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l3 a Year, a Advance. "FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH." 7 VOL. XXV. PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1914. NO. 17. ;v 0 X if 10 ( .IV f-'fe it; J' 'Mi STRUGGLE AT PORTS JS HEARING CRISIS FIGHTING MUST BE MORE IN OPEN WITH LESS CHANCE FOR ENTRENCHMENT. GERMANS CLAIM POSITION'. Allies Also, Are Satisfied With Re ports From Front Fierce Fight- - ing Continues in East. London, The attempted advance of the German forces along the coast of Belgium and Northen France, ap- parently with the aim of establishing themselves in British channel ports so they may menace England, has reached a critical point, .The extreme western fighting line now reaches from Armentieres through Roulers to Nieuport on the coast about half way between Ostend and Dunkirk. According to the French of ficial announcement German heavy ar tillery, presumably used in the siege of Antwerp was bombarded the front from Nieuport to Vladslo. which is about 10 miles from the coaet. The allies also have made progress eastward from a point south of Armentieres toward Lille on a line running roughly to Arras. The report tells of house-to-house fighting in which the allies are advancing. The battle has raged around Arras with out respite for 10 days, and on the part of the allied troops "with a per severance and a spirit which never for a moment has been relaxed The German official report covers these operations more tersely. It says the attacks northwest of Lille have been repulsed with heavy losses to the allies. - English and French papers gather encouragement from reports pub lished from their side. From the Ger man noint of view it is nossible the .! ttjnans have improved' their posi- t?!tm and wuh the forces that besieg f&l Antwerp and reinforcements from a . tmany are attempting aiong me coast 'another sweeping movement. tvy' In tn13 field of action it appears inevitable there soon must be some decisive result. -The country's flat ness seems to have made it lmpossi ble for the two armies to entrench and face each other without import ant change in position for weeks, as they have done across Northern France. Great battles continue in the East era theater between the Russian and Austrian-German forces. Reports from both sides are brief and contradict Petrograd claims the Russians ory. have won partial success in severe fighting before Warsaw and Przemysl. Vienna declares the Austrp-German armies have made advances in both regions and that the Russian casual ties at Przemysl number 40,000. IRISH PLEDGED TO BELGIUM. Nationalists Resolve Not to Sheath Swords Until Success. London. Irish Nationalists who crowded Central Hall adopted the fol lowing pledge administered by T. P. O'Connor. "We,will never sheathe' the sword until Belgium, has got back her free dom; until every inch of her soil is clear; until a treaty is made, not on a scrap of paper but on a foundation behind which stand the millions of the British race." . The meeting was called to express confidence in the leadership of Jdiin Redmond and (to endorse action of the Irish party', in," supporting "the war of the Allies against Prussian militarism." v Mr. O'Connor said that for this fundamental and supreme principle the British had fought on hundreds of battlefields. , - A member of the British relief committee said: . ' "This business alone would be suffi cient to tax the energies of the Gov ernment and the country even if we did not have a war on our hands." Eight hundred Belgians slept on the floors of public buildings in London last night. . : French Official Report. Paris. The official communication issued by the War Office says: "In Belgium attacks by the Germans be tween Nieuport and Dixmude have been repulsed by the Belgian army, effectually aided by the British fleet. Between Arras and Rpye slight prog- ress has been made at several poins. Our troops have reached as far as the wire net work of the defence. In the neighborhood of St. Mihiel we have gained some ground on the right bank of the Meuse. No news has been received from other parts. .'OTHER BRITISH CRUISER IS SUNK Esrman Submarine Torpedeed a British Cruiser In North Sea-Estimated 400 Men Lost UPRISING IN JOUTH AFRICA Against Great Britain Believed To Be Under Control England Fears German Invasion There were no important develop ments In the European war during the past week. While there waa a great deal of activity in - the two theaters of war no desisive victories were won or even any definite advantage gained. A German submarine succeeded in sinking another British cruiser with 400 men on board. For a time the up rising in British South Africa against Great Britain took on a serious aspect, but General Botha, the British leader, now believes he has the situation well in hand. The progress of the allies against the Germans in the north of France along the Belgian border has.. been necessarily slow, but recent dispatches from London and Pari3 state that ad vances have been made. In some places along the great battle line, which extends more than one hundred and fifty miles, the allies have push ed the Germans across the Belgian border. In the campaign between the Germans and the Russians in the east there has been much fighting, but the reports coming from Berlin, Vienna and from Petrograd have been so con- uitimg mat, unmi.t; Kiiuwieugo ui 14m results is impossible. At the present time England her self Is proving the center of attraction. Following the fall of Antwerp, the Ger man forces pushed on towards Ostend on the Belgian coast. As Ostend is only 65 miles from Dover and 