North Carolina Newspapers

; ' f Tl ws$5 958S0 !t v.iKofn suit n (.. .j . , v -r ,i-ff: fP1 Vf ------- : . ' . "r ' . - -' -1 - ;-' , - . , ... . . !if-FOR,QOP,fFOtfCOWtTRYNO FOR TRUTH. TW I AlAT cri " C5 fIXt) a Tear, la Advance. -Mis Ml TO: HI V - VOL. XXV. BUTTLE OF AISI1E STILL IN PROGRESS ALLIED ARMIES AND GERMANS ARE IN DEATHLY GRIPS IN BATTLE LINE. FEW DETAILS ARE GIVEN OUT Strict Censorship is Observed and All News is Epitomized in "There Is No Change In Situation." Furious fighting continues in north era France where 'the allied French and British armies are at grips with the German forces In what la charac- terlzed as the crucial action of the battle of the Aisne. Beyond admit ting thia fact the official statements are vague. Few details of the strug gle which may be the turning point of the Western campaign have been given the waiting pubMc. One sentence : "There is no change In the situation," epitomizes the offi cial reports from London, Paris and Berlin. The allies claim to hate made slight advances here and there, notably on the heights' of the Meuse The German official statement, how ever, declares that reports concerning a victorious advance of the enemy are untrue." .. . . Both the British and the French official statements refer to the vio lence of the attacks made by the Ger mansr who seem to have redoubled their efforts In an attempt to hurl back the allied line. The reports In -dicate, however, that. the French and British have given no ground. A very righteous censorship evi dently has been imposed at virtually all points particularly in London, , re- saruing me operations at tne front as very little news is being permitted to come through. The war officials probably hesitate to raise the hopes of the people wihtout some decisive result having been attained -and fear that the publication , of even the smallest details of the operations might be of aid to the Germans. Petrograd reports officially that the Austrian stronghold of Przemysl in Galicia is invested completely by the Russians and that the main Austrian army is retiring behind the Car pathians into Hungary, pursued by the Russians. Berlin, however, de clares that reports of the fall of two of the Pryzemysl forts-are invention. The Montenegrins, who have allied themselves with the Srevians in che conflict with Austria, are making ad vances, according to advices. A dis patch from Cettinje, Montenegro, says the Montenegrins are within artillery Tange of Sarajevo, Capital of Bosnia. The Austrian forts at Cattaro, Dal matia, on September 19 sunk a large Trench warship, according to a dis patch to The Cologne .Gazette. This ship was one of a fleet of 18 which was met by a salvo from one of the Austrian forts as It approached the stronghold. The rest'of the fleet re treated hastily, says the dispatch, af ter the French 'ship was sunk. AUSTRIAN FORT IS SUNK. Kaiser Goes to Visit Prince Oscar at Metz. -Report of Submarine Work. N Berlin, via London. By order of the military commander of the prov ince of Brandenburg, Vorwoarts, organ of the Social Democratic party has suspended indefinitely. Emperor Wil liam on Saturday visited Prince Oscar one of his sons, who is ill with heart trouble at Metz. The Duchess of. Brunswick, sister of the prince,' arriv ed the same day and will remain with her brother until he returns to the front. A dispatch to The Cologne Gazette from Igalo, Dalmatia, asserts that the Austrian forts at Cattaro on Septem ber 19 sunk a big French warship. The forts had intercepted a wireless mes sage; concerning the movement in the direction of Cattaro of 15 war ships and three cruisers. The Aus trlans awaited their arrival, fully pre pared. A Salvo from the first fort sunk the warship and the other ves sels in the fleet hastily retreated. German Bullet Kills Prince. - London The Ghent correspondent of The Daily News sends with reserve .the report that a Belgian doctor from Brussels say