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^ VOLUME IV. NEWPORT, ARKANSAS SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1914 NUMBER 109.
/ARMISTICE REFUSED-BATTLE RENEWED
200,000 French |
1 Troops Advance:
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Through Belgium And To Defense
I Of Liege Which Promises To Hold Out
Against Invaders Indefinitely
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KING ALBERT LEADS CAVALRY i
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Germans Attack Whole Line of Fortifications With Wonderful
Bravery, But Are Mowed Down Under Withering Fire—
30,000 Germans, 8,000 Belgians Killed And
Woun ded.
United Press Dispatch.
Brussels, Belgium, August 8.—The Belgians continue to
withstand all attacks upon Lie ge. King Albert led his cavalry
against the German flank, hem ming them in between the ad- j
vancing Belgian troopers and t he forts, whose heavy fire forced
the Germans to retire on the m ain column near the river.
, The French are constantly arriving and Belgian officers
insist they can hold out indefin itely.
Enraged that the demand f or an armistice of 24 hours in
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fused, the Qgrman commander ordered the entire army against
Liege today? The seventy-ninth and tenth corps engaged in the
battle line embracing the entire chain of fortifications. The ■
slaughter was terrible for the Belgian fire was deadly as the
Germans advanced over spaces where the range had| been ac
curately determined by the Bel gians.
The German field artillery and mortar siege guns are pour- ;
ing thousands of exploding sle 11s into the forts.
The Belgian commander, Lieutenant General Leman, de
clared that the request for an armistice was intended to permit
./ the arrival of two additional army corps, and refused the re
' , quest of the Germans on this ground.
The Belgians continued today to repeat the ruse of falling
back as if defeated,only to trap the Germans when they rushed
forward.
Seven regiments of the German cavalry which had crossed
the river Meuse, were surprised by the Belgians and literally
r cut to pieces.
The Belgian losses total eig ht thousand killed and wounded,
while that of the Germans ha s reached thirty thousand
An official statement just issued says 200,000 French
troops now occupy much Belgian territory. It declared that
three army corps had today bee n unable to make an impression
i upon the Liege forts, which are still well supplied with ammu
nition. Reports of further German reinforcements arriving in
dicates that the Germans intend to capture Liege
Other German armies have arrived to reinforce the Luxem
burg invaders and German-French skirmishes reported at Mar
rehan are believed to be the prelude to serious fighting there.
The Germans continue to display wonderful bravery in facing |
the withering fire and are steadily pushing their lines forward
and although repulsed in the general charges, have been able to
bring their artillery much closer to the forts, behind which
the Belgians are defending Liege.
22,000 BRITISH
REGULARS LAND
In France To Be Rushed To
The Aid of The Belgians—
Convoyed Across Channel
By Fleet of War Ships
United Press Dispatch.
Paris, August 8.—The British
transports and converts convoy
ed by two battle ships and three
■rf armored cruisers, landed 22,
000 British regulars at Ostend,
Calais and Dunkick today, under
I the direction of the French offi
W, cers sent by the war office tor
that purpose.
These troops will be rushed
to Namur to aid the Belgians in
making a second stand when
Liege proves untenable
It is admitted that England
has commandered enough ships
to rush 100,000 men across the
channel. In addition to the es
corting fleet, British reserve
cruisers are Strung almost di
rectly across the channel in
suring the safe passage of the
transports.
C. L. Fox, who has been visit
ing his mother at Ironton, Mis
souri, is expected home tonight
and Mrs. Fox, who continues to
improve, will probably return
home from Rochester, Minneso
ta, about the 15th of August.
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GERMANY LANDS
40,000 TROOPS
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Supported By War Ships On j
Gulf of .Finland—Directly
West of St. Petersburg.
United Press Dispatch.
Copenhagen, August 8. —:
An invasion of Russia is now
in progress- It is reported here
that 40,000 German troops, sup
ported by war ships have been
landed at Ekenes and are now
marching on Helsingfors, the
caaital of Finland. The Ger
mans are being opposed by Rus- I
sian troops, but continue their
advance.
It is expected that Helsing
fords wrill be taken- There is a j
direct railroad from Helsingfors ■
to St. Petersburg along which it
is expected the Germans will
advance.
Finland is supposed to cherish
its old animosity toward its
Russian conquerors, ar 1 the
German forces will no doubt
seek to arouse them to revolt, j'
PORTUGAL TOO
ENTER LISTS
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Parliament Adopts Resolution '
To Stand By England—Kais
er Wants to Know What It
Means- *
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United Press Dispatch.
Lisbon, Portugal, Aug- 8. — ,
Parliament today adopted a res
olution announcing Portugal’s j
intention to stand by England.
It is not known whether this
country will declare war upon
Germany or open he reports to
the British war ships. Three
divisions of the army have been
ordered mobilized.
