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?UMTKH WATCHMAN, K.tal.usbod April, IBM. "He Just and I'Vur not?Cel all ttio ends Thuu A?ns't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." Consolidated Aug. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNE8DAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1914. Un?xrsUy of i?. fc. Till: TRUE SOI I HltON, Kstublfebcd June, IHM. Vol. XXXIX. No. 3. Vanguad of Vast Horde Which is Pouring Into France Only 90 Miles From Capital Many Conflicting Reports as to German Losses and Successes ?Censorship Stricter Than Ever and Little News Can Be Secured -Italians and Austrians Massing Forces on Bor? ders of Their Countries in Case War is Declared?Rus? sians Continue March Into Prussia, Now Three Hundred Miles From Berlin. AlIhA IV'ented at Naniur. Berlin, Adg. 28.?The defeat of the Knflifth el Maut?eugc and Franco-Bel? gians, near Nanfur was ottlcially an? nounced today. :rV is,no* british soi.iMi u^ m:\i>. DtofiUh from <K?<nd *4?)s Many Have Been Killed. London. Auk. 28.?A dispatch f.om Ostend says that Oer man soldiers at Courtral declare that over ten thou? sand Brtthth soldiers have been kill? ed la Belgium in the recent fighting. Rt'MAN ARMY MARC hing on. off East Prussia Proves a Dig Blow to K ataer. Ht Petersburg. Auk- 2?.?The Rua tOn army la attacking Lemberg, the capital of the Austrian province of Oakla. The Austrian army la de? fending It a hundred and twenty thou? sand strong. Ruostan acroplunes uro scouting over the city. Russisns defeated the Austrlans at Tomassew In Kusalan Poland. They also beat the Austrlans at MoffaV stlrsyksko and crossed the Dniester river without difficulty. The loss of Last Prussia, "the gran? ary of northern Her many" is a severs ?low to the Kaiser. RaotU cut Down by, 1*io* Allleil Forces. Parts. Aug. 28. ?A wedded ftouave ottlcv r arriving 4oday *estl W tea the Oerinan losses In the three da*? battle at Char lerntet sixty thou? sand killed and wound* d. Whole ranks of the Germans were mowed, down with schrapnel. \ WHOLK HFGIMI.NT WIPED 9$?V. Aastrtano Annihilate Mutliioejrjfeol dlora. - n Rome, Aug. 28.?It is reported that the entire Csach regiment of suvejniy flve hundred men way. annihila^odv b_v the Austrlans. when It mutinied and refused to fight against t*rvT?. * WTLIj hovk frknch capital Pr?parat km a to Move Government Sent to Bosffeaus. London. Aug. 28.?A letter received from Paris by a hlnh government of flclal miyn that preparations} are be? ing made to mov > the Freuc'n gov ernment to Bordeaux. *? _Wni?r - f h*\ Gcrnwinft Announce Victory. 1 Washington. Aug. 28.?Th? German Smhaniy received a wireless awesome, today asserting tbat the Kre/Uh and F.nKltsh northern armlea OA the* Som? bre and Me use. rivers have hern gur? rounded on all sides by the German?! The German ca\ dry hua reached Os? tend, civilians in the Belgdan town of I<nuv*ln attacked the Germans and they were punished be the destr " lion of the city. jL French C'lslni Vh tory^ Psrts, Aug. 28 ?The WOffl, yfltce maintain* .hat the I rem*h army ha ? been nuceertsfut In th?? Yoagi.ni oftiu palRn. where there has been desperate fighting. Seven thousand German ?'?-Urs wer?- found In one district, where they were Mlaln by the French artillery. Longwy only surrendered after half the garrison had born kill? ed. A 15? It; lan rrfui;en todny declared that n?ar the Wwn of Chtiney Goriii.iu eorpMes an |.ded twelve feet high. Austria ?relares War on Hclgtum. Lome, A MSI? gl ?Austria today de? clared war on Pefglum. 