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QHr-ii-V7P,7rf f v f IX ill i A REIDSVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12, 1914 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR. ERED JUL IN. BELGIAN TROOPS STILL HOLD LIEGE FORTS REBELS TO TAKE UP IHE REINS QUIETLY SE RE AND HAVE MINOR CLASHES WITH 10 n U nil CRAIG HAS CRM GABON HAS TODAY CHART GONE TO HIS WARD GERMANS NEUTRAL SHIPS I AMCDIPAMQ BACK AMBASSADOR PAGE MAY FILE A IF Rigid Censorship. There is absolutely no com munication with Germany or Austria by any routing. A few censored dispatches, are coming through via London, and they are re-censored for ..transmis sion out of England. Inability to secure wireless communica tion with Germany since the cutting of the direct German cable at the outbreak of the war and. the increasing , rigor of the London censorship still further obscures what has ac tually transpired within the military zone. Secretary Bryan Gets Busy. Reports that Great Britain has forbidden the landing of all foreigners on her shores has caused Secretary Bryan to ca ble Ambassador Page instruc tions to investigate and if he finds the reports true, to lodge an urgent-protest with the Bri tish Foreign Office. Washington, D. C, Aug. 12. Sec retary of War Garrison has arrang ed to charter neutral ships in foreign waters to bring Americans home. Sec etary Bryan does not believe that the English order to prevent foreigners landing in England will apply to Americans. New York, August 12.--The British cruiser Suffolk is re ported still prowling about the entrance of this port, accord ing to quarantine observance. London, Aug. 2. It is reported that Italy has granted Switzerland permission to gather reinforcements in Italy. St. Petersburg dispatches Teport that the Russian Baltic Sea fleet has captured twenty-five Ger mai merchantmen. Paris, Aug. 12. It is report ed here that the Germans have checked Longwy after severe fighting. The Germans are in great strength operating South as far Contains. The entire front is screened by cavalry who raided the front line. The whereabouts of the Frenfch army is a secret but the War Office says fighting near Stc nav is momentarily exected. The War Office insists that the Germans were finally checked at Muclhouse. Russian Fleet Scouring Baltic. A St. Petersburg dispatch to the London Tost says the Rus sian fleet is actively scouring Baltic Sea. Twenty captured merchant vessels have been ta- ken to Cronstad. Their crews will be removed to the interior as war nnsoners. Fighting in North Verdun. Paris, August 12.-Ger;nan annv. at Mosselle is striking a gap through the French forti fications at North Verdun. Fighting is in progress Muel house. at A Cavalry Engagement. The Brussels war office ad mits general cavalry engage ments now in progress "West of Tongres. A general German advance is now in progress. Athens, Greece, August 12. The German battleship Goben took refuge in the Dardenelles. The commander was notified that he must coal and leave within twenty-four! hoars or dismantle for the remainder of the .war. Taria.., Aug., IS Th.Amricao--Em-Uiut- It-wants .it-di&Uaaly undara bassy has aided 5,500 Americans to date. . - PILES OF THE GERMAN DEAD ARE CREMATED London, Aug. 12. A dis patch to the Standard from Maastricht describes the wholesale cremation of bodies of German soldiers killed at Liege,: as told by fugitives ar- ii TV ' All . n vi nr t iere. uurmir mree successive nights after the fighting at Liege the Germans collected their dead in heaps of thirty. Funeral services were held "and military salutes were fired over each heap. The bodies were then burned. The officers explained to the men that this was necessary to nreveiit the bodies from be- comm a monace to the living. i . . .,.' Many other bodies were thrown into the Meuse, to float seaward. Kitchener's Army. The mobilization of the En glish territorial force is at the point of completion. Some of the units of the force have accepted liability to serve oyer seas. Volunteers are being asked to follow their example. Kitchener's army, for which five thousand recruits have been enrolled in the past twenty-four hours, will consist of six divisions Scottish, Irish,'! Northern, Eastern, "Western and Light Brigades. Austrians Enter Alsace. The London admiralty office says there is every indication that the Austrians have enter ed Alsace. Amsterdam, Aug. 12. Censored dis patches indicate that German siege guns are nearing Liege with a view of concentrating a final attack on the forts surrounding that city. British and French reinforcements enabled Belgian forces to divide and drive the Germans from the small towns. Amsterdam, Aug. 12. Oflldal advic es says prisoners taken by Germans around Liege are being shown every . consideration. BRITISH WARNS ALL AGAINST NORTH SEA Mining the North Sea as a part of the plan of the European war not on ly may close most of the Northern European ports to navigation but the gold-laden 7 cruiser Tennessee; the cruiser North Carolina, and neutral passenger vessels carrying Americans from Europe were