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I'M
X
Willi The Exception to
Mauhruq; the Allies
v terday-French War
This Fort. Near Paris -The Germans Lost
V Ground. Advance ot
But , Certain. I
PARIS," ' Sept. ; 9. French antt . bri
nish 'successes-marked the fourth, .day
of the great battle being' fought along
the linci from Meaux to Verdun with
"Vitryle Francois as a centre with' the
exception of the fall of fortress Maubtfug
which is claimed in official Berlindnv
patches. . Thisjunboubtedly ylost the ettos in the interior of Germany. Only
day for the allies as the invaders-crossed the, most severely wounded who are
;the French, border and begun . a ten- enable to bear transportation have been
days fdrive. toward Paris. . ' left in the advanced hospitals.
FRENCH WAR OFFICE DISPATCH FROM THE HAGUE
" WON'T ADMIT FORT'S FALL, j : PROCLAIMS STATE OF SIEGE.
1 PARIS, Sept. 9. Tl-e French War - LONDON, Sept. 9.-A Reuter dis
Office doe not admit the lalLof Mau-r patch from the Hague says
beug but asserts ."the .defense contlnr ; . :A (royal decree proclaims a state
ues "heroically against strong German of siege in a -great number of towns
tr lfr I 1 : . fin tho ..-J ni...nnJ it A
4UIVPS im iicti v y - o.-m- & u " -....
; French left, nearest Paris the Germans.,,
. though reinforced, i lost ground stead-1
1 aly and ..the rallies are hailing- more (
'fresh troops against them-in aa effort
to' add momentum to tne retreat, in
he centre, which was the theatre .pf the 1
' A. A. mt .-..4-., ' 4-Ua 1 ITvAnti r-tfOaCPrt ;
back the Germans; in a succession cJi
XeCTlOie asbiiULis iiiwyit. mv
artillery is said to "have played a dead-
' ly part. " The advance of the e rench
"jSjuesciioeu as siuwuut muciiM: - -
TTHE FKEINCH.KUSmiNO .
A-) fi, TROOPS, TO JUORRAINE.
FARI$,vSept. Qrrln Vosges and Lor-
iraine,, official reports indicate. that the
French are? rushing forward 'to re-oc-uhe
uov these1 sections while from threetter, on 'the historic field of Chalons
sources - cfime reports that ) the: jOer-
anans are s evaeuating , stragetic point
that Lunneville . has; .been ; evacuated
and re-occupied by the French. ThiB,
liowever, is unconfirmed ofncially. -
TTHS 4CONFLICT IS 7 '
vttt nnni flT?Cl AV1' A I ..
- pARlSKepC 9. Despite tht fact
; that the -etWrafrright wing which hew
'd -the way from Mona to Paris is re
treating 4 i thc Cwmaa t centre' is.
' being pressed hard, it must be remem
bered that In this the greatest ..of. all'
conflicts, "minor retreats or advances
are undecisive, It would ib'e premature
td y tha,; ermna8 had.beea de
feated but no doubt their enveloping
jnoyerrjent has failed and the strategical
position f the-allies is the besfr'since
the beginning f th war- , i '
' TWO G K M AW
pAXL INTO CAPTTVlXTT.
' 'PARIS, Sept. 9.-Twb German flags, j
captured irf the course oi yesterflay s
batltle. one by, a reservist named -Gull-
-marH who immediately . was given a.
Tnilitary nedal.for bravery. General
Exelman, a Famous French cayalry
leader and son of "the: admiral who led.tembef 4,' telegraphs the Copenhagen
the1 French fleet in the German war, J correspondent of the Daily TelegVaphj
' was seriously1 wounded while fighting ''In this message Emperor William
around Paris. A shell burst amidst protests-against; the Use by the Eng-
bis divisino," a fragment striking him injlish of dum 'dum bullets and against
the neck and also -a bullet hit him on the participation of the Belgian popu-
the leg.
