. . r ...
STRUGGLE AT PORTS
w -
..nor nr MODir iu
RIGHTING mwi ...-
oPCN WITH less y,nnw
FOR ENTRENCHMENT;
EBMANS
CLAIM position:
V
Hie, Also, Are 5ai.8nea w.xn ne-
ports From Front Pierce i-ignx-Ihg
Continues in East.
London The attempted advance of
rt ueruitt" " -
. Belgium and Northen France,, ap
parently with the aim of establishing
themselves m tfnusu iiamim pons
they -may iucuato .ausiaivu, iias
reacted a critical point . ' .
Xie extreme western fighting line
fmm' A rmPTitffirpst thrmio-'h
jof re,ai;uc3 - -
Pnulers to Meupori ,on..uie coasi
rtout half way between Ostend and
Dunkirk. According to the. French of?
iclal announcement German heavy ar
tii'err presumably used in the siege
of Antwerp was bombarded the front
from Xieuport to v laasio, wnicn is
jboutlO miles from the coast.
The allies also have made progress
eastward from a : point south of
Annentieres toward Lille on ' a line
running roughly to Arras. Theeport
tells of house-to-house fighting - . in
Thich the allies are advancing. The
battle has raged around Arras with
out respite for 10 days, and on the
part of the allied troops "with a per-
je?erance and a spirit which never for.
i moment has been relaxed." : ;
The German official . report covers
these operations more tersely -It says
the attacks northwest of Lille have
been repulsed with heavy losses to
the allies. - ' .' - ,v
English and French papers ' gather
encouragement from reports pun
ched from their side. From the Ger-
f nan point of riew it,ls4rtssjbl6' the
Germans ha re . lint ro vIiS: 'ci pt
tion and with the forces that, besieg
ed Antwerp and reinforcements from
many are attempting along the coast
another sweeping movement. ;
In this field of action it appears
inevitable there soon must be some
decisive result. The country's fat
ness seems to have made it impossi
ble for the two armies to r. entrench
and face each other without ' import
ant change in position for weeks, as
they have dope across Northern
France. ' :
Great battles continue in the East
ern theater between the Russian and
Austrian-German forces. Reports from
toth sides are brief and contradict-
T- Petrograd claims the Russians
kve won partial success in severe
Siting before Warsaw and Przemysl.
Vienna declares the Austrq-Germah
nnies have made advances in both
wsions and that the Russian casual
ties at Przemysl number 40.000 -
lR,SH PLEDGED TO BELGIUM.
Nati
'onalists Resolve Not to Sheath
Swords Until Success.
London. "irish Nationalists who
"waed Central Hall adopted the fol
lowing pledge administered by T. P.
u Connor.
J? WiU never sheathe the sword
til Belgium has got back her tree-
until every inch of her; soli'- Is
until a treaty, is made, not on
scrap of paper but on a foundation
wind which stand, the millions ', of
the British race."
,JJ.e meeting was called to express
Wence in the leadership of John
wmond and to endorse action of
far f Pany in 8UPPortinr "the
arism - AUl6S against prussian
hll' OConnor said that for? this
"Omental and supreme principle
SSd fUght n hUndredS
coLm.?mber of the " British
ittee said:: " :
relief
li business alone' would be" sum
ermJ-0 tax the energies of , the'. Go v-
dij "l an d the country eve . if . e
have a w-ar on.our hands.V -.
floor, c ndred Belgians slept on the
Iast . L ImhlIC buildings in London
hrisCh 0ffial Report. Vr
fieltinn, Ule War Office says: ''In
C..attacks by the. Germans be-
ben ' .por'L and Dixmude. 'have
(tectua T:, y. the Belgiah ;rmy,
ually
a oy the . British fleet.
5 and Roye slight prog-
een a
Our tr, en made at several points
.uuPi have rpnoliQil- ah 'fan oo
the nB,uvet Work of the defence. In
haveKX 00d of st- Mihiel we
H of 80me ground on the right
ieen repo e Mftuse. No news has
Leived from other parts. .
ANOTHER BRITISH
CRUISER IS SUNK
Gtrnan Submarine Torpedoed i British
imstr in riarth Sea -Estimated
400 Men Lost
UPRISING IUS0UTH AFRICA
Against ?reat Britain Believed To Be
Under Control England Fears
German Invasion
There were no important' develop
ments in the European war during the
past week.; While there was a great
deal of activity in the' two theaters
of war no desisive victories were won
or even any definite' advantageAgaine(J.
