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Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
MONDAY.

Ossowetz, the Russian stronghold
IN western Russia has been occupied
by German forces, Berlin Announces.
British steamship Diomed sunk by
German U-boat after a chase Of four
hours. Three of the crew were killed
by shell fire and three drowned.
italian transports have sailed for
the Dardanelles to cooperate with
the allies against the Turks, Rome
reports.
A German torpedo boat destroyer
was sunk of Ostend, Sunday night by
two French torpedo boats which es-
capped undamaged, Paris announced.
Transports from various Italian
ports, conveyed by warships, have left
carrying an expedition to strike at
Turkey, presumably in the Darda-
nelles. Italy's declaration Of war on
Turkey. made Saturday, is expected
to influence the Balkan states to the
allies side, especially Roumania.
which faces a German ultimatum.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
ERIpAY.

Twenty or more persons are believ
ed to have lost their lives when the
Arabic was sunk by a German sub
marine. Among the eight passengers
reported missing are two Americans
The other missing are members OF
the crew.
Novo Georgievsk, the strong Rus.
sian fortress northwest of Warsaw,
which the Russians continued to hold
after they abandoned the Polish capi-
tai, has been taken by the Germans.
More than 10000 men were captured
with the fortress and an enormous
stock of war material, Berlin an.
nOunces.
London also has received a report
that the British steamship New York
city, of 2700 tons, has been sunk.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
U. S. TO CONTROL HAYTI
Asks That Pact for Customs and ri

Asks That Pact for Customs and Fl.
nancial Management be Accepted.
Port-au-P-ince, Aug. 25.-The Amer.
The American government has ad.
dressed the government of Hayti, ex.
pressing its desire that there be ac.
cepted without delay the draft of a
convention Tor ten years, under which
there shall be established an effective
control of Haytian customs as well as
administration of the finances of the
country under a receiver general and
American employees.
Under the terms of the convention,
both municipal and rural police are
to be natives, under the command,
however, Of American officers. The
plan includes the arrangement of the
debts of Hayti to foreigners andS an
engagement to cede no Haytian ter.
ritory to any foreign power except
the United States.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
Germany Asks DELAY.

Germany, through her ambassador
Count Won Bernstorff, asked the
United States not to take a final
stand on the sinking of the White
Star liner Arabic, on which two Amer
leans lost their lives, until all the
facts were known.
It was the first word from Germany
since the disaster.
Count Won Bernstorff telegraphed
the state department saying he made
the request at the instruction of his
government and added that the Ger
man admiralty had not yet been able
to get a report on the sinking.
The request indicates that the Ger
man government may have some facts
which. in its opinion, justify the ac-
ton Of the submarine commander.
It comes as the first ray Of promise
on a situation which admittedly was
growing darker with each hour Of
silence by Germany.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
GERMANS STORM
HILL NEAR FORTS
Hurl Huge Army at the BTeSt-
uf0VSk D3foRC0S.
ADVANCE ALL ALONG LINE

Teutonie Armies Closing In On Rus
sian stronshols Captures stoo Ad-
dltionaI Prisoners and Machine
Guns.
Additional particulars Of the a.
lampted landing of German troops in
The gulf OF Riga are contained in a
Iespatch from Petrograd, waich says
that three large transports filed with
troops approached the shore under
under cover OF a German squadron.
The German ships were allowed to
come close to land before a terrific
artillery fire was opened by the Rus
SLAMS.
A duel between the cruisers and
shore batteries continued for two
hours when the last transport was
sunk. Only a few crowded boats then
remained and these were soon
smashed to pieces by the Russian
fire.
The Teutonic armies are closing in
further upon Brest-Litovsk, German
army Headquarters recording the cap
ture Of a hill at Kopytow, southwest
of the Russian fortress.
Further progress by the Austro-
Germans against the Russians in all
the fields of operation except to the
north of the Niemen in the Baltic
rovinces, is claimed by Berlin.
The capture of 500 additional Rus
sian prisoners and seventeen more
machine guns is reported.
The statement issued from the
German army headquarters thus de-
scribes the operations:
"Army group of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg: On the remainder Of
the front of this army group progress
was made. During battle to the east
and to the south of Kovno our troops
captured nine officers and 5000 men
and took eight machine guns.
ARMY group of Prince Leopold Of
Bavaria: On the plain situated to the
northeast of Kleszezele and in the
forest district southeast of this place
the enemy again was defeated by our
troops, the pursuit reaching the Bail.
owieska forts. The enemy lost more
than $500 men in prisoners and nine
machine guns.
"Army group of Field Marshal Won
Pefore the attack of the
German and Austro-Hungarian troops
across the Pulva and Bug
rivers, to the east of mouth of the
Pulva, the enemy evacuated his posi-
tions. Our pursuit continued
"On the southwestern front Of
a hill at Kopytown was
taken by storm. Our troops are ad.
Vancing through the marshy district
10 the northeast of Vladova, pursuing
he enemy whom they defeated"
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
SUNDAY.

