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Allies Claim to Be Slowly Forcing the
Enemy Back Montenegrins and the
Servians Becoming Very Aptive
London, Sept. 23. Momentous events that inay decide the
battle of Ainse are transpiring near St. Quehtiii, where the
allies are making furious assaults on the Qernar right wing.
Vague, but persistent reports indicate that their turning
movement is slowly developing.
made beyond terse announcement
vnng is making progress.
Allies Slowly 'Gaining
London, Sept. 23. A Bordeaux cor-J
responuea says the battle of Aisn-f s
progressing slowly, but methodically
in iavur of the allies. Both sides are
Sow assembling fresh men on the fir
ing line, and adds:
"Time fights daily on the side ol
the allies, whose forces growing from!
tads of the earth."
The Mail correspondent reports,
from an unnamed French town, that
the German right has turned between
Peronne and St. Quentin, leaving nine
miles of dead and wounded in the
trenches.
A Belgium dispatch says a Belgium
sortie from Antwerp against German
base at Brussels was begun today.
The first shots exchanged were thir
teen miles from the Capital.
A correspondent of the Daily Mail
ays thirteen of the one hundred and
thirty German wounded in the Cathe
dral of Hheims perished in the flames
started by the German shells.
The public finds consolation in the
Admiralty statement that traffic ,by
WOO British merchantmen is being
maintained with a loss of only twelve
captured since outbreak of thejwar.
The terrific battle ofAisne contin
ued today still without apparent im
portant advantage to either side. The
Germans delivered an attack over
'he sloping ground between Argonne
id Met?., in an attempt to take the
'ort of Tryon, south of Verdun, en
deavoring in lirooV tlia ollico linos
Military experts are discussing ,
Aether or not the Germans have def-
mitely assumed the defensive or the I
GfcI1wal staff rpjmrrta roHrpmpnt
from Pa
aris merely as a temporary
check
and now endeavoring to regain
lost
ground, near Peronne, where the
"Hisn are reported -to have repelled
several desperate attacks.
Trawler Blown Up By Mne.4
Tlle trawler Kilmerneck was blown
ln two by a mine in 'the North Sea
m my three of the crew saved.
A Petrograd message says reports
interpf.pl(,a by the Russiang says "the
ood order from Eastern Prussia,
' Sleef, although the Austrians are
"""ng back
behind its forts. The
"ussit
lans are said tn ha withrirn.win.er.
iak'ng train:
them.
and the wounded -wich
Meagre reports from Galicia say the
Russians
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trol
'llt; rnilrnarla utinnt ' Tirvmva1
'"ousands
of Austrian wounded are
'eachi
Vienna and Knerifimir.s. Gen-
al Hot ha, the South American Pre
Kl announced he will personally
'a tin
forces against the Germans
of Natal
The Orange Free State
it
contribuine men Nr nffinlal oatU
bate of the allies cisualties in the
att'e of Ai3ne, has the staff been able
8 to compile. :
Mail
correspondent says the Ger-
evacuated Peronne four days
occupying the bills above. The
w thehius above, he
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BATTLE
No official claims have been
from Paris that
le western
French were: ordered '&, tike the post
tjon atany- ciisfc :sAft,er ap. artillery
tiuel an' advance a$nlered. "-Across
the marsh inJialf ght' .f Die '5a Wn, i
the French toODa iaVaiiced In. many
narrow columns. They suffered badly
from German gun fire, but never wav
ered. The Germans waited for them
in the trenches and a fierce, deadly
struggle, breast to breast, followed.
The French had the advantage of the
dash and vigor and stabbed and jabbed
until arms ached. The. losses were
heavy, but they gained the point and
Germans retired to St. Quentin. The
French were reinforced and pursued
hotly. There was savage fighting in
the streets of the town and the Ger
mans were driven back, until they re
ceived orders to abandon." He adds
he hears the report that the Germans
will endeavor to retake the town.
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Germans Make Strong Denial.
A Berlin dispatch says the German
General Staff indignantly protests
against assertion that the Germans
acted without necessity in bombard
ing Rheims cathedral. . It denies it
was made a special mark by the ar
tillery. It says the French alone are
to blame since they established de
fenses there.
German GeneraTTmong Dead.
Berlin, Sept. 23.--Generals Von
Arbou and Von Wrooken are
among the dead in casualty
list issued yesterday. Major General
Von Throtha was also killed and Lieu-
tenant General Von Willisen and Von
Kuehne slightly wounded. The total
losses so far published, are 10,086 dead,
39.760 wounded, and 13,621 missing.
the 147th infantry on August 20th at
Saint Die, lost seventeen officers and
195 men dead, 21 officers and 1,092
men wounded, and 59 missing.
Confirms . Capture of Jareslau.
Petrograd, Sept. 23. An official
statement confirms the capture of
Jorsolau and, adds that the situation
otherwise is unchanged on the Aust
rian front. , "
Austrians In Full Retreat.
