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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.
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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
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moork aad.willis go a round
AT YORKVILLE.
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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,
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(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*.
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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.'
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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
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PRESIDENT'S WIFE PASSES AWAT
AT IKE HITT BOUSE
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Austria at War With Russia,
Austria Thurify *4f on
Ruitm- . ; ii
I WANDS BY HIS FRIENDS
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OOV. ALE ASK PARDOW8 ONE OF
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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
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OFFERS GOOD OFFICES.
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1*0*' Addressee Holers of Powers
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; ^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 "
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PAROLED MAN SHOT
Ftfrt Mill Man Suffers Wounds Which
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.