The Russian official statement says
even German warships, the battle.
s ip Moltke, three cruisers and seven
( -pedO boats were sunk in a naval
LATHE in the gulf Of Riga.
Three German transports landed
s 90 soldiers at Pernov on the north
coast of the gulf of Riga and they
were annihilated by the Russian
troops.
Germany claims Russia lost two
gunboats and one torpedo boat in the
naval battle.
The Teutonic allies continue to
make gains in Poland. They captured
over 1900 prisoners and cut the rail
road line leading to Brest-Ltovsk.
On the western front there were
many artillery duels.
Italy has declared war on Turkey
and is massing an army of 250,O0O to
march on Constantinople.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
SUBMARINE SINKS LINER
Three Killed bv Shells as Ship FIees
and Seven are Drowned.

and Seven are Drowned.
The British steamship Diomed has
been sunk by a German submarine.
Her captain, GGartermaster and
steward were killed by shells fred
by the submarine during a pursuit Of
four hours. Seven members of the
crew were drowned when a lifeboat
was swamped.
An officer of the Diomed, who land
ed here with other survivors, says
two submarines were sighted. Ac-
cording to his report, they were rig.
ged with dummy tunnels. One Of
them( this officer asserts, subjected
the Diomed to heavy shell fire.
The liner attempted to escape, but
surrender after being pursued for
four hours. Two boats were lowered
and forty-nine Of the crew got away,
taking with them the body Of the cap.
tain.
Shortly afterwards one boat was
swamped. Two Englishmen and five
Chinese were drowned. The others
were picked up by the second boat.
This boat, being overcrowded, was
in danger Of being swamped, but its
occupants were saved by the arrival
of a steamship.
Survivors say that during the pur.
suit the Chinese firemen of the Dio
med refused to continue stoking, and
the work was Undertaken by deck
hands. The submarine stood off at
a distance of about half a mile until
the Diomed sunk.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
P. 0. S. OF A. AT READING
SAD. organlzatlOn tias 1900 Mem

State Organization Has $4,000 Mem
bers and Nearly 100000 Assets.
With more than 1900 delegates
present, the state convention of the
Patriotic Order Sons of America con-
vened.
The state president, Herman A.
Miller, Of Easton, submitted his re-
port, in which he gave review of all
the transactions of the state organi-
cation. Other reports read show that
the membership in this state is above
$4,000. The camps in Pennsylvania
have assets of nearly 100000.
One of the notable projects Of the
order on which a report was made is
the erection Of a monument over the
grave at Carlisle of Mollie Pitcher,
the heroine of the battle Of Mon.
mounth.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
FUSE WORKERS GO ON STRIKE

Failure to Get Increase Causes Half
Of Bethlehem Branch Plant to Cult.
Fully one-half of the employees OF
the Bethlehem Steel Company at Its
new fuse plant at Redington' near
South Bethlehem, Pa, walked out and
many more followed at noon, so that
few of the 1900 working force at the
plant remained.
Monday was semi-monthly payday
at the plant, but the expected ten per
cent increase, which was to become
effective on August 1 was not includ-
ed in the pay roll. Quite a number
Of girls are employed at the plant,
many of whom walked out.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
REGRETSLOSS OF
AMERICAN LIVES
Germany Asks u S. to Delay
Action on Arabic.
OFFICIALS SEE RAY OF HOPE

s.rIln Government Requests Time to
Give Their Version Of Sinking oi
Liner.
II Il was due to the action of a Ger.
man submarine that two American
citizens lost their lives, In the torpe-
SoIng of the steamship Arabic, such
sction was contrary to the intentions
~ the German government, according
m official advices received by Ger
man Ambassador Won Bernstorff from
berlin and telegraphed by him to
Washington.
II was also said in the communica-
tion that the German government will
deeply regret such loss of life, and
would tender the sincerest sympathies
10 the American government.
The text of the matter given out
nv Count Won Bernstorff read:
"The German ambassador received
The following instructions from Ber-
I'm which he communicated to the
department OF state:
a.so far, no official information
available concerning the sinking OF
the Arabic. The German government
trusts that the American government
will not take q definite stand at hear
ing only the reports OF one side,
which. in the opinion Of the imperial
government, cannot correspond with
the facts, but that a chance will be
given to Germany to be heard
equally.
although the imperial govern
ment does not doubt the good faith
of the witnesses whose statements
are reported by the newspapers in
Europe, it should be borne in mind
that these statements are naturally
made under excitement, which might
easily produce wrong impressions. If
Americans should actually have lost
their lives, this would naturally be
contrary to our intentions.
"The German government would |
deeply regret the fact, and begs to
tender sincerest sympathies to the
American government
The ambassador made no comment
upon the statement, and an attache
said that it spoke for itself.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
Find s.Ineh Shell in Road.

