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GERMAN CRUI!
BY A RUSSM
BOAT YESTI
Germans Displayed Poor Ma
Belgians In Complete Pc
* f Cavalry Annihilated.
Portugal Will 1
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Austria Declines To Aid Geri
lng Army Of 40,0X1 Lande
log Against Capital
"V (By the United Prow.)
Brussels, Aug. 8.?The war office
declares that the Gerpron artillery
Are at Liege, while very severe, there
was comparatively very little damage
done. This Is attributed to the poor
marksmehshlp of the Germans. From
the same eource, viz: the war office.
It Is stated that deeplte the fact thai
one hundred and Awanty-flve thousand
Germans w?re engaged, they
were unable to make any decided
Impreeekxn oh Liege. The German
prisoners are moetly members of the
eavdry. The war eplrlt here is en
uiuaiwmv. ITUCU Uie SllttCR. stl IUB
Gernans was renewed the whole German
army wee engaged. In the forts
there is still plenty of ammunition.
Belgians reinforcements are on their
way here.
WAR ON PORTUGAL.
(Lisbon, Aug. 8.?The German foreign
office has peremptorily demanded
of Portugal to at once define Its
attitude towards Germany.
It Is expected that as eoon as the
German government learns of the
action of the Portugal Parliament
that Germany will declare war
against Portugal.
. ? - BUNK.
Paris, Aug. 8.?Newspapers here
today prints stories to the effect
that the German cruiser Algsburg
which has been bombarding libau j
has been sunk by a torpedo boat off
Russia.
RUSSIANS BURN CITIES.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 8.?The cavalry
Is having almost constant skirmishes.
The German advances are
supported by the mountain artillery.
A Russian raiding party have burned
Narslm and llllovo is authenticated
here.
ANNIHILATE GERMANS.
(By the United Preas.)
t BrueselB, Aug. 8.?General Leman,
who is commanding the army defending
Liege, has absolutely refused
the request of the Germans for an
armistice. All the forts about too
city of Liege are still lutact and the
Belgians have.complete possession of
the city. The war office has declared
that the Burgomaster of Liege saved |
the city from complete destruction
when he permitted a big detachment
of the Germans to enter In the circle
of the fortifications and then
overwhelmed them with a deadly and
heavy fire from the fortifications.
The Belgians this morning made a
daeh from the forts and practically
annihilated a division of the German
cavalry, whioh had crossed the river
Muse and preparing to make a
charge.
SHOT OWN SOLDIERS.
Paris, Aug. 8.?The French government
has conferred the legion of
honor on the defenders of Liege. It
Is officially announced here from the
foreign war office that Montenegro haH
declared war on Austria. The war
office says that the Czech soldiers of
the line have been shot by the Austrian#
for refusing to go to the
front.
ST. PETERSBURG ODJKtT.
/ Copenhagen, Aug. 8.?It is report\
ed here that the German invading
army of forty thousand have Just
landed at Ekenaes, Finland, and that
they are now marching against the
capital. ' It is thought that St. Petersburg,
Russia, Is their objective point
STANDS BY ENGLAND.
Lisbon. Aug. 8.?Parliament has
adopted a revolution announcing that
Portugal's Intention is to stand by
England.
AUSTRIAN'S FORCED OUT.
(Nish, Aug. 8.?The war office horo
declares that all the Austrl&ne have
been forced out of Servia. The
Crown Prince, commanding the Servian#,
has now assumed the offanaiva.
. GERMAN GENERAL ENRAGED.
Brhesule, Aug. 8.?General Von
t Smttlcfc II onreaed At the retuwl to
ftmnt an areiutloe and he haa order&??&??**.
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SER SUNK ~
lN TORPEDO
iRDAY, REPORT
rkmanshlp At Battle Of Lies e
isaesaton Of The City. German
M' is <
Llso Aid England
many Against England. Invadd
At Ekenaes, Finland, Marched
his entire army against Liege. The
Germane are advancing over the
open spaces accurately mapped out
for thorn -etbd determined upon by
the Belgian defenders.
CANT TRANSPORT TH KM.
