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ZZvax ZETTE-NEWS WW in . WEATHER FORECAST. Has the Asocuti ,. Every Respect Complete. uberAodlt Bnrean Circulation FAIR TOXIGHT. ASHEVILLE, N. 0.. FJtlDAY AFTTffOON, OCTOBER 29, 1915 PRICE 2 CENTS-" j wn i m - GKMNY HAS ARRANGED TO SHIP ' MUNITIGN.S OF WAR THROUGH SERBIA rjnless Serbians Can Interfere with Communications, Bul . garian Offensive Will 7 ' Soon be Strengthened. fLOTILLA OF STEAMERS fiEADY AS TRANSPORTS flish Threatened on Two Sides Position of Serbian Army Becoming One of In creasing Danger. ' London, Oct. 29.-The first jphase of the Austro-German-Bulgarian campaign in Serbia is complete. . The invading forces realized their important objective in joining hands in the northeastern corner of the country and also .' enhanced their mili tary advantages by procuring the free passage down the Danube. A flotilla of steamers is said already to be waiting to transport war mate rials, and if Serbia cannot in-1 terfere with the arrangements Bulgaria's ammunition short age will soon be relieved and her offensive powers greatly strengthened.; - The progress of the' Bulgar ians east and northeast of Nish both threatens the city itself and places the Serbian army in a position of increasing danger. Moreover, like the union of the Bulgarian and Teuton froccs farther north, the cap ture of the temporary capital would have more than military strategic advantages, since, im would be possible to rapidly es tablish railroad communica tions through Belgrade, Nish and Sofia, among the Austro Germans and their allies. v From the north the Germans and Austrians are "advancing over a wide front, which runs slightly southeast from Valievo and swings in a broad curve northeast almost to the Dan ube at Kladovo, where it joins the right wing of the Bulgarian army. Humors continue to ascribe to the Greek government inten tions hostile to the entente pow ers, even going so far as to say that Greece" has an understand -. ing with Bulgaria that at the psychological moment she will fall upon the allied troops at Saloniki. No such design is really credited to Greece in ixmdon, but England and France continue to wateh the political, situation at Athens with nnconcefiled anxiety,. Sir Edward Grey, British sec retary of foreign affairs said that, Greece's espousal of the cause of the central powers is impossible and similar assur ances have come from autheptic Greek sources. ; The inactivity which has marked the situation 'on the western front for some .time is ;Bnlirokcn. ' In the cast Von Ilinctenburg's attack in tbemga'district has cntored upon no new phase. Paris, Oct. 29. North of the Kwer Aisno there was last night very'severo fighting with nomliB end hand grenades, ac cording to the war office state ment issued toclnv. There was fclw bombardment by both sides Investigating Financial Backing of Conspirators Federal Officials Declare That If Men Are Found Who Furn ished Money to Fay and His Comrades They Will Face Serious Charges. New York, Oct. 29. -Efforts of fed-i eral prosecutors and secret service agents are being directed to an in vestigation of the financial backing of the leaders of the conspiracy to blow up war munition plants and ships, of which Lieutenant Robert Fay of he German army is alleged to be the head. United . States District Attorney Snowden Marshall said he did not be lieve that the most important con spirators have yet been captured and expects that other arrests will be made. , . : ' Federal officials said that if the men who furnished the money to Fay and his companions could be found they will be called on to face charges as serious as these against the men now accused. i ' Paul Siebs said that he wasgotng to appear against the alleged conspira tors as a witness for the state because jthey deceived him' and led him into a Ltrap. . , . ... Slebs who declares that he lived in Chicago from 1910 to 1913 as a clerk and traveling auditor, says he came to the United States after a visit to Germarty last year to buy copper for the use of the German government. Captain Harold C. Woodward of the United States engineering corps, Repulse Of Russians IftTheEast Reported , Berlin, Oct. 28. Repulse of Rus sian attacks in the Dvinsk region and near the central part of the line in the east as well as a success for Gen eral Von Llnsingen's troops in the southern section are recorded today In the official