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APPEALS ARE ORGENT
EROM AMERIGANS FOR
TRANSPORTATION HOME
While General Conditions Have Improved and Financial Panic
Improved by Gold on Way, Ambassador Henick Reports
Thirty Thousand Wantinq to Leave. Biq Efforts Being
Made *
Washington, D. C Ganarnl Improve
ment in the condition* among Am#rl
f*ri* abroad waa shown today In offi
cial dlepatchaa t<* tha aims department.
Urgent appeal* for tranaportation, how
ever, continued.
Anibaaaador Herrick reported that fbe
financial panic haa hean ao far allavl
at»d In Paris that ha recommended tha»
the fold on hoard tha orulaar Tenneaaeo
he diverted to other Htle* In greater
need. K. H. Gary. chairman of the re-
Has committee In I‘a ria, atated that
leaat Amaticana were In need of
transportation and that with preaent
accommodation* It would take alx
niontha to move them.
From Vienna.
From Vienna, Amhaeaador Pendfleld
telefraphed under date of August 3rd
that he wsa making ovary effort to get
Americana out of Austria before \ eater
day at midnight when all transporta
tion waa to b# atopped for a period of
aome weeks The Austrian government
has been running special train* for
tourlate from Karlsbad and Marlenhed
to the capital. The plan waa to trans
port the foreigner* from Vienna to
Trieste and thence to Venice where they
can embark on Italian vessels
Thera has been no danger to Ameti
BRITAIN SEIZED OVER
20 GERMAN VESSELS
IN EIRST DAY OE WAR
London. It ts estimated that whsn
England declared war on Germany
ihsre were J.OOO German steamships
and *OOO German salting ehlpa on the
high eeae Englishmen feel that a
good Inroad on these wae made on the
flret day of war when more than *0
German vessels were seised.
The Morning Post today propose*
that Xngtwnd resume her rights of
capturing all cargoes destined for hls
tils oountrtea under whatever flag th*
vessel may be sailing.
While most of the papers today
counsel the courteous treatment of
Germane who ere compelled to remain
in England, the Pally Mail urges a
vigorous application of the law con-
AMERICAN HALTED:
SENT BACK TO BERLIN
New York—Seymour B. Conger, cor
■ respondent of The Associated Press In
Berlin, reported In despatchee na be
ing under arrest at th* German-Rua
alan frontier. Is In Berlin Mr Con-
Catarrh of Head
9
Mr. W. H. Chaney. R. T. D. I,
Futherltn, rittsylvajila Co., Vi,
writes: "Tor the past twelve months
I here born a sufferer from catarrh
of the head. Since taking four bot
tles of your TYruna I ferl a different
Person altogether. Tba eevere pain*
In my head have disappeared. and
my entire system haa been greatly
strengthened This la my first tes
timonial to the curative qualities of
any patent medicine, but I feel It a
duty to mankind to let them know
of the greatest medicine on earth—
Renma—ln mv estimation for the
above trouble."
Those who object to liquid medi
cines can now procure Peruna
r ablets.
cone ao fur as Is known. The Cunarder
( arpathla haa already left Flume for
Malta with a number aboard.
Fully Organised.
Oprar Htr.iuaa and F. I. Kent, repre
sentatives of the Bankers Truat <’om
-I'iny, both members of the relief com
mittee In London, reported that, their
work was fully or*fanixed and a com
plete Mst «*f an Americana In Kngiand
would he Iseued tomorrow. Need of
transports capable of carrying at least
$20,000 people was urged, since the lack
of gold haa made It Impossible for many
to aecurt* even food, to say nothing of
lodging
HimJlar conditions exist In Milan, ac
cording to Consul Hlewart. who rej>ort
ed several hundred Americans desirous
of leaving. Consul Raehr reported Swlts
trland also filled with Americana un
able to secure credit.
From Hergen, Norway, a dispatch
signed by the Arctic Explorer Rasmus
sen reported a party of Americana on a
Polar expedition on hoard the Prlna
Friedrich Wilhelm on their way to Rre
men had disembarked and asked for as
sistance.
W Cl. Fharp, the newlv appointed am
bassador to France, will proceed to
Pari* as anon as ha can secure passage.
trolling aliens, saying:
Source of Danger.