confronted with new dangers. The funeral services will be con- The American government was ad-j ducted from this church Thursday nf vised formally by the British embassa- j teruoon at 4 o'clock. dor at Washington that, Inasmuch as I : Germany had been "scattering mines! HARVESTER TRUST IS ... . j indiscriminately" Great Britain no I j lon&or cou,a refrain from planting mines &ear her own Prts- Secretary Bryan says Americans at home may rest assured that the passenger lines plying between North ern European ports will take no chances that would imperil life. It is believed that Americans in Northern ports will remain there for the, pro sent or make their way South and Southeast to such ports as Marseilles or Lisbon to obtain passage for the United States. An itinerary for the cruisers Ten nessee and North Carolina bearing millions in gold , for the relief of Americans has never been announced, but as both Great Britain and Ger many have given warning of the dan gers in the North Sea, it is being ta ken for granted that neither of the American warships will venture into those waters. The Durham Herald says it is pub lishing the war news as it receives it, that that paper is not standing spon sor for It. . Colonel Jasper; Newton Cr?ig died this morning at 5:50 o'clock at his uorue on Piedmont, street, after a se rious illness lasting for a little more lhan two weeks. There was a decid c change for the worse Tuesday and Dr. T. Balsloy called Dr. J. S. Irvin, of Danville, in consultation, and they decided thai, the end was only a inner of a few hours. The patient since his operation on the 2nd of the month had made a courageous tght for recovery, and his conditon appeared to indicate that he had some chance until the change was noted. The operation, while a success from every view point of. the surgeons, did not avail to save him as peritonitis had set in pre vious to the operation, the knife be ing resorted to with the hope that there might be a slight chance. Col. Craig was a little more than 60 years of age. He had been twice married. His first wife . was Misa Mollle Johnston, of Caswell county, and to this union there is one daugh ter, Miss Elizabeth. His second mar riage was to Miss Berta Ratliffe, of Wentworth. and there are seven sur viving children, Margarie, Jean, Ber ta, John, Mary, Joseph and Alice. Deceaed was a brother of Dr; D. L Craig, of this city, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and of Mr. I. T. Craig, Miss Laura Craig, Mrs. Block wood and Miss Florence Craig o Or ange county. Col. Craig was a native of Orange county and came to Keidsville in 1885, when he becami a clerk in the postoffice under the late J. A. Bennett, postmaster. Later he engaged in the printing and stationery business. Dur ing the past 15 years lie has conducted an insurance agency, and had served for the past two or three years as business manager of Webster's Week' ly until that paper suspended publica tion a few months ago. Col. Craig took a deep interest in military affairs of the State. He rose from corporal in the Reldsvllle Rifles to captain in the Redsville Light In fantry, which organization was later a part of the First Regiment during the Spanish-American war. He was pro moted to a majorship; was later lieu tenant colonel of the Third Regiment and ten or twelve years ago was elc ted to colonel, the highest office in his regiment. He was one of the old est members in point of service in the North Carolina guard. Colonel Craig also served the county as a commissioner, and at the time of his death was secretary of the Reld9ville Graded School board, and has also served as city collector, city clerk and clerk to the recorder's court. Col. Craig had been a consistent f member of the Presbyterian j for more than 40 years. ORDERED OISSOLVED St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 12. Interna- '. tional Harvester Co. is declared a f trust in restraint" of trade and ohIt ! ed dissolved into at least threo parts : within ninety days by United Rtat"s ; Circuit Court, Judge Sunburn dis i senting. j An agreement has been reached be ; tweon the Government and the New j York, Now Haven & Hartford Rail road Co., for the peaceful dissolii'ioi) of the New Haven system, according to an announcement after a meeting In NewYork yesterday of the road's directors. Court proceedings for dis solution will be stopped but criminal prosecution will not Correct Pronunciation. Ltego a Belgian city the name of which C. not rhyme with siege, as some poets are using. It is pronounced "Leo-nzli" .with the accent on the last syllable. The "a" is pronounced like a in tat. The princ'pal supply of limburger cheese comes from Liege, hence ,the warehouse section there does not pre- .QJiaya the aroma at a .pah.p.hrflraMH rose peraniums. Wilmington Star. Oar "Builng Builders for results. 45,000 JAPS ON TRANSPORTS TO I A T, Brussels, August 12.