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CITIZEI THF, WEATHER LOCAL SHOWERS CITIZEN WANT ADS V BRING RESULTS 6 VOL. XXXII, NO. 328. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916. PRICE FIVE ' CENTS. THE ASHE MLLE Q o -SPURT IN P Secretary McAdoo and Post master General Burleson See President. vance Mccormick , to arrive monday WILSON COMING CAM Ml UNDER DISCUSSION QPlans Will Then Be Put Into Final Shape, is Declared. LONG BRANCH. N. J.. Sept 14. The part President Wilson la to take In the campaign tor hla re-election was discussed here today by the president, Secretary, of the Treasury McAdoo. Poatmaater General Burleson and Sec retary Tumulty. The plans. It was announced tonight, -will be put Into final shape at meeting here Monday between President Wilson. Vance Mo Cdrmick. chairman of the democrailo national, committee and Homer 8. Cumminge, head of the speaker bu reau of the naUonal committee. Will Accept Igene, The president will not begin hi 'porch campalagn" at 8hadow Lawn until next week. He haa definitely de cided to make no speeches away from Qiere except before non-partisan or anlxatlons. He will acoept the chal enge of Charles & Hughes, the re publican nominee, on me waua crw.eu by the settlement of the recently threatened railroad strike. Mr. Wilson also has deolded to avoid personalities as much as pos alble and devote himself strictly to tolling of the achievements of his ad ministration and to attacks on the re publican party. , Prosperity of County. The president will dwell particularly on the prosperity of the country and on his plans for the "industrial pre paredness" of the country to meet the problem which expects will develop after the close of the European war. 'In this connection it became known today that as soon aa congress con venes in. December he will make fur ther efforts to have passed a bill al lowing American exporters to utilize common selling agencies abroad. A threatened filibuster prevented the . passage- of a similar meas ure by, congress . during the closing day . of the last .session. He made tentative plana tonight, for . leaving here next Monday night for St Louis ,to address an association of under writers. Hla speech on that occasion will be devoted almost entirely to business. It is possible, however, that the trip -may be cancelled if there should be a sudden turn for the worse in the condition of Mrs. Anne Howe, his sister who Is critically ill at New London, Conn. IS DESTROYED BY FIRE; PASSENGERS ARE SAVED Dredge and Gas Schooner Rescue Passengers and Crew. LOSS IS COMPLETE JIARSHFIELD, Ore-, Sept 1V S-Im tonirht oomnletelv destroyed the Pacific Coast company's liner r.tsnmam two miles off Coos Bay bar. ftovaral vessels, which rushed to her J assistance in response to distress calls, k helped remove ner ; jibs passenger and crew of 170. - . When the dredge Michle and the a; as schooner Tillamook reached the Congress they found the liner almost completely shrouded In smoke and the passengers fighting frantically to enter the life-boats. Captain Cousins and ' hla crew, managed to - maintain j control and the work of transferring f Jithe people aboard to the rescue vea Vvel was carried' out n an orderly manner. Before the last boat load la which was Captain Cousins left the Con ' gross" the amok and heat were' al- most unbearable." Flames were shoot i lng out of the ventilators and . up ' the , ' passage ways. - - -Soon afterward the flames envelop , ed her f r6m stem' to stern..' With the ' wind and tide the steamer then be ' gan. drifting la toward the spit. of Coos Bay. - The fire was discovered at about I p. m., ' near the second hold in the - steerage cabin.. No word, was re ceived from-the -Congress,"' however, regarding the fire until nearly 5 p. m.i At that time the steamer was run ning for Coos Bay. She came to a top oft the. bay bar at 4:10 o'clock J and the -dredge Michle soon was' at th scene. - - Boats were lowered at once. The" gasoline schooner Tilla- mook arrived Just before the last of the passengers were removed from the forward deck of the Congress, - where " ' watchers on shore could see flames ' Shooting as night fell, obscuring the , burning vessel from, sight. . AOCTDKVTAL 'SHOT, i . ' . f- t 'Si ' .1 . ' i' ' - BROWNSVILLE, Tex. Sept 14.