Officials of the Clearfield Foundry
and Machine Shops at Clearfeld,
Pa, were agitated when Samuel
Adams, an employe, found a three
inch artillery shell half buried in the
road near the big works. Police and
officials Of the plant expressed the
belief that the she'll had been dropped
from a great height. The projeetile
failed to explode.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
c.re NAV Lawver browns.

George Bolton Eldredge, a young
lawyer of Cape May, drowned on
Cape May point. He had gone out
fishing h the surf with his father,
Captain James w. Eldredge, Of the
Cape May Point Life Saving Station
and fell out Of the boat. The body
was recovered.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
Spanish Envoy Denies Report.

Senior Riano, Spanish ambassador
to the United States, denied a report
that he had been asked to take over
German interests If diplomatic rela-
tions between Germany and the
United States should be severed.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
Man Of a1 Weda.

DR.. Nathaniel Garland Keirle, 81
years old, head of the Pasteur Insti-
tute Of Baltimore, and an authority
on the treatment of rabies, was mar
ned to Miss Hattie E. Mccoy, As
years old, school teacher.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
Russian shIp Torpedoed.

The German admiralty. in Berlin
announced that a German submarine
torpedOed and sank a Russian auxil-
Iary ship at the entrance to the gulf
Of Finland.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
MORE HELP FOR RUSSIA
Japan VIII Ship Greater Quantity Of
Munitions.

MuUlLlON5s
The Toxic Kollumin Shimbun says:
Premier Okuma states that Japan
has decided to give greater assis-
tance to Russia to prosecute the war.
He could not discuss details, but al
lowed it to be understood that this
assistance would take the form OF
the forwarding of greater supplies OF
munitions"
Japan has decided to employ all
resources for increasing the output Of
munitions for the allies, particularly
Russia.
The Japanese government believes
the time has arrived for more con-
certed action against the enemies OF
Japan and her allies.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
FINLAND GERMAN GOAL
Defeat in Gulf of Riga Baked Plan to
Land Troops.

Land Iroops.
German invasion Of Finland, was to
have followed the capture of Riga by
the German fleet, which penetrated
the gulf of Riga, where it was defeat
ed by a Russian feet Information to
this effect was obtained in COpen
hagen
According to this information the
German fleet was to have continued
up the Baltic and to have landed
troops after the forces of General Won
Buelow occupied Riga. This defeat OF
the German fleet frustrated this plan.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
British Submarine Grounds.

Official announcement was made
that a British submarine had ground
ed in the sound. Fifteen members ok
the crew were saved.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
U. 5. Troops FIred on AaaIn.

General Funston reported to the
war department that the Mexican
troops had fred on American soldiers
at Lochiea, Ariz., the second time
within a few days. No one was
wounded. The Mexican commander
sent word that it would not happen
again.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
Traw.. orpedoed; 8 Lost.

The Hull trawler Commander
Boyle was sunk by German subma-
Tlne. Thyee of the crew were drown
D. Nine others were rescued
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27

Denmark had protested against the
nring on the British submarine E-1S
BY a German torpedo boat while the
E1S lay grounded on the Danish is
land Of Saltholm. Fourteen Of the
British sailors are said to have been
Killed in the attack.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
BENJAMIN F. SHIVELY

u 5. Senator From Indiana Re-
ported Dying at Summer Home.
Milford chronicle., 1915-08-27
GERMANY APOLOGIES

Tells Denmark She Regrets Attack on
British Submarine E-13.
The Danish legation at Berlin, ac-
cording to a Reuter- despatch from
Copenhagen, has received from the
German secretary of state a note con-
tanning an apology and expressions Of
sincere regret for the violation of neu-
trality involved in an attack upon a
British submarine within the terri
torial waters Of Denmark.
The note states that renewed and
emphatic instructions have been is
sued to commanders of German war
vessels to respect neutral rights.
The Washington times., 1915-06-20
GEODET|C SURVEY
EMPLOYEES RAISED
Eight Given Increases in Salary
bySecretary RedfieId-0ther
Changes Announced.

