North Carolina Newspapers

RE SUNDAY CITIZEN; ABHEVILLE, K. C, SEPTEMBER 10, 19J6 MUM T ROOPS ENGAGED IN WIGHT! SOW E (CONTINUED FROM FAOB ONB.) Tleury. before DouAumont, our troops this afternoon car Jtried by assault the whole of one section of German trendies. Two hundred prisoners, including two officers, pd several machine guns have already been sent behind our lines as a result of this brilliant action. Otherwise nothing important has occurred." ' ' BLOWT5G CF FORTS. ' LONDON, flept .The Austrlans " have begun to blow up fort at Haiica, ' Gallcla, according to dispatches pub. Ushed by the Petrograd Ruesky fllovo and forwarded by tha Reuter corre spondent Tha Russians have occu pied aoma of them. Tb great bridge aeroaa tha Dntes- . tar. tno dispatch adds, has baan blown up. The Russians bold tba left bank of tba river and -are cannonading tha retreating Austrian. -Two railway trains cava been wracked. BftXOARIAN VICTORT. BERLIN, Sept 9. (By wlrele) 4 description of an encounter toe 'Cwaen Russian and Bulgarian troops north of Dobrltch (Basardjlk). In southeastern Roumanla, printed lit tha Bona newspaper Kambaaa and transmitted by tba Orer-Seas Nw , agency, followe: A Rusalaa cavalry brigade, assist ed by a levy, advanced In thick wavaa against two Bulgarian battalions. Tba 'Bulgarian allowed tba Russian eav- ;' airy to approach oloae to their poet tlon. They then- mowed down tba whole rlgad with an annihilating fire. The Russians fled In panto, be tna; unable to resist the Bulgarian shell flre- The whole battlefield was covered with Russian dead, among whom wa tha commander of tha bri gade. . "When the Russian cried oat lit. tie brothers' the Bulgarians answered j 'nobody Invited you to this wedding.' . , "Tha Bulgarian soldiers ware am 'flittered especially because they found sixty innocent civilians had been - aaslnated In the Dobrltch barracks and that others had been carried off by tha Roumanians." 1 suit tba whole of Olncby village now Is In our hands, after severe fight Ing and the ground between It and Leuse Wood was captured. "East of High Wood we advanced three hundred yards on a front of five hundred yards- Numbers of prta oners wsre taken and tha enemy's casualties were very heavy. "Northeast of Foxisrea wa gained a further six hundred yards of German trench and captured sixty prisoners, Inflicting heavy casualties on tha ana. my, who was caught by our artillery fire while massing for a counter-attack. "Our artillery bombarded tha ene my's trenches on VI my Ridge oppo site Souches. There was reciprocal artillery activity In the neighborhood of oalonna and Oincny and between LeBasse canal and Nenve Chaepelle. "Friday afternoon many air fight occurred. . - ARC HELD TTP. STOCKHOLM, Sept . (Via Lon don) According to Tna Dagens Ny- heter. the diplomatic representative! Of the central powers who departed from Roumanla after that country entered tha war, hava been held up at Uleaborg. flnland, on. their way home. gerian from BaeardJU: (Dobrlo) and pobasel. "Enemy aeroplane bombarded Conatansa (on tba Roumanian Black seat ooast) wounding two w. men and a child." HENDERSON COUNTY'S IIBY $4,000 SCHOOL 6EVERELY FCNJSHED. STOCKHOLM. Bent (Via Lon don.) The Commanding officer of the RE8UIr OF CONSOLIDATION OF nuasian suomanne wnicn seised im Oerman steamer Desterro In Swedish territorial waters, haa been removed from his command and severely pun ished especially for bis abuse of the nwsdish Hag, says the rsply of the rtuasian government to the Swedish protest concerning the capture deliv ered here today. Tha Desterro will be released Immediately. The Oer man steamers Llssabon and worms. tha Russians maintain, were captured outald Swedish territorial water. Their cases will b referred to a Rus sian prize court The Oerman ateamer Desterro was captured oft tha coast of Sweden August it. The Swedish pilot on the ship declared tha selsure waa made In Swedish watera and that the Russian submarine flew the Swedish flag, Tha Oerman steamer Llssabon waa report ed captured July J I and tha Worms in nay. - FERDINAND AT FRONT. TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, HenderaonTtU) Board of Trade Will Hold Opening Meeting In tba New City Auditorium Monday Night, ' , BRITISH ADVANCE. LONDON, Sept 10. In an attack along a front of about three and a half miles, tha British succeeded la Occupying the who) of Olnchy and the territory between that village and Leuse Wood, according to the an nounment from general headquar ters inn night Tha text of tha state, ment reads: - "Wo attacked this afternoon on' a, front of MOO yard extending from High Wood to Leuse Wood. As a re- BULGARIANS DRIVEN BACK. BUCHAREST. Sept. I. (Via Lon don.) The Bulgarian hava been driven front Basardjlk. or Dobrlc. 