North Carolina Newspapers

VOL C NO. 99. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOCER 8, 1914. PRICE 5 CLNT; iilf -.-5. In WfflLE The Lines in France-Extended Almost to, The Coast While Most Furious Battle' qruleft - Continues German-Austrian Armies Strike Toward Heart- of Poland English : Sub ; marine-Does Daring Destruction Germany Takes Command of GERMAN- CRUISER RUMORED SUNK.. (By the Associated Press.) London, Oct. 8.-12:30 a. m.- A dispatch to the Central News from Harwich, Eng., says that a rumor is in circulation there of the sinking of a German cruiser in addition to the German torpedo loat destroyer already reported sunk. U .. i , GF.RMANS IASE OFF CHINA. IB the AimifUU.il row.- -.. r.-i- New York, CHt. 7. The F.ast sml AVet News Bureau tonight announced It hud received a cable iiicwtage, from - Tokio. km follown: I 'Tokio, Oct. 7.-The war depart ment Issni-a the following olllolal an nouncement: 'After examining the rriKui.i received from varion sources, it If) Inferred that among the enemy's warship In the liny of Kiao Chow, In addition to the Kormoran tw oilier Kunbouta have tjeen sunk, u nothing linn iKt'ii ww f them id we tletooe third. On Orttihor Hlilh Japuniwe regiment made a midnight advance along the blian Ttink Railway an far . . rrt ..I...... I. i.i BK lllliani I wit wimu ' motive, .in addition to some seven hundred pasMcngcr and freight . cars, fell Into tlie hands of the Jaumw snl IU;rM.' ; ' " "A German gunboat, probably the litis, wan scrloudy damaged hy the idiot from l he Japanese held gnus on txiohcr 4. Mic tied, towcii by two other bouts. Into the Hay or Klao ( huw, hut sank shortly afterward. At present (here are throe Eunbonts with in the hay, Including the Kalwrln J Uxahcth. 4. -WRcn he ,,-jancne squadron m- I'upted, oil H't ft, the Jtiluil KoUlliI. one r the SlawihitH Archlpoligo, they found no warship there or on. the way, After destroying all cunlpmcnt ' for military use and selling- nmmiint. lion, the bluejackets libera led' a Jap. - mwcmi who had heen arretted and re cacd an r.iigliull merchant -vewtel Which hud been captured. ( KltMAX 'K.SsKIi IS SINK. (II, ih Aiaulilad l'reixO Tendon, Oct. 7. 8.30 p. m. Sub marine K. of the tsriilsii navy, under eoniinand of 1-iei.tenaiit Communder Mix K. Morton. yetr.Uy made a lalil Into Herman waterff mff the mouth of the river Knia and siiink a Uerman torpedo boat dealt oyer. Thl.i ftni fiubiiiarine under this same comniatid--er, made a similar dimll and fanli the Uerman crulser Mela oft Helgoland, Keptemlieril3th. As on the former occasion tne K- has safelv reiuniPH to her home port., Tlie action took utiice afT'lMnch yesterday and was witnessed by the jjut' b coast guards on the Uutch Is- land KchlprmonnlfcoDfr. in the North Hta off ihe province of fYleslnml. The weather was eleAr-ond. lhe fcfA earrrr utitI the detrH'' -ei-4 plJniv he wen crulainc before the mouth nf Knm. Huddenly the observers say a hlh column of wate rose near the how of the destroyer! The vassal turned over ' and sank in three minutes. - Hhortlv nfHr the,),losion the per iscope of llic Kiihmiirme came above the surface of the water for a mo ment, but as soon as those on board the plunser saw Hiei'r-4rpedo 'had struck its maik, Ihe vessel again ms submiTKi'd. j A Uerman cruiser and torpedo boats came quidtly to the rescue of the erew on the destroyer. Aa gchlermoirtitkoos 's cl.)se to the Island of iyrfkimi, where the Uer msna havKa naval base and within 1 STAIT ttH'(eW ,1 H V'iyU'rt O'., ,..M arxenaf at Wilheltiihlmvre, the dash of the auhmarlne is considered here .a The Dutch naval staff announces! that the sinking f the destroyer oc- vurrej wen ouisiae iiuu'ii terninnui 1'H1X SKXDS ITTIMATI'M. Peking, China, ih't. . 