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f VOLUME II London. Aug:. 4.—Great Britain declared war on Germany tonight. The momentous decision of the British government, for which the whole world had been waiting, came before the expiration of the time limit set by Great Britain in her ultimation to Germany de manding a satisfactory reply in regard to Belgian neutrality. Germany’s reply was the sum mary rejection of the request that Belgian neutrality should be re spected. The British ambassador at Ber lin thereupon received his pass ports and the British government notified Germany that a ' state of war existed between the two countries. The British foreign office issued the following statement: “ Owing to the summary rejec tion b.y the German government of the request made by his Brit- tanic majesty’s government that the neutrality of Belgium should be respected, his majesty’s am bassador at Berlin has received his passports, and his majesty’ s government has declared to the German government that a state of war exists between Great Brit ain and Germany from 11:00 o’clock p. m.f Aug. 4.” All Europe is now in war. Austria-Hungary and Germany are opposed by Russia: France and Great Britain, Servia and Monte negro. Italy has declared her neutral ity, but is mobilizing. Belgium, Holland and Switzer land have mobilized. The ^Ger man’s demand that the Belgian government shall permit the free passage of German troops through Belgium was answered by hasty preparations to insist such an ad vance across Belgian territory. Sweden has made no answer to inquiries from Russia and Ger many regarding her attitude, but is preparing to defend her neutral ity. Japan is making ready to live up to her alliance with Great Britain, in case of certain eventualities. Spain is reported to be- preparing a proclamation of neutrality. Austria-Hungary for the mo ment has retired from her cam paign against Servia for the pur pose of holding back Russia, and Servia has mobilized with the re ported intention of invading Bos nia. Fight in Mid-Air London, Aug. 3.—The Standard published a l’eport that a French aviator, Roland Carros, met and engaged a German airship in mid air, rammed and destroyed it. The Standard.fails to give the source of its story. The Standard’s Berlin corres pondent 'sends a message from Boxtel, The Netherlands, that 2,000,000 men have been called to the colors. Many of the railway lines, says the correspondent, are reserved exclusively for the transport of the troops. The men are in ex cellent spirits. The authorities have taken over the control of all tjje necessities of life, as well as petrol, all motor cars and most of the horses in the country. The proclamation of martial law has entirely crushed the so cialists’ opposition. All light houses have shutoff their lights. FOR SALE—160 acres of land 3 miles from Choteau. Good water right. Will sell water right seperate. Land all bvoke. To be sold at a bargain price. II. BREMER, Farmington. CHOTEAU, TETON COUNTïfÿÎQNTANA. AUGUST 7, 1914 NUMBER 0 .. . : --------------------- — — ; ------------------------ B r i t a i n D e c l a r e s i V a r A g a i n s t G e r m a n y WAR MAP OF EUROPE, SHOWING STRENGTH OF ARMIES I sireugth ui the principal European nations in time of war totals nearly ZG.OOO.OUU. uu one side, favoring Servia, is the triple entente, con- idling of England, Russia and France, and on the other side, supporting Austria, is the triple alliance—namely, Germany, Italy and Austria Itself. District Court Hon.'H. H. Ewing, judge of the district court, was-here a couple of days last week, holding court. In addition to setting a number of cases for trial early in Septem ber, (the following proceedings were bad: In the case of the State of Mon tana against John Macki, on a charge of grand larceny, the de fendant entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to serve one year at the penitentiary at Deer Lodge. Kate Langbell vs. City of Con rad, demurrer sustained. Plain tiff given 20 days in which to file amended complaint. John Ullom, et al, vs. R. A. Earhart, et al,, demurrer over ruled. Defendant given 20 days in which to file answer. C. F. O’ Neal vs. J. M. Cran dall and C. A. Wynn. Demurrer overruled and the defendants given up to and including August 15, in which to file answer. Henry Beaupre vs. John M. Weaver. Plaintiff’s motion to strike out certain parts of the answer