Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 12, 1914, Page 1

x VOL. LVIL_NO._ 190 The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914 Any Other Paper; and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in Con AN TROOPS ATTACK FRENCH Reinforced by Reserves, the French Took Offensive GERMAN . CAVALRY and Repulsed the Germans SUFFERED SEVERELY Village in German Territory Taken by French at the Point of the Bayonet—The German Losses are Said to be Heavy —All Twelve Forts at Liege Remain Intact—They are Being Shelled Day and Night—German Artillery Fire is Followed Repeatedly by Daring Infantry Attacks. Paris, Aug. French troops along the entire fron- tier are in contact with the Gérmans. At Mangiennes, northeast of Verdun, the Germans attacked the French on evening. forced by reserveés, then took the of- fensive and repulsed the Germans with . considerable losses. destroyed by the French artillery fire, and another was captured, with three Gatling guns and ammunition. A regiment of German cavalry suf- Near Moncel a Ger- man battalion with artillery The German losses are said Monday fered severely. pulsed. to have been heavy. German _territory, taken by the French at the point of Lagarde, in the bayonet German forces appeared at Longwy nd demanded the surrender of the which was refused. 'ORTS AT LIEGE ALL REMAIN INTACT own, ‘hey Are Being Shelled by German Artillery Day and London, Aug. orrespondent irussels savs: ort he frequent attacks nvesting force, although outnumbered at_every “The forts are being. shelled day Artillery action is follow- d repeatedly by daring infantry at- 0 to 1 nd night. acks. IMPEROR WILLIAM IS SERIOUS BUT CONFIDENT sc ed Amb Gave Glowing Account of What He Termed Germ: Berlin, via Copenhagen, Aug. 10, to .ondon, Aug. 11, 2.30 a. m—Emperor Villlam today received ~James Serard, the American ambassador, in he palace garden and conversed with im at length. *d to be in a serious mood, but con- lie spoke of the capture of _ieze. where he said the German and were about equal nu- The Belgians, were behind fortifications, jermans charged with bayonets and lesiroyed everything, vere put to fiight, ident. Belgian troof merically. 12, 1 “All twelve of the forts urrounding Liege remain intact. Each thus far has been able to resist ey n_great numbers. The German and British govern- ments have requested the Amerlcan intervene with the pur- fixing a time for the merchant nen of the two countries to quit the sorts of hostile countries. ¥ morning all Americans de- siring to depart for the Unitéd States werc called to the embassy to be en- to sose o Tues roiled. London, Aug. 12, The first list of losses in the fighting | Daily. Mail's Brusiels was published today. It contalned | Sénds the following under date only 64 names, Tussday: Many rumors are In circulation | “The Germans have taken the of- here. Among them are statements | fensive to the north of that Namur, Belgium, and Beifort, | 8lry to the number of 10,000 strong | Belfort, France, have been captured. | &re reconnoiteing There is no confirmation, Ports are believed here to be true. STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS OF THE NAVAL BATTLE British cruisers and German subma- rines in which the submarine U-15 was_lost. “The cruiser squadron on Sunday,” the story runs, aw: marine flotilla, submerged body at_the thin line of the periscope. “The gunnery was accurate shattered the ~periscope. the submarine, now a blinded thing, rushed along under water in imminent | of selt destruction from col- lision with the cruisers above. “The sightless submarine was then forced to come to the surface, where- upon the Birmingham's gunner fired the second shot of the fight. shot struck at the base of the con- ning tower, ripping the whole of the upper structure clean and the U-15 sank like a stone. remainder of the submarine anger “The flotilla fled.” Loudon, Aug. bureau gave out “There of the approach of the sub- The enemy was sub- merged, only the periscopes showing above the surface of the water. attitude of the British in the face of this attack was cool and the enemy was utterly misled. when suddenly the cruiser Birmingham, steaming at full speed, fired the first shot. shot was carefully aimed, not at the of a submarine, but GERMAN CRUISERS TAKE REFUGE IN DARDANELLES ‘Will Be Dealt With According teo Inter- ‘mational Usage. 11, 11:30 p. m.—TI admiraity and war office information 1he following tonlgut: 15 -good the Germun cruisers Premiay a: haye taken refuge in the Dar- ‘anh wil 5 4ng to international usage. , _“There is good reason to believe taat mass of German -troops on the the western German ween- n Thionville (a_fortifiea an Victory at Liege. held 12.30 a. m—The south. comparatively The French, rein- | been taken.” A German battery was re- rection they were stated. The village of was don—Hostilities ht, | trict. the a. m.