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GERMANS
IN GULF
CH?CKS
MAY MEAN END OF SWEEP
ING ADVANCE ON
PETROGRAD ,
GERMAN VERSION
NOT VET GIVEN
Observer* Declare Entire Cam
paign is Hinged on Envelop- ;!
ing Move in North.
London, Atig. 23.?The German
naval reverses in the Gulf of Riga and
tb Jaltic sea, German occupation of
Otsowetz, and British naval bombard
ment of the German naval base at
Zebruggo today temporarily divert
ed attention from the issues arising
the sinking of the Arabic.
Great Britain, however, announced
definitely that the Arabic was tor
pedoed by a German submarine with
out warning and without haying at
tempted, to escape or to ram the sub
marine.
All affidavits from American pas
sengers agree no warning was given.
Tho approaching torpedo was Been but
no tthe submarine.
Tho result of the German defeat in
the Gulf of Riga, in which the Russians
state the Germans lost the battle
cruiser Molktc, and two other'cruisers
and eight torpedo boats, will be to
check and possibly to end the German
operations in that section sweeping to
ward Petrograd.
Tho German version of this sea bat
tle hao not yet been given. Tho de
fiuKeness of the Russian statement,
however, sent a wav? of - enthusiasm
throughout Great .Britain.
The German center has pressed
steadily forward until it 1b near to th*
new Russian line of defense. Military
observers declare the entire campaign
is hinged on the vast enveloping
movement of von THndenburg in the
north, who pushed beyond Riga, and
that the Russian held on Riga is a
continuous menace to Von Hindern
burg's rear. '
The 'Germans' capture- of Ossowezt
gives them another stronghold, onlly
Grodno and Brest Litovsk remaining
in the central section.
Special reports from Petrograd de
clare 'Russian positions at Brest Lit
ovsk are gradually eeomlng untenale.
Meagre details received concerning
the British omhardment Zeebrugge.
Berlin report." forty British ships at
tacked and th t- firing tested several
hours. German heavy artillery re
plied. No British statement has been
Issued. ;
Marked artillery activity north of
touches and nor^r Neuville Roclin
conrt 1s reported from Paris.
Rome report.s the capture of several
strong Austrian trenches on the
Carso front. Other minor engage
ments are reported.
Vienna reports the repulse of
Italians on tho high plateau of Dob
berdo and the bridge'head of Toltnlno,
and says that In the three months
since Italy declared war Innumerable
Italian attacks now here have not at
tained their object, and the. Austrian*
are still maintaining positions on 4>r
near the Austrian frontier.
London, Aug. 23.?The allies' cau
itals are Jubilant today over the unex
pected naval-victory which the Rus
sians, according to '.heir accounts,
hare won In the F/go gulf. England
had more than a sympathetic interest,
as o British submarine accounted for
the loss of the German battle cruiser
Moltke. The loss of the two cruisers,
eight torpedo boats and four trans
ports is the greatest naval disaster
that Germany his suffered during the
war.
Both Petrograd and Berlin for a
week have been sending meager re
psrts of naval operations in tho. Rtga
golf. These.' were .interpreted aa
meaning that Germany was trying to
ing the armies.along the coast route
' land forces to support the left flank of
von Htndenburg, who is trying to
overrun Cbunrland, thereby establish
ing the armies along the coast route
to Petrograd.
Tho Russian official report claiming
a decislco
a decisive victory contains few de
tails. It is assumed thai the Russian
mosquito flotilla assisted by subma
rines and the land defences'wreaked'
an unexpected destruction on part of
Germany'* convoking fleet and trans
ports. Petrograd announced some
days ago that the-large attleshlpe
had withdrawn from the gulf.
Ths moral effect of the victory op
the Russian people is expected here
to c treat and wUT probably do much
to allay the depression caused by the
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REVERSES
OF RIGA
ADVANCE
U. S. AWAITING
MORE DETAILS
ABOUT ARABIC
is -tf
COURSE WILL NOT BE DE
CIDED UNTIL OFFICIAL
REPORTS ARRIVE
WONT WAIT ON
GERMANY LONG
It is Known Officials Don't Intend
to Encourage Lengthy
Arugment.
Washington, Aug. 23.?Four days
have passed since a German subma
rine sank the Arabic with a in: s of
two American lives and the United
States is still without detail's and of
ficial information necessary to shape
its course.
