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Tha apaa' Government has ordered the beginning of opera tions on land and sea. ' " ;- The Imperial rescript declaring war on Germany was fsaued iqhe evening. It officially inaugurates hostilities in the Far East as a result of Germany's failure to reply to the Japaneses ulti matum. '' " " ' s The proclamation of the Emperor sent a thria through the' country, Japan's entrance upon the fulfillment of her obligations to" her ally, ' Great Britain, responds to the popular will from one end ot the land to the other. Cheering crowds assembled before public buildings and at night there were-lantern processions through ttite streets. .Xhe.UfipuJar manifestations, however, do not approach the enthu-' siasra .wiicjipreeed the wab with Russia. - County Von ,Rejg.,the German Am. bassador,"has wbaf handed his' pass ports, v prbbab wI . leave for America.- George f wJ- Guthrte, the Ame'rfcan Ambassaflq, wjll represent Germany. The- Diet has1een con voked in special session for Septem ber 3. The Austrian cruiser Kaiserln Eliza beth, which latterly was at Tslng Tan,' the seaport of Klao-Chow, Is reported to have sailed. - She perhaps will go' to a neutral port and disarm. It is believed this action will keep Austria out of the war in the Orient, although unforeseen circumstances may force Japan to change this nplicy.. No action has been tkken relative to Austria and the Foreign Office has explained that Japan will remain friendly until Aus tria ftdopi&ajgi attitude which . it re gards as offensive" ' ' It Is reported here that Germany has been trying to transfer the Ger man Railroad in Shan Tung, China, to America. Tokio believes, however. that the United States pursuing the- policy of neutrality outlined by Presi dent Wilson, will not accept Presi dent Wilson's announcement of jieu trallty has greatly pleased the Japan- f ese. &4Mk JFa Is - I I it J T 11 Km T 1 n y r i French and Belgian allies i are separated by army of if KAISER. ' Tne response to the call tor Canadian volunteers for service with the English army was such that the 25,0od men required could be picked from eny three of the Dominion's nine military divisions. The illustration sljows (below) members of the Halifax Rifles, the first mustered In, and (above) four of their officers, left to right. Captain Logan. Lieutenant Denns, Qaptaln Clarke and Lieutenant Jones. APPARENTLY BIG BATTLE GERMANS OCCUPY BRUSSELS AT LAST ONLY OUTPOST. FIGHTING (S OC CURRING ON THE" BATTLE LINK. BELGIUM CAPITAL FALLEN Report Do Not Cover Casualties Be Fore City Fell Prlcft of Food la declining New. BIG BATTLE RAGES HEWS IS BOTTLED PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANY NEWS AWAY FROM . BRUSSELS. LITTLE CHANGE IN ALSACE THE BIG BATTLE HAS BEGUN. Allied Armies Battle With Germans Along Twenty-Mile Line. London j After nearly three, weeks of mobilizing the battle of giants has begun. -' t Roughly speaking the Germans are trying to work around the allies' flank In Belgium, while the. French are at tempting to apply the same process to the Germans In Alsace. Almost all the encounters that have gon'e before have been mere recon naisances. The defeat of a regiment here and there has ' been proclaimed as a great victory but in this grapple of hundreds of thousands most of these affairs have had no significance. Official' announcements from both; sides have been extremely candid so far.- From the standpoint of the allies the important feature in Saturday's developments is the great battle which began in, the morning on the Namur-Charlerol line. . This 'Is being fought on the position chosen by the allies. A German official statement says that troops under command of the Crown Prince of Bavaria, fighting be tween Metz and Vosges,' took 10,000 prisoners and 50 gvns. It adds that the French troops opposing the Ger mans comprised eight army corps. . An official British statement ex plains calmly that nothing resembling a great battle has been fought as yet and warns the people against opti rnism. London. The Germans have at last occupied Brussels but in Alsace they seem to He making no advance. The latest report Is that the French have recaptured Muelhausen and it still seems trus that after 18 days of fighting- there are no German troops on French soil. -f On Germany's Eastern frontier there has been considerable outpost