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HEV "O CITIZ THE WEATHER: 'FAIR. CITIZEN WANT AD3 BRING RESULT3. n yol: xxxi, no. 6 ASHEVILLE, N. WEDNESDAY MQllNING, OCTOBER 28,1914. - huge five cents, THE'A EM Y IJEW DEBELLIOil has upa out l!J SOUTH AFRICA Generals de Wet and Beyers ; Head Rebels in Orange Free State. GOVERNMENT FACES SERIOUS SITUATION De Wet is Noted Cavalry , Leader and Was Promi nent in Boer War. , LONDON, Oct J7. (:S7 p, m.) Another rebellion ihas broken out la South Africa, General Christian da Wet a,nd General Christian Frederick Beyers bar taken the .lead of the reb ate In the Orange Free State and hav ing put ; down : Lieutenant Colonel Marits'a . rebellion In the northern provino r-f Cape Colony,' the govern -Went of the Union of South Africa now laces a far more serious rising. According to an official report today earned Te'otrllious commandos already re in existence, the town of Heilbron, Ja the northern part of the Orange i river colony, has been seized and gov ernment .officials have been taken ' prisoners while a train has, been topped and armed citizens of the de fense foree have been taken from it and disarmed. I Proclamation Issued., ' ; The union government has Issued -proclamation announcing these events and explaining that, although it was aware of these , rebellious prepara tions, it had been taking steps to pre. ; serve peace without bloodshed. Citizens are called on to be. on the alert and gly& the. government, Infor mation and assistance and those whs hate been guilty of disobedience un der the degence act are advised' that ro action wlll. be taken against them " Jf ttiey remain (luietfy at home. V General de Wet is the cavalry Wad- 'er who gave th British o much trou ble in the South African war. It wan announced he .had pffered his services to England. ' , ' ; , Oneral Beyers resigned command f the union forces when Premier fVittia decided toalce up arm against r General de "Wet. In the South Afrl- I 'canfj-af Waa cornmander-ln -chief, of V he Orange Free State forces. ?. fij was commandant at Lndysmfth 'and was bent to relieve General Cronje .as sea " pnd in command. - After CronJes sur render ha received full command. H ' 'rmHrntird on te N!n. CARRANZA WILL RESIGN PROVIDED THAT IU RETIRES TO PRIVATE LIFE Offers to Relinquish Posi tion in Mexico on This Condition. TELLS HIS MOTIVES MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27. Venus ttano Carranza has submitted his res ignation to the Aguas Callentes con mention. His offer to relinquish his moat as supreme chief of the nation. ((however, Is conditional on the retire ment to private life of General Fran cisco Villa. In offering to resign, General Car-1 ranza said he was actuated only by the ) highest motives of patriotism and that acceptance or rejection of his offer must depend on whether or not his 1 4tU ml nation woud contribute toward I peace and the furtherance of true democratic ideas.. , . NO DEFINITE ADVICES. , WASHINGTON. Oct. ST. Although Officials had no definite advices of "today's deliberations at the Mexican national convention at Aguas Callen tes, previous dispatches had Indicat ed that General Carranca's resignation would be submitted by Generals Ob 'regon, Chao and Castro who .inter- j 'viewed the first chief. The announcement from Mexico i City that Carranza had submitted' his j resignation conditioned on the retire ment to private life of General Fran jcisoo Villa, was In line with report! from American Consul glUiman whe a few days ago stated that Carranza was willing to resign If both Zapata and Villa relinquished their posts la the constitutionalist army. . The latest advVea received by the state department from Its special agent) were dated Aguas Callentes. I p. lit f eaterday, and told of the visit f twenty-eight Zapata delegate to i dalupe where General Villa has w "njarters. They returned to the - ntion the same day. It appears - v (he atta representatives did ,' : cents as duly Authorized delesate ' ; he southern chief but as a commls t v . te rhnngt ,, lmprtstir-"t fn! r.ew wit, the delegatee at the eon . .venttoa. When they had satisfied ghemle ef tba character of the convnetkm that ware to report tn la- r M ffT f".1 tt(-,en. GERMANY'S RAID ON CHANNEL PORTS IS CHECKED FOR TIME Germans i Have Made Little, if Any Progress, Since Crossing Yser CanalLosses on Both Sides A re Heaviest of ttie War. LONDON, Oct. 27. (9:45 on the channel ports, as it is ealled here, seems to have been checked for the time, being,, or; at .any .rate, the, Ger mans have made little,- if any progress-since they crossed the Yser canal-last 'Saturday. They; however; are still pushing . with, all the. forces, at their .command, and are meeting with stubborn resistance from French, British) and Belgian troops. 