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K V^LUME1V» '' NEWPORT, ARKANSAS MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1914. NUMBER 126
# German Right
I To Force Way
To Paris By Demolishing Allies Left—French
Hold Germans Back of Meuse And Ad
vance In Lorraine But Fail To Give
Relief To Left.
POLISH SOLDIERS DESERT GERMANS
Russians Route and Decimate Austrian Army In Galicia— Ger
mans Report 30,000 Russians Killed In Three Big
Battles In Prussia.
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United Press Dispatch.
, Paripi,August 31, 9 p. m.—The war office admitted this even
Iing that the left wing of the Allies’ _army had again been forced
back.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 31.—Fighting progresses all along the north
ern line, the Germans using all their resources to break the
allies’ forces. Our position is now the strongest yet held. The
forces in Lorraine continue to advance. An official announce
ment indicates that the Germans are attempting to open the
way to Paris by demolishing the left wing and apparently the
French effort to force the Germans to divert part of the
northern army to strengthen their left has failed.
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FRENCH ARMY MAKING SUPREME EFFORT.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 31.— A supreme effort to halt the German
flanking movement in the northwest began at daylight. The
French massed on the Lorraine frontier attacked the German
left. The fighting was renewed in the entire Vosges region.
The French thus hoped to compel the Germans to withdraw
some of their forces from the right, relieving the pressure there,
yvhich has been forcing the French back.
So far the Germans have not been able to force the passage
of Meuse within France. The war office declared that every at
tempt to string pontoons to replace the bridges destroyed by
fyie French was blocked. One German regiment were permit
led to build bridges and wrere then annihilated, the bridges
Jbeing destroyed by masked artillery.
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I I ' COSSACKS PURSUE REREATING AUSTRIAN.,
I United Press Dispatch.
V" f*- St. Petersburg, August 31.—The Russians have pierced
A the Austrian left near Samosce, in northern Galicia and routed
the enemy with enormous losses. Thousands of prisoners were
taken, many cannon, machine guns and ammunitions, the war
J office states.
A Cossack division is now pursuing the retreating army
and decimating the rear guard. The Austrians are declared to
be “panic-stricken”. Fresh troops have been sent to prevent a
juncture of the Austrian forces near Lemberg.
P|pL POLES AND SLAVS DESERT TO RUSSIA.
\ United Press Dispatch.
St. Petersburg, August 31.—Polish .soldiers of the Sixth
k Breslau, serving against the allies on the Western frontier,
I ;■ * have mutinied and killed their officers as a result of the Czar’s
proclamation.
Disaffection is also reported among the Slav regiments of
fe the Austrian army, one regiment having deserted the Austri
/ ans and joined the Russians.
|W 30,000 RUSSIANS REPORTED KILLED.
yll United Press Dispatch.
Washington, August 31—Thirty thousand Russians were
fflf slaughtered in East Prussia by the Germans following three
[1 big battles, according to the German embassy, so informed b>
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SUCCESSES
AST AND WEST
Paris Will Be Threatened Soon
German-Austrian Armies
Taken Offensive.
Press Dispatch.
August 31.—Via The
war office declares
the Germans victorious both h
the east and the west. The ad
vance into France continues an<
the war office predicts Paris wit
be threatened soon. The Britis
are isolated from their base b;
a flanking movement.
It is declared that the Gei
man-Austrian armies in th
East have assumed the offer
sive and that the Russians Kav
been repulsed. The Germans '
in Eastern Prussia are joining
the Austrians in great force in i
Northern Galicia. An invasion
of Russian Poland is about to
begin.
It is explained that the posi
tions abandoned was in accord
ance with a plan to concentrate
their defense where the Russians
would be unable to flank.
Fighting continues in the Vos
ges and the German losses are
heavy because the French hold
the heights. Several trains of
wounded from that section have
been brought here.
AUSTRIANS CLAIM SWEEP
ING VICTORY.
United Press Dispatch.
Berlin, August 31.—Via The J
Hague—The Austrian embassy j
claims a sweeping Austrian vie- j
! tory in Northern Galicia and
states that the Russians were
routed and the Austrian army is
now invading Russian Poland.
The Russians at Krasbnick
were defeated and retreated in
disorder toward Lublin. The
losses on both sides were heavy,
but the Russians suffered the
most.
This statement directly contra
diets the St. Petersburg state- j
ment. j
PARIS READY
FOR GERMAN SIEGE
If Forced Back Allies Will Re
treat Toward South And Re
main Menace To Siege.
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United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 31.—The city
is now ready for a siege, for it
is believed that the Kaiser is
staking everything on the im
mediate investment of Paris.
