North Carolina Newspapers

' ';.V- v-"' . . - - . ', " - THC V2ATHERjy Fair tonight and I Thursday Vrlta t I v , . lv6iowi7. rising 'temperature JModer- W'L 7' ITWS to easlnd!.: VOLUME TWENTY. WILMINGTON, N.;C:WEtiNESdAVtTbBER;28, 1914J PmCETinCEOTSl J. 7 - : 'wit o v - 'i . .j.. t : . - :.,. j--....; 'V .'- vv,' - - 111 l l fi - ' i Though Allies Claim That; the F Li i ' Ci ''i ' d-'- - -i''-' -lght Is lowly Swinging; In Their Great Britain's Warship tion Agaii German. ed to be Enormous London, Oct. 28. 'The great Battle f oj joejmoijrf the strip of sea coast frbm Ostend to Calais is said by the French to be swinging slowly in favor of the allied forces. Assaults of the countless German troops, which apparently attained the height of human effort, were matched with equal courage and feroc ity and today the offensive efforts of the Germans were saiA tc be relaxing. . For the third successive day the French official statement asserted the advantage ,lay with the .allies. It is rcticeable, however, that the French claims, in each instance, have been vague and bare of detail as to capture of towns or localities which may be set downon the niap as marking a defi nite advance at any point. are reported at various secuomtof afv From unofficial reports froefro it1s:i main meconfficH heretofore and that the deadlock nM'nqt been broken. Unofficial l ebrts iere mdicate the German aUack' has been diverted from the seacoast slightly to the south, in a line be tween Dixmude and Ypres. This may possibly be explained by the assertion that fie British fleet, off the coast, said to have been driven off for the time by the German artillery, ha re sumed its operations. ' . London, Eng., October 28. Or the battle of the Yser, London heard lit tle news this morning. V-The German rush to reach the French coast would appear for the time being held check, but the fiercest fighting con tinues with the Germans delivering harder blows on the , line between Dixmude and Ypres, following - their failure to make progress between Dixmude, and the coast." The 'Brit ish Naval guns,-it is, said, have re sumed their bombardment along the coast and colossal German' losses are reported. The Belgians, the London newspapers admit, have suffered ter ribly but the losses of the .French and English are not mentioned. , x- j While the Germans are making-thelr supreme effort In Flanders thtf allies have been quick to press: the :advan tages offered at other ioints on tneJ line by removal of German troops to! on the Germans. There .has been the German right wing. This, prob-1 furious fighting in the forests between ably accounts for progress claimed by i Kozienica and Radom. the allies near Soisspns, at Berry au j "In Galicia, the Russians Jire mak Bap, in the center, and to the east of t lng progress. To the south of Sambor, Nancy. wherf thft (iprmans nrnrdfne: In tho n a rrnw vnllfiv nf Podbili. thev to French official announcement, have J Deen driven across the border From tiese points, it is understood the Ger- TTlnno t ,. i . . . . x ' "o iuuk men ana iiuag iaem into Belgium. - ' . r- The Crown Prince, of Bavaria, Is said now to be in command of the German forces on Ypres and; it re Ported he had been wounded The weather promises soon to 'play an im portant part in the campaign in the eastern area of war. Rigor of the Rus s'an winter is said already to have 8et in between Moscow and . Warsaw ami snow covers the ground near Minsk. - : : Aside from these political outcrop lngs of the great war, England re ceived shock in the news:' that the steamer Manchester Commerce had een sunk off the Irish coast by .a merman mine. The region where, the vessel was sunk Is directly in the joute of the great Atlantic liner from verpool. Inference is that the Ger to reach the transports' bearing Cany-1 Ulan tmn x. ... . ... . w-. ..' i 1. .vJi VO lUg Ulan troPs to the British fsles. French Official Statement. 1 aris, October 28.