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A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OP AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
BURUN6T0N, ALAMANCE COUMTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, AUGUST Ih 1914
All Reports From the Front Must Pass Through British
Censors Who Blue Pencil Everything Object
' ionable to Their Point of View.
WIRELESS ONLY HOPE
ders A'oluminous account inmpractic-
ablc and the governmental supervis-
Cable- to Germany Cut Put. British in Possession of Master-All Report-s 'P°=-
_ ,' tion of continental reports not sails-
Fron, the German Front Are Held iit England Pendmg the Cersons EngUsh viewpoir.t.
Scrutiny—^clal Dispatches Sometimes Take Day to Go tc Germany, Nationalist
^—U. s. May Release German Wireloss and Raise Censorship. j if*;«ier has been raised in the English
: H*use of Commons against the cen-
I
Nfcw York, Aug. 11.—Advices to
the Associated Press from London
sf: fe that an increasing rigid censor-
shi|i is being imposed on all mattei’
fron' Brussels. This increases the de
lay on such despatches as are allow
ed to come through. The French Ca
ble Company, which, e.'£cept those with :
terf'iinals in ihe British Isles, is a |
dircc't line to New York now, but has
Red Star stesmers Marquette, which i sci'ship established by the Government
sailed August G, and the Finland, ■ a.-id this protagonist of freer reports
which sailed August 8, are carrying ' may succeed, uith the aid of such oth
many passengers to the United States, j ei? as feel thi same way, in loosen-
' There will be no more sailings from ■ in.? the hoid of the censors, and, as
! this port, which Is closed. ■ the mobilization is completed by the
____ I bc-lUgerents -nd the war plans assumie
LIEGE FCJRTS INTACT. ;n.7rp definite .^hape, the reports may
I.ondon, Aug. 12.—2;2o a. ra.—The ; ‘O-’'-' through less inaccurate and full
fnven notice-ji congestion on its lines, j Standard at
and all messages are subject to « ! Si: j y Germany ti.t Government of
minimum delay of 48 hours. In anj “All twelve forts surrounding Liege li-.e United States has received a pc-
cffcH to avoid this delay direct des-
patches to the Associated Press from
Paris are being TOUted through Lon
don, but the delay there is also very
great. Despatches which left Paris
early yesterday are being received
with a delay of from 15 to 17 or
more hours and other Paris des-
patfhes have suffered even greater
delay in transmission.
“Each thus far has resisted fie- ^ tral power be exercised with England
(juent attacks of the German invest- j to the end th":: code messages be pass
ing force, altiiough outnumbered 2 to ed throueh fro:n the United States to
1 Bt every fort. 1 liijrlin. Representation will be- made
“The forces are being shelled day 1,0 England, according to a dispatch
!.nd night. Artillery action is follow- out of 'Wi'shington, and it seems bare-
ed repeatedly by daring infantry at-
tacUr.”
GERMANY CUT OFF.
, is fttsolutoly no dir«ct com-
DivmcBtion with Germany or Aus-
tr;;; by any routing. A few censor-
^ ed despatches are coming through via
■ Lendon, and these are reported cen
sored for tiansmission out of Enfj-
The .A.isociated Press has been
r.king every ^effort to communicate
.ith Germany through the v;irrJess
hti-.panies opcsuting from Now York.
jhi Sund[ay a message was sent to
> t'le Berlin bureau of the Associated
Frc.ss and tlie wireless company i'oti-
ficC lis inat ii had been received iii
Germany, but since then only frag-
ine
over that system.
ATTfcl-MPT FAILED.
Paris, Aug. 11.—via London.—Ac
cording to late.-siivices, the Gorm»n»
nadt a determined attempt to take
rositzons occupied by the French out
side Muelhausen, but failed. The Qer-
inar.s did not re-enter the town.
ly possible that the result may be a
cc:ites.sion ivhich will culminate not
o^ly in o.fficip.l dispatches going
Ihroijgh, but ifrports passing that may
b-? Used as general news. Should the
request fae refused by England, the
United States ■would have the altcrn-
ati\e of releasing the German-owned
Am«riflan wireless station of the pres
lent strict cenforship and though these
js:aiions, German reports might be
I i ri'i.smittcri. The Hague neutral laws
'.voalii not bo brokeii by this release
nor for the lack of
LUSITAKIA ARRIVES.
lA»ndon, Au^. 1.1.—lt;40 p.- m.—Th?
