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ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1916..
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NEW YORK STRIKE
SPREADS TO LINES
OF SECOND AVENUE
BRITISH TROOPS ENGAGED
IN HEAVY FIGHTING ALONG
SOMME NORTH OF COMBLES
First Indication of Serious
Violence Is Shooting of
.'Strike-Breaker.
Samuel gompers to
TAKE FULL CHARGE
Meet With Signal Successes While French
Are Also Driving Germans Back and
Taking Trenches Russians Draw
Nearer to Lemberg.
fService on Subway and Ele
vated Lines Still About
Normal.
LONDON, Sept. 9. British troops have been engaged
in the heaviest kind of fighting along a three and one-half
mile front on the Soinme, extending from High Wood to
Leuze Wood and have captured Ginchy, which lies almost
directly north of Combles, and all the ground between
Ginchy and Leuze Wood. On a rront of more than a quar
ter mile the British gained 300 yards east of High Wood
a-riA nnvrlion of rif Pnviorog nntlirpH fiflft vnWIs ftf German
--i - - - i l T 1.1 4 i-1 f I f,
of unloniMd .mployes In the subway, ireuciies; J-H uiese engagements me vjeiman wauaiuco.
on the uvatd ran way lines and on accordine to the British official statement, were ex
aurfacs can of the New York Rail- V,o
which began three " "jr . .
x rencn lane i rencnes.
Likewise, the French, forcing the attack in the Ver
dun sector, captured a whole section of German trenches
dast of Fleury, the assault here being characterized by the
French war office as a brilliant action.
Fighting on three fronts, the Roumanians have dealt
c a . i aiu uiuwd at uiic aiuuco - wu- wuhoi ia"vish j."
Tonight the flret eriou indication Dobrudja or southeastern Roumania, Roumanian troops,
of violence occurred when Michael L,, hv RnssiftTis. Iiata driven thfi Bulgarians from the
wanmni. tweniy-.even year. 010, a - . ,-r U.TVOk-,. nr.. ..nW
strike-breaker employed by the Inter- auiuucu iuwii ui xjaaiujia, auuii, vavu"
I . . . .. I ' J- Tl ! 1 J. 1 t mi..'T..l'., 1r.
sorougn ttapiQ xransit company, was y XUIganaHS OH OepiemDer 1. 1UB Ulgai itliia aiBU
snot ana prcoaoiy morally wounaeu T-J i.. ovl,,, Uim i-n HAhmirfia
Roumanians Advance.
In northern Transylvania the Roumanians, continu-
Although official of the New Tork in? their offfiTisivfi in t.hfl resion of Gsik Szereda. have occu-
reatore normal tramc, on their. ur- jlucu vsiau lupuwa auu a uumuci ui utiici ujw.uo. jjuwioiuji
EnViat tfwnu; thit visually aii records the repulse of an Austro-Hunganan attacJc south
L!..",A."k:!,!2 of Mehadia, north of Orsova, on the Danube.
vated raihvay tiaea of the interbor- The fall of Halicz, southeast of Lemberg in Galicia.
appears imminent, according to unofficial dispatches from
uiiiSSSlSSIkA of the Tetrdgrad. The Austrians are reported to be blowing up
What Would He Have Done?
way. company
day. ago. 'spread tonight to the ur
face car line, of the Second Avenue
Hallway company and the Third Ave
nue Railroad company. These com
panle. operate virtually all of the .ur
face car. ' In Manhattan and the
Bronx and the strike. If successful, It
was said, will completely tie up sur
face car traffic in the two boroughs.
shot and probably mortally wounded
by an unidentified assailant The
police renorted minor attempts at vio
lence during the day and several ar
rest, were made-
te.rfiHr forts in HaUcz and the Russians are said to have oc
utwMiifd" then'wiiToSrto cuPe 8ome them. It is further unofficially reported
be the affair of the' Amalgamated As- that the Russians on the left bank of the Dniester are
soclatlon of Street-and Electric Rail- tJ-V tnv, A..cii
Etaployea.and will become the I Liuujjjai ujjug mo icucouu uoukiuo.
