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UllSiipcIy Declare War Unless the
torpyAnrTheir Ultimatum
That This They
Front Last Night Say that the
Mppio?
. : :. v.. t'.Ul
LOON, AKf?2.-he Germans
' .nave nHRU Brqgi aau vbicnu
- ccoMng to an aCcftunijlji the -Standardthis
terooon.'" WhOjftJe official
press bureau is unable to?Jjnfirm this
rumor it is accepted as a fact. No resistance-was
offered at either place.
LONDONERS ARE GREATLY
WORRIED OVER ADVANCE.
LONPON, Ajig. 22. -The German
occupation of the seaport only a few
miles from the Kentish coast has caused
"a1 flurry of worry1 ' in London.. The1 ma
jority of the papery are frank in express
. ing the fear that this will meean an
" invsioti by air' of England. Most of
the 'critics maihtain that this is an im-
- possibility but Londoners have for
years faced the mental picture' of Zep
pelins dropping bombs into their city.
THE GERMAN ADVANCE
CONTINUES TO PROGRESS.
LfJNpOrh' arrvsia
the -German advance seems', to be pro
gressing. Slowly, 'tis true but none
the lest! sure. ' From several points to
day, itanie; news of th,l defeat of the
j-repcn aayance ppsxs w tne voges
a inem
French disor-
-J- der inth'Vy losserbdm sides. The'
. GermansiricfyecPforward in an over
whelmingutpber, opening the attack
bya. cavaljjir "charge siupported by ter
rific artillejfire. The French, despite
a: gallant ; esistamcej 'ir$re fpjrced to
abandon ft&-t&2tfi'. :.'vfe
ARE BOMBARCUNGf' THE f
-C?t.sTXt, namur.
lujnuujn, Aug. zz. tne bombard
; 7 woniatwwnereinyswDin
iMIvWiearJySia the" w.';' The
have been forced to kHAack in
rnent from the forts at Namur have con-' Austria and Germany, is progressing
tinued all during the day. Th& Ger- without interruption. A big cavalry
mans, as at Liege, set their main forces epgagenent of the northern army on
around the forts but realised the necessi-1 Friday was a severe blow to the Ger
ty of reducing before leaving the lines mans in east . Prussia. An entire Ger
of communication at the mercy of the i man battery was captured. Aviators
rear attack.
PARIS, Aug. 22. The French War
Office admits that their forces have
been driven out of Lorraine by the
Germans : who were in overwhelming
numbers. The' enemy is reported as
moving steadily . forward. Another
. huge army composed of Germans and
Austrians is sweeping through- Alsace
and is-now within five, miles of Muel-
' hausen' which was recently re-occupiied
by the French. An attempt to cut off
. the French force at Meulhausen from
their base at Belfort was almost buc-
- cessful.' i ' ' v.''!
JAPAN IS READY TO ;iv -i'j'
'GET INTO 1 THE SCARP.
TOKIO, Aug 22. Japan will enter
the war tonight unless the Kaiser yields
to. the ultimatum, issued to him.) last
Sunday.'- This must be sent by 10
V vo'clock, New York time, .or JapanSs
r v fleet which is already in position, will
r bombard Tsingr Tau. - Wploimats are
unaoii w s in. befiethaVatn'y
will iot 'iuwww"tkttltlmaittm!',li:'. alC
Jnforn-,""-C-eived lata ttiairtter,
noon' froin "bHiclal source was to . the
i ; effect. that the tenth division pffhe Ja-
- " r panesearmy which was loaded -on trans-
porta on Friday has been sent to land
' -under the guns or the fleet and , will
! occupy the province of.Kiao Chow., ,;
LONDON Aug. Th. -""aa bu.
' ; reart again this t ft " i r rlvhe;
, .i'public against at I I'lippac
Vf' ant"e r td iwhat-'f "'i upcuca ia the
i t fielJ.i.f Icither.-' has yet any advan
Jvjtage ar 1 ll atf . retreat from Brus-
-v'- sels Was 'pre; i uge'd plan is assured ;
v "The'siUiatK itisfactory"'t)iey'.sayj
' and advIsV .j s.
.Lament that treat ira
1 M liiM
1 '
ApM
VVffl Not Do.
jd the City oFlnooB is Threa
' portance is attached to tha steady ad
vance of the Russian foresinto Rus
sia who are reported tofy' as beingas
far in the interior as LoUen while their
southern army of invasion is striking
for the valley of the Warth. Unless
the Germans and the Austrians immed
iately stop this huge machine its pres
sure will have a great effect on the op
erations in Belgium and 'Alsace as part
of the reserves are now waiting for the
advance upon Paris.
