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jUME XIX. NO. 187.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 16, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
3A7 7 LE RAGES IN NOR1H FRANCE
! - ALONG FRON7 OF ' OVEFi lOO MILES
ilTLE CIIGE
OUT
rrerid'er of Forces Led by
iankel and Auffenberg Is
Imminent, Says Rome
Correspondent.
SE 40 PER CENT IN
...
JOINING THEIR FORCES
W Hope Now Lies in Con
I
,entrating Their Armies in
the Triangle Dominated
by Przemysl.
IIIICE III
IIS FORMS
State Commissioners Are Now
Hard at Work at Grove
Park Inn Fine
Program.
DEBATE WAS FEATURE
OF THE SET PROGRAM
President Young and Other Of
ficers Are all Well Pleased
With Meeting Being
Held in City.
GERMANS WAGING
A DEFENSIVE FIGHT
So Far Results Have Been Undecisive
Leaders of Germans Are Keeping
Their Forces Intact.
WEST FRONT STILL
RETREATS, REPORT
to
London, Sept. lB.Telegrapning
jn Rome, the correspondent of the
ly Express, says:
The surrender of the Austrian
hy led by Generals DanUel and
enbi-rg is Imminent, The neir to
throne, Archduke Charles Francis
th General Dankel's army, which
ntirely cut oft from communlca-
The third army corps marching
Itie aid of the Austrlans has been
kked at Grodok. by the third Rus
k army. General Dankr) is caught
the niarcht'8 north of the river
. Further to the west a flanking
nv nf Cossacks is awaiting It. Its
illery has been lout and Its cnvalry
In the bogs. The Austrian s omy
Is to conoctvtrnte In the triangle,
minuted by Przemysl. They enn ac
jmlish this, if at all, only by tra
mdntis lossvS.
K dispatch to the Express from
jino states the two Austrian armies
mmanded by Generals I'ankel and
jffc-nberg have joined forces at
jrsow, 13 miles northeast of Jaro
jii, and 23 miles due north of
jii'mysl. In the course of this opera
iii, the dispatch says, they lost 40
r cent of their numbers.
lie IVtrograd correspondent nf
Times quotes the military expert,
haelowsky, as saying that Kusxlan
esses In the past week over three
istrian armies from the Vistula to
je Carpathians leave the road
f southwest completely open.
Summary of Fighting.
,Tftrograd. Sept. This sum-
hry of recent fighting In Gallcla
is been made public through seml
llelal channels:
( Russian troops are pursuing the
strums with energy and the defeat
!thc enemy continues. Certain Aus
an army corps have been virtually
Snlhllated. Russian forces have
ssed the river San. The eastern
Jiisslan advance guard Is approaeh
tg Przemysl. The Tapidlty with
iiich military operations are being
Inducted has made It Impossible to
ttermlne accurately the losses of the
fiemy, but It may be said that they
c becoming colossal. According to
i'h information as come to hand
Austrian have lost In the neigh-
(rhood of 250,000 men In killed and
founded, this In ndditlon to 100,000
p-lKoners, many pieces of ordnance
Id standards.
"In all directions the roads are
nwded with artillery, transport wa
ns and arms and ammunition
ihleh have been abandoned In masses
luring the precipitate retreat or me
fnemy. in the river Vistula Russian
Hops have taken possession of the
('cumulation of material for bnege
Hiding and they destroyed several
f'snurs, one of which was armored.
"The desperate efforts of German
fnpn to save Austrian from, utter
'"Ut should be recorded. The active
tartlrlpatlnn of Oerman army corps
n the f ichtlng has been revealed at
"veral different places along the
Austrian front, as for Instance,- at
i'ouroblne. The Ttuselana captured 86
'"leces of long range Oerman artillery
i addition td some S.000 German
nsoners. At many places on the
ont several dosen large guns, many
which had been prevented by lack
tr time from being used In the fight
." Into their hands.
I Hiecor sent by Germany did not
"Ve the Austrian and tl.s hesvy de
f,1at Inflicted on the Germans Is con
,rlluted to the brilliancy of the Aus-
'n victories."
of
full
The Continued Disaster toAustrians
Compels the Germans to Rely
More on Themselves in Both
Theaters of War.
