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Million Germans Swoop Over Europe
KAISERS BATTLESHIPS SMASH THE RUSSIANS
french defeat the uhlans
AND ALL PARIS GOES WILD
—L A T E S T—
LONDON. Aug. A new and frightful era in war
fare was inaugurated yesterday near the German-French
frontier when a French military aviator named Gaiios
rammed a German dirigible away up in the aii and sent
the great ariship to destruction and the German crew to
their death. From far beneath hundreds gazed up at the
awful sight as the intrepid Frenchman swooped down
with his airship on the great German balloon. Never for
a moment did Garros pause alter catching sight ot the
enemy. Securing a good position he put on every ounce
of speed and although both ships were hundreds of feet in
the air he shot forward as no eagle had ever shot and, al
though his own chances of life were only one in a thousand
he crashed into the dirigible and sent it rushing to the
earth. His own fate is not learned.
It is report (I here today that almost countless other
French aeropl; ics are now living over all parts of tier
many and in this weapon at least France is superior. Hun
dreds of a> iators volunteered for service and all have been
accepted as the minister for war believes they can be used
as scouts if nothing else. Certain it is, however, that the
lighting in the air during this war will hardly be less im
portant than the light on land and sea.
The Germans have gained a decided advantage witnin
the past twenty-four hours. By crossing Luxemburg the
main German force in that quarter has gained the position
at the gap in the Luxemburg railroad concerning which
such a scare was raised in France last year. In spite ol
this scare it is evident that the French war department
overlooked the matter and that the watchful enemy has
now grasped his opportunity and has made a most impo
m
tant gain.
The British government has not yet made a deciding
move and members of the cabinet are keeping a close
guard over their utterances. Many Englishmen, however,
believe that this country will enter the conflict should
France be placed in danger of defeat. Others believe that
Britain must light anyhow if France and Russia demand
it. The world is now watching Turkey, Italy and some
smaller powers with the utmost anxiety. The geneial
opinion gives to this day the importance of being, perhaps,
the day most fraught with momentous possibilities of any
day in history.
LONDON, August 3.—Great Britain finally decided to
enter the great war today and by the time this dispatch
reaches its destination the whole naval and military
power of the British empire will be in course of mobiliza
tion to take part in the carnage which is about to cover
Europe with a deluge of blood.
The decision came when the government ot Belgium
sent an urgent appeal to the British government to pro
tect the neutrality of Belgian soil as Germany had refused
to recognize it and is now marching its legions across Bel
gian territory utterly regardless of the fact that Belgium
was not a party to the war at all.
The British cabinet immediately was summoned by
Premier Asquith and at once the ministers voted to a man
in favor of entering the conflict. Leaving Downing street
Asquith announced that he will ask parliament for
two hundred and fifty million pounds sterling as a war
fund and that every cent and every man will be used if
necessary to carry on the war.
LONDON. Aug. 3.—One million Germans are now
marching on the French border and within a tew days one
of the greatest series of battles in the world’s history will
be fought. The Germans are marching in three difte'ent
lines. One great force has invaded Belgium without even
asking permission and is marching across that kingdom
towards the French frontier.
Another gigantic host of the flower of the kaiser’s
power is spreading out in the shape of a fan from the city
of Metz and evidently intends to surround on three sides
the army of the French which is standing to defend the
frontier. The third German army is entering France
from Switzerland and the dispatches state that the Ger
man government has paid no more attention to the neu
trality of Swiss soil than it did to the neutrality of Bel
giuni.
LONDON, August 3—The belief is general here now
that Germany had everything fully prepared and that it
had long ago decided to march across Lurope, o\ei any
country which stood in the way whether such country was
a party to the war or not. So, indeed, has the war begun
to draw in all countries and so has the prophesy been ful
filled that it would be a war of the universe.
This city has been carried away like the other great
capitals of the powers by the enthusiasm of war and pa
triotism has run wild. All Britain is aflame with the fire
of battle. From the farthest colonies come offers of aid to
the motherland and from all quarters of the two islands
troops are already moving to the coasts.
LONDON. Aug. 3.—It has now been learned that the
heroic Frenchman, Garros, lost his life when he rammed
the German Zeppelin airship with his aeroplane away up
in the heavens. He killed twenty men who formed the
crew of the Zeppelin, however, but he must have known
when he flew against the great aircraft that his life would
FLOODS SWEEP AWAY
3000 PEOPLE IN CHINA
PEKIN, Aug. 1.—Floods of fright
ful extent arc now devastating the
province of Kwangtong and three
thousand people have already lost
their lives. The loss in property has
been more than four million dollars
and eight million people are suffering
because of the loss of their homes am1
crops. The Hoods still continue. The
rivers have overflowed theii banks
ind the end of the disaster is by no
means in sight.
