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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
GERMANS HACK WAY
TOWARD BRUSSELS
CAMPAIGN TOWARD BRUSSELS
sTREwING WAY WITH DEAD.
100000 GERMANS ON ROAD.
ANTWERP IS NOW CAPITAL
Greatest Battles in Worlds History Is
Raging, with Big Guns Booming
from Namur to Diest-Bei-
gians Retreat.

Londor.-The greatest battle in the
worlds history is raging, with big
guns booming from Namur to Diest
and even on the bloody field of Wa
terloo. Obeying orders of their grim
war lord, q half million men of the
grear German army hacked their way
to Louvain- This is the last gateway
to Antwerp and Brussels. The Belgians
are ~retreating to save the historic
town. The roads are blocked with
German dead. There is no use blink
ing at the facts.
Although the kaiser's plans were
badly disarranged by a determined and
unexpected resistance of Belgians, his
officers and men are moving forward
to victory or death, for the order to
advance was accompanied by a san
culinary threat that defeat means death
or exile from Germany.
In another war zone in Alsace-Lor-
raine the French army seems to be
sweeping onward and the pauctty Of
news from there indicates that the
general engagement may have been
begun there, too. There is no doubt
hONF L4loL iS SNi AtllS ii"' "a
thraShed the Austrian army of $4,000
men at ShabetZ and LoSZnitz, where
three regiments were annihilated, or
nat the Russians are penetrating
steadily into Germany. There is no
doubt either that Italy is stTaining at
the leash, ready to be in at h death.
Fol here it is believed hat even il
the kaiser's magnificent troops should
win the big battle now on in Belgium,
in the end Germany will be beaten and
bowed in the dust.
The first list of British dead and
wounded is trickling. Three officers
were killed, two wounded, as a result
of accidents, and coincidently with
publication of the list of victims came
a stirring appeal from the board of
trade to follow up the battles on land
and sea by the industrial war, as a
result of which the trade mark made
in Germany or Austria will not be
seen again on goods in any English
warehouse or shop.
This boycott is Endorsed by the whole
press. which calls upon British mer-
chants and manufacturers to organize
q movement which will end forever
German supremacy in any branch of
trade
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GEN. EN- MICH Is KILLED
German Leader at Liege Oead-Was
Leader of Tenth Army Corps.
Eiuhtinu Under Difficulties.

Brussels.-The death of Gen. Otto
Won Emmich, the German commander
at Liege, has been confirmed. He is
succeeded by Lieut.-Gen. Won Marwitz.
Reports from Liege state that there
is great decentralization among the Ger
man troops and that many of the Of
ficers and men are committing sui
eide by drowning in the River Mouse.
A great trial has been the heat OF
the last few days, in which sunstroke
has been an additional enemy. The po-
sitions of the men are exposed, and
the Belgian service headgear is one of
the least practical.
Gen. Otto Won Emmich was Sc years
old. He Joined the army as a volun-
teer in 1866 and was promoted two
years later to a l~ieutenancy. He took
part in the Franco-Prussian war in
1901. Afterward he was promoted
through all the grades until he became
major-general in 1901. When he was
appointed to the command of the
Tenth army corps he was made a gen
eral.
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SOLDIERS
WILL HELP FRENCH
KING HOPES FOR SUCCESS FOR
10000 BRITISH TROOPS SENT
INTO FRANCE.
NOT A SINGLE CASUALTY
Were Sent Across the
Channel by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Of 6ritishers Everywhere in
France Cordial.

