The evening world. Newspaper, August 25, 1914, Page 3

_ GERMANY ADVANCES I7S POSI TIONS ALL ALONG THE FRONTIE. —_—. GERMAN CRUISERS SEEKING - TO GET OUT OF KAOCHON LONDON HEARS Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, “Flying Dutch- DRIVEN BACK, men” of Asiatic Be Badly Waters, Said to Battered. LONDON, Aug. 25.—A news is rumored there that the German armored cruisers Scharnhorst and agency despatch from Tokio says it Gneisenau tried to run the Japanese blockade of Kiaochow to-day, but were attacked by the Japanese and allied fleets and driven back into the harbor. The report says that the Germar: cruisers were badly damaged in the running fight. The Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau have proven the “Flying Dutchmen” of the Far Eastern waters ever since appeared in Hong Kong despatches, have almost demolished two French or two British cruisers, the cable’ was hot certain which, and had driven them into Hong Kong Harbor, the war broke out. Twice they have The first time they were reported to The next time these same German cruisers were reported in Hong Kong Harbor, their upper works shot to pieces and their “scuppera running red with blood.” At various other times they have been reported at a dozen ports : from being put out of business by _ Strong with that of the Arlington sta- im the Ori GERMAN WIRELESS TOSAN DOMINGO, OPERATOR THANKS fenrste Sone | William Murphy of the Tena-) dores Picked Up Calls and Read Them. | | A ghost wireless station which @eaks with a volce so powerful as! to crowd to a whisper all other thin! voices of the fireless spark exists gomewhere down in the Caribbean | Ben, according to the tale brought to’ port to-day by the United Frult Com- pany’s steamer Tenadores, up from Port Limon and Colon. William Murphy, the Tenadores's wireless man, believes that in it fo has dis- covered the secret relay station that fe working in conjunction with the Sayville German plant .~ boosting | mossages across the ocean to Ge many. The ghost station 1s Toality a very high power mating Plant located on the coast o! Santo Domingo, Murphy thinks, | It was on Aug. 12, one day out of Kingston, on the down trip on the Tenadores, that Murphy first heard the ghost speak. Tho voice was a oar, measured by electrical stand- ards, It came bang-bang-bang, through the air in such volume that) Murphy had to tune down his re- ceiver to keop his own instrument | the high frequency waves. The voice @poke in a code, swiftly, insistently. In answer to the heavy sending came, occasionally, faint replies in a toucn which Murphy believed to be that of @ German—perhaps the operator @board the Kronpring Wilhelm. Some of the code the vigilant “Bparks" aboard the Tenadores took down and by a process of comparison between letter and letter he managed to translate enough of one message to determine that it was being sent to the German cruiser Kariruhe, known to be somewhere in southern waters, At first he had believed the powerful. sending, which was equally tion near Washington, or the Sayville station, might come from the United Fruit Company's plant on Swan Is!- and, in the Caribbean, But his par- tial solution of the code and the denial by the Swan Island operator to his query did away with that supposition. For two days on the trip to Colon the high frequency drumming throug! the air continued, Then on the trip back from Kingston to New York the ghost voice of the Caribbean spoke tu Murphy again. It grew stronger as the ‘enadores approached the eastern end of Cuba, nearest Hayti, Thon came to Murphy recol- lection of an abandoned wireless plant on the eastern coast of Santo Domingo—a weak litte thing that Kad leon partially dismantled several yeats agy. That the Germans nad that plant and had reinforced it with the highest power dynamos the Tena- doren operator was certain, ‘hat explains how the Germans have suddenly begun to get messages from Germany to Sayville," Murphy said to-day, ‘That single relay, pow- erful as it is, should serve to put the from Nauen right to Long Inland. The Tenadorea carried the largest shipment of bananas ever br.ught to ae ST by a single vessel, ai )t, i. zorver of the Tenadorees | rs: wean x ight, off Barnuxnt, cruiser which he Es es oe KAISER DECORATES SONS FOR FIRST VICTORIES IN WAR ON THE ALLIES. BERLIN, Aug. 25 (via Copenhagen and London) (Associated Press). —Emperor William has conferred the decoration of the Iron Cross of the Second and First Class on Crown Prince Frederick William and Duke Albrecht of Wurttem- burg. He has conferred also the Iron Cross decoration of the Sec- ond Class on his son, Prince Oskar. His Majesty has sent the follow- ing telegram to the Crown Princess: “I thank thee with‘all my heart, dear child; I rejoice with thee