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. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." Stagis Copy, V. Ces& IIjOO a Year, in Advance. NO. 9. PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1914. VOL. XXV. re GERMANS REPULSE THE ALLIED ARIES FRANCE ADMITS THAT FORCE3 HAVE MET STUBBORN OB STACLES. LOSS OF ALLIES WAS HEAVY Statement Officially Made Claims For Army's Moral and Physical Well being Change Fighting Plane. Paris. The French War Office is aued the following announcement. "The French and English, the plan of attack having failed, owing to .un forseen difficulties, have retired on. the covering positions. "West of the Meuse the English Army on our left was attacked by the Germans, but behaved admirably, holding its ground with . traditional steadfastness. "The French assumed the offensive with two army corps. An African brigade in the front line, carried away "by their eagerness, were received by a murderous fire. They did not give an inch, but, counter-attacned by the Prussian guard, they were obliged to retire, only, however, after inflicting enormous losses. The Prussian guard especially suffered heavily. - . "East of the Muese our troops ad-JYJLT.oiS-r Qs 3 an extremely 'difficult country and ma3et"Vigorous attack when they emerged from the woods, but were obliged to fall back after a stiff fight south of the River Semols. "On order of General Joff re , our troops and the British troops with drew to the covering positions. Our troops are intact; our cavalry has in nn wav Kufforpd and our artillery has affirmed its superiority. Our officers and soldiers ' are in the' best of con dition, morally and physically. "As a result of the orders which struggle will change for a few days. The French army will remain for a time on the defensive but at the right iiiiiiiit-Tii i - ill un uri:iuni uu. u y iai.? v,uu mander-in-chief, it will resume a vig orous offensive. "Our losses are heavy; it .would be premature to enumerate them. It would be equally so to enumerate those of the Germans, who suffered so heavily that they were obliged to abandon their counter-attacks and. es tablish themselves in fresh positions In Lorraine. "We delivered four attacks from our positions north of Nancy, inflicting very heavy loss on the enemy. "In regard to the general situa tion we have the full use of our rail roads, and retain command of the seas. Our operations have enabled the Russians to come into action, and , neitetrate the heart of West Prussia. It is to he regretted that the offen sive operations planned failed to achieve their purpose as a result of difficulties impossible to foresee. It would have shortened the war, but our defences remain Intact In the presence of an - already weakened enemy." " 1 WIRELESS FROM BERLIN. Recounts Victory Over French- jnd the Pursuit. Berlin. (By wireless to Associated Preis from Nauen, Germany to Say ville, L. I.) Official announcement wa3 made here that the German army commanded by Grand Duke Albrecht of Wutertembers has defeated a French army at Neufchatelau. It caDtured many Runs, flags , and prisoners, including several generals German armies under Prince Rup nrecht of Bkvaria. Crown Prince Frederick WTilelm and Grand Duke Albrecht1 are vigorously pursuing the French. f . . The army under Rupprecht cap tured 150 guns at Luneville, Balmont and Cirey (in the French department of Muerthe-et-Moselle.). The army commanded by the crown prince pursued the French be yond Long way. The Germans are west of the Meuse and pre advancing against Muerbuege They have defeated an English brig ade of cavalry. - Austrian Fleet Massed. London. A dispatch to the Central News from Rome says fishermen in the Adriatic repftrt that the entire Austrian "fleet of about 40 units is proceeding Southward from Pola, the Austrian naval base. Their objective is thought to be the Catarro in Del matia. Germans In Nancy. Paris. A rumor is in circulation in Paris that the Germans have occupied th fi.rtiflftd town of Nancy. This re port houever. lacks confirmation. JAPAN DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY MIKADO ISSUES PROCLAMATION CALLING SUBJECTS TO STAND BY COLORS. . ; - APPEAL TO ARMS IS LAST GO Note From Japan Was Ignored by Berlin and Kiao-Chow Has Been Prepared to Stand Siege. Tokio. The Emperor of Japan has declared war on Germany. This act ion wag taken at the expiration pt the time limit of Japan's ultimatum to Germany demanding the surrender of Kiao-Chow. The Japan Government has ordered the beginning of opera tions on land and sea. .'