-3 P. M. The rench war office statement this af wnoon says: ' ' -v " "During TuesdayV the -German at. 17 Aln a11 regionsT between Mleuport n Arras was less violent. ' Our po mons were everywhere maintalined, vi wo CC north and int nitAf. Ti dtrAn. n.m.n fnrrpn whicn , nave Bpraguocjaiormea!' oiaie -ueuarimenn Favor ,i' 5; Get Into Ac- sses Report- also made some progress between Cambrin to the southwest of Labas see and Arras. "Further information continues to confirm the reports that the German losses, In dead; wounded and prison ers, have been consideredable in the northern region. , , f'On the right bank of the Aisne the Germans attempted, at night, a very violent offensive . movement in the region of Craonnev On the heights of the highway of ?Desdames thev have, been repulsed. ' "In the Woevre district our troops have continued their advance In the forests between Aprimont and St. Mihiel, as well as ln the Lepretre forest. . ; . . ."In Russia, to the South of Warsaw the fighting extends from Rawa to the junction- of . the river Ilza, with the Vistula oh . the front 62 miles long. In the region northeast of Rawa the Russians have inflicted heavy losses surrounded a division of Hungarians ' and destroyed them completely, cap- turing twenty pieces of artilleryand . 1 m x 1 1 a quantity of war material 'ilri Kast' Prussia partial attempts of the oounter offensive movement on t the part of the Germans resulted In failure." ' The issue of battle in Belgium ap parently was still far from , determina tion today.That the Germans-had. made un their minds- to reach a decision Ii this part of the theatre of war ws Indicated by report that their general had issued a further call for troops from Belgium and Germany, for con centration in the vicinity of Dixmude, hork ftmnft inf thA moslVevere fight ing in the battle Of 'Flande'ra has oc - curred. :. The gain, or ine . aines i: the region south ,f Dixmudev.? as6f : ficially-announced; showed they are able; , despite heavy ' and continuous cannonadihg - and -attacks of the Ger man infantry, to' take the offensive aealnst i .the German , conungents, which previously, had ' . . 1. .. ".. ' -sn succeeded tol AAntlntfanra I crossing the-er This news was received with . much" - satisfaction v by the public here, as was also announce ment ; regarding the offensive' move- if TiN.PT.rTr- around Nancy.- UlCUb WJ , ' . J. J ' . X 1 . YTTnawp em. vjr cuv. More 'to thevVeBC-taWoeer'-prc-Iboundvfrpid gress of the allies toward a route from Rf MihiPi to-lvtet2. is. it Is predicted, nut in a difficult posl-1 W , t 4 ' 1 xi f . J M T f L A. . V A-. . x. A. I : TKUSSIAN CAMPAIGN IN POLAND; V ) A The German retreat . from War saw continues, in Bome places de veloping Into a rout. B South 6t the Pilica River, the Germans ' hold-their line on the Vis 4 NOVEMBER- 26TH THANKS V GIVING. .: " ; Washington, October 28. President Wilson today issued a proclamation designating Thurs- day, November 26th, as Thanks- giving., ; . v . -A' . 4. 4. 4. . 4.' 4. 4, 4, 4 a lunation with their forces fighting in Argohne. Furthermore, the advance of the FrenchTand, English, between Ypres and Roulerfe, also give ground for hope here. -'AsSto; when contest in north would be finished there is no good guess. " French military men said, hoWever, prolongation of the .battle gave iio reason for losing patience. The Styiss newspapers report that since capture by the Germans of Camp pearomains, . the Freneh loss be tweeny Tdul and Verdun have been more lEan forty' thousand men. ' Called a Massacre. ' Geneva, .October 28. Telegrams from Cologne and Coblenz declare the battle Oh-, the' German right flank from .lille tof the North Sea, has be come , a massacre. During the last six. days, 'it, is declared, many thou sands 6f Germans have "been killed or wounded. - Long trains of wounded continue to reach Cologne, Dusseldorf, and Cob- leni andthe -Bed Cross doctors there .have beetv overwhelmed. Fight Rages ' With Russians. Berlin (Wireless), October 28.- - AustroGerman official rfeports- from the - eastern theatre of war indicate severe battles are raging along the Vistula and San rivers. The Ger mans-.apparently are engaging num erically superior Russian forces and the , battle is attracting equal atten tion, with; the struggle) in France and Bum.; ? v 1 v Gefman Losses Heavy. ' shftg, October 28. The Qer- mah ' lotfsas on. the "Nieupprt-Dixmude :1?1C exposition in connection jwiin linel aje "estimated at sixteen thou- the.Canal exhibit, the Governor has di VtnnX ifiilerlT mill thTrtv fhnufuuiri " recteM .the Washington office ttfL ar- wnnniffidX''"riiririEr. stindav-four hurt-, - . v " ' " - - . . ired vehicles loaded with wounded i. n. uermun suiuiers yasseu luiuugu vjs- . . ' - . ' v'1!'"