Continuation of the reading
technical insurance papers und
discussions of the same featured the
morning session today of the forty
Hfth annual meeting of the National
Association of Insurance commission
ers which is meeting this week at
Grove Park Inn this morning.
James It. Young, insurance com
missioner of the state of North Car Paris, Sept. 16. -According
tional association presided over the to Ollieiill announcement, mUUf
morning session. , this morning, tho German ar-
The feature of the set program, . ,
which commenced at to o'clock and ray is righting a defensive bat-
continued for two hours was a debate ' aJono. its front from OVOn
on the subject: "Should We Abamlon .n J
the American Itestrh tions Upon the 10 tt point north 01 V erdlin.
V'liisses of Insurance Written?" tho r,.
aclrmative' aide being taken by Bur- ; " " ',' ' r
ton Mansfield of onnecticut and the PvOVOn IS 00 miles northeast
negative by ; Frank Hasbroiich of 'New ,)f p u.j8 n(l'14 mil(S from
York. C. G. Itevelle of Missouri was '
Lompiegne. me battle line, as
given in the foregoing dis.
pntt'h, is in a straight line rnn
nirig almost dlie east and west.
JYorn Noyon to a point north
of Verdun is about 110 miles.
L
OPENED
T
Mission Building Committee
Asks Its Architect to Go
Over Plans Again.
TIRELESS STATION AT
TUCKERT0WN CLOSED
Tuckertown. N. J., Bept. II. The
C wlrelem station here one of the two
; '"is in tn unltti mates In direct
,uch with Germany, was closed to
'lsy.
'Jentenant Felix X Olgax, tT. S. N.,
'n charge, later said ons of the gen
'rators had burned out Us said there
w no evidence of any tampering
w,,h the machinery. Ths station Is
of operaUon for an indsflnlts psr
"4. Possibly a week or more.
on the side with Commissioner Mans
field while O. -K.-Stabelln of South
Dakota supported tho negative. A full
discussion of the subject followed
and, much Interesting matter to In
surance " oftli lals and agents was
brought out
The attendance this morning wan
the largest yet at the convention
which opened yesterday morning and
will continue through Friday. Presi
dent Young and the other of.lcers of
tho national association express
themselves as being well pleased with
the Asheville meeting.
Today's set program In full folUiws:
Wednesday Morning.'
"Should we Abandon the American
Restrictions I'pon the Classes of In
surance written
(a) by a rompany doing direct
writing?
(b) by a company doing reinsur
ance? Affirmative Burton Mansfield, of
Connecticut.
Negative Frank Hasbrouck, of
New York.
Afllrmative C. O. Revelle. of Mis
souri.
Negative O. K. Slabclln, of South
Dakota.
Discussion of papers.
Executive session.
(An executive session may be mov
ed at any time by a member).
Wednesday levelling, 8:80 O'clock.
"Acquisition Cost of Fire Insur
ance, Alvln IS. tieruen, 01 uouibwiiu.
"Cost of Miscellaneous Insurance,
S. Epsteen of Colorado.
Participating and Non-Partlclpat-
Ing Insurance jy Stock, hire ami
Casualty Insurance companies. it.
M. Small ofiOhlo, and . U Welcn or
Oklahoma.
Discussion of papers.
Many Visitors are Here.
In addition to the visitors who have
been In Asheville for several a ays
oast In anticipation of the big con
ventlon. a number of others came In
last night and this morning and are
now at Grove Park Inn and the
other hotels of the city. Last night
the' "big" room and the dining rooms
at the Inn presented brilliant scenes.
Here and there groups or aistin
irulshed visitors, their wives and
daughters gathered and several little
informal parties were held.
Alexander Webh of Raleigh, the
nresident of the chamber of com
merce of that city Is one fo the visitors
to the convention. North Carolina has
a large representation on hand, prac
tically all of the larger cltlles hav
ing sent Insurance men hers to the
meeting. Tey will remain throughout
the week.
