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1 1 -:- .J.'" - :';C--::--V;5'-'T , CHRISTMAS . SPIRIT, v . More,, than war --depression will be necessary-to dampen vlts ardor. Have you Issued your invitation to the" public for A share of Its holiday business? . ' THE WEATHER- 'S fSlTN -' VOL. XCV-KO. 56. RUSSIAN Muscovites Have Approached ". ' -V--. cow, Fall of Which Would INTEREST CMTERS V5 STRUGGLEIN Breslau and Berlin- Heavy Batteries Ar 3eing Mounted for Siege of Strategic Fortress. HEAVY CANNONADING AT WIDELY - SEPARATCD POINTS IN THE WEST Important as is Impending Siege of Cracow, the Main Interest in the East Continues With Operations on the Frontier Through Lodz and Lowicz to East Prussian Bor- V der Official Announcements Indefinite. ; London, December 3. With the lull in the battle in the West, tfbieh has become a heavy cannonade at widely separated points, witJi only occasional infantry attack?, interest centers in the struggle between the Russians and'Germans in the East. - r . : . f '-. At last the Russians liave approached within firing 'distance of .Cracow, their advance ffom Przemysl paying proceeded without real check. They were reported today W be mounting heavy batteries around the town of "Wieliczka, which they occupied yesterday and f mm which the outer' forts of I Oracow can hf reachfi'd.'" . j Important as this is for the roads to Vienna, Breslau and, Berlin the main, interest in the - East continues to rest with the operations on the irregular front through Lodz and Lowicz to the East Prussian border. . Official a.niiounce- ments cult to It is apparent, however, that a as tn nroffressuliere are ffaardftd-aivd xindGnnit. and it is iiiffi-itr4iaiott- j.-.v. arinsAr. wiimihetQii. t arrive at a conciusipn as to the course of events. , 1r ; v-fiiv Durham; xeit Mimeton; GfeSn's- w est ot iiOdz. where the (iennans nave iormea a new line, witn iren forces from Kalise and are again trying to penetrate the Russian. cen- ier. . , : The Russians, too, have had time to straighten out their line and; in the eyes of the allies, another battle following so closely, that just concluded in this region must help them in the long run, for, it js ar rned, win or lose, the Germans must be further weakened, and , in addition, soon will have to turn their attentiogi to the Russian offens ive against Silesia and around Cracow. . --.v f - ' j On the other hand,. German experts. believ.e that defeat for thj Itiissians would enable the German geherals to : unite all their forces for another blow against the allies in the West. . ; J There has been no news for some days of the fighting in, the Caucasus or in Egypt, but throughput. the -whole of Africa more live liness is anticipated, now that General: Christian De Wet has been captured, and General Louis Botha canjcarry out hisv original plans of moving against German Southwest Africa';', the "first Australian and New Zealand contingents - have been landed in Egypt for operations . asaiust the Turks, and.Tortuguese pla . to take the off ensive Against the Germans on their. African bor ders. K I..-.. i . ' ' '"' The political event of the day was the Premier of Italy 's ' an nouncement that nothing had inye'ned to prompt Italy to alter her policy of neutrality. " ' ''-i'''-' ;-' ; ' N ". ' . : v RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. Says 1 iRlitinc Continues la Certain Places on Frontier. PetroKrsirl, rec. 3. The following of flcia! statement was issued today from genera! headquarters. - 1 . 1 ' "Fifrhtine continues in certain dis tricts alore: the front in. the region of Lowicz. Important forces of the erie my. chiefly troops transported in 'No vem'oer from the German west front, PPenPd ;in offensive December 2nd in the region of Lioutomersk and -Sezer-zow. . .