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? ii TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES, VOL. 1, NO. 28. Weekly, Established 16C0, Daily, Jon. 18, 1QM, ANDERSON, S. C, FRIDAY MOANING, AUGUST 7, 1914. FJRICE $1.50 THE YEAR TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES, VOL. 1; NO. 21. Weakly, Established 1860} Dally, Jfta.it, ?14. ANDERSON, S. C, TUj?SDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR BELGIANS MADE GALLANT ! AND DROVE BACK KAI! m, French Fleet Captured Three German War Vessels | One of Which Was a Battleship of the First Class-?President Wilson Offers His Ser vices as a Peacemaker?Russians Ad vance Into Germany Germany is pushing her advance through Belgium and has met ! with strong opposition around Liege, where Belgian forces, according to official advices reaching Brussels, have repulsed the (German army] of the Meuse under General Von Emmich. The Germans are reported to have lost several thousand killed] and wounded. { \ V *<* Field Marshal Kitchener has been appointed Secrteary of State fortwar in the British cabinet and-will have under his direction the military campaign against* Germany. . French troops joined the Belgians in opposing" the progress of' Germany through Belgium, and it is reported that possibly Great Britain may send; reinforcement/ Th?: president of the United. States has'proffered his services as mediator to the European nations at.war. . The German ambasasdor will/leave England Thursday..by:ldis patch boat. Both at "St; l?fjjjk^^^^$^i^?^?^^ffi^?i }$fJ^Mffir? of several jSjsttngn isteam?rsbyM?^Britisr?is report-' eel; and the ^ritish.cruiser Arnphido- has sunk tiic Hamburg-American line steam?r Koenigin Louise, recently Converted into a mine layer; Russian frontier patrols have penetrated ten miles into Germany. Trawleys returning from thel^orth Sea bring word that no hos tile warships .were to be seen. - (By Associated Press.) * London Aug. 6.?The first day of the war for Great Britain haa been a day of suspense and rumors. Eevery, half hour a fresh "extra" was' shouted 'in the streets with'sumo startling.news.' The sum total of the rumors was that. cannonading. has1* been started and heard oft the coasts of Europe The nation's mind and neart are with the fleet; also it is proud of its con fldnncA. ?nd.ev?y*' ?ne awaits s bul letin of a great battle But concern ing the navy's whereabouts, plans cc strategy, the newspapers do not even speculate. The first fruits of the v?ar are that several German vessels brought into harbor by tho .British cruisers and others impondedln port. This was the day's only'news so far as British' naval and military operations were concerned. The yob?1 of f600,000,000 for war purposes and the appointment of Field Marshal; Kitchener,as secre tary of war were two government measures Of groat Iraportance. The I German embassy has been granted a special train and cruiser to take the staff to a Holland port A notice on tho door "American em bassy" was posted thiB afternoon, when the American Secretary. Irwin B. Laughllo, temporarily assumed charge of the pr?mlees. .^ Neither Great Britain nor Austria, has declared war on the' other as yet. and the Austrian ambassador has] recplyed no instructions to leave Lon don. Every important newspaper In Eng- | land has announced Its whole hearted j support of the government. Even the Irish press has Joined in the concord. The Prince of Wales Is about to is sue an appeal for funds to raise a relief fund for the distressed. The committee composed of members of ho ^in-use of commons ha** b**r^ fcm? eti'Tfor the purpose. It Includes the Bight Hon. H. L. Samuo\ John Burns, Augustin Blrrel ji and Walter , Long. GERMANS ARE ROUTED Attack on Liege Besults In Heavy toKs to Kaiser's Forces. Brussels, Aug. 4?(via Paris. 1:38 a. .)?Several thousand dead and wounded is the toll paid by the Ger man army of the Meuse attack on Liege. * . " . Vi." The .Belgians made a heroic de fense, repulsing the Germans after a heavy and continuous fight. ' ' The. fortified position of Liege had to support cs Wednesday the general shock of tho German attack. The Belgian forts : resisted the advance ment fiercely and did not suffer. One! Belgian Bquadron attacked and drove back six German squadrons. X*?i\ (Continu? on Page Seveaj ! A SL* ?^9&S&SdS^e Desperate Straits m . ? - ! . V'. (By/Asa^a?ed J>reka.) ' Paris, August p.?