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MONEY SPENT OY STATE INSTITUTE IN REPLY TO INQUIRIES SUPT. RAY QOES INTO DETAIL OP EXPENDITURES. TAR HEEL CAPITOL NEWS > , - - - ~ General Newe of North Carolina Col looted and Condonaod Prom tho State Capital That Will Profe of Intoroat to All Our Roadara. Balolgh. That the State Institute for the Blind spent with the city of Raleigh 17X2,0* oat of the appropriation of last year and additional funds amount ing to 1*0,600.77 was the statement given out recently by Superintendent John E. Ray of that Institution. The facts were brought out by Mr. Ray following Inquiries on the part of business men in Raleigh In reference to the amount of money spent In Raleigh by the Institute. Superintend ent Ray stated that he bad heard complaints V> the part of several that the lnstltutloit. while established In this city, did ndt do Its part toward the Raleigh mercnMls. This criticism was launched, when U developed that the legislative com mittee appointed to make an Investi gation Into the location of the institu tion decided to call for bids for a change In the location tor the reason that the present buildings not only are Insufficient In room for The stu dents but are fire traps for the blind children. It was then suggested that another city might out bid Ralelgb. According to Superintendent Ray the regular annual appropriation of the state for the maintenance of the school Is $72,600, with $1,000 additional for services - of an oculist,, dentists, twelve months amounted to $72X2.02 various counties In the state appro priated last year approximately $7,000 for clothing- Indigent students, mak ing $$0,600 to be spent for all pur poses. **I have Just gone over the steward's books," said Superintendent Ray "and have found that we have audited vouchers amounting to $80,289.77 dur ing these twelve months." He then produced figures to show, by detailed Items, TSat tbe eapendltores vrttH the merchants of Ralelgb- during the past twelve monthe amounted to 7X2.02 wblch amount embraces the salaries and the wegee paid the employee pf the Institute moet of which ie tpent lt( the city of Raleigh. The itemised statement covers the time between September 1, 1912 end Angnst 31, 1914. -V May Ineraaaa Atlanta Rates. An Inquiry at the office of tlie cor poration com ml talon aa to what effect If any the order made by the Inter etate commerce commission ellmlnat 1n? numerous apeiclal interstate com modity and other apecial freight rates in the southeastern territory brought forth the statement that probably about the only effect would be through the orders as to the New York-Atlanta commodity rates and that there probably are embers of points In this etate that l ave Inter mediate'rates higher than tie Atlan ta rate, In which event It will be nec essary for the railroad companies to either reduce the North Carolina rates or raise the rate to Atlanta, bnt that the Atlanta rates would moat probably be advanced. Showing State Health Exhibit. Mr. Warren O. Booker of the etate board of health superintended opera tion# of removing the state beard of health exhibit shown at the state fair to Smttbfleld where It win be shown In the Johnston county fair. The exhibit Is ? striking one ridicul ing certain patent medicines sad em phasising some common pre-autlons which may be taken for the preven tion of the spread of disease. Governor Craig Issues Reduction. Governor Craig Issued a ke mlsition en the governor, of Vlrginli for Louie Owen, wanted in Durhac . He es caped from a convict fa: o in that county. Expert Fireman Giving It tructlons. Deputy Insurance C< nmlssioner Sherwood Brockwell, the ixpert fire fighter of the state dep&r dent of in l eurance will spend a week at Hickory and^tbe following week i AsbevlUe, giving special training t< the fire fighters of these two v< sran Caro lina cities. He has \ Jus completed e week's training for th< firemen in Ktnston. While on'his w stern Caro lina trip be will also pa) brief visits to the fire departments of Lenoir, Statesvffle. Charlotte, Cc cord, ".lie bury and Newton. \ Plans of the Central Hoaltal.. In connection with thelnnual clini cal conference at the Cern-al Hospital for Insane here Dr. Albmt Anderson, superintendent of the ftapltal, laid before the visiting physllnns of the district Important and! interesting plans for the fa to re det-lopment of the Institution, first ol all he told them of having proruredtlie services of a landscape arcblteojto accurate ly map the grounds al plan loca tions