way
Aght of the American Tederatloa of
rlvaL. it -was announced tonirht. lie
' will onfer! with a committee of the
- CAPTURE GERMAN TRENCH.-'
. PARISYVia LondonV, ept. 9. French troop3 bv a
w me" the brilliant assaiult this afternoon captured a section bf Ger-
tww S-a S o the, village of Jbleury (Verdun sec-
can ror a siriKe or sji iracuon. em- tor ), according xo me oniciai communicauon issuea Dy xne
UBpnlon of work on all subway war aeD&rtltteZlu - '
RTPTTnsitWchompany8 maebeIntir- German attempts to re-take. positions in the neighbor-
ested, and a strike of the 'Longshore- hnnA rxf Tioimxr nn f Vio Snmrno frnnt mrm ronnlal
ther sup- I JJV"-"-1 " "
The text" reads:
"In the Somme region there was a somewhat lively
men, who' handle coal and other eup
plies,' will b discussed. It was said'
This may be followed, union officials
asserted, by a suspension of work for
trades affiliated with the American artillery action on both sides, a grenade engagement made
KuSdJ? a Sttmatersmroy h18 masters of a portion of an enemy trench to the east of
759,000 workers.
CORESIDENT WILSON IS
PLANNING HIS "PORCH
Belley where we captured about thirty prisoners
' The enemy, after a sharp bombardment, attempted
to retake positions we had recently captured to the north
east of Berny, but was repulsed with neavy losses.
"In the region of the Meuse, , east of the village of
E
(CONTINUED ON PAQB TWO.)
Will Get in Active Touch
With Democratic Cam
paign Tomorrow,
SATISFACTORY PLAN TO
INSURE PEACE ALONE
TO
WILL STAY AT HOME
IrONO BRANCH, N. J. Sept.
Fresident Wilson began his first vaca
tion of the year today by laying plans
, for the "porch campaign" he will
..conduct from Shadow Lawn- With
rlrn. Wilson he' arrived here at 1
Vi'clock this afternoon from Atlantic
. City, after a hundred-mile ride along
the ocean front, , He .went Immedi
ately to bis summer residence.
The" president later visited Ills
' ' daughter. Mrs. Wm. Q. McAdoo, who
is sick at Spring. Lake. Tonight he
. attended a tneatr performance Here.
. The president expects Monday to
get in active touch with the campaign;
Vance McCormlck, chairman of the
: democratic national committee, will
come here early in the week to be
gin series of nollUcal conferences-
Secretary McAdoo : today discussed
' the campaign with Mr. Wilson In
general way. '
; All aftefrnoon - a crowd awaited
: about Shadow - Lawn to catch a
1 , glimpse of the president, but a large
' force of policemen and secret service
i operatives kept every one from enter
ring the grounds. '
1 The executive office will be opened
' at Asbury Park, "Monday. Fifteen
; clerks and secretaries from the white
house arrived ther today and begin
I arrangements for carrying on the
necessary work. The president will
visit the office only when necessary
' and will see all callers at Shadow
.'Lawn. . -'.iU v v ...
.WHITE RATS STRIKE. A
OKLAHOMA CITT. Okla., Sept. .
A special meeting of . the state
American Commissioners are
Finding Difficulty in
Devising Plan.
SUMMON EXPERTS
NEW LONDOiN, Conn.. Sep. f,
American members of the joint com'
Piiesion considering relations between
the United States and' Mexico are
finding some difficulty in devising a
satisfactory olan to insure peace along
the international boundary. Tha full
commission was not ra session to
night,, but Secretary Lane and Judge
Oray of the American commission.
after an all day struggle with the
various plans tint have been suggest
ed for RQllcIng the border, decided to
summon expert military judgment to
their assistance. For that ,- purpose
they asked that Major General Twicer
H. suss, assistant - enter or siati ox
the army, be sent to New London to
confer with them. He is expe-ted to
arrive Monday when th full com
mission -resumes its sittings
It was stated authoritatively today
that the' subject of (possible loans to
the Carransa government had not
been mentioned by either commission
that there was nothing to ' Indicate
such a project -would come up. The
Americans are trying. It was said, to
give helpful advice to the Mexican
government la facing .the internal
problems it has encounter a. ror tn
oard of arbitration, the fourth of present, at least, the border situation
tha kind in the state's W story has
I been called for next Tuesday in an
: effort to settle the strike of the Whit
:Bat union of actors, stage ; hands,
operators and r musicians against
s theatrical managers, now In its stx
i teenth week in Oklahoma City and
' Tulsa, and which, threatens to spread
-atkr catiaa f torn south.