over the first victory of Wilhelm. God has been on his side and has most brilliantly supported him. To Him be thanks and honor, I re- mit to Wilhelm the Iron Cross of the Second and First Class. “Oskar also fought brilliantly with his grenadiers. He has re- ceived the Iron Cross of the Sec- ond Class. Repeat that to Ina and Marie, God protect and succor my boys. Also in the future God be with thee and all wives, (Signed) “PAPA WILHELM.” British not be ) passed that point headed north and advanced ar far as the Ambrose Channel lightship, where it turned about and headed out to sea in an easterly direction Notwithstanding reports from other of catching code wireless waves from and to German war ves- sels along the poplar coast of the United State F, B. Knight, commanding thet Ward line stea ship Havana, who arrived in this port to-day from Havana, said he had not heard a single sound of wireless -tur- | ing the trip up, and furthermore that | the ocean had been almost deplete’ off sels of all kinds, his ship having sighted very few during Not a warship came Into sight and the only vessels he saw were “wind jammers” and tows, ————. NOT USING LINERS TO RELAY WIRELESS MESSAGES, OFFICIALS SAY. A staterient in the Times to-day that the Kronpring Wilhelm and another Jerman merchant. ship—probably the Wilhelm der Gross®—were acting as lay stations for the Telefunken wirel tem was treated lightly in the office: { the Atlantic Communication Com- pany, operating the Telefunken ststion it Sayville, L. 1. Inqufters were told that neither Mr. Bermer, the superin- tendent, nor anybody else connected with the station bea referred to any relaying of mei and it was not relleved by the asslatante that any auch means of keeping up communication had deen used, Mr. Bermer, the director of the Say- ville plant, was seen later. He said of relay rumor that it was untrue and ‘an impertinent dream." ‘Theodore R. Lemke. director of the Goldschmidt high frequency station at ‘Tuckerton, which was closed by the | United States Government yesterday, ushed at the story. T can assure you that up to the. time we were closed,” he sald, “no ship re- lay was in use, With regard to the guess of the wire- lesa operator of the Tenadores, it, was said at the Telefunken office ti company once considered placing tion in Hayti, but @ revolution broke loose nt the time and convinced the that the site was not desirable. plan was definitely dropped, and, 20 the ‘Telefunken people know, no one en it up. aa SHARP SAILS TO-MORROW. WASHINGTON, Aug. %,—William G, Sharp, newly appointed Ambassador to France, saw beoretary Bryan to-day and 9 | 2nnounced his intention to sail for Paris jemerrew on the ren Une steamer z Sees i whose identity could | the trip.) German army. The photo shows one of the bomb=-proof shelters constructed for their protection in the field. SPECULATORS REAP FORTUNES IN GRAIN; POOR PAY THE BILL Jugglers in New York and Chicago Exchanges Force Up Food wheat and flour prices. | In the Produce Exchange of New | York and the wheat pit of the West- ‘ern city were speculators eagerly waiting their chance, and while to- day thousands are hungiy as @ re- sult of price manipulation hundreds of grain den rs and gamblers are counting the dollars they have won since the war began. Two men are said to have made more than $500,000 on the floor of the Manhattan Exchange during the past month, Members or the Exchange ‘not only admit this, but point out eleht or ten who have made from $25,000 to $100,000 through the rise In flour and grain. Several made “cor- on available supplies at the of the European trouble. |'Tho price was boosted. Two part- ners on July 26 obtained an option on 100,000 barrels of flour at $4.65 a | barrel. They paid $10,900 for the op- tion, which waa to expire on Sept. 1, Yesterday the flour was sold to Rritiah and Belgian concerns for $6.75 a barrel, the partners winning $200,- 000 on @ speculation involving but $10,000 of their own money. Similar speculations took place tn sugar and coffee marts, and though as yet no conspiracy has been dis- covered by Government agents, it was intimated to-day that Depart- ment of Agriculture investigators are tracing a number of deals whereby speculators made thousands. The Government js in earnest about prose- eutions. SAYS ENGLISH BUYING OF SUGAR CAUCED RISE. Judson Lounsbury, sales manager of the American Sugar Refining Com- pany, was questioned before Justice Benedict, sitting as a magistrate, in Brooklyn to-day by District-Attor- ney Cropsey regarding sugar pric Mr. Lounsbury sald he attributed the rise from $4.50 a hundredweight to $7 to the demand made on this }market for sugar for immediate de- livery by the British Government, The American Sugar Refining Com- pany filled no