The evening world. Newspaper, August 17, 1914, Page 2

“In Alsace we have a strong supporting from Thann through Cernay to Banne- rie. ” ‘After remaining virtually inactive for new offensive operations against the Belgian front. _ It was evident that the Germans were! a _ waiting reinforcements. When these arrived =) they proceeded in the direction of Wavre, a * tewn 15 miles southeast of Brussels. During this advance the Germans encountered the fire of the Belgian outposts, and after a > fumber of skirmishes the German offensive )>mbvement was stopped. | LONDON, Aug. 17 [Associated Press].— F A Brussels despatch to the Exchange Tele- "graph Company says the French casualties tithe fighting between Namur and Dinant two days it was said in official sources to-day certain troops of German cavalry who were) recently repulsed by the Belgians undertook | ‘were heavy, as the Germans were strongly » intrenched and their artillery at the outset oats great havoc with the French. * The French wing at Dinant had been cut up and nearly routed when sud- denly the strains of the Marseillaise resound- ‘ef in the French lines and the men rallied and reformed. With splendid gallantry they charged, fing themselves on the German troops, ding through their line and putting fem to flight. ‘PARIS, Aug. 17 [United Press].—The ir Office late this afternoon announced the French forces operating through Ci- »made another ‘attdck on the Bavarian oe Biments along the German frontier in that ity to-day and the Bavarians were com- bd to retreat on their reserve columns. PARIS, Aug. 17 [United Press].—The War Office to-day officially ed that.the French advance through the Vosges Mountains was ed\with vigor. French arms continue to meet with success. At ck the Germans were routed and 1,000 made prisoners. | Many on and ¢aissons were also captured. Saturday's battle at Dinant the French continued pur- the German forces alomg the right bank of the River Meuse. Germans were drowned in the Meuse in their attempt to escape. is serious fighting in Alsace and Lorraine. The French col- pare now on the offensive, but are meeting a much more vigorous mman. resistance than marked the early days of the war. fie War Office in a bulletin posted to-day announced that the French y in Lorraine now controls Abresweiler, six miles south southeast of , seventeen miles directly west of Saarburg, and ck lous to 1874, was’ an important fortress. The French ‘the Lorraine border west of Saarburg and the advance re up.of cavalry, infantry and artillery. also contro! all of the Upper Vosges, having taken Faas sree tier soak vitoge that vidakty to-day, The losses are heavy, but it is stated that they are less than the Ger- who are slowly falling back in the face of a detern:ned assault. psolution in House - Calls. Halt on Japan HV WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—A resolution directing on of Bryan to protest against the announced intention of Japan to take the German leased territory of Kiao-Chau, China, was introduced in to-day by Representative Britten of Illinois, ive Britten said that the course of Japan appears to be a like step to gain a hold on Chinese territory,” * The resolution quotes the Japanese ultimatum to Germany demand- withdrawal of all German armed forces in Chinese territory or and the surrender of Kiao-Chau to Japan, and continues: “Whereas, it is self-evident that the release of said territory the Japanese Government would be inimical to the interests of United States and China, whose territory should be preserved; Mberefore be it “Besolved, that the Secretary of State be, and hereby {s, di- to communicate to the Jaanese Government that the States views with concern the transfer by force of arms of ¥ Chinese territory to Japan or .ny other foreign nation, or any of territory without the unconditional consent of the Government.” resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, dent Wilson declared he had no reason to question the good fof the declaration in promising to observe the integrity of China in stion with the Japanese ultimatum to Germany demanding the sur- of Kiao-Chau to the Japanese Government. President would not discuss the ultimatum as a whole, saying of the duties of neutrality was to have no opinions on what other were doing. _ President made it clear that the United States would not be in- aces of Japan that she would maintain the integrity of China as Sas fo i powers general as well as the United States. A} tie Ger of for the “eventual ‘Indicated his his confi- i) is ‘stdin aaa 8 alll eres ‘polit tas sata in any ‘way in the Japan-German controversy and spoke of the| THE EVENING WORLD, Mery has been captured by the French/FIRST TRAGEDY OF W, WAR ON THIS CONTINENT) A French reservist on the way to the war refused to move when ordered by a Canadian soldier. reservist drew a revolver and the sentry shot him, SRENADAD =: ‘on WHO, GUARD LA S nee ese enna Frat Sms TsO eRe He, race nn re it mat iney 'VE THEIR KITS AT cannon eet The _MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914. JAPAN GIVES MORE TIME THAN KAISER DID, SAYS CONSUL Declares Liberality of Ultima- tum Greater Than Germany Has Shown Other Powers, Japan hgs been much more gener- *jous toward Germany in the matter jof time limits on ultimatums thas | Germany herself was toward various countries of Europe which she quissed {diplomatically prior to the outbreay lot hostilities, according to Takashi ;Nakamura, Consul-General of Japan HINS at No. 60 Wall street. In an inter- view with an Evening World reporter ita-day Mr, Nakamura, who haa been French Fleet Sinks an Austrian Cruiser LONDON, Aug. 17 (United Press).