fighting which would Indicate that the Rus sians are completing their work of concentration. There have been" no serious collisions in this region as yet, however. Austria is too much engag- hed with Russia and with need of help- j ing Germany to make much progress -In her campaign against Servia. No news whatever has been re- ceived of any naval movements, either in the North Sea or the Med iterranean. .'' The 3eath of Pope Pius witt be made,-the- occasion for another effort to bring about peace. It is Btated that when tie conclave meets in Rome to elect a new pope it will send an appeal to the warring nations for peace and will ask the United States to aid in bringing about tranquility According to the few bits of news allowed to come in from Berlin some thing like normal conditions prevail In the German capital. The price of food is declining and now that troop movements have been completed a re sumption of general work on railways is beginning. Confirmation Jias been received on the report that Emperor William has ordered resistance to any effort that Japan may make to seize KIso-Chow. French Cavalry Have Successful En counter With Germans at Floren vi lie. Germans Crossing Meuse. London. Dispaches. from Brussels announce that the British, French and Russian Ministers, with their staffs. have left for Antwerp, Uhe Brussels correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says it ln parks wnere recrults drill and at is Becoming pracucauy impos.sipie 10 the barrackg where trained soldiers get news away from Brussels; as tnei th.OIlc.n ftVni,itionS in. w r " censor luroiuB inioruiauuu uoiKerumg The geoeral routine is little dis- troop movements being published, turbed, except or the unceasing nowever, u is certain mat a iremen- movement -Hhrough the streets of aous Dauie is in progress wunin tne trooDS. ammunition trains and hos- area stretching from Diest and Tirle- pUal corpg Tailorg and saddlers are mom, as lar as uivei. The general impression here is that Mobilize In Italy. Paris. Via London. The , newspa per Eclair says it has learned that August 27 Is fixed as -the- date upon which general Italian mobilization is ordered. Money to Belgium.. London. A dispatch to- the Hayas Agency from Paris says France and Great Britain have agreed to advance Belgium 1100,000,000 to aid her to face the. necessities arising' from the war. France and Great Britain each will provide half of this sum. no effort will "be made to concentrate for the defense ot Brussels as the at tacking Germans would not be- or suf ficient strength to'"-warrant such- con centration. . CARRANZA ENTERS CAPITAL. Mexico City. Gen. Venustiano Car ranza, supreme chief of the Mexican revolution and now Provisional Presi dent of the Republic, entered the Cap ital It is estimated that more than 150, 000 persons crnowded the line of march of the new-President and his followers, which extended from the village of Atzcapotazalco to the Na tional Palace, six miles. There was no disorder as General Carranza and his staff passed through the cheering crowds, which showered them with flowers and confetti and from which came cries of "long live Carranza; long live the Constitutionalist Gov ernment." . , . Japan Explains Stand. Washington. Interference by Ger man cruisers with, the shipping-of Ja pan's ially, Great Britain, the seizure of Japanese goods in German bottoms and the consequent grave dislocation not Japanese trade' are the principal reasona set forth, by Japan m explain Ing the ultimatum delivered ' to Ger many recently. x Cable dispatches have contained a brief outline of tne japan ese grievances, but the full text of, the Japanese foreign office's' statement on this subject was not avaiiawe unui today. Berlin Hears Decree. Washington,. Japan's declaration of war on Germany has reached Ber lin, according to official reports re ceived in Washington. Whether the declaration was sent by cable or wire; less was not indicated. ! ( Report Confirmed. Paris, The foreign office declar ed that France and Great Britain had agreed to advance to Belgium to help her meet the demands of Germany, the sum of $100,060,000. Each power will contribute 150,000,000. Airship Destroyed. PaTis. Zeppelin airship No. 8, ac cording to official announcement, has heen destroyed by French shells at a point between Celle and Balonvllle. The airship was coming from the direction of Strassburg. Badonville Is in Meur-the-Et-Moselle, 19 miles south east of Luneville. TROOPS IN FRANCE NO EXCITEMENT LONDON NOT EXCITED OVER AR RIVAL OF BRITISH TROOPS - IN FRANCE. STOCK EXCHANGE IS CLOSED All Foods in London Except Sugar Come Down. General Routine is Little Disturbed. London. London displayed little excitement when it became known British troops wer in France. There were no crowds around the bulletins and no rush for newspapers. There was, a stolid, repressed earnest crowd Brussels Levied For $40,000,000. - Hold French Checked and Engage 150,000- Belgians. in?'i&4,"- .