German submarine Succeeded in
sinking another British cruiser with
400 men on board. For a time the up
rising in British South Africa against
Great Britain took on a serious aspect,
but General Botha, the British leader,
now believes he has the situation well
in hand. ..
The progress of the allies against
the Germans in the north of France
along the Belgian border has heen
necessarily slow, but recent dispatches
from London and Paris state that ad
vances have been made. Y In 'some
places along the great battle line,
which extends more than one hundred
and fifty miles, the allies have push
ed the Germans across the Belgian
border. In the campaign between the
Germans and the Russians in the east
there has been much fighting, but the
reports - coming from Berlin, Vienna
and from Petrograd have been so con
flicting that definite" knowledge of the
results is impossible: s r V
" At the present time England her
self is proving the center of attraction.
Following the fall of Antwerp, the Ger
man forces pushed on towards Ostend
on the "Belgian cpast. , As Ostend is
only 65 "miles, from ".Dover and Y 115
ed over the possibility of German in
vasion. However, it appears that the
problem of extending his lines before
the allies to the coast in order that
there would be no flank for the al
lied troops to run is worrying the kai
ser a great deal more at the present
time than a possible invasion of Eng
land. The Belgians who have Suffered un
told hardships since the great armies
of German began pushing their way
through the little country, are now
fleeing from their native land to Hol
land , and England. For weeks the
.women and children and men .. who
were not able to fight have been driv
en from place to place. Their homes
have been destroyed and thousands
of them faced starvation. From Liege
they fled to Brussels 'and from Brus
sels to Antwerp. Here it was thought
they have sure found a safe haven
of refuge, but the powerful siege guns
of the Germans battered down the
walls of the forts and once more the
populace fled, this : time to - Ostend.
Hardly, had they arrived at the coast
city than they were terrorized with
the news that the Germans were com
ing. There was nothing for them to
do but flee to England and Holland.
King" Albert and his Belgian army
has been lost sight of, following the
fall; of Antwerp and their present
whereabouts is a mystery. It has been
announced that the government of . the
Belgians has been moved to Havre,
France, where the entiro royal "court
of Belgium is now comfortably quar
tered. Recent reports state that the
Belgian queen is sharing the hardships
of her husband at the head of the
"army, but" the dispatch fails to say
where the army is at the present time.
In China there appears' to have been
a Jull in the fighting between the Ger
mans and the Japs at Kiao-Chow.
There has been little news received
from this theater of war.; Italy remains
neutral and a recent announcement
from Rome states that Italy will make
no hostile move unless they are com-.
pelled to do so to protect their country,
from an enemy. Turkey is still brist
ling, but has failed to declare war.
Persistent reports that Portugal has
declared war against Germany : hate
been Received through Rome, but no
official ' announcement- to this effect
has been-given out. '
' German Fort Found In London
V LondonThe police, have found at
Willesden, a suburb to the . northwest
of London, a building occupied by Ger
mans with .foundations and root of
heavy concrete. They arrested twenty
two Germans on the premises. . The
premises were being used by C. G.
Roeber, a4 Germaiimusic publisher, as
a -factory. The site of this factory at
Willlsden commands several Important
railroad Junctions. The Paris prem
ises of this same firm were blown up
recently on orders of the French government.
ADVANCE OF
Another British Warship Sunk ,
London. Another thrust, from the
German submarine service has rob
bed the British navy of the cruiser
Hawke, . and has raised the tally of
British warships sunk by the Germans
to seven. To this must be added th$
virtual destruction of the cruiser Pe
gasus by a German warship at Zani
albar, f ' : vuv-j
ThAJHawk, a cruiser ' of 7,350 tons:
unders command ,'of Capt: - Hfigh" Wil
liams, was sunk in the North sea, the
graveyard of six other victims of Ger
man torpedoes. '
Bad aim on the part ef the Ger
man gunner saved the Hawke's sister
ship, the Theseus, for that vessel, too
was attacked, but she escaped. . "
The exact complement aboard the
Hawke has hdt been announced, but in
ordinary times the men numbered 550.
As she was built several years ago, it
is -probable 'her crew was not up to
the full complement. According to
one. report, she had only 400 aboard.
Whatever the number only 52 men
were saved, and there was not a sin
gle commissioned officer among them.
