AUTHENTIC DRESS STYLES!
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llrlnic your I'tipy to-(ln?. Hen'
I'jntntr, tlu nI qcmh Ctmucrn. noart'- '?
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THE TIMES-DISPATCH I
64th YEAR
RICHMOND, VA.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1914. ?TWELVE PACES
TO-DAY'S FATR
WBATHER 1
PRICE 2 CENTS.
AMERICAN TROOPS
TO LEAVE MEXICO
? 8N NOVEMBER 23
Date Announced by Bryan
After Conference
With Wilson.
APPARENTLY RECEIVED
WITH SOME SURPRISE
To What Authority Port of Vera
Cruz Will Be Delivered
Not Made Plain.
ItK^LIKKT) CtUAllANTKKS UIVKN
Villa Moves Against Carrunzu and
Plans Attack on Tani
I?lco.
WASHINGTON, November 13.?Mon-j
day. November ?3, was fixed to-night J
as tlie ?late Tor the American evacua
tion of Vera Cruz.
Secretary Uryan issued this an- I
nouuccmeut: {
"Both General Oarransa arid the; con - ;
vcnllon at Aauaseallentes having I
given the assurances and guarantees I
we requested, It is the purpose of the (
administration to withdraw the troops
of tlio l.'nlted States from Vera Cruz
on Monday, (he 23d of November.
"All the persons there for whose ]
personal safety this government has j
made itself responsible, have left the i
elty. Tho priests and nuns who had
had taken refuge there, and for whose 1
safety fears were entertained, are now j
on their way to this country." i
The statement was given out after
a long conference between Mr. Bryan j
and President Wilson. It apparently j
was received with surprise In some of
ficial quarters, the general under
standing having been that the evac
uation might be delayed Indefinitely,
pending reports on the alignment of
the various Mexican chiefs in the 1
l.iteBt civil war.
DCTAll.S W I I.I. IIK I. IV10.\
TO I't'llMC TO-UW
Secretary Bryan declined to add to j
the formal announcement. saying de- j
tails would be made public by the War '
1 ?cpartincnt to-morrow. Secretary
Garrison bad nothing to say, and to
just what authority the port of Vera
Crur. would be delivered was not made
plain. It has been assumed, however, i
that is the United States throughout ;
the Mexican Oidlcultles has ilealt with
the lie fact o authorities actually lit
control of territory Involved, the city j
would be turned over fo an agent of j
General Carranza, probably General I
Candido Aguilar. |
As far a* Is known, there lias been
no flnal decision as to when anil to,
u'io:u the more than SI. 000.000 of!
Mexican customs moneys no* held by.
the ('lilted States shall be paid. Both '
t'arranza and the Aguaacallentes con
\<ntlon have given guarantees that
customs duties collected will not be
re I m posed. In view of the complica
tions which might arise, however, In
th<- event I'arranza were driven from
power by Villa's army, supporting Gen
eral Gutierrez, the convention's new
Provisional President. It has been stig-;
gested that payment of the money,
might be withheld, pending a clarlllca- j
Most of the situation.
rillST \KWS III' IdlMOVAl,
OP PltlKSTS AM) .\L'.Vs!
.Mr. Bryan's statement bhv the first
newj, of the removal of priests and :
nuns from Vera Cruz. With their <lc- ]
parture. tho only persons other than j
soldiers, marines am! officials left in 1
the Mexican port with a claim upon j
the United States for personal protec
tion arc* Mexicans who have been in ]
the employ of the Americans. As- J
nurance that those men will not be I
punished was one of the conditions of
evacuation. Five army transports
already are in port at Vera Cruz wait
ing to bring away the troops, and Brig
adier-General I'*un?ton. commanding,
lias reported that the evacuation can .
be completed within forty-eight hours!
after fhe order Is given. The garrison j
numbers about 8,500, Including the
First Brigade of Infantry and marines.
VII,I.A TAKES OKKKNHIVK
AGAINST CAHRAX7.A
General Villa, in command of forces :
loyal to Provisional President Gutierrez, I
has taken the offensive' against Gen- !
eral Carranzu, according to .State l)e- j
partinent advices to-day. Villa already 1
has occupied San Till Is I'otoni. and
plans an Immediate attack on Tampico. i
The Washington government already i* ,
preparing to tnk? American refugees >
aboard ships lying in the Tampico j
J liver.
