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V , 4 Vr M9 , NEW BERN. N, C. THURSDAY ( AUGUST 27, 1914 r TT J W - , ' ,7 i 1a 6 ,1 So Says llie Austrian Hungarian Minister to the United StH2s.;1uerJcp&!iese Ambassador Prepares t: leave Vienna and Places Affairs in Hands of the U. ' SL -Ditcsay.. llicrew-:llie' .ermims Dave. Given up .Tc:::r.3 in South Africa and the BriashTake Ciicrde.: i C " :i MANCHESTER MASS., Aug. 26. -Dr.' K. :T.' Dumba, the Austrian -Hun ; garian ambassador to the United States; - Announced to night- that he had , re- ; ceived advices f rom Vienna that di- plomatic. elations between Austria and Japan had been broken off. ' JAPANESE AMBASSADOR "'"AS TO LEAVE' VIENNA. v IVASHINdOTN; D.-C Amr. 26 Official dispatcher received here tonight - slats that the Tananesee ambassador -it. Vienna . has placed his country's ' .Interests in the hands of' the American Embassador at that ulade and Is" ore - -paring to; leave tomorrow morning. , 4 4vrrTff f TfT m a a kto few iitA' ,T' GIVEN UP TOGOLAND. y LONDON, Augr 26.-r-It is officially announced here that the Germans have given up Togoland in '.South Africa and that the British wilt take possession . ,Sf that place on Thursday morning: . ENGLAND IS PREPARING ; . - - FOR A LONG CONFLICT, -LONDON. Amr. 26. England is ..preparing fora Jong -war.- Premier uith in the House of Commons to- -day candidly admitted- with Kitch- - ner that "we need very man we can the French war offic-,iwued this state " j .u. ejk -i. j Lii-itwit mpnt- "A bi battle is Drocressinc ffet ." and mt the fimire at nix hundred thousand men. Llovd Gebree intro- duced a resolution as a basis for a war loan bill whjch is being prepared. The um la this is not stated but-it will cover five hundred milKon already voted and doubtless a simliar sum for an emer- jgency, . . ; ' . - THE ALLIED TROOPS RALLY ' STRIKE A DECISIVE BLOW. LONDON, : Aug. 26. The "British ; Trench and Belgian troops rallied today to strike decisive blows against the Kai eer's armies.. The main. French attack v was at Luneville from which they were droven Monday and where the Germans : - were entrenched. At Mabeuge, France - the British and French joined in as ' vaulting the Kaiser's advance lines, v - - SIXTY THOUSAND - GERMANS DEFEATED. LONDON, Aug. 26. Headed by , JCing Albert iit. person, the Belgian troops sallied from Antwerp today and . lefeated sixty " thousand Germans '.'at' " "Valverde, where they had retreated rom Mallnes y ' i The Ee'ij'ifns. took and dJjtroyed the works the in- -vaders had, thrown up.-. While these jnovemenls are asi ;c ;X1' ' cd fact it A fact that a c' erate strr e is on in Ee"uium a,; e rt, evr r' . is t-ihii X I ti- : rx LT.rxi::,1 J ' ' ?J up ? r v r t i" ancel In' the North evrn p" 9 importance An;. i.J - ' t F' t s C I 3 .jOI't Mr AUSTRIANS WERE BEATEN . LONDON, Auz 26. Despite ? re ports from Berlin today that the Aus trians had completedly defeated the Russians at Kraznit yesterday after . three idaya fighting, the Czar's report ., 'W 6t w w rrussia tne uermans uU retreat toward tne strongly "fortified 'pasof Koerffesberg; wifK the R""8an advance, swiftly after them inf he : liavjngvtakeir several advan- . tageous points. THE RUSSIANS MAKING " ' ' SENSATIONAL; ' ADVANCES. ? ' LONDON, Aug: 26 -The sensation- advances f the Russians cbntinues to be the marval of the situation. Just as the allies were outnumbered in. Uei-. gulnt soarf tne oermans outnumDerea in Prusisarand hi. believedf will . Key to uie raiser aowmau for the Russians are advancing toward Berlin much faster tha the. Kaiser is advancing on Paris. . t BIG BATTLE FAVORABLE v rj - r ' TO THE ALLIED ARMY J LONDON; Aug. 26. Today after . a battle on the southern frontier, of 'France had:ragedfor thirty six hours, ment . A; 0g Dattie progressing favorable to the - Allies'. No details jvere given but earlier in the day it was said by. the; same authority that "The Germans , attacked French Knes along the Alsace Lorraine frontier but were repulsed with heavy losses. - The French . Rt-r now niishtnir forward their entrench I ments. r - - - - BRITISH FORCES IN SOUTH . ' AFRICA ARE SUCCESSFUL. LONDON, " Aug; - 2(5. The British exjjtenditionary , force fit South Africa is entirely successful. It was officially announced , tonieht that the German forces in Togoland had : su-rendered unconditionally,' a the British "staking possession on Thurdsay. There- is no confirmation here of the reported naval battle between the German and Rus sian