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THE GAZETTE-NEWS The Associated Pre Service. in In Etctj Reapect Complete. WEATHER FORECAST. . : FAIR TONIGHT.' ; ' jlonber Audit Bureau OlmiUaon. MN0247. . ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 27. 1915. "tPT o . MOW ASTIR SURROUNDED, VARIOUS REPORTS SAY Bulgarians, if Not Dereated by French, ay Not Wait For Teuton Forces to Enter Macedonian City, ' SERBIANS RETREATING TOWARD SOUTHWEST Reported That Invaders of Ser bia Will Not Hesitate to Pursue Serbians Into Greek Territory. London, Nov. 27. Serbian forces will become an army without a country, unless the French should defeat the Bul garian troops. Reports arriv- ' ing from various sources state that Monastir ,has been sur rounded by Bulgarians and that they may not wait for their Austro-German allies before en tering the city. ' The main Serbian army is said to be retreating in a south westerly direction before the advance of General von Mack ensen's troops, and it is implidU that they may have no rest, even on Greek territory, as it is reported that the invaders will not hesitate to cross into Greece. Apparently, . German leaders expect that the Serb ians and their allies will await attack in Greece. It is said that these operations will be under the supreme command of Von Mackcnsen. Added reports of the battle of Ctesiplione in Mesopotamia, near Bagdad indicate that the British forces won n substant ial victory, instead of suffering a defeat as first accounts-led to believe. . Diplomatic representatives at Athens, of the allies .are contin uing their late efforts to settle definitely all outstanding ques tions, having presented, a note to Premier Skouloudis detail ing measures which seem un avoidable for the security and freedom of action of the allied troops. The situation along the Rou manian front whore a great Russian force, is said to have gathered, is still unchanged. Dispatches received in Lon don indicate that a public feel ing in favor of the entente allies reigns in Roumania, and that that nation is in a position to disregard the 'demonstrations of the central powers. In the south where the situation Is omewhat beclouded through lack of Information unofficial advices say the nch, have captured Brousnlk, west of Krlvolak from the Bulgarians, with hom they had been at grips for sev eral days. This same dispatch adds that large Herb forces are marching toward Prllep with the Intention of protecting the railway Una running outh from that town to Monastir. 4 Favorable Reply. Athens, Nov. 2B, (via London, Nov. -'.It Is understood that the Greek reply to fh note of the entente pow o Partial demobilisation h a view to relieving the strain on tne country's finance, and that It also undertake to withdraw Greek troops rrom BalomkJ and distribute them to other points on the frontier. om of th overnment paper a m that the cabinet has discussed th ;"""on Instituting Judicial pro. tl. . a!nrt Bleutherlos Venlielos, 'ne former premier, because of his re ynt manlfeKto urging his follower w abstain from taking part In th coming elections. Deny Cochin, th Trench cabinet ' ?f l km' Who hM bMn th recipient publlo ovations and honor whll In OrTS ' 'r 1U" t0(Ur i th r.'k cruiser Hell. , - Rerlln. Nov. 21. Serhian trnn. . t7 ill r''UUne In rear guard actions 1. aT?ut?n nc. near Mltrovlt- kvThl . h'v bn driven back n i troop, of Field Marshal Von Wilson Will Not Take Part In Peace Campaign Washington, Nov. 27 President Wilson will take no part in the cam paign to bring about a peace confer ence. While he will interpose no ob jection to the unofficial movement, he has heard nothing from Europe, that leads him to believe the time is op portune to take any such step. Telegrams, urging the president to support the movement, by a confer ence of neutrals, continue to pour Into the white house. A delegation of peace advocates called on the president yesterday. President Wilson is keeping in close Serbia Will Be "Born A gain" Says War Minis ter Paris, Nov. 26. Predictions that no matter what happened Serbia would be "born again" is made by Serbian War Minister Bokovltch to' the Ma tin's Monastir correspondent, who quotes the war minister as saying: "We are all ready to hold out to the last. If fortune abandons us al together, so much the worse, but we will still hope. Serbia knew how to win liberty after five centuries under the Turkish yoke. It will be the same tomorrow. "Serbia will live forever. You can. Six German Supply Ships Chartered By One Man New York, Nov. .26. One man alone, John T...Turney, of hlladel- phia, procurea tor, ana cmrarsa w the Hamburg-A'merlcan line six of the sixteen vessels which the gov ernment charges the officials of the line' with having sent to the aid of German cruisers in the Atlantic, and Pacific. This development in the trial of the men charged with conspiracy to de fraud and deceive the United States government came