LONDON, Aug. 22. The only news
from Germany today coming through
Denmark, says that as last reserve the
Landsstrum has been called out. This
places every man in Germany capable
of bearing arms, in the service. News
of the occupation of Louvain caused
great rejoicing in Berlin where it was
announced that the addvance contin
ued wlithoiit interruption. England
has also made a call upon the reserves.
VERY INDIGNANT.
LONDON, Aug. 22. A dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Company
from Rome says that according to' mess
ages from Berlin the German press is
indigant at Great Britain's acceptance
of ' Japanese support. The leading
papers declare that Germany will
retaliate by stirring up isalmetic revo
lutions in India, Egypt, Tunis, Algeria,
and the Sudan, which will ' quickly
bring , England and Fiance to terms.
RUSSIA HITS GERMAN
A VERY HARD BLOW.
LONDON, Aug. 22. In a dispatch
from the St. Petersburg correspondent
of the Reuter Telegram Company, says
the Russian general advance, both on
are throwing . bombs on the German
entrenchments and military buildings.
' "Three Austrian - army corps are en
gaged in the Austro-Servian theater
of war. They are wedged in the junc
tuie of the Drina and Yadal Rivers.
In a battle of four days' duration the
Servians captured sixty Austrian guns.
JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS
HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.New Berf R c. According to papers
. TOKIO, Aug.. 22.-Japanese news;-fi,ed with the secreatry 0f State, tne
papers mac are some . lies omoauy
inspirea, say inai u isaao vnow is to
.
obliged to restore the German protec -
tprate to ( China. Restoration, they
stater would be. conditional on the'
peaceful transfer of Kiao Chow to Ja
pan by Germany. '
- Horhi, says the German ambassador
to Japan, Count A. Rex, will sail for
Seattle on August 24. A number of
German officials , have alreadv left on
the steamer China foiSan Fikncisco.
! - There is absorbing interest in ' the
ariival at Peking of he recently ap
pointed Japanese Minister to China,
.kl fiolci. tie is expected to bring
about a friendly understanding be
tween Japan and China. . ;; .
CVptain Dmitri Vaasilieff, naval atta
che at the Russian embassy in Washing
ton,' who stopped here on his way to
te United Staf V d (that Russia
had ' 4,500,000 VJ1 ft idy 'to strike,
and probably j would strike soon.
GENERAL Mi IMlIZATION '
I TO TAKE i-LACE IN ITALY.
PARIS, Aug. 22. General mobili
zation in Italy has been decided upbn
andvwijl be proclaimed in thre of four
days,- according to a ; message which
days,'- according- to ai message .woicn
to Ktepi vf
Genuing
Teutons Satisiac
and it is BeUeved
Reports From the
Germans Continue
the Rome correspondent of The Ec(ji
succeeded in smuggling tnrougn to
his naner.
Tne correspondent asserts tnat rung
Victor Emmanuel until receritly ,feft
obliged to renounce all idea of Italja
intervention in the conflict, but was
won over by arguments of his minis
ters. The Minister 'of Foreign Affairs,
Marquis Antonio Disangiliano, alone
of cabinet, held to the contrary view.
THE AUSTRIANS WERE
DEFEATED BY SERVIANS
LONDON, Aug. 22. A dispatch
to Reuters Telegram Company from
St. Petersburg, sent unde today's
date, says
After a brilliant Servian victory
at Matschwa.'the Austrians, who fea
tured nch booty and a large jnumbwof
prisoners, including officers.' Tjly took
forty guns, most of Uem fHowiUers,
horses, amunition, and fielcL hospital,
I aj ' yj-.s. t i. , ., a h, Tfrtju wal
abandoned by the Austrians."
LITTLE OR NO CHANGE v
IN THEIR POSITIONS
NISH, SERVIA, Aug. 22. Therei
has been continuous fighting along the
whole frontier for two days without
any change in the respective positions
of the -Austrian and Servian amies
It is officially stated that a part of the
Servian army has invaded Bosnia
successfully, and that , a great battle
is expected
LEAVES TOMORROW TO
SUP-
ERINTEND THE CON
STRUCTION COLUMBIA, Aug. 22. The. Savan
nah Western Railroad Company was
commissioned to day by the Secretary
of State with a minimum capital of
$100,000 and a maximum capital
$1,009,000
The'Company proposes to build a
team, railroad between Estill and St
Paul, a distance of ninety miles.
