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Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

New York, Sept 4-Intercepted
wireless messages copied at the va
rious stations in the vicinity of New
York at which the United States gov
ernment has placed censors, would
seemingly explain the periodic APP
peparance of British cruisers off the
entrance of New York harbor.
Count Won Bermstorff. the German
ambassador, has repeatedly expressed
conviction that the British men of
war were both provisioned and coaled
from New York.
Maritime men nave been unable to
explain why first one and then an
other of the cruisers known to be off
the coast would come within the
three-mile limit, remain a while and
then hurry off to sea again. How
these cruisers managed to obtain pro
visions has also been the source of
much speculation.
One of the wireless messages which
has helped clarity the mystery was
addressed to Fl. B. Hunt at No. 12S
West Seventeen street, New York.
The message was picked up on Sep
tember 1 at a station near New York
while being transmitted from the
British cruiser Suffolk to the Marcon
station at siasconset. Mass. In this
message Mr.. Hunt was directed to
bring a quantity of provisions and
some newspapers to a point twt
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
GERMAN WARSH|PS ARE BATTERED and SUNK
IN ENGAGEMENT NEAR THE KEEL CANAL; RIGID
CENSORSHIP HIDES DETAILS OF GREAT Fight
TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS

the retreatine French who
This would
within perhaps 20 miles the
i'm 0 objective point
regarding positions Germans
the allies lacking.
reaching today orignat
matter permitted the cable
or
official they refer to fighting
early confirm claims disaster to the Austrian
capital stronghold of Austrian Gac
Belgian say arriving from Budapest declared
following Austrian defeat the Russians
infantry
port
recruiting at
ableboded 6rlton
military rally the coIors.
that he has
off New York harbo were
receiving supplies flying American flag
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
THE PRESIDENT WANTSsTAX
ASKS CONGRESS TO PASS MEAS
URE AUTHORIZING MONEY
RAISING SCHEME q
COUNTRY is NOT "BROkE"
HOWEVER, 1T is iNADvIsARLE AT
THIS TIME TO LET CREDIT
SLUMP

Washington, Sept. president VII
son personally addressed congress II
Joint session today, urging legisIatie
to raise $500 100000 a year additional
revenue through internal taxes 20
meet treasury deficiency threaten
by the conflict in Europe.
The president fold congress that he
discharged a duty which he wished
with all his heart he might have been
spared, but which he performed with
out hesitation or apology. because OF
the danger in present circumstances
to create moments doubt as to the
strength and suffciency Of the treas
ury of the United States"
While the treasury, he said. could
get along for a considerable period, he
pointed out the peril of the govern
ment's Withdrawing from national
banks approximately $75,000,000 Of the
treasury balance deposited there; ad-
vised against the government borrow
ing money or selling bonds, which
would make "a most untimely and un-
justifiable demand on the money mar
ket, and appealed to the intelligence
and profoundly patriotic public to
bear the burden OF special tax to
meet the unforeseen emergency"
Congress listened attentively to the
address. Immediately on its conclu-
sion, the legislative machinery was ses
in motion to carry it's recommends
tion into effect.
Chairman Underwood called meet
ing of the ways and means committee
to perfect an internal revenue meas
ure tentatively drafted in preliminary
conferences. A bill will be introduced
as soon as possible. The presidents
began reading his address at 12:2e
o'clock
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
TODAY IN CONGRESS

washington, Sept. 4-senate: Met
az II a. m.
Senator Burton resumed his attack
on the rivers and harbors bill. 3
Senator Jones introduced bill for
government loans of not more than
$4,000 to citizens to buy country o.
city homes.
House: Met at noon.
Held joint session with the senate
to hear President Wilson deliver an
address on the nede Of raising war
revenue.
Judiciary committee adopted recon-
mendations Of subcommittee which
held there was no ground for impeazh-
ment of Federal Judge speer %
Georgia
Senate amendments to the CLAYTON
trust bill weer disagreed 70 and |ha
measure went to conference.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