- - -: Hlndon.- ii&e has eme knbwjv $Z the operationajwhipte- Gei man army between- the Belgiani force .nd ' their French allies and enabled the Germans to occupy Brussels. It -is believed-the Germans brought up strong forces behind their cavalry screens and that a severe battle must have been fought to compel the Bel gians to abandon Brussels and retire to Antwerp. Whether the French forces were engaged with the Belgians is not known. No information is available as to whether the Germans intend to de vote themselves to reducing Antwerp or to an endevaor to force their way southward into France It seems, however, that the deter mination is to attack the Belgian army of 150,000 men, who still are in or around Antwerp. The Germans al ready are advancing in the direction of Ghent. They hav occupied Aost, 15 miles northwest of Brussels and Wetteren, eight miles southeast of Ghent and apparently intend to over run the whole of Northern Bel gium tq the sea. Cavalry patrols have been as far as RUSSIAN TROOPS OFF FOR THE FRONT it: : M $ amzM i MANIFESTO THAT BROKE PEACE OF EUROPE International News Service. Vienna. The great . and cruel war chat now bids fair to devastate and impoverish all Europe was directly, though not primarily, caused by Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Servia. Slavonic Russia came to the aid of the Slavs of Servia and Germany . took her place beside Aus tria. This brought about a clash of the triple alliance and the triple entente and France and England were drawn in. The real "last straw" of the great conflict, therefore, that "broke the camel's back" of the peace of Europe was the manifesto of the aged Em peror Joseph of Austria-Hungary. For the first time this edict is here with given in full, as the ruler of the dual monarchy wrote It: Mechlin (Malines). 14 miles southeast Dear Count Sturgkh: of Antwern and It mav be heard be- I have resolved to instruct the min- fore long that the Germans have oc- lsters of my household and foreign af 'cupied Ghent and Brugies and possi- fairs to notify the royal Servian gov- bly even Ostend. If this Is their dej cision, however, a clear invasion of France through Belgium must be much longer delayed. The German general has Imposed a war tax of $40,000,000 on the city of Brussels. URGE INCREASE PAT ifrto ? v 1 t-. OF RURAL CARRIERS HI! MORTH CAROLINA SENATORS AND iuj ; FOR CAUSE. ' i- J: si -::L.rr$ rur mi i ic unui ubiuuiNi: inC DIL.L. 13 HUH . I MWIHM Bill in Congress Providing Forv ln crease of $100 a Year td all Cr; Hers on the Standard Route. Iff , 1 , GERMAN CANNONS CAPTURED. No. the and and by rushed jwlth. business. The sign aworas aanr-yiayonets sharpenea ap pears' in the cutler's windows. women or children weep as troO'p's depart, Attendance at music hall3 theaters shows no dimunition Paris. The following official state- many Americans spend afternoons or ment was given out: evenings at the playhouses. "Britain "Latest advices are to the effect nia ' Rules the Waves" the "Marseil that the French Army has' reached laise" and the Russian 'National Morhange (Morchingen) in Alsace- anthem are played by orchestras, the -Lorraine, 19 miles southeast of Met, audiences standing. Out- gilvaniia waa rorr raniH in : the I As one Hie-hlandVir rffiment- went afternoon beyond the river Seille. At through the Strand, its hand played i FrePcb- I .... 