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, ? - ...r. < OHARLES W. BIROHMORJE, PROP* > VOL. u-,L^g^ k CAMDEN. KE ..?, - ' - sHi . 1 5 wa ? S ?-..' ? siffiEg ? ; %<&*? ? -? ? ? - ? .? - / *&.??? ....... . ? ' . . .T ? jr* 1 ' - " -' 1 ' :'' 1 'r<. 11 .". 1 ? ' ' ' .' ^ i^pVw^-r ^??v ^ ' V' 4MTHB HAND Of TH* DllXICdfrjfit SHALL RULE. ? ? * ?? i ? ? ? r, ^ * ' '?" ' ' '?' ??? ?? 11 ?? ? ' ? ? ?- ? " ?? - ; *? \ 3?i ?? ; i~" . ^ '.?' ' ? ''?? ? ? ? ' *7J>.WLlSv . TERMS $1.50 IN ADVANCE PER ANNUM. DAY. AUGUST 11 1?14. NO. 40 SILENCE REM *?r' * .;? J"/ i *? > ? - ??'.. ?? ? ? i .i .* 7'S ; -r ** I SEATS OF VAI GIVE IDT SCANTY NEWS OF WAR SEA FIGHT UNCONFIRMED France and German)- Are S?id to be Concentrating Their Arrnlee for De cisive Conflict on Border ? British Admiralty Refuses to Confirm Naval Battle Humor*. Complete silence reigns as to mili tary movements In both Gormany and France and it is assumed .both armies 1 are concentrating for decisive battles. No hint as to where they will come into contact bas been given. Winston Spencer Churchill, flrst-J lord of tho British admiralty, Friday declared In the Houbb of Commons there had been hi fighting or losses othdr than had been announced offi cially. This statement ensued on re ports of a naval battle between Ger man and British ships, but the ad miralty refused information. It was regarded as significant that the fish ing fleets in the east coast of England were given permission to go out to sea. Liege, Belgium, was again attacked by German troops Thursday night, but was still holding out. The report of a German reverse there was donled in a dispatch from Berlin. Tho German cruisers Goeben and Rreslau, obliged, owing to ltallau neutrality, to leave 8an Salvatore, Sicily, have gone ou to me t the Brit ish fleet. , The commanders are said to have handed their wills to the Gor man consul before departure. A London newspaper report says the German orown prince has been seriously injured by an unidentified assailant. A Finn sea captain at Stockholm reported the Russian navy bottled up at Helslngfors and the Russian portfc of Llbau and Reval burning after an attack by German vessels. No confir mation has been made. Many German merchant vessels were brought Into English ports Fri day by BrittBh cruleera. The Holland Lloyd steamer ^ Tubantla, with $2, 600,000 from South America for the 1 Deutschfe Babk In- London, was alsoi wheat" and wlno crops. ;? Toklo- reports the German squad-* I ton at Tslnff>T4ity China* hemmed ln by British war vessel^. The British tank steamer San Wll- 1 frcdo Jh reported destroyed by a mine 1 off Cuxhfcvon,- Germany, and the Brit ish steamor Cralgforth was beached near Constantinople after oontact with a mine. Paris and London send unconfirm ed dispatches concerning the fighting at Mege, Belgium. Tho French tele frram states that fierce fighttng con tinues in the streots, whllo tho Lon don message reports the German at tackors asking for an armistice of 24 hours. < *?; Persistent reports of an important encounter betweon the German and British fleets ln the North Boa kept the British public in a state of agi tation throughout tho foronoon. The excitement was not allayod until the first lord of the admiralty made offi cial announcement In parliament that stories of fighttng and losses oth er than those of the British cruiser Amphion and the Gorman mine layer Koenigln Lulso were unfounded. News from tho German side was extremely meagre, owing to Interrup tion of direct telegraphic communica tion. Dentals came from Berlin by way of other countries of the repulso] of the German forces before tho Bol glan city of Liege. Belgian sources declared the attackers had been checked with heavy losses. Movements of tho great aggrega tions ot troops which must by this time have gathered at their spring ing off points on the Gerpian fron tiers, faolng both the Russian and the French armies, are kept from public knowledge. Military authorities. |n London, however, are of the^opinlon that preparfcttohs must be * almost complete for a forward move which will give some indication ot the plan bt campaign. The French army authorities have also raised a heavy soreen tp hide their war. motes. They seem entire lv satisfied with the manner In whloh the men of the nation rosponded to a 09 11 to arms and they deolare every preliminary move to have been cur ried out aocordlng to the plans draft ad by ihe popular cOmmander-ln chlef, Oen. Joseph Jeff re. Pifom far oft portions of the world , where dermany, Bng land and France have colonies, all of which are In a stete of defense, only brief dispatches trickle over the wires. Theae Indi cate that small engagements have oc curred, especially In Chinese Waters where tfrench, German* British and Russian we* vessels are stationed. The most important news from thai ? aerie* Is ihe report that the British .;ix sqoadipn has hemmed In the German i vessels at Tslng-Tau which is strong- 1 V>;:' 