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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
AN INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR
10 PAGES
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1914
10 PAGES
yOL. XXV. NO. 103
PAS FORTIFICATIONS
ABLE TO WITHSTAND
A SIEGE OF MONTHS
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The Defenses of Capital of
France, Objective Point
of German Forces, to Be
Strengthened to the Ut
termost ARE STRONGEST
IN THE WORLD
These Consist of Three Dis
tinct Circles Sweeping
Around the City Begin
ning WTith Solid Masonry
Eighteen Feet High
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WASHINGTON, August 28. The
fortifications of Paris and their abil
ity to resist a siege are receiving the
close attention of military observers,
row that Paris is announced as the
objective point of the German forces,
and the French ministry of war has
adopted urgent means of strengthen
ing the city's defense to the utter
most. While the city's detailed de
fenses surrounding the city are sur
rounded with secrecy by the French
military authorities, yet their general
character and formidable military
strength is known to the military ex
perts who describe them as among
the strongest fortifications in the
world.
The fortifications consist of three
distinct circles sweeping around the
city: first, a solid wall of masonry,
18 feet high, extending for 22 miles
aiound the old sections of Parts;
second, a system of 17 detached forts
arranged at intervals two miles be
yond the wall, making a circuit of
the city 34 miles long, and third, an
outer girdle of forts 75 miles long on
the heights commanding the valley of
the Seine.
The wall around Paris and the 17
detached forts two miles beyond the
wait were built by Louis Philippe.
They sustained the German siege of
1870-71, and the outer forts have
since been greatly strengthened. The
thh-d line of forts on the hills of
St. Germain, Cormeilles and Viiyers,
is of modern construction with the
latest types of batteries and heavy
guns.
The inner wall . about Paris sur
rounds the best known and most im
portant sections of the city includ
ing the business' sections along the
grand boulevards, the residence sec
tions on the north and west of the
city and the Latin quarters, and oth
er sections on the left bank of the
Seine. On the outside wall a circle
of suburbs extends for many miles,
including Neuilly, Argenteuil, Ver
sailles, Vincennes and many others.
The forts of the second and third
line of defense are dotted among
these suburbs protecting them and
approaches to the capital. The wall
contains 93 bastions and 67 gates.
Some of these have been abandoned
owing to .the pressure of modern
construction and trade. But recent
advices received here from Paris
state that all gates still existing .-
now closed at 8 p. m. with rigid
regulations of movements from with
in or without.' -
The second line of forts includes
the famous fortress of Mount Va
lerian, which was the center of at
tack in the German siege of 1870. It
is strengthened by two groups of
works Hautes Bruyeres and Chat
illon fovt and batteries. South of
the city la the row of forts at Ivry,
Bictre, Mont Rogue, Vanves, Tssy.
North and east of the city are three
great forts around St. Denis and two
ethers at Fort Aubervillers and Fort
Charenton, commanding the ap
approaches from the great wood of
Bondy.
The outer circle of forts, which are
of most modern type, have from 24
to 2 heavy guns and 600 to 1200
men each. In all the three lines of
defense require 170,000 men to oper
ate them.
General von Moltke, field marshal
of the German forces at the time of
the siege of Paris In 1870, states in
a repcrt on that siege that the
French artillery armament consisted
of more than 2,627 pieces, including
200 of the largest calib.-e of naval
ordnance. There were 500 rounds
for each gun. Von Moltke points
out that the bombardment of a for
tified place in the heart of an ene
my's country is difficult If not Im
possible until the invader is master
of the railroads or waterways by
which heavy siege artillery can be
brought up in full quantity. He ex
plains the failure to bombard Paris
at . the outset of the former siege by
New York Harbor Filled
With
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
NEW . YORK, Aug. 28. A census
of steamships in this port today
showed their number to be 161 pf
which 120 with a total tonnage of
nearly 421,000 are idle because of the
conflict abroad. Of ' the vessels in
active, thirty-fouf . are- German and
Austrian. Others, the majority fly
ing the British flag, are planning to
resume service within the next few
weeks, according to local steamship
NO BOATS SAIL
AND NONE ARRIVE
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. Shipping
felt the effects of the European j
I war to an unusual degree. No
trans-Atlantic liners have sailed (
j and none arrived today. j
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Discuss Value
Of Aeroplanes
In Scout Work
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
PARIS, Aug. 28. The value of
aeroplanes in scouting work is the
subject of discussion among technical
observers.-
"Our military aviators are render
ing invaluable services," the Temps
says, quoting an authority on avia
tion whose name is omitted for mili
tary reasons. The paper continues
"Our aerial forces are Infinitely su
perior to those of Germany.
