ti3 a Year, In Advance.
"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
VOL. XXV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1914.
NO. 15.
KIIIS VICTORY
SALICIA IS SURE
VON KLUCK'S ARMY, REINFORC
ED, MAKES A BRAVE
8TAND.
GERMANS LOSE 70,000 MEN
Army of General Reunenkampff Cuts
Between Two Opposing Forces and
Gains Decisive Victory.
London. General von Kluck, rein
forced with troops from the German
Central continues to make a determin
ed stand against the attempt of the
allies to outflank him.
The French, who officially reported
that all German attacks in this re
gion have been repulsed and that the
allies had resumed the offensive, an
nounced that the battle to the north
of the Oise which commenced seri
ously about September 25 continues
"with great violence with no decisive
result and that at certain points the
French troops have had to yield
ground.
The Germans, In their report, say
the battle is proceeding successfully
for them.
Both in London and in Paris there
Is the greatest confidence, although
some surprise is displayed at the suc-
cess of the Germans in preventing the
outflanking movement. They feel
however that the Germans cannot ex
tend their line much farther north
without weakening at some point.
Along the rest of the line the
French communication says there has
"been no change. Therefore the prog
ress in the region of Soissons and in
Woevre either has satisfied them for
the moment or they have been check
d by the Germans. Of the fighting
here, as on their right, the -German
Teports say it is proceeding favorably
for the German arms. Progress by
either side must be extremely slow,
for after every advance, no matter
how slight, the troops making it must
entrench themse'fes for protection
against the shells from the enemy's
guns, posted in strong postions, from
one end of the line to the other.
The defeat of the German army
Trhich invaded Russia from East
Prussia appears from Russian ac
counts to have been even more de
cisive than previously stated. Accord
ing to the Russian . ambassador at
Rome the Germans were routed com
pletely with a loss of 70,000 men and
have been forced to abandon every
thing. -
No news has been received from
tthe Silesian and Galician battlefields
and probably the main armies have
not come together there. A big bat
tle cannot be delayed much longer
however as on the Silesian frontier
both armies are moving forward and
. will meet in Russian Poland.
Before the Russian advance in Gali-
cia the peasants are fleeing the coun
try andit is reported that 20,000 of
them have reached Bohemai.
The sanitary department of Vienna
reports that four cases of Asiatic
cholera have occurred among the
troops returning from Galicia but that
all have been isolated.
At Antwerp, the official report says,
the situation in the fortified positions
remains unchanged.
While the Servians and Monte
negrins are attacking the fortifications
of Sarajevo, Belgrade, which has bee.i
under fire so often has not been bom
barded for several days probably as
a result of reoccupation of Semlin by
the Servians.
Skirmishes which occurred on the
Anglo-German frontier in East Africa
was the result of German raids into
British territory for the purpose of
cutting the Uganda Railway. All
these raids, according to the British
official report, have been repulsed.
, While the routine life in England is
not seriously upset by the war the
regulations in many respects are be
coming more stringent. In order to
keep the army provided with warm
clothing the authorities have com
mandeered large quantities of woolens
in Leicester, a step which is likely to
be followed elsewhere.
Germans Say English Fear.
Rome. German newspapers con
tinue to print items of news sent them
from England. One of the latest pa
pers received here from the German
capital contains the following:
"It is difficult to say whether the
Britishers tremble more in fear of an
enemy below tho water or in the air,
After the exploit of the German sub
marine. As to danger from the air,
Zeppelins are expected everywhere.
London is kept at night in semi-darkness
in the fear that the city may ba
mad a target for the airships."
NATION OBSERVES
PEACE SUNDAY
Prayers For Peace In Europe Are Offered
Up In Churches Over the Entire
Country.
ALLIES ARE SLOWLY GAINING
At Aisne Rulers Of Three Warring
Nations With Their Troops
At The Front
While the voices of thousands of peo
pie assembled in the churches through
out the United States was lifted in
prayer on Sunday for peace among the
warring nations of Europe, the titanic
struggle on the European continent
continued with all its fury. It is re
ported that the rulers of the three na
tions at war have gone to the front
Kaiser William of Germany is said to
be with his troops attempting to stem
the progress of the Russians in East
Prussia; King Albert, the Belgian king,
is leading his troops against the Ger
man armies, and President Poincare
of France has gone to join his soldiers
in the north of France. Jsn
It was announced from Paris that
President Poincare's mission to ".his
soldiers was not to direct the fighting
or " to interfere with General Joff re's
plans, but to deliver to the soldiers
his personal appreciation for their he
roic efforts in repulsing the German
invaders from French soil. Kaiser
William is much alarmed over the con
tinued successes of the Russians in
East Prussia, German Poland and Ga
licia. Vienna fears that the Russians
will endeavor to take the Austrian
capital. The Germans up to the pres
ent time hav been unable to check
the progress of the czar's armies in
German territory.