1y fortified and has a numerovii gar rison of German troops. ' 1 * yiv ) ' r MUM. The British cruiser Amphlon, 3,4 4ft trt tone and carrying fff men/ltnra a m to*1Md Thursday, end sank, carrying 181 men to their death. Radio Button* Nentral. filM* The United States government has Issued an ofrder to all of its radio stations to remain striotfy neutral in tM Atop** of metier, PULL OFF FIST FIGHT 1 t I moork aad.willis go a round AT YORKVILLE. j* i" ? i' ~ M Candidates for Adjutant and Inspec tor Geiioral Rush Together Over Hot Words. , A flat flght between M. C. WIIUb and his opponent, W. W. Moore. Ad Jutant General, featured the meeting Yorkvllle Thursday, working the J crowd up to Wild pitch .of excitement. Monr' Was 8ayin* ihftt a?n. Moore had been crltlclalng him and the tforkvllle Company, and said his People knew he was a truthful man If there Is one thing I have handed ?or ?y cl?lldren 11 a reputation whft i f integrity, and any who intimates otherwise tells a faUe ?ro0m m8 b,rR B8 any WhIch emanates from tho pits of hell," he stated. Adjt. Gen. Moore rose from his .^aIked Up to Capt- Willi? and w ^?U refer to me?" 0n c?Pt Willis naying. -Yes," Qon. Moore struck him, tho blow falling on Capt. the 1 ok rrrf? Capt' Wil,t8 hlt back< J, g on Qen- Moore's face More blows followed, but Chairman * and police ?8hed in, and as sisted by several of the crowd, which bad rushed on the stand, separated the combatants. u ed thG Cr0Wd whlch pack ed the stand frantically gave advice Willi.' partisans demand ng that Gon. Moore be removed from tho stand. The chief of police was while by. the AdJutan* General lis Y i? m? tBurroundod Capt. Wll ? i ielding to the reqests of Chair man McDow the people loft the stand nnd quiet being restored Capt. Willis ?included his speech. ne told the t.Z Y'ley C?Uh' now decide for themselves who was telling the trth setting an ovati?n aiJ<J f, 1 he concluded. I It looked for a while as if the crowd was not going to let Oen I Moore apeak, for the cries of the WIN vvmi 1Gr8 kept up a d'?- Capt. I Jen VI 88 d I?h people to accord i ":n Moo.ro u hearing and Chairman Die . for qu,et* The peo- I \ it ? ?nd quieted down and The A?i?n; r? began h|* speech, ted t h General said he regret ted the occurrenco and apologized to ?V,TWd' b,Ut Bald' "Never so long that to* 1 aUoW an ln8ult 1!keI that to go unresentod," saying there was not a man In the crowd wfth any backbone but who would not ha?e tione ns he did. ve| had started I by vtajlfc. M.jiirii lot# 0f h!16 mftnn?r M whjch he hid! gotten hi? endorsements from the Na- 1 Wimi hUHrd8' and 81114 that Capt. ' ! flhft^ Precipitated the' Whole f v ? Sftld ?apt' W,1U8 had romwi i Yorkv,Ue- w??ere he was sur rounded by all his friends, to do this. ldea of a number of men 7U5 ?? ?" 006 he exclaimed. ed ?? he tnK,T UUmber ?'"K'e-hand f ' he to,d the crowd, which again I 1 eeH " Bhow,ng th?ir resentment byl nZiJ r,e?Rrk8' but Mr. McDow ad monished Gen. Moore and the flurry I ->f Bh?? ?? 0en JMo?re took up the rest his time with a defence of his ad I can'!i V"^tl0#" The flKht betwe? ^e candidates for Adjutant General, who were among the earlier speakers drew people like a loadstone and iioarly a thousand mon wore gathor-l I ?d around the stand. I 1)110 IN WRECK. Thirty-eight Passengers Are Killed at Joplln, Mo. Thirty-eight persons woro killed itid 25 Injured in a collision between northbound passenger train No. 2 on the Kansas City Southern railway And a Missouri & North Arkansas gasoline car, running on the Kansas! City Southern tracks near Tipton Ford, ten miles south of Jopln, Mo., Wednesday night. Mistaken orders are said to have caused tho accident. According to reports both tho mo tor car and the train were running at a high rate of speed when they met at Tipton's Ford, a small siding. With the collision came the explo sion of the gasoline reservoir of the motor car. Betting both the motor car and the train afire. Every person In tho motor car was killed, it is said. None of tho passengers on the train Canada Bay" Two Submarines. | Two powerful submarines, 125 feet long and with a tonnage of 4 BO tons, built at Seattle (or the Chilean gov? ernment, havq been purchased by Canada, ? >, i ^ i. (Jwmnn Kagle Torn Down. The double eagle over tho German consulate at Vancouver, B. C.f wrh tourn down Wednesday by a tnob which threatened to destroy the con sulate. AftrMment In MmIqo. President Carbajal and (Jen. Car ranr.a Wednesday ^reached a full agreement tor the turning over of the Mexican government to the victorious rebel*. .. "i ?1 f li GMroahs Repulse ftttMlan Cavalry. A force of Russian Cosaaoks which attempted to overrun the German frontlet guard at Bolder In Beet Prussia. Thursday were repuleed with heavy losses.' " ? i*' mirti i l?mV f ' "? Aircmffc Shot Down. A. German dirigible waa brought down near Herve by the Are of a Bel gian fort. Another aeroplane flying l.