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n t ft THB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE) IN THE :t CAROLINA3, i: LEATHER FORECAST FAIR WEATHER. I 1, ,LUME XIX. NO. 200. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 1, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS DEVELOPMENTS IN BIG BATTLE 111:. STATESMEN! APPARENTLY FAVORING ALLIES E ri 1 JL i 1 mi l w r j t - -V. Ve WILL SUSPEND ALL HOSTILITIES 1 PERSN DTI r n : I ml M i Brilliant Efforts of Von Kluck to Break Through Adversaries Have Failed But Are Continued. FORTS OF ANTWERP STILL RESISTING Belgians Repulse Germans Russians take German Positions. London, Oct. 1. Screen of secrecy, adopted by the censors all-ihe way across ; northern Frarco rmd.behind which mili tary i. 'tsrnen for the past four wee, s have been, figura tively speaking, fashioning the rough outltrns of a new map of the eastern hemisphere, stands today almost unim paired. It has, however, judg ing from indications in Lon don, been pierced here and there, which permits some ink ling of the war drama to trickle through behind it From 't.-Ti t "can be deduced from thi. agmentary glimpses there v . mid appear to be justi fication in the opinion of Euro pean observers for optimism on the part of the allies. This describes events as shaping themselves for a rep etition of history as it was written on the river Marne when the allied forces sent the Germans back on their tracks. All tht brilliantly skillful tactics employed by General von Kluck, commanding the German right wing, to counter .or break through the fence of bayonets constantly reaching northward beyond his extreme right, have thus far failed. These efforts, however, have by no means ceased and the allies' general staff, it is.felt in London probably risks some thing elsewhere to reinforce that wing. Heretofore rein forcements there , have been met by reinforcements. Ihe Germans nearly tgot through the allied ring near Albert, to the northeast of Amiens, but after two days of fierce struggle, for, the mas ter)', they failed. Incessant as saults on the pari of the Ger mans have, according to the al lied commanders, whoso re ports are augmented by state ments from independent sour ces, cost the assailants such appalling losses in men that, even allowing for reinforce ments, their ranks must have been materially weakened. The announcement from France of the re-creation of the post of marshal of France, , coming simultaneously with the report of General Joffre, commander in -chief of the French forces, of the satisfac tory condition along the entire battle line, has been hailed by the allies as peculiarly signifi cant. ' In tho eastern field the Ocr man navy is showing increased activity on the Chinese coast. There has como to London new that within a week a now Daring Attacks of Russian army, a million strong, will join the present armies in Poland and Galicia for "Rus sia's principal attack on Ger many." - ' London, Oct, 1. An . official communication issued at Ant werp, according to a Reuter dis patch, says: "The German "artillery dur ing the day continued the bombardment of the first line of forts to the south. Our works suffered little and w? are still in condition to make effective resistance. ;'. f "Between the enna river and Reeth no movement of the enemy has occurred. From the Scheldt to the Seine daring at tacks by the Germans 1 have been repulsed by the Belgians, who were well supported by their artillery. German loss?; were proportionate to the te merity of their attacks. "In the direction of Termon- de the offensive movement was of no great effect, consisting of a long distance cannonades which had no appreciable ef fect on the detachments of our troops guarding the approach es to the town. Between the rivers Dendre and the Scheldt there is no notable change." Continue Attack. Paris, Oct. 1. The Germans continue the fierce atack in the angle formed by the rivers and hills. Ilere the French lines has thus far held solidly. Attempts made to break them have been futile. The contest has been singularly desperate but the allies, by daring coun ter-maneuvers have checked tho bold attempts of their ad versaries. , Latest news from the front, while not giving sufficient de tails to satisfy the Parisian eagerness for war news, is nev ertheless, regarded by .them as favorable. The Petit Parisian's milita ry critic in speaking of the en gagement quotes the sentence from the official communica tion, reading: "On our left to the north of Somme the engagement is in clined to develop more and moro to tho north," and says, "curiously, I distinctly remem ber having seen at the maneu vers something analogous to the actual positions today. The