statement of the German war office. The report says: Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has repulsed Russian attacks against po sltion recently taken by the Germans northeast of Garbunowka in the Formal Resignation Of French Cabinet Occurs Paris, Oct. 29. President Polncare today received the formal collective resignation of the entire Vivian! minis try, giving official form to the decision of the cabnet yesterday to retire. President Polncare requested Arls tlde Brland to form a hew cabinet At a meeting in tho foreign office this morning under the presidency of M. vivlani tho decision was reached to l submit the resignations collectively. British Casualties Have Increased During Fall London, dot 29. The British casu alties from the beginning of the war to October t were 493,29. The British casualties up to August 21a given officially on tsepiomuer were 381,982, showing tne loiai oe- in the Champagne district. Italian Coining. Udlne, Italy, Oct. 28. (Via Paris, Oct. 29,)e-News or the greai xi- offensive ell along the lsonxo front Is brought down by the wounded and convoys escorting Austrian vriuorn to the rear. In three ftays over 1.000 prisoners have passed tnrougn uu. , which gives some Idea of the magni tude of the operations. All the soldiers agree that the ar tillery preparation preceding the of fensive, lasting tnree oy The'ltajlan soldiers A"flr ibV.thry are reaping the benefit of matlo destruction fil ne nninte on the mountain peak, mastered after fierce r"lft during the pasi monim - -Kih ih.v uv. has greatly e- creased the accuracy of the Austrian's aim. , ' "We are now solidly In posswmlon of trenches end position like Clma Fredda, the hinge of the formidable triangular defense of Tolmlno. which the enemy sem. d determined to hold . nv. mil auld an officer tonay. "tn the entire struggle In the neigh- k.rhnn,i t,t (inrlilt. whfre the Aus- raln - an expert In high explosives, said that the bombs or mines such as lay said he intended to attach to ships would be sufficient to blow off the ends of a steamer ' filled with the explubiv which Fay purchased. All the alleged evidence obtained by the government against the five (nen charged with conspiracy in plotting to disable steamships laden with war mu nltions for the allies, by placing clock- worked bombs on the vessels'' rudders or propellers, is contained in the con fesslon of Robert Fay, who said he was a lieutenant in the German army and in the explosive materials found in his possession. This was announced by William J. Flynn, chief of the secret service and H. Snowden Marshall, United States district attorney. Both officials assert ed that none of the documents taken from Fay's room in Deehawken, N. J., threw any light as to who were Fay's financial backers, if he had any, or tended to show any connection be tween Fay's acts In the United States and officials of Europe. ,. f '' "The government is far from con vinced that the real story of the plot has been unearthed," said Mr. Mar shall. "We have not finished investi gating. Yet we have no basis for any further arrests." Dvlnsk sector and the Germans, have again . occupied the cemetery ' at Szaszaly. In this region the evacua tion of which, was reported vesterday, two offlicers and 150 soldiers were taken prisoners. ' The failure of a strong attack by the Russians against the troops of the army of Prince Leopold of Bava ria is announced near Tatschersy. General Yon Linsingen in the southern sector has captured Kudka, west of Czartorysk. . ;" ' M. Briand Immediately began the work of forming a new ministry, which was already well advanced In antici pation of the president's formal ro- ouest. M. Brland requested his colleagues to confer again with him later In the afternoon, when It is expeoted that a definite conclusion will be' reached concerning the distribution of the va rious portfolios. , , ...V tween that time and October 9 to be 111,311, or a dally average of 2271. The losses between June 9 and August 21 averaged about 1500 daily. The ntarked Increased In the fall over the summer losms may be accounted for by the heavy fighting on the Western front last nonth. i forcemenU,the Austrians were finally repulsed. As they, retreated the Aus trians set fire to a lung tract of coun try, making a well of fire to protect them from the pursuing Italians." Shelling Bulgarian Coast. ' Rome, Oct '28 A'Bucharest dis patch to the Stefanl News agency filed yesterday says that the Russian have begun an attack on the iilaek sea coast of Bulgaria. ' ' "Tho KusHlun fleet arrived at the Bulgarian coast at 4 o'clock this morning" say the dispatch, "and Im mediately began bombarding Varna. The shelling was still proceeding at 11 o'clock. Considerable damage was done to th town.'