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I'jvV;'1';' f - 3..'- . h.vi ? THE WEATHER IT WOULD "COST tESS partly cloudy and "J. somewhat cooler j Wednesday. Thursday fair. - VOL. XCIV 16a; Interest Centers in the Campaign the Battle Proceeding There Is the First Real Crisis the War and Will Have Vital Effect on the Outcome, Russians Fighting Austrian Army of 400,000 in' Galicia. nits CLAIM VICTORIES: British and French, According Successfully Repulsed Another German Attempt to Pene trate Their Left Center It Is Believed General Jbffre Purposely Fell Back to Choose More Favorable Ground. London, Sept. 8. The. British and French forces north and east of Paris have had further successes against the German invaders, according to the official bulletins today, while in Galicia the Russians continue with considerable success their attempt to envelope and defeat the Austrian army of 400,000 men under General Auffenberg. For the moment, at least," interest centers in the campaign In France, for it is felt that the battle proceeding there is the first real crisis of the war and .will haye a -vital effect on the outcome.. " ' " -r:-:-;r-r".j.--:i; -t- '-r- :T The allies, according to a bulletin by the French war office; have successfully repulsed another German attempt to pene trate their left center between Fere-Champenoise and Vitry-le-Francoise, where-the roads and railways are more suited to the French movements than would have been further north. In fact, it is believed General Joffre purposely fell back from Chalone so he could choose ground more favorable for his army for either defensive or offensive operations. In this he seems to have been justified, for not only was the German attack repulsed at Vitry-le-Francoise, bivt the Ger mans actually lost ground. ' This has been the scene of the heaviest fighting of the pres ent hattlp fnr nn hp frmsn riirht whirh the SP.ftm tn , have got around, General KJuck is falling back before the1 forward movement of the French and British forces toward the Marne between Meaux and Sezanne. There must have been some fighting here, however, as the French report that some prisoners were taken from the enemy. There have been many rumors of reinforcements having been sent this army of the allies." Some rumors, are that Rus sian troops actually have joined it, and; others that Indian troops took part in the fighting. These rumors, howeyer, re main without confirmation and the more thoughtful observers of the war consider that the increased strength of the allies' left wing is due to the arrival of fresh troops from England and France and to the fact that the advanced defensive army cf Paris is taking part in the operation. The French still are sticking beldw the Lorraine frontier and here, according to the war office, have repulsed a German attack on the line between Nancy and phateou-Salins. In Alsace, wheer the French advanced so quickly at the be ginning of the war, there has been a long respite from serious fighting. This is due, Jn the opinon of military experts, to the withdrawal of the Germans who were needed for the West, and probably to the return to. Austria of troops sent to 'he assistance of the Germans last month. ; . . Vhe Situation in Gall da. J" Galicia General Ruzsky," who won a signal victory over the Austrians at i-em'r erg, is continuing his attempt to encircle the army of General' Auffen ber?. Moving southwestward from wmberg, he has worked around, if he nae nrt captured the stronghold' of rZtn-ysi, whence he can get in the ear -f the Austrians, who are drawn "p n a line away from Kilico to Ja-osla-, and are Dejng threatened by "e Russian advance southward from a'lon, and Zamoso. The Austrians f, )P. in an extremely dangerous position,, and if. they .are defeated by , K-:ssian8, it will, be. a secojid Lem- t them. They, appear , to . have tiouble.s, too. Hi I " - n.n J . a. m s danereroualy ill; that there " Ternal dissensions in the dual inon p -!. a.IlQ mat ltaiy, cuigana ana feat hr-' Russia to annronriate some vOf the : t territories on her southern er. Austrian Driven Out '' of Servla. : . itns, naving anven am aus roops out of her territory, have J In- aayB in France, for. It Is F 7 That GERMANS SAY NOTHING to Official Statement, Have c"M from the north, Awhile little Montene gro, after a couple of preliminary suc cesses, is about to invade Herzogovina from the south. ! ; .1 However, Austria's biggest oppo nent, Russia, is determined quickly to subdue her so that she can pay more attention to her attack on Germany, which- is awaiting the complete brek up of the Austrian army. , , In Belgium Again. The Germans have been nusy in Bel gium again. They have taken possession-of Ghent without a .fight; and in the north they are trying to. drive back into Antwerp the whole Belgian .arnjy.the sorties of which have" been .annoying, if .not threatening.