North Carolina Newspapers

I - ' ' ' " " ' ' ' ' x G COBB, Editor and Owner, The Burke County News ) The Morganton Herald f Consolidated November 29, 1901. Subscription Price $1 Per Year in Advance. - - - . - . . - ..... .. i , jXXL MORGANTON, N. C, JUNE 24, 1915. 1 NO. 6. mbergConquered :oi at Galicia Falls Into lands of Teutonic Forces Af- r Very JSevere uaiue ai- ost All Galicia Reclaimed by Austrians. lm Dispatch, 23rd. Lnberg has been conquered, after y severe oatue, autwumB w u rial report retcicu Quarters ot tne Austro-xiuiigariaii The LrailCian capital xcu uc- advance of the second army. lies. the ran, n TAGGARTAND LEADERS INDICTED. Lmberg, capital of Galicia, was Wed by the itussians on oeptem- a 1914 one monui axicr uic war . , . 1 L i lt Since that time tne ciiy nas continuously under Russian con- For the past 20 days it has Li the objective of a series of Ice and concentrated attacks. ke rapture of Lemberg was one of earliest successes oi tne .Russians they followed it by pushing rap through Galicia, the high-water rk of the invasion, finding almost all Up nrovince in Russian hands. The isians apparently were striking for district of Cracow at the western of the province, close to the Ger- b frontier. They stormed tne , nts and passes of the Carpathi- , which separates Galicia from ngary, and to the east swept ough the Austrial crown-land of owina to the Roumanian frontier. All this was changed by the steady Icession of Austro-German victories the last week. The changes began h the launching of the great Teuton ve from Cracow. A great number German troops and vast quantities field artillery were sent to the as- tance of the Austrians. The use artillery by the Teutonic allies was jscribed by correspondents to have fen on a scale never before under- The effectiveness of the ar- ien. lery was relatively increased by Russian shortage of shells. The stro-German armies pushed east- rd through Galicia and recaptured emsyl on June 3, and without use began striking at Lemberg ?om the south and east. At no noint 1 i T T ' .11. j . . 1 Ere me xuissians aDie to witnstana e terrible bombardments against eir positions. With Lemberg in their hands the usljrians have reclaimed virtually e whole of the province of Galicia. e fighting in the campaign has been I unusual intensity, the figures of filed, wounded and captured, as given I Austrain, German and Russian re prts into the hundreds of thousands. The Russians had made planssfor ie permanent occupation of Galcia. jemberg had been rechristened Lvov, p old Russian Polish name. 1 The population of Lemberg is about p,000 and the city is an important pstrian military center. Although jaea m the thirteenth century, jiemberg is modern in appearance and I Known for its imposing buildings. ty is protected by outstand ing forts, although its defenses are pen inferior to those of Przemysl. Indiana Again Under the Cloud of Alleged Election Frauds Prominent Men Are Named in Charges. Indianapolis, Ind., Dispatch, 22nd. Not half of the 128 men, indicted by the Marion county grand jury here to day on charges of conspiracy to com mit felonies such as are defined by the election laws of the State and the laws against bribery and blackmail, had surrendered to Sheriff George V. Coffin and given bond to-night. Thos. Taggart, democratic national com mitteeman for Indiana; Joseph E. BelL mayor of Indian olis; Samuel V. Perrott, chief of police, and Robert W. Metzger, republican member of the board of public safety, however, were among the first to acknowledge service in the case and give security. Varied Bonds. The bonds of those who surrendered today ranged from $2,500 to $10,000. It was estimated that if all of the 128 were to give bond, the total would run to more than $300,000. No date for the arraignment has been announced and Judge James A. Collins of the criminal court said late to-day that the date would not be. set until next week. Mr. Taggart and Mr. Bell to-night proclaimed their innocence and as serted they had committed no crimes for which they should be indicted. "I have not been able to find out what I have been indicted for," said Mr. Taggart. "I have not seen the in dictment and when our attorneys asked for copies they were told the indictment was not ready to spread upon the record. Until I know with what I am charged, obviously there is little for me to say." Mr. Taggart added that he would remain in Indianapolis , until bonds were provided for all indicted. HARRY K. THAW BEGINS HIS SEVENTH ATTEMPT TO GAIN HIS FREEDOM. Jury is Selected to Hear the Case and Decide On His San ity May Be Set Free. New York Dispatch, 22nd. Harry K. Thaw's