1:45 a. ni. - ru.. ........ tt.i,,4 Vi'tn f.Affln mrirm.n that a party of thirty Japanese wrn neaday Jiccuplert the stations- of the Shan Tuni? railway at TainJn, tjie western terminus of. , the tJermitn tmmdlntelv protested to the .Inpaiiise li-itutioii demanding tliu withdrawn! f - the Japanetie tromis. However, despite the ultimatum' character of the Chinese.1 note, 11 is admitted China does not intend to Until. Alsoal the solicitation of the government which feared otherwise "the situation -wtth Japan - would be " further rornpiiraterl,- Ihe Hermans have not fullilled their threat to dy- . numlte the bridges. They had an nounced th&l this would be dune un less China Mimnellrd the Japartess to withdraw from the railway. Mean time the Japanese, are preparfiiu to re w4ipen traftlo m the roaiU The .feelinR here HKalnst the Jap n n mi. iti liecomitiir lnlenHe. An American missionary who Is act IliK as a cnrreaiwnrient at Wei-Hsien, leleeranhi that three hundred Jap anese had arrived there by tire third day of occupation and that on the fourth day ail out mirty midir pru ceeded westward without havinn mo- lectori ttn Inhabitants althouirh th people are much In fear of both th Japanese and tne t-innese troops. Ituwlnn l'olaiul Tiivnilcd tanthester. Macs.. fct. The Aoxiro-Hiinirarian embassy here to nljfht announced receipt of an official wireless message from Count on Her- chtold. the foreign secretary or aus i - - one IS BEFORE OF:' - . t . - . -...-- IHE INHABITANT Austrian Armies. trian-Hungary, as follows: A ualro-.H unitarian and Uerman torreg 'are" "noting ' ' successfully shoulder to shoulder in Russian Po land, where their sudden - advance seems to have completely surpclHed the -Russians. who were repulwd ueroMH 'he inula in their attempt to eroMS tlut river. Our forrvs took a hricle hud near Handomlerx (8an- domir). "The advance in Gulieitt ia beine carried out aystenuttiually. A JUi Hlan division of infantry was repulsed by us near Tarnohrzeis (Tarnovezog). Th -defeat of - the ltuwdann-4n the Ottrpathmns Is eomplete. (Sinned) "COl'NT BKlit'HTOLD." The foreKomK is confirmatory of the titik'lal-advlees received hy cable from iemitt today enil'ortyirm tlie statement of General on llocfer. Ilritlwli Trawler Blown I 'p. London, Oct. 8. 13:51 a. m. The South Shields trawler Lily has been blown up in the North Sea, accord ing to a tli.tpateh received Imre by the Central News. Some of the survivors landed at Houth Khields. (Seven members of the crew are reported to be missing. . Canadian Trtsips to Land. London,-4 kit.' 1 I'll , m.--The ("antiuian troops will ha hujdeO-In KnKland today and sent to an inland training ramp. TlKhtliiK hi Framv r'urlous, liOiidon, tlct. 7 (11:05 p. m The official press bureau at 8 o'clock lo- nlnht issued the following statement: L "North of the Oise and at M'ns there la hard linhtinK. "hilsewhere. a sliKht advance or re treat varies. Throuishout the line the seaports tire tuenerally safe. The French army is hshtlna; with the Rreatest dash and bravery. The Hermans attackinK Antwerp have pushed forward their positions against considerable resistance by the jjnrrlsott. . Violent Italtlc in IttdKlum. London, -Ut:t. J tS:afr-p. , m.1 A dispatch to the Ctntrul News from" Amaterdam says: "A mi'snaK received here from Oheni savs fighting of a violent char acter has taken place between Au deiutrde (15 miles snuthwest of lhT.t and LiupcKheni, a small town a mile south of Audenarde). "After an hour's engagement the tlelglnns rereled reinforcements and Hire back the Hermnps with heitxy IllShl."