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OLTJME XIX. NO. 181.
GERMAN 'RICH!
IS REPOR 1, MA
PROTEST
TO PRESIDENT
taperor William Makes Ob
jection to Alleged JJse of
Dum-Dum Bullets by :
the Allies.
EGRETS DESTRUCTION
OF CITY OF LOUVAIN
lessage Not Yet Received at
the White House, ( It Is
Stated at Wash
ington. London, Sept 9. "There has been
jblished In Copenhagen a telegram
hlch Emperor William sent to Pres-
jent -Wilson under date of Septem-
I," telegraphs , the Copenhagen
trrespondent of the London Dally
IcKraph. "In this message Emperor
illinm protests against the use by
English of dum-dum bullets and
inst the participation of the Bel-
Ian pouplation in the war."
Emperor William adds in his com
junication to Mr. Wilson that his
nerals have In certain cases been
mpellcd to punish the Belgians and
expresses his deep regret at the
struetlon of Louvaln and other ln
resting places. ...
The North German Gazette of Bcr-
i, the official " newspaper ot Ger-
my confirms the statement that
bnprror William has sent an lmport
pt message to President Wilson ae-
rding to news reaching here today.
Washington, Sept. 9. It was stated
lay no message from Emperor
Filliam has been received by Presl-
fnt Wilson. Both Ambassador Bern-
orff and Charge von Haimhaussen
re absent but officials at the lega
n said they knew nothing of such
message.
New York, Sept. 9. Count von
rnstorff, German ambassador and
liarge d'Affaires von Haimhaussen
i re today stated they knew nothing
f a message to Presidont . Wilson
rom Emperor William.
E TAX RAISE
Does Not Believe Change Will
Bring the Desired Funds
in Time.
Washington. Sent I. President
fvilson opposes an. increase in the ln
ome tax as part of the plan for
uislng revenue for the government
House Leader Underwood, Chair-
("an Simmons, of 'the senate .finance
mimittee and Chairman Fltzserald
tf the house aDnronrlatlona commit
tee conferred with the president to
Pay and were told that in his opinion
M increase of the Income tax would
pot be suitable In the emergency be
jia'ise no returns would be realized
smui next year. In his message to
ongresg on the subject the president
8Ked that the sources be used which
pvould respond quickly.
INCREASES SCOPE OF
U. S. LABOR BUREAU
Washington. Sept . The scops of
'he government's big 'Clearing house
. 'or labor and home seekers was In
'Teased today by ths establishment
throughout the country of distributing
mcs with headquarters In eighteen
cities. Information relating to the
needs of employers, the-supply of
workers and opportunities for settlers
will be exchanged among ths head
quarters under direction of ths dlvis
ion of Information In ths department
of labor. Headquarters and their
xoneg Include:
Norfolk-WVIrglnla, North Carollni
Jacksonville Florida, Georgia, Ala
bama, Booth Carolina.
New Orleans Louisiana, Mlsslsslp
PL Arkansas, Tennessee,
Tablet t'nvcllcd.
, Baltimore, Sept . At ths Star
"psngled Banner centennary today a
tablet was unveiled on ths nous
whers ths original Hlar Spangled ban
ner was mads by Martha plckersglll
A monument to the prtvaliwrs of 1111
. ii also unveiled at t '6rt McIItnry,
MADE
ilfiii
IN EASTERN WAR
Both Germans and ' Russians
Have Suffered Severely
Says Correspondent.
London, Sept 9. The correspond
ent of the Times at Petrograd says:
The extent of the losses during
the first" six weeks of the war places
all previous casualties far In the
background. Not ' less than 10,000
dead Germans were counted In the
trenches after one engagement In
eastern Prussia. On the fateful Sep
tember 1, when two Rraslan corps
came to death grips with four Ger
man corps north of Soldau, the losses
of both sides totalled between 60,0uc
and 70,000, the majority being Ger
mans. ,
"The results of the affair at Nijni
Novgorod provide concb'.dlvt; evidence
of the comparatively email effect the
war had upon Internal trade. Bus!
ness was suspended for only two or
three days at the beginning of mobil
ization, but afterwards It was nor
mal. There was a brisk demand for
goods from central Asia, Persia, the
Causasus and the Volgar regions.
