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NEWS NIGIiT AND EVENING CHRONICLE PAGES TODAY - GREAT ER'HARLQTfTE'S HOME NEW S PA PER" 7PI rtTTR N'FYTS Kstablishe:!. Oailv 13SS Sunday 1910. C?"--G cVllONlCLE Established 1903. 0EE ' CHARLOTTE, N. C. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1914. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS J Consolidated IP-;--,, TloIKr 9. Qni1 S THE EVENING CHRONICLE 1 May 8. 1914 f ifVlCC I Daily ZC; OUnflay DC. '-4 attain EDITION no w And Extreme Cold eather All The Way rom Alabama To Maine W F , Assoc iated Press. fl-.chinston, Dec n- - tremendous 14.- northem Iowa to . freezing at Corpus xttu- t 'Christi, Texas, prevailed throughout Whining ior- Mssi)Uri Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebras- speed, winter's had left snow rd at attack today ,id weather in its wkake through- (tttbe e ,st from Alabama to Maine. earnings fluttered along the At tic ?eaboaard from Hatteras to ft-tnort lile heavy snows delayed JLs'in parts of New England, Tcn- "ee New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio ijije'nioimtam districts of the Mid t Atlantic states. Fifteen inches of Jjrfell at Oswego N. Y Decided drops in temperature were ,lLt general throughout the East "Saddle West. As far South as the !f gulf coast the mercury fell to 1 jjpijw the ireeiug puim. auu tfffl IB l"t upv rr- j the norm rmius 5. fmrinuanoe of wintry weather was sfidicted today by the forecasters who e warning of freezing temperatures tithe gulf and South Atlantic states gcept south Florida, and ordered up He cold wave flag in New England, -Ef York. Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbit and West Vir- Cold in Kansas. Kansas City, Dec. 14 Tempera- mes ranging rrom io degrees ug- zero in normwesi j-autscis auu ka, Iowa and Texas today At St, Joseph, Mo., the mercury registered six-degrees below zero. ,Aa Dallas 18 degrees above. They were December records. At Kansas City the mercury reach ed 3 degrees below. At Oklahoma City there was much suffering when eight degrees above zero was record ed. Amarillo, Texas, reported 12 de grees above; Fort Smith, Ark., 14; Abilene, Texas, 16; Galveston, 28; Corpus Christi, 32, and Shreveport, La., 19. v Snow Delays Traffic. Rochester, Y., Dec. 14. Rail traf fic in western New Yorrk was delayed today by a foot of snow t hat fell in last night's storm. The Coldest Point. Chicago, Dec. 14. The coldest point in the United States officially reported today was Huron, S- D., where" the mercury stood at 18 degrees below zero. In Moorhead, Minn., 16 degrees below zero was registered. . Meridosa and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, re corded 22 degrees below zero. The government forecaster said the cold wave was sweeping east and that within 24 hours the crest would pass Chicago where one and one-tenth de grees below was recorded today. I. Goethals Wants Two Torpedo Boat Destroyers Set To Panama At Once .w.v.to.'yAyW'i-:-:'.: p - - - V v ? 1 ' ' " & , U U 'V ' , ' I 5 M - 3 V - - - . - - " - IK 4X' mT -I j Oiw?frM'Vi'iV.w.,.-.v:':vJx..iwA'A Turkey Suffers Reverses Se S & Ok 5 Sfe J( "- s'' 2 i -jw w w Wd" w w w w w w ww w ir ic Is M. I ' - . - . S "IS" . " EMPEROR MAY UNDER- j GO OPERAT By Associated Press. w- London, Dec. 14, 6:25 p. m. Telegraphing from Berne, Switz- " erland, a correspondent of the Central News says: w "A telegram received here from Munich states it has been decided to operate on Emperor William's throat but the operation is being i'? deferred owing to the feverish condition of the emperor.". '"4 Jt' .y t. 0 v'v ' Jt, jui. ji', v"- J"- j!. jit, ji 011. 1 S" W -if 'If 'A- 1C 'A- 'A- 'A- 'A- 'li- If 'A W "if "J!" "VS W W 'J v-.y.-.-5JX The German Cruiser Dresden which put Into Valparaiso harbor today unharmed. OPEN MARKET iCA and as soon as the requirements are fully ascertained, proper action will be taken to meet them." Secretary Garrison declined to indi cate which of tha belligerent? was vio- of the United St Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 14. Colonel Goe thls, governor of the Panama Canal use, today reiterated his request that tin torpedo boat destroyers be sent li Panama waters to prevent violation lating the neutrality ratrahty through misuse of wire-. States. Isjand the loading of supplies by It is known, however, that the Aus- Kjerent vessels. j tralian collier Mallina, which recently Secretary Garrison issued Uiis j&tate ; JftrBalbao- without clearance papers, Bfst: has been under close observation by Toe substance of the dispatch 'Is Panama canal officials. , That ship as fe in Colonel Goethal's judgment the well as other colliers have been sus EHse of radio communications with- pected of supplying British ships in b decanal waters, and the preven- Pacific waters. Alleged violations of 