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THB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSTVB ASSOCIAT ED PRESS BERYICB IN THB it CAROLINA3 II IT ipiue iWEATHEB FORECASTi CLOUDY. VOLUME XIX. NO. 183. ... ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS 9m M I BATTLE NEAR PARIS YET RAGES ; WITH- FINAL RESULT' IN DOUBT ALLIES HALTED OTBIClsF" ins GUM TROOPS Advance of British Over , the Marne River Checked Says Wireless Message from Berlin. ":". JIGHING CONTINUES - HEAVY NEAR VERDUN Uustrians Have Resumed the Offensive Near Lemberg, According to Ger man Account. Official List of Inhuman Prac tices Attributed to Germans ' Is Supplemented at London. NON-COMBATANTS ARE BEATEN TO DEATH Wpunded Colonel Slain on the Field by Pursuing Ger mans, Find Investi gators. tvnshlnirton. Sept 11. The Ger man embassy today Tecelved the fol lowing from Berlin: Headquarters on Tnursaay, in us first official report says in a Datue L,,t nf Paris the Germans held their jown in a heavy two days fight against Superior forces between Meaux Mont mareil in the direction of Harz. Many Vuna and prisoners wert taken, but W German 1 nk retreated before a ktrons hostile column of reiniorce- lnipnts. Headquarters also reports flgnung hear Verdun and the eastern scene of war. 'The action of French ana Engusn holding neutral Holland steamers (fallHj off Amwlcan and other neu- jiral mail is cuunng resentment in Holland. ' " Vienna reports the Austrlans have resumed the offensive In the region of Lemberg. This marks trie second stage of a nine day battle In which 450.000 infantry; 4,000 cavalry; 1,800 machine guns, and 200 field guns were engaged on the Russian side. On Sunday night the Austrlans anni hilated the entire Servian Tlmok di vision near Mitrowitza. , "Tho military attaches of the neu tral powers, with the German troopsi ofticially state that the enemies of Germany are using dum-dum bullets. "The vanguard of the right wing of the German troops advancing over the Marne river to the eastward were attacked by superior forces but the attack was stopped, the enemies not following up their advance." DELEGATES IRE NAMED 10 GOOD ROADS MEET GEjR2VrANSGGNTINlE ATT ACK AT VERDUN Make Desperate Effort to Drive Wedge Into French Lines at That Point But Without Success. EARLY OF IN S French Driven From Belgium Rapidly Says Correspon dent Who Saw the Operations. BRITISH ADVANCE AGAINST GERMAN RIGHT CONTINUES AsheviUe Men Among Those Who Will Represent State at Bristol At the request of Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, president and treasurer of the Southern Appalachian Good Roads as ofiatlon. Governor Locke Craig his appointed state delegates to attend the annual convention of the association. which will be held In Bristol on Oc tober 6 to . Several Ashevlile good roads enthusiasts are among the num ber of delegates appointed by Gov. ernnr Craig, the complete list of which as follows: Dr. A. Cheatham. Dur ham; John C. Drewry, Raleigh; James a. Gray, Jr., .Winston-Salem; -A. H, Bnyden, Salisbury: E. C. Chambers, Ashevlile; N. Buckner, Ashevlile; P. . Bancs. Wtnston-Ralem; Julian 8, Carr, Durham; J a me fiprunt, Wil mington; Bennehan Cameron, Stag- vle: Hugh McRae. Wilmington: mnk Nash, Hlllsboro; T. T. Ballen r, Tryon; Dr. C. P. Ambler, Ashe Dr. C. V. Reynolds, Ashevlile; F. u 8ly. Ashevlile; P. E. Patton. Hen- ""sonvllle; F. W. Miller. Waynesvllle J)r- M. H. Fletcher, Ashevlile; F. H. J1'", Thomasvllle; W. C. Hammer, Aohrhnro; F. M. Shannanhouse, Char '"lle; Guy V. Roberta. Marshall; O. U Jones, Franklin! P M Tlmwn r-rn Knoll; J. l Morgan, Clyde; George K. JVltchard, Bakersvllle; P. Mssh burn, Old Fort; N. J. LanceT Hot Springs; J. H. Bucher, Mara Hill; P. Fogle, Bearer Creek; P. B. Beard, jallnbury; K. J. Carpenter, Ruther "'d; Tenche Coxe. shevllle; R. P. Gil rt, Durham; J. II. Slaughter, Lex ington; A. W. Graham. Oxford; Herlot Urkson, Charlotte; Charles J. Harris, Wllnboro; F. R. Hewitt, Ashevlile; 11. Fries, Winston-Salem; James R "organ, Ashevlile; H.J. Moore, Stack house; b, H Wlbb; r D. No- 4 "'bane; A. B. Bkddlng. Wilmington. Dr. Pratt la president of the asso- 'on and JL B. Varner, of Lexlsc on, secretary. E, C. Chambers, of "nevliis, u on, ot th, vice-presldsnts Londin, Sept 