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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13
LEIPZIG sinks
OIL TANKER OFF
MEXICAN COAST

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6. = The
cles as TO what the Germans would do
when they captured tank steamer
found its answer yesterday In tele-
gram received by the Union Oil Com
pany from Valparaiso, Chile, that its
chartered tanker Elslnor had been
sunk, presumably off the northern
coast Of Mexico, on the 18th of last
month by the German cruiser Leipzig.
Captain John Roberts, who resided
at the Terminal hotel, and his crew
Of between So and 40 men, were land.
ed on Galapagos island, 600 miles off
Guayaquil. Ecuador. Captain Roberts
probably was not surprised when a
shot from the cruiser went across his
bows, for before leaving San Francis
co he said to John Hoyle of the Term
inat hotel:
Don't be surprised, John, IL you
learn that / have been captured be-
fore | get back, for ] have 'hunch'
that the Germans will get me either
coming or going"
The sinking OF the Elsinor was
learned through the master of the
steamer Bankfields, sunk at Eten,
Peru, by the Leipzig. He was landed
by the Cosmos liner Marie at Lima,
Peru, after having been placed aboard
that vessel by the German mantof-
war.
The Elsinor left Port Hartford for
Corinto August "a with full load of
petroleum, and left that port north
hound in ballast September 6.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13
SCHOONER HOME
FROM THREE.YEAR'
ARCTIC VOYAGE.
TBy Latest MALL

NOME (Alaska1-The I5-ton wood
en- gasoline schooner Teddy Bear.
Captain Joe Bernhard. which lett
Nome on a hunting, trapping and trad
ing expedition in 1909; which skirted
the Arctic coast Of Canada farther
eastward than any other ship had
ever gone. and which might have ac-
complished the northwest passage and
reached Hudson bay but for short
age of gasoline, arrived here yester-
day. The little boat had sailed 1900
miles since August 4, unable to use
her engine because there was no gas
oline aboard.
Bernard, with John Sandstrom and
an Eskimo crew, left Nome well sup
piled with goods for trade among the
Eskimos, and refused to return until
he had exhausted these goods. In the
winter OF 1910 Sandstrom was frozen
to death in a blizzard on Barter island
while he was on his way to an Eskimo
village.
The Teddy Bear explored Coronation
gulf, on whose shores live the blue
eyed Eskimos supposed to be de-
scendants of the Scandinavian settlers
in Greenland Bernard and his crew
lived comfortably on the wild game
of the coast. and had an ambition to
go to Hudson bay, but after making
more than half the distance they
dared not continue, because the shore
farther east was uninhabited, and the
Teddy Bear was without fuel. So the
schooner turned back last year, after
reaching Cochran point. on Doleford
and Union straits. more than 1000
miles east Of Point BARROW.
In 1911 Captain bernard met With
jalmur Stefansson on Coronation gull,
and carried him to Bailey island. Ber-
nard, who went farther east than Ste
fansson, says that 70 per cent Of the
Eskimos he met east Of the Macken-
zie river had never seen a white man
or white mans vessel The natives
live In the most primitive fashion, u.s.
ing stone and copper weapons and
cooking utensils
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13
PRAGUE NEWSPAPER SAYS
SERViAM IS A BRAVE
SOLDIER BUT POOR SHOT
IAssociated Pressl

ROTTERDAM, Oct. 13.--An Aus
trian captain, wounded in the battle
of Sjabats, is quoted in the Bohemia,
ia newspaper published at Prague, in
part as follows:
"The SerVian infantry is very brave.
but does not shoot as well as it might.
The only good shots the Servians have
are the Komitadie irregulars, who,
concealed in the foliage OF bushes and
trees. make speciality Of shooting
down the Austrian forces.
The Seryian artillery Is excellent,
accounted for in part by the circum-
stances that fighting In its own coun-
try 1t is fully familiar with the terrain.
As result their range is good. all the
more so since they are given by the
natives information which we cannot
get, Of course. Generally the direc-
ton of advance of our army Is given
by the Servian peasants TO their army
by the lighting of great straw fires.
in the sepulchre under the church in
Siabats we found telephone station
with wires running to the various Ser
Wan headquarters. y
"But the Servian soldiers are brave.
Some of their tactics are peculiar.
Now and then numbers OF them
permit themselves TO be made pris-
oners of war for the mere purpose
of supporting plan of ambush, Cases.
too, have been known in which pris-
oners CT war made attacks on our
men with hand grenades concealed by
them. The confusion resulting from
this has in many instances resulted
in the escape Of the prisoners.
We have found that women fight
US with rifles. while even children are
employed to throw bombs. A l2-year-
old girl, who was shet through the
legs. and was taken into the hospital
at Neusatz. boosted OF having thrown
16 bombs among the Austro-H unga-
RAN troops
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13