part of this order di- rectly, but felt immediately the local demand for sugar which resulted from the withdrawal of the stock in this country, “We have a supply of raw sugar on hand 6 per cent, usually on hand," Mr, Lounsbury said, "But we are three weeks behind in our orders. We are still delivering sugar ordered from us at #4. We have delivered little or none at higher prices and have taken few orders. The rise in quoted prices has given us a chance to catch up. “We raised our price from $4.50 to % Aug, 7 because our compe .:te the Arbuckles and others, were asking $6.26, and we were being raided by people who wanted to take advantage of our lower price. We went to $7.50 to speculative buying by imaginations bed been larger than that _THE EVENING WORLD, | Are Smaller. While the half million residents of the east side of New York have been watching the bakers lessen the size of their loaves day by day, giving the high price of wheat and flour as an excuse, other residents of New! York and Chicago have paid little attention to the size of loaves and the cost of bread, though they were intimately concerned in the variatidh in _ TUESDAY, “AUGUST Owing to the advance of the science of aviation, the possibility of bombs being dropped from aero- planes and dirigibles, great precautions are being taken for the safety of the headquarters staff of the Belgium Will LONDON, Aug. % (Associated, The following axbounosatl was given out to-day by the official, |} information bureau: “The Belgian Minister has made the | ment: | | in London following announce- “In spite of solemn assurances of | food will and treaty obligations of longstanding, Germany has made a | savage and utterly unwarranted at- | ck on Belgium, However sore pressod we may be, Belgium will never fight Prices—Loaves imate warfare. She is putitng up a brave fight against overwhelming }odds. She may be beaten, she may bo crushed, but, to quote the words of our noble King, ‘she never will be enslaved.’ “When German troops invaded our country the Belgian Government Is- | sued a public statement which was placarded in every town, village and hamlet, warning all civilians to ab- ; Stain scrupulously from hostile acts | against the troops of the enemy, and the Belgian press has daily published | similar notices broadcast through the a. Nevertheless the German authori tles have issued statements latel containing grave imputations a, inst the attitude of the Belgian popula- inflamed by newspaper talk of a com-! ing sugar famine." RETAILERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF MARKET'S CONDITION. “But,” asked the District-Attorney, “did not your action in raising your price make an opportunity for whole- salers and retailers to charge prices which netted them an extra profit of two or three cents a pound?" he wholesaler and retailer," was, t o with dire reprisals. 28, 1914. BOM bi Lae FOR TH THE GERMAN Sills Ae 16 00. BELGIANS KILLED, 00,000 WOUNDED, SOAR First Detailed Report of the Report of the Wer Office Gives | a List of 2,000 of the Heroic Dead. THE HAGUE (via London), Aug. 25 [Associated Press A camp for interned Belgians, of whom there are about in Holland, is now being constructed at Oudenirdum Friesland. It is understood here that the Belgian wounded in| fighting against Germany number about 50,000. The casualty list published contains the names of 2,000 Bel; dead. Conservative estimates made here place the t number of dead at about 16, WAR WILL BE LONG AND VERY COSTLY, Preservation of our position in world, and they will be shared By” our dominions, who are now contingents and giving assistance: every kind to the mother country. “Our expeditionary force has the fleld on the French north frontier and advanced to the borhood of Mons, in Belgium. “Our troops already have been for ine < thirty-six hours in contact with superior forces of the German vader, During that time, they tained the best traditions of SAYS ITC ATHENER unfairly; she never will stoop to in- | fringe the laws and customs of legitl-| tion and threatening us at the same) Fight On Despite German Threats 28,000 MEN TDLE BECAUSE CITY PUT CURB ON ALL WORK (Continued from Firat Page.) Comptrolicr’s office that not only ate ‘new contracts held up, but that a number have been shut down with the work half finished, For this Mr. Prendergast showed that -he is not responsible, It also developed that Rorough Presidents who agreed with Mr. Prendergast that no more contracts must be let are “passing |the buck” to the Comptroller, It was not a very bright picture for 4he future held out to the representa- ‘ives of the city workers by the #omptrol He said at the conclu. ion of the hearing: “All that the vity can promise to do for the next Your or five months ts to pay for the