The Anderson daily intelligencer. (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, August 07, 1914, Image 1
VOLUME 1, NUMBER 171 Weekly, Established 1600? Daily, Jaa.lt, 1914,
ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1914.
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NVASION OF
HEAVY I
Germsn and English
Reported Engage
FIRST BIG BATTLE OF THE WAR HOURLY
EXPECTED AT LIEGE WHERE ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND SOLDIERS
ARE ABOUT TO CLASH
In An Attack on the German Frontier Russian
Cavalry Waa Repulsed. With Heavy Losses
-Reported That Russian and German
Cruisers Have Sunk Each Other
Out of London comes the report that the British fleet has engag
ed the German fleet in battle on the high seas. j
The British admiralty refuses information as to whether a naval
engagement ls in progress, but British warships which put out several
days ago, have been searching for the Germans in the North Sea.
The British cruiser Amphion has been sunk by contact with a
mine,1 with the; loss of more than one hundred men.
Emperor WHiam; of Germany, in an order to the army and
navy calls on all Germans capable of bearing arms, to fight for the
fatherland; .
In B^lgiurri^tjerr^aris 'and Belg?ajis, are. fighting around Liege
^hv?r|j^ aje- engaged. According to officia
reporjts.from'Brussels, Jho;two days' fighting has cost the German?,
thousands 1 o vmen. The Beligans also are believed to ' have losl
heavily. A.? y?t .there have ben no reports from German sources a:
to the outcome of the German attacks.
Austria- Hungary has declared War on Russia, and the Russiar
ambassador at Vienna has been given, his passports.
(The British prime minister in the house of commons asked for ar
additional appropriation of SSoo.000,000 and an army increase ol
500.000 men* Both requests were granted. At the same time, thc
government declared a moratorium in London for a month with cer
tain exemptions. 1 ... ?
Russian cavalry endeavoring; to enter east Prussia, have beer
driven back.by German frontier guards.
A Tienfsln dispatch says ?ioth-the Russian cruiser Askold anc
the German ?miser Emden, in an engagement off Wei-Hai-Wel
have'been surt.k.
London, August 7.-r(2 a. m.)-Europe awaits with tense inter
cst the outcome of two battles now being waged in the struggles oit th;
nations. '
If report is to be credited the British and German fleets an
engaged in a combat on the high ?eas, which likely will have an im
portint bearing on the conflict. -
tThe German army of the Meuse, in its advance through Belgium
On wednesday Brussels reports declared the Germans had been re
pulsed al! ?long the line, but yesterday the attack wasi renewed wit!
greater energy; and probably with considerable reinforcements t<
the German side. '
It is nott? be forgotten, however, that all news and reports re
specting both land and sea operations have come through. Fi . nch ant
British sources^ of sources in control of or in sympathy with them
GermanyH version of what has transpired has no been received, and
therefore, the story has onty half been told. Under existing condition:
Battle of Liege Is On;
(Dy ABBOC?nt?? Prcas.)
Brussels, Auff. 6 (via Paris.)-Af
ter having suSToro? a serious check
and heavy casu Al ties - at the hands' of
the Belgians nt Ltego Wednesday, thu
German troo^today.returned to the
(fray with redoubled ardor and to
night were pouding away at tho fort?
with siege and flold guna and also
rifles. '. '/?r . ' .; ;
In the fighting of Wednesday tho es
timates of tho casualties J! tho Ger
Ssns ran asi high os 8,000 men., The
vadera i also are said to have lost
a large number xsf guns. .
In ono attack, a German infantry
division, supported ' by cavalry, had
marched onto unused grounds. The
Bol g I an s do toned the mines and th?
entire battalion ot-Germans was kill
ed. Wounded Gera AUB to the number
of 1,200 were picked up on the battle
field. 1 , ..
It lo; ??ftmated that; In:* tho fighting
40,000 Germans ,,w/ere. faced by J&OM
Belgians'. . I ^HHttj&sfr
In theatt?tcF of ??%Varcho$? north
east ot the city, tho ^lftt?1
ted the Germana to . draw -1
to th? walls of ^?he fortres
they turned loose their gun? and th
slaughter is reported to have been ap
palling. j
Undor tho tcrrif?lc firo here am
from the other forts 'the German
were forced to retire, along the lino.
- A detachment of Uhlans penetrate)
the city Wednesday night with the in
tehtlon, it la said, of capturing higl
officials. They had reached the build
lng where the officials had quarter?
when all were surprised and killed.
Gorman sheila today breached lh
walls of two of the fortresses, whicl
were captured. Prom the. other forte
howavor, tho Belgiens continued i
pour a deadly rato of shot end shel
into the advancing Germans.
