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WASHINGTON N, C TUESDAY AFTEfcN< JANUARY 5 IJiS ' * v?? * wi iwvi iTim\iVLiiJi!> B? SENSATIONAL EVENTS ? ? " . . lost Momentous Twelve Months of Modern Times Reyi( led-Great European War, Mexican . TreuWw and Other World HapSenings. ' " " ' ' * ? * .. ? ? ? * The 'year of our Lord. 1*14, is unique. It does not tall Into the proceaelon of the year* with the accustomed swing. That which tift* transformed- U Into aBoffpr wlthout_ precedes! la brtuih and malig nity !? War? war "w,hlch 1? devastating the old world and* tiring It* abilator implead on the new.. JV?/>V '* v. ? . . ?>; It o#me swiftly _gnd with terrific dash, o? July SI, the Austro- Hungarian government Sent, an ultimatum to Servla. demanding the puhUhment of the per Bona concerned In the. assassination of the Archduke Fran* Ferdinand and In stant- aupprcs*ion of all anti-Auatrlan propaganda In thataeountry and -giving 48 hours for consideration- The Belgssde government Screed to the AWrtsn de mand with A single exosptlon-^thnt which would- have empowered Auatrlan -Qfllclala to 'take a leading p&rt-th the" punlahman; of the murderers, and asked, for fufther Information on this point. The reply was not satisfactory to Aus tria She promptly declared war on 8er and' began to move troops toward tnl border. The Berbs begad active mob ilisation snd removed their capital fronf Belgrade to Nlih. -.In the IhjcVlor. -In stantly the eyee ef .all the civilised -world were turned toward Russia. . . The Acf after Austria -declared war on 8erv1n, the HuBslav milhlatef of^ford ejgn affairs Earned the German ambas sador that If Servla were Invaded Ro?i si# would not be able to remain neytral. Great Britain prop?B?d to Germany. France and Italy that a council ahould be arriAiged to mediate between the twe dlsputints. , Germany declined to become party to such'' an arran?remenUfcThe rzar urged the falser to use his Influence with the Austria^ emperofc According to the German account, the kaiser compiled with this request to- the heat of hlq abil ity, When he discovered. however, thot | mobilization, was golnc; on actively In I Russia, he wired th?* rr*r that M* conr; was marine ir?dJstWn fmf> -- Two days 1 ?--r t' ' > 1 .* * " 'martial law t: sent a. t^nty-four l ^nr 't? J ?' the Muscovite govern" nT i' mnn ryr '? I instant absndo^ion' of all p- . I aratlon. At the ex p ration of t'.'s ui mKtum. August 1, the ?kar?er gh~e th order for mobll'set1 n to begin nnd on?| the same dny Potmt vnn Pourtsle*. t?. 1 GeHnin smtawiador at 6* Pr t' i- "nir -, ?tsrted hom'-ward. _ Meanwhile the mo" IlkMm ?*? en tire French army v b-ytin.f ? 1 l( law was declared and1 Aurvi. i foe G? man ambassador arWo-tMw-d, thfu !' * w*?4 . between his coun'tr- nnd Friujc win ?