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lies Started Agressive ; Action Backing up This Decla
ralion Germans Ilave Mot Succeeded in Taking
liege-Truce of Tiventy-Four Hours Aseed tor by
: . Germans in Order That They Might Burf Their
- Dead- British Ship blown Near Constantinople--Another
British Ship Strikes Mine and is Destroyed.
; LONDON, Aug. 7. Facing the dil
emma of being for or against German
"in; the titanic fight which is 'about to
disrupt Europe, Italy this afternoon
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chose the latter alternative.
The kalian minister here annonu-
' ced this afternoon that Italy had de
t v -clared war against the Kaiser and would
statr : an agressive action backing up
this declaration. 1 k
, It Was seen severla days ago ihaj;
J Italy's neutrality would not stand he
test of events. Bulgaria may be Jhe'
r.-iart.,!!td:declare 'jwir. and in fact it is
aid that even now she is mobilixing her
- v troops on the frontier. ' v ;
y Reports say 'that" Greece and Spain
are also; expected to declare war. 5;.;
ft' LEIGE STILL HOLDING ; f ,
- f:: OUT AGAINST , GERMANS.
.' ' The " Belgian embassy officially .an
nounced ? tonight that Xeige is, still
. holding out and is making astubborn
i ; . resistance after three days of fighting.
The Germans have not yet taken the
( "tfort which defend the city. Twnety
'' five thousand .Germans have, been kill
f i d in this battle and Iate: todav the.Ger-
; mang'efteralasked foratixceof. twentv
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'K K v BEtiEyfiDt B OlTLED.' JJP,
; r' -:- gea is beUevei tobeiA the ''trpTof the
. . Omefal'ipei'mission'cbnsequentWhJis
iiili. Jr ilgHih sc'enters for i J Irisf'cro'undfc
t j'fe hH f IfTWhafbii;; forbi. tmpa,
the German fleet was beaten back and
moved, in the direction of the coast of
Holland. - .
f It is now believed that the German
fleet is completely hemmed in the east
ern dsie of the North Sea.
v The surgeon in charge of the South
Shields hospital received a wireless
message last night asking what 'ac
commodations hehad for the wounded.
He replied that he could take care of
10,000 persons,
WHOLE BATALLION OF
GERMAN ANNIHILATED.
'LIEGE, -Aug. 7. (via London) -The
Tenth German 'Arniy Corps, reinforced
by 'calvary attacked Leige last night.
They ' -crossed' a .zone which had been
fqined and ithe.: mines being exploded.
by, the Belgians a1, .whole battalion - of
the 'Germans was killed, while 1,200
wounded were picked up.
". Not a single fort has fallen into the'
hands of the Germans. Several Ger
man howitjers have been placed in
position nearrlearve and large German
fortes are lying in wait-on the other
sffle "of the frontier. -
DESTROYED. BY A MINE.
ANTWERP. Aug. 7.-The British
tank ship, San Wil frede from Hamburg
for New Orleans, was destrotyed by a
submarine mine off coast of Germany
today.
STRATEGISTS SAY FRENCH
HAVE MADE THEIR FRONTIER
IMPREGNIBLEiv
WASHINGTON. Aufc 7. American
Army officers think if the campaign
through Belgium lies Germany's only
hope of marching her soldiers intp
France. -Even, allowing for the ne
cessity of scrubing the Belgian-Army,
experts here regard this as the moa,t
feasible point of attack.
For nearly 4fr years French en
gineers have labored in concentrat
ing fortifications, including great re
volving turrets' likVlhose of a drea-'.
nought, that virtually cover every mile
of the frontier between France and Ger
many and South of Belgium. Army
engineers . believe these defenses are
j. Ari i attack on the village of Vornesse' invulnerable except as against an ar-
was reoulsed bv the Belgians.
y Six Germans pretending to be Eng-
lish made 'their way to the governor s
office this morning, v Xhey were killed.
END OF WAR BULL .
TEMPORARY TRUCE ' v
W&U'JfiM&Y, BE GRANTEp.
my vastly outnumbering the French
forces.
The American axiom is that one
soldier behind such, defenses as the
French have erected is; equal tofour
in the attacking airoysty This ! ratio
of effective defensive and offensive
"'"V- - . ... ' - i -f-s . '
-L-' ii..i i- - onteer mitrht be ereatlv : redUCea1: Dv
x uis request tor a . iu;c , wt9.tpcuL u . . - - ' - -
King -Albert and it- will probablybe "yemic, siege, bperation; ls
grants if IJurihg this time a French would involve, much time antf5til
army of fifty tlnpusand will comeup to' interfere;ith theBupposed
aid the Belgians. J This afternoon they' plans for a dash ind Paris.
