-. . -a., ... News 'Mel Observer Weather Best AdTcrtlslaf Medium hi ' North Carolini : Full .date -com r3 in w - concern In tbi w til w. 41.- -Uoa Pg ElKhU v. VOL.G NO. 149. 5r PRICE 5 CENTS v HELD MARSHAL FRENCH THE GERMAN M. y RALEIGH, M. C, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1914. . T .. ' " " . r' . British Battleship Was Blomi Up Right in Mouth of the Thames REROY FOR BAHLE TELLS OF GREAT BATTLE i !How After Nearly Six Weeks of Terrible Fighting the English and Their Allies Brought to a 1 Dead Stop the Furious Onslaught of Superior German Forces, Told in Detail. (Br tin AnotUud tnm.) ( London. Nov. 2. (4:00 p. nv fcleld Marshal Sir John French, com. Jiiander-ln-chief of the Brltlah force In the field, apeak optimistically of the position of the allies in a report Inada public here today. It covers in general way activities from October 11 to November 20. Summing up. Field Marshal French Iwiys: "As I close this dispatch, signs are 3n evidence ibat we are. possibly in " the last stase of the battle from "Vpres lo Armentlcres. "For several days the artillery tire of the fwmy has slackened eonsiderab'y and his ln - (antry attacks practically have ceased, "In remarking upon the general juilltary situation of the allies it does liot seem to be clearly understood h h .1 . -ttw- p e saUwt-4 w -woteh -we- feiwe been enKaged embrace nearly all or the ceiilral puri of Kurope. in the east to the - went. The combined Krem-h. Helgian and ftrltlsh armies in ' t hnrweMt Wd-the Russian army In the er t,errnany and Austria. "Uur enemies elected at the com mencement i.f the war In throw the " "Weight of their forces against our ar- mien in the went and In detach- only u. mjuiarajvl weak force, composed .of very feu; of tjhe first line, troops and M-veriU corps of second and third tine troops, to stem 'the Uussldn advance '". iinlil the western force could be cum jdelely overwhelmed. Their strength r.ri:-.bled them from the outset to T'i-!'W trratly superior forces against is in the nest -This precludes the osft!iT of our taking vigorous of Jrnsiv ip-tjon except win n mlscalcu ).tt!ii .ne made ly their cwmmand--rs, opening uii special opportunities for sucres'-f ul attieck. and pursuit. Allies Ou lJcfenslc. "The l.attle of the Marno was an -xumple. as w in our. advance from 'M inner and lla.cbrouck to the line of the I liver I, vs. hi the commence ment of thin buttle. The role which our iirmii' consequently have been called niviiii io fulfill has been to oc cupy atrojig d-funslvc positions, hold .v ins ground gained and Inviting the enemy's attack. mi t a throw back 'these attacks, causing the enemy J lieavj losses lii his retreat and follow ","iM!( Kliii up aith powerful and sue sful i ounter-attackH to complete I i discomfiture. "Til"- ;ilue and significance of oper- ons ot this nature since the com liieiM-.-lnent i ; ho- ' 'litles lies In the lai I that ai tlo 1:10110 tit when the Eastern provinces- i-f tlerinany are In " IniniTTrehF ti;iiiM-r of Ining overuhTy tin- numerous and powerful armies of Jl'issla nearly the whole active army el tlerinany Is tied down to a line of Jiinclies extending from Verdum on the .Alsatian frontier to the sea at Nleuport, oust of Dunkirk ta distance id 2M) mileVi. where tiny are held. vilh much reduced numbc-re and im. t"itr-d mntnin. by the sticrniHfuI ac- ' lion wf otir tri'iops. "1 cannot speak too highly of the k ,i;r,.H:fw KD.KA'W-JynqfP'.l L hy the . liiijal.arlil-! ei inroui-iloiil the battle. In spite id the fact that the enejiiy brought 1141 Vims of great range. ami shell power. - ii- men have succeeded throughout III ple llslllllK -lienorit In preventing the enemy from estab lishing anything in the nature of su periority in artillery. ' tig ruing tins m-cir nesiierate. "1 deeulv rctirct the heav casbril- "li'cs we have sitlTered. but the fight ing has been very desperate and we )iae been assailed by vastly superior --Jiumberer i--have- every reasor Know that throughout the course of the bHttle we- have placed at fea-st three times' a many of the enemy hois do combat, in dead, wounded rnd prisoners. "Throuuhoul these operations. Oen. rral Foch has strained his resourres to the utmost to afford me all the. Support he could. An expression of Piy warm gratitude also Is due to flen. Inibail. conimundlng the eighth J'renth army corps on my left, und to tienrrat lie Maud Huy. commanding the tenth army corps rn my right. l-:i.I 3 Jnscusslng details of the engage- " jnent from Ypres to Armentleres. Cen. : Krench explains that he was Impress ed eajdy In October with the necessity f giving the greatest possible sup Iiort to the northern. flank in the effort to oirtflank the eniPrny.. le ; made Known TiTs View to (len. Joffre. who agreed with iL The French general MafT therefore arranged for the with - drawa.1 of the British from the Alsne. which began on October i and waa ' rompleted on October 19. . KlanUiig Man Outlined. The Urneral plan was that the Ens" lish should pivot on the French at rrethune attacking the Germans on Ihelr flank and forcing their way north. If the Germans were forced . out of 'their position the French and Jlrutah were to reach east, with Lille t 'tmv dlidin lirui iuawaen -the tjj armies, the. Knglish right being di- Tested on I.llle. The battle really began October 11, when Major- General Gough. of 1 the aecond British cavalry brigade, first clashed with German cavalry 'In the ' woods along the Hethune-Aire canal. ' The Eng-lish cavalry moved toward llasebrouck. clearing the wavy for two lirmy corps -which advanced rapidly In a )iitJJeJerir direction, ror sev- dayi lUe progrew of-the British loniV siigniiy lnierruptea except at "Ti BasBee. 1 "IlOltraoTr-WBTcir etubbornly resisted. General Frsntb-f tys the second rorps undev Gen. Hmitiv-IHirrlen waa apose4 by overpowering forces, but .nevertheless advanced until October .J wben the 'enemy a vpposiuon furc fi a reinforcement. atalry Hard Iros'd. , - "On October U Hir Henry Rawlin- t-.an with two divisions of Knglis"eav--rlry and two divisions of French in- lantrv waa stationed east of Ypfes un- ler ortera to keep possessios) of all ;tbe ground held by the allies until the iret army corps could reach Y pres. . Uvaeral 1 KawUnson was opposed by wjerlor forces. . With, four army corps holdjfig m much larger territory than their alae Justlrted. General French aaya he faced a stubborn situation. The enemy was maamd from the Ia and there waa Imperative need for a atrenathooM line. . However, General French decided to end the first corps north of Yprea to stop the German reinforcements, which the shattered Belgian army and the worn French troops had tried in vain to di. Kir DouKles Hal with the first army corps was sent October 1 to rapture Hrum and drive the enemy hack toward unent. if possible. Mean time the lielmuus entrenched thom selvea along the Fprea canal. Because of the overwhelming num bers of the Germans opposing them. Ueneral French says he enjoined defeniiive'role by the three army corps located south of Y press. Had roads and overwhelming opposition finally made It Impossible to carry out the plan of moving Io Bruges. L -... , ... ..Ita yjuuq... ilglu I iitf Ikatiu. . - I ne Uanting grauually became I bayonet charites.