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THE WEATHER- lTTT ' 1r- II .ifefe--" b K JP3 atplb ; - QNs3cmw VOL. XCV-NO. 53f WtLMIKGTOlsr, N. CI MOBKIKG; NOVEMBER 29, 1914 i NOTHING DEFINITE LEARNED AS TO RESULT NO W RAGING MjSIANPOLAD Ve Have Made Progress at Certain Point . Is All That Grand Puke Nicholas, Commander ;of. the Russian Troops, Will Say Usually Creditable Sources Say Russian Victory. IF NOT DEFEATED ALREADY GERMANS ARE SURROUNDED BY SUPERIOR RUSSIAN FORCES Germans Have Not Given Up Hope But Have Recommenced Fight and Battle Rages Desperately Attack of the Germans in the West Has Not Yet Mater ialized But Allies Expect It. London. Aov. 2S. We have made progress mt eertala points," is all taat (,rnii(i Duke Meholas, Russian cema ander-in-eaief , mji of the battle Of Lodz. Ari-ording to information from unofficial but usually creditable sour rr. however, the Russians have sained a great victory over the German ar mifw vhieh made their third attempt to advance 'Wrw. Tb brief reference to the battle, added to what vras aaid in the pre vious report front Russian headquarters, la taklen.here to mean that If the GrrmnnM have not been defeated already, the Russians have drawn a cordon aronnd them from which they will have grreat difficulty in escaping-. . Some correspondents in Petrosrad who quote the highest military sour tt, report that this cordon is steadily tightening, and that the Russian pons are spreading death among the German armies caught In Its grip. They dcolnre tbe only hope for the Germans, said to number 130,000, is that two army corps sent to their relief may be able to break through the Russian line. That the Germans have not given up hope is shown by the-JJerUn offl rinl utatement tonight saying the Gnnus - km recemneawd attacks, and flghtias eoniianes. - .S: '''' : JVJ kvi In whlcK.te "Belglasays:-H General von Htedenbnrg i;g$&&M:&'Z1 .Itt'WnWiiB recognition or ine proxeciion oe ana. nia irvupa finite: gi cu- unit. frontier, in au army order issued at Thorn, 'uaygi the Gerinaua have brought the Russian offensive to a standstill and inMicted heavy losses. , Farther south and west of JfovoRidomsko, the Germans also claim to have, repulsed the Russians while- for the" armies advancing to besiege Cra eoi. the Russian headquarters announce a decisive success." j In the Isist few days of lighting in this region, the Russians, according to their official reports, captured about 150,000 men; 40 cannon; SO machine guns and some general staff officers. ... - j This battle, although considered in military circles here not as important that around Lodz, would open the way for the Russians into Southern Si lesia If they are successful. In the West the Allies are still waiting for the new attack by the Ger mans which has been so long promised. " All communication between Belgium and Holland has been stopped, so that nothing authoritative can be. learn ed of what the Germans are doing. ' Reports continue, however, of large Ger man forces moving west, some with i boats and bridge building material. It is Iielieved in London that the next attempt- Of the Germans will be made south of the Franco-Belgian border, perhaps in the vicinity of Arras. Following the report from Petrograd of damage inflicted on the German eet by the Russians in September, ' comes the' announcement through Paris that the German cruiser Hertha has been sunk near L.ibau. There also are rumors that the German battleship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse has been tor pedoed in the Baltic. Both these reports lack confirmation. ' The British admiralty. It is beMeved has solved the mysteries of the owinp of mines off the north coast of Ireland. British ships have arrested two trawlers, one a Norwegian and the other Danish, which made their headquarters at Fleetwood on the English coast of the Irish sea on a charge of having laid the mines which proved so disastrous to British and neutral "hipping;. It has been suspected that these mines were laid by vessels? fly in cr neutral flags, but it was hardly thought they'were making a British port their headquarters. - : . GERMAN7 ARMY ORDER. delates That Serious Check Has Been Administered to the Russians. Amsterdam, via London, Nov..' 28. A 'efsiam from Thorn, East Prussia, Pives an order issued by General von indenburg, commander of - the Ger man