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VOL. XXXVII.
PITTSB0R0, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., SEPTEMBER 30, 1914.
NO. 8.
The
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SUMMARY
EUROPEAN WAR
FOR ONE WEEK READ AT A GLANCE
September 20. The official state
ment issued says that in violent
fighting north of Soissona, the Ger
mans gained ground, which after
wards was recouped by the allies.
The British admiralty reports that
the German protected cruiser Koen
igsberg caught the British light cruis
er Pagasus overhauling her machin
ery in Zanzibar harbor this morning
and attacked and completely disabled
her. The British lost heavily.
The Carmania, armed as an auxili
ary cruiser, attacked anc sank a Ger
man armed merchant cruiser, either
the Captrafalgar, or the Berlin, off
the east coast of South America.
Jules Vedrines, the noted French
aviator, was credited with a cour
eous fight in mid-air with a German
aviator who he brought to earth. The
German was daringly reconnoitering
the postiion of the allies when Ve
drines ascended.
September 21. The allies apparent
ly have scaled the walls ot the plateau
and now hold the heights, but ahead
of thera they have found Von Kluck
in great strength and now are await
ing the outcome of the attempt to
turn his flank, which would clear the
road for them.
The Russian grip on the scattered
Austrian forces in Galicia is holding
relentlessly. According to Petrograd
advices, the fortress of Jaroslau is be
ing bc-nbarded ; Przemysl has been
invested and General Danklin's army
which is retreating toward Cracow,
has been surrounded.
The casualty lists show that
British officers are among the killed,
wounded and missing, a very high
percentage of the total losses. Among
these are 32 colonels and lieutenant
colonels, S5 majors and 246 captains.
The Coldstream Guards have lost 31
of their officers, the highest on the
list.
After several days of battle near
Kroupani, 10 miles from the Bosnian
border, in which 250,000 Austrians
were engaged, the Austrians suffered
a complete defeat and are flying in
panic from the banks of the river
Drina.
The German right wing has been
very greatly reinforced as also has
the centre. The main force is be
tween Berry-au-Bac and the forest of
the Argonne.
September 22 The French and
British on several occasions succeed
ed in surprising and driving back the
occupants of the German trenches, but
only after the most stubborn fighting
and heavy losses to both sides. In
every instance the allied troops re
tained the ground captured and im
mediatey dug themselves in.
The Rome correspondent of the
Star, says the Servian and Montene
grin troops have occupied Sarajevo,
which was abandoned by the Aus
trians after an overwhelming defeat.
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia. It
is a fortified town" of some 27,000 In
habitants. Two of five German submarine boats
which attacked and sank the British
cruisers Afeoukir, Cressy, and Hogue
were sent to the bottom by the Brit
fh ships, according to survivors from
the cruisers.
The French official report issued
late today again, lays some stress on
the announcement that an advance is
being made by the allies' left wing on
the right bank of the river Oise, from
which point both the public and the
military experts look for first indica
tions of how the battle is likely to end.
Russian troops have occupied the
fortified Austrian position of Jaroslau,
according tc official announcement
made here today. The Russian flag is
now flying over the town.
A dispatch received h!re from the
Hook of Holland says the Dutch
steamer Titon has arrived there bring
ing twenty British woucded and some
dead, picked up in the North Sea after
the sinking of the Brtiish cruisers
Aboukir, Hogue and Cerssy.
September 23. The German press
emphasizes the loyal American atti
tude in refusing the loan for France.
At the same time they say that Ger
many has had no necessity for obtain
ing loans abroad.
It is officially stated that the Rus
sians lost in the battles near Tannen
berg 92,000 men captured and 150,000
men killed. A hostile aeroplane drop
ped two bombs near DusseldoTf Air
ship Hall. The explosion of the
missels caused no damage.
No news concerning the fighting in
France was given out today except
the statement issued by the German
headquarters staff, which said the
Cathedral of Rhejms was respected
until the French established an ob
servation on the apire to direct the
French artillery fir.2.
Michael Schwab, a prominent Ba
varian Socialist, seeing in the.land
wehr, has been decorated with the
Order of the Iron Cross for bravery
on the field.