^Tudge Elbert H. Gary, Ambassador Hbrrick and mom bars of the Atherloan .. comnutttee form id to aid their <?untrym'ep> ar-i ranged today to have several million franes available for cashing checks and letters of credit cf Americans: The Americans here who have visible means consequently *ill - not lack ready; tcfja?y-i n?M?iig the arrival of the Batted; States cruiser Tennessee. Within ten . d?y? or so, when the mobilisation'or the French army bas N?!n completed, ; a regu? through Malted train tfFrvl?? .will V tpstbred. ! ?sem?^?s o?^?r- lA?^ric?? imliassy. mndo no arrangement -wmiae French military authorities Ute last night to allow .^|9^tft|irAlirmaWa^i?j| outside the embassy building f in a public[abb^^mlldlng .n l.*;iv?rb wan* dlatrisslng'g. . vafj^Anignsntj Germans, many ofJthem women and < cluid*e& and E?ao with babies In. th1 i|r arms at, the embassy today getting : t^r certificate* of iden tlflcation signed by the ambassador preparatory to being drafted to the western frontier. Assistance was given today by the American church to a number of rUa muio Americans. Judge Gary said be supposed there were more than 40.000 'Am?ricains In Europe desirous of re turalnk to America and 7.500 lia: Paris of whom perhaps ljotyyere In des per?ft? Btralts. * He safd ha thought the .committee would be able to. cope with the majority of cases, provided aid were received from'the state de partment, v' A ; large number ,of. touriste from S wt txerl an d, among,them many Amer ?*?wti' ana -:;**1<Up?>?ut?i'?**?> ChUTCS peace union,, whosePprop^^ confere ence at Constance. Was tfoecdoxed. Show their credfluUats. At Bescanloo tber were pat into freight cars, used for transportation oJ troop, horses and hid Uttle to: eat or drtnk. iER'S UHALNS AT THE< DOCKS (By Asroclated Press.) New -York, Aug. 6.?The Luaitania was In faint touch with the shore at 6 o'clock tonight. She was sending cod? messages, presume bly to the British, cruisers which . are expected to convoy her. \ To the list oi steamship llneB that had cancelled their saillo& from New York, four wcekiv were added today. They were the Wench Hue, with the exception of tr-c* Lorraine -the Fabrl Une, except th? Santa Anna, which will sail frnri her'Brooklyn pier Sat urday afternoon, with the'French re servists, in pine > of the Rochambeau; the uranl-jm Hue; flying the British flag and controlled by th? Canadian Northern Railway, company; apd the Lamport and Holt .lino, operating to Brazil'and Argentine- ports. . The Lamport and Holt liners, im portant vessels**^.t^et^epXfee . trade, will be tide up in the ports they arc in. The Highland. Harris*.was to have sailed from' New York today and the Tennison- last Saturday. ' The Vat Dyck .is In New York also: " Other'ves sels, of this line ore "enroute toward South American ports. |v4 The White Star liner Olympic and the Hamburg-American vessel- Prim J3itel Friedrich slipped in before dawo jf^'iVer^i^CBdcd all except, theli 4 The steamer Kioto, arriving to night from Oran, Algiers, was one ol those with news of the wireless ex change, of Warships' messages. The operator of the .Caracas which came in tonight from South American ports also, caught such messages. Nothing..was known publicly here tpnight bf the whereabouts . of the North German Lloyd liner Kronprini Wilhelm, which left port suddenly ot Monday night, heavily coaled nnc without passengers. .Th? cruiser Tennessee, which th< government will send to the relief o Americans abroad tonight droppei anchor in th? harbor. There she wll remain until tomorrow, when She wll aall with S7.500.O?O. In gold. lncludlUf $2500,000 from government vaults. GERMAN EMBASSY IS DESTROYEC Infuriated Russians Destroy tint Germari Embassy At St Petersburg (By Associated Press) St. Ptt?fsburg, Aug. : 5.?The Oer man ; embassy -here was wrecked ant a bonfiremade of the furniture ant pictures by an angry crowd here to day! The people were angered by th< reporta of what they deemed to be in dignity, shown to the Dowager Bra press Maria Feodorowna by be inj stopped in Berlin on her arrival fron London on her way to St. Petersburg and compelled by. the German author 1 ltl?s- to go to Copenhagen. ! An entrance was forced bMhe ?n uioun? ur?wu t?iiOUgh thS Tu?u?v? Most Ot the rooms were wrecked am the furniture pitched Into the street ? A hutpber of students and working men Climbed to the roof of the embas sy hero and tore the gold eagle fron the top of th? flagstaff. They thei ran up the Russian flag. --v^it' A massive statuary, depicting i g?oup of horses led by men was hack cd to pieces With axes end the dehrii ii????d ??io tne canal. A "bonfire, wai then made of the contents ot the em bassy and an attempt waa made . U put a torch to the building,, but th< mounted police routed the rioters. ;, Another' crowd la$ar tried to re pea tbo performance at the Austrian em l?aa?