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VOLUME XIX. NO. 203. .,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 5, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ALEXANDER TO
LEAVEHDTEL?
ALLIES GIVE GROUND AT
CERTAIN POINTS IN WEST
I. GLIDGEFi III
IIEtlDEfi:! CO.
ANTWERP FORTS
Fighting North of the Oise
Being Continued With
Great Violence.
DECISIVE ATTEMPT
BY ALLIES LIKELY
Germans and Austrians Forced to
Defend Positions In Prussia and
Also In Galicia.
Paris, Oct. 5, The following
official communication was giv
en out in Paris this afternoon:
"On our left to the north of
the Oise the battle continues
, with great violence. The battle
remains indecisive. We have
to yield ground.
' "Along the remainder ot the
' front there has been no
change." ' ,
NO EXTRA SESSION
IS CONTEMPLATED
President Says War Tax Bill, Clayton Bill and the Alaskan
: Coal Bill Will About Complete Work Tentative
Date for Adjournment Oct. 15. :
' London, Oct. 5. The , fact
that nghting js progressing in
'.and around. Douai, midway be
tween Arras and Valenciennes,
f on the railroad to Mons, is tak-
; en in London to shaw how sure
i ly the allies in northern France
have pushed the forward move-
v ment they hope will envelope
General von Kluck, commander
i of the German right wing, in
: a net of steel.
For the past week the Ger
mans, so far as can 'be ascer
; tained in London, have been
i vainly hurling ' themselves
against different points in tfie
l allied line in an effort to dis
cover a weak mesh in the. net.
At the present time, in the view
of General .Toff re, commander
' in chief of the French forces,
the process of attrition has
gone far enough to justify the
resumption of offensive move-
1 menta by the allies as is an-
' nounced ir the latest commu
nication from French hcad-
i quarters.
. Apparently the intent now is
.; to attempt something decisive
I on the German right wing and
if possible bring to end the
i fight which in magnitude is
I without precedent.
1 The series of fortifications
: stretching north and south
'. along the allies' line is -the key
into Breslau, and they go on
stretching their tenacles out
southward toward Budapest.
Cossacks are well in on the
plains of Hungary. EvenBud
apest. admits that they have
crossed the river Theiss which
was regarded as one of the
main obstacles to their prog,
ress.- ; By getting across the
railroad at Szigeth, they se
cured the second' line leading
to the Hungarian capital. They
had already seized the Lem-
berg-Budapest line and Ungh-
var. ( . .:,
The Austrians, on the' other
hand, claim further victories
against thein smaller enemy in
vading Bosnia, but they are si
lent on the subject of Saraje
vo, which, according to Ser
vian and Montenegrin state
ments, is surrounded by their
allied armies.
Washington, Oct 6. Outlining the
legislative program for the remainder
of thla congress, the president told
callers today that no extra session in
November was contemplated. ,
The president saW the war tax d11,
the Clayton bill and the Alaska coal
bill would about complete the work
for this session and when Ihey were
out of the way he saw no reason for
holding the legislative bodies in ses
sion. October 15 Is tentatively set for
adjournment.
Representative Henry, of Texas, is
said to have determined to fight ad
journment until a southern cotton re
liefi measure was passed, but the
president said he was of the opinion
that the house and not Mr. Henry
would decidle on the date of adjourn
ment. ,
This will throw the general leasing
bill, the general land bill and' the
general dam bill over until next ses
sion. The presidential primary bill, which
he favors, the president said, had
been taken up In several conferences
and details were developing so as to
conflict with state laws. He declared
it would be difficult to complete the
measure at this session, but he was
still at work on it
The president said he did not think
ft necessary to act on the "safety at
sea" act at this session.
Market Situation In
London Is Clearing Up
(Correspondence of The Associated
Press).
London, Sept. 25. Negotiations are
still in progress, it is known, between
the stock exchange committee and
banks and it is believed a scheme is
nearing completion, whereby the mar
ket situation will soon be cleared p.
Members of the exchange congre
gate In the street in front of the ex
change's closed doors, but dealings
are vey small and still on strictly
cash basis. Consols remain about
68 9-16, but home rails a shade hard
er.
The Bank of , England shows - a
stock of coin and bullion of 1il,673,000 ease. th&. situation shBCtly.
Earthquake Damages
Asiatic Turkey Towns
Battle Not Won.