that Prince Adalbert, the German Emperor's third son, has died In a hospital in Brussels, . Doctor Le page, King Adalbert's physician was ordered to hold an autopsy in the. pres ence of two German doctors and It was found that the Prince had been killed by a German bullet. In other autopsies on German officers it was found they also had died from a simi lar C3U36. , , , h mwm ! SEEK PRESIDENCY TELLS WASHINGTON -THAT, HE WILL NOT BE A CANDIDATE FOR THAT OFFICE. . ' . , ' ' i. , .n. '' . .. i CLOSELY FOLLOW CARRANZA May Mean Mexican Peace-Zepata Protests .Agai nst Removal of U. s; Troops From Vera Cruz."- Washington.--Formal announcement from General Villa that?he will not'be a candidate for president., or, .vice president of Mexico was received at the State Department through ,George C. Carothers, consul agent at Chihua hua City. This dispatch, the first to reach Washington from the interior of. Mexico since Villa's, revolt against General Carranza's authority as first chief of the Constitutionalists greatly strengthened tne 'hopes . or omciais here for a peaceful adjustment of the difficulties between the two leaders. That special significance attached to Villa's assurance was; because It followed so closely the declaration of General Carranza that he would not become a candidate if Villa would give a similar promise and all the military leaders were eliminated 'as ' presiden The, State Department? was without information from Mexico City, but it generally was believed in official cir cles that if General' Carrahia resigns Thursday as has been declared he will, the convention called by hirn fjpji that date will name as hsucejster Fernando Igtesias Cald'ron," whose se lection has been demanded by Villa. Constitutionalist . representatives' here were hopeful that the peace, com. missloners dispatched ... by Carranza and Villa to meet in an attempt to ad just, the existing differences between the two factions would reach a satis factory solution of the problem.; f. -. General Funston,- commanding the American forces at Vera Cruz,5 inform ed the War Department that Genera Zapata, the Southern rebel leader, had lodged a protest withhim against. Jhe surrender, of; vera Cruz, to ' the Car ranza government. Zepata made it plain that he did pot recognize; par. ranza!. as the first chief of the XJonstl tutlonalists. Zapata's army make him a factor to be reckoned with,' and' It Is admitted that his attitude will not be calculated to hasen the prepara tions for the American evacuation.' ' . it" "Orders for - the withdrawal ; from Mexican waters of the-battleships Ar kansas, Delaware and North ..Dakota had been prepared and only awaited the signature of Secretary Daniels to become effective." ;; , These vessels are to be relieved by the Texas, Minnesota and Rhode . Is land, which have been ordered to Vera Cruz. . .. . GLYNN LEADS NEW YORK RACE. Has About Four to One on Hennessy in Districts Heard From. Results. . ,: : New York. Organization candidates led strongly in the early , city returns in the primaries for the Republican and Democratic nominations for Gov ernor and United States Senator. Gov. Martin H. Glynn led John A.. Hen nessy by approximately, four to one In the Democratic gubernatorial primary ies. ; In the Democratic contest for Unit ed States Senator James W. Gerard American Ambassador to German. was running ahead of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary to the Navy, by about four and a half to one. In the Republican primaries to Governor, Chai-les .S." Whitman, Dis trict Attorney , of New York county.' was leading Job Hedges, by nearly 5 to 1. Harvey D. Hinman ran ' con siderably behind Hedges: ; i ; . - Representative - William M. Calder of Brooklyn, led ' James W. Wads worth, Jr., by nearly five to one for the Republican nomination forUnited Mates Senator, and David Jayne Mill had received only. about one-eighth as many votes., as Wadsworth. The coh