Despite the heroic resistance of th
Belgians it was felt in Brussels (?j
night that the invaders, by reason o
their strength could not much longe
be ' denied and that ? Ultimately the;
must gain the city of Llego,(whenc
they are expected to press, onward t
Namur in their effort to cross Bel
glum to the French frontiers.
,/At Namur, which ls trongly forll
fled* it ls assorted the Germans wi)
meet resistan ec as, strong aa that n
j Liege.
BESEIGED CITY
IMPORTANT POINT
Liege Is Said io Be the Pittsburg
Of Belgium-Population
Of 168,000
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Auguet 6.-Tho strategh
Importance ot Liege is many sided
Thia is the Belgian city before whlcl
the German advance Is reported tc
have been checked end where, accord
lng to European dispatches, the flrsi
great battle of thc war may be fought
Principally, it is thc most strong^
fortified obstacle to the supposed plat
of the Germans to cut across the low
er half of. Belgium Into French terri
tory, but In addition to this, the cit]
is ol' itself a prize in many wayB.
Lle.Te ls the Pittsburg -of Belgium
For ralles' to the southwest along th?
riv* Meuse there arc scores of bins
furnaces,, puddling furnaces, rollin*
mills and forgos. It ls the site of th?
famous Cockerill works, said to be th?
largest manufactory of machinery ii
the-world..
Liege proper, with a population o
168,000? ll^^ti'?;junction, of. tte
Meuiie and tho Ourthe In a basin mar
gined by hills.
All around the city is a wealth e
coal and iron ore. The mines extent
over under the city and river. Thesi
natural riches; in connection with tte
favorable situation of the city at tte
junction of two navigable rivers5, hav<
given rISe to tho extensive manufac
? turing, industry in the city itself,
p The products are varied, but tte
r principal one, that which would m ak
Liege a veritable prize of war, is tha
of firearms. More than 20,000 person:
are employed tn' tho manufacture o
guns, ranging from small arms to tiv
11 largest of 'modern weapons. There 1
a royal cannon. factory and a sinai
j larra factory also In the suburb of SI
'Leonard,
l'n ' wan of the last century Lieg
has played. only a small part, but ta
day the, city- ls well defended wltl
j modern fortifications. Its strength, I
is eaid, 'la far greater than ' generali:
has been appreciated by strategists
In 1888 the Belgium authorities decid
ed to fortify adequately both Lieg
and Namur, the two. important point
?on the Mouse, At each place a num
ber of detacher . forts were construct
ed along a pern.eter drawn a diBtanc
varying from within four to six mile
bf tho .city.
y j At Llego twelve of these forts wer
. I constructed, six on the right hank an
' six on the left bank of the river. Al
of the torta have been kept fairly wei
up to date. .The heavy guns in tbel
A concrete casements are raised an
1 lowered automatically. The averag
distance .between- them ls four milei
?but two. which;defend.the main lin
of the railway from Germany, are Itt
tie over a mlle apart,
i lt has neenv estimated that 2G.00
men would bo necessary for an adc
qua to defense of these fortifications.
The railway Hiles through Liege ar
tho direct routes f*rpm, Cologne t
Parts and from Luxemburg to Brui
sels, the possession ot either woul
bo valuable prizes to the Genna
army. ?
PB0?D OF NATIONALITY
i I Thousand? bf Americans Getting Cei
s I tif (cates of ettlieisklp In Paris.
. <6y Associated Press.)
Paris,' August 6.-Betweon 5,000 an
6,000 Americans have obtained cert!
?cates of Americas citizenship In tb
last tbrbS day?. Tho French govert
meat hast granted another day for foi
eigner?, to obtain cards permlttln
. them to stay la Paris.
1 Tba French Lice steamer La , Si
vol?, which landed passengers yet
? terday will < not return to New Yorl
1 Sbo.bao beeb taaeu. f*r military pm
po?*f. The liner Chicago, it la el
pectod, will sall from Havre Satur da
i and the France was due. to sall tt
- day," but lt ia announced no mor
y French liners will sail until furthc
a notice.
BULLETIN
Lond?u, Aagnst Cv-Tbe pe?lrs U
il day visited tue landon branch of Ul
t Oentsch? Bank and waot?d all th
.. stfa from tte vaalts. .
ON
EARNES1
REPORTED ON
Piloto by American Press Association.
:amo Big Men of the War
. Here are shownl
p?rsonSl staffs,
waa Tittie thong
that meant a
ie kaiser of. Germany an? the czar of Russin wlt> theil
Miser Is on the left When. this, picture was taken lt I
a a^few months''^
it.flrted tba entire world with dread. ?..