The United States is trying to got
affidavits from American passengers
and has cabled Ambassador Gerard
at Berlin asking if he bas received
a report from Germany. Gerard, how
ever, was not instructed to seek one.
It is sal" the United States will not
waTr Inttefinitetty bn Germany and
doesn't Intend to encourage argu
ment. Tha only development today
was a break in the official silence
when Secretary Tumulty, after con
fering with Wilson, announced: "Soon
as all the facts regarding the Arabic
are ascertained, our course of action
will be determined."
Washington, Aug. 23.?Secretary
Lansing cabled Ambassador Gerard
asking if the German government
had received an official report of' the
Arabic's sinking. The ambassador
however, is not told to ask for one.
It is officially stated that the Ameri
can government la not sure of the
facts hut considers the information
fragmentary.
, Washington, Aug. 23.?Lansing
Raid that no steps had been taken
other than to get accurate 'informa
tion. An inference Is drawn from the
fact that Ambassador Gerard was not
desired to seek an explanation that
the state department had decided to
let the German government initiate
any explanation. Ambassador Page
at London mailed somo affidavits and
other data. He has been instructed
to cable a synopsis.
In the view of the. state department
no points are established beyond
doubt. All information received nsido
from newspaper reports which reflect
censorship is embodied in the brief
affidavit of Zellah Covington an
American. The department considers
a corroboratlon of this essential. The
aTJpnrent delay In securing the affida
vit is accounted for by the fact that
the survivors of the Arabic left
Queeustown almost Immediately.
FRENCH AVIATOR !
MAKES ESCAPE
Paris, Alig. 23.?Eugene Glblert,
the French aviator'who landed In
Switzerland on June 27 through an ac
cident to his motor, after bombarding
a Zeppelin with shells at Frledrlch
shaffon has escaped. He was intern
ed near St. Gothard. He arrived in
Paris last night. It Is reported today.
GALL DEPUTIES IN
TRACTION GO. STRIKE
Cars on Allegheny Division of W.
Perm. Traction Co. Stoned
tsy strikers.
Pittsburgh. Aug. &%.?Deputy
sheriffs wer? Called out today to pro
tect the property'of the West Pennsyl
vania Traction Co., os a result of vio
lence growing out of a strika of em
ployes on tl;e Allegheny division. The
car was atoned and derailed. Oars
ran at intervals today but, suspended
tonight.
White Star Liner Sunk by a German Submarine
The Arable.
fi( |B thf1la.tC8t >)4l0toSroP,? of the Arabic, the rftoamshtip of the White
Star line, which was sunk. Auguot 19. by a German snbmnrlne The man
shows^her position at the. time; she was sofc? forty or Ofty miles fro?
the poina where th.. Limitante went down.; ? ??
REDRAFT NOTE
TQ_ENGUNO
New Draft to Include Protest
Against Making Cotton Con
trandband Besides Other Pro
tests.
Washington, Aug. 23.?The new
American note to Great Britain on
interference with neutral trade will
probably be redrafted in order to in
clude a -prot?st against making cotton
contraband. Lengthy diplomatic ex
changes add ? final settlement of the
cotton contraband order _by_nrbltra
tion are expected. While redrafting
the note the United States will contin
ue its efforts to release millions of]
dollars worth of Austrian and German
goods consigned to the United States
now held uun art. neutral ports' by Great
Britain.
ADMIRALTY SAYS
ARABIC UNARMED
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ent Says it Was Impossible j
for Her to Have Carried
Contraband.
London. Aug. 23.?The British ad
miralty announces that the Arabic!
Was an unarmed passenger ship, out
ward bound to a neutral port. Thus
it was imposrJaie for her to bjtye been
carrying contraband to this country.
She was sunk by a Gorman submarine
without warning and neither attempt
ed to attack the submarine nor to es- j
cape.
SCENES
ON STOCK
Doubtful Result of Arabic Inci
dent Caused Sharp
Decline.
New York; Aug. 23.?Wild and er
ractic charges attended today's stock
market mainly as a result of the an
xiety resulting from the Arabic inci
dent. Lending fmares fell ono to three*
points after a fairly steady opening,
i while shares of the Ao-called war
I group registered ext**me declines of
three to almost eight points.
SAYS GERMANY
NEAR BANKRUPT
Amsterdam Report Said Secretary
of Treasury .and Von Holl
weg Advise Honorable Peace
at Once.
