KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0
JAPAN DECLARES
URGE INCREASEPAY
CANADA SENDS HER BEST TO AID OLD COUNTRY
GERMANS CUT OFF
CoT)
J
MIKADO ISSUES PROCLAMATION
FRENCH AND BELGIAN Vl
vORTH CAROLINA SENATOR ANf '
C0NGRS8MIN ARE WORK IN
tor cause, - '...'j ;
.LIES
CALLING SUBJECTS TO STAND
AM 8EPARATEO BY ARMY
KAI8ER.
BY COLORS.
APPEAL TO ARMS IS LAST GO
APPARENTLY BIG BATTLE
THE BILL IS NOV,
GERMANY W. VD W S
FRIENDLY NATIONS
OFRURALGARRIERS
.i at
Ending
Not Prom Japan Wn Ignored by I
Btrlln and Kiao-Chow Haa Bean
Praparad to 6tand Siege.
Tokio. The Emperor of Japan haa
declared war on Germany. Thla ant.
Ion was taken at the expiration of the
ume limit of Japan ultimatum to
Germany demanding the surrender of
Kiao-Chow,- The Japan Oovernment
haa ordered the beginning of opera
tions on land and aea.
The Imperial rescript declaring war
ou uermany waa mined In the evening.
It officially InauKuratei Hoatllltlaa In
the Far Eaat aa a result of Germany's
.aiiuro 10 reply to Uie Japaneaea ultimatum.
The proclamation of the Emperor
aent a thrill through the country.
Japan's" entrance upon the ful Ailment
01 ner obligations to her ally. Great
Britain, responds to the popular will
irom one end ol tbe land to the other
Cheering crowds assembled before
public buildings and at night there
were lantern processions through the
atreeta. The popular manifestations,
nowever, eo not approach the enthu
alasm which preceded the wan -with
Russia.
Count Yon Rex, the German Am
casaador, haa been handed bis pass
porta. He probably will leave for
America. George W. Guthrie, the
American' Ambassador, will represent
uermany. Tbe Diet haa been con
voked In special aesslon for Septem
ber J.
The Austrian cruiser Kalserln Eliza
beth. which latterlv waa at Tains' Tnn
the seaport of Kiao-Chow, la reported
to nave sailed. She perhaps will go
to a neutral port and disarm. It Is
believed thla action will keep Austria
out of the war In the Orient, although
unroreseen circumstances may force
Japan to change this policy. No action
haa been taken relative to Austria and
the Foreign Office has explained that
Japan will remain friendly until Aus
tria adopts an attitude .which it re
cards aa offensive.
It Is reported here that Germany
haa been trying to transfer the Ger
man Railroad in Shan Tung, China,
to America. Toklo believes, however,
mat me united States pursuing the
poucy or neutrality outlined by Presl
dent Wilson, will not accept. Presi
dent Wllson'e announcement nf nan.
trallty be greatly pleased the Japan
ese.
HJSJLA U
.1 U UHLSI .ULtli
Th MHIAKia in V. u Jn a. I . . . ' ... . . .
, u vm. lur vHiBuian volunteers lor service witn tne icngnsn army waa such that the 25,000
men required could be picked from any three of the Dominions nine military divisions. The Illustration shows
(below) members of the Halifax Rifles, the first mustered in. and (above) four of their -officers, left to right.
Captain Logan. Lieutenant Dennis. Cantata ri.rk. and l.l.,,i..i t .
GERMANS
OCCUPY
BRUSSELS AT LAST
ONLY OUTPOST FIGHTING IS OC
CURRING ON THE BATTLE
LINE.
BELGIUM CAPITAL FALLEN
Reporta Do Not Cover Caaualtlea Be
fore City Fell Price of Food la
Declining Now.
BIG BATTLE RAGES
NEWS IS BOTTLED
PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO
GET ANY NEWS AWAY FROM
BRUSSELS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN ALSACE
THE BIO BATTLE HAS BEGUN.
Allied Armies Battle With Germane
Along Twenty-Mile Line.
