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THE WEATHER. LOST! AN OPPORTUNITY! Tb 7 a BenrpKtfr MBder fall a rrlanee through the .advcrtlains of m newspaper ts profcablr" a day of loat opportunity. The Want Ads especially are a mine oi opportanltlca. Fair, warmer Monday; . Tuesday falrT vol. xcvn-iro. 3 WHOLjJ TSTTTMBEB 39,369 -II II I rBBS I. I Ml IJT. ,tt l I I IS.VAt 1 . - J I I L,IA fiTW'T!tir" X I I'' Y I I ml 1 ma K - m m. 4 r a., m r Ejht r w, mi ,m m a ' Si .. . p-w -mv "m t A. m B V U n . MV W ,5EI7 M-"cir. -.4 M ' - VILLAWIMDEFYU.S; TROOPS TOWNOFiGUAPRIETA Says if Necessary Will Fight United States Army on the Border. FOOD SUPPLIES SCANT Engagement Wth the Carran za Forces Was Question of Hours Last Night. . American Troops in Positions . Ready for Action. Douglas, Ariz., Oct. 3L Villa troops invading Sonora arrived to day within . striking distance, of Agua Prieta, opposite here, and tne expected attack against te Cajrranza ga rrison apporently is a matter of hours. Advance cavalry of the invaders halted late -today, 3 1-2 miles east of Agua Prieta. General Francisco Villa, who ar rived at the international border, several miles further east, a few hours earlier, talked with Ameri cans across the boundary and an nounced that lie intended to at t&ck the Mexican town, regardless of any action United States troops might take. 4 'If necessary, I will fight the United States army as sembled along the border," he Carranza Garrion. Strengthened - General i Villa learned for the first time today that permission had been given by the United States government xur v.fiiM , "1 iJT- tt. American territory to reinforce the I Agua. .frieia garrison. tour carranza troop trains journeying through Unit ed States territory arrived tonight bringing: the fighting strength ' of the Carranza garrison to 6,000. men. Villa, accortTlng to relable estimates has 10, 000 soldiers. It' was expected here that Villa would open the engagement as quickly tes possible because of the condition of his men. thousands of whom were thirsty tonight in positions far from water and with scant supplies of food. It is believed Villa contemplates jmov ing his main body into position some time during the night following one of his favorite plans. . -. i Start on Final Advance. ( The main body of Villa soldiers; form ed a juncture with their advance (troops at the Gallardo ranch, about 18 miles southeast of Agua Prieta. The attack ing army, then started forward for the final advance oh the Carranza defenses. Colonel Florenzio Diaz, with 1,500 cavalryr-preceded the invaders . and halted his forces just beyond range of the guns of General P. EUas Calles, the' Carranza commander at Agua Prieta. . :- Brigadier General Thomas F. Davis, commanding the United States troops entrenched Just north of the Mexican line. inspected his men and their posi tions.. He also kept a close watch of the Mexican military movements plain ly tc be seen from the American side of the border. Thousands of specta tors witnessed today the first firing incident to the expected attack. A horseman, believed to have been a Carranza spy, suddenly broke away from the Villa column and raced for his life from a shower of bullets. Villa soldiers went in pursuit firing as they rode, but the man reached Agua Prieta, apparently uninjured. ' ; -i m - - l Three thousand Villa troops, mount ed and- afoot and driving pack ani mals, loaded with machine guns and unmounted cannon, were tonight at a point -."four miles 'east of Douglass and about the same distance south of the International boundary. Camp fires were visible both from Douglas and 'from the east trenches of the Callea stronghold whiQh were filled with ribe-, men, machine gun operators and gun-, ners manning field pieces. ; Villa himself was with his cavalry. which passed along the the border to-j dav to take position just out or range, of" the prarrison. It was, during this march that ; he learned that Carranza. reinforcements had been . transported over American territory. ' ' ." "Agua Prieta will be mine," he as serted, "Americans or no Americans." Pointing I his finger toward the town he added; "There is food and rest for ur men. We may. have , to fight the whole American army if necessary, but fto matter, it'wilf be ours." . "When?" he was asked- - ' " "I know," was the reply.' Through With United States Suddenly Villa asked again : if It were true, that the United States gov ernment had permitted General Carran za to transport reinforcements over American territory. He then "said: . "This is the way the .United. States repays me for the protection ' have given foreigners in Mexico. Hereafter I don't give a d what Jiappens to foreigners in Mexico or in . my terri tory. I aln through with the United States. y can "fight my. battles.' Iiet them figlft theirs. I can whip Carranza and hisentire army but it is asking a great deal to whip the United States also; but I suppose. I can do that, too." Villa . declined to pose for a photo graph: "No more of my pictures for (Continued on rage Eight-J ' ' T" IK! ATTACKING WIL L IKE ON BRITISH TRADE Consul Skinner Arrives' Consult With Officials. to BELGIANS IN DISTOESS Dr. Balnbridgre, Who Also Arrived on the Rotterdam, Says Thousands of Refugees Face Winter With out Means of Support. New York, Oct. 31. Robert P. Skin ner, United States consul general In London, summoned to Washington for consultation on. the. trade situation be tween the United States and Great Brit ain, arrived today on the steamer Rot terrain. Mr. Skinner denied reports that his recall had been occasioned by any dissatisfaction with his duties as consul general and declared that there was ho friction between his and the State Department. He also denied reports published in London pa pers that he was to be appointed am bassador to Mexico,; and said there was no truth in rumors that he as bringT ing with him docfuments alleged- to have been taken from Franz Rintelen by British authorities when Rintelen and Andrew Meloy were detained at' Flymouth while they were en route to Holland. - Dr. William Seaman Bainbridge, of New York, who has been in England, Belgium, rance and Poland making a semi-official survey of Red Cross hos pital work, was on the Rotterdam. "Despite the magnificent aid that has already been given Belgium," said Dr. Bainbridge, "there are thousands of refugees facing the winter without means ' of support, and shipments of food and . OthinssAf fom - tfeer. - Unite States are necessary to relieve distress and stu. nation. t Also on board the Rotterdam were Captain" John Leonard and nine mem bers of the crew of the American sail ship Pass of Balmaha. which left eBw Y . Archangel with cotton ew York for Archangel with cotton and was seized by Germans. The Rotterdam brought 1,037 passen gers and 5,000 bags of mail TO . RAISE FUNDS TO RELIEVE , ' STARVING JEWS IN RUSSIA Appeal Made at Meeting Held In London Yesterday. London, Nov. 1. At a- meeting here yesterday in behalf of the fund for. the relief of Jewish victims of the war, it was announced thaf there were 1, 500,000 Jews starving in Russia. Leo pold De Rothschild presided and Lord tjwaytholing, Chief Kabbl Hertz Israel Zangwlll, and other prominent- Jews were present. ' " . . Rabbi Hertz described the task of raising the fund as vast and urgent. The response to the appeal for funds from the British Jews, he said, was not nearly adequate, mainly owing to their ignorance of the real state of affairs. For nearly a year there had been a sinister silence in the general press, broken only occasionally by a sneer at at the Jews by preachers of race ratred and apologists for reaction. The Jews, he added, "were face to face with a trag edy unparalleled in the history of Jew ish agony. The . Petrograd authorities, Rabbi Hertz concluded, expected a million pounds ($5,000,000,000) from the British Jews and only $300,000 had been rais ed. He said the present call was for sacrifices and selftaxation. MANY THEFTS IN JAPAN Attributed to Chinese Revolutionists and German SpiesArrests. Tokino, Oct. 31. There - have been many arrests recently for thefts of ex plosives from magazines, the thievery being variously attributed by the press to Chinese revolutionists , and . German spies, xnreatening: letters have been received by the household department and members of the cabinet, and menac ing posters have appeared in the parks. In view of the coronation season the -.- "rities -are adopting extraordinary protective measures. . The police have received a letter signed "socialist party" advising the abandondent of the investigation of the thefts. The Wochi Shimbun asserts that there is a widespread plot by- German spies to destroy .arsenals and interfere with the supply of munitions to the entente al lies. . NO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Report That Von Buelow is to" Prepare Negotiations is Denied. Berlin, via wirelss to Tuckerton, N. J., Oct. 31. -Repbrts in foreign news papers that Prince von Buelow -has been entrusted with the preparation of peace negotiations are absolutely in correct;" says the Overseas News" Ag ency. "Prince von Buelow, who is now in 1 Switzerland, has In, no way taken -steps toward the starting of peace ne gotiations,: nor has he oeen cnargea with that task. "As - the , appointment of a German ambassador, with aspecial mission to nftnKtantinOble. is contemplated, Count Paul Wolff -Metterniclv- former ambas sador to. Great Britain, is expected to receive the assignment." Mobile, : Ala., Oct. 3L Mrs.