!: 's '-L-ij. Washlhgiott, -October x28 The1 American ftteamsiiip, , Kroomaixi, .. , - . .v t x, ' t j New York for Naples and f ureece;.' ; w?in a; cargo or copper, nas neen- aetainea at Gibraltar by the British authorities; American Consul tula, save in the region ofavarigorod. C Austrian v attempt o." cross t the Sen-River, repulsed bf RiisSiansi : " The i campaign i invTEIastPrussia waits on results in thdWarsw-xegion. Ambassador Gerard Cables That Fatherland Will Want At Least Fifty Thousand Bales a Month . AUSTRIA WILL ALSO TAKE COTTON Has Been Advised, by Great Britain That Cotton Will ' Not be Seized If Shipped in Neutral Vessels. V - ' 1. Washington, October fi8. Ambas sador Gerard cabled today . that Ger many would needx at least fifty thou sand bales vor American cotton and Austria wenty-five thousand bales monthly. He had -been advised of assurances by England that 'cargoes of cotton would not be molested when destined to belligerent coun tries in neutral vessels, and Is en- - .. deavoring to obtain 'details of the de mand for cotton 4n Germany. TO REGISTER THE CAHAL EMPLOYEES Panama, October 28. Following the suggestion of . the Society of -.the Charges that a register of former em ployes; of the Isthmian Canal , Commis.- ttUU XUO f M,UaUlB ; vtuuu, JU1U .U1 'the Panama Railroad Company on the inmus, ge Kept ai me ranama-ra- range. for the manufacture-: of . regis- I wrwxin spaoeor.approximateiy ouu PntHPs" xV-RlHtiP- Pmnlnvpst will - j .... v t - - aaa will - 7- .-. - , . register chronoToCTcally. and the the pages r-the eni- will hernled' with spaces.for the. eni- ploye's name period ot residence. oa the isthmus, and . department or divis . . WALL fAPER. : 6, 8 and IV eta a:RolL air nev goods. WeT dp ourowp. work anduarantetr it mil 18 While Unrest Seems tbbe - Growing in Al- , ' bania. . , - IWLY AND GREECE Mre uotn Active There iinH Turk Active Want Albania ; for Themselves-- Anether Boeip Uprising London, October 8. The battle whlcfr-.all the woild Is watching still ways, back, and forth in ; the .little district of West Flanders, .where, the allied .forces are struggling to check the German advances to Calais, but the ripples of war hews are noted in widely-separated points. First comes the new rebellion in South Af Hc where die Boer leaders Christian ,ne wet anaueneral Beyers, former com mandant of; the South African Union military forces, have taken the field against the Union government, on the heels of the checking Of the rebel lious1 movement under' Colonel Ma ritt. The uprising is 'treated by the British press as far more serious than an outbreak. An event second m ' potential importance is ; the reporU ed German invasion of Angola, the Portuguese colony, m West Africa. Whether this be true, dispatch comes, almost coincidental with the: an-, nouncement that Manuel, former King of Portugal, has offered his services toKih George and .ts' willH ing- to -tak&vthe eld against Germany TUxrdQn unfestifnVAIIsnl to be growing; Not Snly hare Italy and Greece announced "thef;iiii tention .of protecting their , Inereats in this territory by force of; arms, l?ut the Turks are said to be active inJ me campaign 10 sena troops ana pro Claim Albania a part of the Ottoman Empire. . WINTER QUARTERS FOR RECRUITS London, Eng., October 28. Carpen ters are working day and night at the army encampments to provide winter quarters for the recruits of Lord Kitchener's new force. ' . ' The new huts are not warm .Struc tures, being "either of Wooden' tor corrugated iron walls, with iron roofs. But their completion 'before winter is considered highly important to - the health of the men, who are Jiow '.shel tered in tents. ; -, : .' t About 600,800 men are encamped on the Salisbury plainsrln the southearh part of England. They are being housed at ttie rate of 6,000 a day. Port4 able huts are to be sent to the expedi tionary force as soon as a fixed base is established. vV"! TEXAS HORSES FOR THE ALLIES' Fort Worth, Taxas, October Z$Jf Shipment Of more than f three thou- sand horses