VOLUME IV. NEWPORT. ARKANSAS FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1914- NUMBER 108,
GERMAN LOSS IS NOW 25,000
Belgians Trap.
Invading Army
pretend To Evacuate Outer Fortifica
tions Of Liege And Thus Trap Ger
mans Within Circle Of Guns
And Open Deadly Artil
lery Fire.
ONE WHOLE BRIGADE DECIMATED
Germany Asks Belgian King Fo r An Armistice of 24 Hours In
Which to Bury Dead and Relieve Wounded, Whose
Moans Are Heard By Both Armies.
United Press Dispatch. , ' * - *A •"
Brussels, Belgium, August 7.—Grmany has already lost
$5,000 soldiers killed and wounded at Liege, while the Belgi
an defense is unweakened and forts unshaken.
Germany has asked a 24 hour armistice in which to bury
its dead. This startling news was sent to King Albert tonight
by the Belgian commander, and made public at the war office.
So serious is the German loss that the army board here does
not believe there will be another assault until the German ar
tillery has made holes in all fortifications or Belgium voluntari
ly abandons them to fall back upon a second line of defenses
at Namur. . , .
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United Press Dispatch.
Brussels, Belgium, August 7.—Fierce fighting about the
city of Liege, which has for three day withstood the. as
saults of a large invading army, continues, the Germans hurling
enormous forces against the fortifications. All night the ar
tillery bombarded the fortifica tions where the big guns are
mounted in concrete casements and inflicted much damage to
the forts.
The entire frontier is cover ed with the German dead and
wounded. An accurate estima te of the German losses is im
possible
k After retiring to the left bank of the river, the Germans
renewed the assault at daybreak and the German shell fire is
deadly. A good part of the city is already destroyed and all
able bodied men are fighting th e fires and clearing the streets
of the debris.
Many non-combatants hav e been killed and wounded to
* day.
A German aviator dropped three bombs into a crowd upon
the public square.
~ This morning the Belgians faked evacuation of the outer
fortifications, deceiving the Germans, who thought the retire
ment genuine and advanced. When the attacking forces had
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Entrapped, the Germans fought fiercely and bravely, but
almost the entire force was annihilated. The Belgians captur
ed 27 field pieces in the route of the Germans.
The invaders have lost the temporary advantage gained in
the first two days of fighting.
An official statement declares that a general engagement
is in progress today all along the line, the Belgians maintain
ing the advantage.
Three times last night the Germans charged the forts, but
gained no advantage. The ground mines were exploded and,
the carnage was appalling. The Germans massed in close for
mation, were blown to pieces, their losses running into the hun
dreds. At one point an entire brigade of the attacking army
was decimated, leaving seven hundred dead and wounded up
on the field- when they retreated.
In the first two days attack upon the city’s forts it was es- j
timated that 40,000 German soldiers were in the army of in-■
vasion, while 25,000 Belgian soldiers formed the defense of
the city. Now both armies have been increased.
Liege is a city of 168,000 people, in a basin between the hills,
jriiere the rivers Meuse and and Ourthe unite- It is a manu
facturing center in a rich coal and iron region; where the man
ufacture of firearms employs 20,000 workmen and thus a valu*
able acquisition in times of war.
Should Liege fall into the hands of the Germans, the Bel
gian army would fall back upon Namur, which is also forti
* fled and at which preparations are being made for as stubborn
a resistance as at. Liege, where the Kaiser's army has made ,
slow progress thus delaying the invasion of France, whose ;
mobilization of soldiers is reported completed.
DEMIES GENERAL
NAVAL BATTLE
Churchill Says British And Ger
m Fleets Have Not Met
in North Sea.
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' United Press Dispatch.
London, August 7-The First
Lord of Admiralty Churchill, in
| the House of Commons tod^y de
jnied that any genearl naval en
gagement between the German
! and British fleets had occurred
However, reports of a clash in
the North Sea come from many
sources and some insist that
England won a “glorious vic
| tory”.
I OIL TANKER DESTROYED.
United Press Dispatch
London, Aug. 7.—The consul
rat Antwerp reports the oil tank
er Wilfred, while carrying fuel
oil for the German fleet to have
been destroyed by a mine off
Cuxhaven. Nearly all the crew
were lost.
A prize crew from the Vindic
| tive brought the German steam
i er Schlesien into Plymouth to
I day.
ITALY FORCES
GERMAN CRUISERS
—
To Face Peril of Encounter
With British Fleet Cruising
Near In Wait
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; United Press Dispatch,
j Messina, Sicily, August 7. —
(The German cruisers Goeben
[and Breslau, buth of which had
[been reported sunk or captured
* by French war ships, left port
[today. Italy in accordance with
her neutrality proclamation had
, ordered them from port.
