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-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. FOR THOSE -jm s .4 m j y m m mm ;iISW.I1(;ilLS:V NOTE The lief work. Noble peace prize fund 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. mm.- IN PEACE 0$!00!W fir iWA - i;7 V7V w::.:.i .ii TiUAIf AMERICAN. has been dedicated to Belgian re- 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. .