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".'.! nnv. . . ... i- 5, - - 'v. -.i". Xaxgtst 'ctrcidatioii of any' paper in the comity. Excel lent Advertising Medium. ISAAC S. LONDON Proprietor. A FAMILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE TEfLtFT OF CHATHAM COIINTT $1.00 A TEAR. VOL. VI. SILER' CITY, Ni C, silPTEMBER 3, NQ, 20. !f you want to reach .the - , K ! TTTT tTTI ' ;V1 Vr -rr ' j : . 1 1 " x "s ' - - ' ": ' . . t "''"MW',,'''mmpZ"ZZ ' .' " ' '' mttmmim tmne-m ' ' ' 'i i 1 7 i ' ' i r " " s ,, y. j . . i . 1 - . ,. . ' . . . -1-.. - -i w.-. . . ' -" " v ;- - - - ' . - blunlto Ur btHfflAH'.'A HUu mW l PROVED 8A ' h rhicago Tribune prints a long rri ichtod dispatch ffom' James O 'i ' ie!l Hennett, staff correspondftil, r1.! at Aix-la-Chapelle, Germanyi in specific detail disputes and ripj. the charges of cruelties and an . :i. s lodged against the Germans jr. ; vlcium. Mr. Bennett, In company nu1! .'ohn T. McCutcheon of he Chica- bune, -Irvin S. Cobb 'of the Sat- Kvening Post, Roger Lewis of ,-sociated'K'ress and Harry Hin- t ':- the Chicago Daily News, tray en .. i"0 miles through 20 towns aitd trt i observations lead him to the firm tfi.-.'rtion that the reports ot bar bs "') if s alleged to have teen pefpe tv. " .l by German troops, are false. 1 'OS. ' . . ' . Tiie following dispatch toHhe Asso; r'.ifd Press; evidently forwarded by .Ko.cer Iwis, is In substantial agree n . i t with Mr. Bennett's story in the tuicago Tribune: , By the Associated Press. Nw York. An Associated Press faff rorrespondent of American birth a"d antecedents, who was sent from the New York office and was caught 1a Brussels at the time of the Ger jn.in invasion, held as "& prisoner for fpveral days, and who finally escaped to Holland, has sent by -mail the fol lowing story of his experiences: The night. before the Germans en tered Brussels, when the Belgian civil guards and refugees began pouring Into the city from the direction of 1. mi vain, they brought stories of un breakable German atrocities, maltreat- mpnt of old men and children, and the violation of women. The Belgian capital reeled with ap prehension. Within an hour the gay e'y. the vivacity, and brilliancy of the city went out like a broken arc light. The radiance of 'the cafes. was ex changed for darkness; whispering groups of residents broke upv hurried ly and locked themselves . into this homes, where they, put up the shut ters and drew in their tri-colored. Bel gian flags. Fears of Brussels Quieted. The historic Belgian city went through a state of morbid consterna tion, remarkably like that from which it suffered on June 18, 1815, when it trembled with the fear of a French vic tory at Waterloo. "In less than 24 hours the Belgian citizen -were- chatting comfortably with the .German invaders and the al legations of German brutality and dej moniacal 'torture dissolved into one of the myths which have accompanied ail wars. " . -( Uher in Brussels nor In its en i s was, a;.single .offensive act, so far as i know,; committed by a German soldier In aT;ity of over half a mil lion people,, invaded by a hostile, army of perhaps a quarter of a rofEon"sol: diprs, no act Sufficiently flagrant to dpmand punishment or to awaken pro test came to my attention.' None Knows of Outrages. "The frightffil reports that had pre- cpded the German army into Brussels included the disemboweling of old then and the? impaling of children on lances just outside Louvaih. Investigation not only failed to substantiate these rumors, but could not even discover any one in the immediate yicinity who credited them "An eye witness of unlpipeachable veracity told I me that the worst be havior he had observed during the first German entry into Louvain August ITm was that of a German soldier who leaned from his horse and kissed a prptty Flemish girl who brought him a glass of beer " I marched for days with the Ger: man columns, often'only one dayTje hind the fighting, with the houses that had been burned still smoldering, the ground freshly broken by shell and trampled by horses and men, and the mpmory of the German advance vivid in the mindsfaf the inhabitants No Proof8..of Murder. "I interviewed an average of twenty persons in each of a dozen towns found only one instance of a noncom natant who had' been killed without a jusnnaoie provocaiion. in turn case the evidence did not clearly prove that the man had been'wantonly murdered. "He lived in one of the typical small Bolgian countryside houses which com bine the comforts of home with the l ire of a small public bar. This house 'as at the north of Merbes-le-Chateau ;t town through which? a-large part of 'he German army passed on the road to Maubeuge'. . "Ason of the murdered man,. whose rame was Arthur Nicoaemr snowea me ood clots on the floor marking the lace where Nicodem fell; his throat ' it by a saw-edged German.'' saber. ' . English Fired From House. .' "It was said by some inhabitants hat the murdered man showejl a pair ff binoculars; but a more probable vplanatjon is that English outposts I'ad concealed themselves in the house, , m which they poured a rain of fire KAISER ADDRESSES TROOPS AT VIRT0N Hotterdam,. The Cologne Gazette rppnrts that the German emperor de l'red a fepeeqh, to. his troops after ' !ie battle of Vlrton, near Ixnigwy, hen hp visijed his son, Prince Oscar, Mm is commandant of the' grena f1 i rs. , . 