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C ' jolt: NEW BERN: ' SEMI-WEE NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA. SEPTEMBER 18 1914 OIFrEREST- IiETHQDS if WEST HT m I BE SHOWN ifflt'ilSn . ra Bfl-S'isii Ill KLY ft V , ' -. Two Million or More Men Engaged inlMorlal Conflict Along Hundred Mile Front, vviil be the Dc- . cisive Battle of the Campaign In France. Germans are Holding . I Their own, - PARIS, Sept., 16. The rear guard engagement upon ..which, the Gorman right wing entered Inst Monday, has developed Into what promises to be the decisive battle of the campaign in France : Fighting today proceeded with renewed fury along a hundred mile front with nearly , all of the two million men of the rival armies and a like number of reinforcements engaged. 'The Ger- mans are fighting strictly on the de fensive to prevent theTttter rout of the armies whose 'realignment.. their cover ing lovement Is Intended to protect. Though no definite result has yet re- suited from the thrre, days fighting, the - enemy is being forced steadily back be- fore, the -Allies'" pressure. 1 he War .u',r Office In describing the Allies' advance says that it is steady but not rapid. situation Favorable ' for the british. . .;'--- v-:. y For the British and French the sit .. -3 . ; ; .'. uatfon continues generally ! favorable. All German v'rounrjer assailts have lk 'tJMSs.? been repidse(Fa(LtlusifchvJieen'drtvt -, 4 v. eu "from, several new- positions. .. The - r British captured two hundred during ' " ) ... the day and many detached bodies of invaders hQve. undoubtedly been taken by the pursuing French. ' Indian troops, ... estimated to number seventy thous ! and have been brought to the jeaf of 11 , War, according to a dispatch. Two battles and possibly three will be notes . . Uary before the - .Germans are tntire , -:'. ' . ... ly driven from France."" " - j t-j TAKING ADVANTAGE OF f i-" r- : A.' BREATHING SPELL PARIS Sept. 16 Uil the armies of Von Kluk and Von Buelow are now bearing the brunt of ' the rear guard - action the others not being engaged are . . taking a breathing spell and if the first line gives way, it will fall back m a se- cond which r will be comparativel fresh. ' ' ALLIESIIAVE IMPORTANT " ' ; OVEMENT ON 'FOOT. ...v PARIS, Sept.. 16, That an import . ant move of the Allies is on -foot is indicated by (he fact that the French war .-office j:. is withhholdin . dcfiuiie news from. the ironU.- It was ofl)i'i:dly ; announced in Berlin according to a-dis-. patch from ; Amsterdam toUiy, that -Liege had been abandoned. The rea son for this probably' lies in the fact - that it in a less strategic point and the -garrison it needed to. re-inforcc , the : Gorman left wing. '' . . . y; ,: ' , . GERMAN E 1PFR0R WILL - ASSUME CHIEF COMMAND. , PARIS, Sept. 16. The Petit Jour nal .print a telegram from Beilin via Copenhagen stating the German em peror will proceed to east Prussia and assume chief command against ' the RiiSKlaae. THE CERMANS FORTIFYING ' ' CITY- OF j BRUSSELS. LONDON, Szpt. .16. An Amstcr- dam dispatch to the Renter Telegram Company says (hat a local paper learn from Ghent that lli -'Germans ure fi.rthcr slrenglliening and lortifvinp Priisls, '1 hey lia c placed mil rail). ciifc on the bidevard da J.irdin Lot aniipie and in from tf the north and outhslatioiif, ,1 At Lilcrbeck near F.riisv-ls, it u reported ll.'t fi;'ili-,!' took ilacr be tween l'ruh ,,111 ,hk ll.irnvi.in solduri, thirty of whom were killed. ANOTHER BIG BATTLF. ' HAS UI.KN RAGING. PARIS, Sept. 16. Mi Imnj'h wilh o it ofl'ul.il advlri-H, 11 ilii.iry . criii s here cic ronvimril t r T : 1 y ih.il an (itlu-r .g liiitllc has l)"i 11 r-i.i-i hlmc ' muln y on the line fimn Craonm- nud the forest of L'Alglr iniriti of Cdini ii-f.ne ? tnl.born rc-tf-iaiu e by the 1.1111,111 jn llml (iistriit li.n bnii iti.'i, mi i i . piitiouii' r Denis i'f l'ie .ir ,.!!',. r f..i .CoiiQsnes f irtaisly Sunday nad Monday and it is believ ed a simple rear giard stand, sVch as this fighting was at first considered, would last 48 hours. The