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VOL. XXV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1914.
NO. 16.
AUSTRIANS FORGE
SOUTHERNERS ASK
CHEAPEST ROUTE
BELGIUM AGAIN
CENTRE OF WAR
FORTS GUARDING ANTWERP
EMY TO RETREAT
Cllllt! ON COTTON
S ORDER GIVEN
MARCH OF RUSSIANS TO GAL1CIA
ARE PROBABLY TO BE RE.
VERSED.
NOTHING FROM THE FRENCH
London Fearing Attack From Ant
werp as Base Prepare For Possi
ble Invasion of Enemy.
London. From the east came tid
ings of a decided reversal in form, the
dispatches both from Vienna and
Petrograd Indicating that the Austrian
army at Przemysl so often reported
surrounded, hopelessly outclassed and
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on the Russians with the aid of rein
forcements, and forced them to rer
treat.
The first news of this claim came
during tlie morning from the Austrian
capital. It was followed later ty what
purports to' be a Petrograd admission
that the Russians had abandoned the
siege of Przemysl for strategical rea
sons with the object of drawing up a
new lien against the Austro-German
army in other points in Gallcia.
Whatever may be the truth of the
situation the Russians have .been
claiming an unbroken series of victo
ries In their sweep through Gallcia
and the coincidence of today's dis
patches, supplemented as they were
by more circumstantial accounts from
Vienna and a vigorous Austro-German
offensive seemed to presage important
news.
Optimistic as always the British
press, besides contending that Ant
werp is of no importance to Germany
as a naval base, finds solace in the
argument that the release of the allied
troops there more than counter-balances
the troops which Germany will
send from that point into France.
The official communication from Pa
ris indicated that the left wing is
stretching further west and north and
will soon reach the coast, if the oppos
ing sides continue throwing out cav
alry in an endeavor to outflank and
break through.
The allies make no claim to victory
in the statement which opens with
the remark that these cavalry opera
tions continue as far north and west
as HazeoroucK, a poini naraiy more
than a day's walk from Calais.
Nowhere along the battle line do the
allies say they have made any prog
res except in the center, on the right
bank of the Aisne below Solssons. At
two other points, notably between Ar
ras and the Oise and on the right, in
Vosgos, it is said the German attacks
have been repulsed. A paragraph in
. the official communication saying it is
understood the Germans are occupy
ing only the suburbs of Antwerp,
while the 24 forts along the Scheldt
(Escaut) still are holding out, has
been received in London with consid
erable surprise and scepticism in
view of the announcement of the Brit
ish war bffice that the city was occu
pied by Germans and Berlin official
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tually complete possession of the city.
Probably stirred by the bomb drop
ping exploits of German aircraft over
Paris, London seems to be prepared
for such visitors and official notice
has been served on persons living
near the mouth of the Thames river
that they should be ready to seek their
cellars at the first sound of firing, as
there will be no time to spread the
news in any more formal way.
The whereabouts of the Belgian
queen is still a matter of conjecture
and the same vagueness surrounds the
King's reported wound.
GERMAN NAVY IS BUSY.
Claims to Have Sunk Cruiser in Bal
tic Sea. Other Attacks Made.
Petrograd. An official communica
tion issued announced that on October
11 the Russian armored cruiser Pal
lada was torpedoed in the Baltic Sea
by a German submarine and sank
with all her crew.
"October the tenth German sub
marines were sighted In the Baltic
Sea. The same day early in the
morning the submarines attacked the
cTuiser Admiral Makarov, which had
stopped to search a suspected bark
flying the commercial flag of The
Netherlands.
"A submarine of the enemy launch
ed several torpedoes which luckily
missed the mark and caused no dam
age whatsoever to the cruiser.
"On October 11 at 2 p. m. the sub
marines of the enemy again attacked
our cruisers Bayan and Pallada,
which were patroliog the Baltic.
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Germans Making Desperate Assault On
Antwerp, The Temporary Capital
Of The Belgians
AISNE BATTLE UNTETTLED
Allies Have Forced Battle Line To Bel
gian Border Operations Ex
tend To The Coast
Belgium is once more the scene of
the fighting' of the allied armies of
France and England against the Ger
mans. During the past week the al
lies have succeeded in pushing the
German armies back to the Belgian
border. Antwerp, the temporary capi
tal of Belgium, and one of the strong
est fortified cities in the world is be
ing besieged by the Germans. The
world awaits the outcome.