—The Official War Bu- reau in a statement issued late this afternoon confirms the report that the French fleet has been in action in the Adriatic. The Bu- reau says: “The French fleet has swept the Adriatic as far north as the Gulf of Cattaro, the best harbor in the Adriatic, which the French fleet now dominates. The fleet has sunk a small Austrian cruiser of the Aspern type.” [The Aspern type of warships in the Austrian fleet include the Aspern, Szigetvar and Zenta. They are 313 feet long, with a displacement of 2,363 tons, an indicated horsepower of 7,090 and two torpedo tubes. They carry crews of about 305 men.] PARIS, Aug. 17—(Associated Press)—The Ministry of Ma- tine announced to-day that a French fleet under Admiral de la Peyrere had sunk an Austrian cruiser which was blockading the | Mantenegrin port of Antivari. [Another account of this battle sent from Rome via \on- don to the Associated Press says: “Confirmation of the naval fight in the Adriatic is given in a despatch from Cettinje to the Corriere d'Italia to-day, which declares that the Austrian battle- ship Zrinyi and three other ships whose names could not be ascertained were sunk by the French fleet. A great number of French and English warships are said to be patrolling the coast.”] CUNARDER CARPATHIA 2,500 TOURISTS STRANDED ORDERED TO ITALY TO IN SWITZERLAND AND IN BRING AMERICANS HOME. ITALY ASK FOR SHIPS WASHINGTON, D.C, Aug. 1t— ‘Twenty-five hundred Americans are ement from the She is to relieve -| waiting in Genoa, Italy, for transpor- tation back to the United States, the American Consul wired the State De- He said that trom fictals. stranded in Italy and bring to 3 as many as can be accommodated. OMectals of the White Star Line ale word from Liverpool: to-du d, 5,000 more Ame: that “the “Olympic, now. in. Liverpook, from Switzerland would sail for New York on Aug. 22 soon as transportation can be arrang with Americans anxiously * ae some meana of transporta port. The Olymple will leav on her return trip on Sept FRANCIS JOSEPH, RULER OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 84 YEARS OLD TO-MORROW. Francis Joseph Emperor-King of A Hungary, will be years old to-morrow. 18, 136 For sixty-olght awaiting nto this New York css THEATRICAL WAR ENDS. Theatrical managers and stage hands have buried the hatchet. Mare Klaw Lee Shubert and William A. dy, when asked what 1 at th etlnyr to- day and ident Shay of the Stage Hands’ organizations said nothing than “Everything is amicably set- Different interpretations of a clause ment between the m and the stage hands mtly conference ree to road crow that is Bae Out more than four weeks Last spring a comedy that there see bucceeding to the throne Prone the reigning Emperor, bi was | American coastwise trade. BILL TO REGISTER FOREIGN SHIPS PASSES SENATE But Proposal to Admit Them to American Coastwise Trade Is Killed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. — Reject- ing, by a vote of 40 to 20, the confer- ence report which would admit for- eign built ships to American coast- wise trade, the Senate to-day then passed by the same vote the “war Jemergency” American ship registry bill in precisely the same shape as it was originally passed by the House, receding from all Senate amendments. The measure as passed only ex- tends American registry to foreign- bullt ships. It bars such vessels from The bill now goes to President Wil- son for approval, It is believed he will sign it. The bill enacts into law the Ad- ministration plan to restore the tras- atlantic trade paralyzed by the Euro- pean war. It is also designed to en- large the American merchant marine, Alrea has received proposals for certain of | its vessels now in American waters, and the North German Lloyd line has announced that it will sell some of its ships, Administration officials expect to see many foreign buil! ships come under the American flag soon after President Wilson signs the bill, Opponents of the conference re- port began the final attack on the Measure as soon as the Senate con- vened, Petitions were presented signed by thousands of employees of the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Vhiladelphia, the New York Ship building Company of Camden, and other companies against the proposal bullt ah trade, The suteone asserted this would deprive them of @ meang of ‘There ts no nece: sudden reversal of G ity for such a @ policy of this nment that hi prevatied for declared tor Penrose, a thy close wa: duced tn Boston was diacontinued after a week and recently only thirty-seven yeare ‘old and hie Bred arranged to put it on in Asbury ay pu hat sh rt father but veer ht. His uncle gated. and This Pe er os maaan pears wie i Se gta dawns abil senting the Philadelphia petition, y the Hamburg-American line | Le s -—_—.