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PR ft 7 EE S THEWEA1 S, 'If For N. C. Cf.!ly f 1 ' fcS n TKundy, gentle THE WEATHER S YOUR HOME PAPtK : ..i- -V' SiU. , - PUBLISHED E1ZERV EXCE PTiSV DRY, Hi.' VOL.XVI.-rNO.207. KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 PRICE TWO CENTS S CLASHING ALL ALONG THE - .:rm f ''w'' ;.? w - -., . . 7 '"..vr ;;:,: ' v "... -.v r- -;:.-;-rt"i -J 11 HEART OF B a V u tenia lit, J2 to moder- H BORDERS. "GER&IIAS fMPTiPiOSH TlliiOU fcLGIUili GERMANS TRYING TO REACH BRUSSELS . ENGAGOELGIANS IN EARLY" MORNING ASSAULT ON POSITjiMT TIRLEM GERMAN ARMY BEING DETACHED FROM AT TACKING PARTY AT LIEGE. ALLIED ARMIES RUSHING General Fighting is in Progress Between French and German all Along Line From Alsace to Liege. Italy Offers Help to Switzerland. (By the United Press.) GERMAN ARMY MARCHING TROUGH BELGIUM. Brussels, August 12. The "German army is being de tached from Liege and is advancing through the heart of Belgium. The main cavalry is engaged m forward move ments along the whole front of the allied armies. . - GERMANS TRYING TO GET TO BRUSSELS. . Paris, August 12. It is announced that a general en gagement is progressing at Tirlemont, Belgium. The German army assaulted the Belgian position at dawn and fighting is still in progress. I tis believed to be the open ing attack in the Germans direct attempt to reach Brus sels. The war office announced that the engagement is a serious one and the allied army is being pushed forward to the aid of the Belgians GENERAL CAVALRY ENGAGEMENT. . Brussels, August 12. The war office admits that a gen eral cavalry engagement is now in progress west of Ton gres. A general German advance is in progress. GERMAN ARMY STRIKING GAP IN FORTIFICA i t TIONS. Far:? August 12. The 'German army of Mosselle isTKnUl ILAlffl YIUUKI striking at the gap in the French fortifications north of j Verdun. Fighting is still m progress at Mulhausen GENERAL FIGHTING BETWEEN FRENCH AND Paris, August 12. It is reported that the Germans have j heen checked at Longwy. mans in erest strrifrt.h are rr'i. . i j i. icui ?. ineir enure irom is sciwueu ujr .vmj, - j raiding the front lines. The whereabouts of the trench army is being kept secret but near Stenay is momentarily expected. The war office in sists that the Germans were finally checked at Mulhau sen. .VVt&U ITALY REINFORCES SWITZERLAND London, August 12. It is reported that Italy has grant ed Switzerland permission to gather re-inforcements in Italy. St. Petersburg dispatches report Russian Baltic Sea fleet has captured twenty-five German merchant ships. SCENES OF A groc of tsta offi: oers oa tie 1 oa tie fleld a rffp5t:Vv H life TO BEGIANS ASSISTANCE . i After severe fighting the Ger- j ooeratine as far south as Con- J I,,. n,m1m, ttrlii,-1-. ; o the war office says fightir M T ACTIVITY IN THE AUSTRIAN ARMY of acUcn and a acene in the coaMUaary jiepartoeat. FAILURE TO TAKE i LIEGE STRONGHOLD ETjTORT to prevent-' unSe- CESSARVLOSS OF LIFE. ALLIED ARMIES ADVANCE Germans Concentrating . for Final Assault on Belgian Forts With Seige Guns. (By the United Press.) Berlin, August 12. General Von Stein, of the German Army, offi cially reports tha tthe reason the Germans didn't take Liege was the Kaiser's unwillingness to permit fur ther unnecessary loss o flife. lie further claimed that the Belgians outnumbered the Kaiser's troops. ' Brussels, August 12. The allied Belgian and French army is slowly forcing back the German cavalry patrols, which have pushed far into Belgium in advance of the main Ger man army. One such detachment was routed and driven from Landet.. The war office declared that the situation at the front was "extreme ly favorable." The British and French reinforcements have enabled the Belgian forces to divrae and drive the Germans from the small towns, which they have occupied on Belgian soil. , Amsterdam, August 12.