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4 "BE GAZETTE-NEWS 0tf tba AiocUtl Pre SeiW n in Every Baspec Complete WEATHER FORECAST. FAIIt TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. Audit Bmn Circulation T0T.TTMgXX. NO. 193. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS0" Tpa,M BCt POSITION OF RUSSIANS FROM VILNA TO G ALICIA IS IMPROVING GREATLY jtnscovite Score Heavily 'at Ihree Points: East of Vilna, North of Piask, I Vicin ity of Lutsk, y ' ,ITTJATI0N IS LESS FAVORABLE IN NORTH U. S. Exports Pass Three Billion Dollars Mark Von Hindenburg Is Resisted Stubbornly But Fate of Dvinsk Is In Doubt England Encouraged. london, Sept. 25. The posi tion of the Russian forces from Vilna to tne uaiician ironuer appears to be improving great- Three distinct victories have been recorded b ythe Rus sians at widely scattered points on the astrn front. These achievements have mit- igatd the uneasiness felt England over the attitude of Bulgaria. In the far north the situation is less favorable. The Russians are - resisting Field Marshal von Ilindenblrg with characteristic stlbbornness but the admission that fighting is proceeding at Smielin, three miles from Alexandrovsk, indi cates that the approaches to that city nre in the hands of the Germans and the fate of Dvinsk U in doubt.' East of Vilna, north of Pinsk and in the vicinity of Lutsk the Russians have scored heav ily. The Germans characterize the reverse east of Vilna that is, at the Vilieka railway junc tion as of temporary character, notwithstanding the loss of guns and prisoners. Xear Finsk Field Marshal wn Mackensen has been thrown back in an engagement that has shaken his grip on that city. Further to the south the Rus sians are now holding Lutsk and are pressing their advance hich seems to assume a domi nance of the southern end of tit line in a manner which re Mils the fighting of last spring. Athens states the mobiliza tn of the Greek army is pro ving and that thousands of ffien are already in uniform. Athens, Sept. 24. A decree w general mobilization of 20 classes of Greek soldiers was Rgnedlast night by King Con- Jutine, The decision of the 5mS has aroused great enthusiasm. Paris, Sept 25. A message Sofia, Bulgaria, to the vas flews agency makes def ""je announcement that the mobilization of Bulgarian trooP9, reported to have been poned, has been decided on. Washington, Sept. 25. Figures to day made pubUo by the bureau of for eign' and domestic commerce, depart ment of commerce, show that for the first time In the nation's history ex ports exceeded $3,000,000,000 in value tor a twelve month period. For the twelve months ending with August 31, 1916, exportn from the United States aggregated S3. 035.033.280. against 12,280,185,791 In a like period one year ago. Twelve months' Imports of merchandise totaled SI, 669, 698, 934 compared With 11,906,657,615 of last year. The month of August showed ex ports valued at $261,975,771, , against $110,367,494 in August, 1914, an" in crease of $161,608,277, or 137 per cent. August imports totaled $141, 729,638, against $129,767,890 in Au gust, 1914, a gain of $11,961,748, or 9 per cent Thus, August trade this year shows an export balance of $120,246,- 133 as compared with an Import bal ance In August 1914, of $19,400,396, a favorable change of $139,646,529. Of the August imports, 70 per cent entered free of duty, against 62 per cent in August last year. Our international gold movements during the first year since the out- FIGHT U. S. MEN COUNTY MUST PAY INCREASE 1 Seveiv hundred Entrenched Mexicans Fire on American Troops In Pursuit of Mexican Bandits. break of the European war included 'EARTHWORKS MADE Imports of gold $244,004,045, against $59,312,328 in a like period one year ago; exports Of gold $97,749,270, against $153,984,944 a year earlier. The twelve months ending with August 31, 1916, showed an excess of exports over imports of merchandise amounting to $1,365,334,346, compared with $373,628,276 in a like period one year ago and $711,765,672 in a like period two years ago. It also record ed a net inward gold movement of $146,254,775, compared with a net out ward gbld movement of $94,672,616 in 1913-14 and a net outward movement of $4,315,691 