1 The kaiaer appeared in the evening -"ith hia suite In five automobiles. He Vlssed his son and then walkfed along -0FFRE HAS CLOSE CALL; ESCAPES GERMAN AMBUSH Txndon. The Daily Mail corre spondent in Paris wires:. "From a Frenchman 'who volun'f teered his motor car and Is now driv-. ing It for officers of the general staff, 1 hear that General Joffre had a nar row eHcape. some day? 4ago. ' He was. "being driven by Bolllef, a French rac ing driver, and the Germans seem to have laid an artillery ambush for him upon the Arst German invaders ' Th finference that th shooting-was done 6y Belgian- civilians Snay have In- .f5" 1116 Germans to reprisals. , , "In that neighborhood four housVs had been burned and one was still amaze as I nassed on Wuiiu)i. Aug. 26, 7 " "This town of Merbes-le-Chateau, wicana De,en the 8oenel :f an unim-. portant skirmish between ; the Ger- jnans and EngHsh on the nrevioua Sundav. t-ine Small number nf win showed that the Germans had made a deliberate assauh upofl the residents ot the ttowh;. But BhtaiitaX.i"onietlMes l Jii dmiiCi themselves -adailtted. that all -of the bitted that nil .of thft.ftBe front' W 5th -whit 7ajrtflfrV shooting had been -done by V 'com paratively. BmalHhumber of GenaanSi and ' that the" firing had not been be gun until English soldiers whd had concealed themselves in the houses had .fired firSt upon the. Germans News of Incident Goes Far. "I .have emphasized the one fatality of the- noncombatant because the newB of it traveled up and down the Sambre and across to Hantes-Wiberie and Soire-sur-Sambre, multiplying as it went and developing ghastly and in human details until it-seemed an un answerable reproach to the whole German empire. "With this one possible exception, I did. not encounter in Nivelles, in Binche, Buissiere, or Soire-sur-Sam bre, or any of the other, town's I visited, a single incident, of mistreat ment or any sort by German officers or soldiers. " "Bruissiere particularly the lower part of the city had been virtually destroyed by a cross fire from French and German artillerv. Tons of brew eries had been hurled bodily to the ground, and walls had either dis'ap-4 peared or become grotesquely dis lodged. . Burgomaster Denies Reports. ' Into this town l3(V French killed. and more . than ' a hundred -wotindod were "brought in a single "day. -Au gust Blalriaux, burgomaster, saidr that! he knew of no cases of German cruel ties, except distant rumors which, he had learned to discredit. It oughrto be said to the credit of the Belgians' that they have not allowed their, bit-. teraess toward the Germans to carry thehi, into unfair recrimination.. "Robert J. 'Thompson., American consul .'at Aachen, visited Liege during' and after the capture of the forts. It fs the opinion of Mr. Thompson that no outrage was committed by Ger mans during the several days' fighting there. There are, of course, reported out rages .beyond investigation, either on account of their vagueness or because iris impossible to weigh the provoca tion. It is known, for instance, that 112 natives were killed inBenouchamp, not far from Ardennes; German sol diers" say that they were killed be cause they fired upon them from the roofs and windows of the houses. Differ on Louvain Incident. .. ' "The - history of the absolute-" de struction of the historic city of Lou vain with its cathedral and its univer sity is by this time welF. known. The German version of this is that the in habitants,. nder the direction of the burgomaster, established themselves in the church, whe ' they . also in stalled a machine "gun. They proceed ed to greet the Germans with a deadly fire. . "The Belgians say, on the other hand, that part of the German army, mistaking one of their own retiring di visions for the enemy, opened fire upon them,.- whereupon, deluded into thinking this an assault by Belgian j civijians, the Germans razed the city. "I have not tieeh able to acquire any direct evtdejice in regard to these last, two instances, byt the explanation gen erally credited by disinterested per sons is that the pelgians, who had laid down their arms, according" to the bur gomaster's proclamation on the en trance of the. enemy, took them up again ,when it looked as if the 'Ger mans were retreating from the tgwa. and opened fire from their windows uppn a retiring German train. Jarotzsky Tells Outrages "The most authoritative German de nial ' of German Offense . comes froni Maj.. Gen. Thaddeus von Jarotzsky, military governor o Brussels, who in formed me that in numerous cases he had been received with a pretense of friendliness by Belgian civilians, who later fired upon the German soldiers from windows and from between the oof tiles.. ' This was done, he said, after a declaration of surrender by the burgomaster and a proclamation' warn ing, 'the citizens against any show "of resistance. . ' "In such violations of the rules of war, the general said, he punished the offfjnder by burning the houses front which the shots were fired. I can only say that in every case of reported outrage or reprisal