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NEW BERN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1914 FIVE CENTS PER COPY AI MOTHER BRITISH FALLS PREY r rO A SUBMARINE NO LIVES LOST VOL LXII.--N0. 160 SHIP THE TORPEDO GOIHf ' : LMGER DESTROYED BY A Hfflll YESTERDAY All of the Officers and Crew Were Saved. Four -Men Were ; Slightly Wounded. "Floating Mine" Explodes Near Italian - , Shore and Shakea Up Railroad.' Allies ' Capture Two German' Gunboats One Destroyer and five Transports. Teutons : ' Report that .They Have Taken many Italian Prisoners. . - I nnAnnj Nnv. 1 1. Th Pmw Bureau reports tonight ' that H?'M. S. Niger "was torpedoed by a submarine and toun dered. AH of the officers and a crew of . seventy-seven men were saved.'. Four - " men were injured but it ; is thought that these will; recover. The Nigei " - was a comparatively unimportant' unit in the British, fleet and was classified -9 a' torpedo gunboat and was used ' in. minev sweeping for the. -protection f the. fishermen.. THE ALLIES CAPTURE ' - ' j ; SEVERAL GERMAN BOATS London, Nov. - 11. An 'Exchange dispatch from Peking says that the Allies czptured at Tsing-Tau two Ger- ft-wim mmkntife . nnd ylpatrn.rlM. anil A. .a ', transports and, are now engaged in ' raising the sunken ; Austrian . cruiser, .'. -ma . . .n -j.... .. J :i : , :.,- v.-,. means, to a uoauiiK ury aocic. FLOATING MINES BURSTS" NEAR ITALIAN , SHORE r Rome, Nov. 11. A floating mine . exploded . at Fossacesia,-: Italy, today so close to. the shore that- serious-" da- mage was done to the railway along the coast. No one was killed. , ' THE ALLIES REPORT : . THEY ARE VICTORIOUS "; Paris, Nov. 11. An official statement issued at midnight says that ''through. ; 'out the day the enemy continued their ..efforts begun yesterday but without results. The Germans, directed their attacks against Lombare Tzyde. ' We ; repulsed their counter attacks and the Germans vainly attempted a sortie from Dixmude on the left bank, of he Yser. Ther is nothing new to report -from the east front. . i . THE GERMANS TAKE DIXMUDE BY STORM. ' ' , , " Berlin, Nov. " 1 l.An official state ment given out tonight has the follow . ing: "We? made good progress yester day on the branch of the Ypres canal, We took Dixmude by storm and cap tured more than five hundred prisoners and nine machine guns.1 Further south of this line our troops crossed the cana 1 west of Langemarck and there we too'k two thousand infantrymen ' prisoners and captured six machine guns. South of the Ypres we have driven the enemy out of Lloi. There is severe fighting in the neighborhood of Bas. where we captured one thousand prisoners and six machine g in ns. MUSIC CHU3 TO I ;.ACTICE TO- DAY. The Thursday afternoon practice ; 1,-, Hf, r-i.,1, ,:ti -,i ji mi. iiiioiv will irtnc ell. tho ( L b rooms at the usual time. . are urged to be .present : 'A copies of the "Cantata" and 1 to f i xy af.ic 1T EIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS DIS POSED OF AT THAT PLACE , " ' .YESTERDAY. - , --Vanceboo, Nov." 11. Eight -thduS and pounds of tobacco Were disposed of on the,Iocal market today at an aver age price of $16.15 per hundred pounds. During the' past week many thousand pounds of the weed have been disposed of at an average of 14 cents per pound The firm of Harvey and Moses who have been operating the tobacco warehouse here, have given it up and it is now being operated by Heggie and Company of Winston-Salem and the growers in that section are well pleased with the treatment they are receiving. e . " To Store Cotton. . ' Much-cotton has been ginned here during the past few weeks and'at pre sent the gins are working full time. Up to the present but little of the fleecy staple has been, stored but the farmers have decided to place: it in storage and have already begun to carry it to- New Bern where it will be placed in ware houses and the receipts will be used as collateral for loans from .-the New Bern bankers. - ' ,"-- 1 ,v School Progressing. .' V Craven county's Farm Life; School, which is located here, is making rapid progress in all Imes. . Prof. J. E. Tur lington, who. is in charge, and his effi cient corps of teachers are: well pleased with the results obtained thus iar , in the term and are fujly confident that the session will prove to be the most successful in the history of the school. The enrollment is very gratifying even at the present time: ancj this is steadily being increased. . . ; ' , ,j. FC3T n ram ; scseis sfot;g EPIDEMIC IN CHICAGO STOCK YARDS BECOMES MORE ALARMING. Chicago, Nov. 11. Spread of foot and mouth disease among the. 836 prize dairy " cattle ' under - quarantine assumed such alarming ; proportions today that it was feared the infec tion could not be prevented from reaching every . animal .in , the herd The cattle are valued at $2,500,000. Dr., S. E. Bennett, of the federal bureau of 'animal industry, said that forty new cases were discovered among ... j. j t!ie herd yesterday. The newly lisii: V e -1 cows were separated from i (jlat'-.l l ord and taken to the Vi : ry h ; -.Lais where 51 other -v-ry ! fiOIll t! e d.iiry s'.ow stock are i i:enl. Dr. Eennett said ni-t ! ; given to de ' i ! II tl.ore is no Melle Beese Germany's - Most Fa- mous Woman Avi- 4 atf38SJ Photo by American Press AssocUttasv IN FIERCE FISHT ONE OF THE FORMER RECEIVED FORTY-SEVEN SHOT IN HIS BACK. Several days ago. United States De puty Collector I. M. TuII and Deputy Marshal C, H. Ange .located a still near the Craven, and Carteret county me . a short -distance . from Adams Creek. Preparations were made for the raid, ' and Tuesday night, accom panied:, by - a Deputy Collector from Washington they we at , to ' Morehead City expecting to raid the planfc that night, but when they arrived at that place they learned thrt a deputy sheriff had also located the still, and with four other men had .