#00 feet high VM brought down tfy a bullet which wbunded the prtot. Hpartanbnrg Raroltmea^ * , flpartAnburg county baa enrolled rot^ri tor tfe# coming primary, IRS; WILSON DIES ?\\ " ? 1 1 ? ? " PRESIDENT'S WIFE PASSES AWAT AT IKE HITT BOUSE *- ^ ^ W? - 5} v.%- >, HER END IS PATHETIC President Wilson 'and Hi* Throe Daughters Are Present* at Death Bed ? Preeldent Seems Almost Prostrated With Grtef, But Brave ljr Bears Shock of His Loss. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the I president of the United 8tate8, died I at .the White House at B to'eloek I Thursday afternoon. Death' camel after a struggle of months against 1 Bright's disease with complications. I The president was completely un- 1 nerved by the shock and his grief was heartrending. He bore up well un- 1 dfcr the strain, however, and devoted I himself to his daughters. I The end came while Mrs. Wilson I was unconscious. Her illness took a I turn for the worse shortly before 1 I o'clock In the afternoon and from I then on she gradually grew weaker. I Kneeling at the bedside at the end I were the president and their three I daughters. Dr. Cary T. Orayson, U. I S. 'N., and a nurse were tn the room I and Just outside a door were Secre- 1 tary McAdoo and Francis B. Sayre, I Mr. Wilson's sons-in-law, and Mr. I Tumulty, his secretary. Both houses I of congress adjourned when Mrs. I Wilson's death was announced and I for a brief time the wheels of the I government virtually stopped. - I The beginning of the end came at I 10 o'clock Thursday morning, when I Dr. E. P. Davis of Philadelphia, who I had been called In for consultation, realised the time for hope had pass- I ed. He took the president Into the J Red room and there in broken voice I told him the truth. Mr. Wilson's I face blanched, but he bore the shock I well. He was Informed the end waB I a question of hours. Mr. Wilson then took his daugh-| tors, Mrs. W. 6. McAdoo. Mrs. Sayre I and Miss Margaret Wilson, aside and I told them. Until then they had I thought there waB a chance for her I recovery. From that time on the president! and hls daughters remained constant- 1 ly at the bedBlde. The president held I his wife's hand and the three daugh- 1 ters were grouped nearby. Until she I became unconscious Mrs. Wilson fre-l or the ot^erJ During the d*y Mrs. Wilson spoke I to Dr. Orayson Jibout the president, 1 of whose healthshe thought morel than her own. 1 "Promise me," she whispered! faintly, "that if 1 go you will take! care 6f my husband " It was the same touch of devotion I which she so many times has re-1 peated, her constant anxiety having I been that the president might notl worry about her or be disturbed In j official tasks. The president retui*ned to the sick I room rrom the last conference wm? I the doctor, his three daughters lean- 1 Ing op his arm. Francis Bowes Sayre I and Secretary McAdoo and Secretary I Tumulty stayed outside the door. . . I Mrs. WilBon lapsed Into uncon- 1 Rclousness but rallied. By 1 o'clock I she began to sink rapidly. She still 1 could recognize those about her and I looked cheerfully toward them and I smiled. I At 2 o'clock Mrs. Wilson still was | consolous. but her strength almost I had departed and a few minutes later! she sank Into the sleep of uncon sciousness from which she never awoke. For three hours the presi dent and his three daughters gazed longingly Into her eyes In the hope that she might speak again, but she could not. The sun was casting its long shad ows from the Potomac to the south grounds, coloring the fountains, gar dens and elmB. There was hushed stillness in ?he upper apartments. All eyes were turned towards the south west corner of the house. Just at the hour of five death j came. The president and his daugh- | ters were In tears. Secretary Tumul ty walked slowly to the executive of fices, Ills head bowed. Quietly he announced to the correspondents that the end had come. A pall of gloom settled over the executive mansion and the offices. Presently Dr. Orayson, his face hag gard and worn from a day and night vtgtl. came to the office. There was an Impressive sllencc everywhere. Secretaries, attaches, clerks and ser vantw weomcd ovorcomo. Vice-Presldont Marsh nil and mem" hern of the cabinet and the leaders In congress were notified. Doth houses promptly adjourned. The flag on the White House dropped, gates were closed and the silence of death spread over the .White Houiie for the fltcit time lino* 1893, when Mrs. Ben jamin Harrison passed away. Mrs. Wilson had told the preslderit In the morning she would more cheer fully "go away" If the bill for the Improvement of Washington alleys was passed by congress. A word to leaders from Secretary Tumulty and the measure was adopted In silence by the Senate and soon reported In th* House, where it was passed Fri day. Mrs. Wilson learned the measure would he a law In another* day or so and expressed hersattsf action. She had become deeply Interested In the social welfare of the community and haA worked always without seeking