1n southeastern Roumanla. by Russian ana noumaman troops, say tna or Acta) communication issued by tb Roumanian war office today. In northeastern Transylvania the Rou manian lie re occupied Olah "Topllts and five other towns. The statement follows: 'Northern and western front: After a sharp ' action w oocuplsd Olah Toplltsa (fortB-two miles north west of Calk Bteredat Saa Mllai. JDelne, (three mile east of Calk 6 serena) Olurhgiurgen and Sanmlclan. An enemy attack south of Mehadia (lift sen mil north of Orsova. on Jh Dai.ub') wa repulsed. , "Southern front: Russian and Roumanian troop drovs tha Bul- HENDERSONVILLB. Sent. I. The Henderson Cour.tv Teachers associa tion in regular monthly session in tha auditorium of the graded school build in today studied hvsrlene as ap plied to preventable diseases and were treated to an address on this subject by Dr. William H Kirk of thla cltv. Doctor Kirk expressed the opinion that fear of diseaae made a person mora susoeptlbls to It, -and that those who bad no., (ear of contagious or in- reciiou diseases, notably physicians. were not nearly so quick to acquire the disease. At the close of Dr. Kirk's BERLIN, Via, London, Sept. 10.) lecture. Prof. T. F. Bhlpman outlined King Ferdinand of Bulrarta." says a plan for teaehlnn hygiene and physi- an official atatement lsaued here, "ac- ology to the students of a hlxh school. companted by the crown prlnoe and especially tb junior and senior classes, tha chief of the Bulgarian cabinet has and short talk ware made by other arrived at main headquarters on the present Nearly a hundred teacher eastern front to confer with the Oer- were present at this most interesting man emperor." I ana profitable meeting. TWO ' school districts al Tuxedo in CAPTAIN IDENTIFIED. this county have been consolidated E6BJERO. Denmark. Bert . (Via and the county iwlll erect a new 14.000 London) Tha Courier of Hanover, modern school, building at some cen. Germany, aava tha commander of tha tral location for the user of the two airship which waa brought down in dletrtot. .Thla announcement will England during the raid of a week come as a great eource of gratification ago waa Captain Schramm, a native to the patrons In these two districts of Hameln, Prussia. The captain re- ana many persona in the county are calved the Iron cross ot tha first claaa expressing themselves In favor of more for various raid over Nancy, Dunkirk consolidation .- of districts and the and England. KILLED IN ACTION. LONDON. Sent, t. -John Walter Hills, unionist member of the house of common for Durham, la reported killed in action. Mr. Hill waa born in 1817. He waa a major in the iwuuno mirnun Daitaiion. MOTORBOATS "VICTORIOUS. NEW TORK. Sent. The motor boat fleet participating In the third district naval trainlnst maneuver here, which ended today, defeated an enemy fleet attempting, to force en- truiM.lii Maw Y ArW Altv. aIHaIaJ renort announced tonirht Three talnment will be given in the audi torlum next -Tiiuradav niaht . The 11 a patrol division, drove off the attack-1 brary .1 badly. In need of some new trover Flusser and Warrington, and I umes for this institution. .... a yacht The feat was accomplished, I There wm. .be no cessa,tlon of school It wa said, under the moat trying work in the public schools of the building of new and modern school buildlnga.;j , Board Trade Meetln-. An open ledeetlna of -the Render sonville board of trade will be held in the city auditorium Mondav nleht or next we;-at which time an ad dress will b made by Dr. Norton. well-known' Baptist minister and lec turer wno is spending soms ume here. Dr. Norton will xlve some stereootlcon view of Western North Carolina and an effort, wiU b made to raise a fund for getting, up some views of Hen dersonWlle. about fifty In number. be shown by Dr. -Norton In hi lectures over in county. For the tieneflt of the Henderson ylUe publlo library a musical enter' Save $250.00 HOW LONG vWllit take you to do itV THINK it over! HOW MUCH can you lay aside every pay day?, BEGIN now. Open a SAVINGS ACCOUNT here, and set i. a mark for your SAVINGS to reach in a certain time. The IN TEREST will help. .i Central Bank & Trust Co. , United States, County and City Depository ai conditions of navigation. 