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1 A A THE GAZETTE-NEW8 HAS THE ASSOCIATED PRBS SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT ;l RESPECT, COMPLETE t! w. WEATHER FORECAST; r i a VOLUME XX. NO. 7. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 19, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENT3 SUBMARINE WAR SHOWS RESULTS; SHIP TORPEDOED French Steamer Is Damaged But Manages to Reach Port by Energetlo Use of Pumps. BUKOWINA EVACUATED BY RUSSIANS, REPORT Report of Progress of War Given out in London Ger mans Displayed Much J . Activity in West. Dieppe, France, Feb. 19. A German submarine this morn ing, without warning, torpe doed the French steamer Dino rah, from Havre for Dunkirk, 16 miles of Dieppe. The 'Di norah did not sink and was towed to Dieppe. No mention was made of the loss of life of any members of the crew. A plate on the port side below the water line was stove in, but the vessel managed to keep aflo'kt by the energetic use of pumps. The presence of a German submarine off Cape Ailly was reproted four days ago. The daily ship traffic between Eng land and Dieppe has been sus pended. " : ' . i Evacuate Bukowina. London, Feb. 19. The Rus sians have now evacuated all of Bukowina, according to a Times dispatch from Buchar est '" ' ; j'. ' ' '.' -v . British Report. ' ' London, Feb. 19. A report on the progress of the fighting on the conti nent was given out officially In Lon don today. It Is the second bi-weekly communication on the operations of the British army In France promised by the authorities. It Is as follows: 'The enemy has displayed consid erable : activity during the past few days southeast of Ypres. The fighting on this side has at times been severe. At one or two points the enemy suc ceeded in occupying some of our trenches but they were driven out by counter attacks . One of the enemy's trenches was blown up by our troops and a number of prisoners taken. Our troops carried out the counter attacks with great, courage In spite of the water-logged condition of the trenches an dthe bad weather. "On the night of February 15-18 an attack was made on our lines north of Tpres canal and the following night a similar attack was made on our lines near Neuvo Chapellf . Zeppelins Active. t London, Feb. 19. The activity of Zeppelins over the North see con tlnues, according to the Star's corre spondent at Copenhagen, In spite of the fact that two airships have re cently been lost in this region. The gaps in the fleet are being filled with Zeppelins from the base In western Germany. People Warned. London, Feb. 19. Berlin has offi cially warned the fugitives of east Prussia against the hasty return to their homes, according to the Am sterdam correspondent" of. Reuter's, because of Insufficient housing and food supplies. FPU JTO; Mill NOTORIOUS BUT, DIES Excelsior Sprlnsr, Mo., Fob. 19. Frank James, of the notorious James gang, died on his farm near hers late yesterday. James, who was 74 years old, had been In 111 health several months and was stricken with apo plexy early yesterday. One of the last members of the rob her band whose unparalleled career of crime during the civil war and the unsettled period that followed kept the people of a dozen states In terror, Frank James had been living the life of a quiet farmer for more than thirty years. The son of a minister, respected throughout the community. Frank James Joined Quantroll's guerillas, to gether with his brother JeMe. and took part -in the sacking of Lawrsno. Kan. After the guerillas disbanded, th James Brothers became bandits. Many notorious crimes of the decade follow ing the war have been laid at their Door. MIL THOMPSON HELD FORR OBBERY Arrested Last Night in Fos ter Store Held Under $2500 Bond. Paul Thompson, thought by the police to be a professional robber, who was caught at an early hour this morning in the store of John S. Fos ter at No. 262 Depot street, was" given a preliminary hearing in Police oourt this morning, and, probable cause be ing found was held for Superior oourt under a bond of $2,500, In default of which he was remanded to the county Jail. Thompson did not take the stand In his own behalf at the hearing today, but when arraigned entered a plea of guilty. . . .. The defendant was captured shortly after 2 o'clock this morning by Patrol man H. T. Dillingham and Night Watchman Laughter, employed by S. Sternberg & Company. The patrol man