Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-09-24
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man cruiser Hela. A majority of the
crew was rescued.
Rev. Horace w Jones and wife were
killed when an automobile in which
they were riding turned over near Ev-
sasville
Secretary OF State Bryan has signed
the peace treaties with the representa-
tives Of Great Britain, France. Spain
and China.
Prince Joachim, youngest son of the
kaiser, who was wounded in France,
has arrived in Berlin and is now at the
Bellevue palace,
The Roumanian cabinet has resign
ed and it is rumored that the change
will be prelude to Roumanian al
lance with Russia.
fThe story of revolution in India
which has been given out by German
legations In certain capitals is a sheer
invention" says the British embassy
1t Washington.
The official press bureau In London
issued denial of the reports that Rus
siap troops have been landed In Bel.
Gium
kilograms from Rotterdam and Ven
Ice concur in the fact that general
fseling Of passimism begins to prevail
IN Germany.
The president has sent to the senate
the nomination OF Carl Bailey Hurst
Of the District Of Columbia, to be con
sui at Antwerp.
It is reported from Berlin that 40, 1000
German naval reservists have been
called upon and will be sent as rein
forcements to the army,
Some military experts are OF the
opinion that the Germans will offer
their big resistance on the Meuse and
that another battle Of Sedan will be
fought before many DAYS.
The total number OF wounded In VI
emma is more than 10000 men, while
many Eaore thousands are In Buda-
pest. and thousands more are scat
tered at Krakow. Prague. Cratz ana
even as far as Innsbruck,
Regular passenger service has been
opened again between Paris and Cal
ais and Boulogne.
East Prussia force OF 10000 men
for the defense of the province.
The German cruiser Hea was at
tackled and destroyed by British sub
marine. Most Of the cruisers crew
were saved.
Eight hundred Paris firemen were
dispatched to help In restoring sani-
tary conditions at and about the scene
Of the battle of the Marine.
The feeling In Italy is growing SO
strong in favor of Intervention that 1t
is thought to be impossible for the
government to resist much longer.
The United States government has
refused to accept Turkeys announce
ment that after Oct / the capitula-
lions upon which rest all the rights
and privileges of Americans and other
foreigners in Turkey will no longer be
In effect
The number OF wounded In Vienna
Is stated to be 10000 and Is constantly
increasing,
The total of the published German
casualties to date are 45,786 killed,
wounded or missing.
The British training ship Fisgard III,
formerly the battleship Erebus, foun-
dered in the channel during gale and
twenty-one aboard her we're drowned.
A special correspondent OF the Lon
don Times In Poland says: 1.-THE Ger
man atrocities In the town OF Chen
stochowa throw into the shade those
1t Kalisz."
1t is reported that the German cruz
ser Emden has sunk five British
steamers off the coast of India. The
passengers of the vessels are said to
have been saved.
Colonel Prince Cantecuzene, hus-
band OF julia Dent Grant, personal aid
to Grand Duke Nicholas, commander
In chief of the Russian forces, has
been seriously wounded in battle.
Bubonic plague, of which Cuba was
thought to have been cleared, has re-
appeared at Ell Caney.
Ambassador Dumba has made for
NAL statement denying that the Aus
TRAN losses have been SO heavy as re-
ported
Indications are that the commercial
apple crop of the United States this
year will be far in excess Of that OF
last year.
More than $4,000 has been dis
tributed to distressed or destitute
Americans in London since the rush to
escape from Europe began
Nine persons were killed and twen-
ty seriously injured when passenger
train OF the Alabama and Great South
ern railroad was derailed one mile
west Of Livingston, Ala.
The British. French, Russian and
German authorities have agreed to an
interchange of lists Of prisoners OF