- tlenerul French says that tctober 21st biouaht forth the hardest attack, ihu.de on the first cofps.at VlircK. and in the 1 liec'klne ..sw.2ii.i'..Wieeefwhire-rtmeY'l displayed Kreat gallantry. t.eiienil French says the recapture of the VII ' lag of Oheluvelt through u rally of the V rcMtershires, was: fra-UKht with momentous - consequence to the I allies. . - i'ralrt4 Indian TrMa. "Since their .4irmi In this cxiuntry and their -occupation of Uie line al lotted to . them, 1 have been much Impressed by the initiative and re course displayed by the Indian troops. Koine of trie ruaes they have employ ed to deceive the enemy have been attended with the best result, and nave doubtless kept the superior forces 111 front of them at hay." tlcneral French goes on to say that the whole line continued to be heavily pressed. Three liava-riun and one German corps, in audition to ot hPr troops, he siys. were directed against this north ern .line. I'Mis-lan (Guards IW-aun. Aboui November 10th. after sev eml units of these corps had been completely shattered In futile attacks, a division of the I'russiun guuids wim brought up with great speed and Pe crecy. Dit)ments found on dead of-tU-4ra, the report, says, proved that the guard received the Emperor's special command to break through. They took the leading part in- thf vigorous attacks of the eleventh and twelfth. but. like their comrades, were re pulsed, with enormous ca.sualties. SMS'iul Mention Glxen. Gi'iiei ur r 1 eiu li TTiT trriute in SHr loiiglas liaig and his divisional and brigade commanders. "Their deeds during these days of stress ami trial, ' he says, "will fur nish some of the most brilliant chap ters which will be found ill the mili tary history of our time." iilght praise tUso Is paid to the Third cavalry division uiuier Major General Julian liyng. whose troops "were repeatedly calledupon to re store si t tint ion at critical points." . Generul l-'rench makes special men tion of Colonel Gordon ("hesney Withon. "fif the Ttoyat Horse stuards. Major Theon Dawnay.. at lhf Second Life guards, and Brigadier General FiUolarence, of the Irish guards, who were killed, and 011 Brigadier-General The- Fiart of -Cfivah. vho- ,"n many occasions was foiipplcuous .fur the skill, coolness, and cou.agO with which he led his troops." Of the Dying corps, the report "h.very day new methods of em ploying them, both strategically und tactically, are discovered and put into practice. "Concerning the territorials em ployed, the Field Marshal says their conduct and bearing under fire 'has Imbued mew Ith the highest hope aa 10 tne value anu me neip or tne territorial trnps generally. BAPTIST EDITOR HELD IN GERMANY F-dward Bright ( liarged It h Reins rpy niaie l1aruiM'nt Appealed To. IB Uw AwKx-l.tnl I'rrM. I , JSaw 1' or kr N-or: irT.a'nr(t urignt, an American citizen, grad ual of Columbia and formerly editor of the Baptist Kxaminer. is held at Goettlngen. Germany, charged with being a apy, according to inlormatinn received in this city. Mrs. Bright has appealed to the State Department at Washington. Bright. w-Mh