bare things It needa—the necessities, ' Tt must pay Its salaries; it must meet | undoubtedly would strain the forces pes om British soldier and behaved with utmost gallantry. The ino they have been called upon to exes cute have been those which dens! the greatest steadiness of @ jand skill in here commanders.” AUSTRIAN SHIP HELD uP BY CRUISER ISIN PORT. 2 Turns Gut t6 Be Prize of War® Which Was Exchanged for British Steamer. i Amazement prevailed in maritime 7 circles to-day when the freighter 3 of the Austrian Lloyd came up brose Channel and into harbor, ping anchor off Quarantine, It announced ten days ago that the had been captured and held by British in the port of Montreal. How the Ida down to New ¥¥ was a puzzle until explanations from the office of the Austrian C It appears that in consideration: Declares enist 3 Will Bear Her Losses Bravely and Fight to End. we: 5 LONDON, Aug. %—(Associated Preas).—Lord Kitchener made his firat| specch as Minister! of War in the House of Lords to-day. He told his hearers that this war of the empire and entail big sac- rifices, Ho lay emphasis n the fact that his position in the Cabinet tn- volved adherence to neither party. He said: “The terms on wrich T am serving ye the same os those under which some of the finest portions of our manhood, now so willingly stepping forward to join the colors, are en- gaging. That is to say, my term of office is for the duration of the war, or for three years, If the war | duration, j the fact Be ox the ~~ a ‘Trieste fore =war Great Britain has traded her for | Sngliah ship captured in an At port. The Ida will lle up here the English bei Mp figures “3 b transaction will also proceed to. neutral port and go out of commige sion, On to-day cs Ida was held up off moire Tolane "4 the British cruiser Essex, from the war vessel boarded the and allowed her to proceed when 4 ly considerable sacrifice to our propte | CaBtaIn SBIR ned ie a eae ‘ying will be entatlod. These will willingly) the Aust flag was diy ape be borne for our honor and for the, proaching New York harbor. 4 should last longer than that. “It has been asked why this period has been limited. It In because, If this disastrous war be prolonged, and no one can foretell for a certainty its after three years of war others will take our places and see} this matter through. “There will be serious conflicts, which undoubtedly will strain the forces of our Empire, and undoubted. ; fen e way into the catch this year Is large. much ought we to ship and how much nt for wh Terms to Suit Your Convenience the reply, “are free agents and must{ ‘These jmputations are contrary #8 Interest, But jt cannot go beyond Tren “I 28420" 8%. be governed by their own con-|to the real facts and as to threats | the ordinary necessary requil AQOCEBOPSPGATOHGECOGIACIE sciences.” lot futuro vengeance, no menace of | “We are the representative s In the Federal Grand Jury inquiry, | odious reprisala on the part of Ger- | tween 28,000 and $0,000 men & conducted by United States District-| man troops will deter the Belgian | 0M the verge of starvation, bed Attorney Youngs in Brooklyn, Henry! Government from protesting before | Hdward 1. Hannah, executive secre- | ig Sale of L. Meyer of Wallabout Market and| tho civilized world against the fear-| ‘ry of the Pavers and Rammers s Mr. Van Brunt of Van Brunt & Co.} ful and atrocious crimes committed | “These men do not receive lurge sal- | hed sald the most noticeable unjustiflable) wilfully and deliberately by the in- | ariew and they have to live from hand | bg raise was that in the price of vinegar, | yading hosta agninat helpless non- | mouth. You say the prospects are | Beg . a home product for which there ts no! combatants, old men, women and | DOt bright. ‘Then what are these men ) py unusual demand, but which is selling | cpildron koing to do? If you don’t give them | Bag at 6% cents when It sold before Aug. oo work—many have been employed by | Bm 1 at 5% cents. The rise of 40 cents) CONGRESS ABSENTEES contractors doing clty work for many | Iq a case In the price of condensed milk years~they are going to the poor- | f7J Mr. Van Brunt thought was justified hy SALARY house, In that event they will be a | By by the rise in the price of sugar and WILL LO E «| burden to the city anyway, . G , tin cans, The increase in the price = aS “All the asphalt, all the paving | By) of frult was attributed by F. R. x yo | and all the sewer work are held up. R Slevers of Sievers & Rancke to a| Bill Docking House Members Who! Never before in the history of the 5 and o short: of shipments, | : ct Wi ; 5 fT city have the workmen been eo badly . 4 ‘ork Passes by Bi; “ District-Attorney Youngs directea| Neglect V : y MIB | ott. 1 el i pareiae ean Mad bean scoeunees S| mney lig's debt and hinge tike that, but {fof We only make these denccaae @ wie who had been oppressed by! waAsHINGTON, Aug. 25.