—_— BIG GERMAN LINER but two weeks in charge of the Jap- anese Consulate here, had this to say: “The time given by Japan to Ger- many for a reply to Japan's ultima- | jtum is very liberal when compared with the time set by recent German ultimatums and those of other pow- ers, “In entering upon the Far East- ern phase of the present great strug- gle Japan's policy is not one of ag- srandizement, but ts prompted solely by her desire for the preservation of possible danger of conflict of inter- ests between Japan and the United States, In addition to the assurances on this score given to Ambassador Guthrie in Tokio and to Secretary Bryan in Washington, I am authori- zed to say this much.” The Consul-General said that a copy of the text of his country’s ullmatum was now in his hands, having been forwarded from the Jap- aneso Ambassador in Washington, When asked if there was any likell- hood of a call for reservists among | his countrymen in America he said there was no immediate possibility. The Japanese army was large enough, he thought, to serve the pur- poses of his eéttithy: at present, and it was near Uh@'sene of probable hostilities. Consul Nakamura did not care to comment upon the telegram sent by the Chamber of German- American Commerce to Gov. Johnson of California, wherein the danger of “yellow peril" was revived. ety answer to unfavorable newe- aper criticism of its telegram that ough Heinrich Charles, its issued to-day from its of- No. 11 Broadway a statement which was in part as follows: “The press bureau of the Chamber of German-American Commerce whioh was organized by Americans of Ger- man birth or parentage for the pur- pose of enlightening the American people on the war, its causes and de- velopment, is neither an official nor a plomatic body, but @ private insti- tion, and is consequently at perfect liberty to work as it thinks proper. In our telegram to Gov. Johnson, who naturally 1s the most interested per- son in the Japanese situation in the United States, we purposed to give due warning of what might happen. We emphasized the word ‘might.’ The present war in Burope started much the same way. We have no desire to ignore anybody and certainly not the President of tho United States, for whom we feel the greatest admira- tion.” SEIZED BY ENGLISH SHIP NEAR TRINIDAD. The report from Santos, Brasil, that the Hamburg-American line freight steamer Santa Catharina, carrying 4,000 tons of cargo, worth $1,000,000, te South Senator Weeks presented a dig. a © rotesta which he said were a cuvtetantielly every em- vi American ports, had heen capt! bya cruiser’ was the bari a ee the integrity of China, There ts no | pny FLEET SAID TO HAVE SUNK TWO AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS WHOLESALE AND RETA GROCERS’ ASSOCIATIONS WILL NOT RARE. PRIGES Tell wiped Gaines Committee They Will Fight Advance As Patriotic Citizens, | FIGHT ‘FOOD JUGGLERS’ Will Oppose Efforts of Non- Members to Gouge the Public. Assistant District-Attorney De Ford, acting for Diatrict-Attor- ney Whitman, to-day issued an eal ta the public for immedi- ate reports of any ones of over- charging for commoditisa and fer cases of merehante gaying in- creased prices are dye to the war All whe eneounter such are requested to send te the Distriet- Attorney the time, place and date and the reasons given, Mr. Whitman thinks in this way he can ferret out apeci- fic instances and begin prosecu- tion. It was announced this afternoon by | the Mayor's Food Committee that or- wanisations of the wholesale and re- tail grocers of the city have patrioti- cally come forward with an offer to keep down the prices of foodstuffs to their normal level and to discourage any attempts among non-members to exact abnormal prices, James Butler assured Commissioner of Weights and Measures Hartigan that he will uot raise the prices of groceries in his many establishmonts, “| believe the grocers of this country should prove their patriotiam by doing all within their power to help the needy and to preserve the Integrity of their callings,” said Mr. Butler to Commissioner Hartigan. “In keeping ‘ with that belief I have determined not to raise prices unless conditions be- |come such that as a matter of sheer | protection it would be necessary.” | RR. C, Williams, one of the biggest wholesale dealers in dry groceries in the country, sald: “Men In all lines of business must be tolerant. We must hold off in the matter of raising prices as long as posible. We are willing to cooperate with the May- or's Committee in this great under- taking to protect the people against the rapacious and the unscrupulous.” Every member of the Ketal! Gro- Association of Greater New