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VOL. XXV.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1914.
NO. 22.
GERMANS PUSH
BACIiRUSSiANS
Kaiser's Troops Have Repulsed Czar's
Forces After Fierce Fighting
In East
WARSAW AGAINTHRE ATENED
Russians Claim Partial Success Ger
man Losses In West Turkey Ex
, plains To United States
Directing their energies against the
advancing Russian invasion, which
menaced the safety of Berlin, the Ger
man forces of a half million men, com
bined with reinforcements of Austri
an troops, have succeeded in . repuls
ing the Slavs and forcing their retreat
far back across the Polish border.
Warsaw is again threatened and
much alarm is felt at Petrograd. The
Russians, however, claim partial suc
cesses. The Servians to the South are
making a stand against the Austrian
attacks, though the latter occupy su
perior positions and unless other Bal
kan states take a hand, Servia is
.seemingly facing defeat. ,
While German successes have been
marked on the eastern border, the
Anglo-French Iineaaxe announcing de
cisive victories on the west. Although
the Germans shelled Ypres, and .total
ly destroyed the townxhall and mar
ket place, they are said to have made
no headway. Fierce cannonading has
teen heard in the region of Soissons
and Vailly.
Turkish activities have commanded
much attention in the east. The Otto
man cruisers have been reported suc
cessful on the Black sea, where the
Russian port of Taupse was bom
barded. The Russians claim there was
little damage done, while Constantino
ple advices state the Turks destroyed
all the Russian petroleum depots and
the wireless station. A heavy nine
hour battle between the Turks and
Russians is reported on the Shat-el-
Arah rivftr. which pmntiea rtn tha Per
sian gulf Turkish forces are reported
to have arrived in large numbers at
Sues and engaged the British n a
battle near Port Said.
A voluntary explanation was offered
United States regarding the Tennes
see Incident in the gulf of Smyrna,
which has been accepted by President
Wilson and the authorities at Wash
ington. Turks-say the shot was .a
warning against the mined area of the
gulf.
Alarmed by the rapid advancement
of the Russians in the east and the
peril to which Berlin is threatened,
uie Raiser nas mrown me screngin 01
his east German army and a large
portion of the Austrian troops on the
czar's forces to check their inva
sion. That the Germans have been
successful in impeding the enemy's
nrnpTAsa ia flr?m1ttpj1 in Pptrrvfrnd
However, the Russians are optimistic
is being made at Kustrin to protect
Berlin as one of the telling points of
their achievements. Kustrin is only
fifty miles away from the capital,
which has been seriously threatened
in the last few days by the army of
Grand Duke Nicholas. ,
Austrian troops have started anoth
er attack on Servia, much to the alarm
states. Petrograd advices state that
the Turkish fort at the entrance of
the port of Khopa in Armenia has
been destroyed by the Russian army of
the Caucasus. The Russian Black sea
fleet, on the o'.her hand, Is said to
have been sericmsly worsted by Turk
ish ships fei the hurbor of Sebastopol.
The French lines claim suceesles
In Argonne. The Italian government
Is deeply concerned over the Austrian
Invasion of Servia, and the govern
ment at Rome has called home all her
ambassadors to European capitals to
confer with' the Italian cabinet.
Inclement weather conditions
throughout the war zone prevented
fighting to any considerable extent
during the past week, but the attacks
are beginning to be renewed on both
Bides of the empire.
Little significance is being attached
by the officials at Washington to the
firing on a naval launch from the Unit
ed States cruiser Tennessee in the
gulf of Smyrna by Turkish guns. The
navy department is inclined to the
belief that the shot was but a friend
ly warning against the mined area
Germans Take United States Steamer
Santiago, Chile. The American
eteamer Sacramento, until a few
months ago the German steamer Alex
andria, has put into Valparaiso with a
story charging violation of neutrality.
The Sacramento left San Francisco
for Valparaiso flying the Stars and
Stripes, October 15. Captain Jacobson
declares his steamer was seized on the
high sea by a German warship, taken
io Juan Fernandez island, belonging to
Chile, and obliged to turn over his
provisions and 6,000 tons of coal. An
investigation has been begun.
ANOTHER WORLD'S
London. The veil of secrecy has
been drawn over the batths between
the Russians and the Austro-German
forces. Headquarters of both armies
confine themselves to briefest state
ments, saying merely that fighting
continues.
