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Consolidated Auk. 3.1881. SUMTER. S. c, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1914. Vol. XXXVIII. No. 49. HI HOSTS HUER iT 1BE CHE BF LEIHE. Pft|gufcna Resist Overwhelming Force With Desperate Bravery TIE ttllsNS ASK FOB ARMISTICE AFTER LOSING 25,000. WAJi HIU KTINN TODAY ARK FRAGMENTARY AND CONTAIN NO\ MOWS OF IMPORTANT RKVKIX>PMENTS ? ENGLISH AD? MIRALTY DENY REPORT OF ORE AT NAVAL HATTLlv?WAR? NA W, JU'HHl AN POLAND, RAS HFKN OCCL'PIKD UY GERMANS FRENdy TROOPS OCCVPY TOWNS IN GERMANY. London. Aug. 7 ? The British fleet nae defeated a*rm*ny i navy In the North turn Nineteen German war ehtpe are reported to have been sunk and the others driven back to the Oennan coast. The British cruiser Amphlon was sunh yesterday by a submarine mine. One hundred and thirty of the crew were drowned, with twenty German prisoners. The North see fight is believed to have been the greatest naval battle In history. Curasan* Capture Liege. Maeetrlche. Netherlands, Aug. 7.? It Is reported that Liege has sur? rendered to the Germans. The city hi In flames. St. Naut cathedral, Palais de Justice. Church of Sr. Jauquee and the Theatre Royal are burning. l'our hundred thousand Gcrinun soldiers are reinforcing the Genna.?a In the vicinity of Liege. The Dutch army is rapidly mob? ilising for war with Germany.. WawernsrFleet Buttled |h> Copenhagen, Aug. 7.? The llusslan fleet n the Baltic sea is reported to be bottled up at lielslnfords and that the Kassian forts at Revul und Llbau tuve .?een captured by the Germans and burned. The report is uncon? firmed. Ureeee Army Mobilising. Athens. An*. 7.?Greece is secret? ly mobilising fur war against Aus? tria. Socialist Deputies Executed. London. Aug. 7.?A report comes via ParU that a hundred socialist deputies at Berlin have been shot by order of Emperor William. Among them the leader Hlcbknccht. CROWN PRINCE KESl*ONSIi:LE. He PI a need (.et many Into War While K?l*er Was Abnent. Paris, Aug. 7.?A graphic story which was received today statca that Germany was plunged Into the world war by the Bellicose Crown Prince while Kaiser Wilhelm was cruising In Norwegian waters. When he returned the militarist:;, headed by the Crown Prince bad gone too far for the valuer to with? draw without humbling Germany. The keine rage was terrible* lie struck the crown prince und finally collapsed In fury. Austrian Cruiser Crippled. Rome. Aua. 7 ?The Auvtritn cruiser Taurus, seriously crlppbd b\ British torpedo boats, has put into Brindisi. Italy, to am ape pursuit. French lmadc Germany. Paris. Aug. 7.?The I'rencb troops Invaded Germany todas. capturing two towns In Alsac-Lorr.dnc. M miles east of Nancy. Pour hundred thousand French troops are rend) to cross the border. English Control North Scu. London. Aug. 7.?British shippers were notllled todav that list] are free to semi vessels an> w here in the North sea. which Indicates that the German warship* ha\c been swept back Into the Baltic. Italy Against Germany. Rome. Aug. 7.?Duly today nrd i ed tv\<? Oer sans ernteeri lo leave Messina hnrhnfl Immediately at dis? arm, a hrittsh Meet *j waiting out? side the harbor to atta? k them. Lo*s Fifteen TImmihmmI. Brussels. Aug. 7.--The Germans lost lifteen thousand killed mu4 wounded In the three days attneh OR Liege. Liege Has Not Fallen. Brussels, Aug. 7.?It Is vtgoruusb Jenled here that Liege has fallen. The Germans heavily reinforced are preparing for another attack. Servians Win Victory. Purls, Aug. 7.?An Austrian rogl ment was totaly annihilated in a battle with the Servians near Semen dra today. The Austrians are in full retreat towards the Danube. Go Forth to Destruction. Messina, Aug. 7.?The German cruisers (.Joeben und Breslau left the harbor today, sailing southward. The officers left their wills ami personal j possessions at the German consulate. The British licet Is waiting to en ' gage them. Aeroplane Drops Bombs. Brussels, Aug. 7.?Plying high over Liege today a German aeroplane dropped three mobs into the Square D'Auroy, killing thirty and injuring scores. The aeroplane then