for future buildinl as this bo comes necessary. He pins to direct future building to the littage plan. Old Poplar Tree is Fillip. At the meeting of lie executive cotimtttee of \he t ruetis of the Uni versity of North C-aroli a few days ago there was an Interring reference to the famous old poplr tree on tho campus known as thtJbavie Poplar. The massive tree Is tiling rapidly and can last only a Sr more years at best. Directions Jre. given that steps be taken to sBt Ike growth of a young poplar tolake it* place, car* being taken to Isure that the new one Is an nftadg of tho ona now in Ha dotago. New Rates Bring Bigger Prebleme. On* of the biggest publems now confronting; the Corporation Cojumle. ?ion in connootloo with th* applica tion of th* new freight rate* li ad justing the application of the rates to sUMons between (lied distances. Th* old ml* was that s*r*n miles, for Instance, would take the flvemlle rate, 11 tulles the 10-mU* rat*, and 10 miles the 26-mlIe rate, but the n*w schedule make* th* milage over fir* and up to 10 mile* take th* 10-mlle rates and over 10 to It piles the lfr mlle rate, and so on all the way to loo miles *0 the mileage between th* OS miles and 100 mile*, for instance take* the 100-tnlle rate when the old corporation ml* waa to take the OS mile rate. This change of bets* Is found to mean a material Increase In the freight rates in many shipping Points. The Corporation Commission is seeking to Induce the railroad authori ties to agree to the substitution of the old rule, but has gotten no nctunl con cession ss yet. Another material increase in small shipment rates la mads by the fifth general rule of the Rate Commission which makes minimum small ship ments not less than 25 cents for haul on one road, 30 cents for two roads and 40 cents over three or more roads. On the other hand., the old Corpora tion Commission rule ,was 16 cents minimum charge with corresponding reductions' for joint hauls. On nil these matters foods of com plaints are pourlDg In to the Corpora tion Commission urging relief. A fruit ful source of disturbance, too, la the Justice Act requirement that all ship ments must take the shortest route to destination, this forcing shipment In numerous instances to go by three or mora different roads when under the old system of long-haul competi tion the road .receiving the shipment could deliver and save aerious delay now suffered. Inaugurate Graham In April. At a mealing of the executive com mittee of the University of North Car olina In the offices of Governor Craig it was decided to have the formal In auguration of E. K. Graham as presi dent of the University take place some time in April, the date to be definite ly fixed later. President Graham was present and reported that the Univer sity enrollment has reached - >80, a gain of 100 over previous records of enrollment, the Increase being well distributed among all the departments of work. President Oraham reported that the, new water system hstk proved quite satisfactory and that the general health conditions about tbe_JTniver* Ity are fine. Although there has not been a oase of typhoid fever at the University for over two years, there are nppnbers of the students who have taken- the lypbold vaccine satisfac torily North Carolina vs. Kansaa The wealth-retaining power of the State of Kansas?the only state In the Union absolutely free from debt?was contrasted with that of North Carolina Kansaa Is a self sufficing. botneownership.^Uve stock wealth of Kansaa la >2,000 against >322 in North Carolina The dairy products of Kansas are valued ?. 549.128; dairy products of North Carolina, >1,787,-246: Kansaa poultry. >1}.423.882; North Carolina poultry, >3238,812; Kansaa animals, >130, 736.764; North Carolina animals. 87, 209,308; Kansas feed able crops, >22, >11.128; North Carolina feodable crops, >2,061,783. Decisions of the Supreme Court Norfolk Southern Railway Company vs. Morehead City, affirmed; Lloyd vs. Swansboro Land A Lumber Co., Onslow, affirmed; Board of Educa tion, vs. Wake Comibissloners. affirm ed ; Holloway vs. Green, Wake, affirm ed: Hay vs. Eire Insurance Company, Wake, affirmed; Carter and Pratt vs. Reaves, Pender, no error; Southern Express Company vs. High Point, affirmed; Barefoot vS. Lee, .Cumber land, no error. May Organize Ice Cream Makers. There Is a movement on foot to or ganise the ice-cream manufacturers of North and South Carolina Into an association tor mutual benefit, the movement being pushed by A. Dughl and George White of Raleigh. The Initial meeting