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w - T IT, 0 HIED WARSHIPS A DAY WILL COME GREATEST BATTLE reserve b:.::::s to STA Ei:;C3 II0U2TTAIII HI. J.ALD, I AID LAND FORCES ' flttlnf Shifts To French Coast hi Till ; OPEN IIEf.II) 16 OP INTER '.' CAR.. f I J. v J". : "I P JUIi.l Ships Kurt Shitls it GirniRS THE INVASION OF ENGLAND It Bolltv,d To B, Th, Plan Of Qtr- msn Kalaer Control Of French Coast Ntcessary For the first time ilnca the European war began the warahlpa of Oreat Brt aln and France are playing an Import ant part In the great. Ahiggle. Here tofore their principal duty baa been to patrol the seas, protecting their merchantmen and guarding their home coasts. When the great conflict In France was ehlfted from the fron tier to the west coast the crulaera and monitors oi in Allies' fleets were brought Into action and assisted very largely In holding the Germans in check. With the control of the entire coun try of Belgium all the way to the coast all that the Germans need now to be gin their campaign against England Is ine command of the French coast. In this the allies are stubbornly resisting the Germans. In recent reports from London It is said the BritlBh navy played an Important part and co-oper- a lea witn the land forces In repulsing tie German armies. It waa during this fighting that the entire Belgian army, which has been lost sight of for nearly a week, was found in France fighting side by side with the allies. There Is a belief In the minds of military experts that an attempt on the part of the Germans to attack England would mean a speedy culmi nation of hostilities. Though no defi nite Information has been given out It is generally bettered that England la thoroughly prepared for an aerial attack by German Zeppelins. Search lights sweep the sky incessantly dur ing the nights and British airmen stand ready day and night to launch their craft to do battle in mid-air with the Invaders. In rlew of the fact that the British Coast Is heavily mined and the great warships of Oreat Britain are con stantly petroling the North aea and specially the coast of the British Isles it would require a superhuman lfort on the part of the kaiser and bis ataff to land German soldiers on Brit isn sou. Bhould the German nary ndeavor to escort the transports car rying the invading army to England It would precipitate a naval battle be tween the warships of the nations. This the Germans' have so far been careful to avoid. ... - In the eastern theater of war the fighting has been heavy at all times. A definite Idea of the remits of this conflict now being waged by th Aus-tro-German armies against th . Rus sians In East .Prussia, Gallcla, arid Russian Poland la impossible because of the conflicting reports that are re ceived dally from Petrograd, Vienna and Berlin. On the same day dis patches will b received from Petro grad telling of the utter rout of the Germans In Russian Poland, the plight of the Austrian armies in Gallda and th success of th Russian armies In East Prussia, while dispatches from Berlin and Vienna will claim great victories against the Russians in the WARSHIPS OF ENGLAND BLOCK PR0URIS8 OF GERMAN MARCH ' ' TO FRENCH COAST. V '', SAY NOTHING OF THE CENTER Heavy , Fighting Rage in Poland Where Germane and Austrian Mak Joint Stand. .' same battles. However, there does not teem to be any Important success es on th part of either of th armies. Germans Sink 13 Merchantmen London. A dispatch from Tenerlffe, Canary Islands, to The Dally Hall, re ports that the German Cruiser Karls ruhe has sunk thirteen British mer chantmen! In th Atlantic. . The news of the Karlshuhe's exploit according to the Dally Mall's Tenerlffe corre spondent, was brought to that sort by th German steamer Crefeld, which ar rived there with, th crew of th Brit ish steamer Strathroy, Maplebranch, "Highland-Hope, IndranL Rio Iguasua, Farn, Niceto, Maria de Larrtnaga, Cer vantes, Cornish City, Prutb, Conder and Lynrowan, all of which were sunk by the Karlsruhe. The Crefeld was accompanied into port by the German steamers Patagonia, Rio Negro and Asuncion. : .