The battle of the Aisne, which was
in progress north of the Aisne river
in France for more than a month, will
go down in history as one of the great
est battles the world has ever known.
The area over which the fighting oc
curred occupied almost the entire
portion of France and at times the
main battle lines extended over 150
miles in length. The casualties on
both sides were astounding.
For days the great armies of the al
lies and the Germans swayed back and
forth. At some points the allies would
gain the advantage, while at others
the Germans were victorious, but dur
ing these days neither aide were able
to gain an appreciable advantage. Fol
lowing desperate fighting on both
sides for several weeks the battle
settled down to a siege. It was even
predicted by military experts of the
contending nations that 'winter would
find the contending armies still fight
ing on the northern border of France.
The predictions that have been made
by writers that areoplanes would play
a prominent part in the future wars
has in part become true. Although
they have failed so far to live up to
the expectation of the writers when it
came to destroying whole fleets of
ships and entire cities, but they have
proven themselves Indispensable in
aiding the armies in battle.
It has been the aeroplanes that have
soared over the battle lines that lo
cated the strength of the enemy and
made it possible for the commanders
to keep in touch with what was going
on along a hundred mile battle line.
Raids over Paris were made by Ger
man aeroplanes during the past week
and the British aircraft succeeded in
making another successful excursion
Into Germany. The damage done in
both flights were slight.
The war In Europe has been in
progress for more than two months
and so. far there has been no decisive
battles fought either on land or on
sea. It now appears that the war
will last through the winter with al
ternate victories for the combatants.
The battle of the Aisne between the
allies and the Germans in the north
of France has developed Into a siege
and may last for weeks longer. The
greatest activity is now being found
in East Prussia and Poland where
the great armies of Russia are pre
paring for an invasion into Germany.
Germans Defeated In Prussia
The fierce" struggle which has been
going on between the Russian and Ger
man troops along the Niemen river,
in East Prussia for nine days, ended
with a complete victory for the Rus
sians, according to dispatches from
Petrograd, the Russian capital. The
fact that Czar Nicholas has left the
capital to join his armies in Prussia
and that Kaiser William of Germany
is already on the, ground testifies to
the importance of this campaign.
European Rulers With Armies
An important development in the
war In Europe is the report that four
of the rulers of the countries at war
are at the front. When the condi
tions in East Prussia grew to alarm
ing proportions and a Russian invasion
menaced Germany, Kaiser William
hastened to East Prussia. King Al
bert of Belgium has been constantly
with his troops in their fighting
against the Germans in Belgium.' Czar
Nicholas has left Petrograd for the
German border.
President Poincare of France has
gone to visit his troops fighting the
Germans in north France.
Gen. Von Moltke Not Removed
Rome. Inquiries made in German
military circles with regard to reports
that Gen. Von Moltke had been remov
ed as chief of the general staff of the
German army, brings forth the state
ment that the report is incorrect. The
report, it, is declared, probably was
caused by the change of of fleers, made
in the German quartermaster general's
department, where Gen. Von Voight
Rhetz was appointed to succeed Gen.
Von Stein. Gen. Von Moltke retains
Lis post.
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Paris. The following official com
munication was issued here : "There
is nothing new to report, except that
there has been a lively engagement in
the region of Roye, where, in the last
two days, we have captured sixteen
hundred prisoners.",
London. Belgium once again Is the
center of military interest, for not only
is her army battling for its life behind
the fortresses at Antwerp, but the long
battle line in France has struggled
northward until it has crossed her
frontier at Armentleres and yet may
join the beleaguered Belgians.
According to a . German report re
ceived by wireless from Berlin, rail
way and telegraphic communication
with Antwerp is interrupted. It was
reported also that the king of the Bel
gians had been slightly wounded.
