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BURLWGTON, ALAMANCE COUSn, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, SEP F. 8, 1914..
NEAR PARIS
Unconfirmed Repoit Comes out of London That Ger
man Imperial Guard Has Been Annihilated and
Crown Prince Was In Their Midst.
THEWARATAGUNCE
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Gernan Embassy at Washington Hears That British Cruiser Warrior lias
Stranded, as a Result o£ a Fight With a GermaK Cruiser Gwb-
en—If this is True May Preeipitatt Crisis In Turkey—Twelve Divis-
i«MJ3 of Austrian Atmy Has Been Completely Destroyed.
The greater portion of the news
“The Germans had advanced Satur
day and Sunday into the region be
tween Couiommiers and Le-Ferte-Gai:-
chei-.
“In the -\ustro-Russian theatre of
operations, twelve division‘s of the
A’Jstl'ip.n armv th? of ■
berg, Galliijia have been complete!;' de
stroyed."
from the seat of war today is f?om,
tendon and Paris wurces, and, of ^
course is strongly anti-German.
GENERAL ENGAGEMENT.
According to oiScial statements giv
en out in Paris, a general action of
the armies is on, but the German.s are
retiring before the onslaughts of the
pritish and French forces .
AUSTRIAN ARMV DESTROYED.
In the Aastria-Russian theatre oj
operations, Paris reports that twelve
division's of the Austrian army has
been completely destroyed.
Paris also reports that the Germans
have turned their backs on the capital
and are being' harrassed from the rear
by the French army,
•ONE MILLfON MEN BNGAGE!).
It is estimated that at least 1,090,000
men are engaged in the terrific fight
ing which is going on to the eat.t of
Paris.
Petrograd reports the Austrian
array in retreat with enormous losses
and that there is evidence of a possible
famine in Austria.
The Russians are reported to have
entered the ct\pitu5 «f Bukovcinn. .Aus
tria-Hungary, unopposed.
BRITISH CRUISER STRANS)E1).
I The German Embas.sy at Washins:-
! ton gives out a witeiess report from
i Berlin saying the British cruiser War-
■ rior has been .stranded as a result cf
a fight vfith the German cruiser Goeb-
j en, \rhile trying to cscape from the
I Bospborus.
I IMPERIAL GUARD ANN»II[.ArED.
An unconfirmed message from I.on-
i don states that the allied forces up.-'
■ det General Pau have won a victory
: over the Germans at Precy Sur Oise,
I twer-ty-five miles north of Paris. The
report states that Imperial Guard
under the German Crown Prince was
asinihilated and that the future Ger
man'Emperor was ir, their midst.
Many people have been ordered to
leave their hom^.' in r^nge of the
guns of the forts at Paris, which city
is evidently preparing for the cncom-
iog of the German hordes.
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TUBKEY MAY DECLARE WAR.
Turkey seetns to be on the verge
of declarinfi: war against Great Brit-
former iad in front of them the im-
uard under Crown Prince
Frederick William.
“On both wings, it is reported, the
allies were successful. The Gexiuan
left was held by the French and re
tired to the North.
GERM.AN’S RETIRE.
Paris, Sept. 7.—4:25 P. M.—Judg-
;ere
Gei’uian troops covering the flanks of
the main German army ci'countered
advance detacthments of che allies in
the fip-hting, each of the capital tiday
at a t'oint rear La-Ferte-Gauchev and
; were obliged to retire.
MILLION MEN ENGAGE’*.
Paris, Sept. 7.—4:45 P. M.—It
estimated TmofiRcially that nearly 1,-
000,000 troops are engagod •;
fighting 'vhsch is proceeiin^ to
east of Paris todcy.
ihe
the
WAS CROWN PRINCE KILLED?
“The Imperial Guard, who were or
dered to surrender, were annihilati-d
by the British, It is reported that the
Crown Prince was in their midst.-’
The British official bureau has re
ceived no confirmation oi this mes
sage.
PART OF CREW SAVED.
London, Sept. 6.—7:20 P. M., De
layed—It is learned on reliable authoi-.
ity that the captain and fifty of the
crew of the British cruiser Pathfinder,
sunk by a niine in the North Sea, have
been saved.
GERMAN AEROPLANE CAPTUK-
ED.
London, Sept. 7.—A iiispatfh to the
Reuter Telegraph Company from Ant-
wer{>, says a German aeroplane fly
ing in the npighborhood of Lottegliein
vrest of Malines, was fired on by the
Belgians. The wings cf the machin;?
v^ere injured and it w;is brought to ^ defensive. Some of the
earth. The two occupants were mnde | Austviana have been foroed to re-
prisoncrs. i treat.
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RUSSIANS ENTER AUSTRIA. ■ AUSTRLANS DESER'IIXG.