Following the addresses of welcome
and the responses yestersay the In
surance commissioners got down to
business In earnest and this will be
the order of thing throughout the
balance of the forty-fifth annual
gathering, tast night several Import
ant and Interesting, to Insurance
world, addresses were made on the
question of offering encouragement
to ths formation of new companies by
ths various states and on compulsory
local Investments.
State Commissioner of Insurance T.
U. Henry, of Mississippi, who by ths
(Continue oa pag XI).
London, Sept. 16. The sec
ond great battle in northern
ance since the northern
sweep of the allies is now in
progress along the river Aisne.
The opposing lines are layed
from the Argouue liils to Por
cien and near the practice
camp of Soissons where the
program of the French sum
mer maneuvers contemplated
cavalry training on a large
scale for tliis'verv date.
Whether the Germans pro
pose to fight to a finish, or plan
merely to cover their retreat
on the river Meuse, is rot yet
clear, but the German .com
manders are showing the same
skill in retreat and the same
skill is keeping their forces in
tact, as the allies showed a
fortnight ago.
Tho German rush into
France and back thus far has
brought no decisive results,
and until a pitched battle is
fought and won neither side is
in a position to claim that it
has secured more than the op
ening a'dvantage in the war
game.
The allies, for the moment,
have retrieved their perilous
position and have turned tl.c
tables on the invaders, but the
next move is with the Germans
whose armies are still in grcnt
force on a ground more 01 lebs
selected by themselves.
The debacle for it seems
nothing less in the Austrian
armies shows that Germany
will have more and more to
rely mainly upon herself, hence
there will be a greater inter
dependence of events in the
eastern and western field of
operations.
What new. forces Germany
can put into the campaign in
the western area must hence
forth depend in a great meas
ure upon how far she can ne
gleet the Russian movement on
Bresslau, 190 miles southeast
of Berlin..' ; According to - re
ports today Kmperor William
himself has gont? to east Prus
sia. Little credit, however, is
attached to' the assertion that
he proposes to take the active
command out of the hands of a
fighting general of the calibre
of von Hindenburg.
There is the usual diversity
ef stories today regarding the
Austro-Serviar. operations. The
Austrians claim to have driven
the Serbs out of Banat and
from the eastern district of
Slavona. The Serbs, however,
heretofore have shown a mark
ed capacity for remaining in
the same or better positions af
ter these defeats. They now
claim they are bombarding the
Hungarian town of Orsova.
The war indemnities de
manded by German troops in
towns traversed in Belgium and
France reach a total of $144,-
300,000. Only a very small
part of this sum, however, has
been paid.
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n
S WAR NEWS SUMMARIZED. K
. .
I An official statement issued in IS
st Paris at 8 o'clock this afternoon t
st declared that the German army S
t was fighting a defensive battle t
t along its front from Noyon, tit- H
t teen miles from Compiegne, to H
t a point north of Verdun. The st
t line is approximately 110 miles t
H with the center 65 miles east of i
n Paris. t
t Official report's say the west s
st front was still retreating. t
st A Berlin report that the Ger- st
t man emperor will go to the H
st scene of operations In east Prus- H
t sia is published in Paris. H
t An official statement issued
st In Vienna declares the Servian t
st Invaders of Hungary have been t
t defeated along the whole line. at
st Demonstrators against Italy's st
t attitude on neutrality were sup- H
t pressed by the militia in Rome at
t last night. . H
t According to advices In Rome st
? from Austrian sources, two Aus- t
st trian armies in Gallcla have ef- st
t fected a Juncture at Rzeszow 32 t
st miles north of Przemysl. ' H
st It Is announced at Tokio that st
K .Japanese scouts have occupied st
t the railroad station five miles t
t from the bay of Kiao Chow. t
? st
ttttt;tetttttttstKtKt
At a meeting held yesterday af
ternoon by the men's advisory board
and the committee of ladies from the
board of directors of the Asheville
Mission hospital, the bids that had
been received by Architect W. H.
