New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1914, Page 10

CREAT BRITAN DECLARES WAR UPON AUSTRIA i=xci'nyed from First Page.) against 2,000 German Uhlans. The latter lost 250 killed. The lancers were checked by machine guns, but the Belgian infantry stopped the Ger- mans. The fighting yesterday between the Belgian and German armies in the vicinity of Diest lasted the entire day and constitutes the first considerable battle of the war. It will be known as the battle of Haelen. Shells were still falling at half past seven in the ° evening on the roads around Diest. The battle centered around Haelen in the Belgian province of Limburg, extending to Diest in the north of the province of Brabant, after pass- ing around Zeelhem, At 7 o'clock last evening all the country between the three towns men- tioned had been cleared of German troops except the dead and wounded, who were thickly strewn about the fire zone. Upwards of twenty dead German soldiers were counted in a space of fifty vards. A church, a brewery and some houses in Haelen were set afire and two bridges over the Demer were destroved by Belgian engineers. Great quantities of booty were col- lected .on the battlefield and this has been stacked.in front of the town hall of Diest. Many horses also were cap- tured. The strangth of the German column was aboui 5,000 men. An ofiicial communicque isstied to- day confirms yesterday’s success of the Belgian troops over the Germans at Haelen. It says the German cas- ualties were very heavy, three-fifths of their troops engaged in the en- counter being killed or wounded. while the Belgian casualties are re- ported as relatively small. 1 A Belgian official communication today says that a German force pro- ceeding in the direction of Eghezee to the north of Namur, was attacked and repulsed this morning by the Belgian troops. The Germans suf- fered severe casualties. The Belgians éaptured a number of machine guns fiounted on motor cars. 73The German troops in Belgian Luxemburg are said to be starving and many of them are reported to have dropped unccnscious owing “to their privations. In some of the dead officers’ pockets raw potatoes were found, while the soldiers are said to fidve dug up turnips and beets to eat. “UA party of French dragoons vhile feconnoitering came upon a strong detachmentsof Uhlans whom they at- f#éked and cut to pieces, killing fifty ‘them. ‘A party of six hundred German prisoners arrived at Ath, in the tovince of Hainaul soon Two German Warships Sighted in Baltic S " §tocknolm, Via. London, Aug. 13, 9:05 a. m.—Two German warships were observed off Landsort, an island in the Baltic, yesterday and today. _.Gotland reports say that German 'War vessels are seen frequently cruis- ing in that vieinity. otAdvices from Finland indicate that the Ruesian fleet is still in control of . the Fnnian gulfs. A party of \Britishers suspected of espionage, ‘were arrested Yyesterday. Géneral Idea Big Battle Has Begun vt _.Brussels, Aug. 13.,,Via London, 4:30 &. . m.—Though there is a general idea that a big battle has begun, the -nly fficlal news that came to hand late Jast night gave no indication where fighting was occurring. ‘It still seems here that the enemy is inclined to avoid aggression on a large scale at Louwain to the northeast of Brussels. :Yesterday for the first time German prisoners were seen here. They were oung officers with spiked helmets <covered with brown Holland zloth to render them less conspicuous. The Belglans fight at a disadvantage as they are compelled to expose them- setves in their ordinary uniforms, some of which, especially those of the cavalry, are brilliantly colored, while the Germanms of all ranks wear gzray field uniforms ‘which melt into the grays and browns of roads and stubble felds. The Belgian authorities are pre- gerving well the secret of the opera- tions of the military. A member of the chamber of deputies said yester- day even he and his colleagues were jgnorant of such matters as the whereabouts of army headquarters. King Albert passed through wou- vain yesterday afternoon in a trave stained automobile. He was dressed in a general’s uniform and almost escaped recognition as he was with- out escort. - Harrowing stories continue to be told of alleged German brutality. They are accused of burning and pil- laging villages and of shooting vil- lagers without provocation. It is al- leged that whenever German cavalry enter a town they make first for the municipal treasury and then for the banks, taking whatever cash they qa. “n)s'elgnan and French troops have effected a junction south of Brussels. The German advance in the Belgian provinces of Limburg and Brabant has been checked. The Germans are bringing up heavy artillery against Liege. It is announced that the 1914 class of"reservists will soon be called to the colors. The minister of war states that there has been an engagement in Limburg province, in which the Germans were badk. news has been received since August 4 of Baron de Favoreau, the president of the senate, who left the chamber for his ¢hateau in the south of Liege province on that date. British Steamer Chased By Unknown Ships Tokio, Aug. 13, 9:45 a. m.