his ramily, hail lived at Goettlngen for nearly 10 years. Mrs. Bright said. He was atudving at Goettlngen Cnlversity. Mrs. Bright With her tWO ulna r, n V. .... - V. , I. before the wfer began. Her first news teiiarauut-Jxej nuwlisnil s-arreHi in a letter dated lot. 25, written by a mam in ine iingnt s Goettlngen house hold. This was confirmed by a let ter written from Goettlngen Oct. 10. by an American friend, who said her husband had appealed to Ambassador Gerard. Mrs. Bright notified the State Department which later replied that Ambassador Gerard had "re quested an early hi vestlgation." - The exact nature of Bright s alleged offense is not known.. Bright wa born in lonKer. Y.. 4,7 years o He was a son of the late Dr. Kdward Bright whom he followed aa editor of the Baptist Examiner. He gave up that work to travel, and ftady abrwad. ' IndcmnUy Iucinborg Br t IikUih) eras. I Paris,' Nor J.-4,I p. m, Ger many has paid an tsdamnlty . of 11. 000 marks t ll7.5C0.tr. tha Duchy of Luxemburg, according tn Prrdatuix disjiatrhfto the Temps. -One-of Germany's first acta la the warwaa to Invade on August Id. neu tral LuxemJ"--;. "The reported In? demnlty presumably, is to recompense for tfaat acu. - i : . : . . 'M'f ASSETS: ililv-' - ..vr.r- .. ljub mm. -sxsfcss:!--. ... , .... m ---.- ' " - : 1 m . 1 .1 . . : : : Tl- - " ' ' ' 1 ' g Ht U-rve-e...,. it-- 1 1 1 i.a.iWj jt m 1 1 11 111 1 nil 11 11 11 1 in 11 I y rL-7-wSQUTH hji D k -T Inn r.r 111 1 1 n 1 1 1 n r 1 1 THAMES RIVER Lowe -Daniels, Moonshiner, Is 7D LONDON 35 MILES - I) -Charped With Triple Killing; " ticMTHouse ( . Wife May Die Star If the suspicion of the British people that a German submarine blew up the battleship Bulwark proves correct It waa the most daring exploit of the war. For the ship was supposed to be aafe la .-a-AtrHitr harbor only thirty-five miles below ondon. The mouth of the Thames is said to have been mined at the beginning o the war, and the channel li ft we're sa'bi to be known only to the admiralty. A submarine would have found it necessary to travel only 4011 miles from . her base at Heligoland or i',u haven tc- have "reacHed' the mduih of GERMANS STUBBORN L Y RESIST ADVANCE OF RUSSIAN ARMIES Kaiser Goes to the Front to Advise Von Hinden burg and Encourage His Troops and Great Battle That Will Be Decisive Expected Re newal of Attack In West Does Not M:5' rinlize In Force Expected. . ( By The Associated Pie-jj l.,ndon. Nov. 19 1:55 p. m i -Ijiicst 6fV,cil ;u, still claim advantage in the Hghtine, tl Nnrrhern f"olaiid gerated reports of their surcesKes; 'iernihny declnr-s off Man attacks have been repulsed and that tierman count, successful. The German Emperor has joined Field Marshal V.m Uindenburg in the east to offer his .advice and to encourage his troops. Knormouy losses have he.u inflicted oil Ihe Orriwn. according to' the Russian statement, but ho mention i.) mude of the capture of to-rmlin divi sions, so freely claimed by the Fetrogrsd correspondent fIndm and I'itni papers. 