? " . Berlin, Oct 28.sr-Th Austrian and German Invading Serbia have . pene trated further tn the south, Germany army headquarters announced today. staling that further ground ha been I gained and that the army of General, von Qalwlt ha taken 1,011 prlsonerstthe German oarers, and sunk , the since October 23. The report uy "Th Bulgarian hv captured . Jecar and Knlajevats having crowied the Tlmok river over a large front) "Zajecar and KnlaJevata are on the railroad (ram .No!ln to Nish, against which the Bulgarian are now march. Ing. Negotln Is about 80 ir.llea from 'NUuX iin nnrcllPDiiiP enrwrn jpun nnninrnipii piumon datti r UA juuuuLU umm u lhl iu in rim im ju i.u huh ll Evangelist's Evening Sermon Will Present a Contrast to View pf Sin Given in Last 3 .; Night's Sermon. , MANY WERE CONVERTED AT SERVICES YESTERDAY Large Delegations Will Be Present This Evening at the Closing Meeting of Sec- i ond Week. ; : There will be no sermon this after- noon at the tabernacle; this; evening j Rev. Dr. J . Wilbur Chapman :wllli take as his subject "What God Does With Our Sins." this being a sequel sermon i to the. discourse last evening on "What Men Do With Their Sins."; Special delegations that ' will . attend the services this evening are a large body of students from Mars HiU CoN lege, the senior, class of the AsheviHe High school and members of the clty police department who will attend in a body in uniform. Last night a Grace school delega tion and many of the laundrymen of the city went to the tabernacle )n bodies. Great Interest was shown In the two regular services yesterday as well as at the drawing room meeting held yesterday at the residence of Mrs. J. C, Pritchard. At the latter service Rev. Dr. Chapman spoke from the text, "He Hath Made Me a Polish ed Shaft," and Albert Brown sang Ther Ivory Palaces.." . ' Many asked for prayers yesterday and- a large number of .conversions were recorded, one of these belnfra man whose young son had been pray- lng for many days for ,' his father's! turning away from sin.- The eho.vv dstha-word8.t -one 0torJUlllLaAse,nblea toT singing ofth large chotrwrWSUTn.1 gOTernorrYoutmDrmn8r seg9lon Unirt beam chorus under the direction'' of Charles M. Alexander, as well as the solos rendered . by Mr. Brown, made i great Impression on the large congre gations yesterday. Elsewhere in today's Gazette-News Is one of the Alexandes hymns, music and words, and an Impressive story written by Mr. Alexander entitled. "Have Faith in God." There will be no services tomorrow. ' hast Night. ' Dr. Chapman's text last night: "He shall be holden with the cords of his sins." Proverbs 5:22. The sermon foUows: "The Bible Is a book of striking fig ures, thrilling stories and authentic history. In no book In the world can we find such descriptive sentences as in the Bible, and if there were no other argument to prove its insprlation I should find myself willing to accept as form the text above quoted. "What a striking picture It Is. We behold one with Just the slightest cord of sin about him from which he can easily break away, but the cords mul tiply in number and Increase In strength until the strongest gian is, held prisoner. "Sin is always small In its beginning. A gentleman stood upon the piazza of his house while a fierce torm was raging. Ho was looking out on the beautiful lawn which surrounded his property when suddenly a tree which was the pride of his family went down (Continued oni 'Page Five). BRITISH VESSEL MES Warrant Officers of Kron Prinz Wilhelm Captured at Sea by British Cruiser. New York, Oct. 29. The six war rant officers of the Interned German raider Kronprlns Wilhelm, who es caped from Norfolk, Va., October 10, ,.n the vecht Eclipse, were captured at, , hv a British warship, according to a letter received nrre. i no immr j vice, i Knnw jruu two i i""" . was sent to William Wolff, a New more eotton nexj year because you Ydrk manufacturer by his mother-In- have made more on the 88IS.000 bales law, who was a passenger on thejthls year than the 935,000 last year.) steamer Bermuaian, wnicn