VOL. Xa. NO. 25. N, C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1914. ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894. 1UED W, MIPS i lanu mm Shifts To French Coast And The jUfied Ships Hurl Shells at Germans , I INVASION OF ENGLAND Believed To Be The Plan Of Ger- B .: Print ml Of Frfnr.h - man iwac . ; : Coast Necessary for the first time since the European the warships -of Great Bri- nr began K.nrt France are playing, an" Import- jijp'art in the great struggle, 'Here fore their principal duty has been I patrol the seas, protecting , their jercSsntmen and - guarding N their ane coasts. When the great conflict ij France vas.siimea irum me iron- & to the west coast the cruisers and nought into action and assisted very i-geiy in holdm'g the Germans - , in dieck. ' : . W friti the control of the entire coun- ! of Belgium all the way to the coast jitliat the Germans need now to be cii their campaign against England is ie command of the French coast. In is the allies are stubborn resisting ie Germans. In recent reports- from London it. is said the British ; navy fired an important part and co-oper- ited with the land forces in repulsing ie German armies. It was during lis fighting that the entire .Belgian 'acr, which has been lost sight of for .early a week, was found -in j France luting side by side with the allies. ; There is a belief in the . minds of slitary experts that an attempt on j . -B- . v-avw, , r, . - i H basse, probably hoping, to obtain con :e part of the Germans- to attack! Za . jifiand would mean a speQdy.Culmi- 'aiion of hostilities . Though .no. defi ne information has been giy eh i put : is. generally believed that JEngland Ktackty German Zeppelins. Searcbr- ghts sweep the sky incessantly dur ing the nights and ' British airmen tand ready day and night to launch taeir craft to do battle in mid-air with lie invaders. 1 In view of the fact that the British coast is heavily mined" and the great .wships of Great Britain are con- untiy patrohng the North sea and V especially the coast of the. British Jles it would require a superhuman Norton the part of the kaiser and his &2 to land German soldiers on Brit- soil. Should the German "navy aaeavor to escort the transports car ing theinvading army to England it precipitate a naval, battle be- the warships of the nations. tiie Germans have so far been peful to avoid. ' ... - Ia the eastern theater of war the -ating has been heaw at all times!' P definite idea of th rpsnlts rf this iCt LOW beiner wnroH hv the Anc. ennan armies against the Rus- inEast Prussia, GaliCia, and an Poland is impossible' because .e conflicting reports that are re- CeJ dail' from Pet'rograd, Vienna H Berlin. nn ti1Q cc- ' a,t ?ic ' -eg will be rprpivpfl from "Pctrn. N telling of'thft nttor PAiit nf'.i-ha -ftllans in Rnscinn Pnlnn1 Ha nUo-V, we Austrian armies in Galicla and Jo "'uuess Of the Russian nrmlpa in Prussia. whll dic:nafhA' fnim ?. anl Vienna will claim great lnes against the Russians in th i - ha. tleS. llnivovor Vi rnr Mnaa rvm I,, be ar ny important success- od the Part of either of the armies. lonrt w,,,r' ii mercnanimen , VmD'"A (3iGatch Teneriffe, !!or? , nds' t0 The Daily Mail, re tnat. the. German cruiser Karls , n&S sunt- ti-v,-rf T.tAi-i- the ir "uie Atlantic The' news ndert y Mail's Teneriffe corre- ' v;as brought to that nort bv Mti steamer Crefeld, which ar ik tere wilh the crew of the 'Brit- team- ?lilan,i t. ' L; uurPy, -Mapieorancn, Indrani. Rio Iiruasua. ui AlPfi'r "A . astes f ana de LarriAaga, Cer Lvnr faiSh Cily' Pruth, ; Conder the 1- 1 ' 1 v;hich. were sunk PanaT-n',:e' TUe Crefeld was uncion ' JNegro "ana reParina T i Cop, - "I VduC England !-iel, Two ship yards at the Ge -"mania and the, Howard uildir armored lighters Sline Qfa;ryin- 500 men each and ir t - ' iUi r''ite of ninp milps an r U . louu '"a to the river Scheldt event. tt trr . ponnit the landing of H Tfir?Ps on the coast nf-Kne- light erts that three of 'l is . - " dv . s are cnmnintnj -j i Snl.,. l'Ul (liner V uieswi? f airsuip snea ior two large Zeppelins. A DAY WILL COME Allies and Germans Both Win i , Washington. After days of inces sant fighting, dents at last have been made in that part of the battle line which had run virtually straight north and south from Ypres in Belgium to the bend " in the elbow in the vicinity of .the forest of Aigue in France 'Just a short distance above" its cen ter this line now curves like an in verted letter "S," the allies, having pushed back the Germans . east of Ar- mentieres in an endeavor to press on to Lille, and the Germans having fOrC- oH f Ko ialll Act '-ihrv (Hva owMinil T .r trol - of ' Bethune, a railroad: center seven -miles west of LabasseT Vt-H :That ground has been won and" -lost in this district is admitted in tbo; iat- 1 I I I I I II 1 I H H. MIWM.VKr. I MHL. H li Kl rtfl