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LITTLE ACTIVITY REPORTED
FROM SCENE OF BAT
TLE YESTERDAY
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'EITHER FRANCE OR ENG
LAND HAS ANYTHING TO
SAY OF SITUATION
GERMANS SLACKEN ADVANCE
Need Tune lo Recover Iron. Ter-
rific Fic'nlint of Lust
Few Days.
Again at( night there us u Maui us
..f news concerning the land warfare
ii. lOuroiio.
'i he Prn Ii war office In u state-
mi ut said lai onli ill i hal I be sit u-
Htion along iis lines Prldaj was the
sunn- ui n was Thursday addliii thai
Hie Hermans "apparentl) have Black
vied thi Ir march." Thai was ail
I i Kngland tin re i H lot evi u
. v ord offh lullj i uncernlng the fight
mil on land.
t inc .. i ii" Important announce-
ment! i.f yeatcrda) was majde io i h
Marquis of iewe In the house "f
lotds. It aan that Ureal Britain would
draw on the nativt forci In British
India 1.. reinforce her arm) In liu-
The German forts al rslng ran
ni.d mi two Japanese cruisers t n
i. i itering f f the fortress. 1 ne "i I hi
cruisers was said to have been dam-
'B'd.
Louvain u Belgian town of 6(10"
inhabitants and with man) historic
luilldlngs is reported t" have beer
burned by the Germans as an act of
reprisal foi alleged firing on Uerman
oidiers liy Belgian cltlgena The Bel-
iiisna claim however that ibe people
. i vain did not oinmli the hostth
pel barged but that it was thi Gar-
mans 'limine Ives who (Irad on lliell
fellow i onnti men
I.rrauas ui the non-payment of s
wui levy of $tii. nun ouii. the Hermans
ii i s laid threaten to seize the fa-
mous pictures end 'tit objects In Ihi
ii. uHseli museums.
Advices from Chinese coastal dlles
i. j . .it the sinking of the Herman lor-
i.. .1. boat destroyer 8-90 by Ihe Brit-
Isli lorpedi hunt doalroyei Wclland
end Ihe seizure by the iiIIIch of varl
ous Uerman merchantmen as prises
German reservist arc said lo be
pouring Into Taing Tau from various
p n ..f China i" aid in Ihe defense
v. ihe Set man station.
Momentous Bay.
i.iiXIhin. Aim. Midnight l
I'ridny has been u day of momentous
newa
News nf the gravesl charactei . .nun
to l"rance where in a single week the
asiiecls of the operations have changed
entirely.
I.mm week the allied armies were
pursuing an offensive campaign on all
ihe frontiers Mow according i" of-
ficial news received from Berlin Km-
peror William is congratulating his
I pie on the success of thi tlerniuii
aims in the task .if putting th.' "in. i.
riiiy" around the allied armies from
I'umhrai department of Du Nord
Mnnce to the Vosges while Lord
Kitchener th' British war minister
came Into parliament with the an
nouncen t that troopa from India
sre being called to help the British
arm) in rTsnce and thai the British
srm) is in be reinforced Immediately.
The only consolation offered the
British public was tin test! no in) from
Kield Marshal sir John Pr h thai
in the heavy fighting against tremen-
dous mills ihe British troops who suf
tered severely bore themselves with
conspicuous bravery
n already is realised thai the terri-
ble struggle is i. niy ni its beginning
and thai the German plan of cam-
paign openly revealed to Blr H'm
Kdward Qoachen. then Brltlah ambas-
sadm in Germany by Gottlieb V'on
jMgw the Gorman foreign secretary
ai shown h the official paper pub-
lished yesterday namely t" strike ihe
swiftest and strongest blow al Krance.
regardlaaa ol Belgium's neutraltt) or
any other hlndranee and th i when
Krance ii al Oennany'a feet foi Ger-
man) t.. turn In-r attention to the
Itusalan attacks is being cartiiHl
through ruthlt saly.
Htratcft) hMdoned.