to Montreal, for use? in the English ahd French armies, he gan today. Trains will follow; j at regular " Ihtervals during the ,week' E1GHTEEII PERS0I1S ; INJURED III: WRECK Huntiiigton, W . Va October- $S Eighteen . persons were 'Injured-Bye seriously, . when three sleeping 'cars and a day coach on the' Chesapeake & Ohio exuress was derailed nearhere this morning. TwO cars rolled' dpii an embankment. A broken : wheel ;4p believed to have been the cause, v f v : - - V - ' : --. VS.' V V . . - Vt Bolivar. Day in Venezuela. ,-n Caracas', Venezuela, OcL ; 28,-rThe anniversary Of Simon ' Bolivar, Vehe? zuela's liberator, was : celebrated Jill through . the country today.3.niisrvi9 the only national holiday in Venezuela. Patriotic -meetings, "with musia and speeches,, were held in every city, and town. 7 , . J'-.rV.''1 I Subscribe to TheEyening Dlpat:h. "35 cent? per mdnth. ' 7 ''TV- PROVIDING ARMIES HCE SOCCOODS , V if f , V J BUT IT WILL FALL SHOftT OF THfe v REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTRY. ' N. -.'9, WILL BE Beet ' Root Crop, In Northern ' France puffers By Reason pf German 0c- s cupatlon Champagne Industry H urt Pans. October '28.-The wheat cron. which at the beginning of the war gave the authorities anxiety, has been safely garnered. The agricultural de'- partment estimates the yield at 60 to 80 ; million metric .hundred weight, which is more than ten percent, be low, the yield of 1913. France con sumes 80 million hundred weight, and, since' 10 million hundred weight is re quired for seedingthe shortage will be from JO to 30 million hundred weight With the duty on cereals suspended this shortage will be easily made up. - . The beet root crop, which Is very important in the north of France, fur; nishlng the raw material for a great many sugar refineries, has suffered trom the German occupation. The re fineries may : be -unable to work tor t some time., InKcoa8,euence.i;hey e has Deen; jyo -advance f cent -per-pound. rieex 01 fBugaT' ana tne pupuc portant product in,; the Region of ,. the military operations is champagne. All of the Champagne province was tern porarily in the hands of the Germans and the" heavy fighting of the battle of the Marine extended over the entire length of the wine growing country. The damage to the crop seems to be less than was expected. Around Es pernay in particular the vines seem to have been- intentionally spared by the Germans as well as the French, but in .other regions the terrible ar tillery fire that raged for days worked great havoc among the 1 Vineyards. Some reports Ifixlicate that5, around Rbeims the crop is entirely lost, while further south' it 'has suffered com rjaratively little. HON CONCERNS 1 ?.--.- HAD TO STOP WORK Christiana, Oct. 28. Some of the great construction companies in Nor way financed with English capital have had to stop work as payments from England have been cut off. Several of these companies have been harness ing Norwegian waterfalls forelectric power.' The Nitrogen Products and Carbide Company vLlmltied, for in stance, has been erecting machinery to develop 100,000 horse power but after having spent a few million crowns it has entirely ceased opera tions, throwing about a thousand men out of work. Mining (companies, ex porting ore to England, Belgium' and France, have also stopped as their market at present is . closed.' About 3,000 hands in this, industry are idle. The great industrial factories are kept going as before the war, and there is even a greater demand, for workmen than there, are men to fill the places. On the Government Railway, under construction, where wages are as, high as five dollars a day, they, cannot get hands enough. 