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. t-.-pr--'-'rt"m fW'W;r",-ifJ'.W i -. tptmwp-.-.: .... , - 31 i THB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THB MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE) IN THB It tl CAROLTNAS II U LEATHER FOEECASTi FAIRWEATHER. mm ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 21, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OLUME XIX. NO 217. Rl ALLIED LEE T S TILL 0. S. PROTESTS A TO REPULSES TO EB. BRITAIN 'LOT BEER TAX OF 4 -w II MIS TILE DUB PROPOSAL T ADVANCE HE iirinifi Contest on French'- BODY 1ST Belgian Coast Appar ently At Climax. m o son 3ERMANS AT LILLE FIGHT DESPERATELY lenewed Conflicts at Vital Points Along Whole Line- Warsaw In Serious Danger. Testifies, Just After the Bailey Murder, Mrs. Carman, With Pistol in Hand, Said, "I Shot Him." Wagon Show Troupe Held at Brevard Charged With the Murder. ASKED MAID TO FORGET WHAT SHE HAD SAID i Violent attacks and counter tacks for possession of the acoast in the extreme north 1 2 France continue without de cisive results. The attacks of the Germans, pecially severe at Nieuport, ixmude and La Basse, Tues- iv. were remilsed. says the rench war office. News dis itches indicate the sharpest jhting in the vicinity of Lille, - ith a renewal of activity at Ital points all along the line, Counter claims regarding the ; tuation in the east leave much i BDficulation. There appears. owev.err little doubt-that7the werman' advance in Russian Poland has been so successful hat Warsaw is seriously threatened. Przemysl in Gali- ia remains in the possession of '..he Austro - German forces, '.We has been a renewal of ac- 4 Lvity in eastern Prussia, with nt. definite results. A state- ient from Vienna issued yes irday says that the fighting in entral Galicia has become lore severe and that the Aus- . ian attacks are progressing, A news dispatch from Copen agen says that German torpe do boats have been engaged with an enemy in the Baltic off 'he Prussian coast. No details . ere riven. Albania looms again as a ossible influence upon the at tude of Italy toward the war. he Italian government today cnied that Italian troops had cdupied. Avlona, which has ecn threatened by insurgents Ince the abdication of Prince Villiam of Wied. At the same hne the Giornale d'ltalia of tome declares that there is a late of anarchy at Avlona; in- '.mates that Greece is taking ivantage of the disturbed con- litions, and declares that then Italian government has notified he powers it will not not tol crate a violation of the integ rity of Albania. Paris, Oct. 21. The French official communication given out this afternoon says ' that the attacks yesterday of the enemy of Nieuport, Dixmude and La Basse all were repulsed by the allies. The outcome of the tattle In tne north, according to the Judgment of, observers In Paris still remained un decided this morning. It is thought here that the furious contest in this part of Belgium and France now has reached Its height. The Germans who at first apparently yielded to the of fensive 01 tne allies, now are mrraw to the maximum the lines of the French and. the English. In this they have been assisted by troops from Antwerp and all the other German forces available In Belgium. The allies, however, apparently are f lgntlna;,.wAtjx -the. greatest determlna' tlon to take the Important city o Lille, In spite of the extraordinary resistance of the enemy. Attacks of the allies, which have been accompa nied by progress at various points, have been followed always by spirited counter-attacks on the part . of the Germans, who in the opinion of the French, are fighting to the limit 01 their energy. Around Lille and In the thickly populated districts where the fighting has been from house to house, the operations are difficult and progress has been slow, especial ly in the face of the barbed wire de fense put up by the Germans. These barbed wire obstructions have proved a serious obstacle to the allied advance. It Is realized here that It may be necessary to make sac rlflces to surmount them and it has been suggested that the men selected for the task be armed, among other things, with bucklers, such as were used successfully In attacking the no torious automobile bandits of Paris In the suburbs of the city. London, Oct. 21 A cornpari son of the official reports from Paris and Berlin leads to the conclusion thM all along the western battle front in France and Belgium the Germans have resumed the offensive, but with their supreme efforts directed against the allies left The news supplementing these official communications, however, indicates that on the Vft aleast the allies are not acting merely on the defensive. A great' turning movement ia undoubtedly developing through the corner of Belgium hounded by France and the eea f ut the public remains in a hnze i to vhrther the turning movement is one on the part of the allies to get around the German right flank or a Ger- man operation to envelop the allies' left. The impression grows that