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TROOP TRAIN DYNAMI
Was Traversing Aalsae Lorain-German Air Ship Fleet
Attempts to Bombard Paris With Bombs-Russian
Fleet Defeated by the Germans -England Mobiliz
ing Troops and Will Probably Declare War To
Day-President Wilson Asks Congrrss for Money
for Americans in Distress Abroad.
YESTERDAY'S DEVELOP
MENTS IN THE WAR
CRISIS.
A German troop train traver
sing Abac Lorrain, was blown
up and two hundred soldiers
were killed.
Germany violated the neu
trality with Belgium by seiz
ing Arlon and also violated neu
trality with Switzerland by tak
ing Basle.
The Swiss Congress called
out the reserves to defend that
country but will not take part
in universal war.
The German fleet defeated
the' Russian fleet off Aland Is
land in the Gulf of Bothnia
by driving one vessel ashore
and the others took refuge In
the Gulf of Finlandi ;
The German Cruiser bom
barded and set fire to the Rus
sian port of Libau and set fire
thereto.
President Wilson has asked
for two hundred and fifty thous
and dollars' to bring home one
hundred thousand Americans
In distress abroad.
PARIS, Aug.' 3i-rThe first attempt
;. d aerialat UckMm Paris was frustrat
x d .today when .four ; German military
; aeroplanes crossed the lrontier, towards
the capital.'", ' Vs'.'S'T'' , -," ',:'
ijj; .The aeroplanes, were met and driven
J'jt tback fty. the Rheinis Air Squadron.? An
jj-f j yj -air .ouf discovered ''this invaders and
4 v flashed "wireless message warning the
remainder of ' the aviation corps in
Rheims which immediately took to the
air, carrying hundreds of contact bombs
and explosive sheila for the high power
ed rifles with which each one is equip
ped.... ' . ;
The German air men discovered that
they had been located and at once turn
ed and made full speed for the border
with the French" airmen in pursuit.
The latter climbed to a high atltitude i
order to get above the enemy and while
, doing this the Germans escaped. :
a Tonight all of Paris is alight. Effie
tower and other high points are bril
. liantly illuminated1'; and a" p'erfec
net work of light combs the. sky be-
. " tween Paris and Rheims. It is admitted
1 . . thafcif theJJsflt- ef 2ephelins..vereM,.
hampered theycduld cross the border
i. be ver Paps and destroy the City with
' in a few-hours- with bombs. ;': -'-i
' ' ENGLAND IS GETTING HER" i
TROOPS IN READINESSj
" . LUINUUIn, Aug. i. l ne lour of the
greatest European nations are afc warl
I tonight and England, greatest oVjMi? ml
V -bII feverishly mobilizing her troops in
prepw,. aib U ucuuutiuuu m war fp- -morrow.
-
; : All Europe ts ah'gned -in- the gigaip
tic : struggle between Russia, France,
England and Servia against Austria and
Germany. Twenty millionmen will
offer their lives1 for the causftvVjit'f-i
;!Egland' vast fleet is mpbilizeln
the North Sea from-whence it can pounce,
vtton 1 theGermaA auadrons within' a
(moment after 4ftl)wiree9agivesi.)ino-1
- n itioeThc house xl Ctmiirtohs. alovrned,
. ' extraordinary session a't 10 30' to-r
night .after hearing , remarkable .de
- . .. ., ,l! Ml .3 !
claration from Sir Edward Grey on
Great Britain's attitude. This was in
in effect that England will stand by
France should Germany attack the
latter's coast.
GREAT BRITAN REGARDS
INVASION VIOLATION.
LONDON, Aug. 3. It was semi
officially stated tonight that Great
Britain regards the invasion of Belgium
as a direct violation of the treaty and
will resent the action as an act of war.
There has yet been no formal decla
ration of war between France and Ger
many though three columns of Germans
are across the French border and are
headed for Paris. They are opposed
by several divisions of the French army.
There have doubtless been several en
gagements but a censorship of the news
prevents the details being made public.
THE KAISER TELLS FRENCH
AMBASSADOR TO GET OUT
BERLIN, Aug. 3. It is understood
that the Kaiser has handed the French
ambassador his passports and advised
him to loose no time in getting out of
the country.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
THROUGHOUT ALL FRANCE
PARIS, Aug.3 . A decree proclaims
martial law throughout France and
Algeria was issued by President Pon
care after meeting of the Cabinet. The
President summoned parliament to
meet tomorrow.