—The | Standard at | Limpurg and Namur. of the German | Belgian field army. {trols are followed fort. tatchments. to the south. ador Gerard and London, Aug. 1. great war. W. | silent yictory.” e Cmperor aPpear- |out rerious danger. way he ldd;fl, ot the led no interruption. These facts, The Belgians abandoning arms held in check. but the re- German infantry scouts ‘evervwhere.” north and south, story of an eye- 1 _battle between ‘suddenly became The | London, Aug. 12, Daily Chronicl This river Aisne. lows “This force He and Thereupon from the casion This try.” Fourteen Women held in St Louviere, a suberb reason to believe | ad and over 50 injured. dealt with accorl- frontier are ,distri- 17 miles north uf sition or time given K ‘ednesday, GERMAN AND BELGIAN CAVALRY ARE FIGHTING In District West of Liege and North of the Meuse. -began by NORTH SEA I8 NOW OPEN TO SHIPPING. Steamship Services Are Being Re- sumed—eGrman Fleet Held in Check. FIRE CAUSED PANIC AT MASS FOR SOLDIERS. and Girls Killed and Over 50 Injured. lightly farther “There is every indication that the Austrians have entered Alsace. believed the forts at Liege have not 1t is According to international custom in time of war if the Breslau and Goeben have taken refuge in the Dardnelles they will be compelled to coal wit1n twenty-four hours and put to sea or| { else be interned until the end of tiie war. These two cruisers were reported from Anthens as roun ern extremity of the Morea, Greece, at full speed this morning. g the south- In what di- headed was The Germans have begun a sy | tematic reconnoitering of Hesbaye, in | | order to discover the positions of the Their cavalry p infantry de- in_the opinion authorities _here, imply that the Ger- man fleet fo rthe time being is safely a. Liege. Hannut. The the The Paris correspondent Daily Mail thinks that, checked both the Germans will soon make the neighborhood of Arlon and advance in force, which has al- ways been the basis of their plan of campaign against France, GERMAN TROOPS PENETRATE INTO FRENCH TERRITORY Reported te Be Entrenching Aleng the Line of the River of not Brussels, Aug. 11.—2 p. m.—Via Lon- Monday | tween German cavalry and the Belgian | cavalry outposts in the Hesbaye dis- This district is to the west of Liege and north of the Meuse and forms parts of the provinces of Liese, be On Supday German cavalry passed the outskirts of Lihe. following a route Two sailent points emerge from the latest news of the The first and most strik- ing is what is described here as “the This_applies 1fact that the North Sea ,over which almost absolute silence has brooded 0 10ng, is now open to shipping with- Thhe steamship service services from Denmark London and from Newcastle to Nor- are being resumed, while the steamship services between the Hoolk of Holldnd and Harwich have suffer- to_the to of the GERMANS ASSUME OFFENSIVE TO THE NORTH OF LIEGE Cavalry to the Number of 10,000 Are Reconnoitering. m.—The correspondent of Cay- towards Tongres, St Trend and Kesbaye. “The Belgian papers state that 300 troopers with quick firing Euns have arrived at miles from Brussels. have repulseq 35 Belgian German that This 3.05 a. m—The 's military expert at- taches the highest Impertance to the British press brueaw’s announcement that “German troops are reported to ! be entrenchirg along the line of the comments as fol- means that the Germans in have penetrated fbor a_consid- erable’ distance into French territory Belgian frontier. is_of far greater importance from a military point of view the French incursion into Alsace. The Germans must have pénetrated In the Irear of the Fremch lnes along the upper reaches of the river Aisne. mere fact of entrenching suggests the presence of a strong body of infan- | in. that The Were Brussels, via London Aug. 12, 12:26 a. m.—According to an official state- ment issued here the situation at the seat of war was unchanged tonight. The Peuple reports mass for soldiers serving at the front, Antoine’s church at lLa of Charleroi, small fire caused a panic In which | fourteen women and girls were killed during a New York, Aug. 11_-Steamer Pots- | dam. Rotterdam for New York, sig- nalled at Sianconsett, Mas: No po- Dock about 10 the | | | | | Sullivan, former Governor Fort of New | Exchange Cahled Paragragphs - Lu Safe in the Mersey. London, Aug. 11, —The Cunard liner Lusitania, which sailed from New York Wednesday morning, arrived safely in the Mersey this evening. Reservists on Neutral Vessel. San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, Aus. 11.