1 Sinei? Mites to Parts. London. An* 2s ? The gJfVsftuns to- i day are within ninety miles of Puis. The Russian* ?re three hundred miles from Berlin. The fonoorshly h; mute tUel th.m ?\<r. ,, ? BritLh Fight Against Odds. London. Aug. 2s. I'rennrr ASfiUll announced in parliament today tl the* engagement between the allies ami Germans was NMVld Wednes? day. "There were heavy hisses on I both sides. The British forees were exposed to the attack of live German corps (two hundred thousand.)" Germans Claim Sweeping Victory, Herlln. via Copenhagen, Auk- It.? It Is olllelally announced that the Her? man army is hotly pursuing the KiiKlish a?iny defeated at Maubcuge, und is threatening to surround them. The Germans crushed the combined Krauet?-Belgian army composed of eight corps near Namur. The allies are fleeing, pursued eastward by the Germans. The lhitish at .Maubeuge desperately resisted, but were linally driven across the Semois river. Kusslniis Driving Germans, Riga, Russia, Aug. If,?The Rus slans announce the capture of im? mense spoils of war from Urn Gcriruins at Tilsit. Th. garrison am! inhabi? tants lied. The Russians are cstab-i lishing a postal system in Kast Prus? sia. A (German Avalanche. Tails, Aug. 28.?The Germans have swullowcd Longwy. "Iron Kate to France" and like a vast avalanche are pouring three million strong though Luxembourg, and the famous Gap of, Trevca. The Ravarians have joined HV^SiA^^lKM-H niOK.S*HIVEH>i ./ ' ? ' j ' : s<-otch Halting Vessel Sunk by Float-1 ; 4*g Miete?. London. . 4yk)f. 48.?The . Russian troops invuiHi^t^Germany have cross Uf the Vtftula, ?lver. ^M. dJafatch li<jm Petersburg says I that a Scotch Ashing vessel was sunk off BlyW by ^ouUpg mines. lTAI^N^^iVVE :Al'STH.IA. UoUi Covc^k? HtWu? troops Near Home, AlK^SIi.?Large forces, of italHK trooSBfe concent rating along the AUige'riyjajka^bundred rrftles south of the AustflaSborder. A?atH'uitt are m tssing' ^ifajfr near the Jpoundaryv Tn*> ?UuaA*iv)? critical. Austria bat order** iUj^Wfllan currespondenU to leav/p> tbe ao^n^ry? ; " ? >*>?'?i' ?V ? AvMriatis Spy Servians Rchcniled . Wounded Merf. I Rome, Am;.' 28.?The Austrian em? bassy issued a sta.temeiit today charg? ing that the Servians} had beheaded and mutilated thousauda of wound? ed Austrian's. -r? W(HU> STOM? HIMfXTLATIOX. Ruvinrss Hen \d locate C losing Hoard of Trade. Chicago, Auk. ?8. ?Ranks and busi? ness inni today are openly advocating ?taping the hoard of Trade to stop the wuve of speculation in grain aid provisions. N ? . 5 WANT *P1 I1I>Y tlKRLY. v_?_ f German Amur\-Midor latqttlres Into l?eluy In Au? vorlag Protest on Wlrclc-s Censorship. Washington, Agg. L's.?A prolest ggUtnSj tin- delay of the United States In rallying u> tin- German Inquiries capesrfctng tin- wireless censorship nm bled with Hecrelnry of Htntc Ury an toda>*. Tin- Derma Ii ntnlwssndnr told gesretarj Dryan ti?.it Germany desires lnmieili.il :-eti ?n. Secretary Dryan replied that he would do ail posslbU la facilitate the llnal tlcels 11 h of lha government, AT Si MMI K wiiiti; pol si;. i'lr-ldelll WHfKUl linn in'ti f?C Cor nhn, n. ii. i\ r Washlnstotf Aug, I7,*-Presldent IVllMon !?ft Washington today for tin nuni.ar While Hons.