left rsew York for Hamilton last Wednesday. According to the letter, the Bermu dlan was stopped a short distance from It destination by a British cru- sler, which engaged th passenger ves sel ln wireless conversation. The sub stance of the talk as told by the wire- less operator of the Bermudlan wa, that th cruiser, th Identity of which ; Is not given, had overtaken the mlns - Ing Eclipse at sea,, mad prisoners of yacht Dance Go to China. Copenhagen, Denmark, 'Oct. 28. A number of Danish dairymen have ben engaged in go to China te urgsnlse the Chinese dairy Industry along modern lints, .... ST Colored People Assemble By Thousands and Applaud Re- . marks Made by NortJ f Carolina Governor. PRAISES COLORED MEN ; FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT Declares N. C. Colored People Are Best In World and Says Old North State Is Best Place For Them. (By W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, Oct. 29. Governor Craig's speech to the North Carolina negro fair attracted its tens of thousands, at least one or two of them, and made against the musical againsi me musical merry-eu-ruuiiu . and the bray of the ubiquitous asth- v matlo burros who spiel with leather lungs day and night, was a triumph over them all. "The midway was overwhelmed by the greater attraction and all the irowd poured to the grandstand where the governor. State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner, State Treasurer R. R. Lacy ahd State Auditor Penn Wood had places on' the rostrum built at the foot of the stand. Kerry O'Kelley, president, introduced Professor Moore who made up the ' introductory of Governor Craig largely from a letter of Governor Jarvis expressive of the former governor's belief in universal education, r Governor Jarvis declared that op ponents of negro education would be silenced if the negro showed that ed ucation has benefited his race. Open ing, his address with a reference to this letter, Governor Craig said: "This great audience Justifies and vindicates U.I wisdom of Governor jarvis s Carolina's , greatest- governors. have exemplified what he did. ' "I know there have been many peo ple who did oppose your education nnd they did so because they thought It would teach you away from ser vice. There Is a story that Senator Vance once said that 'instead of teaching a' colored man 'hie, haec, hoc' they'd better teach him 'gee, haw Buck." I think this ought to be taught the negro and I think it ought to be taught the white man. And . I don't think that because either is educated he will be any the less willing to work. "I am proud of North Carolina's colored people. They are the best In the world (great applause). I am not saying this because I want to tickle you. I am saying it, because of what you have done. There are Intelligent colored men In this audience whose fathers and mothers were born in bondag, but they ought not to be in bondage now (applause). I saw a col ored man a few minutes ago who has accomplished something that I never knew nny man to accomplish. I have heard of such things like the woman at the religious meeting who was asked if she had ever Been a perfect woman. She said she never saw one but she had heard of one her hus band's first wife, (laughter) Welly, I never saw such a thing before. I had only heard of it. Cotton Grower Philanthropist. "Why, I saw something a few min utes ago that makes the man who grew this crop a fine citizen. I saw Ed Peebles, a Wake county negro far. mer, who made 1,000 pounds of lint cotton on one acre of land. Think of it! Two bales of cotton on an acre of lnnd. The man who produces two hales of cotton on one acre is a good citizen. He Is a progressive man, he Is a philanthropist, he Is a benediction to his race, (great applause) . "Why you have helped to raise enough Irish potatoes to put them In three bushel barrels ano stnnn tnem side by side from the seaboard to the summit of the Great Smoky mount ains nnd you have, raised three times as many sweet potatoes as Irish. And I think sweet potatoes are three times a good as Irish. You have the children appeared. She Imme ralsed 11,000.000 bushels of wheat. ilately sounded the alarm. According enough to give every being on earth lo the sisters the pupils marched out a biscuit. You have raised 68R.000 m ttn orderly manner until the lead- bales of cotton. But there ll ne no cot- ton picked In North Carollnn today. All the nickers