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Belgian Situation UNCHANGED.

Havre. Nov. 9.-The following off,
cial statement was given out this af-
tcrnoon by the Belgian war office:
I'm the vicinity Of Nieuport the sit
uation is almost stationary. except
where we made a slight advance. AL
most a complete calm prevails on the
remainder Of the front. On the left
(wesO bank Of the User the enemy
still occupies points of advantage
which our artillery are bombarding.
The Germans have bombarded Dix
munde." The following statement
indicates that the Germans have
crossed the User. An official commu-
nication last week said they had been
forced across the east bank Of the
User.
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ATTACK ON BRITISH COAST.

Germans Sink Submarine and Shell
Shipping In Yarmouth IIarbor.
Berlin. Nov. 1.-THE following off,
cial announcement given out by the
admiralty this afternoons: ION No
vember 3. three German cruisers at
tackled the British coast near Var
mouth and shelled the Notifications to-
sether with some small craft in the
harbor. 1t is reported that the Brit
ish submarine DIS has been sunk" 1t
had been reported previously that
shells dropped within mile or the
shore at Yarmouth, but was not
known to the Germans making the &C.
tual attack upon the works. This
being the case. 1t is the first assault
upon forts Of the British so far in
more than q century.
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Turks Invade Egypt.

Rome, Nov. 9.-The Ottoman en-
bassy announces that a Turkish army
has invaded Egypt.
1t is stated officially that the
Ottoman commander expects the in
habitants Of Egypt to join the Turk
ish army in the fight against the
British. The British military estab-
lishment in Egypt contains six thou
sand men and in addition there is a
native army of seventeen thousand
men. The present Khedive of Egypt
is now in Constantinople and it is be-
lieved he will attempt to influence the
people Of his country in favor of the
Turks. The uprising in Egypt
is probably the result Of the revolt in
Tripoli.
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PREDICT EVACUATION.
Mexico City Papers Say Americans
Will Leave,

Mexico City. Nov. G.--Extras issued
by the afternoon papers says Vora
Cruz will be evacuated by the Amer
lean forces within q few days.
Cen. Vcnustiano Carranza left
Pucbla today for "oledad to confer
with CandidO Aguilar. commander of
the constitutionalist troops near Vera
CRUZ, relative to evacuation, accord
ing to an official declaration tonight.
Gen. Carranza today intimatcd that
ne might go To QuercntarO to- carry
on direct negotiations with the Aguas-
calienteS peace convention.
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MEXICAN PRESIDENT SWORN IN
ChOicc Of Conference Will Assume
Office Next Tucsday.

Aguas. Nov. 7.-Calientes-G General
Eulalio Gutierrez who took the oath
of Office as provisional president yes
flee at noon Tuesday next The oath
was administered by General Ysobel
Robles, acting president Of the peace
convention. Should Gen. Carranza re-
fuse to resign the convention will
declare Aguas Calientes the provi-
will be set up there" Troops will
then be sent to take Mexico City.
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1881 SUMTER. s. O., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1914
SERVING MEALS TO HUNGRY,
AMERICAN RELIEF SUPPLIES
WELCOME TO BELGIUM.
Arrangements Made to Send Fur.
ther Shipments to the Starving Bel
gians.

London. Nov 6.-Provisions sent to
Brussels by the American commits
sion for the relief of Belgium already
are supplying 100000 meals daily and
plans are complete for carrying on q
similar work throughout that part Of
Belgium occupied by the Germans.
The Dutch steamer Jan-Block will
sail tonight with 1000 tons of food
and the steamer Tellus is expected to
leave tomorrow with LOO tons of
wheat.
Herbert Clark Hoover, chairman of
the American commission, today re-
ceived a telegram from Capt. T. E.
Lucey the commissions representa-
tive at Rotterdam, which said:
People able to pay are charged 5
cents for the meals. The meals cost
10 cents and rich and poor stand in
line as it is the only way they can get
food.
Complete plans have been entered
into for receiving and distributing
supplies throughout all Belgium. The
country has been divided into prov.
inces, each province it's own distribu.
ter. All acquisitions on this office
will come from the central committee
through the American and Spanish
ministers. A subcommittee in turr
will sell food to the committees
which will resell or distribute free tc
those in need"
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Neutral Shipping May Continue.