APPALLING DEFEAT WAS t
ADMINISTERED TO AUSTRIANS.
PETROGRAD, Sept.9.A final ap
palling defeat was administered to the
Austrian army today, by the Russians
at Rawa Ruska, thirty two miles north
west of Lemberg. The result of this
-victory now 13 tliat Przemsyl and Juros-
IOW UIC toiuictcijf 111 toucu ouu vino
is the last possible bbstacle to the Rus
sian advance through Galicia. What
is probably of more importance is the
demoralization of.: the. Austrian army
.which is now in a desperate situation.
Disheartened by continual defeats mu
tiny has been added to the troubles
of the Austrian general staff and de
sertions are numerous. - . - ,.,
TV.O irAJCll G2NSRALS
- rrrciTrn killed.
i,.L.L.,, ii lonuon, c , , c. y
T o 1 ' : have Li on added
' ' f . ' 1 c , G en-
rsF!i2d Iwii lay of 1
. 1 I aWKMiHH waaaaBi MtfMkom WmHartaan a mmm , -mm
the Fall of the fortress
were-Suceessful Yes-
Owce Denies .lull ot
"The French is Slow
'
nif' of 'Bavaria, 7 have both lost sons.
Prjnce- Frederick William of Hesse,
was- wounded in the breast fighting in
France.
Long ' train s loads of wounded are
now being brought from advanced to
base hospitals or forwarded to Lazar
aitu villages oibuaicu wit inc. t.wo auu
rivers ' in the provinces of Zealand,
North Brabant, Limburg, Golderland,
Groningen, Frlesland and North Hoi
land. 1 ' '
"ine proclamation torDias expor
tations in vessels bought in the Nether-
1n H J fn mllSnni - linn K.r kalllrrarAnf
'fThe towns , where a state of siege
huh ycxiava c riusiuii t naiuucii,
Texil, Terschellmg, Hellevoetslyis and
part of the Hook of Holland.
TrIE ALLIES ARE NOW ;
' ' FORCING THE' OFFENSIVE
LONDON,' Sept.9, -If v. inspiration
means to the French soldier i whatsit
did in' the time of the first. Napoleon,
situation today on thel allies: cen
should ' offer compensation' for a dlS'
hertenJhgimonth of rear; guard ac-
i,V,.
At any rate, the allies, now superior
- or at least equal in numbers to the Ger-
imans, evidently have begun -the of-
fensive, ?At least' 3,000,000 :meii a.re
engaged On both sides and as the cen
er 6f the allies' on tKe' plalnV of Cha
Ions," true to many prophesies, another
Armageddon, may take .place'.: where
Attila.1 iurnamed '.'the scourgft of God,1
was vanquished by tfie" allied Visig-
noths and Romans in .1 the'- bloodiest
battle in the world's history.
' 'On these plains, centuries later, Na
poleon condutced the . most brilliant
defensive compaign of his career. ..The
French soldiers 'will' not be allowed to
forget ahso that on this field, a French
army went into, victorious, action after
Its commander bad surrendered his
sword. ,
EMPEROR WILLIAM n PROTESTS
'Vimrucnp-rnv rumx rTTc
LONDON, Sept.- 9. "There ha
been published m Copenhagen 'a tele-
gram, which Emperor William sent tQ
President ( Wilson under , date of Sep
la tlon in the war.
Emperor. William adds in .his corn
munication . to President : Wilson that
his generals have a certain ", been com
pelled to punish the Belgians and he
expresses his deep regret at the destruc
tion of Louvain and other interesting
places. 1 ; .,. '. .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. At the
white house and the State department
it was stated today no message to
President Wilsonfrom Emperor William
had yet been received. I
Both Ambassador Bernstor and
Charge Haniel were absent- from the
German embassy and officials remain
ing there said nothing was; known ' of
srh a message. 1 il.f.,-,. ,.",'V;.;;f.;
I' "TUGEES'TELL OF, '-"..,
TERRI2LE CARNAGE i v
5 PARIS, Sept. 9. A large number of
refugees from the regions north - of
Paris returned to their homes yester
day as the country is entirely free from
Germans, ill.hou;,h the fields In the
o-w i.tv' ot P.'"::- raj-Fn-C arc
1 ro ! v r i 1' ) 1 Ocni:n-'. '
NEW BERN. N, C' THURSSDASEPTEMBER 10,1914
WOUNDED BELGIAN SOLDIER
- S
Photo by American Press Association.