test for Governor in the Progressive primaries was running very close. Officers Work p For ) Peace. V Mexico City. The pacification! com mittee organized among officials here in an endeavor to adjust difficulties between " General Carranza and Gen era! Villa departed wlth:the immedi ate object of reaching the nearest point where they can consult - the generals of the divisions of the North. They will try to arrange a cessation of hostilities and secure an agree ment which will prevent further clashes between the factions. Where the conferences will be held Jias not been made public. f r I f V !PLYMOUTHjiN CC, -FRIDAY bCTOBER CANADA SENDS HER BEST1 TO AID 'OLD COUffTRY 1 "'""V ftvU" jtomlSf11 fjS ''Ul . liPl U mm ' tZy'z -xzre N: iS ..... The response to the call for Canadian' Wlunteefsvf6f ;sfeH men required could be picked from any. three of rthe'.tnjalb hdwir.i; ;ji (below) members of the Halifax Rifle-Si' the, first left to rtghtap-rf P tain Logan, IdeuteniantV DejinJa,'; Caph?, Wrke ..aJeenptg, 'c'.su' 2 .1 '-'-! 'rlcV "hJZth'9' CANADIAN TROOPS DEPART FOR WAR 30,000 On Their Way To -Aitf Mother Country Servians Capture Bosnian" City " 3 BRITISH" CRUISERS Sill faring Feat by Lone German' Submit Vine on North Sea Battle of i 'A'---- v Aisne Continues , 3;'f " '." Th JBlcugfle' between the, allied ;arr mles' of France and . Great Britain aealnst ' the .V Germans' . north of the Aisne river near the Belgian1 border in; France continues ' With 'uhabated fury. Both forces have" mit with, al ternating vicl;ories and defeats , from day to day,1 hut no definite advantage' has been gained by either side. , By a brilliant stroke a lone German sub- ni'afin'e' dashed from the German Keil canal to the.North Sea and before re turning1 t6 its haven of safety succeed d in sinking" three of . the. , British, erulsers.. f The Servians durmg'the past week succeeded In capturing Sar ajevo, the Bosnian. v capital, !;- where Archduke Ferdinand, heir, apparent .to the Austrian throne, was assassinated, from the Austrlans."' In Galicia the Russians: are surrounding Przemsyl, the last of the Austrian strongholds. Canadian Soldiers to Europe 1 ' ' ' Though much has been said regard ing the mobolizing of the Canadian troops, for, service on the European continent, little has been known, of the actual movement of the troops and not until the -last few days has it' be come known that 30,000 Canadian sol diers were :pn .their way to" light along side 'of, the BrilJsh::;la:'Fianceir-T.he censors have nQtpermitted.tth;faet to i become known, as 'to where . these soldiers sailed ; fci;bm or : where." their destination will' lie, The same secrecy that covered the Handing of British soldiers in Fran and the-movement of the troops from, India, '13; attending the transporting of the trdbps from Canada. . ! ". ,f ' . -'" German Navy Hemmed In r Day after day ;the British warships have been awaiting outside of the. Keil canal for the coming of the""Gef- man ships." Once by a clever ruse they were : able tto entice several of t the kaiser's war vessels from the protec tion of the canal j with the result:-that the German navy: lost two vessels. It was the fact tha.tthe British rhadube German ships : hemmed : in that feayej; them the freedom of the high seas. After that the German warships were lost sight of entirely."..,..,;. -. ...........-.,;,:. Attack by Germans a-Surprise. v The 'attack by. the German subma- rlne was a ETfiat sumrise to the Brit ish fleet and eveji the. British termed J H as a pnniani iiiui, . ',iuiujliiv. v" ot their .vessels struck , did ;they become aare of to -presence -of the tiny. death-dealing slilp;VTw.o-vlthr!M; the Britishtejssels went to-the asist-, ance of the' one that wa strucK ana they,-too, were struck. by torpedoes. Irish Volunteers" Caljed r !XVDufeHn.