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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-12

CHAPTER XVIII.
Stranded.

Mr.. Thomas Barcus picked himself
up from the bottom OF the lifeboat.
where he had been violently precipi'
tated by the impact OF grounding.
blinked and wiped tears OF pain from
his eyes. solicitously tested his nose
and seemed to derive little " any com
fort from the discovery that II was not
broken. opened his mouth and
remembered the presence of lady.
Poor Mr. Barcusl" she said gently.
I'm so sorry. DO forget I'm here
and say II out loud"
Mr.. Barcus dropped his hands and
dropped his head at the same time.
1t cant be did" he complained In
embittered resignation. the words
have never been invented
IN the bows Mr.. Law (who had
barely saved himself headlong
plunge overheard when the shoal took
fast hold OF the keel felt tenderly OF
his excoriated shlns, then, rising. COM
passed the sea. sky and shore with an
anxious gaze.
In the ofiing there was nothing but
the fiat, limitless expanse OF the night
bound tide. near at hand vaguely sill
vered with the moonlight. In the dis
tances blending into shadows, never
n light or shadowy, stealing sail in
that quarter TO indicate pursuit.
Where are vet" he wondered aloud
'Ask me an easy one" BArous re.
piled: somewhere on the south shore
OF the cape-unless somebody's been
tampering with the lay Of this land
That's n lighthouse over yonder"
Alan took soundings from tho bows.
Barely two feet" he announced.
Withdrawing the oar from the water.
aud eel-grass no end"
Obi" Barcus calculated with the
accent OF enlightenment; and leaving
the motor. turned to the stern. over
which he draped himself in highly I'M
decorative fashion while cropping I'M
der water for the propeller.
That's the answer" he repeated:
there's a young bale OF the said eel
grass wrapped round tho wheel.
Which. suppose. means I've got TO
20 overheard and clear Il away"
Like Mr.. Law. he wore neither shoes
nor other garments that could be more
damaged by salt water than they had
bcen--but only shirt. trousers and .
belt.
IF you've nothing better TO DO. my
critical friend" he observed as he
stopped to hack and tear At the mass
Of weed embarrassing the propeller.
you might step gu, and give Us .
trial shove Don't strain yourself
just see II you can move her"
The boat budged not an inch-bui
Mr.. Laws feet did, slipping on the
treacherous mud bottom with the up
shot OF his downfall. with a mighty
splash he disappeared momentarily
beneath the surface-and left his tenn
per behind him when he emerged.
As for Mr.. Barcus. he suffered like
loss within Ave minutes: when. with
much pains and patience having freed
the wheel. he climbed aboard and
sought TO restRrt the motor Aftel
few affecting coughs II relapsed into
stubborn silence.
Studious examination at length
brought out the fact that the gasoline
tank was empty.
Not so much as a smell left" Bar
Gus reported.
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Its no use." he conceded at length.
Were here for keeps"
why not wade ashore?" Rose Urine
suggested mildly from the place she
had taken In the stern In order to
tighten the bows. II isn't far-and
what's one more wetting?"
That's the only sensible remark
that's been uttered by any party to
this lunatic enterprise since you hove
within earshot OF me. Mr.. Law" said
Mr. Barcus. Respectfully submitted"
"The verdict OF the lower court
stands approved" Alan responded
gravely.
but there's no sense In Miss Urine
wading." Barcus suggested. We're
webfooted as II is. and she's too
tired"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1914-11-12
The Peoples Bank
Solicits Your Patronage.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS,

A. O. Caruthers President b. O. Hale Sr, Vice President
G. b. Travis Cashier. j. H. RUSSELL Asst Cashier.
DIRECTORS. W. s. Ellison W. NJ Shaw John R. Luen Il. p.
johnson, T. A. Prather. Jr, j. j. Glover. b. Travis
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
BANKERS POURING
into RICHMOND
Great Convention of Financiers
f Opens Tomorrow in Many
Divisions
COMES AT oPPoRTUNE TIME
Congressman Carter Glass to Ad-
dress Association on Wednes-
day Morning.
COMES AT OPP0RTUNE TIME