:iJ Therefore the ' beeoinnlasf bf :lhp
aotrAof tee.''i;'--r;!.:r.;' - v 1 campaign f;m, Belgium has; been .e
-iw;'VTfcVF&.V-' petted here.; Thejfielief is thatf
. .T i ' RolmatiB'.lnr fh npapnl- will COflnnc
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;Ah, . . t-a.'va ... sta'.ahdV'e
,;Gerii.H'' fleet-is ';i. .ybejn&sedj t
, ward the coa'sf of Holiandj;; aV) '!?- ,'$s
3- ft feV,C2RRIAiMlNE'LAYEtt;';u
:i;XPdaAis?ued ' the following. ' , . '
'V'-;jlVW'. recon'noitering; f ter
I-s J'"e Gfeiroaa mine IyerKpen!gin us
, Vv'T '" t"iWa u?f he cruiser Aniphion struck
':"i'f-' tU'S!iJnine". and', foundered.-; 'The' forepart
,rJ "of( the British shir was shattered by the
. - - . " explosion ' and practically all of. .the. lass
' " 'f, tq the crew ensued: from this cause. All
. J ,'k .-ijfe?! -'not killed W the explosion were taken
- v; 3-V;'; ff by the boas of destroyers before the
V r Vfl"Twenty German i prisoners ; of fyar
... ..,-T.v.i..''l-.',-.--i !'
wno were connnea in ine iorepan oi.
j ' 'Av-'f ;:Slhe ship were killed. 'The line of mines
" , ', ' , wa probably laid by tne Koenigin Lulse
' . ' ; ; l before she was ; sunlc ' i They ' extend
from Aldeburg Ride to lattitude' 52.10
: r north longitude 2.25 east. ..,; , :
' NINETEEN GERMAN SHIPS. "
IM'i'yA sunk :mi$ ';. captured.
:. . ; .LONDON, Aug. 7.--A dispatch to
! tile Daily -New. -from Whitby says a
s: ' ship owner is responsible tot the stater
!:';? ' ment' that nineteen: German ships were,
i sunk-W captured in the battle in the
;K In Sea and "that several ; British
i': ' and French Vessels were sunk. !: , ,-,
Dispatches from various ports con
'. &rm report that heavy firing has" been
' heard id the North Sea for the past
' - twenty-four hours." ' '
; v A patch to the Dally News from
; " New castle says a wireless message fq
' eivel it Eouth Shields reports thate
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jed the CetJin
: avy battle, off. 'e, Soyth
3. ii-larrj
assault ' but " ww? lagaininsuccessf ul. ",
rreceeamg ine assault neavy seige guns
khelf the chx of Leige foe several hourr
The fire ai deadly accurate and a part
of the city, including a number of hi
toric buUdinga, was damaged.; 'ji -ENGLAND'SJ-OSS
HAS
:- -' t; .';v."- BEEN. VERY SMALL.
?E LQN DON, Aug. 7.4-Winston Church
ill, head of the admirality, made an. an-
Bouncement-. thtg atternoon stateing , . . , 1
that ke only Ini:Engbn4 to'bi& "nSWi??
far suffered was the sinking of the Am
to. cut it liaea: of t'coKunAinication
Wliile this ' is ; going on American
ttategists believe thej French forces
numerous iniyth i neighbprhood of
Rbeinia, ! wilfjcomito ihe aid "of .the,
Belgians.' , V ' ' . ' '
VVThusv-it'.i.wav.puggeatedl..- tonight
wifiin dne year ; of ia ;tentury after
the defeit iiof ? Napoleon jaf? Wa'terlab,
the Germans and- French" and v Bd-
phion after she and struck a mine. He
dispelled the rumor that the English
and German fleets had met in the North
Sea-
f '!;,';;'
BULGARIAN VOLUNTEE RS
r - i ' ARE RAPIDLY FORMING.
' "NISH, ' Aug. 7. Bands of . Bulgar
ian volunteers are forming along the
Southwest frontier to take the' places
of Austrian troops who were withdrawn
to fight Russians. ., Prince Alexander
today announced that Seryia would, be
attacked even should the demandsof
tKe'AMstnaniJI)e'granted.7r!i
Japanese Warships .. - v. - V" .-
'JiiilKpu.JOFF GERMAN .PORT.
h-' PEKING,;. Aug. i-7. -Japanese war-
sliips. are gathered off the Gertnan port
of Tsingtau where British squadron has
bottled up 'the,,Germaa fieef This is
taken to indicate that Japart half rt9y
ed in compliance with her"treatjf-.y 'Ut
ar; emei ;
;-T f ,r v
alon? rn
Er.;, !and.'
