The evening world. Newspaper, August 21, 1914, Page 1

} 2+ Racing Results Storm Bursts Hours of blistering heat and smoth- @ing humidity bred a thunder and hail gtorm which fell upon the city @t £30 o'clock this afternoon and strenuously endeavored to wash New York off the map. It was the wick- edest storm of the season, with green clouds belching wild gus' embroidered wit: flashes and stream- ers of lightning and accompanied by thé, comtinpous roar and crash of thunder, During the height of the storm a bolt) of lightning struck the roof of the Brighton Beach. Dathing Pavilion whére 2,000 persons had rushed for mhelter from the rain, The lighting gystem was diss vied by the bolt and went out. " le fool was present and elled “Fire.” With one accord the fathers, in all stages of dress and un- dress started for the exits? They surged ont Into the pouring rain and pelting hall, remained long enough to geet thoroughly soaked and then urged back into the building again. Min the panicky rush some women fainted. No fire followed the light- ning stroke, but the Coney Island fire engines answered an alarm turned in by some overzealous by- stander. Although the storm was half an hour in assembling, piling up the attack in the west, tens of thousands were caught unawares when the rain came down. At 3.30 o'clock the north- west wind had marshalled the siouda| night. Street cars, railway trains, office buildings, factories and dwell- ings were lighted up. The streets in the downtown district were windy caverns through which the throngs burr! in ghostlike, colliding bi talions and paper and other debr! whipped and swirrled, The rain came with a great ewish ae thick and violent as the rain of the tropics, Over the rivers and the bay the atmosphere was a pale yel- low, through which tugs and steam- boats and steamships groped with whistles booming and shrieking, In a few minutes the streets were @eserted, The hallways of office buildings, the doorways of stores and even the interior of stores and sa- loons were soon swarming with wet and frightened people. Borne along on the wind, the rain swept the atreets and roofs clean, and when, after half an hour, the violence of the g@torm had passed, the city was clean a4 fresh and the air was gratefully @ool. From the vivid flashes of lightning buildings of the city and the sharp rattle of thunder lowing the flashes, it was appafent that many bolts of electricity landed, but there were few reports of any damage. It is believed that the storm was much more severe to the north of New York. ‘The temperature reached 86 degrees @t 2 oclock and the percentage of humidity at that hour was 66. This means that the air was practically two-thirds liquid. It was not the hot- ‘tept day of the season, but a majority ‘ef citizens are willing to swear that it was ‘the most uncomfortable. The temperature given was registered by ‘Weather Bureau instruments on af "PRICE ONE OENT. of wind,; and New York was as dark as mid-| that played continually over the tall| of the Whitebal) Building. It was the BRIGHTON BEACH BATHHOUSE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND |= WOMEN FAINT IN PANIC \arkness Falls on the City as Great in Mid-After- noon, After Hours of Torrid Heat. SX RUN DOWN BY HORSE SCARED IN THUNDERSTORM Cleared Sidewalk of Pedestri- ans From Union Square to Wanamaker’s. A horse maddened by a sudden clap of thunder during the height of the storm late this afternoon dragged a heavy delivery wagon down the side- walk on the east side of Broadway [trom Union Square to Wanamaker's, I injuring six people in his fight. ane injured were: MRS. E, KELLER, sixty years old, No. 542 East Seventeenth street. MRS. KATE FANTECK, No. 378 Schermerhorn street, Brooklyn. EDNA FANTECK, her cight-year- old daughter, Miss ALICE WELLS, No. 422 West! End avenue, JAMES M'CARTHY, Mills Hotel | No. 2. VALENTINE BROESTLER of [tans Island City, the driver of the jorse, None of those knocked down was | fatally injured, Bruises and sprained limbs were the worst injuries suf- fered by all except the driver, who was wely cut ubout the bead and may have a fracture of the skull. An ambulance surgeon from New York Hospital treated all of the injured |except Broestler, who was removed | to the hospital, The team was crossing the broad | bend that Broadway makes about Union Square at Fourteenth street when an unusually loud clap of thunder accompanied a vivid flash of lightning. The animal bolted straight for the sidewalk before the United Cigar store at the south- eastern corner of Broadway and