Slowly but surely the allied armies
of France and Great Britain have
been pushing the Germans backward
out of France into Belgium. The bat
tie line Is now close to the Belgian bor
der. The fortunes of war have been
playing fickle with the contesting ar
mies in the north of France. In some
places the Germans gain an advan
tage, while at other points along the
150-mile battle line the allies have the
better of the argument. v
Belgians Reinforced At Antwerp
The little Belgian army is again
bearing its share of the attack of the
German armies. For the past week
the kaiser's soldiers have been doing
their utmost to crush the defenses at
Antwerp and capture the city. Ant
Werp is one of the strongest fortified
cities in the world. The British are
watching the attack on Antwerp with
much anxiety, as the capture of this
important city would render possible
an opening to the North sea and a
future campaign in England. The Brit
ish have hurried their artillery to aid
the Belgians in the defense of the city,
Austria Agrees To Italy's Demands
For a time it appeared that Austria
and Italy would become entangled in
a diplomatic struggle which might end
in the declaration of war by Italy on
Austria, but this was happily averted
when Austria agreed to the demands
of Italy to remove the floating mines
in the Adriatic sea and to pay an in
demnity to the families of Italian fish
ermen who were killed by the destruc
tion of a fishing boat by an Austrian
mine. It is expected that shipping on
the Adriatic sea will be resumed as
soon as Austria gives notice that all
of the mines have been removed.
" German Victory For Africa
In China the Japanese troops have
been extremely active In their cam
paign against the German colony in
China, but they have done little fight
ing so far. It is said that China com
plained of the Japanese violating their
neutrality, but the Japanese have paid
little attention to these complaints and
have moved their troops by the most
direct routes. They were not molest
ed by the Chinese soldiers. There has
been somewhat of a lull in the fight
ing between the British and Germans
in South Africa with the exception 'of
one small skirmish in which the Ger
mans were the victors.
In an earnest desire for a hasty cul
mination of the war in Europe, Presi
dent Wilson issued a proclamation set
ting aside Sunday, October 4, as peace
day and requested that prayers be
offered up by the American people all
over the United States for peace.
Germans Routed By Russians
Petrograd. The official statement
from general staff headquarters Issued
reads:
"The battle of Augustowo ended Oc
tober' 3, in a victory for the Russian
arms. The German defeat is com
plete. "The enemy is In a disordered re
treat toward the east Prussian fron
tier. The valiant Russian troops are
in close pursuit, the Germans aban
doning in their desperate march trains,
cannon and munitions, not having even
time to gather up their wounded."
Washington. Prayer for peace In
Europe arose from all parts of the
United States Sunday. Clergymen of
all denominations read President WH
son's proclamation, Itself a fervent
peace prayer, and congregations g&th-
ered to sing peace hymns and take
part in peace services.
The president attended the Central
Presbyterian church here and heard
Rev. James H. Taylor pray that the
United States might be instrumental
in restoring peace to Europe and that
Mr. Wilson might be given wisdom and
strength in his mediation proposals,
The church was packed. After the
services a large crowd waited until
the president' had taken communion,
to watch him lide away in his auto
mobile.
May Bring Lasting Peace
New York. Hope that the European
war will be the last object lesson of
the horrors of strife and that after it
the efforts of man will be devoted to
production rather than destruction.
was expressed Sunday by Secretary
of State Bryan and Oscar S. Straus:
former secretary of commerce and la
bor, at a special peace day service at
Carnegie Hall. The meeting was one
of many held in this city in accord
ance with President Wilson's recent
proclamation, designating Sunday as a
day of prayer for peace.
"Today, when a number of nations
all our frien4s, have been drawn into
the vortex of war," said Secretary Bry
an, "our first duty is to use such in
fluence as we may have to hasten the
return of peace. There will be ample
time afterward to discuss ways and
means for preventing future appeals
to arms. J
"Our interests are so entwined with
the interests of other lands that no
nation can live or die unto itself alone
If we had no higher reason for encour
aging conditions conducive to peace
we should find ample justification in
the fact that the burdens of war no
longer are borne entirely by its direct
participants."
