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THE ALVIN SUN, ALVIN. TEXAS
MILLIONS OF FIGHTING MEN
Tires at
WAGING WAR OF DEATH
Before-War Prices
?!
Now Inferior Grades Cot t Double
SIDE.
ISGNERS REPORTED |
■y
Be Careful Nov*
k-
Due to Quick Action
i
Good
AIRSHIPS AND
is indicated in an official statement
MAY
FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
of
Berlin reports the capture j
marine.
J WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE
set your number."
i C’heefoo, Cblmi. dlapatcb.
is not known.
FRENCH SKIRMISHERS IN FLANK ATTACK
SUBMARINES,
WASPS OF WAD
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
flict in Europe.
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Summary of War News to Date.
The fighting now in which the al-
lies are believed to be opposing the
German adl
tered aroun
tied Pre n cl
decks cleared 'for action.
o( the 1
Wales fund,
don declare I
tersburg has
grad by an edecative order.
WHAT IS GOING
ON AT THE FRONT
fighting in Lorraine,
troops in that vicinity.
No army or navy engaged Id the
present conflict in Europe but what is
storage an almost record supply of this extn
grade of rubber.
And we paid about June prices.
nr ices »re the
We keep
campaign and
Great Britain 1
Two
dropped into
aeroplane returned
0y0j» F*--—- — ( — ——■*« —
claim that .
been checked}
enceau of Fi
f
^YFAR
AKRON. OHIO
No-Rim-Cut Tires
With All-Weather Tread* or Smooth
ft
I
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MANYf< __
TAKEN ON BOTH SIDES
As an indication of the ultimate out j year the land was washed, and a crop
come in the great delta of Egypt, ;
where 1,500.000 acres of wash salt'
land awaits development, toward the
end of IM2 about 800 acres of absolute- |
ly waste land at Biala were taken in i
hand
pregnated with salt that for ages noth
r" v’
That meant that Goodyear*—the Lett
tire* built—are selling way belo w other tires.
AND RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY
OVER AUSTRIANS ON THE GA }
L1CIAN
French skirmishers advancing to t» ke the enemy in flank during the
Inset is Gen. Paul Pau, commander of the French
Each Invention Now Is Prepared to
Pull the Other’s Sting, But Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.
---—•»------ ] — i.inuuu uj tuts rivuLU „ai nuitis
has been received by King George •• •• ~ - j* *
and has presented him with an ad-■ wfag has obliged the French left to
dress setting
spected the supplementary defenses
; around Paris, which are being rapid-1
ly pushed forward in anticipation of
a possible investment of the French . . .. ..
v clear the situation
j frontier of Germany and Austria
! this time:
There are four main theaters of
A British official
that of the 1,200 men comprising rhe Ji:. f.v.,
] crews of the five German warships i burg says the Russian
were ( Eastern Prussia is advancing, and
Nearly all this is now on the way to us.
And it means practically all of the extra-grade
rubber obtainable abroad.
Wo had men in London ami Singapore when
the war broke out. The larger part of the
world’s rubber supply comes through there.
We cabled them to buy up the pick of the rub-
ber. They bought—before the ativanee—1,500,-
000 pounds of tlie finest rubber there.
There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. It re-
sults from War conditions.
These leading tires built of extra-fine
rubber, in the same way as always—are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today a very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditicns of
actual hostilities many improvements
J and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con-
ditions. Their real worth will only be
Russians ctal’m an important victory
over the Austrians on the Galicia 1
side with W.OT0 prisoners.
Another german aeroplane has
been dropping bombs into Paris, and,
according to
Remarkable Results Have Followed
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken in Egypt.
a f
fare to the Washington government.
The Belgian
its way to tne
ran
was
The |
pre-
viously had abandoned the vessel.
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her
children have arrived in ungland.
