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Russians Claim That Eleven German Ships
Were Sent To The Bottom
In Gulf Of Riga. ‘
Three Cruisers And Seven Torpedo
Boats Sunk-—Petrograd Claims
German Fleet Has Gone
London.—The naval battle between
German and Rusesian warships in the
Guif of Riga has ended in the German
fleet withdrawing, after having lost
the battle cruiser Moltke of the dread
naught type; three other cruisers and
seven torpedo boats.
This is the latest information con
cerning the German naval attack, un
dertaken in co-operation with land
operation in Courland, and especially
against Riga. The gignificance of the
German withdrawal is not brought out
in the Petrograd dispatch, and no men
tion i 8 made in it of Russian losses,
A German report announces that the
Russiang have lost three small war- |
ships.
A dispateh from Petrograd says that
the president of the duma has an
nounced that the Germans lost the
battleship Moltke, three cruisers ana
geven torpedo boats in the Riga bat
tle, and that the German fleet has
withdrawn from Riga bay.
It is also announced that the Ger
mans tried to make a descent near
Pernpvin (Pernigel, on the east shore
of the Gulf of Riga, some 35 miles
north of Riga), Four barges crammed
with soldiers took part in the de
scent, They were repulsed by the
Russians without the co-operation of
artillery, the Germans being exter
minated and the barges captured.
A Times digpatch from Petrograd
confirms the announcement of M. Rod
zianko, the president of the duma, of
a Russian victory in the Gulf of Riga
and the ginking of the German battle
cruiger Moltke,
The German battle crulser Moltke
was a vessel of 23,000 tons, and car
ried ordinarily a complement of 1,107
men. She was a sister ship of the
famous Goeben, now a part of the
Turkish navy, and known as the Sul
tan Selem.
MANY PERSONS DROWNED
WHEN RIVER OVERFLOWS
Thousands Of Pleasure Resorts And
EOE S o x,«,%wfiil: g‘
__ees banks, swept away most of these
huildings and increased to twenty the
number of lives lost in St. Louis coun
ty as a result of floods which follow
ed the recent rain storm here.
The Meramec at first rose a foot
an hour, and the flood was 8o sudden
that hundreds had time only to elimb
trees,
Hundreds of persons had been ma
rooned in club houses and cottages
along the river by the first rise several
days ago and hundreds of others had
gone to the river hoping it would re
cede and permit them to rescue rela
tives, friends and their water-soaked
possessions,
COTTON PROTEST ISSUED BY U. S.
Washington To Object To Contraband
Declaration By Britain—Wailson |
Takes Up Question
London.—Cotton has been declared
absolute contraband by Great Britain,
according to a statement issued by
the foreign office,
The statement declares that the
government proposes to initiate meas
ures to relieve depression which might
temporarily disturb the cotton mar
ket because of the contraband order.
It was learned upon inquiry at the
foreign office that the French govern
ment will take similar action.
Washington.——President Wilson will
take up the situation resulting from
the placing of cotton on the contra
band list by Great Britain. As a re
sult of his study of the gquestion a
protest is expected to be sent forward
to London.
Italy Has Declared War On Turkey
London.—ltaly has declared war on
Turkey, and the Italian ambassador
has left Constantinople. This an
nouncement has been made in a tele
gram from Constantinople via Berlin
and Amsterdam. Marquis di Garronl,
Italian ambassador to Turkey, handed
to the porte a note declaring Italy
considered herself in a state of war
with Turkey, and demanded his pase.
ports, according to an official telegram
from Constantinople received at Am.
sterdam and transmitted to & news
agency,
Damage of $250,000 Done By Cyclone
York, Pa.—Estimates are placed at
two hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars as the damage done by a cyclone
which cut a swath through the bor
ough of Hanover, eighteen miles
southwest of York. The heart of the
town of ten thousand inhabitants is
a sone of wreckage, with the princi
pal buildings unroofed or demolished.
