The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ARGUS, FLATONIA, TEXAS
BELGIAN AMBULANCE CORPS AT THE FRONT
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Von Moltk* Is Dismissed.
Amsterdam.“A dispatch to the.Lon
don.Standard says: The German em
p.-ror has disthlssed tljo chief of the
ueral staff, Field Marshal von
Moltke, nephew'’, of the famous Von
Moltkc, and has appointed Mujor Gen
oral von Volghts-HJieta to that .post.
Slaughter Is Awful.
All reports agree that the fighting
Is of the most desperate character ho-
t'v.wn t||» rmnn and Fl'uindt armies-
and that.the Germans are throwing
men against French and Hritlsh guns
like corn In a popper.* lint it Is in-'
slsted that at no single point has the
allied position been pierced.
Zeppelins Are Feared.
Meanwhile there is a growing be-
lief in Loudon that a raid by the Ger-
man Zeppelin fleet impends. Count
Zeppelin is reported as at Wilh'din-
shaven, where the chief units of the
Zeppelin and l’arsevul norial fleets
have been assembled. In the number
■iiiu rupaitul to_bu_many_that are
PRESIDENT PETITIONED
TO GIVE PROTECTION
NACO CITIZENS WIRE PRESIDENT
WILSON TO GIVE AID.
THE FIGHTING CONTINUES
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GERMANS STILL HOLD
GROUND IN FRANCE
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Allied Armies Take Offensive Only to
Meet With Strong Resistance-r-
Russians Victorious
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Summary of War Newa to Date.
Only brief* reference concerning ac-
tual fighting la made by the French
war office In ita latest report on the
conflict in Northern France. “The
situation Is stationary,” it says.
Of present conditions on tho left
wing of the allies' line, where a pre-
vious report hud said the French had
been obliged at certain points to cede
ground to the Germans, the war of-
fice statement merely declares that
the action still continues. It adds
that In tho Argonne and Meuse re-
gions day and night .attacks by the
Germans have been '"repulsotl by the
allies. , ‘ # *
— 4a-the eastern war rone thn Rus-
sians report that having conquered"
the Germans In Russian' Poland, two
Russian armies ar^ Invading East
The German officials claim that
Forts Lierre, Waelhem and Konlgs-
hoyck at Antwerp have been reduced,
opening, the way for an attack on the
Inner clroie-ofr. fortifications and the
city proper.
The prince of Wales relief fund has
reached $15,000,000.
The scene of this determined action
Is the territory around Arras In the
heavily armored on their under sides
and carry armored plate to protect
the gas bags. The hatred of Britain
ami nil .things Briti
intense in,the German empire. It is
said, that a universal demand for a
plow against the one power which has
cost Germany practically her entire
eoniinaree is oonstantly-increasing. Ft~
is admitted that for the present, the
fleet must be kept under the protec-
tion of the lund guns. Consequently,
a raid through the air is now consul
ered inevitable. For the last week
high winds have BWept the German
coast and every day that passes will
add to the difficulties of the German
air fleet. Autumn and winter gales
will Boon be the rule instead of the
exception and those will make n raid
in force with dirigibles, if not impos
sible, at least, very dangerous.
The Germans are also reported
working night and day on subma-
rines. and are said to have fully- 50,
additional of the latest type'ready for
commissioning. It isrin realization of
that fact that has led the admiralty
to resort to mine planting, a method
of warfare which in the early stages
of the war was universally denounced
Losses Are Huge.
_ While no estimate of the losses Is
obtainable, tho railroads leading from
the north are jdipkqd with tralns-
Amerlcan Boy Struck In Hand—Two
. Cavalry Horses Wounded—Hill Exe-
cutes 25 Captured Indians.
Naco, Sonora.—Negotiations for a
cessation of hostilities between the
Carranza garrison of Naco, under.Gen-
eral Benjamin Hill, and tho besieging
force of Governor Muytorena were re-
ported Monday to bo under way. It
was shid that commissioners had been
appointed to confer on the subject.
The fighting Monday was confified
Ifleman Tha
marksmanship was so erratic that resi-
dents of the adjoining American town
of Naco," Ariz., appealed to President
Wilson for protection. One American
boy wan struck In the hand Muml-iy
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FOR SALE
and two American cavalry horses were
wounded by stray shot*.
Casualties in the Mexican town wort
confined to the execution of twenty-
five Yaqul Indians captured Monday
night In a sortie.
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a decided .movement1 by the allied
armies to the northward, as Arras is
about twenty miles north of Albert.
