Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 216, 23 August 1915 — Page 1

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Gulf of Riga Battle

RUSSIAN BfltfY INFLICTS HEAVY LOSES ON FLEET TRYING TO ENTER PORT

LONDON,' Aug. 23. Dispatches from correspondents of English newspapers at Petrograd carrying the report that the German battle cruiser Moltke was the dreadnaught sunk by a 1 British submarine in the Gulf of Riga was unconfirmed from any official source today. The official Russian admiralty statement telling of the German naval , defeat failed to identify the great warship sunk. PETROGRAD STATEMENT. . PETROGRAD, Aug. 23. An official statement issued today confirmed ' the sinking of the German dreadnaught by an English submarine in the Gulf of Riga. Russian warships sunk or damaged two German cruisers and eight torpedo boats, but the Russian boat Slevutch was sunk. The admiralty announcement confirmed earlier semi-official reports that Russian naval forces supported by English submarines had won a victory over an Important part of the German fleet In the Baltic, but it revealed for the first time that the czar's ships had not escaped.

Sink Torpedo Boats. The sinking of the Sievutch was the climax of a thrilling conflict between Russian gunboats and several torpedo boats. Set on fire the Sievutch sank a German torpedo boat as she was going down. All officers and sailors of the Sievutch, numbering 155, are believed to have perished. Her guns continued the battle until the vessel was entirely submerged. The last shot fired as the water closed over her sank a German submarine, i . Admiralty Statement. ; The admiralty's statement, which shows there was fighting in the Gulf of Riga for three days, follows: "In the Gulf of Riga, between August 16 and August 19, the Russian fleet sank or damaged two German cruisers and eight torpedo boats. "An English submarine Bank 'one of the best German dreadnaughts. . "On Thursday and Friday the Germans made reconnaissances in the . gulf In various directions, during which a series of flghts.with the Russian fleet occurred. ' ? "A strong German fleet on August 16 recommenced its attack . against our puBiiiunB at me -entrance 10 me Gulf of Riga. Our ships during August 16 and 17 repulsed the enemy's ships and impeded their secret operations and preparations to break through the entrance. ; "Aided by a thick fog, considerable German forces succeeded in entering the gulf. "The result was that the Germans suffered considerable loss among their torpedo boats. We lost the gunboat Slvutch, which perished in an unequal combat -with a cruiser, which on Thursday evening, assisted by torpedo boats, attacked her, firing at a distance of 1,500 yards. "The Sivutch, aflame and her decks redhot, continued firing until she went down, sinking a German torpedo boat. "The enemy on Saturday in consequence of his losses, apparently quitted the gulf." French 8ink Destroyer. PARIS, Aug. 23. A German destroyer was sunk by French torpedo boats in a battle off Ostend last night, the ministry of marines announced today While patrollng the Belgian coast two torpedo boats of the second light French squadron encountered the German destroyer and engaged it. According to the official announcement! the torpedo boats suffered no loss in men, and only slight damage to their hulls was Inflicted by the German vessel, i DUTCH TRAWLEK SUNK. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 23. The Dutch trawler Ymuiden, 49, has been sunk in the North sea off Anieland Island by a mine or German submarine. Her crew was landed today.

ACKERMAN EXPLAINS ATTITUDE , OF SOCIALISM IN KAISER'S REALM - Edward Bernstein, Socialist Member of Reichstag Says Germany Has Not Heeded Socialism, and After War Influence of Party Will Be Limited.

