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i fHB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE HOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE m THH it CAROLINAS ti WEATHEB FOEECASTi WW I! IP: FAIR WEATHER. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS BQ1 H ARMIES DESPERATELY TRYING ti v x . - y , . - ' - - ; ; -.t murv VTY nn 101 " - , . I 10 GUI E 7U. HIGH CLAIM THEY ADVAHCED )fficial Statement Says Allies Have Made Progress in Some Places Along Battle Front JERMANS REPULSED EVERYWHERE, CLAIM holent Encounters in Region of Craonne Nothing New in Lorraine and the j. Vosges Mountains. RN1NG SAYS GERMAN 5 NOT WAHJ PEACE Official Organ Says Statements Create Impression That Germany Is Tiring. Paris, Sept 21. The following an- louncement wu given out In Paris )y the official bureau today: "First, on our right, along the ivcr Olse, we have advanced as far is the heights of Lasigny west of k'oyon. To the east of the, Olse and So the north of the river Alsne, the permana have given evidence of a ecrudescence of activity. "In the region of Craonne, there have been violent encounters whioh Hid not stop short of bayonet charges. JThe enemy has been everywhere re pulsed with considerable losses. In jhe country around Rheims the ene my has not undertaken any Infantry attack, confining himself to artillery jfire directed against our front from heavy guns. i "Second, In . the center. In the (Champagne country we have taken Menil-Les-Hurllna In Lorraine. In Ithe Woever district the enemy still holds the region of Thlercourt and bombarded Hassachatel. On our right wine In Lorralnet and the Vosges, there is nothing new. The Germans are fortifying themselves In the vtcln ity of Delmlet, to the south of Cha teau Salines." Russian Statement. New Tork, Sept. 21. Colonel Gol- laiewsky. military attache of the Rus sian embassy at Washington today made publio this dispatch received today: "The Austrian rear guard at Rux mo was driven back wfcth heavy losses. Our artillery la bombarding JaroBlau. "Fighting with the garrison of Przemysl has begun; the artillery of the fortress has opened fire. "In passing through the woods our troops find baUeries of guns aban doned by the enemy." REPUBLICAN FILIBUSTER 111 SEHATEGDSTINUES Senator Burton Prepared to Camp in Chamber Sen. Simmons Determined. Berlin, Sept 21. (Via London) Commenting on a report that Count von Bernstorff, German ambassador to the United States, said his govern ment was looking for peace in case the German boundaries would be pre served, the North German Gazette, orncial organ, says In its issue ot September 20 that Germany is not looking for peace. -tne statements are made," says the Paper, "to create the impression that we are tired of war, in spite of our victories In the east and west. The consideration of peace may not De Drought up until the war, ruthless ly thrust upon us, is brought to a close." Berlin heard last night of the bom bardment of Rheims. An official dis patch says it is in the battre. line of the French and the Germans were forced to shell it It was to be re gretted, says the statement, but un avoidable. The statement also made this ref erence to progress on other points of tne line: ma anacKs or tne .French are progressing at several points alone me vosges. At Donnon along the Se nones, several miles southeast of Lunevllle and near Saales, in the Ger man Vosges, their offensive has been repulsed. There Is no news from the eastern (Russian front) camp.. ATTACKS IMPEDED B Y BAD WE A THER ' ' . .. : . The Right Wings of German and Allied Armies Are Sustaining Repeated And Strenuous Assaults. JMO YEMENIS. T SUPERIOR COUP, CONVENED Judge Cline Delivers Address to Grand Jury Lee Howell Foreman. pre FIGHTING FIERCEST ON LEFT OF ALLIES CUT REFUSED TO MOVE E Judge E. B. Cline Entered an Important Order Satur day Afternoon. Rumors Persist That Germans Plan General RetreatRussians Are Checked In Galicia. a. K WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. . ? There is no victory yet for t either side in the battle of the H Alsne which has now raged In t France for ten days. Both sides t claim successes and favorable at positions. , at The ten days of desperate bat- a? tie. fierce artillery fire day and at night; infantry charges in which at In an order filed in the office of the clerk of Superior court Saturday af ternoon, Judge E. B. Cline refused to remove the case of Sam H. Cathey against the Virginia-Carolina Rail road company and others, to the United States District court The case was argued several weeks ago before Judge Cline by Jones & Williams, at torneys for the plaintiff, who fought the removal of the case and