The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 8, 1914, Page 1

| Out a few rods from thesins—forts; always hard to take. | But it took Japan a WHOLE YEAR grounds of the Se-|Q iake Port arttur!” " attle Yacht club, over at West) ‘big “fretghe steamer ~~ Seatties a rides at anchor. ng. She is the German steamer + RO te BOUIN FUR. | ar many has almost five mililon train- Saxonia, her hold half-filled /44 men to pour nto the gap created | with a cargo consigned to/ by those Belgium guns! French ports, ordered to tie! ore ’ up because of the war. The captain's slippers padded Farther out in the harbor,| [2pisly back and forth on the separated from the Saxonia by “The Germans will fight,” he a mere quarter of a mile of! exploded, “fight to the last water, is the British Maple. a iets ested toibeehe f freighter Santa Rosalia.) ,,ogiest war in history. And also inactive because of the! the worst of it is, it will take European fight. by eign all the good, strong young men. There is every indication bee sn ar the cane that they will remain there in-| ‘ries taking part. | am so Phe . hy i body i definitely, for the high seas} a these days are fraught with unknown dangers until the| sorry.” The captain almost sighed as war is over. Possibly a year from now he gazed at the Santa Rosalia. “| WISH | WERE HOME, FIGHTING!” HE BURST OUT, FIERCELY. “! DON'T LIKE the two big ships will still be tugging at their moorings, float- ing in the stream so near, and yet so far from each other. IT, BEING HELD HERE! For though the vessels are “You don’t hear anything about Germany and France right now, but I'll wager the Germans are slipping troops almost within hailing distance into France right now, while of each other, there is no sem- this battle is on in Belgium. blance of sociability between Ha! If Germany takes Paris, the two. The men aboard one then England will HAVE to ship ignore the men aboard the make peace!” other. . When a launch takes ashore an officer from the Saxonia, it gives the Santa Rosalia a wide berth. And the Santa Rosalia officers do likewise. A star man visited the two steam- ers yesterday. Captain F. Helfer was restlessly back and forth ) Capt. Helfer nephews in the tillery, 22 and 24 years old. doesn't know where they are now All the captain's clothes except the ones he is wearing are in Ham- burg. He had orders to take the pacing Saxonia from Hamburg to Naga like ajsaki. But when he arrived there caged lion on the quarter deck of|he found the captain who was to| the Saxonia And at each turn he gazed mood- fly across the water to the Santa Rosalia Santa Rosalia “It is all England's doings,” he| A couple of sailors were daubing| burst forth, as he marched past the|red paint on the vessel, below the reporter, southbound. “If England; water line, from a scow. They and Germany had kept together| grinned at the Star man there never would have been a war| “No, I guess we won't do no dam- in Europe,” he added, as he headed | age to the Saxonia,” they sald. for the north. haven't got no cannon or nothin’ And then he stopped a minute,| We're both safe ‘ere. and peered at the Santa Rosalia. |latest news?” “You think this a battle in Bel-| An off gium?” he asked the Star man He laughed shortly. “It is nothing yet. Germany will never stop It is a bad have taken command had resigned, ore The captain wasn’t aboard the id then laughed at mention axonia » getting on as fine red. two i Ste Syst Que Mavs Opiviav “1 am looking for a girl who Is not afraid to do her own housework,” says “A.C.” in a letter to Winnie Lee, one of The Star's feature writers. “1 do not dance the tango. | am not a fashion plate. My Income and salary are $4,000 a year.” I have a hunch that “A. C.” is going to get a rude jolt one of these days, and it will serve him right, too. He isn’t really looking for a wife but for a housekeeper. His inducement is that $4,000 income. “hb. C." need not despair of finding a girl who is not afraid to do her own housework. She'll marry him, size him up at his own esti-| mate of himself and herself, and make him hire somehody else to do| most of the housework. 