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Reports From Line of Battle Favor -Germans Making Desperate v'1 Belgian-French Troops But are Unable to Stem their Advances. English Torpedo Boat Plays Havoc With . Teuton Artillery. The ".fohn Rockefeller" Has Been Released. - .v v . LONDON, Oct, 22. The Germans heavily 1 re-inforced by fresh .land troops and a naval brigade of ten thousand men, today extended their base from Ostend to Mariakerke and Mlddel Kerek, a point half way between Ostend and Nleuport. The Belgians are being aided by the French land forces and the Brit ish warships. The' British moni tors and small gunboats are in evi dence on : the canals and rivers. The fire of the British guns is direc ted by observers in captive balloons and aeroplanes. The German sub marines however, are a constant menace to the British vessels. The forces of nature have been em ployed In precluding . the rapid advance of the Germans by the cutting of the dikes. RUITISH TORPEDO BOAT I SILENCES TEUTON ARTILLERY BERLIN, Oct. 22. (Official) Northeast of Nleuport the British torpedo boat put our artillery out of action. The fighting continues -with unabated force, west of Lille. 'The troops assumed the ofiensive and repulsed the enemy at several points. The- English lost several machine ' guns during ' the day. There has been no decision reached in the eastern theatre of war.-. THE FRENCH FORCES ARE VERY ACTIVE. Paris, Oct. 22. Official The ac tivity which the enemy showed yes terday has not slackened any to day.' The Germans are unable to force back the French-Belgian-British troops. Between Arras and find Olse the enemy made a great effort but this was not crowned --with success. , North of Verdun the Allies - fialned much ; ground. In the Woerve district the Allies re pulsed . an attadfcjon Champion. DEVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL IS CAUSING MUCH TROUBLE ' London, Oct. 22. The Havaa cor respondent at Oporto, Portugal, has cent the following dispatch; "Telegraphic and telephonic com munication with "Lisbon has been cut, A number of unloaded bombs GERMAN SEA CAPTAIN f i' TELLS QF BATTLE. London, Oct. 22.-8 :35 p m. A ' Norwelgian steamer which arrived at Las-Palma8, Canary Islands,' ac cording to a dispatch from that place to Renter's Telegram Com pany reports- that she was visited by a German cruiser whose captain 'declared he . had sunk -11 British and French, and one Italian steam- rs. WAR RISK INSURANCE BUREAUS ARE OPENED. " Washington, Oct. 22. War risk ; Insurance bureaus, similar to that ' recently - put in operation ' by the t United States, have been established by the governments of Blegium, Denmark, "France, :r Germany, Greece, Great Britian, Italy, Japan, Norway and Sweden according to announcement made . today by ' the department of commerce. , JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER'S SHIP IS RELEASED. Washington, Oct. 22, Great Bri tian rel'd ship John D. Rockfeller which was taken by them and the State depsrti tent here breatherd eas.er. J nounct Ar,l-.,-.--T ?'-'t t: ".ately after the an : ft tl.e White House, I . ' 3 !rectcd a re t i j ' " i, helJ ' " , 1 e re- the Allies Attempt To Fight British SOHTEtiPT OF DEATH AT BERLIN CORRESPONDENT, RE TURNING FROM FORT, SAYS ... RUSSIAN ASSAULTS WERE FURIOUS BERLIN, Oct. 22 A corresponden oi the leitung am Mittag, who en tered Przemysl after a four day's mo tor ride over unspeakable roads, learned the story of the siege of that place, The first shots were fired on Sept. 18 the ciw was surrounded on the 20th I and an unbroken bombardment, , with many, qesperate sorties, ensued unti Oct. 2, when the Russians sent a white flag and demanded the city's surrender, this was refused. tM j . . . I I i .. . . ine anacK reacnea its neight on Oct. 5. The Russians seemed utterly contemptuous of death, and stormed again, and again. They seem to have learned much from the Japanese war, for they attacked with great skill the ,men seemed especially trained tor tortress work. Hills of corpses outistje, jjLv,.);b.iw.Qrks testify to the furious attacks they made. The Aus triahs 'estimate that 40,000 men fell and many prisoners have been taken t.i n ... ine Russians succeeded in carrying temporarily one of the outlying woi;ks, eleven Dattaiions succeeded in ap proaching these works without being detected, because of damage to the searchlight, and suddenly mounted he walls. The garrison retired to the case ment, from which they defended themselves with machine guns and rifles. Ine Russians forced their way to the case nates, and hand-to-hand strug gle witfi bayonets, gun butts and hand grenades ensued. When reinforce-ments which had been hastily telephoned for, arrived, the attacking party was already retiring, leaving 300 dead and wounded in the casemates and 150 dead on the wall - The Russians were still in contact with the fortress on -one side and can nonading was in - progress when the correspondent left. Rockets, light shells and searchlights illuminated the land before the fortress, and the night was made as bright as day. It . was a majestic sight, says the correspond ent, as the