1-16 ffles Per Gallon i)f Gas u i Why Bo So Many People Buy MAXWELL CAES ? " Was aslced John A. Guffy. His answer was that the running ' expense was so much less than any other car sold in Asheville. r,-Mi aQuf fftates tha ho made a flyjnR trip down into SouUi Car- plina; drove his Maxwell Car 433 miles on 1 6 gallons of gas and - ope quart of ( oil; never spent five cents for repairs or punctures J, 6n,tjiet?ip,;v; ;' ' "; . . ' t i tf. ' i. I ,4 eel ' - r r .- . - - I JTT 'If you remembe about three months agor Mr. R. H. Luther ? made the statement; that he had run his car to Hendersonville and . 'returi'with five' passengers in it bn one gallon of gas and proposed to give his car to anyone if he could not do it again which was . 44 miles on one gallon of gas. . v i t . ' ; :. x - Beyonc! 'a doubt We "Have the best car under One Thousand ; j Dollars made today in a 4-clyinder. The New Seventeen Model ' which has about $40.00 extra on it and is $60.00 cheaper, is a car that has no competition in Asheville. It rides as easy as any car ' .under Fifteen Hundred Dollars. No car made today will climb the hills on high gear and give the gasoline mileage that a Max well will give you. Our terms are most liberal and to know just what they are you can talk it over with "Whit." Phone 2774. Car load of Paige Cars to arrive Monday the best 6-cIyin-;'$er car under $2,000 made. V a John W. Neely drove his Paige Car from Saluda, N. C, to . Asheville and never changed from high gear. T " 1. 1 . ' . . , :t't : i ';' . .' " WHtinirc Motor Sales Co. - 79;NorUi Lexington Avenue . 'ir .1 -I county this fall In order to give the pupils in the sohools time off in which to help, their parents on the farm gather in their fodder it wa an nounced by the county board of edu cation today.' Professor Shltle In mak ing this announcement stated that teacher . could-not afford to atop school at this time and take two or three week off: that it would Inter fere with successful work, and order ed thera m ease the school committee insisted -In stopping, their school, to inform the' committee that In auch case their school next year would not tarf'Wi"! tB t Prr -! October, Official Local Weather) V. 8. Pcyrtnicot' of Agrionltnr) Weather Bnraw Iipcal Weatber Data for Sept. , ltlfl. state of the weatber at I a. m.. oiouay. anate ot ine weatner at x n. m.. ciouay. BeiaOve humidity at a. m, it per cent. Relative humidity at 11 tn.. 3 per cnx. Relative humidity at 1 1. m.. 89 per oenc. Wind direction at 8 a. m.. north west. . Wind direction at I p. m.. south Time of sunrise. 1:01 i. m. Time of sunset'. 6:47 p, m. IiOcat Temneratare Data. 8 a.m. .....3 p.m. ......78 a.m. ...i.. 66 . 4 P.m. .....78 10 a.m."..'.V.-.70 8 p.m 75 11 a.m.' ...... 7S 8 p.m. ......74 18 noon;. 78 7 p.m. 78 i V-m. ....i B p.m. 99 i p.m, .75 Highest. 81: on year asro. 88. ILowest; 88; on year ago, 61. Absolute maximum, 86 In 1915. Absolute minimum. 49 in 1908. Average temperature today. 73. informal, tT. . Local fYoetpttation Data for MonttL Normal, 8.04 Inches. Greatest amount. 6.31 In 1902. - Least amoant. 0.82 in 1903. For last twenty-four hours ending at 8 p. m., .01' Inch. fltationet1' I aShkVjlle; . , ... . .,. Atlanta r. Augusta .............. tfaitiajor iirmtngnam .. , ... ... . . Boston , ..' . f . ... . . . - Charleston . . Charlotte . . .... . .-, . . Cincinnati i... . .......... Galveston . . ..... Hattera . ....... Jacksonville . . . . . .u Miami ...:............. New iQriean Raleigh . . . 1 . Richmond '. . . St. Xxuls -' . . . j... . ,, Washington Wilmington . .- p.m. Max. 69 81 84 88 76 93 70 78 80 90 64 74 78 ' 84 78 . 86 68 74 84 88 74 , 83 76 90 83 86 86 ' 94 74 8t 70 . 