Eankers from every State III the
Union will begin pouring into Rich
mond tonight to attends the sessions
of the fortieth annual convention OF
/ the American Bankers . Association,
which Eneets in this city tomorrow for
81 second time, after a lapseyof fourteen
years, The association mer, Mt the JEFF
ferson Hotel on October ., s and 4. ] 900.
Registration headquarters were open
ed yesterday in the Jefferson Hotel
with General Secretary Fred. r. Farms
worth. OF New y ork, in charge. Hotel
reservations ordered for tonight in
dicate that considerable detachment
OF the convention Amy will arrive on
the evening trains, principally from
pointsi In. the North and East.
Will. FIND a CITY WHOSE:
COMPILATION HAS CHANGED
Delegates who attended the Rich
nond convention fourteen years ago
Will come to find a city whose busi-
ness complexion has changed radically.
In the interval between the two meet
inGs the city has sprouted- n dozen
towering skyscraDcrs and palatial ho-
tels. 1t has laid out and developed
stately avenues and imposing suburbs,
and taken on in countless ways the de-
meanor of metropolitanism.
In no field has Richmond advanced
more srapidly during the fourteen year
period than in the field of banking and
! ognfzed banking centre in 1900, it has
more than trebled its banking capital
and surplus since that year and has
established a number of new banking
and trust companies. BanksSthats were
modestly housed in 1900. now OCCUPY
sumptuous quarters in very tall bui1d-
ings and dofa correspondingly more
general business.
bankers COME TO RICHMOND
AT 'OPPORTGNfc' TIME
The bankers comesto Richmond this
year at particularly opportune. time.
Tie city is in Il banking mood Less
than year ago the commercial and
civic organizations of the city united
lin an unparalleled campaign to have
Richmond designated AS the seat OF n
regional reserve bank. Banking fig
ures and banking lore were taken up
as n post -graduatf course by. every
RichmonderN whose business took him
to any. Of tho townseip. tile present
Firth Reserve District. Richmond's
banking pre- -eminence was, preached SO
effectively and with such, thoroughness
that 1t CONVINCED the Federal Reserve
Board, and the reserve bank was won
for Richmond. l +, y. e8SsA :
On theif eve, of the establishment OF
(ContinuedY on Sixth Page.) 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
VIOLENT ENGAGEMENTS
OCCUR AT THREE POINTS
Despite Furious Attacks. OF Germans,
Franco-British Line
Holds Fast.
NOW FIGHTING TOWARD COAST
kaiser's Forces Reaching Out in Di-
rection of Dunkirk, Channel Port.
Ostend Predicted as Scene of I'M
lninent Encounter.
NOW FIGHTING TOWARD COAST

