North Carolina Newspapers

v niu hum MEET RUSSIANS ind Austrians Throw Strength f jjaiiist The Invading Slavs in tasi . A c g BIG BATTLES. RACING ......inn nf Russia Checked. y. inva'" ; , . -j iwaHos Servia -French Austria i A ,.. Claim Successes , . rT.vf junned by the rapid advancement .' o.,ccians! in the east and the It to which Berlin is threatened; Raiser bas thrown the strength' of 'jjst German army and a large Os forces to check their inva f That the Germans have been Lsful in impeding the enemy's Css is admitted in Petrograd. fertiir, the Russians are optimistic t p0in't to the hasty defense that fjeing made at Kustrin to protect Min as one of the telling points of 4 achievements. Kustrin - Is only C miles away from the capital, U has teen seriously threatened ftfe last few days by the army of Sad Duke Nicholas. iustrian troops have started anoth jttaci oa Servia, much to the alarm V Bulgaria and the other Balkan et Petrograd advices state that Turkish fort at the entrance of port of Khopa in Armenia has k destroyed by the Russian army of Ccaucasus. The Russian Black sea V on the other, hand, is said to been seriously worsted by Turk- aiiips in the harbor of SebastopolT 3 French lines claim successes Argonne. The Italian government isonlr rnnrprned ovfr thf Anstrinn hsion of Servia, and the govern JcUt Rome has called home all her passadors to European capitals to sfer with the Italian cabinet ' 1 klement weather conditions (anJwt the war zone prevented pang to any considerable i 'wrtent g the past week, but the attacks beginning to be renewed on both !es of the empire. lattlo significance is being attached the officials at Washington to the pg oa a naval launch from the Unifel States cruiser Tennessee" in the kef Smyrna by Turkish guns. The 37 department is inclined to the lief that the shot was but a friend s' warning against the mined area pegulf. President Wilson Is de pined that the United States shall p engage in war with Turkey, par ley ai tnis time of the European ten pluck and determination fa marked, to a high degree during fi last week when, despite their sj setbacks, they persisted in their jb on the Anglo-French lines. time they were repulsed. Kussian .invasion of East Prus- Caused some alarm and divert. attention to that direction. For ft than four days' hard fighting has reported around Soldau. The "ams have also turnpri thplr fnrrv the Russians north and east of w, the Galician - caDital which Czar's forCPS rppontlv oontnrort burned. . Pite the RPVPritv Af tl-ir wootVior rU SPPtinno - y i.i o THE WAR ORPHANS . . '. - 'i "- v I, . : , - Sure! III. . ifc v. Of of Europe and in Overwhelm inir nhctnploa ' tho r-Tnans have nersistpd in thoir at. n thp fliiioc v, fally, however," they have been back riT,T j ... i Jiavc lUbl gl UUUU UU 'J Since , .' -v.0. un tne Franco-Belgian --o iser, and in the east ; a?e been repulsed by the invad- 1 Hass an .i, . cV f aavise ineir .(.?.. at pf'trograd that they are miles of Berlin. sitJ ;een a week of German ad- 'ues, but ti t..i. . .s9i 5iit3M c leuLumc spirit is m- tontu c raiser s rorces nave n the fronton. j . Iflpir v-uuiemyi lor ueiiiu i5 Brius uasuccessfnl W " rau ana trench. French reported south jh-" nave bpp.n Wflnn 6 firof ' DaiVn Check UDon tfle various sinp e ainerent Dauie iffi9M ,the Pening of the war w by the blizzards l?ane"ie,.northfr?Portlon0.t - ""vhb ana rar lntouel northem France." giv follwing information eef! Ut iU official Quarters: rom Rome are to theTeffect Eg.fghting at El Arish, a for th "an t0w'n on the Meditarra- ! The w h ered. heavy loss es fren h Cl0ny in Es is of tJ? the Prostration of all lfefl. corn Maj- Gen- Sir John IS a Svttander of the ;British iertp;?1, declared that it was ana t V'lth the alIIea whIch 10 fight against Turkftv. from western which Poland and London. -Two big battles, both of which may have decisive results, are raging in Poland, and a third of al most equal importance is progressing in East Prussia. Of the three battles that are how at its height between the Vistula and Warta rivers, and. in which the Rus sians are claiming partial success, is exciting-the most interest The Ger mans, it