Cunard liner Lusitania which sailedjoC the wireic;
froni New York Wednesday, arrived j ctns'r.^hip over cables, for that niat-
'n the Mersey tonight. jtiii
I .41 the preifcnt time, London has
AUHiVEK IN ACTION. iaiisoiute mastery of international com-
Brussels, Aug. 11.—2. p. m,, viaj mui’ioation i;nd the ulra-honorable
London 30:10 p. m,—Hostilities began sfi;'d of the United Stales in keeping
lertary sign-ils have been exchanged jcensored has beer, partially
•pr that fivafe-m Belgian cavali^’ outposts in the Tvles-’ ye&t cnsible for the tighienitift of the
baye district. This district is westlr ios in EnR-lamrs hands—so much so
of Liege, Lirnlmr^ atid Namur. jth.iv ever, official messajjes from Wash-
The Germans have begun sy.stem-1 iuj:ton to the American Ambassador
ntiL* reconnoilering: of Hesbave to at Hojlin have been days in passing:.
cJit^cwer the positioni? of the Belgian
fielc’. a!niy. Their cavalry patrols FK;HT OFF NEW HAMPSKIUE
Rif^OR OF LONDOX CENSORSHU*.
Inability to secure wireless com-
, muiiieatiou with Ge;'niany since the
cutting of the -able at the outbreak
jl’ ,of the war and increasing rigor of
Vbi London censorship ' further
'»bs2ures whai has actually transpired
'.vilhi;.- the military zone.
are followed by infantry detachments. ■
German cai'alry passed the out-
COAST.
Isic.s of Shoals, N. H., Aug. 12.-
.'■kirts of Lixhe -Sunday foii.iwing a H'.-.'vi' fimng at sea directly east of
loutt to the .south.
Two hundreJ German cavalry with
here wa-5 Uislinctly heard iate this
iu’tt-inoon. The only vessels visible
v ere a large two funneled steamer,
Kppiivently an ocean liner, 12 miles
SITUATION UXCHAXGED.
Brussels, via London, Aug. 11, U:25 iq«ick firers, .tlready have reached Han-
a. m.--Accorciine to an official state-ji'i't 17 miles northwest of Liege,
ment issued here, the situation at the I Kngagements have taken place to the southeast headed for Boston,
%eal of war was unchanged tonight, pnncipally alor g the line between Tir- and a fishing beat.
The people report that during mass lemont and St. Trond and half way The firing apparently came from a
for soldiers serving at the front held between Esemael and Gussenhaven. distance of Ilj miles. Sevei-al guns
in St; Ar.toine Church at La Lauviere There have been o‘her engj'goments seemed to b^ dischargel simultane-
a suburb of Charlerloi, a small fire nesr Tongres. eiii’y at short intervals. After 15
caused a panic in which 14 women and '^'he German c'-valry is reported ev- minutes the firing ceased,
gjrlr. were killed and more than fifty eryivhere to bisve bcsn repnised with -An hour Isttr the firing was resum-
wounded. These engagements are regard- pel, appareniij from the same point
ed as a pre-u.-ie to a (>erman offense as before. It lasted five minutss. The
FIGHTING NEAR TIGEMONT. movement north of Liege. It is he-|v, ,tch in the obcervatory of the Unit-
Tigemont, Belgium, via London, lievtd they may foreshadow more iro-1 ej States lifo saving station on .Ap-
Aug. 12.—12:34 a. m.—Fighting oc- portant fighting and a big battle injpicdore Island reported that at 6:30
euvred near here Tuesdr.y between the two or three days. ] he ct.uld see r.o vessel.5.
Belgian and German cavalry. Seven '
Belgians were killed.
It is reported that 4,000 Germans
WIRELESS POSSIBLY.
