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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-27
British Secretary of War Sums Up Situation In a Speech Before the
 House of Lords
PAYS TRIBUTE TO GALLANTRY OF THE
 BELGIAN FORCES
British Forces In Touch With Turks East of Suez Canal-Germans Los
 ing Heavily
LORD KITCHENER

London, November cs.-t5:I3 p. m.) "The Russians have defeated the Ger mans with the heaviest loss that yet kns been sunered.-
 fvThe Germans have made no ad- vance since I last addressed this house,
 "And the British arc in touch with Turkish forces 30 miles east of the Suez canaI.v
 These were the salient excerpts of Q speech. made by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener in the House of Lords this afternoon, when the British secretary for war, summed up the military operations as quoted.
 Lord Kitchener paid tribute to the gal lantry of the Belgian army and to King Albert. He said the allies losses, though great, were slight compared with those of the enemy.
 The Russians, he declared have sent back the Germans, inflictlng heavier losses than the latter ever suffered be- fore.
 Regarding recruiting. he said he still had room for men, and he was confident the men would answer. About 5000 re- cruits are enlisting weekly. he reported.
 Shall Require More
 The time will come when we shall re- quire many more and I will then make it thoroughly we'll known" the field mar shal said. and he added that in the mean while all the gaps in the British force on the continent had been foreclosed.
 Referring to the German advance on Dunkirll and Calais, after the capture of Antwerp Lord Kitchener mentlonec that ir spite of the Germans overwhelming numbers the British vigorously attacked, and British cavalry division extending ever seven miles of trenches, threw back the fierce attacks of d whole German army corps for more than two days.
 The arrival of the Indians on the scene, he said, proved a great advantage, and when the fresh reinforeemcnts pushed forward the German march on Calais stopped
 Lord Kitchener spoke also of the splen- did fighting abilities of the French troops. Tn the early days of November" said Lord Kitchener with shaded smile mo less than Il army corps were attacking the British position. At this critical period the Eighth division was dispatched from England to join the forces ill tho field, and the valuable cooperation of our allies on our left materially strength ened the British position.
 Make Supreme Effort
 "On November Il supreme effort was made by the Germans The Prussian guard was ordered to force It's way through our lines at all costs. and to carry them by sheer weight of numbers. But this desperate attempt failed like its predecessors.
 Strong French endorsements occupied & considerable portion of the British trenches in front of Ypres and with their front thus appreciably shortened the British who for over 14 days and nights never had left the trenches were en- sbed to enjoy a partial rest
 Several battalions of terrtorials, Lord Kitchener announced, had joined the British forces and had made themselves felt.
 Lord Kitchener briefly touched on the Turkish intervention and said the Rus sians successfully were advancing in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-27
Thomas E. Wells Dead

Cambridge. Mass, November 26.-Thom- as Everett Wells. former mayor If Pensacola, Fla, and past grand mas ter of the Knights of Pythias of Florida. died here today. He had been in the north since July. The body was sent south tonight. Mr. Wells was born in Old Mystic, Conn.,. 59 years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-27

Caucasus while an Indian expeditionary force had twice defeated the Turks at the head of the Persian gulf where they had occupied the important town of Basra and were also in touch with a Turkish force 30 miles to the east of the Suez canal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-27
Brown Outpointed

Syracuse. N. r.. November e6.-Freddie Welsh. lightweight champion. outpointcl young Brown of New York in 1o-round bout here tonight
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
STURGEON CAUGHT
BELOW NEW BERN
Giant Fish Weighs Four Hun.
dred Pounds and Is Twelve
Feet Long