'is of the misuse of these waters canal zone shipping regulations have a a base of supplies, require the pres- been the. basis of strong representa- sce of swift-moving -ships of the varie tions to the British minister at Pana tj Eentioned. ; ma. Since the questions involved re- The destroyers Lanson, Worden, fit the consideration of the state Terry, Perkins and Walker are in kpartment and the navy department reserve at Charleston, S. C., and one tell as my own, I have taken the or more could be dispatched to canal oter up with the other departments; waters almost instantly.' Economy Treatment Is Applied To The . Big Appropriation Bi is Asosciated Press. Washington, Dec. 14. "Economy' '28 the WatchwnrH nf t'ho nrmrnTiria. Sons committee in the preparation of 1 fegislativ e, executive and judicial committee says this is an extraordi nary expenditure, and maintains there fore, that this year's measure is mater ially less than the last appropriation. The bill contains the usual provision proposing to cut down the mileage al lowance of coongressmen from . 20 cents a mile to 5 cents a mile. The fight to cut down the mileage allow ance has been on for years, and al though the committee each year re sort the reduction in the Mil, it is de- S appropriating $38,744,753.50. Tha fpated cither in the- house or senate. Provides for salaries of more than The committee cut $102,260 from es v government employes and shows timates of the secretary of commerce grease of $1,128,843 over last for the work of. the bureau of foreign measure. But it incdudes a spec- and domestic commerce, although an . "Ppronriatin-n rvf woseinn n-A on. tc toK nrvn nvur Inst vear's a.n- i.iiijo additional employes for propriation was allowed for promoting me agricultural census. The commerce with Latin America. fopnation bill, first of the big sup g measures reported today to the ilThe committee lopped off near JMOO.ooo from estimates submittc d jarious departments, cutting salar FOR ALL STOCKS TO BE CREATED By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 14. An open mar ket for all stocks on the floor of the New York stock exchange will be created tomorrow. That action was decided on this afternoon. It, was voted to eliminate, beginning , tomor row, jthe, so-called clearing .ho jjise .list and" to "place the stocks therein" on the same basis Of trading as the 182 issues already approved. - The solitary restriction placed upon all stocks is to -be that their prices shall not go below, the minimum al ready established. The, chief issues thus placed in the open market are U. S. Steel, Southern Pacific, Great North ern, Canadian Pacific, New York, Cen tral and Anaconda Mining issues all known as international securities. Formal decision to create an open market, subject only to : minimum prices was made by the committee of five after the exchange had been op ened for trading in stocks only, seven business hours since it was closed' on July 30 last. During the sessions of Saturday and today the last vestige of apprehension that foreign investors would- deluge the local , market with selling orders was swept away. It was - this fear that had prevented ; the committee from listing ; the international issues in the approved list for open tradirig made public last Friday afternoon. Today's action of the committee means, it is believed, that tomorrow's i exchange will go back to practically the. same footing it occupied before European w(ar clouds were visible.' The minimum price restriction is only .nominal; both Saturday and to day nearly all issues dealt in rose high above the minimum. . RRANZA WARNS U. S. NT SING FORCE k Government Would ake Charlotte's Post- office A Model Structure BY GEORGE H. Yashin MANNING.) iTifi- will be "one of the most success fni and attractive buildings erected U6ttin, Dec. 14. Extraordina- hv the government in many years. otuuv is npiTiP' mvan nv acsistsitit hri ruianr i c v wu o WUon of the l3jLans for tne 1 - Treasury Department, vc itueral buiidinp' witii q Wn shin etnn. Dec. lu. g Charlotte the finest piece ot ! Hon. Edwin Y. Webb;- M. C, House owned by the govern- , tne state and at the same w u a model in the way ot a leu h 4 er to Congressman Webb My Dear Congressman: Referring to vour call at the department on the 8th instant, relative to the postomee :Surv Jt1 Secretary of the and court house building to be erect- W "ewwn explains how the ed at Charlotte, N. C, 1 nav tne nou wom9es are to be located in or to advise you that it is now ex W butldine toeether with pn-!notH thnt this work will be adver- He nitairway.s and other particu-i Used for proposals some time next U .'u&s nis letter bv declarine i ; that the Charlotte ' build- j (Continued on . Page, 13.) ARTHUR BRISBANE ILL II ATLftWT, By Associated Press. , ' Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14. The