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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
WAR CAUSES BIG
EXPORTS OF FOOD
But Cuts Down Cotton,
Machinery and Manu-
featuring Materials.

Washington, Oct. 27.--War's contin-
ned effect on American commerce
tremendous increase in the sale II
foodstuffs for foreign armies and "a
marked slump in expectation Of cotton,
machinery and materials for use in
manufacturing was shown in detail
to-day by statistics compiled by the
Department of Commerce.
Exports OF grain and meats jumped
10 practically unprecedented qaana-
ties in September, resulting in sub
stantial export balance, but the de-
crease in the sale abroad of cotton aad
manufactures resulted in a loss COM
pared with September, 1913, Of $751;
9O2,GGS.
The gain for September's exports
over those Tor the first month of the
war was S45.96S,219. That represented,
in part, the vast demand imposed IN
American granaries and packing houses
to feed some Of the armies and live
stock in the war zone
Supplemental figures obtained at the
department showed that expectations
of canned beef jumped from 364,693
pounds in September, 1913, to 2,S85. 1856
pounds last month. The increased
trade in fresh meat was larger More
than 1881, 400 pounds were shipped
abroad last month, compared with G3t,-
J23 in September. 1913. Most of the
meat went 20 France, and that resulted
in an increase of American sales there
over those Of one year ago.
The war growth OF grain exports was
as marked. Barley sales jumped from
25l.40i bushels in September. 1918, to
2,7Sl ,2S6 bushels last month; oats from
3l6,92S 20 l0,7S0,l6j bushels; wheat
from 1871 ,l63 to 25,609 100 bushels.
while rice exports increased from L.
4oG,995 pounds TO l0443,8l7 pounds.
The slump in exports Of cotton dur
ing September. compared with last
year. amounted TO nearly 100000 900.
with the partial restoration Of ship
ping facilities, Il remarkable improve
ment IN the exports TO some of tho
Latin-American countries was shown
over the first month Of the war. Trade
20 Germany remained at a standstill
September's exports being less than
$4,000. Trade to Russia and Belgium
vas at low ebb, but that to tho
United Kingdom was fairly we'll main
tanned.
The United States bought from tho
world last month goods valued AT $40
Oo9,6ll, compared with imports of
SIfl,Os4,o43 IN September, 1913.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
Allies Await New Attack;
Germans Reported Shaken

Iopdon. oct. 2s.-"The Daily
Chronicle" publishes the following dis
patch. sert by "a correspondent from
North Of the River Lys':
''The attempted forward movement
NV Germans in Belgium has completely
failed. All along the line the Allies
nave held their positions; 81 certain
DARTS they have pushed forward, and
a.. / write this they are stated 10 be
stin advancing ] hear from a reliable
source. however. that II is likely an
other attack will be delivered by the
Germans on the Belgian front.
The tired troops of the Kaiser are
laid to have been strongly reinforced,
and the imperial order has gone tofth
tnat another attempt TO batter down
inc Allies line is TO be made. u is
certain. however, that the nerve OF the
enemy has been severely shaken.
90 hear o stirring story OF the mag
rihcent lighting OF the Be'pans IN the
FLANDERS battle The 81 mans hao
thrown enormous MASSES OF troops
against this particular part Of the
line. They encountered the Belgiahs
iotrencbsd and ready, and stubborn
encounter began. Hour after hour II
,.oDt on. The foe could make no
so reinforcpments were poured in ia
he assistance Of the attacking troops
Gradually it appeared as though num-
bers would tell.
"'Hold ON fpr twcnty-four hours anC
Won will have achievements, but hole
on such wrre the orders to TIT
brave little Belgian force. so 1t settle'
down to do some logged stone-wallne
Twenty-four hours passed, then thirty
Al the thirty-hfth the BeleIans weu
sill battling bravely. The forfeit
sound them stili in their original 20
sitions. -,
"When the forty-ffth mad passed th
Germans were beginning to despair, bu
iust then heavy support reached then
The force OF the attack was doubled
and the Belgians had TO give way lit
tic after fory-eight hours Of contin
ned fighting. The German losses j.
killed and wounded are said to hav
averaged 1900 for every day las
week"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
BRAND FORESEES
ALLIES WILL WIN

