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-HH . uAZETTE-NEWS HAS yfl I J. 1 -v f A f fl A f WEATHER FORECAST- FAIR. OLUME XIX ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 17, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS LATEST DEFERT SCORES SITE 74 DEAD, 147 INJURED, OF 1 BRITISH SHELL UNOFFICI AL FIGURES mm TOW! u. zoo. T IS DAZES AUSTRIA KMC c IS, 1 MET. IKS , 0or tone 3 Mteof 5. ,r: es ,6th t , Ml' bef" intion- AM. With Loss of Belgrade the Mis- fortunes of Dual Monar chy Seem to Reach High Tide. . AUSTRIANS BELIEVED SERBS WERE BEATEN Serbs Explain Lack of Ammu nition Caused Them to Make Retrograde Movement. ' Legislative Auditing Commit tee Finds Fault With the Methods of the State Treasurer's Office. MONEY IS DEPOSITED IN TOO MANY BANKS Lack of Business Methods Are Found in Manner of Dis , bursing Experiment Station Funds. London, Deo. 17. With loss of Belgrade by the Austrians, forced to Uacuate close on the heels of oc- vyjatlon, the dual monarchy's disas ters have reached high tide. Aus trian military authorities are dazed 'by the suddenness of the reverse. I The Servians, harried by the In vaders and believed to be beaten, whirled suddenly upon their foes and in tierce fighting the veteran Serbs drove them to the , west and north 'back across the Servian frontier, j Austria holds now only two towns 'in Servian territory, Shabats and jliO&nHza. in the extreme northwestern icorner of the little kingdom. ' Cutting off part of the right wing of the Austrians, which had fled in iio Bosnia, the Montenegrin army has i.on anhuhmtlal nlri tn the Servians. Baok in .their, capital, the Servians uplaln that lack of ammunition mused the retrograde movements which deceived the Austrians into the belief that conquest of the in vadrd kingdom was almost complete. I The ammunition captured from the maJers replenished the Servian sup ,!) and made possible the routing of iperor Francis Joseph's army. I Retirement of the right wing, says Exact Number of Casualties Caused to British Not Yet Obtainable. BRITAIN AROUSED AS NEVER BEFORE limiTm Tn ninn hi IflttNItU IU ritAU FIRST DEGREE MURDER Lowe Daniels Tried for Triple Murder -Crime Recently Committed in Randolph. (By W. T. Boat.) . Raleigh, Dec. . 17. The . legislative auditing committee which has gone through the various books of the state departments, makes recommendations as to future book-keeping that come with something of a startle. The treasurer's office gets kind, but strong criticism. '' Governor Craig has Just received this committee's report on the state treasurer's office. As an Improvement upon the Immemorial method of keep. Ing these books, the committee recom mends that the whole group of state aided Institutions be audited by ex perts annually, that the three depart ments. of state be audited yearly, that the state treasurer ask for Interest on the money kept on deposit by the state and that the Insurance commissioner comply with 'the 1905 law that re quires payment of certain moneys to the treasurer before a certain date. The committee finds a lack of busi ness methods In the disbursement of the funds at the experiment station and an absence of itemized statements In the North Carolina A. & M. collese expenditures. It calls for a change In this system of book-keeping. Hope German Fleet May Return" Arrangements Are Made For The Coast mDe fen se. London, Dec. 17. Crippling of the telegraph and tele phone wires by the German bombardment yesterday of Scar borough, Hartlepool and Whitby, on the east coast of Eng land, together with the British military precautions, have about made impossible, twenty-four hours after the raid, more than approximate estimates of the dead and wounded result ing from the attacks. According to unofficial statements, the total number of dead at Hartlepool was 55 dead and 115 wounded; and at Scarborough the number of dead was 17 and the wounded 30. Both official and unofficial statements place the number of dead at Whitby at two, and two wounded. Of the Hartlepool casualties, seven of the dead and 14 of the wounded were soldiers. The maximum number of wounded is placed at 150, not including slightly wounded civilians who bandaged their own hurts and left town. ? .; Bristling with wrath and resentment at the attack on un fortified towns, the English people are astir as never, before since the-besrinnins: of the war-: Another riill bVS.SaAOer.-: Aim,ri,,n hprdnvartrii rn vjcupu. ha been great Wat of o'm-!lnaiJl floet 13 coiwently expected, and the entire machinery ot tile tho abandonment.