IS IN HANDS OF ENEMY
THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA.
What Americans Can And
London.—The occupation of Liege
patch received here from
Monday morning.
“We Hold Fast,” Says Berlin,
Amsterdam, via London.—
official message from Berlin says:
“We hold fast Liege is in our
hands. The losses of the enemy were
considerable.
municated as soon as reliably known.
“The transport of 3,000 or 4,000 Bel-
gian prisoners to Germany
gun already, according to news re
ceived here. We were faced at Liege
by a quarter of the total Belgian
army.”
Germans Warn Civilians.
Berlin, via London. —A semi-official
statement published here accuses Bel
gian civilians in the vicinity of Liege
of having participated in the fighting
against the Germans, It that
doctors attending the wounded were
fired on from ambuscades and that
the population on the French frontier,
opposite Metz, fired from an ambuscade
upon German patrols,
The statement continues:
“Possibly these facts are due to the
mixture of nationalities in the
trial districts, but it is also possible
that France and Belgium are prepar
ing to engage in a franctireur war
against our troaps. If this
by further incidents our
themselves will be responsible
with inexorable
to the guilty
troops are
against the
state and
self-defense,
tional measures.”
says
adversaries
if"war
extended
The German
to fight
power of a
be blamed
thanld ada
should adopt
strength is
population,
accustomed
armed
cannot
they
only
hostile
if, in
excep
Enormous Losses Reported.
London.—Reports from the
Minister of War stating
had been enormous
fighting between the
mans in Alsace were received
here, stated that Germans
had lost 30,000 killed and wounded and
the French 15 but it was later
explained that these reports were based
on unofficial advices received at the
Belgian Ministry of War. The descrep
ancy between early
the German reports on the
Liege is believed by
here to be
treat of the
held the
that
by the
Belgian
that there
during the
French and Ger-
losses
Lower
hey the
0,
the Belgian and
situation at
military men
accounted for by the re
routes between
town of
Germans,
the forts and
taken
who continued to ad
the
Liege h
been
»
vance on a line between Huy and
to besiege the Liege forts.
Indirectly Reaffirmed.
{in the meantime indirectly reaffirms
i It refers to King Albert's order of the
day congratulating the defenders of
! the city, and says:
| been superseded by the
: Liege by the Germans.”
The object of the German advance is
believed to be Namur on their left
flank and Louvaine on their
| flank. If this opinion i8 correct mill
tary men believe a great battle is im.
minent between the German and Bel
glan armies, the latter probably being
reinforced by British and French al
Hes,
capture of
Clearing Luxemburg Of Germans.
“The portion of Belgian Luxemburg
invaded by the Germans is being
cleared of, them by the advancing
French troops, who are marching for
ward with the greatest speed and en
ergy, getting assistance from a divi
sion of Belgian cavalry.
“Many trains carried
French troops during the
front by way of Brussels.”
Telegraphing from Brussels,
of
additional
night to the
th
ne cor.
respondent the Daily Telegraph
says:
The Belgians 1}
disused
the
Ave
fortress
Gert
old
vent
of ite use,
“1% is
Bavarians
join
fed
ans
reported here
ars
their colors
that many
deserting or refusing to
the ides fighting
¢ peaceable Belg whose Queen
Bavarian Princess, being
th +h
is a beloved
Very em.”
unpopular wi
A Brussels dispatel
"~
Felegraph
to the Exchange
Company says that Prince
of Em
Lerman
George of Prussia, a
eror Willis . 1
nephew
améng
i the
I ve arrived at Bruges
German Guns Ineffective,
The
artillery duri: their bombardment
weapons The
effect on the
forts
The resistance of the forts 1
ly facilitated by the
engineering w
ried
ditches
Fighting South Of Meuse
It is officially annou
heavy used by the German
of
nis
heavy
Liege were 6-inet
giles produced no
steel domes over the
excellent
ork, whicl
'S
had been
Car
and
out on ‘ escarpments
need that cavalry
MEgagements between the
of the Meuse
Frend h and
(27
mans south
have oc
curred
Paris Goes Wild Over
the “First Fren
What is Claimed to Be
ch Victory,” on
Village Of Altkirch Captured After
Fierce Fighting—Kaiser's Soldiers
Retreat, Pursued By Troops
Of the Tri-Color.
Paris.—The French army
isace, captured Altkireh and
cially reported here have
Muelhausen.
The official report the
troops crossed into Alsace and de
livered a fierce attack on the German
forces at Altkireh
The French took the village, a place
of nearly 4,000 inhabitants,
The German forces retreated,
sued by the French
rection of the great fortress of Muel
hausen, which was afterward entered
are
entered
offi
to
says
pur-
ed at the arrival of the French soldiers
that they tore up the frontier posts.
Losses Believed Heavy.
The
have taken place two or thrée days ago.
The French Army has now penetrated
the enemy's country considerably far
there. There was no official mention of
the losses, but they are believed to
have been heavy.
Military authorities had been. con-
vinced that the French Army would
assume the offensive at the first op-
portunity because during the last eight
WIVES URGE SIMPLE LIVING.