—Passen- gers arriving today on the British steamer Nile from Honolulu, nine hours ahead of the schedule, told of being chased by unknown ships. Soon after leaving Honolulu on August 1 the passengers were suddenly ordered below deck. , That evening the ship was plunged into darkness and sped forward under forced draught. The ship finally outdistanced two pur- suers, apparently war craft. The American embassy has pub- lished a denial of reports that Am- bassador Guthrie had inquired what was the Japanese program in connec- tion with the European war, or pre- sented = any communication from Washington on the subject. A mass of false. despatches are pouring into Tokio from many points in the Orient, designed seemingly to create the impression that the Unit- ed States is intervening in the war sit- uation. Official Declaration of War Made Pub'ic Paris, ‘Aug. 13, 1:30 p. m.—The of- ficial declaration of war by France on Austria-Hungary was made public here today. To encourage commerce during the war the French government, it is an- nounced, will cover war risks on im- portations and exportations by sea. Vessels under the French flag will be covered to eighty per cent. of their value, while the total value of cargoes under the French flag or the flags of allies or neutral states will be cov- ered in consideration of a premium. A despatch from Rome declared that the departure of the Austro-Hun- garian ambassador to Italy, Kajetan Merey de Kapos-Mere, stated to be for reasons of health, was really due to the impossible situation resulting from the failure of his effort to obtain Italian support for Austria and Ger- many. An official communication published here today says: “A division of Belgian cavalry, supported by a brigade of infantry and by artillery, engaged and defeat- ed near the fortress of Diest, eighteen miles northest of Louvain, a division of Gefman cavalry, also supported by infantry and by artillery. “The fighting was extremely fierce and resulted in the Germans being thrown back toward Hasselt and St. Trend.” France and Her Allies May Demand Explanations Paris, Aug. 13, 3:50 a. m.—It is de- clared here that the alleged purchase by Turkey of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau, as announced at Constantinople, probably will be the subject of a demand for explanations on the part of France and her allies. An official communication issued at Brussels contradicts the reports that the Germans are stropgly re-entrench- ing their positions in the vicinity of Liege. It adds that the cavalry 1s undoubtedly falling back and that only a part of the city of Liege iS be- ing fortifled by the Germans. The bombardment of the forts was re- sumed yesterday, but they still hola out, Ordinary traffic on the greater part of the French railways, with the ex- ception of the eastern lines, will be resumed soon, it is announced. It is claimed in a semi-official state- ment that the French artillery has proven far superior to that of the Germans. The latter's heavy shells show little effectiveness, it is said. An official communication states that the forts at Liege are still hold- ing out; that the Belglan troops to the west of the city resumed the of- fensive, and after a lively struggle drove the Germans back and re-cap- tured ground that had been lost. The Belgians have blown up a num- ber of bridges on the railway lines in the German rear in the Landen dis- trict, thus cutting them off from their Explanation from Germany Demanded By Brazil Paris, Aug. 13, 4:45 A. M.—It is announced here that Brazil has de- manded an explanation from Ger- many of the report based on the dec- laration of the French consul at Stuttgart that Bernardino de Campos had been assaulted and robbed by German . soldiers. The Brazilian, who is blind, was formerly president of the state of Sao Paulo. British Cruiser Ckptures & . German Tank Steamer New York, Aug. 13.