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THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE ASSOCIATED FRIESB BERVICK. IT IS IN EVERT tl RESPECT COMPLETE. M LEATHER FORECAST: SHOWERS; COOLER. j VOLUME XX. NO. 10. ASHEVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 1915.. PRICE FIVE CENTS A NOiAGIUI STEAMER 501 : . . . The Regin Goes Down Off Dover, Destroyed Either by Mme or Submarine -t Crew Was Saved. ZEPPELIN BOMBARDS CALAIS; FIVE KILLED Rialroad Shed Destroyed -Craft Evidently Guided by Pilot Familiar With the rj Vicinity ottack. . London, Feb. 23. The Norwegian steamer Regin was sunk off Dover this morning, either by a submarine or by a mine. The crew of 22 men were saved. " The Regin was carrying coal from the Tyne to Bordeaux., The ves sel sank in ten minuts after being struck. . ZIplH'Un Attack. Calais, Feb. 23. The Zeppelin, which yesterday bombarded ' Calais was apparently driven by a pilot who was familiar with this vicinity for he came from the sea directly to Fontl i nette, crossing the city at its greatest I width, at a height of about 1000 feet. I The first six bombs' dropped by the I Zeppelin fell near tho railroad track I wrecking a shed and shattering win- dows. Others fell in a garden and on I the roof of a little house in the Run losnion. An old man and a little girl. I sleeping in the garret of the house I and tha family of four on the ground I ilnor were turled In the ruins. All but a baby . wore killed. . i After dropping the bombs the Zep- p"lin disappeared rapidly toward th'.- lO.OMTIFIED RDESTS LOSE LIVES IH HOTEL FiRE Windsor Hotel 'In Birmingham De stroyed -3-JVarcil Others Slay Hkvo Died In lire. f Irmlngham, Ala., Feb. 23. Two unidentified guests lost their lives in a tire which destroyed the Windsor hotel here this morning and It Is fear eu that others also succumbed to the flames. Eight men, including four fr men was badly injured. Several stores and other buildings near the hotel were burned. . Tho loss Is esti mated to exceed $200,000. TROUBLES DF THE DAY IN THE POLICE T The following cases. wcr called In Police court today: The case against the men and women arrested Sunday In the raid on the Carrier building were continued until tomorrow, the court advising the defendants to move out of the build ing. Yesterday afternoon 8. I Forbes waa arrested In connection with the rases, on charges of leasing a build ing for disorderly purpses and Arthur Campbell Waa arrested for keeping and maintaining a disorderly house. These cases were alRo continued until tomorrow. Hob Howies was given a sentence of three months on the roads on charges of retailing to Ward Mitchell, with appeal bond fixed at $250. Will Porter, colored, was given six months on charges of larceny. Prayer for, Judgment was continued In the case of James Reed,' colored, charged with larceny. Frank Remmlmon, colored, was given 80 days on charges of larceny with appeal bond fixed at $200. T. M. March was tried on charges of embezzlement, it being alleged that he stole $6 from Maggie Bailey yesterday and tried to escape. He waa caught on a train at FHltmore by the police and, probable cause being found In the case today, waa held for Superior Court un der a bond of $300. Two "drunks" were up. WHEAT PRICES KUW TODAY KEARLY FIVE CENTS Ch learn, Feb. 1 3. Wheat. prices made a big drop today, Msy delivery falling, nearly Ave orate aa soon as the trading began. This month oM at SHIS, stalnst tl.0H for Fattir (!' u.. July tumbled 4fc to (II?. L RUE BILL Senate Committee Recommends Bigger Appropriations for Submarine and Avia tion Equipments. SENATE MAY NOT GET THROUGH SUPPLY BILLS Several Democrats Fear It Will Be Necessary to Adopt Emergency Resolu- tions at Close. (By W. T. Host.) Raleigh, Feb. 23. Continued con sideration of the revenue act In the ' senate yesterday: came nearer rising i to the dignity of general interest than anything that went before the gener al assembly in either house. The up per body is near the middle of the act and will probably get to a read ing by Wednesday or Thursday. To the western people nothing done could have bigger interest than the Weaver bill providing $20,000 for the preservation ofth summit of Mount Mitchell. .... When the senate passed,, it the opposition was slight. Senator Mue thought $12,00 would do the work. The salvation of the mountain forests is certain now. This was brought about by the quick action of Governor Craig last year when he saw the devastation of the