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BURLINGTON, ALAMANCE COUNH, NORTH i '^ROLlNA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. 1914
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WILL REMAIN IN
Japan Will Aid her Ally Only in China Sea -French Loss
at Dinant Severe-Montnegrins Are in Bosnia-'
Great Britain Moves Forces Silently.
leen efTccie't in ordej
j,.-«cers ha-I Vi'GKO iaiL.S EXTISE F ASIILV,
liiat
unT.ies >iiav
t\yo
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FRENCH OUST GERMANS
Wounded Germans Reach Berlin With Story of Briliiant Sortie-Batter-
ies Captarid—Teutons Outnsirobe-red a/fii Their Fees Strongly En
trenched—Fought in Hot Sun—Fight Between Ships—French Loss Is
Heavy—Austrian Fight Montenegrins in Fierce Battle.
That the Germans are forcing
war through Belgium is indicated by
the Brussels report that Gormar. cav-
ital; that raeacures for the defense ot
airy is paroaclAng the Belfrian Cap-
Brussels are bainp: hastened and thnt
the seat of Government has been re
moved to .Antwerp.
The British presa bureau ;innounce:
The following statement was issued
tonight by the British offi'.-ial press
bureau:
“.\ny action Japan takes agau'.s*
Germany will not extend b2yond the
China seas except in so far os may
be necessary to protect Japanese
, shipping lines.”
that any aclicn\ which apau may;
take against Germany will notextend HALTHM BRITISH,
beyond the China Sea, ecsept for Boston, Aug. 17.—The White Star
the protection of Japanese shipping-^ liner Marquette, with 113 passengers
The British War Council has deeid- from the European war zone, arrived
ed to escludo correspondents from ^ tonight from Antwerp. She was
k- tl* forees in-the field and it is an-1 baited six times on the voyage by
nounced that the French War De-| British warships. Three times she
partment intends to take the ?ame ac-; was brought to by shots across her
tlos and probably war correspondents j bcl^^, the las,, time \\ ithin a --.Kort dis--
' in Belgium will be ordered out of that I tance of Boston light, at n o’clock
State. l’-0Ri)jht.
The German Emperor, the Crown I ®
Pririce and two ytber Inipreial Princes |
, are now at the great forltess of'
' Mi;«iz. The Emp«ror’s clepai'ture
) fron\ Berlin for the front has c-voked
' enthusiasm in tht^ Gerrijsn c:ipi‘tai, j
The Brazilian Government has i:-i-
sliucted its ilinir^.cr at Berlin to
ask for expianatio.-is and the punisii-
nient of those guiity oi; the alleged
attack by German soldiers on liern-
ardio Campos, ex-PrL-sidont of ihe
State of Sao I’aulo and his wife who
art' reporteti to have Vieen beaten and
' foi-ccd across th fSwiss frontier.
Several •■Austrian Army corps, ac
cording to advices from Vienna, have
invaded Russia, and the Sussiaji ad-
vai ’e in Galicia has been checked.
Brussels admits that the French cas
ualties ill the fiehting betwesn. Na
mur and Dinant were heavy, as the
Cermans wei-e strongly entrenched
and their artillery caused great havoc.
, The British official news; bureau
says the French fleet in the Mediter
ranean has made a sweep up the
.A.driatic as far as Cattro. Four Au.s-
Irin warships are reported to have
been sunk.
Montenegrin troops have crossed
the Bosnia frontier and oecispied the
town of Tchaiiiitza after a lisi’ce bat
tle. They are also credited with cap
turing eight .Austrian bl:>cl:houses nnd
several villages.
The British military and naval
movements are still shrouded in mys
tery.
JAPAN PROTECT EASTERN SHIP-
PJ\G.
San Frar.ciico, .August 17.—“The
Japanese fleet will protect American
and Japanese merehantment in Asiat
ic Waters,” declared Y. Numana, Jap
anese -Consul General here today in
discussing the possibilities of hostil
ities between Japan and Germany.
“.American trade with the Orient will
not be endangered.”
‘‘Japan is 10 times as string in
the Orient as Germany,” he added.
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WILL STAY INOBIENT.
London, Augr* I"?-—10:32 p. va.—
TUKKS IX GREECE.