from the witness stand today, from the Hps of Mr. ters announced today. lighting on Galllpoli. Paris, Nov. 26r.Heavy fighting has been In progress the last few day In Galllpoli, where the Turks undertook a strong offensive movement, but were repulsed by the combined fire of the British and French guns. Allied aeroplanes have bombarded the rail way between . Constantinople and Dedeaghatchle, mining the bridges, and warships have bombarded . the coast of Asia Minor. . Bulgarian Threatened? London, Nov. 26. A Time dis patch from Monastir dated November 28. say: "Th Bulgarian have shown no re newed activity on the Prllep front, but the heavy firing heard thi morn ing a few mile southeast of Prllep suggests that somebody ha got be. hind them and I threatening their line of communication." Germans Retiring. London, Nov. 26. A Petrograd dispatch to the Morning Post, says: "The Germans have commenced the evacuation of Mltau, their for ward base in the Rlga-Dvlna region and are preparing to withdraw from the now hopeless task of capturing Riga and the Dvlna line. "Janopol, one of the point where th German had reached th Dvlna and where they had made attempts to cross, ha been captured by the Rpsslana. A good deal of the fighting which has occurred lately in in northern war theater ha been direct ed toward securing a better lln for the German', permanent winter for tifications." GEN. WSeilSDN HAS EVACUATED HOBALES El Paso, Tex., Nov. IT. A dispatch to th El Paso Herald, says, "Villa' garrison evacuated Nogales, th capi tal of the tat of .Sonora yesterday after looting th store and saloon. Governor Randall and General Acosta are now on th American side, having crossed Thursday. " GERMAN PROTECTED CRUISER SENT DOWN London, Nor. 27. Th Oertnan pro tected ruler Fraunlob ha been sunk by a ubmarln of th Bill, according to a eml-ernelal announce ment from Ptrograd, dispatch to ih Central New agency. Th Frauonlob l reported tohav bn Mnt to th bottom In about th ant locality that th Grmn pro tected orulsor Undine, a slater ahlp to th FraurUob, wan 1V touch with tne peace sentiment obroad through American diplomatic repre sentatives, and is devoting much time, and study to the question. . It is stated, authoritatively that at the first intimation from officials of the warring nations, such an effort will be welcomed, and the president will' renew his offer of services to aid in ending the war. Henry Ford's peace ship will not carry a representative of the Ameri can government, and unless the situa tion changes In the meantime, the government will not take any part in the proposed meeting. : V not kill all Serbians and Serbia will be born again." When this interview was filed, No vember 19, the situation" was reported unchanged. The Serbian advance posts were no longer in' contact with the Bulgarians, who were believed to have detached troops to reinforce the army attacking the French forces. The Ser bians then occupied the village of Brod, north of Krushevo, although the town had changed hands several times, being occupied several .hours the day before by Bulgarian irregu lars..''.. Turney, a frankly hostile witness. The confessions of tne defendants, interviewed- on" an ear Iter date,-show that they spent $545,000 alone for chartering these vessels, and that the total cost Including supplies was $689,693. Mr. Turney testified, apparently with great reluctance, that Adolph Hachmeister, and George Kotter, pur chasing agent and general superin tendent of the line, respectively, gave him all of the information regarding chartering the vessels, and told him their alleged destination. GAY CROWDS AT E President, Government Offi cials, and Officers of Service Add Color to the Contest. ' New York, Nov. 27. Men who gov ern and guard the nation, arrived her In thousands to see the Army-Navy football game. The streets and hotels are gay with the gold and gray of the army, and the blue and gold of the navy. Admirals, general, cabinet members, senators, and representa. tlves are as much in evidence as po llcemen. Jt l estimated tnat over 25,000 people came her from out of town to witness the game. . The stands at Brush stadium, where th major league team play baseball all summer began to gather a brilliant throng, long before 2 o'clock, the time set for the beginning of the game. The gridiron has been groomd to bil liard ball smoothness, and v.