1 A ttotcr the end of the day we reached Delme, "Marching Through Georgia. on one side, and Morhange on the Summary ef Cannon Captured French up to Present. London. In a dispatch from Paris the Exchange Telegraph Company's olent opponent compei me ln the .de fense of the honor of my monarchy. for the- protection of its dignity, and ernment of the beginning of a state of war between! the, monarchy and Servia. In this fateful hour I feel the need of turning to my beloved people. I com mand 6u, therefore, to publish the inclosed manifesto. Manifesto. To My Peoples: It was my fervent wish to consecrate the years, which, by the .grace of God, still remain to me, to. the words of peace and to pro tect my peoples from the heavy sac rifices and burdens of war. Provi dence, in its wisdom, has otherwise decreed. The intrigues of a malev- the heart, forms a visible bloody traqk of those secret machinations which were operated and directed in Servia. A halt must be called to these in tolerable proceedings, and an end must be put to the incessant provocations of Servia. The honor and dignity of my monarchy must be preserved un inpaired. In vain did my government make an attempt to accomplish this object by peaceful means and to Induce Servia, by means of a serious warning, to de sist. Servia has rejected the just and moderate demands of my government and refused to conform to those obli gations, the fulfillment of which forms the natural and necessary foundations of peace in the life of peoples and states. I must therefore proceed by force of arms to secure those Indis pensable pledges which alone can in sure tranquility to my states - within and lasting peace without. In this solemn hour I am fully con scious of the whole significance of my resolve and my responsibility before the Almighty. I have examined and, weighed everything, and, with a se rene conscience, I set out on the path to which my duty points. I trust in my peoples, who, throughout every storm have always rallied in unity and loyalty round, my throne, and have al ways been prepared for the severest sacrifices for the honor, the greatness, and the might of the fatherland. I trust in Austria-Hungary's brave and devoted forces, and I trust in the Al mighty to give victory to my arms. H I Washington, The North . Carolina senators and, representative in Coa-:,' cress' are taklnsr the ereatest Interest , in the fight now being-mad, tor , in-, creasing the salaries ot rural tree n delivery carriers. An amendment -m, I the 'postoffice appropriation blU Is r JV-H now pending in congress providing ''Lo for an Increase of S1.200 a year f the ' f 3 ? salaries of all rural carriers who serve, f ard routes, or routes coverings 24 v, miles in extent. There are a ' large' . f number of routes of this size in th;L sequence, the senators and. congress-j: Jp j, i' men from the sUte are doing every-V i thing in their power to aid in the pass- t j f age of the amendment which ivm5lk-srjt sure more money to a veryrdesenringyF3 f class of employes of llncle Sam- - v f Since the introdtction ot me ; amendment in congress, North "Caro- ? iinians in congress have beea?1tooded " -with letters and telegrams asking "j their assistance in behalf of .the. in-J creased pay lor tne rural, came. Only a few days ago, Representative -v speech in the house in behalf Of the J rural carriers and advocating an in- ' v ' crease in their pay. "M Senator Simmons at the other end. s a of the capitol has been an earnest, advocate fn behalf of the increasea salares and Is using all his Inflnence in the hope of having the amendment favorably acted upon. r -; In. view of the fact that under a- Democratic administration,, thej'popt- office department is now on, a;piiylng- basis, it would seem that there anouia s . be little or no opposition to an ad- ,,' vance in the salaries of rural carriers,1" v 'j 5, UP. f 4 its position as a power for the security correspondent sends the following summary of alleged German losses as printed in The Paris Matin: "Twenty-four cannon taken by the Df its possessions, to grasp the sword 1 J . . M 11. . it A. AT JS 111. M I . . iseigians irom me inira 10 ine una 01 after long years of peace. Witn a August, at Liege. quickly forgetful ingratitude, the king "Three cannon taken by the French dom of Servia which, from the first at Margennes, August 11. beginnings of its independence as a "Six cannon taken hy the. French fetate until quite recently, has been at Othain. near Spincourt. August 12. supported and assisted by my ances "Twelve cannon taken by the tors, has for years trodden the path of other. "There is little change in the situa tion in Upper Alsace. We continue to advance in Vosges. The . Germans have retaken the village of Ville. Our troops have occupied Chatean Salins ner. and Dieuze, but face well fortified and strongly held positions. "Our. cavalry has had. a successful encounter with the Germans at Flor enville, Belgium. Large German formes, it is announced, are crossing the Meuse between Liege and Namur. near Schirmeck, Alsace, August 12. trr- t . .. , n 1. n n y. PrlvAte hntnAO have heen convert- 1 weuujr-iuui miuiuu laB.Cu ujr mC ed into hospitals and newspaper de- j Russians at Stallapohenen, East Prus- Tmrtmonra nnilor tho head of "What. AUSUbl li. similar Women Can Do" or some caption are the busiest. 