St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 18, 1915

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| GALVESTON WITHOUT | DRINKING WATER: CUT OFF FROM MAINLAND Transport Buford Reports 300 Feet of « Great Causeway Has Been Destroyed. Lie Rates an he, ts papers COMBINED. the TWO other St. Louis Sunday News- sf ‘ mig * 5 : ‘ $e - = ee he “ ‘sh oS “4 - be Ht —— > oo ae wy . at at “¥ : . > po 4 %, —- . bs ro * ere a. er - = > 7 * » Only Evening Paper in St Louis With Associated Press News Service. - > TSTLOUS POST-DISPATC Were printed in the Post-Dispatch last, Sunday— 33 more than twice as many as NI a VOL. 67. NO. 363. ST. LOUIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1915—16 PAGES. EDITION FINANCIAL PRICE ONE CENT | . * — See - = a , “ ~ Ss c Pe ae eter ny yee "yh = CO ae Bg os Ot hy ol Se ! > ye Seg eo) » ond ee A Oa go aa + i ae 7 Me he ee , os omy pre $F, —s - - , : “ -— . 5 arc > 5 . Z %> e oor i [ : ty ¥ SS x . 3 , g Sees Pe hig | 3 my : F ti vite atin : nr — “ " ~ an e ? 1 - GAS, LIGHT AND CAR SYSTEMS ALSO OUT OF COMMISSION . First Direct Word From City Today Says That * - - . “s : Swe " ee a bo x : ; - ee ee een anne SUGGESTS (a who constantly pin their in the Suggestion for success: Daily showing of POST-DISPATCH supremacy . is bound to suggest success to the Non-Advertiser until eventually he joins the army of loyal home merchants as they did again yesterday (Tuesday), when they bought Post-Dispatch (alone). . . 53 cols. And only bought in its 3 nearest competitors, combined............se05: 47 Cols. POST-DISPATCH excess over all three added together. ..........+-eeseeeee: PATCH and achieve quick and permanent results. Circulation, First 7 Months, 1915: Sunday Only .......00ceee00+0000++ 348,867 Daily Average ........+..++++..++++202,983 ‘First in Bverything’’ faith to the POST-DISPATCH, 6 Cois. ‘* Advertise in the POST-DIS- | | Ernest H. Fulton of 66% Page“avery oes y NSS > BRIDE BINDS SEL DOUBLY NEVER 10 LEAVE HUSBAND Makes Prenuptial Promise Not to Sue for Divorce or for Separate Maintenance. When Miss Matilda Dolive, 27 years old, of 3834 Lafayette avenue was mar- ried yesterday in East St. Louis to Frank H. Dearing, 41, of 4159 Westmin- ster place, traveling freight agent for the Georgia Railroad, she beund her- self doubly, by the ceremony and. by a prenuptial agreement, to remain his wife until death should them part. In: the prénuptial agreement she pledged her- self never to sue for divorce or sepa- rate maintenance. She was nor opposed to divorce on principle, she said, but she thought that a man and a woman should know each other so well before marrying that there would be no chance of the mar- riage being a failure. She and Dearing had known each other four years. The explanation given by Dearing to Justice Driscoll, who performed the cer- emony after certifying: the agreement, was that he wanted to shield his chil- dren from the possibility of divorce or separate maintenance litigation. Dearing and‘his bride, for business reasons, wanted to keep their marriage secret for a while. Mrs. Dearing is in charge of the St. Louis branch of the Victor Chemical Works, with an office at 1213 Pierce Building. Her duties are agreeable, and on account of the ab- sence of her husband from the city much of the time, she prefers to retain her position, so that she will have the diversion of business life to occupy her while he is away. She has gone to live at Dearing’s Westminster place home, however, and it was not the in- tention to keep the marrizge secret from their friends. yCce#1s ago, when they were associated in a business way in the same office. Both fre from the South. Dearing’s home is ai Athens, Ga He obtained a divorce in the latter part of 1912 from Mrs. Paul- ine H. Dearing on the ground that when he was transferred from Jacksonville, Fla., to St. Louis, she refused to ac- company him. They were married April 5, 180, and separated June 1, 1910. Mrs. Dearing, when the suit was filed, was living with her parents at Columbia, 8. C There were two children, Pauline, 12 years old, who was with her mother, and Albin, 10, who was with Dearing’s parents. Free Band-Concerts Tonight. Poepping’s Band at O'Fallon Park, 7 to 9:30 p. m. Bafunno’s Band at Gamble Park, 7 to 2:30 p. m. Ford Auto Band at World's Fair Pa- vilion in Forest Park, 7 to 9 p. m. Municipal Movies At Dakota Park, 7:45 to 9:45 p. m. The couple became acquainted four} and links Galveston Island to into Galveston. the storm of Sept, 8, 1900. autumnal hurricanes. against tidal waves. ot OR ~ he, arty at > - The part of the great Galveston sea-wall shown at the extreme eastern énd of the island; the most hazardous during the The wall continues to the left several miles, sep- arating the island from the Gulf of Mexico and, serves as a protection At the point shown a tidal wave 34 feet high swept the island in 1900, causing the great disaster that snuffed out 8000 lives. 