army in Russian Poland, stating Tnat "in the severe fighting lasting sev Tal aays my troops brought to a stand 5,1 "I the offensive of the numerically superior Russian army." The army order repeats the contents or a telegram sent by Emperor William congratulating General Von . Hinden-urg- on his new success and promot es bin, to the rank of field marshal, '"p army order concludes: am proud of having reached the f'oi f r,,ilitary rank at. the -head of en troops. Vour fighting spirit and nor'fl'1' C h!,ve in a marvelous man 'nt1 r't?fl fhe greatest losses on the an'rt u ver 60-000 Prisoners, 1B0 guns about 200 machine guns have fall- ut,. our hands. But .the enemy is not pt annihilated. Thftrefnre e-n fnr. VVlth ILr.A C . - FatK i 101 our' -tvmg ana ine fhjPfl m - j;1 (I r I 1 ! he last Russian is sub- ind f t out feet." Menniriv comes home. l'8te Amfcavsador to France from This P-ric x- gnauy Honored. thp' rlV; '' -8 Myron. T. Herrick, fariis R American ambassador to and 'n,',r'r'ni1,'anied by Mrs. Herrick r'ari.s fon.efmV,erB of his family, left they iv r are this morning, where fn! K.take the steamer Rocham A sn - v Vork. i.osai bval,car was Placed at their dis-xh(- tun 'fr 1e "Vrench government for 811 the a s to the coast. Nearly 1-oth 1nlncr!cans remaining in Paris, Va''''ies It J,n Women crowded the In ririnB !on to.ticl farewell to the WiliiK,,-, ;,'"01riat. Among them were Herri. w'es SharP. who succeeds 11 Thackar M ambassador; Alexander rai ,.d lne American consul cti- of ulS' Thackara, and the staff also -n,l,a.S8-- There were nresent "Ihciai nmbfer of nrnmn.n v.fl - - "til -I.' I Cl J Will ,n? n6nor'ie..french officers includ- rr -- vW w ti J-HU5U "f T'arisVnf' m!litarV governor ber ! roioCr Pevnr and a num--ouela and majors. OF DESPERATE -:7 Among the many evidences of appre ciation to Mr. Herrick on his last day in Paris was an address of thanks from a number of French officers, letters and addresses from French deputies, from . the" Board of American Ambu lance, from the American Chamber of Commerce and . the French Society of Men of Letters. - DOUBT HAS ARISEN. As to Fate of Major Yatei British, Who Was Reported as Dead. London, Nov. 28. Doubt has arisen as to the fate of Major Charles Allii Lavington Yate, of the Yorkshire light infantry, recently decorated with the Victoria , cross, who was said to have died while a prisoner of war. Major Yate, son of a member of the House of Commons, commanded one of the two companies which remained to the end in the trenches at Lacatu. When all the - other officers had been killed or wounded arid the ammunition exhausted, the major led a charge of the 19 survivors. Recently a photo graph was published showing him as unwounded and a prisoner of war. A circular issued by the German govern ment September 22nd, said he had es caped from a detention camp. SECOND AMERICAN SHIP. To Enter Copenhagen Thia Year Will Reach There Today With Food. Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 28, via London, Nov. .29. E. D. Wlnslow, American . consul general at Copenha gen, received a dispatch today saying that the American freight steamer Jo seph W. Fordney from New York, would arrive at Copenhagen' Wednes day. She will be the second American ship 'to enter Copenhagen this year. She is. bringing foodstuffs. v . MAY ATTACK GERMANS." Starving Citiaens of Belgium Growing Desperate in Their Suffering. London, Nov. 28. There is imminent Sanger that Belgians driven desperate by hunger,-will attack' the Germans in some districts In an effort to obtain food, according to a report, Teceived today -by Herbert C. Hoover, chairman ence a of. the American Relief CommiBBioiuA5iisbedi TR HAM C PflMMIDDinil IIC UUItlll 10 SETTLE DISPUTE Wilson Wants Colorado Mine Trouble Over With. Seth Low and Patrick Gllday Selected to Try toBringr Peace to Unset ' tied. Mining . District Ap- -. pointnients Monday. Washington, Nov. 28. President Wil son . is expected to announce Monday the appointment of Seth Low, former roa'yor of New York, and Patrick Gil day, Pennsylvania mine union official, as commissioners to attempt settment of the Colorado coal strike. The President -today began prepara tion of a staVnient reviewing the Colo rado situation, telling , of his "efforts to secure, acceptance of a tentative basis of agreement and, of the sending of Federal troops to the strike