Especial Gable to The Times Dispa tch I
PARIS, October 10.-Violent engage
mcnts We're fought at three separate
points Of the front in the battle OF
Seven Rivers to-day. according TO the
official bulletin issued at Bordeaux at
midnight, and despite the furious att
rtempts of the Germans to relieve the
constantly increasing pressure, tho al
lies line held fast.
The two rival bodies of cavalry both
In great strength, have been in almost
constant contact to the southwest of
Lille. while in the Arras region, on three
sides, the north, the south, and the
east fierce fighting continues. To the
east, the Germans have made Series
of vigorous attacks on the French DO
sitions along the heights OF the AIeusc,
with no definite results reported.
The great oVershadowins fact Of tho
days deveopmont is the attempts of
the Germans to carry the, fighting sea-
ward. With Antwerp III their hands.
and Ostend predicted as the scene of an
are now reaching out toward Dunkirl,
the channel port at which the British
eNpeditionary force dcbarlSed.
Fighting to-day was reported as FAR
TO the northwest of Lille as Casset.
which is but eighteen miles from the
channel coast Between Cassct. la
Bassee and Armcnticrcs. several en-
easements were reported, which were
of intricate nature because of the rhar-
actor OF the ground over which the two
opposing flanks are manoeuvring.
GERMANS DRIVEN RACK
FIFThEN MILES TOWARD SEA
Along the line from T,ucoing to
Armentieres. however, tile Germans have
been driven back fifteen miles toward
tho sea, defeating thir purpose OF
threatening the northcrly extension of
the French left. II was reported dur
ing the day that force of 5000 Ger
mans had occupied Courtrai, just over
the Franco Belgian border, .tweHty-six
miles southeast of Ghent and thirty
miles from Lille. These probably are
the ietreating detachments from the
Tucoing line.
The retirement of the Germans north
of Lille followed the delivery of n num-
bcr. of violent assaults by the enemy,
all OF which were rcpulsed with, great
loss to the invaders The War Office re-
ports the situation in this region satis-
factory to the allies.
uhlans have been reported to tho
south of Ostend, and it Is believed they
arc, screening an advancing column of
Germans. Large bodies of Belgians arc
in this vicinity, and strong army OF
British reinforccments is reported to
havo landed there.
a dispatch from Basles to-day re-
ported that the French had resumed the
CONTINUED on Fifth Pnge.l' b 77 -1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
GREAT STATE. FAIR
COMES TO|TSCLOSE
Exhibitors and Shownen Fold
Up Their Tents and
Scatter.
REGARDED AS GREAT SUCCESS
Lacking /, Somewhat in Attend
ance, It's Agricultural Feat s.
ures Were Unsurpassed.

When yesterday. night flung her
shadows down and n slow moving cav
alcade began. passing snlournfuliy
through the, gates, into tho strange.
silent roatlways leading to the city;
when the travelling Snowman turned to
tho sterner duties of pulling up his
pegs and folding his tents;i when the
spieler had blatantlY spelled his last
and when Midway and Ballyhoo Lane
had become silent and lost their SAVIOR,
myriad lights : flashed out. .and the
curtain was drawn on the State Fair
of 1aIi.
II was with, a feeling akin to regret
that Manageri Warwick closed,}his of
tces and left them tortheir perennial
dust and went out, 1t was. with an
ever recurring. sadness that the show
men folded their tents and stole away
in the early morning hours. 1t was
with faint understanding of an eter~
naily changing order that the horses
and cattle stepped softly, from their
stalls and prepared for the journes.
home. And it was with whole re-
Brct that the visitors and the. stran-
gers who had enjoyed Richmond's hos
pitality said their adicus
ANNUAL iEXIIIBITION HAS
been UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS
Lacking, perhaps. in the attendance
with which the fair was crowded last
year. the annual show event OF yir-
Binla WaSi>suOWeNer, Ill all Otner re-
spccts an absolute success Tho
crowds yesterday and the day before
werc slightly less than OH the corues-
ponding days of last year, but on We'd
nesday and Thursday tho total attend
ance was in excess OF that OF tho cor
responding days in the fair of 1913
Support from the farmer was loyal
and. in spite of the fac, that he had
had bad year withy his crops, and
had suffered from an Egyptian vista
ton Of drought, he laid away. his cares
and came in legion force to the fair.
The big show came to n quiet con-
clusion promptly mt midnight, when
tho gates clicked for the last time and
the rectipts We're hurried In an armed
police patrol automobile to the Ameri-.
can National, hank. Midway was
empticd without untoward incident.
During the whole week, k,sDotwithstand- :.
Ing that thera had Sheen many. .,ilazard-
ous and death daring feats performed
for price, tbcre We're no. accidents.
DARE-DENIL SCHRESER
.T.ikES FtNAL.LEAP
Several thousand people occupied the
grand stand In thetaftornoon to watch
the free shows and to see sDare-p evil.
sehreyer once TaEain g 1--we himself over
fcontinued on Fourth gPege75 W.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