A letter from a Bavarian general
staff officer says the French system
atically fire upon Red Cross ambul
ances carrying away wounded sold
iers from the firing line. Copies of
the Basel Nachrichten .say captured
German ambulance soldiers were ston
ed by a French mob and robbed of
their luggage.
Th official report, of the German
Brief
m
OF THE
Art Commission for Belgium states
that all the art works and monu
mental buildings in Louvain and in
Liege were saved. The only excep
tions were the contents of the library
building at Louvain.
September 24. "It is officially re
ported from Vienna that the Austrian
forces now have been concentrated in
their new positions for several days,
but have waited in vain for any ser
ious Russian attack."
Heavy artillery continues to play
a leading part in the battle of the
Aisne which has been in progress
nearly a fortnight. The opposing
forces continue to hammer away at
each other from their well entrenched
and strongly fortified position with the
greatest stuljborness, but without de
cision. The Servian and Montenegrin arm
ies are - before Sarajevo, capital of
Bosnia, flushed with victory and pre
paring to take this latest acquisition
of the Dual Monarchy, . the possess
ion of which by Austria has been such
a thorn in the side of the Southern
Slavs -
The Austrian general staff denies
reports of Russian victories and the
defeat of Gen. Dankl's army. The
Austrian forces, the report says,
"have been concentrated in a new
position for several days, but have
waited in vain for an serious Russian
attack."
Heavy fighting is proceeding at dif
ferent points to the South of Antwerp,
says a dispatch from Amsterdam to
the Reuter Telegram Company. At
one place, the name of which was de
lected by the Belgian censor, a Ger
man force of 2,000 men was routed,
many being killed, wounded or taken
prisoners.
A correspondent telegraphs from
Trieste that two Austrian torpedo
boats and one torpedc boat destroyer
were sunk by floatir.g mines on the
coast of Dalmatia, according to a
Havas dispatch from Rome.
September 25. Almost simultan
eously the two great hammer strokes
in the battle in Northern France have
fallen and some lecisive result muse
be announced before long. The allies
have struck the German right win.g,
and the Germans have hurled them
selves against the French line Be
tween Verdun and Toul. .
In- Galicia t'-ie Russians hava an
nexed a few more towns and are per
fecting their plan for an attack on
Pezemysl, an advance against General
Dankl and, eventually, the fortes o
Crasow.
The Australian navy has added an
other German possession in th South
Pacific to its list of - captures. This
time It is Kaiser Wilhelm's lsntf, the
German portion of New Guinst, one
of the Emperor's most valuable colon
ies in thsrt part of the world.
The French and British naviss have
annexed the Island of Iissa, la the
Adriatic.
German airships and aeroplanes
again have been flying along he Bel
gian and French coast and hae drop
ped bombs at Ostend and Boulogne,
without doing a great amount of dam
age. They have not ventured across
the channel but are expected to do so
when conditions are favorable
A dispatch to the Italian newspaper
Messaggero, forwarded to Paris by
the Rome correspondent of the Havas
Agency, says that the allied forces
have landed in Delmatia after bom
barding the fortified harbor of Lissa.
The commanders of the allied forces
have found reason for the wonderfu'
precision of the German fire in a spy
discovered in their lines who signall
ed directions. He was caught and
shot. -
September 26. The Russian gener
al staff reports a battle between the
Russians and Germans in the region
cf Druskenhili in the Government of
Suwalki, Russian Poland, bordering
on Prussia, but gives no details.
The Netherlands Government has
declared martial law in the Eastern
provinc3S, according to an American
dispatch, to prevent the exportation
of contraband of war to Germany and
at the same time Great Britain taker
a clear position in ths matter of the
contraband, making it compulsory for
neutral countries importing foodstuffs
to give assurances that the food is
not intended for German consumption.
Prince Oscar, the Emperor's fifth
son, according to the announcement
from Berlin, has been obliged to with
draw from the regiment because of
an affection of the heart, brought on
by over exertion. .
The British official reports are ex
ceedingly meager, in keeping with the
determination of the British authori
ties to. enforce a rigid censorship. The
official press bureau merely announces
such activity on the part of the Ger
mans all along the line and the re
nulse of heavy counter attacks "with
a considerable loss inflicted on the
enemy."
In the Woevre region the French
also reported some gain, but describe
the situation on the height of the
Meuse as unchanged.