" TKe principal offices of the road will
be located at Columbia, and the road
will pass through .Hampton, Colleton,
Bamberg, Orangeburg and Clarendon
counties.
The petitioners of the company are
G. H. Milligan, of Charleston, and Vir
gil Walker and Adrian M. Rea, of
road wij, do a genera, transportation
,usine88
(When interviewed last night by a
!Journai reporter Mr. Walker stated
thate wouW leave tomorrow for Estill
, wh he win a89;9t in tha beeinninu
of active operation towards the con
struction of the new road.
.Mr. Walker states that the road will
start at Estill where it will connect
with the S. A. L. and will then go to
St.' Paul where it will connect with the
C. & N. W. . v '.
The road will open one of the
finest farming - sections in the entire
South and the promoters have not the
least doubt but that it wilt prove not
only a paying venture to them but will
be of great value ot the citizens of that
section. - " .
' Leo Frank, Harry' Thaw, Villa, the
Colonel, and most all the tegular top-
of-column, next-to f -reading-matter V
"subjects have been temporarily put
aside, but unless there is some change
in the war. situation, they'll have to
be called into service. This "re-write
and reprint", war business ,V getting
on the nerves of the telegiaph editor,
;. :wtf:v s , ?
TO
THE SEASHORE
MOTOR CAR WILL MAKE TRIP
THERE THIS AF
TERNOON. This afternoon at 2 30 o'clock the
Norfolk Southern Railway Company's
motor car will leave the union passen
ger station enroute to. Morehead City.
The fare for the round trip to More
head City will be only one dollar and
there is" every reason to believe that a
large number of New Bernians will take
advantage of this, opportunity to make
a quick run pwn;io the seashore.
A letter received'-from the manage
ment of the Charles Hotel states that
a special sea food supper will be served
at that hotel for the passengers on the
motor cat.
The return tiip will start about 9 30
and a no-stop run will be made toNew
Beriv .'
HAIL TO THE CHIEF
Returns From Several
Vacation.
Days
'"Chief of Police C. Lupton, who nas
been off on his ten days vacation has
naturned to the city. The Chief re
'pWtnf having had a veiy enjoyable
ttly out ot the city, but anyway the
mtc on his face when he entered the
Cay Hall last night for the first time
if more than a week, was enough to
Bow any one that he was really glad
to be back among familiar scenes.
' After Chief Lupton has had one more
daf of rest, Officer H. Whitford will
be off for his ten daya
WORK PROGRESSES.
On .New Bern's New Hospital On
Broad Street.
Voik is progressing steadily on the
new St. Luke Hospital which is being
erected on the. corner of Broad and
George .streets for Drs. R. DuVal
JonWaftd' j. Patterson.
AUian necessary wiU be taken in the
tonatsuctioh TSrTnetwnmng in order
that everything rtfay be done iri a sub
stantial imanneriV - All the material
that will be ussfdc'iill be of the very liest
quality, ind t'fte woi ';" ans'.;ip vill
be the best that can be ol,: iaeJ. V. ":en
this building is completed, ' . '.ill be one
of the handsomest hos i-.Jj in the
South'.
WORK ON NEW RAILROAD IS
NOW IN PROGRESS . . .
The contract' for the construction
of the railroad from New Bern to. he
East Carolina Fair Grounds has been
awarded to a local contractor. The
right-of -way has been cut and part
of the grading done, and it is stated that
the,. grading will be completed by the
last of this week. Several car loads of
cross ties and rails have been distribu
ted alon the rightof-way ready to be
laid as soon as the grading is completed.
It is expected that the road will be com
pleted and ready for the operation
within six weeks.
CHARGED WITH RETAILING.
Hrlry Ham Falls Into The Clutches
Of The Law
Henry Ham, colored, was arrested
yesterdaty afternoon about six o'
clock by Captain A. L. Bryan and Con
stable Russell at the Trent river ware
house, and will probably be tried to
morrow on a charge of retailing.