>n. England had ask*<1 bntlt, Fran^* an^ Germany. If they would respect the neu trality of Belgium l'h <asc of War. The former lisd onawered 1h the a.tllrmdRve. !The latter made nq direct reply, and Bel gian mobilisation began at once. On August I a German army marched Into the "Grand # Duchy of. ^l-uxcpiburg. whoae neutrality had been guaranteed by the powers In 18G7. A dey later, the Herman government sent a note to the Belgian government demanding prfsaage for German troops through the country tnd proiplslng ampV compensation for ill damage at the close of the war. This was? in the form of an ultlmntum end specified twelve houni ns a tlm?, limit. The reply wm that Belgium wpu'ld de Tend her neuWallty by force of ltrms If I It were neceseary. ] Great Britain Declares War. * I At this movo of Germany, Great Brit- ] aln began active mobilization of her ' forces ahd all the naval -reserves Were palled ,odt .at onoe. War again*? Gernrnm' Was declared on August i a war budget pf $600,000,000 vu voted, and wlthlo u few | lays a British force of lfft.OQO mfn had t*yn landed In France. On' Aaguat ? AUS trla-HOngary declared war on Russia knd her troop? crossed the Ruuian bor der. The Montenegrin* Joined the Berbs I igalnst Austria and Bosnia ,wai Invaded- . pn August 10 the French government proclaimed war against Austria, and two taya lat*r England followed her exam ple. Japan announced her Intention to ildo with her British ally. .Scandinavia arid Holland aascrted their leut rail tyv but at onoe put all ^heir. .mili tary resource Into requisition for de Tense. Portugal announced her Inten sion to "fuirtll her treaty tfbU^ttlons wRh preat Britain, ^ut she did B^bcc-ome a ^elllgerent at on6e. Bpaln prof?a.ied ab lolute neutrality,, but began immediate mobilization of all her forces. To*key?do plared for neutrality," but mobilized her xrmy yd bernn to a<tyance toward Hul EaHft. Til WM UOt until, lli> last of Onto ?er that she made her Initial demonstra tion In the Black are -Ipgetnat Russia preeoe, as well as the minor Balkan itates, was 4n a condition of armed MCtai^ry. As for Italy, awuon ally of 3ermnay and Atmtrla In the so-called Dralbund, she took AdLfantsgc of the lact mt her partner' were not ergnKcd In a jWenslve war to remain neutral desplto rtrong pressure from Berlin and Vienna. At the outbreak of hostllttfca. a ceiutor thlp which Ha the 'moat effefttlve aver Vnown was nstabttahed In all The Jvnrrlng J 'countries. About all that wak. actuary J revealed was thet Jh <w kaiser 'a for&a ' intde their way t^rdBsh Belgium- with a| remendnaa leas of men and property, the Belgian -defenders of the Hale ktn?r- I 3om exhibiting a (KAter ot-reslata^co and 1 'i atuhhomneaa Which ameied the world. ] The forts at T.l*#e Kitted - th? (Wman ! legion* for a waif*. But the odds were I too great. By the end of August 0?e 'ter rible Carman war tnachlna had literally mowed Ita way through Belgium, and by September 4 had reached a point within twenty miles of Parfa. which waa In ac tive preparation for a siege. The seat of govern me at- Wns r'erhoved to lBorde*U*. Suddenly, on September; 4, "Vie German army of the right turned eastward. Blno<v th*t tlm< the kaiser's force* have .been retiring slowly, fighting with a petals- ! Ien?y Hmr ^efere 4ke We tory of modern #n*r . . I R.ifcsian moMMaetloii by the mWtdJe of August waa pw**4e?lly completed and the czar's armies were Ip rat>l)X advance towkrd the OefmaK ami ?Au?tMan fron tier* Great foW^s Opposed the Slavic ad^hce and many bloody tMteafa tot- j lowed In vrupld ?mccsslon, 0>ngi lata In the autumn, the fri'eatly Outnumbered Ti utaaHe .alM?s hafranto flfcw signs of ?eel)nt?r oSewaNa ability. Hie