I" gagement' was, decisive as the report declares actions near Labasse and Ar mentieres, near Arras, on the - same line . short distance south o. La basse, - continue, with great violence. In fact, the report says that generally speaking the- situation on this part of the .war front remains the same. Of fighting near the coast, where British and French naval vessels are endeavoring to aid - the allied troops in holding back the German advance, nothing was youchsaf ed in. the report. Altkirch, in upper Alsace, near the Swiss frontier, has been taken by the French at the point of the.' bayonet. Since the outbreak of the rwar this town has been; the scene of much fighting and several times has chang ed hands. - . T Another German War Loan Berlin The following acco-unt , of the meeting" of the Prussian diet was given out in official quarters in Ber- nn: , ... . .. "A Prussian war loan of $375,000,000 was passed unanimously, even the So cialists, supporting the t resolution. Money was voted for the relief of the province of east Prussia,, which has suffered the most during the war, and for other military purposes." Other information given out in Ber lin says: ' - ' ; "The Danish steamer Rolf, from New York .for Christiana, carrying 20,000 tons of corn, has been captured by a British cruiser and taken -into Scot- hand. - . "A vGerman hospital ship, searching the sea for men from German torpedo boat destroyers sunk by tile British, has been forced to go into" an English harbor by a British cruiser. r "A. German naval, officer has 'dis covered in -Antwerp a letter addressed to an English surgeon Richard Read ing, a volunteer in the 'Belgian -machine gun corps, written by his sister, Jennie, and dated Birmingham, Sep tember 28, in which are the. following words: I ' :-'.".-'..." v - ' '-:'' -'' ': ' " 'I would like to be a nurse; I could kill one "or two Germans. - ; : "The v British are bombarding the open Belgian town of Ostend. , "RpHahle official reports; declare Hhat there is .in; Germany a sufficient supply of cereals to meet amply au re quirements until-the next harvest, and that the stock sot cattle is sufficient to provide an ample supply , of meat.' British Seize Oil Ships - , Washington. Great Britain's" deter mination to-' keep ;from Germany" car goes of .illuminating oil which might be made fuel for army motor trucks, Zeppelins and aeroplanes, is responsi ble for the seizure of American Stand ard Oil steamers' by the British cruis ers ' This fact was developed in.con- ference here alter me ww ment had requested the release of the "tanker John D: Rockefeller. The- Stand ardpil company has asked ; the state department to secure release of two more of its ships. . " - ' 7 - Russians Cross The Vistula V Petrograd The following " official communication was issued by the Rus sian ' general staff: V : ' i v , ."The, energetic, offensive of our ar mies, which have crossed the Vistula oft a 'large front, encounter no resist ance n the part of the Germans, who 4 continue to retreat.- ; , "In -the trenches' below Ivangorod we took 'large quantifies of war stores and ammunition abandoned by the re; serve. corps of the 'Prussian .guard in its hasty retreat. ; V , 7. ; . yi ' "The Austrian - armies . continue f to fight with stubbornness on the Vistula, on .the San and particularly to the south of Przemsyl. : .' , v "In east; Prussia there is no change in thesituation."., v" ,V' '' i' -"- V - ".'"Uprisings-In . .Portugal There were outbreaks : at various places, especially 4n the northern part of Portugal, which for a time was 'cut off from telegraphic communication with Lisbon. A sharp conflict took place at Mafra between 100 civilians and Republican troops. Belgian Army Joins Allies . . From he Battle Front. The Belgian army, with the Engfish channel on its extreme wing, is showing a marvelous fighting spirit, despite its long, hard campaign and disappointment' over the loss of Antwerp and other cities. In the terrific , open struggle along the frontier - the Belgians, with the French and British, have repelled with the greatest energy, ufcessant German attacks. The German heavy artillery poured a: bombardment - on the allied positions, 1 but the Belgians counter-attacked ; and .forced the in vaders to retire nearly five miles. Germans Repulsed (n Poland Petrograd. The Russian official statement' says : v "German troops which had occupied the roads leading to Warsaw, in the region north of the River Pilitza, have been repulsed and are in full retreat, leaving their wounded on the battle field.' "The Germans, have abandoned the positions they had fortified in advance. "The Russian. troops are energetical ly! advancing along the ,whole front. ' "The enemy is still occupying the left bank of the Vistula south of the Pi litza" and. as . far .as' Sandomir. "The Russians'" who ,tor. eight days had been gallantly holding the region of Kozenitz - under unfavorable condi tions : arid heavy, artillery -Are, achiev ed considerable success on October 20 and their position on,'tne leit DanK 01 Vistula is now.secu.eu. . , - "The attempts by the Austrians to cross the' River San below Przemsy1 have been checked and the Russians are assuming the offensive there. i "In the region south of Przemsyl are found the remains of all the Austrian corps defeated in prior fights in Gali- j cia.