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WATCHMAN, KoUllillsJled April, ISM. 'Be Just ?od Ftat not?r?t all the ends Thou Alms't at b-> thy Country's, Tbj Cod's and Troth'*." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, listabUahed June, ISM. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER. S. 0., SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914. Vol. XXXIX. No. 2. Reports Show That Germans Have Made Many Successes in European War. FEARFVL. i \H v\(.F IN FIGHTING AROUND C IIAHL1 KOI?AI S TRIA WILL BKND CRV18K1W AGAINHT JAPAN, AIDING GEH? MAN Y?IH -ssi ANs CAITl'RU TWO ClTUQi AND CONTI ME imUR MARCH INTO UKJIMANY. Nemur IIa* lallen. I*ondon. Aug. 24.?The official press re fort announced today that tho Ger? mans nave captured Naniur. Belgium. ? French Invent Peadty liomh. Varls. Auk. 16.?It Is -eported that a French scientist has invented a gas bomb which exploding kills every hu sntsn being within three hundred yards. It Is seriously staled that the are r.reparlhg ? to use these as a reprisal tor the alleged by Germans of "dum dum" outlet* .tooth edged bayonets.. * . - \ V . Attack on Antwerp, v ^ ndaal. Holland. Auk - I*.? thousand Oernuins attacked i. thirteen miles from Antwerp, today. The Belgian cavalry in oppos? ing the German advance on Antwerp. A sleopelln flew over Antwerp today, dnvplng bombs. Two houses were Wreck?4 and several persons killed. Fleece Dottle lit Her via. Usndon. Aug 25.?A dispatch from nsssnpgea says a desperate battle be tW^sn Austrian* and Servians is bc tssatfought at Vlsegrad. There have boon heavy losses on both sides. Five honored dead were found In the If onchts after darkness stopped the haltla Monday. Cfcttoro frort* lH*?troycd. Aug. 26.?French anc. Brit which have been bomb Cattaro destroyed ull the Aus Kantian* on to Berlin. m. Petersburg, Aug. 26.?The Rus? sians hare captured the cities of Roldau and Neidenburg, east Frus.da, after live days hard fighting. The progress of the campaign Indicates that the Kusslan plan is to press on to Berlin. Austria to Fight Japan. London. Aug. 25.?A dispatch from Vienna says the Austrian government has ordered the Austrian cruiser to cooperate with the Germans in de? fending Tsing Tao from the Japuncs>> attack. This means war between Ja? pan and Austria. % Fearful Carnage at I'harlcrol Paris. Aug. J5.?The burning vil? lages and the heaps of t*odies lying around Tharterol show the ferocity with which the allied French and British opposed the German force that swept the alller? hack into France after a ten hours' battle. The lines advanced and retreated around Char lerol. the town being taken und lost atx times before the allies withdraw. The carnage was fearful. Five vil? lages were burned. Busala n* Konto Austrian*. St. Petersburg. Aug. 115.?The war snVe announces thut a division of Austrian cavalry was routed at Plougoudau. The Uus.slan:? captur? ed five batteries and two hundred prisoners. Austria May Attack Italy. Rome. Aug. 25. ? Austria Is mob? ilising troops on tin ituiitn frontier German* Capture Fort* Berlin, Aug. 16.?Namuf and five ports have been captured l>y the Oer? mans. HrltMi 1 nop* \ld Japanese Shanghai. Aug. 25 ?British IroOfjM snd % ipplicn have heen sent to ui? I the Jh >nnese troo|m which arc ln\? st? ing Ts tsj Tao. Belgian* Ix?m? 10.000 Men. l?omloii. Aim :v The t'hmnlfle saxs thnt the Belgians loss thus far In the War are estimated ;it I?',. killed. \ustrla Offer*, to surrender. Home. Aug. i lf( i, f Antlwiri sm^m the Austrian ? o uhom n<! ? er at Cutturo has OsTbVsd ??> summi? er and Is seek inc. the I?cm| bum* pos? sible. ItrltMi i**?H In Itelgliim J oon. I?ondon. Alsjft 2*.?Premier Aat|nllh announced In the house of com mons that the British loss In the hat tie in southwestern Belgium WU 000 men. A CKUSIUNG DEFEAT. Gerninns Reported to Have Taken 10,000 Prisoners. Washington, Aug. 25.?The Ger? man emhassy has received a wireless stating that a crushing defeat of the French and British has heen adminis? tered along the German and Belgian frontier, in which the Germans took ten thousand French prisoners, in? cluding several generals with a great numlcr of cannon and equipment. On to Paris. Washington, Aug. 25.?A wireless message fror Merlin states that the advance toward Par s is now being prepared for hy the gathering