londonderry reinforcements for
the lines Of the allies battling with the
German armies in Belgium are being
rushed across the English channel by
England.
Plymouth is being used as the prin-
cipal base for the British military OPP
e%rations. Thousands of soldiers are ar
irving there every day for mobilization
in preparation for embarking.
London displayed little excitement
when it became known British troops
were in France. There were no crowds
around the bulletins, and no rush for
pressed, earnest crowd where recruits
drilled, and at the barracks. where
trained soldiers go through evolutions.
The general routine is little dis
turbed. except for the unceasing move
ment through the streets of troops, am
munition trains and hospital corps.
Tailors and saddlers are rushed with
business. The sign Swords and Bay
onets ~Sharpened' appears in the cut
lers' windows. No women or children
weep as the troops depart.
Attendance at music halls and the
aters shows no ~diminution. and many
Americans spend afternoons or even
ings at the playhouses. "Brittania
Rules the Waves" the "Marseilles,"
and the Russian national anthem are
played by orchestras, the audiences
standing.
AS n Highlander regiment went
4 h rO,,o Tho Strap1 str 1a, lox-n
Marching Thro' Georgia"
Private homes have been converted
into hospitals, and newspaper depart.
ments under the head of what women
can do or some similar caption, are
the busiest.
The most important revelation has
been that Of the landing of a British
eXpeditionary army on the shores OF
France. Everybody in England has
rmy was crossing the channel. The
troops had been assembled at differ.
ent bases, one of the largest contin,
gents embarking at Dublin, Ireland.
Many other regiments sailed from Liv'
erpool, while still others took ship at
East Bourne, Southampton, and other
ports along the coas of the English
channel.
The great canvas camps at the mill
tary states in England were struck
only when it was known definitely that
a flotilla of transports conveying the
troops had finished the oversee move
ment under the escort of strong squad.
rons of warships.
The transportation of the soldiers
lasted several days, and during that
time not a mention of the expedition
was permitted to the newspapers here.
Even now the strength of the expedi
ton, the names of the regiments com
posing the c~ontingents and the ports
where they landed are not allowed to
be made public.
1t is known, however, that a large
proportion of the best troops Of the
British regular army are now on CONT
mental soil. The reception of the Brit
1sh soldiers everywhere in France was
enthusiastic.
The official news bureau says not q
single casualty occurred during the
embarkation, transportation and de
barkation of the men and stores of the
British expeditionary force, and every
thing was carried through with the
greatest precision.
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equipment of armies. Each is Of great
assistance in handling troops. Today
generals and their stats ride in auto
mobiles instead Of on prancing horses.
The other day a cable message told OF
80 automobiles filed with German OF.
icers crossing the French frontier
ahead OF a large body OF cavalry. In
an older day cavalry would have been
first. To q large extent the usefulness
Of horsemen has been diminished by
army aviators. Accommodating that
formerly was performed on h6rseback
Is now done In acceptance.
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FOUR AUSTRIAN SHIPS SUNK

Rome.-Confirmation of the naval
patch from C~ettinje to the Corriere
dTtalia, which says that the Austrian
battleship Zrinyi and three other ships
names could not be learned,
were sunk by the French fleet. A great
number of French and English war
ships are said to be p~atrolIing the
St
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ship. The two principal types Of
aerial craft are the Zeppelin dirigibles
Of the German service and the heavier
than-air flying machines. France
places great reliance On the latter and
has developed q corps Of aviators
whose daring has won the worlds ad-
miration. Germahy has been more Sc
cretive about its zeppelins.
Since the FraneO-Prussian wal both
telephones and wireless teIegIabhy
have been addsd 70 the Indulgence
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
TELEGRAPH Suspended.

New York.-Austria has suspended
all Geographic relations with France,
the French colonies, Servia and Mon.
tenegro for both terminal and transit
This announcement was made
by the Commercial Cable company,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Russians Demand PASSAGE.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has made a do
mand on Turkey that the Russian
Black Sea fleet be given unrestricted
passage through the Dardanelles, &C
cording to a report published in the
Polieicten.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Liner Ruby Held Up.

Charleston, S. Capt. Patterson of
the Philadelphia and New Orleans
liner Ruby, which arrived here. re-
ported his vessel had been held up of
Sand Key Light, near Key West, Fla,
by the French cruiser Condo.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Eclipse in Russia.

ST. Petersburg.-Russian soldiers
and peasants have been informed that
the solar eclipse, which will be visible
in a few days, is a natural occurrence,
for fear they will imagine it an evi
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Victorious.

Athens.-A big battle between Aus
TRANS and Servians ended in a great
victory for h latter all along the
lines from Planina to Tser Shabatz.
The Austrian losses are estimated
1000 killed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
German Monop,ane Rusv

Paris.-A German monoplane, which
had hoisted the French flag, dropped
three bombs on L~unevilie, Is miles
east of Nancy, from a height of $500
feet. according to an official announce
ment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Austrian Ship Made Escape.

Galveston, Texas.-Capt. Rakos of
the Austrian steamer Morawitz, which
arrived here from Cardiff, reported
having been chased for six hours by
two British cruisers while approx
mately 800 miles south of Barbados.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Gen. DEFINING Wounded

London.-A dispatch says that Gen.
Deimling, commander of the German
Fifteenth army corps, is in a hospital
at the front. A bullet passed through
his neck.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Blockader Sunk.