London, Au^. 17,—-3:10 p* m.—
I Official dispatcher say Greece has re-
ctiveI information that Turkish
troops Jive crosring Bulpariitn terri
tory and marching in the direction of
Gieece. The Iieiienic grovef*iment in
consequence of lbf?se reports has no-
tiO.ed Turkey that if thU news shouid
Ije confirmed coiTespondiiic: mnit.'ir}'’
:>nd nava! luejusures will be tancjn Ln\-
liit'dlately Greece.
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Berlin, via Copenhagen and Lon
don, Au^. 17,—2:15 a. m.—German
^voLiiidcd %vKo have arrived here teU
ox the at Legarde. The fighting:
Issted seven hours under a burnin;^
si.n. The Germans were opposed by
fur superior forces, strongly entrench
ed. The German artillery Tire was
brilliant, two danj;rerous French bat
teries quickly were taken.
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FJGHT UKTWEE'S SHIPS.
German, troops bi*eaking through their
lines and putting tbeiri to fiiffht.
At'STRlANS FIGHT MONTENE-
GHINS.
London, Aug. 17.—7 p. m.—In a
dispatch from Cettinje, Montenegro,
the correspondent of Rey^er’* Zs^e^vs
Agency says Montenegrin forccr. hav*^
hfien engaged the last two dnys with
a strong; detachment of Austrian
troops near GTahavo. The Monte-
r.egiin casualties in dead and wound
ed were 45. On Auugst 1? the Aus
trian? attacked the Western frontier
of Montenegro from Krivosije to Gra-
hav£>; at the sa»75ie time Au5trinn ves-
h'A9 Vcnibarded Iho Montenegrin po
sition at l.ovii,;;i.
worK in
Paris, August 1-i.^—The cffice
j^'if.tes that twc> companies of tiie -'Sth
Bavaria Infainry was 5iu'priiH'?%i by'
Trench trooj»- ui Chambley nnd pur
to flight leaving- a *‘fairly brsro ni;m-
bor of dead and wounded/’
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Rome, August 14.—Officiai ridvices
from St. Petersburg confiim reports
of a disastrous defeat sufferc-d by the
Austrians at the hands of the Rus
sians at Tusora on the river Dneaster.
Four regiments of infantry* an.d one
-f cavalry were cut to pieces.
^ts Fire to Bungalow and Kills the*
LateV he. left Tor SoriV.g
Pai*is,
August 14.—Field
Marshal
coniuiancltr In chief
of the English field army, iolrio'' Gon,
Joffre, the French commander in chief
ut headquarters today, accoi'ding to
a report received here. The locality
was not nientione'.l. A large body of
French troops have entered l^elq’ium
'and are mai’^chinj; from Charl-?i-oi to
Gembloux, ten miles northw;?t of Xa-
nsur, an official announcenvj«:L say*',
MONTENEGRINS CAPTURE VIL
LAGES j London, Auj?, 14.—A Central News
London, Aug. 17.-5:0.5 p. m.-A ' Brussels says that it
dispatch from Rome to the Exchange report^’d there that Gen. Von Bm-
Telegraph Company says the Monte-
ncgnn troops have crossed the Bos
nian frontier and occupied the town
or Tchainitza after a fierce ).'\ttle.
The dispatch adds that the Monle-
ncgrins have euptuved eight Austrian
blockhou.'?es in Herzegovina between
Bilek and Trel>injc. They have also
occupied seven villages near Trebinje
and have
prisoner.
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SEA FIGHT eONFJUMfiS).
inich, the German co»nmand‘.*r of tn_*
forces in Belgium, committc'l «>uitido
after being rebuked l>y the German
t.'cneral's .staff for hU opei-Jitloo? at
Liege. The report is doui.’tcd h'^rc.
Q„
Ki/fed by Bandits, Pay J{«!I .^Hitsing,
WilliumKou, W. Vs.. Au'.:. n.-Joi.