No loss of life is reported, but many
were injured. Three hundred persons
in a moving picture theater were
~ thrown into a panic by falling plaster,
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Henry Weismann Is the Brooklyn
lawyer whose reported expression
that “President Wilson Is a political
bankrupt and dupe of Wall street”
aroused a nationwlide protest, He is
a German who came to this country
In 1885 and has had a varied career
In California and New York. Not long |
ago he announced the formation of an ‘
Incorporated association to establish
a new “neutral” newspaper, l
MANY LIVES ARE LOST AND
PROPERTY LOSS ESTIMATED
AT $30,000,000
Was One Of The Severest Storms
That Ever Swept Over The
Gulf Of Mexico
Galveston, Texas.-—With large sec
tions of the storm-swept coast of
Texas cut off from communication re
ports received here place the number
known to have been killed in the
tropical hurricane, which swept the
Texas coast, at more than 100. The
property loss was vaguely estimated
in the millions, some estimates placing
the probable loss as high as thirty mil
lion dollars,
Stormswept and battered, with a
logss of only fourteen lives, Galves
ton, fortified by its enormous sea wall,
emerged victorious from one of the
most severe storms known in the his
tory of the Gulf of Mexico. However,
about five hundred houses have been
crushed, and the island is covered
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hotel during the height of the storm.
Several thousand persons were quar
tered in that hotel,
One thousand feet of the sea wall
has been washed out, one breach of
26 feet being directly in front of the
Galvez hotel. It was through this
break that most of the residence sec
tion of the city was flooded.
Destruction of the United States
army camp at Texas City by the great
gulf storm, with a loss of ten sol
diers and a number of unidentified ci
vilians, was reported to the war de
partment by Major General Bell, com
manding the eight thousand men of
the second division stationed there.
At the time the report was sent by
radio tq. Houston Gemeral Bell said
the troops had been so scattered in
their flight to high ground before the
rigsing waters of the flood that it was
impossible to say whether more lives
had been lost. All the homes of the
families of officers and enlisted men
had been wiped away, but temporary
shelter was provided in the town prop
er for the women and children,
All along the gulf coast the wreck
ing winds and waters levied heavy toll
in property loss. Texas City, across
the bay from QGalveston, sustained
damage amounting to four hundred
thousand dollars, divided among citi
zens, the industries and the second
division of the United States army,
whose camp was destroyed. Approx
imately one hundred and fifty build
ings were destroyed at Texas City,
but most of these were cottages,
There was an enormous loss to cot
ton growers in the storm belt. The
damage in the oil fields was estimated
at five hundred thousand dollars,
Thousands Starve In Mexican Capital
Pueblo, Mex.—Thousands of people
are starving in Mexico City and bod
jes of women and children are daily
being picked up in the streets there,
according to an American Red Cross
agent. Traveling between Mexico
City and Vera Cruz s regarded as
dangerous, as the railroad lines are
infested with bands of Zapata follow
ers, Almost every day a train loaded
with Carrangza troops is blown up, and
few civilians venture on the road. Of
the foreigners in the capital who wish
to leave hardly a dozen have come out,
More U. 8. Marines Land In Haiti
Cape Haitien, Haiti—Another de
‘uchment of American marines has
been landed from the warships off
!thls port. The rebels have refused
to disarm, and in some sections have
expressed a desire to fight the Ameri.
cans. The people of Cape Haltien are
greatly excited, though no outbreak
of any kind has taken place. Foreign.
ers at Port-a-Paix, a Haitlen town, 35
miles northwest of Cape Haitien, re
port that they are being menaced by
Haitien rebels, and they have asked
protection. |
CHARLTON COUNTY-HERALD, FOLKSTON, GEORGIA.
Officials Show Ceacern Over Situation
Which They Admit Has Never
Been More Grave
Liner Was Attacked By German Sub
marine While Proceeding To Aid
Vessel In Distress.