-r- Msjo Salvador Cardenas, commander CI une mhuddih inrrunn; Hra w night that the snot nrea across tne border -here early today, was due to th accidental discharge of a pistol which a Mexlcant customs official was Cleaning. The bullet entered - a resi dence here and narrowly missed striking a child. . - ' ' - ( Reports that an American array outpost was fired on near Brownsville Monday are being - Investigated by Major Cardenax. BRITISH AND EITHER SIDE CLOSING IN Village is Apparently By the Entente Allies German Count er-Altacks Against the French Are in Vain. LONDON, Sept. 14. Beset by the British on the west and the French on the east, Somme region of France, capture by the entente forces. With the British firmly established in the Leuse Wood, less than a mile from the western outskirts of the village, the French a mile to the east of it have driven their wedge in farther and captured LePriez farm, through which runs the road to Rancourt. The farm, which had been held, by the Germans as a point of sup port against French encroachments upon Combles was taken by assault. Vain Along the Peronne-Bethune road to the north and south of Bouchavesnes the Germans, according to Paris, have vainly attacked the newly won French positions in the hope of regaining their transport line to the north, but all their efforts have been without success and the French have maintained all their gains. Except for reciprocal bombardment's and a slight ad vance by the French by means of a bombing attack near Belloy-En-Santerre, outh of Somme, the situation else where on the entire front in France and Belgium remains unchanged. The Teutonic allies are the Dobrudia sector of Roumania, according to Berlin and Sofia. Across the mountains in Transylvania the Rou manians have attacked west and east of Hermanns tad t, but were repulsed, says the Vienna war office. Russians in Action. In the Carpathians the Russians attacked vigorously the forces of the central powers at Smot'rec, Ludova and Kapul, storming positions after heavy preparatory, bom bardment. Their efforts to drive forward, however, were stopped with sanguinary losses, according to Vienna. ' On the Macedonian front, considerable heavy fight ing has taken place, but with to coniracuciory reports oy me auxereui war cuauceuurs. The Serbs in the Lake Ostrovo region are declared by Paris to have made appreciable progress against the Bul garians,' while both Berlin and Sofia report bombardments in this vicinity but mention gains for neither side. On the front where the Italians are facing the Bulgarians, Sofia asserts that the Italians have been put to flight. In the Dioran region the British have taken Teutonic positions north of the town of Muckovo. Several Germans were taken prisoner and number of machine guns captured. (CONTINUED PENNSYLVANIA MAKES E Scores Five Hits on Target 20,000 Yards, or Eleven Miles Distant ANSWERS CRITICS WASHINGTON, Sepf 14-iA new world's long distance record In naval gunnery hat been made by the new superdreadnought Pennsylvania, the navy department announced tonight The Wg battleship's twelve fourteen- lnch rifles, mounted in four turret on a simultaneous ' broadside discharge registered five hit on a small target at. a range of 20.000 yards or eleven- statute miles. 1 ' At- that distance the target was be low the horlson and was not visible to the Pennsylvania's gunners. Records of the highest scores ever made at such a range nave oeen ex amined by naval officers but none equalling that of the Pennsylvania has been round. At tnia range in actual battle only the superstructure of an enemy ship would have been visible, and yet naval officers believe the five hits at the Pennsylvania's first broad side with their weight of 7,000 pounds, would have been sufficient to have se riously damaged or disabled an enemy hip even at such an extreme range. The Pennsylvania's record ia con sidered by navy department officials as all the more remarxaDi oecause this was the first time the gun had been fired since they were mounted in the dreadnought when she was built at Newport News. . "'- - The Pennsylvania la the first Amer. loan battleship to have lie entire main battery mounted three guns on a tur rent and her performance Is declared