Paris, Oct. 5. While the
French realize that the battle
of the Aisne has not yet been
won, it does not seem to many
of them that it can now be lost.
If the allies win, it is no doubt
felt that they will pay for it,
the sacrifice on both sides al
ready, being great. The tone
of the official communications
has furnished the best reasons
for the hope of the French. .
' Lieutenant-Colonel Rousset
declares that the battle still
can last for some time. In the
fierce fighting now going on,
Lieutenant - Colonel Rousset
says . neither adversary can
claim what Napoleon claimed
in the result.
"With the shifting of battle
scenes, the railroads are re
suming traffic through a num
ber of cities that had been oc-
Official Statement Says Three
Have Been Captured Wih
Redoubts and ThirV
Guns. v
Rumor Gains in Volume That
James L. Alexander Is to
Give up the Battery
Park Hotel.
CLAIMS DEF' OF
RUSE LEFT WING
English Forces Have Gone to
Antwerp to Co-operate
With Belgians in Re
pulsing Germans.
MR. RAILING OF N. V.
MAY TAKE IT OVER
It Is Said Deal Has Been Con
summated with Plaza Hotel .
r Man Reports Not
Confirmed.
pound sterling, the highest level in
the history of the bank.
The attendance of bankers and
brokers on the Royal exchange to fix
exchange rates was again large and
quotations .were made for most coun
tries at narrower margins than pre
viously, mail, telegraphic transfer and
three monthB bills all being dealt in
more freely, except of course, Austria
nnd Germans. The exchange on New
York stocks around 4.96 to 4.98 for
cable transfers, but announcement to
day that the federals reserve board
authorized raising a gold fund to set
tle current... foreign obligations may
Smyrna, Asiatic Turkey, Sunday,
Oct. 4. (Via London, Oct 5.) The
towns of Isbarta (population about
24,000) and Burdur (population
about 12,000) in the province of Ko
nla,, were severely damaged by an
earthquake lost midnight. The loss of
life was very heavy.
These two towns are centers of tpe
carpet. Industry. ,
A dispatch from Fort de France,
Martineque, received in New York
last week, said that shortly after 1
o'clock that day a sharp earthquake
was felt at Fort de France. The direc
tion was north to south. No damage
was done locally.
The same shock was also felt
through the Windward -and-Leeward
islands.
WOULD ELIMINATE LOCK
STEP AND SILENT SYSTEM
Such Action Advocated Before
American Prison Associa
tion by Warden.
Connected With Spectacular
Cotton Operations Asso
ciated With Patton.
tn ihA Bifimfinn nnrl th rein.lcupied by the Germans. From
forcements from overseas have! Epmiay .the news comes that
been pushed up to take them.
The German trenches have
been captured in several places
but the enemy is Btill fighting
all along the lino which the
Germans say is in their favor,
just as confidenty as General
Joffre reports the situation fa
vorable to the allies.
The British observers believe
the Germans will bo forced to
take the defense throughout
the line soon.
In Prussia nnd Galicia - the
Germans and Austrians are al
bo being forced to defend their
positions and a repetition of
the long and arduous siege' bat
tles who have been such ft fea
ture of the struggle in France
sooms a certianty.
The Russians continue' to
push eastward on Crscow, evi
dently .with the hope of getting
the Germans respected the
vines of Epernav in the im
portant champagne district.
Rnsslan Statement
Petrograd, Oct 6. Ths following
official statement was made public
last night:
According to reports of command-
en at tha battle of Augustowo the
troops wer extraordinarily courage
ous. Several troops fought without
rent during the whole week, extrleat
Ingthemeelvee with dignity from tho
moat dangerous positions;
"The Germans were most obstinate
In the vicinity of Buwalkl, where the
enemy concentrated Important forces
and having fortified their position,
opposed the Ruwrlana with fiercest
resistance. -
"Our troope made eeverel bayonet
charge to dislodge the enemy from
his trenches. Prisoner taken say the
German loss at Buwalkl. were ao
largo that out of hundreds only !0
men remained. The whole line of the
German retraat le blocked with the
bodina of their dead.
"It le thus that the German Invasion
from east rrusela Into Prussia failed
utterly. The enemy le now leaving the
borders of the provinces ot BuwalkJ
r . . 1
(Continued on pace 11)
St. Paul, Minn. Oct. 6. Elimina
tions from prisoners' of the lock-step
and the "silent system" was advocated
by A. J. Wells, warden of the Ken
tucky state penitentiary today In an
address before the American Prison
association.
