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- THE OAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ASSOCIAT ED PRESS SERVICE IN THE tl tl CAROLINA3 it it WEATHEB FORECAST. FAIR AND WARMER. VOLUME XIX. NO. 247. ASHEVILLE, N. 0, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 25, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS f GERMAN N A VAL fflSPDM IN nvaders Bring up More Heavy Guns in Another Grim Ef fort to Crush Their Way to Coast. SITUATION IN EAST IS A LITTLE OBSCURE Danger of Undersea Raid Ap. parently Removed by the Smashing of Submarines at Zeebrugge. Unofficial communications of he warring European nations r-dieated that fighting was pro ceeding with great intensity in pelgium and northwestern France as well as in Russian 'oland. Military activity in the west h centered on the line from the Belgium town of Ypres, across l. 1 1 l- T ' . iiu; uuiuer 10 ija isassoe in France. ; It is said that the bat h w blazing forth with all the mry and desperation of the jormer German attacks. The crmans have brought up rein- preenients and new heavv uns and it is expected in Lon- on that the next few days rill be marked bv some of the host deadly encounters of the Scar. London, Nov. 25. The de traction of Germany's rudi mentary naval base, Zeebrugge. by shell lire from British and French warships, together with Germany's grim preparations or her renewed attempts to rush a way'throup'- the allied ine to the French coast, were the most significant features in the news coming to hand today from the western arena of the jivar. In the east the situation as regards the Russian and Ger man armies in Poland remains a little obscure. The Germans, on the one hand are not deny ing that the advance of Gener itl Von Hindenburg has been shecked; while the Russian var office, on the other hand. although not issuing an extend f d statement, claims a decis ive victory ( With the smashing of the Fiibinarinos which the Germans tuid been so laboriously assem bling at Zeebrugge, the allied loot has been removed from Hiat point on the coast. It is iiow felt thero is little danger ff an undersea mid, and as ad ditional news dispatches are received from the other side f the channel it is apparent J hat the damage inflicted by i lie firo of tho warships at Zee brugge was far more extensive tlinn was at first supposed. I Some reports received in I-ondon sot forth that the Ger mans already have started an other attack upon the allied front in Flanders, which will be moro intenso and formidable 'ban any hitherto undertaken, ft is apparent that the Germans ave been carefully preparing RUDIMENT ARY BASE DES TROYED for this move for some days past. The aituatlon preludes the possibili ty of a secret attack, and it Is said that the invaders have gone ahead with their plans quite openly, keep ins secret only the point where they purposed to center their offensive movements. It is the opinion of mili tary observers that the next onslaught will be particularly menacing because the Germans, profiting by the mis takes previously made will keep far enough away from the coast to avoid the naval guns and will not waste their energy by advancing at several points at tho same time but will con centrate all their efforts on one spot where they hope to break through by sheer weight of numbers. Having shattered the Prussian Riinrd, however, whon Jt essayed the feat, the allies say they have every reason to face the present situation with confidence. mcGrna Official Report. Berlin, Nov. 26. (By wireless to London, 3:12 p. m.) In the official communication issued by the German general staff today the Germans claim to have made progress at Arras, France, to have repulsed all the Rus sian attacks in Russian Poland. The text of the statement follows: "Yesterday the enemy's ships did not repeat their expedition against the coast (of Northern France). "Tho situation in the western war theater remains unchanged. We made some slight progress at Arras. "In East Prussia our troops repulsed all the Russian attacks. "In the counter-offensive of tho Russians from the direction of Lowlcss, Stroykow and Brzeziny, they failed. "In the district of Czenstoehowa Rll the Russian attempts also broke down before our front." , French Ofllcial Report. Paris, Nov. 25. The olliclal state ment given out by the French war oflice this afternoon says: "From the North tsea to Ypres there have been no infantry attacks. Be tween Langemarek and Zonnebecke we have gained territory. In the vi cinity of La Bassoe the Indian troops recaptured, from the enemy certain trnohes1 which.