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PR THE WEATHER g YOUR ROME PAPER 5 1 Fat N. C. Uatrttied tonight anil Sudiy probably local thuodw howf modral wind. PUBLISHED EERY KFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL.XVL-NO.2tO. KINSTON, N. O, SATURDAY AUGUST' 15 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS The Da Free ESS, V 1U 11 ITALY IN MAINTAINING HER NEUTRALITY OFFENDS AUSTRIA AND TWO COUNTRIES ARE NEAR PARTING OF VJAYS JAPAN FROWNING ON GERMANY JAPAN THOUGHT TO BE PREPARING TO DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY AS HER AGENTS HAVE BEEN "WITHDRAWN ALL REPRESENTATIVES IN TSINGTOA ORDERED TO VACATE. AUSTRIANS SUFFER SEVERE Four Hundred Thousand Troops Put to Rout Near the Roumanian Frontier, and Also Driven From Belgrade. JAPAN BELIEVED TO BE PREPARING TO ATTACK GERMANY. Tientsin, China, Aug. 15. here as a result of the announcement that the Japanese have notified all agents in Tsingtoa to withdraw. It is believed that the motive presages Japan's declaration of war on Germany. 400,000 AUSTRIANS REPULSED. Nish, Aug. 15. Four hundred thousand Austrians are said, by the war office, to have last night. A fierce battle all and the Austrians were repulsed with heavy losses, to ward Tekia, on the Roumanian frontier. Austrian troops were also driven from Belgrade, where they attempted to cross the Danube. GERMAN INFANTRY, WITH HEAVY FORCE, ADVANCING. Brussels, Aug. 15. The German infantry, with heavy force, is advancing in an effort to envelope the extreme left wing of the allied armies, south of Antwerp. It is ad mitted that general attacks will probably progress with artillery fire of the allies very effective. RUSSIANS OPEN AUSTRIAN CAMPAIGN. St. Petersburg, Aug. 15. The war office states that in itial fighting on the Austrian frontier is under way and that the first line of defense is making good progress. The army has penetrated the Austrian defenses and is well on the way to Lemburg, the capital of Austrian Gal icia. The government denies that the Germans have oc cupied Russian Holland. FRENCH MAKE ADVANCES IN VOSGES. Paris, Aug. 15. The French advance in the Vosges Mountains, where they surrounded and captured an en tire division of the German army, continues. The war office announces that, in Hip face of constant opposition of massed German forces the ine nign Alsatian valleys. The main passes are ne w held by the French invading armv. The superiority of the French artillery continues to be verv evident. WOMAN DIES FROM ! BLOW ON STOMACH From a blow with the flat of his Sam Newsom, colored, is in jail hand by Leslie Hines, a man of he: :here, awaiting trial for assaulting G. race, Lou Chapman, a negress, diecr'M. Rouse, white, with a knife The rnumg creeic r riday night, and the authorities are seeking Hines. f The woman accosted Mines m a ujacco neia a week ago. olie alleg ed that he had mistreated her chil dren. He sent her away, but in a few minutes she returned and ai sailed him. Hines slapped her ;n the pit of her stomacU, with such force as to fracture an internal or gan, death resulting after sev,. days. The coroner's jury held Hines re sponsible for the woman's death. ' ' FREMONT IMPROVES STREETS. Fremont, Aug. 15. Work has beet commenced here on street improve ment which wfll include the sand layji? of in; thoroughfares in the S.M53 section. REVERSES NEAR TEKIA Great excitement prevails attacked the bervian torces along the line was waged, French are passing through ; NEGRO DREW KNIFE 'ON WHITE EMPLOYER negro did not actually assault Rouse, but flourished the weapon threatenin- jly, an act which technically consti tutes assault. Newsom was employed on Route's farm, r.ear Dawson, and had harbor ed rosentment over some trivial ma-.-ter for a month, the white man sai. Friday evening the biac:., who had been drinking, was with other farm hands in a tobacco barn wr.en 1'ouse approached and heard Newsom curs ing him. Rouse accosted the negro, who immediately showed fight and drew his knife. , The others present interfered and prevented bloodshed. Sheriff's officers Friday night ar rested Newsom, at his home. Thej took the knife with which he had threatened the planter and an ugly lookini razor from his perscz ITALYSTOPS . AUSTRIA HI CROSSING SOIL AUSTRIA MAKES DEMAND BE. CAUSE OF TREATY. SERIOUS BREAK FEARED Italy Refused to Permit Austrian Troops to Go Across Her Ter ritory to Join Germans. (By the United Press.) Rome, Aug. 15. Relations - be? tween Italy and Austria hare become stained and are near the breaking point because of Italy's refusal to permit four army corps of the Aus trian army from crossing Italian ter ritory to reinforce the Germans iu Alsace. The Austrian demand wj. based on its rights, according to ex isting treaties. AUSTRIANS REPORTED REPULSED. (By the United Press.) London, Aug. 15. A news agency dispatch says that the concehtrateu attack of forty thousand Austrians, Thursday night, on the Servian fron tier was repulsed with heavy losses; NO NEW HOSPITAL BEFORE NEXT SPRING Dr. v. T. Farrott this sr.ormng sa.Q that the managers of the Memoria Hospital have abandoned their into tion to erect a handsome