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: (Tfi THB GAZETTE-NKWB HAS THD HOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THB it it CAR0LINA3 ' ; :: u ' R"inrn ."WEATHER FOEECASTi GENERALLY FAIR. ; . ". VOLUME XIX. NO. 157. PRICE FIVE CENTS ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12, 1914. GERMAN ARMY BEGINS ADVANCE THR THE HEART OF BELGIUM l- W I . HARVESTER CO. MUST DISSOLVE International Harvester Co. Declared Combination in - Restraint of Interstate and Foreign Trade. JUDGES SMITH AND HOOK FILE OPINION Receiver May Be Named Un less Plan of Dissolution Is ,. , Filed Within Ninety; Days. ' St. Paul, Aug. 12. The Interna tional Harvester company was today declared to be a combination In re straint of Interstate and foreign trade and ordered dissolved in an opinion filed here by . Judges ' Smith and Hook today.. Judge Sanborn dissented. Unless the company Bubmlta a plan for dissolution within ninety days the court will entertain an . application for a receiver. ' r , : , The majority opinion held that the International Harvester company was from Its organization in 1902 in vio lation of the Sherman law. The 'orig inal, corporation, formed of five con cerns, violated the first section of the Sherman act by restraining competi tion among themselves. The com bined organization also tended to mo nopolize trade in contravention of the second section of this law, The decision declare that while the International Harvester company and its selling organization, the Interna tional Harveser company of America, conrol from 80 to 85 per cent of the trade in agricultural implements manufactured by them, their treat' mtent of smaller competitors in gen' eral has been fair and just The court finds fault with the ac tions of the corporation, aside from the technical violation of the Sher n.nn law, for only two actions. The opinion declares that there was no excuse for the advertising of the pro . ducts of,D. M. Osborne and com pany as Independent for, two years after It had virtually entered the In ternatlonal Harvester company. This advertising was to Induce purchasers, the court finds, from those who were opposed to buying from the combln atlon. i ' " The other act censured by the de clalon'was, the manner In which the five original concerns - were turned over to the International company by William C. Lane,, a New York bank er, who contended that he had pur chased the properties. . ! "The court Is clearly of the opin ion," the decision reals, ' "that the process by which It was made to ap pear hat the properties were sold to Lane was merely colorable. To Be Taken TJp. Chicago, .Aug. 12. The harvester case will be taken to the Supreme court of the United States as soon possible according to a statement made here today by Cyrus McCormlck, president of the International HarveS' ter company. Mc. McCormlck said; "The adverse decision Is a great sur- prlso. As I understand It It Is not based on actual wrongs done In the conduct of the business of the Inter. national Harvester company, but upon the elimination of competition more than ten years sgo by ' companies ' wnose properties were purchssed by it To sustain the charge made In the 1 petition of the gobernment, but aban doned on the Argument that the com pany charged excessive or unfair prices." DECLARE HARDING DEFEATED FORAKER Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 12. Former Fenator Joseph II. Foraker today eon ceeded his defeat for the republican nomination as united States senator. He telegraphed his congratulations to his successful opponent Warren O Harding or Marlon. While returns were Incomplete thU morning, managers for Warren O. Harding assert they have advices which assured his nomination over former Senator Foraker and former Congressman Cole as the republlran tandldate for United States senator. Timothy S, Hosan, attorney, was nominated to the senate by democrat Congressman Frank B. Willis of Hsr- In oounty won th4 republican noml nt'on for governor and Oovernor James M. Cox was rs-nomlnated by the democratic party. , rUMuncr Ilearh Port. New Tork, Aug. II. Arrived: Steamers Potsdam, Rotterdam; Auso ola, Glasgow. T TO 38 PER CENT Special Freight Rate Commis : sion Files Report With Governor. Raleigh, Aug. 12. The special freight rate commission today filed with Governor Craig Its report cut ting the reductions in the Intrastate railroad bill to thirty-eight per cent The advance over the present or old rates Is something llge eighteen - per cent.'