London. After nearly three weeks
of mobilising the battle of giants has
Roughly speaking the Germane are
trying to work around the allies' flank
In Belgium, while the French are at
tempting to apply the same process
to me uermana in Alsace.
Almost all the encounters that hare
rone before have been mere reran.
nalsancea. The defeat of a regiment
nere ana there has been proclaimed
as a great vlctorv but In this s-rannia
of hundreds of thousands most of
these alTaira have had no significance.
Official announcements from both
eldea have been extramalv mhii
far. From the standpoint of the allies
- tne important feature In Saturday's
developments Is the great battle
which began In the morning on the
Namur-Charlerol line. This Is being
lougnt on tne position chosen by the
allies. -
A German official statement cays
mat troops nnder command of the
urown i-nnce or Bavaria, fighting be
tween Met and Vosges, took 10.000
prisoners and 50 guns. It adds that
the French troops opposing the Ger
mans comniised eta-nt army mm, -
An official British statement ex
plains calmly that nothing resembling
a great battle haa been fought as yet
ana warns the people against opti
mism.
London. The Germans have at laat
occupied Brussels but In Alsace they
seem to be making no advance. The
latest report Is that the French have
recaptured Muelhausen and It atlll
seems true that after 18 days of fight
ing there are no German troops on
French soil.
On Germany's Eastern frontier there
haa been considerable outoost flo-htlna-
Which WOUld indicate that tha Una.
slans are completing their work of
concentration. There have betn no
serious collisions In this region as yet,
however. Austria Is too mtich ens-aa-
ed with Russia and with need of help
ing Germanv to make much nrno-raaa
in ner campaign agalnat Kervia.
No news whatever haa been re
ceived of any naval movements,
either In the North Sea or the Med
iterranean.
The death of Pone : Plna will ha
made the occasion for another effort
to bring about peace. It is stated
that when te conclave meets In
Rome to elect a new pope It will send
an appeal to the warring nations for
peace and will ask the United States
to aid In bringing about tranquility.
According to the few bits of news
allowed to come in from Berlin some
thing like norma conditions nrevail
in the German capital. The price of
food la declining and now that troop
movements have been completed a re
sumption of general work on railways
is beginning.
Confirmation has been l-eealvad nn
the report that Emneror William haa
ordered resistance to any effort that
Japan may make to seize Kiso-Chow,
French Cavalry Have Successful En
counter With Germans at Floren.
villa. Germane Crossing Mouse.
TROOPS IN FRANCE
NO EXCITEMENT
LONDON NOT EXCITED OVER AR
RIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS
IN FRANCE.
STOCK EXCHANGE 1$ CLOSED
CARRANZA ENTERS CAPITAL.
Mexico City. Gen. Venustlano Car-
ranza. aunreme chief nf tha MnUn
revolution and now Provisional Presl.
dent of the Republic, entered the Cap
ital
It Is estimated that more than ISO
000 persona crnowded the line - of
march of the new President and his
followers, -which extended frrnn tha
village of Atxcapotazalco to the Na
tional palace, six miles. There waa
no disorder aa General Carranza and
his staff passed through the cheering
crowds, which showered them with
flowers and confetti and from .which
came crl9g of "long live Carranza;
long live the Constitutionalist Gov
ernment
London. Dlspachea from Brussels
announce that the British, French and
KUBSlan Ministers, with their staffs
have left for Antwirn.
. The Brussels correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph Company Bays It
(a becoming practically Impossible to
get news away from Brussels aa the
censor forbids Information concerning
troop movements being published.
However. It la certain that a inmn.
dous battle Is In progress within the
area stretching trom DIest and Tirto
mont. as far aa GIvet.
The general impression here la that
no effort will be made to concentrate
for the detenae of Brussels as the at
tacking Germans would not be of suf
ncient strength to warrant such coo
centration.
Paris. The following official abate
ment waa given out:
"Latest advices are to the effect
that the French Army haa reached
Mjrhange (Morchlngen) In Alsace
Lorraine, It miles southeast of Metx.
