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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-05-29

Montgomery, Ala, arrived Wednes
day afternoon to be the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. p. n. Hatcher at Blythe
wood.
J. Il. Hutton went to Decatur We'd
nesday morning. From there he win
go to Chattanooga to attend the state
bankers convention.
Miss Mary Looney left Tuesday aft
Iernoon for Minter City, Miss, where
| she will visit her aunt, Mrs. Watkins,
and brother, Avent Looney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Palmer, Of Nash
vile, have returned from their bridal
"trip and will be the guests Of their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John M.
Gray, for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Osgood Fulton
left Wednesday afternoon for Chat.
tanooga, where Mr.. Fulton will rep.
Present the Phoenix National Bank at
the bankers convention.
e. e. Barthell, one OF the leading
members Of the Nashville bar, was
/ In the city Wednesday to attend the
commencement exercises Of the Co
lumbia Military Academy, at which
| his son graduated.
Miss Elizabeth Jones has returned
| from visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Mann
Dawson.
Miss Margaret Frierson, Of Chatta-
nooga, ID the guest Of Mrs. George T.
Hughes, Jr.
Ray Morrison and Alfred Branham,
Of Spring Hin, were in the city Wed
nesday afternoon.
Fayette Tomlinson came up from
Culleoka Wednesday afternoon to
see the baseball game. ".
w. @. Whitthorne went back to
Nashville this morning to attend the
democratic convention.
Mrs. Sam 9. Harlan and little
daughter, Annie, Of Florence, Ala,
are the guests Of her father, Hon.
John w. Fry.
Murray Cecil was in the city today.
Harry Hill is here from Mt Pleas
ant today.
Miss Elisabeth Russell, who has
been the guest Of Miss Rachel Moore.
has gone to Franklin to visit friends
there.
Miss Fredonia Tolley went to|
Franklin Wednesday afternoon to- be
the guest for several days Of Miss
Eugenia Jordan.
Miss Margaret Briscoe, Of KnDx-
vile; Miss Edith Anderson, Of Nash
ville, and Miss Rose Cheairs. Or
Spring Hill. are the guests Of Minis
Carrie Williams I'M west End.
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SWEP GORDON WILL
OFEN MEAT SHOP
POPULAR BUTCHER TO START
NEW STORE ACROSS FROM
THE DEPOT.

D. swep Gordon viii open UP a
new meat shop opposite the depot on
Saturday morning. He promises to
make 1t the most sanitary and up to
date. not only In this city. but even
In the state. The shop will be
screened from flies and there win be
absolutely no source Of contamina-
ton. To keep his meats in perfect
condition, Mr.. Gordon has just COM
pleted cold storage plant that he
will operate in connection with the
meat shop.
In addition to having the best
meats Of all kinds, Mr. Gordon prom
Uses to give the most prompt aud per-
feet service. He, has been in the
butchering business for several years,
end knows 1t from beginning tc end.
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COL UMBIA AFTER
BANKERS MEETING
HoNRD Or TRADE WILL ASK
STATE FlNANciERs TO- MEET
HERE NEXT YEAR.

