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THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE) IN THE :t :t CAROLINAS II II !WEATHEB FORECAST FAIR AND WARMER. VO tME XIX. NO, 226. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 31, 1914, PRICE FIVE CENTS BATTLES RENEWED ON Germans Attempt General Offensive Move From :- Neiuport to Arras. STUBBORN BATTLES IN EAST PRUSSIA Italy Now Expected to Join Entente Powers as Result of Turkey's Action Against Russia. London, Oct. 31. Although the official communications do not spread much light on the situation in west Flanders oth .er report emanating from Hol land indicate tne tierman re tirement from the coast south of Ostend is imminent and it is again reported tuat tne invad ers have evacuated Ostend. These rumors, however, are not confirmed from' Berlin, which claims some advance along the . ipres line. ... , ; The-city; of Lille is declared so hopeful'that the. Germans' 1 1 1 j 1: . i . . win iiKvei ifiuiii iimu yiii" htions"are being made, to re - sume civil functions.' That ' Germany has by no means givenup its determina tion to take Calais is indicated by the significant report from Berlin, by way of Copenhagen, that the German general staff has decided that the army in Poland shall, fall back to the frontier of Silesia and rormiin there on the defensive until the battle in Flanders ends with the capture of Calais. Such a movement would release three or four army corps to bo trans , ferred from Silesia to Belgium. The Russian tactics of bend ing back the liue of invaders in Russian Poland one section nt n. time, the route of one sec tion endangering the section next to it, appears to London 1 1 1 t . uiwi veto w nave uitu smicffn ful everywhere except on the extreme Russian left, where the Austrians still maintain the positions they succeeded in re taking from the Russians, Along the frontier of east Frussia the Germans are fight- Official War Accounts Russian Miitomcnt, Washington. OiL 31. Stubborn fighting continues on the cast Prus lan front between the Russians and Germans, and the Austrian suffered heavy losses nimr Tarlow on October 19 at the hands of the Rufslane who took one thousand prisoners, accord ing to a Russian foreign office dis patch received today at the Russian em tin My. The oftlclal report follows: "On the east Prussian front Stub, born fighting continues,' The attafks o fthe Germans nesr Hakalarjewo are being steadily repulsed by our troops. On the left bank of tho Vistula the German rear guard under our pres sure fell back to the line from I.od to Varlhost. Among other military booty we have captured nmmunltlon colmuns, havy artillery and aero planes. "Near Tarlow the retreating Aus trian were IntFrcopted on Octobers ty our troops who had crossei th Vistula to the soul! of Josefow. Un der our eros firs the enemy suffered heavy lows and we took one thou sand primmer "In the Ckrpthlnn the mal nartlv Itv of tho Aunrtina Is directed to the country around Turk." ! Iin h h' . 1r. Oct. 31.--" t:U 11 f .rn'.' 11 mrnt, Krenrh wr out n of- 4 f'i'lowi; ENTIRE . ing stubbornly to prevent another invasion of their territory- at a point further south. It is argued here that the Rus sians cannot xpect to assume a full offensive movement un til the Austrians are driven back from the river San. But even this will not mean any im mediate invasion of Germany, as it is known that the Ger mans, in preparation for a pos sible retirement, have estab lished heavily entrenched posi tions along the river Warthe. ' Speculation as to the effects of the position taken by Tur key" varies SvTc!er),' 'In "tome" quarters it is argued even that the acts of the former German cruisers Gocben ' and Breslau will be disavowed by the porte, but the well authenticated news of the departure of the Russian ambassador from Constantino ple seems to commit Turkey be yond recall. Delayed tele-' grams from Constantinople in dicated as late as last Wednes day that the British .ambassa dor there had received assur ances that Turkey was deter mined to preserve her neutral ity. The, action of the Balkan states in this phase of the