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A .vESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
BURIWGTON, AIAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, SE?t. 18, 1914.
ALLIES MANEUVER FOR GOOD POSITION
Paris Declares There is Nothing New to Report, but Lon
don Says The Allies Are Trying to Outflank
Foes Before Attacking Breastworks.
would make peare. ti alter ihe teiTitorial statue of Her the trouble or'make it worse.
The susgestioii was made by. the Empire and possessions and would ' g-i-eave about me.
Imperial -Chancellor, von Bethmann-1 ot.de. no territory oi- dismember ner:
RIGHT WING TO
BE ATTACKED
It Is The Right Wing of the Tuetons That The Frcnch and British Will At
tack Most Fiercely—Berlin Official Reports Saj- All Is Well, While
Austria Denies She Is Beaten—^InEast Prussia Advantage Is With the
Germans—Much Fighlingr Takes Place in Africa.
Allies ,• UULU tvi iijtcj (IJC; Ltfll iiunjjl SlMilJP *1T IIPI’ +U, 4. il.l.. . I - __ Dotl*^
I may never ses
iyo’J all d)tain, .but God bless you.
■HoUweg to ..mbassador Gei-ard Jf fleet, buf it was said authoritatively! Papa, l ^vill die for her. I will die
. Berlin as a result of an inquiry se.r that, nothing of this character was;holding to her. Her mothe. gave her
by the American. Government to lear'i t cDr.tained in any of the inessuges from !
• ivhethei- Emperor William desired *.o:£er]iji to thfe'American Government.!
BRITISH STEAMERS REPORTED
SUNK.
Tokio, Sept. 17.—9:59 P. M.—It is
reported here that the German cruis
er Emden has sunk Uve British steam
ers off the coast of India. Passeng-
ci s are said to have been saved.
- London, Sept. 1“. 9:07 P. M.—An
other great battle, even more vital for
the countries concerned than those
• that have preceded it, is in progress
on a line extending from the region
of Noyon, on the River Oise, north
west of Paris, to the Rived Meuse,
north o£ Verdun.
The front is shorter than in the bat
tle of the Marne, but this will result
Only in a more Setcely contested
tle, vrith masses of troops throwing
tVccmsclves at each other, and every
I available piece of artillery concentrat
ed in the determined eifort of the ar
mies to break through each other’s
lines.
THe Germans, who a fortnight ago
had to abandon their first swift eti-
deavor to de.troy the armies of
France and Great Britain u:id cap
ture Paris, Iiave fortified themselves,
on the mountains north of the River
>Aisne, through the plains of Cham
pagne and in the Argonne Mountains,
through which the Meuse flows. They
are in stronger positions than they
were for the battle of the Marne and
have been strongly reinforced with
fresh troops from the north and east.
i.They already have attempted counter
attacks against Che allied troops,
wyph flushed with victory have bew
. ‘ j ing to prevont them from entrench
ing themselves.
According to English and French
oiiiciai reports, these attacks have
been repulsed, and the Germans com
pelled to give w^ay at certain points,
but the German general staff claims
the opposite.
GER.MANS WELL PLACED.
These Ginuan forces hold a position
from a point near Noyon on the Oise,
along the district north of the Aisne
to the junction of the latter lines
running in all directions, which facili
tate the movement of troops from St.
•Quentin, Guise and Mezieres, In this
respect therefore, they are well plac-
r ed.
ALLIES THREATEN FLAX&S.
The Allies, on the other , band, can,
and it is believed they are bringing in
new troops through Rouen and Amiens
threaten the German ftank. In
fact, nearly the whole of northwest
France is open to the atlies, the Ger-
I mans having withdrawn most of their
scattered throops eastward toward
I the Oise.
Field Marshal Kitchener, scscetary
f V state for war, speaking todiy with
iuil knowledge of the situation at the
» front, declared: ^
“The tide has turned," So that he,
thocsh telling the public that th«
war will be a lung one, appears to be
hopeful of the outcome.
HEAVY BATTLE ON LEFT.
It is certain, however, that the hilly
country north of the Aisne offers good
ground foi- such tactics. It would ap
pear that these western wings of the
two armies, the German right and the
A]!ie.s’ left, again are to bear the
heavy part. Upon the armies of Gen
eral Von Kluck and General Von Bue-
loiv depend the safety of the rest of
the German array, should retreat be
decided on or forced on them. Be
side.^ holding the £rofit they have to
be prepared to withstand another at-
tempt-on.tt»a-i>a3:t, nf.«)i»-AUie8 to-«ut-
flank them.
Having abandoned Lembery they’now jvon Bernsrsif, |
are leaving Gracow and retreating German Ambassador, and Oscar j
some unknown place. rwently had reported.