The offensive strategy of the allies
i- abandoned The German army i
easily superior in numbers and hai
Imposed m the allies a pure!) defen-
sive st rat eg) which la devoted '.. de-
laying u much i poaslble whal now
seems to he an Inevitable advance on
Parin.
Little can he jpithered from elthei
British or Krench official accounts "f
the great battles of the pnt week In
fact more is learned from what is
i.inutui than finni wi.at is staled
The only thing thai is oie m that
iipi.n aver receding linen while It la
becoming Incrtasingly clear thai Ihe
desire lo make a brilliant coup In
Alsace-Lorraine was u Weak -pd in
Krc n h str al
i In the side of the allies s h
frmts arc devoted lo gaining lime
whit.- ihe itnssi.in hosts overrun I'l is
sjs however. Is the facl thai I hell
armies still are in being and thai the
Germans ma) run some danger from
thch ever lengthening linos of eow
launk stlon.
That this danger is nut negligible Is
Shown by the news that Kmieroi
Willi. .in iin ordered the mobilisation
of the hist reserves to protect com-
munications and occupy Btigtum i
thai the troops how engagi i In thi
work may be release. I la t" to tic
IrgiH where they are badlj needed
H'ontinned on i'ag. Tu.)
CALL BANKERS CONFERENCE
Will Met n inn.- fur lionliig New
Banking aystogg
WASH I. NOT N tUI A . on-
fcrenri'd imiween bankers from Ibo
ni st ' onlei t and I he fi del a 1 i
for opening Ihe new banking satem
wa called ludat bj Ihe board i"i
Si ptember 1
Two hankers have bau Invited
from each r strvi dt) and Klg f om
1 ... 11 -rese . ii'i'i
The hoard will tr In !" m a posl
i ... i i.. g) 1 t i he bank a defi-
nite program id what it auv minor
changes II oxpe is t" see mad In tin
new uurrenc) get and host sooll II has
opened for businasa.
Hundreds of letters havi i ome I i
the board members taking dlfforenl
lew s . i this Question Thai a lu b
i ii suggestions thai Hie hanks be
open d h.u.ti iis possible and others
thai ihe opening be delayed foi
months and even years.
BELGIAN MINISTER HANDS
COMPLAINT TO THE U S.
STATE DEPARTMENT
CEIiMAfiS APPLIED TORCH
Report Siiys a German Mist ike
Was Cause oi Burning of
Louvain.
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clgn new a I'bj
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Will Ihe BOH I ill ad ell 'illation "f
The World and tun yeeterdaf
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SHIP CHEMICALS
lewspu i ft w n ii nil
both hi 'I mid roi
lace your r for
ARE NOW ON THE WAY TO
JOIN THE ARMY IN
FRANCE
Lord Kitchener Says Many Rein
forcementl Will Soon Be
in the Field
MJMiuN Ann. ti. i i Kitch-
ener secretary of Blate for war. an-
noum ed In the housi of lords loda)
thai In addition to retnfox-ceiuents
which would be received from this
country the government had decided
that the British arm) in Prance
should be further Increased The
troopa to Increase the forces wre
row ..ii the way he said. He added
that ail the gups in the arm) In
Prance were being filled up.
That the employment of naUve In-
dian troops wag meant b) Lord
Kitchener wan later confirmed b) the
Marquki of Crewe secretar) of siatc
for India
The Marquis of Crewe said:
India Patriotic.
it has been deepl) Impressed on.
Ihe government that the a-ondrrful
w.ne of anthuslnsni and loyalt) al
i i. sent passing ovei India Igrgel) in
due to the desire of Ihe Indian pl(
Hint Indian soldiers should stand side
t) side with their comrados in the
Brltlah army.