- The recruiting for Lord Kitchener's army Is growing as the days pass. The' record was reached in London when, 5,000 men joined the colors. '" "The stub bdrn .British fighting- in France5 has had much to do-with this eagerness-to Join :the army, although the bitterness aroused by the strewing of German mines, which, have . destroyed i many fishing, boats and merchant steamers,' has helped) .-" ';.-"!" V-:-" ' v'y 7 - V- Statistics published , today show tnat U ' -IV - - i" .... .-.... . . :. . . . . ' . ' V '. -i '-. 't. N. SUMMARY . Official reports from both Paris and London indicate successful movements at least for the time being by the allied armies against thepermans. London reports that the British have pushed Tjiopposing forces line of the Ourcq and Petit Morin rivers. . " - Wounded soldiers who have reached Paris tell Qf the severity of the fighting in the Champagne, country and report heavy losses. With hundreds of thousands of men engaged on both sides, the battle now in full swing to the east of Paris, promises to be the most important campaign up to the present, i In reply to the request of the' Germans for an armistice of 24 hours to bury the dead and care for the wounded, the French authorities are reported to have sent this message: -.( "We grant you rthat time to. get out of France." . Jhe,vRusk;rQQps still are" engaged in fierce combats with the Austrians in the Rawa distncRussto Fighting is almost contnuous and the outcome in this region has not been determined. France announces that it is sending reserves to Morocco to release regulars now there for service with the army in France. Christibel Pankhurst, the militant leader, has ranged herself on the side of the Prime Minister in the present critical condtiion of "the country. She says the militant women are ready to take their pjace in the Carranza and .Obregon Assent to Villa's Proposals. LATTER : HAS - . SIGNED. Bases' (or .Presldeat Wilson's Recent Assertion .ThatTltey r Would Co Operate I Is Jleveated Car- ransa to Resign?- Washingrton, Sept. 8. The basis for President' Wilson's recent assertion that' he believed Carranza and Villa would co-operate , in restoring consti tutional government in Mexico was re vealed V today when it became known that . General Obregon, personal friend of Carranza, had signed Villa's pro posals for an electoral programme. ; General Villa's proposals were laid before Paul Fuller, representative of President Wilson, at a recent confer- in rhihimhua. -The President lat er told callers the proposals did not appear unreasonable. Mr. Fuller interviewed General Car ranza in,.Mexico jbjty. today and it was reported the "first -chief '.' alsp assented to Villa's 'programme, which 'is as fol lows:. - Villa's Programme. k- . - 'That a convention of Constitution alist' army delegates be called to ar range the date of the election for congress,.-president and vice president. "That -no military man be a candi date . for President or . yice President or for 'governor of any state, "Xnat civilian take charge of the provisional government to hold elec tions. ." . "That a general amnesty be declar ed - except as to ' those who committed the crime' or participated in the assas sination of 'Madero and Suarez. "That officers of the old Federal ar my; who can show clean records, shall be taken into " the . new. national army. "That " all reforms ' shall be put through, in an energetic manner, but on a legal and constitutional basis." Carranza already has complied -with the "first proposal by -calling a general convention for October 1st to select a provisional president. ..Under the Mex ican, constitution, the provisional Pres ident -cannot c be a candidate in elec tions conducted , under his administra tion,; Carranza, therefore, if he 'wishes to become .provisional President, r will not be in office longerfthah the period necessary to conduct an election. If he resignsas first ;Chief he may. enter the Presidential ' race,;, as. his friends claim he is . not a "military man" in the accepted sense in Mexico. . y - J. Expected to .Resign. . ; Xhe belief- pre.vails ;,that. . . Carranza will resign '.In : favor of "a civilian as proposed by .Villa- and that heathen wilWwage an active campaign tor the presidency. . Villa is not' expected- tr support. Carranza at the polls. ' It ;is understood here that : Americari forces ; will not, be withdrawn -from Vera Cruz until the- election . foi t per manent President Is held,. ;iV" ' GOLDSBORO IiADT IS - PINNED UNDER BOARD. Mrs.