." . . " ' Herman i omnia ml AuHtrinits.' Milan, via Maris, Oct 7. A dis patch froiiirf Vifinia to the Corni' Delia Pei'i i on firms a picvhois re port tnnt the Austrian army In O-iUela has been placed ui.dcr, the control of the Uerman staff. - despite the oposltion of Kiperor Francis Joseph. The rtlspnteh adds that Major Uen- eral Conrad, chief of the Austrian general M!Tr virtually !. iuiide- prlved of all p'Twer oh' account frf his ullened cundltlon restiltinst from the death of his son, who was killed In liealiiiK with the removal of (en- eral ' Auftenber'K from his command, the correspondenta afai-ert this action was taken ostensibly because of the general's ill health, but that in reality ..' '..L.";w;f;y-.yfl,.v..- .... l ..i.t.. which' was considered" an enormous mistake and responsible in great part for the Annfrfan defeat. -Tit tr?frtT--imrtTJf-cncrrs ir. Purls, Oi-t. 7. U:rj . ni.) Tlio official iiiniiiianlruiloii Iwuitl hy the r'reiwli wgr department to niglit announce thai the ground liiovtoiisly litht hy the I rench be tween t'hnlwn ami Kwye li Ixvo retaken and Hint en the ccni-r the From 1 1 ha vp ndiaiunl mi certain ixdnts. The IcU ftdhtMs: 'i;ecit m the two wings where tlu. (i'rnii'fii nttucks liatc. Uhmi rt IHilMtl, MicY lunt -ttetHt tieu-i iy 4nuu picte calm among the fnmt. I'On our k'ft wing the tiennnn vulry has It'n held in fliock; to Hip fioi-tli of Lille li has Ixx'ii iL.'Hcn hack. ' 'Ik'twccn Cbatilnes and Kojc t!ic ground pri'vloiixly ceded has 'Iwn retaken. " . "On the center we hate made an advance on e-riiiln puliitn. "There ii noliilng to rcsrt on our rlftht wing," More of War's Terror. Rome, via Paris, Oct T ( 1 1 "3U p m.1 A telegram received here fnm Berriri savs: , 'The civilians of l.snaken. Hel gium. hsving attacked Herman troops, reprisals were nccesnary L Lmneck enen was bombariled and us church destroyed. Along The read betwecrl 1-ftnsiekon and Tongre all the houses were hurned." Knth Lanaeken and Tongrs urn in the province of Limbo GERMAN S FLEE SECRETARY BRYAN SUPPORTS GERARD FOR SENATORSHIP (rty ilw Jkmertnti rra.) ' ' Washington. D. C Oct 7. Seera tary ISryan - entered -the - New erk senatorial campaign tonlpht when he made public a letter declaring him self In favor of the election of Ambas sador (Hrard as an "endorsement of the policies of the administration.' ' Judge Gerard," Mr. I'.ryan SflJd, "has rendered splendid service at lierlin, and thure u jio reasuu why his success aa a diplomatic jepresentative should stand in the way of his promo tlon in. his home Hiate. "I feel sure he would make an ex cellent representative and, his election would a bo be ronsiroctetl as an en dorsement of the policies of the ad ministration of the President and aa an intention on the part of the people to support him in the foreign pro gram which he haw outlined." because of legislative tangles In Congress.,. j.wJujtitra.Uou.-'fiadera . to- day were fearful adjournment would not -ie reached in time -for -many mcmliera tt get hoJwe--ftr-4helr-Hwae campaigns for re-election. Word went out from the While House, how ever, that the President wan very aiut- ious that the seeslon conclude by the end of nexjt week. Senator. Luke La, of Tennessee, was at the White House today In re lation to the campaign In his Stale. Secretary Bryan, Secretary Daniels and other DmocTatlc h'Kiers will peak there. . SCOUTS PREPARE FOR . SECOND BOOSTERS' TRIP Messrs. John A. Park And Fred Ohlx Hetiim Trip Xet Wednesday and Thursday. The .preliminary scout for the sec ond trip'o the Ha.leigh Rorary Club was completed yesterday, having oc cupied two days and having been made by Mesir!.. John A