100 where him a home. The old proposition that wife's sphere is confined to the cookstove, the dirty dishes, the washtub and the cradle, is played out. At any rate, | don't see many husbands with $4,000 per making it That's the way it turns out in 90 ca fellow with $4,000 income marrie out of There today of a reported attack by| Wot's th smiled down from the | girl so she may make|@ BULLETINS PARIS, Aug. &-—United States Ambassador Herrick learned today that Collis P. Huntington's son, [Archer Huntington, president of the American Geographical society, and hie wife were arrested at Nuremburg, Bavaria, spies. Huntington, it was stated, was\@ stripped, searched and deprived of hie private papers. BRUSSELS, Aug. &—The Ger. mans before Liege were in great | distress today, their supplies hav- |ing failed to arrive, as a result of |the cutting of their communica. Jealon by the Belgian cavalry. PARIS, Aug. 8—French troops| today are invading Alsace-Lorraine, | the territory ceded to Germany by} France following the Franco-Prus- sian war. NEW YORK, Aug. 8.—Private cables of doubtful authenticty told German torpedo boats on British warships in the river Humber. Four| English vessels and several of the German craft were said to have| been sunk. LONDON, Aug. 8—The only telegraph communication from Germany to the outside world | Is now from Berlin to Amster- | dam, and is severely censored. The carefully qualified state- ment of a reverse at Liege, of- lence maintain | | | n government since “Wel |GERMANY’S ARMY IS CROSSING MEUSE | | THE HAGU | ported here Aug. 8,—It was re- today that a German| force several hundred thousand strong, ‘ter marching northwest/ |from Verviers, {s cfossing the| | Meuse on pontoons between Liege | jand Vise. The vanguard, it was asserted on German authority, was already | moving southward along the wost bank of the river. This story was unverified. | The German crown prince 1s said| to be in command |SERVIANS TO MEET | IN SEATTLE SUNDAY} Members of the United servian| Societies of Liberty will meet at t Labor Temple tomorrow Steartionn | at 2 o'clock to discuss the war sit-| vation In Europe so far as it bears | {upon Servia, and to effect an or fon to raise a fund to be for-| warded to the defense | Servians and sympathizers wit! | Servia are expected to be present | r of Servia | e| \? WATER SHUTOFF NOTICE ° | Water will be shut off on Union st. from First to Third av., and on Second av. from University to Pike st. tomorrow, Sunday, Aug. 9, from 9 a, m. to & p, m | goland, |The German colonists offered no Tht instruct diplomats to use neu- ——— The German Dreadnoughts seen in battle formation in this photo are. of the “Deutschland” type, Germany’s crack $6,000,000 fighting machine. The Dreadnoughts which belong to this class are the “Deutschland,” the “Hannover,” “Schleswig, “Holstein,” “Pommern,” “Schlesien and “Braunschweig.” The Seattle Star _ The Only ‘Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News vce LUME 16. NO 141. English Invasion On! =-LAND ARM PARIS, Aug. 8.—British troops have landed in France. LAST EDITION oN New ON E CENT Convoy by two battleships and three cruisers, English transports today lan 22,000 British regular soldiers on the French coast at Calais, 0: and Dunkirk. The landing was superintended by French officers. it is believed here the entire English force will be rushed to Namur to aid Belgium — and France in resisting the German troops in the event the latter capture Liege. Portugal made plain her attitude in the general struggle this morning, when her parliament passed resolutions pledging Portugal’s unconditional support to England and offering to mobilize three army divisions, to be =— at the disposal of Lord Kitchener. The War Situation Today| BRITISH TRANSPORTS land 22,000 British soldiers at Ostend, Ca- lai Liege. PARIS REPORTS German cruiser Augsburg sunk by Russian torpedo after bombardment of Libau. and Dunkirk to aid French and Belgian forces if Germans capture PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENT pledges unconditional support of Great Britain and offers to mobilize three army divisions to be placed at disposal of Lord Kitchener. CANADIAN CRUISER Rainbow, with lights doused, dashes from San || Francisco harbor, ahead warship believed to be lying outside harbor. AUSTRIANS HAVE been repulsed from Servian territory and Servians of time announced, presumably to dodge German are now invading Austria. ITALIAN OFFICIALS declare Austrian naval officers refuse to help || Germany against English warships, claiming Austria is not at war with |/ England. BELGIUM IS REPORTED to have refused 24-hour armistice sought by Germany at Liege, and fierce battle is said to be in progress today. JAPANESE WAR squadron reported to have sailed to Sea of Japan to watch German fleet. SAVAGE FIGHTING between French and Germans in Duchy of Lux- emburg. BRITISH SEIZE GERMAN PORT LONDON, Aug. &—Port Lomo, the principal town In German To- has been seized by the British colonial forces, on the Af. |rican gold coast, according to of. | ficial cables received here today. Simultaneously, British expedt- tions seized all of South Togoland. resistance. HELP YANKEES WASHINGTON, At Aug. 8.