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THE GAZETTE-NEWS the Associated Pre Service. WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR TONIGHT. i Every Respect Complete. in Durean Circulations. jTTMEXX. NO. 187. ASHEVILLE N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 18, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS 00 TnlD 5oU VILNA IS NOW ALMOST ENCIRCLED BY GERMANS Ty Cohb Has Recovered Grand Old Batting Eye ty Is Virtually Invested on Three Sides Fall Means Loss of More Railway Communications. Russian successes IN SOUTH CONTINUED eports Multiply That Teutons Intend to Initiate New Of fensive Campaign In the South. London, Sept. 18. The Bus Man city of Vilna is now vir- ually invested on tnree siaes, lie troops of Field Marshal von iri-0nsfn havine reached a uHH&v. V -. Joint near Vileika, 37 miles louttiwest of the city. The fall M Vilna would place in Ger man hands a considerable sec tion of the railway to Petro- 'grad, a portion of which, be tween Dvmsk ana v una, ine i 1 J. l.ll liivaciers utreuuy uum. On the southern end of the front the Russians continue to have success, their latest achievement' being the capture of 1300 prisoners on the Stripa river. Little activity is reported from the center of the front, where a readjustment is expect ed to follow Held Marshal von Mack onsen's capture of Pinsk. Reports that the Austrians and Germans have decided to initiate a new offensive cam paign multiply, but there is lit tle concrete evidence concern ing its direction. Cabling from J Rotterdam, several correspond ents assert they have reason to believe that the central powers have decided to strike a heavy How and that there is already cnder way preliminary military movements for such a cam paign. The objective of the ex pected attack is generally be lieved to be either Italy or Serbia. Apparently there has not been any great concentra tion of troops along the Dan ube or the Save Rivers. Con siderable activity has been dis played along that front re cently. The Austrian attempt' to cross the river was checked, and according to official reports from Nish, the Serbian artil lery destroyed the fortified orks on the banks of the river. It is Wt here that the Bal kan problem has reached a crit ical stage. The Turko-Buljrar- lan agreement, coupled with the Announcement of the Bulgarian premier that public opinion on Posed to any attack on Turkev. seems to settle ,tho attitude of ""'Kuna, at least as long as the Dardanelles are closed to the entente belligerents. , ihpro will probably be no "rther developments on the u"jpct of conscription in Ens- until parliament meets Ki week. f.f n1on, Rppt,,l.neutor'i Pardan- uusi i M',nt unC,ir dat- of of th. ' "P01" ht th positions ... cnbatant had hn virtn.iiv lj, n,ea "nee the fighting of July ntr P,"1,,0'.M "yt th. correspond. lor i'''n "once what It hu been Peti Ih, th flhtln in the early Prn, .u Ku"1 b,nf ornr Intended to NlnfnA Turk trrm ending baek had inTnnMt to PP0 allies MlVd VT"r1"' hugh .till well rap ,,. : h ammunition, liave none to tll "ow they are threatened Iff ,nt n'1 th,t ,h mak liuw. Pndlture of ammu- 0n th B"vU front by firing vlr . non tt the Acbi-Bab front" Chicago, Sept 18. Tjtub Cobb has recovered hla batting eye, according to averages published today. Although he is far from the .400 mark, the Detroit slugger added seven points to his average of last week. He still leads the league by 67 points with an average of.. 377. Speaker of Boston is runner-up in the American league with an average of .820. and Jackson of Chicago is next with .319. Cobb is Only three points shy of a tie with the American league record for stolen bases which was made by Milan of Washington in 1912. The rec ord is 88 bases and Cobb Is leading tho league with 85, including Wednes day's games. Cobb also Uads in runs scored with 133 and in number of hits made, 189. Detroit also claims another head liner in Sam Crawford, who leads the league in total bases with .253. He has . made 19 triples and four home runs. Burns, another Tiger, has tied Oldrlng of Philadelphia for the home run record, each having five. Detroit leads In club batti,ng with an average of .268. Boston is sec ond with .204 and Chicago with .259 is third. Foster or Boston, wttn 18 games won and six lost,: leads American league pitchers. BOARD OF III W RAISES 130,000 OTHER COUNTIES BANKERS AGAIN In Successful Campaign Ashe ville Civic Organization Is Provided With Funds For American League Records. Larry Doyle, captain of the Giants, continues at the head of the National league batters with 162 for an average of .319. Other leaders of the National league are Luderus of Philadelphia .316; Snyder of St. Louis .314 and Dau bert of Brooklyn .311. Cavah leads in total runs scored with 79 and in total bases with 234." He also leads in the number of cricuit drives with twenty-two. Carey of Pittsburgh leads In stolen