8ome days must elapse brtore this 1 i . tSSTfle. WBFII Tswrrrtwe-TT -m most decisive of the war, is oonclud ed. Bo far. all (haf is detiniti ly known is that tihe tlerman advance hjji Imh itopped.: . Some of the flerman troops have been partly1 or wtiolly surrounded loii' they still are t'ghting stubbornly to break their way through the Russian lines, apparently to the where they hope to join reinforce ment from Thorn. In the battle before t'raeow the Kussiana claim decisive. aucceas. Dur ing the last week they took lO.aoO prisoner in that region, Mhlch is taken ta Petrftjfr ad TO' ,me II that Cr cow will not bar thKussian advam- in Silesia from the south hut that, with the Austrian army beaten, it iwill he necessary -only to mask th' fortress. The Mussiany tso ennounce uccers In the Austrln elde-! the Carpathians and against the Turks in the Cau casus, a Hjewb- 4 bid h retl n - the worst of Weather hhi prevailed.- '.. ' Mglit Diwf In the West. In the west, tha Germans, although making- an. occasional Infantry at tack, mtum MJiCcnt a tr present to bom Shows Where the Bulwark Was Sunt. the Thames. Home of them have been found In the Fnglish Channel, which b further nT. Then the sink Ing of the Audsclous at the north of Ireland proved how far they could go from their base. The Germans have been more and more daring In handling of submarines as the war haa grown t'sptaln Weddlgen. who sank the Hngiie. Cresey. and Atmukir. had to travel i:fi) miles from his base, which up to that time was considered nil Impossible feat Jor a submarine 8irice no lirltlsh liarbor is mure safei y mine,! han -thst -n the month nf the Thnmcs.- tn order, tju protVet ian MiiiiMi.ni enients lit deprecate exag ially thai the ttus- attat-ks have been bard the allied positions with some-, w hat larer -turis than they have been Uslng. Jf? may nieaji eiiher tl.nt MievTTe sending troops an , -art II lery to the eastor that they tj-e j repiu-K a new art.iclf 'ai ist the allies. Tht th enteTH-ie i hat failed in Handera will not hu-peaied for the nortttaxdJl'rewent. w-im probable, ug.Mna i-wve- m-i-n iij,o.MO- eo-eapture, some points of vai.tage around jVwrea, pre Vl'Hlalv... fonsidered Hf.ry In Ihr German titans. Therh has been" a minor and iiisigniiu ant atlack: "nenr Arraa . " An Interesting report' from Field Marshal fcir John French "o-lWfrJt th"; period -i.f the tattle In Flanders and the days fnimodifitely precerijnu it. shows. that this -battle was brought about, ftrst oy the allies' attempts po ou.nana tne :ermrtns. wbo oiunter stliicked. snd thep .by their plans to move to the northeast !o -Ghent and Bruges, w.htcji also failed. After this the German offensive heinn, with the Frfnch coast (ort ns the objetv('e. but this movement." like thiise of the allies' met with ftilttre. German I tircatct. Field. Maiiihal Frcocb. slvea it aa l.oiidnn, the proof that a German sub marine sank the Bulwark will prove a ureal shock to the people of Kng laii.l. The admiralty Insisted that the eS pliisiun waa. in Ufe juagjixUi of tile ship, but the public suspected that a German submarine had reached across from t'u.xhuven or i I '-1 1 K" Io ri i and sent n tojpedn Into the vessel in fhi- llritisli nurbor. Tfie Hulwark was one uf i lie .Mt li.lttle.lllpM of the linvJT' but was Mwerful ciioui.ii to bine hi.. i any rrsset- m the Ili-Tmoii fleet had she been-trrven n rhnnre. , . hn fiiilnion t'hM Ihe (Jcrman lMWf hae h n thrfce uh nwiti at I hose tt the nliit-H. . and HpeakH ut milsjujrtiy of th' future. ThJri' apparnlly- lutf M.crrt 'no vlnm)nl' In Oh Halknn HitiitHinn hut .Ntr"w ia nu t,n 1 h i jhib f th Kumarui.it King's pprrh at th" opfn ink; nf l';trliitm;iniril, m whi h hp " l ;nn tnvinrKl thjit, tftiiy.K th4 v m i will Kh f t h u rn m'ii t vr' .is.i-uinjT tn 'n.-,sinp Hie h ) tv!a :"ii iv il-i!ian'lfil i fh- i !r iiiTt-'t;iin ain! trtjuir 'tl tn im ct Hi m if the ar in . snuilt nillT) Dui'l r oftb t hr iri.