corps of the attacking army, disappointed in a maneuver which it had contemplated against the left flank of the enemy found itself at the end of tho day compressed between two lines of fire which had the (Continued on Fog ) K WAR HEWS SUMMARIZED. It H Slight advances by both wins It H of the allied armies are lndlcat- It It ed in an official statement indl- X It cated by the French war office X It at 2:45 o'clock this afternoon. It H At the same time the general sit- It It uatlon had been described as un- H It changed. It H. ."We have, nevertheless," says It H the statement, "progressed to- H It ward the Somme and toward the It t Woevre district In the south." It It London and Berlin remained It It silent In the late afternoon today It It and what unofficial reports It It reached the United States by It H way of the capitals of the belli- H It gerents contained little to lndl- H It cats the course of events in dif- It It ferent battlefields. Not since the It It war began has the censorship K It been so severe. It H The latest Berlin announce- It It ment, made last night, said the It It allies had been repulsed at Al- It It bert, .18 miles northeast of It It Amiens and that the German at- H It tack in Argonne was progressing It If. steadily though slowly. The most It H recent word from the Belgian H It war office also given out last It It night stated that the Belgians It X were successfully repulsing the It X attack of the Germans. X X ' ' 1 ' ; X VKXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX STATE HAS RESTED A-SORRELLSM ' : . '1 t ' Superior Court Occupied This Morning in Hearing Wit- nesses for Defense. The defendarnt, Charlie Sorrells, took the stand at 12 o'clock today In his own behalf in the criminal assault case In Superior court and was ex amined by Judge Jones. He said he was 23 years old and had lived here all his life, except two years he spent In the United States navy, where he served as assistant ships' tailor. He swore that the first time he ever saw Mrs. Hooper was in a theater in Ashevllle, where he and Mrs. Hooper "winked" and smiled at each other. He next saw her In a drug store, where they flirted with each other. The third time he saw her was at Riverside Park, he said and after flirting with her again, he wrote her a note, which said "for reasons best known to myrelf I am reluctant to ap proach you, but would like to take you and your friend for a Joyrlde to night." After Introducing Dr. 0 W. Pure foy. 8. Llpin'sky, W. H. Westall, B. M. 'Marlow, C. B. Moore and J. Baylies Rector as character witnesses, all of whom swore that Charlie Sorrells had a good general character, Miss Lula Barnes was called to the stand this morning Mid Mr. Johnston began eroBe-examlitaiion. She said her home was In Greenville, S. C, and that she worked in Ashevllle at a picture show until the alleged assault. after which she went to Knoxvllle. She said she came back because she thought Mr. Sorrells needed her. She did not remember that she told a lawyer here that she was going to leave the state and rot return. She swore that she saw Sorrells, Hill and Blackburn In Knoxvllle. but did not talk to Hill. Said If shs did not men tlon the note, Joy ride or about. Mrs. Hooper sitting In Borrells' lap In the hearing before Magistrate Lyda, It was because shs was not asked about them. Shs said she remembered she swore the truth before Lyda. but ad mitted shs did not testify that Mrs. Hooper used bad languags on the trip, saying she wss not asked about It While Hill and Sorrells went to a spring to get water, she said, she was left alone In the road with Mrs. Hoop r and the latter said, "I am going to make Sorrells pax me 1500." rlhs said her attitude In f"Kard"ti the rase Is the same now as It was In. the prelim inary hearing; that shs believes Mrs. Hooper asked the chauffeur to bring her home, before the alleged assautl She admitted after a gruelling nun Inatlon that she did' not remember lust how msny times Mrs. Hooper asked the chauffeur Jo bring her home. At the time the sssault Is al leged to have taken plare, she said Mrs. Hooper made no outcry, for if she hsd, witness would have hoard her. When witness and Hill entered the car, she sJd, Mrs. Hooper wss calm and mad no taiem-t,t. fine admitted that Mrs. Hooper wss nrv oua, more or leas, throughout the trip .