-- ueigiaae u w,,.,0 h- . n-U;.,!, ,lpOTi ! P,iL4nT, on, I omiIi. mniii uiiu un aic him i j m ,. n busin B8-like way. The report of this committee gives color to that general i i , .n .Via Knvliiir .nil on,iiiltnti,1tr -eminent has become general and taj thpBe gchoo,8 , Mch t0 any Reports to Federal Reserve Board and Advisory Coun cil Indicate Short Term Money Is Cheap. RESERVES ARE ALSO REPORTED ABUNDANT Special to The Gazette-News. Ashboro, Dec. 17. The celebrated Lowe Daniels case was called for trial yesterday the first thing after dinner. It took till about 4 o'clock to get the Jury. The regular Jury, the entire ven ire of 75 special Jurymen and some 15 or 20 talesmen were passed upon be fore the Jury of 12 men was complete. Solicitor Hayden Clement at once arraigned the prisoner, who pleaded guilty of murder In the first degree. This plea was overruled by the court! who told the prisoner that he could plead guilty, but not as to the degree. His attorneys finally entered a formal plea of not guilty. The state at once began the exam ination of witnesses, about 10 of whom were called. They told substantially the same story to the effect that Dan iels came home on Saturday evening and after feeding and watering his mule came in to his supper and ap peared to be normal In all respects. That evening while all were sitting around the fire he broke loose with his gun and killed three of those pres ent. Lowe Daniels himself denied nothing. His little boy went on the stand and told a straight tale from first to last, neither sparing nor pro tecting his father or anybody else. The defense only offered one witness, who was finally withdrawn without giving an yevidence, because of objection by the solicitor. Both sides' closed be fore dinner and at the reassembling of court this afternoon the judge began his charge to the Jury which was ex haustive' and illuminating. The Jury retired at S'.IB; , In Many Parts of Country, the State Banks Are Ready to Enter New System, It Is Stated. English Fleet Violently Bom bards Coast Town, Accord-, ing to Report of French War Office. ALLIES APPEAR TO MAKE GRADUAL GAINS King Peter Enters Belgrade- Artillery Engagements Still Prevailing at Var- '.j ious Points. m ailvlxable. The withdra.' Wared, wits made without a bat- It I The French and KritlHh offensive iWng pufhi'd with strong forces. The j movement Is particularly energetic1 j in Flanders, the Argonne, the Woevre imi Alsace. J That the allies, who now have a superiority In numbers, as well aa In jirtiHery, have succeeded In making ! firogress and have withstood vigorous irounter attacks delivered by the Germans, appears to be certain. Aiwtrian troops again have crossed 'He CarpRthians and, according to Mr account,, are driving the Rus in left hack toward the river San. Thii Austrian army, assisted by Ger raui reinforcements, has undertaken '! difficult tasks of forcing the nus ui to withdrnw from In front of 'racnw and also of relieving Pne-mvl. manner of opportunity for careless M DEMENCE nrtmartialed by Turks for Spying Greek Minister Has Entered Protest. eastern emergency committees are at work op plans of de fense while in London arrangements are being made for the organization of a guard of men too old to volunteer for the war. Although to the British mind the idea of a raid by the awin rktorsomtning'iOennap fleet on London towns' had been remote, yet verier rect this. j day's reality brought home to thera the possibilities of dan ger such as nothing else could. Arrangements are being made at Deal and Dover to ex pedite the removal of the civilian population in case of anoth er atack, measures primarily to forestall panic and the con- London, re. 17. The Athens cor "Pondent of Reuter- TelegTam ;mI'ny fayi that a Greek naval of "Inched (0 the Greek legation '" Constantinople haa been court "Ualed and sentenced to death by Trklih authorities on the charge i. a i Partlpularly with regard to -,,, p,rtur 0' vessel, from Con- f. . Pro-ted airalnat eecu- n" Urk auhjeot and haa -'""fl that he be turned over to " n-Knuon. ftSER TENNESSEE ARRIVES IN EGYPT ' Zvii American eruieer Ten "lHe'rr. Jrh hM b,n ,n lh Kaat.ru ' it 7e ?n lnc ,h beginning t Am.- r th" PUToae of protect Am.ncan nUrMt arrlv.d her. ,Bfl" Opena. T't:"!-' " Tb .r. , W,h "0 rn.n "'li .J l.h"n ,n attI"hlP Un olt "rneM, 1 h Ur.Ar6KT- Th aclmlr !IrTumJfn,1 nv"latln " f th.t.'10''" ""'oundlna- th. '"t.r u rr"h'"' a"K In ' 01 boai rcovrod. State Treasurer Iacy has deposited money all over the state. He has never admitted the advantage of such j a system. The fact Is, he thinks it lacks advantages He has often said that he carries money In nearly 100 banks. Political enemies declare tion of traffic wuicu migilt impede necessary military bad business 'since it leaves the state movements to meet the attack. Wireless messages conveyed without the advantage of auch balance ii0ry.n ...,. nf tl1H mA ,ln.l ,: ?norninir a wirelpsH a. will yield Interest. 