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YftT.mgjOC. NO. 190.
ASHEVILLE, N. O, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1915.
PRICE 2 CENTS 011 Tpa,ns 8Ct
MAIN RUSSIAN FORCES
RETIRING SAFELY FROM
VILNA, PETROGRAD SAYS
Hardly Likely That Whole
jmy Will Withdraw With
out Suffering Serious
Losses, However.
GSSMAN CAVALRY NOT
ABLE TO CLOSE CIRCLE
protracted Artillery D u e 1 s
Along Western Front Have
Been Relieved by At-,
tacks by Infantry.
MINI ASKS
GIANT BUDGET
OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE LIE PRIZE BILLOT IN
ADDITION TO BIG EXTRA VOTE CLOSES 5ATUHDAV
1,500,000 Free Votes to Be Given to Five Candidates in Each
District.
British Chancellor of Exche
quer Int oc "ces in House of
L
IS
P V'ms Greatest War
Budget of History;
London, Sept. 22. Special
dispatches irom Fetrograd
neree that trie itussian iorces
... i s.e.t..e iU -
liave witnurawn saieiy irum uie
viinji salient, the strategic
i t .
value of which was considered
en great that the Kussian stall
felt justified in risking some of
its best troops to detenu tne
fortress to the last. In with
drawing the Russian forces are
said to have destroyed every
thing of military utility.
Although the main Russian
army is probably safe it is
hardly likely that the whole
Kussian army will escape with
out suffering serious loss. ,
Field Marshal von Hinden
burg's cavalry which was ex
pected to complete its encirc
ling movement is still held'he
tween Smorgon and Molodech
no. On the Vilna-Lida-Slonim
flank the German advance is
proceeding steadily, but Prince
Leopold's progress is slower,
while Field Marshal von Mach
ensen's forces have come to a
pause beyond the . Pripet
marshes.
I If the Russian retreat it to
be stopped successfully a swift
movement must come from the
south.
Ai was predicted the Zem
stvo conference at Moscow pe
titionod Emperor Nicholas to
recall the duma and snmmon a
cabinet that would be respon
sive to the wishes of the people.
The protracted duel along
the western front of battle has
Wn relieved by several infan
try attacks.
There -was never a better time In
The Gazette-News Great Free Gift
Subscription Campaign than NOW, to
pile up a very large vote.
ISO, 000 extra votes will be Issued
on each and every $20 wor th of sub
scriptions, new or old, turned Into the
Subscription Department by Saturday
night, September 25. There being no
limit to the number of clubs any one
candidate may turn In on this offer.
In addition to this big extra vote
offer five prize ballots are to be given
to five candidates in each district.
The two candidates turning in the
largest amount on subscriptions in
GREAT BRITAIN MUST
HAVE $25,000,000 A DAY
Ex-Ambassador Myron T. Her-
rick Says That Movement
Includes More Than Low
ering of Interest Rate.
PROPOSES TO MODERNIZE
AGRICULTURE IN U. S
VISITORS ARRIVE .
FOR MEETING
125 Members of Southeastern
Section, National Electric
Light Association, Will
Attend Opening.
The two turning In the second great
est amount will receive a prize ballot
of 400,000 votes each. The third 800,
000 each; fourth 200,000 each, and the
turning In the fifth greatest amount
will receive a prize ballot of 100,000
each.
The candidates winning these prize
ballots are going to be the real con
tenders for first honors In this great
and interesting subscription campaign.
The campaign will close Just three
week from next Saturday night at
which time the big Studebaker, the
Ford Touring Car and all the other
valuable premiums are to be awarded.
A prize ballot will greatly strengthen
your opportunity in calming one of
Expenditures for War Must
Go Beyond Even the Com
paratively Recent Esti
mates of Lloyd George.
each of the two districts will be given
a prize ballot of 500,000 votes each, these va'luable premiums.
Through Co-Operative Associ
ations Home Seekers and
Land-Owners Could Se
cure Enterprise Funds.