-, .. Preparing To Invade England Copenhagen. Two ship yard at . Kiel, the Germanla and the Howard, are building thirty armored lighters ; capable of carrying BOO men each and traveling at the rate of nine miles an ' hour to proceed to the river Scheldt should events permit the landing of uerman troops on the coast of Eng land. It Is asserted that -three of these lighters are completed and al ready on their way to the Scheldt Th Germans aro building an alrehln ahed In Schleswlg for two large Zeppelins.'! London. The admiralty Issued a statement outlining steps that are be ; Ing taken; to round up the eight or nine German cruisers at large In the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ' oceans. These two cruisers include the Em den, which has sunk or captured twen ty British vessels to date In the In dian ocean, and th Karlsruhe, which . baa taken thirteen British ships In the Atlantic. There ar seventy of the Allies' warships searching for these cruisers. - i - , Allies and Germane Both Win Washington. After days of Inces sant lighting, dents at last have been made in that part of the battle line which bad run virtually straight north and south from Ypres In Belgium to th bend In the elbow In the vicinity of the forest of Algue in France. Just a short distance above Its cen ter this line now curves like an In verted letter "S," the allies having pushed back the Germans east of Ar- mcntleres In an endeavor to press on to Lille, and the Germans having forc ed the allies to give ground around La basse, probably hoping to obtain con trol of Bethune, a railroad center seven miles west of Lahasse. That ground has been won and lost In this district Is admitted In th lat est French official report. It seems improbable, however, that either en gagement was decisive as the report declares actions near Labasse and Ar mentleres, near Arras, on the same line a- short distance south of La basse, continue with great violence. In fact, the report says that generally speaking the situation on this part of the war front remains the same. Of fighting near the coast, where British and French naval vessels are endeavoring to aid the allied troops In holding back the German advance, nothing was vouchsafed In the report Altklrch, In upper Alsace, near the Swiss frontier, baa been taken by the French at the point of th bayonet Since th outbreak of the war this town has been the scene of much fighting and several times has chang ed hands. , Another German War Loan Berlin. The following account of th meeting of the Prussian diet was given out in official quarters In Ber. tin: ,- "A Prussian war loan of (376,000,00$ was passed unanimously, even the So cialists : supporting th resolution. Money waa voted for the relief of the province of east Prussia, whlcH baa suffered th most during the war, and for other military purposes." Other Information given out in Bar lln says: - The Danish steamer Rolf, from New York for Christiana, carrying 20,000 tons of corn, has been captured by British cruiser and taken Into Scot land. 'A German hospital ship, searching the sea for men from German torpedo- boat destroyer sunk by the British, has been forced to go Into an English harbor by a British cruiser. A German naval officer has dis covered In Antwerp a letter addressed to an English surgeon, Richard Read ing, a volunteer In the Belgian ma chin gun corps, written by his sister, Jennie, and dated Birmingham, Sep tember 28, In which are the following words: 'H . : -': 'I would Ilk to be a nurse; I could kill one or two Germans.' - - 'The British ar bombarding the open Belgian town or ggtend. i . Reliable official reports declare that there la In Germany a sufficient supply of cereals to meet amply all re quirements until the next harvest and that the stock of cattle la sufficient to provide an ample at !ly of meat' .' - British Sent Oil Ship V Washington. Great Britain's deter mination to keep from Germany car toes of illuminating oil which might be made fuel for army motor trucks, Zeppelins and aeroplanes, is responsi ble for the seizure of American Stand ard Oil steamers by the British .cruis er. This fact waa developed In con ference her after the state depart ment had requested the release of the tanker John D. Rockefeller. The Stand ard Oil