(Continued on l ace I.) DIRECTORS NAMED ' FOR FIVE BANKS Federal Reserve Board Appoints the Class "C" Directors for Banks in Richmond, Boston, New York, St. Louis and Minneapolis. ' Washington, Oct. 1. Th feder al reserve board has announced the names of class "C" directors for the federal banks of Richmond, Boston. New York, St. Louis and Minneapolis. Directors named yesterday were: Richmond: William Engle, Balti more, reserve agent and chairman of board; James A. Moncure, Rich mond, deputy agent and vice chair man; M. F, H. Gouverneur, Wil mington, N; C, director. Chairmen , named for the other bank boards were: Minneapolis John F. . Rich, Red Wing, Minn.; New York: Pierre Jay, New York city; St. Louis: William McCartin, St. Louis; Boston: Freder ick H . Curtlss, Boston. In announcing its selections the board stated it had made "the utmost effort to weigh and consider all qual ifications." ; So far ai Is known topographical considerations were not included. French Get Revenge In Second Battle of Sedan ':k: London, Oct, 1. During the strate gical retreat of the allies southward from the Belgian frontier, the French troops' ;exaled from the Germans bloody." revenge for the French de feat at Sedan 44 years before. On this same butt! fU Id according to the Daily tlv-tl's . j-wir-icttondcnt, he Ger mans suffered one of the severest de feats of this campaign. They were led Into a trap which cost them thou sands. The French could have held their positions Indefinitely but strat egy compelled them to fall back with the remainder of th.e allies. Here Is the story of the second battle of Se dan, told by the correspondent: "The French general ordered his troops to fall back toward the river and to take up positions on the op posite heights. The bridges were mined but left standing in order to deceive the Germans Into thinking that the French were 'retreating has tily. The ruse succeeded. The Ger mans advanced across the bridges In German Warships Make Attack on Toklo, Oct. 1. A severe) engage ment has been opened by the German warships which oannonaded the Jap anese positions near Tsli.g-Tau east of the government of Klao Chow, the German leased territory In China. Two officers were killed. The German aeroplanes assisted the warships. The Japanese war office announced that an artillery duel at Tslng-Tau continues. A German torpedo Boat destroyer sank In the harbor Wednes day. Apparently this ship was not In action. From other sources It is stated that BRITISH CRUISER THKES TEH GMTEJftt i Cumberland Captures Liner and Nine Merchant Vessels off African Coast. London, Oct l.Tho admiralty an nounces that the British cruiser Cum berland has captured off tha Came roon! river In west Africa tho Hamburg-American line Arnfrled and the following merchant steamers: The Msxbrook, KenspA, Amslenck, Paul Woermann, Km a Woermann, Henrietta Woermann, Allno Woer mann, Hani Woermann and Jeannetts Woermann. All were In good order and contained general caraoe and good quantities of coal. , Thi sailers have been removed as prisoners but '.he native engine rvom crew was rs leased. The gunboat Soden h"s also bin raptured and has been placed In com mliwtnn and the HerwHdn Elltaoeth which have bsen sunk can be raised. Tho Cameroons rlvr runs through a Qerman territory In equatorial Af rican rlotia The announcement of tht admiralty, however, lndlaates that It was understood the directors would be advised by the board to hold early meetings to take up or ganization work. Class' C directors represent the government in the new banking system. William Ingle, chairman of the board of Richmond bank, rose from a messenger, to the vice presidency .of the Merchants and Mechanics bank of Baltimore, his native town. James A. Moncure was born In Suffolk, Virginia, about 63 years ago. Hp was educated In Suffolk county and Fredericksburg, Virginia, then moved to Richmond and engaged in the general mercantile business until about fifteen years ago, when he and his associates took over the Richmond Guano company. M. F. H. Gouverneur, Wilmington, N. C, Is a member of the firm of Hugh MacRae and company) bankers of Wilmington. He is a great grand son of President Monroe. close formation. When several Ger man regiments had crossed, the French blew up the bridges and the French artillery started firing at a hundred German columns which re treated hastily to the river, only io find the bridges gone. ; "The Trench regiments then ' ad vanced .