115 miles from London, England i3 alarm ed over the possibility of German in vasion. However, it appears that the problem of extending his lines before the allies to the coast in order that there would be no flank for the al- liprt troona to run i worrvine- th kal- ser a great deal more at the present time than a possible invasion of Eng- land The Belgians who have suffered un- told hardshiDs sine the ereat armies of German began pushing their way through the little country, are now fle.Pine from their native land to Hoi. land and Eneland. For weeks the women and children and men who were not able to fieht have been driv- en from place to place. Their homes have been destroyed and thousands of them faced starvation. . From Liege thev fled to Brussels and from Brus- sels to Antwern. Her it was thoueht they have surely found a safe haven nf rfn?P. hut th-nrtwrful siee- trim f tfco narmana Kattara. Hnwn th, wails of the forts and once mora the DODulace fled, this time to Ostend. Hardly had they arrived at the coast citv than thev were terrorized with the news that the Germans were com- ing. There was nothing for them to do hut flAA to Knsrlflnd and Holland Kine Albert and his Belgian armv " ' I has been lost sight of following the fall of Antwerp and ' their present whereabouts is a mystery. It ha3 been announced that the government of the Belgians has been moved to Havre, France, where the entire royal court of Belgium is now comfortably quar tered. Recent reports state that .the Belgian queen is sharing the hardships of her husband at the head of the army, but tne dispatch rails to say where the army is at the present time, In China there appears to have been a lull in the fighting between the Ger- mans and the Japs at Kiao-Chow. There has been little news received from this theater of war. Italy remains neutral and a recent announcement from Rome states that Italy will make no hostile move unless they are com- Delled to do so to protect their country from an enemy. Turkey i3 still brist- ling, but has failed to declare war. Persistent reports that Portugal has declared war against Germany have been received through Rome, but no official announcement to this effect ha3 been given out. German Fort Found In London London. The police "have found at Willesden, a suburb to the northwest of London, a building occupied by Ger mans with foundations and roof of heavy concrete. They arrested twenty- two Germans on he premises. The premises were being used by C. G Roeber, a German music publisher, as a factory. , The. site of this factory at WHlisden commands several important railroad junctions. The Paris prem ises of this same firm were blown up recently on orders of th French gov ernment ADVANCE Another British Warship Sunk London. Another thrust"1 from the German submarine service has rob bed the BrItish na of th crulger Hawke, and has raised the tally of British warships sunk by the Germans to seven. To this must be added the virtual destruction of the cruiser Pe gasus by a German warship at Zan zibar. The Hawke, a cruiser of 7,350 tons under command of Capt. Hugh Wil liams, was sunk in the North sea, the graveyard of six otltor victims of Ger man torpedoes- aa aim on lQe Part 01 ine man gunner saved the Hawke's sister shiP the Theseus, for that vessel, too, was anacKea, dui sne escapea. The exact complement aboard the Hawke lias not been announced, but in ordinary times tne men numoereu As sue was bullt several years ago, it 13 Probable her crew was not up to Hie fuI1 complement. , According to one report, sne naa oniy aooaru. Whatever the number only 52 men were saved and tliere was not a sin" gie commissionea or"fer aT! 1116 "'aer aihpiuod, ramnnaer, Aboukir, Cressy, Hogue, Pegasus and Hawke and the torpedo gunboat mi i a i i- it. j Speedy, make up the British list of losses 1Q warsnips m me nrst len weeks of the war. Against this the British admiralty claims four Ger man cruisers, two torpedo boat de stroyers, one torpedo boat, three sub marines and eight armed commercial destroyers. unmting me aimeu mercnammen, the aggregate warship tonnage loss to England is much greater than that to Germany, Horsemen Swim Swift River From the Battle Front. Infantry and cavalry have been doing more fight ing during the last few days than for several weeks. Two thousand French cuirassiers have distinguished themselves by - a daring feat in swimming the river Lys, where it flows deep and swift. They completely outwitted tne uermans, who' were awaiting them on the other side with machine guns and heavy ar- tillery. The French horsemen made a long detour during the night. One man swam the river with a rope, then dragged over a cable, which he attach- ed to a tree. The others, holding the rope, crossed singly with their horses through the swirling waters. Arrived on the opposite bank, the French drew up in line and charged the German flank at Merville, driving the enemy back and opening the way for the passage over the river of a division of allied infantry, which la- er occupied Estaires. Servian Princes Are Wounded London. The Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin , reports that Crown Piince Al exander of Servia has been slightly wounded and that his brother, Prince George of Servia, has been mortally hurt In the fighting against Austrians. Russian Prince Killed Petrograd. Prince Oleg, son of Gran1 Duke Constantine, died of the wounds received in action. An official dispatch from Petrograd said Prince Oleg had been wounded during a cav alry engagement at the front. OF THE ALLIES Seeking Homes For War Orphans Washington Miss Natalia Pearson, a beautiful