condi tion of Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New. York Evening Journal, who has been ill at a local hotel several days, was reported by his physicians to be slightly improved early today,' al though there was little material change from yesterday. Mr. Brisbane became ' ill last Thursday s he left New York for this city. Ac cording to his physicians he Is suffer ing from intestinal trouble, follow ing an attack of 'acute indigestion. By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 14. General Car- ranza through Consul Canada at Vera Cruz today formally advised the state department that any use of force by United States troops at Nacp, . Ariz., in theit : efforts '" to, keep Mexican bul lets from American soil "will be con sidered, an act of hostility, however well disposed the government may be." ' : Carranza says General Hill has con trolled his fire and that he is send ing fresh instructions to the Sonora commarfder to avoid firing 'that would endanger persons across the border. He deplores that Americans have been killed and wounded but sug gests such accidents " have been due to carelessness on the part of Amer icans or "imprudent curiosity." REPORT ISSUED ON CONSHTION OF COTTON By Associated Press. wasmngton, Dec. . 14. uotton con sumed during November was 420,663 bales, exclusive of linters, compared with 456,1356 'in November last year, the census bureau announced to day. Consumption for the four months ending November 30 was 1,671,378 bales, against 1,843,064 last year. . Cotton on hand November 30 in manufacturing establishments was 1, 060,765 bales compared with 1,426,638 a year ago and independent ware houses 5,008,374 compared with 3, 262,714 a year ago. Exports were 760,929 bales against 1,501,259 last year, and for the four months 1,405,049 against 4,206,650 a year ago. : Imports were 13,274 bales against 7,- 281 last year, and for the four months 67,828 against 28,084 a year ago. T Cotton ; spindles active numbered 30,441,315 against 30,949,357 a year ago. ' " .. iLinters - trottsrrmediriasiS.T3f ""bales , against 26,242 a year ago; and for the four months 107,509 bales against 111,961 last year; on. hand in manu facturing establishments 78,373 bales against 58,823 a year ago, and in in dependent, warehouses 56,809 against 34,541 a year ago. " -' : . . . Linters exported 7,267 bales and for the four months 14,064 bales. N BOR SEABOARD TRAI WRECKED NEAR DEN SPRINGS, ALA. By Associated Press. . Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 14. Four passen gers and three dining car employes were injured, some perhaps seriously when three coaches of Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 6 from Bir mingham to Atlanta ovrtiirned near Borden Springs, Ala., early today, ac cording to reports received at the Sea board Air Line offices here. t: Early reports stated, no one was kill ed. - The observation car, the . diner and a day coach were derailed. It was stated physicians had gone to the scene from Piedmont, and Cedartown. SURGEONS GATHER IN ASHEVILLE Asheville; Dec. 14.- Physicians and surgeons from many Southern states have arrived at this city for the annual convention of the Southern Surgical anl Gynecological Association which will begin a session of three days here today. . - The convention will be devoted chief ly to the exchange of views concern ing recently-adopted methods employ ed in medicine anad surgery. COST OF RATIONS HAS INCREASE! By Associated Press. -Washington, Dec. 14. Cost of tions has increased to such an extent on account of the European war that it will cost $130,000 more to feed the American army during the : coming year than this year. Even the - prices of horse food has so increased taat $100,000 more must be paid next year for army forage.: War freight rates has made it im possible for the navy to.; meet out of its appropriations the cost, of serdmg coal to its -various stations. Congress will be asked to authorize the use of the money ordinarily spent in paying freight rates on coal for the main tenance of naval colliers to be used instead of commercial vessels 4c m oz At ."C ae w w if ait w w ic w DRESDEN REACHES VALPARAISO By Associated Press. . Valpariaso, Chile, Dec. 14. Dis patches received here from Punta Arenas declare that the German cruis er Dresden has come into that port uninjured. .This location of the Dresden at Punta Arenas, clears up all doubt as to the whereabouts of the last of the German warrships that encountered the British squadron December 8 off the Falkland Islands. Her presence at Punta Are nas means she was either endeavoring to reach the Pacific again, or con templates interning for the remainder of the war. British warships doubt less are at the : Atlantic entrance of the straiht of Magellan, and Japan ese cruisers are said to be either watching or not far from the Pacific approach. STEAMER ASHORE OFF HATTERAS Norfolk, Va., Dec. 14. An unknown steamer is ashore two miles south ot Hatteras inlet. She stranded during last night's storm. Life savers have gone Out to ' her. j The vessel was later ascertained to be the British ship Isle of Iona. All of her crew of 27 was rescued m, the life savers power boats..