1 Signs are posted that Earl Kitch- Secretary for War, needs 100,- 000 men for three years or to the close of the war. There has been some protest against German and Austrian waiters at the hotels and restaurants. One newspaper protests against excessive forbearance, as instanced by a crowd at the railway station cn the depar- "Twelve cannon taken at Gumbin- open hostility to Austria-Hungary. When, after three decades of fruitful work for, peace in Bosnia and Her zegovina, I extended my sovereign rights to those lands, my decree called forth in the kingdom of Servia, whose nen by the Russians, East Prussia, rights were in no wise injured, out August 17. breaks of unrestrained passion and "Besides these pieces of field ar- the bitterest hate. My government at tillery, rapid-fire guns, aeroplanes that time employed the handsome and 19 motor wagons were captured." privileges of the stronger, and with extreme consideration and leniency only requested Servia o reduce her army to a peace footing and to prom- Hi 1' 1 f INTERNAL REVENUE REPORT. New York in Darkness. "One of the French brigadiers has turft of the AuatrlaQ AmbassadoT panic among iked the commander-in-chief to -, -Deutschland. Deutschland nnn L. , t,- Kl ), Wlnwlr, facta- ... 7. "auuera m a pavimuii uu u, man. l-uu. -" " o 11 nPr AlieS. I J I J.. , t, j " - - - . - caught in the path of a Broadway New York. For nearly half an hour . h t . th fllture. she woul( New York was as dark as at night tread the path of peace and friendship, while it .was visited by, one of the Guided by spirit Gf modera tion, my government, when Servia, A French Hussar made prisoner, The stock exchange is closed and was dragged by German soldiers into the city is quiet. " an Alsatian village and his throat was cut before the villagers, who tes tify to the deed." Clerks are carrying rifles and cart ridge belt3. Large business houses announce that places will be kept for those who enlist. mi . e iU. Pope Pius X Is Dead.- iuc uc 104,0..0 ... pffecttvfi manner in which thev keDt Rome. The Pope's death occurred sec.ret the movement 0f troops of which much has been surmised, but little known. Cargoes of grain on German ves runaway sums up the known casual ties. at 1:20 o'clock in the morning Grief over the war in Europe caus ed the Pope much depression from the first outbreak and several days ago symptoms appeared of the old bronchial affection from which the Pointift had suffered ln4imes past. sels captured In the Baltic were sold and .brought current prices, but the effect was a fall in price and espe cially in maize. two vears ago was embroiled in a struggle with the Turkish empire, re stricted its action to the defence of the most serious and vital interests of the monarchy. It was to this atitude that Servia primarily owed the attain ment of the objects of that war. ' . . t n 1 J 11 : U nairea dicizcu niyuti. The hope that the Servian king dom would appreciate the patience and love of peace of my government and would keep its word, has not been Italy Asks Explanation London. The, Rome correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says : "Italy has asked for a f reindly explanation from Austria regarding the landing of a lare shipment of fuiflned. The flame of its hatred for Austrian arms at Medua, an AiDanian myseif and jny house has always seaport, August 15. The Servian min- blazed higher: the design to tear from ister, who protested to Italy, charged ua by forC6 inseparable portions of that tne Austnans were arming me Anntrla-Hunearv has been made man- Albanians against Servia.' Hoke -Smith Carries Georgia. Atlanta,, Ga. Complete and incom plete returns from a majority of the counties of Georgia at a late hour, at night indicated that United States ' Senator Hoke Smith has been nomi nated for re-election