The Columbia Board Of Trade will,
through Msssrs, H. o. Fulton, Of the.
Phoenix National Bank. w. B. Green
law. Of tho Columbia Bank & Trust
ca, and J. L. Hutton, formerly Of
thin city. invite the State Bankers
Associatian to hold their next meet
in8 In Columbia. II Is the earnest
desire Of Mesars; Anderson and Sow.
ell Of IT, Board OF Tradb, to have
the. state nnanciers come to the
"Dimple Of the Universe believing
taiat CnAmbia Il the cantral and
therefore the logical place for their
meeting II would be great adver-
hsemant 70 have them in session
here at this time OF the year, when
AL Of tAe crops are in FUN head The
name - Columbia win b. presented
70 tho e0nvsntion by thsae gentle
mem
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Jaa H. wilkes ct ux to e. J. Hardt
son. 30 acres in old 21st district ss7o'
J. H. Hardison to Mrs. Jemima NJ
Hardison, 81 Is acres in Ord district
$1.25e.
+. H. Henderson ct ux to Dave
Miles, ~ acres In 9th district, sSV
8. B. Roberts to Mrs. Stella MAJ
well Jones. 5A acres in old 18th dis
trict, $1,000.
Nose Gillespie to g. c. English u
acres in 9Th district, $175.
Richard Marsh to w. J. fowler anu
Louis Barker, Fl acres in 4th district
s1se.
Dave Goodloe to z. r. Choate, 10
acres in End district, $2S.
Maury D. Armstrong to Joo' W.
Frierson, 101 rs acres in 9th djstrlc'
s7,1oo.
p. L. Robinson to Jim Merritt
acres in End district, s43.54.
o. J. Porter ct ux to M. P. FOX "
acres in 4th district. $4,000
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ACADEMY
ROUNDS OUT FIRST
YEAR UNDER WEBER
FINAL EXERCISES HELD YES,
TERnAy, TWELVE YOUNG.
MEN GRADUATING
MsEATE PROSPECTS THEEALL
Large Number Of Medals Awasxiad bx
w. B. cresnIaM -Ninety,Nlaa Pu-
pills Have Been Enrolled In School.
In Last Nine Months.

The final exercises Of the Colnm-
hia Military Academy were held in
the school chapel Wednesday morn
ing. a large crowd was present from
the city. In the absence Of Hon. E.
T. Barthall, q Nashville. who was.
to have made the address to- the grad
uatipg class, but who waA unavoida-
bly, detained ON business, Col, Weber
spoke.
He outlined the plans for tha' corn
ing year, stating that the prospects
for a larger and better school We're
splendid In spite Of tina fact that
there were but few len from last
year. niRaty-nine students have hsen
enrolled In the past nina m0ntls. An
active campaign for new boys Will
be waged during the summer.
Twelve young men received certifi-
Gates az graduation. 1hsF were de-
livered BY Hon. w. B. Grssnlaw.
TAey were Edward HsrtheR. IT.
Keith Deahan, Aa1systts JEagss.
Leonard Hughes. Preston Cant. An
derson Harrison, Pheaps Lowell Wil-
ham Scott, Matthew Steele, Bates
and George whatley and Harper
Vaughn.
Mr.. Greenlaw also awarded the fol-
lowing medals: Athletics, George
whatley; scholarship. Edward e.
Barthell, Jr.; oratory, John McGaw;
Jr.; best debater, Lawrence Moore:
Timmonic medal. Jack Rowland;
drill medal, Mack Steele; swimming
medal, Edward Barthell, Jr.; most
hits in baseball, Cecil Green: best
bowler, Robert Galloway.
One of the features OF the exercis-
es was the music, which was render
ed by the cadet band. The boys in
1t have made splendid progress un-
der the direction and instruction Of
Mr.. Majors.
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! SICK.
I --.-


Porter Neal, bookkeeper At the
Barker-Harbin Co, was operated on
Sunday night at the Kings Daugh-
tiers Hospital for appendicitis. It was
very successful and he is resting wen.
Mrs Russell Hansen, who was re-
Gently operated on at the hospital,
has been moved to her home. She
is recovering steadily.
Mrs. Noble G. Blair. formerly OF
Columbia, is dangerously sick OF her
home at Hattiesburg. Miss. Her sis
ter, Miss Lorelle Scotch, left today
for her bedside.
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subsorIbs Tor 1ns HersId.
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ANOTHER SPONGE
SHIP DESTROYED

TAMPA, -. My 1s.-Reporls q
NJ destrnetion q another ship at
tAched to the Tarpon Springs sponge
- ~sre lsossAt Asns ~ IL ~rsw
Il the SCHOONER Edna Louise. Capt.
Henri MieAAel and II men rsscAsa
this port b NE boat into wAich It
b claimed they were forced " twsn-
ty-nvs msn-
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VANDERBILT ALUMNI
BANQUET MEMPHIS

MRFPHIS, Tenn, Nay 2s-JoAa
Ben Keeh1A Of the law department Of
vanaerbtlk University. ana Dan No
GnEia, football coach, were the prin'
eipa speakers at an alumni banquet
q the Vanderbilt University Mem
pAis Association, given at the Ten
neesee Clnb last night
3MoDo = ~ BureA presided -
toastmaster. Covers we're laid tor
Afty.
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PERSONAL.