bases with 36. St. Louis is first in club batting with an average of .299 and Cinncinnatl is next with .257. Toney of Cinncinnatl with 13 wins and four defeatsjeads the National league pitchers. Mamaux of Pitts burgh, who had led the league for several weeks, has dropped to third place. Federal League Records. Kauk of Brooklyn, with an average of .350 leads Federal league batters. Next Three, ars. FORM-1 la RECORD aED by workers At Enthusiastic Meeting Last Night Advertising Club Is Formed Final Reports v Speeches Heard. : F I5KINGRELIEF Burke, Catawba and Guilford Importune Corporation Com mission to Lower Increas ed Tax Assessment. SHELLS ARE ORDERED FOR NAVAL RESERVES Accomplishing in short working during four days what It required six days to do three years ago . the soldiers of Ashevllle's municipal army Governor Craig Sends Requisi tion to Texas for Lee Wood all Wanted in Cleveland For Embezzlement. MEETfflETLT Proposal to Loan Entente Pow ers Half of Amount Desired Not Altogether Accept able to Commission. AGAIN DISCUSS MEXICO'S CASE AMERICANS MAY AGREE TO FURNISH $750,000,000 Pan-American Conferees Con sider Information Relating to Military Supremacy in Republic. Question of What Products Credit Should Cover Is Much Discussed Opinions Differ. Brooklyn leads In club batting with yesterday afternoon counted the spoils .271, and Pittsburgh is second with of war and found that the board of .263. Kauff leads In stolen bases with 47. Maeree with 85 leads in the number of runs scored, and Chase of Buffalo land 1918. At luncheon yesterday at trade is now assured of over $30,000 to carry on its activities between now leads in total bases with 252 and in home runs with 17. ' McConnen of Chicago, with 22 vic torious and nine defeats, leads Feder al league pitchers. FORMA L TRANSFER OF THE WATERSHED WftGON Expected Deed For Bee Tree Property Will Be Finished Next Week. The city commissioners will form ally take over the Bee Tree water shed early next week, it being an nouced today that the deed to the land will be finished "by that time. During the past few weeks several lawyers have been engaged in draw ing up the deed, which Is a very voluminous affair and President A. M. Kistler of Morganton, of the Bee Tree Lumber company will arrive here next Monday to settle the matter. The city of Ashevllle paid 130,000 for the Bee Tree watershed, which comprises about 5,600 acres of land and in order to pay for it bonds in the sum of $50,000 were Issued and sold, It being the plan of the city commis sioners to make several i'provements in the watershed and place the entire watershed in good condition. Just as soon as the formal transfer of the property is made next week, Commissioner D. Hlclen Ramsey and James G. Stlkelcather will visit the property and suggest what improve ments ought to be made, it is plan ned in this way to make a thorough inspection of the land and report back to the city commissioners, so that the city board can keep in touch and know Just what constitutes the watershed. TWO MURDER GASES QN DETECTIVES SEIZE LIQUOR Booker Maxwell Arrested and Jake Murray Escaped 15 Gallons Taken. the Langren , hotel the captains re ported the sum of $9,946.41 as secured during the previous three days and to this amount $406.25 was added during the afternoon. An interesting feature of the mass meeting last night was the presence of David F. Weaver, formerly of Wash ington, D. C, whom President Jones Introduced as "Ashevllle's newest citi zen." Before coming here Mr. Weaver was made familiar with the city through Asheville literature sent out by the board of trade and after visit' ing the chief city of the western Caro lina mountains he decided to buy a home here for Mrs. Jones, a son and daughter and himself. He Is now an enthusiastic member of the civic or ganization. .Mass Sleeting, . ""At an " enthusiastic all-members' meeting held last night at the Mer. chants' association of the board of trade presided over by President Robert S. Jones reports were made What is believed by members of Bhowing a total of $10,352.66 raised the plain clothes sauad of the local among the patriotic citizens of Ashe n .v, i,Jville during the campaign which ... . closed yesterday afternoon. consignment or uquor, Drougni irom ... nrn mftp. thn 800 Bristol to a point near Ashevllle, was members at $12.50 each, representing seized this morning about 10 o'clock428 firms and Individuals, and therej near Grace and Booker Maxwell, col-1 ore still 200 members who have not renewea xneir meinoprniup. i T'nllnwln a short talk by A. W. rested. Jake Murray, who wa also lVv aan exniiiniitorv of the policy riding on the wagon when It was first land ideals of the advertising club spotted by the plain clothes men sue-'this new department of the board was ceeded in making his escape. ?ra"'e ZlZZ lllt'tZ K . Z , Ident and N. Buckncr secretary. Sev- According to the officers three kegs, j