-FOR GOD, FOfl COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
C1X Year, la Advance.
VOL. XXV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1914.
NO. 21.
US DRIVEN
BACK BY ALLIES
Kaiser's Forces Have Been Beaten Back
Across The Yser By Frencb
And English
fi::e dreadnaught mined
British Superdreadnaught, Audacious,
Struck Mine At Lough Swilly, On
North Irish Coast
The allies are claiming to have
again repulsed the Germans and driv
en them back across the Yser. ' The
London and Bordeaux war offices an
nounce that the French and English
troops are occupying advantageous po
sitions' on the left bank of the canal,
from which the enemy for several days
has put up a strong and vigorous de
fense. While the Germans are conceded to
have captured Dixmude, the Frencn
and British declare that it is now
only a village reduced to ruins and
can in no way se've the enemy's in
terests nor assist in any way in their
plans to reach Dunkirk on the French
coast.
The British successes with the
French on the continent-have been
somewhat offset by the loss of the su
perdreadnaught, , Audacious, which
struck a mine at Lough Swilly, off the
Irish north coast, and was rendered
helpless in only a few moments. Most
of the crew of the Audacious were
picked up by the White Star liner,
Olympic, which came to the rescue in
heavy seas. . ,
The Russians announce at Petro
grad that they have "made rapid ad-
vsiiaps In thpir Invasion - of Prussia.
Austria will push her forces against
Servia so as to end the Balkan phase
of the war. British East '' Indian
troops assisted by the cruiser, Duke
of Edinburgh, have captured Turkish
forts at Turba. The London admiral
ty offices also announce the success
ful capture of the Turkish garrison of
Sheikh-Said on the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb
at the entrance of the gulf of
Aden.
T" ..ill . HI . 1 1 1 A. 1
unusn mercantile amppiug greaiiy
increased during the past week and
utile marine Insurance rates in Lon
don were cut nearly in half as the re
sult of the capture of tjrie German
cruisers Emden and Konigsberg off the
a, record of capturing or destroying 22
British trading vessels, and these Ger
man warships had made life, misera
ble for British shipping on the high
seas. The allies have been' able to
hold their own against the Germans
along the Yser river in the north of
France and the kaiser s armies Are
no nearer to the French seacoast than
they were a week ago.
The most important development of
the past week in the European war
has been the campaign of the Rus
sians against the Germans in the east
of Prussia, Galicia and Russian Pol
and. Here the Russians have surpris
ed the world with their ability to fol
low up the retreat of the Germans
from Poland and a great danger of
Russian invasion of Geimany is -de-veloping
in that direction. After about
two months of apparent idleness in
east Prussia the invading armies of
Russia are again taking the offensive
and so far the Germans have been
unable to check their advance.
The allies in France and Belgium
are very muchUated over the suc
cess of the "campaign of the Russians
in the ea3t. They are hoping that the
czar s armies win pruve sun a men
ace that it will be necessary for the
x Germans to withdraw a portion pf the
armies7 in France to protect their own
country in the east. Should the Ger-
probably mean that the allies would
bring up great numbers of reserves
" arid force the Germans to retreat with
in their own border in the west.
German Airmen Fly Over England
Berlin. According to information
given out to the press in official quar
ters, German aviators have flown over
the English seaports of Sheerness and
Harwick. Sheerness is a fortified sea
port in Kent, at the mouth of the
Thames. It -is about forty miles from
London. Harwich is in Essex and
about seventy miles northeast of Lon
don. British Warship Off Colon
Panama. The movements of three
British warships less than fifty miles
off Colon are being watched with in
terest by canal "zone officials. It is
believed the ships are the cruisers
Suffolk, Berwick and Lancaster, re
cently in the West Indies searching
for German ships. It is thought their
mission is to pass through the canal,
join Japanese men-of-war in the Pa
cific and endeavor to destroy the Ger
man cruisers which recently sank the
British cruisers Good Hope and Mon
mouth oS the coast of Chile.
