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VOLUME XIX. NO. 164.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS j,
GERMANS GAIN ON BOTH Be
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ALLIES
ENTIRE
CAMPAIGN
lAs Germans FindNew Opening In Belgium
Persistent Rumors That Brussels
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- Has Fallen to Germans.
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
FILL 4 HOSPITALS
Loss of 6000 Germahs Reported In
Battle at Charleroi Russian
German Battle Fought
; An entire change in the plan of campaign may be brought
about by the finding of an opening to the north by the Ger-
pian armies in Belgium. This
communication from Brussels today which said the Germans
"had gained ground on both banks of the Meuse and are jn
contact with the allies." It adds that the Belgians having
done all that could be expected by holding the invaders in
check for 15 days "their strategy will now be merged into
the general plan of the allied armies." -
. Rumors that Brussels asiallen into German hands were
persistently in circulation in Paris, but no information could
be obtained. The Belgian capital was known certainly to be
threatened by daring German cavalry, who had, reached the
forest of Sergnies, flanking the city. .All .the .approaching
roads had been barricaded and entrenched. Four of the
Brussels hospitals are filled with wounded soldiers.
Antwerp-apparently is the temporary goal of the .German
troops in Belgium. They, are reported moving slowly but
teadily in the direction of the great fortified port on the riv
er Scheldt.
I The German soldiers have occupied the town of Tirlemont
and their masses pushing in from the frontier, are believed
to have come into contact with the allies' front.
Reports in Brussels assert a battle had occurred near
Charleroi in which the Germans were supposed to have suf
fered a loss of 6000 killed. This was not confirmed.
Reports were current in many European quarters that
Germany had decided not to comply with Japan's ultimatum
calling for the German evacuation .of .Kiao Chow .and .the
abandonment of Eastern seas by German war vessels. Hol
land is said to feel uneasiness
in view of Japan's attitude. .
Gumbinnen, a German town 20 miles, from the Russian
frontier, has been occupied by the Russians, who, according
to Russian ocicial advices, captured 12 German field guns and
took many prisoners.;
News of military developments issued by the official bu
reaus becomes more brief as the great masses of the Ger
mans and Austrians approach the opposing forces of the
Belgians, French and British and indications of the positions
occupied are entirely suppressed.
The French column, is reported invading Lorraine in the
direction of Metz. ' ;.
Amasons are being enlisted in Berlin. '
Montenegrin troops have reached Servian territory and
are being incorporated into an army division.
A small German party entered British East African terri-.
tory and carried out small depredations. , ,
La Croix, of Paris, alleges the blind bishop Karmenglesser,
an Alsatian', was shot by Germans who believed he possessed
plans of the strong fortress of Istein-Glotz in Baden.
, Paris, August 20. (1:20 p. m5The reoccupation of Me
ulhausen, Alsace, by French troopsf is anounced here today.
' - i
Taris, Aug. 20. The' recap
ture of Muelliausen was. pre
ceded b ya very severe battle.
Tho French troops took a su
burb at 'the point of tho bayo;
nette. They secured, six can
non and six ammunition wag
ons. Tho official note 6nya con
ditions in tho Vosgvs moun
tains aro unchanged. ,
In upper Alsace tho French
have occupied fluebViler, four
teen miles southwest of Col
mar. , ' "
CH ANGE IN
was admitted in an official
for her East Indian colonies,
In Lorraine it is stated the
French line extends from the
north of Haarburg passing by
Morbange to Del me.
London. Aug. 20. (5:J0 a
m.) A dispatch to the Express
from Tho Hague, says:
"Japan's ultimatum to Oer
many has been tho causo of
some grave thinking on tho
part of many Dutchmen," who
wonder whether there is likely
to bo any danger to the Dutch
(Continued on page T)
LIKELY
AS
SEEN BY BRITISH
Accounts of Developments Re
ceived by British Embassy
at Washington.
