AUTOMOBILES AND C. : FOR HIRE Phone 1177 Rubber Tires for Carriages and Automobiles, George W. Boyd, Spices CORKS For Catsup or Pickle Bottles WAX In tins or sticks. SEALER RINGS Pints and Quarts, Grey and Red Se ty 15¢ a doz. OF THE GERMAN SOLDIERS TOLD IN FRENCH PRESS. Public Opinion Furiously Indignant at Hideous Stories of Brutal Mur. ders.--Freach Pity For Germans 13. Durfug the tem tire fighting a Paris, Aug. porary lull tollowing Liege and Muelhausen, the Pari press has devoted most of its atten- tion to alleged of barbarism oi the part of the After th sworn deiciled narrative by a stu dent of murders on the frontie comes a report burning .of the Belgiau villa of Asselville, on Aug- ust 8th, in revenge for its gallant re sistance, | a patrol of chasseurs Not content with firing the houses, it is alleged the Germans shot a far mer and others who tried to extin guish the flames. Similar aets of brutality, it is al leged, occurred at Lamden and Lim bourg, while L'Eclair states that ai order was given to German soldier: to consider any Frenchman captur- ed in Alsace-Lorraine after the first hour of mobilization as a traitor who must be shot without mercy. Thus publi¢ opinion is furiously indignant at these stories of savag- ery. Reports of outrage and insult come from almost every consul and French functionary who were stat- foned in "®ermany when-the war be- gan. Nevertheless, the French treat- ment of Germans who were unable to leave Paris for the outbreak of the war has been uniformally wor thy of a great nation. A young Munich tained that he attention and consideratien at the police station where he was get ting a railway ticket to Chateau Roix chosen, together with Nogent-sur Retrou, also in Western France, a a place where Germans will be seg regated until the close of the war- than at the German Consulate. After spend g the night before their departure in the big hall of the Lycee Conorcet, refugees to the number of several hundred were marched to the St Jazarre Station escorted by troops te protect then from possible attack from a mob There was not one display of hostil ity, the crowd to regard them more with pity. than with hatr- ed. An incident in the the station was indicative of character It has been the of many persons to take food to the station for departing soldiers. A} small boy was eng d thus in dis tributing sandwiches, and, doubtless by mistake, offered some to the re fugees A bystander told him to de- sist, because they were enemies and prisoners The child replied: "Poor people: I am sorry for them, I once got lost myself It is a dreadful thing to be unable to get home." He continued the distribution and crowd applauded him Germans, ie of 3 It will pay you to shop ~ At Best's The Satinfa, Drug re. Open Sun va 190 te By vib to 8 artist thus de says received? more EYES TESTED WITH OUT CHARGE NO DRUGS USED | CASES REQUIRING MEDICAL ATTEN. TION WILL BE S0 | INFORMED Keeley Jr. M.0.0.0. OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN Princess Street | 8 doors above the Opera Houe eee ei seeming k 4 outside Freuch custon square Rose flour JENKINS' WAR SALE FOR 1 Commencing Saturday, Aug Ending Saturday, Augu Goods from England, France, Germany and Aust article in the store. Hats and Caps, Clothing and Furnishings THE FIENDISH ACTS the WORLD WIDE THE CLAYTON VERSION Were Well Known. Clayton, N.Y, Aug. 14.--Frapk Thi. bault, a blacksmith, Hermon Mon- chaufieur, the latter employed by tue Sisson family here, are detained by the authorities at Gananoque, "sus- pected of being Germans : or . German sympathizers, who crossed into Can- ada to carry out some design agajust the country or its people. is held in the guard house, and the other two are detained by officers. The three are citizens of the United States. The party went to Sananogue from Clayton Friday night in N. RB Ber- trand's motor boat. The object of their trip was to obtain a new spring for the Sisson auto They reached there just as the excitement in eon- nection with the arrest of four Ger mans was at its height. One of the Clayton party laughing- ly remarked in the presence of a crowd that Hancock was a German also. The constables immediately took him into eustody and escorted him to the lock-up. Officers and the this 'afternoon. Hancock obtained permission telephone to Clayton this (afternoon Accompanied by an officer h®eft the guard house and was escorted to the telephone toll station. He called N. B. Bertrand on the telephone avd explained his pradicament. Mr. Ber trand at once telephoned to the ma or of Gananoque and told him Hancock and the other Americans The mayor said he would do what he could do to brin about their liberation Mr. Hancock Binghamton, his home, | charge of the Sisson car Mr. Bertrand, who is proprietc the Herald House here, and PF Tobin, editor and manager of the p: per, On the Lawtence, left for Gananogue vesterday afternoon in an effort to bring about the release of the three men came to Clavion to wr \ ~t WAS PALPABLY ILLEGAL Dublin Troops Should Been Called London, Aug 14. --At the clusion" of the imyuiry into the gun-running, held at Dublin, Lord the chairman, said that mnerth thbhert nor Assistant Po Harrel appeared to vielding to the Not Have cot Howth Shaw, r General ( lice Commi the to ner realize ravity of order He had the unfortunate soldi Scottish Borderers, through the streets amidst the cries of the populace, but the vhole thing arose because the 1a was not obeved. The employment of | the military was palpably illegal, to seize rifles sympathy with of the King' who were send troops the greatest Own paraded vour dealer for Oro creamery Canada's best , I'he newspapers of France are suffer Ask butter make | ing from a *paper famine. 