Servians Have Defeated Overwhelming Austrian Forces; Says
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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 15, 1914.
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iMMANS
AND DEFEATS, THE ALLIES
SERVIA REPULSED
400,000 AUSTRIANS
Through Numerical Superiorit ing Passage of River Sa
. trate for Anothery Austrians Succeed in Fore
ve Servians Concen- ' Big Engagement.
London, Aug. 15. (8:15 a. mO A
dispatch, to the , Router Telegraph
company .from Nlsh, Serrla, says that
after Incessant bombardment - along
the entire frontier line of the rivers
Save and Danube, thirty-seven miles
west of Belgrade and into Losnitza
where they were stopped by the ene
my. '
The correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph company at Nlsh . describ
ing the fighting, says 400,000' Aus
trians made a concerted attack along
the entire frontier but were repulsed
with heavy casualties.
London, Aug. 15. (9:20 a. m.) A
dispatch to the Renter - Telegraph
company from Nlsh dated August 13,
England Was Waiting to
Destroy Germany, He Says
London, Aug. T5. (12:05 p. m.)
A Marconi, diBpatch . fronj -official
sources in Berlin dated. Friday, gives
ftJnterytew with .the German , im
perial chancellor Dr. von Bethmann
Hollwag; who, representing the war
aa a life and death struggle between
; the Germans and Russian arising
from the assassination of Archduke
I Francis Ferdinand and .his wife,' de
clares that. England . took advantagj
of a long awaited opportunity to de
stroy Germany. '
"It is with a heavy heart," said th
chancellor, "that wo , see England
Many Investigations Into
Food Prices Going On
Washington, Aug. 15. Reports to
the department of justice today show
the Investigation Into food progressing
in every state and in almost every
arge city. The United States attorney
Ct San Francisco today reported that
n Increase In shipping rates to for
eign ports on canned goods had been
prevented by the Investigation.
, William J. Youngs, district attorney
at Brooklyn, telegraphed that he had
issued subpoenas for a grand jury in
Diplomats Think Turkey
Victim of
London, Aug. 15. (10:15 a. m.)
The Daily Mail states that the cruis
ers One ben and Breaiau, reported to
have been purchased from Germany
by Turkey, have received Turkish
names and will be placed under the
command of Bear-Admiral Arthur
Llmpus, of the British navy who was
lent to the Turkish government The
Mali says Turkey does not Intend to
French Liner
Barely Escapes Capture
Fart. Aug. 15. (1:55 a. tn.) The
French liner Lorraine had a narrow
escape from capture by German ship
during her voyage from New Tork to
Havre, where she arrived Wednesday
according to Ren Deeevaux, on of
her officer. .
Soon after leaving port the ship
wm chased by the Dresden, Dess-
EXCITEMENT ACUTE
IN ITALIAN CAPITAL
Rom. Aug. 15. (1:16 p. m. Via
Farkt, Aug. It. 7:10 a. m.) Excite
ment in the Italian capital ha be
come very acuta. Tribune In an ar
ticle, evidently Inspired in official
quarter emphasised the fact that
Oreat Britain and France did not de
clare war en Austria but declared a
gives an account of the recent fight
Ing on the frontier:
"Four hundred thousand Austrians'
says the war ' of floe, ' "attacked the
Servians last night, A ' fierce battle
extended all along the- line. Finally
the Austrians were repulsed with
heavy casualties towards Tekla on the
Roumanian frontier and also repulsed
from Belgrade, where they hud , at
tempted to cross, the' Danube, ' but
through numerical . superiority the
enemy succeeded in crossing the
Save." . .- :,...
The Servians are concentrating for
a big engagement which is expected
this evening. The chief of tho Servian
staff considers the fall of Savac of no
material importance. . '
ranged with out opponents notwith
standing the - close ties of blood and
culture which bind ua. England plac
ed herself on the side of Russia whose
barbaric actions- helped ' create this
War. .,. rr-.. :
"We expect that the aense of Jus
tice of American people will help to
anticipate our position, and we ask
them to examine our point of view in
an 'unprejudiced way. ' '
"'"The sympathy of the ' American
nation will then lie with German cul
ture and civilization, which Is fight
ing against a half Asiatic and slight
ly cultured barbarism." ;
quiry beginning next Wednesday.
Other district attorneys asked for spe
cial agents to supplement their own
efforts.
The district attorney at Baltimore
wants three special agents because of
the Inflation of prices there? The de
partment is gathering statistics on
food prices on July 1, 1913; July 1.
1913; July 1, 1914; the prices before
the first declaration of war in Europe
and present prices in this country.