in of all 'the German army on the western ! boundary. Fighting at Ostend. London, Aug. 25.?A late dispatch says the Belgians and Germans are fighting in the outskirts of Ostend. AM KI til'ANS LEA VF SWITZER? LAND, Report Extension of Ft most Courtesy Throughout Germany. None Is In Distress. The llugue. Aug. 24.?A train fom Lucerene, Switzerland, arrived here t#> Jay wtth a?0 American *fafugeos. They bring interestinsl stories re Kardlng their experiences on the con? tinent and report that the utmost conrtesy was extended to them throughout. Germany. At one targe town a crowd of people assembled and waved American hags us the truvelers passed through. The refu? gees report that nobody is in actual gist rem in Switzerland. Xt ill Katterlee and his wife of Chi? cago were looking out of their hotel window in Munich when two men, presumably Russians, threw a bomb under an army wagon. A mob gath? ered and quickly battered the of? fenders out of all semblance to hu? man beings. Clement Petit went to a garage in HsrtlgJ to get his automobile. He found the attendants cleaning up the door where a Russian pursued by a mob from the street had been kicked to death. Mr. Petit's mother was present In the Adlon hotel in Berlin when the police rushed in and ar? rested two American journalists who were suspected of being English spies. Mason Bptssjaru witnessed the shooting of a suspected spy in front of the Anhalt ruilroad station in Herlin. REPORT UPON NOMINATIONS. Senate Committee Presents Name* of Miltcyiiolds and Gregory for Con. Urination. Washington, Aug. IM.?The nomi? nations of AttornO) General J. C. Mc lieynolds to be an SgBOClatc justice of the supreme court, and Thomas Gregory to be attorney general, were orderen favorably reported to the sen? ate today by the judiei.try Commit tee. MIKIUM. II? MM OKI). Intervention Adtoeatcs Tfjlggj to Make Trouble. Washington! Aus;, 11.? President Wilson declared today thai persons who would be benefited i>v American Intervention in Mexlt o were seettltm io stir up trouble between Cnrransa and Villa. He (old rallers his in formation showed report! of the s( ? i ? ?us break between the two leaden v. ? ? re false. Tie president said an effort t mite irouble between Villa and fVir? iniiM was beim; v. fried on inside u n ?: outside of Mexico nnd ?im * it wa evident those responsible wanted ihn I I ited Stales to step in. Rogno, Aug*. IS.?It was ottlelall) snnouneed today that the eonclnve t< ele? t |hs Sliecesor Of Pope Pitts will be oiiened August 31st? - (o.MiU\i:i> fleets GATHER at tsing-tai . BrltMl Troops Qrdorod to Assist in Taking or Kino Chou From the QCT*] mans. Peking, Aug. 14.?The blockade of Tsing-Tau, the fortllled seaport Kiao Chow, has begun. Blitlahi French ami Russian ves? sels of war are taking part in the movement. Up to the present time only British regiuu nts have received orders to co? operate with the Japanese In the op ' cratlons against. Kiao Chow on the ! land side. The French however, arc [expecting orders to assist the British. [There probably will be but one or two Regiments fron each nation. No reliable Information reached her* yesterday as to any Japanese ; landing on the Kiao Chow territory. CALLS IT UN NEUTRAL. British Government Protests Against Coaling. V.'nshington, Aug. 22.?The British ' government will consider it a direct violation of American neutrality if ! the tramp steamer Mazatlan, denied clearance at Han Francisco, Is permit ted to sull with coal for the German cruiser Leipzig. Colvlllc Barclay, charge d'affaires of the British em? bassy here, took the matter up today with tho state department. He was informed that the question was al? ready under consideration by the de? partment and some phases of it be? fore the department of justice. Mr. Barclay said he felt it unneces? sary, in view of this, to lodge a formal protest. The British embassy believes the Leipzig Is using San Francisco, a neutral port, as a coaling station through the medium of such ships as the Mazatlan and claims it is as direct a violation of neutrality as \ though the Leipzig put'into port her? self for coal. The Leipzig has coaled once at San Francisco and under neu ' trallty laws may hot coal at an Amer? ican port again for three months. VILLA MEN AT DVRANGO. Brigade With Artillery Despatched to Chihuahua