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n a zv.TTE-NEWS WEATHER FORECAST. .MDciated Pre Service. Has . Respect Complete. MnWr Aodll Bureau Ovulation. FAIR AND COVD. VOLUJEBXXNO ASHEVILLE, N. 0, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 17, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS n Trtns f ATE OF SERBIA MAY BE DECIDED IN FEW HOURS INSIST Of. FULL FAY DDES HOT A SERVICE OE 0 ; 1st trtri PLII11TY T I I B gerbians and Entente Troops jn Southwest Are In Immient Paager of An Outflank- . in? Movement, PONSULAR OFFICIALS v LEAVING MONASTIR : w piptomatlo Situation In Near East More Favorable to. Al gas Greece Respond ing to Pressure, 1 leave my record In the hands of my countrymen. The prime minister aaid that Mr. Churchill had aaid one or two things he mould better not have said, and had necessarily and natur ally left unsaid some things which would have to ebsald. I am content to wait. It is not fitting to make per sonal explanations affecting national interests when my country is in the midst of a great war." Lor Fisher thereupon rose and left the house. v , w ILL ASK AUSTRIA liondon, Nov, 17 The fate cf the Serbians may be a mat ter of only a few hours. Mon astir, in southwest Serbia is re ported to be in such a perilous position that consular officials have departed From the van ons conflicting reports the fol lowing may be deduced - as facts: ' - . - : ; , . ; The Bulgarians hare taken Krnsevo and are six miles west of Perlip. Thus the Southern Serbian army and its French and British allies are confront ed imminently with the peril of an outflanking movement. Tetovo is in. the hands of the Bulgarian. The fate of the Ser liinns holding the Babuna psas h more obscure. One report 'ays that the pass' has . been forced, tl eeerna certain ..that iiie Scrbi'inS there are at least IbralMied" so seriously ;: that ho position may soon become raf"" able. ' V ith Krusevo and " Babuna in the hands of the invaders ihe'fate of Perlip is sealed and the road to Monastir is open. ' While the military situation is darker from the standpoint of the entente allies, the diplo matic phase of the near-eastern venture appears to be some what more favorable. Greece is giving some indication of seek ing a solution of the problem that Would be presented in case my of the entente troops should have to take refuge on Greek territory, tl is dear that the allies are bringing considerable pressure to hear on the Greek govern ment, not the least of which is England's detention in home ports of a fleet of great mer chantmen, Greek shipping is making enormous profits out of the war and even a temporary oheck of traffic would mean a great loss. On the eastern front Interest esv- Urs In the attempt ot the Austro Oermen to raaross the Btyr river, there he Auitro-Qermans claim important success. Ptrograd rsportt merely admit that the Austro-Oer-man forces have occupied the village f Podgaclt, about five miles from the river and a 4ght advance, east of that place. It la asserted that the advantage nlned by the Tsutonlo troops was due to the arrival of reinforcement from other sections of the eastern front and to heavy artillery brought P by rail. Frqm conflicting reports It may be Men that the eastern bank of the Btyr river is held by the Rumrtans while the battle at the crosHng Is yet undecided. Koports from the western front In dicate lhat military activities there "f limited to general artlllrfy ex changes. FMier RpeaJcs. London, Nov. 17. Admiral Lord rlnher, the former fin sa lord of the dri,lra-ty made a brief, but striking nwr ln the house of lord yesterday o Winston Spencer Churchill's state ment In the house of commons Mon day. In which Mr, Churchill oom P'lned that he had not received from Admiral Fisher with respsct to the Dardanelles attack the clear guidance "re or firm support after, to which entitled. "CerUin references," said ' Lard Fisher, "were made to me Id the fch delivered yesterday by Mf. Jiurchlll. I have been sixty-one yrs , "Trice of wr eountty e4,l T CONFERENCE 0PENSJT1EIDSILE Bishop Lambuth Is Presiding and 258 Pastors Are Present J. A. Nichols There. ABO T THE Id Ambassador Penfield Will Seek Details From Vienna For eign Office. Washington, Nov. 17. Ambassador Pentleld, at Vienna, has been instruct ed by cable to ask the Austro-Hungar-lan foreign office for a statement ln detail of the circumstances of the tor pedoing of the Italian liner Ancona in the Mediterranean last week, with a loss of several American lives. This action was taken upon the pre sentation by the Austrian embassy here to Secretary Lansing of a com munication from the Vienna admlr- German Military Authorities Instruot Censors Not to Abridge War St7 .. nts . of Entent' .s ers. ' ' - ' PUBLIC. 