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THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST BXFEMStVB ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THE It ' CAROLTNAS ts tl WEATHER FORECAST j RAIN FRIDAY. OLUMEXIX. NO. 188. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS TERRIBLE 'SLAUGHTER RftSULl SON i BOTH SIDES IN BATTLE OF A IS NE BE' BATTLE IS DESPERATE Var Correspondents Give Gra phic Description of Ger mans' 'Attempt to Stop Allies' Advance. iEAD AND WOUNDED ENCUMBER FIELD British Artillery Silences Ger. man Guns so that River Can Be Crossed on Pontoons. London, Sopt, 17. The Paris cor Wspondent of the Times sends this orv of the battle of the Aisne: "The enemy has found means to tst his troops for a moment and la iubbornly resisting: the allies, along a (ne which he has prepared for de- pnse. He has received strong retn brcements, probably from Lorraine here he appears to have abandoned 10 offensive. "The fighting Is hottest around ilssons, where the British are In ae on. Terrible stories are reaching nrls of piles of dead and wounded (hlch encumber the battlefield and rrses are working night and day. "It is said at one place the Ger Bcns erected a barrier six feel high if corps with w'lich to resist the rench. This barrier was carried af- r a terrible battle by French Tur ios, leaving 1,700 dead on the battle- old." The correspondent of the Times at avre, thus describes the battle: 'As opposed to the battle of the ilarne, which was a battle of rivers inf! plains, woodlands and high pla- cans, the battle of Alsne was a river trossing on a scale never before seen Y tho history of the world, a triumph if organization and engineering as oil as fighting powers. The time was aturday evening and the moment ar- ived when. If the fleeing host was ived some sort of a stand must be mde. The army was hurriedly gath- rcd on the heights overlooking the Ivor. He had his guns and men laced when the British and French mops reached the south bank of the Ivor. Clearly It was essential to the Hies that a crossing be made if the Itroat pursuit was to be continued and th hard won victory pressed home 'ut tho river was swollen, running fwiftly after the recent heavy rains fridges must bo built under a with ering fire: they must be maintained Sindamnged and must be crossed. All (the vantage points were held by the nen rendered desperate and fight ,1ng for their live. It was a terrible jiroBpect but It did not daunt our splendid forces. I "The attack began Sunday morning (with all the dash that characterized jthe strugglo of the week before. Our Kiins were brought up, placed In po rtion ajid a terrible artillery duel npened; for as Jonsr as the German artillery remained unsllenced there was little hope of crossing the river. ruring this fire our engineers worked laboriously, bringing up great pon toons while the fire slowly decreased their number. "After some hours of this supreme effort the guns of the enemy on the north bank were silenced and the troopg began crossing, while the allies artillery still swept the heights pro tecting their passage. By sunset, when the cold rain and wlnd starts the height are won. the enemy thrown back and our troops cross at three crossing places. "While this battle Is proceeding a Tnnt exciting battle of aeroplanes. Cerman and English, occurred high In th air. It was a great struggle, the machines darting hither and thither, until finally the German. wnded, falls to ths ground." ALL WRECK VICTIMS BUT THREE IDENTIFIED fit Louis. Sept IT. All but three of the twenty-seven persons who per ched In ths wreck of ths 'Texas Limited" on the fit. Louis and Ban Francisco railroad Tuesday had been Identified yesterday. All ths Identified dead are residents of this and negh- b"rtng Ktatea Those who havs not been Identified ars: Man about B0 years old; clasp pin, inltliiii "e, jr, w." Woman: aged 15 to 80; ring sn rved "B, v. to T. K." April I, ItlJ." "mall baby. Ths Missouri Dublin service com- "ilMton today began an Investigation wreck. DIARY DESGR IBES BUTTLE OF IUBIE French Citizen Keeps Account of the Varying Fortunes of the Battle. Paris, Sept. 17. The following ex tracts from the diary of a citizen of Crepy-En-Valois, published today In the Petit Parlslen, gives a graphic resume of the varying fortunes of the battle of the Marne: "August 80 Passage of the English troops, 10,000 men. 'August 81 Arrival ot French wounded. September 1 Cannonade. Patrol of Uhlans arrive and Taube (German type of aeroplane) throws a bomb. Officials flee with part of population; ot 6,200 only 1,400 remain. 'September 2 German troops passed. General makes formidable re quisitions on towns and fixes a fine of 100,000 francs (20,000) per day for delay. First virtir captured and ten other citizens taken as hostages. Sys tematic pillage commenced yesterday continues. "September 8 Contlnuel cortege of troops. Some set fire to houses fr amusement. "September 4 All Germans have passed. Heavy firing toward Kan teuil. September B Germans come back; pillage resumed. 'September 6 First wounded Frenchmen arrive. Indecision appar ent among German troops; don't know whether to go south or north. 