—The taking of the German tank steamer Leda, a prize probably worth a'quarter of a million dollars, by a prize crew from the British cruiser Suffolk and the ar- rest of upwards of 100 German re- servists in Bermuda as prisoners of war, were confirmed by Captain R. L. Daniels of the Royal Mail steam packett Carribean, which arrived this noon from Bermuda. Similar con- firmation was brought by the Ber- mudian of the Quebec Steamship Co. “On the second day out on .our southward voyage last week,” said Capt. Danfels, “we were chased by an unknown cruiser, until the officers of the warships apparently were sais- fled with our identity. With that ex. ception our experience has been pra. tically uneventful. On our way norti we saw nothing of any warships, and had no wireless signals except the report of Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock of the British cruiser Suf- folk to the effect that all was safe for shipping in the west Atlantic. This was a relief, for the weather was hazy all the way north. “Martial law is in full force in Ber- muda now.” The Bermudian also reported that two French cruisers, the Conde and the Descartes, were at Bermuda. Outside this harbor the Bermudian sighted the British cruiser Essex and the Suffolk was heard by wireless. Shot from British Fort Hits Japanese Steamer Shanghai, China, Aug. 13.—The Japanese steamer Shikoku Maru was seriously her crew was killed by a cannon shot fired from the British fort at Hong Kong while the vessel was entering the harbor. Neutrality of Denmark Must Be Maintained Copenhagen, Aug. 12, via London, Aug. 13.—Political circles consider that the neutrality of Denmark must be maintained at all costs, otherwise the economic distress, which already is acute, will be accentuated. Large quantities of goods are being exported to the combatants. Germany has re- moved her tariff restrictions, but re- quires that the shipments be in large quantities. The export of Danish goods to England begins tonight, the government insuring them against war risks. War News Issued B; Information Bureau London, Augz. 8, 4:15 a. m.—The admiralty and war office information bureau issues the following: “An engagement is in progress northwest of Hasselt, in the province of Limburg, between a Belgian cavalry division supported by a brigade of in- fantry, and the German second cavalry division, 2,500 strons. sup- ported by a battalion of infantry and twelve pieces of artillery. “The German Fourth cavalry di- vision is reported moving towards Jodoigne, in the Brabant province of Pelgium. “No German infantry is known to be on the left bank of the Meuse, ex- cept the above mentioned battalion. The Germans are entrenching at Vise. The forts are holding out. “The Germans are constructing bat- teries| north of Liege, preparatory to a siege. Heavy guns already have heen heard. The Germans are con- structing a railway between Vise and Homburg, parallel with the frontier of Dutch Limburg. They are also en- trenching themselves in Liege. “Huy-Marche and Houffalise are points held by German cavalry. Columns of German cavalry are mov- ing eastward toward the valley of the Ourthe. The French retreat from Muelhausen was well carried out. The proportion of opposing forces was four Germans to each Frenchman. The German field artillery proved far in- ferior to that of the French.” Italy Has Mobilized About 250,000 Troops Via mob- Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 13, Paris, 12:46 P. M.—Italy has ilized between 200,000 and 250,000 troops on the- Swiss and Austrian frontiers as a precautionary mea- sure. All the high passes over the Alps, such as the Theodule above Zermatt, are strongly held and Swiss and Ttalian patrols meet ‘there and exchange their impressions of the war. Official Report of Fighting Near Nancy Paris, Aug. 14—An official report of the fighting between the French and Germans in the vieinity of Pont- a-Mousson, Nancy, issued today says: “The fighting which started -on August 11, was continued on August 12 under thrilling conditions for the French. It may be summed up as follows: “The first phase was an attack on two French battalions by German forces greatly superior in number. The two French battalions fell back but being reinforced during the night assumed the offensive well supported by artillery. “This counter attack caused the Germans to retreat leaving behind them a large number of killeq, wounded and prisoners. “The Germans abandoned a battery of artillery, three machine guns and several wagon loads of ammunition. “The French troops fullowed up their advantage and on Wednesday a French battery surprised the 21st Baden dragoon regiment while the men were dismounted. In a few minutes the regiment was destroyed. “The effect of this double success was immediately perceptible. “Nine German officers and 1,000 wounded men fell into the French hands as prisoners. “The poor quality of the projectiles used by the German heavy artillery was convincingly demonstrated dur- ing the bombardment of Pont-a- Mousson. More than 10¢ shells con- taining enormous charges of explo- sives and weighing altogether 220 pounds each were fired from a bat- tery of twenty-one centimetre mor- tars at a distance of about 6 1-4 miles. The total result of this avalanche of jron explosives was four killed ana twelve wounded in the town.” north of FRENCH WAR LOAN. Washington, Aug. 13.