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And Decisive Result Cannot
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GERMANS MUST CRUSH ALLIES.
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Siege ©f Paris Would Be Empty Triumph With Allies' Army In
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Luxemburg Report ed to Be Invested.
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70,000 RUSSIANS TAKEN PRISONERS.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 1.—3:15 p. m.—Three
Russian corps have been annihilated and seventy
thousand taken prisoners at Allepstein, according to
the German foreign office, which notified the ambas
sy here by wireless
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United Press Dispatch.
Vienna, September 1. —Three mill! in mer. are engaged in
the Russian. Austrian an i German armies along the Austrian
Prussian frontier. It is the greatest battle in the history of the
world, according to an official statement.
Every branch is represented and the fighting ebbs and flows
like the sea. The fighting has been in progress for several days
and as the result of the concentration between Lublip and Grube
isow, the fighting is almost hand to hand along a six mile front.
A decisive result cannot much longer be delayed.
The Russians are desperately attempting to break the
strength of the Austrian invasion of Russian Poland, fearing
the effect of a defeat in the situation of Poland. The present
movements of our army are in accordance with the campaign
plan of the Austrians and Germans. The war office claims that
the invasion of Austria is more than offset by the successes of
• the Austrians in Russian Poland. The government denied that
the Austrians sustained enormous losses which they admit to
be heavy, but not excessive.
ALLIES ARMY IN NORTH PUSHED FURTHER BACK.
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, Sept. 1.—The French-British army again felt the
whole weight of the German assault but is stubbornly holding its
lines from near Rheims to LaFere guarding the valleys of the
£ Oise and Aisnex Rivers. Four German armies are rounding
the French left flank, which has continued to crumble since the
frontier was crossed.
So far the Germans have been unable to decisively defeat the
allies. The latter are intact and following a defensive plan have
slowly retired from position to position, selected in advance, in
flicting enormous damage on the enemy.
1 In the center the German Crown Prince’s army has pene
trated France through Luxemburg and it is admitted that a gen
eral battle is on in the region of Mezieres and Rocroi along the
Meuze to Verdun. The Germans are unable to bridge the Meuze
and are shelling the French entrenchments along the Meuze from
f Sedan South. ■'
French successes continue in Lorraine.
It is denied that the British met disaster and that the al
lies have suffered reverses, but it is not denied that the allies
4 have again been pushed back in the north.
ALLIES’ RETREAT HAS KEPT ARMY INTACT
United Press Dispatch.
London, September 1.— The Germans are attempting to
completely crush the allies’ army for an empty siege of Paris
is admitted to be little triumph unless the allies are crushed. It
is now certain tyiat every move of the Germans the past ten
days designed to surround the allies and cut them off from their
base of supplies has been a failure so far due to the strategy
provided in the withdrawal of the entire battle line as soon as
the attack reached a certain hei ght. As a result the allies are
intact and have inflicte^heavy damage to the enemy.
[While the issue in Galicia is still doubtful, it is stated that j
the Russians now divide the Austrians and have annihilated the
Tenth Corps, taking thousands of prisoners.
’GERMAN ADVANCE ON PARIS CONTINUES.
United Press Dispatch.
Berlin, September 1—The war office declared totay that the
French-English army had been driven back with heavy losses
near Lafere and the advance on Paris continues. The opera
tions in France are characterizeed as satisfactory. The Crown
Prince's forces operating near Longwry, have achieved an unin
terrupted success.
The situation in the east is excellent and reinforcements
have arrived there to assume the offnsive. Reports that the
Rusians menace the defenses along the Vistula river are ridi
culed and it is insisted that the Russians will be checked there.
GERMAN EASTERN ARMY REINFORCED
United Press Dispatch.
St. Petersburg, September 1.—The war office declared that the
Russian advance continues in Galicia. A million Austrians are
in the neighborhood and severa fighting continues. It is insisted
that the Austrians are giving way. The Austrians attempted a
flanking movement in Russian Poland but were repulsed wi£$- e
normous losses. The Germans in eastern Prussia have * bieri
neavily reinforced and assumed the offensive at several points.
The Russians’ advance is now threatening the entire outlying
forts along the Vistula and claim that in four days they have cap
tured seventeen thousand prisoners and one hundred twenty
guns. Lemberg is now invested and its capture is believed to be
certain.
WIRELESS SAVED
150 PASSENGERS
Aboard City of Chicago Who
Were Rescued By Tugs Af
ter Call For Help.
United Press Dispatch.
Chicago, September 1.—An
excursion steamer, The City of
Chicago arrived off the harbor
today afire. A wireless had re
ported the predicament and tugs
rushed to the rescue and took off
one hundred and fifty passengers
at the breakwater while fire tugs
fought the flames.