^;heltc!\ paymaster of the Gl*..*n Alum
taken 12 .Austria^, oiTicors K'"®* *-"i™-
I Virginia; lb’. W. I). An[ick^ i.'onipany
; phy^ii:iati and F. I), Johnsotj, corapar.y
! electrician, were shot to drath tndr.y
-..;r ! by bandits who tcok the nay ro!! of
navi! ‘‘'"i escaped.
j„ .; ^ The (hrce compar-y employe^- rs;-
ctrivod tile money from a XorfolU S
Westtni train at C!en
t'larli.-d for Uio mines three .'nlcs a-.'.ay
on a velocipede car. Tra\eiinjr ,s:ilos-
mci; vvalkins' to the mine, found the
car, with the pay roll goiK' i
car, ’.vith the nay roll missing i
fron: the station. Two of the
[u nu—Confinnatioii of Ihe
fight in the Adriatic is given in a
dispatch fiom Ccltinje lo the Coj-
rierc dTta today which says thtj Aus-
trinn liaUle Zrinyi and three other
I
i;ittieship.s uh£?se nainoii could not be
ai'cerlaiu wore sunk by the Fi'cj.ch
fleet- A great number of French aiid
Ei>gljsh wai'ships are said ^:> }e pa-
tro!Ur»g the coast.
IMMIGRATION HALVED BY WAR.
Washington, Aug. 17,— VVar’-s eiToct
upon immigration into the United
b'latc.'? was indicated today b;/ official
figures showing a decrease of more
than 50 per Cfjnt. in the siamber of
aJiejis coming in during the first half
London, Aug. 1S.—2 a. m.—A Paris,August compared with the same
dispatch to -The I>atly Telestraph, |•
ffays:
mie
mile
men
were dead. The third, monuliy wound-
eI, saiil they had bec-n l\y
fwiir Italians-
were .sonr from here and
Hiucfield.
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Boy Hurl by Automobtle.
Occ«iiiants as T/uy Fk-.^ From
the Burning' -Mructur*.
. ^ Gree Wi?.. Ava. ;
i with a ha:>i to-
^.ar^ce of Mamah
liii'.d negj'C.
.iav' er.ded- t?>a r^*.
'Boiiton Boi'thwJci^, forii:?*'*
v.-in IL Cheney, of Oak
Fj'an'u' Lloyd Wrigiit, Svealthy
ai'chitect. .with whom she
as a wife t'ince
CUi? w.
Greer..
Wright, i- .one of the best known
'••'c'hitects in. the cer.iral States. He
w'j? estnuigc^d fro^m his wife several
ye:irs ago aftc-r a scandal which iinl:-
ni> iiame with That of Mr5. Mamah
Bor:.f'.u-:ck Cheney, wife of a neighbor
in Oak asuburb , Later Cheney
obtained n divorce.
Two ye.tf.i ago Wi'ichi built a bu:;-
had liCed-t Spihiu Green. Wis., whiph
Jivas (^a^led “Lovers Cottage/' by ths
Mrs.
in
Ed-
and
'.ner^hboi'ii. the crchirecc ;*.nd
Cheney >vere repined to have r»ade
fre(juent vhithisi to the house in the
woods'.
7he aiTiu'r of iiie WH^iit and Chen
ey family first became public in 20r^;>
when Mrs. Cheney and "VVrigth went
to Kurope. Or? theij- reiijvn Mr.^.
Sc-:*i!:sr fire to the elabc.rac= bui:^"4“
tcAv built i»y Wrighi for Mr^. Boru>
v.-lck here after his estrangCTnent from
hi-- wife, tiie negro stood outside and
attempted to brain Mrs. Brothwick
and eight other occupants of the
buiid::ig, members of the famliy and
employes, a? they fled from the ?.ames.
He ended Jlrs. Borrinvick'.s life and j cher.c-y did no^ to to her homo in
(he iive.s of two others, probably fa-{Oak Park, where she had left her
:!y injurirsr three, m-.d serious!;-.-j children ar.d her husband. Wright,
'.-uiyjiiip' the- i'"n’,:iinde''. [htiwever, v.'ent to his family and re-
.Mi-. Enrtlnviol:
primarded the nia
said to have re-
, Juli:iT* C-iilton.
chef in kitchen, Ke brooded ovt.«r
thi.?. i' *• ihouKht anj bocame i:»Han.\
CaHtov :iisappeare>.; after .he kilHncr.
but Ilf let' a .‘^earch of seeveral hours
had V>een made fv>r Viini, re'-ppoarod
ar.d suvrer.dered. He was hurried in
to an automobile ;ind rushffd to th*?
Iowa ounty jail, IS miles away.
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I>Ji=iPLAYS FIENDISH INGKNl'H V.