. , The Imperial rescript declaring war on Germany was issued in the evening. It officially inaugurates Hostilities ' in the Far East as a result of Germany's failure to reply to the Japaneses ulti matum. - ' The proclamation of the Emperor sent a thrill 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 of the land to the other Cheering crowds assembled before miHln hii51(Hnt-a and at." nierM there Welts lauLCiu. j)i m.cooiuui ii u8" .w streets. .- The. popular manifestations, however, do not approach the enthu siasm which preceded the wan with Russia. V ' ; - Count Von Rex, the German Am bassador, has been handed his pass ports. He probably will leave for America. George W. Guthrie, the American Ambassador, will represent Germany. The Diet has been con voked in special session - for Septem ber 3. . . - " The Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Eliza- bethwMch, latterly, was. at Tsing Tau, the seaport of Kiao-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 policy. No action has been taken relative to Austria and the Foreign Office has explained that Japan will remain-friendly until Aus tria adopts an 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 neu trality has greatly pleased the Japan ese. THE BIG BATTLE HAS BEGUN. Allied Armies Battle With Germans Along Twenty-Mile Line. London. After nearly three weeks of mobilizing the battle of giants .has begun. . 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 gone 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 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-Charleroi line. This is bein, fought on the position chosen by the allies.' ; A Gertnan 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 "guns. It adds that the French troops opposing the Ger mans comprised eight army corps. An official British ""Statement ex plain .calmly that nothing resembling a great battle has been fought as yet and warns the people against opti mism. " . Mobilize in Italy. . Faris. 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 Havas Agency from Paris says France and Great Britain have agreed to advance Belgium $100,000,000 to aid her to face the necessities arising from the -w.r, France and Great Britain each wjl provtda half of thi3 sura. BRITISH EMBARKING AT SOUTHSEA -... . ..' ....!. WN v "W. - n?fei . h .. . , J Embarking horses arid guns .for, the British ' troops that "are operating across the channel with the French and Belgians. - - BRUSSELS AT LAST ONLY OUTPOST FIGHTING IS OC- " CUR RING ON THE BATTLE ' : .' LINE. ' ' v-" . BELGIUM CAPITAL FALLEN Reports Do . Not Cover Casualties Be- Fore City Fell Price of Food Is . ;. Declining 'Now. ' - London. The Germans have at last occupied Brussels but in Alsace they seem to be making-no advance. The latest r.eport is that the French have recaptured - Muelhausetl -. and it ' still seems truelthat after 18 days 'of fight Ing there are no . German , troops on French .soil. . . 1 On Germany's Eastern frontier there has been considerable outpost righting which would ; indlcale that " the . Jtus sians are completing their work-of concentration.. -There have .been no serious collisions-in this region as yet, however. Austria is too much .engag ed with Jlussia and with .need, of help; Ing Germany to make much progress in her campaign against Servia.' , No news whatever "haV been re ceived, of any - naval movements, either in the . North Sea or the Med iterranean. " . . ' . The 'death of Pope . Pius will 'be made the occasion 'for another effort to bring about peace. It is stated that . when the 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 likei normal conditions ..prevail in the German capital. " The price, of food is declining and now tha, troop movements have been completed a re sumption of general work on railways is beginning. Confirmation has been received on the report that Emperor William has ordered resistance to, any 'effort that Japan may make to seize Kiso-Chow. 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 Co ital. It i3 estimated that more than 150, 000 persons crnowded.