Is to be celled for Raleigh at a nearly date. To Place Statue or Rutrin. F. H .Packer, the New York sculp tor, arrived recently to aet op the statue of Thomaa Rufftn and" the boat of Judge William 'Gaston tn the new supreme court and historical commis sion building. The Ruffin statue la to be set up In the vestibule of the building to the left of the main en trance, and the Gaston bust is to be placed on one of thp pedestals at the foot of the main stairway on the first floor, a bust of Judge W. P. Bynum to be set up on the corresponding pe destal on the other side. L C. Bagwell Diet 8uddanly. L. C. Bagwell, known throughout the state as a traveling man and re peatedly a candidate for corporation commissioner and other state offices, died at Fuquay Springs having gone there some days ago from Raleigh for his health. He was stricken with paralysis and never rallied. Surviv ing are a widow and several chil dren. A daughter. Miss Minnie Bag well, has held a position in the De partment of State for a number of years, being stenographer to the sec retary of state. - r . , Statue Commission Ms (its. The Vance Statue Commission ap pointed by Governor Craig to' place a statue of Senator Vance in Statuary Hall, Washington, organized here re cently by electing Judge W. A. Hoke of the Supreme Court chairman and Mrs. M. V. Moore of Ashevllle secre tary. The other members are J. H. Martin of Ashevllle, Clement Manly of Wlneton-Salem and Miss Laura Carter of Ashevllle. The commis sion went through communications and suggestions submitted by num bers of artiste desiring to compete. \....' v! <-?" W v D. A. R ENDS MEET ? . ? -j ? . n INTERESTING CONVENTION HELD AT TRINITY COLLEGE COMES TO CLOSE. MEET NEXT AT WAYNESVILLE Mloo Lyda Rodman, of Washington, Elactod SUt* Rogont Trinity Col log o Oivoo Brilliant RoeoptioiL Trinity College? The outstanding feature of the sees Ion A D. A. R con vention held at Trinity College was the election of officer* for the ensu log Xf+i, which reeuited a* follow*: State Regent, Mis* Lyda Rodman, of Washington; State Vice-Regent, Mrs Theodore 8. Morrteon, of Aehevllle; Oorreeponding Secretary, Mre. Harold, of Tarboro; Treasurer, Mrs. James Duuiap, of Anaoo rllle. The convention was called to order by State Regent Hr*. W. N. Reynolds, the opening prayer being offered by Rev. R. C. Craven, pastor of Trinity church. After singing the song, "Carolina," the conference heard the report ol the secretary, treasurer, his torian, chaplain and registrar. The chapter reports showed delegates present from every chapter with the exception of the Gideon Band Chapter of WlHlameton. Resolutions of respect In memory of the members who have died during the past year, together with a motion to extend the love and sympathy of the convention to Mrs. Edwin Over man and Mrs. E. C. Gregory in their present bereavement were passed by a rising voje. Representatives of both the Wash ington and Waynesvllle chapters ex tended an Invttatiod for the next meeting .to.be held in their town; but upon withdrawal of the Invitation of the former the latter was accepted. Mrs. Minnie Wrieton Smith, whose singing has been the delight of the conference, charmingly rendered Thomas' "My Heart Is Weary." Adjournment was then taken to the Country Club, where Mrs. T. E. Cheek entertained the delegates and mem bers of the local chapter at a lunch eon. '" At the opening of the afternoon ses sion Mis# Christine Currie, of the Southern Conservatory of Music, ren dered two beautiful violin solos. The remainder of the sees ton was given "over to the repdirt~of thWhltlonal committee and the committee on res olutions, after which the convention adjourned to meet next year at Way nesvUle. Pages for the program were Misses Margaret and Resale Erwln, Mary Bryan Oriawold and Katharine Over-, man. r ? At five o'clock the delegates were the guests at a tea given by the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy at the residence of Mrs. Victor 9. Bry ant. . Following the close of the convec tion in the afternoon, in the large parlors on the first floor of Bast Duke building, Trinity College, a very bril liant reception was given from 9 until 12 o'clock by the oollege In honor of the local chapter of the Daughters ot the American Revolution, the visiting dele gates and their hosts, and spe cially invited guests. In brilliancy this social event bf the week surpass ed anything of Ms kind seen here re cently, and was another example of the college to make the convention of the unusual efforts made by