pixtepn men ggked t0 be eniisted as each containing five gallons of liquor i members. The motto of the club is were seized and brought to the head- "Truth." and it Is believed that the quarters. Maxwell is locked up at the; club will be of great value to the city Jail, pending a further lnvestiga-: business men of the city. Hon in the matter. Paul Henry of Pittsburgh, a former The officers believe that there is a' Ashevllle resident, told of some in well nlanned movement to brinsc :teresting experiences in different sec- whiskey here from Bristol by hauling tlons of the country where h has it through the country and then stor- found literature from Ashevllle in the Inv (hu llmirti1 at Bnm. nnlnt npni hnnrla nf mnnv neODle Asheville, it to be transferred later to' W. R. Patterson confessea mat at article snarpiy joining issues thi .itv Th keirs seizori thin mnrn.'the outset of the campaign he had Plummer Ptewnrt of Mecklenburg's in show that thev havo been hurled ' i.een dlscourasred but that after the , school board. The inspection is yet (By W, T. Bost) Raleigh, Sept. 18. Three more pro testing countries have cornered the corporation commission on that as sessment of two weeks ago an dasked merciful . deliverance , from paying taxes upon a valuation which the Sea board Air Line purposes to show is about two-fifths of what It should be. Burke, Catawba and Guilford were the smitten and hunted creatures and they want help in a hurry. Burke and Guilford each must pay 10 per cent on their past assessments and Catawba is hefted to 15. These with Randolph and Robeson Thursday are doing officially that which traveling men have been telling your corre spondent the people at home have been prophesying would be done. The papers have been strongly with the commission, no protests having come through them, It seems. Yester day the editorial comment of Char lotte papers on the Mecklenburg In crease was impatiently waited. But when those papers came little objec tion was registered. Charlotte began to grow history at once and immedi ately sprouted an epoch. The county otMecklenburg had been honestly taxen, taxed out of all' proportion to other counties, Thus far the two democratic coun ties which have received the highest Increase, Scotland and Alleghany, have not chirped. Speaker Bowie who was down here a few days ago did not speak for his neighbor but said his own county, Ashe, had no remarks to make. The fact that Ashe will make a tender of Bowie as the next speaker has nothing to do with its complacen cy in the presence of a tax boom. But the commission not being worse kicked than it expected to be. And those democrats who are reprobating Its handling of the situation attribute no wrong to the commission's work. They do get back at Chairman Travis for helping to beat the taxation amendment and wou'ld love to see him "tip against it for fair" beeauso they do not like the existing system and lost their pet last year. Four of the ten whole-time health officers of the state met with the state board of health yesterday discussing chiefly medical Inspection in the schools. The last bulletin of the state board of health had a contributed editorial RECOGNITION OF SOME FACTION FUTURE PLAN Leader Who Demonstrates Ability to Give Stable Gov ernment Eventually to . Receive Support. " IJew York, Sept. New York, Sept. 18. The two par ties to the negotiations looking to the Lansing and the Pan-American creauon or me mammoth credit loan to Great Britain and France met' secretly again today in an effort to i adjust their differences on this ques tion. "Shall the big credit loan billion ui uiiiti nine uiuiiua luuuii . . . . - . to pay for munitions of war as well,lalest otnc,al wronnation relating to 18. Secretary con ferees met again today to continue their efforts to , solve the Mexican problem, The conference took place at the Biltmore hotel. The diplomats had before them the as wheat, cotton and other commo-1 tn! military supremacy of the con- dities, or shall a separate and distinct tending factions in Mexico. The ac-, method be adopted to settle the bills ; cePtfiu Policy of the conference Is that for rifles, shrapnel, war automobiles, I eventually the party demonstrates its aeroplanes and other items which superior strength , and ability to en come under the meanine of the worcl!lorce a stable government shall ro under earth and straw, perhaps for several days. Maxwell tpld the officers that he was engaged by Murray to drive with first day he saw that the movement would be a great success. President L. B. Rogers of the mer chants' association and a leader of I Superior Court for Haywood to Convene Next Monday Judge Ferguson. Wayneavllle, Sept 18. The Sep tember term of Haywood superior court will convene on Monday morn ing with Judge Garland 8. Ferguson presiding. The term is for two weeks for the trial of both orimlnal and civil case. The term wilt be