7 "tV Great Losses. x Losses ohl)oth sides continue proportionately to the fierceness of the hattle which means that they are greater1 t ... ... ....... t, ..... . -.. than those in any battle since the war was' declared. "Along the coast, where the allies are assisted A by French and British warships they apparently have mote than held their own, and, after inflicting heavy losses on the Germans, have compelled them to try for an opening farther inland. Up until yesterday the allies had been forced to give way at some points but today, according to the French official communication, they have held their positions at every point from the mouth of the Yser to the Lens district and again have advanced between Ypres and Roulers? where there has been some of the sternest fighting of this sariguinary battle and where th; British Indian troops nave wade tneir nrst appearance m the firing line. The opposing forces are so strong that it must be many Jays before a decisive result is attained by either side; de spite great losses they are suffering." ' ' French bri Offensive. Along"the old front, stretching from the river Oiseio to theMeusc, from whicirthe Germans wjthdrevitheir, best troops to strengthen therby attempting io advance aton? ncirthvof Soissons have been engaging in an artillery, duel with the Germans in Vhich they have destroyed several German batteries. They seem to have been at this ( for sometime, for the last three reports from Paris have an nounced the destruction of German guns. ; : Farther east the French have driven the Germans, who were threatening Nancy, back across the frontier. The Germans, however, are so strongly entrenched along this long line that it is believed they are preparing to re main for the winter. .-. Serious battles are proceeding in southern ; Poland and in Galicia, without decisive results. The Russians (CONTINUED POUNDED RY HIGH SEAS Tiny Craft is Held Hard and Fast Between Two Sand Bars. PANTHER STANDS BY NORFOLK, Vs., Oot. 27. Held fast between two sand bars In Lynn haven bay. where she struck early thin morning during a severe north fast storm, the torpedo boat Pauld ing I tonight beJnr pounded by httfh aeas, which at times break all over, the liny craft, Anchored nearby Is ihe auxiliary cruieer Panther, mother ship of the torpedo n.rtilla. She has a rope made fast to the Paulding, but the latter craft is embedded so deep in the sand that all efforts to pull her into df-ep water were abandoned for. fear that sbe could not stand the strain. . On board the Paulding are eighty four m-n, some of them wearing life-preservers. Life-savers from Cape Henry station made several un successful efforts to reach the Pauld ing today. The seas were so high they eould not launch their life boats. The storm at midnight had abate J and th see. was moderating. The torpedo boats Burroughs nd Jueu also went ashore durtar. the blow this morning. The Burroughs had a hole snove in her starboard bow and was picked up by the au'x- illiary cruiser Dixie. She later came to the Norfolk navy yard. The Juetl struck a sand-bar and had her r- cam to the yarn. It was reporteu mi .e navy yard tonight that the Pasldtag was not leaking, according to last reports rw- frM ft win the "i wm. p. m.) The German raid ON PAGE t) BY COUNSEL IN IT 0. S. STEEL Says Government Added Them to ' 'Add Drapery and Scenery to Suit" OTHER ARGUMENTS. . PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2T John D. Rockefeller and his son. named amont defendants in the govern ment's dissolution suit against the United Elates Bteel corporation, were defended by counsel In court hr today on the charge that they were co-conn pJra tors la the formation sad management of the big steal concern George Wei wood Murray, who argued their case, suggested that the govern mnt appended the name Rockefel ler to the list of defendants merely to "add drapery and scenery to the suit." Counsel for the ore Interests, com monly known as the Hill Interests, which leased ore deposits In the Lake Superior ration to th srae! corporation, also appeared to declare his clients Innocent' of monopolistic intentions. It was the sixth .day ot argument In th cane. David A. Reed, speak ing for the steel corporation, main tained that it could not control the steel trade as to prices or competi tion, ene-i if it so desired. Cordenls A. Severance, another attorney, de clared the concern, was always fair to competitors. In defending- the Rockefellers, Mr. Murray said his clients had no hand In the organization of the corpora tion, being merely sellers of property nominal directors, he said, never tak ing an active part in the property and resigning from the board long before the fovsrnmeat suit was FULL'JDr 'AWS OF'PLAN TO AID COOU GROWERS MADE PUBLIC nv4 1 Inchtde Raising bf $135,000,000 Loan Fund Trom Bank$ of Cotton and Non Cot - ... c... n-aTLi. e...