Three men believed to be the re-
maindeT Of the quintet which robbed
Mrs. Nellie Clark of iewelry valued
at $50. 600 at Kankakee last week, were
arrested at Chicago.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13

Robert w. de Forest, president of
the Metropolitan Museum OF Art, an
nounced that the property of the mu-
scum now in Paris is perfectly safe.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13
GERMAN SEEKS TO BE
NATuRALiZED JAPANESE

I SAN FRANcfSCo.-Albert Grecht,
65 years old. a native of Germany. for
AZ years q resident of Japan and now
leading silk importing merchant of
Kobe. is shortly to be naturalized by
the Japanese authorities, according to
information received by Vice-Consul
Komasaki of the local Japanese con-
sulate Seventeen years ago he mar
ried Miss Atasu Shimiduz, Japanese
maiden.
fhis is the first time in the history
of Japan that a German has sought
naturalization in our country" said
Komasaki 1T is coincident that it
should come at this time, when his
native country is being attacked in
the Orient by our forces. Mrs. Crotch
is charity worker and a member of
the Red Cross.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13
TURKEY WILL ABOLISH
ALL FOREIGN SCHOOLS
[BY Latest Mans

ROME-It is learned from a diplo-
matte source that hesides suppressing
capitnlaticns ON October 1st, all for
eigp schools in Turkey will be abol-
ished
II is reported here that the situation
at Constantinopie is most serious. Il
is said that Turkeys Intervention In
Germany's favor is not only Inevitable,
but imminent
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13

in the fact that the bullet fred from
q modern rifle travels with such EelO-
city as to obyiate the danger OF a
ragged wound. and unless a vital or.
gan lies in the path Of It, the recoE-
cry presents no oyer-difficult problem.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-13
TRANSPORT Dance
At MOAEA HOTEL
TONIGHT

The management of the Moana Ho-
tel win give dance this evening in
honor of the first cabin passengers Of
the transport Sherman. Tourists. the
officers Of the Army and Navy and
their ladies and local society folk are
cordially invited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
CONFERREES AGREE
ON WAR TAX BILL
Beer Levy Reduced and Gaso-
lene and Rectified Spirits
Eliminated.
[rrom The rrIbune Bureau. J

Washington, Oct. 21.-The Senate
and House conferrees on the war reve-
nue. bin reached an agreement tonight
which provides a tax of 81 90 barrel
on beer, eliminated the proposed tax
on gasolene, and also knocks out the
Senate amendment for a levy Of 3
cents a gallon on rectified spirits. The
House won out on the lower tax on
beer, which the Senate had fixed at
81 IS. and the elimination of the item
covering rectifed spirits. The Senate
stood pat in opposition to the gasolene
tax. These three items caused the
chief trouble in conference. The agree
mcnt fixed the estimated annual reye-
nue. ut approximately $90,0O0,OOO, IN
stead of SlO5,OO0,OOO, as contemplated
in the Senate bill.
BY reinserting the Tax on invest
nlent brokers, the conferrees made up
for the major portion of the revenue
lost through the elimination Of the
Senate amendments affecting beer and
rectifed spirits. II was estimated that
the proposed increase in the beer
and spirits tax would yield at least
$4,000 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
Official Report of
French WarOmCe