Paris, Oct. 27.-Ex-P Premier BRAND,
Minister of Justice in the Niyiani Cab
met. in an interview published in "Le
Temps" to-day, gives his impressions
Of a visit TO the battle front at Yer
dun and the frontier, and declares that
ne brought back the conviction. calm
ly reasoned out. that the battle will
result in a brilliant victory for the
Allies.
NJ. BRAND says that the Germans
have been blinded and rendered NAL
adroit by fury, owing to the checks
they have sustained lie found the
population Of the devastated region re
turning to their homes and courage
ously resumiug work, saving what they
could of the crops.
The minister said he interviewed
soldiers i'm the trenches and found
them full Of gayety and confidence, not
one doubling for an instant the sue
cessful issue Of the struggle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28

hourg. The successful descent OF The
Iermans through Flanders. into North
ern France neVessitatcd the abandon
mont of the FNnch positions IN Lor-
raine and AlsaceN hut Nancy revealed
unexpected strength, and the eastern
line OF defence has never been seii-
ously broken. ..,,.
Now. after more than two mouths
the French are again over the CASTE"
,ects' The two points Of penetration
ne east Of Nancy. the village Of Ia
Gsrde~ which has already been the
cone Of hard lighting, near the Rhine
Narpe Canal-snd the railway from
Inneville to Saarbourg. The Ge-
struction of several German batteries
IN the mountains north CT the AiSne
.hows that here also cndeavors are ne
ing made to break the long deadlock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
SAY BRITISH HOLD
TRAVELLERS CASH
Hamburg American Directors
Insist London Bank Won't
Give Up $4,000.

In reply TO the denial of the British
Foreign Office that gold destined to pay
travellers checks held by Americans
was seized by the British government
the directors Of the Hamburg-Amerlcan
Line gave out the following letter from
the acting manager Of their London
office, who was in charge at the time IN
question:
"On August /. previous to closing.
most OF the available cash had been
paid out i'm refunds, and numerous
tickets transferred to the Cunard ana
White Star lines. On August cable
message was received from Hamburg
saving that S35 1000 had been placed TO
our credit through the Discompte
Gesellschaft. - Unfortunately, the gov
eminent in the mean time proclaimed
an extension of the bank holiday up to
and Including August 8, 80 that we
fully expected to begin TO liquidate our
obligations on August Z.
Il regret to say the government
closed up all the German banks on Au-
gust Is, and consequently the S3o,OOO
remittance is lying at the London JOINT
stock Bank. Every means has oeen
taken to get possession of this money,
but without success, rs the bank natu-
rally took up legal stand.
VERY influential committees nave
been formed to deal with the prevailing
distress. and the position has become
much accentuated by the fact that
many sailings have been changed and
cancelled On August . | received a
special request from the American Am
bassador 10 meet one Of his committee
1T the embassy.
"At first some apparent hostility was
displayed. but on my stating very fully
the condition of affairs i far different
spirit was shown am keeping in
close touch with the committee, and they
fully realize that, in spite OF great ditii
culties, real attempts have been made
20 get possession Of the Hamburg re-
mittauce."
The Ham burg American Line quickly
disposed of the report that the Water
land was to be sold, terming it an "ab-
surd fabrication
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
HOMELESS GERMANS
APPEAL FOR HELP
Thousands in Hungary,
Raided by Servians.
Facing Starvation.
fDy Cable to The Tribune.l

Copenhagen, Oct. 27.-Germany's
hands are too full at present for her
to pay any serious attention 20 the
desperate cry for help that comes TO
Berlin from SCARED and desolate homes
on Austrian battlefeIds, where the
Servians swept through towns and
villages as the Germans, with greater
rapidity, hacked their way through
BELGIUM
This great cry comes from leading
German citizens in the Hungarian
provinces of Croatia and Slavonia and
their appeal is published in Berlin. 1t
declares that German citizens in many
towns in these provinces have been
victims Of Servian murder and plumber.
In thousands Of cases nothing has been
left Of homes but the walls. There is a
yelled complaint that military and
civil authorities have been unable 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
BELGIANS, NOT FOE.
INVOKE PARLIAMENT

London, Oct. 27.-Telegrams from
Berlin say, according TO Reuter- dis.
patch from Amsterdam. that the re.
port about conyoking the Belgian Par
Lament by the German administration
IN Belgium Is pure invention. and
mat all attempts 10 connect Chan
eellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg's visit
TO Brussels Herewith are unfounded
The Belgian government intends. II
Is reported, to convoke at Havre both
chambers and to open the session OF
Parliament, as usual. on the second
tuesday in November Numerou
Deputies and Senators followed the
Hight Of the Belgian ministry from
Antwerp 10 Havre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
Take Calais at Any Cost,
Kaiser's Reported Order

