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OLUME XIX. NO. 199
ASHEVTLLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1914,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ALLIES M AKE SLIGHT HEADWAY
ON EAST END OF BATTLE LINE
Berlin Admits the French Have Renewed
Advances In That Field Allies
Holding Own In West.
FRENCH PROGRESS
IN CENTER, CLAIM
Report of Breaking of the German
Right Wing Has Not Yet Been
Confirmed Officially.
E STATUTES
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TO
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Reduction of Cotton Planting
50 Per Cent or Total Elim
. ination Favored.
J A PS COMPLETELY
INVEST TSINJG TU
Japanese Claim to Occupy Height3 WhicS Gyf is Com
manded Chinese Troops Are Opposu?5 ,,era-
New Combined Army Is Tak
ing up Position and Has
Been in Contact With
Russian Forces.
.tions of the Japanese Soldie
London, Sept. 30. For the
first time in this war of nine
nations, there is today some
concordance in the drift of re
ports from headquarters of the
throe armies holding the center
of the stage in France. It is,
however, to be noted that the
corroboration by one side of
claims of the other is largely
negative.
"The French advances from
Verdun and Toul have been re
newed," is the German official
report of yesterday's fighting
on the eastern end of the line,
and the communication of Gen
eral .Toff re, commander-in-
fjjief of the French forces,
screes with it, with the state
ment that his troops have
made "slight headway in that
field."
At the other end of the 2$0
mile field "the allied are hold
ing their own," reports British
headquarters, and the Berlin
announcement seems indirectly
to admit , this claim by an
totuirimr that the bp ties on
this end have been indecisive.
In the center the French
claim slight advances.
Confirmation of the report in
a news agency story that the
'German right wing had been
broken and is in flight, is still
lacking.
Commentators show much
scepticism of this report, al
though they consider the
breaking of the German right
ving would only be a natural
result of the allies turning
movement, the present status
of which is pictured in the
Frencli official announcement
of yesterday. This shows the
allies have pushed back the in
vadors until the German right
"i"g is virtually at right an
Kles with the remainder of the
lino. The fact that the Ger
rami nrmy headquarters admit
that their great efforts to
throw back the pressure of
the allies have proved indecis
ive have been received in tng
land ns significant.
The Ghent correspondent to
the Daily Telegraph wires that
the Germans are preparing to
remove the headquarters from
Brussels to-Namur. This indi
fates tho Germans are getting1
fendy for their next stand
nearer their own frontier.
A dispatch to tho Central
'ews from Amsterdam says
that refugees arrived from
Ghent reporting that Belgian
forces marching from Brussels
ore in contact with tho Germans.
ternoon the turning point of
the allies north of the Somme
is developing rapidlv. The
German attack on Tracv-le-
Mont has been repulsed with
heavy losses.
The text of the statement is
as follows :
"First, on our left wing
north of the Somme the action
continues to develop rapidly.
To the north, between the Oise
and the Aisne, the enemy has
delivered a vigorous attack on
Tracy-le-Mont, northeast of
the forest of Aigue. They
were repulsed with heavy loss
es. ' ' Second, on the center there
is a relative calm along the en
tiro front which extends from
Rheims to the Meuse. Between
Argonne and the Meuse we
have made slight progress.
"In the AVoevre district
there have been severe battles.
Our troops have advanced at
several points, notably to the
east of St. Mimiel.
"On our right wing in Lor
raine and the Vpsges there has
been no change."
Not Unfavorable to Allies.
It was again the turn of the
allies' left yesterday to sustain
the shock of the enemy's
charge on the battle front in
northern France, and although
the official communication does
not say so it is reliably report
ed they took many prisoners.
Tho usual reticence of ofb
cers added to the work of the
censors makes the lot of the
New Orleans, La, Sept. 30. Crea
tion of effective public sentiment for
a greatly reduced acreage, or total
elimination of cotton planting next
year, with the ultimate aim of having
state legislatures to enact laws regu
lating planting, was decided on today
by the Southern Cotton convention
here today as the best method of
meeting the lack of cotton inquiry
due to the European war.
It Is suggested that planters pledge
themselves to reduce the aevreage at
least on-hff and wherever possible
pledge not to plant any cotton in 1915.
The cotton organizations also are re
quested to petition the governors of
tho states to call a special session of
the legislature to enact laws either
prohibiting planting or providing an
acre reduction of at least 50 per cent.
