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CI3IZEH CITIZEN WANT AD3 - BRINO RESULTS . " VOL. XXX, NO. 344. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1914. PRICE 5 CENTS I- M7T1. OF THE A1SNE SEEMS IS TBI THE WEATHER: PE1B ueico ASSURED BESWED TO BE LONGEST OF 'mm BATTLES OF HISTORY Crczt Clzzh, a Wings 6f the Allied Armies Have Been Described, Are Still Osedng to Clutch at the German WingsGermans Fight-.i j&sDisjpzrcielj to Prevent Allies From Encircling Then '-Wing. li Believed That Calderon Will RtPQRTATCflPITA 1 ARTILLERY HAS PLAYED AN : IMPORTANT PART IN BATTLE Ur-rccciented Artillery Duels Have Been Fol " Izzed by Infantry or Cavalry Charges of a' Fierceness Which Has Not Been Expect edofthe llodern Soldier. ds LONDON, Oct. 1. A Paris dispatch to the Daily Telegraph Cays r ; "A fight is proceeding on part of the allies left resembling that at Paafdeberg, in the South African v;ar. , JTearlM000 Germans are in the same plight as Czi-fiin..:T!h.an completely sur rounded toy' French troops in some quarries where they are cut off from all hope of rejoining their divis : ion and are toeing shelled." " ':v LONDON, Oct. X(9:50 p. mOhc battle of the Aisne, now. Hearing the end of its third: week,- soon will out strip in respect to time the great eontest fought at Muk den nearly; ten years, ago, but l reeved; -v-Y " "" . i i Tencn OUlCiai ' COinmiin K'aUollS lSMltU M lJ W German TalrT. carrying v, meaeagee . 1 j tli' i.'.Ti iu-' V A Vl1lh ve kept tM brigade i j't CuauuBL'U JUiiu nuuut t hottest given to the public since the war began. It re cords that progress has been made by both right and left wings of, the allied'armies, but gives no details or the ex tent of. the progress between the lines. - I ' L V Claws Opening. - Military, experts believe the great claws, as they have been described, continue to open to clutch at the outspread wings of the German army, forms the upright portion of the L., and now has its back to the east, fighting .with desperation to prevent the French left from encircling the front, estimated at 180 miles in length. " The artillery has played part in the struggle but on the German right lighter guns, , cavalry and infantry are doing most of the fighting with a "stubbornness and disregard of life that people so often have said in recent years modern soldiers never would i display. ' Artillery Duels. There have been unprecedented ar-1 I dllery duela between the rivera Oiae , ' and Aisne and between the Olse and the Somme. which have taken a heavy ' toll of the opposing armlea, followed , by cavalry and Infantry charges In i" which, flrat one and then the other aldewould gain or be compelled to Still they have held on, the Ger man wing being extended farther northward aa the French made an ' other move to work around It. With . " in unlimited aupply of troops this light gtf OH'foT'an Indefinite period, at with th force at the dispoeal of the two ataffe the operation aoon " moat come to an end ' The German official account save the Germans have defeated the French , north and south of Albert. This doubt leaa refers to an engagement in which ' 4 the French admit they suffered a r temporary reverse but later regained it. mhihiI -Tnnl!rht' raDort that ' ' .. further progress had been made, indi cates that they have penetrated north : of Albert.;-, On the Alllee right, In southern Woevre, where progress also Is re ported, the Freiich have been fighting to compel tne uermans wno crosoeu the Ileus at St Mlhiel, to return to ;th eastern aide of the river. J- The atatement last night that the French had occupied 8elcheprey and tuipt da Mad, anggested that this al ready had been accomplished, but it has not been officially announced. Nothing Worthy of Mention. , Along the extended front the Oise to the Mouse, except , the fighting mentioned on the wings, nothing has i happened that the French ataff con . alders worthy of mention. It cannot ' be that th troop in these positions are entirely idle. It la known that an " artillery duel is going on continuous ly, but probably ' nettner stae - nas Wtoved. feywarey-wltil.