Amsterdam, Aug. -23.?The Tele?
graaf says that Karl ?lelfTcrl?h, the
'secretary of the Ucrman treasury, ex
plained to a secret conference of cabi
net ministers, political leaders and in
fluential writers that tho new Ger
man war loan completely exhausts the
empire's financial resources and said
an increase of exchequer bonds would
cause bankruptcy. Therefore, he
urged tlie noo(1 of preparing for an
honorable peace. The moetlng was
called by Chancellor von Bethmann
Hollweg before the reassembling of
the 'Reichstag last Thursday.
The chancellor, according to the re
port, declared the difficulties of the
empire were increasing and advised
his hearers to use their influence to
soften a bellicose inclination and an
expansion policy in tho roichstag and
In the country and to : ?rcfully pre
pare a neuco proposal tcceptauh- to
the four members of tho entente.
Dr. Dernburg's report of tho fall-,
ure of his mission to the United
' States - and other neutral countries,
Tho Telegraaf says, made a strong
Impression.
Qen. von Moltke, former chief of
tho general staffT declared he fully
agreed v Ith the chancellor and added
that only those who ara not fully In
formed on the situation could hope for
th? possibility of a complete Russian
defeat. Despite those declarations,
the story concludes. tVo meeting re
fused to adopt a resolution advocating
moderation in tho relchstag. Tbt
chancellor then dcclaryd if the releh
Ktag majority should show an Irre
concilably chauvenlstlc attitude he
would be obliged to resign as be could
not accent the responsibility for a dis
aster.
WOUI^RliPEAL
W.VA. LIQUOR LAW
Petition In Circulation for Extra
Session of L?gislature to
Act on Repeal.
Charleston. W. Vm. Aug. 23.?A
petition is being circulated In Park
ersburg and other cities calling on
Governor Jiatfleld to .convene the leg
islature for a special session to re
peal the Yost liquor prohibition law
which b-jt ame operativ? last year*
NONE L?ST' IN
?MAC FLOOD
?r
Property Loss Very Heavy, But
Receding River Fails to Sub
stantiate Reports That Twelve
Were Drowned.
St. Lois, Aug. 23.?The roceding
Meramoo river flood today failed to
substantiate reports thnt twelve
drowned Sandfly when the river rose'
to n high mark. It Is believed now
that none perished. It is impossible
to estimate the property loss, hut it
is heavy.
Earlier Itcport.
St. Louis. Aug. 23.?St.- Louis
county is recovering from the third
flood in as many days, twenty lives
were lost and a million iu properly
damuge while two tnousand families
are homeless. Almost' a hundred per
sons are listed "as mlsstng. F/.ver
men fear that tho fall of the Mera
mac river will disclose a heavy
death list.
Conditions are equally distressing
iu southeastern Missouri and parts
or western Illinois. The prdperty
damage will probably aggregate five
villagers are homeless.
The flood was duo to the tropical
storm Friday which swept Arkansas,
Missouri and Illinois. St. Louis had
hardly recovered from tho effects of
the Btorm when tho river l>esperes
went a mile out of its batiks and
drowned clew.a. Ilcforo^th? Oespe
res fell to normal the Mcramec river
went two to four mils out of its
banks.
The Meramoo rose during tho night
and caught,thousalnds i.f summer cot
tages and clubhouses dotting Its
banks. Many of the inhabitants spent
twenty four hours in the tree, -tops.
Twenty flvo hundred families of
Valley -Park woro forced fr? flee.
GERMAN SUBMARINE
GROUNDED IN DflLTIG
Dispatch From Petrograd Adds
Another Vessel to German
London. Aug. 23.?A Morning Post
dlBpntch from Petrograd ?eye in **3i
tion to tho German losses previous
ly reported In the Riga attic a Ger
?r.' m Kumftrlne . was grounded on
irago Island in tho Haitic Sea. .Jpst
outside tho Gulf of Riga, and dount
lecs was also lost.
Germant Call Attention to Many
Varied Accounts Given by Brit
ish Press?Say Vessel May
Have Struck Mine.
Berlin, Aug. 23.?(Oy Wireless to
SayvHIe.)?Tlio Oversens Nowb
Agency today announced: Naval cir
cles call attention to the remarkable
contradiction in English pross reports
concerning the Arabic. Ono report
says the passengers crew received life
belts when they entered the danger
zone. This statement .Is declared non
sensical because a vessel leaving Liv
erpool is immediately In the danger
zone. However the distribution of
lifebelts it Is argued, admits of the
conclusion that the steamer's captain
was obeying admiralty orders and
spurred on by high money reward, in
tended to ram the submarine as soon
as it was sighted. Other reports state
that no submarine or tornedo was
sighted, permitting the assumption that
the ship Btruck a loose mine. All this
Bhows the necessity of awaiting tho
official report.