the Germans are determined to add Dunkirk to the line of sea ports, now held along the Bel gian coast and the allies are making desperate efforts to hurl back the invaders. Late reports through Dutch sources declare that the Germans have been repulsed six miles from Ostend and that guns are now heard near that city. Other late reports, which lack confir mation, state that the Germans have abandoned Bruges. If theso reports are true it would indicate that the allies are meeting with some success in their, efforts to re-occupy the seacoast. , Fighting Around Lille. The main fighting on allies' left centers around Lille, which because its railroad and The dead body of B. S. McLlndall, formerly employed by the Great Key stone wagon shows, was found yester day in Davidson river, near Pisgah Forest, and an examination showed that the deceased was killed by being struck by some sharp Instrument on the side of the head and then dragged through the bushes, near Hedrick's store, and dumped Into the rer. The body was brought to Brevard and an inquest, held by Coroner Emmett Ly- j day, resulted in the verdict that the j deceased came to his death at the hands of a party or parties unknown. A post-mortem examination showed that the deceased was dead before the body was ever put into the waters of Davidson river. As the result of the finding of the body of McLlndall, the entire male force, about 15 vwiite men and negroes employed by the show, was arrested and lodged in the county jail at Bre vard. The only member of the trouro not arrested, a woman, is in Brevard waiting for disposition of tne charges against the showmen. Information from Brevard Is to the effect that McLlndall had, been em ployed by the show and- had been traveling with it for some time. Last Monday he went to Magistrate T. L. Gash at Pisgah Forest, the show at the time being at Penrose, and com plained that he had been discharged but his salary had not been paid. In company with, the maghtrat.,,McL4n- dall returned to the camp of tne snow and Managr Sam Dock paid McLlndall is wages and told him to leave. Later the show moved to a point near Had rick's store) near Pisgah Forest, and McLlndall is said to have been at the store. last Monday in an intoxicated condition. Before A crowd that (fath ered around him, he Is alleged to have made threats to have torn into pieces several one dollar bills, stuffing them back in his pocket. He left the store and was not seen again until his dead body was found yesterday by D. E, Whltt who is said to have a room over Hedrick's stoe and was on his way ot the Carr dumber compaay's plant nearby. He raised tne alarm and officers were notified, who carried the body to Brevard. When examined several torn , one dollar bills were found on McLlndall' person and an open knife In one of the Dockets. Letters were found In his pockets with the address "208 Hammett street, Greenville. 8. C... on them. Telegrams addressed to this number have failed to bring an answer so far, it Is stated, Later Accused Cried, "Oh, Celia, Why Did I Kill That Woman?" and "You Stick by Me." rt Seizure of Ship John D. efeller by British Ws .p Is Considered Unwar ranted Action. Being Considered by Congress Leaders; Also Proposal to Restore the House Tax on Gasoline. AMERICAN OWNED AND FLEW AMERICAN FLAG Mlneola, N. T., Oct. 21. Celia Coleman, negro maid in the Carman household and star witness for the state, testified today at the trial of Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, ac- used of the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, that Mrs. Carman had ap peared, revolver in hand, at a mo ment after Mrs. Bailey had been shot, and said: I shot him." The next morning about daylight . . i . . . Mrs. Carman came to my room," Celia D. Rockefeller. Tnis was annuuuucu continued. She said, 'Oh, Celia. what today by Acting Secretary insins oi T CITY IS SCENE Grocery Store Entered and Quantity of Goods Stolen Jewelry Store Robbed. Protest Mav Also Be Made , Against the Recent Seizure of the Brindilla, It Is Thought. . New York Oct. 21 The Standard Oil Company sterner Platurla, Hying the American flag, has been seized by British warships off the coast of Scotland and taken Into Stomoway, a port in the LewiB Ilslands, according to a cablegram recravca ncre by the company from her eaptain. Washington, Oct 21. The United States has protested to Great Britain nu-Blnat the seizure by a British war ship of the American .steamer John COTTON RELIEF BILL STILL BEING PUSHED Only Three Disputed Points in Revenue Bill Conference on Loan Fund Plan to Be Held. Dickinson Argues for Govern ment in Anti-Trust Suit Against U. S. Steel Company. THE INTELOCKING OF DIRECTORATES PHASE Gives Alleged Instances of Re sult of Steel Directors Sit tings on Boards of , Ry. Companies. Washington, Oct. 21. After a con ference with President Wilson on dis puted points between the house and senate on the war revenue bill. Repre sentatlve Underwood and Simmons took under consideration a . . H reviewed the, tentative proposal