~------s
Miss Gussie Mai Stallings, OF DO
than, Ala, is the guest Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. T. A. Shelton.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. letter have gone
to Franklin for q stay OF severa
months where Mr.. letter has biz
building contract.
Dr.. and Mrs.. Frank w. Preston
have returned from Nashville where
DR. Preston recently underwent an
operation. He ID very much improv
ca.
Mrs. w. w. Lewis, Of Birmingham
Ala, was the guest on Thursday
night Of Mrs. T. Hardy Park at Gull
leoka. Mrs. Lewis Is pleasantly re.
membered as Miss Jessie Cuberson.
who taught school at Culleoka for
two terms,m aking one Of the most
efacient and beloved teachers the
school ever had.
Will Green, Of Stiversville. ID at his
Lewis county farm, Natchez Trace
Ranch, this week.
Miss Leonora Williamson has re-
turned from Nashville where she has
been attending Ward-Belmont.
Chancellor ]. H. Kirkland. Of Van
derbit University, was the house
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Smith
during his stay In the city for the
alumni banquet.
Miss Pearl Harrison, Of Yingtak,
China, is the guest Of Mrs. T. N.
Jones on South Garden street.
Walter Addison, Of Brewton, Ala,
tls the guest Of relatives in the city.
aIe stopped on on the way from the
eastern markets.
Halle Moore, the efficient head OF
the circulation department q The
HERALD, will 90 to Nashville tomor-
row to spend month recuperating
and resting up from his labors In
school and upon the paper.
Mrs. e. e. Erwin was called to Muir
freesboro Saturday morning TO attend
the bedside Of her niece, Miss Eba
Lilliard. who Is seriously III there.
Her numerous friends in this city
viii be grieved to hear Of her sick
ness.
John M. Harwood, Of Pulaski, was
In the city for . short time this morn
Inc.
Creath B. Smiley has returned to
Houston. Texas, after visit to Miss
Tessie Samuels.
Mr.. and Mrs. Semour Samuels and
little son, OF Nashville, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. A. Samuels.
Miss Margaret Greenlaw is in
Spring Hill to attend the commence.
ment exercises Of the Branham &
Hughes school.
Mn. John T. Wooten and Misses
Charlotte Hughes and Charlotte Wat
N III Monday morning tor Annnpe'
Allan Campbsll. Horace y. Polk
Horace Polk, r., Geo. Notsrass and
Percy Brown. Of Spring Hill. are here
to attend the big Jersey sale.
Mrs.. Lewis Packard, Of McCaans.
was IN the city Monday shopping.
L. II. Hammond, Of the Mt Pleas
ant bar, was in Columbia Monday on
business
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l. Hutton and Mr.
and Mrs. H. o. Fulton will attend
the bankers convention at Chattanoc
ga this week.
Miss Cornelia Alternately, Of Guile
Okla, returned Sunday evening from
q visit OF several days to Franklin
and Nashville relatives and friends
lis. where they will attend the com
mencement exercises Of the United
States Naval Academy. They will b.
the guests OF James Wooten, who is
first year student at the academy.
Mrs. w. B. Greenlaw left Monda,
morning for Chattanooga to visit
friends. She will be joined Thurs
day morning by Mr. Greenlaw, who
goes to attend the state bankers con
vention there.
Mrs. John T. wooten and Misses
Charlotte Hughes and Charlotte Wat
son left Monday afternoon for Annapo
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ANOTHER FAD.

~ssems TO be the style now to wear
the hat resting on the ears"
Eyes, and I know an expert who.
for two dollars q treatment, will
train your ears to stick out in the
most fashionable way"
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Mr.. FARMER, now ABOUT.