aid of the president, it was the Strain of this, the dntlea of entertain ment and kidney trouble, which bf came ohronlc last Autumn, that sap ped her life. Both houses of congress adjourn ed as mark of respect. . *f*?. hM b*tu to poor !w- ? '> v ' " ' ? health sine? last February when eh* (ell and strained her spine. She lite? recovered' from that Injury, but Hit the meantime kidney trouble set In* and gradually she grew wether and weaker. About two months ago her condl tlon began to grow eerlous and two weeks ago Dr. Qrayson became alarm ed. Noted specialists were called In and trained nursee were kept 1* con stant attendance. She continued to. grow worse, however* until serious .sinking spells came Monday gad 'Tuesday. Mrs. Wilson was 50 ytfars old and when she came to the White1 House was In robust health; r 1 Mrs. Wilson was Miss Ellen Louise Axson, daughter' of, a Prfesbyterian clergyman, and was born in Savfcn ttah, Oa. She was a student at the Netf York Art league, when the met Mr. Wilson, who then was taking, 'a postgraduate course at Johns Hop kins. The president rind ItfS. Wilson were married June 24, 1885. 'Mrs. Wilson was a sister of Prof. Btookton Axson, bead of the department . English literature at Princeton, And of the wife of Dean Edward Elliott of Princeton. . A landscape gardener and a paint er of well recognized ability, Mrs. Wilson devoted muoh of her time to artistic subjects. She took personal charge of the gardens at "Prospect" while Mr. Wilson was president of' Princeton and also of the White House gardens. She had the appear^ ance of what is called "an purdoors woman'. Her skin was smooth and girlish, and her eyes, until recently, sparkled with health. She was known as a beautiful woman. Mrs. Wilson's indoor life had been devoted to books and artlstlo pur suits. Her paintings have taken prizes In competition. Her social ob ligations forced her to omit some of her accustomed artistic and literary recreation after she became mistress' of the White House, but as the "First Lady of the Land" she was ever ready with advice and material help, wherever a good cause might benefit. Her domestic life is described as having been attractive. 8he had a knowledge of the domestic arts, and wqb a good cook. It 1b related of her that she liked to prepare dishes or have them prepared under her per sonal supervision for the president, and that she always made It a point personally to prepare for him the orange juice he has with his break fast. RACE INTO PORT. Rig British Liners Race From Ger man Men or War. t ? - ' > " ?? *? Two transatlantic liners, flying the Thursday as a haven from German cruisers. The unexpected arrivaja were the mammoth Cunard Lintor Mauretanla and the big Cedrlc, of the White Star Line. Both had been warned by the British cruise* Essex of the presence of hostile vessels in North Atlantic waters and advised to mako with all speed for Halifax. The Essex herself convoyed the Cedrlc In to port. ? It was early in the day when the Mauretanla surprised Halifax . by steaming into port. Arrangements for convoying her passengers to New iYork were still In progress when word reached there that the Cedrlc also was making for that harbor. The Mauretanla brought more than 1,600 passengers and the Cedrlc more that 1,000. It already haB been ar ranged that the Mauretanla's passen gers proceed by the land. The Ced ric's master is awaiting orders as to ?tho disposition of those on board his venRel. PRISONRR8 OF WAR. Londoners fie? Klghty-I've German Reservists Marched Away. Londoners had tho flrBt realization of wAr brought home to them Thurs day njght when hundreds of commu ters taking their trains pt the Vic toria station were surprised to see 86 German prisoners guarded by English soldiers with fixed bayonets. The Germans were naval resorvlBts taken from their ships and made prisoners of war. A goodly number of naval reserv ists and also some German army re servists, who were attempting to pro ceed to Germany, were held by the authorities. Rome persons In the orowd In the station thinking the Germans spies began to hiss thenar. The demQQStratton was Quickly alien-' ced by cries of "shame". The Ger mans seemed on the bent of terms with their captors. Rnrned the RM Fluff. A hostile crowd * of Englishmen broke into a peace mooting being held by ah independent labor union at Saffron, Walden, England, t inted <io wn their ted flafe and buried It. ' < ? ?? ?? ? ? Mob Ruin* German Embassy. A mob of Russians attacked the German embassy at 8t. Petersburg Wednesday night and burned the fur nlture after wreokin'g the building. F.