11. A partial list of atrocities by Germans were present ed at the foreign office as follows: "At Llnsmcau, when the Germans entered the village two uniformed gendarmes attacked the Germans," Count Dellchtervelle said. "In revenge the village was attacked on the night of August 20. Two farms were de stroyed. It was found that no guns had been discharged by the villagers recently. Finally the men were sepa rated into three detachments, two of which disappeared. A third, consisting of eleven men were driven , at the point of a bayonet into a ditch and German soldiers set upon them and beat their brains out with the butt ends of their rifles. The eleven batter ed bodies were found later, by. Bel gian troops. On, August 12. after the battle of Haelen, Colonel van Damme was found lying on the battlefield. He was unable to move. Several German sol diers found him and placing their re volvers against his moutn, blew nis head off. "At Boucelles the German troops went into battle carrying the Belgian flag. On August 12 the Germans raided the town ot Valen while the Inhabit ants slept One Instance of what they did may be cited in the case of a man named Degllmme, whose house was fired and looted. He and his wife wore taken from the house half naked. He was dragged away In one direction, she In another. She was released when two miles away, and told fb. run. When she ran the Ger man soldiers fired at her. but she es caped the bullets a..d staggered back to the site of her ruined home In a pitiable condition. Her husband was also released and fired upon When he ran. He was found mortally wounded next day on the road outside of the town." Count Dellchtervelle, chairman of the Belgian Investigation committee, which presented the etatement, said he had read the German report which said violence was necessary because of vlllngers sniping the Ger mans. He said this was absolutely un true. The Belgians, he sold, had posted large notices commanding the popu lace to take no action against the enemy, and the notice was also car ried In the papers. Death of a Sniper. (Correspondence of the Associated Press) . IJndon, Sept. 2. One of the most vivid accounts of an episode of the war comes from the Ikal Anzelger of August 24. It Is a letter from Paul Oskar Hoecker, a- Berlin playwright, now serving as captain of the re serve. His play, "A Nation In Arms," Is being given at the Berlin opera house. He describes a mMon on which he was dispatched to search for arms in Belgian villages from which shots had been fired by civilians on Ger mans. His Instructions were that those In whose possession arms are found after they declared they had none were to be shot. At Jungbusch, he says, he found at one house an old man, a woman and a sirl of thirteen. "Then a terrible thing happened. 'A sergeant and a private dragged a young fellow out of the house. They had found him hiding In the straw In the loft He had In his hand a Belgian rlfls loaded with five cartridges, Through sn opening In the roor he may have aimed at many an honest Oerman. "The youth had to put his hands up. Stammering and deadly pale he stood there. " 'Who Is this youth,' I asked the old man. As If struck by lightning they dropped to ths ground snd wait ed. "With a groan the woman said, hs (Continued on Page t.) and Dr. A. Cheatham, ot Durham, and Dr. C. P. Ambler, ot Ashevlile. mem bers of ths executive committee. Allied Forces Have Taken 10,000 Prisoners and Many Munitions Belgians Again ActiveConflicting Reports Come From East Prussia. London, Sept. 11 The con flicting claims in today's offi cial announcements from head quarters of the forces engaged in the various battle zones, em psasizes the advice offered by the- latest French statement against drawing inferences from phases of the struggle. r or tour days the battle east of Paris has ebbed and flowed with terrific losses on both sides, but without permanent advantage to either side. The Germans still appear to be making headlong efforts to drive their wedge into the French line at a point south of Verdun and the already large army under Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm is rein forced, the result of which is conceded to be of extreme importance. "News from the fighting line east af Paris