Washington.—Tension increased in
official quarters when consular mes
sages forwarding affidavits of Ameri
can survivors of the British liner Ara
bie, which was sunk by a German sub
marine with much logs of life, brought
definite information that the vessel
was torpedoed without warning and
that several American lives had been
logt,
It seems that there is but one point
remaining to clear up—whether the
Arabic attempted to ram the subma
rine or whether a change of the liner’'s
course to assist the British steamer
Dunsley ginking nearby was interpret
ed by the German submarine as a
hostile approach,
The attitude of the American gov
ernment for the moment is receptive,
anxiously awaiting accurate details
and reserving judgment as to whether
the action was ‘“deliberately unfriend
ly.” The final decision rests with
President Wilson.
Fourteen steamers, with a total
gross tonnage of 47,698, have been
sunk in forty-eight hours by German
submarines. This toll establishes a
record for the period.
Three other vessels reported torpe
doed may add another 26,965 tons to
the aggregate destroyed in two days.
So far as known there has been no
loss of life except in the sinking of
the White Star liner Arabic.
The recrudescence of submarine ac
tivity began August 12, and in the
week ending August 18 the British ad
miralty reports thirteen vessels, of a
total tonnage of 22,970, were sunk,
eleven of them by underwater craft
and two by mines. This makes a total
loss of 70,668 tons of shipping in nine
days.
Ten of the vessels sunk recently
were British, three were Norwegian
and one was Spanish. |
The largest vessel whose 10ss has
been confirmed was the Arabic of 18,-}
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London.—The garrison of Novogeor
gievsk, left behind by the retreating
Russians to delay the Teutonic ad
vance, has surrendered after perform
ing that task for just a fortnight. Ber
lin has announced the capture of the
fortress with its 700 guns and garrison
of 8,600 soldiers, and a large quantity
of war material. The spoils have not
vet been estimated, but wney probably
are large, for the Russians had hoped
the earthworks around the fortified
camp would enable it to hold out much
longer than it has done. It now is
expected by military observers here
that the other Russian fortresses—
Brest-Litovsk, Grodno and Ossowetz—
soon will fall.
With 93 Persons Liner Is Missing
New Orleans.—The United States
Fruit liner Abangarez at Havana was
ordered by wireless to proceed to Cape
San Antonio, Cuba, and search the
southern coast of the island, where
it was reported here a large steamer
is ashore. It is hoped the vessel will
prove to be the United Fruit liner
Marowijne, overdue here from Belize,
British Honduras. The Marowijne,
with twenty-eight passengers and a
crew of sixty-five aboard, left Belize,
and should have reached New Orleans
several days ago.
Honors To Be Paid Riley, The Poet
Indianapolis, Ind.—This city is plan
ning to honor James Whitcomb Riley
on October 7, the anniversary of the
“Hoosfer Poet's” birth. Charles W.
Fairbanks, former vice president, is
chairman of the committee which is
arranging the program.
Galveston Works To Repair Damage
Galveston, Texas.~The fourth day
after the cessation of one of the most
severe storms Galveston has ever ex
perienced found this city gradually re
covering from the terrific onslaught
of the elements and conditions slow
ly but steadily approaching normal.
The city still showed plainly the dis
tressing effects of the battering re
ceived from the wind and rain and
inrushing of the sea. Much incon
venience was experienced by residents
because virtually all the public utilities
were placed out of commission,
Military Training Favored In Schools
Kansas City, Mo.-—~Vice President
Marshall declared himself in favor of
military training in the schools in a
statement here. “l do not believe in
torced military training,” sald Mr. Mar
shall. “It seems un-American, but
boys and young men could be trained
in the high schools and colleges with.
out loss of time. In case of war the
United States would need many offi
cers to train volunteers. 1 can think
of no better place to train officers
than in the schools of the coun
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Sayid M. Wajih Gilani, who says he
is the sheik-ul-lslam, a lineal descend
ant of Mohammed and the imperial
Ottoman religious commissioner to the
Phllippines, arrived in New York re
cently on an educational mission to
the people of the United States on
behalf of his co-religionists. He speaks
many languages and dialectg, and lcoks
like a European,
WANT OUR TRADE PROTECTED
U. S. MAKES REPRESENTATIONS
TO GERMANY IN REGARD TO
NEUTRAL COMMERCE
Latest American Note To Germany In
Regard To The Frye May Have
Important Results
Washington.—The American note
to Germany, made public in regard to
the destruction of the sailing ship,
William P. Frye, by a German auxil
iary cruiser may have important re
sults in its pearing upon the ques
tion of the treatment of neutral com
merce by belligerents, officials here
believe.
