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SEP 17.' 19 15 tibr.ry, Ny Tfp't. 'Jt the weather; . Generally fair today and tda. Details oa Pag S. Best Advertising . Medium in , North Carolina ' erver I .a- , - The ews sum- Qtos VOL. CIL NO. 78. k C, THURSDAY MORNINQ, StTTEMSER 16, itS. PRICE 5 CENTS PLEDGES SECURED BILLION DOLLAR Amount To Be Divided Into . Two Or Four Separate Se ries of Payments BONDS WILL BEAR 5 PER CENT INTEREST American Dollars To Be Used . In Payment Free From Brit - ish Income Tax . Require ' ments; Opposition By Pro German Bankers Determines Project's Supporters IB lb. AKrl.Md PfM. I New York. 8pt. It. America' bil lion dollur loan to Ureal Britain and France seemed to be well on the way to actual accomplishment tonight, ac cording to banker familiar with the pledge secured thua (ar by members of the Anglo-French financial com mtmlon. bere win every Indication, thea bank?Ty thought, that the commis ion'a wrk had met with a degree of ucceaa tWt had fully equalled their sxpectatl This rak view, however, did not coincide with the eentimenta of the ao- called pre-German financier! here, who have not been invited to meet the commissioner. So far aa oould be learned from banker in clone touch with the com mission work, the aituation tonight waa at follows: Many Pledgee) Secured. ; "Pledges already have been eecured for a considerable fraction of the loan. Other pledges ar In prospect. The so-called pro-German banking tiouees or New York will be lavlted to participate if the commission can be persuaded that they are sincere in their expressions of willingness to do so. The billion dollar loan probably will be divided Into two aad possibly four separate series of equal amounts. Bonds upon which the loan will be granted will bear not leas than Ave per cent Interest, and will be payable In dollars, free from British .income tax requirements. An attempt will be made to sell the bonds at par, in case the Interest rate should be five per oenl. The commis sion fully believes such bonds could be disposed of at par, but American bankers have their doubts. Opposition to the loan la country wide among Americana of German sympathise or parentage, bat has -Mrwagtbened ether bankers -km- lUair determination to aid in It tloAUng and. In tha opinion of the commis sion's friends, has not seriously lm- ( Continued on Pag Two. WILSON BEGINS STUDY OF DEFENSE PROGRAM (B um JiirtwS hwl Washington. Sept. IB. President Wilson today began a detailed study of preliminary report on National defense submitted to him by Becre tarles Garrison and Daniels. He is paying particular attention to the probable cost of strengthening the army and navy. A decision on just what Increases shall be recommended to Congress will not be reached by the President until he has received further re ports from the heads of the depart ments, and has conferred with the chairman of the military and naval affairs committees of the Senate and House. EXPERTS TO WAGE WAR ON WEEVIL IN SOUTH Washington. Sept 15. The agrloul- , . j.n.rlmanl V. a nrdarad everv available cotton demonstration work er Into southeastern Georgia ana lor ' Ua to aid in halting an advane ef ft.- U.,1 a n hnll WMvit Which ha brought the pest to the edg of the valuable Be isiana miwn wmmrj. ' The wind attending the recent Gal veston storm w iiviu iwiiwiww ' i. ' the weev41 from its hablUt In Alabama Coming Just at tne ntfinmni i i" migratlon period, the storm earned - the weevil from it habitat In Albania, . , . - int. ftaoreia. im a few days. Ordinarily the average Is ' from thirty-live to nny muse s year, for years effort have been eiert- i. ed to save the Hea Island cotton from ' "tn ravages of th weevil. The low ', Unds, surrounded by trees, are rec tnrnlsed as Ideal locations for the ', weevils to hibernate. f; EX-GOV. FOLK TO SPEAK :i AT KINGS MOUNTAIN (W. K. TKIiVERTOJf.) Washington. Sept. I.. Former . ; Governor roia, ox - aiderlng an InrltaUoo. extended today, iVspeak at th celebratioa plnd by , th King's Mouivalo Battle Ground Aseoclatloa for uctooer i. , Repreeentatlv Webb wired friends - in Washington t rg Ooernor Folk - . , " hi Hniv to the lMVaatl. 