It is known that the British
' Mediterranean fleet is cruising
'near and the Germans must
fight, though it is expected they
will try to escape in an effort to
join the Austrian navy in the
Adriatic sea.
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AUSTRIANS REPORTED DE- j
FEATED.
United Press Dispatch.
Rome, August 7—The Austri
ans and Servians fought at
Spmpnrlrifl Nish ndvipps rl«im
that one Austrian regiment was
annihilated and that the Aus
trians are retreating.
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goods during August, we will
make the following discounts
from our regular prices:
Fireless Cookers, 20 per cent
off.
Refrigerators, 20 per cent off.
Oil Cook Stoves, 20 per cent
off.
Art Squares and Rugs, 10 per
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Mattings, 10 per cent off.,
Linoleums, 10 per cent off.
Ranges and Stoves, 5 per cent
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08d4 WARE CO.
J. E. McElwee came in Thurs
day night and was accompani
ed by his brother, J, H. McEl
wee of Searcy.
Funeral Of Mrs. Wilson,
j United Press Dispatch,
j Washington, D. C., August 7.
'—The funeral of Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, who died at 5 o’
i clock Thursday afternoon, will
jbe from the White House and
[will be private.
j This was announced today, ac-,
| cording to tentative plans as to
j the place and the time of the
i services will be Monday. No
j definite arrangements are ex
pected before tomorrow.
FRENCHTrOOPS
INVADE LORRAINE
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Cross 'German Frontier And |
Occupy Two Towns of Form
er Province.
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United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 7.—French
troops have crossed the German
frontier and occupied the towms
of Vice and Moyenve in Lor
raine
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40 BRITISH IN PRISON- .
United Press Dispatch.
Berlin, Aug. 7.—Forty Birtish '
citizens were arrested here and
imprisoned in the famous Span
dau fortress.
DENMARK CALLS FOR
TROOPS
United Press Dispatch.
Copenhagen, August 7. —
Denmark has called six classes
of soldiers to the colors to en
force the neutrality of that
country between the warring
powers of Europe.
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R. J. Wise and little son Rob-,
ert, will accompany Mrs. Wise |
and daughter, Elizabeth, b j
Memphis Monday. Mrs- Wise j
and daughter will go to Friars
Point to visit relatives, while
Hr. Wise and son will spend a
few days in the Bluff iCty, the
guests of his brother. i
Another Cache River Drainage
District.
A- W. Hall of Jonesboro, is
having petitions drawn up to
be circulated among the prop
erty owners of the Cache river
territory, in Craighead county,
as far north as the Greene
county line and extending thre
miles into Jackson county, to
the south.
The petition is for the organi-j
zation of a drainage district for
the purpose of draining the
Cache river bottoms and
straightening the channel of the
river. It will be thoroughly
circulated.
Mr. Hall states that he has
talked with a number of the
larger property owners of the
proposed district and that the
proposition has met with their
favor with the exception of a
few, who are opposed to it. He
further states that many of
them are taking much interest
in it and will work for the or
ganization.
The new district will take the
place of the one, which was pro- ^
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lature, which was repealed in
1913—Jonesboro Sun.
Raises Prize Elbertas.
Of all the Elbertas brought to
Newport and they were never
finer than upon this drouth
year, Fred Stewart deserves
the blue ribbon for size, quali
ty and soundness.
No peach country ever excel
led them and the Independent
wishes to thank 0. M. Bowen
for a generous showing of the
best samples of a lot of
these peaches he had purchased
for the store. , ;
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The Boy Scouts left yesterd
afternoon at 4 o’clock for a j
hike to Clear Lake and will re
turn tonight. They were under
the care of Scout Master G- A.
Hillhouse, who gets as much
pleasure out of these hikes as
any of the boys.
CLOSER LJNION
PAN-AMERICA
Urged By South American
Countries to Protect Busi
ness Interests.
United Press Dispatch
Washington, D. C., Aug- 7.—
South American countries ap
pealed today through their di
plomats, to the State Depart
ment for a Pan-American union
to come to the assistance of
their business interests now
-
crippled by the European war.
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NO MEDIATION NOW
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.—• ||
Unfavorable replies have been
received from some of the for
eign governments to the media
tion proposals of President Wil- J
son
If you use bail blue, get Red
Cross Ball Blue, the best ball
due- Large 2 oz. package 5 cts.
Moving Pictures
the Opera Hous
THE PERILS OF PAULINE
Up in a balloon basket, her only
escape is to slide down a rope.
Harry following in an auto sees
her land half way down the cliff
and tying a rope to his car
slides down to her. The villains ''
arrive and cut the ropes. Don’t
fail to see this most thrilling if
all the previous chapters in
two reels.
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HER HAND
Claire McDowell and Joseph
McDermott.
(Drama—BIOGRAPH)
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Ned Finley and Ada Gifford
(Drama—VITAGRAPH)
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