forces that constituted the ceutfe in the battle of Maine seem also to be scai'ing a posi tion on the new line, while the Crown Prince's army in Argonnc continues to retreat in tluit direction. The Germans have on -tnis line the advantage of'' high uroimd vkb, the right protected bv the rivets Oise and Alsne. - If tbc centre-and left, are able to complete a retirement in such shape as to nuke a stand on the same hue thoy mav be able to s si in a general engagement under more favorable con? ditlons than on, the Mann-. I he bat tle llnu this time Is nearly stralgh from the cast to the w.st. In case the German lorce -should re tire again they wo Id have two lines of retreat by Longwy uu-1 by Sedan. RUSSIA IS OPEN TO AMERICAN TRADE. LONDON; .Svpt, 16 The Jtr grad correspondent of the 1 iities tele graphs that crgiul Saxonod, the Ruslsan foreign minister, has au thorized, this statement. 1 - "I quite realize th it aio' ii of vlt lories, and routs, a t, of utiot'ir' and Biagnificcnt ffssaullt: . may' sell newspapers, b; t above- and hcvond all this there exists' an opportunity in trade with Russia to (.upland and to America that mav mean more in the decades to come than it is easy to realize. "It Is the country which foresees the situation commercially in Russia that will' reap the enormous benefit? that the Russian markets now offer. It is not enough that merchants and manufacturer should offer their -goods here, Experts should--be sent here now, even, while the war is still in, pt ogress, to study and examine the wauls .of Oi r country so that wl en pcai c comes those, channels 1 which - have for da cades flowed 'deeply with German pro ducts may 'continue to flow with pro ducts from America and England, -,"Kor America especially . does Rus sia open opportmiitiua for an indus trial ; outlet such ' s can hardly 'b over estimated. - We have, an empirt of 170,000,000 souls antUhe v.?,000,00t we have been pa)ing Cerniany jearH is but the beginni iu; . a demand .that will soon make Russia anuing the most desirable' and available , markets in the world. ' Railroad building and new develop nts everywhere ara the pre hide to mi ra of prosperity in this coin- try Bticii !s have never been seen here before. SI5C HUNDRED GERMANS WERE TAKEN PRISONERS. PARIS,' Sept 'lS.-Mn the French re- occupallon of Rlieims, . six hundred Cvrjuana ere taken prisoners and t wclv guns were captured.. ' lerrllie - rains during the past few 'davs impede pro gress of both armies and make the roads almost impassable, ; On the nllius ri'ht the Germans, have doubled bao on Etaln in France and on Met and Cha lOFPlGlAl. sTATr.MrtMT s ws 31 ALLIES' SUCCESS CONTINUES. LONDON, Set. IS.Aiv r-nmitince- j men! from the War Press Bureau to rilJit wan couched In the I irsoivt, kin' gna(;e and merety naid lint the success of t lie .allies continued.- -All ofiulal report 11 from the. rhiib of mtion agreed that the Gorman s are rill re trr.ninh aiM ar bi-iu I101K' pi rn ed bv the entire lrenih and Lil'l,'. for- ns. On" feau't' wln h fretted a' He 11-s-iilon, rAmi: frum fi'-jipe to the ( cn trat Notts. ' This said that the Briflsh forces were mating a (Linking niove menl t liroih Rove. Near the 1 1 vet Si mine iliey ni-rc j-Mni d by fn sh fi-r-(fs nd mi hIT t'..-1'cr.tl 'nri Kl n k ith filtci-n ;liou.iiid tmn an. I alTcpii peinm 1 hi t n-iinrf is .il .viIimi h unvili e d. lUISMANS AMMKIN INVASION in F IICNGAUIXN Th I'.K fTORY, 1 I'l l U(.";i M, 1 11. iv-- 1 lui the v. .i,-n of I! i-i,! I . i'.,. !' i.ui-i - I n m e. ;;: 1 1 , j -.