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1 VOLUME XIX. NO. 192. ASHEYILLE. N. 0, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS SLIGHT ADV AN W 'mmmmmm'm''''wssvwavmwk'mm'mB MUCH CDHTRAST THINKS BflTTLE IS .IN TWO IBMIFS TURNING TO StIGE III IIU IIIIIIIII.U French Are Gay, Glittering and Dashing Germans Silent, Complete, Gray-Colored Machine. GERMAN EQUIPMENT COVERED ALL DETAILS German Army Rules Go Into Brain, Says Officer "Re treat" Not in Military Vocabulary. Germans Have Constructed Series of Small Fortresses Along Whole Line. Counter Attack Follows Attack; However Neither Front Has Yet Been Broken : ....... Lohg Struggle Exhausts Men. EFFECT SUCCESS WITH FILIBUSTER (Correspondence of the Associated . Press). : Beumont, Belgium, Aug. 18. When tho French regiments march ed along the border a ripple of ex citement was caused by the blue and red uniforms, their gaiety, glitter and dash everywhere apparent. But when the Germans appeared on the outskirts of Brussels the troops might have been mistaken for a cloud of low-lying mist, their gray-green uniforms melting against a neutral background. The entry was not thea trical, but It throbbed with., power ami efficiency. In place of the romantic French god of war, there was a silent gray colored machine, complete to the last delnil. Wagon doors, Instead of flap ping, aa in the French camp, had patented locks. ... For several days the gray-green soldiers marched through Brussels, part of an army of over a million and a half that rushed their way through Belgium. Completeness of equipment made it like a traveling city. It had its postal service. Its telegraph corps, its provision trains, miles in length. which provided for the soldiers menu as satisfactory as they could have obtained In a first class rctau rant. , Six caissons with "ammunition drawn by six horses, followed each field gun and there were processions of them two miles long. There were in addition many truck and traction engines for the heavy siege guns and In all this collosal train not a wheel squeaked, not an accident delayed the forward progress. The efficiency of the Red Cross de partments Is best Indicated by that fact that in following the army for 100 miles over battlefields, at times only a few hours behind the fighting, none of the small group of corres pondents discovered a wounded Ger man soldier uncared for or any dead. The speed of the army Is attested by the fact thaUcorrespondents with bi cycles and carriages found it difficult to keep up with the German ad vance. Dally marches of 60 kilometers was the regulnr thing and frequently they exceeded this. The physical sta mina is wonderful. At Beaumont a gas lighting system whs established ten hours after the army arrived in town and trains were running to Charlerol, Kach soldier carried with him, not only the necessities of war, but food enough to sustain him if he be on in e separated from the nrmy train. It was interesting to note that even his sus penders were protected against emer gencies and his trousers carried n extra set of buttons In rase one set gave way. No detail seems to have ' been too small for German observa tion. The German rules, in the words of a German officer, 'go Into the brain" of the soldier and he Is not merely the unthinking reflex. "The German soldier cannot retreat or turn back," said an orderly during i a barrackroom discussion at Beau- rnont "If he does go forward and Is silled, then there are others who will ke his place, but In the vocabulary ef ths German soldier, there Is no uch word as retreat" London, Sept. 22.-The correspond ent of the Times In Paris says: "The battle of the Alsne continues, having lasted a week with the allies making some progress against extra ordinary difficulties. "It Is no longer, properly speaking, a battle, but a siege, the Germans having constructed along their 100 mlle front a series of small fortresses from the Oise to the Meuse, made of old forts and disused quarries. "Bomb proof shelters, formed of bags of cement, and subterranean pas sages connect the casements on the heights of Pommiers with the open country by means of which the enemy secures victuals and Is supplied with ammunition. These elaborate works were prepared by the Germans before the March on Paris, thus indicating they had some doubts of success. 