Japane* confined tlyrlt m0vary operajlona eatMto to BaB Wley Im mediately proceeded against tt* Gem>*n ions at yiftiMa. China,' arttfalk^ra taken by aasault after ten Weak* attack. Rnaalan and Tnrtrtah fleets have been en gaged in tM Black era, thete has teen ;??? d ,- vSS&f * ? ?BMrtah fWel :?IM ondsr ?ea: ? v-r, a *** * bl* n*vaJ bstfio hi tb* tH&eSSSSS bly. .. ^ wvw ?i uennan comnjerce, safeguard that of Helium. Fraac and Ha own and render the enemy's fleet Inopera tive by holding It In* tha Bulthr. A Week **? port aut&r)Uea of 'Ktt Tor* " that the Atlantic Hc**,wsrt , and ? fSw drfys sTterwsrd lues ware pronounced **opon Flxty British war v ??*?U guarded the exit of jh* Ktn Canal and prevented" tb? thlrt^* German battleships anchored Jlhere froi|T cdmln* out. Within a >w days, more than thirty of th? Vreat German ocean libera were :?ternaff In neutral ijstera and a number of -German mcrrhant ahlpa were cultured or de stroyed. 'By the middle jtC November more than four hundred .wa*'vt-asohi and merchant men on a|J stftfc ha^fbeen captured or In lofned In neutral post*. Tha fcmden'ln the Paclflr and thtf Ka/fcruhe t?ln the South Atlantic, two German raiders, preyed aac^essfukiy upgn allied an'd neu tral commerce until the former <t-a? put rout of a^Uoo. During tl u past three monthw the German* have destroyed a number of British crulgersby hk>?m of forpedoeg." Tn an ac%a olt the const of f'hi'e. ft squadron of flva Crrman war 'pa *.tnk trnr MnnnBouMj'and, Grad TToi>o V tth nil on board.* On 'October _S7? at* tU?yiKtc It was not knnwi\ to tht public for a fortnlicht oiterward? the^ Hrltjsh ? :'por-OryadhmrRlit Audacious was sunk, by a mine off the-<*>a?t of Irefind. Short ly afterward, the British admiralty rtei rle'rtd the North Sl& a. closed military art?c ' . Of r>cembof g vti -r. German cru??ers P^nirnb'-rM, Qjielsau. Tripsin* and Ku?rn ?er*. under Admiral voo' Pjafc. were Runk Vv i T?r"ilph squadron, under' V!co- Admiral t ? .<*?*'. -\r Ct'urjdtfc, oft the. "ulVJaM >.j ' fT? i rj^flr Vrulser Hrrsil^n e8 'i- '' wnfi). . IV ?mhcr *16 a , J ' mtei^iHhc q#u3-. i or ilartlcpool; Whitby anil S'^?r 'ijCh. killing 1M and w'ouhding 3*v lt' fl nit causing muclt properly di'.mng*. 'treo British ok rchajit vmnrb wcV sunk , n/lji/'H lild by th.- bomhrtrdJnir At-'.f. o rtojM of ti)o year upantSoni to ti.<?'?ver *<?orn pract'cnlly nt a sUn.in'ilT ? ' o rit-.T '7 ti-.ia Gcraa?. r-"port/l a vie r la&obaA. ? s r.-'Mt (tf the 'rnmcflHfo pira'v?( ? ; 1 # .U' inl world dlU to. the ? u ' , hi MuA-.nt of the European .ny'fln ? '->? -ruling abroad *rer?-i HUbJf!-t?-d f" ?* t lnouSvenlenqp antt nor a \litl* ?? tun' ?<r? S ip. Much. lePef was aflordci tin H.lylan suCferfps -'and lan*^''a,i,^s of wniy for thw purpoM wore raised a>> oy?