Mttchelt. forests by the lumber men. Had he not interposed with a suggestion that the forest slayers wait on the legislature, Mount Mitch ell would now be a waste beyond re clamation within this generation.: The house is yet to act. . . The house session started some lo cal measures that will be heard from. The Btacy-Coopcr few-- from.. .New Hanover manifested itself in the slay ing of Senator Cooper's senate bill creating a new ward in Wilmington .and naming a commissioner at the behest of the city council. Mr. Stacy of the lower house, had petitions call ing upon him to make another rec ommendation in his bill. .The two could not agree and have not been able to do so for a time. Mr. Stacy tabled Mr. Cooper's bill. The two find agreement on these city measures im- possible and the two do not get to- i gether -on statements of fact. The J younger representative has given some pretty warm statements to the repre. sentatlves of the Wilmington papers.' To Represent Carter. Telegrams sent here Sunday, and Saturday night to Judge Frank Carter led Raleigh to the conclusion that he would be here and personally ready to appear before any committee that might take up his recent controversy with Solicitor Abernethy. Judge Carter has retained Messrs. Manning and Kltchln, of the local bar to represent him In the event any action is taken upon the Clark reso lution. The committee has not passed upon It yet and there may be noth ing for the committee to work upon. Judge Carter had not come to Raleigh late yesterday evening and, the hotel men in whose care me leiegranm have been, do not Know what the Judge's course will be. . Representative Ebbs, of Madison, presented the, action of his bar, one highly complimentary to Judge Car ter. The Madison man is a very strong friend of the Judge and does not believe that anybody can nnd any thing against him that need embar r&ss him. ' Speaker Wooten's Condition. Speaker "Wooten'a condition Is fa vorable, according to Dr. Hubert Roy for who la attending" him. 'The wound has been dressed and found In satisfactory condition," tha nhvslclan says. "He has a slight fever and Is still suffering some 'pain. So far hlH progress lias been aa good as we could wish." Senator Rivers Johnson, who waa with Mr. Wooten when he was Inuired and Will Aycock killed, Is entirely well. Mr. Johnson having received j Manager Ed Brown received a tole sllght Injuries. But for the fact, It Is i gram from Manager Freel of the very doubtful whether the Speaker could have received aid In time to save him. The unknown party which Is re puted to have pasid the Injured legislators by, was not without human kindness. The occupants of the car gae the alarm by telephone as soon a they reached Raleigh and caused a machine to be sent out for the stricken men. - - LECTURE COURSE IN FIRST AID TO INJURED For the rt several weeks a class In first aid to the Injured. -omp'"d of tnty-(lve or thirty Indies In the city, has been taking a course, of lec ture under Ir. James M. Lynch. The lectures hnve Iwen held twice a week In the I'srUh house t lllltmom. and thone attending them ure very enthunlnstlo over the courso of In struction given. On Inst Friday af ternoon theiclns stood Its flrnt exami nation, which conducted by Vr. Josph Adams. , - . . j. Russian Tenth Army Now At Bay There Are Some Indications That Russians Have Started Counter Offensive, But Reports Are not Confirmed Combat in Galicia Becoming More Violent Sanguinary Struggle for Possession of Passes C ontinues Rheims Has Been Violently Bombarded. London, Feb. 23. The Rus sian tenth army which, accord ing to an official report of Grand Duke Nicholas, the com mander of the Russian forces in the field, lost one of its corps in the last big battle in East Prussia, is now standing at bay along the line of the Narew-Bobr-Nieme nrivers in Russian territory. The last Russian official communication relates many isolated engage ments, which may mean that a counter offensive is now in progress, but there has been no confirmation of this indication. On the southern flank alos the Russians are reported to have gained some local successes, but these ar enot admitted by Vienna, which claims that all the Russian counter attacks have been repulsed with heavy WILL GREENSBORO fLM THE LDGAL ASSOCIATION Negotiations Have Been on for Past Week, But no De ....... pision Reached ? . ; - The oft-repeated phrase, "off again, on again, gone again," seems to ap ply with great exactness to the pro posed game of basketball