CITY CLOTHES ITSELF
IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE
BULGARIANS Oil
BRINK OF 1R
Railroads Taken Over by Mili
tary Authorities and All
Ordinary Traffic Has
Been Suspended.
ALLIES DO NOT HOPE
TO GET BULGARS' HELP
Seven Killed and More
Than Fifty Injured In
Explosion In Subway
New York, Sept. 22. Seven persons
were killed, according to reports by
the police and more than 50 were in
jured seriously when a dynamite ex
plosion in the excavation of the new
Seventh avenue subway caused a
cave-in early this morning which en
gulfed a surface car and numerous
pedestrians.
The accident occurred shortly be-
London, Sept. 22. The greatest war
budget in the world's history has been
introduced in the house of commons
by Reginald McKenna, chancellor of
the exchequer, as another step toward
financing the war which is costing
Great Britain nearly $25,000,000 daily.
New military requrements and
changed methods of warfare have
created over night additional expendi
tures which had not been reckoned
with, even in the comparatively re
cent estimates of David Lloyd George,
the munitions minister, necessitating
in this budget, the third since the out
break of hostilities, the most drastic
and far reaching taxes in the history
of the country, and involving even
free trade.
Hereafter automobiles, bicycles,
-hr-if th. i.,.r ... '""""s impure ilium, uiuuKs, waicnes,
and girls on their way to work. There I musical instruments, plate glass and
San Francisco, Sept. 22. Yesterday
was rural credits day at the exposi
tion with one of its features an ad-
First Session This Afternoon
at Grove Park Inn Inter
esting .Program of
Addresses,
Ashevllle has put on holiday attire
for the coming of the southeastern
section of the National Electric Light I
Sofia Displeased at Serbia's
Reply to Demands Dem
onstrations in Favor of
Government's Course.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 20, (by
way of London), Sept. ;:. 22.
dress by Myron T. Herrlck of Cleve- I association. Pennants and flags adorn ( " '". 1B aPl'cueiHiy Oil . lua
and, formerly ambassador to France, the principal businesn districts. ThelUrink OI War. Hie people gen-
club, -the board of trade j orally believe hostilities
11 XI r H (-Vl Via ,H .3 1 .. .
Phases ofthe rural credits movement. rRneV"16 CUU,' tne "'ira 01 i-i'"y UOIieve Hostilities are
The grand purpose of the rura iand the Ashevllle Country club am ; lmminent. The military aU-
ureaus movement, said Mr. Herrlck, I extending courtesies to tne visitors. Ui...:i; i, . .
been, overlooked by those who The first session of the annual ii.ive wm-u posbBSHJOU
convention of the association will '01. the railways and ordinary
convene this afternoon at Grove Parle j traffic is Suspended.
Diplomatic . representatives
were 78 persons on the trolley car
which fell 15 feet Into the subway
excavation, when an entire block of
Seventh avenue, between 24th and
25th streets collapsed. Although the
car remained upright it was partly
burled under an avalanche of con
crete, rails, timber and earth and
many passengers were severely crush-
fore 8 p'clQck.lhl .morning. -and- mfr4d,
Red Sox Officials Make
Ready for World Series
Boston, Sept. 22. The Boston Redl
Sox, leading the American league of
baseball clubs by four games, have
been acclaimed pennant winners by
Mayor Curley In a letter received by
J. J. Lannln, manager of the Boston
club.
Red Sox officials are engaged in
preliminary activities which precede
world series games, but until the title
is clinched more securely Mr. Lan-
nln said no announcement of the
dan would be made. Staff officials
are caring for many details, however,
and between 2,000 and 3,000 applica
tions have been received for seats al
ready. Mr. Lannin has under consideration
the offer of President James E. Gaff
ney of the Boston Nationals Inviting
the Red Sox to use Brave's field,
should the American league club go
into the world's series. It Is said that
Its great seating capacity, which ac
commodates approximately 60,000
people, might prompt acceptance of
the courtesy. .
