ALLIES PLEDGE WAR TO BITTER END
THREE NATIONS
STAND AS ONE
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Allied Armies Reported In Grave Dan
ger of German Turning Movement
Eastward From Paris Which
May Jeopardize One
Army.
PRESSING FOR DECISIVE BATTLE
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Allies Will Be Assailed Along Entire Front and Decisive Battle j
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of Whole Campaign Appears to be Imminent—Germans
Concentrating and Bringing In Fresh Troops.
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United Press Dispatch
London, Sept. 5.—The present war will continue to the bit- ;
ter end, for no one of the great alied notion^ will conclude peace
upon an individual basis. This was decided today when the 1
British foreign minister, the French and Russian ambassadors
signed an agreement to that effect.
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FRENCH ATTEMPT TO STRENGTHEN LINES.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, Sept. 5.—It is feared that the Allied armies are in
grave danger of being cut in two and surrounded and that the
real reason why the Germans temporarily swept to the eastward
with the main columns of the right wing was because the Allies’
terribly harrassed, had fallen back on the reserves and were
attempting to strengthen their line before the Germans strike
again.
The Germans felt out for an effort to make a rapid dash
south and are reported today to be bringing up fresh troops for
the beginning of the third phase of the great battle, which has
now lasted nearly three weeks. The three combined German ar
mies have crossed the Meuse at Steinway and driven back the
French center a considerable distance
It is evident that when hostilities are resumed it will be on
a scale eclipsing anything up to the present. The Germans
will make a supreme effort to compel a decisive conflict with
the Allies, who will be assailed on all sides. Scouting Uhlans
are reported close to the outer forts, but the whereabouts of
the enemy’s right wing other than being east of Paris, is not
known.
The Germans have been concentrating for a supreme ef
fort to crush the Allied armies, the enemy having moved east- j
Ward of Paris and are reported in strength at Lafere and Sous ;
Jarre, eleven miles east of Maux, and are apparently strength
ening positions at all points. It is announced officially that no
where has the Paris army of defense come in contact with the
enemy, which means that no action has been directed against
the city itself.
I FRENCH AWAIT SUPREME GERMAN ASSAUL.
United Press Dispatch.
Bordeaux, France, Sept. 5—The French have taken battle
line and await the supreme German assault, is now admitted
at war headquarters. The fighting may begin at any moment.
General Joffre has assured the minister of war that he is
now ready no matter where the new battle may come. Whether
at last the French will keep their promise of assuming the of
fensive, no one here will say. A bulletin given out today said
merely that the armies had not clashed.
AUSTRIANS ADMIT SERIOUS REVERSES.
United Press Dispatch
Vienna, Sept. 5.—A serious reverse to the great Austrian
armies of Generals Auffenberg and Dankl, in Russian Poland,
;was admitted at the war office today. The failure of General
Former to hold the line near Tomasczow is blamed.
Dankl’s troops advanced east through Poland with material
success until the Austrians at Lemberg retreated and the Ger
man reinforcements arrived too late. It is admitted that it has
-been necessary to abandon Eastern Galicia, but declared that
Austria will resume the offensive when more Germans arrive
800,000 RUSSIANS NOW MOVE AGAINST PRUSSIA. j
United Press Dispatch.
Petrograde, Sept. 5.—The R ussians today began serious op
erations against the Germans, the troops of northern and south
ern Prussia having been ordered to assume the offensive. The
war office stated that twenty corps or nearly eight hundred
thousand men, will immediately push forward in their march to
ward Berlin. Ten corps will continue the offensive against Aus
tria- The general staff declares that Austrian danger is past and
it was announced that the Austrians had been forced to abandon
the offensive in Poland and Eastern Galicia and are now bey
ond the San river, and in a dem oralized condition. The govern
ment insists that Russian Polan d is now clear of the enemy.
GERMANS WOULD
BOTTLE BELGIANS!
Strong Body of Germans With
Heavy Artillery Reported =
Moving Against Ant
werp.
United Press Dispatch.
Antwerp, Sept. 5.—It is official
ly admitted that the Germans
have clashed at several points
and that a strong body of Ger
mans, with heavy artillery, is
moving from the German base
toward the city of Antwerp.
It is believed part of a plan to
pen the Belgians inside the Ant
werp forts, although it is not be
lieved that a siege is contem-.
plated. The Germans moving
to the sea coast have evidently
discovered a plan to attack their
lines of communication.
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KING ALBERT WOUNDED.
United Press Dispatch.
London, Sept. 5.—It is report
ed that King Albert of Belgi- |
um has been slightly wounded j
in the hand by a fragment of a
shell.
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CHINA NOW
ORDERS TROOPS
ro Vicinity of Ki^o Chou To
Preserve Her Neutrality
Nothing More.
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United Press Dispatch.
Shanghaii, Sept. 5.—China j
has ordered troops sent to the |
vicinity of Kiao Chou, the Ger
man station, but the troops will
not interfere with the opera
tions of the Japanese or Ger
mans. The neutrality of China
must be observed, which is re
garded as removing all danger
that China may be involved.
Japan Votes War Funds.
United Press Dispatch.
