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THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE) IN THE :t tt CAROLINAS t: It .WEATHER FORECAST j PROBABLY SHOWERS. 1 ! 5 I VOLUME XIX. NO; 201. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 2, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS ALLIES GRADUALLY GAIN ON BE Ml BUILDING TO POPULARIZE WjflYAH BURNER- COTTON GOWNS WHEAT II t. i 'I 4t : 4 l 'I i 'a' I 1 I '"J ! 1 f I 4. Fierce Fighting Around the Heights of Roye on the German Right. RUSSIANS REPORT GERMAN RETREAT Immense A ustro- German A rmy Is Concentrated In Poland Ger mans Claim Progress. London, Oct. 2. Unless all signs are awry, the German ar my in France, or at any rate, most of the columns are about completing their round trip. This, it is held here, is the only conclusion hinted at even by the Berli nne-wspapers to be drawn from the reports, both official or unofficial of those on or near the scene of the action. It is evident if the" progress of the allies on their left is con siderable while the hole through which the Germans might have pierced the line of French fortresses on the Meuse river side ha's been stopped up. The fierce battling around the heights of Roye, to the northwest of Noyon, seems to have ended in favor of the Frnch. The heights were cap tured by" General von Kluck's men on Thursday but on Fri day the allies regained control of the position. At Antwerp, the temporary Belgian capital, the native forces ought to be capable of long defenses. That it will be a long and arduous struggle no one ques tions. General von Hindenburg, the German commander who scor ed notable successes in eastern Prussia against the invading Muscovites, has taken supreme command of the German and Austrian forces. This is prob ably a formidable army, al though the alleged total of 2, 500,000 men is discounted. The German headquarters staff reports dismiss the situa tion both in this and the Bel gian theater with a curt "no fhange." From Petrogrnd, however, it is officially asserted that "the Russian troops continue to drive the enemy from the bor ders of the Suwalki and Lon za governments and there has been continually determined fighting west of Sirnno. "The German troops who attacked Ossowctz are retreat ing precipitately to the north." The Austrian forces are concentrated in the western district of Tctrokoff and Kiel oe, Russian Poland. French-British naval opera tions against Pola, the Aus trian naval base in the Adriatic have been again taken up, ac cording to unofficial advices. The Montenegrins hare bo gun their attack on Sarayvo, the fall of which "Booms im minent" according to' their Btatemetn. London, Oct. 2-The reports from the front seem to indicate that the allies are still advanc ing on the wings. The London papers today insist that the cryptic wording of the German statement issued yesterday is tantamount to an admission that Roye has been taken by the allies. However, this is a matter of inference only. From the east, through var ious sources, comes news that the Russian assaults on Cracow continue in the vicinity where a half million Germans and Austrians are said to be con centrated. Conflicting reports have been received concerning the Rus sian advance through Galicia, however, that the public is in clined to await further de tails. . If the battle of Cracow is in full sway then it is unques tionably one of the greatest struggles of this war and pos sibly the forerunner of even more colossal engagements which will rage in Galicia. The plight of the Belgians is an incident in the bombard ment of Antwerp, Tremonde, other points, becoming more pitiable than it was after the first advance of the Germans through their country. Doubt less within a short time Lon don will be the haven of thous ands of penniless refugees. Whether two forts have fallen near Antwerp as the Germans insist, or whether the Belgians have so far repulsed the artil lery onslaught is a matter of conjecture here. Nothing definite has been heard in the last 24 hours of the whereabouts of Emperor William, but Petrograd .dis patches say he is undoubtedly present at the engagements on the east Prussian frontier where, the Russians insist, the German troops are being driv en back. The London papers both ed itorially and in their news col umns,, embellished with pic tures, make a feature of the landing of the Indian troops in France and congratulate the war office on the successful feat of moving many transports from India without a single loss. Editorially the press em phasized the spirit of patriot ipm of Indians which answers once for all, they say, foreign, critics who held that in times of stress tho Indians would prove unfaithful. Only guesses can be hazard