- had been .taken--from mem tne evening nerore. f rom La Bassee to Soissons there has been al most complete calm. "We have made slight progress near Berry-Au-Bac and in the Argonne. "At Bethincourt, northwest of Ver dun, a German attack has been re pulsed. A suspension of hostilities re quested by the enemy has been, re fused. "In the region of Pont-A-Mousson our artillery found It possible to bom bard Arnnvlllc. "Nothing has happened In the Vos- ges." THREE CITIZENS Of U. S. EPUTED III AUSTRIA SAYS LETTED OF PRIEST Oakland, Cal., Nov. 2B. Three American citizens have been executed by Austrian olllclals at Cattaro, Dal matiu, according to a letter received hero from L. Magud, a priest. One of the victims was the 14-year old son of Mllo. 8. Medln of Oakland. The executions took place In the public square of Cattaro. The Medln boy went to Dalmatla two years ago to visit his grandmother. The other executed were Louis Voco tlch and John Rugenovlch, who, Medln asserts, were naturalized American citizens and residents of 8a n Fran cisco. The priest declares he witnessed the execution of a large number of other prisoners suspected of being enemies of Austria. Jle says he personally knew the three he mentions and con versed with them in Kngllsh. Mr. Medln said he had brought the execution of his son to the attention of Secretary Bryan and had been as sured a rigid Investigation would be made. ARGUMENTS BEGUN IN "LAND FRAUD" CASE Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 25. Attor neys for the government and the de fense today began their arguments to th Jury In the trial of E. C. Chambers, president, and four agents of the Chnmbrrs Land Co. A verdict was ex pected late today. Th defendants w )re charged with the use of the malls to defraud and promote a conspiracy In the sale 'of Florida lands. In addi tion to Mr. Chambers they ware the Rev, A. E. O am mage, Kansas City; F. W. Harper, Fort Lsuderdals, Fla.; E. U Russell, Miami, Fla., and Charles IL Hubbard, I'lttsbsurgh, Kansas. nigh lUUe Suspended. Washington, Nov, IS. -A higher ratine made In ths freight classifica tion of railways In the south on ad dress plates, culverts, and Iron or steel tanks, resulting In a material advance ill the freight charges, was suspended today by the Interstate commerce commission until June 4 pending an Inquiry. BAFF'S MURDER REAL MYSTERY Assassination of Poultry Man Has So Many Ramifications It Takes on Aspect of Chinese Puzzle. CULMINATION OF GREAT CONSPIRACY, POLICE SAY Had Four Sets of Active Ene mies, Detectives' Theory He Made War Against "Poultry Trust." New York, Nov. 25. The assassina tion of Barnett Baft, characterized by Coroner Felnberg as the culmination of the greatest conspiracy since the murder of Herman Rosenthal, placed a real murder mystery in central of lice today for solution. Clues pointed many ways. The authorities declared that the mystery had so many ram ifications that it ook on the aspects' of a Chinese puzzle. The victim, a well to do independ ent poultry dealer, was lured to his death by a decoy message given him at fl o'clock lost night, by a young man who entered his place of busi ness in Washington market. Two shots, fired in the street, killed him. Two men darted away to an automo- ble, waiting nearby, and made off. The car had not been located, nor the men Identified this forenoon... CGoijig over Baft past' - lite In I'm quest for clues, detectives leorned that he had been threatened many times with violent death since he had testified for the state In a trial that sent numbers of New York city's poultry trust to prison several years ago. In the relentless campaign waged by his enemies, fires had been lighted, bombs exploded, his horses poisoned, his son attacked and his chain of stores robbed. One of his neighbors was killed by a gunman, in mistake, It was believed, for Baff. Baff him self had been scarred for life by an assault made on him by a thug arm ed with a bottle. The police worked on the theory that Baff had four sets of active ene mies. One o fthese consisted of those he made while warring against the poultry trust; another of members