2 NAVAL STRENGTH IN WAR CRISIS Britain's Sea Fighters Equal to Those ot Tripie Alliance. AUSTRIAN SHIPS GN DANUBE While Servia Has None on Boundary Between the Two Countries— Ship For Ship, Germany, Italy and Austria Can Muster Same Tcnnage, but Eng land Excels In Training. The Danube river, which forms the boundary between Servia and Austria affords room for maneuvering a re apectable fleet. but Servia has never put an armed vessel oo the river- Aus tria, pu the other hand, fnis long maiu- a JJotiHa on the upper Danube and withiu iTie last two years— the last two Balkan wars revealed Servla's military strength-she has in creased her naval forces on the river, m ■ - -y . ■ ■% .. -*- She has in commission on the Dan übe six little monitors and two more building. None of them amount to mucb in fighting value as against oth er ships, but on the Dunube and against shore butteries or field artil lery they would prove formidable. When it comes to a comparison of the navies of the triple alliance and the triple entente, the figures come mucb nearer to a balance. In the tripie alliance the most formidable naval power is Germany. The Ger man fleet can send to sea seventeeu battleships or battle cruisers of the Dreadnought class. Besides this first fleet, Germany can still show a second line In Kserve of twenty other battleships, all built In the last twenty years. Many of these, however, need not be taken seriously In the first place they are not all, by any means, In full commission, and there Is no doubt that It would B4&e weeks of hard work, at least, to git them all ready for sea. In the second place, until less than ten years ago. Germany maintained the remarkable policy of arming none of her ships with guns of more than nine inch caliber, and all these ships belong to that period. The second naval power of the triple alliance Is Italy. She can send out a powerful and homogeneous squadron of four Dreadnoughts, which would have to be reckoned with in any sea fight. With this one contribution, however, Italy's bolt is shot. She has eight old battleships, which although probably, gun for gun, better ships than Ger many's twenty old ships, are open to much the same criticism. Austria, numerically, is stronger than Italy in fighting ships, but their qual ity is not comparable. She can bring into action two ships of the Dread nought class and three others. Besides these she has three more which class with Germany's and Italy's secondary line. England's Mighty Fleet. Against these three fleets for the triple entente the backbone, if not practically the entire opposing force. Is in England's war fleet. England has ready for action thirty battleships of the Dreadnought or super-Dread nought type, besides ten others which, like the Lord Nelson and Agamemnon class but little below the Dreadnought rating. • The ships carry four twelve-inch guns, therefore they are classed below the Dreadnoughts. But they carry lib less than ten 9.2 inch, which make them far superior to any other battle ship not of Dreadnought rating now afloat. - ' Besides, England has thirty-eight smaller and older battleships, which outclass the twenty older ships of Ger many. Of armored cruisers England has sixteen to Germany's three, Italy's four and Austria's uoue. France, the second member of the entente, in battleships can show but two Dreaduoughts, but she has nine ships of the Justice. St Louis and similar classes, all worthy to be class ed. say, with the Connecticut and twelve old craft which could in emer gency be hauled out to the firing line. France has also fifteen armored cruis ers, and these, though perhaps not of tremendous fighting value, are really fine ships. The Russian fleet need hardly be taken seriously, though she has four battleships--on paper—one of which might be extricated from tbe dockyard in time to fire a shot at an enemy This brings the question down to the really Important basis of comparison morale. training, discipline and fight ing eftieiency. There Is no discounting the thorough ness with which the German fleet has been drilled. In personnel the Aus trian fleet is heavily handicapped by one circumstance —the Austrian Ger man is no sailorman and never was The Hun is no better. As a conse quence the Austrian fleet is manned en tirely by Italians and Dalmatians, with the Dalmatian in overwhelming ma jority. Now, the Dalmatian, while a good sailorman, racially is a Serb. He is pure Slav, with as little love for the Germans as any of his race. He is Serb in language, sympathies and very largely 