War news with Europe is strictly
FRANCE LOOKIXG TO U. S. FOR
WAR FUNDS.
are In the neighborhood but the Bel- ^ ernsored by English authorities and j New York, Aug. 13.—The feature
gians seem to have the situation in Associated Fi-ess has suggested of the day in financial circles was
han? and the town is calm. the desirab’.lity of this fact being plac- furd er division in banking interests
At 5 o'clock there was no sign of ^ cd before thi readers of the papers respecting methods to bring about re-
the enemy except for an aeroplane ^wh.ch are members of the association, .sumption of foreign business. Advo-
whlch flaw ovdr ths station. -A hand- reports ara meager and unsatis-
ful of Belgian soldiers fired at it, out 'factor^ in every sense.
; Jvithout effect. | ’^*'6 cables to Gcrniany have been
cut so that every dispatch, ftom the
ANTWEJIP PORT CLOSED. jCmtiiient—Germany, Austria. Bel-
Antwerp, via Paris, Aug. 11.—7:50 gium, Russia and France—comes to
. m.—The American consulate, as- ^ the hands of t'.ie English and is pass-
;isced by the B«lgian authorities has ed upon by the censors at I.ondon.
succeeded in getting the majority of . The concentration of the reports to the
n.ericans away from Antwerp. The single service line out of England ten- fec’eral jrov6..;meat regarding tlie a4-
cate? of an amendment to the nation-
k1 tank act, permitting the use of
bank notes as reserves, are oatnuni-
bered by its opponents. The clearing
hov'se committee has declined to con-
sidsr such as exi>edient.
An interesting development was
contained in the announcement that
J. P. Morgan & Co. h&ve sounded the
ill 'I I ^iiiiii
Nr information Oii this subject :::x|BODY OF MRS. wilson in
tail-able at the.offices, of the bankers':
THE south
and it cauld i:ot be ascertained what
.prospects; there were tbat’tho loan
vvoulc* be pluced. No information
coulo be obtained from the principal
international banking houses regard-
innr rrioaiv ift Austria, negotiations for
which, it wiii announced at Washing
ton weve un«ier way.
Call loans weve marked up to 8
per cent in some instances today, but
most reni^w.ils were at six per cent.
WAK SUMMARY.
London rep.on*; of the battle of Hae-
lej- State that the Germans suffered
defeat at the hands of the Belgians,
the fighting beinjj the fiercest of the
wjr up to date.
The Turkish government has bought
tb.e two German cruiser.s which, were
chased into Turkish waters, and they
are now flying tht f^ag of the Otto-
n»r.r Empire.
Iialy informs the United States
that she will co-operate \nth Presi
dent Wilson ir. hi.s attempt at media
tion.
Eight meii-of-war of different bel-
lifocrent nations are reported to be
in the Pacific cocst off the coast of
CaIIfo?*nia.
Italy nminoned her ambassa-
dtrb hom- Paris, St. Petersburg,
Lor.don and Berlin, for what purpose
it i? rot given out.
Umpercr Wiliium has been persuad
ed to remain in Bei'Iin and not to go
to the front with his army as he had
orij inaJly planned to do.
« any other important battles have
taken plac6*either on sea or land, the
wcjid is Vept in ignorance of them
owing to the ?*igid censorship impos
ed l.)y all the countries involved in
t!io war.
At ihc Graded School Monday Night.
One of the rai’e treats of the reason
will Ijc at the Graded School Audi
torium Monday night under the aus
pices of the First Sfothodist Church.
This ^;nlertainment will be givers by
Mr.s. Gary Leo, who has traveled ex-
tennivoly. havinj^ around th;=
woj'ld also visited six: continents
sevo):ti‘en States and most all of
tl'.e iir.yo cities. This entertainment
v>l!i he composed of twelve dark eyed
hea-jiies with beautiful cor.tumes. One
of the costumes cost throe hundred
talks v.ill be made to. men
cojioerning the international trade be
tween Ameri(M and China, which will
no:u- on the cotton cjuesticn and will
{:ivo a bright outook even though the
dai! war clouds har.g heavily ever
E:irope.
Every thinking man should be pres
ent for this occasion. There will be
n:iich talk as well as much to see.
Kvery one most cordialy invited.
Piedmont Minstrels Again.