- at Cornish, X. H.0 to remain until Tuesday or pOSSl My. Wednesday. IMIlSjj VICTORS ON SEA. j two g'fkman BATTLESHIPS 1>f stuoyfi) \m> OTHERS BAD? LY CRIPPLED. Allied Forces Sustain Severe Loss on Laud and Germans Continue Their Steady Advance Towards Paris, Al? though Allies are Fiercely Oppos? ing Their Progress?Additional Russian Forces arc Pouring into Prussia?Germans Fire on Japanese Cruiser. Fleets of Great Urltaln and Ger? many at last have come to grips and, according to the reports from Lon? don, IVOtory lay with the British. in battle with ?ritish Warshlpi off the Island of Heligoland in the North sea yesterday, the Germans are reported to have lost two cruisers and two torpedo boats sunk, while anoth < r of their cruisers and many of their destroyers were badly battered. The British claimed not to have SUffoltd the ,oss of a vessel and de? clared there were few fatalities on board tllti Vessels of their licet. The German Casualties were not stated. The island of Heligoland, which Hog II miles off the mouths of the rivers Klbo and Weser, always has been re? garded a point of great strategic val? ue for the protection Of the Kaiser Wilhehn canal and otherwise in the naval defense ^f Germany. Roeent reports had it that S large part of the llower of the German navy lay in the waters adjacent to the inOUthS ol the Flbe ami Weser and In the Kaiser Wilhelm canal. Again last night there was a -scar? city of ne\\s concerning the land war? fare in Europe. The French war ollicc in a state? ment said laCOnlealy that the situa? tion along its lines Friday was the same as it was Thursday, adding that the Germans apparently "have slack? ened their march;" that was all. From England there came not even a word ojttelally concerning the light? ing on lnnd. ^ A^y iuus rever^ to. British, anna on \rentier *fg ohVlatly an neftiihced Id-Berlin. F! Afto* sine d:iy:i' lighting the Ger rruns claim to have put the western ['-Und of the allies to flight. The Eng? lish, It Js asserted, were defeated a1 Maubeuge, France, and" the Franco [Belgliia forces driven back toward Miuiheuge. Belgian attacks from Nancy and Antwerp were, repulsed, it is declared. ./ Field Marshal Sir John French, commander in chief of tne British ^expeditionary force, reports that his t 'onps were uttao'kea' by five German army . corps knd 6avalry Wednesday , in the neighborhood 0tx Cambrai and 1 Iiecateau, and that their casualties I heavy. ? Jle 'does not^state the outcome of the battle. Cambrai and Lecateau r,re French towns about 10 | l ales souPhWest of Maubeuge and the {description of tlie scene of the lighting ' IV Field Marshal French as announc? ed in the hcjoso of commons by Pre rntOT' AS(|ulth ;today fits in with the r lsJtUe. Ifhe indicated at Berlin. , An' -English correspondent at Lille, France, says that the advance guard of the Germans is now- at I'ont-a llarcq arid' Marchinenncs, French towns Jugt south of Lille in the depart? ment of DuNord. British marines are in force at Os? tend. A press dispatch from that town says that the Germans are with? in :il> miles of the place. A newspaper dispatch from Bou? logne reports that the Germans broke through the French lines near Arras in the province of Pas de Clais, but that the French have the situa? tion well In hand. German troops are reported as tak? ing the offensive in Belgian Congo. The Kassian military attache at Paris is credited' with' the statement that additional Russian armies are about to invade Western Prussia with tin Intention <?f inarching on Berlin. Une of the Important announce? ments of yesterday was made by the Marquis of Crewe in the house of lords, it was thai England would draw on the native forces in British India i< reinforce her armies in Ku rope. The German forts at Tslng Tan fired on Japanese cruisers reconrtolt erlng off tin- fortress, One of the cruisers was said t<> have been dam? it g< d. Louvaln, u Bdiglan town ol .f>t?. ?but Inhabitants, with many4 historic bulhlin':.