is believed, have brought up by. their lines of strategic railways in Posen and Silesia at least half a mil lion men in an effort to break the Russian line her. . Weather condi tions, thefrozen ground and the sit uation of the battlefield favor a battle decisive to a degree not equalled on any pther field in .the present war. --Vtrether-battle iii Poland ts-tattng place on the Cracow-Czenstochowa front, and Russians and Germans each claim it is proceeding . satisfactorily. In , East Prussia the Russian advance is moving slowly through the wild country . surrounding the Mazurian lakes. In Galicia the ''Russians are moving westward and at the same time are seizing the passes. of the Car pathians. ..s There now is almost a complete ab sence of infantry attacks in the west ern arena and the artillery fighting is much less violent. All that region about Dixmude through which the Yser canal passes is inundated and the only serious fighting appears to be taking place south of -Yser, where cannonading is in progress. r Bad weather, which necessarily hampers operations, has been experi enced and snow has fallen in some places. "- There has been no important action in the French center, but in the Ar gonne region the Germans have made vigbrous attacks, which, the French say; were repulsed. On the French right wing the Germans have retaken Chauvon Court, part of which they destroyed a few days ago. German ac tivity in the vicinity, of Rheims has slackened. Austria's advance into Servia is ere- Defense Of Berlin London. The Morning Post's Petru 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.1 Meanwhile th Germans are engaged upon enormous military engineering works to defend Herlin, fifty miles east of the capital at Kustrin, where the Warthe flows into the Oder." .y Heports Contradictory. Subscriptions to the war. loan con tinue, and it was reported unofficially that applications aggregate" between wjsJt tore 'and: 'onehalf -biiiion dollars. HThe loan calls for only 756,000,000. Berlin declares that a concentric attack is being made on the Russian center, the German armies coming from the west and the north west, while Austria is sending a force north from the Cracow region. Petro grad, however, states that the offen sive in western Galicia, is still un der way and that Cracow is believed to be invested on three sides, leaving only one line of rail communication. German Attacks Fail London. The latest official commu nications regarding operations on the western battlefields are much the same as those of preceding days. There has been fighting virtually all along the front, but without apprecia ble change in the situation. . From the coast of Flanders to the river Lys, on the Franco-Belgian bor der, much of which has been flooded by the allies to hinder German at tacks there has been a repetition on a somewhat smaller scale of the bom bardment which the invaders invaria bly resort to in the hope of breaking down the allies' resistance before the Infantry attacks and in isolated spots attacks in force, but according to the French and British reports, all these have been repulsed. The Anglo-French forces, which, have ating uneasiness in Bulgaria as to the 1 been holding territory around Ypres, futuresof the Balkan states. Whether. Bulgaria -should remain neutral or throw in her lot with the allies was discussed in the sobranje: Leaders of the Democratic party suggested that the "allies should be consulted as to their intentions regarding the future of the Balkans. ' , Italy; too, has been affected by the Austrian advance, and her ambassa dors at the European capitals have been called home to confer with the cabinet. Marquis Imperiali, Italian ambassador to Great Britain, will leave for Rome shortly.' Big Battle At Soldau Paris. A dispatch, received here from Petrograd by the Havas agency is as follows: . ' ' "A terrific battle of unexampled vio lence has been proceeding for four days around Soldau. The cannonad ing has been maintained night and day. The Russians are endeavoring at any cost to avenge their check at Soldau, and are throwing themselves at the, Germans with indescribable fury. - - . ' 1 : ' r