seventh attemp to gain his freedom since his arrest nine year ago for the murder of Stanford White was begun here to day with the selection of a jury to in quire as to his sanity. If the jurors decide in Thaw's favor and Justice Hendrick, presiding, who has the power to reverse the verdict accepts it,Thaw will obtain perma nent release from the Matteawan In sane asylum. The selection of the jury occupied the entire session of the court but its completion in one day was regarded as rapid progress when compared with the time it took to fill the jury box on the two preious occasions on which Thaw has faced a jury. Earthquake , In California Damage $400,000 Reported- Large Area Visited By Shocks. El Centro, Calif., Dispatch, 23rd, Sharp earth shocks to-day centered ;he anxiety of imperial valley set tlers on the head gates of the great irrigation system which has trans formed nearly 250,000 acres of des ert. To-night the intakes of the Col orado river, near Yuma, and the headway at Sharp's were reported safe although the Sharp's heading was shaken and sagged. Engineers reported that another shock as severe as the onexthat last night rocked the little cluster of towns in the valley and cost half a dozen or more lives in the Mexican border town of Mexicali, undoubtedly would wreck the works there. Damage estimated at $400,000 was done in the district extending rough- y from the shoulder of the Cocopah mountains of Lower California to San Bernardino and Needles, Cal., on the north Yuma on the east, and San Diego on the west. The zone where the tremors were felt most centered about Calexico and Mexicali, where the free reverly of a frontier collection of saloon and dance halls-was halted when the-first shock put out the lights and where all the fatalities occurred. The men and wo men 'killed were crushed beneath the adobe wall of a dance , hall. Rebuilding already has been be gun. MILITIA GUARDS HOME OF SLATON ATLANTA IS QUIET. Cap- Alphonso Avery McBee tures "Spy." Charlotte Obserer. 24th4. The $25 in gold offered by the Ob server for the capture of the Euro pean Spy was won yesterday after noon at 5:15 by Alphonso Avery Mc Bee, a 17-year-old youth. Mr. McBee is at present visiting is mother, Mrs. Sudie Avery McBee, of this city while on vacation from a school in Balti more. The Spy left the front of the Pied mont Theatre promptly at 5 o'clock in an automobile accompanied by a committee of prominent local busi ness men. 'After circling the busi ness center of the city for a few min utes with a large crowd following the machine on foot, bicycles and automo biles, the Spy alighted in the center of Trade and Tryon street. There was an immediate rush for him from all directions. To the onlookers it seem ed that several reached him about the same time but Mr. McBee was the first to complete the sentence correct ly and show the Spy the copy of the Observer. At the conclusion of the capture the Spy stated that his visit to Char lottet was one of the most pleasant of his many varied experiences adding further that the business men of Char lotte were without exception "live wires. Governor Goes to His Office and Transacts Official Business Atlanta Dispatch, 22nd. State troops to-night continued to guard the surburban home of Gov ernor Slaton, but all was quiet both there and in the city after the demon strations of yesterday and last night by people opposed to the communi cation of Leo M. Frank's death sen tence. . - State and city officials said they an ticipated no further trouble, but as a precautionary measure additional militiamen were held under arms at the Fifth regiment armory and extra policemerit were available. Attends-to Business? Governor Slaton spent several hours at his office in the capitol to-day attending to official business. A po liceman accompanied him to and from his home. There was no demonstra- ion. The Governor said to-night the guard of soldiers was continued at his home to prevent any possible at tempts at damage to property. He did not say when the guards would be released. "The crowd which visited my home last night was' composed of the 'best people in Atlanta," declared the gov ernor. "To-day I have received tele grams from hundreds of people in Georgia and throughout the country, congratulating me upon my action in this case." Thirty-four persons who were ar rested yesterday and last night in con nection with the demonstrations were given hearings in the police court late to-day. Nominal fines . were imposed in eleven .of the cases, eight were dis missed because of the inability of the officers to identify the accused and the other cases were continued. The heaviest nne $io.7o was imposed on J. A. Bozeman, a police officer, who was alleged to have stated that he would lead a crowd to the governor's home. Tn-mnrrnw the taking of testimonv will begin. Thaw has about fifty wit- Newspapers are Best Adver- i l.. j: . 