-? is reported t<> have been hurried by the Germans ns ap gel of Senrlsnl for nlleged firing, jmi OeV* mnrv sokriers by Belgian rltttons. The Iblg^jps claim, however, that the pco p1?i ffl| l.mivoin did nol rotnnilt Hie beeile at't. ?-ha reed, hut that it was the Germany themselvesMvho fired on PEACE POLICY ENDANGERED MANY NATIONS SEEK AID OF UNITED ST ATI is IN EUROPEAN WAR Believed That President Wilson Will Have Difficulty In Answering Pro? tests and Requests from Foreign Nations. Washington, Aug. 2??.?That Pres? ident Wilson's taste for keeping the United States neutral was meeting With increasing difficulties was the be? llst of the administration circle today. The Belgian commission to visit the ? White House to protest against the .alleged German barbarities is expect? ed as a forerunner of many other , visits from foreign interests seeking to enlist the support of the United States. It is well known that Presi? dent Wilson opposes entangling the United States in a war for any cause I whatever. SENATE CONFIRMS ^'REYNOLDS. Also Confirms Appointment of Greg? ory as Attorney General. I i Washington, Aug. 2'J.?The senate jtoday confirmed the nomination of I Attorney General Me Reynolds as j'.s f?ce of the Supreme Court, t Thomas Gregory of Texas, who was nominated for attorney general, was ai?o confirmed. TO TIGHTEN BLOCKADE. afwc English Ships for American Wa 1 jj tors. ! ' Pfew York, Aug. -8.?It was report* ed in shipping circles here today that SIX more British cruisers had been i ordered to the Atlantic coast *o block? ade American ports against the escape (of German merchant ships and to Clear the North Atlantic of the 'enemy's warships. The British consul ' hete would neither confirm nor deny ; the report, but the news yesterday j that live cruisers of the British At? lantic fleet had been ordered to the 1 Gulf of Mexico was pointed to as in HARN IS BURNED. Clarendon Farmer Suffers Heavy Loss Near Manning. { Manning, Aug. 28.?John W. Rid ! gill, fu prominent farmer living four isftlleft south of Manning, hai' a. large ibarjCTVlth a lot of l'eeUetinf destroyed I by fjrVabout p o'clock last night. The ifirc was caused by'the barn being ! struck- b|r lightning. The live stock was M saved,, but .a quantity of . old corn* Bbtfcif oats and all the new fod? der saved this season were destroyed. (The loss is estiniated a.t about $1,000. No insurance. .1 GAME HJfcSULTS IN TIE. r? Hagood and Snmtcr Teams Play Sev? en InrUng Contest. The Hagood and Sumter baseball I teams playedr a seven inning tie game yesterday Afternoon at the local groynds, the score being 5-5 at the end of the contest. Both teams put up gpod ball, and the game was a good one from the spectators' point of view. ? The feature was a home run by Frank Chandler. Batteries: . Sumter, lx;vi and Chuu dier; Hagood, Parker and Barrett. FOOTHALL PLAYERS TO BAT? TLE, Movement 011 Foot 40 Form Brigade Of Athletes for England. London, Aug. 28.?Incorporation of a brigade of football idayors into ?Lord Kitehencr's new army Is the .latest ' 'Li ! proposal to be made in England. Bofh 1 the war olhVo and the football asso*! elation htivc received It with consider-" ? y * able enthusiasm. '? r'??>. \ f ! The football association has a mem? bership Of 7,000 trained athletes, who, it is suggested, might be bettor em? ployed in idharglng the Germans on the battlefield, than In charging ca/?h other on the football Held. The <oun eil of the assoeiation- is to hold aj meetiifg on Hphduy to decide if theso^ 7,000 men shall be released from tlvrir " m * ' j present, engagements- and the football fields turned Into dr ill grour\Qs. ? ?.' mwmm j - b s.j ? ill-1 psm -u tlu lr fellow countrymen. Heeause of the %norfT?ayment of a war levy of ?! (i.ono.OHO, the^Gerroans. 