7. V" " . , i..-.,. Money on Haml. iirom uermany iepeaieu ueians oi uie uoiuuaiiiuuut, buicu The auditing committee finds that pp . i Urif ici. nanors vpsterdav. There was noth the state had a balance of 1288.407.32; . " , , i . I A V " . , December 1, 1912, and receiver $5. 307,213.71. making a total of $5,683, 701.03. The disbursements for 1912 were 15.360.660.75 and the balance for December 1, 1913. was $333,040.28. The collections for 1913 were $4,683, 87B.18. That made a total of $5,016. 915.41. The disbursements were $4. 852, 343.1$ and the balance December 1, 1914. was $164,672.23. The smaller balance for the current year and the mmaller revenues are not touched upon In the report. But other matter, are discussed. The state treasurer haa recently explained the balance In th. light of greater de mands made. Not Satisfactory to Committee. "While we apent considerable time and endeavored to check accurately all accounts and vouchers, we feel It our duty to state that our labors have not been entirely satisfactory to us." the report nays. 'The business now handled by the thr. stats departments audited I. such that In, our Judgment expert ac countanta should be employed to audit annually each of said department, aa no legislative committee, under exist ing condition can possibly be secured to perform the task with the thor oughnes. and 'accuracy that Ita Im portance to the stat. demand Audit AU State Institution, "It la further our opinion that every Institution receiving state aid should also be audited by th. earn, expert, and tha detailed result be given th. general assembly and the public. "We find further that tn. runa turn dover by the federal government to tha atat. for the experimental .t tlon work I. pld to the experimental station authorities and ther. are nn vouchers In the treajrurer offlc. show ing how this money I. disbursed or under whose direction and th. author. Ity tha earn, la expended. "W. further find that tha voucher, containing th. .xpendltur.. for th. airlcultural department of th. North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical collea. do not contain Itemlxed .tate mente of th. expenditure thrhy to b. made. W. recommend that all voucher, from th. abov. department, accompany th. Itemlxed atatemenl. showing tha .tpendllurea In detail. Treannrr Should e Internet. "Our Investigation warrant. u In (Continued on Taga 1L), ing to add to the account of the action from German pfficial sources. Steaming at a high rate of speed and barring mishaps, the German fleet engaged in the raid should have reached their advance naval base at midnight, a trip of 15 hours out Thirty hours from home on such a venture is a feat which e en the English papers make no attempt to belittle. In treating of the affair they express the hope that the raid will be at tempted again and again if necessary until the call shall have been paid once too often. The towns attacked, it is reported, have assumed much of their normal aspect except in the bereaved homes and in the hospitals. It is believed that the German vessels were aided in their venture by spies in England. That there was remarkable se crecy in the manner in which the raid was executed is shown by the fact that not a single vessel saw the ships prior to their appearance on the fc-nglum coat. The' nearest parallel to yesterday s feat is tound in the actions of John Paul Jones, the American naval commander, who was known as the "Terror of tho English," who operat ed in 1779. . s PREff LEMLtY MAY BE y Representative Stedman Asks for Special Rule for Con sidering Bill. Total Killed at Hartlepool 8.1. London, Deo. 17. The casualties at Hartlepool, resulting from the Ger man naval raid early yeaierday morn ing, according to an official state ment made here today, total 55 killed and 115 wounded. Unofficial reporta received today place the number of killed at Bear borough at 1$ and th. wounded at 30; and at Whitby, two killed and two Injured. ' nntlh Bombard Turk. Athena, Deo. IT. (Ry Way of London) A Hrltt.h squadron haa bombarded the Turkish troop, con centrated on th. coast of th. Gulf of Karoa, which I. an arm of th. Aeaean aea, north of tha Dardanelle. Detail, of tha bombardment are lack ing. rtomstne Polaoa Amrmg