Fourteenth street. There a crowd of people were standing out of the rain under an awning. Befére they could the maddened beast was nong them, knocking them down with hoofs and wagon wheels. Detective Joseph, Toner of the “pickpocket squad” tried to halt him, but was hurled to one side, and the horse continued racing down the aide- walk until he was stopped by bring- ing up against a water hydrant in front of Wanamaker's etore, at the. Eleventh’ street corner. | Amer League Games of. Rain caused a@ postponement of all |games scheduled in the American League to-day, International League Games oa. All games scheduled for toyday in the International League were postponed on account of rain. Si. Jk ae a ay away below the record shown by street level thermomete: The storm crippled the” telegraph systems north, west and south of w York. The Evening Worl special wires from Saratoga race- track and the baseball parke of the weat went out of business early in the afternoon, and only intermit service could be precuced until time after the storm had passed ‘over city, | | | | _ Che [Circulation Books Open to All” | Covrtaht, 1914, by The Frese Tubitching BA “Circulation Books Open NEW YORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1914. 12. PAGES EB ALL AND AND RACING] FOUR ARMIES OF 2,000,000 GERMAN CRUISER [EVENING WORLD RACE CHART|G)ANTS BEATEN, KARLSRUHE SAID | TO BE OFF HOOK French and Belgian Consuls Hurry to Confer With Their British Colleagues. A report that the fleet and evasive German cruiser Karlsruhe had been sighted close off Sandy Hook was circulated this afternoon in shipping The* Karis- rnhe was last spoken in the West Indies. Following the receipt of the report of the proximity of the Karlsrube to ew York, George l’Anglade, Consul- General for France, and Plerre Wal- lim, Consul for Belgium hastened to and diplomatic circles. j the office of Richard L, Nosworthy, the acting British = Sia ‘They said they called to consult with Mr, Nosworthy “about the move- ments of the vessel: O | | DE PALMA WINS | ELGINAUTORACE: MAKES NEW NEVE Averages ie Miles an Hour and Wins Chicago Trophy —Anderson Second. RACE COURSE, ELGIN, Ul, Aug. 21.—Ralph De Palma, driving a Mer- cedes car, won the annual 305-mile road race for the Chicago Automobile Club trophy this afternoon. Gil An- derson, in @ Stutz, wan second, and Mulford (Peugeot) third. Wishart, wt» had set the pace up to the twenty-sixth lap, lost the lead by his car catching fire, De Palma’s time was 4.05.10, « average of 73.6 miles per hour, A de m finished 4 seconds behind De Palma. ‘The former track record was 71 6-10 miles an hour, (For Deta! Page 4.) THREE MEN KILLED AS CAR SMASHES WAGON; Victims of Collision Meet Death While Thunder Storm Rages Near Albany. ALBANY, Aug. 21.—Frank Healy, John McGraw and Frank Glenn were Instantly killed near their home. in Stottsville to-day when a trolley car of the Albany Southern Railway struck a wagon in which they were riding, A thunderstorm was raging at the time. 100,000 ‘| %.—The Bank ot! tow that the 4 authorized @ contribution for onal patriotic purposes. | saa SPE, SP Se INP aan SARATOGA, N. MG FRIDAY, AUG. 21, 1914. elation Meeting. £299, nde goren, furlongs, Weather BOSTON HALF GAME by Aero et 200." Start anor bemer, W. 'T. Anderson, BEHIND CHAMPS '! Cincinnati Reds Fell on Matty for Three Runs in First Inning. the june reich dd hat iat te GIANTS. = 3 Bescher, cf.. Doyle, 2b Burns, rf. h | Snodgrass, Fletcher, ss.. ~| Merkle, 1b. McLean, ¢ Demaree, | e=-cecouwnocea--n nl eceecc-c-cco” eal cecccee—-n-con? ali ccoe-w-noone -l\ecceoesc-coooo™ Totals. . 24 fer making th: ie_way, Kinutling 1 Piez ran for McLean in 7th, CINCINNATI, . R. H. PO. Moran, cf Herzog, ss Twombly, If i} von Kolnitz, 3b... Niehoff, 3b... Groh, 2b upward; 800 ‘oa driving: place same, added; one wile tart poor, wi Yanke, Time, oh, @. by Stalwart— and three: | Daniels, rf. Kellogg, 1b ; | Gonzales Benton, p.... #leeco-co--co ~le-c--con-- S| Sl eeasnc aa Bl esconou-no> wl eccccoco--co™ D ‘An: po in! in Git at tie hiead of theatre Maton couldn't NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT CINCINNATI. 020000 0 0 0— 2| BROOKLYN— CINCINNATI— 020000000—2 T of the 1 teak. iy tlate ‘Begul FEDERAL LEAGUE. Py SUMMARY, First Bare on Balle-Off Mathew- son, 0; Benton, 4; Demaree, 0. Struck _|Qut—By Mathewson, 4; Benton, 4; Demares, 1. Left on Haseo—Giants, a |4; Cincinnati, 4. Three-Base Hit 10| Twombley. Stolen Bases—Groh, 2, Merkle, 2, McLean, Double Stock 'to'Doyle to Merkle. Balk — Benton. Umpires—Byron and Lin- coln, Attenda’ Tynlela, rs (Special to The Evening World.) CINCINNATI, 0. Aug. 21.