which I the. lines greeting the men, who were i quartered in the village. Standing tn the middle of the square, the falser saidY ' - "I g'reet you as your chief. VI thank you"., I have often seen your regiment on parade and now It gives, me par ticular pleasure to 'greet you' on con quered land. "Your regiment fought as I expected and as. your fathers fought in 1871. The battle of Virtbn will be' eternally inscribed-in letters of gqld iiitihe his tory of the warvV '. along the road by which they knew he.' , would HfcrVeto travel. ; 'As soon as the car reacnea tne por tipn of the road on which the.O'winan guns -were trained -"shells ; fell all .around It. One fragment as large as1 a-teacup atruiek the bonnet, but neither the general nor the driver was ln; u'red. (Boillet dashed on at fuH .speed and was-out of the danger zonOe ,fore therGermans old,;flre; again." Tunis yearly JUstills 200,000 pounds of orange. flowers.. , - was susceptible jQf investigation I have lound .either that the outraee was a flgmeht of - the "Belgian- mind or that $ was more than half exeflsed by, cir cumstances. .;- K-'The prevalence dt the Belgian prac-. tice of sniping from the nouses was perhaps indicated by the warnine' at the German officer wbo acted as guard . ror five American correspondents, in cluding myself, who were being taken as prisoners from Beaumont to Aachen 3 an Army train. We were advised" to lie downbn the floor of the car as the Belgian snipers would shoot at us from the liouses. .. But' there was no firing. ' iTh .j ! . ' . .... . 1 m;. vi course, is not a Drier ror the German'arniy: it is an account of German conduct as it appeared to an Impartial .observer who had the rather extraordinary' opportunity of traveling for days with -Ihe German columns, over a distance of more than a hun dred miles through a dozen important ntles .and. towns. . frenf W e 5tne- -white artfflery 1-smokespurt into clouds along the horizon and hear - the double detona tions -which , came from artillery at f.short range. At other times I trailed Behind through' the desolate . waste which a. victorious army- leaves be hind it ... . Pay' All anil Tip Well. ' "On the contrary, I witnessed nu merous cases of the most careful cour tesy on the part of German soldiers. In Brussels- they not only paid their cafe bills, . but tipped generously Along the road, when a German officer or soldier entered a Belgian house for food or shelter, it was not with a de-'" mand but a request. In spite of the. confusion and errors which arose from a strange tongue there was almost no friction of any sort. "The German soldiers were punctil iously considerate and polite to wom en and children, apologizing for the discomfort they were causing. Upon leaving a house where they have been given shelter, I have seen them shake hands with the .concierge, peasant woman, or in some cases with the gentlewoman of a Belgian .villa, as pleasantly as if they were bidding adieu to their hostess at a week-end house party. "So many instances of this sort are atfeand-that a recital of them would be'tediou8., . "Naturally inclined to be gruff with their, soldiers, the German officers al ways gave the French prisoners a pleasant word, arid treated them with every consideration. Not a single ex ception to this civility toward prison- ,:fefs has come to my attention. ' ti A French lieutenant and two Eng lish officers traveled with us in the prison train from- Beaumont to' Aachena halting journey which took over thirty-six hours. The train was crowded with German wounded and French -and' English prisoners, and there was nothing to eat or drink, except a few fragments of rye bread, hard as a stone, -and a little liquid compound of chicory, which in Bel gium masquerades under the name of coffee. Since there was not enough even of this disheartening fare to go around, German officers went without food so that the prisoners might be fed. ' Aid Owners of Cafe. "In' a little cafe in Beaumont, con cierge aiit madame ;had fled before the approach of the soldiers and aban doned their business. Two officers found them in hiding, brought them back', and in a'day they had taken in more money than in any, previous week in their career. "These incidents could be indefinite Jy prolonged, but they would only of fer additional support to a point iat I think I have- already established the universal kindliness of German soldiers as I have observed them. "I have sfeen perhaps half a dozen cases of drunkenness in observing nearly 1,000,00(5 Soldiers, and these fpw wpr nnlv eood-naturedlv maud lin. In Beaumont while I was detained for iH hours in the small cafe pre viously mentioned j&ith an armed guard" at the door, although speciflcal b- told that . I was not an ordinary prisoner, a swaggering petty officer of some sort, lunged toward nre and showed me the sharp conyincing edge of h$,6 sword, insisting that I run my hand across it. Warned to Avoid Drinking. "Geman ' discipline and German training seem to have put into the f German soldier an exemplary behavior which is nothing less than remarkable Before I fell asleep on the floor of the Beaumont cafe, with two Gefman sbV diers' guns' slanting almost over me, T heard the petty officer who was