- J , -' , m , , - n in tlmated today, h is realized by the General Staff that the German re sistance at that point is strong and they de cided not to risk th;lr surniy. The min-j i-tter of War said today that the Rus sian army is goin;; to capt-.re Berlin, that is the taks assigned them by the allies and the full force of the Czar's troops will be utilized in t':is work. Russia won't annex capi i red Austiran property. FOR ONCE THE MILITARY CRITICS HAVE AGREED. LONDON, Spet. 15. For once the military critics of both sides raree that 1 the outcome cf the campaign in East ern France depends on lhe result of the operations of the Crown Prince's army before Verdun; b t on t'v ques tion of accomplished facts the div gence of opinion is as wide as ever, s Berlin maintains that the invet- netit of Verdun is now corplete and therefore experts that within twd or iree days there will he a resumption f the offensive along the whole German front, On the other hand the latest official communication issued in be half of the allies states that the Crown Prince has been, driven back and has moved his hcadq.iafters fro n Salnte Menehould south of Rlfeims, to Mone Falcon, -about 15 units northeast. Merlin admits that the weakened German , tight wing hi: baclf dut illsco, ints the r taining thlt it will hav Gentian , tight wing has- been turned reverse by rriain- e no effect on he. general forward movement to . be inflated when Verdun falls. i The very candid statement of Gen eral Joffre rcgaidMg the sort of warfare lis troons are canable of walne In-1 licales thaT the French are now in a position to take up the gage of battle on their own tern's and In a country f their own choosing.; ' . - -: Jhe .recapture.-of .-RhftiniiwjrobaWf means niore to the- F rench army, so far as morale is concerned, than the rolling up of the-- German left wing beyoijg Verdun, so that the - battle line on the Aisne, . already' the scene of sanguinary fighting, is today un- lotybtedly the scene of a stubborn Iruggle of the fietces't 'description. GERMAN GENERAL STAFF - GIVES OUT STATEMENT. BERLIN, Sept. 15. The German general staff today gave out the folldw- ng official announcement. "In the western theatre of war the right wing of our army has been en raged in heavy but undecisive battles. The French, who endeavored to break through oiir linc3 were defeated. "At other points wlieri -lsere has been fighting no decisive resi Its ha e been reached." Will . Aid Son In Sari Ahtonoi MOTHER OF MISSING SISTERS LEAVES THURSDAY TO BE WITNESS AT INNES TRIAL. ATLANTA, Sept. 16 Mrs. J. W, Nebiis Is planning to leave Thurdsay 'or San Antonio, Texas, to join her son, Marshall, and actiycly aid in the ef forts to solve the mystery' of the strange disappearance of her daughters, Mrs. Ktoise Nclms- Dennis ahd."- Beatrice Nclms," She also will be witness in the trial of Victor E. Innes and Mrs, Innes - Mrs. Nelms - practically - has" closed the business affatig p( Beatyce Nelms, for whorh she was appointed receiver' ? Pan S. Lehon, .Sft.ithcf h manager of theBurns Detective Agency,. Tues day received telegram 4rom-the Port land office, .further .establishing .'the identity of Afttidr Harbbtigh.'of Pojrt land, and lrs Lcilso Woods, cf. D- vine, Texas, who, It has lieen shown are not children bf Mrs-. Victor Innes, as she' at first claimed. IJarbaugh's real name is given 'as Norn's Dictz brother of Mrs. ''Woods, He also has been knon asGeorgo Wcignnd, it was, stated-' V Ha'rbaugh. and . Mrs, VVwkJs are said Terely to have been adopted by Mrs. .Innes, , ' v - ' According to .artotlior, report, Mrs. Woods called on Innes -and Mr,. In nes In the jail thore,"and denounced both. - This followed an a'.tc npt by Mrsv Fr.nes to ki. Mrs. W. ds, !.i( h thoJatur repul'.etL '. - -!, , . S. H.; Haywood and J. B. Colling of Trenton, spent yeslcrday-lo. New Hem attending to business matters. kPFlOHI' CAR WAS DERAILED VLSTFUDAY. A Norfolk Southern .freight car wa der.utcl yeitcrday near the Trent livt-wan-house by tin; shifting force. A lo nf irus(l-i taken from the In -..'!: h.-u' le-eii ihie-d on 1 lie sidetrack near ill end. ant h- n the ir p'lslle ''!"'! I h. e It I I.; , A- 1 rm the tin k snow COMING III. RE SOON. The different metti-l- of nuing of the. different naiionaliii-- 'I 1 He world are ilbnstrated by tne jn;,rcss of roagh ridors with the 101 Kau '1 Keal Wild West, which comes to Hern on Monday, October 5ih, ,.t the Ghent Show iiroi ndi. Every style of eqi itati n i depicted from the great menauvric--f H- - rope to the latest and most nv - mi siyle pre vailing among the sm.ni - 1 -f tlu country Two' widely dilfer.'