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THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ABSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THE it II CARQLTNAS t: It .WEATHER FORECAST WARMER WEATHER. VOLUME XIX. NO. 223. ASHEVILLE, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS MORE GERMANS IBM- FIGHT. TELLS STORY OF JOIMGOAST 11! BY fiLLIES VESSEL SHI TO WISH APPM1L POWER CO. HAD THE STATEM ENT FIGHT nr Li A : Teuton Leaders Seem De iermined to Bring Con flict to Decision. REPORTS MADE OF ALLIES' S UCCESSES Fighting In East A tie LineTrouble Spreads to Distant Points. - - 1 Paris, Oct. 28. That the lermans had made up their ainds to reach a decision in the Belgium field of warfare was ndicated by the fact that .the erman staff has issued a fur her call of troops for concen ration in the vicinity of Dix aude, where some of the most evere fighting in the battle of 'landers has occurred. The gain of the allies in the ?gion to the south of Dixmude 3 officially announced showed lat they are able, despite the oayy and continuous cannon ling and the attacks of the erman infantry, to, take, the ffensive against the, ' German ontingent which previously vl succeded in crossing the ser. iThis news was received ith much satisfaction by the ablic herev as was also the an ouncement regarding the of- nsive movement , by. the 'rench around Nancy. More to the west in .Woe- re, the progress of the allies 3 ward the river from St. Mi- iel toward Metz, it is predict- d, is going soon to put in a' liffitiult position the German 'orces which have tried, in :rossing the Mense, to work a junction with their forces fight ng in Argonne. Furthermore, the advance of lie French and English be ween Ypres and Roulers also ave ground for hope here. As when the contest in the north ould be finished there is no ood guess. French military men said, owever, that- the prolongation f the battle gave no reason for ibs of patience. London, Oct 88. The battle which 1 the world Is watching (till ewaya .ck and forth In the little district rat of Flandere where the allied ircea are struggling to' check the erman advance to Calais, but ripples f war Tiewa are noted In widely sep rated polnU. rlrat comes the new rebellion In 'tilth Africa, where the Boer leaders, hrlstlan De Wet and General Baerea, ormer commandant of the military orcea of the union of South Africa, ave taken the field agalr.at the union overnment on the heels of checking; he rebellious movement under Col nel Marlis. General De Wet w the itnous antagonist of Lord Kltchea urlng the Hoer war, and the iiorls- he Is now leading Is treated bx !ie Hrltlah press aa far more serious linn the Morlta outbreak. An event perhaps second In poten ftl Importance Is the reported Ger man Invasion of Angola, the Form ulae colony In west Africa. Whether Is report Is true or not, the dispatch noes aim nut coincidental with the inouncement that Manuel, former ng of Portugal, has offered his ser- to King Ueorse and Is willing to i n the field against Germany with army of the 1'ortngueee repiitjllo. i "ri!!ni( to report, Manuel was re- tly In 1'firtuKiil. i lilidiy. Die unreat In Albania seem lie growing. Not only have both 'v and . i announred th'-lr In : ..n of .rcii,-r 1,1 k tlielr lnteifta In ' t'TMiTv, iv f irre rf aroia, but ' M , 1 tn I ir'Hd in a i t f 11 . a i J ro- long 60-M He Bat' clalm Albania a part of the Ottoman empire. . . England Receives Sliock. Aside from these political outcrop- plnga of tbe great war, .England re ceived a shock in the news that a steamer, the Manchester Commerce, had been sunk off tht coast of Ireland by a German mine. Up to the present time all such diHasters have been con fined' to tht eastern coast. The region where this vessel was struck is in the direct route of the great Atlantic lin ers from ' Liverpool and of the Clyde line steamers from New York and Canadian ports. The Inference Is that the Germans, by penetrating this area, hoped to reach the transports bearing Canadian troops to the British Isles. ' Warships Again Active. Of the- battle on the Tser, London has heard little news this morning. The German rush to reach the French coast would appear for the time being held In check, but the'fiercest fighting continues with the Germans deliver