English, Iondfin, Dec 17 One hundred and fifty eerldua caaea'of ptomaln. poison are reported among tha troop. at Illack Heath. Special to The Gazette-News. Washington, Dec. 17. Representa tive Htcdman appeared before the house rules committee yesterday and asked for a special rule for the con sideration of the bill reinstating l-'red H. l-emlcy of Winston-Salem as pay master In the navy. The fifth district congressman believes he will win hlu case. Representative Pou of North Carolina la the most Influential mem ber of the rules committee and will certainly give Major Stedman'a appeal serious consideration. Represenative Qudger'a automobile ran xfoul of a street car as he was leaving the house office building last night and the automobile waa dam aged to the extent of $50, Fortunately no one waa injured. Senator Hlmmons haa appeared be fore the federal reserve board several time. In an effort to have the rate of Interest on loana reduced to less than ( per cent Mr. Simmons contends that If th.' reserve bank, are going to charge 6 per cent for money the southern banker will not be any bettor off than he waa under the old system. rtefore these banks were Inaugurat ed a banker could borrow money in Now York anywhere from 3 to 6 per cent. If the member bank has to pay 8 per cent to the federal reserve bank he cannot loan to the smaller banks without either violating the law, which say. money cannot be loaned at more than per cent, or, he must loan It at a loos. The board ruled yesterday that for loan, not exceeding 30 day. tha rat. of Interest would be only 5 per cent. Th'.a will give relief In a email way. Washington, Dec. 17. Excellent credit conditions In all secUons of the country were reported to the federal reserve board at Its first conference with the federal advisory council, which is composed of representatives of the boards of directors of each of the federal reserve banks. Reserves were reported to be abundant and short term money cheap. The federal advisory council, which I has one member for each federal re serve district, met for the first time and effected a permanent organization. J. P. Morgan is the member of the council representing the federal re serve bank of New York. He attended the meeting. The council devoted considerable time to organization, electing J. B. Forgan, of Chicago, president; Levi L. Rue, of Philadelphia, vice president, and both, together with Mr. Morgan, Daniel G. Wing, of Boston, and W. S. Rowe, of Cincinnati, members of an executive committee. This committee will meet In a few days to consider questions affecting the federal reserve system, and recommendations as to whether Improvements are deemed advisable will be made to the federal reserve board. , ,:, . . The 4MMrof.it hel(l.twoJptWfi' wltU Ihe' tioard, discussing such siibjuuts as time deposits, the use of acceptance and the admission of state banks Into the system. "At the Joint meeting much of the time was spent In an interchange of views on the business conditions throughout the country," the federal reserve board said in a formal state ment. "Each member of the council described the situation in his own dis trict. Credit conditions, were reported exceptionally good, reserves abundant and short term money cheap. "It was stated that In many parts of the country state banks are ready and willing to seek admission to the system under proper conditions in substantial numbers. The meeting de veloped an unusual degree of enthusi asm over the prospect of the federal reserve system, particularly with ref erence to the clearing of checks when properly safeguarded and applied." Paris, Dec. 17. The French official statement concerning the war opera tions is as follows: . "In Belgium the town of Westende ' northeast of Londacitzydt, has been violently bomzarded by the British fleet. The Belgian army has repulsed ' counter attacks at St. George and has occupied the farm on the left bank of the Yser. I "Our troops, who had already gain ed ground In the direction of Alles Czllledeke, has also progressed, but not so p'erceptably, in the direction of Saint Eloy. , . "In the region of Arras, In the re gion of Alsne and in Champagne there have been artillery engagements which have resulted to our advantage at vari ous points. "In the Argonne there Is nothing to report "In the Wovre district we have im pulsed several attacks of the enemy In the forest of Montmare and we have retained the trenches which we cap tured Depftmher 13 . "In Alsace we'have repulsed attacks 10 me west or uarnay. "Servla: King' Peter, accompanied Dy tne crown prmce, entered Reiqrmie at $he ht.