—Fifty German and French reserv- ists left here yesterday on a neutral vessel for Panama, where they will separate. Italy Cancels Exposition Plans. Rome, via Paris, Aug. 12, 125 a. m. —Italy has cancelleq her participation in the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco in 1915, on account of the gravity of the situation. NEW YORK VISITED BY SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM Three Persons Killed and Twenty in- jured—Lightning Struck Many Place New York, Aug. 11—An electrical storm accompanied by a strong wind and a brief but heavy downpour of rain swept suddenly over the city and vicinity late today. Three persons were killed and twenty injured, light- ning striking in several places and the shoring of a new subway caving upon fifteen laborers. The steamship Scottish- Prince, of the Prince line. which had left her pier bound for Brazil_ ran ashore on Governor's Is- land, while avoiding collision with a ferryboat in the harbor, but was float- ed undamaged ten minutes later and continued on her course. A bolt of lightning descended near Charles Seimert, so frightening him that he dropped dead of apoplexy. Lightning struck a motor launch con- taining_Wiliiam L. Anderson and Freda Fienberg, killing Anderson_and everely burning the woman. In Yol Kers, a boit fell among a company of moving picture actors, kil'ing Charles Fisher and stunning four companio Four of the laborers causght in the collapse of subway shoring were se- riously injured. Timbers and dirt buried them alive for a time, the work of rescue by city firemen being made more dificult when water poured into the excavation from a broken main. The storm brought refreshing breezes in its wake after a day of heat which had caused a number of prostrations. AEMERICAN MARINES GO TO SANTO DOMINGO To Lend Weight to President Wi Peace Plans. on's yushington, Aug. 11.—A full rei- ment of American Iarines in addition to the gunboats Castiene and Marietta will be on hand to lend weight to| President Wilson's peace plan which a | special commission now enroute o | Santo Domingo City is to lay before | the Dominican republic’s warring fac- | tions within the next day or two. | Secretary Daniels today ordered the | transpor: Hancock with the Fii o marine regiment from Guantananio, Cuba, to Santo Domingo City, where she would arrive late tomorrow. The gunboats already are there. No orders for landing the marines have been given. Their presence im | the harbor, however, is expected to be | a sufficient warning to the Dominicans that the United States is determined that revolution disturbances on the is land must cease at once. The peace commissioner, minister Jersey and Charles C. Smith of Bos- ton, left Havana yesterday for Santo Domingo City via Santiago. FEDERAL GARRISON HAS EVACUATED MAZATLAN Occupation by Constitutionalist Forces s Now Complete. On Board U. S. S. California, Mazat- lan, Mexico, ug. 10—The evacuation of MaZzatlan by the federal garrison and its occupation by the constitutionalist forces were complete tonight. Fifteen federal officers and two vol- unteers were executed in the presence of all the federal prisoners assembled at the customs house to witness the spectacle. _One of the doomed men was gi time in which to compose a letter to his wife. The bodles were left all day in the sun where they fell The city is now aquiet. no looting. American navy surgeons on board the California_turned over the shiys hospital department to the wounded constitutionalists and lent their pro- fessional ervic: There was Russian Victories Reported. London, Aug. 11.—A despatch to the T Telegraph company from Paris says that the correspondent learns from a reliable source that the Russians have obtained important vic- tories over the Austrians, capturing many prisoners and war material. Tha scene of the battles is not disclosed. Developments in European War French and German troops are facing each other to the north of Verdun. There have been nu- merous clashes of a minor nature, probably preliminary to an exten. ;‘i\'a engagement in the near fu- ure. _ The respective positions of the Sermans and Belgians before Liege are apparently unchanged. German forces are making care- ful reconnaissances In. the district of Hesbave, which is believed to mean that Germany will take the offensive north of Liege. According to French reports the Germans have been unsuccessful in thelr attempt to drive the French from their positions outside Muel- hausen, The British war office informa- tion bureau says there is reason to believe that the German cruises Goeben and Breslau, for which British and French warships were waiting, have taken refuge in the Dardanelles. Clashes between the Austrians and Russians so far have been of minor importanc A Shanghai ‘despatch says 45,000 Japanese soldiers have embarked gn transports and are awaiting or- ers. A Copenhagen despatch an- nounces that Russian mobilizatlon will be complete on August 21, Several Australian warships have joined the British squadrca in Bast Asigtic waters, Recruiting goes on in London for over-sea service. The Cunard liner Lusitani her dash across the Atlantic, reached the Mersey in safety. in has i Torrential Rain at Waterbury THUNDER SHOWER OF EXTRA- ORDINARY SEVERITY $100,000 DAMAGE DONE The Rain Flooded Sewers and Man- holes Were Converted Into Geysers —Water in Streets Ros Car as High as Floors—Cafes, Ret Warehouses Report Damages of from $100 to $1,500. Troliey taurants and Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 11.