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THOMASVIUUE, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1014.
81.00 feb junrou.
ITALY MUST N©lAf FIGHT
Mi -i! 0 V ,,
Belgians Wildly Enthusiastic
Over Defeat of Germans
BATTUE FOUGHT NEAR LIEGE, WHICH SAW DEATH OF FOUR THOUSAND GERMAN TROOPS,
AND OTHERS REPULSED—COUNTRY WILD WITH EXCITEMENT AND QUEEN ENLISTS
AS NURSE—JAPAN PREPARING FOR WAR IN THE EAST IF ENGLISH PROPERTY IS AT-
TACKED OH MOLESTED—UPRISING IN CHINA MAY RESULT FROM EUROPEAN WAR.
Liege. Belgium, Aug. 0.—A force
of German Uhlunos made a brilliant
but fatal attempt to capture the
llelgiun general stall today. The
Belgians annihilated them.
GERMANS CAUGHT
BETWEEN FORTS.
Washington, Aug. 0.—United
States diplomatic dispatches from
Belgium uontirni the Brussels re
port of a heavy German defeat at
Liege. The Germuns were caught
between two forts.
The complete annihilation of some
of the Belgian troops, in their fur
ious charge on the over-whelming
German forces, is also reported.
PRESENT OUTLOOK IS FOB
LONG SIEGE AT LIEGE.
Brussels, Aug. (I.—It is thought
here today thut the Germans would
have to begin a regular siege at
GERMANYS
ULTIMATUM
TO ITALY
(By Associated Prose.»
London, Aug. 0—An Ex
change dispatch from Paris to
day says that Germany has
sent an ultimatum to Italy,
saying that unless Italy sup
ports her allies, Gerniuny will
declare war on her.
ENGAGEMENT OCCURKED, BUT
WHERE AND WHAT THE RE
SULTS WERE, NOT KNOWN —
ENGLAND AWAITS WITH ANX
IETY.
southwest of Liege, tills morning.
The Belgians captured seven gun*.
London, Aug. 6.—An Amsterdam
dispatch to the London Chronicle
says thirty-five hundred Germans
were either killed or wounded at
Liege, and it was pointed out that' Vise, Belgium,
their Howitzers were too small to( The postmaster of the town was
go aguinst the heavy artillery of the j shot because he refused to send
Belgian forts. (telegrams for the Germans, it is
Military authorities are of the J reported,
opinion that if the Belgians can f The German Crown Prince, wit^i
BEAT NEW YORK
TO GUARD THE PORT AND IN.
SURE NEUTRALITY — VATEll-
LAND WILL HAVE STRICTEST
WATCH SET OVER HER FU
TURE MOVEMENTS.
New York, Aug. 6.—The dread-
naught Florida was hastily coaled
and provisioned tbls morning, and
proceeded at once to Tompklnsvtlle,
Staten Island. She anchored near
the cruiser Tennessee, which Is due
to sail for Europe today, with gold
for the relief of stranded Americans
on the Continent.
Navy Yard officials would not Bay
what was the Florida’s destination,
or when the Tennessee would set
under way.
hold out at Liege, one of the decis-1 thirty thousand troops. Is expected
ive battles of the war might be I hourly before Liege,
fought there soon. I The Dally Mail’s correspondent at
I Brusels reports that a German aero-
PATKIOTISM REIGNS SUPREME ’plane, flying fifteen hundred feet in
THROUGHOUT BELGIU** NOW., the air ' was brought down by a
Brussels, Belgium. Aus. Bel- *<>«nded the pilot
wild’w| f th all DatHo S tTsm and Thousands pro3ect ”™ a Belgian 8 fort and i Florida to wat( ’ h the port of New
wild TMth patriotism. Thousands*. .. York, t.ia MovAbwap win nmnami
of women have enrolled as Red J reI L ™
Cross nurses and are awaiting the;
arrival of wounded from Liege.
WILl
PROTECT NEUTRALITY
OF AMERICAN I*OKT8.
Washington, Aug. 6.—In order to
more thoroughly protect the neu
trality of the American ports, and
prohibit the shipment of munitions
of war, Secretary of the Navy Dan-
A German airship was struck byj* el8 ordered the battleship
END, WHILE NOT WHOLLY UN
EXPECTED, CAME AS SHOCK,
WHEN NEWS WAS FLASHED
OVFH THE WIRES—WAS A
SUFFERER FROM ACUTE NER
VOUS ATTACKS.
London, Aug. 0.—England await
ed today with much anxiety for
some reporta of the British fleet's
movements, from which virtually
nothing has been heard since its de
parture several days ago under
sealed orders.
It is generally assumed these ves
sels are in the North sea, where the
German battleship squadrons are.