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Allies Drive Back Germans
Paris. The Germans "have 'again
been driven back across the Yser and
the positions on the left bank of the
canal, from which the enemy has for
several days put up a vigorous and de
termined resistance, now are in the
hands of the French and English.
This news is accepted in Paris as
proof that the tide of battle in the
north of France continues to favor
the allies. The powerful but futHe
German attack in the vicinity of Ypres
also !s officially declared to have cost
the enemy thousands of casualties and
many prisoners.
One detachment of 120 Germans
captured is declared to, have been all
that remained of 1,000 men who had
started the fight. Some of the pris
oners, it is said, declared that compa
nies, of the Prussian Guard and of the
Second Bavarian corps, brought upto
full war strength of 250 men early in
November, were reduced to 50 to 100
men.
The official report says the progress
of the allies was very slow, but con
tinuous. "The most notable incident of the at
tack has been the throwing back of
the enemy on the right bank of the
Yser canal. That part of the left
bank, which the Germans previously
held, has been completely evacuated.
We have retaken to the south of Bixs
choote a small wood, which had been
lost following a night attack. At the
end of the day the enemy had shown,
without success, an offensive to the
south of Ypres. The Germans, how
ever again attempted several attacks
to the north, east and south of Ypres.
They were all repulsed with consider
able losses to them. To sum up: "All
the efforts made by the Germans dur
h'g the last several days have result
ed only in the capture of the ruined
village of Dixmude, whose isolated po
sition on the right bank of the canal
rendered Its defense difficult. Between
the Lys and the Oise trench fighting
has continued upon the greater part
of the front. Upon the remainder of
the front, so far as Lorraine and in
the Vosges, there was detached milita
ry firing or minor actions without
importance."
Fighting continues In East Prussia
and other regions in the east between
the Russians and the Germans and
Austrians. but apparently without de
cisive result.
Russians In East Prussia
A battle of some proportions is go
ing on between the Russians and
Turks at Koprukeui, in the Caucasus,
the result of which may have a mark
ed hearing on the war in that part
of the world.
Turkish Transpwts Are Sunk
' London. An official dispatch from
Constantinople reaching London by
way of Berlin, confirms indirectly the
recent Russian statement that a Rus
sian fleet had sunk three Turkish
transports in the Black sea. The Con
stantinople report admits that there
has been no news of these ships sine
they -left the Turkish capital a week
ago. It adds that as the vessels were
near Songnldak, on the Black sea, the
day this place was bombarded, it is
possible that they were attacked by
the Russian squadron.
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Audacious At The Bottom Of Sea.
London. After a career of less than
two years, the superdreadnaught, Au
dacious, of the King George V class
third in tonnage and armament of his
majesty's warships-lies at the bottom
of the ocean off the north coast of
Ireland at Lough Swilly. She was hit
by a torpedo or disabled by a mine just
before nine o'clock on the morning of
October 27. With the possible excep
tion of one or two men the whole crew
of 800 officers and men was rescued
by small boats from the Olympic. The
rescue was made in a rough sea
through brilliant and daring seaman
ship on the part of the White Star
crew.
Additional Million Men Wanted
London. England is beginning to
learn the cost of the European war. A
White Paper shows that the govern
ment intends to ask parliament for
$1,125,000,000, which, with their $500,
000,000 voted at the last session, is
expected to be Great Britain's bill for
the financial year ending March 31.
Of this sum, however, a small part
has been loaned to Belgium and Ser
via, and some will be used to assist
the dominions and the allies to make
their financial arrangements. A por
tion of the money also will be re
quired for the additional million men
Germans Prepare To P.esist
Paris. Havas' Petrograd . corre
spondent telegraphs: "News that the
retreating German troops have occu
pied all defiles east of the Mazurian
lakes, East Prussia, where they have
placed heavy artillery, has led to the
conclusion that they intend to resist
the Russians tenaciously in that re
gion. The Germans, hope that here
the shock of the Russians will be
broken. Throughout all Piussia rail
way passenger traffic has been sus
pended. The lines are transporting
only troops, apparently with a view
to new concentration, said to have
been decided by a recent council of
the Austro-German general staffs at
Cracow. This council is reported to
have decided to change complete the
plan of battle."