—Between 6 and 7 o'clock this evening a thunder shower . of extraordinary severity drenched Waterbury and at § o'clock it was apparent that the city and private property holders had suffered damage which ‘will amount to upwards of $100,000. Damages to Waterbury streets alone, it is believed, will amount to apout $50,000. Torrential rains were accompanied by sharp lightning, which struck several houses and trees but did comparatively little damage. The rain flooded sewers so that manholes were converted into geysers, and cel- lars and the ground flours of buildings throughout the center of the city were flooded. Water As High As Trolley Car Floors. Water rose to a depth of three feet on the ground and in strects where hillside torrents joined the suface floods the water was as high as the floors of the trolley cars. Near the railroad station the water in the street was five feet deep for nearly an hour. Losses Reported. Cafes, restaurants, warehouses and other busines places report losse of from $100 to $5,000 each. One garage was crippled by the filling of its cel lar to a depth of ten feet besides hav ing three feet of water on its main floor, with great damage to accessories | and new cars as well equipment. City Property Damaged. The flood did its worst damage to city property on the hillside streets. Some of these were washed out to a depth of from two to three feet, cobble- stones and traprock and mud being de- posited at street corners as the flood rushed along so that rude walls from two to five feet high were found mark- ing its path when the waters recedad. North Maln street. which was beins repaired, was greatly damaged. Trolley track tiés and bricks were carried over half a mile to points near the center of the city. Naugatuck River Rose Rapidly. The Naugatuck River rose rapidly and the old golf lots at the west end were covered with three feet of water Dby the rivers overfiow. Only one wash- out was reported on the New Haven Railroad within the city and that was on a hspur track. A wrecking crew is at work tonight repalring damage along the lines in and olt of the city. Several washouts of mifnor import- ance occurred on the trolley lines, but There were several car motors burncd out. Telephone Lines Out of Orde: At 10:30 p. m. the Southern New England Telephone Company reported that at least 150 lines were out of or- der owing to the lightning. AEROPLANE BROUGHT DOWN BY FIRE FROM FORTS Two Officers of the Machine, Uninjur- ed by Fall, Taken Prisoners. Brussels, Via London, Aug. 12, 1:55 a. m.—The newspapers here announce that an aeroplane flving over Namur Wwas brought down by the fire of the forts and that two officers in the ma- chine, uninjured by the fall, were tak- en_prisoners. as its livery Six thousand German troops, It is| the station of Lan- | reported, seized lon, west of Liege and stopped a train from Brussels. They permitted the passengers to go but station, out railway employes. The passeng- ers were compelled to return on foot to Tirlemont. According to fugitives from London | the Germans burned many buildings, giving the an hour for flight. it guns. RETURNS FROM OHIO INDICATE A CLOSE RACE The German force, Between Former Senator Foraker and | W. G. Harding for U. S. Senator. Columbus, O., Aug. 11.—Returns re- ceived up to a late hour tonight in- dicated a close race between former Senator Joseph B. Foraker Lieutenant Governor Warry G. Hard- ing for the republican nomination for United States senator. The nomination of Attorney General Hogan for United States senator on the democratic ticket was assured. Governor Cox has defeated Con- gressman Whitacre for the guberna- torial nomination on the democratic side. The race for the republican nom- ination for governor is in doubt. SERIOUS RIOTING . IN BERLIN REPORTED In Consequence of Great Prices of Food, Rise in London, Aus. 12, 2.50 a. m—A Co- | Mail | penhagen’ despatch to the Dally says that travellers from Berlin as- sert that serious riots are occurring theFe dally in consequence of the great rise in prices of food. Fruit, bread, potatoes and salt are among the food- stuffs the price of which has bound- ed up tremendously. Many dealers and shopkeepers have been arrested and their shops closed by the police. Paper is being refused everywhere and food can only be purchased with gold and silver, M'REYNOLDS RECEIVES WORD FROM NEW HAVEN DIRECTORS That They Have Agreed to His Terms for a Peaceful Dissolution. Washington, Auj ttorney General McReynolds recelved word to- night from New York that the di- rectors of the New Haven rallroad have agreed to his terms for a peace- ful dissolution of the system which will put an end to the court proceed- ings begun there several weeks ago. sons in Leeds, England, employs 40,000 per- clothing industry- foors of many buildings | destroved the removed the rails and drove inhabitants of them half was said, had fleld and marhine nd former Danger Lurks in the North Sea BEEN DISCRIMINATELY MINED BY GERMANS HAS U. S.