Success For Allies At Aisne
Paris. The official announcement
issued by the French wa,r office re
ports progress in the region of Sois
sons, where several German trenches
have been taken.
The battle on the left wing is in full
swing without decisive result. The text
of the communication follows:
"First On our left wing the strug
gle is in full swing in the region of
Arras, without decision having been
reached. The action has been less vio
lent between the upper valley of the
Ancre and the Somme, and between
the Somme and the Oise. We have
made progress In the region of Sois
sons, where some -of the enemy's
trenches have been captured.
"Second On almost all the remain
der of the front, the lull already not
ed, persists. In the Woevre region
we have made some progress between
Apremont and the Meuse and on the
Rupt de Mad."
Vienna Hospitals Are Crowded
Venice. Vienna hospitals and all
temporary asylums for sick and wound
ed soldiers are fearfully crowded. The
city council has decided to build addi
tional wooden barrack hospitals, which
will be furnished with ten thousand
beds. 1 Buildings of the University of
Vienna have been given over to the
wounded soldiers.
The army of destitute and unem
ployed in the Austrian capital is in
creasing daily.
Thousands are threatened with star
vation.
The authorities estimate that it will
be necessary to provide free meals for
100,000 persons daily.
Owing to the rapid advance in the
price of meat and the shortage of live
stock, the city council has asked the
government to permit the importation
of 1,000 tons of Argentine beef.
French President With Soldiers
Bordeaux. President Poincare, ac
companied by Premier Vivianl and
Minister of War Alexandre Miileiand,
left for the battle froDt. The presi
dent goes to the battle line not to
take part In the strategy, but to con
gratulate the troops personally upon
the bravery they have displayed in the
long and stubborn lighting.
German Victory In Prussia
London. A dispatch from Amster
dam says: "The German commander
at Koenigsberg, East Prussia, has an
nounced officially that the Russian ar
mies in the battles of October 1 and
lost 3,000i prisoners, eighteen big
guns and many machine guns.
German Women Give Gold
Rome. The women of Germany,
according to reports received here,
are busily at work preparing woolen
garments for the soldiers in the battle
ine. The reports also state that a
committee of women has been formed
for the purpose of inducing the wom
en of Germany to give up their gola
ornaments wjth the ideaf of tranbform
ing them into money with which , to
buy arms. Each woman receives in
exchange for her gold ornaments an
iron ring inscribed with the words "I
cave gold fofthi3."
GENERAL VICTOR DANKL
i
V
General Victor Dankl Is the Austrian
commander whose army has been un
successfully opposing the advance of
the Russians In Galicia.
Germans Claim Victories,
Berlin. The following official an
nouncement was made:
"In the siege of Antwerp forts Wa-
vre, St. Catherine and Dornweid have
been taken and Fort Waelhem invest
ed. Termonde, an important strate
gical point, has been occupied.
On our western wing a , new
French attempt to encircle our forces
has been repulsed. The French have
been ejected from their positions south
of Roye.
"Sorties from Toul were ..repulsed
with heavy losses."
Mine Sinks Dutch Ship
London. A dispatch from Amster
dam says the Dutch steamer Nieuwl
and, from Goole, England, to Rotter
dam, struck a mine in the North sea
and sank.
Servians Repulse Austrians
Paris. The Servians on the front
from Zvornik, Bosnia, to Loznitsa,
Servia, along the river Drina, have re
pulsed violent attacks and inflicted
heavy losses on the Austrians.
Japs Disregard Chinese
Pekin. Without further diplomatic
controversy me Japanese are proceed
Ing along the railway to Tsinan. Their
troops at Wei-Hsien, who occupied the
station there, have been reinforced.
, Roumania Remains Neutral
London. The Rome correspondent
of the Exchange Telegraph has
sent the following dispatch:
'A message from Bucharest, Ru
mania, announces that the president of
the council of the crown and the con
servative and democratic leaders
have decided to ask King Charles not
to hold the council meeting fixed for
this week, saying there is no need
for Roumania to change her policy of
neutrality."
Gen Von Kluck's Army Outnumbered
London. The Daily Mail's corre-
pondent in France reports fighting in
and around Douval, department of
Nord, eighteen miles south of Lille,
and considers that if the French have
reached-Douval in force, the situation
of the German general. Von Kluck,
must be desperate.