-. Nov I 0:3." p in- ci rn nn nn ii ii I ion iis H -Th-d rrr ;u litlit'- t utiiK ht : "X pr' :t t Is a Ion k 1 1 whole frot.t x' -pt in thr Ai jioiuie rtuSin. (Uvw-th irfiian titlark tnvi- not I. et-n n i ore urc'sf u t hu n pr fi-diijx .laf'll'rl'' TlTT"7a7rTO"TatiTiehT- rrxr-TT-Trvt afternoiin Kaiil' ' ti Nm tni br ? Suit d fiy I he iiii my h ca r.fioljidin wai m?To :.t,H' fmt rarrifti chTy uiih 77 ni.li- rin'tr bis i,rnvy i.r'nll-rv ha? iiuidf ii- 'f f-lt .-r v ' little I'nder thre conditions Uu ar.ili. ry ''r'juni hMM turned tttrula r( jf ailvan- ' In Helvioni ur infantry c pt ill ed rtoirh and tiTlic south (tf Tpr. tn thr country to. the north of Arra. on -f 4h i fH iny's k unlM"ttien by ner!y thr e reKiniMit hu definitely f!b:d nfn-r (evral otint'r atta. kn t arri' l out m all dirPctio. lit-rwi-rn i ae Sonirne and "haulneH, r hae mad' pr ptible- rKrt-i. In the neiKhlHttboml of th villa ice of a uur tro.ps caMie"inti Immediatei contact with ihe" Wire ehtanftleninta of the defeiij. "In the Ti-iti of thr AiHne between Vailley and IUrryVu-H',, aijicroup of machin guns und it,-cup if Ji'-. i tu nda -tioiM for 0 rpntimetre fdeo w-ere destroy-! yur rh4a, tune frf Avbich Cudiinud on Vu$ Two.) i rtii Ut Ut TTi Nfwii ftut DhMrtit l Ahobfiro, Nov. Ix DanlU of liHinlolvh county, living: on the Mump; ornery 11 n riti hom Katur (Imv nufht Hftr thr das nhnnnrfi, cliilminK havft tnn in Uavldnon rounty. hl nl1 home. anl hut ora hunlvlB. hin niatHr, Kth-I Kuthtr, hi wilV h HiHtor, and KiKiir Var&ur all tlurMiiih thn h"ad. killinir tlinn In Hinntlv, Hml nhot his wtf'e, crushing h.T soi)I.Ir S!ii N MU1 living but will tti l.amch, t Krn nf Will JhhMs, inir in St fin It y -m nf y . N a nuiorloua t'li.-tvku-iit-j auU Itt-vn iuiiiL.ttd in !! St.it' nmiM -MTitl tliiit'P and haa - r i d a rw-nt-nj fT iu.iHiiik i- Whon Bir.-titf'd" h pVTilns: a I'm nji n mt Hi 1 1 k1 ni f itdiM)i Honx in Ihe r"m with tlio dH(, ftrople. lie a hk a n 'Stfd a nd placed lii Jail at Ashi'hiTn. lit 1hhkM-- mid 1 h Iks in CMlifrfTitly ll appf-irfd ti h ttoher and h i id he only had drunk 'HtHtait Today lHnitln wa carrttd bark to the PiNfcuh section. th icf-n nf t tin KhtlWalu murdcifl, to b given ' a prellmfnnrv hearing. FEWER NAVAL PRISONS IS RECOMMENDATION OF NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE . " Ml unnvd i re i . A Wushiniton. ! .4,, Nov. 2lf; Aboli tion .f h1I tmt two nf ihr nftVRl prlJ iti in continental I'ntted Stat"M. ttiosc at 1'ortniiiuth, N II., and Mare h 1 ihil. ;;!., mt'i'4 rnuint min' "tlf disci ilin.ir tpiarters aboard nhip wet- rec- ifii io nd (I in t he annua I n-port if t'nptain I ; i 1 1 Mcl-an. .1 ul Advo rtiif , eiit-T h I of i he Navy, made pub lic today. I hi i l. tlin p-imt year prifO'NH have been maintained at Mare In I und anil Port urn out Ii. I tout on, Norfolk. Cavite and on uhlp burd. In reconlmendibK the trannfer cf diMciplinnry bnrra kt from nhoro to shipa, 'a plain Mt I an proponed to Clo' the Port Hoyal. S ( di-tentlori -Wmick, and tranxfer the detentioii ertt fri'm tliMt hiiiHuir i the yunbont Topeka, w l(f- b would be moored In t ht I h t sTiiuiii h a rd, Th' era Uer Philadelphia wimbl -tv- it Hio-ulur purpose nt tlo- Mate Ulao-t y.'jd The redaction of tlu- Tiumtter of Tt rtxii fTi'i'i"'" " " ""in "ii i tT '""I i "'sT rn ,'. Ca i -lain Nif l.- itii t hi'ihu. by an order ul r ad v a ppt m t o l SM.r-Tai v I anleM in Hub'-rit ' t.-s .