'September 7 Cannonading re sumed furiously. German aeroplane throws bomb on a'factory transform ed into a hospital. A Taube brought down at the station. The French ar rive and capture German stores. September 8 A Taube aeroplane catches fire and falls toward Felnes. Cannonading .continues without re spite. September 9 French cavalry re treats and Germans come back to town a- noon and pillage Is resumed. September 10 Germans capture the Senlis bridge and leave toward Compiegne. The French come back. 'September 11 A train ot French engineers arrive. "September 12 There is a contin ual passage of English and French troops. ' 'September 13 Paris newspapers arrive. Calm and general Joy pre vail." SERINS LOSING Fierce Guerrilla Warfare Raging on Frontier Is of Bosnia. Rome, Sept. 16. (Via London Sept. 17.) A telegram from Nlsh says that Servians are losing few men compared with Austria, and besides they are replaced with new men of which there Is a plentiful supply. The forces are abundant and the health of the soldiers excellent. Reports of the existence of cholera and typhoid are absolutely false, tho dispatch says. Fierce guerrilla warfare, It Is said, is raging on the Bosnian frontier be tween the Servians and Montenegrins on one side and the Austrlans on the other special mounted troops are preventing the advance of tho allies toward Sarayevo while the Austrlans defend themselves along the railway lines and the Drlna river In block houses provided with quick flrers. Some of these have been taken by Servians. Emperor Troubled. Tarts, Sept. 17. Roms dispatches from Vienna says a telegram to the I lavas agency states that ths Nlue Frele Prcsse announces the ap proachlns call of all reservists en masse. A telegrsm to the Rclchspost says Emperor Francis Joseph says "never In my life has the duty of taking life In this way caused me so much pain." Young niockadcr Rnns to Freedom. Fayettevllle, Bcpt 17. After being bound over to the higher court by United Btates Commissioner J. C. Bibbs on a charge of retailing. George Hapaolls, a young Greek, broke from ths grasp of United States Deputy Marshal J. W. Tomllnson Just as he reached ths gats of ths county jail yard, dashed up Mum ford and down Worth street and ha not been seen sines. RELATIVELY FEW GERMANS OCCUPY STRONG POSITION Front of Battle, With Estimated Total of 3,000,000 Men, Possibly Stretches For 150 Miles. BOTH CONTENDERS CLAIM Russians Hammer Teutons May Prevent March on Berlin by Gaining Cracow. London, Sept. 17. Along a I front of over one hundred miles, the German armies are at bay and tne allies occupy a ledge across the river Aisne which was won after one of the most spectacular river crossings ever, made by. an at tacking iorce under tire For the past two days there have been sporadic attacks from both sides along this line, but acording to admissions from the rival headquarters they have not produced any definite results. Both sides have suffered enormously, and the present pause undoubtedly is being used, to bring up rein forcements and supplies. Petrograd reports that the flower of the German corps de tached for service in east Prussia, is again hurrying back to the western front. Stockholm learns that Gen eral von Ilindenburg, flushed with victory against the Rus- sians on tne east rrussian frontier, has summoned to western armv. been urgently command the Something of the horrors of modern warfare is indicated by the hesitancy with which the authorities dis cuss tho terrible losses mark ing the progress of the armies from the Marne to the Aisne. The stories are told with great reserve but with sufficient de tail to make even military men shudder. Tho terribly battered Aus trian army is Rafe under the guns of Przemysl, but with the Russians only 19 miles away. Desperate efforts will proba bly be made to prevent junction with the fourth Austrian army with the idea of reorganization with Cracow as the base. The Russians have crossed the river San and are hammer ing away at tho retreating Austro-German forces. Despite their unprecedented losses, the forces of the German allies seem to preserve their fighting organization, and if they gain Crncow they may prevent the Russian right from making a march on Berlin from Warsaw. Petrograd military critics express tho belief that the Germans having recognized tho strategic unimportance of the east Prussian section, will VICTORIES Retreating Foes draw their army away from that section and begin a march on Warshaw, thus forestalling a Russian offensive toward Berlin from that city. Grodek, 16 miles west of Lemberg, occupied by the Rus sians, and of (. great natural strength, provides a fine base and in case of a counter attack and can easily be fortified. The Servians and Montene grins, continuing their cam paign in Bosnia and Ilerzogo vina, are well into the prov inces and are optimistically planning a march on Budapest, Regarding the battle of the Aisne, the Chronicle correspon dent says: , "The unending and terrific struggle has 'lasted for davs and only now one may say the victory is turning in favor of the allies. "The allied pontoon corps are trying to keep the bridges they built, free. Men tell me the battle has been a veritable slaughter and that the unceas ing fire of the past four days puts any previous battle any where in the shade. "Several crossing were ef fected Sunday but the German guns got the