'The plains of Champaigne are not admirably suited for the French of fensive. They bristle with trenches and redoubts but if these hamper French action they also stop German attacks. The battle of the Aisne thus becomes a kind of Sebastopol. Opera tions of this sort always result in the defeat of the besieged unless rein forcements arrive." A British military expert says the allies' line now extends from Dletre to Montfaucon Souain, Rhelms, Craonne, Noyon, Lasslgny and Rolsek Lecalle-let "The news of the day," this expert says, "is the appearance oi irean forces around Peronne, 18 miles northwest of 8t Quentln attacking tho German extreme right at St. Quentln The English army la at Boisson,. On the left are French troops who prob ably reach through to Lasslgny to HI am, 12 miles west of St. Quentln and are endeavoring to close in upon La Fere, 14 miles northwest of Laon. RHEIMS CENTER OF FIERCEST FIGHTING Vienna Hears of Reorganization Austrian Army Which Petro grad Says Is Broken. of BRIAN PLANS TO RETURN HOME Secretary of State Has Secur ed Reservations for Af ternoon Train. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LIKELY TO START OCT. 8 Oh I OA go, Sept 23. The world's championship baseball serios will Probably start on October 8, one day after the National and American Wgue seasons clone, according to President B- B. Johnson, of the American league and member of the national baseball commission. Mr. Johnson asserted today there was no truth in the rrportthat Octo ber II) had been Selected. After having spent abut a week in Aaheville taking the "rest cure" the secretary of state and Mrs. William Jennings Bryan had sleeping car res ervations for the afternoon train over the Southern railway today for Wash ington. While in the city the secretary of state and Mrs. Bryan have been tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Sccly, their personal friends, at Grove Fark Inn. Both declare they have thor- ouEhlv enjoyed their stay In the Iand of the Sky and although the rest or the secretary from affairs of state has been rather brief. Mr. Bryan declares that his health hns been irreatly Improved. He has spent a great deal of his time' in the open air automobillng and mountain climbinK. It is -iUlte probably that Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will come to Ashe vllle early next summer and spend the entire heated term at the summer home "Blue Brier," which was pre pared for them long ago at the foot of Sunset ' mountain. During his stay here Mr. Bryan has refrained from discussing war or pol itlcs. He made an Impromptu address before the National Convention of In surance Commissioners In session at the Inn lost week but did not discuss either of these matters. An invitation was extended to Mr. Bryan by the local suffragists to at tend the mass meeting to be held at the court house tonight and he Is quoted as having said that he was rather inclined to postpone his trip to Washington and avail himself' of tho oDDortunlty to speak here on the subject of woman's rights, but did not know whether he could so arrange matters. Mrs. tiryan, in a m statement made public while she has been In Ashevllle, declared for wom an's rights at the ballot box. According to the announcement made at Grove Park Inn this morning the secretary of state will make an effort to return to Ashevllle ths latter part of the present week, from Wash ington, to cmtlnue his rest period. Killed by Prisoner. llabontto Program. New Tork. Bept. I!. An elaborate program of business and pleasure with Its principal feature a water trip his been arranged for ths eighth annual convention of trn Atlantic deeper wa terways association here, Doylestown, Va., Bept tt. Henry Kolbe, constable of Doylestown was shot through ths heart and killed to day by William Miller, an eighteen year old youth he was taking to jail on a charge of forrory. Ths prison er's attempt to escape was unsuccess ful. , London, Sept.' 22-With the battle-front practically un changed after nearly a week of fighting the terrific struggle of the French and English allies to drive the German invaders out of France continues. Laconic and conflicting offi cial announcements set forth the claims of each side that its troops are gaining slight ad vantages. Paris says the al lies are making progress be tween Rheims and the Argon ne, Berlin, on the other hand, declares German counter-at tacks about Rheims resulted in their capture of the strong hi! position' at,- Craonne, about 1G miles from Rheims, and of the village Bethanny, about three miles north of Rbeims. Berlin also claims a successful attack on the forts of Verdun. Many Rumors. Engendered perhaps by the lack of news, many rumors are current in London. These are important, however, from the fact that they originate simul taneously at widely different points. They seem to substan tiate a report from Belgium that General von Kluck, com mander of the German right wing, has removed his head quarters back to Mons, which is the latest of these rumors. One thing seems certain. however, tho long drawn out conflict is wearing down the impetuous aggression, that hitherto has characterized the fighting, and except at Rheims no great effort is being made, apparenty, to carry a frontal attack. Ono side of the other must