-, condi tion comforted th adherenU of the Navy who hoped for a fast dry field that woudl give the Middle an oppor tunity for their best defense against th heavy lln pluglng tactic expect, d of th Cadet. Betting favor th Army, on It record. Early comers waited expectantly for th arrival of President Wilson and hi Danes. Mrs. Gait, who left Wash ington thl morning. A oonsidarabl part of th President's cabinet includ ing Secretary Daniel of th Navy de partment, and Secretary Garrison of th War department arrived last night or thl morning. Th oorrldor of th two hotels where th rival lvna held their headquarter were throned with gray halrd alumna of Annapolis, and West Point. Judging from th list of box-holder nearly every retired army and navy officer In thl part of th oountry will see th gam. Army and Navy football star of other year, noted player of th past and preunt, of most of th big college of th east wer among th orowd. Th regiment of midshipmen left Annapolis e-rly In th day, and th cadet battalion started from Wat Point soon after, in tlm to arrive at th seen of th gam and tak-thlr seat, shortly befor th ball waa put in play. Th Baraca claa of th First Pres byterian church will meet thl evening at T o'clock in th "llttl church hou1' on Church street MatUr of Interest will b considered and a large tUndanc la Wlrd.- ' ARMY NAVY 01 WATSON QUESTIONS ARE OBJECTED 10 Publisher Tries to Show Char- " acter of Author by Quizzing Government Witness. : Augusta, Nov. 27. A large crowd had gathered today at the opening of teaeral oourt in expectation of a lengthy argument on whether Thomas E. Watson, . politician, author , and publisher of Thompson, Ga., on trial on the charge of sending obscene mat ter through- the malls, should be al lowed to introduce testimony to show his character as an author. After ar gument on this point the cour ad journed without making a ruling. Mr. Watson brought out through cross-examination of John M. B wos, former postmaster of ThprnPimiii Ga., 'the fifsr 'Mtneas called, that 'Wilson was the author-of a number of works of history and Action. Watson's ques tions were as to the nature of the works. "Are they hiph class of low class works?" asked Mr. Watson, who as a member of th eGeorgla bar was con ducting the case for himself. Barnes was Introduced by the gov ernment to show that the publication containing the alleged obscene articles had been mailed. He had got so far as saying, "Thy are hlsh class," when the prosecution interrupted and re iterated the government's contention that such questioning was not perti nent to the case. T DEFEATS STATEMENT Again Says That a Great Many National Banks Charge Usurious Rates. Washington, Nov. 27. In reply to criticisms of the Amerloan Bankers' association in connection with his declaration that many nntl'onal banks charge ursuriou Interest rates, John Skelton Williams, comptroller of the currency, Issued a statement lust night aguln giving Instance of such practices. Mr. Williams ald it' wa true that a majority of th national banks obeyed the usury laws of the various states, but that th report rendered to him showed, a h announced in speeches and previous public state ments, that this waa far from being universally true. "The only state where there were no national banks which admitted under oath In their statement of September 2, 115, that they wer charging a high a twelve per eent on any of their loan wer Connecti cut, Delaware, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Khod Island, Vermont and Wisconsin," said th atatement It added that reports of September ,2, 1(16 showed that 2.74$ out of 7,611 national bank of th country were charging ten per eent on some loan. Mr. William suggested that her. after national banks b required to print In their published statement of condition th maximum rat of Inter est chargod. He expressed th hop that the association will work lth th comptrollers office to end ; th practice complained of... , THE LARGEST advertisement appearing In Th Gastt-Nwi today I that of CHAS. E. HENDERSON on pag t, calling attention to Holiday IJn of Jewelry. BORDER PEOPLE FEELING Inhabitants of Nogales, Ariz., Believe That Further Firing Across Border Will Be Promptly Returned. TWO NORTH CAROLINIANS ARE SHOP BY SNIPERS Villa Has Evacuated Nogales, Sonora, and 1700 More U. S. Tropps Are Sent For . Patrol Duty. Nogales, Arie., Nov. 27. With the hevacuation of Nogales, Sonora, by General Villa's forces and the arriv al hehre today of an additional 1,700 infuntrymen to reinforce the border troops at thish polnth, the residents of this townw hexperienced ha feel ing of security that they have not been able to enjop since the Vlllla forces first took ossession of Sonora following their defeat at Agua Prleta. There was evidence of renewed confidence, and even quiet, and should there be a reptltlonh of yes terdhay'a firing, when hVUla snipers tired Into American territory, kllllnj one United States soldier,. and wound ing two others. It is felt that the at tack would meet with a promhpt re-, sponse. The troohps that are due to arrive today compose, a provhlslonahl brig ade of the Seventh and Twentieth ln hfanthrp regiments, stationed at Douglas, Ariz. Hubert L. Cates, pri vate In company L, Twelfth infhantry was the most seriohusly hurt of the two wounhded American soldiers, havlnhg been hsot In te abdhomen. An operation performed Inst night was reported to have resultedh satis factohrlly, and he la said to have an even