"General Von Kluck," the correspond
ent adds, "has had all the reinforce
ments which can be spared him and
yet finds himself outnumbered at ev
ery point. There are many Indications
from German prisoners, from French
officers and from members of the Brit
is htransport service, the combined
testimony of whom it is.difficult to dis
believe, that the German army is be
coming demoralized.
The German prisoners are dirty and
hungry and suffering from the effects
of bad food, bad atmosphere and bad
sanitation. Their trenches are too
deep to make the lifting out of the
dead an easy matter and in some cases
no attempt has been made to remove
bodies.
Invaders Have Trying Time3
London. A picture of the sufferings
of the German troop3, cramped in un
derground trenches and galleries along
the Aisne river, I3 given by the Paris
correspondent of the Daily Mail. He
says that the autumnal weather with
s damp nights, and, bitterly cold
dawns, is extremely trying, u tno
men step from their trenches to the
evel ground they do so at the risk
of their lives. At uight every German
oldier. must, be at his post in the
narrow ditch, sleeping as best ha may,
1
ith hh rifle at his side.
ST, LOUIS BANKERS
RAISE COTTON FID
START MOVEMENT FOR $150,000,
000 TO LEND ON SOUTHERN
STAPLE.
AT 6 PER CENT INTERES
Niot to Buy Cotton But to Finance
Growers With Money on Holdings,
Liquidate Cotton.
St. Louis, Mo. A plan for raising
a cotton loan fund of fl50,000,000 pro
posed by a conference of St. Louia
bankers, was ratified here by a dele
gation of bankers from the cotton
growing states and now awaits only
the approval of Secretary - of the
Treasury McAdoo and the Federal
Reserve Board before it is carried Into
effect. The plan as approved "in gen
eral essence" by nine southern bank
ers who had been asked by Secretary
McAdoo to attend the conference
with St. Louis bankers, provides for
the raising of the fund by subscript
tions from national and state banks
trust companies and mercantile and
manufacturing companies throughout
the country.
"It must be distinctly understood,1
declared Fetus J. Wade, 1 chairman of
the St. Louis Clearing House Asso
ciation, and originator of the plan
"that this is not a movement for the
purchase of cotton. It is simply a
movement to make available a fund
of $150,000,000 to loan on cotton at
not to exceed six cents per pound,
middling basis. -
The amount to be raised by each
financial center will be apportioned by
the committee at a meeting to be held
later, providing the -general plan
meets the approval of the Secretary
of the Treasury and the Federal Re
serve Board. Among southern bank
ers who attended the conference
were:
E. W. Robertson, president Nation
al Loan and Exchange Bank, Colum
bia, S. C; and John'M. Miller, Jr.,
vice president First National Bank
Richmond, Va.
The plan then was submitted to
Secretary McAdoo and to the Federal
Reserve Board.
The southern bankers were Invited
to come to St. Louis to discuss it
They sent the following telegram to
Secretary McAdoo.
"The plan as laid before you and
the Federal Reserve Board to endeav
or to raise a cotton loan fund of
$150,000,000 was submitted to the un
dersigned. After careful consider
ation the following resolution was
passed unanimously:
" 'That the plan outlined by Mr
Festus J. Wade, in general essence,
be adopted and the details worked out
later. It is believed the South will
subscribe its proportion as suggested
and outlined." '
CARRANZA MAKES STATEMENT.
Says He Will Resign, But If Not Per
mitted, He Will Fight Villa.
Mexico City Charging that the re
bellion in northern Mexico was insti
gated by the so-called clentificos and
"our conquered enemies," General
Carranza in his statement to the con
vention of Constitutionalist leaders
here offered to resign as "first chief
if a mojority of the military chiefs so
decided, but declared he would never
submit to "a group of chiefs who
have forgotten he fulfillment of their
duty and a group of civilians to whom
the nation owes nothing."
"If I had not tried to conquer the
rebel force by force of arms, it has
been on account of prudence which
the circumstances demand but the
nation must know that if we reach a
stage where it is impossible to other
wise suDDress their rebellion we have
100,000 men well armed, art illery and
machine euns and also we have right
and justice, whic'i aro invincible, on
our side," declared the first chief.
General Carranza said it was his
dutv to "fix the responsibility of the
prepared rebellion of General Villa
which is nothing but a plot instigated
bv the so-called clentificos and by all
of our conquered, enemies who have
not rrceived public office on account
ircompetence and cowardice."