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ar; desDerate ana J- aecisive pattie in
almost the same theater of war. ..;VV ( s;
, Today's reports ' of naval engage
ments ' were .regarded ; as precqrsors
of many similar events. Naval strate
gists "point the lesson of . dangers; of a
division? of tne fleetv t Germany has
weakened her position by dispersing
naval vessels far and wide in time of
peace, failing-to guard1 against the out
break of a sudden wari'g'ft-'SV
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I Cc3si2rc!:Ie Interest
NEW TOBACCO -T:-' WAREHOUSE
v COMPLETED WORK ON? '
f ;';:'4' HOSPITAL.
, iy-'Al '., ' ;;;; wv.vi
TvThe new icaccWwarehouse J which
4raVes-mat'e5 t cost ten thousand dol
1,'t' ; I - i . .aploted .at'a coat of
c( 'V 'ttibj tnSi amount
T T. ti' put' in readiness
will be August
i j i. . o is leing made on the
uke IK- 'ul, which is being coa
... .,H.:J' 6ii "thit cori t of George ami
. road streets for lis,' Jones and Pat
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Russia's Czar and England's King,
And Types of Their Fighting Men
'. K-rMff
'
ipKotds'bieriiLnfAa Association. A'r
IGIiAND anct Russia, as members of the triple entente, stood shoulder
te 'shoulder, aided by the third member, France, in the European war
' "2f iplsls following tne declaration of war by Austria upon Servla. Kng-
'--ii..; lanccv Wltn MS..niiKnrj navy, tne greatest in. me worm, ana ttussm.
IPltfe Its gnat- aray,,the largest In the world, made a formidable alliance. 'i In
'ttttr picturd ure 'sbows tbe csareft) and. his famous Cossacks (above) and
GeofgS'aod type of bis bteycle light artillery. &
i.Mft -
tetaon: j - The e twenty thousand
aoltiub
feeifflj erected on hecademy. grotinds,.
fcf txiiused fn coiii&titin wfthrthe- jpfiJ
etj; scf Sol . ifbji.: Whii4piht -iisd 'Mea. :
:Miiii!.!it:a
TRBAtYl GIVES THOSB OF ALL
" v NATIONS RiGHTTO GO
' T " THROUGH. '
.WASHlNGTON.Aug. 7. "After
Aug.'! 15v4the data' upofl which the
Panama 'Canal wil,be . thrown open
to , the traffic of tbe1': world, any war
ship Qf any hatroji'f 1)1. have the right
to peaceable aiif 'nninterrupted pas
sage through it)V!.' said Secretary of
War Garrison, tai"This is .guar
anteed by the ptyijiions of the second
Hay-Pauhcefote1 treaty,' ratified Nov.
18; 190L"5'',V; i.v -'.?
The article o. thfey Hay-Pauncefote
treaty; says;i.eiels: ,' of . war of a
belligrent t shall AaV)remain in, such
waters longer thantVenty-f our hours
at any one tim except in case of disr
tress, I fthd ' in stich; shall depart;
as soon as possible;1; bu t a vessel j of
war of one belijgrent shall not depart
within twenty-four hdurs from the de
parture of 6 vessel, ot war of the other
ber-fvM;'
. ; If. thai. war in J Europe continues
until next , February,! the haval par
ade at the formal opening of the Canal
.will' .have-to be eliminated &4S,&
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Mles Carrie and lEstKer Ewell, of
Morehead Cityityere, visitors to New
vern yesterday afternoon between trains
;; '.H..;...''i;..... i i. 1 "iy'H-v-i, .'?':
; Mrs, E.l ; Smith and children left
yesterday afternoon, f 01" Oriental where
bey will 'speijd. several days' visiting
Jatives.. V i .
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twi-z mut-v.Lsr's.rAVtTi f
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LONDON, August 7. Despatch
from Denmark, Sweden and Switze-'
land to the Times here say that prepara
tions are under way in all those coun
tries to defend the mselves from . viola
tion, of their neutrality.
; The message from Copenhagen says
"Fifteen thousand troops have been
ordered to man the fortification of this
city. The feeling here Is pessimistic
but it is still tha,t Denmark neutrality
may not be infringed."