The honor system, music, flowers
and a prison library were urged as in
valuable aids In maintaining disci'
ollne.
"If the state, through her officials.
falls to provide all those agencies
which were reasonably calculated to
Inspire, encourage and ennoble," Mr.
Wells declared, "it must happen that
the first offender, accidental of other
wise, be made worse instead of bet
tor."
Prisoners should have the right to
see the warden daily, Mr. Wells said,
believing nothing Is so conducive to
good government In jails than, the
never failing datly right to be heard
at the close of working hours.
WILSON TO ENDORSE
DEMOCRATS' ELECTION
Washington, Oct 6. President Wll.
ton today began work on a letter he
will send to Majority Leader Under
wood, endorsing for re-election demo
cratlo members of the house and
praising their work during the present
congress.
The president Intends to make the
letter ono of his chief campaign doc
uments.
McCumbs May ItcfuW,
New Tork, Oct . William P. Mo
Comb, chairman of the democratic
national committee said today he had
not refused Governor Glynn's offer of
the state chairmanship, but probably
1 would do so for political reason
WILLI! P. 101 OF
IS
New Orleans, Oct 8. William P,
Brown, well known man died' here to
day. He had been 111 here for some
time.
Mr. Brown had been connected w.tli
some of the most spectacular open.
tlona In the history of the New York
and New Orleans cotton exchanges.
He frequently was associated with
Eugene Scales, Thomas Patton and
Frank li. Hayne, whose activities In
the 1810 crop were taken up by the
government with the result that the
for were Indicted. Patton pleaded
guilty to conspiring to monopolise cot
ton that year and paid a fine of 14000.
The pleaa of nolle contendre of the
others were accepted some time later.
Mr. Brown was 63 years old. He
had been 111 for some time but took to
hi bed two weeks ago with congestion
of' the lungs.
Berlin, Oct B. (By Wireless to
Sayville). An official report from the
German army headquarters says that
In the siege of Antwerp the tons of
Lierre, Wielhem and Koningshoyickt
and the Intermediate redouuts, with
i!U guns, have been taken.
"Thus a breach has been made in
tl)e outer circle of forts," the report
adds, "rendering an attack on the in
ner circle of forts and the town itself
possible. i
"Near Augustowo the third Siberian
and parts of the twenty-second Rus
sian army corps, composing the left
wing of the Russian army, on crossing,
the Niemen river, were defeated af
ter a furious battle lasting two days.
"More than 2,000 unwounded Rus
sians were made prisoners and a large
quantity of Germans and machine
guns were captured. 1
Other press matter given out in of
ficial quarters, says:
"British forces from east India,
have gone north from Marseilles.
"British ships have arrived at Lis
bon and probably are to transport
Portuguese to the aid of the allies.
Portugal mobilized her troops some
time ago but it is believed to have
been done at the order of the Brit
ish.." v . ,, .
r" British war vessels their mine plant
ing of the North sea and a wireless to
this effect has been given foreign
shipping.
"The Roumanian crown prince has
been strongly rebuked for his ltuaso
phile agitations. The leaders of the
Roumanian partiles have declared
themselves In favor of continuing the
neutral policy of the Roumanian gov
ernment
"A manifesto issued by the Rouma
nian socialist asserts that the neutral
ity of the country will be preserved
condemns the Russophile propaganda
in certain newspapers and) emphasizes
the dangerous position of Russia.
British who occupy the right bank
of the Drina are suffering from a
lack of provisions.
On October 2, near Klinak, on the
Save, the Austrians attacked their
own troops.
"The government of the Nethcrland
has straightened the forces batk of
the frontier districts to capture the
Belgian troops if they cross the front
ier from Antwerp.
"According to a statement made by
his eminence. Cardinal Balllnger, the
highest Roman Catholic authority In
Bavaria, the reports ypublished In
Knglish and American newspapers
that priests have been shot and bay
onetted by German soldiers while at
tending wounded in Belgium, are to
be ignored as untrue."
llrlUxh Help Hclgian.
oLndon, Oct 5. The Morning
Post's Knglish correspondent in Ant
werp, makes the following state
ment: "The Belglun field artillery Is co
operating effectually with our heavy
artillery. Our artillery la entrenched
on the near banks of the Thcne and
the German attempts to cross the
river have been smothered by our
artillery."