New Bern. May 3.-Many large
have been caught in the waters
Neuse and Trent rivers dur.ns ill.,
past few years and some III th.-.
have been large enough L. attr.-
more than passing attention and e
sized "~write-ups" in the STATE I.a.r
but not until yesterday was the
bee Of the whole 1inny tribe ln mis-
section anded
The fish in question was a Stur...,
weighing four hundred pounds and
measuring more than twelve feet p
length and was caught in a net rte-
Sandy Point, by Fernie Gaskil. S.ra,
Point is only a short distance below
New Bern and Mr.. GaSkill had ~.
idea that a fish of this size was to h..
found 50 near to port and Was n4t-
urally greatly surprised when h.
found that it had become ensnared .
his net.
1t would have been Impossible H..
one man to hav taken the fish into
BOAT and but for the fact William Pan
sons was in the vicinity and rendered
assistance. there is a probability thar
the fish would have escaped but me-
was finally placed in the boat and
brought on to New Bern. At the
market dock the fish was placed IN
display n hundreds saw il and mar
yelled.
Last night the sturgeon was pre-
pared for shipment and sent to a firm
of northern fish dealers where il wIl
be disposed Of. The market price IL
sturgeon is not s. large at this time
but Mr.. Gaskiil will realize a nice
profit from his catch. A few months
ago a sturgeon weighing about two
hundred pounds was caught near Orr
entail by r. A. Dudley. At that time
the fish was the largest to be caught
in this section.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
READY
To BACK CLAIMS
Secretary Lloyd ReaffirmS His
Assertion of $4,000 People
For Textile City
Especial to The News and Observer

Gastonid. May 3.-Alfred O. Lloyd
the General Secretary of the Gastonia
Chamber of Commerce, has taken ex-
ceptionS to the repOr OF the WASH
ington correspondent Of n Charlotte
Observer on the census figures for the
towns of North Carolina, inasmuch as
GaStonia was not included in a list or
the towns of 5000 or yer furnished
the Observer a few days ago and is
endeavoring to have GaStonia placed
o nthe map where she belongs.
The Charlotte Observer has also
taken exceptions to Secretary Lloyd's
desire to give Gastonia the population
the city possesses, and in an editorial
Saturday. said Mr.. Alfred Lloyd, gen.
eral secretary, sends the Observer a
copy of a letter he has written TO Mr..
Bryant, the Washington correspond
| ent of this paper concerning the fig
ures sent out about the census. He
tells Mr.. Bryant: You have overlook
ed the fact that Gastonia has over H.
600 population, or the census bureau
may be 1t fault and not have the in
formation 1t is always a tiCkliSh
business to question the figures of the
census bureau. Mr.. Lloyd has a dis
appointment coming to him. By the
census Of 1910, the population of Gas
tonia was $3.50. If it now has over
2 1000, then it has made perhaps the
l1lOSl pIlS1IOlI1CIIdl wv III VI III lOWl
in the whole country. Mr.. Lloyd's
enthusiasm challenges admiration, but
he wants to be careful how he bucks
against the census bureau and the
Observers correspondent
In al interview following the publ
cation Of this editorial Secretary Lloyd
informed your correspondent that he
still claims the 10000 population for
Gastonia and is prepared to back UP
the claim with figures or take a cen
sus Of the city to s~ubstantiate the
claim. While no action has been talk
en- by Mr.. Lloyd in producing h fig
ures, it is not unlikely that Gastonia
will be belittled and the population
placed lower han it is in reality.
The Chamber Of Commerce is en-
deavoring to locate a new enterprise
but no information has been given
out by the organization as to the kind
Of manufacturing plant it is. How
ever, several conferences lave benz
held over the matter. and il is likely
that some definite information will be
given out in a few days.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
WAYNESv|LLE MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Paul Love BOrroWS Pistol and
Fires BuIIen Through
His Head
Especial 70 TIE News and obscrver.l