indicates that at some points the Germans have retired from 60 to 75 kilome ters (from 36 to 46 miles). On the right, where the troops of Emperor William are opposing tlie JJntish torces, many defeats were reported be cause of telegraphic errors in the transmission of messages. ,Tho official press bureau to day gave out this announce ment: '", '-'',5.n "The general retirement of tho Germans continue. The forces of tho allies have eaken 10,000 prisoners including sev eral guns and nccoutermenti and large quantities of trans port." Reports of the renewal of activity by the Belgian army seem to be confirmed, but up to the present time King Al bert's men have not gone lwj yon dharrying the small force of German reservists left be hind when the army of occupa tion left the baetlefields east of Paris. On the extreme right of the French battlefield comes the battle scarred Muelhausen, where the Germans appear to be retreating. According to Petrograd the Russians continue to punish the Austrians. The latest intelli gence from Berlin indicates that the Germans have gained an important success in east Prussia. According to this ver sion, tho Russians are full ol IgJUHHIIgiHHItHIHHIItHlltH ', S s WAR NEWS SUMMARIZED. H t s Official German advices re- t It celved in Washington declare st st Germans held their own in two st H days' fighting east of Paris, cap- It It turing 60 guns and several thou- H I sand prisoners, but retired the H DETAILS OF THE Bordeaux Dispatch Tells How German's Southeast Sweep Was Checked East of Paris. LITTLE RESISTANCE OFFERED ADVANCE German Losses About 50,000 by Time French Frontier Was Reached Artillery Fighting. FURIOUS FIGHTING ON GRAND MORIN RIVER Germans Apparently Suffer from Lack of Ammunition , and Reach Supplies With Difficulty. , ' flank upon the advance of strong st hostile columns. H Earlier dispatches from Bex- t lift) represented the Germaais mtV, having lost 50 guns and several sg thousand prisoners. , t The French embassy at Wash- ? lngton has received reports from ? Bordeaux of marked advances It against the German right wing. l These appear to bo based on t statements by the French minis- H try of war, made public last s night. Today It Is announced s In Paris that the Germans have J retired In some places 40 'or 50 It miles. H Important news from east H Prussia, where the Russians are H in, control, indicates that the H Russians have made little pro K gress since capturing Allenstein. H They are now reported to be H bombarding the strongly forll- H fled city of Koenigsburg. There 8 are indications also that Ger- H mans are arriving In force and H moving towards Koenigsburg. K A dispatch from Petrograd H says the Germans on the west s bank of the river Alle ore s marching In an easterly dlrec- H tlon upon the Russian advance Hi guard, who are retreating. The It Alle river runs northeast, south- H east of Koenigsburg. H Another version of the fight- S Ing east of Paris by the foreign H bureau in London says the Ger- It mans continue to retire. It is H said the troops captured 10,000 st prisoners and guns. It A dispatch from Rotterdam H It s; It 5 ! It It H t It It H It It It It t t t It t t t t It K at st It t st It It It st st st H It st It t st st It st It st st st It st t st st st It st st st st It t It ststKstststltststltltltltstltltltltll must cause, it is said, a retrea and demoralization. Some critics say that oven if Maubeuge falls the route will not become available for the Germans for at least two days and the battle may be decided before it can be of any practi cal use except as a way out in cas Of disaster. The latter contingency is not counted on as much as it is hoped for by Paris, but the undoubted re verse of the German left wing has given the people immense -S-r. . .... courage. It is pointed out tnat in a forced march the Germans would find the fortified city of Rheims in their path. On the whole it is considered here tsat if the enemy does not retrieve its lost fortunes rapidly it will says an onlclal German com munication denies that the fort ress at Priemysl is surrounded by Russians, of that the Rus sians are advancing on Cracow, as represented at Petrograd and London. Renewed activity by the Oer man navy in the Baltic is indi cated In