execute an outflanking movement or Rheims will wit ness the most decisive battle of the war. Belgium Sorties. The Belgium sorties continue from the shelter of Antwerp, but this lias not caused a ma terial change of position in this district. From Petrograd come stor ies of the continued flight of tho broken Austrian armies in Galicia while at tho same time Vienna declares that these nr mies are reorganizing for of fensivo action. It is clear, however, that only rrzcmsyl is today standing out. Petrograd reports further that the populace already is floeinz from Cracow, from j which city a portion of the unique library already has been removed for safety. Re ports rccived from the Russian capital are to the effect that tho Russian-Polish volunteers are declining to serve against the Russians. This leads to the stun X it X tCHtt It X X X x X WAR NEWS IN X - , N. X X hope that Cracow might be de- ivered to them without struggle. Russians claim still urther victories against the Austrian forces attempting to reach Cracow, and they predict there is no chance of the Aus- trians resuming the offensive before next spring. x . N. X Neither Germany nor the allies X yet lay claim to . any decisive X X outcome in the battle of the X X Aisne where the supreme con- X X flict of the war up to the present X X time has long been raging. X X The engagement, taken as a X IX wholo seems to be partaking of X X the nature of a siege. Both sides X X continue to hold a majority of X X their strongly entrenched posl- X X tions. The German lines for 100 X X miles ore described as a virtual X X continuation of forts and en- X X trenchments. Artillery fire ex- X X changes go on night and day X X and under their cover are sor- X X ties of infantry. Counter attack X X follows attack and occasionally X X one side or the other gains X X ground. It would appear today X that nothing but a successful Senate Proposes to Spend $20,- 000,000 on Existing Wa terways in Lump. (i DM5" EXPECT MAJORTY X flanking movement could have X had a serious effect. But neither Xfront had broken and neither X side has been outflanked. X Rheims appears to be the cen X ter of the most persistent flght X lng. It is between the lines of Limit of Endurance. Paris, Sept. 22 Today is the seventh day of tho great battle of the Aisne and the. limit to human endurance seems to have almost been reached, as the intensity in the struggle has diminished . in front of Rheims. -. .-. . . -..- At Craonne, after a brief lull the fighting has become fierce again and the losses of the Ger mans were increased. J Here alone, of the whole line, hand to hand fighting occurred yes terday. Everywhere else the invaders left the attack to the "Brummers" as they call the immense mortars which did so much damage to the cathedral of Rheims. Their projectiles are between five and six feet long. According to official commu nications the allies have ad vanced at points where the danger of invaders is greatest. Progress to the north of Noyon threatens the German right, while the advance between Rheims and Argonne threatens their left and communications between Stenay. Tho deduction by military experts here is that weariness shows more decidedly in the German camp. They are said to bo feverishly active in their work on the. fortifications along tho Sambre from Mau- beugo to Namur, and even on their lines of defense across the German frontier, and this is taken to indicato a lack of con fidence in the final issue of the clash of the Aisne. The troops are in good con dition, considering the weath er conditions according to an nouncement made here by the official war department today. X battle and has suffered serious- X X ly. X X The Germans are described as X X most anxious to recapture It. X X The official announcement Is- X X sued at Paris this afternoon, de- X X clared that German attacks de- X X livered yesterday were unsuccess- X X ful and that the Germans have X X been compelled to retire at more X X than one point. The French X X took many German prisoners. X X The latest German official X X communication Issued last night X X says the Germans have captured X X the hill positions at Craonne and X X took the village of Bethany fully X X three miles outside of Rheims X X to the north. This announcement X X described the Germans as also X X attacking the strong forts south X X of Verdun. X X The military expert of the X X London Times gives the positions X X of the French fortresses to the X K left of which the English seem X X to have made an advance. X X No portion of the report from X X Antwerp last night that General X X von Kluck had transferred his X X headquarters to Mons, has been X X received. Germane, however, are X X said to be fortifying with great X X haste along the river Sambre X X and at Maubeuge. X X The