company haa asked the state department to secure release of two more of It ships. ' " . Food For 8tarving Belgian . London. After diplomatic negotia tions lasting several weeks. In. which American Ambassador Page' acted as Intermediary between Belgium, Eng land and Germany, an agreement haa been reached by which the starving Belgians will be fed by a commission of Americana In London and Brussels, headed by Herbert C. Hoover of Cali fornia, whd has acted as chairman of the American relief committee In Lon- on. It Is estimated that 700,000 Bel ong who al e still In their own .coun try are on tl. verge of starvation. ' - Ruaalana Cross Ths Vistula Petrograd. The following official communication waa Issued by the Rus sian general staff: "The energetic offensive of our ar mies, which have crossed the Vistula on a large front encounter no resist ance on the part of the Germans, who continue to retreat, i "In the trenches below) Ivangorod we took large quantities of war stores and ammunition abandoned by the re serve corps of the Prussian guard in its hasty retreat "The Austrian armies continue to fight with stubbornness on the Vistula, on the San and particularly to the south of Prsemsyl. In east Prussia there Is no change In the situation." Uprisings In Portugal Lisbon. The Monarchists of Portu gal made attempts to effect uprisings. There were outbreaks at various places, especially In the northern part of Portugal, which for a time was cut off from telegraphic communication with Lisbon. A sharp conflict took place at Mafra between 100 civilians and Republican troops. ' Belgian Army Join Allies From the Battle Front The Belgian army, with the English channel on Its extreme wing, Is showing a marvelous lighting spirit, despite its long, hard campaign and disappointment over th loss of Antwerp and other cities. In the terrific open struggle along th frontier the Belgians, with the ' French and British, have repelled with the greatest energy, Incessant German attacks. Th German heavy artillery poured a bombardment on the allied positions, but the, Belgians counterattacked and forced the In vaders to retire nearly flv miles. -' - Germans Repulsad In Poland Petrograd.-VThe Russian official statement says: ... "German troops which had occupied th road leading to Warsaw, in th region north of the River Pllltza, have been repulsed and ar In full retreat leaving their wounded on th battle field. - "Th Germans have abandoned the positions they had fortified In advance. The Russian troops ar energetical ly advancing along the whole front. "The enemy Is still occupying th left bank of th Vistula south of th Pi nts and aa far as Sandomlr. "Th Russians who for eight days had been gallantry holding the region of Koienltx under unfavorable condl-: ' ' tlona and heavy artillery fire, achlev- .Berlin Not Bound Dawn. and their position on the left bank of .Bw"" -An American, recently ar vi.f,.i. i. t.- ,.j tTt I riving from London, was surprised to "The attemnrs hv th. An.tri.n. t " Lor don. Each day 1 but repe Ulon of the previous day In the bat tles being fought out In West Fland ers, Northern Franc and Poland be en th German and the Allies. On side gains a little at on point, only to los at .another-. It appears from th official German and French report that th Germans, finding It Impossible to advance along th coast toward Dunkirk owing to th fir from-the British and French warships, took a route a little more Inland and have succeeded In crossing the Yeer Canal, which the Belgian nave, been defending stubbornly for week to the west of Dlxmude. The Germans also have made prog ress to the northeast of ' R outers, which they still are In possession of j and towards which th Allies were ad vancing last week. The Germans I claim to have taken BOO British troops In the fighting In this neighborhood. Of the gains claimed by the Germans the French report makes no' mention I uismimiqg ne oauie wnn -ine sen- i tence: "There Is no change to report between the sea and the region around Arras." To add to the trials of the troops engaged In the desperate fighting, short spell of fine weather has given place to another downpour of rain which will convert the