York —and there are many thousands of them—have fallen very willing and generously into line. ‘The Hebrew Rgtail Grocers’ Asso- ciation sent a big delegation to the City Hall this afternoon to wait on Commissioner Hartigan. Its mem- bers informed him that they had drawn up resolutions to the effect that any member who unjustly raised prices of staple articles of food would be expelled and publicly de- nounced. “The big food conspiracy is: about declared Commissioner Har- tigan, “and the people can thank The Evening World for the great work it has done. It was the searchlight of Publicity that counted.” Subpoenas were issued to-day by As- sistant District-Attorney De Ford, call- ing upon fifty retail grocers and flour dealers to appear at the Criminal Court Building and be questioned relative to complaints that they have been goug- ing their customers, T! complaints were received by mall and all that were signed were investigated. Every complaint received at the District-Attorney’s office ts being looked up and thirty subpoena servers and investigators are engaged in t! work. There will bea @ mass of pre- liminary evidence In shape for presen- tation to Chief to Chief Magtatrate mane when ho begins an investigation into the alleged swindling of customers by merchants on Wednesday, but the real work of the District-Attorney's office will not begin until Mr. Whitman re- turns from Saratoga, he sharing the natural desire of a candidate for pub- Ho office to be on the firing line in a situation of such public significance. The nation wide agitation, oficial and popular, against the unreason- able boosting of food prices is ex- pected to-day to bring some relief, Pians for official action for the week Just begun will be shaped largely in accordanee with what the first bysiy ness day brings forth in the matter of market quotations. Milk has gone up one cent 9 querg on the east side since Aus. 1, but dealers say the war has had nothing te do with it, for there is always an Increase in August. Loose milk for- merly cost the dealers $2 for a forty- quart can. They sold it at 6 cents a quart, actually cost price, gnd lost the small extra cost of ice. to keep the milk. It was an accommodation Purely for customers in butter, eggs and groceries. Now Idose milk is $2.10 per forty-quart can, an increase. wholesale of a quarter of a cent a quart. Bottied milk is and was for some time before the war nine and ten cents a quart, depending on quality. It is believed that one of the Gras commodity prices to recede in face of the widespread agitation will be that of meat. If laws on the statute books are found inadequate to deal with the situation the Legislature may be con- vened in special session to enact regu- lations that will end food extortion. Beginning to-day inspectors of the Bureau of Weights and Measures will, be om duty ut every large market watch closely the operations of the retall déalers, A monstrous masse meetin, side workers is planned for to of east is week rotest against price raising, 0 advance occurred to-day sugar, the price remaining at 7! cents a pound wholesale, while at retail it sold from 8 to 8% cents. Flour went down 10 cents @ barrel. Tea and coffee rose, tea selling for 20 cents and coffee 8% cents. beans, mushrooms, sardines olives all were higher. The Executive Committee of Twen- ty of the Mayor's Committee of One Hundred and Twenty-four met to-day in the office of George W. Perkins, the chairman, No. 71 Broadway, and lis- tened to’ Commissioner of Weights and Measures Joseph Hartigan's out- line of his plan for the establishment of municipal slaughter houses, meat markets, vegetable markets and dairies. The development of the next few days will determine whether the mu- nicipal operation of markets is to be undertaken, The task of Mr, Perkins's committee does not end with curative measures, however. The intent is to work In co- operation with the producers, whole. salers, jobbers and retailers, but the comitteo is informing itself of the best legal means to relieve a situation that has become an actual menace to households, A slight docrease was noted to-day when beef fell about one cent. The fact was remarked, however, that pee at the uptown branches of witt & Co, and Sulzberger & Sons were a trifie lower than those at the downtown depots While the city and State authori- ties are investigating food prices, one hundred and fifty agents of the Fed- eral Government are covering greater New York. By Saturday, Supt. W! jam Offiey of the local office of ti e Department of Justice thinks a com- prehensive report will he re: Attorney-General McReynolds the responsibility for the increi cost of living. MARCONI WILL E ENLIST FOR DEFENSE OF ITALY IN CASE IT GOES TO WAR, ROME, vic and Paris, Aug. 17,—William Marconi, the Inventor of wireless teleg- raphy, has written to friends in Rome saying he will return to Italy to offer to his own country all the assistance that he can ‘give In ‘case of nee scientific knowledge or his arm, whieh ever may be most useful. ae, o i ie ~