Paris. Oct. 21.-The official statement
issued by the War Office tonight fol-
lows:
con our left wing, from the North
Sea as far as La Bassee, on the several
fronts from Newport to Dixmudc, from
Ypres 20 Menin and from Warneton to
La Bassee. a violent battle has been
fought, lasting the whole day.
According to the latest advices the
allied forces were holding their ground
everywhere
"There is nothing to report regard
ing the centre or the right wing.
Russia. The German army which
had advanced on Warsaw was forced
yesterday to beat a precipitate retreat
the enemy abandoning the positions
which he had established for defence.
The Russians are in pursuit and have
captured n number of prisoners"
The statement given out by the war
Office this afternoon says:
Throughout yesterday the attacks
Of the enemy were particularly violent
at Newport, Dixmude and La Bassee.
They all were repulsed by the allied
armies with great energy.
AT all other points the situation Is
without any notable change"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
EMDEN AGAIN SINKS
BRITISH TRADERS
German Cruiser ReneWs
Predatory Operations in
Eastern Waters.

London, Oct. 21.-The German crui-
ser Emden has again been sinking
British steamers, this time at a point
$50 miles southwest Of Cochin, Brit
ISL India, according TO report re-
ceived by the Admiralty from Colombo,
Ceylon.
She has sent to the bottom the Brit
ish steamers Chilkana, Troilus, Ben
rnohr and Clan Grant, and the dredger
Ponrabble, bound for Tasmania. The
British steamer Exford was captured
by the Emden.
Lloyds' Cochin agent reports that the
members of the crews and the passen-
gers of the vessels captured by the
Emden have arrived at Cochin, on
board the steamer st. Egbert, which
also was captured by the Emden.
The German cruiser Emden up to the
present time has for a record the sink
ing of fourteen British steamers and
the capture of three other vessels fly
ing the Union Jack. The operations of
the Emden have extended along the
entire eastern coast of India from CAL
cutta to Colombo. In the middle Of
S September the Emden created havoc
among the British shipping at Cal
cutta, sinking five vessels and captur-
ing another. They were the Indus, the
Loval, the Killim, the Diplomat, the
Paddock and the Kattinga. The cruz
ser then went to Rangoon and was re-
ported to have sunk the British steam
ships Tumeric, King Lud, Ruberia and
Foyle and to have captured the collier
Rurks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
ENEMY RETREATS.
SAYS RUSSIA
Continued from page |

claim of victory which, if not a de-
oisive one, comes very near to being
decisive.
An official report received from Pet
rograd says the German troops which
were advancing toward Warsaw in the
region north Of the Pilitza River have
been repulsed, and are now in full re-
treat. The Russians, according to this
report, have assumed the offensive, but
the Germans are resting on the lett
bank of the Vistula, south Of the Pl-
litza region as far as Sandomir.
The report seems to show that the
Germans have concentrated a strong
force of artillery in front of Kocienice,
which is Just across the river from the
important fortress of Ivangorod. II
adds that the Russians are holding this
district under most favorable cOndi-
tions, as far as locality is concerned,
but in the next sentence declares that
the Russian position on the left bank
of the Vistula is now secure.
OF the progress of the battles In
Galicia the Russian and Austrian re-
ports again are in direct conflict. The
Russians say the Austrians have failed
10 cross the San River and the Rus
slams are taking the offensive, while
near Przemysl the Russians repulsed
number of Austrians. The Austrians,
on the other hand, claim that their at
tacks are progressing and that the
Russians have been driven out of sew
eral places.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
AUSTRIAN TROOPS
ON GERMAN RIGHT
Men Who Thought They
Were to Fight Slavs
Sent to Belgium.
- cahle to The Tribune.

Milan. Oct. ELL Secola" learns
through Venice that Austrian troops re
moved from service on the Austro-ltal-
ian frontier for dispatch TO the aid, as
il was thought, of their comrades fight
ing against Russians and Serbs, are
actually being used to strengthen the
Germans right wing in the neighbor-
hood Of the North Sea.
These facts transplre in correspond
ence which the men are sending through
to their families.
Nish, Oct. 2f.-Ths following official
announcement has been issued by the
Servian government:
ION the night of October 17-1s at
tacks by the enemy were repulsed near
the Losnitza custom house and the
principal positions on the Drina River
10 the south of that town. On the
same night the enemy bombarded Ba-
novia from the Bejania heights s1d
also Topchidelsko, the bridge across toe
Save and the two Singanlia Islands.
None of these operations met with sSo-
cess.
ION October Is fighting took place
along the whole front occupied BY our
troops in Bosnia, and all the attacks
made upon them were repulsed with
heavy losses to the enemy.
ION the same day the enemy direct
ed an attack against our right wing IN
the direction of Montchevo and against
Erninova. Both these attempts were
repulsed, as we'll as one against the
Servians near Belgrade on the left bank
of the Save. On the remainder Of the
front there is nothing of Importance 10
report"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22