Waynesville, May 3.-AbOut 1880
today in a back room of the New
Liner building. Paul Love, a young
man of 80, committed suicide by
shooting himself over the right ear
with a SO calibre pistol. the ball COM
ing out over the left ear. About IL
he told Mark Liner, owner of the
building he was not feeling we'll and
asked if there vas anywhere he could
lie down. Liner took him to a rear
room in the building, not yet com
pleted. Liner wen to dinner and
when he returned in about an hour
found Love lying on the floor with
a 3S calibre pistol clutched in his
right hand lying on his breast.
DR.. j. r. McCracken was summoned
and found that life was so near ex-
tinct he could do him no good. Love
lived about an hour. He was taken
to the home Of his brother, Major
Hugh A. Love. who lives quite lear.
in sight of where the tragedy occur
red. There will be no %coroner's in
quest. Love borrowed the pistol
with which he committed the deco
but it is not learned who he borrowed
it from. He had made several efforts
to borrow one before he succeeded
He had said he was going to Cantor
to work.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
HAD MANY PERILS ON
HIS BRAZILIAN TRIP

Rio De Janeiro. Brazil, May q
Theodore Roosevelt has sen a dis
patch from Manaos to DR.. Lauro Null
Ter. the Brazilian minister of foreign
affairs, thanking him and the Brazil
ian government for its solicitation
during his stay in South America. Mr..
Roosevelt reached Manaos April 80 at
the end of an extended trip through
the uneNplored interior of Brazil and
he left ManOas yesterday on his way
down the Amazon liver.
Mr.. Roosevelt in his telegram to
the foreign minister, says:
Our journey was M of hardship
at times dangerous, but it was very
successful. For ~thirty-fve days we
struggled with the rapids of the river;
for forty-eight days We were out OF
sight of human habitations. We fol
lowed the course of the river for over
900 miles"
Mr.. Roosevelt will go down to Pa
ra, at the mouth of the Amazon, or
the Dunston. At Para he will trans
fer to the steamer Pancrans, for Bar
BADGES
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
ASHEVlLlE SANATORIUM
PLAN is ABANDONED
Special to The News and Observer

Asheville. May 3.-That plans for
the erection of IA quarter of a million
dollar anltarIum for the treatment
OF tubercular partients on the south
efn slope OF Mount Pleasant haze
been abandoned was our last
night. following d conference amouk
Or Nllilam l.. Dunn. Or. Charles T.
Minor and DIR. T.. K. Moale. the pro-
motors OF the project, and representa-
tlVeS Of the local board Of trade and
n Greater Western North Carolina
Association.
Inc CIVIC organizations. since me
ounceme Of the plans Of TIA"
physicians. have been working In an
effort TO induce the owners Of the
properly to refrain from the CON
structlon of the sanitarium on the ste
Seiected. the property lying within
what IS known as the tourist Zonr.
ne decision Of the physicians foIlo"s
/ many conferences which have been
heid during the past two weeks ard
means Il sacrifice to them
lneN had MADE elaborate plans for
me Sanltarium but announced that
thcy were willing TO abandon th-In
Tor the good of the cisy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
FIRE THREATENS
BIC CITY BLOCK
Blaze at New Bern Started at
Midnight and Firemen Have
Lost Control
(By Long Distance Telephone)

New Bern, May 4. 100 a. m.-Fire
which broke out here shortly after
midnight this morning and which at
this hour is still not unGer control. is
endangering the entire business sec
ton of the city. The blaze started in
a ready-to-wear garment store on
Pollock street, and a delay in sending
in the alarm allowed it to gain a head
way over which the firemen at this
hour have been unable to gain con
troll.
AT this time the store in which the
fire started is the only one that has
been consumed. but several other
business hOuSeSe in the same block
are seriously threatened. Among these
are the stores of d. S. Jarvis, ]. G..
Dunn and Company. the New Bern
journal, and others. These are in
danger at this hour. but it is thought
that the fremen may ain control Of
the situation before tne-nre reaches
them.
me water pressure has been ex-
ceedlngly light, and the fremen are
handicapped by having only one en-
Sihe al work The damage so far is
estimated at SIC, geo.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
GERMAN WIDOW KILLED
BY MEXICANS WHO THINK
SHE IS AN AMERICAN