to the Senate . over Iris opponent, former Governor.' Joseph M. Brown, by an overwhelming majority in the statewide Democratic Primary. Nomination is equivalent to election. Fulton county, in which At- Great Battle Not Begun. London. As far os the Cordon of secrecy which the battling nations have drawn around the Franco-Ger man frontiers wiH permit of guess work, the great battle Which prom ises to cast Mukden and Liao-Yang in to insignificance has not actually be gun. Encounters which- military his torians a month from now may de scribe as "reconnoissances in force" are proceeding along the border. They aje heralded by both sides as battles In Collision. ,7 London. The Leyland Line Steam-, er Canadian from- Boston August 14 for Liverpool has been in collision off ,the SouthweBt, coast ot Irelandiw V'i ShiDS Carry Small Cargoes. ' New York. Every ship that sails out of New York for English ports these days sails light, though England is begging for food. The liner Celtic left, with 5,000 tons of foodstuffs; in hold when she might have carried 16,000 tQns. The Kroonland left thr other day with 4,500 and room for.8, 000 more. The' Adriatic, St. Paul.iNew York, Philadelphia, and others ofrthe 13 ships of the International Mercanr tile Marine which departed for Eng land, since the. war started, have car ried light cargoes .J . , . .5, Finances Unusually Good. Washington. Reports of decided Imnrovement in the general condition of the country and the financial situ- f atlon. in New York were prougnt to the treasury department by J. P. Mor gan and W. Me Porter, a .member of the Morgan firm. . Mr. Morgan andr. Porter spent nearly two hours in con ference with Secretary of the Treas ury McAdcw and members of the Fed eral reserve board. i Mr. Morgande clined to disenss hfa-Tirtrand -no;-or mal annpuncement , was made lor Its lanta is located, was carried by Smith and Tlctories. In history most of them by more than 6,000 majority. ... k Incidents. Liege remains the crux of the con troversy. The German government has announced that the forts have been destroyed and- the defenders beneath their ruins. The French government declares the forts German Ship Escaped New York. The German bark Mat ador, on the. seas since July 29, a war prize worth almost $400,000 eluded all warships and1 tied up in dock here. Duried For a week or more after the decla nt iL-or InaT nffiun knew noth w of it. and steered their craft for are holding out Bremen, unconscious of their risk of From Brussels comes word that the German movement toward the center Engagement Reported. has been checked, while from :the Brussels. An engagement is re- French embassy in London the state- ported' to "have taken place in North- ment 'has' been issued that the Ger- ern Iimburg. An important jrrance- German battle is expected mans have retired from the import ant Alsatian outpost of Sarrebourg, Checked German Cavalry. London. The Central News has re ceived a dispatch from Paris saving that French forces defeated a detach ment of German cavlary coining from Leopoldshoebe and. Hueningen, in an engagement near Basel. The Germans retired ln the direction of St. Louis leaving 5.00 dead and wounded on the field. They lost most of their horses. Sugar Reduced. " San Francisco. Sugar was quoted at $7 a hundred weight here, a reduc tion of 50 cents f 50m the recent price. fest with less and less disguise. A criminal propaganda has extended over the frontier with the object of destroying the foundations of order ln the southeastern part of the monarchy; of making the people, to whom I, in my paternal affection, extended my full confidence, waver ln its loyalty to the ruling house and to the fatherland; of leading astray Its growing youth and inciting it to mischievous deeds of madness and high treason. A series of murderous attacks, an "organized, carefully prepared, and well carried out conspiracy, whose fruitful success wounded me and my loyal peoples to Consul Leaves Lrege. London. 'Victor H. Duras, American Vice Consul at Liege, Belgium, reach ed London. He left Liege a week be fore to make a report at Brussels ko Brand Whitlock, American Minister to .Belgium. Only Slight" Check. Rotterdam,' via London. The Col ogne Gazette asserts that the advance German Charge -Comments. Washington. Haniel Von, Hamihau- sen, charge 01 tne uerman emDassy of the German troops, while slow, has j here commenting on the president's not been seriously checked any where, i appeai to Americans :for. neutrality, said: "i supnose one of the nresi- Belgians Retire. 