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, ... THE WEATHER- IT WOULD "COST LESS To keep yon store open but ttaTee day a week bat It wouldn't pay, so well. This same argument applies to "spasm odic" advertising. -.. . . Fair Thursday and Friday. VOL. XCIV KO. 163. XLMIXGTOK, C, THURSDAY MOBKING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1914 WHOIiE KTJMBER 13,75.4 . TO T - iiiE li FORTRESS MMREDGE BUT ARE FORCED BACK AT PNN1S ALONG BATTLE IM THE I With Fall of French Fortress, 40,000 Prisoners, Including Four Generals, Are Taken, and 400 of Germans to Break French Lines on Ourcq River Reported to Have Failed Seem to be Short of Ammunition. SEEM TO BE BEGINNING Thus the French War Department Officially Summarizes the Situation With Respect to the German Army Russ ian and Austrian Armies Continue to Oppose Each Other in Long Drawn Out Engagement in Russian Poland Russians Victors? Latest official reports from the French government indicate that the offensive tactics undertaken in the last day or two by the allied armies have forced the Germans back at various points in the battle line, which extends from a few miles east of Paris to Verdun, a distance of about 200 miles. Bordeaux reports officially that the British army has crossed the river Marne, and that the Germans have fallen back 25 miles. - Efforts of the Germans to break the French lines on the Ourcq river are officially reported to.have failed. Seemingly,1 the Germans are short of ammunition at the front, and are having difficulties in provisioning, and the French war de partment officially 'announces that "on the whole, the Germans appear to be beginning a movement of retreat." The Russian and Austrian armies continue to oppose each other in a long drawn out engagement in the Lublin district, Russian Poland. An official statement issued at Petrograd de clares that both Austrian and German troops have been dis lodged from their fixed positions, and have retired towards the South. f he battlefield in France is that over which Napoleon fought in 1814, with entrenched camps on both wings and the cen ter. Paris covers the left wing, Chalons the center, and Ver dun the right, while mobile columns of troops are ready to join in. " -. Vitry le Francois and Montmirail seem to be the points of the chief engagements and there the carnage has been the heaviest. The allies aim at preventing the German turning movement with a mass of troops composed of many army corps. King George has addressed a message to the British do minions and colonies, in which he protests that war was not of Great Britain's seeking, and expresses his warmest thanks for the assistance rendered by them. Maubeuge, a French fct.ress, has fallen into the hands of the Germans, and, according to the report, the Germans took 40,000 prisoners and 400 guns. The British official press bureau announces the wreck off! die coast of Scotland of the White Star liner Oceanic. Offi cers and crew were saved. Germans Take Fortress and 40,000 Prisoners. Berlin, Sept. 9. (By wireless to the Associated Press by way of Sayville, L. I.) Official announcement was made to- at army headquarters that the French fortress of Maube uge, on the Sambre river, had fallen. The Germans took 40,000 prisoners, including four gener is. Four hundred guns were also captured. Dr. Ludwig Frank, of Mannheim, a prominent Socialist member of the Reichstag, was killed September 3rd, during a charge against the French at Luneville. Prince Frederick William, of Hesse, has been wounded. . S RBPORTED FROM BORDEAUX. Official Statement Tells of French Suc censes Against Germans. Bordeaux, Sept. 9. The following: icial announcement was issued to- liKht: "On the left wingall the German a.t t'Pts to break the French lines on fanJ'"ht bank of the Ourcq river have .y' We have taken two standards. Mi Britisn army has crossed the aine and the enemy has fallen back aut iij kilometers (25 miles.) lt Jn the center and right wing there Thc ntabIe chanse."- ' "' ti0ri following official communlca. ift issued here at 3 o'clock this the whole the Germans appear Guns Captured -Efforts n f- t3 MOVEMENT OF RETREAT to be beginning a movement of retreat. "The strategic position of , the French troops is improving but one cannot judge of a battle extending over 100 kilometers,' (about 63 miles). "The Germans "seem to experience certain difficulties in provisioning. , "In general the French troops seem to be gaining the advantage." BELGIAN WOMEN IN AMERICA. Wives of Soldiers Receive 15 , Cents a Day From'Their Government. New York, Sept. 9. Fifteen cents a day will be paid by the government, of Belgium to every Belgian woman In America whose husband is with -tha (Continued on Page Two.