The evening world. Newspaper, August 6, 1914, Page 1

ee ee ene WAR EKTHA @be [Circulation Books Onen + Books Open to AT d ‘ * NEW YORK, THURSDAY, AvauaT 6, oly Sy WEATHER—Ghowers probable to-night and Friday BASEBALL = Racing Results — ——— 4 PAGES PRIOE bon inched fh GERMANS CLOSE IN ON LIEGE; BIG BATTLE IS NOW RAGING | BASEBALL AND RACING ‘AND RACING] UHLANS WIPED OUT AT LIEGE; Corid. [“Cirentation Books Onen to All"| Booka Onen to All 1914. PRICE ONE. CENT. rman, 1014, by The Frees rablehisg Co, (The New Vork World). = RS. WILSON DIES AFTER CHICAGO CUBS Neretan eeeen GERMAN GUNS SMASH FORTS ' AT NEW YORK— crecasty BRAVE FIGHT! p GIANTS LOSE EFEAT GIANTS 10000 001 1-—_ 3|Kaiser’s Army, With Heavy Reinforcements of Artillery, Hammers All een IN LAST ROUND CHICAGO Day at the Belgian Position and Forces the Defenders to Fall Back ~ IS f d . . . : That Began With a 0 000 0°0 0 22- 4 —Two German Airships Brought Down by the Fire of the Belgian Fall. Mathewson Weakened Right] 47 SROomN— a Guns—Belgian Engineers Make New Line of Defense. At End and Visitors Scored BROOKLYNS LOSE zien CN : rec Ate eM Srace of ane oo 10 0'0 0 0 - 2/British and German Cruisers Clash in the North Sea—Italy Defies the 7 dent, nd at he White Hoste at pia el ST. LOUIS Kaiser, Remains Neutral and Expects Germany to Declare War— ~ . M. to-day. Mrs. Wilson had made mn i, A if y BE Greve ent tor five sosatie agatas: ave 8 § 6 Og tae 88 # Fighting Goes On Between the French and Germans—Kaiser’s ss an iliness that suddenly ended her + ‘ane as tine f Rec nd sunntinie stint Borat : ‘ FEDERAL LEAGUE _ __ Cruisers Reported Captured Are Safe. UIE ‘ecore sca Nis. wensso ‘in| Orde 13 me BROOKLYNS WIN. LIEGE, Belgium, via London, Aug. 6.—A force of German Uhlans made a brilliantly i a pega seHe2 00 06 _ gicourageous but fatal attempt to capture the Belgian General Staff here during last President Wilson ix quite crushed | S!2ek, 3b... ee K. ANS AS CITY night. Belgian troops swooped down on them and annihilated all. = ce Gk ineetcu 22 %0 00 0 0 0 0 — 0 The Uhlans had actually penetrated the city as far as the Rue Sainte Foie, where ~ Ac ealiaseged Scubie ven aires Hen GAME CALLED BY AGREEMENT. the Belgian headquarters had been established, when the Belgian soldiers came on the | © basis 01 er iliness, rs, Wilson fee suffered from a complication of nerv- | Totals 3.10 27 15 4 scene. Bee ets hat Seeind aracionty Bis an ecb enn 1 Oth EVENING WORLD RACE CHART German shells wrecked and set fire to many houses in the suburb of Bressoux. : m a fall she sustained in the| Murray batted for Mathewson in aoe ae White House last March. Her spine | er = SARATOGA, N. Y., THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1914. LONDON, Aug. 6.—A despatch to the London Daily Mail from Tien-Tsin says that BN oe HPO. AE) exons an, Basttrnons Marie Asnoriation Meeting, weainer! the Russian cruiser Askold and the German cruiser Emden both have been sunk after an 2 each, cf. 2 BQ PUBST RACK —Mandicay: (lien and mares: Uireeyear-olds aod upward; 6300 added; atx yi A ° Her condition became serious some | Good, rt... . 0 0 3 0 0 Bit 2.90. att omer, Way driving: ola same, Winner, vv. «, wy Ont (ENQagement off Wai-Hai-Wai, China. UE wsstlasiy ot ber wodirtn Zimerman te a be BRUSSELS, Aug. 6.—The battle of Liege is becoming increasingly desperate. The. esterday her condition decamo| Sie ID.......... 2 2 12 0 0 h it tii rtillery is engaged and the Belgian def is tming and several specialists Sweeney, 2b.. !orot2o site entire German army wit si suppor ng 2 y zag en jense Se eecess rian Renee TA ka = Bas Wit stubborn. Two of the outlying Belgian forts have been evacuated, having been renders: tlm om iae ele. Eee ‘| untenable by the heavy German fire. tt article omane to nuns if | John... 0 0 0 oo) gee perenne fate at et i Ee ml The German artillery now has the range of the Belgian position and its fire is Tee coniclouences. iba conversed | TOs. 1722 4) 360 inna wi WANT te wea [extremely effective, but it has failed to check the Belgian war enthusiasm. Additional aS ther members| Johnston ran for Archer in 8th. place driving, Winner, br, f, by — A Be eee arty ra oat 7m [Belgian reinforcements are being rushed