News from unofficial sources, how
ever, shows the German advance has
penetrated farther into Poland than
previously disclosed. Warsaw is now
threatened for a second time. General
Von Hindenburg's army has advanced
as far as the Lowicz-Sklerniewice line,
or two-thirds of the way to the Polish
capital, from which they now are only
forty miles "distant.
The battle in East Prussia seems to
have died down, but the Russians con
tinue to advance in Galicia, and still
are fighting on the Czentochowa-Cra-cow
front.
The battle in Poland in the direc
tin of Lowica is the most critical one,
and the Germans have the greatest
confidence in the outcome, but Petro
grad military observers declare Rus
sia's overwhelming superiority in num
bers against must tell, as when the
Germans made . their first attack on
Warsaw.
In Flanders and in France the ar
mies seem to be enjoying a long de
served rest. The only evidence that
the belligerents are facing each other
is an occasional bombardment with
heavy guns.
Gains At Ypres
An eye-witness with British head
quarters in a long statement made
public recently gives official confirma
tion of heavy German losses at Ypres.
He speaks of decimated battalions, of
hundreds of dead left before the
trenches and of batches of bodies
found in farm houses. Casualty lists
show that the British forces also have
suffered severely.
. The Servians are making a stand
against the Austnans m weil-cnosen
fortified positions on the Kolubara
river, but as the Austrians command
superior forces it seems apparent that
unless other Balkan states come into
the war Servia is facing defeat.
The recruiting campaign in the
British Isles resulted in bringing many
men to the colors. Troops with ban
ners flying and bands playing march
ed through the east end of London to
Victoria Park, where speakers address
ed the crowds from early morning until
late in the evening. '
Germans Shell Ypres
Paris. The following official com
munication was issued at the war of
fice: "There has been a violent bombard
ment of Ypres. The market place and
the town hall were destroyed. In
the region of Soissons and Vailly,
there was rather strong cannonading.
British Lose In Egypt
Berlin. The following information
was given out in official quarters :
"Advices from Rome are to the effect
that in the fighting at El Arlsh. a for
tified Egyptian town on the Mediterra
nean, the British suffered heavy. loss
es. The Italian colony in Egypt Is
suffering from the prostration of all
lines of trade. -Maj. Gen. Sir John
Maxwell, commander of the British
forces in Egypt, declared that it was
only her treaties with the allies which
led England to fight against Turkey.
BALTIMORC AMERICAN. '
PENNANT CONTEST
Slavs Claim Partial Success
Petrograd. The following official
report from general headquarters
was issued:
"The fighting between the Vistula
and the Wartha continues with great
persistence. We have obtained some
partial successes. The fights on the
front of Czenstochowa-Cracow have re
sulted in no essential changes. We
have taken 2,000 prisoners and some
machine guns. In Galicia the Aus
trians have evacuated Novy-Sandez,
under the pressure of our troops."
Explain To Uncle Sam
Washington. Turkey has explained
voluntarily to the United States gov
ernment, through Ambassador Mor
genthau, that shots fired toward the
American cruiser Tennessee's launch
were intended merely as the custom
ary warning that the port of Smyrna
was mined and closed to navigation.
Although the explanation is informal,
it was admitted at the white house
and the state and navy, departments
that all - danger of serious complica
tions had disappeared.
Turks Claim Victory
London. Reuter's Amsterdam - cor
respondent says:
"An official Constantinople telegram
says the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh
bombarded and destroyed the Russian
petroleum depots and wireless station
jit Taupse, near Novorossysk (on the
Black Sea). A heavy battle, lasting
nine hours, occurred on November 18
along the Shat-el-Arab river (this riv
er empties into the Persian gulf and
forms part of the boundary between
the Persian and Turkish dominions)
between the British and Turkish
troops. The British losses were heavy.
Captured British soldiers declare the
wounded included the British com
mander." Turks Bombard Russians
Petrograd. This communication
from the Russian general staff in the
Caucasus was issued:
"On the morning of November 20
the Turkish cruiser Hamidieh, follow
ed by a flotilla of torpedo boats, ap
peared off Tuapse and opened fire,
hurling 125 projectiles into the neigh
borhood. The Russian artillery replied
very effectively. Our losses were three
soldiers and a Sister of Charity wound
ed ;one civilian killed and ten civilians
injured. The material damage was in
significant." Defense Of Berlin
London. The Morning Post's Petro
grad correspondent says: "In the new
invasion of Poland, the Germans are
using their finest troops and depend
ing on manhood instead of machinery.