0F ALL CLAIMS URGED 1 Censors' Custom of Eliminat ..... - ing Details Unfavorable to . Germany Not Approved by Army Staff, r Special to The Gazette-News, . Reldsville, Nov. 17. The Initial ser vice of the Western North Carolina Methodist conference mas held at 7:30 o'clook Tuesday night Dr. W. W. Flnson, secretary of the mission board, Nashville, Tenn., addressed the conference on the great need of larger vision for missions and stressed church preparedness to stem the tide of worldllness in this most solemn hour since Calvary. Bishop Lambuth made his wonderful address on estab lishment of Congo mission and made a profound impression on the congre-; gatlon, giving illustrations of God's leading the ' Southern Methodist church to Africa All committees held first meetings Tuesday afternoon for preparatory work and examination of candidates and men on trial. A large number of men are seeking admission. Bishop Lambuth addressed the mission board at 3 o'clock Tuesday rging more in terest In collecting mission assess ments. Board will recommend to the conference , one by one canvass en deavoring to get larger contrlbtlons. J. A. Nichols of AshevU!e, a member of the board is present. - "The conference convened this morn ing at :S0, Bishop Lambth'prealfllrig, W. L. Sherrill of Charlotte for the twenty-second time elected secretary. At roll call nearly all of the25S pas tors responded. W, W. Pinson and pastors of Reldsville were introduced to the conference, also George Stew art. ' ' Washington Nov. 17.; Count Von alty stating that an Austrian sbbmalne ' Bemstorff, the German ambassador, Alleged Bomb Plotter Fails to Make Statement to Prosecu tion or Add to Confes sion as Was Expected. DEMURRERS ENTERED FOR FAY AND SCHOLZ .. Fay Refused to Turn State's Evidence When Prosecution - Would Not Promise Him Short Sentence. Region Held By French, Fol lowing Long Fierce Battle, Says Report Serbian Ba buna Position Turned. SECOND BULGARIAN COLUMN ADVANCING AT TAHACLE Immense Congregation Wad Especially Receptive to In- -fluence of Music and Sermon Last Night. New York, Nov. 17. When the case of the five men indicted for the sank the Ancona, and asserting that announced t(Jday that he had been j alie?ed bomb conspiracy was called xu' ,yTTB,V ; informed ! that , German censors had. crew to escape was afforded. Until re- 1 " ... , , I Many Bulgarians Deserting, According to French Re ports Macedonian Situ ation Develops Rapidly, , WAYNESVILLE-CANTON . DAY TO BE OBSERVED Salonikl, Greece, Nov. 16, via Paris, Nov. 17. In addition to the Bulgar ian column which turned the Serbian in. federal court yesterday demurders . position at Babuna pass, a second sponsibility for the action of the sub- becn instructed to insist on the pub-jwere flle(i for two 0f the defendants j Bulgarian force la advancing on Kos marlne, which, it had been reported. Mention in full ln Germany of war:Robert Fay and Walter Scholz. Injotovo from Kalkandelen. The Bulga was of German nationality, was thus reports issued-by the allieij. The an-)tne aemurrers it is contended that the ! rians are rePorted to have withdrawn offlciallv asHumed. the American env. ' timinrnnmnl hw the gmliunv nmitlniri . . . . ; from the Cema river region, which Sermon to Mothers and Daugh' ters This Afternoon Spe cial Train For Brevard. HendersonvDle Todagt, eminent withheld formal inquiry at the insiruciions to the chief or the Vienna. - : f j bureau of censorship said: Ambassador Penfield has been in- "Cases have: occurred where such structei to discuss the case orally with items of news as are unfavorable to officials of the Austrian government ' us