Lord, for the erection of the large
addition planned for the hospital,
were opened, but as all the bids were
far in excess of the amount of money
the committee now has on hand for
building the addition, none of them
was accepted. I
Mr. Lord was asked to reconstruct
his plans for the building of the addi
tion and to ask for other bids under
the new plans. These bids will be
submitted at a meeting to be held at
an early date, at which time It is
thought that some definite steps
will be taken in regard to erecting
the addition.
Mayor J. E. Rankin acted as
chairman of the meeting and among
the men on the board who were pres
ent were the following:
Captain J. P. Sawyer, Harmon A.
Miller, W. B. Northrup, S. Liplnsky
and C. V. Brown.
It seemed to be the sense of the
meetine yesterday that as soon as
the new plans are submitted by Mr,
lord and bids received that the con
tract for the actual erection of the
addition will be let
The meeting yesterday afternoon
was held at the Battery Park bank.
II OUT NEW
REVENUE II
House Committee Democrats
Settle Details of Measure
With' Tax on Freight
Left Out.
BANKS, BROKERS AND
THEATERS TAXED HIGH
Tax Also Is Proposed on To
bacco Dealers, Checks and
Various Kinds of Le
gal Documents.
London, Sept. 16. Tho cen
ter of interest in the western
theater of war has shifted from
the right wing of the German
army under General von Kluck
to the left wing, where the re
lief of 1 ryon by the French U
regarded as leaving the army
under Prince Frederick Will
iam in a dangerous positior.
The retaking of Rheims by the
French is regarded as of great
er morale to the troops than
former achievements, as the
town presents an ideal de
fense. This rart pf the lino, judg
ing from dispatches made pub
lic here, appears not only to
have withdrawn from the in
vestment of Verdun, but hy
permitting the relief of Tryon,
12 miles southeast of Verdun,
to have left itself only one line
of retreat.
This is through the Stenay
gap. ' ,
If tho allies aro able to rre
vent the army of the crown
prince from using Metz as a
basis of operations, it is felt
in London that the German
left wing will be in as serious
a situation as was its right last
week.
Expert military observers in
Petrograd have declared that
the Russian investment of Koe
nigsburg and General Rennen
kampf's foray into east Prus
sia were planned with the de
liberate intent of compelling
Germany to detach some of her
forces from France to the re
lief of her east Prussian fron
tier. Tn Petrograd military crit
ics unite in characterizing this
maneuver as brilliantly sue
cessful, so mu so in fact that
the salvation of the allied for
ces in the west probably was
due to Germany's having sent
some of her best corps to east
Prussia.
With this work apparently
accomplished, it is being pre
dicted in England today that
the Russian forces investing
Koenigsburg together with
General Rennenkampf's army
will be withdrawn within the
Russian border.
If it is a fact that Germany's
ally in Galicia has retired
within the triangle dominated
by Przemysl, as dispatches re
ceived here indicate. The in
ference is drawn that the Rus
sian right is now free to ad
vance from the southeast and
Kb at an aggressive movement
from this quarter may be look
ed for.
A Central News dispatch
from Rome quotes a telegram
from Basel, Switzerland, to
the Messaggero, stating that
the Germans have received or
ders to retire as far as the
right bank of the Rhine, com
pletely evacuating France,
Belgium and Luxemburg.
A Rome dispatch to tho Ex-
(Continued on pace 11)
IGlSTRnTE HUT
LftTEYESTERDAY
Case Against Mr. Mclntyre
Was Re-Opened Tues
day Evening.
The case of Magistrate James A.
Mclntyre, who was sentenced. to serve
ten davs in jail yesterday by Magis
trate W. R. Gudger for contempt 01
court, was re-opened yesterday after
noon and Mr. Mclntyre released irom
Jail at 6:30 o'clock.
The charges of contempt grew out
of an altercation between Mr. Mc
lntyre and Sheriff C. F. Williams,
which occurred In the office of Mag
istrate Gudger yesterday at noon.
Sheriff Williams submitted to assault
before Mr. Gudger and was fined 1
and the costs, but Mr. Mclntyre re
fused to testify in the case after be
ing brought into court on a capias
and was sentenced by Mr. Gudger to
serve ten days In Jail on charges of
contempt of court. He was taken to
Jail at 1 o'clock and remained there
until 6:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon, when he was released.
