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. f! 7 A .AA jC? aa jtJ THE) , GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THH ASSOCIATED PWtSS 6ERYICE. IT IS IN EVERT . RESPECT COMPLETE!, ji WEATHER FORECAST! RAIN.. VOLUME XIX NO. 304. ASHEVILLE, N. .0, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1, 1915. PRICE FIVE CEIJIS ! NO CHANCE FOR MEN TO ESCAPE British Merchant Steamer Is ...... Sunk by German Snbma- - rine Without Customary Warning, Charge. SAME VESSEL WHICH TORPEDOED PATHFINDER Also Sinks Steamers in Irish Sea and Gives Chase to Five Others Indig nation Provoked. Paris, Feb. 1. -The sinking of the British steamer Tokomaru In the En? llsh channel by a German vessel with out giving the crew of the steamer warning to permit them to escaDe. has provoked Intense Indignation of the French press. AH of the refer encea to the destruction of the vessel deal with a recent itnerview- of the German Admiral Von Tirpltz, In which plans for waging war against the British merchant vossels were out lined. Two British vessels were torpedoed by a German submarine In addition to .the Ben Cruachen and the , Una Blanche, whose sinking was reported oaturday night This was made known In the following official statement giv en out here by the ministry of martm.-. "The. British steamer Tokomaru has been sunk by a torpedo from a Ger man submarine. - The English vessel Icarla also was torpedoed In the same f , locality. In the Irish sea the English steamers Linda Blanche . and Ben Cruachen were torpedoed. '". -. "Hitherto the Germens, before at tacking a merchant vessel, always air lowed the orews sufficient time to em Artillery Fighting Is Particularly Spirited Paris, Feb. 1. ''The day of January 81 was marked, as was the 30th, by artillery fighting, which was particu larly spirited In all of the north re gion," says the Ftenoh official state ment concerning the progress of the war. Issued in Paris this afternoon. The report continues: "Southeast of Ypres, the Germans endeavored to attack our trenches to the north of the canal, but the move ment was Immediately checked by the combined fire from our artillery and Infantry. . "Along the entire Aisne front, from the junction of this river with the Oise as far as Berry-au-Bac, our batteries E T Asheville Commission Charter ' Will Be Presented to As sembly in Present Form. Senator Zebulon Weaver, of Bun combe, returned to Asheville from Ra leigh Saturday night to spend the week-end here with his family. He goes back to Raleigh today; and It Is probable that tomorrow be will In troduce in the senate the commission government charter adopted at a re cent mass meeting by the citizens of this city. Senator Weaver stated that the charter will be presented in Its present form and will be supported by all the Buncombe legislators, since they believe that local people wan!: tho charter enacted Into law, subject to a municipal election. Just as It ( stands. He has no doubt but that It will be passed without trouble. Mr. Weaver is sanguine over the prospects for .favorable action by the general assembly on the bill provid ing for the purchase by the state of Mount Mitchell In order that the re maining forests on the slopes of this peak may be conserved. lis la anx lott however, to have as many prom inent citizens of Asheville and the sur rounding section as can go to Raleigh i and impress upon all legislators th necessity of having the bill passed at the present mm Inn. 'lis thinks that It will be um1hs for the state to make tw purchase two years hanca, since Os fort then will have been prac tl3ally detrpyd. As to a tuai hers tralnli g school for vvMirn oNrth Carolina, Mr. Weaver la afraid that thi.re Is fo posnlbliltv f having the Institution eatabUnh'd ' '' I prpucnt ito ion, aln.-e there are ) i f ;r ". avtti!tt!.)j for such a pur LEGISLATUH Will CHARTER bark In the ship's boats. That cus tom has now been abandoned, as Is shown by the bombardment of the Admiral Gantheume, which was filled with Belgium women and children refugees. The German marine has decided to violate systematically In ternational law." The crew of the Tokomaru was rescued by the trawler Semper. Ho details are available concerting the Icarla. The Tokomaru was a vessel of 6, SI i tons. She sailed from Newcastle, New South Wales, on October 29. Shipping records make no mention of the Ica rla. '. The French steamer Admiral Gan teaume was sunk October 28 while on her way from Calais to Havre with Belgian refugees, of whom forty lost their lives. . - The French steamer Admiral Gan teaume was sunk October 26 while on her. way, from Calais to Havre with Belgian refugees, of whom forty lost their Uvea . London, Feb. 1. The toll taken by the German submarine TJ-21 in Its raid late Saturday in the Irish sea. In the vicinity of Liverpool, still stands at three ships the , ; steamers Ben Cruachen, Linda Blanche and the Kll coan, the last a : small vessel. The Kilcoan's crew was landed yesterday on the Isle of Man by a coastwise steamer. , : In addition a German submarine also has torpedoed two British steam ers In the English channel near Havre the Tokomaru and the Icarla. The Irish sea raider escaped and shipping interests, confident she has returned to her . base, ordered a re sumption of normal ' traffic yesterday. This under-water-Emden is the ves sel which last September torpedoed in the North Sea the British cruiser Pathfinder with a loss of 46 lives and later destroyed two British steamers oft Havre. 