The United States acquiesces in the
German proposal that a joint board of
experts fix the value of the Frye,
which will be paid for promptly by
the German government. This was
the original American proposition.
The note’s acceptance of the Ger
man offer to arbitrate “the question of
legal justification” for the sinking of
‘the Frye, in so far as that involves
the interpretation of the existing
E;;mes with Germany is considered
O iy etk s
to arbitration, in the form suggested,
it is believed here that the American
government will be in a position to
address itself to Great Britain with
greater force than heretofore in ad
vocacy of the general freedom of legit
imate neutral commerce on the high
seas. In the state department’s view
this “will be particularly true if Ger
many agrees to suspend, during the
arbitration at least, its policy of de
stroying American ships carrying con
traband.
TROOPS SENT TO BOTTOM
BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE
British Steamer Royal Edward Sunk,
And Over a Thousand Persons -
Went Down With The Ship
London.—The sinking in the Aegean
sea by a German submarine of the
British transport Royal Edward with
heavy loss of life has shattered the
British navy's proud tradition that it
had transported hundreds of thou
sands of men across the sea without
the destruction of one troop-laden
ship.
43,972 OFFICERS LOST
BY THE GERMAN ARMY
Paris.-—~The Popolo d'ltalia of Rome
(according to the Havas agency) re
ports the following from Basel, Switz
erland: “Germany has lost 43,972 offi
cers since the war began, according
to figures from German official sourc
es. The dead total 13,803; the wound
ed 26,827; the missing 2,349; while
993 are numbered as prisoners. In
cluded in the total are one hundred
and twenty-three generals killed and
missing.
Kaiser's Army Has Captured Kovno
London.—Kovno, one of the crucial
points in the Russian defensive in
the north, has been captured by the
Germang, and the road to Vilna, War
saw and Petrograd railway is now
open to Emperor William's troops.
The capture of the fortress was an
other triumph for the German 116-inch
guns, which were brought against no
fortifications they could not subdue.
With the fortress of Kovno the Ger
mans have taken more than four hun
dred guns, and, according to their ac
count, much war material.
Stolen In Texas; Delivered To Mexico
Brownsville, Texas.—The border sit
uation along the lower Rio Grande as
sumed an ugly aspect. Gathering of
Mexicans in force at Progreso and
their firing across the river striking
troopers of the Twelfth United States
cavalry was not the only aggravating
feature of the situation. Authorities
here received reports that twenty-five
‘horses, including some recognized as
‘animalg stolen by bandits in recent
}nlu on the Texas side, were deliver
ed in Matamoros, the Mexican town
opposite Brownsville,
T 0 PROTECT THE
McAdoo Pledges $30,000,000 Of The
Government-Funds To Move The
Cotton Crop
No Interest Will Be Charged By The
Government On Depoeits To
Assist Cotton
Washington. — Treasury officials
made public an announcement by Sec
retary McAdoo that, in view of the ac
tion of the allies in putting coctton on
the contraband iist, he would, if it
became necessary, place thirty mil
lion dollars, or more, in gold, in the
federal reserve banks at Atlanta, Dal
las and Richmond for the purpose of
enabling the reserve hanks to redis
count loans on cotton secured by ware
house receipts made by national banks
and state banks belonging to the fed
eral reserve system.
The gold would be deposited tempo
rarily at least without interest charge.