Eight employees Of the Coast and
creases in salary by Secretary Of Com
merce Redfeld. Those promoted are:
Francis H Hardy to 5000. William M.
Steirnagle to $500, Paul NJ Trueblood
to 1880, and Arthur Joachims to 81 400.
Harry Leypoldt has been promoted
from aid to assistant at $500; Henry
B. Campbell and Percy F. Benedict,
aids, have been promoted to s1.1o0 and
$1,000, respectively
Leo c. Dyke has been promoted from
deck officer to aid at $500; the tenn
porary appointment of Marc L.
tended; the temporary appointment of
Andrew Gilmour as hull craftsman at
$500 a month has been terminated, and
George A. Griswold. jr.. has been tenn
porarily appointment as clerk at $7a0.
In the Bureau of the Census, Frank
II. Gilbert, assistant messenger at S730
has resigned. and George w. Robbins
has been transferred from the Navy
Department to clerk at $500.
In the Bureau of Fisheries, William
r. Bosworth. seaman at $500 on the
steamer Philarope, has resigned. and
John A. stromberg has been appointed
chief engineer at S.6so on the steamer
Roosevelt.
In the Steamboat Inspection Service
Harry Mcguire Taylor, assistant in
spector Of hulls at 5000 at New York
city. has designed. and Joseph H
Mathews has been transferred to the
position from local inspector of hulls
at $500 at Nashville. Tenn.
The Washington times., 1915-06-20

moon reveals the body of a young
man on the surface of the water
noatlng race UP. On the mans breast
sleams huge diamond--the Stan
Icy charm against harm"
CHAPTER Nv
The Prodisars Progress"-Dr. Lee
dead. Esther Is homeless. She sends a
homing pigeon to Hagar. the Gypsy
mother. who comes at once to take her
70 the Gypsy camp. On their way they
come upon Arthur Stanley II lying cold
and nearly dead. on the rivers edge.
Arthur Is nursed back to life. Hasar
discioses to him his real identity.
Arthur vows to make himself worthy Of
Esthers love- He goes to Richmond,
where. In need OF funds. he pawns The
Diamond From the Sky" Meanwhile
Siair Stanley has gone to Richmond.
and are reunited. Blair invites Arthur
70 grand society ball. where he meets
VIVIAN Marston, New York belle, and
friend OF Blairs. On her neck is THE
diamond From the Sky which she had
borrowed from the pawn-broker. Hagar,
IN the guise Of a fortune teller. is at
the ball. Vivian has Just seated her
sel1 Tor a moments rest. when q brawny
arm reaches In. clutches THE Dia-
mona From the Sky" and disappears.
CHAPTER v.
For the sake Of false friend" Lake
Lowell. the gypsy. fees with the pre-
cious Stanley jewel. He is pursued by
the police. and drops the diamond from
the sky" into a mail box Suddenly
the sheriff appears at the ball. de-
mandins Arthur Stanley, wanted for
the murder Of Dr. Lee. There is a gen.
eral night, and Arthur escapes. He
boards a moving freight train. Three
ramps think hi bull" and beat
MIN, robbing him and taking his
clothes. Arthur dons the discarded
| clothes OF one OF the tramps. leaves the
traln, and secures work as a farm hand
Meanwhile. the cleaning Jewel is swept
into mail carriers pouch and taken to
the postoffice. The pouch. in need of
repair Is sent away, with "the diamond
from the sky" clinging to it's interior.
The pouch falls from a wagon and is
found by Quabba, the hunchback or
gan grinder, who discovers the massive
jewel. Quabba falls asleep and his
monkey seizes the cleaning stone. with
I the monkey climbs into tree. where
ne comes upon an owls nest. The
beast places the Jewel in the nest. The
brilliant 1ewel-the Stanley charm
The Washington times., 1915-06-20

against harm.-lies cleaning in the mes,
OF the blinking night bird.
CHAPTER vi.
Shadows at Sunrise"-Hasar, the
gypsy mother. leases Stanley Hall, In
tent on restoring to Esther her birth
social favorite. Then comes the great
Fairfax tournament. Arthur Stanley. as
John Powell. works as a farm hand.
learns OF the approaching event. He
borrows his employers Thoroughbred
mask to hide his features, he returns
to ride In the races. The masked rider
wins highest honors, and crowns Esther
queen Of love and beauty" Vivian
Marston and Mrs. Stanley ignore the
h;,asr hEner nSs Ssst1wed on Masers daughter in
fusion. HE is Arthur Stanley. wanted
for the murder Of old DR.. Lee" is heard
on every side as Arthur struggles madly
with his captors.
-. The Fox and the Pls,'-The night.
going against Arthur, when at breshs ses%s
neck speed he rides his horse to the
highest tier Of the grand stand, Jumps
fox hunter, changes clothes with the
body. and eiudes his pursuers. Mean
wh..e Hagars detective discovers that
the nnger prints on the throat Of muir.
dered DIR. Lee are not Arthur's, but
those OF Blair Stanley. HagAr rushes
to Mrs. Stanley with the evidence. and
Blair strikes her into unconsciousness
Then he hides her handcufYed form in
the Stanley secret chamber, and fieer
madly with the discriminating photo.
graphs Of his own finger prints Not far
away Is small colored boy driving a
pig. He sees an owls nest. Chamber,
efter i and finds the cleaning diamond
from the sky"
The Washington times., 1915-06-20

