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Terrific Battle
tinues, But Experts Declare
It Must End Soon
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German General Holds the Heights and
Pours Down Terrific Fire on Road
Leading to His Position England Ex
pects to Soon Hear of German Retreat
London, Sept.J21. England
firmation of the report that the
begun retirement from France.
river Aisne, so far as known, remains undecided. Official re
ports say the allies are gaining
snail like. The public is beginning to feel vthe turning point
will not come until one side or
'dap the press has4aled of von
indication the allies have yet been successful in turning his j
flank. Naturally there is no German confirmation of the re-
ported retirement, but some observers here are convinced that
the invaders will not attempt the offensive on French soil
and that unless this is done the army must soon be1 withdrawn
to the frontier.
Battle Terrific. i
Paris, Sept. 21. A terrific battle I
along the Aisne continued with little,
change today and the best military
opinion here looked for no early defi
nite results of frontal attacks, because
of the equality of forces. The ex
treme left of the allies lines' is again
bearing the brunt of the battle and
minor successes of each side aDDarent-
ly have counter-balanced each other
thus far, although French experts
claim the allies have won better posi
tions on the higher ground and are
now able to pursue the offensive on
more equal terms against the strong
ly entrenched German batteries. Both
I- are using extensive earthworks
to screen their operations from the
terrific artilery fire that has raged
Kay and night since the Germans made
Ifteir stand
Ancient Cathedral Destroyed.
Official dir.Datches tell of destruc-
l of the historic cathedral of Rheims
the (irrnian guns during the bom
bardment eliciting bitter comment
It is stated that France will
lo(1Se a protest with the powers
l0ainst (iHlihernto rloetriinHnn nf thfl
ancient structure in which several
I hundred (iennan wounded were being
c"ed for, when the rain of shells be-
?au The Germans were taken out
at great risk to the French hospital
rorps and thp npnnln demon
strated against thpm nnlv tn he rVheck-
N by French nriests and officers
ters found on the prisoners indi
cate the Germpn nro vorv nhrvrf oil
,uPPes. One letter said the writer's
jommand had lived nine days on
eets and sugar and described the bat-
e losses as enormous.
A Petroeran
(-iptured 15.000 Austrians and
rany guns in OnUMi rlnrintr the last
thee Have
it 'vunou mat luc ifaaucog
- iujcu iwo liupunaiiL iori.a
Ts;ingtau with bombs from aero-
The
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Qt3ardments of Rheims.
nu OttlCial RtatOTTiQTit fhia aftornnnn
A-
ys the allies lefV wing advanced
tile hpiffhta T n aatn imr TXT adt
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tiio uoutt ui mo uioc, ,iu
fact i
ui uise .ana to tne nortn ox j
ity. .In the region
it encounters and bay-
anviiy. - in xne region
of
Aicne
Con
to
waited in vain txday for con
bulk of the German army has
The 10-day battle alprir the
ground, but the progress iaj
the other is outflanked. For
Kluck's peril, but -there is no
onet charges were repulsed by ihe al
lies. Near Rheims the Germans are
not attempting infantry attacks, con
fining themselves to the artillery. In
tbfe center the French have taken
Mesnil L.es Hurlius and Massiges. In
the Woevre district the enemy still
holds the region of Thiaucourt and
has bombarded Massonchatel. There
are no -important movements in Lor
raine and Vosges.
A Rheims dispatch says the Ger
man battery made the cathedral the
particulartarget and the building is
only an empty shell, though it is not
determined to what extent the stone
work was injured. The shells set fife
to the scaffolding and roof despite
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The Red Cross Flag.
Pounding Away at Von Kluck.
London, Sept. 21. rThe allies are ex
erting every ounce of strength to turn
back the flank of General Von
pluck's right wing of the German
army, while the Germans are attempt
ing a similar move on the opposite
end of long battle line near Vedun
Rains have made tg.sk of the allies
unusually difficult, as Von Kluck's
guns are entrenched on the heights
and their fire sweeps th& valley of
Oise, through which the natural route
for the allies advance lies. The fact
that the German guns are found in
cement emplacements indicates they
selected the ground for the battle
with the greatest care. Rumors are
circulating here that the Germans are
preparing for withdrawal In general
to defend the frontier, leaving a suf
ficient force to protect the retreating
columns. In Gallcia the Russian, ad
vance fwas checked by the strong
fortress of Prezemysl, which is now
being : invested: The Monte
negrin forces are reported to be press
ing their advance against the, Aust
rians and expect to enter Sarajevo,
'the .capital "of Bosnia within a week.
An officer just 'returned from
Soissons says aeroplane scout reports
have given rise to the conviction
that the Germans are withdrawing
their main forces with heavy tores,
believed to be bound to the German
1 frontier to establish defense, while
200L0OO
remain to defend" the fortified
nWap.t thp .retreat.
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Military experts nei w p.u.x
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tfejIeve .- defiiiite. -result or ine, naiuoj
of Aisne piust come In, a few days.