-Pfefaxier Asquith appeateij., at the mansion-house here 'for: the purj pose, as he expressed it in theopening of his speech, "as h cud 'of the king's government. -to sumiction loyal and pa- triotio Ireland to take her, place in,de- . fense , of our ; common - cause." Th prime minister" f ece'ived t eriieiaoua ; welcome. He appeared at the nansion house with John E. Redmond, Jhe Irish Nationalist leader, and the earl of Ab erdeen, lord lieutenant of Ireland. His opening words aroused the greatest enthusiasm. f Great Armies Fiahting. Desperately . Washiftglcm.-r.Th9 :th$rteeBth;dat' of the great battleef the Aisne' to the herth'west of Paris flQds the- Franco British and German-"arniie's still 'fight, ing. desperately, with the Germans nereiy resiaung ine ,grauuai iuiyanvts of the atlies: ohlGeneral'-Von Kt'uik'f The French .army-entrenched dot a- position bet.weeo stbe Bonsme t&iM the Oise, appEoaflnMlteTf slxty mlles north of Paris acU y Gn: the eastern end !of the battle line the- Germans are reported to be' mak ing a' determined 'assault ' on the .Ver dun 'positions;.- One report of h'.jght.i ihg places pe German casualties at X0.000 dead and 15,000 wounded. V The-JGer'maa .army ' headqBartera- fa Its latest; official statement -regarding the situation: ill' France confines itself to , gtatlsgJ that there hive been "some pf ..importance hai transpired. ' '.f'- v The sharpeningof; British censorship: just announced is apparent .to a mark ed . degree already considerable amount of unof ficdaJ. retwrti.-coniment' andispeclal dispatches ftxhrfthie war zone is 'jiot'belng transmitted " ' In' the eastern theater the Ruslah pursuit of the, Austro-Gerxnan forces in' Galicia continues'' " , . A-JRUsian::pffIcJa Galiclan, fortified positions of Cdyschky and 'Foiklstvn. tocether with, all the Austria artillery, have Jbeenr capture. "-.Following the capture" oc. jarosia;u the Russian flag has moved -forward twelve miles to the west of that posi tion and now flies over the towns of Przeworsk and Lancut. The Russians also claim to be steadily closing In on Cracow. - ' '- ' A Berlin official statement says that there is no. hews from. the. eastern war arena.- . rZeppelin airships have extended their' operations to the Belgian sea side resort of Ostend. The bombs d'oppeJrpin a ; .dirigible caused jon- siaeraDie damage to puuamgs ang.,cre a'tedl'a nlo-'araohs-lt Emperor William is reported , to be suffering from a severe cold caught In a violent rainstorm while obsefvingithe German soldiers . in the trendies be fore Verdun .;.,. The Berngovernment; J; reported to nave Aiwv;4e.u Huetiuau iifijueai v send her forces through Switzerland. Italy, it Is said, :U prepared to defend Switzerland's neutrality ' should Ger many -atteinpt: to; cross he jtronttetJi I A French " official announcement states that the Germans are againt bom harding the y. historie cathedral 1 of Rhelms. . ' . ' London. Every day at five o clock a bell ring's In :'the great' exhibition "hall of lAlexaidra" palace, whereupon1 1,500 women,? clrildreil and ' old men,1 with a scattering of -youths, set" up ' a"clattter of woodea shoetff This'smnseTiienC park is dow the- largt ' calnp f or " Belgiaa refugees inthe London district and 'Turn1 Rrrman Warhin fiiirfta Londoh.-rTAqrdingf -to.:;, a "jessaTgi from PaFis jtohe,'Centra,lNe;vBaJ -UuBsian cruiser wsj suuk ai urman cruiser' and"two "tbrpedo 'boats in the Baltic. ,-,-r--A tfiH- r-Anstriaif9 APeT CemetetVy rfte'uiedi 4 Nsh.SecItu:The Iwttle" which' Trjs befn. ttt 5rogaresriosJ?f Vs r-'iCrWaal-ia'-khe Orfnir fvr,"has:', Ac cording to official announcement end? 4 In complete disaster" far the 'Au'strlan; i3ji53m.flstr'la itroopsre-'rtgaVed in this encounter, while the Servian forces Included "various bodies of men who had been concentrated along the Drina, reinforced by troop3 hastily re called from Semlin and S'avonia. The fighting was very sanguinary. mak3igaliquattsi'B fg? Ihe ,Juna'$ls$ foreignp&'.W;haw,ejbg cared,- tot IhWi'j'jsiV.t 1 wi W :". ?rr i ?,t - I ., . i a I Ci n a d I a n