I'ark and Kred A. Old., the former operatlns his automobile and the latter keeping tsh unon tho route, distwnces, lime and placegj Th start was made from Ralelph h 7.30 Wedn-'ay morn lug and during the trip the following places were visited, a careful etudy of the rwl VHrVai.re.6B t U-i-l. ing maile: Wendell. Kexulon. Wnkelon High Hchool, Wanelleld. Spring Hope, Nashville, Itocky Mount Tarboro. Pine Tops. .Macrlestleld, Wilson, Fre mont, rikevllle, Oolds1oro Princeton, Pine Level, Selmu, Smithticld, Clayton. Aiitmrn -and Uarner. Kvervwhere along the route mark ed Interest was expressed in the Tlslt of the Hotarv Club which will be made nert Wedliesdfiy and Thursday. There were no end of kind expressions about Italeigh and its enterprlst these tourneys v the liotary Club being regarded as a fpeclal evideme of this cltv's high spirit and desire to get In touch with nil lhs section of country The prntrram tv il be duly announc ed and widily circulued and at each of ihe towns to lie vfslted poster will be displayed. Concerts by the fine band of the Third Hugiment, which were Mitactue .-darm the- reweW trio of the club, are to he a feature of this tour. XOHTH CAHOI.IX4 MK'OM). 1'b lat Lend All Save Kentttf-Ly In 'TrHro Oop. iRy tilt AHwi'taUM rn..to..l ... r Wsshinetim, Oct. 7. Forecast nf the tobacco crop announced today by THIS PHOTO FROM AIRSHIP URIXGS 1ROX CROSS TO LIEUTENANT A'rr.;i-l - . - - X I r(f: ''-J-SX.;--. .. V fjr " ' ' ' -'' Thi . v' " " r' .v i - r"' 4-JrW 4 ' , k .i - . , , . , ..,.(,' f j .'JS w,rwf .. f--e - j"'vr7i'Jl ! L?"-lJt-jV - -nVitlk J , . ft &2zv::? r,r -rrnV-Tga. I ,t , ,r J Tliia photograph of St. Germain, Paris, was taken from German awarded ths Iron Cross for liia flights, t THISSTATE HAS CENTER OF STAGE North Carolina Exhibit Takes as Much Room as Rest of thq Country W T- YrXVKRTOXt Washlngudi, D. C 'JcL T.The North Carolina exhibit, at predicted In this Correspondence yesterday, over shadowed everything els In the na tional cotton show today. It occupied one whole side of the largest ball room In Washington' Mcgest- hotel and the exhibit from all the rest of the I'nlted States occupied the oppo site Bide of the room. Many of- the general exhibits came from North Cu roll ha. Several mills duplicating. flira. josephu .Daniel showed the exhibit to visitors throughout the day and awain tonight. Her cotton dresa of dark material was the object ,tf miti.Vi oiiniMniil IK, made o materials furnished by the noil, ummts Wills. . of Haw It rer. Hundreds of people viewed the show and all of them commented on North Carolina's prominence In the exhibit. Mdel Drcsmni Are Worn. ' VVaahjngton, Oct. 7. Wives of cabinet officers and governniett of ficials appeared m cotton wo-utm-Kowtia of the latest mode tonight to give added Impetus to the movement to give relief t the cotton distress in the Mouth hy practical demonstration, rhe"vnrled anTl hitherUr little realized possibilities of the gTeat .. Southern staple. The occasion was the open ing of the National Cotton Stle ShOW..,. ': ' " Am"n thwe whii showed model (towns were Miss (ienevleve Clark, daughter r.f the Speaker; Mrs. Ken Johnson, of Kentucky, Miss Sallle Wllllanm. daughter of the Mlssiaslppi senator; Miss Lucy Uurleson, dauuh ler of 'the postmaster general; Miss Catlje Hoke timith. riauifhter of the tieorgla eenator; Miss Margaret Mo fhord", -tiauiihrnr tt the - tnterslafc Commerce . Curnminsion and Miss Agnes Khac!vli:f!Vd. d'l'Jahter of the lieprescntalive fioin Missouri. the Department of Agriculture shows this year's harvest will be 9a4,ii(to,0uu pouuds. or eoual to that of Inst sea. cn, desplio-tar'ly setbacks. The de partment Interprets 1 the yield from ihe enndntoa. at the time of harvest to be: Virginia, SS.SUO.uOO pounds; North Carolina, 136.5011.000 pounds; Booth Carolina, 11. 