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, mm , .-.mxmimzz. &iilP . q. y JMyfy: AIEraAUCDST 13.1914. v , Scjle Ctpj 5 Cci . WmLMmmm & Ld investigation into negro; love for general villa and r-S-.a-V DECIJUIATION OF W A ETHI3 ORDER FOLLOWED y GARIAAUSTRIAN . FLEET PS OUT FOR ACTION AMERICANS GOING TO kQLAND'A JAPANESE STEAMER SHELLED BY BRITISH GUNS. : f. ''v.-:-V . rans cuies Hn uvumns ii -:v::-;.';i:rf;;';(By United Press.) -" - : BRUSSELS, ?Aug;g:i3l-t was officially, announced ithat ! German J advanced toward :Na- ! fX mnr'w checked By t allies The, war office claims the yyOem. loss sojiisSfr . . ; y ;r. ,;; jnachine'iguns jnomited .on an te tomobue 1iuck3.i?4 ij imittee fcas' ' collected t - 4rMfiVind ies;o atrocities com- . v:?rV m'itted by Oermans .04 Belgian .. Washington d. c, ing. 13 The 'I State Department has been notified that the Am- erican consulate at Liege has : , been exposed -.'to' fire since hos tilities beganil If th (Germans :?' 'ry bombard the consulate will be r i-s'; ' moved. - &'-yyyviy,;:";S'! i '- A , WASHINGTON, D, C, Aug. j 13. President Wilson issues a national appeal for Red Cross .contributions. - .'England, has. notified the United States government of K-lthe decjaratiop, of war against Austrian w . garia and Roumania to have the nations side with Germany and Austria in the war. It was admitted in official circles to- dv?w'vv Anti Austrian feeling-, in Italy is rapidly increasing.7 " ; l6RTOELSyAug. 13.7- The Germans "are waging a war of extejnmatipni : by firing I on priests vnd killing, people : in di8irMmafelyt;liole villages havQ ben wipeput by invad 6ts, kcoording to reports reach ing hef tering about Hallen and Lim- 1 burg, extending to , Diest and around Zeelhelm. , Germans were driven out of this terri tory, leaving their dead and wounded .thickly strewn in the fighting zone. Belgians, not waiting for the Germans, took the offensive, and after a series- of terrific charges, drove the Germans back on their reserves. P'X f r ROMBr'An'g, l-Steamers reaching Venic .report that the Austrian fleet "cleared for action off the Austrian naval .base Pola, . , LONDON, ,Aug. 13. The British fleet in the Mediter ranean has been ordered to strike against the Austrians. iyWMKyiCyy"My$ ATHENS, Aug. 13. The King . has called his m council, cabinet and all living former ; ministers to decide the future for Greece. - t Pressure to participate in the present 'war is great but it is understood that the. King de sires to remain neutral. - , Austrian Ambassador his passport following the declaration of war, :-. Throngs besieged the embassy for protection, though there . were ISLE OF SHOALS, N. H- Aug. 13i The sound of big guns, apparently to the eastward, on the open sea, te'e yesterday save rise to reDorts th" naral engagement had taken ...... i Oft the Hew England coast. 4: The r pons, noweYer, coaia not oe uou tlated. ' Powerful, glasses did not ( close war Tetseto.-.'; v-v' i- Inquiry among the coast defeWM developed that mortars had been dls4 charged at Fort McKinley, at Port land, Maine, nearly forty miles awar Some color was given to the story of a battle by the statement of 3ap tain Dennison, - of the . coastwise steamer Governor Diugley, at Pertj; land, that he had sighted a vessel. which he thought was a British war ship apparently pursuing anoth6T( LONDON, Aug. 13. The admif? alty has sent out cruisers to ply thf Atlantic and protect trade routes. The French government also hat sent out warships to search for Oer uiau cruiserB. ; "The enemy's ships," says thepoff flcial admiralty report, "will be bunm ea conunuauy, ana aunougn som iime may eiapse eeiore tney are run; down, they will he kept too busy. M do much mischief. : .-U'i-V:-, -: "A numbec of fast merchant ves selB fitted and armed at British' ar senals also are patrolling Ihe' routed and keeping them clear of Germaf commerce raiders." ; With every das that passes their control of trad routes, : especially those of the . At? lantic, becomes- stronger. la the North Sea, where the Germans hart scattered mines indiscriminately angV where the most formidable opera tions of the naval war are proceed ing, the admiralty can give no, as '-l!lI)Qlmf::.13EdwaM secona secretary 01 tne Amen cam embassy here, said: "So far as we know, not a single American has been prevented from' landing In Great Britain." Secretary of State Bryan's cable gram 'to the ambassador ; here was sent on receipt by Mr. Bryan of de layed protests from Christiania and Havre, from which ports steamers sail to closed ports. ; But Mr. Bell already had arrang ed with the authorities to admit Am erican citizenship. t - United States Minister VanDyke at The Hague, has Informed the Am erican relief committee here he will send smal) parties of Americans by boat from the Netherlands to Eng land every five days. ., LONDON, Aug. 13. Dis- :yf .patcnes irom iunsteraam state , that a special train in personal g charge of, ; James Gerard, Am erican Ambassador to Ger many, passed through there enroute from Berlin to Rotter- V- . r damiWith a hundred - Ameri- -;;C'.CanS. ' '$M1' ROME. W. 13. The KTaia- 'A , .aV-- RQME, Aug. ,13. The Kais- er is makinfir a supreme, effort . ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 13 The War Office announces that . Russian lancers drove Austrian troops from trenches at Zolzchste with heavy losses. TOKIO, Aug. 13. The Jap anese - steamer . Shikoku was damaged and one of the crew killed by a cannon at the Brit ish fort at Hongkong because the ship disregarded port regulations. BRUSSELS, -Aug.. 1 3. Belgians maintain the offensive. They have recaptured Landen, destroyed all bridge and cut off railroad commun ication at the; rear of the German front. , ; . : X ; The war 'bfQce announces that Hasslelt and Linbiirg thrice , have been taken and lost by Germans. ' The . Belgians repulsed a flanking movement, with ten' thousand caval ry engaged on both sides. :; ; . . Censorship drew a yell , over the armies. It is belieted the greatest battle In modern history is on. . . .The battle line extends a. hundred miles from Liege to Meta. , Following a night of terror, in which Germans attempted to break through the lines' of the allied ar mies it. was announced that "Bel gians are stijl holding , their ' posi tion." : -v'VrVsi; V.-rs X,-' PARIS, Aug. 13. Americans at Havre waiting for the French Line steamers France and Chicago, to sail for the United States are deserting the vessels, and returning to Paris or going to England. ' Two ..thousand Americans have been living aboard the steamers at the company's . expense expecting daily that they would sail. The com pany now offers to repay the fares of the Americans. . PARIS, Aug. IS. The War Office says, the Germans : are bombarding Pon 'A' Mouson, many shells falling la the town. k! rX a - The War Office offlclaly reporU ADD WAR-.-;- . . . . capture of an entire German .battery of artillery in Alsace, W X!K' -..-,;:: k.'-X.X - LONDON,' Aug. 48. Th French embassy Issued an offioial denial to the Berlin claim ' that Germans at Mulhausen .; eaptured 'v an vs entire French regiment." GERMAN TANKER AT OLDPpiNT, VA. Escapes Capture by British Cruiser By Putting Into Chesapeake Bay. Country Should be Defended From Men Taking Such Advantages. IN PRICES ON FOODSTUFFS (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 13. President Wilson has directed the Attorney General to investigate food prices. ''"The rapid and unwarranted in crease on the pretext of conditions In Europe is serious and vital," said the President. "The country ought to be defended against men taking .advantage of such circumstances. Increased 'prices multiply the diffi culties of living." The President directs the investi gation for court action and for neces sary legislation. CONFESSED SLAYER OP IS. BAILEY Woman Says She Was Trying to Kill Dr. Carman When She Shot Woman. Thought Colored Man Was Attempting to Do Harm To His Pet. F; M. CREECH LODGED TO Constitutionalist Leaders. Are Openly Split and Settlement Not Likely. New York, Aug. 13. Officials of Nassau County were notified yester dayfhat Mrs. Cohen had surrendered W Niagara Falls after making a con fession that she had killed Mrs. Louise Bailey in the office of Dr. Ed win Carman. She has been examined-at Niagara Falls and found sane. . The notification came from the Buffalo authorities who also sent word that Mrs. Cohen had supple mented her confession with a state ment that she was trying to kill Dr. Carman because he had circulated stories that prevented her getting work as a nurse. J Mrs. .Florence Carman, the physi cian's wife, is under indictment for the death of Mrs. Bailey. Whiteville, N. C, Aug. 13. F. M. Creech, an aged white man who Is to tally blind, is in jail here charged with killing a negro at Freeman yes terday morning, having been brought here on the 8 o clock train yesterday evening by Deputy Sheriff J. M. Mere dith. From the statements of . the de fendant and the deputy sheriff, it ap pears that this negro, whose name was Allen, passed the home of Mr. Creech about 10 o'clock yesterday and, when about 60 feet from the steps where Mr. Creech was sitting, got off the bicycle he was riding and attempted to kill a snake. The old man hailed him three times but re ceived no response and, fearing that the negro was "chunking" his dog, he