"India is aware of the employment
of African troops to aastsl the French
a i my and It would li .1 l. i n a dls-
appointment to India if it had be n
.I. i. aire i from taking pari In the war
in Burope
iiur army will thus be reinforced
bj soldiers hlgh-souled men ..f first
raie training and I am certain iii.-
win give the beat possible account ol
t in mselves
"Ot courae we all know llial Indls
docs not possess an Inexhaustible
reservoir of troops and the defense of
India niusl be a primary considera-
tion not only to India bul to ns As
regards the risK ..f Internal troubles
I believe the enthusiasm which per-
vades all .hisses end ruces in India
will render anything 't the sorl Im-
possible "Thai enthusiasm has found veni
in many different ways In some eases
by large (.'ii'ts for the service of ihe
iioops lii the field I was told yeater-
dav b; Ihe viceroy of India thai some
"i the principal Indian princes had
sent a gift of fifty lac rupees (about
IS (00000) f..r the use "f the Iruops
In the held.
"I feel confident the action w will
take will meet with moat enthu
siasii. reception in India and l be-
lieve ii will be aproved b) yo u lord-
ships the house of oomomns and by
pit bliu opinion here general!) "
WASHINGTON Aug !8 I'orinal
plot si agaiiMi Hi. burning of l.uuwiln
lb) German iroops as u violation of
Intel national law and I he laws of hu
inanity was submitted to ihe state
department late loda) i Bclgtn Min-
I later Huvi nlth
1 Th. miniatar a us d i pi) mo) ed
j w lien lie left B retnr) lin n s office
' I tiling this knowledge to the
l nlted si. .tes. said the minister lor
I it Is not only Belgium that h is I"
mourn. Thin thing concerns Ihe
w holo world."
The loss ..f the ..id church of si.
Pierre was mentioned In conclusion
"Americans many of whom have
followed courses at this Illustrious
a i ma mater and ha n t n r Ived
such cordial hospitality cannot re-
main Insensible to this outrage on the
rights of humanity ami civilisation
which l- unpi lented In history."
Louvain which lite In the famous
province f Brabant of which it was
the capital in the fourteenth cen-
tury was the seat oi ihe Huke of Bra-
be nt In i he ele) unl n i entun The
university was founded lis Huke John
iv ..f Brabant In 1 118. Ruperts called
iin- church of St. Pierre "the richest
"iid most ornate example of pointed
Gothic architecture In the country."
The latest advhes do not stat the
ea t amount of damage German re-
iiis differ from the Belgian version.
Official stoiciimit.
LONDON Aug L's i7:3t p. in i
The war information bureau an-
nounces the following:
"The Belgian minister of foreign
affairs reports that on Tuesda) a Ger-
man army corps after receiving a
.heck withdrew in disorder to tic
.ity of Louvalu. Tin- Germans on
guard al the entrance of the city
mistaking the nature of tins Incur-
sion tired upon their countrymen
Whom they mistook for Belgians
1 In spite "f all the denials from
iin- authorities the Germans In onl.r
10 cover their mist ike pretended that
11 was the Inhabitants who hid fired
on them whereas the Inhabitants in-
cluding the police all had been dis-
armed more than a week I. . .fore
"Without Inquir) and without li.-
lenlng to any protest the Gorman
commander announced thai the town
would he destroyed Immediately. The
inhabitants were ordi red i" h m:
their dwellings and some wore made
prls Bers. The women and children
j were placid on trains the destination
i of which is m.t known and soldiers
With bombs SSI lire to all parts of th"
lily. The splendid church of Si.
Pierre ihe universlt) buildings the
lihrary and scientific establishments
! wen. delivered to the flames
"Several notable citizens were shot.
' The city which had a population of
15000 and was th-- intellectual me-
tropolis of the low countries now is
I a heap of ashes "
Oil IN THE WORLD
WILL BE A HARD NUT FOR
THE KAISER'S ARMY TO
CRACK
IL
BRITISH TORPEDO BOAT
SANK HERMAN TORPEDO
DESTROYER
JAP CRUISERS OPEN FIRE
rjgnuan Forti it Tsui" Tm
Drove Off Two Sni:ill J;t)
anise Wiusiups.
I'll d n I Keii'll Mil -
I
lii i man i m i..i i. s lieu to Milfi ii
i in- i ii
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All:' I I
BICE FIVE CENTS
FLEETS SI
LAST i
ENGLISH NAVY SCORED A
GREAT VICTORY IN THE
NORTH SEA.