was passing the store and, notic ing the window broken began an In vestigation, which resulted in the dis covery of Thompson in the store. A large quantity of goods was found on Thompson and he made no pretense at fighting or resisting arrest Thompson told the officers that an other man, whom he had met earlier In the evening, had been with him In the store but escaped on the approach of the officers. He said that the man was unknown to him and that he was tall, slim and had dark ; hair. The officers are making a search today for this man. The Foster , store was entered through a rear window In much the same manner that several of the other stores In Ashevllle, which have-been robbed during the past two weeks, were entered and this fact leads the police to believe that they are on the road to break up the robberies that have terrorized the business section of the city for several days. i - ( Thompson , Is a well dressed man and speaks Intelligently on almost any subject, but Is silent as to his home or reasons for being In Ashevllle. None of the patrolmen can remember of hav ing seen Thompson around the city during the past few weeks. WELL KNOWN PRINTER AT E F. L. Osborne, of Atlanta, Pass es Away Following Long " Illness Funeral Here. Franklin Lenoir Osborne, aged 44 years, died this morning following an extended Illness. The deceased came to Ashevllle last December from At lanta for his health but his condition steadily grew worse, death finally re sulting. Mr. Osborne was a member of the Typographical union with which he had been affiliated for the past 20 years and had been employed on vari ous southern newspapers. He was connected with local papers at differ ent times serving In the capacity of a compositor. His passing will be learn ed of with keen regret by . hli many friends of the city. Interment will take place at Riverside cemetery to morrow but the place of holding the funeral service has not been decided on as yet. . Surviving the deceased are two brothers and two sisters who reside as follows: Mrs. Clara 'Walker and Mrs. Robert N. Penland of Statesvllle; K. C. Osborne of Statesvllle and Oeorge Osborne of Sweetwater, Teno. EFFORTS TO DISSOLVE , SINGLE TAX COMPANY Mobile, Feb. 19. A demurrer to the bill of complaint filed by Alexan der J- Melville asking that the Fair- hope Single Tax corporation be dis solved was overruled by Chancellor Thomas H. Smith in a decree handed down yesterday. It Is likely that the case will be appealed. PROMINENT KENTUCKIAN COMMITTED SUICIDE Louisville, Ky., Feb. 18. H. W. Lil- lfd. a nromtnent Kentucky democrat. shot and killed himself at his home In Danville today, according to advices received here, lis was a former member of the state leglnlature and later was secretary to Bonator W. O. JAIL LAST OF ' it - u TEDS" David Caplan, Wanted in. Con nectioq With Dynamiting of . Lost Angeles Times Building Arrested. HAS BEEN IN HIDING FOR PAST FOUR YEARS Admits His Identity and Ex presses His Willingness to Stand Trial 2 Indict- .. ments Pending. Seattle, Feb. 19. David Caplan, the last of the men wanted In con nection with . the. dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, has been placed in Jail at Port Or chard. He was arrested late yesterday at his chicken ranch about two miles inland from Rolling Bay, Balnbridge Island. - Detectives stated that Caplan ad mitted his identity and expressed his willingness to return to Los Angeles for trial. Caplan has lived on his ranch two years Under the name of Frank Moller. For a while he con ducted a barber shop at Rolling Bay , The accused man was In bed when the, officers broke Into his cabin. Caplan has aged some since his dis appearance four years ago. His hair has turned gray. Papers found in the cabin Indicated that he hat a wife and two children In Chicago. Caplan said that for two years before buying the property at Rolling Bay he had roamed about the world. He visited London, Paris ana other European cities. He admitted that he had also lived near Tacoma, A bank book In Caplan's possession snowed, it was said, that : he had been wen supplied with money from outside sources. Evidence was re cently found, according to the repre sentative of a national detective agency, connecting J. B. McNamara and Caplan with an explosion which damaged the Lyon building in Seat tle in .1910, Just before the Los An geles Times building was destroyed. . Two Indictments. Los Angeles, Feb. 