It was explained that if it appeared
that the object could be accomplished
with greater efficiency thereby, the
deposits would be made directly with
national banks agreeing to lend the
money on cotton at a rate not to ex
ceed 6 cents.
“In the exercise ¢f the discretion
given to him by law,” read the treas
ury statement, “Secretary McAdoo
said that the government will, for the
the time being, charge no interest on
these deposits in federal reserve
banks; that such action is justified
by the unusual situation respecting
cotton caused by the European war;
that he considers it his duty to use
every available means in his power
to help the cotton producer of the
South in the ecircumstances; that it
is a matter of economic importance
to the entire naticn that those who
have produced the cotton crop shall
have a fair opportunity to dispose of
it gradually and in an orderly manner
so they may not be forced, through in
ability to market their cotton gradual
ly, to sell it at sacrifice prices.”
The secretary said that one of his
chief object was to create a basis
for such enlarged credit in the South
that the banks will have ample re
sources to extend to producers such
accommodations that they will be able
to carry cotton in warehouses for a
reasonable length of time until it can
be marketed advantageously.
AT A sEs ‘o sraRvaTION
At Least 8 Per Cent Of The Mortality
In Mexico City Due To Lack
Of Food
Mexico City.—Deaths by starvation
continue in this city, and most con
servative estimates place them at 25
a day.
A visit to the various hospitals by
a Red Cross representative disclosed
that for the first three days of Au
gust twenty deaths from starvation
were recorded. This number did not
include the many who died in the
streets from lack of food.
During the month cos July, 1,856
deaths were registered in Mexico City.
According to Charles J. O'Connor of
the American Red Cross, eight per
cent of the deaths occurring in the
City of Mexico are due to starvation.
“As many deaths from starvation
are not properly authenticated, it is
believed that an average of twenty
five daily from this cause is a con
servative figure. The military author
ities learned of investigations made
by Red Cross workers and ordered
that hospital or cemetery officials
shall not make public any statistics in
the future.”
Haitiens Plan Attack On Americans
Washington.—Reliable reports that
Haitien rebels have been organizing
an army to attack the American forces
on the island, are responsible for plans
now being carried out to reinforce Ad
miral Caperton’s marines and blue
jackets, The marine artillery battal
ion at Annapolis, comprising 350 men
and twelve 3-inch field pieces, will be
embarked on the armored cruiser and
sent to Southern waters to await de
velopments
German Leaders Ready For Peace
Amsterdam.—~At the. secret confer
ence of cabinet ministers, political
leaders and influential writers, called
by the German imperial chancellor be
fore the reassembling of the reichstag
to discuss the political situation, The
Telegraaf says, Karl Helfferich, sec
retary of the treasury, explained that
the new German war loan would com
pletely exhaust the empire's financial
resources and that the increase in ex
chequer bonds would cause bankrupt
cy. Therefore, Dr. Helfferich urged it
was needful to prepare for peace,
Italian Troops On Way To Dardanelles
Rome.—Several transports laden
with troops and escorted by warships
have departed from Naples, Syracuse,
Taranto and Brindiei for an unknown
destination. They sailed under sealed
orders. It is believed that they are to
be employed for operations against
Turkey. The fact is disclosed that
joint military action by Italy with
England, France and Russia against
Turkey was arranged by the Italian
General Pirro during his visit to the
Anglo-French front in July. Plans stud
fed then may be put into action.
LITTLE ITEMS OF -
STATE INTEREST
Athens.—An unknown negro is un
der arrest here, charged with stealing
a horse at Helen, harness at DMadi
son and a buggy at Bishop.
Rome.—Floyd county is one of the
few counties of the state to show an
increase in taxable property this
vear.
Kingston.—Clifford Newton, the 17-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Newton, lost two-thirds of his foot and
the entire calf of his right leg while
working at Whitson's saw mill near
Kingston.
