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t.
THE WEATHER
A.
IT WOULD CQST UE8S
To keep your atore open but three days
a week but It wonlnt pay ' ao well.
Thla same argrameat applies to Mapaam
odlcM adrertlsltis;. . .....
Fair Wednesday;. Thursday,:, local
showers and cooler. ,
VOL. XCV-NO. 1.
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VVTIiMIXGTOlf, ST. C.', WEDif JB8DAY MOESTING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1914
TOOLE KUMBER 33,767.
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VIRGINIA VOTES DR Y
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MAJORITY
Attention Momentarily Diverted From Battlefields of the Con
tinent to North Sea While Loss is Comparatively Small
to British Navy, it Comes as Shock to English
men No Important Changes on Battle
Fronts in Northern Part of France.
EACH SIDE GAINS
V
French Have Captured Additional Prisoners and Supply Trains
According to Report From LondonRussians Follow Up
Successes in Galacia, Where Another Battle is
Ahout to Begin, by Capturing Important
: Austrian Fortress
London, Sept. 22. The daring raid of German subma
rines across the North Sea which resulted today in the sinking
of the British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy, has diverted
attention momentarily from the battlefields of the continent.
This was one of the things the British navy had been led to
expect, for the Germans frankly had avpwed that .their plan
was to reduce British naval -superiority by" submarine raids and
the sowing of mines; and they have been training their young
officers for sallies of this kind. -
Nevertheless, it came as; a; shock to Englishmen that big
ships, such as those sunk, could so easily be attacked and de
stroyed, while, the German fleet has remained in safety in its
mine and fortress protected harbors. ;
However, the British fleet must keep the seas to insure Great
Britain's food supply, and in doing so must run great risks.
The ships sunk, while obsolete,; still were useful vessels, and
it is little satisfaction to England toknow her cruiser fleet still
is double in number that of the Germans and that, as Winston
Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty, has said, she
will be able to build during the war three to Germany's one. -
Meantime, there have been no important changes on the bat
tle fronts in northern France. The opposing armies contine to
gain a little here and lose a little there. These gains may tell
in the long run, but have brought nd decisive result for either
side. y - -- . - '
The French official report issued late.today again lays some
stress on the announcement- that an advance is being made
by the allies' left wing on the right bank of the river Oise, from
which point both the public and the military experts look for
first indications of how the battle
GERMANS FORCED BACKA XITTLB
Although official reports do" not s;o
beyond saying that the Germans have
been forced to give ground betore the
French attacks, and speak of Noyon
and the district around that city as the
center of operations, some correspon
dents describe the allies' left as ex
tending from just vvest of Noyon to as
tar north as Lecatelet from which
point, or Peronne, the new army, of
which there have been so many reports
but no confirmation, Is supposed to be
operating to threaten the German right
wing.
If this is true, the German right is
In a dangerous position, for It cannot
extend much farther norft or west of
St. Quentin. Its position runs thence
by way of Ghanny and south of Laon
to north of Rheims. v
On the plateau ; of Craonne severe
Sghting has been going Von "for - days
but there is no late Information as to
whether the Germans or the allies hold
he commanding positions here i.The
allies had the plateau a few days ago,
hut the German official report claims
K hn been retaken, together with' the"
Ullage of Betheny. V
In the center between Rheims and
Souain, which the French occupied
early in the week, there nas been most
espernte lighting, the Germans taking
"e OffpiiMlva ont niwMTrilnff.' t t&C
CwmaiiH also have made some attacks J
ln thf Urii..r. flt.r4 wlfhmit sue
but they again have " crossed;; the
Lorraine frontier and have occupied
Donestre, south of Blamont.
Tlie French have captured additional
Mxonera and nupply. trains. . ' . .
U SSIAXS CAPTURE FORTRESS.
The HiiNNianH have followed up their
".. sses in Galicia where a third
t hattle is about to begin, if It
'r-idy ha not started, by. capturing
'he i,,44 . . - i .
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mantis the
passage of - the San. river
"a its possession will assist the Rus
ln their ' operations " against
"ali where a utxong ' Autrg-Ger
ere a strong Anstro-Ger-
HIM lilli M lalMS (J. iiiyiii mm
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A LITTLE AND LOSES A LITTLE
and R. R. Center.
.0
is likely to ena. .
mn forcf is nrenared to offer stub
born resistance In. the hope of at least
detaining the Russian armies which
are needed to take the , offensive
against Germany.
SERVIANS REPORT A VICTORY.