Antwerp Forts Are Destroyed
The severing of communication had
been expected, for the Germans had
been directing their attacks at points
of ingress to and egress from the city
and at the same time dropping shells
into the town itself. A portion of the
town i3 reported to have been de
stroyed. The 42-centimeter guns made
short work of the great Brialmont
forts and lesser ones are now engag
ed in destroying the city, which, under
the provisions of The Hague conven
tion, was given due notice before the
bombardment commenced.
The military fortunes of Gen. Von
Kluck and his one-armed adversary f
commanding the allies' cavalry, rap
Idly are being made or marred within
sight of the North sea, which sets a
limit to the outflanking movements,
the accomplishment of which for so
long has been the supreme goal of the
rival generals.
Russians Holding Tfceir Own
Petrograd. An unofficial communi
cation issued from general headquar
ters says:
"The fighting on the East Prussian
frontier continued on October 7 with
the same ferocity. In spite of German
reinforcements all their attacks in the
region of Wirballen (Russian Poland)
and Philipoff have been repulsed with
great losses. By a night assault the
Russian troops have captured the vil
lage of Kamenka, near Bakalargewo.
"In the forest of Massalstchizna,
west of R8tchka, our troops in a night
attack surrounded a German detach
ment which was partly exterminated,
the others being dispersed, abandon
ing their rapid firers.
"Russian troops have also captured
the town of Biala (in Galicia, 43 miles
west-southwest of Cracow). In other
regions there is nothing of importance
to record.
"In the attack against the Przemsyi
garrison conditions are in our favor,
our troops capturing by assault a
strong fortification, constituting one of
the principal positions." ,
Germans Unsuccessful In Africa
Washington. The British embassy
made public thi3 statement cabled to
Washington by the colonial office :
During September there was consid
erable activity along Anglo-German
boundary of the East African protecto
rate, due to attempts to raid British
territory and cut the Uganda railway.
All these attempts have been repulsed
and raiding parties defeated in every
case except one, where an unimportant
frontier station Is still held by a small
German party
British Airships Raid Germany
London. The following official
statement was issued covering an at
tack by a British air squadron on a
German airship shed at Dusseldorf.
"The secretary of the admiralty an
nounces that Squadron Commander
Grey reports that, as authorized, he
carried out with Lieut. R. L. G. Marix
and Lieut. S. V. Sippe, a successful at
tack on a Dusseldorf airship shed.
Lieutenant Marix's bombs, dropped
from a height of 500 feet, hit the Shed,
went through the roof and destroyed
a Zeppelin. , '
"Flames were observed 500 feet
high, the result of the Igniting of the
gas of an airship.
"All three officers are safe, but their
aeroplanes have been lost.
"The feat would appear to be in ev
ery respect remarkable, having regard
to the distance of over one hundred
miles penetrated into country held by
the enemy and to the fact that a pre
vious attack had put the enemy on
their guard and enabled them to mount
anti-aircraft guns.
May Force Turkey Into War
Washington. The alternative the
Ottoman empire faces as to whether
the Dardanelles are to be swung open
in answer to the demand of the triple
entente or whether the key to the
Black sea is to remain in Turkish pos
session promises to foce the porte to
join the European struggle, according
to opinion expressed in diplomatic cir
cles here. At the Turkish embassy it
was admitted that it might prove high
ly embarrassing to the sultan to be
forced to commit himself on such a
request Officials stated that unless
no other course was open it was high
ly unlikely that Turkey would submit
to a change in its policy because of
outside influence.
Russians Repulse Germans
Petrograd. The general staff has
given out the following official com
munication. "The Russian troops have continued
to repulse the enemy from the bounda
ries of the governments of Suwalki and
Lomza. The engagement has been
very fierce west of Symno.
"The German troops that were at
tacking Ossowetz are retreating hasti
ly to the north. Considerable forces of
the enemy, of which the bulk arrived
from the west, are concentrating in
the districts west of the governments
of Piotrkow and Kielce.
"The Russian cavalry and vanguard
are reconnoitering energetically
through all that reg' impeding
through vigorous atta the move
ment of the enemy.
"An attack by the Russian cavalry
against the German vanguard in front
of Andrew, and marching on Kielce,
was crowned with great success. The
German infantry was caught unawares
and i3 retreating in disorder, pursued
by the Russian cavalry.