the Daughters of the American Revolution as pleasant a sponsible. Ellana Orphanage Burned. Aahevllle.?The Ellana Orphanage, founded seven rears ago by Rev. L. B. Compton. was destroyed by fire recently with an uninsured loss of 110,000. As the 35 boys and girls who are inmates of the Institution were preparing to take up their class room duties, a perfect fire drlH enabled the Instructors to take {he children from the building without any trouble, the boys and girls marching from the house Immediately following the sounding of the alarm. ?be struc ture Is situated four miles from Ashe Tille and the local firemen wdre ap pealed to for aid. A brigade left here with chemical extinguishers and was able to save all of the outhouses. rhrewn Prom Street Car. Newborn.?N. A. Deaton, a young printer whose home is at Cherryrille, and who Is employed by -the E. J. Land Printing Company, had a nar row escape from death or fatal In Jury recently when he eras thrown from a street car on Craven street. Mr. Deaton desired to get off the oar at a certain point and claims ui have rung the bell for the motormph to stop. For some reason the car was not brought to a atop and In attempt ing to alight from it the young man was thrown to the pavement. Tobacco Market Helping. 7. Warsaw. ? The Warsaw tobacco market Is doing a great deal toward helnlnr jhe financial situation here. Each day large breaks of the golden leaf are sold, and the prices that pre vail are helping to open the clouds that have hung over the business peo ple; the time merchants are receiv ing more payments on their adeounts and the other merchants say that their business has-Increased steadily within the past few days. Very tittle cotton Is being sold by the farmers, although more Is ginned. Town Is on a Boom. Washington, N. C.?War or no war Washington Is on the boom, and a number of improvements are being made. The city. Is installing an up to-date electric light and water plant nad sewerage system at Sh approxi mate cost of 3150,000. The new re- rvolr will have a capacity of ap proximately 500,000 gallons, which In connection with the-present tank will give the city an available water sup ply of about 550,000 gallons. The re surfacing of Main street has been In progress for the past two weeks. ALAMANCE HAS COTTON SHOW Mlu Mary Freeman's Idaa ?? Cotton Exhibit* Successfully Carried Out At Burlington. Burlington - The Alnmance Cotton Oood* Show, which wax scheduled to close after two day* was inch a suc cess that it was decided to hold ths exhibit* orsr for another day. The buiMlng where the show was held was thronged with people from the opening to the dose and the hopes of the promoters hare been more than realised In the matter of the publicity given the goods on display. The idea was originated by and suc cessfully carried out by Miss Mary rreeman. She conceived the Idea Im mediately after the National Cotton , Fashions Show was held In Washing ton. and patterned tbe exhibition here after that show. The exhibits here were not so elaborate, of course, as were those of tbe National exhibit, but the mill represented had the same class of goods as was exhibited In Washington; In tact, there were two bolts on exhibition that were In the National Show and from which Mr*. Josephus Daniels and Miss Oenevleve Clark selected their dress patterns. The extilbit of tbe Glencoe, Elmlra and Lakeside Mills carried off first prise. This exhibit was In charge of Mrs. Walter Qreen. who was assisted by Mrs. James H. Holt. Mrs. Banks Williamson, Mrs. John Barnwell. Mrs. A. p. Pate. Mrs. Chester A. Smith and Mrs. Paul Morrow. The booth was made of massive columns as a sup port and these were draped with col ors of dyed cotton and bolt bands of Franklin flannels, tbe chief product of the Glencoe Mill. The floor cover ing was of carpet from Elmlra. while solid Indigo cloth from Lakeside was draped from center to outer edges. The pure Indigo cloth from the Lake-" side Mill Is made solely for export Tbe Osslpee Mill had a unlqu^ ex hibit an old-fashioned spinning frame beside a modern cotton mill, effective ly showing the advancement of the In dustry. This exhibit was In charge of Mrs. James N. WUliamson. who was dressed in cotton from bead to foot her headpiece being a natty little hat from cotton fabrics. Mrs. Williamson was assisted by Miss Winnie William son. Mrs. O. F. Crow son and Mrs. D. E. Sellers. The Osslpee M1U makes, only flannels and captured first prlxe and a gold medal at the Jamestown Exposition for Its exhibit there. Talcum