--The German army is being detach ed from Liege and advancing through the heart of Belgium. The main cavalry is engaged in a forward movement along the whole front of the allied armies. Paris, Aug. 12. The Paris Foreign Office has denied that French troops violated Germany territory of Alsace prior to the declaration of war. The War Office announces that German and French armies are facing each other all the way from Alsace to Liege.: :.' The London Standard's Brussels correspondent says: ""All twelve of the Liege forts are intact. They are shelled day and night. Daring in fantry attacks have been repeatedly nade." ''.. Paris, Aug. 12. French and German outposts are fighting along the en tire line in the department of Alsace. A war officer says French arms are everywhere successful. The French drove the Germans back to Verdus and captured a battery of artillery. A Shanghai dispatch says 45,000 Japanese soldiers have embarked on transports and are awaiting orders, Paris, Aug. 12. It is announced that general engagements are progressing at Tierlemont, Belgium. The German army assaulted the Belgium position and is still fighting. It is believed the opening attacked was directed against Brussels. The War Office an nounced that the allied army is being pushed to the aid of Belgium. Brussels, Aug. 12. The allied army is slowly forcing back the German cavalry patrols which pushed far into Belgium in advance of the main army. One such detachment has been routed from Landen. The War Office de clares the situation at the front is "extremely favorable." Washington, Aug. 12. The English War Office has agreed that two United States army officers can ..accompany the English forces to the front as ob servers. No other European nations involved have replied to requests for such permission from this govern ment. ' ... ! Berlin, Aug. 12.- German General Von Stein officially reports the re j son that Germany did not take Liege church is the Kaiser does not want unneces j sary loss of life, and says the Belgian force Is numerically stronger. WAR NEWS STATED IN TERSE FORM The French troops along the en tire front are in contact with the Germans. At Mangicnnes, North east of Verdun, the Germans attacked the 'French" Monday ' night."" "They were repulsed. A German battery was destroyed by the French artil lery and another was captured. The French took the village of Legarde at the point of the bayonet. According to French reports the Germans have been unsuccessful in their attempts to drivo the French from their positions' outside Meul hausen. Several Austrian warships have Joined the -British squadron in East Asiatic waters. Diplomatic relations between Franca and Austria havo been broken and the ambassadors have left the capi tals. . .'' A French foreign officer's statement says the iniative was taken by France because Austrian troops were aiding the Germans. Strong forces guard all the ap- The Austrians before Servta are I bombarding Belgrade, while a part of the Servian army is taking the often sive in Bosnia. The Hamburg-American Line steam er Cap Ortega!, with $5,000,000 in specie aboard, has been captured by the British. The liner sailed from Buncos Aires July 16 for South ampton. The French government forbids the publication of the French casual ity list so that Germans may not know the movements of the French troops. All Germans and Austrians in Bel gium must declare themselves at once or they will be arrested as spies. Indications are that another for ward movement of the main French force is iu preparation near Metz, as official reports from Paris say the German troops have inundated the Seille Valley between Metz and Nancy to hinder the French advance but the quantity of water is understood to be Insufficient to prevent the French for ward movement. r Germany is mobilizing 1,000,000 of the Landstrum or final reserve, Numerous skirmishes are recorded along the Franco-German frontier none, however, very serious, The French troops are reported In Paris to have seized a German aero plane factory at Meulhausen. Brussels reports German cavalry re tring before French advance. The German cruisers Goeben and Breslau have evaded their French and British pursuers and have arrived in the Ad riatic. An Austrian fleet was report ed proceeding from Poar to succor them. Austrian cruisers bombarde dAnti vari, Montenegro. A small group of German soldiers who sought refuge on Dutch territory are to be detained at Alkmaar, Holland, till the end of the war... .. ' Queen Wilhelmina has published a proclamation calling on everybody to assist those in need. She suggests the formation of a general benevo lent committee with the Minister of Commerce as Presdent. . American and Canadian tourists, numbering over 10,000, who are stranded at Glasgow owing to a sus pension of the sailing of steamers from there, held a meeting at which John N. McColIum, American consul, presided. A committee was appoint ed to register the names of the refugees and under them financial as sistance when needed. The admiralty has informed the mayor of Birmingham that the crul ser Birmingham, which was put In commission last February, sank the first German submarine of the war. It is reported from Belfort that be cause of the execution of French subjects by