Washington, Aug. 20. The British
embassy here today received from its
foreign office this summary of the
military and naval situation:
"Since the declaration of war the
fleet has been responsible ' for the
safety of the expeditionary force
which completed its embarkation in
French territory which continued in
order and without a casualty.' The
work of the navy of the North sea
and elsewhere- in guarding interests
is best Illustrated by the fact that at
Lloyds yesterday the war risk rate fell
t! 4.0 j, shillings per cent 'for . almost
any voyage of British vessels, where
as the rate to Insure freight of corn
paid by steamers from the United
States to a British port, is SO shill
ings per cent
"The German fleet outside the Bal
tic Is confined to harbors. English
commerce is almost normal. German
sea borne commerce is paralyzed.
"The only casualty is the loss of
the light cruiser Amphion, blown up
by a mine after having sunk the Ger
man mine layer Koenlgen Luise, one
German submarine has been sunk in
the North sea.
"The military position Is as ' fol
lows: "The German forces at present ex
tend from north of the neighbor-
nooa or uetaie, through Liege to a
point in Belgium to the- east of Ant
werp and near the Dutch frontier.
uutsianaing leatures of the opera
tions up to the present has been de
lay caused to the contemplated Gerr
man offensive across the Meuse. by
the defense of Liege where the forts
are Wtill standing. It has permitted.
oraeny mobilization and . concentra
tion of the French army and the
British expeditionary force. German
troops have now crossed the Meuse
both above and below Lfege and are
gaining some ground slowly westward
but their advance cavalry has been
continually checked by tho Belgians.
In the south, where the German
armies are apparently on the defen
sive, the French are advancing on a
long line Into Alsace and Lorraine, a
great extent of which they now occu
py after driving back in several en
gagements the troops opposed to
them.".
POSSIBLE ATTEMPT TO
GOAL CRUISER AT. SEA
Believed German Steamer Ma
zatlin Had Fuel for the
Nuernberg.
. San Francisco, Cal.. Aug. 26. Fire
fh the hold of (he German steamer
Mazatlln yesterday revealed to Collec
tor of Port Davis what he bellevta li
plan to coal at sea the' German
cruiser Neurnburg wlrti the remainder
of the'16,000 tons of coal purchased
by the German government for the
cruiser Leipzig. Part of the coal was
put aboard the Leipzig a few
(Jays ago and the remainder was
put aboard the Maiatlan which was
ready to, sail yesterday for Mexl-on
ports with- a general cargo of mer
chandise. The flr, which was easily
put out,' was discovered while the
Mazatlan was lying at her dock am
the fact that the coal was stowed on
top of the general cargo, In closed
bags, led authorities to suspect an at
tempt to replenish the supply of the
Neurnburg. That warship Is reported
cruising near the coast. - ,
Director 'Davis ordered ths Masatlan
held until a complete examination can
be made, . . .
I
SITUATION
IS
RHIipTED
Wins Over Joe Brown for
Long Term in United
i States Senate With
Large Majority.
CONTEST TO SUCCEED
- WAS NOT DECIDED
Three Cornered Fight for Gu
bernatorial Nomination Is
- .. i
Unsettled Judge Harris .
Claims Success.
Atlanta, Aug. complete re
turns from all Georgia counties ex
cept Dawson, Lincoln, Liberty and
Towns early today indicated con'
cluslvely that Senator Hoke Smith
was nominated for re-election In the
long term In the Nnlted States sen
ate today in the state-wide demo
cratic primary. His majority over
Former Governor Joseph M. Brown,
was overwhelming. Not including the
four counties mentioned, Senator
Smith will command 848 votes in thei
state convention, and Brown sixteen.
It was around this race that interest;
was chiefly centered.
Governor John M. Slaton, . Con
gressman T. WvHardwlck, and for
mer' Attorney' General S Th'oma 8.
Felder- made a spectacular race for
nomination to fill the unexpired term
of the late Senator. A. O. Bacon.
Late returns this morning gave Gov
ernor" Slaton ' 60 convention votes;
Hard wick 106 and Felder 66.
The other two candidates, G. R.
Hutchlns and G. R. Cooper will com
mand less than ten votes between
them. This contest : probably will be
decided by tho convention,' as .180
votes are necessary for nomination.