1*: is said, threaten to seize ^he fa- t mous pictures and *>b'.jee?B'of art Inj the Prassele!nu^t'iimft" \. Ad viees>'Jfrom ("h impfte V^nlfa a 1 cities report the HlnUil\gVy the Urerman tor? pedo b<?at destroyajj K-'.?0 by the Brit? ish torpedo bo.a? /destroyer Weiland . r in' the srlitnre bj ..the allies of va? rious Gertr?l merchantmen as prizes. In Overwhelmning Numbers Teutons Push Back French and Belgian Troops. People of Berlin Panic Stricken at Approach of Russians Through Prussia?Czar's Soldiers SufferReverse But Con? tinue Progress With increased Numbers?Italy Increases Perplexity of Situation By Demanding Explanation of the Massing of Austrain Troops- Near Italian Frontier. Three German Ships Captured. Shanghai, Aug. ?A British cruiser captured the German ships Yorck, Senegumbla and Ferdinand today. The Japanese bombardment of Tsing Tao continues. Austria Invaded i>.v Servians. Nlsh, Aug. 29.?A Servian army of one hundred and twenty-live thou? sand lias invaded Austria and is o? cupylng Valievo. Fall of Kocnlgsburg Reported. St. Petersburg, Aug. An uncon? firmed report was received today that the Russian army of invasion has captured Koenigsburg, blast Prussia. This city is Germany's strongest fort? ress in East Prussia. [TALLIN t LTIM ATl M TO AUSTRIA Demand for explanation of Mobilisa? tion of Austrian Army on Italy'; ? Frontier. Rome, Aug. 20.?It Is reported that Italy h;?s sent an Ultimatum to Aus? tria demanding an explanation within forty-eight hours of mobilisation <?f Austrian troops on the Italian fron? tier, it is expected that Italy will declare war on Austria Monday. Turkey Preparing For War. Itomo, Aug. 29.?Fresh military ac? tivity In Turkey is reported today. A ?'lui^Ux ol German oJiieerr- said to hug^rnvVn in^fctonlitf^^ Muking Slaves of Belginns. Roller dam, Aug". 29.?The German? orderod all Belgians between the ages of II and 22, residing in Biege and Tongres to proceed immediately t Germany to help in the harvest of the i crops. ! +>r ' ! Idssians Capture Allcnstcin. London. Aug. -i).?^Tho Kassian em? bassy'reports that Russian army has occupied Allenstein, GG miles south . of Koenigsburg, after spirited oppo? sition by the Germans. The Russian* In a hot tight decimated, an Austrian ' regiment in Galigia. 1 .. ?. , ? i,, f: m Ay j llerlih Vadft Stricken. * ?' i Home, Aug, ^Oi?? Berlin dispatch 'says that all enthusiasm for the war I ha? disappeared. Berlin is panio ! stricken with terror at the rapid ad 1 vancc of the Russians. \ Food scarcity in Germany is assum? ing alarming proportions. Berlin is ; expecting a 'siege by the'Russians. 7mA Belgians Holding Nanmr Forts. , Antwerp, f Delayed) Aug. 29.?It I was officially stated today (Friday) ; that practicay all the forts' at Xaniur ? are still holding out, though bom barder. : loadily by the Germans for I nearly . week. GIGANTIC GERMAN VISK French und Allies Reins Suucc/.cd To [ get her and Forced BueL by Over? whelming Army. Paris, Aug. 39..?lake a titanic vise th)e German armies are squeezing the ?aliied forces Und the French right and leftj wjngti,..which are steadily being forced . back toward Paris. - It is admitted today that the left wing has l?eetv^withdiawb from 1 Ud" gian frontier ltd .t?c Summe river and to Amiens. 