Dr. Dumba's Successor
To Be Appointed at Once
hats will pay a tax o 33 1-3 per cent
ad valorem, though, as Mr. McKenna
explained, the objects of such taxa
tion are "purely temporary and with-1
out regard to a permanent effect on
trade," being premiraily designed to
discourage imports and remedy the
foreign exchange situation.
Spirits and beer, which have been
the-eubjecr- of- bo "muCh agitation, re
mained untouched by the new sched
ule. The principal blow fell on in
cames, the existing tax on Incomes not
only being Jumped forty- per cent, but
its scope widened so as to catch even
workingmen earning as little as $14
weekly. The very wealthy must con
tribute to the government more than
one-third of their , revenue The one
cent mall will be abolished entirely
and the weight heretofore carried in
the mails for two cents will be re
duced. The rate on telegrams, which
is twelve cents for twelve words, is
Increased to eighteen cents, and there
is also to be a proportionate increase
in telephone charges.
The sugar tax, though largely in
creased, will remain only an extra pen
ny per pound burden for the general
public, for the sale of all sugar Is now
regulated by the royal commission
which will reduce the price to refin
ers and dealers,
General debate on the budget is yet
to be held, but It was apparent that
Mr. McKenna's suggestions were re
ceived by a virtually unanimous house
The chancellor said, incidentally, that
he would have occasion to rail on the
country for another war loan
Faced with huge bills for war and
oidinary expenditures, aggregating in
($20,000,000) dally, and bent on rale
ing large' sums toward the current
Icost of war by taxation, apart from
loans, the chancellor proposed
had
expected of it only lower interest I
rates. Cheaper money, he declared, is
not Its only aim; it rises higher than.j
that and proposes to enable home
seekers to accomplish their wish.
land owners to procure adequate funds
to develop their holdings, and farm
ers to mobilize their resources so that
America"?! agriculture! may become
modernized and properly financed and
kPPn nan. l.Hfh TM.(riA.a In enaKir
other tn(1,,ct,v Captain W. T. Weaver of this city,
Reviewing the five years that thel',rei,1(,ent oE tne North Carolina Elec
movement has been in course, Mntriral Power company,, will deliver an
Herrlck declared that legislation iaiQress on -nyaro-uiecu ic xjeve.up.
various states looking to the forma
tion of credit unions and land credit
Institutions had little merit. State aid.
sweeping Increase in taxation. He
Budapest, Hungarla, Sept. ft. A i prospective successor of Dr. Dumba,
Vienna dlsDatch published heretoday Ambassador Penfleld's latest dis-
TLn T.-i:l -.1! - j: . . , . i j..in.ti ir. I patchen indicated that the Austrian
m: l'ill if 1 1 mil lllllllir H ll! savi ii in ivnruru umi".,m..v . . . -
I ':.:.".:. ;,.J-, ,.;,..,., eanltal tVtto.'nZ. rriwent beyond the Mrr Mttree. of
vxwuiK Willi freai interest, lliei - ; m - ' n m i oi ' revenue, such as the Income tax, tea
Word war bndo-pt nroRPJitrd in ' ' rrnmeni W1" "Ul V J ,ne n:I,:'T 8 " ,a :Z.vZi tobacco, into the wider field of
iu war LHHlffei preseniCfl in I, pf Bf ConslnnUn Thftodor Dumba'sage of Ambassador Penfleld that the revenue ralalng advocated by the
Hie tlOUSO of Commons VePier- at Vienna, before appointing li Is suo-l Austrian authorities are waiting to gr(at Tory g(ateBman wno re8gned
'lav by RerHnaia AfcKnna. i""r " am!BJM,a?! .T t"h!J!i i .IrKiT r'.irfnhdrnuifflce P" "l. tariff reform
at oner., th dispatch statp and that t tea of wlreleaa communication thati .
Kajptan Von Mamynski, former Aus-inn mr on nis own nmiP nivB vuu;
KOine 1 nireu omiw on ppwjimmr o, o-o nun
'I'Micelior of tho exchequer.
0 budget baa been received
Without much opposition.