of the gang that robbed his Harlem market, five of whom were sent to Sing Sing; a thlr grew out of his dif ferences with certain wholesale deal ers, who charged Baff had tricked them by selling poultry at wholesale and then underselling to retailers. A fourth was of more recent origin. Not long ago a numbpr of fowls shipped to New York for other deal ers were seized and condemned be cause It was charged that their crops had been filled with gravel to Bddlln the email room la oppressive. to their weight. As a result of this a number of Bien were thrown out of work. They are said to have blamed Baff. BT II Refugee Ship Did Not Kit!notnln- nothing. Mine, Says British Ad miralty Statement. London, Nov. 25. The , French steamer Amlral Ganteaume, , which way from Calais to Havre with a great throng of refugees aboard, was th victim of a German torpedo, accord lng to an admiralty statement. An examination. It Is stated, revealed a fragment of the torpedo In a life i . fftk......W ultt, 1 AAA uuat. -.. ..... """ - gees, many or whom were women ana children only 40 lives were lost, the others being rescued. n nn v AC. llvx wr Inat. Ih With the foregoing announcement, the admiralty furnished a picture of the torpedo fragment, adding that "this proves conclusively that the ves sel was torpedoed by a German sub marine." It was previously thought that the Amlral Ganteaume had hit a mine, Most of th. person, aboard th. steam - er were saved by the channel steamer n. Queen. Duke Wounded. Amsterdam, Nov. 16. (Via Lon don) Oerman newspaper, have re ceived a telegram from Milan saylnr that the Russian Grand Duke Diml trl, son of Grand Duk. Paul Alexan drovltch, uncle of Emperor Nloholaa, was severely wounded In an engage ment on th. river Warta. DEADLY, ATTACK BY E Letter of German Navy Man Tells of a Successful Ef fort to Destroy Brit ish Battleship. BEGINS WITH MAKING PREPARATION FOR RUN One Torpedo Is Fired Jerky Motion of Submerged Craft Indicates That it Found It's Target. The Hague, Nov. 11. (Correspond ence of tbo Associated' Press) A let ter telling of an attack by the Ger man submarine U-26, upon a British warship, the name of which Is not given. Is published in the Zeit, It be gins with preparations for the expe dition, "two hours before midnight," in order to make a strike at dawn. The letter, said to have been writ ten by a member of the crew of the attacking boat, then adds: "A short sharp signal to the engine room, the sudden whirr as the motor catches, and the U-26 is under way. We move in a westerly direction. We are going towards the enemy. The heavens are covered with clouds. A few feet away from the Doat notning is noticeable at all. The wind is from aside and the bridge is entirely flooded with water. No noise Is heard but the heavy droning sound of the motor and swish of the water passing along our sides. SlRht of Heavy Bulk. "The earliest signs, of dawn appear when riddeny"ln the' near distance there la the sight -of a, !heavy bulk, swinging high above us upon the wa ter. We pass through the long rail of foam which a hostile torpedo de stroyer has just left behind, speeding towards the east. We have managed to find our way through the first line of the enemy's advance guard. From now on we must be verp careful. "A signal Is heard and men appear upon deck. The boat Is prepared for action. The flagpole is taken down. Part of the bridge is folded together and wel fastened. The periscope is brought up to the proper height. Then the entrance through the combined bridge and conning tower is hermet ically closed. The tanks are opened and the lnrushing water tells us that the boat is about submerged. The gasoline motors stop their endless song. Electricity will drive us from now until we shall reappear on the water. Heat Oppressive. "A young lieutenant Is posted at the periscope and .looks for the ene my. The sailors take their positions near the tonedoes. The Interior of the boat Is lighted' with two small elec tric bulbs. They make the darkness visible but give no light. Everywnere i there Is a stae smell of oil. The heat "From time to time the officer In 1 command of the three torpedoes looks thll, Beaaldo ,u aonera, ckrrasiza , h J, k fc r V COmPRf"' ""'l1 1 will direct his campaign against Gen of which he carries around his wrist eral villa. iiibniiiy inn iiirn mi wHiun ine mtKJi board on