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;" WILL TAKE FRENCH CAPITAL.
Allies Claim to Have Advan
tage While Genhans Claim
j They Are Holding Positions
1,800 Anstrian Traitors
To be Sentenced Germans
, Leaving J Belgium Heavy
Rains Bothering Russi
sians. .
PARIS, Sept. '17 Despite - the
fact that fighting eoatiniies along the
' line of battle in Aime, according to
a statement from, mrmj headquar
ters, there is little change from yes
terday -It Is believed the Gennans
:' have jvithdrawn farther to their new
dam, probably along tht) valley of
.Mease; jriwsvi;vvV
Officials explataed that Gerntaa
"counter attacks foi the. past two days
iJowevef line of : fighfc-
of-the. tuUw&VVK-f'i'
, r' Prejich officials admitted they faU-
ed to break through General Von
Kluck's lines In their final attack.
PETROGRAD,Sept. 17. - JHeavy
rains all along the battle lines in
East ' Prussia converted the i whole
.countrj Into' bog making. Move
ment of troops is laborious. 'It is
, believed that because of this the
.. Germans have taken up a new line
of entrenchments to ' hold the Rus
; elan - advance, and are already mov
r Ing their , first line westward. ,
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v OSTEKD,' Sept. 17. Couriers re
port' that the. German detachments
f ' holding Brussels have gone to the
; ': front, leaving the Brussels, garrisons
r In th6, hands of andstrums,
p ANTWERP, . Sept.; 17 Germans
have withdrawn their main .forces
from hereabouts to .send , to France.
They do not contemplate eyacuatlpn
v hut leave the fortifications in the
hands of. landstrums and naval e-
' serves. Those going to the front are
. moving., .A. continuous stream of
trains is passing Alx La Chappelle,
carrying fresh troops for the battle
llnes " ' v v .
NISH, Sept. 17 The Servian ar
. my under command of the Crown
Prince, found it impossible to suc
cessfully invade Slavonla. It was
'. stated that the- army was recalled
', for strategic reasons but the real
reason Is believed to be th,e discov
: ery of an Austrian trap by air scouts.
Advancevof combined Servian and
Montenegrin forces Into Bosnia con
vtmaes. y The invading':, forces over
; came strong opposition at Sarajevo.
.;lv; .BERLIN, Sept. 17-The general
staff announces A French attack was
spenC. on1 the -" German positions
- which - were , well . maintained. . The
rapidity of the retirement of f fhe
German troops " greatly tired , them
and it was deemed best to fall back
on entrenched positions to rest' and
fill npigaps.,Needed. supplies are
well concentrated on the front
j V It; was officially declared that the,
. . French everywhere were on "the de
fenalve. - Investment of s Paris has
been halted temporarily but we will
f take the' place before the present
campaign is. worked out.' ..' '. v. '
. .. Russians are falling, '; with Ger
.' mans capturing many guns, ; muni
i.tions 'and prisoners. ' J ' i", i 'y -:
" ffhe Aniitrlaa armies, have; effect-
' "j eJ ' Jstncttoa;' The Austrian' 'gen-
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eral staff 'wires thai, they are about
to assume the offensive. ? The Aus
trian have decisively beaten the
Servians, and captured large num
ber of war munitions. V
PARIS, Sept.' 17.- It was official
ly reported that ! the , army ; of. the
German ' Grown Prince ' was com
pelled to give ground ' before the
French center. . It is certain . that
the Germans will be compelled to
raise the siege on Verdun.. ..
The German center north and east
of Varennes moved to a new stand
at Gallcnie, where the headquarters
of the German battle line are locat
ed. ' The German Center is retiring
on the- headquarters. -: . It is expected
that they will 'be. Compelled, to re
move their headquarters to Meuse,
. At other points it was stated, the
allies are holding their positions.
The ' Germans are receiving large
reinforcements. ' s.