City to Check Brothers. Hi Paso, Texas, Aug. 24.?Gen. Villa has sent troops to Durango to Combat unfriendly interests in that state, ac? cording to persons arriving here to? day. One brigade with artillery was dispatched from Chihuahua City, they said, to meet the troops of the Arrie ta brothers, DurangO Kaders, Who re? cently deposed Governor Rouiax AGAINST ARMY RULE. Chihuahua, Aug. 84,?Gen, Fran I Cisco Villa this morning issued this Statement With regard to his relations a ith Gen. Carranza: "1 have no personal feeling in this j matter against Carranza. This coun? try should not again be under mili? tary government. The armies by our constitution are secondary to the con? stituted government, and it Is now time Chat the country should be gov? erned i?y the people, for the people. I and not as heretofore, governed by a , militant clique Whose only object Is I personal welfare and not the welfare of the masses. "1 desire the moral help of the American people in this political light I am now Waging. I consider my? self the moral champion to procure ' by all honorable means for my down? trodden countrymen justice, at the tame time showing them their obliga? tions towards law and order. "There need be no alarm whatever regarding my standing in this matter, i desire the American people to un Iderstand once and for all that 1 shall Dow take the part of silent moral pressure on any government thui may I emanate; this pressure is not incnae i in? by any means. 1 desire morality, the strictest morality In government." WANT TROOP* MOVED. Vera Crus, Aug, 24.-?a committee of rltlsens who have sympathised with tiie rebel cause has gone to the Capi? tal to urge Provisional President Carmnsfl tu demand the withdrawal I of I he American troops, Kn confident are tiu'v Ihn! Ihr Americans will he yiken mil of Ihc Klate Keptcmber I ? hat the> have organized ;i local clt> I government, the services of which thej Intend I?? oiler to Opn, Cnrranzn. I The advance line of the federal troops which had faced the Ameri? can Iroops since April 23 was with? drawn toduy to Cerdobn prcparaton t lo beim; mustered out. Fugitives of I he better class of Me* leans, thousands nf whom are here. report conditions In the capital far [from settled. R&PULBE rHBNClI AND ENGLISH ALLIES W ITH BIG LOSS ON BOTH SI BES. French Huvc Abandoned AilvancctI Gmund in Alsace ami Lorraine, and Prep uro Themselves for Fighting in Thcv Own Territory?Operations in Far East Centre at Tsing-Tau. _ The French and British troops op? posing the Invasion of the German army In Belgium have suffered a se? rious reverse, according to the oihciai announcement issued by the French, war office, In the battle line, which extends from Mons to the ?UXCmburg frontier. Several army crops, com? posed of both British and French, took the offensive on Sunday against the Germans, but their plan of attack failed, owing to the "unforeseen diiu OUltles" as described by the official [ statement and the troops retired on ! the covering positions. I The losses on both sides are report i od as extremely heavy and the French ? Officials describe the Germans as be? ing obliged to establish themselves In I fresh positions in Lorraine, The French have abandoned those portions of Alsace and Lorraine which they previously had occupied, and now ' look for heavy lighting in French ter? ritory. I Detachments of German cavalry, ! operating on the extreme right, have reached Uoubalx, a few miles north ; of Lille. This territory is defended ? only by reservists. I At Tsing-Tau, capital of Kiao Chow, , the German protectorate in China, the j German forces have prepared for a bombardment by the Japanese lleet by dynamiting all the tall structures i there which might be used by the at? tacking forces as sighting points. They also have taken all possible measures to oppose the advance of a Japanese Held army. There is a report emanating from Rome and Avalona that thp Albanian Insurgents have entered Avalona and raised their Hag. -Kmperor Xieholas of Russia is re i potted "to have gone to the headfi'ttar-" I ters of the Russian army which has I taken the offensive in full strength ?tnd is said to be advancing in east and west PrUSSiS. information given out in London was that the British held their ground and in an all-day engagement yesterday in