Has Three Scpiuate and Distinct
Lines of wiroug
Defenia
sin.i;i".v. An i 8 The
fortifications of parts in d their abil-
ity to resist a siege i Ivlng 'he
. lose attention of llltai) obsoi vera
now that Purla Is the in nounced ob-
j. ii of the Gernuui I ea and the
strciigineii-
f the city s
ell known to
cognise them
f. utile .ill. .ns
lc Systclll llf
arranged al
nil the wall
f the citv
nd third an
seventy -f n
OPPOSING
M REYNOLDS
AMENDMENTS POUR
IN
I ls n Hear) pomine- ioi t'ioinioi'4
ol I la ton l aw.
uASHINGTON Aug. S8. Mort
amen. Inn nls poured in on Ihe I'layton
inti-trusl bill lodaj when the senate
Ii oi disposed ' f th offered b) Ih"
judiciary committee. The new u nd
inenta will be taken up tomorrow.
S' nator ttoed proposed to tine a cor-
poration guilt) of violation of the
intl-trual laws in per cent of Ihe
full value i f Us assets to he paid out
..r the holdings of dlr i tors .u of offi-
cials responsible for the iii. s a U
He also proposed that a corporation
found nuiity to be put In the hands of
a received and its assets old. A third
ii endmenl would bar from hiteratate
. ommerce all corporations xcepl rail-
roads having a capital and surplus In
ess of IleO 000000 and would au-
thorize state attorneys general to
bring suit in the nam. of the fed. lal
government to enforce anti-trust laws
Senator I :.. i offered an amend-
ment to give thoat h irgvd in vi.
I.'ilnn in inn' lions. In which t'nii-
. d states Is a party s trii jurj
as well a those violating Injunction
in cases In which the United S al. .
is not a party penatoi Gum oiti- of-
fered amendments to ihe lilwr et-
emptlon holding eoniptiiN c k.ii-
road supply buying ee ttl
SIANDARD MAKES REPLY
t'.iu Tiieii ri- line i- in it- ii. i. ni
of Trade
W ABHINGTUN Aug 111 .1 .- K.
Junea counsel for the Standard oil
company today sent u lettei to Hie
senate committee on contingent .
pen sea. replying to i res lution re-
cent!) Introduced bj Menaioi Chilton
.a west VirglnU to I'lthoiise Invei
ligation "f sliegstiomt thai Un Stand-
ard oil ' .mpany. through control of
Idpe line . i. per. .tint In pegti ilnl
f tr.-f.ie bj restricting the flos md
urtallmi nt of pttrchasi s
.Mr. Jfonea suid Ihe Buropi n wai
had so limited iIip oil marge l
Rt ik- full up- rations Itnpmwlble As te
alleged restraint f trade Ibe com-
mittp wag referred to the depart
megl of hiatice which recent!) tea-
1.1 ted mi In) cstlgalion.
si naioi n . i i i- oi Nebraska Made u
I oiii -Hour Bpem'li.
Senator Norrls of Kebraaka ad-
dressed the senate for nearly foul
hours in executive session today op-
posing conflrmati if Attorney-General
Mclleynolds as a Justice of the
Ktinrcme court. He did no! conclude
in pee h and acUon on the nomina-
tion was deferred until tomorrow.
So response was made n the de
partment of juatlce t" the senate res-
olution calling for s ri port of special
I Investigators Morrison and Pagln Into
Standard "il operations The request
for information was made through the
president and no formal answer can
be mule until his return to Washing'
ton.
One of the majority senators will
.explain tomorrow thai publication or
; the i "p"i i is regarded as Incompatible
with the public Interest that Inves-
tigators and the attorney-general an
in i nine accord with reference to the
prolonged Investigation of the Btaud-
ard Oil "i d that tic Inquir) is mill in
WELL KNOWN MAN IS DEAD
il Hough c
I Ml
I vpllotll
I .1 II Hi ligh aged U of IT.'n For-
it . enue died at Ills home al
I o'clock veslcrday morning a ft r nn III-
of Home weeks with typhoid
fa' i r. T o funeral will be held from
j th. home 'his afternoon at :t o'clock
I I i s. i: Gordon reading Ihe service
Tie odd Fellows of which Mr Hough
was prominent member will havi
charge r the body al the cemetery.