Concentration of French troops in
stralegicj
positions along the frontiers
and operation of military train service
have been carried out to the complete
satisfaction of the military authori
ties. THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES
SEIfcE A GERMAN VESSEL
NOVOROSSIYSK, Aug. 3. Rus
sian authorities today seized the German
steamer Atlas and have ordered the
crew to aisemparK. iney aiso sent
vessels in pursuit of a German vessel
which left port yesterday.
FRENCH- DOCTOR AND TWO
ASSISTANTS WERE KILLED
. LONDON, Aug. 3. The German
war staff chief, in a telegram to the Em
bassy, here asserts that a French
doctor with two assistants, tried to
poison wells near Metz, with cholera
microbes. The doctor was tried by
court martial and then shot.
Another French party endeavored
fo blow up a stragetic tunnel, near
Cochem.: ' A.U were shot.
THE SERVIANS ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED THEIR.OWN SOLDIERS
: VIENNA, Aug. 3. The Militaeris-
che ftindsha, a newspaper, states that
serious ngnung is in prugrraw uu
River Drinar.' Bands of Servian volun
teers attempting to r cross tne v river
are opposed by Austrian frontier guards.
"th "SerVlans- fired. on theif own ."river
l&alte, kiiling and ihjuririg 'many. 1 -4'
FORMAL PROCLAMATION W
MARTI AU LAW irj A 1 WH.KT
" ANTWERP," Aug.' ' 1-Martial "law
turned from a visit of several
ys in the
,yyes;erp part ot iNortn
a.;-. Mrs.
was prociaimea toaav, ana ju ousin- aenrtMfiJ)et''1rt' night
cU8Pefe;;pP th;!2 ? 4;.-?1,w$rife interment
HON. CHARLES- RTj!" fe' 0?
VyMki.- i'Xr 4:iafker,;r'Wita.Ca.,
i iN-THE-CItYlfef-ii . ..rrlved lathe i:ltiaWKilAr.to soend
- --.'.ix ' - fpn& ome,t .de tVMUing mist juna nam
rionT CHe It" Thon MtmrKUl3Jk:
Thomas , will . rem ain way- u4 seyeraL N. , " lpei(bT some 'time" vi&g
week 'ongec; SV-'-r''fitfenda and lelaitesiv?-'"1:-!.'
NEW BERN, N. C. TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST
MANY
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
IN RALEIGH M. 12
PARTY HAS ONLY ONE CANDI
DATE IN FIELD WILL ADOPT
STATE PLATFORM
RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 3. The Ral
eigh Chamber o" Commerce and other
interests here are much gratified at land
ing the State Republican convention,
which is announced fo Raleigh Au
gust 12, assembling n the ciuy audi
torium at noon with J. M. Mdrehead
as chairman of the S ate executive
committee and Gilliam Grissom as sec-
retary. The details of plans for the
convention arenot yet made publisMM
convention are not yet made public,
The last State convention here was
preceded by a big banquet, tendered
the party leaders by the State Chairman
Morehead, but it is not expected that
there will be any such preliminary
this time. Indeed, there is nothing
much for the State convention to do
wi h only one State officer, a corpo
ration commissioner to oppose Chair
man E. L. Travis, to be nominated and
the nominations of Superior Coutrt
judges in the judicial districts to be
ratified. And, further, w th nothing
more than a complinmetary note for
the nominees assured out of the coun
ties. It is unde'stood that the most that
is honed or bv the party leaders is
the adoption of such a State platform
and direction of jthe campaign on
close communities as to win some few
clsoe counties in members of the State
legislature.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Were in
Session here Yesterday
Important Business.
A number of, the most prominent
merchants of the city were summoned
to appear before the Board of Commiss-?
ioners, at their regular monthly meeting
held yesterday, to explain why their
property was not valued highter. The
explaination of all who appeared before
the board was satisfactory, on atany
rate it was accepted.
: C K. Pool'and T. F. Carrell were
elected cotton wei ghers. B. G. Credle
was appointed standard keeper to fill
the unexpired term of Eugene Tucker.
T i Rouse .of number three town
ship was relieved, of poll tacx on ac
count of poverty and infirmament.
MRS GLADYS HlGMAN DIES IN
Ig&tffr. ;THis city : : i .
I Mrs. Gladys Higmari' died at her
home number forty one Griffith street
Sunday afternoon ait four o'colck, and
Mjhd tfrt; W.B. fcverittand dttfrl
ren, left yesterday afternoon Tor-TreatJ
GER
U.S.
THE NELMS CASE
Encouragement is Given
Family.
to The
TELEGRAMS BASIS FOR PROBE
Another Mysterious Phase
Been Added to
The Case.
Has
Encouragement was given the
Nelms family to-day that the Gov
ernment would make an investiga
tion of the disappearance of the Nelms
sisters after the sheeaf of Dennis-1 nnes
telegrams, -turned over by the Western
Union, had been submittee to L. J.