- Theresa MrKrnAm . 'WHS. acauitted today - by a jufy court at her second trial for -the rmirrtar ' of her- husband, Heuben Mc- Ttrnnin in Oecember, 1914. -The Jury a 24 hfturs. Mrs. McBroom who Is 20 years old pleaded insanity. REPORT Provison for National Guard ",. f in the Army Plans. DOUBLE APPROPRIATION Garrison Says Body is Dne Full and ' Proper Recognition In Any Mili tary System or Policy Pro posed Statement. Washington, Oct. 31. Practically doubled, Federal appropriations for the state militia " and opening of the pro posed continental army to any organi zation or Individual of the National Guard desiring- to enter and free to do so, are contemplated in' the army side of the administration's national defense programme. Details of provisions for the militia . were made public in a statement today, by Secretary Garrison, commenting upon conferences at the War Department last week by the ex ecutive committee of the National Guard . Association. Although opposi tion to the continental army idea was expressed at first by some of the Na tional Guard officers when the confer ences closed, it Was announced that a mutual view point had been reached. 'This body," the National Guard, said Mr. Garrison's statement, "during all the time when there was practically no Interest in this country concerning military matters, has been working to do whatever they could do to improve the military situation of this country. They are absolutely entitled, by vir tue of this fact, to full and proper re cognition in any military system or policy to be proposed by the War De partment. , . 'In my proposition any aitd every or ganization of the National Guard that is free to do 'so in so far as its state obligations are concerned, may come over into the national force intact, and be accorded exactly the. same position therein that ' it now. holds. ' "Any individual" who prefers the in tensive training and other features of the national force 'will likewise be ad mitted thereto, rank for ' rank nd grade for--grada. indicated W en irtr-8tttngnwsanddeH ositions made by me, to so circumstance the membership of the National Guard with respect to 'the National force as to give it full recognition. "With respect to the National Guard In the states, the plan not only, contem plates continuing the financial and per sonal aid on behalf of the national gov ernment but largely increases the same,, practically doubling it the next fiscal year. . NO SUCH PERSON' IN ARMY. German Military . Authorities' Investi gate Case of Robert Fay. Berlin,1 Oct. 31, via London. A spec ial Investigation by the German mili tary authorities concerning.. Robert Fay, held in New York, charged with conspiracy in connection with an al leged plot to blow up ships carrying supplies for the Entente Allies, and who has declared that he was a lieu tenant in the German army, was fol lowed by a statement from the authori ties, today . that there is not now and there never was an officer called Fay in the German army. Vancouver, B. C., October 31. Sev en men are believed to have lost their lives last night when the steamer Le ona, owned by the Vancouver Portland Cement Company, foundered in ' the Gulf of Georgia. . The Leona was bound from Howe Sound for Tacoma, with copper ore. ' FOSTER AtVIEBIGANISfVI PURPOSE GF SOCIETY at 1 A "Federation for National Unity" is Organized. Loyalty to the United States ia One Purpose of New Body Prominent Persona Among the. Last of Directors. . New York, Oct. 31. Articles of incor poration of the American society, de scribed as a "Federation for. National Unity," have been" forwarded to the Secretary of State at Albany. Among the directors are Gifford PInchot, , of Milford, Pa.; Jacob M. Dickinson, of Chicago; Job Hedges, of New Yo.rk; Lev(is, C. Johnson, of St. Louis, and Robert M. Thompson,; of .Washington, r. c. f. The purposes of the society, . as set forth iri the articles are' to foster Americanism unite men and organiza tions now working to spread an un derstanding of American language, laws and instructions, bring about a mutual understanding between aliens and cit izens of this country and foster single minded loyalty to the, United States. The' main office of the society will be in New York. Women will be admitted to membership. 