Russians are before X X Przemysl, with artillery fire. The X X Russians claim that the Austrl- X X ans in Galicia are fleeing from X X them, while Vienna declares X X Austrian arms are fighting well X X and standing their ground. X X XXKXXXXXKXXXXXXXXXX Washington, Sept. 22. The victory of the senate filibuster against the rivers and harbors bill was complete today when the commerce committee reported a new measure providing $20,000,000 to be spent by the army engineers. No prolonged discussion was expected in the senate, but how the house would receive the reduction of nearly $35,000,000 could not be predicted. Washington, Sept. 22. Revolting against party leadership sixteen dem ocratic senators last night accom plished the overthrow of the rivers and harbors appropriation bill and crowned with victory a filibuster against the measure directed by Sena tor Theodore E. Burton of Ohio. The senate, by a vote of 27 to 22 ended the struggle over the $34,000,' 000 bill by adopting a motion by a democrat, Senator Bankhead of Ala bama, to recommit the bill to the commerce committee with instruc tions that it substitute a measure ap propriating a lump sum of $20,000, 000 to be expended on existing water way projects in the discretion or the secretary of war and board of army engineers. The collapse of the fight for the bill came suddenly after a desperate attempt to wear down the republican opposition led by Senator Burton, aid ed by Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, which began Friday morning, and included a 30 hour session ending Saturday night Senator Bankhead s motion was in terjected in the proceedings last nieht at a moment when It became apparent that a substitute offered by Senator Burton for the committee bill championed by Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, was to receive the support of democrats who had been fighting for the original bill. Senator Burton himself had expressed dis satisfaction over his own substitute because it did not cut deep 'enough, and had given notice that he would submit later his motion to recommit the bill. It was then that Senator! Bankhead surprised the senate by presenting the same resolution to re commit. Senator Simmons in charge of the bill, made a game last stand, but it was at once apparent the fight was lost and the roll call was quickly ordered. Today the commerce committee will meet to carry out the Instructions of the senate. Anti-Saloon League Claims in Virginia Increasing Ev- erywhere Good Vote Is Out. TOLLING OF NORFOLK CHURCH BELLS FEATURE President Wilson Goes to Prin ceton to Vote in Primary Small Massachusetts Vote Expected. HH CAROLINIANS SEE SECRETORY OF T Complain of Inability to Get Money From Banks, It Is Understood. PROPOSE TO RAISE PASSENGER RATES New Rates Will Be Fixed on ' Basis of 2V2 Cents Mile But Will Vary. Richmond, Va., Sept. 22. Morning reports from all over Virginia were that fair weather prevailed, and vot ers were coming forward to polls In the "wet" and "dry" election In good shape. Anti-sajoon league claims every, where have increased and a total ma-. . jority of 40,000 is expected by them. The last legislature directed the government to call the election upon petition of one fourth of the people voting at the preceding November election. Approximately 70,000 per sons signed the petition. Ninety, ot' tho 100 Virginians voted "dry" in previous local option contests. Even in the event, therefore, that state wide prohibition is voted down, the, local option laws now In effect In nine-tenths of the state would con tinue in force. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 22Tolllng -cf the church bells, prayer meetings and serving of lunches at the polls by the ladles were the features of the state wide prohibition election here today. In Massachusetts. Boston, Sept. 22. The absence of a contest for the head of the state ticket in any of the three parties, led to the expectation that not more than third of the voting strength would be represented at today's Massachu setts primaries. Governor David I.i Walsh will lead the democrats. Of the present congressmen seek ing renomlnatlon one has strong op position. In New Jersey. Trenton, N. J Sept. 22. Candi dates for senator, representative and all state and county offices will be voted on In this state today. Washington, Sept. 22. President Wilson left here at 8 o'clock today for Princeton where he will vote in the primary. He will return to Wash ington at 6 o'clock tonight. PROTEST IS MADE Washington, Sept. 22. Governor Craig, Senator Overman and a dele gation of cotton men from Norm Carolina today discussed cotton con ditions in that state with Secretary McAdoo. It was understood they complained of inability to get money from banks despite the deposit of federal funds and the issuance