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It 1 . "v.y-v ' f WEfillRk;. CklI;)ipRNING AUGUST 7, 1914 VOL. LXII.No 111 FIVE CENTS PER COPY . ft I - k ? ... ft J . ftM illil BATTL I MAY t i i"1 'Vvi '-V-,v,' 1 lighting At Liege born- Belgian Defenders Show Uncanny Enthusiasm - French Troops Hastening to Their Aid - Italy Says That She Will Remain Neutral- Japan Preparing to Assist Great Britain - Guns and Bayonets Stretch From Holland to Switzerland- Servians Move Again st the Austrians. BRUSSELS, Aug. 6. The battle of liege is hourly becoming more serious and stubborn. The entire German ar my with supporting artillery now en gaged in attacking Belgium but un biased reports tstae that attackers are holding own. TWO REGIMENTS ARE. OVERWHELMED BY FIRE. Two of the forty attacking forces were overwhelmed by the artillery fire and forced to abandon their positions as the Belgium now have the range -and'their firing is proving extremely ef fective, though it has failed to check the almost uncanny enthusiasm of the -attackers. ADDITIONAL BELGIAN TROOPS ON THE SCENE. Additional Belgian regiments hove "iJetti riisheo?rto the scene and the Bel gian commander has telegraphed King Albert he will be able to hold out in definitely or at least until the arrival of the French troops tomorrow. The first great battle will probably take place within the vicinity of Leige. HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ' . THE AMPHION IS SUNK. ROME, Aug. 6. The Italian for eign office this afternoon!, cabled : the English foreign ministerVa reiteration of Italy's neutrality. -.This '?means the breaking up of the tripple alliance and may bring war on Italy from Ger many as the Kaiser gave only until midnight for that country to answer to his ultimatum. The British Admiralty tonight offi- cially stated that H, M. S Amphion was sunk today after striking a mine.' One hundred and ; eighty were drowned. Eighteen officers and one hundred and thirty-five men were saved. DENMARK'S PRINCE WAS - ARRESTED AS A SPY. COPENHAGEN Aug 6. Prince Aage of Denmark, who was arrested as a spy oil the German frontier has been released and is now on his way to Eng land. - SAY THAT ITALY'S NEU TRALITY WON'T STAND TEST. PARIS, Aug. 6. A thousand miles, of big guns and bayonets tonight stretch .from Eysden in flolland to Basle in Switzerland, Belgium, a peaceful, neu tral State,' has borne the brunt of the first assault of Teutons and won the first honors of war by cutting down the Piros crack Uplan regiments. High ' officials declare I tlay's neutrality will - not stand test events and that a ser ies of-victories by triple entente would - cause the Italian people to join Britain, - France and ; Russia to regain . Italian . provinces On the Baltic which were an nexed from by the Germans."...- ' 1 LITTLE OLD TURKEy i : " GETTING IN THE GAME. ' From the Balkans comes word ,that Turkey is mobilizing.? If this is true - Greece and Roumania would immed- iately jump into" the fray and the' Bal ' kans for the third time in as many years would resound with the irattle of arms. : THE SERVIANS HAVE V 't 'J " MARCHED ON AUSTRIA, v ROME, ' Aug. 6. Dispatches'" from Nish, state that the Servians have be-J gun an agressive ; movement:- against Austria by crossing Into the enemy's country at DeLarms and have estab- lished a base for further incursions. Bel grade was again bombarded today; ' " BIG NAVAL BATTLE " . ;',,J"-,,,r " : ? IN THE NORTH SEA.'-n" LONDON, Aug. 6. The Chroni cle's correspondent at Warwick;' 'tele graphs that it is believed aa action is TAKE Yesterday and Last Night Was Stub progressing in the North Sea, accord ing to wireless. The British destroy er Virago has orders here to prepare to receive two hundred prisoners and wounded, being brought in by torpe do boats. The third torpedo boat flo tilla which left harbor yesterday went into action immediately, but returned late last night little damaged. The batteries of the British flag JUio Amphion are slightly damaged. twenty-two German and six Eng lish woundgd were brought ashore and taken; to the naval establishment at Shotley. GERMAN AEROPLANE BROUGHT TO EARTH. LONDON, Aug. 6. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Brussels reports that a German aeroplane flying at a height of 1,500 feet was brought down by a shot which also wounded the pilot. A. Zeppelin ariship manned by Germans was struck by the fire from a Belgian fort and fell near Harve. Hundreds of automybiles left Brus sels during the night to pick up the wounded. TWELVE THOUSAND MEN SEEKING, TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK,. Aug. 6. In New York today are 12,000 able bodied men seeking transportation to Europe for service in the armies of the warring powers. Another army ot 0,1)00 is registered on the books of the general consulates of the nations involved and sti" other thousands have signified by telegram and letter their intention to volunteer whenever called on. .'" .The majority $jpf the reservists' and volunteers fron 0yt of town "are with out funds; they 'Cannot return to their homes in this country because other men have taken their jobs and they cannot go to war because their gov- eTments are unable to provide trans portation. THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED GERMANS WERE KILLED. LONDON, Aug. 6. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Amsterdam says it is reported 3,500 Germans were kill- ed or wounded in the fighting at Vise, Belgium. The postmaster of the town was shot because he refused to send telegrams from the Germans, the cor respondent says. The German Crown Prince with 30,000 fresh troops is hourly expected before Leige, THE TRUE FACTS ABOUT THE BATTLE AT LEIGE BRUSSELS, via London, Aug.6. The. Gazette publishes today what it says are the facts so far as known re garding the repulse, of the German forces by the Belgians in the Leige district Wednesday.', The German lasses are. estimated at 8,000. The Belgians suffered far- less iW - v. :The Jallege. inptof ; the ; German seventh army ; corps is . not confirmed in i its J entirety;.' says the Gazette, which: adds ..'iA,'-. "These are the, facts "The ; Belgians eleventh brigade, ak ter successfully resisting i .the der- man attack, pursued the fleeing Prus sians with . such . energy that the -geni era! commanding the. Belgians-; was obliged to . order, out; jtroopt, to' turn back as ' they were getting outside the e of the guns of the Belgian-forts. ,e , enthusiasm of. :our v troops 3was niagntfjeent,;; fVJ 'fi , "'A number; of wounded " Germans fled, to Dutch territory, and thi gave j rise to the belief that the enemy had ' PLACE been completely routed. ' "At 4 o'clock in the morning the German tenth army corps attacked the Chaudfontaine and Boucelles forts from the southeast, while after their artillery bombarded the fort at Fle malle, on the opposite bank of the river Meuse, five miles southwest of Leige. The Belgians captured seven guns and several prisoners. "Proposals for the surrender of Leige have been again firmly refused." GERMAN STEAMER PUTS INTO PORT OF SOUTHPORT. WILMINGTON, Aug. 6. To es cape possible capture on the high seas, the German steamer Nicaria, owned by the Hamburg-American Line, put into Southport today with a cargo of coffee from South America, via Barbadoes, to New York. The Nicaria will remain there until orders have been received from the owners as to when to proceed. It is entirely probable that the ship will remain there until the war in Eu riope is over. Capt. Hollasch, of the boat, is conferring with German Vice Consul J. G. L. Gelschen this afternoon. The Nicaria is of 2,885 tonnage. The German steamer, Kiel, is still in port and will probably remain here indefinitely. The Birtish steamer Cayo Manzsnillo has received orders to wait here for further orders, says acting British Vice Consul R. James. The British steamer Norfolk is still in port. Orders will probably be received for its detention here before it is ready to leave. T 0F1ITED STATES Owners Fear their Capture on High Seas. ELEVEN REMAIN AT NORFOLK. Masters Have Received Orders to Keep Vessels in Neu tral Harbors. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6. Fifty vessels flying foreign flags are at present tied up in this port,' the majority of them with orders cancelled indefinitely.' Twenty are British and the rest Norwegian, Swedish, Scandinavian and a few German Italian, and Austrian. About half of this number are expected to take but American registry. The department at Washington yes terday V asked the .i maritime authorir ties'heyj'')ib ascertian howmany cap tains of the United. States steam vessels are" in this port who bear master mar iners' license and are capable of sailing transatlantic steamships. . : 4 t This- request, shipping men believe, is. uromoted -iv the contemnlated ac- .m -, i - - i - 7. 