19. There are two Indictments at and against David Caplan, one for murder In connection with the dynamiting of the Los An geles Times building and the other charging the Illegal transportation of dynamite. M. A. Schmidt, recently arrested In New York, was said to have been an accomplice of McNamara. Evl- d ence found when Schmidt was ar rested is said to have aided the de tective In locating Caplan. HENRY WEST INJURED . Suffered a Jaw Bone Fracture When Struck by Pitched Baseball The first fatality of the local base ball season happened yesterday after noon at Oates park when Henry West, aged 19 years, was struck on the Jaw by a pitched ball and hau his Jaw bone fractured and one tooth knocked out. The youths of the city have been engaged In practicing at the park for a short time but not long enough, for the. hurlers to gain good control of their fast ones. The accident occurred to West while he was engaged In batting practice and faoing a speedy pitcher, a wild In shoot took him a hard Jolt on the Jaw with the result named. The In jured youth was given medical atten tion and Is now In the hands of a local dentist In an endeavor to reduce his swollen Jaw to Its normal state. , GARRISON WANTS GUNS OF GREATER CALIBRE Washington, Feb. U. Gone of greater range and power . than any that could be arrayed against them wore asked for American coast de fenses In as army board report sub mitted by Secretary Garrison and made public by the house appropria tions committee. The board advised that the old type twelve-Inch guns and mortars "are not equal In range and power to major calibre guns afloat." . Mr. Garrison recommended the Im mediate Improvement of some of the ooast defenses so that the range of the old twelve-Inch guns could be In creased to 80,000 yards and the board suggested that wherever It was nee Hary to construct new works, the larger guns shoud b eslxteen-lnch weapons, .-. DIMI IE IS : iUED15ElTE Unable to Get Vote on Bill the Democrats Take up Appropriations. ' GOES TO CONFERENCE UNTIL FEBRUARY 27 i Measure Must Then Take the Chance of Being Filibustered to i Death. Washington, ' Feb. 19. Blocked In their efforts fa get a vote on the house ship purcha e bill, democratic sena tors have agreed to take up appropri ation bills an 4 sent the shipping meas ure to conference until February 27, when it must .take Its chances of being filibustered to Us death on March 4. Republican senators entered Into a "gentleman's agreement," with demo cratic leaders to let the bill go to con ference on condition that appropria tion measures be passed within the next ten dayso avoid an extra session. The democrats, it was reported, agreed to a reasonable cut In the rivers and harbors bill, and the republicans In turn gave assurances that they would not filibuster against any appropria tion measures. Democrats further agreed that when the ship purchase bill comes out of conference, the l e publicans wlU be given an opportunity to renew their fight against It. The compact which broke the long struggle was reached late In the day, Administration leaders maintained that It was the best they could hope for and republican senators insisted that the action meant the bill was dead. All seemed to agree there would be no extra session. When the time) come to put the agreement into operation, revolting democrats and other senators opposed letting the bill go to conference until votes could be had on their amend ments. There was a flood of oratory and many roll calls, and all amend ments wera.yoted. down. . . AT A telegram to the relatives i here last night brought information 6f the death of Cedrlo Robinson last night at 8 o'clock in San Diego, Cal., after several weeks' illness. The deceased who was twenty-four years of age. was a well known former resident of Ashevllle, being a son of Mrs. Mary C. Robinson, instructor of history In the Ashevllle School for Girls, and a former society editor of The Gazette-News. Mrs. Robinson left Ashe vllle Sunday morning .for San Diego, in response to telegram telling of the serious Illness of her son, and arrived there yesterday morning. Members of the family surviving the deceased, besides the mother, are: Norton Doblnson, a brother; Miss Francis Robinson,, Mrs. R. E. Lee, and Mrs, C. G. Blankenshio. sisters. all of Ashevllle and a sister. Mrs. Chllds, of Columbia, S. C,. The many friends of the deceased here will learn with regret of his pass ing. It