is the only one being considered with
the idea of bringing Immediate, con
crete result It is expected long
sessions will be held every day next
week and that a border plan will have
been virtually completed tn that time,
ready for submission to Washington
and Mexico . City government for
ratification. ' ' '
SUFFRAGISTS ADHERE TO
NON-PARTISAN POLICY
AT THEIR LAST SESSION
Policy is Adopted in a Dec-
laration of Prin
. ciples.
AMERICA WOULD
COMBAT ILLEGAL
OPENING OF JV1AIU
Would Protest Against BritV
ain's Using Knowledge
So Gained.
STATE DEPARTMENT
SEEKS INFORMATION
Indicated that Britain Might.
Use Information to Ad- -vance
Her Interests. ,
0RAT0RY, RED FIRE, BRASS BANDS AND
ORGANIZED CHEERING MARK CLOSE OF A
MOST STRENUOUS CAMPAIGN IN MAINE
Hughes, Barton and ' McCormlck Wind Up Republican Side of Ihc Campaign at Various Points,
While Franklin Roosevelt Wescott, Redfield and Oihers Uphold Democratic End--Republt-'
; cans Shift Attack to the Shipping Bill, r
OTHER RESOLUTIONS
ATLANTIC CTTT, N. S., Bept 9.
Th National American Woman Suf
frage association convention In Its fi
nal business session today adopted a
declaration of principles In which it
reiterated Its Adherence to the policy
of non-partisanship. Adherence or
hostility to any party," the declaration
said. Is to be condemned.
The most significant result of the
recent work of the association, t:e
declaration recommends, Is that every
political, party has put woman suf
frage la Its. platform and that every
S residential candtdat has expressed
imself in favor of lt
One of the resolution accompany
ing the declaration of principles, all
of which were adopted, felicitates the
suffragists "that for the first time a
president, of the .United States has
publicly declared-his belief in . woman
suffrage. ; Delegates questlonod- the
accuracy of this statement and arited
if John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lin-'
coin and Theodore Roosevelt had not
endorsed suffrage, but th historians
among th delegates agreed that they
made no such public endorsements
while they.' were president. ,
Other resolutions urged upon the
democretid and republican parties
that. Inasmuch as their platforms en
dorse suffrage, they pass througu con
gress the federal amendment and also
support suffrage legislation In the
states. Th association also urged the
passage by congress and the states
of through and comprehensive cor
rupt practice acts,
Portland. Oregon, asked that the
fiftieth annual' meeting of the aeo-
PORTLAND, M.. Sept. ' '.-The
state campaign closed tonight after a
total of 292 set speeches had been
crowded Into th final twenty-four
hours. - One hundred meetings. wre
addressed by. man. erhos national
prominence assured a packed, houe.
Supplementing this unprecedented vol
ume of oratory were bras bands, red
fire, organised cheerlog .and, a revival
of old-time, torosUight parading,
Pf eaidentte! CMndMEatVN&ltarlaa Bi
ttugkes, at .Rockland ft&nited States
senator Tiieoaore tiurton. or unto, at
Madison; and MedTll Mccormick,' pro
gressive, of Chicago, at Booth' J3ay
Harbor, appeared, on th concluding
republican program.
- Democratic Speaker. ' -
Prominent men sharing . in th
democratic wind up Included ' William
Redneld, secretary of commerce, at
Gardner: Franklin D. Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of the navy, at Bait-
port; Judge John w. Westcott, at
torney general of New Jersey, who
twice placed President Wilson in nomi
nation, at Rockland, and Balnbridge
Colby, former national chairman of
the progressive party In this city.
Tonight botn Bides claimed tne elec
tion the democrats by a plurality of
3,000, the republicans by 15,000.