Blakeley.—The proceeds of a recent
bond issue amounting to SIO,OOO will
be used for municipal improvements,
including the erection of a municipal
ice plant. This plant is expected to
not only pay its way, but to ‘leave
a profit. . ;
Waycross.—A black-headed pin, two
inches long, was taken from the ap
pendix of LoissSeckinger, eight years.
old, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
J. Seckinger, when she was operated
on for appendicitis in-a local hospital.
which ended her life.
Savannah.—News has been receiv
ed here of the death of T. S. Moise,
general manager of the Central of
Georgia railway. He died in the in
terior of Canada after a day’s fishing.
He had not been physically strong for
some time, and it is thought he died
from over-exertion.
Albany.—The local police authori
ties have declared that every negro
who lives in Albany must work. M
he won’t work, he must move. This
decision was brought about by the
fact that there is a very great de
mand for cotton pickers while many
negroes are loafing around the
streets.
Dahlonega.—Recently there were
two cattle dipping vats dynamited in
Lumpkin county. The governor has
offered a reward of SIOO, Mr. Bahn
sen SSO and recently the citizens here
have subscribed $79, which will most
likely be raised to SIOO in a few days
for the conviction of those responsi
ble.
Macon.—T. 8. Felder, candidate for
the United States senate a year ago,.
has been approached by a delegation
opposed to the re-election of Mayor
Bridges Smith, and asked to be a can
didate for mayor in the municipak
campaign this fall. Mr. Felder told
the committee he would reserve hig
decision several days.
Augusta.—Stockholders of the de
funct Bank of Hephzibah are being
sued by the receiver for the balance
of the capital stock subscribed by
them in the bank. Only sixty per
cent of the stock has ever been paid:
in. Even if this amount is collected,
there will still not be sufficient funds
to pay the amount due depositors.
Dahlonega.—A double daily aute
mail has been granted between Dah--
lonega and Brockton. This schedule
will put return mail between Atlanta
and Dahlonega from 36 to 56 hours
quicker. The- schedule begins Sep
tember 1. After this change people
here can mail a letter to Atlanta and
get an answeér on the same day,
whereas it now usually takes three
days, and the best that can be dene
is two days.
Jackson.—Calling upon Governor
Harris to include prohibition in his
call for an extra session of the leg
islature, voting to put the county
treasurer on a salary of SSOO per an
num and recommending an audit of
the conuty .officers’ books, the Butts
county grand jury transacted con
siderable business during its session.
About forty indictments were return
ed. A bond issue for public improve
ment was discussed, but no action was
taken.
Athens.—Because, she asserted, her:
sweetheart on the day before - they
were to have run away and married,
deserted her and married another girl,
Miss Effie Kell of Oconee county, at
tempted three times to kill herself,
finally succeeding. She took a quan
tity of paris green, which was slow
in its effect; attempted to shoot her
self with a gun and failed, and then
took a second dose of paris green,
Jackson.—Tax returns of the city of
Jackson show an increase for 1915
over the previous year of $4,487. Of
that amount real estate represents
$755,365, the total digest for the year
being $1,112,457. The total for 1914
was $1,107,970. Council will fix the
tax rate at an early meeting. The
rate last year was 14 mills and will
probably be around that figure this
year, due to improvement bonds re
cently voted for sewerage.
Lyerly—~Two boy burglars, Sam
Higgins and Headrick Smith, both 19
vears old, were arrested in Lafayette
recently, being caught with stolen ar
ticles from the store of W. J. Shat
tuck, which had been robbed the night
before. The two boys confessed to
having robbed the store, also to hav
ing robbed a store at Tunnel Hill and
the depot at the same place a few
nights previously, .
Monticello, — Sheriff J. R. Ezell,
while attempting to step from a mov
ing automobile on the public square,
lost his balance and fell, breaking
his left lef just below the knee.
Lyerly. — Many peculiar pranks
have been played by rains in this
gection during the past few days.
While Lyerly is sweltering under the
drouth which has prevailed for four
weeks, some sections within a few
miles distance have had splendid
rains during the past few days. The
rains appear to come in spots, and
only cover a short distance until the
clouds disavpear.