-the tafaetrr . has been constantly on the alert to 1 meet attacks and counter attacka' for a time th Germans had the. OOaXUft'ILU still no decisive result has & tzZS. uiiitf.'wiuuo, "x """urmy corpe In eloee touch and ena particularly the right, which or smashing it along most of by far the most important better of the artillery fighting, aa they pogscused the bigger guna. This ilt- uatlon now Is said to have been over come, for the French have brought up additional artillery. Including some big naval guns, which are credited with being able to outrange the Gen- man guns by seven hundred yards and which are being used to drive the Germans out of their strongly fortr fied positions. Both sides appear confident. The Germans, bringing up reinforcements to meet the attempts to outflank them, are in what appears to be al most impregnable positions and are fighting sternly. The allies, on the Oise, place their hopes in the arrival of reinforcements on their left and the possibility of finding a weak spot in the German front. The Indian troops should now be with the British army, the official bnrpflu having toda' permitted the publication Of the fact that they landed In France last Friday. Destination I nknown. . Of course it is not known where the Indian troops are going, but it Is believed the left wing will be stiffen ed by them, gome of the territorials also hkvf , reached Field Marshal French. These include the London Scottish, one of the best of England's volunteer regiments, recruited from Scotchmen In London. They have reached a high state of efficiency and In their ranks are some of .the beet marksmen In the empire. Among them are a number of men who com peted with the United States ,for the Palma trophy a few years ago. A call has been issued for British railway men to go to France and as sist in working the railroads there. With the German attack on th outer fortifications of Antwerp, again Belgium has become the scene of seri ous operations. ' The invaders, so far, nave connnea tneir aiiacv io me forts ptotecUng ; Ihe river frossingt between Mallnek and ' Antwerp. A German report say two fort have been silenced, but th Belgians deny OX 9ACX f4 , DISPATCHRIDERS flLIEDIIIIES Daring Youths, on Motor cycles, Keep Brigades in ' i Close Touch. ARE BRITISH YOUTHS FROM UNIVERSITIES Many Times Their Audacity and Speed Scatters Cav alry Detachments, At THE BATTLE FBONT. Oct. ! Via Perls ;81 P. m.)The gen UUt in sommand of the allies have nothing hut praise for the corpe Of dispatch riders who, sine th begin ning of the great battle of the Aisne, have kept the communication between various eorp along the line now weeding from the Somme to the Moselle and along the frontier of A I sace-Lorrahis, i - The dispatch ridere nloettf are ol- unteere from Brttieh untvereiuea. Imanr of them weelthr ywUtha. Might Med commanders to send reinforce ments .,to points' where they . wert moat needevl, .'"iW - -"' '..--'i'rep -.'gcattwr Cavalry. :-': On many occasions these dispatch riders, mounted on motorcycles, by sheer audacity and speed, have scat tered reconnolteiing parties . of Oet man cavalry, sometimes facing -enormous odds In their dangerous work. Recent terrible hand to hand con fllcta on the western and eastern (Continue nn Pare) 8eren.t y.s.iraiTi WILL REACH AGREET.1ENT Conference Now Going on In London Expected to Settle Controversy. HOLLAND IS OPEN. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Confer ences progressing in Washington and London are expected to result shortly in a complete understanding between the United 8tates and Great Britain as to conditions under which Ameri can products may be shipped to neu tral European countries, and the pro ducts of those countries, as well a of belligerent countries, transported to the United States without Inter ference from British or French cruis ers. There ere many phases of the sub ject reiiuliing separate examination, and treatment and the state depart ment regards each one disposed of as a Kiep toward a final and c-impr-hcnMve understanding. Germany and A.iBlrla hive not been taken Into the consultation owing- to the fact that so far no issue has arisen from the at tempt of any of their cruisers to de tain American vessels or cargoes Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, made several calls at the state (department today, and later In dicated that substantial progress had been made. In connection with the complaint of an American copper company (hat the cargoes in Ingots had been di verted from Rotterdam to British ports, it was said that Solicitor John son, of the state department, was an deawortng to ascertain all the facts as a condition precedent fcj any formal representations. A statement Imued tonight by Counsellor Lansing denied that the British ambassador had