—The Gianta’ lead in the pennant race has been cut down to half a game. The Reds won to-day by heavy batting in | the fret inning, If Boston wins to-morrow and the Reds trim the Giants again the Braves will take the lead, 30000000 3] INDIANAPOLIS FIRST INNING — Bescher walked, Batteries—Mathewson and MoLea.s; 00040000 —4 Doyle fifed to Dani : Genton and Gonsales. Umplree~| patterion—Maxwell and Land; | O°” nies. Beacher: aut Byron and Linooln. Moseley and Rariden, Umpires— | Stealing, Gonzalez to Herzog. Burns aera Mannassau and Brennan . a SECOND G. ae or ROVIB BROOKLYN— ame KL oo000010 = 20001 ST. LOUIS— INDIANAPOLIS— 2020000 — | 01000 Batteri Pfeffer and McCarty; Batteries—Lafitte and Land; erling and Rarid nan and Mannassan, AT 87. Louis. Ingo. Umpires—Bason AT CHICAGO. BALTIMORE— PHILADELPHIA— 0010 10000 — | S$T. Louls— CHICAGO— 0001 34000 _ Batteries—Quinn and Brown and Simon. Batteries — Rixey and vente son and Ci TOM. | AT CHICAGO. | BUFFALO— FEDERAL LEAGUE. 021000 | CHICAGO— 7 KANSAS CITY. PITTSBURUHS 100100 0000 — | Ratteries—Schulz and Blair; 2 and Block, Umpires--Goeckel | KANSAS CITY— Cusack, 0000 = —— Battyrles—Dickson and: Berry; cui-| Sunday World Wants Work ‘mick and Bosanon, “=P "e*~MeCor Monday Morning Wonders, Umpires. Jacklitsch Umpires—Ander- filed to Daniels. NO RUNS. Moran out, McLean to Merkle. Her- scoring Herzog. Bescher, Groh singled to right, scor- jing Twombly, Groh stole second. Dantels singled, Groh stopping at third, Dani double steal, Groh, scoring, fanned, but had to be thrown out. McLean to Merkle. THREE RUNS. ~Bre) gled to right. Fletcher singled to left, and when the ball got away) from Twombly, Snodgrass scored. error, but was out, Twombly to Von- | kolnitz. Mer! ‘le mingled. | (Continued on Sporting Page.) | —_—— OUIMET’S OPEN GOLF TITLE WON BY WALTER HAGEN, Lange — CHICAGO, Aug. and | | Iter C. Hagen tonal open cham: 2 holes, Charles Evans was second | with 21, Quimet took 297, Hamen is a professional of Rochester, N. X. Vietcher tried to reach third on the | wa, | AAD Germans, MEN BATTLE ALONG 1G 250-MiLE LI LINE FIRST GREAT CLASH OF ThE ALLIES WITH ERS HUGE ARMY. Pouring Into Brussels, Strike the First Line of the Allies’ Defense, While Other Contests Were Waged To-Day on the Field From Brussels to Alsace. 20 RUSSIAN ARMY CORPS RUSH TO GERMAN BORDER London Hints That Big News May Be Expected From Operations of Czar’s Forces—French Cavalry Reported to Have Killed 500 Ger- mans in New Battle in Alsace. PARIS, Aug. 21 [Associated Press].—The Matin says the French have captured thus far ninety-one German field guns, four fags | and nineteen automobiles. Lieut.-Col. Rousset, a retired military. critic of excellent reputation, says the great battle has begun along a front of nearly 250. miles, 2,500,000 men taking part. [This immense force is composed of the German army and the allied forces of Belgium, France and England.] LONDON, Aug. 21 [Associated Press].— The Central News correspondent in Rome says an official despatch from St. Peters= burg assérts that a Russian army composed of twenty army corps will carry. out the invasion of Prussia under the direction of Grand Duke Nicholas. | LONDON, Aug. 21 [United Press].—The French War Of» fice this afternoon announced that the German forces con¥ tinued to press forward across the Meuse at Huy in og singled to centre. Twombly tripled, | force. The announcement confirmed the belief here that / ra Vonkoninitz fied to| the general attack of the Germans on the first line of the jallied defense has already been begun. and Groh worked the, Czar’s military machine is in operation. Kellogg | those of the Germans, Attention is also fixed on the Russian operations, The Its methods, like do not consider sacrifice of men if | the object is attained. The St. Petersburg War Office'‘an= SECOND INNING—Snodgrass sin-| nounces that both the Austrian and Eastern Prussian fron= tiers have been penetrated and that the “advance is well in progress.” The Russians have an overwhelming preponderance of MeLean|/the forces engaged as the flower of the German army is engaged in the west, and the Austrian army available was ~ weakened by troops withdrawn for operations against the Servians. Because of this the British military experts believe the Austrian and German armies commissioned to check the Russian offensive movement will be unable to de. © of 290 for jimpostant developments are expected to be re; A news agency despatch from Paris says pi : Paina and ‘very