Merrl mon, Adams & Adams, attorneys for the Virginia-Carolina Railroad com pany and others and Martin, Rollins & Wright attorneys for the' North western and Southern Railroad com pany, these defendants asking that the case be removed. The plaintiff brought suit several months ago against the defendants for the sum of 76,000 alleging that while In their employ In' Ashe county last December, he suffered the loss of his sight by reason of a prematura ex Dlosion of dynamite. The case now will be put on the cal endar of the Civil court and will be heard In due course of time. Washington. Sept 11. The repub licsn filibuster against the rivers and harbors bill was resumed tcday In thu senate with , both sides expecting "finish fight" After a conference with officials. Senator Sinimona an nounced the body would stay in sea Ion continuously until tho bill was acted upon. He expects a vote tomor row night or Wednesday. The an nouncement of 8nator Burton was tha the had 'entered the capltol this morning preparing to camp there, trouuht with m a dress suit case, aid the senator, "and am prepared to stay right here until cy strength gives out I have picked out a sort ouch which will be us'ful when re inforcements relleva ine." He told the iena'.t r would o atlafled with a lump appropriation of 120,000.000 to be expended by the (ar department t NOTHING; DEFINITE IN EFFORT TOWARD PEACE HALL RHODES IS ", STILL AMONG MISSING Washington., Sept 11. President Wilson said today ha was prayerful ly working for peace In Europe, but "othlng of definite or formal char ter had yet bn donk He told "llrs that publication of stories that h would call a World conference to discuss peace seriously Interfered 1th his work. The Braalilant riarlared that World's cruis, only strloua remedies hould ba discussed, All efforts of the county officials to locate And capture Hall Rhodes, who last nlghi ia alliged to have shot J. W. Ducker. In the fioi.t ywd of the latter' home, near Arden, have failed although the officers are continuing thnlr search for him. Several of the officers spent the entire night In the country around Arden' looking for Rhodes, but no traces of him could be found. Ducker, who Is 44 years of age and recently was employed by a clothing store on Blltmoro avenue as a collec- .... . . i . i i. . tor, was shot three limes im msm. about :30 o'clock In the front yard to his home, by Rhodes, who escapea. The wounded man was brought to this city and operated on at tha Merl .thr hoanltal. where It was stated today he Is resting as easy as coum ba expected. One of the bullets en tered tha right aide of tha abdomen, another the left thigh and tha third penetrated tha right shoulder. None of tha bullets entered any vital organs and none Is dangerous except the one In tha right shoulder. It was stated that Rhodes and Ducker had had words on several oc casions and that Jucker had warnod Rhodes to stay away from his homa. Last night when UUPker rtturned home, according to the reports, ho found Rhodee and Ben Lambert standing In front of tha house talking to his wife and upon his approach Rhodes atsnlng firing at Ducker, five shots In ail being fired, thraa of which took affect (a Ducker, ' ' . London, Sept. 21. While' the fortunes of battle fluctuate along the center of the extend ed front in France desperate efforts are being made to ex ecute turning movements on both flanks. : The Anglo- French left wing' is exerting every ounce of strength to turn the flank of the German gener al, von Kluck, who is reported as receiving heavy reinforce ments, while the German left, according to a cautiously word ed announcement in Berlin, is making equally strenuous ef forts to outflank the French right, resting on Verdun. Under ordmarv weather con ditions the Anglo-French task would be the easier for the rea son that Verdun, heavily forti fied, must fall before the French right can be seriously threatened, but on the German right the heavy rains have, made such a morass of the val ley of the Oise that the allies are hardly likely to move along what would be their natural course until the German front north of Soissons has been driven back. The high jrround between Noyon and Chauny has been heavily fortified by General von Kluck', and it dom inates the whole valley of the Oise. Chose Positions. That ' the Germans chose their present defensive posi tion deliberately is indicated by tho fact that their heavy artillery rests on cement foun- dation which must have taken some time to construct. Some reports received in London declare that the reason of the desperate German coun ter attacks on Rheims is found in a movement by the allies which has virtually isolated Rheims from Laon, a town 30 miles to the northwest. If this true all of General von 5 thA Hghtmg has been hand to ! nam, and cavalry onslaughts c! S when opportunity offered, have ? ? shown one result the soldiers of i 5 the three nations engaged are t ? becoming exhausted. The human H t machine is weakening in the I? t frightful demands made upon it. ! t Lulls In the battle are ascribed S t simply to utter fatigue. t l Another factor which has had ? 