zone. He received today from Governor Amnions a request that the Federal troops be withdrawn from parts of the strike zone. Labor leaders have protested against withdrawal of the troops on the. ground that rioting would follow. -; Mr. Low, as president of the National Civic Federation, has taken part ia. the settlement of many labor disputes, 'and his organization is understood to faor a commission to take up the Colorado situation. Mr. Gilday is president" of District No. 2, of the .United "Mine Workers of. America, v Whether -additional men will be placed: in the com mission was not known tonight. special commissioner-doing relief work in r H.oiana, .sendava- statemnt cy- a- Antwerp) and "neighboring - villages there has x been no food available for some time except what was- gotten through thecommissidn- At; Berchem the' Germans stored food they seized at Antwerp. The starving' people, see ing quantifies ot food within reach, are holding meetings nightly where the chances of success in attacking the German garrison and taking posses sion, of tbe food are seriously discuss ed." " ; Conditions at Louvain, refugees state, are worse. The people are ac tually starving, and are living in ruins. MERCHANT VESSEL HELD. By the Chilean Government Thought to Have Coal for Germans. Valparaiso, Nov. 28. The authorities decline 'Ho let .the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company's steamer Minne sota, which arrived at Punta ' Arenas November 27th, to proceed to Iquique. It is alleged the vessel has 7,000 tons of coal on board and the , authorities say they believe she will attempt . to deliver it to German warships off . the Chilean coast. - . . ' -it RUSSIANS TAKE CZERNOWITE. Austrian Flee in Disorder Russians Enthusiastically Received. Bucharest, Roumania, Nov. 28, via Petrograd Advices from Mamornitza say: "After a violent Russian bombard ment the Austrians have precipitately abandoned Czernowitz, capital of Buko wlna, fleeing in disorder with the Rus sians in pursuit. "The Russian advance guards march ed into Czernowitz at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of November 27th. They met' with an .enthusiastic welcome." PATROL AUSTRIAN LINE Against Possible Raid by Germans Across Niagara River Into Canada. . Buffalo N. Ytf Nov, 28. Extraordi nary precautions have been taken to guard against a possible raid by Ger mans across the Niagara river. A per manent guard' of militiamen-has been stationed, at Fort Brie, opposite Buf falo and the,, whole river front from" there to Niagara ; Falls and Queens town. Is patrolled day and night. Defense measures,, it is Said, were taken In response" to demands from civic organizattojis .who insisted that a movement similar to the Fenyan raid was hot a' remote p'o'ssibility. Major General -Sam -Hughes, minister of mil Itiai recently paid a flying, visit visit to the territory. Soon afterward the guard on the ' Welland canal was dou bled and today the river patrol was established. . - n .... CABLE IS BROKEN. Communication Between Russia and the West is Cut Off. London, Nov 29. A Central News dispatch from Copenhagen says the cable between F rederica, Denmark and Libau, Russia, and between Fred erica , and Pjetrograd, the only direct cables between Denmark and Russia, have been cut -in the Baltic l"70, miles east of 'Bornholm. "Vi . - , . The correspondent says It is believ ed' the cutting was done by German warships. ' The only communication with Russia now is by way of Swe den.,'.:;. t. .. ", ' . : . . : BATTLE ..STILL IN PROGRESS Correspondent Warns Public Against 'Believing Rumor of Russ. Victory. London, Nov. : 2 9. Reuter's Petro grad correspondent sends an official statement which warns the public to obserce - caution in - accepting rumors of a crushing Russian victory. -.. The statement r says - -the retreating Germans, ate- off eringdespVrate resf st- ence' and the--. battle ;;has not been fln- V . lumu I13WIST " '"'-y'V'i' -T-..'. 's-.'f.-.'