-f pa;, or di.s.'harne f r Mi:in i-:i- - whi- b pn vi'.iTVU have inv.d v -d in. ( -rs on ii i cut. The deten i ten jsb i p . u id .)-at with minor of- fend.-rs or pin 1 1 rant fnt.H w hn.ip Kood con 1 'Thru transfer frm duet hor ilis . I tain'il b the 'deteti--i it, t'aptain Mef-ari aaid : bum rnit.irtan nystern it is ex- t ion .S a cdlent in thai U rejuire a recalri trait to work or his rehabilitation, iiii'l on dttiharre he In a better and iiurf u.Mf f'jl ri!ni. than when he eh- T"d lh t vie.i and by vi rt n r.f-Wv- ini; in roiriplishf d hi own redemption, lie in a stroller and mre capable, . If-rtdiatil. .man." IIKKtilt" Kl:s I I-: OK CIIIMI. l-slc Hooper Kivci Into Thirty Kcct " , , of Icy Water. iSt-rll lo Tl ;i.H-rtr r- KFlzabeth 1iy. Sov i t'slle Hm'i'r. son of Mr. and Mrs I.. H. vi-ars obi. m;ifle a d;irin rescue of little H.irold Hil.liy yest-rdnv iifter noon ut Kobinsui! cJ'm-K. The liitle (libbs 1'itj' 'wJ-jnN is only nine -eFi'444-,-while pbiir.K Hronrid th' doi-k fell cverbc.uirii Into tr.irty fct ftf a-ater. Vr-urijr Hooper, in spite if WHrrtinif of older teeprli-, ran and phiiiKed- over board in the ic water, swam to the point where the Utile fellow disap peared ft"nd died for him. When h'e ro.e to the urf:u-e he had the tllbbs child and luoutht him safely ashore. The little fellow was bmfty stranpled but beyontf this he did nor experlerlce any Injuries save a severe durklnir. lie would have surely drowned, if l(J had not be-n for the quick work of young Hooper. -, . , :( Great Precautions Taken To Prevent Attack on Naval -Base at Kiel - SAILORS ARE IMPATrENT They Do Not Hate the British But Want . To Match Prow- , -ess; Many Submarines and Torpedo Boats and Several Larger Ships Have Been Built Since the War Began i I Rr Iba AaorUud fna) i Kiel, Gsrmany. Nov. !. (rl Ber lin. Th Hacun and London) A pair of (trey submarine II 4 tha docai whvra the American 8ondrlae yarhta wsra mnorod during their last nsit ta Kiel Warship anchored. ln.. the Fjord wear paint and have, their torpedo nets riits"rt ' A Red- Croat ' flair file frum the Imperial Tacht Club. Skylights In the ship yard bulld Inir have bven Markcne. Placards In hotel room request that the win flow shutters be vloaad ax night. Ma.-. chine suns have besn posted an hisa room anil occasionally entlnel may 4-be- eeen-tm tt -" 'f taH tructur- A broad expanae of fortltliatlonano - the city. These precaution have been taka to prevent an attack on the all Im . t ...t u n , 1 lal dul hw uir at IbM l.,...r.. ' -- - - - J - ... iVhanklu Ola U' I u I txt w.iF nnnMM little different from the Kiel of ordl- -nary time. In ttn harbor steamer - . and tugs with Ion tow go about their cutomary3rork, In town, al- " though there la mrtie activity, the peo-' : lije seem to be.purauing tbeir wdlaary- - tour of life. The sallorinen In the great naval base did not maintain an attitude of undue crecy-toward The Associated l-'res correspondent vlsltlnpr Kiel. The was taken everywhere rheerfully He waa shown through every depart ment of -Mte-aovernment torpedo fac tory Into which In ordinary time! only thoe connected with the erv1c , Into the newest tihmaiine aboard the blaueHt hatllehlp to watch battle practice wun ryavy guns ana jorpeuw. linats ami submarines are being re fitted, i The Navy Was Heady. The visit convinced the correspond ent that war for the (ierman navy differ from peace only In the exis tence of an actual Instead of a pros pective enemy. The