>" French Aid TMvelen. I The government of France of its own Initiative Wednesday deposited nAVAral million franoe to pay letters [of credit and travelers checks. Yrtntribntoe Mall Wee. The French government haa an^ nounced Ite intention to transmit free of charge all mail for the French sol diers. To Convoy British fthlps. An English cruiser 1? at present in the Gulf of Mexico watting to earry 'four English freighter* across the Atlantic. I V V ' ?.???., -i Austria at War With Russia, Austria Thurify *4f on Ruitm- . ; ii I WANDS BY HIS FRIENDS 'Srarv ? * ? OOV. ALE ASK PARDOW8 ONE OF ? "<. ?? H1B HENCHMEN. . > ? Lwwi vit i . _ H*d Been Convicted of Most Condact While a Rural Dee Advocate, published at vUle, says Joe.P. Hlnson has latfcd a full pardon by Gov. before ever beginning to serve tence. The Advocate says the this case are familiar to the Of Marlboro. icon was charged, while a rural with shooting Walter Mating B. P. Barber over the j th a pistol, punching O. B. dMrs. Moye In the Btomach Is while Mrs. Moye was In condition, entering the <*n rbom and lying across their ,w?d. child in a drunken stupor, atlng tlieir bed clothing and room | rslng and abusing Mrs. Barber, ther outrageous conduct during j ht which he spent at the home B. Barber. 0 bounty supervisor employed rms of attorneys and the county j them 9IOO each to defend Hln Hts trial was put off from time toj^kie by his attorneys. After wait- 1 * r several months for a trial, Mr. Moye returned to their Geor , home. Hlnson was Anally brought to^fidal In March, 1913, for shooting Wtftter Pruitt. er a very strenuous fight in hie | 'ftlf by the attorneys employed by thfc&ounty, Hlnson was convicted by Jjury and was sentenced to six hi a In the penitentiary. The %t- j torom i , employed by tho county ap-i m the case to the? supreme | , and Hlnson was released on The appeal has never been d in the supreme court, e governor has now annulled the | ct of the jury and the sentence e judge, and forestalled the ac of the supreme court. Hinson an ardent supporter of Gov. e in his campaign for governor, It was .freely predicted that he j , id never allow him to serve sen tence; There is a case still pending In. j court against Hinsbn for assault [ d'.E. B. Barber. At the last term topurt the grand Jury recommend-! that Hteps be taken to reimburse county for money which had been l^'tout to attorneyu to defend Hin . ?? ?. . ? ?< > e e ? OFFERS GOOD OFFICES. T'A' ?' ? "? ? * ' ? 1*0*' Addressee Holers of Powers <?*? . ; ^President WiU?a_Wedoe?day offer ed his good officoB to all the powers ; involved In the war. The -president has sent the following message; to Bfepercnf William, Emperor Nicholas, Emperor Fran?-Joseph, President | PmiOAfcrand King George: ' omolal head of one of the pow erf signatory to The Hague conven tion I feel it to be my privilege and m^vAnty under Article Three of that contention to say to you in a spirit of m4st earnest friendship that I should Welcome an opportunity to act in the interest bf European peace either hotafor at any other time that might be thought more suitable, as an occa fei^n to serve you and all concerned in;* way that would afford me lasting catifte for gratitude and happiness. (Signed) ""Woodrow Wilson " ? ? ? - PAROLED MAN SHOT Ftfrt Mill Man Suffers Wounds Which ' ? f ^ .*! 4r ? *..? .z' ?' * : ?? May Prove Fatal. Otis Hilton, who Is Haiti to have beep parolod from tho State penlten tlay by Qov^Blease some months ago for the killing of a negro in Chester, was shot and seriously wounded in a drug store at Fort Mill at 9 o'clock Tuesday night by his second cousin, Will F. Johnson. Three balls enter ed Milton's body, though it Is not thought that he is fatally wounded. Johnson was arrested immediately after the shooting and locked up.! Bad feeling Is said to have existed between' the men for some time, and1 wh'&A they met In the drug store Johnson Is said to have begun shoot ing at Hilton without a word having passed between thorn, ?*'"1 "?? ??'''+ ?" 4 ? '?? ?' French Socialist* Will Fight. At a mass meeting Tuesday th? French Socialists determined to light for'ttkelr country and not to attempt reprisals or the murder of their leader* Jean Jaures, last Friday. .V. ? t 0 .0 Cruiser Takes Gold Abroad. The armored cruiser Tennessee will start for Europe Thursday night ?1th nearly $8,000,000 government "money for the relief of stranded Americans f ?- ..tin i #? e ? I American Senator Marooned. f Fifty Amerloan commercial dele* gates, headed by Seriator Dune Fletoher of Florida, are now maroon* ed in Purl* trying to get passage In, 1.10. ? SNEAKS FROM PORT CDNARD LINER LDSITAN1A TO RISK GERMAN CAPTURE / SHIPS WATCHING FOR HER English Liner Leavee New York Har bor While Warships of Three Na tion* Hover On Her Trail. ? The (liances Are For First Naval Hat tie in Century Near Our Coast. Three British, one Qerman and one French man-of-war Wednesday night were hovering off the New Jersey coast, almost within striking dis tance of New York These war ves sels all have been watching the steamship lanes presumably to cap ture liners of hostile nations. Steamships conditions off the American north Atlantic coast have taken on sorao of the aspects of a blockade. Foreign veasols which ven ture to leave New York go forth un der risk of capture. Others Incoming