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MEXICO ciir
Gen. Obregon, With Large Force, De
mands Surrender of Capital—
Carbajal Is Resisting.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 11.—General
Obregon, commanding tile rebel
troops, has almost reached Mexico
City and is demanding that Provis
ional President Carbajal surrender the
city to him.
General Villa is also headed for the
capital and is striving to reach here
ahead of General Obregon.
The federal army numbers 40,000
men and they are well armed and
determined to resist the rebels. All
the approaches to the city have been
mined and a desperate battle is ex
pected either today or tomorrow.
Hogs Go to $10 Cwt. On Foot—Flour
Goes Up, Booze Also Raised and
Sugar Takes Another Jump.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 11.—The price of
hogs has taken a big jump because
of the war in Europe. The packers
have jumped the price of pork to ten
cents a pound on the hoof and it is
expected that the price will continue
to go upward. Hogs are selling here
at the highest price in the history of
the United States.
Booze Goes Up.
SEATTLE, Aug. 11.—The price of
all imported liquors has gone upward
and a general increase of ten per
cent, was made by the wholesalers
today excepting on champagne, which
they raised $6.00 a case.
Grain Exchange Close*.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11.—The
grain exchange here closed today be
cause of the' difference between the
buying and selling prices of grain.
No trades could be made, the buy
ers refusing to pay the demand and
the dealers refusing to lower the
‘ price.
Flour Goes Upward.
TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 11.—The mill
ers met yesterday and agreed to raise
the price of flour twenty cents a hun
dred, and a further raise is expecteij
in a week unless the demand for flour
stops.
Sugar for the Rich Only.
y NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The price
\of sugar took another jump upward
I today. This is the third jump since
thb war broke out and make a *o
tal of $1.70 a hundred. The price was
raised one cent a pound in the past
week and further advances are ex
pected.
All Canned Goods Raise.
The price of every food product
that is perishable has gone upward
from ten to twenty per cent, and the
col3 storage men all over the coun
try are storing perishables and are
preventing the surplus being placed
s on the market, as they expect that
prices during the winter will be high.
Packers Arc Denounced.
CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—The Retail
Butchers Association, of this city, met
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Believed That the German Warship Leipzig Caught Small Canadian Cruiser
and Sunk Her—Wreckage Found By Life Savers Near San Francisco—Had
Crew of 300 Men—Germans Bring Heavy Guns To Reduce Liege Forts—
France Has Big Army in Belgium—German Warships Evade French Ships
and Race To Join Austrians In Adriatic—Germans Announce They Were
Victorious In All Battles—Austrians Drive Russians Back—Austria Fears
Slavs Will Not Fight Russians—Montenegrins Capture City of Scutari.
PARIS, Aug. 11.—An army of 50,
000 Germans have driven the French
from Alsace and have invaded 'France
according to a report received here
from the front. The war department
.paaintains the strictest censorship on
•news from the border, but it is ex
pected that a big battle will be
fought on the border at any moment.
Believe Rainbow Has Been Sunk.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11.—A re
port has been received here from
the men at the South Shore life sav
ing station that wreckage of the Brit
ish cpuiser Rainbow has been wash
ed ashore near the station and it is
believed the cruiser has been sunk
by the German cruiser Leipzig, which
is also in southern California waters.
The Rainbow .left here Friday night-,
after receiving fifty tons of coal and :
was headed for Magdelena bay, |
where two small British cruisers
were bottled by the Leipzig and Nu
remburg, of the German navy.
Firing Heard Saturday.
Heavy firing was’ heard at sea on
Saturday off the California coast and
it is almost certain that the German
boats came up the coast and met the
•Rainbow, of whose whereabouts they
were aware, and sunk the little ship.
Take German Toga Land
LONDON, Aug. 11.—The British
troops are invading Togo Land, on
•the Gulf of Guinea, which is owned
by Germany. The French troops are
also invading Togo Land from Da
homey, which bounds Togo Land on
the east. The British troops are* en
tering from Ashantee.
German Ships Escape.
ROME, Aug. 11.—The German ships
Goeben and Breslau, which were or
dered out of Messina by the Italian
government, have evaded the French
fleet that was waiting for them and
,have reached the Adriatic Sea, where
the big Austrian fleet is racing to
join them and turn upon the small
French fleet in pursuit.
Germany Announces Victories.
BERLIN, Aug. 11.—The German
newspapers claim that Germany has
won every battle since hostilities be
gan in both Belgium and France.
They declare that false reports have
been sent out giving accounts of Ger
man reverses. It is also reported
that German troops are marching
through France sweeping the enemy
before them.
Naval Battle le Expected.
ROME. Aug. 11.—A fleet of thir
teen Austrian warships are reported
to be steaming toward the straits
of Otranto to help the German war
ship Goeben and cruiser Breslau,
which are evading the British Med
iterranean fleet. The Austrian and
German fleets, if united, will out
number the ships of the other pow
ers . in the Adriatic Sea where the
Goeben took refuge when ordered
from Italian ports.