Our advance waa verv ranld In tha
afternoon beyond the river Sellle. At
the end of the day we reached Delme.
on one aide, and Morhange on the
otner. ,
"There is little change In the sltua.
tlon in Upper Alsace. We continue to
advance In Vosges. The Germans
have retaken the village of Vllle. Our
troops have occunlert- .Chatean Sallnn
and Dleuze, but face well fortified and
strongly held positions.
'Our cavalry has had a aucceaqf.il
encounter vlth the Germans- at Flor
enville, Belgium. Large German
formes, it Is announced, are crossing
the Meuse between Liege and Namur.
Mrvne of the French brigadiers haa
asked a the- commander-lnhlnf to
make public the following facts:
'A French Hussar maria hrlannar
waa dragged by German soldiers into
an Alsatian village and his throat
waa cut before the. villagers, who tes
tify o the deed.? . . .
All Foods In London Except 8uhar
Come Down. General Routine la
'; ' Little Disturbed.
London. London displayed little
excitement when It .became known
British troops were in Trance. There
were no crowds around the bulletins
and no rush for newspapers. There
was a stolid, repressed earnest crowd
in parks where recruits drill and at
the barracks where trained soldiers
go througn evolutions.
The general routine Is' little dis
turbed, except for the unceasing
movement through the street nf
troops, ammunition trains and hos
pital corps. Tailors and saddlers are
rushed with business. The slen
'Swords, and bayoneta sharpened" ao-
pears In the cutler's windows. No.
Brussels Levied For $40,000,000
Hold French Checked and Engage
180,000 Belgians.
London. Little has become known
of the operations which put the Ger
man armv hatwaan tha Ratcrlnn tnrrtvt
'and their French allies and enabled
the Germans to occupy Brussels.
ft. la hallavari tha ftai-mana hmifo-ht
up strong forces behind their cavalry
screens and that a severe battle must
have been fought to compel the Bel
gians to abandon Brussels and retire
to Antwerp.
Whether the French fnrraa wara
engaged with the Belgians Is not
known.
No Informstlon is available as in
whether the Germans Intend to de
vote themselves to reducing Antwerp
or to an endevaor to force their way
southward Into France.
It seems, however, that 'the deter
mination is to attack the Belgian army
of 150,000 men, who' still are in or
around Antwerp. The Germans al
ready are advancing In the direction
of Ghent. They have occupied Aost,
15 miles northwest of Brussels and
Wetteren, eight miles southeast of
Ghent and apparently Intend to over
run the whole of Northern Bel
gium to the sea.
Cavalrv Datrols have baan u far aa
Mechlin fMallnasl. 14 mflaa annthanat
of Antwerp and it may be heard be
fore long that the Germane have oc
cupied Ghent and Brugiea and possi
bly even Ostend. If this is their de
cision, however, a clear Invasion of
France through Belgium must be
much longer delayed.
The German a-eneral haa Imnnaad a
war tax of $40,000,000 on the city of
Brussels.
GERMAN CANNONS CAPTURED.
by-
women or children weep as the
troops depart. -
Attendance at music holla and
theaters shows no di munltlnn and
many Americans spend afternoons or
evenings at the nlavhnnaaa "Rrltaln.
nla Rules the Waves" the "Marseil
laise" and the Russian National
anthem are nlaved bv onhaairu tha
audiences standing.
As one Highlander regiment went
Summary of Cannon Captured
- French up to Preaeht
London. In a dispatch from Paris
the Exchange Telegraph Company's
correspondent sends the 'following
summary of alleged German losses as
pnmea in i ne 1'arls Matin:
"Twenty-four cannon taken by the
Belgians from the third to the fifth of
August, at Liege. -
"Three cannon taken by the French
at Margennes, August 11.
"Six cannon taken hv tha ivanxh
at Othaln, near Spincourt, August 12.
iweive cannon taken bv tha
Bill In Congress Provldlno For in.
crease of $1,200 a Year to all Car
riers on the Standard Routes.
