The evening world. Newspaper, August 8, 1914, Page 1

Tyee "PUTS IN AT BAR HARBO ARCHER HUNTINGTON AND WEB GIFRENCH TAKE GERMAN CITY; EVENING WORLD RACE CHART HED BY GERMANS AS SPIES; ~-MALTREATED BY CAPTORS Millionaire “Head of American Geo- graphical Society, Nephew of Rail- road Builder,Strippedand Thrown Into Prison—His Wife Insulted. PARIS, Aug. 8.—Archer M. Huntington, President of the American Geqgraphical Society, and his wife bave been arrested at Nuremberg, he Archer M. Huntington, arrested with his wife at Nuremberg, Bavaria, | ané thrust into prison as a spy, is a nephew and adopted son of the late Collis P. Huntington, the raflroad builder. Mr. Huntington and his wife had been abroad on their tour of Europe since last May. They expected to remain in Kurope till next November. ' Sr, Huntington is President of the American Geographical Society, the American Numismatic Society and the Hispanic-American Museum of this city. He ts about forty-five years old and a resident of New York City. No word as to his plight had been received at the American Geographical Boctety to-day. Mr, Huntington 1s prominent in New York. Fifth avenue and he is a member of the Fencers,’ New York Yacht, New York Athletic, Automobile Club of America, Grolier, Players,’ National Arts, | Authors, City and the Yale Untversity Clubs. Cralect books of travel and bas specialized on Spain. He was educated at Yale,| § * Harvard and Columbia Universities. His wife was Miss Helen Manchester Gates and the couple were wedded {a London in 1895, Mr, Huntington's imprisonment, It was belleved here, might be due to the fact that he had in his possession at @he time of his arrest maps and other deta obtained in his geographical researches throughout Europe, and that the natare of his investigations was not understood by the soldiers who arrested him. by German police and are now held Th prison as spies. Huntington's chauffeur, who escaped to Switzerland, telegraphed the American Embassy here yesterday, saying Mr. and Mrs. Huntington had been maltreated. 5 Mr. Huntington was stripped naked while the police were searching him, ané his wife was subjected to insults and indignities. ~ 2S pmbessador Hertick"tetegraphed to Washington last night, ahd it is egsumed here that the State Department is taking acttion. His home ts at No. 1083) He 1s the author of many BIANTS RALLIED 700 LATE T0 WIN FRO CARDINALS St. Louis Stopped Belated Rush of Champions After Two Runs ‘Wete Scored. POLO GROUNDS,. Aug. 8—The Cardinals, as an opening shot, fired Slim Ballee at the Giants, and then, to make the game thoroughly left- handed, the governing’ board of the Giants sent Marquard ‘to the front. Manager McGraw's suspension does not expire until to-night and he was prevented from taking part in the hostilities. The Cardinals brought with them a lot of pep and threats of winning the pennant and there], was @ Crowd of 18,000 to seo them|© ptart. . WIRST INNING.—Higgins calted out on strikes. Magee ‘shot tty single to left, Dolan got a tly " i} J, Miller cratked a Geutie to lett, ‘scoting Magee and Do- lan advancing to third, Wilson also smashed a single to centre, scoring Dolan and J, Miller, Dressen forced was Bee, Retin Ones Rasing Charts re fas tearing Sporting Page: tee F-page war aS N ' NEW YORK, PO. Bescher, cf.......+ Doyle, 2b... . 0 1 om | .0 Merkle, 1b. 0 McLean, 0 Stock, 31 Marqua: Demaree, p... Murray... Thorpe... Robertson Meyers... ecoccoouan-s-35 Sccoocco nN OK ewe ccoocoeun-ce2cono” m ecocccce-ccoece! seen eeeeeees 13 Murray batted for saraverd an Sth, Thorpe ran for McLean Robertson batted for Stock Se gth, Meyers batted for Demaree in 9th oT. LOUIS. R. H.PO. A. B. -0 0 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 10 2 0 0 +t 2 4 5 0 +O 3 3 1 0 0 06 0 0 o 12:0 o 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals........ -3 9 27 1 OO RY: First Base on Lallls—Off Marquard, 1; off Salee, 1. Struck Out-—By Mar- auard, 1; by Ballee, 3; by Perritt, 1. Lett oR ‘vanes -Glants, 4; St. Louis, e-Base Hit—Burns, Ease Nite J. Miller, McLean, Wilson, Snodgrass. Sacrifice Hit—Dressen. Stolen Hase—J. Miller. Double Plays 5 SARATOGA, N. Y., A, N.Y. SATURDAY, AU AUG. 8, 1914. Day Lbs Saratoga Racing Association Meeting. Weather enth clear Track Fas sod ward 9400 371 image st et Tit? dar goed. Won Ox! te 7 ace same, mo Wines ee ees, aati rio ’ E if BE ‘# ¢*t1Seven German Regiments Destroyed at Liege—Kaiser’s Loss Now Re- ia tak it'll ported at 30,000, While the Belgians Lost 8,000—Besieging Army of ae be i si : 125,000 Beaten Back To-Day—French Cavalry Is Operating With the) . , by Reso. q2 i York, = cruiser as soon as she reached England, ran across the German Atlantic cruiser squadron’ ia 18 STORM GREAT: STRONGHOLD; BRITISH ARMY IS IN FRANCE Belgians and Big French Army Will Soon Join Them. (Gpecial to The Bteniag World.) BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 8—The Cunard Liner Lusitania, which sailed from New” a Wednesday Morning at 1.30, is off Bar Harbor, Me., waiting for the fog to lift to © 7 tae|enter the port. ; It is reported the fast liner, which was to have been converted into an English on her attempted trip across the Atlantic, and that she doubled in her tracks and dashed. 