"A majority of the firms are ready
to extend credit to regular customers.
The state bank, oo. by active dis
counting supports the fair furs alone
tradel
suffered through the ,v foreign
Berlin, Sept. 9. Two major gener
als have been added to the death
list of field officers, General Gotha
and Nleland.
Premier von Wlezsacker of Wuer-
temburg and Minister of Finance von
Ureunlga of Bavaria have both lost
sons. Prince Frederick William of
Hesse In the breast in the fighting In
France. ' i
Long train loads of wounded are
now being brought from advanced to
base hospitals or forwarded to lazar
ettos in the Interior of Germany. Only
the most severely wounded who are
unable to bear transportation have
been left In the advanced hospitals.
WOMEN IN BLACK
ALREADY NUMEROUS
Paris, Sept 8
. Ah cady women
black are growing
numerous on the
Today the official
and children In
more and more
streets of Paris.
communique declares that "while our
losses (In a cercmu engagement)
were heavy those of the tnemy were
far greater." The Inevitable toll of
the war is being pal 1. ,
A tear stained, trembling mignon
ette told today how vht heard of the
death of her only brother yesterday.
He had sent her no word sines he
went north with hio replment on the
second day of "mobilization. There
are no official lists of killed, and
wounded. For five day she went to
the ministry of war, soi l ing news.
On Friday thpy r'emed to be prepar
ing her for the worst. "Come tomor
row and we will have i.ews of your
brother." On the morrow she was
told simply, "He is dead. ' All further
Inquiries were In vain.. Where and
how he died she could not learn or
whether his body would be brought
home. Simply "II f st mort."
STATE OF SIEGE IN
. HOLLAND DECREED
London, Sept 9. A Reuter dispatch
from The Hague says:
"A royal decree proclaims a stats of
siege In a great number of towns and
villages situated on the coast and riv
ers In the provinces of Zealand, north
Brabant, Llmbourg, Dcderland, Oron
lngen, Frlesland and north Holland.
"The proclamation forbids exporta
tion In vessels of goods bought In the
Netherlands for belligerents.
The towns In wl.ieh a stale of siege
exists are Flushing Terse helling, )U1
levoeUlula and part of ths Hook of
Holland."
Illinois rrlmarj.
Chicago, pept 9. Illinois voters to
day prepared to vote for various state,
county end municipal officers in pri
mary, for ths fall election.
Three parties will have a full ticket
In the fie Is.
Capt KmarU IHrs.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Hept 9. Cap
tain James Polk Smartt, In charge of
ths ChlrssmaiiKa National Park asso
ciation. Confederate veteran and
prominent ihn merchant hers, died
here today, lis was IT years old.
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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1914.
GERMAN OFFENSIVE
Fm
But Strong Belgian Fortress,Wiih Garri
son of' ,40,000, Falls as the Allied
Troops Take Offensive.
RUSSIA RESUMES WESTWARD
ADVANCE THROUGH PRUSSIA
Berlin Alarmed as
bergAustria Bankrupt and in Panic as Bosnia
Revolts, Report From Vienna.
The fall of Maubeuge, a
strong French fortress six
miles from the Belgium fron
tier, is announced at German
headquarters. - '
Forty thousand prisoners, in
cluding four generals and 100
guns were taken, it is said.
Up to early afternoon no fur
ther light has been thrown on
what is probably the greatest
battle of the war which is being
fought east of Paris from Mont
marail to Verdun and from
Verdun to Nancy. Three mil
lion men are said to be engag
ed. A news dispatch from Paris
indicates a belief there that the
German offense against the city
has been definitely checked:
According to a dispatch from
Copenhagen, Emperor William
has sent a dispatch to Presi
dent Wilson, protesting that
the British were using dum
dum bullets and that Belgian
non-combatants were harrass
ing the Germans.
