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Show uu WAR BULLETINS Brussels, via Pans. Aug 13 17:50 P m.) A woman caught a Herman spy on the train from Antwerp in the act of releasing carrier pigeons which he had concealed In a bag She seized and held him until other passengers pas-sengers came to her assistance The man was handed over to the rat 11 tar) authorities. He was trod by court martial and shot First Officer to Be Decorated Paris. Aug. 13 (.. 4T, p nil Ihe fast officer to be decorated tor gal-Lantry gal-Lantry in the vvar is Second Lieutenant Lieuten-ant H. J, Bruyant of the Fifteenth dragoons General Joffre the French commander-in-chief, in conferring the i roes of the Legion of Honor on Lieu tenant Bruyant, said the officer with si . --ii of his men had charged thirty Lhlans and that Bruyaut had kilb-.j flu officer of the Uhlans with his own hand, while the other members Oi the band were routed. German People Disgusted. Paris, Aug. 13 (5 40 p m An or-ficlal or-ficlal communication iHsued tonight s-m s Herman prisoner.- who ha- ; been cpuestioned give the Impression that they are broken in spirit and physically are weak from hunger The) seem not to have been Intoim ! ed concerning the reason for the mob Miration and one man asked why war had been deelared According to German opinion, 'Dies 1st nicht eln vclksreig dlest is eln offlzlerskrei (This is not a peoples war, but an officers' war) U. S. Envoy Charters Vessel London, Aug. 13 (6:30 p. m ). Wal-I ter Hlnes Page, the American euibas sador, this evening authorized the1 American transportation committee to (I. arte, a vessel in h'ngland to take American refugees home 60,000 Dutch Troops on Border. Rotterdam. Aug 1.1, via London (6 30 p. m.). Sixty thousand Dutch troops are on the line of the frontier fron-tier Darge arms of land have been flooded to a depth of three feet as a precautionary measure. Turkey Takes Over German Cruisers. London, Aug 18 IS p m ). A special spe-cial dispatch to the txchangi Telegraph Tele-graph from Paris says the German . eruisers Goeben and Breslau arrived in the Dardanelles following their purchase by Turkey, flying the Turk-! Isb flag rhe dlspatcb adds that the G rman fittings of the cruisers had been dismantled. Bosnians to Fight French. Paris. Rug. 13 (6:30 p in) The Correspondent of the Times at Constance. Con-stance. Baden, says that battalions oi j Bosnians wearing reel fexz.es, passed! through the railroad depot at Cou- Stance going westward, according to reliable Information given him. I Slav Soldiers In Austria Mutiny. Rome, via Paris. Aug. 13 (5.04 p. m I Persons arriving here from Bos , nla describe the Austrian forces , there, especially the Slav, Czeeh, I Italian and Rumanian elements, as unruly and rebellious. The travelers ! assert that although a number of mu-I mu-I tlneers have been shot the regiments J appear to be disintegrating and that I this nccounts for the Inactivity of the Austrian army on the Servian frontier during the last eleven days Italians Working for Peace. Rome via London, 5.10 p, m , i Aug 13. The Messag'gero today says It understands that the Italian ambassador am-bassador to the United States, the Marquis Ousani t 'onfalonicri. who Is returning to Washington Immediate y, has instructions to co-operate with President Wilson In regard to the tatter's offer of mediation in the European Eu-ropean war. Kaiser Does Not Go to Army. London. Aug. 13 (5:15 p m.). A special dispatch received here today! from Rome says that Emperor William, Wil-liam, who, it was reported, intended1 making a visit to Aix-la-Chappelle, near the Belgian frontier, has been persuaded not to make the journey 1 Belgian Situation Favorable. Burs'--, via London (1:25 p m l. Aug 14 Xo movements of import ance have taken place sine,- Wt-dnes ! day s serious engagement between the German and Belgian troops, accord Ing to an official annouiK-ement here today The communication adds 'The situaii- :; ol Up- Belgian force remains favorable " Americans Leave Berlin Berlin. Aug 13, via Rome and Lon don (12 I". p in.. August 14) At special train conveying 100 Americans and five automobiles started for Holland Hol-land this afternoon Ambassador James W Gerard is In communication with the authorities ol the German ports and with foreign for-eign governments on the subject of freights and free navigation for 'steamers flying the American flag . mi American passengers on board Xo important news as to the war was made public here today. German P-itrols in Switzerland. London (1:33 p in i Aug. 14. A dispatch from Paris to the Exchange Telegraph company today announces that the French ministry of war has received news from Berne. Switzerland, Switzer-land, that numbers of German patrols have taken refuge In Switzerland It Is stated that no French troops have crossed the Swiss frontier. Mutiny on German Steamer Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 14. A mutiny broke out amon the crew of the German steamer Bleucher, which, after sailing from this port for an unknown destination, returned a short time later The local police were called on board to tpiell the disturbance, disturb-ance, the reason for which has not been divulged Lying in the port of Pernambueo are several German liners vith a to tal of 5000 German steerage passen gers on board The captains of the vessels fear to proceed owing to the danger of capture by British warships Relief Fund Growing. London (1 15 p m ) Aug 14 The Prince of Wales relief fund for the distressed families of British soldier? and sailers today attained a total ol oer $5.oiH.i(iun Auotro-Hungary Extends Moratorium.; Vienna, via London (1 50 p. in ) Aug 14. The Austro-Hungarlan mora-j toiium, afi'ectiug private debts, was extended today till September 3d Paris (10:38 a m ) Aug 14. A telegram from Brussels to the Ha vas Agency Bays a fresh engagement between Germans and Belgians occurred oc-curred yesterday between 5 and b (.clock in the evening at Geet-Betz. five miles south of Haelen The Belgian Bel-gian troops fired heavily on a de tachment of 400 Germans, who retired j hastily |