are here at this fair, . "But let me give you a little ad- There no way id siop you h..m, plnntlng more, iou nnvrn i gw any more sense, (laugnter) . ho go nnean and plant all you plense. Nobody ran stop you. But before you plant It fix! finding they would be unable to ex yourself on meat and breed. (CHes nf' tlngulsh the flames summoned help Amen, and oawa hies tnat toKing man). Then the wind of adversity may come and the rsln of depression descend, the very gates of hell may ijie thrown In for rooU measure, but i your house will stand because, It Is bullded upon meat and bread, (great applause). , Child Hurt. Ullle B'll Tolley a. seven-year-old student of Orange street school was run over by an automobile driven by Mrs. Teasley nnd seriously Injured this morning. It Is stated that she is not expected to llva ' IN SCHOOL FIRE Twenty Boys and Girls Lose Lives When Flames Sweep ver Parochial School at Peahody, Mass. RAPID PROGRESS OF FIRE CAUSES PANIC Many Children Trampled Un. der Foot; Others Killed and Injured In Jumping From Higher Windows. Peabody, Mass.,. Oct. 29. In the cavity within the blackened shell of what yesterday morning was St. John's parochial school, men searched today , . , , , . . " " l"e mes P1 l BirIa r lino nrOCa (lion avr m inaH -ri rnf n The ruins were also examined carefully for ' victims. - I iflprt04,?6 168 remalne1 ""I i identified, Five girls were reported missing by their families. Owing to I the condition of the unclaimed bodies positive identificaton will probably be j Impossible. ! Search for possible additional bodies was directed by Chief of Police Grady, while the inspector of state police con ducted an investigation Into the cause of the fire. , , The fire broke out in the boiler room and swept through the building, driv ing the children from their rooms, 'and many sought to escape by the windows and were killed or injured by Jump ing. Neighbors rushed to the scene and held coats and blankets Into which some of the children leaped. St. John's school was built 60 years ago and is located near the center of the town and adjoining St. John's Catholic church About 600 children and,, the "begun -hen tne alarm was given, The fire spread very rapidly. The entire local fire department was called out, "while help was summoned from Salem and Danvers. The heaviest loss of life occurred near the front door, where the hall nnd stairway which leads to the upper floor were, chocked with frantic chil dren. Many were trampled under foot and overcome with smoke. The fire men were unable to push through th6 crush and were force-1 to fight the fire from ladders. m More than 600 pupils under the age of 16 years were at their desks when there was an explosion, apparently in the boiler room. The flames swept through the building which was three stories high, almost before the chil dren could get out of the rooms. The stairway was filled with smoke and flames and when the sisters tried to send the children out by the usual fire drills the onrush of th flames caused a panic. As soon as the firemen broke down one of the rear doors they found two bodies both badly burned; two more were found Just inside the door and two others near the stairway. Fifty feet across the yard was a con vent in which 100 nuns reside. The firemen prevented the flames from jumping across the yard to the con cent. St. John's school was built of brick with a wooden interior. It was heated by steam trom a large boiler in the basement. Fire was started up under the boiler early this morning and It lb understood that there was a fairly good head of steam whdn the session opened. The scoool wa one of the largest In the city. The school building wai erected at a cost of about iioo.ouu. it is square shaped with wood fittings lining the interior of the brick frame. There are sixteen class rooms on the three floor. At each end there are wooden stairs for the two upper floors. The head of the school is Mother Superior SlsU-r Aldegon, who Is .in sisted by fifteen sisters. The mother superior detected tho odor of smoko' a few minutes after i er, reached the ground floor when they rushed Into the vestibule of fhe front entrance Instead of going on out at the rear door as they had been trained io ao. inu cuuscu romuBiun among the children following and congestion In the vestibule. Meanwhile the. flames had reached ;lne stairs ana caugnt tne struggling ichlloren. wunin nve , minute