'T y tion ef , CpngfiBss,! making it i possible for. foreign yshios i4Venter t American itkpbitii ; that they iSunyanAricaf -master, r J ; Jt trom: jLdwatdi Grevi Far&irn ijetary- London, tne touowing cafclb ra0i5f;''; - "Urgent.!; Ydu;sKoufd' rn BrkSsh merchant ships hot .to proceed to enter Ml DETAINED IN PQR IMS W W German ports until further notice. British ships being detained already in German ports." Dozen Vessels are Detained in Bal timore. BALTIMORE, Aug. 6. A dozen vessels, most of them flying the Brit ish flag, are detained here by the war. Thus far there has been no talk of taking out American registry The North German Lloyd liner Rhein and the Hamburg-American steamship Bulgaria have stopped load ing. The Danish motorship California loaded With grain for Christianna, is held, while the British steamship Forestmoor continues loading, but will await orders before sailing. This is also true of the Johnson Line steamship Swanmore and the Atlantic transport steamship Maryland, the latter for Antwertp and the fromer for Liverpool. The British steamship Umbria arrived in ballast for New York to load coal for Alexandria, Egypt. Eleven Remains at Norfolk and New v port News. NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 6. Eleven foreign ships at this port and at New port News are awaiting word from their owners before proceeding to sea. The Norwegian steamship Wegadesk sailed for Cristobal today and the Dutch steamship Charlios cleared for Amsterdam. Masters of foreign ships here do not know whether their own ers will have their vessels entered tinder American registry. '. It is reported that several foreign ships will be chartered by Americans grain exporters and will fly the Amer ican flag. The French navla transport Ga ronne, from Port Arthur, Tex., with fuel oil, is expected to arrive here to morrow. She is bound for Rouen with a cargo of . petroleum for the French navy, but has been ordered to remain here. Galveston Hears Many Ships Will Enter Our Registry. GALVESTON, Tex., Aug. 6. There are eleven foreign ships now in port, all of them British with one exception, an Austrailian ship. Agents here say that foreign owners will probably put their ships under American registry. Six Vessels Ordered to Stay in Sav annah. ' SAVANNAH,, Ga., Aug. 6. Six forefgn vessels, five of them British and one German, are in this port. Nearly all of these have been ordered to reamin here until further orders. The question of taking, .advantage of the removal by Congress of restric tions so the ships can fly the American flag is one that cannot be determined I by the masters until they have heard . from their owners. Objects to Foreign Ships Entering Coastwise Trade. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 Eigh teen sailing vessels and steamers, most of which were to have left here soon with California barley for the United ' Kingdom, are indefinitely tied up. The 'detained fleet includes ten British, "three German, two French, ' one Norwegian- and one Danish ship. , Shippers say that sixty-three ves sels, en. route here will be affected by the war... ;. ' Orders to hold all ships of the Kos mos line in port were received today frbtnr the : headquarters of the com pany ' in. Hamburg . by their 1 agents here..rv-r.i.V . ;- ' Slxtyofive Ezpectetr te Star in. San 'Db.--:.i:- , SN; DIEGO, ; Augfe' sty-five German,: JBritish and. French:: vessels on their ' way . to-' Rraficr porta are; txy pected : to take refuge . in . this'; harbor ' MORNING WILSON PASSES AWAY AFTER L and transfer to American registry. Success, Only Foreign Ship In Wil mington. WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 6. There is an absence of foreign vessels in this port. The only foreign craft now here is the convict ship Success that is on exhibition. She is of British registry and entered here coastwise from Washington. THE BERUFORT WIRELESS STATION GETS MESSAGE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SENT BY FERNCH BATTLE SHIP. While nothing has been given out from that place it is understood that the operators at the wireless station located at Beaufort and owned by the government has for the past few days been picking up aerograms which aae believed too have been passing between French warships and this leads to the belief that one or more of these have been lurking off the North Caro lina coast during the week. Yesterday so it is said, the regular work of the op erator was continuously broken by code messages which were signed by some foreign vessels. While the internation al code is used by all boats, the construc tion of the messages is such that it would be impossible fo r the layman to decipher them even after they hail been written out. The general belief is that the French man'o war is laying off the coast either for the purpose of going into Norfolk or some other port alter coal or is lying in wait for some merchant vessel. STRICT PRDHIBITISNISTS DON'T WANT WINE AND CIDER SOLD IN THAT TOWN. the citizens of the little town of Jacksonville over in Onslow county are strickly against the sale of any liquid