Washington. Tbe North (.., i.
senators and representatives in ....
gress are taking the greatest lm.'i. si
in tho fight now bfclnit made im
creasing the salaries of rural
delivery carriers. An amendment i0
the postofflce appropriation bill is
now pending In congress providing
for an Increase of $1,200 a year of
salaries of all rural carriers who n rv
patrons on what are known as p; m,i.
ard routes, or routes covering Zi
miles in extent There are a i:,r,
number 'of routes of this site in u.a
state of North Carolina and as u re
sequence, the senators and coukkvb
men from the state are doing ev ry.
thing in their power to aid in the i,
age of the amendment which wil. u
sure more money to a verv deuun i.
class of employes of Uncle Sam.
Since the Introduction" of i
amendment In congress,' North Caro
linians in congress have been flooded
with letters and telegrams asking
their assistance in behalf of the in
creased pay for the rural carriers.
Only , a few days ago, Representative
Pou of the Fourth district made a
speech in the bouse in behalf of the
rural carriers and advocating an in
crease In their pay.
Senator Simmons at the other end
of the caTMtol has been an eumaa
advocate In behalf of the lncr.
salares and is uslng-ejl his lnilui iue
in tne nope of navlng tho, amendment
favorably acted upon.
In view of the fact thajt under a
Democratic administration: tha
office department la now on a paying
basis, It would seem that there sv
be little or no oDoosltlon to ai
vance In the salaries of rural curr
vuv niKuuiuuer regiment went 1 "WD tauuoa isxen Dy tne
through the Strand, Its band played Frencn near Schlrmeck, Alsace,
Mobilize In Italv
Paris. Via London. The newspa
per uclalr aays It haa learned that
August 27 Is fixed aa the date upon
which general Italian mobilisation is
ordered. - .
Money to Belgium.
London. A dispatch to the Havas
Agency from Paris says France and
, Great Britain have agreed to advance
Belgium SIOO.OOO.OOO to aid her to face
the necessities arising from the war.
r ranee and Great Britain each will
provide half of thla sura.
Berlin Hears Deeraa.
Washington. Japan'a declaration
oi war on Germany haa, reached Ber
lin, accoruing to omciar reports re
ceived in Washington. Whether tho
: declaration waa aent by cable or wire
less waa not indicated.
j,,i..' Report Confirmed.
v " Parhv-The foreign office declar
ed that France and Great Britain had
agreed to advance to Belgium to help
her meet the demands of Germany,
, the sum of 1100 floo.ooo. Each power
WlU contribute f "Oft,,;.
Janan Exnlalna Stand. .
Waahlnston. Interference hv flat.
man cruisers witn tne sniDPinc o( Ja
pan'a ally, Great Britain, the seizure
of Japanese goods in German bottoms
and the consequent grave dislocation
of Japanese trade are the principal
reasons -set forth by Janan in exnlaln.
tng the ultimatum delivered to Ger
many recently, cable dispatches nave
contained a brief outline of tha Janan.
esa grievances, but the full text of tha
Japanese foreign office's statement on
this subject waa not available until
today. -- -. -
Shlpa Carry Small Cargoes.
New Tork. Every ship that aalla
out of New York for Eneliah nnrta
these days sails light, though England
la begging for food. The -liner Celtic
left with 5.000 tons of foodstuffs In
hold when, she might have . ea rled
16 000 tons. The Kraonland left tha,
other day with 4,500 and room for &
000 more. The Adriatic tSt. Paul m
York, Philadelphia, and others of the
13 ahips of the International Mercan
tile Marine wnlcn departed for Eng
land since the war started, have eftr
rVd light cargoes. - -'
' Pope Plus X la Dead.. -
Rome. Th Pope's death occurred
at 1:20 O'clock In the moraine. -
Grief over the war In Bnrnna cn-
ed the Pope much depression from
tne first outbreak and several dava
ago symptoms appeared of the old
bronchial affection from 'which' the
Polntlff had suffered In times past.
Hoke Smith Carries Georgia. .
