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Free Press ) YOUR NOME PAPER H THE WEATHER M For N. C- L'ntetf'ed ton iff ht and H Friday, probably ihowai. gen tl wind PUBLISHED EERY RFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. VOL. XVI-No. 219 KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS Th Daily ENGLISH SUFFRAGETTES BREAK OUT AND MARCH ON DEMANDING INTERVIEW WITH SECY POLICE CALLED AND SEVENTEEN HUSTLED TO JAIL TO AVOID ANGRY CROWD. RESULT OF BATTLE ON Rumored That British Troops Have Been Driven Back Twenty-five Miles Russians Drive Germans From Eastern Prussia and Take Quantity of Stores. (By the United Press.) London, Aug. 27. Result of the battle is still in doubt. An official statement indicates that the British forces, supported by the French, originally stationed about Givet, on:he Belgian frontier, have been withdrawn, and are now within twenty-five miles of the French frontier. The censorship of news is absolute. There are rumors that the allies have been entirely driven out of southern Bel gium. The wrar office professes to have no information. The militant suffragettes have broken their self-imposed promise not to continue their campaign during the war, and while under the leadership of Mrs. Flora Drum mond, besieged the Home Office, demanding to see Secretary McKinna. The police were summoned and seventeen were arrested. The police had difficulty in sav ing the women from violence at the hands of the crowd. Unconfirmed newspaper reports say a Danish trawler hit a mine in the North Sea, and four of the crew perished. GERMANS FORSAKING PRUSSIA. St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. The war office announces that the Germans are withdrawing from eastern Prussia and Calacia toward the" Vistula river, and are leaving quan tities of stores and munitions of war. The first German corps withdrew, toward Dansic. FRENCH ADMIT LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES ARE STAGGERING. Paris, Aug. 27. Admission is made that the flanking force of the two German army torps, operating against the extreme left, indicates that the Germans are trying to force a withdrawal of part of the allied center. although the reserves are taking care of the left wing, u-ni- ARirt nnnnnnnQo fViof rl-io Gorman lras is "rhrpp the war office announces that times ours, and ours is staggering !" BULLETINS (By the United Press.) ANOTHER GERMAN SUCCESS REPORTED. Paris, Aug. 27. Former War Min ister Messimy has departed for the front, turning over his portfolio to his successor. Another German success in the northern part of the departments of the Meuse and Meuerthe and Moselle is reported. Bucharest. Aug. 27. The Servians protest against alleged atrocities of the Austrian, charging that thv murdered and outraged old men, wo men and children on their retreat from Drina. Appeals to the powers io protest to Austria are made. WILHELM SUNK. London, An. 27. It WAS annnnn ed to the House of Commons that the haiser Wilhelm der Grosse was sunk off the $at African coast by th British 9 'riser Highflier, whose loss was or killed and fire wounded. Cas ualties of Wilhelm not known. CUT OFF EXPORTS AND STOP THE WAR New York, Aug. 27. "The United States government could stop the Eu ropean war by placing an embargo n food products,, it was. asserted t District Attorney Whitman's John Joe investigation into tha increased ost of living since the conflict began. James- Ward Warner, president of New York Produce Exchange, and George Zabrinski, resident manager r Minneapolis flour manufacturers, ch said the end of warfare abroad jaust result If America csased export teS to the belligerent nations: HOME DEPARTMENT FRENCH BORDER UNKNOWN the German loss is MR. PRICE CIVES FIRST HAND WAR NEWS Mr. Charles Price, manager of a big cotton compress at Wilmington, and well-known to cotton men in Kin ston, has just returned to his home in the Cape Fear city from a trip to Europe. Mr. Price was arrested twice in France as a possible German or Austrian spy. Strolling near a fort in the French capital, he saw rushed by a squad with fixed bayon ets from the guard. His papers and passports quickly effected his re lease. Before taking his boat at Ha vre he was