ed on the strength of the In dian forces and their disposi tion. No confirmation",has been (Continued on Page .) COMPROMISE MADE IN SORRELLS CASE Defendant Pleads Guilty to 60 Days in Jail; Pays Suspended for After R. R. Williams, for the de fense, and A. Hall ohnsson, for the private prosecution, had addressed the Jury, attorneys for the defense asked for several minutes to confer and 'it was then announced that Charlie Sor rels, -who has been on trial In Super ior court for his lift on charges of criminally assaulting Mrs. Ernlstine V. Hooper, would tender a plea of simple assault on a woman. Judge E. B. Cllne sentenced the defendant to serve 60 days In the county jail and to pay all the costs of the trial; and in the case of carrying a con cealed weapon the which he pleaded guilty, judgment was suspended. - Judge Cllne stated, In passing sen tence, that he did not approve of the conduct of Sorrel Is on the trip, dur ln the serving of the senetooihrdw ipg which the alleged assault Is said to have taken place, and did not be lieve any one else did, b'ut that after considering the matter fully he be lieved the ends of Justico would be met in the serving of the sentence. While he stated that he does not com mend the conduct the Sorrells, the court stated that he must take Into consideration the great expense to which the defendant's father has been put by the trial. He stated that he hoped the case would have a tendency to be beneficial to other young men in the city an despeclally does he hope, he stated, that it would have a lasting effect on the chauffeurs of the city who have a tendency to wink at the misconduct of men and women In order to get a few dollars for a trip. , In passmr sentence Judge Cllne,, stated Jth at In consideration of the fact that Sorrells has heretofore served about 30 days in Jail, he would im A Graphic Description Of Attack on Antwerp London, Oct. 2. The Exchange Telegraph company's Antwerp corres pondent sends the following dispatch dated, Thursday noon, describing the attack on Antwerp: "From the top of a gas tank at Hoboken (3 miles south of Antwerp) last night was witnessed a scene of sombre grandeur. The attack on the city was defined in the clear night air very sharply by flashes of the enemy's great siege guns. Similarly the line of defense was shown In points of light which stabbed the night from the Belgian forts. It was almost possible occasionally to see the effect of the falling shell. "The artillery duel continued throughout the night. The Gorman fire seemed to be directed chiefly to ward the emptying of the jutlylng Says German Are Like London, Oct. 2. The Times' cor respondent from Chalons, France, telegraphs aa follows: "The Germans have gone and the Inhabitants of Chalons are returning. The Germans seemed to have retreat ed east and west. Their trenches on this line appear as a work of art. Dug to a depth of six feet they are covered and protected In many cases with lay ers of concrete. Thli work was exe cuted by forced labor of the Inhabit ants to form a defensive position In case of need when the troops were fighting in the Marne. Against (his the French worked their way foot by foot until In some places their front was not 100 yards from the German trenches. The wounded as well as the dead lie In the trenches where they fell amid wet and filth. The French In the advanced trenches could hear Told of Killing Woman While Under Anesthetic Los Angeles, CsJ., Oct. 1. State ments muttered by Mm. Frank! Lang, of Los Angeles, under an anes thetic for treatment of wounds on her head yesterday, led to her arrest for murder and to tlfs subsequent finding of ths body of Fannie Cur land, a motion plcturs actress, in a deserted ranch houss near Klvendde park. Mrs. Lang had visited Dr. W. C. Wells, to have hsr wounds treated, Simple Assault on Woman; Gets Court Costs; Judgment Is Carrying Weapon. pose the sentence of 60 days in the county Jatl. Sorrells is to pay the costs of ths trial, which. It was stated, amount to about $73, and to pay for his own maintenance at the' Jail, which costs thirty-seven and one-half cents a day. ' The defendant is given until the next term of Criminal court to pay the costs, although they must be se cured before the present term ends. In suspending the judgment in the case of carrying a concealed weapon, the court stated it was done upon con dition of the good bzehavior of the defendant and that he must never carry a pistol again. : The verdict, as entered on the dock et of the court, is "the defendant, Charles tS. Sorrells, entering a plea of guilty to simple assault on a woman, he being man over 18 years of age, Is hereby!, sentenced to serve 60 days In the common Jail of Buncombe county and he Is ont guilty