Latest reports indicate that the
Austrian seaport of Cattaro, in Dal
matia, is being bombarded by French
and British warships and that the
Austrian forlf of Pelagosa has been
dismantled and seized. ,
EXCITING TRIP
OF STUDENTS IN
THE WAR ZONE
Oxford Men Relate Adventures
in Belgium While Germans
Were Ravaging It.
SAW VILLAGES DESTROYED
Reached Louvain in Time to Witness
the Burning and Looting of That
Beautiful City by the Troops
of the Kaiser.
By HERBERT TEMPLE,
European Manager of the Internation
al News Service.
London. Two Oxford university
students have arrived in London, af
ter a most exciting trip through the
war zone. They passed through the
German lines several times, and were
in Brussels, Aix-Ia-Chapelle, Louvain,
Liege and elsewhere. One of them,
A. J. Dawe, told this story:
"I was accompanied by another Ox
ford undergraduate, and we left Lon
don for pstend, arriving In Brussels
on August 19. A week later we start
ed out on what proved the most ad
venturous time "ve ever had. It is
probably due to the fact that we have
a good knowledge of French and Ger-.
man that we managed to get home at
all.
"On leaving the city we walked
along the road towards Louvain. Ev
erywhere were challenged by Ger
man sentries, and met streams of ref
ugees coming into the city carrying all
their belongings in bags. As we went
along the evening sky was lit up by
burning buildings. Straight ahead of
us was Louvain, by this time in flames.
In fact, all round us there could be
seen flames.
"We turned off that night towards
Malines, our idea being to get north,
through the German lines. We stayed
the night at Saventhem, and on our
arrival there were no Germans to "be
seen, but ii an hour's time we were
awakened by the rumble of wagons of
the German commissariat, and the
landlord came and searched us for
arms. On finding we had none, he
allowed us to remain. In the morn
ing we found the place had been peace
fully occupied by German troops. We
left that place and struck north to
Steenocken, on the road to Malines.
Saw Cortenberg Destroyed.
"Here on the cross roads we met a
party of German officers who refused
to allow us to go further north. We
then turned back on the road towards
Louvain. ' As we approached Corten
berg we heard firing, and at the feta
tion we were challenged by German
sentries who searched us. Luckily for
us we had taken the precaution to de
stroy our English passports, our check
books, and everything that might dis
close the fact that we were English
men. "As we were being searched some
German officers came over and took
us on with them through the village.
In the main street firing was going on,
and we heard that four or five uhlans
had been shot as they passed through,
and this troop had been dispatched to
destroy the village as a punishment.
"For their terrible purpose the Ger
mans had brought with them carloads
of straw, and with these they set fire
to the houses. We were made to walk
up the main street holding our hands,
while two German soldiers were told
off to cover us with with their revol
vers. This was in the afternoon, and
from three to six o'clock we had to
stand at the end of the street while
the firing went on. It was a terrible
spectacle, and our first glimpse of the
horrors of war, for we saw five civil
ians as they left their burning houses
ruthlessly shot down by the German
soldiers. Soon the whole street was
in flames. The German soldiers, how
ever, spared women and children and
marched them on one side before they
fired the village.
Perilous Trip in the Dark.
"We made the best of a. bad job,
and I produced a flask of brandy which
I had with me, while the Germans
looted a cafe and brought out cognac.
Then they allowed us to go on towards
Louvain. By this time it was dark,
and we were in danger not only of
being shot by sentries, but also by
inhabitants, who might take us for
Germans. We walked on through a
wood and struck a small village called
Veltham. Although we went to sev
eral cafes we could not obtain any
thing to eat and no one would give us
shelter, so we went to the village
priest. Poor man, he could do noth
ing for us; his place was already full
of refugees, and he advised us to go
into the woods. - However, we con
trived to get a little chocolate and
with a loaf o'f bread which we had
brought with us, we managed to make
a scratch meal, after which we lay
down in a barn.
"Sleep was quite out of the question,
for the place was overrun with rats.
In the morning we continued our way
through the village and two little" Bel
gian girls came out and gave us some
bread and butter, for which we were
very grateful.