- made the raid the night before. ' :. The deputy sheriff located the plant, which was . on : the Carteret county side of line, and deputized four other men to go with him. The trip was made in a boat to within a mile of the place, there it was- anchored and the men made the rest of the trip-on foot. When, they reached the scene there was no one there, but they found sev eral hundred 'of still beer, which was about; ready to be run off.;.: But the moonshiners .were on the job. While the men had gone to the still, they got their boat and carried it off, and while three of the party went off for another boat, two were left to capture the block aders when they went to the plant, but when they went there were three of them, and a battle ensued, in which one of the officers received forty-seven shot in his back, and the other; was knocked down and in the - tussle lost his revolver, but got one belonging to one of the moonshiners. '- : ' The three men proved too much for the officers and they took to the woods leaving plant, beer, and men beljind. LADIES CI? THE BAPTIST aiv: en. to hold ' r-.VZAAR. t: ft' .r st Baptist church bazaar the after ri liv, December I - ,JW'.r miMT miiipnrn m nrHi 1 1 uumnrrn jllllll.l ifllJUl 1.11 nr nnnr nnmirp r rrn nr urn i rnnmu niinnn I II U III IIUUUIII Report Says That Berlin Has Ap. : V proached Russia With Oves ' : Tures Looking Toward Cessa tion of Hostilities. VERY LITTLE CREDENCE PLACED IN RUMOR. Petrograd Dispatches Tell of Brilli iant Successes in Tha.t Sec tionCossacks Raiding Near Cracow. London, Nov. 11. Coincident with the news that every German soldier has been swept from Russian soil Comes a whispfer of peace negotiations in the report from Petrograd that Ber lin has approached Russia with over tures looking itoward a cessation of hostilities. f&n : 'Contrary to hie German report that the Russians hfrid been checked on the frontier of E&st Prussia, Petrograd declares that a 'brilliant success in that region has beeri' succeeded by an actual invasion of German' territory,. An equal triumph, is reported from the other ehd"6f;tfte long Russian battle line. ' With Cossacks raiding within twenty ile 4Crafc6w, the commandent of tnaiTortress "has ordered the civilan population of the cky; to leave. Prz- emyslis said to be fully invested; again and the reduction of this fortress is likely tb precede any furtheradvance by the Russian' left wing. f' Petrograd is ' hot whplly satisfied with the scope . of the victories re ported against the Germans for the belief prevails in military circles that if the Russian strategy of the Napo leonic era had been followed further, even to the extent of the surrender ofWarsaw, the invaders never would have, -remained in their own country with' intact fighting organizations. Others feel that political motives quite justified the government in its determination to defend Warsaw. Contrary t'practice, infantry and not artillery 'ha!s been the dominant force used Jpy ' the Russians along their western battle front in push ing the ' invaders back across the border. Showing disregard of the German batteries, superior forces of the Russian infantry time after time have advanced and won positions by the use steel. From Moscow comes a report" .that during the fight ing near Aerodz, .on the river Warthe the Russians "captured General Von Makenge, commander of the seven teenth German army corps together with members; of his staff. It is re-. ported also that General Von Lie- bert, who was in command at Lodz when. the Germans occupied that city, also has been captured by the Rus- There; are reports i that the Aiis- train army f Js g. abandoning entirely its positions 'in .". western Galicia and will vsrinter ft; he foot Jof the Car pathians, 2 renewing . . the war . . from that ( base . iiv the::, spring.! Buff the Btubbwnf'deepseotPrzemyst.i'.and the - evident I determination to defend Cracdwr , hardly; confirm this ;. report. Belgian and; Holland',: continue to insist that, the ' Germans ii are , with drawing maijyj, pf ,J their.; troopa from their westeri' 'baft le. I front,";: but4, the official communications from the head quarters of the, allies - does not indi cate any lessening ,in the force of the German ' attack ' which is proceeding with its usual fury. . .. The food situa tion in Belgiuiiiyis i daily becoming .more critical. Even Antwerp which is the best supplied of tthe Belgian cities, is clamoring (6r the provisions brought into the country by. ; the American Commission. ' , i-i t" . ' SOCIAL SERVICEMEETING TO- "r,y--: ' ' ' 1- 'DAY;.;?';!1' The Social the Vo 'i Kin's C roo' : ' 's IV: crvice Department - of nb wiU meet in the club at 1 1 