.This photograph was made In St Jean's hospital. Brussels, beh'-" the Ret
glan capltar was captured by the Germans.
VISITED
inn mi 1 1 r
I iini
Lumber Company ol
DeaVy Iss;Fifeii
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 9.The
Jacksonville Lumber Comapny, Tues
day afternoon sustained losses that will
amount to between ten and twenty
thousand dollars, when their large
iry kiln, which is three combined,
caught fire, and was completely des-
troyed. - It if not known just how the .
pre started Dut tnose around the mill Mr. Samuel S. Ambrose is loyal
believe it was a Spark. There was. sev- manager of the compaay, and has re
riraii'dieet. of lumber in the 1 quested us to express his sincere thanks
kilns -at the time of the fire, and thjs .to the many, who faced the firre, with
of. course made the losses much more. a grim determination to limit it, to its
r It is estimated that the entire damage already conquered ' victim. That the
was about twenty thousand, with about company, will rebuild the kilns theie
sixty per cent- insurance.
The ..fire was discovered about one
thirty Tuesday afternoon, and frora
then until four, o'clock, hands at the
mill, workmen from the other three
mills of . Jacksonville, and : very near
the , entire cittienship of Jacksonville
battled" with' the demdn. ' It "was an
awf u( battle; and the faot that the saw
mill, plaining mill, and other build-
30,000 MAJORITY FOR MAN-
v COLUMBIA, S. C; Sept. 9.
Additional returns of the bal-
loting yesterday id the second
State-wide Democratic primary
from shattered ; precincts in
practically every county increas-
ed early today the majority-by
which Richard I. Manning wUl
be nominated Governor, An
drew J. Beatha. as Lietenant
Governor, . and Frank Shealey
v as ' railroad Commissioner. ,
With Mannfrig, Beatha and Shea
ley qavlng majority les ranging
respectively' from 30,000 to 38,-
D00, tqe result shown earlq to-
daq cannot be cqangedr
' Whatt Aikens nomination
as Congressman from the Third
District was insured by an in-
creased majority. ,
' .
' A , WINTER APPROACHES
Ten perature : Yesterday ; A , Silent
v :. neminoer ui raci. .
Indications point 'to the fact, that
there will' bo no more summer weather
in this section for the time being. The
temperature locally yesterday was -so
lov that heavy clothing did not , feel
:sf r" cicomfoi (able, . and many had
' . " ! "r"t 'fin on" nf-iin.
VfcteMes
raw
that Place Suiters
ings very close the kilns were saved
is indeed miraculous. It took hard
work, bu$ it seemed a pleasure to the
many present to do this work, it was
done, and as a result the Jacksonville
lumber mill, is still one of Jacksonville's
prosperous industries, when other-wise
their local plant would be in ashes.
ls no doubt, and it is thought this will
be done as soon as possible. The com
pany have a great deal of timber in
this county, and it is possible that they
have some which must Ije cut at an
early date. It'-is very, prosperous in
dustry,? and : la. .one of ' Jacksonville's
mainstays, and of course their loss will
be felt by the merchants. of Jackson
ville s well as the company itselt.
. .
' I .
UNPUBLISHED WAR POEM
; J BY1 TENNYSON READ
; BY HIS SON.
1 LONDON, Sept. ' 9. Lord
Tennyson, son of the poet, at a
patroltlc meeting last night,
read the following hitherto un
published poem of his father:
"O who is he, the simple fool
."Who says that wars are over?