circled back Into the German lines. British Cruiser Attacked. Manilla, Aug. 7.?It is reported that a German squadron is attacking a British cruiser off China. Crown Prince Wounded. London, Aug. 7.?The rumor per? sists that the German crown prince, who was leading the troops toward Liege, was seriously wounded by an unldeutilled assailant, who escaped. Grout Loss on Cotton. Washington. Aug. 7.?Six hundred million dollars worth of American cotton may be thrown back on the United Stales as the result of the Kuropean war. Government oftlclals today are working on a plan to pre vont heavy losses by cotton producers and deulers caused by the closing of European markets. American cotton mllld arc expected to work night and day to meet the foreign demand for clothing. Pro\tsloiiM Going I'p. Chicago. Aug. 7.?Provisions 20 eenti higher. ' European buyers in the market. All commodities rising rapidly. Germans Occupy Warsaw. Washington, Aug. 17.?Secretary Bryan has received a dispatch stat? ing that the Germans have occupied Warsaw, Kassian Poland, I No Naval Buttle. Loniboi, Aug. 7.?The admiralty this afternoon stated that apart from the I oss of the small I'.nglish cruiser Amphton and the German mine ship Ko? nigin Louise there has been no other lighting and no other losses, hi> far as we are aware." , The report persists, however, that a big naval battle has been fought in UM North sea ami a number of Ger? man warships sunk. Llcgv in Hands of Gcriiuuis. I Paris, Aug. 7.?An Official dispatch received this afternoon states that German troops have entered Lieg? but tlM forts are still holding out. Belgian- siiii tight Desperately. Kr?ssels. Aug. 7. on.- hundred and twenty thousand Germans are attacking Lieg?, und the) have p?-nc trated Ihe suburl?, Fighting Is rag lug in the street*. Germans A?BJ for Arm'sflce. Brussels. Aug. 7.?The war oll'n ? late this afternoon States that I h? German commander, after severs hours' deaperate lighting al Lieg? asked fof an armistice for twenl> four hours, The Oerntnns aehnowl edge a ioss of !&,???, I'rene'i reinforcements are enter Inj Belgium* BATTLE OF LIEGE. ???????? { (iKKMAN ASSAULT REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS. Belgians arc Making Desperate Re? sistance but City is Expected to Eull Before Overwhelming "Force of German Army. Brussels, Aug. 6.?Via Paris.?Af-I ter baving suffered a serious check i and heavy casualties at the hands of the Belgians at Liege Wednesday the German troops today returned tt the fray with redoubled ardor, and to? night were pounding away at the forts with siege and lield guns and rllles. i In the lighting of Wednesday the estimates of the German casualties run as high as 8,000 men. The in? vaders also are said to have lost a large number of guns. In one attack a German infantry division, supported by a cavalry, marched onto mined ground. The Belgians detonated the mines and an entire battalion of Germans Avas killed. Wounded Germans to j the number of 1,200 were picked up on the battlefield. It is estimated that in the lighting 40,000 Germans were faced by 25, 000 Belgians. In the attack on Fort Parchon, northeast of the ctiy, the Belgians permit teil the Germans to draw up almost to the walla of the fort? ress. Then they turned loose their : guns and the slaughter Is reported to have been appalling, from other forts the Germans were Under the terrific lire here and forced to retire all along the Una* A detachment of Uhlans penetrated the city Wednesday night with the intention, it is said, of capturing high ofllcinls. They had reached the building whore the officers had quar? ters when all were surprised and j killed. German shells today breached the walls of two of the fortresses, which were captured- From the other forts, however, the Belgians contin? ued to pour a deadly rain of shot and shell into the advancing Germans. Despite the heroic resistance of the Belgians it was felt in Brussels tonight that the invaders, by roason 1 of their great strength, could not j much longer be denied and that ul 1 tlmately they must gain the city ol ! Liege, whence they are