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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

placed at Ottawa to the credit of the
Bank of England is said to be suffi-
cient for all temporary requirements
and the sentimental effect has been
salutary but estimates of the probable
extent of our experts have increased
to s50,OOoo0o.
An abstract of reports made by some
1900 national banks to the comptroller
of the currency on his recent call re-
veals the fact that these institutions
hold Clearing House certificates aggre
eating $53,000,000 with an increase in
bank notes of almost $200,000,000, while
individual deposits are smaller by
about S150,000,000. These figures give
significance to the steady reduction of
loan certificates now being made at
most reserve centers.
A further gain in western mer-
chandise tonnage appears to be large
ly due to shipments by manufacturers
engaged in meeting foreign orders for
war materials, the movement, so far
as it relates to foodstuffs, showing IT.
regularity.
Money brokers reported a shading of
rates for time loans, but only in such
instances where collateral of the high
est grade was offered. Call money was
in light request at unchanged rates.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
STOP TURKISH MUNITIONS

London, Oct. 19.-4.58 P. M.
The correspondent of the
Central News at Rome says that
a telegram has been received
there from Bucharest, Rumania,
which declared that a German
train composed of $50 trucks
laden with munitions and other
war material for Turkey has
been stopped by the Rumanian
authorities on the railroad be-
tween Bucharest and Fiurgevo,
on the Danube. The German
government protested but the
train was not allowed to proceed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
30 HELDIN PRISON
i FOR ANTI-GERMAN
DEMONSTRATIONS

London, Oct. 10, LOS P. M.-More
than so prisoners were arraigned in
the Greenwich police court today on
charges growing out of the anti-Ger-
man demonstrations and rioting In
Deptford, borough of London, yester-
day and last night.
The prosecutor declared that he re-
GREETED the necessity of appearing
against citizens the object of whose
attack had been German shopkeepers
but he explained that great damage
had been done to English premises as
veil. Commenting on the damage
done in the shop of a German baker,
the prosecutor said that the place had
teen looted in spite of the fact that
the German owners mad barricaded
Themselves as best they could against
tie crowd.
The prisoners were remanded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
GERMANS HAVE
NOT REPORTED THE
SINKING OF HAWKE

Berlin, Oct IS, 10 P. M.-Via London,
Oct 10, 420 A. Minus far no German
report of the sinking of the British
cruiser Hawke has been received. The
admiralty, however is not surprised
but will not express an opinion as to
whether or not the attacking German
submarine was lost The shortening
days and thickening weather in the
North Sea are steadily improving con-
ditions for the operations of submar-
ines and torpedo boats. Marine experts
expect that henceforth there will be
intense activity throughout the entire
North Sea.
Headquarters reports show an ON
NOUS pause regarding operations In
the West. Usually these reports cover
important movements and the con-
centration of troops, but Berlin Is In
utter darkness regarding recent activi-
ties. The engagement to the southwest
of Warsaw. it is stated here. may be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
NATIONALISTS' PLEDGE

London, Oct. 19.-11.45 P. M.
tumultuous cheering,
with right hands appraised, the
Irish Nationalist, who crowded
Central hall tonight, adopted a
pledge introduced by T. P. o.
Connor, eve will never sheathe
the sword until Belgium has got
back her freedom; until every
inch of her soil is cleared; I'M
til treaty is made, not on a
scrap of paper, but on a founda-
ton behind which stands the
millions of the British race"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

regarded as the introduction of a de-
cisive battle. The fighting continues.
The German advance towards the
Vistula is over the most miserable
roads, which rains have converted into
veritable bogs in which the horses sink
to their quarters and the transport
wagons to the axles. Occasionally spots
are so bad that the roads have to be
abandoned and way cut through the
forests. The condition of the men is
reported excellent, despite the weather
and the hardships they have endured,
A carg of dyestuks and other exports
is en- route to Rotterdam for shipment
in an American steamer. 1t was gath
ere by the American consuls on tele-
graphed instructions from the state
department.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