which contains the least iota of intoxi cant in it and thereby hangs an inter esting story. It seems that several of the wine and cider makers of that place have in tha past few years been doing a rushing business in the sale of this particular brand of spintus frumenti. Whether the juice of the grapes or the apples have had the effect of giving the imbiders that "Oh! be joyful" feeling is a matter of speculation. Many of the more pious brethern declare that tney have seen a number of the young blades in close promixity to the lamp posts late at night and they are desir ous of putting a stop to any such con dition and are therefore circulating a petition in which the signers, and it is said there are many, are asking the Board of Aldermen to put a stop to the sale of cider or wine. This petition will be presented to the town fathers at their next meeting and immediate re sults are expected. Misses Carrie and Esther Ewell, of Morehead City were visitors to New Bern yesterday afternoon between trains Mrs. E. L. Smith and children left yesterday afternoon for Oriental where they will spend several days visiting relatives. Mrs. M. H. Howell and daughter, Miss Bessie, of Atlanta, Ga., are in the city guests .of Mrs.. Mamie Beaton 6a Pollock street -: , i'f ''yr:r-f, - -3: 5 WIFE Made Brave Fight For Life But Lost. Death Occurred Yesterday After noon Shortly After five o'clock. Wash ington In Mourning WASHINGTON, L). C After four months of almost unbroken illness, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, died this after noon at 5 o'clock. At her bedside when the end came were president Wilson and the three daughters of the deceased. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made at this hour. For several days it has been known to those in closets touch at the White House that Mrs. Wilson was gravely ill, and that hope for her recovery was slight. The President, himself, has clung desperately to the hope that she might survive the crisis, but her frail constitution, drained by months of nev- I er-ending illness, has been unabl eto withstand the battle. One day lat .March Mrs. Wilson slip-' ped on a rug at the White House, in juring her spine. An operation was necessary. After weeks of convates ence, she finally rose from her bed, but the burden of a Winter's activity at the White House, together with charily work in the slums of tin- city, brought on nervious prostration. She was well enough to attend the wc!- ding of her second daughter, now Mrs. William (i. McAdoo, but her rccupir- ative powers were not lasting. Sto mach trouble added to her nervious ail ment and B right's disease developed. Three weeks ago she seemed to rally I and was well enough to walk, support -led by a nurse, in the White House grounds. Sue watched with satisfac- ; " ardeners laid out the last of ns gardens which she had planned for the South front of the ex- ecutive mansion. A marble statue of a boy playing a flute w.i placed, at her direction, in the gardens near the offices. With her tasle for the artistic, de veloped in many years of landscape painting, she practically had re-arrang-ed the gardening of the While House in a symmetry of hedges and flowers. With her apparent recovery, the President urged that his wife go to a. cooler climate. Wouldn't Leave Washington. The heat of Washington was pratic urlarly oppressive, but she declined to leave her husband. The relapse came last week, and since then she has been sinking rapidly. Only members of the family were ad mitted to the sick room. She had lost in weight until her thin form seemed but a shadow of her former self. Day and night tlu- family has watch ed anxiously over her for the past few days. Yesterday her pulse stopped beating for a few moments. Oxygen and other restoratives were applied Early today she seemed somewhat bet ter, out late today she grew worse. The president always most sensitive over exagerated reports about mem bers of the family, authorized no offi cial announcement about Mrs. Wilson's health. He had hoped that she might yet recover. Today, however, there was a change. White House officials acknowledged the gravity of the pati--ent's condition and revealed that while they were hoping against hope, the end was dangerioulsy near. The strain of her duties as mistress of the White House and her own untir ing efforts - to.-help i many art unknown 4 5 ; , and friendless person .tyho )ias appeal- ., i ... ed to her, are said kto be. directly re..(i,v sponsible ? for her ;'hreaWbwiu;Mr. Wilson received many delegations,' whichv ; Continued on Page 8 v "'M &..'Y''" Fir 11"
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