traveled for the most part at full speed ahead, regardless of danger In darkness and fogs. Their wireless oreprators caught fragments of con versation between cruiser and cruiser but were unable to interpret what they overheard as the messages were in code. Eaoh day the number of ships daring to sail from New York to Eu ropean ports has been growing small er. Wednesday only three wont out ? the French steaniBhlp La Lorraine, carrying 700 French reservists and about 300 other passengers; the Cunard liner Lusitanla, with 2 4 r? passongers for England and the Oreek liner Athenian, with SOfl Greek, 200 Italian and a few Servian reservists, for the Mediterranean. Usually the Lusitanla takes flv# and one-half days to make her Eng lish port. This trip she will make it In less than five days, it was de clared on. board before she sailed. The cargo of the Lusitanla was kept secret. It was said, howovor, that she carried only about $250,000 in money. It was declared that Capt. Low, her commandor, expected to re ceive orders at sea as to where he should put In. Also it was said that the Lusitanla had an extra Rupply of ccal and the first officer added: ?'We are prepared to cut anything down we meet at sea." The LuBitania was fitted up for machine guns on deck, but it was not admitted that such guns wer$ on aKhoiiffh Jj.: ** tfe were. v*".:V - , ' '*>'-? % ? ? The first of the German fighter* to arrive oft the American coast, was thf Geripan cruiser Dresden The Dresden, by wireless measures Inter cepted at shore stations, revealed the presence of a second Qerman, the Karlsruhe, and later the crackling wireless flung out across the sea mlle> the intimation that not only the Brit ish Borwick, but the French Con'de were within Bpeaklng range. Then to these were added the Lan caster and the Essex, which coaled at Bermuda and left that port on a mys terious mission only a few days ago And from some of the headless ru mors along the water front In New York the German Stuttgart should be added to the list. The German's chances of capturlnp the. Lusitanla are not believed to be overbrlght, even were she not con veyed. Such chances as they bavo are based solely on the Karlruhe. Neith er the Dresden not the Stuttgard Is rated at more than 2 3 knotB, and It Is doubtful if the Dresden, aftor a long sojourn In tropic waters, could ap proach that speed. The Karlsruhe, on the other hand, is a new ship, nearly fresh from the builders' hands, and while the secret, of her speed is unknown, it Is known she was built for 27 knots, and that most German ships have either equalled or exceeded their designed speed. On form, thereforo, the Kffrlsruhe must bo conceded a chance to capture the British liner. The chances are heavily In favor of the British and French In a sea flght. go much so, indeed, that it Is most likely that the Germans would prudently truqf to tholr speed to show the enemy a clean pair of heels. It would not be a sea fight, probably, unleAti a running ohe, for the three British ships and the Frenchman are armorod cruisers, while the three Germans are only light protected ships. The Dresden and the Stuttgart car ry only ten 4.1 Inch guns apiece, and ,the Karlsruhe twelve of the same calibre, while the three British ships carry eaoh fourteen fl-lnch and the (jondahas a battery of 7.B inch guns In turrets and eight fl.4 Inch in broadside. I If thfllft wdro not enough otldn against the Germany Atlantic City reported wlroloim dispatches Indicat ing that not only the Conde, but the Jlescarten and Frlant, Fronch prO tected crulnern wore nomewhore In the Vicinity There was a rush of Atlantlo Olty resident* to the top* of buildings, la the hope of fleeing a naval battle, when the news spread abroad, but they were disappointed. the Descartes and Frlant are pro tected ftrutserft, each mounting four 8.4 Inch guns on deck, and having a upend of about twenty knots apiece. Bat while the Germans are all rated as at least twenty-three knot ships or better, the Conde, the fast est of the French, has never shown better than il. the British ships, however, are rated as practically as fast as the Germans, and If they catch a glimpse ot the latter, ma f be Able to head them off, single-hand* ed, If sea light actually does take place fo the waters off the Jersey coastlt will be the first In one hun dred year*. It *As inthe fall of 1814 that Capt. Stephen ftecatur of the tJ. 8, 8. President slipped out of Nr* Yorfc harbor imfltr eover of CONTRABAND ENGLAND NAMES ARTICLES NOW UNDER WAR BAN. Proclamation Cabled to Washington Follows Usual Line Colling Muni tions of War Absolute Contraband.. Great Britain's contraband of war proclamation was cabled to the State department Thursday by Ambassador Page. It placed arm#, ammunition and all distinctly military supplies on the list of "absolute" contraband, and designated food, grain, monoy, horses and general supplies as "conditional" contraband, subject to seizure and to the contraband laws when intended for the use of a Power with which Great Britain is at war. The procla mation follows the usual lines, and those Issued by other countries In volved In the war , will be virtually identical. It names the following as absolute contraband: 1. ArniB of all kinds and their component parts. 