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. I. -r -i ' I f"Tn YOUR IIOi'lE PAPER A FREE THE WEATHER For N. C OonAw twisltt awl VJ Jri pfobtbly wiw kc rfnv PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, DA LY PRESS ... ? jp VOL. XVI.No.273 RUSSIAN.SUCCESSf IN POLAND IS NOf ADKlilTEDINBERLIN Report Says That Russians Are On the Offensive in East Prussia GERMANS ARE REINFORCED Army of Von Hindenberg Is Expected to Resume Offensive, and Report of the Capture of Ten Thou sand Russians Is Made (By the United Press) Berlin, Dec. 1. Reports from the eastern front say the Germans' posi tion continues to improve. They have succeeded in entrenching themselves eliectively. The Russian offensive continues to hammer the German lines without success. The armies of Von Hindenberg and General Mackenzen have been reinforced, and the war of fice expects the German offensive to be resumed soon. Three Big German Forces Combine. London, Dec. 11. The Russian and German lines in Poland are intact, with the forces now locked in a ter riffic battle extending over a front of more than a hundred miles. Three sections of the German army, report ed to have been separated, have grad ually merged into one great force j during the past week. All Available Germans Take Field. Paris, Dec, 1. Reports today de clare that all Belgian towns have been stripped of every able-bodied German unnecessary for garrison du ty for fighting on the line between Ypres and the sea. A hundred thous and Germans have directed an attack on the allied lines between Ypres and Lizdud. German reinforcements on the northern line are believed to be anticipating an offensive movement by the Allies. German Regulars Fight Russians, Petrograd, Dec. 1. First line Ger man troops are opposing a portion of the Russian army in Poland. The Germans are fighting desperately in the vicinity of Lodz. Their losses are enormous. The Germans fought their way out of Vize at the point of the bayonet. Prisoners are suffering ter- ribly from exposure before their cap ture. King George Visited Hospitals. London, Dec. 1. King George, it became known today, spent one day at the front, and is probably on his way back to England now. His Ma jesty landed in Northern France and was met by the staff of General French. The King visited the mili tary hospitals. Official Account of Austrian Successes Vienna, Dec. 1. An official state ment says the Russians' defeat in the battle of Homonna was greater tnan supposed. The Russians, com pletely surrounded, were exposed to an artillery fire which caused them fearful losses. The Russians were forced to retreat, leaving 1,500 pris oners. Their casualties were fully a thousand. Suvubor was stubborn ly defended. A position on the high road to Valjevo was taken by storm and 1,254 Russians captured. Germans Take Nearly Ten Thousand Prisoners. Berlin, Via Wireless to London, Dec. 1. An official war office state ment j today, told of additional suc- :esses claimed in the north of Po and. Nine thousand and four hun Ired Russians were captured. ' Quiet weails in East Prussia and Southern Poland. In North Poland yesterday's successes netted total captures of ),500 men, 19 cannon, 36 machine ?uns and numerous ammunition :arts. ". -Vk. CONFERENCE DISCUSSES " r MINIMUM WAGE FOR -vV WAITRESSES AND MAIDS ( Olympia, Wash., Dec 1. A con duce called for the purpose of rec tat"djjoT. minimum wage for ' Reprevpfoyed in hotels and res eployeas begun here today by the present jptrial welfare commission, conclude jtatives of the employers, ; end general public were the hearing, 'which will ' ; Borrow, SUPERINTENDENT JOYNER BUYS FARM IN LENOIR J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has purchased from the heirs of Miss Kate Brown five or six in number, the Brown farm on Hull road, about five miles from the city. The property contains 260 acres and is in a splendid locality, The consideration was $10,000. The deed was filed Monday night in time to prevent the conveyance be ing taxed under the new war tax levy, which went Into effect at midnight, About $5 was saved in that way. MIDDLE WEST PAYS MORE FOR B. R. FARE (By the United Press.) Washington, Dec, 1. Interstate passenger rates, raised to an almost uniform 2 1-2 cents a mile level, went into effect today on railroads oper ating east of the Mississippi and west of Pittsburgh and Buffalo. This move was made upon the sug gestion of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the recent hearing of the railroads when they asked for a 5 per cent, increase. A passenger who wishes to go from Chicago to Cleveland now must