-- - - WmH IHUKbASt m lunniuir tjvk v President's Attitude Causes a Revision of Plans. RIVERS AND HARBORS Appropriations May Be Shaved to Help JOnt in Providing: $100,000,000 Emer gency Revenue -Freights Ques tion to Be Decided Today. Washington, Sept. 9. President Wil son's disapproval today of the propo sal to increase the income tax as a means of raising revenue to offset a treasury deficit due to the European war, set Democratic members of the Ways and Means Committee to revis ing their plans. They will renew to morrow their effort to draft a war rev enue bilL; The President made his at titude ' lenown" at a conference with Democratic leaders in Congres.s Preliminary steps , also were : taken by Democratic senators today to re adjust the pending $53,000,000 Rivers and harbors appropraition bill against which Republican senators have con ducted a filibuster on the ground that it is framed on extravagant lines and that the-$100,000,000 war revenue bill would not be necessary if the new projects proposed in the bill were abandoned. Senators who (jjiampion sthe bill have asked the Navy Department for re vised estimates on the . amounts abso lutely necessary to carry on existing river : and harbor works and the most urgent new projects in anticipation of pruning . the , bill. .- ' W'"'"-' - It was ;repdrted 'tonight' that, a con ference between Republican senators opposing.-the bill and .Democratic lead ers had been . held, - at which sugges tions were made for a compromise paving the way for early adjournment and removing much Senate opposition to 'the war revenue tax. Democrats . Not Disappointed. - Democratic, members, of the Ways and Means Committee- conferred infor mally today. They were not disap pointed by the President's disapproval of their decision to increase the in come vtax. one-half of one.per cent and to decrease the exemption. The Pres ident's principal objection was said to be that such a tax was not immediate ly available and therefore, undesir able. Chairman Underwood, who discussed the . subject with the President, was inclined to agree; with this view and it is improbable that an income tax amendment will be proposed. May Add Cigarettes. Cigarettes probably will be added to the list of taxable commodities already agreed to, such as beer, wines and rec tified spirits. A plan also is under consideration to make the tax on beer one dollar a barrel, which would yield (Continued on Page Two.) NO TELLING WHEN THE RED CROSSWILL SAIL Her Departure ' Apparently is Indefinitely Delayed. By Question Raised, by British and French Governments Regarding Neutrality If - She Carries Ger mans Among Crew. New York, Sept. 9. The question raised by the British and French gov ernments regarding ' the neutrality of the steamer Red Cross, if she carries Germans among her crew when she sails for Europe, has delayed appar ently indefinitely the departure of the ship. In shipping circles tonight it was not believed the Red Cross would leave port tomorrow as announced yester day. Her commander, Armistead Rust, U. S. N., retired, went to Washington today, and it was said he would place the problem before Secretary Bryan. Owners Threatening. : The Red Cross, formerly the Hamburg-American liner Hamburg, was loaned to the American Red Cross and has among her crew : a number of na tive Germans who have not . taken out final naturalization papers in the United- States. It was reported today that if the Red Cross organization sought to- supplant these Germans with Americans and Spaniards as an nounced , yesterday, the Hamburg American would withdraw , the ship from the- organization's service. A steamship company operating ves sels between New York and the South sent, 80 American negroes - to the United States shipping office, today. The men' are available, for steward and mess duty - on the -r Red Cross if the latter diHchaceeaTher- German. . Ul II1UUIIIL inLu RAILROADS APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT They Seek Relief From Some of Their Burdens. FINANCIAL TROUBLES Committee of executives of Country's Big Roads Call at White House and Lay Letter Before the President. f Washington, Sept. 9. President Wil son began consideration tonight of an appeal laid before him today by a com mittee of railroad executives repre senting every large road in the coun try. He was asked to aid the railroads in tiding over financial difficulties aris ing from the war in Europe. No spe cific plan was presented. The railroad men were hopeful af ter the conference that Mf. Wilson, through a public letter or ; otherwise, might show that be believed the rail roads should be relieved of 'some bur dens. They also believed they had laid the ground work for consideration of specific requests to be made later. These requests were understood to in clude a postponement of the consider ation of the railway securities