The reports of firing, and the ar
rival of German and British wound
ed bluejackets at Marwich, have
kept the popular excitement at HAD BEEN S.iOWLV SINKING
the highest pitch, as this Is evidence • ALL DAY THURSDAY,
at least that there has been a con- Washington, Aug. o.—At one
tact between the opposing fleets. o'clock this afternoon, Mrs. Wilson
THE BISEBILL FRANCHISE?
THIS QUESTION WILL BE DECID-
ED AT A MEETING OF THE
PEOPLE INTERESTED AT THE
CITY HALL FRIDAY NIGHT AT
EIGHT O’CLOCK.
BULLETIN.
Washington, Aug. ft.—'Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
President of the United States,
died at the White House this
afternoon at live o'clock.
Hundreds of automobiles left
Brussels last night to collect the
wounded. The first war prisoner
royal palace to the Red Cross So- ln 1
clety and the Belgian Queen will act , , n ’
as a nurse A London Times dispatch from
Many of the larger hotels have Pstersburg, »»td that ten G.r-
been transformed Into Red Cross man steamers, loaded wlt.i coal and
Stations, and the citizens of Bros- w ° 0 ‘> ha <> been seized at Archangel,
sels have given up their autos and ’
carriages for transportation pur-! ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS AT
poses. ANTWERP; STEAMERS TAKEN
The Belgian Boy Scouts, while
patrolling yesterday, captured a I Antwerp, Belgium, Aug. 6.
German Cavalryman and two Ger- : During an anti-German demonstra-
man engineers, who are believed to’** 011 - iere today, several .Germans
be spies. j fired into a crowd of people.
I Four German steamers. whlo.1
GERMANS REPULSED AT jwere in this port, were seized today
BATTLE OF LIEGE, by the Belgian authorities. I
Brussels, Belgium, Aug. 6.—Thei All proposals for the surrender |
Gazette publishes today all the; 0 * L ,0 Se were a S a *n firmly refused.,x G WORD AS TO ACCEPTANCE
known facts regarding the repulse ‘
York. The Mayflower will proceed
to Hampton roads and a number of
destroyers will guard other ports.
The Florida has orders to waten
the German liner Vaterland until It
is determined whether her load of
Reservists violate the neutrality
laws, and also to determine wheth
er any munitions of war are on
board.
ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS "
MUST MAKE NO COMMENTS.
Washington, Aug. e.—President
Wilson, in a letter to Secretaries
Garrison and Daniels today, asked
them to request all United 3tates
army aud navy officers, both active
and retired, to refrain from pub-
The morning passed off without
any more definite signs of an impor
tant clash.
BIG NAVAL ENGAGEMENT
REPORTED IN NORTH SEA.
London, Aug. 6.—The Chronicle's
correspondent at Harwich reports
that it is believed there a big naval
engagement is being fought in t.ie
North sea today.
A wireless message, received by a
British destroyer here, ordered her
to prepare to receive «.wo hundred
wounded prisoners.
The third torpedo flotilla, which
left ine harbor yesterday, went Into
action Immediately. It returned
last night, little damaged from Its
first encounter.
The batteries of t ie flagship Arap-
shlon were slightly damaged.
Twenty-two German and six Eng
lish wounded have been brought
ashore.
MAJOR GENERAL HAMILTON
WILL COMMAND BRITONS.
London, iAug. 6.—According to
The Telegraph. General Sir Ian Ham
ilton, Major General of tie Over-
Sea forces, will command the home
army.
The Duke of Devonshire has offer
ed his historic town house as offices
for the Red Cross Society.
being sustained by oxygen and
other artificial stimulants, hut her
condition was about the same.
. Dr. Grayson said this afternoon
that Mrs. Wilson had two sinking
spells this morning, but she rallied
under stimulation. She was con
scious, hut growing weaker, lie
added.
The question of whet.ier Thoinas-
ville will contiuue tile present sea
son of the Georgia Stale League is
in the balance. T.ie Directors, at a
meeting held this morning, ascer
tained accurately that it would take
a thousand dollars, in addition to
the regular receipts rrom nome
games to be played here, to finance
the club ior t.ie reimii.uler of the
season, ami wipe out the indebted
ness ol about six hundred dollars
which now is due.
They propose to allow the people
of Thomasville, who are interested
in baseoull and in the progressive
spirit and reputation of the to a q to
settle llie question at a mass meet
ing to be held at the City Hall to-1
morrow. Friday, evening. At tnat I
time, the affairs of the club will be
explained in detail and those who .
desire may take such steps as are ^ Gar * a
necessuiy to raise a thousand dol- ™ ont!l more than last year
lars.
Would Sell dub Franchise.
In the event it is not done, the
directors have decided to negotiate
for tlie sale of the club franchise,
which will carry with It the remain
ing games and the post season re
turns, together with the reserve con
tractu ol the players now on the
club, and the possibility of sale or
draft, which in all reason, should
amount to a thousand dollars, judg-
GERMANS IN ENGLAND WANT
TO FIGHT FOR FATHERLAND.