went back in the house for his shot gun and, as he says, shot in the air to scare the negro away, but instead the load hit the negro square in the head and instantly killed him. Coroner Slade Smith returned the verdict that the negro came to his death at the hands of Mr. Creech, and he was taken before A. H. Len- non, Jr., J. P., for a preliminary trial and bound over to Columbus Supe rior Ciurt to meet Monday, August 31. The negro was between 45 and 50 years old, and was a widower. He is said to have been a fairly respect able negro and 'thought to be harm less. . . t Mr. Creech has lived in Columbus county all his life and this is the first time in his 68 years that he has been hailed before a bar of justice. His condition, is to be deplored on ac- cfluhtof the Ja:R,taX heis stone buna, ana because, as is generally oe- lieved, the killing was wholly accidental. HARD I 0 GET NEWS FROM EUROPE NOW All Telegraphic Connections With - Germany, Austria and Hungary ' i . ? Are Broken. Old Point Comfort. Va.. Aug. 13 The steamer Vulcan, of the Standard Oil Company, has put in here to es cape capture by British cruisers. , The vessel flies the German flag and is valued at $800,000. . . ATTEMPT-MADE TO WRECK . : : TRAIN NEAR LYNCHBURG ,t Lynchburg,' Va., Aug, ,J 3 An un successful attempt was '. -made to wreck fast southbound passenger train No. 29, on the Southern rail way, at 8:60 last night. Four ties had been placed on the High Bridge over Blackwater - Creek, ; near this city, but the engineer discovered them in time, stopped the train and removed them. ... .- :-. ;.; , CHARTER GRANTED. -, f MtBr United Press.) -"' , Raleigh, N. CV Aug. 18. The Con solldated Five and Ten Stores Inc., of Concord, was charteed here today, for chain of stores. The capital stock is (10,000 authorised, t $5,000 sub scribed by R.R. Casque and others. v - .x;' r.A. ':- oucceBg- worm uavinff never am-.' ''.".".i - J v- TM TI1U ll II I r I U III -YUMD mi 1-1 i. Ml t : ' . . .7 x ... , , " : v":-i" v' v-vTi- ;:;-'n"-."r,u wmcvi-nnoea--.tn-es--nexnecwpuy.v; all New York, Aug. 13. The restric tions of its cable service since the outbreak of the European war were described in detail last night by the Western Union Telegraph Company. All telegraphic connection with Germany,-Austria and Hungary is brok en and cables leading to other coun tries are subject to rigid censorship. i Unusual requirements regulating the sending of messages have been dictated by the British military au thorities, it was stated, and messages which do not conform to the require ments will not be passed. Code mes sages to the warring countries are barred altogether and will be, the company believes, until the war is over. V Restrictions include the require ment that full addresses, including street and number, must be given and all messages must be signed with full names and senders. This require ment,, the company declares, greatly Increases the cost, but is necessary if the messages are to be got through. :The Western Union stated that notwithstanding abnormal conditions abroad, traffic was being disposed of over Its eight cables with reasonable promptness. Beyond London the service is slow but fairly reliable except to the three countries for which no messages are accepted. V-'-.:;,- 'liPENN FIREMEN PARADE.' ' T " (By United Press! ) . , -tlonnellsvllle, Pa., Aug. 13. In bright uniforms, the thousands of Western Pennsylvania firemen at tending the annual convention of the Western Firemen's 1 Association marched here today. Several compa nies, from nearby states made excel- owlngs. " " i;v CONSIGNED 10 VILLA CONFEREES AGREE AMENDMENT Bill to Admit Foreign Ships Under The United States Flag, and to Use Panama Canal. Washington, Aug. 13. Opening of United States coastwise trade to foreign built vessels admitted to American registry during the next two yearB under the pending Panama Canal act, amendment was agreed upon last night by the House and Senate conferees. All such proposals have been fought by shipping and shipbuilding Interests, and presenta tion of the conference report is ex pected to precipitate vigorous oppo sition. The amendment as it passed the House, designed as an emergency measure to . quickly enlarge the American merchant marine and facil itate the movement of exports while foreign shipping is tied up by the Eu ropean war, would authorize the President in his discretion to admit foreign built ships not more than five years old to American registry. The Senate added amendments to admit such ships to the trade between At lantic and Pacific ports of the United States and on the Gulf and the Great Lakes, and from these grew the plan agreed upon