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THE GAZETTE-NEWS , Bu the Associated Press Berries. It is In Every Respect Com plots. , Member Andit Bureau Circulations. WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY1, VOLUME XX. NO. 199. ASHEVILLE, N. 0.. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 2, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS-0 8C FRENCH REPORT GAINS IN SPITE OF GERMAN GUNS Germkns Bombard French Po sitions In Artois Region, 3ut Paris Claims Fur- , ther Progress. BRITISH PAPERS URGE WAR AGAINST BULGARS Manchester Guardian. Thinks Allies Should Strike In Bal kans Before Bulgaria Actually Attacks.: Paris, Oct. 2. There has been a heavy bombardment by the Germans in hte Artois region, according to a report of the French war office. Neverthe less the French are reported to have made perceptible -; prog ross in that district on the heights of La Folie. ' London, Oct. 2. The situa tion on the eastern battle front is still regarded in London as of the- greatest immediate, im portance, notwithstanding the new French and British offen- . Riv in the west. To transfer the center of gravjty is the task now before the' French and British. ' , The menacing attitude , of Bulgaria doubtless has had marked bearing on the activity of the allies in France and Bel --frkim, for increasing -pressure on the Germans will exert a di rect influence on the plans of t tho Austrians and Germans, to concentrating heavy forces on .the Serbian frontier,, should they commit themselves to fresh campaign in the Balkans with the assistance of Bulgaria, mi i i xnai nauon now occupies, as Foreign Secretary Grey phras ed it, the position Turkey held during the weeks of uncer tainty before the Porte cast its i lot with the central powers. Some sections of the British press are urging Greece and the allies to strike quickly the instant it is determined tha diplomacy has been unable to divert a crisis. "To, wait until Bulgaria has actually moved," says the Man Chester Guardian, "would be to surrender the strategic initio tive to her.1 Between a Austro German attack on Serbia and a Bulgarian attack, there is practically no difference. For 4he allies the moment for decis ion has come. "As foon as they are con vinced that Bulgaria is determ ined to make war, they should send an ultimatum to her and give her the choice of peace or war. . - "Should Bulgaria accom- plifih tho Germanic design to link Berlin with Constantinople a very grave change will have come over the complexion of the war in this zone aregion in which far-reaching results might be achieved by the al lies with relative, speed and economy. i "Tho strategic .initintive must not be rfittcrca away by faith in meaningless hopo or fear of resolute action." Special dispatches from Fot rogrml speak of tho improved position of tho Russians, al though thcro has been no note worthy clmnge on tho eastern front for pome days. if'i rxci ; !!.n of T01:: WO I 1 1 '.ri!i h furred to tie t :: Bulgarian Troops Move Toward Serbia, Greece Paris, Oct. 2. It is reported from Athens ' that Bulgarian roops from Sofia are moving in the "direction of the Serbian rontier and that other troops are being dispatched toward he Grecian border. The information was for- Cobb Leads League In Hitting and Chicago, Oct I. Tyrus Cobb con tinues to lead American league bats men. Averages published today show that the eOorgian is hitting at a .868 clip, with Eddie Collins of Chicago, the runner-up, 89 points behind. - ' Cobb continues as the leading), run getter with 142, or five behind the American league record "he made in 1911. In total bases he leads with 265. Sam Crawford, also of Detroit, is a close second with 261. In stolen bases, Cobb, who set a new record for the American league last week,- promises to run his total beyond the century mark. He now has 93 pil- ferred sacks to his credit. OldrlnK of Philadelphia and Roth of Cleveland are tied for first place for home run honors, with six each. r . Detroit leads in club batting with 264 and Boston Is second with .263. The leading pitchers are Shore of Boston, 20 games won and seven lost; kmm,,m.mmmmm.mmwmm'mwm-mwMmwmwm..w v U.S.May Ask That Copt. Von Papen Be Recalled Washington, Oct. 2. Unless Captain von Papen,. the military attache of the Cerman embassy at Washington, Is voluntarily withdrawn by his govern ment indications were today that the United States would request his recall. All the papers carried by J. E.'F. Archibald, the American correspond ent involved in the incident which re sulted In the recall of 'the Austrian ambassador, have been placed before the state department officials, although final decision will await the return of Secretary Lansing to Washington. It is known that the documents dis close a breach of diplomatic propriety Kuropatkin Is to Favor By the Czar London, Oct J. General Alexet Kuropatkin has been appointed chief of the Russian grenadier corps, ac cording to a Reuter dispatch from Petrograd. ' ' If the report from Petrograd Is true it means a somewhat remarkable re versal of public opinion In Russia In regard to the military leader who has been In disgrace because of his failure World Series Begin Friday y October 8 