Paris.-The ministry of marine an
nounced that a French fleet under Ad-
miral de la Peyrere had sunk an Aus
trian cruiser which was blockading the
Montenegrin port of Antivari.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Blast Kills 1, Hurts 10.

McConnellsville, Ohio.-One man
was killed, four or five are reported
dying and five others were injured in
a gasoline explosion in a garage here.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Austrian Ships Chased.

London.-A dispatch from Rome to
the Exchange Telegraph company says
it is reported from Ancona that four
British battleships chased the Austrian
cruisers Aurora and Szigetvar, which
were ~blockading Antivari.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Austrian Liner Taken,

Alexandria, Egypt.-The big new
Austrian Lloyd liner Marienbad was
captured by a British warship near
here while on the voyage from Bonn
bay to Triests. She was brought into
port
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Austrians in Servja.

London.-A Vienna dispatch to Reu-
ters' Telegram company says it is
semi-officially announced that the Aus
trian troops have invaded Servia at
several points.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-08-21
Permit Cruiser to Land.

Washington.-Germany will permit
the cruiser Tennessee, bearing gold
for Americans, to enter Bremen, and
will provide trains to bring Americans
from the baths and resorts in the south
to that port.
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Bar War Correspondents.

Lond0n.-The British army council
has decided not to allow any war cor.
respondents to accompany he expe-
dictionary forces for the present.
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Report Hoavy Firino.

LOndon.-The Amsterdam CORE
spondent Of the Post says a telegram
has been received there from Texel
Island reporting heavy gun fire in q
western direction.
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PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA

Brother Of the kaiser, whose diplo-
matte mission to Russia failed to
avert the war between Russia and
Germany.
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

lSl9-Elias Howe. inventor of the
sewing machine. born i'm Spen-
Ger, Mass. Died in Brooklyn
n. Y. oct. 3, 1867.
lSS4-Earl Grey resigned the British
premiership.
lS43-WashinRton. famous painter
died in Cambridge, Mass. Born
in South Carolina, Nov. 3, 1879.
lS5O-Zachary Taylor, twelfth presi-
dent Of the L. s., died i'm WASH
ington. ID. c. Born in Orange
county. Va. Sept. "a. 1884.
lS60-Prince of Wales Cater King
Edward VIII left England for
Canada.
1S6S-lndiana was invaded by Gen.
Morgan's Confederate cavalry.
lSS1-Queen Victoria reviewed $4,000
volunteers at Windsor.
lSS5-Baron Nathan Meyer Rotschild
created Baron Rothschild, the
first Jew to sit i'm the House of
Lords.
l900-Poririo Diaz was reelected
president of Mexico.
Booking Edward VII. entertained
at dinner officers of the United
States squadron visiting Ports
mouth
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PLAYS And PLAYERS

Olga Nethersole is spending the
summer in England.
Marie Cabin will have a new musical
piece next season.
Eleanor Brent is to have the leading
role in Every Woman" next season.
THE yellow Ticket will be present
ed on tour next fall under the man
agement Of a. II. Woods.
Maude Hanaford and Joseph Kilgour
will be in the east OF Along Came
Ruth" the coming season.
Seven companies are being formed
to tour the country the coming season
in Potash and Perlmutter."
George NJ. Cohan's Seven Keys to
Baldpate" has closed its New York en-
easement after a run Of eleven months.
Among the new productions an
neunced for next month will be What
Happened at 22," by Paul Wilstach.
Arthur Hammerstein has engaged
Victor Herbert to write a new comic
opera in which Edith Thayer will be
featured.
The Shuberts will star Sam Mann
next season in a play called "The
Morning After" by Lee Arthur. author
of The AuCtioneer."
Margaret Anglin has obtained the
rights To a new drama. called THE
Divine Friend" by Charles Phillips,
san Francisco newspaper writer.
\. II. Woods has engaged Harriet
Burt and John Flood for Innocent"
the new play in which Pauline Freder-
lex is TO have the leading role.
Frank Cravens comedy TOO Many
Cooks" recently passed its 15Oth per-
Torrance at the Thirty ninth street
Theater in New York
Louis Joseph Vance has made
dramatization Of a short story called
Smoke of Battle" by Irwin S. Cobb,
the we'll known hum0rlst writer.
Sir George Alexander. tho English
actor manager, is to produce a play
called Those who Sit in Judgment"
written by Mrs. j. T. Grein.
Under the management Of David
Belasco Frances Starr will spend the
early part OF the coming season i'm a
tour of the eastern cities in Berrstein's
The Secret"
Hazel Dawn will star the coming
season in THE Debutante," written by
Harry Il. Smith in combination with
Robert b. Smith, who wrote the lyrics
and Victor Herbert the music.
Three names are under consideration
4
John Mason is to star next season.
They are Dragged" THE Wall Be
tween" and Big Jim Gcrraty."
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GET RID OF The sTuMPs.