Atlanta, Ga. Complete and Incom
plete returns from a maloritv of tha
counties Jf Georgia at a late hour at
night Indicated that ' United States
Senator Hoke Smith haa been noml.
nated for re-election to the Senate
over his ennonent. fnrvnar nnvo-nr
Joseph M. Brown, by an overwhelming
majority in the statewide Democratic
primary. Nomination la eaulvalent to
election. Fulton county. In which At
lanta Is located, was carried by Smith
by more than 4,000 majority.
German Ship Escaped.
New Yorkj The Garmnn hark Mil.
ador. nn the aaaa atnra Jnlv 44 a w.v
prize worth almost 2400,000 eluded
au warsnips ana ilea up m dock here.
For a week or more after the decla
ration Of war. her offlcera knaw noth
ing of It and steered their craft for
Bremen, unconscious of their risk of
Engagement Reported,
Rrnanala. An ena-aa-amant la ml
ported to have taken place In North
ern Ilmbiirs. An Important" Franee-
i "e e"- !-i. -V-," '
'Marching Through Georaia.
Private homes have haen mnvart.
ed Into hospitals and newsnaner da.
partments under tha head nf "What
Women Can Do" or some similar
caption are the busiest.
Signs are posted that Earl Kltch-
ner. Secretary for War. needs inn.
000 men for three years or to the
close of the war. -
There has .. been 'soma nrntaat
against German and Austrian waitam
at the hotels and restaurants. One
newspaper protesta against excessive
forbearance, as Instanced hv a rrnvd
at the railway station on the depar
ture of the Austrian Ambassador
singing "
Uber Alles
August 12.
"Twenty-four cannon taken by the
Russians at Stallapohenen, East Prus
sia, August 17.
'Twelve cannon taken at Gumbin
nen by the Russians, Eaat Prussia,
AUgUBl IV.
Besides these nieces nf flaid
tlllery, rapid-fire guns, ; aeroplanes
auu la motor wagons were captured."
New York in Darkness.
New York. For naarlv half t.....
. v. ... .
" "r was as dark as at night
while it was visited hv nnj. nf f a
mnflt BftVAM clnn,J , , .,
ne Austrian Ambassador r; . ' oiurips -,in its
'Deutschlond. Deutschland I ?. " 9 aeatn' a DMl0 "fflong
." . J'000 bathera In a pavillion struck bv
lightning and Injury to seven persons
uaugni in tne path of a Broadway
The stock exchange la clnaad and
the eitv la nnlat - . x
Clerka" are carrying rifles and cart-1 funawaT Buns up the known casual
ridge belts. Large business houses
announcr tnat places will be kept
icr inose wno enlist.
The newspapers are nrnnd nf tha
effective manner in which they kept
secret the movement of - trnona nf
Which much has haan anrmtaad h..
little known.
Cargoes Of train nn
sels captured In the Baltic were sold
and brought ' current nriraa. hut tha
effect waa a fall In price and esna-
i . . . -
ciaiiy in maize.
. Great Battle Not Begun.
London. As far OS- the rnrdnn nt
secrecy which the battling nations
have drawn around tha ' GVnn-..n,.
man frontiers will permit of guess
work, the great battle whtah -
ises to east Mukden and Llao-Yang In
to Insignificance has not actually be
gun. Encounters which military his
torians a month ftnm
acnoe aa "reconnolaaaneaa in fn...
are proceeding along the border. They
are heralded by both aides' as battles
and victories. In history most of them
will rank as Incidents.
Liege remains the crux of the enn.
troversy. ' The German government
haa announced that the fort hav.
been destroyed and the defenders
buried beneath their . ruins. - The
French government declares the forts
are . holding out
Fjpm Brussels come word that the
German movemmt toward the center
haa been checked; while from the
French embassy In London the state
ment haa been leaned that tk. n
man have retired from tt?e Imnnrw.
Itatv Aaka Pvnln.iM.
London. The TInma. nn,.nn4 a
of the Exchange Telegraph Company
novo. . 1 1 . 1 -- . . . .
'""i "as asuea tor a frelndly
v-" "vuuu irom Austria regarding
the landlna- of a ira. .i . .
Austrian arms at Medua, an Albanian
i, .august io. Tbe Servian min
ister, who protested tn lti v
it Austrian8 wer arming the
-u.uo aeaiuat eervia.