1 9 go, n wui up, f, tioo la 'll'.''"'..l., . Gev. roia ' 7. i h interstate Commerce Commlasloa. - te -mr-n Ur.dM la also e- Ingurred to deliver th Founders' ray address) at th State, Norxnal la ' Greensboro in Jclou"r- ... . . , President Foust extended th tavl- . tatloa. . - ' m y ' '' ' . . t KUfl..B - a asjs) Btarsuiaejia wiaiw 1 rathrPUtPof Ihe.nUed Mtata carman " ' tied P ail but th machine and sheet ely akout e. w left at , ind UW ethenet jent sstby th , maaagean"'- -"-" . Balttmore, a-. Commie En "rrT declsWiy defeated i-tmted State oecw"x . nemocratle -'. . r Governor at th Stat r.rr veeterd.y. " Harrtngtoa car- 'ked ! ot th l coanuea. FOR HOST OF LOAN TO SEES SETTLEMENT OF U-BJL COIIIS Predicts End of German-Amer ican Difficulties Withii . Two Weeks FRIENDSHIP AHEAD IS AMBASSADOR'S VIEW America's Evidence In Case-of Sinking of Arabic Is For warded By Washington To Ambassador Gerard For Pre sentation To Foreign Office at Berlin (Bl Um tw-iilmil hml - vA.i. luni IK' HAttlement , h- tert.iiiM htMin the United States and Germany within a fort night was predicted Dy count xiern storlT, the German ambassador, here . j -h. . I .. ,.- ralllrn from IUU.J MIUIVI1 " - Washington. Questioned by a news paper man, uount mnaiora mu. iAimmnv f iv nnlv oreDared Interviews over my signature. To day I snail man an exception, iuu may say for me that I am sure that i, 1 - AnivK all mi rr nmm A A I Tf - WUIIIII 1V.1 kiii.iii - -- culties between the United States and Germany will have been settled, and permanently settled, and the na tions will be more friendly than they ever have been." GERARD TO SHOW BERLIN U. S. EVIDENCE ON ARABIC Waahlnton BeDt. IS. Ambassador Gerard has been Instructed to present n tha German forelan office a sum mary of the evidence gathered by th United mates government ana accept ed her as conclusive proof that th Arable was torpdoed witnout warning, naiiaJna- the Inaa of two Amertoans. Secretary Lansing In making this announcement today, mad It clear that a repreoentattens bad been made la th communication. Th viewpoint of th United States, baaed or th evi dence In the Arabic case, and Ita posi tion mi tha nrlndDles Involved, were stated Informally to Count Von Bern- torff, the German ambaasaaor. wno communicated lated with the German foreign office. The outcome of these two steps examination by the German foreign office of the evidence and receipt by Berlin offlclala of Ambassador Merae- torffs suggestions is awaited before the next move In the situation is de-termind- ' The general expectation Is that several days, possibly two weeks, will slaps before Germany's decision Is mad known. , ANTI-FIRE STUFF NOT DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE IBl Um mrlll.ll PRM I v: vri. Ant l ft The two rlaas beakers found beside a hatch of th White Star liner Lapland at ner pier aui. uiav WrnMl to have ron- iini,t e..i flinntf am extin guishers, and not acid calculated to set fire to tne snip, as ponc ana pn vate detectives believed last night. EIGHTEEN ARE FREED OF ELECTION FRAUD CHARGES rk4.t T.u Sent. 1 ft - Ths charges against uiauoe r owir. chief of police of corpus t nniu anq 17 other aetenasnis in ine unsa , . , , lufinM h ia ..m atlamlaaed late today In Federal court here- th. -mmm .rt nat tne retnaiiiinr zs of the 41 defendant fs expected to go to the jury tomorrow. Edacatloa Is Cotnpuleorjf- Montaomery. Ala.. Sept. IB Gov (tanderaon today slaned the compoO- sory education bill under which every child between ( and 16 years must attend school eighty days each year. VON BERNSTORFF ALL OF AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. ARE BENEFITED BY WORLD WAR Blow at Outset of European Struggle Has Acted As Tonic To United States. Says Statement Issued By Department of Commerce at Washington (Br flw im HHil reae.1 Washington. Sept II. How every K'ase of American Industry has been netted by th war Id war was out lined In an official -statement today by th Department of Commerce fore casting th effect of the conflict oa th' Industrial future of th country. ( Th blow la th face received by Americaa Industrie through condi tions brought about by tha Eurppaaa war baa acted aa a tonic has forced th nation to croat new branch and enlarg th acope of existing phases of manufacture, "opened . the way t BtlttseT on a vast seal, great natural resource of th United State, and induced manufacturers and mer chants to expand their market Int foreign fields with prospects of perma nent results. " say th statement.