"There are too many Germans in
England and unless they uro kept un
der close observation their presence
may be a source of great danger"
A series of royal proclamations
were published today Thev revoke
the prohibition against the importa
tion of arms Into Ireland; set forth
the Illegality of trading with an en
emy; prohibit British vessels caj-ry
ing contraband of war between for
ports, and declare that British sub
jects contributing to a loan raised on
the German emperor or contracting
with th* German government will b#
guilty of high treason.
ger had been ordered to St. Peters
burg prior to the beginning of hos
tilities. but was detained at the fron
tier and with several other Americans
sent buck to th* capital.
Neutrality
and U. S.
Warships
Secretary Daniels Orders Ves.
sols to Ports Along New
England Coast in Event Ship
ments War Materials
Washington, o. C. To protect the
neutrallev of American port* and pro
hibit shipments of munitions of war.
Beeretar\ Daniel* today ordered the hat-
I .ship t-iortda at Tompkinavllla to New
York the Mayflower to Hampton Road*,
a number of destroyers to porta along
the New England coast and the destroy
ers at l.ewea. Del., to Philadelphia and
Pons In that territory. Any veeeet at
tempting to sail for a belligerent port
without clearance papers will be board
ed by Amartcan officials
Tba Texas and lxntlalana at Vera <Ttil
and the Minnesota at Tampico hava
been ordered to New York and Peers,
tarv Ivanlela announced that other Am
erican varecle would ba ordered north
as fast ss room eottld be found for
them it navy yard docks
At wireless stations, under the cen
sorship ordered by the President, no
code messages will be rilowed under
any circumstances Messages which
might hep any of rhe heittgerants Id
any way will of course be barred.
I Feel It
a Duty
to
Mankind
to Let
Them
Know of
Pe-ru-na
Mighty British Super-Dreadnaught Iron Duke
.•■> ’ V,,' *. v 'X : ' _ f • , * w , •
.
».■ c '
The Iron Duke.
Accompanying photographs show Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Brit
ish Admiralty, on the right, and Prince Louis of Battenburg, Senior Naval Lord
of Great Britain a\\d an admiral of the fleet. In the background is the rmghtv
Britisli Super-dreadnaught Iron Duke, Flagship of the vast naval armada
which recently sailed from Portmouth, England, under sealed and secret orders,
the whereabouts of which fleet remained a mystery for some time. ,
It is thought to be engaged in battle today in the North Sea.
Wrecked
Kaiser's
Embassy
Bonfire Made of Contents By
Army of St. Petersburq Mob.
Ran Up Russian Flag
St Petersburg (via London) —The
German embassy nere was wrecked
and a bonfire made of the furniture
and pictures by the angry crowd
last night. The people were anger
ed by the reports of what they deem
ed to be an indignity shown to the
Dowager Empress Maria Foedorowna
hv being stopped in Berlin on her
arrival from London on her way to
St. Petersburg and compelled by the
German authorities to go to Copen
hagen. 1
An entrance wae forced by the
crowd through the windows. Most
of tha rooms were wrecked and the
furniture pitched Into tha streets.
A number of students and work
men climbed to the roof of the
embassy and tore the gold eagle
from tha top of the flag staff. They
“Geis-lt” for Corns
Sure as Sunrise
Naw Plan. Coma Shrivel, Vanish.
Until ,4 OETS-lT" waa born nobody
waa ever sure of getting rid of a corn.
Torn treatment* nearly aH contained
the same Ingredients, tmly some wer#
liquid, some piaster* tome "wrappers’
Yeabee Poodle St
h.d e bmp. aaa^hS
He bed te ride
y M aw ble cere,
/ I m Aad celled it,
I I "O rouosly!"
and some in salva form. Now comes
“GETB-tT" with s neely discovered
formula the corn cure on a new prin
ciple and a simple plan that never falls.
This is why YIKTS-1T" haa grown In
three tears to he the biggest-selling
corn cure the world has ever known
There * no more need of fusalng with
corns, up mors digging or cutting.
There* nothing to prres down on the
com. nothing to Inflame the flesh, to
"pull" the corn or cause pain Pul two
drops of "OETB-TT" on tn two seconds.
That's all For any corn, cghus. wart
or bunion. ,
• "C.KTB IT Is sold by druggists every
where He a bottle or sent direct by E
Laurence A Co.. Chicagu.
.HE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
then ran up the Russian flag.