again detained and search ed. Business and transportation in France were in high disorder at the time of his departure, Mr. Price de clared. The opposite applied to mili tary affairs, however. The French have unbounded faith in the efficien cy of their arms, he stated. One of the fir3t things swept away with the coming of war to the republic was the gay night life of the .Parisians. Mr. Price came to New York from Havre by the way of Quebec. He saw between 70,000 and 80,000 of their English allies land on French soil, he says. The army which England was expected to send to the French fron tier was half a million men. BUSINESS STOPPED TO HARVEST BUMPER CROP Fargo, N. D., Aug. 27. Many bus-, iness houses throughout the Dakotas are closed today. Professional of-, flees and some banks even have clos-l ed their doors in the smaller Dakota towns. The reason for this unprece dented situation is that business men, bankers and professional men are needed to harvest the bumper wheat crop of the Northwest. Many closed their places cf business to help far nats harvest the crop. : j RUSSIANS HAVE EIGHT MILLION MEN UNDER ARMS FOUR GREAT ARMIES START FOR GERMAN CAPITAL. COMMISSARY TO FEED AIL Admitted That Plan of Campaign Is Complete Expect to Attack Berlin In Three Weeks. (By the United Press.) St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. It is of ficially admitted that the plans of the Russian army are complete, and that an attack on Berlin will be made within three weeks. It is also admit ted that there are now eight million Russians under arms The troops are divided into four armies of two millions each. These are placed to be in the field from inland mobiliza tion centers, cne behind the other, and brought up to fill in the gaps in the front after each engagement. St. Petersburg, Aug. 27. The war office declared that the commisiariat was in excellent condition, and ar rangements for feeding the army were complete. It will not be nec essary "to "live cff country." The main Russian advance is expected to approach Posen from the south. MORE SERVIAN VICTORIES REPORTED (By the United Press.) Nish, Aug. 27. Official announce ment has been maile following a four days' battle of the victorious Serv ians driving the Austrians toward Lo cenitza. The Servain command is jmaking every effort to cut off . the i Austrian retreat and since the last reports, two thousand additional pris i oners have been taken, together with fifty cannon. It is admitted that the Servian loss was enormous, owing to taking the Austrian position by storm. WATER TERMINAL FOR WASHINGTON j Washington, N. C, Aug. 27. John ' K. Bernhard, manager of the Inland ( Navigation Bureau and one of the country's foremost experts on water traffic, will make the plans for this city's water terminal, one of the first , to be built in this section. The ap propriation for the purchase of the : ground for the terminal. $30,000,' was made through a bond election sever al months ago. It will be of consid erable area, with splendid docks and adequate trackage. Mr. Bernhard j has promised to do what he can to ! make Washington's terminal one of the "most efficient ones of the Unit ed States." The government is in clined to aid ports with terminal fa cilities by deepening the approaches and in other ways. The terminal here I will be under municipal control. WABASH RAILROAD SAID TO BE INSOLVENT " New York, Aug. 26. Charles F. Brown, special master in the suit of the Central Trust Company against the Wabash Railroad Company, in a ! report filed here today in the federal i district court, found that the Wabash j company was insolvent, and wholly j unable to pay its debts; that it de-j faulted in- the payment of principal and interest of $5,000,000 gold notes due May 1, 1913, and upon ail gold notes outstanding and secured by the trust agreement. . NEW FREIGHT OFFICES AT GOLDSBORO. Goldsboro, Aug. 27 The. Norfolk Southern Railroad has occupied of fices in ; a handsome new building erected to Teplace their freight sta tion destroyed by fire some time ago. FRED. PALMER GOES TO FRONT FOR UNITED PRESS FAMOUS WAR CORRESPOND ENT TO GO TO FRONT. ENGLAND SANCTIONS HIM German Cruiser Blown Up in Bay of Finland Russian Reverses