is thought probable that the body will be brought here for Inter ment. ASHEVILLE STILL LEADS T The bowlers representing the V. M. C. A. In the state telegraph tourna ment posted another series of games last night that places them still far ther In the lead In the league race. Consistent, rather than brilliant bowl ing featured the work of the locals and earned for them a total of 2,649 pins which was the best of the teams that have been heard from. Kevler secured the only high' scorns of the evening! His first two games toppled tne maples lor counts of 207 and 814 btu railroads an dspllts In the last game caused hi mto draw a weak 125. of the teams heard from, the following scores were made: Spencer, 2518; Greensboro, 8508 and Rocky Mount, 8148. The scores of the as sociation tea mhere follows: Tot James 187 100 184 641 Maxwell lf 121 1?2 487 Sngg 161 181 183 634 Sevier 207 214 123 644 ll 'frman .....174 180 187 641 Grand totals 820 861 890 2449 Lone Itintilpr New Tork, Feb. 19 . The United ! Fruit steamer Sunta Marta from Tort GEDRiC ROBINSON Llmon with pessenger and mai! for! baters held at the trl-angular contests i If Berlin,' Feb. 19. An official New Tork, has wlrelrrd, early, to-1 will be allowed to send a team to'H statement says the RuKslan rl day that she had lot htr rudder lnlChapnl Hill during the spring to parti I oners taken by the Germans In the vicinity of Cape llatterask The'clpate In the state-wide debate that lit East Prussia now number 64 000 mennagt ekod that a const SuriM eut- will be held there under the aueplcvs ter be seat to her amlstanee. . J SUFKGETS 1 u MLII Wot Suffrage Minority Re port Defeated in State Sen ate After Very Pic turesque Debate. JONES, REPUBLICAN, TWITS HIS OPPONENTS Says Men Never Fail to Avail Themselves of Woman's In fluence When it Serves Their Purpose. (By W. T, liost). Raleigh, Feb. 19. The senate de feated the woman suffrage minority report of Senator Hobgood yesterday afternoon following the most pictur esque debate of the session. The alleged staid body, much more rampant in fact than the house, did not pass the women by with the lightness of the house . It not only debated an hour or more, but it de bated two hours when the vote was ' taken. The members arose and ex plained their votes. Few 'failed to take this priceless privilege offered by the apparance of the largest and best looking body of femininity that has attended a session so far. Senator Jones, republican, must have hit the masculine consistency the hardest blow. He twitted it for lack of manhood and courage, then made the point that men never fall to avail themselves of women's In fluence in politics when It serves the masculine . purpose. "Take your pro hibition election in 1908 and elections before," he shouted, "you were not afraid for women to go to the polling places, stand about the ballot box to persuade men how to vote." The rec- ollection was quite keen. Senator Chatham looked ..li'to . the galleries and said that suffrage alone divides his household. "But inasmuch as my wife Is up there," he said pointing to the' galleries, I am some to disobey her and say no." It was a very amusing stunt Senator Hobgood had led the fight in the senate and his speech was much applauded. The Senate. New bills were Introduced 'as fol lows: Appropriate $10,000 fo rthe North Carolina Osteopathic Hospital. White Restrict receipt and trans portatlo nof liquors to one quart at a time. Three hundred copies ordered printed. Thompson Relative to the effects of wills before and after probate. Cloud Amend the Polk county road law. Protect game In Polk. Bumgarner Amend the law rela tive to the Jurisdiction of mayors. Hobgood Relative to the treatment of prisoners. Thompson Require plaintiffs to fine statements of the nature of com plaints. Hobgood Amend the divorce law so as to put women on an equal foot ing with men as to causes for divorce. Hobgood Relative to the parole and treatment of prisoners. Majette Regulate the sale and car rying of revolvers. Hobgood Protect employees. A workmen's compensation bill. Three hundred copies ordered printed. y DEBATE ST L T A team to represent the Ashevllle High school In the trl-angular debate, which will be held between Ashevllle, Marlon and Hendersonville sometime during March, will be selected a pre liminary debate to be held at the High school auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock iThe subject for