in charge of; us, giving instructions to tile guards, which included the state ment "that any one of us who Stirred outside the door should be shot. Then he counseled them, almost in a father ly way to drink 'bnly' "moderately, stafi Ing that : if they, became drunk he would fecommend a sentence of 15 years in thenitgntiary. i "If the conduct, of the German sol dier errs at all it is n- the- side of a too complete subordihatidn. It is irpt possible for any ' one who has seen muchef the German system to; -be: 1ieve in the tales of deliberate depre datlons apd unsoldierly conduct. "Our- comrades in the eastern army also fought gallantly, also the army of the crown prlnee. The fourth artny under the dhke of Wurtemberg; ad jvanced victoriously. Our enemies affe -withdrawing in flight. V . v 'The1 "eastern army has driven;tiree Russian corps over the -frontier. Two Russian corps capitulated on the oDen field. Slxiy thousand men and two generals were taken prisoners. - - "For-, all these victories we have o thankbutone-ttiat Is our God, wtci is ever over us. : . - , WAFtvC08TS ENGLAND Al ' $44.80 EACH SECOND London. Thecpst . of the war up to date has been $11,265,000,000. . .Thejcost' to England, alone, based on, nadres covering 43 days-from An- gust fZ has tteen $166,500,000. ' '"Thisi'is at the rate,;of $3,872,093 a day; 015.1,337 an hour" $2,689 a minT, ute-and .$444P flejtond.' , ' . A.:--.' v' Spain . devotes oliva growing. 3,584,720- acres to BATTLE OF W IS IN PROGRESS Pushed Back Near "Belgian ; Bortfef By , Allies Germans Make Oesper- ' . ateStasil. .. RUSSIANS AReTiM COHTRO t Of Situation In Gallcia and .Are Pro gressing In Poland and Russia The second great battle between the, allied armies of Great Britain and France against th Germans in the northern part of France JLs in progress. It is the battle ot the Alsnev 5 The-l 1 Germamj are -strongly-entrenched In theouftrsada; the, rgiou. ,4.0c. vthe Noyon on the rive,r Dise, northwest of Paris. Their pat'tle line-extends to the. river Meuse,: nor-of the. Verdun. Strong reinforcements, probably from Lorraine, has strengthened theiHines. Allies Wlnf' Battle, of Marne. ' When . the . German armies invaded France frojn Belgium they swept the" allieg before them and pushed steadily, forward-until they were almost under, the walls of Paris. Then the tide of the battle turned. The allies -were the pursuers and the Germans the pursued. This was known as the battle of the Marne. .The battle, ended when the Germans had been driven north of the Xishe river and the allies were the victors. . Three Million Men Engaged. It is predicted that the battle of the Aisne will be even more .appalling than the battle of the Marne. Military experts, .estimate that there are nearly ,000,000 men assembled on a battle line about 110 miles long. Theusands of lives will be sacrificed in . the at tempt of the armies of the defenders to push the invaders out of France. The Germans have left a sufficient force in Belgium tp protect their re treat through that country in . the event they are forced to fall back. Reinforcements For Germans. Wcrrd' has been received that Ger many has' recalled the armies she sent from the north of France and Belgium to East Prussia to check the onward rusk of the Czar's armies through East Prussia, and will send them to the assistance .of the Germans in France. - Move For- Peace Is On. The negotiations that have been go ing on between the'TJnited States and Germany "with regard 'to a movement for peace have given little encourage ment ' Von Bethmann-Hollwegg, the mperial ' chancellor of Germany,' has suggested, to United States Ambassa dor Gerajrd at Berlin that the United States secure terms of peace from Great Britain, France and ' Russia. 'Germany," be said, "wants permanent peace and protection from further war fare." President Wilson announced he would continue his efforts along this line. ' . ' . - Russians Moving Forward. According 'to dispatches from Rome and Petrograd, the Rdssian "capital, the armies of Austria in Gajicia are in a pitiful condition. At present-they "are hovering under the .protection of the forts surrounding Prezeinsyl, but the Russians have surrounded; this loca tion and are expected, to maKe ah at tack at any time. The German troops that -were sent to the assistance oi the Austrlans failed "in their mission and themselves were forced to fall back. Undaunted by the former defeat at Kohigsberg, in East Prussia. -the Rus sians are preparing to take advantage of the withdrawal of a large portion of thGrman soldiers in that vicinity. who have been ordered to the relief of the Kaiser's armies In France, and are. planning another assault on Ko- nigsberg. The' Russians are also en joying victories, against the Austro- German armies in Poland. The armies of the Czar in Galicia and Poland are. already marching on Berlin- and in theV event they are successful in defeating the Germans in East; Prussia it will be only a short time Ssef ore there will be three great armies pushing their way to Berlin. ' Fighting Spreads to Asia y The European war during the past week spread to Asia and Africa. Tha Japanese, who declared war against Germany several weeks ago, have be-, gUh an attack On the German posses sions v in China. The, British forded in , Africa have begun a campaign. against the Germans in Africa. Austria In 'Deep. Gloom. ; -. ' The deepest gloom pierspread'Aus. tria. The governnieht has called' th last1 reserves to th cbkrs. . Ncts oil vtctories ov4r theServiansasi$iye'4' out to the people of Austria, but this has nothelped 43" splf ''ttte dfjpres-. sion caugea.JBy-5iHe contHiuai- Hereats suffered by their soldiers figfmg the RussiartsttM Galicia.