Thero has been no decisive result up
to the present, which In the nature
of the fighting going on would seem
to. Indicate that the • reinforcements
of eaoli side must have been about
equal. -
The Belgians claim to have resisted
the Gorman attacks on tho fortresses
nd
department of Pas_de Cala!S, ehewliijf bearTng liritluh anil French wounded.
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Lot the,forts, as well -nssntisfae
Prussia with Allenstein as their, ob.
men oj war are reported again to b.e j (
ie al Laitaror slan fcoland, victory is chained, for
As yet the situation surrounding the l,he Rua8lnn arms> the official com-
rts at Antwerp, which are ■ under
<t>ombardment by the yermans, has
not been ^leafed-up defipitely. Tha
Germans still maintain they have cap-
tured several of tho dutbr fortiflca
Hnn«. while th
Passenger cars, ordinary freight cars,
horse and cattle cars—all are in use,
and still there are not enough. The
French have been obliged to call on
the British for railroad men to help
operate the roads. Doctors and nurses
[are also badly; needed, as-pot only
have the French their own and the
British wounded to care for, but there
are also hundreds of helpless Gorman*
in j “Vfr 15F Tunning-,
with • Bl ood * which lias, trickled
FYencTimenTpBbtning* Maneuver..
Bordeaux—The defeat'• Of 15,000
Prussian "Guards, who- attacked the
French -center Sept. 26, is described
Friday in the Petit GlOnde As s'oon
as'news 'of the German advance was
it mo outer toruuca- , received French cavalry'was sent to
defenses remain Intact.
A report.from Berlin that British
■hips have arrived -at Lisbon and that
Portugal’s co-operation wlth jhe allies
In the war ts imminent brought forth
g statement from the Portuguese min-
ister at Washington that his country
was prepared #8 take such a step
whenever ^Great. Britain should call
-- upon.lt to do sounder THffTTWfy of
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|s**d**'• 'vj*. (hconp port on the Adrlatirm
shipment* from the United States un-
der tho suspicion that tho cargoes in-
stead of reaching ports to which’ they
are consigned reach German warships
at sea.
The returns of the German imperial
bank last week are described in a
Berlin dispatch as showing an increase
tn specie or fib,250,000 over the last
previous report.
The German Infantry has appeared ■
In the fighting In tho .territory of
Klauchau. China. Tokio announces a j
surprise night attack by infantry J
from Tsing Tau, but says that the' at-1
tack was repulsed. Fighting between
tho land and naval^ forces St; Kiau- j
chnu continues, • *
arms,
munlcatlon from Petregmd declaring
the German,Tlefeat is compete. ,
'The. latest' official communication
from Petrograd describes tho battle
lence, the "Germans supplementing
their; artillery fire with furious coun-
ter-attacks. In an encounter between
the first division oft the German cav-
alry and Russiai^Cavalry, the Ger-
mans are reported to have been rout-
ed with great Idas, carrying^their in-
fantry alohg with - them. The Rus-
Martampol In Poland.
1 lit* rmpoyaiit sea-
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City of.Mexleo.—General Venustiano
Carranza placed his resignation as
first chief of the Constitutionalists be-
fore delegates'to tne general confer-
ence of southern chiefs Saturday night.
The question of whether tho resigr
nation should be accepted was fiercely
debated.
Orators opposed to tho acceptance
of General Carranza's withdrawal were
repeatedly cheered by delegates and
spectators. A motion ’was made that
the ohief be informed that it would
be impossible to accept his .patriotic
act of abnegation, but the hours pass-
ed without a vote being taken 'on the
motion pwlng to the turmoil in the
chamber. ~ __________
Clty of Mexico.—Shortly before mid-
night Saturday night delegates, to the
general conference of southern chiefs
rejected by an almost unaulmous’Mtotf;
the resignation pf General Vei^ustlano
Carranza a$ first chief of the const!-
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Naco, Spnora.—Fighting Saturday
-was in progress along the entire'bat-
tie front, to -the wauL.uf this- lit '
composing VIlia's'HoyaT Sonora
command- Ktaru-j^a
160 acres black land; part of Ben Green league, about 4^4
miles Northeast of Flstonio, on LaGrange and Flatonla
road, good 2-story house, good well, 100 acres In field,
CO acres in pasture. $50 per acre.
850 acres black land; part of Benn Green league, about S
miles from Flatonla, on LaGrange road, 1 good house
and two small houses, 2 good wells of water, about
ICO licrt*S DOW ahnnt.....
black land with live oak trees on It, about 75 aoreu
black land with post oak saplings on It, about 30 acres
sandy land with post oak on it, balanco open land.
This
M
on
Is a good piaoo with eufflclcnt variety of EOll t&"
enable one to grow different kinds of crops. $40 por
acre.