- -, "On the rest of tje front on the left bank of the Vistula, there, is no par ti'ular modification in the situation. "Boyonrl the Carpathians our troops ,"e taken Bartfeld, capturing ' eight 'JTnrprs, i EUns." 00 men and . six ' machine 19.00 SERBIANS PRISONERS. Tak ?en Since Anstrlana Began Present Offensive Movement. Berlin. oec. 3 By vVireless to Lon oon)- Nineteen thousand Servian pris oners ilave been taken since" the A!ua "ians beeran the present -offensive 0Un,t. according to a report re- today from Vienna. Jas cas-lties since the' beginning of win reach about M 00,000 or irtuaiiy one-third o? her -' entire rpneti, Rciorts of further Servian til r - to ,1,e east of the Kolubara, xr"' j-'"'nd rivers tend to: confirm, the U,p " of military, observers that of Servian resistance ; cannot be fr off. . - Wj ;.. . . . : Paris official report. " Havk Occupied L-Bmentls and the p signal of Xon. . r0. Dfec- 3 The following- official inriunication was issued by the war offH'e tonight: . . ' -: 0. lnr' only interesting news relates to rlv-r d- n the rSht bank of the -r Moselle we . have occupied i Les- ,;, the Signal of .Xon.' - the V6Sse our-trwwa.bavo, cap TV GERMAN THEEASm ' a . . . f - 3 . - - . . -ice of Cra- Withip Firing Did ,r.. . , Lay Open Roads Vienna. fall of Cracow, would lay open theJ new battle has developed south- . . . . . , reinfeiements have reached An-- ttired the Tete " De Faux,' south .of the village Bonh.omme, which dominates the'range of hills Torming-the frontier, and has served; as n observatory for the Germans. ; . V,- "In Alsace the station of Burnliaupt has been occupied,.; and we have estab lished ourselves on. a line comprising Aspach, the bridge of Aspach and Burn-haupt."- ., v .s- -.'f .. ''" -.; DUTCH TROOPS KILL. BELGIANS. In Riot at Belgian Detention Camp at , Zcist, Holland. - London, Dec, 5. Dutch troops 'killed sijb Belgians and wounded ' nine . today wien rioting "broke out. at- the .Belgian detention ' camp ; a't Zeist, Holland, ac cording, to a dispatch.- to , London from Reuter's correspondent Amsterdam. -JTroopa have been sent fronv Utrecht t o strengthen the guard at Zeist.' ; Colu. Collard, commandant of.;.tlB Zeist camp, says the flrst- signs'; pt ' un rest In the- camp, .which - contains 6,(fe0 Belgians,-, were discerned yesterday, When;thee men tried-to escape.- . , ' - The excitement gr.ew, and discontent became augmented when the. men learn ed, they would be allowed to see their wives' outside "of certain fixed' hours. They, also complained' .that- the canteen prices .were too high, and yesterday they Stormed the canteen. . ' ; ' 'Early today, the trouble broke out afreshv. and" the. canteen again ..was stbrmjBd and cleared of its' content's! j'jpally Dutch-troops arrived and afi ter the rioters had been warned, the soldiers; by order fired , tw volleys. js - " ;- - - - , . 'London, Dec. 3 The Rome corre spondent, of the Eichange'.-.Teiegraph Cpmpany 'reports that' at. thejeopening tot the Italian parliament ,today.,,Premier Saiandra stated that there yras no new: factor. In "the situation inr th course of developments a,t present which would prompt Itily to alter her policy of neu-i trail ty..'-r.-. a.-. . ; Paris, Dec- 3. The French official r p'ert, given oit In. Paris fthls fternopnf i:- : :.i -V.;: COMMITTEES ; For r Handling $135,000,000 . Cotton Pool Fund. ; IN SOUTHERN STATES ' b,,,tore1tf,,Moi Raleigh, tniairman and ' J V. Gralngrer, of WilmlBRton, Mem ber of North Carolina Committee ' Local Committees Sfext - Washington, Dec. 3'. The last im portant step preliminary -to the. actual operation, of the $135,000,000 'cotton loan fund was taken today by thejeot ton' loan committee when it completed the.'state,,. commitVees in 11 . of the Sduthern'states. ; These commitlees will select . local committees at once in every cotton producing community. The cotton loan committee also announced tonight that a meeting of the chair men of the state oommittees . would be held here December 15th to dis cuss details .of the loan plan. ; ' Although the plans for putting the fund into the hands of cotton produc ers have gone steadily forward, it was indicated on!g'ht that possibly a large part of the $100,006,000 contributed X.y