An official dispatch to Washington
reported the sinking of a steamship
off the Brazilian coast by the Ger-
man cruiser Dresden. The dispatch
I ing had grown on it. A scientific sys-
i tern of Irrigation and drainage was laid
out. under direction of Ixird Kitch-
ener at a cost of 150 an acre and it I
was th»*n handed over to the fellaheen
in five-acre plots for cultivation. Last
Abcut the only crude rubber available now
for many makers is inferior. In ordinary times
the best tire makers refuse it. Much of it liac
been rejected. But that ‘‘off rubber” now eelte
for much more than we paid for the best.
The results are these:
Tire prices in general are far in advance of
Goodyears. And many tire makers, short of
supplies, will be forced to use second-grade
rubber.
of rice was grown, giving a satisfac-
tory yield. After the rice crop th< ,
| salt distribution was measured, and i
: the percentage was considerably re-.
duced. To the great astonishment of I
The land was so heavily im the fellaheen cultivators, a permanent I
rtsult had been achieved in one year. ,
in the hands of the French. *n8-
Dispatches from Austrian headquar- j A newspaper at Rome publishes a !
ten. to Rome state that 1,000,000 men ‘ telegram from Safia, Bulgaria, which i
are engaged in the battle on the Aus- j says the Austrians have suffered an
tro-Russian frontier. The battle line i Irreparable Jefea at Zamos, in Ruh-
. - .... I sian Poland, fifty miles south of Lub-
lin.
German reservists are said to be
pouring into Tsing, Tau from various
parts of China to aid in the defense
| of the German station.
The British toipedo boat destroyer
GERMANS CLAIM VICTORY OVER
RUSSIA MS IN EAST PRUSSI A
suomarine, which was a dream in 18G5,
is owned by the navy of the smallest
power. It is true that single subma-
rines are not expected to accomplish
much In a real struggle, so the larger
navies of the great powers have fleets
cf submarines. The aeroplane and the
dirigible balloon are to be found in the
possession of all armies in Europe to-
day, yet they, too, are only expected to
be of real service when they are pos-
sessed in large numbers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps of modern warfare. Like
the little insect, while they have a
powerful sting, they are very vulner-
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
Aeroplane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero-
plans have been used to a limited ex-
tent, and this use has been jo much
limited that their real efficiency is ex-
pected to be finally determined by the
present war.
It is much the same with the wire-
less telegraph. While it was used in
the Russo-Japanese war of ten years
age, the apparatus was still rudimen-
tary, and the Installations too few,
while the range of the apparatus was
too limited to show the greatest effi-
ciency. In the intervening decade, how-
ever, great advance has been made in
wireless. It is now possible and, in-
deed, is a custom every day, to send
operations, as was seen by the censor-
ship put over the great sending sta-
tions on this* side of the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanes.
The submarine was in existence in
1904, but it was a very different sea
wasp to that which England, France
and Germany are using today. Yet its
real value is yet to be determined, and
I it Is expected that this demonstration
; will come during the present conflict.
Rapid Increase of Submarines.
I A the time of the Spanish-American
• war there were only five submarines
; in all the navies of the world.
The latest edition of Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
of submarines in the various navies,
and shows what interest
The French war minister has in Russia Is Operating
spected the supplementary defenses Against Two Nations.
The following summary of the op-
erations of Russia’s armies will make
■ clear the situation on the eastern
at
Kaiser's Aeroplanes Continue to Drop
Bombs in Paris—Paris Official
Statement Says American Ambassa
dor Organized Committee to Protest
Against Teutons' Methou of War-
fare in 'Showering ,Explosives cn
That City.
In Goodyears we pledge you the same
tire as always. And that grade won for Good-
years the ton place in Tiredom—the largesyeale
in the world.
And, for the time brta,
same as before the war.
them there.
We accept no excessive orders, but dealers
will be kept supplied. And we charge, them,
until further notice, only ante-bellum prices.
Counting Up Fines.
"Are the running expeneea of an
automobile very high?"
•Not If the motorcycle cop fails to :
------ .
special commission on f jng back before the German advance
, United States to pro- I js indicated in an official statement
lest against alleged German atrocities }isgued by the French war office, which
-* * says the progress of the German right
| wing has obliged the French left to
i yield ground.
