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"SbgazetS-news 1 . , Barries. WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR AM) COOLER. T. h. Kr, Bfi-ixx Complex MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS0" Traln 8Ct 0m. jk'tikMlh "ME XX. NO. 230. ASHEVILLE. N. 0 jjJMJDE LINE TiKfJTED SOLIDLY ry nisits FALL Hitherto Communication Be tween Bulraganis and Teu tons Has Been Tentative Moves by Advance Guards. INVADERS IN SOUTH SERBIA LESS FORTUNATE French Are Said to Hold Pass Barring Bulgars From Ma cedonia Long Battle In Galicia Is Ended. accepts the new Skouloudia ministry, the present status in Greece may be continued indef initely with no change in the announced policy, now reiterat ed, of benevolent neutrality. On the eastern front severe but indecisive fighting contin ues before Riga and Dvinsk. The offensive movement of the Russians in Galicia along the River Stripa has been halted and the long battle in that reg ion has ended. No developments of import ance have occurred on the other fronts. Paris, Nov. 8. F r e n c h troops have occupied Kosjak and Babuna Heights, which command Pletvar pass, through which runs the Perlepe-Kava-rW road and are expecting to effect a junction with the Ser-. i;t ; at... bian army wiiien ouuupiea me northwestern slope of the Ba buna range, says a Mpnastir dispatch to the Matin. dill ILL RESERVE FORCES ... ' Even nterventionists Agree That Military Action Must Depend on Strategic Situation. WILL ENTER WAR AT PROPITIOUS MOMENT Roumanian Statesmen Seem Agreed That Neutrality s Best Policy For ounty for Present at Least. 1 FOR OVERFLOW IRENErtH ANNUAL REPORT OF FEDERATION A Attendance at Four Meetings Yesterday Breaks All Records For Religious Gatherings In Asheville. : Feature of Opening Day of 35th Annual Convention of Ameri can Federation of Labor at San Francisco. London, Nov. 8. The fall of Nish has united solidly the main forces of the Bulgarian and the Austro-Germans ad vancing from the north. Hith erto their communication has consisted of tentative reaching out of advance guards The Bulgarians and their allies now hold considerably more' than half of Serbia and command the Nish railway, one of the chief objects of the campaign. From Nish the Bulgarian line runs north in a slight curve, encircling the Morava river to Krivivar, where it joins the main Austro - German forces. From this point the in vaders' line turns at right an gles and runs due west caross the broadest part of Serbia. The rough semi-circle made ly the line is still contracting and as it does so, according to the Gorman reports, is taking heavy toll of Servians as pris oners. In the south of Serbia the for tunes of war are less auspicious for the invaders. There the Bulgarians have received a se- Vmn nlmnb- 4V-tv 4 li r. QafViinna assisted by the French and British troops. No official con firmation has been received, however, of the dp cisive defeat of the Bulgarians, who are at tempting to advance into Mace donia throneh the Babuna pasa. South of Strumitsa French forces are fighting on Bulgar ian soil. The crisis occasioned by the resignation of tho Greek cam not has been met temporarily nnd if tho chamber of deputies More than half of Serbia is now in possession of the invad ers,' who also have taken the greater part of the country's railway system. The new. junc tion effected between the Aus tro-German and Bulgarian forces reported from Berlin completes the semi-circular wall of hostile armies about the retreating Serbians. Several davs ago the Aus trian forces who invaded Ser bia from Bosnia, joined hands with the comrades who had marched into Serbia from the north. The line now runs from the western border near Vise grad eastward along the rail road to Varvarin and then south to Uskup. , . , . : The Bulgarians, however, have advanced considerably west of the Nish-Saloniki rail road and are said to be threat ening Printina. ... The whole movement repre sents the gradual closing in on tho Serbians on the north, east and south in the formation so often emuloved by the" Teu tons. It is said in Berlin that the Serbians have an open line of less than 70 miles in which to retreat into Montenegro. Should the Serbians seek ref uge in this country, they would be menaced by tho Austrians who already have beirun at tacks on the northern and wes tern Montenegrin borders. With the exception of Bel grade Nish is the largest city in Serbia. Soon after the out break of the war the Serbian capital was transferred from Belgrade to Nish. There it re mained until threatened by the invaders. Within the last month various towns have been mentioned as the temporary seat of the Serbian government PLEAS ARE MADE FQR NEW HIGH SCHOOL Milan, Italy, Nov. 8. There Is no onger probability of a, ministerial crisis in Roumania, says the Bucha rest correspondent of the Carrlere Delia Sera, who asserts that even the Interventionists agree with the gov ernment that military action must de pend on the strategical situation In the Balkans. The majority of the people, the correspondent says, seem to he of the opinion that Inasmuch as