ing harder blows on the line between Dixmude and Ypres, following their failure to make progress between llx mude and the coast. British naval guns, it is said, have resumed their bombardment along the coast and co lossal German losses are reported. The Belgians, London newspapers admit, have suffered 1 terribly, but of the losses of the French and -English no mention Is made. ' , ' Pushing Advantages Elsewhere. While the Germans are making their supreme effort In Flanders, the allies have been quick to press the advantages offered at other points in to line by the removal of German troops to the German right wing. This probably accounts for progress claim ed by the allies near Soiasons, at Ber-ry-au-Kac In the center and tq the east of Nancy, where the Germans, according; to the French official an nouncement, have been ' driven across the frontier. From all these points, It It understood, the Germans took men and flung them Into Belgium. . Bavarian Prim1 Wounded. . The crown prince of Bavaria Is said now to be In command of the German forces on the Ypres, and It Is reported that he has been wounded. ' The weather promises soon to play an Important part In the campaign In the cR.itern area of the war. The rigorous Russian winter is said already to have set In between Moscow and Warsaw, and snow eovers the ground .near Minsk. The Russians aver that they are following up relentlessly and successfully the repulse of the Ger mans from Warsaw. Their cavalry Is pushing rapidly westward from Lodz which has been occupied by them and threatening the German lines of com munication. The Germans, It Is further contended, are having difficulty In maintaining their prepared defensive lines around Radom, to the south of Warsaw. Attacks Lows Violent. ' Paris. Oct 28. The French official announcement leaned this afternoon says that yesterday the German at tacks between Nleuport and Arras were less violent. The French posi tions everywhere were maintained and French forces continued to advance to the north and to the east of Ypres. The text of the communication fol lows: ' "During the day of yesterday the German attacks In all the region be tween Nleuport and Arras were leas violent. Our nsltlona were every where maintained and we continued to advance to the north and to the east of Ypres. We also made some progress between Camhnn to the southwest of La Ilnssee and Arras. "Further Information continues to confirm previous reports that the Osr man losses In dead, wounded and prisoners have been oonalderable In the northern region. "On the right bank of the Alan the Germane attempted at night a rery violent offensive movement In the region of Craonns. On the heights of the highway Dea Dame they have been repiilaed. "In the Wfyvre district oar Ironpa ,av cnntlni'Sd their advance In the foreaia between Aprlmonl and m. Mil.! .-I. as well as In the freat of L Prir. "Itu'a: Tn the amith cf tVaraaw the f i-hiihg et.nd from Uawa to (' on! 'nu.- i cm it t.) WOT SO DIED IH MINE Most of the 346 Men Entomb ed by Explosion in Royal- ton, I1L, Mine Succeed- ed in Escaping. v -' WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN HYSTERICAL STATE iuoroner'3 inauest cesrun To day -Mine Inspector Will Investigate .When Bod . ies Are Recovered. Uoyalton, III., Oct. 28. Forty-seven bodies had been recovered at 8 o'clock this morning from the mine of the Franklin Coal and Coke company that was wrecked by a gas explosion yesterday. All hut two or three of the miners who entered, the workings yesterday mqrnlng have been defin itely accounted for and it these per ished the death list will total atjout fifty. The night shifts of rescue workers brought the number of recovered bodies to 87 and reported five other bodies visible but inaccessible to the rescuers. ) The mine officials said today that miners, seven of them Injured, escaped ' Immediately following the blast. Only eleven of. the dead have been Identified .. , . . . A house to house : canvass begun last night may disclose, . the exact number of missing men. In an effort to alleviate the hysteria which has been general . among the women and children, the coroner has barred all relatives of the dead from two temporary morgues. The state mine Inspectors', investi gation Into the causes and responsi bility