14 MAURER LAND... | ALVESTON’S causeway was completed in 1912 at a cost of $2,000,000. G It is two miles in length, the longest bridge of its kind in the world, the mainland. It is the city’s only dry connection with the mainland and is used by all the railways running A similar, but not so strong a bridge, was swept away by = Wate ee © o~= . " in the photograph is ALLIES READY 10 PLAGE COTTON ON CONTRABAND LIS! Great Britain and France Ex- pected to Issue Proclamations Tonight or Tomorrow. >. LONDON, Aug. 18—A pioclamation de- claring cotton to be contraband of war is expected to be issued tonight or to- morrow at the latest by toth Great Brit- ain and France. DACIA SAILS UNDER FRENCH TRI-COLOR FOR CARGO OF COAL PARIS, Aug. 18.—The former American steamer Dacia, condemned by a French prize court, owing to her transfer from German to American registry after the outbreak of the war, has been sold. Her new French owner has renamed her The Yser. She sailed today under the tri-color from Cherbourg for Cardiff to take on a cargo of coal for Brest. RAIN TO CONTINUE WITH FRESH EASTERLY WINDS THE TEMPERATURES. Yesterday’s Temperatures, High, 86 at 12 noon. Low, 70 at 5S a. m. rc Humidity at 7 p. m. yesterday, 94 per. cent; at 7 a. m. today, 93 per cent, | Official fore- WHO TOOK PE | east ‘for St. Loulé ROCKS”? OUTOF| ana vicinity: Raip TPFOCK ISLAND. | tonight ana to- morrow; net much change in temperature; fresh easterly winds, Missouri — Rain tonight and to- morrow; contin- ued cool. Illinois—Rain to- night and tomor- row; continued _ cool. Stage of the river: 22 feet, a fall of 23 of a VENZELOS SAD T0 HAVE CONSENTED TO FORM CABINET Athens Dispatch Says Former Premier Has Notified King of His Readiness, By Associated Press. LONDON, Aug. 18.—Ex-Premier Elu- therios Venizelos today notified King Constantine of his readiness to form a new Grecian Cabinet in succession to the Gounaris ministry, which resigned at the opening of the Grecian Parlia- ment yesterday, according to a dispatch to the Central News Agency from Ath- ens. é Venizelos’ voluntary retirement from public life in Greece following a disa- greement with King Constantine, his brief self-imposed exile and the sweep- ing victory of his followers in the par- liamentary elections of June, followed by his resumption of the J.iberal leader- ship, constitute one of the dramatic po- litical chapters of the war. Resigned in March, His resignation as Premier in March of this year, because the King did not approve his foreign policy, which would have enlisted Greece in the war on the side of the allies, caused a sensation throughout Europe. He had insisted from the beginning of hostilities that they afforded Greec an opportunity such as might never come again for realizing her territorial aspirations. When it be- came known that the King, a brother- in-law of Emperor William, would insist upon the maintenance of neutrality, the Premier insisted that he would resign if overruled by the crown, and made good his threat. for more than a month after his re- tirement Venizelos conducted an active anti-neutrality propaganda and engaged in a controversy with Gounaris after the later became premier. He then an- nounced his retirement from public life and declarcd that hs would leave Greece, not to return until he was aum- moned by his king. He chose Alexan- dria, Egypt, fcr his exile and was given ar. enthuslastic welcome there. He later went to Cairo, but returned to Atnene June 12 and scored victories in the elec- fons two days later, his candidates wm- aing 13 seats In partiament. _ Dispatches from Athens late last ween fated that King Constantine woula ot- ser the premiership to Venizelos only ‘strictly to a policy of neutrality. There nas been no official word as to whetner iad 9 | Comtinued om Page 2 Columa % bad " : id ° . . GERMANS TAKE KOVNO FORTRESS BY STORM; CAPTURE 400 CANNGN Big Guns Cause Fall of Russian Stronghold After Most Tena- cious Resistance, CZAR’S ARMIES NOW IN A DANGEROUS POSITION on Gallipoli By Associated Press. Russians. ’’ The statement from army headquar- ters adds: “The armies of Gen. von Scholz and Gen. von Gallwitz penetrated further ions are approaching the Ballystok- Bielsk railway. *‘Before Novogeorgievsk two further forts on the northeastern front were captured by storm. We took 600 pris- oners and captured 20 cannon. “Army group of Gen. Field Marshal Prince Leopold of Bavaria: The left wing met with renewed strong resist- ance yesterday in the Kamionka section on both sides of Siemiatycze. On the Bug and southeast of Siemiatycze we forced our way across the Kamionka section. The enemy was driven back to (name deleted). Our right wing reached the southern bank of the Bug. “Army group of Gen. Field Marshal von Mackensen: This army group has driven its enemies across the Bug and into outer portions of the fortress of Brest-Litovsk. East of Wlodawa our troops penetrated across the railway on the Outskirts of London—Alilies Ad- . vance 500 Yards on Northern Front towards the east. Our foremost divia~ Ten Persons Killed, 36 Injured in Zeppelin Raid Peninsula, BERLIN, Aug. 18 (By Wireless to Sayville).