1n religion. It is likely to be an anxious question for Austria with how much spirit the men of her fleet may go into this war. KAISER HURLS A MILLION m AGAINST ALLIES Makes Another Dasperate Effort to Pierce Their front BATTLE LINE 200 MILES LONG Germans Move Toward Brussels and i Namur and Are Confronted by Army of 350,000 Men Thrown Across Their Path —Desperate Fighting Ensues as Vanguard# Meet —Great Britain and Austria May Declare War Today. London, Aug. 13. —This morning a great curtain of secrecy shuts fro?a view the great field of battle in Ee rope. So tense and critical is the situation that no war office dare give out a word of information for fear ot j jeopardizing the success of their arm.-. • One fact stands out clearly—that ' up to this time, so far 5s known, the Germans have not succeeded in pen etrating the French line of defense except at Longwy, and there they were driven back after a temporary success. —^—> That Great Britain and Austria will today throw down the gauntlet of war as a result of the massing of Austrian troops near the border of Germany and Switzerland, menacing the French army in Alsace, is expected here. The German kaiser has more than 1,000,000 men, composing the greater number of his twenty-six army corps, massed between Luxemburg and Liege, To oppose them as many more French and their British and Belgian allies are in the field. The heaviest fighting took place north of Liege, when the German army of the Meuse moved both toward Brus sels and Namur in a last desperate effort to break through the barrier of allies for a dash on Paris. A combined aruiy of 350.000 umn was thrown across their path. Furious battles took place as the vanguards j met. At Tongres, north of Liege, a fierce artillery fight was heard fifteen miles away. At Tielmont the Belgians blocked the German march and fought furiously to protect Brussels, their j capital. It was reported that 80,000 Germans had invested Namur, a forti fied city, rivaling Liege in the strength of its defenses. The battle lines of the allies in Belgium are stretched from Louvain, the Belgian army headquarters ten miles from Bruss< Is, in a southeaster ly direction byway of Tirlemont to Namur, and from Namur on to Dinant to the south and thence to Givet, 1 where the Meuse crosses the Franco- Belgian border. Here the outposts of the allies which are defending Belgium are in touch with the oui posts of the French army, whose line extends to the south hrough Mezieres to the strong Freni ii ortress of Verdun. S- A: r The German army of the Meuse, a part of which stormed at the forts of Liege for days without success, lias cinhed that fortress to the north and south and is advancing toward Brus sels, but between it and Brussels is the battle line of the^allies. The great. German line, taking in the , three armies co-operating against France, begins to the north of Liege, circles to the rear of the forts of that ' ity aed on the southern bank of the' 1 Meuse approaches to near Namur. i it turns south, following the course I of the 'Meuse, then turns to the south east when east of Dinant and runs down to Longwy and the junction of the Belgian, France and Luxemburg borders, it then continues in a simi lar direction to Tliionville, Metz, Strassburg and on down to Neu Brei sach, the last three points in Alsace- Lorraine. The French army which has invaded these "lost provinces" faces the southern part of the German line. The Belgian legation in London lias received no news from the front for twenty-four hours. It is believed that this official si lence indicates that the two great ar mies, one moving eastward and made up of the forces of France, Belgium | and Great Britain, and the other the three German armies of the Meuse, the Moselle and the Rhine, have met in at least one place. It is believed the ! center of this battle is on the plains between Liege and Namur. A Belgian staff officer who has just arrived in London said that the silence of the war offices of the several coun tries involved probably would not be broken for some time. Ht, too, ex pressed the same belief that already was held in London —the belief that a great and decisive battle has begun. So far as details were concerned this Belgian officer confined himself to say ing that the main Belgian army was moving on Louvain and Liege to join the French. St. Petersburg, Aug. 13.