line of siege both to the east and west
of Paris.
The British public has turned hope
full eyes toward the east, where the
triumph of Russian arms in the Aus
trian province of Galicia has been
amply confirmed. In addition to the
battle of Lemberg, in which the flow
er of six Austrian army corps was
destroyed, it is evident that there has
been a simultaneous victory at Tomas
seow, a town of some importance 30
miles southeast of Lodze in Russian
Poland. The meager German reports
received here indicate that the Ger.
mans are more than holding their
own on the border of East Prussia,
but the Russian general staff, accord
ing to the point of view held in Lon
don, does not seem greatly concerned
over the status of the campaign in
German territory, evidently being will
ing to await the outcome of move
ments further eastward before throw
ing Russia's full strength against
Prussia.
Reference to the titanic struggle
between the German army under
Grown Prince Frederick William and
the forces of France, which took
place between Rheims and Verdun
Wednesday, is made again today from
Berlin. If the Berlin statement
proves correct-that tnreequarters of
million troops were fighting in that
region Wednesday in the greatest
battle of history" it would explain
much of what has been happening in
the western field.
To bring the troops in that region
to anything like the number named
10000, enormous French forces must
have been concentrated at the ex
pense of the French left flank, where
the Germans have been making prog
ress with their brilliant dash on Paris
The battle along the Rheims and Yer
dun line has been claimed, in an
earlier message from Berlin, as a vic
tory for the army of the crown prince
who is reported to have had the as
sistance of Emperor William, whs
was present.
That nothing further concerning
tContiuued on Page Fivel
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
REQUESTS ARE BY WIRELESS
."MR. HUNT IN 6oTtfAm ACTS As
PURCHASING AGENT
FOR ENGLISH
MAY CAUSE some TROUBLE
TEUTONS IMPLY THEY WILL
LOOK TO UNITED STATES
TO EXPLAIN

New York, Sept. 4.-Count Won
Bernstorff, German ambassador to the
United States, announced today that
he received positive information that
two British cruisers lying ten miles
from New York harpor had received
supplies of coal, provisions and am
nunition from vessel flying the Am
erican flag.
The supplies, Count Won Bernstorff
said, were taken aboard yesterday, ac-
cording to his information. He declin-
ed to give his authority for making
the statement or to say what steps
he intended to take. The neutrality
laws were so vague, he declared, that
he did not know yet exactly what he
was going to do.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
Wheat is Still Rising

Chicago, Sept Yesterdays rec
ord price for wheat, s1.25A was dis
placed in the opening trades today
when the May option sold TO $1.25ss.
Rye today sold here at dollar a
bushel for spot cash, an advance of
9G4 cents a bushel over yesterdays
price Barley also was up. Both rye
and barley we're at by far the highest
level for this years crop.
Before the session was an hour old
the market had scored sensational
jump of more than four cents a bush
ell compared with last night Advices
that big export orders were being
handled in the United States for the
direct account of the governments OF
Great Britain, France and Greece ex-
cited the trade. The bulge carried May
wheat up to $1.291A.
On a second swell, the market show
ed an upturn of five cents bushel
net. The greatest rise was for deliv-
cry in the present month, the Septem-
ber option selling at $1.19% as against
$114A last night.
1t was gossip that foreigners were
not quibbling about prices, and were
anxious chiefly to get supplies quickly
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
ENGLAND LANDS AN IMMENSE RUSSIAN ARMY IN FRANCE
Dsntegradon Of Austria Hungary Seems About Occur
JUST AS GERMAN FORCES become A MENACE TO PARI