British Sink Celllet.
.Sona, Bulgaria, Aug. 23.?A British
submarine has tornedo?d tho Turkish
collier Bspapan at Kaldar Pasha. The
steamer Bodos of the German-Levant
line, loaded with munitions and pro
visions has been su;ik In the Marmora
seAV
New Grcrk Cabinet Formed.
Athens, Aug. 23.?The-new Greek
cabinet was fonned today and took the
oath of office in the prnsencve of an
Immense crowd which enthusiastical
ly cheered Kleutherlcs Venizelos, the
new premier.
ARABIAN CHIEFTAIN
WILL AID ITALIANS
? ii ii ii
RevolU Against Turki and Will
Attempt to Free Hode Idea
From Turkish Rule.
Home, Aug. 23.?It is said Idrlsb.
one of the mast powerful Arabian
fhtctans in Yemen, who, during Ute
Libyan war, w*s ar*<W| by Italians,: la
reported to have rebelled agalnot the
Turks. M ts'sald he Ms gathered
forces to Tree I?ode Idea from Turk
ish domination.
THIS AMOUNT, OR MORE, TO
BE PLACED IN NATIONAL
OR RESERVE BANKS
TO REDISCOUNT
LOANS ON COTTON
May Be Deposited Directly With
National Banko to Loan at
Six Percent.
Was!, inn tun, Aug. 23.?-Treasury
officinlH tonight made public an an?,
nomm?ment by Secretary McAdoo,
that in view of tho action of tbe al
Iii s In making cotton contraband ha
would, if it become necessary. de
ponlt thirty million dollars or more in
gold, in the federal reserye banks in
Atlanta. Richmond and Dallas to en
able the reserve banks to rediscount
ioatiB on cotton secured by warehouse
receipts made by national banks and
state banks belonging to the federal
reserve system.
Tho sold would be deposited, tem
porarily at least, without interest. Jt
was explained that if the object could
be accomplished with greater efficiency
by depositing the money directly with
national banks which would agree to
lend tbe money on cotton at not more :
than six per cent, this would I",
done.
USJ?I?BS
SOLD MUNITIONS
________
Stole Several Thousand Rounds
Rifle Cartridges and Sold Them
to Mexicans?Many Under
Arrest.
El Paso, Aug. 23.?Jesus Real, a"
Mexican, was arrested today on a
charge of purchasing ammunition from
United States soldiers. Several thous
and rounds yl rifle ammunition be
longing to tho Sixteenth Infantry dis
appeared recentlly. The investigation
Is said to have disclosed the fact that
soldiers have been selling to Mexi
cans who sold it to the revolutionary
factions. A number of soldiers are
said to be under arrest.
Washington, Aug. 23.?Vice Con
sul Blockor at Piedras, Negras, -re
ports a terrific battle on Sunday
near Monterey. Villlstas and Car
ranzlstas both claim victory. It is
believed that the battle was an Im
portant one.
Secretary Lansing today conferred
with the Brazilian minister to Mexl
so, Cradosa. It is believed that he
wished to get the lattor'a opinion on
the Mexican situation. The Import
ant details of the conference have
been wit held.
JAPAN TO RENDER
RUSSIA MORE AID
Arranging Greater Facilities for
Supplying Munitions to Al
lied Forces.
Tokio. Aug. 2a?The Kekwrit
Shlmbun nays: Premier Ok a ma stales
that Japan has decided to give great
er assistance to Russia to prosecute
the.war. Ho could hot dlscuas thr
details but allowed It to be under
stood that this assistance will take
the form of forwarding greater mu
1 nttiope suppl'#s.
I The Associated Press learns that
' Japan ha* decided to employ all tbo
available governmental and private
I resources in increasing the out-put of
1 munltiones for her allies, particularly
Russia.
.MUNT Arri?ff AlUUMJKI?
POK ALXIBfl' AtiAiftCT TURK*
Undine; Aug. 23,?A Joint military
action with England, France and Rus
sia against Turkey was arranged by
the Italian general Pirro during his
visit to the Anglo-French front in
J?ly, it Is disclosed. The plans stu
died then It is skid will immediately
be put into action.
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