—The following announcement was made here officially today: ‘‘The fortress of Kovno, together with all the forts and an amount of war material which has not been determined, in German hands since last night. ‘‘More than 400 cannon were taken. captured by storm in spite of the most tenacious resistance by the has been The fortress was line of Chelm-Brest-Litovek, in an east- erly direction.” Aviators Bombard Vilea Constantiys Bvacuation Planned. aeroplanes are persistently bor bardir the city of Vilna, about 58 miles south- east of Kovno. The possibility of the capture of Vilna by the Germans fs foreseen in Petrograd, and operations preliminary to its evacuation are in progress. The Governor-General of Vilna has or- dered the removal of the equipments of factories and of banks, together with | supplies of metal, including church bells, leather and everything else which might livestock are being taken away. Preparations for the evacuation of Bialystok continue. The town is in darkness at night on account of attacks by German aircraft. Reports reaching here from Poland are that Russians who remained in Warsaw after its cap- of Germany. Fall of Kovno Expected to Result in Russian Retirement to the Vilna Line loss of the fortress of Kovno would be a serious blow to the Russians. The critic of the London Times in an article published this morning, said: “Tf the enemy succeeds in reducing Kovno and is thereby able to cross the Niemen he will be in the rear of the Russian line north of the Sventa, and with the junction of the two wings of Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s army the position of the Russian right flank will be very difficult.” terday “announced the capture of the forts on the southwest front of Kovno, together with 4500 prisoners and 240 guns. This was interpreted as fore- shadowing the fall of the fortress prop- er, but its accomplishment so speed- ily was hardly expected. The famous German General, Field Marshal von Hindenburg, personally took command of the army attacking Kovno. The se- lection of Germany’s national hero for this task indicated the importance at- tached to it by the German general staff. Fortress of Firet Class. Kovno, capital of the Russian province of that name, is on the right bank of the Niemen. It is a fortress of the first-class. The civilian population of the city is more than 75,00. It is & miles northwest of Vilna. At the time of the fall of Warsaw the Austrian and German forces in Rus- sia were operating in three large di- visions. From,the south, Field Marshal von Mackensen pressed into Poland with the troops with which he had success- fully swept through Galicia, recapturing the province from the Russians. From the west, Prince Leopold of Bavaria advanced directly at the Warsaw front. From the north, came the forces of Field Marshal von Hindenburg, advanc- ing through the Baltic provinces, After Warsaw was captured a junction was effected between the army groups of Mackenzen and Leopold. The capture of Kovno probably will Teutonic forces tnto a consolidated line with the understanding that he adhere/ cast. | Ailitary experts have agreed that = The official German statement of yes-] result in welding the north and central/| tions on this front might expose the Russians to the danger of a flank- ing movement. The next line to which they might be expected to fall runs from Vilna, through Lida, Baron- ovitshi and Pinsk to Rovno. This line is about 300 miles long. Invaders Near Brest-Litovsk. The rapidity of the German advance since the fall of Warsaw on Aug. 6, ts indicated by the fact that fhey are within 18 miles of Brest-Litovsk, which lies about 115 miles east of the captured Polish capital. The line to which they may now be compelled te fall back is about 200 miles east of Warsaw. * Kovno is 650 miles southwest of Pe- trograd, the possibility of an advance against which is now being considered in Russia and England. Surround- ing the fortress proper, at an averaze distance of two and one half miles, is a girdle of forts, eleven in number. The town les for the most part in the fork formed by the junction of the Niemeyn with the Viliya and is guarded by strong defenses. , eo LONDON VISITED BY ZEPPELINS; 10 PERSONS KILLED LONDON, Aug. 14.—The outskirts af London were raided last night by Zep- pelins. Ten persons were be useful to the invaders. Horses and ture have been removed to the interior |