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e THE WEATHER ^^ Partly cloudy Sunday; Monday fair; ffentle to moderate south winds. J SUNDAY INDEPENDENT MOST COMPLETE SPORT SECTION IN THE CITY LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY ^ =^ PRICE rrv E CENTS The Only Sunday Newspaper Published In Luzerne County WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914. Entered as Secon at Wilke.--Barrs. P*. pRT CE FIVE CENTS '.d Class Mall -Matter * XVJ v>x-< i j. » »-. v> BRITISH CRUISER SINKS FOUR GERMAN OVERS 'Undaunted' Attacked In Force Fights Bacl( And Revenges Hie Sinking ot Tbe Hawke By Kaiser's Sailors. CREWS GO DOWN WITH VESSES London, Oct. 17.—The British Navy today avenged the Hawke, the British cruiser sunk off the coast of Scotland by a Ger¬ man submarine's torpedo, by sending to the bottom four German torpedo boat destroyers oflf the co ast of Holland. The ttirific execution—the m o?t bi iriant naval feat thus far recorded in the war—was accom plished by ihe British light cruiser Undaunted, fighting with the indo mitable courage of a great lion of the sea, driven to bay. The cruiser v.'as attacked by a flee*, of the L-neroy's destroyers while on pati-o! duty, according t o the official announcement of tne press bureau of the Admiralty which confirmed the rews of thi victory. She had been sr arching the seas for the squ^iCiO'n of the ene. my's ships which had been operat ing from the estuary of the river Ems, one of which wat vessels ha d been sunk by a British subma¬ rine. The Undaunted was acco.nipa tiled by the torpedo boat destroy¬ ers Lance, Knos, Leggin and Loya al which were acting as her con¬ voy. The attacking fleet singled o ut the Undaunted and concen¬ trated their fire upon her, thinkin g first to dispose of the more for¬ midable vessel and then to turn their attention to the lighter craft In the battle which followed, details of which have not yet been received by the press bureau, four of the attacking destroyers were quickly sent to the bottom b y well directed shots from the six inch and foiir inch guns of the U ndaunted. The part taken by the Britis h destroyers, if it is a fact, that 'ley were actually engaged, was i gnored. in the first reports issued by the Admiralty. From the fact that no mention of their activity was made, attaches of the Admira Ity assume that the Undaunted bore the brunt of the fighting. According to the last navy lis t, the Undaunted, a vessel of 3,800 tons, was commanded by Lieut Command erGeorge Seymour. The German vessels had a co mplement of from 48 to 53 men each and it is probable that at le ast 100 lives were lost vjjien four of them were sunk by the Undau nted. Changes In fhe Battle Line in North During Last Three Days. TWO KILUO m TWO tlORT Four Scranlon Men Arc Victims ol Collision Between Machine and Farm Wa^on on Elm¬ hurst Boulevard Late Last Night. JOSEPH TIERNEY CRUSHED UNDER TONNEAU Tn a cra.'sh between a five parser.- h-ome when -it a trTu of ttie road tha ger automobile and a wagon •> nK'.-r,- lishts of the machinr flashed straight hurst Boulev-ard at 10;:'.0 o'f'iock- la.sr ancad, wnrnin.c: of danger but lea'in? Joseph Tierncv, night. Joseph Tierncv, of ll^in .Adam..- avenue, Scranton. w.-us ins^tanily kiilfd ! while serlou.<? injnrifs Wpre ^^uf- I fered by A.s.<:i.-<tint Distri'i Attorney 'of I^arkawanna <"ounty R<ib»rt Scrarrg. i Mathpw roar and Jamfs 'Vhec'er. ompanion.s in the nia'hine. The au¬ tomobile was turnf'd from tho rnad- waj-.hy fh«» Impact and thrown ov^r a tumin.g no time ffr (.sc:>pf-. Jn in instant tho ¦•vs'.con and machine mf-t with fearful force and tlie vva^'^n hurled ''gainst the SHfc^uarding hUlsidp. remained upright whiU- tht^ machine was shnnt- f d off the embankment 'n destruction. The dmbul.in'-e of the Cusick under¬ taking e.'^t.'>.b!iFh'n6nt and a corps of doctrs from H.T.hn"mann rloFpltal wnt to th" .=cene ^hen a call wns twent.v-foot embankment. turtle and casting all the occupant.