Poincare Lauds British Army
London. An official communication
issued by the press bureau says: "King
George has received a telegram from
President Poincare, of France, say
ing: "On leaving French headquarters,
I had great pleasure in paying a visit
to Field Marshal French at British
headquarters and to his valued British
troops. I seize this agreeable oppor
tunity for renewing to your majesty
my most hearty felicitations and shall
be grateful if you will convey them to
the splendid army which is now fight
ing: in France."
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM
COTTON STATES OPPOSED AD
JOURNMENT NOW.
WANT VOTE ON COTTON BILL
Plans Proposed For Financing Cotton
Include Sale of Panama Bonds and
Issue of Other Bonds.
Washington. Senators and Repres
entatives from cotton-growing states
determined to make one more supreme
effort to get legislative relief from
Congress before adjournment for the
threatening conditions facing the cot
ton growers because of the European
war.
Democratic Senators from Southern
states blocked an agreement to vote
on the war tax bill when they deter
mined to attempt to adopt an amend
ment to the measure calculated to aid
the cotton growers. The amendment
probably will be submitted and will
afford an opportunity for a vote on
the issue. Southern seators, it was
learned, do not propose to fiilibuster
on the revenue bill but they do want
an opportunity to vote on the pro
posal for relief of their constituents,
whether it should carry or not.
Southern seators met at the home
of Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia.
,Among proposals discussed were the
following:
Curtailment of appropriations for
the coming fiscal year to the amount
of $100,000,000 and utilization of this
amount to help carry the cotton crop
and to make advances upon cotton.
Sale of undisposed Panama Canal
bonds to be utilized for the same pur
pose. Issue of $225,000,000 of three-year,
four per cent government bonds, in
denominations of $10 and up for the
purchase of 5,000,000 bales of cotton
to be held by the government until
January 1, 1916.
The bond issue proposal, it was
suggested, should be accompanied by
an excise tax on cotton producers of
$10 a bale on all cotton produced next
year in excess of five bales a plow.
In the house Representative Henry
of Texas served notice that he pur
posed to try to force a vote on the
project of southern members for an
Issue of $250,000,000 in currency bas
ed on cotton and tobacco warehouse
receipts. He introduced a resolution
for a drastic rule to give the plan
right of way and also sent a reply to
the letter of Secretary McAdoo to
him against the proposed legislation.
Mr. Henry insisted that the Secretary
had the right to deposit public monies
In Southern Nationals "in any manner
you deem 'equitable' to the extent of
the funds in your hands or that may
be supplied you by Congressional ac
tion." Representative Harwick of Geor
gia, who talked with the President,
introduced a bill proposing the issue
and sale of all of the Panama Canal
boid3 heretofore authorized at four
per cent instead of two per cent in
terest and for the deposit of the pro
ceeds in banks in the cotton belt.
REPUBLICANS ATTACK POLICY.
Denounce War Revenue Tax Bill as
Cloaked Effort to Cover Deficit.
Washington. A general Republi
can assault on the Democratic admin
istration and its policies with particu
lar reference to the pending war reve
nue bill, was made in the senate
while Democratic leaders were devot
ing their efforts to early adjournment.
Senators Smoot, Burton, Borah and
Smith of Michigan vigorously assailed
Democratic legislation and administra
tive policies, declaring the $100,000,
000 additional taxation now proposed
was made necessary by what they
termed Democratic blunders. They
went into details in their criticisms
of extravagance in appropriations.
Silence on the Democratic side
greeted the outburst. Democratic lead
ers planned to allow the Republicans
to have their say, then pass the tax
bill and adjourn. Senator Simmons
however, briefly replied to attacks on
the tariff.
Senator Overman of North Carolina
declined to allow the senate to agree
that the tax bill be voted on now, as
serting that some action must be tak
en in relation to cotton. It is expect
ed the Southerners will be satisfied if
s, vote is taken on an amendment to
the bill designed to aid the cotton
states and that this will be done.
Senator Smoot, opening the Republi
can attack on the tax bill, declared
no additional levy would hve been
necessary if the protective tarif law
had remained in force. He said the
plea that the war maae the tax neces
sary was a "shameful pretext."