The htmt Ri-rHn nfflclal nimmnnl
""'on "hows
Uon.arlnn a mhngnfl dor to
. , . i ..j . h. ninria t hn renorted to the foreign office
nni ubtt w?intirti .vi nw k t . "
Bept li. No lnquiry,nna mat ma matu wui nui do opr-i
Austrian ror;minea uniu aner ne reaones vmnnn.1
Documents carried hy James F. J.i
Washington
tA i I . lmpo.rtant dances bvi" ffl to tha ,cceDtlblllty of.
I A haViI 1HM HDAhaft (bA vta tsl Atkm
lni , " ' " "'KaJ'tan Von MarMynsKi b mwwiii: ,..v. ....
li!"'" prors hy Prince, th() Unt.d pute!fc Jn fact nojpsrtment but have not been made
- - ... - , .., . ........ i . , . l-ah m. n n Mff.rn nr miiv uuuuu.
Hni.uirjr una wma iiicww vr.----w r----
in on)v drVf'nnm.Tit frnm hl
Wnt nf view of the allies, as an offset
, 2 'mMnued rush of the Germans
L" n st Is the news received from
n i,hat Frnnt troops hare crossed
" Abna-Marna canal, a claim which
m ? Mmr1- The BrIUsh front.
wh i has heen ee quiet for week, has
hammered by the British official
!z r,rnnPt retaliation 1 by the
M balanced the .core.
,, Ul big Russian army driven from
ln Imminent danger of cap
iZ. T th Oermana, It la believed tn
"irorcw, will find It dimcult to escape
V' nt blng drawn about them by
"Indenburg and Prince Leopold.
hfr parta of the eastern front the
-nins report advances for their
-ma , h.
k, ,."lt Parta claims the capture
fc ..Trn,w,. It Is believed In Lon
hZ u,"rr writer feaf the fleeln
itT. flnlJ It difficult to escape
""f drawn about them by
b ..lna",bur Prince Leopold
w or me eaaiern ironi
I'm,
t r-arl. claim the cap
k 1 Urman nnalllnr. - iTnlw and
f fourt in Lorraine and Oertnan
w fcar Lalnprey and Hallovlll.
n they have
I G batterlea and destroy
May Require Merchant
Ships to Discard Guns
GOVERNOHOF MASS.
Congressman McCall Is His
Closest Republican Oppo
nentWalsh's 3rd Term.
Wsjihlntrton. Popt. 2 J. State depart
ment officials are still conferring with
attache of th British embassy In re
gard to the merchant teamer Wala-
mana, which ha been detained
Newport New for several week by
orJer of th government, aner
hip had put Into that port from Aus
tralia with a four-inch fun mounted
t th trn. Th t earner wa held
hecau of the proDaoimy or m
tlnlted BUte government' revUlni
th rule governing qeianae gun on
n.roioiiimin of belligerent nanon in
-. of dsveiopmeni in luwuwn
. .... .
Whin th nil wa laid down oy in
Boston, Sept. I. P.cvlalon
hlD carrying email defense run to
enter and leave American port su'i-1 complete ote in yesterday' primary
marine warfare had not developed. I' elections undertaken today somewhat
now appear that email gun such ,ncreaj,ed ,ne pUralltle. of th noml
the Waiaman carrlea, can destroy &
submarine ' nfe- Governor Walsh wa renomlnat-
11 wa stated todev thai th British,!! for a third term; and Congressman
government may decide to remove the McCall 1 hi closest republican op-
fmn tha. Wo lii ma na iLnil not raise Ponent.
7h- l-.i-41 thl timet lfthunls! Despite the unwleldly ballot and th
th. Wiiimiu will ba clear-1 Intricacies of th new primary, law
ed.6hould this occur, It wa Mplaln. comparatively few ballot wer reject
. .i... h. .t.i. rt.n.rtm.nf would ed because of Improper marking and
not b influenced In the deliberation
now ln progre which will probably
he believed, to be undesirable in the
united States if private enterprise
could be efficiently regulated and ru
ral co-operation intelligently prac
ticed. Among. other things He said;
"The cause of much of the misun
derstanding about co-operative bank
ing and credit is the mistaken notion
that co-operation is an altruistic or
benevolent means of helping the down
and out class of persons who are In
dividually weak and Incompetent.