o'clock. ,v Bus n is to be transacted mess an I is desired. Mrs. Josephus Daniels Wife of Secretary of Navy and who is taking great interest in the move ment to "wear cotton clothing" 5ii IS STANDS WELL UP IN THE LIST WITH OTHER N. C. TOWNS. The report of leaf tobacco sales of the North Carolina markets issued by the State Department of Agriculture shows, 62,901,880 pounds sold during October compared with 58,752,605 pounds for the same month last year. Out of the forty eight markets report ed Kinston lead with 8,325,691 pounds, and Greenville second with 6,723,979. Although this is the first season for the local market 654,388 pounds was sold in New Bern during the month of October, which is considered very good sales, and is considerable more than was sold on a number of markets which have been established for several years. WAR SESSION OF PARLIA MENT OPENED- London, Nov. 11. King Geor- ge opened today what probably will prove to be a purely war session of Parliament. No con- troversional political question will be deliberated, but this does tlAt ItlMn flint AnHra tiarmrtnv will prevail for the cabinet min- isters will be asked some per- tlnent and uncomfortable ques- tions about their conduct of various phases of the war. The labor party: leaders are 'especially primed with questions in regard to pay for the soldiers, allowances for their dependents and pensions, but a little criti ' cl8m of the government by the opposition proba bly will be re- strained. SOCIAL MEETING. Wesleyan Bible Class. Members to , . : . Gather. . v - '.,' . -.VVy y ' ,; 'vi;," '''?'-v 1 A social meeting of the Wesleyan Adult Bible class will be held tomorrow evening from eight to ten o'clock. This meeting will be held for the. members of the class, 'but each member is ex tended - the , privilege , of taking ir6ne friend with him, ( s -i. After the program, which is short but . interesting, has been rendered, refreshments will , be served, v, Every member is urged to be present' at this meeting and receive the benefits, of the program and enjoy the refreshments. L. Harper will leave this morning f for a business visit to Wilmington. Ni BERN LADIES A RELIEF GOHHUTE Lectures, Afternoon and Evening Bridge Parties, Dances, Etc., Are To Be Held In Order To Raise Funds. MRS. A. Y. CHAPMAN TO GIVE FIRST LECTURE. November 19th, The Date Set For This Treat Small Contribu tions Will Be Charged From All. An interested band of New Bern wom en met together on Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. R. Hyman, to discuss ways and means of raising. funds for the relief of the suffering Belgians and came upon the happy decision that in helping them, they mieju as well help each other to forget the war clouds which have settled do.vn over the financial affairs of tb- dear home land. The outcome is a most attractive program, which will oFcr diversion for every one, and a nominal contribu tion of twenty-five cents will be charg ed for any of the entertainments. There will be lectures, afternoon and evening bridge parties, dances and some de lightful surprises which will be kept for the lost. The first entertainment will be one which no one can afford to miss, as it will be a treat which comparatively few cities will be able to enjoy The per sonal experiences of a visitor in the war zone of Europe, which will be related by Mrs. A. Y. Chapman, of Knoxville, Tenn., who has just returned from a prolonged stay abroad and is visiting her daughter Mrs. R. X. Duffy. Mrs. Chapman is a woman of rare personal and conversational charm, and it will be one of the opporttunties of a life-time to hear hpr an eve witness tell of the stricken countries, the effect of the war upon the people the im pression on an outsider, etc. This will be the opening entertain ment of the Belgian Relief Committee and will take place at the residence of Miss Jane Stewart, on the evening of November nineteenth, at half past eight o'clock. Others will be announced later for each week. The following wom en compose the committee: Mrs. Chas Duffy, Mrs. Owen Gtiion, Mrs. Frank Hyman, Mrs. W. L. Hand, Mrs. D. S. Congdon. Mrs. John T. Hollister, Mrs. M. M. Marks, Mrs. H. B. Marks, Mrs. Robert DuVal Jones, Mrs. T. G. Hyman, Mrs. M. D. W. Stevenson, Miss Jane Stewart and Miss Mary Louise Jones. WOMANS SUFFRAGE LOST IN NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 11 Worn- ans Suffrage lost in Nebraska by a vote of 82,288 against to 74,219 for. NEW BERNIAN VISITING KINSTON. AT Kinston, Nov. 11. Capt. Cha-lie Hancock, who for 30 years ''ptnehai" tickets on the Old Mullet and mad? a friend of every one whq , responded to his familiar "Tickets Please!" is here attending cdurt.as a witness in court, in the case of Parrott va. Rail road. - The genial captain is :greeter, by many friends during his stay . here this week and all are glad to extend to him a welcome. He was the guest last night of Sheriff Taylor, at the lat- ter's home in north Kinston. " . PICNIC AND ICE CREAM SUPPER AT PLEASANT GROVE. . There will be a picnic and ice erf am supper at Pleasant Grove School H use Friday night, Nov, 20th, 1914. Every body is cordially incvited to con e.' The proceeds will be for the ben f t of the school. ' v1 ' , FORM BELGIAN
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