(By the United Press.)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 8.?Amorlean
citizens are not being detained
In Germany bocause of any order issued
by Emperor William, but because
it is an utter Impossibility Just
at this timo to transport them. Secretary
of State W. J. Bryan was
given this information this afternoon
iuo vsi uimi Liiai^e uc-nuniivo.
MADE W Alls HI I'.
London. Aug. 8.?The work of
converting the Cunard steamship
Aquitanla into & cruiser began today.
GERMANY AGGRESSOR.
(By tre United Press.)
8t. Petersburg, Aug. 8.?Tho Rusaion
government has today made
public oopies of Ita coresponde'nce
that passed between It and the German
government preliminary to tho
declaration .of war. The government
has ieeued a ptatoment declaring
that Germany was the aggressor
in the conflict. '
AUSTRIA DECLINES AID.
(By the United Press.)
Rome, Aug. 8.?A declaration has
been made hore by the Italian officials
that Austria has declined to aid
Germany in her war with Germany.
They further say that a German
cruiser was expelled from Messina
yesterday, according to wireless dispatch.
They asked the Austrian
fleet to their assistance in their strugn
1A Till. FAnil^l m.l a A a* rnfu?.l
The Austrlans state that they have
not declared war against England.
The result Is that the Germans are
In a desperate position with the combined
French and English fleets between
them and the Austrian'3 base
near Trieste.
GERMANY PROTESTS.
(By.tho United Press.)
Washington, D. C., Aug. 8.?The
German 'charge here states that he
haa received a protest from the German-American
Chamber of Commerce,
New York, against tho action
of the United States in maintaining
atstrict censorship over German
wireless stations, while permitting
cable mereages to go to France. They
elate that tho English are uncensored.
No action as yet haa been
taken on the protest as yet.
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BAYONET STEEL ORDERS.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 8.?A local
Arm haa received orders from Austria
and from Servla for quantities
of the quality of steel used In the
manufacture of bayonet* and scabbards.
It Is reported that the Crucible
Steel Company has been asked
by Austria for 100,00 pounds of
flexible steel. Steel orders are coming
into Pittsburg plants In volume
sufficient to begin full operation of
many mills.
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Mrs. W. T. Swindell and childrenhare
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Among the host of interesting
characters in George Kleine's marvelous
pliotodrama, "Quo Vadis,'
which comes to the New Theatre on
Friday, April 14th. none are more
enjoyed and respected by the audiences
than Sig. Castellan I as
Ursus, tho giant slave so thoroughly
devoted to his mistress Lygia. He
cotnpletoly realizes in his appearance
height and muscular poweri all that
our mind pictures of the physical
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CHURCH 1
TmnuniM
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Thore will be regular services at
the Christian church tomorrow morning
and evening at 11 a. in. and 8
p. m., with preaching by the pastor.
Rev. Robert V. Hope. Tho music
will be one of the features at both
services. liible School, W. O. Ellis,
superintendent, will meet promptly
at 10 o'clock. A full attendance of
all members is desired. All strangers
in the city have a cordial invitation
to worship at this church.
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TOMORROW
On account of the absence of the
pastor, Rev. H. B. Searight, who is
spending with his wife and child,
his annaual vacation in Western
Carolina, there will be only one ser
vice at the First Presbyterian church
tomorrow at 11 o'clock which
will be conducted by Mr. John B.
Sparrow, cashier of the Savings &
Trust Company. Sunday school will
meet at the regular hour, *9:45 a. m.,
C. M. Brown, Jr., superintendent.
All are cordially Invited to be present.
VISITORS TODAY.
Among the visitors to the city today
are John A. Book. Ollead; J. B.
Peed, R. r. D. No, 1; J. N. Hill, T
M. Guthrie, and Fred von Eberetein,
of ChooowLnlty, "N. C.