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FIRST PHQTOGRAPHQF; pJpOPE'S
; ' J" ; n - " . A general view 01 tne wrecked city
rrTT TTTk TT TT Tl WWII WW TMl of Louvain following its destruction
IU II I lU' tin All I VV iwl a If ' fl 111 by the Germans. This view, taken
In I I llU-llv Oil 1- inl i& H II iPJlK- from MoruntCaesar the -day foikjwiog:
. v,., - ... tjfe . J idea of the Vmethos of the . enemy '
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Bombardment of The French
City All Sunday Was
Terrific.
MANY FIERCE
CHARGES MADE
French Soldiers Carried Some
Spots at Point of Bayonet.
Desperate Hand-to-Hand
Fighting Protest Made to
United States.
Chalons Sur Marne, Sept. 21. The
Germans continued their bombard
ment of Rheims yesterday. Last night
the greater part of the cathedral, mu
seum,, hospitals and city hall were de
stroyed and several inhabitants were
killed. They failed, however, to take
the city,, which is desired probably be
cause it cbmmands the railways to
Charleville, Verdun and Chalons. The
allies made several counter charges
against the storm of shrapnel. They
showed., magnificient bravery. -The
first ranks suffered terribly, but the
gaps were promptly filled and despe
rate hand "to hand encounters follow
ed, when the lines reachedthe Ger
mans, who were forced to give ground,
except on the heights of Brimon,
which they recaptured with terrific
machine gun fire.
The French infantry carried the
heights of La Pompelle at the point
of the bayonet, French Turkos
being found dead of bayonet wounds
afterward with hands clutched on the
fhroats fo their antagonists. Soldiers
of both sides Were constantly drench
ed with rain, which fell in torrents
during the fighting. The chalky clay
about Rheims was so softened by tne
downpour that the ' desperation of
German attacks was attributed tohe
fear they would be unable to -withdraw
artillery if .Jcrced back to the
river Sayourez, already out of bounds.
Makes Formal Protest.
1 Bord&aux, Sept. 21. A formal pro
test against the German bombardment
of 'Rheims was sent to the Neutral
Gbverninents which denounces-ihe de
structiohTbf the Cathedral as an act
of vandaifsm.
Washington Gets. Protest.
Washington,' Sept. 21. The French
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OF
GEIIEU FI1LEY
London, Sept. 21. Describing the
death of General Neil Douglas Findley.
of the Royal Artillery, a Daily Mail
correspondent says while the British
were advancing Saturday toward
Soissons a terrific shell fire was de
rected toward the British guns. It
seemed they would have to abandon
the guns when General Findley took
personal command.
"Boys we'll get every gun into posi
tion," he called. He then handed the
chaplain his personal belongings and
despite the urging of the staff aided
in getting - the batteries into action.
One by ope the guns began to blaze
and the German fire slackened. The
British began to advance with a cheer,
when a German shell struck Kindley's
horsev and exploded, shattering the
animal and rider.
GERMAN WAR LOAfl
BEING QUICKLY RAISED
Berlin, By wireless Sept. 21. Sub
scriptions to the German war loan
thus far received assure brilliant suc
cess. The call for $1,050,000,000 is
already over half collected' without
foreign subscription or sending sub
scription blanks to well to do Germans
now in the field. Headquarters re
ports last night stated the Germans
assumed the offensive everywhere in
.France. Anders Sven Hedin, the
Swedish explorer, who is guest of the
Emperor at headquarters, is, to be
allowed visit the eastern and western
fronts in order to give a non-partisan
account of the situation.
The most interesting film before
the public is the Hearst -Selig Week
ly. It gives you everything up-to-
date. See all about the war at the
Grand Theatre today. Advertise
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6, 8 and 10 cts a Roll, all new goods.
We do our own work and guarantee it
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Democratis of Brunswick County
Hold Their Convention Capt. J. J.
Adkins Heads the Ticket.
Special to The Dispatch.
Southport, Sept. 21. The Bruns
wick county Democratic convention
for the nomination of county officials
and a candidate for House of Repre
sentatives was held at Supply Satur
day: Mr. Peter Rourk, of . Shallotte,
was made permanent chairman, ; -the
convention being called to order by
Secretary J. W. Lancaster in the ab
sence of George H. Bellamy, Robert
E. Ranson, Esq., of Southport, and
Ralph M. Edwards, of Waccamaw,
were made secretaries of the cohven
tion. Upon motion of J. R. Newton,
Jr. of Southport, the chairman "waSj j
requested to ask the candidates .lor j
representative to state their platform
particularly as to stock law and the
fishing industries. J. W. Ruark, Esq.,
of Southport, was first called" upon,"
and he was followed by "Capt." J. J,!
Adkins, also of Southport. Both made
interesting speeches, outlining their
views. There being no other candi
dates the ballot was taken and re
sulted in the nomination of Capt. Ad
kins, who is regarded as one of the
strongest men in the entire county
a man. who numbers his friends .only
by the number of his acquaintances.
