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dent of the
AGAIN
Outcome
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Berlin Reports Progress and Taking of
Much Equipment
LayMines v
London, Oct. 2. Unless all signs are.awry .the German ar"
mies in France, or, at any rate, most of themar Rearing com
pletion of their round trip. This, it is held here! is tfie oiily con
clusion hinged at even by the;
drawn from teporb, both official and unofficial of those on pr
near the scene of action. : It is 'evident tfiftt progress of the,
allies on their left is ransiderableyVwhile the hole ihrough which
the Germans might have pierced the line of French fortresses,
on the .MeuseHyeidc? ,-hr&.lriistopp'edi.Hefce : battling.
arouna ine neignts or noye,. io
tured by General Vbn'Kluck men on Thursday, but on Fri-1
day, according to a French report, the allies regained control
of the position.
Antwerp, temporarily the Belgian capital, ought to be capa
ble of maintaining a long defense. King Albert is a romantic
figure of war in this quarter, constantly going into the danger
zone. His determination, fearlessness and Acjtivijty jcecall those
of Stadtholder .William, in the historic siege of Leiden.
London October 2. Though all re
ports seem to, agree that the German
ngnt in Tance. nas Been Dent DacK,
the cautious tone of brief official
statements indicated the battle of
the Aisne is far from decided, and
the British public, showing the
patience that has characterized their
demeanor since the outbreak of hos
tilities, find sentimental stimulus in
the safe arrival of a fine Indian con
tingent on the French soil, and the
bull terrior-likc resistance of the Ant
werpians, who, headed ,by .their King,
seek to check the German besiegers.
From the east comes news of the
Russian assault on Cracow, x where
two and one-half million Ggrmanes
ar?! Austrians are said to be concen
trated. So many conflicting reports have been strongly reinforced,
have been received concerning thej The statement says:
Russian advance, through Galicia,( "On our lett wing the battle con
however, that the public is incilned' tinues with terrific fighting, notabiy
to wait further details. j in the region of Roye, wheie the Ger-
London newspapers, both editorial- mans appear to have concentrated
ly and in tho news columns, make j Important reinforcements. The an
h feature of landinz of the Indian! tion extends more and more towards
Indian
tioops and congratulate the War Of
lice on the successful feat in' moving
many transports from India, without'
a sinulfi loss. 'TCdtt.nriallv the nress
eniphasizes the patriotism of the In-; tempted at night to throw a bridge
dians, which answers, they say. ail'acrCiss the river near St. Mihiel. The
lomign critics' who maintained the In-,
dians would prove unfaithful.
Whether the allies hold St. Mihiel,
between Vprdnn nH Tmil i still nn-
disclosed, nor is the situation around j
the heights of Roye, on the French
'eft, been clearly defined.
If the battle of Cracow is in full
fiway, it. unquestionably is one of the
greatest struggles of this war, and
m.,.m-m Riruggies OI inis war, itiiui. v--r ,- Tli PBrman trnnnci that wptp at-
Possibly the forerunner of even more whatever, are their . AUir'.r
colossal
a engagements which Twill 7age '
aingagements which will rage
in Silsoa
Nothing definite has been heard in
the last twenty-four hours of the
wheroabout. f th rrtnan Emneror.
abouts of the German Emperor.
lut Petrograd dispatches say he un
doubtedly is present at the engage
n'fnts on the East Prussian frontier,
v"ere the Russians insist theGer
mn troops have met reverses
a'f! being driven back.
and'
, The plight of the Belgians," as an
incident of the bombardment of ; Ant
wtrp, Termonile and other, points" is
becoming evei more pitiable tnan' It
Was in the first advance ,o the Oer
mans through their country. Doubt
less within a short time Jondon again
'U be the haven of thousands i .df
homeless, penniless ard hysterical
refugees. ' -
No confirmation has-been received
of the report that the allied fleet baa
liirsfc
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END JS
Great Britain to
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Berlin newspapers and. to bel
me nortnwest or noyen, seems
begun operations before Pola, the
chief Austrian naval base.