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ATTRACTI
IIto Drama "Qu
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ruwnmg reat,
j giant who could uplift trees anil even t
tear a huge bull asunder. Sasteh d
lanl was not aft actor until he posed C
lor this photo-drama. a
- "Wren the Cines stage director? d
| cast the play, they founl no difficulty t
In securing great actors for the vari- k
ouh characters of the story until they It
came to Uraus. There they were r
blocked. In all the dramatic profes- a
sion of France and Italy there was
not a man who could anyway ap- 1;
proach the realization of Sienkic- t
wotc's modest hero. They were about d
mm 1
DECIDE THE
KAISER SAYS
Berlin (via London.)?This
proclamation by Emperor William to
the German nation was published b
yesterday: Ii
"Since the foundation of the Gcr- L
tnan Empire it has been for forty- j;
three yeaTS the object of the efforts ()
or myseir and my ancestors to pre- a
servo the peace of the world and to y
advance by peaceful means our bj
vigorous developments.
"Our adversaries, however, are j,
jealous of the success of our work. ai
and there has been latent hostility cj
to the East and to the West and bo- c|
yond the seas. ^
"This has been borne by us til!
now, as we were aware of our re- p
sponsibility and our power. ' R
"Now, however, these adversaries ^
wish to humiliate ub, asking that we tl
should look on with folded arms and a
watch our enemies preparing them- g.
selves for the coming attack.
"They will not sufTer that we n
maintain our resolute fidelity to our
ally, who is fighting for her position
as a great power and with whose humiliation
our power and honor would
equally be lost.
"So the sword most decide.
CAIiI,N tiEKMANS TO ARMS.
"In'the midst of perfect peace the p
enemy surprise? us. Therefore to l(
arms!
"Any dallying and temporizing p
would be to betray the Fatherland.
"To be or not to be 1s the question
for the empire which our fathers
founded. To be or not to be is
the question for Gorman power and
German existence. o
"We shall resist to the last breath f
of man and horse, and we shall fight h
out the struggle even against a world *
of enemies. p
"Never has Germany been subdued
when she was united.
"Forward, with God who will'be
with us as He was with our ances- I j
tor?!" i
AILY
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AUGUSTS 1914
ON NEW 1
:Hf ^
?
o Vadis" Exhi
Here Friday .
0 give up In despair when one of the aj
ifrectora happened to run across dJ
'astellani who was earning a living pi
s a wrestler and had Jumped sud- pi
lenly into prominence by throwing w
wo of the largest and most powerful ni
:ing? of the mat In Sicily. In fact, pi
1 developed later that he had a
oputntion all over Southern Europe pi
a an herculanean athlete. d<
The Cine's Company mado Castel- Ci
ml a flattering offer for his services V
or one year and put him under the ca
irection of a competent stage man- th
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PUBLIC MI.
WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday next in the Federal
uilding here at 11:30 o'clock Major ?
I. W. Stickle, corps of engineers, cl
oiled States army, will give a pub- 0
c hearing pursuant to the request H
f Congressman John H. Small for
modification of ueharbor lines of K
Washington, N. C.. a?'.d for an exten- ul
ion of the harbor lines as far as the <
muth or Kunyan's Creek. The hour- u
ig Is with a view of considering the
dvisability or otherwise, of the "
hango desired and of such other
tianges in any part of the harbor
nes hero.
All patties interested In tho pronsod
modifications or desiring any ?
lodiflcation at any other point will L
e given full opportunity to express I
toir views. It is preferred as far *
s practicablt that arguments and
atcments be submitted In writing
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our stock. We are glad to have
you call whether you buy or not.
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RETURNED HOME.
Mrs. J. F. Randolph and son. of
laugh ton, r.ave returned from an cx- vt
nded visit to Blowing Itock. H?
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IPGS?A FEW NICK ONES LEFT, bj
They are cheap. J. E .Adams. 8<
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VISITING HERE. ex
Mr. Thad Pllley, wife and children, p<
f Weldon, N. C., are visiting Mr. in
Vazier Woolard and family at their In
orae on Beat Main street.
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ger for six months. In the photo- f|
rama his performance looms up ^
rominently with all the other
layers of long experience and he
ins as much-by his simplicity and
ituralness as they for the cotnexlty
of their art.
This instance only serves to em
lasizo the amount of atteution to
ftall. and wonderful care the Cine's
Dm pan y displayed in making "Quo
adls," which is well deservedly PJ
illed the premiere photo-drama of a
e world. n
ECTOR WILL !