of a higher offense." . . This ends one of the most noted cases that has been tried in Ashevllle in many years. The trial began last Wednesday morning and had been in progress ever since. . Just before 5 o'clock yesterday af ternoon alt the evidence was conclud ed In the trial and R. R. Williams, of counsel for the defense, began his ar gument to the Jury, although he had nt finished when court adjourned for the day. VV. P. Brown's Testimony. " The most sensational and startling testimony given during the trial, per haps, was Oiat of Attorney W. P. Brown for the state yesterday after noon, when ! e testified that Sorrells, a,cm4t!,tiijed ." Walt Kill, came to hhfc Wnce thVtnrnIng after the al leged assault took place and admit (Continued on Page 9.) villages and every road into Antwerp was choked with refugees. There was no doubt that many alarming reports of the German operations will creep across the frontier to Holland. We cannot give deflnitf information from here on account of prohibition against news which might be useful to the enemy, but It can be said with official sanction that the position, while calling for the utmost vigilance and effort, is not alarming. "The Belgiuns have suffered In some quarters, while In others they have inflicted loss. The general bal ance Inspires confidence. "All scouting oflicers agree, how ever, that the German attack is mere ly a demonstration which ih not In tended to be pushed home. Belgian aviators have not uncovered . any great masses of German infantry." Trenches Works of Art cries at night when the firing paused, coming across the narrow belt over which they fought. The terrible con ditions, as the French fire dislodged the Germans from their miniature forts, were only too apparent. In some places the French had to drown the Germans out of their burrows. Hose was laid and fire pumps at tached. "Chalons suffered little from the general engagement. Not a house was destroyed and one Inhabitant only was killed. The Germans placed an assessment on the town of IS, 000,000. The mayor pleaded for more liberal terms and the prince of Baxe, second ed him. The assessment was finally reduced to 1200,000 which was paid. "The French retook the town on September 18 when the. Gormans left behind their wounded." and as the anesethetlo took effort Mrs. Lang began to spoak of a fight she had had with another woman. Ths surgeon summoned detectives who talked to ths semi-conscious woman. They learned ths location of ths house near Riverside and ths names of two men who ars alleged to have witnessed the affair, and who also wers arrested. After her arrest, Mrs. In declared Miss Curland bad commuted iulUds, Destructive Blaze Earl .as Morning at Winyar & m tarium in Northe. art of the City. CAUSE IS NOT KNOWN; LOSS NOT ESTIMATED Patients Removed Without In cident and Their Luggage Saved The Building Will Be Replaced. Fire, which originated In the back end of the main building- around the kitchen of Wlnyah sanitarium, dis covered this morning at 2:17 o'clock by Nightwatohman Williams, partially destroyed the main building of the sanitarium, including the kitchen, din ing rooms and the sleeping rooms on tho second and third floors. The fire ranged for several hours before It was controlled by the firemen, who arrived on the scene in a few minutes after the alarm was turned in. The loss, which is partially covered by insur ance, could not be estimated by the owners today, but it is highlj proba ble that it will reach into the thou sands. The burned building -will at once be replaced and It is thought that plans, which were drawn last Decem ber for 60 additional rooms for the main building, will now be put Into operation and the addition built as soon as the Insurance is adjusted. The kitchen and boiler plant, which were put out of operation by the lire, will be repaired at once and arrange ments made to take care of the 80 patients who were in the sanitarium, that 3700 feet of hose were used at the fire and four streams of water played on the burning building for many hears.