Extravagance In Wartime Causes Suf.
fering, Appeal States.
New York.-The National House.
wives’ League sent to all its members
throughout the United States an ap
peal urging that every family live as
simply as “possible while the war in
Europe is in progress. “Extravagant
Hving at this filme,” the appeal as-
serts, “will inflate prices and cause
great suffering amsog the poor,
{
!
years the word “defensi as disap
peared from the French textbooks on
strategy The instructions in tactics
i have been always to go forward.
Ceded To Germany In 1871.
Muelhausen is largest
of Alsace-Lorraine and les £1
miles to the south, southwest of Strass
the second
town
{ burg, the capital. It became a free
{ city of the German Empire In 1273: in
| the fifteenth es ntury it entered into an
alliance with the Swiss which lasted
{ until 1798, when city became
French. It was taken from the French
| In September, 1870, and was ceded to
Germany, with Alsace, in 1871
Muelhausen is garrisoned by
the
| about 2,500. It has a population of
i about 100,000, and is the principal seat
of cotton spinning In Western
| many.
ITALY THREATENED.
!
|
|
i
|
sists In Neutrality,
I Rome.
{en Italy with
:
| free to declare war and Austria will
{ Invade Venetia and Lombardy.
AID DENIED GERMANS.
Much Harried Cruisers Appeal To
Austrian Adriatic Fleet.
London. ~-A telegram from Rome
says semaphores on the south coast of
Italy report the German cruisers Goe
ben and Breslau making for the
Adriatic. A request to the Austrian
fleet for ald was refused on the ground
that there had been no deelaration of
war between Austria-Hungary and
Great Britain,
Cannot Do During
European War.
The proclamation of United States’ neutrality in the European war
is in summary
"Whereas, a state of war unhappily exists between Austria-Hun-
gary and Servia and between Germany and Russia and between Ger
wany and France; and, whereas, the United States ig on terms of
friendship and amity with the contending powers and with the persons
inhabiting their several domaing: * * +o
“And, whereas, the laws and, the treaties of the United States,
without interfering with the free expression of opinion and sympathy
or with the commercial manufacture or sale of arms or munitions of
war, nevertheless impose upon all persons who may be within their
territory and jurisdiction the duty of an impartial neutrality during
the existence of the contest:
“And, whereas, it is the duty of a neutral government not to permit
or suffer the making of its waters subservient to the purposes of war;
“Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wileon, President of the United
States of America, in order to preserve the neutrality of the United
States and of its citizens and of persons within its territory and juris-
Jiction, and to enforce its laws and treaties, and in order that all per-
eons, being warned of the general tenor of the laws and treaties of the
United States in this bebalf and of the law of nations, may thus be
prevented from any violation of the same, do hereby declare and pro-
claim that by certain provieions of the act commonly known as the
‘Penal Code of the United States,’ the following acts are forbidden to
be done, under severe penalties, within the territory and jurisdiction
¢f the United States, to wit
Accepting and exercising a commission sither
said belligerents by land or by sea against the other belligerent.
2~Enlisting or entering into the service of either of said bel-
any
of the
10 serve
Lhe
licerents as a soldier, or ag a marine or seaman, board of
privateer
er person to enlist or enter hi
on yes
Hiring or :
of
seamal
the service belligerents as a soldier.
1¢, Or any vessel of war, letter
‘Valeer
i-—~Hiring
he Uni
Hiring
with
another
ted States wit
intent to be entered
6—Retalning another person
exaid
mits of the
yresaid
enlisted as afor
ii
fe
enters d
trued «
nsient
a
i
EeTVvice
within the United
the time of it
CECILIE 1S AT BAR HARBOR
German Treasure Ship
Evades Capture
and
been more
sailed
4 arrived in
The Cecilie dro
M
her officer
o'clock A
days
1 a cargo of
million
h and English
ated value
and a
Fren
estim of
in herself, Kronprinze
has constituted probably the
prize ever open {oo capture
As she crept along the Maine C
the harbor und
each deck and
blanketed with
at not a gleam of light betrayed her
whereabouts. Her four stout stacks
had tipped with black paint so
£
the
finest sea
cast
into
night
hole was
+4
the cover
er
and
every
of port
Canvas 80
had been
that she resembled an English steam-
one time seemed immi-
nent, Capt. Charles Polack reported
on Sunday that he had intercepted a
wireless message from French
to another giving warning of
the Cecilie’s proximity, but under the
protection of a providential fog,
North German Lloyd liner escaped.
capture
one
vessel
ITALY'S STAND RELIEF.
Rome Hears Russia Will Abandon
Poland and Get Behind Sec.
ond Line Of Defenses.
Rome. The news that Italy will re-
main neutral in the war was received
i
HELD IN CERMANY.
No Americans Will Be Permitted To
Leave During Mobilization.
can leave G
Thraugh
under
lusion
d¢ creas
rehension that
00 Ie gard.
lization and
centration
might be
women
fey oo
ing
the
egpecially
of the army fo
conveyed to the enemy by
v ‘
process
the
i point
German
rees
BILLION MORE AVAILABLE.