-HAS BEEN NOTIFIED * Taken for Granted that Neither the Tennessee Nor North Carolina Will Venture Into Those Waters—After Touching at Falmouth, They Will Land at Some Port in France and Then Head for the Mediterranean. Washington, Aug. 11.—Mining of the North Sea as part of the plan of Eu- ropcan war not only may close most of the North Buropean ports to navi- gation but the gold laden crulsers Tennessee and North Carolina and neutral passenger vessels bearing Americans from Europe will be con- fronted with new dangers. ally advised during the day by tie | British _embassy here that inasmuch as Germany had been “scattering mines indiscriminately,” Great Britain couid no longer refrain from planting mines near her own ports. i No Passenger Traffic. Secretary Bryan said tonight Amer- icans at home might rest assured that the passenger lines plying } Northern European ports would taxe | no chances that would impertil life. It | is believed that Americans in northera ports will remain there for the present or make their way south and sout! east to such ports as Marseilles or Lisbon to obtain passage for the United States on the arrival of the cruisers Tennessee and North Carolina, bear- ing millions in gold for the relief of Americans has never been announced, but as both Great Britain and ( many have given warning of the da | gers in the North Sea it is being taken | for granted here that neither of the | American warships will venture inio | these waters. ~After touching at Fal- mouth, England, the treasure ships probabll will land at some port in France and then head for the Medi- | terranean endeavoring to reac. mer {cans in both Germany and Austcla from points in the Adriatic it is thought. One_diplomatist pointed out today | that the ports of four neutral nations, | Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands as well as one of the bel- | ligerents—Belgium—were _ practically | blockaded through the promiscuous | planting of mines in the North Sea The Hague conference which regu- lates the use of mines stipulates tha the beiligerent shall undertake to their utmost to render these mines harmless within a limited time, and should they cease to be under survelllance to notify the danger zones as Soon as military exiegencies. permit. Military observers however, belleve that in View of the Titanic struggle this article In the conference will be omitted. ~ The formal memorandum presonted by the British char.e d’Affairs was delivered to the state de- partment so that ships under neutral flags might be turned back. | Northern Countries Blockaded. PORTS OF CANADA ARE OPENED AGAIN Temporary Closure Was Due to the Sighting of a Warship, Ottawa, Ont, Aug. 11.—The ports of Canada were opened again today. Orders to prevent the movement of shipping out of Montreal, Quebec and Halifax were issued vesterday for a reason then unexplained. Today it developed that the order was due to the sighting of a warship in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Wishing to take no chances that the a_ hostile craft the ports closed. Today was recetved the news that the warship was a British crulser. This ended the scare and orders were issued to permit the free move- | ment of shipping as heretofore. The cruiser in the Bristol type, one of Drake question probably is the I*FIGHTING REPORTED NEAR TIRLMONT, Seven Belgians Were Killed and a Few Wounded. The American government was form- | between | BELGIUM. | Tirlmont, Belgium, Via London, Aug. 12, 12:35 a. m.—Fighting near here Tuesday between and Belgian cavalry were killed and a few wounded It is reported that 4,000 are in the neighborhood of the town, but the Belgians seem to have the sit- vation in hand and the town is pes fectly calm. At five o'closk there wa no sign of the enemy except for an tion. A handful fired at it but without effect. GREAT BRITAIN FORBIDS Page to Enter Protest. ‘Washington, Aug. Great Britain has forbidden the landing of.all foreigners on her shores caused Secretary Brvan tonight to Ambassador Page instructions to vestigate and the Eritish foreign office. 10,000 GERMAN CAVALRY Are Op: ting Between Tongres and Paris.—Ten thousand German cavairy with Gatling guns and followed by ‘n- fantry are operating between Tongr: and St. Trond. This seems to ind - cate & change in the German tactic and a turning movement to the north. Antwerp, v m.