- Vienna "lives in constant-fearv that the jRussians, will; 'change, their course in' Galicia, and in- t'ead-i-'cbbUnuin'g'.on-';;). Berlin they .wji;'en circle tne uajpainifBs and be-. siege- uie capital oi inaeyamonaxcay.- '. .Germany Urges Italy's Aid. . , Rome Germany continues to - try to influence piiblle opinion .with all ' . ' -"rf- ? ' kinds - of publications ; the latest. 'b& ingr a pamphlet In Itatian "whichhas been widely distributed ' and . bears the 'title, ': "The Truth About' the "WarV,', Among the .colToraofe-.fj;Jt'.-;;arffe.2 , cle . are Count ErneBt ybn: RfeyotloV me navai expert? iHas. jsr Derger; leader of the clerical ' CenteV in the' German reichstag, and Joseph .Fredei ten Nauman and Count Uppendori, also members of the reichstag. ' . l c Belgianssfll on Pfiesident . Washington. The , Belgian commls-. Sion,; sent to protest against alleged German atrocities; . was received - at the white'house by JTjtdenWnsonJ; . Accompanying memva ine.- ueigxan minister, E. Haveni Jh. '& - Banishes Joseph-' Portrait' Petrograd. The display of port raits t of Emperor Francis Joseph in Czerno witz, capital jaf . the Austrian, crown, lanfBukowin8ee5 Tprohibit?'' d. iThe prohibition extends to the of ficial bureaus, cafes and other places. AUSTRIAN SHARPSHOOTERS HOLD BACK SERBS Austrian sharpshooters along the the Servian troops. J a Battle of Aisne in Progress London. For five days the British and French armies have been trying to dislodge the Germans from the strong line of defenses which they have constructed on the-battle front stretching from the Oiseto the Meuse rivers. There have been attacks and counter attacks, but, in the'words of the, official communication, "there "has been .no change in the situation." ' The allies claim to have, made slight progress at some points .against the German Tight wing north Of the river Aisne and to have repulsed Craonire and Itheims, while they say in the'cen ter and on the right the Germans are acting purely on the 'defensive, having "dug themselves into entrenchments' The German official "reports are al most identical with those of the allies. They say no decision has been reach ed, but that the allies' power of resist ance is weakening that a French at tempt to break- their right has failed; that in the center the Germans are gaining ground slowly and that sallies from Verdun have been repulsed. It would seem from all this that the Commanding generals have not yet found the weak points hv-their oppon ehts' dispositions and that each is Withholding liis determined blow for. as Lord Kitchener said in, the hoise 'of lords, "the right moment.!' British Fly Across Channel . London. So little has -appeared re garding the movements of the British aerial forces that the following ex cerpts from a discussion of its activi ties by one professing to be. closely connected with this branch "of the. Ser vice is interesting. .. "' , Speaking of the sending of thirty six British aeroplanes across ther chan nel by air, which was kept secret for. some time, lie says:, 'f."; 5-i V ."As a combine flight, that-. surpassed anything ever done in aviation; but it was only part of a big movement; oth er machines had flown across- the pre vious day, and at the present moment three full squadrons, Nos. "2, 3 fcind 4 each consisting of twelve aeroplanes besides reserves, spares and mdEor transport; are with the expeditionary force; '-' But apart 'from the Sews of two fatal accidents, and. the appear ance in the casualty lists of. an air man's name among the wounded, noth ing authentic has been published con cerning the doings of the royal flying corps. . " Russian Victory in Prussia retrograde The. following commun ication was issued by the chief of the general staff? . 'i "On the front in Eastern Prussia the armies of General Rennenkampf defi nitely stopped the gffensive movement of the Germans. At several points the Germans are falling back and shifting to neviV positions. . "On-the Austrian front the pursuit of the .enemy contioues..v . The Rus sians are approaching . the 'defensive positions of Sienawa, Jarsau and Praemsyl Galicia)." , Germans Deny Defeats Washington The German embassy received the following wireless Vfrom Berlin: ' : - ;- . . "All the- FreBchEngtish reports of victories of battles., in France are-un true. The German retreat oi inewesi ern wing was a practical maneuver not affecting, the strategical position. The French attempt -to break through the center of the German position was victoriously repulsed. "There is confirmation of German successes at. several points of the long extended battlefield. French Laugh at Siege Guns London. The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says the value of the German siege guns is