expected to \ press onward to Xamur in their ef? fort to cross Belgium to the French frontier. At Numur, which is strongly forti? fied, it is asserted the Germans will meet resistance as strong as that a! Liege. ! - TOBACCO MARKET OPEN, Depression Caused by War Has no Appreciable Effect on Slimier Mar? ket. European war depression has no appreciable effect on the Sumter to-, beCCO market, if the big tobacco breaks of yesterday and Thursday are indications. Friday's tobacco sales at the Sumter warehouse exceeded those 'of the day previous by Ava thousand pounds. Thirty thousand pounds were sold yesterday at an average juice of $14 per hundred. One farmer sold some? thing more than 3.000 pounds for $15 per hundred. The prices of the weed at Sumter, ! together with the treatment of the tobacco farmers, coupled with the I commendable determination of the export buyers and the warehouse managers to keep up the highest pos? sible markets in order to encourage the farmers is bringing about a more optimistic feeling in tobacco growing circlet. One farmer said today that he will ship three barns of tobacco to this market, as soon as the curing is completed. Sumter People In Europe. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Strauss of this city who are spending the summer in Kurope aie supposed to lie in Ger munv ul tins time When last heard from they were In Paris and on the point of leitvlng for Germany, it is though thai they, with other Ameri? cans in Europe, will Im? forced hi re? main ihere until such time as the Herman government allows them lo leave. Mr. und Mis. Irvine Delser, who were In Utiropc on their wedding lour, when lust heard from were in l.ou don. From there Ihey expected to lenve for Purls. They have not been heard from, and ? Is supposed that the> are still In London. Marriage License Record, A license l<? marry has been Issued In one colored couple: J, c\ DeBar ami Susan Swinton of Charleston, PREMIER AStjLTTH DECLARES GERMANY'S PROPOSAL. FOR NEUTRALITY WAS MOST INFAMOUS. Says England is righting to Fulfil In? ternal ional Obligations. States That no Nation Ever Entered into a Great Contest With a Clearer Conscience. London, Aug. G.?LOU P. M.?Pre? mier Asquith today asked the house of commons to vote a war credit of $600,000,000, and informed the mem-' bers that Field Marshal Earl Kitch j nor wanted power to increase the! j British army 500,000 men. On the ; new war minister's behalf the prc I ttlier asked the house of commons to j consent to this. Premier Asquith told the house that the White paper issued by the government showed how strenuous and unremitting had been the ef? forts of Sir Edward Grey to secure for Europe an honorable and lasting peace. After reading Sir Edward Goshen's dispatch saying that Germany had made "a strong bid for British neu? trality," the premier remarked that Germany'! suggestion amounted to "the Infamous proposal that we should give her a free hand to annex the whole of the Extra-European possessions of 1'ranee." He continued: "If Great Britain had aocepted what reply could she have made to the Belgians' appeal? She could only have replied that we had bartered away to the power threatening her our obligations to j keep our plighted word. What j would have been Great Britain's po? sition if she had assented to this in? famous proposal, and what was she to get in return? Nothing but a promise given by a power which at that moment was announcing its in? tention of violating its own treaty." "We should have covered ourselves with dishonor and betrayed the Inter? ests of our own country If we had accepted It. Wc arc entitled to say for our country that we have made every ef ort lor peace und that war has been forced upon our country. "The government is confident that the nation is unsheathing the sword in a just cause. We are lighting, j firstly, to fullil international obliga J tlOM, which, if entered Into by pri vate individuals, no self-respecting j man could have repudiated, and sec? ondly, to vindicate the principle that 1 small nations were not to be crush ! ed in defiance of international