—J. P. Mor- gan and company have inquirtd of the state department what the United States government's attitude would be toward a French war loan of several hundred millions to be floated in this country. damaged today and one of ! PACKERS DENY WAR MADE PRICES ADVANCE Live Stock Snonags' is Cause, ' Says J. Ogden Armour. Chicago, Aug. 13.—Vigorous denial that packers have made the European war an excuse to put up meat prices sesterday by J. Ogden Ar- mour, president of Armour & Co. He said that the reason for the advance was that receipts at the stock yards here for the last two weeks have been approaching a famine basis. In that time, the statement ex- plained, Armour & Ce., have killed fewer hogs than during any similar i period in the history of the con- cern. was made Killed Fewer Hogs. “The nine Armour plants Killed only 14,738 hogs last week, against {70,336 the week before the war,” the | statement read. “They killed only | 17,512 cattle last week, as against 21,836 the week before the war, and only 30,344 sheep last week, as | against 46,385 the week before the war.” Mr. Armour said the packers had contended with' a shortage of live stock for a vear, and lately with the natural tendency of the producer to hold back his stock in hopes of war- time prices. - Utterly Beyond Control. “Circumstances of last week, ut- terly beyond the control of anybody, directly affected live stock and meat prices,” he said. “The financial sit- uation everywhere, fortunately now a thing of the past, made it impossi- ble for buvers and shippers in - the stock-growing sections to send stock to the market, “Then Washington sent out, " and properly so, official advice to farmers to hold their crops. While this was addressed directly to cotton and wheat growers, it had its effect upon all farm products. These circumstances, added to the live-stock shortage, caused fluctuations which nobody could control. The conditions are fast becoming normal and prices soon will be on a more even basis. “During the last two weeks Armour & Co. have killed fewer hogs than during any similar period we have been in business. First-Hand Facts. “These are first-WHand facts from our own business. They are to be paralleled iri that of every other pack- ing company. Only the other day we were able to fill but one-third of an order from one of the nations at war because the raw material could not be obtained. “Our business men are as patriotic as any other element in our popula- tion and are not looking for a chance to squeeze an extra dollar out of ab- normal conditions. If we all keep cool and avoid hysterics we will pull through this unusual situation to ths satistaction of everybod. FOUND DEAD IN HIS CHICAGO OFFICE Believed E. H. Amory., Secretary of Western Railroad Association, ‘Was Brutally Murdered. Chicago, Aug. 13.—The mysterious murder of Edward H. Amory, patent attorney and secretary of the Western Ralilroad association, who was found choked and beaten to death in his of- fice yesterday, was still unsolved when the police took up the investigation today. Amory was killed early yes- terday morning and the body left locked in the office of the association. His woman stenographer vainly tried to get in and at length went home, leaving a note pushed under the door The body was discovered by Allen M. Thompson, Amory’s clerk, ‘who was having a day off, he said, but looked The police held Thompson to inves- tigate his story. Amory was killed after a desperate struggle. His clothing was partly torn off, he had three cuts on his head, bruises on his throat and the whole. office was spattered with tlood. Thompson had several slight scratches on his neck, which he said ‘he got while playing with a dog. One leane of his eye glasses was broken. Thumb prints found on chairs in Amory's office were to be compared with Thompson's today. Thompson declared that he had been given a day off t6 go to a dentist. ¥ Th eassociation of which Amory was secretary was formed to protect western railroads against infringe- ments of patents, and the police thought the murder might have been committed by some person with a fancied injury in connection with pa- tents litigation. Amory’s desk was open and its contents scattered. EXCITING RUNAWAY IN BERLIN. Carriage Damaged By ‘Turtle in Field. ‘When a stone rolled down an em- bankment and struck against one of his hoofs, a horse harnessed to a car- riage thought to belong to James White of this city, took fright while standing in front of James . Fagan's residence in Kensington this after- noon, broke loose from a small boy who was holding him by the bridle rein, and ran away. The carriage turned turtle as it was dragged swiftly across a neighboring lot by the spirited animal and when he was brought to a stop it was found that the shafts had been brok- en and the dashboard smashed. Turning MICHIGAN ARRIVES. Boston, Aug. 13—The steamer Michigan arrived from Liverpool to- day. No hostile warships were sight- ed on the trip. Francis Higgins. Francis Higgins, formerly of Wash- ington street, died last night, aged seventy-one. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 from M. Cur- [ DEATHS AND FUNERALS. | | | the undertaking rooms of J. tin and company, and at o'clock from St. Mary's church. The inter- ment will be in St. Mary's new ceme- tery. Mrs. Mary A. Green. Mrs. Mary A. Green, aged 69, of 15 | Whiting street, died yesterday after- noon. The funeral will be held 10- night at 8 o'clock from the home, with the Rev. Lyman S. Johnson o7Ti- ciating. The remains will be taken tomorrow morning tor burial to 3er- j lin, N. Y. Mrs. Green is survived by a daugh- ter Mrs. Kitty B. Niles. Frederick Jacobi. Frederick Jacobi, aged 73 years, of 84 Greenwood street, died yesterday as a result of a fall which he had Sai- urday. He was employed as a buffor | at Ruseell and Erwin's and came | home Saturday noon as usual. tfe | went up the stairs and as his daugin- ter, Mrs. G. Bunce opened the door for him, he fell backwards and rolled | downstairs. The fall rendered him unconscious and he remained so un- til his death. The funeral will be held from the home tomorrow at 2:30 o'clock, and the burial will be in Fairview cemetery. Mr. Jacobi's wife died five or six vears ago in Germany. He has two | daughters in New Britain, Mrs. G. Bunce and Mrs. Schwab, and two sons in Germany. Owing to a mis- take the name of the deceased was first given out as Schwab, i | | | | HARRY W, PINKNEY DEAD. Harry W. Pinkney, for a number of yeurs a resident of this city aud formerly an employee of the w, Damon company, dled suddenly on last Saturday at his home in Brook- Iyn, N. Y, ODD FELLOWS’' FIELD DAY. To Be Held at Berlin Trotting Park August 22, Running, jumping and shot-putting events as well as a potato race and a tug of war will be features on the program of field day exercises which are to be held at the Berlin trotting park by local Odd Fellows Saturday afternoon, August 22. For those who are so inclined, there will be sack and shoe races, the crab and-three- legged races and a race between men weighing 190 pounds and over. The winners of the various events will be awarded valuable medals cf gold, silver and bronze. The general committee assures New Britain Odd Fellows that if this year's field day surpasses those held in former years, the All State meet can be brought to this city next year. WILL INSPECT LIGHTS, City Fathers From Second Ward Plan Tour of Their Locality Tonight. Alderman M. Irving Jester and Councilman Emil J. Danberg, Ernest Teich, Uno Johnson and Albert E. Eichstaedt, from the second ward, will conduct a private investigation of their own in their ward this evening when they will travel around to in- spect the lighting. The representatives of the second have recenved a number of com- plaints about the lighting system dur- ing the past few months and tonight they are going to look into the mat- ter for themselves. NEARLY 100 ENROLLED. Many Attend Swedish Lutheran Sum- | mer School at East St. School. Paul Andreen reports that nearly a hundred children are enrolled in the Swedish Lutheran summer school which began sessions in the East street school building last week. This class is smaller by ten pupils than that which the church conducted in the Central Grammar school during July. At the end of a four weeks’ term, closing exercises of both classes will be held in the auditorium of the Swedish Lutheran church. Instructor ANOTHER PEEPER ABOUT. Y. W. C. A, Girls Being Annoyed by Unknown Male Admirers. Young ladies belonging to the Y. W. C. A. have been annoyed for the past two weeks by an unknown male ad- mirer who spends his time late in the evening in sneaking around the asso- ciation building and peeping into the dormitory windows. The police were notified last night, Officer Haves has been instructed to be on the-‘lookout for the intruder and arrest him if possible. TAKEN TO HADDAM. Middletown, Aug. 13.—Charles Hull of Laconia, N. H., arrested vesterday on charges of opening a letter ad- dressed to Samuel Fribrun of New York and extracting therefrom a money order, was taken to Haddam today to stand trial on a charge of robbery at the county home. After his arrest Hull told the police he *ad robbed the home on August 3. CONFERS WITH FEDERALS. St. Louils, Mo., Aug. 12—Fielder Jones former manager of the Chicago Ame. icans was in conference here yester- President Gilmore of the Federal league and Robert and John M. Ward of the Brooklyn Federal league team. This was admitted day by an official of the St. Lovi Federa ———————————————— TE FOR CLASSIFICATION TO RENT—Three furnished rooms. suitable for light housekeeping. 