Company Paya Pig Dividend. Ashevllle.?The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Talcum Puff company was held here. The report! of the different officers showed that the fiscal year Just closed was the most prosperous la the history of the Company, due to some extend to the rapidly Increasing export businees of this Arm. 1 '? " An extra dividend of 44 per cent was declared, la addition to the regu lar quarterly dividend of two per cent, payable at once to stockholders of record. The following directors were electa^ to serve for the ensuing year: 8. W Battle. M. y. Moore, U M. Bourne, Charlee 3. Jordan, Aaheville; Jacob Friedman, P. E. Page aid B. D. Ja cobs, New York. ? Tobacco For Soldiers. Klnston.?A big shipment of fine bright leaf tobacco la now en route from here to neutral porta ? near the war cone In Europe. The destination la not made public. In one consign ment were 120 hogsheads of espec ially good quality tobacco. Most of this Immense quantity, there Is reason to believe, will find Its way to con sumers on the firing lines. COMING EVENTS. Pitt Co. Fair. OresnvflM?Nov. 11-11. Anoon Co. Fair. Wadsaboro? Nov. 1S-20. State Teachers' Assembly, Charlotte? November 25*27. Trinity Declamation Contest. Trinity Col lege?November 2T. North Carolina Community Service Weak, December 2-5. Farmers' Union state Mooting. Green -'Villa. December 18-2!. Annual Live Stock Meeting. Btateevllle? January 12-21, 1512. ?? TAR HEEL SRIEF8. The Increase In the taxable value* of Mecklenburg Oojinty for the jeer 1914-16 will amount to about two million dollars. Mtty-flve people left Gaston county a few days ago for Florida, * where they will truck farm during the win ter. ' High Point has established a Ire* night school for girls. Salisbury's soo will be opened In a few days for the winter. 8parks Cir cus which furnishes the animals for this place of entertainment, arrived recently fro ma 13.000-mlle tour of the' country. Official announcement haa been made of the merger, by the land and Industrial department of the Southern Railway, of Hs Ashevttle and Colum bia offices end their removal to Char lotte, where quarters will be main tained at No. 11 South Tryon street, the uptown offices of the system. Slier City suffered 63,600 damages from a fire that for a while threaten ed the Whole town. The Western North Carolina Con ference of .the M. E- Church, South, will convene,it Shelby November 11. The FreDCh Broad Manufacturing Company at AshevtUa are Installing a $17,000 bleachetr, 64 automatic looms and other maehlnery doubling their capacity. ' Durham Presbyterlaaa are planning to build an 680,000 house of worship. The Murchison National Bank of Wilmington have opened their doors In their new 6300,000 home. ? i ML Olive hea 300 bales of cotton stored In her first warehouse. The residence of S. P. Benson at Concord, was destroyed by fire one morning recently. The Carolina A Northwestern Rail way baa cancelled all lta Sunday tralna esefipt one. 9apL Chas. A. White, wted Si. n Civil War veteran and merchant of Oraenrllle died a few days ago. Mrs. C. C. Myers of Asherille has been advised of her appointment to the office of grand supreme deputy at North and South Oaroliaa Pythian diatom. STRONGER ARMY IS PliN OF GARRISON DANIELS WILL ASK FOR BATTLE SHIP AND SUBMARINE IN CREASE BY CONGRESS. "! ? GIVE DEFINATE POLICIES National Military Budgot Should bo Flxod at Stapla Flguroa, la Appa parontly Garrlaon'a Idoa Washington.?Secretaries Garrison and Daniels In ?tbelr forthcoming an nual reports will lay before con gress the lessons they believe the American army and navy should draw from the war In Europe. No extraor dinars ekpendltures will be asked, but methods of obtaining a mobile and adequate army and a powerful and efficient fleet will be discussed in great detail. Secretary Garrison will emphasize the necessity for a definite permanent military policy. Secretary Daniels will recommend two battleships but probably will ask for authority to expend a lump sum for submarines. The work of submarines In the Eu ropean war has recalled that last Congress appropriated more than $4. 