^W that butldlug waa to* attpBgl^Jg^ar^ed. - a RUBsl&n foo'jnan ii authorities Jo hav< the German orob?*sy, _ beea shot in the. beat and had been dead foi t. BULLETIN rnw* . ?k>rt??w?vy' , flrlnf various poirts en tm y. ' Denmark Is Isolate* , ship aad railway com ^^^eaaed.,:'?.: ;f \ TUESDAY AND FRIDAY NEW SERIES, VOL. 1; NO. 21. Weakly, Established 1860} Dally, Jfta.it, ?14. ANDERSON, S. C, TUj?SDAY MORNING, JULY 14, 1914. PRICE $1.50 THE YEAR MRS? W?LSO IN I LITTLE HOPE FOP, RECOVERY IS ENTERTAINED BY PHYSICIANS A LONG ILLNESS Growing Weaker Hourly Noble Woman's Condition I? Critical At Last Report O OOOO 0 O 00 O 0 O O Of 0 0 0 o MRS. WILSON DEAD o O -?;-? . O o (By Associated Preis) o o Washington, Aug. 6.?o o Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, o o wife of the president;of o o the United States, died at o o the white house today at o o 5 p. ,m., of ? coinplica- o o tion of diseases. * ; o X TU?' - *i !r?A?'? ~ v? ? n%i i.iiu Lmiiv -, aniii> U o two serious sinking spells, o o The president and his o o three daughters and pran- o o eis B. Sayre, were at the o o bedside at the end. 'o o The president was.com? o o pletely prosti ated when o o 'his wife-died ???u broke o o down entirely. .When o o Secretary Tumulty venter- "o o ed the executive Offices o p t?tell .the. waking-'news- 0 o paper men his cheeks w?r? ; o o ' bathed in tears. o o When the pi esident re- o o covered from the first o o shock of his wife's death, o c he sdnt several tele^rarns o to immediate relatives and o o sent word to Secretary o o Tumulty to express ap- o r* tpreclatfon of the. many o ,o / condolences which poured o o in. . o* ' ' " & &>6 pco?ooooooo o p .0,0 o o Vashinc4>n, August 5.-M?. Wood-j ? is EXTREMIS - ? - .W l row Wilson, wife of the president of the United States, tonight lies at the point of death.' Four months of almost unbroken illness, a complication of nervous ail ments and Hrtgtifs disease,- have sap. pod the vitality of tho first lady of the land. The end Is regarded sa a mat ter..of days, perhaps hours. Her hus band and three daughters are at her bedside and relatives have been sum moned. Physicians have been In con sultation for days but it was admittca at the white house tonight '.hat hope for her recovery had almost vanished. Conscious only 'at - Intervals, Mrs. Wilson has been cheerful and has fall* ed constantly for her husband. Every moment that could be spared from ur gent official duties have been devoted by the president to his. wife. At the side of his constant helpmate and adi visor, he wrote the tender of good of fices apepaling to. thu European mon? arcb8 to stay their conflict. From the sick room he has been giv ing directions to th.* various depart* ment heads for the relief of thous ands of Americans stranded abroad. The press of domestic legislation, the European war and Mexican situation? and the flurry- ovir financial eondt i/ons throughout the country; have weighed he?viiv o? the president' ?s he has maintained-his day and night vigil. . . > There Has Been No Hope. . ; For several days It InWboen known to those In .closest touch nt ih i white bouse that Mrs. Wil*on was gravely 111 and that hope tor her re-? very was slight. The president h im self na? clung u?Bp?rnitf?y to tho nope that she might survive *he crisis, but her ft oh constitution, drained by months of nerve-rending illnos:,, has boon enablo to withstand tha batUe, r n One-day last- March Mrs, Wilson slipped'on a rug at the white house, injuring her spine. An operation.,was necessary.' After weeks of con viles cence she Anally arose rrom l?r bed, but the burden of a winter's activity at the white house, together with charity i work in the alums of the city, brought , on nervous, prostration. 8he was welt , enough to attend the wedding,of her second daughter, now Mrs. William G, McAdoo, but her recuperative powers . were >ot lasting. Stomach trouble added - to. her nervous aliment and Brlght's disease. developed. V.'