u. 3. Asks Explanation Washington. The United . States government has directed Ambassador Henry Morganthau at uonstaunuuyto to ask an explanation of the firing by Turkish land forces at a launch from the American, cruiser, Tennessee proceeding from yourlah 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. again have been subjected to deter mined attacks, fresh German troops having attempted to force the allies ut of their trenches. ......... As was the case with, the Prussian Guard, the Germans, who made the latest effort, appear to have taken the first line of trenches, but, .like the guards, were compelled to give back the ground- after holding it for a short time. . Germans Encounter Russians 4 Petrograd. The following ofScioil communication was issued from gen eral headquarters: "Between the ' f Vistula and Warta our advance guards in an engagement with the Germans, who took the of fensive,, fell back in the directions" of Bzoure The enemy succeeded in gain ing a footing in the region of Lent chitga (Lenczyca) and Orloff, throw ing out advance guards in ' the direc tion of Piontek. - "In East Prussia our troops contin ue to make progress and fighting is going on near the Gumbinnen-Anger-burg front. Enormous War Cost - London. David Lloyd-George, chan cellor of the exchequer, in the house of commons, estimated that one year of war would cost England 450,000,000 pounds ($2,250,000,000), the largest amount Great Britain ever has spent, and more than twice what- was. spent in ' the four years' conflict in South Africa. To, pay this tenormous bill the government has decided, he said, to raise a loan of 350,000,000 pounds (51. 750,000,000),' which would be issued at 95, bear interest at the rate of 3 1-2 Dor cent and be redeemable at - par RUSSIANS GAINING GERMANS LOSING MASTERFUL GENERAL VON MIN IS CHECKED BY DENBURG NICHOLAS. RUSSIAN NUMBERS TELLING Bombardment- of Ypres Continues. . Frenc Claim Success in Region '. t - of Argonne.- h . - ':s-.-. - .. : ... :K London. The battles in the region jpetweenthe Vistula jandyWarta" Rivers in Poland appear to have turned in favor ;ofj the Russians. A special dis patch r from Petrograd to Paris says the Russian army already has won a decisive; victory. While this may "be an exaggeration both the Russian and the German official reports suggest that General von Hindenburg's second thrust at Warsaw has been 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 and oppose General von Hindenburg's ad vance ori Warsaw. It is the same in Petrograd. 'All U the correspondents there declare ' .the Russian numbers mut ; tellvrheh the . Germah3have "reacheiit the' Aground 1 nr 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 is known by the General Staff a.lone. 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 eons 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 beehgaining ground-steadily. 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 oi successful Brit ish oDerations in the Persian Gulf territory. " - British naval airmen, including Lieu tenant Sippe, one of those who. de stroyed a Zeppelin shed at Dussel doTf before the Germans took An werp, have made a still more dating 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. HANALEI HEPLESS WITH RACK BROKEN OTHER VESSELS STAND BY THE WRECKED PASSENGER .'" . SCHOONER. FIFTY-SEVEN WERE ABOARD 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 twicer approached the. coast and was driven, off by our artillery. The British naval guns had no effect." Buildings Were Burned. Paris. The ofl&cial French bulletin given out in Paris says that Ypres was subjected to a violent artillery fire and that many of the Important buildingf 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 age was done to the Zeppelin factory. APPOItmENTSf ft'P. GOriFERENG BLUE RIDGE-ATLANTIC CONFErJ ENCE CLOSES ANNUAL SES SION AT ASHEV1LLE. MEET NEXT-YEAR AT NEWT0F Crew of 30 and "27 Passengers In ro sition Which Holds . Out Little Hope of Being Rescued. r. 