good J faith at the arbitrary will of a strong j and overmastering power. "No nation ever entered Into a j great contest with a clearer con I science or a stronger conviction. It i is sticking for the defence of a prin? ciple, the maintenance of which is the vital civilisation of the world. As we have entered the struggle, let us now make sure that all our resources not only those of the United King? dom, but those of the vast empire of which iL is the centre, are thrown into the scale." GAFFNEY CROWD QCIET. Good Crowd Listens to State Candi? dates in Cherokee. Gaffney, Aug. 7.?More than 1,2oo citizens of Cherokee county listened 1 attentively with little show of ta< Itlonal feeling and with less heckling to the Speeches of -<*> candidates i<?r State offices in the campaign inciting here today. The: most noticeable fea? ture of the orderly meeting was the cheering of friends of the administra? tion In contrast to the hand clapping ef those who favored policies ad? vocated by anti-administration candi? dates, (?n the part of the speakers there was a tendency to avoid personal in? sinuations and charges by aspirants for the same office wer?' as few in number and as good natured in de? livery as any that passed during the meetings in the low country, it is remembered ;?s n day of rest between ihe healed arguments of the past four lays ami the anticipated points that will be introduced at tin- meeting in sparianburg tomorrow. The meeting was called to order a; 10:25 o'clock by li- A. Dobsou, county chairman, in City Mall park. The I lev. F, <'. lllckson offered prayer. Boal Estate Transfers. Melver L. Anderson lo K. W. Mc ?'alltim, l"t <oi Tine street, f 1" <>. Chuiiton I Mi Hanl t < i Andriann.i Myers, l !? acres on Charleston < 'uiiidcn im ill <>ad, f.'lan, M i s. F, .i. Phillips io .1. i'. Phillips, lot in city, $and other considera? tions. Battle at Liege Continues With Unabat? ed Fury?Assaults of Germans Strongly Repulsed. ITALY AGAIN ANNOUNCE! ITS STRICT NEUTRALITY UNLESS AT? TACKED?JAPAN SENDS OUT WAR SHIPS UNDER SEALED ORDERS? EFOKTS OP GERMANS TO OC Til ANS- ATLANTIC CABLES?DIG SLAUGHTER AT LIEGE, V ( GERMANS EN? DEAVOR TO TAKE BEFORE ARRIVAL ?, >TlENCH TROOPS REPORT OF NAV ?? 1.1* .?1 Illl.'M., W .1 ,E BEFORE ARRIVAL c /kENCH TU AL RATTLE AFFIRM' ? AD DENIED. _rJy / Germans Burying Dead. Brussels, Aug. 8.?The Belgians granted the German request for an I armistice. The Germans are now col 1 lecting their dead and woundo/ ' numbering around 25,000. French re ? Inforcementl arc rapidly nearing \ Liege. Attack on Liege. Brussels, Aug. 8.?Later the Ger? mans renewed the attack on Liege in a heavy storm. Five thousand Ger ' man cavalrymen have been captured j north of Liege. The French army has arrived and joined the Belgians. Naval Battle Report? Renewed. London, Aug. X.?The Daily Mail prints dispatch from Holland dcclar ! ing that 1!? German warships were sunk In B battle with the English fleet. The admiralty officially de? nies the report. The Mail says the battle occurred oft Denhelder t oast. ?The scattered German fleet was pur? sued by the British. Montenegro Declares War. j Home, Aug. 8.?The Italian re i serves were called to the colors to ', day. Montenegro has declared war {against Austria. Portugal Supiwrts England. London, Aug. 8.?Portugal today J voted to support England. The navy I is preparing for active service ant! the army is mobilizing. English Reinforce France. Calalee, Aug. S.?An English army I fs arriving on the North coast of j France, to aid the French. JAPAN TAKES A IIAND. _ Fleet Ordered out to Unknown Desti? nation. Tokio, Aug. 8.?Five Japanese cruisers and three battleships' Balled southward today under sealed orders. Two other cruisers and live battle? ships Will follow tonight. The fleet apparently is bound for the sea of Japan, where it is reported that Ger? man warships are seising British : merchant men. ? ??? -? ; Home Secretary Denies Naval Battle. London, Aug. 8.?The home secre* , tary denied the reports of a naval battle off the eoast of Holland in the house of commons this afternoon. _ ATTEMPT TO CUT CABLES. German