—The American consulate, with the has succeeded in getting the majority of Americans away from Antwerp. The Red Star steamers Marguette, which sailed August 6, and the Fin- land, which sailed August 8, are car- rying a great number of passengers (o the United States. There will be no more sailings from this port, which is now closed WITH GATLING GUNS ! Germans | aeroplane which flew over the sta- | of Belgian soldiers | | | | Secretary Bryan Instructs Ambassador | cable | in- | Condensed Te!ogums Champagne advanced $6 a case in New York. The cup ch: arrived at St. The bill te bring foreign ships under American register was again under debate in the Senate. Three amendments to the prompted by the European war were introguced in th The Nicaraguan Government has exportation of grain prohibited the e Senate. because of the war in Europe. Capt. Harrie F. Reed, U. S. A., who resigned from the grmy on June 1%, shot and killed himself at Venice, Cal. Pennington ‘L. Thompson, principal of a school in Jersey City Is report- ed to be in a German prison held as a spy. John P. Holland, the builder of the first successful America, is dying at his home in New- ark. Former Empress Eugen sent to Queen subscription of work. The Archer Savings Bank and the submarine boat Mother Alexandra $1,000 for Ked nger Shamrock IV George's, Hermuda. nk Law of France Cross 2 X in_Proportion to_the City's Population -MRS. WILSON'S BODY LAID AT R e, Rain Fell in Torrents While Body Was Being Lo . ed Into the Grave CASKET BORE A SINGLE WREATH OF +0 More than a Thousand Relatives and Friends Were in Little Church Mrs. Wilson Used to Attend at the Grave Were Brief and of Impressive Sim After the Casket Was Lowered Flowers Were Piled Over Tomb—Thousand in Silent, Sorrowful Processi From Chapel to Cemetery. in Rome, Ga., Aug. 11.—Mr Woodrow Wilson, wife of the nation’ president, family Dr. Grayson and Sec Tumulty < - Tw, ymns, girlh Madison Street Savings Bank, private | was buried here today at Myrile Hill | favorites of Mrs. Wil weo 1 Chicago institutions, cloged their | cemetery. Rain feli in torrents while | by the church chofr. The Rev. doors. the casket was being lowered nto_the | Sydnor then read briefly from. grave. which is beside those of Mrs. | scriptures and spoke of the beauty lowa National Guard treops, com- | Wilson's father and mother, almost | character of Mre. Wilson's life prising 3,500 officers and men, went| within sight of the house in wnich % % ¢ into camp at Camp Dodge, neur Des | she lived as a giri. Tonight the pres- Silent, Sorrowful Procession. Moines, ident was speeding ard on his| As soon as the church service return to Weshingion ended the short journey to The steamer James Les was sink in the Mississippi River near Asher Hill cemetery was begun. School girl Thousands of Visitcrs Do Honer. dressed In white and holding Ark. The passengers and crew were| Although thousands of visiters came | branches, lined the streets rescued. to Rome today to ner to the | Which the procession passed. B e o memory of Mrs W Sabbath- | them were thousands of people, _The paper manufacturing plant of | like quiet prevailed ie special forwe | bared heads bowed, silent and F. W. bird & Sons at Walpole, Mass., | of police augmented i embers of | TOWful. was damaged by fire to the extent of | the Georgia National iard, found Downpour of Rain. $1650,000. little 'to ‘do_beyond warnin< The cortege was close to the e rom the streets throuzh which the |tery when rai James W. Slack, a Fall River mill | procession moved Srapour woon besmy tfirfllu supply agent recently bankrupt, sur-| It was exactly 230 p. m. when the | tent erected over the srave gave prised his creditors by making full | presidential special arrived and a few | tial sheiter to the family EFOUp, payments. minutes later the casket covered with | the thousands of people who o . — grey broadcloth and bearing a sinzie | to witness the bu: \iThe American Minister at The | wreath of fowersagwas lified from the | protection. e ague, Professor * Har: n Dyke | funeral car by eight of Mr Ison’s dented that his son had enlisted in the | cousins and horne fo the bearse Rewidont Madu. s SN German army. | oot s His Grief. x i urch - Bellc Toiled. Services at the grave were A movement has besn initiated to| AS the train sieamed into the sta- | and of impressive simplicity. consider the qeutsion of the ordination | ton. church bells taroughout the city | president stood with head bowed of women to the priesthood of tne | A wide apac been | the final rites were performed. As| Church of England. H bout the on and the | stood there with his daughters, i | thousande of people assemiuled there | Wilson made no effort to conceal Former Governor Fort of New Jer- | 8tood Fack rosrectfulh. Those who | grief. As the hushed voice