Plymouth Binder Irvine. We have
suId out 10000 pounds Of our first ear;
load this year. Send N your orders
early Street, Martin = Vaughan Co.
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exercises Of the U. s. Naval Academy
Mrs. John Patten Graham is repre-
senting the Woman's Missionary So
ciety Of the Culleoka Methodist
church, at the conference today al
the South Columbia church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Mckinney
Briggs McLemore and Andrew Dale
left Monday night to attend the Mill
|ers' Convention at Old Point Com,
fort, va. Some OF the party viii 60
to New York after the convention is
over.
Prof. S. e. Stephens, Of Mt. Pleas
ant, spent Tuesday In the city.
Miss Mary Brooks was in the city
Wednesday from Cross Bridges
T. M. voss went to Portland Tues
day morning on business trip,
Fem Sheegog went to Spring Hill
Tuesday to attend the Jersey sale
Mrs. Walter Fraser is the guest OF
her mother, Mrs. Witherspoon, at
Goodwin.
Miss Josephine Mahon, Of Carriers
Creek, has returned from school at
Chicago for the summer.
w. D. Shofner was here from Mt.
Pleasant Tuesday to attend the meet.
ing OF the county board OF education.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mr..
and Mrs. ALI Shuey, and Miss Rena
Collier motored to Rattle Snake Falls
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 3. Lowell and little
son, John, Jr., have returned from
Chattanooga, after visiting their IA
Their and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Ike
Lowell, at McCains.
4 Miss Eulalia Holland, graduate Of
Lipscomb College in Nashville, is the
guest Of Misses Della and Luby
Hayes, Of Spring HILL She will re-
turn in q few days and 60 to her home
in Midlothian, Texas.
Judge Bruce Turner was In Nash
Vile Tuesday ON business.
Mrs. Jack Crouch, Of GAINESVILLE,
Is the guest Of Mrs. l. B. Williams.
Mrs. Austin Peay, Of GAINESVILLE,
Is the guest Of Mrs. }. 9. Walker at
Ashwood.
Miss Bessie Allen is here from
Nashville to attend the missionary
conference.
Mrs. Frank f Lyn eli is in Mem
phis attending the convention Of the
Kings Daughters.
Mrs. Jennie Blackburn, Of Abiline,
Texas, is visiting Miss Mary Black
burn in West End.
Mrs. Walter Jones, Of Franklin, Is
here attending the sessions OF the
missionary conference.
Miss Mona Howell has returned
from Franklin where she has he'd the
position Of head trimmer for the Rob
erts stores.
Hsrschel v. Brewer, Of Lawrence
burg. was in Columbia for short
time Tuesday afternoon Oh business.
Dr.. M. r. walker #as here from
Santa Re Tuesday to attend the meet
ing Of the county high school board.
Rev. ]. M. Robson, pastor Of the
Central Presbyterian church, CuIleo-
|ka. was q visitor In the city Wed
nesday.
viii and Seth Perry and Charles
A. Wright, Of Bigbyil!e, went up to
Nashville Wednesday morning to see
the big democratic convention in ac-
tod.
DR.. James H. Jones, Of Hampshire,
passed through the city Tuesday aft
ernoon on his way to Nashville with
ia patient. who win be operated on at
an infrmary there.
Miss Mary Brooks and Miss Rus.
sell, Of williamsport, are the attrac-
tive guests Of Miss Rachel Moore on
the Nashville pike.
Hewlett Wilson, after e visit OF
several days to Kentucky, is back at
his desk at the Columbia Bank &
Trust Company
J. r Anderson. one Of Columbia's
popular photographers. will be in Pu-
Ilaski Thursday, Friday and Saturday
taking pictures.
Mrs, Henry Evans and children. OF
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Constipation causes headache, in.
digestion, dizziness, drowsiness. For
a mild, opening medicine. use Doan's
Regulets. 25c a box at all stores.--
(Advt.)
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III, CultivxtUr Shaft Tongues and SHOW
el Points for all leading makes o.
cultivatsrs Street, Martin a
vaughaa Co It
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Sections, Knives and Guards for
all the leading makes Of Mowers.
Street. Martin q Vaughan Co. 1t
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-20
STOPS ARMS FOR TURKS.
Rumania DcHcs Germany, Her En-
trance into War Imminent
>psc'M co1'e Dcspa'cb 70 THE ST..

