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Show LATE NEWS FROM THE W ZONE German Aviators Arrested. Amsterdam, via London. Aug 14 (5 p m ). Two German naval aviation avia-tion officers were arrested and disponed dis-poned toda on the Dutch island of Schiermonnik Oog, off the coast of ' Krlesland. Holland. The aviators had : left the German Island of Borkum In the North sea this morning, presum I ably on a scouting expedition and had i been forced to descend b motor trou I ble. Paris. Aug 14 12 49 p m The Havas Agenc;. announces that the French foreign minister has received a petition from 335 subjects of the ; Duchy of Luxemburg, who ask to enroll en-roll in the French army as a proof of their sympathy for France and as a protest against the German viola tlon of the independence of their country. Army Moving. London. 4 35 p. in . Aug 14 A dispatch dis-patch to the Central News from Amsterdam Am-sterdam savs the' mayor of Alx-la-Chapelle, Germany, has issued a proclamation proc-lamation announcing that great mass es of German troops are to pass through the t0WD on Saturday. New York. Aug 14 Thirty-five German stokers of the crew of the United Fruit Bteamer Zacapa, which reached here today from Colombia. Colon and Kingston, are prisoners of war at Kingston instead of being on their way to Germain as reservists, because of Captain Tow ell's refusal to obey the command of the German consul at Colon and send the stokers ashore. Brussels via Loudon 1 10 p ni . Aug. 14. The cashier of a Liege bank w hu arrived here on a bicycle to ob tain funds says he had little difficulty In getting out of Liege or establishing bis identity The German troops, he said, continue con-tinue their preparations for defense in the event the Belgian troops take the offensive, but the impression in Liege is that the Germans are preparing prepar-ing to leave the vicinity, as they are hurrying the construction of pontoon bridges over the Meuse The cashier says the treatment of the inhabitants of Liege by t he- Ger mans give no special cause for complaint com-plaint He came to Brussels by way of Huy and Namur London. 8:10 D. in Aug. 14 The British admiralty loday gave the as surance that the ocean routes are well patrolled and a guarantee of the quick resumption of the Atlantic passenger service. Several steamships which previous y had been provisionally requisition ed for governmental purposes have now had their sailing dates fixed. The Olympic Is to depart Vugust 19, the Mauretania August 29, and the Lusitania September 3 St Petersburg, via London ( 1 50 P m,), Aug. 14 With the view of removing re-moving the apprehensions of the Poles in Rusala Germain and Austria i Hungary, and of gaining their friendship friend-ship in the two last mentioned coun-fries coun-fries the Grand Duke Nicholas Nichol-aivitch. Nichol-aivitch. commander-in-chief of the Russian army, issueu an order toda to the effect that all Poles showing lovalty to the Slav cause will be specially spe-cially protected by the Russian array and government. An attempt to Interfere In-terfere with the personal and ma terial rights of those Poles not guilty ot hostility to Russia, will, according to the order, be punished with all the severity of martial law. Vera Cruz. Aug. 14 The United States battleship New York sailed today to-day for Lobos island In the Gulf of Mexico and the battleships Virginia and New Jersey for Guantanamo Anxiety In Athens. Athens, via London (1 17 p m), Aug. 14. Considerable anxiety is felt here In connection with the reported purchase by Turkey of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau as it is feared the acquisition of those two j vessels may make Turkey uncompromising uncom-promising on the subject of the disposition dis-position of the Eagean Islands. A i rumor that Turkey had named one of thee warships Mityiene is taken aa a justification for this belief. Washington, Aug. 14. Arrangements Arrange-ments for war taxes in the United States to supplement falling customs revenues and how they shall be levied are being held in abeyance until the situation confronting the treasury be comes more clearly defined. At another conference today he- tween Chairman Simmons of the sen-j sen-j ate finance committee, Chairman Un derwood of the wavs and means com I mlttee and Secretary McAdoo, It was I agreed thai any deficit should be j made up b additional internal revenue rev-enue taxes, but 1t was decided to hold another conference next week and in the meanwhile reports from all Atlantic Atlan-tic coast customs houses will indicate what the government must meet Meanwhile Chairman Underwood will get the ways and means commit tee ready to act on a plan. Washington. Aug. 14. Plans oT 'southern congressmen and represent' I atives ot cotton interests for reliet j from the embarrassment threatened by the closing of the European mar! kets took tangible form today when bills to establish bonded warehouses, wherein cotton may be stored and made the basis of currency issues, were introduced in congress today by Senator Hoke Smith and Repre sentative Lever, after consultation with officials of the department of agriculture, commerce and the treas ury Port Arthur, Out.. Aug. 14 The Canadian Ca-nadian government wireless station near here was wrecked earlv th's morning When the crash of eablec and suppoits was heard the staff in-Side in-Side the station and in adjoining, buildings rushed out but shots Tired by two men running from the station halted them. The damage was serious, but. sj large 6taff. supported by a military repair corps, Immediately began rush-: rush-: Ing repair work on the station Montreal. Aug 14. The Austrian ! hteamer Ida, 47fiO tons, which sailed from Trieste and Naples before warj ! was declared, reached here last night1 and was taken over by the marine; department at Quebec todav as a warj i prize Captain Martlntolich had heard! ' nothing of the war and was astound 1 ; cd when marine department officials notified him of the seizure of his v essel. The Ida is a freighter, the propertv j of the Austro-Amerlcan line. She sail-! ed from Trieste July 21 and from j Naples July 25 for this port. oo- |