Nish, Sept. 23. An official state
ment says the Austrians are in full
retreat, after nine days' fighting, in
which both wings were hurled back.
The whole line from Liuboyia to Los
nitza is' retiring and the Servians are
pursuing into interior Bosnia.
A Rom dispatch says travelers
from Sebenico, Dalmat'ia, report the
Austrian cruisers Mfrria Theresa and
Admiral Staun there badly damaged.
Allies Advance Western Wing. .
Paris, Sept. 23. umciai uhuuuuw
ment this aiternoon.
advanced their western wing, aM
urn v . -
ter severe fighting, and repulsed at-1
tacks on the eastern :wing,
on te eastern ayxu. ,
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official statement
left wing has aavaaceu u "D."--
on the right: bnte ot the Oise. A ne
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Further Details of the Daring,
Destructive Work of Ger
man Submarine.
may Mine German
, ships in harbor
People of Great Britain Insis
tent That Navy Assume
More Aggressive Attitude.
Over Thousand Lives Lost
in North Sea Disaster.
London, Sept. 23 The swift, silent
destruction of three armored, cruis
ers in the North Sea ha3 brought home
the risks or moaern Naval warfare
to the .English people, but neither
navy nor nation is dismayed, judging
from expressions of the papers. There
is an insistent demand for more ag
gressive action by"" England's fleet, al
though the Admiralty has the alter
native of bottling the German high
sea fleet into the harbors with mines,
Vif their strategy of keeping big ships
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under cover and sending submarines
on raids proves consistently effective.
The action that cost England three
ships, the Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy,
valued at twelve millions and the lives
of probably more than a thousand
men, lasted but twenty minutes.
Rumors are curreat that two of the
three German submarines were sent
to the -bottom by shell of the Cressy,
which went down with her guns blaz
ing, but Admiralty will not confirm
and its possible the Germans escaped
11 n scratched. The survivors have been
taken to Dutch and British ports.About
700 so far are accounted for of the
crews, totaling over 2,000.
. One Hundred and Ten Survivors
Harwich, Sept. 23. Destroyers
brought in 110 survivors of the North
Sea disaster to this port today. Thirty
were officers and all were almost
naked, havirtg abandoned their cloth
ing in fight. to keep afloat.
Survivors say the loss of life was
the heaviest aboard the Aboukir, which
s noV expecting an attack and the
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abie; man bn deck
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A young midship-
Iman from the Cressy said ;the three
vessels had been, scouting. A slight
: ml3t 0DaCured the water 'and. suddenly
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Berlin (by Wireless), Sept. 23.
Admiralty reports show the 4
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cruisers was the work of sub-
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The Cressy hastened to her aid, fol
lowed by the Hogue. The latter had
swung out boats for the rescue when
she seemed to those on the Cressy
to lift out the water. Just as she
had settled back and after the Abou
kir had gone down the Cressy's crew
caught glimpse of a submarine and
opened 'fire. The submarine disap
peared, evidently hit.
"Then our decks ripped beneath our
feet," said the midshipman, "but the
good old .tub recovered her balance
and would have stayed up if it hadn't
been torpedoed a second time. She
rolled over so slowly that we had plen
ty cf time to jump "well clear of the
ship before she disappeared. Then
it was a swim for your life." The
Admiralty has issued strict orders to
the survivors not to. talk for publica
tion until a formal report is made.
WIFE MURDERER
GIVEN RESPITE
Special to The Dispatch.
Raleigh, N. d., Sept. 23. Governor
Craig (today respited until Friday, Oc
tober 15th, the death sentence of Har
vey Galloway, the Winston-salem
negro, convicted in July of wife mur
der, -and sentenced to be electrocuted
next Friday.
HEAD OF FURNITURE
CifflHY KILLED
Special to The Dispatch.
Raleigh, N C., Spe.t 23. L. M. Pres
ton,- president bf the Pnoenit5 Furni
ture' Company, of Christiansburg, Va
was killed two miles' west of Mebane
today, when -a Southern Railway train
struck nis' automobile at 1 the crossing.
Mrs. Preston was -fatally injur ed
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BIG RUSSIAN LOSS.
Berlin, Sept. 23. An
statement says the
losses near Tannenberg, were
92,000 captured and 15,000 kill-
ed.
The art works at Louvaln
and Liege were saved,
the Louvain Library.
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BRUNSWICK REPUBLICANS
MEET II
Special to The Dispatch.
Southport, Sept. 23-. The Republi
can county Nconvention for the nomina
tion of . county officials and a candi
date for House of Representatives will
be held tomorrow at Supply. Rev.