German Trap
employ the warships against Russia,
and says there appears to be no doubt
but that the purchase is a direct
contravention of international law, but
the opinion is gaining ground in dip
lomatic i circles that Turkey is the
victim of a German trap to embroil
her with the rlple entente. Admiral
Llmpus has been naval advisor to the
Turks for several years.
Lorraine
vaus said, but she soon distanced this
cruiser. Later the Lorraine Intercept
ed wireless messages betwen the
Strassburg and Karlsruhe from which
the officers gathered that the war
ships had been ordered to capture the
Lorraine, The last day out the Ger
mans nearly caught ths liner which
only escaped through the favor of the
fog.
state of war existed because of Aus
tria' acta. Therefor Italy Is cot
bound to help Austria-Hungary.
r Breaks Rest Cure.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. IB. Theo
dftre Roosevelt broke his rest Cure to
day aii left Baa-amor Kill by motor
prepare tory to plunalng Into the Pros-
reaalve campaign in New England
Tonight he will speak before the Prog
ressive ate convention at Hartford.
STILL SUFFERmG CHE
BELGIANS CLAIM A
VICTORY AT DIEST
German Offensive Checked
French Believed To Have Made
Advances On That Side.
GEN. VON EMMICH'S
DEATH CONFIRMED
Von der Marwitz Succeeds To Com'
mand At LiegeBattle There
Still Going, Report.
London, Aug. 15. 3 :30 p.
m. A dispatch from Brussels
to the Exchange company says
the death of Geenral. von Em
mich, the German commander,
at Liege,, is confirmed. He is
to be succeeded by General von
dar Marwitz.
Paris, August 15.-10:15 a.
m. An official announcement
today says the Belgian major
in command of the forts sur
rounding Liege contradicts the
rumor that they had surrender
ed. The battle is declared to
be still going on.
London, Aug. 15. 1 p. m.
The British official press bu
rea in its communication today
says:
"The German offensive is
for the moment arrested in up
per Alsace and there are indi
cations that the French have
made advances on that side.
Alexandria, Egypt, (via.
London) Aug. 15.-10:50 a, m.
The big Austrian liner Mar-
ienbad was captured today by
a British warship near here
while on the voyage from Bom
bay to . Trieste. She was
brought into port.
London, Aug. 15.-12:10 p.
m. a enspaten irom namur,
Belgium, to the Times says a
German aeroplane flew .over
that place last evening and
dropped several bombs. Five
men were injured, one of them
being horribly mangled by the
explosion of the missiles.
Pans. Aurrust 15.-3:50 a.
m. An official statement is
sued today says the German
troops were beaten today at
Diest and rereating on Hasselt
lost heavily. They tried to re
sume the attack on the Bel
gians' southern flank and the
German cavalry division
charged. This operation was
repulsed. In the evening a
column of German infantry
moved in tho direction of Viso
and Tongres but no new en
gagement occurred.
, Tho towns near Saalcpass
are now entirely occupied 'by
French troops which have
driven back.tJieJermans, with
only-a-few wounded and none
killed. Heaps of abandoned
equipment 'shows the flight of
the Germans was precipitate.
Paris, Aug. 15,-3:15 a. ni.
The Brussels - correspondent
of the Havas agency tele
graphs that a section ' of the
Russian force ambushed the
Germans at Vessenach, north
west of Cumtich, at 10:30
o'clock Firday morning. Ac
cording to this dispatch the
Germans broke and fled, leav
ing their dead. The Belgians
suffered no casualties, The
train service has been suspend
ed between Tirelmont and Lan-
den as German forces are re
ported to be in that region.
CONFIRMS RUSSIAN VICTORY.
London, Aug. 15. (10:30 n. m.)
The French minister . of foreign af
fairs In telegraphing to the French
embassy here today a summary of the
various conflkts about which reports
already have been published, gives
official confirmation of a Russian vic
tory over the Austrians on the rterr
Dnelstcr. He says the fourth infantry
regiment and the first cavalry regi
ment of the Austrian army were an
nihilated by the Russians.
The French minister adds that the
positions In upper Alsace and at
Licgo, Ilclglum, are unchanged and
concludes:
"In consequence of the universal
outcry tho German government has
decided to remit to the former French
ambassador at Berlin the 00 he
had been compelled to nay for his
Journey back to France."
FEW NOT WOUNDED.
, Brussels, Aug. 15 (Via Farts, 8
m.) According to the latest advice
in the Belgian capital barely 500 sol
dlers remained unhurt out of the
4,000 or 5,000 engaged In the battle
of Ifaelen. Many of the field guns of
Uie German artillery were Ion In the
swamp. The soldiers who remained
of the German attacking column, re
turned to the Tongres.