ing temporarily protected from fresh Ger
man artillery aggression by reason Of
the impossible condition of the country
through recent rains and owing to the de-
struction of the only railroad from
Lowichz to Warsaw, on which the Ger
mans could transport their heavy guns.
Around Przemysl the Austrians claim
to have killed and wounded 10000 Rus
slams and also to have crossed the Car
pathians, but on the other hand the Rus
slams repulsed an Austrian attempt to
cross the river San. That the Austrians
are meeting with vigorous opposition is
admitted in the latest Vienna dispatch,
which says our troops are advancing as
against fortress"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

of these dispatches in Saturdays official
communication from Paris which stated
that the Belgians had repulsed several
attempts of the Germans to cross the riv
er User, which is 10 miles nearer the
coast than is the Thourout, Roulers and
Menin line, which they occupied on the
previous day.
As an offset to this the British Official
Information Bureau in one of its rare
communications says that the Allies in
the northern area have driven the Ger
mans back more than 80 miles. The pre-
else locality of this advance and retreat
Is rot indicated but it can have been only
at some point on this western wing
where the Germans are trying to resume
their interrupted dash on Paris by way
or the coast towns.
These, however are only two points on
the human barriers which are facing one
another for hundreds of miles and con-
tinuing to sway forwards and backwards
without as yet being able to effect the til
tanic climax which will bring to an end
the Immediate phase of the great cam
pf.ign. Observers here think that this
Climax cannot be far off and the London
apers are quoting approvingly though
net in the sense intended, the words at
trihuteG TO Emperor William who in ad-
dressing his troops somewhere in France
on Oct. 3, is reported to have said:
Before the leaves fall from the trees
here, we shall all be back in the dear
father land"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

these operations more tersely. 1t says
that the attacks to the west and north
west of Lille have been repulsed with
heavy losses TO the Allies.
These operations are still so much
in the dark that it is impossible to
Judge of the exact trend of events.
The English and French papers nat
urally gather encouragement from the
reports published from their side, while
from the German point of view, 1t is
possible that the Germans have i'm
proved their position, and with the
forces which besieged Antwerp and
reinforcements from Germany are at
tempting the coast another sweeping
movement like that which carried
them so far into France.
In this field of action, it appears
inevitable that there must soon be
some decisive result. The fairness OF
the country seems to have made it
impossible for the two armies to en-
trench and face each other without
important change in position for
weeks, as they have edone across
northern France.
The announcement that the Ger
mans have taken siege guns to the
neighborhood of Belfort may mean
that their plans are to attempt an
advance on both ends of what during
the past month has become virtually
a long fortified line.
German official reports say that the
exodus from Ostend is being repeat
ed in the flight of the inhabitants
from Dunkirk and Boulogne. While
confirmation of this has not been re-
ceived here, ii is wholly possible that
the nearness of the Germans has Gre
ated panic at those ports.
The great battles in the eastern
theatre between the Russian and Ger
man and Austrian forces continue. The
reports from both sides are brief and
contradictory. Petrograd claims the
Russians have won partial success in
very severe fighting before Warsaw
and Przemysl. Vienna declares that
the Austro- German troops have made
advances in both regions and that
Russian casualties at Przemysl must
be 10000.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
OPTIMISM THROUGHOUT ENGLAND
CONCERNING SITUATION AT FRONT

London, Oct. 1s.--10.30 A. M.-From
t1e point OF view Of the allied ar
mics. SO far SIS could be learned from
dispatches reaching London today, the
situation In West Flanders and in
France as far south as Lille, seemed
On this, the 18th day of the war, per-
hars mere foreful than at any time
since the German advance on Paris
was checked.
Though the rews reaching England
is meagre and to an extent delayed
as always all tid.ngs seem to indicate
that the German advance from Os-
tend on the Ere1 CHI coast towns has
been blocked temporarily at least,
while farthur south, in region that
was a weeg ago, the extreme German
tight, the invaders have been COM
PEELED to give ground before the allies
wedge force which has been concen-
iratipg on Lille.
Several reports contend that the
Germans have withdrawn from thio
town, but this is not confirmed, nor
is the report that they evacuated
Courtfai nearly thirty miles north
vest. 1t seems plain, however that
the menace mere grew HldTheQ anu
that the German army operating along
tho coast CT Flanders found itself in
Ieril of belrg cut off from the main
body.
What opposition they met along the
sea is only guess W Jrk, for it has new
er heen disclosed in Great Britain
nat forces ne allies have OF at what
point they touch the coast.
All reports seem to agree that the
city of Ostend is practically clear of
Germans, who apparently are reform
ing to the south with achievements
and the siege guns used to batter the
Belgian forts and that they now pro-
pose to hammer on toward Dunkirk
and Calais. One report says that they
are beyond Furness, les sthan 10 miles
from Dunkirk.
Further south in France reinforce
ments from Brussels are said to have
been brought up before Lille, which
the Germans are reported as lombard
ing in desperate attempt to re-take
the PLACE.
The Belgians themselves have been
putting in some hard knocks. Accord
Ing to last nights Paris official com
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
AN AUSTRIAN '
SUbM ARINE IS
SUNK BY FRENCH