The Piedmort Minstrels, the locjil
taki'.t show that held down the boards
at Piedmont Park Casino two weeks
a.jco for one night, have decided, after
quite a number of requests frowt per
sons who attei'.ded the show to repeat
their pei’formance with an t-ntire ?iev/
change of program> and put on the
shtt'V To-Night,
The last ?:how was said to be sx-
tre'»nely good and the next one prom-
Woodrow Wilson. The First Lady t f the Land, Js Buried in Cemetery
at Kome Georgia, Her Girlhood Home—The Palibeaters ail Were Her
Cousins—The City of Home Turns Out in Grand Styju* to Show Sym
pathy to the President and His Immediate Family.
Rome, Ga., Aug. 11.—Mrs. Wood
row Wi’son, wife . of the nation’.s
President, was buried at Myrtle Hill
Cen^etery here today. Her grave is
beside those of her father and mothar,
almost within sight of the house in
which she lived as a girl. Tonight
the I’resident \vas speeding feastwai’d
on bis return to Washington.
Although thousands of visitors came
to Rcme today to do honor to the
iTii‘.iicvy of Mrs- Wilson, Sabbath-like
quK-; prevailea, the special force of
2'olice, augmeiiled by members of the
Georgia Natioi'.al Guard,, finding little
io do bt.‘3/ond v.*arning traffic from the
5‘reets throi'gh which the procession
pas=.sed.
It ejtautly 2:30 p. m. when the
President’s special arrived, and a few
minutes later the casket, covered with
grey broadcloth and surmounted oy a
single' wreath of fiowei's, was lifted
f ' I the funeral car by eight of Mrs,
Viilsf'n’s co'jsins and l.orne to ths
heal se.
A.s t/. t]‘i)n steaniod i itu the sta
tion, (.:.'.i;:ch l.ells throughout the city
were tolled.' A wide F-ouce had been
.^torni rapidly grew worse, the dow!v
pour soon becon^ng torrential. • A
lent erected over the grave gave pat-:
tial shelter to the little family ^oup^
but the thousarids of people who came
to witness the burial vrere without
pi-otectior..
PRESIDENT SHAKEN \\ITH
GRIEF.
Service* at the grave were brief and
marked by ijripressive simplicity. The
President stood with head bowed as
tht final rite.s were performed. As
he stood there with hi^ daughters, Mr.
Wilson mad-3 no effort to control his
grief. A? hashed voice of the
pn acher read the burial services, the
Pericdent’s form was visibly shaken
by his strong emotion, and the tears
s.tream.ed dov.*n hi.s cheeks. Others of
the party v.'ent silently, softly. '\Mien
the final ber.*^uiction was pronounced,
ihe President s?owiy returned to his
carriage. His eyes were as tho.se of
on^ dazed, but his step wss firm ar.d
hia face was s^tern arid
After the casket was lowei'cd to its
filial resting i?iace, and th-> grace fill-
cleared ubo-.it the station, and the
thousands of people ussei.ibled there I
stood back i-ospectfullj. Those who
bore the casket were: Edward T. j
If^-cwr;, Atlanta; R, M. Hoyt, Wade j
C. Hoyt, and Nathan Hoy^ Rome; B.
Axson, Savanah; Randolph Axion
and E. T. Btown, Jr., and F .C. Ge-
brcath, Atlanta, j
The President, followed by Secve-j
tary and Mr«. McAdoo, Mi% ntid M
Sayie, Miss '.l;.rgaret Wilson, Prof. {
Ax.sori and other near relatives and
members ot the })ari.y quickly left
the train and e.-Ucrcd tlicir carriage.--.
The proceijsion then moveii thiough
hlaek-draped f.Jeets to the I’ivAt Pr«s-
byii;rian church.
of the natio.n, v.’ers piled high over the
tomb.
FUNERAL AT CHURCH.
More than SOO relatives and friends
01 the Wiiso'i antJ AJcson families
we*'*, already weathered in the quaint
little church which Mrs. Wilson used
to attend wlic(* he\* father, the late
Rev. E. Axson, was pastor, there.
The church was draped in black, with
entwined wreaths of white flowers. On
SWEET MEMORIES RECALLED,
('n the v.-ay to the cemetery the
pr:f.*es*sio.n pass;;*d the house where
irihy. Wilson lived as g girl, uiid an
other spot above the banks cf the
■Etov/ah r:ver, where tradition ha.= it
jthi l. ihe ;>i!jn/ised io become the f;»>
luu- Pre^side:jl.'s Nearby was
II jstatue to tho “Women of the South,’’
th.- inscription C!i which \va> wri*U*ri
by the Prerident a few year.' ago.