Checked German Caat.
London. The Cantral xi. . i...
..wwb una re
,eu a Dispatch from Paris saying
that French forcaa nofo..j . j..J"
ment of German cavlary coming from
Leopoldshoehe and Hueningen, In an
engagement near Basel. The German,
retired in the din-ti. -. . .
' - - . .uu ui o, JUOU1S
a'll V09 aeti ,n1 wounded on the
"eld. They lost most of their horseV
8ugar Reduced.
San FranCisco.-8ugar wa quoted
on of KUnd7d Welght ben- "e
,lon of 60 cenu f"" the recent price.
:. Consul Leaves Liege.
. London. Vlntn u n . i
," ":"' ne leIt "ege a week b
B 0?'"1!'""' Brussels to
to Belgium AmerlCn . Mlnl't"
INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT.
Collector Oaborn Makes Greatest Re
port In History.
Washington. According to the re
port of Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue Oaborn for the fiscal year end
ed June 30. 1914, the collections dur
ing that year were the greatest In tbe
nisiory o( the bureau. Tbe total col
lections from all sources amounted
to (380,008,893, while for the fiscal
year of 1013 thev amounted to IM.
424,453, an Increase for 1914 of J36,-
684,440. - -
. Under the corporation excise tit
210,671,077 were collected In 1914
while from tha corporation income
tax there were received $32,456,661
The amount derived from the individ
ual income tax placed on the statute
books by a Democratic Congress net
ted the Government $28,263,534.
The principal Item- comprising th
decrease In ordinary collections for
1914 was distilled spirits, amountlnf
to 14.781.165.' The increases were
22,666,116 on cigarettes and 1814,521
on fermented liquors.. ;
The internal revenue tax on cigars,
cigarettes and snuff produced rturinsj
the year 1914 179,986,639, while m
tormented uquora ztn.USl.blz were aev
rived from the Government.
j The tntal Internal revenue collec
tions in the tj&te of North Carolina
ior uie narat year ii aggression
ii.47.!rnr jn tne lounn conecn
district WneeltuLMartln tQu m
025, while Coliecjor JMtoJi
Bailey turned over to the QovenirlM.
24,784,181, In the fifth North Caro
lina district. Collector George E
Brown turned In $176,063, while hir.
successor, Alston D. Watts, collectM
$6,324,733.
tributed to the treasury of the United
States 184 ain a a roRi.lt nf the COT
poratlon excise tax, and from the cor-
poratton Income tax the state paid Is ,
K173 9A7 . Tnllnl. U Vnrih CjlTO-
Una paid a tax of $46,566 during tni
uscol year of 1914. ,
, Greensboro Boy Gets Hero Medal. '
uinauiuww-juwvn juuen, ,
vn.i..4 v i ii ,v.n nnllfnnl
hotel building a few weeks ano, l
recently made the recipient of s nui
. . L , a. m . l . t-lra I TV r:
waicu wu a gllfc oi tne vi-tio - r-
surance Company and the chain
a recent meeting .of directors of tb
Dixie Company y was called
tn tha fa. tatT k.nnt been re
warded and thtw.ctoTS decided to
do something for hlavt
(rail
'TV
V
New Call to Arms. "
tertam r1"., ' d"Wtch W
terdam the Reuters Telegram rw
Wny correspondent transmS
ucial MSOmmunlaatla . OT
ylng that aa " ... m. yleB
Tar Caldwall Cauntv Roads. , V,
Tn.l. -ThA h.ada arhlah WAPS VO" ,4
ted tor the improvement of the roadj,.
in Lovelady townahlp, this count ..C t-l)
early last spring, have at last b
Alrl n a-m.b.M k.nb and It laf UU
daratWvd that ilia mnnav will nOW be ' k
available for tho work at an early
date. Tho depression in the money
market has delayed and prevented
tK I ). ,ln tn thla time. -
rpv a i . . . tK. tnamahlDT
tuq rmu ri.ii.ui.LLC-B u a
is row i, active BreparatioaM 4
f - nent of the work. iw