80 74 86 65 76 73 86 ELSIE M'GEORGE TO RETURN TO MAJESTIC GERMAN OFFICERS oratoht, hed fire, brass inMiTQiirrrccrn BANDS iO CHEERING AT '. (Oontlnoed from Pago Pn. Declare, However, That the Successes in France are of Little Value. GERMANS SUPERIOR TO BRITISH LEVIES British Airmen are Giving the German Troops Much Trouble, iaLu "Nobody ahould understand that bet ter than the people of Maine." It would be to -me -an Incredible thing that in the light of a. tariff auch a haa been adopted and in the light of the provisions of the shipping bill If Maine could possibly endorse sucn menaces to American prosperity. REMAINS CAMP WILSOTC. WITH . THE GERMAN ARMT ON THE BAPA.UMB FRONT IN FRANCE, Sept. 7.-Via Berlin to London, Sept. 10.) -German officers with whom the Associated Preen cor respondent conversed during the pres. ent three days' visit to this front ad mit. fM.lv a. -nrt '..llAi-t niM.lAn. that the Analo-Trench armies bare bihbu miujq successes ill lutsir ovnriue offensive, and that it la not Impossi ble that they will crush back the Ger. map front a few more miles In spots by a continuation of the stupendous hammering with artillery and human flesh. But they declare that these successes are relatively insignificant and without effect on the ultimate re sult of the war. On the other hand, they express themselves as convinced that the German army by virtue of its trained general staff and veteran company of regimental officers, is enormously su perior 'to the hastily raised British levies. The French army, they con aider well officered and well trained. The artillery preparation for the great allied attack Sunday and Mon day Is described by soldier and French civilians who heard or saw it from point behind the lines, as the most stupendous of the campaign. On the hills for four or five miles behind the front it was necessary to shout at the top of the voice In order to con duct a conversation. What the inferno in the front line trenches under the steady pounding of the big guns Is in a way perhaps best realized from the fact that troops moving forward to occupy the first line position mo prepared to hold out for at least a week without communi cation with the rear. Tha British artlllerv an far the correspondent has observed, and as he has been informed by German of ficers la shooting very well. The British aviators have bea . trouble some. Thgg not only have helped the artillery Immensely in . observation. but have even co-operated with the infantry In stormimr attacks, and in several instances the7 are reported to. foa.X awooped down upon the Oerman positions from xji rear,- using ma chine guns and bombs on the de fenders from elevation a low a 400 or 600 feet. ' " BAN ANTONIO. Texa. Sept, .-r- Camn Wilson, the tented city which shelters the thousands of national guardsmen stationed here, will re main Camp Wilson. General Funston said todav. When the Texas sruaras- men gathered here last May the post master. George Armatead, named the mobilisation site "Camp Wilson," after the president. A week ago, however,. General Funston announced that mil itary camp under war department regulations, could only be named after dead persons ana mat consequently the official designation of the local site would be Camp Cecil A. Lyon, after former Brigadier General Cecil A. Lyon of the Texaa national guard. Mr, Armatead protested to the post, office department at Washington, ex plaining that the change would cause great Inconvenience in mail deliveries. The protest wa carried to the war de partment which upheld the post master, .-..'i,; .- AMERICA WO COMBAT ILLEGAL OF OPENING MAIL (Continued from Page One. rrell- from economic alliances being formed by European belllgernta was pointed out by tha national foreign trada councu of which James A. Farrell proiaeni or tne united state corporation, is chairman, in a .-repoi maae puDiifihere tonight. The coun cil has been Investigating recent Eu-J ropean trade measures and consider- Ing the possible effects of retaliatory) legislation passed by congress. 