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OE DEADIY COMBAT
YSER'S WATERS
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GIVES PLAN TO
INVADE BRITAIN
EOOD EXPORTS
SHOW mCRLASE
DIE MUD
Germans Continue to Pour
In Fresh Troops; Allies
BRITISH WARSHIPS
Coming of German Vessels Expected
"Reports Give Russia Upper
. Hand In the East.
London, Oct. 271 The tat
tle for the road to Calais was
still undecided today.
The territory west of the
Yser, . the crossing of which
cost the German army more
men, compared with , the area
of hostilities, than any other
single engagement in the war,
continues to be the scene of the
leadliest of conflicts. Al
hough it is said that the flow
f , German reinforcements
eems to be without end, they
pparently, judging from news
a London, have made no note
worthy advance since gaining
.his river , - ' , ' ' .
The left wing of the allies
as been reinforced. This may
9 due in part to efforts to off
ot the constant movement of
resh-German troops and in
art to make good the decreas
d activity of the British
leet, which, according to Ger
aan advices, has been forced
0 withdraw further from the
oast line by the effective fire
)f the German artillery. No
jerman ships, aside from sub
marine, have been reported in
this vicinity, but the London
press istlaily devoting more
space to such a contingency. '
Germany has a number of
mall cruisers at Wilhelmsha
'en, together with a detach
ment of destroyers, and the
udden appeaaonce of some of
'iese ships, perhaps accompari-
d by a battle cruiser, would
e ho surprise. .
Dispatches reaching London
vcr that Emperor William
as demanded unequivocally
'int Calais be taken, and a tel
?rnm received today quoting
ie Saxon Gazette gives what
urports to be a plan of Ger
ian invasion, once the north
rmst of Franco is in their
ands. ,
The towns of west Flanders,
ver and through which the
attle has been raging are in
uins. The canals are choked
nth the dead and the coun
ryside is scarred as if by an
irthquake.
That the Germans have- not
on alone in heavy losses is
tested by a dispatch declar-
that the Belgians lost 10,
)0 men when they were driv-
1 from the banks of the Ybot.
The biggest of the German
ins are now reported to bo at
ruges. There has been no
tablo change along the battle
o in Franco proper, although
o Germans claim that the
In of Verdun will bo sealed,
'inptly us Roon as their pow-
" ,1 guns f,f t into nrlionJ
ni T!"nr JJheims Ln.s oniric
r. , ,1.,.. T,:.. n.
" '.it ; li I'll lilt
tV;t V. i C r-i
'orced.
DRIVEN BACK
mans are preparing to hold
their positions, in that part of
the Aisne all winter. .
' Most of the claims from the
eastern arena of the war con
tinue to' give the upper hand
to the Russians, although the
Germans are rallying and seed
ing to stem the Russian on
rush. It seems to be officially con
firmed that Italy has landed
forces ' in Albania and that
Greeks also are making their
way into this territory. ,
- , .-
French Statement
..ParlsT Oct. J 7. -The French official
announcement Riven out- this alter
noon says that spirited fighting con
tinues between the mouth of the Tser
and Lens; that in this district the al
lies have not drawn back, and that
they have continued to advance in the
region between Ypres and Roulers and
elsewhere. The text follows:
"The fighting continues to be par
ticularly spirited between the mouth
of the Yser and the region of Lens.
In this part of the front the allied
forces have at no point drawn back
and they have continued to make
progress In the region between Ypres
and Roulers. In the general region
between Soissons and Berry-au-Bac
an artniery engagement resulted In
our advantage .and in the destruction
of several batteries of the enemy.
"In the region to the east of Nancy,
between the forest of 8ange and the
forest of Parroy, we have assumed
the offensive and driven the enemy
across the frontier. M
"Russia: On the river, San and tol
me Buum or rrxpmysi me Russian or
fenslve is becoming more accentu
ated." .
TeTrlblo Carnage.