lowlands of Flanders Into great lakes. . Of the battle on the center and left wing the Germans report does not speak. The French declare they are maintaining their position In the Ar- gonna and along the Meuse. From unofficial sources' It Is learn ed the French have made some ad vance in the mountains along the Alsace border. '. In Poland a very heavy battle is In progress between the : fortresses of Ivangorod and Radom, where the Germans and Austrians, defeated In their first attempt to cross the Vis tula, have made a stand. Boih sides have according to their own reports, made prisoners and cap tured guns but the battle, extending over a front of 2 miles, has not yet been decided. . The Austrians still ar making bold effort to cross the River San and are carrying on a splendid fight south of PrsemysL; V" C-' The Montenegrins admit they have had to withdraw to their previous po sition along the Bosnian frontier, after an attack by a superior fore of Auetraln. The latter seem to have mad a wonderful recovery.' Turkey again haa assured Greet Britain, Franc and Russia that ah Intends to remain neutral. She con tinue her military activities, how ever, and Is collecting transport ani mals, which It Is said, are destined for th Egyptian frontier. It ts consider ed that the presence of strong. Russian force on th Turkish border has In fluenced her not to take any action gainst th Allies. . MoAOOO" ANNOUNCES DATE ' AL THOUGH MANY DIRECTORS ','r WANTED IT LATER, WILL BENEFIT THE SOUTH cross th River San .below .Prsemsyl have been checked and the Russian are assuming the offensive there. - In the region south of Prsemsyl ar found the remains of all the Austrian corps defeated In prior fights In Gall da. Her th Russian troops are ener getically checking the advance of numerous bodies of the enemy. "There Is no essential change In East Prussia. Weare at present In touch with th enemy on a front cov ering over four hundred versts (about 267 miles) from the lower Btoura to the, slopes of the Carpathian moun tains. ' l: '- V . v - Allies Checked, Berlin. Claim Berlin. Engagements continue near Nleuport Belgium, and Lille, when the allied forces have been trying to beat back the German advance. Th French for several days have been at tacking desperately In the vicinity of Line, but according to headquarters' bulletins all the attacks have been re pulsed with heavy loases to the al lies. , . .,--.'.'.: .i It la announced that the allies have made a stand behind the river Yser In an iirtainnt thorn An (hfr tv-n nM man advance along the coast ' f-. ' r Jap Occupy Another island .' Tokto. The navy department has announced the occupation for military purposes of strategically. Important Islands, In the Marianne, or Ladrone, Marshall, . East Caroline and . West Caroline archipelagoes. - Previous an nouncement has been made of the oc cupation by Japan of Islands In the Marshall and Caroline group. The occupation of an Island In the Mari anne or Ladrone group has not here tofore been reported. The Marianne Islands He directly east of Luton and about 1,700 miles from 1 less outward changes due to the war than London. He remarked that there wa lees nervous anxiety here which waa evidenced In the fact that Berlin till show it usual bias of electric lamp at night, while London, fearing a Zeppelin visit, haa greatly reduced It Illumination.' ' ' - T .t, ' , Another cause for , comment was the number of men capable of doing military duty still engaged In their customary work here. . As matter of fact most of the military barracks of the Empire still are well filled with soldiers . whd -ar to receive further drilling before going to the front. . Another chum of soldiers how fre quently seen on the streets are the win v a 1 r-fln f wnntidttt .'1 Th Iff of Berlin, In fact, centers Just now abooH the wounded soldiers as well as .me soldier still In the field. - Social We Is dominated by, benevolence for bun. - The theaters and concert halls are all open as.itix'ioL , but the attendance Is not large, r e r f -" largely in the light r u ! In the production.. at t v. t:.