As far as we know the Russians will
continue to retire until the plan chos
en by Grand Duke Nicholas for the
final effort Is reached.
U. S. Asks Explanation
Washington. The United States
government has directed Ambassador
Henry Morganthau at Constantinople
to ask an explanation of the firing
by Turkish land fore at a launch
from the American cruiser Tennessee
proceeding from Vourlah to the Amer
ican consulate at Smyrna, Asia Minor.
Secretary Daniels simultaneously ca
bled the commanders of the Tennessee
and the cruiser North Carolina, also in
the Mediterranean, to take no action
which might embarrass the American
government.
RUSSIANS GAINING .
GERMANS LOSING
MASTERFUL GENERAL VON HIN
DENBURG IS CHECKED BY
NICHOLAS.
RUSSIAN NUMBERS TELLING
Bombardment of Ypres Continues.
French Claim Success in Region
of Argonne.
London. The battles in the region
between the Vistula and Warta Rivers
in Poland appear to have turned In
favor of the Russians. A special dis
patch from Petrograd to Paris says
the Russian army already has won a
decisive victory. Wnile this may be
an exaggeration both the Russian and
the German official reports suggest
that General von Hindenburg's second
thrust at Warsaw hasXbeen checked.
Grand Duke Nicholas, commander-in-chief
of the Russian forces, for two
days in succession has recorded par
tial successes and the German General
Staff says the arrival of Russian re
inforcements has postponed a decis
ion. Both sides have expressed the
greatest confidence in the outcome.
Grand Duke Nicholas and General von
Hindenburg heretofore have been so
successful In their strategy that their
adherents look upon them as almost
unbeatable.
The German . papers were talking
of a general Russian retirement de
spite the fact that the Russians have
been advancing steadily in Galicia,
have repulsed the Austro-German at
tack before Gracow, hold part of the
German territory in East Prussia a'hd
oppose General von Hindenburg's ad
vance on Warsaw. It is the same in
Petrograd. All the correspondents
there declare the Russian numbers
must tell when the Germans have
reached the ground on which Grand
Duke Nicholas has chosen to give
them battle.
While undertaking immense tasks
In the east, the Germans according to
all accounts, are preparing to launch
another offensive movement in the
west. Just where this Is to be 13
known by the General Staff alone. It
is "believed here they will make an
other effort to ge through to the
French coast and perhaps at the same
time try to force the line of French
fortresses in the Argonne region.
The Germans have been violently
bombarding Ypres in Flanders, Sois
sons in the Aisne and Rheims, while
they have been attacking in force in
the Argonne region.. The French
claim the Argonne assaults have been
repulsed while the Germans say that
they have been gaining ground, stead
ily. Any or all of this activity may be
intended to divert attention from the
quarter in which the supreme ' attack
will be made, but the Allies are sure
to discover soon where they must ex
pect the next blow. To ward off the
possibility of the Germans again try
ing to move along the coast the British
fleet has been bombarding their posi
tions from the sea.
Turkey, as "usual reports victories
over the Russians in the Caucasus
and the British in Egypt, but these
lack confirmation. The English have
issued an account or successful Brit
ish operations in the Persian Gulf
territory.
British naval airmen, including Lieu
tenant Sippe, one of those who destroyed-
a Zeppelin shed at Dussel
dorf before the Germans took Ant
werp, have made a still more daring
raid on French territory over Fried
richshafen. According to aviators' ac
count they dropped bombs which dam
aged the Zeppelin factory at that
place. One aeroplane was brought
down by Germans but the others, es
caped damage.
Battle at Ypres.
Berlin. Official communicatnion
issued by the general German army
headquarters says:
"Fighting continues in Nieuport
and at Ypres. A small British squad
ron twice approached the coast and
was driven off by our artillery. The
British naval guns had no effect."
Buildings Were Burned.
Paris. The official French bulletin
given out in Paris says that Ypres was
subjected to a violent artillery fire and
that many of the important building?
were consumed by the flames.
Bombs Were Effective.
London. It was announced official
ly that the British aviators who re
cently raided Friedrichshafen on Lake
Constance, report positively that all
the bombs thrown by them reached
their objective and that serious dam
ago was done to the Zeppelin factory.