A German aviator has appeared over
Paris and was engaged Sunday in
* dropping bombs in the populous part
thrt aUv Several bombs failed to
to the accounts,
Monday and dropped a j
which, however, did uOt explode. j than twenty miles into Austrian terri-
An Antwerp} dispatch credits Gen tory.
over 50,000 I
Whethe
to which I noitering off
Dover reports firing, seeming-
J^roug the French
Tn ere Monday inorn-
the French official state-
ment, the American am bass:, dor has vtUiDTT,
organized a committee and ’ias 8er^idid not give the name of the steam-
protest against this method of wa sbip nor say when she was sunk.
| That the French lines still are fall-
The German
fired on two Japanese cruisers recon- j
T the fortress. C
| nr auuiuariue* iu tuo vanvua navies, ’
! discovered at the close of the conflict. ’ and shows what interest is being
* ' ■ : taken in the wasp of the sea. Great ,
i Britain has 76 built, and is building 21) ,
possessed of nearly all of the modern i rior^; Germany, who only b< gai build- j
improvements made since 1S70. The ing
Today we have our own men in Colombo,
Singapore and Para. Those are the world’s
chief sources of rubber. So we are pretty well
assured of a constant supply, and our pick of
the best that’s produced.
We were first on th? ground. We were quick-
est in action. As a result, we shall soon have in
ance, is thought to be ce i-
id Lefere, a strongly forti-
it position on :he River
Oise, 75 rciiles northwest of Paris.
The fate of the French ma: hang ou
■the outcom^ of these operations.
It is not definitely known whether
the British tjroops fn France have been
engaged or |not.
A Frenchtoan who reached the cap-
ital Tuesday says there arc no Ger-
mans in Lille, Roubaix or Teurcoim.
a group of itowns near' the Belgia.i
frontier, which were occupied by th ?
Germans last week.
While the] whole world is awaiting
definite new|s from the battle line, the
French war office contents itself with
the single statement that as a result
of the turciijng movement of the Gel-
man army and in order not «o accept
battle undeiF unfavorable conditions,
the French troops again have retired.
From the British capital no word
is forthcoming regarding what are
British troops in the operations in Bel-1
These operations} , , , - '-------
« I | neutrality and her innocence of
about ■adventurous projects.
Austrians Suffer Irreparable Defeat.
Terrific fighting continues on the
Austro-Russihn frontier. Both the
combined Austrian and German forces
Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons, and for the last
century there have been countless in-
ventions for the carrying on of war-
fare in a particularly destructive man-
ner with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming so horrible and |
terrible that it must soon pass away Rnd receive messages from a distance
from the face of the earth, says the of ,nore than 5«000 miles. This, then,
Philadelphia Public Ledger. } is a new and important factor in naval
But it happened that as soon as a '**’ •*
particularly horrible contrivance was
invented and introduced into armies
and navies inventors immediately
busied themselves by offsetting and
discounting its probable effect. Con-
sequently war not only has not passed
away, but we still have It with us.
Thus it is that each big war, after be-
ing heralded as the world s last con-
flagration, is found upon examination
to be false, and the end of war is not
I yet arrived. *
Fresh forces of Germans have ap- |
capital.
According to official advices re-
ceived at Washington, France Is con-
... . inere are tour main tneaiers or
sidering the advisability of moving , . .. ,
. . , „ . | war, two concerning the German ami
tho. rtf «rrtvornmonf tn HnrnnfliiY
two the Austro-Hungarian armies.
Taking them in order from the Baltic
to Bukovina, there is the first Russian
i advance on Eastern Prussia. This has
1 probably been the least opposed be-
cause of the two German routes it is
the more distant approach to Berlin.
A Russia'! advance might, therefore,
be expected, though it was not ex-
pected to be so rapid.
The second sphere of operations
has been the advance of the Warsaw
| army on the frontiers of the Prussian
; province of Posen. Here is the short j
j est Russian route to Berlin and Its }
' first and most important natural ob- !