Copenhagen. Nov. Tn reply to
queries from the Danish government,
tho British admiralty transmitted the
following message relative 10 facili-
ties for Danish shipping In the North
sea.
American liners as well as Dan
ish steamers running TO the Farce Is
lands will be permitted To follow the
usual routes. The so-called closing of
the North sea for war purposes does
not mean that there will he harsh re-
strictions upon neutral shipping"
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Naval Battle Expected.

London, Nov. 9.-The next big ma
val engagement of the war is expect
ed to take place in the Black sea with
in a few hours. The Turkish fleet
apparently has escaped from the
Bosphorus and the news that the
Russian fleet has sailed from Sebasto-
pol indicates that the Russian ad-
miralty intends to stop the attacks be-
ing made by Ottoman warships on
Black sea ports. In order that Tur-
key may transport troops by sea
without grave danger it is necessary
for her to destroy the Russian fleet.
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VIII Hunt German Cruisers.

Washington. Nov. IA brief off,
cial dispatch confirming the announce
ment that Using Tao had been sur
rendered by the Germans was received
mt the Japanese embassy today. The
first result OF this victory will be to
release three naval divisions of three
or four warships each. which will be
sent eastward In search Of the German
cruisers operating in the Pacific.
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Paris. Nov. 7.--while the Germans
In the northern sphere of hostilities
are making violent attacks on Ypres
a5d north Of Arras. the allies arc
Tnassiug heavy forces along the coast
or the North sea. east Of Nieuport and
south OF Middlekerke. for a vigorous
Offensive movement in that region. 1t
nnonnNf f1oa1QAb pl01oA ArsG1soaeh
and BsIgians In the region between
the Hooded district and the North sea
Are going to make drive In the direc-
ton Of Ostend. 1t Is likely that the
French and British hope to launch an
attack against Antwerp in the near fu-
ture.
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Martial Law in COnstantinoplc.

Constantinople. Nov. 9.-Martial
law was proclai ed here today and a
number Of arres have been made
and some Of prisol ers have been exc
cuted. The foregoing would seem to
confirm a dispatch of last week say
ing that a revolt had broken out in
Constantinople.
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No Let Up I'm Fighting.

Paris. Nov. THE Germans are
still making violent attacks in the
northern sphere action as officially re-
ported this afternoon. Two vigorous
attacks. ono OF them at Iabassce and
the other southeast Of Ypres have
been repulsed by the Allies. Com
parative calm prevails in the fighting
on the Allies left wing.
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repreSentlVeS TO arrange etails of
the surrender of Kiao c % the all
lies was held this NOR = The COM
mander of the Brit - orces which
assisted in the red > A of the for
tress of Using Tao -. ed to any con-
ditons which s. : the Japanese.
The japanese = Ike possession OF
kiao Chow t g .ow. The opinion
expressed e. b > -ioritive journals is
that the c n influence in the far
east has BE- wiped out forever.
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SUFFRAGE CONGRESS OPENS
Mrs. Mccormack and Miss Pankhurst
Among Speakers.

Chattanooga. Nov. 9.-Exponen;s of
female suffrage from all sections Of
the country arrived here today for the
opening session of the Southern Wo-
mans suffrage convention.
Mrs. Medill Mccormack and Miss
Christobel Pankhurst of London are
among the speakers
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Constantinople. Nov. Tt is off,
cially announced that the Turks are
In contact with the Russians all along
the front. Several English and French
merchant ships hAve been seized In
the harbor Of S irna.
Turkish soldiers searched the Rus
sian and English consulates at Bagdad
and found great quantities Of hid
den arms. This city Is quiet and the
people are confident that Turkey will
win.
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Russian Cruisers Active.