A massive statuary depicting a
group of uorses led by men was
hacked to pieces with axes and the
debris hurled into the canal. A
bonfire was then mads of the con
tents of the embassy and an at
temjit was marie to put a torch to
the building but mounted police
routed the rioters.
Another crowd later tried to re
peat the performance at tha Aus
trian embassy but that building was
too strongly guarded.
The body of a Russian footman is
alleged by the authorities to have
been found in the German embassy.
The man had been shot in the head
and stabbed and had been dead for
some days.
Wireless to
Warships
Sent
Notwithstanding Order of
President Wilson, Messages
Transmitted to German Ves
sels from Sayville, L. I.
New York.—Although President Wil
son has issued nn order prohibiting
mireless stations In the United States
from transmitting messages of an un
neutral nature, the Atlantic Communi
cation Cpmpany’i powerful tower nt
Sayville, L. 1., today eent several mes
sages in code to German warships lying
off the coast. These messages. ac
cording to a German employe of the
company, were received from the cable
offlcee of the Postal Telegraph Co., and
the Western Union Telegraph Co., in
thle city. Othere were received from a
person in New York, it was said.
Some of the messages were received
at the Sayville station yesterday after
noon and some during the early evening.
During the night and early morning they
were transmitted.
The manager of the eomapny. a mem
ber of the naval reserve of Germany,
satd he had read tn the newapaers that
President Wilson had issued an order
in regard to the transmission and re
ceiving of messages hut that hs had no
official notification.
JOHN D.’S ••OILER”
CHASED BY BRITISH
Key West. Fla.—Th* Standard Oil
steamer Sioux, flvtng the Germr.u
slug. which left Tsmplco July ."nth
wtht n cargo of oil for European
porta, put Into this port today. Tup
captain said h* had made a forced
run o' several houra to escape a
British warship patrolling the Gulf
of Mexico.
wanted colored botj to car.
ry taper. In Colored Territory Apply
Bub tattoo No | 101? Kollock Bt ts
11 <H> and ll.to Straw Hats at Mar
tina
UNER
DODOES
ENEMY
Lusitania’s Race For England
Reported By Intercepted
Wireless. British Cruiser
Following
New York—Further word
of the big English liner Lusi
tania, now dodging German
cruisers in a race for England,
was brought to New York to
day by the oil tank steamer
Tonawanda, from London and
Antwerp. Captain Hart said
yesterday he heard the Lusita
nia in wireless communication
with the British cruiser vessel,
saying a foreign cruiser was
following her and asking the
Essex to stand by. Later the
Essex went in search of the
foreigner.
During three days past,
said Captain Hart, the wire
less brought news of the pres
ence of British, French and
German cruisers. None was
sighted however. The French
La Lorraine, bearing nearly
a thousand reservists bound
for France, was seen 70 miles
east of Fire Island.
Were To Throw The
$10,600,000 in Gold
Overboard
New York.—That the 110.800.000 In
gold on the Kronprinsesaln Cecllle wa*
to hav, been thrown overboard If the
flvtng liner had been captured was the
■tartllng ,tatem,nt m*d, by two of the
passenger, who arrived here this after
noon by apeclal train. They had land
ed at Bur Harbor. Me., after the North
German Lloyd ehip'* aucceaaful run to
cover.
OVER-SEA INSPECTOR
COMMANDS HOME ARMY
London. —According to T>> Tele
graph. General Sir fan Ham lion. In
spector general of the over-sea
forces, will command the home army.
Ths Duke of Devonshire haa offered
hla historic town home is office* for
the Red Cross Society.
IfS.an up suits made to order with
snap and style. See F. G. Mertins.
ASSISTANCE IS GIVEN TO
ALE AMERICANS WHO
FLOCKED TO PARIS
Paris—Judge Elbert H. Gary, Am
bassador Herrick and members of the
American committee formed to aid
their countrymen arranged today to
have several million francs available
for cashing checks and letters of cred
it of Americans. The Americans here
who have visible means consequent
ly will not lack ready money pending
the arrival of the United States cruis
er Tennessee.
Ambassador Herrick Is taking up
with the French government the ques
tion of which would he the best ports
for Americans to embark on the
steamers which the United States
government ts arranging to have call
at French seaports. The French for
eign office has expressed the desire
to co-operate with the ambassador in
the way that Is most convenient.
In Ten Days.
Within ten days or so when the
mobilization of the French army has
hecn completed a regular, though lim
ited. train service will be restored.