London. Oct.' 27-. Telegraphing
from Flushing under date of Sunday
the Dally Mall's correspondent says:
"The general opinion Is that the
allies win soon be In Ostend again.
Ostend, like Bruges and Ghent, Is
overflowing with wounded, and Ant
werp Itself Is now filling up. This un
cerslng flow of wounded men Is cal
culated to destroy the morale of the
German troops In Ostend.
"Reports from all sides tell of ter
rible carnage around about Roulers,
where the dead are lying In heaps. On
the sea front there the naval shells
worked havoc"
Austrian Statement. ;
Vienna, Oct. 27. (Via Rotterdam
and London) An official communica
tion given out here today says:
"In the fighting before Ivangorod
w have, up to the present time. cap.
tured 1,000 Russians and nineteen
machine guns.
"Near Jaroslau. a Russian colonel
and 200 soldiers were forced to sur
render. "Near Zalucze and In the vicinity of
Paslecina the enemy has been driven
bark. The situation generally Is Jjn
chnnged. (Signed). "Gen. Von Hoefer.,"
RusMan Operation. ,
London, Oct. 27. A Petrograd dis
patch to Reuter's says:
"The Army Messenger, In summing
up the operations on the Russian
front, says that the German forces In
the region of F.lawa and VHilavsk.
Hi-qultcd by' the situation In front at
Thorna and Cracow, havs retreated In
the direction of eastern Prussia, where
the population rue been ordered to
retire Into the interior.
"tin the Galli-lan front the entire
Ftry vnliry southward from ths river
and the railway tracks from the Btry
to Lrohobyci are roniftd with Ann
trlnn r or twit, Ilctween last Thurnflay
snd f-'iihilny, during ths pursuit of th
nmv, ths Rimtana raptured cvn
ln f.fflrors, four thmmanri men.
rl-vrn rmrMne mn. 2! min, tl eals-
n i 1 rim.-- of other war nit.t'--
rial.
E ALL SIDES
OF -JUSTICE ACI
Railroads Contend for Strict
Application of Long and
Short Haul Clause.
APPEAL STRENUOUSLY
OPPOSED BY SHIPPERS
Attendance at Chapel HUI at High
Water Mark Brandy Distillers -Agree
to Stop Making.
By W. T. Boat.)
Raleigh, Oct. 27. Railroad attor
neys, traffic managers, small road
owners and shippers were here yes
terday to argue all sides of the Jus
tice act which has recently gone Into
effect with the corporation commis
sion's order that existing low special
commodity rates be undisturbed,.
The hearing was ' the outcome of
the commission's ruling October 12
when the railroads, a day prior to the
effectiveness of the Justice act, issued
instructions withdrawing the special
commodity; rates then In effect.
These, many of them, were lower
than the tariff under the Justice act.
The commission declined to allow the
roads to abolish those rates and or
dered that where these special rates
existed, they be retained. The car
riers gave notice of their desire to be
heard and set yesterday for that time.
Long and Short Haul Again.
The controversy now between the
state and the carriers is as to the
powers conferred by the Justice act.
It was both amusing- and amazing to
hear the roads appeal for strict, ap
plication of the long and short haul
clause of the Justice act. To the
roads this ancient legislative shibbo
leth has become the briar patch of
Br"er Rabbit. It was thought as re
cently as September of 1913 that If
the legislature would insist that there
shall be no greater charge for a short
than a long haul when both are In the
same direction, that would fix the
roads for all time. ' But the roads are
now Insisting upon that application.
They and Mr. Justice are at last to
gether. Tho shippers gave notice of further
protest and remained over the after
noon to discuss the matter with the
commission.
, Vnlveralty Men Meet.
The evecutlve committee of the unl
verslty board of trustees held a meet
ing in the office of Governor Craig
yesterday with President Graham at
tending and' laying his report before
the body.