1 New Tork, Oct . The National Baseball commission at Its meeting here today decided that the first game of th eWorld's series shall be played In Philadelphia on Friday, October 8, and the second game will be played In the same city on Saturday, October I. The third and fourth games will be played In Boston1 on October 11 and It, respectively. The fifth game will positions wrested from the Germans. ' The series of en gagements on the French front during the Inst few days ha not altered', conditions appre ciably. ' ' t The hope expressed recently that war In the Balkans might be averted virtually his been abandoned accord ing to the belief expressed In official quarters, A stntitnent by Sir Edward Orey, Prltlsh foreign sroretHry in the house of commons, confirming "rumors tbt Autro-Urmn W.ers h1 arrived In lUilgnl. Jimt thry did before Turkey i!rw ln hr lut with the ar manlo Rlll, la takrn by officials to moan U,m KulKxrla. tun, ha dr-flnltcly dnrl If, J,,tn thi-m. Ihl WoulJ r u!t lo M.i.in ;:! 1-Hng; rnlli-il u; uii (0 V S . r j :. i;.: tu s ; i'oit warded today by the Athens correspondent of the' Havas News agency, who asserts that it is from a reliable source. It is believed that the princi pal point of concentration will be along the upper Strouma river, southwest of Sofia, near the Serbian border. Basestealing Poster of Boston, 20 won and seven lost; and Ruth of, Boston, IT won and seven lost ' - ' ' ' National League. ' ' In the National league Luderus of Philadelphia and Doyle of New York are tied for first place in batting, each with an average of .317. Cincinnati leads in club batting with .255, and St. Louis Is second with .263. . Captain Doyle of the Giant leads in run fretting with 83. Cravath of Phil adelphia leads in total bases with 257 and In home runs with 23 only two less than the major league record made by Freeman of Washington In 1899. . Carey of Pittsburgh leads In stolen bases with 37. . The leading pitchers of the National league are Toney of Cincinnati, with 16 games won and four lost; Alexan der of Philadelphia with 31 games won and nine lost; and Hamaux of Pitts burgh, with 21 won and seven lost.1 on the part of Captain von Papen, such as caused the recall of Dr. Dumbs, In the list of documents in posses sion of the state department are four cipher letters from Dr. Dumba, some f,rom Von Papen and one .believed to be from Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, although on the latter point official "confirmation la lacking. In the batch, however, is a letter written by Count von Bernstorff in troducing Archibald- There is nothing so far as has been disclosed which in dicates that the German ambassador has violated diplomatic rules. Restored in Russiaa war against Japan. General Kuropatkln's poor success as commander of Russia's big army in Manchuria is believed to have been largely attributable to his subjection to the superior command ot Admiral Alexelv, Russian viceroy in the ' far east and to internal friction among tha general. In a history he wrote of the war, General Kuropatkin frankly admitted his mistakes. Games to take place In Philadelphia on Wednes day, October 13; and tha sixth In Bos- Ion on Thursday, the 14th. If a sev enth game Is necessary to decide the championship It will be played on Frl day, October' IS, " , The place where the seventh game will be played will be decided by the toss ol a coin. those Balkan states which remain friendly to them and which are men aced by the threatened Bulgarian ag Kresnlon. . 1 Athens never had much confidence in the Vulgarian assurances that Ilul aarln's m. ionization was Innocent K was asserted Iwre, and the other capi tals have now been forced to the earns conclusion. There Is nothing to In dicate the attitude of Roumanla, but It has always been taken for granted that her friendship for Italy and France aaaured her continued support of. the cauae of the entente alllne. . ' The queallo narlars ss tj what alatanc the entente alllos could give Oreece and K'-rbla, It la augRmtd Unit an sireemant be made with (Jreece that for every aolillrj- a he srnda to hip (irrblej the slllra would Innr! a eoldlor at H.lonlLI to iirotuct (3rn-k territory to the south, and. wlirn the tlma enmo, to march svulnat l ul-ftrla. 3 R16GS BANK. HAYWOOD FAIR BIBS FOR BONDS MEN INDICTED OPENS TUESDAY ARE NUMEROUS True BU1 Against TV Vice -President ud Cashier of Institution Charging Perjury. SEQUEL OF BANK SUIT AGAINST U. S. OFFICIALS Indictments Returned in Con nection With Affidavit De nying Bank Speculated In Stocks. Washington, Oct. ' 2. Charles C. Glover, president of the Rlggs Na tional bank, William J. Flather, vice president and H. H. Flather, 'cash ier, have been indicted fpr perjury in connection . with the bank's . suit against Secretary of the Treasury McAdpo and Comptroller of Currency Williams. Four indictments were turned against each of the bank offl - etui whn Urn nhni-cari with TWHlirv in making an affidavit in which it was set forth that the bank had never engaged In -stock speculation and had never had any . transactions with Louis Johnson and company, . a de funct local stock brokerage firm. Attorneys for Secretary McAdooand Comptroller Williams contended