Vessels Seen off Coast Ap? parently Grappling for Wires. New York, Aug. 8.?It has been wired that an attempt will be made to cut the seven trans-Atlantlos ca? bles which terminate at Far Itocka way. Armed guards today arc watch? ing the cable landing station and the Adjacent region. Two foreign vessels, believed to be German, have been sighted off Ambrose channel. They were apparently grappling for cables German Meet Rushing to Battle. London, Aug. s.?The German licet which has been concentrated itl Kiel, is rushing toward the X ort 11 sea to give battle to the English navy. Sails With 150 I'avengers. New York, Aug. 8.?The sailing of the White Star liner Olympic was in? definitely postponed today. The Ad? riatic sails ai noun With <?nc hundred, and fifty fust class passengers. Hits Germany at New Point. London. Aug. 8.? England is seiz? ing German territory in South Africa. No resistance has been offered, GERMANS MAKE ITRIOFS AT? TACK. F.ndcnvor to Capture Liege Before French \raiy Can \--i-t Belgians. I ilcge, Aug 8. Itelgl ms ha* < In? creased (heir forces from _'?"..,|"" io l5f?.t?rtn and are h? ldin.: the i h rut in* buck during a lerrhic struggle today. 'The i Semi in hold I In suburbs and are making frantic ehai g< - for nn nd vancc before the French army gets into Jt / The losses are stagger in* Ac Brandenburg guardn, O / Vyt'h the Kaiser is an honorary f. /el, in making furious charges, /e repulsed, losing l,50o killed and /ounded. ITALY FOR PEACE. Will not Declare War unless Attacked. Rome, ^Aug. 8.?The foreign of | flee stated today that Italy had no intention of declaring war against I Germany or Austria unless attacked. The Italian government edorses Preside! Wilson's proposal for media ! tion. British Block Kiel. Copenhagen, Aug. S.?An uncon? firmed report states that the Kiel can? al has been blocked by the British. Italy Seizes German Liners. Genoa, Aug. 8.?Italy has seized the German liners Koenig, Albert and : Moltke, charging a violation of neu? trality. 1 nutriam Invade Russia. St. Petersburg. Aug. S.?Austrians have Invaded Russia near Radzl-Wll low. German^ und French Rattle. Brussels, Aug. 8.?A heavy battle is raging this afternoon between the Germans and French armies at Lux ! emburg. Torpedo Boat Sinks Cruiser. Paris, Aug. 8.?It is reported that '.lie German cruiser Augsberg has been sunk by a Russian torpedo boat at Li bau GERMANY ENTERS COMPLAINT. I - Claims United States Will not Allow Ships to Carry Reservists Home. Washington, Aug. 8.?The German i counsellor today lodged a complaint at the State department against the i United States for refusing to permit ships to sail carrying reservists to I Germany. BRYAN MAKES STATEMENT. ; Convinces Geenann Representative That Trouble is Duo to Ondtthms. Washington, Aug. 8.?Following a conference With the German coun ! sei lor, Secretary Bryan announced ? 'The German Charge D*Affaires has J Informed me that he feels sure the detention of foreigners from Germany ! Is not due to any order forbidding them to have, but to the fact that all means of transportation are cut [off during the mobilisation employed i by tlie government." i Rmislan?i invade ?enassf, London, Aug. 8.?An army of aOO.otM) Russians crossed the German frontier yesterday. GERMANS EEPfLsED THIRD TIME. Lose H.OOO^Mcn in Day's IMgJ^Ui^r? Belgians Loss Is ".."?00. i Brussels, Aug. 8.?Belgians re? pulsed the third German attack ?t {Liege with fearful losses. Three regiments were decimated. Nearly 200,000 men were engaged in the atta< k. It is reported tin t the Germans lust 8,000 men in today's battle. The Belgians have lost 7,500 since the i lighting began. i ,_ I Money for American Tour'sts. Washington. Aug. v?This govern nient has raided large sums to it:-, am* bassadors st Louie. Paris. Kerne, and Ibe II ,i ? to aid American tourists. I Ma red in London. Misses Marths and Mozcllc Alder? man are now tied up In London an account of the war in Europe. V. e hope the young ladles will suffer tu? inconvenience, and '.hat they will soon come b:o \ i,. Aleolu where we know lhc> are anixous to be. ? Man? ning Times.