Villa's forces were received with .
open arms at Sun l^uls Potosl, and, ac
cording to tl?e consular advices, now '
command virtually all the territory '
north of the line from Aguascalient.es !
ty San L>uls Potosl. Moving southward. !
Villa Ib expected to meet Carranza's
men at Queretaro. There nrr uncoil- i
firmed reports, however, that General |
Gonzales. Carranza's division command- j
er at that point, may Join the Villa i
forces. I
Oarranza is at Cordoba, where h?- has i
established a temporary capital. Mex
ico City apparently will l>o the objec
tive of the Villa forces moving east
ward toward Cordoba, and Vera Cruz.
Ilt ltHIKU (IHDKHS C*I V I0X
TO IIATTItHSIIIl* TI5.VAS
! Spceial to The Tlmes-Dlspateli.l
WASHINGTON, November 13.--Mur-|
l ieii orders were given to-night to the .
battleship Texas, now at'Galveston, to,
proceed at oneo to Mexican waters
This abrupt action of the Navy l>c-j
partment was taken after news bad ,
arrived here that General Villa, with j
Ills forces, was marching from Kan ,
Talis" I'otosi to attack and capture
Tump I eo. ? Secretary of State Bryan f
conferred with the President about It, I
and later there was a conference be- j
tween Mr. .ljryan and the Secretary of'
the Navy.'
The qiilelc action of the government
in dispatching the Texas to Mexican
?waters Is due to the stand taken by
the State Department, some time ago
that Tampico Is a free port. The
Texas Is expected to get orders to go
straight to Tampico. Her going there
? moans that the goVefnrnent Intends to
kaep Tampico open .at all hazards.;
Tills time tli? officials hero say, Gen
eral Villa, after capturing 'tlvo I'Jty,"
might not be. as tractable ns yvere llle
agents of Carrairea. - ? ? ? . , . |
H is taken)as an aocqptcd 'fae.t that
Vllln, to succeed In his overthrow of
j C'arranza and to ni,ako himself dlcta
(Continued on Second Page)
TO ANNOUNCE RATES TO-DAY
Krilrral Itesrrvr Hoard I'rrpgrtii for
OptuluK of llniik* on Hondaj.
(Spwlnl to The Tlmon-l>lspateh. 1
WASH IN< JTON, Novembor 13.?The
i Fcdernl Rcwrve Hoard will announce
! to-morrow the rate of rediscount for
j th'j Federal reserve banks of the coun
1 try In preparation for the opening of
! the banks on .Monday.
Because of the Importance of the
j announcement, it linn been held up uu
: til Saturday, the last busim ss day of
I the week.
The rate will not be uniform for all
| partn of the country. 11 will lie ap
' preclubly lower In tlie South than else
! where, to relieve the financial strin
gency In the cotton States. It Is ex
? pected It will also be slightly lower
| in New York than in the other
: Northern States. While the board has
refUHed to Indicate Just what the rate
will be. It is the Impression here that
| it will be n trifle lower than the reg
; ular discount rate of the banks.
The board lias to Holve the difficult
| problem of fixing a rate which will
j be low enough to assist the money
: market, but not low enough to tak<
business away from the bit; national
i banks, which now do the rediscount
; business of the country.
j GOVERNORS LACK POWER
| General Complaint of Slntr- t-'seentlve*
In Conference- ?t Mndliton.
j MADISON. WIS., November 13.?Gov
| emor K. A. Amnions, of Colorado.
blames the seriousness of recent Indus
| trial difficulties in his State on the
| Governor's lack of authority over bis
subordinates, he told the CSovernors'
I Conference here to-day. The mine
! strike troubles ran the State deeply
| into debt, destroying much property
land cost 100 lives, all because other
' State ofllcerB defied bis orders, the
; Governor said.
Other Governors complained that
jtliey do not have sufficient power to
i remove subordinates, and, therefore,
| are subject to adverse criticism bc
i cause of the acts of their underlines.
Governors Joseph M. Carey, of
Wyoming; William Spry, of -Utah, and
' S. V. Stewart, of Montana, protested
against what tlicy termed lax methods
of regulating shipments of tubercular
! cattle.
THRILLING FIGHT IN AIR
(irrimin Aeroplane* Destroyed In Kn
coonfrr Wltli Allies.