chance toh recover. Cates' home wa In Swepsonvlllo, Alamance county, North Carolina. Arthur L. Saupn, a private In the same company was shot in the right foot. The dead American soldier, Ste phen Lithtles, 22 years old, wash also a member ofh company L, and hlsj1" ,s",,e' two and three, all members home was In Fairmont, N. C. ,he JurJ; .h"d ,reed they should - a K....n . .nmn and ! n answered "No," . Villa soldier started the trouble. I .,ttcn .n'r M n ,n ,h Last night General Obregonh wasia ot na tn answer that were not inh Kohrnhlcs and measure wer be - Ing taken to restore order after last night's rioting and looting. All sup plies of liquor wer being destroyed by Ubrcgon order. r..i... n.n.ii viii. invwnnr of Sonora and General Acosta, a Villa i!- Interest by many people In the subordinate. rinain undor guard t j clt' a local hotel. Randall and Aoostal The plaintiffs were represented hy crossed th internhational boundary -i 3- r. Murphy. Zeb F. Curtis lln last nlKht when It w decided 1,1,(1 Judee W. P. Brown, while Mar- to avacuat th Mexican thown. Major General, Funston, command ing th Unltedh State force on tho borderh, Is exepcted hto arrlv her toil n y to tak charg of th situation. Plv Mexican. Including a woman, also wer wounded.' Whether any were killed wa undetermined last night A Carranza courier sent to ap praise Colonel W. H. Sag, command ing th Amerlcanh troop of hthe rouhtlng of the Villa forces, wa shot oh ft his horn. II wa brought to the American slds of th line, h Th firing across th border began shortly hbefor noon, whenh " Villa troohps, who wlthh their chelftaln, had evacuated th town early, war hotly engaged by th Obregon force ohm 12 mile, aouth of Nogales, Sonora. Oeorg Holstnn, colored, wa ar rested thl morning by member of th plain clothe aquad of th pollr department on charge of Btealln clothe from Dan lluvl. of No. Ornv street. Th negro admitted h tol th clothe, part of which wer found at pawnshop hr and ldn - tlfl SET ASIDE ROGERS' VERDICT ' ' .... . : ' . Judge Long in Superior Court Conducting Inquiry as to Why Jurors Tailed to . i,-. Answer All Issues. ' VERDICT YESTERDAY GAVE PLAINTIFFS $12,000 Jurors State They Thought If First Issue Was Answered "Yes" Next Two Need Not Be Answered. An investigation, instituted by Judge B. F. Long, is being conducted in superior court today as to the rea TJll I, wl6m e8 ' "the ury' ln the Tin" uBers ana Mr3- iseue .(iaiiiaL me i ouumem Kail way company, did not answer two is sues given to them by the oourt. The Jury early yesterday morning return- eu a verdict awarding the plaintiffs, u were suing for 140,000 on a death ciaim for the death of Furman MAY terlv3' nf,"m,of .12.00- As yes-led W.7 I ""'"""''"ns uay ana no II a la lesmon- do"1 sides had t i. uierK 01 me court, John H. Cathey, should receive the verdict. If it was returned during the I day. . After remaining out all night the Jury reported early yesterday and Mr. Cnthey took the verdict. Two of 'tho issues were unanswered and he so In formed an attorney for each side, neither of whom objected. Notified Court. When court convened this morn ing Judge Long was notified of the verdict found by the jury and that iwo oi ine issues were not answered. About 11 o'clock he staDoed thn r.. coedings of the court anrt itnrort u Inquiry as to what caused the Jurors to retnrn such a verdict. The attor neys for the defendant objected to the inquiry, but no objection was en- terea Dy tne attorneys for the plain tiff. Foreman C. M. Johnson, upon be ing questioned by the court, stated that the reason the jury did not an swer the two Issues mentioned, was because they thought from the judge's charge they would not have to If they answered the first Issue "yes," which they did. The jury was in the room when the attention of the court was railed to the matter and he had the members go back to the Jury box. The issues In the case, the first and the fourth of which were answered, are as follows: First, waa the plain tiff intestate injured and killed by negligence of the defendant as alleg ed In the complaint? This was an swered "Yes." Second, did the plain tiff intestate, Furman Rogers, by his own negligence contribute to his In Jury and death as tilleged In the an swer? This was not answered. Third, did Furman Rogers assume the risk of his Injury and death as alleged ln the answer? This was not answered. Fourth, what amount. If any, is the plaintiff entitled to recover? This was answered by giving the plaintiff a verdict of $12,000. Juror Examlnd. Foreman Johnson and Juror, Stepp, on examination by the court and cross examination by the attorneys, stated that the Jury had thoroughly agreed as to all the Issues, but did not answer them all, according to the charge of the court, a they under stood It. The foreman and Juror maiea tnat wnile no answer was given .'VBn 10 ,,u,ue ''ere unanimous, the Jurors stated. This new turn of a esse, which has "irraoY