Northern - banks might . Jiever be, used. OlFlcials here realize that some . South ern producers, are not particularly en thusiastic over the"" plan," in view of th-s. interetJ to -be paid on loans, and the prices now quoted on cotton on the New 'York and Liverpool exchange's. At "the" same time " it was said "thee plun js regarded zs successful whether a'r dollar is borrowed under it or not. The very fact that the cotton exchanges have re-opened and that cotton'is sell ing for fairly good prices,' officials de clared, was due to some extent at IsaFt to the completion -jpf : tne loan fund. - ' -' - . t North Carolina Colttee The. state loan committees announced tonight included: . No;tfc iCarolinat Joseph J.-'...Brow, (chairman , Raleigh. W. C . 'Wilkinson, Lcro. ' ; '- - ' ' ' ; South"' Carolina: . R.'.G. RHett (chair man); Henry slehachte. and E. "H.Prin gle, Jrv. . Charlestorf; E. W. Robertson, Columbia;-C.-G. Rowland,' Sumter, and John M.'Kinartt,jNewberry. .. r .. ' -Tnnessrteo: rE Lj Rifche (chairman), Memphis; ' "-S E, Ragland, Memphis; Charles A. Lyerly and T. R. -, Preston. Chattanooga, and J. W; Vanden, Jack-son.-. ; :"' '- ' " Virginia; -John M. Miller;' Jr, (chair mai) and Julian. H. Hill Richmond; Caldwell- Hardy, Norfolk -.Thomas B. Mc A'dams, Richmond.' .and. H. T. Nicholas. .Lynchburg ; ' " - - . Completed copses, or. the" .plan, tO'-tn oi t applications for leans" and gen-al i.n "8t:'ai noas wcTflmaileditorthe'Ch-J.'rjnen ci -tnfj comniu'eB lrum iiw, o cuice .today.'' , - ' - The Stae committees, under -he uon era.1 plan of Orginizatiphwill nppo5nt local committees in various .torni. of their . states., H . '11 'be,vh.;.u.i?h: these .ioftf 1 "committee t'hat" applicationf for loai s fwlll- be .forwarded . :to the: StatG committees. 'and tv them' to the jCOtton loan "commits?, ti - - . Safe is Blown' Open and : $1,800 Taken. Injterior .of Building Damaged to '-Ex-"' tent of $1,500 or 3,000 Robbers, " ... Five in -Number," Escape , . ' Three "Artesta Made ' ' (Special Star Telegram) " , Nichols, S. ' C.'.'pec, Si1 The , Bank of Nichofs,1 of which Mr. McG. Buck; . of Mullins, is president and Mr. B. B. Elvingtoni -is -caehier arid general man ager, was entered this morning at 3 q'elock and robbed of -eighteen . hundred dollar's." 7The 'safe was blowrr" open and completely wrecked and the interior, of the office was demolished.)" It; will 'take aboutm.500 to $2,000 to cover the dam- age. There-were five Jn the party,for they.were.seen -by a'.negro as they .were running down the railroad track to- ward Mullins. .. - 7 Columbia was imnfedtetely called on for " bloodhounds, whlch arrived" on "the train; due here at 10:18 ;A".- M. , The dogs-were" Immediately put on the. sfcent but-failed- to make 'good and-were call ed , off. " ' : ' .-Y V.- , ; .Two nienv were arrested in. Mullins this ' morning'- and . are being held. for, examination, also one was arrested at Pee Dee. .' Y . The texplbsloriwas Iheard -.byrargrjeat many people -.-: here, but nothing was thought ; of it unttT the .telephone bper-h ator .notified a citizen and he- gave -the' general alarms By 'this time Jbey had jmade'good,their. escape.. :.They are sup poaed ,to. belong, to the Portland, . Ned gang. - "It - does . not' exactly- look" like professional '. work, but it ; .'was thoroughly done. ' J-. -Quite a :lot of excitement was creat-i ed and .Nichols; had.. the appearance of the tobacco season; . No statement has been- made "as : to what the hank: of-j fleer intfend" doing, ""but the presump tion is. things will be put in. firft class trin5j.'arjd tth tbaik - will do . business -.at BANK OF NICHOLS IS RGB EO BY YEGGMEfJ WHENBANKSHOARD THE PEOPLE HOARD No More Panics Due ;to" Dis trust of Banks. NEW BANKING SYSTEM Governor of Federal Reserve Board De scribes Effects of New .System and . Gives President JWIUon ; - Principal Credit. .