NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1914. NUMBER 113. ,, ,f;f
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ermans Attack
Left Wm2
|||' Of Allied Army To Envelop That Wine
And Drive It Back On Antwerp—Ger
man Forward Movement Giving
-*'* Way Before Belgian Cavalry.
I GERMAN INFANTRY ENTRENCHED
German Reinforcements Advancing —Artillery Duel On — In
vaders May Await Massing of Entire Army Before At*
0- tempting to Break Through Allies’ Lines.
H United Press Dispatch.
Brussels, August 15. —German infantry in heavy force are
M moving forward in an effort to envelop the extreme left wing of
the Allied army to the southeast of Antwerp. It is admitted
that a general attack in force may already be in progress, the
A officials believing that the German objective is to penetrate
■ the lines of the Allies and drive the extreme left back on Ant
H werp. So far the Allies’ artillery fire has been very effective.
The Germans, in an attempt to carry the outposts by bayonet,
B were driven back in much disorder.. The German advance was
checked momentarily from Diest along the Meuse river to Bel
■ gian Luxemburg and the German forward movement is giving
I way before the wild assaults by the Belgian cavalry. The Ger
■ man infantry remained entrenched and strong reinforcements
B are advancing. The artillery duel continues.
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United Press Dispatch.
Brussels, August 15.—Almost continual cannonading from
the direct front indicated today that a general German assault
upon the Belgian lines began at daybreak. Captured German
officers admit that the general staff is willing to sacrifice 100,
000 men to carry the Belgian position and take Brussels.
The early fighting reported was in the nature of a long
range artillery duel, under cover of which the German infan
try are slowly advancing, entrenching as they come.
The Belgian cavalry has assumed the offensive between
Tiplemont and Hassell, driving back the German cavalry col
umn which was reconnoitering toward Tiplemont. The Germans
are advancing very slowly, apparently awaiting a massing of
the entire army before they attempt to break through the al
lies lines. ,
I The Belgian army holds a line from the neighborhood of
Biest and Maline to far southwest of Namur, in Belgian Lux
emburg The French Reserves with the English army centers
at Gembloux, ten miles northwest of Namur. The German
jforces total 300,000 and captured German officers say they
nave been ordered to take Brussels at all hazards. The Bel
gian general staff considers this impossible.
Hundreds of additional wounded are arriving here and the
hospitals and public buildings are filled and private houses are
M5ng requisitioned
REPORT 3,000 GERMANS KILLED AROUND HAELEN.
United Press Dispatch.
Brussels, August 15. —The War Office has announced that
the Germans lost three thousand men around Haelen and is ar
ranging to burn the bodies.
GENERAL BARWIZ REPORTED SURRENDERED.
United Press Dispatch
Brussels, August 15- —Belgian spies report that General
Barwiz has surrendered to General Von Emmich, in command
of the German army in Belgium. They had no information upon
the reported death of General Von Emmich.
PRIVATE CITIZENS MUST NOT INTERFERE. JT"
United Press Dispatch. • ‘
Berlin, August 15. —This g overnment has notified the
French and Belgium govemmen ts that beginning today private
citizens who interfere with the German advance will be shot.
ilTMY’S RELATIONS
MORE STRAINED
With Austria As Result of For
tnr’s Refusal to Allow Lat
^ ier’sTroops to Cross.
United Press Dispatch.
Rome. August 15.—The rela
tions of Italy and Austria were
very near the breaking point to
following the refusal of
Italy to permit four army corps
to cross Italy to reinforce the
Germans. The government an
nounced that it would preserv<
,the neutrality of Italy with arm:
if necessary.
CAPTAIN WARNED OF
MINE.
United Press Dispatch.
Trieste, Austria, August 15—
It is officially announced tha
143 were drowned, and 157 save'
when the Austrian Lloyd steam
er “Baron Gaustch” was de
stroyed by a mine in the Adriat
ic Sea- The captain was warne<
that the channel was mined, bu
failed to wait for a pilot.
JAPAN TO
DECLARE WAI
Now Regarded As Probable —
Japanese Notified to With
draw From German Port.
United Press Dispatch.
Tien Tsing, August 15. —
Great excitement has resulte<
here from the announcemen
that the Japanese firms doinj
business at Tsing Tao, the Ger
man port, have notified a
gents to withdraw immediately
j It is believed that this was or
dered by the Japanese govern
jment presaging a declaration o:
war by Japa non Germanv.
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TALK FAR EAST RELATIONS
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C-, August 15
—Secretary Bryan and the
Japanese ambassador conferred
at the State Department today
and considered the Far East re
lations in the European war.
AMERICANS GETTING
AWAY.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., August 15
— The American charge at St
Petersburg reports that nearly
all Americans have left the cap
ital and others are leaving Rus
sia daily- Gerard at Berlin,
has cabled that Americans are
permitted to leave as fast as
trains can be arranged.
PANAMA CANAL
IS NOW OPLN
Steamer Ancon First Vessel To
Make Trip Through Great A
merican Canal.
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United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C-, August 15.