Germans seven prominent residents of the German town of Montreux-Vleux, just across the frontier, have been taken by the French as hostages. The American consul at Nish has taken over German interests, the German minister having departed a urusseis uispatcn says among the Germans killed in the assault on Liego were Trinco William of Lippe and his. son, Fivo thousand Montenegrins last Saturday advanced the Austrian fron tier posts to the East of the fortified town of Trebinjo, Ilerzegovnia. The Austrian losses wero one officer and 21 men, while the Montenegrins lost 200 men killed. The Russians hate made strenuous efforts to enter Austria but have been repulsed, ; The Austrian frontier troops have carried out successfully several reconnoltering expeditions. Count Okuma, premier, in an ad dress to newspaper men in Japan, urged them to refrain from sen sational rumors and inflammatory ar ticles In such critical times, saying they were calculated to excite the public unduly and Injure Japan's re lations with friendly countrias. The premier instanced what he termed a false assertion, that the United States was sending a fleet to Japan. "America," concluded the premier, "has made no demand on Japan, and remains Japan's great friend." Washington, D. C, Aug. 12. Dis patches report that Carranza will take peaceful possession of Mexico City today. All the American battle ships will be withdrawn from Vera Cruz ithin two weeks. The peaceful transfer of the Mexico City government from Carbajal to the Constitutionalists has begun, ac cording to advices to the State De partment at Washington. The Federal troops have evacua ted the city, ana the municipal po lice, who are regarded as neutral, were left in charge. The Federals went to a nearby point to await an amnesty announcement frpm Car ranza. As soon as his guarantees shall be refused the Washington of ficials believe a counter revolution will be started. The Brazilian minister, Governor Iturbide, of the Federal district and others, went to Tula to confer with General Obregon to arrange the de tails of the Constitutionalist entry. Carranza is expected at Tula immedi ately. . " ' - ' f No definite word has been receive! today regarding Carbajal. It Is un derstood that he will leave for Vera Cruz today. - Indications point to a speedy termi nation of the anomalous situation in which Mexico has found herself since the enforced resignation of Huerta. The reins of government, it is now believed, will be peacefully transfer red to a Constitutionalist government, while the Federal' army of some 40, kuuu men win marcn out or tne capital to a Southern city; there, to await de velopments after offering their ser vices to the new government In ex change for guarantees. If the latter are not forthcoming, the Federal army leaders insinuate they will combat the new admnistratlon. To carry out the new plan, PresN dent Carbajal will turn over the gov-' ernment to Eduardo Iturbide, Gover nor of the Federal district and the heads of the rurales. The latter will be used as a neutral force to patrol the capital during the Interval of the departure of the Federal troops and the entrance of the Constltut tionallsts. Carbajal will go to Vera Cruz be fore the entry of the triumphant ar my, headed by General Alvaro Obre gon, who now Is near Tula with a force of 25,000 men. v City Will Be Protected. Members of the foreign diplomatic corps at Mexico City will go to Obre gon's headquarters today to discuss plans for protection of the city. Much anxiety has been felt at Mex lco City late of the proximity of Gen eral Zapata and his army, but this was greatly relieved yesterday by an nouncement that Felipe Contreras, a representative of Zapata, has arrang ed with Carbajal for an armistice. Preparations for war have been carried forward on a large scale in the past few days, but they now have ceased. Three thousand rurales are ready to supplant the Federal army as soon as it vacates the city, though serious disturbances now are not feared. A manifesto to be issued by Carbaja will call upon the people to maintain law and order and to sup port the new government. As public opinion Is Largely with the new re gime, no trouble Is expected. THE STAKES THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR agitation for S'i: vie uniform among her own subjects and to extend her Influence in tin Balkans. Servla is fighting for her national life against Austrian domination and to free e.ono.ono Serbs from the sway of Austria. . Russia must protect her Slav broth ers In Serviu and establish" a com mandMi;: sphere of influence in the Far F.ii.-it. . Germany; Austria's ally, is sworn to como to her aid when Austria is aupckeil. More than this, Germany piust keep Russia from extending her power. Franco is an ally of Russia, and hopes always for the recovery ' o Alsace-Lorraine from Germany. G"eat Britain, to preserve the bal ance of power In Europe, must see to it that the sea-power of her allies, at Germany's hands. Germany is also England's greatest naval rival.
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