pay $3.55 instead of $7.75 as hereto fore; from Chicago to Cincinnati $7 instead of $6; Chicago to St. Louis $7.50 instead of $5.80; and from Chi cago to Buffalo $13.10 instead of $12 It is estimated that the higher rates will add $1,000,000 to the railroads annual income. BULLETINS (By United Press.) CONDITIONS UNCHANGED ON THE LINES IN FRANCE Paris, Dec. 1. North of Arras, the Germans have shown great activity. An official communi que of the war office today stat ed that there is heavy cannonad ing on the Belgian front, but no infantry attacks. Elsewhere conditions are unchanged. ENGLISH SHIP TAKES REFUGE FROM GERMANS Montevideo, Dec. 1. Fearing capture, the British ship Voltaire, bound to New York, today put into harbor here. The Voltaire heard an exchange of messages between German warships. BUCKEYE CHILDREN INVADED CAPITAL (By the United Press.) Washington, Dec, 1. More than 2,000 boys and girls of Ohio who have distinguished themselves for corn growing, other agricultural pursuits and domestic economy "captured" Washington today. The youngsters were taken to the White House and also called on Secre tary of State Bryan and Secretay of Agriculture Houston. The party was in charge of A. P. Sandles of Colum bus, Ohio who last year brought 1,000 children here. BROKERS BUMPED BY DOUBLE TAX Boston, Dec. 1. Beginning today taxpayers, of Massachusetts must pay two additional levies: Federal and state. The war tax, of course, goes into effect and, besides, payments must be made upon sales or transfers of stocks. A peculiar "wrinkle" in the new state law is that it does not regard the sale and transfer of stocks as one transaction. .Instead, a tax is charg ed for each operation. One hundred shares at $100 par value must pay $6 in taxes instead of the nominal tax of $2 in the past. DERAILMENT ON A. C. L. NEAR FAYETTEVILLE Rocky Mount Nov, 30. Passenger traffic was delayed for more than two hours on the Coast Line's main line this morning near Wade, about ten miles north of Fayetteville, by the derailment of the dining car and four sleepers on northbound train No. 86. No one was hurt. . ; v NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE?: DIES IN LOS ANGELES (By the United Press.) New York. Dec. 1. John G Wen- del, New York's second largest real ty holder, died today at Los Angeles, leaving more than fifty million dol- laia worth of property.- v KINSTON, N. MZISTAS SUFFER REVERSES AT TWO POINTS Convention Troops Drive Defenders from Pachucta and Take Sonora Town VILLA'S HEADQUARTERS Removes His Flag From Tu la to Tlaltapnita, 50 Miles From the Capital Silli- man bays There Is No Disqrder in Mexico City El Paso, Dec. 1. General Villa has moved his headquarters from Tula to Tlatapmta, fifty miles from Mexico City. Three thousand Villistas drove the forces of General Gonzales and General Trevine out of Pachucta, the capital of the State of Hidalgo. Oth er convention forces have succeeded in capturing Sahuiripa, in Sonora. Col onel Ayeda, commander of the Car- ranzaistas, was slain there. Good Order in Mexican Capital Washington, Dec. 1. Dispatches from Silliman say good order pre vails in Mexico City. There is con firmation of the report that four Spaniards were killed by Zapata's troops, following the entry into Mex ico City. It is reported that General Angeles' army is quartered in tho suburbs of Mexico City. Villa and his staff were caught in a railroad wreck, but only one was hurt, this being General Chaes, who was seri ously injured. NEBRASKA CONVICTS HAVE MUSIC WITH THEIR MEALS Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 1. After to day prisoners at the Nebraska peni tentiary will not have to eat their meals in silence, as has been the rule during the years since the peniten tiary was started. Warden Fenton has granted permission for the con victs to converse quietly with their neighbors at the tables, provided they do not abuse the privilege and become noisy. The prisoners expressed great pleas ure when the hew rule was announced by the warden, and through a spokes man the prison officials were notified that the men were appreciative and would not abuse the privilege. Another innovation introduced by the warden is music every day dur- ine the noon meal. This is furnished by the prison orchestra. NEGROES LOSE "JIM CROW" CASE IN SUPREME COURT Washington, D. C, Nov. 30 A ma jority of the Supreme Court today joined in an opinion that the Okla homa "Jim Crow" law proviso per mitting railroads to furnish sleeping, dining and chair car accommodations only to the white race was unconsti tutional, but because of imperfec tions in the