to reduce the sen- I history of the steel wire pool of 1805 ate tax of $1.75 a barrel on beer and i and then took up the matter of Inter- to restore the house tax on gasoline, locking directorates. Both leaders were hopeful of 18 highway connections are of vi tal strategic importance to the Germans. From Lillo two roads nfti out to the west one northerly to Anncntiere and the other southerly to Fourncs, throuch a country which is! enrloHed and thickly populated. The French statement con tents itself with the insertion that these ronds are hold ly (Cont!nu1 CO page I.) Special to The Qaxette-Newa. Winston-Salem, Oct. II. The work of the gang of thieves, supposed o be operating In the city, becomes holder each night. There wera two robberies committed Monday night, both times atorea being the buildings selected. The store of J. M. Vanhoy, In the northern part of ths city, was broken Into this morning at an early hour, the thieves securing a f 0 pound keg of lard. 100 pounds of'iumr In I cent bag, besides a quantity of smoked moat and other articles. The officer on that particular "beat" stat ed that he passed the store about J o'clock, but saw no sighs of ny crime. An hour later , aa he was re turning on his "beat," he noticed some fresh shavings In front of the tora. Unon Investigation It was rouno that someone had bored holes In the door near ths lock, opening the door. several clues were followed but a yet the guilty parties have not been arrested. Another bold robbery was commit" ted Bunday night when thieves enter, d the Jewelry store of J. B. Smith. The thieve had keys fitting the pad lock i.nd also the regular door lock, with which ths door of th(f tor was fastened. Twenty watches, all tne nrnnertr of cuitomers wers stolon. ths total loss bring est'mstnfl at 1J50. It Is not believed that the thlev Will attempt to dlnoe of any of the stolen goods In tbis city and ths ef- flrers of nelrhboring cltle Pv tn tkd to ksep ft lookout tor the goods. , . did I kill that woman for? I hope God will forgive me. You stick to me and if anything happens to you I'll take care of your little boy. - Under, the questioning of District Attorney Smith, Celia told her story as follows: "I am from Charleston, 8. C . I went to work at Dr. Carmnn's May 18, 914. On the night of June 30 I served dinner "at 6:45 o'clock. After dinner I started to wash the dishes. While I was washing the dishes Elizabeth Mrs. Carman's daughter- came intd the kitchen. Soon after ward Mrs. Carman came in. She was dressed In a kimono and had a shawl around her neck. She told Elizanetn to.go JacK. Into the bouse. Then Mrs. Carman went out of the back door. minute later I heard a crash or glass and the report of a pistol. Mrs. Carman came in the door again. Showed Weapon. "I was standing in the door be tween the pantry and - the kitchen. She said to me, 'I shot him.' Then she showed me a revolver, a black revolver that was about nine Inches ong. I grabbed her by the arm and told her not to go Into the ornce. She said she was not going to do any thing else. Then I went Into the office. 'The body of a dead white woman was lying on the floor near the oper ating chair. Mrs. Carman followed me into the office. She stayed tnere anoui half a minute and then went out to the waiting room. Dr. Carman was there and so was another man. I went Into the kitchen and returned to the office In about a minute. Mrs. Powell (Mrs. Carman's sister) was In there then. Then I went back Into tne kitchen, finished washing the dishes and went to my room and went to sleep. "The next morning about oayugni Mrs. Cflrman came to my room, bne was dressed 'in a nightgown. She said, Oh, Celia, what did I kill that wo man for? I hope Ood will forgive me. You stick to me and if anything happens to you I'll take care of your little boy.' Told Maid to Forget "I saw Mrs. Carman luter that morning at the breakfast table, and she burst Into tears. After breakfast she came Into the k'tchen and told me to forget that I had seen her the night before. Later that day Mrs. Carman came In with her lawyer, Mr. Ixivy, Mrs. Carman winked at me when he snked me what I knew. I told Mr. Levy that I didn't know any thing. Statement Not True. "Mr. Ivy came again the next day. Before he came Mrs. Carman told m to tell him I was not down .t.in fir dinner. She wrote out some statement and I signed It with out reading it. lie read it nowtur. The statement was not true. Th dav after tne muraer. jui. Carman came Into tne mtcnen anu ssked me to make a wood tire in tne which I did. Later she cams rinwn stairs with a bundle of . letters and burned them up In ths fire. That uma dav she told me to call her rather from the barn, Because sne wanted him to get the revolver out of the house. Mr. Conklin, her father, csme In and went' to her room and then came downstairs again. He had a hammer with him. He returned to the barn. The next day. Wednesday, Mrs. Carman came) Into tha kitchen and asked me to step Into another room. i Maid Aflmiu laying. ' "I went In and the