PARIS, November 13 (4:40 P. M).? j
A thrilling encounter between four
German and two French and two Tirit- |
i^h aeroplanes has occurred near
Ypres. Tlie German machines finally J
were destroyed by artillery, and their j
eight officers killed.
When the Germans were seen ap
proaching tlie allies' lines, the French
and British craft ascended to meet
them. For some time the airships cir
cled about each other, while machine
guns ineffectually spattered bullets
among them. Then suddenly the four
allied aeroplanos made a swift da6h
toward their own trenches. The Ger-,
mans, following them, discovered the !
1 feint too late. Shrapnel began to j
burst about them, And in a few min-1
utcs they crashed to earth.
AVIATOR INSTANTLY KILLED
MiirlilDr Crashes to Ground While Alr
mnn Attempts to Avoid Spectators.
CM RSTKRFIKL.D, S. C.. November
13.?Frank J. Terrell, an aviator, was 1
instantly killed at a county fair lieYe .
to-day when engine trouble forced him !
to make a quick descent, and he at
tempted to avoid striking spectators, ?
who had surged past the policc and 1
filled the landing ground. Ills home,
has not been ascertained.
The aviator had ascended to a
height of uOO feet without mishap
when his engine began to give liim
trouble, lie stopped It and started to
glide the aeroplane to earth. When
near the ground, he saw the crowd t
covering the usual landing space, and
gave the machine a quick turn by
shifting lily weight. It crashed to the I
ground a few feet from the crowd. '
with Terrell buried beneath the wreck- (
age. I
IN SESSION AT BIRMINGHAM ?
Mrmhpm of Southern Tfilllr As?o
rintlon Hold Annual Mrrtlns,
BIRMINGHAM. At.A., November 13.?
Momliers of the Southern Textile Amo
elation in convention here were enter
tained by the Chamber of Commerce
te-night after a day spent in business
anil ?preliminary greetings. About 125
nu mbers are here, and President TC. 15.
Bowci of South Carolina, Is presid
ing.
The association rcpresentes 13.000.
000 spindles and 300.000 looms, and its
members consume 3,000,000 bales of
cotton annually.
Sessions will continue to-morrow.
President Bowen in his address to
day stressed the Importance of co
operation among mill men.
The delegates will have a business
session to-morrow morning, and attend
the Auburn-Vanderbilt football game in
the afternoon.
M. C.\ BRANCH ELECTED
Itlchinonil .linn Heroine* Director of
Victor Manufacturing Company,
GfiKIONVTIjL.13, S. C.. November 13.?
Tile directors of the Victor Manufac
turing Company, a part of the Parker
group of mills, met here to-day and
elected Melville C. Branch, of Uleh
mond, and \V. E. Bouttle, of thin city,
directors In place of 15. C. Bailey and
J. A. Robinson, resigned. Mr. Beattle
was elected treasurer to succeed l.ewls
\V. Parker, resigned. The Victor Man
ufacturing Company includes the Victor
and Greer Mills, of Greer, S. O.: the
Apalache .Mills, of Arlington. S. C.; the
Ottaray Mills, of Union, S. C., and the
\N'aliac<! Mills, of '.Tonosville. S. C. The
headquarters of these mills will re
ina.in in Greenville, and thero will ho
no change in the selling end of the
business, was the announcement made
by Mr. Seattle to-day.
MILK MUST BE PASTEURIZED
Ttndlcnl Order Indued hy Department of
Ifenltb In JVew York.
[Special to The Timcs-Dlspatch. 1
XRW YOrtK. November 13.? All milk
sold In New York City hereafter must
be pasteurized. This order. Issued to
day by the Department of Health, cov
ers all grade A and certified milk, tnuch
of which has btfen sold In the past In
its raw state. The order Is based pri
marily on the natlon-wTdo epidemic of
foot and mouth disease, but It Is hinted
that another cause Is th<> discovery of
Irregularities In the certification of
milk hy various county medical milk
commissions. This is the most radical
order .covering the handling of the
city's iplllt supply that has been issued
In many years.
BELGIAN RELIEF
i COMMISSION WILL
! MEET ON MONDAY
I
t Boykin Plans Immediate
State-Wide Movement for
Aid of Starving People.
; WILL SEND SHIPLOAD
OF FOOD FROM VIRGINIA
Vessel Will Fly State Flag and
; Leave From Hampton Roads
for Europe.