( York World" and "The Chicago Trib-
une." were also arrested; likewise
Captain Briggs, who was on leave and
not in uniform.
Also, they confscated our films.
Meanwhile Weigle had had print
made of the picture of the observers in
/ the cathedral, and ! sent 1t in round
about way to THE Chicago Tribune"
didn't dream at the time | sent il that
the Germans would ever be in shooting
distance Of that spire or | wouldn't
have sent it, In Antwerp, then, every
one was talking of when the Belgians
would 60 back TO Brussels, not when
the Germans would come to Antwerp.
Even if the church had been convert
ed into a powder magazine. ! dldn {
want the Germans to shell it, because
( it is one of the loveliest things in the
world, that church. | believe the Bel
gian military misused il by making IT
an observation post, but | hoped the
German military wouldn't misuse II b.
making il q target
was in a quandary. If | telegraphed
not to use the picture the Belgian au-
thorities would know had the picture
and cOnfiscate it and everything we
possessed in the way Of photography,
and if / didn't telegraph the picture
might be printed, with the horrible
possible consequences that the cathe-
dral might be bombarded.
/ consulted Alexander Powell, who
meanwhile had been released. He is an
open and avowed Belgian sympathizer.
told him ! had this dangerous picture
with me, and. worse, had already sent
one copy home for publication. What
TO do?
What I did was to get out of Ant
welp with the pictures and with
Weigle's film and not telegraph home.
/ As soon as | reached England ] cabled
not to use the picture, and if the Brit
ish censorship. fearing some code,
stopped that message, il committed the
most unfortunate error of the war.
What Alexander Powell did as soon
/ as / was safely out of Antwerp was TO
/ tell the whole story to the Belgian
authorities and to point out to them
/ that by using their beautiful cathedral
I spire as a military observatory they
were inviting its destruction. He point
ed out that undoubtedly the fact was
known to The Chicago Tribune" and
would be published.
They saw this point and sent him TO
the German general in command Of the
/ invading forces with the message that
they would remove all observers from
the cathedral if the Germans would re-
frain from Smelling it.
The German general agreed to the
proposition, and said that on those con-
ditions he would endcavOr so to contro!
his shell fire as to keep 1t away from
the cathedral
, Therefore. if the Cathedral Of Our
Lady at Antwerp comes safely through
the war the picture on this page should
be blessed for what II has done.
I shall on returning home make pub
lie affidavit that every word In this
story is true.
n B.-Don't print this picture or
story if the Germans are still pound
ing at Antwerp. After the city IS capt
ured it is story that is proper TO pub
1fob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
Generals Daughter Agrees
with Him That 1t Is
Last Resort.
HAS BEEN NEUTRAL
FROM START OF WAR
Trying to Follow President Will
sons Advice-Sympathy with
Men in the Trenches.