me ; flames were shooting out or all the '.windows end exits. Local firemen 'from Salem, Danvers and Marblrnead, but the help came too late. The mother superior dropped 25 chl'dren from the window of the second floor and .they were caught on overcoats and blankets. There are no fir escape on th ' outside of the building. . Heroic Dcod. Deeds of heroism were not wanting. Among the Incident of thi kind was the achievement of. Maurice Hnrrls, aged 10 year, who carried hi one legged chum, .Thorns O'Shea, down the smoke filled stairway to safety on his houldr.t T FATE OF VILLA Preparations Complete For Im portant Conflict Between Villa and Carranza Forces at Agua Prieta. NOT KNOWN WHETHER VILLA IS COMMANDING Believed, However, He Would! Have Taken Advantage of Opportunity to Cross Bor der In Case of Defeat. Douglas, Ariz., Oct. 29. Preparaw tions are complete for the third battle at Acua Prieta. Sonora. between the various factions since Madero opene . the war ln Mexico five years ago. Flv thousand American troops with six teen 3-inch guns have mobilized her; to see that the fighting Mexican shoot only on their side of the bor der. ' ' ... Carranza troops lie behind an elabw orate system of earthworks, awaiting: the approach of the Villa army. Tne fighting may begin today or it may be delayed until sometime next ween. This will depend on the plans, dispo sition and condition of the Vllja troops, but the outcome will probably determine whether Sonora is to be under the sway of Villa or whether he will be driven across the American border. Hostilities, however, seem likely to begin quickly, for at last re ports the Villa forces were scattered! for some fifteen to twenty-five miles aouth of Ague PriU-ln a region !n which little water Is available, whll the Carranza forces under General Dieguez are reported to be working iu behind them." The Carranza garrison at Agua Prieta numbers hardly more' than 8,700 effective men and reinforce ments General Calles expected to coma from Piedras Negras over American territory with 16 cannon and 24 ma chine guns cannot reach the town, for two or three days. This was the word brought by General Benjamin Hill of the Carranza army who said he does not intend to Join the Carranza forces but will become one of the Interested non-combatants on the American side. Whether Villa Is ln Sonora leadlnj? In person his army of invasion Is not definitely known, but his fate is gen erally believed to hinge on the Im pending battle. If he wins he will probably remain a more or less Im portant factor in the Mexican situa tion, at least in Sonora: If Villa iouea ' many Americans and Mexicans believe; he will find the nearby border a con; venlent exit from Mexican affairs. There is some apprehension among1 residents here on account of expe riences during previous battles at Agua Prieta when stray bullets from the Mexican side killed five people in Douglns and wounded twenty others. Although undoubtedly outnumbered and probably outmatched In artillery. General P. Ellas Calles ln command of Agua . Prlota regards his position a Impregnable. The town lies on an eminence, the easiest point of attack being from the east. Here Carranza engineers have devoted most of their attention to fortifications. Villa Is reliably reported to have 28 field guns, some as large as 4 Inches, though these are believed to be hard'y more than 50 per cent efficient. HH army Is estimated at between (000 and 12,000 men. , Carranza'a equipment without count ing the 16 cannon accompanying the delay Piedras Negras troops, consist of six three-Inch American made gun and 30 machine guns. I.E. CANNON SAEE UNO WELL IN KDRFOLK, VA. New Bern,. Oct. 29. Th mystery the disappearance I which surrounded of T.- E. Cannon, the young Aden jman whose automobile was found hanging over the edge of th Trent ' rVer county bridge, wa cleared up Wnen new wa received her that .Cannon had been heard from In Nor folk and that he wa safe and well. City and county official had been dragging th river for three days and charge after charge of dynamite hsd been exploded In the wster ln an ef fort to bring th "body" to th sur face. . .4 It KING GKOItC.E INJURED. H at t t t t Ivndon, Oct 29. An accident to the king happened yeiterduy morning. The king wa thrown from his horn and severely bruised. 4ltltlrltWllttlKtt: ERMINE trU.ii bd eoneautiU4 !
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