( Here the Russian troops are ener-1 Warsaw, and southward to have crcse getically ", checking : the . advance' of j "ed the Vestula and driven-the Aus numerous bodies of the enemy. ! trians back.. - "There is no essential change In j v In. Galicia arid ' in the Carpathians East .Prussiai . We are at present in S Russians also claim -to ' have touchy with the enemy, on a iront co v- ering over. four hundred versts caooui , 267- miles from the- lower Bzoura. tq the slopes of the Carpathian moun-; tains. Allies Checked, Berlin Claims Berlin. Engagements continue , near ,; Nicuport; -Belgium, and Lille, where j the allied forces have . been trying-to j Deat DacK ui uumau French for several aays nave ueeu ai tacking desperately in the vicinity of Lille, but according- to headquarters bulletins all the attacks have been re pulsed ; with V heavy -lbsea , to the allies,:-' "":.. ' '. - It is announced that the -allies have inade a stand behind the river Yser in an ' attempt there to xheck. the Ger man advance along-the coast. - FURY OF FIGHT FOR: : STRAITS OF DOVER I . ' : - GERMANS CROSS YSER WITH URtAT LOSS OF LIFE AND ARE HALTED. . . t a. .1 30UTH BATTLE UNDECIDED Zeppelins" May Equalize Sea Fig ht - Germans Advance in Poland Says Report. I London. The battle . for " the Straits or Dover, one of the most' sanguinary of the war, is continuing with unabat ej fury, but thus far without either sMe gaining decided advantage. " : tThe- Germans, who at terrible cost ini life, crossed the Yser Canal be tween Nicuport '- and Dixmude, have not . been able : to make further pro gress r as the " Allies, according to a report of German General Headquar ters are obstinately defending their positions. It is the same farther south,.; around , Armentieres. Lille, Labasse and Arras. The opposing armies are; delivering fierce attacks, gaining or, losing a few miles or less of ground .with sacrifices in life that, are appalling. The whole countryside is fairly reeking with the blood of thousands--of killed 9r wounded In" the towns and villages, with which . the country, is dotted and most of which have been laid in ruins by thef artillery, most, desperate fighting has occurred when the cavalry and in fantry came into contact. Both sides speak of heavy losses they -have im posed .'on- their adversaries, but say nothing of their own dead or wouhd ed, whose places are being filled with reinforcements: y : . The" British fleet which did such execution'; in bombarding the German fiank,seems .to have withdrawn; The artillery- was v beginning to reach ; the ships. -The belief is expressed here however, that the fleetwill be able to render untenablp German occupation of any part of the Belgian or FrencE coast. The opinion, also, is expressed here that the operations of the Allied' vessels off the Belgian coast and in the vicinity of the Straits of Dover may cause the German fleet to come out and give -battle. 'In naval circles here it is consid ered that the German submarines, al though they have proved deadly, to ships, steaming slowly, will hot. be so effective against ships steaming and maneuvering at high "speed and in shallow water, as the British moni tors and -their auxiliaries have been doing. . v There is some talk of the Germans bringing their big 42-centimeter guns to the coast to use against the Allies warships but the British sailors are credited with saying that their vessels can prevent these guns being put in position. . They . claim that " even if they should be mounted they will not be so deadly - against a fast moving target ,as against the statianary forts they destroyed so easily. . , While this life and death struggle is going . on i nthe west the French h have .' become . more active along the Alsatian border and are said to be making preparations and securing ad vanced positions in, view of possible attacks by the Germans with their big Howiters on tile Beifont fortress. It now; seems v to be realized that no fortress has any chance- of holding out when once thse big German guns are 'brought into action aginst it. The German ofllcials -report again specks of the 1 German Qffnesive on Augustowo, Russian Poland, whiph ' il declares is progressing. It reiterates that the' battle near Ivangorod al though favorable to the Germans, Te mains undecided. '. North of . this "section ' the" Russians claim, they