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Show NAVAL BATTLE NEAR HONOLULU IS NOWLIKELY German Cruiser Nurnberg Puts Into Port for Coal, Two of the Enemy Warships War-ships Wait Outside LEIPZIG CRUISING IN PACIFIC OCEAN Japanese Warship Idzumo Off the Coast of Oregon, British Vessels Come and Go Without Concern HONOLULU Sept 1 The Ans tralian warships Australia and Warrego were In communication with the British collier Strathadle which arrived here today up to the three mile limit The Australian warships are reported to be in close proximity The German cruiser Nurnberg will leave this port early tomorrow morning stripped for ac yon Captain Schoenburg said today that he was ready to meet any eventuality and that there would be no surrender on the part of the Nurnberg He said that he ex pected his ship would be the coffin for himself and his crew HONOLULU T H Sept 1 The German cruiser Nurnberg which ar r ved here th s morning was permitted to coal hurr edly and made ready to depart ton ght cleared for act on Captain Schoenberg asked for 1200 tons of eoal Eear Admiral Charles B T Moore commandant of the naal stat on refused to say how much he allowed to be taken aboard but steve dores load ng the cruiser sa d they were putt ng 7o0 tons in her bunkers Inasmuch aa the Nurnberg left th 9 port th rty five days ago lust before war was declared between Germany and Great Br ta n she was ent tied now to take on as much coal and no more as will carry her to the nearest home port and may rema n m Honolulu twenty four hourB Where the IN urn berg expects to get coal is a puzzle Japan has niested Germany s base on the Ch na coast and Great Br tain has seized Ger nan Samoa Others Bottled Up Noth ng has been seen of the Ger man cru ser Lc pz g the only other German warsh p in the Pac flc not bottled up n Kiaochow bay since the Le pz g left San Franc sco August 15 The Br t sh steamer Strathardle w th coal from INew castle made port here last night after har ng been chased by a warsh p wh ch t is now known must have been the Nurnberg Tho German cru ser has been th rty five days out from this port Her com niander iays he has touched now here else n the meant me. The Number s commander sa d he expected to rema n for se eral days n Ilawai an waters after coal ng Idzumo Sighted SAX FRAJsClbCO Sept 1 Steam ng slowly southward a three funneled warship resembl ng the Japanese cruiser Idznmo was s ghted at o 30 a m yesterday fourteen miles due west of Coos ba Ore by the steamsh p Kose C ty which srr ed here todaj The cru ser seemed to be making about ten knots The Gem an cruiser I e pz g wh cb has not been sghtel s nee August 19 when she was off the Mendoc no (Calif ) ooa t also has three funnels but the Idzumo is a larger vessel ot d fferent 1 nes and passengers fam 1 ar with them were pos t ve no m stake n ldentificat on had been made The Cana 1 an na al authorities how ever have den e i that either Bnt sh or Japauese warsh ps are south of the Canaa an boundar e Br tish essels ont nue to arr ve and lea e here without concern The r agents and ma ters keep n touch w th the Br t sh consulate vh ch apparently is sat sfied that t knows the pos t on of the Cern an cru sers The escape of the Ja anese liner (Continued on Page Four ) mURNBEHG PUTS 10 f IU FO COIL (Continued from Page One.) Chiyo !Maru Saturday niht from pursuit pur-suit by a hostile cruiser, taken in conjunction con-junction with tho arrival of the -N'urn-berg in Honolulu today, established approximately ap-proximately the position of the Leipzig. She must be about midway between America and ibe orient. The list of coalinp stations in the Pacific compiled by the United 8tat.es bydrograpliie bureau shows no Cierman stations except those at Apia, (Jcrntan Wamoa and Tsingtao. The presumption todav amonc naval oflicers, aci'ordiiic-y, aci'ordiiic-y, was that the Nurnberg, which put into Honolulu today, would be allowed to (ill her bunkers, as both Apia ami Tsingtao are closed to her by the enemy. Left in Haste. SEATTLE. Wa:-h., Kept. 1. The Japanese cruiser Id.unio left Esquimau yesterday in haste, and is probalily the vessel sighted oir Coos bar (Jre. The rd.umo has a full supply or coal. TTie British cruiser Newcastle is in dry-dock dry-dock at Esfpiimall, and will soon be ready for sea. Veterans Volunteer. PARIS. Kept. 1, !i:17 p. m P.r-tlrM Fp-eni'h army oflb rrs, on whom no military mili-tary obligations rest, ale volunteering In larze numbers to drill tho young men of PHI .atf-fory, v.iio have luat. been callcl to the colors. They do this for tile reason rea-son that tho yonrijiT o!1Pfifi Hrp nei.,1,,,1 for active service. Colonels and oftl. ers uf even tii'lir-r rank am acting us drill sergeants. T!ie young men are very are,, In Qualify to ko to Ibe front and they are obedient and attentive to their Instructors. Cable to Jusserand. WASHINGTON. K..t. I. -The Pn-nel, erobassadur, .1. J. .lusserand, todav received re-ceived Ibis ofllelal dlspaleb from l''ar- "In the Vokkch and in l,orialie our troops besan an advance again yesterday At S.issey, on Ihe .Meu.-e. a regiment of 'ierinan Infantry was nearly annihilated I On our left wins Ihe. (i,.n,w made prom-ess. UuKslun offenalve advamo nio-ressl nio-ressl iir." |