eiinictea more Interest thnn any proceeding of a like nature for I many years, will be followed with tin. itoiiin ana Wright; and flny Robert of Marshall appeared for the defendant. E or t ftalisgury, N. C, Nov, 27. Member of th Interstate Comrr.err commis sion wer In session yesterday, wllh official of Ih Southern Railway com pany Investigating the cause of,th rear nd collision her on Wednes day night, November 24, between an xcuralon train, and th Southern New York and New Orleans, lmltd, which resulted In two person being killed k'kiI nliiperf In addition to thl Investigation, a roroner's tnquefct Into th death of the jtwo piiwrncrs will b railed for 10 'clock tomorrow, morning. - 1 D. KILLS HIMSELF Bookkeeper of Laurel River Logging Company, and Form er Postoffice Inspector, Commits Suicide. : LEFT SHORT MESSAGE INDICATING INTENTIONS Body Found With Bullet Through Head Near Deceased Home - Is Survived by Three Small Children. A message stating that D. M. Harsh, burger, bookkeeper of the Laurel Klver Logging company at Runnlon, near Marshall, and formerly postofnea inspector in this district, had com mitted suicide was received here yes terday afternoon at 4 o'clock by W. ZT.t Rnridalph, secretary- of the Masonia bodies of Ashevllle. Mr. Randolph at onco left for RunrHon and Dr. Mooru went down from Marshall. It - waa ; found that Mr. Harshburger had plac- - the muzzle of a pistol in his mouth and sent a bullet through his head. The dead man left three little children.'. Left Message, Mr. Harshburger left a message. stating that he was going on a "long Journey" and leaving directions for the care of his children. His. body was brought to Asheville this morning, and Is being held pending directions ,;. for its disposition by relatives. . ' Yesterday morning Mr. Harshburger did not appear for breakfast.' His housekeeper, Mrs. Barnes of Green-' vllle, S.'C, after a time began to In vestigate. Going to his room she found a note addressed to her lying on his desk. In it, he stated that he was , going on a long journey and she was, asked to take good care of his' three , children. Alarmed by this message, sh. summoned aid and" a search, wits-- Instituted for the missing man. "After searching for about two hours, the 1 body of Mr. Harshburger was found in the woods about 100 yards from his home. A pistol near the body and the wound through his head showed ; how he had taken his life. '..",".'? Bookkeeper. '... The deceased had been bookkeeper for the Laurel River Logging company with headquarters at Runnlon, for the past three years. Before taking thai position he was for years inspector ol 1 p onto i flees ln this district, and m this work he had formed a wide acquaint ance and had made many warm friends. Many expressions of regret' were heard when he left the federal ' service, in which his efficiency wai ' well recognized. . . He was a .member of the MasonU ' Mt Hermon lodge No. 118 and Ashe-. ville chapter No. 25, the officials ol which were notified, of the tragedj and took chareg of the body. The children of the dead man are now with Mr. and Mrs. Whltehurst at 1 Runnlon. They are Stella, aged 14 years; Lucy, aegd 12; and David,' jr., ' aged 10. Friends who have visited Mr. Harshburger were especially Impress- . led with the brightness and charm ol HARSH BURGER his three children. - They also speak of his pleasant home' which, over. . looked the French Broad river. Had Been Dewpondent. The deceased had been despondent for some time, and it Is believed thai melancholia Anally induced by this despondency, caused him to tak hit life. His friends can thing of no othet . ' cause for the act. The body of the deceased now resti . 'm IN W, In the undertaking establishment ol Noland-Hrown company, wher It wai brought from Runnlon, .Claud Holdei having gone down with Mr. Randolph to bring the body here. U Is beino held until the arrival of Mr. Harsh. burger's sister. Miss Hnrshburger ol rhiindaltihla. who was nt once notified of the tragedy. CURRENT EVENTS CLUB WILL MEET Th Current Event club of the, V W. C. A. will hold it first regulai winter meeting at the Henrietta thlr evening at t o'clock with th chnlr- man, Mlsst Phoebe Houston, 'presid ing. All member and their frt'mdi are Invited to be prevent and share li th discussion of national, state ant international affair. Tomorrow afternoon at 4:20 o'eloc there will be a vesper aervlr at thi Y, W. C. A. building on Biltmore ave nue. Mr. W. II. Woodalt will ma(. an address cm "What Next?" Ther will b special muslo and those it tending ar asked to bring Aleiandd hymn books. Washington, Nov. 27. Prealdom Wllon ha cancelled the cabin masting yesterday that he mliht wot I on hi add reus to congress. II wrot until late Thursday night hut uniii to finish th document. Th prmt dent plan to leav for New vmi thl morning, to e th armv or by noon yesterday but wa un r JCaln, '
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