: 'Aonuon' NOV: ftussisaf eeg-
raiders have also been active. On Sun
day the Russian warships bombarded
the towns Of Koslu and Sugia on the
coast Of Asia Minor and sank four
Turkish transports, one of which car.
ried troops.
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A NEW MEXICAN CRISIS.
fcacc or War Hinges on Carranza's
Reply to Auguascalicntcs Confer
Cncc.

Auguascalientes, Nov. 9.-The next
thirty-siN hours will determine wheth-
er war or peace shall prevail in Mex
leo. The indications are that it will
be war. Up to an early hour this
morning no reply had been received
from Gen. Carranza. The time limit
expires at noon tomorrow.
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Germans Say Nothing.

Berlin. Nov. THE German war
ONCE remains silent upon the opera
tions against the Russians In the east
ern theatre. but claims successes at
several points In Belgium and France.
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PREPARES WINTER CAMPAIGN

Stated That Territory Has Been Prom
tscd to Bulgaria to Join Allies.
Berlin, Nov. 9.-Germany has be-
gun enormous preparations for a win
ter campaign in both the eastern and
western theatres of war, it is officially
announced by the war office. 1t is re-
ported here that Russia has promised
Bulgaria a part of Macedonia and
other territory, if she will enter the
war on the side Of the triple entente.
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Petrograd. Nov. 7.-All along the
line the enemy are In retreat. and
che Russians are following up their
successes Is announced by the gener-
al staff. Everywhere resistance by
the Germans and Austrians has heen
broken down.
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Austrlans and Turks Taken Prisoners

London. Nov. THE Austro-Hun-
garian consul general and the Turkish
representative ut Tabriz, Persia. have
been taken prisoners by the Russians
and transferred to Tiflis. according to
a dispatch from Amsterdam.
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German Cruisess Reported Captured.
London. Nov. IA Toxic dispatch
states that the German cruisers
schranhorst and Gneisenau have been
captured In the Pacific while coaling.
These were two units Of the squad
ron which sunk the British cruisers
Monmouth and Good Hope of the
Chilean coast.
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Austrian Troops Move on.

Vienna, Nov. THE movements
OF our troops is proceeding in Russian
Poland and Galicia as intended, with
out any interruption says an official
statement here today.
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campaign at least one Japanese mine
dragging boat was blown up.
The next general move on the part
OF the Japanese was to seize the Ger
man owned railway running west
from Using Tau into the province Of
Shan Tung. This was done under
violent protest from the Chinese gov
ernment. 1t was held that this vio-
lated the integrity of the Chinese re-
public. ,..
=. The numher OF the expeditionary
force has not beem adfvufgeu. tjdt-ft-fs.
said to have been upwards of 80,
men. A British detachment of some
500 South Wales bordercrs and 400
Indian Sikhs under Brig. Gen.
Nathaniel w. Bernardiston, COM
mander Of the North China forces, is
said to have formed a part of the
centre Of the japanese line in the in
vestment. Fighting continued from
the middle Of September intermittent
ly until the fall Of the fortress today.
During this period both the German
and Japanese warships and aeroplanes
engaged in the bombardment Of each
severe Of these engagements on Oc-
tObr 3 it was announced that the
Japanese loss was 1.7OO killed and
500 wounded. 1t was reported then
that the Japanese would await the
arrival Of siege guns before continuing
operations. At various times Ger
man losses were reported up to
score or more.
On the night Of October II the
most serious Of the japanese naval
losses occurred when the cruiser
Takachiho was blown up by the Ger
man torpedo boat $50.
1t was reported October % that the
Japanese finally had installed their
siege guns on Prince Henry mountain
and other hills near the town.
The German fortresses included
three lines Of defense. The first Of
these on the outskirts appears to have
been evacuated some time ago and
the garrison concentrated in Forts
Moltke and Bismark and Iltis, which
occupy commanding position on the
range Of prccipitOus hills that circles
the city. The Germans also had five
forts exclusively for shore defense.
The heights back Of the city are
penetrated only by the railway line
and it is probably through this path
tina. the allies proceeded into Using
Tau once the defending fortress had
been silenced.
An interesting document in cOnnec-
tiOn with the fall of Using Tau is the
proclamation which the German gov
ernor posted on August %. In this
I Z said: "Never shall we surrender
the smallest bit Of ground over which
the German flag is flying. From this
place where we, with love and sue
cess. have endeavOred the last II
years to shape a little Germany across
the seas we shall not retreat. If the
enemy wants Using Tau he must come
and take it,"
In taking it the Japanese again
have had revenge for certain phases
of their war with China 90 years ago |
Victorious Japan was forced. at the
i,stigaton Of Germany, to give up
Port Author--hcr main fruit of VIC
tory--w hich eventually became Rus
sian.
Ten years later--in 1904 -O5-Japan
fought Rusai;, and again took Port
Arthur. Now, after another interval
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British Merchant Ship Abandoned.