4 r A statement issued by Robert Under wood Johnson, chairman of the organ ization committee, declared that it had been evident for a long time that vig orous steps should be -taken to defend the principles that underlie American unity and foster undivided loyalty ' to this country. To these ends, it is said, women and, men from all parts. of the country have joined . In the movement to round 'the society. ' 4 sioSs isis Announced by Rockefeller General Education Board h OTHER FUNDS PROVIDED For Number of Novel Experiment In Jack Hughes, the Lynched Man, Wei the Field of Education -Other Va : ber of Prominent Louisiana Fam dertaklngf Also Announced ily -Char area With Harder. by the Board. I -Mew York, Oct.; 3l.-The General! Education Board, one of John D. Hughes, 30 .years old, member of a Kockereiler's philanthropic enterprises; prominent family of Washington Par tonight announced ; gifts totalling lflh, " La., was taken from the county $375,000 to four colleges and provision jail- here early today by a party of for funds for '.a' number of novel ex- masked men and hanged to a tree a periments in the field bjr education. The short distance ' outside the city limits, latter include a scientific study of the Hughes was under arrest in connec Gary, Ind., scheme of public school ed- tion with the death of Larue Hollo ucatlon and of the Hampton Institute way a well known young man of this system, the results of which the board place, who was shot and killed-near """""s " "apie ior general I use throughout the country. otto Fortenberry. the Jailor, said he in the hands . of the invaders. The The giftt, are: Carlton college, wa awakened about 1 o'clock this Austrians have penetrated Serbian ter Northfleld.,Mlnn.. a congregational in- morning by three masked men, who ritorv on ihe Bosnian frontier and an stitution, $100,000; Hobart College, Ge- after forcing him to give up the key "to'y . on the nosman irontier and an neva, N. T. ifiplscopallari, $50,000; La- to Hughes cell, bound him to his bed. Austrian, column has advanced south Kayette college, Easton, Pa.. PresbyThe lynchers worked quietly, Forten- ward from Valjevo to Razana. wh.lle terlan, 5200,000, and Kalamazoo Coir berry said, and after forcing Hughe's German forces, moving from the north lege, italamazoo, Mich., Baptist, $25,- to puj on his clothes, they removed and northwest have entered. Milanovac. 000. . him frbm the building without awak- xhese places He from 35 to 45 miles Other undertakings announced in- ening more than two of the prisoners south of the Save river, indicating eludes the publication of a handbook on in adjoining cells. These were unable that-the Austro-German advance has university . finance, which will be pre- to, say how many men were In the nof been so slow as might be 'inferred pared by Tsevor 'Arnet, auditor of the party. - from recent reports. Universty of Chicago and a study of The jailer, who was released sev- iu southern Serbia, the strong fort the training of teachers -for rural eral hours later,, reported to the sheriff. ress of - irot,: east ol Nlsh and guard schools, for which the services of Prof, and posses began a. search for the inK. the war capital . has fallen to the Liotus H. Coffman, 61 the University of! Minnesota, have been engaged. j TO DEVELOP NEW SYSTEM I Accoramg 10 tne auinonues, persons Austrians and Germans are also mov ' I who witnessed the killing of Hollawayjjng against Kraguyevfttz in the north, For Making Small Number Claas Rooms in a lumber camp near . here, , said that the Serbian-munitions stronghold, and a,wi.4. tm- t Hughes" shot the young man In the back according to the Austrian official state Aceommouatc . Many Dlvfaions. without provocation. Hollaway at the ment the ..height sodthwest of La Gary, Ind., Oct. 31. -The public time, it was said, was en&raeed in a nnwa nnW s 'thnrt distant from Kra or. schools of Gary which- are to be the j subject of scfentific investigation by ine KocKereuer general , education ti i ""wh Known to Tnejthat. Hughes had met his death at the ""uum' oieiuiw ra,vws iianaa of a person or persons unxnewn. coast. . .... , class programmes to , permit 'the. max- For several days after the killing , of The Wrenejad-Germans in thAr imum .'use. of sclioor raachlniet3if -.Undef Holjaway the authorities guarded the jia-And Champagne regions of : France t24SttJ!ka " verrth4gf TtreTrgKfgeerateIyr aUd'botti sides r?oul8rtarf mad emraodate many lance. Hughes; last Saturday waived claim successes, at dlltereht points, but Class divisions. , 'y nrpliminsrv lrnminat(nri nnrt -was r- unh gAmlto a ftff(iii The Ctetr- The developer , of the