North Carolina Newspapers

V v 1 . - ASSOCIATED NEWS led by The j, Evening Dispatch, r Toflcther With Extensive :8ptela1 r V '-TTnsettle tonight, tod Friday with ' Correspondence ,'14, occasional showers. Cooler.VModer ' 1 ' ate variable winds, . ' - r f fj I PRICE THREE:CENTS?; v:; C7 ' s- .v"1 "lb. J - -' - ----y-' , - WILMINGTON, N. C., THUJ AT 1 1 V' l ill 4 J - - ! WI T7m Ul. 0 - Battle of Aisne ALLIES CLMi ARE SL Russians Said to Have Way Germany War Loan For Raised. London. Sept. 24. The public was, virtually without information from the battle of Aisne earlytoday, butj new8 from Galicia said the Russians had almost completed the first stage of the collosal operation, the great tst ever undertaken by any military power. The fall of Jaroslau and in vestment of Przmeysl are believed to hve prevented , a .junction of the Austrian-German armies, and opened Galicia to the Czar's troops, with -the freatest stores of gasoline in Europe, fieflussian movement appears to be & great wedge right of the line ex tending from Libau to Warsaw, pro tecting the lines of communication and guarding the attacking army from a flanking movement. The at tacking wing is said to be ready now for a movement toward Posen an Breslau, in Germany, and the Ger mans are reported to b5 making hasty reinforcement of their line betweea Thorn and Kallsz, southeast of Pos en. The Russian mobilization bas Caused the greatest surprise to mili tary experts. In two months siie has stationed more men along the line3 of the wedge than experts believed she could move in six months. The victories so far add to the railway fa cilities for pressing the attack home. Reports today said the Montene grins and Servians had occupied the entire southeast section of Bosnia and Herzegcvana. Belgian dispatches report no ma teiial change, but they sajy Germans tte feverishly entrenching along the line of communication with their armies in France. Prevent Armies Joining. A Petrograd dispatch says all pos sibility of the Austro-German forces, tPrzemnvl, joining other armies to , the wpstu-ar ic nvni.,vi o ho Russians have reached the river Wis- atH have completely isolated TV nzemsv commanding the lines into Hungary. This indicated that the Aus trian forces are being rolled up to Cracow nnd another week will see a final crushing defeat. T1,e Mail's correspondent, at Rheims, in describing the rescue of the Gemian wounded from the burn inS rathedral quotes Abbe Camu, who savs those in the structure put out the fust blaze, but the flames reach ed a tpri-cw n(i, p ,v,.h the Gf" majis were lying. These drag-1 themselves out, with the' execp tlon of thirteen, wno perished. "Out 6lde the Abbe found wounded ;l'ir 'ounded by hostile residents and only Pleading saved them trom death, because of rage over the destruction of Cathedral. He formed them a)d attempted to get them to "nmieipal building, nut many the v,pr attacked and beaten on th&way, aru finally forced to seek refuge in private houses.. A" Amsterdam dispatch says the Gc,'nian Consul has been advised that submarine U-9 which destroyed th.ree British cruisers, has reached a Ger ma port safely. Declares There Were Five Subma- rinesr Surviirnr- ...(a1 BtiH insist they saw five-submarines, I " ' Military Exn erts 4'-f About Clear to March Into Germany Being Rapidly one of which was sunk by the guns .oMhe cruiser Cressy. Furjoue Attacks on Allies? The Bordeaux correspondent to The Times says interest in the battle of Aisne today centers, in furious Ger man assaults in the .Woevre district in an effort to pierce the allies' line, between Verdun and Toul. The at tacks thus far have been unsuccess ful, the message states. "On the left the allies have the best reason for confidence, in the result of the battle," he.jadds. 'Let .there Js.e. juo mistake. The; enemy is . going to give serious trouble all along the line. The po jdtiona kstxpQK-iby f nature and the dominating valleys and towns have been turned into regular fortresses, , , , . . . i and block houses, whose machine? guns sweep the whole front. Most of this work was done while the bat tle df Marne was in progress. On the right the enemy is seeking for a weak link in the line between Ver dun and Toul. On our right the al lies are pushing a wedge into the center, between Rheims and Ar gonne. Still the actual battle of Aisne has not begun. ,. There has been rough fighting to constitute a half dozen battles, but merely prelim inary to Jhe great struggle and both sides are massing reinforcements." The Admiralty's list of officers lost with the torpedoed cruisers gives 24 from the Aboukir, 25 from the Cressy, and 11 from the Hogue. The captains of the Aboukir and Hogue were saved. - New Press Bureau Head. Sir Stanley Buckmaster, solicitor general, will become director of the official press . bureau next Saturday, succeeding Frederick Smith,, who has been ordered to the front. Treason In Germany. A Copenhagen dispatch says post ers reading: "We want peace. Down with the Kaiser," are appearing on i ii i. nAi; incjnHfl tna the walls in Berlin, despite watchfulness of the police. They were Placed there by syndicalists. Travel- ers driving from