crisis is awaited here with keen in terest. Greece is expected im mediately to throw in her lot with the allied powers Brit ain, Russia nnd France and it is felt here that Roumania probably will follow the same course. But 'Bulgaria, which recently regained much of the prestige lost in the second Bal kan war, preserves a stubborn silence. Revenge would impel ' (Continued on page 9. J "The day of yesterday was marked by an attempt at a general offensive movement on the part of the Uerinuns along the entire front from Nleuport to Arras, and by . violent attacks llvered at other points of the line of battle. Kr.m Nleuport to the canal of LA Has See there were altornate move- u.Ji.Ls. of advance and retirement. 1 "To-the south of Nleuport ths Ger mans, who had taken possession of ltamplkapelle, were driven out of this town by a qounter attack. . ' 1 "To tho south of Ypres we lost some points of support, Hollebecke and Panworde, hut we progressed to the east of Ypres n the direction 'of Psschendiiele. . ' "lletween I -A Banseo and Arras all ths attacks made by the Germans were repulsed with heavy losses for them. " In the region of Chaulnes we ad vanced beyond Llhona, and ws took piuli)n of Lequssnoy In ths Kan. terrs district. "In ths region of ths Alsne also we have mnde progress on the heights of the right, back dnwn strenm from Holsmms. but we wers compelled to wf"lrsw In the ylclnlty of Vallly. "W hv sdvaneed 1n the region of Pnimln snd therr hits been ft, Violent nvnitcmrnt In th Arsonne. "In the ,'onvre diitrlot ws arnln have wt.n ground In tlis forest of 1 lreire." FRONT 4 ON TWIHLEHS Connie Mack Says His Pitch- ers, Bender, Coombs, Plank, Have Been "Dickering With the Federals." ONE HAD RECEIVED A VERY LARGE OFFER More Than Local Club Could Meet Action as to Bender and Plank Causes , Surprise. . Philadelphia, Oct. 31 Connie Mack, manager or tho Philadelphia Athlet ics, announced today that he had ask ed, waivers on Pitchers lienor. Plank and Coombs. - . '1 would not have asked for waivers at this time but for tho fact that one of them told me he had been dicker ing with the Federal league," Connie Mack said. The Philadelphia mana ger added that one of tho pitchers, had informed him of receipt of an offer from the federal league which was so large that he, did not think the lo cal managemont would meet it. ... He would not c'isclose the name of the pltoher to whom the' otter had been made. ..'. - Tho Uireo pltclwrs have . played prominent parts in world's series base mftitsV . ..-.iiaur4" ' riank, acknowledged as one of the greatest left handed pitchers, Joined the Athletics In 1901 and figured in the winning of six American league pennants. His best performance In a world s series was In 11113. wnen ne won from the New York Oiants, al lowing the National leaguers two hits In the final game. Bender joined the team In 1902. He won' games in all of the world's ser ios games, except in the series with the Boston Nationals this year. Coombs has not pitched much for two' years. He was injured in a world's scries game In New York In 1911. He has a record of winning a 24-inning game against' the Boston Americans. Coombs earned the title of "iron man" In pitching the Athlet ics to three victories against the Chi cago Cubs In the world's scries of 1910. . . v The waiver on hi mcaused no sur prise here, but that Mack would let Bender and Plank go was unexpected. I Tl OIL CQMP1ES Standard of N.' J. and Gulf Re- a fining Engaged in Gaso line Rate War. Jorsoy City, N. Y., Oct. SI. It was reported here today that crlmlnul In dictments hud been voted by tho Hud sou county grand Jury against .the Standard Oil eompuny of New Jer sey and the Guli llvlliilns company, which have been engaged In a rate war on gasoline In Hudson and Essex counties within tho past few months. The Indictments, according to the report, were two in number and were voted last nlKht. It was said that they would not bo handed Into court until next Monday and that they were found under the so-called "seven sla ters" law. ' - Ten witnesses testified yesterday be fow the grand Jury as to the part Dtaved by the two companies