The cruiser Amphion, Pathfinder,
Aboukir, Cressy, Hogue, Pegasus and
Hawke and the torpedo . gunboat
Speedy, make up the British list of
losses In warships in the first ten
weeks of the war. Against this the
British admiralty claims' four Ger
man cruisers, two torpedo boat de
stroyers one torpedo boat, three sub
marines' and eight armed commercial
destroyers.
Omitting the ' armed merchantmen,
the aggregate warship tonnage loss to
England is much greiter than that to
Germany.' v
. Horsemen Swim, Swift River
From the Battle FrontInfantry and
cavalry have been doing, more fight
ing during the last few days than for
several weeks. ' v ,;r :
" - .
Two thousand. French cuirassiers
have distinguished themselves by a
daring feat in swimming the river Lys,
where it flows deepand swift They
completely; " ; outwitted the Germans,
who, were awaitlhg. them on the other
side with machine guns and heavjt ar
tillery: Y-" : K;:
The French , horsemen made a long
detour - during' the night. ,' One i man
swam ' the river with a rpper"( ? then
dragged over a cable, which he attach
ed to a tree. The others, - holding" the
rope crossed "singly with their horses
through; the swirling waters. Y '
.-Arrived, on the opposite bank, .the
French drew .upl in line, and . charged
the German flank at ; Merville,' driving
the enemy back and opening the way
for the passage oyer the river ; of a
division of. allied Infantry, .which la
ter occupied Estaires! ' )
Servian PH nces Are ' Won rfded
. London. The, ' Vosstphe" Zeitung' of
Berlin reports that ' Crown Pr ince Al
exander of Servia has been slightly
wounded and that his brother. Prince
George of Servia, has been mortall1
hurt in the fighting against Austrlans
Russian Prince Killed
PetfoCTad. Prince ' Oleg, son lot
Grand Duke Constantlne, died of -the
wounds received in action: An official
dispatch from Petrograd said Prince
Oleg had been wounded during a, cav
alry engagementjat the front
v i . v. .. . , . ' I !irii I I ' I If
THE ALLIES
Seeking Homes For War Orphans
Washington. Miss Natalia Pearson,
a beautiful young English girl now vis
iting in New York, has', set oh foot a
movement to find homes in America
for the children, made -; orphans by the
terrible war which is devastating Eu
rope. , .- '' .
" While she Is organizing an associa
tion in Europe " to care, for the little
ones until -. they can be transferred to
their new. -homes in America, an Arner-
ah organization .is being formed by
MrsTffi Fv Tuck;" of :Nef Y6rk;wlth
the aid of Miss Pearson's vast wealth.
to extend . its v; branches inter?, various
states and municipalities, to do the
home-placing work. ! -
The- immigration laws of the United
States may have to be moamed some
what to authorize the society to carry
out its plans. ;There is now a prohibi
tion against the passage of an alien
being paid by any other person or as
sociation. The object was to prevent
the importation of contract laTor.
The work of Miss Pearson will , be
absolutely, neutral. Each person in
America who - is willing to take an
orphan child Into his home will be
asked to state whether he prefers an
English . French, German, Belgian or
Russian boy or girl. His ability to care
for such orphan and provide it a prop
er home will.be carefully investigated
by , the , local branches of ' the home
placing society.
BoerV Rallying To Botha
Capt Town, South Africa. As a re
sult of Colonel Maritz' rebellion in the
northwest of the Cape provinces, Gen;
Louis Botha, premier, of the Union of
South Africa, and commander of the
troops of the Union, is taking the field
earlier than he originally intended to.
General Botha Is placing himself at
the head of several strong Dutch' com
panies, organized on' the old burgher
line, which are affiliated with regi
ments trained by the Union defense
force.:.-''.'-. - C . " ' .- :j :
Commandants, field cornets and
burghers who served under General
Botha In the South African war are
rallying .to his call, irrespective of
their , political feeling; to fight along
side the English in defense of the
empire against which they were in
arms twelve years ago. This fact lias
had a marked effect on waverers, who
are . how flocking to General Botha f
standard. '
Germans Repulsed at Warsaw : .
Paris. A Hayas : agency ' dispatch
from Petrograd says that word is re
ceived there frbm Warsaw that the
population of the city is" returning a.d
the banks are resuming business. A
battle ' is being' fought about thirty
miles from Warsaw. ;
The Germans . endeavored to . take
the heights about sev'eh miles from
the i town,bht y?ere repulsed.