1 In addition to the three vessels she Is known to have sunk, she chased at least five other steamers, These include the steamer Graphic, with J Off passengers and a crew of for ty and the smaller boats Atereus, AVa, Kathleen and Edymon. All' these ves- sels escaped In xlz-zag flight. succeeded at certain points In demol ishing trenches which were in course of construction, as well as shelters for machine guns, and silenced a mine thrower, as well as artillery detach ments of the enemy. "In the Champagne region, north east of Mesnii-les-Hurlus, we have perfected our organization In the little forest which we took on the day be fore yesterday. "The day of January 31 was rela tively calm in the Argonne region, where the Germans seemed to suffer heavy losses. , . "There is nothing of Interest from the Woevre region, from Lorraine, nor from the Vosges." pose. The general sentiment of the assembly, therefore, la against the measure. The final committee hearing on Senator Weaver's child labor bill will be held Wednesday, he says, and he will do all in his power to have It favorably reported as It now stands. He expects a strong fight from -the mill men of the state, but is hopeful that the bill may be enacted Into law without any material changes being made. - Senator Weaver xpect the situa tion relative to a state -wide primary bill to develop this week. He thinks that certain counties will lnskt that their method of selecting county of ficers be left as It Is: but he believes tha( the fundamental principles o fa stateVwlde primary will be Incorporat ed In the act that wll lflnally be passed.- O. BQHST II OKIE, LOCAL POSTAL OFFICE V. H. Borst, former manager of the Postal Telegraph-Cable company's of floe In Richmond, now has charge of that company's office In this city, tak Ing the place here of A. K. Akers, who left Saturday to take control of the Richmond office. Mr. Voret has been with' the Postal company for sever al years, having manage dths offices at Petersburg, Richmond and other places. ft ft GREECE TO AID SERBIA, ft ft Paris, Feb. 1. Dispatches tosVJffk Tnalnck, M. t the Balkan agency from Athens H t stste that Oreece with all her It; bell were found not guilty of the I fornns will aid Berbla ' In any H same charges. H frh tnrajdon of Serbia which Is Hi Clayton Durham, colored, WSS tnx t attempted by the Austro-Ger- H ed with the no on .charge of dls t man forces. Great activity pre- H orrtnrly conduct. t vlls In military quarters, ao- t! Zton Plemmons. colored, was given ! cording to the statiment. H tO days on ohrrs of sseault, with 't'appeal bond fii1 st 1100. l i t t 1 H t H K H H H H H UK H H J Beven 'drunks" were up. Desperate Fighting OnVistulf; Russians Gain In East EZ ussia Germany, Again Brings Comb at to Great Britain's Front Dopr; Belfast" Shipping Is Sus pendedHostilities Are Renewed in East Servia Berlin Contends Carpathian Situa ' tion Is Everywhere Favorable to Teutonic Allies. London, Feb. 1. Once again British interest in military op erations on the continent is overshadowed momentarily by the fact that Germany has brought to combat to the very doors of the British Isles. What is regarded as the new German policy of submarine blockade has been temporarily effective, at least in the case of Belfast, where the sailings of merchant vessels have been suspended. Liverpool author ities, however, announc& that no interference with the ship- NEELY-BRUNS COMPANY Mr. Bruns Withdraws From Local Business Mr. Neely to Enlarge It. The firm of Neely-Bruns company of No. 18 Broadway, which was or ganized two years ago, has been mu tually . dissolved and Mr. Bruns has withdrawn from the firm. The firm will , now be known as theJ W NUey; Cbnfpan ' 'fcad ttl ' continue t' do business at the same place. The business of the firm, clothing and gents furnishings, has been unusually good during the time It has been or ganized, it is stated, and Mr. Neely is now contemplating installing an other line on the second floor of the building the firm now occupies. Mr. Neely will leave within the next few days for the northern markets, where he will purchase merchandise for the new firm, and announces that he will carry one of the most modern and up-to-date lines of clothing and gents furnishings to be found in the city. TROUBLES DF THE DAY IN THE POLICE COURT The following cases were called in Police court today: 'Clarence Miller, colored, was fined 320 and the costs on charges of dis orderly conduct. I. M. Felderfleld was found not guilty of keeping his store open on Sunday; and a similar case against O. N. Rockett was nol prossed with leave. Cling Ingle was given 0 days on the roads on charges of assoultlng patrolman A. J. Floyd with