are eliminated at the order of the to obtain details, supplementary - to ' censor.. The latter procedure doea not those transmitted by the embassy, j correspond with the opinion of uer The undetermined points on which the man armjfc headquarters that , un American government now seeks In- j abridged publication of the enemy re- iormauon are: m requireu ui a.i.iinieH, cxueiJ- Did the submarine fire a warning j Hons only to be made with papers in shot? cases where financial reasons or tech- Did the submarine cease firing when ! nical difficulties demand considera- BF COMPTBOLLER'S OFFICE Advisory Council Finds His Work Is Duplicated , Reserve Board. the Ancona came to a stop? How much time was given passen gers and crew to get into the lifeboats? What were the activities of the sub marine while the ship was unloading its passengers? Was a torpedo nred while any of the passengers were aboard? tion. "We have less reason to fear the lnaicimeiits againsi r ay anu atiiuij. uu ; te held by ne Frencn- French re- not state offenses under the united ports say many are deserting from States laws in that the munitions ships on which the bombs were to be placed, according to the charge, would have been blown up on the high seas. Counsel for Robert Kienzle, Max Brietung , and Engelbert Bronkhorst, the others indicted, stool on the pleas of, not guilty- entered at the first ar raignment. Fay was taken before Government Attorney Knox again presumably to continue the statement which he unabridged publication of reports clr- began Monday. A , few minutes culated by the efiemy as our own war I later, however, he was taken to the reports are , strictly according to j Tombs and It was announced that he m WILL BE OPENEO TOa'Y truth, giving everybody an opportuni ty of forming a connected conception of the situation ;.-. . "The' fear tha official reports pub lished bylthe enemy i might some times online uneesiness Is counterbal anced bv tv.fi oK.t(WRtlnn that tacts "f-can -nvef concJTerf ior any length of time and that lies are always rec ognized as such In the end." Superdreadnaughts of 32,000 Tons Each Will Cost About $15,000,000 Each. Washington, Nov. 17. Bids will be opened at the navy department to day for two 82,000-ton superdread houghts authorized by the last con gress and known as Nos. 43 and 44. The act limited the cost of these ships to approximately 115,000,000 each, about half of which will go for hulls DECLARES CHT1TIIE MEDITATES TREACHERY would not add to the confession he is reported to have made or make any other statement. When Fay agreed to make a state ment for the government attorney and plead guilty to the Indictment against him. he thought) he might escape with fa 4nt'enT!6 of trim or at most two years. Mr. Knox informed him, however, that a plea of guilty to the indictment car ried with' it a sentence of 12 years im prisonment ' Mr. Knox said that so far as the government was concerned, the mat ter would not be further discussed with Fay. Russian Correspondent Thinks Friendly Neutrality Is Mask ing War Preparation. WuhlagtOB, . No. M Abohlltiim of the office of comptroller of the currency; which baa direct supervision over the operation of all national banks, has boon proposed to the fed eral reserve board by the advisory council, created by the federal re serve act to advise the board on mat ters of importance to- the reserve banking system. The recommendation was adopted at a meeting attended by nine of the twelve members of the council and the vote la understood to have been unanimous. Later It was discussed briefly by the board ftaelf, though no action was taken. The council recently was asked to submit to the board suggestions as io legislation to bo urged upon congress at the coming session and to this task the meeting was largely devoted. It Is said the mnbers agreed that the offioe of the comptroller had ben made unnecessary by the establish ment of the reserve system, and that there was bound to be duplication of work slnoe examinations of national banks, ons of the principal functions of the comptroller's office, may be conducted by agents of the reserve board at the request of reserve bank. An alternative nroBrtsel was