000,000 for submarines nad specified that one should be a sea-going vessel, practically twice the size of those used In the coast patrol. Such a submg mlne, according to naval officers, *111 be the most powerful in the world, able to accompany the fleet every where. European submarines hate been able to make only comparatively short vogayes from their bases. There is every likelihood that Sec retary Daniels -will ask for a second submarine of the seagoing type and the usual number?seven or eight? smaller submarined for coast and har bor defense. While submarines have attracted most attention, naval strate gists do not believe there should be* any change In the permanent plans of the general board for two battle ships a year and a proportionate number of auxiliaries and subma rines. The United States already has more submarines than Germany and japan and Mr. Daniels and the general board believes In the battleships unit as the" necessary line along which the navy should advance. Naval men concede, however, that Congress will consider using the appropriation or dlnarily made for one battleship for building 28 new submarines. One of the chief recommendations tne navy win maxe sill he an increase In personnel. It Is estimated 18.000 more men are needed. More torpedoes also will be asked for. The army will appeal for more Am munition. The shortage In shells and other munitions has been emphasised for many years without congressional action. More field artllerv and ig-lnch coast defease guns also will be urgent ly requested. : COTTON LOAN MAY BE-ILLEGAL. New England Banker* Held Back for Attorney Oeneral'a Opinion. Washington. ? Four-flftha_of tha share of Northern hanks In the $135. 000.000 cotton loan fund has been sub scribed and unless bankers hold back for fear that consummation of the loan plan wiH be held Ih. rlolstion of the Sherman an tl-trust law. the re mainder soon will be forthcoming Secretary McAdoo announced that t80.000.000 had been raised among Northern bankers, and that the re maining $20,000,000 to be subscribed In the North was In sight At the same time It became known that cer tain bankers who had been counted on had become reluctant to enter the plan unless assured that the method by which the loan Is being raised does not rlolate the Sherman law. Such a fear was characterised br Mr. McAdoo as "pure buncombe." It is known, howerer. that the oblectlon was considered by some authorities sufficiently seyious to bring a request for an opinion from Attorney General Gregory as to the plan's legality. Dis trust baa come largely from New Eng land. Bank* Want Admission. Washington?Mors thin 100 state banking Institutions throughout the United States have aonlied for admis sion to the new banking system. The n-pnll carts Include some, large banks ?which Federal Reserve Board mem bers feel will add materially to the strength of the system. A subcommit tee of the board has under considera tion regulations for their admission and is expected to be ready to re port soon. The principal question for decision is how banks will be per mitted to make loans on real estate. Newspapers Can Clean Cities. Kansas City, Mo.?The nevrspanera can drire yice from American cities and will do so when readers and sub scribers Insist upon it. declared Ar thur Capper, editor of The Topeka Capital, and governor-elect of Kansas. In an addrwsa to the International Purity Congress here. The newspaper la peculiarly responsive to enlighten ed public opinion, ssid Mr. Capper. It is In the power of the newspapers of any city, he asserted, to drive vice out of that city by a conscientious cam palgn of publicity. Another Neutral Proclamation. . Washington. ? President Wilson signed a proclamation declaring the neutrality of the United States In the conflict between Great Britain end Turkey. It' is the same as those is sued to coyer the conflicts between the other belligerents. Wlrelepa In Maljte. Washington.?Letters to the British German wireless station' in Maine, embassy: offering Information of a German wireless sTFIIon In Maine are being used aa a baata for Investigation. . , '1 * TRIPLE ENTMTEII WRR WITH TURKEY APOLOGY WAS DEEMED INSUFFI CIENT AND WAR HAS ACTU ALLY BEGUN. ' CONTINUE THEIR ATTACKS Germans Still Assault Allied Line Around Ypres, Where the Brltieb Troops Are Located. London. ? Turkey has definitely broken off diplomatic relatione with Great Britain, Prance, Russia and Servla. Her diplomatic representa tives In the capitals of those conn' tries, acting on orders from the Porte, demanded and received their pass ports. Some already have left Although no statement to this ef fect has been given out, It Is under stood Turkey's apology for the actions of her fleet In bombarding Black Sea ports and Russian ships was unac ceptable to the Tripe Entente Powers In that Turkey was not prepared to accede to a demand that German offi cers In . her service- be dlsmlsed and the ships