a knife; 20 days on charges of disorderly con duct; and 20 days on charges of be ing drunk, with appeal bond fixed at 1260 In the first case and $100 In each of the others. , ' 1 Mrs. Lu McMahan.waa fined 18 and hts costs on charges of assault. Ella Hunlsucker, colored, was tax ed with the costs on charges of as sault. John Ball was given 80 days on the roads on charges of being drunk, with appeal bond fixed at $200; and was found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon. Jake Ramsey was found not guilty of assault. Annie Mae Ramsey was given 2M days In Jail on charges ot being drunk. A capias was Issued for Arthur Johnson, colored, charged with pro curing liquor; and a continuance was taken In a case against L. p. Mat- ton, colored, charged with keeping uquor ror sate. Millard Wllklns, colored, arrested last night by the polire on charges or disorderly conduct, was unable to be In court and his case was con tinued. Wllklns was shot In the hip by another negro and la said to be suffering very much. The police are looking ror the negro who did the shooting. Ilallwood Johnson was fined 121 It and the costs on charges of assault t lng Charles Coleman with eggs: and 8. McOulre. Harry Gee, Charles Darby and J. A. Camp- ping trade is contemplated. The two British merchant vessels which were torpedoed by the German submarine off Havre were the largest com mercial vessels which have yet fallen victims to submarines. The three ships which were de stroyed in the Irish sea were small coasters. '. Petrograd, Feb. 1. A com munication issued late last night by . the Russian general staff reports that the Russian forces are making progress in East Prussia and refers to des- ILL RECOMMEND bATL 6 MONDAY That Seems to Be Present Plan Fight Is Expected to Follow. Gazette-Nws Bureau, : Wyatt Building, Washington, Feb. 1 Aside from the hundreds of letters and telegrams that continue to po;ir lint 3&preW&V&&V'&tte urging eitner favorable consideration for Mrs, Charles B. Aycock or Bart M. Gatllng, there has been no change In the Ral eigh postofflce fight. . The present plans are to recommend Gatling for the Job Monday and leave the rest to those who want to fight him. It is also believed that Secretary of the Navy Daniels will organize a fight against Gatllng and may ven go so far as to try to persuade the president to turn down Representative Pou and Senator Simmons and name Mrs. Ay cock. . It is not believed that the pres ident will listen to his cabinet mem ber in this instance.' Both Pou and Simmons stand well at the White House, and, as before stated in these dispatches, the president- has Import ant matters at the capitol which he wishes glvi n favorable consideration. In view of these facts he will not go out of his way to displease members of congress at either end of the capitol. MaJ. Charles M. Stedman of Greens boro received many telegram yesterday congratulating him upon his 74th birthday. The major Is hale and hearty and Judging from appearances will be here when many- other mem bers have passed away. ' The North Carolina society of Wash ington gave its first reception last night. Besides hundreds of Tar Heela temporarily residing In Washington, Mrs. Walter Hlnes Page, wife of the ambassador to Great Britain, was among those present. Mrs. Page will be given a reception at the Congres sional club this afternoon by Mrs. Rob ert N. Page, wife of Congressman Page. ':-- IS FHUE TO MI5TINS VIonna, (By way of Amsterdam and London.) Feb. 1 An official state ment issued by the Austrian general staff follows: v '"The present phase of the war In (lallr.la is favorable to us. Attempts of the Russian Uallclan army to out flank the army of Archduke Ferdinand near Newy-Sandic, and the attacks on !racow by way of Carnow, have led to counter attacks offensive by the sen duke which threaten the communica tions to the read of the Russians in Galirta and the Carpathians. "Kqually Inefficient has been the ntisalua invasion of Hungary, and the attempt to invade Transylvania through Bukowtna in order to Isolat the army bf General Fischer and out flank the Carpathian forces. "In the north, the German trenches are approaching Warsaw, and ws have gained in the Carpathians. "In Bukowtna, the enemy have re tired toward Klmpolang. af trr General Fischer's victory near Klrllbaba." FIFTH COTTON CARCO MOBILE TO EUROPE Mobile, Jan. 10. The fifth ship ment of cotton Bulled from hers today for European porta It wont as tie cargo of the British st-amr Ht Quen tln bound for Liverpool. The vessel carried 1,(00 bales, - 7 perate fighting on the left bank of the Vistula. In the region of Borjimow the Russians claim to have recaptured a trench which they had lost to the Germans on the precding day and declare teat counter attacks made by the Germans were repulsed everywhere ex cept one Russian saps which the Germans captured. - Tabriz Taken. Petrograd, Feb.' 1. The Russians officially announce tho occupation of Tabriz on January 30 in a communi cotion issued by the general staff of the Russian army in the Caucasus to day. BissiiBsif'" The board of county