1 "Any sweeping chahaw of -tariff; navigation-or financial policy by' eith er group of allies.", the renort. de clares, "may seriously affect the pros perity of the United States in which foreign trade is a vital elements" ; More trad treaties will be marie in the first five year after the war than have been included In the same period of the world' history, It i predicted.' Many treaties between the Unite State and foreign power are declar ed antiquated, and a scientific study of the situation by the state depart ment 1 urged. - - - - - EM) AT HAND. NEW TORK, Sept. . The end of. the infantile paralysis scourge In this city is at hand, It was stated today toy Dr,, Charles E. Banks, 'senior surgeon in charge jif the United tate puMlc health service campaign against the disease. There waa no apparent rea son why . the . government' officers should continue to look upon the plague as an pldemlo, he asserted, addjngi W5 expect that condition will toe such that we can discontinue the local certificate of travel system before the end of the comlnjr week. The daily number of cases na not declined so rapidly as we expected in the last week or two tout they have declined sufficiently for us to see that the end of the epidemic is at hand. :- i shall close down our station at Stapleton, Staten island on Monday and the .. WISCONSIN STATE FAIR. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Sent t On the eve of the ooenlna: of tha Wiscon sin State fair, -alt indications are that it will be far- better than any of its predecessors. During the present week, and particularly the last three, days, exhibits of various kinds 'have been arriving and today the' last of the displays were Installed. The en tries of livestock of '-all kinds are large, while the agricultural, horticul tural, dairy, manufacturing, machin ery and other, exhibits are fully up to the high standard established in pre vious years. Upwards of $20,000 will be distributed In purses at the harness race meeting which will be conducted under the auspices of tha Great West ern circuit. - ---, ' EMPtOYTVG PRINTERS MEET. ATLANTIC CITY, N. X. Sept. . Representing the printing industry of the entire country, delegates ..to the annual convention of the United Ty- pothetae of America are assembling in Atlantic city today. The high cos other stations wjjl he closed a fewand scarcity of paper la the b pro days later." WIIX MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT. lem to receive the attention bi the as sociatlon at its business sessions, be ginning Monday. Aside from the pa per question, tne printers are inclined to take a roseate view of conditions Business is . BANGOR STRIKE OFF. BANGOR, Maine, Sept. 4 Bangor' street' railway strike was called ' off tonight -wien the men who-qnlet Work August 26 to enforce recognition of their union, learned that the central lobar union .would not .support the strike after September 18. It was said few of th striker would ftoe taltea oacx. , scarce. -rt-oirKrxx a ftwivr Cant mM-.Viji. t - ti,. .nvsmmant win mo ira ' In general in their trade. another attempt to have-the treaty for .,od, any. .and labor troubles air the sale of the Danisn west mates to the United States agreed to and In tends to submit a bill to the rlgsdag on Tuesday based upon the proposal made this week by the conservative party. The conservative suggested that with the formation of a coalition cabinet a parliamentary committee be KENTUCKY CAMPAIGN OPENS. WINCHESTER. Ky., Sept. 9 The democratic campaign for the national ticket wa opened in Kentucky here appointed, to examine Into the nego- ' today with a statewide ratification of HIGH SPEED -RUN "Peaches." a musical farce corned will be presented- by the llsie Mc- George Musical Comedy company at the Majestlo theatre tomorrow and Tuesday, the' company remaining at the theatre for the week, and offering new bill Wednesday and Friday. This company," which carries ten people, appeared. at the Majestlo last spring, and created a favorable Impression at that time. The chorus Is composed of clever dancer and singers, and the balance of the 'company is com posed of men and women who can each do some particular act and do it well. Daily matinees will be given at S:li o'clock, with two night show at 7:80 and 1:1 o'clock. - Y i i I i i SWEDfSH STEAMER SUNK. LONDON. Sept .The Swedish steamer Gamen, of 1,117 tons register. has