. " . HAHD FOR DIPLOMATS TO REACH THEIR POSTS Mr. Herrick May Be Asked to Stay in Paris for the Time Being. , L, Washington, Aug. 12. Newly ap pointed American diplomats are ex periencing considerable difficulty in reaching their posts on account of the European war. William O. Sharp, the new ambassador to France, is still in Washington awaiting an opportun ity to get to Paris. Pending his ar rival Ambassador. Herrlok will - con tinue in charge nd It is Intimated that because of his close personal ac quaintance with the French officials he will be requested to remain In Paris in the service of the state de partment after , the arrival of Mr. Sharp while the latter fmlllrlzes him self with the heavy demands of the post at this critical time. George T.Mayrea, newly appoint ed American amDaasaaor to itussia, also Is marooned In his own country. He and Mrs. Mayrea had planned to go via the Paclflo ocean and the SI berlan railroad, but according to late reports the trans-Siberian route has been closed: STWiei IN ST. LftWBENCE Black Diamond Vessel Had Exciting Experience Did Not Know Rules. Charlottetown, P. E. I.. Aug. 12. The - Black Diamond steamer Mor wenna, which arrived here last night from Montreal on her way to Sydney and New Foundland, had an exciting experience coming down the St. Law rence river. When' off ' Quebec Satur day evening two shots were fired at her from Levlshore. The captain Kept full speed ahead not knowing the reason for the firing. When off the Island of Orleans, two more shots were fired. ' tne projecme passing over the steamer and falling about 100 yards beyond. Shortly after tne government yacht Belle Race- rair.c up and ordered the vessel to put Into Quebec to have her clearance papers examined. A new rule requires all vessels to get clearances at Quebec. Captain Hollla was not Informed of the new rule when clearing at Mont real. EXCURSIONISTS ARE GOING TO SEASHORE The Southern railway expects to handle quits a large crowd from Ashe. vtlle and other points In Western North Carolina on the regular annua) excursion to Atlnntlo City, which leaves next Tuesdsy. August 18. A very low rate for the round trip has been granted by the Southern and the Pennsylvania railways and stop overs will be allowed at Washington, Ilnltlmore, Phllsdelphla, returning within the final limit. The tickets are good for fifteen days Including .the data t sales and will be acceptable on any regular train for the rstum ttip. REDUCTIONS Gil ARTILLERY BATTLE TO NORTH OF LIEGE Main Body of Forward Along Front of Allied Arm ies Says Brussels' Dispatch' GREAT RUSSIAN FORTRESS AWAITING BOMBARDMENT German Commander Declares Liege Forts Will Be Taken SoonFrench-Claim to Dominate Heights of Alsace and Vosges Mountain Passes , , .Brussels, (via. London) Aug. 12, 11:20, a., m. The German army is being detached from its position before Liege and is advancing through the heart of Belgium. The main body of the German cavalry is engaged in a forward movement all along the front of the allied armies. . ..' ,; ; ' ; ;'; . Amsterdam,' (via. London) Aug. 12.- A dispatch from Maastricht to the Telegraaf says terrific artillery firing was heard throughout the morning coming from the direction of Tongres to the north of Liege. The concussion was felt in the city. A -Dutch dispatch, say a-terrlfkH cannonade was heard this morning from the direction o fTongres, north of Liege. It was reported yesterday that two divisions of German cavalry with infantry had arrived there. ' Belgium was again the scene of outpost fighting between Belgians, French and Germans. The German commander at IJege denies the loss of 20,000 In his effort to take the forts there. He says they will be taken without the loss of a man as soon as German heavy artil lery arrives. He asserts that "tile Belgian force is numerically superior to ours." He intimates that the as saults were stopped by the emperor's orders o avoid needless sacrifice of life. On the subject of Liogc, the French foreign minister reports all the sur rounding forts intact and oidy a small force of Germans entered the own Itself under cover of darkness. It bad been pointed out previously that the defect of Liege forts was tlio Inability to see one fort from the next, al though the fire of their guns crosses. A Brussels dispatch says t lie bulk of the German army is leaving Liege and advancing towards the French frontier through the heart of Bel glum. . The French foreign minister de scribed the French position In