'£n'iper^r Wiliiam himself made no
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INDIAN TROOPS COMING,
The little British army that has
fought so long and so hard is looking
forward to support from Indian
troops, which soon should be at ths
side of the Englishmen if not for the
pre.sent- battlfe, then for the one whi- h
must soon foilcw it, no matter how
it goes.
The French troops in a valua'.ie
center of occupation at Soissons—
the engineers having closeiy followed
the army and repaired the railways—
ure being reinforced, and, on ihe.
whole, both »s to position and strength
of forces the opposing armies appear
evenly matched except for the advan
tage of the allies in having an army
to threaten \'on Kluck’s flank.
The situatiofi 'atong the rest of the
line is much the -same. In the center
between Rheims and the .\rjgonne, the •
Germans continue to fortify them-
salves, while betwee>i Argonne and
Meuse they are entrenching them
selves at Montfaucon.
French officials warn the public that j
as the Germans occupy positions pre
pared for defense and are support'-d
by heavy artillery, pro;»ress must be
slow.
It is said by Russian sorrespondents
tha'i Ihe .A.ustrians have lost yll dis
cipline, the aim of the men bein" to
get across the Carpathians. If this
is true, their commanders are lii'ely
to have difSculty in leading them over
200 miles to Cracov., where they
might lind support from the ns.vly
formed German corps, which llUS
sambled there. Be.«ii3es, they are in
danger from the Rus::-i:in army coming
from the north.
Austria is calling to the colors a^l
men available for mihtaiy servicc, ir-
cluding those previmsly re-f.led a:-
unfit. But this harcliy can i;c.|> ihc
Hi my in Galicia, v*hich, acc.'llir.^
Kussian reports, sjifi'ruJ i: rnUe
l055ses.
QUIET IN EAST PRUSSIA.
From East Prussia nothing new has
come today except u rejjort that ibe
Russian General Rennenkampfif has
frustrated the attempt to outflank
1 him and that he has taken up po
sitions in line with he forresses on
he Russian side of the bordex'.
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BELGiUM HELPS ALLIES,
in Belgium there has beeu a con
tinuation of skirmishes \vhich have
been a feature of the war since tho
Germans advanced into France, with
advancts and withdrawals as daily oc
currences. For exantpie, the Ger-
jr.ans yesterday reoccupied Termonde
only to leave it today.
Besides the eastern portion of the
country the Gcrmaus hold the line al
most to Touraas, in the department of
Hainaut, thus preveiiting the Bel
gians from goiiifc too far in their har-
ryinjJT tactics on the German troopsi
j proceeding: to I'ram^c.
Thu.s far, howevtir, the Helgrian ar
my has fultUled its allotted part i>y
keeping at least one division froni
going to the assistance of the army
on the Aisne.
AEUL'CTS CHILI) WANTED
COURT.
IN
reply nor did the Imperial Chan^.*el-
lor indicate whethei* he f>poke o:) be
half of .his monarch. Ambacsadoi',
Gerard cabled President Wiison tli-i'
Chancellov's reir.arks from lecoilec-!
tions, which substantially were as fol
lows:
“Germany appreciated the Ameri
can Government's interest and oifer
of services in trying to make peacs.
Germany had war forced on her. Even
if she defeats Franche, she must van- *
Sensational Developmeni.'S of Habeas
Corpui' Case iti Court Yesterday
—ShtTiff 3Iust Act.
Charlotte, Sept. JC.—The order is-
^sued hy Judge Thomas J. Shaw yes-1 business.
j le'-'Oay aflerr.ooh in Mecklenburg Su- j Pm going to take her to the end of
perior Court commanding Sheriff N, ihe w'orid before they get her. Good-
on her dying bed to die by he^'
and I’m going to stick to iier mother^=;
dying words. Papa, I won’t tell no
one on earth where I'm going. I wish
I- could te!i you ail about it, T just
knov,- you woni let me have her. I
hated to take her off and her not well'
but if she died she will die with me
if I don’t die first. Papa that’s what .
I came for. I came prepared for this
But I did not tell no one.
W. Wallace to prepare the necessary
papers for the immediate arrest of
Mr, Tom Boyd, a v,-ell-known farm
er of the Steele Creek section of the
I county, brought to light one of the
peace except by common consent.
England has announced that she in
tends to fight to the Jimit of her en-
duranve, in view of hat determinaion
the United States ought to get peare
pi'oposals from the AlHe. Geiinany
could accept only a lasting peace, one
that tv'ould make her people secure
agamst iuture attaek.s. To accept
mediation now would be interpreted ny
the AlJtes as u sign of weakness and
also ^wuJd be misundej'stood by the
German, ^people, who, having made
great sacrifices, have the right to
demand guarantees of sefurity.”