It is understood that Rou-
mania will soon throw her 200,
000 troops into the conflict. . . .
Berlin says the Bucharest
correspondent of the Cologne
Gazette reports a strong senti
ment in favor of Russia
throughout Roumania.
Advices from The Hague are
that a state of siege has been
proclaimed in a great number
of towns on the coast of Hol
land! .
Official confirmation of the
report that Russian troops are
in France is still lacking.
Official reports from Vienna
describes Austria as bankrupt
and its people in panic. Bos
nia, he says, is in open revolt.
The situation is due to the fail
ure of Austrian arms in Russia.
Misgivings for the Finnish
steamer Sveaborg bound from
Romo, Sweden for Stockholm,
IS felt in the latter City. The
vessel had many British andj
Americana on board and is
overdue.
Russia is reported as taking
the offensive in east Prussia
and news from Berlin says that
all eyes in the German capital
are turned eastward, where the
importance of administering a
check to the invading Russians
appears quite as great as the
victorious pursuit of the for
eign campaign.
fiy. r riA
IN FULL RETREAT
USE 13
Czar's Forces Sweep Past Koenigs
The Russians have pushed
60 miles southwest of Koenigs-
burg.
British officers arriving in
Paris' today state that the bat
tle east of Paris still rages
furiously.
A dispatch to the Central
News from Basel, Switzerland
via. Rome, says that the Ger
mans have evacuated Upper-
Alsace.
London Sept. 9. A Chron
icle's correspondent near the
front wires:
"The tables are turned. The
German army, battered by hea
vy gun fire for the past few
days, is continuing its retro
grade movement. It is falling
back with the British army
fast in its flank. Everything
points to the movement being
definite disaster rather than a
temporary retreat. The Ger
mans began retreating Tues
day morning and the German
wounded were rushed to Arras.
When I left Amiens that day,
a small British force was wait
ing to occupy the town as soon
as the Germans - withdrew,
which was expected by Tues
day night.
"The British left wing is giv
it
40,000 PRISONERS.
Berlin, Sept. 9. (By wireless
to The Associated Press via Say
ville, L. I.) The official an
nouncement was made at army
headquarters this morning that
the fortress of Maubeugs had
fullen this morning.
The Germans took 40,000
prisoners including foiir gener
als. Four hundred guns were al
so raptured.
Ludwlg Frank of Manhelm, a
prominent socialist member of
the reichstag, was killed Beptem-
X ber 6, during a German charge
K on Lunevllle.
H Prince Frederick William of
t Hesse has been wounded.
s
t Maubeuge is a French fortress
K of the first class. It Is situated
In the department Du Nord,
about six miles from ths Belgian
frontier.
The German onslaughts on
this position have been deter
mined and Judging from Incom
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plete cables they havs been to- X
ing on lor a weea or more. Din-
patches from London under date X
of September t, said that part X
of ths British expeditionary X
force at Maubeugs assisted ths X
French In their resistance. X
Ths German staff announced X
September (, that two of the X
Maubeugs forts had fallen. On X
ths same day an official com- X
munlratlon given out In Paris X
aid Maubeugs had continued X
Its resistance. X
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TV7 V
GE HAS FALLEN
ing the Germans no respite, the
cavalry being especially val
ient. The British tried to de
tach the harried right wing
and annihilate it. In prevent
ing this, the commander seems
to be directing the retreat on
Cambrai and Tournai, evident
ly with the intention of repass
ing the,Belgian border east of
Lille.
"Each instant the rearward
progress of the Germans is
gaining momentum, is it the
beginning of the end?"
London, Sept. 9. If inspira
tion means to the French sol
dier what it did to the first Na
polean, the situation today on
the allies' center, on the his
toric field of Chalons, should
offer compensation for a dis
heartening month of rear
guard actions.