Iondon. oct. Dispatches reach
;og London aver that Emperor william
las demanded uneQUiyOcalty that Caials
,otaker. and telegram received to-day
9uofinr "The Saxon Gazette gives
,yhot purports 20 be an ambitious plan
of German invasion, once the north
coast Of France is In their hands.
The territory west of the User the
crossing OF which cost the German
army the loss Of more men, compared
,yith the area Of hostilities, than any
.inylc engagement in the war, con-
-;r'les IN be the scene of the dosdlieSt
of conflicts. and although 10 IS said that
.bc flow OF German relntorcements
soors 20 be without end they appa-
reptlv. Judging from news m London,
have made no noteworthy advance since
Gaining this river
Central News dispatch from
Northeastern France says;
"Tbc Germans were yesterday after
noon I'm great part driven back aero 81
tbe User. with heavy loss. by the French
infantry. aided by the fire OF the moni-
tors. When the Beigians undertook the
5efence Of the User they held u for "a
weok. Then by sheer weight OF lrtillery
mud men the Germans pushed the GAL
amt Belgians back. but not before they
paid the fun price for the temporary
gain. 49,
AT least two army corps faced the
Relpiaus. Their object was TO force
them right into France. and thus sue
ceed in turning the Allies left. IL cost
the Belcians a thousand casualties 10
orevent the attainment OF this object.
IL IS reported on reliable authority
that the German Emperor had placed
eight army corps i'm this'section OF the
field. Their losses have been trlghttul;
their successes practically nil.
Toward the end OF last week lrc
situation was doubtful; now there Is no
reason 10 Gear failure. On he con
-rarv. first class success may be looked
Tor. which viii place the Germans
fnally on the defensive M the west
Great progress is being made n thc re-
organization OF the Belgian army
4 newspaper correspondent ON the
Dutch frontier reports that the Aihes
csptured Thourout on Monday, after II
had been occupied 10y large force OF
Germans from Rruges The allieu
forces remained hidden while the Ger
mans entered the town and then TEL
upon them suddenly and by q swift
.ttack Grove them out. The Germans
left hundreds of dead or wounded be-
hind them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28

thick. On the other side the slope fel.
steeply TO the river. | sent Hush.
along the line. We listened silently.
/ thought | heard German words
an order passed along on the other
side.
81 crawled on the bank, not show
ing my head. You know, it was really
about three hundred Germans who had
STAYED there on our side under the
bank, fearing 10 cross the river under
our fire So we stayed there all through
the night. We did not sleep, nor they.
Just six feet of piled wet earth wa
between us We only whispered, and
could hear them mutterIug and the
sound of their belts creaking and OF
their water bottles being opened. There
was a thick gray mist hanging low IN
the morning. | crawled on the banh
again, holding my revolver outstretched.
A gray figure stood up in the mist be
low. close to me. 1t looked like Brit
ish Khaki
Accent Cost His life.
"He said it was all right. We were
English. and said Your accent
;sn't,' and shot him through with my
revolver Some of our men crept TO
the bank, but they shot them, and
come Of theirs climbed over. but We
fired at heads or arms as they showed
only q few feet away, and they fell
backward or on TO Us or lay hanging
on the bank. Then we all waited. As
il grew lighter they did not dare move
away. and none Of Us could get alive
ever the bank to use the bsyouet.
A few men made holes in the looser
earth, and so we fired at one another
through the bank. Our guns could
not help Us. and theirs could not shoot
across, for we were all together, and
We. we could not get TO one another.
Some of their men and ours got over
lever down. so that there was firing
now and then, and two men were
killed near me sliding down into the
water in the trenches.
Somebody threw cartridge case
across close to me. On a paper inside
of it was scrawled one word-'Surren-
der I did not know If they wanted
to surrender themselves or wanted Us
TO surrender.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
NEW MORATORIUM
RULES IN FRANCE

Bordeaux, Oct 81 President Poin-
care to-day signed a decree modifying
the moratorium proclaimed on August
81. and providing for gradual re-
turn to normal financial conditions.
Bank depositors will be allowed to
draw 1000 francs )S2O0) plus 40 per
cent Of the balance in November. and
this percentage will be increased TO 90
per cent in December. The collection
OF commercial debts. except those Of
modified soldiers, may be prosecuted
after December in case the debtor
invokes the moratorium in bad faith.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
CANADA TO FEED
STARVING GERMAN,

Ottawa, Oct. 27.--Food and ~,
will be provided by the Canada, n.
eminent for the large numbers ~,
man and Austrian army resery,st, =.
ale stranded in Montreal To,,.,'
Winnipeg and other cities. Ers-
mcnt viii be found for as ms,v /.
them as possible.
They would be arrested il ths, r.
tempted 10 leave the Dominion AZ
i5 feared many Of them would ,sr
during the winter unless aided b. I,
government. A commission has H.
appointed 20 arrange for Their u,r
tCnancc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
'QUAKES SPREAD
PANIC IN ITALY
Population in One Place Camp.
ing in Open Air, Notwith-
standing the Cold.