1 dent's reasons was , the . anti-German London. An official announcement j feeline which has been shown in some says the retiiVment of Belgian troops of the capers. I think it is a yery towards Alnwerp IS rumorea nort mnreBsion and a.riirht nhft B Japanese ambassador and Charge "Bar- Japanese Returned. 4 rfpv of thp British embassy declined San Franclsccv me Japanese cruis- i tj0 comment'. ' ' No offftfals are at the er Idzumo from San Diego entered! Austrian. ;Ruasian-or French embas- San- Francisco harbor. -.; Jaies now. New Call to Arms. London. In a dispatch from Ams terdam the Reuters Telegram Com pany correspondent transmits an of ficial communication from Vienna saying that a new mobilization prder calls all first-class reservists. Russian Plans. t London. The Central News corres ppndent in Rome says an official dis patch from St. Petersburg asserts that a- Russian Army composed of 20 army corps will carry out the, .invasion of. Prussia under the direction, of Grand Dirke Nicholas; Dirigible Used . . ? Paris. A French official note says: "A Frefich" dirigible threw a number of projectiles .upon- trwo-German- cav alry camps in Belgium, causing great excitement CASTLES TO BE BLOWN UP Great Buildings In Belgium Mined for Destruction on Approach of Enemy. Namur, Belgium. On arriving in Namur, I found a huge crowd of Ger man prisoners, says Maurice Gerbe ciult in the Chicago News. They were well equipped, but seemed demora lized, and would talk but little. They complained of having had insuffi cient food, and their appearance sug gested that - the complaint was justi fied. The German quartermaster de partment, apparently, has been over taxed. Military men here say that Teutonic marksmanship has been in accurate, the artillery being slow in rectifying its aim. The German cav alry, however, Is first class, and ubi quitous, burning farms and haystacks, ransacking post offices, and overrun ning the spaces between the forts. j In Namur all the big trees have been cut down or blown to pieces by dynamite, to prevent their use in -directing the enemy's artillery fire. The most beautiful castles and villas in the valley of the Meuse have been un dermined, ready to be blown up when the enemy appeared. I have seen Belgian soldiers sleep ing on velvet and silk curtains In the villas. The owners do not care, but feed their guests well, and treat them as If they were their own children. Innumerable trenches protected by barbed wire have been excavated by the Belgian soldiers, assisted by work men from the idle factories, the en gineers and foremen especially ren dering splendid service. The Belgian officers are actuated by a high fight ing spirit, which is fully shared by their men. The soldiers declare that waiting In the trenches for the next battle makes them nervous. The officers have trou ble in restraining them from taking the offensive, although they respect the resolute qualities of the invaders. The caDtured German horses are emaciated and weak. It is estimated' that ;the number of French troops in the Belgian province of Luxemburg is 120,000. They are re ceived with many demonstrations of joy. In marching thSy sing and adorn their guns with flowers. . -A ? 1 4 ' A 1 B " 1 li't Collector Osborn Makes Greatest Ra-. ; port in History . -Washington. According to the re port of Commissioner of Internal. Rev enue Osborn for the fiscal year end ed June 30. 1914, the collections dur , ing that year were the greatest in the history of the bureau. The total col- lections from all sources amounted to $380,008,893, while for the j'fiscal: year of 1913 they amounted to $344--424,453, an Increase for 1914 of $35,- 584,440. ' Tnder the corporation .excise tax $10,671,077 were collected in , .; while from the corporation - income tax there were received $32,456,662. The amount derived, from the Individ ual income tax placed on the1 statute books by a Democratic Congress net ted the Government .