tho wall In front of them. i. ., ,7 i "i surface makes Itself felt In the depth Every motion of the water causes the boat to rock up and down, up and down, and up and down. "We think of the advantage of the man on board a warship. If his time W- J - I At- . . i il Vw . I,. J look at n sun and bin kv. We hear "We All Jump." "Suddenly we all Jump up and for-' with General Agullar and at that tlmo ret heat and bad air and dlscom-' the general assured Mr. Canada that fort. In small lighted letters the sign- ; he would co-operate In the malnten board says 'attention.' The officer In 'ance of friendly relations between the command holds ths lever which will I Mexican people and the United (Mates release the first torpedo. The sailors government by seeing to It that Amer muke ready to launch th second one .leans were given full protection. ' ,on " flr "na" hv? one' A few seconds pas. We must be very near the enemy. Suddenly the first . 7. a second later Ian dthe red-glowing letters say 'fire.' With a single Jerk the lever releases the torpedo. With a short metallic i.u.i. .W I . .U. l., , .... "' " -" second torpedo Is at one pushed Into cation between the capital and Vera the tube. A few seconds later and the Crus and to the northward of Mon Interlor of the submarine looks as terey and Saltlllo. before the attack began. I On behalf of provisional President Attaxik Kuomnful. Outlerres and the Affuas Callentes n..i .h. i),. fw .i tm she reach her goalT Instinctively we all have kept count--100 metres, 100 metres, 100480. Under water no i sound penetraU W. only hear th. noise of our .nglne W. wait Noth- In. h.io.na Thea suddenW w. r lng happens. Thea suddenly we are all thrown together by the Jerky mo tion of th. boat Twice er three times we feel we have chanced our course abruptly. Than the Mat reels as before. The regular purring of th. engines Is heard. Our submarine la rapidly mov ing eastward. "We ar. on our way home. The at tack baa been successful." 111 MEM - - Mob Breaks In'.tf Ammunition Stores, Seem & Arms and Creates HavocDisarm ed Police Powerless. CIVILIANS AND FORMER SOLDIERS TO OPPOSE Reports of Unrestrained Disor der Indicates Constitution alist Troops Have Gone to Meet the Enemy. Mexico City, Nov. 24. Serious dir order occurred in the capital tonight when a mob gathered in front of the national palace. Later they marched to stores where arms and ammunition were kept, battered down the doors and sacked the places of their contents. There was much shooting but thus far, according to reports, the casual ties are few. The police were powerless as the few who remained to guard the city were stripped of their arms by the mob. Later In the evening the mob, which had been constantly growing, broke up into smaller bodies, and the loot ing of pawnshops and other establish ments in various sections of the city was begun. The trouble began at 6 o'clock in the evening and at a late hour still continued. All street car traffic was stopped except the Red Cross service, which was taking care of dead and wounded brought in from the fighting around Tacubaya. At 8 o'clock bodies of civilians and former federal soldiers were formed. They paraded the principal Btreets ami -marched .to police "tteaotrirarteW and the Brazilian legation, where they were armed. H was hoped that this force event ually would be able to control the situation. The reports of unrestrained rioting in the Mexican capital Indicate that all of the organized constitutionalist forces have left the city either to meet the forces of General Villa, com ing from the north, or those of Gen eral Zapata, which have been threat ening the capital from the south. The mention of fighting at Tacu baya, which Is only five miles south west of Mexico City, would make It appear that the Zapata forces are vir tually at the doors of the capital. General Blanco and a force of sev eral thousand men composed the last organized force that late reports said remained in Mexico City, all other armed forces having left last week. With them went all the national, fed eral, district and federal officials. It seems likely, Judging from the report of the rioting, that General Blanco left with his troops to. take part In the fighting either to the north or the south. Carranza Expected. Vera Cruz, Nov. 25. General Ven ustlano Carranza is expected to ar- General Candldo