PREACH AT 1
SI. PETERS
is
There will bo morning prayer with Jc
rnion .'it Faiut Peter's Episcopal a
lurch tomorrow morning at 11 *"*
clock, conducted by tlio Hector,
ev. Nathaniel Harding. Evening
ng ai 6 o'clock. Sunday school, K. 11
. Willis. Jr.. superintendent, meets 3
Hie usual hour. All strangers in ?
,e city are cordially invited to at- w
Mid. l'alite ami attentive ushers. a!
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Hi COOLER Al.WAVS Ft I I. OF b
{lie lluost ice water for our cus- 111
fgi
tomors and friends. J. E. Adams.
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epyTiring
heard off "
1umst;
New York. Aug. 8.?Heavy firing
' great volume and at short Jnteriys.
lasting more than an hour, was
ard a? 8 o'clock yesterday. 60
lies southeast of Scotland lightship
t officers and crew of the steamer ^
:ottish Prince, which reached here y(
om Trinidad. ^
Captain Naylor said tho firing was N
rtremely distinct, and the shots op>ared
to come at exceedingly quick
tervala. He saw no warships dur- H
g the voyage.
The captain and crow of tho Scotih
Frhice were the more surprised
. the sound of firing because ihey jj.
td no knowledge that a war in- w
living most of the European pow- SJ
s had broken out. T
Captain Naylor. under close ques-Jc,
oping by Bmpapw mop, ilM m
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No. 137 9
FUNERAL OF I
IS. WILSON I
01IET ONE 1
? ?*Haa 3
(By tre United Press.) ^^ 3
Washington, D. C., Aug. 8.?The 3
ecretary to President Wilson, Mr.
'umulty, announced this Afternoon
hat tlio Wilson family expect only
few chose personal friends to attend
he funeral services of the late Mrs.
Vilson at the White House Monday. |
iutslde of a few kinsmen, the Sen- I
to and House committees and tha
tiembers of -tho cabinet, no one else
.111 be present. There will be no
onorary pallbearers. The funeral |
rill Lake place at 2 o'clock, after I
rhlch the body will be taken on a
peclal train to Rome. Ga., where
he interment wll be made Tuesday,
"he Houiie will meet Monday.
MEMBER OF HOARD.
C. S. Hamlin has been named by
le President governor of the Federal 9
leserve Board, and Froderick Delano
f Chicago, vice-governor, according |
o unofficial but authoritative ad- I
ices.
NOT INTERFERING. 9
The department of Commerce baa
.mouaced today that the United '
tates is not interfering with the
eparture of the reservist* so long
s they do not go armed or as mill
try organisations.
i1u?
The President has Issued another
eutrallty proclamation applying to
Lu9?ia and Austria.
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PRESENT HI
THE SHOW
The Ross Musical Comely Cominy
is still drawing large crowds
t the New Theatre. The bill last
Ight consisted of Ave vaudeville
:ts. of the highest standard. The
iow opened with Ross and Davis
r.ging and dancing. Their gags
nd witty 6ayinga made the house
>ar. Noakes and Pierre put over
relr 6ong and danco with much suc?ss,
1. H. Kauffman at the piano
leased tho audience with his piano
uge. Millie Noakes again appeared
nd her rope lance was well received,
ho bill closed with the famous cou
le, oriram ami Dwyer. Miss Dwyer
one of "our Southern's" most
iremost rnmedienes. Sho held her
udiencc from start to finish. Billy
rimra assisted her wonderfully.
The show for tonight will be "The
anager's Troubles," and is a real
It from Mr. Ross' pen. This act
iows the troubles a manager so
Ren has in producing a show. You
ill see a roheaaal of a show Just
i it really is. The curtain will rise
ii a bare stage and the scene will
p set up before you. It Is a full of
lany amusing surprises and is dlf rent
from anything you ever saw.
Let's^ build in Washington Park.
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FROM OCRACORF.
Dr. R. T. Gallagher and wife. Mrs.
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. C.. where they have been spendg
several weeks.
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ttle to tala earlier statement. Tbare
ere two periods of cannonading, he j
lid. the first lasting half an hoar. j
hen after an tatorral of a half hoar