"Just outside of Louvain we met
a troop of Germans and they allowed
us to go on, although they told us
there was considerable danger as the
'nhabitants were "stilt firing." Nei
ther of u will ever forget the spectacle
Louvain presented as we walked up
the principal street. The whole. town
apparently capitulated to the Ger
mans, although occasionally we heard
the sound of firing, but it was desul
tory firing, and the greater part of
the town was in flames.
Louvain a Scene of Desolation.
"Houses were falling, telegraph and
telephone poles were tumbling into
the streets, and the 'picture of deso
lation was complete. German soldiers
were looting among the ruins. Dead
todies littered the streets. The Ger
mans were placing - sacks over the
faces of the dead.4 -
"My friend, with a touch of grim
humor, said: 'Well, now that we have
reached a town we shall have to make
ourselves as respectable as possible.
I am going to have a "shave.' And he
was as good as his word. He marched
into the ruins of a barber's shop,
helped himself to a razor, and shaved
himself.
"Further down the street we . met
more German soldiers, who actually
gave us cigars. They would not have
treated "us like this had they known
we " were English. My friend's boots
had given out, and the Germans took
him into a bootmaker's shop now
lacking an ' owner and picked him
out a new pair of shoes.
"As we went down a side street to
ward the center of the town we met
two German soldiers carrying a ca
nary which they had taken out of a
burning house. This they gave to
my friend, who gave it to one of three
Belgian girls outside a provision shop.
"In the burning streets German of
ficers, looking well groomed and
elated, were going about in motor-cars.
At last we were taken to the station
and put on a train for Aix-la-Chapelle.
From there we made our way into
Holland."
BRESLAU SECOND TO BERLIN
Great Emporium for Silesian Linens
and Wool and Has Nearly Half
Million Population.-
Breslau is a city of 459,306 popula
tion and is the capital of the province
of Silesia, on the Oder river, at the
junction of the numerous railways, 190
miles southeast of Berlin.
It consists of the inner city, divided
by the Oder into the former old town
and new town, and of five encircling
suburbs. The old ramparts of Breslau
have long' been converted into beau
tiful promenades.
Hardly another city in Europe has
so many public squares and open
places as Breslau. The principal
square, near the center of the city, is
known as the Ring. On it are the
Rathaus the old town hall and the
Stadhous the new municipal building.
Many of the public squares are embel
lished with fine works of sculpture.
The cathedral, a grand medieval
structure erected in the seventeenth
centuYy,' with splendid paintings and
sculptures, is among its many inter
esting ecclesiastical structures. The
principal Protestant edifice is St. Eliza
beth's, restored half a century ago,
and which has a bell weighing 12 tons,
and also a celebrated organ. Then
there is the Protestant church of Sjt.
Mary Magdalen with two Gothic tow
ers, connected by a lofty bridge, and
the new Jewish synagogue, the best in
Germany after that at Berlin.
Other buildings are the new City
Savings bank, containing the munici
pal library of 150,000 volumes; the uni
versity buildings, the new government
buildings, the post office, the old and
new exchange, the Imperial bank, the
Museum of Fine Arts, the Belvedere
on the old fortifications, the Episcopal
palace, the railway stations and many
fine structures devoted to government
office, the courts and military pur
poses. The Leopoldina, a Catholic univer
sity, stands at the head of the educa
tional institutions of Breslau. It has
a library of mere than 300,000 volumes
and faculties of theology, jurispru
dence, medicine and philosophy.
Breslau is the great emporium for
the linens of Silesia' and the greatest
mart for wool in Germany. It has ex
tensive railway and other machine
shops, iron foundries, spinning mills,
furniture and carpenter's material,
shoes, chemicals, spirits, clothiers'
trimmings, confectionery and other
similar factories and laboratories. It
is, after Berlin, the largest city in
Prussia. It was ruled in turn in the
middle ages by the king of Poland, the
dukes of Breslau and the kings of Bo
hemia. It was wrested from Austria
by Frederick the Great in 1741.
French Aviator's Daring Escape.
The daring escape of a French mili
tary aviator from a seemingly hope
less position is described in the Paris
"Figaro." The hero of the story is a
cavalry captain who has become one
of the most expert of the French fly
ing corps. Returning from a long
reconnoitering flight, the aviator, ow
ing to a breakdown, was compelled
to descend when still about twelve
miles from the French frontier.
After examining the machine the of
ficer found the fault to be irreparable.
