VOLUME 1, NUMBER 120 Weekly, Established 1SC0; Dally, Jan. 13, 1914. ANDERSON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS
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City of Liege Is Reported
-Loss of Life Not So
' Reported.
(By Associa
Berlin is celebrating the fall
announced through an aide de cam
in Belgium. Coincidentally a Paris
rhan army corps^v/hich have beer
positions, but that extensive movem
which it was presumed, meant th<
attack on the Belgians before the a
A Brussels dispatch, probably
munication with Liege had been cu
Paris officially reports that the
hauser), Alsace:Lorraine, an import
they have occupied the village of i
..frontier.
British troops have landed at
is announced officially that 20,000
pn their way to Namur ?nd lt is b
transported to Belgium and France ;
London recruiting offices are
trawlers are searching British watei
Report ttaht Liege Has Fallen.
. . Amsterdam,- Aug. 8.-via London
In Berlin there has been great rejoic
ing over a rcpor* that Liege hos fall
en. A d'apatch ?ecelved from the
. German capital says: .
"Ti^r?&?m-ai ?he. tall of Liege -baa
epeaW/?wftiriigWhlng; rapidity all over
- r1 Berltnvand"-created boundless enthus
iasm. /Tue emperor kent an aide de
camp to nnnou?t? tho capture ot the
city io ti U'WC?B ihat assembled out
side tho palace." ' ' ,' '
Policemen on bicycles dashed
lint erden Lindon, reclaiming the tid
ings. Imperial Chancellor Bcthmann
1 loll weg drove tb the castle to con
grat?late the emperor on the victory
and waa en thu Bias Heal ly cheered on
the way.
. The newspapers declaro that the
false .reports i known to ! h?ve been
circulated In foreign countries ' teat
the Germans suffered a s'overo rever
sal before Liege no longer will serve
to conceal GermanyS triumph. Tho
Lokal Angeiger says of the reported
' victory:
' "It confirms our confidence that
we can calmly await coming events.
It was the prelude to deeds . which
will be spoken of as long a? men live
on oarth."
Another paper comments:
?"When 'bur* soldiers in the field
learn of the surrender of Liege, they
will rejoice not only tor the victory
ot our arma but because of the as
surance .hr gives ' that bur march to
. " Northern^ France cannot'be stayed."
Bnaiand's; Attitude.
London, August 8.-England ls
>? ? waiting quietly said confidently for
1 naval and military battles which all
believe ar<j impending. (Except for
the cries of newsboys calling war ex
tras, the movement of troops and an
orderly demonstration in front of
Buckingham palace tonight which
again brought out Gie king and nucen
and the Prince of Wales to bow. their
thanks, Landon has assumod her us
' bal every day appearance,
s The rush- to the banks for currency
came to an end with tho issue- of small
notes, as aleo did the usual demand
at. the shops "for provisions. People
are going about their work as they diu
before the crisis arose, stepping only
to pick up reports ot tattles, most Of
/ ? which have prbvM false.
Surely Bi'^ppolntod.
There Is disappointment kt the suc
cess , of thc Ciarmau cruisers Gooben
and-: Breslau iii eluding the British
floet Ia tho Mediterranean, which nar.
al men describe as a piece of splendid
seamanship on ? the part of tho Ger
mans, it:|rn<v .'
8?me Consolation.
Tho sojibre of Togoland and th?
French penetration of Al saco, with tho
strong opposition of the Belgians-tb
? tho German advance brought some
consolation to ?ngliahmon/but lt IB
to >the navy . ?Kngland Ic^ks for big
events. Berlin nae been celcbrnung
"tho fall of Lieao" but reports from
other quarters indicate the German
troops having failed to take the for
tress by frontal attack are attempting
to get around thom? This ls a Ifazard
ous undertaking, as Belgian guns cov
er the roads;.