new build ing on the grounds in the eastern ena of the city this fall. The difficulty in securing stone am! other materials caused the postpone ment of construction until next spring, Dr. Parrott stated. The new building will be one of tht handsomest hospitals in North Caro lina. It will cost $30,000 and will be used as the main building at the Me morial institution. The presem. buildings will be used as auxiliaries. AMERICAN FORCE LANDED IN NICARAGUA. Washington, Au. 14. because or a threatened "political disiuilmnte" at Nicaragua, Commander Twining, o." the gunboat Taconia, landed fifty-seven vfficers and marines yesterday at the request of the American consul and with the consent of the Nicara uan governor. The American navy already has a garrison cf 100 marines in Managua, a remnant of the considerable fore, landed on the west coast by Rear A miral Sutherland nearly a year ago and fought its way to the These expeditions are justified, Stavi Department officials hold, by the p- culiar status of the relations between Nicaragua and the United States, COTTON MILLS IN WESTERN N. C. CURTAIL. Chaxlotte. Aug. 14. As a result oi the unsettled condition of the co'aos market and fear cf the results of the war on the price of the staple, the Can non chain of mill, located at Concori-, Albemarle and Kannapolis, the High land Park Mills, of Charlotte, and some of the Gastonia mills, in a, representing about 350,000 spindles, are running but three days a week. Today announcement was made of the suspension, for a - year of the Southern Industrial Institute of thi city, which haa, aTwenrollment of 800 students frca mill families. . READY FOR LONG SIEGE ESTABLISH BASE HEADQUARTERS AT VISE WITH HOSPITAL CORPS. GERMAN GENERAL SUICIDE j Reported Kaiser Is Ready to Sacri fice 100,000 Men to Break Down . Lines of Allied Armies. (By the United Press.) Brussels, Aug. 13. Almost co tinuous cannonading friin the direc tion of the front indicates that general German assault on the Be: gian line began at .daybreak. The Germans established headquarters at Vise, and have erected a military bridge, with tracks for trains acros the Meuse river. They have also established a base for the hospital corps, with accommodations for ten thousand. Commissary supplies have been centered there, and from there distributed to the front. The advanct guard of the Germans, which ha been without food or fodder, is now supplied. The Liege forts held out against all attacks, although the left flank is badly battered. The Belgian cavalry has assumed the offensive in the region of Tirle- mont and Hasselt. Belgian aviators taking no great risks, for up to the present the Germans have failed tc get the range of the aircraft. Hundreds of additional wounded have arrived. A captured German, who is himself wounded, tells of tn terrible slaughter, declaring that tn Uhlans, the crack cavalry troop oi the German army," has iost ever.-. fight. At Haelen over five thousand attacked the Belgian line and less than one thousand escaped unhurt. The German officers attribute their disastrous experiences :o the heavj machine guns, which are mounted on auto trucks, and which have sunK so deeply in the ground as to be prac tically useless. Belgian spies bring word that the German General Bar- wiz, brooding over his reverses, su: cided, and General Von Emmich, tht commanding general of the army o: the Meuse, is conducting, the opera tions in Belgium. KAISER WILL SACRIFICE 100,'jOC, IF NECESSARY. Brussels, Aug. lo. It is reported that the Kaiser will sacrifice a hun dred thousand men, if necessary, to smash the defense's lines. A big battle is reported to have started between the German and Al lied . armies. The war office has decided that n is imperative that the battle lines tu GERMANS capitai..be drawn, shall be kept secret, anC will make no further announcements of the movements of troops. The German troops have made re peated attempts to storm the fort ress at Pontisse, and results are un known. The forts at Liege have repulsed another German advance, inflicting heavy losses.' The Germans charged under cover of darkness, carry:ny hand grenades and heavy wire clip pers. The, supporting jrces carriea sand bags and entrenching tbools s. that, they might entrench themselves if the first line of defense was car ried. Belgian machine funs swept the approach and -the Germans wi: drew. , ----V ' - ; V - Three bombs were dropped in Na mur last idght, wounenr. five. : The war office announces that tat German loss around Cae:en was three thousand. PANAMA CANAL OPENED TODAY TO COMMERCE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS SO ADVISED TODAY. FORMAL OPENING IN 1915 Call Issued for Volunteer Nurses to Do Red Cross Work on Europe's Fields of Battle. (By the United Press.) Washington, Aug. iS. Ttie commercial opening of the Pan ama canal has been flashed to the War Department. Messages of congratulations were exchanged today between President Wilson, and Secretary of War Oat rison and Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Governor Goethals or the Panama Canal Zone upon tn opening to commerce of tiie wonoi today of the "big ditch." uti-.ciais