CONTItllH TIONH AltK COMING IN*
Mayor AinsIIe Names. IJojkin as
Chairman of Local Committee
for Richmond.
i Willi every possible means of or
ganized charity to be placed at his
| disposal. Colonel Henry M. Royktn,
1 commissioner ami chairman of the
! Belgian Belief Committee for the |
; State of Virginia, hopes to be able to 1
t Bather $3 00,000 in money and provl-j
j slons for the' stricken Belgians. Im- 1
mediately after being commissioned by
I the Governor for this important work.
'Colonel1 Boykin began bis prepara
tions, anil has called a meeting of the
; members of the commission, to be held
' in the Jeffereon Hotel on Monday, N'o
! vomber is, at noon. Oscar K. Weisi
| ger, manager of the Jefferson Hotel,
I yesterday granted the use of a par
lor in the hotel free of charge.
! "The work is even now well stnrt
j ed," said Colonel Boykin yesterday
afternoon, "and 1 am already assured
that the people of Virginia, who have
themselves been throueh and endured
all the throes and agonies of war, will
not fail to heed the appeal of the Ilt
| tie kingdom beyond the sens. Vir
ginians have ever been charitable. No
I cry that has been made to them lias
ever gone unheeded, and now in this
greatest calamity which can befall a
people, they will not be lacking in
that assistance which the occasion de- 1
mands.
WANT VllllilMA SHIT
KI.VI\(i VIKtSIXIA PI.ACS ,
"We want a ship of our own, to be
known as the ship of Virginia, and to '
fly the Virginia flag. This is our
work and our own privileged duty, and j
wo will fulfill it. Irrespective ami lnde- !
pendent of all other work done In be- j
half of those reduced people. It may ]
l be stated that all the railroads will ?
j transport everything that is gathered ]
| for Belgian assistance free of charge." |
In order that the relief work of ;
State and city ? may be co-ordinated i
and that there may be no diversity or ]
contrariety of interest. Mayor George |
Alnslie yesterday afternoon appointed j
Colonel Boykin chairman of the Rich- ,
tnond committee and requested him to i
appoint and organize Its membership. :
In making the appointment and in I
explanation of his do:?ire to co-ordi
nate all interests. Mayor Ainsllc wrote j
to Colonel Boykin yesterday as fol- j
lows:
MAYOH AIM'OI.Vrs HOVKIX J
to i.i:au citv comjiittkk
"My Dear Colonel,?! understand from,
a. conference held yesterday with the!
Governor of Virginia that his object
in appointing a State commission for
the relief of the suffering Belgians is
not to interfere with any local move
ment to that end, but to stimulate
them and co-ordinate them into n gen
eral State movement, and to offer to
all Virginians the opportunity to act
as such in this work of humanity.;
However, 1 do not understand that this
will prevent a member of the State
commission from acting with anyj
local committee, but 1 think, on the:
contrary, tlmt each member should do
so, and thereby give his valuable, as-]
sistancc to the particular locality in
which he lives, and sec that its contri
bution becomes a part of that of the
State. Therefore, I appoint you chair
man of the Richmond committee, which
I will thank you to appoint and or-;
ganise In the persons of such men and ;
women as will bo lllcely to he inter
ested In this movement. I know that!
our own condition is not as good as
it might be. 1 know that many of
our own people are suffering on ac-1
count of this very war; but. having had'
the same frightful experience them-1
selves, Virginians, of all peopl'\ will \
understand and sympathize with the j
widows and orphans of this stricken ;
nation, and will hear their cry and |
help them.
"Very truly yours.
"G ISO HO 15 AlNSMK.
"Mayor." j
WII.I. ontiAM/.K I.OCAI? * j
COMM ITTKr. OK I'lFTUIiNj
Colonel Hoykin plans to organize n
local committee of fifteen or twenty'
men and women and to organize city ;
and rural committees in every part of i
the State. He has already prepared a
tentative list of subchalrineu, which
he will submit to the commission at:
its first meeting next Monday.
The com mittco will receive, said
Colonel Tloykln. money and provisions,
the provisions to consist of pork, ba
con, shelled corn, wheat, flour and
Irish potatoes, which are the or 'y
commodities among the chief neeessi ?
ties.of life which will stand transpor
tation. The commission will also re
ceive shirt.-i, socks, undershirts and
other underclothing, provided that they
be new. Second-hand clothing i? not
desirable, Colonel Hoykin said. Noth
ing is to be forwarded from the point
of origin, except subscriptions In
money, until cjue notice is given, when
everything will be hauled at the same
tlmo to the point of departure. Col
onel Hoykin ardently hopes that suf
ficient money and provisions tnav be
obtained in Virginia to warrant tho
use of a. Virginia whip, so that the l!el
glans, w ho made a personal appO'i 1
to the Governoi of Virginia, may know
in the end that thwlr appeal wis ?in
swercd to the fullest extent.