made that if the office be not abol ished, the examination of member banks, Including national banks, should be made In the future, exolu- slvely by examiner of the board. There have been reports for some time that an effort would be mad to abolish the offioe of comptroller or to curtail Its power, and It Is under' atood that several members of the board would' not. be opposed to such a ohange. ' Petrograd, Nov. 16, via London, Nov. 17. Analyzing the conduct of and machinery under contracts let on'i King Constantlne' of Greece, the No today's bids. voe Vremya arrives at the conclusion The two new fighting crafts will that" "his friendly neutrality is noth- closely resemble In design the Call-; ing more than open preparation for fomla, now building at the New York ' a future attack on the allied troops navy yard, but they will be built on which landed at Salonikl." plans prepared after secret experl-1 The war correspondent of the No ments to develop means of lessening j voe Vremya warns- the Russians danger of submarine attack. These against over-confidence because of experiments are continuing and are the recent Russian successes on the said to be meeting with marked sue- eastern front and says the Russians seco. i I are still confronted by a strong ene- Navy officers anticipate that today's 'my. who with superb technical equip bld will show a considerable Increase . ment, are far from being crushed, ln prices, as the cost of nearly every "The enemy assigns a maxim gun ktnd of material that enters into bat- to every ten men," the correspondent tleshlp construction has advanced ay"- "ana the artillery is abundantly PRESIDENT TO WORK THE WEEK ON ALL Discusses Some of the Most Im portant Features With the Cabinet The Measures. the Bulgarian army. The battle on the Cerna waswaged on the left bank of the river. Two or three Bulgarian divisions were en gaged, and desperate attempts were made by the Bulgars to pierce the French center. The engagement pro ceeded with furious intensity for 36 hours, after which the Bulgarians were beaten back along the entire line. The situation in Macedonia Is de veloping ' rapidly. Large reinforce ments have been brought lu by the Bulgarians who are making renewed enorts to foroe the Babuna pass. The Serbians are still holding out there but the move threatens Feriepe and Monastir. Many inhabitants of Monastir are preparing to leave their -somas.. Vrmbeis "6f "the diplomatic corps have changed their "plana and intend to proceed to Scutari, Albania. Instead of to Monastir. Salonikl, Nov. 14. (Via Parts, Nov. 16.) Old Serbia Is lost and New Serbia is in a precarious condi tion in the opinion of M. Jacowscherf secretary o fthe Russian legation In Greece. M. Jacowscheff arrived here today from Mitrovitza, western Ser bia, coming by way of Albania. The secretary of the legation as serted that the Serbian forces at Ba buna pass could not hold out much longer and that their only hope was that the Serbian forces concentrated at Mitrovitza could prepare to be strong enough to taks the offensive and advance throuch- Tetrovo toward Monastir. M. Jacowscheff said he feared the legation staff which was preparing to loave Mitrovitza for Monastir wou'0 ! expected today, Last night will be long remember (T by those who attended the tabernacla meeting as one of the occasions during; the great revival when the audience seemed especially receptive to th ; music and to the message delivered by Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman. Under the leadership of Charles M. AJexan- -der the song service reached an unu sual pitch of religious fervor and the sermon on the subject, "Almost Hope- ' less," had a sorrowful and lmpreslve eloquence as presented by the noted evangelist Seventy men and women last night made decisions for Christ. The beautiful "Ivory Palaces" was sung again by Albert Brown and H. L. Wolslagle rendered "Beulah Land." Dr. Chapman Impressed upon his -large audience that the Spirit of God was speaking through the musia, by the voices of friends who plead with them for consecration of .their llvel and through the sermon urging tnent to surrendw-befyr H-latoo-lat;-- " : Many delegations occupied