system, Wll- liam Wirt," superintendent of schools, una ucen eugagea oy ew 1 orK city to establish a similar system there. BRYAN TO GO TO EUROPE f ' Dispatch Says He Will Arrive In Nor way in Mid-November. Paris, October 31. The Havas cor- resDondent at Geneva transmits a dis patch , to the Frankfort Gazette from Christina, Norway, which states that William J. Brvan will arrive in Norway in mid-November. NUMBER OF TAR HEELS STILL OWEJJHCLE SAM Wants Refund From Ameri cans Stranded in Europe. Wilmingtonians Among Those Failing - to Reimburse Government Those With the Means Will Be Preaaed to Return Loan. (Special Star Telegrt.m.) Washington, Di' C, Oct. .31. The Treasury Department today made public-the names o-f nearly two thousand persona stranded in Europe at the out break of the . war during the summer of i914 who borrowed money, from Un cle Sam to get home and who have failed or refused to repay the loan. According to .government officials in vestigators have reported that every person listed is financially able to re turn., the -money advanced, to relieve temporary distress and enable the re cipients to' come back to the United States. Those found unable to repay will not be. dunned. ' Those possessing sufficient means to reimburse the - government for the money -loaned them - will, however, be pressed to return it. Just how the col lections are to-ba made is not revealed in the statement-' isued today, but, --it is intimated ' that the department .is now preparing . to flleia large number of suits. -: . . . "Before, court action is resorted: to, however, an" effort' , will be made to shame many v into , .returning the loans to the treasury. It Is announced that in ; addition to the names made pub lic today other . lists , will be given out from, time to .timei No announcement was made as 'to the amount ? outstand ing or the, total , number of delinquents It Is apparent, however, from the first list that the money remaining unpaid is considerable. - The list indicates that sums ranging from $2 to $2,000 were borrowed. -? The largest unpaid claim listed today is charged against L. S Besa, of New York, city, who obtained ?1,370- in one loan and $1,300-. in an other. - ' .... . J '-'"' The list of North Carolinians giverr out with the Treasury statement' fol lows: George Alexander, Wilmington, owes 561,09; Julius Alexander, Char lotte; $55.25; Sam Hawkins,' Wilming ton, $16.80;, Jacob -Hlnes; WilroingtUtn, $73.50; Patrick 'Houston. Wilmlnetm. $4a.50; James-ricer,-sunbury, $72,50; Thomas C. Kamseyj- Wilmington, $80; Richard Roberson,. Raleigh,', $40 j' James C-U -V. DWmmt : SS:S0 v,.fe.f.. P. R. A. - --if- Masked Men Overpower Jail- f er at Columbia, Miss. WORK IS QUIETLY DONE ing Toung White Man Columbia, Miss., Oct. 31. Jack here on the night -or October 21. I prison and his abductors. A short dls- J tance outside the city Hushes' body was found swinmg from a tree. f fight with another person while Hughes Was an on-looker. , a coroner's Jury returned a verdict j manded to jail to await the atclon of J the" grand jury HONOR JAPANESE EMPEROR Brilllant Celebration Ushers in the Coronation' Season Tokio, Oct. 31.T-A brilliant celebra tion today of the birthday of the Em peror loshihito ushered In the "coro- i nation season, the most notable event the year, whidh will occur ; November 10 when thhe emperor will formally aceae - io m miuiie i mppun.. .nw emperor gave a luncheon to the royal princes and princesses and the diPlo- been Ken from the, Russians by Gen matic corps tonight. This jwaa follow- vnn Uneen'. forces. Alontr the ed by a dinner given by Baron Kiku- jiro Ishl I., minister of foreign affairs. he reception being attended by many Americans BLANCHE WALSH DIES Noted Aetreas Snccumlm in Hospital After Two Weeks' Illness. nvp1nnl Ohio. Oct.- 31. Blanche Wajshv actress, died here tonight In n hosnitil where she was taken two weeks ago for an operation. Miss Walshs refusal: to. disappoint ' an a.u- dience caused a relapse. . Alter sne went under the Knife she insisted on keeping an engagement at . xoungs town. Ohio, where she collapsed and was brought back here. In private life she was Mrs. William H. Travers. FOR THE NAVY For Placing Fleets Upon War Basis in a Few Hours. Paymaster General McGowan Makes Annual Report Shows Expendl- . tares on Navy From 1784 to ' 115 to be 3,214,32&,841.