detectives be tan to question me." "Did you tell th truth at ths cor oner's Inquest T" th district attorney asked. "1 did not," the witness answered. The district attorney Jhen turned the witness over to John J. Graham, Mrs. Carman counsel, for cross ex amination. v A crowd that eclipsed ths previous day's throngs sought to enter (he tiny court room today In anticipation ef hearing Celia tell her story. Less than 100 were able to do so and these were nearly all woman. Philadelphia. Oct 21. Argument on behalf of the government in Its .dissolution suit against the United States Steel corporation and subsld- Senator I iaries was resumed today by Jacob M. r nklnson in tne unueu omits the state department As the Rockefeller- was American owned, flew the American flag ana no change of registry was invoivea, the American government considers thn neizura unwarranted. She had American officers and crew. The ship was bound from one neu tral port to another, leaving rnna delphia September 2 for Copenhagen and carried illuminating oil which Secretary Lansing said had not been classed as contrabland In any notifi cation received fro.n Great Britain. The vessel was taken to the Orkney Islands. The protest was made to the British government through Ambassa dor Page at London, who was In structed t ask for the Immediate Te lease of the Rockefeller. Mr. Lansing said that no represen tations or protest had been made in the case of the steamer Brindilla, taken reoently to Halifax. He added that he was awaiting further Informa tion as to the capture of her cargo and the conditions under which she was seized. Mr. Lansing had an engagement with President Wilson today but de clined to say whether the seizure of the ships would be discussed. As tne cargo of the Brindilla was the same as the Rockefeller's the government's action today was taken to- foreshadow another protest and demand for re lease unless some difficulty In the change of the Brlndtlla's segistry, not yet developed, comes up. ' OUT GUNBOAT SMITH Negro Heavyweight Puts the White Hope Out of Busi ness in the Third. Boston, Mass., Oct. 21. Sam Lang ford, the negro' heavyweight of Bos ton, knocked out Gunboat Smith, of New York, In three rounds here last night.' It was the first time the leading white hope" of this country, who gained a decision over Lankford here a vear ago, had been knocked out The negro landed three solid punches before the first round was half finished and a sweeping right felled Smith for a count of seven. Bmi'- weak when the first round end. .. In the second round Lankford, lending a left hammered a right home to Smith's Jaw, crushing him to the mat Smith sprawled there for nine seconds, staggering to his feet barely in time to save himself from being counted out. Felnlng and landing with left and rlht. Langford rocked Bmtth with his blows and floored him again. Referee Jack McGulgan, of Philadelphia had counted four when the bell gave Smith a reprieve. Smith lasted nearly two minutes of the third round. Then Langford again pointed his left menacingly and drew Smith's guard over. The negro quick ly drove hla right to the white man's jaw and Smith sank to the mat where he was counted out were hopetui oi an agreement and that congress would adjourn Saturday. Washington, Oct. 21. While the conferees continued their labors on the war revenue bill, representatives of the cotton states were ready when the house met today to make another effort to bring up the compromise cotton relief proposal for considera tion, despite the fact that the house rules called for consideration of tne calendar. The proposed relief mea sures include the Lever cotton ware house bill, the Glars bill to authorize acceptance of' 100 per cent commer cial paper as a basis for federal re serve currency and a special amend ment to the latter bill to autnorize the secretary of the treasury to deposit in banks in the cotton and tobacco states 256.000,000 two per cent gov. ernmeht notes, maturing January 1, 1916. Debate on the rule was in progress yesterday when the absence of a quo rum forced an adjournment. Only three disputed points in the war revenue bill were up for consid eration when the conference manag ers of the two houses resumed their sessions today. Settlement of these points, it was believed would leave little difficulty in bringing the remain der of the bill into agreement. Loan Fund Conference. Washington, Oct. 21. W. P. G. Harding, of the federal reserve board, went to New York today to confer with bankers there about the $150,- 000,000 loan fund to take care of the surplus cotton crop. Mr. Harding ex pected to meet Festus J. Wade of St Louis one of the supporters of the plan. In Philadelphia and continue the effort to have the New York bankers accept proposals for the use of the fund discussed by the federal reserve board. New York bankers are understood here to desire to put up their contrl buttons to the fund with the agree ment that they shall be safeguarded with a first lien on the cotton. It was .aid the northern