therein specified is hereby sustained and defendant given until and including August 15 in which to file amended answer. Orders were signed by the court dissolving the following in corporations: Nuzom-Mattke Lumber Co., of Yalier. The Montana Telephone Co. The Conrad Transfer Co. Cases on the calendar were set for trial as follows: CRIMINAL CASES The State of Montana vs, Carl G. Tucker, trapping beaver, set for trial Sept. 9th, 1914. Tne State o f Montana vs. Lor enzo White, grand larceny, set for trial Sept. 9th, 1914. The State of Montana vs. R. T. Meyer, assault in first degree, set for trial Sept. 9th,1914. The State of Montana vs. Louis Morgan,receiving stolen property, set for-trial Sept. 10th, 1914, - State of Montana vs. Edward Regan, W. F, Higgins and C. F. Hover, grand larceny, set for trial Sept. 10th, 1914.. State of Montana vs, W. L,, Schroder, grand larceriy, set for trial Sept. 10. CIVIL CASES Strain vs. Luther, appeal, set for trial Sept. 11. Dean vs. »lay, appeal, set for trial Sept. 11. — Barr vs. Boucher, appeal, set for trial Sept. II. Hayden et al., vs. Hunter etal., appeal, set for trial Sept. 11. C o l e m a n v s . Minneapolis Threshing Machine Co., damages, set for trial Sept. 12. Moser vs. MacDougall, appeal, set for trial Sept. 12. Great Falls & Teton Ry. Co., vs. P. H. Crossen, etal., right of way4 set for trial Sept. 15. Peterson vs. Ch’asse, contract, set for trial Sept. 15. Sturgeon, V9. Stowell, suit on note, set for triat Sept. 15. Buzzell vs. Great Northern Ry. Co., damages, set for trial Sept. 15. D. W. MacRae vs. O. Hansen, appeal, set for trial Sept 15. DeTour vs. Gibson et al., dam ages, set for trial Sept. 16. Town of Conrad vs. Morrison, appeal, set for tiial Sept. 17. Ebenezer G. Ranne.v vs. Etnil Grasswick et al., foreclosure,’ set for trial Sept 17. Pearson Bros. vs. Great Nor thern Ry. Co., damages, set for trial Sept. 17. C. A. Hill vs. Great Northern Ry. Co., damages, set for trial Sept. 17. E. R. Savage vs. B. F. Bouce, damage^. set for trial Sept. 18. Frank H. Warden vs: County of Teton, set for trial Sept. 18. Edward L. Campbell vs. Tho 9 . W. Robinson, foreclosure, set for trial Sept. 18. Merle G. Dill vs. James Shel ton, foreclosure, set for trial Sept. 18. Catherine Magee vs. Geo. W. Magee, divorce, set for trial Sept. 19. William Harris, vs. Thomas B. Cook, appeal, set for trial Sept. 19. Conrad Mercantile Co. vs. G. G. Brownell, debt, set for trial Sept. 19. J. M. Crandall, vs. M. O’Neal, attachment, set for trial Sept IS. d&i&rkey vs. Harris & Arnett, contract, set for trial Sept. 19. Lin8trom vs. Bonnet, damages, set for- tr.al Sept. 21. McGregor vs. O ’Neal, appeal, set for trial Sept. 21. Annie L. Campbell ve. E, L. Thompson, appeal, set for trial Sept. 21. L. E. Nelson v«= Russell et al., contract, set for tria' Sept. 21. Gerald Finlay vs. Robert Rus sell et al., damages, set for trial Sept. 21. Holberg vs. Russell et al., dam ages. set for trial Sept. 21. Rekdahl vs. Tatman, recovery, set for trial Sept. 22. Tatman vs. Rekdahl, damages, set for trial Sept. 22. .Murphy Macla.v Hardware Co. vs. Brady Commercial Co„ debt, set for trial Sept. 22. Hughes vs. Great Northern Ry. Co., damages, set for trial Sept. 22 . Pomeroy vs. Pearson, et a]., change of venue, set for trial Sept. 23. Lewis vs. Barr, appeal, set for trial Sept. 23. Nominations Filed •d of county commis- appointed the follow- delegates to represent ty at the Montana good ress to be held at Great st 30 to 12tb: N. O. lum; J. J. Daley; Cho- Potter, Cut Bank; A. illotte, Valier; J. C. ton rad. Civil Cases The following civil cases have been filed in the office o f the clerk of the district court since our last report: Arthur D. Johnson ve. Ralph Klderkin. Filed July 30. Sterling McDonald vs. Olive Thompson, injunction. F i l e d Aug. 1. Pearson-Page Compauy, a cor poration, vs. W. H. Eaton, suit on account. Filed August 3. Ryan Mercantile Co., a corpor ation, vs. W . H. EatoD, suit on debt. Filed August 3. Nellie R. Brown, of Choteau, democratic candidate for superin tendent of schools. “ Use my best endeavors for the upbuilding of the schools of the county. ” H. A. Prescott, of Choteau, democrat, for county auditor. “ Devote my entire time and en ergy to the interest of the taxpay ers of Teton county and endeavor to give them an efficient and econ- omical’administralion of the of fice.” Ernest A. Savory, of Dupuyer, county