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THB GAZETTE-NEW8 BAA THE MOST KXPENBTVB ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THB tl It CAROLINA3 SI II VOLUME XIX. NO. 208. ANT WERP FALLS WHIfuE GERMANS HOLD THE ALLIED A'R MIES AT. BAY LAST STRONGHOLD IN BELGIUM TAKEN Succumbed to Giant Krupps Yesterday Outlying Forts Must Fall VIOLENT ATTACKS MADE ON ALLIES Spirited Conflicts In East Prussia' Antwerp May Used As Base Against Great Britain, London, . Oct. 10. Antwerp has fallen into the hands of Germans with the exception of a tour mithtriTur trvrto urmh Ann. : not stand, but its defense was , as stirring as futile. ' " -The" 'fighting had beeh' going long enough for the Belgians in fnlro full Btnplr rf tVio oifnn. Mir i nun i:ii rvru inui iit.il liih fifv'n rlnnm vena KPnlpH Tn. - j - wnril fhn 1nso rtf the ciVcro nn " " ' v .... . v. -- - - o efficient garrison, to work the remaining guns, were left to j hold Antwerp. : At midday of Friday the ad vance froce of the Germans , marched int othe city and the formal surrender occurred at 2.30. Beaten back by the Ger 'mans, the Belgians destroyed '. tiieir heavy artillery and flew to join their comrades who had ; evacuated. The forts around (fontich, six miles southeast of Antwerp, are said to be still in : tact and the duel between them and the German artillery is re ported as still proceeding this j (Saturday) morning. The out- come cannot be in doubt, it ! having been conclusively prov en in the past two months that permanent forts in an exposed situation stand no chance ; against modern siege howit- zers. With the Belgian army with drawn to a position hair way between Antwerp and Ostend, the pressure on these lines will be removed at least tcmporar , ily. But at the same time there . would appear to be little obsta cle to the Belgians effecting a junction with the allies work ing to the northward in West Flanders. ( It is assumed in London that if Germany considers it con venient to her plan, of cam paign she will not hesitate to utilize the neutral waters of the Scheldt; but except as an air ship and possibly a submarine base, it is contended that she can derive no advantage from the waterway. 4 London, Oct. 10. Antwerp, last and strongest citadel of Belgium, has fallen before the rain of shells that the Germans began throwing into the city at midnight last Wednesday. The civilian population has, in largo part, fled, the sent of gov ernment has been moved to Os- Si tend and the Germans are in occupation. England had been expecting the fall of the Belgian position, and newspapers are speculat ing on what strategic use the Germans will make of it. The battle line in France is now so long, forming a rough curve 350 miles long from Lor raine to the Belgian frontier, that the battle of the Aisne and the operations before Antwerp had become so closely knit as to be, from a military point of view, inseperable. The hope of the allies to de liver a crushing blow to the Germans in France before the occupation of Belgium's capi tal, is now, of course, a thing of the past. On the right wing, under General von Kluck, the Ger mans are still apparently in tact and the official statement given out in Paris last night, gave few changes, only empha sizing that there were slight changes near Roye, nearly 100 miles south of the northern ex tremity of the fighting line, where opposing cavalry was clashing almost within sight of the North sea. Commenting on the Belgian situation before it was known Belgium had fallen, English editors asked this morning, with optimism, what the con querers were going to do with Antwerp when they had it, particularly in view of the fact that it is conceeded that no fort can stand against artillery such as is used in modern war fare. The opinion was gener ally expressed that should the allies 'later attack Antwerp there would be a repetition of what already has taken place that is to say, the German garrison could not hold out. Despatches attempting to an alyze the German plan of cam paign with Antwerp in their hands, declare that the German purpose is to sweep over north ern France with the object of taking possession of the chan nel ports and thus bring the warfare nearer England. Base Against England. It is said here that German newspapers are predicting the uso of this northern Belgian .