14 4-10 acros pert of T. O. Berry league, on tho Flatonla
and LaGrange road, and 12 miles from Flatonla, 4
mile* from Muldoon, 6 miles from Freyburg, all black
land, well Improved; good scttlemenL $55 per acre.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE I OWN IMPROVED AND
UNIMPROVED PLACES IN FAYETTE COUNTY. ^
1 INVITE YOU TO STUDY THE RESOURCES OP
FAYETTE COUNTY, LEARN WHAT WEALTH 8HE
PRODUCES, AND IF YOU WANT TO BUY THEREBY
THINK I CAN SUIT YOU.
Jno. A. Kerr
; Land Merchant
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the artillery and infantry time to come
up 'from. Souain, a place near Aube-
rive. But "while the F'rench dragoons
were preparing to defetrd Atibdrive a
brigade of Death's Head Hussars ap
proaqh|fTg the village came across the
vineyards, and fields With the inten-
tion of surprising th*^.F’rench artillery
on m&rch
,8lans hjive occupied Raygrod, ^ary- a ‘critical .moment. The'
and
ust. ’I'bel^TflB IhSJVeir
pp.4tt-4m»wwie«r.--ftrnvshaje(l. fo'rniatlpn.
with’ YffqW'Thdian ' KCoqts .leadtug. a
cavalry screen of vaqueros following
In front of 1,500 lpfantry,. eight ma-
chine guns.and fouTTiiouiitaiu howitz-
ers. j
• At !'4 o'clock Governor Maytorena’
:sent ah Tnijinn ronriftr lhto thn town to
demand the surrender of the plaza de
Arms in the name of Francisco Villa
and constitutional governtqent. The
answer wa a firing squad in a-hollow-
square near the* bull ring and the
courier did not return to report to his
commander.
This execution was witnessed by the
. ^ entire' "vnialsta army and was' the'
automatic signal of attack from both
front. , Thc.qjy^^e-m^uL.:
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shadow a change in the Italian policy
pf neutrality.
An Amsterdam correspondent in a
dispatch filed Sunday snys: “The
German troops today- displayed great-
er activity around the Dutch frontier
They occupied Lanaeken after a short
bo m bardment." _____
A dispatch from Constantinople
says: “The khedlve is virtually a
I>risoner of the sultan, who has order-
[or being sabren acros^ their guns, foyle pf the Tenth United States Cav
-The hussars were only three-quarters al that no shootluK vrosi, the line
of a mile away, galloping furiously. In
two minutes the guns were unlimber-
ed and lined up along the road. The
enemy then was only 50b yards away
and the command could be heard to
prepare to charge the, guns..
In the rha'rge the Prussian cavalry
The Russian emperor, according to*
a Petrograd announcement, has left
the capital for the war zone. The Ger-
man emperor Is said to b^at Thorn,
Wesb Prussia, close to the Rqssian
ThtWSprvlanq, still claim terhe a bout ^frontier. .■ Tjma would It seeip
a^lllerymen could see,, the enemy's
horses rearing and- officers frying
vainly .to rally the broken lines.
A 'second time, the battery .hurled
death Into the doomed brigade. A
great silence succeeded the 'thunder
Servian troops have—appiwachwl the
fortifications of the city.
An offlclal report from Vienna cay.
tendon 01 the heads of the two eoun-
frie.-.
Toljlo announces that another Jap-
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from Eai t Bocnfa r nd tLiITTwo Monte-1 Chin:’- The Japanese army is- said to
that tho . Amj.rE,m. duviuA.U* .wwe tyltu; MvrpiM:- has .been aiuUfc-be- - —Pevrrr hmTdred . tYminjuvi.
F'rvlf*Vi i/Mid Cu.nauii mine lu- Lao- {than Da.i, IWWlimYTTtFilMMPare"TiTcTifT'a t.iY; - ‘
tion, according, to Hugh Gite o r',- t',,*
secretary of the American _ Vi'.r.,, -/
there, who is now in London. VI.-
supply of fjour in the- Belgian v r.-tla '
wHl be exhansTod Tftts'wee.; hiC'ClW'
staples are virtt.aJIy all eon nr. i V,
Efforts to get food In fro. 1 Ant-
werp have failed. In so much . a-
0/ i .;• ■ 1.. to take service in tho army siHs is In charge of the Germ- ,77,-1
!o, ip. onnntry now at war, that this in effect German ter.riiory, .1 . I
i : b c-h of neutrality and is pun nations could not undertake-1 > , >
1| ir Id' by imprisonment. food to Brussels.