London, Oct. 21.-Miss Mary Lee, the
only surviving daughter Of General
Robert T. Lee, vho has just reached
London from Hamburg, via Rotterdam
to-day gave striking interview at
Hyde Park Hotel, where she will stay
until she sails for America.
81 am a soldiers daughter and de-
scended from a long line Of soldiers,
she said, "but what have seen Of this
war, and what ! can fOresee Of the mis-
cry when must follow, have made
me very nearly peace-at-any-prlce
woman"
A battalion Of Lord Kitchener's new
army was marching by directly beneath
the room in which Miss Lee was speak
ing. They started to sing OTIS a Long
Way TO Tipperary." and Miss Lee, who
had never heard this now impershable
music hall ballad, went to the window
and stood for some time silently look
ing at the column of khaki-clad men
below her. When she turned TO speak
again there were tears in her eyes and
her voice broke.
'My father often used TO say" Miss
Lee said, looking straight at table
on which was a picture of Lord Kitch-
ener. autographed by az. of X" him.
self no longer ago than last Christmas,
that war is a terrible alternative and
should be the very last. ! have re-
membered those words in the last three
months, and / often wonder and won
der, with many misgivings, if in this
case war was the last alternative. AZ
I say, am a soldiers daughter and
ell oF IN, ho
dark days Of one Of the worlds great
civil wars, but it has been an altering
experience for me to watch, one week
in Germany and the next week in Eng.
land, the handsome, the strong and
away TO kill or to get killed, perhaps
TO return no more, perhaps to return
manned and useless men.
"My father used 20 say it was not
those killed in battle, often a quick
ard always a glorious death for a SOL
der, but those who were crippled and
mangled and enfeebled that faced after
the war a world that they could not
understand and that had no place for
them. ! think of all Of this. and ask
myself, why must it be? What can
be worth it?' ] feel close to the Eng
fish people, and particularly close to
the English army have known many
English officers and their wives and
daughters.
Last winter in Egypt had the priv:
ilege of seeing something of Lord
Kitchener, and have high admiration
for him. But much of what | see in
the English press seems hysterical and
without reason. The spy mania, for
instance, and the ceaseless calling the
Germans Huns and vandals. l have
known many German military men, and
| cannot believe that these men are
what English imagination has painted
them. From the beginning of the war
have been neutral. / have tried TO
follow President Wilson's advice In
word and deed. My sympathy is with
suffering wherever it exists, with the
brave men who are fighting and sur
fering in the trenches and with the
brave women who in practically all
homes of Europe are waiting and suf-
fering."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
German-Austrian
Official Reports

Berlin via Amsterdam and London),
Oct. 21.-An official announcement
from the German military headquarters
to-day says:
Severe fighting continues on the
User Canal. The enemy's artillery was
supported from the sea northwest OF
Newport.
"The fighting west Of Lille continues.
Our troops, taking the offensive, re-
pulsed the enemy at several points.
ain the eastern theatre of the war no
decision yet has been reached"
Manchester, Mass, Oct. PA wire
less dispatch from Count Won Berch-
told, the Austro- Hungarian Fore gn
Minister, regarding the Austrian oper-
atoms in Galica and in the Adriatic,
was given out tonight by the Austro-
Hungarian Embassy here. The dis
patch is similar to an official COM
munication issued at Vienna to-day. 1t
follows:
"The battle in the middle Of Galicis
has become more violent. We are
gaining ground toward the east. All
attempts Of the enemy to retake Ma
giera have been in vain. Our troops
have carried the important height Of
Chyrow, northeast of Przemysl. Many
Russians, among them a general, have
been taken prisoners, and machine
guns captured. The prisoners say our
artillery fire has awful effect. South
of the Strwiaz River there is no new
development. Koeroesmezoe and Serth
have been retaken by us.
ain the Adriatic, on October II, near
Punta d'Ostro, an engagement occur
red between a few Austrian torpedo
boats, a submarine and a hydroplane
and the French cruiser Waldeck Rous
seau. The cruiser bombarded our yes
sells without success. The lighthouse
was slightly damaged. The Gros, of
the French feet, was sighted at some
distance, but left at once when our
submarines appeared. Austrian torpedo
boats attacked Antivari early on the
morning Of the 18th and destroyed
some magazines.
"The news of alleged victories of the
Servians spread In their press are pure
inventions. In our operations against
the Servians everything goes on with
out a hitch"
The eros, mentioned as a member o.
the French feet, does not appear in the
offici naval list.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-22
BRITISH SEA GUNS
COST GERMANS 1000

London. Oct. 21.-A newspaper cor
respondent at Dover has sent to Lon
don some details of the recent opera
tions of British warships of the coast
of Belgium.
He says that last Saturday night the
ships watched force of Germans dig
cling trenches along the coast under a
fare Of lights. This enabled the Eng
lish boats to get the exact range, and
at daylight they shelled the enemy's
positions heavily.
A Taube aeroplape was brough.
down and later a Zeppelin, and it is
declared that the guns of the British
vessels accounted for 1900 Germans in
killed and wounded in addition TO put
ting six batteries of artillery out OF
action.
In the meantime German submarines
tried in vain to sink the British ship.
This dispatch is not confirmed by the
Official press bureau.