Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1914 — NORTH SEA FIGHT NEAR [ARTICLE]

NORTH SEA FIGHT NEAR

battle ground cleared for FIGHT OF NAVIES. German Fleet Seize® Russian Ship In Chinese Port and is Bottled UpVessel Sunk by Mine. London, Aug. 11. —The HamburgAmerican steamship Captain Ortegal, with $5,000,000 in specie aboard, has been captured by British cruisers. The Ortegal sailed from Buenos Airee July 16 for Southampton. Birmingham, Aug. 11.—The admiralty has informed the mayor of Birmingham that the cruiser Birmingham, which was put in commission last February, sank the first German submarine of the war the U 15.

London, Aug. 11. —Following the official announcement that a German submarine had attacked cruiser squadron of the main British fleet, the admiralty this afternoon notified filshlng boats to keep clear of the North Sea. This is taken to mean that a naval engagement is in progress in those waters or will be fought there soon. A message from Antwerp says the Austrian steamers Zora and Prazattus w r ere seized in the port there. Conflicting reports have been received concerning the situation at Tsing Tau, China. One report from Shanghai asserts the British yardships have blockaded the port and bottled up most of the German Chinese fleet in the harbor. Other British cruisers are reported to be pursuing the remainder of the German fleet A Tokyo dispatch, on the other hand, says the German fleet has seized tlje Russian steamer Rlazan, carrying British supplies. The Dutch steamer Alcor, bound from Rotterdam to Cronstadt, Russia, has been sunk and its crew landed at Helsingfors. Whether it struck a mine or was hit by a shell is not stated. New York, Aug. 11. —The British cruiser Essex has captured the North German Lloyd liner Kronprlnz Wilhelm, according to reports received

here from two sources, which fend to confirm the announcement made at Ottawa that the Essex had advised the Bermuda station she was bringing in an unnamed prize. Tokyo, i Aug. 11.—The Japanese government requisitioned several addition transports. The emperor is expected to interrupt his vacation and return to Tokyo from Nikko on Wednesday. George W. Guthrie, American ambassador, returned from the summer resort of Mlyanoshita and conferred with some of the other foreign ambassadors.