Members of the American. embassy
made an arrangement with the French
military authorites late last night to
allow B 0 homeless Germans gathered
outside the embassy building to sleep
In a public school building nearby.
There was a distressing gathering
of Indigent .Germans, many of them
wCmen and children and some with
babies In their arms at the embassy
today getting their certificates of
Identification signed by the ambassa
WAR W TABLOID
SEVER COMMUNICATIONS.
PARIS, VIA LONDON—It is reported the Belgian •
army has severed all communications between Belgium and
Luxemburg.
DUTCH NEUTRALITY
THE HAGUE, VIA LONDON —An official gazette to
day proclaims the strictest Dutch neutrality in the Anglo-
German and Belgo-German wars.
AT SHANGHAI.
SHANGHAI —Two British regiments, the Gloucester
shires and the Southern Wales Borderers, stationed at Tien-
Tsin have been ordered South. They are awaiting trans
ports. An Indian regiment of Punjabis will remain in Tien-
Tsin. ■>
SAY COLONY EXPELLED.
BRUSSELS, VIA LONDON —It is reported here the Ger
man colony at Antwerp is being expelled. However, as the
colony comprises 25,000 persons the report is not taken very
seriously.
TAKE GERMAN CRUISER
LONDON —The French embassy learns that the French
fleet has captured a German cruiser.
BRITISH TAKE LINER
MALTA, VIA LONDON —British torpedo boat destroy
ers have captured and brought here a German Levant Liner.
DENIED. i
TOKIO—A report that German warships had seized’
Japanese merchantmen in the Yellow Sea was denied by the
Japanese government today.
CORRESPONDENT ARRESTED.
London. —Dr. Hans Plehn, London correspondent
of Wolff’s Telegraphic Bureau, the German semi
official news agency, was arrested here this morning.
REDUCE RATE.
Lond°n. —The Bank of England today reduced its
discount rate to 6 per cent.
“Don! Worry or Gel Excited,’”
Is Wilson’s Advice to Nation
So fsr as we sre concerned there Is no
cause for excitement. There Is gre»t
Inconvenience, for the time being. In the
money market and In our exchanges,
and. temporarily. In the handling of our
ri-ope, but America Is absolutely pre
pared to meet the financial situation and
to straighten everything out without any
material dlfftcultp. The only thing that
can possibly prevent It Is unreasonable
apprehension and axcltement.
The situation In Europe Is perhapa
the gravest In He possibilities that haa
arisen In modern limes, but It need not
affect ths T’nited Stales InfavorsMy In
the long run. Not that the United
States has anything to take advantage
of, but her own position Is sound and
THURSDAY, AUGUST i
dor preparatory to being drafted to
the w-estern frontier.
8 West Pointers.
Ambassador Herrick has cabled to
Washington for permission for eight
graduates of West Point now in Paris
on leave, to accompany the Frencls
armies as military observers.
The ambassador has asked tha
French government to extend the tirne\
limit for the issue of special permits '
of residence to Americans living tn
Paris or those desiring to reside here.
Assistance was given today by the
American church to a number of des
titute Americans. Judge Gary said
he supposed there were over 40,000
Americans in Europe desirous of re
turning to America and 7.500 in Paris
of whom perhaps 1,500 wer* in des
perate straits. He said he thought
the committee would be able to cope
with the majority of cases provided
aid was received from the state de
partment.
From Switzerland.
A large number of tourists from
Switzerland, among them many
Americans and delegates to the
church Peace Union, whose proposed
conference at Constance was aban
doned, have arrived in Paris with tales
of their experiences. They were met
politely hut at the point of the bayo
net at the French frontier and asked
to show their credentials. At Bescan
con they were put into freight cars
used for transportation of troop horses
and had little to eat or drink.
shs owes It to mankind to remain In
such a condition, and In such a state of
mind that shs can htlp ths rest of the
world. ,
I know from my conferences with the
Secretary of the Treasury, w-ho Is In
very close touch with the flnactal sit
uation throughout the country, thtM
there It no cause for alarm. There la
cause for getting busy and doing the
thing In the right way, but there It no
element of unsoundneta and there Is no
cause for alarm. The bankers and busi
ness men of the country sre co-operat
ing wit hthe government with a seal.
Intelligence and spirit which make ths
outcome secure. President R'Usob'l
statement to th, publig