reserved seats, among them being a company of Charlotte residents who arrived yesterday afternoon by special train. Tonight the Buncombe County Medi cal society will be represented among the bodies having reservations for the service. ' The physician will meet at the Candy Kitchen at 7 o'clock. " ' Tomorrow special arrangements will be carried out to accommodate the large crowds expected from Way nesvill and Canton. The Southern Railway has announced special round trip fares from these places and Inter vening points and an extra train will be operated from Asheville to Way nesville after the evening service. ' - Rev. Dr. Chapmar announoed last night that as this la ae last week ol the revival he will on Saturday eon duet three services. . Large delegations; from Brevard and Henderaonvlll arc sinoe the European war began. POST-OFFICE CLERKS AND CARRIERS STRIKE ' Employees of FaJrmount Post office, Constituting Nearly , Entire Force, Walk Out '. supplied with ammunition.' . Psirmpunt W. Va.. Kev. IT. Twenty-five clerks and carriers ln the 60n,11' ENTHUSIASM OF PECPLE IINPARILELLED IN JiPAN Kioto, Japan, Now. 17. The people of the empire; ar feasting and re joicing over the coronation to an ex tent hitherto unknown ln the history of Japan. The streets of Japan lait night were filled with people parad ing, dancing and singing. Men Gei sha girls and children, wearing our- lesque costumes aud carrying paper lanterns beat ancient drums anh postofflce here, practically the entire force, struck this morning as a pro- MME. BEMBRICH ILL; CANCELS ENGAGEMENTS New Tork, Nov. 17. flee. use of 111 health. Mm. MarceHa , Bembrtch ha resigned a president of the Po lish Relief eommltte, and as io president of the PoTteh Victim relief. All her eperatio engagement are oan eelled until the beginning of Janu ary. Madam Bembrloh I suffering from nervous breakdown, and brnn ohial affection. Her physio! baa ad- The scenes resembled tbose which can b witnessed during oarnivals In test. It U said, against the dUcharg Orleans, Paris and Nlc. except of W. H. Brand, aa.lst.nt postma-,"1" th,ey had an oriental setting. . ... .a Foreigners are struck with the .Postmaster Charles H. Manley 'friendly spirit of th ce orating peo found on his desk today, a large plec " P ot f a.let' V?" r? of cardhA.M n whloh wu wrm.n " t publlo Intoxication and "Tour clerks and carrier hav quit 00 1,ora Brand, who ha been connected KITCHENER STARTS TA with th poatofflc for 17 years was discharged recently on th charg of rtvlng asslstanc to participants in civil service examinations. SERBIANS FAIL TO STAY ADVANCE OF TEUTONS GALLIPOLI PENINSULA Berlin, Nov. II. via, Indon, Nov. IT. The attempt of th Serbians to check the Austro-German drive ha again failed according to announce ment mad by th German war office. Mor than 1.600 Serbian wer cap- Athens, Nov, 11, VI London, No. 17. Nspaper state that Earl Kitchener, Hrltlrh secretary for war. has left Mudros for the . Gallipot! peninsula. Washington, Nov. 16. President Wilson plans to work all week on his message to congress which h' expects to finish before Thanksgiving day. He discussed some of the features of the message with the cabinet today. Na tional defense will be the principal subject dlscused In the message, whlih also Is expected to take up recommen dations for raising additional revenue. Conservation measures which failed of passage at the last session of con gress and the Philippine bill will again find that the Bulgarians had already occupied Monastir. "The morale of the Serbian troops is splendid," said the Russian official. "Half trained recruits marched Into battle singing like veterans. "The aged King Peter is fighting In the trenches clad as a private. He is peeking death, saying "When , I am Killed, you can nee or surrenuer. 