Carl Ackerman, son of John Ackerman, this city, who is Berlin correspondent of the United Press, has written the following article on the attitude of the Socialist party In Germany: BERLIN, July 23. (By Mail) Socialism In Germany during the war has not been needed declared Edward Bernstein, Socialist member of the Reichstag today, and when peace comes, ne added, tne lnnuence oi socialism will be limited. I asked Bernstein what the position of Socialism was at the end of a year of fighting, what had been the greatest accomplishments of Socialism during the war and whether be thought the Socialist party had lost its Influence. "In a besieged country," said Bernstein, "so-called 'war socialism' is not

0SS0WIEC FALLS BEFORE GERMAN SIEGE GANNONS

BERLIN, Aug 23. Otsowlec, the powerful Russian fortress, which the Germans have been attacking for more than six months, has been captured. News of the occupation of the fortress was officially Innounced today by the German war office. The fortified city of Tykocln, on the Narew river, eighteen miles south of Ossowlec, has been stormed by the Germans. Ossowlec was defended by ten strong modern forte equipped with the best artillery the Russians possessed. The fortress' lies ..on., the , Robr river,, thirty miles northeast of Lomza, and twentyseven miles south of Augustowo. It is the last first-class fortress in Poland, and was hindering the German drive against the Russian second line. BULGARIA LEANS TOWARD TEUTONS BERLIN, Aug. 23. The Oversea News agency today announced the receipt of an official report from Sophia and Constantinople that Turkey and Bulgaria have signed a new treaty granting Bulgaria its desired direct railroad communication with the sea. Bulgaria is observing a benevolent neutrality, added the agency's statement: Demonstrating the failure of the entente's efforts to revive the Balkan state's alliance in the war against Turkey. ITALIANS EVACUATE ISLAND OF EELAGOS BERLIN, Aug. 23. Evacuation of Pelagos islands in the Adriatic sea by the Italians was officially announced today. The abandonment of the island followed by a bombardment by Austrian ships which destroyed the Italian defenses. The Austrians have delivered several attacks against the Italian position in order to prevent the establishment of a naval base. The Island affords a position of strategetical importance for naval operations in the upper Adriactic. socialism at all. Wars are always exceptional and so are war conditions. Many things are tolerated during war which would not be permitted in peace time. Socialism has influenced a number of measures of the government for the protection of the general public and the workingmen, but unfortunately this Influence is felt only in certain degrees. Many of socialism's propositions have been considered too late while others have been heeded only in an insufficient manner." Future of Socialism. "What will be the strength of socialism after the war?" ' Bernstein, a quiet, retiring ; gray haired, gray bearded man answered in perfect English. "Socialism's strength depends entirely upon the peace terms," he said, Continued On Page Four.

DOES NOT REt.iEf.iOER

BEATING UP IIIS WIFE Sam Crlckmore was arraigned - in city court today ' for the first ' time since his appearance on a charge of having beaten ' his daughter, some months ago. Today he entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of having beaten his wife. X, -. "Your Honor," Crlckmore said, "if I did beat my wife I don't know a thing about it. I went out Saturday night and took " several drinks of whiskey and what" I did after I got home I have no knowledge of." Mrs. Crickmore said her husband mistreated her in a shameful manner. After she escaped from him she telephoned ta the police and Crlckmore was arrested at his home, 823 North Sixteenth street. He will be tried tomorrow. His bond was fixed at $50. CITY CRITICISES COUNTY TERMS WITH JEFFERIES After Days of Talk, Officials Object to Action When Commissioners Take Initiative. BOND MAKES KICK Administration Wanted the Traction Line to Share Half ' of Expense-yNew Bridge Wanted. City Attorney Bond in discussing; the action of the county council in making an appropriation for the construction of a temporary bridge to handle the traffic of the condemned Main street structure, expressed the opinion that the county had made a mistake In its decision to charge the traction company for only one-third of the cost of the span. , "However, the bridge question has now passed out of the ; hands of the city and it is really no concern of the city what kind of an agreement the county enters into with the traction company in regard to the construction of a temporary bridge," the city attorney added. He said that he was confident that the county could have entered into an agreement with the traction company whereby the company would assume half the cost of the structure. He said that in talking with General Superintendent Jefferies of the traction company, Mr. Jefferies had informed him that the company was willing to pay half the cost of a temporary bridge. Plans Fall Through. Apparently the plan advocated by Wilfred Jessup to have the Masilon Bridge and Structural company send engineers to inspect the condemned Main street bridge to ascertain whether it could be repaired so that it could be serviceable for at least ten years longer, has fallen through. The company has notified the city attorney that it has no engineer to conduct such an investigation. City officials believe that the county authorities will decide to replace the condemned structure with a modern concrete span. West Richmond people are preparing to make a vigorous demand for the erection of such a bridge, and it was announced today that there would be a mass meeting of West Richmond citizens interested in the promotion of this project on West Main street near the bridge Friday evening. A band has been engaged to furnish music for the occasion. Plans for a new bridge popular with West Richmond people call for a span extending from the western terminus of the present bridge' to a point between Third and Fourth streets on this side of the river. Such a plan would bring the grade of the bridge on a level with the C. & O. railroad bridge across Main street, thus providing a grade crossing over the proposed new structure. This arrangement meets with the disapproval of all the city officials and a lively row appears to be brewing. As the grade of the C. & O. through Richmond has been established, that company cannot be compelled to raise or lower its viaduct across Main street. Weather Forecast U. S. Report Unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Probably showers. Cooler Tuesday north portion. Temperature Noon . f 76 - Yesterday Maximum 76 Minimum .. . ...... 55 For Richmond The western . storm central over the Rocky mountains is moving , eastward and is expected to cause rain here tonight or Tuesday, Showers and thunderstorms. W. E. Moore. Weather Forecaster,