In the recent rapid lowering of prices on gas. ollne In llndson county. ' Under the so-called "seven sisters' laws a corporation could be found guilty of a misdemeanor and pun Ished by fine of $1,000 or more, or Im prisonment of lh officers whose acts were adjudged Illegal, or both. TWO ALABAMA NEGROES HANGED FOR MURDER IJIrmlnghnm, Ala., Oct. tl. Henry Ward s nil Wash Gray, negroes, wero hanned In the rounty Jail here yester flay by Sheriff MeAdory for a robbery committed last Ncvembor. Aaron Pol lack, a small storekeeper, wss shot after being robbed. Ward itiiiin a full confession on the Hallows, while Gray slid that an innocent man m being killed Ward strangled to death In IS minutes. Gray s neck wss broken In ths fall. The- negroes wer hantsd simultaneously BRITT AI1SWERS i ATTACKERS Republican-Progressive Candi date for Congress Address ed His First Asheville . Audience Last Night. HE REFUSES TO USE "SHORT, UGLY WORD" Pays Respects to Both Gov ernor , Craig and Congress man Gudger Attacks ' Latter's; Record. James J. Britt, the republican-progressive candidate, for congress in the Tenth district against Congressman James M. Gudger, Jr., the democratic nominee, made his' first pjublic ap pearance here during the present cam paign at the Auditorium last night, and the lower floor of the building was ftlle'd, with a if ew In the balcony. It was an audience representing many political parties besides the two which Mr. Britt represents Jn this campaign, and they came from many sections of western North Caiollna. A large dele gation from Henderson county, one of Mr. Brltt's strongholds, was present. There was likewise a goodly number present from the county of Madison, which Is outside the bounds of the Tenth but which -carries sufficient re publican enthusiasm to overflow into adjoining territory. The democracy of Asheville wasfwell represented, as were the republican and progressive factions. The gathering was arranged for the county court house, but the crowd was uf such proportions that a removal to the Auditorium was necessary. The crowd marched In a body, from the court houssi to the Auditorium. Imme diy.baly.faliutvingaue.aiwwnoometstj'y T. J. Harkius of the Change in plans, and was 'led by the bass drum of the brass band that had been employed. The band, had been employed until 8 o'clock, the hour of the speaking hav ing been set for 7:30, and their term of service expired while arrangements were being perfected for the larger building. Th big drum,-however, re mained on the Job. f Mr. Britt was introduced by T. J. Harkins In a brief eulogy, and, after a few introductory remarks, the speaker of the evening turned his first attention to Governor Locke Craig and Congressman Gudger, who spoke here a week ago last night, Mr, Britt termed the assault made upon him by these two men at that time as "un provoked and utterly Indecent." "However," the speaker continued, "they mistake the character of tho man they have assaulted if they think they can provoke from me,. In the presence of my own people, an assault so low In purpose and so unfair." Eelative to the statements made here by both Governor Craig and Con gressman Gudger, Mr. Britt said he refused to use the "short, ugly word," but that Mr. Oudger is suffering with an acute attack of 'fabrication' and that Governor Craig had been asso ciating with the former for several days before he spoke here. He chanc ed that Congressman Gudger had con sistently misstated the facts through out the present campaign, and that It was tor this reason he (Britt) had re fused to accept ths Invitation to a Joint campaign of the district. Mr. Britt vigorously attacked the record of Mr. Guilsor In congress, and his methods of securing the nomina tion In the Tenth district, declaring that the present congressman mean urcs a nomination in the terms of dol lars and cents, Just as he would cub biige pr potatoes, and that ho has tug ged every democrat in the district with the price of tli Ms cents. He said fur ther thut Mr. Gudger has vloluted the criminal statues of North Carolina In expending this money and could be prosecuted. He said that