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Show t J WEATHER FORECAST Probably thuiider showers this afternoon or tonight; eooler Saturday, generally fair. EIGHT PAGES Containing All the Commercial and Social New NUMBER PROVO CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1914 65 VOLUME 6 mvm imm 0 NAVIES BATHING IN NORTH SEA-BEUiI- ANNIHILATE GERMAN FORCE ANS EUROPEAN ARMIES AND FIRST SCENES OF VETERANS Thousands Warfare Slaughters Deadly WAR OF RUSSIA , FRANCE AND GERMANY ENJOY STAY Bel Attacked by Germans STPCTDl-IN PROVO y iansHold Ojut Well in a Battle Aviators Fight Duel and Both Many Reminiscent Stories Related of Old Time Wars- and Endured Broke Camp Are Dead. After Unanimous Vote s 8i Two-Da- - -- Hardships Today of Thanks. Sea Mine Exploded by H. M. S. Amphion, 3440 Tons, Sinking Her With 292 Men, Only 151 Saved 28 Germans Captured English Fleet LIEGE, Aug. 6, 12 m. An attack on the village of Cornesse was repulsed by the Belgians. Six German pretending to be English miytfl their way to the governors office this morning. They were 1 killed. get home.- - During their sojourn here Hus week the Indian fighters have had many reminiscences to relate ro each other and the younger generations, as it has been by this method they have renewed old and mad? new ones. Many are the narrow- - rseapes made bv these veterans of the old days when the scalping knife and the how and arrow and the muzzle loaders struck terror to the hearts of the settlers. Among the veterans J. S. Page of Pnyson is among th oldest of the Indian fighters. Last, night Mr,. Page., prepared a rfst of the captains of the Black Hawk war which took place in 1866. at which time he was captain of 61 men recruited for service in the towns of Utah county. The other Utah county captains were 'William H. Winn with 27 men; Joseph Cluff. 63 22 men; Abram G. Conover, men ; Franklin Whitmore. 28 men ; Alva Green. 26 men? and Charles Brewertop. 23 men. This made a total of 322 men from Utah coun- LONDON, Aug. 6,' 10:30 pt m. All reports of the fighting at Liege agree that the German infantry advanced in masses holding to absolutely close order. This resulted iu heavy casualties. ( BRUSSELS (via London), Aug 7? 5:05 a. m. It is reported that the attack on Liege forts has been abandoned after a three days encounter. The German division has retired to the left of the river Meuse. )i PARIS, Aug. 6. Holland has declared war against Germany, according to a report here. A brother of Prime Minister Keypers of the Netherlands said today: "We Dutch are peaceful, but the Germans havft yiolatefl the law of nations and every Dutchman i3 ready to make a desperate resist i t a This map shows the immediate Russia in the Baltic, while of conflict between Russia,! manys 8jypS are just fast of Germany, France, and England, Denmark, as well as the present distribution The Russians crossed the Gerof the forces of those powers. The Russians, Germans, and French man frontier south of Bialla and have mobilized immense armies, entered German territory. First and it has been stated that they reports of their operations were will gather their troops m the meagre. The Germans took the Duchy part of their territories indicated The fleet of Great Britain is saw of Luxemburg, which, by the to he in the North Sea; that of, treaty of 1867, had been guaran-- ! Ger-are- ance. LONDON, Ang. 7, 3:40 a. m. A dispatch to the Daily News from Whitby says that a shipowner is responsible for the statement that nineteen German ships were sunk or captured in the battle in the North Sea and that several British and French vessels were sunk. Reports from various ports say that heavy firing has been heard in the North Sea for the past twenty-fou- c hours. MADRID, Aug. 6, via Paris, 11 p. m. According to official advices more than fifty German steamers have already been captured - teed independence. The duchy is just south of Belgium, and occupies a small territory. It is a small buffer state like Belgium. Into The Germahs proceeded fortiFrance toward the French fied town of Langres. The first reports gave their force as 20,000, and there was a report that they had encountered a small French force and had been defeated, ty. s by the British Squadron? ) - J00.000 Germans now before the bloodiest battle thus tar of the stubborn little city and they "are it mercilessly with general war is- still on at- lircge, hammering their ri little-Ban bigKrupp - guns, pouring eimy-iwhere the streams of lead from machine of Germany, defying the legions m akin g every esp era t e and of guns torts the x hours j For thirty-sieffort to redeem themselves f or Liee have withstood - the d1sastrous defeat Jhey mft 'fire0ofKrupp'gtinsrtFclikslirdt.sT)f of yesterday. infantry the hestFind kra vest The the German army, and the various oefell worst single disaster - that Germany today was- the. forms of attack of the German blowing up of several whole hat- masters of war. of the Tenth, army corps Thetiriitin today was Bat-iof the of explosion-y tally desperate and deadly. nes while were whole they charging a talions of infantry and fortTwelve hundred wounded almost squadrons of cavalry were were off the picked up blotted out iu charge and coup Wurmans the and the explosion of the charge. The bravery killed must have numbered the repeated mantroops in v was matched only by the .wedswho me Two Forts Captured in the Belgians, of bravery Hand Fight. charge, and when it had a with The invading forces eonsisted been repulsed, responded of an advance guard of cavalrv counter charge. how body of infantry and light Tonight there is doubt out. iery, and a rear guard of enirv. hold Van longer Liege been have .The mine was set off in the midst outerforts Two of the Takertaf'of the force, and the cavalry at Germans the taken by an