Addressed Large and Enthu
siastic Audience in Hender
sonville Today-Review- !
ed Administration. .
MR. BRITT DID NOT
ACCEPT INVITATION
Was Not Present to Answer
the Arguments Advanced
by Mr. Gudger Plat
form Shown Up.
A rumor that has been surrent In
the city for the past several weeks
that there Is to be a change Ih the
management of the Battery Park ho
ttl gained support today, when It was
stated positively in certain quarters
that a deal has been consummated
whereby Mr. Railing of the Plaza
hotel, New York, is to take over the
hotel about October 15 or shortly
thereafter.
James L. Alexander, who has been
operating the hotel for a number of
years, when asked about the matter
this morning, stated that no deal had
been consummated. He did not deny,
however, that one is pending. An at
tempt to locate Tench C. Coxe, trus
tee of the Estate' of Frank Coxe, own
ers of the hostelry, failed. A man
Hendersonville, Oct 5. Congress
man Gudger spoke here today, to a
large and enthusiastic crowd.' His
speech was devoted to the accomplish
ments of the democratic party within
the last two years in giving the coun
try constructive legislation. He said
that "the tariff legislation of the dem
ocratic party is based aliyig the lines
of placing a higher tax on the luxuries
of life and a smaller tax on the neces
sities. They kept in view the princi
ple of levying a tariff sufficient to
afford revenue to run the government
wisely and economically administered. .
The Underwood-Simmons bill has
given universal satisfaction and was
providing sufficient money to meet all
the demands of the government up to
the beginning of the war among the
ever, stated that he had heard ru
mors of the change. He denied knowl
edge of any final deal that might
have been put through.
Whether such a change in manage
ment has been consummated or not,
there seems to be little doubt but
that a change will be effected at an
early date. It Is stated on good au
thority that Mr, Alexander has al
ready arranged to take a big hotel In
Canada, and that the change In man
agement at the Battery Park will take
place on or about October 15.
BELIEVED PRESIDENT
WILL MAKE HIS PEACE
WITH THE EDITORS
Washington. Oct. 5. That Presi
dent Wilson Is about to make peace
with Henry Watterson, editorial writ
er of the Louisville Courier-Journal
as well as with George Harvey editor
of the North American Review, whom
he saw at the White House yesterday,
was believed today when the president
told callers today he was going to see
Mr. Harvey at the executive mansion.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK,
RICHMOND ORGANIZED
Richmond, Va., Oct 6. The federal
reserve bank for the fifth district was
organized here today with J. A. Emay
a governor. The bank Is ready to
open for business Just as soon as In
structed to do so by the federal re
serve board. Temporary banking
quarters have been furnished and a
call will be sent at once throughout
the district for reserves to be sent
here.
rinat.lv Wpntiflprt with the estate, how- i European nations, from which coun
tries one-nan or our customs revenues
are derived. The fundamental prin-
uiyitro ui uiniL legislation are easily
understood when viewed from the
standpoint of common sense. First: '
Any tariff levied Is a tax placed upon
the price of the article, which tax the
ultimate consumer finally pays, and
therefore his interest necessarily Ilea..-'
In a low tariff, consistent, however
with meeting the demands of the gov- '
ernment." -The
Tariff Question. -Mr.
Gudger pointed to the large
monopolies, trusts and combinations
formed under a high protective tariff
that had been squeezing the life blood
out of the American people. He then
reviewed the history of currency legis
lation to the effect that under a re
publican regime the money of t.he
government was placed with the great
monled interests of Now York and
other large cities, and 'used by them
to produce panics and to control the
markets for the farmers' products. He
showed how under the demo
cratic party the law had been
changed so that the money would now
be used to handle the large wheat
crops of tho western states and then
would be transferred to handle tha
great cotton crop of the south.
Mr. Gudger stated that he would be
glad to discuss other Important legis
lation enacted by the democratic party
under the leadership of Woodrow
Wilson, hut that owing to the peculiar
campaign made by his opponent he
was forced to speak In reference to
his rtrraonnl record ok comnared with
that of his opponent's. He continued:
As to Mileage.
"Mr. Britt charges me with accept
ing the mileage as allowed by law
as thourch It was a great crime. While
the republicans were in congress Mr.