-r .the Country. ^ _ The American Tled-CVcs* sent" thjj. relief ship Red Ctou to European waters, with a .full eliulpmHil of physician-*? i.uraca and" supplies, --on September li. Chaotic Conditions in Mexico, j Early In the year foreign nation* bepan to bo critical of the" Administration':* "Istiidp-off" Mexican policy and ?? Inalr-t that the Job of pacifying Mexico belonged logically to the Uult.d Ktat>s. .Victo ria no Huerta'had held the provisional presidency for a year and Roasted In his rupa-th:it he* would hold hl;< otthe longer ^han President Wilson would remain Jn the Whlt6 lloufse. Meanwhile the ^ja-'.dlt ohld* Pancho Villa- was steadily gain Lift ground In fbo north. The (fervent h&tile of tho reyolotlon, whkih wuls fou^bl t<?r almost two wepkj^ ended In victory Fyr the rebel forces. . ' ? There whs an _^ppnN(n<-* los? of Hfe In thU long continued nflht, nn? ifioic thp.rv four thousand fugitive# enwse! the Itlo Qralide and took refugftyp Am^rlrun ter ritory. ; Hero they were cared (or by the United Status authorities. On February 3 President WHspn ro ?oked an. order by hie predocejisor In of fice to puMi 8 top to the nhjpnu-nt of orris and ammunition Into Mexico by citizen* of the United fjtatea. On Aiyll 14. Prosl dent Wilson Instructed 8ceretaj-y Daniels .to assemble an Igiposlnit navdtf -forcc a? Tampion, on .the Mexican cotjst. This was due *0 the refusal of the Mexican president and. his military aid* to salute the Arae/lcan flag aa an essential feot'ire| pf an apology for an unwarranted arT?'Bfl and Imprisonment of several American bluejaek?-i* who had landed on Mexican soil to obtain a supply ot^asollnn. ' AVthnuifh the epledde waa'the rewnlt of a mlewpdcrstandlnK In whlc* all the par ties concerned shared ehbit c-nnaliy^ it wa^ n\ar^>iil.that Huerta was ?u no mood to coinp\y with ahy r'.'qupst gf the' Waeh lriRlon authorttlm, however politely and e^cn^elleetely rpeule. Ho wfu ."<1 to or der tifc shlut^.and the naval aemonstra tlon folk>wod. ' ?; Congfew possod a rflwhitlon" jhmtalnln* the president In , the -position which he had takria On April *1 Adjplral Iflptcher seleed the custom house ?u Vera Cru*.' The Mexl-aaa resttt-d th$ oc.cup??tlon of *fhe custom lio use- ai]d 5he rOsult ?fi a ' fight, in whTk^j M Am*flcans Were kHl#4 1 and 71 wounded.' Oen??r,?l Maaa, In; torn If and of the garrison, withdrew and left the Americans In pOpeeMlod. ? Nelson O^augnenev. Ihe Ameiieari rrp **setit?trva. wfls given Ida pRaspotUi and reqiietftod to lt^vi Ah^ country. ? Brlr. Gi!|i, Kirflorlek l-V?itr?n'. nlmmnnder of ..the Airiamin fovcca al Vera Crhs, was MPdy to #nt*-r oh a vigorous campaign. Befprev hostilities wero gerrle-d . fbether the dlptoiqatlo representnUv^s At Wa'sh Ington of Argehttna, Braxll and C.*hil4s< nt In 10 the ofrt? of t?? djtl^fttiH)nt of s^aUi 'a formal tender of their Service* aa rrfcdi President ^llsot,^ Npitd the of id both Muerta i? Cffransa aA ceptad the [.rotTSred mediation. fer and both TfnertA The mediatory conference '.wo* held at| Niagara Kails. Oanadn. tnd oprned on May f>. On Jan?\ 12 lha conference bad ;:UtiM upon a plart TaAiepted both Ihy fc-?rtfident Wilson ana- Hu&te. *nW?.'jft] b?osd|ook a ro ' eWBe? for preat dent -th** Amh#0p^ d?eS8teii decline* W accept the ftftpie ot ?nV honcon^Utyt lotiaj rLle?fiwh?K th<- con5titutlr?nsH?Aa" warn niakl^MK unmletnlcSble KSvanr.. toward* U?. <Mt4Ub Thekfsicr^siLirea *\ proncm?ead that It was evm?nt tffwjf woufd sor.n be In ' ' V * -*l , . Cn Jt?ly. 1 tthe eonT?reac* dime to an L oml without definite r?