Mr. Hough II survived b) a wife
and six . ;ni. lien. William. Wallace
i 1 1 .in v I: ilph Uggle and M 1 1 I .
t'lcl i Wallace and .Mrs Iti kers
have been employes of Tulaa paper
n ... .f tie it hi ii oil x " I is i ..
v. Illlam II Hous h a brothel . who
1 F rencii ministry of ws t
inn the city's defenses
Th- genorul characti
detailed defenses are
mllltat v i xp1 its. w h" '
as amona the strongesi
in the wild.
Tin- fortifications consist of tl
il 1st up I circles sweeping around the
1 1 ii) first the solid wall of masonry
eighteen feel high extending fm
It went! I vv . . miles around the old sec
: lions of rai ls; second
seventeen detached ton
I Intervals two miles i !
and making a circuit
thirty-four miles long
outer girdle of forts
miles long.
Sil-lalned line BlegSI
lac ii ..I these cin h s "f masonry
and steel i.- g complete defense In it-
Iself. The wall around Parts and the
seventeen detia-hed forts two miles
i be) "lid the wall were bUill I'V 1 B
; Philippe. The) sustained the Icrtnan
Isiene .f 1 S 7 ( 71 and the DUtCI foils
'"Inc.- lev.- been greatly strengthened
(The third line of forts are of modern
construction with the latest types .f
I batteries "inl heav v guns.
The lanei w .1! about Paris stu-
rounds the beat known and most im-
portsnt sections t the city. Outside
of ilo- wall r elide if suburbs extend
for many miles a UK Which B I
.h.lte.l Ihe fori of the si ol and
third hm of dei. uses protecting them
and the approu lies to tl apltal The
v ail . ..iii tins ninety-three bastions
and sixty-seven gads
Tli" s- 1 line of forts includes
111" famous fortress "f Mont Valerian
; which was the center of attach In Ihe
joormsn siege of ixTn. South of th'-
cit is ilo- i xx of forts at Ivry Blctre
Mont Rouge V'anves and Issv North
'and east of the clt) are three ureal
lori.- around Hi. Dents und two others
al I'ot'i Aubervlllers and fori ' n . i
: entun commanding the approaches of
the ureal I of Itondy.
KiHJIllrc ITO.IHTO Men.
flit Miner circle of loris ..f the
moat modem type havi from twenty-
four to slat) heavy cms und six hun-
dred to twelve hundred men each In
all the tin" li s "f defense require
170.004 men to operate them not
counting Hoops assembled within the
to imlitai experts it
force of D00.0O0 men
defenses
Moltkc fa-id marshal
forces ut tin time of
rls "f 1874-71 stales
that BlegF thai the
fien.'ti allillelv .illn liient . ..nsi--t. 'I
f no. i e lli oi .'.';:' 7 pii s. In' I tiding
two hundred of ih largest calibre of
n ival oi .In hp ' Thel wore fh hue
di . d rounds f i each gun ami a re
s. rve of 1044040 kilograms of pow-
der Von Moltke points out thai the
bombardment of fortified place In
'he heart "i' an enemcs country Is
I difficult if col Impossible' until the
Invader is master ..f the railways or
waterworks by which heavy siege ar-
tillery ceil be brought up. He explaii
the tallun p. bombard Parts at th.
outset of Hi" former s-.-i;. lo sayint
lit would have required three hundred
heav) gum with five hundred rounds
f pa i nun The movement forward
f th c la iv) kuiis would have re-
quired 1.540 four-wheeled wagons
and I". i horses which were not
available.