ships in the Baltic sea. , . -:..: BOMB DROPPING EXPLOIT OF MUCH CONSIDERATION LONDON Aug, 26. The bomb dropping exploit of the Zeppelin air ship at Antwerp promises to become v matter of th,3 widest international consideration. Belgian authorities claim the attk was a clear violation of the fourth 'liague convention and they are preparing , to - protest omciauy to aU the powers. Accounts ! vary as to the amount of damage done by the aerial fighter. One account sayi that twenty-six lives were I t ':'iout,h f.om a more conseray t' e si ?ce ii is rpc :c J only twelve ' : were- recovered so far, from the : " t'.a wrecked-houses. -. i t tcfi which is regarded as ' ' X says 903 houses - were "j C ""'"4 and sixty, nearly, dea li i ('' patch wasseit to It ij i "1 tTter a committee t' 3 T : u Secretary of 1 j T .mbasssador and ".,. i'ii i y had examined C i t..;'.3 (' y v'.'i a view to apprais- (feifisnii:' li Mil For-: . : Coiliel of length ing the results of the aerial bombard ment. - - The dispatch ays" "For the first time in history a great civilized community has bees bomhard -ffnm th. Blrv , th. nf nivht Count Zeppelin whom the German Emperor calls the greatest genius of the country has ' performed the greatest exploit of his Hfe. He has thrown bombs on'hospitals wher . the Belgians "were attendillg German wounded. . He has staggered nflmanity. . " -' ' V '-"We have explored one.of Jhed- vastated streets ana nave foujia por -tionft. of ten. Jiomha. .Thfe nrfmher nf .yjj'm,. jg unknown. It is'- sufficrenf that all the bombs were aimed at public uuituuigs sucn a8 tie ipiiiiary oarracKs the" goverhnient offices and the Royal paiaCe.I" The population is in gloom." AMERICAN MINISTER PRO TESTS AGAINST THE BOMBS. - LONDON ,Aug." 26.-The Daily News publishes a dispatch : from its Antwerp correspondent saying jt is reported there, that the American Min ister to Belgium vB'rand WAitloclc 4 has sent an energetic protest to the German j government ' against the hurling of bombs into Antwerp from a Zeppelin j airship. ' RPORTSSAYff DIVISION . 1 - OF GERMANS ANNIHILATED. fcONDON Au26. The, Paris cor respondent of Reuters says a raid by a German cavalry division in French ter ritory Is reported by the' Petit Paris ien which states hat. when the Ger mans acrivetf Tat, 4. o'clock Tuesday morning' they encountered a regiment , of French . artillery - which practically annihilated them.. - Referring to the fighting near Mons the paper says . - r"The British ' bore the , brunt of six furious attacks. - Wounded British sol diers declare the allies raised a verti 'able hecacomb corpses near'Mpns." THE RUSSIANS - CONTINUE J k ; WITH ' THEIR INVASION. ' LONDON j Aug. 26i A "dispatch to Jthe Exchange Telegraph Company from St; Petersburg carries the anonunt ment of the Russian chief of staff that since Sunday ' the Russian invasion of Galicia and Prussia continued uninter rupted along ft wide front. While the Russian right wing was invading Prus sia and the left entering Galicia the center composed of the great bulk of the; Russian army is believed to be marching silently but with , terrible force on Pasen the dispatch adds. . OFFICIAL REPORTS SAY GERMAN PRINCE KILLED. J PARIS Aug.- 26. -It is. officially announced that a German Prince has been killed in battle and " the Minis tery of War says it presumes was Piince ; Albert of Schleswig-Hdhrtein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. An earlier an nouncement giving the name as Prince Albertj described as the Emperior's uncle was obviously an error. ' " The gas freight boat Alfonso left yesterday for Davis with a cargo of mcrthandi: j.and lumber. s KING GEORGE REVIEWING SAILORS ; J 4'1 pill ril wit v.-.v PbotQ byAmertcaa Praia Association. OWE APPLIED FOB BAIL BUT MANY OFFERS MADE BY FRIENDS OF MAN HELD . FOR KILLING , SUFFOLK, Aug. 26. There were no hew developments today in the case of B. A. Helms, who last Saturday night fired three shots into the body of Sid ney Saunders,- from the effect of which Saunders died at St. Andrews hos pital, Sunday morning-,- Helms is being held in the Nansemond county jail. ' Ir is expected thaV he will apply for bail through his attorneys, Judge R, H, Rawles and J. R; Saunders. There have been many'Aoffers of bail for Helms in any . amouBf,' and it is said that there will be d difficulty in raising any; bail required- When appli cation is made. - ' " .': Further ; investigation . of the place where Saunders' was vhot indicates that he started to run' from Helms at a point about- midway between York and Main streets, on the, , edge of a small ravine, overgrown' with shrub bery, i Reims states, that he fired while Saunders was running; Saunders fell on the easf side of Main street, some distance from the point where he start-. ed to run. i f., ; w '' MARRIED MEN WERE DEFEATED v. BY. GHENT TEAM . V The Married '&t Men :'.