2. Projectiles, charges and cart ridges and their distinctive compon ent parts. 3. Powder and explosives specially prepared for use in war. 4. Gun mountings, lumber boxes, limbers, military wagons, field forges and their distinctive component parts. 5. Clothing and equipment of a distinctly military charactor. 6. All kinds of harness of a dis tinctively military character. 7. Saddle, draugh and pack ani mals suitable for use In war. S. Articles of enmp equipment and their distinctive component parts. ft. Armour plates. 10. Warships, including bontB and their distinctive component parts of such a nature that they can only be used on a vessel of war. 11. Aeroplanes, airships, balloons, and air craft of all kinds and their component parts, along with acces sories and articles recognizable for use ii\ connection with balloons and air craft. 112. Implements and apparatus de signed exclusively for the manufac ture of munitions of war, for manu facture of repair of arms or war ma terial for use on land and sea. The following will be treatod as conditional contraband: 1. Foodstuffs. 2. Forage and grain suitable for feeding animals. 3. Clothing, fabrics for clothing aud boots and shoes suitable for use in war. 4. Gold and Bllver in coin or bul lion, paper money. Cv "Vehicles of all kinds available foe use in war and their component parts. G. Vessels, craft and boats of all kinds, floating docks, parts of docks and their component parts. 7. Railway material both fixed and rolled stock, and material for tele graphs, wireless telegraph and tele phones. 8. Fuel, lubricants. 9. Powder and explosives not spe cially prepared for use in war. 10. Barbed wire and implements for fixing and cutting the same. 11. Horse Bhoes and shoeing ma terials. 12. Harness and saddlr 13. . Field glasses, teleBv *s, chro nometers and all kinds of nautical instruments. SUMMONED TO ARMS. German F,mperor Calls Men to lie fence of Fatherland. The German emperor has Issued an order to the German army and navy In which he says: "After 42 yearB of peace, I call upon all Germans Capable of bearing arms. We have to defend our most sacred posessions In fa'herland end home against the reckless assault on all Rtdofl of enemies. "That meann hard fighting. I am confident that the ancient warlike spirit still liven In the Gorman peo ple, that powerful warlike spirit which attacks tho enemy wherever It finds him. regardless of cost, and which In the past has beon the droad nnd terror our enemies. * "I have confidence In you, Ger man soldiers ? in each and all of you An ardent, indomitable will for vic tory in living in each and all of you. I know, if needed, each and all of you would die like heroes. "Remember our greatest, glorious past and that you are Gorman. God bless you." Klurtea ItrltlMh WnrNlilp. Tho German nteamer Frieda I-oon h'art, loaded with two million feet of lumber, wae chased Into Jacknonvllle harbor Wednesday by a firltleh war ehlp, which hung onto Itn courno for neveral hundred mllen. Voaneln Fear to Quit Porta. With Ilrltlnh, French and German warnhlp* hovering In the trana-At lantlc course* condltlonn on the -North Atlantto ehore have almost reached a blockade. Two OrnlaerM Iteport**! I<o?t. The Rimlan crulaer Ankold and tho German orulfte* Kmden are reported to have eng&ged lti battle with the renultant Rlnklng of each Bhlp near WeWlal-Wei, China, Thursday. OMiftd* Oalfa for Volttiitew*, The Canadian government has call ed1 for 20,000 volunteer*. They will b# mobilised at Quebec and trained before embarkation. night In an attempt to run the Hrtt~ tsh blockade. He fell foul of the Brltlfth frigate Endymlon, and while engaged with her wan surrounded by th# whole nrlttah squadron And forc ed, after a <1oip?rat? action, to ?ur r?nd?r, BATTLE AT LIEGE GERMANS HAKE FIERCE ATTACH ON BELGIAN FOITS ESTIMATED LOSS 8,000 For Two Days Gun of Kaiser's Have Battered the Walls of Liege? -At tackers Suffer Heavy Ix>k? on the First Day but Renew Battle With Great Vigor on Next Day. After having suffered a sorioiiB check and heavy caulaltle* at the hands of the Belgians at Liege Wed nesday the German troops Thursday returned to the fray wlthH''Vflfe^>led ardor, and Thursday nigl^Q^ere pounding away at the forts with slego and fiold guns and rifles. In the fighting of Wednesday the estimates of tho German casualties run a8 high at 8,000 men. Tho Inva ders also are said to havo lost a largo number of guns. In one attack a German Infantry division supported by cavalry, march ed onto mined grounr. Tho HelgtanB detonated the mines and an entire battalllon of Germans were killed. Wounded Germans to tho number of 1,000 woro picked' up