-lth (inlck-iflrers v and tie merciless slaying , continued until dusk. Many Germans threw down their arms and attempted to swim the river, and large ' numbers were drowned. When It became dark the French brought up searchlights and continued the bloody work. Then shells were thrown at tho rate of a dosen a minute Into the German ranks. Incedlnary shells were thrown Into the forest where part of the German fqrees took refuge. The burn ing forest lit up the whole front of IS miles. In the morning an armistice of two hours was granted to allow the Germans to bury their dead. The French had suffered the loss of only a handful." the Japanese the Gorman destroyer was sunk by Japanese siege guns. It was officially announced late this afternoon that a Japanese mine sweeper off Klao Chow was blown up and sank. Three men were killed and thirteen others Injured. Anot'icr Jap anese mine sweeper was damaged, one man being killed and six In jured. Another Japanese vessel, the sup ply ship Wakamlya Man was dnm ged. One man on 'board was killed and six were Injured. The name of the mine sweeper which wont down was the Nagato Maru. the British naval forces have visited the place and captured the Oermsn shipping there despito the deadly cli mate, , . INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS WILL BE INVESTIGATED New York, N. T., Oct 1 The Rock, efeller Institute today announced that It had decided to make a far reaching Investigation of Industrial conditions In the United Btates and that it tmd retained the services of W. U Mec-Klnzle-KIng, former minister of labor In Canada, as a director of the Inves tigation. Te investigation will not bo con fined to any one lino of section but Is expected to be world wide. ' No mention of tho amount It Is proposed to expend In tho Investi gation Is made In tho statement Jted Cross Appeal. Washington, Oct 1. Tho American Red Crorss today sent out an appeal for a more concerted effort on the part, of women's organizations and tl'Urrh societies In support of the so cieties European campaign. Ilrrady to rrotrst Porta Oct 1. l'aly Is ready to make a protest to Turkey because of the abolition of the capitulations at Contntlnopl, according to a Homo dlian h to the 11 avis agency. Villa-Carranza Peace Commit tee Agrees to Stop Troop Movements at Prelim inary Meeting. LARGER GATHERING TO BE HELD OCTOBER 5 At Which Generals from North and South Mexico Will Arrange Details of Peace Plan. Kl Paso, Texas, Oct. 1. Luis Aguirre Benavitles, secretary to Gen eral Villa, under date of September 30,' telegraphed The Associated Press that an armistice had been declared throughout Mexico with Agnus Cal lentcs as a neutral zone. He stated ulso that elections would be held ac cording to the first agreement from October 5 to 10. Mexico City, Oct. 1. Suspension of hostilities and all troop movements was agreed upon at the preliminary meeting at Aguas Callentes between committees apiHilnted by Generals Carranza and Villa, according to a telegram received here last night. The message, signed by General Esquevlal Obregon, further states that it is proposed to hold a larger pre liminary gathering at Aguas Callentes on October 5, when reinforced delega tions of generals from the northern and southern forces will determine details of the general peace plan In tended to settle the controversy be tween Carranza and Villa. Confer ences at Aguas Callentes will be also Incident to the meeting of the chiefs to be held there. When the agreement is finally reached both sides will meet at Aguas Callentes where the com pact will be Bifcned, arranging the question of presidential succession, the date- of the general elections and the reform platform. May Defer Resignation. Washington, Oct. 1. General Car ranza's resignation, generally expected today as a step In healing the breach with General Villa, may not take place until after tho conference of military chiefs seeking to compose the differences, is concluded at Zacatecas. The Zacatecas conference was ex pected to assemble today. Information here Is that Its sole purpose Is to satisfy Villa's demands. Chief among those Is Carranza's resignation and while that may be pledged, It was said Carranza probably would follow his original plan of not actually giv ing up his place until the Mexico City convention chooses a provisional pres ident. The feeling of optimism over a peaceful outcome of the situation continued today In official circles. Carranza to Resign. Washington, Oct. 1. Dispatches reaching the constitutionalist agency here from Mexico City last night in dicated that General Carranza would present his resignation as first chief (Continued on Page 9.) Was in Command of First Aus trian Army When War Broke Out. Paris, Oct 1. General von Auffen. burg, Austrian commander, Is 111. General von Auffenburg was In command of the rirst Austrian army when the war broke out. With the army of General Dankl ho began an offensive campaign In Russian Poland and had preliminary successes. In vading Russian territory as far as Lublin. Tho Austrian reverse at Lemberg, however, chsnged conditions In the north, however, and for a time the condition of his army was said to be precarious as the Russians threatened to cut him err. Vy desperate fighting he managed to retreat safely to Rzes- zow, Gallcla, where he again formed a Junction with General Dankl and the