British Grab Another Gold 8hlp.
LONDON, Aug. 11.—The British
warships have captured the Hamburg
American liner Caportegal, which was
trying to make a German port with
six million dollars in gold from the
German banks in Argentina. The
steamer left Buenos Aires before the
putbreak of war with the shipment
of gold for the Berlin banks and the
English warships were waiting for
her.
Germans Cannot Take Liege.
LONDON, Aug. 11.—War corres-'
pondents now at the front have wired
here that Liege cannot be captured
by the German army because of the
arrival of five army corps of the reg
ular French army, besides the 50,000
British troops now on the line, which
the Germans must take to enter
France. >
Block German Advance.
The big army blocks the German
advance and will threaten the Ger
mans in Liege, who are expected to
evacuate the city, as their position
will be untenable as it is exposed to
the heavy fire from the Belgium forts
and the fire of the advancing allies.
Montenegrins Take Scutari.
ATHENS, Aug. 11.—The Monteneg
rins have captured the city of Scu
tari, the ancient capital of Monte
negro, which they took from the
Turks during the last Balkan war, but
were forced to evacuate by the Aus
trians, backed by the power?. The
international troops in possession of
the city evacuated upon the approach
of the Montenegrin army.
Germans Place Siege Guns.
BRUSSELS. Aug. 11.—The German
army has placed siege guns in front
of the forts about Liege, which they
have failed to capture by assault, and
are now preparing to reduce the forts
by a heavy fire from big guns.
Must Have Forts.
The Germans must take the forts
or the army cannot advance on Nu
mar, which is now held by the Bel
gians, French and British. Several
of the forts command the railroad line
to Germany and all supplies for the
city are brought to Liege in a round
about way to avoid the fire of the
guns.
Germans Repulsed at Fortserang.
The Germans were repulsed at
Fortserang, Belgium, where they lost
eight hundred men yesterday in mak
ing an attack on the city. The re
port of the Belgian victory reached
here from Namur.
Huntington’s Release Demanded.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The
State department has made a de
mand upon the German government
for, the release of Prof. Archer M.
Huntington and wife, of Baychester,
N. Y., who are imprisoned at Nur
emburg as spies In the employ of
France. Huntington is president of
the American Geographical Society
and the author of several books on
European nations. He was travel
ing through Germany to secure data
for a book on Germany and had maps
of the country through which he had
passed when arrested.
Austrians Drive Russians Back.
VIENNA, Aug. 11.—The Austrian
army is driving the Russian army
back at every attempt to cross into
this city. The Invading Russians have
not been able to secure and maintain
a foothold in Austria In spite of the
large number of troops massed on the
border.
Montenegrins Also Repulsed.
The army of five thousand Monte
negrins, who Invaded Austria, have
been driven across the border with
heavy loss, according to a dispatch
received here from the front.
German Airship Destroyed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11.—The
Russian troops on the German border
winged and destroyed a German air
ship with four officers. The ship was
taking observations of the Russian
positions when the Russians brought
it down.
Russian Horde for Germany.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 11.—An
army of 750,000 men o£ the regular
army is now massed on the German
border ready for an invasion of the
German Empire. Six million men are
being assembled into an army of in
vasion into Germany and Austria and
the Russians expect to sweep every
thing before them.
Servians In Austria.
NISH, Servia, Aug. 11.—The Ser
vian army has driven the Austrian
forces back from the frontier and are
now in possession of a large part of
Slavonia, Croatia and Bosnia.
Fear Slavs Would Desert.
PARIS, Aug. 11.—The war office
reports that Austria is sending her
Slav forces to the French border, as
she fears that the Slavs might de
sert and join the Russian forces if
sent to fight against their country
men fighting under the Russian flag.
Austrian City Bombarded
ROME, Aug. 11.—Dispatches from
the city of Catarro, on the Adriatic
Sea, in Austria, state that Monteneg
rin gunboats have bombarded the
city, wrecking many buildings.
Canadians Ready to Fight.
OTTAWA, Aug. 11.—Twenty thou
sand Canadians will leave here with
in a week for Belgium to join the
British ' army fighting the Germans.
The troops will be completely out
fitted and ready. Several batteries of
the latest guns are included among
»be detachment. More troops are to
be raised at once.
France Declares War On Austria.
PARIS, Aug. 11.—Yesterday the
French government declared war on
Austria because of the refusal of the
dual empire to give a satisfactory an
swer to the demand for an explana
tion of the reason for the concen
tration of Austrian troops on the
French border.
Austria and England Not at War.
VIENNA, Aug. 11.—Although Aus
tria has declared war on Russia and
France >on Austria this country has
never declared war upon Great Brit
ain and the newspapers state that
Austria has no war with that country.
England Guarantees Grain Deliveries.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The Brit
ish government has issued a state
ment to the effect that the govern
ment would guarantee all shipments
of grain to England which are made
in English bottoms. The government
will stand the loss if captured, accept-,
ing delivery at post of shipment.