Alsace are as good as could be expected. The opposing armies may. It Is pointed out, have been confused In the German entrenchments said - to have been erected In the valley of the river Alsne, which ts well Inside the French border, as they were not op- ptacd there. There Is a small stream named Alsne farther back and this may be the one fortified by the Ger mans after they encountered Belgian opposition at .Liege. Belgium antli-ipatea an attempt by Germany to cross Dutch territory and baa requested Holland to state her Intentions regarding the resistance to a breach of her neutrality. . Sveaborg, tlie great Russian fortress In Finland, awaits a bombardment or a battle a the commander lias order ed all civilians to leave there and also Ilclxtngfors. Iaris reports Montenegrin troops occupying Tarabosch. ovnrlookVng Rcotari, Albania, where severe fljtnt- Ing between Montenegrins and Turks occurred during the Balknif war. Considerable sums or English gold are to be aVixMitrd In Ottawa, Canada, to facilitate payments without the risk of slklnulnc money across' the ocrsn. Vienna. An. II. (Ala London) An effective blockade of the Monte negrin coast has been established since yenterdsy by the A astro-Hu agra rian fleet according to an official announcement here today. Brussels, Aug. 11 (Via London Aug. li.) An official report says comunleatlon has been restored with a village near Llee. Ths Belglsns blew up several bridge at their front In that vicinity which gave rise to the report of an artillery engsre ment. No news has arrived showing that such action took place. A Oerman aeroplane flew over Brussels today at a height of 1.000 feet. Clvlo guards fired several shots at ths airship but thty fell short German Cavalry Moving There Is jio "Tear regarding the . food Supply, ; , ; - An earlier dispatch from Brussels said the German troops had seized the station . at : Landen, a short dis tance west of Liege and after 'driving out the railway employes burned the building. ,' i ; ' J French Statement, London, Aug. 12. The military positions at Liege, Belgium along the Franco-German frontier, where , the opposing outposts are in touch and in Alsace where a . severe engagement between a French invading force and the German dofenders recently were fought, are thus explained in. a dis patch from tho French foreign minis ter received here, this morning. "Rumors of the loss of - ths forts of Liege by Belgian troops are entire ly false. Only small groups of Ger man soldiers entered the town Itself under cover of darkness. All the en circling forts, twelve' in number, are Intact. "Small unimportant engagements have occurred along the whole line among the French and Oerman armies which are, facing each other. In these encounters the French cav alry has always maintained its su periority over the German mounted troops while, our artillery, has been splendidly served. "Our troops have kept the crests and passes of the Vosges mountains and dominate the heights of Alsace. "The line between Thann (1. miles southwest of Kelman) Alsace and Altklrch, (the first position occupied by the French army after Its Inva sion of Alsace) Is held by our armies. This line runs slightly to the rear of Muehausen.. "The French government Indig nantly denies that there was any vio lation of German territory by the French army before the declaration of war. 1 German Statement. London, Aug. 12. The correspond ent of the Exchange Telegraph com pany at Rome, says a dispatch from Berlin gives an official statement by General von Stein, regarding the siege of Liege. The German com mander denies ths loss of 10,000 men, but does not give the figures of his losses. Ha says only a small number of Germans were engaged In order to mask the movements of the bulk of thu army. The enemies' advance on attacking forces he says, caused great losses to the enemy. He continues: "Ths emperor did not wish to sac rifice life unnecessarily but as soon as the cavalry and Infantry arrives the forts will bt taken without ex ceptlon." General von Stein admits the cap tn re of the forts Is a difficult matter owing to the unfavorable ground about them and further because the people. Including women shot at the soldiers from behind, firing India orlmlnately, hitting ths surgeons and wounded. The Oerman commander concludes with ths remark that It must "not be forgotten that the Belgian fnrce Is numerically superior to ours." ' London, Aug. 11. Copenhagen cor respondent of ths Dally Mall, says: 1 "The Oerman torpedo boat wt.'