in 1912-13. The aggregate foreign commerce of the United States In the year ending with August, 1915, the first year of the European war, was, including merchandise, gold and silver, $5,129,- FOR HALF A MILE Rumored That Troops Sent Out From Matamoras Formed Part of Force That Aid ed Bandits. Tax Commission Overrules Ob jection by Buncombe Dele gationFive Per Cent In crease Must Be Paid. G. A. R. GATHERS COBB LEADING 1 1 The Advance Guard of the Fast Fading Union Host Ar rives in Capital For 49th Annual Encampment. INCREASES TAXES BY NEARLY $10,000 WASHINGTON ABLAZE WITH PATRIOTIC COLOR Also Increases Valuation Near ly $1,000,000 City Will Not Accept Ruling Not Ob ligated, Attorney Says. I '- ft : Detroit Star Holds American League Honors in Bating Base Stealing, Scoring and Total Base Hitting. ) si Brownsville, Tex., Sept. 23. AH tin; Mexicans who took part in the raid yesterday on' the village of Progreso nre said today to have escaped into Mexico. 716,002, against $4,480,304,760 In the .,., ,,,, .MviMn i.niw RhPltPr year immediately preceding the war.!,,. milo nf tP,.nrhBB nnVerd the Will Probably Be the Last Grand Army Re-Union in That City Headquarters In Old Census Building. ESTABLISHES RECORD I NSTEALING BASES in a telegram received yesterday af ternoon by County Auditor E. M. Lyda, from A. J. Maxwell, clerk of the Washington, Sept. 25. Ablaze with patriotic color, Washington welcomes today the advance guard of the fast- The not increase of $649,410,242 for the year included a gain of $754,847, 489 In exports of merchandise and of $189,749,922 in imports of gold and silver, and a decrease of $236,988,851 j In imports of merchandise and of j $58,228,533 In exports of gold and oil-! ver. j retreat of seventy to eighty Mexicans 'who attacked the village of Progreso, state tax commission at Raleigh, it fading union host coming to partlcl was stated that the commission had I pate in the forty-ninth annual en- Fall of Cravath Marks Week In National; Tied in Scores ; by Doyle; Retains Only Home Run Honors. Leading Elevens Testing Strength on Minor Teams New York, Sept, 25. Most of thei leading football teams In the east opened the season today in games with the elevens of colleges of lesser im portance. Harvard, Yale. Princeton and Pennsylvania were among the leading teams who today test their football notarial foY the 1915 sea son. The Army, Navy and Cornell teams were not included in today's schedule. Harvard hAd a game with Colby at Cambridge. The Crimson squad is said Texas, thirty-five miles above here on the Rio Grande river, according to the official report last night of Major Ed ward Anderson of the Twelfth cavalry. Private Henry W, Stubblefleld, of Big Stone Gap, Va., was killed, and Captain A. V. Anderson wounded In the arm by the attacking Mexicans, some of whom, it is said, wore Car- i-anza army uniforms. Earlier reports that Private Kennedy also was Injured proved incorrect. Major Anderson's report on the fight has forwarded to Major General Fred erick Fiinston at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas. At least two Mexicans are known to have been ! killed. Last night three detachments culty with the team from Maine. Yale, which was to play the Unl- expected to give Indications of the of troops B and C, of the Twelfth Aa.inrim.n United States cavalry, were stationed which the team achieved success last111 the vicinity of tlurfight, two of on.. J thirty men each at the Progreso cross- Interest centered on the Princeton- vng of the Kio uranae ana one ww- Georgetown game at Princeton, owing to the report that Georgetown has a fast, heavy eleven which maV give ft good account of Itself. ment of the Progreso postofflce. Another aerlous development yester dav Is contained in a rumor received in Brownsville from Matamoros, Mex It was thought llkelv that 'Pennsfvl-: ico, late yesterday that a train load of i,o,ii r..M , nii it,. t - i i , .. '.