-Charlie Iatham la Precarloun Con v i dltlon Result of Storm. . " (Special Star Telegram.) Goldaboro, N. C Sept. 8. This after-'. noon a. boara sign attacnea to-tne ieic wall of. the Henley. Furniture Company during a severe . wind and 1 electrical storm that', passed., over the city- about -5 o'clock -; became "detached and-- blew over to : the sidewalk, ; pinning, beneath same Mr. Charlie Latham, who , -was passing at the '.time, inflicting-, serldus irriiirts and at - this wTitinsr Mrs La th am ;.is In a Tpfecarlous Condition and MEXICAN CHIEFS C, WEDISTESDAY MORKIIfCr, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914 OF THE WAR back ten miles" and that the line or serve the nation in any TELLS OF Kaiser ' Wilhelm , der; Gro'sse 7. . Sunk in Neutral Waters. SMS pGE$Mm gaiain Says British High Flyer Kired Upon German Ship While She Had no Steam Describes the Battle. New York, Sept. 8. The German steamship Magdeburg, a witness of the naval engagement between the Bri tish cruiser High Flyer and the Ger man cajiverted cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off the African west coast August 26th, steamed Into this port to day. . According to her captain, S. Orgel, the Magdeburg herself was, struck by one of the High Flyer's shells after being intercepted while coaling. """the German, cruiser. '.v , , Captain Orgel asserted that the Kaiser Wilhelm der Gresse was attack ed while at anchor ip Spanish waters, neutral territory without steam up, He said 'it was reported several persons on board - the High Flyer were ; kilfed, Captain Orgel's story of his ship's experience during the ericounterrVtoid tonight, sets forth that when the High Flyer came on the' " Kaiser Wilhelm der .Grosse, the Gerinan had on -board 100 Britons 'prisonersi taken s. rfrom British prizes. Captain Orgel said the Kaiser Wilhelm der-Grossej transferr ed these prinsoners to another German coaling vessel, the Arunkas, lying wear by. v . "The English gave v the captain no thanks for this action," . commented the Magdeburg's master. , The Magdeburg left Gothenburg, Ger many, July 18th for Australia: Put ting in at Las Palmas,, Canary Islands. August 5th, Captain Orgel - received orders, he said, to deliver some of.' his coal to the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at the South end of the Bay of "Rio de Ore, on the African coast. , "This part of the ' coast belongs'- to; Spain," Captain Orgel "said: "On .August 26th, at 11:30 A. M., an English cruiser was sighted. It began to signal- 'to the Wilhelm. - . 1 j "The commander of , the German au xiliary cruiser informed . me , that- the English cruiser ordered : him to- Asnr render his ship; otherwise he wouia oDen fire As far as -I know the-Gr- man commander replied to the EngUsDt cruiser as follows: 'T "Germans Do Not Surrender " We Germans do not 'surrender.- :-! "Captain- Reymann, - commander of the Wilhelm, thereupon - Informed a' that the English cruiser .'would open fire soon and that , he therefore. ad vised, me to weigh anehor, and steam, out: of the firing line. ; -"The Kaiser Wilhelm 4er Grosse her self sould not leave her Anchoroge as she could not get up sufficient ateam to move ,'within two hours, c tit would have required .eight hours to .-have got on a full head - of setam. The reason the Vessel -had no steam -oniiwas because she was in neu tral, waters. ., -' I. .'"While I was still -engaged in weightl'ng anchor, the English cruiser began to fire, although- the 'Magdeburg-lay directly "in- the .firing line between .- the . Wilhelm and British cruiser. The English shells fell to the right and left of us but short- of their mark. Finally one shell took effect In -the forecastle of the .agde-burg- and caused great damage. ,v'Hap pilltiiomember of'- the crew was in theCtore.ca8tle.vy "-;,' vi-. t: ' s The" Wilhelm replied to the fire of the English . cruiser . with her three available guns. It was; said th Eng SITUATION allies are gaining ground on the way deemed most advisable. SKIP OF MERCY IS TO SAIL TOMORROW "Red Cross" Will Carry Relief to the Wounded. MANNED .BY JUTRALS. I. Would Have Sailed Earlier But for Ob jections of British and , French Governments to German Crew Significant. .