!,: not be 1 mere fully ' " the two almost cxtrr.. cowboy and fox hum 1 11. ills could -ir.a -il than si -. s of thi- wn In thl.-,-i)wboy Is season's program. Th astride his pony fnun : doen hours ii:.-. oi.t stet'is . i-vs. He i- s.k! lie midi'i ii'i'"is, and if ah hands at r lias nothing 1 h.is no occu t, by ihc play be -l perform upwards every day, and dragging out ii.ii compelled to stick t the most abuormal n need iC he' must hat liberty,' . The fox hur to do but "sit tight" 1 pation for his hands, ex of the bit, to get the vi e o!it of bis h- a delicate nough operation am! 10 be quickly cquired. He uses a .u' -lie In which e can-sit safely oer illi-l'ereui ob- taeles, but which Is i -enenieri lo fall ut of -should the lua-e iiuu" down. , huntsman rides I In ll.ittet thing nown, except a pad. The home of the short seal and lonr stirrup is the Occlrk-m teat ol long seat anil short sllrn-p the (hlent. These alje varied in c ny locality to .U. ltslown pecule.rlih:;, inherited or acquired.' The eastern ruler clings to hls.extremely snort leathers In order to pUcVjhim higher than oilier obove his horge in the charpt- and herefore make-hiiji the. more imposing when he stands; jub in his stirrups to brandish scimitaV or matchlock. In sonfc parts of this country where riders ,, afe pre-eminent, they learn early' to,; throw their hmses and use thenftor ramparts from behind which they cdiii fire, i They also are adepts at remounting -rapidly, throw their hor (test -a''9&!ttm-ii& and leap from horses to horse while golug at full speed. In matters eqi-lne It Is conceded that America stands foremost. Wc are many sided people and o.;r eques trianism partakes of our manysldeness. The greatest variety of riders which any one people has produced, has thriv ed in the continent of North America. We can?count within the be, indariej f the Union almost every type of rider from those who s-ibd 'ed the steed In the era of he frieze of the Parthenon to the failhf.d family "Dobbin" cf today. Both the Miller Brothers and F.d- ward Arum: ton have prepared se- ral numbers this year to display th or namental movements of horsemanshl contrasting them vividly to the rougher and Uncontrolled methods of (he horse in' motion. Together the numbers form the most satisfying and exhilata ting" .'exposition of riding-on a stale so large and vailed that It -stands tin matched in the history of eqi lslrlan entertainment both In America and Europe, and at no time is tl ere a sin gle trace or semblance of the clrcasoi Its horsemanship. ' It Is distinctly a class of its ow n and shows equine -rid ing and conditions as they prevail in the many m-c lions cf the globe are shown '"rather than this acqtlred tac tics of the tinselled rider who works incessamiapeing foreign tricksters. a ARE GETTING READY. Fair Officials Now Hard t Work Less than two nonthu intervene be twecn the great Eastern , North Caro lina Fair, is to again be thrown .open to the public. and In the meantime the officers and director are losing no time in getting everything in readiness for this great event. ' v ' ' - , ' 'The premiume books .are now being sent out, the various attractions which will be seen-on the -midway are being booked and preparations being made to get in the exhibits. , - : . v- t Last, but by no means least, the worV on the j-aihoad .to the Fair grounds Is being constricted and this will have been co ipk'lcd within the course of a few vtetiU. MR. ADVERTISER. If you want your publicity. talks to the PEOPLE of this community to hit tho mark It will pay you to advertise In the DAILY OURNAL. Look over our columns to- day iid note tho number of live progressive merchants telling Ihe const! Tiers of this section what they hsiv 10 offer, If you are not ons, of the merchants ' then call the 1 urnul office and let us quote you prices oil nd ver t ill space.. BE SEEN IN IilG MRS. SIGEL, WHO GAVE HER NIECE $400t "FOR A GOOD TIME," WEDDED TO MINING MAN. DENVER, Sept. 15. Mrs. Anna Ka-ib Slgel, Denver's richest widow who Is Miss