Not before In recent years has so
determined an effort been made to
make a .showing in th vottng. because
of the moral effect on the -country at
large . which expects to. .And the po
litical pulse of the nation .In Maine's
vote on. Monday.: Local speakers em
phasized state issues and the person
alities of candidates, but th big guns
from other states either have been
trained on Washington or employed in
the defence of the administration of
the only democrat to receive the elec
toral votes of the Pine Tree state since
Franklin Pierce was elected in 1852.
Attack Is Shifted.
An eleventh-hour development was
the shifting of the republican's attack
from the administration's' foreign
policy in particular to ther tariff ques
tion over which many battles have
been waged in this state. At the
opening of the campaign speaker for
the ' repbllcans. notably -Theodore
Roosevelt, bitterly assailed - the presi
dent's conduct-of -international affairs.
Democratic leaders, Josephue Daniels,
secretary of the navy; Newton P.
Baker, secretary of wari ? William B.
Wilson, secretary of labor, and. Thorn- j
aa W. Gregory, th attorney general
generally stood "pat" on the accom
plishments of the administration and
kept always to the front the present
prosperity and their claim that th
president had kept the country out of
war.
- Upon his arrival. In 'th state Mr.
Hughes added ' to his demand for the
protection, of American lives and
property, protection for American in
dustries and asserted that th latter
wore in grave danger under th pres
ent law from abnormal competition
AUack Bhlrmln Bill.
; Today he launched an attack on the
administration's shipping bill, which
he described as a menao to American
hipping. Maine always has been a
protection state and her shipping in
terests are great.
' Ther was a disposition In both
parties to hedge when it came to giv
ing figures of : the vote that would
be, accepted aa significant from a na
tional standpoint. It is saf s to say,
however, that a democratic victory by
any margin will be claimed as an en
dorsement oi tne president, wnne a
fairly good-sized republican plurality
will be hailed by that party as an
augury of national success In Novem
oer. . - v
A governor, auditor, four congress
man, two senators, a legislature and
county officers will be chosen. Of th
present Maine delegation In the na
tional house three are republican and
one democrat. One United States sen
ator is democratic and th other va
cancy was caused by the death of
Senator Burleigh, a republican. Gov.
ernor Curtis, who seeks re-election is
a democrat
i Republican Claims.
The republicans are making claim
of a complete sweep- all along the
line, their confidence being based
largely upon the belief that, with the
progressives out of the field, the re
publicans should roll up something
like their old-time -'-ralltles. The
republican candidate In opposition to
Senator Johnson Is Colonel Frederick
Hale, republican national committee
man for Maine and son of former
Senator Eugene Hale. For the sec
ond senatorshlp the republican nom
inee is former Governor Bert M. Fer
nald. The republican state ticket is
headed by Carl E. MUUken, who is
thirty-nine, and the-youngest man
who ever ran for governor in ' the
stat of Maine. In the Second Con
gressional district,- now represented
by McGillleuddy, th republicans haw
named Wallace White, who la
grandson of another of Maine's dis
tinguished representatives In th sen
ate, tn iat wuuam r. fry.
Naturally RenubUcan.
If Main should go republican on
Monday, -.no one would have reason to
feel much surprise..'. In - doing so,
Main would merely- be following tts
natural bent. It ha not gon demo
cratity In a. presidential ..year alac
io a itt atuiougn n cam near noing so
Ip th year Oarfield ran, until four
with Europe aft th wl ts ndd4Tar -ago. when th progreeadv rlit
resulted In a democratic victory. The
republican this year claim that nine
tenths of the .progressives .hav r
turned to. the republican rank.
If the 'republican candidate for
united mates senator snouid Be elect
d and should make a stronger show.
lng at th polls than th republican
candidate for governor, the national
leaders-el th party-will-naturally In
sist that the vote for United States
senator disclosed th real sentiment
of the People of "Maine on national
issues. Th two republican candidates
for senator, however, must command
majorities of considerable slse in or
der to giv tn election much national
significance, Maine has always been
strongly protectionist In- sentiment.
Th weakness of Mr. Taft hereabouts
In 1S1I was due mainly to hi fight
for reciprocity with Canada, which
the Maine republicans resented
' Ordinarily, the protectionist sentl
ment of th state would We counted
sufficient, in a presidential year, to
Insure the sucows of the republican
senatorial candidates, but election
figuring this year 1 based on un
known factors.