*t?U, Snd four oaysl Jiter Hu^rtA. wj?r re-elected, "president by! HI* partisan*. On July Ifi tho dlotit^r r? signed tha pranldency and took posnrfge for Byfope. lsavlng the exe^ullvo author Idsnt **<i Carransa ifould tho AMrfjaier of the gov* issKsrs det itfttss <JI? i anny. si ?HI WW 10 m With Mr. and Mrs. Tucker -Mr. aad U^. J. A.- Tucker enter tained a (iter the dance lasl^venl 05 at tlio I.oul&e Hbtel, honVr of ttlee MIMred Davie of Wilton, the gu?t of Hlixs luMl and Mur Car ter, and Miss Mary -Louise Manning JtiCBrUum, the gneet of Mlsws M?? i Bene, "aad Katherlne small. An attractive five course luncheon was served by* the hostess of "the most delightful and palatable v^rl sty. Atx,a lato hour all leff for Jiefr' homes, declaring Mr. and Mr&. rucl?er the most charming of host md hostess. , Those present were: Miss -Mary Ltduife? Manning of Durtiam, Miss \atherine Small, Miss Dorothy Hon T, Miss Kdbena Carter, Miss "May 3elle Small^ Miss Mildred Davis, >f Wilson, Miss Isabel Carter, Miss fanat 'Wettnore, Miss Mary Carter, Stjr. 4nd "Mrs. D.%M. Carter, James 3. Cordon. Charlie CoweU,- Herbert 3onner, 8. L. Grist, Jr., Geo. Beveri y, W B. Rodman, Jr.. W. A. 3lount,_ Jr. j ?J. D. Calais, N. Henry tfocfro, Tom LaughVnghouse. - With Mr. and Mr*. Hackney. ? Mr. and Mrs. Gecr?Hackney enter .ained at luncheon after the dance ant. evening at their residence on X^st' Main street, in honor of their >ouse guosts, Mrs. Lewis and Miss ^T^iham of Norfolk. nnd?M!*B Par cer. of jPlpptown. Those present verer ? Mra. bewle and >|lss Aud ?ry Graham of Norfolk, Mlss.Jeftbol t>artrpr ^?of psnetown. Miss ^fary slytie Hassell, DJW. Carter, Jr.. Win. fnjght, Chas. J\ Moore, Jim Hack* "r" ; - . . With MIsfTjCarrow. Jtfiss Sftllie Cj^-ow ' delightfully ?nfertisined at a luncheon after the in nee last evening pt her homp on >V>??t Main street. Miss Oarrow ?^?d as* her jrueata: Miss Itebeer* i'mmoD*. Miss Elisabeth Simmons, j VTips Annie Grist, "Miss F,otepian ?f Fns^H. Miss Sonhift Folllater of tf?w Rprn. Miss Louise Grist, Miss I ffl IF V : rra ti issues The Woman's Foreign Society of the M. E * Church ?oid % week of prayer, beglugng this afternoon, at the reatden??of Mm. Mattle Cordon on Water etriiet. The subject of the prayer will.fce. "F8r foreign Missionaries la Fflr tdgn Fields and for Peace." ^Wed aeaday night the meeting wlA held at the M. E. Church; Thotp aay afternoon, with* Mra. W* * fc. [*allr at her residence; Friday aftA uoon at the residence of Mrs. J W. Dailey. This is a world-wide movement imong all Foreign Missionaries JI ' ;ietles, and the members of i_ :huirh are earnestly requested to <tjend these meetings. ^Iltabeih. Carrow, and Geo. far lr.. of New Born. Hugh WllU >f Brookneal, Va.. C. M. Vlemln^,! ?f Wilson. Reginald Fulford, Johq* imall, Jr.. ^>hn Carter, Jim ^ea-j With Miss Taylor. Miss Elizabeth Tayloe wa? hoa efis af-ter the dance last evening at ler residence on West Main street, Fhore she charmingly entertain* luncheon. Those present were: illss Mildred Rum ley. Miss Annie I'owle, Miss Josephine Bowen, MTsb Jllzabeth' Tayloe, and Horace Cow-, 11. Joe Mayo. Albprt WIUIh, Bruce? lodges, Lester Savage, John Cotton 'ayloe. Wm. WeatUerly. and Mcbstq <ath&m and Penner of EUzalfetft lit*. ITlth^ Mr. and Mrs. Boll. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bell were the 20*t- d^iphtful of "host an (5 iiefjiy st a luncheon at their residence. In Jonn*>r street, after the dance las vening. Those who enoyed ?W| lospltallty of Mr. and Mrs. Bell rere: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crow, fr. and Mrs. S. R, Clary; Mrs. Tom Mark, Afrs. Dan Packard of Sum er. S. C.. Mrs. Claud Carrow, Her nan Carrow, Charlie Morton, J. W Jassell. * (limn Ml K WIRE Ou Jast evening at- the Elks Home one of the most ?arable dances pf the holiday season. was' the occa sion of the annual New Year dance given by the Halcyon Club. The ban room wae attractively decorated with streamers of crepe paper of various colors, and everyone seemed to be filled with the spirit of the occasion from the splendra music furnished by Forbes 'Orchestra; " AT", a late hour the dancer* made their departure, all expressing their great pleasure of the evening. The dances were led by Mr. S. F Burbank, Jr.,* assisted by Miss Liz sie Hill. Others dancing were: Miss Mary Clyde Haskell with D. M. Carter, 'Jr.; Mlsa Mary Cowoll with C. L. Midcap; Mi"? Elizabeth Tayloe with ? Bruce Hodges; Il'na Winnie Nicholson with F. 8. Wor thy: Mlsa Carlotta Nicholson with R. D. -Hear; Miss Isabel Carter with fr. D. Calais; nArs Mary Belle Sma!l with W. B. Rodman, Jr.: Miss Kath arine Small with, Herbert Bonner; MIb* Annie Fowle with Win. Wealh erly; Miss Sallle Carrow with Iluph Williams; Miss Elizabeth Simmons ?ith Reginald Fulford: Miss Ix>u i) Nutt Myers with Elbert Weston lss Rebecca Simmons with Geo reen, Jr.; MIrs Robena Carter with K>. Beverley; Miss Mary Hill with Itar Hodges; Mfiss Mildred Rumley jKth John Cotteh Tayl-?o: Mis* Lfcurle Branch with Ifred Moore: Mail Annlfr Orlst with Jim Weston; BJss Mildred Dffvis of Wilson, with 17y*A. Blonnt. Jr.; ,AJIsb Isabel Par te* with Will Knight; Ml*s Audre" 3rt*bam of Norfolk, with Charles J. Mpore; Mlsa Dorothy Henrjf. with S. U Qrlft, Jr.; -Miss Janet Wetmore H Moore. Miss Marlon B(T Icer of Ral'efgh, with J. tS. Bonner; Miss Josephine Bowen with Jpe tfayo; Miss Syhllla Griffin with Gar land Hodges: Miss Boseman with lohn Small. Jr.: Miss Mary Carter irtth Tom Laughinghouse: Miss So phia Holllster Of New B??rn with William Blount. Jr.: Miss M^rv Louise Manning of Durham, wltH ?has. F. Cowell; Mr. and Mrs. John! British Bombard South African Port-Steinbach _ Captured by the French imu t? t<k. ? ~ iwairuu^ __ |c? via London, Jan 4. ?The British battle ship Goliath and ll/bt "cruiser Foa have carried out successful opera tions agalnat Dar-Es-Salaam, capi tal or German East Africa. The wafshlpa bombarded the town. In flicting considerable damage. All i German v easel ? in the harbor wer? disabled. 14 Europeans and 20 i?tlve8 were taken prisoners. Jhe BrltlEh loss was one killed and 12 wounded. Dar-Es-Salaam, the best built town on the coast of German East Africa 1b a military station with an excellent harbor. forty mllftn south of Zanzibar. It fn the terminus of an Important caravan route, the res-i Idence of a governor and haB"4*?