^ «ent bv Mr. Scrasg fro ma roaihousa. but Tlernev out. Tierney was caught | under the hea\T tonneau and his life . crusihod out. The machine was the propertv V. M^Vree, of the Tnternatlo,.,.,. , ¦Correspondent sihools. .Assistant Di trict -Attornev i^craeg and hi.- fri"nd.<-1 had used It for a day's outln mountains and wepf on th' ir ^ Tierney was fouid d.~,ad beneath the machine. Wh'-el'.r. who was driving the machine, was ;-ericusly hurt and ofj was sent to the hejinltal. f!cr<agg and W. V. M'VTee. of the Internationa' j Coar wer • allowed to go home. T he i scene of the ac^irlent is near t'ne '-.p. .<5craeg and hi.- fri"nd.<-' Per tell gat^ of the boulevard. in the .James AVheolcr died ^Sunday) morning. at 3:30 this PLVMOtTH MINKK D^TVG -VFTKR B\I> .VOrTDKVT A—Allies occupy Ypres on their f rent between Dtinklrk and osten'?. };—Germans advance on Oftcnd via Coutral and Bruges. C—Fighting between alii?;, and G ermans north of Ghent. r>—Allies report prop;resp alon.? t his line. E—Xorth of Bcrry-ap-na.- advun ce of allies '\t. confirmed. F—^Allies claim cuntinufd succes s In Verdun district. G—¦Belfort, opposite Bas-le. Kwlt zerland. threatened with hea'-T ;ittack. I A fall of top coal in the Button- twood mines at nine o'clock la.st night cau.sed the fatal .Injuring of Adam Stoski, of 258 Mulberry .street, Ply¬ mouth, and the serious injuring of Ws laborer, .Alexander Shaxsky. of 3:'0 First street. Pb-mouth. Both men are Paris, Oet. 17—The youngest French commander. Gen. ^lalle- terre, aged 45. lies wounded in Pa ris. His left leg has been ampu¬ tated and his left arm is shattered. He is being nursed by his young daughter. His wife who served with an ambulance at the battle front, had her shoulder torn by a shell. His sou, a Dragoon officer, was alpo wounded. The general was dining after winning a battle at Bar le Due Rhe na spy notified a German battery of his whereabotits. left the restaurant a shell burst near him, inflicting wounds. As he terrible London. Oet. 17. An Amsterdam dispatch to Lloyds Xews saj'S tbat the Haraburg-Anii-rican liner Xoordara struck a mine between Dover and the Dutch coa.st and that seven persons aboard ship were injured hy the explosion. The Noordara had hten held at Falmouut after seizure in the Ensjlish Channel by British cruisers and searched for contraband. S he was released and was proceed- to Rotterdam when she struck the mine. GERMAN CAMPAIGN IS CENTERED FOR NEW ONSLAUGHT UPON PARIS In Mammoth Guadrangle Near Belgium Border Gigan¬ tic Battle Of Vast Importance Is Now Raging—Kaiser Hurls Enormous Forces Against Allies In March Along Seacoast To Attack The French Capital. (;l;IF TOXGfEn \«E>TS .TOr>lyY OVCE TOO OFTtlX. Tw.> .smoith -oung agents who havo been circulating among familiag ^las?. cd as religiiius in pn effort to dlsopsft of bookx and pictures approved by t-ever.il church organizations, met with disaster in Plains. Friday. Xot con¬ tented with an opportunit.v to make In the .Mercy 'nospltal where Stoakl! ^''mrt^'s**'^'"*-'- ^'^th have be°n msklns Is momentarily expected to die. They had almost completed a shift when the top-coal broke away and came down upon them. Stoski receiving the ful! force of the fall. His head and body were badly mangled and one leg wa,<« broken. ' Ph'iy.sky's injuries are principally lacerations. POUCF R.\TD BAliV VSV.V BIT ARE I>IS VPPOINT^rr. London, Oct. 17—A dispatch to Reuters from Rome says it is understood from Ancona that an Austrian torpedo boat destroyer has been destroyed by the French "Washington. Oct. 17.—A bomb from a German airship struck a Paris shop just as Mr. and !Mra. Thomas M. Chatard. of Washing¬ ton were entering it. It did not explode. In a letter home he said the war will go on as long as the re is a soldier left on either side to bear arms. tateraent was to artillery. Paris, Oct. 17—11 p. m.—The following official issued tonight: "The action at thi' front is contined Our progress on the left wm^ continues. "The British troops have taken possession of Fromelles, south¬ west of Lille. '"Our Marine riflemen have repuLsed a German advance near the North sea front." Washington. Oet. 17.