' Must Have Grain. i
The action of the government was
made necessary because of the short
age of grain in England and the un
willingness of the merchants of the
United States to send the grain un
less guaranteed by Great Britain that
the sea would be kept clear and in
the event of capture by the enemy
England would pay for the grain.
Powers Acknowledge Wilson’s Pro
posal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—The gov
ernments of England, Austria, France
and Russia have acknowledged Presi
dent Wilson's offer of mediation to
bring about peace in Europe. Ger
many and Servia have not yet been
hear from. Secretary Bryan has
kept the replies a secret, refusing to
make any statement as to the recep
tion of the mediation proposal
Americans Safest In Germany.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—German
Ambassador Gerard states that Amer
icans are safer in Germany than in
any European country. He has issu
ed a warning to Americans in Ger
many who are trying to get into Eng
land in order to- take passage home
that the British Channel has been
mined by the Germans and that trav
eling by that route is extremely dan
gerous.
Wild Women to Be Quiet.
LONDON, Aug. 11.—The English
militants have agreed to suspend hos
tilities during the European war in
which England is involved. The lead
ers believe that they will accomplish
more by this action than by attempt
ing to embarrass the government at
the present time.’
Canada Donates Flour.
OTTAWA, Aug. 11.—In answer to
the appeal of the Prince of Wales
for aid for the families of the British
soldiers in England who have an
swered the call to arms, Canada has
donated one million bags of flour.
The flour will come from the western
provinces.
Belgian Credit Unimpaired.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 11.—The govern
ment of Belgium has notified the
American government that the cred
it of Belgium is unimpaired and that
it will guarantee cash payment of all
wheat landed at Antwerp.
Famine In Toys.
NEW YOR^K, Aug. 11.—The Euro
pean -war has caused a famine in the
toy market of America. Nearly all
the mechanical toys sold in America
are imported from Germany.
Norway and Sweden to Keep Peace.
CHRISTIANIA, Aug. IX.—Norway
and Sweden tave entered into a com
pact to refrain from mutual hostili
ties during the war which embraces
all the great powers of Europe. They
will attempt to remain neutral.
German* Have Plenty to Eat.
BERLIN, Aug. 11.—The war office
gave out a statement today in which
it Is claimed that Germany has rod
supplies enough to last one year if
none could be imported.
Italians May Tako Albania.
ATHENS, Aug. 11.—It is reported
here that Italy Will send a force of
men into Albania to take over that
country from- the German Prince of
Weld. The Italians have always been
anxious to cross the Adriatic and ex
pand, but were stopped during the
Balkan war by Austria, who also wish
ed to annex the Slav countries.
TEDDY ASKS FOR
CHANGE OF VENUE
Thinks He Would Not Get Square
Deal In Barnes’ County—Wants
Case Transferred.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y„ Aug. 11 —
The attorneys for Colonel Roosevelf
have asked for a change of venue in
the libel suit brought by Chairman
Barnes of the Republican state com
mittee, who sues for $50,000 because
of charges of graft made by the
former president.
. The motion for the change stated
that Roosevelt feared that he could
not secure a fair trial in Albany
couniy, where the suit was filed, be
cause of the feeling in that section
of the state not only against the Bull
Moose party, but also against him
self personally.
FOREIGN SHIPS
Foreign Trade Council Meets at New
York Demands We Allow Foreign
Ships American Register.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The Nation
al Council of Foreign Trades of Amer
ica met here yesterday and passed
resolutions demanding that congress
take immediate steps to enlarge the
American merchant marine because
of the inability of this country to
bandle its exports, which are filling
the warehouses and choaking traffic.
The members of the council insist
that the United States should extend
American register to foreign shipping,
thus placing many foreign ships un
der the protection of the American
flag.
“We are big enough to prevent in
terference with our commerce,” said
one of the members. “Foreign coun
tries would not dare to touch our
ships. The British would respect an
America register of a former German
ship and the Germans that of a Brit
ish ship.”
Several of the delegates, however,
feared it would result in the Unit
ed States being drawn into conflict
because all ships of Germany would
be placed under our flag and we
would be forced to fight to prevent
interference by Great Britain.
■ The council also passed resolutions
demanding that the United States
take over the marine Insurance busi
ness as the present rates are pro
hibitive and American shipping can
toot afford the high rate.
To Pedal Acroas Continent.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 11.—Rob
Lawson, the veteran cyclist of New
York, who is said to be the originator
of many sensational bicycle feats on
the stage, will leave Coney Island
today on a bicycle trip across the
continent in company with Chris Han
sen, an all around athlete and form
er gsember of the Empire City Wheel
man Association. The two athletes
expect to take part in the cycling
events at the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion at San Francisco. The men will
wear the Irish-Amerlcan A. C. colors
oh their long journey.
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in the Pingree shoe.