Baley, special investigator for the gov
ernment in the South.
Mr. Baley told Detective W. F. Har
per, who showed him the telegrams,
that in his opinion there was suf
ficient evidence in the telegra ns sent
by Innes to Eloise Dennis at Box 303,
Atlanta, to warrant investigationMM
Alfanta, to warrant an investigation
on the possibility that Innes had used
the mails to defraud.
This matter , however will be held
in abeyance until the return to At
lanta of R. E. Barry, under whose
supervision is this special
line of in-
jvestigation.
Special attention was directed
the telegrams sent by Innes and
to
di
rected to "L, Cressewll," Box 373, At -lanta.
It was suggested that this fur
nished as adequate a basis for prose
cution on the groung of misuse of the
mails as tthe messages had been ent
all the way from Portland, Oreg., by
mail.
Mystery was added to the case by
the receipt of a letter from W. H. Lit-
ueton, 01 oaaes',?n, rt.a., who cia.meu ,
to have ridden on the tram w.th Innes j
. 1 t . 1 f - ti. ...1 i : 1
and his wife May 9.
Gave Starnger Address.
Littleton, who claims to be a Con
federate veteran, and is a distributor
for toilet artivles, said that he sold
Mrs. Innes some soap, and that she
gave him a linen hankerchief and
card on which her San Antonio ad
dress was written.
His letter seemed to be of an extremely-doubtful
character and the
authorrities were wondering why Mrs.
Innes, who heretofore has been so
careful not to let any of her hand
writing become public, should have
been so ready in giving her hand
writing and' address to a stranger she
met on the train.
Sat With Pair On Train."
Littleton wrote that Mrs. Innes was
alone when he boarded the train, but
that her-husband got aboard at Aus
niston, Ala. After giving him the slip
niston, Ala.' After giv ng him the slip
of paper with her name on it, Mrs.
Innes told him that she and her hus
band were going to Birmingham, the,
to - Mississippi and to ew Orleansn
according to Littleton, or the person
who wrote the letter.
"It .occured to me," wrote Little
ton, ' "that they were working some
deep , dark scheme, as I learned from
their conversation that they often
wereiapart They had some dark
work in Atlanta the first week, in,
May! "" Mrs. Innes remained in Atlanta'
to accomplish something, while her
husband, or V. E. Innes, waited in
Atlanta. , ....v
. "Therer were-; two ladies connected
with thefr scheme,, as he was asking
vtpi(snf about the"; tworj- It
seemeffyy hV conversation that one
of J.the 'ladias was pulling away from
-i.fi Sold Woman Soap. '
0, Va "Confederate 'feteran and
the eeemed- to take mudh' interest In
wait 1 sold Mrs. Innes some soap and
strand"! .shall like beads. ' The in-
GOVERNMENT
WILL
T IE
4, 191431;
TED
MANS KILLED
closcd slip is in Mrs. Innes'
handwriting. Any help I can be
cheerful y be rendered."
The letter was postmarked (
own
will
ad-
den, Ala., and was sent to Mrs. J.
W.. Nelms, in care of Sheriff Man
gum The handwriting did not ap
pear to be that of a Confederate vet
eran. Person who examined the slip of
paper bearing the name of Mrs. Innes
said that it resembled very strongly
the writing of the supposed Mrs.
Innes who ordered mail forwarded
from Atlanta. It would have been
simple, however, for any one wish
ing to imitate the writing of the wom
an who gave the order to copy it from
the facismile that appeared in the Geor
gian, where it was compared with the
signatures of "Mrs. M. M. Hardman"
and 'Lovena Hardman" that appeared
May 19 on the Scoville Hotel regis
ter. A thorough search of Gadsden failed
to reveal any one of the names of Lit
tleton. Marshall Nelms left Atlanta today for
the West. His exact destination was
kept a secret, but it is supposed he will
visit the cities in Texas that have been
concerned oin the disappearance and
he may continue on to San Francisco
and Portland.
TO BE SEEN HERE
QUO VADIS TO BE SCREENED AT
THE ATHENS THEATRE IN
NEAR FUTURE.
There is coming to the Athens thea
tre at an early date one of the greatest
motion pictures the world has ever
seen. An assertion of this calibre means
that the picture will be something a
great deal out of the ordinary and such
it will.
"(Juo Vandis" is the picture which is
shown at the Athens theatre and it will
doubtless be seen by the majorily of the
,oca, citizens. It is in three acts and
eight parts. A stupendious production
which cast many thousands of dollars
to stage the portray.