Petrosjad, Sept, 7.—via London G:55 , iiome, via Paris, Sept. 7.—8:i0 P.
P. M.—A dispatch from Ilucharest via IM.—Reports .say that desei-tious from
Odessa, announces the entry of lius- Austrian urmy are increasing dai-
sian troops into Czemowitz. X'his is said to be esp.-cially Irue
An earlier dsspatch from London Roumanian frontier and ^
reported that the Russians had enter-1 is declared also that many Austri
an soldiers have reached Swiczer-
pot.”
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THE LEIPZIG HAS DISAPPEAR.
ED.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 7.—The Ger
man cruiser Leipzig, which has not
been sighted in these waters .3ince
-4ugu.‘5t 19, when she was off Cape
Mendocina, California, is believed to
WAP. GAL THREE,
be working her way to the .Atlantic
ocear. by skirting South, -America.
She can obtain coal and shelter here,
and if chased, into port by a superior
a(u we Up.
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HO.MES DESTROYED.
Lon(^, Sept. 7.—7:1.5 P. M.—A '
Dieuue dispatch to the Evening Star!
says that the transportation of 25,000
people from the suburbs of Paris to
the South and southeast commenced
Sunday. These people Tvere ordered
to leave their homes by the military
authorities so that the houses could
be destrcyec), leaving a clear rango for
j the guns of the forts,
j Ihe residents of Neiiilly and Bou-
I logne-Sur-Seine, as well as the vast
! populations on the other side of the
I city, were taken away on government
GREENSBORO MAN IS MISSING.
(). Ci KBngman Has Mysteriously dis
appear^—$30,000 Has Don;-
Likewise.
Greensboro, Sept. 6.—O. C. Kling-
man, general manager for North Car
olina of the J. I. Ga.se Thresfiin?? Ma
chine Company, is'missing. His where
abouts have not been known for same
tveeks now, and the coming is becom
ing anxious. They have offered S250
reward for news of him and have
spread his picture and description
broadcast over the country.
Their anxiety is the sharper on ic-
count of the fact that the books of the
Greensboro office are not in satisfact
ory shape. There are certain ac
counts with which nobody but Mr.
Klingman is thoroughly acquai.nted
and the Case people would like to have
them explained. As the books stand
now it said that there is an appar
ent shortage of So0,000. However,
the officers of the law say that no at
tempt has been made to set their ma
chinery in motion.
ped to Greensboro had been invoiced
to .;ub-agents, but the agents dany
ever having received it. Machinery
of the same general description had
been sold at the Greensboro iflic3 and
no retu.-ni5 made to Racine. The i; les-
tion, is was the machinery invoice.'} to
sub-agentas really sold here, and if it
was, where is the money? These are
the queries that nobody but Mr. Kltnj;-
man can answer, and Mr. Klinj.-rnan
is not to be found.
Besides the threshing machine and
automobile business of the Case Co.,
the missing man was interested in a
number of other enterprises. He had
recently bought a farm near Greens
boro, but is said to have paid only a
small part of the purchase price. He
is. known to have been interested in a
sawmill business and is said to have
had a share in other real estate trans
actions. The collap.'^e of the Eeit’jel
Company cost him some money, bat
just how much is not apparent at pres
ent.
Ov.^ing to the prominence of the
Klingman’s socially and the high re-
?.lr. Kii:.gnian’s position with the.gard in which the city held Mr.
Case coi'.'.pauy is one of greid resjion- Klingman as a business man the af-
trains. Th«se people had hardly left distrii-.uting point 'fair has caused a profound sensation.
AVSTRIAXS in RETREAT.
Petroprad, A , Sept. 7.—-The foUov^-
Uig (vfT;cial announcenient \ras
out today:
“The Austrian army corus between
the r)\er Vistula and the riv^jr Bui?
are ;5?treatinp with enorniouL* los=es.
The resistance to the ene^jy
been broken.
‘‘There arp evicJeiices oi the possi
bility Cl a famine in AusL-isu”
AU&TRIANS SUFFER LOSSES.
Paris, Sept. 7.—5:^8 P. M.—Ac-
cordii'o^ to advices received herx.*, a
second Austrian army operating in
front of Krasrioscdow, in the Lublin
rujcions, has suffei’ed frreat losses und
Ifor North Carolina for that concern
and ail its business fo? the Stat.'i
transacted through Greensboro. The
numerous subagencies throughout the
; State are supplied from this office and
I rimithe Baptists to Meet Here. ■ collections made thrr>ugh it. Naiur-
The Sajeni Primitire Baptist Uiousands of dollars i;ass
ciation ,o .,e held rtith the Prim:tive | through the general agent's hands ev-
Baptist Church at Burlinptou, N. C jorv ^
; theh’ houses before refugees from th«
, noi'th arrived anti occupied thorn.