*e commercial Interests. The white population In 1909 was estimated at 1,000; the total population at more than 20.000. Fighting Appear* Halted. London, Jan. 4. ? Latest news] from the battWronts Indicates lit tle activity, the lull evUlHntly being enforced by bad weather. Steln bach. a village In upper Alsace. Is in the hands of the French, after house to house fighting. This loss Ber lin admits. The day was marked by artillery duHs, with occasional Infantry dailies for slight gains, but the line from the OIsp to the sea w#s almost calm German headquarters' declares the situation on Iho Eastern front re mains the same and nothing has Gorliam; Mr. and Mr3~ Geo. Hack ney; M^fe. LIwH with Jim Hackney; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Crow; Mr. n Mrs. C. B. Bell; Mr. and Mrs! S. R. Clary; Mr. and Mrs. Claud Carrow; ^Trv^uylr Mrs. Leo Davenport; Mr. Mrs. Win. Rumley; Mr. and ?Mra. K. L. -Brooks: Mr. and. \Irp. Hnnry Rridpman; Mr. and Mrs Ed mund Harding. Chaperones: ? Mrs. "E. S. Slm mon*. Mrs. D. T. T*ylpe, Mrs. W. A.j Blount. Mrs. J. A. Tucker. Staes: ? Horace Co-well. Jolinnyj Jone*. Enorh Simmons, John Car f?*r, Lester flavajre, Jim ftauirham. J. W, Hasnell. reached London to contradict thin statement TioOf ForvmoM Subject. Politically the American note still occupies a prominent position, di viding alteration -with speculation* as to what Roumanla and Italy will do. The British answer It la ex peeled, will be sent to Washington lster this week. It 1b understood here that Oreat Britain has reached such a satisfactory understanding with Italy with regard to the trans shipment of contraband that no car goes destined for that country hare been stopped since Becember 4th. ,Brltlsh officials declare that the re lief of the American shipping from the present regulations depends largely on the assurances of neutral states bordering on belligerent countries that they will not assist in supplying Germany, Austria or Turkey with foot! and war mutn* tlons. i French Win In Alsace. Paris, Jan. 4. ? The followliyr of ficial communication was Issued by the war office tonight: ??The only reports which hare been received up to the present have reference to upper Alsaee, where engagement" of a verv vio lent continue in the region of Ca* nay (Sennhelm "> "T,ast nlrht our troops lost. then retrained the -territory around the church at Stelnhach. This morn ing they occupied the entire vil lage "The German worVs to the of Cernay eantured hy us ve?terflav were lost for a brief period follow k very violent counter-attack, but the Germans were not able to main tain It, and this position remains In our hands." fWHrtai -?Report.1 Vlrtina via Amsterdam to London Jan. 4. ? The following official eom munlcation was issued this evening" "In severe battles in the district south of Gorllce, fongbt nnfler Am wrtrst -weather conditions, our brave froopH assured themselves, throurh gefitlne possession of a high line of hllla, a base for further apers' tlons. "In the Carpathians there has been ne chanee. "Tn the unner TTne- Valley, ?her? have been only rmalT enararement*. "During the battle* in the North ern theatre at OhrlFtma* time wa ea-ntnved thirty-seven officers and men." Submarine Rantr PTwrnMnMe. Berlin. Jan. 4 ? fWlrele?? f o flav ville> ? An offclal annnnnoemen* made nubile* tbreueb the official nre?? bureau todav aavsr "A Herman submarine hoat ve neris bv wireless to the Admlraltv in Berlin that it has temedoM and ?ltnlc in the Fnrllnh channel off Flv meuth the British battleship For mldanl*. "The submarine was pnrsned by British deatroyers but escaped un damaged " J How Were You For Ready Money This CHRISTM&S? Join the Bank of Washington Ready Money Club and next Christmas will find you prepared with cash on hand for all your Christmas iovs. 4 PER CENT INTEREST Comes to You With These Savings 'MV. 