The evening world. Newspaper, August 31, 1914, Page 4

Bey Wer sips ae ec British Commanders Set idieantere BK Teip to Draw ‘Germans Out—How It Feels to Be “Live- Bait’—Commmander Rose’s Bravery. ‘Copyright. 1914, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Pvening World) | (Special Cable Despatch to The Evening World.) LONDON, Aug. 81.—The Daily News correspondent, George F. Stew- Wires from Harwich: "Ou the srrival at Harwich of the British ships whteh took part in the oland engagement I learned an interesting story of how the fight had planned. A tew days ago three commodores met on land, concetved and de- re ‘upon the whole plan of trapping the enemy, who was skulking under | the protection of the German Gibraltar at Heligoland. Almost immediately the three flotillas, the first, third and ninth, received orders to “prepare for sea with sufficiency of ofl and provisions on board for a much i fy wees trip than was usually contemplated. The boats moved out Thurs- (May morning with their destination unknown, men on one of the leading T learned the following details the fight. It was about 4 o'clock morning when the vessels / etealthily through mist-softencd es feeling their way toward the ‘on German fortresses and thread- 1 @ path through seas that must warming with mines until they [get unobserved well within range of ‘much vaunted siege guns. ‘Outside, hidden by mist, was the 4, ‘The bait was slowly pushed iptingly forward, till at last the ‘@ttention of the German boats, feel- a as they thou,ht, perfectly secure Protection of their own land oper Was attracted. “And then we led them on,” said informant. “What a game it » i ‘Have you ever known what It to be the bait—just the bait to shot at—live bait, mind ye? Well, "t the best job, but it’s devilish @mciting. We got eo near that they to jolly well take notice of us, the fun began. “It's not nice waiting for the first Tt gets a bit on your nerves, but we had got the first shot at us @idn't matter whether we were | Drew b up or blown down. It wasn't Par us to stand upon a pitched battle, EN'S PURE—OELICIOUS wi BOM Bensored War News Reveals One F act. ce In the meagre reports from European war centres, this fact stands out “that ell Europe is arming-and that food supplies are already becoming ¢ 3 ‘~ because we were the blooming bait, but we gave it ‘em for all that. “Their guns were bigger than ours, but that didn’t matter. They couldn't shoot like our chaps. “A German cruiser came out and fired on the Fearless. We made a running fight to egg them on and two other German cruisers came out, and &@ couple of torpedo boats and a de stroyer all had @ pop at us. But we gave ‘om all they wanted “They dropped into our little game and didn't know we held the trump cards. Then the smaller boats of the flotilla began to buzs around. We bad drawn them out all right and the Commodore signalled for general ac- tion. Then the flotillas commenced to close round. “By this time ‘the Fearless was in the thick of it, All her were in action, and the boys landed their shots grandly. We sent one of the cruisers to tho bottom and looked around for more. The Arethusa was having @ rough time of it, A couple of th my's tol boata were unding away at her and she was ing badly eee. The fire was terrific. Shells were bursting all around. In dashed the Fearless and threw all ber ane Load Oy fight. She manoeuv: grandly and ‘man- aged to send one of the torpedo boats below. This was the second to her fe ware the boys cheer! “what was it “Well, I've never been to hell, but should think it was s bit like it. Shota were flying in all directions and shells as well. It was a good job they didn’t ‘all hit us, or half of them for that matter. “Shortly afterward the Mains burst into flames, apparently as the rosult of an explosion cai a wel § a rected shell. The whole ship audd to be enveloped in We could not say which of the de- stroyers inflicted the mortal biow, but they all gathered round like files %, yeacye the German sailors in the wine Fearless was struck nineteen times, but for the number of hits i, the damage is ridiculously Prevost Battersby, in the Morning Poat, describing the Heligoland fight, says four destroyers were sent in ad- vance to lure the enemy's destroyers into the open ea in range of the guns of the British cruisers, which were se rhiceer |2valting their arrival. Despite the; mist the approach of the flotilla ap-' 5 Prices here in America are rising to keep pace with European demand, ) but regardless of demand, the ice | News from the Seat of War. The New York World has made arrangements whereby it will receive the complete war news services of four of the leading news- papers of London. As a result of these arrangements The World can assure its readers that its daily reports of the great European war will be complete and, most importafit of all, absolutely relia- ble. In addition to an unapproachable news service, The World has arranged for many special articles dealing with the war by H. G. Wells, the distinguished English novelist; Guglielmo Ferrero, the noted ‘Italian historian, and others. Col. Edwin Emerson, a famous war correspondent, and E. Alexander Powell, F.R. G.S., a leading writer on international topics, are already in the thick of the fightin to describe its progress for The World. Readers of The World wil