reports from Berlin and elsewhere, - NIsh reports that Servian st It It st It st It st st st s forces have occupied Semlln, a st town of Austria-Hungary from W which the Austrlans b igart their st original attack on Scrvla. Ser- st vlan end Montenegrin, trdops H have effectod a Juncture and H marched on the capital of Bos- st nla. st A dispatch from Basel, Rwlti- st erland, reports that the British st have captured Muolhausen. st have to get out of France. retreat, with the Germans in pursuit. Tho Russian version is that their advance guards are fall ing back but holding. Taris, Sept. 11. The four days' fighting in tho great bat tlo of Champaigne is causing lively satisfaction. It is ad mitted that the battle has not been won, but the gain of 40 miles on the German left in creases tho jeopardy of their lines of communication and Liondon, bept. ll. The cor respondent of the Times at Bordeaux sends the following dispatch: l "It is now beyond doubt that the German turning movement to the southeast of Paris has been defeated and there is a dawning hope that the allies' left, which lias borne a rain of the enemy's blows since the fighting at Mons began, is about to take its revenge. The Germans have been fighting desperately to guard their line of communication which is in considerable danger from the allis' left. They have been forced to retreat before the on slaught of the British and the withdrawal of the German right is bound to assist the French in forcing back the cen ter unless the Germann again find themselves obliged to fol low the imperial precedent. "On the extreme French right the enemy's division bearing down on Nancy has been thrown back upon the for est of Champenoux." "The first official admission on the German side of the suc cess of the allies," says the Ghent correspondent of the Times, "appears in Berlin this afternoon. General von Stein announced that the German ar my which had crossed the Marne to the oast of Paris was heavily attacked by tho enemy near Paris, Montmirail and elsewhere. (Continued on Tags I.) London, Sept. 11. A correspondent of the Associated Press who has been through Belgium sends this dispatch from Rotterdam, evidently received from a German soldier: "Germany's army flooded France like a flood tide, spreading In every direction to Beaumont, Maubeuge, Mons and Lille, Dinant and Givet They went over the French without serious resistance, tho French scat tering before them In great disorder, leaving behind much war material, their retreat extending as far as tne forest of Mormal in northern France. "Several rear guard actions occur red resulting in considerable losses to both sides and bringing up the losses of the Germans in Belgium to about 50,000. "In the Blnche country, south to MaubeuKe. innumerable skirmishes occurred from August 23 to August 26. The French retreated to Bonne Espcrante, where, after another skirmish they fell back through Merbes, Sainte Marie and Merbes-Le Chateau. 10.000 English retiring to Joumont at the same time. "Engagements in the vicinity of Buissierre and Thuln constituted the most determined resistance offered by the allies. After two days' contin uous artillery duel, which swept the surrounding country and demolished almost every structure the entire right wing of the allies withdrew far to the southward. This gave the Ger mans an opportunity to sweep through Beaumont and approach Maubeuge from the south. Meanwhile the other corps had approached Maubeuge from the north. The Brit ish and French were on August 2 3 driven across the Sambre river where on the south bnnk of the river 1n 30 mile front, fighting continued for three days. The correspondent fl saw actual firing in the direction of Maubeuge August 28, hen the white illumes of the shrapnel clouded the horizon, but the forward movement of the Gorman columns were so fust that when the correspondent reached the scene of the recent engagement tho firing line had advanced fully ten miles southwostward. The Germa wounded were Immediately cared for and the dead burled as fust as the enemv continued on the march whll the French dead were left unburied and the wounded, in some cases re mained on the battlefield three dayi without receiving attention. A largo proportion of them died