The resolution follows:
"Bo it resolved, that it is the sense
of this convention that it would be
greatly to the interest of the cotton
growers as well as every commercial
Industrial and agricultural Interest
not only of the south but of the whole
country that the planting of cotton be
entirely 'eliminated or reduced to the
minimum during the year 1915.
"Be it further resolved, that cotton
growers, bankers, Merchants and all
other cotton Interests In each county,
Including the farmers' union and
Southern Cotton congress meet and
take action, (If the legislature has
not acted) look to the pledging of
each grower to reduce his acreage 50
per cent or more or omit planting en
tirely for the year 1915.
"Be It further resolved, that In or
der to insure that no cotton be planted
or not more than 60 per cent during
the year 1915, the said associations
and organizations request the gov
ernors of the cotton states to convene
the legislatures for the purpose of
passing laws to reduce the cotton acre
age or prohibit the planting of cotton
in order to eradicate the boll weevil
and other pests aa well as to accom
plish the above-mentioned objectives.
Be It further resolved, mat cotton
shall be held until it will sell for
Drlce sufficient to reimburse the
farmer.
Peking, China, Sept. 80. The Ger- i
mans in Klao Chow have evacuated
the Waldersee line of defense before
an overwhelming force of the enemy.
Tsing-Tau Is now completely invested.
German losses were small.
Ihis information it. contained In a
dispatch received hare from a German
source at Tsi-Nan, Shan-Tung, which
evidently is a wireless communication
from Tsing-Tau. It adds that the Jap
anese armored cruiser squadron bom
barded Tsing-Tau Monda without
doing any damage.
Japanese official reports corrobor
ate tne foregoing and explain that
the engagement occurred Monday
morning. They declare further that
the Germans drew In their first line
of defense five miles from Tsing-Tau
and that Japanese troops occupy
heights which the " Germans com
manded. ; Chinese Oppose.
Wei Hsen, Shang-Tung, China, Sept.
29. Chinese troops today blew up
and destroyed the bridge at Tayu-Ho,
six miles west of here.
The sound of . the. explosion could
be heard in this city.
STUB MID BIG CHARGES
GERIB 11! AGIST BRITISH
England Showing Utter Dis
regard of Rights of Neutral
Statesj Claim Berlin
Sources.
FIERCE BATTLE RAGING
SINCE LAST SUNDAY
The above dispatch 1 -he first In
dication that Chinese troops have tak
en any active part in opposing tho
military operations of the Japanese
in Shan-Tung province, In the latter's
campaign against the Germans in the
leased territory of Klao Chow.
To facilitate this campaign tie
Japanese landed in Chinese territory.
At this China protested, but the pro
test was Ignored.
Recent dispatches . from Peking
said the Chinese believed the Jap
anese intended to capture all the
railroad stations, to the west of Wei
Hsien. Three hundred Japanese cav.
alrymen left Wei Hsien recently, go
ing west along the railroad.
Russians Command Railways
in Przemysl District and
Are Advancing Rapidly
in Two Columns.
CAPTURE 07 HOLLAND
SHIPS ONE CHARGE
British Aviator Drops Bomb
in Dutch Town; Dum-Dum
Bullets Supplied Offi
cers Are Others.
London, Sept 30. It Is officially
announced that a juncture has been
Berlin, Sept. 30. (By Wireless).
Reports made public here from Con-
effected between the new German stantlnople declare that owing to tfc . .
RoumdnianKingWasNot
Allowed to Aid Germany
SAYS CONSTITUTIONALISTS
London, Sept. 30. The Rome 'cor
respondent of the : Exchange Tele
graph company reports that a mes
sage received at Rome from Buchar
est says that King Charles has sum
moned the cabinet Mn special session
tomorrow to determine the attitude
of Roumania toward the war.
Paris, Sept. 30. According to a
dispatch published r in the Journals
deo DebaU, Germany expected the aid
of Roumania put f hen thlMf'wuu.usk.-.
ed. one of the ministers said, we are
quite willing 'if It is against Austria."
King Charles turned to mm ana
said, "I gave my' word to Eemperor
William and a Hohenzollern keeps
his word."
J. J. O. Bratlano, the president of
the council. Interposed saying: "The
country knows no Hohenzollern. It
knows only the king of Roumania
who does not have to give his word
to anyone."