.! NEW YORK, Sept. 17 The Bus-
sian cofisol . today was officially ad
vlwwl f; 'sr airalnst Austrians
i-iA....t.. .i.:taJ1-J1' their land had killed and tdrtur-
' vs,r vr-"rTr"l
and munition of war taken by- th
Russians ara coming in from att tle
armvvij.-.'v;
-tww-w t left bank 'of
on Austrians",
. PARIS, Sept. 17. The afternoon
official statement says battle contin
ues, from Oise to Meuse, the Ger
mans misting French advance. The
present fortifications sinC participa
tion in the battle of Marne, are be
ing strengthened, indicating that the
Germans intend to make no change
in their positions.'" ;' -; '
r BERLIN, Sept. 17 The war of
fice says it has received H advices,
from Vienna showing eighteen hun
dred Gallcian. traitors ; have been
taken at Gras Styria, where they are
held, to await sentence., They signaled
the positions of the Austrian army
to the Russians. ;i
EAUX, Sept. 17 It was of
ficially stated that the French are
again winning "decisive victories all
along the line. The third great bat
tle of the war has progressed since
Monday. The French still hold the1
advantage. ' . v v-:' .'r
LONDON, Sept. 17 The official
press bureau Issued the following
Announcement last night:
: "It is stated from Russian official
sources that the rout of the Aus
trian army, in Galicia. Is complete,
though; full details have not been
received. The Austrian . loss since
the taking of Lemburg is estimat
ed At 250,000 kUled And wounded,
100,000 prisoners "And 40 f guns,
many, colors and vast quantities of
stores.: 'ii. ff.i;!--'V; V i; 6'
"The Germans made desperate ef
forts to save the Austrian army but
failed completely. ! .vi ":':;'
. " "At one point the Germans lost
86 pieces, of heavy Artillery And at
another several dosen pieces of
siege Artillery." . . . -:
' . PARIS, Sept if The French of
flcial communication : issued last
night Announces thAt the headquar
ters sends no new detaiis of the ac
tion now- being fought : along the
Aisne riveivt; 'n''p: t "fcZMfaX
'The : text ' Of the ' announcement
foUows f'xf H j: ?? 'V ":;
"This evening general headquar
ter has communicated no new in
formation about the Action going on
Along our front. ;' v . !' :;
"As has been remarked before, it
is not to be wondered that during
the course of a battle which baa last
ed several days no definite conclu
sion of any kind can be inferred. We
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G0:iTR0VERS!ES
President Wilson Notifies The
Warring; Conntries ' Must
. .Stop Fighting First. 7
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Washington D. C. Sept. ' 17.4r
President Wilson notified the world
yesterday that, the United -States at
this time cannot pass Judgment or
take any part in controversies be-,
tween the warring European nations
over alleged violations of the rules
of civilized warfare and humanity,
He said settlement pi these ques
tions would have to wait until the
end of the war, which he prayed
might be soon.
The president announced ' the-
American government's position first
in an address to the commission
sent by the King of Belgium to pro-;
test against alleged atrocities com
mitted by the German army. Later
he sent a cablegram along similar
lines to the Emperor of Germany re
plying to the Emperor's protest that
the allies were using aum aum dul
lets.
The Belgium commission was re
ceived at the White House with tor '
mal , ceremony; 5The President ac
companied by hls'milltary aide a&d
several high government officiate:
greeted the visitors in . the East room
and listened with grave attention to
their address, setting forth in detail
I charges that German soldiers invad-
"en, women and children, db
stroyed
are treasures and. sacked
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CAPTURED FORT
Contractors Robbed Belgian
Government by Use of
Poor Concrete.