commissioners met this morning in regular monthly session and will be in session through vveanesdiy. No matters of any great Importance were brought before the board at the morning session, most of the time being consumed with rou tine matters. It is expected that the board to morrow will take up several very Im portant matters, . among them the changing of the regulations at the convict camps and several road mat ters. . . . TO GELEGRATE CPEKISG OF Thirty years ago the erection of a well equipped building for colored children would perhaps have been considered folly. The general Interest being shown In the new school house on Hill street for the colored race marks a change of opinion among members of both races. It was the intention of the man agement to thrown open the building for publls inspection on Tuecday; but owing to delays in placing furniture and fixtures this opening will take place Saturday. On the same day, at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon, colored teachers will meet at the new school building) tot arrange plans for the annual fair to be held in this city for the purpose of arousing still more interest In the education of negroes. MRS. CARMAN WILL BE GIVEN ANOTHER TRIAL Freeport, N. T Feb. 1. After a conference with William Bailey, whose wife was killed In the office of Dr. Edward Carman, District At torney Smith of Nassau county an nounced today that Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman would be placed on trial again, accused of the murder. The first trial resulted in dlsngree ment, and since then Mrs. Carman has ben at liberty on a bond of 125, 000. The district atorney will en deavor to have the second trial staged In Mlneola In May or early In June. WIFE OF MONTGOMERY CONTRACTOR IS SHOT Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 1. Mrs. Annie M. Cook, wife of James H. Cook, a wealthy contractor of this place, was shot and killed sometime last night. Her body was found by her husband when he returned this morning from a plantation where he had spent the week-end. Whether Mrs. Cook committed suicide or was killed by an Intruder has not been as certained. MEXICO CITY IS QUIET; Washington, Feb. Mexico Cliy la reported to be quiet, with Genera C-bregon la 0"mand. In dispatches;,, pr)n. of brMld( f,v, t0 Mx 1 1 U III WIIVUI DIINUWS, General Ohregon denies that agree ment has been made with tha for mer Provisional President Gutlerret, who Is reported to have terms of an alliance mlth proposed Carrania against Villa. The Zai'.ita troops have abandoned the siege Puehla but are still holding a nunber of villages near, the oapltet. LACY TO REPLY' On THURSDAY State Treasurer Fixes Day to Appear Before the Finance Committee to Answer Recent Criticisms. REPUBLICANS MAKING CAPITAL OF CHARGES Democratic Faction Also Tak ing Advantage of Condition of Treasury Legisla ture Calendar. (By W. T. Bost.) Ralegh, Feb. 1. State Treasurer B. R. Lacy has set Thursday of the pres ent week for hs appearance before the finance committee to state his position in recent criticisms of the board of In ternal Improvements. Mr. Lacy has made no statement publicly , or privately in that attack upon his system of book-keeping, but since he believes that the report was unfair to him, the Thursday confer ence is expected to have something of public Interest in it. At last one of the members of the board will be there too to remark upon any sug gestion that the board was moved by any impulse save that of doing a pub lic service. Nothing before the gen eral assembly this week has larger prospective Interest. Already factions in the democratic party have begun to make political capital of the condition of the state treasury, and the repubUcans are greatly pleased with the campaign material which they lacked In each of the last eleetUois, . The report of ihe board has been printed and many tra copies taken by the republican members. Treasurer Lacy says he can show anybody that the report Is not Just but he will wait until Thursday to do so. This week of the general assembly will begin with a clear calendar and nothing stands In the way of lmmedt ate procedure toward the passage of the primary act. If the two houses do not feel like going ahead there, at least three more state-wide measures can be taken up. Representative Benton of Columbus wants to stop the selling or giving away of dime novels. Representative I Meeklns, father of Ike, of Elizabeth City, wants to end corporal punish ment In the schools. And there Is a large Interest behind a statewide fish eries commission. And It's a Jonah. And It Is a Jonah, republicans say. A former member of the general as sembly said that If the democrats will pass that bill creating the fish com mission, he will pay the. campaign ex penses of the democratic candidate for congress in the third district, If the republicans do not carry it This generous offer will bring out hardly all of the candidates who ran last year, but It is an Incentive to con gressional patriotism. Eastern mem bers fear it greatly, albeit some of them want the bill to pass and