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VOL.VXI.No.214.
KINST0N, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2C, 1914.
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GENERAL GERMAN ADVANCE REPORTED
INDICATING THAT KAISER'S MEN ARE
MAKING PROGRESS
BRUSSELS EVACUATED
BUILDINGS FROM
NO GREAT SEA BATTLE
Washington has Official Report of Sinking of a Cruiser or
Two and Some Smaller Boats. Wounded More
Than Can be Cared for.
Paris, August 20. Hague "dispatches persistently state
that the Germans entered Brussels this morning.No con
firmation yet, but a French military expert said it was far
better to evacuate Brussels than to expose the beautiful
building to a ruinous bombardment. The German advance,
indicated by official announcement, that the German's east
Meuse forces have reached Dinant. The advance guard
has secured a position along the Dyle. The German army
coming through Luxemburg has reached Neufrachaem.
The German's have retaken Ville.
The last news from Brussels at midnight said that
thousands of wounded were pouring into the city ana tne
authorities were pressed to care for them. Every public
building has been turned into a hospital. Supplies are
running short. All stores are closed. The sound of artil
lery is heard. Search lights reveal the Germans to be
much in evidence in the locality.
GERMAN FLEET CONFINED TO HARBOR
Washington, August 20. The English embassy has re
ceived exact information of the naval and military situa
tion between England and German,
The report says Germany lost a submarine and mine
layer, and England lost one light cruiser. The German
fleet is outside of the Baltic but confined to the harbor.
German Sea commerce has been paralyzed but English
commerce is practically normal-
SHIPS ALREADY
OFFERED PENDING
PASSAGE OF BILL
BIG COMPANIES THOUGHT
MADE PROPOSITIONS.
TO
BU TO BE INTRODUCED
Congress Will Probably Make Ar
rangements to Acquire Some
Fine Lines For Service.
(By the United Press.)
Washington, Aug. 20. Offers
sell ships to the government
reaching the White House. It
to
are
is
thought that both the German Llnvn
lines have made offers to sell some of
their great liners. The administra
tion will introduce its bill, providing
ior me purchase of a merchant ma
rine, before the end of tl)e week.
FOOTBALL REPLACES
ENGLISH RUGBY GAME.
Los Angeles, Aug. 20 Returning
irom a twee-years' experiment with
rugby, the University of Southern
vauiorma iootDall squad fired the
opening gun a the Pacific coast to
day by assembling for its first pre
season practice. Kugby was aband
oned in favor of American football
largely because of lack of compefc
on in uus end, of the State,, ..The
squad was in charge of Head Coach
JUlph Glaze, former Dartmouth star
and big league jtcher. ; :
DEBT tASE CONTINUED. '
Ricnnoiii V-LAii 19 The
hearing before. Specjd Master Chas.
E. UtOeSeld W the Virginia-West
Virginia debt "case today was post
poned for two weeks becasse cf the
, illness 'of Mrs. Conway H. Hillman,
:if of the special aemuntant and
. Ptoess fJ West Virginia
THROUGH
BELGIUM
TO SAVE BEAUTIFUL
BOMBARDMENT.
OF CONSEQUENCE ADMITTED
BRITISH NOT IN BELGIUM.
London, August 20. The war office
ha3 anounced that Great Britain's
forces are not engaged in aiding Bel
gian and French forces in holding
their position.
GERMANS FORCED FROM MEUL
HAUSEN Paris, August "0. The war office
has announced that the French artil
lery has compelled the Germans to
evacuate Meulhausan.
VOTE RAILROAD BONDS.
Mt. Olive, Aug. 20. Three town
ships in Wayne county Brogdon,
Grantham and Indian Springs yes
terday held elections on the questions
of issuing bond3 to aid the construc
tion of the Central Carolina Railroad.
Brogdon and Grantham townships
voted overwhelmingly in favor of
bends. Up to this time no definite
report from Indian Springs township
has been received.
BILL'S PROGRESS SLOW.
Washington, Aug. 19. Diversity of
views as to the exemption of labor
and agricultural organizations from
the operations of anti-trust laws
blocked the progress of the Clayton
anti-trust bill in the Senate today.
The only vote taken resulted ' in
striking out of the bill as it came
from the House, the Drovision ex
empting consumers' organizations.