been suns: according to a Uoyd'a. .The) crew waa saved. Tha Gamen was built at Birth In 190 J and was owned toy the Roderl Aktlebloaget Conder of Stockholm. The ateamer waa last reported as bar Ilia arrived, at London on August Xo, ' ROCKLAND, Maine, Septi A top sneed run at the rat or 82.78 knots. with an averae on the high speed runs of 11.77 knot waa made by the torpedo boat destroyer Have on her standardisation truu toaay. unese mark are in excess of -contract re quirements ot 84 knot, ; 'ITEMS OF INTEREST; ; ; ' s There are 67.273 blind In the United United State yearly Import 50.0,900 birds. . , .' ' Tha demand for bicycle In Biam i increasing. ' ' v' . France after the . war must rebuild 8,000 ruined town. , s . Rockland. Me., yearly produce l.r non nnn barrels of lima. ' ' New York dty yearly eat 750,000, 000 pound of potatoes. Native girls of New Britain are kept in cages until they marry. The United State produce a' bushel and a half of apples per capita. The emperor of Japan sleep on n rug with bamboo sticks for a pillow. Asbeetos fiber now bring 8500 a ton In United State market. ' Canada last year produced f 8,481,000 worth of asbestos fiber. Chile will this year spend 88.(50,000 on new public school building. tiatlons for the sale of the Island and to make a ' report thereon -within a limited time. It was proponed thr- af ter the making of the report a plebis cite be held, probably about the mid dle, of October. . . . iiEW JERSEY ELKS' BEUNiONf - . NEWARK, ' N. " J., "Sept '- '.-Fifty thousand dollara 1 to. be expended for the entertainment ol the thousands of delegates and visitors who are to be in Newark during the next three days in attendance on the third annual con. ventton and reunion of tb New jersey State1 Association of Elks. The advance imard- of delegates nut In an appear- lanoe today and the main body 1 ex- pected tomorrow for the first of the feature ot entertainment, raonaay will be devoted largely to the business of the convention. Tne Dig street pa rade will take place. Tuesday mornJ ing, when 10,000 gorgeously uniformed members ot the order are expected to be-in line, x';"-:!'-- ; 1 v " HOO BOOS IN SESSION. . ' " MEMPHIS.', Tenn-. BePt. Wel comingVddresses and the disposal of routine matters incidental to the or ganization of the convention- occupied the' opening session here' today of the of the twenty-fifth annual : meeting of the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo. The convention will conttnue In aa sion1 through Tuesday. r About 100 delegates representing lumoer inter ests in all part f the country at tended today's session.-' ' -J - 'r ' Chicago: today, entered the: contest for the next meeting. ' Nw Tork. and New Orleans are the other announced contender.' " - ;". ' KESFOXSlBCCdtT FIXED, ' COLORADO SPRINGS,. Colo.;" Sept a RasDonstbllltv for the collapse of a portion of the seats at the arena ot the Welsh-Whit boxing match on La hor Dtr tn Which more than 806 pei- aonswere Injured, one fatally, was plac ed largely upon the Colorado Springs Athletic club, the contractor and the architect according to the verdict of a coroner" Jury her tonight No legal ten, however, were recom-endod. the nominations made .- at ...the St Louis convention. - At crowd of vis itors, estimated at between 15,000 and 20,000 and -representing every part of the tate.u assembled tp hear speeches from r.vic President .MarahaiV:. Con. greasman Heflln. of Alabama. .. Con gressman -Ferris of Oklahoma, and other democratio leaders of national promjnenqe, - - ,;r:' ; : :, :, : ApVANCB JTUS'VlJf'UaV CHICAGO, ' ; Sept; -..rProminent- -t ; (tcagnt bakers today sought to oon- vlnce United States . District A-ttorneyaf Cline that' the 'threatened general in crease In the. price (iof ' bread is ;'Juti fied by . increased, foot of flpu and other materials. : Cline Intimated tonight that Tils In vestigation .bo , . far. has .been based solely, on the question,, of -whether or hot it Is Justified.: If Justifled by con ditions, it was reported, them will be no attempt . to prosecute Under the Sherman anti-trust ,law,. n ; . : Paper; cover to protect ' jMitom bllea in. storage have . been invented. Fall Shoes Arriving; 14 Biltmore Ave. - - ..i