. DESPERATE Fight
OF ELEVEN DAYS.
Greater Part of Belgian
Field Army Aid Gar
rison Escape.
TRIUMPHANT GERMANS
FIND DEFENDERS GONE
Death Roll Not Yet COUPLED,
but Losses Will Be Ter
ribly Heavy.
ExTENT OF DAMAGE NOT KNOWN
Question Concerning Effect Upon
General Campaign Is
Discussed.
British Join Belgians in
Defense of Antwerp

with the fall OF Antwerp 1t Inns
become known, through oRcial an
nounccmcnt by the Hritish hd-
rnirnity, TINT n British force, con-N
sistinE of three naval hrisades OF
about 5000 nep, with heRay Sunn,
fought beside the TselEinns In fdc-
fense OF their Erent fortrcss-
with the Belgian army when Il
marched out OF Antwerp went the
British, Int during the retreat one
Of the british brfsadcn was forced
TO find refuge I'm Holland. where 1t
IN intcrned. The other TWO b-iEndcs
reached Ostcnd. Tho British loHses
mt Antwerp arc reported tie be a0O.
The british admiralty stntcmcnt
ntlds TINT the retreat Of the Belgian
army was accomplished suecoss-.
fully.
The progress Of the bnt4Ie nIonE
to Lorraine Is probleaaatirnl, tho
ofacint coinniuniasttons tsyuetl bS
the Trencli NHNr lice swing
nicngrc "details of theS Sitnhtion. Is
The Intrst statement rayS that the:
general hcaaquarters. only n:en hehs
encoun tcrs between carniry f1Fccsy
In the ncighhorhood OF Lille. sfo-.
lent action TO the South. cast and
north OF Arrns nnd vigorous offen-s
Nkfc movements Do thG GerEIhnS on
the heights of the Aleuse.
An earlier Stnrcment reported
nrosrcss by the nlltca to tas north
of the Disc and In the rcstun OF st.
MihIci.
The death OF King Chnrie;; OF Ru-
manin brings prominen,ly TO the
front the question of the attitude
which Rumanis now is likely to arr
sumo with regard to participation
In the war. FSing Charles favored
the Germans md Austrinns, but his
ministers and Runnninn reorie have.
inclined toward the nliea. Mean
while, Rumnnia Inns remained nea-
trRi.
On the IGnst Prassiaa frontier,
the bnttle between the German and
Russian forces continues with un-'
nbated obStinncy. !2ccordinE to
Russian official rcports, tho Gert
man troops are retiring from the
region of Lycls and are blowing up
the bridges,
The Russian troops are undertake
ing strong Offensive movements In
PoInnd. and arc mnnEInE along the
line from I.ublfn to Warsaw, mnd
nIso from Lublin to LemherE.
Vienna reports OF nm official char
meter say that the advance of the
,hustriaan has forced the Russians
to slRcl<en their efforts against
PrxcmysI. and that the Russlnns
have coninsenced to Withdraw their
forces.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11