-iiirs and , the moving piotui i t e pre- sent military films of m-ny kinds, but do not attract quite as formerly. - The theaters r dence of the which Germa tween the act: read. There victories and i Concert progra leaning to patrU-: Some of the I however, fall to deep sertousnf mans are llvit ment of p"" card fell r requested t from SBn.r rge crowds s give 'evt- !otism on ?. Be- Help Business In All Section nd Especially th 8outh. Release - Over 1400,000,000. . Washington. The 12 Ptderul re- serve banks of the new banking sys tem will be opened for ouiIlcss No vember 16. : This waa officially an nounced. Secretary McAdoo, authorised by the currency act to name the open ing data, made the announreuirnt His choice of the sixteen t J a made despite the recent recommeiida'.lo.i of tno directors and governor of the 12 teaks against opening bolore Novem ber 80. ' .' -.- . Mr. McAdoo declared he bad reach ed his decision after discussion with th Federal Reserve Board, and be cause of emergency conditions In the South. He believes the opening of th banks, especially helpful there, will benefit business In all sections. In a statement the secretary made 1 t clear that under the new system the Federal Government wil be able by deposits from the gen eral fund of the Treasury In reserve banks to aid producers of staples. The new reserve requirements, be pointed out, will release more than $400,000. 000 of money now held by National banks as reserves and will add great ly to the loaning power of , the bank Th statement In part follows: "I have determined to aunouni on the sixteenth day of November, 1914, the establishment of the - Federal reserve banks In all the Federal re serve districts. On that date the new reserve requirements for v National banks, as prescribed by the act, will become operative. - "I am impelled to this decision par ticularly because of the emergency conditions In the south and the con fident belief 'that the prompt opening 'of the reserve banks will be very help ful to th cotton situation and" to general business in all sections of the country. ' . . " "This conclusion haa been reached after thorough discussion with my associate , on th Federal Reserve Board' and also after full considera tion of the views expressed by. the dl rectors of the Federal reesrve banks at their rectn conference, t ; - "I am fully aware of the ' physical difficulties that must be. overcome to set the reserve bank In motion on the sixteenth of November but the directors of these banks represent the highest degree of American banking ability and I am sure that not only can they meet the situation but that they will cheerfully take np the task In the same fine, spirit of public ser vice which animated their discussions at the Washington conference. But Oini Oranvllla Cumbrlnt Bdiracomh.. Johnson It Pitt Count Anson Co. tats T.i,. Novemi Trinity D n-ae-N North Carull - -5- 17. ftimunlty b Famura1 "state UhiIh. ruts, usoemir 18-20. Anriual Live -stock Moetfng. Statok . . January 11-21, U15. ' . y ' Want Inoreaaed Pension. I The North - Carolina Confederal Veterans' Assoc tat Ion wants the to increase tt appropriation for slons to the ex-Confederate soldier of th state. At the meeting association,, which wa held In the Hons of Representatives, the follow ing committee was darned to petition the next legislature to Increase th pension for ex-Confederat soldiers! Judge Walter Clark, M. O. SherrUl, Capt. W. 8. Llnebnrry, Mai. W.- J. Graham and J. C. Blrdsong. Speaking on the motion of Mr. J C. Blrdsong aid that the pension list and th pen sion law ought to be revised.- He said that every soldier . who served four years .In the -War ought to be paid something, If nothing mora than $5 s year to show recognition of ser vice rendered. .: , . iderativ i state r pen- oldler V of the CARMAN JURY MISTRIAL. ' Unable to Aura en Verdict After Thirteen Hours' Deliberation.- MIneola N. Y. The jury In the case f Mrs. Florence . Conklln ; Carman, charged with th ; murder., of Mrs. Louise, Bailey, failed to reach a ver dict after 13 hours and 20' minutes of deliberation. At 10:56 a. m. It re ported Its Inability to Agree and - was discharged. ' - - Ten jurors are said to have voted for acquittal and two for conviction of murder In the first degree on the final ballot The jury was out about 13 hours. - .