>psc'di 'dbIe DesDd,ch 10 THE SuS.
ROME, Oct, 19.-Thc explosion in tho
Near East which viii bring Rumania
and Turkey into the war of the nations
is expected within the week Official
steps taken to-day and yesterday by the
Governments OF Germany and TURKEY
on the one hand and the Governments
of Russia Rumania and Great Brtai1
on the other point unmistakably to the
entrance Of at least two more nations
into the conflict, with Italy perhaps
ready TO abandon her attitude Of neu-
tralty
Coupled with the significant news
that the Russian Ambassador at Con-
stantnople has removed the embassy
archives from Constantinople to Odessa
comes the news that Rumania has
seized and holds, despite the protests %
the German envoy a tralnload of artli-
lery and ammunition passing through
Turkey.
The action of the Russian Ambas-
sadOr is taken here To mean that Rus
STA comprehends the designs OF Turkey
and understands that Turkey has
merely delayed a declaration of war
until Germany can provide her with
heavy guns, ammunition. officers and
complete the training Of the Turkish
armies, The removal Of the embassy
archives to Odessa seems in Itself to he
an admission by Russia that war is
certain to come.
The sudden, rather dramatic. course
taken by the Government of Rurnania
in seizing "A tranload OF Turkish mill
tary property answers question which
has been eagerly discussed by Italian
politicians whether or not the new King
OF Rumania will depart from the neu-
trail and pacific policy of the late King
Charles, whose connection with and
friendship for the Hohenzollern family
so incensed the Rumanian people 1t now
seems positive that King Ferdinand viii
not make the mistake Of his uncle m
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further step taken by the Turkish
Government falls in with the foregoing
indications Of imminent war. To-day
the Government requested the Ecu
mencal Patriarch, head Of the Greek
Orthodox Church, to leave CONSTANT
nOplc. This news has been received in
Berlin and Amsterdam.
Premier Salandra, in assuming direc-
tlon of the Foreign Office to-day. made
n speech asserting that Italys policy Of
neutrality would he maintained in
fieNibly. II is permitted to say. however,
that the advent Of Turkey into the wa7
as an ally of Germany would utterly
change the complexion of affairs as re-
CARDS Italy. tnqucstonably the new
situation would affect Greece. None
doubts that Turkeys main object would
he 10 regain control of Tripoli and o.
the AEGEAN possessions taken from her
by Greece and Italy.
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RuSSo- Turkish Battle
in Black Sea Reported
Continued Heavy Firing Heard on Rumanan Coast
Arms for Turks Held by Bucharest Government
Despite German Protest.
GREEK PATRIARCH IS TOLD TO LEAVE TURKEY

risking the loss u his throne by passive
friendship for Germany.
despatch from bucharest to-day
stated that the trainload 81 artillery and
munitions $50 carloads representing
vast sum of money, was seized between
Bucharest and Giurgevo, on the Danube
The guns and supplies had come from
Germany and may have been n a,,:
from that Government to Turkey. The
German envoy protested instantly. cali
ing the attention of the Government TO
the fact that. King Charles had per-
mltted identically similar supplies 10
reach Turkey through Rumanlan ter
ritory. The protest went for nothing
and the seizure was maintained.
a further despatch says that the
Turkish fleet in the Black Sea is cleared
for action. It is known that the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet is cruising off the
Eumanian coast south of Kustendt!.
and news of battle between these
fleets would not he surprising II is
probable that tho German cruisers
Gocbrn and Breslau. with German com.
manders and crews, arc a part OF tho
Turkish force In the Black Sea. There
were reports several days ago that the
cruisers alleged to have been purchased
by Turkey from Germany had been sent
through the Bosporus evidently with
the intention Of adding them to Tur-
Keys naval strength IN the Black Sea
Turkey has declined TO discharge the
German crews Of the Goeben and Bres-
lau. These ships were informed in the
DardaneIles early in the war and tho
Porte let it be understood subsequently
that they had been purchased by Tur-
key Great Britain made representa-
tons on the failure of Turkey 10
rrpatriatc the Germans and protested
against the retention Of the German
crews. a despatch from Constantlnople
to-day says Turkey has declared to the
Powers that the matter Is one of do
nestle import" Previously assurances
had been given that repatriation would
be ordered.
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BERLIN ADMITS BIG LOSSES.
whole HattaIions Wipcd out,
Casualty Lists Reveal.