-.; " " - - ' Protesting Against Audience With: SuflFrage Leaders. I WILSON I STANDS FIRM r. Has Several "Times Reiterated His Po . sition Townrds National Legisla tion foe jguff rage and Will No Ahter His Views. Washington,! Nov. 28 In protest against trie-. request of woman suffrage leaders for ; another - audience with President WJkion to ,ask his ., support for a con tlttjltional suffrage amend ment, Mrs.j Arthur M. Dodge, president of the ntjonal association, opposed to woman ;-gVEfffaget addressed a let ter to the President, today setting put argumenfs-against the proposals of the suffragfists.'X - " , : - '- Mrs. Dodge; wrote that the attempt to get popular endorsement of suf frage at' the; last election ws a "dis-, mal failure' . . , .. "In the naVtte-of 20,000,000 v mature women in America, who are not suffra gists," : she .protested against national legislation, 'that would nullify the ex pressed .wtflf': the - njajority of men and women Jliaytfie separate States to decide tisf issue according to their constitutionttr?ltovislons." ( v. "The bIack!?Jlst against "senators and congressmen was a suffrage boom erang," 'Wotev Mrs. Dodge, "the war on Democrats another." Uses Suffragists' Figures. Mrs.-Dodge declared that, taking fig ures presented to the credentials com mittee ' at the recent suffrage cohven- j tion in Nashville, there were less than 200,000 woman suffragists In the United States, "less than one per cent, of; the 24,555,754 ' mature women in j America.": She sent extensive statistics to' show that a great majority -of wo- j men -do notvwant the ballot. President t?ilson "at"; previous avdl eBCes'givwiljsnffragists, has constantly reliteraed'tthe question should be settle. Tvy-Sg ; national ac fined his : position on 'woman suffrage a government employe here, reiterat-fTteddick (. thoVa' haliovarf tho niiBtiin tn to be a State Issue. . ; "'I am1 deeply ' impressed with the woman suffrage question," wrote the President, "but I believe it can best be worked out State by State rather than by attemptirig a change in the fundamental law of the nation. Such a change wduld run too far and too fast ahead of the general public opin ion of the country." The President will see a "delegation of suffragists in the near future but is not expected to change his position announced again inf this letter. Mr. Wilson sew no. callers during the morning, but arrangements were made for him to see Henry Van Dyke minister, to Holland, as soon as Mr. Van Dyke corned to Washington. KILLED HIS FATHER IN HIS MOTHERS DEFENSE Was Beating Her, While in a Drunken Rage. Coroner's Jury Finds That Roy Price, of Wayne, Shot Father to Death to Save His Mother From Probable Death. (Special Star Telegram.) Goldsboro, N. C, Nov. 28. Coroner C. E. Stanley was summoned fy the neighborhood of Seven Springs . this morning to investigate the shooting and killing last night , of Robert A. Price, a well-to-do white farmer of that section, by his young son, Roy. The coroner summoned a jury and thoroughly sifte.d the evidence and the verdict of the jury was one of ac quital on justifiable grounds, as the evidence showed conclusively that tike boy had to shoot to save his mother from great ' bodily harm and probably deai, as the father was beating her in a drunken rage. , . The dead' man was a heavy drinker "and had been on a protracted spree, leading up to the Incident last night that resulted in his death. -Another Account. Kinston, N. C.'Nof. 28. R. B. Price, a well-to-do planter, was shot and killed in a. scuffle with his son, Roy Price, at their, home about, four miles from Seven Springs last night. The fatal weapon, was 'a shotgun, but it is not clear- if, .the son, ' deliberately shot the elder Price or if it was accldental; ly discharged in the fighting which is known, to have occurred. Roy Price was arrested. . The dead man was in Seven Springs before ,the shooting and was seen on the streets in anr intoxicate condition. It is' alleged that he went home and at tempted to y beat his . wife. Roy Price; who is about 22 years of age, interfere ed. .. Which of the two men had the gun Is uncertain. Kl B. Pricey was about 43 years old; arid was .known asa desper ate man when m drink, it is said. He was an independent: farmer and - well klnUWU U (up jwnuwvtuvyu. Reserve Deposits Are Rapidly Being Paid Into Banks. BOARD WELL PLEASED Healthy Gain - of t Oyer - Twenty-Four . million Dollars Made in Reserves , and Over Twenty-One Mil lions in Cash on Hand. .Washington, Nov. 28. Banks of the Federal. Reserve system made marked progress during the past week in pay ment of the first installment . of re serves to their .Reserve- banks. . A state ment, of the condition of the twelve Reserve, banks at the close of busi ness