Tho appeal tat} fund's to care for
wive? and children of thoso called to.
the colors n?d those thrown oljrcMI
work,' and tov' bare for the sick a> af
woutfied, hfl'larbused an unprece
dented respofis^v .and hundreds f
^^ife-' thousand* of pound? have been tfub
G e ri
[ICH REJ
OUGHOUT
to Have Been Captured
Large As Was At First
ited Press)
of Liege. The German emperor
p the success of the German arms
. dispatch says that the three Ger
i attacking Liege remain in their
:ents of troops have been observed
i Germans intended an extensive
rrival of French reinforcments*
of later date, reported that com
t off.
French troops have entered Meul
ant German stronghold, and that
Utkirch, in Alsace, near the Swiss
Ostend, Calais'and Dunkirk. It
have crossed the'channel and are
elieved other large bodies will be
it the earliest moment.
bcseiged with volunteers. British
rs for mines.
scrlb. Tho Prince,of. Wale?, fund al
ready hus reached $2,000,000.
.Hore Fatalities*
Four British sailors and four Ger
man' prisoners, > Injured when the
cruiser Amphion'-, " Was struck by .a
mine, have died In a-hospital.
The Amorlcdn embassy has arrang
ed with ih? government to permit
Amreicans from Havre to \ land at
Southampton, although ihat ls a clos
ed port. This will enable many Amer
icans who have' been held up In Nor.
mandy to. come to England to get a
steamer homo. They must, however,
get a certificate of citizenship from
tho consul at Havre..
E. Mackay Edgar'u motorboat, Maple
Leaf IV, which won the international
cup against an American boat, had
been taken over by the British ad
miralty.
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(By Associated. Prnxst
. St. Petersburg, August S.-Via Lon
don.-Tlie Russian emporor. with
Grand Duko Nicholas today received
members of the council of the empire
and the. durna in audience at the win
ter palace.- Addressing them, the em
peror saidi'
. Vin these days of alarm and anxiety
through which Russia ls pasrlng, 1
greet you. Germany, following Aus
tria, haB declared war on Russia.
"The enormous enthusiasm, the pa
triotic sentiments and the love and
loyalty to the throne-an enthusiasm
which has swept like a hurricane
through the country-guarantees for
me, as tor you, I hope, , that Russia
will bring to a happy conclusion the
war which the Almighty has sent lt
"It also 1B becauso of this unani
mous enthusiasm, love and eagerness
to make every' sacrifice, even of life
Itself, that I am able tb regard thc fu
ture with calm firmness It is not
only the honor.and dignity of our
country that we are defending hut we
are fighting for brother Slavs, co-re
liglonlstE, blood brothers. ?
VI am persuaded that all and each
of you will be in your place to. assist
me to support the test, and that all.
boginning with myself will do their
duty. Groat is tho God; of the Rus
sian fatherland." .
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Columbia, August 8.-Commissioner
Watson loft for Washington Saturday
afternoon to mako arrangements for
the meeting of the southern cotton
congress next Thursday when the gov.
o mme nt will be asked to financ? tbs
cotton crop.
^Senator Smith will ho in Washing
ton next week in toto interest ot the
notion growers.
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OTHER SIDE
HEARD FROM
GERMAN AMBASSADOR DE
NIES CHARGES THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE
NO OTHER METHOD
England Charged With Jealousy;
France With Violating Neu
trality Laws in Belgium
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, August 8.-The Ger
man viewpoint on the'struggles now
going oh In Europe was given today
i by Gorman Charge d'affaires von
'Haimhausen, who returned'from New.
port to assume perrcnal direction of
the German embassy in the absence of
the German ambassador, Count von
Bernstoff. Mr; von Haimhausen'con
ferred' with Secretary Bryan on the
' general situation nnd also saw Coun
cillor Lansing, of the State depart
ment, concerning several acute phases
relating to the detention of Americana
In Germany, the sailing of German re
servists : and the .operations of Ger.
mah marchant ships. ". >
The Wrong-Impression.