RECORD CROUD HEARS FORM LIQUOR LEADER Ex-Governor Patterson of Tennessee, Predicts National Prohibition Before Many Years.

KNOWS BOTH SIDES As Young: Man He Lived Fast Life in Fast City Next Congress Will Take Some Action. Predicting national prohibition and the complete annihilation of the liquor traffic, Ex-governor Patterson, of Tennessee, discussed the liquor, question from practically every angle, in a speech on "Why I Changed Front on the Liquor Question," before a Chautauqua audience yesterday afternoon. Approximately thirty-five hundred people occupied the seats and benches and stood in or around the big tent. It was the largest audience which has attended any event since Chautauqua opened. Many out-of-town people were among the attendance,, visiting their friends who hold " tent reservations. ! Governor Patterson held, the liquor question to be not primarily a. state or local question, but fundamentally and profoundly, a national question. The amendment to the national constitution,' and giving the states the power to reject or ratify the abolishment of liquor, will,' before many years, be passed and accepted by-all states, the speaker prophesied. " . - Speech, Draws Applause. Practically the same speech . was delivered by Governor Patterson in JUehmond a year ago hut this did not

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attention of his audience throughout his remarks and being frequently applauded by the people, v The ex-governor held the United States government' to be inefficient, criminally, negligent and , disorded, which permitted the life of the liquor Continued On Page Three. EXPECTS ROMANIA TO CHECK SHIPMENT OF SHELLS TO TURKEY LONDON, Aug. 23. A dispatch from Sophia stating that Roumania had held up munitions from Turkey to Austria, indicates the trend in the Balkans. Veniezelos has been looked to as the man who would remove doubts among the Balkan nations by taking a firm stand for the allies. That he has not done so, was taken in some quarters as an indication that the German influence is still strong with the king. Roumania's action is considered as a flat defiance of the demands of the Teutonic powers that the Bucharest government permit the passage of munitions through its territory to Turkey. That Turkey lacks ammunition is the general belief here and if the supply from the Teutonic allies is cut off the Turks will soon be in desperate straits. LONDON. Aug. 23.The British ship Diomed, a vessel of 4,600 tons, owned by Lamport and Holt, has been sunk by a German submarine. She plied between New York and European ports. BELIEVES BOATS LOST NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23. The missing United fruit steamer Marowijne was given up for . lost with twentyeight passengers and a crew of sixtyfive in marine circles . here today. Though the gulf coast is being searched for some trace of the vessel, which is believed to have been destroyed in the recent storm, little hope is entertained that any of the ninety-three persons on board are alive. SUES ON $120 NOTE. The Union National bank has filed suit against Lizzie and William Helmsing, demanding $120 in a complaint on a promissory note Issued to the defendants on June 22, 1915. PAROLES ABE RUEFF SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 23. Abe Rueff, former political power and con victed of enormous grafts following the San Francisco earthquake, was released from San Quentin on parole. His aged mother was waiting for him at the prison gates. Rueff has served seven years of his fourteen-year sentence.