These, too, %vill be taken sooth.
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The niiss.ing man is not without his
friends in Greensboro who stcfuily
maintain his Innocence of any ini in-
t:ona( wi’onp doing, and who loo.'c to
see the matter cleared up on his
turn. The C^xse Company and the
hondinj? people have not applied for
the issuance of a warrant, so far as
could bo learned, a»id that fact is cit-
and he was under heavy
Conimencin^r Satuiday before the s-?c- jbonU. The representatives of thejed as evidence that they are willing
ond Su..daj in Octobei, iyi4, and cm; | bondintr tomj»any have been absolutely | to .-.low in the matter, A feaci-re
/r'n . extraos’dlnaiy re-
rumoR-i bejran lo ■ lu^tanee of anybody conncc'ed with it
tinuing three days—10, l\ and 12th. i .:ik*nt.
A)i iii'c invited to come that iu»v?
the Truth, Peace and Union. If 5tnv
Some timi;
I float about to the etfect that all was! to say anythinjr; the man who Mas
o oui^ riJ.-nds \Msh to onteriani .some; j,ot well at the branch office oi thej^^een gone for several weeks, but (t
of t.K' \iMtin^ brethren, they | Comuanv. Ten davs aso the'^^as only yesterday that the reul tVcts
make u manifest by meeting them at;
the train or at llie stand. ' t.- , i • •
: which Mr. Klingman was heavily m-1
Any ki/7dness show.*! us wilJ he hieh-J . , . . n
" * iterosteJ, went ».o the wall,
ly al»preciaed, both by the Church and '
" he Association.
;ie in conference order on Satur
day beffri'e the fir^t Sunday in Sep
tember, 1014.
iiljJer W. C. Jone.9, Moderator,
C. T. frudfrlns, Church Clerk.
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not well at the branch office
Case Company. Ten days ago the that the
Reitzel Auto Service Company, in|*‘®3^^” out.
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Immedi
ately the Grenesbovc Loan &. Truvt
Company instituted suit for the I'c-
covery of $1,200 they claini is owtiii
them by Klingman as the defenJi'ui
was not to be found, they attached all
of his property that they could rtnd
iio protect the debt- At the same l.*mf. )ducts.
Embargo on Dyes Raised.
Washington, Kept. 2,—Representa
tive Metz today received from Rotter-
dav.' iind transmitted to Secretary Bry-
on advice?- that Germany has raised
the embargo on exportation of dye
stuffs but not on pharmaceutical pro-
; J. W. Fry, as received for the defnr.ct j Mr. Mets: asked the State Doxjart-
ment to make representations for rais
ing the embargo on the latter. Free
shipments of German dye stuffs via
i GERMANS MARCH ON GHENT.
^ tondon, Sept. 7.-^7:lT P. M.—The
Evening News dispatch says:
“A telegram has been received from
General Pau announcing a victory by
(the allied forces under Field Marshal
Sir John French, commanding the
British, and General D,AmiKade at
Percy Suv Oise, about twenty-five
I miles north of Pari.s,
“The allies were drawn across the
northern line vrith the center at Percy.
Tho English troops were on the left
and the French ^n the Right. The
ed Csernowitz unoposed. The city is
the capital of Bukowina, Austria-Hun-i]a„d through Tyrol. It is said that
gary, a.id si 1-lG miles southwest of 134 pg^. ^ent of the men of the Mech-
Lemberg. la-,' regiments have disappeared.
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FIGHTING NEAR PARIS.
Paris, Sept. 7.—12:30 P. M.—In
the fighting which is going on toilay
to the east and northeast of Paris,
the German forces have their backs
toward the capital. French troops
are harrassing their march. From
time to time the Germans turn a-id
engrage the French nt their back.
French shells fall continually in the
German rear.
AtfSTRiANS DESTROYED.
PariS; Sept. 7.—3:30 P. M.—A gen
eral action is proceeding today to the
east of Paris from Nanteuil-Le-Hau-
douin to Verdun, according to an of
ficial communication given out this
afternoon.
The text of the official notice i.'! as
follows:
“A general action has started on
the line through Nateuil-Le-Haudcttir>,
Meaux. Sezanne and Vitry-Le-Fran-
cois and esctending to Vsrdun.
“Thanks to the vigorous action •>£
our troops strongly supported by the
British and Germans started retir
ing-.
JOFFRE’S PL.\N SrCCESSFUL.