Concerning the political aspect, oft
the conflict, f?v? Gannan charge main,
tains ! reporte from London seek to I
give the f.rron^ouB Impression that
Germany preciplated the war wholly
because German troops had advanced
in Belgium, whereas, he declared, the
British-foreign ofll?e previously had
. laid down terms to Germany which
would have had tho effect of restrain
ing th? German navy from operating
agaldSt Russia in the Baltic-the most
natural way. leading to the Rus
sian possessions-or from operating
against France along the North coast
of that country, the most natural and
, proximate point for the German naval
i forces to operate.
Thus before the Belgian Issue arose
Mr. von Halmhansen contends En
gland had sought to compel Germany
to hold its navy inactive at the very
points -where it could be most effec
tive, to reduce lt to a state of com
. parattve Inaction in upholding such
position as tho'German nation might
determine upon.
Belgium Largely the Cause.
As to Belgium. Mr von Haimhausen
'declares the British government also
sought to tic the hands of Germany
by a permanent agreement not to
cross Belgian territory when nt tho
santo Gino Germany was aware that.
French forces . already had entere.'
Belgium and were operating there la
defiance of all neutrality; also that
Belgian coast positions were ready to
re?oive the British land and sea forces
lt was this monaco of humiliating the
Gorman,navy by reducing lt to a con
dition of passive inaction except at
points far removed from Its base.
While. British and other .fleets were
free to operate at will, and tho added
restraint of Germany In . Belgium.'
? while France remained unrestrained,
that compelled Germany to reject the
British conditions and adopt measures
compatible' with her national "dignity
and def en ie. ,
Heavy LOHSPR Benled.
As to the military operations around
Liege. Mr. von Haimhausen points out
that English and French reports seek,
to give them tho asnect' of' a great
engagement, .whereas,he says they are
merely, the work of an.advance guard,
1 small in numbers as compared with
the vast German forces'now advanc
ing, which made a bold hut unsucesa
ful attempt to take a modern fortress?
He.considers the English reports of
losses! greatly exaggerated, and Bays,
that hot withs t?ndln g thc English re
ports, tho adyanco guard waa not
equiped with the heavy siege gr33
capable of reducing a fortress. Mr.
;. von Haimhausen looks upon thtS aa
morely a prelude to the advance of
the highly organised malu corps ot
Ute German army.
The German chatte explained to of
ficials that the Interruption of Ameri
can . travel and. exit In Germany waa
the result of the military necessity In
taking all available train, and- trans-;
port?t ion service and It would be ac
complished with tho least possible in
convenience to individuals and would
soon be over, '
Photo by American Press Association.
Newland Terrible Instrument of War
It la held'th|t Franco is thc- best equipped nntlou in the world for rt hnttl*
In the air. Here is shown n French aeroplane bomb or aerial torpedo lt <*Ui?
be carried over ?, city or a bnttleshlp Heel, and If dropped with any denr?e of
accuracy-anditJ^p French hnve been fairly accurate In their mimic, worran
pre<ttoe-^n^ift$?k Incalculable da mn ce. / .
Report of
Fighting at Liege
(By Associated Press.) .
Paris, AugUst 8.-?-Whilc the battle between the German forces
and the Belgians is still.in progress around Liege, and the final,out
come is not known, an official detailed account of the engagements
covering a period between August 3 and 5, was issued.today. In
summarizing the operations the account says:
- "The Germans lost a,ooo dead. Twenty-four guns were cap
tured and one general was made prisoner. The German forces num
bered 120,000, the Belgian defenders 40,000.
"The German attack lacked cohesion but the Belgians , utilized
their reserves with cons?mate skill: The German artillery was badly
shattered by dense attacking columns. The guns were badly served
and inaccurate. .
"The Belgian forts are intact. Not one soldier was killed and
no* one wounded during the three hours bombardment of Fort Eveg
nee, the steel cupola of which was not damaged.