ANOTHER STAGE HOLD-UP.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 20. Anoth
er pioneer coach hold-up, staged on
d. scale more elaborate than that
which featured the opening day of
the eighteenth annual Frontier Days
celebration, was given this afternoon
at Frontier Park as the closing event
of today's program.
vi FrTimrirnnv Friday
Raleigh Aug. 19. Warden Sales fcounty tobacco housed and ready for
- - .1 i a " n-T - .v.mI it, , I.
s preparing out at the State's pns-
ia for the electrocution' of Grady
Lane Friday of this week or first
iegree murder Governor Craig hav
ng definitely decided not to grant
t commutation that has been urged
J if his counsel, J- TVBrittaifl of Ashs-
UNITED STATES
NO BETTER OFF
FOR WAR NEWS
OFFICIAL CIRCLES IN DARK AS
ARE ALL OTHERS.
DEADLY CONFLICT NOW ON
French and German's Reported Fight
ing Near Dinant and Neither Giv
ing Attention to Wounded.
(By the United Press.)
GERMANS ATTACK "ALLIES."
London, Aug. 20. The combined
German armies of the Meuse and the
first army of Moselle are attacking
the allied lines near Brussels. The
infantry has moved outh of Dinant
and is operating in entrenched posi
tions at Gembloux. It is believed that
the French forces are stronger than
the Germans. Neither side is able
to gather its wounded. .The Belgian
war office says Belgian troops i are
"far from beaten." The allies are
making arrangement for beating the
German forces under the best possi
ble conditions.
UNITED STATES IN THE DARK.
Washington, Aug. 20. Officials of
the United States government aje as
ignorant of what is happening on the
battlefields of Europe as is the gen
eral public. Not a message and
American diplomats are in hourly
communication from -all European
capitals has come in the last five
days hinting at the development of
military operations.
A SPARTAN MOTHER.
Paris, Aug; 20. A woman with
four sons in the French army today
walked slowly down the steps of one
of the municipal offices where rela
tives are informed whether soldier.5
are dead, wounded or unreported.
She was exceedingly white, but her
r-notiun was greater than cou! 1 be
sxpres-'ed in tears. A mend came
up quickly and said:
"Have you good news? . I am
glad my Jean is safe."
"Yes, they are all safe," was the
reply. "They are safe in the arms
of the Father. I am proud to give
all to the cause."
HOKE SMITH LEADS
GOV. JOE BROWN
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 19. Scattering
returns from various points through
out the State early tonight indicated
that Senator Hoke Smith has been
nominated over former Governor Jos
eph M. Brown for the senior sena
torship of Georgia in tlie State-wide
primary today.
EXPECT TWO CHINAS
TO FOLLOW BREAK.
Shanghai, Aug. 20. That China
will split into two separate countries
is the growing conviction here among
men in close touch with the repub
lic's politics. .That there is about to
be a successful revolution in the pro
vinces south of the Yangtse, these
judges of the situation declared was
certain. The revolutioifary movement
was said to- be practically unanimous
and even though president Yuan Shi
Kai might - win as border battle or
two, should he try to prevent South
em China's secession from the
North, it , was pointed out that it
would be hopeless for him to attempt
to subdue a territory half the size
of the United States, with a popula
tion approaching 200,000,000, solidly
united against him. -
LEAF NEARLY READY -
Wilson- N 'jCL, Aug. 18. Well in
formed fanners state that another
two weeks will? all the Wilson
ween uw una. year.
boro. Lane killed Frank McKain, a
railroad portsr, at Aberdeen follow.
ing gambling in a; swamp not far
from the station- , y: . ..
REPUBLICANS
ENDORSE THE
STATE PRIMARY
STATE CONVENTION IN SES
SION IN RALEIGH.
CONDEMN ADMINISTRATION
As Expected, Standpatters Claim
Country-Wide Depression Was
Caused by Democrats.
(By the United Press.)
Raleigh, Aug. 20. The State Re.
LI.' . .
puDiican convention met at noon.
Frank Linneny of Boone was elect
ed chairman, which means that he
will be State chairman, succeeding
J. M. Morehead of Greensboro, who
declined to be re-elected.
ine convention declared for a
State-wide primary law, backed by
a drastic corrupt practices act, with
Australian ballot for all parties on
the same day. It endorsed the taxa
tion and other amendments to the
constitution now pending, including
the provision for six months' schools.