6(10. 000 pounds; Florida. 3.9J1.OO0 pounds; Kentucky, 44.HMI, UuO (UDUiida. and Tennesate, $$,1U0,VWU pounds. - -- Condition: Virginia. liS,; North Car. olinM, 74; rtfjth Carolina, 73"; Tennes- Will Ttj ItoblH-rs. The trial of the four circus men who amiiMlted tinrt robbed Isaac Du- lioiH near Kmglitilitle about two weeks , ... . i .It j. i .1 ... . ...:; UNO Tin oe oriu louay oeiore justice of the Pence J. K. Owens. The de fendants are Henry (Jordan, Comme flore Dockery. Sam Jones, Kxekicl llallon and Alfred Jones. fTvP ! i ti rnvsD 1W mwminii " ii i : . 1 L IFJ BEnEfi SHAPE Only One-third of the Crop Value of the State Consists ofjCotton (SlMrUI t Tlie Sown tnl otatmr.) Chapek Hill. . Oct. 7 Prof. K. C. Hranson, president of the North Carolina dub, In an address here' to night presented a ctearcut analysis of the cotton situation, bringing Ihe problem directly home to Nort: Card. Una folks." Hy way of contrasting the situation in North Carolina with that of other States and by way of contrasting one county In North Carolina with' another the analysis was altogether effective. Is North Carolina. In as great nislfes k South Carolina or Ueorgta; he answered the question by citing figures showing that only one-third of North Caro lina's crop wealth was produced hy -while two-thtr-rf Month Carolina's and lleorgia's crop wealth 'wa-dertTed--fni-thsi"Ottip oifiTaS'' Ik'itrw of litstrvs. ' The degres of distress in counties in North I arollna was sharply drawn. One countv. Scotland, uroduces one- thirteenth of the corn crop in North Carolina. Two counties. Robeson and Johnston, grow one-eighth of the entire cotton produced in the Ktate. There are S3 counties that .pxactlcally grow no cotton. Ihlrty-tlve per cent of the crop wealth in North Carolina is represented in the cotton acreage while . tgl-ftv .-pes-4MHtt-4f --eewp wealth in South. Carolina Is valued In term of cotton. ' Professor ltransmi"-caTted"TSttehtlr.n to the fact that forty per cent of the farmers of North Carolina were un der the control of the farm tenancy system, which condition -considerably ties- up the ltuaiku. The -chain has several outstanding links, the farmer is bound to the supply merchinf, the supply merchant lo the local banks and the local banks to their uorre snnndsnr banks. This condition led the sneakier to ventnre when the nat lonul government was. poing. lo. do to aid the cotton farmer. The only re lief he saw coming frnm Congress was the makinir of the Timtiattng medium an .ay an poKsible and ren dering credit as flexible as sound business conditions would permit. ProfexBor Uri.iiMin charncterlned the buy a bale movement as a very generous aLiitudiv and the trouble over the buv-a-liale movement ex pressed by Wall Ktreet Journals was a sure sign of the worth of the ides to the producer. The 4rgia r'lirnior. Professor Itrauson, who spent a number of years in ihe heart i f the cotlon eromins eeetloir of Ueorptnf, related this story of a Heorgia farm er that implies the predicament ojt Ihe :nduv merchant -Mll civilisation nd iniliiates the saltation of the col ton farmer. Cotton was selling around aix tents. A dosen Cotton buyers had gnthered on the porch of "Marse Jim" Hiolth, a farmer near Athens, all eager to buy his eotton Mnrse Jim was resting comfortably enjoying the Havor of his pipe of to bacco; his feel propped up and ex Dressing an sir of Indifference. There he sat smoking hi pipe of tobacco, fl OUT CM! The Way to Help The South Is To -BUY A