bill now pending in Congress, legislation allow ing the Inter-State Commerce Commis sion to take general conditions into consideration in passing on petitions for rate increases, and the re-opening of the recent advance freight rate cases. After the conference the Tailroad executives met Commissioners Clem ents, McChOrd and Dantelsof tjte Inter State Commerce Commission " A copy of an address presented to -the Presi dent was laid before the commission ers and the general railroad situation as altered by events since the out break of the European war, was ex plained. The railroad executives said they were ready at any time to advise with the commission as to any practi cal means for according relief to which the roads might be entitled and which the commission could lawfully grant. Will Consider Carefully. At the White House tonight, it was said the President would give, careful consideration to the problem. He indi cated his sympathy with the appeal of the railroads, but made no promises. Chairman Trumbull, of the Chesa peake & Ohio, and the Missouri, Kan sas & Texas railways, acted as spokes man. He laid before the President a written statement setting out the po sition of the railway men of the coun try. The others in the committee were Presidents Samuel Rea, of the Penn sylvania; Daniel Willard, of the Bal timore & Ohio; Fairfax Harrison, of the Southern; ts. t Kipley, or the Santa Fe, and Hale Holden, vice president of the Burlington. ; PEAN FOR MEMORIAL TO To be Established by Southern Presbyterians. Take Farm of Fund for the Education of Mountain Children of the South No Objection from the President. Washington, Sept. 9. Rev. Homer McMillan, of Atlanta, secretary of the executive committee of the home mis sion board of the Presbyterian Church, South, laid before President Wilson f today a plan for a memorial to Mrs. Wilson in the form of a fund for the education of mountain children of the South, a work in which Mrs. Wilson was deeply interested. The President interposed no objection. Started at Mon treat. I Atlanta, Ga., .Sepu 9. The proposal to establish a memorial to Mrs. Wood row Wilson in the form of a fund for the education of Southern . mountain children took form at a recent mis sionary meeting of the Presbyterian Church, South, at Montreat, N. C. Women delegates who knew of Mrs. Wilson's activity in aiding mountain children discussed, the proposal infor mally and the home mission board of the church later made plans for the proposed memorial --- - Officials of. the board here said that, since the President had interposed no objection plans for, the creation of the fund probably would be made public shortly. . . Washington, Sept. 9. Protests against Great Britain's seizure , of the two- battleships being built . in Eng land for Turkey, at the outbreak of the war, adopted at a, meeting of Otto man, " Indian and Persian Mussulmans and Hindus in. New York have been sent to Congressmen here and mem bers of the cabinet. " c1. : MRS W00DR0W WILSON GERMAN EMPEROR C A BLESPROTEST Against Use of Dum Dum Bullets by Allied Army. PERSONAL TO WILSON In Message Received by President, Kai ser Protests Against Belgian Civ villa n Participating in War. Regrets Loss of Louvaln. Washington, Sept. 9. President Wil son today received a personal cable gram from Emperor William of Ger many, . protesting against the use by the allied army of dum dum bullets and the participation in the war by civilians of Belgium. The message also expressed the German Emperor's deep regret aft the destruction of the Belgian city of Louvain. "My heart bleeds for Louvain," is one of the phrases the Emperor is un derstood to have used. He declared, however, that the population "of Bel gium had offered such resistance that his generals in many cases had found it necessary to administer severe pun ishment. Contents of the message was closely guarded. No one at the White House or State Department would admit offi cially that it had arrived, even though press dispatches from London and Co penhagen gave an outline of the dis patch early in the day. The reason for the secrecy was not divulged. Persons who knew the contents of the message, however, declared it did not ask . the President to take action but simply laid before. bim the Emper or's contentions in connection with the controversy - that has arisen over al leged atrocities by the German army in Belgium. Answer to Belgian Commission. The knowledge that an official com mission was en route from Belgium to -lay before x President Wilson the Belgian side of the case is believed to have prompted the Emperor to make personal explanation of the " incident to Washington. It is not known what reply President Wilson will make, but the attitude of the Washington government toward protests of this kind in the