(Continued en Ttf I.), ASHEVILLE, N. WEEKLY MEETING OF THEJLDE1EN Order Issued to Have Vance Law Office Removed Will not Work Prisoners. The little office situated near Spruce street that was used by Gov ernor Zebulon Baird Vance, North Carolina's war governor, is to be re moved from its preesent location to some other part of the city, on prop erty "belonging either to the city or county. It has not yet been decided where the office will be placed, but it Is likely that the court house lawn will be selected. The removal will be made very shortly. A few years ago a movement was agitated to have the city or county buy this building, and as a result the Smith estate, the owners, presented it to the city. Orders were entered some time ago to have it moved, but inadvertently these orders were over. looked. Last night, at the weekly meeting of the board of aldermen, a new order was issued for its removal. This relic of ante-bellum days will be placed on a firm foundation when removed to Its new location and will be preserved as long as possible. It is possible that curios and relics will be placed in it, thus converting it into a miniature museum. Another matter of ' importance transacted by th ealdermen last night was the decision not to work prisoners on the city streets. The matter had been referred to the street committee for investigation and report, and the committee reported last night that, only those prisoners held for the vio lation of city ordinances could be worked and it would probably prove an expensive, rather than an economi cal plan to return to the old system of working these convicts on the streets. An amendment passed first reading last night to allow public service au tomobiles to stand on the south side of College street, between Broadway and Lexington avenue, this amend ment being to a recent ordinance re stricting these machines to Market street. There was considerable dis cussion of the matter, as there has been a great deal of complaint rela tive to machines standing on this part of the thoroughfare. It was stated in this connection that complaints have been registered as to the parking of automobiles on Government street in such a manner as to block traffic. A number of residents of Asheland avenue petitioned the board to stop the practice of having refuse and garbage dumped in a gully to the rear of their residences. The board enter ed and order to have this stopped and Instructions were given the sanitary department to have the garbage al ready deposited there covered with dirt A number of other matters of a routine nature were considered and referred to the proper committees, and the 'following building permits were granted: II. B. Hughes, 26 Woodlawn ave nue, five-room residence; $1,800. W. N. Davis, 175 South Grove street, one additional room; 1200. Woodcock and Glllls, . 24 Herman avenue, four-room residence; $750. Mrs. J. It. Starnes, Cherry street, six-room residence; $2,400. BRITISH STEAMSHIP ASHORE OFF S. C. COAST 8avannah, Oct. 10. The British steamship Saint Quintain, from Chil ean ports via Band Key, Kla.. for Savannah with fertiliser materials during the fog at an early hour this morning went ashore on Gaston banks several miles beyond the Tybea outer buoy. Tugs from Savannah have been dispatched to her assistance. The ship, so far as known, is resting easy and the sea Is calm. Preliminary ex amlpatlon shows apparent necessity of discharging a considerable part of the cargo In order to pufl the ship afloat ititlttllitititltM t st war mr POItTCGAL? t t , London, Oct 10. In a dls- H patch from Amsterdam the cor- si respondent of the Exchange Tel It egram company says that the t Bureau Welnshrr, a semi-official nevs agency, asserts that a de It deration of war on Germtmy st by Portugal la expected In Per il llo at any moment t K It It It H H tt H t H n t C, SATURDAY AFT RNOON, OCTOBER 10, 1914. TEfJTHUSI Legislative and County Candi- dates Received Yesterday ; by Big Crowds. DEMOCRATIC RECORD PLEASING TO VOTERS Candidates Urge Hearers to Support , the Proposed Constitution al Amendments. The democratic legislative and coun ty candidates filled two speaking en gagements yesterday in their canvass of Buncombe county. The first of these was at the Sandy Mush school house at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and the second was at the new school building at Leicester last night. At both places they were received by packed houses, a large number of la dles appearing in the audiences, and considerable enthusias mwas in evi dence among those present. Frequent applause Interrupted the candidate: as they spoke. The general enthusiasm which is be ing aroused In the democratic cam patgnthis year is becoming noticeable, even to those who are generally un acquainted, with political conditions. The meetings yesterday demonstrated this very thoroughly. At Sandy Mush thero were numbers of people present wh had driven eight or ten miles to htais'the candidates-weak and to hear first hand of the accomplishments of the present democratic administra tion. At Leicester there was a big counter attraction in progress but de spite this, standing room in-the audi torium of the