The German foreign office has i
since demanded that Portugal
define her attitude, which is j
considered as preliminary to a
declaration of war
PROTEST AGAINST
CENSORING WIRELESS
Of German Station Unless En
glish and German Cables A»*e
Also Censored
United Press Dispatch.
UT . -Li_A._TA /-« A Q
tvrtJMHiigtwu, is, v
—The German American Cham- ;
her of Commerce in New York
protested today to President
Wilson against the naval cen
sorship of the German wireless
station, while the English and
French cables are free and un
i censored.
The organization of German
, Americans asked if the use of
the cable in “tipping off” the
war offices abroad was not a vi
olation of our neutrality.
The German Charge D’affaires
has informed Secretary Bryan
that Americans are not being de
tained in Germany by order,
but because it is now impossible
to transport them
RESERVISTS MAY GO.
United Press Dispatch.
Washington, D. C., August 8.
—Under the neutrality procla
mation issued in the war of Rus
Oia and Austria, the govern
ment will not interfere with the
departure of reservists unless
organized or armed
Shower Reached Much of
County.
The shower of Friday after
noon covered much of Jackson
county, Newport receiving about
the average amount of rainfall,
while Swifton, Grubbs and
Balch report a very good rain.
At a point near Swifton, a
bridge is said to have been
washed out by a regular cloud
burst.
South, little rain fell, none be
low the Island and not much
along the Rock Island, but
points East of Auvergne, Wel
don and Tupelo are reported to
have had a good shower.
AUSTRIA REFUSES
AID TO CRUISERS
Of Her Ally Germany Though
Threatened By English
French Fleet.
United Press Dispatch.
Rome, August 8.—Italian of
ficials today declared that the
Austrian naval authorities had
^•pfllfiPtf in fnrl iVin ixxrn
steamers Goeben and Breslau, !
vhich Italy’s neutrality forced
;o leave Messina, the Austrians
jxplaining that war had not yet
seen declared between Austria :
md England.
The French and English fleets j
ire between the two German
cruisers and the Austria naval
base. A clash is expected at
my time
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WHITE WAY
BLAZES FORTH
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Newport’s Business Section Now
One Of Most Brilliantly
Lighted In State.
Newport is now resplendent
in her beautiful “white way,” j
j which was enjoyed for the first
; time Friday evening. Front
'street for seven blocks from |
Beech to Pine 1 streets and the
two business blocks on Hazel
and Walnut streets were ablaze j
with lights and when the fire j
alarm was given immediately '
after the current had been cut |
in, many forgetting that this
night was to inaugurate the
new service, must have thought
there was a big conflagration.
There are four concrete stands
to the block and from the cross
arms of each hang a clustej^of
four lights with another 32 can
dle power light in the center a
bove. The beautiful effect is
best from the center of the
street and gives Newport’s busi- j
ness section an appearance and
class at night which is certain to
redound to its growth and rec
ognition as one of the live and
prosperous coming cities of the
state.
The new service was secured
at cost of only $115 per month,
the business men guaranteeing
and paying the bill. The matter
was first laid before the mayor
and council, where it met with
prompt and willing encourage
ment and Mayor Hubly secured
the pledges from the business
men, which made the improve
ment possible.
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Cotton of a Tobacco Raiser.
W. A- McHatton, a tobacco rais
er from old Kentucky who had
never seen any cotton grow, has
come into Arkansas and in a
drouth year has raised 25 acres
; of the staple, from which such a j
good cotton farmer as Monroe
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Gawf says 30 bales will be pro
duced.
Mr. McHatton sent a sample
stalk to the office from his
place on the Sam Ireland farm
near Bear Lake. This stalk has
30 fully developed bolls, 2 or 3
blooms and is only about 2 1-2
feet high
Mr. Gawf says the stalk is
not an exceptional one, but that
all the cotton around Mr. Mc
Hatton’s is small and poor. The
success of Mr- McHatton is at
tributed to his method of culti
vation. He planted and culti
vated his cotton flat just as he
had tobacco back in Kentucky,
kept a dust mulch on top and
and thus retained the moisture
even in a drouth year. . ' |
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Hunter Baby Dies.
George, the little two-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ike Huntef
r>f this city, died Thursday even
innr uf 7*5fl nVlnpl- a O.A
hours’ sickness from gastritis.
The funeral was held Satur
day, interment taking place in
Walnut Grove cemetery. A sis
ter and both parents survive
the little one.
Mr- Hunter was the victim of
a serious mill accident last year,
in which he was probably crip
pled for life.
Moving Pictures
the Opera House
A FATHER’S HEART
Showing he escape and elope
ment of two German lovers
from the dungeon in the Castle
— the emigration to America
the separation and later the lo
cation of his daughter makes
this a thrilling 2 reel feature.
Pretty Dolly Larkin, Wm- Par
sons and Doris Baker.
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Tuesday Night. f
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