—Messages of congratulations
were exchanged today between
President Wilson and Secretary
of War Garrison and Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and Gov
ernor Goethals of the Panama
Canal Zone, upon the opening
to the commerce of the world to
day of the big ditch. Officials
expected the informal prog
ram of unostentation today to be
carried out. A War Department
vessel, the steamer Ancon, load
ed to the gunwales with Isthmi
an, War and Navy officials, and
a hefty cargo of newspaper men,
was given the honor of being the
'first “official vessel” to gc
’through the inter-oceanic wat
erway, leaving Cristobel on the
j Atlantic side, at 7 o'clock a. m
The first ships to make the
trip arrived at Gr.tun Lock;
.within an hour, where it wa;
boarded by an official party an<
j will reach Balboa the Pacifi
terminal, at 9 o’clock tonight.
. The formal opening of the car
al will not occur until Marcl
’ 4, 1915, when President Wilsoi
' ! Admiral Dewey, cabinet an
congress members will head
gigantic fleet. Today active o]
eration for commercial vesse
drawing not over 30 feet <
water, was begun, although tl
smaller vessels, including
lighter service, have been pas
- ing through for a couple <
t months- Some of the small
1 fruit liners are expected to e
- tablish a regular schedule <
- traffic through the canal, b
* ginning today
[ SECOND BRUTAL
| NEGRO MURDER
Della Smiley Shot And Killed
By Eph Gage, A Jealous
l Negro, Who Has Es
caped.
Della Smiley, a negro woman
living near the corner of Elm
and Second streets, was shot
and killed Friday evening about
- 9:15 o’clock at Diaz, while flee
1 ing from the jealous wrath of
: Eph Gage- The woman had re
r cently been going with another
- negro and that night had walk
- ed to Diaz with him.
Eph Gage, upon learning
- where she had gone, went to
- Diaz on No. 28 and finding the
man and woman seated on a
stile, which separated the rail
road property from W. F- Hur
ley’s garden, Gage is said to
have first pursued the man, who
ran north after Gage had fired
at him twice. When the man
escaped, Gage turned in pursuit
of the negress and ran her
down at the steps to the back
porch of Walter Hurley’s home.
He shot at her twice, one bullet
from a 38 revolver entering her
back and penetrating upward
came out near the breast. The
other shot missed, the bullet
tearing a hole through the
screen, hit the floor and buried
itself in the leg of a table.
Gage ran toward the depot,
clearing the fence, but leaving a
button from a pair of Carhart
overalls, which he wore and has
not been seen or heard from
since.
The bloodhounds of Sheriff
McCuistion were hurried to the
scene, but the trail had become !
confused. Gage is about 5 feet,
10 inches in height, weighs 155 [
to 160 pounds and has a peculiar '
hesitancy in his speech.
! Coroner Melville was notified 1
next morning and came here '
'to hold an inquest over the re- '
mains Saturday afternoon. The
remains were viewed and the
inquest was then adjourned to
1:30 o’clock Monday afternoon, i
Controlling The Boll Worm
Government Demonstrator
David Thiebaldt informs the ,
Independent that the farmers
about Weldon, where the cotton
boll worm made its appearance j
about a week ago in menacing j
numbers, have the situation in
'hand and are preventing further
losses with the application of
poison. Mr. Thiebaldt also
states that from no other sec- j
tion of the county has there
been any complaint of a visita
tion of the boll worms
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FRENCH ARMY
! ASSUMES OFFENSIVI
In Vosges With Investment of
Strassburg In View, Accord
ing to Reports.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 15. — The
French have assumed the offen
sive in the Vosges mountains.
Though resistance is encounter
ed, the French continue to move
slowly forward and the war of
fice forsees the investment ol
Strassburg in a few days.
Strassburg is the objective of
the French in Alsace- The Ger
man city is strategically located
and is the base desired by the
Germans. The details of the
.fighting at Vosges are withheld,
and the government admits that
losses are heavy, but insists that
The Germans suffered most.
SERBS REPULSE
40,000 AUSTRIANS
When Latter Made a Night At
tack—Losses Reported To Be
Heavy.
United Press Dispatch.
London, August 15.—An at
tack by forty thousand Austri
ans upon the Servian frontier
Thursday night was repulsed
with heavy losses, according to
a news agency dispatch from
Nish.
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!Aged Man Kills Wife By Acci
dent.
‘ Jonesboro, Aug. 14—J. M*
Peek, 75 years old, retired Meth- "
odist minister, shot at a jaybird
j today and killed his wife, 64
years of age
! Peek had been bothered by
jaybirds eating up his garden,
and armed with a single-barrel
muzzle-loading shotgun, took up
watch this morning from the
front gallery of his farm home
on Bono road, four miles west
of here.
The aged man, who is near
sighted, managed to kill one
jaybird, and had reloaded for a
, second shot when Mrs. Peek
came through the front door
'suddenly with some needlework
in Her hands.
Just then a big bluejay
swooped across the old man’s
vision, and he blazed away with
out knowing that his wife was
in the line of fire- The shot
tore away part of Mrs. Peek’s
head, causing instant death.
The family came to this sec
tion from Tennessee.
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