o.. VI. Mott general manager II the
Upper Peninsula Development asso-
citation. advises the people ~ the up
Ier peninsula who own lar-e tracts
" cut-orer land t0 arranize for pulling
The s.umps. so thar The land can be
offered o. actual settlers In q cond!-
rlol Tor Immediate use for farming.
The work ~ pulling stgmps r. labori-
GUS and tedious II performed Dy each
settler for himself In the old way: but
r. can De accom- r'ished with magical
swlftness and great economy by the
employment ~ modern machinery. Mr.
Mott appeals 90 the mining compan-
les ard the railroad companies 10 join
n this deVelopuentsl work, and
promises them RETURNS in the near fu-
,lre that w.n amply repay them.
Alyoeayns this policy 10 an address
~ the recent banquet ~ the COPPER
Country Commercial club, ~ Calumet.
Hr Mott outlined the method II pro-
rraGre referred 20 above. and added
- have seen the western lands freed
from cactus and sage brush and turn
cd into fruit orchards. have seen
mountains relieved of their timber and
formed into wheat, oat and alfalfa
fields and 7 want 90 say % YOU that
th" farmers who come 70 Clovcrland
win Hrd better soil 10 cultivate al
much .css expense than exists in any
country and especially in commune
'.es whore they have got 10 start in
5E expanding from two % three thou
sand dollars an acre or more 10 get
water rr il iu order 20 be able
~ produce something"
There !s no doubt go the world that
'he cut-oEcr lands 81 the upper pen
.reIIa offer advantages in many i'm
1Dr'aut respects superior to those pro-
.gfab'c elsewhere on terms within |
Doe means Of small investors. The
faster settlers are brought In and the
country developed the better it will
be- for all the interests concerned in
Doe prosperity Of this part Of the mid
i.c wort
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Political Gossip

. News from Lansing 10 the effect
that Mrs. Ferris has urscntly request.
ed Governor Ferris not TO run Cor ths
Office this year has proved quite dis
turbing TO the Democrats II this ricir-
lily and OF Michigan. says Franz NJ
Sparks in the Grand Rapids Herald
II Governor Ferris refuses To stand
for the nomination AT the hands ~ the
party. il will have lost its one greatest
asset in Michigan. There can be no
question but that Governor Ferris is
strong in this state. Without doubt
I he is the strongest candidate the party
could possibly offer. II he refuses to
make the race, who can the party Of
fer who will come near TO filling the
bnle
First thought. Of course. turns 10
Lawton T. Hemans. twice the STANDARD
bearer Of the party and bo'h times
running close up TO the Republican
candidate. But Mr.. Hemans is now
chairman Of the railroad commissions, a
iob which is good until 1917 ard which
pays $4,000 a year. This is manfostly
better than a $4,000 job as governor
and with the uncertainties Of q cam
pa.gn 10 make. Besides Mr.. Henlns
enjoys his work as memoc, Of the
commission where he has made lao
little name for himself. II G jvernor |
Ferris refuses to run, It is certa n dir. |
~ Nc "a N CT e.
ter. Whether he will do so is a CUES
tion yet TO be determined.
Next 10 be considered is Edwin o. !
Wood, national committeeman. Mr. |
Wood was a candidate two years ago
urtil Mr.. Ferris consented To make the
race. Mr.. Wood then promptly with
drew and turned all his energies to
electing Ferris. Had 1t not been Tor the
entry If Ferris however Wood most
certainly would have been the stan
dard bearer Of his party.
The other wing of the party con-
tains Edward \. Frensdorf. who ran
for congressman at large two years
ago. Il is not beyond the range of
possibilities that Mr. Frensdorf would
enter the field Then there is Judge
iap!e who il the head OF the Progress
sive Democratic league. He might cas-
ny become a candidate.
Detroit might bring forth "A candi-
late If all others fail and some man
Ike John Magic, or Judge Connolly, be
brought out. judge Il. J. VI. HALEY or
Judge Alfred J. Murphy would be
worth considering if Detroit were To be
irawn upon 10 make the campaign.
In Grand Rapids it is not at all i'm
possible that William f. McKnight.
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a ROYAL HOBBY.