limited to two points. They can be "dragged over muddy roads and they have "won derful armor-piercing qualities when ised against forts; In permanent for tified, positions their effect on the., sol diers is terrible; some of the Belgi ans, in I the Liege forts were driven crazy. But the French laugh at their effect in the open.' '' Joffre the 'French Hero London The Pi(ris correspondent Lof the Daily Mail .explaining General Joffre's success says: "The. reward of praise must he Chiefly' Joffre's. It "was not always, "kindly that the name of Joffre was mentioned during' the retreat from the frontier, though, the chorus of praise now would make one think confidence never had wavered. iHe has had, the courage to .expose him- jSelf to the danger of contempt ana the criticism 6f his country io realize big plan for final victory, ' Danube river checking the advance of ' Thrilling Rescue by Submarine London. "The most romantic, dra matic and piquant episode that mod ern war can show," says a naval lieu tenant in describing an episode in the Heligoland fight. His letter reads: The Defender, having sunk an ene my, lowered a whaler to pick up her swimming survivors; before the wha ler got back an enemy's cruiser came up and, chased the Defender, and thus she abandoned her whaler. Imagine their feelings; alone in an open boat without food, twenty-five miles from the nearest land, and that land the en- emys fortress, with nothing but fog and foes ' around them. Suddenly a swirl alongside, and up, if you please, pops his BHtanic majesty's submarine E-4, , opens his conning tower, takes them all on, board, shuts up, again, dives and brings them home 250 miles!. Is not that magnificent? No novel would dare face the critics with an episode like that in it, except, perhaps, Jules Verne; and ajl. true! Magnifi cent indeed, and it is war." German-American Protest Rejected Washington. President -Wilson de clined to receive Horace L. Bland of Chicago,, who came to present mes sages' from several German-American organizations protesting against the charges of atrocities made by the Bel gian commission against the German army. The president took the position that he had already refused to permit na tives of other belligerent countries liv ing in the ynited States to discuss the war with fiim ind that the messages of the German-Americans were not of the same nature as those brought by the Belgian commissioners. He planned to write a letter to Mr. Brand explaining that his recent statement on neutrality addressed to the Ameri can people should apply equally to all living in this country. Peace, Move Appears Hopeless " 'Washington. Great Britain has re ceived no proposal for peace, either directly or indirectly, from Germany or Austria, and, therefore, has 'nothing to say on the subject. This was the substance of a mes sage received by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British ambassador here from Sir Ed ward Grey, British foreign secretary. The ambassador had inquired whether any peace proposal was before his gov ernment in view of' persistent rumors from Berlin that, proposals were, being exchanged. Coincident with the receipt of this information from Great Britain it was learned authoritatively that President .Wilson had not pursued either with Great Britain, France or Russia the in formal suggestion of the imperial Ger ma'n chancellor that "it was up- to the United States to obtain a statement of peace terms from the allies." ' . Moving Toward Russian Frontier London. The Daily Telegraph's Rome correspondent" says lie learns that ight German army corps left France and Belgium for the Russian frontier. Servians Capture Semlin " Nishi Servia. The Servian offensive movement continues successfully, on the left bank of the Save. No import ant developments along the lower Drl na have been reported since the Ser vians victory on September 9. The following official statement was is sued: "On our northern front, after taking Semlin, our troops still con inue successfully to pursue the of fensive. The hurried nature of the flight of the enemy at Semjin, canbe estimated by the quantity of provis ions, equipment and arms xfound." British Victory in -Africa ' London. A dispatch from Cape Town to neuter's says the Fourth South African mounted rifles, ' com manded by Colonel Daetson, after two night marches ..surprised the German force which had occupied a drift sixty mile's from' Steirtkopf, in the. Mama qualand. After a sharp skirmish the Germans were compelled to surrender Another Cape Town dispatch reports that the actibtt.took place at Ramon' Drift, .an important strategic pos. tiqn. . - ".'- Radiograph. Locates Bullets Paris. The services of radiography in surgery inTthfe field ,has shown by radiographic proofs made by Charles Vaillant of the Laribosiere hospital and submitted to the Academy of. Sci ence. The proofs, which were remark ably clear, were obtained by an' "ex tra rapid process in from four to six seconds for a wound on the hands from 8 to 10 seconds for wounds in the elbow or leg, 15 seconds for wounds in the shoulder or .knee, and 25 to 30 seconds for wounds in the thigh or. thorax. TROOPS SLEEP IN J RAIN MAKES ARMY LIFE WORSE THAN EVER RIGORS OF FIGHT. 