5 a notable effect on the conduct ? ! not cleared IS Kluck 's marvelous strategy in protecting- his sorely pressed right flank will have proved futile. . General Retreat? More or lessatlefinite rumors continue to circulate in London to tho effect that tho Germans are preparing for a general re treat from Franco on their own border fortifications. The lat est of these is a story repeated by a French officer, who has ro urned to France. This French man declared that an aeroplane reconnaisance has Riven rise to a conviction that a large par of the German forces is retir ing accompanied by trains of heavy Stores and leaving only 200,000 men to . cover the re treat.. - r ":. One reason for the dearth of news from the battle front is to be found in the bad weather which has rendered ordinary signalling and aeroplane scout ing unreliable. Stories now fil tering through set forth that the Germans made a desperate effort the middle of last week to recapture the ground they had lost along the river Aisne. Day and night tho assaults continued. The Germans play ed into action by bands ren dering martial airs, hurled bodies of men on the hastily constructed trenches where the enemy had dug them as a pro tection against the pitiless ar tillery concealed along the heights. The charges ended in the allies holding their desper atey won positions. Ruins of Cithedral. , Rhuiips, wlwo thfi ruins of the famous cathedral nre siPi moking, is still proving an ob ject of controversy long after the armies in the field have ceased to contend for the city. The Germans contend that the building was in the line of fire and that it was impossible to save it in spite of their instruc tions to save the building. 4 . i l. i vs tuiucn-uu-u a tiirciv una u th alllt,, battiP,hip fleets at hopn civen to the operations of I? control the sea since the begin- r '. - m i .. .1,. m. iiiiih VI I'm " i H Pnemysl, the strongly fortl- W t fled Austrian position, between (t Lemberg and Cracow, In Oallcla, R Is engaging the enemy. It Is at resisting the Invading Russians R R with artillery fire. It Is said that R R a strong army Is at Prxemysl. R R Berlin says there is no news from R R the Russian front. The floating R R of the German war loan Is de- R R scribed as a brilliant success. An R R official afternoon statement from R R Paris says the Germans are R R drawing back slightly. R R RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK Judge E. B. Cline of Hickory, siding over the term of Superior court which convened here today for the trial of criminal cases, delivered one of the most able and brilliant charges to the grand jury, heard here in some time, the charge lasting one hour. Immediately upon the court being convened the grand jury was drawn and Lee Howell made foreman. In his charge Judge Cline touched on local conditions here when he re ferred to the large number of cases now on the docket and said that there were entirely too many appeals to Su perior court from the Police court and the different magistrates' courts of the county.- He said that Buncombe county had a larger criminal docket than any county in the state and that something ought to be done to find out why these appeals were taken in such large numbers. . He referred to Wake county as having about th same population as Buncombe and that a term of criminal court for week there could dispose of a docket while here it took two solid weeks of hard work and then the dockets were n -iKnon Foreign Office Denounces the Destruction of Cathedral at Rheims to Neu- rt tral Nations. T ME CORRESPONDENT TELLS OF RUIN OF THE PILE Now Empty Shell of Blackened and Charred Walls Fire Caught From German Shells. R of the operations, has been the R R weather. An Incessant cold rain R R has flooded the valley of the R R Aisne. The"valley has overflowed R R its banks and roads and fields R R and trenches are filled with wa- R R ter. Men are drenched to the R R skin day and night, and French R R soldiers coming to Paris are en- R R crusted .with mud. Worn out men R are succumbing to the hardships R of fighting and living In the R open under such weather condl- R tions. Transportation of all kinds R for both sides is rendered much R more difficult. It is even said R