at the trial of the bank's suit that the books of Louis Johnson and company showed many transactions in . tho names of officials of the bank. The case soon afterward was taken before the grand Jury. Vice President Milton E. Ailes and Joshua Evans, Jr.. assistant cashier, were called to testify. - .. .. , The indictments are a sequel to the suit of the bahk in which it was al leged that Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams, because of personal animus toward soma of the baalt.i,,fftclals.iadi conspired to in-. lure the Institution by the withdraw al of public deposits, the making ot extraordinary demands for special re ports, and finally by imposing a fine of $5,000 because the bank failed to make a certain report called for by the comptroller. The district Supreme court dismiss ed all the charges against the secre tary and comptroller, but left unde cided the question of, the fine of $5,- 000. A decision on tnis point is ex pected at the fall term of the court PRICE OF GASOLINE Local Consumers Puzzled Over Difference of 104 Cents V In Quotations.' Consumers and dealers In Ashevllle are much Interested in the Washington dispatch of September 28 to the effect that at an early date'the Federal Trade commission would undertake a sweep ing investigation into the price of gas oline in -southern territory. An Ashe vllle contttmer stated yesterday that while Atlanta had been waxing wrath, ful over the proposition of paying 18 cents for this motor fuel as compared with Chicago's price of 9M cents the mountain metropolis had seen the commodity advance within the last 00 days from 15 H to 0 cents. The At lanta Journal and the Constitution, this man continued, are declaring con ditions rotten and calling upon their congressmen for help because of a difference of about six oents between prices In Atlanta and those In Kansas City and a number of other cities, but that nothing has been said about the fact that two gallons, of gasoline can be bought In Chicago for the price of one here, with penny left over to buy a stamp. ' A Gaxette-Kews reporter aaked a dealer what explanation there is for the high prlct of gasoline here. The dealer frankly replied that he could not explain It; that one distributing company at Norfolk claimed that it had been offered 60 cents a gallon for the liquid for war purposes and that such high prices had created a scarcity In the supply. It Is explained that the price ot the commodity Is not fixed In this city, that being determined, pre sumably, In the 0fllc of tha distribut ing companies. Another Ashevilla resident msde the statement) thai, a few months ago the wholesale price of gasoline In Brevard was 1 tents. Ho far as is known no body In this city ran give any explana tion ot the wide variation In the prlcea here as compared with figures quoted In other cities. United Slates Marshal Charles A. Webb, Chief Deputy Marshal John Y. Jordan and I'tputy Marshals J. V. Cnrnar and M. D. Justice will leave tomorrow for Charlotte to attend the nrntfnne of fmlrral district 1 court wl.kh Irsta tlicie iiunjtty. 1 t SIRS TEES! Promises to Be Greatest Fair In History of County Elev enth Annual Event at Waynesville. FOUR BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS ARE PROMISED Fair Will Be Opened Tuesday By Mammoth Parade Ad dresses to Follow Singing , Contest a Feature. : : Beginning next Tuesday morning and continuing through Friday the eleventh annual Haywood county fair will open at Waynesville. ,The np proaching fair promises to be one of the best ever held in western North Carolina, (he exhibits being larger and better, the attractions of a higher re-i"'"' le premiums larger ana an thf' Parts f the fair the best that """" 8ureieo, Tuesday will be known as "Havwood County day" and the feature- of this day will be the mammoth parade which will start at 10:30 o'clock. The parade will be headed by the Canton ambulance corps, the military com pany of Wayhesville, officers of Way nesville and Haywood county citizens or the city and county and the Sparks circus parade. ' ' ; Address to Be Made. Following the parade, which will end at the fair grounds, J. Bat Smath ers of Canton will deliver the address of welcome at 11:30 o'clock.. The an nual address will be made by Solomon Gallert of Rutherford county. The afternoon and -evening will be given over to the circus. : The second day will be known as "Western Carolina day" and "Singing Day," Over J160 in prizes will bo given to the singing choirs, of..,., the counties. The singing contest will be called to order at 10:16 Wednesday morning or as soon as the choirs can go from the station to the grand stand. Choirs present at the time will be enrolled and sing alphabetically, each singing three songs at one round. There will be a forenoon and an af ternoon session In case more than ten choirs are present so that the people will have a chance to rest, get dinner and take In some of the attractions of the fair. The fair management and not the managers of the contest will select the Judges who will be asked to figure up the standing of each choir and award the prizes. Buncombe Sends Choirs. Buncombe county choirs have regls tered as follows: Ashevllle, Montreat