8 SHIPS ARE DESTROYED Both Sides Report Losses of Vessels to the Enemy on the Seat. Italy Reported Prepared. , Reports differ as to the progress of the great - battle in Northern France between the Allied British and French arjaiea.anQermaBy. Some indicate inai mere is extremely neavy ngnnug While others tell of great masses of troops lying in flooded trenches, many of them utterly exhausted. ' At some points, at least, fierce en gagements have been fought with the tide flowing first in one direction and then in the other. The Allies- have won apposition here and the Germans hav'e gained one there. But' all re ports, official and otherwise, agree that there is much fighting yet to b done before any material advantage can be claimed" by either side. The British in the trenches say: "We are slowly beating them back." The French official statement, de clares that though furiously counter attacked by superior forces and ob liged to yield some ground this was regained almost immediately. Berlin officially announces that the Franco British forces have been obliged to take the defensive in entrenched po sitions and that therefore the result of the German attacks are slow. In teresting information has been given out by the British . Admiralty regard ing British successes and . misfor tunes in various waters. The British merchant cruiser Carmania has sunk a German merchant cruiser, supposed to he either the Cap Trafalgar, or the Berlin, off the coast of South America, but the German cruiser Koenlgsburg has disabled the British cruiser Pe gasus, while the latter was overhaul ing her machinery in Zanibar harbor, killing 25 men and wounding more than three times that number and the German Cruiser Enden has sunk six British merchant streamers in the Bay of Bengal. In fighting around Rheims tlte mat ter of greatest interest has been the destruction of tHe famous cathedral, one of the most noted structures in the world, dating back to the Thir teenth Century, which is reported to have first been pierced by many Ger man shells and then to have burst into flames. Against the destruction of the cath edral the French Government has de cided to send through diplomatic channels a protest to all tle Powers. There has been a review off the Tsland of Halker, by the Sultan, of the Turkish fleet, including the former German cruisers, Breslau and Goehen, after which the warships proceeded to Constantinople for 'coal. Italy, according to reports from Rome, has more than a half million men under arms. ALLIES MAKE SLIGHT GAINS. Germans Lose on Left, and Fall to Force Break in French Front Paris. The French war office 1s- sued the following, communication : 'On our left wing we again have made a slight advance along the right bank of the River Oise. A division of 'Algerians captured another flag "All efforts of the Germans, sup ported by strong artillery to smash our front between Craonne and Rheims have been repulsed. Near Rheims the hill of Brimont a portion of which we had occupied, has been retaken by the enemy. In return we have taken possession of the defenses of La Pompelle (about fve miies East by Southeast of Rheims.) "The Germans have rdused them selves to a condition of such fury that without military reason they have fired on the cathedral of Rheims, which is in flames. "On the western side of- the Ar-1 gonne - our gains are maintained... I "In Woevre there is nothing to an nounce, v On the right wing in Lorraine, the ; enemy has been driven back beyond. the frontier, evacuating in particular the region of Avricourt (a bogder- vil lage). In the Vosges, the enemy has tried to resume the offensive in the neighborhood of St. Die, but without success. 'iOur attacks progress slowly on that side because of the difficulty of the ground, the defensive works en countered there and the bad weather. "As yet we have no certain confirm ation of the reduction of the forts not previously destroyed at Maubeuge, but Germans report the taking of the city and" even . Indicate that its governor will be interned at TJorgau (Prussia.) "The Saxon army has been broken up and its commander, General Von Hausen, has been relieved of his com mand. The cavalry; division of the same nationality, which "had fought in Lorraine, at hexopenj&g-.-.'P the campaign and later was sent, to Rus sia, ba shared the downfall, of the Austrian army, and musthave suffer ed heavy losses." ' Fighting in Water. ' London. Rports from the . " front, says the Exchange Telegraph's Paris correspondent, show that the French and British troops are fighting waist deep in water the rains having flood ed their trenches! - . Austrian's Surrounded. Paris. The Rome correspondent o: The Echo de Paris states under; re serve that reports from Petrograd in dlcate that General Dankl's Austrian army has been surrounded by the Russians. . FLOODED US DEMOCRATS AGREE Oil Rill WAR TAX REPUBLICANS ARE ' FIGHTING BILL PROVIDING FOR SUM OF . $106,000,000. ' , WILL TAX ALL THE BANKERS Theatre. Tickets, Pullman Berths, Pool and Billiard. Rooms, L?at V Papers, Circuses, Tobacco, etc . "" Washington. An emergency rever nue bill to provide $106,000,000,' w- 4ng beer wines, gasoline, sleeping and parlor cars tickets, insurance, tei-f -egraph - r aind ---'telephone . message amusements and a Variety of docn:Uv ments was agreed on. by Democrat ? of the house ways and means commit-. tee and was introduced by Democratic -Leader Underwood early this week. ' Republicans of bettsf house -and i senate have, already Jgone on record, In opposition to any vrar'tax measv ure. Democrats hope, to rushs he bill through the house. The big light' will be in the senate. V k The committee increased the tov ' ternal revenue tax on beer by BO cents a barrel, making the new tax 4.otal $1.50. Domestic wines are to be tax-v-v and 12 cents a gallon on dry wines. -i'.' Gasoline is to be taxed two cents a ?" if 1 gallon. Stamp tax provisions and the tax on tobacco dealers, brokers, bankers, 5 and amusements, as carried In sched ule A, will continue In effect until De-: cember 31, 1915. The remainder of the bill will be in force until repealed. Bankers are to be taxed two dollars on each $1,000 of capital, surplus -and undivided pVoftts; brokers will'. pay.' -$50 each, pawnbrokers $20; commer clal $20; customs house brokers,' $10. Proprietors of theaters, museums and j ' concert halls in cities of 15,000 popu lations or more are to pay $100 each. Circus proprietors are to pay $100 a year, proprietors of other amusjer t mefcjts $10 and proprietors of bowling , alleys and billiard rooms $5 for each ' alley or table. Tobacco dealers and manufacturers are to be taxed the same as in' 1898 except that in the largest cities, "to- ' bacco dealers not specifically provid ed , for" the tax Is to be $4.80 each. , In 1898 there yas a $12 tax on to bacco dealers having annual sales of.. -50,000 pounds or more. Bomds and certificates of indebted ness are taxed five cents for each, $100 Involved, and freight express . receipts one cent each with a mandatory pro vision that the shippers must pay-' this tax. Telephone messages are to be taxed one cent on all tolls of 15 cents or more . and telegrams one cent a message. "v.;. The bill,, carries taxes of 50 cents on each indemnity bond,, two cents on each certificate of profits, 25 cents . on each certificate of damage and. So cents for eachr certificate not especial- ly provided for. " Life insurance' policies are to her taxed eight cents on each $100j.nd. fire, marine, casulty, fidelity and guaranty insurance policies one-half cent on each dollar,' asin 1898. Good-s withdrawn from, sustom houses will pay a stamp tax of 50Tc.ents as 'ljn 1898, but the 25 cent ,tax .on each -warehouse receipt imposed in 1898 is omitted. The 1898 tax of , from 25 cents to one dollar for entry of goods at customs Jiouses, according to values, is renewed. For each seat in a palace car and for each berth in a sleeping car the tax now is to be two cents against . the one cent war tax of 1898. Tickets from a United States port -to a foreign port will be taxed from ? one dollar to five dollars each, accord ing to the value' of the ticket as in 1898. - I ' ' , O.theprovlsions are: Brokers' pon- tracts, 10 eenta; deeds and other con veyances, 50 cents when not exceed ing $500 in amount and 50 cents for each additional $500 ; mortgages ! ; 25 cents for each $1,500 ; power of - at torney to vote, 10 cents;, j?ow;er of attorney to sell, 25 cents f protest of a ' note, bill of acceptance, etc., 25- sent8. Because of constitutional questions. the committee eliminated' -altogether foreign, bills of exchange. ?f charter agrements, manifstos alid . foreign bills of lading and also, struck out all reference to- stamp ' tarpon- checks, bills of exchange, drafts "and deposit- certificates and "-ostofflce money orders and on lea .s." . Loose Lives Th Schooner WreclV Astoria, Ore. Between seventy and eighty men, women and children, coastfise passengers and" crew, were drowned when a steam schooner , was pounded to pieces- in a gale 60 male? May. Close Wireless StatioK Washington. Unlea ea-prompt and; satisfactory explanation is forth com lng of the action of, the Marconi Wife- k less Telegraph Company of. America in receiving and forwarding a jnea-,. sage from the British cruiser Suffolk to a British AdmiraityVagen in '-New -York, regarding supplies for the ship, the company's station at Sias--consett Mass., will (be tlQsed "for all communication." This was the reply of Secretary Daniels 'to protests of, the company.- Unit! fimm ntiliia IHihiia . Washington. How American offl cials shall deal with armed vessels , visiting United State ports and mer chant ships suspected of tarrying sup- ,- plies to: belligere.nt war.jfessels off the coast was set forth iajnemoranda Is sued by i the State Deoartment wltht the approval ofv President, Wilson, sir Cecil Spring-Rice". the;. British Am-. , bassador, has,;conf erred often at the ' department concerning neutrality -questions, but officials made it plain that the action was not the result ot any agreement on the eubject. - ""Mil v? ! t VS?t'ti' i I; K T I JIM i 4 i t Hi 3t V i'TTT ft 1 1 n t - --? r. A- t 3. -r " h J) A t- ) - i Z"J f t s. 4j I u t r t 4 . i'. . , - - ' "1 -'5 V f A - f J - .
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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Sept. 23, 1914, edition 1
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