Captain Bryan received a message
stating that a man was at the ware
house selling whiskey. He at once
started for the scene; and was joined on
the way by officersRussell. The officers
slipped up on Ham before he knew any
one was near, and in such a manner as
to have him hemmed on the wharf with
no chance to "escape, When he saw the
officers coming; he took the sack which
contained six half, pint bottles of whis
key,- rolled it up and put it under his
arm.,. After he was arrested he claimed
that a man gave it to him to keep for a
short time, but was unable to give the
man's name. "'
S. CAROLINA TROOPS DEFY U. S.;
"I GO. TO CAMP.
ORANGEBYRG, S. C. Aug. 22.
Despite the refusal of the War De
partment to permit the South Caro
lina troops to go into, camp as the re
sult of a break -with Governor Cole
Blease, the Edisto. Rifles, of this city
left this morning for the Isle of Palms.
v'T' i''
EXCURSION
BRITISH SUIT
BEFORE JUDGE
AMERICAN COMPANY DEMANDS
$75,00) SALVAGE OF ALCA
ZAR OWNERS.
WILMINGTON, Aug. 22. For res
cuing the British steamer Alcazar in
distress off Lookout last winter and tow
ing it into Lookout Bight, the Merchant
and Miners' Transportation Company,
owners of the steamers Merrimac and
Dorchester, have instituted suit in
Federal court against the owners of
the Britisher for salvage amounting
to $75,000 or more.
The suit will be heard in the Fed
eral admiralty court the second week
of a special term beginning Tuesday
September 8th, at which Judge Henry
Groves Connor will preside. A jury
will not be summoned.
The suit will be largely the hear
ing of depositions, since the evidence
for the defence had to be taken in
England. The owners of the Alcazar
have a bond of $80,000 to cover judg
ment, in the event the judgment is
against them.
The court is for the trial ot admiral
ty and equity cases and the hearing of
motions ui bankruptcy cases.
A second admiralty case is that
brought by Maffitt & Wood against
the owners of the barges Flora and the revolver that I always carry in ky -jr ,
Leverene, which are said to have sunk hip pocket slipped out and fell to tfea JI i
a launch the property of the plaintiffs ground, the hammer striking the edge
during a blow last winter. The launch f the street curbb, discharging it.
was iost in Wilmington harbor. "Gately arose from his chair and!
The first case to be tried will be walked to a telegraph post on the cof
a case in equity entitled; Gilhs vs. ner and pressed his hand to his side.
Gidl's, involving several thousand saying in a calm manner, 'Frank, I be
dollafs worth of land in Cumberland lieve I'm shot.'
county, "I saw that Gately was growing weak1 -
Anothei equity case will be one ' and telephoned for Drs. Wood and Van
brought by Mr. A. N. DuBoise, of this desrlice, who responded promptly,
city, against Rocky Mount Hosiery "Mr. Morris, who lives in the neigh-
Company charging the infringement
of a patent right.
Accused of Violating
White Slave Act
WILLIAM SAVAGE, SECTION SUP
ERINTENDENT ON SOUTH-
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 22. William
F. Savaee. white, a section sioei intend
ed on the Southern railway, and well
known in this city, will be arraigned.
belore the United States Commissino- nrst ana secona r,Ds an(1 tooK an UP
er at Marion tomorrow morning on the Wa.rd . course' puncturing the intestine
charge of violating the Mann white
slave act. Savage is charged with tak-
ing Miss Minnie Harrsell, a 16 year old
x!rl. from All- a fitt;n n. th M-
folk So'thrrf Vhi. rnnv t n,n;n
Va., last February for immoral purposes.
Miss Hartsell has returned to Charlotte,
and it. married. Savaee was pmnlovprl
and is married. Savage was employed
on the Norfolk Southern when that line
was built from Charlotte through the
county in which the village of Allen is
nbW located. They met at a social
gathering.; Later Savage moved to Dan-
vUIe as stationary engineer at a new
cotton mill in the course of erection.
Thit was in February. Miss Hartsell
accompanied him. It is alleged that he
induced her to go for immoral purposes,
and paid her way there. Savage is 24
years of age. The case will be tried
here at the next term of federal court.
Thornwell Andrews, the aviator who
tormeny resiaea in ureensooro, has
ceased soaring aloft, and hereafter is to
stick close to mother earth. He has
opened a garage here.
Charlotte members of the Junior Or
der returned from Durham, where they
saked to day that a correction be made
in the report of the convention, as sent
out from Durham, in the statement that
the Juniors "asked for the aid of the
state organization in waging a fight for
the elimination of the Catholic faith."
the Word "faith," they say, should
have been "influence." "We are fight
ing the Catholic influence in our schools.