Vera Cruz, May Mrs. Clara
Beckmeyer. a German woman, who it
is reported was mistaken for an
American, was killed by a mob in
the streets of Mexico City, on April
p. according to news brought here
today by refugees from the Federal
capital. No confirmation Of the Incl
dent has been received here.
Under the impression that trains
were still running on the I~nteroceanic
Railroad, the refugees went to the
station of that line instead of to the
depot of the Mexican Railway, over
which o all other refugees have
left the capital, so that the news Of
h woman's death was not widely
known among Americans and was late
in reaching Vera Cruz. Mrs. Beck
meyer was a widow. She wore at her
collier a small silk German flag, but
the mob, regarding this merely as a
fimsy disguise of nationality, is said
to have dragged her through the
streets and SO maltreated her that she
died.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
VlCE-PRESlDENT SAYS
EASY TO FIND A LADY
BUT REAL WOMEN SCARCE

Roanoke, Va, May S.-Nice-Presi-
dent INC Mrs. Marshall arc guests for
the weekend of Senator and Mrs.
Kern at kerncliff, the count home
of the Senator near here. This after
noon the Nice-President addressed the
students of Hollin's College at their
annual May Day festival.
Mr.. Marshall told the young ladies
he was glad to see they were study
ing Latin, as he had thought all the
young women in these times were
studying n e-9reat political problems.
1t is easy to become a lady said
the Nlce-President; give me enough
money n | car make a lady out of
any female, but it is exceedingly hard
TO find a real true woman"
After the speeches, luncheon was
served on the HolliK College campus
to the five hundred guests of the stu
dents.
Miss Edith Towel, of Florida. wa:
queen of the May festivities.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
DURHAM COUNTY
PRIMARY DATE SET
"Prccinct Meetings To BE Held Next
Saturday-Primary July s and
County Convention July If.

Durham, May 3-At a meeting =
the county Democratic executive COM
mittee at the court house Saturday
noon. the precinct meetings To elect
delegates to the county convention WdS
called for May 9, a week from TO-
day. The meetings will be held AT :
O'CLOCK in the afternoon.
After a good deal of discussion tho
date for the county primary, at which
the Democratic candidates for the Va
rlous county offices, township offices
nesday, July 8.
suggested by the State organization
were adopted, with a few variations.
he county convention will be he'd
on the Saturday following the primary
which will fall On July II. At that
time delegates will be elected to tho
state convention, any contest settlcl.
and a county platform probably
adopted.
Mr.. Percy Reade holds over -
county chairman, and will have chaI-e
OF n campaign this year.
The executive committee OF the
judicial convention has also met IN
Durham and they fixed June 3 as the
date on which that convention Nj
meet n nominate the solicitor and
Judge for this district. Solicitor sam
GattlS will not be opposed for this
position, it is now thought, and there
will also be no other candidate for
the position held by Judg- II. a
Devln, of Oxford. He was the latest
appointee of the governor, and = now
hll1ng out the unexpired term Of judge
II. "A. FOuShee, who resigned on az
count Of his health.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
ASHEVIlLE SHRINERS
GOING IN NUMBERS
TO "OASIS TEMPLE"

Asheville. May 3-More than 100
local Shriners and their ladies will
compose the party which will attend
the annual meeting of the Imperial
counci from ASheville next week.
forming an escort for Potentate
Chase P. Amber. of this city. Pull
man cars bearing the Asheville dele
cation will join the "Oasis Temple
Special" at S~partanburG. that train
being made up of Shriners from
Charlotte. Greensboro. New Bern and
other North Carolina cities.
Upon their return to ASheville
from Atlanta, the Shriners will give
their time to the entertainment Of
the hundreds of visiting delegations
which have arranged their return
trips by way of this city. No less
than twenty delegations OF from 40
TO 800 members Will spend a dav here
en- route TO their homes from the
meeting of the Imperial Council.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-05
GOVERNOR COLQUITT
ASKED TO WITHDRAW
TEXAS STATE TROOPS
by the Associated Press.