Washington, Sept. 16. Democrats
of the house wa'ys and means commit
tee today worked out details of the
new war revenue bill with the pro
posed tax on freight transportation
eliminated by direction of the party
caucus and with , the approval of
President Wilson.
As reframed the bill provided for
these special taxes:
i Banks with capital and surplus not
exceeding $25,000, $50 a year, and $2
for each additional $1,000; stock
brokers $50; pawn brokers $20; com
mercial brokers $20; custom house
brokers $10; proprietors of theaters, .
museums and concert halls $100; cir
cuses. $100; public exhibitions $10;
bowling alleys and billiard halls $5
per alley or-table. Dealer In- leaf -tobacco
$o lo $24 according to amount
of business; dealers in tobacco $12;
manufacturers of tobacco and cigars
$6 to $24.
Bank checks, two cents (stamp tax)
drafts or bills of exchange, Inland,
two cents for each $100; certificates
of deposit, two cents; promissory
notes, two cents for each $100; money
orders, two cents per $100; express
receipt, one cent; freight receipts or
domestic bills of lading one cent; tel
ephone messages costing 15 cents
more, one cent; bonds, 50 cents; cer
tificates of deposit, two cents per
$100; certificate of damage, 25 cents;
certificates not otherwise speicfled,
10 cents; charters $3 to $10; brokers'
contract 10 cents; conveyances BO
cents for each $500; telegraph mes
sages one cent; life Insurance policies
eight cents on each $100; marine, in
land, fire, casualty, fidelity and guar
anty, half one per cent; leases, 25
cents to $1. mortgages or conveyance
In trust, 25 cents fof reach $1,500;
power of attorney to vote, 10 cents;
power of attorney to sell, 25 cents;
protests, 25 cents; warehouse receipts
25 cents.
T
ATLRNTIGJS EXPECTED
Now Centered Off Florida
East Coast Shipping
Has Been Warned.
President Thinks It Not Nee-
essary for Them to Remain
Any Longer.
Washington, Sept. 16. A tropical
storm now centered off the east Flor
ida coast Is expected to spread rapidly
northward making shipping hazardous
along entire Atlantic seaboard, accord
Ing to a warning Issued by the weather
bureau today.
The storm will undoubtedly Increase
In Intensity as It moves northward.
says the station, and be attended by
shifting gales along the Atlantic coast
northward to the Virginia capes dur
ing the next 24 hours. Warnings of
this dangerous conditions has been
sent shipping along the coast, and
storm warning has been displayed
from Key West to Norfolk.
EVEN BREAK ON
BASEBALL SERIES
Wlnston-Solem. Sept. It. Norfolk,
the Virginia league champions Tues
day afternoon defeated Wlnston-fia
lem, North Carolina league champi
on. 4 to 1, In the second game of the
post-season series. Wlnston-Halem
took the opening gams Monday.
Score: R. It. E
Norfolk t
Wlnston-Balem 1 t
Washington, Sept. It. Details for
the withdrawal of the American forcei
which have held Vera Crus were beins
worked out today at the war deport
ment, according to Secretary Daniels.
Transports at Newport and New
York will be ordered to the Mexican
city to transport troops. The naval
contingent also will be recalled, but
the date for this movement has not
been set The soldiers will be return
ed to Texas City, while the naval con
tingent will go back to the warshlpi
and stations from which they wer
withdrawn.
The president and his advisers bt
lleve further presence of American
forces Is not necessary because of th
removal of the causes which brought
them there.
JAP AIRMEN DROP
BOMBS ON GERMANS
Toldo. Sept. 10. It was formally
announced that a Japanese aeroplani
dropped bombs on the barracks al
Tslng Tau and that the machine re
turned safely to Its hcadnuarters. Th
destroyer flotilla operating from Lao
shan bay near Tslng Tau drove In thl
enemy's patrols.
The railway station of Klao Chow,
five miles from the bay of that nami
and opposite Tslng Tau, the Qermai
port, was occupied September II b)
German soouta according to an ofBclai
atatemtnt U1ay.