$28,253,534. The principal item , comprising the decrease in ordinary collections for i, 1914 was distilled spirits; amounting , to $4,781,165. The increases were-,, $2,668,116 on cigarettes and $814,522. . on fermented liquors. The internal revenue tax on cigars, ciearettes and snuff prodlced during - the year 1914 $79,986,639, while on.v fermented liquors $67,081,512 were de-- rived from the Government. The total internal revenue conec- t tions in the state of North Carolina for the fiscal year 1914 aggregated ,-i $11,947,270. In the fourth collection district Wheeler Martin took in $747,-. 025, while Collector Johiah W." Bailey turned over to the Government r $4,784,181. In the fifth North Caro- -una fltatrlrt. Collector George H. Brown turned ln $176,063, while his s . successor, Alston u. yvaus, cuuouw m $6,324,733. The state of North Carorllna con-. tributed to the treasury of the United, States $84,410 as a result of tne corr poratian excise tax, and from the cor poration income tax the state paia in $173,267. Individuals in Nortn oaro lina paid a tax of $46,566 during the fiscal year of 1914. r BIG BR0XHERS TO WAR; GIRL AND MOTHER SAD To Lotta Krell, fourteen years old, the war in Europe is the most terrible thing that has ever happened in her life. : With her four big brothers, Peter, Ludvig, Joseph and Louis,, and her mother, Mrs. Augusta Krell, a widow, she sat under the trees in Jackson park, Chicago. They were having their last picnic together. Joseph and PANIC OF WAR FELT IN FRANCE'S GAY CAPITAL Paris The panic of war is here. There is ho money. Prices are going np; Flour Is already higher and provi dent persons are hoarding their mar ket purchases as well as their silver. - The law has gone forth that the im mortat evening entertainments of Pa risians shall be normore. AJ1 the. res taurants ton the grand boulevards have (heir, tables and chairs stacked up In r-i I 4 Greensboro Boy Gets Hero Medal. Oreinsbbro. Robert Jones, who worked so heroically on, the Guilford " hotel elevator during the fire in the C hotel building a. few weeks ago, was recently made the recipient 01 a nana some j gold watch and chain.' .Thev"' watch was a gift of the Dixie Fire In surance Company and the chain a , present of S. Schiffman, Jeweler In ," a recent meeting' of directors of the V Dixie ; Company attention was called to the fact that he had, not been re- 7. warded and the directors decided to , do something for him. Ludvig had brought their sweethearts with them, too, to go rowing on the lagoon and to see the German build ing by the lake. Lotta held Peter tightly by the hand and followed him everywhere. He was her favorite brother, and had been her playmate ever since she could remem ber. "They went to the German consul and told him they would fight for the kaiser," said the mother, with grief in her eyes. "They must go because their father was a brave soldier. dismal piles, and their gayety is gone. . The government steadfastly refuses to receive its own bank notes and nothing but silver and gold is accepted all over the city. The shops refuse a sale rather than take paper money and hotels give meals gratis in preference tjo changing a hundred Iranc bill. Indeed there are scores of people go ing around Paris with several thou sand francs worth of notes in their pocket and they can neither eat nor .taxi nor go to the theater nor do any thing that makes life enjoyable. . . For Caldwell County Road. Lenoir. The bonds, which were vo ted for the improvement of the roads in Lovelady township, this county, early last spring, have at last been sold to a Hickory bank, and it la un- .... derstpod -that the money will now be available for the wort at an early datei The depression in the money market has delayed ; and prevented the sale of the bonds up to this time. .: The ,Toad committee of the township is new making active preparation for the commencement of- the work. V- A. - -1 4 Killed In Runaway. Forest City. As a result of a mn-'-'O away in Bostic, Rev. C. M. ErVin Is . dead and George Bridges, and Mi; seriously hurt. The runaway occur- ed about 3 o'clock when Mr. Erring.", andj the other two occupants ol the -buggy were enroute to Sunday school at the Baptist church at that placet " While descending:a hill In the towa'T of Bostic a holding-back strap broke. : or came nnbuckled, the mule became frightened and ran into some, post -nearby shattered the buggy j and throwing the three to the ground. C1 1" i' r , r r V "1 4 , i - " 7 Ml." u 9 Kr 7 ,f v. i ' . S. 1 - f
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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