Toxic, Nov. 9.-The British steam
er Shirley has been abandoned in the
Pacific owing to fire on board. The
captain and part Of the crew arrived
at Kobe today. One boat containing
seventeen is missing.
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Calls on Canada for 100. 900 Men.

Montreal, Nov. "a dispatch from
Ottawa says that Earl Kitchener.
secretary of war. has asked Canada
to furnish hundred thousand men
for the war against Germany.
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Five German ships Captured.

London. Nov. 1.-THE British steam
er Hortensius just in from Buenos
Ayres reports that British warships
captured five German vessels off the
Brazilian coast on October II.
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THEGERMANS DEFY BRITISH
Ships Advance Near English Shore
and Fire on Vessels in HarbOr at
Yarmouth, Sinking Submarine.

Advance In West Allies Said Have Assumed Offensive
Oen6ons Against Enemies in France and Belgum-Rus-
slams Pursue Germans-Turks and Russians Lined Up
Along Frontier for Active Hosties-English Seize Ger
msn Vessels South American Coast and Capture Crui.
sers In East.
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of ten years, in association with Brit
ish forces, Japan has seized the Ger
man possession of Kiao Chow and
wiped out Il score which had been a
thorn i'm Japan's side for two decades
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RUSSIANS GUST GERMANS.
All of Kaiser's Army Except Forces
in Western Area Are Driven
From Cars Country.

REPORT THAT TURKISH EGYPT AND THAT
GERMANS ARE TRANSPORTING FROM WESTERN tn
EASTERN ARENA OF WAR, FEATURES OF DAY-BIG MA.
BATTLE EXPECTED BLACK sEA-GERM,Ns accRps
sIVE IN WEIsT-REVoLT REPORTED CAPITAL
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Germans Lose Heavily.

Paris. Nov. lit is officially re-
ported that In the recent fighting near
Nancy a single German battalion left
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TURKISH FORTS CRUMBLE.

Slowly Give Way Under Fire of Allies
Ships.
Athens, Nov. 9.-The Turkish forts
at Sedibahr and KOumkale at the
western end Of the Dardandelles are
slowly crumbling beneath the bonn
bardment of the British and French
WarShipS. A number of explosions
have occurred inside the forts ac-
cOrding to a wireless dispatch today.
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three hundred soldiers dead upon the
battlefield. Two complete German
detachments got lost in the fog nea,
Lenz and surrendered.
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Surrender of Using TOa Arranged.

Toxic, Nov. 9.-The fina' meeting of
the Japanese and German military
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03
PRESIDENT HOPES
 TO AVERT STRIKE iON WESTERN ROADS