A snecial train ha been sent out
from Brussels to collect the wounded
on the battlefield. Among them are
reported to be two German prince.
General Otto von Emmlch whose
death is reported was sixty-six years
old. He joined the army aa a volunteer-In
1IM and was promoted two
year Irter to a lieutenant y. H took
part in the Franco, Prussian war In
H70-T1. Afterward he was promoted
through all the grades until he be
came a major general in 1101. When
he waa appointed to the command of
the tenth army corps be waa made
a general.
, Destroy Rallrosd.
fit. Petersburg, Aug. IS. (VI Lon
don, 11:110 p. m.) The Russian gen
eral staff today announced that Kus
(Contlnutd on Fag Fifteen).
In Ahace
AMERICANS LEAVE
EUROPE IN HOSTS
From Liverpool 4500 Have
Sailed Another 1006 Have
Left Glasgow.
Liverpool, Aug. 15. (12:10 p. m.)
The sailing from this port today of
the St. Louts, the Campania and the
Minnewaska for New York and the
Megantic for Montreal, reduced the
number of Americans who, had been
stranded in England by 4,500.
London, Aug. 16. (12:10 p. m.)
The departure of 4.500 Americans
from Liverpool today was followed
by that of another thousand from
Glasgow. l"he carrying capacity of the
vessels sailing for the trans-Atlantic
ports during the next twenty-five
days Is estimated at 60,000 or three
times the number of Americans In
the British Isles. While the number
on the continent Is not known, t Is
believed not to exceed 30,000.
The Hague, Netherlands, Aug. IB.
(Via London, 11:15 a. m.) Henry
Van Dyke, American minister to the
Netherlands, has gone to Rotterdam
to arrange for the housing and early
transportation to the United States,
of Americans who arrived there from
Germany.
London, Aug. 15. (11 a. m.) The
American ambassador Thomas Nelson
Page announces that the United
States government Is sending to Liv
erpool transports capable of trans
porting 8,000.
London, Aug. 15. A dispatch to
Reuter's TeleRram company from
Amsterdam, says several hundred
Americans arrived at the station at
Amsterdam during the night. Some
hundreds were sheltered at the hotel
there while others proceeded to The
Hague and Rotterdam, where ar
rangements are being made for ships.
Many warmly praised the treatment
they received In Berlin. Before they
left Berlin their carriage were decor
ated with flowers. The dining cars
of their trains were abundantly stored
with food. Many of the refugees had
lived In Germany for years.
Huntington Safe.
Washington, Aug. 15. Americans
may now leave Germany as rapidly
as train service I restored. Ambas
sador Gerard at Berlin reported to
the state department via Copenhagen
today by cable.
The American geographic superin
tendent Huntington and his wife are
safe according to advices reoelvcd
here today. Mr. and Mrs. Huntington
were arrested at the outbreak of the
war in Germany, charged with being
spies.
BELGIAN CITIZENS
CONDUCT EXEMPLARY
London, Aug. IB. 10:15 a. m. The
advice say the conduct of soldiers and
cltlsens at Liege ha been exemplary
as they realise France ha replied to
Belgium appeal for aid. The Ger
man are declared to have said their
ration consisted of on sausage and
two spoonfuls of peas.
Mrs. Sarah Wilson and Mr. George
Keppel have offered to establish a
French-English hospital at Le Touque.
tour whenever the French government
considers It convenient. The establish
ment la to contain J. 000 beds and Is to
be kept up as long a the war lasts.
Monument Unveiled.
Harrisonburg, Va, Aug. 1. A
sranlt monument of Joseph Whlls
iAtlmer. a general In the Confederate
army, was unveiled here tnduy. It
waa erected by the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, Virginia division,
and the alumni of the Virginia Mili
tary academy.
CONTEND
IS PROMISED
POLES FREEDOM
Russia Offers to Grant Auto-
mony to Poland if People
are Loyal in the Pres
ent Struggle.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
IS ALSO PROMISED
'Sacred Dream of Your Fath
ers May Be Realized," Says
Grand Duke Nicholas
in Manifesto.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 15. (Via
London, August 15. 8a. m.) The
Russian government has promised
Poland freedom in the matter of re
ligion and language and autonomy if
the Poles are loyal in tho present
struggle with Germany and Austria
Hungary. London, Aug. 15. ( a. . m.) A
dispatch to Reuters Telegraph . , com.
pany from St Petersburg, says Grand
Duke Nicholas commander of the
Russian army, has addressed a mani
festo to Poland appealing for the
loyalty of the Poles and promising
them autonomy in return. The mani
festo: "The hour has sounded when the
sacred dream of your fathers may be
realized. A hundred and fifty years
ago the living body of Poland was
torn to pieces but her soul survived
and she lived in hope that for tho
Polish people would come an hour of
regeneration and reconciliation with
Russia.