the Germans can no longer R move their heavy artillery with R effective, promptness on account R R of heavy roads. The men are R R camping in water, and the R R French say the Germans are suf- R R fering from lack of food. R R While neither side claims a R R decisive outcome there appears R R to be good reason t o believe the R R battle Is drawing to some defln- R R lte developments. R R Military opinion both In Lon- R R don and In Paris leads to the R R conviction that the present lines, R R battered for ten days soon will R R have to show noticeable changes. R R The fighting is fiercest on the R R allies' left, where desperate ef- R R forts are being made to turn the R R flank of the German army un- R R der General von Kluck. Von R R Kluck has been reinforced, but R R in spite of this the French lato R R official reports claim an advan- R R tage, though It Is admitted to be R R slight. The Germans appear to R R be making desperate and persist- R R ent efforts to turn the right wing R R of the allies, resting on Verdun. R R The help of this fortified posi- R R tion Is of advantage to the R R French. R R On the center, the fortunes of R R war fluctuate. The positions R R now held by the GcrmanB we're R R well selected, and well fortified. R R Some of their heavy srtillery is R R described as resting on cement R. R foundations. A news dU-patch re- R R eclved In London from France R R says an aeroplane reconnaissance R R has given rise to the conviction R R that a large portion of Uie Ger- R R man forces la retiring In the dl- R R rectlon of fortified positions on R R the German border. R R The French government re- R He said that if defendants appealed little cases to Super.r court with the exception that the jurors would take into consideration and lay too much stress on reasonable doubt, he hoped they would be disappointed and know that, they certainly would be if they expected him to set aside sentences or cut down fines they thought were too heavy. ' Judge Cline said that according to newspaper reports, and ne nenevea that they were true, there was a larg9 amount of Improper conduct going on in one or more of the magistrate s offices of this city. He said he did not understand It, nor knew where the blame should be put, but that if he did know he would let the public know It. Such actions upon the part of officials does not help to advance the administra tion of the law. the court stated. He Bordeaux, Sept, 21. The French foreign office has forwarded to neu tral government's this protest against the German bombardment of the cathedral of Rheims: "Without being able to Invoke even the' appearance of military necessity, and for the mere pleasure of destruc tion, the German troops have sub jected the cathedral of Rheims to a systematic and furious bombardment At this hour the famous basilica la but a heap of ruins. It is the duty of the government of the republic to denounce in uni versal indignation this revolting act of vandalism which, in giving over to the flames this functuary of history, , deprives humanity of an Incompara ble portion of its h'storic patrimony." The Rheims cot respondent ot the Daily Mail sends this story ot tho damage wrought in the cathedral there: "The magnificent cathedral of Rheims which was an Initial monu ment to universal fame, is now no more than an empty shell of charred and blackened walls. It is not known to what extent its stonework is weak ened or whether it can be restored. tion of the law, tne court siaieu. xae .. - said that where officers of the law did j but it will never be what It was be wrong the press ought to criticise , iu e. ...... . r .u h i,. aa riirht thev I The fire started between 4 and 5 ht h rnmmended. (o'clock Sunday afternoon, after shells Owing to the fact that there win the victorious Russians in Ga licia by the fortress of Przem syl, which has opened fire with artillery on the Russian invad ers. According to advices receiv ed here, the advance of the Serb-Montenegrin forces into Austria continues. The Mon tenegrins are reported within a few miles of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, and a com bined Serb-Montenegrin army expects to enter that city with in a week. England took renewed hope at tho report that the bulk of tho German army had begun to retreat from France but waited today in vain for con firmation. British reports say tho allies are gaining ground, now be eight solid weeks of court for Buncombe county, a term of three weeks for civil cases following this term, then two of civil and one of criminal,- he laid down several rules, by which the court would operate. According to these rules, court will convene at 9:30 o'clock each