Rugrin brlgadeo were repuh cd after :
revere engagement lai-tln-: two day
A wireless di..patch direct from Dot
lin to Sayvllle, L. I., brln;;; & lea.
Gcrmr.u 'ofiicl; 1
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rtntomont
however, there i; no ret* retie vn t-
cver to the great on. ageiisen; In 'lilc'.i
.tho allies eve altemptl: <• to fun tl:
German rialit tin' in ITc.ii.c:-
F'rance, and reach i!-.- C»n.. .
r orimualcat'.on to Ih-l -iu: •.
PrcTuk-nt ~’i Inca:.- A' r a
Nicho!.”.'.' have . i: -: i - * To. :-i- ,.c
'l-rohalily -a’,.' 1 .:•**,
*eh> nr!’. .
f ■■ irn ir in VM *1 . •
fining; h'.rt'c
lva continuing Its preparation for a
tenef.-il : ssault on Tslng Tau. The
Ju|K;nose are .being shelled by the
fort . and tiny German warship* in the
• hi which, | bay : l Ki.iucftau.
Vite ltnliun government has Issued
. nd:i ' to Italians who have taken
u'Snvst.in:!
, timbal:! ■ ■
five vt.a
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Rin'illur';. ■
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j in. tin .
cyc.-sy . . t
giten ti* '
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1., to take service in tho army
country now at war. that this
eh of neutrality and is pun-
by imprisonment.
a. - uiirg American lirir hrmr has
■1 iii. running the Japanese
, i.ml nas reached Tsing.Tau,
1 ■ ivernnient of the German
iii. of Klauchau, Ith a cargo
i- 'tion. Such is tlie infurma
..•in a in a message from Tien
'. uui, by, tho I.ittrdeH Weekly,
-g. .-ling tin- operations in Norm-
.'r tne. Berlin is officially silent,
gathered speed with every yard. When
they were 200 yards away, tbe F're.tw-li
gunners, aimed and there w'ite a flash
wi-st’and of the
•HOULD BE RROUGHT TO OUR MILL. PROMPT AT-
would be tolerated was observed until 1
after dark. Colonel Guilfoyle’s warn- j
ing carried with it the threfct .rthat
Vera’"Cruz and its invasion by the
Americah troops might be repeated lL;
& single American was hilled by, th** j
belligerent fire in the town of Naco,
Ariz., across the narrow street from
the besieged'Mexican town.
__Fighting ceasedWeloek-by re^
tirement. of Maytorcna's force:, to the
mountain.* to await daylight
Naco, Arize—Firing acrora tho hor-
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a wounded hors- struggled to shake
himself clear from the neapfiji dovd.
Starvation Threatrns 700.C20 PcctfZau
d*.-r Sunday was general- from both the
Villa'and Carranza torcc-a w hich have
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pit'' of :"' wvrr -•
in; that he would e t* th-; tight ,1 any
hallotif" foil on the .Vrhcrtcnn—rfttiy:
Thl* was-Mhchircd to Ik 1 Mic'-iiu:-
griimo btnfr"t*r-orv or
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“{'{yduglt tho h.-.tuT'hi ibl " :'•-'i
of* the town ;-nrt wr giv*-:: A*ier-
cv.cy tn.c.tuient nt t* It. . Cro ho •
'pital of the Tenth Cavalry. A . ro
trooper of tlie Tenth al,--» wound.
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body by
Russians Before Cr.vco . '
According to a Horn*- dispute.
London, the Russian ambassador Mi .
issued a stati-men* saying the tu
sians had destroyed the,Ausfi -.n-ai^.i,. (
ip Galicia .and they now art- t urn in
Tjintr attetrrtonMo Przemysl h d Cra
cow, A great battle is mipendtag—be
fore Crptow, and on its teeyl wii
dept'nd future niovetip-nts of (in Ru
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i'1spat« hes from the German capital[ slan army. Victory to the Russian cn
lha-t—uo—information has peror s trtropsr wbuld perrtill a Jtinctlo
-iif o-«-n given out regarding the progr*
of the general engagement.-
of these forces with the Russian Cet
tral army aud an advance into Filt-sia
v.ihi. u»i * re ' v p-
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1 FT only" a'-proach to
to n except from the
Vmerieau sid .
American troopers of :he* Tenth
.ivalrv are warning ev.rvone o£l 1 he
ureets and no one i-1 being permitted
to enter the town from any <’ rec-
tion.
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To Drive Away the
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quickly if you uk tbe mail
culler houjci’ own weapon
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ccncerni *rr .spcnJinp
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Hurr, Henry. The Flatonia Argus (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1914, newspaper, October 8, 1914; Flatonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth988376/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.