Nation Prays For Peace.
Washington. Prayers for peacfi in
Europe arose from all parts of the
United States. Clergymen of all de
nominations read President Wilson's
proclamation, itself a fervent peace
prayer arid congregation gathered to
s-nf peace hymns and take part in
I -w.ee services. The president at
tended the Central 'Presbyterian
church here and heard Rev. James
JL Taylor pray that the United States
might be instrumental in restoring
peace to Europe and that President
Wilson might be given wisdom.
AiHI. CELEBRATES
25TH ANNIVERSARY
OCCASION BROUGHT LEADERS OF
STATE AND THENATION
TOGETHER.
ABOUT 200 SPEECHES MADE
Hon. T. J. Jarvis, Ex-Governor of
State, Secretary Daniels, Secretary
Vrooman, Principal Speakers.
, Raleigh. The North Carolina Agri
cultural and Mechanical College haa
just celebrated its twenty-fifth anni
versay. It was the climax of the three
day celebration which . took form in
festivities of congratulation dignified
by the presence of many of the fore
most men of thought and achieve
ment In North Carolina and the na
tion today. The speakers were not
just men of a single achievement, but
men who by continual determined per
sistent efforts have placed themselves
in the line of dominant progressive
ness and have brought prosperity to
their fellowmen.
Governor Locke Craig presided and
gave the pitch to the exercises when
he said, "There is no place in God's
world for a standpatter." Hon. Thos.
J. Jarvis, ex-governor of North Caro
lina, whose term of service saw
North Carolina struggling through
the terrible period of reconstruction,
brought to the students of today the
message to prepare for life and to
solve the problem of the high cost of
living by aiding the movement of
"Back to .the Farm." on. Josephus
Daniels, secretary of the navy, one of
the first friends of the instiution, em
phasized the value of the man as op
posed to the machine. ' Hon. ' Carl
Vrooman, assistant secretary of agri
culture, stressed scientific agriculture
and the blessings of it.
Then followed a series of felicita
tions from Hon. P. P. Claxton, of tho
United States Department of Agricul
ture by letter; from .state department
of education, by Dr. J. Y. Joyner;
from the state colleges, by President
Edward K. Graham,, of the University
of North Carolina; from the denomi
national colleges, by President Wil-"
liam Louis Poteat, of - Wake Forest
College; from the United States de
partment of agriculture, by Dr. A. F.
True, director of the office of experi
ment stations; from the state depart
ment of agriculture, by Major W. A.
Graham, commissioner of agricul
ture, and a summary of the college
growth, by President D. H. Hill.
During these three days of the an
niversary the alumni have given th9
lie direct to the theory that student
of the agriculture or mechanics can
not talk and will not talk; Prof. W.
A. Withers, chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements, said:
Forty meetings have been held
and every one within a few mlnut
of the time set, without friction and
without jar of any kind, and about
two hundred speeches have been
made."
CELEBRATE FOUNDER'S DAY.
Exercises at Normal College Com
memorating 22nd Anniversary.
Greensboro. October the 5th of
each year is observed at the State
Normal and Industrial College as
Founder's Day. The college was open,
ed on October the 5th, 1890, and hence
this is the 22nd anniversary of the
founding of the college.. A program of
the exercises for" this year was:
Sunday, October the 4th at 4:30 p.
m., memorial service for Miss Sue
May Klrkland. Address' by Dr. Melton
Clark, Greensboro. Miss Kirkland
was the first lady principal of the in
stitution and served it for twenty-two
years. She died on June 8th, during
the summer vacation.
Monday, October the 5th at 11 a.
m., Founder's Day address, President
Edward K. Graham, University of
North Carolina. 8:30 p. m., decf ca
tion of Woman's building. Address
by Judge Walter Clark, Raleigh. Thin
building was provided for by an act
of the legislature of 1911. The act
making the appropriation dedicated
the building to the "Women of the
Confederacy."
Kinston Tobacco Market Good.
Kinston. In September 4,236,791'
pounds of tobacco was sold on the
Kinston market, and to date the sales
have totalled nearly 5,000,000 pounds.
At th'i rate, well-posted tobacconist. 3
ay, between 12,000,000' and 14,000,0G,
pounds will be handled here, duriti;
he entire season. Prices during the
past week were better than at any
ime since tbe opening on September
The' grades continue fair, and an
row beginning to average up we!i
with last season " offerins3.