Antwerp, Sept . 17. Graft- and
not the bravery of the Germans nor
the power of their siege guns was
responsible for the quick fall of the
forts of. Namur. And this also, was
likely responsible for the collapse of
the defense at Liege, notwlthstand
lng the fact" that the Liege works
held out longer than those at Namur,
It was learned yesterday that the
government has been conducting an
investigation ever since the Mons
fort fell. . It is found that while the
defensive works were being built
millions of dollars were directed
from their proper channel into the
pockets of contractors and dishonest
government officials. .The plans for
the forts were laid down by General
Brlalmont, of the Belgian army,, one
of the foremost military engineers
in Europe, but the materials which
went into the battlements, were far
below specifications in many instan
ces. : . - ,.
No fault is found with the plans.
It is agreed that the fortresses were
built upon the strongest positions
that existed. .; The Belgian ordinance
is also beyond criticism, but the steel
and concrete and stone work were of
poor quality.
At Namur it was. found that the
concrete supporting one steel turret
was so poor in quality that a single
Qerman shell demolished it.
. It is further alleged that the build
ers had not gone to the trouble to
construct all of the work which Gen
eral Brlalmont's plans called for.
JOT
Ostend Citizen Declares They
- Are Murderers;-In "
' ' Uniforms.
' v (By United Press.)
; LONDON, Sept. 1 7. "These Ger
mans are not; soldiers; .they are
murderers in. uniform." writes an
Ostend resident to an English friend
"It has been proven that they kill
the wounded and shoot, women and
children, At one of the charges at
Liege the colonel of the vtk , Bel
glan regiment of line, was killed at
the head of his troops by a . shot
through the head. When the body
was recovered later In the day It
was found to contain twenty bayo-
SAYS
GERMANS
ARE
SOLDIERS
net aiaus, : . - , -s ,..
PIIII.STATES
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Doesn't Recognize Right For
Porte to Set Aside The
Capitulation.
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WociiHA l-i n Cant 17 HTh
United States yesterday joined the
Powers of Europe who have protest
ed to the Sublime Porte against the
abrogation of the capitulations under
which aliens have enjoyed certain
territorial,, Judicial and other privi
leges in Turkey. Secretary of State
Bryan made this action public yes
terday, when he announced that Am
bassador Morgenthau at Constanti
nople had been ordered to register
the United States' objection. The
following statement by Mr. Bryan is
a paraphrase of the cablegram sent
Mr. Morgenthau:
"You will bring to the attention
bf the Ottoman government that the
government of the United States does
not acquiesce in the endeavor of the
Imperial government to set aside the
capitulation. Furthermore, this gov
ernment does not recognize that the
Ottoman government has a right to
abrogate the capitulations, or that
its action to this end being unilateral
Can have any effect upon the rights
capitulatory conventions, xou win
further state that the United States
reserves for the present the discus.
(ion of the grounds upon which its
refusal to acquiesce in the action of
.the Ottoman government is based,
and also reserves the right to make
fJirther representations in this mat
ter at a later date."
t Although the note to the Turkish
fovernment aid not explain the rea
e&Jor the; postponement of discus;
afimT irgeralryJ&nrttcdiiJe
United States does hot "wish to- be
come involved in tangledEuropean
diplomacy on which! the question of
war between Turkey and other Eu
ropean powers depends. The Wash
ington government will wait until
the war is over.
In the meantime it was believed
the vigorous phraseology of the
American note would serve as
warning to Turkey to be circumspect
in her treatment of American citi
zens. ' .
American Reminds English
man That Money Cannot
Satisfy Belgium.
y" (By United Press.)
LONDON. Sept. 17. "If I were
a rich man," said an Englishman
the other day, "I would donate large
sums for relief in Belgium. Those
Belgians fought the Germans think
lng that, almost any day, the Eng
lish and the French troops would
come, rushing to their relief. But
the' English and the French didn't
come and the Belgians were almost
wiped out. I think rich Englishmen
ought to make very generous dona
tions to Belgium." V
"Money doesn't buy any new dad
dies." answered an American. And
the: Englishman went away, thinking-
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HIS 01 TEMPLE
Worry Over Financial- Situa
tion Probably Caused Far.
mer Take His Life.