- "Americaa Ingenuity hea ea ap plied wHh aaceea t th makragr of attcles previously Imported. and among thos wh have shown co spicudud ability la meeting the aftum tion. aa Imrportaat place as given to Thomas A. Rdteoa. 'America's scien tifia wizard. who ha had a great part tn th enterprise aad initiative requir- : -" Jf JT" t, . , v . James Brown Scott Jsmes Brown Scott, former solici tor of the state department, la th head of the United State neutrality board, which peases on all questions of neutrality In which th United States la involved. South Carolina Kills tlquor In Referendum Election, Fig ures Show B ua inmni rnsal ' rniimhla. B. c. Kent. II. With all but annroxlmaUlv six thousaed vote accounted for, official figure compiled here tonight show the majority la euntii rtamllna'a' referendum election yesterday was allgntly ' ewar twenty thousand tor aHawldyrow"nw The aoolBciat AsTtirea werei t."- For Brehlbltloa. Ift.Zli; tor cooun- uance ef th local option system. 14,tOT. T-V . 41 mi vnt. mm mm nn aXDeOtd tO be more than s.0. Th law trader which yesterday's election waa neia was passed at the last session of th I ll mm T VfeMMfiriArf ttT M. rfr- endum election on th. questlom of State-wide pronimtion ana coumr tlon under the dispensary system as k .Ifapn.ttVM v V . m h.,..-u. Wltn ins aaopuon 01 cu.,--w .v.- . i.iV.ttlr.H A i.k. mtfeft JSJHftarv 1. 11, all dlspanaarles fifteen counties now have dispensaries th other be ing dry must be closed on or before December It next. Aftr January I only on gallon 01 liquor, wim or uwr, ,.Amm- law mmv h. ahlnnod from outeld the State to any oi parson In on month. JUDGE REFUSES TO LET ANOTHER THY TIMtS UAob ra. tk. 1 nil ' Ixs Angeled. Cal. Sept. 11. Judge ttti in mmm. D..nr CtittVt Pfuaed today to permit some othsr Judge to preside at the trial of Mathww A. ni i m m.m.A rwwi' r.ul.n. ehajreed with murder in connection with the dynamiting or tne uam Aageies " building in i im- M A . Attorneys tor ncnmwi id protested that Jndg Wlllla was surrounaea y inuuwn, ............ .w the Interests or tns anmaiiw Th first of th trials will begin October 4. Arthur William Die. (sr M iiii iwe mm London. Sept. II. Arthur Wll llama the comedian, died this eve ning at his residence in this city. Arthur Williams was bom in Lon don December . 1144 and made his first appearance on the stage In 1111. On the completion of his fifty years upon the stage In ml. he bad play ed over l.0 parts. er to build, at a moment's notife. soma of th new Awiertcaa manufactures required by tha emergency. r; A review- ot the . cttlef Industries ministering particularly to the . tem porary need a of tbe blligernta across th Allan tie shows that tha final out come will be av very material addition te th manufacturing plant of th United Btatea. Part of this plant win ba simply anticipatory of th atormal growth ef th country's mechanical equipment; part mast He Idle la tin of peace, .but te a distinct asset la tbe national preparation for an ad qaata defence) a sal net attack: th re mainder famish at one products needed In th healthy expansion ef the chemical Industry of th eoaatry. . "Leee eeswptauoua aad spectacular, but of far- avaatsr permanent valua, la th Impulse . given to th raaaafaoV ture on, AmortesB soiU. with Americaa raw material, of a variety of article for which we have hitherto been de pendent upon foreign skill aad enter prise, ta a more or leas uncomfort able way, we bar suddenly (Continued Page Twa.) . J 20,000 uoein FOR PROHIBITION U. S. CULLS HQfalE CONSULAR AGENTS American Representatives Are Withdrawn Because of Bor- ' der Dangers . CARRANZA BLAMED' FOR RECENT LAWLESSNESS First Chief's Failure To Main tain . Order, Says Villa's Agency, H?.s Resulted In Present Intolerable Condi