The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 248, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1914 Page: 1 of 6
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BALLINGER, RUNNELS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER16, 1914.
NUM BER 248
CAR LOAD MOON BROS.
BUGGIES, PHEATONSAND SURRIES
Just Placed on Exhibition at Our Store
VAN PELT, KIRK & MACK
Master Vibrators $5.95. Dry Batteries 20c. Gasoline per gallon 11c.
Presto Tanks $1.50. We sell you a Presto for light $12.00.
Exchange on ^ Co
GERMANS NOW HOLD OSTEND?
LONDON, Oct. 16.—Communication with Ostencl has been entirely sus-
pended, indicating that the Germans hold that city. The last dispatches
received regarding the situation around the Belgion seaport, related the
fact that the Germans were within ten miles of Ostend.
Manila is
ARE LOST
Used as
A Base?
Ry United Prct*
WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.—The British
Ambassador today complained to the
state department that neutral vessels
are using Manila as
German cruisers.
FORMER
COUNTRY
PLENTIFUL
is waste At Tsing Tau
NOW DAYS
Allies Resume
Their Attack
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TOKIO, Oct. 16.—The allies' bombard-
iIment of Tsing Tau has been resumed.
I’.uiis. Oct. in. •Kron, iwiQne fort in the harbor has been partly
VALUABLE
STORES ARE
CAPTURED
a base supply for j S""1i"| destroyed.
J but ruin. Two months afro this! ^
; was a land of plenty, smiliufr tin
dor the sun. Today it is a waste.
V* Gn a trip which I made through ! JD^* * A 111 C? Cs. Y
2 * JL M* HR fl HI n ML a portion of the district, my fond 1
llLrMflHilll HiILi sul’Pb' ran short. I was forced to!
travel 35 miles southward in order!
NEARING
OSTEND
Iiu United P.-csn-
WASHINGTON, Get. 16.—Tlu*'
German foreign office today re-!
to get something to eat.
Behind the tottering walls <d'
Soissons, there is no idee. Food is
lacking and the shortage is being
felt .over the city and its inhabi-
tants. Strangers have been order
j ed to leave by noon today in order
j that the food supply may last
j few days longer.
Situation Is
Satisfactory
16.—Prac-
Ry United Pre»u
GAPETOWN, Oct.
ported to the embassy in this city tically all of Belgium is now oe-
that several valuable stores near cupied by the Germans. The lat-
Antwerp had been captured by the pst city to fall into the hands of
Germans. It was also declared the Kaiser’s forces i s Blanken-
that the Germans are repulsing tin* herghe which is ten miles north-j
French near Albert and repulsing esaf of Ostend. On Thursday this,
the Russians from Warsaw to town was taken over by the Ger-
mans. It is quite probable that
Ostend is now occupied by the!
Ivangorod.
BURGLARS VISIT
AUTO HOUSE
Germans.
Rebellion is
Stamped Out
Says English
Ry united Preen ■
BERLIN, Oct. 16.—The entire
situation, both in the cast and
a west, is excellent, stated the offi-
cial bulletin from the war office
this afternoon. The French have
not made important advances, al-
though it is admitted that in
eases the French have advanced.
It is pointed out in the bulletin
that the Germans usually retired
I for strategical reasons, or because
' the trenches were in a very un-
sanitary condition.
! In the east the Russians arc en-
GREAT KRUPP
GUNS WOULD
BE MOUNTED .
ALONG COAST
BY GERMANS
Hu United Prem*'
LONDON, Oct. 16.—The Ger-
mans are trying to acquire the cit-
ies on the coast of Belgium and
Northern France in order to
mount the newest and greatest
Krupp guns. By taking the cities,
it is pointed out here by military
experts, that the British warships,
lying off the coast will be forced
to withdraw farther out.
was
ALLIED ARMY
EXTENOS
LINES
The W. A. Nance garage
burglarized some time during the
night Thursday night and quite a
number of items stolen.
Mr. Nance discovered the loss
shortly after opening his place of
business Friday morning, but is at
a loss as to how the burglars en-
tered the house. All doors were' _
closed and locked, and it is pre-j Bu lJniUA Prtt„-
sumed that the party or parties ,»AKLS 0et. 16.—The allies
that did the dirt> woi \ poss< ss j,ave extended their line from
ed a key that unlocked t ie < o<n. Ypres to the sea and will now In*
His stock of goods "ere « 1,1 preVent any sudden flank
a disturbed condition slowing movement bv the Germans|
Then it will be, it is declared,
-------- i tirely on the defensive. Not a sin- j that the Germans will be able to
LONDON. Oct. 16. I In* rebel- g|e place exists where the Ger- launch their submarines in the
, lion in South Africa is rapidly be-jmans ape not othenvise ,tha„ fight I harbors of the Belgian and NorMi-
1 o^kLsta^ment^e1^^ to on the offensive. j It will be an
omcial-statement made lurt to- easy matter, the experts on nuli-
day. Many arrests have been It is declared that when the tary affairs say, for the Germans
made since the first report was Russians tried to mva<U East to move their submarines by rail
i sent out that tin* Boers were in Prussia they were repulsed with j to the coast and then send them
i revolt. enormous losses.