Washington. D. G.. May Sec
rotary Garrison late today teleera0hed
to Governor Colquitt. Of Texas rHar-
ing TO send 490 men Of IN. r~eauIar
infantry troops TO Brownsville. If he
governor would withdraw that num-
Der of State militia now stationed -
the border town. Mr.. Garrison also
mas X Governor Colquitt to wit =
draw 10 artillerNmen Of th~State nj
ma III when event he would replace
them by regular artillery
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-01
NINE APPLY
FOR DIVORCE

For some unexplained reason. The
month Of October today began with
"A deluge Of divorce complaints
A. noon there we're nine new suits
started.
Hattie l. Stearn and Carrie g.
brhger complain that their bus
bands. Bird ". stearn and VIM G.
Draecr. respectively. were excep.
tionally "Btiugy." The stearna
were married 10 1900. the Dragers
in 1903
Ernest l.. Strickland complains
that bis wife. Melliyiua. lost her
love cor him and looked fondly al
another man In the ease.
PM De Grande says his wife
Louise. drank so much she could
scarcely prepare the meals
Minette Lund says her husband
Carl. put his mother in charge OF
the house and she was driven out.
Louise A. Miller. married 20 Dan.
iel Miller in 1890. complains that
he failed for the most part Of their
married life 20 support her and
their six children.
Ada f. Hclder, married 20 VII
Ham r. Heider on May ~. 1919.
and Alpha B Jones. married 10
Geo ". Jones on May ]. 1913.
both complain that their husbands
failed 10 support them. Abraham
l.. Steele charges his wife. Lena.
with deseriion.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-01
BRITISH WAR
CRAFT SEIZE
U.S.STEAMER

WASHINGTON, Oct. lit
was learned today that Sir Ed
ward Grey, Englsnd's foreign
mini1ter, and United States
Ambassador Page, either today
or tomorrow viii disouss In Lon
don questions arising from
Great Britain's announced In
teution Of selling goods which
may be ciassed as conditional
contrabsnd o. war, even when
such shipments are carried in
American ships and consigned
20 neutral ports.
The first case 10 be considered
here by the state department Is the
seizure Of shipments OF copper, con-
signed 20 Germany.
Sir Cecil springRlce. the British
Ambassador. called at the state de-
partment yesterday and explained
that two cargoes OF copper shipped
from the United States 10 the Krupp
Gun Works IN German. via Holland.
had been seized and diverted 10
England.
lie said II was believed the cop.
per vas 10 be used IN the construc-
ton Of torpedoes and that IL came
distinctly under the classification
OF conditional contraband.
Payment for the full value Of tho
carRoes has been RENTED 20 the
American shippers.
Ambassador Page cabled the
state department that his confer
encc In London today with Min
lister Grey was quite satisfac-
tory" This was interpreted as
meaning that England had granted
concessions or assurances prevent
ing embarrassing results.
After a conference today be-
tween Ambassador Sprlng-Rice and
Secretary Bryan. the state depart
ment issued the following state
meut.
1T In understood the British gov
eminent intends 10 revise the proc
iamation regarding contraband. and
that meanwhile. IN neutral ships.
goods such as foodstuffs consigned
to Holland will not be treated as
contraband."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-01
WOMAN Tells
MURDER TALE

LOS ANGELES, Oct. Follow
ing the arrest OF a woman giving
the name OF Mrs. Frankie Lang.
Is, after her declaration she had
killed woman near Riverside. de-
tectiyes were sent TO Riverside to-
day 10 try 10 unearth the details
OF one OF the strangest cases with
(which they have been confronted
in many months.
The woman visited a doctor here
today 10 be treated for cuts and
bruises.
when questioned, she declared
she had had fight with woman
and had killed her.
The doctor telephoned the police
and the woman was taken TO jail.
where she was charged with MUIR
der.
Later the prisoner denied her
story and gave other explanations
OF the bruises.
The arrest was the result OF the
finding. near Riverside. at daylight
OF the body OF woman. believed
to have been murdered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-01

Two.bit university dances on the
campus this winter have been an.
nOunced b. the oval club, an or
ganization Of students.
The plan IN in line with the de
sire OF the faculty 10 reduce the
student social calendar
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-01
81 REAL ESTATE LOANS
PUBLICM MARKETS



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