ISrltt made no objection to this mile
age. When he was In the state senate
he accepted ten cents per mile as pro
vided by law for state senators, and I
am not criticising the acceptance ex
cept to show his great inconsistency.
ICxpluliiH Abnetu-e.
"Mr. Brltt charges me with being
absent and drawing pay during my
absence, stating that he, would dock
himself for every day that he is ab
sent. He fails to tell the people that
(Continued on page seven)
RECONCILIATION ON
HOME RULE IS URGED
London, Oct. 5. John E. Redmond,
Irish leader, In making recruiting
speeches at Wexford, on Sunday ap
pealed for a reconciliation on the
home rule question. He said:
"I will meet Andrew Bonar Law,
(the opposition leader In parliament)
by gentleness and by reason. I pray
with all my heart and soul that out of
this terrible war one blessed advan
tage may come to England, , and as
Irishmen go on. righting side by side,
Catholics by rPotestants, and nnrth-
of-Ireland Irishmen by sonth-of-Ire-
land Irishmen It may prove to be n.
sign of the future unity of our Irish
nation.
"Domination of Germany would
mean the loss of the liberty we have
won. I will put It plainly as Minister
Botha did In his South African speech:
'For England and Africa to be under
German domination Is impossible; we
cannot remain aloof."
This dispatch Is the first Intimation
that the English forces have gone
to Antwerp and are co-operatltig wl(Ji
the Belgians in the defense of that
city.
SURPRISE ATTACK ON
JAPANESE REPULSED
Take rrace Treaties,
Washlnrtnn, Oct. 5. After a call on
Secretary Bryan today. Ambassador
von Bomtorff took away with htm
copies of the peace treaties between
the United States, and Great Britain
and France and many other countries.
Toklo, Oct 5. It im officially re
ported that the German Infantry, at
Tslng-Tau delivered a surprise night
attack on the Japanese but were re
pulsed. The Germans lost 48 killed
and the Japanese five killed and
eight wounded.
The cannonading on land and eea
near Tsing-Tati continues. Four Jap
anese shells hit the German gunboat
litis, which retired to the Inner bar-
bor.
ENEMY "PETRIFIED" BY
FRENCH 3-INCH SHELLS
Paris, Oct. 5. The French three
Inch shell Is doing terrible work as
shown by a scene that met the ryes
of the French penetrating a chateau
occupied by Germans and which they
had Just bombarded.
Entering the drawing room they
found a company of Kuertemburglans
petrified in action. Borne were at the
windows taking aim with their fingers
still prtsslng the trigger while others
wero at the tables where they had
been playing games, with cards In
their hands, while still otheu had
cigarettes In their lips. An officer
stood with his mouth open as In the
art of dictating an order and all
corpses looked absolutely lifelike.
CHINESE NOT GOING
TO OPPOSE JAPANESE
Peking, Oct t. (Delayed In Trans
mission) Although the Chinese au
thorities continue to hope that the
Japanese will permit them a measure
of control over the Bhan Tung rail
road, they have Informed the Japan
ese that they will not oppose mili
tary occupation of the line.
The Japanese are using the line In
operations against the Germane,
EMPEROR NICHOLAS
AT HEADQUARTERS
Petrograd, Oct. S. Emperor Nich
olas has arrived at headquarters of
the army, according to dispatches re
ceived here.
General Boukomoloff, received the
emperor. Before the emperor left
here he signed a ukase cslllng out
the reserves and ordering mobilisa
tion of the mounted troops In th
eastern provinces and also the terri
torials.
Of
oy
Indian Police and Deputized
Braves Do Work With
out Bloodshed.
Glasgow, Mont. Oct. 5. Indians In
feathers and blankets dispersed In
duslrlal Workers of the World ittner.
ants whose attacks Saturday cost foul
lives. The Indians' work was blood
leiw so far as could be learned.
Indian police, near Poplar, Mont.,
were called upon and responded, wltfc
a number of braves, who had ben
hastily deputed. A celebration woj
In progreee and sll were guudy with
paint and decorations. It was learnnd
that Saturday's trouble arose from In
ternal dissension and that one bullt
which killed A.J. Olantvalley, a rlvl,
engineer, of Bt. Paul, Minn., w i
stray one. The other three men kll)
were members ot the band.
Veeerls In Port
New Tork. Oct (. Arrlvd
netonka, Liverpool.