featured by the trial of two murder cases, both of which will be strongly contested by both the etate and th defpnse. The two Tranthams are chie with the murder of Jesse and Arthur Plem imhii of Madison county last aprlng Two Browns and McGaha are charged with shooting to death Merrltt Hicks this summer. Aside from these two capital case there are the usual .number of de fendants charged with a variety of minor crime. Selling loquor is the on that figures most often on the criminal docket. On soeount of the large number of cases on the criminal docket It Is con sidered hardly probable that very many elvll actions will be tried. The. civil calendar Is set to begin Monday of the second week of court, but It will hardly reached by then. him in a two horse wagon to a pblnt;the association In the fight praised in the rountrv where thev would loud i Reneral Rector for the way in which Her mihlrh hs wantail tftiha conducted the WOrk Of the left new but the health officers and th board are working upon a scheme. Dr. D. C. Absher of Vance; Dr. M. T. Edgerton of Pitt; Dr. J. C. Braswell of Nash, and Dr. K. R. Hardy of Sampson were here. These ponntles trying the whole- oj iiiy i vuvici t wijiv.ii tie tv oiuru iv iiy vu"vt ------ - - . bring back to the city. He stated 1 wing. Mr. Rogers advocated frequent, time health officer have done so well funitlons?' The Anglo-French commission con ducting negotiations in behalf ot Great Britain and France is said to want the credit to take care of muni tions of war. The American bankers apparently do not. In the American camp, however, there is a division of opinion, while the commission is re ported to be unanimous in Its views on this question. New York, Spt. 18. Another secret meeting was held yesterday between members of Anglo-French financial commission and the representatives of the big banking houses which are en deavoring to reach an agreement on the proposed mammoth credit loan for Great Britain and France. There was no further word from the com mission than the brief statement of last night that so much had been ac complished that it was hoped that a definite statement soon could be issued telling of the progress made, The proposal said to have been made by American bankers to the comml8 slon to furnish half the amount ask ed for was widely credited today. Five hundred millions is said to have been promised. This proposal does not ap pear to be altogether acceptable to the commission and it is believed the amount may be Increased by 100 mil Hon, or possibly Increased to $750, 000,000. Whatever amount Is loaned It is generally believed that the interest rate will be five percent to investors and about five and a half to under writers. Whether the big credit is to be used in paying for shipments of munitions of war as well as for wheat, cotton and other commodities, is the subject of much discussion. It is believed that a much larger loan could be floated if it were un derstood that the credit loan would be paid for in some other manner. Great Britain and France are said to have proposed the plan, however, and are desirous of having the credit cover exports of every frtrm. Increased willingness of certain so called pro-German firms to participate in the loan was manifest today. These (Continued an Pa&e Two). ceive support and recognition. There is no thought that this ques tion can be settled at this meeting. The conflicting claims ot the oppos ing movements must be exhaustively considered. One point apparently already agreed upon was that Carranza would e asked to send representatives to meet the conferees and similar invi tations will be extended to other fac tion leaders. he shifting military situation In Mexico and the claims of the warring cnieftans offer a difficult barrier to any derls iou in regard to territory or population under thlr respective control. Military Movements. Mazatlan, Mex., (by Radio to. San Diego, Cal.), Sept. 18. Thre thou sand Villa troops under General Vuel- na have advanced to Acomponeta, a town about 70 miles south of Mazatlan, according to advices received here to day. In the vicinity of Mazatlan 7000 Carranza troops are mobilized under General Sieguez and there are Indica tions of an active campaign between the opposing forces. General Ramon Iturbe, since the be ginning of the revolution in supreme command of the Carranza troops In the state of Sinaloa, has been reliev ed by General Dleguez by the order of General Obregon and has left for Mazatlan. Lack of activity is sup posed to have caused his recall. , that he ' thought the team either be-! get-together meetings. longed to Murray or Kelse Young. The horses were taken to the city stables and locked up there. JAPAN Hi CHINA AGREE Japan to Keep 20 Per Cent of Receipts and Give China the Remainder. Washington, Bept, IS. The reopen Ing of the Chinese maritime customs office at Tstngtau Is reported to the In Humorous