yesterday, given out by "the Reserve-Board today, showed an increase In gold holdings over 'Noveiriber 20 of $24,000,000 and an increase in cash of ' $21,700,000 in the same period. "This," said Secretary Willis, is re garded as showing, satisfactory prog ress toward the complete payment of reserves throughout the country. In several districts, a" number Of banks still are in - arrears with the payment of their reserve deposits, due to a misunderstanding of the fact that payments were due immediately upon establishment of the banks, or to dis tance ' and difficulty in transmission. Telegrams from various- banks report substantial surplus reserves at most points, and encouraging money market conditions." ' "Federal Reserve notes in - circular tion," the statement . said, '.Increased $1,585,000 being issued by eight insti tutions. The Chicago district is in ad vance of all others -in -the matter of note, issues.; New York arid Philadel phia stand next in - relative" rank. Re discount facilities have been availed of in eleven institutions, the total amount of bills, discounted being $7, 388,000.; Rediscounts have : increased during the Week $1,775,000." ' : ' U. MENDENHALL DEAD GreerisbOr; 'NT rC.H'lfovr -l2JrVb.aitgW i-'i sddick Mendenhall, 80 years of -age, Irerv-'PliftfeB'? iriffliister-r Mendenhall, SOears pf-'age Uiiil nn& nf this rniintv's forATTlftHf pit izens. died at Guilford college laStfraarine have left for Egypt. Turkish night. The funeral will be held there tomorrow.' : ' A: brother, -W. D. Mendenhall, of this city, son, Walter Mendenhall, of Cleve land Ohio, and two daughters, of Gull ford College, survive.' ' Deceased was a native of Davidson .--county, which he represented in the Legislature sev eral times. 'He was in the lumber- busi ness many years, and a prominent ed ucator. Washington, Nov. 28J President Wilson returned here earl ytoday from Willlamstown,' Mass.," where; he spent Thangskiving Day with his daughter, Mrs.' F. B. Sayre. He drove at once , to the White House. MAJORITY AGAINST TAX 17. State Board of Canvassers : Completes Tabulation. Bank of Caswell at Milton Is Closed by State Examiner and Cashier, Hines Has Disappeared. Short in His Accounts. (Special. Star Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C. Nov. 28. The State board of canvassers completed the tab ulation and totals of the votes for the ten amendments to the State constitu tion and made . considerable progress on the compilation of the votes for State offioers, recess oeaur taken to night until Monday. The vote for United States Senator was completed, the figures being: Overman, Demo crat, 121,339, and . Whitener, Republi can,' 87,101. ; . : . . ' .' The i final , figures on the total', votes for each of the ten defeated amend ments to " the State constitution fol low: , - v Milton Bank Closed. ' First 5781.R for; .51,031. asainst. Second 5 0,722 - for; . 68.14? , against. ThiJoW-54,72e for; .69,983 . against. Fourth5 7,321; 60,220. against. Fifth 6,255 for; 62.918 against. Sixth 54,414 for; 62.728 against: Seventh 50,520 for; .63,148 against. ' BIghth-r-r54,358 for; . 63,2.01 against Ninth-53,88.7. for; 63.02.7. -against. Tenth--56,515 for; .71,317. asainst. -State Bank .Examiner. Hubbard, tele graphed the Corporation Commission thlsr evening that, he has taken; charge of the Bank of Caswell, at. Milton, Cas well : "county, and that Cashier B. Hines, Jr., ' has disappeared, leaving behind a riote to"the effect that' he was short a considerable sum,, the amount of which is not to be .made publio until an ex amination verifies the-condition. There had "been no' intimation . of any . trouble with t'hYs little bank, which Examiner Hubbard had on his list for examina tion at this time. It . is understood at the - office of the Corporation Commis sion' that; Cashier Hines left when the examiner; Showed up there this morn ing ' for .'an ' examination of the bank. rJThe. bank was organised in ,1905, has $5,00Q: capital1 and f8r31 deposits. F. B. JonaUs:presidenit iOfneanJu , 628 WHAT THE GERMAN WAR GR1TIGS SAY 1 Information fiiven Out By Official Press Bureau CONDITIONS IMPROVE 'VleWir of the War Critics With the German' Newspaper1 as to Result jot Battles- N'wff, Raging en . German" Frontiers. Berlin, Nov. 28 (by wireless). In formation given out today by, the offi cial press bureau follows: "Military critics