BALE OF COTTON" and to buy Cotton-made Goods. Send $50.00 to THE'NEWS AND OBSERVER and it will buy the bale for you. Deal with your retail merchants in -their special sales.of Cotton Goods . this week. military nrropians by LiouUnant Thin, , CAUCUS AGREES fi! REVEfJUE Automobile and Gasoline Tax Is Elimiated and Others Substituted VOTE WITHIN- A WEEK This Is' Hope of Senator Sim- mons for the Bill m the Sen "ate; Beer and Rectified Spirits Bear Additional In - crease and Pullman and Steamer Tickets" Included (Hy tlH AM0Mtal PrtM Washington, U. COct. 7, Revision of the adminlHtrallon war revenue bill w.0 completed by the caucus of Senat DemiH-rats late, today, and prepara Hons were made to press the measure In the Benale, Kenator Pimmons, in charge of the bill, said the flnance committee would present It to the Henate tomorrow. He believed a week of debate wmld dispose of the bill ana clear the way for adjournment. As the hill was completed by the caucus, with its ad.lid levies on beer and rectified spirits anil minus the ttosed 4xe-(s)r gnuiiltvis" grid auto mobile, Senator Simmons estimated it would yield aunuallv shout I10R.. 0ftt,f, nnles slump In beer pro- auction euts qown the estimated re ventiS from 4 hat source. The increased ui on lieer is g. pei-ted to yreld from 4S.000,0I1,) to 4e,0iiu,aoo and the reclined spirits tax of live ceMs a gallon Is calculated to rasie i&,oub.o, Htamp taxes on negotiable instruments, etorV and bonds, deeds and transfer, bill of 'ailing, Pullman car : gnd steamship ucaets ana insurance policies are ex pected to yield 3!!,ttOMUfl,.ai4 stamp tax on oatcnt medicines.' cos- metica, and perfumeries, .is- ex nected to -prodMcs tt.OOMOO. Thd rtmalnder will ctwie from special taxes on thea Ires and places ,,f amusement, on to bacco, cigar and cigarette manufac turers and on domestic wines. The caucus eliminated today speciu! tax of $ -in on ln-OKprs, cutting out 1300,000 of estimated revenue. A vigorous contest by Henator Lewis, of Illinois, resulted in a reduction of the tax on Pullman tickets from two cents to one cent each. Efforts to Impose stamp tax on bnk checks of one or two cents each were voted down, The-Tatwa" Wrtiorlxed thf; flnance committee to revise the tax on" cianr ettes, formerly fixed hy tha committee at .124 . fr:j,.i'as.: mmn(totunrsb?..H would be graduated along the lines of the cigar manufacturers tax which charges dealers from, IT to IX, ac cording to the volume of husinea. f bntest over dues n domestic wines, which engrossed the caucus yesterday, andrrtortay, were avoided when the caucus left the entire matter to the finance committee. vTlie 'Insurance Tax. The insurance tax agreed upon Is the House provision for a levy on all property Insurance, but with life In surance eliminated. This was done by the senate finance Committee be fore the caucus was called, and was tuft uaichanifed fry;... thai conference. As it stands tn the bill at"x of one -cent .fier. 1 1.00 of nrejigum Is levied on all property insurance, ashore or afloat, co.i'perative and mutual poll ch-a being exempt as are- reissued policies: -fidellry and. gnsff fitee ' Ih- surance Would pay a similar rate. Foreign Office Assures Secre tary Bryan Occupation Is Only Temporary - . Ull tlw AmmUtoiJ VrttMl.1 VVnshinston, 1, C.. Oct- 7- Hecre tnry Bryan bus been informed offi cially that the occupation by the Jap anew' ewvat-fntees the - iJurman Paeiric IsUinds Is only temporary and solelv for military purposes. The nrmiiAnco eame Indav fnim the Japanese foreign nftlce throunh Am hasMsdor tlutbile imrl also from the Japaitese t mla.sy An W.i'-blngfon It n beliitved the declarntlon from the JaoHiiese government of its in tentions -rimirdini.' tin -idants seUed was made -voluntarily, flf.ite (lepiLrt. rneiil tfrtii.ils wiul vexteriluy no in onirics hud been nimlc by the 1'nit l -KtAlM iu.