—The Rus j sian troops have defeated the Germans who were atttmpting to recapture Eydtkehnen. Berlin, Aug. 13. It is announced semiofficially that the Germans near Mulhausen captured ten French offi cers and 613 men. Canal to Open Saturday. Washington, Aug. 13. —The Panama canal will be opened formally on Saturday, despite the European war. -Ass£B-- "4gqj9Bl GERMAN ANTI-AIRfCRAFTf' DANGEROUS TOFENEMIES.) j It is with this miwtern^ imt>lrnnt I of warfare rather than 4 with foerj own airships that Germany ftgrttfjsfi the aerial fleets of , her enemies, I Tha machine is capable of attaining | a speed of,sixty miles ian hutrr is & good match for'' the bomb throwing air craft of the* enemy. FLASHES FROM WAR ZONE Vienna, Aug. 13. —An effective block ade of the Montenegrin coast has been established by the Austro-Hungarian fleet, according to an official announce ment. The Roumanian legation here denied the report that Roumania was about to join the triple alliance. Seoul, Korea, Aug. 13.—Germans ar riving here from Vladivostok report that several Russian cruisers, ten tor pedo boats and eight submarines are engaged in mining the harbor of Vlad ivostok. San Francisco, Aug. 13. —The Ger man cruiser Liepsic is in the harbor here. The British sloop of war Alger ine was sighted off the California coast. x Athens, Aug. 13. —The German cruis ers Goeben and Breslau have entered the Dardanelles. PURSUED BY THE ENEMY Liner Lusitania's Turbines Work Badly In Crossing Ocean. Liverpool, Aug, 13. —The Lusitania arrived here after a slow trip. It is reported tie turbines were tampered with. One day out of port something went wrong with one turbine and th" vessel was not able to make more than twenty knots. . . ' -c m " "*** Eight hours later she sighted a cruiser which refused to answer sig nals. It is believed she was a German. The Lusitania immediately changed her course, crowded on steam and raced to the south. The cruiser gave chase and there was great excitement aboard, but luckily a fog came up and the Lusitania was" able to escape. HZ~" 1 — New Pottery Will Employ 200. Carrollton, 0., Aug. 13. —Plans are being worked out for the erection of a six-kiln pottery here this year by A. E. and M, F. Albright, who were formerly engaged in the pottery business in East Liverpool, Sebring and this place. More than 300 workmen will be em ployed. with a monthly payroll of not less than $B,OOO. A public subscription of $50,000 has been made to insure ths erection of the pottery, which will be the second built here. Tanneries Affected by Conflict. Kane. Pa., Aug. 13. —Sheffield is the first town in this section to feel the effects of the European war. The three large tanneries there owned by the Elk Tanning company started operat ing on half time owing to the scarcity of hides caused by the placing of an embargo upon foreign shipments. "Word also was received of an advance of 2 cents a pound on sole leather. Dinner Is Postponed. Paris, Aug. 13. —The Matin states that Kaiser Wilhelm was so confident of the success of the German army marching against the French that he had invited a number of officers to dine with him on Aug. 11 in a well known restaurant here. It is unnec essary to comment that the dinner party has been indefinitely postponed. Scouts and Master Drown. Toledo. 0., Aug. 13. —James B. Ecker. aged twenty-six years, boy scout mas ter; Glenwood Albert, aged seventeen years, and John Graves, aged sixteen years, boy scouts, were drowned in Lake Erie, thirteen miles from Toledo, last night. They were drowned while rescuing a small boy. Recall at Fairmont. W. Va. Fairmont, W. Va.. Aug. 13. —A pe tition for the recall of the city com missioners has been filed with the city clerk. THE PATRIOT LONGWY FIGHT MOSTSEVERE Garmans Fierce French Lint Gut Are Driven Back STATEMENT BY WAR OFFIGE German Army of the Moselle Pene trated French Line Near Longw) and Montmedy, But Were Final!) Driven Back and Lost Ground Recov ered Another Attempt Will Bt Wade Near Verdun. " „ Paris, Aug. 13.—The nearest ap proach to a real battle in which the French army has been engaged or curred at Longwy, when llie Germane forming a portion of the army of the Moselle attempted to pierce the lint of the French defense. Thy gained s temporary advantage, but were latei with ffieat loss. Tin French also admit severe Jesses. A regiment, of dragoons front die a?rection_ of Liege and whe attempted to surprise the Belgians ai Aineffe, in the province of Liege Were driven off, leaving 153 dead and 102 prisoners. Uhlans have taken upwards of $4OO, 000 from the bank at Hasselt, capita of the province of Limburg, Belgium It was officially stated that all the German soldiers who penetrated France in the