range, and com pelled them to withdraw. Tues day night, however, the allies brought up heavier guns and these change the prospect. "I can clearly trace the abandonment during the last three hours, of a number of German positions by the smoke of their guns moving further over tho hills." Claims of Berlin that the at tacks of the allies, along the Aisne have been repulsed and that German counter attacks have succeeded and official as sertions here that tho German counter attacks have been re pulsed and that the invaders are slowly giving way. leave no conclusion but that tho nar rators are referring to different points in the vast field of ac tion. "As the crow flies the front of the opposing armies, with tho reinforcements that have reached a probable total of 3, 000,000 men, stretches for 110 miles. "Making allowances for the (Continued on Pag .), The third day of the battle of the Aisne finds the hosts of the Germans and the allies facing each other along a line or some miles stretching from from Noyon 55 miles northeast of Paris, southeast to the Swiss frontier. The battle line here extends roughly from Noyon to Nancy, about 150 miles! Here between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 men are engaged in a struggle which for ferocity and strategy bids fair to ex ceed the battle of the Marne. Each side claims a slight ad vantage and no more. It is known only that the German' retreat has been turned into a stubborn resistance. The allies assert that they were so close on the heels of the Germans that the latter were compelled to turn about and fight to es cape destruction. German re ports represent their armies as reforming in strong positions after withdrawal from the vi cinity of Paris and ayain tak ing the offensive. It is admit ted that the death toll already is enormously staggering, so much so that facts are hard to believe. Parts of the battle field has been rendered impass able for guns by heavy rains, which also has added greatly to the distress of the men. Re potrs say the battle continues all along the river and the Ger mans are slowly giving way. Conflicting reports of the sit uation in the eastern theater of war are received from of ficial and unofficial sources, Some have it that Germany is pushing back the Russians with great losses to the latter, It i3 thought German forces also may be diverted to Rus sian Poland. In Galicia the Russian suc cesses continue with the Aus trians rushing back to Prze mysl. It is admitted at Vien na, to which city thousands of wounded are being brought, that the Russians are close to Przemysl. HAS NOT REPLIED TO PEACE PROPOSITION Washington, Sept. 17. Officials here have no Information today of published reports In Berlin that Kmperor Wllllum had replied to the American government's recent In quiry as to the truth of the report thut the Gorman government was ready to ask for peace. Neither the state department nor the White House had any dispatch relating to the matter, during the Inst few days. The emperor la In tho field md probably the Imperial chan cellor is awaiting his return to Iter lln before drafting a reply on so Im portant a question. Dlscii" Labor Iaws. Birmingham, Sept 17. Discussions on general labor legislation In the south, child labor laws and mechan ics' liens wcrs features today of the third annual convention of the south ern labor congress. Ths convention will adjeurn tomorrow. SECT W. J; BRYAN G0MESJH1S P. M Head of the State Department Will Spend Several Days in Asheville. Secretary of State William Jennings I Bryan wired Grove Park Inn this I morning that he would arrive in Ashe- vIlTo AOrlv in tha eft.pnnnn fnr a ract 1 of a few days. He and family will be at home at "Blue Brier," the summer I home which was prepared for them some weeks ago, at the foot of Sunset mountain. The secretary of state was detained in Washington, however, by the big war In Europe. He had plan ned spend August and a greater part of September here. Mr. Bryan will be met at the local Southern railway passenger station by Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Seely, personal friends, and the secretary of state and Mrs. Bryan will go direct to "Blue Briar" which is all ready for their re ception. 'Blue Brier" was the former home of Alderman W. F. Randolph and it is modern in every detail. Secretary and Mrs. Bryan who have often vis ited Asheville and other points in the Land of the Sky will also probably spend a greater part of next summer here. The first news of the intended visit of Secretary Bryan to Asheville at this time came over the Associated Press wires last night. The message was as follows: "Washington, Sept. 16. Secretary Bryan and Mrs. Bryan left tonight for Asheville, to spend several days at their summer home, which until now the secretary has not had time even to inspect. They may stay until next Wednesday unless something happens to recall Mr. Bryan.' 