of #i sey left Washington for a six-weeks | bore the « vere: FEdward T. | preacher read the burial service, the trip to Santo Domingo on business for | Brown, Atimnte president’s form was visibly shal the State Deuartment Wade C. Hoyt “Barney” Martin, Tammany leader and former New York State died in Atlantic lingering iliness. Emmanuel S New York, w a West Highlands ter He was 70 years old. mo, 35 years old, struck and kiled End line express train at the hty-fourth Street station, Brog Senator, @ become deranged by emotion and tears streamed his cheeks. Others of the party silent! After®the final benedl was pronounced the president v Secre- al returned to his carriage. His | tan 5 jir. and Mrs. | were as those of one dazed, but Sajre. Wilson. Frof. “xson und | step was firm and his face was sterm | other near re‘atives and memvers of | and set. of | the party quickly the train and & < by | ente: ir carriages. The oroces- | Flowers Piled High Over Tomb. h veq throuzh «k-draped After the casket was lowered a ok~ eots L the iiret Presbyterian | the grave filled heaps of flowers, tribute of the nation, w over the tomb. Passed Girlhood Home. plied Many Relatives and Friends. . More than a_thousand relatives and war, Louis Vask, .} r | triends of the Wilon and Axeon fam. | On the way to the cemetery T Mhite Honen® amt whe | ilies alreads werc gathered in the Jit- | Drocession passed the house wh . | tle church whieh Mrs Wison used to | Mrs. Wilson lived as a girl and . . attend_when her fatnir, the Rev. Ed- | other spot above the banks .of | ward S. Axson, was pastor there. The | Etowah river where tradition has Former State Senator Louis M.| Church was draped in b “ith in- | that she promised to become the Cress, president of the First National | tertwined wreathe of white flowers. | ture president’s bride. Nearby Bank of Ocean City, N. J.. committed On one wail was & w statue to the women of the south, suicide. He had been in ill health for | jet to the memory o on's | inscription on which was writi some time. father. Flowers were pil about | the president a few years ago. & SR | the catafalque. every side Pty s -nlxclx:u ec: Louise Mick, 18 years old, of | Faacite: Hysmns - Suny. vividly to the days o 2 s s Trom Wt p e prestient enered: following | Dnhood aad sreet memories o vn persons and carried | <% "0 g e Pttt ahaca ] o who no longer wil s oo away In an automobile. No clue has| (M€ CISECL ChoD i sellor and comforter. been found. R e e Return Journey Begun. | Rev. G. . Syanor. Less than four hours from the The City of New York has at last| The president. his the funeral train arrived the pi received a plaster model of the foun- | tary McAdoo and Mr and his party Were once more tain for City Hall Park, which it has | the front pew in the center board their special cars and the taken Frederick MacMonnies, five! of them were other me turn journey was begun. years to plan. i ; | Bankers and planters from the | WARSHIPS OFF COAST OF EVACUATION OF MEXICAN South were before the House Agri- | SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CAPITAL HAS B culture Committee urging means to | ks gl i finance holding thé cotton crop uring | A Britleh Cruiser and Three French unidentified vessel might prove to be | the European cris the authorities ordered | The American Car and Foundry Co. Munictpal Police. Warships Were Seen Yesterday. e Washington, Aus. 11.—The p has received an order from the Erie | g e i | transfer of the reins cf government A Co., for 200 all-steel 50-10D | Jranch warehips Mexico City from the Carbajal ‘s side dump hopper coal cars for deliv- s ministration to the constitutionliss ery in October and November. were received here tonig! .ir | actually began today, according te e | names could not be learned. vices to_the state department f£f The Department of Labor has in-! jich vessel was sizhted ci | Consul Silliman now enroute to structed all immigration officials on | Nantucket South Shosis lizhisi capital with General Carranza. the Atlantic Coast that semmen must| The position of the French warsnips ®onsul sald the federal troops ew be examined for admission into the | was not given. |uated the capital, leaving the city United States, uplicants. The body . of nine, was foun River yesterday been missing s the Arthur St. a floating morning. ince Monday Germ: He and 1 occurred | hi slife when he feil overboard from | German | 2 rowboat. Seven Belgians | same as other ap- in Taunton | had | i charge of mumflp;lepeucc, t A agreement were to be regarded Brdcetiia e s | tral. The federals withdrew from CROWDED WITH AMERICANS |oral Carranza. Should guarants = = | Fefuced, officials here do net that & ounter revolution will be motion immediately. The Brazillan minister to who is caring for the interests n, Principe di Udine Guaranteed Passage | of Strait of Gibraltar. 11.