Great Britain to Lay Mines.
It is announced that the govern
ment has decided to lay mines in cer
tain areas as a countsrstreke to Ger
man procedurer
Little rJews Given Out,
Paris, October 2. Laconic state
ments of the War Office give but lit
tle Idea of the furious battle boing
wnged in North France, in the effort
the greatbody of Germans are mak
ing to force the allies' line. The left
continues to be the storm center andL
from there word is that the- English
and French dontinue to gain.
An official statement, issued bj
the War Office this afternoon, says
terrific fighting continues incessant
ly near Roye, where the Germans
the north.
"The front of the battle line is
now extended into the region to the
I cr.iitk nt Arm a Tho flormanK ftt-
bridge was destroyed by our guns
"In the Wtoevre district our offen
sive continues and progresses step
by step, notably in the region be-
tween Apremont and St.' Mihiel
On the' remainder of the front
there has been attempted only partial
operations here and-there."
Must Soon End.
Whatever the Germans seek and , "
necessary that the interminable bat-
Aisne must soon have an
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THAT
WEAR
end," says Lieutenant COlonet 'r
set, the military ,;crltIcof thr .J. 1?
Parisen, in commenting, on the last t111 l" e. districts- west of Plotr
two' official communications
- "The two. armies' says Rousset,
"have fought for many days with fury
on an enormous ffconC but while -we
have: made progress daily on the tw
wings to the north of tne river. &om-
me and south of Woevre the army or.
Germans is exhausting itself in vain
efforts to check - our advance, after
haying uselessly tried to break
through somewhere. i S.r- :U.
c "This situaiion, even though it : can
still .last Some time, must; inevitably
end by definite I retreat of rihe Ger
mans. The besieged in any lines", ex
perience of battle teaches, cannot indefinitely-preserve
the defensive."
The Council; or Revision is prepar-
ing to hold sessions to ".examined a
large class of exempts from army ser
vice and those heretofore physically
unfit for- service who may be found
able to join the army. ' ; " f v.
: Auaftrians Halted. ti'vV 1
Nish October 2 1 Af ter & twenty
days of ; offensive, the Austrian 'forces
have stopped twelve miles ironuihe
Drina river, on the Bosnian froiitier.
The Austrians in the north have been
trying . desperately to advance over
the plains between the Drina and
Save rivers, to get at the righf flank
of the Servians. AH their efforts
have been defeated in bloody battles.
The Servians and jrlontenegrins
continue todvance slowly, but sure
ly in Bospia. Breaking down stub
born resistance they occupied Ro
mania September SOtli and several
Other towns in x the vicinity and are
now marching on Sarajevo.
Berlin Claims Advantage.
Berlin, October 2. Direct wireless
announced today the great battle in
France Is still undecided. -The Ger
mans rp described as hammering
the French positions at numerous
points by their heavy artillery. At
tempts of the allies to break through
the German lines have been repulsed.
The heaviest losses have been in the
Argonne region and the Germans con
tinue to make steady progress. In
the fighting before Antwerp the Ger
man artillery has silenced two Bel
gian forts. The Germans captured
thirty aeroplanes, sent from France
to Belgium. The Russian offensive
movement of the frfienien river ig de
clared to have failed,
Fighting in France, siego of Ant
werp and offensive operations against
the Russians all going on at the
f'anie time, are taken in Berlin to
indicate the German army " is not
lacking in men. A statement given
out: says that about two thousand
Russian officer, including eighteen
gjencrahL are , at , present being . hefd
prisoners of war in various detention
cainpa in Germany.
SOUTHERN WOULD
TAKE OFF TRAINS
Special to The Dispatch.
Raleigh, N. C, October 2. The
Southern Railway has petitioned the
Corporation Commission to be allow
ed to take off a number of trains, al
leging that the company is losing
thousands of dollars each jmonth in
freight and passenger business. The
matter is under advisement.