the neighborhood of I Mons. The French embassy at Lon? don received information that Up to the present no advantage had been gained anywhere by cither side. Reports were In circulation in j Paris today that the Germans have occupied the unfurtilied town of I Nancy, France. I i ?erlin reported German victories at the French towns of Neufchateau, Luneville, Blamont and Clrey. Ac? cording to this report the French had been completely routed and were being pursued toward- the interior. The bombardment of Tsing-Tau, j China, by the Japanese fleet lias begun i according to the Yatnato, In Tokyo. The German troops, according to i reports from upper Alsace, are mak \ Ing another offensive movement against the French army occupying Muelhausen. GEN. CLAYTON IS DEAD. Distinguished Statesman Passes Away I at Washington. Washington. Aug. 20.?Gen. Powell Clayton, distinguished statesman, dip? lomat and soldier, died at his apart? ment lien- tonight at the age of SI [years. He had been In feeble health for many months. A native of Bethel, Pa., and edu? cated as a civil engineer, Gen. (May ton emigrated to Kansas in 1861 and tlu-ir entered the Union army. 11? rose to the rard; of brigadier general. After the war he went to Arkansas, and in im?n was elected governor of tie State. Three years later he was sent to the Pnited Statis senate. The general was appointed ambas? sador to Mexico by President McKin? ley In 1897 and held that post until IfJOfi, when he retired from public life. For Hi years In- was n member of the llepubllcan national committee and attended every meeting. Private funeral services will be held here nud Ihe body will be burled at VrUngton cemetery wilh military honors, \o PROTEST PROM I BROAD, \YII*oil Kays no National IIa?. Objected to t idled States Policy, Washington, Aug. 2~t.?President Wilson announced toda> thai he hud received no protest from abroad ngninst the purchase of fnreln ships by Ihe American government find none was expected, GERMANS ill 1 IE. Said to Have Captured Lille, Opening Way to English Channel. SUSTAIN DEFEAT AT HANDS OF RUSSIANS, WHO CONTINUE 1H RESIKTIBLE MARCH INTO I?III ssiA?UEKMANS RETAKE AL? SACE?DEAD SIX FEET DEEP IN STREETS?SBVfHAL NAVAL CONFLICTS REPORTED?JAPANESE KEEP MOVEMENTS Sl.C HET. BUT ANNOUNCE THAT THEY WILL NOT LEAVE FAR LAST. Berlin Claims Victory. Special to The Daily Item. Berlin, Aug. 27.?A complete vic? tory over the allies in Belgium is of? ficially announced by the German war office. Paris Preparing lor Siege. Paris, Aug. 27.?Preparations to re? sist the siege of Paris are being rush? ed today. Gen Calliene, an expert on defensive operations has taker command of the troops and garrisons [about the capital. Supplies of all i kinds arc being rushed into the city. Germans Take Lille. London. Aug. 27.?Lille, a city . 12.~> miles from Paris, is reported ' to have been captured by the Ger? man?. _ Russinn Advance Irresistible. St. Petersburg. Aug. -7.?The gen? eral stair today announced that the ; Russian advance into Prussia has proven "irresistible" and the army of invaeidn is rapidly approaching I Koenigsburg. The Germans who re? treating, are massing at Osterode for ,a desprats stand against the Russians. I i Germans Recover Alsace. I New York, Aug. 27.?A wireless from Berlin today says all the forts at Namur have fallen. Longwy was cap j hired after a resolute defense. The French forces attacking the German I crown prince's aripy were repulsed. .Upper Alsace js free of the allies, ex jOKpt at points westward from ColYuar. I GERMANS FLEE IN TERROR. - Reported to Be Abandoning Every? thing at Approach of Russian I Troops, j Rome. Aug. 27.?A dispatch from St. Peterburg states that the Kassians in western Prussia are marching to , ward Dansig. Immense masses of the population are in Might before the ap I j preaching Kassians. Kerlin is in a I state of panic. Germans arc aban? doning their fortifications, their trains ! of artillery and ammunition and are In full lliuht before the irresistible sweep of the Russian Cossacks and infantry following. With the excep? tion of Koenigsburg, the Russians oc ' cupy all of eastern Prussia. I i ????? GERMANS WIN VICTORY. I ?? i Drive French and British Beyond Bd i glatt Borders. J Berlin via. Copenhagen, Aug. 2 7.? With the announcement of a com? plete victory