Rome. Oct. Earthquake shocks
in Northern Italy have been extended
in the last twcnty-four hours. Seismic
disturbances OF more or less severity
have been felt in Turin, Genoa. Flor
ence, Leghorn, Pisa, Lucca.' Bologna
and Venice, in addition 10 many small
err towns.
According to the latest advices little
damage has been done, and there have
been no fatalities.
Florence, Oct. PA severe earth
quake here to-day threw the inhab-
itants into condition of panic, but
did little damage
Turin, Oct. 27.-Another slight
earthquake shock occu. led here at
$50 o'clock this afternoon. At Avig-
Llama, fourteen miles west of Turin.
the shocks continued during the whole
day. The population is panicstricken
and is camping in the open air, not
withstanding the fact that it is in
tensely cold.
Milan, Oct. 27.-Considerable alarm
was caused among the people by an
earthquake this morning, but there
were no casualties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28

in their homes. ''' ~
Inc loss Of property in twelv.
Is SAID TO amount 70 millions ~ 49, -
Some Of the most aourisbi1lr' ~, :
man factories and trades havs Y
molished by fire. says the anDs ~. |.
owners VINO were wealthy men -.
beggars. Winter is approsesi.s
the bitter need and crying poys-.
our brave and honest German ny.
and their wives and childrer , ~
doubled. They are huddlibs
ruins Of their homes, without az
erinS and protection agains, -.
ton and cold" ''a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
AMIRAL GANTEAUME
DID NOT HIT NINE

FolkeStonc. Oct. 27.-News reached
Lclc this evening that the French
stCumer Amiral Ganteaume, which met
with an accident of Boulogne yester-
DAY. has arrived safely in port.
The steamer had on board $500 ref
ugces from Pas dc Calais, some OF
whom were lost during the transfer
10 the Channel steamer. Queen.
The crew of the Amiral Ganteaume
believe that the accident was due to
the explosion OF a boiler and that il
was not caused by a nine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
GERMAN PRINCE
AMONG WOUNDED

Paris. oct. 27.-Five German officers
wounded in battle are In the hospital
at Limoges. Among the number is
Prince Jean Charles of Carolath
Beuthen, q lieutenant of the regiment
of Uhlans No. 3, who is suffering from
a wound in the leg. He is twenty-five
rears old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
AND BELGIUM

was formally released by the Cana
dian authorities here to-day.
After repairs 20 her engines, the
Brindilla will resume her voyage 70
Alexandria.
Sheriff Hall. acting under an order
Of the Admiralty Court, boarded the
tanker, took down the copy OF the VIII
nailed TO the steamers malnmsst' ana
notified the captain that the snip ana
cargo were again in his care.
The guard of soldiers on ana around
III, Briudilla were marched away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
GERMAN LOSSES
10000 MEN A DAY

Rome, Oct. 27.-According TO official
reports received here the German cas-
ualties daily average 10000 men in
killed and wounded.
All Of those slightly or not gravely
wounded, an average Of from 20 to so
per cent, return 20 the raGTs after q
relatively short time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
SNOW FALLS UPSTATE
Temperature as Low as &c
Degrees at Noon.

Interlaken, y. Y, Oct. 27.-The
ground here was covered with snow to-
day. The thermometer registered 90
degrees at noon.
Gloversville, n. Y, Oct IA light
snow fell here last night. Enou h
snow is reported in Hamilton County
to make good tracking for deer hunt.
erS
Raleigh, y. c., Oct. 27.-Snow fell
here last night, but melted rapidly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
NOTED WAR EXPERT
DIES IN LONDON