—The steamer Prin- ost. | | Genoa, Aug cipe di Udine will safl from this port | of the United States and Go == X for New Yark tomorrow. She” s | Iturside of the Mexican federsl Two of the American Navy's four | erowdeq with Americans. The nrit- (and a commission of two ofl new dreadnoughts now building were | s yovernment hae guaranteed her | during the day for Tula, north of nearly three-fourths completed On | passage of the Strait of Gibraltar. ico City, where General Obregom, cot Aug. 1, according to comparative fig- | e e aresbeiioary i ‘mander of one of the three big ai on ures issued vesterday by the Bureau| SOLD TICKETS TO HUNGARY of the constitutionalist army, has be of Construction. | BY AIRSHIP ROUTE | Quarters. General Carranza is The suits by creditors of the estate e increased Bank of Timothy D. when _the A son wa: Princess Arthur of Connaught. 3 Arthur and the 11.—Reports that | married on August James Palace. Sullivan w National | started an action against the execu- tors to recover $5,751 on a note exe- LANDING OF FOREIGNERS | cuted by Big Ti Nassau m. born in London to the He is a son of Duke of Connaught. The Connecticut Deeper Waterways if he finds the reports' Association true, to lodge an urgent protest with New Haven August 21 for the purpose of selecting delegates to the conven- Atlantic wi tion in New Deeper Waterw: Edward A. Darling of Boston, chief t the Charlestown, Mass., state appointed clerk who W Getting Americans Out of Antwerp. | Pond. not Paris, Aug. 11, 7.50 p. | assistance of the Belgian authorities, | Eric Perry, drowned in the Concord, N. IL had been > far away. Potler was | ers Devonia, Boston: Zeeland, New | mediately sent a message of drowned Monday afterncon. York. American Consul Silitman. - London, Aug. 11.—Arrived, steamer | In the same message was The steamer Numidian with 96| Minnewaeka, New York. tion to securs cabin and 56 steeruge passengers ar- | Glasgow, Aug. 11.—Arrived, steamer rived at Boston from Glasgow atter | Pretorian, Host an uneventful voyage of 12 days. The outbreak of the European war found the Numidian in mid-Atlantic and her skipper received several warnings | Cross of New York was awarded the from gritish crulsers to watch care- | decision over Joe Rivers of Los fully hostile warships. None K Angeles fonight at the end of twenty were sighted rouads of hard fighting Il hold a meeting York of the ays association. as recently 8t. Trond. i the prison commission to succeed — Brigadier General B. F. Bridges as Brussels, Aug. 11. 11:30 p. m. via warden, declined to accept the post. a_granite cutte Mersimack ri while gathing ths n, shortly after I Potter, nine years old, from Horseshoe vered Trinee | BRrian section of the city for pussage | With the entry of constitut] Fcnenof "Fite were | ffom Bridgeport to Hungary by air- | forces in Mexico City, the questiom.g e 518, “at St | 3hip route, thereby avoiding the war's | recognition for the hew Eove was near pected to go there at once. The | miesion is endeavoring to detalls of the entry of the o tionalist forces. No definite been received here up to late to to Provisional President it was understood he would capital for Vera Crus within the 24_hours. - | Bridgeport Police to Round Up Gang Who Have Fleeced Hungarians. Bridgeport, Conn. Aug. 11.—Police | orders were given today for the round- | up of a gang reported as having sold many tickets for $80 each in the Hun- perils on the high seas. Hungarians, | enthusiastic over. returning to fight for the fatherland, are those duped. will be withheld umtil there is election, or political convention which some expression of the at | of the people toward the new s °=¢vh=' again Diequieting are. ing from reliabie sources that Gene Vifia will not march south with | men as ordered by but remain in the north and demand vention of representatives of the 2s agreed to in the Torreon ence. Should this be refused by Tanse & new reviutien ol would not be sus ng to many offictals here. The attention of Secretary B today drawn by the Japanese r to a report which had to the effect that the Japanese vice counsel at the Funeral of Argentina’s President. Buenos Aires, Aug. 11—The funeral of Dr. Roque Saens Pena, president of the republic, this afternoon, was an imposing one. In the procession to the cemetery were 15.000 scnool children, Acting President De La Plaza, the cabinet ministers, the mem. bers of the diplomatic corps, troops and the representatives. in Buenos | Aires of various South American state socleties. Dr. De lLa Palma- deliv- ered an oration over the body of the dead executive. at Movements of Steamships. New York, Au er Montserrat. Cudiz; Ancona., Naples, 1iverpool. Au. ere the sailed, steamer 11.—Arrived. steam- | promised to look into the case Cross’ Fight After 20 Rounds. Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 11.—Learh