Mr. Uudger answered this by saying that the mon ey was spent in two parcels for the two .rlinarles and tho speaker com pared this excuse to a man stealing a suit of clothes on the Installment plun to avoid Incriminating himself. Ho declared that the people uf the dis trict would stultily themselves by vot ing for such a man. In part. Mr. Brut spok as follows: "A week ago, In this city, Hon. Locke Craig, governor of North Caro lina, made a violent and unprovoked attack upon me. 1 was prepared to hear ruch a haranKue from some ward politician, but not from the man whom the people of this slate have elevated to the high olrlcs of governor. In his mad fury and wild rage, he said that the record of the republican party la 'black as damnation, and that 'the re cord of James J. Ilrltt, republican candidate for congress In ths Tenth district, Is also black as damnation." "I shall not reiterate by saying that ths record of ths democratic party is 'black as damnation.' for It Is not true, but It Is true that thers are bad men In the democratic part, as there are In ths republican party, and always have been, and always will hs in all parties, for they ars compused of hu man belngs. "There are on hundred thousand whlto republican Voters In Nnrtn Curo ' iContlnurl on pan I.) VESSELVHS; MANY DROWNED In Spite of Heroic Efforts of the Life Savers a Number of Those Aboard Rohilla Lost Lives. SHIP BREAKS IN TWO IN THE HEAVY SEAS Members of Crew Clung to Rig ging for Hours Bodies Wash Ashore -Wo-, men Saved. Whitby, Eng., Oct. 31. (Via Ion don) Fifty more men were saved this morning from the wreck of the British hospital ship Kohllla which ran on the rockB off the Yorkshire coast near here early yesterday. , Several men this morning, lnf re sponse to signals from the shore de- elded to take the risk of swimming. A few of them reached the land safe ly, but others were drowned. Bodies are now being Washed up on thi Whitby. Eng.. Oct. 31. (Via ton don) The loss of life On the British hospital ship Bohilla, which crashed on the rocks of the Yorkshire coast near here before dawn yesterday Is matter of doubt. The vessel is a total wreck, having broken in two while life savers on shore were shooting lines and trying vainly to make one fast to the ship. Bearing physicians, nurses and hos pital supplies, the Rohilla was on her way to a Belgian or French port when driven ashore. It is understood all women on board were saved,, includ ing a survivor of the Tltanlo disas-" ter. The fate of the physicians Is un-certaJwr--h'rart the captain and crew. The total number of people on board is estimated at 200. When the stricken vessel broke eight men could be seen climbing to a piece of wreckage from the after part of the ship and it Is assumed j that they were swept to their death in the boiling sea. F'rteen bodies had been washed ashore this evening. Bain was falling In torrents, a gale was blowing and the seas were moun tainous when the vessel hit the rocks. Distress rockets' Immediately flared above the Rohilla attracting tne coast guards, but as the sea continued violent It was possible to launch only two boats from shore. These boats brought back all the people they could carry. t Most of the ship's boats were crushed In attempts to launch them and only one got away, bearing a handful of survivors. Even these had to be dragged to the beach, as the boat capsized In the breakers. For four hours members of the crew and others could be seen cling- Ini? tn the rlirirlna- their D'liirht be - coming more desperate as Phe Me .... rose. In nn effort tn reach them the life savers shot many rocRets. Then at o. .i 1, 11,. i,.,,ii,hu .un th ship's back broke. It is believed that most of those on board perished. Eleven physicians were ninong them, it is said. onei London. Oct. 31. At least hundred persons are believed to have perished In the wreck of the steamer Knhllla which tan on the rocks near Whitby early yesterday. ID GERMAN CRUISERS IE REPORTED CIPTUHED Said to Have Been Taken as Result of Failure of the ( Coal Supply. London, Oct 31. -A dispatch to the Post from Sydnoy, N. 8. W., says It is reported that the