Calcutta, October 2. Tho Sikhs,
who were refused admission to Brit
ish Columbia recently, arrived at
Bajbaj Saturday. Some refused to
board the train for Punjab and open
ed fire with revolvers. One police -Tv.nn
wno IHllnfl Th rfrnnns were
w . . fira tn rWk n rmhps
W.At,W""
of Sikhs, and sixteen rioters were
klUed '
Remember today at the Grand
Theatre ia your last opportunity to
see "The Lost Paradise" presented
by Daniel Frohman. Advertisement.
Read Hewlett &i Price's
Page Three. Advertisement.
Ad."
Report of Successes
Of
Petrograd, Russia, October 2. The
General Staff makes the following
announcement:
"Russian troops have continued lo
repulse the eiiemy from the bound
aries of Suwalki and Lomza govern
ments. Engagements have been very
fierce rwest of Symno.
tacKing ussoweiz are reruns
hastily to the north Considerable
kow nd Kielce.
"The Russian cavalry and van
guard v are reconnoiterng energetical
ly through all that region, impeding
through the vigorous attacks, jthe
movement of v the enemy. The Ger
mans' always endeavor to use the
highway's in Russian territory, be
. A. - niV a. wxnjet ItAfTtfr irii(r,h
DtlUac IUC UL11G1 xuauo, ,, v"&"-jj
paralyze their artillery trains. - -
An attack by-the( Russian cavalry
iaga&stf the German vanguardin
fronts of ; Andre jew and marching on
Kieldewas crowned with grea.t suc
csaCs') The German ' infantry was
caught imawares and ; is retreating in
disord ef .pursued by the Russian "cay-
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAYvOGTdBER
REBUILD CITIES
THEN UNITED 3XATHS WILL BE
CALLED 3PQH TOSUPPLY
CEMENT. N '
BIG CHANCE OFFHED '
THE EXPORT' TBADE
Little Necessity -These Days for. -This
Country to Import Ceme nt- Amer
icans Should Make More.
Washington, D. C TJct 2. When
it comes the tiihe to build up, the
cities of Europe4estr6yed in the war,
the United States will, be in a posi
tion to furnishall the comment re
quired. The United States , Geologi
cal Survey reports .that the supply
of raw material, here is practically
inexhaustible. Thei United States
imports relatively little hydraulic ce
ment, only about. 85,000 barrels hav
ing been Imported in 1913.
There is reallylittle necessity for
this country toirniport any cement,
for all sections are now fairly well
supplied with mills for ? the manu
facture of . Portland; "cement, and the
production last year. was. nearly 93,
000,000 barrels, .st . '
A significant feat?rureof the cement
industry is the'' fact- JMfttnough only
about 80 per ceit of the normal ce
ment producing capacity of the coun
try is,;employed at ,the maximum, and
there is often an OVer production ; yet
the exports of hydraulic cement have
scarcely exceeded , 200,000 barrels in
any year, this amonnt ibeing only
about 5 per cent, of the total output,
not sufficient to take care ;Ycjl th sur
phis production in a year of great ac
tivity.
American manufacturers have not
yet made the most of. their ppportuni
ties to establish greater export trade
The statistics show that the exports
of cement from England, Germany,
Belgium and France, not only havo-
been considerably larger than those
from the United States, but have
borne a much higher ratio to the pro
duction in those countries.
Washington, D. C, October 2.
Representative Levy, owner of "Mon
ticello, announced in view of Sec
retary Bryan's letter urging the sal 3
of Jefferson's home to the govern
ment, he was considering making
the sale.
The "Million Dollar Mystery" that
will be- shown at the Granjd Theatre
next Wednesday, October 7, is ab
solutely the greatest serial picture
ever shown on the" screen. Adver
tisement.
the Russians
"Bombardment of Ossowetz did
damage only to a few private dwell
ings and telephone lines as t.he gar
rison was ' sheltered by numerous
concrete walls.
"Offensive by the Russian troops,
marching through the fortress of
Augustowo, was not covered by the
artillery. South of Augustowo a
hand-tb-hand engagement took place.