AMERICAN CONSUL HELD
IN JAIL BY MEXICANS
El Pao, Tex., Aug. 19. Louis
Mostetter, American consul at Her
tiosillo, Sonora, ha3 been placed in
jail by the Mexican authorities, ac
cording to assertions today by Car
ranza officials along the border. It
vas not stated whether he had been
released.
The responsibility for the consul's
arrest is the subject of dispute be
tween Carranza and Villa factions.
Villa telegraphed Elias Calles, a Car-ran-a
official, blaming him for Hos
ietter's arrest.
Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 19. Tangi
ble proof of the Carranza-Villa split
and the danger of an armed invasion
of Sonora State by Villa forces was
received here today.
General Villa, northern divisional
commander; telegraphed Carranza's
military officials in Sonora that if they
ombatted Jose Maria Maytorena, the
elected governor of the State, he
would penetrate the State with his
forces; which recently have been re
cruited to war strength.
Villa said that he t.ook this stand
becnuse Maytorena was the "consti
tutional governor of the State of So
nora, and, therefore, the representa
tive of the people."
AMERICAN SUICIDES
IN ENGLAND.
London. Aug. 19. Algernon Tre
vor Sutton of Carthage, Mo., commit
ted suicide today by hanging himself.
His act was the result of depression
over the difficulty of cashing letters
of" credit. The coroner's jury after
an inquo.-t returned a verdict of "sui
cide while of unsound mind."
STRUCK MAIL CARRIER
WITH A BRICK.
Stokes, N. C, Aug. 20. During a
difficulty between W. G. Stokes, a
merchant, and Louis Robinson, a ru
ral mail carrier, a son of Stokes
struck Robinson with a brick. The
mail carrier is in a Washington hos
pital with a fractured skull. He is
expected to recover.
EDITOR MOORE OF THE
FAYfiTTEVILLE INDEX HURT.
Fayetteville, N. C, Aug. 19. Mr.
A. M. Moore, editor and proprietor
of The Fayetteville Index, was
thrown from a horse and sustained
concussion of the brain this morn-
He was rushed to the Highsmith
hospital, where it was said tonight
that his condition is satisfactory,
' WANT VOTE FOR SQUAWS. ;
Ashland, Wis-, Aug. 19. Chippewa
Indians- of the Bad River tribe today,
at the largest council held in years,
voted unanimously in favor of wo
man suffrage. ' - f-y y- .
POPE PIUS A
DIED WITH A
BROKEN HEART
VENERABLE PRELATE COULD
, NOT SURVIVE SHOCK.
SUCCESSOR TO BE NAMED
Tried to Give Employment to Those
Thrown Out on Account of War
in Spite of Depleted Funds.
(By the United Press.)
Rome, Aug. 20. It was annenmc
ed today that Father Francesco Sax
rio Wernz, head of the Jesuit Order
was dead. ,
Rome, August 20. Following the
death of Pope Pius all established
ceremonials have been followed includ
ing delivery of the ring of St. Peter
to the Cardinals. The ring is claimed
to have been handed down from Christ
through St. Peter to the Pope'ssacred
college.
September 3 is the date for election
of a new Pope. The chances are for
the election of a foreign Pope, but pos
sibly the American chances are great
er than at any time in the history of
the church. Cardinal Gibbons of Balti
more was prominently mentioned in
this connection when Pius was elected.
Romej Aug. 20. in charge of the
"penitenzieri" of the Vatican, the
body of Pope Pius rests in the cham
ber where he died. Thousands knelt
for prayers in the churches, and on
the streets. The Pope died broken
hearted. Emperor Franz Joseph of
Austria added to the blow when he
refused the Pope's plea for peace.
One of his greatest griefs was that
thousands of men who were studying
for the priesthood in Rome had to go
to war. His last thoughts were for
those on whom the weight of war
falls. Although the conflict has re
duced the income of the Vatican, un
til it was not sufficient to pay cur
rent expenses, the Pope's last act
was to order the undertaking of sev
eral large enterprises to give employ
ment to those thrown out of work y
the war. Cardinal Merry del Val has
summoned the sixty cardinals com
posing the Sacred College to Rome to
select a new Pope.
Guiseppc Me'.chiorre Sarto, known
to the world as Pope Piux X, was
elected to th Pontificate on August 4,
1903.