MRS. WILSON
PASSES AWAY
END CAME AT FIVE O'CLOCK
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
IN WASHINGTON
is' A GREAT LOSS
Messages of Condolence Are Sent
By. the Thousands to Bereaved
President and Foit?ly1
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. CJ-^Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, wife af the President of the
United States, died at tho White
house at 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Death came after a brave struggle for
months against Bright's. disease with
complications. . * v
The President was completely un
nerved by the-shock and his grief was
heartrending. He bore up well un
der the strain, however, ?and devoted
himself to his daughters.
The end came while Mrs. Wilson
was unconscious. Her : Illness took - a
turn for. the worse shortly after 1
o'clock this afternoon,?-and.'from then
on Bhe gradually grew weaker.
Kneeling at the bedside at the end,
were the President and their three
daughters, pr. Cary f.-'Gayaon, U. S.
N., and a nu'/o were in the room, and
just outside were Secretary McAdoo
and .Francis B. Sayre,- Mr. Wilson's
sons-in-law, and Slr. Tumulty, his
secretary.
Both houses of congress adjourned
when Bars. Wilson's death was ah
nouned. and for a brief - time tho
wheels, of the government virtually
stopped.
All-Hope Abandoned.
The beginning of the. end. came at
ID o'clock this morning when Dr. E.
P. Davis, of Philadelphia, had been
called, uv for consultation, realizing
the time foroopo had passed. He took
the. president into tho red room and
there lu a broken voice told him tho
truth. Mr. Wilson's face blanched,
but he bore the shock well. He was
informed the end w?a a question of
hours.
Mr. Wilson then took; his daughters,
MVS. MCAdoo, Mrs.. Sayre abd Miss
Margaret Wilson aside, and told them.
Until then they had thought that there
was a chance for ber recovery.
From this tinta on the president
and his daughters. remained con
stantly at her bedside^ ' The Presi
dent held hut wife's hand, . and the
three daughters were grouped nearby.
Until she became nneobsei?ns, Mrs.
WilBon' frequently 'nodded' to- one or
the other; and smiled "cheer f ni I y.
During tho day Mrs. Wilson spoke*
to Dr. Grayson about the President
or .whoso health she' thought more
than of her own.
Her Ruling Passion. . .
"Promise me," she'faintly whisper
ed, faintly, "that if I go, you will,take
care ot. my husband * * * " It was
the same touch of devotion which she
so many times repeated-her constant
anxiety having boen that the President
might not worry about her or be dis
turbed in official tasks.
The President returned to tho Sick
room from tho' lust conference, with
the doctor, his three daughters lean
ing on his arm. Francis B. Sayre and
Secretary McAdoo, and Secretary Tu
multy stayed outside the door. Mrs.
Wilson lapsed Into uncosciousnesa, but
rallied. By 1 o'clock she began ".'to
sink rapidly. She could recognise
those about her and looked cheerful
towards them and smiled.
At 2 o'clock Mrs. Wilson was: yet
conscious, but her strength had al
mo Rt departed and a few minutes la
ter she sank Into the sleep of un
consciousness from which she never
awoke. For three hours thePf-osi
dcui and his daughter* gased longing
ly Into her eyes in the hope that she
might again speak but she could1 not
The sun was casting its long . shad
ows from the Potomac to the south'
grounds, coloring th? fountains,. gar
dens and elms.
When Beath Came.
There was a hushed stillness in the ?
upper apar tm .its. All eyes .were
turned toward ' the southwest corner
of the house..
Just at the hour.of S death cam?.
The President abd his daughters
were in tears. - Secretary Tumulty j
walked slowly to the executive office,
hts bead bowed. Quietly U? announ
ced to the correspondents that the end
had como.
A pall of gloom settled over the
executive mansion and the offices.
Presently Dr.- Grayson, his face hag' j
gard and worn from a day and night
vigil, came to the offices. There-was
an impressive silence everywhere.
Secretaries, attaches, clerx* and
servants seemed overcome.
vice-President ' Marsball and the
members of the cabinet and the lead
ers in" congress were notified. Both
hom><w promptly adjourned. The. flag
of titis White 'house dropped., 1 gates
w?re closed and the allende: of death
spread over, the White House for the
first time since 1892, when' Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison Passed Away.
- . At the Fanera!,
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made. The place of burial will
either be Rome, Ga., where Mr?. Wil
son lived for years, or Princeton, v.N.
J., where tee family lived for . 26
years. Dr. Sylvoster W. Beach, of. the
First Presbyterian church where the
family has attended 'for years,, .han
(Continued on Page Sev*jn) i-,' :<
LAND AND SEA
LATEST HAPPENINGS OF WAR;
T BULLETINS G0VERIN6
ALL IMPORTANT DETAILS
EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE BULLETINS
MINUTELY DESCRIBING ALL MILITARY
MOVEMENTS AND BATTLES
TOLD IN FEW WORDS
Go Down Together.