purchased from Germany dismantled. The powers which the Ottoman government thus defied are already taking War-like action againat Tur key. Thfi British have deatroyed Port Akabah in Arabia, the Russian* have Invaded Asia Minor and an Anglo Pr*B& fleet Is bombarding the forts of the Dardanelles. Now that Turkey has aligned herself among the nations at war, speculation la life aa to what the other Balkan powers will do. Oreece Is said to be preparing to take sides with the Allleo, while Bulgaria has given assurances of her neutral ity. Bulgaria, however. Is mobilising for a Bulgarian diplomat aald, "with Turkey in the area of war, Bulfarla must be prepared for any eventuali ties." Next to the TurUab situation the appearance of German warships off the English coast la causing moat of tba dlacuaalon In thla country. There la a disposition among naval men-to bellava that no serious raid was la tended but that the Germans hoped to Induce British warships to follow them and. by laying mines as they retired, to catch some of the bigger ships as they did the submarine D-5. The fact that the Germane did lay mines seems to Indicate to the naval experts here that the ships engaged In this work were old ones. These ex perts argue that Germany would not take such risks with new vessels. Aa It to prove their contention, the experts say that the firing at the British cruiser Halcyon, which resulted In slight damage to that ves sel, showed that the Germans were not armed with modern guns. Official ^reports of the fighting on land aa issued today recorded only advices at various points and re pulses of -the enemy's attacks at others. There Is, In fact, no great change In the situation, according to these reports. It is definitely an nounced that the Germans have given up their positions along the Year, having been driven out there by the flooded country. The Germans, however, have kept up their attacks on the Allies' lines around Yprea, where the British troops are fighting. Although there Is evi dence that the new main effort of Emperor Williams' forces to break through at this point has not really commenced, the Germans, oontiuue to bring up reinforcements and, under the eyes of the Emperor, are prepar ing to make another big attempt to get through fo the coast! * """A Military men here say the Allies have just as good means for bring ing up reinforcements to their lines as have the Germans and express confidence that a new attack will prove as fruitless as previous ones/ The Indian troops and the pick of the English territorial forces have distinguished themselves In the fight ing and come tn for compliments. For the trend of events on the East Prussian frontier, reliance has to be placed entirely In the Russian report, as the German headquarters say noth ing about It. . The Russians, according to an offi cial Petrograd report, have defeated a German offensive movement -from East Prussia and the Oermans are retreating across thetr own frontier, leaving large quantities of arms and ammunition behind In Poland, according to the Rus sians, the Oermans are continuing to fall back, while farther south the Russians at last have the Austro German forces on the trove and we have occupied the Important towns of Kielce and Sandomlr and taken 16, 090 men. Turk Olvsn Passport*. London.?The Turkish ambassador, Tewflk Pasha, handed bis passoprts by the foreign office, left London at once. The American embassy is pre paring to take over the diplomatic da ties of the Turkish embassy. ?The First Secretary of the merlcan Em bassy Erwln B. Langblln, visited the Turkish ambassador to discuss de tails of the transfer. The government prepared to as sure the sate Conduct from the coun try of the ambassador, his family and Suite. Destroyed by Minsa Copenhagen, via London?A large Oerman trawler h*s been destroyed b7 * tutne_ south of (he Danish island of Langeland In the great belt. The fate of her crew is not known. Bombardment Continues. Paris. ? Telegram from Sakmlkl says the bombardment of the Dardan elles by the Anglo-French fleet con tinues most effectively. The reply from the Turkish forts in causing no damage, the ships being out of rang*. MWEsrtftk FRENCH MILITARY EXPERT* LOOK TO THE TROOP* OP THE CZAR. THEY MUST TURN THE TIDE AIIIm Art Now Hlndorod' By tho W*. In Tkoy Roliond -In Wo* Flandoro Prom tho Dykoo. London.?No decision baa boon reached In the bottle 1 ntbo Woo* Flanders sand duneo and the oppos ing armies no* stand virtually as they have stood tor many days. While the Germans keep