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I. .7 4 vv: -V( 3 ;.s"-:v;,v fin THE MQ7 NING STAR, WILMINGTON, N; G, TUESE NOVEMBER 24,119 1 4. ' two - ' S ! 3" 1. Til':" 'IT- Ml' fr 1 1 4 WAR DEPARTMENT U ON DEFENSES Public Now Has All Informa- -. tion Good For It DECLARES MR. GARRISON American method of delivering- over j the city and as having criticised sharp- ly failure to make a formal transfer ; of various departments. ! Communication between Vera Cru and Mexico City was interrupted again tonight, the wires being cut between here and Cordoba, Gen. Carranza's headquarters. , - -t Mexican Colors Raised' '' General Aguilar personally raised the Mexican flag over the municipal palace at 6 o'clock tonight. Infantry was drawn up in front of the building during the ceremony. A large crowd in the plaza cheered as the - colors were unfurled. . r General Aguilar in a -statement to night said y "I am well satisfied that this day has ended so peacefully. The Mex-i icans are pleased to have shown the r- i 1 I I I I ; I men in charge of our machine guns hesitated' Then from the German ranks they' heard the voice; of the-Sou-ave prisoner", who called- to them: Shoot! it; (Tlrexr dbuc notn de dleii). There then flashed out from the ranks' of the Zouaves general dis charge of rifles and machine-guns. TBis Are laid low the Germans and with i them feirthe heroic soldier whose de votion made it possible for bis coun trymen to checkmate the ruse of the enemy. "If the name of this brave roan is unknown, at least, his regiment will re tain forever the remembrance of his sacrifice, which is equal to any of the most courageu incidents secorded In our glorious history.' . v SMALL, ISIiANO OCCUPIED. . la a Letter' Addressed to Congressman (Gardner, in Answer to Reauest ,.' ; ;Tt Secretary Appear Be fore Probing Committee. . civilized world toflav that Mexico is a i Reported to Have Been in Readiness cultured nation and are well satisfied f ' for Use by. Germany. with the whole affairs. I appreciate the f London. Nov. 23. The" island of efforts of the American people and the Herm, off the Guernsey coast which is government which made it possible for the occupation to end this way" General Carranza wiH no,t arrive here for two or threes days, -.according, to General Aguilar. '..' ; ' SECOND THTUST AT WARSAW IS CHECKED Washington, Nov. 23. War -'Department officials possess no information as to the state of the Nation's defenses 'not already made, public, which, they "fe.f free to disclose," according to a . , w i - tcontinuea From nee une.i Utter addressed oy oecrar, lt when, on the ISth. a violent today to Representative A. P. Gardner, j 28-centimeter mortar fire compelled the front company to seek shelter in the first barracks. At this moment the Germans blew up the building which they previously had mined less than one square mile in area, has beenoccupied by British troops as a precaution, against, possibly use- by Ge rmafiy . Some l iinM ago "an agitation was started on the ground that the is land was leased to Prince Von Blue chera descendant of the famous Ger man commander. A 'wireless station found there shortly" after the outbreak of the war was destroyed. Reginald McKenna, home secretary, explained in the House of Commons that a German company' had leased the island as far back as 1889. This 'com pany in turn leased it to Prince S von Bluecher. The island has been inspect ed, Mr. McKenna said, and no evidenqe was found of military preparations. of Massachusetts. Mr. Gardner intro duced a resolution providind for Con ETCfonal investigation of the military Mast session, and -had written me : " " retail '6'u's " c. "however, were not useless, as throusrh them we were enabled to destroy the defensive works which had served as witness at the proposed hearing. Harrison's letter says, in part: Mr. "I note that you express the hope Uhe base for German counter-attacks. that I will, be the first witness before! TJie Germans who attempted to cross the committee; that Assistant Secretary j the Maas to help their troops stationed Breckenridge will likewise consent to j at Chauvoncourt on the other hand ive his testimony, and that you have j sustained heavy losses losses certain invited a number of Army officers to J jy .muCh greater than ours. At Sen testify. I do not think it seemly for ones a detachment sunoorted by artil- me to offer myself to the committee, fiery received the order to take Ger- nor do I believe the assistant secretary 'would think it proper for him to do so, "and I feel sure that officers should not place themselves in the position of vol unteering information or views to .Congress to one of its committees. Wise aad Proper Course. man trenches which were threatening burs. A break was made in the first wire fence by means of melenite on the 19th of November, at daybreak, and our infantry, at a bound, made an ad- j vance of 250 yards, only to find itself confronted by a new wire fence. of the German Arm. WATAUGA A YADKIN RAILROAD WANTS 250 STATE CONVICTS They tell a story ol a man in a great city vho -forgot his own name. He put an ad in the paper. Within a few hours he was quizzed by so many cu rious people that he put an ad. in a later edition stating that he wanted to stay lost. Our classified ads. da I everything find the! lost, buy and sell, bar- L gain and exchange em ploy arid secure em ployment. Use them. Claims Receivership Means No Inter ruption to Construction. . ' (Special Star Correspondence. Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 23. Receiver W. J. Grandin, of the Watauga & Yadkin railroad, and the Grandin Lumber Com pany, appeared before Governor Craig and the Council Qt State today with W. B. Council, of Hickory, as counsel, in an effort to make sure of the reten tion of the present force of State icpn victs at work on the railroad ande an early increase, of the number from, 6 to as many as 250,' in order tjiat the work of constructing the road from -I am not standing on any question "Taken on the flanks, right and left, " ,V V '"w""f f "...taiMi T.rri,,r- or insistins: on ! k,- Jt.i- ; ! North Wilkesboro to Boone, and - be any particular form of red tape meth- ; ej nrm an unshaken, and, under fire, od. I sinply am endeavoring to do ; proceeBej to f6rtify itself on the con- what seems to be the only wise andjqUere(j ground. Our men in this brief proper thing to due in any manner be - tween one of the Departments and Congress. Until otherwise advised, I will riot offer myself to the committee or approve of any one else under me doing so. "With respect to your suggestion that the testimony of myself and tne affair lost only sixty men." OPBRATIONS IN INDIA Report Given Oat at London Shows British Advantage in East Africa London, Nov, 23 The official press bureau tonight made public the follow- officers will disclose a state of facts so i ing communication issued by the Mar astonishing as to challenge the atten-j juis of Crewe, secretary for India, '. tion of the country, I only say that vir- j dealing with British military opera- tuallv every fact which I or any off icer j tions at the head of the Persian gulf would feel free to disclose, is now . available to the public, and has been for a long time. "While dictating the above, your let- ter dated from Hamilton, Mass., No vember I7th, 1914, was handed me. It ' reached my office this morning. The purport of this latest communication Is to ask me to go before the committee. What I have said above , fully states what I believe is the position that I should have taken in this respect. Im ... mediately upon being advised by the ; committee of its desire, I shall, as above " stated, promptly comply there with." , and in East Africa: Recent operations in the Persian Gulf have been -crowned . with- even greater success than Was -anticipated, after the signal defeat inflicted on the 'Turkish forces November;-15th and 17th. ,The latter, abandoning all further reslst ence here, fled,, leaving eight guns and many -wounded in our hands. "Basra, (a river-port sixty miles from the Persian gulfK was occupied on the 21st by our -naval and land forces. , "In East Africa it -appears that a force sent fronci ,'JBritlsh East Africa to seize an important German railway terminal: became - heavily engaged just outside the town. But as the enemy were in superior -strength, this force was compelled to fall back and await ( reinforcements. j "At 11 A. M. on November 4th the! attack was renewed. When within j i 800 yards of the position, the troops ! (Continued from Page Qne.) , were engaged in a heavy Are on the i ent,to Germany and thereby endanger- j left flank. In spite of heavy casual-j ing their victualling". j ties, the 19th Grenadiers actually en- Germany objects to the British claims t tered the town and crossed bayonets -of right to seize a vessel during its j with the enemy. The North Lancashire f, entire voyage if carriage of contra- I regiment and the Cashmir riffesn the tand has taken placeunder false, ship-j right pushed on in support under a; GERMANY CHARGES TRUST IS BROKEN yond may be pushed with all possible speed. " . Judge Council laid before the Coun cil of State the status of the 'affairs of the Grandin Company and the Wataur ga & Yadkin, setting out that the re ceivership is. really a mere guardian ship to conserve the interests of, the stockholders cttid the creditors through the stressful period due to the Europ ean war and other conditions, and : as sured the Council that the company is in position to carry the railroad con struction through , without interrup tion. . - r The Governor and. his Council voted to give Receiver Grandin assura.nce-that the present force of convicts will be continued on the railroad - work land that just as soon as his Company is in position to make-the necessary provi sion for substantial increase in the con vict force, additional convicts will be provided. ' , XT GEO. W. HUGGINS JEWELER 105 MARKET STREET A visit to our Show -Windows will give you an idea of a few of the new and many gifts we have to offer. Take one look, and make your "Gift Buying" a pleasure for ever after wards. ' ping directions, "declaring that neutral - chipping is thus exposed to constant chicane." Further Germany com plains that under the British order in tually compelled to fall back to cover council "the right Of Seizure On ac- r.nn Vr-Aa frnm r.m'a nnsltinn count of blockade running is unduly