, "What bloody portent flashes
..:, , there,'' y'
"Across the Straits of Dover?
"Are you ready, Britons all,
"To answer yes with thunder?
"Armf armf armt 4
"Nine hundred thousand slaves-
' In arms ' ' '
."They seek to bring us under - ,
"But England lives and stiU "
.' '., will live . ,
For
we'll crush the despot
- yonder ,
"Are you ready Britons all, -
,"To answer foes, with thunder?
"Arm! armf arm!' " . k
.. - -'
Miss Cora Rice of . Rocky , Mount
is 'spending, a few days in v the city
vi' in" T' 0 W. C. Thoma - .
TTHH ThTTn ft TI T!
ir. 1 1 ii u ii 1 1 u u
SENSATIONAL
Clyde Kennedy, Alex Curtiss and Sid Gautier
Will Probably Know Their Fate This Afternoon.
When Superior Court convened yes
terday morning Julia Smith, wife of
Harmon ?mith who was examined Tues
day afternoon, was the first witness
placed on the stand for the State in the
case against Clyde Kennedy, :'id Gau
tier and Alex Curtis, who are being
tried for the murder ot E. W. Sarlandtt
who was fo.:nd dead near the car barn
of the street railway co.upany on the
morning of A gest the ninth.
The Smith, m o nan testified that slie
heard the :. c;i ; arrlina a:io.it wluskev
and also !:;ar(i the three blo'.vs that
i ca'.ised the (! ;.. '' -f Sarlandtt.
1 George Whitfield, colored who also
I lives on Croo'e ! sireet was the next
I witness to take the stand. He stated
that his attention was attracted by an
argument and he went to the window
where he co'dd see the men. lie heard
Sarlandtt tell Kennedy that his dog
had bitten him. After each had cursed
the other, Kennedy went to the fence
and pr.llled a paling off, stnlring Sar
landtt three times, the third blow
knocking him down, b .t he was struck
several licks after he had fallen. The
witness testified that Curtis put his
hand on Sarlandtt and then pi t his
hand in his bosom, but could not see
whether or not anything was taken from
the victim. The men went off and later
came back and apparently tried to get
Sarlandtt up, but could not. Kennedy
said, "let me have that stick, I'll get
him up," when Curtis said "don't do
that." Policeman Rowe came up and
examined the man and told them that
they would have to move Sarlandtt
from there and Curtis was sent off after
a hack.
After Sarlandtt was placed in the
hack, Kennedy said, "I hit him hard
enough to kill him, I tried my best to
kill him." Sarlandtt did not seem to be
drunk, he walked straight."
Cicero Wiggins, Testifies.
Wiggins said "I heard three licks
and got up and went to the window
and saw three men coming from the
direction of Sarlandtt. I heard one
man say, 'I don't know nothing and
don't you know anything." Later they
went back and tried to get Sarlandtt
up, stating that the cop would be there
soon. I heard Curtis say don't hit any
more." They pushed him off the side
walk in the ditch. Officer Rowe came
up and asked what the trouble was,
and one of them replied that nothing
more than Sarlandtt was drunk, and
if he would allow them they would take
him home. Curtis was sent off on Sar
landtt's bicycle after a hack, When he
returned with the hack, Sarlandtt was
placed in it and they went off in the
direction of the car barn."
, Cornelius Bryan on Stand.
Cornelius Byrant, colored, in front
of whose place the crime was committ
ed, was the next witness, placed on the
stand. He stated "that the four' men
went to his place on Crooked street a
little before1 twelve o'clock) and Sar
landtt asked him to let the others stay
there until he coutd go off 'and get
some whiskey. : They sal down ona
bench in font of his place and remain
ed there until Sarlandtt returned with
the whiskey. He gave me a drink, and
went, out of the building, and I closed
the store and went to the house which
was. near the store, leaving them in
front of the building, j, :,.-.. t .