hWashingfon, Aug a.-An air of op- ! tinnism prevails at the White House regarding the threatened strike of 55000 locomotive engineers and hre- men on the railroads west Of Chicago. The president believes a peaceful set- tlexnent can be arranged
 The committee of railroad man held two informal conferences yester- day. The members of the committee admitted that they were bound by a promise to the president to say noth- ing of the sitqafdon.
 T am hOpefu1's said Mr. Trenholnn- Hes made but one other comment, which was of considerable signif- canoe eInasmuch as the president of the United States. has taken a hand, ! 1t seems quite likely that some good will resu1t.'
 Warren F. stone, chief Of the Broth erz1ood of Locomotive Engineers, said l there was no change in the situation SD far as the side of the men was concerned MT. Stone and w F. Car ter president of the Brotherhood of I1ocomOtive Bremen, arc remaining in fWashington.
 Managers of the ss Western rail- roads threatened with strike of 55,- Oc0 eng1nemen and dremen have formed their answer to Presi dent 1 wilson's request that they settle the country in the present situation. They win present ft- to the President later today and meanwhile will not indicate their decision
 President Wilson told callers he had every reason to believe that the rail road managers would be patriotic and that a strike would be avoided
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03
great destroyer Of commerce if Eng 1aaa IA x-A.a .o..+ e.e 4l.. ata..aa..-l.

great destroyer or commerce 1T Eng land stayed out of the struggle. $ The United states would have avail able q few ships for t1e transpoEta- tfon of American crops and for pas senger traf1c to and from ElaTop1. The situation would not be nearly so satfsfactOry. however, as it would Do with the Rnkligh navy protectimB French and English commerce from destruction
 great deal of the carrying trade between the United StHtes and Hu- rope Is in the hands 6f smaller mari time countries like Norsxay ana Hol- land and Denmark. Owing to the doubts as to how long these countries, particularly E1olland, can maintain their present neutrality little depend ence is now placed on these possible resources from the United States' point of view.
 The impression is growing, here that the United States to move it's crops oversee will have to depend chiefly on English vessels protected by the Eng fish navy and then the question will arise whether English ship owners will take the risk.
 That the efforts being made by ad@ ministrative leaders to build up quick 1y an enlarged merchant marine to care for American commerce by ad- mitting to American registry ships o9 the European be!ligerents will prove futile is the statement of high au~ thorities on international law ip Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03
PATRICK J. MULRoNEY.

St. Charles church was thronged this morning with nlourners and friends who assembled to pay their tribute to the memory of Patrick J. Murroney. A solemn high mass of requiem was chanted for the repose of the soul of the deceased. Rev. Thomas G1oster was celebrant, Rev. Walter McCramn deacon. Rev. James V. Husston sub-deacon. During the mass Miss Jessie Murray sang Mar ston's Ave Maria at the 6ffertory and after mass Miss Irene HavrilIa sang
 tBeautifuI Land On High, A num- Der of beautiful floral tributes sur rounded the casket. Messrs. Harry, Patrick, William, Joseph, Richard and Thomas May avted as bearers. Rev. Father G1oster accompanied the fu- neral cortege to St. AfichaeTs eeme- tery where burial took place and read the commftta1 service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03
IS ONLY HOPE FOR FREEDOM
 : OF OCEAN TRAFFIC

washington, Aug. 8.-Upon the pow CT Of the British navy rests the only hone that remains to the United States that ships. will be available for the transportation of American goods during the war. This is the opinion of competent observers Of the situa-- ton here
 This declaration is based on the as- sumption that Great Britain will be- come involved in the war through Germany's reported attack on Brit aims ally, France.
 In combination with the French fleet it is believed here that the Brit ish feet will not be only able to seek out the German fleet and give it bat tie, but will also be able to spare enough ships to protect the commerce of England and France.
 France has sent a fleet of 12 vessels through the Straits of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean. These vessels with the British fleet, will, it is believed, keep the Austrian and Italian nayies from doing any great damage to the shipping of their enemies. English and French steamers will therefore be free to go anywhere they please and particularly to the United States sole ly because of the assumed ability of the English and French navies to pro tect such commerce.
 Italian vessels, of which many are engaged in trade with the United States, will be similarly bottled up and likewise the few vessels flying the Austrian flag which ply between Flu ropean and American ports.
 Should England succeed in keeping out of the struggle her fast shipping would be exempt from the conse- quences of war except as it might venture to carry contraband of war to one of the belligerents. The French shipping, however, would be driven off the Seas. as Germany would z be the