14 Pearl street, 8-13-d3x day with I City lItems . | Sturman Dyson and James Caufield | are in Atlantic city. The Rev. F. L. Grant will preach | at the South church Sunday. Miss Mary Baradel will come from her home in Brooklyn Saturday to | spend the rest of the summer with Mrs. C. E. Rackliffe of Cambridge street. Mrs. and Mrs. G, family of Columbia Grove Beach. Miss Emma Ramm and Miss Mar- garet Mamm of Belden street are at Walnut Beach for two weeks, Merrill Hosmer of Westtield, Muss., is visiting Miss Myrtle Dunham of Shuttle Meadow avenue, Alden Anderson of Main street visiting friends at Moline, IIl. Wiladislaw Gorczycez, of 64 street, and Karolina Gradski, Laurel street, have taken marriage license. Herman E. Crandall, of Camp street, is spending a two week’s vaca- tion at Finley's Lake, New York. Mrs, Carrie Whitford Reese has returned to her home in Earlville, N. Y., after spending two months as the guest of H. E. Crandall and family. There will be an important meet- ing of the Pastime Athletic club to- morrow evening at & o'clock, Every member should attend. Tomorrow will be the last day for caucus registration and Registrar Scheuy is doing some hard work. He reports that names are coming in slowly. Harold P. Smith and Emil baum will leave for Block Saturday. Mrs. Mary Doherty and family of Summer street and Rev. John Doher-. ty of Waterbury, will leave Monday for Nova Scotia where they will spend the remainder of the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Granquist of Bassett street are spending two weeks as the guests of friends in Providence, R. L Miss Esther Wilson is spending her vacation at Shumway park, New Haven. Mrs. C. J. Anderson of Griswold street is entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Carlson of Jamestown, N. Y, Mrs, S. G. Ohman is spending the week with Rev. and Mrs. Nordling of Bridgeport. FARMER SHOOTS WIFE IN KANSAS HOSPITAL and at Prentice street are is Oak of out Kk a Brun- Island John Rolfe Then Fires Two Shots Into His Own Head—Believed Both Will Die. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 13.—Mrs. Tillie Rolfe, 29 years old, lay in the rcom adjoining the operating table at the Swedish hospital here today while nurses hurried about preparing for an operation for appendicitis which Was to be performed in a few mo- ments. John Rolfe, 40 years old, her husband, a wealthy farmer of Ran- dolph, Kas.,, drove up to the hospi- tal in a motor car. “I want to see my wife,” he told the head nurse. An attendant led him back to his wife's room. “Oh, John, why don't you quit drinking?” Mrs, Rolfe said as he en- tered. Then the door closed. Five minutes later five shots were heard. Physicians and nurses ran into the room and found that three bullets had entered Mrs. Rolfe's body Rolfe lay on the floor, a revolver grasped in his hand and two wounds in his head. He had shot his wife and" himself. It is said both will die. SUGAR ADVANCES. New York, Aug. 13.—Sugar soared to new high levels today, the market WaS strong owing to active bids from Great Britain as well as buying by local refiners of a supply of raw sugar to meet the increased demand for re- fined. Holders of raw sugar in Cuba are very firm in their attitude and the raw market early today was quoted on the basis of 6.02 for centrifugal 96 test white refined was quoted at 6 3-4 to 7 cents for fine granulated, repre- senting new high records. BORN AT HOSPITAL, A son was born this noon to Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Gerth at the New Britain General hospital. Both moth- er and son are doing well. Mr. Gerth was formerly manager of the New Britain Telephone Exchange, but is at present located in Waterbury. Mrs. Gerth was formerly Miss Maude Chat- fleld. DYKO'S CONDITION POOR. The condition of Peter Dykn, who atempted to commit suicide Tuesday night by slashing his throat. is regard- ed as serious. He has developed pneumonia and he is much worse than vesterday. He is at the local hospital, Y. M. C. A, MEMBERSHIP 300. The membership of the Boys' De- partment of Y. M. C. A has recently reached the 300 mark, its largest a long time. It is expected ihat more members will be added before the end of the summer. General | Secretary C. H. Barnes of the Y. M. C. A. is at Silver Bay, New York. CONVOYING BRITISH WARSHIP. Vancouver, B, ., Aug. 13.—The Canadian cruiser Rainbow reached Victoria at 6 a. m. today, convoying the British man of war Sherwater. The Algerine Is expected in later to- day GOLD BULLION ARRIVES, Seattle, Wash., Aug. 13—Half a mil- lion dollars in gold bullion arrived on steamer Admiral Evans from Alaska last night. The gold was taken aboard at Seward, Cordova, Vallez and Skagway. ship Louisiana en route namo from Vera Ci port Texas will convoy navy yard, after which the Texas will go to New York ginia and New Jersey dered and will stand by awaiting ments in the Dominican republic and 'PHILADELPHIA DOCKS WITH MANY REFUCEES First Gieat Crowj of Americans Arrive Home Frm Europs. New York, Aug. 13.