Al a Lite stage the Qerm 'tis
brought up their big kIoko Kuns. at-
tacking ti c i . I. i i c and forts ami
droplng thi- to four hundred flfteen-
ci ntlmi i sholli 'i 'Hi Into the heart of
ih.- - ity. Notwithstanding tin- fun '
the German ttaclt Paris ahhat I
the siic- f. i i : d i.- Since then th
nUrel) nt s rnd outer third line of
defense hai lescn erected and tnllltar)
I
; wh'ii- r.r m formidable than
those c lo. I ri slsted t'o formei lei e
. it A' '.riluiL'
WOUld 1 e pill e
to Invest these
General Von
of ihe German
i be siege ..f r
In a report oi
i
fUll MpCCll al l el 111 111" "lie Slllll
-i 1 1 1 here i hal t he r..i is will i"
His llll'c It IH'kadC.
H kSHINOTON Aug. UN The t- xt
'Kin. i 'how blockade signed l Vice
Admiral t'ato cabled to the Japanese
I embossv. here today i cads .
"I In reb) d i hu e I hal on t Ins nth
dav "f Auuiist 1(14 ihe entire coast
extend Ing rmm 120 degrees in mln
lutes cast und IG degrees :4 minutes
north i" 128 degrees l in In I tes east
laud 30 degreos " minutes north (the
entire eoaal "f the leased Icrrltor) of
jKlao how i pas he.-n placed hi a
' stat. of blockade b) a competent
force .if his Imperial Japaneae ms
jesty's ships under m) command ami
ths l l Ii" Bald blot h ide continues Iii
force; and further thut the neutral
vessels o ihe .one oi blockade an.
'allowed twenty-four loons within
Which I" wlthdr.iy from Ihe said
I Zone
"tn vessel that attempts to rlo
( late the blockade w ill he dealt with
In conformity to th- luw of nations
and the respective treaties between
the empire "f Japan and the neutral
pOWfll s
"Given "ii I'oard his Imperial fap-
am s. majesty's ship Buo I his !7th of
I August 1014 "
i.crinao ShlM I a pi ured
ci l EEKt n i i 'hina. Aug 2B (12:48
p mi Three German merchant
ships the steam is l-rlsia llauauietal
and Paklat have been captured by
Hie Blitiah fleet and lal' 11 lo V"I
Hal-Wei Refugee women and chil-
dren from Tslng Tau op board the
Paklat w e transferred to another
- i and taki n I. Tien -Ti In
Olte iieai.an ship.
PICKING Aug L'x The steamer
Ha ametai captured by the Itrlllsli
and taken t" Wei I4al-Wel flies the
American flag She has been m the
coasting ita'le between Vladivostok
an. i Tslng 'I'. in She is owned by a
naturalised American whose citizen-
sbip ii- i e.n forfeited b) long tb-
sen' from t he i 'nlted stutes.
Th- Hanatnetal last aailed from
Chaiighal ostensibly to remove women
and children from 'I'sinc; Tau bul la
Sol uarlers ii is believed she car-
ried ontraband of wai Before I.
ling Tslng Tau fm shanghai she dis-
missed nei British crew and shipped a
(Continued on Pagt Three i
RELIEF COMMITTEE BUSY
H.iitnte Imi'i'lcaiis Pour mi I i. an
i in- i onUmnl.
IXi.N'DON Aug x (2:45 p m -
i
.tie being cared for out of the govern-
: of
the ' persons a re naturalised Oermai -i
' in I he old I ..unit y
I I !
Ised Austrlans
Itobert I'. Skinner American con-
sul-i -rai here s;is Germans ami
irians In the ('nlted States w m.
i- re i mmunlcate with war prls
i- in Ureal Britain should write
tin m short letters In Bnglish with the
.nam and address of the writei ami
end them in ear.- of the prisoners'
war information bureau Wellington
Street London
VIOLATING
NEUTRALITY
senate M ini- i" Knott Ilium i mi-
Ir i baud GonUt
i h i -i Ha rtford i 'onn . nofli em Is
tumishlnk rupnt-flre tuus to sgetits
i t Kuiopi an belHgwrents ami ttut ..
innnufucturing compaii) located m ai
Phibtib Ij hia is preHiring Hi ship
armored can j- isds caused icp-
..iv Hartholdl of Missouri
Introduce a resolution loda) aaklgg
i" retnr) Bryan i ml si.-i i have I an
taken in prevent 'he shipment ot
inMitrahand ui wai iu natletM st war.