are still pursuing the Ger- mans wj10 attempted an advance on p brokcn-1 down the Austrian offensives, i As t!ie days come and' go and-; the promised visits of the Zeppelins to n . nd do not 'materialize. ' ; s The public is beginning to' believe these monster aircraft are being held fn reserve for "the day th-aJt .the Ger man .Navy comes 1 out and that they will bo used m force to - assist tne w rships m;an . endeavor to . cripple he -British fleet. I. ) 4 Will Not Rule Case. London. The- British , , government has given no direct ruling on the question of taking reservists -from neutral ships and is not' expected to do so until the number of reservists constitute a real military menace. - CARRANZA READY TO RETIRE-TERMS WOULD REQUIRE- PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT TO BE OF BRIEF DURATION. . ' : WOULD LIKE TO BE IN RACE These Terms Will Probably Be Me by the Convention Says Officials - in Washington. j ' Washington. Indications that G en eral Carranza had agreed to retire in deference to wishes of the Auguas Calientes convention -'were contained in official dispatches to the state de partment. . ; ' ,- General Obregon and the committee which went to Mexico City to inter new the first chief returned "highly optimistic" according " to official re ports. It generally is understood that Carranza informed the committee he" would not submit his resignation a second time, leaving it tto the con vention to reconsider, if it chose, the action taken at the recent Mexico City convention, the minutes of which were formally ratified by the Aguas Calientes assembly. With the arrival of 28 Zapata dele gates the convention was expected to Lformally consider the question . of a successor to Carranza. No report had been received of" the resulft of the de liberations. : , ' '"- ' ' . ' Officials of the Washington govern ment did not doubt that the two con ditions which Carran'za was reported tq have stipulated as necessary before he would retire namely that the ten ure of the provisional government be brief and that he be permitted to be a candidate would be met. by the convention.'.- ' : ' ; ... ' , While no confirmation has been re- ceived of alleged r disturbances in Mexico City official advices told of a general order issued by Carranza de posing many of the commanders who were Villa adherents, at the convent tion. Similarly a decree was issued by" Carranza ," informing all chiefs throughout the republic that he was still first .chief 'and 'to obey only or ders from him instead of the, conven tion. ' . ' v. i ' NO EMBARGO ON COTTON. England Declares Staple Can Go Free on All Seas. , Washington. Great Britain in two notes presented to the State Depart ment by the British" Ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, defined her atti tude toward commerce between neu tral countries as one , of rigid -endeavor ' to give every security possible in the interest of free and undisturbed I trade. The documents contributed a general pronouncement' cf British pol icy on the sdbject of contraband. . , The, essential points in the British attitude are: : ; '. ..-- .' American shippers should take pre caution to show the exact destination L of their goods, mentioning either a specific consignee or a neutral Gov ernment in bills" of. lading. Great Brit ain will be guided by the American doctrine of continuous voyage or "ulti mate destination" in respect: to com merce between . neutral countries in articles f generally known as condit ional contraband. -.. Absolute contra band,: embracing munitions ' of war, always r is .subject to ' seizure s andl ex amination when carried . in neutral ships.. ;. .- - " ' - .. - ;,.- .-"J , Cotton, specially mentioned as neither aosolute nor conditional con traband, can be shipped in '4 neutral vessels not only to neutral countries but to all -belligerents without moles tation. .;".'.. . "' .-:"-r, :' Germans Release Japs. e Washington. Seventy-one Japanese held prisoners in Germany have been released and escorted out of the 'coun try, according to advices to the. state department. - -This leaves - 38 Japanese in addition to children, concerning whom the Japanese embassy here has inquired, ' and who it is believed are still held in Germany, . .Cotton Condition Improving..1 .? 