German cruis ers Hcharnhorst and Gncisenau have been captured as a result of the fail ure of their coal supply. There la no official confirmation of the report to be had here.. The Bcharnhorst and Gneisenau are sister ships of the battle cruiser type launched la 1108 and' having a dis placement -of 11,420 tons. On Septem ber 22 they bombarded Papeete,' cap ital of Tahiti, the principal one of the Hoclety Islands end under French control. Considerable H damage was done to the town and a small loss of life was reported. . Was Torpuli cd. lnrton. Oct. Jl. U is ofnclsllv'sn. nonnced that the refugee ships Amlrnt rallrosd, which , was thrown tiff n Ointriumo, says a llnrdreux dispatch embankment a mile west of Alford, to Iteutnr's Telegraph company, wss Pa. Tnrt of the train of five csrs torpedoed by a (Jerman submarine ' rolled down a 30-font incline Int.) suit did not strike a mlno aa woe t I Martin's creek. The wreck was attrlb tlrst thought. , luted to a broken rail. DIPLOMATS TO LEAVE USER LETTER IISpPEJl Progressive Chairman Strikes Responsive Cord in Breast of at Least One Man in Tenth District. A PROGRESSIVE FROM : WAYNESVILLE SPEAKS Cannot Support Mr. Britt and Work to Build up Republi . can Party That Has Trampled People. The communication ; from Zeb. V. Walser, chairman of the state execu tive committee of tho progressive party in North Carolina, published In Tho Gazette-News yesterday, in which the old scores between the Taftite re publicans and Roosevelt progressives were revived, has struck a rspondent cord in the breast of at least one sup porter in the Tenth district of Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Walser yesterday reviewed thi wounds that the followers of Mr, Taft Inflicted- upon the progressive wing of the party two years ago, anu again reiterated the charges that the followers of . Mr. i'Taft perpetuated "big- aJjsalB" at .Chicago a"nd Charlotte. That this feeling is' nol entirely extinct in this district, where a coalition has been effected between the two fac tions in the Joint nomination 01 James J. Britt aa the congressional candidate, is Indicated in a communi cation received this morning from J. P. Heires, a progressive of Waynes- ville. His communication follows: "Editor of The Gazette-News: "After reading C communication from Mr. Walser in your last lBsue, I fee'l at liberty to express my views to some extent ,wl " regard to the congressional race in this district. I have failed thus far to see the policy for helping to build up the very powers that have, by overy legitimate and illegitimate, every honest and dis honest means, tried to trample under foot the will and right of the Ameri can neonle: who have blotted and stained forever the name of the re publican party; and who go before ha on.mtrv with no other merit than I ne name - - - - - - corrupted anu uesuujeu. ' aying momenuj i.. j the wings of the wh.-tey ring for pro- tectlon. ... ...i...i-1 rt w, AS ior me, my imirui.... , an. laic roaring of " . ; name. 1 nave nraru 1110 cannon and the bleating of the "goats. I have seen the IndominiU.ble will and untiring enersy of the American peo ple well nigh blasted under ' the blighting influence of. a misguided patriotism, ana loauy we teei. me slimy colls of the deadly serpent and see the restless uneasiness of , our people as It cautiously encircles us again. If the hosts of- progressives hould be disbanded, then I, for one. am lost in tne wnuerness 01 uncer tainty. I cannot vote for Omlgvr; I will not vote for the men who Is hov- erlng under the wings of corruption, .... . . . with his head out on one -side, i.nd things republican; then on the other, and things progressive. "Respectfully, (Signed) J. P. HEIRES." STATE DEPARTMENT . PROTESTS TO BRITAIN Washington, Oct. It. The state de partment today formally, protested to the British government against, the detention of the American copper lad en steamer Kroonland at Oihraltar. The British authorities were asked to explain Why the vessel h... not either b released or sent to a prlw court. The protest also elated that from IIIIUI IIiniK'll mat nun nwvri iiniriu iimi there seems to