troops marched out through this lighted zone. GENERAL OTA WILL ATTEND TIT CONFERENCE WILL GO IN PERSON TO THE J MEETING AT AGUAS CALI . ENTES THIS WEEK. . Mexico Cityj Octover 22. General Zapata will go in person to the peace convention at Aguas Caliehtes He is to reach there late this' week and all action on formation of a provisional government will be suspended until his arrival. s" - - f ' Many protests are being filed against alleged outrages by Villa's soldiers, who are said to be holding up delegates and at the -point; of the pistol, demanding that they, shqut MLong Live Villa.'' It is declared that generals, too, have been accosted in this manner, A protest also' has been made that the neutrality of the convention is be ing violated by the presence of 15,000 Villa troops within ail hour's ride of Aguas Callientes.; They were brought up' from ' Zacatecas. , .The delegates claim the city is in a State of seige. -'' i; A resolution wa3 passed ' today for bidding rvrn' ' ; on either side while t' n f "" re c " ' ' i i inn. ALLEGE ON LINER J. D. Childs and Wife Charge That Rats and Cats Infested Stateroom and Food Was Tainted MRS. CHILDS CLAIMS HER HEALTH HAS BEEN INJURED Paid for Best of Fabre Assert; of Room on Patrla Line, They Got One Poorest PITTSBURG, Oct. 22 For being compelled, as they allege, to occupy a stateroom which was dark, bad smell ing and overrun with rats, and forced to eat tainted food while they were crossing the Atlantic on the steam ship Patria, J. D. Childs and his wife, Sarah M. Childs, of Pittsburg, rela tives of H. C. Frick, filed a suit today in Common Pleas Court to recover $20,000. The suit was brought against Cy prien Fabre & Co., a corporation which operates the boat on which they returned from Europe after the European war started. Reservations Sold, They Allege The plaintiffs allege they had re served and paid for first class pas sage, Jjeing given the best stateroom on tne snip, Dut tnat tne company later sold the reservation to another party for more money than they had paid. It is claimed in the suit that Mrs. Child's health has become impaired and that she lost twelve pound on the trip across the sea. The plaintiffs allege that last June they engaged the room and passage on he steamer ratria, which was to sail from Marseilles, France, Sept. 4, for Brooklyn, N. Y. The stateroom reserved was on the top passenger deck on the steamer and was one of the most desirable on the boat. In August they went to the office of the Company in Marseilles and asked for the accomodations sold them. and as they allege, they were then in formed that nothing had been re served for them. Could Not Go to Other Port Mr. Childs and his wife declare they did not, have sufficient money to go to another port to get sailing accomo dations home upon a different steamer and $hey were compelled to take what ever?-' -the defendant corporation was willing to sell them. The Patria sailed from Marseilles Sept. 3 last. Mr. and Mrs. Childs got an inside stateroom. When the plain tiffs retired the- first night they al leged boys were chasing rats around the adjoining stateroom ana after ward cats were substituted to chase the rats. One of, the cats persisted in sleeping upon the pillows and the bed occupied by the plaintiffs. The food, it is alleged, was disgust ing at times, the ampunt insufficient, the service dirty and . inadequate and the waiters who served the food at different tables joked and laughed about the tainted condition of it. GREECE IS WAITING WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 22 Participation of Greece in the European war depends upon the future action of the - now peaceful Balkan States, according to the. Greek minister, Mr. Schljemann, today. . v '. . 'Grece is not mobilized,;.' ; said the minister,' "and is maintaining only a frontier guard composed of the regular standing army. "Unless the status quo in the Bal kans is changed by the entrance of another,,, state into the s war, we will remain at peace." An offensive and defensive alliance with Servia; makes it incumbent on the . Hellenic government ' to take up arms U Bulgaria s - ancient . hatred waxes 1 to the point where she would march against -Servia, the. minister stated,, or - if Turkey; whose interests are allied witn the former country, began hostility. ' !iV 25,009 POUNDS OF TOBACCO SOLD YESTERDAY. . More than twenty-five , thousand pounds of tobacco was sold on the local market yesterday, with the prices running as high 'as thirty cents for the best grades. Owing to the fact that the most of the tobacco sold yester day was low grades, the average price as sl'ditly lower than usual average. ED "PORTLAND NED" AND T. A CONWAY SOON TO BE TRIED IN EASTERN DISTRICT GREENWOOD, Oct. 22 Deputy Marshal W. L. Boger left this morning for Raleigh in charge of T. A. Conway and James Johnson, alias "Portland Ned." the two alleged safe-crackers and yeggmen who have been in Guil ford jail for some months awaiting trial on the charge of robbing the postoffice at Plymouth and Silver City. The cases were tired here before U S. Commissioner D. H. Collins and the men bound over to court