Patsy Campion's Aunt Bountiful, and who recently attracted attention by giving her niece $48,000 for the sole purpose of sendlng It in "having a good time," has given Den ver society new cause for comment. It was learned to-day that she w married yesterday at Colorado Springs to Col. T. U. Barbibge, a prominent Cripple Creek mining man. The Rev. I. 11. Spen er of the First Baptist Chutch performed the ceremony. What surprised Denver society most v as that the c urrent reports to the effect that Mrs. Sigel to be wedded to a 1 'enter man proved wrong. In prc'.euilm; her niece with a check for S4S,(IIHI M,-s. H.irbrid-.-e said that while she knew Mi-s Patsy would come Into a large fortune when her parents died, she wanted to see the girl have a good time right away. She added .that it was a good thine, for young rich girls to have money under their control, so that thoy could know how to spend 11 properly and Ii.it I hey could hav e a good time 1011 they wire young. Mrs " r! ' e's first husband was Fred igel, millionaire head of the Si"el-( amploii Livestock Com pany. She is 1 he aunt of Mrs. Godlrey Sclilnner, wife of the President of the German-American Trnsi Company. AID SOCIETY TO MEET THIS AFTERNOON The Aid Society of the Christian church will meet with Mrs. N. F. Ntinn this afternoon at 3 3!) o'clcok. This will be a very special meeting and every member is cordially invited to be present. , A CI SSY SHOW. 'Broadway Jones" To Bi " Friday. le c-'tNew'"",YorV'theaTergierS s at& ""' Stilt raving over George M. Cohan's latcsr iccess, "Broadway" Jones, the pla.i which will be seen at the Masonic Thel tre Friday night. Never, has a play come to this city -to highly endorsed by press and p"b!lc s this newest Cohan comedy. When Broadway" Jones was first presented n New York City, the Tribune said ome people can live on Broadway 11 their lives, and never know what the lace really is until they go and see Broadway Jones." At the beginning of the play "Broad tay Jones," has squandered an immense fctti.ne-In an endeavor to burn up 3roa;'.',va , Just as he thinks he has tccompii ihed his desire the inevitable smash ?omos, and the youth finds him self penniless and heavily in debt. n his desperation he consels to marry an heiress old e::ough to be his mother, but before eve-t can take place an obliging uncle '.: -s and leaves him a 'hewing Gum rictory in Jonesvllle Connecticut. To further increase his ?ood fortune the Chewing Gum Trust offers to buy out' his Chewing Gum Factory for a handsome sum. Jones s about to accept their offer when the girl arrives on the scene, and through her influence, he is not only induced tl retain his. propcity, but become the active head of his factory, and a res pected and honored man in his native ity of Jonesvllle, Of course he marries the girl at the end of the play. This, in a nutshell, is the story around which Mr. Cohan has built bis comedy, and the play is conceded to be One of the best ever seen in New York. The gas freight boat tl. L. N., left yesterday morning for Vanceboro with a cargo of merchandise. ; COOD GAME SEASON. Hunting Along East Carolina Sound Reported as Promising, j jg KINSTON, Sept. 15. A man here last night from Cedar Island, Carteret county, stated that the prospects for a fine game season In the huncin grounds along the sounds are splendid, Everything points to an early and cold Winter, .the fishermen of Core Sound believe, and as amateur weather progitoslicatora they have probably got tho world beat. Wi.'t the first severe weathel) in the North, they expect great flocks of geese and ducks to migratct. North Carolina. The rtofr-s'uW'd hunters among the "bankers" are many' and in the cold months the shooting of ducks geese and brandt is almost as lucrative for many as oysterlng and fishing. . The oyseler crop in Tamlico Sound, the same information states, is the finest In years, lie believes tho preserves In Mouse Iiariior and elsrwhrre are superior-to any that can be found in Chess piH V c Bay or Long Island Sounds Noith Carolina, be thinks In five y