Cl. e\’c-ry side were scenes which ve-
eailed vividly to him the days of his
yo«..rg m.'jnhood ;md sweet memories
or her who now lies :p. a grave in
her old home.
Within le;.> than foi;i’ houi;-=: from
tile hour the fui.era) t-ain arrived, the
Prosider.t ;ind his party were once
mt re on l>oard their special cars, a!ii
tho return joari'.ey was begun.
rAYET!’:>:V!LLE‘S TIJIBl'TE.
I'ayettevil'e. Aug. 11.—A!i the
one wall was n white marble tablet to i stores and thv- postof!ice at Fayeitt-
the memory of Mrs. Wilson’s father, villo ivtre Hosed tor fifteen minute?
Barks of flowers were piled high upon thi.; afternoon to honor the memory of
the casket. thr- President’s, wife, while the town
boii in the t^wer of the old miirket
hon.^f. war* tolled at th^ hour of lh'»
funeiv.i.
.-\s the Pvcsident entered, following
th^ casket, Chopin’s funeral march
wa-i played softly upon the organ. A
S'niple, short service was conducted j
by Kev. G. G. Sydnor, the local pas-| ON RETL'RX TRIP,
tor. The President, his daughters, | Atlant;i, Cia., Aug. 11.—Prssider.t
Secretary JIc.\doo and Mr. Sayie, oc-jV.’’l.^on’s special train .“topped hero
cu;i’.ed the fr.iiit pew in the center, and I fifteen viiii'.utes tonight on it:i
back" of them were other members of
the family. Dr. Grayson and Secre-
tai'3' Tumulty. Two old-fashioned
hymr.ii, girlhood favorites of Mrs. Wii-
50!i. were sung by the church choir.
Rev. Dr. Sydnor then read briefly
from the- Scriptures and spoke of the
beruty and charity of Mrs. Wilson’s
ise?: to he ov en better than the ot^er.! 1**‘
Tlie price of admission will be t]ie
.same as befoi-o and you are guaran-
tecl your mor.cy’s worth and a good
clcnn show.
This show is for tha beneSt of The
BuHington Fire Company.
Orphan’s Entertainment Postponed.
A letter -.-eceived by Mr, J. G. Eoj*-
ers from the Superintendent of the
Orphanage at Tiffany, Ohio, stated
thrt owing to scarlet fever among a
number of orphans, the entertainment
to be given her on August 18, will be
postponed to some time in the near
future.
SCHOOL GIRLS PAY rRIBLTE.
.Af soon as the church service v.-as
enc.£d the casket was carried to the
waiting hearse ar.d the short journey
to Myrtle Hill Cemetery was begun.
School girls dressed in white and hold
ing laurel branches stood in line along
eithei side of the streets through
which the procession passed. Behind
then.' were thousands of people with
bared heads Vowed, silent and sorrow
ful. The entire city was dmped in
funei-al black.
The cortege was close to the ceme
tery when rain began to fall. The
vnir.ute?
return to Waohiiig’ton., The crowd of
sev.';:'al thousar.d people which hnl
gainered .-it 'Jie railway station was;
disappoiniad, as noi^e of the presider.-
tial party appeared, it was leanif'i!
i.hat t!',^ Pre.^idem was «iilc-ep. X:.
S;4.i o' ock the journey to the X;'-
tior..! v'apiial wr.s re.^umed.
Mtlhodist Picnic at Piedmont Park.
The Sunday School of the Method
ist C hurch gave their annual picnic
jFsierday evening at Piedmont Park.
Ihe evening \s'as spent in games At
si.'; thirty supper was ser\ed follow
ed by an interesting game in the Ca-
si’ic'., in which the Infant Department
w.in the price of $2.5!) in gold.
Shakespeare must have been think
ing about new hotels in Greensboro
when he made his justly^celebrated
assertion that “we are such stuff as
dreams 6re made of.”—Gr«ensboro
Now*.
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