stations throughout the city are ordered to keep the blinds drawn so that they may not see the posters. An Athens dispatch says the Ger man cruisers Breslatt and Goebeh, which sought refuge in Turkish wa ters at the outbreak of the war, steamed out of the Sea of Marmora Monday and returned yesterday. An Amsterdam correspondent says the German war loan has reached total of four billion and a half marks subscribed. An official statement from Cettinje says the Montenegrins took Pratsho, Bosnia, by storm, the defeated Aust rians taking refuge in Sarajevo, leav ing their dead and wounded (on the field. ' ' ' A Madras dispatch says the enemy shelled the town for fifteen minutes, setting oil tanks afire and hitting the telegraph offipe'and some houses. The town's guns replied and the cruiser extinuishod her ignts wn peared. Cholera In Austrian Army. Official confirmation has reached London of, the appearance of cholera in the Austrian army. Another trawler was blown up in th Worth Sea by a mine, yesterday., but remained .nfloat until .the crewj V! Long Furious A 4V n I . N ,IN THE This photograph shows a row nfg houses in the Belgian village of Helle j to which the torch was applied by j the German troops when they passed j through the place. The justification claimed by the Kaiser's army is that their troops were fired upon frbm the windows cf these houses by civil ian snipers. escaped. One of the deck hands was killed by falling wreckage. German Right Yielding. Varis, Sept. 24. The German right is still giving ground slowly along the j Aisne, according 4o official announce-1 ram is gaining a little ground daily. They declare the German diversion in Lorraine has proved ineffective and , J the invaders are now making a fierce the Hussars, was wounded byjshrap assault northeast of Verdun, hoping nel in the battle of Aisne and award to cut, off the French army around ed the iron cross. His wife was for Nancy. The allies" are resisting des-: mcrly Miss Heyl, of Milwaukee, perately and so far have repulsed the!BritiSK North China Troops Landed. attacks - with heavy losses. The steady progress of the left of the al lies' l'ne promotes confidence here ianded September 23rd, near Loa and the press is unanimous today in J shan to participate in an attack on the opinion that the terrific battle' Tsing-Tau cannot last much longer, the Ger mans being compelled to fall back soon to prevent envelopment. An official statement this afternoon says the allies advanced considerably on the western wing, occupying Pe rbnne, despite desperate resistance, with heavy fighting at the northern end Of the line on the river Meuse, with alternate advances and with drawals by French forces. The official announcement said in part: "On the left wing between the rivers Somme and Oise, our troops advanced in the direction of Roye. Between the rivers of Oise and Aisne the enemy continues to maintain important bodies of troops well entrenched. We have made slight advance northwest of Ber ry AuBas. On the center, between the Rheims and Argonne district, the situation, shows no change. On our right wing there has been no change of importance. In the Nancy region and in Vosges certain detachments of the, enemy agaia attempted to enter French soil, driving back the light coverlfag bodies of our troops, but their offensive was soon stopped. Russians Victorious In East Prussia. The "Matin says, in a dispatch from Petrpgrad, that the Germans in East Prussiar sustained a crushing defeat at Subir, the Russians occupying Sol- ajdau, oh the Polish frontier. It is said the Germans are evacuating East Prussia, to reinforce the lines threatened by Russian successes in Galicia. Three trains of German wounded and prisoners arrived later, including a general of Von Kluck's staff. A large crowd watched the arrival but there xwas ho demonstration. Russians Win Big Victories. Petrograd, Sept. 24. An official bulletin says Jaroslau wAs captured after ij sturdy resistance and the Rus sian cavalry is inflicting heavy losses on ! the retreating Austrians, who have' blown up many bridges. Staro- misstd przeworak and Lancut, north and. "west of Jaroslau, haVe been tak en by the Russians. ' . v: Fired on Madras. Calcutta, Sept. 24. An official dis patch says the German cruiser, Em- T t WAKE OF THE GERMAN' '4' - 4; 'i.' vi'' ' ' T ' '- -' den, fired a few shells into Madras while passing, the1 damage being slight. Successful German Bombardment. Berlin (By Wireleiss) Sept. 24 Of ficial announcement! says the German heavy artillery has Successfully bom barded Troyon Les Paroches, Camp DesRomains and Liouryille. German General Killed. Berlin, Sept. 24. The General Staff announces that General Steinmetz was killed;-Dy the fragment Jo'f a shell in France.'' Steinpaett . directed the fire of the heavy MarjtiDer duriag the and later commanded th infantry di vision. He was a well known paint er. Arthur Schlubeck, lieutenant of Tokio, Sept. 24. It is announced that British North China troops were MINERAL PRODUCTION IN CALIFORNIA Washington, Sept. 24. California, first among the States west of the Mississippi river and fifth among all the States in the value of its