—The protest of pas.sengersarriving in Xew York yesterday on the Olympic that '"unless the Inited States intervene at once Ijondon and Paris will be attacked and fired by a fleet of German Ze{)pelins" was received at the White House today. As previous protests of tii(> kii'd forwarded to the President, in- L-ludinp: those directly from European governments merely have been tiled away for future reference, this Avent the same way. P will not eome up for administrative consideration at least until after the war. London. Oet. 17—The (ierman iieach^uiirtiTs at Berlin issued the follo%nng announcemeni today, according to a Reuter telegram. "In the French theatre of war tiie-c has bee no important tinue." "In Sunaiki." the statement adds. "Russians yesterday were active. A number of prisoners were captured near Seherwind and one guns were taken. The batties near the south of Wai-saw con¬ tinues." A Marconi dispatch from Berlin sa>s: "Tt is reported frora ¦ Tokio that a eompiete revulsion of feeling in favor of Germany has occurred in China. Kejiorts of German victories are prominently announced by tlie Chinese press and our success at Tsin Tsi and the achievements of the cruiser Emdeii. have heen received with re¬ joicing.' Paris, Oct. IT.—A gigantic batUe of startling magnitude and great im¬ portance is being waged with des¬ perate energy In a field of vast pro¬ portion and along irregular lines Justj across the border in Belgium. The Germans have hurled an enormous force against the allies,— French, Brtti.^jh and Belgian troop.'*.— I who are masi-ed on a front from Ar- I mentieres past l.iille, to Vpres and then to the sea. it Is the blow which hag been threatened since the (jerman menace of a new drive on Paris by way of the sea coast became an ever present hnirey to Pari.«ians. The hattle is being fought within 100 mile.s of London as the prow fiie.«. Hoth armies have driven forward their advanced columns until at several points they intorlap. Generally speaking the fighting of the most des¬ perate character is confined to the llmltfl of the quadrangle described hy Ypres. Menin, Ostend and a point on the sea const between Nieuport and the r°Iglan border. Terrific MghtinB. Official statements i.ssued this after¬ noon and at midnlgnt lonight give a hint of the terrific nature of . the fighting in this theater. The after¬ noon communique from Bordeaux declared the German line had not been able to advance the rest of It.-^ lino extending from Ostend to Menin throu»ih Thourou and Roulers. It Is known that heavy engagements of sanguinary character have been this region and the slate- spEKI.J\<i ALTO DRJ-3CK death of William Follay. of Yonkers, OKEEII.S XEAV SENS.\TIOX one of the occupants of the machine when ll plunged to destruction Police action is promised in devel- against .i fence of the Vulcan Iron opments growing out of the wrecking \\ ,,rks. certain officials of thf De- last Tuesdny morning of the automo- parinieiit of Public Safety attempted bile of Dr. Fr>'d .Sperling of this city, yesterday to 'ocate Dr. Sperling but Following the announcement of the without result. Questioned af: to their • intentions the police officers would jsay nothing but It is hinted that a- I warrant charging criminal careless¬ ness - awaiting the appearance of the man who drove the Sperling car. Dr. Sperling Is aid to have taken the death of Follay rather llght- he.irtedly and when he could not be SPECIAL MENTION KELIABLE MEX and women every¬ where, earn $]2.oO per 100 paaslng out FREE packages Perfumed Soap Powder Starch, etc. Xo money need¬ ed. H. T. Wards Grocery Dept., 216 Institute PL, ChicagCM found later rumor bad it tha.t he west 1 tuive serious x^MiHu fought in ment Is Interpreted as meaning thatl the, allies have held them to tbisi position. The midnight officiMl statement re¬ ported that the French m.irlnes had driven the Germans back after ,Tn attack on the French position along the canal running in an irregular course from Ypres northward to the sea. From this report it is app'U-ent that the Germans have driven through at some point and have advanced in one section of th^ir Ilne. a distance of from 15 to 20 miles onl.v to be hurled back. IjOVDOX—nritl.Hli lljrht cruiser, t'nduiintpd, sinks four torpedo iMiat <lestr<>yer.