Just at this moment a uhlan lieuten
ant with a troop appeared in the dis
tance, advancing at a gallop. Rapidly
taking in the situation, the French of
ficer smashed the petrol tank, and
then, with arms crossed, and stand
ing in front of his aeroplane, calmly
awaited the approach of the enemy.
As soon as the German lieutenant was
near enough the aviator shot him
poin blank. He then set fire to his
machine, which by this time was well
soaked In petrol, and, jumping on the
horse of the lead lieutenant, made
off at full speed, vainly pursued by
the uhlans, whose . horses were in
ferior to that of their officer.
BAYONET
FIGHTING
IRKS BIG BATTLE
FRENCH CLAIM "MARKED PROG
RESS" GERMANS CLAIM AL
LIES WERE REPULSED.
FEVER AND CHOLERA RAGE
German Camps Battle With Dread
Disease Many Succumb to Con
tagionRussians Press Forward.
..ondon. Along almost two-thirds of
the great battle, line across north
eastern France the armies of the al
lies and Germany continued to fight
fiercely, at some points with the bayo
nets, and latest statements from both
sides are worded with the optimism
that has characterized all these offi
cial pronouncements. It was agi-feed
that the allies had continued their ad
vance. .
The French claimed "marked prog
ress." The German announcement
from Berlin, though insisting that the
advance had been repulsed, neverthe
less referred to it as an advance.
Elsewhere along the battle front
neither side seems to have achieved
any notable sucess:
The continued forward movement
of Russian troops in Galicia; the
appearance of German aircraft drop
ping bombs over various places in
Belgium and again in Paris and War
saw, and the movement of vast bodies
of German troops into Russia by way
of East Prussia, were chiefly signifi
cant in a summary of the events in
both theaters of war.
Of the German bombs thrown none
seems to have done extensive damage.
One man is reported to have been
killed in Belgium and one in Paris.
The explosives in Paris fell near the
quarter occupied by many Americans.
There is an unconfirmed rumor
that an attack on Antwerp is impend
ing. Neither army has achieved any
thing notable since the allies have re
ported progress in one direction. The
allies at one point claim to have
thrown back a desperate advance by
t he crack Prussian Guard, and the
Germans insist that, with a weaker
force, their right has checked the ad
vance of a mixed French and British
force brought up by rail.
Recurring references to bayonet
charges seem to pove conclusively
that this picturesque and romantic
phase' of warfare, which it was
thought had been killed by the advent
of great guns and other equipment or'
modern armies, is not all a thing of
the" past, -
The French official communication
says that at some points the trenches
are only 100 meters apart; thus a
small portion of the millions engaged
have taken the stimulation and thrill
of hand-to-hand fighting.
What opposition the Germans have
met is believed to have been little
more than a cavalry screen. The
fighting centered again along the Riv
er Niemen, from Druskeniki in Su
walki, Russian Poland,' to Sopotzkin.
The official statement issued at Petro
grad said the German artillery had
been unable to assume the offensive
at Sopotzkin, and that their retreat
was more or less general.
.GERMANS MAKE GAINS.
Both Sides Continue Hard Fighting.
English Forming New Army, i
London. The wings of the oppos
ing armies in Northern France re
still striking hard blows at each other
in an effort to break through the re
spective position.
Both sides, according to the French
official report issued have made some
progress, the Germans on the allies'
right perhaps the greatest.
For three days or more a violent
battle has been raging in the hills
and plains between the rivers Oise
and Somme. Official accounts, both
German and French, are silent as to
how this fight is going, but in the
frontal attack on the Germans' strong
ly fortified and well reinforced t posi-
tiens farther south the allies have
made some slight progress. The Ger
mans apparently are satisfied to re
main on the defensive until the battle
on the flank has been decided.
From Soissons to Rheims and
thence to Verdun there has been no
change in the situation, but in the
south of Woevre the French continue
to make progress and have defeated
a German corps with heavy losses.
Continue Moratorium.
Bordeaux. The Cabinet adopted a
decree continuing the moratorium dur
ing the month of October and making
ali -contracts between Frenchmen and
subjects of the belligerents drawn
since the outbreak of hostilities null
and void.
Total German Dead.