CAN A 1*1*11 KCIA TK ItlUOItS
AND IIAHIISKII'M OF WAII J
"We ho\e been through all the rigors
and hardships of war ourselves," said j
Colonel Hoykin. "nnd no .people more j
than we can understand the dire ne- j
ccsslty and the terrible calamity which ,
has befallen thnt noble little ' race. ]
T,et iik pull together, and let every j
Virginian contribute Ills mile. One of!
the newspaper*, which has been work- J
ing for She Helgian relief, has already j
turned over $1,100 to the commission, |
(Contlnuod on Second Page.) I
RUSSIANS TAKE GALICIAN TOWNS;
AUSTRIANS PROBABLY RETREATING
TOWARD CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
GERMANS DRIVEN
1 OUT OF ME
I
,
i Correspondent of London Paper
in North of France Tele
graphs Report.
SITUATION LITTLE CHANGED
! First One Side Gains Ground
Slightly, Then Other Takes
It Back.
LONDON, November 13 (8:35 P. M.).?
The correspondent of the Central News
in the north of Franco telegraphs that
the Germans have been driven oui of
Dixmude. ;
"The Germans," the correspondent
says, "had not long in which to con
gratulate themselves oti their seizure
I of the mass of ruins, which onoo was
I Dixmude. They were sprayed with
'shrapnel and high explosive shells until
I extermination threatened them.
. "The appearance of French marines
in a bayonet charge rapidly convinced
tliem that the death rate would be too
high If they remained. . Hence. Dlx
ntude is ours again.
"The Gentians ha\e made a slight
advance against Ypres. but it is doubt
ful if they hold tin: village of Stolol.
"At Ivibassoc the Germans are at
tempting to drive a wedge into tlie
allied line by si concentrated heavy gun
lire. There lias been a considerable
bulge in the line here fur some time,
but the allies bold their positions on
either flank."
llAT'll.K POL.MIWS IIA'ITI.K
IN (iltUAT S'liUlifiLK
PA HIS. November 13 (11 :*J3 P. >1.1-?
Battle follows battle in the great
struggle in Northeast France and ltel
gium. but notwithstanding the heroic
efforts of both the allies and the Ger
mans. the military situation there ap
parently ha? undergone no noteworthy
change during the last twenty-foui
hours. First one side gains ground
slightly, and then the other side takes
it buck. All attempts of the Germans
to advance beyond Dixmude, seemingly
have bec-n in vain.
The constant artillery lire has trans
formed the surrounding country into
a furnace, Into which factories,
churches and houses arc burniim. All
the inhabitants have fled. The en
gagement around Vpres lias been In
progress three weeks. Scarcely an
inch of ground has been gained by
either army, although the opposing
lines have been bent, some one way
or another.
An eminent general on the retired
list of the army, to-day summarised
the situation as follows:
"Wo have reoccu pied a large part of
the French territory, which had been
captured by the Germans. W'e have
relieved the pressure on the Belgian
army, which is reorganizing. We have
checked the Germans' double turning
movement at St. Mihiel and in the Ar
gonne. while we have forced them to
retire io- Lorraine, and in the
Yos^es."
lIKTllllXIXIi OFFICIOUS
TIC LI. OF FltHITING
Talcs of British lighting are related
b> returning ofib:era. One said to-day
that a brigade of French bluejackets
on the Belgian frontier last night
tricked the Intrenched Germans, who
had hung cans and bells on their wire
entanglements to prevent *. surprise
attack. The sailors, according to this
o fllcer, crept out and tied strings to
tlie wires and then returned to their
own trendies. They continually pulled
these strings, which caused the Ger
mans to keep up for many hours a
constant tire. When finally the Ger
mans ceased tiring, the sailors attacked
and took a number of prisoners.
At another part of the line, Algerian
Ttircos and French riflemen are re
ported to have recaptured Ftamacapcllc
at the point of the bayonet against
overwhelming odds.