.r.ii was reported sunk by her hollers south of Qedxer, on August t, really was destroyed by a mine laid by a German ship. "' - . , "The Danish and Swedish steamers, it Is reported, ceased running as a -e- sult of information that the Ger mans had laid contact mines on the North sea. "The Russian commander of th fortress of Sveaborg, Finland, has V dered all the inhabitants of that pln.e and Helsingfors to leave as a battle or a bombardment Is believed to be imminent,." .' Rome, Aug. 12. The Pope Is so overwhelmed with grief because of the outbreak of war between the great European nations, that he Is unable to ! An inv wnrlr nnH ell. I ! f 1 n.a a .ol.r' part of the day. , London, Aug. 12. 11:40 a. m. A dispatch from Rotterdam says the Maastricht corr-spondent of the Rot terdam Courent has been positively as sured by German officers at Vise that the crown prince's regiment crossed the river Me use some days ago with out the price of one man. STILL NEAR N. Y. Patrolling Entrance to Am brose Channel According to Observers. New York. Aug. 12. Quarantine observers reported that the British cruiser Suffolk was still cruising off New York harbor today. She was re ported at intervals from 10 o'clock last night to four o'clock this morn ing patrolling the entrance to Am brose channel. Several of the Sandy Hook pllou saw the cruiser. The An ton la from Glasgow and Mobllle with 171 first cabin passengers and about (00 In the steerage reached New York today, i She sailed every night with lights out but saw no hostile vessels on ths voyage. The steamer Danube, from the Weat Indies. In today, reported seeing a British cruiser, outside of Antllla Cuba, l The Dutch steamer Potsdam from Bologna, one day overdue, reached New York this morning with more than 100 passengers, many of them American refugees from Kurope who left so hurriedly that they were unable to bring their baagage. . Because of the crowded conditions the ship's offi cers were unable to give the correct classification of those aboard, but there was said to be 121 In the first cabins. III In the second cabin and lit In the steeraa-e. To the suspension of the Impera tor's sailing was attributed the con gestion aboard the Potsdam. Among those abeard was Julius P. Meyer, first vice-president of the Hamburg-Amer lean line. Ths Potsdam sighted no war vessels on her way across. BRITISH CRUISER AUTHORIZED TO CHARTER SHIPS GERMAN CRUISERS NEAR FARRALONES Three British War Vessels Sup posed to Be in Same Waters. San Granclsco, Cal., Aug. 12. Cap tains of several vessels making port here last night said they saw the German cruisers Nunrburg and Leip zig cruising about forty miles off the Farralone islands yesterday. : The Nurnburg was supposed to be in the far east. ' ' At 2:30 p. m. yesterday the British bark colony spoke to the Nurnburg, twenty-five miles off Farralone Is lands. The captain of the . fishing tug Henry also reports sighting the Nurnburg. at the tame place. Captain R. E. Barry, of the fishing tug Pedro Costa reported he had seen the Nurn burg and Leipzig about 6 p. m. and I was sufficiently near the Nurnburg to read her name on tne stern. At this time the two vessels were about twenty-five miles apart, the Nurnburg being near the Farralone islands and the other about thirty eight miles away from lt. : . - : Captain Anstruther Mark, of the British bark colony,, which arrived today In ballast from Crus . Grande, Chile, reported that he ' passed iclose to the Nurnburg near the Farralone Islands. Captain Mark- said he was In communication with Captain Schoen burg of the hostile warship through a megaphone and that when the Ger man learned i the sailing vessel . was without cargo he was given permls sion to proceed to San Francisco. Three British war vessels are sup posed to be In these waters. Several Aristocratic Ladies Severely Handled, Russian Government Says. St. Petersburg, Aug. 12. (Via London) It Is announced from gov ernment sources that tnlrty-slx prom inent Russians who spent the sum mer at health resorts in the south of Germany, Including the Countess Voronzow-Dachkow, wife of the vice roy of the Caucasus, her two dauKh ters, M. Schebokj, a member of the council of the empire and other titled personages suffered great hardships at the hands of German officials. Ac cording to this report some of these were temporarily Imprisoned during their Journey to the frontier, which, owing to frequent hlnderances, occu pied several days. It Is asserted that the