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Show WAR BULLETINS London. Sept. in, 10:10 a m. A notice posted today at the offices of the White Star line declares that the steamer Oceanic, the loss of which was announced by the press bureau I last night, ran ashore This is the first definite news as to what caused the loss of the Oceanic. Last night It was said that she had been wrecked wreck-ed on the north coast of Scotland, but no further details were given. The Oceanic had been taken over lor goernment service All her officers and crew were saved. Tokio Sept. 10, 7:80 p m The ueclaration was made at the foreign office today that there was no truth in the report circulated In Tokio and elsewhere that Japan had been in negotiation with Great Britain concerning con-cerning the dispatch of a Japanese army to Europe. Rome, via London. Sept. 10, 10:25 a. m The Tribuna's Vienna corre spondent states that G000 wounded ar I rived in Vienna on Tuesday, fip thousand thou-sand on Monday and 900u on last Sunday. Sun-day. About a third of these are Germans. Ger-mans. Buda Pest and Prague also report the arrival of large numbers of wounded. New York, Sept, 10. Straight from a long talk with the German emperor . in Berlin, H Von Echardt. the new i German minister to Mexico, asserted today that the emperor had no thought of abandoning his plan to besiege Paris, that a German army-would army-would take the city and that all France would be subjugated by the German arms, "not to keep It always, but to destroy foreer the menace ot French militarism." London, Sept. 10, 5.15 p. m A dis patch to the Post from Paris says that a French military biplane caught in an air pocket above Bols de Vincennes, fell killing two aviators and four persons in the street. Four other persons were seriously injured Washington, Sept. 10. The American Amer-ican Red Cross today received (1200 1 I from the American League Baseball! ciuds. 95B,ois ironi me national league, and $1000 from Mrs. Albert Halstead, wife of the United States consul at Birmingham, England. Washington Sept. 10. Assurances were gnen the federal reserve board today by J. P. Morcan, Jacob Schiff and Benjamin Strong, New York bankers, that a syndicate of New York banks will care for $80,000,000 in obligations of the city of New York held by European creditors, without requiring assistance from banks in other part6 of the United States. London, Sept 10, 6:30 p. m The J official information bureau issued tho following tonight: "Yesterday and today strong and numerous squadrons and flotilla have made a complete sweop of the North sea up to and Into Helgoland and Bight "The German fleet made no attempt to Interfere with our movements and no German ship of any kind was seen at sea " London, Sept 10, 4:30 a m The Parts correspondent of the Daily Mai' gives a description of the battle of Meaux on the Marne, twenty-seven miles northeast of Paris, of which he was an eye-witness He says. "I came upon the battle at Meaux with astonishing suddenness My motor car had just shot up the rl6e that overhangs the little town and there it was before our eyes in the vulley, dense white balloon smoke from exploding shells, with coveys of shrapnel bursting In air. showers of black earth ripped out of solid ground farmhouses and haystacks flaming and a German aeroplane cruising overhead "German shells are falling in the fields just beyond Meaux, but strain our eyes as we may even through strong glasses we can nowhere find French batteries replying. Every now and then the French infantry may be I seen moing in the trenches "Descending to the town, we find a pitiable sight with houses wrecked the bridge blown into shapeless mass of ruins, aeroplanes overhead and i sheila bursting beyond the town "The streetB are like a city of the I dead. Only when the chasseurs go chattering through the streets or the shutters are cautloucly opened and the Inhabitants peep out. Through i these openings it is curious to see women darning socks as though nothing noth-ing was happening. "I tried to get Into the fields but was warned back by an old man. Te bombardment still continued as I left Meaux. " London, Sept. 10, 12:10 a. m A dispatch to the Star from Copenhagen Buys that Count Czecbenyi, the Aus-tro-Hungarlan minister to Denmark, was arrested as a suspected spy. The count, it appears, was motoring motor-ing with his wife and while some distance from the fortifications, was seen to take out a map. He was placed under arrest by soldiers and taken to the fort, where his ideutity was established. The military chiet then released him with apologies It is expected that the Danish foreign for-eign minister will also offer an apolocy. London, Sept 10, 5:40 p m. A dispatch dis-patch to the Star from New Castle says that the tramp steamer Ottawa struck a mine off Northumberland yesterday and went down. So far as Is known none of the crew oi 2d men was saved Wreckage from the Ottawa: Ot-tawa: which was coming from Nor way, has been found. Washington, Sept. 10. Arustem Bey, the Turkish ambassador, was advised ad-vised today by his government that all conventions between the powers and Turkey, conferring special pri ileges or restricting the sovereignty of the porte, have been abrogated. Bordeaux. Sept. 10. The French foreign office today Issued a note protesting pro-testing strongly against the state ments given to the American press by the German government accusing the allies of using dum dum bullets. "It Is to be feared that the charges.' the note says, "are but a pretext for the use of dum-dum bullets by the German troops, as well as to cause n reaction of American opinion In favor, of the German army. The German government is carrying on a similar j campaign In Copenhagen " London, Sept. 10. 9:25 a. m. A dis-J patch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Bordeaux states ttuV wounded soldiers relate that a big battle lasting 24 hours, took place last week at Chalons The French after inflicting heavy losses on the ; Germans, retreated in good order. General Exelmans one of France 3 most brilliant cavalry leaders, was dangerously wounded while leading a charge. The situation in upper Alsace, ac cording to the dispatch, has been completely com-pletely changed by the departure of the German troops. Engagements re suiting In favor of the French took place September 2, in the region around Altkirch and the German? svere pushed back towards the Rhine London, Sept 10, 7:58 p. m. Addl tional British casualties up to September Sep-tember 7, were officially announced today as follows: Officers killed, 10; wounded, 63; missing, 61. Men killed, 61; wounded, 510; miss ing. 2883. |