( V ....... .. i Washington, October 31. Increases in the navy's store of supplies to make possible the placing of the fleets upon a war basis at a few hours notice are urged by Rear Admiral Samuel McGow an,'' paymaster, general, in his. annual report submitted, today to Secretary Daniels. For the last four years the admiral says navy ship tonnage fit for active service has Increased 30 per cent while there has been practically no in crease Cn the value of stores on hand. an. example, of financial econ omy," adds the report, "this makes an excellent showing, but it is a condition whteh should not be permitted to -longer continue, for" it is a matter of his tory that the issue of every great con flict has - In the last analysis depended largely' upon the question of supply. There should be no real ainerence oe twe'en peace times and war times ".with respect to ship supply." V "Admiral McGowan figures ..the pres ent property investment of the navy at $856,610,876, of ' which $459,6S6,551 . is represented in ships $206,635,104 in sta tiohs and equipment, and $184,298,720 in. stores. ' .The, total- expenditures -on the": navy from' 1794 to .1915, Inclusive, t -placed; at' $321429,641; 4 A , UR6ESAN STORES INCREASE SERBIAN FORTRESS OF PIROT FALLS BEFORE FORCES OF BULGARIA URGE OF SERBIA Enemy Continues to Invade From All Three Sides. REVIEW OF WAR NEWS Bulgarians Reported to Have Recap tured Veles at a Losa of 25,000 MenHeavy Fighting in Artois and Champagne. A large section of Serbia is now Buleariahs. Still further south the Bulgarians are .reported to have re- captured Veles, at a cost of 25,000 men. uyevatz, is in German hands. f It is -reoorted from Sofia that the! SECTION OCCUPIED it ir-rilW irom r.Soto that the!"1" Montenegro, to remove, if pos Anglo-French fleet has resumed the I bombardment of Bulgaria's Aegean mans in Champagne .attacked over a five mile front but with the exception of reaching; the summit of Tahure Hill were repulsed- with', heavy losses, ac cording to Paris. ' The Germans, on their part,, an nounce the. capture of a French position extending " over 1,200 yards in Artois, but admit that north of LeMesnil, in Champagne, a projecting trench section was lost to - overwhelming numbers. On the Russian front the Germans have driven back the Russians from L,,akanan on the Miaga rlver south of I Riga while farther south in the region BP...,ol. nHHitinnoi nnsitinns h9v . v , 0alicia the ' Russians P offieaaiye. are on the The great offensive of the Italians against the Tolmmo and Gorizia bridge heads aontinues. The semi-oiiicial Overseas News Agency of merlin denies' reports that Prince von Buelow has taken steps to ward the opening of peace negotiations, It is asserted that he nas not oeen charged withjfiuch a task, r- CHIEF OP police waltehs OF HALEIGH'DIES SUDDENLY Wa. .rincr Mt Day in Office C. F. Koonce Succeeds Him Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 31. Charles M. Walters, two and a half years chief of police, died: today as he was serv ing his last day as head of the force. Chief Walters deferred his. contemplat ed resignation! many times, but two months ago named November 1 as his proposed retirement. He died sud denly today despite his failing condi tion known to be desperate. He was a graduate of Wake- Forest College, prominent In county politics and had been a successful merchant. Charles F. Koonce succeeds him tomorrow. Chief Walters was .sixty four years old. : , ' . " ANDREW BATES, OF ASH.EVILLE, STABBED TO DEATH WITH KNIFE His Father and Another Man are Art rested For the Crime. Asheville, N C, Oct. 1. Stabbed with a knife in the region of his heart at an early hour this morning. George Bates was killed at this city, and muni cipal detectives soon afterwards ar rested the father of, the deceased, An drew Bates, and John Killian. The verdict of the coroner's jury was to the effect that the deceased met death at the hands of one of the men placed under arrest. Bates, according to evi dence Introduced at the coroner's in quest was stabbed as he and a party of frauds were holding a party at the home of Andrew Bates. SECURES RELEASE OF GOODS Large Amount German-Made Goods to Be Sent From England. New York, Oct. 31. W. W. Bride, who has been in England adjusting differences between the British, gov ernment and American importers as a result of the order in council, arriv ed today on the steamship Rotterdam. Mr. Bride sought to secure the re lease of German goods held up the or der and has been so successful that more than $10,000,000 worth of Ger man goods soon will be shipped to this country. The character of the goods releas ed is general. Among the many con signments is about $4,000,000 worth of toys for the Christmas trade. London, October 31. General Joffre, the French, commcnder-ln-chlef, con cluded his visit to England and return ed to France Saturday