The Servians ; report another victory
over the Austrlans, who thus far have
suffered "severely on all sides. This
engagement' occurred near Kroupanl,
on the Drlna, where the Austrlans at
tempted to invade Servia, but were
driven hack. This attack accounts for
the Servian evacuation of Semlin, as
the troops were needed to .stem the
Austrian offensive movement. y
The Servians feel they now can pro
ceed with the invasion of Bosnia and
the troops at Vlshegrad had been . or
dered to march on Sarajevo ;
The Servians . and Montenegrins are
within ten miles of Sarajevo and the
Austrlans have made one sortie from
the town, according to a Rome dis
patch, but . quickly , turned back in the
face of the opposing forces. - There is
a: rumor, too, tht Essadr Pasha, for
mer Albanian- minister of" war, as a
result of an agreement with the Ser
vian government, will lead an Alban
ian army into Herasbgfovina by way of
Cattaro. -
FRENCH OFFICIAL. STATEMENT.
. In Others Along Battle Mne. .,
Paris. Sept. 22. The following or-
flclal "announcement was made In' Paris
today; . ,
''Along the entire - front, 'from' the,
Oise to tne Woevre, the Germans manifested-yesterday
(September 21) a cer
tain actlvif y without, however, obtain
ing appreciable results:
. "First On our- left wing, on the
,v'k .v-nir T rt ty,a rivnr 'flse. the Ger
mans "'-were obliged tc yield gfound be-
-tha French attacks.'- Between the
ni 'onrf th Alsne the situation re
mains unehahged.' The enemy has no
delivered any serious attack, content-
yCoatinued' n Page Two.) ;-
SUMMAR1 OF WAR DEVELOPMENTS OF A DAY
Fighting on larhas given way for the moment as a news factor to the daring raid in the
North Sea by. five German submarines. which torpedoed and sank three British armored cruis
ersthe Aboukir, the Cressy and the Hogue and in turn lost two of their own number, un
der fire of the British guns. A 5 ; 'V-:
In its daring, as reported by the British admiralty, the attack of the little plungers surpassed
any naval maneuver of the present war. Of the aggregate normal personnel of 2,265 men
carried by the cruisers, it is estimated that only 700 were saved.
Along the battle line in France reports indicate that while the. fighting is . progressing, no
great gains have been made by either side, and that the crucial period is still 'to come.
The Russians are reported to have taken the fortified town of Jaroslau, on me San river,
northwest of Przemysl, from the Austrians, and a Rome despatch --credits' the -Montenegrins
and Servians with having captured from the Austrians, Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia. -
In Africa, the British repulsed a German attack in their eastern territory, the Germans re
treating with losses. Gen. Louis Botha, the famous Boer general and now premier of the
Union of South Africa, has taken over supreme command of British operations against Ger
man Southwest Africa 1.'.- ; :t ; x
v It is reported that the French again are bombarding the important-Austrian seaport of Cat
taro, in Dalmatia. ;
Lord'Kitchener, the, British war minister, has approved the proposition for the formation of
a Welsh army corps. . ,
Another British casualty list shows a large proportion of officers among the killed, wounded
or missing. -
General French has issued a further report on the British operations in France bringing
them up to Septemtper 1. ".'.;'' .y: V ;V.V ';.V , .;
: j The Hamburg-American Line steamer Spreewald, armed as an auxiliary "cruiser, and -two
German colliers, have been captured by the British cruiser Berwick in.. the.. North Atlantic
ocean: ",.- - - - - ; - - - - - -----
It is reported that a vessel of 1 2,000 tons has been sunk by a mine in the North Sea.
MARCONI COMPANY
WILL GO TO COURT
r
To Test Right and Power of
Federal Government.
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TELEGRAM TO DANIELS
Asks for Time to File Suit to Deter
mine Whether United States Can
Close Wireless Station.
. Details.
; . New .York, Sept. 22. The Marconi
Wireless Telegraph - . Co., of ; America
announced here tonight it was)repar
ing papers, for a suit in the Federal
courts to determine whether the Unit
ed States government has the xright
and -power , to close its plants for . not
observing the naval neutrality regula
tions." .. ' ' -
Edward -J. Nally, vice president and
general manager, made the announce
ment in a statement setting forth the
present ' position of the company, in
regard to" . its controversy with the
Navy Department. .
vMr. Nally said the following telegram
was sent to Josephus Daniels, Secre
tary of the Navy, after the company
had been, informed today, that its sta
tion at Siasconset, MaBs., ' would be
Closed unless -the company gave assur
ance it would observe the rules.