7r; - A -v There is also plenty of employment for sailors in the merchant, marine, and wages are raised considerably be cause of the danger of floating mines. Two Norwegian t steamers;- have thus far been blown up by these machines. The fishing fleet, has kept at work in the 5 North Sea ' and had very, good catches. Voluntarily,, Suspends. Special x to The Dispatclu Raleigh, ; "n: 5" C. . October 28. The Corporation Commission was advised today that the Southern Sav ings Bank ofl Wadesboro," had "volun tarily closed Its doors. John W. Gul led ea: is nresident '' and W. P. Ledbet ter cashier,; Thei bahlc had borrowed to its capacity"; irr brder.;to. take care . of long loans bn real estate and : drop ping off "of ? deposits caused' suspen sion. . .The-: debositors vand ; ' stockhol ders are f amply - rirotectedi' i The ; bank j had fa 'Jl'- capital of twenty-five vthous innvEsnc COIISTRUC Night Shif of .Rescue Work- i ers Make More Ghastly ,-V',';- OTHER BODIES . , K ARE VISIBLE Death List From Mine Horror Now Placed at Between Fif-. ? ty and Sixty. " "' 1 .Royaltpn 'Texas, Qctoher 28. Estt ' expTbsfon. Unafc !wreckedAt4 imihe of . , V theFrankliny Coal . &s Coke- Company, ' near,v here; yesterday,, placed the num-, ' s ber -between .fi"fty and sixty. Night ' , ,l't shifts of rescue- workers fought the ' w ' t number of 'recovered bodies to 48-and . ' reported five other bodies visible, but inaccessible , ' , - . r Mine officials say 276 miners, . sev- ;V f ' v en of them : injured, : escaped immedi-y,' VJ' ately after the explosion and these," with the dead and missing account for three hundred and . thlrtyrfive who entered the shaft. a . OEPEIIOS OH GERHAHY FOR SAFETY LAMP London, Eng., ; October, . 28. -The miner's safety-lamp glass,, on which depends the safety and ; livelihood ' of nearly a million , British . miners, is , exclusively a GermanYproduct,' and f , English manufacturers' "&re.unab,levto I produce a. glassiw,hich'wUl, stand the . 1 exacting tester the :Home-Off Ice. 4 ( , fThis'.fact,- stafcUine. and ip,,has' come tOxllght at a tlm4 ','7 cantiiring German trade are -assertlhriTC that bnly.cheap ahd. Vf ashy glassjwaeA r aad pn6ttercbmvffpmGejkmany; v'"' The Home-Office test ?f, these lamp ;r glesses is' severe. A poiihd weight "of 1 lead Is dropped from the" height "of ? (' four feet on each glass submitted. If 1 1 two out of a dozen crack or chip, the' others are rejected.-,. After undergo- -1 ing this test, the glass is submitted ' to a heat trial. It is brought to a tecv perature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit and dropped into cold -water.' - " 1 Not only miners' glasses; but gajge glasses and test tubes lor chemis;3 - have come from Germany In the past. , It is doubtful whether England is ' ' able to produce this class of goods " according to statements 7 of man u- i facturers. At least, the trade will be built up in a hprt time. New equip- . . ment is requirred and .-men must be A trained for the new work. Much of Germany's i glassware and 1 - pottery, such as is supplied to the - more primitive corners ofthe- world, is, as the Board of Trade exhibition ' shows, cheap and gaudy, But this trade is nevertheless extensive and 1 profitable and one hitherto neglect ed - by all countries except' Germany. SINKS JAP; STEALER London, October 28. The German 7. cruiser, fimden, sunk 1 the small Jap-' anese steamer Kamegasaklmaru, . while the latter was proceeding : to t Singapore,- according to : a News dispatch . from Berlin, v "Central s RIG FIRE JODAY III 'r.V Hagerstown, ' October : 7 28 i-Thls" . GERMAN CRUISER . X llllllll MI1IW I UHII city was today visited :by the1 worst fire in its hlstoryt causing tn estt- 1 "- mated loss of more than, r four hun- , , dred thousand dollars.. g-i .V 4 7 Kentucky DaughteraWfet. " , Bovling.Green,Ky:,VC)ct..28.rrNota- ; ble guests attended; the. annual Ken-, ' -, tucky State Conference .-ot .the : United Daughters of the American' Revolu- ,v tion,,-which opened her today. ,: The , ' honored guests are Mrs. William Cum inings' Story, presldent-igeneral,":: and , ' Mrs. 'Mathews T ScotC fionofary. presi- .7 dentgeneral.' ... The conference. was -v largely "attended,, and 'toe session will " continue tomorrow. ' '-" f - 'Elizabeth; N. J., OcL.28. Today was , v celebrated . bythe patriotlc.lxlvic and : religious'organlzations of Elizabeth as' the" 250th. anniversary of the founding of , the; town. Elizabeth; Is . one . of the fi ' f . mosf faihoust' towns fof the state, - and waa bnce the seat ot Princeton Unl, vprsltv' . ' ' " 1 ',."."' v rr,a 7- t s K "i i 4, " ' 1..W . to the'east of Ypdes- Weltrled,-to crossing the Mcuse, to' wprk ' officials .today.- 7 ' rf J. E. & J, O. Sharp. Phoue WS-J. ' ' , ? ' i , ' , ' ' , v ..... , , , . , v s 7 r . 1 j x