LONDON. October 10 (9:35 p. MI
Antwerp and the forts surrounding the
City are In complete possession Of the
Germans, but the greater part of the
Belgian army has escaped.
1t took the Germans just eleven days
to capture the strongest fortress in the
world
The fall of Antwerp is evidence that
even the most powerful forts are no
match for the colossal howitzers which
the invaders have successfully sen-
ployed against every fortified place that
stood in their way. These huge guns
open gaps, through which the besigers
find an entrance for their field artillery
and infantry.
The Germans. after Smelling the city
itself for many hours, making 1t ur-
tennbic. entered the town through the
suburb of Berchcm, to the east They
of forts, some of which were destroyed
by their big guns. and others blown
up by the defenders. The Germans
followed similar plans in dealing with
the inner belt OF forts, and at the
same time threw shells into the city
which set afro many places.
The inner forts, like those further
out, soon succumbed to the enormous
shells. and on Friday morning several
of these forts had fallen opening the
BY midday they were in occupation
of the town. and at $50 r. NJ the far
banner on tho cathedral was replaced
by white flag.
IN COMPLETE POgSESSION Sc
ON SATURDAY MORNING
A few forts continued to hold out,
and 1t was not until II o'clock this
morning that the Germans, according
to their own official report, were In
complete possession OF the, city and
fortresses. When they arrived yester.
day they found that the Belgian field
army. and at least part OF the gar.
.rison, had anticipated them. and, like
tho King andtroyal family. had eseaped,
The death roll, resulting from theA
attack on anu defense OF Antwerp, has
not heen complied, and probably the
full details newer will be knpwrs but
all accounts describe 1t as being tor
iribly heavy. The Germans, fa,thopgtis :
their big guns cleared a path for en- ep1,
had to sacrifice many flyetS In crossineS
the rivers and cAnais, and In drfxfSitr
~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11


LONDON, October 10 Gas .P. No
According to n Reuter- dispatch from
Bucharest the death of King Charles
of RuInania occurred at 6:3G:,A. NJ. to-
day. at; his country seat at Sinaia, in
Wallachia e
| Charlen I.Sof- Runiania was seventy
Snye years old. His death came while
his country was in the midst of a
grave. crisis. precipitated by the pres
ent war The failure of his. effort to
enlist Rumania's excellent army on
the side Of Germany marked the .bo-
ginning OF the physical decline which
ended in is4deatli.
When. Archduke Ferdinand was as
sassinated and Austria delivered her
ultimatum, King Charles showed lean
ings toward Austria. In September
he asked the Cabinet to mobilize the
army. One of the ministers replied:
We are quite willing ifsit is against
Austria"
The King replied:
'I gave my word to Emperor Will
liam, and q Hohenzoliern Keeps his
word"
THE country knows no Hohenzol-
lern," replied the president of the
council: ut knows only the King OF
Rumania, who does not have to give
his word to any, one"
King Charles next is said to have
suggested. coup d'etat In the arrest
l'of all the ministers. He was told:
sire, you Will be. the first VICTIM"
Prince Ferdinand, the heir presump-
tive, Is forty-nine years old, and mar
ried Princess OF Saxe-Coburg- Gotha.
Charles T.. was,Humanias first King
The story Of his career, spanning sew
iienty-fvc Years, is that OF q German
prince elected ID, govern Latin peo,
pie. out EofA which experience Ru.
iimanians or those who have followed
1.-The fortunes OF that buffer state, will
recall. much that is stirring, IL not
l,romantic - s.s,.s. - n
,Pri9cess shariss3 3was born a III Iohenzol.
copa1nucd on Eieht tn Pagc.5 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
STATEMENT ISSUED
ny GAI.ICITOI InIINSnH

BY SOLICITOR JOHNSON
} The statement of the department, is
sued by Solicitor Johnson, relating 20
the cotton seed situation, is as follows
The department has received a nrim-
Der of complaints from parties inter
ested in the expectation OF cotton seed
products-cottonv oil. cottonseed meal
and cottoBsccd cake, which appear 10
result. from the reported action OF the
Holland American Steamship i Line,
which, 1t is said, declines to- accept
shipments for Rotterdam unless con :,
signed to the Netherlands government t.
The department has not received any,
official advice of the seizure or de !
tention of shipments Of cotton. oil from
the United States to purchasers lin
neutral countries. a shipment of cot
tonseed cake was detained by the Brif-
ish government at an English port, but
the department is advised by the con-
sul-Eeneral at London that the ship
ment Will be released and permitted
TO go, forward, s. and that the board of
trade has ru led officially that no steps
would be AIKEN to nrcycnt this cako
from reaching its Dutch destinations.
81 ain OF the opinion that icottoR--oil
is at the most to. be ranked as scondl-
tional contraband, being OF tho nature
of a. foodstuff, and that our trade In
cotton oil with neutral countries Ia
entirely leg itimate, and is not ght-
3 (ContinGed on Second }RngalI & Z v
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
COTTON N0NCONTRABAND;
NOT SUBJECT TO SEIZURE.
American State Department An.
nounces Important Decision
Relating to Exports.
MARKS DISTINCT ADVANCE
Opinion Holds There Is No Impedi.
ment to. Shipments in Neutral Bot
toms, Even IL Destined for Ger
many, IL Not for Military Use.