It was particularly fierce in the semi
circle between the Bialobrozeg basin
which was crossed by the Russian
column, and Augustowo. The final
issue of this engagement ws decid
ed by an attack from Augustowo.
"Northeast of Augustowo, the Rus
sians were compelled to attack the
roar guard of the Germans through
numerous defiles and in fortified posi
tions" where the Russian! infantry re
ceived great help from .its heavy ar
tillery, : which caused great losses to
the .Germans, who were - dislodged
from the entrenchments andf retired
under ; our ; fire. . ''v'''""
y -"The battle is proceeding; over an
extensive front, the Germans occupy
ing f positions : ; near Mariampol ' and
abuttioft-ShtatflJb' v;
' '!The'Vdvance of thd Tlussan troops
is meeting with success everywhere."
2, 1914;'
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POST IS PROVING TO
BED LIVE QUESliOII
POSTMASTERS' CONVENTION'
WILL TAKE UP MATTER
NEKT WEEK.
WEEHRG 10 HAVE
"PARCEL POST DAY"
When Views Will Be Exchanged, and
Suggestions Will Be Made To
Help Larger Cities.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 2. In con
nection with the convention of the Na
tional Association of Postmasters of
the Second and Third Classes, which
is to assemble in this city-next week,
a proposition is on foot which mav
materially further the project of
marketing by parcel post for the mu
tual benefits of housekeepers and
producers in this and in other parts
of the country as well i
At the suggestion of Postmaster
Praeger of this city it is expected the
convention will set aside one session
for the exchange of views and infor
mation relative to-the development of
plans for the extensive; use of the
parcels post in the larger cities. Cor
the buying and selling ofr hotisehould
supplies.
The convention of tli&'tf&ttbnaflS?')
sociation was approved by the Post
master General last March, but the
idea of making a parcel post;featurO
of one of its sessions is of recent
growth, and postmasters who have
been written to on the subject are
showing more than ordinary interest
in the project for a special "parcel
post day."
THE "UTILE
13 TO CELEBRATE
New York Oet. 2. The parish of
the Church of the Transfiguration will
be sixty-six years old next week and
airrangemnt; are being made for
special morning and afternoon ser
vices Sunday to celebrate the anni
versary. In all America no church ,1s better
known to the general public than the
Church of the Transfiguration. ; But
the name by which it is commonly
known is the "Little Church Around
the Corner." A number of years ago,
when George Holland, the popular
actor, died, naany of his friends, and
acquaintances desired a public funeraj
The veteran actor had been a good
man, laborious, honest, ' respected by
all who knew him. Joseph Jefferson,
on behalf of the family "of Mr. ."Hol
land, made application to the Rev. Mr.
Sabine, then presiding over a- church
at the corner of Twenty-eighthStreet
and Madison Avenue, to officiate at
the funeral.' Learning, that the de-.
ceased had been an actor, the clergy
man recommended Mr. Jefferson to
go to "a little church around . the
corner," where such things were done.
"All honor to the little churchfaround
the ' corner," exclaimed, the player, as
he left the clergyman, and, -seeking
the rector of the little church ho
founds in the Rev. George H. Hough
ton a man who was not ashamed , to
read the burial service over .a .dead
actor. The press took up the story,
and the Church of, the Transfigura
tion, rechristened "The Little .Church
Around the, Corner," was lifted out of
"te obscurity of an ordinary place, of
worship and became for all time the
church of the players.
PRESIDENT SIGNS V
RIVER-HARBOR BILL
" ; ' ;.- ,
Washington, October 2 . The Pres
ident today signed the rivers :ahd bar-,
bors bill, appropriating twenty. mil
lion dollars, I to be exp.elidehider
direction of the War Department, on"
projects already ; begun.', i"-
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Wall Paper 5 cents roll upp faint
ing and paper hanging at . low prices.