last night. There has been some -question about the right to change the regis ter of a ship owned by a belligerent In time of war, but this was set at rest yesterday by a formal decision by Cone Johnson, solicitor of the State Department. Mr. Johnson pointed out that the requirements of international law demand that no transfer of a vessel shall be made in a blockaded port or while the ship is on the high seas. In h4s opinion, however, with this limitation, It simply is necessary that the sale be made in 'good faith with no Intention to evade the consequen ces to which an enemy's vessel would be exposed and with no understand ing expressed or tacit, that the vessel Is to be retransf erred after hostili ties." ' Government insurance for vessels which .take . the risk of . carrying American export trade under the war conditions now prevalent In Eu rope would be provided by a bill In troduced In the House yesterday by Representative Lewis, of Maryland, Washington, Aug. 13. General Carranza has ordered held at Tam pico a large shipment of ammunition consigned to Gen. Villa, according to official advice yesterday to the Wash ington government. For many weeks Villa has been re cruiting and buying ammunition and Carranza has not objected to ship ment of munitions via Tampico. Yes terday, however, he called a halt. Reports of increasing friction be tween the two Constitutionalist lead ers reached here yesterday from va rious sources. Gen. Villa sent to persons here a synopsis of the rea sons why he is displeased with Car ranza's attitude, v He sets forth that he will insist on carrying out the agreement recently reached at Tor- reon when the breach tentatively was adjusted. Villa's demands, in brief, are: First: That a civil instead of a military government be established throughout Mexico and a general election be conducted by it; that no military chief be provisional gover nor of any State. Villa himself is military governor of Chihuahua from which post he is willing to retire and he wants Carranza to retire as first chief. Second: Land reforms should be put into effect in accordance with the Mexico constitution and in a law ful and orderly way. Third: The present Federal army should be dissolved, but its meritor ious officers and men be taken over Into the new army of the republic, composed of the Constitutionalist forces. . rourtn: amnesTy'snaiiBa sgww;-!,,.. i , all political offenders except those di- rectly responsible for the overthrow of Madero and Suarez. The first of Villa's demands is ex- . , actly opposite from Carranza's pre- . viously announced program. The en tire plan as given out by close friends of Villa shows that the fighting gen eral has drafted a scheme with : ' which the present Federal army and especially the generals now support ing the Carbajal movement are en tirely in sympathy. Officials, inci- 1 dentaHy, have been advised that, while the Federal army is evacuating Mexico City to allow a peaceful entry , of the Constitutionalists without sub jecting non-combatants in the capital to the dangers of a battle, the Fed- eral force, which are estimated at 40,000, have not finally determined what to do. The Federals want guarantees and Gen. Velasco, minis ter of war to Carbajal, has intimated ' in an official communication to Car- ' ranza that if guarantees are not giv en and amnesty declared, a counter revolution undoubtedly .will follow and an effort be made to join forces -with Villa. . A man's sins usually find him In; his neighbors find him out, ' WILSON IS BACK N 'ASM N N President Back At Work After His Sad Trip to Georgia Shook Hands With Railroad Workers. Washington, Aug. 13. President Wilson returned to Washington at 5 o'clock yesterday from his journey to Rome, Ga., to bury Mrs. Wilson. With him came Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo, Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Sayre, Miss Margaret Wilson, Prof. Stockton Exson, Mrs. Wilson's broth er, and other relatives. The trip from Rome was unevent ful. On the advice of Dr. Grayson, his physician, the President spent most of the time on the observation platform of his car to get the breeze. Few people were at the stations to see the special go through. At a place In Virginia a gang of Bection hands working on the rail road ran beside the President's car while the train was going slowly and he reached out of the window and shook hands with them. BOY SCOUTS ARB GUESTS OF EAGLES . (By United Press.) . Washington, Aug. 13. All capital boy scouts were guests today at a pic nic given by the Fraternal Order of Eagles at historic Marshall Hall on'' the Potomac. ' y -X-M ,y'yym ' ' - " ' ' Yx':' k'-'