new school building went a ta premium. Besides telling their audiences yes terday of what the democratic party has accomplished for the people In national, state and county affairs, and pledging their support to progressive measures in the future, the legisla tive candidates took occasion at both places to speak in favor of the con stitutional amendments and a legal ized state-wide primary law with an. accompanying corrupt practices act that will egcctlvely put a stop to any practices of a questionable nature in the politics of this state. All the leg islative candidates pledged their sup port for the latter measures In the next session of the general assembly. In speaking of the ten proposed amendments to the constitution of North Carolina, special stress was laid on the Importance to the people of ratifying the tax and school amend ments, the former to give to the peo ple of the stnte an entirely equitable system of taxation and the latter to assure a six months' school term In every district In the state. These amendments were drafted by a special commission from a democratic legisla ture two years ago, at the Instance of Governor Locke Craig, and those pres ent yesterday weer asked to give them their hearty support at the polls on November 3. The candidates likewise spoke briefly in support of the candidacy of Hon. James M. Gudger, Jr., for con gress, and J. Scroop Styles, chairman of the Tenth district democratic ex ecutive committee, spoke at both places In Mr. Gudger's Interest. He pointed to the latter's record In the lower house of the national congress and the work that he has done In the past two years In aiding President Wilson In carrying out his program of democratic policies. He likewise re ferred to the glowing endorsement given Mr. Gudger's candidacy here a short time ago by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, who spoke especially In Mr. Gudger's behalf to $000 people at the Ashevllle Audito rium. The candidates who spoke yesterday were: Zebulon Weaver, state senator; Gal latin Roberts and H. L. "Dick" Net tles, representatives; John H. Cathey, clerk of the court; J. J. Mackey, reg ister of deeds: E. M. Lyria, rounty auditor; B. A. Patton, tax collector; E. M. Mitchell, sheriff; and W. B. Johnson, chairman of the board of county commissioner. J. E. Bwaln, solicitor; J. E. Bronkshlre, county treasurer; J. M. Brookshlre and Jas per Cole, commissioners, court not be present. The speeches made by all were brief but very much to the point .and their remarks were well re ceived' without exception. The next speaking date to be filled by thesa candidates will be at the Haw Creek school house. Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. The data has been wide ly advertised and a good crowd Is expected to bs present IUoW Vp Itridgea. London, Oct. 10. A dispatch to the Dally Mall from CVend ( says the Germans have blown up art the Ml bridges between Antwerp and Engle I monster. GREA ASM DEM CAMPAIGN VICTORIOUSBRA VES AGAIN GIVE BATTLE Philadelphia Athletics Attempt Defeat of Yesterday Veterans Think They Can "Come Back" Betting Even. ' Philadelphia, Oct. 10. With one victory safely tucked away the Boston Braves were ready to meet the Phil adelphia Americans In the second game of the series with added confi dence and a grim determination to win. The Athletics, although defeated In the initial struggle, were equally de termined to even the series and they were not a whit discouraged. "There will be a different tale af ter today's game," was the expression of the MacUmen, and. many fans backed their expressions of confidence with moderate sized wagers at odds of 10 to 8 that the Athletics would take the series. Before yesterday's game, the prevailing orders were much higher, many bets being placed at 8 to 5 and 2 to 1 . "Four straight'" was the slogan of the Boston supporters but they found little difficulty in placing all wagers that the Braves would be ultimate victors. The general opinion was that Man ager Stalllngs would send Tyler the Boston "southpaw," to the mound to day, while It was believed that Connie Mack's choice would be Eddie Plank, also a "port Rider, ' and veteran of several world's championship series. Philadelphia took the chafing flung at them .by , thft. Boston, .contingent good naturedly and pointed to the fact that two years ago the Athletics lost the first game to the New York Giants and afterward won the cham pionship easily. Bonder's Defeat Disappointing. Bender's defeat was especially dis appointing to local fans. It was gen erally believed, however, that even if the Indian had been at his best It would have been a difficult proposi tion to beat the Braves, working as they did and backed by splendid sup port. There seemed to be