London, Aug. 6.—All German af
fairs *o England are now ln the
hands of the German Embassy
here. The street in front of the (has captured
home of the Consulate General was German
Showed Some Improvement.
Washington, Aug. tj.—At ton
o'clock this morning,’ Dr. Cary T.
Grayson, the attending physician,
announced that .Mrs. Wilson showed ling from inquiries already re<
some improvement over last night, j relative to three or more play
and early this morning, although now on the local list.
her condition was still alarming. J
President Wilson left her bedside
only long enough to sign important
state papers. He has cancelled all
engagements, and did not even see
any cabinet members this morning.
If that is done, I'homasvllle' will
not have oaseoau next year and, in
addition, will lose all possible re
turns from the sale of players on
the roster of the club, which con
tains several very valuable players
for any Class D baseball club.There
doubt but that the franchise
could be sold at once for the amount
of Indebtedness or more, as several
towns already baseball crazy, would
jump at a proposition to enter the
Georgia State at such a low price,
and in addition to own a baseball
in posed of such players as
Thomasville owns
receipts this year from at
tendance have, to date, fallen off fif
teen hundred dollars. In plain En
glish. the average attendance for
fifty-one games last year wag four
hundred and eleven. The average
attendance for the same number of
games this year has been three hun
dred and five. Tills is fifteen hun-
dollars difference in receipts.
Donations this year were a thou
sand dollars and last year, twenty-
threo hundred. The salary price this
hundred dollars per
With
the same average attendance %s
last year the club would have money
in the bank.
It is a proposition which is put
straight up to the people and they
will decide what is to he done. It
ThomnsvIIle Is to be known as a
quitter, tomorrow* will decide. If we
want baseball, a thousand dollars
must he raised or the club wifi ho
offered for sale. This Is the ulti
matum of tlie directors and there Is
no appeal from their decision.
It is either RAISE THE MONEY
OK QUIT!
E
SEA BATTLES
ABE REPORTED
WIIIKI.KHH DISPATCHES TELLIN
OF SINKING OF TWO CKUIH-
KRS, CHASING LUSITANIA —
GERMAN SHU'S, REPORTED
CAPTl BED, TURN UP IN ITALY.
WITHDRAWS FROM DACE
FOB DISTRICT ATTORNEY
GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE REQUEST
WAS THE FACT THAT LUKE’S SUPPORT OF SENATOR SMITH
WAS DISTASTEFUL TO H! TOR WEST. 1
n_i„ . _ m/uie oi me Y^uuauiaio ueuerai wu:
European ^Buatlon. C ° mnlentS 03 «***• »*«• most* yoat,
of the Germans by the Belgians In (CHINESE REVOLUTION
the Liege district yesterday. REPORTED BREWING.
The Oermnns lost eight thousand Toklo, Aug. 6.—It Is reported here
men, while the Belgians lost an In- that the Chinese Revolutlonallsts
significant number In comparison, lare showing activity, and It Is fear-
After routing the Germans, the l ed the European war will Inspire a
Belgians pursued them with such Chinese outbreak.
vigor that their commander had to I ’
order them to stop as they were | Japan Beady to Aid England,
getting out of range of the Belgian j Shanghai, Aug. 6.—An official at
forts. I the Japanese Consulate here, today
A number of wounded Germans' announced that upon receipt of the
e»a to notch territory, which gives I first official news of a clash of
rlw to the belief that the enemy arms between England and Oer-
w,« com ntete'.’ m i-h, I many, Japan would sent a fleet with
The German Tenth Army corps ten thousand men to Tslng-Tau-Ten
OF WILSON’S GOOD OFFICES
Washington, Aug. 6.—No word
has been received today from any
European nations, as to whether
the tender of the good offices of
President Wilson had been actually
received. Officials here thought
the various governments might
take the offer under consideration,
but It will be several dayB before
any replies can be expected.
and Peking. He said preparations
for this are now being made.
Briti.di Regiments In China Active.
Shanghai, China, Aug. 6.—Two
attacked Chaud Fontaine and Bou- and ten thousand more to the relief | British regiments have been ordered
celes forta, at Flemalle, live miles of the British garrisons at Tlen-Tsin j South. They have been stationed at
-———— jTlen-Taln, and are now awaiting
the arrival of transports. The In
dian Regiment of Punjaba will ro-
maln at Tlen-Taln.
of the servant class, who had come
from all parts of Great Britain to
reglstei their names and return
home and fight, If possible.
They were very peacnhle and no
hitter feeling toward the .English,
was shown.
Thus far no cases of Insult or Ill-
treatment of Germans by the Eng
lish have been recorded.
BANK OF ENGLAND’S RATES
REDUCED THIS MORNING.