in Belgium by the war i office, it is stated that the losses on both sides are tremendous. British troops lighting with the French were driven across the Belgian border. I _ Newspaper for Criticising Kaiser is Destroyed. j Copenhagen, Aug. 27.?A dlspatcb I from Berlin states lhal the militarists have destroyed the office of the Vor? w?rts (newspaper) because the paper laid the blame for the war upon the Kaiser. Antwerp Besieged. London. Aug. 27.?All railroad and other entrances Ui Antwerp have been dosed, it is believed thai the city la besieged. NAM I'll OCCUPIED BY GERMANS. Forts Still Holding Out?Many Citi? zens Killed. London Aug. 27. An 10 xc hange telegraph dispatch from Ostend de? clares that ail hul Iwu forts at Namur tire still holding out. The Germans occupied the town aflei many houses had been destroyed and u large mim ber of inhabitants killed, Germans lake French Town. r,nndon. Aug. 27. A dispatch from Ostend says that the Germans have occupied the French towns of, Itonba ix and Valenciennes, Gentian Cruiser sunk. London Aug. 27.??A German cruis? er has been sunk by a British warship off Ihe coast of Africa. The German cruiser Mnggehurg was Mown up nff the coast ol Finland, BATTLE OFF DELAWARE COAST. _ Flashes ami Roar Hoard land?Wreckage I>rif Cape Henlopin, De1 ^ naval battle Is bell ?j5 /to have oc? curred off the cou' Jr jre early today. Flashes and roar 4? gently of cannon fin continued 4wo this morning I to daylight. \j glare of the flames , was plainly ? / Tlie leading belief 'is that boASJ' Issels were allre. The I wreckage drifting ashore today. It is belle? that the combatants were |a German cruiser and an English i worship. J5oth may have been sunk. DEAD PILED FP IX STREETS. Terrible Battle Ragtag at Malincs? Fart of Town 111 own Up and Peo? ple Fled. Amsterdam, Aug. 27.?A terrible battle is raging at Malines today. The dead are piled in the streets to a height of six feet. The greater part of Malines has been blown up and the population has lied to Antwerp. Hi it Hi Land at Ostend. London, Aug. 27.?British marines have been landed at Ostend, Belgium, and are now occupying that city. GERMANS BEATEN AT LILLE. Paris Despatch Says That *>t?ich 1 Troops Continue Their_ I Sharp lighting occurred dtjtbe gates 'Of Lille between the German cara' / I and "French trooper but it- u?.e**o**ed?# this afternoon that the Germans were 1 beaten off toward Seclin, .losing a .number of prisoners. The war office I declares no dangerous developments have occurred in the-North. French j troops maintain their progress in the : Nancy region. GERMANS C\PTCRE LILLE. Way to English ( iianncl Now Open to '} Teutons. ! London, Aug. 27.?The German ' capture of Lille opens the way to the English channel. lieported victories indicate''that the Germans are now oO miles over the French boundary. Steamer Blown up by Mine. London, Aug. 27.?The Norwegian steamship Gotfried is reported blown up in the North sea by a Hunting mine. Japan Will Not Leave East. I Tokio, Aug. 27.?No news of the operations at Kiao Chau have been/ published here. Japan today made an . j unqualified statement that it would J take no part in the war outside of the Far Bast 1 ? v < ITALY STILL FNDEClDEDv - - Popular Peeling Against Germans and Atistrians. Kome, Aug. -7.?Although it has ! yet made no declaration of war. Italy continues calling reservists to the col- . ors. The Germans are pressing hard for support, but there is a great popu i lar ill-feeling against Germany and Austria. - _. JENNINGS AND POLLOCK CON? GRATULATED* ? i ntci i ilied Democracy" of Orange burg Thanh Cuiulhjutcs. News and Courier. Orangebura*, Aug. 26.?The tchgram below was handed ti e correspondent of The News and r ?urler with the request of the writers, who aru said to be numerous, h send to The News und Courier with request that it .be published. Its sentiments express those of many who thou, ht a politi? cal change necessary; fought for'It iiml u< compllshed yesterday what they sought: < ?. iv . S. <Aug. Jf?, 1!G4. To Messrs. \>. I\ Pollock. Cheraw. S. and I I' Jennings Sumter S. C: 1 leeepl our heartfelt eonnratu \if* on your 1 ingniiiccnt victory yesterday for decenojr in South OarO> Una. Our hearts WOTS with STOU "hen and our votes in the future ere y ?urs to command. Fnterrltied Democracy of orange burg."