by ordnance and construction officers to be the final answer to critfcs oppos ing the three gun turret system. . . The Nevada and Oklahoma, also new additions te the navy, are equip ped with two three-gun turreta Neither of these has been able to com pete with the Pennsylvania although both made unusually good score dur ing their preliminary practice. The Pennsylvania ana uaianoma ai the present time are undergoing their final test and, navy- department, re ports' say, are fulfilling the required specification In a highly, satisfactory manner. '. "t V ' .' FRENCH ON OF COMBLES ON GERMANS on Verge of Capture the village of Combles, in the apparently is on the verge of Attacks. continuing their advance on the. reaujts bedou4ed,pwjag ON PAGE TWO.) SEEK TO BRING ABOUT SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE Investigation of Causes of Big Strike Will Close Today. CARS RUNNING NEW YOR, Sept. 14. Represen tative business and professional men late today offered to co-operate with city officials 'In an endeavor to settle the transit strike which for the past even day has hampered transporta tion in Manhattan, the Bronx and portion of Westchester county. While Jaa. P. Holland, presiaent of the State Federation of Labor, was telling 8,000 striking carmen and their sympathis ers, at a meeting In Union square, af ter the parade that 70,000 allied trade unionist would strike Saturday unless a settlement was effected In the mean time. Mayor Mltchel and the public service commission were In confer ences with committee . from the chamber of commerce, the Mer chants' association and kindred or ganization in an effort, to end the trlke. An Investigation began by the pub lic service commission - Into . causes which led to the present crisis prob ably . will be completed tomorrow. Until 'then neither Mayor Mltchel nor members of the commission, it was said tonight.' Would announce definite ly the plans they have In mind for settling the strike; ; Although a score of person were Injured, several of them seriously,. In surface car accident today, the po lice reported there was comparative ly little violence - Subway and ele vated service continued about nor mal. ' ' ' ' Frederick ' W. Whltridre, president of the Third Avenue Railroad com pany, tonight Invited the strikers to return i to work. - promising - better working conditions and an Increase la wages amounting to 160,000 a year. Mr. Whltrldge said he had decided upon this course, "because the Third Avenue railroad officials were con vinced that many of the strikers had been bullied into going on strike " . THE WEATHER.'",' "' ' '."-'''"'' WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 Forecast for North Carolina: Showers follow ed clearing, and cooler Friday; 8aU 'vrday fair. ' . ; ,,-...-.V . PROMINENT NEW YORKERS VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL NOTIFIED OF HIS RE-NOMINATION AS RUNNING MATE TO PRESIDENT WILSON Many Pnmtieit Democrats Present tor the Notttlatiott, mi JWirtffl W. Glynn, Former Govnor of Newyork, Discusses ' . . of Mr. INDIANAPOXtS; Ind. Be.pt 14. Vice President Thomas R. Mare hail was notified tonight of hie renomlna- tlon for vice president on the demo cratic ticket and formally accepted the honor. The cefemoniea were the third of the Mrftt tOja held in In dianapolis within the, last few; week. J. Frank Hanly. thotyrehibltlon preel- 9nua) cuqiuuq af? vnn w. airi A larae number of ortunlnent demo crata. Including National- Chairman Vance MoCermick, from all over the ficatlon. Informal political confer- acoe wm iibiu vy ui ivMAini m, um plan for the campaign were discussed thnmn i 1 v nMMrtfl wha t mm A hn done In Indiana were made to Nation al Chairman MoCormtck. Glynn Makes Speecb. of New Tork, delivered the speech of notification after havingi been Intro duced by J. A. M. Adair, candidate for governor of Indiana, chairman of the ceremonlea All the speakers praised the present democratlo administration. replied to tne repuDiucmn attacks wnicn Hn mmAtk nn it a.nd exnreased confidence of a democratlo victory. A big parade preceuea tne cere monlea. Mr. Glynn summed up the results of the administration of Woodrow Wilson, replied to critics of the ad- mtnlatMilAn Tlrt Ht forth th IT A- sons why he believed