Blltmore, Candler and Leicester. The Haywood choirs are ! Long Branch Canton, Piney Grove, Clyde, Dellwood Pleasant Balsam, Thlckety, Allen' Creek and Beaverdam. Choirs that will probably singing are Cove Creek, Ratcllff Cove and Waynesville High school. s 1 Haywood has during the last few years had some real big singing con ventlona but this one will greatly ex ceed anything of the kind ever seen in western North Carolina for several more choirs will sing than ever before. In the afternoon of the second day horse show will be held and field day sports will be a feature. It is ex pected that the horse show will bring out some of the best horses In Hay wood and adjoining counties. i Canton Day. The third day will be called "Canton Day" and will be featured by a spell ing contest at 11 o'clock at the grand stand. It la expected that hundreds of people will be In line for this great spelling bee. Following the spelling the baby show will be held at 1 o'clock In the exhibit building. Dur ing the afternoon of this day the hors and cattle show will be held. Secre tary Bentelle states that more cattle will be exhibited next' week at the Haywood county fair than at any pre- vious fair vr held in western North Carolina. The judging of the horses and cattle during th eaf ternoon ot the third day is expected to create a greal, deal of interest The fourth day will be "Educational Day" and all teachers and children of Haywood county will be admitted free to the grounds. On this day last yea the grounds soon filled with teachers and children fru mall sections of the county. Farm xlilhlts. ThearmE exhibits this year will be the largest ever In the history of tho county. Keen rivalry Is expected I the arranging of exhibits tor the prise offered by the state fer the best farm exhibit at the fair. Tha fair aenocla tion has doubled this prize and beside the winner will be allowed to take his exhibit to the state fair at Raleigh only one exhibit being allowed from each county. D. R. and R. U Noland of Fine creek will again have a great exhlbl st the fair end IS. J. Howell of Jona than's creek and Oarrett Reavea Lake Junaluaka will also have fine ex hlblta at the fair, theae being am on tha tersest exhibits expec ted. On Thuridny tha young people' beef cattle Judging contest will (Conlnued on Pta I) Although Books Are Not Yet Open, Offers to Buy Anglo French Securities Reach Millions. SOME SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR VERY LARGE SUMS One Commissioner Says He t Believes French and English People Will Also Invest Liberally. New Tork, Oct. 2. The members syndicate of banks, trust companies and private bankers who are to man age the $500,000,000 loan negotiated by the Anglo-French financial com mission are receiving floods of appli cations from banks " and Individuals asking permission to take part l'n un derwriting the loan. Although the subscription books have not yet been opened it is stated that offers to buy the bonds already amount to many million dollars. The maximum estimate of the total sub scriptions already offered places the amount as high as $430,000,000. At the office of J. P. Morgan & Co.,it was said that the aggregate of the sums offered by applicants to take part in the underwriting had not been com piled and would not be until the state ment showing the syndicate member ship was closed was ready. That some of the subscriptions are for very large sums was Indicated by the statement that one of the wealth iest men ' In the United States ' had offered to take $30,000,000 worth of the bonds. ' Other offers ranging from $3.000.000 to $5,000,000 have been made' by New Tork banks or' large Corporations.. v., Sir Edward ' Holden, 'one of tho members of the Anglo-French com mission, is quoted as saying that In his opinion the loan is so superior in income yield to anything In London he expects that large amounts of the bonds will find their way to the Eng lish capital. Both English and French nvestors have already made extensive applications for them, said Sir Ed ward. "French and English people," Sir Edward continued, "who have credit balances here will invest the balances in the loan. 'This ought to put the loan after a time at a premium and if such shoJld be the case it would give great pirns- ure to the members of the commission, as they would feel the honor of hav ing brought to America a loan which proved a great success." In announcing the terms of the loan virtually anybody was offered ' the bonds in amounts of $1,000 and over at the price to the syndicate, IV. per cent under the price desig nated as the selling price to individ uals. This apparent conflict Is recon ciled by the admittance of practical ly all investors to the underwriting syndicate. Investors who obtain small lots of the bonds at 6t, however. must do so through a bond house or another member of, the syndicate, such member simply transferring tho bonus to him without commission at cost price. When the entire $500,000,000 Is spoken for no more Investors will be permitted to subscribe at 96 Th price will be 9 during the remainder of the syndicate's life which is set at 60 days. RED SOX ARE FAVORITES. BUT PHILLIES LOOK GOOD With the outcome of the last world's