-" '. New York,"Der 3. Pa'nic due to dis trust of banks has , been relegated to the museum of antiquities by .the new Reserve Banking system, in ' the opin ion of C. Sn rfaUn governor of the Federal Reserve, BoaroV voiced today in a speech bfor' the New. York Cham ber of Commerce.,''; - -; J - "The Federal '; Reserve , system will relegate to -Itsu. proper L place, e the mu seum of antiquities- the .panic generat ed by distrust in. our -hanking system leading to . a struggle of .self preser vation between, bankand iaink. indi vidual and 1 individual, aidjfultimate hoarding by' the .people,"; Mr; Hamlin asserted. "Such hoarding" usually fol lows hoarding .by. the banks and does not pi-ecede.it. If .hoarding by banks should cease;', hoarding by Individuals would never occur, and Doth, I believe, will be relegated to obscuritjr under the Federal Reiserve system." . ... 4 . . Mr. Hamlin did not thiiik that all panics "would 'bey"lone away; with, of necessity, bythe new system. - . .. "If, in the future," business expands Unduly under the spirit of speculation, the day of "reckoning wlil'surely. come as it has in the pafet,","he" said. "Undue expansion wilt correct itself, Just as the air bubble will ultimately; burst. ; I believe, however, that' the ' Federal Re serve banking system will, .materially check undue'.expansion; . r ; "It is a fact, however, that even un der the Federal Reservo system the' banks still' have it in thefr power to permit, if not to encourage, undue spec ulative -activity; .and, if they do this, the - inevitable ' result--cOfnmercial vtry.-iAlaemsijQA' "agr-eoro-'t panies - of Hhe Vnlf$ aleso iQieTnaraT Federal Reserve systeirf (I tiope in the near future) evert that possibility will J oe greatly mjnimizea..: - v- "Much speculation exists as to the authorship of the Federal Reserve '-act. I cart say with confidence that no selfish interests asseted at: its birth. I can further say that- beyond -those primar ily responsible for its provisions rMr. Glass and others of the House; Sena tor Owen and -others of' the" Senate, and the Secretary of - the Treasury -.there. looms, upione. figure more entjtled. to the credit for. its provisions .than aiy of the others. ' the, man ' primarily responsible--President - Wilson."' 5 - ' - " ' : - BOND 20 Wealthy Chicago Lawyer and Churchman Arrested. A j i. . w . ; . ... Carlton Hudson Believed to be Carlton , II. Betts, Who 20 Yrs Ago Was , Charged With Forgery In. New - York. Chicago, Dec. 3. Charged with .for feiting the bond on which Carltpn Hud son Betts, had been held 20 years ago when accused of forgery, Carlton Hud ton, a ' wealthy attorney, for many years an active member of the Mpocy church of Chicago, was arrested here today at the request of the New York police. He was released on bond and will be given a hearing tomorrow. The arrest was( made on complaint of Dr. Charles SanderS, whose uncle, Joshua Senders, was on Betts bond inr1894l Hudson would make no statement.. The policemen forced thelr7wa"y past Hudson's clerk today, Hudson was impatient at the intrusion. r- "CaptaTri O'Brien wants to see, you," said a detective! ' .. ' "... ' "What about?" snapped Hudson. . "This .telegram ,f rom New . York," re plied the policeman. . ed.tQ , James McKeag . an attorney, and and 0ffice partner. ' . ; "Would I better go with them" he asked. - - . "I guess . you'll have to," 'answered McKeag. .'' - v:.. .... . .. :At : detective headquarters, he begged to sit in the. lieutenant's office while his attorney arranged a ; bond. .' Hudson would not discuss his identi fication as Betts, .the; bond" jumper" of 20 years ago. - '' . , Charged Wijh , Forgery. New lYork,. Dec. 3. Carlton H. Betts fled -this' city 20 years ago,; "while awaiting: trial on. a. charge of forging the name-Of Mrs.' Margaret MtGowan to a check for $500. He was .out on -a bond of $1,50.0, which "was furnished by IJoshua Saunders, his father's, friend., Ifho dnnH xuaa forffiited . ' -' ' . -" Several attempts to locate ... Betts failed. " Yesterday , IQwell. Thomas, . a Chicago ; newspaper . ; man, appeared at , the office of Henry S. Cook, . attorney for the heirs of Saunders, and announc ed that he knew whre. Betts could, be' found. : Thomas later; appeared in-Dis-trict" Attorney Whitman's . office,' and Ca" warrant w:as; sworn : out. "7 - V " "A detective will; be seritlto Chicago immediately lt'o',Vrtrik7t'o Cthfa" clfy'Tthe ynuua. tb.e:tjouce assert ia mbum. YEARS AGO FOR CONFERENCE WITH GE. ZAPATA Gutierrez and Villa Have Gone to MEXICO CITY QUIET - . ; . . .