appalling loss, taken in hand front and rear .escaped. But the encounter with bayonets hole mass of infantry and artil-andubbed. rifles nfter hours of lerv was engulfed. The capture of the two outer terrible cannonading but finally, was an exhibition of pluck forts taken and are laving the Belgians Now bravery on both sides. The mines and erecting barbed wire .Belgians fpught their guns until entanglements, planting ma chine the German artillery had disabled sp them.Infitead of falling back, the guns where they command and ilent forts Belgians stood by fheir proaches to the inner towhen' of Germans and the the guns, struggle preparing for morrow which, every one feel j. charged the Belgians met them will he worse than that of today. with ba.yoncts and clubbed rifles. It is a question how much long Field Mines Blow .Up Whole r the other forts of Liege can hkSut-itttes't- he Femeh emS The their aid. But their to era the wnoie front of the chain i'.ickly forts which defend Liege (Continued on paga eight) Tli ere is said to be a u army of BRUSSELS,. 6.v-T- Aug. el s the-dead- ly - i espee-talio- ield - him-saul- -- ts - Hand-to-ever- y artil-mue- h d d J L 4 0mK3 & BERLIN, Aug. 6, via London, 8:30 p, m. The emperor has issued an order, to th ijef f?Ja! army and navy inwhich he says: 'After s of peace, I call upon all Germans capable of bearing arms. We have to defend our most sacred possessions in fatherland and home against the reckless assaultof ene- mies on all sides of us. That means hard fighting. I am confident that the ancient warlike. spirits still lives in the German people that powerful, warlike spirit which attacks the enemy wherever -- it finds himregardless of cost), and which' in the past has teen the dread and terror of our enemies; forty-threear- "I have confidence ns a-f- to-han- Calls All Germans Able to Bear Arms r he - ' Today marked the closing of another successful annual outing of the Indian War Veterans of Utah, Wasatch and Millarcr counties. The veterans were well pleased with the splendid treatment accorded them and voted Provo a hearty vote of thanks before they left for their homes. Some went by team and wagon, while others took advantage of the railroads to BoatsTowardJ)utchCoa$t. Drives Kaisers t J German soldiers in each and all of you. An ardent, indomitable in each in is and all of you." I know, if needed, each and all of you would die will for victory living like heroes. Remember our great and glorious past and that you are Germans. God bless you ' "WILLIAM. , jo, v Wilson Passes Mrs. Woodrow ' Away in Washington Yesterday t Washiygton. August. 7. Mrs. end were the president and their Woodrow Wilson, .wife of the three daughters. Dr Cary T. president' of the' United States, Grayson, U. S. N., and a nurse died at the: White House at 5 were in the room, and just afternoon, side a door were Secretary Mc- yesterday Death came after a brave strug- - Adoo and Francis B. Sayre, Mr. and Mr. Txv-gle.of 'months against Brights Wilsons j multy. his secretary. disease with complications. of Both houses The president was completely congress ad- when his Mrs. Wilsops unnerved by the shock and journed grief was heartrending. He bore death was announced and for a up .well under the strain, how-- , brief time the wheels of the gov ever an(i devoted himself to his ernment practically stopped, while every one paid respect to the loss daughters. The end came while Mrs. Wil - iof the president son was unconscious. Her illness j Hope Abandoned in Mornings The beginning of the end came 1 a turn for the vytirse shortly 1 o'clock in the often,,,, ; at 10 o'clock in th. mmnmg More B then on l,e srre- - grid- - 1,en Dr. . P. Davit o rinladel. jphia, who had been called in for tially weaker. bcdsiJc'at die consultation, realized that the athe Kneeling out-oclo- ck sons-in-la- ( 0 t 1 le jJore the shock well. He was ed the end was onlv a ques- of hours. (jon Wllson - then took his daughters, Mrs. W. G McAdoo, Mrs. Sayre and Miss Margaret Wilson, aside and told them of , their mothers condition. Until then they had thoughb-therwas a chance for recovery. Front that time on the president and his daughters remained ihsons bed constantly at Mrs side. The president held hit wife. (Continued On Page Five ) -- From Balt Lake and Paris counties Captains Heber C. Kimball, with 53 men; John R Winder, with 38 men : Andrew Burt, with 74 men William W. Casper, with j IK) morn andR. W. Burton with 62 men. a total of 317 men, came down for the Black nawk war. The Utah countv men left Pav-so'n and mrached to Manti. They fought the Indians through Bancte, Be.ricr, Piute and Millard counties and the 25th of August. "Utah. omm tv nerep lost a man. hut two of the Balt Lake fioTfters were killed. Mr. Pago came to Utah in 1852 and went to Bantnquin to make his home. Soon after his arrival he became engaged in the Walker The Walker' war, war. said Mr. Page, boke ort soon aftoe I arrived at Santaonfn. Tbe Indians killed Alexander Kee on tbe 18th of Julv. 1853. at a point about three hundred yards southeast of the place where the Pay-so- n tabernacle now stands. He was standing' guard at the tnre There was a romnanv of mpn left Salt Lake on the 19th of July to go to Manti to nroteet the settlers On the 23rd the Manti otters sent out a pony express to Governor Young in Balt Lake. When the two men. Potter Roberts and John Berrv, carrying the message reached Santaquin they found that ihe settlers had moved to the Holiday Spring. Thev stopped to water their horses and hart fonnd some onions in a garden near by. After getting .ome onions they started to mount their horses. Just ns they were going to mount the Indians fired on them and shot one through, the wrist and the other through the shoulder. Jnlv 4th. 1866. -- (Continued On Pnge Four.) , r |