This half truth is alive with dangers.
Co-operation can never help anybody
except him who is willing and able to
help himself and his neighbor also.
True, co-operation Is the quickest way
to success frr the humble as well, as
for the high, but Its literal Interpre
tation is organized mutual self-help.
It presumes that men will work hard
er, longer, and better together than
when standing alone; It requires a
spirit and an ability to both give and
receive; and it can reach its fullest
development only among persons who
are capable and honest, and known
to be so among persons who ssk no
favors, who purn charity and state
nld, end rely solely upon their own
talents, toll end resources.
"There Is more co-operation ln the
United States than ln any other coun
try, and It Is used here even for the.
largest undertakings. The fathering
and distribution of news by The Asso
ciated Press is the most striking exam
ple ln the world of co-operation con
ducted on a grand scale without lucra
tive object. The life Insurance com
panies, with their millions of policy
holder and billions of dollars of as
sets, and the mutual savings banks
and buildings and loan associations,
with their stupendous totals of depos
itors, savings and reserves, put most
of their funds of organized thrift un
der co-operative management, while
trade unionism (the oldest kind of
eo-operatlon) permeates the laboring
classes. These are city-centered ap
pears In Inconceivably varied and in
numerable enterprise. The protec
tlon of the levees from break is In
some of the states bordering the Mis
sissippi river a co-operative work.
Farmers' organization for safo-guard.
Ing mutual Interest are numerous,
whfle rural co-operation for business
ha already made substantial progress,
but chiefly for marketing fruit and
the manufacture and disposal of milk
product. ,
"If American farmer should awake
to the full realization of It possibili
ties, they would soon be using co-operation
ln all their Industrial, commer
cial, and financial affairs relating to
agriculture. With the splendid exam
ple ln th city befor them, It la
strange that they have lain dormant
of tho I so long. Co-operation may, of course,
Inn. liev. Dr. Wyatt Brown, rector
rOr r-r.icw.nt.oi rtVuiroh will de
liver the invocation and Mayor J. K.jof the entente powers general-
Rankin or ' his representative will iy r,,cogniz tlat their .Cause IS
make tho address -of welcome.- I . '
Heal of Greensboro will respond on a HJbl one aud tliai UUlgaria
behalf of the visitors. -llR. clpurlv-. maniftwtini. .
Capt. -Weaver to Speak. ""V"b.
miuv. iuwa.ru support or tne cen
tral powers. This tendency is
due to dissatisfaction of the
Bulgarian government as Ser
bia's reply in the negotiations
Concerning territorial conces
sions in Macedonia and to the
conduct of Greece in; this doiv
noction.
Nqne of the allies' represen
tatives cherish longer the hope '
that Bulgaria can be prevailed
upon to jo.in the entente cause.
In government circles the
statement is made today that
all the military measures ( thus
tar taken are designed solely
to guard against circumstances
Avhich might threaten Bul
garia's position at the present
time which are developing with
extraordinary rapidity. These
measures constitute the turning
over to the military authorities,
the railwaj's and the suspension
of ordinary traffic.
Reports from many parts of Bul
garia tell of enthusiastic demonstra
tions in favor of the government
which are considered symtomatlc of
public feeling.
The formal cession by Turkey of
territory along the Dedeaghatch rail
road was delayed by the action of
the entente powers in notifying Bul
garia that her acceptance of the term
would be regarded as an unfriendly
ment Its Present Potentialities ana
Its Future Possibilities as. Applied to
Our' Southland." C. M. Benedict of
Charleston, president of the associa
tion, will then speak. Papers and dis
cussions will follow.