Roumania is virtually surrounded by fighting forces, her entry into the war would mean the useless sacrifice of reserve men on which the entente powers might count when the sea route, the only sure route for military supplies, is again open. One of the chief Interventionists Is credited with saying that everything indicates that Roumania's military aid will decide the Balkan war and that Roumania's help will be offered at the most propitious moment. Statesmen Agree. Paris, Nov. 8. Premier Braliano of Roumania. desiring to contain' the views of the members of parliament on the international situation before the opening sessions of the assembly, has been holding individual confer ences, with them, eayg a Havag dis patch rom Bucharest. All the mem bers the premier has seen thus far agree that the government Is follow ing the wisest course In maintaining neutrality, for the present at least. Interesting Program For "Home Week" Begins ; This Evening With "Home Night" Services at the Tabernacle. YEAR MOST MOMENTOUS IN FEDERATION'S ANNALS Period of Extraordinary Stress For Labor Movement, "Testing As It Has Its Very Existence." NOTE INSISTS THAT ENGLAND OBSERVE LAWS TRIAL NOW DEALS EM OF Prosecution in New Haven Case Almost Through Ex- . amining Witness. Asheville has always had the repu tation of being a church-going city, but the crowds that attended the meetings yesterday conducted by the Chapman-Alexander evangelistic par ty smashed all previous records here. Four services were necessary to ac commodate those who came to hear the sermons and the music, two over flow meetings being conducted at the Auditorium. In the afternoon Rev. Dr. Chapman addressed a big audience of men at the tabernacle on the text, "Be Sure Your Sins will Find You Out." The speaker used telling illustrations to drive home his points and at the close of the sermon many asked for prayers. At the same hour the Auditorium was filled with women at a meeting at which Mrs. Chapman preside and read the Scripture lesson. Mrs. Charles Alexander then spoke on "The Armor of Righteousness. At the close of her remarks Mrs. Alexander said that there has 'been a noticeably small number of girls . and . women among thoejwho have made, profes- IHIIiKS UNITED STATES FOR COURTESY TO JAPAN Japanese Paper Grtifled That Cruiser Is Sent For Coron ation Celebration. AMERICANS REPORTED DEAD NOW AT NACO Naco, Ann., Nov. . H. R. Thlgden and James Miller, American doctors, and two American chauffeurs. A. I Wilson and J. D. Plylant, who were rennrted bv General Villa to have been hot arrived her today from Villa Verde, 22 miles south of Bonora, P.A.B.Widener, Widely Known Financier, Dead Toklo, Nov. 8. Thanks to the gov ernment of the United States for Its courtesy In sending for the coronation celebration the cruiser Saratoga, the flagship of the Asiatic fleet, are ex pressed by the Asahl Shlmbun of Osaka, which calls attention vo the absence of naval representation of other powers, notably China, Japan's nearest neighbor. United States Ambassador Outhrle and the diplomatic representatives of the other treaty nations left today for Kioto to attend the coronation cere monies there. Leave Nogoyo. Nogoya, Japan. Nov. 7.- The em peror. attended by tne wnoie court, who passed last night at the Nagoya palace on his way to Kioto for the ceremonies of coronation, left Nagoya this morning and received an enthusl astle and Impressive greeting from the people. The city was In brilliant fes tive garb. The streets were decorated with festoons of ags and lanterns and garlands of flowers. The Imperial sanctuary was followed to th railway station by the carriage of tne tm pernr and those of the princes and princesses of the blood and other members of the retinue. The Imperial train conveying the court departed amid the strains of the national an them played amid the strains of the national anthem played by a military band and shouts of "bunial" from th populace. The -mperor was greeted with wild enthusiasm at every stop ping place along the route to Kioto. Philadelphia, Not. I. P. A. B. Wldener, the widely known financier, dld at his home, Elkln Park, near Jr Saturday. , Death la believed to hare been due to advanced age. For several yean MM Mr. Wldener had been gradually wunarawing from directorships in a number of corporation in which ha formerly active, -Mr. Widtner waa born In Phlladel- I'nia November 1, 1114, and after a puMlo school education, started his Nlns career aa a butcher. Ha soon wcame Interested In polltL and for than 20 years took an actlr M in all Important nominal move ""Ms In the city. In 1174. Mr. Wld- -r wis defeats for the nomlna tlon of mayor, and this Incident closed hi political career. It wa then that Mr. Wldener en tered Into the life which mad him conspicuous In financial affair. He began by buying a few shares of street railway tock her and ther and fi nally became the controlling factor In all th Philadelphia street railway companies, accumulating a fortune es timated at more than f (0,000,000. Aside from gaining control of th many traction corporation, h "a actlr In th formation of th United State fiteel company and th Ameri can Tohaoco company. Mr. Wldener waa a great 1ovr of art and hi colleotli of painting I aid to be on of th largest and most .valuable in th world. ROBBERS BLOW SAFE IN THEATER; ESCAPE t - Springfield. 