KTrt'HShv-;-W4r; H St. -Johns, N. B. rT. .W.: Crothers. minister, pf labor, of the Dominion, of Canad'aVvannounp .KJana' aian 5younxe.ers naa ,gone tQ tne irooi a day'HV: tworago: ' "X ;;r:'9v,.;. l-L MftaCrofHers 'made the ano,u3i: mentvin a -Speech before Ihe CartaQidh trades- ad labor congress "S 'conebi Ption' lere. : - v ; Mr?;Cro,they3.jSxtolled the patriotic ipifit',of the Canadian volunteers. .:Thg foregoing brief dispatch-is ther only, announcement, tne (janaaian, cen. sor has-Permitfed to.go"6ver the wire regarding-the disposition of the.,:,Cah. adiatf;voIunteers for more ; . than-f ;i a Pefsons8 reaching the United States from Canadian ports have told of act ive preparations there for the transpor tatlbht pf -."jCfnada's .first 'contingent "of troops J.9 'the theater of war; a month. agQtth prophecy was made that, the volunteers -would .sail- about September "ohenby' one trans-Atlantic liners have been called for undisclosed - mis sions; tcS Canadian porta ; but no infor mation'.'naa been permitted to-reach the outside world as to. when the troops- would sail from or-what port .would be their destination; . ' ; . ' " ' 1 Beyond the bare announcement that 1,5 1 Canadian volunteers had sailed, no otherTiewsOf their departure was per mitted'tojget ' past the censor. 7 British Steamer Is Sunk Rio3 Janeiro. The German steamer Prussia has arrived at Santos and land ed the "master arid fifteen men of the British steamer Indian Prince,, which was sunk by the German . , auxiliary cruiser4 Kronprinz Willielm.; , . . .. Russians Surround Przemsyl 7 In Galicia the Russians are pushing steadily on their goal,, which, for the moment is Przemsyl. uThey apparent ly have that place pretty . weir sur rounded by now, fOr, following the capture of Jaroslau,-nAthey. announced the occupation of Wlslok, on the Hun garian' border, southwest of - Przem-' syl, and-an important station pn. the railway . which runs Trom sanok throwghohe 'of the passes of the Car pathians to 1 Zemplin, and I thence ; to Budapest. i)r Vislok probably was taken by that part : of .the Russian army which ad vanced from Lmberg bythe southern route to cut' bff ithe retreat of the Austrian arnjyr. through the Carpath ians to Hungary It is also another link In ihe chain 'vhich the Russians are drawing around the1 fortresses of Przemsyl and Cracrow. "On ; the German frontier,- the Rus sians are in close touch with the Ger man forces, according to t&eJf-report, 1 1 i ' i... iiJ 1 ; i . . j I out no uguiiug a S . UCUljrr3U. . vThe .Servian record almost dally successes. , ;Thif time it is the .capture pfLiubovia on'' the river Drina'. Germans Destroy Famous Cathedral : London-he Rhelms correspondent ofthe Daily . Mail sends .this ; story of the damage wrought. In the cathe dral ;iher75' U 2:'. V. ' " r $, "TheJ "rnailficgnt i 3 cathedral of Rheii&iiiiwjtch was. a-natlooal monu irientj unlyiersal -fame, now is no mo rp than ah empty 'shell of charred and blackened wall. It, is not yet known- jowhat extent Its s'tche work fpsK beeri jit Wakened... by the, 'flames, or whether later it can be restored, but jtwill neytt: be' what It was before: British Disaster. Pleases' Berlin' : Berlfu. The sinkihg of fhe' hree British arrnoxed cruisers, the Aboukir, Hogue and uressy, or lz.zuu tons eacn, is the big ttws feature, In;, Berlin's newspapers.ii'Details of the battle are r.ot yet iAyaihible. -.ti t' s - ' tTo0 in3 : wis received with partic ula'r'pleasure, as it served to reconcile the German sailors with the policy im posed upon them of higher strategy, under which the officers and men of the flee are chafing, despite all admo nitions of patience from the newspa pers and public oD'nion. S " " NO14.; NORTH GARQLIM BANKS TO BE FAIR , ... 