Mr. Wilson and Mr. Marshall stiouia me eiectea. but. QLvnn described the Wilson adminis tration as one "that Inefficiency of service and in responsiveness to popu lar will, haa naa no rival in uui coun try In the last flffly years." AiimniM ii n th results of the Wil son administration Mr. Glynn said: "No longer will tne neart oi una FOR KILLING TiNER Derrick Car of C. G. and 0. Railroad is Used For the Execution. BTR.WTN. Tenn.. Sent 14. "Mary," the bis eleohant which Tuesday killed her trainer at Klngsport. Tenn., after a circus performance, was hanged here today in tne presence oi over l.BOO nannlA .A derrick car of the Carolina. Cllnchfleld and Ohio rail road vas used In the execution. The animal was forced to the tracks by th aid of other elephant and .there heavy chains tied around her neck and suspended In the air. Accord ing to her owners, she was valued at 120,000. Th hansrlnr. It Is said. 1 the cul mination of many crimes, and as no quick poison were at hand, the show men decided on tne nanging. COIAY.A CANDIDATE. NB7W IOWC Sept. 14. Balnbrtdge Colby, who nominated Theodore Roosevelt for prestdent at th progres sive national convention In Chicago but' who since has aeciarea nimeu in favor of the re-election of President Wilaon. issued a statement tonight "to the progressives of the state of New York", announcing tnat n wouia en ter the progressive party primary for the nomination to the United States senate. . -' . REPORTS IT CORRECT. Aln tw'ivn NH fleet 14. Francis G. Newlands, United States senator from Nevada who was here nil! tka rennrt sent from Chi cago last night that bearings on gov ernment ownersnip or raiiroaas mam DO neia in CUcagO, was incorrect. 1D hMriM na miA will be ooened la Washington, November 10 , . His Fatal Day Democratic Issues In Masterly Manner In His Notification ; r Marshall Republicans Have No Issues children be coined Into. gold or their blood stain the commerce of our land; will tt noatrir Af vouth be u V " hv W " m robbed of it glamour or Its song of joy transformed into a lamentation, of deapalr. -';. win tt sowar of our seed andVth reaper of our harvest be denied proper piace w " our financial world. v ;, x? HU wliltfvwa ana . AT. phane, robbed of their pittance of av- . . . 1. I. . . -mIm injw neav tneir wwnw ui . upon. the doors, of -bank closed by w.. w- - - j ----- - men be ablet to corns? the money market or tae tne country wuemw iby the throat ana lorce it o oui to their financial pressure."' Issue of Campaign. - ' Concernlne; some of the Issue of the campaign. Mr. (Glynn said! . . "In their search for an Issue grasa- k .nn.M nww hnnneit aa our ODDO- aents have happed, chameleons never changed their nues as our opponents have changed their cries In this cam- They are like the hum bird of perpetual motion that never light on land or sea, but Is airways on the wing. .-t?M. ,hAv MHMtji n iuiie of 'Amer icanism.' But aa soon as they see the people know that wooarow numou doln today in our foreign affair ex actly what Washington and Adam a T.ttMWAn and Uncoln and Grant did under similar circumstances, they hop to another issue, rnen jjou v.- ..i- tmmim. Tint as soon a UPvWIIlW. .. .. .1 .v. Miinfp Vnrvwvi the Mexl- VUO mw can situation 1 an Inheritance from a republican admlnisvauon, tnay nv Then the fall to criticising the Pershing expedition against Villa and the moblMiation of the troopa on the border. But as soon as they see that the people remember President Taft's .KIIIalnn AFllar in 112 and that armed forces from the United States Invaded Spanish ana Mexican ism- E AHEAD OFJTHEIR TICKETS Some Republican Races In Illinois Primaries are Very Close. CHICAGO, Sept. 14. -Latest re turns from yesterday's Illinois pri mary election indicated tonight that Governor E. F. Dunne's plurality for the democratlo nomination for gov ernor would be 85.000 and that of Frank O. Lowden, on the republican ticket 100,000. - Defeat of Lieutenant-Governor Bar ratt OUara, democrat, for re-nomination by Henry W. Huttman, of Chi cago, waa assured by late down-state returns- It is probable that less than 1,000 votes will determine the repub lican attorney-general's nomination between Edwin J. Brundage, of Chi cago, and Richard J. Barr, of Jollet. For eongressmen-at-lerge the nom