King Charles then decided to call a
council of the crown with the former
ministers In attendance but only one
sided with him in favor of Germany.
It Is reported-he king then replied
to Averesco to try a. coup d'etat, and
arrest-the ministers, fut Averesco re
fused, saying: "Sire, you will be the
first victim."
It is said also that some superior
officers declared they would desert
and join the Russian army rather
than fight for Austria.
Italian Reserves Will Be
Called Early Next Month
London, Sept. 80. The report that
the 1885, 1886 and 1888 classes of
Italian reserves will be called to the
colors early in October, has been
confirmed by several Italian newspa
pers, according to the correspondent
of the London Daily Mall at Venice.
Eleven first category classes will then
be under the flag, and the total is
1,390,000 men. Without counting the
80,000 men now in Tripoli, Italy will
have an army of 1,310,000 men In her
own terrltlry, divided into 30 army
corps.
Taris, Sept. 30. According
to tho official bulctin on the
v given out in Taris this af-
military prognosticators a
hard one.
The absence of news makes
a place for rumors which are
very plentiful, but which no
one dare to publish even if
their truth has been ascertain
ed. All that can be said of
the unofficial reports that are
printable is that they are not
unfavorable to the allies.
"Wounded soldiers report
that the Zouaves are covering
thr-msplvfis with elorv. The
French were forced to retrea
under a tremendous onslaugh
by superior numbers and left
many wounded on the field.
This enraged the Zouaves who
begged to be allowed to get
them and recapture tho posi-
. . 1
tion. hcn the bugles souna-
ed the charge and the Zuaves
bounded for tho enemy they
turned their heads as they did
. 1 A. A
not wish to see wnai xney
thought was sure to happen to
them. But on they went,- sing
ing Rhontinir and defying tho
rain of machine gun fire. A
great proportion fell on tho
way but the remainder presseu
forward until they pounced on
(Continued OB FaO )
President Asked Not to Rec
ognize Government Which
Denies Religious Liberty.
The correspondent says the Aus
trlans are still thrdwing up eartn
worths along the frontier, the Ponta
Arlves line being defended by
landwehr.
condition of Marquis dl ean Gluliano,
foreign minister, although somewhat
better, is always grave.
The patient stands his sufferings
stoically but it is said that recently
he exclaimed:
"I wish I could live ten weeks
more."
That is interpreted as indicating the
minister feels that within ten weeks
something very important and vital
for Italy will occur, but thus far no
one has dared to question him.
Most of these troops are stationed
between Ponta Del Tarvis Rocbl fort
and the Predil pass. To make em
placements for their artillery the
the Austrians had levelled forehts, cen
turies old and dug long trenches In
army and the remnants of the . Aus
trian army which fought in the Gall
clari battle. The new combined army
is taking up a position and already
has been in contact with the Russians
along the Carpathian Tarnow-Racow
front
A dispatch from Rome to the Ex
change Telegraph company, dated
Tuesday, said: -
' A fetrograd message states that a
fierce battle between the army of
General Rennenkampf and the Ger
man general von Hindenberg . has
been raging since Sunday morning on
a front extending from Grodno to
Druskcniki on the Niemen river. Four
army corps have been engaged on
both sides and the Russians are be
ing constantly reinforced from Vilna.
The Russians have already repulsed
the Germans at several points."
An official dispatch from Petrograd
to the Havas agency says:
In the region of Sowitski and
Derzinsky, on September 88, the Rus
sians attasred the Germans furiously.
Tl! Germans attempted to reoulse
thS Rujfcians oy. repeated charges. But
thia wus pffeettvelv. riafpntart "
j .. . jjaessage from Petrograd dealing
wt-'h the Russian advance through
Galicia, says:
"The Russians are in possession of
all railways in the district of Prze
mysl and are advancing rapidly in
two lines, states a dispatch from the
Rome correspondent of the Exchange
Telesjraph company." The report con
tinues: "The northern column (of Rus
sians) has made an assault on Tarnow
the last obstacle between it and Cra
cow and only 60 miles distant.
"The southern column, after oceu-
pying Sanok, has advanced westward
with the Intention of cutting oft the
retreat in that section of the Austrian
army which is being driven southward.
"Indications are that the Russians
do not intend to capture Cracow but
leave it to be surrounded by way of
Breslau, in hopes of meeting the Rus
sian central column in Poland."