The dead are: Mrs. Mamali Bouton
Borthwick, John Borthwick Cheney,
her 1']-year-old ;^o: .. ai'.J Kmil Buvdoll,
draught.-ma-’.
he- -.v.x'-. H.wid L:v,^-
bluni, a orardner, KrrrC't Westo!^ 1^'.,
farm hand, T>nii Ifrunkheail, laborer,
and Martha I’or'ihVricii Cheney, Mv.-.
Berth wick's 10-vear-ohl daujrhtcr.
ports 01 rorgiveness were current.
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DIMDiNG AVALL TORN OOWN.
A wall separating: the Wrighv home
i]?ro two aparrme.nts was erected.
Mvs. Wright occupied one and Wright
the other. The children divided their
lime with the parents. Then, after
a month or so, a i-econciliation was ef
fected and the dividing watil tern
down.
Cheney l^rouftht j^uiT fr»r divorce,
charging- d^sertin*'. ;ir.d Aug'ust
U'll. ar absolute decj'ee was gruntL'd.
Mr:i. Chenoy niude no def.\’^>o ard
Wright’s name was not m^'ntioried.
bljoj-tly befoio Chnsrnia. W' i:rhr>
bui:?:’;iiAv at Spri:;" Creen, '\Vis., was
completed a-.ui before Uie l.oli-
d?:y.-, ie^'3Hir«' their t?*ip a *’spj‘rr::ai
li't^gira C.'iicJiey an.i Wrigj-it
!vf; toivether f'>v
•uri'.’.y,'
The seriously if'jyicd an*; iVnriiut:
W cstor.. carpentcr. and Ttrbert Friix. j rhri.-jtmji'i
Carlton, with his wife, had lieor. in pi,- dofer,di;-.,a; hi'; cnn.vtf
%Vri.‘);bt's employ about foiU- months. I i,; bis Oak Par; heme,
i-orr.ii!}” hoi-e from Chica-i>. CavUon’si M,-s. Wrjphl took !>o ftcus to’.van!
wife «■:. found (iarod afie:' ‘l.e traure -1 ;; divorce bur with her chllcircji, the
walu';-’ir a)oULC ihe highway, and
> - ; . J !
in the Ciiicat^o y.ijli-
t uri«,
Chenfv
j u.’io.'-i t.-: V. no?M — ivv.- a niai'. jjrow.''.
wa^: taken into custody. S’ne denied j ri'inai 'ed ;;t in the
p::rtieip:;tio)i in jhe ni'uir. ■
The nogrc; di.splayed fioulish i;u>;cn-
uiiy in airanging his vi:.*tiins fur the
slaughter. .A.I1 were in ibe dining
room when he lighteii a ru.ir soaked
Ai>vOi;t lias the tw.i
.iven. and Jolv'.
Chr-iiey nr ihe Spring (i)'
bv.-e since iived there,
O-
led
Cheney chi)-
joined Mrs.
en iiome ar.d
Ir. gasoliJ^e ir* fi-oo* of vhe doov. ac- j ]
.'Ording lo Wil’ian. Wcsioa. the len:'t :
seriou-^ly hurt. In a mome'.L ihe room | Cudffer Win--: in the 10th I^->-
\vas in flames. Oiie means of e^-'res-',! noids.
;i window, w;*s left. ■ .\>hevilk'. Aag. IT*.—Incoinpiete re-
jun-ns from the distvici indi-'ate thiVt
Jr.. h:
las wof
ov^?' R.
“It is reported hei'e^that an engage
ment between a British and a Ger
man warship !ias ocenrred oif the Ca
nary Islands. It is stated that a
German cruiser has been sunk and
also that a British cruiser has captur
ed a German ship containing muni
tions of war/'
The British officiai news bureau
has no confirmation, of theso reports.
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FRENCH LOST HE.U'Il.Y.
London, .Aug. 17.—,t:3o p. m.—A
P.russcls dispatch to the Exchar-E'e
Telegraph Compaisy says the French
casualties in t^ fighting bavween Xa-
mur and Dinana were heavy as the
Germans ^vej'e strongly entrenched
and their artillery at the outset play
ed havoc with the French.
The French wing at Dinant had
been badly cut up and nearly routed
when suddenly the strains of the Mar
seillaise resounded in the French
lines and the men rallied and reform
ed. With splendid jrallaiitry they
charged, hnrlinjr themselves on the
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Paris, Aug. 1-1.-—The Journal to
night states that it is absob.uely cer
tain that Japan mil declare war on
Germany.