ENDS MAINE CAMPAIGN.
ROCKLAND, Maine, Sept 9.
Charles E- Hughes ended . his cam
paign in Maine her tonight after
whirlwind .trip from Bangor,' during
which he spoke briefly In several
towns. To his assaults on the admin
istration he today added an attack on
the shipping bill, characterizing it as
Deing "aimed at the shipping inter
ests of the nation," "a direct blow at
the shipping industry of Maine."
"A measure to meet a temporary
exigency, almost ludicrous," and a
menace to the, shipping interests of
our country,
.'The shipping bill Is a direct menace
to the shipping Interests of our
country," Mr. Hughe said tonight.
(Continued on Pag Two)
LIBEL HEARING ASKED
BY ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
Preliminary Hearing at Nor
folk Monday in Case of
Steamer Attualita.
NORFOLK, Va.. Sept 9. Th right
to libel and seise a vessel requisitions
for government use by a nation at
war, th ship continuing operations
as a merchantman will b raised by
the Italian government Monday at a
preliminary hearing in th cas of th
steamship Attualita, seised in the har
bor this afternoon by the United
States marshal of the eastern Virginia
district -'v ' ' ,.: ''
The Attualita was libelled by the
owners of the Greek steamship Mina,
sunk - In a collision near Gibraltar on
Julv 24. Thev charge that tne Jtai-
lan steamship was responsible for th
accident owing to improper naviga
tion and ask $200,000. They also al
lege that she was requisitioned by th
Italian government In order to evade
libel nroeeedlnff. Th Italian gov
ernment through the local Vice eon
ul. akd for th hearing.'
uiioa ha bald la that city la 1.91. wlnda
THE WEATKERV '
WASHINGTON, Sept. ' . Forecast
for North Carolina! Fair Sr.nday and
probably Monday, moderat
DIRECT APPEAL IS MADE
TO
Republican . Discloses Real
Reason of Hughes' Sent!
ment for Suffrage.
ATLANTIC CTTT. N. J., Sept. 9. A
direct appeal to the woman suffragists
of the country to support the repub
lican candidate for president In re
turn for the service he has rendered
the cause of eoual rights was made
by Herbert- Parsons, republican na
tional committeeman from New Tork,
at the night session of the National
Woman Suffrage convention.
- When Mr. Parsons had concluded.
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, who pre
sided, rose and said:
? "The one non-partisan thing I can
say la that which ever party brines
success, of that party w will not b
unmindful."
Mr. Parsons was on of several
Speakers, including Raymond Robins,
of Chicago, chairman of the last pro
gressive national convention who
strongly urged votes for women
I ,. ' . ACCEPTS OFFER. t'-;
BERLIN. Sept 9. (Via London,
Sept 10.)- Germany has accepted an
offer from the uutcn government to
give shelter in Holland to French
"war babies" young children from
th occupied districts of Franca. , ,
KERR DEFEATS WINSTON
FORJUDGE INTHE THIRD
ssassssssnsssssasaass
Unofficial Returns Indicate
Majority of 2,000 in His
Favor,
' WABRENTON. N. C, Sept 9. Un
official returns from all the counties
in the Third Judicial dietrlct tonight
intticate tne nomination of John H.
Kerr for Judge of the district by a ma
iorlty of J, 000 votes. Judge. Francis
D. -Winston, the incumbent was ap
pointed by Governor Craig to fill out
the unexpired term of the late Judge
Peebles and a primary called to deter
mine a successor to the dead jurist
Judge Winston entered the primary
for re-election, and was opposed by
Mr. Kerr- Today's primary was qwlet,
a light vote being cast and returns
tonight from every county in the die.
trlct while unofficial, ar sufficient to
show that Mr. Kerr has been nomi
nated by a lerg majority. Nomina
tion ts equivalent to election.