4 DAYS ust 15th and st 29th. ria. War prices on every Half Price Sale of Hats Hard Hats, Soft Hats, Panamas and Caps, all at exactly half the price. Straws, Good twee 0 Poe kets patterns, wi d and worsted pants w ith ind belt loops, exeellent ile they last for $1.85. Men's Suits Everyone admits we carry the hest brands of clothing made in Canada, 20th Century and Fashion-Craft. If you want good clothes vou can save Fugland's The FE.80. Raincoats for best $10 coat in Canada, best productions all seats sewn and fully guaranteed. from $5 to $10 per suit during the sale. ; Children's Suits Russian and Blouse Suits, all the latest styles, $2.85 per suit, worth from $4.50 to $6.50. » . » - - - All Lines of Furnishings Cut to Pic Includine underwear, shirts, belts, braces, tics; sox. sweaters, knitted eo ts, ete. French underwear, A soX and British shirts, made for our world-wide sale. your dollar bring large returns. We need them and ery attractioa in price and eoods. | 114 Princess Street The "Lint ethows and 25% disco half price. " thing for strenuous boys. Lf | Boy's Suits t Brand'! have all double double scats. Just the unt on any suit and some ijentirely abandoned. - ces for This Sale handkérehiefs, jewelry, ustrian collars, German Do not miss it. Make ave after them with ev- pleber ng Co. ton i Of the Men Arrested at Gananoque. + i eau, a guide, and Charles Hamcock, a' Hancock took | that | two' men were , =* Bodie leh BP PRs atten + WAR BULLETINS. > 1 ., 4! i Lord Kitchener announced i% Thursday night that any Eng- 4 lish paper printing news of the 3 4 army navy, not handed out by % the official press bureau, would 4+ be suspended. tp * At Brussels it is rumored \¥ that an attempt was made on + the life of King Albert, of Bel- + gium on Thursday. + * The last line of defence of % Holland has been called out. lg -- '# The French war office says [+ that the German advance was | 4+ stopped all along the line on 1% Thursday. lg -- | Special services are called 4 in churches all over Britain to |" ask for the success of the coun- ,% try's cause, |» [& 5 Id > 2 oo The British War Office cen- sors say they have no news of either army or navy fighting on Thursday. "< Fh Shed Pr in charge the other two Clayton men |# three were still in custody |# The Cuthbert Ontario tour {#* ing party In Switzerland i: | dead broke. Paris claims that the French successes were complete on Thursday. Brussels is strangely quiet, + and it is feared the Belgians + met defeat. office says + checked The Belgian war the German advance = all along the line. There are reports in London that General Von Emuric h, the + comanmder at Liege, has com- + + mitted suicide. Italy has warned Turkey that its purchase of "two Ger man warships is contrary to iu + ternational law. * The German fleet in the far * cast is reported to be cornered. Canada's artillery division will be mobilized speedily and will most likely be the first to » sail. A foreigner attempted to 4 * blow 'up the military stores in London 'and wounded a guard «+ with a revolver bullet. King George has offered Bal. « moral castle as a hospital for wounded soldiers. A German spy was caught in close proximity to King Albert, who is at Louvain. A proclamation will shortly be issned here placing Austria + reservists in Canada on the same footing as German. They will not be interfered with so + long as:they gontinue their reg- ular worky Kitchener's second army of 100,000 men is rapidly taking shape, Recruits average 3,- 000 daily. : * 0 oo Bobet driiob dod dodolod doededoddodongd 3 Bg | SOME DAYS OF BATTLE | |BEFORE | i! | [counters in the greatest battle in his j00o tield guns and howitzers, and 1, Hiz2o0 {{double the strength of {iff tained there will ba a several days {iif battle, probably the bloodiest of wu {time |fonfitmed that the German cavalry {| ber of peasants to open roads to the | 'south in the Province of Liege and | Luxemburg in order to i tion || of the Ourthe toward | the German schemes proves-correct, | Tanin, the Young Turk organ,expres- i Turkish dreadnought Sultan Osman 'E SUCCESS Is OBTAINED. ] And Then Will Come the Bloodie-t Conflict of All Time--The man Intentions In Bélgium. 14.