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i A A J THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THE ts :t CROLINAS :: it WEATHER FOEECASTj FAIR. OLUMEXIX. NO. 196. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS HEAVY FIGHTING ON BOTH BATTLEajINE WINGS WITTIOUTmSULT; DEVISE COTTON I a ln juuiw VJ UOO tHw ITl&Uuw JL l-i-lr XX. I w lllil f wd- HI 1 IIIIUII U 1.11 I W ULDLNSj PLAN Bacfc on RjW hv French Offensive I TO THF 1RYIIIM I U I II U IIU I LUIII jommerce Commission, Treas ury Department and Re serve Board Announce Their Project. COTTON BURIED J 0 STEAMER 0 LESSEN FINANCIAL STRAIN ON PLANTERS Temporary Warehouse Points to Be Provided and Giv en fhe Benefit of Tran sit Privileges. Allies Mab Advance. Sixteen Hundred Bales De stroyed on Liner at Pier at New York. RUSSIANS ISOLATE AUSTRIAN FORTRESS Washington. Sept. 20. Arrnnge- inrnts were perfected touay ny we Interstate commerce commission in connection with the treasury- depart ment and the federal reserve board to relieve the coton situation in the foulh. Those branches of the. government have Joined In assisting cotton plant ers and railways of the south In meet ing the extraordinary demand for the storage of cotton caused by the Eu ropean war. Establishment of new cotton and freight rates will make possible the use of temporary warehousing space for cotton under rules approved by the secretary of the treasury and the federal reserve board, and the per mission to carriers to recognize the warehouses as points for storage of cotton In order that Biich points be given the benefit of transit privileges. The Interstate commerce commission will also allow the railroads the ad vantage of all rules, regulations and privileges possible. The regulations Issued by the com mission are expected not only to rc liiv the storage situation but more lmnortantjy. the financial situation that to cotton plnnters hag lccome serious on account of the difficulty In marketing the cotton crop. With warehouse receipts for' their cotton the planters will be able to realize at once unon it and then may await a ' favorably time for the forwarding of 'the crop to final destination, 'ine ex pense of the shipments and ware housing has been fixed at a minimum. Following are the commission's regulations which the railways are authorized to put into effect Imme diately upon the filing of the neces sary tariffs: Cotton shipped for warehousing and re-shlpment, must be consigned to the warehousing point and freight thereto paid on basis of the full local late, upon which the delivering agent will give paid freight receipt, which the holder of the cotton should retain for the purpose of securing warehouse receipt. The paid freight bill will cover the Identical cotton. The number of bales marks and weights of cotton, as forwarded from the warehousing point must conform 1o the paid freight bill, and in addi tion tho shipper will be required to certify on tho back of the paid freight Mil that the cotton tendered Is tho Identical cotton received thereunder. The shipper will also be required to mrrender to the railway agent at the time of re-shlpment the bill of hiding covering the movement of tho cotton Into the warehousing point, unless the Mil of lndlng for such shipment shall have been previously surrendered to the rnllwny. Thereupon the agent will Issue a Mil of hiding through rate for the through shipment to the flnnl destl nntlon, plus three cents for stoppage charges. Where the rate from the original point of shipment to such fluid destination Is less than the rate, from the original point of shipment to the warehousing point, the lawful tnrlff rate to the warhouslng point, plus the stoppage charge of three rents per hundred pounds will be charged as a. minimum. Shipments will b ay-bllled out of the warehousing print at the bal ance of the rate plus the stoppage charge of three cents per hundred pounds. The distribution of revenue lietween connecting lines will be on bnuli of through rates and divisions, except that the three cent stoppage charge shall accrue to the Una bring ing the cotton .Into the warehousing Point, It being a condition of this privilege that .he line Issu ing the bill of lading out of the ware housing point shall be tbV line bring Ing ths cotton Into the warehousing point. All connecting line switching charges will bs- In addition to the through rates and In addition to the tores cent stoppage! harge and where cotton Is