aristocratic ladies were severely handled by the police and members of the military. It Peaceful Transfer of Govern . ment at Mexico City Be gan Yesterday. Washington, Aug. II. The peace ful tranafer of the Mexico City gov ernment from the Carbajal adminis tration to ths constitutionalists actu ally began yesterday according to of' ficlal advices to the state depar- ment, from Conaul Sllllman. FJ Paso. Texas. Aug. II. General Carranxa has begun perfection of his civil government. In addition to the appointment of Eduardo Hay, as act ing secretary of war. It waa reported officially today 'hat Alberto Panl had been named treasurer general and General u, Gutlerres governor of Mlchoacan state. Gutlerres Is cred Ited with being the first to , ti.H gainst Huerta, " GERMANS NOTED RUSSIANS Embassies and Legation Throughout Europe In structed to Help Strand ,,ed Americans. VESSELS WILL NOT BE ' SENT FROM THE U. S, Preference to Be Given to Steamship Tourists of Small1 Means,' the Officials are Instructed. - New York, Aug. 12. J. P. Morgan, and company today announced $16, 000,000 additional French gold had been deposited with the firm's Paris house. The firm is now ready to sell checks,' and cable transfers on Paris In liberal amounts. Washington Aug. . . 12. Authority , was given today to embassies and le- : gattons throughout ' Europe to char, ter ships to bring home stranded Am.- ericans. . . . -.'! ''. : Secretary Garrison, as chairman ol the relief committee composed of the secretaries of state, war, navy and . treasury today sent out instructions. Each consulate and legation Is to make lnqurry as to available ships and In the event Americans could, be, . concentrated at Open porta imme diately to charter neutral ships. . The diplomatic officers were told not to pay higher rates than those usually charged by the liners for a similar service because it was feared prices might be suddenly raised in view of the predicament, of Ameri cans. All thought of sending vessel . over from the United States to bring back Americans has been dispensed with as It Is thought the work o( moving the Americans can be expe dited by chartering vessels on ths European coast. Secretary Garrison said today ths diplomatic officers had been instruct ed to give preference to steamship tourists of small means who would be embarrassed should thlr return be delayed. He expects no difficulty In transporting the passengers to ports. The cable line to Germany was ' still silent today but the latest re ports by other routes Indicated that no obstacle would be placed In the way of Americans who wished to leave except that all transportation facili ties were being used for military pur poses, As soon as troops are mobil ized, officials expect ordinary traffic ' will be resumed soon and Americans In Germany will have no . difficulty In making their way to Rotterdam to embrfrk. -. Landing of Aliens, ' Washington. Aug. 12. The British embassy on the request of the state department today telegraphed to tne British foreign office regnrdlng the landing of aliens on British soil. This was done because of the report that Great Britain was enforcing - such stringent laws that an alien was prac tically unable to set foot on British soil. It was feared Americans wishing to return to the United States, might not be allowed to go to England even to take passage on vessels. London, Aug. 12. It was officially declared here today that the only steps taken by the British government tn prevent the landing of aliens In the RrltlHh isles were those provided for In the alien restriction act, the ob ject of which was to guard the coun try from aliens of countries . with which England was at war. The orer signed b ythe king, waa published by the Gazette on August B. It limited the entry of aliens to certain ports so that they could be subjected to ex aminations. This order was not In tended In the least to keep out Amer icans, It waa said, and had no effect on the landing of Americans here. Longwnrth Named. Columbus, O., Aug. II. Nicholas Longwnrth was nominated for con gress by ths republicans. Klttlttstlf!tltttttttw. t NEW IIAYFX CASE. ' Washington, Aug. 11. Crlml- st nal prosecutions under the Bher- t t msn law In the New Haven rati- . way chses will not be delayed by . 1 the atreement to settlj the gov- t at ernment's civil suit without a prolonaed legal battle, according . to Attorney General MoReynolds, W today. f St KRKRRMKMftMfcMMlKi
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