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MANY STEAMERS INACTIVE
128 Mill of llll in N'O Noil. i. Idle
ai Preattil i'liii
JEW v l!l Aug II net
dteamahlps In tin - port loda) showed
their number to be 11 of which IIS
with u tot.il tonnagi "f ni-- 4 1; t . -
in in at pile because of th" conflict
1 1 in and Austrian Tin Others mosl
..r them fljmg tip- British flag plan
io resume service with the next few
weeks according to local shipping
men. as the owners have re. . 1
confidence in the power of the Brli
ish cruisers to afford protection.
The Vandyke Lamport & Hop liner
gas t have sailed loda) for Argen
una imt hei agenu received advices
fr.c ih. British admiralty directing
ti.at ii.- departure be ptsstponed until
September Shipping men assumed
thai British warships would attempt
meanwhile lo pleai southern waters
of hosiiie veaeals which have been s
menace la British shipping.
ACCEPT WAREHOUSE RE
CEIPTS FOR 75 PER CENT
OF FACE VALUE
lugfdSl Eiflit Ocntl :t Pound ns
Km K.isis for Cotton
Loans.
Lily Mi 'dOO' plan to epl as a
I .1 lo
ware) so receipts t"i cotton tobac-
co ami naval Stores al 7." per cent on
their fine . iiue Hum approved louighl
in a report b th- Hpeclal comihlttae
'appointed b) Ilo confer uce f rep
resentollve pluntera bsnkers and
dealers held here August 14
Tin- chimin c i mmended thai
'ever) effol'l ''i mad" to assist pro-
I 'lu els iii holding their cotton for a
price thai win minimise tholr losses
until the channels of foreign trade are
reopened IStghl cents a pound wait
suggested as f.m basis for loans on
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The report iv Inch w as SUblqltted lo
1 Sc. relarj Mi Adoo follows
"l Thai it e committee entirely
aprove of and congratulate you upon
; tin- aniiounccment niade by )OU yes
i lei a y and thai notes SOCIireo In
I warehouse receipts for cotton and
tobacco and meal stores and having
got mole than folll months lo run will
he accepted a a hasls for the -sue
'of nurrene) to the membera ol the
Kntlonul Purrencj sasoclatlon at 7.'.
pel Ceilt "f th" face Value of sal I
notes
"2 That It Is Ihe sense of th Ill
I Ulitlee Hi 1 1.. n. lobucn o ami liu . al
stores should be marketed as dellb
sralel) as possible until the) 'an
again be exported in normal quantl
j ties and that w hi n properlj ondl
tloni'd should he warehoused Willi fe.
I sponsible concerna that the) should
hi protected against weather damage
i and he proper!) insured against loss
ot damage by fire
M3 'l inl warehouse receipts foi
these commodities sre proper col
lateral for loans by hanks ami should
ihe so accepted with such limitations
as I. margin Inspection ami value
lion as conservative hankers ma) each
in their di.-.' ration see fit to Impose
" I Thai the uveragu market value
j of middling cotton f"i the past six
i years h is I.i .y. .SH f w .
cents a pound thai the committee is
1 ii foi i i si that Ho est of pi '"lie Ins
(f'ontln i on Pago Three I
TRAIN KILLS 4 AUTOISTS
(ra-li.l lull. Into While lining ii
Mile a Minnie
HKMP8TKAIJ N V . Aug "x Th.
I.ouk Island railroad's beavj Am.
gansetl express rrsshed into a auto-
I'he H all
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GERMAN SHIPS CAPTURED
I 'Mir said In Man- llccn SsdjinJ in
I a-t.
li' i.G K i ING Aug .'7 i Delayed
-Tin. German steamer Senegainbla
with a cargo of tth and coat was
i ritlsh cruiser Hampshire und tip.