5 Germans Claim Foe . Routed - -.Berlin.--The
general staff of the
German army announces that in the
beginning a . strong garrison defended
Antwerp with . great energy, butt that
after the attack 'by German infantrty
and -marine divisions, .the defender!
fled in full rout. Among the Antwerp
garrison was: one British marine bri
.gade. The complete collapse of th
Anglo-Belgian defense of Antwerp was
shown by the fact that no military
authority could be found with which
to ti3at concerning the surrender ci
tha city. "
T
OF
T
SIR GEORGE PAISH SAYS GREAT
BRITAIN MANUFACTURERS
ARE WAITING.
AFRAID OF LOWER PRICES
Unwilling to Buy Cotton Until As-
sured Minimum . Price Has Been
, Reached in the Drop.
Washington, :Sir George Paish,
special adviser to the English Chan
cellor of the .Exchequer; Basil E.
Blackett of the English Treasury;
Secretary McAdoo and the Federal
Reserve Board began a series of con
ferences here .which are expected to
have an important effect on itlnancial
conditions in Great Britain, and the
United States.' "Restoration of nor
mal conditions in foreign T exchange
dealings between the two countries
is the object of theWeetings anci they
probably wiil' have a direct influence
on the disposition of the South's cot1
ton crop. '
It became known that officials of
the American .: Government feel ; keen
ly that cotton is the crux .of a situ
ation which has many ramifications
and that on the. success of plans to
care for the surplus and on the wil
lingness of manufacturers to buy cot
ton depends the value of Sir George's
visit.'; -: . . ; v sC,
It -is probable . that before Sir
George returns to .-England the ques
tion of a reopening of the London and
New York Stock Exchange will be
considered, v It was predicted here
that the London exchange; would re
open shortly, with the LBritish Govern
ment urging that London brokers to
not call loans immediately, v If the
London market is not greatly affect
ed its resumption of business. ma"y be
followed by the reopening ofvthe New
York exchange. So much depends oh
the cotton problemthatt
ably willbe 'ho';' further, conferences
Until a committee of the board, which
is handling the proposed $150,000,000
cotton loan fund plan, has found a
satisfactory- solution The committee,
Secretary McAdoo, Paul M. Warburg
and W. P. G. Harding, returned from
New York, where it had been at work
in an effort to convince New York
bankers of the feasibility and 'sound-
kness of plans for the fund.
ine Jew lorK oausers promiseu
to put up one-third of the loan fund
but prescribed conditions it was dis
covered coulfi not legally be met.
The reserve board members propos
ed different conditions and as a fur
ther inducement offered to let the
Northern section of the United States
put up three dollars to every one put
up by Southern bankers with the
understanding . that the Northern
banks would have a prior lien for
their mony. Under this tenative plan
Southern banks would '' have actual
management of thfe fund, the whole
however to be under supervision of
the reserve board.' Other conditions
as to interest rate and irice of cotton
were said to be left unchanged.
THE NEEDS OF THE RAILROADS.
Argument! Has Begun For the F,ve
Percent rfate. Increase.
Washington. Bufiess depression
and the European war were assign
ed as reasons why Eastern railroads
should have at least afive per cent .
Increase in freight, by represeniauves
of systems appearing before the Inter
state commerce commission. It was
asserted that these two conditions had
led to a shrinkage, of more than $76,
000,000 in the annual net revenues of
38 Eastern roads, operating more
than 59,000 miles of railway. -
Daniel E. Willard, president of the
Baltimore - & 1 0hio and head of the
conference of presidents rn the lines
Involved, was the principal witness.
He was supported by a mass of statis
tics presented by Vice President Shi-
ver or tne same ime. runuei A
In opposition - to the plea of the
carriers, Cliord Thome appeared, for
public service corporations of several
middle Western and inter-mountain
states and also f or r shippers' organi-;
zatlons in the region affected
;' "' ; ' 1 . -:""-r r k ''
' Daniel A. Tompkins Dead.
V Charlotte, N. C Daniel A. Tomp
kins, co-founder with J. P. Caldwell'
of the Charlotte Observer: and for
more than 25 years a central figure
in the industrial world of the Caro
lihas, died at bis summer, home at
Mo,ntreat N. C, recently. He was 62
years old.'. He had been, an invalid
for about three years. Mr. Tompkin3
was appointed by President McKinley
as a. member of the industrial com
mission and by Former President Gro
ver Cleveland a director of the Equi
table Life .Insurance Company.
cono
KEYS
OtlE
E GUSH
PROFITABLE LESSON
MAY Bf OUTCOME
COMMISSIONER SHIPMAN MAkES
REPORT ON THE STATE COT
TON SITUATION.