extended". Another charge is that British naval forces "have seized on merchant ves sels, sailing under the Dutch, Nor- wegian or Italian flags, German sub- Jects liable to do military service" in doing which it is claimed "they not on- ly have violated the established prin ciples of international law, as express very heavy fire and also reached the j town. They found themselves opposed i by fire from the houses and were even J I 500 yards from the enemy's position. jl ne losses were so neavy ana me i position so strong that it was con-' sidered useless to renew the attack ; and the force re-embarked to return to its base to prepare for future op-j erations. . ' "From reports just received the total ' casualties in this unsuccessful opera- i j tion were 795. including 141 British ! 1 officers and men. The wounded are V EXPOSITION A White Diagonal Cbeckedlsdras Cblar Geo. P. Ide & Co., Maken, Troy,NY. d in the declaration of London, but j mostly doirt well. Many are convales also infringed on an act of their own legislation". ' It adds that "in the same manner the French naval forces have captured Ger man prisoners liable; to do-military ser vice on neutral merchant vessels, es pecially on Dutch and Spanish vessels". cent". FOOTBALL MUST STOP WHAT ENGLAND MCSrT DO. To Maintain SBCccruITy Her night to Seize American Cinnner CsraroeM- Washington, Xov. 23. To maintain i urd57'.s tcl? . successfully her right to seize cargoes "of American copper carried on a neut- (ral vessel to a neutral European coun '.try, Great Britain apparently finds it British Pre Opposes Play Because Hecrnitlng at Games Small One Man London, Nov, 23. Indignation against the playing of football is expressed by nearly the entire British press to day because almost no men enlisted a a result of recruiting rallies at Sat- I "It is time to eradicate the football cancer", says the PallMall Gazette, which complains that not a single man was recruited at London's principal f AAtKoll mifih nrwfAVk itr n otfaniAfl Vkv necessary to establish probability that 1-ft"" '""'V .,...,,.. la, 000 spectators. A colonel who lost a son at the front ' n r rl V m oalf urn at vaf ntn nor n Vl A fl t1 11 D j iu.. p .. "hj . L demonstrate H appeared at this game, says the.. .inwe"a? "een an mease in op- , and pleaded with the men to en- pe r imports into any neutral country ; iist .in excess of the normal requirements; ..As a soldier j aak you" said the lor tending to prove that the surplus j'colonel, "I say come, your country need's :uu Jti ui a corresnonn nnanrirv ni- the copper actually is destined for a I A, hostile nation. One means of establish ready in the country has been allowed to pa ss across its borders to belliger- ents. The British government has been collecting.- statistics on this subject and ' today Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the-British ambassador, went over the figures with Acting Secretary Lansing at the State . Department. According to lr. Lansing the figures ; seem to show that the state of the cop 1 per trade of the neutral European v.ebuntries was abnormal. . The whole subject of the right of the . British government to interfere with copper shipments still is under consid . eration by the State Department. ANXIETY IS FELT FOR FOREIGNERS of Americans, left the dock at 1:50 P 'M. for home - . " . The Mexicans marched in on the neeis or tne aeparting troops but no was registered Residents of Vera Cruz who haa 'heard of threats made by "Villa follow ers and others opposed to General Car--. ranza that they would resist occupa . tion ' of the city by Aguilars troops, breathed, more freely as the Carranza soldiers moved nearer anr hearer to th center, of the city, f vi The ofliy-liniileaaant Inciflertt had no effect 07ti:tBB-geeralvjsituation. Gen, .: tarranjr-7vwir: potea by reprewmta you . His words were drowned' by shouts when the teams came on the field, says the paper, which adds that -in other parts of the country the same stolid re fusal greeted speakers and reeruiting officers. The Evening Standard says the total result of the country wide movement was one recruit. "Is football such a passion that noth ing on earth can stop it?" says ; the Standard. "Vigorous youth should be persuad ed that this is not the. time for the development of any. passion save love of country". - '' ' The Westminster Gasette says there is only one way in. which the football association can put itself right in the eyes of the public and that is by dis continuing its programmes. RECOUNTS BRAVE DEED. Story Told . of Frenchman: Who Died ; from French Fire by Own Order. . Paris. Nov. 23 There was given out serious disturbance of the city's peace f semi-offlcially in Paris the following "The other day in Belgium a Ger man column was advancing to attack the forest of. Brie defended by Zouaves! Our men noticed that before them the Germans forced a Zouave prisoner and at the same trine they heard cries of stop firing ' v -. "For an Instant our riflemen and the Who will eat "THE ORCHARD" tlyes Irejbeing-displeased .wth the Jment. :, y--A f'-J'M-. ECZEMA ITCHED FOR 20 YEARS RESINOL CURED "pee. 8, 1913: "I had eczema for 20 ( years. 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