—By @ voto! ©lty’s “i Bee SAAN HOF x the high war prices and subpoena| op yiy te 27 the House this afternoon | We want work, The other city off | Ral 8¢ mi-annually, You may es them to appear to-morrow. adopted the Underwood resolution to| clals put it up to you and we look to} Bt unrestri icted choice of NEW nein et chee het chr Wy YONGE Sellekes suinea that {fq PIANOS selling regularly up to forwarded to the Depart- | memby Seane' th sly The Comptroller explained a @ aon. Th , ment of Justice, f of those wha absent thenimenes | the city borrowed mora money than {fey #325. rOMORROW ONLY., FISH DEALERS ENJOY AN UN- y sickness of th mber OF! way justified by law he, and not the | FJ dn carte wail to edveed tivorder PRECEDENTED BUSINESS, === = | members of the Baar oF Estimate, | la ereure ha Mane sen ue Meat prices, except for lamb, re-|ing an advance. Se ee au any mained the same to-day, and fisb was| ¢ fe W. Perkins, chairman of tho] ye its wuld the Comptrol- 85 D wn 85 Monthl sold freely as a substitute. Fish| Mayor's Food Committee, declared to-| Work Is held up.” si [t) ° dealers report that they have enjoyed day that the United States must ae Jer, "That iw aR the faut au be the near future arrive a of "] way contracts wi ve certified as they | an unprecedented business during the) nein plan of food conservatto Meat ie emt’ tise | PLAYER PIANOS _ regularly Past two weeks, while butc:..rs are| enough of the supply new on hand are $79,000,000 worth of subway |Z] 2600 will b despondent, for the boycott of house-| must be laid aside for a iny aay. Aud there’ ave: til SELLING UP TO will be wiven continues, Despite this, prices | an! that the remalnter, must im sult ments going hey OFFERED TOMORROW of beet have dropped but two cents) tions and Incidentally to bring back MeConvitt Mi only at $390. These PLAYER- in the past ten days. The drop then id to American coffers. e nied th Me 88 NOTE (th % fi 1 was attributed to the Investigations | | Laat year We ahlpped | 90,000,000 Ge whom are idle, © 5 PIANOS are he ful as well as to the boycott, lah ie) iT at, perkins, “and stilt had a] (cast & half milion men out of em’ hey key board) and have all the ex plentiful and cheap, saye dealére in| yreat balance on hand to feed OUr| Hecauge of the war, It was nothing | pression devices known to theart, Fulton Market, and no prices have| mililons. 50,000 tof an outrage, he declared, tor |i bli t randae ihe been advanced during the pasi two! | ae your ye goulg shi ARO me & city to add to this terrible and un- | By enabling sy one to weeks, Indeod, several species have!) singer than that of last yaar. | Precedented condition of affairs in i | most difficult music artistically dropped from one to two cen’. as| put the question before us is how abor world, History, asserted 1s - oe Ss “ ” ity are fac! Bugar advances but slowly xince | should we conserve, é Tt ix the intention of the ‘ | Wool prices have Jumped from 5 to! |, ! England bought 30,00 tons from! 29 cents a pound since the war be-| linlone fo force the city, 12 Rolls of Music Free and Library Privilege Cuba three days ago. American! gan, according to announcement made Ede thet cite atoenein win nite \ : " 1 | to-day by wholesale merchants. The! ‘4 Mt nA! i speculators have dropped prices aa) Cor an Woollen Company has an-| such @ plan and that the etty sup: | Bay All Are Fully Guaranteed compared with this date last week | nounced an increase of from 10 to 30) My cannot borrow the money ne and are fearful that the “corner’ | cents a yard as a result. not apnea) parvionlany to the thou- | MJ j . they are said to have on America’s, Cotton goods are lower | price and sands OF idle men, vs by Liberal Allowance for Old Pianos Taken in Exchange | ntly. will decrease even fur- _— supply will not be sold for the bigh | ther this fall, aa no European mills nu , figures on which they basod thoir|\"e‘ordering exports from this couns| NEUTRALITY DECLARED ‘ om |" rugs continued to jump, with} SY WILSON IN WAR OF fareroc ‘ Coffee 1s down 1% cents over two! Drugs P u opium and aspirin leading. Aspirin JAPAN AND GERMANY. weeks ago, and tea has not rlvon; | im the principal Ingredient of 60 per if % SWAVEAT Rice has gone up % cent and {is now | cent. of all prescriptions, but because o retailing at from 6 sAaeereealt it in the secret preparation of a| WASHINGTON, Aug. 35 — President | a ~ String beans are up, but they are German company the supply in! Wilson to-day issued a proclamation CPrerrrrrnrrrn ie PRR LL LL omainens alone among the vegetables in mak- America must avall until the war Sering the United States neutral im the cada, jas between Germany