NO APOLOGY COKES FROM BERLIN OFFICE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Secretary of State Lansing at 10:30 a. nr. declared that no wdrd of any kind had been received by this government on the sinking of the Arabic. The secretary was, told that a rumor was current in financial circles that Germany had offered apologies for th sinking of the. Arabic. . "No such word has been received by the state department or by this government," he declared. COUNCIL VOTES FUNDS TO. BUI tD RELIEF BRIDGE Supt. Jefferies of Traction Company, Agrees to Share One-third of Cost of the Structure. BOARD RUSHES PLAN Hopes to Let Contract and Start Work in Thirty Days Repairs Still Considered by Officials. The county council in session Saturday afternoon appropriated $6,500 for the construction of a temporary bridge at Main street. The appropriation was passed by a unanimous vote after promise was made that .the traction company would stand one-third of the cost of construc tion and the additional cost of placing larger beams under the car tracks. The bridge will be made thirty feet, wide, rdlng" to plans of City , Engineer Charles,. County Engineer Mueller and Engineer Daniels of the traction company. " These three men held a conference Saturday morning and decided on the proper kind of bridge to make and placed an estimate of $6,500. It will not require this large an amount to pay the county's two-thirds, but it was thought best by the council and commissioners to appropriate this sum to meet any emergency. Steel to Span River. The bridgeswill be built of wood trestle work with three steel spans across the channel. It will be constructed on piling. This will not necessitate such large spans and will cheapen the cost of the structure, at the same time insuring its strength. Plans and specifipations will be made by Engineer Mueller immediately so that advertisement for bids can be made by Wednesday. The traction company will be allowed to bid on the bridge the same as a regular contractor. "The traction company will agree to Continued On Page Ten. SECOND FLOOD NEAR ST. LOUIS FATAUO 12 2,000 Families in County Are Homeless and Motor Boats Rush to Rescue Marooned Families. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 23. The county of St. Louis today staggered under the weight of a second disastrous flood. Twelve lives were the toll of the overflowing rivers in this section. All were lost along the Meramec river, which Was out of its banks. "One hundred other persons were reported missing and fully 2,000 families were homeless. Hundreds of cottages that lined the river were swept away and the residents of the frail structures escaped death by narrow margins in scores of instances. A report from along the Meramec a short distance from where it flows into the Mississippi river, today stated that men in motor boats and on rafts were still working to rescue marooned persona NEWPORT FLOOD FATAL TO TEN NEWPORT, Ark Aug. 23 Ten persons were drowned and the entire city of Newport was flooded early , today, when the r big levee protecting the town from White river broke, just above the city. Steamboats are running over corn and cotton fields rescuing farmers and their families who are marooned. The river is still rising and indications are that. the entire valley will ' be under water before nightfall. 1 -

GERMANY MUST DISAWJ SINKING OF ARABIC TO SATISFY DEMAND OF U S. Unless Kaiser Explains Liner's Destruction, all Diplomatic and Commercial Relations Will Be Severed with . . - Teutonic Empire United States to Act to Preserve Prestige as World Power.