Cettinje, Montenegro, Oct. 49,, Via
London, GAS p. M.)-An Austrian sub
marine was sunk in the Adriatic today
by French cruiser.
Two submarine vessels went out
from the Bay of Cattaro to attack a
French fleet which was making its way
along the Dalmatian coast. They were
quickly sighted, however, by the
French lookouts, and we'll directed
shot sent one of them, the leader, to
the bottom. The other submarine es-
capped.
The French feet subsequently re-
commenced the bombardment of the
forts of Cattaro.
An Austrian aeroplane dropped sew
eral bombs in the vicinity of the feet
but no damage was done
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
PROPOSE To CREATE AREAS FOR
RAISING OF STOCK IN EASTERN
REGIONS FROM maine TO GEORGIA

Chicago, Oct. 19.-An attempt will
be made to create stock raising areas
in the eastern mountain region from
Maine to Georgia, in the cotton belt
and on the sugar plantations Of the
South, it was declared in the report OF
the Federal Committee to the Ameri,
can Meat Packers Association.
The equalization of the production
of meat i'll the United State 20 re-
store lever prices can come only
through q scientific survey of the pro-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
GERMANS AT DUNKIRK

London, Oct. 1880 P. M.
German forces have reached
the neighborhood of Dunkirk,
according to a Berlin official dis
patch to the Marconi Wireless
Co. Heavy fighting is taking
place at Dixmude and Roulers.
The inhabitants of Dunkirk and
Boulogne are in flight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
BRITISH CAPTURE
GERMAN MINE LAYER

London. Oct. 10, 1920 p. M.-The
Central News has sent out a dispatch
from Harwich, in which the CORE
spondent says he has learned upon
gcod authority that the British cruis-
e. Undaunted, accompanied by two
torpedo boat destroyers, has captured
a German mine layer in the North
s-ta.
The mine layer, the dispatch says,
VAS disguised as a hospital ship. The
II daunted is bringing her prize into
Harvich
The riess bureau is witlont con-
fiji p4ation of this incident
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
PANAMA CANAL
RE-OPENED TODAY

Panama, Oct. 1s-The Panama canal
will again be opened to traffic tomorrow
and 10 merchantmen will be passed
through the waterway from the Pacific
to the Atlantic. Conditions at the scene
of the recent slide north of Gold Hill are
reported to be excellent, the channel
probably being $50 feet wide with an avs
erage depth of So feet. The dredging ops
erations are proceeding at the rate OF
$4,000 cubic yards daily, The earth move-
ments in the Gold Hill district have now
ceased.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
ARMY NAVY GAME
NOV. Is, PHILADELP HIA

West Point, N. Y, Oct. 19.-An agree
ment has finally been reached by the
West Point and Annapolis Academies
whereby the continuance of the annual
Army Navy football game for the next
five years is assured. it was definitely an
nounced late today. By this arrange
ment each academy alternately will Sc
lect the site for the game, the choice
this year to be given to the navy.
The Middies will choose Franklin field,
Philadelphia, and November rs as the
place and date of this years contest. In
1915 and 1917 the army will pick the site,
which undoubtedly will be the Polo
grounds in New York.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
NATIONAL HOME