111., Nov. I. Robber blew open th safe of the Majestic theater, less than 0 yards from th executive mansion early today ana caed wltph M40. Cotton Ginning Figures. Washington, Nov. I. Cotton ginned prior to November 1 amounted to 7 114.171 running bale. Including ft 204 round bale and 51..U1 sea Island bale, th census bureau announced tftd-iy. ninnlngs by states wre: North Carolina 401.001: South Carolina 77,ll San Francisco, CaX, Nov. 8. Pre sentatlon of the annual report of the executive council featured the opening day of the 85th annual convention of the American Federation of Labor which opened here today for a two week's session. President Samuel Gompers presented the report which pronounced the year past tne most momentous in the history of organized labor and one of extraordinary stress for the labor movement, testing aa It had its very existence. "There is not a country, and there is scarcely a. relation in the common 1 life," says the council's report, "that does not show some effect of the ter rible war that Is being waged In Eu rope. ; From our present viewpoint these effects are primarily destruc tive. Whatever of constructive value shall come out of It all, will depend upon the wisdom, the ability and the statesmanship of the real statesmen of the nations. But at present we see customs, institutions, and the relation ship that are the result of years of struggle and persistent effort to real ize ideals, swept away by the great tide of destruction and lost In the clash of arms, the smoke of the bat tlefield, and in the terrors of naval New York, Nov. 8. The trial of the eleven directors and former directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railway, charged with at tempting to monopolize railway traffic in New England today had reached the period when Charles S. Mellen be came president. Counsel for the pros ecution were expected to complete Mr. Mellen's direct examination today. At the conclusion he will be cross-exam Ined by counsel for the defense con cerning his testimony which ; dealt with his services as president and vice president of the company. It was during Mr. Mellen's preal denry that the New Haven attained Us greatest development. Latest Note to Great Britain Declares That U. S. Cannot Submit to Curtailment of Its Neutral Rights. CHAMPIONS CAUSE OF ALL NEUTRAL NATIONS BRAMHAM ILL ACCEPT PRESIDENCY OF LEAGUE among fnogewno nave maas. proieo-i warfare . slon during "fte revival service "antfj . -wicriESnSTn: called lor volunteer woraers among the women present. A large number went forward. Large Delegation. Last night the Junior Order, United American Mechanics broke all records for numbers In any one delegation that has visited the tabernacle. The afternoon train from Hot Springs ana Marshall brought hundreds of the members of this order and others. An hour before the service began cars on the Montford line were crowded and It was realized early that another meeting at the Auditorium wouia do necessary. At this second overflow entherW Rev. Dr. Calvin B. Waller ilnllvered a nowerful bormon on "The One Thing Needful." Mrs. Alexander also spoke, giving some of her ex periences. Fifteen decision were made at this service. Before beginning his sermon last night on "The way of Escape." Rev. Dr. Chapman made a plea for the new High school building. He said that perhaps It was not appropriate for him to suggest how men should vote In Tuesday's election but that It seemed to him that Asheville needed High school that would not make the Impression that the children are neglected here. Rev. Dr. Waller made a ramiuar plea at thf Auoiiorium in Denan ui o( th raw high scncoi structur. Mr. Alexander was at his best last night and under hi leadership tne larf chorti and the sunbeam cnoir mail th- Alexander hymns and some of th older favorites ring with a mighty volume of harmony. Albert Brown hild the congregation almost breathless with some of his aolo selection. More than 200 conversion were re corded yesterday and Including Fri day night It Is announced that 047 persona have signed covenant card. Uld Jiomo noon. . ... 