Dempsy Hewett or! Robert W. Davis,
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Esq., will no doubt be called Aupon
to become the candidate for represen
tative. Sinse Capt. J. J. AdTdns has
been selected as the Democratic stan
dard bearer, it is not thought that
much effort will be put forth by either
Mr. Davis or Mr. Hewett for the nomi
nation. It seems to be a foregone con
clusion that Capt. Adkins will Be
elected. It seems that there is no
change in the slate to make the old
county officials who went out of of
fice last time the candidates this year.
although there is a threat that their
nomination means a split in the party.
TAA HEEL RIFLE
TEAM WILL 60
Special to The Dispatch.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 23. Adjutant
General Young announced today that
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North Carolina would send a rifle team Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 23 The North
to Jacksonville, Fla., October. Iflthj Carolina Master Printers this after
22nd. to compete An the divisional noon elected" Joseph J. Stone, of
shoot: Each company in the First Ahd Greensboro, president; Joseph WV Lit-
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Third regiments.. will be; allowed ' to
send a sharp shooter, or better td Ral
eigh October 13th and 14th for prelim
inary if such x men havet Qualified -in
a record shoot this year, and the same
conditions will apply to men 'of 'the
Second regiment- for last yeUr, . 'no
shoot having been held this year.
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Reports From Missionaries
Show Great Suffering is
Existing."
SMALL COUNTRIES
ARE HIT HARD
Situation Critical in West Afri
ca and .Chaos Freyai(s. in
Syria and Persia Other
Countries in Bad Way.
New York, Sept." 23. Belated reports
from Presbyterian missions though-
out the world tell of world-wide dis
tress because of the European war. In
West Africa the situation is critical,
Syria and Persia are in a chaotic con
dition financially. Chile is in a piti
able plight by prostration of indus
tries, and the poor of Guatemala have
been driven to confiscate foodstuff
from the wealthy.
Such is the view of Rev. A. W. Hal
sey, Missionary Secretary. The Sy
rian missionaries report that animals
were taken by the army draft or are
in hiding. Practically every able
bodied man has been called to the
colors.
The missionaries in India have been
cut off from financial aid and have
been authorized to sell church prop
erty. In Switzeriana tne missionaries are
at work in fields, as the able bodied
men are all with the army.. '
wilmington man
Elected vice president
I Special to The Dispatch.
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tie, of -Wilmington, vice president;
George B. Justice, of Raleigh, sec
retary, arid R. B. Elain, of Charlotte,
treasurer. -
See the Tide Water Powe- -'Com
pany's statement on page Seven.
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Fall of Jaroslau Regarded
Most Decisive
Stroke.
BIS FLEE
H6y Pursued b;tvalant; Who' Art
Getting Ready to Move On OtHtfr
Strong Places.
London, Sept. 23. The fall of Jiros
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lau, Galicia, is regarded as the most
decisive stroke of the continental bat
tlefields. The fortified place was tak
en by storm and the Russians are in
hot pursuit of the Austrians toward
Cracow, leaving Przemysl isolated.. It
is believed the Russian general will '
mask Przemysl while the main army '
continues toward Cracow, to join other N
forces, preparatory to march on Bres
lau. .
Information reached here today that
the Russians have resumed the of
fensive in East Prussia and are again
preparing to attack Koenigsberg. ' '
FfiEHCH WEAKENING,
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Washington, Sept; 22.-'
Embassy message says : 3, '
The French offensive-spirit k wfk
ening. The French - losses arl not
mous. Their center is retreating and"
Verdun is being successfully bombard
ed by the German mortars. The Pa
ris press show a spirit -to be down
cast." COMMISSIONER - GRAHAM
10 BE MARRIED
Special to The Dispatch. J
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 23. Announce
ment is made today that Major -W1I-liam
A. Graham, Commissioner of Ag
riculture, and Miss SalUe Clark, sis .
ter of Chief Justice Walter Clark, will
be married early -in November..
SENATE COMMITTEE
APPROVES TREATIES
Washington, Sept. 23. The Senate
Foreign Relations Committee today
voted approval' of the peace ' treatve
with Great Britain, France, China and
Spain. Russia has authorized her "Am
bassador to negotiate a similar treaty.
LANDSLIDE FOR THE ;
' "DRYS" III VIRGINIA
Richmond, Va., Sept. 13.-1 Returns .
today indicate that the "dry" ' land
slide, in yesterday's State wide elec
tion, may reach 35,000 majority. The
"wet" papers are calling on the legis
lature to provide promptly ' for the
prospective loss of revenue. ' -
Complicated Ballot In Australia,
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 2S. Missouri
voters, after a lapse of 25 years, .trill
vote again in November under a "blah- '
ket" ballot system, he' name of ev
ery candidate for office on all. the par
ty tickets will be printed on one sheet -of
paper. In some sections , of ths) :.
State, especially in the1: cities, these.
blanket ballots will be about half the -
chad ui a uensyayet yagK , auc. xr t
leelslatlve amendments to be voted on j
at the same time will be printed on a
separate ballot. ,
Don't fail to attend Render's Fall
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