Berlin, by way of London. The to
tal German casualties in dead, wound
ed and missing as officially given to
date are 104,589. The casualty list
announced adds a total of 10,527 casu
alties to those previously announced
Emperor Is III.
London. A dispatch to The Times
from Geneva says The Suisse states
that Emperor William is ill with in
flammation of the lungs, as a result
of having fallen into a trench filled
with water.
GARRANZA EXPECTS
MORE
N
FIRST CHIEF OF THE CONSTITU
TIONALISTS PREDICTS FUR
THER FIGHTING.
FEDERALS ARE WITH VILLA
Reported Carbajal and Diaz Are Ready
to Support Villa, While Funds Are
Provided by Others.
Washington. General Carranza
predicted further fighting in Mexico,
according to official advices to the
Sta,te Department. The first chief ex
plained to diplomats, who gathered at
hh. request, that Zapata had refused
lo attend or send delegates to the Na
tional convention called for October
1 and that his forces were active
in the South. He also described
e ents leading up to the rupture with
General Villa, saying the blame for
further bloodshed would be Villa's as
his, own troops would act only on the
defensive.
Official information has come to
the Washington Government from
Oeneral Funston and others that
Zapata and Villa are working-in har
mony against Carranza and expect
the support of former Federals. One
of Villa's chief demands has been
that certain officers who supported
Huerta be taken into the new Na
tional army, but Carranza has given
such officers no guarantees. Already
1L has been reported that Francisco
Carbajal, former provisional presi
dent, and General Felix Diaz are
ready to support Villa.
General Hugh Scott, assistant chief
fl staff of the army and formerly in
command on the Mexican border, has
received a pathetic letter in this con
nection from General Francisco Cas
tro, the aged general just released
with Mexican Federal troops who
crossed the border after the battle of
Ojinaga and were interned in Texas
General Castro wrote that after 40
years service in the Mexican army,
during which he worked hard to gain
every promotion and has not a blot
cn his record he now found himself
barred from the army of his coun
try. The American Government has
taken no steps as yet to mend the
situation, awaiting a clearer definition
of the situation. Rear Admiral Fletch
er, commander of the Atlantic fleet,
has recommended that four battle
ships be retained temporarily in Mex
ican waters while the remainder of
the fleet goes north for target prac
tice. PLAN FOR STORAGE CREDITS.
Cotton Situation Relief is Sought by
Interstate Commerce.
Washington. Arrangements were
perfected by the Interstate Commerce
Commission in connection with the
Treasury Department and the Federal
Reserve Board to relieve the cotton
storage situation in the South.
These branches of the Government
have joined in assisting cotton plant
ers and railways of the South Id
meeting the extraordinary demand
foi the storage of cotton occasioned
ty the European war.
The commission, in an announce
ment of new tariff and transporta
tion regulations made, says that "for
the purpose of providing temporary
warehousing space for the storage of
cotton, under arrangements approved
by the Secretary of the Treasury and
he Federal Reserve Board; and for
the purpose of permitting the carriers
to recognize the warehouses as points
for the storage of cotton, in order that
such points should be given the bene
fit , of transit privileges the Interstate
Commerce Commission has author
ized the carriers of the South to pub
lish and file tariffs establishing. . on
their lines rules, regulations and
charges governing the storage of cot
ton during the year ending August 31,
1915."
Only Few Remain.
Paris. There are between 800 and
POO Americans in Switzerland accord
leg to the latest estimate. Most of
those, remaining are wealthy and are
in no hurry to go ho.me.
.Villa Says Carranza. Cannot 'Rule.
Chihuahua. General Villa's com
plete reply as given out here follows :
"I lament the circumstances which
have brought about grave danger but
sincerely protest that my sole ambi
tion will be to arrange existing diffi
culties without shedding blood If
possible. I emphatically state, how
ever, that the only move which can
bring about cessation of hostilities
on my part is that Venustitno Carran
za deliver supreme command to Fer
nando Iglesias Caideron.
Men Picked Up By Steamer.
Washington. Four officers and 56
men aboard the revenue cutter Ta
homa when she went , ashore on the
Western Aleutian Islands recently
have been picked up by the steamer
Cordova and survey ship Patterson,
near Agattu Island. Advices to' reve
nue cutter headquarters said search
was proceeding for 23 others from
the Tahoma who landed from boats
on nearby islands. The message In
dicated that the Tahoma would be a
total loss. No details of the conditions
of the rescued men were sriven.