ination of Medill McCormlck by the republicans was certain and for his running mate, former Senator Wm. E. Mason, was strengthening his lead over B. M. Chlpperfleld, incumbent. Representative Wm. Elaa William has been renominated by thev demo crat and returns indicated that Jo. O; Kostner, of Chicago, would 'win over Everett Jennings by about 1,000 for the other plaoe. The total vote In the state cast at the primary was only fifty-seven oar cent, of the vote cast for governor In 11J, according to estimate tonight The total yes. terday was 48,11, of which 421.861 were republican And 188,183 demo cratic. .. - ARIZONA COMPLETE TODAY. ' NEW TORK. Sept. 14.The new dreadnought Arlsona will be - com pleted ' oa schedule time at noqn to morrow, it was said, at th New jork navy yard tonight. The vessel will be commissioned October lis . FORMALLY .., '..-.', . tory oa ten-different occasions for of tenses IdenUoal with that which VUU oommltted . against, tola country, why our republican friends hop again. "Then they dig up the 'old man of the eea' th tariff. ;. J "Then they attack the reoent eight hour law for railroads. And ai nee Monday last they have been trying to make an. Issue out of the state eleo tlont up' In Maine1 as a repudiation of the Wilson policies and a forecast of national republican-ytotory. But thl nn tnl4 The Ill urn ... ' 7 - tl,l4, and yet on Monday last, the republican carry It by only 11,000. - This same kind of a republican vic tory would swing New York to Wilson I ABA AAA TV. .111n Aff tf P publican vote In Maine 1 twenty per . . L . . U M cent irom me wow - it this nercentaa-e prevails throughout the country-on ' aext election day, Woodrow Wilson win carry , wrvrw doubtful state In the nation. imm- mm Mf. fllvnn. n.L.t namnmtla - nrealdent u;av m ..u v. ana aemooraiio nuiw enjoying the greatest prosperity with 'To maintain our national honor vy oeace If we can but by war If we must," declared Mr. Olynn "ta ne motto of wooarow wnson. M wtorAul HUtant In in mwiwj m ; Ubrarlei and wat5gering devotee' of fashion wno wcuiq ni on th carpet of tiarlor tranche. In the restaurants oi oiuoe. or ki v-- txers oi ftiiwwvH r'- l .AiiatiA. Rut the men .who must fight our battle where the cannon roar ana ouii-w ; - death etalk their wive, their son, their daughter and their rnother-- they are primarily iupiui m result or our neerotwuiwue uu . . . . . 4 mn WTIA Wrhtlld flO .uw lorin. aii "-- the Ochunsr sxana wnere - Wilson stand." . . RALEIGH POLICE ASKED TI Freshman Tied Down and Beaten Severely With Dipper, is Alleged,' RALEIGH, N. O. Sept 14. The Raleigh police have been asked by the A. and M. college authorities to serve warrants on Ave A. and M. stu dents, who are resident of Raleigh, charging tfhem with assault - on .. W. Tiencken. freshman, in oonnectloa with hattng him Sunday sight In one of the dormitories. Tlenoken was tied down- and beaten severely, it is alleged, witfh a diaper. The police and President RIddick re fuse to divulge the name of tfee al leged haser until they are orought to trial. - 8TRIPLEVS SEEKS JOB. RICHMOND, Va.. Sept. 14. Thomas Edgar Stripling,' recently paraonea in Georgia ha come to Richmond from Hopewell to settle down, he says: He called today en Chief of Police Werner in. search of a Job. Stripling, under the name of R. E Morris, ' was serving aa the chief of police of Danville, Va,,' fiv year, when he was recognized aa a man who had escaped years ago from a Geor gia convict farm. He was taken back to George to serve out hi- unexpired term. - " ' - - i ii- - V-.-..I' ' ' ' 1 - NOT SXrPPORTTXQ SEABTJRT. NEW TORK. Sept. 14. Theodore Roosevelt Issued a ' statement her tonight through 'OUa secretary. John W, McOrath, announcing that he la not supportlng6mul Seabury. candi date for Governor of New Torit, - la the progressive primaries. Mr. Sea bury already ha 1en designated a the democratlo candidate ty that rx'a organisation. v ' -: I ARREST FIVE MRS GENERAL BLI5ST0 JELL (MISSION OF BORDER PLANS 1 - ' V .' Will Appear Before Amer." can-Mexican Commis-1 sioners Today, ONLY WITNESS THAT IS GIVEN HEARING- No Plans For Border Patrol Have Been Worked Out Up to Present NSW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 14.