hammer ing away at the alMps a round Yprea, which route thgy chose for their march to the coast after they had found the road along the sea barred, and the Allies are malclnc an effort te move northward to Ostend neither side has got far. The Belgians and those supporting them have found that the floods tbey created to stop the Germans advance are hindering their own movements, although they have occupied some villages. Includ ing Blxschoote, which had. been la the possession of the,' Germans. Around Yprea the Germain^ offensive, according to the Allied" ^accounts, has met with no success. In tact It seems that all along the Hue there haa been merely a reptttion of artil lery duels and of Infantry attacks and counterat^acka which sometimes suc ceed but more often do not. On ChWEMWrn' frontier more wide sweeping movements are being made by the opposing armies. The Rus sians from all reports have driven back the German center to the river Warthe In Russian Poland, have held back a German offensive movement from East Prussia and are straighten ing out their line for a more vigorous offensive against the Austrians who have been trying to beat their left wing In Qaltcia. It Is to the battles In this region that the military men are looking, for they declare It the Russians can keep up their successful lighting against the Austrians Snd Germans, relief will colbe to the Allied armies In the West because of the necessity for a withdrawal-of German army corps from France and Belgium to protect Silesia and: Bast Prussia. These military observers express be lief that the Turkish threat against. Russian Caucasus will weaken the Russian armies by withdrawal from Pollsnd, but the Russian authorities say they have sufficient troops on spot to deal with Turkey. m f - ' . . . - LAST WORD FROM FLEET. English Vssssls Reached Ne Port After Engagement With Germane. .JMpnrmieo, Chile.?A wtraleas cry from the British cruiser Glasgow, in tercepted by the Oermen victors, was the last word received from Rear Ad miral Chaddock's squadron after the engagement off the Chilean coast. The Germane saw ths ? Monmouth sink and heard an explosion on board the Good hope that they believe sent the crippled flagship to the bottom. AU that ndght the Oermna cruiser Nurnberg serched the sees unsuccess fully for the Qoodhope. They picked up s radiogram directed, to toe flag ship by the Glasgow. There was no reply. There we're about (60 men on too Monmouth when she disappeared be neath the waves. Admiral Cradock had 000 men with fata on the Good hope. Whether the O las row and the trans port Otranto which fled with her sur vived Is not known. The wtieie abouts of the German cruiser Leipsls and Bremen also remains tn doubt. Poland Is Suffarlng. London.?Ths population of South ern Poland, whose vlHagee and lends hate been devaetated by the march and counter-march of Russian Sad German forces since the beginning of toe war. Is In dire distress, according to s report from Prof. Bernard Peres, the British Government's representa tive at Russian headquarters. Ruealans Defeat Turks. Pstrograd.?The following commun ication of the General Staff of ths. Russian army In the Caucasus was made public here: "Concerning the , operations during the last 24 hours there Is nothing Important to report. .. Our troops are vigorously clearing the enemy's territory, which Is occupied by dm?U bands, the remnant of ths Turkish vanguards defeated during the last few days. One of our col umns has defeated the Turks near Bazygan, routing them and capturing toe town. Destroyed Cossacks. Berlin, via The Hague and London. ?The Constantinople correspondent of Thp Frankfurter Zsttimg says: "The Turks attacked and destroyed a Ooasack battalion on the Rosso Turkish frontier near Ordulia. Destroyed Mine Sweeper. London.?The British mine sweeper was sunk'by a mine in the North Sea Six of the'crew of 14 were rescued. The survivors who were landed at Lowestoft, reported heavy gun firing off the Yorkshire ooast. ess It you will clean out the stove pipes and chimneys now you will have a bet ter draft next winter and maybe pre vent a flre In tlie chlmneyl ?'' e. ? Cabbage should bh stored in the ground, roots up, covered with 11 vs or six Inches of earth. But do not cover until freeslng weather comes. ? ? ? ? Most people prune" gooseberry and currant buabes In the spring, but ws believe the best time 1* just after the bat frost In tha tail.
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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