President Nally's Telegram. ; i
"We have been unable to procure a
copy" of the attorney general's opinion
regarding the' use, of the wireless, ow
ing to unwillingness of the department
to give it out. In view ; of the very
Important legal questions Involved and
public and private injury that would be
Caused by . forcible action, we suggest
that such action? ' be withheld long
enough for us to : submit question to"
decision of a Federal -court in a sixit,
papers for which are now being pre
pared.". . V t '
"We desire," 'the statement ' reads,
"to- correct any- impression ' that the
public , may have that ' the Marconi
Company is wilfully trying, to evade
the neutrality laws of the t United
States. We are doing nothing, of tne
kivd, We .are endeavoring to the ut
most of our abil' ty to conform to every
requirement of a neutral citizen of
this country. We take 4 the - position
that the reception and:transmission of
the messages from our stations are not
forbidden' by any . law or treaty. J ;
"If -it is unneutral for-the 'Marconi
Company to receive a message from a
British ? war vesse at. sea; : it is quite
as Unneutral for - a telegraph or cable
company to receive or send messages
to Great Britain, , Canada . or Russia.
Yet .it is - undisputable-' that citizens of
this country have a right to deal;with
the belligerent natioiis.to sell them mu
nitions .of war, food stupplies and any
other commercial -material. As stated
bya Federal court, It vis not the pur-a
pose or neucratiwr -ttWB,iJtii a.nj' mauuw,
. - CoAtinued on ,Pages Two- , , .
THREE OF BRITISH
WARSHIPS GO DOWN
Torpedoed in the North Sea by
Submarines.
GERMANS LOSE TWO
The Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy Sunk
Dutch Steamer Titon Picks Up '
114 Survivers Dead Bodies
" Recovered. " :'-;
London,j Sept. 22. The British - war
ships Aboukir, Hogue- and Cressy have
been sunk in the North Sea by sub
marines, according to an announcement
given out by the official bureau this
afternoon. " . .;.
Continuing the -announcement says
that a considerable number of the
crews of those , vessels--were saved by
Jl. M. , S. Lowestoft and by a division
of torpedo boat destroyers. Trawlers
fife -
and their boats also took part in the
work of rescue.
The Aboukir was torpedoed first. The
Hogue and the Cressy drew in close
to her and were standing by to save
her crew when they also were torpedo
ed. - ;. ' . ) - '. - .
.The Cressy, captain Robert ,W. John
son; the Aboukirt Captain John B.
Drummond and the Hogue captain Wil
mot S. Nicholson were sister ships.
They were- armored cruisers of a com
paratively, obsolete type and were built
fourteen years : ago.' v ; " r.
The list of casualties among' their
crews will be published as soon as they
are known.
The Aboukir,.Gressy and Hogue each
had a displacement of 12,000 tons. Each
was440. fqet- long, and ,69.5 feet wide,
drew. 26 fefet of water and had a com
plement of 755 men including officers. .
Their armaments ' Consisted of, -two
9.2 Inch gSns,- -twelve- 6-inch guns,
twelve 12 pounders and flve .5 pounders
each. The Aboukir and the Cressy were
built- at Govan arid Hogue at Barrow.
-r - Twenty . British Picked Up. , " .
London, Sept.' 2Z. A dispatch ' re
ceived here " from .the Hook , of Holland
says the Duth steamer Titon has ar
rived ' there ' bringing twenty British
wounded and some -dead, picked up in
the North sea aftef the sinking of tht
British 1 cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and
Cressy. ,
The Titon reported that the disaster
occurred at'i.T:30 o'closck'! this morning.
The Titon picked up 114 survivors,
mOse' of whom were - transferred to
British torpedo-boats. s ' 4 "
GERMANS' I.OSB TWOf (
Of 'the Five Submarines Which - Sank
- ' British ' Cruisers.
i': Ymuiden, Holland, Sept. 22. via Lov
don -Two of five- German submarine
boats ' which .. attacked and ' sank. he ,
British cruisers Abdukif, Cressy, and
Hogue were sent to the. bottom by. the
.t Continued pn.Page Two,) ; - t
UNDULY ALARMED
Secretary .' McAdoo Talks
North Carolinians.
to
DELEGATION CALLS
Craig, Bickett- and Cotton Growers
Confer With Secretary, Who is
Optimistic Governor Sounds
Optimistic Note. - -
(Special Star Telegram.)
Washington, D. C. Sept. 22. The del
egation appointed yesterday to call up
on. Secretary ofthe Treasury McAdoo
to ascertain what, further help could :
be expected from the Federal Govern
ment for the cotton people were cor
dially received by the Secretary this
morning. The Secretary told the
North Carolinians that the government
was. willing to do all it possiby could 1
to help the situation, but that he be
lieved the farmer's - were unduly alarm-
ed. He took the bright side of the sit
uation, but . made it plain that, the gov
ernment was not gong to isue cur
rency direct to the farmers as' has
been proposed by ome of those repre
senting or rather claiming to repre
sent, the farming interests.