The next matter was the selection of
candidate for clerk pf court. . The
present clerk, Mr. R. S. Newton, waa
given the nomination over Mr. W." O.
McKeithan, of Town Creek, although
Mr. McKeithan received a goocLvota.
On motion of Mr. M. C. Guthrie,
Treasurer C. A. Russ, Sheriff J: E.
Robinson, and Register of Deeds G.
H. Gray were nominated for a sec
ond term by acclamation.. On. mo
tion of Robert E. Ranson, Mr., A. Mi
Chinnis was nominated by ajhitfifir
tion as one of the commissioners'.
There was a little disposition to".' give '
either Waccamaw, of Shallotte -town
shjps recognition on the bqafd&nd
so Messrs. G. W. Kirby, David Ward.
L. E. Formyduval, and T. M: Hfcfc
man were, nominated for the other
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TICKET
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CITY IN, RUINS
against whicTi King Albert's commis
sion is i now int this country to pro
test f to President Wilson... At the
right";,' is .: seeiU the American; House,
when , fire and-'shejl swept the city.
1A
TO BEAM
Republican Senators , Again
Start in After Rivers and 1
Harbor Measure
NO BIG COMPROMISE
BY THE DEMOCRATS
Simmons, After Visit to Whitex
House, Declares Senate Will
y Remain in Continuous Ses
sion Until Bill is Passed.
Washington.Sept. 21. Senators Bur-
i ton and Kenyon, armed with many
books and papers, prepared today to
resume effort te talk the rivers and
harbors bill to death in its present
genator Simmons chairman of the
finance committee, announced, after
a call at the White House, that the
Senate will stay in session contin
uously until the bill is passed. Though
the Democrats are willing to make
.further compromises with the opposi
tion, by reducing the bill an addi
tional two and half millions, he said
they had no intention to cut the bill
to include only projects already under
way. y
Montana State Fair Opens.
, Helena, Mont., Sept 21. The Mon
tana State Fair opened in thia city
today for a week's engagement. The
exhibits in the various departments
this, year of the finest. The mining
display and the exhibits of- live stock,
machinery, and agricultural and hor-
ticular products are all of an excep
tionally high Standard. The manage
ment expects the attendance during
the ensuing five days to break all pre
vious records. ' -
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Meet me at : the Grand Theatre -to
day; the. show is great and they have
tiie Hearst-Selig Weekly , on which
is a treat in itself. Advertisement.
See the Tide Water Power . ' Com
panys statement on ' page ' SeVen.
Advertisement - "
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London, Sept. 21 '-A Times?
correspondent near Soissons,
describing the action on the
Aisne after the allies crossed
the river, says:
"On the fifteenth a severe .
attacks was made by the ene
my who evidently had been re
inforced and was determined
0A ;?e fee
twn m? FreScihd British,
troops. The attiierald-x
ed by a tremenTOusurst of
artillery, followed by a sys-
tematice advance of infantry
and machine guns. The allies
poured a deadly fire into the
attacks, -in some cases repuls- -ing
them at the point of the
bayonet. The battle continued
all night and throughout Wed
nesday and Thursday. Wed
nesday night the Germans at
tacked the French furiously;
near Rheims, but were repuls
ed three times with a heay
loss. Thursday they attacked
the British near Soissons, and
again met enormous losses!
The first sign ?6tt&titi&ufa.-,,
was noticed Thursday after
noon, after repulse of the Gert
man charges in close' forma-;
tion and utter recklessness of
, -
life. Their losses were colossal.
The whole idea of German
strategy seems to be to throw
plenty of weight, in the belief j
that some of it is bound to get
through."
POSTPONED BECAUSE
OF EUROPEAN WAR
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 21. The In
ternational Congress on Home Educa
tion, which was to have assembled
in this city today, has been Indefi
nitely postponed because of the Eu
ropean war,' which prevents the attend
dance of foreign delegates who were
to have taken a prominent part in the
proceedings. Much interest had been
manifested in the gathering, largely'
from the fact that it was. to have been'
the first of its kind held on this side
of the Atlantic. The last meeting of
the congress was held four years ago'
in Liege, Belgium, and. was attended
by representatives of twenty na
tions. RUSSIANS CLAIM
TO BE
AVAHCIIiG
New York, Sept. 21. The Russian
military attache gave out a statement :(
today saying the Austrian rear guard
in attempting to delay the Russian ad- '
vance, near Baranow, was driven back'
with heavy loss and the Russians are
now bombarding Jeroslau. Fighting -
with the garrison at Przemysl h4a
begun. The Russian troops found,
batteries of abandoned" guns In the
woods. ! r
President WIN Vote In Primaries,
Washington, Sept. 21. The Presi
dent will go to Princeton, '-N.-J . to
morrow, to vote In the primaries, re
turning Wednesday. r v.
Ruth Roland' the-favorite, o .the
screen plays, the leading roll In . "The
Deadly Battle at HlcksyiUe.V' Iti
a greats comedy at theGrand . Thea
ftre. today. Advertisement.
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