tions; U. S. Citizens Also Are Warned Not To Remain (hr lb. AwUue rem I Washington. Sept. 1 1 . American consuls In Northern Mexico, which now has become the chief battle BTouad between the contending fae- tlona, have been advised by the Slate Department not only to notify Amer ican cltisens to withdraw from th danawr Bones, but to leave Mexico themselves If conditions bcaon into! eranie. Secretary Lanslna tod. desciibad the Inetructione to consulaa simply precautionary. They are slsailar to the riven Americas consuls in Ku rope whenever th contending armies draw near clue previously ontouonea by th fighting. Obregoa'a rapid ad- vajieei Into Northern Mexico, aad rr quent report of lawleesn an th border lea to in present measure, according to State Department o nolala. Th only formal announce ment of th subject waa aa louows; Text e AiuoaresBexit. "Owing to the disturbed conditions nrwsaJHna- alone th Mexican border. th department repeats th advance heretofore given t American cltiseaa to remain on this aid of th Inter national lia for th aresent. Aa soon aa Americaa eitlsen have withdrawn, there will be bo necessity, (Continued on Pag Twa. ) MEXICANS QUIET ON INDEPENDENCE DAY mm.mmm mt w Uw. Imaanendatiee SaV sesiaa totllgnx wiinowi a eiaariv asp .1 sermas oieoeoex iepo' tea - "" war nsagtnana e ut snn in avm FOUR OAKS NEGRO'S ARM CUT OFF BY ASSAILANT nMil k Tk. Km an 01 IUSJ ) k.. .. M anf IK VI. , , m Walk. mm. 1 m. A m. m A V, 1- -nt tmfr Wittl an ax by another negro, Jlnt Whit. In a fight thia afternoon. White mad at walker wnn tne axe. W.lkv thnv un Viim mrm to Ward off tn blow ana naa it entirely sever near the eipow. UOF URBINA'S OFFICERS ARE EXECUTED BY VILLA B Um amrliuil riwal Kl Paso, Texas. Sept. II. Fourteen staff officers of General Urblna's fore war executed with Urbina as th re sult of the visit of General Villa to Urbina' s ranch a ear Las Nlevas last week according to an American arriv ing her today, who said ha acoom panled Villa o the trip. GREENSBORO SHERIFF BACK WITH KLINGMAN Greensboro, Sept. 11 O. C. OUng msua. former business man ef this city. arrived her from Seattle today, ac companied by Sheriff manora ana Deputy Sheriff Phipps. The trip from Seattle was mad In six days. Kltng sua la Indicted for misannmnriatloa tf inn from J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, for which he was district manag-sr- H say th sum -was about I . whll th company al leges It was about lie.. HOT SPRINGS HOTEL DECLARED BANKRUPT Greensboro, Sept. 11. Judre Boyd la Federal Court today adjudged the Hot Spring Hotel and Sanitarium rmanv. of Hot Boring. N. C bank' rupt. upon the petition of the Jim Anderson Company, of Knoxvlll, aad other creditors. Rector Wells and Mr. Swain represent th petitioners. Th proprietor 1 said to have left th State. The matter waa referred to Refer Thomas, of Asheville. NAVAL BOARD BEST YET, SAYS HUDSON MAXIM .(.. . .. t ta aw aai in i rnaa) New Tork. Sept. II. Hudson Maxim, th Inventor, who Is a member of the new Naval Advisory Board, praised its ergaalsaiioa, at a mooting of th Americaa Defense Society her tonight. He characterised formation of th board as "the Mjrgeat thing that has bora doe yet for oar security." It woaid "take th United Stare five years to get Into a pea Keen to meet aa enemy that could attack' as In tw weeka." Mr.. Maxim said in his addreea. - IAaroia Jsbile Ends. : Chicago, 11 U Sept. 1. The Lincoln yubile and half eentury analveraary oeiebratloa of neirro f reedem, tn pro cress bar for- thra weeks, closed Ladav. - .' . - . It was Illinois Day and Mayor Tnompena ana oiner snemDers or ine city admiBlstratloa addressed the legatsa and visiters. - . , ' Aaotber Ftvew Loaal ' Paria. rpt. It. M In ster of Plnahc Itlbot today ajinounoed that th gov ernment aeon 'would issue a large loaa. ; -' . -: - . .... . IN NORTH MEXICO J Captain reward W. Khcrle Captain Edward W. Eberle has been chosen as superintendent of the AN napolls Academy to succeed Admiral Fulls m, who goes to command ths re serve naval fleet In Puget Bound. VIENNA SILENT ON RECALL OF DIE) ft Austrian Officials Apparently Are Without Details On Situation