Troops have been sent to give all
the aid possible but it will be impossi
ble to save thousands from starvation.
The country devastated is very thick
ly populated.
ASSASSIN OF JAURES
IS PARTIALLY INSANE
Man Who Rifled Famous Socialist
Will Probably Escape Capital
Punishment
PARIS, Aug. 2.—Alienists who ex
amined Villain, the assassin of Jaures,
yesterday have declared him to be
partially insane. This verdict will
probably save the murderer from the
>rdinary penalty for murder although i
in some respects he was declared in a
normal mental state. His mania con- i
sists, it is said, of political hallucina
tions.
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COMMISSION I
FIXES RATES
AT LAST DECIDES TO LET SOME
RAILROADS INCREASE
PRICES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The in
terstate commerce commission has de
eided on the rate of increase which it j
will allow the railroads in the differ
ent parts of the country and the fact
was published today. Opinion is di
vided as to the wisdom displayed by
the commission but enough cannot be
known yet to give a definite idea as
to the result.
The commission allows a five per
cent increase in rates north of the
Ohio and from the Potomac river west
to the Mississippi. It refuses a rise
in rates east of a vertical line which
would run through Buffalo and Pitts
burg, a country which is the greatest
traffic producer.
The commission refused altogether
any advance in the rates for coal
which comprises half the traffic.
The average increase allowed all
over is one and a half per cent.
be sacrificed and all France and her allies are calling his
name this afternoon as the first martyr and hero of the
great war.
The German scouts are chiefly using automobiles and
motor cycles on the fine roads over which the vast armies
are marching. The French on the other hand are princi
pally depending on aviators for the same purpose and they
are reported to be doing splendidly effective work. One
French airship alone poured such a rain of shot into an
armored train of the Germans that the train was com
pletely demolished. The German airship rammed by
Garros was totally consumed by fire.
Without a doubt the dispatches coming now from the
European continent show that the war will be without a
parallel in all the history of humanity and will be fought
with an absolute disregard for human life and with
only the one determination to conquer even though the
victors must march over the corpses of every enemy.
LONDON, August 3.—The report arrived here late
this afternoon that the German and British fleets had
clashed in the North Sea and that six German warships
and two British warships had been sent to the bottom.
This report lacks official confirmation and all Britain is
now awaiting with a fever of anxiety the lull truth. The
report did not state which fleet had conquered nor did it
say whether the ships reported sunk are firstclass battle
ships or not. Not since Waterloo did the British people
suffer more from nerve wrecking suspense.
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GREAT BLAZE
AT WEST POINT
STABLES BURN AND HUNDREDS
OF ST AM 4 i^DING HORSES
CREATE TERROR
WEST POINT, Aug. 2.—A portion
of the stables of this academy were
destroyed uy lire Saturday evening
and later terror was created through
out the district by hundreds of the
horses which managed to break away
and stampede. The horses were res
cued from the fire but soon after
reaching safety hundreds of them be
came maddened for some reason that
is not explained. They broke in n
wild stampede and for hours the peo
ple of the surrounding country were
terrorized. Many of the animals
jumped over a steep embankment in
their blind madness and broke their
limbs so that they had to be destroy
ed. One raging brute jumped into an
auto in which the postmaster and his
wife were riding. The man and wo
men were both severely injured. Sev
eral fine animals were destroyed but
considering the number that broke
away the damage indicted was not
very much.
EVERY NINE OUT OF
TEN TALK SEWARD
0. G. Robinson of Spokane writes to
say that he has been receiving all
sorts of inquiries about Alaska since
iu* e states and that
nine out of ten are inquiries abou«
Seward. Mr. Robinson seems to be
lieve that a big boom is close for this
city and he says that most other out
siders think the same.
WILL IMPROVE CONDITIONS
IN THE UNITED STATES
SEATTLE, Aug. 1.—Louis Hill who
is here stated today in an interview'
that the general European u'ar which
is now bursting over the continent
will improve conditions in the United
States. He made this statement in
answer to a request to give his opin
ion of the result of the war on this
country. He believes that from the
business point of view’ the benefits to
the United States will be large.
PRESIDENT TRIES TO
SETTLE GREAT STRIKE
Railroad Companies Promise to Make
a Reply Today
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3—President
Wilson entered into negotiations with
the railroad compan es and the em
ployees yesterday with a view’ to find
ing some wTay out of the difficulty
arising from the wage dispute. The
operators made a promise to the pres
ident that they will reply today to
the proposal to restore the schedule
which was effective last year.
They also agree to submit the ques
tion of w’ages to arbitration and there
is still a good chance that the great
strike may not occur.
SPECIAL SHOW
At the Seward Motion Picture
house tonight. Six reels.