Reports from the front tell of good
work in the Marjcs Held hospital, on
the French left. .Owing to its close
proximity to the firing line, and con
sequent and immediate treatment of
the wounded, many cases of tetanus
and gangrene are prevented.
'As many as 300 wounded have been
carried by the ten motor ambulances
In a single day to the chateau which
is serving as >i eniporary base for the
hospital. This chateau is only six
miles from the trenches.
WILSON G0ES*T0 NEW YORK
Makes Week-Bnil Visit to Ills Friend,
Colonel H, M. House.
WASHINGTON, November 13.? Pres
ident Wilson left al midnight for a
week-end visit to his friend. Colonel
K. Al. House, in Now York. He plan
ned <o return Sunday nlglit. ,\lr. Wil
son took,.with him liis daughter. Miss
Margaret, and Dr. T. C. Grayson, iilb
naval aid and physician.
v:
271Z& ZZ^TnjC? ? (? t?ry&?tz>*Axo&-ty?c^^**aae>-r*'.'r'.
Upper picture shows Koiser's infantry in famous coast city, lie con- :
torn plated usinj; this former seaside resort as the base of operations in :
directing his attack against Hngland, whose nearest point of attack is!
l>over, about sixty-eight miles from Ostein).
Lower picture shows a scene in the village of i'au. France, where
the entire population has turned out to witness with considerable interest a
column-of .1UO war prisoners escorted liy French soldiers to tlie French
vamp for war prisoners.
TO MEET OBLIGATIONS
All Due in London Up to <!nnnnry 1
Tnken C?ro Of ami Will
lie Arranged.
I ON 10 MATTKI8 TO lilO SIOTTMSD
Suggested Credit of Possibly $100,
000,000 Through ltanU of Kugland
in Case of Need Suhniitted by Sir
(ieoi'nc l'aish to llis Government.
WASHINGTON; Noyomber 13.?Some
| of the air of mystery surrounding ne
gotiations between Federal Reserve
| Board and Sir George Puish. of the
i lOnglif-h Trsnsury, was dispelled to
j day. and it was learned there Is but
? one matter to be settled before Sir
George returns to England.
American' bankers have assured Sir
George that all American obligations
due in ISurope up to January 1 have
! been taken care of and will be mot
; cither through purchase of forcipm ox
i change or through the SIOO.OOO.OOO
i gold pool.
The hankers, the Pedcr.il Reserve
j Hoard and Fir George renliEC that the
! T.ondon and New Vork Stock l?x
i changen cannot bo kept closed long
after the first of the new year.
Word lias come to authorities bore
within the' last few days that seems
to make it certain no attempt will he
made to reopen the New Vork ex
chungc now. ft was said that W.
! Van Antwerp and possibly other brok
'? ers identified with, the exchange luivo
i expressed confidence that the opening
j will he oostponed until after January
I ??
, WII.1. NOT ST.tV CI.OSKII
KOI* It M A .V \ MOIIK W'KlilKS
! Bankers and members of the hoard,
) however, are fully'aware that the Lon
! dori exchange will not stay closed for
'many more weeks. American hank
ers and board members feel that no
matter how much they hope that
American securities will not be dump
ed on the London market, they cannot
be certain of what will happen. They
want to he In a position to lake care
! of such a situation on the ground.
! without making it necessary . for
1 American bankers to ship out more
gold at a time when the new reserve
I system is just getting under way.
| It was suggested to Sir George that
: he attempt to* arrange for a credit of
(possibly *100.000,000 through the Rank
of Kngland, on which American hank
i ers con hi draw If necessary to incPt
' demands for payment of American kc
j curl ties sold. The existence of such
a fund would be counted on to provu
a slay to the American security mar
ket.
In caac American exports to Eng
land are sullleicnt to pile up a big bal
ance in favor of this country, such a
credit from the Hank of Kngland
i might not heed to continue Ioiik:.
j Sir George had not heard from his
I government to-night, hut Treasury of
| lldnls hoped he would be in a position
| next week u> announce acceptance by
I his government of suggestions mado
! here. ?
It was said that virtually the only
question on which Sir George, had to
be advised whs as to the proposed
1100,000,000 credit from the Hank of
| Kngland.
Arrives Safely nt <'n<nntn.
LONDON; November 13 ( 11 p. M.).
