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THE GAXETTS-NWS HAS TH HOST EXFKNSIVS A8SOCIAT ED PRESS BBRVICB IN THt :t . CAROLINAS tl It WEATHER FOBECASTi UNSETTLED WEATHER. VOLUME XIX. NO. 150 ASHEVILLE, NC, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 4, 1914 - PRICE FIVE CENTS .... -- :' - f FRANCO A 2nd ULTIMATUM SENT TO BELGIUM Rumor That Germany Has Actually De clared War On Little Belgium Is In Circulation MOBILIZATION OF SWISS COMPLETE Japan May Be Forced to Participate If War Should Extend To The Far East London, Augu. 4. Great Britain today sent a practical uitimatium to Germany demanding a satisfactory reply by midnight tonight on the subject of Belgian neutrality. , Berlin, Aug. 4. Germany served notice on the United States today that a' "state of war" exists between France and Germany. That is tantamount to a declaration of war, differing from the latter' only technically. Brussels, Aug.' 4. Rumors were in circulation today that Germany had actually declared war on Belgium. German troops crossed the frontier at Gemmenieh, near the junction of the Dutch, Belgian and German frontiers. London, Aug. 4. A second ultimatum sent by Germany to Belgium declared that Germany was prepared, to carry through by force of arms if necessary any measures she con sidered essential Tokio, Aug. 4. The Japanese foreign office today issued a statement taht if the war extends to the far east and Eng land is involved, Japan may find it necessary to participate in fulfillment of the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Berne, Aug. 4. The military mobilization of Switzer land has been completed. Every able-bodied man has res ponded to the colors and evry railway bridge and mountain pass is occupied. London, Aug. 4. Germany' reply to Sir Edward Qrey speech Indicat ing the British attitude with regard to the violation of Belgian neutrality s a second ultimatum from Bel Hn, saying Oermany was prepared to carry through her plans with force If necessary. The British govern ment was Informed that German troops had Invaded Belgium and that the violation of that country neu trality which the British foreign sec retary yoaterday intimated must be followed by British action, had be come an accomplished fact. The dtermlnaUon of the British government to be prepared for any outcome of this grave situation was further evidenced today when the proclamation mobilising the army was read from the steps of the royal exchange. Meantime John Burns has resigned from the British cabinet and Viscount Money's absence from Its meeting to day Indicated that this other strong Peace advocate also had withdrawn. Diplomatic relations had been sev ered last night between Oermany and France and the Oerman ambassador In Having Paris, Informed the French . Premier that Germany regarded her eof as In a state of war with France hlch required- Oermany to hand the French ambassador in - Berlin his passport. The open breach between France and Oermany was rapidly followed by the appearance ot Oerman troops on French territory and by an excursion of bomb throwing aeroplanes was wee evident. A more tangible waa the bombard ment of a French military school at Nona by a OeTman cruiser which, however, retired before doing dam ate. It I now cruising around the Mediterranean where It I being ought by a number of rrench war reeeela, Precautionary measures In lw of possible later developments ere being taken. This became known through a suggestion Issued by the admiralty to Itrltlsh ships, bound for continental port north of Callala Thes were advised t divert thrtr eon, toward the United Kingdom. Fighting between Austria and Sr !, the original combatants In the .War whlnrt hae spread over the greater part of the European main I indicated In report fromNlsa where the Balkan nation was victori ous In a battle yesterday. To American. Paris. Auir. 4. Ttafnra leavlnr the anlt1 InMt nlirht the 0rmin amhas- sador, Baron von 8choen, Intrusted the affairs of the Oerman embassy and those of Bavaria, to the Ameri can mho unrtnr. Mvron T. Herrlck. In accordance with Instructions re ceived when he waa told to demand hi passport. Sweden' Position, ntriekhntm. Auir. 4 It waa stated today that both Oermany and Russia made inquiries on Sunday a to whether Sweden would remain neu tral. The flnlster declined to say what 'reply was given but they are nnnrln in defend the nations' neu trality. Germany's ultimatum created a deep Impression Here ana it is oe lleved .that If a similar ultimatum were addressed to Sweden she would follow the had In refusing to aid Oermany. To Warn Ships. Philadelphia. Am. 4. Sir Wilfred Powell, the British consul In Phila delphia, today received from Sir Ed win Orey, foreign minister In Lon don, the following message! "Urgent You should warn British merchant ships not to proceed to or enter Oerman port until further no tice, British ships being detained already In Oerman por-" War Eipcnso Kill. t.4. An. I -Tha French gov ernment today prepared several bills to meet expense or tn war ana w regulate business. One will authorise h. n.nit nt Franca to Increase Its note Usue to IJ. 600.000,000. On July 10 the note amounted to about 111 AAA AAA tv. i i in aienmt the bank Of rrnnt navln OUt tOitt t X- rhenea for It notes In other