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TWO 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