-. For the first time since the large motor trucks were purchas ed by the city, horses were used last night. When it became known at the department that the fire was of a seri ous nature, several firemen secured two horses from hte city stables and hitched them to the old hose wagon, which Is the last relic of the days of horses at the department. The two horses hitched to the old wagon made a spectacular dash down Broadway and to the fire and as one fireman ex pressed It today, they "got away with It pretty well." L GEIANSJUO HIM Declares Authorities Cautioned People But Did Not Rep rimand Offenders. London, Oct. 2. Frank Deedmyer, formerly American consul at Chim nltz, Germany has arrived In London with his wife, from that city. In an interview published In the Times to day he describes Insults that were offered him by Chemnitz molis which were caused by the fact that he and his wife conversed In English. His wife. It Is declared, was refused ad mission to the restaurants and shops. When Deedmyer protested to the mayor, that official Issued a cautionary notice to the people, but failed to rep rimand the offenders. When the In dignities continued, Deedmyer threat ened to close the consulate, whereupon the authorities provided him with a guard whenever he or his wife ap peared In public. When the last Amer ican had left his district, Mr. Deed myer resigned his position and left the country. WERE BADLY TREATED Rome, via London, Oct. t. Accord ing to official dispatches reaching Rome the German government Is de nying reports Issued at J'arls a few days that French consular officials suffered Insult or hardship In leaving German territory. The Germans said they did not need the German troops as a special train was put at the dis posal of Madame J'atU and other UlustrloKe foreigners and ths mayor of Carlsbad bade them farewell. There was a demonstration at Csrlsbad but It was directed against several French cooks who Mad irlven provocation. As to the quick firing gun. Madams Pattl must hsvs been mistaken, says the German advices, and become con fused aa to a photographic dsvlcs be fore which she posed. Movement Thus to Aid South ern Planters Opened by Member Federated Women's Clubs. APPEAL IS ISSUED TO 100,000 MEMBERS Women Urged to Wear Cotton Dresses During Celebra tion of Peace Dem onstration. Washington, Oct. 2. The move ment to aid southern cotton growers by popularizing cotton evening gowns was opened here today by Miss Mar trurlte Guernsey, of New York city, a member of the Federated Women's clubs, who issued an appeal to 100,000 members of the club to purchase such gowns and wear them at the peace demonstration to be held during the week of October 5 . She said she would offer resolutions at the meet ing of the club, which is to be held at Binghampton, October 9, and at the New York city convention which meets October 30, urging all women to join In the movement. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, a member of the General Federation of womens' clubs, endorsed Miss Guern sey's action saying it was In line with her appeal sent out yesterday to the many club women, not only to com ply with the president's request to attend the peace services next Sunday but to assist by using as generously as possible American cotton materials. - Ginning Active. Wellington, Oct. 2. Cotton gin ning was active from September 1 to 26, a total of 2,901,556 bales having been turned out. That brought the aggregate; ginnings for the year to 3,381,803 bales, according to the cen sus bureau's second report announced today. The period's ginnings were sec ond only to those of the record crop year of 1911 . In . Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana the ginnings to September 25 exceeded those to that date in any of the past seven years. Sea island cotton ginnings exceeded those of any year In the past seven years while the number of round bales ginned showed a great decrease. Cotton Consumption. The world's consumption of cotton was 21,223,000 bales during the year ending September 23, the census bureau stated today. Including round, the number of bales approximates 22,250,000 bales of 500 pounds net. L Must Have More Money if Re lief in Europe Is to Be Increased. Washington, Oct. 2. In appealing today for finances to carry on its Eu ropean expedition, the Red Cross said It had spent or obligated Itself for 283,043. That Included the cost of transporting and keeping In the field 172 surgeons and nurses and the cost of sending hospital and surgical sup plies for equal distribution among the belligerents. Contributions up to September 26 totalled $443,000 and It Is stated that more liberal donations must be forth coming If the Red Cross Is to be of greater service In the European war than It already has been. Chicago, Oct. 2. Forty of Chicago's most prominent business men today made plans for the collection here of 1100,000 for the Red Cross work In Europe. Bordeaux, Oct. 2. The American Red Cross ship Red Cross arrived at Paulllx this morning from Falmouth with several units aboard. In Eng land the disembarked the units for work among the English as well as those who are to go to Russia. Medical supplies brought by the Red Cross will be most welcome In Bordeaux for according to the Jour nals Des Hats 40,000 wounded have arrived here In the last four days. The supply of surgical Instruments srs slmost exhausted and the local doctors have been obliged to exercise much englnulty, in 'devising substi tutes. For example all the children' hoops In the city hsve been requisi tioned to make bed esses for fractured limbs. Ordered Homo. Rome, Oct 2. Via Paris M. Rli off. Roumanian minister to Tarls has been ordered by his country to order sll Bulgarian officers In Italy snd Hwltxerland, to return horns Imme diately. ' CROSS MAKES APE FUNDS 1SEQJ N. C. State Buys 2000 Bushels to Sow on Prison Farm to Take the Place of Cotton. SOME COTTON MAY BE PRODUCED, HOWEVER- Blind Institute May Be Moved; From Raleigh Bids for New Sites Wanted. State News. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, Oct. 2. The state of North Carolina has bought 2,000 bushels of wheat and actually begun breaking the ground for the 1915 crop which, is to take the place of cotton. Prison officials from the farm in , Halifax declare that the amount of wheat to be sowed will cover 1,500 acreh and that it will very largely do away with the cotton crop, though it " is not unlikely that some cotton Will be planted. The continued prepara tion of the wheat land will depend upon the removal of the forage crops, the peanut vines and the weather. The state's cotton crop will not miss 1,500 bales far. Col. H. B. Varner, who is as good at guessing crop yields as he Is in figuring weekly circulation, expects 50,000 bushels of wheat from thia great digression of the state. It has raised little wheat in recent years. With 50,000 bushels he is sure more money can be raised than on 1,600 bales of cotton at prevailing priors. When this wheat is harvested, the ground will be immediately broken and planted In peas and corn, thus raising two big crops in one season. But even a double crop Is considered a much, less important turn than thsv substantial elimination of cotton from the big farm. There are now 6,000 acres in cultivation and there Is to ba no reduction so far as now Is known. In the acreage tf corn, food crops and peanuts. The state is the big cot ton curtailer. Agricultural Board Meets. Commissioner W. A. Graham of the department of agriculture, has had the board of agriculture here to day In special session to consider the wisdom of appropriating $9,000 to aid the cotton situation. Tho Biennial Scare. Raleigh had her biennial. If indeed not her perennial scare today when, the special legislative committee call ed for bids, offers of sites and dona lions for the' blind Institute. It's re moval talk again. Senator T. T. Thome, chairman. Senator E. B. Jones of Winston-Salem, R. E. Austin, of Stanly, and G. C. Plckard, of Orange, lower house members, are on the committee and wero here. They Inspected the planls of both white and colored schools, , declared them objectionable and dan gerous in the event of fire. They offered resolutions Instructing; tho secretary to advertise for bids In the local papers and the -Greensboro News, calling for sites suitable and proper for the location of an Institu tion of the blind. The action does not mean the removal of the two Institu tions here, but it Indicates change of sites. Put despite the Inclination to leave the plants here, if another city makes a better hid or better dona tions, It will get tho school. South Carolina Will Try. North Carolina prohibitionists havs been asked to help South Carolina In the evento f n prohibition campaign which la now being Inaugurated. The ellmlna'lon of Governor Bleaxa from the senatorial fight has hearten ed Palmetto prohibitionists to under, take the overthrow of tho elgh dls petiKaries now remaining In the stats. Calls have been made for literature, laws and speakers if the bridges ars burned, and It appears now that they will be. South Carolina has thlrty-f!v dry counties now. Surrenders and Pays Double). Herman Brown, a young white man walked Into police court this morning, surrendered on a charm of gambling and paid a double fine which was $50. Young Brown ran away early In July when after an all night gambling , episode. Will Mays shot and killed Cleve Watkins. The gams had attract ed some of Raleigh's prominent cltl xens. It was daybreak when the two men quarreled and Maya shot Wat kins. Mays escaped from all of them and spent two days dodging when he escaped entirely and has not since been seen. Watkins died several hours later. The central committee of the North ' Carolina Antl-Psloon league Is soon to hold a meeting to determine the date of tho biennial Convention of the league. Embargo liaised. London, Oct. J. Ths smbsrgo on ths expnratlon of anallns oils front England has been raised. Ths Amer ican consul, Robert P. Sklnnsr. lm been working actively for that mov ; In order to rtllevs the dye situation America, l
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