1- i: fi'oara President Wilson Goes to the j is1 s, to prove that he now is sane and Chicago Dispatch, 22nd. summer Capital. entitled to his freedom. The state nas p ashinjrton Disrt 9 l large number to testify against him. Mobs and the Law. Asheville Citizen. That inob in Atlanta and Robert Lansing Succeeds Bryan NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. on a ; President Wilson left to-nisht nP to Roslvn. TJ V cr, V ; H., intending to be away from jvashmgton until July 6. 1 The President plans to SDend to- fjorow with his friend Col. E. M. f.0Use' at Roslyn, leaving there at pgnt for the "summpr Whio Wa,100 r Cornish, where he will arrive Fri- a7 afternoon. To-morrow will be f first time the President has seen Plonel House since his return from ope. They will discuss the Ration freneraiw I On the trip north the Presn , -ompamed by Miss Margaret Wil Q d Dr. Cary T. Grayson. He O b!, Joined at Cornish by Mr. and fat. ancis B Sayre, and Francis r-urow sayre the iaason. Newspapers are better advertis ing mediums than ever before, because Girl 10 to Enter University of ural powera power which should be Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa, Dispatch, 23rd. studied by every advertiser, Joseph H. Finn told the delegates attending war was Helen Bradford, of Ottunia. ten the annual convention of the Associ- years old, has made arrangements to aed Advertising Clubs of the world. enter the Ilniversitv of Iowa in SeD- x,Ai' " u" i .i, She was graduated from high Asent" and declared that advertising school and is heralded as one of the was "ew& auu"1' mexciwuuibe. Ti- : 4.1, : u ,,ui:t t hest. mathematicians amone- erade u wmtu iue students of the State. She will be the true news ncft pays tner advertiser vnnno-oct trirl n atPnrl fh TTniver- best, ne Said. V WW . " sitv nf Tnwa.in more than ten vears. " ! a T" t n r x ttt" a t xir. rrea r-arKs jjieeis wun President's EBtertainment at Amherst. turday night at AmWBf. A,9 an entertainment will be given Promises to be a most excel- one. N0 doubt ti n toVi affAn4 - .ruts nvvum mil feel fnii "jr xepaia Dy tne program lctl will be rendered. Songs, dia- es' . Pantomimes, etc., are to be ures with the special attraction Jumbo and Jimbo," who will ap- rL ireq luently on the stage. Pat rnize Home Merchants. A Picnic From Valdese. Painful Accident. Correspondence of The News-Herald. Mr. Fred Parks, while doing some A nimic nartv from Valdese were smiting at tne Hurke inning Co, met with hacks at Morganton last where he is an employee, met with Sunday morning from train No. 15, a mos Pnrui acciaeni iasi xnursaay Whpn thv left for the Glen Alpine afternoon. His foot was caught be- . - 1 1 . ii snr Srnnol. where thev delightful- tween lwo ana. oaaiy. mangiea. ly spent the day. Those in the party At first Jt was thought that amputa iliM the Misses Madelaine and tion was inevitable but he was taken - I .i. A-- TT ?A t . . t i V r,r,ia Trnn. Marv I.one-: Clementine ai once lo rac xiospiiai ana me in- " i i J X A- A. 1 3 2.Lt A.X- - 1 Vinay, Emily Paraise, Mr. Albert J"u ica wiia e -uope oi Tron, Mr. Frank Pascal, and Mr; Vic- ving n. ine axienaing pnysicians tor Micol, who is home on a short visit are vef y nopeiui oi oeing aoie to from New York City. The party , . - -. - - . - . - n . , i it i . was met at the springs scnooi oy a Misses Florence McKesson. Marie number of friends. All enjoyed the Pearson, Lola Walton, and Georeiana trip to the beautiful ? mountains, es- Bowditch, and Messrs. J. H. Pearson pecially Miss, Mary Long and Miss and J. H. Hall are in Asheville this Fannie Tron, who have spent several week attending the Episcopal conven years in school there.: tion and Woman's Auxiliary meeting. in Atlanta and otner Georgia cities indulged in but little more than talk is due chieflly to the prompt' and efficient action of the city police, and of the state militia called out to suppress any attempt a rioting. We have here another instance of the efficacy of law and order, and our mind runs back to events in our own city a little over a year ago when a similar display of firmness would have saved private property from destruc tion. When a "rowd of young hood lums smashed thv windows of the electric company's barn here, and damaged other property of the com pany, they did so because there was no one to stop them. In Atlanta the police kept circling among the gather ing