ears v III be (he greatest oytti r pro rhl' tug (teciton pf the woild. TUGKERT01 STATION -, 1 ,. NEW NAVY ORDERS PROVIDE CI PHER MAY BE L'SED ONLY IN STATE MESSAGES. WASH I NGTO N. Sept. 1 6. The 1 Navy Department' todav issued suo- n ementa lnstructloti. : to Lieut. Felix X.Gyax. in charge of: the Tuckerton. N. I.. wlraless station to be observed n maintaining the' tttrlct neutrality j of that station durln the European war. The new provisions in today's orders are as follows ' Official radiograms Jrom officials of the L'nlted States Government or from officials of forelVn Government. on official (state) business will have pri- ority over all other messages and will be forwarded in order of their receipt. All commercial or private radio- grams must be limited to t wenty-fl ve words, lnclu dine the address and siir- nature, and such radiograms must be plain language. No code of cipher messages for this class of radiograms be received. Radlograms involving press dls- nalches wl not be In anv wav dlf- firent from commercial or private ra- dioerams. All radiograms will only be accept- ed at the sender's risk, and there can he no guarantee of their delivery In foreien points. -U addresses must be in plain lan- and must consist of at least four words, and all radiograms must be accompanied by a signature of at least two words. All messages must be in the form f radloorams and shall aoolv the able word count without minimum nd shall not be transmitted unless fully prepaid. No messages 'will be transmitted or elivered until they, have been first paraphrased by the censors' as may be necessary to Insure their neutral haracter. SPECIAL TAX. Spring Garden Citizens Petition Board of Commissioners. 1 .At the regular jtnOJtthly eetlg of the Board of Commissioners of Craven county held the first Monday in August, a delegation of citiaens fro n Spring Garden section of the county appeared before the board and asked that an election be called for' that district for the purpose of voting on the special hool tax. The purpose of the election, which was called for - Septe nber the sixth was revoke to the soecla tax that has been in effect tn that district frtr seuer.-il vpar hut Inatpad of helnff defeated, the vote was two to one in favor of the special tax standins as it was.' "i Instead of the school tern being hortened, as was expected and the pur - nose ot tne election, it win re nam asigima v-apes uunug mc umv -uuib.: it has been since the special tax was voted, or if anything be lengthened. IN POLICE COURT. Several Offenders Before The Mayor j Yesterday. At yesterday afternoon's session , of Police Court, Mayor Bangert found probable cause and "bound Thomas White.colorcd, over ! to the October term of Superior Court under . bond . in the sum ol two hundred dollars, on a warrant charging him with re - tailing spiritious liquor. T . Policeman Ipock and Captain Bryan Whit-v-in mnvernation with a white man by the oa ne of Edwards, and suspicioned that Edwards wanted to buy some whiskey, -so they watched him arid Policeman Ipock saw him de liver a half pint of girt to Edwards. Oakrle White, colored, was taxed with the cost for .driving; a vehicle between a passenger train and the Union Passenger Station on Queen street. " - . ; TO BE SENT TO THE INSANE ASYLUM. 1 Marrictte GrecrC colored, was placed in the county jail yesterday- where she will re -lain -until the necessary papers hav been drawn uo to get her in the State Hospital for the colored insane at r.i,tui..A . -: t ' , For some t me this Woman has been mentally deranged, but, not until re- cently has her condition been considered serious, i The examination was made vtPrdnv bv Dr. Rhem and she will be , , nt to Goldsboro as swm as possible. NO MORE MOTION PICTURES GHENT PAR;.! . Th. in!iiiiimi.ni nf f'.hpnt Park hnv ceased civing exhibitions of motion mcliires lor the summer. During winter months they contemplate turn ing tho castno Into a sk.ttinr rink. MARRIAGE AT U Aft KS YESTER DAY MOHMNG. C. D. Powell of ( !.. Beulah Rivitttrr of tin were marrl'-d ye-t, , ' i