S: J: Hodgetts. thone, 13U-W.r-Adverr:
tisement. - ' .se SOlJrn
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CHURCH
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U U I LI II 1 fill til b WO UH I u
ONE OF THE LARGEST
IN SPITE OF THE
DRY SPRING AND
SUMMER. .
VERY
THE BERRY CROPS;
WERE VERY FINE
Cotton Gins Are Busy But Little of
Fleecy Stuff Being Marketed -Fa I
son and Wallace Fairs.
Special to The Dispatch.
Warsaw, N. C, Oct. 2. Despite the
exceedingly dry weather that prevail
ed during the spring and a good por
tion of the summer the farmers of
this county are now busy harvesting
lone of the largest rops that they
nave ever grown. Every crop might
be . said to be bumper ones, except
the early truck.. The huckleberry
crop was the first to attract attention.
This berry, which grows wild, and
with the only cOst attached being
the picking and shipping expenses,
brought the enormous sum of nearly !
quarter million dollars to the farm
ers In this county, and those portions
of the other counties-which are close
ly ( adjoining. ' The. staple crops,', corn i
coiton ana. tooaccp nave yieiaed nar
vestaj such&' seldom been 'known, a
have .never been - seen before." The
Irish potato crop,. Of which consid
erable acreage is planted, although
not as good as has been harvested
some years, far excelled the farmers
expectations, and brought excellent
prices-. The fruit crops have also
yielded well, the scuppernong grape,
for which the eastern section of South
Carolina, is noted, has been an exceed
ingly good one, and although its ship-
C80PS OP YEARS
ping qualities are not extra good, theftributed both by the" Federal and
local markets have been flooded, and
other uses have been made of the
crop. The apple, peach, and pear
trees have also yielded abundantly.
The fairs to be held at Faison the
middle of this month, and .at 'Wallace,
in November, are each very instruc
tive and interesting events, and with
the exceedingly good results tnat the
farmers have obtained, the' most suc
cessful fairs that ever have been held
are being planned by the people of
this county, and many handsome
prizes are being arranged for both
events.
The cotton gins operated by L. P.
Best, and W. W. Hill are ginning aJ
large amount of cotton, at both places,
but very little of the fleecy staple is
being placed on the market. The bank
ers, business and professional men'
have offered to accept cotton in their
transactions, instead of money, at ten
cents a pound, thus thinking to relieve
the situation wherever needed, but as
yet a very small amount of the crop
is being disposed of, for which it is
stated tlfero are two reasons, the
farmers are in fairly good shape, and
there is always very little cotton
sold before January.
The various Democratic candidates
are making preparations for launch
ing their campaign, which yill "ac
tively start on 'the 8th, 175000 pounds
of the bright leaf tobacco has been
sold on the Warsaw tqbacco market
during the three days thisweek, and
the prospects are that 125,000 pounds
will be sold during the next two days,
making 300,000 pounds 'this week,, and
breaking the record of the season.
Traveling representatives of practical
ly, all the large companies who have
buyers on this market have been here
this week, and it seems to be the
I general opinion of all those interested
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III Lilt? LU.U.JJ. UifCLUtUllUg CilU Ul UIO MUM
ness that the crop this year is One of
the meanest from their viewpoint
that has been raised in. recent years.
Some good tobacco has been sold on
the various markets of this ' section,
but for the most part the leaf offered
has been, had quality. The prices on
the better, qualities " has Improved
some, and it is thought that a still
further rise is likely, but the prices
for the poorer grades have fallen, and
there is only slight hope that it will
t-go 'up again.-. : -'W . ' ; V:.
The monthly report f or .the Warsaw
tobacco ' market, which is required to
be eat to the' Agricultural Commis
sioner on -the first of each month, for
the month commencing, Sept., 2nd,
and ending' on the 30th, shows that
" Unsettled tonight . and-' Saturday, -.probably
showers. Moderate to-fresb,
northeast winds.- " ';-
PRICE THREE CENTS
Head of American Federation
of Labor Launched the
Movement 'it :'''
TO BE HELD
n OSF. PRFQFNT WAP
Believes AlrCivilized World
Should Unite U,tlw Pro
jcui f cute iuvers or 4 nis
Gountry Should Inaugurate
Movement.