Sovereigns Of Europe i'm time mast
nave had son" curious hobbies. A
'IaFSlc instance is that of Citizen "a.
'et' who maze W tches and locks be;-
l'' than he made laws. Today ne
Kaiser has "A liking for carpentry.
King Christian learned the printers
craft carly in life. It has remained
however, says correspondent of the
London Standard writing from Sofia.
Tor King Ferdinand of Bulgaria to
take up the strangest pastime of all
animal training.
little while ago the King, firing of
the ordinary methods of relieving his
mind IRON the cares OF state invest
ed IN four elephants. And now he
SPENDS all his spare time teaching his
giant pets all that an educated ele-
phant is required to know. The four
beasts are housed at a farm on the out
skirts Of Sofia, and every day King
Ferdinand spends an hour or so with
them, experimenting their toilet and
training them. The King has brought
his usual zeal and enthusiasm to bear
on his hobby, and the consequence is
that his elephants would do credit to
professional trainer.
Not only do the pachyderms recog-
nize their royal master when he visits
them, but they can do several simple
tricks at his bidding. The King is
very proud of his pets, and whenever
his court is visited by any one Of dis
tinction the royal guest is sure to DO
taken to the farm TO admire the great
beasts at their work and play.
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members each. and there will be a
considerable attendance from the
peace centenary committee itself
Canada viii be represented by a
strong delegation.
The entire program with relation TO
the celebration In the border states
and provinces will be formally decid-
ed upon. briefly as follows:
!. To bring about the organization
Of a cooperating American-Canadian-
Newfoundland committee in reference
TO the celebration q the border states
and provinces.
p To discuss the matter Of inter-
national boundary monuments with
respect 20 design and location.
g. To take action with reference !
10 proposed legislation by the bound
airy states and provinces.
4. To bring about cooperation IN /
the carrying out Of program by
boundary states and border cities.
Q. To arrange for maritime page
ants including a marine parade from
Buffalo 20 Duluth, touching both AM
.rilan and Canadian ports.
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PUTTING WILSON RIeHT.

President Wilson is learning more
about business affairs. His conference
H.tE business men already are bearing
fruit. AS direct result - hls discus
SION r. antitrust legislation and its
effects or business. win a decoration
~ Ch.earo business men YESTERDAY
bills passed by the House and now
pending .1 tae senate VIII te changed
as % details. TIE presider, took
".se course o. arran-.EE To- learn the
views Il many ~ the most prominent
business leaders .E The country.
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who has been mentioned as candi-
date for Congress. might enter the
field for governor. But whatever the
situation develops It is almost certain
there will be no contest in the pri-
maries. The Democrats have "a happy
faculty of clearing the road for the
man who looks TO them strong and
who would most certainly make the
&c
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ON THE FIELD OF MARATHON.

great GreCian landmark IL the
Sorog Tho mound erected over the
graves OF 1872 Athcnians who fen in
the battle ~ Marathon, Aug. Il, 49O
~ q. The mound e. about 40 feet high
and 300 yards Ia circumference. Tn
defncath the mound lie the heroes who
died Zoo this most decisive victory which
prevented the pers1Ans from invading
Europe.
The battle had hardly begun when
th" PcrsIans in immensely superior
lnrrc. doubtless ten 10 one, pulled
themselves together and by sheer mass
broke through the Greek center. But
this had been calculated upon before
hand. Miltiades employed strategy.
making his line weak az the center.
and allowed the Persians 10 break H..
Thcn with his heavy masses at the
ends he ground the Persian wings to.
pieces and fell upon their center The
most stubborn fighting. apart from the
battle at the ships, was probably all
this spot, half mile from the shore
Dix thousand four hundred Pcrsians
lay "n this plain and along the shore
While 1872 men Of Marathon lay wrap
ped in glory on the field.
II was long suspected that the her
ocs of Marathon were buried under
the mound, but Mr.. Stats. one OF the
Greek Ephor Of Antiquities. studying
the surface Of the soil. believed it had
p'on raised by alluvial deposits eight
or ten feet above the level Of 4gO y. c.
IN 1880 he drove a trench with a down
ward slant into the center Of the
mound, and found the bones Of the
heroes with their weapons beside
them