Tokio, Sept. 5.—An extraor
dinary session of Diet has been
asked to vote the war budget
The Japanese Premier declared
that the army and navy were
doing their full duty.
The foreign minister publicly
thanked the United States for
diplomatic assistance in Ger
many and Austria.
Railroad’s Charges Too High.
Little Rock, Sept. 5.—The Ar
kansas Railroad Commission will
recommend that the McCrory
and Beedeville Southern Rail
way Company be sued by com
plaining companies for the re
covery of exhorbitant freight
charges charged by the rail
road. The recommendation will
be made as a result of the com
plaint of the Eckhart & Lem
mon Company, which received j
the attention of the commission
at its meeting this morning in
;he old statehouse
INDIAN TROOPS
CROSS CANADA
Enroute From India To England
According to American
Arrivals.
United Press Dispatch.
St. Paul, Sept. 5.—Twenty
troops of Bengal soldiers en
route from India to England,
have crossed Canada since Sun
day, according to men arriving
from Winnipeg today
Seventy-five will pas through
before the movement is com
plete. The censorship prevents
the publication or dispatching
of facts. The troops are appar
ently bound for Quebec.
Pardon Granted Till Recovery.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, September 5.—
For the first time in the history
of the state, a pardon has been
granted on condition that the re
cipient of executive grace does
not recover from an illness with
which he is afflieted.
The pardon was granted Fri
day by Governor Hays in fav
or of Joe Coker, who was con
victed in Pulaski circuit court
last April, for murder i nthe sec
ond degree and sentenced to 5
years’ imprisonment- He shot
and killed Dr. Harrod at Olm
stead, in the northern part of
the county, last winter.
Dr. W. W. Coulter, the peni
tentiary physician, telephoend
Governor Hays yesterday that
Coker is very lo\y with swamp
fever ,in the hospital at the state
farm, and cannot recover. The
matter was also brought to the
governor’s attention personally,
by a brother of Coker. The par
don was issued with the follow
ing condition attached:
“his pardon is granted upon
condition that if the said Joe
Coker recovers from his present
illness, same is to become null
and void, and in this event he is
to surrender himself to the au
thorities of the penitentiary
Moving Pictures
the Opera House
IN THE NORTHLAND
A strong story of the Canadi
an woodsman and trapper. His
wife goes to Quebec and gets
city ideas. When she returns,
she soon tires of the lonely life,
plans to elope with a city chap,
But the husband saves them
from death in the snow storm,
An extra good picture. Hand
some John E. Ince, Rossetta
Brice and John Kaufman.
Drama— (LUBIN)
WRONG ALL AROUND
A good comedy- Wallace Ber
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the state.”
The governor also pardoned j
Luther Harris, who was convict- i
ed last July in the Calhoun cir
cuit court on a charge of violat
ing the Sabbath law by selling
| cold drinks on Sunday. He
thought he was acting properly
within authority granted him
I therefore guilty of only techni
cal violation of the law- The
pardon was recommended by
Circuit Judge C. W. Smith, elev
en jurors, and many others.
To Talk On Cotton Conditions.
Special to Independent.
Swifton, Sept. 4—In the
three day annual fair to be giv
en here September 10, 11 and 12,
Hon. Charles G. Henry of New
port, has been invited to address
the people upon “Cotton Condi
tions as the Result of the Euro
pean War” and has accepted,
j His address will be a feature
of the first day, Thursday, Sep
tember 10. The county candi
dates have also promised to be
present during the three-day
fair and make talks.
There will be racing every day
and the Swifton Champs will al
so be seen in action with other
teams. Many amusement feat
ures have been secured and large
crowds are expected.
Postoffice Hours On Labor Day. |
On account of Labor Day the
postoffice will be opened Mon
day from 7:30 to 12:00 and
from 5 to 7 o’clock. No money
order business. Rural carriers
will not go out on their routes,
but city carriers will make two
deliveries in the forenoon.
BOY FELL UNDER
LOADED LOG WAGON
On Laurel Street, Where Both
Wheels Passed Over Body
Yet Will Recover From
Wounds.
Jeff Jones, a little fellow and
small for his age of fifteen
years, yet who was doing a
man’s work in the hauling of
logs from the Wallace farm to
Dean & Hocking’s mill, fell from
the loaded wagon upon which
he was riding about 5 o’clock J
Friday afternoon in front of the
tennis court on Laurel street 4
and both front and rear wheels
passed over his body.
It seems almost miraculous
that he was not killed and yet
his injuries were not so severe,
but what he will probably recov
er. He was picked up at once
by the drivers of other wagons
and carried to the office of Dr
Gray, who dressed his injuries.
The collar bone was broken
and that part of his body was
soon badly swollen- The bone
may be depressed into the lungs.
The other wheel passed over
one leg just below the knee, “
breaking no bones but cutting a ;
long gash that bled profusely
and had to have five or six
stitches.
The brave little fellow stood
the suffering well and was tak
en to his home in Oil Trough ?
that night.
He is the son of Sam Jones, >
and had taken the place of Dock
Jones, who was injured Ihurs- ■■n
day in the woods on Village
Creek, one foot being badly
mashed by a log.
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