1NALEI HEPLESS
WITH BACK BROKEN
OTHER VESSELS STAND BY THE
WRECKED PASSENGER
SCHOONER.
FIFTY-SEVEN WERE ABOARD
Crew of 30 and 27 Passengers In Wo
sition Which Holds Out Little
Hope of Being Rescued.
San Francisco, Five members of
a crew of life-savers trying to reach
the steamer schooner Hanalei, wreck
ed on Duxbury Reef, nine miles north
of San Francisco, were drowned.
Two of the Hanalei's crew were
drowned while trying to make their
wiy through the surf with lines. Two
passengers swam to safety.
Two of the Hanalei's boats upside
down, and a life-raft also w.ere wash
ed on the beach. The steam schoon
er lay a few hundred yards off shore
blanketed in the fog which led her
on the reef and which shut off sight
and sound alike.
Just at dusk a rift In the fog re
vealed a glimpse of the doomed ves
sel pounded by the surfs. The fog
was so thick that persons five feet
apart could not see each other and a
little fleet of schooners and tugs
which had been trying to get in touch
with the Halanel without themselves
piling on the reef, drew off as night
came on. One or two returned to San
Francisco. A few remained near the
scene, including the life-saving crews
from Fort Point and Port Bonita in
their launches.
Unless the fog should lift permit
ting rescuers to get a line aboard, it
was said there was slight chance for
any one aboard. The Hanalei left
Eureka, Cal., the day before.
The revenue cutter McCulloch sent
word by; wireless that she was nosing
about in the fog but could not locate
the Hanalei.
The Richmond, another tanker; the
United States distilling ship Rainbow
and the tugs Hercules and Defiance
also were at the scene. ,
It was reported that the first mate
of the Richmond, with a crew of
volunteers, had put off In a small
boat to try to reach the schooner.
It is believed that besides the two
whose bodies washed ashore, others
drowned when the Hanalei tried to
get her life boats away.
GARRISON OPPOSES EXPOSURE.
Secretary of War Tells Representative
Gardner His Attitude.
Washington. War department offi
cials possess no information as to the
state of the nation's defenses not al
ready made public which they "feel
free to disclose," according to a letter
addressed by Secretary Garrison to
Representative A. P. Gardner of Mass
achusetts. Mr. Gardner introduced a
resolution, providing for congression
al investigation of the military situa
tion in the United States at the last
session and had written the secretary
regarding his appearance as witness
at the proposed hearing. Mr. Garri
son's letter says in part:
"I note that you express the hope
that I would be the first witness be
fore the committee, that Assistant
Secretary Ereckenridge will likewise
consent to give hi.- testimony and
that you have invited a number of
army officers to testify. I do net
think it seemly to offer myself to th3
committee, nor I believe the assistant
secretary would think it proper for
him so' to do, and I feel sure that' of
ficers should not place themselves in
the position of volunteering informa
tion or views to Congress or one of
its committees.
"I am not standing on any question
of technical procedure on Insisting on
any particular form of red tape meth
od.' I simply am endeavoring to do
what seems to be the only wise and
proper thing to do in any matter be
tween one of the departments and
congress. Until otherwise advised, I
will not offer myself to the commit
tee or approve of any one else under
me doing so.
French-English Fear Mexican Crisis.
Washington. Anxiety for the safe
ty of British and French subjects and
their Interests in Mexico City brought
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British am
bassador, and Jules Jusserand, the
French ambassador to the state de
partment to learn what the Ameri
can government knew of the situation
in the Mexican capital. Reports to
the state department showed condi
tions as having improved. Mr. Jusse
rand also inquired what disposition
had been made of the $1,000,000 cus
toms duties collected by Americans.
PPOINIEIITS OF ,
i. P. CONFERENCE
BLUE RIDGE-ATLANTIC CONFER
ENCE CLOSES ANNUAL SES
SION AT ASHEVILLE.
MEET NEXT YEAR AT NEWTOfi
Marching Orders of the Methodist
Protestant Church Were Read
By Bishop Henderson. i
Asheville. With the reading of th
appointments for the coming year byj
Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, of)
Cattanooga, Tenn., the thirty-seventh!
annual session of the Blue Ridge-At
lantic Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church closed. Newton has
been selected as the place of holding
the next annual meeting, the invlta-j
tion of the members - of the First?
Methodist Episcopal Church of that!
city being accepted. The appoint
ments follow:
Clyde District
Superintendent, Rev. W. A. Patton,
Canton, N. C.