- - - . ; - Villa Qrders That 2fo Prfvate, Property be Occupied Without Conseit of , ' the. Owner Zapatista Z Patrol the- City. " ": -. - ;.- . v .Washington,. Dec.' ' S.'U&Provis'ionaV President Gutierrez and General -Villa Send several military chiefs have gone from Mexico City to Cuernavaco to dia-. cuss with General Zapata the distribu tion of forces in the capital and vicin ity. This was reported today in of ficial: dispatches, to the State 'Depart ment, which- said' conditions in Mexico City were quiet: - :.' ;v . ."Zapatistas -patrol the city," said' n announcement, from the State Depart ment,, summarizing official messages, dated .late lastnight. .'. . v ',- .'. 'i "The army of the North -is encamped in the-suburbs. . No further molestation of foreigners "has occurred, 'and fair order- is- being maintained:' There has been iiO -friction." ' ; '- - ' 5 ' , ; General 7Viirai according to 'the dis patches.,: has ordered; that' no private nrpp.erty be; occupied without the consent-of', the owners. . . , Wh$le the Mexican Railro&d east from Mexico City-has been damaged by Car ran za troops, -official dispatches say the British-owned, railway system was left intactj and lias been restored to the company's management. . The; State Department was informed tHat .General Cayranza and General Candido Aguilar went to Jalapa three days ago, on an inspection tour. DISCUSSED AIRCRAFT AND , THEIR PART IN WARFARE Captain Bristol Appear Before House Jfcaval Committee ' Washington, "Dec 3. Aircraft and their, -great - part in modern Awarf are, were distrussedtoday before theHodsfc BrtjjWlr in charge of the naval aviation- corps. Captain Bristol explained the jvalue- or aviators as sascouts and said that while submarines might not be dis- icovered from the deck of a ship, .they' wouia De aeiecrea py airmen even n submerged 50 to lOO feet under the sur-fa'ce'fpf..-th-?ifatoiij- ??.f : 'r- i.' Captain Bassett, In charge of naval militia, .told, the committee the naval militia under the new law of the"-last session of Congress has been better organized and : now numbers 7,100 men and .580 'officers. No state is yet up to its ful,l quota, The 7,680 have passed I the Federal'': requirements and he ex- pectea a steaay growtn ill" tnis Drancn of the service.. . ' Washington, Dec,. 3. Sweeping changes in the Federal military prison policy are 'proposed -in a recommenda tion Secretary. Garrison as suhjnit ted to Congress. The plan, designed for' inclusion in the army appropriation bill, iWould.. change the name 'of . the United - States.-military prison at JJort Leavenworth, Kas.,' to . v the c "United States disciplinary' barracks", and ex tend the federal paroling system. CAPE FEAR LEAOSEHTIRE SOUTH Work in New. Hanover At tracts Country's Attention. U. S. Publle" Health Service, in Report . Say Every School House and. Every Residence Has Sanitary ; Conveniences "(Special Star Telegram) , "Washington, D. C. Dec, 3,- A remark able instance of what a rural town ship can do in sanitation if it really makes' up its mind to bs progressive is given in an article just published by the- United States Public Health Service. Cape Fear township, in New Hariover county,' started out last sum mer' on a r-sariitay- campaign, under the combined leadership of the County Board! of . Health, the State - Board of Health . and the United States Public Health Service -in ; Wilmington. i . ; As .