Vein. In humorous vein L.. L. Jenkins stated that he was glad to be a con tributor of the board of trade and urged support for the Asheville base ball association. Walter Steele sug- Asne- In the work that the objections over come In the beginning have been auto matically removed by the success of such ministries. Lleutejiant E. Hollls Connor, who has been Inspecting the naval reserves, amplifying his correspondence course and placing orders for shell to be used as targets, has returned to uai- sested a better schedule Into ..in- h Mnmhv division. George Barber proposed that President Jones ielKh after supplying numerous pi decorate Mr. Steele with the Ironl The Raleigh Iron Works has Just Dr. Charles Beers of the firm of Rsdford and Beers of this city, leaves this afternoon on a business trip to Cincinnati and Chicago. Dr. Beers will be gone for about ten days. H. L. GRANT HELD ON cross. When Mr. Steele replied Test me and you'll find me all steel," Mr. Barber suggested a steel cross. Captain Dan W. Hill of the "Mex ican Brigade" made a number of sug gestions and declared that he was ready to serve the board of trade In any possible way. Generals Goodman and Rector made short talks thank ing their officers and men for their excellent work In th campaign. E. K. Miller, C. II. Babcock and Ruffner Campbell called attention to the value of the campaign In bring ing the people together In co-operative endeavor for, the general good. George E. Lee on benair or tne Koia bureau of foreign and domestic com- rlnns pledged the co-operation nf th mere at Washington by Tost Wheeler, .dun for municipal development. the American charge d'affalre at To- President Jones then railed on N. klo. The agreement was slimed bv the ttuckner who has been the efficient Japanese minister to China and the secretary of the toard of trade for director of the Chinese customs ser-; five yenrs. He responded briefly, stat vtre. and came Into force BentemiMT I. . inir that the organisation had be lt IS. The Japanese government, af ter deducting 10 per cent of the Im port duty, as provided In the revised agreement between Oermany and Chi na, out of the custom receipts levied up to th date of the reopening or customs by the Japanese authorities at Talngtau, la to turn the remainder over to the Chines customs authori ties. Imports at Tnlngtau normally exceed $6,000,000 per annum In value. Full particulars concerning the trade at Tslngtau were recently Issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in a supplement to com- I merce reports dated July 17, 1111, com great not becaue or nim out on account of th puhlle spirited clt lns and th officers who have given their time to th work. On motion of Mr. Rector resolutions of thanks wr adopted for the efforts made by the Rotarlans and the Mer chants association and strong resolu tions were psssed thanking Mr. Mc fteand for his labors. Itefrcshmcnts forro4. Iellc1ous refreshments were served befor the meeting adjourned. At the meeting of the Insursnc men yesterday afternoon the follow- (Centaued on page I) sent 800 five-inch target projectiles to the naval grounds at Indian Head, Maryland; 800 of the same calibre to the Iona Magazine, New York, and the fifth lot of selected test shells of 5 Inch target projectiles, which, when delivered will make 2,500 of these 6 lnch shells made here. In addition Lieut Connor has given an order to the Mobile Store and Pul lv eomoany. of Mobile. Alabama, 2000 five-Inch shells; 50,000 of the one-pounders an to be mad by th.i Harde-Tynes company of Blrmlng-j ham; and 1200 shells of the 114-Inch size are given to the Tredegar com pany of Richmond. AH of these or ders have been mad by Lieut. Connor who has been here but a short while. He finds the naval militia doing good work. Governor Craig has requisitioned Teins for Lee Woodall, wanted In Cleveland county for embezzlement Woodall Is being held In Texas for the comln ft North Carolina officers. Burke Pace, sometimes detective, most cften detected, occasional bae ball nlaver and always hard luck player, has confessed the robbery or the Medlln store at Wake Forest, the stealing of Jamet H. Pou's automobile for one of the trips and sundry trou blcs that must now land him In the Dnltntlary. He Implicates John Teachey, Pace, who ha been In many trou bles but allowed to get off, come of good family. Judge Cook will pass upon hi case at this slum oourL Not Good After Oct. 4th. VOTING COUPON The Gazette-News' Great Free Gift Subscription Campaign. Good For 50 Votes. For. Address...' District Good for 50 votes when filled out and sent or mailed to the Campaign Department of the Gazette News on or before ex piration date. Trim carefully and do not roll or fold and fasten together and write name on first coupon. ' Probable cause was found at th hearing In Police court this morning In the case of H. L. 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