miles south of Ambrose light ship at
IL o'clock the foil wing morning.
Among the provisions asked for was
fresh beef.
The following day, September 2,
as the White Star liner Olympic pass
ed quarantine, bound out. she sent
from her wireless the call for letters
of the Suffolk, anG after receiving an
acknowledgment. transmitted a dis
patch signed Hunt"
In this Hunt" informed the COM
mander of the British cruiser that be
had been at point two miles south
of the light ship at II O'Clock that
morning, but as the Suffolk failed to
put in an appearance he could be
there again at o'clock that after
noon Whether any provisions were
actually delivered is not known.
To a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press A. B. Hunt, at the ad-
dress in Seventieth street, flatly de-
MED that he had ever received
radiogram from the Suffolk. Later,
when informed of the contents of the
message and told it was known he
had signed for it, Mr.. Hunt admitted
that he had received it.
But I did not take the provisions
out to the cruiser" he declared. "I
was formerly a British subject. but
am now an American citizen. have
done much work for the British adj
miralty and for a number of years
past I have furnished provisions to
British warships When they we're In
American waters"
Mr.. Hunt denied that he had sent
the radiogrRm transmitted by the
Olympic. He said he did not know
who had used his name without his
authority In reply to a question
as to whether he intended in the fu-
ture to transport shipments to British
cruisers off the coast, Mr., Hunt said
that he had not decided.
Count Won Bernstorff said that he
made an official complaint to Secre-
tary of State Bryan about the pro
visioning and coaling of the British
ships. es
A''I have positive information that
the cruisers sent wireless messages
to the British consulate in New York.
Soon afterwards vessel flying the
American flag, accompanied by sew
eral coal 'barges, put out of New York
harbor to the cruisers, and at a point
ten miles outside the three-mile limit
supplied them with ammunition, coal
and provisions. According to my in
formation that has been going on for
some time and the port of New York
has been made the supply depot for
English men of war;
The ambassador said it was his
information that the coal and pro-
visions we're uspplied by American
firms.
At the British consulate Sir Court
enay Walter Bennett, consul general
to New York, declined to take any
notice of the allegations made by the
German ambassador
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
MAYORS STORY GETS
Big BLUE pencil
MILITIA LIEUTENANT BECOMES
AN EDITOR UPON SHORT
NOTICE

Butte, Mont. Sept. 4.-1he 600 Mon
tpna National Guardsmen who are
maintaining peace in Butte responded
to their first riot call early today
when a telephone message was receiv-
ed at headuarters that a body of men
were marching on the mines. The
militiamen left their quarters prepared
for action, but the searchlights on the
court house disclosed that the men
we're miners with dinner pals going
to work
Major Root resumed his summary
court and released men who were ar
rested by the police
A party Of the scouting militia
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

London, Sept. 4.-Additions to
the official communication regard
ina the loss of the torpedo gun
boat says:
"The missing include the skip
rer and four men of the Linsdeli.
Two men were seriously Injured.
The remainder of the crew of the
LinsdelI had been picked up by the
Speedy before the latter struck
a second mine.
"The Speedy was an old torpedo
ounboat of 800 tons and prior to
the declaration Of war she was en-
gsged in fishery protection In the
North Sea-"
This additional information re-
garding the probable loss of the
torpedo boat Speedy Of the British
navy and of a merchant vessel of
some kind is all the British CEN
sors have thus far permitted to
come through.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

which had been in the foothills south
Of Butte for SO hours searching for
President Mcdonald of the Mine Work
ers' union, returned to headquarters to-
day without Mcdonald. The roads and
trains are still being patrolled In the
Vicinity of McDonald's supposed hiding
place
Lieutenant Arthur A. Baker. news
censor. announced that he had blue
renciled" two columns Of matter that
had been written BY Mayer Duncan for
his socialist weekly
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
taneously with similar movements
in Bohemia and Hungary"

London, Sept. 4.-The official
information bureau has issued a
statement saying:
According to information de-
rived from a trustworthy source,
seven German destroyers and tor
redo boats have arrived at kiel
in damaged condition, and 1t Is
understood that others have been
sunk In the vicinity of the kiel
canal"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

London, Sept 4.=The German army,
at least one point, Is now within 20
miles of the outer Notifications of
Paris. according to late advices re-
ceived here.
However, the veil of secrecy over
the western area of the fighting the
country north of Paris-never has
been harder to penetrate than during
the past "a hours. There is no evil
dence at hand to show that the per-
sistent advance of the Germans has
been appreciably checked.
Late news dispatches from Dieppe
describe the German right as at the
rear of the retreating French through
Creil, Senlis and Crepy-en-valois,
towns "a, 20 and 35 miles respectively
distant from the boundaries of Paris
proper. The Notifications of the
French capital extend roughly ten
miles beyond the city limits.
The allies probably now occupy a
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04
IF THE FORTS AREPASSED
WHEN OUTER FoRTlFlCATIONS
FALL, COMMANDER WILL
YIELD SWORD
NO news FROM THE EAST
TEUToNs ARE REPORTED AS
HOLDING THEIR OWN ON
PRUssIAN BORDER

ostend, Belgium, Sept. 4.-(via
London)-The advance of the Ger
man right wing is reported check
ed. The Germans have been obIig-
ec to retire to ST. Quentin.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