"While Sarlandtt ' was "-gone after
the whiskey I heard Qiritss say,-'that
German is as strong as h . If he gets
after me you help me and if he gets
after you I will help you. , 1 A .; ; i
; "They were trying to decide where
to put Sarlandtt, . and one said let's
put him in the yard and another said;
don't do that he knows who we are. "
Officer Rowe on The, Stand. . '
' Policeman F. P. -Rowe, the officer
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
1 1 Dfii i ii ii ii iri
L
E
sent from the city hall as a result of a
report received by (he Sargent that
some white people had murdered a
negro in that neighborhood. ne:t
testified.
Officer Rowe stated "that when he
arrived on the scene of the tragedy,.
Sarlandtt was in the ditch and the
three d:-fo:i;Li::ts v. ere str.:idin0 ni'arby
I as'-.cd '.vh.it the tro::bb was and they
r -plied that nothing, except Sarlandtt
x as drunk. The)- said they would take
hi-i ho ne if I w o Id let them. Curtis
said that h- had been working for Sar
landtt all the week and he would not
leave him until he got him home. I
turned him over and looked at hi'ii but
saw no signs of violence. 1 left after
the hack arrived."
An Important Witness.
Ed. Jones, the colored hackman was
the next to take the stand. He said
"Curtiss came to me at Five Points
and wanted to go out in the country
about one and one half miles and I
told him that I was tired and my
horse was jaded and I would not go
but later when my boss came out of
the barber shop he told me that it
had been a dull day and to go not more
than the distance named for one dol
lar and fiftv cents. I went with him nn
Crooked street where Sarlandtt was.
and after they told me that it wasmore
than three miles to Sarlandtt's home
I refused to go. They told me that the
officer had told them that they would
have to move him way from there
and I finally agreed to take them out
to the car barn. They put Sarlandtt
in the hack and Kennedy got in on one
side of him and Curtiss on the other
side and Gautier took the bicycle.
When they took Sarlandtt out of the
hack at the car barn they carried his
body and dragged his feet. All three
of the defendents went over near the
car barn where Sarlandtt was."
Policeman W. H. Griffin went on the
stand and testified that "he went out
to the car barn the next morning and
Curitss and Kennedy were both there.
Curtiss had Sarlandtt's bicycle and told
him that Sarlandtt had pawned it to
him for two dollars and fifty cents.
Curtiss crossed Sarlandtt's hands over
his body. Kennedy examined thebody .
Street Car Employe Talks.
O. K. Jones, the strett car motor
man who found the bf dy the next
morning a little before to r o'clock
was the next to take the s.and. He
said "I first saw Sarlandtt at fifteen
minutes before four o'clock and he was
not dead then. I was out there about
seven o'clock and Kennedy and Cur
tiss were both there. Curtiss had Sar
landtt's bicycle and I asked where he
got it and he said it is none of my busi
ness. Kennedy had his dog standing
on his rear feet and doing tricks for a
little girl.
Policeman A. A. Ipock, who in com
pany with officer Rowe arrested Cur
tiss at his home in James City, took
the stand. He said "When I went in
the room 'Where Curtiss was he was lay- :
ing across the bed asleep with his clothes
on. After we had made the arrest and '
were on the way back with Curtiss 1
he said that it was a ; good thing
two officers went aftee him, ;v.. - '
Sheriff R. B. Lane testified that Ken
nedy was delivered t J Li.a ty tte Sher
iff of New Hanover county. Mr. Wiinc-
head who-was in partnership in the
watermelon business with Sarlandtt said
that the deceased had collected -some :
money, on that day-for some water- -
etnlons. W.. G. Harrison .testified that
he gave Sarlandtt a check on the Peo- f
pies Bank for twenty-five dollars, s .
The above is first, part of big murder. '
ether part follows. ',-,'".
MURDER
CO
This concluded the evidence for the-!
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