of the Berlin news papers consider that the success of the Austrians on November 25 and of General MacKensen on the following day have made, still, more favorable the position of the Germans. Rus sian reinforcements appear to have come from Ivangorod" and from Ga licia. The latter movement may be followed by an advance of , the ' Aus trians over the Carpathians and tow ard the river San. "Reports from yienna say the con flict along the greater part .of the front has assumed the character of a stubborn and-long drawn battle. "Fighting in the West has almost heed lost sight of in view 'of the im portant conflict in Poland and Galicla, the outcome of which is likely to exert an . important influence on the whole situation. Conditions in Servia. Further progress of the . Austrian forces in Servia is reported from Vien na where it is said that ' the enemy has been forced back near Lazarevatz on his' center - which has been broken, inrougn. r unner successes are -aiso believed to have been won along the Kolubara river south . of VaJdevo, the Austrian now -being- before Kosjo vici . - ;. -; . , ' "The Turin Stampa reports that high Egyptian digfiftarles are ' being, expell ed by the British, .intensifying the excitement of the natives in -Egypt. "'On French , prisoners. " have been found bullets 'wlih' thes'tops .bored out! and filled with "Wmte f phosphorps. Servians in ihe$Drina division 'til '2b Jf w .u -ll- " ws VT V arriay. .ServiafenBeserters are- arriving war, and Djenijir Faslra,'& iftlnlster..,Oi newspapers - say ' that ; of Turkey ; liber ates English -political prisoners dissen tiOn will disappear. "Since the" French ' established a na val base at fBizerts, -Tunis, Italy has been threatened in-the Mediterranean. She likewise " has been menaced at Bengazi by th British' naval base In the Gulf of Sbloum.-' Victory for Tur key and her allies, the newspapers say w'ill extricate- Turkey from these dan gers. "The Tasfirl Efkiar," of Constantino ple says that Russia's only way of ap proach to Constantinople is by way of Vienna since Italia and Roumania are masters of the Russians In the Adriatic and Black Sea." OF TROUBLE MONDAY Between Employes and West ern Railroad Managers. Have Ninety Days to Discuss the Mat ter and Ten Days' to Bring in a Re wardArranged Under the Newlands Law. Chicago, iJov. 28. -The differences of 98 Western railroads with 55,000 em ployes will be taken up here Monday by the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation. The eyes through out the country will be turned upon the hearing brought about by the in tervention of President Wilson last springs after the men and their em ployes had failed to agmee. The men will be represented by a Committee of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers and the' Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men. The enference committee of Man agers will represent the roads. , The arbitration was arranged under the Newlands . Law. Ninety days are allowed an d ten days additional for the delivery of n award. The arbitrators are W.L. Park, vice president of the Illinois Central, and H. E. By ram, vice president of the Burlington road se lected by the roals CL A. Burgess, as sistant . grand engineer. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and ' Timothy Shea, assistant president, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men, selected by the employes. Judge Peter C. Pritchard of the United States District of Richmond, Va., and Charles Nagel, St. Louis, former Secretary of Commerce and Labor,- selected by the government through the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation. WILL DECIDE LATER Vance Memorial Committee Completes Preliminary Survey. (Special Star Telegram.