London, August 6.- (3.37 p. in.)--A despatch to the London
Daily Mai] from Tien Tsin says that the Russian cruiser Askold and
Hie German cruiser, Emden, both have been sunk after an engagement
off Weihaiwai. China.
The Emden was a protected cruiser of 3,592 tons. She car
ried teri 4-inch guns and was fitted with two torpedo tubes.
The displacement of the Askold was 5,905 torts. Her armament
consisted of twelve 6-inch guns, twelve 3-incli'guns and eight 3
pounders. After the hattie of $eYell?w.Sea, m thc Russo-Japanese
war, she was interned at Shanghai.
. \ ' \ Cruiser Sunk By ?Mine. ' ' .
London, August 6.-(10.50 p. m.)-An admlratfy'report says
the British cruiser'Amphion was sunk this morning by striking a mine.
Paymaster jj. T; Gedge arid 13? men were lost. The captain, sixteen
^officers and 135 men were,saved. - >* > \
i?ad probably pieced some mines before shei "was $urik; by^ tn?^B^lSh
.torpedo boat Lance. *
Off To the Front. .;,.'$*,. tf$ )
y Dublin, August 6.-(11.50 p. m.^-There -VAS a gr??t densc'r*
stratton here tonight over British regiments entraining for ?etlye ser
vice. Reservists, starling for Englad were escorted ,-to tne st?tion by
Nationalist volunteers. A great number of Unionists* protestants atc
joining the Nationalist volunteers for the defense of the, country.
To Care For Wounded.
Hull, England, August 6.-(6.45 p. m.)--The hospital authori
ties here today received orders to prepare to receive 2So men wound
ed in the North Sea engagement. Shipping firms haVe been informed
that the east coast is clear from Hull to London. Coastwise services
have been resumed and fishing vessels are free to proceed to Ice
land.
Russians Repulsed on Frontier.
Berlin, Via Amsterdam and London, August 6.--( 5.25.p. m.)
The force o' Russian cavalry which tried to break through (he Ger
man frontier guard was repulsed today near Solda'u in East Prussia.
Another Russian cavalry division also suffered losses and is retiring
in the vicinity of NP? denburg. '
Germany Loses Another Boat. .
London, August 6.- (4.20 p. m.)-A German trawler was
captured by a British warship near the Orkney Islands tb the North of
Scotland today. She is believed to have been engaged iii spying as
carrier pigeons were found on board.
Strict Neutrality Observed.
Berlin, Via Amsterdam and London, August 6.- (5.20 p. m.?*- :
There is no truth in the reported violation of the neutrality of Switzer
land. lt has not occurred nor is ii contemplated. The Swiss govern
(Contlnued on Pago Soven.) _
Germans Advance;
Belgians. Contending
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Aug. 6.-(4:86 p. ru.)-Of
ficial announcement la made that tho
battle continues to rage around Liege,
Belgium.' The German shell fire lt QR
reduced two of the Liege forts, but
the Belgians continue to resist with
unttrlog energy.
The Germans Wero unable to use
their light $eige gobs against the forts
of Liege, which are thirty years old.
Two of them ware silenced and tho
German columns.broke through. Tho
other iori 8 are holding out. The Bel
gians are making do term in ed resis
tance before tho city.
The situation at Liege, according to
(the latest dispatches was as follows:
"It seemed certain that the forti
fications could not stop the Gorman
army and the only question was as
to whether ita'advance could' be de
layed. The fortifications already had
held for 86 hours and the fierce strug
gle the Germans have made and would
still have to -make, lt was believed
would compel them to pause.
"If th? German army succeeds Ju
carrying Liege, It will dud Itself con
fronted by ah entrenched camp at Nar
mur, at which theV Belgians aro pre
paring to make a 'stand aa fierce aa ,
that at Liege.
The Belgian army was brilliantly
fulfilling its task or delaying the Ger
man advances and It appeared certain
the German pim Of campaign tn Bel
gium would be hindered by tho ob
stinate stead of tho Belgians."
11 ill Tl ?J il V E SSK L SAILS ~\
Non Uk, Va., A jgust 6.-Facing
possible capture Iv, Gorman warships,
the Brltisu -r?=i:?ary Strombos passed
out to sea at lu:30 o'clock tonight. A*
Hoy glimmer on her forward most
was the only light visible on tho ship.
The Strombos. commanded; by Capt.
Alllsnon. arrived at thia pori yester
day from Port- Arthur bound to Kill
ingholme, England, with 8,000 tons of
petroleum for the British navy. Today
her master waa informed by the Unit
ed SUtea anthohlUes that, he would
have to take his vessel to sea or keep
her at thia port until peace was de
clared between tho warring countries
of Europe.. He put to ?jon.