-i off c-oa-t of Hol¬ land, rrobably KM) «rfrmans lost, ?A taken pr(-»r>noi-v. Hritith losci one officer and four ..eanien wounded. T/oss tn cruiser slight. Forty-eight nu)re surviverv; of sunken British cruiser Hawke landed at AheitK^-n. making I2t saved. Briti.sh steam trawler blown up by <rt'rn>an North Sea mine. I)ispat<liCs from Holla-id re- P'>rt <i<'rmans <|iitt(lng Ostend and ZoehruU'ge and niarcliiiig <n\ T>un- kirlv in great drive on Pari-. Wounded (ierman officers declare Cen. \on Kitiek replae*"*! by (ieii. Aon .\rnint in e<inininn<l of (Jerman right wing adniy. I'nfounded. (•real Brlltsli army of re-cn- foi'cenients belna: tVjiiipped for front. I''N'S—«;real hattle of vast ini- |iort!«;'ce bein<;- w;i.red over Iront fron; Ypres to the sea and from l.'i to 20 miles wide ivitli allCi-natc (ierninn and allies -.ucccs-. .Artil¬ lery duel renewed near IVaneo- Belglan iMnder. Xew force of British drive Invaders from town southwrst of I.llle. Crown Prince- driven baek by Frcn"li advHiieiiig lo relieve Verdun nnd Fi-Cnch right advanced column aixivcs within ten miles of >fctz forts. BK.RT.IV—War office declar<>s nil of Belgium now in (German hand-. Olfielally elainicd (;er- mans have <'uf oft great iKidiv^s of English and French tr<K)i>s nejir Ypres. Kaiser's troops opci-ating near Osteiul now moving on P'ln- kirk. Situation generany ra^ora- hlo to Germans, fn Russia 8.(100 Ru-sl;in troops captured hy <;< r- manfi near I.yek. PF.TR()(;it.\n — War offiee clalnisticrmans are linrd pres.sed and in full fetie;it «fsf .ii' AV.nr- sw after eleven lUty.s" battle, tlard figlititig eontimiCs .10 miles west of Warsaw. Rus.-la closes gnlfs of Fin-land and Ri.<i:o Ix^caus" of •\o- t'vltles of (irrman submarines in Baltic. .\'o .nttempt wa.- made to reconcile these claims by (Jen. Gallieni. tho commandant of Paris to whom the French war office transmitted the bulletin for pu'.ilication. The official crn.sor was authorized to pass the unofficial Interpretation of their meaning. Rritisli Re-enforoeinents. A -startling announcement in the midnight bulletin was the appearance for the tir.st time of British to the southwest of Ijille. Indicating the presence of a fresh body of allied troops on the extended north line of the armies defending France. Their, appeanince was heralded with the chronicling of a succe.ssful encounter with the (5erman.s. The new battle line is now the scene of a great .Trtillerj- duel. Tn fact the war office declares the action at the front during the day has been confined to artillery. This apparent¬ ly refers to the positions west of Tjltle as connected in the official bulletin with a chronicled account of French success by the left wlni-'. Today the French occupied Flcur- Baix. on the right bank and drove the Germans from the vicinity of Arnien- tieres. In the region r>f Lille. General Joffre has succeeded in slowly pre.ss- in.g back the German advance bodies.! Test Will soon Come. French experts look for the great te.st of strength to eome in the battle ] just over the Belguan frontier when I the opposing armies have concluded jthe desperate engagements which jmust ultimately result in the lines I straightening out along fronts which ; are heavily entrenched If not strong- I ly fortified. And this battle will open ' with a frontal attack, they are con- :\inced. ! .\ccording to a detailed report of . the flchting around Arras that town has been almost completely destroyed , by the Germ.ans. j .