young English girl now vis iting in New York, has set on foot a movement to find homes in America for the children made orphans by the terrible war which is devastating Eu rope. While she is organizing an associa tion in Europe to care for the little ones until they can be transferred to their new homes in America, an Amer ican organization is being formed by Mrs. H. F. Tuck of New York, with the aid of Miss Pearson's vast wealth, to extend its branches into various states and municipalities, to do the home-placing wqrk. The immigration laws of the United States aiay have to be modined some what to authorize the society to carry out Its plans. There is now a prohibi tion against the( passage of an alien being paid by any other person or as sociation. The object was to prevent the importation of contract labor. The work of Miss Pearson will be absolutely neutral. Each person in America who is willing to take an orphan child into his home will be asked to state whether he prefers an English, French, German, Belgian or Russian boy or girl. His ability to care for such orphan and provide it a prop er home will be carefully investigated by the local branches" oZ the home- placing society. Boers Rallying To Botha Capt Town, South Africa. As a re sult of Colonel Maritz' rebellion in the northwest of the Cape provinces. Gen. Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa, and commander of the troops cf the Union, is taking the field earlier than he originally intended to. General Botha is placing himself at the head of several strong Dutch com panies, organized on the old burgher line, which are affiliated with regi ments trained by the Union defense force. Commandants, field cornets and burghers who served under General Botha in the South African 'war are rallying to his call, irrespective of their political feeling, to fight along side the English in defense of the empire against which they were -in arms twelve years ago. This fact has had a marked effect on waverers, who are now flocking to General Botha f standard. Germans Repulsed at Warsaw Parl3. A Havas agency dispatch from Petrograd says that word is re ceived there from Warsaw that tie population of the city is returning atd the banks are resuming business. A battle is being fought about thlrtj miles from Warsaw. The Germans endeavored to take the heights about seven miles from the town, but were repulsed. Germans Claim Foe Routed Berlin. The general ptaff of the German army announces that ia tha beginning a strong garrison defended Antwerp with great energy, but that after the attack by German infantrty and marine divisions, the defenders fled in full rout Among the Antwerp garrison was one British marine bri- gade. The complete collapse of tha Anglo-Belgian defense of Antwerp was shown by the fact that no military authority could be found with which to tJiat concerning the surrender c ths city. conoii mm OF EI1GLISR DERT SIR GEORGE PAISH SAYS GREAT ( BRITAIN MANUFACTURERS ARE WAITING. AFRAID OF LOWER PRICES Unwilling to Buy Cotton Until As sured Minimum Price Has Been Reached in the Drop. Washington. Sir George Paish, special adviser to the English Chan cellor of the Exchequer; Basil E. Blackett of the English Treasury; Secretary McAdoo and the Federal Reserve Board began a series of con ferences here which are expected to have an Important effect on financial conditions in Great Britain and the United" States'. Restoration of nor mal conditions in foreign exchange dealings between the two countries is the object of the meetings and they probably will have a direct influence on the disposition of the South's cot ton crop. . It became known that officials of the American Government feel keen ly that cotton Is the crux of a situ ation which has many ramifications and that on the success of plans to care for the surplus and on the wil lingness of manufacturers to buy cot ton depends the value of Sir George's visit. It is probable that before Sir George returns to England the ques tion of a reopening of the London and New York Stock Exchange will be considered. It was predicted here that the London exchange would re open shortly, with the British Govern ment urging that London brokers to not call loans immediately. If the London market is not greatly affect ed its resumption of business may b followed by the reopening of the New York exchange. So much depends on the cotton problem that there prob ably will be no further conferences until a committee of the board, which is handling the proposed $150,000,000 cotton loan fund plan, has found a satisfactory solution. The committee, Secretary McAdoo, Paul M. Warburg and W. P. G. Harding, returned from New York, where it had been at work in an effort to convince New York bankers of the feasibility and sound ness of plans for the fund. The New York bankers promised to put up one-third of the loan fund but prescribed conditions it was dis covered coulfl not legally be met. The reserve board members propos ed different conditions and as a fur ther inducement offered to let the Northern section of the -United States put up three dollars to every one put up by Southern bankers With the understanding that the Northern banks would have a ' prior lien for their mony. Under this tenative plan Southern banks would have actual management of the fund, the whole however to be under supervision of the reserve board. Other conditions as to interest rate and price of cotton were said to be left unchanged. THE NEEDS OF THE RAILROADS. Argument Has Begun For the Five Percent Rate Increase. tVnaliinttnn TtnainAS dpnrPSsion otiil tha Purnnoa n war 'prfl assls-n-V ed' as reasons why Eastern railroads should have at least a five per cent increase in freight, by representatives of systems appearing before the inter state commerce commission. It was asserted that these two conditions had led to a shrinkage of more than $76, 000,000 in the annual net revenues of 38 Eastern roads, operating more than 59,000 miles of railway. Daniel E. Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio and head of the conference-of presidents in the lines involved, was the principal witness. He was supported by a mass of statis tics presented by Vice President Shi ver of the same line. Further evi dence will be submitted. In opposition to the plea of the carriers, Cliord Thorne appeared for public service corporations of several middle Western and inter-mountain states and also for shippers' organi zations in the region affected. .Daniel A. Tompkins Dead." Charlotte, N., C Daniel A. Tomn kitis,. co-founder with J. P. Caldwell of the Charlotte' Observer, and for more than 25 years a central figure in the industrial world of the Caro linas. died at his summer home at Montreat, N. C, recently. He was 62 years old. Ho had been an invalid for about three years. Mr. Tompkins was appointed by President McKinley as a member of the industrial com mission and by Former President Gro ver Cleveland a di.ector of the Equi table Life Insurance Companv. PROFITABLE LESSOH MAY BE OUTCOME COMMISSIONER SHIPMAN MAKES REPORT ON THE STATE COT TON SITUATION. NOT OUT FOR THEIR HEALTH BanKers, if They Put up Money For Warehousing Crop, Will Do So on Profitable Terms. . Raleigh. An interesting summary of North Carolina farming conditions is contained in a chapter of the forth coming annual report of Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman just prepared for the state printers,, the report being as follows: "The crop year of 1914 ha3 been similar to that of the years 1911 and 1912jpand somewhat in 1913, in that there was experienced a period of small rainfall during the early grow ing season, which curtailed especially the early products, an,d no doubt, dimini3he dthe growth and produo tivity of the later ones. But taken all in all, t'he effect was much less than was feared. This may be attrib uted in some measure to the continu ed spread of the practice of flat cul tivation. There has been a ready sale of most of the farmer's prroducts, at profitable prices. This, however, does not apply to cotton. It may also b well to except tobacco, which, while selling readily and at fair prices, has not brought, according to the informa tion at hand at this writing, quite as satisfactory prices as last year. - "The cotton situation presents, on account of the effect of the European war a particularly complex condition. The outcome is doubtful, and bida fair to become so manysided as to entirely annihilate a standard of com mercial value, to be replaced by one of sentiment, that, as seed from this point, is of anything but a permanent helpful nature. The movement to pur chase cotton at 10 cents a pounds fol lowed out by as many firms and indi viduals as are likely to take it up, will not be of such magnitude as to reiiev the over-supply. Whatever can be stored will be, and whatever must be thrown on the market will bring just what it would have brought had none been taken off, none of the cotton hav ing been used. "Buyers are chary of stocking cot ton when the visible supply so far exceeds the demand that wants may be filled at any time at a price not to exceed 10 cents a pound at the outside. It is highly probable that the cotton forced to sale will take care of the needs of the country any way. The exports are not to be look ed to for relief. Even should the war end at once, the conditions which would prevail in all the countries af fected would be such as to preclude thei catching up with the excess caus ed by the cessation of consumption for the period already passed. "On the other hand, what cotton is brought up at 10 cents will result, as seen fro mthis angle, in destroy ing the wholesome lesson that seem ed about to be brought home to the southern farmer. Absolute master of the situation as he might have,been, he has continuously allowed th&; spec- ulator,totake from Mm his privilege, and accepted in its stead a depend ency of the speculator's cwn creation, which could not, by any manner of means, be expected to be made with a view to the farmer's welfare and profit. "Now, when he has had the facts In the case brought so plainly be fore him, and has the opportunity, by a season of self-denial, to take con trol of the situation, he is about to again forego his opportunity for tha sake of the immendiate difference in price on a limited number of bales, I. e., whatever number of bales can be sold at 10 cents a pound, to per sons who are taking it up at 10 cents, some for advertising purposes, some for truly helpful purposes, and some in the belief that the price will go to 10 cents, or mere, when it is a fact that cotton can be raised and sold for 10 cents a pound at a profit. "If forced to pocket a loss thi3 year, the result would be to cause the pro ducers to take steps looking to pro tecting themselves, instead of looking to state or national authorities for re lief, or to the bankers, who hove shown clearly that they will not put up the money necessary to warehouse the crop, except upon such terms as will not guarantee to save them free from any possible loss, but pay thern a profit as well. It 13 unnecessary to say that were the farmer able to do this to the satisfaction of the bankker, be (the fanner) would have found no need to call for assistance. r i J ! J