-a r result there has been great improvement in .. sanitary conditions. According to reports that" have ; Just come in, every - school house and every home in the township" is provided with sanitary, conveniences. .. - , . . .."If there ' is anyV other rural, town ship, in the .entire . South that can show a' progress' equal to ; this, t it ought to come V to- - the -fore andi et itself be known, says' the report... " -? ,:' ."When a . study of several hundred counties' shows nearly one half of the farm homes without any sanitary con-Veniences-af .aK.it. is a niatte of pride to point to ; the' achievement of a township like. Cape. Fear -in Ne.w Han over vcbunty "which.: demonstrates . itself .as being far ahead of the average." . , . - P. K. A. Washingtoni Dec. 3.--Rbmulo A -, Naon, -for . three : years minister , to "tne Uiji ted. .States " f rom ; Argentina, today presented his credentials to r resident Wli'so'nlaVe:.nr TOWNSHIP DEFECTS OF HAVY iBEHERftL REVIEW ARE EXAGGERATED OE DEVELOPMENTS . . . . , 1 - r - .. - . ' :1 ... Department Answers Mislead ing Statement Circulatecl. TORPEDO EQUIPMENT Statement Disproves Declaration That "of Long Range Torpedoes There r Are Only 5S In the. Navy", by Congressman Gardner., - Washington, ; Dec. " 3What .officials regard as popular exaggeration of ad mitted defects in the . American navy 1 torpedo : equipment was the .-sub ject of a; statement issued tonight , by Secre tary Daniels embodying a special re port from Rear Admiral Strauss, chief of the bureau of . ordnance. , Specially the statement was prepared to dis prove a misleading declaration that "of long range torpedoes there are only 58 in the . navy," quoted: from a. speech by Representative Gardner, of Massa chusetts,' who is " urging the . adminis tration'Ho supbort .his -resolution for an investigation of the Nation's mili tary preparedness. '' ' r While the recent discussion of the subject, has'-dealt" only "with- the equip ment of battleships and cruisers, - Ad-. miral Strauss took "occasion 'to point out that long range torpedoes are neither .required nor; desired, for sub marines. He recalled; that the British, armored cruisers Aboukir, Cressy. and Hogue. were torpedoed and destroyed by a German submarine, at a range of 500 yards.-- v "This statement standing by itself is calculated to leave a false -impression', said Mr. Daniels. - "In , view of repeated statements that thehavy has only 58 long rartge torpedoes, the chief of the bureau of orda'nee haatbeeh' asked 'to furnish a statement concerning the torpedo station and.r has complied as follows:- . " 'The 58 long range, torpedoes so of-, ten referred to - as the only ones the navy possesses are of '"the 21-mch," 21 foot type, and-there is no ship in the United States "navy yet in; commission that is prepared to taS'e -them. " They ituar-e manuf actured :t&jci$r, sonjBtruc- ,Uoi:feegin4aiitf$4e vada . land not go into commission- until about the end -of next year. Their .'long range is. obtained-by art: increase-in length over existing types and nos s"hip prior to the Nevada and. Oklahoma . is constructed for torpedoes of this length. So far as the bureau of ordnance can ascertain, these torpedoes have as high a range, or. higher, than any torpedoes manu factured abroad. . "Beginning with the Virginia - class, which went into commission princi pally in 1906, and up to and including, the. Texas, which went into commis sion this year, all the battleships are provided with 21-inch; 17-foot tubes. Within the last two years it was found possible to so improve the 21-inch, 17 foot torpedo as. to . practically , double its range- and steps were-taken at once to' construct new torpedoes having the in creased '- range. We . already , have a sufficient' number ' of these' Jonger range torpedoes, to qXMfltrthe eight -most Te- cent dreadnoughts inftomTOlssipn -and that is the equipTnent that they will have on board. " In" addition to the abbve' there, are being manufactured -at the;; government works at Newport-and the Bliss Works- at Brooklyn a sufficientr.number to pro-, vide all of the battleshipsof the Unit ed States navy with- thViong range torpedo; ' , .'?