have the great European conflict described for them daily from ) WHEAT * PRICES AGAIN RISE. Wat tnfncncen Market on the Jump, ) Aug. The tmpr ropean war ts to be @ pi wheat market at the opening to-day. Speculators, attracted by the recent de- cline, bid the price of wheat for delivery 0 $1.2%, % cents rlose Saturday and onl he figheet price of the red la: net, tee ut in the nest clined and emt flee Cannot psn or Retain Food While taking food, Beals, ter MP TNGs ieee or tre MAN-A-GEAWATER The Haters) ertr fee ‘Water It rarely, 4, Nay Naweea, Stop Vomiting and Restore ation, Park & Tilferd; Acker, Merrall & Condit Co Charles & Co., Riker & Hegeman Co., Liggett and all Fint-Cle Drugeiste and Groce, every angle, and what they read may be relied upon. Deared to have been discovered, some say by a waterplane. However that may be, the German destroyers, on obtaining word of their approach, fasued out, and the flotilla turned about and made at leisurely pace for safety, sending word ahead by their wireless to the ambushed crulsers There may have been some calculation to the distance these or fog may have rendered their arrival later than was expected, for when the division led by the Laurel turned about to face the coming Ger- man destroyers it not only foun self unsupported by cruisers but looming out of the haze light crul of the enemy. Noth division opened fire, royers, but made light of been vent abeedi “the botto n sent iy to ti The first Il to bit the ‘aurel found its way to the engine room, Killing four men. The second struck jamming a charge which was just about to be fired and seriously in the left leg, but though ‘Urged by his men to go below he shifted his weigh the other leg and continued to his orders as though nothing h appt All this time the Laurel was mal ing it gg Behera ‘uncomfortabl the two destroyers with which was engaged, one of which short afterward went to t was giving as good as was getting from the cruiser as A piece of the fourth shell struck the com- mander on his sound leg and brought Bim down on the bridge, but he still declined to give way, though signalman insisted on tearing trousers to prevent his wounds from Pelng. polsoned. He continued to fight ig ship until he lost consciousness ares aor, he Lo fags 8 ey pea aged to extract the char, 2 the damaged gun. ” As he lay unconscious on the bridge mi officers put a lifebelt for by this time only of ammunition mal A and though the British cruis- ere had eee on the scene it seemed possible that the Laurel could live 3 much longer in the fire to which she was exposed. A final shell struck her amidships, enveloping her in a dense cloud of} dust and smoke and all on certain that she was going to bottom. last shell, howev was to prove her salvation, for Ganse cloud hung to her as she helpless on the er, and though cloud was split directions by enemy's projectiles not one succeeded in finding her jn the heart of it. There was not the slightest ‘flurry, though even the satisfaction of fight- ing had been taken from th. men. “Goodby, old mai sald a bluo- jacket, bleeding to th on the fore- castle, to his mat beside hjm. rd wi will not advance on “My time's too,” replied the other, calmly reaching | out a hand to Ha and with that ‘andclasp they ry erro ty one mon were killed or wounded. CTY TORUN FUR MARKETS TKEEP DOWN FaOD PRES Stands Under Manhattan, Har- lem and Queensboro Bridges and at Fort Lee Ferry, City conducted markets, intended to reduce the cost of food, will be thrown open at 6 o'clock to-morrow morning at the following places: Under Manhattan Bridge, Bast Broadway and Market street; under Queensboro Bridge, First avenue and Fifty-ninth street; at Harlem Bridge, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street and Third avenue, and at Fort Lee ferry, One Hundred and Thirtieth street and Hudson River, All kinds of food will be sold, wholesale and retail, from farm Wagons, carts and stands. No fee, no license, no charge of any kind will be imposed, Each market will be in charge of an official director from the office of Comptrolic: Prendergast. Mra. Julian Heath, head of the Housewives’ League, will see that food is sold at prices in keeping with the actaaf eondition of the wholesale market, ‘The four markets will be open day and night—twenty-four hours a day. The Manhattan Bridge market will accommodate thirty farm wagons and 208 push carts or stands, The Queensboro Bridge market will ac- commodate twenty farm wagons and 108 push carts or stands, There will be room for twenty-two farm wagons and twenty-nine push carts or stands retched on deck FP at the Harlem rket, and the Fort Lee Ferry market has been laid gut to receive forty farm wagons and 150 push carts of stands. For the an week the opening of the markets has Pe advertised in many langu oe post office within fifty miles of city, in all | the street cars of Greater New York, ‘ Long Island and New Jersey, It was anno he office of Borough that thou- ) sand Ined to gi trolley i market bi | rush hours, Ralph Folks, Borough Secretary of Manhattan, who is head of the Mar- ket Arrangements Committee, an- nounced to-day that assurances have been received from many farmers in this State and New Jersey that they will be on hand as early aa 5 o'clock to-morrow morning to recetve thelr allotted spaces. Produce men who handle vegetables