1 -111 THE .CORPORATION COMMISSION WIRES McADOO STATE ISN'T ' -4 - : , ... . --..,-,--)- - -ijiH ilk HOARDING MONEY. , NO'NBV L0ANST1ARE MADE Reason For This Js Because: Spring ,,.And Summer Loans-Are Being Car 5? l -. , ried-: W hen . Past Due. . . ' f . . . r.' Raleigh, The "Corporation Commis-.. gion telegraphed Secretary of the Fed eral Treasury; McAdoO a "cbmparitlve statement of the finances of the State, banks,... which the .commission . de-. clares, "discloses that North Carolina banks'; are . not hoarding money, but tarrying lower -reserves thanithey did in. v 1913. 'and have .borrowed for, the use of customers more than twice the amount they did same'-period last year." '. y'"- '".';'.;,;r :,, : '. . "This accords.' says the commis- sion, "with "our gerferal Information that our banks are ddlngall they safe ly can -to meet the present conditions. WVliave not detailed information as tOTlnteresI charged on existing loant ror'i demanded'" for hew1 accommodaf 'tions,-- ;but our "information, received through our bank, examiners and oth erwise, is that the banks are charging of" .demanding no higher interest now than they did under normal conditions. Our Thanks are not. making any new Joans, but this Is due to the. fact that they are carrying1 the loans made la the Spring-and the,' Summer to enable the" crops to be made, which enables thenl to make and to a large extent obviates ,the necessity for new loans." In, conclusion the commission as sures Secretary McAdoo . that the commission will co-operate in every way possible ; with him In his, wise and laudable effort to se-that abun dant currency is distributed over the country in such k way as to meet the demands of every section, durins; '.be extraordinary times, - . : ; , ; BRYAN SPEAKS FOR GUDGER. Pays Tribute to President Wilson and Urges Party' Majority. Asheville, N. C In a political ad dress, delivered here in' 'the interest of Congressman James M. Gudger, Jr., the ' Democratic . congressional candi' date in ! this', ; district. Secretary 'of State W. J. -Bryan declared that the election of a .Democratic; majority In the House . is vitality neccesary to. the successful accomplishment of Presi-" dent Wilson's plans for .remedial .leg islation . , ' Secretary Bryan paid glowing tri bute to President Wilson while touch ing upon National and international affairs. ; ;; ., ; - j - w. - "1 have -been In' politics for 34 years," said Mr. Bryan, "and in that time have met no braver man than Woodrpw W'lsOn.' He was the bravest man 'in the Nation when we were passing through; the Mexican crisis. The President knew the: situation bet ter than anybody else knew it, and' tonight every mother Jih the country la thanking God because : Woodrow . Wilson did not send her son to war in Mexico. Had - the President listened to the clamor for war with Mexico. which came from certain quarters he . would not tno.w be in a position where the warring Nations of Europe ask the United; States: to look after their diplomatic: interests." " . Biggest Apple In Washington. Washington, -The s- largest -' apple over seen In Washington arrived at the Capitol and was delivered to Sen ator Simmons. It is ; a product of Wilkes County, North, Carolina. A. B.. Williams of the Capitol police, brought the apple back with blm and presented it to Senator Simmons, who showed it to. his State colleagues and enjoyed their astonishment hugely. Thompson Goes to Berlin."" ' , Wa8hington-rr-Among the several commercial attaches apointed by Sec retary Redfield is ; U.-'-W. Thompson of Charlotte who goes to Berlin The position pays $5,000. Moving Into New Quarters.-. . Ttaleigb, The State Department of Health is being moved fronr the' Me- chanics' Bank building -,'oti Fayette- ville street to the remodeled Supreme Court building, where the department has been provided splendid quarters on the fourth floor with fire-proof vaults for department records. Within a very short time now the State De partment of Education and Insurance will also move into the remodeled building, which is nearing completion. The Deoartment of Education is to move also. 'III', '