London, Sept. 7.—11:4.5 P. Rfl—fhe
oSficial bureau says:
“General Joffre^s plans arj^ being
steadily carried out. The allied forces
acting on the offensive, have been suc
cessful in checking and forcing bavk
in a northeast direction the Germsn
forces opposed to them,”
NO L0.4N TO PARIS.
Paris, Sept. 7.—6:20 P. M.—A Huv-
as Agency dispatch from Zurich Swit
zerland, says the newspapers there
announce Germany has rejected Aus
tria’s request for a loan and the bank
ers have taken similar action.
WAITING FOR RESCUE.
Bordeaux, Sept. 7.—via Paris, G:23
P. M.—^The soldiers’ newspaper, issued
by the government for the benefit of
the army, contains an article by the
Rev, Emile Wetterle, member of th*
icitbstag from Alsace-Lorraine, de
claring that one million and a half
people in Alsace-I.iorraine are wait! .is
for French soldiers to rescue tliem
“from under the heel of 0 pitiless dep-
To Double Warehouse. . eorponition iirought .suit again?t the
Greensboro, Sept. —Tlie J. E.! Greensboro Loan & Tru^.t Co., the
L.".tham Company, of this city, large i Southein Railway Co., the Two 'icly
dealer.s in cotton, are considering the ; Car Corporation for the recovery of
doubling of the capacity of their; ?l,ilOO alleged to be due the Reitzel
warehouse facilities here, so as to ! company. He attache;! seven Tv;oni-
provide a storing place for the New | b;y automobiles. The stimmonses iu
York Cotton Exchange in the South. I these suits, ail served by publical.ion,
The company bps storage for 23,000 j are returnable iiefore Judge Devi l to-
baies, hut increasing busiritss nece.ssi- ! day.
tates more room, and Mr. Latham ■ 0, C. Klingman has been a resident
believes that his company will be .'U' Greensboro for about Lhraa years,
justified in doubling the warehouse . He is :i native of Lincoln, Nebraska,
spane. North Carolina will raise : He had traveled for the Case Compiny
about 1,000,000 bales of cotton this ■ before assuming the general manace-
year. and there are not warehouses i merit or North Carolina. He posss*?£ed
enough in the State to itore more
thai! one-fourth cf this amount, thinks
Mr. Latham.
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Blockade Distillery Captured.
Greensboro, Sept. 3.—Revenue Offi
cer W. C. Lisk and Deputy Sheriff Joe
Phipps seized a large blockade dis-
t^lery near Beaumont, Chatham coun
ty, Sunday morning, together with
TOO gallons of beer, 42 gallons of
whiskey. 50 gallons of low wine, seven
fermenters, each of 250 gallon capac
ity, one 500 gallon ferraenter, two 150-
gallon fermenters, a lot of meal and
malt, yeast and other things necess
ary to a complete distilling outfit. The
oiScers were directed to the place by
neighbors, one of them a'Confederate
veteran.
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Do any of them resliy want to an
nex Servia?—OreensboM Ne^.
the confidence of the business com
munity to a marked degree, being re
garded as an bate and progressive
citi/.en. He has a brother, L. G. Kling
man, a traveling salesman, a wife and
four children, all of whom live here.
-1! of them are as much in the Jark
a.s to Mr. Klingman’s whereabouts as
the Case people and theTjonding com
pany.
It is understood that the apparent
defalcation runs back for two or three
years. In spite of the reticence of
the people who have had access to
the books it is pretty well authenci-
ated that it was discovered more or
less by accident. It is certain that for
some reason the company suddenly be
gan to check up lie accounts of cer
tain sub-agencies some time ago. A
large discrepancy was discovered be
tween t.hem and the books of the home
oflSce at Racine Wis. Machinery ship-
Rotterdam are of inestimable import
ance to the cotton goods i»;du.stry of
the United Sate.^;. Withoul German
dye stuff's it was threutea with at
least partial suspension.
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Forty-Two Are .\tTeslcd.
Asheville, Sept. 2.—The 42 defend
ants arrested upon the complain of P.
H, Thrash, that they were trespasa-
in go nths property of J. M. Thrash,
in West .A.sheville, in the construction
of the municipal sewer line yesterday
were adjudged guilty by the magis
trate. The city of West Ashe\iIIe has
appeared the decision to the snpericr
court, a>'c! ahs furnished bond for
the fort "-two workmen.
Ye ■: Jay morning, while the magis
trate ..as making up his decision, sec
ond warrants were take:i out for the
man on the allegation that they had
trespassed again.
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If the succulent bivalve now in sea
son dees not go up in price there vrill
he some degree of happiness left de
spite the eroel war.N—ews and Ob
server.
“They were married kneeling on a
cushion stuffed with their love letters.”
“I should tkmk such a cushion would
be full of angles.*’
“No, those letters ware very, very
soft.”—Kansas City Star.
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