\n advance toward Verdun by the i French rieht wins has been report- i ed The relief of A'erdun is the ultl- I mate purpose of this movement. ! Meanwhile tbe extreme right wTng 1 army wbich has been heavily engagefl i tlong the .Vancy Jletz line upon which i the crown prince depends for his I support, has met and defeated In the '. icinity of Prjirn\. on tne road to ¦^'^tz. .1 strong German force and the French now aro reported to be with¬ in ten miles of the outer works of Metz. I For one brief half hour last night jthe Wilkes-Barre police force had i hold of the bige^st sensation of the ' vear. It looked so ,e:ood that (^hief of Police took personal charge f the ' case and for his .assistants had Dlrec- ' tor of Pnblic Safety Jlorgan and .Health Officer Gabel and when the three started out for 110 Parrish street they wer.3 breaking spe^d rec¬ ords In the .automobile patrol. Firs-t, some one called heado.uarters and re¬ ported the mysterious finding of two I dead babies at tho Parish street ad- I dress. In a twinkling tho patrol was i ready and crptbering in the thr«>c cf- j ficials wa ssoon on its way. At 110 Parrish street wag discovered the res¬ idence of Dr. Stackhousa .and the two babies were there, too. but they were only ,1 par'., of the pickled speci¬ mens used by all doctors. a by-play for the attentions of attrac¬ tive young women, usins: their -rarea as sufficient recommendation for their trustworthiness. .\fter various sne-, cesses they encountered a girl who accepted an inritation cut to dinner^; and requested them to return for heH at the hour usu.any *evoted to tha evening meal. Ssnirking and smiling! ojjfe of .the Txithariog rapped -at the fipnt_;iuor and was admitted to tha presence of the young woman's father. The latter got up, shook hands and then addressed the young man on his perfidy in using religious practices as aids to a good time. He ended up with notice to the agent that if either he or his help r ventured into tho neighborhood again the tar and feath¬ er routs would be opened l*r the'p exit. OSTRICH EGG FOR PENROSE GIATIS STREXtJTH FOR FIGHT i N'E.>UES OF Dt:>IOX RU.AI ' DESTROY BOTTLIXG WORKS The second attempt to destroy ths Bloomsburg Lottllng works of the Rape firm of Catawissa. resulted in complete success early yesterday morning. When Mr., and Mrs. J. \\ arner Kitchen, returning from a party discovered the flamci; they had gained such headway a.^ to leavo. nothing for the firemen but the pm- 1 tertion of neighboring property. a! loss estimated at $S,000 was caused. Anti-booze spirit In Bloomsburg has been at the fever st.age since the i-un- day campaigff and shortly after the revivalist left this city the Rape :)uildlng was fired for the first time. Efforts to trace the incendiaries were fruitless. Andrew Stankcr of Blooms¬ burg, later purchased the plant and he is the loser by yesterday's fire, no in-surance having been obtained. As the important part of Senator Penrose's plurality over other candi¬ dates Is expcctcr to be denoted by several ciphers following the figure five Conrad Hile of the Bloomahurs Ostrich Farm, served Pennsylvania's leading law-maker with a fresh os¬ trich egg breakfast yesterday mom- ¦ ing. It took all the appetite the Sena- I tor could muster to set away with the delicacy. The ecg wa."" boileii for ten minutes and brought to the table beautifully garnished with water cresa from the nearby hills. .Accepting the prophecy as worth.\" of the ordeal Mr. Penrose nipped off ^he top of the shell and went at tKe "goody" with des¬ perate abandon. He is reported a greatly benefited by the odd meal. I Tmp:s OF FACE Cl TnXG JOINS THK BRITISH .ARMY' Lust for blood imparted by two years experience as a barber led Robert Parry, -'6 years old, to resign his position with an East Market street shop last Mond,ay and next Wednesday Parry will tako up his practice in extended detail with tho British army. Xot as a barber either, for the young man Is a resrve of the Yorkshires and will do his cutUni,' with a bayonet for the next few months. During the last two years Parry ^ ¦as employed at the Dagger shop on East .Market street, all things seeming to conspire to keep him re¬ minded of his war-like pursuits. .A score of friends extended best wishes at the st.i>fon. WEDDING CAKE READY TO CUT to Binghamton. The first details of the accident received by the police give sufficient ground for prosecution, it is believed. The car was reported to have had. its gears tripped, D:-. Sperling being compelled to rapidly T.VAtPEREO SAVfTCH C.VISFJ, , AVRECK OX THE IjVCK.VAA.