words it,, aamr.nfflplal summary of the hill sey "to iiihoriie the retention of the currency." A ectAid measure will xlnd he moratorium to other debts. Including hause rents. The government will wk for ratification of an agreement wHh the bank of Franc by which funds - k auannad hv It to the govern ment The government will also re quest parllafent to eitena in nww sary credit to meet expense and to (Continued en Page nine). GERMAN E REACHES PORT Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 4. The North Oerman Lloyd steamer Kron Prinzessin Cecelle, carrying more than $10,000,000 in gold and whose where abouts , baa been more or less of a mystery since she sailed from 'New York last Tuesday, arrived in the harbor here today. The Cecelle dropped anchor at 6 o'clock this morning after a forced run of four days, her officers tearing capture. With her cargo of ten millions in gold and a million in silver consigned to England and French bank and with an estimated value of over $5,000,000 on herself, the Kron Prin zessin Cecelle has constituted prob ably the finest sea prize afloat. She crept along the Maine coast and Into the harbor under cover of the night The decks, at each porthole, was blanketed so that not a gleam of light betrayed her whereabouts. Her four stout stacks had been tipped with black paint so that she resembled an English steamship. At one time cap ture seemed Imminent. Capt. Charles Polack reported on Sunday that he had intercepted a wireless from one French vessel to another, giving warning of the Cecelle's proximity; but under protection of a providential fog the North German Lloyd liner escaped. The Cecelle left New York early last Tuesday morning, bound for Bremen via Plymouth and Cher- borg. She had. 850 first class, 125 second class and S60 steerage passengers. About a third of the first class were Germans. Most of the rest were American. Friday night when a dance was In progress one of the passenger no ticed that the position of the moon had unaccountably changed to -the port side of the ship. Before the sig nificance of this was realized, the captain called the men Into the smok ing room. "Qentleiien," he said, "war has been declared between England, France. Oermany and Austria; we are going back to America. We have enough coal for our return home ana It Is my earnest hope that we shall not be Intercepted by foreign vessels." There was nervous laughter, plause, oaths, congratulations protests but all this gave way crave state of apprehension a war ap and to a the seriousness of the situation became apparent Electric lights were turn ed off and the ship wa covered from prow to stern In a shroud of canvas. A group of financier aboard of fered to buy the hlp and sail her un der American colors. But to all ap peals the captain replyed that his duty was spelled by his orders from Bremen which Instructed him to turn back and ssve his ship. For two nights with her head end side light extinguished and every other Illumination blotted out with canva. th Kron Prlniessln Cecelle plunged through the fog with unre duced speed and without sounding her fog horn. Captain Polack' explanation io a group of passengers who protested against running fast In the face of danger, was that he proposed to save his ship. He did not consider It dan serous a he was not on the usual path. For a time the protest of the passenger threatened to take the form of, a written demand that the captain reduce the speed of th ship. The captain' only concession ws to sound th fog horn. Whn th vessel steamed safely Into Bar Harbor this morning, h recived a lor.g lln of psssenxer who congratulated him on his achievement Captain Polack I a lieutenant commander In tli Oerman naval reserves. Wilson Seek Wvoree, L. O. Wilson filed a complaint In Superior court thl morning In which ha seeks a divorce from Maud L, Wilson on atatntory ground. LTMATUM ItltltKHKftKKKKsiXKItKltKft .It H WAR BULLETIN S. t ' ft Rome, Aug. 4. Operations on the bourse were today indefinitely sus pended. , . ... Vienna. Austria. Ane. 4. The United States embassy here ha un dertaken the protection of French citizens resident In Austria-Hungary. Brussels, Aug. 4. The newspaper Chronlque announces that the Belgian authorities have seized the wireless Installation set- np by the German school In the Belgian capital. Falmouth, Eng., Aug. 4. The Kron Prinzessin Cecelle, of the Hamburg American line, which left New York July 25, for Hamburg, put in here to day. She bears the same name as the North German Lloyd stealer which reached Bar Harbor, Maine, tills morning. London, Aug. 4. Dowager Em press Maria Feoronia, of Russia is said to have - reached Copenhagen whence she will try ti get to St. Petersburg by Sweden and Finland. She was on her way to the Russian capital after a visit to England, when she was turned back. London, An. 4. Viscount Morley of Blackthorn did not attend today's meeting of the British cabinet coun cil and this was taken as indicating that he had resigned his office as lord president of the council. Stockholm, Aug. 4. A bill pro posing a moratorium, was Introduced In parliament today.' "There arc 3,000 Russians here with no possibility of their being able to return- home'.t; ssiATfi. Berlin. Aug. -4- A- special train carrying all the