-tt defeated by the Ghent' team at 'Ghent f Park yesterday afternoon inf' one of the best games of "baseball ; atf -tL- the local diamond during the season;' ;the score being six to one. ti.'!:.;- ;;'::-. The battery for the Married Meri wire Willis and Seifert, whije'.HancosJc'iand Bond d: 1 "the for the Ghent team, ; 7'',.-. V Ci.;iv ;am. -k -Ifi'fi ff. r HAS atoll dl MEN ELL DOWN HERE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE DIDN'T SECURE PROPER KIND OF EVIDENCE The liquor interests in Virginia are making a hard fight against the adop tion of State-wide prohibition in that State and are using every available method of securing "evidence" which will tend to show the voters of that State that the law is valueless,. During the past few weeks they have had a man in North Carolina .getting up data from various officials which tended to show that since the adoption of pro hibition in this State there has been more law breaking. . It is undcsioou that this man came to New Bern and endeavored to " secure data butthat which he secured was of such a nature that, it was utterly' valueless to him. The records in this city show that since prohibition went into effect that there has been a decrease of at least forty percent in crime and this percentage grows larger each year, " Where there were a hundred charges of drunk and disorderly f during the time that, 'the saloons were in, operation here,' there are now less than sixty and prohibition ii proving of . real value in numerous " -- - The .' gas freight, boat . Ceaterial arrived in port yesterday from Vande mers with a cargo of country produce. ' ,C N... Dockham, left yesterday for Boston, Mass., where he will join his family and' go to Maine for a 'short visit. ' ' ; . - Miss Esther Howard, of Baltimore, Md., is Visiting Mr. and Mrs, Phhfp! Howard, on Hancock street. -.;;-..v.i'-f. A--";'-Vy'-y'1"'".''-'' -'- ?f"' -i":-. WANT AMERICANS T I COMMITTEE OF CITIZENS PEAL TO CARKAN ZA. AP- VERA CRUZ, Aug. 26. A commit-' tee of residents of Vera Ctuz who have sympathized with the constitutionalist cause has gone to the capital to urge Provisional President Carranza to de mand the withdrawal of Americ; troops. So confident are they that the.., American will be taken out of the state September 1, that thev have (Sr ganized a local city government, the services of which they intend to offer to Carranza. The advanced line of the Federal, troops, which had faced the American, troops cinse April 23, was withdrawal today to Cordoba preparatory to being mustered out. Fugitives of the better class of Mexi cans, thousands of whom are here, re port conditions in the capital far from settled. SHOOTING AFFRAY IN GREENE One Man at Point of Death, Another a Fugitive. KINSTON Aug. 26. Arnold Mills is at the point of death and Pink, ney Grant who shot him is a fugutive in Greene county according to a re port from Brownsville. The men are residents of the notorious mullatto col ony at Brownsville and Grant bears a bad reputation. The men had been enemies for somer time. Mills had previously suffered in jury a: the hands of Grant. A man was aided by Grant who set out to se cure the license Mills intercepted him and was assailed by the other with bludgeon and severely beaten. The direct cause of the recent diffi culty is not known. Mills was shot in the left breast a pistol bullet lodg ing dangerously near the heart. BIG RATTLER PASSED THROUGH. YESTERDAY. The large rattlesnake captured near Havelock several weeks ago by Ear Rooks, was shipped to J. S. Davis at f Rocky Mount yesterday. Soon after the snake was captured, his fangs was extracted, and since that time he has been confined in a box with a heavy weight screen wire cover. The reptile created some excitement at the Union Station yesterday morning. Th rough the kindness of the express messenger, the box was taken from the car and a number of people took a look at the monster snake. GEORGES CARPENTIER. Champion French Figiiter Who May N'.eot Cunboat Smith Again. LEAVEVERAGRU rttEr-jt;--- . r. j ' 41'-;) -v?'-
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