expected the Informal program of unostentation today to be carried out. A War Department vessel, the steamer Cristobal, leaded co tie gun wales with Ithmian, War and Na vy officials, and a hefty cargo or newspapermen, was given the honor of being the first "official" vessei to go through the inter-cceanic wa terway. The formal opening of the canal will not occur until March 4, i.315, when President Wilson, Admiral Dewey, cabinet and Congress mem bers will head a gigantic fleet. To day active operation for commercial vessels drawing not over :r.irty feet of water was begun, altnougii small er vessels, including a lighter service, hnve been passing through fjr a couple cf months. Some or the small er fruit liners are expected to estab lish a regular schedule of traffic through the cr.nal, beginning todiy. FIRST WORK ON FIRE ALARM SYSTEM An agent of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph Company, or Cin cinnati, is today making preparation for the installation of the system here next week. Box station - bei marked and thi materials plaetv. in readiness for the force who will erect the apparatus. The equipment includes standaru indicators, gongs and boxes, and sub stantial insulated wire. It is said at city hall that the system will prone ly be in operation by the end of ten days. N. C. PREACHERS LOST IN EUROPE. Jacksonville, N. C, Aug. 15. Sec retary of State Bryan has been a:---ed by citizens of this town to aid if-, locating two pastors of local churches now in Europe. A telegram sent Mr. Bryan contained the request that his department endeavor to find the whereabouts of Rev. C. T. Rodgers and Rev. Von Miller, preachers in tne Methodist and Baptist churches, res pectively. The two ministers leti for Europe on July 15, en route u, Leipzig, Germany. Their familjeo are unable to get word from theul. "PORTLAND NED" IN TOILS AT GREENSBORO Greensboro, Aug. 14. "Portland . Ned," notorious yeggman, wanted at Plymouth and other places for roo bing postoffices, was brought here to day for a hearing before Commissiou. er Collins, having been captured near )anbury. He is the man who was pa doned by Governor Elease, and esca ed from the Governor's office iy -r-rear door while officers in the front were waiting to re-arreit him. , AMERICANS CAN NOW GET AWAY FROM GERMANY FELICITATIONS EXCHANGED BY OFFICIALS. FAST TRAINS PROVIDED Vessels Drawing 30 Feet and Less Will Be Permitted to Run on Regular Schedules Hereafter. f (By the United Pres3.) Washington, Aug. 15. The State Department has been advised that Americans are now permitted w leave Germany, and fast train ser vice has been provided. A call has been issued to all east ern cities and Chicago tor volunteer as Red Cross nurses in Europe. THE MILITIAMEN i iKFfi mil Augpstans Reciprocated, and Threw Bouquets at Tarheel Soldiers Who Played War at Camp Wheeler. (By C. W. McDevett) The last company of tired men of the Second North Carolina infantry arrived at the home station :ast night, and today the regiment set about its individual duties as citizens in plain clothes with a memory that will ling er of the kindness and hospitality ox, Georgians. The Second srought bac with it many newspapers containing glowing accounts of the Tarheels' prowess as soldiers, skins tanned by the southern sun and lasting good will for Georgia. One of the army officers at Camp Wheeler, near Augusta, where the re giment together with troops A and B of the cavalry, has been encamped for nearly two weeks, remarked to officers f the Tarheel outfit as they were wait ing for their train, "I'll Wager you outfit can march further and behav better than any other regrment in the South, gentlemen," and the Augusta newspapers declared it to be the best to ever encamp there. Augustans are in a position to judge, because they have entertained many-regiments dur ing the Spanish-American war and since. The Second, under the command or Wiley G. Rodman, worked hard at Camp Wheeer. It shook off its blank ets at early hours, drilled for long periods under a sun which was merci less, attacked and theoretically cap tured Augusta, went to school, delights ed the police, were lionized in the clubs and Y. M. C. A. and armory in Augusta, and finally, -when it became time to come home, cleaned up the camp so thoroughly that not one singla fly wiil find a fighting chance on the big maneuver grounds in the Georgia hills. The band of the Second, about 30 strong, was said by the August Chronicle to be the finest to ever visit the city. Another paper, the Herald. declared it was "magnificent," The band played the troopers into, spirit and rendered fancy programs for thou sands of civilians, who went out from town to hear it. It had a half doien engagements in the city on a singio evening, but the Commercial Club re fused to give it up until it was so late three events had to be cancelled. The musicians, about half of whom live in Kinston, were the life of tn encampment.. They had a mock fun eral, a wedding in which a handsome clarinetist whose three days beard be trayed his sex was the bride, and wound up with a ministrel show.
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