LoNDoN, Oct. l9.-The latest lists Of
casualties published in the German pa
pers clearly Indicate that the claims Of
the British and French troops that they
have wiped out whole battalions Of Gor-
mans is absolutely true, says a despatch
To the Daily Nous from Rotterdam.
Reserve Infantry Regiment No. II
lost in one battalion 500 men wounded,
apart from the dead, and in another
battalion of the same regiment 40 We're
killed at the battle of the Marne.
Reserve Infantry Regiment No So is
said to have had unasscssabe loss. and
such words as "innumerable losses" and
tremendous number of dead and
wounded" follow the names of several
regiments.
These phrases arc full OF significance
when II is remembered tina, the Germans
have not hesitated to publish local lists
OF dead running into six columns.
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MNEotA. l.. l.. oct. 1a-The Mrs. Flor
frce Carmau who went on trial in the
SIpram" Court here to-day for her life.
charged with the murder Of Mrs. Lulu
Bailey o Frocport last June, was as
cnrI'il"d and CHEEKY about the whole
proceedings as II the court room had
ten church bazaar or a sewing bee.
Every ono spoke of It. No one could
f"lp hut notice II. And this attitude
Or pose, If II was "A pose. she main
tanned with unbroKen serenity during an
entire morning and afternoon session
while attorneys in the case fought and
Vrangled and at last agreed on twelve
men for the jury.
Tho Nv" things We're the surprise Of the
day Mrs. Carman's indiference-for
q amounted to just about that--and the
c"ierity with which the jury was chosen.
The jury was obtained in iivc hours Of
the court session.
There wcre no verbal pyrotechnics
ir'7 either of the lawyer. There was
rothiug 10 make the spectators crane
'0elg ncckS or sit on the edge Of their
chairs. In fact, there was just about
a. much punch and snap to the entire
proceedings as there usually is to a cut
end dried bankruptcy case.
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WARSHIPS JOIN FIGHT.
British Fleet Gives Aid 10 BcIginu
Army.
Special cable D,spatch to rnr sr>.


Special cable D,sDatcb 10 rnr sr>.
PARIS. Oct 10. british warships of
the coast of Belgium Shclled the Ger
man line near Newport to-day and
aided the B"lginus in driving the Ger
mans northward from Eoulcrs
The KaiSer's plan 10 seize the French
Soacoast has met with decided check
The guns of British warshps support.
Ing the belgian army and the French
marines have compelled the Germans
10 retreat from eight To ten miles.
The official news that british
squadron now composeS thc extreme
left wing of the allied force and has
already made Itself powerfully felt Il
a totally now development of the wan
The long range guns of the ships are
holding the Germans back from the
seacoast, multiplying the occupation ~
Ostcnd and forcing tho Germans 10
give battle on ground chosen by Gen.
Joffre.
The commander in chief reports 70
night thai the Belgian army splendidly
distingui shed Itself IN the days fight.
INK, moving northwnrd from the River
lprcS despite caunonadng by the
heavy guns of the Germans to Roulers
and standing impregnaby on greatly
advanced battle line. There is cred.
iblr report that the British have sent
light draught torpedo boats and gun
boats into the canals of the region If
Newport ana that these are cnoperatlu,
with the land force.
In France the northern section Of
the left wing of the Miles Is advancing
toward Lille, tn" Germans giving way
but fighting desperately Gen. .Iofl're
describes the fighting In two towns in
this region AS n "hOuSe To house adj
vance" There is an unofficial report
that the Germans have evacuated Lille.
unable 10 hold the city after Armcn-
there's was retaken 10y the allies.
Scu'hward, in the region of Arras
and toward Roye the battle has taken
on new violence. The Government re-
ports shows that the allies are slowly
driving the Germans from other in
! h.,, 4 a