on the battle held. It Is estimated that lu tho fight ing 4 0,000 Germans woro facod by 25,000 Belgians. In tho attack on Fort Parchon, northeast of tho city, tho Belgians nermltted tho Germans to draw up al l..ost to the walls of the fortress. They then turned loose their gur.B and tho slaughter Is reported to havo been appalling. I'nder the teirlfic fire hero and from the other forts tho Germans woro forced to retire all alonj- tho line. A detachment of Uhlans penetrat ed the city of Llego Wednesday night with tho iutention, it is suspected, of capturing high officials. They had ar rived it the building where the of ficers had quarters when they were surprised and all of them killed. German shells Thrsday breachod the walls of two of the fortresses, which were captured. From tho oth jr forts, however, tho Belgians con linuod to pour a deadly rain of shot and shell into tho advancing Ger mans. The Germans wore able to use their light siege guns against the forts of Liege, which are 30 years old. Two of them are holding out. r/ The Belgians are making a determined resistance before their city. It seemed cortaln that the fortlfl atlons could not stop the German irmy, end tho only question was vhethcr its advance could be delay id. The fortifications already had '.ield for thirty-six hours and tho *e:ce struggle tho Germans had ?nade, and would still have to make, it was believed, would compel them to pause and revictual. If the German army succeeds In destroying Liege it will find itself confronted by an entrenched oamp at Namur, at which tho Belgians are preparing to make a stand as fierce as that at Liege. The Belgian army was brilliantly fulfilling its task of delaying the German advance, and it appears certain tho German plan for campaign in Belgium would bo hin dered by the obstinate stand of the Belgians. Despite the heroic resistance of tho Belgians it is felt in Brussels that tho Invaders, by reason of thefr gfoat great strength, can not much longer be denied and that ultimately they must gain the city of Llego, whonrtn tney aro expected to press onward to Namur In tholr effort to cross Bel gium to tho French frontier. At Namur, which Is strongly fortified. It la assorted the Germans will meet resistance as strong as that at Llogo. The strategic Importance of Liege Is many sided. Vrlncipnlly It In the most stronglv fortified obstacle to the supposed plan of the Germans to out across the lowor half of Belgium Into French territory, but In addition ? o this the city Is of Itself a prize In many ways. I, lege Is the FMttsburg of Belgium. For miles to the southwest along the river Mouse thero are scores of blast furnaces, pudding furnaces, rolling mills and forges. It la the site of the famous Cockorlll Works, f>ald to bo the largest manufactory of machinery In the world. Llego proper, with a population of 108,000, Ilea at the Junotton of the Mouse and the Ourthe In a basin marp^ml by hills. All around the city la a wealth of coal and Iron ore. Tho mines extend even under the city and river. These natural riches, in connection with the favorAblo situation of the city at the junction of two navigable rlvors, have given rlae to the extensive man ufacturing industry in tho city itself. Tho products are varied, but the principle ones, and that which would make Llogo a valuable prize of war, Is that of firearm*. More thhn 3ft, 000 persons aro employed in tho manufacture of nuns, ranging from amall arms to the largest of modern weapons. This is tho 1-oyAl cannon factory and small arm factory also In tho suburb of 8t. Leonard. ?' In wars of the last century Liege has played only a small part, but to day the olty is well defended with modern fortification*. It* strength, it Is said, 1* far greater than gener ally has boon appreciated by MtrAte glata. Tn 1RR8 the Belgium Authori ties decided to adequately fortify both Tilege and NAmnr, the two Im portant point* on the Meufle. At each place a . number of detatched fort* were ^constructed along a perimter drawn advance varying from within four to six miles of the city. At Liege twelve of these fort* were con structed, six on the right bank and six on the left side of the river. All of the forts have been kept fairly well up to date. The heavy gun* in their concrete casement* are railed and lowered automatically, ' Vote* Sinew* of Wiw. The RngHsh Housa of Commons Thursday voted $(00,060,000 In Addi tion to the $845,000,000 voted for war purposes two days tfgo. j l * "M'.' I k< W ^ll.l >? 4 Toorlata Come Rack. The President Grant, * tourist steamer, reversed Its course In told ocean ttaAdfty brought the sight seer* H4ck into New York. ? . r'/Ai.y ?.*#,? < ? " . / . wapked by Germane. The French ou?toms and telegraph off* jt at ftdtae Court and Joeuff, in MeurthA-Atr-Moselle hate been sacked by German Infantry. ' > ? AiMWslU rtffer* Help In assltlng the Empire to make war on OermaQt Australia has offered to ??nd 20,000 m?? ?t her wro upefow.