two armies retired towards Tar now and Cracow, Tho last definite news received from General Auffen burg was that ho was commanding tho center of a new and extensive front with his base at Tarnow. London, Oct. 1. It la reported from Vienna, according to a Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company that Oeneral Auffenburg, former Austrian minister of War, has been obliged to relinquish his com mand of one of the eastern armies beeatisa of serious Illness, A later dixpatch to the Ex-chang Telrgrnph Company from Rome states thst General von Auffonburg Is suf fering from cholera, according to a mewaie from Vienna. On Rare Occasions When Pres' ident Changed Mind Tar Heels Induced Him to Do It. KITCHEN, PAGE AND WEBB CONVINCED HIM These Three Representatives Are Men Who Have to Be Reckoned With in Im portant Affairs. V (By Parker R. Anderson). Washington, Oct. 1. Only three, times in his- nearly two years' occupa tion of the White Hou.se has President Wilson changed his mind with refer ence to legislation upon which he had decided to put through congress, Each time it was a North Carolina mem ber of congress who convinced the president of the error of his way. The first instance recalled here wah the labor srectlon of the trust bill in which labor leaders desired to be exempted from the provisions of the trust measure. The president stated positively that he would not consent to a change. Claude Kltchln, however, drew an amendment to the bill and carried it to the White House and asked the president to read it and then submit it to the then Attor ney General McReynolds and if pass ed by him to consider it. It is stated by those close to Mr. Wilson that he told Mr. Kltchln that he had made up his mind as to the matter and that there was no use of further ar gument. Kltchln explained that he had made a careful study of the subject and that he was convinced the president would see It his way If he would only let him pxnlnln hia nnlnt. The tiroHl- dent -listened and .UH'ii KLcl-'!-; the White House tho president hVd put his o. k. to the North Caroli man's plan. The next time that a North aro llnian convinced thech'.ef executive that there were brains, as well as pol iticians In North Carolina wn when the president decided that there was no use in including a provision In the Clayton-Webb trust bill prohibiting Interlocking directorates of banks and also that there was no need of sec tions 2 and 4. Chairman Webb did not agree with him. The president sent for Webb and argued the sub jects for an hour and 24 minutes. When Webb loft the executive's ofilca the man who has ruled congress prob ably gently but firmly, had again changed his mind and decided that Webb was right. , , Last but not least Representative Page convinced the president that hla Idea of the government buying ships for merchandise was not expedient at this time. Page talked to the president for an hour and a half. When he 1-ft the White House Mr. Page was not sure what the president would do but It develops now that It was Page who pointed out to the president that It was not tho part of wisdom to pass a bill of that character at this time and It will not be passed. The ship pur chase bill has been a hobby of Mr, Wilson for 30 years. ( It was Page also who prevented the passage by the house of the war tax measure carrying a provision for the taxing of freight. The seventh district congressman took the position that It was unjust to the poor people and he won In a walk. Politicians now admit had the president Insisted upon this method of raising a war revenue that it would have cost tho democrats the control of the house at the November elec tions. Page, Webb and Kltchln are men who have to be reckoned with In this administration. They are conservative on all matters hut when they take stand for or against any measure oth er democratic leaders know they havs a fight on hand. FOOD SITUATION AUSTRIAN. I0U3 London. Oct. l.Tho Job of tho Austrian army la sa serious one as their lines of Iratlnn Is constantly being thl I Many of the smaller countrle. placed an embargo on corn army Is making desperate error, get wheat of the United Rtates 1 the block of the Adriatic makes sufc port from that quarter Impossible. Food shortage Is also felt In tht . German army. It is declared, Oppose IlrceM Flan. Washington, Oct 1. Republican senators oppose the democratic plan of recess from October 10 to Novem ber It and are Insisting on adjourn, ment. Borne democrats are endorsing their plnn. Crrw Landed. . Lnetenff. Eng., Oct 1. (Via Ten don.) The crw of the steamer Blb lost In tho North sea while on th way from Shields, wsrs landed hrt today. ,1 J
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