1 , 111 tt. tl,. Berv.ee mis o"..i nw, ,, ,h 1hnr ri,nr first of the "old horn week" aeries " - ' . that ha been so popular In other cltlea visited by the evangelists. To night parents are requested to bring (Continued 0. Pag Fiv. Says He Will Do the Best He Can and Does not Court Publicity. effects" of the war upon organied labor and American customs and institutions, the report deals at length with attempts by in terests of bellgerent European nations to Interfere with the peaceful pur suit of American industries. High tribute was paid the working men of the nation through whose pa triotism, the report says, these plans have perished and the movements so far have been futile. The holding of a World's Labor congress at tho same time and place that peace delegates meet when the war is ended, is recommended in the report as "necessary In order to in fuse the spirit of humanity and de mocracy into this pt .cai conier ence." In order that the position of the United States working men In this regard may be fully representative of the country's unanimous voice of la bor, the report recommends that all international unions be urged to give thp plan their support. . The report covers the recent Inves tigation by labor leaders of the Dick Military law. In that connection, it says: "Up to the present we have received no complaint nor have we learned of any act In which the military arm of the government had mlBused the Dick Law to offset or curb the aspirations working people of the land. . . ,. . We refer to the situation In Colorado last year. . . . The corpora tions had practically coerced and in timidated the officials of the state and had over-ridden the laws of the state. .... There Is not nearly so grave a danger In the Dick law as there Is In tho menace threatening our Institu tions through the private detective agencies and the private army of gun men." Walsh Praised. Attention Is also called In the re port to the work of the United States commission on Industrial relations. Durham, Nov. 8. PreBldent-elect William G. Bramham, of the Carolina Easeball league, ho will succeed the retiring president, Arthur Lyon, of High FdrmV' will accent the office with which he was honored. However, he refuses to be congratulated. "Arthur Lyon, says he never had so much wor ry and criticism during his entire life, as he did during the two years of his presidency." Mr. Bramham, told a press representative, "hut I expect to do the best I can and shall not court publicity." Mr. Bramham, said that he had rather not have anything to say re garding the class C ruling, but back Into effect by the league. However, he was optimistic as to the outcome of next season and said, that if the right kind of baseball was given the people of North Carolina, thnt they would readily lend their support. WHEAT CARfllEjESSELS EXEMPT FOR REQUISITION British Decide That Vessels Loaded Before December 15 at U. S. Ports Can Proceed. Washington, Nov. 8. In an attempt, to Increase th rclpt ol American wheat. Great llrltaln Ha announceu, according to consular dispatches, that wheat carrying vessel arriving at in United Kingdom port will be exempt for requisition for military purpose. An announcement by th tat de partment ay: "Th British board of trad hn decided that vessel loaded by De cember 11 with wheat from American Atlnntlo port will b exempt for re quisition on arrival at United King dom port and will b fr to start another voysg. not necessarily to North Atlantic porta, after discharg ing cargo." sentatlves. Messrs. O'Connell, Lennon and Qurrotson, are praised for their "judgment and determination which brought to light many wrong and in Justices that might otherwise hav been concealed or overlooked The commission's report Is strongly endorsed by tho executive council, which recommends that the conven tion urge th next congress to make the report and hearings of th com mission public documents. "Because the commission did not follow conventional line and so pre tented facta and materials that are usually carefully suppressed and not available to th masses or th people, the report continue, "there wa Ini tiated Bgalnst th commission cam paign for the purpose of discrediting In advance the final report. However, the labor movement as well a all citizen who hav sympathy and un del-standing of th lives of th wage enrner united In determined effort to defeat this campaign and to make known their approval of th policy the commission followed." Itpvtcw Lr-gtMlntlon. In reviewing legislation by the last congress, th report expresses th ex ecutive council' approval of the sea men' bill. Th law, it rays, will af ford a large measure of safety provl. Ion for the general public who travel the high seas and, th report adds, "w feet confident In iisnortlng that th pawmge of thl legislation by th (Continued on Pag Thr) U.S. COURT BEGINS ITS CIVIL TERM In District court this morning the Gilbert-Hopkins case was called fori trial. The question was raised as to whether Mr. Stevens shal lbe made a party to the suit as a defendant and the arguments on this point will be heard by Judge Jnmes E. Boyd to morrow morning. Court was adjourn ed until 10:30 o'clock In the morning, Judge Boyd announcing that he will In the meantime hear any motions that may be brought before him. Deputy .Marshal M. D. Justice will leave tomorrow for Atlanta with seven prisoners who were sentenced last week to serve terms In the federal prison there. The following men, con victed of distilling, will serve a year and a day: All red Cantrell, John Class. Ben Hall, Bascom Gregg and George Cordell. C. C. tatum will spend lf months for using the mulls to defraud; J. D. Johnson will remain In Atlanta lu months for bloc-kading. Deputy Marshnl R. B, Sluughtcr hus gone to Washington to commit Alonzo Lyda to the National Training school. The following will serve