The three cornered fight for guber
natorial nomination is unsettled, but
Judge Harris has 204 votes against
184 for Hardman and 150 for J. Ran
dolph Walker. It Is sa,ld Judge Har
ris would have enough ' votes in the
contention to win.
There were only ix congressional
districts in which aspirants had op
position. The returns from these were
somewhat delayed.
The other candidates for state of
fices who apparently have been suc
cessful are:
Clifford Walker for attorney gener
al; W. J. Speer, for state treasurer;
Judge Nash R. Broyles, for the
court of appeals; J.. D. Price, for
commissioner of agriculture; 'E. A.
Ralney for prison commission; A. R.
Walters, for railroad commissioner;
A. R. Brltton for state superintend
ent of education and W. A. Wright
for comptroller general.
OF
RISKS BILL URGED
Favorably Reported to Senate
Expert Opinions Given
on the Measure.
Washington. Aug. 20. The admin
istration bill for war risks wag favor
ably i-r ported for anion to both the
house and senate today after brief
hearings In committees.
Washington, Aug. 20. -The admlnls
tratlon bill for government 'Insurance
of American registered ships and their
cargoes against rinks of the European
war was reported favorably today by
A delegation of banking and ship
ping men, after a conference with Sec
retary McAdoo, gave expert opinion on
business conditions, resulting fh Euro
pean war.- The delegation was headed
by Beth Low, of New York.
Hearings on the bill were taken by
the house commerce committee Chair
man Underwood told ths committee
that ths government was not to enter
into ths matins Insurance business as
a permanent venture and the present
bill was urgently necessary as an em
ergency measure.
Thers la no desire," he said, "to
perpetusts this war risk Insurance bill,
It Is purely an emergency measure. 1
d not belles It will coat ths govern-
tnent a dollur, the premiums more
HOKE
SMITH
ORANGE
than netting ths charges tor losses.
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F,
1
State Convention of Republi
cans Also Expected to En
dorse Taxation Change,
Six Months Schools.
LINNEY IS LIKELY TO
SUCCEED MOREHEAD
Republicans of Fifth District
Will Nominate A. E. Hol
' ton to Make the Race
for Congress.
Raleigh, Aug. 20. The republican
state convention scheduled to meet at
noon, was expected to endrose . two
proposed constitutional amendments
providing for a change In the taxa
tion system and a six months school
term; to favor a direct legalized pri
mary applicable to all parties on the
same day, accompanied by a corrupt
practices act, and to favor working of
state convicts In lime deposits so as
to furnish lime to farmers at cost.
Prior to . the assemblage of the con
vention at noon, the delegates were
silent as to their candidates, but in
timated that Frank Linney of
Boone, ; would succeed John M.
Moorehead of Spray as state chair
man. The republicans of the fifth dis
trict will hold an adjourned meeting
at Greensboro tomorrow and nomi
nate E. A. Helton, formerly United
States attorney for the western dls
trlct to oppose Representative Charles
Steadman. Leaders said there was no
doubt of Mr. Holton's nomination.
CORPS! -US
Chinese Medical Men Tell of
Boys Guarding Bridges
No Able Bodied Men.
London, Aug. 20. 6:60 a. m. Tho
Times correspondent at Rotterdam tel
egraphs a statement which he says
was made to him by a party of Chi
nese medical men who have arrived
In Rotterdam from Berlin: s
"When we left Berlin Saturday
night." says the statement, "the city
was in the hands of old men and boys.
Not an ablebodled man was to be seen.
All the bridges were guarded by boys
of about fourteen years of age who
stood with fixed bayonets.
A fortnight ago the Frledrlchstrasse
bridge was damaged by a Russian
bomb. Wo, ourselves saw the damage
done. '.
"A corps of Amazons Is being raised
in Berlin leaflets having been dlatrib-
uted. j-alllng women to arms.
"A week ago an attempt was mauo
to blow up the bridge of Zoologlsche-
Mahnof without success, a Russian spy
belna sabred by an officer.