officer of the day. Capt. Thomas Reed.
Myrtle G. Davenport, clerk in the treas
urer's Office, has reported from a pass to
his home in Livermore Falls.
Joseph H. Conway Of Lewiston, late
Co. A, 1st Me. H. A, was Monday admit
ted to the Branch.
Cassus r. Stevens, late Co. K, 18th
Me Inf: Cloves c. Tracy, late Co f, Isl
Me H. A, and Edward A. yose, late Co.
X, 35th Mass. Inf, were Monday grant
ed discharges from the Home.
Arthur f. Lewis, chief clerk for Major
A. L. Smith, and Mrs. Lewis are passing
the week at their cottage at Capitol ISL
and.
The funeral of the late Lewis Taylor
will be held from the Home chapel at 2 p.
NJ. Tuesday, Rev. J. E. Cochrane Off
ciating.
Napoleon Chevalier has returned to the
Branch from a pass to visit friends in
Augusta.
Burroughs were granted Monday to:
Joseph II. Coffin to Newport, George To-
bin to Marblehead, and James O. Reed
and Chester E. Barnhart to Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
INVESTIGATE INTO
N. Y. EXPLOSION

New York, Oct 19.-The police today
We're investigating a destructive explo.
sion which occurred yesterday IN the
basement of Fifth avenue apartment
house in which Giacomo Fara Forni. Ital.
ian concul general in New York has an
apartment. William Walters. engineer Of
the house, was blinded by the explosion
and is not expected to live.
Consul Forni was out of two and his
apartment on the third floor was not
damaged. 1t was recalled in connection
with the explosion that the consul's life
had been endangered three times this
year. the last time occurring on Sept. IS,
when he was struck down by blackjack
as he was leaving the subway.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
REFORM IN MARRIAGE
AND DIVORCE LAWS
URGED BY MIR. TAFT

Washington, Oct. 19-Reform in
marriage and divorce laws through
uniform state legislation was urged
by Former President Taft today in a
brief address before the commission
on uniform state laws. The former
President condemned the 'looseness
With which the marriage tie is looked
upon in many states
Mr.. Taft placed himself on record
as fatty opposed to "tinkering" with
the federal Constitution under present
conditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

duction end consumption of animals,
according to the report of tie conl,n.'-
tee. The rore advanta seous means 1T
slaughter and distribution that has de
seloped f'om the centralized pa cking
Plants, have been offset by the loss
of range Glands. said the report. The
committee plans it was announced a
general e-orga1ization of the meth
DDS of producing, slaughtering and
distributing lneat products to deter
mine what is to be done to increase
production in the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
CHASE BEFORE
N. H. INQUIRY

New York. Oct 19.-Warren D. Chase.
an attorney of Hartford, CT, who or-
ganized the Metropolitan Steamship CO..
the Pacific Navigation Co. and otner cor
porations, was examined today oy the
federal grand jury which Is investigator
the affairs of the New York, New Haven
& Hartford Railroad and its subsidiaries.
Charles S. Mellen, former president OF
the New Haven system, will appear again
tomorrow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
sTYPHOON AT KIAO-CHOW

Toxic, Japan, Oct. 19.-It is
announced that a typhoon has
struck Kiao-Chow, destroying
the landing pier. Twenty Japa-
nese sailors were drowned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
PLAN OF GERMANS
HAS BEEN FRUSTRATED

London, oct. 10, 4.05 A MA cor
respondent of the I = es IN F1flntc'
lel graphing Sunday, CT ares that anV
IAN the German general Won kluck
lay have had for sweeping down on
Calais has failed because the allies
forces arrived there first.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
REPORTS OSTEND
is RE-CAPTURED

London, Oct. 20.-2.46 A. M.
Morning Post correspon-
dent in the North of France
says he learns on excellent au-
thority that the Allies have re-
captured OStend,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
COBURN GIRLS BEAT
COLBY GIRLS, Il TO 4

Waterville, Me-, Oct. 9.-(SpeeiaD. The
Coburn girls basketball team easily took
the Colby girls into camp in the first
basketball game of the season played in
Coburn gymnasium Monday afternoon by
a score of ~ to 4. 1t was the prep school
girls game all the way through, and the
only scores that were made by the Foss
hall ball tossers were two fouls thrown
by Miss Lewis. Clair and Dyer two
young ladies who did splendid work for
Coburn on the floor last year, were the
individual stars. Both teams, however,
showed good form for so early in the sea-
son. Later when the two teams meet
again it is expected that a still closer
match will result. The summary:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
JAP CRUISER
SUNK BY Mine IN
K|AO-CHOW BAY