At any rate, the allies, now
superior or at least equal in
number to the Germans, evi
dently have begun the offen
sive. At least 3,000,000 men
are engaged on both sides and
as the center of the allies lies
on the plains of Chalons, true
to many prophesies, another
Armageddon may take place
where Attila, surnamed "The
Scourge of God," was van
quished by the allied Visigoths
and Romans in the bloodiest
battle in the world's history.
On these plains, centuries la
ter, Napoleon conducted the
most brilliant defensive cam
paign of his career.
News from Austria indicates
that the dunl monarchy is in
grave internal st niggles while
her army conditions are daily
becoming more serious.
Even Berlin seems to have
lost something of its prevailing
optimism. It confesses to tho
turning of anxious eyes in the
direction of the allies in Oali
cia. Russia now appears to lc as
suming the offensive in east
Prussia. She has thrown 2,-
; 000,000 men along the border.
Irpi . , . 1 i u
iuis ncnuji is iritiut'u ufit) us
a menace against the heart of
Germany which cannot remain
unanswered.
The Russians captured the
fortress of icholacff, aboul 13
miles southwest of Lemberg,
and this is considered almost
as great a feat ns taking Lcm-
(Contlnued on rags 9.)
DUAL EMPIRE'S
AWFUL PLIGHT
PLANT
ETUIS
Knoxville Man Here Looking
Over the Local Situation.
Investment Planned.
John T. Walker of Knoxville, ar
rived in Ashevllle last night and says
that it is the intention of the com
pany when he represents to build at
some convenient point In western
North Carolina a wood manufacturing
plant.
Mr. Walker also says that he Is fav
orably impressed with this city as a
possible site for his industry and that
if proper arrangements can be made
he feels assured that his company will
establish a branch plant here.
The fact that necessary raw ma
terials, lumber, abound here will
prove an inducement he says. Rail
road rates must first be investigated,
however. The company contemplates
an Investment of something like $25,
000. AMERICAN CONSUL
IN GRAVE CONDITION
London, Sept. 9. Charles A. Hol
der, American consul at Cologne, who
was brought to London from Dieppe
on a stretcher, is reported to be In
a grave condition at a local hospital.
He has undergone one operation and
faces a serious one
John Ray, American consul at
Odessa, saved from the Wilson line
steamer Runo, sunk in the North sea
last Saturday by a mine, is reported
as recovering from his injuries. He
is at Hull.
Ambassador Page today received
advices from the American consul
there saying Mr. Ray received a cut
on the head one and one halt Inches
long when the Runo was blown up.
REFUGEES RETURNING
TO VICINITY OF PARIS
Paris, Sept. 9. A large number of
refugees from the regions north of
Paris, returned to their homes yes
terday, as the country is entirely free
from Germans although the fields In
the region of Pnmmartin-Kn-Gocle are
still covered with German dead.
Traffic on the northern railroad will
be resumed at once to the suburban
districts. Excavators to the number
of more than G000 were called for
yesterday. A large number ot them
is needed to inter the dead on the
battlefield.
Trades union leaders took charge of
the recruiting of the necessary force,
and it is toeing carried out with mili
tary decision and dispatch.
TRESPASSING CASES
AGAIN CONTINUED
Another continuance has heen taken
before Magistrate James Mclntyre In
the cases of the 26 defendants who
were arrested several days ago charg
ed with trespassing on the property
of J. M. Thrash In West Ashevllle, and
the trials have now been set for next
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. The
cases were continued this time for the
prosecutor, P. H. Thrash, It being the
third time that the cases have been
continued since they were first called.
SI earner Mhotlng ami Overdue..
Stockholm, Sept. 9. Anxiety Is felt
over the non-arrival of Finnish pas
senger steamer Svorborg, coming
around the Scandanavlnn peninsula
With many Russians and Poles. It Is
feared she has bee it sunk by a mine.