of emergency currency. Secretary Mc Adoo reiterated his intention to In quire Into the Interest rates charged and credits extended by banks with a view to remedying tne situation. WAR REVENUE BILL REPORTED TO HOUSE French Statement Paris, Sept 22. The following announcement was made In Paris to day: "Along the entire front from the Olse to Wovere the enemy manifests Increased activity without, however, gaining any ground, "First, on our left wing, on the right bank of the river Olse, the Ger mans were obliged to give ground On the Alsne the situation remains ths same. The enemy has not deliver ed any serious attack, contenting himself Monday evening with a con tinued x-annonadlng. "Second, on the center between Rheims and Bdusln, the enemy at tempted an offensive movement which was repulsed, while between Rouatn, ans the Argonne, wt have made soma progress. "Between ths Argonns and ths (Continued on Pag I.) POPE 6ENED1G T Washington, Sept. 22 Tho admin Istratlon war revenue bill whs for mally reported out of tho ways and means committee today wltn an nom ocrats voting in its favor, and all re publicans against. Progressive Lead er Murdock was not present The two cent tax on gasoline was extend ed to cover "motor spirits." A tentative agreement was reached with republicans for a vote at i p. m. Friday. Khnultl Kile Claim. Washington, Sept. 22. Amerlrsns. whose automobiles were requisitioned at the outbreak of the war have been advised by Cone Johnson, solicitor of the state department that they should file claims with ths belligerent gov ernments. Only in the event that such representations fall will ths claims be taken up by ths department Washington, Sept. 22.- Interstate passenger fares, in eastern and west ern territories are to be Increased soon by the railroads. The new rates will be fixed on a basis ot 2Vi cents a mile, mil will vary BiiKouy n pm licular cases from that base. Information received by the Inter state commerce commission is tnut the straight fare between New Tork city and St. liuis, for Instance, will bo advanced $2 . The fare between New York and Chicago will be based entirely upon a 2 V4 cent a mile schedule and so far as practicable, the fares between those cities and intermediate points will bear a like mileage charge. He cause of tho laws of some intermedi ate states fixing the maximum of In trastate passenger fares at two cents a mile, some difficulty Is being ex perienced by railroad officials in working out the details of the pro posed advance In Interstate rates, but it is expected these difficulties may be solved. The new passenger tariffs, it Is ex pected may be In readiness to file with the commission by October 1 . The law requires that notice of at least 30 days be given of sny change Jn passenger, or freight rates, so that In any event, tho proposed chanices could not become effective before No vember 1. The determination of the railroads to raise their passenger fares Is direct result of the suggestion made by the Interstate commerce com mission In Its derision of ths ad vance rate case. The commission ex pressed its belief that passenger traf tie of railways ought to bear Its pro portion of ths burden of sustaining the roads and that the traveling pub lic, which demanded speed, safety, comfort and luxury ought to bs will ing to cay for thsra. Because of Destruction of Ca thedralGermans Likely to Raze Rheims. Iondon. Sept. 22 A Rome dispatch to the Central News ssys Pope Bene dict XV. has telegraphed to the Ger man emperor protesting against th destruction of the cathedral of Uhelms. A Paris dispatch to the Express says military experts here say Ger mans Intend to raze the entire city of Rheims. While the city Itself Is im material from a military standpoint It is the center of a district of the highest strategic value. In great strength, close to the city, are many forts. While the German attack Is devel oping at Rheims the French attack Is centeiing loV-s.rd Noyon. The plateau of Craonne Is held by 100,000 Ger mans while the village is occupied by tho French. Illuther. who was de feated by Napoleon on this ground, declared that 23,000 soldiers could hold this plnteau against any odds." The correspondent of the Dally Tel- egrnph at llhclms says the city is wreathed In smoke and suffering the effects of the enemy's cannon, whs kept awska all through the night by the dropping of howitzer projnctllej y the Germans which smashed Into a fhapeless muss of brick, mortar an 1 wood many Important buildings. Hardly a publlo building esrapect damage. Outside the facsds of th cathedral stands a statue of Joan ot Arc. The figure Is unscathed but thi horse and pedestal are chipped and seared by ths Mrs. 'The general Impression is that In cathedral can bs restored although most ot its priceless decorations s-r lost -