for lack o prompt attention. No coses were observed where French medical men were left behind to care for their wounded. The allies was pushed onwnrd by forced marches. Cemeteries with unfinished graves, gave mute evidence of a hur ried French retreat "I say a duel between French snd German aernplnnrs both of which were disabled after a hard battle. Both were careening down In glnnt circles when they suddenly plunged to the earth, side by side and were completely shattered while their avia tors were Instantly killed." London, Sept. 11. A dispatch from. Boideaux dated Wednesday, says: "When the enemy's sweep south east was checked on the Grand. Morin, the German war machine h3 een showing signs of wear and each. of battle has closed with the al es in a more favorable position. "On Sunday there was furious fighting along the Grand Morln which, continued at La Ferte and Gaucher throughout the night and on Monday the enemy began a retreat upon their next line to' Petit Morln. Here they were allowed no rest for the allied forces were tasting the rare joy of the offensive and wished to taste it to the full. "On Tuesday the German com mand became apprehensive for the safety of Its communications and saw, looking on its right flank, a possibil ity of disaster. 'North of Paris the French found ample room for assembling a lu.iO army, and while the British were slipping from the northeast of Paris to the east with the Germans, their place of glory was taken by a strong French force which moved up to the river Ourcq and became a very seri ous menace to the enemy's move ment. The Ourcq formed, the upper blade of the pair of shears, which were 'gradually closed. During this operative the Grand Morln and Petit Morln rivers formed the lower blade. The Germans tried to extricate them selves by a series of serious but fruit less onslaughts on the French hold ing tht right bank of the Ourcq. Tht fighting here has been of a peculiarly desperate character. The French, however, standing firm along tho Ourcn, while the British have crossed the Marne and chased the enemy a distance of 25 miles. From the center news is mea ger but the French are understood to bp progressing. i "The Gerniuns apparently are suf fering from lack of ammunition and it would seem that their difficulties In obtaining supplies from their base have only begun. Should this continue thcir's can be nothing but defeat." FRANK FANNING STILL IN GRAVE CONDITION rohia, era AND BULGinCl TREATY Form Alliance to Interfere Should Turkey Decide to Take up Arms. Dr. J. T. Sevier returned to Ashe vlile last night from Spartanburg, where he had been to see Frank Fan ning, the Ashevlile man who was seri ously Injured on Sunday afternoon, September 6, near Oreer, H. C. when the automobile In which a party from this city was making a trip to CN.-tr-lotte. threw a wheel. Dr. Sevier re ports that Mr. Fanning Is still In a very serious condition, but that the attending physicians entertain hopes for his recovery. He Is still In Steed Ivy's hospital In Spartanburg. Mrs. Augustus Bhepsrd. formerly Miss Marie Rees, Is expected shortly from New Tork with her children snd will be with her parents. Mr. snd Mrs. Arthur F. Rees, at their horns on th lllltmors road. London, Sept. 11. Telegraphing from Rome a correspondent of the Dally Telegraph declares he has learned from diplomatic sources that Iloumanla, Groece and Bulgaria have signed an agreement which may be regarded as a real alliance under tho terms of which they engage to Inter fere whenever necessary to prevent Turkey's aiding Germany and Austria. If Turkey remains neutral, however, the three states will do the same. It Is reported In Rome, the corres. pondent continues that Berlin has be come reconciled to the idea of Italian neutrality but she Is determined -least Italy shall remain neutrsl to th. end. Steamer In Port. New Tork, Sept. 11. Arrlvnl: steamers Auronia, Glasgow; Creole, Liverpool. Dr. Howard A. Kelly, a distinguished surgeon of Baltimore, who has been spending some days In western North Carolina left this morning en rout home. While In Ashevlile Dr. Kelly was entertained by Mr. snd Mrs. Mrs. Charles French Toms at tbsir horns on Montford avenue.
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