'Washington. The - cotton - situation arising from the European, war is be- ringrapidly cleared' up la the opinion of President Wilson. lie told callers that the end of the -war alone would rstcre- normal conditions in the " cot ton industry, but that rapid progress was "being made in the efforts to as sist" the cotton; growers of the 'south. The. President . based his: optimism con cerning the cotton situation on the plans for furnishing money to the" cot ton planters', and on the opening of foreign markets. ' BUILDING COMPLETE JAN 1ST Wake County's New Hospital 3uild- ing - Nearing . Completion, rest on Court House- Prog- Ralelgh-Wake county's $75,000 fireproof county hospital for the aged and afflicted indigent is to bs com pleted somewhere around January 1 and' will' be a model in every respect and decidedly the, most, . v complete , , equipment c for the pvrpose ' in the state. ' The county court house being erected at a cost of $225,000 tor build ing and equipment has progressed to the extent that the steel ' work 'is :up and the granite -walls '"are tip to abort one-third the height of he first story. - -The walls the balance of the way throughout the four stories will be of 1 steel, '-brick.. and. an outside veneer of ' terra cotta that is an exact reproduc tion of the tints and spots that char acterize the granite foundation, giving the effect , of . a granite -. building throughout, with nothing like the cost that the granite would entail. The building '.is fireproof throughout,, the top floor to be. equipped for county jail purposes. Chairman . John A. Mills of the ..Board of Commissionerrs is giving much personal attention to the construction of both the court house and the county , hospital. , Clerk of -the Court A. L. Blow, re turning from his' home at Greenville -says that, Greenville is selling- very large quantities of tobacco .and, at very satisfactory prices. He . says cotton is practically not being offered for sale .at all, the planters nearly having it ginned and -taking the bales home and .storing them until the mar ket conditions improve He believes ' most of the farmers are in position to hold their cotton indefinitely , . " - ....... 1,200 Homeseekers Coming. - Whiteville. The Homeseekers ex cursion, which will come from North! ' era and Western states during the progress; of the Bolton corn show, November 5, 6 and 7, will bTing to Columbus county not-less' than 1,200 homeseekers and, the .different com mercial organizations of the country are ' busy preparing for- their arrival, and hope to find a suitable . place for 4 ach:Ee ;f thBU.t this" time, New Hanover and Brunswick, counties will join Columbus in ; showing. .- to the Westerhers what our soil produces,' and by this means it hopes to induce them" to settle with us. Lay-Cornerstone for Church. Asheville. Impressive ceremonies featured the laying of the cornerstone of the Lady Chapel of Saint Mary's Episcopal ' Parish, work upon jsvhich was -started a few .weeks ago. The services were in 'charge of Rev; Chas. Mercer Hall,' the rector -of the parish and were attended by .members - and friends of the congregation. - Interest ing books, church papers, a lisf of the roll of members, a Bible and copies of the lricar newspapers . were placed in' the cornerstone. A The . msic was in interesting feature of the service. V ' COMING EVENTS. Jast Carolina Fair, Nwbern Oct. 27-30. Granville Co; . Fair, Oxford Oct. 28-29. Cumberland Fair, Fayetteyille Oct. 29-30 Edgecombe Co. Fair, Tarboro Nov. 3-6. State Election Nov. 3. . ; Johnson'Co. Fair, Smithfleld Nov. 4-6: Pitt . Co. Fair, ; Greenville Nov. 12-13. Anson Co. Fair, Wadesboro Nov. 18-20. State Teachers' Assembly, Charlotte November 25-27. Trinity Declamation Contest, Trinity' Col-. '. lege November, 27.,.-'-. v North Carolina Community Service Week,' December 3-6.- v Farmers' Union State Meeting, Green sville, December 18-20. Annual Live Stock' Meeting, Statesville January 19-21, 1915. , - TAR HEEL NEWS FRIEFS. Mr. . J. B. Cornelius, aged 82 a prominent manufacturer and business man of Cornelius, died recently at his home in Davidson, where he was re siding. ' . ' : -; '',; -The Asheville Y. W C. A. has fitted; up a, gymnasium . arid classes . have been" organized. - The Eastern conference - of Free Will Baptists have just held annual session at Kinston. - The Wilmington cotton mills are ;running on full time and have bright . outlook; for future. "" There are 3,622 pupils in the -city sciools of Asheville. " " . The Congressional Record of Octo ber 16 Contains the speech cf Jurlo R. W. Winston 6n The Case of the . Farmer," delivered at the A' & M. , College, Raleigh, in August; before the-' Annual Farmers' Convention A an d Round-up. It is a plea for -financial aid to rural life. .v. -: -" V-,? '' .' '-. ' E. J. Harris has been ' elected as president of .-the tNorth Carolina Fair Association to succeed John A. Mills. Warsaw tobacco market sold in one day recently 106,000 pounds of tobac- -co. at an. average of .:. 14 cents per pound. ' -: It is. seen, now' that it. will not be possible. to occupy the remodeled Fed eral building . at Raleigh . by November 1st as has been hoped for some time, but it is hoped that it will -not be; long after that date oefore the; various lo cal departments of governirient work s can be moved intd the new.and laxeer -quarters.' . " v-k ."" 5 i i ' . I i t i i .4'. i: .v . ; '4',