departments of the Meuse and Meurth-Ti-Moselle have been driven back across the border. It is evident that the real battle which will decide the late of this lat est attemot of the kaiser to invade France is yet to come and in the mean time the strict censorship absolute!) masks all movements of tither army It is believed that the object of the German advance is the gap in the first line of French defenses north of Vet dun. A Rome dispatch says the Messag gero publishes a message from Basel Switzerland, stating that the German infantry regiments were annihilated during the battle with the French troops at Mulliausen. The German regiments mentioned are the Eighth Baden infantry reg: ment No. 16, which was stationed at Lalir in Baden, and the Fourth Prince William's Baden infantry regiment No 112, stationed at Mulliausen. The commander of the Twenty-ninth division attached to the Fourteenth army corps, whose headquarters we" at Freiburg, is said to have been slain Another dispatch from Rome say: the Corriere d'ltalia publishes a tele gram from T he frontier stating that an Austrian cavalry brigade has been ex terminated on the Austro-Russiat frontier. The Austrian cavalrymen are said to have attacked the Cossacks, who were accompanied by artillery. They were unable to hold their own an 1 tried to get back across the frontier but rain . had fallen and men and horses were caught in the marse; ground and shot down until not a ma remained alive. ~ The newspaper Corriere Delia Sera at Rome states that the Montenegrin troops have captured Scutari. The Exchange Telegraph's corre spondent at Nish, Servia, says a com bined Servian and Montenegrin inva sion of Bosnia from Plevlje, northwest of Novibazar, has begun in three col umns. General Radomir Patnik, chief of the Servian general staff, being ill, General Yankovitch of the Servian army has taken supreme command o the forces. • ■ A Central News dispatch from Nish. Servia, says Prince George of Serv'a was wounded while watching the Au trian bombardment of Belgrade. The prince was standing on the walls of the fortress when a fragment of shell struck him on the head and rendered him unconscious. The wound is said not to be dangerous. 1 Germans Organize League. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 13. "The League of 1914," an organization of German-Americans. was completed here today. Its purpose is "for the ob ject of obtaining fair and unbiased presentation in the press of facts as they develop from time to time in connection with the terrible war now raging in Europe and of obtaining funds to be used in helping the suf ferers living in Germany." Another New Pottery. Sebring. 0., Aug. 13. —By the stock holders of the French China company increasing the capital stock of that corporation, the erection of a new siv kiln potetry here has been assured. With this plant in operation there will be six potteries here, with about six.y kilns capacity, making the town the largest independent pottery center out side of the East Liverpool district. German Savings to Go First. Berlin. Aug. 13. —It was officially an nounced here that Germany's financial difficulties have been overcome, but that a war loan must be raised. The savings of the German people, exceed ing $7,500,000, will be taken first. A moratorium will not be declared. They Prefer Peace and Luiet. New York. Aug. 13.— Since orders were issued for mobilization of the re serves of the foreign countries the ap plications for naturalization papers fcave increased more tbaa 89 par cant. The Big Policeman | i "I'm very tired." said Uncle Sam. "The way I see things go. Here for an age I've been on post In fighting Mexico, To keep it from a war with us. And, should cause come to pass. To warn all Europe that it must Keep off the Monroe grass "Then when I'm pushed to mind all tfc : .3 Comes news that more's to do; That Haiti's yelling for the cop To stop a coup or two. And then, the climax swift to cap, I plunge in more distress— From San Domingo speeds the call Of police S O. S. "With these small nations 1 have time* My patience sore they rub. I feel I'd like to take a stand And let 'em have my club. But I am here to keep the peace. These nations' work to do. For I'm the big and kindly cop They bring their troubles to." —Baltimore American. | WASHINGTON BANQUETS LED HIM TO EAT SAND. Former Congressman Took a Lesson From the Turkeys and Chickens. Is a representative in congress re lated in any way to a t'owl? asks the Washington Star. - - i The differences are manifold and ob i; vlous, it