- Censor ed dispatches indicate that the Ger mans are concentrating their forces an dbringing siege guns to Liege for a final and desperate assault en the Belgian strongholds. rnpTi;i ni i ins miTAmf IN BORDER FIGHTING (Sy the United Pres lured German Artillery Battt-n Back and Driving Germans From Verdun. Paris German August 12. French and outposts are fighting aloni t he entire line in the department t Abate The war 0-Jce savs frcnctt ,rr;s evervwhl.r(? are SUf-iui. ni!niiner tn havp driven the tiirniai! 1 hack frcm Verdu:i. and. captured a battery cf artillery. Hsiiroad Anniversary Today. Montreal, August. 11. Today th? adversary of the opening cf Onfr.rrv Xr Onel.e Rnilvonil hf-t". 3 ! ' " , . . , j n i. TL . i cen Montreal ana loromo. im iv" wa? formally opened for its lir.es foi ) traffic and transnyrtaticn, on AuguL 11, 1884. SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE PRESS i- , PRESIDENT BACK FROM SAD VISIT TO FORMER HOME SLEPT ON TRAIN UNTIL NLNl'SO ORDERS CIRCUIT COURT St. O'CLOCK. MRS. WILSON LAID TO REST Sleeps Beside Her Parents in Beau tiful Cemetery Overlooking the Waters of Coosa in old Home (By the United Press.) Greensboro, August 12! The Pre sident's train returning from Mrs. Wilson's fur.eral, held yesterday af ternoon in Rome, Georgia, passet.' here thi3 morning. The President slept until nine o'clock but appeared exhausted and a sedative was admin istered. Rome. Ga., August 11, 1914. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the nation's President, was buried at Myrtle Hill cemetery here today. Her grave is beside tho.-e of her fath er and mother, almost within sight of the house in which she lived as u girl. Tonight the President was speeding eastward cn his return to Washington. Although thousands of visitors came, to Rome today to do honor to the memory of Mrs. Wilson, a Sabbath-like quiet prevailed. The' spe cial force of police, augmented br knembers of the Georgia, national guard, fofcnd little to do beyona warning traffic from the street: through which the procession passed. RULE MAY NOT Secretary Eryan Thinks England Will Except Our People From Exclusion of Foreigners Act. (By the United Press.) Washington, August 12. Secie taiy Garrison of the war deparv mer.t, has arranged to charter neu tral ships r.o win foreign waters to brine: Americans home. Secretary of State Bryan does not btlieve that the Er.gish order for-1 u:j.i, the and'.nc cf foreigners cn j soil will !e ap'.ied to Amen- ! Er.gish C1113. Paris, August, 12. The American Embassy has aided fifty-fire hundred Americans to date. TWO ARMY OFFICERS as uc3r.it v - Washington, August 12. Tne . English government has agreed r, . permit two United States Army cf- fiers to acompany English forces to ( the iront. No other European na-, , . , tions involved in the war, have re- plied to requests of thi3 government for such permission. . Davis Cup Finals Will Draw a Re cord Cup Gallery. New York, Aug. 12. Arranged ments were completed . today fo handling the record crowds that'eri. expected to? witness the internation al challenge matches for the coveted Davis cup trophy, which will begu. o nth .West Side tennis- courts, to morrow "and continue through Satur day, Extra stands havebesn erect ed to seat fe 4,000 of 5,080 who httv'k secured tickets to see the clav. Ten the country arehere today." ! port society is represented by score. Betting odds favored the challengers against the American team... . HARVESTER CO. MUST DISSOLVE IN NINETY DAYS PAUL. THREE PARTS AT LEAST Giant Trust Declared to be in lie straint of Trade by Majority of Court One Dissented. St. JPaul, August 12. TJio Inter national Harvester Co., was todaj ueciarea ty tne united states vuv cuit Court to be in restraint of tracft in violation, o fthe .Sherman an trust laws and its dissolution into least three parte' within ninety, days was ordered. Justice, Sanburn dis sented. BULLETINS BRITISH CRUISER STILL ON WATCH (By the United Press.) New York, August 12. The Brit ish cruiser, Sufforlk, is reported by quarantine observers to be stilt prowling about the entrance to this port GERMAN BATTLESHIP MUST VACATE. . . (By the United Press.) Athens, August 12. The German battleship, Gcben, iooS refuge yes terday at Dardanelles and the con. niander has .been .notified that he must coal and leave within twenty four hours or dismantle for the re mainder of the war. GERMANS TREAT PRISON ERS CONSIDERATELY. (By the Urdtea PredM.) Amsterdam, August 12. Official advices suy that prisoners taken T the Germars around Litfge have been shown every consideration. DENIAL OF FRENCH AGGRESSION MADE. (Ey the United Press.) Paris, August 12. The foreign of fice denied that. French, troops hau I violated Gcruian territory in Alsare I pri;r to a declaration of war. - j i The war cfEii announces that the ' German and Trench armies arc fac-' ma each other ali ths way frcm Ai- sace to Liege, Pouring in. New York, August 11. Suggestions for the bent way to observe suffrage "denial day" on Saturday, today poui - i i uQ,., ; ou, DenV3r cnd Coast cities. The ; Jn or Jn , a u.. ted States to sacrifice some one thina , , . , ; that would have been spent to suffrage , headquarters t obe diverted as r.h8 i I Rin-m, of war in the fleht for the "dp. lot. a fund nr.s :.o in tr.ft crnni to-i ward whfcb suffrage leaders are wort-1 ceed Mr-. hal8' ;f rmer' , wn,, was inS. To the Eastern person who buvj- m:lde chief- when -Ir- rkve" w getithe best Tnd most successful i appointed Inspector and Chief of the method .of b9emfW 'Menialday" wJl? ew; Bureau ( Fire Prevention or be given prize, atead of sugge-1 tne State. iort'3,' a score or .ore of waait.iy , ' eastern stjrTra.ge woere and jdy-1 - 5 Capital Taxi Trust Busted, cate? today sent chec totalilmr scv-! Wfihington, Aung. 12.--The" Ta:o eral -.-jjiousands of dollaw. t . i cab (Trust" her'8 was "busted higher ; . 4 '. ; L -- P-' thaa. Giluercy'fl ' kite" ' today , whai. v': Fircinen Elect CcnneJaville, Fa., Aug, tion"of oJSiers was the prir aesi before the".; Western ania Firemen's Asociatiorr vention. here today .. . 'ft FREIGHT RATES SUBMITTED TO GOVERNOR TODAY 13 PER CENT REDUCTION SHOWN. MAIN LINE THE BASIS Justice Bill Prqvided Average Cut ot 33 per Cent and 23 per CentEx tra for Mountain Division. (By xhe United Press.) 4 Raleigh, August 12. The Intra state Freight Rate Commission's r port was submitted to Governor Craig this morning. It makes an average reduction from the present rates of IS per cent, taking the rates on the Southern main line as a basis, as compared with the S3 per cent, cuv provided in the schedules of tho Jus tice Act, which the Commission ov errules. The mountuih division extra 25 per cent, provided for in the Jus tice Act, was abolished. Los Angeles Plans Reception to Elk. Los Ar.geles, Aug. 12.-WThougti the gathering is almost a year, dis tant, preparations are under way here today for the entertainment oi the Elks annual conclave in 1916. Plans were launched upon the return of the i-os Angeles delegation from the Denver convention last raonta. Every Elk lodge of Southern-California will have a part in the "enters tainment of the delegates to the Lo Angeles meeting.' CARRANZATO ENTER TODAY IVaceful Transfer of Control of Gov- vernment Expected and Ameri can BatUokips to be With drawn Within Two Weeks. Washingtci;, August 12. Tho t"te Department dispatclies reporS thr.t Carrana v.i'l take peaceful po3 ; e:-.-ii.n of Mexico City ttday. It in aniiourrco dtha? all the American bat tleships wil probably be removed from Vera Cruz within two weeks. RALEIGH POLICEMAN DISMISSED FROH FORCE (Special to The Free Press.) Raleigh, August 11. Officer "Ueu Glenn, vho has been under suspen- Ision fo rassaulting Mr. M. D. Must, a omoUve eagmeer at recent game of baseball, was to- day dl,mlsfd from th force afta? 'the City Commissioners had h-ar : . . , . ., witnesses of the affair. The Com- a wa unjustifiable -apiain a. .a. vwmiw v.. .v- fcal fire department, was today pro moted to be Assistant Chief to sue Din a. V; m''':' i j new. traffic relatioua vent into, ef 2. Elec-1 f oC' prohibitiax' , f avorei taxicai-" si bu3i-, rota monopollzmg',. te -thpice, note ennayi-staads aid givir.j atf automobiles 11 a con- Very owners an even' b'r:"air for th fcroam. cf the business, i. V 4' h m t IP t n r i:
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