redelivered to a carrier from a storage warehouse for de. "very at a polnl within the same in dustrlal tone,, the established charge hall then apply. New York, Sept. 26. Sixteen hun dred bales of cotton, stored In the lower hold of the White Star liner Cretlc, caught fire this morning as the vessel lay at her pier under steam and ready to weigh anchor for Genoa, Several hundred Italian reservists, crowded Into the steerage over night, were routed by smoke and fled In scant attire, to the pier. The fire gained headway rapidly. Within fifteen minutes from the time the first wisp of smoke curled up from the second hatchway, the blaze In the hold appeared to be a roaring furnace and soon the smoke hung In heavy clouds over the river. For near ly an hour the fire raged practically unchecked. Then there came along side the burning vessel two of the city's fireboats. They pumped hun dreds of gallons of water upon the decks. It was not until a half hour later that the firemen were able to play streams directly on the blaze Meantime confusion on the pier among passengers ready to embark wns so great that panic seemed to impend. Thousands rushed rapidly to the scene. Heavy detachments of po lice reserves restored a semblance of order. The fire continued to burn steadily and the volume of smoke spread up and down the river. It was aften 10' o'clock before the fire seemed under control. The ship Itself, It was said, did not catch fire and the damage was confined to the cotton In the hold. This cotton was consigned to Naples. Officers of the line said the Cretlc probably would be unable to sail to day. ' The origin of the fire was not de termined but It was thought It might have been started by a lighted cigar ette or cigar tossed into the hold. French and British Forces Seizing German Territery in Africa -New Protest By China. HI FDR WOUNDED Repeated Fatalities Among the Red Cross Reported from Battle Zones. Paris, Sept. 26. Heavy fighting is going on at both the east and west wings of the bat-J tie lines between the allies and Germans, according to an offi cial statement issued this after noon by the French war department. Following is the text of the announcement: "First, on our left wing be tweon the Somme and the Oise, the battle continues very vio lently. Between the river Oise and Soissons our'troops have advanced slightly. The enemy has not attempted an attack. "Between Soissons and Rheuus. .there has been -no change. "Second, on the center be tween Kheims and Verdun the situation is also unchanged. In the Woevre region the enemy has been able to cross the river Meuse iu the region of St. Mi- hiel, but the offensive taken by our troops to some extent has thrown him back on the, river. "To the south of the Woevre recion our attacks have not ceased to progress. The 14th German army corps has fallen back after having suffered great losses. ' , "Third, on our right wing (in Lorraine and in the Vos ges) the effective German for ces seem to have been reduced. Some detachments which had BLAMES VILLA FOR H BREAK Paris, Sept. 28. The French so ciety for tho assWance of the wound- certain points eil, announces the killing of three ' ' nurses and the wounding of twojhavo been repulsed by the en ?r. . "C.h,"'T.L'rJ iwi trance into action of our re- tiii-iiim. i mil,-,. of a religious order; the others were i serves young graduato nurses. i ,,T eastern zone the Vvort. .1 rninminroinmll lire 111 " made by one or another of the Tied Russians luiVC Captured ItzOS frosM societies of women falling while r,,:i,.oa(l loadillir to battle zone. CHINA MAKES NEW PROTEST TO JAPAN TYklng. Kept. 20. Four hundred Jr.imneso occupied Wel-Hlen, In the province of Hhantung, 21 miles south of the Gulf of Pe-Chl-Li yesterday. following the advance guard of forty men who. arrived a fortnight ago. The Japanese have taken over tho charge of the station. The Chinese troops remained In the city but did not op pose the Jnpnnese. The foreign office protested to the Japanese leghtlon today regarding the occupation us Wel-Slen Is both out side the original and the extended fighting tone marked by the Chinese. Capt and Mrs. J. E. Iloakln are pending- on week at their old horns In urssnsboro. , Cracow, and liaye nlso taken two fortifications to tho north and south of Przomsyl. "The Germans appear have fortified themselves tho north of Kalisz. BRITISH TAKE GERMAN COLONY IN AFRICA lxmdon, Sept. 28 A Capetown dis patch to Ileuters says a union