miles south of Che-|dresses like other men, mingles|what they say 1 _ ,hdifficulty, probably will halis with the crowd, and does not act 1 AM A HUNTED MAN Rotten food, brutal treatment, im-| suspiciously AM CAUGHT | KNOW WHAT ; ra, '\ lead the British force. |pure water and abuses, he says. ‘TVE GOTTEN BY 0. K. 80 FAR. | SUFFER WHEN I GO BACK oR-| Belgium rejected Germany's made him determine to escape. I'VE BEEN IN TOWN A yoree aA 8 PEOPI BELIEVE | ultimatum, which required the for He did so with another prisoner,, AND AM STAYING AT A HOTEL! MK QUICKER THAN A "MAN WHO|mer country to acquiesce, as Ger- | Jack O'Brien, on the night of June|ONH BLOCK FROM THE POLICE | Risk 8 NOTHING BY TALK.|many's friend, in the passage of 30. They un ‘owed bare from a/ STATION. On the Fourth, $ | sa the kalser’s troops through its ter- | window and Since} and I were in Sout m ritory on thelr way to invade then he has enjoyed his Iife in the| sheriff came into a saloon and in Governor Lister's school of clt!| prance lopen, going from town to town to| vited all hands to the bar. We had|2@"ship, as some call the big house King in Command | escape detection mene ja drink with him, In a dozen other | *t Bs ss Walla, could stand a lot) phe King of Belgium is in per- “Exouse me while | s! m places Ive seen ‘bulls’ I kno put | OF Fetorm. 01 e own forces. 4 | they didn't ir aaiitian tae now, but |" The governor himself is a bit in-|® T * oncopect pschacny Roses yr | “1 am continually on the |Consistent. He was down "8 | have invaded Belgium in large num- when some fly cop will have a | move. Stool pigeons. That's | talk at the funeral of Chaplain) ).. at Verviers. Three German run of luck. It pays to be ready | the reason. Men who have been | dward Barber last AMON | ajrigibles hovered over Brussels, when a fellow’s in my fix, The | In prison and turned out rats [Other things he said: ‘It seems @/ 11 Canital, for an hour, and then man who tal me back will | Instewd of humans; thieves on | dueer en hg yoo Bh 1c disappeared to the eastward have a lifes: job on his whom the coppers have the faee should ; git os a wg d| hands. and the weaklings of th lon Sway th he Dien Mee of Bie) The “eaniéa” tad @ ¢yeper- Underworld are alwaysready to | Usefulness, while you men, who nev- BELGIUM WILL FIGHT tlo look. A long range barre! tip off a man wanted inside. er did and never will be of any) BRUSSELS, Aug. 4—Formal an- protruded nolsomely from a hip “AS LONG AS POLITICS 18 | 9909 In life, are left with us.’ Jnouncement of the Germans’ inva- pocket. CONNECTED WITH THE Later he sald he hoped we'd all) «ion of Belgium was made in par- The reporter readily excused SONTROL OF PENITEN. |e g00d citizens when we got out.” | jiar ent here today é the slight Interruption. IARIES, OUR PENAL INSTI. we | % Albert addressed the houses “I've just beat It away fromasec:| TUTIONS WILL BE BADLY “I hope,” he said as he was leay-|in joi int session. He accepted full re- }tlon of hell, and I want to tell you) MANAGED, GREED AND jing, “that I pass through Sea |sponsibliity for the situation which jabout ft," said Burns, “I've had a| GRAFT AND ROTTENNESS | line of bulls tn safety. They're nice| had resulted from his determination n since I've been out. The outside looks good to me, I'm not hankering to go back. The bulls and the dicks (detectives) interest me lot of WILL ALWAYS EXi8T TO |m SOME DEGREE NO M HOW CONSCIENTIOUSLY ONE OR TWO MEN TRY TO ATTER clever.” to keep away from, and oh, John Burns smiled back at us as “We 4 went out the door so|to maintain Belgian neutrality and national integrity vill maintain them,” he as- “to our last drop of blood.” serted, greatly these days. | am playing) KEEP THEM OUT. You could notice the bulge in his | Complete mobilization of Bel- tag with them. I may get nabbed.| “That's what I've had on myihip pocket where he keeps his “can-|gium’s army was ordered here to- Then again I may not. You see, 1) chest for a long time, and [| want to non.” i have a sort of lentific theory I went to Valparaiso university for Czar Put Each Other ; and | trust with my strength in God's grace and hope for the success of thy mediation at Vi. | enn id for our countrise and | the peace of Europe. } (Signed): “THY DEVOTED NICHOLAS.” To this the kaiser answered: “In my endeavore for the maintenance of the peace of the world, | have gone to the extreme limit of the possible. | It Is not that | shall bear the responsibility for the peril which now threatens the civ- iNized world, | lay It to thy | hand to avert It, even at this | | | | moment. “The peace of Europe can yet be conse: by thee if | Russia decides to discontinue | her military measures, which threaten Germany and Austria- Hungary.” According to the German state ment, even before the kaiser’s mes sage was delivered, general mob {ization of the Russian troops di- rected at Germany was ordered, | and an a necessary countermeasure, Germany, in self-protection, der lared war Algeria, today, it was stated at A resolution carried ly deprecating the \fiict now existing j}lantic, and calling on the city, county, state and nation to lend heir strongest endeavors towards putting a stop to it The ministers also voted to offer up prayers, supplicating the Deity to intercede in behalf of peace unanimous: state con across the At ; He said that he expected help gagement with the German cruia- ers Nuremburg and Leipsic, now FURNITURE For every room in the home at prices that save you 30 per cent and more. $20 quartered oak Ginn Glow... 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