CABINET PUTS PROBLEM DP TO GERMANY WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 Germany must either disavow the" sinking of the Arabic or make a satisfactory explanation of why the liner fell victim to her submarine war, otherwise the United States will recall Ambassador Gerard and break off diplomatic and commercial relations with the Teutonic empire. Officials who are in the confidence of President Wilson and Secretary Lansing wefe authority today for the statement that this much of the new Wilson program has been decided. The President and Lansing are agreed, it is stated, that the information shows that the Arabic was torpedoed under circumstances which constitute if not controverted or explained a "deliberately unfriendly act." They also are agreed it is stated on authority that if the United States is to maintain her prestige as a world power she must act. "The whole thing is up to Germany," said the cabinet officers. "I- D ..L. I m.1

LONDON BLOCKS GERMAN MOVE TO WEIXCUSE Foreign Office Sets Out Arabic Unarmed, Torpedoed Without Warning and Did Not Ram Submarine. EXPECTS U. S. TO ACT British Information Will Probably Be Basis of Protest Note Sent to Kaiser by Wilson. LONDON, .Aug. 23. To shatter any defense that Germany might attempt to offer for the sinking of the White Star liner Arabic,' the British foreign office today issued an official statement setting forth these four facts. First The Arabic was not armed for defense or offensive. Secondly The Arabic was torpedoed without warning. Third The Arabic made no attempt to escape. Attaches of the foreign office believe that the facts officially set forth will prove that the destruction of the Arabic by a German submarine was contrary to the spirit of the note President Wilson has sent to Berlin. The information herewith given will probably be used by the United

States government in any communi-! suit of having broken through a pavecation eent to Germany relative to j ment and falling ten feet into a ceK the Arabic- It involves the four vital lar. A derrick is to be constructed facts upon which the American gov- for the purpose of removing the anlernment would act. I mal.

ST. JOHN'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY CELEBRATES FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY George Maier Reads History, Showing Formation, Early. Struggles, Growth and Present Flourishing Condition ; Rev. J. Beck and RevI A. J. Feeger Deliver Sermons .. .

Fifty years of flourishing growth was commemorated at St. John's Lutheran church, Sunday, when members of the Benevolent society, their friends and relatives, assembled with members and friends - of Trinity church, to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the organization. The church was packed. Addresses were made by the Rev.. J. Beck, of Trinity church, the Rev. A. J. Feegerfi and George Maier, veteran parish school teacher, and last of the charter members of the society, read a history of the society. Members of the society marched into the church to a section which had been reserved for them. v a - : ; ' ! The German Red Cross society was made the recipient of $65, given by the audience, to care for the widows and orphans in the Fatherland. In the

State department officials admitted today that additional advices had been received from Ambassador Page on the Arabic matter, but asserted the information was not for publication. . , What advices were received could not be learned. It was believed that Ambassador Pager had reperWd far de-v tail concerning the method of attack on the Arabic. His information it was thought cleared up the doubtful points on whether the Arabic was convoyed and the state department did not want to give out the information until President Wilson had seen it. Wait for Word. The United States government still awaited late today for an explanation of all the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Arabic by a German submarine with a loss of two American lives. The information available was described by Secretary Lansing as "Involved." He stated that the exact facts "had not yet been established because the Information so far furnished by Paga was fragmentary, and nothing definite or certain has been established." There was no attempt to disguise the fact that of all the information so far received indicated that the sinking of the Arabic was flagrant violation of the rights of non-combatants and if that is the final decision of this government, then Germany will be given a brief opportunity to disavow the act before any steps are taken. President Wilson today issued his first statement on the sinking of the Arabic by a German submarine. Private Secretary Tumulty gave out the following after a conference with the president: "As soon as all of the facts are ascertained our course of action will be determined." Secretary Tumulty would not add to the statement in any way.

HORSE IN BASEMENT. MADISON, Aug. 23. A horse now takes his meals underground; the reafternoon, a picnic. was held at Beallvlew park. . This .was. attended by a large crowd. - Members . . of Trinity church hold -membership .in the or-' ganizatlon. V: ' . Mr. Maier read a history- of the organizatlon at the morning service. It follows In, part: . . . Toward the - close of July, 1865, a largely attended congregational meet-' ing was held in the parish school room to discuss methods of contending against the. Inroads which were made on the membership of the, congregation by other organisations and to devise a plan whereby, the congregation itself could offer- a substitute that would offer the same advantages. At the next meeting a draft of a, constitutlon was presented, but divergence of opinion arose, one party Continued en Page Four ..