London's Sept. 4.-The sinking
of the German ship Bathori by
British cruiser in the Bay of Bis
cay, was reported this afternoon.
The Austrian refused to heave to
until the cruiser put a shot across
her bows. The warships then
took off the crew of 26 and sent
the steamer to the bottom. The
prisoners taken included a Ger
man imperial staff officer. The
Bathori was a steamer of 1,450
tons. She piled between Rimue
and French ports and was last re-
ported in Havre roads August 25.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

New York, Sept. 4.-DoW, Jones
and Company today published this
item on their news tlckers:
HRome-Premier Salandra gave
out the following official state
ment:
"'The italian government Is
firmly determined to maintain
strict neutrality This the cores
pondent thinks will be the feeling
of the people, although deep rooted
sympathy Is felt for England.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

London, Sept. A dispatch to
the Reuter- Telegraph company
from Rome. dated September 8,
says:
According to report from
servia, the secret servian society
'Naroda obrana,' is preparing a
revolutionary movement m Bosnia
end Herzegovina austrian prov
inces) which will break out slmuI-
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-04

CHANGES in temper
ature tonight and Sat
urday will be slight;
skies will be fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-07

This building has been named Pur
ington Hall by the trustees in memoir.
of the former principal, George I.
Purington, whose long service in tina
position established the name ant
character of the school in a high plac,
among the normal schools Of TIL
country. The matron in charge c
the building is Mrs. ]. r. Allen, ;
Pennington woman, who has had lars
experience in the care and board o
students.
The building will accommodate on
hundred students and although it wa
not fully completed at the beginnins
of the term So are now being cared for
with the prospect that the winter ter,r
will find it completely filled.
The appropriation for the building
amounted to $4,000 This has no
been sufficient to completely furnisf
the building but it is furnished suf
ficiently for use and can await further
appropriations by the coming Legisla
ture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-07

are each furnished with spacious
closets. Five general bathrooms and
two private bathrooms have convenient
locations on the various floors. A
feature of the construction is the hos
pital suite of three rooms on the third
floor on sunny side of the building.
The building has hard wood floors
throughout and is finished in cypress
throughout the hall and portions of
the first story, and in hard pine
throughout the rest of the building.
The doors are of veneered birch of
beautiful grain and all the woodwork
is stained a dark brown. In all it's
specifications of heating and plumbing
the effort has been to provide most
substantial and satisfactory equip
ment.
The main entrance to the building is
through spacious portico, beautiful
in design and proportion. This opens
into large hall, on one side of which
is the dining room and on the other
side the lounging room and reception
room. All these rooms have paneiej
glass doors which produce a very
pleasing effect. on three walls of the
building the windows are fitted with
green blinds which add greatly to the
attractiveness of the exterior and give
it residence-like effect.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-07

Pennington, Me-, Nov. 6.-(SpeciaD
The new dormitory for the Farm
ington Normal School which has been
in progress Of construction during the
past year has now been completed.
1t is the last thing in school dormi-
tory in the State of Maine. 1t was
built from plans drawn by Miller &
Mayo of Portland and its contraction
las been under their supervision. l..
E. Bradstreet & Sons Co. of HalIoweil
were the general contractors. The
steam contract was let to Wiley &
Calhoun of Portland, the plumbing TO
knight Brothers of Westbrook, and
the electric wiring and furnishings to
the A. T. Thurston Co. of Rockland.
The State was especially fortunate In
the bids offered and the work has been
carried out in a substantial and work
snanlike manner.
The structure is of red brick with
artificial stone trimmings and is built
around three sides of square. In
addition to the spacious dining room,
lounging room. kitchens and pantries
it has SO sleeping rooms. These rooms
are arranged for two students and
with the exception of four of them
have two windows in room, and they
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-07