From Stockholm came this
"Partial mobilization ., for the de
fense of the neutrality of Sweden was
ordered ".yesterday and is proceeding
normally The public is keenly alive
to the gravity 'of the situation, and
even the Socialists favor the mobi.iza
tion movement." J?
The despatch from Berne says
' "the '. National Council assembled
to-day in extraordinary 'session. . The
President announced that Switzerland
had received assurances from the Fren
ch '.and German Governments that they
would respect herneutrality. j While
the officials accepted ; with? gratifica
tion' such assurances, theyare taking
all necessary precautions lor the defense
of the, fatherland and are confident the
army wilt be'ready for emergencies."
. The whole eastern coast Ijne'of Den
mark, from Copenhagen to Elsinore
is" garrisonedand soldiers are occupy
ing the seaside villas of the rich, includ
ing that of .Queen Alexanda, at Klam
penborg, according to a cable despatch.
. Empress .Marie of Rqisaia;arriVedi 'it6-J
day at Amsterdam. She passed through
Germany and reached . the
BERN
WAGON TEAM
AGAIN VICTORS
Three Prizes
Won By
terday.
Them Yes.
SEVFN DURING THE WEEK
Victorious Firemen Will Return
Home Today.
Reception.
Three prizes, the second, third and
fourth.were gobbled up by the New Bern
hose wagon companies who yesterday
participated in the interstate hose wa
gon races held at Winston-Salem. On
Wednesday in the State races the New
Bern teams took four of the prizes and
this same performance was repeated
yesterday.
There were twelve entries in the race
and the time make by each in the runs
follows.
Morehead City (first prize) 29 4-5
Atlantics (second prize) 31 3-5
Buttons (third prize) 32 1-5
Fourth Ward fourth prize) 32 1-5
Kinston .38 4-5
Lexington 0
Tarboro 33 1-6
Statesvilte 36 2-5
Kinston No. 2 35 2-5
Burlington ; 32 2-5
Riverside 32 4-5
Sanford 39 3-5
The time made by each one of the
New Bern companies was most cre
ditable and in fact was far superior to
anythinfg on the track with the ex
ception of Morehead City.
The firemen will return home to
day and.' they will be met at the union
passe'nfeer- station by the Peoples Con
cert fiand''and a large-number of citi
.zensg i-fij tonight they - will be tendered
a reception" by the -Peoples ' Concert
Band-and 'the public is invited to at
tend 'this which will be held in the new
tobacco warehouse, ' f -V
m 'Li . ' 'B.j ti'B; 'iwi' ' wfrr-
frofltief wHh6irt:6eihgoIes1tea";,! '
Motoring -'fet Wtoe9pi.
haeen5,s ?th aiV'sh'as fcbmmanaeredl
lt. V.ul...l.'lr 1 .1.1:1 KtA ... il' t rJi. 1.. . f . . . t TA
r : -'. . . '. f1 ia4i-',-peCToi. i nree mousand ivussian ;
ND SWEEDEN WftMrgeeli' romVBeHiit raclftaAMm- oCl
li,jr,a..-.tn.B.'...v V -;':'i. .tS.i:'ii.!
itu 'Fjirtf'-Ktfssian1 bi. taaphf.iWHitiii.
:hf jer.tOsR6 . WRhin'-1:vro: ' nblirJ rof
Weir capture. ;ow M'V '
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INDUSTRY.
Authorities Expect America to Pro
fit by Long Contest.
(From The New York Times.)
As to the effcet of the war in Europe
on the industries of this country, Henrjr
C, Hunter, Commissioner of the Nation-
at Metal Trades Association, said to
day "If the war is prolonged, America
will be looked to for supplies, Ameri
can manufacturers would not, per
haps, have 'time to build ships, but
tiiey might but them."
American Industries, an organ of
the National Association of Manufac
turers will say in its August number
"A long war might result in the ex
tention of American trade; it mightt
greatly enhance the prestige of Ameri
can bankers, and result in the upbuild
ing of the American merchant marine."
"On the other hand, the selling of -foodstuff
s . abroad at. war prices, will
raise the prices of these commodities),
to consumers in the - United States..
and the cost of living would correapoa .
dingly increase ,r
f-Mrs.. H. S. .Hancock1' and son aacE
Miss Blanche Hancock have returned
home from a visit to-relatives in Vir
ginia and Marlyand. , , ,
' Mrs. M- Hv Howel); and daughter.
Miss1 Beasie, of Atlanta. Ga., are in the
ctfy' gaests of Mrs; Mamie Benton on ,
Danish Pollock street . J1
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