The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-09-10
NEW AMSTERDAM
LINER CAPTURED
BY THE FRENCH
TAKEN OVER AND coNVERTED
INTO AUXILIARY CRUISER.
800 PRISONERS OF WAR ABOARD
Paris and Bordeaux are Celebrating
Vieaory Won by the Allies. Elk.
pected Attack on Paris Has
Been Again Delayed.

Rotterdam, Sept Tt is announc
ed that the Holland-American liner,
New Amsterdam will reach here this
afternoon. Enroute from New York
she was taken prisoner by French
liner, Lorraine, transformed to an
auXialiary cruiser and taken into
Brest where nearly 800 German and
Austrian reservistS we're taken OF
and held as prisoners of war. The
cargo was examined but whether any
of it was seized is not yet known.
There is much indignation express
ed here over the detention of the
steamer although it is admitted that
France was within her rights in TAX,
ing off the reservists and examining
the ships manifesto.
German Line Is Turned.
Paris, Sept. 7. The war office
claims the French and British have
turned the German right flank anG
have also penetrated the German
right flank and have also penetrated
the German line left at the right
wing. The force of Germans with.
| drew and sent for achievements
! from Lille. The French say the Germ
! ans are now north of Grande NORM
| liver near LIE Ferte GauCher. 1t Is
| thought here that the Germans have
been ordered to maintaine this pc.
| sition pending the battle raging
| along the Meuse. The Germans eros.
sed the stream at Stray and were
confronted by French army OF
| 100000 men. The line of battle OK
tends from Rethel to 'Verdun and il
Is reported the German emperor Is
| commanding in person.
Bordeaux is joyful.
Bordeaux, Sept. 7.-Frenchmen are
celebrating because the Germans
have not yet attacked Paris. The war
Office thinks the Germans near Paris
are holding their positions while the
army along the Mouse are trying tC
cross it and capture or shatter the
entire allied army. The German
army at RHEIMS has moved forward
to reinforce the German right. Many
French generals have been changed
from their command at the front be
cause they did not grasp the situa
ton and have been replaced by new
men.
German Losses at Termonda.
Antwerp, Sept. THE Belgian
war office in an official statement
issued today announced that tn,
Germans lost 1000 killed and three
times that number wounded in the
fighting south of Termonda While
the movement towards Client anC
toward the waterline of communica
ton has been halted it Is believed
here that it has only been deferred
and not abandoned The general
staff of Belgium is strengthening its
lines in every direction.
Disaster in North Sea.
London, Sept. THE Wilson line
steamship Runo, with 800 passengers
on board, has been sunk by a mine in
the North sea with loss Of life.
The government press bureau 10
sued the following statement:
The Wilson liner Runo was sunk,
40 miles of Shields, by running into a
mine. Twenty-six Russian immigrants
lost their lives. The other passengers
we're saved"
The vessel left Hull, England, on
Saturday for Archangel, Russia, with
800 passengers, most Of whom were
Russian immigrants.
American Consul Ray, who was
aboard bound for Odessa, was wound.
ed in the head.
CThe cablegram did not contain the
initials OF Mr.. Ray, but 1t Is believed
that he Is John A. Ray, American con-
sui at Sheffield, England.)
An Official report says that probably
eighty persons lost their lives.
Two hundred survivors were landed
at Grimsby. Some were badly wounded.
They said that the ship ran into
the mine between o'clock and $50
In the afternoon. Trawlers and fish
ing boats in the vicinity OF the dis
aster picked up survivors floating in
the water The ship was shattered
by the force of the explosion and quick
~ went down.
The mine which sank the Runo
was undoubtedly one planted by the
admiralty to protect the British coast.
Washington, Sept. Five Danish,
two Dutch, one Norwegian and one
Swedish neutral merchant vessels are
known by British admiralty to have
been destroyed by German mines, &C.
cording to a cablegram received by the
British embassy from the London for
eign ONCE.
Consul Ray is Safe.
Washington, Sept. THE state de-
partment today received q cable
gram from American Consul, John A.
Ray, a passenger on the Wilson liner,
which was blown up and sunk by a
mine In the North Sea. stating that
he was only slightly injured and is
proceeding 10 Hull, England, where
he then will resume his journey to
Odessa, to waich point he has been
assigned from Sheffield. England.
Boys Outnumber Girls.
According to the report of the coun.
ty superintendent of Washington Co.,
the boys In the county of school
age outnumber the girls by 102. The
total number OF boys and girls be
tween the ages of and 81 in the
county Is $50. OF these 1856 are
boys and 1854 are girls. In the towns
of the county there are 1873 boys
and Ia girls. while In the rural dis
ltricts there are 1858 boys and 1.452
girls.