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Show ElfiHT CRUISERS I OFF U COAST I New York, Aug. 5 Eight cruisers three German, three British and two French are hovering somewhere off this coast For days incoming steamships steam-ships have reported news of frag-montory frag-montory wireless indicating that these 1 vessels were in American waters but no skipper was able to fix their posl-tton. posl-tton. The firing heard off the coast of Maine today may have marked tbe first engagement betweon either tne German and English or the German j and French ships The British cruls ers known to be in American waters are the Berwick, Essex and, Lancaster. The German cruisers are the Dresden I Strassburg and Karlsuehe. The j French cruisers are the Coude and Descartes 1 Portland, Me.. Aug 5 The firing j of heavy guns off the Maine coast was heard early today. Eight or ten shots within two minutes were heard hortly before 7 o'clock by the keeper of the Portland observatory. The sound seemed to come from a point 25 or 30 miles southeast of Portland and probably in the vicinity of Seguln Island Y ashington. Aug. 5 Confirmation Of Paul M Warburg of New York and Frederic A. Delano of Chicago to com I plete tho federal reserve board was recommended today by the senate t ! banking committee. London. Aug 5 A syndicate ol Stranded Americans headed by Grand Hugh Browne of New York, combin Ing business with phllanthrophy, have j ourchased the British steamer Vikln? j for the repatriation of their country-men country-men at the price of $500 for each berth. Th. swiduate today obtained the permission of the British govern ment for the vessel to sail on Mon duv from Liverpool on Its first trip It is understood the Viking will flJ 1 the Stars and Stripes. She is tc make as many trips as possible. |