Besides some hundreds of military
aviators, all of our best civilian air
men are in the service. Brindejone
Des Moulinais, Roand Garros, Eugene
Gilbert and Jules Vedrines are all at
the front. Vedrines . has just com
pleted a raid with an apparatus of
extraordinary power. Something
more will be heard of thjs later.
The experience of our air people
shows that an aeroplane is safe
from bullets when a thousand yards
high, while at 2000 yards the aviator
still observes accurately with the
naked eye. As our flyers guide the
machine with . e hand, aud use their
glasses with the other, masses of
the enemy cannot escape observation.
The most difficult thing is to de
termine commands by discriminating
among uniforms. One danger to
French airmen is from our own sol
diers who have not learned to dis
tinguish our aeroplanes from those of
the enemy. I suggest that we do not
fire at air craft unless we are sure
of their idetnity."
The Journal de Maine Et Leire. at
Anglers, publishes a letter from one
of the French frontier fortresses in
which the writer complains of the
loneliness of life there. It seems that
the only sport of the garrison is to
watch for German aeroplanes and
fire upon them. Three German air
ships are said to have been brought
down while the aviators were throw
ing bombs.
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ON HALF RATIONS
Reported Serious Conditions Prevails
Among Palo Troops
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
ROME, Aug. 28. The correspondent
at Trieste, Austria, of the Messagero
says:
"Serious conditions prevail in Pola,
and troops have been reduced to half
rations. An entrenched camp is being
constructed around Pola. Austrian
troops operating in the south have been
ordered to remain on the defensive as
large numbers have been taken
from Bosnia and sent to Galicia
to oppose the Russians, who are mak
ing alarming progress."
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FOR CITY MARKETS
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
NEW YORK, August 28. In ef
forts to enable housewives to buy
foodstuffs at lowest prices. New York
will open four city markets next
Tuesday, it was announced tonight.
The market places will be in open
spaces In public squares in different
parts of the city. Each has space
far forty wagons and from 100 to 200
push carts.
saying it would have required ; 300
heavy guns with 500 rounds for each
cun. The movement' forward of
these heavy guns would have re
quired 4,500 four-wheeled wagons and
10,000 horses which were not availa
ble. ' -
At a later stage the Germans
brought up their big siege guns at
tacking the Enciente ports and drop
ping 100 to 400 fifteen centimete
shells daily into the heart of the
city. Notwithstanding the fury of
the German attack, Paris withstood
the siege for 132 days. Since then
an entirely new outer third; line' of
defense has been erected and mili
tary experts say the fortifications as
a whole are far more formidable than
those which resisted the former siege.
Idle Steamboats
mein, as owners have regained con
fidence In the power of British crui
sers to afford protection.
The Vanlyck, the Lamport and Holt
liner, sailed today for Argentina, but
her agents received advices from the
British admiralty directing that her
departure be postponed until Septem
ber 3rd. Shipping men assumed that
British" warships would attempt
meanwhile to clear southern waters
of hostile - vessels which have been
menace to British shipping.
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ENGLISH RECRUITS WHO HAVE ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL ARE
BEING HURRIEDLY LICKED INTO SHAPE IN HYDE PARK, LONDON
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PREMIER ASQUITH WILL APPEAL TO ALL
BRITONS TO RALLY TO COUNTRY'S NEED
GERMANY MEETS
WITH REVERSES
Oil CIA COAST
Torpedo Boat is Destroyed,
Three Merchant Ships
Are Captured and Cattle
Steamer Has Been Seized
by British Cruiser
ASSOCIATED PRESS PIdPATCH
CHEE FOO, China, Saturday, Aug.
29. The torpedo destroyer Welland en
gaged and sunk the German torpedo
boat destroyer S-90.
Three German merchant ships, the
steamers Frisia, Hanamatal and Pla-
kat, have been captured by the British
fleet and taken to Wet-Hai-Wei. A
number of refugee women and children
from Tsing Tau were on board the
Plakat and were transferred to an
other vessel and taken to Tien Tsing.
Senegambis a Prize
HONGKONG,, Aug. 28. The German
steamer Senegambis, with a cargo of
cattle and coal, was made a prize
jointly by the British cruiser Hamp
shire and the French cruised Duplcix.
The German steamer C. Ferdinad
Laeisz, which sailed from Yokohoma on
July 26 for New York, arrived here to
night, a British prize.
It is reported the German steamers
Yorck and Prinz Waldcmar have also
been captured and are being brought
here. A naval prize court is sitting on
the first case, that of the captured col
lier Elspath.
Had German Crew
PEKIN. Aug. 28. The steamer Ha
namatal, which was captured by the
British,, f Ilea the American flag. She
has been in the coasting trade between
Vladivostok and Tsing Tau. Sh is
owned . by a naturalized American
whose citizenship has been forfeited by
long absence from the United States.