- Tnej steamer is in bad condition, having eight feet of water in the engine room. She is said to belong to the Furness-Withy line. , oth On Land And On 1 -Battleship Torpedoed Penetrating the Dardanelles a British Submarine Sinks Turk ish Ship Messudieh Russians Repulse Turks in the Cauca sus and Are Pursuing Them Beyond the Euphrates River Servians Report They Are Sweeping the Austrians Out of Their Country Field Marshal Von Der Goltz Says War May Drag on for Long Time but That Eventually Germany ' Will Win Little Change in West Flanders Situation Vigorous thrusts at the German line in France were made again yesterday by the allies, but reports of successes in today's official state ment from Paris are not borne out y the Berlin communication. ' The French war office states German positions along the Aisne were demolish ed, that in the Woevre district a line of trenches 500 yards long was cap. tured, and that further progress was made In the Argonne and In Alsace. The German announcement says nothing, of importance has occurred In the west, with the exception of a few French attacks along the Meuse and in the Vosges, which were repulsed easily. .There have been no important changes in the east, according to the erman .swiemeni. uispatcnes from Petrograd, however, assert the Rus sians nave aenrmeiy tnrown back the German column which was at tempting to strike at Warsaw from the north and that the Russians po sition all along their front has been improved. The French war office announces that in Servia further successes have been won against the Austrians, and that in the Montenegrin cam paign, the Austrians have suffered a reverse. The cruiser Dresden, sole German survivor of the South Atlantic sea fight, is reported to have reach ed Punta Arenas, on the Strait of Magellan, without injury. ' Turkish reverses at the hands of Russia on land and of England on sea were chronicled in today's official war despatches. Russian army . headquarters in the Caucasus reports the Turks whose strong resistance to the invaders from the north compelled them to retreat, have now been repulsed everywhere ; and are being pursued byond the Euphrates river, suffering heavy losses. The British admiralty announced' the old Turkish battleship Messudieh, which carried 600 men, had Deen destroy ed, by a British submarine. To accomplish the feat the submarine pene t rated the supposedly impregnable Dardanelles. Recent successes of the Servians, partly confirmed from Berlin, art, said at Nish to have been extended. It is asserted the Austrians have been unable to check their retreat before the, advancing . Servians who arc sweeping them out of their country. A statement attributed to Field Marshal von der Goltz Indicates thai in his opinion the war may drag on for a long time. He is quoted as say. ing that Germany is prepared to carry on the war for years but is certain to triumph eventually. London, Dec. 14, 12:15 p. m. The first serious blow inflicted on the Turkish navy in the European war ' the torpedoing of the battleship Mes sudieh by aTi Bjrjtish submarine - m, the Dardanelles-was the bhly" strik ing occurrence chronicled . today on land or sea.j ; ; ; : Little or "no change has been re ported on the western battle front and Russia and Germany continue to fight . a seemingly endless battle lor control of- western Poland. . English and French newspapers say the time is , drawing near for the much-discussed, general advance ot. the allies through France and Belgi um ' and some unofficial reports . say that move is about to be undertaken if it has not actually . begun. Pro gress necessarily would be inch by inch an even the most optimistic ot the British observers, assuming that a general forward movement of the allies is to be essayed, concede it would be spring before any apprecia- -ble eastern progress could be made. The feat of Lieutenant Commander Holbrook in diving under five rows ot mines in the Dardanelles and torpe doing the Turkish battleship is de scribed here as perhaps the boldest marine exploit of the war. The sub marine presumably was not scratch ed. She escaped, gun fire and the pursuit of torpedo boats x in a man ner truly remarkable, and it was necessary for her crew to endure the ordeal of remaining under water for nine hours on' a' strentch. ; The los3 of life is not estimated in the brief announcement by the Brit-' ish admiralty, but ir the Messudien