Reception committees composed of
members of the local, board of trade,
and representatives of the various
firms in the electrical city were busy
this morning welcoming the visitors
to Ashevllle. At 10 o'clock the secre
tary, George H. Wygant of Tampa,
opened his books for registration and
by noon it was stated that about 125
members would be present for the
opening exercises. North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama are well represented among the
vlsttuvs: and in addition it is expected
.u.i n f.M nt tYinaet ofnilnteri with
the organization ln other states of the
union will attend the meeting in thei
chief convention city of the south.
MemlH'rs Brliur Families.
Many of the electric men are ac
companied to Ashevllle on this occa
sion by the members of their families
and It is probable that a card party,
with prizes offered, will be given at the
Inn this afternoon for th ladles. The
Ashevllle Power and Light company
has also announced that at 4 o'clock
there will be special trolley cars at the'
Inn to take the visitors on a ride over
the city. The golf links of the Ashe
vllle Country club lying directly ln
front of the Inn will doubtless attract
many and a tournament Is on the pro
gram for this afternoon. This evening
there wtl be a Dutch supper at the
Inn, which will be known as a get to
gether meeting."
IN
act.
Rumors that Premier Radosolzoff
vas likely to roslgn are characterized
In competent fjunrters as unfounded.
Memphis, Sept. 22. Evidence of a
double murder whs brought to light
today when the bodies of Mrs. Mur
Buret Favar. an actress, and J. C.
Crowell, believed to be a resident of:
Greenwood, Miss., were discovered in I
an apartment in the central residence
district of the city. The heads of both
the victims had been battered In and
their bodic had been slashed with a
razor.
The police have started a search
for the murderers.
Mrs. avar had been engaged In pre
paring a benefit performance for a
local fraternal organization.
The occupants of the building told
the police they had heard no disturb
ance.
IN
BRITT'S GONDITION TODAY
No change Is reported today ln the
condition of rMs. J. J. Brltt. who is
critically 111 at her home on ChnrlotU
street. At noon today her condition
was said to be practically the same a
yesterday and physicians state that
she remains in a very serious condU
tlon. ;
PREPARES TO OPPOSE
ATTACKS BY YAQUIS
Nogales, Ariz.; Sept. 22. General
result ln changing th regulation re
garding armed belligerent mercnant-
United State permltttn merchant men.
CHARLOTTE CHOSEN BY
I. 0.' 0. F. GRAND LODGE
San FrancJeoo, Bept :i--OartoU,
N. C wa chon tb metlnf place
for th mtlnf of th Grand
lodr of th Independent Order of Odd
Fellow at today' eMlon of th Sov
ereign Grand lodi. .
th total Vote for demooratlo and re
publican candidate for governor wa
40 per cent higher than that of last
year.
There was no content for th pro.
rrenslv candidate for governor and
Nelson B. Clark wa th nomine,
Tj.k Carrawav. nubllclty agent
for the Southern Power company of .PHer Ellas Calles, Carranza com
rhr.riiine. Is In Ashevllle to attend the ; mander. whoso army retreated befor
b practiced through a corporation or I sosslons of the southeastern section, the attacks of Yaqul Indian, la r.
In a partnership, but the association
Is It best breeding ground and nur
sery. In th United State, however,
the purposes and ordinary banking
have been content with the corpora-:
tlon and partnership. Th propagan. i
diet should broaden their view and
trlv to make lawful for associations
whatever may now bs done through
these other two form of organization.
Furthermore, If they wish to see rural
ro-operaUyn reach It highest develop
ment,' they should advocats such a
modification of the anti-trust law a
would permit co-operative associations
to combine."
of the
elation,
National Electric Light awio-
norted to bs preparing to mak a
stand at Molina.
Friend of Mr. and Mr. A. D.
fJtoner, will regret to lrn that It w
necessary to carry their llttl baby
bck to John Hopkln hospital, Baltl
mor. for n Indefinite tay.
C. E. Blair of No. 2 Bfltmor ave
nue uffered a fracturd Jaw yester
day while working with some lumber
near Old Fort, lie came to Ashevllle
yesterday afternoon and wa given
tr.tmnU '
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