commissioner, six-year term. “ Fulfill its duties econom ically to the county and without favor.” Ethel I. Reid, of Bynum, re publican for county superinten dent o f schools. “ Work to make the schools of Teton county more efficient and will ever bear in mind the great value of boys and girls. ” C. S. McDonald, of Choteau, for representitive: “ Faithfully attend to the duties of the office.” D. E. Williams, of Brady, re publican, for constable of Collins township. J. Ingram Cain, republican, precinct committeeman for Cho teau precinct No. 1. W . J. Dorrington, democrat, precinct committeeman for Cho teau precinct No. 1. GeorgeE. Sullivan, o f Williams, progressive for public adminis trator. John W. Coburn; of Cut Bank, republican for representative. “ Faithfully perform the duties of the office of representative; will act for all the people regardless of political parties.” H. C. Kunkel, of Valier, com missioner, six-year term, repub-1them lican. “ Perform the duties of the office according to. law and at all times represent the best interests of the taxpayers.” Precinct committeeman have filed as follows: George McLean, of Brady, re publican. K. Bollerud, of Farmington, republican. E. M. Davis, Cut Bank, No. 26, democrat. Geo. Masengril, Cut Bank, No. 27, democrat. With the cessation in Europe of telegraphic communication be-, tween the countries, conditions- there seem to have reached the verge of a general war. An offi cial report states that the mobilD zation of the French army has been ordered. No definite information as to what Germany is doing with her troops has been permitted to come through and telegraphic communi cation has been cut between Ger many and France and between the continent and England to prevent ; the leakage of information. The j whereabouts of the British and • German fleets are likewise a mys- j tcry to all except the governments lconcerned. i I London, Aug. 2 .- Four great ’ powers of Europe, Austria-Mun- 'gar.v, Russia, France and Ger- • many, are now engaged in actual warfare, but two of them—Ger- ! many and France—not only have not declared war against each other, as far as is known here, but have not even severed diplomatic relations. This is despite the fact that Germany’s ultimatum to France has either been ignored or rejected. The explanation of this would appear to be that Germany and France are each seeking to throw upon the other the onus o f begin ning the war. In fact; while the nations of Europe are flying at each other’s throats, they are vieing with each other in protest ing their desire to maintain peace and they repudiate the responsi bility for plunging the whole con tinent into bloodshed. In this remarkable Isituation, France, according to British opin ion, has the strongest justification. She certainly was the last to mo bilize and seems to have taken the greatest precautions to avoid fron tier collisions. On the other hand, Germany in addition to invading French terri tory without making a formal dec laration of war, has violated the neutrality of Luxemburg and de clines to give any pledge to re spect Belgian neutrality. The efforts of the British am bassador to Berlin to obtain such an understanding nave been was ted. It is difficult to see how Great Britain can avoid being drawn into the conflict to protect Belgian and Dutch neutrality and on this point Premier Asquith’s official announcement in parli- ment is awaited with intense anx iety, the British public being no longer under any illusions as to the gravity of the crisis which trancends anything in their exper ience. The least observant man in Lon don today could not fail to be im pressed with the fact that some thing tremendous was happening. Short of actual formal mobiliza tion, the British government is making all necessary steps to meet a situation unprecedented in the nation’s history. There was a scene of great en thusiasm outside Buckingham palace tonight. A crowd of 5,000 or 6,000 persons gathered before the palace, sang the national an and called for King George, who, with Queen Mary, appeared od a balcony and bowed is re sponse to cheers given for him and France. Spirella Corsets This well known and popular made to order corset will be rep resented in this ’ town and \the surrounding territory by Mrs. T. A. Smith, and any »lady desiring perfect corset eomfort, combined with perfect style would do well to consult her. . .