the preliminary debate I tonight Is. "Resolved. That the United I States Should Adoot the Poller of Sub- sidlilng Its Merchant Marina" The affirmative will be upheld In the pre liminary by Wesley Bouterse, Miss Frances Jones, Miss Margaret Fields and Randall Harrla Those who will tpeak for the negative are Lawrence Noland, Claude Ramsey, Kecter Wal ton, C. j;. Hardee, Oren Roberts and ! Earle. Stone. , Marion and Hendersonville will also hold preliminary debates within the next few days to select representatives for the trl-angular dobate. Ashevllle will send two debaters to Henderson- vtlle for the affirmative side of the denote and Marlon will send two from tne amrmauve sine to tnis city, while Hendersonville will send two debaters to Marlon. Each school will selart a team of four debaters at the prelim- Inni y contents. The team winning two of the An- of the University of North Carolina mi' GERMAN REPLY GIVES CONCERN FEDERAL PLACE? Retires From Congress March 4, and Report Says That He Seeks Job. Gazette-News Bureau . Wyatt Building Washington, Feb. 19. Representative James il. Gudger, Jr., who retires as a representative In congress from the tenth . district March 4, having been defeated by J . J . Brlit, republican, is hunting for another Job with fairly good salary attached. Mr. Gudger has not decid ed just what Job he wants because at the present writing he does not know what place he can get. Indeed he is not certain that he can get anyplace, but he is looking the Job list over with much care. With something like 100 democrats having been told to stay at home by a once enthusiastic constituency, and In nearly each case the said 100 are hunting jobs along with Kr. Gudger, the chances are not very bright for the latter to land a job tnat would support a former congressman In keeping with "the dignity of the Job he once held. The Olenns, Kluttzs, Daniels, Hales and a few others have picked off nearly all of the good places that carry more salary than work. Col. Aus Watts and Collector Josiah Bai ley have captured practically all of the others. So, as stated before,. Mr. Gudger will have a hard road to trav el before he aagin connects with a job on Uncle Sam's payroll. . Had one of the former candidates for the postmastership at Sylva adopted President Wilson's now fa- imous policy of "watchful waiting" just 24 hours longer, he would have been recommended yesterday for the postmastership of his home town. Tho Lnorn of the gentleman. in question Is withheld for very good reasons. It happened this way: When Rep resentative Gudger climbed into his electric car In front of his residence on K street yesterday morning he had fully made up his mind to announce the recommendation of this gentle man in question we will call him "Jim Jones" but that is not his name. But when Gudger reached his office to his surprise he found a, long letter and a petition from this man urging him to appoint another to the Sylva postmasternhip. Gudger was puzzled. He Is still wearing a sad face because he Is not going to ap point the mnn that "Jim Jones" ask ed him to name, nor is he going to name "Jim." OR. REYNOLDS OFFICER L Charleston, S. C, Feb. 19. James H. Mcintosh, of Columbia, a C. was elected president of the Trl-State Med ical society of South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia yesterday at the closing session of the annual conven tion here. Richmond, Va., was chosen as the next meeting place. Other officers elected were: Vice presidents G. A. Neuffer, Abbeville, S. C; C. V. Reynolds, Ashe vllle, N. C; Beverly R. Tucker, Rich mond, Va Secretary Rolfe B. Hughes, Laurens, 8. C. Executive council John W. Dlllard, Lynchburg, Va; R. B. Stenton, High Point, N. C: James D. Culpepper, Norfolk, Va: A. E. Baker, Charleston, S. C; D. T. Tayloe, Washington, N. C.; W. W. Fennell, Rock Hill, S. C; J. Howell Way, Waynesvllle, N. C.; Southgate Leigh, Norfolk, Va.; E. C. Register, Charlotte, N. C; J. Kennedy Cross, Newport News, Va; W. B. Way Rldgevllle, 8. C. K8tfttt8tlt8ttlt8tt8t8t8t 8. tt 1TCJDCS REVOLT It t Toklo, Feb. 1. A revolt has tt tt broken out among the Hindu tt It soldiers at Singapore, a Great It t Britain starlta settlement ac- H jH cording to a dispatch from the It ,H Malay archipelago. Malays were It H landed at Singapore from Jap- It It anese and Blitlxh warships and It) It some fighting occurred between J them and the mutineers. The It 8t mutineers numbered nbout 800, It H half of whom are said to have H surrenaerca; nnn me revolt is w. i said to be suhsldlns-. t KKKMKItKlftRKtltltltlt t It Kit . 