giv en notice that Great Britain intended to. seise goods ' listed as conditional Contraband, destined for Germany If they were carried In neutral ships and jonslgnedto neutral ports.. The British government sreello day that no interference wruld.be of fered by British cru leers to the shlp ment of food supplies to Holland or ear otaer neutral country JURY :iN :THE; REKDER OHE OF FIVE' , liEARING OF EVIDENCE FINISHED Defendant .;TcVe .tc WWcJi Git'.'Ui Version Evidence t was ';ooTclude4' the heartBT of Charles B. Sorrel on trial for Bis life on charge' of criminally assaulting Jira' Ernestine Hooper, in the Buncombe ounty ' Bupenor coun yesterday afternoon, and .. when ad Joumment was aUn fr the after oora. Robert R. Williams, of .cou. eel lor the . defense, was presenting th flrat argument l the jury, The stats waived, the rp 'ng add rose and Mr. ; WUllams s ' ted as the flMt'StealVr i , if f maawwhflrnftd.' tal ofTense. i Follewias his address, the ether attorneys, who are engaged in the case, will oresent tneir argu ments to rtth twelve men whS , will decide th fat of the prisoner at the bar. f' Judge Thomas A, Jones and Jud'i t. C, Cocke are th othr at torneys f or Sorrels. A.. Hall Johnston will open Jhe case for th- state, and th prosecution s side will be cioseo by Acting Solicitor O. B. Reynolds. One f th feature of th day was the announcement that at th dose of the arguments, Judge B. B. Cllne, of Hickory, presiding at th present term of th court, will charge th jury to the effect that it can render on of flv verdicts; That the defendant is not guilty; that th-defendant is guilty of criminal assault; i that the defendant l gnUfy of Attempt to com mit criminal assault; hat the defend ant Is guilty of assault on a wom an; that the defendant Is guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. That . the tiwely men who will pass on the guilt or Innocence of the defendant will be charged to re turn one of the Ave verdicts is in formation which will be received with a great deal of Interest by those who are Interested In the proceedings. Th announcement was mad to th at torneys Just before the close of the afternoon session of the court, after Judge Cllne had ordered that the Jury retire from the court chamber for the evening. The presiding officer stated that he didn't want to take the attorneys for E Senate Sub committees Are Busy Outlining Addition al Details. WASHINGTON. Oct. 1. Work on the war revenue bill was continued today by senate finance sub-committees, and preparation wre made for the consideration of the measure by the full committee tomorrow. No general changes were considered, the sub-committees confining their dis cussion to details. The proposed tax on gasoline has been eliminated, the sub-committee considering that section of the bill. substituting instead a tax of IS cents per horsepower on automobiles, ana a selling tax on manufUcturera of. $1 per horsepower- The National Association of Dyers and Cleaners of America, through its president. W,, H. Brace, of Buffalo, today presented to the committee a protest against the proposed tax of two cent a gallon on gasoline. Mr. Bnace stated that with this tax , the dry cleaning Industry had but ens of two alternative, either to Increase charges or add to their annual ex pens of conducting business, .. The protest stated" Tfper 'cenf-Bf art gaso- line used la the United State Is con sumed in mechanical and Industrial arte and less then SI per cent by a-eOtoblies. SORRELS CASE CAN m Hi Own Beha?, MaWi First PuWic Statmri of utomobie Trip of Iat the' defense by surprise, stating that Xr. 'William remarks to the jury had indicated that the attorney who are representing the young man expect that the jury will either free their client or send him to the electric chair,, He outlined the five verdicts from which the , jury can select Its decision i as attorneys, for both side faoed the JuJ ;o's bench.' , Intervsiiiig nerdopments.', :j Testerdiiy's sessions' f the mrt erlU'd for rnsny flovelopments not th Kmi infer ui.tf e( which ti u s- I umony bf the defendant Who, for the Jflrst time since his erreet, gave his version of th automobile ride on th night of Sunday, June ft, which was fraught with unexpected results. The young man calmly told of leaving the j city of Aahevuie for the joy-ride and! maintained on direct examination and crose-examinatljn that h did not as sault th woman who was his com panion on that night. It