\N"V.\ , Fulton, X. A".. Oct. IT.—Two were • killed and a scor.? or more injured \ to-night when Lackawanna p.'issenger j H. T. MAXX. mailclerk of Oswego. The Injured: Charles AVIlkins, engineer. Oswego, both legs broken, condition serious. John Callahan, conductor, Syra- train o. 903, north bound, ran through i cuse, broken arm and contuaions Interchange the speeds in order to i an open switch, ditching the engine, I about body. keep the machine in motion. If it Is baggage and mail car and three | Michael Dalton. trainman. Oswego. proven the driver w^s intoxicated tho ; pas.=engor coaches. The dead: \ Railroad officials stated after mak- c(unbination of circumstan.ces may: jr)H.v ROBERTSOX, fireman, of jing an investigation of the wreck that 1 Syracuse* Ithe switch bad. I>e<n U<nj>Jir^ "^iSSU . gsrJfcjyUliMM aaa<>> .Superintendent of Parks Charles Seybold has designated Wednesday of thi.s week as the day upon which the two big tlower beds In Public Square Park, the only known replicas of the famous cakes at the weddings of Jessie .and Eleanor AVilson. are to h« divided for the benefit of flower lo%er» of Wyoming A'alley. Xmerous re¬ quests for a plant or slip of the beau¬ tiful beds havo been made since the connection between the floral display Sunday Independent announced the and the AA'hite House weddings. All the flowers in the two big beda were taken from plants used in the White House decoration when the Pre.-Ident's daughters were married. Congressman Casey o'otalned them, and also brought from Washington designs of the two cakes. .All the material was placed in .Air. Scybold'a hands and the difficult task of making a flower replica of each y>f the famous cakes was carried out to the last de- talL AVhen President Wilson was shown a copy of the Sunday Indepen. dent with the story of the flower beds and mention of the fact that the flower lovers would be given a chance to obtain a piece of the "wedding cakes" he complimented Congressman Casey on the consideration shown th* people of AA'yoming Valley and his own daughter as well. In the di.stribution of the flowers Wednesday every applicant will b«. asked to prove an intention to propa-j gate the species assigned to him^ Some of the plants are in this sectiotw for the flrst time, the originals havingf that surrounded mining in the ear!/1 been but recently brought at greatj days of the Industry, iiin© inspector expense from the Philippines, Hawajli MIXING INSTITITF MFTfrTS TO l)I.SCrs.S TRADE TOPICS Thf first meeting of the Mining In¬ stitute held In the auditorium of the A'. M. C. A. last night was successful both from the standpoint of u.--eful- nes and as an cntertafning feature oi the yeor'a work. Thom is H. AViliiams, superintendent of the D. 1.. & AA'. Coal Company, presided and Henry G. Davis, division superinten¬ dent of the same company, delivered I an addres on up-to-date mining, coi,';- ' paring present conditions with those' .>»=• WiA-''-ii»iUfr Affliariri^, -J
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) - Newspapers Luzerne County (Pa.) - Newspapers |
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Month | 10 |
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Year | 1914 |
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Title | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
Masthead | Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent |
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Description | An archive of the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. |
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Date | 1914-10-18 |
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THE WEATHER
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Partly cloudy Sunday; Monday fair; ffentle to moderate south winds.