-' ::'--'4r--.t' A--: New York, Sept!" 8. The - Red Cross, the American ship o mercy which will carry relief to the wounded on Euro pean battlefields, will sail from this port probably Thursday . morning, . it was announced tonight. Her crey will ... . . . be made up of Americans or Spaniards men of neutral nations. The Red Cross , was to have begun her voyage today, but those employed on board included, a number of Ger mans and her departure was delayed after the British and French govern ments had protested against persons of that nationality being among the crew. - "The .activity of the press has indi rectly caused a delay," Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the National Relief Board of the . Red Cross, said. "As soon as it was learned we had ac cepted the offer made by the Hamburg American Line of their steamship Ham burg, several newspapers "began to publish conjectures as to the possible violation of neutrality if a. Red Cross Ship should sail to French and English ports with ,a German or part German cre w. " ' "I have just seen the French consul general and no not expect any'trouble other than a slight delay. We are hot planning to dock at any French port. The ship will go first to : Falmouth, England, . and then to . Brest. She will only anchor In the harbor there and unload her supplies without docking." U -; The Delay Explained,. - "Washington, Sept. 8,-VThe failure of the Red Cross relief steamer Red Cross to sail from New York today, was-, due to the' refusal of. both the British 'and Freheh - governments - to -grant permis sion for the : ship to touch in territory controlled by either of these' countries i -The -British ' ambassador. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, said he, had expressed the willingness " of his igovernment to al low the .ship" to call at British : ports on condition - that it ' be an American i ship - -whieh "'would ' mean . one manned by ' JUnericans. r-iw eas" 'informed - at the last moment,, lie said, -that-while the officers were '-AjHcaxiMj-.'tS--'mpsa!mr er carried the. same crew .sh had , as the Hamburg- American; liner y: Ham burg. :;'.:.. .:'? .:.;-'; -nder .. these circumstances,, the am bassador ; said. " h did not'' feel Justi fied, in taking -the responsibility of .ap proving . the sisteamer's departure; .par- 4 ticularly 'as many; of vthe crewre Xxer- man, reservists, and has laid the" mat ter before his government.,' - ; . -. , t The incident attracted " general atten -; tion today because r "it foreshadowed Similar" action "on" the xjartof Great Britain an d France towards ships that may be purchased by . the IJnited States for its merchantmariTie.; Both gov ernments In expressing their attitude on the -neutralizationof ; ships former ly owned ? by belligerentsr suggested that the crews of these vessels ought to" be .American as they could not per mit sailors of hostile countries to enter their ports under neutral flags. and that several persons on board were killed. ' . "I myself "took fhe Magleburgrunder full steam southward - and vsoom' lost tight of both vessels. When-" we saw the Wilhelm last she was listed heavi ly to port. .1 had -the impression she H U W D R EDS 0 F THOU SAW D S Battle Proceeding East of Paris Appears to Be the Most Impor taiit and Most Stubbornly Fought Combat of the Cam paign -Military Authorities Decline to Indicate . Number of -.' .T ,"( ; GERMANS REQUEST AN "We Grant You That Time to Get Out of France" Is Said to Have Been the Response of Refusal Casualties Seem to Have' Been Very GreatGerman Wing, While Retreating, Offers Sternest Resistance. Paris, Sepi 9, 12:40 A. M. The battle proceeding to the! east of Paris appears to be the most important and most stub bornly fought combat of the campaign. Military authorities decline to indicate the number of men engaged, but hundreds of thousands are participating on both sides. - ; i According to those in position to obtain ; authentic informa- tion, the, casualties have been so great that the Germans have requested an armistice of 24 hours. The armistice was re fused 'with the response: "We grant.you that time to get out of France." An official communication issued by the war office shows that the Germah wingj while retreating before the allies, has ferei ttevsternest - unsuccessful counter attacks. ; : " ; The fighting today extended along both the Ourcq and Marne rivers'. In the latter region the British forces have en gaged in a strong offensive in undulating country. The position of the allies has been exceeding difficult, in thj? center of the ally forces several encounters have occurred, ending the-days with varying fortunes, which, however, are regarded as more favorable to the allies than to their ad versa- nes. ' " ' . - . PARIS VEIW OF SITUATION "At No Place Have We Fallen Back; The Enemy IIbm Lost Ground Paris, Sept 8. The following official communication bearing on the righting now ' in progress to the east of the capital, was made public tonight. "The