-ot,hJirf tttttpa w Tuo1a.v,'.t. December 15. Between the Drina and , the Sazd In Servla there is no Austro Hungarian. Since the beginning of the war it is estimated that the Ser vians have taken 60,000 prisoners. MILITIA OF 1TLEP1L FACED FERE SPLENDIDLY They Manned the Trenches for Coast Defense When the , Germans Arrived, Ttlack Heath Is an open common In the county of Kent five mnce east of St. Paul's Ixindon. Sine. th. war brok. out, It haa been Ued aa a drilling ground tor in. training oi raw troopa, $ I ,of0 numlan Itiaonem. rterlln, Deo. IT. ny Wlrelese to linnrton) The following . statement ha. been given Out by the official pres. bureau of th. Qerman war department: "Th. Austrian general staff reporta that $1,000 ItiiMilan. have been tak.n prisoners In western Uallcla. nmxmntrf Fleet. Hartlepool, Dea. 17. It la reported her. that th flotilla of Itrltleh tor pedo boat dentroyera f eeterday en countered threa German cmtiwrs eight mile, off th. EnelUh eoast, and Contlnu.it on Tag. 11.) MILLION DOLLAR LOSS III PQTTSVILLE. PE1, BIG LINER DAMAGED BY EXPLOSimroF 2 mines Explosives Hurled Together in Storm Part of Railing Torn Away. iNew York. Dec. 17. The big Cun arder Transylvania, in yesterday from Liverpool with 3 6 l pasjengerj, I, ail a narrow escape from destruction. Kar ly on the day of December 4 during a atorm two mines wera hurled to gether and oploded abottt 25 feet from the steamer's bow. Fragments of the metal from the mines shot across the liner's deck tearing away part of the rail. The explosion lifted the bow several feel out of tha water. The Transylvania left Liverpool De cember 6 and about 4 o'clock next morning a terrific explosion ahook the vesneL The paasengera rushed on deck and began to queation the offi cials, who stated that th. noise waa a thunderclap. Th. passengers then saw th. space which had been torn from the rail and on. of them picked up a fragment of a mine. Hartlepool, Eng., Dec. , 17. The first men of Lord Kitchener's new army to come under fire were the local militia sent to man the de fense trenches on the sea front when the German raiders approached. They were shelled by the enomywho had the range with auch accuracy aa to suggest the aid of apiea The militia stood their baptism of fire splendidly. The officer com- ' row escape from death. One of tha ' shells struck the mound behind which the officer waa standing, bury ing him and three men. All four were unhurt. The casualties in the trenchea were seven killed and seven wounded. Relief liana. r-ottavlll., Pa., Dec. 17. Fir. which broke Cut In tn. buslnemi section of this alty this morning dastroyed a whole block, doing dujnage estimated at about $1,000,000. Take Holiday. London, Deo, 17. Tha official pres. bureau and censor office have decided to take a holiday from I p. m., Decem ber 14 to p. m. Chrtatmaa day, dur ing whlrh period no new. will b. pa-sed for trail am las! on, . GENERAL HUGH SCOTT IS ORDERED TO NACO Washington, Deo. 17. Brigadier Oeneral Hugh I Scott chief of ataff of the army, ha. been ordered by tho war department to Naeo. Aria., to use hs personal Influence with tha Mexi can rebel, to cease actlvlt.ee. I3ertkn Results. Wnshlngton, Dec. 17. Myron T. Herrlek, former ambassador to France, took up with President Wil son yeeterday his plan for establishing a clearing house for affording relief in r.nropenn non-comoaiams. lie loin the president of hla experiences In Paris and Mr. Wilson warmly com mended htm. Attack Frohahta. London, Dee. 17. ($:05 p. m.) The Newcastle Evening Chronicle, ac cording to a dispatch reaching London yesterday, saya there wa a probability of a hostile attack on Tynemouth, In Northumberland at the mouth of the Tyne and about twenty-fiv. mllca north of Hartlepool. Madl.on. Wla., Deo, It. With th. certifying ef the election by th. Mat. canvassing board nf Paul O. Hosting il-.mocm.Uo candidate for L'ntted StatcB senator Governor Francisco E. jMcUovern, republican, cnnc.de. Mr. I Hosting, election, aocordlng to a 'statement by A . C. Vmbrelt, attorney jfor Governor McQovern. - Lynch Negro, Hampton. 8. C Deo. 17. Allen Bey. ttimir, a negro aecuaed of having as saulted a young white woman, waa re moved from the county Jail here yes terday by a mob and shot to death. Th. Jsller ws. overpowered. No arrest, have been made. Fleet Fxpertcl. Montevideo, tTrgiiguay, Deo. 17. i la announced that the Hrltl-h r which recently defeated the Orn WnrsUlpa off the Falkland Island afrtve here S-Uur1ay. German t vlvors will not b. landed.
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