"The German soldiers look very nt
and are splendidly equipped."
The correspondent also says that
Anthony J. Drexell who motored
through from Baden-Baden, was em
phatic In declaring that extraordinary
civility was shown to all foreigners,
English Included, at Baden-Uaden.
ASHEVILLE IS "LOST"
TO WIRELESS TOWER
Although expert wireless operators
are still at work, the lofty tower on
Mt Mitchell has not yet been able to
reach Asheville with messages. 'The
operator on Mt Mitchell can catch
messnges from Norfolk, New Bern,
Tampa, New York and other sections
but has not yet been able to "find
Asheville. .
TEACHER SERIOUSLY
STABBED BY PUPIL
Roanoke, Aug. 1 10. Miss Vaudle
Klaer, teacher of Dlcklns eounty
school, Is seriously 111 today from
knlfs wounds. Inflicted yesterday by
Charles Lowe, a thirteen year old pu
pil, when she attempted to punish
him for violation ef rulea The boy
under arrest
PR MAR
FORMING IN
POPE PIUS' END
WAS PEACEFUL
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JUDGE SPEER IS
A LOCAL VISITOR
Famous Federal Jurist Spend
. ing His Vacation at the
Grove Park Inn.
Hon. Emery Speer, United States
Judge for the Southern district . of
Georgia and one of the most distin
guished members of the Federal Judi
ciary, has arrived in Asheville and,
with Mrs. Speer Is at Grove Park inn.
Judge Speer came to Asheville from
Mt. Airy, Ga., where he has a summer
home and will remain here for several
weeks resting and riding with Mrs.
Speer over the mountain trails.
The court over which Judge Speer
presides Is one of the best known in
the country because of the many noted
cases which have been decided there
and many dclslons he has made and
oprnlons ne nas delivered nave oecomo
famous the country over. .
Judge Speer has- been referred to
many times because of the manner In
which he handles cases in his court of
illicit distilling, and because kf his
method and his thorough knowledge
of the people who come before him
charged with moonshining, this prac
tice has almost disappeared in his ju
risdiction. ,
It is seldom that Judge Speer has
ever sentenced a man convicted of
moonshining to the. federal peniten
tiary but many times he has sent a
convicted man home to make and
gather his crops with instructions to
report back to the United States mar
shall upon a certain date. And never
has the confidence which he has plac
ed In such people been violated. On
the contrary there are Incidents where
men have actually walked back to Ma
con to give themselves up.
. And invariably Judge Speer has giv
en the offender a Jail sentence and
then suspended the sentence durlnR
the good behavior of the defendant
Judge Speer Is noted as a master of
English and for his wit. But a reply
on one occasion to a question asked
of an old negro defendant caused a
pun which travelled the length and
breadth of the land.
This old defendant was charged with
illicit distilling and his name happened
to be Joshua. As the clerk called his
name and he stood up Judge Speer
Bmillngly said:
"Joshua, are you the man who made
the sun stand still?"
And there was a murmur of laugh
ter In the- court room.
But this murmur became almost a
roar when the old darkey replied In
nocently: "Nawslr, Jedge, I'se de nigger what
made do moonshine."
Millionaires iwth armies of brilliant
counsel have been convicted In his
court and have served sentences In the
federal penitentiary and the poor and
ignorant, unjustly accused and without
counsel havo been acquitted.
Judge Speer Is very fond of horse
tack riding and as soon as his horses
arrive from Mt. Airy, he will spend a
large pnrt of his time In exporlng the
mountains.
PERMANENT RESIDENTS
BEING BROUGHT HERE
Quite a large number of visitors,
several of whom contemplate making
thelif permanent homes here, have
arrived In Asheville during the past
few days and registered at the hoard
of trade. One party came from fit.
Petersburg, Fla another from BU
Louis, while a third family came
here to reside from Detroit. AH had
received literature with reference to
Asheville and the I-an of the Sky
from the board of trad. Inquiries
continue to come In every mall tor
Asheville advertising matter. These
requests are from all section of the
United States.