adds, and yet—and yet- Former Representative George W Cromer of the Fifth Indiana district could not eat. Campaign lunches and tepid banquets had worked their will with him. Some men under the circumstances take to golf. Others, like the historian Carlyle. walk. Mr. Cromer ate sand. Morning, evening, noon and uight the statesman would go to his private sand pile, armed with a tablespoon and wearing a look of gritty deberuii nation. Anxious friends came to him. "This is all very well." tbey said "But you are overdoing this. You are l burying yourself alive, and. at that, you are not doing it right An iu terment should be from the outside and not from the inside." Mr. Cromer said nothing, but went right on absorbing his daily ration of | sand. All this was a year ago. Graduallv the statesman began to perk up. True his friends protested that his hair was somewhat more sandy and he was more gritty than he had been before, but these alterations did not mar him His digestion returned. On the theory that after sand you can eat anything, he found ham and cabbage as barm lessly nutritious as boiled milk. The flush of health returned to his cheek, and when he was cured be ex plained; "The turkeys and chickens can eat sand without deleterious effects. If they can, why not I?" STORY OF CAILLAUX CASE. Shooting of Editor Calmette Due tc His Campaign Against Ex-Premier. The Caillaux case, the most celebrat ed French trial since the Dreyfus case and which resulted in the acquittal of Mine. Henriette Caillaux, wife of Jo seph Caillaux. the ex-premier and ex minister of finance, began on the even ing of March 10, when Gaston Cal mette. editor of the Paris Figaro, was shot in his office by Mme. Caillaux He died a few hours later. The shoot Ing was the consequence of a newspa per campaign waged by Calmette against Caillaux. Caillaux was premier in 1011. holding office during the Morocco crisis, and resigning in January. 1012. on account of popular dissatisfaction at the s<>r tlement made with Germany at that t time. Calmette's attacks charged, among other things, that Caillaux had used his influence to delay the trial of the swindler, Henri Rochette. in 1008, so as to give him time to escape to Mexico and that as minister of finance he had promised to certain claimants against the government $1,200,000 on condition that they subscribe 80 per cent of that sum to the Radical campaign fund. It is said that Calmette had various let ters in bis possession charging that , Caillaux was a tool of Germany in the Morocco crisis which he had not yet published at the time of his death. AUSTRIANS TO TAKE POISON. i Officers Will Use Vials of Deadly Fluid if Captured by Servians. Count Alexander Salm-Hoogstraeten. lieutenant in the Thirteenth dragoons, an Austrian cavalry regiment, on the eve of leaving New York for Austria to join his regiment, said that the of ficers of the Austrian army are to be supplied with small vials of poison, which, if they are captured by the - Servians, will be used to destroy them • selves rather than undergo the lndig ' nities which they will suffer at the ' hands of their enemies. ' Austria has 3.500.000 men ready for - field duty before issuing a second call to arms. If other foreign powers are Involved in the war the Austrians in America will charter steamships and | leave to fight for their country. Feather In Babe's Neck. 1 For days the baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton of Norwich. N. Y.. L refused to eat and acted strangely Physicians were unable to discover the trouble. Mrs. Hamilton finally noticed a bunch on the baby's neck. She 1 lanced it and pulled out a feather. It evidently bad been swallowed by the child and caught in the throat, finnlh ' working itself oul through the tissue* MISSIONAIRES FLY FROM WHITE WOLF Religious Worker Writes of Es cape From Chinese Bandits. DEMAND MADE FOR WOMEN. House Occupied by His and Other Families Searched, but All Foreign. Ladies Remained Hidden In a Closet- Government Does Little to Suppress., the Robbers. ■ -*t M. B. Birrel. who is a missionary in Cliinu and whose family resides iu Washington, has sent friends and ac quaintances there as well as the Wasit ington Star accounts Appearing in the Chinese newspapers which give. Mr. Birrel says, "an Idea of the dangers and privations which so many are fac ing through jhe utter neglect of the j present rulers in Chfutf. i ' £he accounts. , deal particularly with the recent ac tivities of White Wolf, the bandit Mr. Birrel represents the Christian , Missionary