'.?tt iZict :, ; . i " : , !; ; '; y-V-FOUR
OAKS, Sept. 17. -H. B.
Williams, an industrious farmer of
this place, 45 years of age, commit
ted eulclde yesterday by shooting
himself in the temple with a, 3 2 cal
ibre pistol ' . V ' 1
Mr. J. H. Kirkman, county coro-
nei,' was notified at once. He came
overhand held an Inquest, finding it
a plain case of suloide."- No reason
can be assigned for the rash act but
the. fart that Mr. Williams has been
somewhat worried recently over-the
financial situation brought about by
the European war. '- - j I'li-;
-He leaves k wife. ' ' - v
SENDS
STRONG
NOTE
MURKtY
AFTER EUROPEAN
MONEY CAN T BUY
IANY NEW DADDIES
FIRES BULLET INTO
GERMAN
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TO THE BELGIANS
rSiWNJNllEPORT
Commission of Inquiry Says
People Buried Alive and
Shot Unjustifiably
EVIDENCES SECURED OF
PILLAGE AND MURDER
London, Sept. 17. In confirma
tion of charges that the Germans
committed atrocities in Belgium, the
government press bureau has Issued
a long report from the Belgian com
mission of inquiry. "
The report covers the time from
the entry of the Germans Into Lou-
Vain, on August 19th, up to August
30th. Instances of pillage, incendia
rism and assault are cited in the re
port. The ' commission states I that
it has secured expanding bullets
(dum dum) left by the Germans at
Werchtem and declares that people
were burned alive and shot unjusti
fiably. The 'report gives the evidence of
an eyewitness who left Louvain on
August 31st. This witness declares
that the fire there was started near
the American college, and that the
town was completely destroyed with
the exception of the town hall (Hotel
De ville) and the railroad station.
It said Louvain was still burning
when he left. The town looked like
a-ruined ancient city.
The report says: a
"The German army entered Lou
vain August 19th, having burned
villages through Vhich they passed.
Immediately after entering the town
the Germans requisitioned food and
lodging and took possession of all
the cash in the banks.
"They : burst in the doors of un
tenanted -houses, pillaged and com-:
mltted olher-extesseaThe imayor of
the city and the vice rector of the
university and a number of other
notables, including M. Kelen, a mem
ber of the Senate, were seized as
hostages. '':
"All of the weapons of the resi
dents of the city had previously been
turned over to the municipal autho
rities. .
"Belgian soldiers entering the vil
lage of Corbeek-Loo, which had pre
viously Deen neia Dy tne uermans,
found a : number of houses burned
and pillaged.
"At Hofstade Belgians found the
corpse of an old woman who had
been - stabbed to death with bayo
nets.. Nearby lay the body of a fifteen-year-old
boy, his body pierced
in many places. The corpse. of a
noncombatant was found hanging in
a tree.
"Nearly all the houses in Louvain
were destroyed. Fire raged there
for three days. When the fire failed
to spread the Germans entered hous
es with fire grenades.
"The Germans everywhere adopted
the procedure of advancing along
the road shooting inoffensive civili
ans, particularly bicyclists.
'They would fire their rifles' at
random in the villages and then
blame the inhabitants.
"Scenes of pillage, murder and
cruelty followed the advance of the
Germans across Belgium. They have
summarily executed inoffensive citi
zens.'-
"In some places the Germans shut
the male population up in churches
and then sternly ordered the clamor
ing women into their homes. In sev
eral places the male population had
been sent into Germany to work in
the fields. Men and women have
been forced at the point of the bay
onet to walk in front of advancing
columns of German troops to pre
vent Belgians from firing upon them.
"Belgian Red Cross workers,
wounded soldiers and priests were
maltreated. It seemed as though
the Germans picked out the clergy
men particularly ' for their brutal
acts.