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SUNDAY INDEPENDENT
MOST COMPLETE SPORT SECTION IN THE CITY
LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT TO 3 A. M. SUNDAY
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PRICE rrv E CENTS
The Only Sunday Newspaper Published In Luzerne County
WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
Entered as Secon
at Wilke.--Barrs. P*. pRT CE FIVE CENTS '.d Class Mall -Matter * XVJ v>x-< i j. » »-. v>
BRITISH CRUISER SINKS FOUR GERMAN
OVERS
'Undaunted' Attacked In Force Fights Bacl( And Revenges Hie Sinking ot Tbe Hawke By Kaiser's Sailors.
CREWS GO DOWN WITH VESSES
London, Oct. 17.—The British Navy today avenged the Hawke, the British cruiser sunk off the coast of Scotland by a Ger¬ man submarine's torpedo, by sending to the bottom four German torpedo boat destroyers oflf the co ast of Holland.
The ttirific execution—the m o?t bi iriant naval feat thus far recorded in the war—was accom plished by ihe British light cruiser Undaunted, fighting with the indo mitable courage of a great lion of the sea, driven to bay.
The cruiser v.'as attacked by a flee*, of the L-neroy's destroyers while on pati-o! duty, according t o the official announcement of tne press bureau of the Admiralty which confirmed the rews of thi victory.
She had been sr arching the seas for the squ^iCiO'n of the ene. my's ships which had been operat ing from the estuary of the river Ems, one of which wat vessels ha d been sunk by a British subma¬ rine.
The Undaunted was acco.nipa tiled by the torpedo boat destroy¬ ers Lance, Knos, Leggin and Loya al which were acting as her con¬ voy.
The attacking fleet singled o ut the Undaunted and concen¬ trated their fire upon her, thinkin g first to dispose of the more for¬ midable vessel and then to turn their attention to the lighter craft
In the battle which followed, details of which have not yet been received by the press bureau, four of the attacking destroyers were quickly sent to the bottom b y well directed shots from the six inch and foiir inch guns of the U ndaunted.
The part taken by the Britis h destroyers, if it is a fact, that 'ley were actually engaged, was i gnored. in the first reports issued by the Admiralty. From the fact that no mention of their activity was made, attaches of the Admira Ity assume that the Undaunted bore the brunt of the fighting.
According to the last navy lis t, the Undaunted, a vessel of 3,800 tons, was commanded by Lieut Command erGeorge Seymour.
The German vessels had a co mplement of from 48 to 53 men each and it is probable that at le ast 100 lives were lost vjjien four of them were sunk by the Undau nted.
Changes In fhe Battle Line in North During Last Three Days.
TWO KILUO m TWO tlORT
Four Scranlon Men Arc Victims ol Collision Between Machine and Farm Wa^on on Elm¬ hurst Boulevard Late Last Night.
JOSEPH TIERNEY CRUSHED UNDER TONNEAU
Tn a cra.'sh between a five parser.- h-ome when -it a trTu of ttie road tha
ger automobile and a wagon •> nK'.-r,- lishts of the machinr flashed straight
hurst Boulev-ard at 10;:'.0 o'f'iock- la.sr ancad, wnrnin.c: of danger but lea'in? Joseph Tierncv,
night. Joseph Tierncv, of ll^in .Adam..- avenue, Scranton. w.-us ins^tanily kiilfd ! while serlou. injnrifs Wpre ^^uf- I fered by A.s.<:i.- |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19141018_001.tif |
Month | 10 |
Day | 18 |
Year | 1914 |
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