Agullar, who took over Vera Crus when the American forces withdrew on Monday, has in creased his garrison to perhaps 8,000 men, who are occupying virtually the same line of outposts as did the (Americana The cable lines to Mixlco .City were restored yesterday after noon. There has been no disorder of any ' ... i- --ia. uated. W. W. Canada, the American consul general, yesterday conferred Washington. Nov. 25. Mexico City was behind the veil again today so far as official dispatches on the sit- ' uatlon there were concerned. The last advices from American Consul 81111- man, filed there Monday afternoon, .U1 1.1. I 1 ... j . . . . . - convention recently. Enrique C. Llor- '"u- today expressed satisfaction at 1 1 ID niMIWHUUII II , ' II... 1,11, Llorente designated as the Washing ?d J,... '!. Tt the ireon. m , "i1,! dnu f h. af.T w" splendid example of the altru- ton representative of the convention. Ism of ths United States. Aggie on Way. Raleigh. N. C, Nov. 15. The fool- 1 hall mnumA of the North Carolina Ar rlcutural and Mechanical college left her. late last night for Elisabeth City, I "One Important function of th. re N. C, on their way to Norfolk for 'serve banks at the outset" he said, the Thanksgiving day football game "should be to standardise the develop with Washington and Lee. ment of this practice and to put ZAPATA FORCES IK MEED CITY Rebel Leader Takes Possession of the Capital Following Departure of Blanco and His Men. BLANCO HAD PROMISED HE WOULD NOT LEAVE Joint Occupation of Villa and Zapata Forces Is Likely . Villa Troops Not I Far Away. esi S Washington, Nov. 25. General H t Blanco left Mexico City at 8 a, H S m., yesterday and the forces of H ! Zapata took possession of the . H city. . H , w hm ., Blanco, after assurances to the di plomatic corps that he would not evacuate the city, wlt'.idrew and Im mediately the Zapata forces began their entry. These facts were reported today in official telegrams received by thejjtate department. Although communication with Mex ico City is difficult officials here were able to get in touch with their repre sentatives In the capital and no dis turbances have been officially report ed. Blanco took away with him all rolling stock that could be used In transporting troops. Most of the wires connecting the capital with the out- sldo world have been cut. General Villa's troops are reported a few miles north of Mexico City and officials here thhk a Joliit occupation of the capital with the Zapata forces Is likely, as there Is said to be a com plete understanding between the two factions. The forces of Villa, according to official telegrams, are closing in on Tamplco from San Luis Potnsl and already have reached the oil fields In the vicinity of Tamplco. Tho Villa ad vance guard has given assurances that the foreign oil Interests will be pro tected. Recent reports from state depart ment agents who have been In touch with Zapata led oHtclnls here to be lieve the Southern chief would main tain order In tho city. T Must Suspend Judgment and Be Generous Toward the Reserve Board. New York, Nov. 25. Judgment must be suspended and a generous at titude must be observed both toward the federal reserve board and the measures adopted by It If the new monetary system of the United States Is to be a success. In the opinion of Benjamin Htrong, Jr., governor of the federal reserve bank of New York city. Mr, Strong voiced his opinion ot a so-called prosperity luncheon given by tho Merchants association. "I should warn you that tho reserve banks cannot make prosperity," Mr. Strong said. "As they gradually as sume their functions they will cer tainly aid in the recovery of business from the shock of war and, I hope, will reap their share of the reward. The defects of the old system may have been corrected by the new sys tem; but we must be sure that other defects have not crept undetected Into the act from which unsound tenden cies may develop, thereby defeating the purpoee of congress and creating other witnesses which It would require further legislation to correct "The spirit of co-operation exhib ited by banks of this (llstrlnt gives striking evidence ot their Intention to permit no opposition to develop which may Interfere with a thorough test of the plan. This Insures Its success. The co-operation of the national banks has been amply assured, fllmllar co operation