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"Together in One, All Things
in Christ," on Lips of Pon-
tiff as He Entered the V
Valley of Death.
WHILE LONG EXPECTED,
HIS DEATH WAS SHOCK!
Touching Scenes at Death Bedi
Pope Will Rest in St.'
Peter's Candidates , '
to Succeed.
Rome, Aug. 20. "Together In one,
all things In Christ"
These words, which Pope Pins X,
adopted as his motto in an encylclcal '
six day saftcr he had been evelated
to the pontificate were on his lips aa
he entered the valley of death.
The end, which came at 1:20.
o'clock, was peaceful. A few moments )
before He had been roused from a!
state of semi-consciousness and he at
tempted to bestow a blessing upon ,
those, smhered In the chamber, but I
his strength failed him. After a pause I
he murmured the scriptural text and
did not speak again.
IX EIGHTIETH YEAR.
The Pontiff was In the eightieth
year of his life awl the twelfth year
of bis pontificate. His death -while
long expected becaiiKe of ailments of,.,
advance life, came as a shock to
those near him. For several days he
had been suffering from gouty ca-"
tarrali, but on Tuesday his physicians
announced that the trouble, was ot.
no great Importance and yesterday
morning rea--sured the impnlace. The
change came during the forenoon
yesterday and In the afternoon Uioso
present announced that death was
imminent Similar attacks had been
resisted by .aid of the Pope's will
IHiwerful but sorrow over the clash
of arms In Europe, militated against
another recovery. Late last night the
Pontiff experienced an attack of
coughing that greatly distressed him.
He could not move In bed without as
sistance and the struggle made to
breathe was painful to witness.
A sthe supreme moment approach,
ed the coughing ceased and the rest- -Icssness
which the doctors had been -unable
to relieve disappeared. The
features of the patient, which had i
given evidence of his pain, resumed a .
normal expression except .for the lni
creasing pallor.
RELATIVES PRESENT.
The papal secretary of state. Cardi
nal Merry Del Val, Cardinals Een-sta,
Cagiano and Rislctl, Uie Pope's two
sisters and physhians who were at
the bedside, recognized the calm pre .
ceding eternal rest
Dr. MarWilafava, his hand on the
Pontiff's pulse, turned toward the p
pnl secretary who was kneeling and'
shook Ills head. Cardinal Merry Del '
Val understood and covered his fare
with his hands. Meantime Cardinal
Vnnnutelll, the Pope's niece, Oilda
Parol I u: his msjordomo, Monslgnor
Illanchl, .Monslgnor Misctatclll, and'
his secretaries, Monslgnor Itressan
ami Monslgnor Pesrinl, had Joined
the group In the chamber.
Two sisters and tho Pope's secre
taries could not restrain the4r sobs
and their voices seemed to bring back
the Pontiff from the state of coma,
Into which he had lapsed. Ills eyes
opened. Ids lips moved and It was)
plain he was making an effort to Im
part a final blessing. For a moment
It seemed that dissolution had taken
place, and then tlie lls moved again I
HIS LAST WOROH.
"Together In one all things In
Christ," he whlsMred.
Dr. Marchlafava released . the
wrist, whliii dropcd pulseless on tho
Pontlfra breast and bent over the
bed, listening for a heart that was
stilled.
"It Is all over:" he said, and rev
erently kissed the Pope's hand. In
turn the ot Iters did the same, after
lbo, Iltonrd prayers for the
'.I.,.
. dead.
Immediately after candle . lights
Clckcred In all the wliutow of ttie -Vatican
and the wlioto personnel of
the anostollu nalacr. with the iwrnils-
nhinof the sposUillc secretary. fll-d by
the dead and kissed the hand of Uio
Iope as they passed. ,
Many Messages.
Throughout the nliht messnges hsd
been received from the heads of many ,
states Inquiring the condition of his
death by Cardinal Merry - ftel Val.
The Italian premier Mgnnr' ftalamlra,
at onoe ordered that ths neeesssry
measures be taken to guarant ths
Complete liberty tf the provUHmU
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