?An- l'Sxchnnge Telegraph dispatch
from Homo savs the steamer Oltta 1>I
Sa-vona. which aent out a wireless S.
i?. S. call Ia0 nilliYi ofi fntunl, Sicily,
saying she was on tire, Ims arrived at
| t.'atanla. The flro was extinguished
by soldiers on board.
M COTT
f TO REOPEN NEXT WEEK
New York and Now Orleans Ux
j changes Will Itesume Trading
i on Monday.
j LIVERPOOL SOON* TO FOLLOW
i Action lOnds Suspension of Months,
Due to 12tiropean War?Brokers
Anticipate Active Business?Sharp
Advance in Membership.
, NEW YOUK. November 13.? All three
i of the big cotton futures markets will
I
reopen for business next week, it la
expected, after a suspension of months
because of the war. It was officially
announced to-day that the New York
Cotton Exchange would reopen for un
restricted trading at 10 o'clock Monday
morning. Soon after the issuance of
this statement, advices from New Or
| leans said the .market there also would
I resume business on Monday, and. us the
Liverpool market hits been gradually
removing restrictions on trading, it Is
thought operations will begin again In
the English city within the next few
! days.
I The Liverpool exchnnge thus fnr has
taken no action to remove the bar on
I sHIinc in that market beloa 1 :&d. for
I May-June contracts, hut the recent ea
; tabllshment of the oorporation-syndi
i rate plan here removes any catise for
; apprehension as to the effect of future
; price movements on the remaining In
| terest on old contracts in the New York
| market. In a statement issued lute to
day. however, the board of managers
requested that members accept no or
ders on old-style contracts, except in
liquidation. The new-stylo contracts
will begin with JsVutiary contracts.
Trading on the calls, until further
| notice, .will be In old-style contracts in
I November and December, new and old
I style-contracts in January to May In
j elusive, and in new-style contracts
i alone in nil later deliveries.
\'KW CONTHACT HA SKI)
ON ?OVI5I?NMIONT (yi-KAIIICM
The new-style contract is based on
| government grades, and conforms with
the I''cderal cotton futures act.
The Cotton Trading Corporation has
| purchased old December contracts, esti
mated at "00,(1.10 bales, at 0 cents a.
i pound, and will carry them down to
| 7 l -^ cents, when they are to be taken
over by a syndicate. Members of the
exchange have agreed to pay a tax j
i of V-.?r,o a contract on all now busi
ness until the corporation lias been j
reimbursed, and commissions have been j
raised from $15 to $1!0 a contract to ]
lion members to off act this Item.
Lovnl brokers are anticipating an i
active business, once the trade has '
been adjusted to the now regulations, j
Cotton exchange memberships already I
have advanced sharply, with J9.000 re- j
ported bid to-day as compared with
recent sales At. $7,000. He vera 1 mem- j
bershlps are reported for sale, but at j
the moment there aro ii number of J
buyers In th?- market, and holders arc j
asking still higher prices.
COTTON FtiTIJItE MARKETS .
CLOSED OX I'MtlOAV, JLI.V .'?t !
NEW OJtLEANK. Noveniber 13.?The
?New York, New Orleans and Liverpool
cotton future markets closed in order
named on Friday, July 31. The sus
pension was thought by manx, to bo a
matter of only a few days, and the
Now York notice read, "Closed - until
Tuesday." t
The .situation, however, grew wofao
steadlfy an nation after nation was.
drawn lnt*> the European war. Matters
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
IIKST FOR HUSINKSS OK l'LKASUTtR.
Yurk Klvcr blue to Baltimore, f>:t0 P. M.
excnpi Sunday. J-'.W one way, H.J0 round
trip, Delightful and Invigorating tall.
IN EAST PRUSSIA
Military Men Look on This
as Centre of Gravity
of the War.
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS
FIGHT ON 150-MILE LINE
Kaiser's Forces Apparently Check
Their Retreat in
Poland.
SITUATION IN WEST FLANDERS
Allies lleport Enemy's Attacks Re
pulsed nnd Gains Nearly
Everywhere.
Vienna Announces
Reverse to Armies
RUSSIA lian driven tlic Alinlrlmu
out of i lie towiih of Tnmow,
?Inslo and K nmiio, In <;nlicln, and
the Austrian* prohnhly 11 o\t nrr rr
irnidnic toward tlic Carpathian
Mountain*.