Are Reported. (By the United Press.) Washington, Aug. 27. Frederick Palmer, tha famous war correspond ent and author, will go to the front with the British forces to represent the United Press and other press as sociations. The British government has sanctioned the selection of one American. Washington, Aug. 27. A dispatch to German embassy says the Russian defeat at Krasnik was "caused by an irresistible attack of the Austrian in fantry, which defeated the Russian main force in Russian Poland, and it is expected to cause a swift Austrian 'advance northward." The German cruiser Magdeburg was blown up in the Bay of Finland. A hostile fleet attacked, grounded and dynamited her. Most of the crew were saved. STATE WANTS SEVEN WOMEN INDICTED Solicitor H. E. Shaw, it was stat ed on good authority this afternoon, will some time today ask the grand jury in Superior Court to tender true bills against seven women for con ducting alleged bawdy houses in South Kinston. Those facing indictment are: Lee Corneal, South and Heritage streets; Lillie Gurley, South street; Daisy Gray, South street; Sylvia Morgan, South and Heritage streets; Louise Griggs, Shine street; Lillian Gray, South street; Thelma Earle, South street. j All of the women are white except Sylvia Morgan, a mulatto. It is un derstood that bills will not be sought against Hattie Johnson, Alma Hud son and Irene Barnes, now in jail. They, Judge Daniels contended, when he ordered their arrest Tues day, had forfeited their right to ex emption from sentence for a former conviction which was left open with a requirement of good behavior, by maintaining disreputable resorts. It is said that many proprietresses and inmates of the South Kinston re sorts have fled, anticipating their ar rest if they remained in the city. The solicitor, it is believed, .wanted negresses of immoral character in dicted along with the others, but this the arthorities hold is impracti cable, since it is next to impossible to determine the moral status or learn the identity of the many colored wo men who may be operating houses of disrepute here. COTTON MEN DISCUSS AID FOR PLANTERS New Orleans, Aug. 27. Two thou sand cotton growing counties were represented here today in a meeting called to formulate demands on the United States government for aid for the planters, through the tanks, un til the cotton markets ar improved. Japanese buyers have bought a large part of the Texas crop. RAEFORD SUFFERS A SEVERE ELECTRICAL STORM. Eaeford, Aug. 26. During a severe electrical storm C P. .Williams' dwelling was struck by lightning and almost demolished. Several of the family were severely shocked. One boy about twelve years old was un conscious for several hours.' Every piece of furniture in the house was broken. The bed on which Mr. Wil liams was sleeping was torn all to pieces. It is strange how the. family escaped death- GOVERNOR OF K! AO CHOW IS NOTIFIED OF THE BLOCKADE AMERICAN CONSUL ELECTS TO REMAIN IN PROVINCE. AUSTRIA AND JAPAN SPLIT Formal Notice to State Department From Austrian Ambassador U. S. Represents Japan. (By the United Press.) Shanghai, China, Aug. 27. The admiral commanding the Japanese fleet from the flagship Suwo formal ly notified the German governor of Kiao Chow of blockade of the prov ince, and gave the American consul twenty-four hours to decide whether he would remain or leave. He re mained. JAPAN AND AUSTRIA BREAK. Washington, Aug. 27. The Aus trian ambassador notified Secretary of State Bryan by wire from Man chester,. Mass., that diplomatic rela tions between Austria-Hungary and Japan had been severed. The Ameri can ambassador at Vienna will act for Japan. A GOOD SPECIMEN OF N. C. WATERMELON A Ninety-two Pounder Presented to Secretary of the Navy Daniels By a Tar Heel Admirer. Washington, Aug. 27. Secretary of the Navy Daniels has received a ninety-two-pound watermelon from North Carolina friends, and he is ex pected to show his companions in the capital just what a real home-raised watermelon looks like. SMALL BANKS MAY OBTAIN MEMBERSHIP Washington, Aug. 27. As a re sult of a conference yesterday be tween members of the Federal Re serve Beard and Senators Owen, Hoke Smith and Vardaman, a bill will be introduced in Congress