Vienna, Sept. 14. By courier to Berlin, via London, Sept. II. No ad mission la yet obtainable in any gov eminent quarter that anything more I known about th United State gov ere stent's- wequeat for -the recall of Ambassador Dumb, thaa t printe l--4is Swtas,- rrsaeJ eUMl German awppra reaching bar. It aboeara te ba a fact that no re port of any nature ha beea received from th Ambassador himself, nor ha Frederic C. Fan field, the Amer loan Ambassador received Secretary of State Lansing's not requesting the withdrawal or Dr. duidm. Conversations with various persona In high position strengthen the Ira Dreealon that Austria-Hungary ar- dsntly desire to avoid making th Dumbs matter an actual political Is sue or. allowing it to effect relation between Austria . and the United Btates. Th person Interviewed pointed out many precedents where th recall of diplomatic representatives had been requested or even demanded by the governments to wnicn tney were ac credited end that such Incident had never led to any Interruptions ot pleasant relations between -th govern ments or even been constasraa as rais In an Issus of any nature. In th absence of a detailed re port on Dr. Dumba's activities, there la an Inclination hare to believe that he merely did hi duty In warning . (Continued on Page Two.) TWO TESTIFY IN TRIAL OF INDIANA MAYOR (ar fl Indianapolis. Ind.. BepL II. Two negro witnesses testified today at tha trial of- Mayor Jos. B. Bell, charged with election -conspiracy, that part of the Democratic ballots cast In on precinct at th primary election of May I, 114, were ourriea witnoui being; counted. Both of the witnesses. John W. Lee and Charles H. Olbba. were Indicted In the cass and have pleaded guilty. Ls was an Inspector and Glbba an election judge. " 'Let me fix up these tally sheets It will tak you all night , to court them.' Olbbson said when he came Into the DOllinx Place. " Lee testified. "Gibson waa then atven ths ballots. but ha didn't count them at all. He put dewn the tallies to suit himself. New Annapolis Chief GERMANS HAVE.SH0T THEIR BOLT, EARL KITCHENER TELLS LORDS Teutonic Advance In Prussia, Once Averaging Five Miles Daily. Now Less Than Mile; Allies' Front Practically Unchanged For Months, He Says, But Activity Not Relaxed (By Um iwsxMiil hml London.', Sept. f IS. "The Germans appear almost to havo shot their bolt," said War- Secretary Kitchener In aa addreea today la tha House of Lords. "Their advance la Russia, which at oa tlm averaged Av mile a day, now has diminished to leas thaa on mile a day. and w see th forces whteh they boaatlagly described aa de feated and broken troop flying before them, still doggedly and pluckily fighting along th whole line aad la soms places. Indeed, turn'ng on the add Invadar and Inflicting heavy V"4 Tlli,lMnMi mmtm Am. amIV a Vtld reference ta th possibility of eon script loa. which la under considera tion by tha British cabinet. - "Th response of tha country t call for recruits hss been little short of marveloua," be said. Hut tha proa. Ism aow to insure th field force be ing kept at full strength Is engaging our eloa attention and will, I hope, sooa receive a practical solution. 1 do not for on Instant - doubt - that whatever aacrlfio snay btv aeo- . f ' r-. ' a . - ASQUITH VOTES FOR CREDIT OF , $1,250,000,000 TE BY R USSIAN ARMY Von HNenbtirg's Advance Now Slow in Face of Fierce Defensive GERMANS RETREAT IN GALICIA, REPORT Auc'.rians .fmd Genns In Scji'i Exposed To Danger of Flank Movement By Mosco vites Unless They Get Rein' forcements Soon; Bombard ment Continues In West I By Ik. Iwiiium 1'iw. I lAndon, Sept. II. Von Hlndon- burg drive toward the Dvlnek-Vtlna railway Is not progressing s rapidly as his previous enterprises of a similar kind, and sxcspt at ons or two points about midway between these towns, where hi cavalry have cut the rail way, hs still Is being stubbornly op posed. Von Hlndenburg. however. has reached a point west of the bridge head across from the town nf Dvlnek and Is preparing to attack that forti fied area. Along the rest of the line almi the Oerman advance naa smweo up while In Oallcla the Russians still ar