Allies Holding Their Own
London. The correspondent of Ti e
Times in France sends the following
egarding the fighting on the Aisne:
"On the whole, the allies have the
advantage. The French capture of
Questcy-en-Santerre was a good deal
bigger affair than reported. On the
other hand, the enemy's accounts of
a great victory at Vallly were exag
gerated. They obtained a temporarj
advantage, but the allies have more
than regained the original positions."
Concessions Offered Roumania
Venice. It is stated here that
Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier,
has promised political concessions to
Roumanians in Austria in return for
1 Rcumania's aid In the war. Among
! the concessions alleged to have been
promised are complete amnesty for all
political offenders, permission to use
and display the Roumanian national
colors, a revision of the franchise,
which will assure to Roumanians ads
quate representation in elective bod'
ies and in parliament and a reform
cf school law.
INTER PARALYZED
TROOP IPEINTS
IN BOTH EAST AND WEST AR.
MIES ARE IN CLUTCHES OF
COLD WAVE.
YOUNG BOYS SHOW COURAGE
German Untrained Youths Do Not
Hesitate To March Against The
" Trained English Soldiery.
London. Winter has partly para
lyzed troop movements in both the
East and West.
The Russians on the border of, East
Prussia are t reported entrenching
through snow, clad in " sheep-skit
je.ckets similar to those the Japanese
first word in Manchuria. Blizzards
had swept the trenches in Belgium
and Northern France, bringing great
suffering. A large area of West
Flanders around Dixmude has ' been
flooded by the heavy rains. .
The French and German reports
are contradictory as to events in the
West. Berlin says there was only
slight activity because of the snow
storm. Paris announced the Germans,
attempting to cross the canal near
Dixmude, were thrust back, while the
Allies re-captured several strategic
points, repulsed two German attacks;
southeast of Ypres, and "entirely de
stroyed" a German regiment south of
Bixschoote. An observer ' with the
British army announces that German
attempts to batter a wedge through the
the British lines have decreased
greatly in force the past few days and
that they bear no resemblance to at
tacks in great force launched against
Ypres at the end of October. They
are more in the nature of demonstra
tions in force than serious assaults,
he declares.
' The writer pays high tribute to the
bravery of raw German youths and
untrained men of middle age,, who he
says, do not hesitate to march against
the trained British troops.
If the Germans have abandoned
their furious battering ram efforts to
thrust back the Allies' lines and
reach Calais, their failure will consti
tute a distinct victory for the Allies,
it is asserted here, because the Allies
have not tried to accomplish more
than to hold their own on the de
fensive. Petrograd reports the Russian cam
paign developing favorably in East
Prussia. From other sources It is re
ported the inhabitants are fleeing be
fore the menace of a second invasion.
On the Polish frontier and in Galacia
two enormous armies are massing foi
a battle which may decide the for
tunes of the war in the East.
The possibility Is being discussed
that the Austrians may abandon Cra
cow without defense rather than sub
mit the city to a destructive bom
bardment. '
ENGLAND WILL INCREASE ARMY
Asquith Asks Commons for Million
Men and $1,125,000,000.
London. The meeting of the House
of Commons was devoted entirely to
war measures. . The house granted
without a dissenting vote Premier As
quith's request for a vote for 225,000,
000 pounds ($1,125,000,000) and an
other 1,000,000 soldiers.
The condition and morals of the
soldiers, t the inevitable spy system
and press censorship were discussed
freely.
The prime minister characterized
the crisis as "the greatest emergency
in which the country has ever been
placed." He said 1.200,000 men al
ready were under arms; that the war
was costing nearly $5,000,000 a day
and that the government proposed to
lend Belgium $50,000,000 and Servia
$4,000,000 without interest, until the
end of the war.