Asheville, Rev. F. W. Stanton, sup
ply; Asheville circuit, Rev. F. A. L.
Clark; Canton, Rev. W. C. Matney;
Canton circuit. Rev. W. H. Pless;
Clyde, Rev. W. A. Graybeal; Culber
son, Rev. Van Buren Harrison; Eto
wah, Rev. D. L. Earnhardt; Haynes
ville and Terasita, Rev. W. T. Clark;
Leicester, Rev. W. H. Johnson; Old
Fort, Rev. F. C. West; Pisgah, Rev.
J. M. Fowler; Sylvia, Rev. T. H.
Stamey; Unaka, Rev. J. H. Fine.
Coast District.
Superintendent, Rev. J. H. Warren,
Washington, N. C.
Elizabeth City, Rev. W. R. Woodall;
Hamlet, Rev. M. L. Morse; Harker's
Island, Rev. O. L. Hawkins; Hassell,
to be supplied; Hatteras, Rev. S. W.
Johnson; Harshallberg, to be sup-
plied; Morehead circuit, Rev. J. R.
Warren; Morehead City. Rev. T, E.
Pierce; Ocracoke, Rev. W. F. Graham;
Parks ville, Rev. J. M. Smith, supply;
Parmele, Rev. J. L. Dennis; Pem
broke, Rev. D. F. Lowery; Pinners,
Rev. W. F. Miller; Rowland, to be
supplied; Washington and Stokes,
Rev. J. F. Matney; Washington cir
cuit, Rev. Claude Clarke; WhaleyvilLe,
Rev. J. W. Chappell, supply.
Statesville District.
Superintendent, Rev. W. Q. A, Gra
ham, Meisenheimer, N. C.
Albemarle, Rev. Z. V. Arthur; Cae
sar, Rev. D. D. Bailey; Chandlers,
Rev. G. W. Williams; Charlotte, to be
supplied; Deep River, Rev. D. A. Vun
cannon; Forest City, Rev. T. A. Sisk,
supply; Gastonia, Rev. S. B. Stephens;
Harmony, Rev. W. J. Plint; Hickory,
Rev. S. A. Earnhardt; Kannapolis,
Rev. Y. D. Pool; Kings . Mountain,
Rev. JD. A. Culp; Meisenheimer, Rev.
Z. V. Arthur; Newton, Rev. W. F.
Greene; Pine Bluff, Rev. T. N. Laine,
supply; Statesville, Rev. C. M. White,
supply; Troy, Rev. K. L. Haga; Walk
ertown, Rev. W. S. Moore.
Traphill District.
Superintendent, Rev. J. L. Stephen
son, Traphill, N. C.
Altapass, to be supplied; Ararat,
Rev. W. E. Icenhour; Bakers ville,
Rev, J. M. Heath; Boone, Rev. S. N.
Bumgarner: Creston, Rev. U. A. Dry;
:ikin, D. J. White: Lansing, Rev. J.
' Greene; Laurel Branch. Rev. J. M.
iamble; Montezuma, Rev. D. W.
Tr.ga; Pond Mountain, Rev. II. A. '
Olan&enship, supply; Traphill, Rev.
J. L. A. Bumgarner; Wi'kestoro, Rev.
I. M. V.'. Castle; Yadkk Rev. J. M.
Wall; Zion, Rev. M. A. Matliewson.
Rev. A. E. Brown, of the Creston
Quarterly Conference, was named as
"sgent the American Bible Associa
tion. In making the appointments
the bishop reminded the members of
the Conference that Methodism is a
denomination of itineracy and urged
his hearers to receive their charges
with a determination to spend a year
in the furtherance of God's cause and
a resolve to report at' the Newton
meeting that they have put forth their
-ery best efforts. He thanked the
members of the Conference for the
lany courtesies extended to hyn dur
ng his stay at Asheville end expressed
pleasure that the past year has been
one of unusual success.
Immediately following the night
ession, the bishop held a brief con
irence with the district superinten
lents. Nothing was given out as to
fhe discussions at the conference, al
though it is thought that plans for the
joming year were adopted.
At the Methodist Protestant
Churcn Sunday an enthusiastic Sun
day school session was conducted at
3:45 o'clock with visiting Sabbath
school workers in attendance. The
classes of the local Sabbath school
were taught by visitors to the confer
ence and many stream addresses ms.de.