MIGHT BE OPENED.
Ambassador Gerard added to this
only the bri«jf comment, that he him
self, thought the way might pos.sibly
be o{ie;ied to mediation. President
Wilson, novvever, did not. regard the
message as bringinjf anything tang-
ibie. He referred to the Chancellor's
convejsatiou a5 iion-committal. The
President took no action as a result
of the message, waiting to )\ear frv>m
Ambassador Gevard whether anything
of a more foimal character could be
obtained.
Germany’s position is that she will
give her opinion on peace terms whoa
?he has received a definite statement
from the Allies of their proposals.
The statement that Germany had v,ar
forcetl on her as well as the declara
tion that she wanted a lastiiig peace
is almost identical with remarks Sir
Kuward Grey made to Ambassador
. Page i]i London last week regartling
jionight at a dinner given by the Jan-| England's position,
anese asaoeiation, which v;as attord-j general belief tonight was that
^ed by Takaaki Kato, the Japanese for-j President, after vraiting a few
I eign miriister, and George W- Guth-1 days for more information from 3er-
j rie, the United States Embassador. | hn, probably would instruct the Amer-
Viscount Kentaro Kaneko, president ican Ambassadors at London, Paris
JAPAN AVOWS FRIENDSHIP.
Tokio, Sept, i7.~10:2o A. M.—A
notable demonstration of friendship
toward the United States was made
quish Great Britain and Russia also ^ sensational episodes in court civ-
as all three have «greed not to make that has occurred within recenc
years in tiiis ^'ection of tii^ State. Th-i
whole trouijle arose over the posses
sion of a bright, rosy cheeked blue
eyed little girl, the daughter of Mr.
Leander W-lson, a farmer cf the s::i:ie
coninu; Ki;', who ever since she was
eight niLnths of age has been a meni-
ijcr of the Boyd family. F.ajrer to ef
fect the return of his child, Mr. Wil
son retained the services of Mr. J. i!.
McCall of the local bar and habeas
corpus papers were sworn out and
served on Mr. Boyd last Saturday com
manding him to bring^ the child in
court and show cause why Ihe request
of the petitioner, Mr. Wilson, should
not Ue granted. These paper.? were
served on Mr. Boyd at his home i:i
Steel Creek last Saturday afternoo::
and according to Judge Shaw's order
Mr. Boyd wa.s to bring the child, also
named Leander Wilson, into Court
•Monday morning at which time the
matter iietwee)' the two men would
be ndjadiciated. Up to ihis point ev
erything was moving in routine or
der, even to the point .'.f Mr. Eoyd’ii
driving into the city and securing th-i
services of an attorney to plead his
cause ir. court.
GERMAN' DEFENSE PREPARED.
The Germans are preparing for ev
ery eventuality and are maintaining
a force superior to that of the Bel
gian arnjy in Belgium to cover the
retirement of the main army should
that become neccssary. They are re
ported So be strengthening fortifi
cations on the llhine, where, i ’ ne v-=i-
sary, they cou'i ^:5ntiiiue "ong tk-
fensive. '
AUSTRIAN’S IX BAD PLIGHl'-
Al! reports bot.i from Pacrograd
and such independent soifrces as Rome
and Bucharest, teiid to con^ii'i. or
paint in gloomier colors. th: critical
position of the Austii-i i armies in
Galicia. Thes^ arrssies, which set out
to arrest the advance of the m'i in Rus
sian army in Germany, have had the
tables turned on them by the Rus
sian generals Huzsky and Brussiloff
and are threatened with envelopmei^t.
of the association scored thi>se per
sons who, be said, were trying to es
trange the Uniied States and Jai ,n.
“Japan will not only not attack the
Philippines.” said Viscount Kaneko,
“but she never had any idea of dis
turbing the trafi'juility of the terri
torial waters of the Philippines. Our
friendship will be as firm and immov
able as historic Plymouth Eoek.”
Other speakers suggested an alli
ance between the United States and
Japan on the preservation of peace in
in Pacific.
PEACE MUST BE GUABAXTEED
TO LAST.
Chancellor Bethmaa-Hollnreg Talks to
Ambassador Gerard about Medi
ation—Gerard Cables Report.
Washington, Sept. 17.—Germany
has suggested informally that the
United States should undertake to
elicit from Great Britain, France and
Russia a statement of terms under
and Petrograd to communicate what
the Imperial German Chancellor had
said to Ambassador Gerard. It was
CHILD I)ISAl>l‘EAKS.