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 28. The Vance Memorial Committee, after looking the geld over, decided to meet here again -some time in December when they 'expect "to be able to an nounce , a definite decision as to the Vance statue.;. r Pk R. A. BEGIN ARBITRATION LraiQ CIlPIL Except for Few Incident Za pata -Troops Keep Order. :v OFFENDERS PUNISHEDt Brasillan Minister, at ; Mexico City ; Re'' ports to- State Department Spaniards KUteA That Ha' Washington, Nov ,S8. Except for si few isolated cases of robbery and v!o . leitoe, which resulted; in severe punish- :. ment to the offenders, this Zapata foro- es have maintained, good' order tp He- ioo City, according to advices from the1 -Brazilian minister to the State Depart ment today. . . ' j . The minister mentioned no. Injurjr toit Spanish, subjects, and officials here da not credit rumors that several Span- iards were killed. f The Brazilian minister reported that! ' the publio was : rapidly regaining oon-i fldenoe. . ? . The Zapata military commander ' hast issued a decree levying a tax of one half the 'regular property tax, which, he says, is needed to pay troops and the expenses of the police and govern ment. The Oarranza, ' administration, ; he- deolares, ft the treasury, empty. .. -r r NothiS" 'Known of " Plans, y - Nothing-was known by the Brazilian) minister when he filed his dispatch, lata yesterday, as to ' the time when . Villa aa4-hl forces would arrive. Previous-i lyhe telegraphed that agents of Villa and the Aguas- Callentes . convention j ; were working in perfect harmony w;ith' Zapata officials. , '. ; The. situation in other parts of Mex- ico ' is described, in 1 official reports aai quiet - with the - ex.ee ptlon, of .Tamplco where ' the approaoiay of CVlUa' forces from - Ban LuIs-'Potoi ' has ' terrorised; WG . i mer- situation i :xBnreBiinow- is align- - . wU-h-thiJ-eoftVentlon1 'IdJiif; 1 . . 'm . j '.....t.l.j ,-' jr.. v .'tt . :maEaMUisesr.a peacexui; vaijrjT' oi mT Vilt& troops is- nottntlRJyi v ik ' : Wltetisa" tep'orts ' from- Tampico, ,o- 3 p oy saia oanojir. were iuuiiok uinrcy , oil .fields - and . aparently ' had v gainedfU control of-Panuca. . , ' BLANCO UNDER . ARREST. Last of Constitutionalist Generals to Leave Mexico City. is expected to remain there for two Or three days to become, acquainted with' the people. He 'was accompanied by Generals Obregon and Agullar. v., Gensn-al Herberto Jarata was left lrt command of the garrison. General - Luoio .- Blanco, who was the last of the Constitutionalist leaders to! evacuate Mexico City, is here as a prisW oner at the disposition of the military- ' authorities. ' John R. Silliman will remain in MexW ico City, ' where . he will conduct hist work in conjuitctlon with the Brazllianj legation. Such dealings as the Washw ington government may. have wltnj General Car ranza.. while he Is here will! be carried on through Consul W. W Canada." Dispatches Friday night from Verr"' Cruz has carried a report that'Gene' Blanco had' been arrested by his. Vera Cruz. 'No explanation was grar ; ii REPORT WAS AN ERROR Banking House in New York Thinks; V Public Misunderstood Lord George. , ( New Yofk, "Nov. 28, A banking house with influential British connect tlons today : received a cablegram form? London intimating that a wrong In terpretation had been placed on ths statement of Lord George in the Hours of Lords Saturday- that this country's! debts-" to . Great Britain aggregated. $500,000,000. Hhe message said BrltW ish' bankers - estimate the - amount , ot !, this - country's obligations - to London;, as not exceeding $250,000,000. That also was the : maximum named by Slit George Palsh, the British treasury of-f flciA.1. durlnfe-- his recent visit to thl: country. : ? Ss . . . - . 1 1 J. T 3 , -I. . ' 9 ' JUOCai' DanKers bbiisvbu Juuru vrcvrgei probably . referred- to. the , amount ofl J American securities held by bankers I and individuals , of Great Britain. Afri no ' time the bankers said, had this; country obligations to England and ! her colonies ever amounted to the c'f lossal-sum said to have been named, by the chancellor. Love Sick Maidens Warned by Police PASTOR FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST - I . THEM . AND THEIR SCHEM ING MOTHERS GETS RELIEF Worcester, Mass., Nov. 28. Rev.; Frederick Nicholson, of the First. Spiritual church, today appealed tos the chief . of police . for "protedtidn ' against lovesick " maidens and schem ing "mothers." For weeks, he said, his life has been made unhappy by love letters and ; telephone calls. He turn- t&'S oyer "to " the' police a package oc " letter's.-:.' Police" officials subsequently visited ;each- home and advised that I tentiona M tth ,epastor must .ceasa. , ; 1 'ft'.1 1 H .t 3 ill 4! -i r ' .- L M--Mt-?J4Si " 'v,.r, ;:.-:, ;4'.;r- 'A p'- : -. ; - V""" -r' ?,!-"..-' ' -
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 29, 1914, edition 1
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