morn ing, adjourn at 1 and resume business at 2:30 and adjourn for the day at 5:30 o'clock and Judge Cline said tnat this did not mean that cases would be heard after this, for they would not. Tho court also stated, tnat ne ex pected Solicitor Reynolds to announce when he started one case, what case would be taken up next. Then he said that he would not allow the members of the bar to ask a witness the same question more than twice, nor would he permit personal tilts between mem bers ot the bar, during the progress of the trials. The members of the grand jury se- wteri todav are as follows: Lee Howell, foreman; D. A. Shope, E. F. Dillingham. S. 11. Merrill, M. C. Sheppard, M. L. Maney, John H. Hol h lHtriPH M. Padgett, L. G. Puck- ett W. A. Watklns, George W. Liml sey, H. C. Hawkins. H. 8. Hall, W. D. Robertson, W. H. Haynes, E. L. Hor ton, W. S. Martin and J. B. Young. J B. Edwards of Barnarrtsvllle was appointed as officer In charge of the grand Juiy. SECRETARY W. J. BRYAN RIDES ABOUT THE CITY but apparently it is snail like. For days the British press have referred to "von Kluck 's peril," but so far the German has referred to "von Kluck 's must have been terrifio pres sure from the British and French left. There has been no intima- (Contlnuaa on paga 11 X Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan who Is spending a onei -tion In Ashevllle as a guest of F. U a.iv at the Grove Park Inn was In tha t-ltv this morning riding with Mr. ISeelv In the automobllo oi ino mun, ulte a number on tne sirenti iv." nir.ed the secretary of state as he pass ed in the machine and tney waved at him Mr. Mrvan is spending his vaca tion very quietly as advised to do te fr. In.vlnir Washington. He Is spend ing his vacation very quietly as ad vised to do before leaving waarmm- ton. H la spending much of his time In the open-air and appeara to be thoroughly enjoying his rest In the Ind of the Sky. The secretary oi state,and Mrs. Bryan will probamy remain In Ashevllle, at the Inn, unui Wednesday unless urgent affairs of late should call him back sooner. had been crashing into town all day. Over 400 fell bntwi-en early mornlii!! and sunset. A quarter of the city sev era' miles square were let, afire, thj flames spreading from street to street. The cathedral on Thursday has been turned into 'lospital by German wounded so as to secure ioV it the protection of the Red Cross flag. When the first shell struck the roof everyone believed it was merely a stray shot but later In the day a German battery on a hill f jur miles away began making tho great Gothio pile Its particular target. "Shell after shell crashed Its way through the misonry and Bt.onework that had withstood tlic iftorms of cen turies, or fell Into tho deserted streets roundabout At half pust fotir some scaffolding around on tho cast end of the cathedral, where repairs were going on, caught fire anl soon the whole network of poles and planks was ablaze. Then the roof of old oak timbers caught fire and n.in their tellings were a roaring lurnnca. "The blazing pieces of carved woodwork crashed to the floor where piles of straw had been gathered in connection with the work of field hospital. As soon as this caught flro the altar, the chairs and other furni ture wore devoured. 'The German wounded would havo been burned alive If th; French doc tors had not removed them at a great personal risk. There was a bad mo ment while these Germans were being removed. A crowd had gathered out side to watch the flames, and when the Germans, some In uniform, were brought from the transept door, tho crowd gave a howl of uncontrollable rage and earnest voices screamed, 'kill them.' Some of the soldiers In the crowd actually levelled their rifles to dispatch tho Germans, when a llttlo priest, the Abbe Andrleux, sprang between the Germans and the rifles. " 'Don't fire, he said, "you will make yourselves as guilty as they are." "The crowd calmed somewhat and the Germans wore cnrrlcd Into the shelter of the museum amid hoots." In luptlon Agnln. . Redding. Cal., Spt 21. After a night of muttarlng nd rumbling, Lassen peak exploded today In a ham thunderclap which rocked the houses at Macumber flat nlna miles way. VIRGINIA TO DECIDE WET AND DRY ISSUE Richmond, Va., Sept. 21. Virginia, after a long and bitter content, de cides tomorrow the "wet" and "dry" Issue. The anti-saloon league today officially claimed the state for state wide prohibition by 40,000 majority. Tha local self-government league al. Issued a atatement claiming 10,000 majority for tha present local option law. A racord vota Is expected, ""in.,-. r mi i mi miii nw 11 i, w " " m w j
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