-"! ' " 'All of the armored? cruisers except four, and all b the ;Qlder destroyers are -provided with 19-lnoh tubes. All of. the "cruisers and: all'of ,'the destroy ers subsequent t6:destrpyer, No.' 28, are p.rovided wth ' torpedoes that were- up to . date in range and., speed one year ago. Since then a scheme has been de veloped for Increasingthe rarige of the 18-lnch torpedoes of the newer type which will outfit all, destroyers, from No. 28 with the'long range weapon. "Long range torpedoes neither .are l-realuired nor desired for submarines. Submarine warfare is 'of. such a char acter as to make it advisable to use short range, high speed : torpedoes and that is the class .that submarines are being furnished with'." . RECEPTION ENCOURAGING. Villa . Fa ctlOn'n View; -of . Kntry Into Mexico City. El Paso, Tex;, Dec. 3. The reception of Fresident'Gutierrez and Gen. Villa" in Mexico City was encouraging, ac cording to advice's to the Villa agency here today. . ."' ' '" i The Carranza' agency4 made public dispatches dated Vera Cruz,' saying thev Carranza general, Ramon Iturbe, had oaptured Guaymas on " the west coast, arid that Hermosillo was' being .besieg-, ed by Carranzatroops. The Vera "Cruz dispatch says General taballero, claim ed as an adherent ' by sthe' Villa f actio!, had attacked and routed Villa forces at tempting to fake Panucp.' Attacks by General Herrera's: Carranza forces on Villa strongholds ; in i Chihuahua State were reported in unconfirmed dis patches. ' ' ' ' .' .;" . - The : Vera Cru.z reports : said Zapata troops, which last week , cut 'communi cation t between ; Mexico City " and Vera Cruz, had-. been driven Vinto the; moun tains. Communication between the cap ital and Vera Cruz has' been restored, it was'said. . - ' TWENTY PER CENT. . I INCREASE OP WAGES JU ' Greensville S. C, ? Dec1 8 H. D. J .Wheatr owner of thfr Irene,. Cotton Mills, of Gaffney, has-announced" A "a to per cent.'. '.increase of. wages '4 for all. operatives connected with his mill which is one of the.larg- ,:est in. the -State. 'p-'C-i ' .','" 4 '':WH0ItEf HUHBBR 1 3,839 Of v British; Elxpeditionaryi Force for Six Weeks, GIVEN BY COL. SWINTON) Recent Xali In Active Operations in thf : West iProBresw, by , Either - . Side, -But. a- Re-Ad jnstment on Part of British. London, Dec. J3. Col. E. D. Swinton,; of the -intelligence department of tho( v i ge.neral staff of the;British expedition- .' : I ary force on the continent, in.a narra-i " tive : KovVmberf ;28th, gives a general! : - j review; of the -developments of the situn .1 i ation of the force for six weeks precede 1 ;V;t ing ,that,date. ' ' .... ) 1 3 The.re-re.cently .has been a lull in ac tive operations, . he says. No progresa has beeh made- by either side and yet there has' come about an important re adjustment in; the - scope of the part" played bj the British army as a whole. He explains ,thel movement from tha river - Aisne -to the-Belgiah frontierto prolong, th$ left flank of the French, army.-arid says that in attempting thia the -British 'force." was compelled to as sume ' responsibility for an extended sectiombf the" front. He points out that'-the'' British held only one-twelfth,' of the line, so' the greater share of tho common task -'of opposing the enemy, fell and still falls to thV French, while the' Belgians -played an almost . vital ; part. ' ' : ' ; '' v - With the fall of Antwerp, the Ger mans fnade evry -effort to push forward- a - besieging i force - toward tho west. - Altogether they had a quarter of amilllon fresh men. Eventually the Germans 'had north of LaBassee about 1lC'c'orps and eight cavalry divisions, that is, "a force of- three quarters of a ' mill'fonof" men with which to at tempt to -driven the: Allies into the sea. In- addition' "there was Immensely powU erful armament'' and heavy siege artil lery, which also -Tiad been brought up froi around-Antwerp." . i . German Forces Tremcndons. ' The eye-witness tells of blows deliv ered by the Germans at Nieuport, Dix mude'and Ypreswhere at first the Al lies -were greatly outnumbered... .r .For a while the . British army- around: , Tpres -held its" grotrnfl against repeated,. onslaughts "by vastly superior forces. r, ;-v The writer details the German attacks ' i . j and describes how they. were frustrat- ? ed. - -.,'-' " ;'" i The British forces, says Col. Swin- ." ..f: ton 'had. to withstand an almost con- ' tlnuous bombardment and to meet one ' i desperate assault after, another, each v- carried out by such units trom tne large numbers which the Germans were devoting to the operation." Finally the French ' came to their assistance and never-was help more. welcome for "by!then our small local reserves again arid' again had- been thrown into the fight in-the -expectation of counter-attacks and our 'men were exhausted by. the incessant-fighting.". -"'"The British front has been, consider ably shortened ; and in addition has been reinforced while a lull has ena bled the Commanders to re-adjust their,.; forces, strengthen their positions and hbring' up"the -reserVes.'.There has there- ':.' LfoFe -"been a .great general improve-' ment-in the conditions under which w ate: '-carrying ;, on the fight." Of the fighting which' preceded this re-organ- izatlon the. writfei says.lt was due sole ly to the resource, .initiative and en-i "dtfranfie (of tbeiregimental officers and! r men that success' has laid witn. tno British;". He, continues: , "As the struggle swayed backward1 and Tforwirdithfl fighting assumed a.' confused and desperate -character. Thej unit's .bedame :fne"xtricably mixed andi in-many cases "to . strengthen soma thrpatened .point. .Or to fill a gap in. tha, line officers had to. collect and throw into- the .'fight: what men they could; regardless of the units to which they belonged ,- ', t:. . 'Purpose of the Allien. , .-."Th'e duty-pfithe Freneh, Belgian and British in the western theatre has Sbeen lo JiOld ; onto and to keep occu- pled as many of the enemy as posfW. blew.hlle.-the-;Ru8slans were attacking in the East. In this wc have played out . part'.' and haye ; contributed materially towards the-success of the eampalgn, . j "The-vatue. of years of discipline and training is . as noticeable on the sida.' of the .enemy, as on. our. own. The phe- , nomenal losses, suffered by the Ger-- rm&ns - have; breehi remarked and these were' in part due to their lack of train ing." T . .' - '-The Allies, .continues Col. Swinton, have undergone .great sacrifices. The writer 'points' out that the Germans continue to attack with great courage and- while . they have not gained tha Straits of Dover,, they have consolidat ed their position .on the western fron tier and retain,-all but a small portion of Belgium. - ; - ,v 1'AS'Well; as-they have fought, how ever." continues .the narrative, "It i doubtful if their achievements are com-m;ensurate;-iith their losses, which re cently. : have .ben .largely, due to a lack of training; and .a . cpmparatlve lack of discipline of. the. improvised .units thejr put in the flejd,': , ;.Col.- Swinton. . conciydes . with tho statement that .as. the war will be one of exhaustion, after the regular armies of , the .belligerents' have done " their .work, success ,wL dependon the raw material of' the ;countriea, concerned. " Washington,, Dex, 3,---Presldent- Wil-" son " today- deciined . an Invitation to speak at the Rivers and Harbors Con-, gress ;her: next .-week. ,He told Sena eors Fletcher-and-.Ransdell that other engagements would prevent his attend ance,.; Some, members of the - cabinet, however, are on -the. programme. r-Chlcagp, Decj'S More than half the public. employee, in the "United State , are -in ''politics and their Jpbs .are "the...; sab-8tructur vof;. the great political ": machines, Richard Henry Dana, of Boston,-president --of the National Civil iervi - o;,"Ueagifti ideclared here tonight in his annual address at ,the League's v conYentlQ-,,; . . V t ". i ::"ii is. 11 f -3. ' Vi'T'- : ? A , , ;. ;-;' 'Vv'" ! ... j' r i- it : ' 3 ;i I,-
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