securities of the Na tional Bank og Belgium left here for Brussels during the night New Orleans, La., Aug. 4. The French line steamer which yesterday was ordered to unload quickly, load bunkers with coal and report to the French consul here was still In her berth today. ' ' Paris, Aug. 4. Nearly 2,000 Amer icans are to sail for America on the French liner France, whose ofneers have consented to give' np their berths to accommodate passengers. Jean Jules Jusserand, ambassador to the United States has booked passage on tills vessel. ' Alexandra, Egypt, ' Aug. 4. Branches of national banks suspend ed business here today.' New York, Aug. 4. The Belgian steamer Vatcrland of the Red Star line arrived today from Antwerp and Dover. She sailed before the war broke out so that tlie passengers knew only what they beard by wire less from this side. Gibraltar, Aug. 4. The British Orient liner Otway, carrying passeng ers and malls from London to Aus tralasia, arrived here this morning and found orders that she was not to h-j continued on licr voyage. - Washington, Aug. 4.-A committee of senators and representatives . met here today at the rail of Senator Hoke Smith to discus means for pre serving the cotton crop prices in the south. KANSAS IS HOLDING STATEWIDE PRIMARY Topeka, Kas., Aug. 4. Kansas Is holding Us fourth state-wide primary today. Women are voting for all of ficers for the first time. They ar represented by several state and con gressional candidates. The women have forced every candidate to de clare himself on national prohibition and national suffrage. Mrs. Llzzls Sheldon appeared as a non-partisan candidate for Justice of the Supreme court Congressman Victor Murdock la the only Progressive candidate for United States Senator. Senator Jo seph L. Print ow Is having strong op position In his fight for the Repub lics n re-nomlnatlon. Seven demo crats seek the senatorial nomination. George H. Hodges ha no opposition for re-nomlnation a a democrat for governor. Steamer Arrive. New Tork, N. Y.. Aug. 4. Arrived: Steamer Vanderland, Antwerp. ltltlKttlftlltllltltft Washington, Aug. 4. Freder- t Irk K. Delano, of Chicago, ha t accepted a place on th federal t reserve board. Prealdsnt WD- t son will send his nomination to t th senate today. t Kt.Hnl!lllt NAVAL FRANCE IS SHELLED French Territory Penetrated at Three Points By Germans Bombs Are Dropped on French Town i T Berlin, Aug. 4. Responsibility for the war in which Germany, Russia and France is now engaged is placed squarely on the shoulders of Emperor Nicholas, in a "white book" issued by the German government and given prominent notice in the press today. While negotiations looking to a peace ful way out of the difficulties were pending, Russia, it is charged, in vaded Germany and a few hours later France opened hostilities. The Ger man emperor, it is set forth, in re sponse, to the suggestion from Lon don ' and - the . appeal of the Russian monarch, was using his Influence at Vienna to satisfy Russia regarding the intentions of Austria in Servla, but in that very hour Russia waa mobil izing her army. After a fruitless ap peal to Emperor Nicholas to abandon his warlike preparations and so avert peril to civilization, the German gov ernment on the afternoon of ,July 31 Instructed its ambassador at St Pe tersburg to give notice that Germany would mobilize unless Russia suspend ed her military measures Inside of 12 hours. France was given 18 hours in which to declare whether she would remain neutral in a war. The white book continues: "The Imperial ambassador In Rus sia made the communication known to M. Sazonoff, minister of foreign af- fairs at, midnight on the day it was re ceived. After the time allowed for ac tion had elapsed, at S p. m August 1, the emperor ordered the mobiliza tion of the army and navy. "The Imperial ambassador mean while had received a commission to advise the Russian government of a declaration of war If the latter had not made satisfactory endeavors be fore the time allowance was up. Be fore this commission arrived Russian troops had crossed the frontier on the afternoonof August 1 and advenced on German territory. From this time on Russia has furthered the war against us. "In the meantime the imperial am bassador In Paris had placed the In quiry with which he was commission ed before the French cabinet at T p. m., on July 81, On August 1 at 1 o'clock In the afternoon the Frencn prime minister communicated an am biguous and unsatisfactory answer which gave no clear Idea of the at titude of France as tha author con fined himself to declaring that France would do what her interests bade her to do. "A few hurs later the mobilization of the entire army and navy was or dered. On the next day France opened hostilities." Defendant Not Guilty, At a hearing held before Magistrate B. L. i-yda this morning Gilbert Shade, colored, wa found not guilty of larceny and E. W. Pearson, col ored, the prosecuting witness, was Uxed with the costs of the action. Shade was brought her yesterday from Saluda by Deputy Sheriff Gay Williams on a warrant sworn out by Pearson, In which he charged that Shade had stolen several articles from his office. Missouri Election. St Louis, Mo., Aug. 4. Voters of all political parties took parti In a state-wide primary to name