{ Toxic, Oct. 10, $50 P. Mt is Off
bially announced that the japanese
cruiser Takaohiho was sunk by mine
In Kiao-Chew Bay on the night OF
Oct. II. One officer and nine mem
bers of the crew are known to have
been saved.
The Takachiho was on patrol duty
outside Tsing-Tau when she fouled
the mine. Japanese destroyers heard
The explosion and saw the flames thai
resulted. They hurried to the assist
ance of the cruiser which, however.
disappeared quickly and in the dark
ness 1t was possible to rescue only l.
men. Twenty-eight officers, Sd non
commissioned officers and 1S9 seamen
persisted.
The Japanese cruiser Takaohiho
was built in 1885 and refitted in 1900.
She was vessel of 300 tons and was
800 feet long and had As feet beam.
Her main battery consisted of eight
six-inch guns and her speed was about
IS knots. She carried crew of 367
men.
At the time she went down the Ia
kachiho had on board complement
of ASS men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

a dispatch to the Telegraph from
Havre, tue Germans are not Occupy
ing tie belgian coast. 1t is stated that
there are only a few Uhlans in Os-
tend
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
RUSSIAN STATEMENT

Petrograd, Russia, Oct. 49,
The Russian general staff today
made this announcement: eve
gained partial successes on Oc-
tober Is in very fierce fighting
in the region of Warsaw and
south of Przemysl."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
Mrs. Sarah Buzzell

Mrs. Sarah Buzzell passed away at
her home in West Winthrop Monday
afternoon at the age of 81 years and
months. Mrs. Buzzell was born in
Readfield.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
GERMANS ARE NOT
ON BELGIAN COAST

London, Oct. 10. 2.10 A. M>-Accord-
/ ing to official news received here, says
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20

Score-Coburn 70. Colby L. Goals from
fioor-Clair 2 Dyer 8. Goals from foul
Clair l. Lewis 2 Referee. ST. Clair. Tim
ers, Ranney and Gotta. Linesman, Bry-
ant. Time, 3 ION. periods.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-10-20
HOLDING GERMAN ATTACKS

Continued from Page one)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-14
BRITISH censor
RAPIDLY LEARNS
What news is
TBy Latest MALL

L0NDON.-The working of the
military censorship on the cables is a
fearful and wonderful thing. The
censors are officers who have had no
experience dealing with Copy" be.
fore, so that their position when $4,000
to 10000 words of newspaper de.
patches were dumped down before
them was pretty helpless. There must
have been terrific confusion and there
is plenty of evidence that the des-
patches were not sent in the order in
which they were received. Some des-
patches were not sent at , all, others
were delayed forty-eight hours, while
the normal delay under the most IA
vorable conditions has been eleven
hours.
The censors were and are particular
" suspicious of the most innocent
looking messages. They seemingly
have information that Germans or Ger
man agents here had pre-arranged
codes in clear language to be used in
the eventuality of war. Such simple
and vital matters as requests for funds
were held back or suppressed. Perhaps
the censors think to themselves when
a correspondent cables to his head of.
fee, "Please cable funds, it really
means, "there are ten battleships in
plymouth which could be Taided by
submarines, or some equally feloni-
Gus information. In fact, the eensors
were nervous, but now they are lit
tie less exaeting, as they realize that
after all the correspondents of Ameri-
can papers may not be German spies.
Stop News at London.
Plenty of news about military and
naval matters, as wei as international
policy, are allowed to be printed in the
London papers which would not be
passed over the American cables. Yet
the London papers containing this
news would certainly be available IN
Berlin in four or five days, whereas,
with the German-Atlantic cable cut
and steamship communication stopped,
it could not possibly reach Germany
via the United States in less than
three weeks.
The most successful effort of censor
ing, as far as England is concerned,
was achieved in connection with the
British expeditionary force to Bel
GUM. Up to the time Of writing
Aug. 13-no English paper has stated
in so many words that this force has
left for Belgium. The only reference
to it was indirect-in Lord Kitchen
or s appeal for Territorial Volunteers
for service abroad. Yet it is now
known that seven days ago $4,000 Brit
ish soldiers were landed at Calais and
Antwerp, and are concentrated at
Lille. There have been photographs of