was his first public statement concerning the drive, th defendant having steadfastly re fused to comment on the case in pub-' Ho since he was .arrested In a barn loft on the road between this city and Black Mountain; ' -One of the dramatic Incidents Of the trial was the cross-examination of Judvt W. , p. Brown by A Judg Jnes, th former taking the stand as a witness for th state to testify that on th morning following the alleged assault, orrels told him that he had assaulted the woman. Judge Jones pleaded that this testimony be kept from the jury, maintaining after Judge Brown had said that Sorrels was drinking that he was irrespon). ble and even If his statement were true, Judge Brown had no rtiht to divulge it, as It was privileged. In a long appeal to the presiding officer. while the Jury wss out of the room. Judge Jones declared that Justice would b a farce and a man's meth ods of defending himself would be a Joke If an attorney who received In formation of this kind from a man who stood charged with a crime T Will Decide Whether Moth er Shall Keep Them Dis obey The Court. COLUMBIA, 8. C. Oct. 1. Chief Justice Gray, of the state Hupreme court, today ordered Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman, mother of Lucy Frances Till man and Douschke Pickens Tillman, granddaughters of t'nlted States Sen ator B. R. Tillman, to produce the two girls before the Supreme ' court here November ZS and show why they should not be taken from her charge end given over to "those who may be more successful In training them and teaching them the duty of obedi ence to lawful authority." It Is stated In the court's order that the children have disobeyed the man date to spend July and August 'with their grandparents and that their mother has confeesed inability to Compel obedience. ; It t said that In compliance with the court's order ths girls were sent to Trenton, S. C. to visit Sena tor Tillman, but they refused to leave the train and returned home. Later, ac cording to report they were sent under chsrge of an attendant, but slipped away from the Tillman residence and Legal proceedings to determine the proper custodians of the two girls have been before the courts for some Urn VERDICTS; JuntControdicts th could have no protection from . the lawyer in whom he had confided. U Sorrels were Jn earnest when he mad th statement, and If he were not un der the Influence of Intoxicant whan he talked to Judge Brown, th lav tr. Judg Jones declared, should re gard th Information a sacred and should not relate It under any cir cumstanoes. Jud Brown maintain ed. however, that Sorrels had not em ployed him, although later he admit ted that he believed thm Sorrels we uridetKiliji,. la-.rrciP,Ji f-h"twi' talking as a client to an attorney, JThe first witnesses Introduced yes-! terday morning were snen, who teett. Bed as to th tbsraoter of th de fendant and witnesses tot the de fense, . 4 !s-t i .Character Wife, " Dr. O, W, Purefoy swore that he has known Sorrels since he wa boy, the witness giving the defendant a- good character. LToss-exanuneu the witness said the defendant has drank some and has been "a little wild; not vicious." S. Updneky testi fied that orrels' character is gooa, Ths witness didn't know of any repu tation lor drinking.' W. H. Westell gave the' defendant a food character. He knows of no reputation for Grind ing. B. M, Marlowe ewxwe that Sor rels has a good character as did C. B.' Moore.. J, Bayll Beotor gave flor rels a good character, - Mrs, Lula Bu-rnes, on cross-examination conducted by Mr. Johnston, said her mother lives on Buncombe street, Oreenvliie, B. C , end that she ha recently been at KnoxviUe. leav ing here a short time after the Al leged assault. She didn't think she would be needed at the last term of court. ' ffhe admitted asking a lawyer for advtca as to whether she could ba held, but maintained that she "had planned to leave the state" be fore the trial; couldn't recall that she told a lttwyer she never intended to return, Tine maintained that she Contl ineri nn Page Threo.1 OCT. 15 IS TENTATIVE I Democratic Senate Leaders Agree Upon This Date House Beady. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. October IS was agreed upon today by democratic leaders as a tentative date for the adjournment of the present session of congress. The senate steering com mittee nu'.ckly framed a legislative program designed to conclude pend ing legislation by that date. House leader declared work on their side would be finished well be' for October IS. At the white house October 10 was mentioned as a date for adjournment, but democratic leaders after a con ferenne with the president, deter m In ed at least two weeks would be nee essary to allow the senate to finish pending legislation. The steering committee ' agreed that legislation should be confined to the war revenue bill and measures now in conference between the two houses, Including the Clayton anti-trust bill. , It is expected the Clayton bill conference report now under, d'iscuaslon In the senate will be disposed of by the end of thie week, and that the war revenue bin will be brought in Monday. . ' .-THE WEATHER. -? WASHINGTON, " Oct. 1. F..i -for North Carolina: Genera" -Friday and Saturday. 5a Named Provisional ' President. K' , CONFERENCE HELD ; .; B7 CHIEFS YESTERDAY" Troop . Movements ' Have Been Ordered Discontra- ! ued and All is 7ell WASHINOTON, Oct. I. Unofficial, reports reaching ths administration tonight from constitutionalist sources' here conveyed further sssurnoei that permanent peace oon would be, restored In Mexico, through the flee.g-, nation et Fernando Iglesias Ca)dereni as trovtslona. yrtildent, pending an. lect4on, , . ) .No official wo-d from Mexico City. CuMcernlng the convention, et? ed ti meet today to promulRute plans for general election, or from the peace conference between Cvrranr.a and Vl'la representattvea was reoelved by the state department today. Both' President Wilson and Bonre-, tary Bryan i said, however, the out look for a peiwofu) settlement of dif ference between the factions In Mexico was "very : hopeful." Reports that troop movements had been ordered discontinued by agree ment of the pence commissioners an! tmif preparation for a general con vention of Constitutionalist chief, October 10, ha been approved by the Cnrninsa-Villa representaHvea, were aocepted by officials here as an Im portant Step In the Interests of peace., Rafael SSubaran, head of the con Stltutlona.llet jrenpy here, issued a statement tonight In which he rimMed reports of th capture of FiMnn ty VU'n fnrres, i Kurthcr V'-" -n received by the ww-v c'iu'.i m-.l n ports that Oenerels SJnnolovIo f 1 title Herrera hai revolted , a Villa. ., v.fv V , : Ftronf- represent!'""!, J.ve t nuns and ntlclals to-hty sml v ( leaders had, assured ihe i1tt i: Hon foreigners will be protect, J. lu constitutionalists have made it pUn, however, that In cases where the clergy have aided th Huerta regime they, will be compelled, to leave the eountry. ' - - CALL OFF TTtOOPS. AOUAfl CAUCNTAD, Mex., Oct 1. Definite agreement, to ceas all troop movements immediately end to call th greatest possible number of constitutionalist chiefs (together here on October I preparatory to a gn4 era! convention October 10, was agreed ' upon yesterday at th Bret conference between Villa and the Carransa peace commissioners, . The first conference was held at ZacateAa. The following commission from Meslco City left here yesterday to participate in it: Generals Obregon, Xturbe, Santos Orm tinned nn Pare (Wen l n.g.eo;:iss:.:eitM' lTOrlESIiIITi:;EI They May Urge Chief Exec utive To Hold Congress -In Session, v SPECIAL MEASUBE3. (By George H. Manning.) , , , 1 WASHINGTON, Oct 1 The "com- mlttee of ten," composed of senators and congressmen from cotton states. of. which Congressman pon Is ' the North Carolina representative, receiv ed an invitation today from President Wilson to come to the white house to morrow at noon and discuss ways and .--.,yat i . a v ,-. .11.. ms sana nr rvMin v msr lim vuiiun iuum tlon. , .--''. The committee asked the president last Saturday to name a date when he could give sufficient time for them to go over the matter fully, add were to day advised that they could have all tomorrow afternoon- If necessary, vv Mr. Pou said the committee, among other things, would urge the president not to permit congress to adjourn un til every legislative means has, been adopted to aid the treasury depart ment and other executive branches la , W..V,B " . congressman pmsii, oi on n Caro lina, along with' 8enator Robinson and Congressmen Lever and Hard wick, have an appointment with Secretary McAdoo tomorrow to dis cuss) the cotton situation. Tin'" c- mitt will talk with J " ' If some legislation c Which will mn' e It ! to t- ! Oil mi smiiQ .'i "'"'. ''e?JsjsssSs)Wsslsns jj it1'
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