bankers. Including New York, might be willing to con tribute four or five cents a pound on the cotton to be cared for with the understanding that their obligation should be the first considered at the time of re-payment. If southern bankers participating In the plan de sired to put up several cents addl tinnal on each pound of cotton their obligation would come second. In re turn the southern bank, it was said are to be given the management of he fund under the supervision of the federal reserve board, Mr. Dickinson said the steel corpor ation through its directors was In direct touch with the large railroads an steamship companies of the United States and "with the overwhelming majority in money and power ot the banks and trust companies of the United States. Counsel stated that the record of the ease showed that since its organ ization directors of the corporation have been directors in more than 540 different companies and corporations exclusive of the steel corporation and its subsidiaries. In 1911 when the suit was brought, Mr. Dickinson con tinued, some of the steel . directors were directors In 02 railroad compa nies operating nearly fifty per cent of the entire railroad mileage of the country. ' The Interlocking directorates, Mr. Dickinson added. In respect to' the " leading railroads, Is significant in con nection with the fact that the price of rails has remained uniform since shortly after 1 the formation of tho corporation. Taking up the matter of steel direc tors sitting on - the railroad boards and using their Influence to give the steel corporation business, he gave al leged Instances through testimony taken In the present case where such Influence has apparently been used.- ' ; 'It would be Impossible to prove. fully the quiet but constantly effec--tlve force thus operating all the' time," Mr. Dickinson said. "Such men do not proclaim what they are doing , from the housetop. It does not re-'- ' quire proof to show how self-Interest i , will operate under such conditions,'" but conclusive proof as to particular. instances Is not lacking." .,' BERLIN PAPER HINTS IT REVOLT IN PORTUGAL PROMPTLY PUT DOWN Lisbon, Oct II. A revolutionary outbreak In the cities of Bragansa and Mafra under the leadership of Adrlano Heca. former colonel, has been promptly put down, according to ofil clal announcement today. Decs h been arrested, and a band of revolu tlonlats who went out from Mafra are being pursued by troops. Beyond the cutting ot telegraph wires nd atop ping of trains, nothing seems to have been accomplished. , , QUESTION STRAUS CONCERNING RATES Witness Says He Appears as; Banker and Independently 1 of the Railroads. Tageblatt Thinks the "Decis ion" More Likely to Be on the East Front. Copenhagen, via London, Oct II. The military correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt hints that thers Is a certain amount of anxiety bo,nt the situation manifesting Itself In Ger many. He explains' though that a de cision Is likely to oome "Ilk a thief In the night" and that It will, more prob ably, be on the east front rather than In the west "While fresh masses of troops enn be brought without - hindrance over ," he says, "they constitute un awkward adversary. Although the unity of their handling If 'hey In vadnd Oermsny la to be douted, Ger many has still a somewhat hard leak which must not be forgotten In wait ing for the decision." Chancellor Bethman-Holweg, ac cording to the Tageblatt Is being at tacked In certain Influential circles aa responsible for the war. Washington,- Oct 21. -Cross exam ination of Frederick W. Straus, a New York banker, was continued today ' when hearings on the appeal for an advance In freight rates of roads op- ' -erotlng nearly 60,000 miles of lines :n the eastern district were resumed be- ! fore the Interstate commerce com- ' mission. 1 Mr. Straus, who had stated that' he - appeared as an Investment banker an l , Investment banker and Independently of the railroad efforts, told the com mission he felt the necessity of pre senting to Its notice the perilous situ ation of all American securities held ' abroad because of the European war. Only part of the commission was present today. The other commis sioners were engaged In routine mat ters which could not be displaced. Mr. Straus .was subjected to vigor ous cross examination yesterday by Commissioner1 Meyer, who Indicated by hla questions that new property In vestments should be considered . by railroad stockholders aa dividends on their Investment , PROTEST AGAINST THE OLEOMARGARINE TAX Chicago, Oct II. Resolutions pro testing against the government tax on oleomargarine were adopted at the clualng se anion of the American Meat Packers' association convention here today. Congress Wis asked to repeal' the tat or reduce It aa low aa poaslhte oleomargarine, the resolution pointed out, was ths only "whole fond nrr. ' alty which Is Ud and the r!lng cut of llvlhg makas It necewary to the coat to the consumer aa mu n possible."
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