be no warrant for Ihef fnHhar Hn.,nttrtn rt th nHIn uthli'h In 1 bound to Italy and Orecce. It la prob lable that protest against (he detention of other vessel by Great Britain will be made later. SEVENTEEN INJURED IN RAILROAD WRECK Blnghampton, Oct. 31-. eVventern ' persons were hurt today. In lhe wreck lof train 5Jo. 32 on the Lackswanns. TURKEY Representatives of Allies Pre paring to Quit Constanti nople, the State Depart ment Is Informed. ! WAR NOT DECLARED AS YET HOWEVER Opinion Expressed That Ger man Commanders of Turk ish Cruisers Acted Independently. Washington, Oct. 31. Word , reached the stute department today that diplomatic' represen tatives of the allies were mak ing preparations to leave Con stantinople. Officials declined to reveal the source of their in formation, but it was under-1 stood that the United States al ready has been asked to take over the affairs of at least one of the legations at the Turkish capital. . . . .- ' London, Oct. 31. No declaration of war has yet been made by either Tur- . key or Russia, and the suggestions is made from various sources that the German commanders of the cruisers Goeben and Breslau may have forced the situation without the authority of the Turkish government, owing to Germany's chagrin at the defeat on the Vistula.. ' , " The corresixindent of the'TJalfv . In Petrograd says that the Ottoman charge d'affaires is still there and pro fesses to have no information regard ing the action of his government. Ho also declares that (the Russian ambas sador at , Constantinople as yet has not been handed his passports by the porte, which only a few days ago as sured the ambassador that Turkey's neutrality was firm. It is assumed, this correspondent concludes, ' that Germany has found some means to force Turkey Into the war. Lute Assurance. The only message from. Constanti nople up to an early hour today was a delayed Reuter telegram sent from Constantinople on Wednesday, before the recent eventualities changed the face of affairs. i v The Reuter message declares tha,t war was farthest from the thoughts of the Turkish government. It says: "The grand vizier has renewed his emphatic assurance to the British am bassador that Turkey will not embark . on a war. He plans to send Hall Bey, president of the chamber of deputies, on a mission to Berlin, Vienna and Bucharest. - The object'of the mission is to obtain a correct view of tho status of affairs in Europe and to con vince .Germany of the necessity that Turkey shall not depart from Its posi tion of neutrality. Hull Bey Is also to confer In Berlin with Ibrahim Hak kl Pasha, a former grand vizier, who has Just arrived in the German cap ital, from London." "l-'orti-il Sultan?' ' The correspondent of the Morning Post, In Petrograd. sends his paper tho following: ' ""The statement published here that .the Buns of the i-ruiser Goeben were turned on the sultan's palace In order I muke hlm '"'' German do n,nn.l la hrnLuhlu linlriin ' mand .Is probably untrue.' "Consternation prevails In Constan tinople and the Turkish ministry Is sitting continuously. The secretnry of the Turkish embassy In Petrograd says that he 'hopes the misunder standing. wiU soon be cleared." Thu head of the Moslems In Russia con demns the -folly of Turkey and de clares that his followers ale loyal to the Russian emperor. Ill"hop Smith Dice. Washington, ' 'Oct. 31. Bishop Charles W. Smith of St. Ixmls, died of heart failure here today al the tr(ct .supreme, court. The bishop had b Htt,noln(f ,h, me(, of ,,.. eY)pe clalmHns of ,n MMhodll)l ,,. 'Ic.opal church in ssslon here. - ""feteteteieientesBieiBiBtBmij ITALY ACTIVE. m. , st Irfndon, Oct. 31. A Stefanl st agency dispatch from Home ssys: t ", ' 'A' ictnKornclal note has been st issued stating that the Island of el Hnnxo was occupied yesterday by st Admiral I'strls of , the Italian l navy, who .disembarked one bal trry and a company of Infantry. I The ownereM, of this MHland l which eonmanils he entrsnc tn H the haibor of Avlona. AllmniH, H has long been a matter of itis et puto between Greece ami All a. nla." t. i
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