series still clearly In mind there is a strong probability that the Phillies will be better backed than were the Braves last season. It Indi cations that the Red Box will rule heavy favorites for the 19 It classic prove correct. On paper, it must be admitted that Roston seems the claas but the fact that a seven game series Is not the best means In the world of establishing the superiority of one club over another should not be over' looked. Current speculation on the coming games wiuld Indicate that the Phil lies' one and only hope Is Alexander. and yet In Luderus and Cravath they nave two ol the best and hardest hit ters in the National league, while nnimrra, jnayer ana mxey are pitchers who have won more than fair share of games fur the Quaker my s near cnampions. Moran baa a club not a lot unlike that which rep resented Iloaton In last year's series and made mincemeat of the top. heavy rhlldaetphla favorites In four straight games. It has gnne threugh the present season without, the semblance of a crack and with nothing to loae, In the face of the high favor In which fana generally hnlcl Pmton, wi'J certnlnly not Buffer from vercontlience, an n exchange. CASUALTY LIST IF Reports As to Hurricane Vic tims Include Known Dead 224 Reported Dead 208 and Missing 117.' CONSIDERED CERTAIN THAT 350 ARE DEi STOi r 4 Conservative Estimates Plact Property Damage at $12, .000,000 Relief Work Is Proceeding Rapidly. New Orleans, Oct 2. The number of known dead, reported dead and persons- missing in . Louisiana and Mississippi as the result of Wednes day night's tropical hurricane la put at 649 in the totals compiled today from reports from many points along the gulf coast and in the interior. Property damages is estimated at $12,000,000 and it was considered certain early today that the total num ber of1 dead would stand at not less than 350. -'- The list of known dead '. already stands at 224, with 208 reported dead. In addition 117 are known to be miss ing, and while undoubtedly there has been some duplication in the tabula tion of reports of bodies found, it was said today that indications are that the dead will not be fewer than 850. The property damage throughout the storm swept territory was enormous and in many places the destruction ' was complete. . j Relief parties returned today from the Delta district and said that the rich plantation section had been wiped out, crops ruined and orange trees destroyed, buildings demolished and' washed ,into' the sea ind the country for miles was under water from four .. to fifteen feet deep. ; The levees in many places were de stroyed adding-a new-menace to the' inhabitants. - ' ;' , " River pilots expressed the opinion that it would be Impossible to con struct the levees in many places. ,. : . Many people today were . reported. to be still marooned on top of undam aged levees, where they took- refuge when the full fury of the storm broke. While no official estimates- has been obtained of the storm damage In , the state and along the Mississippi coast, persons familiar with the ter- rltory believe It will approximate $12,000,000. The estimate Is consider ed conservative. The relief work Is progressing rap. idly and quick recoveries are being made here and in other cities from the effects of the storm. Vessels left here yesterday from practically every point on the coast to visit the isolated villages, fishing settlements and camps which were in the path of the hurri cane. BALLOT WILL NOT HURT , SAYS LEADER Mrs. Archibald Henderson, the State President, Made Strong ' Address at Durham. Durham, Oct I. Announcing a "new declaration of Independence." Mrs. Archibald Henderson, president of the Equal Suffrage league of North Carolina, asserted that "the countrr never shall be free until the mother shall be as free as the fathers." In an address to men and women suffragists at the Y. M. C. A. late Thursday. Mrs. Henderson, Introduced by Mrs. E. J. Parrlsh. president of the Durham league, denied that the granting of the ballot to women would take them from the homes, "Women are not willing to give up the sacred privilege of making men and women merely fop the purpose of making laws." she con.-, tlnued. ' "Women don't want U do men's work; they ask only to be given an equal chance to protect themselves and their children." Demand for equal suffrage Is only part of the world movement toward democracy the suffragist said, and shn added that women resented being p'ced on "pedestal" with "Idiots, criminals and male Infanta, the only other classes denied the privilege ef voting." While Mrs. Henderaon claimed that women want to remain In the home, she pointed out that the present Indus trial system was sending many girl and women Into the sbops and farto. rl-s. One-fourth of the M0, 009 giru and women past 10 years of ae In thM lata, are wage earners otitslda tlw home she showed. Mrs. Ilem1r'i aaked that theae workers b given t leaal protection of helping make thi r own laws. In answer to a onf ton T l J. R Can, the aurrraglal iVr r that granting suffrage j y t'-n inrreaaa tha white maturity in south several millions. Dnr I epted himself K f i aufTiaga m) rim r-t -3
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