terms In Bun combe county pall for violations of the Internal revenue law: Arthur Wood one month; Mose fowen, tnree months; Ben F- buff, one month, and Dilly Wilnon, thirty day. Many con v it tod defendants paid heavy lines. PRESIDENT WILSON REGRETS ACCIDENT Document Protests Against' Policy of Expediency Which Has Governed Treatment of Neutral Trade. Washingtt, 8. The United States In its latest note to Great Brit ain, covering xhaustively British in terference with American trade since the beginning of the European war, declares that the so-called blockade Instituted by the allies against enemy countries on March 11 is "ineffective. illegal and indefensible." Notice is served that the American government cannot submit to the curtailment of its neutral rights." and It cannot "with complacence suffer further sub ordination of its rights and Interests." . Ambassador Page, to whom the note was sent by special messenger for delivery to the London foreign office, was Instructed by Secretary Lansing "to impress most earnestly" upon the British government that the United States "must Insist that the relations between It and his majesty's govern ment bo governed, not by a policy of expediency but by those established rules of international conduct to which Great Britain in the past has held the United States to account when the latter nation was a belligerent engag ed' In a-struggle for -rational ' exist- ' ence. Declaring the United States "unhes itatingly assumes" the task of cham pioning the Integrity of neutral rights. the note proclaims that the Ameri can government will devote Its ener gies to the task, exercising always an Impartial attitude. The note, nearly 15,000 words In length, was made public by agree ment between the state department nnd the Erltlsh foreign office. It car ries with it a voluminous appendix, giving the text of American naval In structions Issued In 1862 and a sum mary and table showing hundreds of vessels detained by British authorities since the beginning of the present war. The body of the note Is divided in to thirty-flvo points, dealing with all phases of the contraband question, seizures and detentions, prior to, aa well as after, the so-called blockade was instituted, and announces that a separate communication will be sent soon dealing particularly with the "propriety and right of the British government to Include In their list of contraband of war certain articles which have been so Included." In conclusion, after an argument on the law and facts, Secretary Lansing gay?: I be'leve It has been conclusively fhown that the methods sought to be employed by Grent Britain to obtain nail use evidence of enemy destination of cargoes bound for neutral porta nnd to impose a contraband character upon such cargoes are without Justl- ncntlon; that the blockade, upon which such methods are partly found ed. Is Ineffective, illegal and Indefen sible: thnt the judicial procedure of fered as a means of reparation for an International Injury Is Inherently de fective for the purpose; and that In mnnv cases jurisdiction is asserted In violation of the law of nations. .Th United States, therefore, cannot ub- mlt to the curtailment of Its neutral rights by these measures, which are admittedly retaliatory id therefore Illegal, In conception r..l In nature, and Intended to punlnh the enemies of Great Britain for alleged Illegalities on their part. The I'nlted States might not be In a position to object to them If its interest and the interests of all neutrnj were unaffected by them, but, being affected, It cannot with com placence suffer further subordination of Its right and Interest to the plea that th exceptional geographlo posi tion of the enemies of Ureat Britain require or justify oppressive and Ille gal practices. 'Th government of th United State desires, therefore, to ImnrM Washington, Nov. . rresiaeni, most earnestly upon hi majesty' Wlin today sent a telegram to th ; government thut It must Insist that father of Mario Passl, th boy who the relation between It and hi ma fell under th president' automobll Jesty' government b governed, not and wa slightly Injured In New York-t.y a policy of expediency, but " by yesterday. Th telegram xprse o llcltud and regret. OBREGON TO CONDUCT WAR AGAINST VILLA thos established rule of Internatlon. al conduct upon which Great llrltaln In the pant ha held th United Statei to account when th latter nation was belligerent engaged In a struggle for national existence. It I of th high est Importance to neutral not only of the present dy but of the futur Pouglaa. Arl., Nov. 1. "--General Al- thst th principle of International varo Obregon, Carrania's principal .fight h maintained unimpaired, military commander, ha reached Agua "Thl task of championing th In !rlta to proeecut a campaign to tegrlty of neutral tight, which huvt drlv Villa out "f Honor. General Ob-;recelvd th sanction of th rlvlllzc t regon arrived at Douglas from F.I. world against th lawless conduct ( !, aboard a special car which waa belligerent arising out of th blttar swltchtd acros th border. I (Continued on pag I)