-e Major General Tasker H. Bliss, as sistant" chief of stair of the' United States-army la to', appear, before th Ameridan-Mexloan oommtaslon tomor row,, when (dIcusslon of border probJ lems Is renewed.' ,; He will be the first and. possibly the only- witness : to be interrogated toy the - -commission m Joint session .4 It is' said to ' te the desire of th Atnarkian commissioner to expedite deliberation by keeping; th door closed against an : endlesg ucoesalon of person who . wlab to ba heard, y s;; , ..vr'm.frjVT V lMinlte Plan. ' , 1 1 No definite plan for border patroj ha taken shape in the mind of the commlsslonera : The American oon- ferred with General 1811a again today. "It 'wad Indicated that 'the proposal which has. appeared moat atronclv ta them waa that a border constabulary vm vrvaira w opvrate as a fiouce lorce along both aide of the Una It was uggested that the force be composed of former soldier of both countries. under joint control ana. that the ex pe rises be shared by both governments. Details, of the plan have not been worked out In it favor, K was argues that ith Mexican people would not feel, toward the constabulary the same hostility that they displayed toward the Amerloan troop which crossed the line, lit alao was suggested that the police force would toe far more effec tive) in clearimg . the - mountains of northern Mexico of bandit than etth-. er Mexican or American troopa . v.; i. i v May Adjonm Today. ' ;' '' The Joint fommlxslnn. pmhs'K'v w' faajoffrti'TiJinorrow'over the weuk-ea t permir the Mexican members to oelebrate the Mexican ' Independence day, September 14. '. According to. a statement given out tonight, today's session iwa devoted to an informal, interchange of view on the enforcement of law In Mexico and on the guarantee to personal proper-. ty ngnts. , Tne jaexioan oommiaslon ers explained lhat under th Dias re gime the Judicial . procedure was so cumbersome , and expensive , and - the Judiciary so corrupt that-It.-wa lm possible for a poor man to obtain Justice. ;t'':-M f:'--,. : As soon as the plan for the revtatou of the constitution has been carried out, through a constitutional conven tion, a thoroughgoing) reform of the national code will be undertaken, la order to make these code conform to th new standards of justice and, equity to be incorporated la the eon StltUtlOB. ' . ; - j ( . j, . .,- . - The Mexican commissioner erapha alsed the fact that the Carransa gov ernment has no intention of weakening the guarantee to civil rights, although th present abnormal condition of the oountry ha mad It necessary to sua vend the constitutional guarantee la various section of th republic, i CONSENTS TO SHIPMENT : -f .SUPPLIES TO SYRIA ; ' . tJ.' 11 .'iv';''Ji Believed -Permission of the 1 Allied Forces Will Also I Be Granted. SYRIA IS IN NEED WASHINGTON, . : Sept 14 Th Turkish government, in a communi- caUoa received - today at the sUtv department, consent to shipment of relief supplies from the United States to famine sufferers in Syrian- s The action reverses the "previous attitude' of Turkish officials, who had refused two urgent pleas by. the department for tbe privilege to make such, ship ment. . ... ; Distribution ' 6t the. supplies., which already have been offered In ar;e quantdtles by Syrian and Armenian relief societies, would he made unier the Turkish plan, through the port of Beirut. . State department oOClciJls be-.-lleve that Inasmuch as the . French' government ha been anxious to tt supplies through and mar itself con: tribute, assent of the entente elite for passare of shipments through the blockade of Turkey may h confl dently expected. ' The consent of the Ottoman gov-i ernment with respect to Syria doea not apply to ' Armenia, but negotia tdona are being continued for similar concessions there. . ; -.'. ; .In her prevlou communications re garding Syria.- Turkey had. Insisted that there waa no urgent need for re lief supplies -there.'. -- .AJvtcee) . from other sources, tiowever. convinced the state department that ma of the ln naoiiani naa neen raua xo sir tlon, and ' Turkey wa Informed la' July that continued failure to heed the American., request for permission to make shipments would out a se ver strain -oa relation between the two eountikts.
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