to re duce the amount of capital necessary to qualify a State bank for member ship in the federal reserve system from i?25,000 to $15,000, with a provi-! sion that the capital stock must be increased to $25,000 within nine ' months. AN EFFORT TO BRIDLE THE PRESS San Francisco, Aug. 20. The story of a futile effort of the Merchants', Manufacturers and Employers' Asso ciation to control the editorial and news columns of Stockton's three dai ly newspapers in the present labor trouble there was related to the Fed eral Industrial Relations Commis sion today by Irving Martin, owner of the Stockton Record. CAPTAIN STAYS WITH SHIP; DIES WITH TEN OTHERS. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 27. Eleven lives were lost when the steel pas senger steamship, Admiral Sampson, of the Pacific-Alaskan Navigation Company, was rammed and sunk by the Canadian Pacific passenger steam the Canadian Pacific passenger steamer, Princess Victoria, off Point No Point, twenty miles north of Se attle, yesterday, during a fog and thick smoke from forest fires. The Princess Victoria brought the survivors to Seattle. Eight of the lost were members of the crew and three were passengers. Captain Moore could have saved himself, but he declared he would go down with the ship. He did. VOLUNTEER FIREMEN MEET. Portsmouth? Va, Aug. 27. Red shirts and helmets abounded here to day when the annual convention of Virginia volunteer firefighters was held. GOVERNOR CRAIG CALLS A MEETING OF COTTON MEN TO DISCUSS PLANS FOR PRO TECTING YEAR'S CROP. FOR RALEIGH TOMORROW Plans for Atlanta Meeting May Be Abandoned, and the Effort Re stricted to States. (By the United Press.) Raleigh, Aug. 27. Governor Craig has telegraphed many prominent cot ton men throughout the State to come to Raleigh tomorrow for a special conference to prevent the necessity of selling cotton at sacrifice prices. He may abandon the plan for the At lanta conference in September. PRESIDENT WILSON GOES FOR A REST' (By the United Press.) Washington, Aug. 27. President Wilson leaves this afternoon for Cor nish, N. H., for a weekend's rest and vacation at the urgent recommenda tion of his physician. BLEASE IS RETIRED BY CHOICE OF CITIZENS The People Give Senator Smith Hand some Majority Over Notorious Chief Executive of the Palmetto State. Columbia, S. C, August 27. The people of South Carolina expressed their utter disapproval of Blease ism in their first state-wide primary, Tuesday, when Ellyson Durant Smith was renominated for the United States Senate from South Carolina over Governor Cole L. Blease in the Democratic primary by a majority of between 18.000 and 20,000, accord ing to partially complete returns re ceived here last night. With a total of more than 123,000 reported. Senator Smith received 67, 034 against 52,."80 for Governor Blease. L. D. Jennings polled 2,282 and W. P. Pollock 1,262. With from 5,000 to 10,000 votes still to be heard from, it is not ex pected that Senator Smith's lead can be reduced to that point where a sec ond primary will be necessary. Richard I. Manning, Robert A. Cooper and John G. Richards are leading in the contest for the guber natorial nomination, although the of ficial tabulation probably will be nec essary to determine which of the two candidates will enter the second pri mary September 8. Late returns last night indicate that all of the representatives in Con gress from this State were renomi ated. THE FRIDAY HOODOO PURSUES THIS MAN New Bern, Aug. 27. George S. Swain of Washington, N. C, now in jail here, charged with desertion from a revenue cutter, is a man whose Nemesis is particularly virile on Fri day. He deserted his ship on Fri day, W33 arrested on Friday, tried on Friday, held on the Pamlico here un til Friday afterward, when he was released. He went straight forth and got into more trouble, and on a Fri day was re-arrested and jailed. Swain expects to be released on the first Friday in November. "Believe me, I'll leave New Bern on that same Friday," he says. And after all. Swain wasn't born on a Friday, but thinks Fate got it mixed. He first opened his eyes upon this world of trouble on the next day to it, Thurs-. day.-. t
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