night. Austro-Germans Endeavoring to Surround Kraguevatz, the Serbian Arsenal. ALLIES GUARD RAILWAY Occupy Hills Around Strum itza; Bombard Bulgarian Towns on Aegean Sea Another jTlJ&&. x?uffensive in fiqp&ted. London, c 51. The Serb ian fortress fot 3?iiot described as the key to NishV?siii the hands of the Bulgarians', 'while" the Austro Germans, ad vancin g ' from the north, are endeavoring to form a; ring around -Kraguevatz, the , Serbian arsenal. Thus, besides endangering both the Serbian war capital and the town where the Serbian munitions are manufact ured, the Central Powers, with Bulgaria, are narrowing the gap through which the Serbian army in the northwest must escape. Austrians Attacking Montenegro Simultaneously the Austrians are -ati sible, the danger of having an enemy army on their flank. LfUle has been said about the fighting between the Austrians and. Montenegrins along tha Dr in a3 river,-"tjitr apparently it Is of a most sanguinary character, as it took the Austrians With far superior equip ment more than a. week to force a crossing of the river, at one point alone, that south of Vishegrad. The Anglo-French troops "are firm ly establishing themselves along the southern end of the Nish railway and, crossing into Bulg-arJa have occupied the hills surrounding Strumitsa, al though the capture of that town, which fhas been reported, is not officially con firmed. The allied beets, too, have again bombarded the Bulgarian towns on the Aegean sea. While these efforts take some of the strain off ' heavily-tried Serbia, there is no reliable informa-, tion as to the movement of the great er forces which, it is hoped, will - save her. Reports continue to circulate, chieby from German sources, of a Rusr sian army which is to march across Rumania to the rescue. But of' the British and, French reinforcements no news has been received. It is possible that,' in addition to direct assistance, the Allies will try by indirect means whereby the Austro-Germans may be prevented from, sending reinforcements to Serbia. Another Western Offensive. Italy has already undertaken this by a general affensive, and there is talk of another offensive on the western front. The Germans seem to have anti cipated this, as on Saturday night they launched a general attack in Cham pagne over a front of about five miles in an effort to recover ground which the French recently, took "from them. They succeeded in re-capturing the Butte de Tahure, but, according to the French account, they were repulsed ev erywhere else, suffering extremely heavy losses, and to the north of Le Misl they actually lost one of their own trenches. As usual the attack was preceded by an artillery bombardment and the French report speaks of masses of in fantry being decimated. There also has been some fighting in Artois. Russian Front Active. - iDespite the coming of winter there has been more activity on the Russian front. True, there has been a lull in the fighting in Courland, where . he Germans have apparently failed to take Riga or Dvinsk or to improve to any marked degree their position, but it is believed they are preparing for an other drive. It must be made soon, however, as snow is already falling and the movement of heavy artillery Is be coming more difficult. Along the Styr the Germans are en gaged in a -counter ogensive and have recovered . some territory which Gen eral Ivanoff took from them. Further south, in Galicia, the Russians have returned to the' offensive and, accord ing to Vienna, have made unsuccessful' attempts to cross the Stripa. The Turks report increased activity of the allied "artillery and ' warships' in the Dardanelles. , ITALIAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT Denies Italian Air Craft Bombarded the City of Triest Rome, via Paris, Oct. 31. The fol lowing official communication was is sued today: "The official bulletins of the enemy have affirmed ,that the throwing of bombs on Venice October 25-26 was accomplished by Austrian -aeroplanes as a measure of reprisal because Ital ian aviators had previously bombard ed Triest.5 This assertion is false In substance and equivocal in form. "The truth is that on the afternoon of the 20th our hydroaeroplanes bom barded, according to usage of war,- es tablishments at Maggia and Tirana, where war material was being pre pared, but not the city of Triest, which is at least four kilometers (about 2 11 (Continued On Paga Eighth , i ?-t' ' ' -. . - f .'. J 1 " -"."H V-i-:.1" - . .. . 'At1'-:- . .-i ' L -It
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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