'Famine and misery prevail among the Serbians. There is no bread at Mitrovitza, The people are reduced to eating haricots." ATLANTA AMPUTATED Atlanta, Nos 1. The police In vestigating the finding ot a woman's leg ln the city dumping ground yes terday cleared up the case today when a surgeon Identified the member. On November 12 a woman was run down by a trolley car and her leg was so badly mangled that an amputation was considered necessary. Th sur geon who performed the operation gave the amputated limb to the hus band ot the woman to bury. It was not buried and found It way to th city dumping ground. Th story told by negroes of hear IN T WHEN REFUSED PASSAGE Saxonla Passengers Tell of Dis turbance by (fyer 800 Men at Liverpool New Tork, Nov. 17. Passengers who arrived yesterday on th Cun ard liner Saxonla reported that con siderable rioting occurred at the Liv erpool dock, when 12 1 men who had booked passage in second cabin and mor than 700 others, chiefly Irish, men of military age, wer refused passage, after the liner's crew had threatened to strike If any ' British cltlifn of military age was allowed This Afternoon. The sermon for tihs afternoon fol- lows: .... Text: "Her children rise up and ealr her blessed." Proverbs tltii. The Bible is woman's glory and al ways exalts her. You have but to Jour- ney around the world - to prove the statement that wherever God's Word has been taught and its teaching re ceived women have not only been, saved, but have been given their right ful position, which has been ordained of God for them from th beginning. Without th Bible woman Is hopeless. In the estimation of men In unchris tian lands she rank with th beast of th field, and many a time in pass ing through heathen oounttie I hav seen her hitched to a plow ln th stead of a horse, or I hav seen her drawing a wagon loaded far too heav ily for her, but when God Word la found working these thing are impossible. I can quit understand how a man would not be a Christian. He la caught by th fascination of th world, en snared by th devil, la ln bondage be fore he realises it and feels his case to be well nigh hopelc is, but I cannot un derstand how It, la possible for a wo man, who owe all that she ha and is, to Christ, to reject Him. Th most wonderful picture of wo men are presented In th Bible. For example, Jochsbed, the mother of Moses. She who with her own hands fashioned the little ark, pitched It within and without with pitch, placed (Continued ot. Pag Flv). Ing a woman scream on th night of to sail. The ship' officers said there November' 7 were discredited by the! were a number of Englishmen and police. Material picked up and at first! Welshmen in th crowd. believed to be part of a human body proved not to be human flesh. i . LOUISIANA FAVORS THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN BODY OF FORMER PREMIER 13 BURIED Halifax, N. fl., Nov. If. Th body I Swing said that Louisiana was prac- , . Washington, Nov. II Colonel Rob ert Ewing, democratic national com mitteeman for Louisiana, discussed the political situation In the south with President Wilson today. Colonsl tuiad yestatlUx, of sir Charles Tup per, former prim minister of Canada, was buried her today In St John' cemetery with lm- posing ceremony, When the 121 men started to board the liner, it was noticed that most of them wer young men. Th crw then held a meeting and presented a statement to the first officer of th liner declaring they would walk off th ship if any man of military age was permitted to take passage. , At the same time a crowd of more than 700 men, all said to be of mili tary age, reached the dock and sought to obtain passage In th steerag. Officials of the Una agreed to th demands of the crew. Then, the pas sengers ser, thecrowd of more than 100 men mail a great disturbance and tlcslly unanimous for adequate na tional defense and the' th prepared ness program of th ialmlnlntraUon lit required considerable force to drlv bad bn reoelrtd vnr favorably, 'them away. 'RISE SHELLED OT AN ITALIAN BATTLESHIP Rome. Nov. 16, via Paris, Nov. IT, Th Italian cruiser Plemonte fired several shell at a submarine whirl) cam out tt attack while the staamei was bombarding Dedeugatch i Insl Friday, says a Salonikl dispatch la th Mesaonger. It was believed th.ii th submarine was hit, A Bwlsa pasaenwer named Ron -t who was aboard the steamer Flrenr which wu sunk by sib.narlre clarea that th lifeboats while mak ing for the shore sighted a submar ine headed for a Greek stesrner wiun .was waiting wefl out at sen.
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