'J ? ? N^tlAit'S OREKTIMO '? To Our r'ftahd* and Patrons: ? We^itVe finished taking Icven ? tory of our Mock ?pd closing ? ..our *o?k* j<|r 18J[4. ?! Xo^wlthp'Kndios ?!ie general ? deprusiiM) Ui nt has prevailed'* throUgWhf tho r-rmntr'y, VO IT0 ? glad -$o -jin noting a very healthy ? incrrfftftd' In our business above ? a iyr pirorlone y?w A condition ? *??? are v-rv grateful ror ryrr *?? of 'nur rill- . \ ; totaera* large cfr small toaKare * In < thla greeting. Without your * patronage ^ood will and ?o- * operation *r report woifld be * ? different." k y May * erriflpndlao <re off?r ** you and ouf ?< enifce be* of such * a* to merit a <*ontlnuanb^ of '? jqar patrooaa* through 19 U ? and mfcliy yoara to neme. ? [ WUB twtt > ti?ppT ? > mn<T prt>?p?<viii N?tw T <*/, we * 1 ?r*. ? * I Tour? ? ? hlTSS BROS ? > ?- ? .<???? ? / IMPORTANT MEETING. And important meeting of the business men and citizens of tbe< city will be held at the ?lks Home on Tbufsday, .JaAnary 7th, at 8:00 p. m., to bear an address an fr prop osition of the Norfolk aoutrffern R. R. officials. - This la a get-together meeting. Intended to be of benefit to alk You aid especially urged, to" attend. ? \ R1WRXKD HOMR. % i Mr. and Wf'? J. A. Nicholas, wh' spent the Xmas holidays with M and Mrn. O B. Walton os Cast Mat' ' street, havn returned to tb$1r home In Norfolk, V*. ' . ?' > FROfc f'tKKTOWW. ' ^ - Mr. D. D. *rerett of Plnetown, was in the city yett erAr -on bos1 ?>??. _ ? ? ? . S t i i ? 1 IN THE CITY. Mr. Hugh Cradle of Lake Land ing, la tfift icueat of b?i brother. Mr. Walter <"'redlo on the corner of Fourth and Bonner strerts. . C. P. Ayeock, of Panlego, van here yesterday. IIKKK YESTERDAY^ Messrs. J. R. Hayn. T. T,. Hardy and son of Small, worn Washington visitors yestorday. TOOM RRLFIA VKY. Mr D T,?aofsky and Jordan Wll kinson of Rolhaven, ar? Washing ton visitors today. OWN YOUR HOME! The Home Building and Loan Association will open a new ser ies Saturday January 2nd It Is the safest and Easiest way to pay for a home in small weekly installment ? or fb accumalate a fund, for a rainy day,' or for Christmafc, See i is About It W. E.- Swlpdell, Pres. Jno. B. Sparrow, Sect'y. ?4 Office in Saving 8c Trust Co., Building PARENTS Do you "know that ona In er^ry four school child has dnfactlre ey# nlght? Do you know that 70 per cpnt of the backward achool children in ono city hare defective eye ?Iltht? wf won,n iiF oTtAiy to TjOok rvro Tom child** OAAR. More "Do you Knowa** fn next week'a papara. W. If. MRWBORV. Sp*rt*llwt fn TitHnf flkMM Over J. K. Hoyt'd Store. Oat er ?ry Monday and Tuaaday. WaAMnjrtmi, W. CJ. NeMr Theater TONIOH1 "^'ATsflN'd PRKRLBH MAHM" la "THE noosim BOY.** Third InitalhBMt ?f trky <r muxf*. *
Washington Daily News (Washington, N.C.)
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Jan. 5, 1915, edition 1
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