crowds, effectively dispersing them and preventing organized effort. Out at the home of Governor Slaton a mob of seven hundred or more ran into a small company of soldiers with fixed bayonets, and here again the mob concluded, as it always concludes when met by force, that discretion was the better part of valor. Be yond empty mouthing and throwing a few bricks out of the security which a crowd gives, nothing happened. Whether or not public feeling has been outraged in Georgia is not a sub ject for discussion here; the fact re mains that as far as the process of law is concerned the Frank case is closed and no outbreak of mobocracy can affect it. Further riotous out breaks can only bring increased dis grace upon the State of Georgia, and she has had enough unpleasant notoriety. Our only purpose in dis cussing, the case here is to tlwell upon the fact that law and order. can pre vail when backed up by a shovf of of ficial determination and vigor wltfch the mob'' cannot mistake. It is true that officials of the type whereof we speak sometimes' lose their lives.when lawlessness breaks loose, as was the case in South Carolina last week. when a sheriff and two of his deputies were killed while defending, a negro from the mob, but men dying under such circumstances have at least the satisfaction of knowing in their last moments that they did not shirk their duty. Counsellor Who Has Advised the President in Many .Crises Is Offered Portfolio of Secre tary of State and Accepts Position. Washington Dispatch, 23rd. Robert Lansing, who, as counsellor of the state department, has advised President Wilson in law and prece dent in the policy pursued by the Uni ted States toward belligerent goern- ments since the outbreak of the Eu ropean war, was named to-day secre tary of state to succeed William Jen nings Bryan. - Few appointments in recent years have given such widespread satisfac tion in the national capital. Mr. Lansing is a life-long democrat, but he has devoted his time to interna- tonal law and dplomacy and is as popular with former republican offi cials as with , his colleagues. Members of the cabinet and close personal friends of the president ad vised the selection, and Mr. Bryan himself, although not consulted, is understood to have hoped for the promotion of Mr. Lansing. Official announcement of the selec tion of Mr. Lansing, who has been serving as secretary ad interim since the resignation of Mr. Bryan on June 8, was made in the following state ment: "Before leaving this evening for a brief rest in New Hampshire, the president announced that he had of fered the post of secretary of state to Mr. Robert Lansing, the present coun sellor of the department of state, and that Mr. -Lansing had accepted the appointment." i A" commission was prepared which President Wilson signed to-night, giv ing Mr. Lansing a recess appointment When congress reconvenes the nomi nation will go to the senate. No op position is anticipated. One of the peculiar circumstances in connection with Mr. Lansing's ap pointment is the fact that he person ally has . no political backing or in fluence. Succeeding William Jennings Bryan, foremost among leaders of the democratic party, a comparatively un known quantity in the political world has been ushered into I the- premier ship of the cabinet. This very fact commended itself to the president's advisers as a reason for the appointment of a man of Mr, Lansing's experience and ability, the argument being advanced that at so critical a time in the nation's history. the people of the United States wished all political consideration subordi nated. Mr. Lansing takes office thoroughly familiar with the person nel and organization of the depart ment of state, conversant with confi dential details of all important negotiations conducted by the United States since the Wilson administration began. Moreover, he has a knowledge of policies under previous administra tions, and an especially intimate ac quaintance with Mexican affairs and far eastern problems. Mr. Lansing is fifty-one years old, a native of Watertown N. Y., and a de scendant of the family of John Lan sing, who represented New York in the constitutional convention of 1787 at Philadelphia and later was chan cellor of the state of New York. Af ter, graduation from Amherst college in 1886, Mr. Lansing chose the pro fession of, his. father and ancestors the law and continued in private practice except when retained by the American government or foreign na tions in important cases. He has rep resented the United States in more in ternational arbitrations than any liv ing American, and a French authority recently wrote that