WASHINGTON. October Io.-Con-
tinuiDg its policy of forging out. a
complete. code for regulation of ship
ments of American products, not only
to neutral. but to belligerent countries
the State Department to-day announced
a decision relating to exports of cotton
seed OIL The decision marks dis
tinct advance in the exemption of semi
contraband goods from seizure when
carriedHins American bottoms.
This declaration, in effect is that
American trade in cottonseed oil in
neutral bottoms is not subject to seiz-
ure nor detention, not only when des-
tined for neutral countries. but when
shipped TO Germany, If not intended
for military uses. The British gov
ernment hac sassented TO SO much of, the
proposition as, relates to shipments to
Holland of neutral goods, such as food
stuffs, which thei Netherlands govern
ment has scmbargoed for exportation.
Tho departments opinion goes be-
yond the mere matter of cottonseed
oil, and lays down the principle that
cotton is noncontraband and is not
subject to seizure, even when shipped
to belligerent country, providing II
is on American or other neutral ships.
Therefore, there is no eimpediment to
the shipment Of American cotton to
Hamburg, consigned TO German spin
ncrs. |,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-11
KING of RUIMAN|A DEAD;
NOTABLE CAREER ENDS
German Prince Universally Acknowl-
edged Leader of His Adopted
People.
NEVER PARTY TO ALLIANCES
Leaves Nation With Efficient Army,
agriculture Developed Along Mod
ern Lines. Commerce of Growing
Value and Good National Credit.
NEVER PARTY TO ALLIANCES

AMSTERDAM (via London), October
10.-A telegram received here from,
Vienna says that King Charles OF Ru.
mania died this morning
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-12
FOR LUNCH

Nothing better then Cracked Crab Always fresh caught and cooked when ordered from Jackson. Phone 6.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-12
Hlls| LONG WILL ] THE WAR LAST

LOR DKITCHENER, In August M term of office is for the war, or thee years if the war should last
 ger than that.
 NJ. PINCHON, France, in August The war will be long and hard.
 PRIvY COUNCILLOR WHITING. ssad of the German National Bank It is a long, long war, and will be
 nght to the bitter end. We still we three million men to put in. england or Germany must perish.
 FIX @ PRESIDENT FAILLIERES, grance-The war is only beginning. Months and months will be required rance has acquired constancy.
 GENERA LoFFENBERG, Third Austrian Arrny-It is impossible to ell when She war will end. Money exhaustion may hasten the end.
 WILLIAM E. COREY, American The Germans have food and ammunl- ion enough to last them a year and lalf.
 RUSSIAN OFFICIAL ARMY JOUR war cannot end in less han year. Austria will be crushed y the beginning of winter. But he war will be continued with in- .rcased fury.
 PREMIER ASQUITH, in House of Iommons-The war will not last as ong as many people had originally predicted.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-12

Select your Christmas cards nov at F.. A. Hegg's.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-12

A great variety of attractive Christ mas cards at E. A. Heggs.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-12

For real printing call up the Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1914-12-12
No Snow at Fairbanks

The Fairbanks papers are complain ing at the lack of snow in that coun try. The fall has been so light to date that there is no sledding, which condition is seriously delaying the transportation of supplies to thu win ter diggings.