little doubt In the minds of any of the Athletics TYRUS COBB LEADS FOR EIGHTH YEAR Heads Batters of Both Leagues With .368 Daubert, .329, Lead National. BENDER AND LEONARD HAVE PITCHNG HONORS Cravath With 19 Homo Runs Boats Salcr by One Malwl Leads In Stealing Bases. Chicago, Oct. 10. For the elehth year In succession "Ty Cobb" has won the batting championship of the American league. Figures published here today final, though unofficial give Cobb a percentage for the seas-ji of .368. The National league leader Is Jack Daubert of Brooklyn with .329, though several batters In a dozen games or so have higher per centages. Complete records for Cibb and Daubert for the season, follow: Gb A K II 2b 3b Hr Sh 8b Daubert . 126 474 88 156 lfl 7 13121 Cobb... 7 345 6 127 it 11 3 6 34 The first five of the "three hundred battera" of the American league are Cobb, Detroit .288; lick, Washington, .343; Collins, Philadelphia, .339; Jack son, Cleveland, .339; Hpeaker, Boston, .338. In team hitting Philadelphia with .70 leads, and Detroit with .266, la second. In the field the Athletics again are In front with 969 and New York Is next with .963. . Leading pitchers of the American league, are Bender, Philadelphia, with 17 and 1; Leonard, Boston, It and Z Plank. Philadelphia, 15 and 17. Malsel, New York, heads the base stealers with 73 and Baker, Philadel phia, leads In home runs, with nine. The first five of the 18 players In the National league batting .300 or better are: Roche. Kt. lx.uls, (87 (11 games); Wlltse, New York .117; (10 games); games); games) ; PWi, New York, .800 Krwln, Brooklyn, .348 Steele, Brooklyn, .233 (18 (20 (22 garnr). Brooklyn with .161 and New Tork, to Even Score After Stinging followers that if Mack pitched Plank today that sundown would find the series tied at one game each. Expres sions of satisfaction in the showing made in the youth Wyckoff i". irlng the three and a third innings he pitched for the Mackmen yesterday were heard. Bressler, another youngster who has been coached by Plank and has show ed great effectiveness during the regular American league season with a cross fire delivery, similar to that of his tutor, was considered a likely pitching selection for one of the con tests. Shawkey also was picked by some to figure actively in the fight. ' Speculators Win. The ticket speculating fraternity won a legal victory when habeas cor pus proceedings forced the release of those arrested for vending admission tickets yesterday. Few tickets for to day's game, however, were in the hands of the speculators. Builders of miniature grandstands on housetops overlooking the grounds also scored in a legal tilt with the police when It was discovered they could not be forced to tear down their stands. At an early hour today thousands of fans were in the vicinity of Shibe park, anxiously awaiting the opening of the gates and an opportunity to purchase bleacher seats. Many ex pressed curiosity to see whether the batters of the Braves who had been so effacious in the face of Bender's spieed and curves. . would be as potent when the opposing plank's cross-fire. Anticipating Plank's cross-fire Manager Stalling announced a change In line-up, putting In Bcveral players who are more effective against "left handera." The Probable Line-up. Boston Mann, rf.; Evers, 2b.; Ca ther, If.; Whitted, cf.; Schmidt, lb.; C.owdy, c.; Maranvllle, ss.; Deal 3b.; Tyler, p. Philadelphia Murphy, rf.; Oldring If.; Coriins. 2b.; Baker, 3b.; Mclnnis," lb.; Strtink, cf.; Barry, ss.; Schang, c; Plank, p. with .263 lead In club batting while Boston, Pittsburgh and Ft. Ixiuis are tied for the lead In team fielding with .984 each. By a margin of one, Cravath's 19 home runs give him the lead over Saler, Chicago. In stolen bases Burns of New York Is ahead with 58. The three leading pitchers are James, Boston, with 27 and 6; Ru dolph, Boston, 32 and 8; and Doak, St. Louis, 18 and 7. The first five of the 15 Federal league men batting .300 are: Kauff, Indianapolis, .361; Yerkes, Pittsburgh, .358; Evans, Brooklyn, .358; Chase, Buffalo, .375; Easterly, Kansas City, .330. Leading pitchers are Hendrlx, Chi cago, 29 and 10; Ford, Buffalo, 20 and 7; Qulnn, Baltimore, 26 and 14. 