petition on which the case reached the courts, they did not so decree. The case was one in which five ne groes, claiming the entire law uncon stitutional, sought an injunction to restrain five railroads in Oklahoma from enforcine it. The Oklahoma Federal Courts dismissed the peti tion, holding the law unconstitutional. FRANK PENN, TOBACCO MANUFACTURER, DEAD, ftfireenshoro. Dec. 1. T. J. Penn received a telegram last night an nouncing the death of his brother, Frank R. Penn, which occurred in Reidsville yesterday afternoon at 5 ,wtr TVip funeral will be held Wednesday morning at o'clock. Mr. Penn was in his 73rd year, and was born in Patrick county, Va., the son of T. J. and C. L. Penn. He was a Drominent merchant and to- hooxn manufacturer there until 1873 when he moved to Reidsville and es tablished the F. R. Penn Company, now one of the most important plants of the American Tobacco Company. EDITOR GETS STAMP DEPUTY'S PLACE Greensboro, Nov. 30. Major W. W. Wood has resigned as stamp depu ty here, and Collector Watts today annointed Commissioner w. l. un- derwood, editor of the . Greensboro j Patriot, to the place. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER GUNNER DERBYSHIRE When I, uattory, rioyal Uorse ar UUcry, was surprised and practically annihilated by tlio Guruians, the one gun not put out of action was man ned by Gunner Derbyshire and two other men, and they stuck gallantly to their post until they had siloncud every gun in thti German detachment and compelled tlte euerny to fall buck. It was one of th5 Bravest foats of the war so far. TEN-YEAR-OLD JAILED ON MURDER CHARGE (By the United Press.) Paterson, N. J., Dec. 1. Max Ru- bonowitz, aged ten years, was con fined in the county jail today charged with the murder of Sammy Hoch- man, eleven years old, yesterday. PRIZES RELIC OF FAMOUS CONFEDERATE LEADER. Anniston, Ala., Nov. 30. H. W. Livenhood, a Confederate veteran, who lives at Cullman, and is visiting his daughter here, has in his posses sion a small medicine case about the sze of an ordinary cigarette case, which he says he picked up when it fell out of General Stonewall Jack son's pocket when the famous South ern leader was killed at Chancellors ville. Mr. Livenhood was present when General Jackson was shot, and he received a bullet in his leg a min ute later when he picked up the case. TANDY, CAROLINA CENTER, HAS SCARLET FEVER Chapel Hill, Nov. 30. George Tandy, Carolina's center, is suffering with an attack of scarlet fever. He is in the infirmary tonight under the care of a physician. Dr. W. B. Mac- Nider, the college physician, stated tonight that he was unable to say when the disease first caught hold of the virile athlete. BADLY INJURED BY FALL THROUGH BRIDGE Jonesboro, Nov. 30. While cross ing the bridge over Deep river near here, Lester Ilipps, together with the wagon and team he was driving, fell through the bridge and Ilipps is now seriously if not fatally injured. The part of the bridge which gave way . . -I A-- is the woooen siruciure aouve uie band of the stream, Twenty feet from the ground. FIREMEN TO HAVE MONTHLY PRACTICE TONIGHT. The chief of the Fire Department requests that every . active fireman in the city, both white and colored, attend a practice drill tonight at 7:45 o'clock, assembling at the City Hall, each , company to havecharge of its apparatus. , Evenf member who considers, himself an active fire- man is expected to be present and r - w A T I participate jn the practice. 1, 1914 AlllFII FI FFT IS NOW i prrrn i irriirnir muni Ar I LK A V tluliu lilt CIMDDOCK DISASTER Now Looking for German Ships in South American Waters Mail (iLUKLh IN rKANLh r . . n . n n n n ... . . . English Ruler Has Been Visiting His Countrymen at the Front German Regulars Opposing Rus sian Troops Now (By the United Press) Montevideo, Uruguay, Dec. 1. Recent reports that the German fleet is now in the South Atlantic appear to have been confirmed here todav. It is also rumored that a powerful British fleet is nearby. Interruption of British shipping and the outfitting of German mer chant ships with supplies were ac cepted here as confirmatory of re ports of the approach of the German fleet, which is now believed to be off the mouth of the river Plata. Naval Battle Momentarily Expected. Montevideo, Dec. 1. British and Japanese warships are reported clos ing in on the German squadron now in South American waters. A big naval battle is momentarily expected. Von Speer's Fleet off Mouth of Plata, The German squadron of Admiral Von Speer is reported to be at the mouth of the Plata river this after noon. Ten British warships are re ported off the Brazilian cbastTieudod toward the Germans. The Japanese Pacific squadron, now in the Atlan tic, probably, is likewise following the Germans. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES HOLD TOBACCO BUYER Warsaw, Nov. 30. Charged with failure to properly render an account of the tobacco bought by him W. R. Crews, an independent buyer, was ar rested here today and taken by feder al authorities to Charleston, S. C, where he will be tried in United Stales federal court. This buyer was on the Kingstree, S. C. market, and while there it is claimed that he for warded the reports to the proper au thorities but they, finding some irreg ularities about them, returned them to Crews for correction. Crews left Kingstree and went to New Bern, and afterward came here, winch was about two months ago. The papers are supposed to have been forwarded to him from Kings tree, and followed him to New Bern, but he claims that they were lost in the mails between New Bern and here. NAVY NEEDS NEARLY 3,000 OFFICERS AND MEN Washington, Nov. 30. The need of 240 additional officers and about 2,H)0 men to equip American warships was explained today to the House naval affairs committee by Rear Admiral Blue, chief of the navigation bureau of the Navy Department. TEXAS GETS NEW NORMAL SCHOOL Canyon, Texas., Dec. 1. Work be gan today on a new fireproof state normal school building to replace one lost by fire last winter. The llbo students will study in temporary quarters in churches and public build ings until the new structure is com pleted. U. S. SOLDIER STRUCK BY BULLET NEAR BORDER Naco, Ariz., Nov. 30. A United States private soldier of the Ninth Cavalry, was wounded, probably fa tally, here today by a shot from the Mexican side in the siege of Naeo, Sonora. Four Mexican children were wounded, one seriously. Boarding House Gossip. "Cillson yonder tells me he trusts his wife Implicitly and absolutely, but" - " "Weljr, . . ;, ; : ! ."Well.. X notice he carries bis change and his fishhooks loos la the game pocket." Judge. - - , r I shooting affray ended IN 0NP NFrRH RHNn QHAT v'nw mhu uiiui Huywood Metis and John Newborn, negroes, engaged in an affray with deadly weapons in Vance township, Monday evening, soon after dark, and t ., . .. U . . 4 1. V lw incim was oiiuu uuuugii me arm. mo wounded man accused Mewhorn of. attempting to put him in bad repute With hiu amii Avar on.l dnf ment ensued. Mewhorn declared that Metts wni nbout to strike him with an axe when he drew his revolver and fired twice, (llllv ftlio uhnf. ink-inn. iff.,t ili..t . 1 " rt " ' " .iti- curing about the elbow of Metts right arm. OWNER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WATER RENTS Portland, Ore., Dec. 1. A city ordinance, adopted by the vote of the people recently, providing for the col lection of household water rates every three months, instead of month ly as heretofore, and making the rates chargeable to the premises served, rather than to the consumer, went into effect today. The change will result in a larcre savins- to the municipality in postage, stationery and office help. If the consumer fails to pay his water rent, the owner of the premises is held responsible under the new system. ON THE FIRING LINE WITH THE AUSTRIAN TROOPERS United Press Correspondent Gets His Full Story Through by Mail, In Which He Recounts the Stir ring Experiences of War By William G. Shepherd United Press Staff Correspondent Przemysl, Oct. 29 (By Mail to New York). (Passed by the War Press Bureau). This is my diary of yes tcrday, which I spent orl the Austrian firing line, twelve miles from here: 7:45 a. m. Under the escort of Col. John and Captain Miekich, we start for the front. "We," includes John Quincy Adams, the great Amer ican painter; Robert W. Dunn of the New York Evening Post, who has just arrived, and myself. We bun dled into one of the typical spring less, basket-bodied Galician wagons. 