"The Russian army brings you the
solemn news of this reconciliation
which effaces the frontiers severing
the Polish people whom it united
conjointly under the sceptre of the
czar of Russia. Under this sceptre
Poland will be born again, free in
her religion, her language and auto
nomous. "Russia expects from you only the
loyalty history has bound you with.
An open heart and an extended great
Russia comes to greet you. She be
lieves that the sword which struck
her enemies at Greunewald is not yet
rusted.
"Russia, from the shores of the
Pacific ocean, to the North sea,
marches in arms. The dawn of a new
life commences for you. In this glor
lous dawn Is seen the sign of the
cross the symbol of suffering and
the resurrection of a peu; l '
I
Will Fill All Offices Until Gen
eral Election in Mexico
Can Be Held.
Washington, Aug. 15. Venustlano
Carranxa was named provisional presl
dent of Mexico in the agreement sign
ed outside of the City of Mexico by
General Obregon and representative
of Federal Governor Iturblde accord
Ing to an announcement last night by
the constitutionalists' agency here.
Dispatches to Rafael Zubarao, head
of tho agency, said the agreement pro
vlded that Carranxa should nil all
offices necessary to conduct the gov
ernment until a general election can
be held.
Ilnchot to Marry.
New Tork, N. T., Aug. II. Miss
Cornelia E. Bryc, daughter of Lord
Steven Bryc. former British mlnls-
tir to th Netherlands, and Gilford
Plnchnt, former chief foester of the
United State, will b married at
10:10 o'clock tonight In th Episco
pal church at Roslyn, L. I.
Vessel lteaches Fort.
New Tork. Aug. 1$. Arrived:
Steamer Csltio, LJverpooL
11
OPENED
Steamship Ancon, Owned by
Government, First Big y
Boat to Go Through .
Celebration Local. ,
STEAMER IS GIVEN
UNIMPEDED PASSAGE
Ancon Starts Trip at 9 O'clock
" and 13 Scheduled to Reach
the Pacific Coast at 6 ,.
O'clock.
Panama, Aug. 15. The canal son
celebrated today the opening of the
canal. The festivities, however, were
but local and suggested little Of the
international significance of the event, t
Even the United States was- not offi
cially represented today exicept by
the men who have long been in tho
canal zone. The steamship . Ancon.
owned by the United States War de
partment .and leased to the Panama
railroad for service In the New. Tork
Colon trade, was the first big boat to
be put through, signalizing the open
ing of the canal to all ships up to
ten thousand tons register.
Shortly before 7 o'clock this morn
ing the Ancon was drawn away from
her berth at Christobal and anchored
at the end of the deep water channel,
from the Atlantic ocean to the Gatun
locks, where she remained until the
start through the locks at 9 o'clock.'
She was to arrive at the end of the
deep water channel In the Pacific at
o'clock this evening. All the sev
enty-four regular officer and men on
board the Ancon appeared In spotless
ly white uniforms and the ship Itself
glistened with new paint, over which
fluttered signal flags and the flags of
all nations. At the forepeak, was the
ensign of the Panama republio and ac
the main mast head fluttered the
house flag of the Panama steamship!
fleet. On the jacketed waa the flag
of the United States.
Invitations to be guests on this first
trip had been much coveted and thai
rails were lined with local official
and those of the Panama republic
Colonel Goethals, builder of tho
republio and governor of the lone
was on the bridge beside Captain
Sukeforth, of the line and Captain
Huh Rodman, U. S. N., superintend
ent of transportation, who has over
seen the plan for putting the first
ship through. The canal band and;
the regimental band of the Tenth
United States infantry played the
Star Spangled Banner aa the ahlp
pulled away but the muslo waa al
most drowned by the whistle of tho
steamers In the harbor.
To Insure unimpeded passag for
the Ancon, all trfffla Including tho
working boats in Culebra cut, were
brought to a standstill. . .
The canal workers enjoyed a holi
day. Together with villager of all
types from the surrounding territory,
they lined the bank at varloua van
tage point. The Ancon wa fully
loaded with the regular cargo that
she had brought from New Tork, the
freight having been purposely left- on
board to give the canal a full teat
with the ship drawing it full depth
of water.
The Ancon passed through the Ga
tun lock without a hitch In eventy
minute. The total lift of these lock
I elshty-flv feet.
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