79\jniUs fi*6m Paris. The French ri-TM win-, for two days has made a brilliant stand 'along the riv? r Meui the." near Rujiiberx ille, do* parfment of the Vosgcs. The comliet continue;? today. Many French gunners, are dropping exhaust? ed behind their cannon. It' is evident that ttao Germans in? tend to strike Paris from the north. The gun tic battle seems now cue of endur in(ie, Kcitnfer man nor horse ?is jsparcd in the c. nseless strAigVles. Tin- loupes ofare probably t! , rntor iri-rhtlad in jhe history of the world. SuppUrv for OdiiKiii CruKMS. ilalvcston. Aug. 29.?The C.crman steamship Xavara is today loading supplies and water for German cruis? ers known to he in the C.ulf waters. RUSSIANS OVERRUN PRUSSIA. Germans Repeal ofcatcd With Ross of ^ .id Guns. Washingtr y& Sz9.?The British embassy reported that East Prussia* idly being overrun by Rugs' C *'he greater part is now in ' /an hands. Germans have v -pcatedly defeated with heavy A of men and guns. Germans Driven Back. Paris, Aug. 29.?The Germans have lain thrown hack from liirson upon Chi may. ????? * 2.000 BRITISH KILLED. (Germans Kill or Capture 5.000 Bel? gian Soldiers. Boulogne, Aug. 29.?Under a per? fect hail of bullets all except thirty out of two thousand British soldiers lighting in the trenches, were killed at (location censored out). Five thousand Belgians attempting to escape from Xamur were surround? ed near Decne and all hut seventeen were killed or made prisoners. GERMANS BEAT BACK ALLIES. Fearful Loss of Life in General Con? flict of Ele\en Days. Paris, Aug. 29.?Germans have beaten back the left wing of the al , lie.i from the IMgiati frontier and are ^fffcKv fcavnr.citfg between Arras and j Amiens, about 80 miles from Paris. Fearful loss of IfJe is reported in the great general conflict which has now la.sled eleven days. ?? i;: Russian Army Defeated. Berlin, Aug. 21*.?An official report states that the Russian army of two hundred thousand men was defeated by the Germans at Allensicin in East Prussia. - f s?.1 . Fortify Ostend Against Germans. London, Aug. 29.?The British ma i rines are fortifying themselves at Os? tend. ? I V j Malines Wrecked by German Artillery. 1 Ostend, Aug. 29.?Germans bom? barded Malines Thursday iQid Friday, practically wrecking the city. They oeeupied the city briefly and then withdrew. Japanese Bombard Tsingtao. < Shanghai, Aug. 29.?The Japanese c?iutinuc the bombardment of Tsingtao The Infantry have captured some out? er Torts. (lfegular Train Service Abandoned. C?#i ?. uhegen, Aug. 29.?A private dispatch from Berlin says that the or? dinary railway service in Germany has been suspended. Trains have been* i st ized to rush troops from the west ;to the cast in front of where the Ger? mans are hard pressed by the Kus I stans. DELEGATION ON THE JOB. Voutli Carolinians Back in Cmigre-s , After Election. Washington. An?;. 27.? The first .member of the South Carolina delega? tion to return to his peal alter the primary was Congressman Uagsdale, who ittended Wednesday's session of i tin- house, and was warmly ?relmmed after his victsgy. Itfessfsi Byrnai| .Johnson sn0 Lever were aba in their seats today, threat rejoicing over the result of ihe primary for the at nator* ship is heard here on ail hands. To HAVE IJttHT. Work of CoiMriu-ting Plant at Mc Etee ProgeeHSOK, McBee. Auk. 28.? W. 1*. McCoy is pusUn: ; the < !? ? ' i i*? light plant to . ? mph ti?n ? ad Im foro many d?\s M< i:.e i*eopie will lie enjoying the bene? fit of i Iwttrle lights. \\or\ on the McBbe section of the National highwa) is progressing fast. Tee elay is noW belli R laid. This will be, when completed, one of the beat roads in the Sohth,