- "y District Attorney Smith said that It was unlikely Mrs. Carman aver wgould be brought to trial again. ' - ' Attorneys for Mrs. Carman will ask that ahe be admitted to ball and th district attorney is not expected to oppose; such' a , ;'IV. The defendant collapsed in the sent roonj after th jury ' wa dis charged. arrlt was said at tba jail that she har'vbeen crying constantly ever since f' was returned to :her cell.- , A .- ' " CarranxaOu.. Urmki. ' .' Tfn Paso, TexasXoeneral Maclovia Herrera, a Cari-auza '-follower, .-has broken th , armistice tu-pj by the peace convention at Aguascau&teg and attacked Parrel, Chlhlahv. ac cording to official Constitution list advice a few day age In the batuin which occurred at Aguas- - Callentoa the Carranza troops were repulsed. be town waa defended by 2,000 Vil la troops. H&rera was said to have ,200 men.- -Ihe I t Imted five hours and about Se" i-Ued on eniii i side. . - - ' Daniel A. Tompkins Dead. - Daniel A. Tompkins, co-founder with J. P. Caldwell of th Charlotte Ob server, and for more than 25 years a central figure In the Industrial world of the Carollnaa, died at his summer home at Montreal, N. C, recently. He was tt years old. He had been an Invalid for about three years. Mr. Tompkins was appointed by President McKlnley as a member of the indus trial commission and by Former Pres ident drover Cleveland a director of the Equitable Life Insurance Com pany. . NORTH CAROLINA wRIEPS, ' Mr. 1. B. Cornelius, aged 82, a procsS? ment manufacturer and business man of Cornelius, died recently at his home In Davidson, where he waa residing. , The AshevUle Y. W. C. A ha fitted up a gymnasium and classes have been organised. The Eastern conference of Free Will Baplst have just held annual session at Klnston. The Wilmington cotton : mills are running on full time and have bright outlook for future. , ;.J ..' . . There are 3,022 pupil In th city schools of Aahevlll. ' - The Congressional Record of Octo ber It contain tbe speech of Judge R. W. Winston on "The Case of th Farmer," delivered at the A. ft M. College, Raleigh, In ' August - before the Annual Farmer' Convention and Round-up. it Is a plea for financial aid to rural life, , '-.'. - -. . The Locke Craig bridge- was : de stroyed and considerable damage don to th road In Buncombe county by high water recently. '-' J. J. Welch, aged 74. leading oitisen of High Point died ft tew days ago. .. Large crowds attended th state fair at, Raleigh. , . ,: . - ' The Klnston tobacco warehouses ' are piled full and the breaks ar good. hIgh..T..ns,:tirbcr '. ;;i '- Th Klnston "tobacco warehouse are piled full and th breaks arC good. me loiiowing North Carolina' post masters -were nominated: Junius Bridge, Windsor; Thomas Frlsbee. ' Hot Spring; Millard Hales, Wendell. Impressive ceremonies featured th laying of th cornerstone of the Lady Chapel, of Samt. Mary's Episcopal, J Parish at AshevUle, work; upon Vffcjokf j Th Immense lake adjoining' goir links of the AshevUle C Club' is to be stocked with t cording to an announcement, recently by Judge Junius G. the president of the organ ) Governor Craig opened 1 County Democratic burrraiso; with an Impressive speech- at V, Inslon-Salem. Interested- apple growers' are plan ning an. apple show' tor AshevUle early i Eustace Presto. I and his .brother V ely Injured when'1 at TJnlonvUle. la ' day ago,.;A . ..;.. P'trieh' h f the 1 Asmj.,, ...a to succeed Uohn- A. Mills. Warsaw tobacco nwkot prild In one the :' 1 s. be othC ayth r was killed 15, sever a gin belt unty a few elected ai arollna Fair Jit' day recently 10ii,C." ro at an average pound. ' .. . .v , , It is seen now fi t possible to occupy the r t ml building at Hah- :h 1b'm has been hor- ' f hut 'Vt ts hoped t.t ( l"i'g I ' -r that t feus 1.- d-vwrti-- 'it tobac- iits per i not he !ed Fed- Southern Senator Remain. ' ishlngton imong the few Cr nan remaltlng In . the . -.eap'-suveral 8ouitiern fopresentatr. iayed wlth uw to expedli i relief lfgV.-vt n when C. s sissembts 'ti '-'Inc.. '.M nn. I--"rt- l SHll appoi.. sc-pfiion. imtlon. the Rppi M. ! ! member. . cotton li
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