the piedmont and western members ap pear to have the same feeling about it. The fish question is by no means local. Thus far Individual counties have fared pretty well In getting what they want, but the tendency grows toward making the fisheries a state issue. The republicans are hoping, they say. Ir. Shaw Tuesday. Miss Mary F. Henderson og Salis bury came to Raleigh last night to aid the suffrage advocates to get the house in order for Dr. Anna Howard SRhaw Tuesday. Miss Henderson 1s chairman of the legislative committee. As Its head she came here three weeks ago and put the suffrage amendment in the hands of Representative. Roberts and Bnator Hobgood. The presence of the young eansDurian ata tne cause good, both antls and pres declare. She observed the fine sense of proportion that Im pressed the members of the general assembly whom she met Besides membership In one of the most lllus trlous families! of the state, she has presence, youth. Independence of fin ancial wants. Intellect and womanli ness to the last degree. She hasn't a thing in the world against the world. ana tt pieasea the assembly much. Miss Henderson will be hers Severn! days and will return to Chapel Hill tt I BREAD PRICES UNC1IAXGETJ. ft si Chicago, Feb. 1. There wlU ft ft cents a loaf, H was announced ft ft today, as the result of the stand ft ft taken by the large bakers, who ft ft declined to support the proposal ft ft made by the master bakers or- ft ganlzatlnn. Since the large deal- ft era have not raised their prions, ft the small bakers say they will ft ft havs to meet their competition. ft: ft ft ftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftftlt SENATE TRUCE DECLARED OFF Democrats Declare Ship Pur chase Bill Will Be Kept ' Before Senate Con tinuously Now. REPUBLICANS WILLING TO MEET ANY MEASURE i They Charge Democratic Lead-; ers Are Weakening Latter Assert Fight Is to Be More Vigoror.3. , ',. , Washington, Feb. 1. When ths senate met this morning to resume consideration of the administration ship purchase bill, the truce In tha contest between the democrats ' and republicans was declared off, which began at midnlgh t Saturday after the senate had been in .continuous session for 36 hours. Tha democratic leaders were ready to throw down the gauntlet to the republican minor-! lty by announcing that the bill would . continue to be kept before the senate.,, from today on. The republicans prot posed, they declared, to meet - trvjr plan of campaign which the dem-, crats might launch. -'' t Although the republicans asserted " that the democratic leaders were showing Indications of weakening, the latter answered that the fight would be pressed mora vigorously than ever, and that the opposition would be forced to talk continuously until a vote was reached. TJhey con tended that three or four days of , continuous session would fores 'a roll call and that thereaf ter the. measure. , would be quickly disposed of. In line with their plans for de- ; featlng the measure, the republicans are prepared to continue their at tack upon It. Democrats and republi cans alike read with Interest concern ing the attitude of the American gov ernment over the purchase of ships asp rovlded by the bill. Admlnistra- tion leaders are positive, it became '. known today, that pending passage of the measure and until It Is decided where the ships will be bought, It will not be drawn Into any diplomatic , discussion with any foreign power over the question of the right of the unnea states to buy vessels from a belligerent BISHOP PRESENT FOR CORNERSTONE LB Special to The Gaxette-News. Charlotte, Feb. 1. Saturday after noon the formal laying of the cor nerstone of the new 17,000 Methodist church In Dilworth, occurred. Bishop James Atkins of the Methodist Epis copal church, south, presiding over the exercises. The presence of Bishop Atkins In Charlotte to attend the convention of the Woman's Missionary society of the Western North Carolina confer-. ence gave the Dilworth church trus tees a very welcome opportunity to secure his presence for this ' exer cise. Excellent progress Is being msde on the construction of th new church edifice which, when completed will be a highly attractive and handsome edifice, though not of large propor- tlons. HT REGISTRY'S OFFICE, The number of marriage licenses , Issued and the amount of money taken in for all papers filed In the ofTU'e dur ing January shows a small decrease In the business of the registrar of deeds for this county over last month and over January, Jll. '., During tho past month, SI licenses were Issued, as against 44 for the same month, Ian year. During last month, a total of 1(45. TS was taken In at the office, whlla during January, 1113, a total of 3682.06 was taken in. This makes a decrease of I4T.10 In the amount of money taken last month over the same month for last year, and a dn- oi licenses lor uie same po-j flod. ft I to study law. Mrs. Archibald Hwn.i. ft' son, a alater-ln-law, is president ' t ftlleasnis and will make a short a t before the committee thnt In proposed d-ni1ona prparal panning rpnn the bill. t J