New York, October (,.An . appeal
for -a wofJd congress ;f -the testab-r.
lishment of peace has been: issued byj;
President Gompers, of -the .-American;
Federation of Labor, who has ah.
nounced that the federation
BtOO(l, rM: Vi
ready to assist any movement for tha!
establishment of agencies to . -prevent i$
repetition of international warsfla ;V
said:
- "Let the whole civilized world uniteo ''
In demand for a world conference' aft
the close of this war,; to 'lay;'' thevvf .?
foundation of a rule of reason amongi'. V
nations. Now is the time for humafii- V '
tarian, peace-loving men of the Unltplf ;
ed States to inaugurate a movement,- V
that shall be able to do constructive ?;4
work for peace and Civilization ' ac y'ht
thefirst opportunity." - (-.C
SMITH-LEVER ACT A
IS MISUNDERSTOOD
.
Washington, . X. C . , ; October V2
tin V lotto-pa u. A fry' n tr -i ftnahlimJ . Vw ' '; . "
which , iacath r f
vitriuus secuons oi .ine ouniry naye.)
come to believe that the governments
Is about to assist, them with grants,
of money to Individuals, t htif unf qr-ri
A. A. . l 1 I a m k l-t'i
H-unaie misiaKe wnicn, 11 is learea,-
will be the cause of considerable dis
appointment, appears ' to have arisen ,
through a misunderstahding vf " the-'
Smith-Lever act recently " passed, by
Congress. Under this act funds' con-
State governments ' are made avail:
able for practical demonstration work
in Agriculture and home economics.:-
Experts from the agricultural colleges
and county agents, both men and .woi v.
men, are' to show farmers and farm .'
women the value of modern methods ;
in agriculture and housekeeping, and ,;',
demonstrate the use of labor-saving!!:.'
devices. The purposes of the act are I
thus entirely educational; and there
are no provisions whatever for direct. .
financial assistance. , f y x
This demonstration; work ' which
the Smith-Lever act is designed to : Vi
promote has already met with conrv. .; ;.
siderable success in the States wher.e f
it has been started, but. the addi- '
tional funds now available will great
ly increase its efficiency. ;.To avail '
themselves to the fullest of its possl-; :
bilitiesr the department : officials rec-,
ommehd that farm wonenl form local
clubs and then commftnicate,.;-iwjttt;.
the. county agent or the State Agricul-, , .
tural college. In this way it will v
often be possible to secure a visiti
from the county agent or from, the ;
home economics expert.' -'"'..j;'
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filAHY DELEGATES - :
EXPECTED TO ATTEND
,' Calagary, Alta., Oct. 2. JByerythhig;
is in readiness for the meeting of the :
iULUl UilllUiiiVi -XI 4 Igauuu . j vuuji
which is to hold a five days' session
in this r city nextweek. Those ; in ' :
charge of the local arrangements es
timated that there will be more than
1,500 delegates and visitors present
when the gathering is called to order, ' n
Among the-fStatea from -which. ';;largrf
representatlbn is promised are Ore
gon, Washington, Montana; Colorado, .
Idaho, Arizona, New Mexic6, t Utah;. -;
Nevada; Wyoming, Kansas .and
braska.. Representatives Of Jhe :United.
States Department of Agricultural f , :.
and the similar bureaus.. ofr thejDo- : -minion
of Canada and anumber of
the States . and Provinces, ; (? will be".
among the speakers LThe congress t .
has" slatedfor . discussion: a :rwlde!ta; ;'
riety of topics-of geheral ; public In ' :
merest. . . ptm:-
the ? two arehouss here v have sold
about- threo Quartet: iuUUon pounds .
UlUUK . IUO .IUUUVU At' Bi wo . m '
between 9 1-2. and 10- ceath per pqund i ; r
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