The Hanamatal last sailed from Shang
hai, ostensibly to remove women and
children from Tsing Tau, but in some
quarters here it is believed she car
ried contraband of war.
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British crew and shipped a crew of
Germans. This aroused the suspicions
of American Consul Peckat Tsing Tau,
who warned the captain against traffic
in contraband.
Draw Fire From Tsing Tau
TSING TAU, Aug. 28. Two small
Japanese cruisers yesterday drew the
first shots from the Tsing Tau forti
fications. -, Several shots dropped
around one cruiser, whereupon a ves
sel fired a shot in reply and withdrew.
It is reported that one German shell
'struck a cruiser.
The Japanese vessels approached
evidently with the purpose of recon
noitering. They are within seven miles
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(c) Underwood & Underwood.
days ago in London and shows English, recruits in Hyde Park being hurriedly licked into shape for the war.
clothing, some of them wearing straw hats. England will send many recruits into the war as her standing anna
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(Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, August 28 Premier Asquith decided to
address meetings in -the principal cities of the United
Kingdom to make plain the cause of the war and set
forth that it is the duty of every man to do his part to
make the issue successful for Great Britain.
The premier directed letters to the lord mayors of
various cities regarding these meetings, in which he says:
"The time has come for a combined effort to stimu
late and organize public opinion and public effort in the
greatest conflict in which our people have ever engaged.
No one who can contribute anything to the accomplish
ment of this supremely urgent task is justified in stand
ing aside. I propose, as a first step, that meetings be
held without delay, not only in the great centers of pop
ulation, but in every district, urban and rural, through
out Great Britain, at which the justice of our cause will
be made plain and the duty of every man to do his part
set forth. I have reason to know that I can count upon
the co-operation of the leaders in every section of or
ganized political opinion."
President In
Vermont On
His Vacation
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
WINDSOR, Vt., August 28. Presi
dent Wilson, who came here today
to begin his first vacation of the
summer, spent tonight quietly an
'Harlakenden House" with his fam- '
ily, celebrating the birthday of his
daiighter, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre.
During his stay here the president
plans to devote the mornings to golf
and the afternoons to long automo
tile '.-ides.
The president is reluctant to play
golf, but Dr. Grayson, his physician,
informed him his health requires ex
ercise. White House officials -at
Washington are to send only the
most important dispatches to Wind
sor and as far as possible the. presi
dent will be given an opportunity to
rest.
Despite the effovts of all members
of the family to make the occasion
a happy one, the recent death of
Mrs. Wilson could not be forgotten.
The president did his best to ap
pear cheerful, but plainly showed his
grief. The party consisted of - the
president, Mrs. Sayre, Miss Margaret
.. ,,,.
Wilson, . Mrs. Howe, the president's
sister, Mrs. Cothran, his niece, Elea
nor Ccthvan, his grand-niece, Mr.
Sayre, and Professor Stockton Axson,
Mrs. Wilson's brother. .Eleanor
Cothran, a beautiful girl, was the lite
of the gathering
The people of Windsor and of the
little village of Cornish, N. H. across
the Connecticut river, 'respected tho
president's recent grief by remaining
in the background, but American
flags decorated many Windsor
homes in his honor. On the way to
Harlakenden he drove past the cot
tage which was formerly used by
Mrs. Wilson as the studio for her
painting, and it brought memories of
her back to him vividly,
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Native Indian
Troops To Aid
England's Army
ASSOCIATED TRESS DISPATCH J
LONDON, Aug. 28. Lord Kitchen
er, secretary of state for war,
announced in the house of lords to
day that in addition to the reinforce
ments which would be received from
this country, the government had de
cided that the British army in France
would be further increased. ' Troops
to increase the forces are now on
their way, he said. He added , that
the gaps in the army in France were
being filled. That the employment of
native troops was meant by Lord
Kitchener and later confirmed by the
Marquis of Crewe, secretary of state
for India.
The marquis of Crewe said:
"It has been deply impressed on
the government that the wonderful
wave of enthusiasm, and loyalty
sweeping over India .is largely due
to the desire of the Indian people
that their soldiers stand side by side
with the British army. India is awre
of the employment of African troops
in the French war and it would be
a disappointment to India if she were
not permitted to take part in the
war in Europe. .
"As regards the risk of internal
troubles I believe that the enthusi
asm which pervades all classes and
races in India make a thing of that
sort altogether impossible. That
stances of great liberalty . for the
enthusiasm has found a vent in sev
eral ways, in some cases by In
service of the troops in the field. I
was told yesterday by the Viceroy of
India that some of the principal In
dian princes had sent gifts of fifty
lacrupees (about $2,500,000) for., the
use of our troops tn the field, and
there have been on a very large
scale a number of offers of that
kind."