(iirnAiM wu sent out from Matamoros to ,have material for a strong eleven j West '-Virginia a strong opponent inland that these troops formed a part and expected to experience no dlffl- the opening game at Philadelphia. Small Negro Boy Dies On Scaffold In Georgia Jackson, Ga., Sept. 25. Joe Per sons, a negro boy between 12 and 14 years of age. was hanged In the Jail yard yesterday for assaulting an eight-year-old white girl, near this place last June. To the half hundred persons around the scaffold the boy admitted that he had committed the crime, and stoically announced that he was ready to die. Although weighing only 75 pounds, the boy's neck was broken by the fall, and officers had not attached any weight io his body as was suggested might be necessary to successfully ex ecute him. Declines to Interfere. Atlanta, Oa., Sept. 24, After a con ference with the state prison commis sion today, Governor Nat B. Harris declined to interfere with the execu tion at Jackson, Ga., of a negro boy, variously estimated to be between 12 and 15 years old, who was convicted of assaulting an eight-year-old white girl near Jackson last June. Financial Commission Enjoying Half Holiday New York, Sept. 25. The members of the Anglo-French financial commis sion who are here arguing for the be. terme on which to establish a half billion dollar credit loan for their countries, observer1 a half holiday, af ter a brief session today and prepared to leave the city over Sunday. - Before the next half holiday comes round It was generally expected among bankers today that an agreement will have been reached over the details of the proposed loan. to capture the Russian fortified city of Dvinsk, taking by storm advance Russian positions de fending the city northeast of Smelina, it was officially re ported today. The message says the Official JUnifll. iha nrn.n 0 T..1 Bnan government, today pub thc decree for the mobili Jtion of the classes from 1890 '01912, don, September 25. The J" minister has received cation from Athens of the of the Grcak mobilize I", it being stated that 11 action by Bulgaria made "turaocnt on Greece to fol suit K Scpt 25.FioMMar ,aJ Hindcnbnrg has made Dinner Party. Mn jeob rhinlxy of Aucuata en tertained last evening at dinner at the Battery Park hotel for her augnier, Mra. Schuyler Lggett of New York. Mra. PhlnUy'a guests Inc1uded:( Mra. Leggett, Mra. Heme, sir. u Maurice UuPont. tr. S. Westrsy Bat tle, Edwin fielbela of Columbia and B.'l. Frost. PREPARING TO RELEASE h n nn n i m TnJon. Pt IS. The total of subscriptions to the new Oer- n man war loan la given by Reu- W m ..rruDondMii at Amster- at t dam at 11.007.100,000. This la tha mm .Ivan In a tO Am- K . rnm M.rlln. The aggre- K X gate f amaller subacripUona la at etui unVnown. ' Washlnsrton, Sept. 25. The way has been cleared for the release of Ameri can owned goods of German and Aus trian origin now held up at neutral porta of Europe by the British order ln-councll. The British embassy not!. fled the atate department that It was prepared to receive applications for permit to export such goods In cases where American Importers had either paid for them or rendered themselves llnl'le for the purchase price before March 1, 1015. Vlgnroua Informal representations have been made by the atate depart ment for tha releaae of thla merchan- ment for th release of this merchan dise, worth about tt7,000,000. While the British authorities on June It decllntJ to receive Unofficial represen tations by the trade advlaera regarding the shlpmente Information from time to time reached the state departmont that private Intereeta In London were securing permits releasing gooos rrom Rotterdam. Sir Richard Crawford, commercial attache cf the British embassy, noti fied Foreign Trade Advlaer W. B. riemlng that arrangements for the re lease of goods through tne trade aa- of a body of men that aided the Mex ican bandits In their escape to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. The trenches, it is said,' were dug opposite Progreso by the Mexicans about three weeks ago. Probably three thousand shots were fired from back of the trenches during the two hours fighting on the bank pf the Rio Grande, reports here said. The two detachments of American cavalry of th command of Captain A. V. P. Anderson and Lieut. Ralph Tolbert, Jr., chased the Mexican band of seventy or eighty men to the river from Progreso. There, it is said, the Americans could not approach the river bank because of lively fire from back of the trenches on the