present war heretofore ha3 been one of a neu tral auditor. i - The use of the dum dum bullets and the unnecessary destruction of prop erty are prohibited by articles of The Hague convention.. The only penalty for violating them, is the imposition of an indemnity at the end of the war upon the countries guilty of such vio lations. Belligerents therefore, are anxious to place their cases on record so that at the final reckoning in the peace councils which will terminate the war, appropriate consideration may be given to their claims. At the French embassy denial not only was made that the allies had (Continued on Page Two.) American Packers Absolutely Control Output. A 11 Argentina Beef, Must be Sought From Them, According to New York Meat Market Man's Testimony. ' New York, Sept. 9. Beef packers of the United States are in absolute con trol of the Argentine beef output, thus destroying the value of Argentine beef as a competitive check oh the price of native beef, according to testimony given today in Chief Magistrate Mc Adoo's inquiry in the advance in food prices. Jacob Block, a member of a firm owning several New York meat mar kets, asserted that all Argentina beef must be bought from American pack ers, j Packers have arranged territory out side New York City so that the small dealers are at their mercy, Mr. Bloch testified. On a small town incapable of supporting more than one good siz ed establishment, one packing concern is located and butchers are forced to buy from that one packer. In large places the business is split up. The witness said a beef shortage had existed for13 years. In that time, he said, the supply of cattle in this country fell short of the demand lay 16,000,000 and the shortage was grow ing more pronounced. New York, Sept. 9. Reports - from Vienna which come through London are cut and changed by British -censors in the opinion of Dr. Alexander Suber: von Pereked, Austro-Hungarian consul " general here, who. declared . to? day America was not getting Austro Hungarian news fairly stated. r Dr. -Ferefced said, he had-not been In com-. munication with his government since bis return from .Europe 'Sunday. '; NO COMPETITIVE BEEF FROM ARGENTINA NOW Present Combat Only Preliminary to Great Battle Extending From Meaux, Northeastof Paris, to Fortress of Ver- dun, About 200 Miles Farther East Germans Have Brought Up Reinforcements and Are Striking at Allies' Left and Center. HAVE BEEN DRIVEN Results Not Surprising to Military Men, as Germans Havti Been Compelled to Advance Through Swamps of Petit Morin River and Over Bare Uplands to the Ex tremely Strong French Position on Right. Their Only Chance, However. London, Sept. 9. The allied armies continue to have the advantage, ac cording to French official reports, in what only can be the preliminaries of . a great battle extending from Meaux, northeast of Paris to the fortress of Verdun, about 200 miles farther east. The Germans, who have brought up reinforcements, are striking at the allies' left and center between Montmirail and Vitry-Le-Francois, a front oi from 50 to 60 miles, but each time they have been driven back. This is not surprising to military men, as the Germans have been com. pelled to advance through the swamps of the Petit Morin, and then ovei bare uplands to the extremely strong French - position - on the right. It la . their only chance, however, and it is expected they will strike and strike again. . The Germans are bringing their reinforcements down from Chalons on the roads leading to Fere-Champenolse, Sommesous and Sompuls, in the. face of the French artillery posted on the heights, which give the French a -great advantage. ', General Pan, who commands the center of the French army in this dli trlct, is reported to be advancing north of the Sesanne towards the plateau commanding the center of the whole battlefield. V On his left the British force has driven the Germans across th Grnnd pMrln and Petit Morin rivers, to wards the Marne itself, while on the extreme left the French sixth army, ad vancing, from Paris along the Onrcqriver, has had further successes and Is threatening General Klnck's commun-ications. GERMANS FAIL IV EAST ALSO. - In the East the Germans so far have failed in their attempts to break' across the rivers and through the hills of Argonne between Vitry-Le-Fran-cols and Verdun on the right wing of the allies. Again, according to French reports, there has been no action against the Grand Couronne of Nancy, and in the Vosges and Alsace the situation remains unchanged. AH this favorable news has cheered the alies, but military critics warn the public that the battle has not been won, and that there probably wll be a week or more of fighting before a decision is reached. There is a possibility .that the Germans are trying to draw