Timothy Healy, the Irish Nation
alist, said the money should be given
those nations.
Judge Hodges, the Labor member
for Lancashire, endorsed the pro
posal with the suggestion : "Later on
we can collect it from the German em
peror." .
Reginald McKenna. secretary for
home affairs, informed the house that
there were 4.383 alien enemies la
British concentration camps.
Long and Healy and Lord Charles
Beresford discussed the question of
publicity and urged that the country
.should be given fuller details of
achievements of troops in the field.
William Henry Cowan, Liberal, pro
posed that Great Britain follow Rus
sia's example and prohibit the sale
of liquor during the war.
Mr. Healy demanded greater liber
ality in dealing with te dependents
of tha soldiers.
GERMANS PREPARE
FOR GOLD MONTHS
EXCESSIVE RAINS; LITTLE FIGHT
ING OF COSEQUENCE OCCURS
. IN FLANDERS.
TURKS AND RUSSIANS GRIP
Nothing Official Comes From Dixmude,
Both Germans and Allies Claim
ing Success.
london. After four weeks cf most
desperate fighting, there is a lull in
the battle in Flanders.
Little relief, however, has came for
the men in the trenches, as the artil
lery and rifle fire Uaa been replaced
by a severe November storm.
- In some parts of England the storm
has become a blizzard. On the Bea
a heavy gale rages, and the battle
fields are getting their full share of
wind and rain.
For the most part the opposing arm
ies have been content to shell each
other at long ranges, but the Ger
mans have made ' several attacks
around Ypres, which according to the
French general staff, have been re
pulsed with heavy losses.
It is not believed that the Germans
have any intention of giving up their
attempt to reach the French coast,
and the Allies are making elaborate
preparations to block any further ad
vance in force.
Extensive defense works have been
erected along the Yser Canal, and
the French armies are holding that
line from the Belgian border south
to the river Oise, and passing for
ward approach works which place
them in -a better position for either
defuse or offense.
The Germans report that they have
taken a few hundred British and
French prisoners, but that the un
favorable weather has impeded their
progress. Concerning Dixmude the
public must rely on unofficial reports.
It is said the Germans are finding
the destroyed village a death trap.
They have been unable to debouch
from it in the day time, as all the
approaches are commanded by the
Allies' guns, and night attacks have
met with disaster.
The fact is apparent that neither
side has made any significant ad
vance, both being so well trenched
that neither artillery nor infantry can
move them.
The Germans are turning Belgium
into a fortress, which means that if
they do not succeed In advancing they
intend to be prepared to winter there.
The whole coast from Ostend to the
Dutch border has been placed in a
state of defense and civilians are
rigorously excluded from that area.
A battle of some propotrlons Is go
ing on between the Russians and
Turks at Koprukeui, In the Caucasus,
the result of which may have a
marked bearing on the war in that
part of the world. Elsewhere in the
Near East, there has been no engage
ment of importance.
LORD ROBERTS IS DEAD.
Englands Most Popular Soldier Suc
cumbs to Pneumonia.
London. The dath of Field Marsh
al Lord Roberts has been officially an
nounced. Lord Roberts died in
France, where he had been visiting
the Indian troops. His death was due
to pneumonia.
The news of the death of Field
Marshal Roberts was received by tele
graph from Field Marshal Sir John
French.
A telegram from Sir John French
appraised Earl Kitchener, Secretary of
state for war, of the death of Eng
land's great soldier, in the following
words:
"I deeply regret to tell you that
Lord Roberts died this (Saturday)
evening.
Field Mahshal Roberts, who was
colonel in chief of the Indian troops,
had gone' to France to greet them.
Soon after hi3 arrival he became
seriously ill. He suffered from a
sever chill and pneumonia rapidly de
veloped. His great age, 82 years, mit
Igated against his recovery, the crisis
n the disease coming quickly.
Situation in the East.