4ii:u.i.xs cArrrnF M.OOn IMUNONKIts. R tltMktKttRttRHHKItl Washington Officiate Recognize Gravity of Situation Cre ated by Dangers Threat ening Shipping. : REPLY IS COUCHED IN MOST FRIENDLY TERMS But United States Is Given to) Understand Germany Has no Notion of Yielding in the Matter. Washington, Feb. 19. The German reply to the American note of warning .' against attacks on American vessels) In the new naval war zone around the i British Isles gave grave concern to ' the administration officials today. ; There is hope, however, that an un derstanding may yet be reached for the protection of neutral shipping, de spite the German disclaimer of all re sponsibility for what might happen to neutral ships In the danger zone, as a result of the announced Intention of laying mines in British waters tnd the submarine war policy. Berlin, Feb. 19. The German reply to the protest of the United States against the designation of a war zone around Great Britain is couched in the ' most friendly terms, btu It firmly maintains the positions announced al ready. . The reply recommends that the ; United States send warships to convoy merchant essels through the war zone as a security against .attack by submarines, with the understanding that vessels so guarded will carry no war supplies, The note, which was transmitted t Washington through the American embassy, explains that Germany's ac tion against which the United 8tates protests was.jnade necessary,hy Gre'v Britain's policy of attempting' lo cut off thfi food SUDnlv from fiprmnn Hvl!- lans, by methods which have never been recognized in interantlonal law.' England's' course in ordering her merchantmen to fly neutral flags, equipping them with artillery, and In structing them to attempt to destroy German submarines rendered nuga tory the German right to search ves sels and gives Germany the right to attack such English ships, the German note contends; . and Germany hold that she cannot abandon this right un der the stress which England has forced on her. jj The note argues that since Germany must compel her enemy to return to the recognized principles of Interna tional law and to restore the statue of the sea, the stand she has taken is necessary. The reply expresses the hope that Americans will understand the position In which Germany la placed and will see the reason for.her course. The note concludes expressing the hope that the United States will pre vail on Great Britain to ret irrt to the principles of international V w which were recognized before the beginning? of the war, and In particular that America can obtain the observance of the declaration of London. If this 1a done, the note says, Germany will he able to import food supplies for her civilians and raw material for her factories. The recognition of the United States In this would be an In valuable service toward a more hu man conduct of the war, and Germany would act In accordance with the new situation which It created. Immediate Effect. London, Feb, 18. The immediate effect of the German decree to block ade Great Britain today in the tying up of the passenger traffic between England and Holland. The Scandana vlan lines cancelled the callings of passenger vessels, although they con tinued their freight and mall traffic. The Wilson liner, PcanCanavla. left port as usual. Few Cancel Pates. New York, Feb. 18. Steamship companies here have received cable stating that British and French de stroyers will escort some threatened steamships Hying the flags of the allied nations. Other British and French lines will confine their precautions to thonn taken before the decree went Into ef fect, believing that the proclamation will have little effect on the ships sail ing to and from England and France. The big lines have announced thnt i there Is no Intention of changing th?' I routes or sailing dates, ' Hradley. . 1 FIFTY GIRLS ESCAPE DORMITORY FIRE Chattanooga, Tenn., rb. 18. Fifty girls In the Southern Tratnln; school of the Seventh Day Adventlst j at GrsyvlUe had a . narrow escape. when the dormitory burmd about 4 o'clock thla morning. Three of tli rirls were forced to Jump from a s--ond story window, and sustain,, t slight Injuries. The dnmaga la e i mated at about $11,009., t i
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