by state Institutions Is of almost equal Importance and that of the business men of the country Is essential." Mr. Htrong advocated a gradual In troduction of the accepted bill fur merchandise to replace the better known note of hand. If such bills could be substituted for notes, he said, a class of paper would be created which would command a premium In 1 the money markets of the country. IS WITH 1 IE FEARED FIRES REACHES TOWN Wires Fail Just After Message That Forest Flames Were Near Town of Woods, Oklahoma. SMALL RIVER ONLY POSSIBLE PROTECTION Forces of Men Sent Out to Cutr Down Timber in Effort to Stop On-rush of the Flames. Muskogee, Okla., Nov. 25. News"" was anxiously awaited here today front:, the town of Woods, in the fire swept district of southeastern Oklahoma After a message was reoelved at mid night from the telegraph operator of the pipe line company at Woods, say ing a change In the wind had driven, the flames from burning forests to ward the town, the wires failed andi further information was unobtainable. The telegraph system of the pipe line company is the only means of com munication with the Kiamichi moun tain region, where the fires have been burning for three days. When the last word came from Woods, the fires were within four miles of the town, sweeping down the heavily wooded mountain side. . The Kiamichi river, a stream only 30 feet wide, offered the only posslbla protection. The employes of the pipe line company were organized hastily and set out to cut down timber in tho path of the flames. A hundred yards from the river were tanks containing 85,000 barrels. Near the tanks stood the $400,000 plant of the company and around it wero grouped, the buildings-, of ttt town. Little Rock Relieved. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 25. Fires which have -been burning on Uiree sides of Little Hock at a dlstai)e of from two to ten miles ot tne city, subsided In intensity today and ap prehension, which first was felt yes terday, has been allayed. Lumber and timber men this morn ing declared that while no accurate estimate could be made, It was gen erally admitted that millions of dol lars worth of timber had been de stroyed in the fires. Mount Ida reports the burning of a country house near there. As wires In that vicinity are down, it was impossi ble to learn whether any lives had been lost in the blazu. Railroad com panies are doubling their line patrols along rights of way to prevent fire consuming their bridges. Texarkana reported the only rain which so far has fallen. U. S. CITIZEN THREATENED ' WITH DEATH IN MEXICO Washington, Nov. 25. The state department has called for a report from Consul Hostulter at Hermoslllo, Mexico, on private advices that T. W. Carraway of Memphis Is threatened with execution there. Carraway with J. C. Wilson and J. R. Mclnerywui i urrested more than a month ag charged with complicity In dynamlt iiu; bridges In Kunora. When th. Americans were arrested the atuts department took the matter up with General Villa. The authorities at Hermoslllo were Instructed by Villa to rolease tho Americans if they were innocent of the charges, which wee the report made by the American consul at Nogalcs, who Investigated the case. Memphis, Tenn.. Nov, 15. T. W. Carraway, reported to be threatened with execution as Hermoslllo, Mexico, is a resident of this city anil an eiec trllan by trade. Relatives here whu have asked the Intervention of th. Washington government through Rep preeentutlve McKellar, clnlin that his with two companions, was kidnaped from Nogalcs, Arts., by Mexican con stitutionalists. Upon this fact. It Is aid, will b. based the request for delay. No I'ost-Season Game. Knoxvllle, Tenn., Nov. 15. The Tennessee football eleven will not meet the, Auburn team In a poet-sra-aon game this year, according to Ir. Rrown Ayres, president of the Uni versity of Tennessee. Tennessee was approached on the subject l ;' Auburn yesterday but the Tennessee authori ties adhered to their stand taken esrly last week, that of being oppos ed to poat-eason football. premium upon that Mil which eon forms to sound business principle. Our vast domestic trade should not be disorganised or hampered by a sudden and radical departure from method now satisfactory to merchants nod ap proved by many bankera." !
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