a candi date for a United States senator, six teen state congressional place. Su preme court judge, Circuit judgeships and other ofneers. Interest centered chiefly In the contest of Senator Wm. J. Stone for the Democratic re-nomlnatlon. Mrs. K. Roosevelt lit New York, N. Y., Aug. 4 Mrs. Kermlt Roosevelt Is III In New York hospital of typhoid fever. Th attack I said to be a mild one. Mrs, Roose velt Is the daughter of Joseph B. Wlllard. ambassador to ScaJo, 1 STATION OF AUSTRIAN TROOPS INVADING BELGIUM Servian Troops Defeat Austrians With Heavy Loss" Attempt To invade Repulsed. London, Aug. 4. The German cruiser Bresleau bom barded French naval station at Bona, Aligera, at 4 o'clock this morning, afterward steaming off at full speed in a wes terly direction, according to a dispatch received at French embassy here. - .,-.. Paris,; Aug. 4. A German army aeroplane last evening dropped three bombs on the French fortified town of Lune ville to the southeast of Nancy. Some property damage was caused but there were no Paris, Aug. 4. German troops today crossed the frontier ; near Mars la Toure, where one of the Franco-Prussian war was London, Aug. 4. Austrian invasion of Belgium territory Liege, according to a dispatch by the French legation at Brussels. London, Aug. 4. The house $525,000,000 for emergency in fiv minutes without a dissenting voice. Washington, Aug. 4. President Wilson today issued a proclamation of neutrality. Paris, Aug. 4. General of the French army left today Paris, Aug. 4. The Germans have penertated French territory at two points. They first entered at Longla- vilie, In the department of Muerthey Et-Moselle, a part of Old Lorraine, near Long way and later Invaded Cirey-Sur-Vezouze In the same de partment. The German entry Into the duchy of Luxemburg was headed by 35 automobiles filled with officers. these being followed by cavalry in force. German troops continued through out the night to harray the French outposts along the frontier by mak ing numerous rams into French ter ritory. The French, however, refused to be drawn beyond the six mile sone left unoccupied along the frontier. Austrians Repulsed. Paris, Aug. 4. A dispatch from N'lah, Servla, to the Matin say the Austrian troops were defeated with heavy loss In a battle against the Sen-Ian on Sunday near Semendrla, Three regiment of Austrian Infan try comprising nearly 10,000 men supportej by heavy artillery, advanc ed against the Servian. They were repulsed, leaving many dead and wounded on the field. A large fore of Austrian, aided by a flotilla of monitor, composed of 10 vessel ha been trying for the last six day to cros the river Save Into Servian territory but ha not suc ceeded In landing. Warship Ashore, Copenhagen, Aug. 4. A Russian warship Is aground at Alland Ulend, She Is the Andrle Pervosavannyl, It Is said, a battleship of 17,400 tons laid down In 1901. A dispatch from Stockholm yeater day said th Russians had been de feated In a naval engagement oft the Alland Islands, the Russian vessels later taking refuge In th Oulf of Finland. Notion of War. Washing-ton, Aug. 4. Th notice from the German consul at Newport Is practically th asm a th an nouncement In Berlin last night by th Oerman premier In which he sought to place upon France full re sponsibility for the beginning of hos tilities. Th nolle Justifies th United State and other neutral countries It, th Issit of formal proclamations of net XJUty and sets In fotlon all legal to empower th casualties. , of the most important battles .' fought. troops today made a further near Venders, to the esat of to the French embassy here ' of commons today voted purposes and passed several bills . Josef Joffre, commander in chief for the frontier. German government Itself to proceed as in the case of an actual declara. tion of war. The only difference noted , here between the two forms Is thai the "state of war" announcement ertlll relieve the German government of liability for Initiation of hostllitle such as has been attempted by th issue or an official statement which puiiik uKuio largely in negotia tions which must come at the end of hostilities. WIRELESS, NEW YORK TO EERMANYJTDBE CLOSED Will Not Ouerate From 7f Of Violating Neutrality Laws, It Is Said. , New York, N. Y. Aug. 4. Th trans-Atlantic wireless station at Tuckerton, communicating direct with a tower at Hanover, Oermany, and not witn snips at sea, I to be closed because of th fear that to remain open would be a violation of neutral ity law. Thl announcement wa mad today after receipt of meaaa. ges that the Oerman government had closed the Hannover tower and also th Telrfunken tower at Naven. Oer many, with which th Savlll, L. L, tower communicated Indirectly. Th Savlll tower will continue to com municate with ships at sea but ha no direct communication with Oer many. Th manager of th Tuckerton tower considered thst If they . sent even the most Innocent Information of th war development It might be construed by enemies a a hostile act. K. of C. Open Convention. St Paul, Minn., Aug. 4. With del egate present from all part of th United State and several from other countries, th annual convention of the Knight of Columbus opened her today and will continue tbrotuh Thursday,
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