Doctor Graham mentioned with
modesty the 980 students now at col
lege and declared that everybody Is
working to make the university move
as smoothly as possible. The number
now attending is far above the high
water mark. It is thought that enough
law and medical students will matricu
late in the second half to reach 1000
though there Is no special pull for the
thousand. People' are expecting It to
go much higher.
llrady Distilleries Clow. .
The Urady distilleries of Nash have
agreed to quit making the stuff that
was famous even In Paris, according
to American drinkers who have ban
there, and the state nol prossed the
canes against the four men under In-
dlctment.
' The controversy between State. nd
Nation also ends. It has been a lon
one In settlement. It called for ex
change of letters between Washington
and Raleigh and gave considerable
concern to the local prohibitionists
who were ready to go to congress for
special help.
Italley vs. Travis.
Collector t. W. Bailey, chairman of
the amendment campaign committee,
Is preparing a reply to the article of
(hnlrmun K. L. Travis of the corpora
tion commission, opposing the taxa
tion amendment.
"Mr. Travis does not raise any ob
jection to the tax amendment that will
not disappear upon even the slighted
examination of the objection In the
light of the amendment Itself," Mr.
Bailey said.
MUS cArMAN RkT.f.ASEd i
ON BAIL OF $25,000
New York, Oct. J7. Mrs. Florence
Conklln Carman who was on trial In
Mlneola all last week charged with
murdering Mrs. Louise Bailey, was re.
leased yesterday on US, 000 ball In the
King's county Supreme court In
Brooklyn. Hhe started Immediately
for her horns In Freoport
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE;
BUT NOT MUCH DAMAGE
Florence, ' Holy, Out. J7 (Via
Rome) A severe earthquake was felt
In thl rlty todny. The Inhabitants
frn thrown loin a rnodltln of panic
but tht ih k d!il llltl daii.nii.
Bodies of 2500 Germans Chok
ed Canal After Invaders
Forced Costly Crossing
Dreadful Carnage.
"THE NIGHT WAS HELL
FROM DARK TO DAWN'
Men Mowed Down by Rifle
Fire, Torn by Shells, Bay-
onetted Back Yard by
.... Yard Over Dead.
London, Oct 47. The correspond
ent of the Daily Mall in northern
France, telegraphing date of Sunday
night, regarding the fighting on the
river Tser, says:
"There were 8,600 German bodies
In the Yser canal this morning after
the fighting in he night. Many of
them were drowned and others were
bayoneted. The river itself was bloody
while Dixmude's streets were strewn
thick with the dead.
"These ghoulish facts alone give
some idea of the savageness of the
fighting, the desperation of the- Ger
man attacks and the stubbornness of
the allies' resistance.
Night Was a Hell.
"The night was; a hell from dark to
dawn. At almost every point of the
line was opposed by man, sometimes
at a few hundred yards distance but
more often In close grips. Face to
face, men even wrestled and died by
drowning each other in the canal's
watera. The Germans had had orders
to get through that night, cost what
It might
, "An officer of theirs who was cap
tured said, that the delay of more than
a week in crossing this water had In
censed the autocatlc mllitary mind In
Germany.- H must be crossed tonight
If It costs' thousands of men. That, In
errect, was the order given and the
German soldiers, all credit to them.
am tneir best
Probably 5,000 Killed.
"Probably 5,000 of them gave their
lives last night They coud not give
more, yet they failed, but not because
the Germans did not literaly obey
their orders. They crossed the water
way all right as they were bid. but
once through they could not make
good. They were mowed down with
rifle shot, torn Into human fragments
oy shells and bayoneted back yard
by yard over their own dead into the
waters of the canal. Into the very
gray of morning this bloody work
went on so fiercely that there Was
hardly a trench or bridge guard on
the whole lines that did not imagine
that he had been singled out for spe
cial attack.
"It Is believed that some 5,000 Ger
mans crossed the river Yser but hard
ly one of them got back. Those to the
north and northeast of Dlxmude,
probably 2.000, were met by a fine
rally of the Belgian infantry, and of
the cavalry who had tethered their
horses and were driven by main force
at the bayonet's point to the river
canal and Into it There must have
been frantic scenes, and the bodies
seen in the water next day gave grim
testimony or this.