9, k it s t is n . r. . K tt FRENCH STATEMENT. It Paris, Sept. 17. Tho Germans It are slowly giving way In the t great battle that continues today It all along the line of the river It Aisne, according to announce ment today. Washington, Sopt. 17. The French embassy today announc ed the receipt of this dispatch from Bordeaux: "On the fourteenth and fif teenth the allies have boen In touch with the rear of the ene my. The rear of tho enemy has bi-en reinforced by Gorman troops. The enemy was forced to accept battle along the whole front part of which was strong ly organized. "The allies are on the north of Vlc-Sur-Nalsne, Solssons and lion and also the high hills on the north of France. The line roaches on the north to Ville- H Sur-Tonrve, town on the west tt of Argonne mountains, and con- W It tinues over the Argonne by a H line passing to the north of Va- It ronnos. This last place has boon If It evacuated by the enemy, who H H has reached the river Mcuse, H liose to the forests of Forges H on the norfi of Verdun." It It If, H H It It It n n n n t , , GERMAN- STATEMENT. Washington, Sept. 17. The Gorman embassy today received H the following wlreh-ss from lier- H lia: "All the French-English re ports of victories in the battles W ure untrue. The German retreat W of the west wing was a practical H maneuver not affecting the stra- H toglc position. The French at- H tomot to break through the cen- W It tor was victoriously repulsed. w t "There Is confirmation of Ger- 9. It man successes at several points It In the western field. Indications H , point to the fact that the allies K It lost 15,000 dead and wounded In It H one day." X It It n n it m H H H K H K H P. . It It 9, H n H n .9. n t . n n n It . . It ITALY MAY ENTER. 9. 9, 9 9. London, fw-pt. 17. In a rtls- 9 t atcli from Paris the iiirrr- R iHimlciit of tho Hll.v Telegraph - ! ' " - ,,Hrl "", lallan rrwrvlxts In n railed for Hep- R R temorr 2H. Thry lx Move this 9. 9. means Italy's entrance Into the 9. R war. R R 9 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKRR Will Not Send hlilp. Washington, Sept 17. President Wilson has no Intention of sending warships to Turkey at present to re lieve ths fears of missionaries thrt, according to high officials. IHSIK ID BEING SEPT BUSY State Commissioners Devote Much of Their Time to Bus- j iness at the Grove Park Inn UOnventlOn. 0iUfi,i XA.fi, X W.J, Bit, X AM MAY GET INVITATION, Movement on Foot to Have the Distinguished Visitor Ad dress the Convention Good Program. The forty-fifth annual convention, of the National Association of Insur ance Commissioners in session this week at Grove Park Inn devoted a greater part of the morning session today to a general discussion of tha subject of "Workmen's Compensation Results," following the reading of a paper by Commissioner F. H. Harill son of Massachusetts on the sublejt. with special reference to ths matter in his state. Following the reading of tho paper there was a symposium of experience in other states, including Idaho, Con necticut, Illinois, New York, N'eur Jer sey, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and others. All of tho talks ' were of an Interesting nature and were well received by the'largi crowd present at the morning session at the Inn. President James R. Young, in surance commissioner of North Caro lina presided. As usual, quite a number of insur ance matters not on the formal pro gram are being brought up at every session of the convention and this adds materially to the interest in the meeting. Other matters, too, of semi-public interest are often present ed and discussoG sn a clear and forci ble way by the delegates and visitors who are here for the convention from . practically every state in the union. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan who is due to arrive In Ashe ville this afternoon for a few days will probably be invited to deliver an informal address before the commis sioners of tho several states either to night or tomorrow, before final ad journment. This feature, however, had not been decided upon at noon und it is not known whether or not the secretary of state, who coms to the Land of the Sky for rest, would be willing to accept. Today's program as originally an nounced follows: Thursday Morning. 10 O'clock. "Workmen's Compensation Results in Massachusetts, and Huggeati j.is Drawn Therefrom," F. H. Hardlsoii, Massachusetts. Symposium of Experience li other States. Connecticut. Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Now Jersey, New York, Ohio, Wisconsin. Discussion of papers. Thursday Evening, H:30 O'clock. "Sphere of Activity of an Insurance riiinrtnient." Robert J. Merrill of New Hampshire; Charles Johnson of Pennsylvania and John S. Durst, ot West Virginia, Discussion of pspers. Executive session. Will Enjoy Hull Tonight. The dclcKatos and visitors to the convention will bo the guonts or the management of Grove Park Inn to vUoiilinued on page 6) Stcumrr In Port. New York, Sept. 16. Arrived: M nomlne, Liverpool. Wit It V GENERAL KIMMONEI). 9. It Coponhugcn, Sept. 17. (Via 9 9. London) General von Hlnden- 9, t burg, who has been directing H H the Gorman forces in east Prus- H K a. has boon urgently summoned . t from thnt section to take com- H R mnnil of a dlvUdon In the west- 9 9. em area. Becoming to a message i R 9, received here from Stockholm. R 9 R RRRRRKRttKKftRRRKRRKR RRRRRRRRRRRKKKRRRX R R ABANDON LIEGE, R R R London, Bept. 17. A Roma R R dispatch to the Exchange Tela. R R graph company slates that It Is R R officially admitted In Berlin that R R ths Germans havs abandoned R R Liege. R RRRMKKItRKllXl
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