Amendments To Bank Law Finally
Passed By Senate and House.
Washington, D. C.-—Amendments to
the bank law extending issues of cur
to 125 per of capital and
surplus of banks and trust companies
in the Federal Reserve system were
passed the House. More than a
billion dollars will be available for
additional circulation
The Senate promptly agreed to the
amendments,
rency cent
in
RAILROAD PEACE PACT.
The Contract Will Prevent Strike For
Eighteen Months.
Washington, D. C.—The agreement
to arbitrate the threatened strike of 98
country. The Government is taking
trade.
chairman of the Federal
ptuffs. This will bear heavily on
Switzerland, where the food prices al
tract insures peace for at least a year
and a half, because the arbitrators’
as food imports are concerned.
GERMANS BOMBARD BONA,
Cruiser Fires Eight Broadsides On
Town In Algeria,
Paria -~The Governor General of
Algeria reports that a fourfunneled
|
man cruiser Breslau, discharged eight
broadsides at the town of Bona, In
all 60 shells were thrown into the
town, one man being killed and some
houses damaged. The cruiser then
encountered vessels of the
fleet
be binding for one year.
The Chinese have practiced a form
of vaccination against smallpox since
ancient times,
Co ——-
possible with a new combination pad:
lock.
In the United States the estimated
coal in the ground fs 3.564.383,400,000
ghort tons; total exhaustion of coal in
the United States to date the close of
1911, 14,181,980,000 short tons; annual
1011, 496,221,168 short
tons,
Berlin (via London).—A
by Emperor Willian
The text was as follows:
“Since the foundation
years the object of the
of
47
our vigorous development.
and beyond the gea.
been for
to
German has
myself
Empire it
and my ancestors
y peaceful means
of the successes of our
west
responsibility and our power
that we should jock on with
us,
humiliate
watch our
wish
arms
attack.
to arking
anda enemies
our resolute
great
fidelity to
power and with
"80 the sword must decide.
fore to arms!
“Any dall
land
“Po
fathers founded. To be or
power and German existence
“We shall resist to the last
fight out the struggle
"“Nover
not
all Op
shall even
who
There.
empire which our
be ig the question for German
and horse and we
of man
net a world of enemies
en she ted
h
with =®
5 4 an
Was un:
be He was with our
DEFEND LEIGE
ur troops
Germans Propose Armistice.
via London) The
ested
fore Liege requ
oe #
the ministry it was
e Germans admitted dheir
nus
It
for
ered 28 ONG
1 25
assumed Germans
pick
that
in
their dead and wounded
It is reported the French Army has
an armistice order to
entered Belgium and ig well advanced
People Fleeing From Liege,
Many of the people of Liege
their way out of the
an epidemic more than
have
fear
bom
made city,
. & Yo
ing the
whom a corre
acknowledged
German prisoners,
questioned,
Belgian troops who are now opposing
the German advance. The prisoners
were treated with consideration, and
filled with wounded and
non-combatants arrived here
Liege and neighboring towns
The military trains with prisoners on
Traine
The Belgian troops appeared to be
in the best of spirits. They declared
Canada Tells Kaiser's Agents
Leave Quietly,
by the Government to the German con
pulse in Canada that their presence in
the Dominion is not desired and that
try should they not leave at once. The
order applies only to citizens of Ger
a8 consuls in some instances.
wi
Lait
the
were replaced
rvard like
places in the
ground covered
which, it was
hat they
who crawled fi
certain
WAR
ial of
least a
bombardment of
in
firing occurred
offi.
week
seven fires
naan
Ge
the surrender of
gative
Was Tre
ceived a ne
rdment
been proclaimed
King issues Proclamation.
the front King
o the
fore departing for
Albert addressed a proclamation
saying
least
Belgian Army
“Without the
our neighbor
"
force, has torn up treaties
provocation on
roud of its
bearing its
in upon the
Cause re-
part our
nature and has broken
ory of our fathers be
to forfeit our honor
1 atack has been made upon us
world marvels at our loyal
RIE
territ we
fused
Ar
and the
attitude
“Re comforted by our independence.
“Our menaced nation shudders and
ite children have bounded to the
frontier
“Brave soldiers, 1 salute you in the
name of Belgium. You will triumph
because your strength has been put to
the service of the right.
“Glory to you, soldiers and defend.
ere of the liberty of our menaced
fatherland”
Red Cross Doctor Shot
A doctor, wearing the emblem of the
Red Cros, caring for the dead on the
battlefield outside Liege, when threat.
ened by Germans drew his revolver,
and was immediately shot dead.
CANAL TO OPEN AUGUST 18.
No Reason Known For Changing Plan,
Says Garrison,
Washington, D. C.8ecretary Gar.
rigon lesued a statement to set at rest
doubts as to the opening of the Pan.
“There Is
no reason At present known on the
Isthmus or to the Secretary of War"
said the Secretary, “as to why the
canal should not be opened on that
date to vessels not needing more than