—Plans to relieve Americans stranded in Europe were discussed today by | Secretaries Bryan, McAdoo, Dan- |iels and Garrison. It was decided tral steamship Ines wherever pos- sible, to send Americans home. Americans abroad will be amply provided with money when the cruisers Tennessee and North Caro- lina arrive. * TO AID GERMANS FRENCH TAKE |SHIPS TIED UP; GERMAN CITY] CREWS LEAVE King PARIS, ‘Aug. 8.—French troops today captured the Ger- man town of Alkirch, 20 milee southwest of Belfort, France. It was eald they stormed a Ger- man position to make the cap- ture and that both sides lost heavily. Fighting was reported here today to be general between French and German troops in the Duchy of Luxemburg. It was estimated that there were already 100,000 French In Belgium, hurrying to that country's forces against the Germans, and that more were on the way. NEW YORK, / Aug. 8-—-The steamship Olympic did not sail to- day, as scheduled. It was reported her departure had been indefinitely postponed. The sailing of the Red Star liner Vaderland, also, was can- celed, Most of the crews of British ships here have left their vessels and gone with the reserves. Five hundred British naval reserves sailed for England today on the steamship Minnehaha WILL LET 'EM G0 WASHINGTON, Ang, 8.—Govern- ment officials announced today America will not interfere with the | departure of reservists for service | in Europe, even if they go by ship- loads, unless they are “organized and armed military.” VIENNA, Aug. 8—A strong force of Austrian cavalry has been sent to help the German troops against the French, it was an- nounced today. ‘ It was learned that the expedition was planned by the British and French army and navy officers, s conferred in London Wednesday. Announcement, of : it, however, was withheld until the landing was effected. The force landed today was only an advaull : ctu |guard. The British are understood already to have | commandeered enough ships to rush 100,000 soldiers |to the continent. f LISBON, Aug. 8.—Resolutions pledging Portu- gal unconditionally to support Great Britain in the |present European war were adopted by parliament | here today. The war office offered to mobilize three — army divisions to place at Lord Kitchener's disposal. Publication of the resolutions and announcement _ of the war office’s offer were immediately followed _ by a demand from the German foreign office that Portugal define its attitude toward Germany. This was considered preliminary to a Germain declaration of war. TOKIO, Aug. 8.—A Japanese war squadron was reported todav to have sailed for the Sea Japan. It was believed its mission was to watch German fleet. Leads Belgian Cavalry BRUSSELS, Aug. 8.—With King Albert in personal com- mand, Belgian cavairy this afternoon attacked the flank of the German force at Liege, hemming the Germans between the charging horees and the forts, which simultaneously poured a murderous artillery fire among them. The Teutons, after seavy losses, were compelled finally to retire upon their main column, near the river. The Liege Belgian garrison had by this time been rein forced by French troops, and more Frenchmen were constantly arriving. NISH, Servia, Aug. 8.—That Servian troops have occupied Fotcha, Austria, was announced officially here > today. BLAME KAISER START PAPER? NEW 8,—Repre- sentatives of 1,000 German societies: ST, PETERSBURG, Aug. 8.—The} YORK, Aug. Russo - German correspondence! which preceded the outbreak of! and raising funds today. Leaders war between the two countries, Was! of the movement decided, “if the published here by the government present hostile attitude of the, today, Its purpose was to prove| American press continues,’ the #0, — Russia's contention that the czar cleties will publish a newspaper te, tried throughout to keep peace, “distribute fair information.” are organizing relief associations |