for the disaster will not begin until the last body has been removed from the mine, according to' a state ment of the superintendent of the bu reau of mines. The coroner's Inquest was begun today. , OF Causes Serious Problem for U. S. Army Horses Already Hard to Getjl Washington, Oct 28. Heavy pur chases by British and French agents of horsts for war use is presenting a serious problem to ' the quartermas ters department of the nlted Btatea army, and It la feared that it Will soon be Impossible to obtain enough horses for lta own purposes during the pres ent year. Already the young horses' bought for the remount stations cost $17 per head more than last year. Those animals are too. young to be used at once and their aulea do not reflect the real Increase In prlct for cavalry horses which already stands $20 per head over last year'a sales. Shipments Begin, Fort Worth, Tex., Oct 8. Shlp mont of mort than three thouanud horses from Fort Worth to Montreal, Canada, for use Jji the English and French European armtea was begun today. Tralna will follow at regular Inter vals during the week, It la stated. EIGHTEEN INJURED ' WRECK OF FAST TRAIN Two Coaches Roll Down High Embankment Near Hunt ington, W, Va, Huntington, W. Va., Oct, II, Klgh tten persona were Injured, five of them aerloualy, when three Pullmans and a day coach ef Chesapeake and Ohio, Wajihlngtiin-t'hlrage font train No, 1 Was derailed thla vnernlng at T o'clock, tan miles from Huntington. Two Pullman rolled down a high em bankment,' A broken wheel en the day onarh ta believed to hnve cauaed the on. dent, All the Injured wera In the overturned Pinitmn The Injured were brought to J I ut.t !ntrn. German Forces Under. Bavar ian Crown Prince Attempt Surprise at Ypres Dur ing the Night. GET WITHIN 30 YARDS OF ENTRENCHED FORCES No Quarter Given by Either Side and Slaughter Is Ter rible -Invaders Are ' Driven Back. London,- Oct. 28. The correspond ent of the TJlmes In northern France sends the ' following regarding the fighting in Bolgium under Tuesday's date: ' . ,. ' . . "The ' British fire at Ypres, after a glorious stand for five days against overwhelming- odds, drove the enemy back fifteen miles. The German forces were commanded by the Bavarian crown prince, who it is reported, has been wounded. "The British forces captured Lan gemarck, five ml'les northeast of Ypres, on Friday afternoon inflicting enormous losses on the enemy and es tablished entrenched positions beyond the village. ; ' , . ' ' "At night, after the rpar of cannon had ceased, there was suddenly a shrill whistle and the bushes soaked in . petroleum - broke Into flames, throwing i a glare over the scene, Masses of men sprang up from the beet fields within a few hundred yards of our trenches and with bugle sound. yell and song they came dashing for ward to, our position. , , "'Though talffen by surprise, our brave men were not unprepared. They took their 1lacWln the trenches and ;he1d them, pourtruj a terrific fire Intp the advancing torcesi "' "' " "Answering with rifle' and machine gun, the enemy advanced, still with the bugle playing and amid shouts of 'Hoch!. hoch!" They were in dense masses rtnd they fell by the hundreds. They got within thirty yards of the trenches when they recoiled. "Then came three blasts .of a whistle, sounding the retreat. Our men sprang out of the trenches and went In among them with the bayonet. The slaughter was terrible and there were many hand to hand encounters. "In the dim glare of the burning bushes some of the enemy threw down their arms and pleaded for mercy. No quarter however, was given on either side. The work was too desper ate for that. Bayonet and bullet did their work and the enemy was driven back on Roulers. "A battery and several machine guns were captured and thousands of prisoners were taken including a gen eral and several other officers." PUT COAST AT DSTENB IN 5TITEJF DEFENSE Germans Place Mines at Har bor Entrance Get Lumber for Airship Sheds. London, Oct. 21. -A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Flushing, Hol land, says: "Several mines have been washed ashore along the coast. All were In excellent working ordor for they exploded promptly, doing, how ever, no serious damage. The Ger mans have fallen back slightly from Wcstejide. They