"The Belgian fire was well placed and accurate, proof of which
was the destruction- of two German heavy pieces. German aircraft,
to deceive Belgian's, carried Belgian flags. !:,
Three German army corps are engaged in the ?ttack of Liege,
the sixth under General von Pritzelwitz, the seventh under General
von Einem and the tenth tinder General von Emmich.
General von Emmich. has in addition, the supreme command
of three corps, known as the . army of the * Meuse.
German columns crossed the Belgian frontier and came In con
tact with the Belgian advanced posts on the afternoon of August; 4.
The following day the attack was general.along the whole line,
"Tho German columns Crossed Ibo
Belgian frontier during the night be
tween August 3 and August 4.
"German cavalry came. Into contact
With the Belgian advanced np?ts 10 thc
east of the forts at 2-o'clock in the af
ternoon' of (August 4.
"The plan, of attack'dcsveloped dur
ing the day ot August r?. Euch Ger
man column had a different objective
point, Forts Fleron;'.. Barchon and
Evegn?e constituting,the northeastern
section, being the first point, whlle thc
second column attacked tho southeas
nter Section, comprising Forts Bon
celleS and Embourg.
* 'Tho first attack of the northeastern
German column was made on Fort
Fleron, ?the intervening space between
Forts Fleron and Eveghea and the In
terval between Forts r Fleron and
Chaud FontaiLO.
. "The attack wan without dash. The
Glacis had been sown, with obstacles
add th? artillery fire from the Bel RI ai,
forts was heavy and-well-; placed.
"The Belglk'n attacks from the Inter
vals between the forts was energetic.
Tho German offensive movement -soon
wns Checked end th* engagement then
become an artillery duel, th?. Belgian
guns hevingVa deadly effect on the
German forces. , ' ; . .
*tA German eoliimn attacking Fort
Ba'rehOn spread out Into a fan shaped
formation to th? extreme right and
flowed around tho fbrt. It. made < for
the city, but a Belgian resorve bri
gade delivered a prompt counter at
tack and threw the Germans back in
great disorder. .Their losses were
enormous. , .
"The German heavy artillery -.tiro
was concentrated.'against Fort Bar
chan hut seemed badly directed.V.Thu
heavy\Belgiah artillery dominated the
German fire and destroyed two of their
heavy guns.
"The German central column at
tacked Fort ? Evengee. Tho Belgian
reply was two actions-artillery cross
fire from Forts Fleron'and Barchan,
supported by a counter attack by the
Belgian infantry. The German.' ad
vance was stopped.
"At this moment, General von'Em
mich sent a flag of truce, demanding
surrender. He. Informed the command
not, Lieutenant General Leman, that
if he . did not surrender immediately
a Zeppelin, dirigible.would drop an ex
plosive upon tlie headquarters Of the
general staff, / .
"The'ref usai, was as summary as the
request. The fire from the forts re
opened heavily, and the offensive also
was taken by the Belgians. The Ger
mans abandoned their positions and
retired for a distance of six mile?. The
Belgian troops. followed up their ad
vantage without delay, aid the German
retreat ives accelerated.
"The- second part of the German at
tack was being.carried out upon tho
southeastern defences.. The-Gorman
troops sought' to make their way be
tween the.-Belgian positions on tue
nny side. They, a'^so attacked'Forts
Benelles-and Embourg, hut. they, en
countered entanglements and were, ap
preciably retarded. They continued
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
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European War Bulletins;
Latest News of All The
Important Happenings
(By Associated Press)
English Troops To the Front. I
Paris. August 8.-lt was otlicially announced this afternoon that
20,000 English troops already had landed at Ostend, Calais and Dun
kirk. They are now proceeding toward Namur, to the west of Liege
on the main railroad line to assist the Belgians.
Prince George Captured.
Brussels, August 8.-Via Paris-Le Peuple says that Prince
Ceorge, who is related to Emperor William and who was in com
mand of a German cavalry regiment, is among the prisoners captured
hy the Belgians. ,
Are Holding Ground.