left wing, of the allied armies, comprising certain portions of the forces, now defending Paris, continues to make, progress 'against the enemy. "The French" advance reaches from the banksi of the . river Ourcq to the Montmirail region, (Montmirall is about 48 miles east of Paris.) The enemy is retiring in the direction of the river Marne, - between" Meaux (20 miles east of Paris) and, Sezanne , (42 miles east from Meaux.) "The-French and the English armies have taken numerous prisoners, in cluding " a" battalion ' of, infantry and a company; serving : a detachment of rapid fire guns; they captured also many gun carriages., , "There have been violent encounters with the enemy on. the centerbetween Fere Champenoise, (12. miles east of WILSON ASKS THE PEOPLE TO PRA Y FOR PEA CE IN EUROPE The President Issues Proclamation Setting Aside Sunday, Oc tober 4th, As a Day of Prayer and Calls Upon the Nation to Observe It in Behalf of Peace. 1 Washington, - -Sept. : . 8. President Wilson today ..signed "a proclamation, calling oil .the people of . fhe United StatM " .--JPtar jtySp ln Europe. The "proclamation- sets aside Sunday, October 4th, as a day .of prayer. ' ? The President's - proclamation fol- ; ''Whereas, Great nations of the world .-have ;'taken ' up arms against one another .and wat ffow ; draws mil lions of tnen .lnto-Jbattle - when the counsel -f of .; statesmen - have ' not bert able' to save from the terrible sacrifice ; "Andi Whereas,- " la- this, as in all things, it. is our: privilege and duty to seek counsel- artd : succor of Almighty; God humbling- ourselves ; before- Him. confessing our weakness and pur lack of any wlmdoni equal to the; things, : ' "And Whereas- It is the special wish and longing' of the -people of the United State's, Tn- prayer and 'counsel and all friendliness, -to "serve the' cause of peace, ' t. - 'Therefore; I, r-! Woodrow ; Wilson, President of the United -j, States of America;- :"d9r; designate Sunday, ; the fourth day of October "next;- a "; day of prayer and-' supplication ' and ' do re quest -all 'God-fearing, persona to 're- I plar thaty , their places of To keep your store open bat three days a week -out it wouldnt pay so well. This same araiiiHent applies to 'spasm odic' advertising. , . WHOLiE NUMBER 13,75.3 Men Engaged. ARMISTICE OF 24 HOURS Sezanne) . and Vitry-Le-Francois, the southern point of the forest of Armon ne. (Vitry- Le- Francois is 27 mile east of Fere Champenoise.) "At no place have we fallen back; ' the enemy has lost ground. - "The reported retiring of the enemy hear Vitry Le Francois has been con firmed. .-. ": 1 "-' ; "' ' "On our right, a division -of German troops delivered an attack on the axis t of Chateau ' Saline Nancy but they were repulsed to - the northern, passing the forest -of : Champenoux. - "Further to the east our troops re occupied, the crest of Mandry and the peak of Fourneaux. "There has been no change in the situation in the province of Alsace' " - ' "The left wing of the German forces, in their movement of retreat, having crossed the . Petit Morin river, with a view to protecting their communica tions, have made violent but unsueess ful attacks against that part of our forces occuping the right bank of the river Ourcq. ' ' -'"Our English allies are continuing . their offensive tactics in the direction (continued on Page Two.) worship, there to unite their petitions to Almighty God, that, dverruling the counsel of men, setting straight the things they cannot govern orf alter, taking pity on the natidns now in the throes -of conflict, in His mercy and goodness,' showing a ,way' where men cart see none, vouchsafe His children healing peace again and restore -oAce more that concord among men and na tions without i which . there - can : be neither happiness nor ; thue friendship, . nor any wholesome fruit - of tell, or thought, in $he 5 world, praying also to this and' that -He. forgive us our sins, , our .; ignorance ' of His holy will, our wilfulness and; many errors, and lead us in thexpaths of obedience"- to places of - vision And 'to thoughts and counsels that -purge and make Wise. , k : r, "In I witness whereof, I haveherA-, unto set-my hand and authorized the seal of the United States to be affixed, f'TJone at the CityX of .Washington this eighth day, of September,' in the , Sear of Our . Lord one . thousand nine : undred and fourteen, and, of the Inde pendence of the ' United- States of America, the bhe hundred and - thirty ninth. ' . , "WOODAOW WJLSON.- ' "(Signed) , . j i "By the President: "WILUAM JENNINGS BRTAN; , .V - ecreUry of State-'a -
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