NOT OUT-FOR THEIR HEALTH
BanKers, rt They Put up Money For
Warehousing .Crop, Will Do' So ' .
on Profitable Terms, v
Raleigh. An Interesting . summary
flf North Carolina farming condition's .
is contained in a chaDter of the f ori h-v
coming annual report of Commissioner
of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman
just prepared for the state printers,
the report being as follows :
. 'The crop 'year of "1914 'has been -similar
to that of thenars 1911 and
1912,. and somewhat in 1913, in that
there; was experienced a period of
small rainfall during the early grow
ing season, which curtailed especially
the early products, and no doubt,
diminishe dthe growth and produo
tivity of the1 later ones. But .taken
all in all, the effect was much less ,
than was feared. . .This- may be attrib
uted in some measure to the contihu-v
ed spread of the practice of flat cul
tivation! '
"There has been a ready " sale of
most of the farmer's prroducts, at
profitable prices. This, however, does
not apply to cotton. It may also be
well to , except tobacco, which, while "
selling readily and at fair prices, has
not brought, according to the" informa
tion at hand at this writing quite' as
satisfactory prices as last year. A
"The cotton situation presents, on
'account of the effect of the European
war a particularly complex condition.
.The outcome is doubtful, and bids
fair to become so manysided as to
entirely annihilate a standard of, com-'
merclal value, to. be replaced by one
of sentiment, that; as seen from this
p'oinfi'of hTthfh-gbutaermahent
helpful nature. The. movement to pur-,
uuase cuiioa at jlu cenis a pouna, roi
lowed out by as .many firms and indi
viduals as are likely to take it up will
not; be of such magnitude as to relieve
the" over-supply. Whatever can be
stored will be, and whatever must be
thrown on the market will bring just
what itwould have brought had none
been taken jiff, none of the cotton hav
ing been used.
"Buyers are , chary of. stocking cot
ton, j when- the visible supply so far
exceeds the demand that wants may
be filled atany time at a price not
to. exceed ;10 cents a pound at the
outside. vIt: is highly probable that
the cotton, forced to sale will take
care of the needs of the country any
way. 'The exports are not to be look
ed to for relief. Even should the war
end at once, the conditions . which
Would prevail in all the countries af
fected would be . such as I to ; preclude
their catching up with the excess caus
ed by the cessation of consumption
for the period already passed.
, "On the other hand, what cotton
is brought up . at 10 cents will ' rebult,
as seen fro -mthls angle,', in destroy
ing the wholesome lesson that seem
ed about to be brought ; home to the
southern farmer.. ; Absolute master of
the situation as he might have been,
he has, continuously allowed the spec
ulator to take from him his' privilege,
and accepted in its ' stead a depend
ency of the speculator's cwn creation,
which could not, by any manner, ot
means, be expected to be made with
a view., to the farmer's "welfare ; and
profit. : '. . ' : " : " . ,
"Now, when he has had the facta
in the ,case brought so plainly be
fore him, and has the opportunity, by
a season of self-denial, to take con-'
trol of the situation, he is about to
again forego his opportunity for 'the
sake of the immendiate difference in
price, on , a limited, number of bales,:
i. el, whatever number of bales- can
be sold at 10 cents a pound to: per
sons who are taking it up at 10 cents,
some; for advertising purposes, ,1 some
for truly helpful purposes, -. and some
in the belief that the price will so la
10 . cents, or more,, when it is a, f acf
that cotton can be. raised and) sold for
10 cents a pound, at a profit ' '
"If forced to pocket a' loss this year;
the result would be to cause the' pro
ducers S.o take steps , looking toi prov
tecting themselves, instead of. looking
to state or national authorities for re
lief, or to the bankers who hove, shown ,
clearly that they will not put up. the
money .necessary to ..warehouse the
crop", except upon such" termsas will
not guarantee to save themfree from
any possible loss, but pay them a
profit as well It is unnecessary to
' say ; that were the farmer able to do
this to the satisfaction of the bankker,
he (the farmer) would have found, ho
need to call for assistance. -