Brussels, August 8.-Via London, 8 p. m.-The three German
army corps which attacked Liege remained in their positions but is
seems they soon must cross the Meuse by passing around the forts
toward Vise and between Liege and Huy. An extensive movement
of troops already has been observed in the neighborhood of Kuy1 and
it is presumed they intend to attack the Belgian army before the ar
rival of French reinforcements. i
For Mutual Protect n.
Stockholm, August 8.-Via London, 8 p. m.-^-Norway and Swe
den have exchanged obligatory assurances with the view ?f preventing
hostile measures being taken.by either against the other because of
the war.
All Is Reported Well.
Brussels, August 8. Via London, 8.15 p. m.-The war office has
issued the following:. . ,.. . . '
"All goes well everywhere. The France-Belgian plan'of cam
paign is maturing as well as could be desired." .
A special from Rotterdam says the roof o?.the, famous' Liege
Cathedral has been destroyed by German artillery; fire.
French Troops On tue Mo ve.
Paris, August 8.-8.05 p., m.-It is officially ^ reported
French troops have entered the Meufhr.usen.
that
No Americans at the Front.
Paris, August 8.--10.30 p. m.-The French military authorities^
are somewhat surprised that the United States has not sent a military
attache to the front with the French army. There aire ten American
army officers in France, bub none is on duty with the French forces..
Austrians On Offensive.
Berlin, August 9.-1.35 a. m., via London-r-A^ustrian c?valry
has occupied the towns ofnO!kus and Wolfbrom in Russian Poland.
German frontier guards in upper Alsace were attacked by the
French, marching from the direction.of Belfort. The advance of the
Fiench troops stopped near Altkirch and then returned iii the'dire?-;
tion of Belfort.
Communication Cut Off. . '
London, August 9.-2.35 a. m.-Dispatches from Brussels say
that at noon Saturday, communication with Liege was5?ut Off. lt
was possible to communicate as far as Tongress, ll miles to the
northwest.
. Italy Is Threatened
Rome, August 9. 3.35 a. m.-Germany and Austria threaten"1
Italy with the declaration that if the latter persists in its stand of neu
trality they will consider themselves free to declare war and Austria
viii invade Venetia and Lombardy.
Another Liner Captured.
London, August 9.-4.45 a. m.-A large steamer, believed to b#
a North German Lloyd liner, has been captured by British warships
in the North Sea off Aldeburg.
French Are Victorious.
Paris, August 9.-via London, 4.45 a. ni;-An official report bf
the capture by the French of the village of Altkirch in Alsace, says
that the French advance guard arrived before th? place.before, night*
fall Friday. The town was defended t)y strong earthworks arid
occupied by a Germon brigade.
The French in about equal numbers carried the breastworks Iii
a fierce bayonet charge. The Germans broke, abandoning the
trenches and the town. A regiment of French dragoon pursued ther
retreating Germans, inflicting further heavy losses.
Cepita! City
News
Columbia,' August 8;-Secroary Mc
ICown ot the state democratic execu
tive committee today sent out MT.OOO
tickets for the first primary election.
The tickets were sent to the county
chairmen.
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HADST HEARD OF WAB
English Sea Captain Was Astounded"
When Told of War.
(By Associated Press.)
San Diego, August 8.-Unaware of
the war In Europe, the British collier
Vestal ia, Captain D. B. Marshall*
steamed into port this morning SS
days out from Norfolk, Va,, with nevon
thousand tons of coal for . the navy
coaling station hore. Captain Mar
shall was astounded when he learned
Germany was at war with EnglaniS,
France and Russia. He saw no sig M
of Gorman cruisers he said. < r %
\ Increase of ;fj|a^V^V*'4 1
Special to .The Intelligencer. , '
Columbia, Augus'. 8.-Tha Vlsi*
queens mill ot Centval today filed no
tice with the secretary of the. state of
an increase in capital from 8300,000 to
1315,000.
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