Germans Trying
that
,ne had been in
among the items miss
g aro six or seven flash lights
a half dozen pair of pliers,
rcycle tires, etc.
’he above items were easily
.'a to be missing as Mr. Nance
% that he had these goods in
It is probable that other
were stolen. The burglars
lue, but the officers arc
ing.
from Belgium.
The official communique today
reported the continued progress
of the allied army at every point
and described the general situa-
tion as being excellent.
Mrs. Donie Jackson left Thurs-
day afternoon for Groesbeck, to
visit relatives and friends a few
weeks.
Ru United rrexu-
LONDON, Oct. 16.—The Ger-
mans are trying a new general ad-
vance. Heavy reinforcements are
pouring through Aix La Chappel,
comprising a new army. The mat-
ter of hitting the allied line is a
purely conjecture here among mili
tat-.y experts, for only the actual
development will show this.
into the English channel where
their deadly work will commence,
j The admiralty here today declar
j cd that the English airmen would
j give the fleet the rane and the
j guns on the large English war-
ships would keep the Germans
from being mounted in the coast
cities.
There appears to be less appre-
hension today among the English
of this city over the possibility of
the Germans' raid upon London
I form the air. Early in tin* week.
Reinforcements were needed to the strain was great upon resi-
hold the German position as a re-) dents of this city who believed the
suit ot material gains made by the, Germans had a great opportunity
allies recently in the north in tin*!to make depredations upon the
vicinity of Compeigne, Soissons, | capital.
and vicinity of Craonne and Rer-j ---
ry An Bac. Bird Gardner of Temple, who
Heavy rains are again falling had been visiting frineds in this
over the entire Belgian French j section returned home Thursday
battle fields. 1 afternoon.
New Advance
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LONDON, Oct. 16.—The British
cruiser Hawk, carrying a crew ol
544 persons, was sunk in the North
Sea yesterday by a German sub-
marine boat.
The accident occurred late yes-
terday afternoon.
Only three officers and forty-
nine ot the men of the crew were
saved.
A torpedo from the German boat
i struck the English criuser amid-
sliip and tore her to pieces. The
Hawk was patroling off the Ger-
man naval base at the time the
torpedo boat made its attack.
1 aptaiu \\ illiauis is among the
missing officers. The otii ers sav-
ed from the Hawke are minor.
I he rescued men are in a serious
condition due from exposure in
the cold air and the cold water in-
to which they were plunged with-
out any forewarning. They have
been landed at Aberden and are
being eared for there by the citi
zens of tlie town until they are ir
such .** condition for removal.
1 he Hawke and two other cruis
ers we e scouting for German ves
sels at the -time of the accident
The German torpedo boat slipped
U] on the cruiser and began tht
attack. The first torpedo missec
the other two cruisers, i’he Ger
man submarine dived, and ini
mediately the English criusen
were stripped for action. Tht
two other cruisers began dost
watch for the torpedo boat’s rist
to the surface, while the llawkt
was sinking. The admiralty sonu
time ago, just after the sinking ol
three British vessels by German
submarines, order that in ease ol
submarine attacks, the English
vessels consider first their own
duty to their ship. Consequently
the other two vessels did not at
tempt to rescue the Ilawke’s crew
at once bu*t sped away. There-
fore, a great loss of life was ex-
perienced from the ill-faied Brit
ish vessel.
At the time of the sinking the
sea was extremely rough and it
was a hard matter for the men
and officers of the vessel to stay
above water.
The remaining two steamers af
ter reaching safety' noticing that
the submarine had left the vicinity
steamed back to the scene and
picked up the few survivors. All
danger of further attack had by
that time passed.
Although English people are
considerably worked up over the
tragedy of the sea, the tension is
not as strong as it was a few
weeks ago when three British
cruisers were sunk by German
submarines.
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Sledge, A. W. The Daily Ledger. (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 248, Ed. 1 Friday, October 16, 1914, newspaper, October 16, 1914; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1138400/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.