are putting the const from Ostend to Knoi-ke In a state of defense. At Ostend prepara tions are being made to place mines at the harbor entrance. , "The German lossea at the Nleu-port-Dlxmude linn are estimated at 16, 00 killed and 10,000 wounded. During Hunday four hundred vehi cles loaded with wounded soldiers passed thorugh Ostend. "The Germans have eommandered a large quantity of lumber at Ilrugea for use In building a giant airship shed at Ueldnnck. , Artillery ta being placed - In tne dunes between ituyst and Dulnherg. Five tralnloada of ar tillery have been taken to Zeeber ugge." tierman Casualties, , Rome, Oct M. Aooordlng to offi cial reports reoelved here the German ctunialLles dally average 10,000 In kitted and wounded, of all ethers slightly or not gravely wounded an average of from 71 to it per oent, re turn to the ranks after a relatively abort time. - Spanish Prim-e ISorn. Waahtngton, Ht 1$. President Wilson hag received a personal ms nf from King A If mieo of I'lmln tn iiirv lug the birth of the ,1mm prince, Second Officer Describes69 n Chester Commerce D; cer, Sunk by Mine Captain and 13 Drown. . FREIGHTER WENT DOWN IN ABOUT 7 MDfUTES Officers and Crew Exhibit Great Coolness Survivors Suffer Much for Expos-" ; r-N ure in the Water. Fleetwood, Eng., Oct. 28. (Via London) THe trawler City of London arrived here early today with ; the survivors of the British freight steam er Manchester 1 Commerce which struck a mine late Monday night off the north coast of Ireland and sank. Captain Payne and thirteen of his crew were drowned while thirty oth ers wero saved by the trawler. Ambulances, physicians and a large crowd of townspeople were at the dock when' the trawler came in. Sec ond Officer Gee told the story of the disaster. He said: "The explosion occurred 20 miles north of Lory Island on the ' main trade route from Manchester to Can ada. The explosion slfook the vessel as If it was merely a chip of wood. There was no doubt In anybody's mind as to what had happened. The ship began to sink at once and was beneath the waves seven minutes after strik ing the mine. ' "The officers and crew exhibited the greatest coolness under the circum stances, We were able to launch only one lifeboat When the ship gave- a sudden lurch and went down. The captain and officers who were at the moment preparing to launch- the other boats were compelled to Jdmp into the water to try and save them selves by swimming to the single boat already launched. Several of them were carried down with the ship. "I was swimming for 20 minutes before I was picked up. The last 1 saw of the crtptain he was giving or ders for launching a second boat. I took command In the solitary lifeboat and we picked up all the survivors and then cruised about for a long time. When satisfied that . there was no more to be saved we hoisted an Improvised sail. We had gone 42 miles when we were picked up by the trawl er. Several of our men suffered great ly from exposure, as most of them had on no clothing except shirts and trou sers." TO Teuton Airmen Also Instructed to Push Observations Like the French Do. London, Oct. 28. The correspond ent of the Dally Mall In Paris In a dispatch to his paper gives a copy of the German order on avoiding aero planes. It rays; "Aocording to the report of aero plane observera, our troopa are very easy to discover In spite of their gray unlforma, because of the density of their formation, while the French know how to protect themselves per fectly from aerial reconnnlsance. "During a fight our troops must maHe use of the narrow files among the tree, at the edgee of villuges and near the shelter of houses avoiding muss formations. Above all absolute stillness must be maintained In ex posed. Places. At the approach of an aeroplane all movements should cease and It Is also necessary to avoid all movement of batteries when aero planes are aurveylng. A single man moving will betray a battery. There should also be no firing for the flash of a gun betrays Its position to the air squadrons. "The success of the French artillery which has caused auch marked losses la due, first to their quickness In de termining the positions of our batter ies. To equal thorn It la necessary that our observations ahnuld. be pushed like theirs, far In advanoe