CHAPTER I.
Two hundred years later q feud exists
between Col. Arthur Stanley and his
cousin. Judge Lamar Stanley. Virginia
aristocrats. Bitter jealousy over the Jos
session OF The Diamond From the
Sky" 10 intensified by the fact that the
death OF a noble kinsman In England
makes the frst-born male child OF the
elder branch Of the Virginia Stanleys
heir to the Stanley earldom In War
wickshire, as we'll as possessor OF The
Diamond From the Sky" Judge Lamar
Stanley has a son. Blair. heir presnmp-
tive to both these coveted honors. When
a child is born to the young wife of Col
Arthur Stanley It proves to be q girl
The mother dies. Colonel Stanley. cha
grined and disappointed. determines to
rob his hated cousins child, Blair. OF
the noble heritage. Aided by the doctor
and colored nurse. Colonel Stanley buys
a newborn male gypsy child from Its
unnatural and money greedy father. In
SO doing Colonel Stanley believes he has
the gypsy mothers consent. But Hagar,
weak and sick, manages to crawl to
Stanley Hall to denounce her greedy and
brutal husband and regain her first
born child. sh. arrives Just as the
birth Of the changeling heir is being
verified BY an English lawyer, repre-
sentine Earl Stanley and Judge Lamar
Stanley. The colonel stands facing the
Hagar. starts into the room. Colonel
Stanley's terror affects his heart and he
falls unconscious across the library
| table.
AN Eye For An Eye" Matt Hard
ing. the gypsy father, overpowers his
wife and takes her away before her
presence Is discovered Three years
later Hagar steals the coloners little
daughter. Esther, who has been reared
| in secret She also obtains possession OF
| The Diamond From the Sky" and some
valuable documents. When Esther is
grown Hagar returns to Virginia with
| her She asks Dr. Lee to adopt Esther
as had originally been the tbst HeKa,
return The Diamond From the SKY;
Arthur Stanley 10 a profligate. but his
love for Esther effects a REFORM. tlalr
supposedly Arthur's cousin, also Loves
| Esther. Blair accidentally sees The Dia.
! mond From the Sky" in DR.. Lees study
| He endeavors to steal the diamond and
in doing so kills DR.. Lee. Escaping he
meets Arthur. como to serenade Esther
CHAPTER III.
The Silent witness: Arthur ques
tions Blair's presence In Esther
house at that hour OF the night
Blair's answer affects Esther's name
Arthur insisting upon vengeance
drags Blair to the cemetery. wher'
they night a duel. Arthur. believing
he has killed Blair. runs home will
the diamond from the sky" whicl
he has found around Blair's neck
Blair. merely injured. revives. return
home. and remains in hiding. Tn
suspicion OF the doctors murder fall
upon Arthur. whose guitar Is foun,
in the yard. Arthur. unconscious o
the doctors murder. but fearing dis
covery OF his attack on Blair. escape
in a newly arrived automobile. In hi
mad dash from the clutches of tn
police he Is nearly killed by a pas
senger train. Speeding at fifty mile
an hour in his racing car. he acci
dentally falls over a high clir int
tho water below. That night tn
The Washington times., 1915-06-20
Real Motion Film,
Romance Is This
Miss Ethel May Hogue, Formerly
Movie" Cashier, and Gerald n.
Payne, Manager, Married.

A real motion picture romance. with
elopement features including fast
automobile trip to Rockville, has Just
been revealed In the announcement Of
the marriage OF Miss Ethel May Hosue,
formerly cashier at a movie" theater
on Seventh street, to Gerald Hobart
Payne, manager of one OF the local f,lm
exchanges.
The couple became acquainted through
association in business. and Friday last
journeyed to Rockville, where the we'd
ding ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Samuel r. White, pastor OF the
Baptist Church at that place. After q
brief honeymoon Mr.. and Mrs. Payne
will make their home In this city.