Anxiety Is also felt for the steamer
Torne. which left early WcMnesday
from this port
Shipping Bill.
Washington, Sept. 9. Bills to re
peal penalties on foreign built vessels
belonging to Americans and to pro
vide for certificates of registry for
American vessels abroad, to facilitate
commerce were Introduced by Chair
man Alexander of tho house mer
chant committee.
Itrltmh Niirvo Wounded.
Paris, Sept. 9. Ths Journal says
that among ths wounded arriving In
Paris yesterday was a young British
nurse who had been struck by a Ger
man bullet as she was attenllng a
wounded German soldier.
COM
Ml
"WEATHER FOEECASTj
FAIR.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Panic Rules in Austria, Corres
pondent Writes Her Beat
en Armies Now Openly
Mutinous.
OFFICERS SHOOT MEN
TO ENFORCE ORDERS
Bosnia in Open Revolt Thou
sands of Business Men
Ruined Foreigners
Torn to Pieces. .
London, Sept. 9. The correspond
ent of the Daily Mail in Milan who
has lately been In Vienna,- draws a
gloomy picture of that empire. He
says:
"Panic rules in Austria. The great,
unwieldy, bankrupt empire, dragged
reluctlantly at the heels of Germany,
u In n Htnte if dpnnerate muddle
IqH fcac !4o armies hulf-hnn rtpd n.t
first, and now openly mutinous, are
beaten back at every point by the
Russians. The policy of mixing in
each company men of the different
races which compose the empire has
had the result that there is now no
esprit de corps in the army. The men
were driven into trains at- the point
ot the bayonet and scores were shot
by their officers to terrorize their
fellows Into obedience. While the
Rupsian avalanche drives on, Bosnia
Is in open revolt and Trieste paralyz
ed by fear of an attack. Austria 19
bankrupt, trade is at a standstill and
thousands of business men are ruined
by a war which they hate. The har
vest not being gathered, Austria faces
a famine and prices are rapidly ris
ing. In resentment the popular anger
has rifen toward the foreigner, and
Serbs have been torn to pieces in tho
streets. Newspaper men have been
shot by the police and five foreign
newspaper men an- n jail.
"The officials have begun to flood
low lying tracts Burroundlng the city
and to fortify the town."
TO BE S. C.
Big Majority Over Blease Can
didate Indicated Other
Successful Men.
Columbia, Sept. 9. Returns In tho
second primary of South Carolina In
dicate that Richard I. Manning will bs
nominated governor; Andrew J. Be
thea as lieutenant governor; and
Frunk Shealey for railroad commis
sioner, they having majorities respec
tively from 30,000 to 38,000. Wyatt
Aiken's nomination as congressman
from the third district was Insured by
an Increased majority.
DISPATCH TELLS OF
CAPTURE OF RHEIM3
Washington, Sept 9. Rhelms was '
occupied September 6 by a small
German patrol cons-lstlng of six offi
cers and 67 privates, says a wireless
dispatch from Berlin to the Gcrmait
embassy here.
Mr. Hrhaermann, correspondent of
the DuUulie Tageszeltung, wires that
when still doubtful whether the forts
were occupied, the message continues
Captain von Humbrslchs patrol rods
to the town hall, took formal posses
sion of the city, made the mayor a
hostage for the proper behavior of
the Inhabitants and then awaited sev
eral of the German brigades
NEW OUTBREAK BY
BANDITS OF ZAPATA
Washington, Sept. 9. Official ad
vices today telling o rutting Mexico
City's water supply for three days svl.
dently a new outbreak by Ziat
bandit caused apprehension among
administrative heads. It was heltevecL
that if Csrrsnca and Villa unite In al .
strong central government. United j
States will recognise ths new admlnls-i
tratlon and Zapata will be crushed byi
ths superior constitutionalist forces.,!
Land reforms demanded by ZapatsJ
will bs granted by ths government.