- fTrtt - , 4 .1.. j i..t : !t .a . ..: . . ...... wit k?itti .rvr vutiwn aiwtg win u sMJcca co ouoscnoM tnc rrmcipai ran ' 1 ' ..- of LoanPlan Stnt to Banktri. ..) ' WASHINGTON, Oet' i?, Full d. taJla of tba plan , for a $U1,0.000 loan fund t 'Jtake rare of the surplus cotton crop were tkiad public tonlsht by the federal reer' board. The board's eutllnfs of the plan, wm' sent to clearing . heuse . associations throughout the country.-1 Hetponses are aipected befor the end of b week and official j were tiopeful to nbrht that the pis 1 wduld meet with sufflcleat banklOir f-oippw-t t.i make its adoption cart J.! ; . 'The outline diners onl In detail from' the prsvloif' aannp noentsnts' of th board. 'h 1 : i. I hws,,s 4 tbe, aJtriUUitefaA ..Mriwlio uf committee t bVH)pwa ' as h , ttui oommlttesy U (MOeofttpgeed of th Individual rarr rf-bwird - mrrabers. Actual admtolatratlott of. the fund will . t Under, a' ."eotton )oan com mjtsee," corurldting of - these mem. bert: ,. ' s " . . .j f Cotton Vema Coaunlttee. ' W. P. O. Harding, member of the board, chairman; Paul M. Warburg, ot the board; Colonel E. M. Austin, of Texas; A. II. Wlggln, , of New York; James S. Alezander, of New .York; James ft, K organ, of Chicago; Fnus JfWade, of St. Louis; Lvl L, Rue, of Philadelphia, 'wnd WllUam A. Oaeton, of Boston, There, are ti be two class of subecrtptioim. The first will be known as class "A," will aiggretate 100,00O,O0 . and. will be rmieed In non-cotton producing states. Class "B" subscriptions are to made by banks or bankers tn cotton-produclnj state. . Application for loans must be sub mitted to state and local commit tees, which are required to approve them, and made through banks or Natural Trade Develop ments Are Doing Much to Solve This Problem. WASHINGTON. Oct 27. Develop ments In the natural course of trade are doing much. In the opinion of treasury officials to lve the Intri cate problems of International ex change. Conferences with ir George" Palsh and American banker will he re sumed Friday by the federal reserve board, but there w apparent in official circles tonight a feeling of confidence that many of the most vexing features of the situation soon would eliminate themselves.' The fact that the rate for foreign exchange In New York had dropped to within a few cents of normal, and the Inclination of Individual debtors In this country to take care of their own i i i ib. ,,., ul rh.mi.1. tt iichuu n Dolnted out as n.i couraalrut signs.. Great Britain's agreement that cotton shall not be regarded as contrabrand and shall be on the free list is expected to help In finding a bottom for cotton. The twelvf reserve banks will be open within threw weeks, and with the vast reserves to b released with their en trance into the Held, general condi tions are expected to show decided Improvements. Confident that normal conditions are about to come to the surface. See retry McAdoo expressed regret tonight again that congress tailed t pass the bill for government purchase of com mercial ship. An effort probably will bajiadaAxab admlnUtiatioq, to put ths measure through next , winter. Mr. McAdoo said that If such ships were available now, a great opportun ity oould be seised to transport eoUoa a win? nations that want It ' Look Who s Here! : -u.:uvi . y WnwD a r 13170170117 on or. bonk era " Aippllcatione must be ao Compaoled by subscriptions to class "B" amounting to IS per cent, of the loan ' reduemted, o that non-cotton producing tab participating will loan 71 pe cent, and cotton ' states twenty-Ov, Evasy . subscriber ' will receive oertlfantar of participation which shall fee transferable ' on the committee's books ami twar six per ent. Interest. 