' stacle, a network of lakes and
• marshes, seems to have been sur ;
1 mounted already, but Russian prog
■ ress in this direction can not be push- |
• ed much further until Russian success !
is assured by the iaird operation. i
The third sphere is in the south of
Russian Poland, where a large Aus-
tro-Hungarian force, acting under Ger-
man direction, has taken the offen-
sive over a wide front and last week
seemed to have obtained a consider-
able victory at Krasnik. Pushing on,
another battle was fought at Lublin,
where the Russians claim to have de-
feated it.
Jhe fortunes of war in this field
are of special importance, because
sufficient Austro-Hungarian success
would cut the Russian lines of com-
munication through Poland and so in-
terfere with all programs toward Ber-
lin.
The fourth theater of war is still
further to the east, where the Rus-
sians have Invaded Galicia and are
striking at Lemberg.
Success in this region is not so im-
portant for the main strategy as the
others, but it should have consider-
able moral effect on Austria’s Slav
subjects, particularly the Ruthenians
and Slavonians, and also on the atti-
tude of such outside powers as Rou-
I mania and Turkey.
Turkey still officially protests her
any '
1 which under the ordinary system pie*
• vailing in the country would have
taken th re or four years to accom-
plish. Cotton is now. therefore, being
satisfactorily grown on a fair proprr
tloa of this area, and it is expected
that it will bring from $75 to $100 id
j acre.
Early in August—when war began—the
world’s rubber markets seemed closed to us.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could see no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in. We, like
others—in that panic—were forced to higher
prices. But we have since gone back to prices
we charged before the war, and this is how
we did it:
is forthcoming regarding what
considered the most momentous op-
erations of the war.
While Berlin claims a German vi<-
tory over thp Russians in Erst Pnn-
sia in the capture of 70,000 men, the
the seat of government to Bordeaux. ;
Great Britain has joined France in
objecting to the purchase by the
United States of German liners in
connection with the plan to build up i
an American merchant marine.
It Is reported by steamship officers
arriving at Honolulu that British war-
ships off Hongkong are holding up
all vessels, including those under the
American flag, and removing Germans
}and Austrians bound for the scene of
hostilities.
The moratorium proclaimed at the
outbreak of the war in Great Britain
has been extended for another month.
A Japanese destroyer which
ashore near Tsing Tau, China,
shelled by a German gunboat,
crew of the destroyer, however.
forth some of :he 1
penings in Belgium during the present i
—i—,— -J I |jas warmly thankei [
for its intervention. |
Gernjan bombs were agai i of the city.
Paris Tuesday. A Frenc i j explode, according
*-----after .scouting } and the only two persons injured were
Gerrarn positions. Paris officials women.
i that the German advance has ■ The London Daily Telegraph's dip-
Former Premier Clen ; lomatic correspondent says: "Turkey
— cJ France stated that it was ; map declare war at any moment. It
impossible for the Germans to cap I is now only a matter of days, and pos-
ture Paris ! sibiy a few hours."
A German victory at Allem teln, i i j Earl Kitchener, British secretary for
which three Russian corps were sail war. gives in detail the part played by
to be destroyed, was reported tD |
Washington. | The German army ii
the west is Isaid to
against the French flanking
ment. Official note was t_
Philadelphia of the liner
gium and France.
i extend from Aug. 23 to Aug. 26 and
be advancing | the British losses numbered i
' ’ .j move-1
U ken ii|
Merior,
which carries} several guns raountel
arrlvin 5
a network of lakes
. seems to have been
Goodyear Prices
It is Folly Today to Fay More
30x3 Plain Tread . . $11.70
30x3'2 “ “ 15.75
34 x 4 “ “ . . 24.35
36x4'£“ “ 35.00
37x5 - “ . . 41.95
and is building 12 more; Franc» has
70 and is building 23 additional ones;
Russia has 25, and is building 18;
while the United States has 39, and is
building 21; Austria lias 18. ant has 4 *
four under construction, while Italy
owns 18, tnd is building two Yet the-
submarine is still an unknown quan-
tity in waifare.
Submarine in War.