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 way, through the surf with lines. Two passengers swam to "safety. Two of the Hanalei's boats upside down, and a life-raft also were wash led on the beach.. The steam schoon er lay ax few hundred yards off shore blanketed in the fog which led her on the reef and which shut off sight and sound alike, f ; 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 g6t In touch with the Halanei 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 aboar&OThe Hanalei left Eureka. Cal.. th day before. word by wireless that sne 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 vthe 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 Breckenridge will likewise consent to' gfive his testimony and that you have invited a number of army officers to testify. - I donot think it seemly to offer myself tothe 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 ori 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 cango vernai ent knew of the situation in the Mexican capital. Reports to the state department showed condi tions as having improved. Mr. Jusse-- rand I also laquired what disposition had been made of the $1,000,000 cus toms duties collected by Americans! Marching Orders of the Methodist Protestant Church Were Read By Bishop Henderson. Asheville. With tho .reading of the appointments for, the, coming year by Bishop Theodore S. J Henderson, of Cattanooga, .Ten,. the thirty-seventh annual session of the Blue Rldge-At- lantic Conference of he -Methodist Episcopal Church closed Newton has been selected as the place of holding the next annual meeting, the in vita-i tion of the members of the First! Methodist Episcopal Church of that' city being accepted. The appoint ments follow: Clyde District ouperiuieuaeni, itev. w. a. nation, ... Canton, N. C. Aoiicvinc, -xvev. jj. w. oian ion,, sup ply ; Asheville circuit, Rev. F. A. L.. 1.0.10., vauLuu, ive v. w; vj. aviainey; 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 Teraslta, 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 ; Uhaka, 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. 'pfiedoreTSf Warren ; Morehead City, Rev. T. E, Pierce; Ocracoke, Rev. W. F. Graham ;t Parksville, Rev. J. M. Smith, supply; Parmele, Rev. J. L. Dennis; Pem broke, Rev. D. F. Lowery; Pinners, Rey. W. F. Miller;. Rowland, to be silirvnliArl 'WaViiTitr'n . artA RtnVoa Rev. J. F. Matney; Washington chv cult, Rev., Claude Clarke; Whaleyville, Rev. J. W. Chappell, supply. Statesville District. Superintendent, Rev. ,W. Q, A. Gra ham, Meisenheimer, N; C. v 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. E. A. Culpjv 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. Altnnnsa r ha snnnlioil Ararat. Rev. W. . E. Icenhour; Bakersville, Rev. J. M. Heath; Boone, Rev. S. N. Bumgarner; Crestorj, Rev. U. A. Dry; . lkin, D. J, .White; Lansing, Rev. J. . Greene; Laurel Branch,. Rev. J. M. Gamble ; Montezuma, - Rev. . D. W. Haga; Pond - Mountain, ; Rev. H, A niankAnshih. siinnivt "Tranhill. - Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner; Wiikesboro, Rev. J., M.;W.f Castle; Yadkki,. Rev. J. M.' Wall; Zion, Rev. M. A. Mathew'sen.' Rev! A. E. Brown of .the Creston ? Quarterly Conference,' was named as igent of, the American. Bible' Associa tion. In making the appointments ' the bishop reminded the members, of the Conference that Methodism" is' a denominatiohof itineracy; and urged his hearers 'xo receive . their chaTges 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, very best efforts.. He thanked the iamVai-o rf fh a O.nnt orPTI rft. ftXT thA iany courtesies extendej to him dur- ng his stay at Asheville and expressed pleasure that the past year has been one of unusual success. h - r . . . . . . . , it. . i x xmmeaiateiy ionowjng uib uigui ession, the bishop held J a brief con rrence with the district superinten dents. ' Nothing was : given out 'as to - fhe discussions at the conference, al though it is thought that plans for the' coming year were adopted., ' . . .' , At . the Methodist Protestant Church - Sunday an enthusiastic Sun day school session "was conducted- at 9 : 45 . o'clock with j. visiting , Sabbath school workers in attendance. The classes of the local Sabbath . - school were taught by visitors to the' confer ence and many stream cddTesses tdade. I