to the scene. Dpsins (be ferenon, however, se as Sap gL Bal Om, Man, ; x : The Belgian engineers are constructing a second line of defense at Namur where Bee ee eee HsewGlanty, 82 Chloago, eons ilthe fortifications are even stronger than those at Liege. ghe again bean to sink and steadily Burs, Derrick ete ie Machine guns are being mounted outside of the forts where they will command all ew weaker until her death occurred. | jen Hases—Bencer,’ Burna, Merkle SV GAIN Hern Beenie oe Fiean an: approaches. Mines are being laid and barbed wire entanglements constructed. grief and there is gloom throughout ‘Washington, Bes, Woodrow Wilson was e type of all that is admirable in the helpful, home loving American wife and mother. Although keenly artistic in temperament and taste, she was, Revertheless,a housewife and a coun- gellor. She was active in many lines of philanthropic work, her special @oncern being the welfare of poor children, Born in Savannah, Ga., in a man- sion that had been in her family for Generations, she had all the advan- tages of education that means ‘and Ant could provide, She was ulse Axson in 1885, when she Woodrow Wilson, who was truggling young practitioner, een admitted to the bar only { Wilson possessed rare talent \d aspired to become an artist, put her ambition aside, for band was poor and needed her Jotance in making a home. Three wfldren were born to them, Mar- Baret, Jessie and Eleanor Randolph, and while the children were young and the salary of the husband and father as an educator was small she had little time for developing her siie, Attendance, 7,000, Bamter Hughes POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—With Humphries and Ma thewson opposing each other in the Uhlans Slain as They Charge Belgians q News of a bold night raid by crack Uhlans came through to-day. Several a squadrons had circled the Belgian line and attempted a charge at a point which would - have enabled them to raid military headquarters. The Belgian scouts reported the movement, and machine guns were hastily 3|trained on the point from which the Germans must charge. a | $ As the mounted troopers came within range they were greeted with a fusillade |” which decimated the leading battalion. The others fell back, reformed and charged again; 9% The Uhlans, charging in open order, swept down on the Belgian line, but the fire wo, {Of the defenders was so deadly that men and horses fell dead long before the first oute : a |post could be reached. "At last the German Commander signalled a retreat and the remaining survivors retreated in confusion, leaving many dead and wounded on the field. The Germans renewed their attempt to cross the Meuse River at daylight. Gen. von '|Emmich, the German commander, is directing the operations in person. Artillery reins ~ \forcements were brought up to-day by the Kaiser’s troops and the assault continued box the Giants and Cubs played to a regular old-fashioned rooting crowd of 7,000, It was rumored that Frank Schulte, the Cub outfielder, was sus- pended for a run-in he had with Man- by Taxury from gtr the first ‘sixteenth, (Continued on Sporting Page.) her art work and her pictures gained high praise. Before President Wilson was elected he and his wife enjoyed spending ®& summer vacgtion at Lyme, Conn, a colony of noted artists. Mrs, Wilson knew little of politics and held aloof from participation in public affairs, She cared nothing for clubs and even after she became the mistress of the White House she re- mained the modest, retiring spouse she had been before her husband be- came the leading figure of the nation, irorsine ert iadiey ler being with + being pinched off CE Three-year Ra t Ado, vot 441, Mrs. Wilson enjoyed perfect health to all appearances up to some months ago When she sustained a severe fall ‘This rulned her health and her de- cline was steady to the end, Pacis De els 1% Martin ¢ "Buxton M akill With the brush. Of late years Mra, Wilson resumed | yacht i et ut ey Pia, | Me Be ae BW: ” 8 4 '?|/the Liege fortifications, and additional troops are coming. > ; —, cts tad pchig en iS amt ie na aa a Vida nee Rees Cormeny lost one of her r biggest Zeppelin dirigibles this afternoon. It was at