Mexican side. Washington, Sept. 25. Successive mills hv Zapata , forces ' on the Vera Cru-Mexleo City railway have aggra vated famine conditions in the capi tal, according to state department advices dated September 22 and re ccived today. The city water system has also been partially disabled anl the shortage of water Is becoming se Hons. Fuel oil, on the supply of which light ant, power plants depend for operation Is virtually exhausted, tnere being only enough to last until Mon day. A train loaded with fuel oil whicn wns sent out from Vera Cru2 was de stroyed by Zapata troops within fifty miles of the capital, and trains sent out recently have been compelled to return on account of raiders. A consular report from Nogales says that Carranza forces under Gen feral Calles have withdrawn entirely from that part of the state and that Villa troops under General Maytore na are holding the Cananea railway. Mexican leaders Arrcfttod. San Antonio. Tex., Sept. 24. Gen eral Raoul Madero, an officer of Vil la's staff, was arrested today by Amer ican eoldlera near Marfa, Tex., Major flnneral Funston. commanding the American border troops, received the report from Marfa today. With Ma dero were eight companions, all sup posed n be officera of the Villa forcea and they wero also arrested. They were taken In custody when they crossed the Rio Grande to the Amer ican aide. overruled the objections entered by the delegation from Buncombe county which appeared before the state com mission Wednesday afternoon, and that the valuation of Buncombe coun ty property would ' be increased five per cent as first ordered. This message was a great surprise to the county authorities, for they believed that they had made a favor able Impression on the members of the commission by their plea as to why Buncombe county should not be forced to pay this Increase of five per cent in the tax rate of the coun ty. According to figures compiled by Auditor Lyda, the action of the state tax commission in enforcing thei I ruling to raise the tax rate in Bun combe county five per cent will n ereasevthe taxes of the state and coun ty for Buncombe county $9,396.47 nnd will raise the valuation $968,708. Auditor Lyda thinks that he will be able to arrange the new increase on his books so that they will be ready by the first Monday in October, as usual. City Not Obligated? When seen this afternoon Corpora tion Counsel Marcus Erwin stated thnt he still stoodby the opinion he had delivered to the city commis sioners several weeks ago regarding the increased tax rate, which was to tho effect that the city was not ob ligated to pay the increase. Mr. I win stated that while he believed that the city would not have to pay tne additional tax although he thought the county would. He does not believe that the incresse is fair and Just and like many other cltl sens of the county and city strenu ously objects to the raise In the tax rate by the corporation commission, The Increase in the city taxes. If the higher rate were paid by the tax payers would be about $10,000 a year nir. r:rwin stated. PASSES OR OUTRAGEOUS CASE In Which Pretty Rougemont Girl Ran Away With Young Mulatto. (By W. T. Bost) Raleigh, Sept 25. In Wake county court, Judge Peebles aentenced Sid ney Bass, mulatto boy of eighteen or twenty yeara to a term of two years on the county roads, and liedlo Bob bitt, the pretty Rougemont girl, his associate In crime, wu allowed to go home with her father and mother, pay half the costs, go under a bond of $100 for good behavior and return every aix months to the court to ahow her conduct. in all my experience on tha bench I have never had any such case." Judge Peebles said after passing sen- CRNNOT BELEIVE THE . REPORTS!! nil Petrograd, Pept. 14.