Craig Issues Statement.
After the meeting Governor Craig
issued the following statement:
v- "I do not think- the Henryxbill wilt
pass and I do not think . it .ought to
pass. It provides, among other things,
that the" Federal government shall is
sue $500000,000 of paper .nioney for the
purpose- of buying cotton at 10 cents
per pound.. I have not seen any mem
bers, of Congress who are in favor of
it. ' v V- .
' "The proposfltion t. that Mr. Bickett
submitted to the meeting at Raleigh
has-not been discussed.- - .
"All of these propositions holding
out the hope that the Federal govern-
ment will issue-millions of dollars of
currency directly ion cotton, or on
sta(;e bonds with, whicli to buy cotton,
might as well be promptly abandoned.
There is just as much hope of getting
the bag of gold at, the foot of the rain.
bow. Vv' ' - -
Conditions Rapidly Improving.
"The situation is distressing indeed
for , the Southern farmer. The cotton
crop was produced with the confident
expectation that, the price would be 12
or 13 cents per pound. , When the price
suddenly dropped "to seven cents per
pound the financial equilibrium was
disturbed and the psychological equi
librium!.:: still ; ( more disturbed. The
cause , was sufficient . to produce the.
shock ; ; " Conditions iiiow ; are by no
means hopeless.; They are rapidly , im
proving. .. In the 'first place, the farm
ers .are taking care, of themselves, and"
they mignt ias ; wen .unaerstana inai
their griml determination,- to -take: care
of ' themselves Is 4 their , 'safest . Reliance.
y. (Continued on Page Two.)-.. - , ,
LIMIT DEBATE ON
WAR
Only Four Hours Will be Al-
lowed in the House.
REPUBLICANS PROTEST
Will Attacks, Bill on Ground That Deni
. ocratic Extravagance . is Only
Ground for Its Necessity.
. Committee Report.
Washington, Sept. 22.-r-Early dispo
sition in the House of the war revenue
bill to .raise approximately $105,000,-e
000 was forecast today when Majority
Leader Underwood announced that it
would be brought up Thursday under a
rule limiting' debate to four hours.
Republican members in the brief time
to be allotted .them will attack the
measure along lines suggested today
in a minority report filed by Represen
tative Payne, of 'New York,, protest
ing t that there was "no occasion for
panic, hasty action or headlong action
to heap heavier burdens upon the peo
ple." The Democrats were charged
with extravagance. Failure of the new
tariff to meet, expectations of its fram
ers also was claimed. '
The majority report of the Ways and
Means committee declared that the new
tariff laws and other sources of reve
nue would have yielded sufficient gov
ernment revenue had it. not been for
the . European war.
Prospects for early passage of the
bill when it reached the Senate seem
ed more favorable tonight ' in view of
the capitulation -of the Democrats in
the rivers and harbors fight. Republi
can senators propose, however, to de
bate it'tboroughlyv---.v -t-'.i. -rr -
"The great, nations : of Europe," " the
majority report says, "have gone to,
a paper,; basis, and goid"has gone to a
premium. International, exchange has
been interrupted and must be estab
lished , on ; a new. basis. The usual
course of i export abroad-; we expected
to return , gold -to this country within
the next four months has been inter
rupted and? interfered with, bringing
about a more or less demoralized con
dition of business in our country and
ha's placed a-tremendous strain on 'our
banking facilities. It is, therefore,
deemed unwise at this time to with
draw government funds from the banks
because it would necessitate the banks
reducing their credits, embarrass the
crop movement,- reduce the treasury
balance to the "minimum and probably
bring disastrous conditions to our peo
ple. "It therefore seems wisdom for Con
gress to levy a tax at this time to take
care of the deficit in our customs rev
enue brought about by conditions over
which our government and our people
have no control." '
Not Traceable to Tariff Law.
The report cited treasury figures in
ah argument that the necessity for the
legislation ca,nnot be traced to the tar
iff law. It .is estimated that the spe
cial taxes or bankers, brokers, pawn
brokers, commercial brokers, customs
house brokers, proprietors of theatres,
museums nd concert halls in cities of
more" than 15,000 population, proprie
tors of circuses and other public exhi
bitions and shows, bowling alleys, and
billiard rooms would produce an ag
gregate, of $10,000,000, during the first
12 months the law is in effect.
Motion picture . show's, which are
scattered in almost every? hamlet in
the country, would be taxed $100 "un
der the head of "proprietors of thea
tres," etc., in cities of 15,000, according
to members of the committee today.