CORPORATION COMMISSION SAYS
FOR RAILROADS TO TOTE FAIR
WITH SHIPPERS.
VIOLATION OF RULE NO. 29
Jutlce Act Should Seem to Warrant
Roads' Proposed Action, But Pa
trons Must Be Protected.
Raleigh. An order was issued by
the corporation commission for the
purpose of forbidding the Atlantic
Coast Line, and any other railroad
in the state planning to do so, to in
augurate a system in applying the
new reduced intrastate freight rates
now effective by which the railroad
would charge the higher rate for the
longer distance over their own lines
in cases where there was a short
route over different lines for shipment
where the shorter and cheaper route
was not specified by the shipper.
The commission says the Atlantic
Coast Line has been advertising it3
purpose to apply the rate of it own
shortest line to shipments not special
ly routed by a still lower combina
tion where such exists, and giving no
tice that in shipments so forwarded
the company may not under the law
entertain claims for overcharge on
the basis of the lower rate applicable
via another route.
The commission holds that this
course would be In direct violation
of Rule 29 of the commission, which
can be enforced even if section two
of the Justice act would seem to war
rant the course indicated by the rail
road company. Rule 29, making it
obligatory on the railroad company
to ship by the route giving the lowest
rate, and that the plan of the railroad
company would put the burden of
routing the shipments over the cheap
est route on the shipper, the majority
of whom never think of it and are un
informed. , The commission orders that the At
lantic Coast Line .withdraw at once
these instructions given its agents and
direct them to "route all shipments
in strict accord with Rule 29 of the
corporation commission and furnish
the commission with copies of such
instruction to agent."
Dr. R. L. Carr of Rose Hill, was here
conferring with the corporation com
mission and representing opposition
on the part of citizens of Rose Hill,
Warsaw and Magnolia to the petition
of the Atlantic Coast Line to be per
mitted to take off passenger trains
Nos. 90 and 91, Wilmington and
Goldsboro, on account of decrease in
passenger travel. The commission
has not indicated whether or not a
hearing will be given the opposition
before action on the petition of the
railroad company.
SEPTEMBER TOBACCO SALES.
North Carolina MarKets Show a Total
of 31,884,132 Pounds.
Raleigh. The summary of sales of
leaf tobacco on the North Carolina
tobacco markets during September is
sued by the state department of agri
culture shows the total sales for
month of 31,884,932 pounds. Wilson
led with 5,731,349 pounds. The total
sales for September of last year were
47,344,030 pounds.
The local sales on each market for
September follow:
Greenville, 5,731,349; Rocgy Mount,
4,956,237; Kinston, 3,415,657; Farm
ville 1,585,376; ' Fairmont, 1,488166;
Smithfield 1,030,628; Fair Bluff, 1,014,
256; Washington 759,382; Williams
ton, 725.239; LaGrange, 746,504; War
saw, 682,620; Goldsboro, 654,316; Ro
bersonville, 624.120; Newbern, 536,
633; Snow Hill, 622,280; Louisburg,
410,985; Wallace, 408,242; Wendell,
341,628; Winston-Salem, 354,345; Dur
ham, '355,604; Fuquay Springs, 317,
632; Ayden, 282,633; Zebulon, 300,514;
Henderson, 289,771; Apex, 174,859;
Reidsville, 157,104; Richland, 131,599;
Clinton, 144,358; Oxford, 103,053;
Youngsville, 90,192; Greensboro, 72,
719; Madison, 74,660; Spring Hope.
64,166; Warrenton, 52,571; Greed
moor, 48,776; Stoneville, 29,349; Rox
boro, 19,908.
Dyestuffs Are Short.
Troy. The Troy Knitting Mill,
while not yet ready to start up its
new plant, is receiving orders for
hosiery, and the management is anxi
ous to get to work as scon as possi
ble to fill the demands. The lack of
dyestuffs is a serious handicap.
The new electric plant of the
Smitherman Power Company on Lit
tle River, eight miles south of town,
is about half completed. A large
force Is kept on the job. The project.
It is estimated, will coat about $0,000
when finished.