London. oct. 27.-Lieatchant Cen
erql Sir William Edmund Franklyn, h.
G.. b., who commanded the third di-
vision Of Lord Kitchener new army,
died suddenly tonight.
For three years preceding the out
break of the war he was military sec
rotary TO the Secretary OF State for
War. He was horn in 1886.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
B. Altman < On.
The Lace Curtain Department

has been greatly enlarged and is now located
ON the Thirty=fourta Street side
of the Fourth Floor.
Foreign and American Lace Draperies, %
display at moderate prices, represent th
painstaking efforts Of the most skillfrl
designers and makers.
A new Salon mas been opened I'm cOnnsc-
Gion with the Department, and here may
be found masterpieces of FIano-made Lacss
and Motifs, from which special designs car
be prepared for amy lace decorative scheme
Estimates submitted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
GERMANY READY
TO IMPORT COTTON
Won SChoen Inquiries as to
British Assurances OIL
COntraband.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Baron Won
SchOen, one of the secretaries Of the
German Embassy. made formal inquiry
at the Department Of State to-day as
TO the exact nature OF Great Britain's
assurances that cargoes Of cotton in
Leutral ships destined TO Germany
would not be molested.
Mr.. Lansing confirmed the announce
men by Sir Edward Grey and Sir Cecil
/ Spring-Rice, the British Ambasse lor,
that cotton was not contrabaud and
would not be declared as such by Great
| Britain.
Baron Won Schoens visit to the Stat.
! Department was the result Of d query
to the German Embassy as to whether
I there would be any interference with
cotton shipped from this country to
! Germany. The ports Of Hamburg and
! Bremen are open. and German pilots
are ready 10 guide neutral ships safely
I through TIE channels leading from, thu
/ Atlantic into the Baltic Sea.
I A far az is known at the German
Embassy, all, or practically all, Of the
I German cotton mills are working.
women being the operatives in many
/ Of them. OF the S,1l2.000 bales, valued
at $jiG,G00 600. exported b. the United
States last year, Germany was next to
/ England, which took the largest pur-
chases. The German export totalled
F 1850. 600 bales, valued a. Sl44,0OO.OO0.
/ To informal inquiries made to-1as
/ Of the State Department IS to IFS at
/ titude toward claims OF cargOes OF
Ireutral goods lost when belligerent
ships were sunk Acting Secretary Lam
sing said that, while the whole subject
Of shipping had been worked out prac-
/ tically anew since the Declaration Of
London, American shippers might file
claims and would be supported by the
American government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28
BRITISH RELEASE
OIL SHIP BRINDILLA

Halifax, y. s, Oct. 27.-The Stand
ard Oil steamer Brindilla,, which was
s izcd by the British cruiser CarOnia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28

Galveston, oct. 27.--lt was an
nounced here to-day that the new Ger
man steamer Rhinefcite is en- route 10
Galveston to ship 10000 Dales Of cotton
for Bremen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-28

"No. we did not sleep, but my head
and eyes seemed to 90 to sleep from
time 10 time. We perhaps had two
hundred left of our SIX hundred, J
think there was one officer further
along. bur 1t was quite dark. Some Of
The men talked ve:y low. Then | heard
voices whispering, talking near us on
the river side. Our bank was of earth
perhaps 1--WE feet high and six feet
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1914-08-06
HOME TRADE BOOSTS
So Does the Ostrich

0o5 ostrich bird of the desert
w lunches and when danger threat
GG ems thus
because he cannot see the danger ...,
security his head hidden from vw although his body can b
There many adopt foolish ostrich
think that or avoid
We of restriction Of our tacn-
deprived marketing
farm produce home town sOrekpers nnd stocked
than that this the we DO not stop
o We must realize such posIss and steps prevent
DON'T will find all probability that local merchants Will
Which look the condition. sGuare in the
face take the them shall like the
foolish decline take conce
of them?
We until the inevitable We
think things carefully with Judgment and take the steps nee
protect neese ourselves and those who VIII
Our community is built up as the result of
which population created
various here and because this is nat
while merchandise supplies necessities those who raise the crops
tlOn IF WERE NOT FOR OTHERS WHO
SION THIS COMMUNITY THERE WOULD BE NO NECESSITY
the marketing the there would be great lack Of facilities Tor mar
munity
the business requisite
marketing such crops as must be handled locally IN order give ~.
the farmers then the farmers Will find out that they must look
have to s or accept "o'' "'F '''"
On the other hand the farmers do not
port the business by spending their locally and keeping In
circulation sending TITO the mail order houses
then the local will find restrict their
goods for the local market thereby resulting diminishing of the fac
This 10 a point must to
n. uar the and arrive at to wS. step: nee:
fall to do this temporiae and let matters drift we will
SPEND THE MONEY PATRoNIzE LOCAL BUsI.
KEEP THE MONEY IN CIRCULATION IN OUR HOME
MUN1TY.
the mall order
these foolish birds In ths
community