Mr. Lansing prob ably had had a longer and broader experience in international arbitra- ton and had appeared more frequent ly before international tribunals than any living lawyer. - Brief Notes of Recent Happen ings in North Carolina. Dr. J. A. Sinclair, of Asheville, is presiding at the meeting of the North Carolina Dental Society at Wrights ville Beach. Senator Lee S. Overmn, who has ust returned from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands, arrived in Wash ington Wednesday. The North Carolina Press Associa tion will meet at Black Mountain next Wednesday and Thursday. On Fri day the editors will take a trip to the top of Mt. Mitchell. The summer term of the Appa- achian Training School is now in its hird week and with an attendance of about 300 from all sections of Western North Carolina. Asheville seems to be the conven ion city, especially this summer. This week the Carolina Building and Loan League and the State Veterinary As sociations held meetings there. Cornerstone ceremonies will be held at the Newton Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, when Rev. Dr. Livingston Johnson, of Raleigh, sec retary of the Baptist State conven tion, will deliver an address. - Gastonia Tuesday voted almost without opposition a bond issue of $100,000 for the city schools. Three buildings are to be erected for the schools. One is now under construc tion. Definite announcement has been made from the departmental head quarters at Washington that, effective June 30, the parcel post terminals at Raleigh and Salisbury will be discon tinued. This will leave Greensboro with the only terminal in the State. The national forest reservation commission has approved the pur chase by the federal government of a large tract of land1 in the mountains of North Carolina. r The parcels in clude the Boone area of 36,386, acres, which the owners agree to sell at $1.90 per acre, the Savannah area of 626 acres and the Nantahala area of 1,651 acres. Mr. J. Lee Hayes, the popular con tractor at Blowing Rock, has just finished a handsome summer home at that place for Mr. J. W. Cannon of Concord. The building is large and roomy with modern conveniences,, pri vate electric lighting and refrigerat ing plants. It is handsomely finished in native chestnut with massive stone chimneys ' in the building of which Mr. . Hayes is an expert. Lenoir News. District Agent E. S. Millsaps has started a very active and interesting campaign for Alfalfa Clubs in the western part of the State. A circu lar letter gotten out states in very brief form a dozen things that have to be observed to succeed with this crop. His county agents are not en listing any farmer who will not sign the agreement to carry out instruc tions. They are asked to plant only an acre to begin with. After they learn how to succeed with the crop, it will then be early enough for them to extend its growth. According to figures compiled by the State bureau of vital statistics, there were 4,689 more births than deaths in North Carolina during the month of May. These figures were gleaned from reports sent up to June 10, when the books for May 'were closed. This probably means that the population of the State was increased during the past month much more than the number indicated above. since the registrars are dependent solely upon the thoughtfulness of physicians in compiling t the number of births, while undertakers are held strictly accountable for the report of deaths. V 1 Miss Camille latterson came home last week from Terre Haute, Ind. She was accompanied by her friend 'Mrs. Maud Krupp, of Stewart, Ind;, who will spend the summer here.' 4 The Southern Railway gave out recently the statement ; from the passenger department that out of 13,803 trains operated in the month of May, 12,532, or 91 per cent, made schedule time. Of local trains 93 per cent were run on time. Of the 2,108 limited trains, nearly all of which are long distance trains with one or both terminals beyond f the rails of Southern Railway, 1,798, or 85 per cent, made schedule time while on Southern Railway, and l, or, 78 per cent were on time at all sta tions. . Bakery Changes Hands. Mr. D. W. Reid last week sold the Model Bakery and Cafe to Messrs. jonn MCLramara and &d Hern. The latter has had a number of years ex perience in several large cities and comes back to his home town , with high recommendations " as to his ef ficiency as a baker. ' This - week Messrs. . McGalliard- and Hern are making many improvements. A new noor is Demg iaia in tne DUiiamg ana when their plans' are carried out the new owners hope to have as up-to-date a , bakery as can be found in amy town.