Brussels, Aug. IJ.—Italy has order
ed all its reservists in Belgium to re
port to Italian consuls incident to
Italy's mobilizition to present her
i.eiitrality.
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*'Ui:. 1-t.—.A :!Un!rier
cf wounded soldier.s have arrived here
fi-om Belgium. Identification is lack
ing, but thej’ are thought to be troops
which were engage din the lighting
Liege.
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London, August 14.—Montenegrin
troops with the aid of the inhabitants
cf Hertafova are successfully invad
ing Austria, whose blockade of Motite-
negrin coast has practically ceased
according to a dispatch from Rome.
Paris, Aug. 14.—It is officially an
nounced that a union has been forc
ed between the French snd
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Harvey Jeffries, the 14 yc.ir old so.-i j Mli.-^. BOBTHWICK WAS riKST. j J. ,M. t'Jud
of Ml', and Mrs. C. J. Jeffries, of ! Mrs. Eorthwicii was the i;r.;t to na; ; I.. EeynoUis the sera^d ror.gres-
j Route v.-as seriously hurt by an! her head through the window. TheUio,,iil pi imavy held tod:-.y throasr-
aiiioinobiie driven by Hurley Vander-i'•I'gro. waiting M«:Vd;3. itvuck hev/mi jhe li)ch disu ict by a'O'-iJ m:\yxA-
ford Sur.day. The hoy’.s lofi leg \va.^ ; down with one blovr, Crushing her 1 ties. lard.siide in Bu"Comiie gave
broken and iie was otherwise injured.' skull. He then dragged her body oat | Gudgor jibout 700 m.jjori;'.-. Rpvno’ds
The buy was in the clitrh j^sl a few J I'.nd waited for the next. Little John: ran ied the county ! y ilav.
steps in front Of the niachi]n> when by ' Cheney folIoM-ed. His head was .split i Reyniiids carried .-Vshovii'.e bv .'Ui
some means the machine became an-! open. Then Burdeil fell. j votes.
became an- j open,
controllable and ran into the ditch
i-unniiig over the boy’s leg .".nd bre.'ik-
ing the bone just above the knee. The
accident was unavoidable and >!r.
\ andoriord regrets the accidcMri, v*^;*y
deeply,
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Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank our many friends
I who ^5'ere so kind to u.s in the acciderit
to our son, Har>.-ey. We assure you
every act was appi-eciated to its full
est extent and we ask God’s blessing
upon each and everj’ one.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jeifries.
‘‘.^s each put. his head ou:
Weston, “the negro Struck,
aid I At Re.vnoids' i'.ead.^uartcrs il
\\ a-;
dling I stated he had carried Henderson, Polk
the
Mr. George W. Vestal, a prosperous
and well-to-do farmer of Coble’s
Township, also Chairman of the Re
publican County Committee, was in
town Saturday confering_ with his
party friends and later “ttesded the
County Con7et>tion.
jr stunning his victim. I was
last. The ax struck me in thel ;:ec7i
ar.d knocked me down, but left me con-
s'.'iv'us. It got up and ran, the negro
”f;C'* ^ hri b)f mr'1/•!
M’
By this tmie, \\oston .'^r.id the
bungaitnv was in fiamc-.-^.
nnti Rut’v;ford and lost Transyh-a-
?iia. Su i and I^uncombe. Through
out t’ ' ...istrict interest in the prim
acy ,.s lacking. No serious disor-
No
Asheville beine: the
uietest held in many yeavs. Ui^y-
^ eids' former strength wa^ lacking
The fire was cor.-'.ncd lo the bung- j >!■. ner-rly every county heard fi'oni.
jilow and when it had been controlled] With three counties in the district
neighbors, many of whoni formcrlyito hear from, the results from which
had be$n bitter against Mrs. Boi'th-
wick, joined the pos.se in search of the
nnjrderer.
MR. WRIGHT PROSTRATED.
could not change the result, Mr.
Gudgcr win.^ by a majority ranging
I from !^00 to 1,200.
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But poverty, with most who whimp-
Chicago. Aug. 15.—Frank Lloj’d^ er forth
Wright was in his office when he re-(Their long complaints, is ielf-inflict-
ceived a long distance telephone mes-'. ed woe-
mage informing him of the tragedy, i The effect of lazinesg, or ../.HiffV
He was probated to« ’
..if-