Sensation No. i was sprung Mon
day mornint; when Mr, Bayd and his
lawyer, Mr. F. M. Kedd, appeared i.i
court but there was no child. Ac
cording to Mr. Boyd’s story the baby
had disappe.ircd and with it. his 22-
year-old dauf;iiter, llis.=i Arpy Wilsoii.
He stated—a!id be exhibited a no;o
from his daughter to substantiate his
declaration—that his grown daught
er, who was especially fond of the
child and who was very apprehensiv-.?
lest it be taken away, had fled with't
early Sunday morning and that lie
had no knowledge as to her where
abouts. In response to questions from
Judge Shaw, Mr. Boyd stated that he
believed the Ambassadors would be had no intimation that anything was
asked to reiterate the wish of i he j brewing, that his daughter had aken
.Vmerican Government to be of scr ; brewing, that his daughter had taken
vice in bringing about peace.
Diplomatists were disposed to be
lieve that through such informal con
versations something definite might
be obtained as a working basis. If
a concord of opinion for discussion of
peace terms was reached. President
Wilson then would endeavor to ob
tain an acceptance by all belligerents
of good offices. This w^ould not mean
a cessation of- hostilities unless the
mediating power specificslly made it
a condition of mediation and all bel
ligerents agreed to it. An armistice
would serve merely as a trace while
peace was discussed.
Various reports were current today
that Germany had named several con
ditions under which she would make
peape; that she had refused proposals
bye to all. Goti bless you.
ARPY.
Judge Shaw Was very sharp in ias
comment on the case and -severely
scored Mr, Boyd for allowmg the child
tr- leave his custody, following the re
ceipt of the order of the court. He
thereupon commanded Mr. Poyd to in
stitute search for the child and al.io
the grown daughte:' and appear ag-iin
in court the day following, Tuesday
at 2:u0 o’clock. Notice was given that
unless the child was produced, that
severe measures might be invoked.
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AXO'UIER SENSATION.
Serisation No. 2 developed yester
day afternon when neith.ir the baby,
uander Wilson the grown-up daughter
Arby Boyd nor even Mr. Xom Boyd
appearred in court. They had all dis-
appeai-ed, ft was anticipaled that the
grown u;.’ daughter might make good
her escape with the child but no one
dreamed that Mr. Boyd hiniseif would
fail to appear. He was to be fouiiu
aowhere nor did he show up later
ni the afternoon. When Judge Shaw
culled lh(‘ ca.'-e. Mr. Keud was tiie
only one of the party present iiiv.i
he could do nothing save submit a
statement as to the facts in the case
statement as to the facts in the case.
Thereupon Judge Shaw ordered Sher
iff Watlace urider section relat
ing to “.Attachment for Failure (o
Obey" in habeas corpus proceedings,
to i.'-sue tile iieiessary papers and im-
mediateiy apprehend Mr. Boyd and
bring him into court.
The child, Leander Wilson, w.is
given to the Boyds iibont three and
one-half years ag-j by her mothe:',
who was then almost on her death
bed as a result of tuberculosis. .-Vboui
three years ago the father made an
effort to recover the child but Judge
W. J. -\dams then held that is best
intere.sts would be subserved by re
maining where it was. The mother
;u‘ rendered the child on t oiidition thu;
it be brought to her from time to time
while she was sick. This v.-as doae
and then on her death bed. Mis. Wil
son gave it again in the charge of the
Boyds. Hence the trouble now,
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N. C. Printers to Meet.
The North Carolina Master Print
ers’ Association will hold a meeti.ig
the child over to a neighbor's Sunday
morning and that he thought that she in this city, Tuesday and Wednesdi
was merely paying a visit. Ke added of next v. jek, September 22 and 23.
that so soon as he missed her, that
he instituted a strict search but that
he could not find any traces of her
at all. He did find later a note, which
he submitted as evidence of the verity
of his story. This note is 'herewith
reproduced verbatim:
Dear Mother and Faith>;r:
I will write you a little note to toll
you all not to greave about me aAd
the baby. I’m going to take this baby
and go. I know it is viTong in the site
of God for them to have this baby the
way they have treated her. I have
the money in pienty to take care of
her ar.d me. I thought I would settle lotte Observer.
The ;st session will be held o;;
Tues.iuy ,-ifternoon at 2:30 o’clock i>i
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Al! the meetings will be inforn-nii
arid the object of same is purely edu
cational. There will be ro social en
tertainment,
A number of' qtiestion wilt be dis
cussed, there xvill he blackboard illiis-
itratioflS'-and reports of the sev^^i
comiriitteies of the association. On*j
of the features of the meeting will bs
five minute .^hop talk by the mem
bers. This is ahvays an interestirj
featut« of these gatherings.—Char-
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