We would have their influence there eli
minated. We have nothing to do with
their faith, but we will fight their in
fluence in our schools.
REV.
L. S. MASSEY AT. CENTE
NARY METHODIST
TODAY
Rev. L. S. . Massey, editor of the
Raleigh Christian Advocate, will preach
at' both the morning and evening ser
vices. Reverend Mr. Massey is a strong
and forceful preacher. All who hear
him will doubtless hear a strong, gos-.
pel sermon. The public is cordially
invuea to ootn tnese services.
While in the city, Rev. Massey ' ,yittlfc
gladly receive subscriptions and ; re
newals to the Advocate. All Method
ist ' homes should have the church
paper. Every home akoud have in' It
'hi"-
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF AN
OTHER GUN CAUSES DEATH
OF JOSEPH S. GATELY
HAMPTON, Va., Aug. 22. While
seated outside the police station talking
Patrolman Frank Williams, Patrolman
Joseph G. Fately of the Fhoebus police
force was shot in the side by the acci
dental .discharge of Officer Williams"
revolver and died in 20 minutes. He
itiade a statement in the presence ot
William G. Morris, a plumber, and Ds!
O. W. Wood, to the effect that the
shooting was the result of an accident
and exonerated wWilliams from blame.
Gately attempted a detailed account
of the shooting, but became uncon
scious during the recital and died with
out regaining consciousness. The story
of Police Officer Frank Williams was
in substance as follows.
"It was about 2 o'clock in the morn
ing and everything being quiet, Gately.
who was seated outside the station in
n arm chair, called to me to come out
and join hjm as he wanted to tell me;
about his vacation trip, which had just
ended yesterday. I went out aas' toafci"
. i . . v
auuiuer cnair ana seated myseu on
MEETS DEIITr
DEBT
Gately s right side and in tiltlnglmy ;
chair back to make myself comfortable
borhood of the police station, heard the
shot and came over and to these mem
the dying officer hmade his statement
exonerating me. In fact Gately told me
just before he became unconscious, not
to worry, that he knew the guri was
discharged accidentally.
Although it was 2 o'clock in the
morning when the accident occurred,
the news of the shooting of Gately
spread like wildfire and in a twinkling
a crowd numbering 200 or more had
gathered at the scene. The bullet from
the accidental discharge of th? weapon
entered s s'ie J""t b-.vieen the
as n went- and ,odged in the uPPel Prt
the body'
"" 1 B,U UIN ULU fUUli. KS-
CAPED LUNATIC STARTLES
r i
j.
STAUNTON, VA., Aug. 22. Mem-
bers of the household of James H. C.
Grasty member of the Legislature
lrom Augusta. were astonished to see
3 wua l00KinS 'naiyiauai mo-inted on
a Drlaleless no.rse r.ae stra..i- at the
iron Sate 'eaaing to the house an
DreaK 11 aown- lne man wa c,ad ln
aolnlaS ut a nowing snrrt, and once
through the Orasty gate he belabored
ms moutn Wltn a CIUD ana rode norttt
towara tne Beu orctlard at top speed,
The horse an old plug, stumbled and
threw him, bu t he was quickly upon
his feet, remounted and away on hi
wild course.
Fifty yards ahead of him a six
foot wooden gate stood in his path.
He rode straight at it. beating his
horse with his club. The animal
crashed into the gale, bro!c- it down
regained his feet and off went horse
and rider again. next a wire fence
loomed in his path. Th? hrrse hit
this and st-uk, while the rider ne
gotiated it in headlong (light and dis
appeared into iho v. .) 's beyond.
Meanwhile two hands packing ap
ples in the orchard had seen the ap
parition and taken to their heels. Mr.
Grasty had followed and found the
horse, but not the rider. He sur
mised that the man was a convict andl
phoned to Sheriff Willson, who was
out of town.
Later Mr. Grasty ascertained that
the man was an escaped lunatic and,
had been captured about four miles
from Staunton on the Spring Hill
Road by hospital attendants. He had'
covered that distance across the coun
try, barefooted and almost naked, and.
was in a pitiable plight. . He was only-
taken after a hard fight, and wa s re- .
turned to the asylum here today. ,
,-r.. '
Christian 'Utture. So let many sub-
jWof 'the paper.
S'uinday scBool at 4 p. m., to whichn
Aeiy-islnted. . ."
! The5'ieJrvlces'of the week will be a& i
j. If.
Poor Prantf