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Activities of the Private
Agencv in Wheatland
Hop Riots Under Scrutiny
of the Federal Industrial
Commission
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. Ac
tivities of the National Detective
agency in the Wheatland hopworkers
riots of a year ago, which resulted in
four deaths, were under the scrutiny of
the ' federal industrial relations com
mission today. Some of the salient
features developed were that District
Attorney Stanwood of Yuba county
who employed the detectives, saw that
some of them were made deputy
sheriffs and advised them generally
regarding their operations. A large
number of men arrested in dif
ferent parts of the state and elsewhere
on "John Doe" warrants charging mur
der and conspiracy, were held for long
periods without being arraigned, or
being permitted to communicate with
their friends.
Alfred Nelson, under arrest as a sus
pect, was attacked by R. B. Cradle-
baugh, a detective who was "sweating1
the prisoner. Later due to the activi
ties of District Attorney A. B. McKen
zie, of Contra Costa county, Crable
baugh was fined $1000 and sentenced
to a year in jail. Nelson was trans
ferred from one coast city to another
for a week after his arrest in order to
keep him in hiding before he was fin
ally jailed at Martinez. Eventually he
was released.
Fred Super, who with Richard Ford,
is under sentence for second degree
murder in connection with the four
slayinRS which toolc place during the
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INVESTIGATION
Shipment Of Foodstuffs
To Europe Is Facilitated
' ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH
NEW YORK, August 28. Ship
ments of this country's foodstuffs to
Europe's ports were, further f:icili
tatyd today by the action of eastern
trunk railroads which ordered the re
sumption of through bills of lading,
subject to minor -.-estrictions. It is
expected this will have the effect of
vastly increasing the American- ex
ports, and bringing about a gradual
readjustment of the foreign exchange
situation.
Tlte approach of the monthly set
tlement period in London, which
calls for heavy cash payments at
that center, despite the prevailins
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Two . German "Vessels Are
Sunk, Torpedo Destroy
ers Go to Bottom and
Another Cruiser is Set
Afire and Left to Fate .
GERMANS BUEN .
TOWN OF LOUVAIN
Belgian Minister Reports
lhat Germans, Alter Or
dering Inhabitants to"
Leave, Apply Torch to
Town of 45,000 People
(Associated Press Dispatch)
LONDON, Aug. 28. It is
announced that the British
leet- sunk two German
cruisers and two torpedo
boat destroyers off Heligo-
and. A third cruiser was
set afire and left to sink.
Many others of the destroy
ers were damaged.
No British ships were lost
in the battle, and the British
loss of life was not heavy.
The island of Heligoland,
which lies forty-five miles
off the mouths of the Rivers
Elbe and Wezer, always has
been regarded as a point ot
great strategetic value for
the protection of the Kaiser
vvilhelm canal and , other
wise in the naval defense of
Germany. Recent reports
had it that a large part of
the flower of the German
navy .lay in the waters ad
jacent to the mouths ot the
Elbe and Wezer, in the Kai
ser Wilhelm canal.
Rear Admiral Sir David
B e a 1 1 y commanded the
British forces in the naval
battle this morning. The
cruiser Amethyst and de
stroyer Laertes were dam
aged, but all ships or the
British tleet were anoat at
the end of the engagement.
One of the cruisers is com
ing' into port with the
wrounded.
In an announcement from the war
information bureau tonight it was
stated that the Belgian minister of
foreign affairs reported that the Ger
mans, after ordering the Inhabitants
to leave on Tuesday burned the town
of Louvain, with a population of 45,
000. Several notable citiens were
shot.
The announcement says that after
the German army corps received the
check they withdrew In disorder to
Louvain. ' Germans on guard at the
entrance to the city, mistaking the
nature of this incursion, fired on
their countrymen, whom they mis
took ' for Belgians. In spite of all
denials from authorities the Ger
mans in order to cover their mistake,
pretended it was inhabitants who
fired on them, although the inhabi
tants, had been "disarmed. Without
inquiry and without listening to the
protest, said the information bureau,
the German commander announced
that' the town would be destroyed
Immediately. Women and children
were placed on trains, for a destination-which
is not known, and sol-
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moratorium, was a factor of Im
portance in the exchange nwrket to
day. There was ' another conference
of international bankers regarding
tho means ' for the payment of New
York city. warrants which mature the
next fortnight The amount due In
London is something like $12,000,000,
with that much of slightly more due
in Paris ,
While . most of the local , bankers
continue their opposition to the sug
gestion that gold be exported, the
impression prevails that only by some
shipments of the precious metal to
Canada can the terms of this city's
obligations be met.
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