1 4 is U ' Loans will be mads n noret at ale per cent, with warehouse receipts for eotton. an collateral, Ja the basis ' of six cents per-pednd r;mlddui, All apeuses fur wvrvhuuse and inur"C ohaoaaa teuatr t ses)frby'uttieWtouet rower. A guartntee . fund ts t b created by d4uctton ', f jthrnt pet cent, from the faoe valus of alt loans, which will be need also to jrovlde fund for the payment of '.axpcnsM of admrnlstratlan, rot I mated not b ts d 1-1 of on per eent, of the fund. . Applksnllona for Loans.1 , - ' All appllcatttfns far loans must be made by February, 1, 1111. The loans will have a maturity of one year with a promise -of renswal for six months on approval of the cen tral committee, i" In the repayment of siibeorlbers to the fund, the class A" certificates will be taken car of In a propor tionately larger degree until the out" standing amounts of each rises be. Come equal, ' " ' ' The board's statement follows: "It Is proposed to create In the manner hereinafter provided a-fund of approximately 18S,000,00 to be known as the 'cotton loan fund'-and to be used for the purpoae herein stated. Subscribers to this fund shall be divided Into two classes to be dee Unated reepecthnelv as clues 'A' and TO Relatives of Dead Husband Had Warrant for Her Ar rest Issued. ATLANTA, Oa., Oct. 7 The Kul ton county grand jury here today re fused to Indict Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford charged In a warrant with poisoning her husband Joshua Craw ford, an Atlanta capitalist, who died In I0. Mis. Crawford is now free of the charge. The action of the grand jury today was the second "no bill" re turned against her and, under the Georgia law. criminal prontedirMts can not be brought on an old charge after a grand Jury has twice failed to Indict. Mr. Crawford had been married only a few weeks when he died. His " -" - - . Issued and instituted legal proceed ings to obtain possession of th es tate valued at $250,000, which was bequeathed to Mrs. Crawford. This suit Is still pending. NO NITRAK8 NEEDED, OTTAWA, Oct. 27. No nurses from Canada are needed In Europe nd none will be sent unless the depart ment of mlHUar decides to send am bulance units with the second con Urgent. This decision , was reached tonight by the Canadian relief com. mitte. It also' was decided that movements by Canadian women to iAaiap!MHuJ'nlB ursesj broad should Ceee for the present, to Pre vent overlapping of work. The militia department bas apaitalor4 from baadreds of rrurMs, it was feted. -is class 'B' suUcrfWr. Class 'A' sub scrlbers shall connlrt of banks and other corporation, firm or Individ iiala located or residing In other than tna cotton-producing states of Ala bama, Arkaneas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mwmliwlppl, North Caro Una, Oklahoma, South CAfollna, Texas and Tennesaea "All rlass 'A' eubecriptlons shall be contingent upon the reoelpt of sub scriptions ef that Imm 1 aggregating 1100,000,009,' Class B' subscrtptlons shall be mad by Wnks or bankers litcntf i or residing 'In the cottonpro Ki' Vtates abftv mentioned, and as fflajflrTmirlwahfrtnjulrlr laiaed: no ctasi'Bubspnpllon shiil b radtilrsd- Mcept at a condi tion f a foari, or loans to be made our of the fund to be created, and In such svsnt subscription shall not b required to exoeed it per oent, of the amount of the loan-applied f oh i , . . nssi'Mfc OertKkato. - ,, Raeh stibarrlber ihatl, upon the payment In whole or In' part of the mount subscribed for, receive a par tlolpatlon oertifloato transferrable on (he book of th committee showing on its face the class of subscription representing thereby and specifying th terms under which the owner wilt be entitled to share hi the dur trlbutlon of the monies reaHaed from the loans mad from th fund or. "All class 'A' and ntsw '8' certifi cates shall bear Interest at th rate of six per esnt, per annum, payable quarterly, "Th cotton loan' fund will be Ad ministered under th clreutlon of a committee to be known as the oen- (Conttnoed am fore ven.) REQU1REDBY NEV UW National Banks Have $580,- 000,000 More Reserves Than Are Necessary. W A " H INOTON, Oct. 27 Comptrot ler of th Currency Williams tonight made public a statement showing that reserves held by national banks on September 12, the date of his last call for their condition, were f SIO.000,000 In excess of the amount required un der the new banking law; Of this sum $53,000,000 was in th Boston district; HMOO.000 In the New York district; 170,000,000 In the Philadelphia district; $51,000,000 In the Cleveland district; $21,000,000 la the Richmond district; 114,000,000 In the Atlanta district; 11,000,000 la the Chicago district: $11,000,000 In the Su Lools district; $43,000,000 in the Mln