-Ui nuii ie.l -n4 . U.. was believed here tonight tnis governrnent bal urn pteil ih 'slate ifie lit from Tokio us sufficient Kiiariintee that th fitiintiiin-iii the I-tii Kan WmrlTr-riTiT be altered in any way inimical to its intercut. - i. It .was reiterated at the .bipanese embassy tonlg hf. that the, necessity of protecting commerce In the Pncilic from the Uerman rruisery eluding pursuit' In IhcM' wuUrs. ima piumpted the aeixurett. i Jatiif1e'( a.nii lli'ittsh Ttflets.'tn" "Si'fnrrtitnce-with a common unilerKtandlng, It was sutd, bud been acting together In all movements with the Japanese fleet. In regard to the Khun Tuna. ..rail wn-y.tf.-waa said Uy em-Kisev fTfflewbi that its oerupiitlun should not be considered In any senvc a vinlnton liy the Jnpnnese of Chinese neutral it v. as rcraving the, line from i Jot-man control wan military necessltv. The Japanese advance agitinst the Her man Htronghiild at Kiao ehnw would liii hindered, It was pointed out, if the Hermans were allowed fo utm the rord to haul supplies-.or. -otherwise faollltHte their military operations. . Many Hi?c From Antwerp. Imdon Oct. 7 Tt-ior dispatch -(11:47 P. m.) A from Amsterdam says: '-"-"" - Al.i'on'g Ihe TefiiirceiS'wTio'left Ari't: WClp today were Cardinal .Merrier and the minister of Justice ami other high i.fflcials, Thev travelled try autonio- t,.lt lo t-'li-blnu- from WTTIrh I'Oltrl thev iiroeeefied to Ostelid - "ilore 'han 111,0m) fuitUivc hiivti arrtved at ' tioxendaul. ac which place the .bombardment of Antwerp can clearly be heard." PRESIDEFJTISFOn IIIK Tar Heel Farmers' Union Men Get This Satisfaction at . Conference . POOL SYSTEM FAVORED President, However, Will Net Favor Volization plan Urged by Dr. Alexander and Others. Carr and Long Letters De- j nied by Telegrams; Gudgcr Answers Britt Statement "fW. KTTFXVF.RTOV) Washington, D. C. Oct,' 7. -The North Carolina delegation In Congress Accompanied hy-Irr. If. Q. Alexander. - W. a. Oibson and J. 58. Green, Far mers L'nton officials, -were assured hy the President this morning in an hour conerence of his interest in the " South' flnanrlsl condition and of the earnestness of hJ4 efforts to relieve the situation. In the course of the discussion President Wilson express. d his approval of the Lever wars house bill, which failed Monday to muster a two-thirds--vote of the HoiMtt, his approval of" the plan of Kestus J. W. Wade, of Ht. Louis- to organixe s, "pool or IS million dollars " for loan on cotton, and his disap proval of any plan to valorise cotton or any other commodity. The moat striking statement of th President was that there Is suffi cient currency In the country to take care of the cotton situation if the currency Is mobliixed properly. The President's attention was called t the fct that JNorth Carolina has 1 taken only a small "part of the emergency currency which its. bank can get under the law and was told that the money which they have tsk' -en-4iam)CnKenea'IH'"'farmer. The President's -interest-In -this phaw of the question and hi evident desire to co-operate wlthS ecretary McAdoo In relieving the situation at this point impressed the visitors. Hs suggest ed, too, the formation of a borrow ing pool Vihillar to the Bt Louis pool In th southeast where the needs ot uch a plf n are so self evident, frohlem for Heads. The President wdd that this Is a problem to be salved by our heads ind not our hearts. thW the liasic trouble Is g tuck of demand for