NOT A MOMENTS RESPITE
GIVEN THE GERMAN FORCES
Batteries of Allied Armies Never Entirely Cease Firing
Relentless Pressure of Numbers, Fire and Bayonets,
- Entrenched Germans Are Slowly Driven Back
- At the Battle Front, Sept. 22, Via Paris Not a moment's respite was
given last night to the German forces entrenched along the 90-mile ' froat
running along the rivers Aisne and Oise and extending into the Woevre di
trict.- The batteries of 'the allied forces never entirely ceased firing, all
night.;' ":.7i" - ;..;': v-:
The Germans occupying the trenches kept constantly on the alert, but
until 2 A. M. today no nggressive move was started from the allies' . lines
facing them. Then all 'the allied - batteries - seemed to open Are together .
At the western end of the line the allied infantry gathered ln the trenches ;
and simultaneously at various' points crept ont' and advanced cautiously la :
wide open lines towards the German positions, i. i C ; . ' ;
''y .The French and British on several - occasions succeeded In sorprislng and
driving back the occupants of the German trenches, but 'only after the most
stubborn fighting and heavy losses to both sides. ; In every Instance the al
lied troops retained the ground captured and immediately dug themselves ln. '.
Further east the Germans developed a strong attack but were beaten
back with the .bayonet 5nly to retucn again and again, to be finally driven
off to their original positions. The allied commanders were able to give the
troops who had been occupying the advance firing line a Welcome rest, push y
ing to the front fresh brigades of batteries hitherto held In reserve and
which were only too anxious to come into actual' contact "f
Military experts estimate that- nearly two million of mere men are at the -scene
wkere the battl has been in progress ten days. .'.':'", ' i ; ; J'"- '
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Statewide Prohibition Forces
Win Sweeping Vic
7 tory. at Polls. , VA
POUR CITIES GO WET
Some Towns Sprung Surprises1
on Local Optionists.
Figures Will be Increased Largely in
Favor of Drys When Returns " '
Are All In Returns Up .to
. Last Midnight.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 22. The state
Vide prohibition forces won a sweeping
victory at the polls in Virginia today,
returns at midnight showing that they
had won by a majority of 32,825. This
figure will be increased largely ln favor!,
of the drys when further returns are
received from counties which tpnight
are, inaccessible. ' .
With complete returns' from, all .the
cities and 41 of the 100 counties and
with scattering - returns f rOm other ."
counties, r the total vote Is 121,763. It
Is estimated that the final total vote
will reach 150,000.
Of this vote, the drys1 received 77,- .
453 as against 44,618 for the local , op
tionists. The cities which were "ex-";
pected to roll up a majority for the
local optionists, sprung a surprise by ,
giving 1,315 for the drys. 1
f Only four cities- Nprfolk, Williams
burg, Alexandria ' and Richmond re- '
turned majorities for the wets shrdlu
turned majorities for the wets. ' The
total, votes cast In- these -cities, was 40,. -
99t of whf ctf- the "drys got '20,146.
Karly Night ReporJt.:;-i
Richmond, Va., Sept. . 22y Barly re
turns from .Virginia's election today on
State-wide prohibition . indicate that
the prohibitionists have carried the'
state by a heavy majority. If the pres- ;
ent ratio of returns is maintained the
dry majority will.be more than 20,000.
Richmond complete gives' 4;282 for
prohibition and 6,011 against; Danville
gives 948, for and 745 against; Freder
icksburg 315 for and 306 against;
Charlottesville .349 for, 196 against;
Portsmouth 1,294 for, 1,231 against;
Hampton 251 for, 181 against; Bristol -424
for, 282 against; Alexandria 353
for, 1,121 against.
Scattering returns from all ihe coun
ties show heavy, dry majorities.
Ladles Take Part. .
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 22. Tolling of the
church bells, prayer meetings and serv- .
Ing of lunches at the polls by, the la
(dies were the features of the state,
wide prohibition -election here today..'
AMERICANS GET MORE WAR
. NEWS THAN EUROPE.
We
Get . Messages ? from Everywhere
-and Can Keep Informed.
Bordeaux, - Sept. 22. "Americans are
infinitely better informed about the
war than Europeans, even the neu
trals," the Temps New York i corres
pondent says. "They have received
news from everywhere from belliger
ent, and neutral countries-and also cen
sored and uncensored dispatches which
rectify arid clarify each other." .....',-
Rotterdam, . via London, Sept. 22.
The steamer Noorda mtook on beard
about 1,100 American passengers to
night and will sail early tomorrow for
New York. ' f :
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