attacking and, according to unofficial reporta, the Teuton armies are falling back across ths Dniester. Just north of th Oaltclen border, the Kuastan also are on ths offensive and are try ing to recapture Dubno, which the Austrians took last ween. This offensive In the south, It ls be lieved, will have an effect on the rest of th front, aa reinforcements must soon be sent there or the Teutonic ai Ilea will run the danger of being out flanked. Despite thia, th Austrian have sent reinforcements against Italy,, and have at some parte of th Bn assumed th offenatv. The heavy guns continue their bom bardment along the western front, and In the Vosges another battle Is in nrosreas for possession of Hart man Weilerkopf, which has changed hand often during the pest few month. HEAVY FIRING HEARD OFF HOLLAND COAST London. Sept. II A Reuter de spatch from Maaalula, Holland, says: "Heavy firing can be heard In a westerly direction. It commenced at 1:10 o'clock this evening and by 10 l.1 . rn.mmmm.mimm. - " winl.n K , will. UIII.B III mrm. , v.. . " -" dows both here and at Hook of Hoi land were set raming. Maaaluls and the Hook nf Holland are on the North Sea, west of Rotter dam. TO GET DATA ON GOODS OWNED BY U. S. ABROAD (Br Um Aaotutwi hm I Washington. Sept. II. Consul Gen eral Skinner at London was directed by -cable today to Inquire Into reports that private interests in ungiana again havs been obtaining permits for shipment to America rrom neutral ports of German ot- Austrian goods. a privilege still withheld from the Stat Department foreign trade ad visors acting Informally ss represen tatives of American Importers gener ally. Great Britain Informed the depart ment September that an arrange ment would be put Into effect, within a few days whereby applications through the foreign trade advisors would be received at ths British Em bassy here for relaxation of the Or ders in Council in specific cases to per mit the shipment from neutral ports of goods actually contracted "for by Americans before' the effective date of the order. The arrangement is held up. howsver, while the trade advisers are being flooded wtth application. sary, will be undertaken cheerfully by our peopls." Reviewing military operations In the west, the War Secretary said: "Por th last few month th front hold by th allies ta th west has been practically unchanged. Thia doe not mean that there has beea relaxation of active work oa the part of th fore In th Bald, for th continuous local lighting -which has taken place all along th Un has called for th display of Incessant vigilance. "Meanwhile, our positions havs been much strengthened not only by care ful elaboration of th system of trench f Ortlficatlone that already ex isted but alaouby a larg Increase in tha number of heavy guns which havs beea placed along our line. . "Aa new srmles havs become train ed aad ready to take th Held consid erable reinforcements have been sent eut to iota Field Marshal Praach'e command. Ton will- be glad to hsar thia opinion of these troops, commu nicated to m. i He writes: The stilts appear to be thoroughly well officered (Continued oa Pag Tfar.) T S CHECKED NDRiEQNDv TO FINANCE WAR British Premier Tells House of Commons Struggle Costs $17,500,000 Daily V THREE MILLION MEN 'v ENLISTED SINCE START Loans-To Other Belligerents, He Says, Total 30,000,000 Pounds; Program Now De clared Complete With Excep tion of Munition Works; Where Laborers Are Needed IBl UM Amoi-UI.iI I'rm t London. Sept. li Premier Awiulth - tn th House of I'ommnns todey moved a vote or credit of 260. 000,009 pounds Il,2s0.0tr0.0vui from July It to September I. he said, the dally net expenditure fur the war had beea 1.100,000 pound I 17.600,000 . ine Premier also announced that near'y 1.000.000 men had enlisted. He made this statement In reviewing tha flnanoial and military situations so far a military exigencies permitted; but thle requirement neceseliated In many - instances only vague references to th trend of events. The growing expenditures for th war were emphasised hy the Premier. ue saia tne average dally cost from April 1 to the end of June was 11. 