It is not expected that the al
lies now opposing the enemy will
enter Paris, but probably will
retreat south if necessary and
thus remain a menace to a siege.
It is certain that the allies
will be defeated for they are
holding the strongest position
yet occupied and the war minis
ter believes that the formal as
sault of the Germans will re
sult in such heavy losses to the
enemy that though the allies
may be forced back, tne brer
mans will be unable to follow up
the advantage for the losses of
the Germans are out of all pro
portions to those of the allies.
PREMIER THREATENS HYS
TERICAL PRESS.
United Press Dispatch.
London, August 31.—Premier
| Asquith has threatened cer
* tain London newspapers publish
ing hysterical accounts of re
verses to the allies on the con
I tinent, that they may be sup
| pressed.
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Red Cross Charters Liner.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., August 31.
1 —The, Red Cross Society has
- ] chartered the American liner
I; Hamburg, to sail Saturday for
1 the relief of Northern Europear
i points.
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Rev. W. P. Chalmers was call
- ed to Little Rock this morning
e to attend a committee meeting
- of the Synod, will returr
e here this evening
SERVIA PLANS
AUSTRIAN INVASION
Will Invade Ducal Empire
Through Friendly Province of
Bosnia—Now Massing On
Drina.
United Press Dispatch.
Nish, August 31.—An invas
ion of Austria is now being
planned. The Servian army is
massing along the Drina river,
preparatory to invasion, and
will first cross into the friendly
province of Bosnia, whose popu
lation is largely Slav and not loy
al to the Austrian government.
FLEET SAVES MONTENE
GRINS.
United Press Dispatch.
Cettinje, Montenegro, August
31.—The British and French
fleet saved {he Montenegrin ar
my from retreating from Cat
taro when ten thousand Austri
ans assaulted the Montenegrins.
The fleets held the Austrians
while the Montenegrins in a
counter attack routed the enemy
with heavy losses, taking most
of their cannon and hundreds of
prisoners.
PRINCE FLEES ALBANIA.
United Press Dispatch.
Durraso, Albania, August 31.
—Prince William of Albania has
fled aboard his yacht for an
Italiaa port, the Insurgents hav
ing taken possession of Durraso,
the capital city of Albania.
FORM ALLIANCE
AGAINST TURKEY
Bulgaria, Greece and Roumania
To Join Allie*. If Turkey
Enters War.
United Press Dispatch.
Sofia, Bulgaria, August 31.—
It is stated officially that Bul
garia is pledged to join Greece,
Roumania, Servia and Montene
gro against Turkey should the
latter decide to fight and enter
the as an ally of Austria
and Germany.
Bands of Bulgarian soldiers
had been reported as invading
Servian territory, but the men
ace of the Turk Has had the ef
fect of harmonizing the rela
tions of the five countries nam
ed.
CARDINALS TO
SELECT POPE
Fifty-Seven Cardinals of Sacred
College To Choose Successor
To Pope Pius X.
United Press Dispatch.
Rome, August 30.—Fifty-sev
en of the Cardinals, 31 of whom
are Italian, today entered upon
the solemn duty of selecting a
successor to His Holiness Pope
Pius X. These Princes of the
Church, walled up within the
‘confines of the Vatican, will bal
lot among themselves until one
of their number is elected to the
i papal throne, which the simple
. peasant Cardinal Sarto accept
.; ed only after pleading with all
his heart tha t be passed by
(The Cardinals are supposed tc
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be cut off from all outside in
fluences and the most extensive
preparations are necessary be
fore the conclave can be formal
ly opened. Cardinals Gibbons
and O’Connell are expected to
arrive Thursday.
In accordance with the century
old regulations, the Cardinals
must meet on the tenth day af
ter the death of the Pope. To
day they met in the Pauline
Chapel, inside the Vatican, and
then marched in solemn proces
sion to the Sistine Chapel and
apartments of the Vatican.
These apartments now include
the Pauline and Sistine Chapels,
the ground floor and the next
three floors of the Vatican
buildings around the court of
St. Damaso; the apartment of
the maggiotomo of the Vatican,
the rooms under the pontifical
apartments along the famous
Loggia of Raphael, the apart
ments of the Pontifical Secretary
of State and numerous other
rooms. y I
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To Remode Building.
R. F, Drummond & Son have
plans for the remodeling of
their building, which is to be
made modern and convenient as
undertaking rooms through the
expenditure of about $600 in
improvements.
The office is to occupy the
front of the building, and will
be 14 feet in depth. A chapel
is to be provided next, 20x23
feet and back proof display
room, with the morgue in the
extreme rear, where a concrete
room and wareroom is to be
along the north side' of the build
ing, back of the office,
floor has been added. The work
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