London. Aug. 6.—The Bank of
England today reduced Its discount
rate to six per cent. The bank
raised this rate to ten per cent when
hostilities appeared on the horizon.
This reduction Is regarded as an
Indication of the optimistic attitude
of the financial authorities.
The reduction of the hank rate Is
regarded as an official Intimation
that the financial situation in Great
Britain Is well under control. Busi
ness circles are making ready for
. 1 re-opeulng the banks tomorrow
♦ GKRMAN OFFICERS, CAUGHT ♦ when paper currency, In small de-
AS SPIES WILL BE SHOT.
♦ (By Associated Press.) ♦
♦ Brussels, Belgium, Aug. 6.— ♦
♦ Two disguised German officers ♦
♦ were arrested today at Ostend. ♦
♦ They had extensive military ♦
♦ notes and valuable plans. They ♦
♦ will be shot as spies. ♦
nominations will
lation.
be put In <ircti-
Germnn Ambassador Leaves London
London, Aug. 6.—The German
Ambassador, Prince Max Llchonow-
sky, with the Princess LIchnowsky,
and their suite, left London bv spe
cial train today. He is en route to
the Continent.
London, Aug. o.—The French
Embassy learns that a French fleet
German cruiser,
iner Captured.
Malta, Aug. 6.—A British torpedo
boat destroyer has captured and *
brought here the German liner "Le
vant.”
CAPTURED GERMAN VESSELS
IN PORT NEAR MESSINA.
Home, Italy, Aug. 6.—The Trl-
buna publishes a report today that
the German cruisers, "Goeben” and
"Brelau,” reported captured by thi
French, have arrived at San 31ava-
tore, rear Messina, Sicily.
One german officer, ln an inter
view, said the vessels bombarded j
Lusitania, and the British cruiser
Essex yesterday, saying that a for
eign cruiser was following her, and
asking the Essex to stand by. Later
the Essex went in search of the pur
suer.
During three days past, Captain
Han. or the Tonawanda, said the
wireless had brought news of the
presence of British, French and
German cruisers, but none wero
sighted.
"GIBRALTAR OF BALTIC"
BOMBAHDKD BY GERMANS.
London*, Aug. 6.—Sveahorg. Fin
land, It is said, Is being bombarded
today by German warships. it is
known as the “Gibraltar of the Bal
tic." The fortifications are armed
with nine hundred heavy vuus, and
are defended by a garrison of twelve
thousand men, who are spread over
mall chain of islands, all of which
^ ~ teA WIth br j dBM .
and were later pursued by a British
squadron.
GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK
BY BRITISH WAR SHIPS,
New York. Aug. 6.—Captain He*
slg, of the Ureanium liner Uranium. |
which reached this port yesterday,,
announced at the British consulate!
today that he had Intercepted a
w ireless from the Lusitania yes- j
terday, saying the two German cruis- •
ers which were pursuing the Lusi
tania, had been sunk by two Brltls.i |
war ships. j
HOSTILE SHIPS PURSUED i
TI!K BIG LINER LUSITANIA.
New York, Aug. 6.—The oil tank
steamer Tonawanda, from London |
and ^Antwerp, arriving In port today,!
©ported she heard a wireless com-1
munirction between the big liner
These Islands command the en
trance to the Bay of Helsingfors,
from which is direct ratlroad com
munication to St. Petersburg.
Hon. Roscoe Luke Tuesday
wiled Senator West in Washing
ton, requesting that his name
he withdrawn as an u|t|dicant
for the |H»sition of District At
torney for the Southern Dis
trict ot Georgia.
.Mr. Luke made no definite
statement for publication, but
it is generally understood that
Mr. Luke’s active support ot
Senator Smith, in the Second
Congressional District, was di
rectly responsible for the rup
ture, which caused his with
drawal.
Mr. J. E. Anderson, of Gadsden,
was m town today on ousiness.
Dr. W. C. Wall, of Chattanooga,
was among the visitors herd today.
Remnant Sale
On With a Rush!
Pure*Drugs and Pure Drinks 9
We are noted for the purity of
our drugs and the accurate
ness of our compounding.
Our fountain drinks are selected with as much
care as our drugs. You’re sure of
quality here.
GOME IN AND TRY 000 F0UNTKIN SPECIALS.
PEACOCK-MASH DRUG CO.
PhoneSd 05-106.
Our Sale is Over,
but, we will keep for a few days, the bargains in the
window:
Womens Shoes at $1.00 a pair.
Mens Shoes at $1.95.
We didn’t sell out; you can still get what you need for the
summer.
SMITH-HARLEY SHOE COMPANY.
I
.#~ARftTie7 iffOV *
Three Days of Rare
Bargains in Silk, Woolen
and Wash goods rem
nants.
LOUIS STEYERMAN
The Shop pf Quality „ Qntfie Corner.