0. H TOMPKINS IN Prominent Charlotte Citizen Is Unconscious at His Mon treat Home. Special to The Gazette-News: t nariotte, Oct. 10. News came from Montreat today to the effect that D. A. Tompkins was critically 111. Not only In Charlotte, his adopted home, but In both Carullnaa, where for 25 or 30 years he has been so prominent a factor; and In many cities of the north and west, where he Is promi nently known, this news will be heard with sorrow. Mr. Tompkins had been In precar ious health for several years. For two weeks Mr. Tompkins' speech had been so affected that he could scarcely ar ticulate. Three days ago he became practically unconscious, and la In that condition at present. He Is at his bexutlful summer home at Montreat and with him are his sisters, Mrs. J. M. Smyly, of Charlotte, and Miss Grace Tompkins, of Edgefield, 8. C, his brother, A. 8. Tompkins, of Edge field, two physicians, two trained nuraea, and his confidential secretary and friend. Miss Anna Tweivetreea Mr. Tompkins owns the controlling stock of the Charlotte Observer. In answer to an Inquiry se.it by The Gasetta-News this morning to Mr. Tompkins1 brother, A. 8. Tompkins, who Is with him at Montreat a wire was received to the effect that' Mr. Tompkins la still critically 111. WEATHER FORECASTa PROBABLY SHOWERS. PRICE FIVE CENTS Governor Craig Declares That; By Present System the Revenue Raised Is Not Adequate. DEMAND FOR REFORM IMPERATIVE, HE SAYS Fault Is Not With Officials Supports All Amendments in Opening Campaign at Statesville. Special to The Gazette-News. Statesville, Oct. 10. A great crowH attended the democratic rally here yesterday and heard two stirring po litical addresses, the speakers being Governor Craig and Congressman R. L. Doughton. The court house prov ed utterly inadequate to accommo date the large number who desired to hear the speaking, many being un able to get iuside the doors. Governor Craig spoke in the forenoon and Con gressman Doughton in the afternoon. Governor Craig was presented by Hon. W. D. Turner. While he devoied most of hls tlme to national politics, he (flScussed ' the state 'fes'ues briefly , and championed the constitutional amendments. Mr, Doughton was presented by Mayor L. C. Caldwell. He touched briefly to state issues In answer to thi charges of the republicans of ex travagance. He made the point that republicans never compare the extra vagances of a democratic adminis tration with that of a republican ad ministration, but always compare one democratic administration with an other democratic administration. The only refererce made by Mr. Doughton to his opponent, Mr. Llnney was to suy that he was capitalizing for the repub'lic i party of North Carolina for his own benefit; that ha hoped to reduce the democratic ma jority as much as possible so that in success he could curry favor with the administration. Mr. Linney was m town, but did i.-t ask for a division of time. Context Over Tax Amendment. On the proposed constitutional amendments Governor Craig spoke in urt as follows: "There seems to be no contest about any of the amendments except tha amendment relating to revenue and taxation. The opposition to this seems to be disappearing as It Is more thor oughly understood. "Our present system of taxation Is seriously defective. Under this system we have not been able to raise enough, money to meet the expenses of the state government, alth ugh taxes are high too high. We have been forced to lsue bonds to cover deficits thaC have arisen from year to year. "The fault is not in the .officials who have administered the law but In the system. It has failed to raise sufficient revenue, and In Its opera tion It la grievously unjust Demand for Itcform Imperative. ' "The demand for reform In taxation is and has been universal and Im perative. In my Inaugural address I made the following statement: " 'The personal property of the average man cannot be concealed. The securities of the wealthy can be con cealed. The poor pay this tax. The wealthy escape. If we could segregate property and provide that the proper ty In each community should bear tha governmental expense of that com munity and that property of a general character should meet the require ments of the state, the temptation to depreciation would be greatly lessen ed, and the effoort to conceal lews successful. This la the essence and the strength of local self government, the tsxatlon of each community by Its own people, for Its own purposes and benefits. The unit should be no larger than Is necemsry to assure the advantages of co-operation. The ap plication of this principle has enabled our cities and towna and many of our rural co-nmunltles to enjoy the ad vantages of Improvement and pro gresa We must eventually resort to this principle of local self govern ment for the highest development of local Institutions. We must resort to this tn obtain the best roads, and the best schools, and electric lights, and pure water, and the opportunities of modern life. To renllz the full m--sure of the blesalncs of thl. benefi cent principle we need and imeii't ment to our constitution. The g tlOTi and tha suhmlenlon to t e ple nf such an amendment wonM ' the supreme work of hii j"nptvl s -(Continued on l'u I ) NEW SYSTEM I URGED
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