-M, Guchkoff. president of the Blav conference of Moscow, liaa aent a telegram to Dr. Uaneff, former Bulgarian premier, M. Qestkow, former Bulgarian minister to Berlin, and other statesmen of JBul aria which aaya that If Bulgaria joins with Germany her action will be a crime unparalleled In the history of nations. ' - The Ruislana are unable to be lieve." aays M. Guchkoff, "that the Bulgarians who were liberated from the Turkish yoke by the Russians eon template Joining Germany, the invet erate enemy of tha 61ar race," campment of the Grand Army of the Republic which begins here Monday. Thousands of veterans already have arrived and every train brings hun dreds more who fifty years ago march ed under the eyes of Grant and in the wake of Sherman In the greatest mili tary review the world had ever seen. Extraordinary preparations have been made for the encampment b' cause it probably will be the last Grand Army reunion in the capital To this end plans for entertaining a hundred thousand visitors have been perfected and the event alreadv gives promise of revalling Inauguration cer emonies in Interest and display. Flags are flying from a thousand staffs. The Capitol, White House and every government building are draped with the national colors. The streets of the city are radiant lanes of red white and blue as the throngs of guests and visitors arrive. David J. Palmer, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army and General Nelson A Miles, retired, who will act as Grand Marshall of the commemorative re view, are among the early arrivals With them have come scores of men who took conspicuous part in the war, Although the grand review will be the most spectacular feature of the reunion, many interesting events are on the program for the celebration which will continue until October 3. The war and navy departments have co-operated with the Citizens' com mittee to aid in entertainment of the veterans. Exhibition drills of regular troops are to be held on the Washing ton Monument grounds. Secretary Daniels has arranged to have subma rines, torpedo boats and. other small naval craft unknown in Civil War days here for inspection. There will be hy droplane and aeroplane flights and other features to illustrate the advance In warfare during fifty years. The Capitol already has taken on the martial air that. Is to pervade It for the coming week. The streets are enlivened with veterans and members of organizations allied with the Grand Army which also will hold re-unlons. Among them arP Sons of Veterans, the Loyal Legion, The Medal of Honor Le glon, the Volunteer Officers' associa tion, the Naval Veterans, ex-Prisoners of War, the Society of the Army of the Potomac, the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Society of the Army of the Ohio, Women's Relief Corps, Ladles of the G. A. R., and Daughters of Veterans. Upon their arrival today the veter ans discovered thnt the reunion this vear was not to be a tented affair. Heretofore headquarters of the vari ous Grand Armv departments at an nual reunions have been established In tents, but headquarters this time have been provided In the old Census bureau building which has been adequately adapted for the purpose. The main floor has been divided Into two huge auditoriums In one of which will be held business sessions of the encampment and a general recep tion Tuesday night to be attended by President Wilson. The other hae been set aside for camp fires and naval dog watches which will be continuous feat ures of the reunion. On the second floor of the structure rooms have been provided for head quarters of the various corps for the Chicago, Sept. 25. Tyrus Cobb Itf : j leading the American league In four . department batting, base- ' stealing, run-getting and in total base hitting. Averages published here today ahow. that the Detroit star has dethroned his , teammate, Sam Crawford, for total ; y base hitting honors and leads with 261. In base stealing Cobb has establish- ed a record, having pilfered 89 sacks ( one above the record of Milan of j Washington in 1912. Cobb's batting iinnhan.ail Oldring of Philadelphia, leads in home runs with six, and Burns of De troit and Fournier of Chicago, are tied for second place with five each. In batting Fournier has Jumped from eighth place to a tie with his teammate, Eddie Collins. : Both are . hitting a .822 clip. Following them are speaker of Boston, with .820, Mc Innis of Philadelphia with .316 and Jackson of Chicago with .811. Detroit leads in club batting with .265, and Boston of second with .26. Ruth of Boston, with 17 won and six lost, leads American league pitch.."