8:00 a. m. We are on the main road leading from the great forti fication of Przemysl to the hills where the artillery firing is heav iest. At 8:10 we pass the cholera hospital and five minutes later we pass through the gate of the inner fortifications. The road is covered with wagons. Two tightly packed lines of them are going in our di rection. Another line on the left side is going toward Przemysl with sick and wounded. The steam from thous ands of sweating horses rises like a thin mist along the trail. The sight s so wonderful that even the wound ed men keep their eyes on it. The sick men, some with the green faces and loose opened mouths of chylera victims, hang their heads, half dead. 8:15 a. m. On both sides of the road, on ploughed farm land, huge bodies of recruits are training. They have stamped the wet earth into a black, smooth shining field that glit ters like jet. 8:30 a. m. Among the thousands of eights, we catch a glimpse of a pig riding on a seat like a soldier. He has been tied there to keep him from running away from dinner, though it will be some one's else's meal, not his own. 8:35 a. m. We pass the outer line of fortifications. The trenches are lined and floored with willow or straw matting. As far as our eyes can reach, to our right and left, stretch small "forests" of posts, hitching posts high, with barb wire hunir and tangled between them. 9:10 a. m. Our wagon is spring- less. Now, I know why all the wound ed men I have seen in the carts have such strained faces. 9:35 a. m. The road dips into a valley. On both sides stretches an immense camp of tents and covered wagons, the smoke oi tnousanns oi files hangs over it all. Mud, men, flags, smoke, horses, wagons, piles of bread, harness, rifles, form a wierd and indescribable picture that cov ers hundreds of acres in the valley. This is a reserve camp. 0:45 a. m. We make a trip on foot through the camp. "Hello, there, you American,'' I hear a man called from a covered "prairie schooner." He shows me a letter he has just written. It is addressed to Helen C Rooae, 300 Calvert street, Baltimore. "Your wife?" I asked. "No, but I wish she would be," he replied. . He - (Continued on Page Three) PRICE TWO CENTS NOVEMBER EXPORTS FAR IN EXCESS OF THE IMPORTS ' , i . i . I Difference of Seventv Mil- ' , " lions, Say President and Secretary McAdoo :J. 6. HARRIMAN IS DEAD Retired New York Banker Passes Away in Washing ton Canada Says Com munication Between Vera Cruz and Capital Is Open (By the United Press.) Washington, Dec. .1. Borden Harnman, retired New York banker and broker, died here today lifter a protracted illness. r Secretary Redfleld and President Wilson say that figures for Novem ber will show the excess of exports over imports to be approximately seventy million dollars. . . ' Consul Canada, at Vera Crux, to. day reported "'to' :he"S tate" Departs ment that telegraph communication with Mexico filj Omnfl mi restored after an interruption of eighteen hours' duration. THE FIRESIDE LEAGUE SEASON IS NOW OPEN Bg Hal Sheridan -(Written for the United Press) New York, Deo. 1, Open season, ' with no restrictions was formally de clared on today, by, 67,893,945 bona fiue members of the Stove League of the United States and contiguous por tions of Canada. Baseball, was , real ly i:mothered weeks ago by Emperor Football. The Emperor himself died his annual natural death on Saturday at the close of the Army-Navy bat tle. With these two major sports down and Out until next year, there is more food for the Stove Leaguers to mull over during the 1914-16 lull than there has been for some time. As a charter member of the Win ter Gabf esters' League we propose the following as the most desirable and absolutely unimportant subjects that could be mulled over by any two or more fans, seated at the stove-side; "Will the Feds go to the Wall be fore August 1, 1915 T Who will man age the Hopeless Yanks? Will the Braves be able to repeat? Will Ty Cobb be able to curb his hatred to ward butchers? How much longer will Christy Mathewson last? And so on ad infinitum and et cetera, not to mention the physical combats that might result from Boston and Phila delphia funs discussing the respective chances of Red Sox and Athletics for next year. If any of the football standpatters still tell you that the new game is not what's wanted, or that it, hasn't come to stay, just let the following vibrate against their tympanic membranes. More colleges adopted and played the open game in 1914 than in any ; other season in the history of the gridiron sport. During this same season there were fewer injuries than occured in any other season. In no big or near big college clash have there occurred injuries which have proved fatal to a player. , Injuries that have been sustained in the game between regularly organized, regu larly coached college and school teams have been only of the minor variety. As far as we can remember, not one fatality has been reported. Undoubt edly there have been a few serious injuries among the corner-lot knights of the pig-skin, but these can hardly be counted in the taking of testimony or the final summing up of the law yers for the prosecution of Old Man ' Football. , . CHECKS CROUP INSTANTLY . 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