in the East erp District of North Carolina, before Judge Connor. Their cases will prob ably come up this week and they will be held in the Raleigh jail until it does. ' Both men are desperate characters and have been arrested time and time again. They have escaped from jails and penitentiaries on several occasions and have succeeded in eluding the offic ers' of many states. They were arrested in Stokes county as suspicious charact ers and for having burglar's tools in their possession and when their true identity was discovered were brought here for safe keeping, charged with the Plymouth robbery, which occured sev eral years ago, Since being here they have been charged with the robbery at Silver City, which occured several months ago. When the officer left this morning with his prisoners he was warned to keep a sharp watch on them and not give them the slightest chance to ex cape. The prisoners were handcuffed together. THE WEATHER. The weather forecast for New Bern and vicinity is Fair today, " with gentle to moderate north east winds. " NOVEMBER 16 Federal Meserve Badks Are to Open Then WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 Although representatives of the twelve federal reserve banks voted hi favor of opening the banks November '30, members of the .reserve board todav were eoine ahead with plans for putting the new banking system in operation November 16 or 20, if it be found, that this can be accomplished. ' ' As the currency act, empowers Mr. McAdoo to open the tanks when ever, in his opinion, tney are ready to transact business,, fhe vote of the banks representatives does not bind the secretary of the reserve board. The directors were leaving for their homes today to begin work preliminary to the opening of the banks. TWO RILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED IN THIS FIGHT. Blane, Washington, October 22. Two men were killed and several wounded today in a battle between a posse ot othcials and live outlaws, supposed to have robbed the First National Bank of Sedro-Woolley, Wash ington, of twenty -thousand dollars last Saturday, when- they killed a boy while firing at citizens on the street, DEMOCRATS OF DUPLIN TO GA THER IN BG RALLY . v -r . - , Wilmington, OcU. f. 22'.; Democrats of Duplin county areplanning for a big rally at Kennas ville fieXt Tuesday, when it is expected that fiilly 3,000 voters of the county will be presenf to hear ex Governor Robt. R. GlenriiX'The speak ing will be at 11 o'clock and will be followed by a free i barbecue ". dinner. Dodgers have been ' issuedV calling to he rally by Mr, H. D Williams, chair man, and Mr, W. Jj.Grady, secretary ol the -. Duplin .' county Democratic Executive Committee."'' , 4 LOCAL TELEPHONE. , COMPANY MAKES A PURCHASE the Home Telephdne and Telegraph Company have taken ver the telephone line at Vanceboro which Has been idle for the past six months and have opened a toll station there until they can get the line in proper operation again. GflRBI THE DEMOCRATS ARE MANIFESTING INTEREST ARE ANXIOUS FOR CRAVEN COUNTY TO POLL A VERY LARGE VOTE. Much by the Craven election. interest is being manifested Democrats of New Bern and county in the approaching While it will, of course, be a landslide in this section the Democratic voters are anxious to make the vote just as large as possible and every one is being urged to go out and cast a ballot . There will be but few Republican votes cast here. That party has put out no local ticket and are taking no interest in the election. During the past two weeks such eminent speakers as J. W. Bailey, S. M. Brinson and others have made speeches in the county and these have been of material held in awaken ing interest. Indications are that the vote will be larger than at the last election. PRESIDENT ANXIOUS TD PREVENT F Means of Preventing Mississippi Floods in Future Discussed. With Parkman. Washington, Oct. 22. Means of pre venting .Mississippi river Moods were discussed bv President Wilson todav with Chairman Parkman, of rie house rivers and harbors rommitn- -. The President is anxious that p iiunu-nt work for stonnim; the Hood be car ried on and it is probable tbat legis lation to achieve that end will be taken up at the next scs-ion of l'omcros. The Ransdell-Humphreys bill for in creasing the lederal appropi union lor flood preventive work for five years providing the localities affect ute, is now pending in Co: supporters claim that under Mississippi river commission ; 1 contrih ,vess. Its bill the uld carry . -!;ed sev- on its work successiuuy. President Wilson last year eral members of his cabinet to investi gate the subject and as a r s ilt com mittees were formed in the different departments to report on the question. These committees have been at work ever since. The general subject of rivers and har bors appropriation was taken up by the President with Mr. Sparkman. Mr. Wil son has shown a desire for a more sys tematic method of making these appro priations than has obtained in the past. He is also understood to be desirous of keeping the next rivers aud harbors ap propriation bill as small as possible. Representative Humphreys