Dead Everywhere,
"About S.000 German Infantrymen
got into Dlxmude. They held It for a
time, but with shell fire and rifle fire
tho place was riddled . through and
through. Tho Germans dashed out of
the crumbling house's only to be
wiped out by a sirocco of shraonel
and shots In the streets.
'When Sunday morning broke the
dead and wounded' were everywhere.
inxmune was a cemetery, but In the
woods not far away the Germans still
lingered. They held - position under a
desperate fire and eventually were re
inforced. The allies could not oust
them and the Germans are still across
the Yser,
"Their presence may not be perma
nent and they may suffer the same
rate as has overcome hundreds of
their fellow soldiers during tho week,
who got over only to meet their death,
but the Belgian and French lines, for
the time, being at least, have been
drawn back about this point."
Mont Furious Attack.
Telegraphing about the fighting In
Belgium, the correspondent of the
Times In northern France says:
Tne enemy s most furious attack
a1vn the line of the Yser was at
Ynrea, where a quarter of- a million
Germans, for five critical days, were
held back by the British force.
'The artillery firs against the Brit
ish In the trenches was terrible,
churning up the earth and often bury
Ing the men by doxena. Repeatedly the
enemy's Infantry advanced, to within
a few hundred yards, but every time
our men leaped from the trenrhes
and went at them with bayonet. The
Germans hare no rllh for a bayonet
rhnrge and they fled, firing ' their
rifle over their shoulders as they
ran.
"Many hundred were raptured and
thmifntnd were killed and wounded.
Ullll their shrapnel mined Into the
llrltlnh trenches, snd fronh luf.nlry
took the place of the Germans who
had been decimated.
"The ultuatlon grew more and more
i'ontlnued on re )
Supreme Court Hears Argu
ments on M. K. & T. R'y
Claim for Pay for Vast
Lands in Oklahoma.
CONTENDS U. S. BROKE
J CONTRACT FOR GRANTS
Government Argues Land in
Question Was Never Part
of Public Lands: Be-
. - -
longed to Indians.
Washington, Oct. 27. Sixty million
dollars was the stake for which at
torneys contended today before the
Supreme court when the suit of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
company, agaln9t the government was
up for oral argument
The railway contends the govern
ment has broken its contract to grant
it, or its predecessors title to every
other section of land through the for
mer Indian territory for the construc
tion of a railway, from the Kansas
state line to the Red river, in Texas.
tfecuuse the land was not granted to
It, the railway claims 120 dnmncps
for eveiy acre of land It would have
received, or over $60,000,000.
The government contention is that
the land never became a part of the
public lands of the United States but
has remained Indian land. The court
of claims decided in favor of the gov
ernment and the railway appealed to
tne Supreme cour. .
Joseph M. Bryson and H. S. Priest
Of St. LOUlS Came to Wllihlne-tnn to
argue for the railway,, and Solicitor
uenerai Davis and Assistant Attorney
General Thompson prepared the case
for the government , ' ' .-. - -
A Few of Victims Reported to
Have Been Rescued and
30 Bodies Taken
From Mine.
St. Louis, Oct. 27. News today was
received here that 250 miners were
entombed in a mine at Royalton, Ills.,
85 miles southwest of here on the St
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railway. A mlno rescue car has been
sent from Benton, III.
A dispatch from Centralia, 111., says
that thirty bodies have been taken
from the mine near r.ujtUjri.
The telephone operator at R lyalton
said that the mine was about a mile
out of town and that every one ex
cel herself had gone to the shaft
when they heard the explosion. She
had no definite Information other
than that none of the 230 men had
been able to leave the mine Imme
diately after the explosion.
A telephone message from the
owner of the mine said that of the
three hundred men who entered the
mln this morning about 100 escaped;
tO or 0 have been found dead and 100
are known to be on a lower level,
which is burning.