was manned as other Turkish ships have been, there were a number ot German officers on board. ; Petrograd Reports Victory. - Petrograd, Dec. 14," via London, 2:20 p. - m. Reports reaching here today from the front state the operations oi Russian forces north of Warsaw, par tial success of which was announced last week, have now resulted .in . a decisive victory,; after having pierced the German front beyond Ciechanow, and Przasmysz. The Russian "success on this front, according to these ad--vices," has been "clinched by a , wide swing movement of ' the advancing Russian left on the main highway from Plock to Mia wa- concluding in a heavy cavalry engagement at Juro minitna, ' seven miles southeast ot Mlawa. . . , Russian successes of . this nature would have three important results. The immediate pressure north of War saw would be -relieved and the, Ger man threat against the railroad lines leading east from the r; city would be answered. Russian troops on: the; right of the Vistula river would be, free to seek a crossing and endanger the position fit the left, wing of the Ger man army in the region of Lodz. It is said here that Russians will, now be able to straighten their , en tire front,' running to 'the - Mazurian lakes. : - ;" '"':, -;;- - . ' TURKISH BATTLE SHIP TORPEDOED BY BRITISH SHIP By Associated Press. . London, Dec. 14. (11:25 A. M.) A communication issued by the official bureau today announced the Turkish battleship Messudieh had been torped- joed by a British submarine. The Messudieh was a very old boat, having been built at Blackwall Eng land, in 1874, and reconstructed at Genoa in 1903. She was 332 feet long, 59 feet beam and of about 10,000 tons burden. - She had a speed of 17 1-2 knots and her main ' battery consisted of two 9.2 inch guns in turrets and 12 6-inch , gun's in battery. In the war with Greece in ,1912 the Messudieh was reported badly damaged in a naval battle in the Dardanelles. She carried a crew of 600 men. ISURANCE RATES ARE LOIAIEREI The official bureau's statement is as follows : "Yesterday submarine B-ll, in charge of Lieutenant-Commander Nor man B. Holbrook, of the royal navy, entered the Dardanelles and in spite of the difficult current dived under five rows of mines and torpedoed the Turkish Messudieh, which was guard ing the mine fields. Although pursued by gun fire and torpedo boats the B-ll returned safely after being submerged on one occasion for nine hours. ; "When last seen the Messudieh was sinking by the stern." Lieutenant Commander Holbrook of the submarine B-ll is one of five brothers, all serving with the colors, the sons of Colonel Arthur Holbrook, a newspaper owner of Portsmouth. SONOTCERll CHANCELLOR: TAKE RUSSIANS "'- Cold at St. Louis. . St. Louis, Dec. 14.---Lowest tempera ture of the winter was recorded here today when the thermometer register ed four degrees above zero. w THE WEATHER. Forecast for North Carolina: w Fair tonight and Tuesday, much colder tonight. Fresh west and northwest winds. - .3 E. A'- J 4. M, V, .o -M. -.V. .V- -V.. M iy j. n- v w w w te w "a. By Associated Press. Paris, Dec. 14. Reports! reaching here' today from. Berne state that a son of the German chancellor, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg, has been in jured seriously at Piotrkow, Russian Poland, and that he has been cap tured by the Russians. ' : f PLAN A PEACE INSURANCE LUNCHEON. Special to The News. Raleigh; Dec. i4. The state depart ment of insurance was officially noti fied by the Southeastern Tariff Asso ciation of a material modification of fire insurance rates as a snecial con- rpssirm tn this, state for imnrovement haCve reserved places for a peace m- of fire risks and to meet criticisms of ; surance luncheon" to take piaee tD- By Associated Press. New York, Dec. 14. More than 800 leadine business men of New York morrow night under auspices of the Merchants' Association.' The speak- the legislative committee that investi- p-ntpd - thft p.nTifhiot. of firft insurance company. The change increases thefers, Including Major general woja three year rate over the recent reduc-1 and Mayor Mitchell, will diacuss tion and reduced the rates of one j means of preventing the United States year terms ,. - : jfrom. engaging in war; . ; Berlin Statement. Berlin, Dec. 14. (By Wireless tc London, 3:10 p. m.) An official com munication" issued today by the Ger man army headquarters says: "Light attacks by . the : Fremch i pa'rts of our . positions between the river Meuse and the Vosges moun tains were easily" repulsed. Otherwise nothing of importance remains to . be . reported from .the western theatre 01 "From East Prussia and Southern Poland there is nothing to report.' - "In northern Poland our operations are taking their ; normal course."
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