MEXCA
WAR
NORTH CAROLINA
BANKS TO BE FAIR
THE CORPORATION COMMISSION
WIRES McADOO STATE ISN'T
HOARDING MONEY.
NO NEW LOANS ARE" MADE
Reason For This Is Because Spring
And Summer Loans Are Being Car
ried When Past Due.
Raleigh, The Corporation Commis
sion telegraphed Secretary of the Fed
eral Treasury McAdoo a comparitive
statement of the finances' of the State
banks, which the commission de
clares, "discloses that North Carolina
banks are. not hoarding money, but
carrying lower reserves than they did
m 1913 and have borrowed tor tne
use of customers more than twice the
amount they did same period last
year."
"This accords," says the commis
sion, "with our general information
that our banks are doing all they safe;.
ly can to meet the present conditions..
We have not detailed information as
to interest charged on existing loans
or demanded for new accommodah
tions, but our information, received
through our bank examiners and oth
erwise, is that the banks are charging
or demanding no higher interest now
than they did under normal conditions.
Our banks are not making any new
leans, but this is due to the fact that
they are carrying the loans made In
the Spring and the Summer to enable
the crops to be made, which enables
them to make and to a large extent
obviates the necessity for new loans."
In conclusion the commission as
sures Secretary McAdoo that the
commission will co-operate in every
way possible with him in his wise
and laudable effort to see that abun
dant currency is distributed over
the country in such a way as to meet
the demands of every section during
the extraordinary times.
BRYAN SPEAKS FOR GUDGER.
Pays Tribute to President Wilson and
Urges Party Majority.
Asheville, N. C. In a political ad
dress, delivered here in the interest
of Congressman James M. Gudger, Jr.,
the Democratic congressional candi
date, in this district. Secretary of
State W. J. Bryan declared that the
election of a Democratic majority in
the House is vitality neccesary to the
successful accomplishment of Presi
dent Wilson's plans for remedial leg
islation Secretary Bryan paid glowing tri
bute to President Wilson while touch
ing upon National and international
affairs. . - '
"I have been in politics for 34
years," said Mr. Bryan, "and in that
Li ill c uavc mtr L uu uiatci 111a.11 man
Woodrow W'lson. He was the bravest
man in the Nation when we were
naeeincr thrrmch thA MpxinnTi rriRls.
The President knew the situation bet
ter than anybody else knew it, and
tonight every mother in the country
is thanking God because Woodrow1.
Wilson did not send her son to war in
mr - tt.j at n 1 1
to the clamor for .war with Mexico'
which came from certain quarters-he"
would not tnow be in a position where
the warring Nations of Europe ask
the United States to look after their
diplomatic interests."
Biggest Apple In Washington.
Washington, Tbe largest apple
ever seen in Washington arrived at
the Capitol and was delivered to Sen
ator Simmons. It Is a product of
Wilkes County, North Carolina. A. B.
Williams of the Capitol police, brought
the apple back with him and presented
it to Senator Simmons, who showed it
to his State colleagues and 'enjoyed
their astonishment hugely.
Thompson Goes to Berlin..
Washington, Among the several
commercial attaches apointed by Sec
retary Redfield is E. W. Thompson
of Charlotte who goes to Berlin. The
position pays $5,000.
Moving Into New Quarters.
Raleigh, The State Department of
Health is being moved from the Me
chanics' Bank building on Fayette
ville street to the remodeled Supreme'
Court building, where the department
has been provided splendid quarters
on the fourth floor with fire-proof
vaults for department records. Within
a very short time now the State De
partment of Education and Insurance
willajKO move into the remodeled
building, which is nearing completion.
The Deoartment of Education is to
move also.
Vanderbilt Estate Appraised.
Asheville, The appraiser's valua
tion of the estate of the late George
W. Vanderbilt was made public when
tiled at the office of the clerk of the
Superior Court. The total valuation
!s placed at $4,617,906 and covers all
the North Carolina holdings of the
deceased at the time of his death.
From the report the State will levr
the inheritance tax provided by law.
This tax will collect ono per cent of
the value of the properly, with cer
tain deductions allowed for the widow.