700, 000 pounds I II 1.100. OOO 1 : from July 1 to 17, 1. 000. 000 pounds: from July II to Septemlier II. I,i00.0S pound. Thu the total for this p--rlnd In round figures Is 100.000.000" pounds. There hss heerr repaid I.. 1 000.000 pounds to the Rank of Eng land, 10.000.000 nounda has been lent to foreign governments and 21.000.00 pound, lent to I he Dominion. Werkly Exprnae Greet. Mr. Asquith estimated that th weekly gross expenditures henceforth ; would not exreed SR. 000.009 pounds. It waa hi opinion that the new vote would rarry the cmintrv through to the third week of November. Regarding the work of the muni tion department the Premier said all that wm now necessary to complete this great and necessary task was an adequate supply of labor. The minis ter nf munition had established twen ty shell factories, and eighteen more were In course of construction. In ' (Continued on Page Two.) ALLIES FIGHT GERMANS , 2,T)00 MILES IN AFRICA' IB Um Aaurl.lMI rna.1 , I'arls, Sept. 11 "righting rontln uslly In Africa since laet September along a front of more than T.000 mile. ' the f'renrh rolonlal troops, aided by , the British, have obtained remarkabl ' results," said Gaston Doumergua, ' Minister of the Colonies, to Ths Aaso elated Press today ; , "German East Africa." the minister continued, "will soon he the only col- " ony possessed by Germany, with tha exception of a smell part ot th Ksmerun The other German poo- :' sesstons are either occupied by th French or British or ro-jolntty. "The fighting In the colonle bear a great resemblance to that oa tha western front. Trenches, barbed wire entanglements and block house obser- ' rations posts had been cleverly dls- posed snd utilised by the Germans, who have shewn -here as lewharevrJ the greatest preparations for war." ALLIED ENTENTE SENDS ; NEW NOTE TO BULGARIA (Br Um kmi ruin Pma 1 Sofia. Bulgaria. Kept. 14. Via Lon don. Sept. IS. The ministers of Ot quadruple entente today presented to the Bulgarian government a supple mentary note relative to Serbia' at i tltude toward the Macedonian claims of Bulgaria. The contents were kept strictly secret. Justice I si mar Still III. While Sulphur Springs. W. Va.. 8ept. 15. No change was noted to day In the condition of Associate Jus-', tlce Lamar, of the United Htatea Su preme Court, who ha been slightly 111 -here for the past several dry. Chandler On Nary Board. Washington, Sept. IS. Captain L. H. Chandler today was detached from naval academy at Annnpolts to be ef, me a member ot the general board of the navy. Reserve Rcdlwount Approved. ; Washington. Sept. 15. Rediscount rtes of I per cent on commodity pa-.' per and S 1-1 percent on trade accept ances, fixed by the Richmond Fed- eral reserve bank, were approved day by the reeerv hoard. Wat Summary j The Brltlnh Parliament ha passed a new vote of rrrdlt of tlJM.OOd.oe bringing th total simw th outbreak of the war to M J lO.oOO.ao. Urewt Britain's dally war expenditure wow Is fixed at more thaa $IT.M.aoa. Pii'iiilcr Asquith and the war aurre-' . " tary. Lord lUtcheincr, have pees snd Interesting fart to Parliament cow ' (eralnsT both Saaneea aad Bmllltary operations. Aormdina; to their ataa rneata, snore thaa l.OOO.0OO mem have ' beea rorrulted since the war' brarea and munition factories are sprtnsrl ns: an, and snanltion sapptica being; vastly luircaaed. la, reply to a ensestloa ta the Hosse of CwensBons. Lord Robert t'eetl. I'nder Secretary fur Fnrelga Affairs, said Cn many had offered no peace propssabi nor eoald he Isaagtae any -hrtns; mod at the press at um whsch would be aereptahl to the allies. .. ' Arthur J. Ha If oar. First, Lord of the Adsairaity. spoke optlSBistloally of the prrparailuna for the sieteaa) oi London against air ratda. - The railed States hsving aevepted the evidrsM fas eonnertioa wltn the sinking of the Arable aa cont-ineiv proof thstt She was torpedoed wtUvmt waraliui. Amkaeiisrfasf tierard will pit went s the terra: foecigu ottce a suisuctsury of this evtdeace, . (CoaUaaod am Ftp two., -'. - - '1 .t-V
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Sept. 16, 1915, edition 1
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