-' the jline of march of the. pew President and his followers, which extended fron'the village 'o! Atzeapotazalco to. the Na tional Palace, six mile3. There was no disorder as General Carranza and his staff passed throughlthe cheering crowds, which showered them with flowers and 'confetti and from which came crias of "long live Carranza; long- live the Constitutionalist Gov ernment." Belgians Retire. , London. An official announcement says the retirement cf Bolan troops towards Atuwerp I rumors! mm V is - .'j .. ' V A - - - :.?:'::r.Kr:V. ii " 1 Se? BIG BATTLE RAGES HEVJS IS BOTTLED PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO . GET; ANY NEWS- AWAY- FROM, : V : . Brussels. ' LITTLE CHANGE IN ALSACE French Cavalry Have Successful En counter With Germans at Floren ville. Germans Crossing Meuse. London. Dispaches from Brussels announce that the British, French and Russian, Ministers',, with their- staffs, have leftlfor" Antwerp, -.l'-.. The Brussels correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says, it is 'becoming practically impossible to get news, away from Brussels' as the censor forbids, information concerning troop movements bejng -published. However; it J la certain that a 'tremendous- battle is' in progress; within the area stretching from Diest and Tirle mont, as far as Glvet." ' The general impression here is that no "effort will be. made to concentrate for the defense 'of. Brussels as the at tacking Germans would not be of suf ficient strength to warrant such con- dentratiOn.i, ; . Paris. The following official state ment was given out: , . "Latest advices are to the effect that the, French Army has reached Mjrhange, (Morchingen) : in . Alsace Lorraine, 19 miles southeast of Metz. Our advance-was , very rapid in the afternoon beyond the river Seille. At the end of the day we reached Delme, on one side, and Morhaiige on the 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 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 Nariaur. "One of the ench. brigadiers has asked the commander-in-chief to make public the following facts. "A French Hussar made prisoner, was dragged by German soldiers into an Alsatian- village and. his throat was cut before the villagers, who tes tify to the deed." Pope Pius X Is Dead. Rome The Pope's death occurred 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 Pointiff had suffered in times past. Only Slight Check. Rotterdam, via London. The Col ogne Gazette asserts that the advance of the German troops,, while slow, has not been f triously checked anywhere. Japanese Retur.fcd.. San Franc-beo. The Japanese crui3- er ldi:umo from pin Diego entered . Fran-::;' co h?.oor. . GERMANS GUT OFF FRIENDLY NATIONS FRENCH AND BELGIAN ALLIES ARE SEPARATED BY ARMY OF KAISER. APPARENTLY BIG BATTLE Brussels Levied For $40,000,000. Hold French Checked and Engage 150,000 Belgians. London. Little has become known of the operations which put thd Ger man army between the Belgian forces and 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 conipel 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. ; Jit seems, howevert that the deter mination is to attack the Belgian army of 150.000 men. who still are. in or around Antwerp.; The Germans al readvare advancing in the direction '" -- . IJ A of Ghent. TtiSy-frS'Sq jjccupieu uaw 15 miles northwest of BrusSSlS- d. Wetteren, eight miles southeast of Ghent and apparently intend to over run the whole of Northern Bel gium to the sea. . Cavalry patrols have been as far as Mechlin (Malines), 14 tniles southeast of Antwerp and it may be heard be fore long that the Germans have oc cupied Ghent and Brugies and possi bly even Ostend. If this is their de cision,'' however; 'a ""dear '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. GERMAN CANNONS CAPTURED. Summary of Cannon Captured by French up to Present. - London. In a dispatch from Paris the! Exchange Telegraph- Company's correspondent sends the following summary of alleged German losses as printed in The Paris Matin: "Twenty-four cannon taken by the Belgians from the third to the fifth of August, at Liege. - "Three cannon taken by the French at Margennes, August 11. "Six cannon taken by the French at Othain, near Spincourt, August 12. "Twelve cannon taken by the French near Schirmeck, Alsace, August 12. "Twenty-four cannon taken by the Russians at Stallapohenen, East Prus sia, August 17. "Twelve cannon taken at Gumbln nen by the Russians, East Prussia, August 17. . "Besides these pieces of field ar tillery, rapid-fire guns, aeroplanes and 19 motor wagpn3 were captured." New York in Darkness. New York. For nearly half an hour New York was as dark as at night while it was visited by one of the most severe electrical storms in its history. One death, a panic among 2,000 bathers in a pavillion struck by lightning and injury to seven persons caught in the' path of a Broadway runaway sums up., the known casual ties. Italy Asks Explanation. London. The Rome correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says: "Italy has asked for a freindly explanation from Austria regarding the landing of a large shipment of Austrian arms at Medua, an Albanian seaport, August 15. The Servian min ister, who protested to Italy, charged that the Austrians were arming the Albanians against Servla." Checked German Cavalry. London. The Central News has re ceived a dispatch from Paris saying that French forces defeated a detach ment of German cavlary coming from Leopoldshoehe and. Hueningen, in an engagement near BaselT'he Germans retired in the direction of St. Louis leaving 500 dead and wounded on the field. They lost most "of tiieir horses. , Sugar Reduced. San Francisco. Sugar was quoted tion -of W cents from the rectnt erica. SOUTHERN BANKS SLOW TO GET fie HAVE RECEIVED BUT $8,708,000 OF EMERGENCY CURRENCY OUT OF POSSIBLE $169,000,000. MORE FOR NORTH CAROLINA Tar Heel State is Still Entitled to $6,922,000 From the National Government. Washington. Up to the present time, according to John Skelton Wil liams, comptroller . of the currency, the 13 Southern States have receVKe'l but $8,768,000 of the additional or emergency currency provided under the Aldrich-Vreelafid act and under the Federal reserve act and amendments. According to the comptroller, these Southern StateS are still entitled to $169",883,000 of this emergency , cur rency of which sum the " national banks in the State of North Carolina can receive from the government $6,922,000. The comptroller of the currency calls attention to the fact that he has received a large number of applications from national banks In the Southern States who are not members of the national currency as sociations for permission to issue ad ditional currency under the provision of the Aldrich act and the Federal reserve act. The comptroller has ad vised such banks that the secrci a,4he treasury prefers that s plicaUonrBnScome tram, tional currency asooiatiorv the federal reserve ifrfetifc the bank applying is located. to be eligible to membership association, a national b have a surplus equal to nr? 20 per cent of its capita! In the fifth federal resej with headquarters at , Ric which North Carolina Is i National Currency Asso? North Carolina with head q I Raleigh, has alrea'dy beeftt. f desirous that all national .' North Carolina which are ,a bers-. of ,this association si ' j steps to 'join, and that all airar for the issuance of ddit'ouai cur-N rency under the Aldrich law should . be made through the national cur- tj rency association of the state rather,- V than by Individual national banks. FREE SHIPMENT" OF POULTRY. Express Company to Carry Live Poi ul- try Free to Fairc. ' Charlotte. The Southern Express Company has issued an order permit ting the free transportation of live poultry, t weight not exceeding 40 pounds, from points in the state of North Carolina reached by that com pany when consigned for exhibition at I fairs to be held at Raleigh and Char- lotte during the month of October, 1914. It is stipulated that such sh-r"-ments must be entirely within thi... . state and must be accompanied by a t certificate signed by C. B. Ross of tha ! Bureau of Animal Industry to the ef- feet that the shipper is a member of 5 a poultry club, organized under thft t auspices of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture and that the poul- try' is forwarded solely for exhibition purposes. . " ' Shipments as described may-be re- J turned free to the original owner at the initial point of shipment if ac- ; companied by a cerificate from ilia secretary of the fair to this effect. This order, which is made by Su-i perintendent W. W. Owens and np- j proved by Second Vice President E. i M. Williams, will be of considerable assistance In making possible the sue- cess of the coming Charlotte and Ral- eigh fairs fof which elaborate prep- I rations are being made. s Discussed War. Paris. The military situation w discussed at a meeting of the cabiiv; tt Elysee Palace, presided over ? j President Poincare. Their delibe tions lasted three hours. Begin Work on Turnpike. Greensboro. Work was commerif--on the Greensboro-Aslieboro turnpl' and when completed the coanty se of Guilford and Randolph -will beit- nected by n modern macadam high, way. The road will also extenrif Pinehurst, giving Greensboro a cor on the" triangular highway that connect Raleigh, Greensboro Pinehurst. . The people of Rand. county raised $2,000, and the counties have mride road, the Of r of Greensboro '?1, 000, and the counties have made approprv! .4 J 1 1