(ss Explosion, .
Murphyaboro, HI., Ore 27. The
mine disaster at the Mitchell mine at
Royalton, 25 mile north of here, was
due to a gas explosion. The men had
Just tone to work.
Home bodies havs been found and
a few miners have been rescued.
DcHtmycr Anhor.
Norfolk, Oct. 17. The torpedo boat
destroyer Paulding went ashore about
I o'clock this morning at Lynnhaven
Inlet and now Ilea fast bow on. She
la supposed to have been driven hor
by the tenia of lant night, whlrh blew
for a time, with almost hurricane violence.
I'M ENTOMBED
Of EXPLOSION
F CAS IN MIME
Statement of German Military
Expert indicates Why Ger
many Is So Anxious to
Reach the Coast.
ENGLAND'S INVASION
SEEMS ULTIMATE AIM
Says Wide Safety Zone Could
Be lvade for Navy by Use
of the Long Range Guns
That They Possess. .
London. Oct. 2 7. The Dnllv Mall'i
Bergen correspondent nnotpa th
Saxon Gazette for the following
statement by General Baron Von Ar
denne, who last year was In the ad
jutant general's office in the war de
partment in Berlin:
'If the Entrliah watch on mi no.
val stations in the neighborhood of
Helgoland 1 saimost impossible now
it will become quite Impossible when
Belgium and the north coast of
France to the mouth of thn Kelno
are in German hands. In course of
time we shall possess Calais and
probably Dieppe and . Havre. Our
twelve-inch howitzers have tho
range of 14 miles and the seventeen-
mcn a still greater range. England
can expect still more artillery sur
prises. Even If we cannot shoot from
the French coast to the English coast
a sarety zone could be made for Ger
man ships covering more than half
the navigable water.
"The French harbors will serve as
bases for torpedo boats, submarines,
cruisers and Zeppelins, and can be
made impregnable from the sea by a
double or triple row of mines. If
this triple field should be laid from
th Freno hcoast. tq- the English
coast then Portsmouth nnd Plymouth
would be cut off from the North sea
and connection around Scotland
would be diclcult.
"The possibility of laying such
mines Is not doubted, as they could be
laid under the cover of artillery. Our
submarine and torpedo division
would also cdme Into action. An in
vasion of England would be easily
possible."
SAYS GERMANS Will
IDT U CIUDI
But Canada Is Outside Pale of
Monroe Doctrine, Ger
many Thinks.
Washington, Oct. 27. "The Ger
man point of view is that1 by joining
in a European war Canada has put
herself outside of the pule of the Mon
roe .doctrine, but Germany has not the
intention of attacking Canada nor
colonlrlng Canada," ThlB statement
has bt jn Issued here by tho German
embassy.
The statement was nn amplification
of the- view expresxed yesterday by
Count Von liernstorff, the German
ambassador, thut by tuklng part In the
war the Cunadians have justified an
aggressive campaign agaiiiKt Canada.
To further explain the reason that
caused the Gorman government, in a
formal note delivered to the state de
partment by Count Hernstorff volun
tarily pledging Germany not to at
tempt colonial expansion in South
America, no matter what tho outcome
of tho war, the embuasy Issued this
statement:
"The note was written at that time
because Winston Churchill had said
In his message to tho American .peo
ple, that If Germany was victorious
In the present war she would attack
the Monroe doctrine."
CHANGE OF REGDVERY
W. 8. Daldrop. who was brought
here from the plant of the Champion
Fibre company at Canton yesterday
morning and placed In a local hospital,
la not expected to live, according to
statements Issued by his physicians to
day. Waldrop was Injured early yes
terday morning when he was caught
In a shaft at the plant and was Imme
diately rushed here for medlonl aid.
His physicians atnted today that the
Injuries Include a broken sr'.nal col
umn, a fracture at the bane of the
skull, bones broken at two places In
his rlRht arm, a crushed hip joint,
and complete paralysis from ths
thoulders down. The man has been
lowly uylng, they any, since he was
flint brouiiht here and the end Is Je
Inyed by a mr matter of hours.