navy's normal state of preparedness was so high thatk virtually nothing remained to be done In the war vea-cls after the outbreak of war except to p-il off Ihe paint from the Interior walls to obviate the iknur of lire, and to aiiDlv a thinner ' ojiiiiik I" ill- I'liintur ,,, 1.US..11 The battle practice Is car-ru-il out with little more snap and i-ialTiusiuMn TTtiin tn nriliimry timear .Some of the uttlcers and men said they bail seen the . tips of Itusman iimNts lint they had seen nothing of war except the strenuous outpost pa trol duty in the wintry naiuc ana North Ken waters. The occBHional hailing of a paeainff frelKhter fnrntshml the only break In the monotony, tiui uiai wors aisv u part of the customary peace routine. ThM--meii uninlstakahly find - It hard to remain, pail-nt. but they take Into consideration Ihe strate:le grounds which govern the policy of the (ierman flt-et. Th express littl l.itterness toward Ihe British but rath er a desire to maltii strength -With ' a woilhy opponent Mail) cwM-bt I dint; llulll. A iB siHiilirr "f submarine are approio -hiiiK completion. Several have leri -p4H tutu comniiaslon since the oull-n .il. of Ihe aar. All are of the ', Lirn' -et sea-K"K iype The Uermans rlnim that already they hae more o i the bii; crulsinK tpe of submarine . llo,ii,hiHe the Hrltiah. Kvldence also is to l.e im-oo that today s mosquito Meet or lorpolo Imst destroyers haa been considerably strenKthened in Im.hih having a speed of It knot There also have been a considerable , Hililiuoll oi cipiiai snips. i m iirim works have been almoet doubled In rapacity since the beginning ot the nar and now are turning out more -torpcloes than used. etoriii2t KA-WeeN AHMV CAOKTS fKI.t!ItR.tTK Joyous hnmsi n Tho ' West I'olnt. tsmpus at West I'oint. N. Y.. Niiv. 2. The victorious Army football team re-.. turned"" ft'.reiii-rra-.F-'rr.'n'!a -rrffirkfreT- noon and wii. h'-i 'TiIoI a rousing wel come. The ennri i .ob i battalion, augmented by a nm .1 of the civiliaa lesidents, and headed by the military aiadeinv barnl. es. ..r'ed the returning? ' heroes to their nariei The ancient ' sta.e coat h in v.lm-ti the suuud nde and which'has ib'ne duly for many years in the same rapacity, ass drawn -l.v willing cadet hands up the- lonf hill. , The entire repertoire of foottiall sons was' siitia by Hie marching" !hr.iij At i-uuet barracks the dem- ns'raip-n reachetl its climax. Tonight ' a hiihtett iransparency depleting a 4iranciUg..Armx.iiiJtalJJBg4a Navy eoat with the figures "HO to w is suspended f roimlw-Tltiirpr moll" u merit. the homeward trip the team i-litt Aleiander M. Wcyland. cap- lain fi r isi.. lie nas tM-en a mem ber of the team for three V&K- He Is i'J years obi and enteredthe acad- emv in l'j.U Ir.im the Tenth for. sional distrh-t of New Jersey. Hsis rlaiuxnl as one of the greatest tackle the Army ever had. KKTIigr.KK. IX t.KKKt Twilil j-lbrce copli Killed He t'tootls laind. Ix.ndon. Nov. 2. :4J p. m. Twenty three' persons were killed and many others Injured In the earth quake Friday In western Greece aad " t ne Ionian Islands, say an Kxchang telegraph "dispatch from Athena. On tlanta Maura Island the earth quake t caused strange convlualona Th momntai.i of efkoulla crumbled away for a distance nf nearly twe mile, and th Ionian fea penetrated the valley to the extent of about 153 mile. New? matl mouataios appear ed at idffertnt poiuU.

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