The steamer was towed to the
pier of the Chicago river and
sank in a half hour. It is re
ported that one man is missing,
but the company officials insisted
that all were saved.
STEAMBOAT EXCURSION.
Aboard Steamer City of Musko
gee.
Captain F. L. Inman proposes
to give another popular river
excursion Tuesday evening,
September 1, aboard his hand
some steamboat, The City of
Muskogee. These excursions
have always drawn good crowds
and music has been engaged for
dancing. Round trip 50 cents.
Come and go. 24d4t.
Lumber Sawed Or For Sale.
Am now operating saw mill at
Diaz and will saw for or supply
trade from stock on hand.—R.
D. Wilmans, Diaz, Ark. 27btf.
Moving Pictures
the Opera House
THE SPIRIT AND THE CLAY.
The young sculptor imbues
his clay with the spirit of his
wife, as he cherished her life
He worships her in the clay and
goes with it to its death. Paul
Kelley, Naomi and Childers.
(Three Reels — VITAGRAPH)
A MIX-UP ON THE PLAINS.
Myrtle Steadman and William
Duncan.
(A good Western—SELIG.)
ADMISSION 5 and 10 CENS.
ST. PETERSBURG
NOW PETROGRATE
Name of Capita] City Changed
By Imperial Edict Because of
German Origin.
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United Press Dispatch.
London, September 1.—The
| name of St. Petersburg, the cap
| ital of Russia, has been dhanged
i to “Petrograde” by an imperial
edict, according to a news agency
dispatch, -which says that it is
generally assumed that “burg”
I was dropped because of its Ger
man origin.
Rally Day.
Next Sunday will be rally day
at St. Paul’s Church. In place
of the usual session of the Sun
day School there will be a Chil
dren’s Eucharist in the Church
at 9:30 a. m. The Kindergarten
and Primary Department will
meet in the Parish House as us
ual. At 11 o’clock the choir will
sing Cramer’s setting of the
Holy Cummunion in G, and th^
Rector will preach from the Par
able of the Good Samaritan. Ev
ening services will be resumed,
the choir singing Mott’s mag
jnificat and Nunc Dimittis. Mid
ji'eek" services will be started to
Tlhorrow ^night, with short talks
I on doctrine. The choir will re
hearse Wednesday and Saturday
evenings this week. All mem
bers and friends of the Church
and the Rector are urged to be
present at one of the services
next Sunday.
Sell Henderson Murphy Fariyi.
Grack L. Smith of The Realty
Company has just closed the
| sale of the Henderson Murphy
farm in Cache Township to
‘Muirhead Brothers, the consid
eration being $20,000. This is
one of the largest land deals
'made in this county for some
time.
Mr. Murphy has in turn con
tracted for the rental of the
jfarm and the new owners are
going ahead with drainage pro
jects begun by Mr. Murphy.
Bowen’s new barber shop now
ready for inspection. Your pa
tronage invited. 84btf.
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BELGIANS SEEK
TO CUT LINES
Of Communication of the Ger
mans and Are About to Make
One Great Offensive Effort.
United nress Dispatch.
Antwerp, Sept. 1.—The Bel
gian army is undertaking a se
ries of offensive movements de
signed to cut the German lines
of communication through Bel
jgium and the Germans have
;been compelled to withdraw
much of their strength in Belgi
um to reinforce the army of the
east, now threatened by Russi
ans.
It is believed that the entire
j Belgian army is about to make
one great offensive attempt. It
is reported That a large British
force has been .landed to rein
force the marines and may aid
the Belgians in a rear attack.
Funeral Service.
The funeral of Lucien B. Har
ris was held at the home Tues
day morning, the service being
conducted by Rev. W. P. Chal
mers of the Presbyterian church
assisted by Rev. B. L. Wilford of
the Methodist church.
Many friends of the deceased
were present to pay a last trib
i ute of esteem, the service of
! scripture and song being a sweet
and comforting one. The pall
bearers were members of the
Odd Fellows Lodge, which at
tended the service in a body.
Amendment No. 14.
Bonds issued by municipalities
for public improvements, under
Municipal Bond Amendment No.
14, can never be sold for less
than par, and the maximum
rate of interest for cities of the
first-class is 5 per cent, and 6
per cent for cities of the second
class. It is seldom that bonds
issued by small improvement dis
tricts bring par, which is a loss
to the property owner. The
city of Fayetteville discounted a
bond issue of $110,000 by $11,
000, which is money paid out
for work not done, and a re-cur
rence will be prevented by the
adoption of the proposed amend
ment. It is difficult to sell a ii
small issue of bonds, but those
backed by a municipality, and by
a vote of the people, are easily
disposed of at par. Amendment
No. 14, does not repeal the pres
ent improvement district laws,
however.
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