col ton and that in finding a solution we -must not unduly disturb the fabric teiuLiuie ot w men. fanners are deeply Interested as any ether class of citizen. Senator Overman, Rep resentatlvs Small and Pr. Alexander tach presented the condition of the -State to the President, the others Joining Jn too In the general . dis- 1 cusslon, l'ool Maw Favored. Senator Overman is enthusiastic over the' formation f the cotton limning pools, In speaking of th ; subject he said: r'The projected St. Iui cotton pool is regarded generally as a step in the right direction. It Is the be lief of .the administration that a similar punt of not less than f 100,. OOii.OOO in the -Southeastern States would afford adequate relief, and I am personally of the opinion that the banks nd business enterprise In that section Should Hasten to organize such a pool. .Persona who are fa mi liar wifh the'St. luia plan regard it as important to the people of the Houth In the present emergency as the 4100,000,000 gold pool- ia to the International financial situation." .,;.:.::.;;- Dr. Alexander's comment on ths. present status of relief measures was: "My complaint - against the North Carolina delegation, and the same ap. plies to the Presidents is that they . are trying to solve an emeisency situa tion without altering the legislative or'' financial -potirtes rir the govern- " " ment. Vou have to meet emergency conditions with emergency measuroe and-the majority there seem unwill- " ing to depart from the beaten path." Dr. Alexander stated also that he desires to correct a- statement attri buted U iilm that there Is an orna nixed opposition to the Democralio party in North Carolina because of this cotton -situation-.. J He said that he has heard indivi duals place the tihime OH ttin Tleras emtio parly and the administration, but he knew of ho concerted move ment ugainat the party. The erHcials and nwmliura. uf tha. Farmers' L'uien , are striving to serve the farmers and that they are not enguging any par tisan activity. t niton Mills All Right. The effort of Senator William Alden Smith, of Michigan, to show that the rmTtlfl "rriW nifluMfr'y of " V.irt Tl "Caf v- 41na--lius been paralnuai by t he L'nder- wood Simmons tantT law was com ph'tely frustrated. bySaiillurJUi:jErman . tonny. The North Carolinian read into the record telegram from Uea eral Julian S. Carr and from J.' A. Long, of itoxboro, showing that they had written Senator Overman no let-' ter allcKing distressed conditions, at was charged by Senator Smith. Gen eral Carr pointed out in his telewram -that he was the one cotton manufac turer l, give- wot an- Intervtew -en ilorsiug the administration and the party In fulfilling lti platform pledge by enacting the law, Another exhibit was a letter from Kiliti 'r J K rilierrill.' of the Concord. """" Tribune. In which he said there wa not n mill In Concord which is not tn excellent condition. An editorial In ' his paper and another from thu (ireenslioro New about cotioil mil, conditions in the State were read int Tl&V record. tiudger Refuted Iltill. Representative Hudger has prepared -. a vigorous denial of the statement of .) nines J. lirilt, Air. Hudger' Repubv lican opponent, that Rritt I the au thor, of the present parcel poet law Mr. Hrltt claims that while he wai third assistant postmaster genera. . , tinder Tuft -he formulated the biK which hi.ttowa.-law idr. Oadger ha statements frevm Rvpresentativs Mwi, the suthr of the bill, and others, r' Lining Hrllt's claim. KvuiiilnatbHiR To lie HciL eigh, AahrMlie, Cha"iottt. Du-rluim Holdsboro, tireensOoru, Malisbtir.v Washington and Wilmington, Novetu tCoutiaued va Fag Two.)