.' <:' Three weeks ago she seemed to Tal ly and was well enough to walk, sup ported by -.p.nurse, in the white'honte i grounds,. She" watched - with satisfso* (Continued on Page Seven.) r '^ vV^:^'V'l-.^:-<U'"lv^ / ^i&'.ti ALL THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE FIRING LINE E. O. S. BULLETINS Wireless and Cable Reports Covering Every Detail of the European War - (By Associated Press.) London, Augus*. 6.?Chronicles correspondent at Harwich teie graphs: "Believe actum is progressing in North Sea. Wireless to Bri tish destroyer Virago, orders her to prepare to receive two hundred prisoners and wounded being brought in by torpedo boat. Third topedo flotilla which.lefl harbor yesterday, went into action immedi ately, returned late last n?^ht, little damaged. Batteries of the British flag shin Amphion sliehtly damaged. Twenty-two German ami six English wounded brought ashore and taken to naval establishment ut Shotley, I* Germany has t^ent an ultimatum to Italy saying, unless she s\ib p?/ts her allies, war will be declared on her by Germany. , v Reporfe??t Frencntfl?it has;capiured avGerniap^crulseV^-^ 7>': -' ,.. . .-' - :'-.; ) \ y Japan will ^send-.a fleet and "fen -thousand rrien to ^'tt?c^l^fau-. Battleship; ^jda^o^ determine whether there v?Ht be ^ Y \ raf?r^Tsicllv. . ^M*?^. $ Fifteen thousand Swiss In the United to join the army of Switzerland. ?r? ordered home Brussels, E. O. S.?Two disguised German officers? .arrested at-Ostend, had in their possession extensive military , notes and valu able plans. They are to be shot. ? London; August 6.?.It is reported German warships are bom barding Sveaborg, Finland today. Sveaborg is called Baltic Gibraltar. E. O. S. Washington, August 6.?-United States diplomatie dis patches from Belgium confirm Brussels report of heavy German de feat at Liege. Germans caught between two forts. Annihilation of some of Belgium troops in furious charge against overwhelming Ger man force also reported. . Liege, August 6.?t-orce of German lihiane made DrilU?nt, fatal attempt to capture Belgian general staff. Belgians, annihilated'then?; Heavy Fighting. Paris, August 5.?Official advices say that Germany, declared war against Belgium yesterday and that German forces moved on Bel gium from the territory between Aixla Chapel and Rfceidt. There has been fighting arouud Liefe and Vise, the latter town has been burned. Civilians caughv by the Germans firing upon them were executed. ; ^ Several dirigibles have been hovering over Brussels, and Ihe residents of the Belgian capital, in a state of exasperation are at' . ing the Germans in the city. . Heavy Fighting In Progr?s*. Amsterdam, August 5.?Via London.?A dispatch to the Han ?elsblad from Maest rieht says: (Continued' on Page Seven.) -1?m&? S'il* fcgf JLVtmjffti? Am>s?j In Rail Road Wreck ' (By Associated Press.) Joplln, ,Mo., Aug. S.?Thlrty-efght persona were killed and 26 injured In a collision between northbound passenger train No. 2 on the Kansas City Southern Railway and a MIs sourt and North Arkansas Railway gasoline * motor car, running on the Kansas City Southern trecka near Tip ton Ford 10 miles south of here. According to the reports received here, both the motor car and the train were running at a high rate of speed when they met at Tlpton Ford, a small siding- WIth the collisions came the explosions of the gasoline car, set ting both the motor car and the train sflre. Every person in the motor car was killed ,it is said. . ; The motor car wae.. shoved back three hundred yard? by the train and was left suspended over the locomo ^Nohe of the passengers on the train Were killed although the engineer and firemen were injured. .Because of thtfraptt spread of- tue flames the exact number of the dead waa not known hours after the accl dent. Some reports say it will' *>a*?? 60. The motor crew Is said to have' had orders to pass the northbound pa?* Songer train at Tlpton Ford. \ The train crew .had similar ornare>;'JI* stead of waiting for the train to bass, however, the motor car is said to aave proceeded soutn, and upon reding a curve a mile, beyond, the colUi?ton occurcd. ; : ] ' " ROADS DECLARE EMBA 1160 i No Shipments to European Posts WO! Be Accept?e. (By Associated Proas.) New Orl?ans. Aug. 6.?An bl on the shipment o? gtUA>0?p to Europe from New Orleans was tended to Indued all freight.Tor ship ment to Europe, officers of the^road; declrred. A similar embargo had previously been der'ared by the Tex as and racine Railroad. :, Vp