neapolls district; $57,000,000 In th Kansas City district; $24,000,000 In the Dallas district, and $$0,000,000 In the San Francisco district The total reserve was about $118,000,000 above present legal requirements. As present reserve requirements are $1,40,711,14S and ths new require ment will be $5,73,2l, the state ment points out that $44,ll.07l will be 'released under the new law. Of this amount New Tork city will eon tribute f $1,000,000; Chicago about $24,000,000; St. Louis about $$,000, 000; other reserve cities about $20$, 000,000 and country! banks about $141,000,000. . . THB WEATHER, WA8H INOTON, Oct. IT. Forecast for North Carolina: Fair Wednesday end Thursrlev. PflESOTfEuOf NORTH GARQtiriA MEETJlTIIIUIIf Rev. R. P. Smith, of Ash 1 villa, Elected Moderator ; By Acclamation.', I OTHER . OFFJCIAL3 Y ; ' ARE NAMED BY OYttOD Retiring; ( UoderatDT,' ; Dr. Ehields, rreaches Pdwtrrd OpeLirj -Ccrscn.' HtCKORY,N. C Oct, IT.lVf. R, P. Smith, ot Ashevllle, was ti' l mously rhosen as moderator ft t V synod of North UaroUna IT" rlan church, which convent. 1 1 1 this morning. Rev. ftmlth six . ' 1 Dr. M. McO. Shields, retirii n... 1 ator. Other offlcr were el t d i-; l vartoug buatntsg matters dicu . l during the' day's' pruceviliDRt. The synod convened it 11:31 .. , 1 O'clock this mornlhg." ' ' 1 ' The opening sxrmbh ass p by Dr. M, Mid,' Hlilelds, itia r "t moderator. Ir, UhiM took I t a from Act 15:1. Ills simon 1 powerful and cohetttuted an ", " - for more personal work In tua evim galitation of the World. ' l-ft . ., he said, th value of pri-minui imi- :i In tualness had become k" . n an I that fully seventy per c s t of 1 businsss ot the world .w-'M (! ;. Iv personal solicitation tiiroi '1 1:, work of h eommenli'l t.11. ir. Then why, he asked, klmuiil cj-mh. tlans not do more of 11. a pern..i...J work In saving soum, for In iihk 1 i v the secret of success In Chri.r.:! work.' ' i Cllea Inwam-e. He gait an instano of a minlir Who said should he b given h'.i choice of th manner In whii r4 would save a certain number tf r la a slated time ha Vruuld clioo-ie i- ; sonal touch with ench and ev-ty 1 inxtead of preaching to tlium f 1 the pulpit. , ' Ths language ot the text v 'I Illustrated and brought out )! 1 the value of dllllgem In seeUIr f save souls, ; At the Clowe nf V r -"i ' semtilv ana I i-ij ll ! c I v : iiJ fjarth 'and' tli "'synod, 1-. td ordtr w,r, 8hllds, In the tn. pact of retiring' moderator, l Ths clerkt next - called the roll oi ministers and elders.. ' ; The moderator oklttd for the elec tlorr ofnodnrator ahd clerks, but on motion of R. Oarth this was post. . ponsd la order to gift ministers anil elders who had not yet arrived tlm to et hero . and be , preeent. at the election. ' ' . '--'," R, Garth presented ths report ol the committee of arrangement gnd. this wag adopted, ; At t o'clock the synod look a re cess nl t M o'clock. New Moderator Named. On re-assembllng Rev, R. p. Amlth of Ashevtll, was elected moderator by acclamation. Rev, E L, filler, ot iMontreat, was sleeted permanent (Omr1mid mi lss N'M J Li L....E - RESULTS in BE GEATH . OF SIMM Three Hundred Entombed at the Time of th;. ; Hxploslon. BALANCE ESCAPE. ROTALTON, til.. Oct. 47, A total of slxty-ona dead Is shown on ths. casualty list Issued 1st tonight bf officials of. tba Franklin" Coal anj Coke company at whose mln near here 100- men were entombed at the going to work hour Ibis morning. ' Rescuers lata today found nfieeft dosed and injured miners In pocket In the burning shaft and led them to safety, s ' i The decrees in the number of dead from earlier estimates was accounted for by the registration tonight ef scores ot miners who escaped during th day but who were too busy as sisting in rescue work to answer to the roll call of rescued, v ; Twenty minutes before th explo. slon 34 men went Into- the mine, only the last cage full of the da force remaining on th surface. ' . Tonight twenty-four. . bodies had been recovered and thirty-seven men were trdsatng. -' Mine officials conced ed that tba thirty-seven still wer en tombed and never would be brought out aJIv. ; Resou "trains'' from Benton and Springfield, Ilia, and from Evanston Ind., wer rushed to the scene and their crews, together with the popu lation, of Royalton about 1,000 spent lb day and the greater part nf the nhtht rescuing the living, sr. tempting to extinguish t"e fire t' followed the explosion and r for the Injured and for i cat relatives' of tba d J '
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