mineral production, according to figures made public today by the United States Geological Survey, has for the last ten years rested its claim to promi nence as a mineral producer on its output of petroleum, in which it now leads all the other States, as Penn sylvania does in the production of coal. In the quantity of petroleum in 1913 California was credited with 39.35 per cent, of the total output of petroleum in the United States, and 19.26 per cent, in the value. Pcensyl- vania in 1913 contributed 46 per cent. J to the total quantity of coal produc ed and 51 per cent, to the total value of the output. Prior to 1903 when petroleum took first place among the mineral prod- r j.i i- I 1 . : J J uuiH ui uie owib, vcuue conwueiut gold was the cniet mineral product of the State, and although gold hasjconi wireiesS station at Siascdnsett, fallen frnm fi raf nlapu in tho minora) ... . ' " 1 " "" V products of the State, California, con- tinues to lead all of the other States in the output of the yellow metal. Moreover, California was one of the few States in which gold production is an important factor that did not show decreased production in 1913. The production of petroleum in 1913 was a' little more than 45 per cent, of the total mineral output of the State. The record for 1913 shows an increase in the quantity of crude I oil produced ot over 10,500,000 barrels! from 87,268,536 barrels in 1912 to' 97,788,525 barrels in 1913. The value: increased somewhat more in pro portion, from $39,616,387 to $45,709r 400. . The production of gold increased from 953,639 fine ounces, valued' at $19,71S,478 in 1912 to 87,187 fine fine ounces, valued at ?20,406,958 in ARMY TRYING TO BE NEUTRAL Christiana, Sept. 24. The j Norwe gian press is making constant effort to preserve neutrality, publishing vir tually nothing but official communi cations in English, French and Ger man, giving equal space to oach bel ligerent. Export to .Germany have increased.sinee the, war buf it Is de hied that" arms or'almmuCflbfl-aro-cluded. The army is partly mobilized but there are few sighs here of mili tary activity. TO LEAVE UNITED STATES Washington, Sept. 24. A. RUsteni Bey, the Turkish ambassador, whose recent statement caused the State Department to request him to refrain from similar utterances in future, in formed the President today he would leave the United States within a fortnight. He said he had not chang ed his opinions. THE RED CROSS REACHES FALMOUTH London, Sept. 24. The American hospital ship, Red Cross, arrived to day at Falmouth.- Four units will be landed for work with the - British forces and two for duty with the Rus sian armies. The ship goes to Brest land with two 'units for service with the French. Thence to Rotterdam to land German and Austrian units. ORDERS WIRELESS TO CLOSE TOMORROW Washington, Sept. 24. Secretary of Navy Daniels has ordered the Mar Mass., closed tomorrow, in conse- quence of tne company's failure to give assurance it would comply with the Naval censorship regulations, --See the Tide Water Fcwe- Com pany's statement on page Seven. Advertisement. v Today is the big day at the Grand theatre the noted American -actor, I , , , in .The g Man"-Advertisenient. 1 -'- 1913. Of the total gold production of the State about 55- per cent, is deriv ed from deep mines and about 45 per cent, from placers. Of 'the out put of mine gold about 94 per cent. is obtained from siliceous ores and the other 6 per cent, is derived from copper and lead ores. , . TURKISH AMBASSADOR EST COURT n DECREES Mental Anguish Suit Against Western Union is Lost. Involving Right to Sue in State Courts Is Also . Decided Difficult to Get Democratic Speakers For Cam paign. Dispatch News Bureau, Raleign. N. C, Sept, 24th. The North Carolina Supreme Court has held in the case of L. R. Horn thai vs. Western Union Telegraph Company, from Washington, that where no negligence is shown by a telegraph company in this State in the delivery of a message from an other State, the plaintiff may not- re cover. Hornthal, who lived In Ply mouth, received a telegram the morn ing after it . was . dispatched in Nor folk spying haj his father, .was very "ill and advising him to' go to hip bed side. The Norfolk office waited until next morning ''to send the -message." He sued and recovered $500 In dam ages on a mental anguish plea,' bht the Supreme Court said the case should have been non-suited. T.. H. Shepard, who lives near Edenton, was returning home one night in an automobile from church when his machine was struck by a train at the Church street crossing in Edenton. Mr. Sharp looked and listened, but did not stop. The rail road was required to send a man with a lantern to the crossing, but failed to do so. The lower court held both sides blamable and both appealed. The higher court held, however, that the railroad was to blame and order ed a new trial. The plaintiff recover ed $600 for damages to bis automo bile. None of the occupants was hurt. In the case of Cox vs. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, from Edgecombe county, the whole court took a shot. Cox sued for damages sustained be tween Smithfield and Fair Oaks, but the railroad company, an interstate corporation, claimed that the action should have been brought in the Fed eral courts. The Legislature, how ever, nad decided that in allowing the consolidation of the Wilmington & Weldon, the corporation should be subject to State laws, and this the Supreme Court upheld. Justices of the court admitted that this position eemed to upset other positions at other times. Inheritance State Tax. A case of State-wide interest will be argued in the Supreme Court room before Judge Whedbee. It is that of the Corporation Commission against the Tucker estate in Ra leigh, a test case, to determine whether inheritances on real estate betweeti 1905 and 1911 shall be col lected. The law between those yearsj contained "real estate" in only ono place, and two attorney generals have held that inheriances from real estate are not subject to taxation in that period. The Corporation Com mission claims otherwise and the matter will be passed upon by the courts. If the State wins, hundreds of estates, it is said, will have to be re-opened for settlement. How About Cotton? One guess is as good as another as to the wisdom of holding all the cot ton in- the hope of better ' prices, but some Raleigh cotton buyers are " of the opinion that farmers should un load distressed cotton slowly in order to pay their debts and to relieve the situation. The product is selling on this market, for over nine cents and a few bales are being offered. Cotton from Texas and Georgia is bidding 'against the North Carolina product Villa and Carranza Must Settle Own Differences, Sayii President 'jjt vrn;; TROOPS TO LEAVE ! VERA CRUZ JUST SAME White House Makes Official Statement as to The Nei Twist in Mexico Where - First Battle of New Revolt lion Would be Fought v 'i "i f ' TRYING TO PATCH-UP TROUBLE. , Mexico City, Sept. ,M. Ef- forts are being made here to patch-up the break between Carranza and Villa, according; to announcement today. 4 ' '. Washington, Sept. 24. It is official ly stated at the White House that thd latest troubles between Villa and Car ranza will not alter pians' for the. with drawal of troops from Vera Crua, or alter the status of shipments of arms across the border. The President taken the position that Carranza and Villa must be allowed to settle their dif ferences without "interference. Of ficial information is that Villa Is wtllr ing for Carranza to become Prjovif ional President, or .realg npw run at thB.etoqtion8,;buoMeiElto Ms action as Provisional President in fact, if not in name, and still be seek ing election. Carranza hag informed the Waifr ington government He won't attycic ' Villa, but will order his troops to. W on the defensive and resist attack. '-' If Battle Occurs. . ?. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 24., The .first battle of the newest Mexican revolu tion, declared by Villa yesterday against Carranza, is expected to be fought between Torreon and ZacateV . cas, if it comes to an armed clash Villa is preparing today to move,a strong force from Juarez to meet the Carranzaistas, who are said to be moving north from Callentes. Vills is said to control close to forty thou sand, mostly veterans, while Carran-s-za controls as many or more. Villa is still holding General Obregon, one of Carranza's ablest leaders. ; and some, is being sold here. Will it t be wise for the farmer to unload: . gradually? This is . the question. -Politicians who are urging the farm ers to hold for twelve cents -are said, to be quaking in their boats and none, will dare advise him to sell for fear the price might reach twelve. No Speakers Available. Thomas D. Warren, chairman c the Democratic State Committee, is , cheerful person, despite, the lack ot interest on the part of the voters, who are interested iU the war and cotton, tobacco and other material - things these days. He finds it diffi- i" cult to get speakers this fall and -4 not sure in his own mind that th,- ''-', speakers will get crowds. At anjr.t.s rate, he is doing his best, and has-is;' sued the Democratic Handbook 'for , ' this year. Copies of it should not bd hard to get. . Governor Craig has named th : commission to take immediate steps -to have made and set up in Statuary; JT' - Hall of the National capltol, Washr ington, a marble statue of Senator Vance, the statue to occupy on of , -the two niches allotted to North Car olina. The commission consists of -Miss Laura Carter, Asheville; -Mrs,jv Mattie VanL. Moore, Asheville; John Henry Martin, Asheville; Associate ., Justice W. A. Hoke, of the Suprem Court, Raleigh, and Hon. Clement Manly, Winston-Salem. - ; The . commission is appointed with the approval of the Council of Staid ; and is by authority ol in act of to ' General Assembly of 1907 directing " the appointment of the commission at -the discretion of the"; Governor - and ' Council of State and providing that the State treasurer provide whatever J funds are necessary for .the modelling and setting up of the statue an1 th . f expenses 'of the commission in' pro-, vidin It The special commission' la - ::: i 'u, . h- . . (Continued on ngp THree.) , , . '...,'1... 1 V -1 ': v i ' i' - 4i f v.