Many of the early submarines are
small and probably of little efficiency,
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines are
said to be built along the Holland
lines, while '.he Russ'au submarines
are said to follow one or more of the
French types.
Th* submarine, from a romantic
viewpoint, should be a gr-jat factor in
deciding a naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to tho present
time it has done nothing to prove its
value. It was .believed that the moral
effect of the submarine would be al-
most as important as its physical ef-
fect upon an enemy’s warship, but
this belief has not been justified up to
the present moment.
There were notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de-
stroying each other. But it has been
found that when submerged the rub-
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. Its crew cannot see any object
under water, and is compelled to re-
sort to the use of the periscope, which
emerges unostentatiously above the
water, in order to see its »>wn course.
It is known that the periscope is
the eye of the submarine, aikd i.atu -al-
ly attention has been paid toA^he test
way of destroying this vital
these boats.
Submarine Versus Airships.
The designers of the submarine •lid
not count upon it being seen. It v as
believed that it would go upon its way,
dealing death without observation, al-
though its periscope does make a
slight wake on the water, and when
submerged there are telltale bubbles.
But it has been discovered that fre-m
a certain height an observer may trace
the course of a submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as If It was
running on the surface. The dirigible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret out the sneaking submarine, a id
they both are supposed to be armed to
destroy the warship that moves like a
few years ago, already has 27. fish.
on her deck.!. Americans
from Germami highly praised fie cow I g creMed by the casualties.
tesy shown them by all German oi- T .
ficials. The ferder of the iron cross | A Britlsh offic,aI statement
w»s conferred; on General Von Lindei-
burg. |
Reports stale that the food suppl?}
in Brussel*, iy very limited and onl / .
one person oqt of every hundred can ;
afford to eat ieggs or obtain milk.
The German cruiser Nu; enburg *
made a hurried coaling at Honolulu
Tuesday and left for the sea with her I
The (irrivai j de Boulogne. | drawing troops from their
Among German prisoners at an Eng- front to reinforce the A.ustro-German
lish naval station is the son of Ad- lines in the east
mica I von Tirpitz, German minister of |
Count von Schwerin’, nephew ly from vessels
of the German emperor, is a prisoner coast, was heard ftere Monday morn-
riK&ii lurces ui uwmaus nave ap- ,
peared on the Prussian front, accord- <
ing to a British official statement, j
This bears out recent statements from
Belgium that the Germans were with-
drawing troops from their western
«« v.ww.. extends from the Vistula river to the
A Gorman biplane passed over Pari;;! Dneister river, more than 100 miles.
projectile, j The Russians have penetrated more '
- - *-------•* - 1 ■
British
6,000.
The condition and spirits of British j
troops at the front are described as
| excellent and reinforcements have
fi“ 'he and7he“R«sB7an“armieS”claim an ad”
; vantage. T ”_
says of 30.000 Russians.
A news dirpatch from St. Pe.ers-
—. — --------1 advance in .
sunk off Helgoland, only 350 were ! Eastern Prussia is advancing, and re- I
' saved. peats an earlier Russian claim of tffic-
Paru; is preparing for a siege should i cesses in Galicia.
■ the lines opposing the Germans be
' broken. Enormous stocks of food
have been placed in the state ware-
i houses and sheep and cattle in vast
} numbers have been herded in the Bois
L'icmuu iw auiiuu. i ur niiivai ,
English} fleet saved the Mont* }
negrin forts from a spirited attack
from the Austrian fleet.
Reports issued from Romp say that
the Austrian sgmy has lost het-vily in
battles in Galicia.
William Waldorf Astor has given
$125,00|) for ijelief to the Prince o’’
'Reports reaching Lon-
I.Hat the name of St. Pe-!
1 been changed to Petro-
eral Pau with a victory
Germans ne»tf Peronnps VVH
this is a new' Victory or one to which I uoitering off the fortress. One of! Well has engaged and sunk the Ger
reference was; made several days ago j the cruisers was said to have been 1 rnan torpedo boa. destroyer S-90, says
is not known. damaged. Cheefoo, China, dispatch.
forts at Tsing Tau,
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