A dispatch to the Reuter Telegraph
company from Cettinje says Servian
and Montenegro forces marching on
Sarajevo are sweeping the Austrians
before them. The enemy is expected
to make little resistance.
Przemysl Almost Surrounded.
Washington, Sept. 30. Colonel
Oolejewsky, military attache of the
Rome, Sept 30. (Via Paris). The I the valley of the Isonzo.
Sinking of Six British
Ships Has Been Reported
bellicose attitude of British waryrfflps y '' .;
cruising near the Dardanelles, " urTtej; V
has closed this waterway, v ,
The people of Holland ae- telfciiV : ;
ed in Berlin as excited by the. repeated
capture of Dutch ships by the 'British.
The Rotterdam Courant declares
Great Britain is sh wing utter disre
gard of the rights of neutral states. . :
It says the Netherlands steamer
Sophie, from Rotterdam for New -.
York, was captured by British War
ships in the .channel and taken into
tow of the cruisers. ,
It Is admitted Uiat the British
aviator flying over the Netherlands
town of Maastricht dropped a bomo,
thus breaking the existing neutrality.
The story has been given out In
Berlin to the effect that Colonel Gor
don and Lieutenant Colonel Nish, at
tached to the Gordon Highlanders,
and now prisoners of war In the
hands of the Germans confessed In
the course of an official examination
that the British government had sup-
plied them with dum-dum bullets tor
use in automatic revolvers.
Albert Ballne, director getk? of
th Hamburg;-American steamship
line;, hfis published aiT artlcto-jillju8 T
HaAburgor Nachrichten In which ne
declares that the British money mar
ket will be discredited by the mora
torium for a long time to come. He
says that the cutting of the German
cable by the British and the "stupen
dous lies of the English and French
news agencies have produced a mora
torium of truth for the world over
seas." Two cigarette factories In Germany,
the Jasmltza concern at Dresden, and
the Balscharl factory at Baden-Baden,
owned by the Anglo-American Tobac
co combine, have ' een placed under
government control for the reason
that the majority of the capital is
held in England.
According to the Lokal Anzeiger,
Prince Franz, son of the king of Ba
varia, who has the rank of major
general, and is in "ommand of the
second Bavarian regiment has been
slightly wounded In the thigh. He is
now on his way to Munich.
Prince William of Hohenzollern,
whose daughter is the wife of Manuel,
former king of Portugal, has been
decorated with the order or the Iron
cross, first and second class.
Inquiry Asked.
Washington, Sept. 30. Secretary
Bryan, in a resolution passed by the
senate today, was asked to inquire if
Washington, Sept 80. Ahkingthat
the United States recognize no gov
ernment in Mexico which does not
erant religious llebrty, a delegation
representing ths American Federa
tion of Cotholic societies of America,
called on President Wilson. Resolu
tions were presented protesting that
mini And Driests have been robbed
and murdered by constitutionalists
and that chrch property had been de
stroyed. The president was told that
among the priests and nuns In danger
were some American cltlsens In Sal-
tllln and Mexico City.
The delegation asked thot the ad
ministration take active steps for
their relief.
The delegation consisted of Rev.
Oalligan; Rev R. H. Tirney and John
Whalen of New York and Henry V.
Cunningham, of Boston.
The President promised to do ev
erything possible for those In danger.
GERMAN PRINCES ARE
EXPECTED TO RECOVER
Rome, via Paris, Sept 80. An om
Issued here today says:
"Prince Oscar who has heretofore
r...n renorted 111 In a fort at Ham
burg, Is pronounced by physicians as
likely t recover, but he cannot regain
hi. nnaidnn In the army because of
V. I . Waalr tia.rt.
"Prince Joachim, who was recently
.o..ndad. Is expected to return to the
front In October. The other sons re
all well."
London. Sept 80. A report has
been received here that the Emden
has sunk four British steamers.
The Emden has been operating In
the Gulf of Bengel. She recently
conducted a brief bombardment of a
port there and later at Pondlcherry.
St. Augustine, Fla.. Sept 80. Bear
ing on Its leg a cylinder wun ins
words, "Germany 13-11." stamped
thereon, a pigeon fluttered In from tne
Atlantic yesterday and was picked
up by George W. CorbcU, a brother ht
Mayor Corbett.
In the cylinder was a message type
written In English, reading:
"September 24, 114. on Florida
coast; Just sunk two British ships
Ger B. 8. I 12-12."