will dis cuss the Mississippi flood prevention problem with the President within the next few days. WILMINGTON CONCERN FAILS Recelrer Appointed for Southern Adjustment Company WILMINGTON, Oct. 22 Clayton Grant has been appointed temporary receiver of the Southern Adjustment Company, Inc., upon petition of E. W. Jones, who claims to be a creditor to the amount of $125.30. The Company, he alleges, is insolvent and unable to pay its debts. The Company has been doing a general adjustment business for some months and it is said that at one time the volume of business was large. After spending their honeymoon in Georgia and Florida cities, Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Meares, who were married at Marietta, Ga., October 6, have re turned to Wilmington and are at home to their friends at No. 408 Market street Mrs. Meares before her marriage was Miss Rosa Dwight Willingham, and has many friends in Wilmington, where she frequently visited her sister, Mrs. Geo. L. Pesdhan. Mr. Meares is one of Wil mington's most popular and prominent young business men. EDITH ST. CLAIR BACK TO TOMB NEW YORK,, Oct. 22 Miss Edith St. Clair, an actress, against whom there are two indictments for prejury, ap peared before. Judge Rosalsky in gen eral session' yesterday and entered a plea of not guilty. She was without counsel and was sent back to the Tombs, being unable to furnish $7,500 bail. The indictments of . Miss St. Clair grew out of - a civil suit she brought against Abraham L. Erlanger, who she claimed had made her a life contract at $75 a week. , Later she swore that she had been induced to bring suit by Max D. Steuer, the lawyer, who has since had a hearing on disbarment charges. FEW INK Oft! S UNTIL THE BIG FAIR OPENS Final Arrangements for This Great Display Are Now Being Made A Gala Occas ion of Moment SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PRESS Secretary of the Fair to Have An Office Which Will Be Used As An Inform ation Bureau One of the features of the Eastern Carolina Fair which will be held here next week will be the aero nodations which have been arranged for the con fort of those who visit the grounds. In the west end of the -nain exhibit building will be arranged an office for the secretary of the Fair and this will be furnished in such a manner that it will be a "rest room" for all who care to stop there. The office will also be used by the members of the local and visiting press and material will be furnished for the n to do all of their writing thre. The members of the press from out of the city who have not already received their compli mentary tickets may also get them there or at the Journal office before going out to t'-e Fair grounds. There also can be obtained matter relative to New- Bern mil Craven ro'itv and it will in fact be b'-reati of information. T he finishing touches are now being idded to the bier exhibit which will be in progress all next week anil the citi zens of New Bern and surrounding towns nuiv rest assured that when the air is fornally opened it will be one of the best even seen in this part of the State. New attractions are being booked each day and the Midway will be evet larger than seen at the State Fair as Raleigh this week. There will be shown of every class there from the big Wild West performance down, to the canl racks and jingle boards and there will be something doing every day in the week. The rain which has fallen during the past few days has had the effect of hardening the race track and this will ue in perieci condition Dy i uesaay ana will be "faster" than ever before. Those who have not already secured season tickets should do so without delay. They are now selling for one dollar each. After this week the price will be increased to one dollar and a half and the price at the gate for each ad mission will be fifty cents. CONGRESS DID NOT AD- JOURN LAST NIGHT. Washington, Oct. 22. Con- " trary to expectations Congress did not adjourn tonight. This ' action may be taken tomor- " row. WILMINGTON TO HAVE NEW VAUDEVILLE THEATRE. Wilmington, Oct. 22. Another fine vaudeville house is to be added to Wil mington's amusement places, work on the new one to begin before Novem ber 30th on the site of the present Air dome, next south of the Southern Build ing on Front street, according tfe Mr. A. O. Schuster, who owns the property and who will build the theatre. ZIONITES OBSTINATE Refuse to Be Vaccinated by Health Authorities CHICAMO, Oct. 22 Followers of Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overser. of Zion City, were ordered today to resist vaccination by state health authorities even if they are forced to do so with shot guns. "If the state authorities come here and try to vaccinate us we'll take shot guns and blow them where they belong . They will haVe to have the state militia to force it on us," Volivia declared . j Volivia's instructions were delivered , after Dr. C E. Crawford, state health inspector had attempted vaccination to check the BDread of small nox in Zion City., Strict quarantine was placed - over ten cases now existing tnere.
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