defense force occupied Luderltz'bucht, in Ger man Houthwest Africa, on September IK. The German garrison had previ ously retreated, blowing up the rail way and destroying the wireless In stallation, but otherwise leaving the placs Intact. Investigating r.lgln Hoard. Chicago, 8ept. !. Charles B. Cllne. district attorney, began Investigating today complaints alleging the Klgln butler and egg board Is violating ths federal statute regarding ths federal injunction against "pries fixing." Paris. Sept. 2fi. For four teen days the battle of the Aisne has continued practically wthous cessation and still tho world waits for news of some decisive result. Here and there, according to tho official com munications tho lino has given way to one sido or tho flther but tho importance of those re sults lias not been great. Tho latest French official statement mentions several such results. On the French left wing, to tho northwest of Noyon, where tho French ap parently have boon tryinf? to out flank the German right, tho French troops, it ia an nounced, were compelled to give a littlo ground, having como in contact with superior 'forces. Fresh troops wens brought up, however, and the French offensive was vigorous ly continued. The communica tion says the struggle in thi region has become extremely violent. , Similarly on the heights of the Meuse the Germans have had successes but they have not been able, the French commu nication says, to cross the riv er. The French report, however, that on their right wing the Germans have begun to give way to attacks from Nancy and Toul, while in the southern re gion of Woevre the enemy is also (retiring, but the action continues. Latest reports at Berlin, Par is and London agree in gener al tenor and indicate that there are no decisive successes to re cord in the western arena of the war. Weather conditions have now improved along the west wing of the allies and, ac cording to Paris, a battle of extraordinary violence is rag ing in that locality. Reports continue to come of trouble between Bavarians and Prussian troops and it is said the German military authori ties in the Belgian capital have ordered all the Bavarians in Belgium to the scene of op erations in Franco. These re ports, however, are officially denied in Brussels. Dispatches from Tetrograd declare the Austrian civil gov ernment of Cracow has been taken over by Germany. The citizens of Cracow are said to he in flight. The city will soon coaso its normal functions and be transformed into a great fortified base. According to those same sources the Germans have thrown three army corps into tho Cracow district in prepara tion for tho imminent Russian attack. The capial has also been ad vised that all traffic has been stopped between Berlin and the Baltic ports including Danzig. The Balkan allies continue their attack on Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. A battle of extraordinary severity is raging at the west em end of the Anglo-French and German battle lines in the region of Noyon, 60 miles to the north of Paris, where the French still are striving to out flank General von Kluck's re inforced army. The French official statement issued this afternoon claims that the allied troops have made a slight ad vance. On the eastern end of the fighting line the French offi cially admit that their line has ben forced back by the Ger mans across the river Meuse near St. Mihiel, at a point about 20 miles south of the French fortress of Verdun. In the eastern arena the Rus sians are preparing to attack the important Austrian forti tied citv of Cracow in Galicia. The inhabitants of the city are reported to bo fleeing and the civil government is said to have been assumed by the Ger mans. Russians operating against the -fortress of Przemysl have captured two towns to the north and south ot the position and have completely cut off its railway communication. The French ministry of ma rine today announced that a landing force from the gunboat Surprise had hoisted the French flag over Coco Beach in the German colony of Kama mn in Africa. British forces from the Union of South Africa have Alleged Slayer of Butler Ap pears Before Jury in the Superior Court. REFUGEES ONCE AGAIN LEAVING MEXICO CITY When the case against Seth Whlta- ker, charged with the murder of James H. Butler at the latter'a home on Tiernan street, several weeks ago, was called In Superior court this morning, Judge W. P. Brown and Ed. Swain, who had