Pope Pius was born on June 2,
1H'!, at Riese, in the Venetian pro
vinces, the first child of Gian-Battis-ta
Surto, u postman, and his wife,
Margherita. Guiseeppe' early careed
was influenced by the village priest,
who took a liking for the boy, taught
him to read and write and drumme
into the youthful head the rudi
ments of Latin At the age of elev
en year he entered the seminary at
Castelfranco, not far from his birth
place, and for four years every day
he tramped to school, usually bare
footed, until he reached the outskirts
of the village, where he would slip on
his shoes to keep up appearance.
From Castelfranco he passed in
1850 to the Seminary at Padua, and
in 1858, at the age of 25, was ordain
ed priest and took up his studies at
Tombolo. In 1867 he had his first
parish of importance, that of Salza
no, where he remained for eleven
years. ,
Leo XIII conferred upon Bishop
Sarto the title of "Roman Count,"
and in the consistory of June, 1893,
created him cardinal, giving him the
Roman Church of San Bernardo,
from which to take his' title. He
was so poor that he was unable to
pay the fees connected with the ac
ceptance of the new dignity, but
gome of his admirers came forward
and provided him with the necessary
funds.
Creating him cardinal, Leo XIII
appointed him also Patriarch of Ven
ice, but he did not leave Mantua un
til a year later, owing to conflict be-
een the Italiam government and
holy see, over the right of the House
of .Savoy to be consulted before the
appointment of a patriarch. J
He was the candidate of Leo XIII
as his successor, but he so little real
ized the future that when he left
FREE PRESS
GAVE POPE'S
DEATH FIRST
LARGE AFTERNOON CONTEM
PORARIES A DAY BEHIND.
UNITED PRESS' BIG SCOOP
Correspondent Wood in Rome Gave
News Eight Hours Before any
of His Rivals.
(By the United Press.)
New York, August 20. Henry
Wood, the United Press Staff corres
pondent at Rome, credited American
newspaper methods with one of the
greatest "beats" in the history of the
journalism, yesterday, when he gave
the news of the Pope's death mora
than eight hours before any other cor
respondent. The opposing news
gatherers attempt to explain the
scoop" by declaring that death
couldn't have occurred until "official
ly" announced at one-twenty this
morning. The Associated Press ad
mitted tho "scoop," explaining that it
as "awaiting the official" announce
ment.
Wood used American methods in
flashing the notice the instant the
death occurred. He wired two meVf
sages before the usual censorship,
which delayed the official announce
ment, was clapped on.
The Free Press gave the news to
its readers and so did the other pa
pers getting the United Press dis
patches, Wednesday afternoon, white
the Raleigh, Charloste, Wilmington,
Richmond and other large afternoon
papers, not supplied with U. P. ser
vice will make the announcement to
day.
'LANS FOR DUPLIN
EXTENSION READY
Several . Roads and Manufacturing
Interests to Co-Operate in Con
necting Kinston With This
Rich Section.
The plan of the Chamber of Com
merce for getting into closer touch
with the rich farming country in Du
plin county, and at the same time
giving the people there better freight
and passenger facilities, was made
public Wednesday afternoon.
The Norfolk Southern Railroad,
the Kinston-Carolina Railroad and
the Kinston Manufacturing Company
will be asked to get together and ar
range for the desired improvements.
The chamber will inform the inter
ests named that the service now be
ing had by the people of Duplin and
lower Lenoir counties is not all that
they wish for.
The suggestion is to be offered
that the K.-C, of which the Norfolk
Southern is the controlling factor,
and the Kinston Manufacturing Com
pany come to an agreement whereby
trains leaving Kinston can be operat
ed on the logging road of the latter
from Pink Hill to the terminus of the
timber line, which runs for several
miles through the most fertile part
of Duplin. Pink Hill is the termi
nus of the Kinston-Carolina, and a
junction is formed there with the log
ging road.
The improved service suggested
would benefit the towns of Beula ville.
Chinquapin, Lyman, Cabin, Pearsall,
Hallsville and numerous other places
in the country south of Pink Hill.
Venice, in July, 1903, for the Con
clave in Rome, he bought a return
ticket.
In the conclave the struggles both
for and against Cardinal RampoU
Leo X Ill's Secretary of State, whose
chances were lost when Cardinal
Puzyn pronounced the veto of Aus-.
tria against him, which veto was.
supposed to represent the triple alli
ance. Then, needing a "comprom
ise" Pope, all eyes turned to Cardinal
Sarto, who at first refused, but was -afterward
induced to accept the high
position, being elected almost unani-'
mously on August 4. "V- '