Th- i m.. n st en mer ' r i i La
Isa win h sii'i from Vokohuma on
tonight a Brltlah prize it h re.
KAISER LOST TWO CRUISERS
AND TWO TORPEDO BOAT
DESTROYERS
FLEET BADLY BETTERED
England Did Not Lose B Ship
and Had Only a Few
Futilities.
licet "i i. nai Briiaiu ami Gor-
man) t In -1 have oiiur to griM and
a -ii line lo the rcMlis from Ismdon
i i tori lav w llii the I'.i il i-h
In a buttle null British warships ofl
III. Islllllll ol llldlgldailll In the North
-i i. i -1 i ' In v Hi. licrmallM ale re
poiliil hi have IomI two cruisers ami
on i" ii" boat- -unl.. while anothm
ol then ciul-"i and UlaU) ol I Ii -li
'l' -ii'.r nei- Pa. Hi liaitereil.
Ilo British la I not In have
nil. red lie loss of a li'.si ll llll lie
chtivd limn' wen- few fatallllc mil
i " .ii.i iiii ichsiHs of their fleet. Wio
i. ci in. m pjisUallics were mil slated
Ihe Isliiiiil o liclbiolaud. villi h lie.
in miles oir tin- in nub- ut iin rivers
i the nod U'cser aiHins iia- boon m-
gnidcil as a point ol grogl si rate. 'lo
tain ror ilii pioicti i the Kaiser
W'llllHm m il and otherwise In the
..al ilcfcuni' ui IJomiau) Knpeul
n p. it- had It that a huge part of Ihe
flower id Ihe i.i i man nat) ln In the
villi l- ailpn ut I.i the moullls of tin
I Its nod Wiser and In the kaiser
vv iiii. ioi canal
drool I'letori
LONDON Aug l'x It Is anaounoag
Ibal Ihe British fleet has sunk two
Cleiiuau cruisers and two German tor-
pedo boat destroyers off Heligoland.
A third Herman rnisei was ml ulut'
mid x . i . left sinking
.v.. British ship w.is lost in the hai.
le II Was lidded and lln- British loss
"f life w as n. I heavy.
i rtddltlon io Hu- in turpedo bowl
destroyers and three cruisers man)
otln rs "f Ho German torpedo boat de-
ti ers wen il imaged
Beai Admiral David lieatt) com-
manded Ho BrIUsh forces and witli
a strong arra) of torpedo boat des-
troyers battle cruisers ami lixht
crulser.H ami sui marines attacked the
dormans i" Helgoland bight early
this morning The protected cruiser
Mains vvas sen) to the bottom in an
engagement with tin- light cruiser
squadron while thi battle squadron
sank together another cruiser of the
t!olen class in ih.- general lighting
i.vo of the German destroyers were
riddled and sank while many others
worn hadlv damaged
'me cruiser battle-scarred ami on
ire drifted away in in.- mist and
was lost sigh! of
Tin British squadron according to
'tie cmi official report of the battle
ilthough attacked b) submarine
boats and menaced by floating mines
in I ih- guns from the Gorman war-
lllpS -Utleled HO Si flollS losses
Tie cruiser Amethyst and th. tor-
pedo l.oal destroyer Lsorter both
were damaged bul all tin- ships in
the (Irltlah fleol were afloat al the
end of Hie engagement Tin- British
loss iif life w as no' greal
in th battle cruiser squadron were
Ihe flagship Lyon th" New Zealand
'h. Qucoti Mar) ami the Princess
Itoyat commanded by (tear Admiral
Bi a ti v while Roar Admiral Morre
l:. 1 1 Admiral (Miriatian Commodore
i; Inoiigh and Commodore Tyrwrttt
a wireless dispatch tonlghl from
otic ..f no- . r.iis. rs said she was mek
ngagi inept
I'olen class were protected cruisers
oils They hal a s I ol slightly
Sank n-i nan UNnnii.
sttover mk an i "til:. M destroy r off
M.n llU) K4 Paul i Inl
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