the allle into an attack on the high ground that lies between the Marne and the Alsne( about Rheims, and while It is .believed some of the edge has been taken ofl the German defensive, it is not at all probable that It has all been removed. General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief,- however, has won some points. He has gained the time he expected, he' is In better position and he completed his concentration, so that he is believed to have a fair chance against the Invaders who have hewed their way from Mons to the gates Of Paris. Battle Continues in Gallcia. The AustrianS and Russians are still battling in Galicia, and although Rus sian official circles are silent, reports from Rome, which generally have been accurate, coming as they do through German or Roumanian sources indicate that the Russians are making progress against General Auffenberg's army, which is being supported by Germans. Some doubt is now expressed as to whether the Russian enveloping move- (ment from the south of Lemberg can be developed quickly enough to cut off the Austrians should they be defeated by the Russians advancing from the North. But should the Austrians. be defeated, as Rome says, this second army is likely to hasten General Auf fenburg's retirement. Pause, in East Prussia. There is still a pause in the opera tions in East Prussia, doubtless due to a paucity of troops on the part of Russia, whicn always has had diffi culty in transporting troops west ward. Besides the defeat they suf-. fered in the fighting between August 21st and August 27th may temporarily have taken the sting out of the at tacks. Enthusiasm In England. In England, where the saying is "Britain is just starting," the great est enthusiasm has been created by the King's message to India, his do minions and the colonies, in which he thanks his oversea subjects for promp titude with whicli they responded to the call from the mother country. India alone is sending 70,000 troops, "Kitchener's Pets," as they have been called since Field Marshal Kitchener reorganized the Indian army. They include the army of occupation and the navy forces. The latter are to be commanded by the princes and chiefs. Besides this, Indian is to pay the cost of transportation of her troops to Europe and the Indian princes arc sending rich gifts "to -the wart funds being raised in their own country and England. ' Thedominions and the colo nies have placed their ships, men and money at the disposal of the home government, so that the whloe forces of the Empire have been recruited against her enemy. The official bureau has issued a- de nial of the ,- report that ' dominion troops- have .arrived and, while no &oement has been issued " retarding BACK AT EACH ATTACK the movements of the Indian contin gent, except that some of them left Indian several weeks ago, the opinion is general there that they'either have joined General French's forces or are about to do so. 1 None In France From Russia. The report that a great Russian force had gone to Join the allies in France .seemed to have risen from the fact that Russian reservists from England, the United States and other countries who could not get to their countrj joined the French army. ? In the United Kingdom recruiting continues. Men are joining the colors by thousands and it is expected that Lord Kitchener's half million will have been obtained by the end of tha week. ' STEAMERS FROM SOUTHAMPTON. Several Ships From Europe Bring Americans Home. New York, Sept. 9. Two steamships, the first to leave Southampton since the war began, arrived from that port today, and three left New York for., European ports. The Red Star liner Lapland brought 150 Americans, in cluding several who corroborated re ports thatc Russian troops have been passing through England. The Royal Mail . steamship Oruba brought nine Americans. . The vessels sailing were the Ameri can liner Philadelphia for Liverpool, with 36 passengers ;the Sapnish steam er Infanta Isabella, for Barcelona; the Ionnina, of the Greek line, for Piraeus, carrying Red Cross surgeons and nurses to Servia. TJie Principessa Mafalda, of the Lloyd-Italiano line, which was -to have sailed tonight, will not leave until to morrow because of chalnery trouble- , Fifteen young school teachers who were to have sailed on the Italian ship to teach in the American college for girls in Constantinople, cancelled pas sage. at1 the last moment, upon' notify cation from the secretary of .the col lege advising them not to come at this time. Four men who will .teach in" Roberts College, in Constantinople, de cided to hazard the risk. Another pas senger was Mrs. S. B. Graham wife of Captain Graham, of the cruiser Ten nessee, who expects to join her hus- 4 i , V-
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