England, it is announced, haa no
Intention ot undertaking any military
or war operations in Arabia, except
for protection of Aragian interests
against Turkey or oth-r aggression, or
in support of attempts by the Arabs
to free themselves from Turkish rule.
The Servians and Montenegrins
who started out to invade Bosnia and
Herzegovnia and were at one time
approaching the Bosnian capital of
Sarajevo, are now back in their own
territory, and they are offering a
stubborn resistance to the Austrians.
12 REGIONAL BANKS
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AL
READY BUSY FORMING PLANS
FOR EXPANSION.
IMMENSE STORE OF CASH
All ol the Federal Reserve Banks Ar
Opened and Make Favorable Re
port of Day's Business.
Washington. Although the 12 Fed
eral reserve banks have just began
business, the Federal Reserve Board
already has before it plans for widen
ing their field of operations, and in
creasing their store of cash. No def
inite data as to the business done was
available, but Secretary Willis tele
graphed each bank for an account of
its re-discount business and expected
The board may not be willing to
draw definite plans from one day's
business, but the first week may have
a material effect and may result ia
augmenting the cash of the banks by
more than $150,000,000. The board
has under consideration the deposit
of a large part of he loose cash now
in the Treasury, .and the transfer
of most of the government funds now
deposited in National banks. If tha
first week's re-discount business shows
that the reserve banks can use more
cash, the board probably will suggest
the adoption of this plans. It has
been reported to the board that there
is about $110,000,000 in the Treasury-
available for this purpose and that
about $64,000,000 of the $79,000,000
now in banks on deposit for the gov
ernment could be transferred.
. The board made public a circular
defining time deposits as including
any deposit subject to check, on which
the bank has the right by written con
tract -with the depositor or at the
time of deposit to require not less
than 30 days notice before any part of
dt may be withdrawn. Any agreement
with a depositor not to enfoice th
terms of such a contract shall vltilat
the contract. The Postofhce Depart
ment has notified postmasts that bo
postal sayings funds shall be deposit
ed In banks not members of the Fed
eral reserve system, and instructing
them to discontinue deposits in such
no!-member banks.
President Wilson received many
telegrams conveying congratulation
on the opening of the new system.
CARRAN2A OFFERS TO RESIGN.
Reported That First Chief of the Con-'
stitutionalists Will Leave After
Election.
Washington. Peace in Mexico after
weeks of dissension among the gen
erals of the victorious constitutional
ists army, at last seemed in sight ac
cording to messages from United
States Government agents to ihm
Southern Republic.
Soon after American Consul S mi
ni an telegraphed from Mexico ' City
early in the day that hostilities be
tween the forces o fthe Aguas Cal
ientes convention and those loyal to
Carranza had ceased, came a message
from Leoi Canova, special agent of
the American Government at Aguas
Calientes, stating that General Car
ranza had telegraphed his intention
of resigning.
Secretary Bryan made public Can
ova's message, but did not comment
on it. Although the dispatch was de
layed in reaching here from no other
source in Mexico had come word of
a similar nature. Previous messages,
however, had described the efforts of
the various generals to reach a com
promise and officials thought It not
unlikely that la the interest of do
mestic peace, both Generals Carranza
and Villa would leave Mexico while
the National Government was being
reorganized.'
It was suggested In some quarters
that Eulalio Gutierrez, the new pro
visional President, might name Villa
as an observer in the European war.
Carranza, it is believed, may visit th
United States.
Tone of Commerce Improves.
Washington. The pulse of the Na
tion's foreign commerce is showing
steady improvement, according to the
daily telegraphic statements received
by Secretary McAdoo from the ten
leading ports of entry. Import busi
ness of one day recently, based on re
ports from ports handling S7 per cent
of all Imports, amounted to $2,330,512;
exports from these ports, handlin.g 72
per cent of all exports, amounted to
$10,421,551. The daily average ror
these Forts 'n Nov em, r, 191". -wa-l
imports tl.-::j.337, ex; $G,SS.l.-:i. .