been assigned by the court as counsel, entered a plea of insanity. A hearing on this plea was had and the Jury returned a verdict, after hearing the testimony of several physicians, that the defendant Is In sane at this time and Judge E. B. Cllne presiding ordered him confined in the insan ward at state's prison until such a time as he shows 1m provemont sufficient to enable tho court to try him on charges of m irier. Dr. D. E. Sevier and Dr. P. II. Terry were Introduced by the defense and they testified that In their opinion the defendant is not mentally able to un swer to a charge of murder at llils time. In passing on the case Judge Cllne said: "The defendant, Seth Whllaker was called to this bar to plead to an Indictment, charging him with the crime of murder and when so called had counsel assigned him. Speaking through the counsel he said that he was unable to plead to the charge and make a defense against the chai y.c. A jury was empanneled and evidence taken and the Issue, 'Is the prisoner at the bar at the present time in sane'.'' was given the Jury and they answered 'yes.' In addition to which It is found by the court that the prli oner is a man of injurious tendencies and likely to commit acts of violence and It would be unsafe and dangerous for him to be permitted to go at large; that such freedom would be a menace to the lives of others, etc. It is there fore the judgment of this court that the prisoner be committed to the in sane ward at state's prison, there to be conrlned and cared for as prescribed by the law made and provided. This commitment and confinement is not a punishment for the ofTense charged but for the purpose set forth." Carranza Says His Foe De manded Impossible Chang- ' es in Plan for Confer- -ence of Chiefs. Railway Line to North Seized as Matter of Precaution, Reiterates General Carranza. NO PROTEST MADE BY POPE SAYS BERLIN Berlin, Sept. 25. (Via London Sent. 26.) Reports in the French OCClipied Luderitzbuollt, a town I ,rt ss that Pope Benedict hns mode ' .. . . representations to Emperor Vullhim in (ierman Nlllt liwest AlriCa, regarding the destruction of the cath edral of ltheima are contradicted to night in an address in the Cologne Gazette, which states that the Curia, through the Prussian ambassador at the Vatican, Inquired Into the matter and expressed satisfaction with the reply given. where the Germans retreated after blowing up the railroad. China has protested against the occupation by Japanese troops of Wie-Sien, a town in Shantung province outside the 7,0110 set apart by the Chinese government for tho Japanese military operations against the Gorman concession of Kia Chow. PLAY IN THE WORLD'S SERIES OPENS ON OCT. 9 IVrmlttod French to EM-ape4 I.ondon, Kept. 28, The correspond ent of the Exchange Telegraph com pany at Ostend. says a number of Bavarian soldiers are under nrrst In Brussels charged with facllltatlnr 'he escape of a large body of French prts oners. A court martial court Is si -ting. It Is said the Frenchmen num bered several thousand. The I'ava rlans are highly Incensed at inn charge against them. This story Incks confirmation from other sources. OF E. M. Thompson, of North Car olina, Appointed to Berlin by Secretary Redfield. Chlcngo, Sept. 28. Play In the se ries for the world's championship in base ball will begin on October 9, at 2 o'clock, according to announcement by President B. B. Johnson of. the American league. The announcement wns made after a long distance telephone conversation with August Hermann, chairman of the National Bnsebnll commission. Mexico City, Sept. 26. General Carranza In a long statement last night reviewed the differences be tween himself and Villa. He stated the situation was grave but the con stitutionalists are ready for any pos sibility. Villa, he said, demanded Im possible changes In the plans for the conference of constitutionalist chiefs on October 1. Carranza said Villa de manded the. establishment of the civil government thirty days after the discussion ends; that no present army official shall be eligible as a candi date for any elective office; that the federal state legislature be convoked immediately and that the electoral college be chosen for the election of a permanent president. To these demands Carranza replied that only the conference Itself could take this matter up. The railway line north of Aguas Calientes has been seized by constitu tionalists, not as a hostile act. says Carranza, but