Tremendous Gain in Sale of U.
S. Foodstuffs for Septem
ber as Compared With
September, 1913.
LATIN-AMERICA TRADE
GREATLY IMPROVED
Marked Decrease, However, ia
Exports of Cotton, Machin
ery and Materials for t
Manufacture.
Washington; Oot. 2 7. War's con
tinued effcut on American commerce
a tremendous increase in .the sal6
of foodstuffs for foreign armies and
a marked decrease' in exportation ' of
cotton, machinery and materials for
use in manufacturing is shown In
detail by statistics compiled' by the
department of commerce. '
Exports of grain and meats jumped
to practically unpredecented ' quanti
ties in September, resulting in a great
improvement over August's trade and
a substantial export balance, but the '
decrease In the sale abroad of cotton
and manufactures resulted in a loss.
compared with September 1913, of
$61,902,668. .
The gain for September's exports
over those for the first month of tho
war was M5, 968, 219. Supplemental
figures ordered at the department
showed that exportations of canned
beef jumped from 364,693 pounds In
September, 1913, to 2,885,356 last
month. The increased trade in fresh
meat was larger. More than 7,037.400
pounds were shipped abroad - last
month, compared with 634,523 in Sep
tember, 191?. ,. .
The. .war. grpwjh o( grain exports
was as marked. Barley sales jumped
from 251,454 bushels in September,
1913, to 2,781286 last month; oats
from 318,928 to '10,700.165;. wheat
from 11,971,163 to 25,869,100; while
rice exports Increased from 486,996
pounds to 10,443,817.
The decrease In exports of cotton
during September, 1913, compared
with last year amounted to nearly
$60,000,000.
With the partial restoration of
shipping facilities, a remarkable Im
provement in the exports to some of
the Latin-American; countries were
shown over the first month of the
war. Trade to Germany, Russia and
Belgium remained at low ebb, but
that ;to the United Kingdom was fair
ly well maintained.
The United States purchased from
the world last month goods valued at
14n,089,611, compared with imports
of $171,084,843 In September, 1913.
Increases in Imports were shown from
the United Kingdom, Argentina, Can
ada, Cuba "and Holland. Greatest de
rreases were shown in Imports from
Germany, France, Belgium and liui.
Hill.
The exnort trade of 156.337.333 an
compared with 1218,240,001 a year
ago was divided In part among the
"war" sountrles and Latin-America
as follows:
Argentina, 1913, $5,151,071; 1914.
$3.054, 986.
Belgium. 19U, $4,798,174; 1914.
$747,880.
Brazil, 1913, $2,791,556; 1914. $2
817.398 .
France. 1913. $17,552,756; 1914.
$19,008,510.
Germany, 1913, $34,789,624; 1!14
$2,378. '
Russia, 191.1, $2,030,257: 1914,
United Klngrom, 1913, $58,458,248:
1914, $41,878,100.
VESSEL SUNK 8 II,
2D DH3DLIVES LOST
Panic Prevails While Passen
gers" Are Being Transferred
to Rescuing Steamer.
Dover, Oct. 27. (Via London)
The steamer Ganteaume was sunk
yesterday by a mine just outside Hou
logne harbor. Twenty or thirty per
sons were drowned owing to the panlo
which prevailed as the passengers
were being transferred to the cross
channel steamer Queen, which rushed
to the a! Jtance of the sinking vesnel.
Most of the passenger wttre peas
ants from Pas de Calais, who had
been Taken aboard at Calais to be
transferred to Iloklngn.
Vllll"m to Lead Roth.
London. Oct 17. The Cnpn!nrn
correspondent of the Tlme rn
from !;crl!n that undr the r i-
tsry flKrcm'nt btwen ti-!n . - f t
Aii'rSn, I 'Tii'-ror i
the 1. 11 !! ' i of thn i, , 1 :