As is well known, the story of Quo
Vandis is laid in Rome during the reign
of Nero, the last of the Caesars and the
scenes are vividly portrayed. In it
the spectator sees the burning of Rome,
the slaying of the Christian martyrs
and hundreds of other interesting events,
The date of the presentation of this
picture will beSeptembeB 12th,
Damaging Fire Near
Mount Olive Saturday
SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF LUMBER
DESTROYED.
MOUNT OLIVE, Aug. 3. Fire, orig
inating at a saw mill a few miles from
here Saturday night, destroyed about
J2.5U0 worth of lumber belonging to
John R. Bell, a prominent business
man and farmer living here. The mill
belonged to Messrs. John Davis and
Arthur Bell, who had been engaged
to saw the lumber for I. R, Bell.
Besides the. lumber, aboht 25 acres of
surrounding wood; land -was burnt over,
and but , for thje strenuous efforts of
a . large ' number of . men, '' kept up all
Saturday night and todair1, the damage
L'.tj t. - t i !ji '"'1;
wouia nave oeen consiueraoiy .greater.
Of the more than two hundred rural
carriers in the State considered eligi
ble for an increase in pay at this time
only one of the seven here is included
in that number Ben P. Summerlin,
who carries route No. 2. The others
are very' much disappointed1, as' they
were also lookjng fo a falsVl$anrYX ws,,"
and ,their disappoifttme W.Ift Jul
more puiguaiu, iu me ausciwc ui any
explanation or the ' bepartnient's ac
tion in this matter" J ' ' " 'l
At Sa em Advene' church, located
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
RAILROAD M 8E
TO GAPELOOKOUT
Durham
And Southern
Talks.
Officia I
IS
LOGICAL
.O CATION.
An Opening For Som.1 Great Caal
Carrying Rail
road. BKAL'KORT, August E. Stag
vice-president . 1 11 1 general manager of th
Durham Southern Kailroid Company
has officially .11111 nn t I t h it his roa.l
will build the m irh t tike l of extension
from Durham to M-mnt Olive this fall,
after the crops now on the rights of way
have been harvested. Nearly all of the
rights-of-way have been secured. The
extension will lie aoont 40 miles long,
and will traverse a fine country.
The Durham & So.ithern is in close
alliance, if not controlled by the Nor
folk & Western, and it is generally be
lieved that the destination of the former
road is Cape Lookout. The Norfolk &
Western now runs into Durham from
Lynchburg and I he great Ohio and West
Virginia coal field, and with the D. & S.
extended to Mount Olive, it will be in
splendid position to rush a line to the
Cape when the lime is opportune. It is
i known that the PennsvK ani.i Railroad
which controls the Norfolk A Western,
will through a subsidiary company, bid
on the job of constructing the S',501),-
000 seawall to be built by the le lera.
government. Should this com;) my get
the contract that I). A. S., it will it is
believed be rushed t hrough to t he Cape.
It is generally admitted that when the
government establishes a naval coaling
base south of Norfolk, it will be l.).ate 1
at Cape I.ookoul, this harbor being only
about 12 miles from the pres.-i: termi
nus of the inland waterway. Ar m en
gineers after visiting the harb r, at o:v.-e
recommeded it as the logical lo-atiou
for the proposed government harbor of
refuge, and it is said that the engineers
at that time did not fail to see that it is
also the logical location for a nival coal
ing base. Therefore, it is small wonder
that a great coal-carrying road like the
N. & W. is laying its plans to reach this
harbor.
From Abingdon, Va., the N. & W. is
building a line into North Carolina by
way of Boone. Continuing this line to
Dunn by way of North Wilkesboroi,
Lexington and Sanford will give a pret
ty direct line from Cincinnati!, southern
gateway of a great traffic-producing sec
tion, to Beaufort and Cape Lookout.
Following the passage of the rivers,
and harbors bill and the letting of the
contract for the construction of the sea
wall, some impo. ant railroad develop
ments may be looked for.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN WILL
MEET TONIGHT
A great deal of business of impor
tance is scheduled to be t ansae ted to
night by the Board of Aldermen, when
they hold their regular monthly meet
ing. one mile north of here, a well attend
CONSTRUCTED
ed protracted meeting 'has been going
on now for several day , interest in
the meeting increasing all the tint; and
the crowds that attend, especially at
night, steadily becoming larger, so
large that there is not room enough to
receive them. Rev. Joe Kink, the not- Af
ed Advent clergyman of Wilmington; j
who is weu known here as a convi nc
ing and effective, speaker, is doing the ' -
vmtw)& r- 'Dion
Julia Allen. passed through the
city yesterday afternoon enroute home
to Goldsboro front''' Visit t frienda
in Norfolk.'
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