nt the lines by men of good courage who are not afraid of sharpshooters." DEMENTED MAN SII00T3 WIFE, CHILDREN, SELF Oalesburg. HI.. Oct II. W, W, Btroniberg, a confectioner, today shot and killed his three children and woumted himself and hie wife. Mrs. Htrnmberg'a hand waa shot oft. Htrom- lierg illnd shortly after wounding hllllriOlt. Federal Reserve Board Makes Public Details of Scheme to Raise $135,000,000 For Cotton Relief. PROJECT SUBMITTED ' TO CLEARING HOUSES Sufficient Banking Support to Secure Adoption Is Expect edSouth Would Fur nish $35,000,000. Washington, Oct. 28. Federal re serve board officials ., today awaited approval .from clearing house associa tions of the' plan for a $136,000,OQO loan fund to finance the surplus cot ton crop. Dttails of the plan had been completed and board officials hoped it would-find enough banking support to insure Its adoption. i The plan contemplated administra tion of the fund under the direction of a committee consisting of individ ual members of the board, but the actual administration will be under a 'cotton loan committee" of which W. P. G. Harding, a board, member, would be chairman. It is planned to raise $100,000,000 of the fund in non-cotton growing states and the remainder in cotton territory. Full details of the plan to take cara of the surplus cotton crop were made public last night by the federal reserve beard. The board's outline of the plan was sent to clearing .house asso ciations throughout the country. Re sponses are expected before the end of the week. , The outline differs only in- detail from the previous announcements of the board. The fund, it shows, is tn . .iia 1UUU, 11 BI1UWB, IS De administered indr uh I committee to be 'known as the central j committee, to be composed of the ln- dividual reserve board members. Ac tual administration of the fund will be under a "cotton loan committee," consisting of these members: W.- P. G. Harding, member of the board, chairman; Paul M. Warburg, of the board; Colonel E. M. Austin, of Texas; A. H. Wlggln, of New York; James S. Alexander, of New York; James R. Morgani of Chicago; Festus J. Wade, of St. Louis; Levi L. Rue. of Philadelphia, and William A. Gaston, of Boston. There are to be two classes of sub scriptions. The first will be known as class r'A,". will aggregate $100,000,000 and will be raised in non-cotton pro ducing states. Class "B" subscriptions are to be made by banks or bankers In cotton-producing states. Application for loans must be sub mitted to state and local committee, which are required to approve them, and made through banks or bankers. Applications must be accompanied by subscriptions to class "B" amounting to 25 per cent, of the loan requested, so that non-cotton producing states participating will loan 75 per cent and cotton states twenty-five. Every sub scriber will re celve certificates of par. tlclpatlon which shall be transferable on the committee's books and bear six per cent Interest Loans will be made on notes at six per cent with warehouse receipts for cotton as collateral, on the basts of six cents per pound for middling. All expenses for warehouse and insurance charges must he borne by the borr rower. A guarantee fund Is to he created by deductions of three per cent from the face value of all loans, which will be used also to provide funds lor the payment of expenses of administration, estimated not to ex ceed 1-8 of one per cent of the fund. All applications for loans must be made by February 1, 191$. The loana will have a maturity of one year with a promise of renewal for six months on approval of the central committee. In the repayment of subscribers to the fund, the class "A" certificates will be taken care of In a proportionately larger degree until the outstanding amounts of each class become equal. E BY E German Warship Keeps Up Destructive Work Victim Only Small Vessel ' London, Oct, 18, The Oerman cruiser Emden sank the small Japan ese steamer Kamegasakl Maru while the latter was proceeding to Hlnga. pore, acnordlng to a Central News dis patch from Herlln by wy of Amater dam. In the marine records the steamer KnmegtiMkt Maru Is given aa being of only 1JM tons burden, Hha Is owned in Nngaall A. E. Holton Says Interview of E. L. Travis Was Put Out at Instance of Southern . Power Company. SAYS COMPANY HAD IT BEFORE PUBLICATION Attacks on Amendments, Says Mr. Holton, Comes From Tax Dodgers Through , the Commissioner. ' "1 Special to The Gazette-News. Mt. Airy, Oct. 28. A. E. Holton, former United States district attorney, spoke here last night, discussing the constitutional amendment on the sub ject of taxation. He began by stating that "We are living under a system of taxation en grafted uoon' our constitution 1868 when we had nothing but our land, and polls to levy taxes upon." Since that time the state has grown until a large amount of property and money has been invested in business yielding large profits, and Is In an Intangibf form that cannot be reached und the ad valorem system of taxation. cited instances of property yield1 from 50 to 100 per cent profit upon" assessed valuation. Among othey cited the Western Union Telegrsn.,, company. Its property in, the city of? Winston is assessed for taxation at $446 while it yields an increase of from $50 to $100 per day "not as sessed as much as a decent negro home In East Winston." The Postal . Telegraph company assessed in th!8 town at $42, yielding more than that each day. . "They assessed the little Instrument and other fixtures in the office," he said, "at what they would assess apple peelers; their telegraph poles as kindling wood and their wires as junk. The property of the South ern Power company, located in that city Is assessed at $79,000, when it wa furnishing 30,000 poople with lights and furnishing power to run a, large amount of the manufacturing industries of the city, and operating the street cars, with the street car lines and the cars Included. HI J. Reynolds, on the 13ih day of last June, gave out un interview publishod In the Winston Journal, In which he stated that they were making a profit out of the people of 1,000 per cent on the electricity furnished private residences, while the total assessed valuation of all their property upon which they paid taxes amounted to only $79,000." Many other instances he gave In support of his statement that millions of dollars yielding large profits es caped taxation, while the man with a mortgage on his home paid taxes on the full value of his property without regard to its' encumbrance, yielding! no Income only shielding him whilo he worked for these corporations, lid showed that a determined opposition for this amendment was being made by the attorneys and agents of corpor ations having the Intangible property. He asserted that the democratic ma chine was opposing the amendment; that their only candidate for state office, E. L. Travis, was leading the fight against It. He took up Mr. Tra vis' Interview published In the Char lotte observer of last Hunday and characterized It as being pure sophu- try, and as being Intended to decel.-o and mislead the voter; "that Mr, Travis put this out at the Instance of the Southern Power company, pub fished It In the Charlotte observer ut his Interview as though he had spljlcd It off to a reporter In his oltice In t!o city of Raleigh Saturday afternoon." IJhe speaker said that he "saw thia same article In the pohaossIoii of a represetnatlve of the Southern P-iwi-r company on Saturday morning mora than 130 miles f-om Raleigh before It waa aupposed to have been given out by Mr. Travis." He charged that "thw document was prepared In the city of Charlotte by the agenta and attorney! of thla corporation and other tax dodging Interests, and was Intended to furnish argument for the agenta of the tax dodgers over the state to quietly slip about and present the ar guments to deceive and mislead the people." Mr. Holton referred to the arguments made In this Interview and answered a number of them. He too up the statement of Mr. Travte where, in Mr. Travla aald: "Mecklenburg county would lose to the atate $13, 430,000, and would retain for local taxation $17,158,000, It would aave the state tag en that retained amount ing to $47,470 and lose on the prop erty segregated county tag 10 cents (Continued on page I.) tt.ltltlttlltltltttttlKstKn at - n t THANKMilVINd DAY. H at , , W ' Waahlngton, Oct i I"r.n! dent Wllenn today '.asuiM a proc lamation geetgciiing Thm.-lir, November as Thnnkarlvir,. clay. at at at
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