tudestoward the matter. Zion S Herald
of Boston, of which Rev. Charles
Parkhurst, d. D., is the able edltor,
takes the position that the poard
should not make the appropriation,
while the Christian Advocate OF New
York, edited by Rev. George +. Eek
man, d. D., who has a summer home
on Little Diamond Island in Portland
Harbor, is favorable to the approprl-
ating of the proposed amount.
Another question which is to be af-
fected by the decision of the board in
it's action at the meetings here in
Portland is the movement toward the
union of the two branches of the
Methodist Church, North and South.
The action of the board in making
or Withholding the appropriation OF
$4,000 annually for three years will
have very direct bearing upon the
progress of the movement or retarding
the same, it is stated.
On Sunday of the convention series
the Methodist pulpits of Portland and
other places in the State, will be sup
piled by the bishops and other repre-
sentatives. In the evening big mass
meeting is planned, this to be held in
the City Hall. There will be d special
organ program by VIII c. Macfarlane,
the municipal organist, and addresses
will be made by Bishop Quayle, who
presided at the session of the Maine
conference in 1910, at the Congress
Street Methodist Church in this city.
and Bishop Edwin c. Hughes of San
Francisco, and formerly pastor in NAL
den, who presided at the Maine confer
ence at Lewiston two years ago.
Monday will be given up to the clos
ing sessions. the final session being
held Monday evening, Nov. 16.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-07

Fish Warden Abner Johnson Wed.
nesday captured five men diggins
CLAIMS on the New Meadows agains
the special statute made and provid
ed for the New Meadows, where onl,
a resident of the locality protected
may dig clans for his own use OF
that of his neighbors one bushel cnl,
a day, on the west side of the rive
from Gurnet Bridge to the head o
navigation and from Sabine on tn
east side in West Bath to the heat
of navigation. The five clam dig
gers discovered by Warden johnson
were digging in the vicinity Of thu
Gurnet Bridge and had in their pos
session two buckets filled with beau
tiful shucked CLAIMS. They claimed
that they were digging them to u.s.
themselves, but they had no RICH
there and the Warden reported then
to the Game Commissioners for &C
ton
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-07

crete panel rails, and four concrete
posts will hold each cluster of cleo
trio lights, one at each corner of the
bridge. The plans were drawn by
Charles A. Mixer, resident engineer for
the Rumford Paper company, and the
contract has been given to the H. p
Cummings. Construction Co., of Ware,
and Boston, Mass, this company al
ready having done much eminently
satisfactory work for the town and the
various big concerns in the town. The
contract price is understood to be a
little less than $4,000. The work of
placing the concrete was begun last
week, and it will take several weeks
for its completion. There is without
doubt, more traffic at this point, which
is the intersection of Prospect Avenue
and Bridge street, than at any other
point in the village, unless possible ex-
ception be made of the stretch of road
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-07
METHODIST HOME
MISSIONS, PORT
LAND, NOV. 1916

Portland, Me-, Nov. 6.-With prelim-
mary session on Friday afternoon,
Nov. 10, the annual meeting of the
Board of Home Missions and Church
Extension of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, which will be held in this city.
from the 18th to the 10Th. inclusive.
will open in the Chestnut Street church
This occasion will bring together the
bishops of the church, members of the
board and lay and clerical Tepresen-
tatives from the Is conferences of the
church in the United States. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be about 100
delegates and official representatives,
while the number of ministers and
others who will come to Portland to
participate in the sessions or witness
the deliberations will equal that num-
Der.
The members of the board and others
Will arrive in the city on Friday morn
ing, and the preliminary session will
be in the nature of canvassing the gen.
eral work and getting ready for the
regular sessions which will begin the
next morning. Friday evening there
will be reception in the vestry of the
Chestnut Street church, giving mem
bers of the Methodist churches of
Portland and vicinity and others inter-
ested an opportunity to meet the vari-
Gus bishops and others who will at
tend the meetings in an official capac-
ity.
The business of the board will occupy
the attention Of the morning and aft
ernoon sessions Saturday, and the
Portland meetings give promise of be-
ing notable in the history of the de-
nomination in the consideration Of two
important phases of denominational
activity and support. What is known
in the church as the Atlanta question.
involving the annual expenditure of
$4,000 annually for three years for
the purpose of building a church in
Atlanta, Ga, which Is in the field of
the Methodist Church South. will be
acted upon. This is a question upon
which the leaders in the nominations
are divided. and even the denomina
tional press is at variance in its atti-