tli.it town. ks and Ml Willi! I ' '" NEW BUILDING AT PUBLIC SCHOOL IS NEARLY . ' i READY. When the New Bern Public Schools are opened aexf month (or the Call term ie new buudinf which has beea ,n cour9e of Construction durlnf the P tnr montns will DC in reaair for occupancy The finishing touches are now W"1 aael tnis commocaoui - structure and the contractors hope to nave tne wor completed. within tnece- urse 01 few lays. Heretofore U ias been necessary to tarn way a sWmber of pupils eah term on accounrof the umciem room out jnra ton there will be room ''enourtt Jfor . afl. County Superintendent S. M.i"'Briiison ,s now engage in getting- in readiness ,or tne opening and Prof. H. B. Craven, the Principal, will arrive within, the course ot a tlay or t wo from Kldgecrest, where he has been spending the summer and will make the final preparations.' The Craven county Farm Life School, which opened on Tuesday, already has a large enrollment-and ff." J." b.. lur- nngton, who Is In charge, Is, looking lor one 01 tne most success! ui terms n tne history 'of" the institution. A large enrollment is already reported from the public school at Vanceboro which was opened on Tuesday. '-The next scnool in tnis county to pegin the 'a term will be the consolidated school at Thurnyan. - This schW was the first of its tintf fn the State. A - number of small schools Itere scattered over the different townships and hls caused much .inconvenience that, the citizens, decided to- haverOM,?central - school and to send all h puUps to this. helr P'an was puUntb feffec and last ; ye" proved etttlrely successfbl. Each morning wagons drive over the town- ship and takesthe pupils aboard and transport thent'to the school. At the close of the day s session the pupils are returned to their homes. Tropical Storm Rages On Coast NEW BERN FEELS THE EFFECTS OF THE PJSTUR- , BANCS. The following istom . warning was , yesterday , sent out bj.the Weather Bureau at Washington.' A tropical storm, now centered off the east, Florida coast, .is expected to spread rapidly north ward, making shipping Hazardous along the enure South Atlantic seaboard, according to a warning Issued bf the weather bureau 4 I todaV. ' ' 'w . . ,t t .' V I "The stornrv wiff nmteubtedlyin-'" 's"" crease in intensity a It .moves north- ward, says -the statementj be attended by shifting gale aldfig, the j Atlantic coast northward to tSeVir- Warning of these daogejreu; conditions has been sent to'' shinning along the Gulf and Atlantic4 coast and'tetorm warnings are - displayed j at Atlantic ' ports from Key West tj.Norfolk 1 he lorerunner ot this usturpa nee struck New Bern on the previous flay. A strong northeast wing blew during the day and night and continued yes- terday. Water in theNeustnd Trent river was late yesterday. , afternoon about twenty-four inches above the high water mark and still rising. I .. . 1 ; ' . . xesteraay occasional , snpwers Bo 1 ded' to the miserablenesa of the weather and the day was pne. which was not at all indudve to water. tra,fjic It U 1 not believed that the full effects of the storm will strike New Bern but will vent itself nearer the coast. .-). Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Monk, tl Tren- '.. , . 40.009 terics. - THEY WILL BE SENT HOtoE IN MONTH, LONDON INFORMS U. S. WAR SECRETARY. WASHINGTON, Sept 16. There are 40,000 Americans in England, and these will obtain transportation home ' within a month, ims is tne gist 01 a cablegram Irom .Assistant secretary of '.War Breckinridge, la charge 6f the American relief work in the war' sone, to Secretary Garrison .today." "Wost 01 these Americans nave ueen-con- . ... , , , . .-.,. centratea in tngianc, 11 om v.ermany, Switzerland and I-ranee. ATI Capt. Granville Scviorj who as I sent to Genoa to (tuprnln- 'r I work there, .repot is l o is an ,r. 'inn I for the sailing of .' Ann iu am fi I that port some time. I,. the t-apt. Hayat'l -l J- It ft CIuliil.uii,i, N01 grad to rare for th Sli'l rem. lining In I In response lo a Anietli ;ini ' 1 ' f chares! 1-bnn-iCro'-t, at j-