--'" ' ers. Foston of Boston with 19 won, ',. and seven lost, is second. Shore of ; Boston, with 18 games won and seven lost, is third. National League. The fall of Cravath, the heavy hit ting outfielder of the Philadelphias. marked the week's work among Na tion league batsmen. Cravath hither to had been the ltading home run hit ter, first in total bases and in runs scored. He has been tied for total runs honors by Doyle of New York and passed for total bases by Doyle and Hinchman of Pittsburgh, retaining only his homo run honors. rne captain oi me umniu nu in creased his lead over National league batsmen and now has an average of 1 Ludeus of Philadelphia is second with .319. Cincinnati leads in club batting with 256 and St. Louis is second with .253. In run getting Ooyle of New York and Cravath of Philadelphia each have 81. Deyle and Hinchman, of Pitts burgh, are tied for first place in total bases with 2.46. Max Carey of Pittsburgh is still the leading base stealer of the National with a total of 37. Toney of Cincinnati, Alexander of Philadelphia, and Mamaux of Pitts burgh, remain the leading IsTatlonal league pitchers. Federal league. Kauff of Brooklyn with an average of .344 leads Federal league batters, Magee of Brooklyn, with .335 Is see ond. Kauff leads In stolen bases with 52; and Corton of St. Ixiula Is leading In runs scored with 92. Chase of Buffalo, leads In total bases with ,2f5 and In home runs with 17. Brooklyn with .268 leads In club , batting. McConnell, with 23 games won(and nine lost, leads the Federal league pitchers. tence on Hans. "It waa a most out rageous thing," he eald, "but I think military and seml-mllltary .organlsa the white girl was more to blame than tiona allied with it. Rest rooms, res the negro boy." Solicitor Norrla told taurnnta and a hospital also are pro L AT C Mass Meeting: Last Night Dis cussed $10,000 Bond Issue For Building. the coiit that he had not been able to bring out half the disgusting cir cumstances In the case and that If the glrl'a father had testified In court what he told the solicitor the ne'gro could have been convicted of greater crime. "I am afraid to give him any more sentence, afraid It won't stick," the judge said. The courts do not appear vlded. - . With the veterans from many states who wore the Blue have come wearers of the Gray, specially Invited for the oc'aalon. Staff Officers of the Confed erate Veterans' union were extended Invitations and arrangements for their entertainment have been made. This action waa taken at the suggestion of cfflclata of the Grand Army, the meet- to be certain on the points of punish-'In of the Blue and the Gray on thel ment for auch an offense. The, girl Gettysburg .Battletleld two yeara ago went home With her parents promls- having given testimony oi me Ing to atari over. When ahe signed table relationship existing between the her name to the bond It ws learned; two organisations. Invitations also that she la a well educated girl, waa I have been extended to governore of preparing to enter college and that all statea ana memmr-i wieir bu.ii-. she write a beautiful vertical hand.iaa well as to a large numwr or ais These confounded the court all the tingul-hed officers of the United States, mom ah. .ttemnteA n eyni.mittnn Including members of the cabinet, who of her conduct In running off with I will review the eoldlera with the Presi- u expected that an election W1U fc the yellow boy, mm, uniun " m in iiuvui may The renldenta of tha Crnrev noptlnn have Inaugurated a campaign for vting $10,000 In bonds to build a state high achool structure In the school district In which are located the schools (if Mount Cermet, Burn- ham Heights and Macedonia. At a mass meeting hold at Craggy last ntsht thpm Yvcre nrmnt th ahrwtl committeemen, teachera and clttsena from all the achoola In tha district and much enthusiasm waa manifest ed In the movement. A committer wsa appointed to cir culate a petition to be presented to the county commissioner saving them to call an election mo that tha voters msy decide the qucatln at the polls. T. ttoherta of t'rngy stated thU morning that little opposition la an. tlclpatnd to the efforts to have tht honda endorsed by the TOtera and !t r,r Progress in his effort
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