The marking on the tin cylinder
was Identical with that on a carrier
pigeon which dropped dead here yea
terday from exhaustion. The first bird
had apparently lost Its message.
TERRIBLE GALE SWEEPS
ALONG GERMAN COAST
London. Sept. 30.-The. heaviest
gale within living memory is sweeping
over Denmark ana tne jonn sen
along the whole German coast, says
the Copenhagen corresponaeni oi m
Dally News.
"Considerable damage nas oeen
done to property," continues tne Dis
patch. "The German air maneuvers
In the region of Kiel have been aban
doned. A telephone message from
West Jutland states that a number or
hod lea nf German sailors In uniform
were washed astjnre Monday north of
Elbjerg. Telegrspnio communication
has been considerably upset
WILLIAM'S FINE STOCK
TAKEN BY RUSSIANS
London. Sept 10. Petrofrad dis
patch to the Star sara that among the
remsrkable war trophies arriving at
Smolensk Is the entire stock of Em
peror William's famous pedigree cat
tle and stud horses, captured by tho
Russians from ths emperor's estate
in Romlnten lneast Prussia. They
were taken to ""'row and presented
to the Russian agricultural Institute
for distribution to agricultural breed
ing associations.
uussian army lonay received ois- .. . m,,tihi with m.hllr In-
patches filmost identical with Hh- t(re8(, whether the British govern
patches reaching the United States I nt wag lnterfcrlnff wltn shipments
mm. infill uy way ui rHiin, iium ma
capital. He said they indicated that
Przemysl was almost completely sur
rounded, although they did not con
firm a reported fall of the fortress.
Kurds Attack Sorb.
Paris, Sept. 30. A dispatch from
Petrograd to the I lavas agency, say
the Kurds, Incited by the officers
have attacked the Serb population
near the frontier, Recording to a dis
patch from Erzerum, Turkish Armenia.
BervlOns Tuko Town.
London, Sept. 30. A Reuter dis
patch from Nish. Servla, says Servian
troops engaged In the Bosnian ad
vance have captured Snn Pesak. They
also seized an Austrian train of six
teen cars, six of which were loaiied
with ammunition.
Tako Austrian Trenchee.
London, Sept 30. A Cettinje dis
patch to Reuter's says the Servians
occupied all the enemy's trenches
around Goreada, northeast of Slavo
and routed the Austrian.
of copper In neutral ships to Rotter
dam. Senator Root received a telegram
today from shippers, declaring that
copper not considered conditional
con'.rahrand by The Hague convention
wat being held up.
CHE oil HELD IN
Kept in Bondage After Sho
Had Worked Out Purchase
Price of $3900.
LISTS OF PRISONERS
BEING EXCHANGED
JAPANESE AVIATORS
HIT GERMAN STEAMER
Toklo, Sept. 30. Japanese aviators
assert they hit a, Gorman cruiser dur
Ing the latest fighting off Klao Chow
with bombs at a height of 1,000 feet
Two German aeroplanes were en
cased. The wings of the plsnes were
riddled with bullets, yet they returned
London, tept 80 The British and safely,
German have begun exchanging lists
of prisoners of war through Ameri
can Ambassador Page, preparatory to
exchanging. The first lists were not
very extended, but additional lists are
expected shortly. Up to the present
time these exchanges have been ar
ranged onlf for women and chllJren
end men more than II years or less
than 11 years old or physically disabled.
Karapp In Night Clothe.
San Francisco, Sept. 30. The first
conviction on record here for keeping
a human being In slavery, was ob
tained yesterday.
In federal district court Mrs. Wong
Sam, an aged Chinese woman, was
found guilty of holding In bondage
Loy Cum, a slave girl.
Evidence was presented showing
that the girl was smuggled Into this
country and sold for 13900. After she
had worked out this charge she still
was held under threats that If she at
tempted to escape she would be burn
ed aflve.
Meridian. Miss,, Sept. 30 Two hun
dred girls and 25 teachers eecsped In
their night clothes when fire destroyed
the main dormitory of the Alabama
Normal college at Livingston, Ala.,
last night. The fire was caused by
overheated pipes, resulting In 11,000
loss.
Hoepltnl Ktilp Sails.
Falmouth, Sept 30. (Via London)
The American hospital ship Red
Cross sailed from here this morning
and Is sxpected to arrive at Paulllao,
France (10 miles northwest of Bor
deaux) tomorrow night
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