—~The Ameri- can liner Philadelphia, with the first great crowd of Americans who rushed trom Europe when the various nk tions declared war, arrived in New York last night. There were 703 per- sons in the cabin and 309 in the steer- age. Virtually all of them were with- out baggage, many of them without money, having stories of hardships tc tell, The Philadelphia ailed from Southampton a few hours after Eng. land declared war on Germany. The first day out a fleet of seven French torpedo boats and three submarines was sighted. One of the torpedo boate hurried after the American liner, the rest of the fleet following slowly. ¥i. nally the torpedo boat—the B-7, came up alongside and ordered the Philadelphia to stop. The war ves. sel circled the liner several times, its officials looking closely at the faces of the passengers crowded on the decks. When the French naval offi- | cers were sure that the Philadelphis was an American vessel and that the passengers were Americans, one of them shouted in excellent English that the Philadelphia might proceed. Cheer French Ships. The passengers cheered the French ships. The cheer was returned and the tiny war vessel steamed away! The refugees in the eteerage were glven thé freedom of the ship. The men were separated from the womer, however, and in some cases husbands were separated from their wives by this regulation. Rather than sleep in the steerage scores of these passen- gers slept in the smoking room, on the boat deck under the boats and life rafts and in steamer chaigs Four persons were in every cabin. The passengers were exceedingly glad to get back to the United States. At Quarantine they cheered the mail boat, the health officer’s boat and the 1evenue cutter. They shouted ques- tions over the side about the where- about of various vessels on which their friends were supposed to have sailed but which were requisitioned by the European governments. Crowd Shouts Welcome. As the Philadelphia neared its pier in the North river the crowd waiting on shore shouted its welcome to the refugees. Then for a quarter of ag‘ hour the whole river resounded with cheers. e The regulation preventing a wshin which arrives at Quarantine after sundown from proceeding to her dock until the next morning was walved last night. The Philadelphia did not reach Quarantine unti] after 9 o’clock, The port authorities did everything in their power to have the ship and its load of passengers mov quickly, and an hour and a half aftes she arrived in the lower bay the last of her passengers had gone ashore, Weird Stories Related. Hundreds of the passengers on board had rushed from the interior of France and Germany, Travelers from Paris told of mobs swarming through the streets, breaking windows and looting shops of Germans. Otherm wld of Germans caught in the French capital being beaten by gendarmes and the excited citizenry. The streets near the railroad stations were piled high with baggage that had been abandoned. So great was the rush of Americang from France to England that small steamers in the English channel, constructed to accommo- date from 600 to 900 persons, carried 3,000 men, women and children on every trip. Mrs, B. Blackmore, of Cincinnat', one of the passengers, was in Gletsch,* Switzerland, on July 31 She left for Paris that night, She had a first- class ticket, but was forced to occupy a third-class compartment with a crowd of soldiers and peasants. Shg sat on the floor of the car during ths whole trip. Informed By Amcrican. In Paris she was informed by an- other American that she just had tims to catch the last train for Calais, where she could get a boat across ths channel, She abandoned her baggage in the street and managed to reach - - v way station a few minutes before the trainload. ,Five thousand American and English men and women were trying to get on the train, she said. Some of them rode between the coaches rather than be left behind. There was no water on any of the trains, Upon arriving at Calais Mrs. Blackmore was faint from want of food and water. An American whom she had never seen before obtained both for her. EXPEND EXPORT TRADE. washington, Aug. 13.—-To maintain and expend the export trade of tho' United States in South America, the department of commerce is about to establish a permanent and traveling force there, Four of the commerciai attaches for which provision was made by recent legislation will be as- signed to Rio De Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Bantiago and Lima, and it is hoped to have them at their posts by October 1 AFT BROKEN. 15.—~The battle- to Guantu- . has broken her The battleship to the Norfolk Washington, Aug shaft her propeller T'he battleships Vir- have been or- guantanamo from Vera Cru develop- to Haliti. -