ASSESSMENTS IX CREASED,
SARATOGA. N. T.. Sept 9. An In
crease - tn . assessment rates was au
thorised by the supreme council of th
Royal Arcanum here today. The new
schedule. It was said, provides a grad
ed Increase in virtually every class of
insurance offered by th ordar -
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9. Any proof,
that Great Britain is using trad in
formation secured from ' intercepted
neutral mail In her struggl for com
mercial supremacy would probably. b'
followed by vigorous step by th
American government to seeur aban
donment of th policy, j & tw t
A statement during a tariff debat ln
parliament recently by Pavid Lioydn,
George, the British - war secretary,
that such information properly could
be put to "any publio and national
use" is regarded by officials ' here a -opening
th way for practice which
would work inestimable Injury to
American interests. While th state
department declined ' to L max . any
comment pending a full investigation
of the exact meaning of th .war sec
retary's declaration, there were many,
evidences that th policy he suggest
ed, was viewed a unsupportabl in in-
ternatlonal law-. ... ( : . ,
-' . Retaliatory Measure.
'IMscueslon. of th subject brought
out th suggestion that although th
Phelan "amendment denying us - of
American . mail, , cable, telegraph and
express privileges to citizens of foM ,
tgn eountries interfering with Amerl- .
can malls wa stricken out of th re-,
tallatory ' legislation, reoently - passed
by congress, th measure as enacted
contain authorisations which, might
1e construed as broad enough to al
low th president to retaliate against
unfair us of the censorship. Many
officials bsilv that if it can be shown
that British firms hav an unfair ad,,
vantage over, American firms because
of legislation passed as a- result of
Information gained illegally from th .
censorship, the president could forbid
importation to this country of th
products of whatever industries ar af
fected. As th disputed Illegal use of
th censorship looked to th raising of
a tariff wall, against neutral commerce
and aa this wall would be laid by in
dustries rather than by ' Individual '
oompanies, American retaliation, it la
urged, could: b pushed as far as de
sired. ,,- i.i -?',.' : .'' -,; i-: '-.;'s-.-:.'.'.-'J.f .
-' ' vt Last Resort. ; '
It ha been well understood how
svsr, that th retaliatory power wer
sought from congress by th exeoutlve
branch of th government '' for use
only aa a last resort, and In cas dl-
glomacy failed. . Retaliation- will, not
e seriously contemplated, It is be
lieved., until a thorough investigation
of Lloyd-George' purpos ho been
made, and then only If there ar proof
that th trad informaton actually in
being put to th use he suggested.
No surprise was felt -her today at -
th statement of Lord Robert Cecil,.
uriusn minister or traae, tnat -it i
not likely that Great Britain will
change her blacklist policy at th re-
uet of tn united Btates." omciai .
id not expect enactment of th r -
tallatory legislation to be met by any
announcement of concession by Great
Britain, but rather by a modification,
her and a slight change ther until
th whol trade situation has been
eased up and softened to remove th
most threatening of America' object
tlons. ,: ; ,
? DANGER TO tj.'tt TRADE.
NEW TORK. Sept. 9 Danger 1o-
the foreign trade of the United states
(Continued on Pag Two.
'S
E
State Department is Still
Without Information
Desired." -'
AMERICA AFFECTED
WASHINGTON, Sept 9.-Japant
demands on China for the employ-.
ment of Japanese military advisers in
the. large, Chinese center of south
Manchuria and inner Mongolia and
Japanese military Instructors in Chi-,
nese schools and colleges ar viewed
by officials here as part of a nev
Japanese policy which may threaten)
America's policies of the open-door
maintenances of Chinese integrity. !
For many years the Chines gov
ernment has employed some Japanese)
military Instructors and adviser in ,
Chinese garrison towns, schools and
colleges, but she also has employed
French, British, German and a few
Americans in the same capacity. AW
ways th choice has been made ac
cording to her own judgment Tha
new demand restricting such ap
pointments to Japanese iwould. many
officials believ, negative th "most
favored nation" clause in American
and other treaties and virtually con
vert a larger section of Chines ter 4
ritory Into a Japanese protectorate, t -
The state department still I with
out th complete Information neces
sary for determination of its policy In
th matter, but the opinion seems to
b gaining ground that th demand
seriously affect this country and that
soma sort of guarantee should b had
that "th most favored nation, ealusa
will not b annulled. .