because of Villa's ac tion. If anarchy comes, says Carranza, ' the blame will be on Villa's head. It Is reported here that a special train will leave Mexico City for Vera Cruz tomorrow night carrying pas sengers booked on steamers to sail for the north. The gap in the railway line to Vera , Cruz, it Is reported, Is several miles In extent. Address Appeal to Villa. El Paso, Texas, Sept. 26. General Villa today received an appeal from his brothers-in-arms In Mexico City to lay aside his present differences with Carranza and thus prevent, an other revolution. "We appeal to your patriotism and. good will, inviting you to aid us in pacifying the republic." said the ap peal. "We take for a basis the fact that there are no fundamental tea sons for the new civil wnr." The appeal was signed by lncIo Blanco, the Coiihulla leader first to Join Carranza In the antl-Huerta re volt; Kduardo Hay, one of the first to join Mudero In his revolution against Portlrio Diaz; Rafael Bulna, the "boy chief" of the west coast, who. a yotirh of less than 21 years, has fought -ith Carranza, and 1. K Pesqueira, former governor of Sonora. AVERY PARISH CALLS WAYNESVILLE RECTOR Washington, Sept. 28. I'nder the new law permitting commercial at inches of the American legation at principal world capitals Secretary Iledfleld has appointed the following: "A. T. Harrington, to Lima, Peru; A. H. Baldwin, former chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic com merce, to Imdon; Dr. Albert Hale, now with the bureau of Pan-American republics, to Buenos Ayres; Edwin M. Thompson, of North Carolina, to Ber lin; J. II. Arnold, former consul gen eral at Hankow, to Peking; Prof. Kin coin Hutchinson of the I'nlverslly of California to Klo; C. W. A. Vedlts, of California, to Paris." Seven more will be named Inter. The vestry of Avery Parish have called the ltev. Mr. Allen of Waynes- vllle as rector and it Is understood that he will respond. The church, which Is one of the oldest Episcopal churches In this section. Is located between Anion and Fletcher and It N a large and influential parish. The Rev. Mr. Allen Is well known In Ashe-villo. TICKET TAKERS TO BE BELIEIEDJE01III DUTIES Due to European War Southern Railway Has Made Import ant Announcement. Crow of Cutler Kavcd. rrtrmayt Completely Isolated. London, Bept !. (10:U a. m.) The fall of ths town Khyrow, tele graphs ths Pstrograd correspondent (Continued on Pag .) (ioniums Deny Naval !". London, Bept. It. Telegraphing from Berlin, the Amsterdam corres pondent of Reuter's says a telegram received there denies on competent authority that the Husslan cruiser llsysn sank a Oerman cruiser and two torpsdo boata in ths Baltic Vatdet. Alaska, Sept. 2R. A wire less message received by the steamer Alameda and reported here Indicates that the officers and rrew of i2 me'i and others who were aboard the 1'nlted Slates revenue cutter Tahoma. wrecked near Klskal Island, proJmbly are safe. Those aboard the Tahoma were ob liged to use the vessel's live whale bouts covering between 40 and DO miles of open water to reach Agiittu Island, where they are awaiting the steamer Cordova, en route to take them off. Allianlnns to Ask lrotrrtlon. Barl, Italy, Bept. 21. (Via Paris.) Dispatches from southern Albania ta.v the Deputation, hsrrshsed and robbed by both Insurgents and Greeks are about to ask the Intervention of the great powers. Many of ihe passenger conductors employed by the Southern railway, especially on Its through trains, wh-i were relieved of tho task of collecting tickets several years ago, will have to resume this work, according to offi cial announcement made today in Asheville. When Ihe conductors were relieved of taking up tickets on fast trains, train auditors or ticket collectors were substituted. It Is many of the latter that are to be relieved from duty, now, according to the announcement which comes In the form of a Wash ington special fo The (lnr.ette-News Is sued from the nfllces of the assistant to the president. The snnouncemect lollnws: "On account of decreased passenger revenues due apparently to uncertain ties occasioned by the European w.tr. Southern Railway company has decid ed to temporarily reduce to a mini mum the number of ticket collectors employed on Its passenger trains. This arrangement will become efTee llvs on October 1st, declared A. H.. Plant, comptroller of the company, in a statement given out today." T
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