4 back to American waters for safety. The 27-knot speed of the Lusitania probably enabled her to outrun her pursuers. bi ase . SO wanes a B niened.# ‘mile and 6 Winwe, ‘= |The last wireless from the Lusitania was received in Boston yesterday, when Capt. David peried =e Dow, her commander, wirelessed that he was “O. K.” and that his ship was speeding toward the English coast. He failed to give his position. The Lusitania was due in Liverpool to-morrow morning It is likely, therefore, that 4/she was met somewhere near midocean and that the chase back to Bar Harbor lasted for, 4|two exciting days. Saekwsaqals i, (beep miles northeast from Belfort. . PARIS, Aug. 8.—The French army has taken Altkirch, in German territory, about It is reported that the German position was care 7 4) ried by stapm m after a violent engagement in which both sides suffered serious losses. Wo The German position is in Alsace on the line of German fortifications extending siden two-vearokda; * Mitag: NATIONAL LEA LEAGUE, at NEW YORK GuaNTs— ST. LOUIS— 300000000-3 Batteries—Saltee and Snyder; Mar- quard and McLean, Umpires—Hart and Rigier, AT BROOKLYN. © BROOKLYN— 22001100 6 CHICAGO— 000001000—-1 Ratteries—Vaughn and Archer; Pfeffer and McCarty. Umpires— Eason and Quigley. apie AMERICAN LEAGUE AT ®T. Louis. HIGHLANDERS— oo000001 ST. LOUIS— BASEBALL vane 00000000 2-2I,.n 0000001 Huggins to Miller to Dressen, Wil- Batteriee—Brown and j A RAS om ee od 1 tet, Wena, Owner, IN, Camas have, LOFT a . 8 68 62 1 Le J 80 90 * i 28 oS oh Mekeere’:.. 80 bo te % 7 ey a a 8 * p ’ FF If Base bw A , 12 30 8O pole jaa was gol way ab he sin and quit, Witte verre ‘stopped ity FEDERAL LEAGUE. AT CHICAGO, a BROOKLYN— 00000000 1—1)1 CHICAGO— 10100000 —; Batterieo—Lafitte and Land; Jo! and Block. Umpire oecke and Anderson. SROOND GAME, BROOKLYN— 000000001-: CHICAGO— 00202100 —6& Batteries—Finneran and Owen Pendergast and Block. Umpires- Goechel and Anderson, net SE SAILING TO-DAY. Olympic, Southampton Vaderiand, Antwerp .. Minnehaha, London... Fherizel, St. Johne, Tenadores, Jamaici wok, ee, Tea ak bs eee - 10 +10 AM i iar es ee en io Drom, | Umbirer—Hart “4 sie and Crain. Umpire Wold “Wants” Werk Wonde ‘/out in advance of the main column. AM a one .|from Colmar, Germany, to Basle on the Swiss border. Altkirch is 20 miles inside the German frontier, just north of Basle, Switzerland, 4 The official report of the invasion says the French troops crossed into Alsace and delivered a fierce attack on the German forces at Altkirch, a city of 4,000 inhabitants. y French aviators had been sent up and they located the main body of the German > troops guarding the fortifications near Altkirch. The French cavalry scouts were sent — Field artillery and infantry were brought up. The outposts clashed and the French: an cavalry retired as though they feared a trap. The Germans impetuously pushed forward in pursuit, but suddenly the French cavalry swerved and rode off at right angles across the country, while the French batteries opened fire. Within a very short time a serious battle was in progress. French reinforcementan were pushed forward and the signal given for the infantry to assault the German main ~ Josition. ; From Altkirch the French army moved forward and attacked the fortifications |which guard the German stronghold at Mulhausen, 6! miles south-southwest a | Strassburg. Mulhousen is the centre of the cotton industry in Southern Germany and a : manufacturing town of note. Should the French penetrate its defenses they will have / secured a foothold that will enable them to break through the first line of the German | (ortifications and be in a position to put Germany on the defensive. The success of the French was brilliant, and the Alsatians were so delighted at the arrival of the French soldiers that they tore up the frontier posts. =| Belgians Outflank Germans at Liege BRUSSELS, Aug. 8.—King Albert, in personal command of the Belgian cavalry torce at Liege, to-day attacked the German flank, hemming them between the advas ‘elgian troopers and the forts. At the same time the Liege forts continued_a bombardment of the German: oss ‘ 1