and fruit reaching thie city on coastwise vessels have promised to ship part of their sup- piles to the fuur markets, A number ot New Jersey farmera who daily have prom- maveene: Managers of ve agreed to permit on cars during non- type of figure. supply the Newark market have sig- nified their intentions of sending roduce here. A majority of them ave auto trucks, which carry three times the supply of the old fashioned farm wi ‘The Wholesale Co-Operative Cor- ration, through its Secretary, H. '. Bruce, has arranged to place on sale carioad lots of frult, vegetables and groceries, R. H. Macy & Co, will offer for sale at very reasonable prices bread, tea, ‘colfes, sugar and condensed milk. FUGITIVE’S HIDING PLACE Grape-Nuts Enormous quantities of wheat and barley have been bought for making _ this delicious, nourishing food. And in epite of any advance in the price of > grain, Grape-Nuts food will Cost Same as Always—Everywhere For many years Grape-Nuts packages have been tightly sealed in waxed © paper—moisture and germ proof—the food always fresh and appetizing. Huge orders from Europe show that their home folks and Armies know - and appreciate the sturdy value of Grape-Nuts food. , FOOD | trict-Attorney’s offi ‘to investigate a complain regarding ‘“‘There’s a Reason’’ BETRAYED BY HIS PARROT “Where Is Anton?” the Bird Kept Calling, Until All the Neighbor- hood Heard It. Anton D, Gluck of No, 801 Weat One Hundred and Fourteenth street was arrested in Bloomington, Il, to- jay as a result of owning a parrot which talke@ about him #o loudly that the nelghborhood was aroused, Gluck disappeared last May. I was charged that he had juggled the ao- counts of Berger & Schwers, manu- facturers of ties at No, 684 Broadway, and had taken $600. and Detective Armstrong of the Dis- been trying strong was told by n parrot in the house was continually shouting “Where ts Anton?” Armstrong went to the door and said he was a Health inspector sent the noise made by the parrot. He found the grid's cage boxed up and a label attached was addressed to Mra. Gluck in Bloomington. A telegram to the Bloomington police caused | Gluok’'s arrest. AN OUTING KIT FREB. | You.can obtain FREE @ carton con.) taining a tube of tooth paste, vial of perfume, package ~ faci xowder, box) of face cream, cake of , package of Silk Brocade. LADY from London in here one time exptessed herself as amazed to ob- serve the self-reliant and quietly -confident shop- ping of the American girls in their ‘‘teens.’’ We could have explained to her that it was partly the Americanism of the young ladies and partly the character of the Best & Co: store: un- failing courtesy, intelligent service, prompt deliveries, and the price marks. The prices we name in sell- ing are worked out as closely as the prices we pay in buyig and in manufacturing, and the average almost-grown-up American young woman is quite capable of checking ug that feature beforehand. FUsth Avenue, Weat Side, Corner of 35th Strect. AUTUMN BUSINESS HOURS Commencing Tuesday, September the Ist Daily 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. dames McCreery & Co. 34th Street 5th Avenue “GOSSARD” CORSETS “They Lace in Front” An extensive variety of new models for every Made of Imported Coutil, Broche and Silk Brocade. i Coutil...........2.00, 3.50, 6.50 and 10.00 Silk Brocade.........10.00, 16.50 and 25.00 ....6.50 and 7.50 Special “Gossard” Corsets made of Imported Broche and Pink or White. Incomplete sizes. value 25.00, 16.50 Ais he g Twe-lmch Square Post Brass Trimmed Enamel Bed, Gil five I-inch uare a a § ROOMS Complete furtoned, $75 4 ROOMS Cympletely ‘urnished, ROOMS Completely Furnished, 150 JAMES \ ‘Poe Finest Selections Orange County Crop Red or Yellow Onions, 3 tus. 10° In Cartons—Dozen, East View Brand SEW AlDEG6s, 39 EVAPORATED MILK 3 = 10° eg Large No. 3 can June Peas.. Cane Bn ar Corn He Imported ardines, In olive oil, Kippered Herring, ";::"":"; Condensed Milk, Butler's. . Ekmaws wu Soap, 7 cake: Stamps Iree with Butler’s Borax Soap, 7 cakes 25¢ BlueRibbonGinger Ale Made from ring Water Biue Ribbon Jelly Powder, Pkg. Pure Grape Juice, Bottle... Quaker Corn Flakes, Large Pkg. ue Ribbon Corn Flakes, vie pvc. 7¢ Toilet Paper, in large rolls... 3 for 10¢ Toilet Soap, iit!" Box 3 cakes 1O¢ 30 ‘dive Stamps ee FREE with 35° 1 ib Very Bes rien Fancy vec Pretzels .... |b. 7 At All 131 James Butler Inc. Licensed Stores Gordon “fhe p teiaported, = bottle DRE Princeton Gin, Sisco, 69¢ Black ana White Scotch, » $1.25 Kingussie Scotch, teat Stet 'FOe California Sauterne, 29¢ ¢:' 15¢ ao Stamps with case of 24 bottles $] on WEDNESDAY / Maconochie's Each 50 Lager oe Ruppert’s or Liebmann’s dnt mps With All Puxbue except Butter and Sugar. There’s bound - to be more or less spilled water, and ‘ syrup and fruit juices on a busy preserv- ing table, That's when the. handy, moisture Crystal Domino ulated Sugar carton shines by comparison with the soggy sugar bag . —Keeps the sugar pure and dry—Nobreakage—No waste. Always pure cane, » Bend your addreew and top of @ Crratel emis, > Granul Buyer Carton, and we wi you jooks containing over 100 assorted frul itae printed und gummed ready to put on thi THE AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING CO, AODAESS: NEW YORK BY DECISION OF COURT srmaitteairaer hin Devers, Originat the Fa RUDOLPH DIRKS