"At Esmael the bodies of two men,
partially burned, were found. One
had his legs cut off at the knees, the
other had both arms and legs cut
Off. :; .::
, "The body of a workman was
found which had been pierced several
times with a bayonet while yet alive
the Germans had smothered him in
petroleum, threw him Into a house
and then set the building on fire
A woman was killed in the same
way." . ;
TRAIN JUMPS TRACK Thai
hindmost wheels of the rear truck
on the tender, left the track as Nor
folk Southern train from Goldsboro
to Beaufort was rounding the carve
at the end of Hancock street while
pulling out ef the -union station this
morning.. Before : the -engine was
brought to a stop - the wheels had
plowed deep' farrows in the ground
next the track for a considerable
distance. . , As the word spread
through the train that the engine
had Jumped the track, a buss of ex-
I;
Great Rejoicing Over The Or
der for Evacuation of
Vera Cruz.
GENERAL VILLA CALLS
IT'
EL PASO, TEXAS, Sept. 17.
General Villa today sent to El Paso
the following:
"With immense rejoicing, we have
been informed of the determination
of President Wilson to remove Am
erican troops from Vera Cruz, and
on this day on which we commemo
rate . the 104th anniversary of our
national independence, such an act
has moved us profoundly and we
cannot do less than recognize the
great justice and rectitude which
has animated the great President of
the American Union, in giving this
new proof of sympathy and good
will toward our beloved fatherland."
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 17. A joint
PRESIDENT wILSOI
CELEBRATION
celebration of the one hundred and
fourth anniversary of Mexico's dec- , M j
laration of independence against
Spanish rule and of the evacuation
of Vera Cruz by American military
forces which had been ordered by
President Wilson was held in this '
city yesterday.
The greatest enthusiasm prevail
ed everywhere, especially among .
the Constitutionalist soldiers, who . '
gave themselves over to feasting and
the ..burning ot gunpowder. , -..- .. ,
;ThB"'elelnttOTaAnnclredfr-w-
midnight by General Carranza In
person, who cried "Grito" from the-
balcony of the National Palace,
which was followed instantly by
cheers from at least 50,000 throats. -
Pamphlets were then thrown a-
mong the crowd, bearing the follow
ing inscription:
i J-j
"1 have the satisfaction to com
municate that President Wilson of
ficially declared this afternoon (Sep
tember 15th) that he had ordered ,
the evacuation of Vera Cruz."
The newspaper El Liberal, the of
ficial organ of the new government ?
contained the following editorial
comment: "The most cheerful an-
nouncement we can give the Mexican
people in remembrance of the sa
cred dates (September ISth and
September 16th) is that the Father
land is intact and that its sons can
continue to call themselves Mexicans
in all honor and glory."
This was accepted as a veiled ref-
erence to the action " of President . .
Wilson in ordering the evacuation of
Vera Cruz.'
F
E.
Bryan F. Mahan Probably Be
Nominated for Senate in
Connecticut.
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(By United Press.)
HARTFORD, CONN., Sept. 17.
With strong indications that Bryan
F. Mahan, of New London, would
be favored over Governor Simeon E.
Baldwin, for the ' nomination for
United States Senator, the Demo
cratic State- Convention opened here
today. Mahan's supporters declare
that he will be a two to one choice
over the State executive. y-
Baldwin's supporters admit that
the nomination of their man Is
doubtful inasmuch as he has per
sistently refused to do any active
work in his own behalf. ! The pre-"
PREDICT DEFEAT 0
SIMEON
BALDWIN
llmlnary campaigning of his friends
cltement was created and many pas-'
sengers thought they were in for a
good long wait. The coaches were
uncoupled and pulled by.' - shitting ,
engine back, into the station to al-
low the Atlantic Coast Line-train to '
leave for Wilmington- the crossing '
having been blocked by the accident.'
Within a few minutes the efforts to,
get the wheels back on the track '
were successful and the train resume '
ed Its Journey. , ' - , ' ,
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