'?The enemy linn marchcd luto
Titrnow, Jnslo aud Krimnv." In tlir
way Vienna officially announced licr
reverne to Iter nrnilcw. I'ctrograd
merely nnnounccn tlic taking of
Kronuo, ivlth heavy lonnen to tlic
Austrian rear guard. 'I'lie Hussion
report #av? nothing of tlic otlicr two
tOWllH,
On the ^ventero hattlc Croat the
allien are nulil to hove rctakc.u Uli
Hiflilo frunv.fhe (Jfraiaim.. Thin re
port In unofficial, null Iion not been
confirmed by either 1'itrh or l>on
don.
I'MRlithiK In the vicinity of Dlt
mudc nnd also around Yprcn con
tlimrs extremely violent, although
It slackened HoniKwhat hh compared
with pri?vlou* dn>N. In the western
*one hotli the nllle.s nod the (Jcr
nuius claim nucccnn at various
points. The French nay they have
progressed month of ltl\McIioote, re
taken a vlllnKc eaett of Vprcn, and
repulsed a t.crmaii offcuiihi; nouIIi
of Yprcn.
Tlic tiernianM nay their mariucN
at .\lenport Inflicted lien* y loMnrji
011 the nlllfM. nnd that they cap
tured 701) primmer*, that 1,100 nlllen
were taken ' at Yprca, and that
heavy citMtillltlcs were Indicted
around Solnnoitn.
That big engagements already are
In progreMM or are aliout to begin,
in the cant all the way .from tlie'v
northeastern part of Kant 1'rannfR
to the cantera point of t.nllola
Nceiiin evident frobt tlic troop dltf
ponitlonn of the GermaiiN and tlir
Itiinnlann. Sonic liattlcn already
have taken place iu the tiortlienst,
where the terminus are making
preparations to context vigorounly
any Itunnlan attempt to gain a foot*
hold I11 I'.antcru Prussia. Tlic Alin
trliius nay the} Itnve cleared their
territory of Servians.
A Turkish report, by way of Oer
lin, nayn the Kunnliion arc retreat
ing all/ along the entire hattlc
front, hard prenned by , the Turkn.
That huge miiiun of money will
lie needed to prosecute the war In
ludlcnted by the llrltlnh govern
ment's iiotillcatlon that it will re
fluent Parliament to vote a credit
of SI,IU,%,0f><MMltl for expenses up to
.March :tl. The French supplement
ary credit for the month of Novein
lier niuounlN to S1 S?, I ,VI,r>()l, or a
dally average of SU.tllHMHH).
\
) *?
\.0>fDON', November 115 (9:10 P. M.).
? While tin- buttle In West Flanders
continues to hold public attention, be
cause i>f 111 o desperate character of
tlx? lighting, (lie numbers of men cn
gaged and tin- territory at stake, mili
tary men now look on Kast Prussia as
tlie. centre of gravity ff the war.
In the latter tlehi h tremendous bat
t lo is (!?'veiopi tin? The Russians arc
pushing vigorously a great enveloping
movement. Tiiey are engaged with the
Germans along a wide curve of lot)
inilos from Slalluponen, In the north
east, through Ooldap and Kruglaiiken.
which Is well within the tangle of
lakes, down to Soldati, In- the south*
west.
Military observers say the Germans
apparently have checked their retreat
in Poland, ami are counterattacking.
The.v say, however, that the Russians
are not to be turned from their plan,
which is believed to lie an attack on
Danzig. They argue that the Germans
el titer must allow Hast Prussia to lie
overrun a second time, or bring tip re
Inforeeinents, for they run hardly
weaken their uriuy alone the Polish
frontier, for that would leave Posen
and Silesia open to invasion. Tlie al
lies. naturally, arc hoping an effort
will be made -to relieve. I.Oast Prussia,
at a sacrifice to tlie German armies In
Ltclglum and France.
tiKint.WS 1IAVK MOTWOItK
<>??' STRATEGIC lUILWAV!)
In any lighting lit tbelr^own country
the Germans will have the advantage
over the IdtHsltinH, as they It aye a not
work of strategic railways to move
their troops (illicitly, and thev use
more motors than their opponents.
Military men are watching operations
in this region with deepest interest.,
In West Flanders the German* do
not seem to have Improved theli* posi
tion to a marked extent. In fu.<"t, an
tinollleiul report from (l?e north ftl
France 'to-night says they again liayo
lost Dlxmudc, which, they took last