--The Ger London, Aug. first en tory seem to be taking place along nearly the whole front of 200 miles The German concentration along | the Liege-Luxemburg-Metz line now [ {|| seems ta be complete and fifteen ar my corps with two Austrian {are in the French frontier. Pant Sale $1.85 | corp The total strength of this force" i: estimated at 1,000,000 men with (00.000 infantry, 50,000 cavalry, 4, is about the foros vhich von Moltke had at his dispos- al in 18760 Before a decisive success is machine guns. This ob Allies or French troons are in con 't with the Germans on almost » whoie line Such news as has been received here confirms the visw that the German advance will b2 througl central and Southern Belgium and Luxemburg. main Conditions In Belgium Brussels, Aug. 14.-- It has been has been with-drawn from all point: {€xcept one, where it is still in touch with the Belgian cavalry. The impression is giving ground that the German attack in central | Belgium is to be postponed, if not It ie reported {that the Germans are fortifying themselves on the Maaestricht-Liege line and are employing a large num- meet the French forces coming in this direc- These measures would seem to in- dicate that the Germans are trying to cut for (hemselves a rad south the upper Meuse and France. ci ¥f this surmise of the change in what a compliment it will be to the heroic defenders of Liege! 'Forkish Paper Indignant Constantinople, Aug. 14.-- The ses considerable indignation at the taking over by Great Britain of the I. while being Bailt in | at with PROBS Unsettled PAGE THREE so AS ING ~~ SUMMER DRESSES bsolutely this season's merchandise, regular $3.50, $4.00, $5.00, $6, $7, $8. A TEN DRESSES Depicting. the latest novelties, worth $9.00 to $12.50. OFFERED take advantage of it. THIS 8 WITHOUT DOUBT THE G REATEST DRESS BARGAIN EVER .TO THE PEOPLE OF KINGSTON. LADIES' SUMMER VESTS Unfortunately we find ourselves overstocked, so down go the prices. 18 doz. fine lisle vests, reg. 25c. TO-MORROW 30 doz. fine cotton vests, reg. 15¢c. TO-MORROW 15 doz. good cotton vests, 'ed To-morrow is the last day of our midsummer clearance sale, so REDUCTIONS ON To-Morrow $1.98 To-Morrow $2.48 TO-MORROW reg. 13c. TO-MORROW don't fail to Steacy's The Busiest Store in Town the time fixed for hoisting the Otto man flag over the vessel. The Port of Antwern Open. New York, Aug. 14. The Belgian consulate made public the following cablegram from the minister of war Brussels: "The port of Antwerp is open and the estuaries of the river Schedt- ade open to commercial navigation During the day there will be Dutch pilots." 4 French Have Not Retired London, Aug. 14 A despatch rom the French foreign minister, issued by the French embassy here reiterates that the French troops behind Muelhausen, Alsace, "Have not retired, but have victoriously re- sisted an -entire German army corps." doisdieddo bleh bbb bbb ddd bd bib » WAR ODDITIES, _ v Paris.--Joseph E. Widener, " Philadelphia millionaire rac- + ing devotee, has donated four prize vace horses as food for the poor of Chantilly. Paris,.--~Herman B. Duryea, famous horseman, left without help because of the call to the colors, is atling, as stableman for his seventy racers. Brussels.--A popular hero is a Belgian sergeant of infantry who killed a Prussian colonel in * a hand-to-hand fight, and was personally complimented by the King. 1 London.--Fifty veterans of the have volunteered grey-haired Fenian raid for service, New York.--Captain Mills, of the liner Philadelphia, was + oficred £10,000 for his state. room from Southampton New York, but refused, and gave it gratis to John Wilson, » the president's cousin. * edie deddrded fol ddd db fodede dob dob doy The World War. or 1 dipt into the futuré, far m Tennyson Lockstiey Hall human eye could see, Saw the vision of the world, and all the wonder that could be: Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, drop- ping down®with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting and there rain'd a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies grap pling in the central olue; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind trushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging thro!. the thunder- storm; : TIT the war-drum throbb'd no long er, and the batle-flags were furl'd In parliament of man, the federation of the world. . Hood's as ft is stated that possession of it 8 was taken only half an hour Before Special Dinner Setts DON'T FAIL TO SEE THESE SNAPS If you have any use at all for a dinner set here is a bargain. All old-fashioned English designs, - with heavy decorations. Just one set of each. 4116--Rich design, dainty shape, treated with a very odd brown color, made by the celebrated Josiah Wedgewood & Co.. . .. .$25.00 for $19.00 4564 --0l1d English colors $18.00 for $14.00 Valencia-- Heavy dark colors and gold, $13.50 for $10.00 and decorations, $20.00 for $15.00 ROBERTSON'S, LIMITED China Cut Glass, Etc, full green colors to + || eure constipation, ; 8 billoummess snd all === Pills cripoer ritate. We, a x Our Electric Household Iron For $3.75 Ty it « Home llumination a Specialty. H. W. Newman Electric Co. Phone 441, Home 1376. Is a Dandy. L tore Price from $3.50 $5.00 We carry a stock of hand-made French Kip, long and short boots, the KINGS of working bogts. Bring your old boots for repairs. We lead in that branch. : Men's and Boys' Shoe Keep cool, wear our Oxfo rd Shoes. Phone 1248. u a wi x 3