between the Y..M. C. A. teams of Greensboro and Ashevllle. Negotiations have been pending for several weeks and when it was thought to be finally settled that the "basketeers" of the two cities would meet, there comes a hitch in the arrangements that cause all the dickering to end. It has final ly come to a show-down, however, and the teams will either meet soon or one of them will have to with draw with the knowledge that It has simply crawfished out of the matter. The manager of the local association team was In conference with the Greensboro manager yesterday after noon over long distance telephone and the following propositions were put to the down-staters by the man agement herer It was proposed to play the game In Statesville, some time this week and Ashevllle to have charge of the gate receipts, guaran teeing all the expenses of the Greens boro team. In case of any money lost on the venture, Ashevllle was to stand all the loss and any profit ac crued was to'be equally divided be tween the two teams. The manage ment here would mall a check to the other team before they started for the place of the game and this check would be sufficient to cover the trans portation and hotel bills of the other team. Another proposition was to have a game In each city and the same guarantee was to be offered with the Greensboro club having the choice of the first game In its city. It was also, offered to play In Spar tanburg, on a mileage bawls with each team sharing the possibilities of profit and loss. The Ashevllle man ager stated that the other team' rep resentative talked In a very business like manner yesterday and seemed very eager to rthe fray to be "pulled off" and promised a decision In the matter either yesterday afternoon r,l"tlon that will kill the hardiest i.( an nothing hu. Wn germs. And to the credit of Uncle heard regarding tha acceptance or re- i f,i f the proposed plana Statesville Athletic club last night In which he guaranteed the two teams a $75 gate for the game. The expenses of the two teams wilt be In excess of 96 but the asnoclatlon her la will ing to put up the difference In the amounts to have the game played. Tho final settlement of the details of the contest are expected to be com ploled this afternoon. It Is Impera tive that the two teams meek within a week for two of the strongest mem bers of the local squad are Intending to leave the city at that time and It would then be practically impossible for the Y. M, C A. here to assem ble a sirong enough crew to give the Greensboro team a good buttle. TODAY BEGINNING OF BERLIN "BREAD DAYS" Iondon, Veb. 28. Toils y was first "bread cliiv" In Berlin; and every tier. man, under th plan, received a ticket early this morning for his entire eup ply. livery member of the Imperial family waa Included In the plan. On Russian loss to the Russians. Both sides report the ; cap ture of many prisoners and while the fighting is without definite results there is evi: dence that the struggle for the mountain passes has been very sanguinary and that the com bat in Galicia is assuming more violent character. ' Artillery engagements were the distinguishing features of the activity in the west during the past 24 hours, with the French claiming the destruc tion of a heavy German gun at Lombaertzyde, and admitting that the city of Rheims has again been violently bombard ed. The only recent activity in the air is provided in a single Zeppelin which dropped bombs on Calais yesterday. The only TO BE Changes That Will Make U. S. Property Here Model in : ,' -. ; Sanitation. J. R. Fain, superintendent of con- struction in the United States Treas- ury department, Bpent yesterday here going over plans with assistant post master J. C. Bradford, with a view to paving the western approach to the United States court house and post office building in this city. While no official statement of plans has been given out., It is considered practically certain that this driveway, lying In side the triangle formed by Patton avenue and Government street, will, as soon as possible, be paved with vitrified brick. This space, which Is now covered with macadam, is used for a hitch ing yard for the eight horses of the rural carriers, and the two that draw the mails to and from- the railway station. And although the janitors in charge of the building sweep the yard, flush it with water and sprinkle It with lime, the loose surface of the macadam cannot be kept clean. In summer it is a breeding place for flies, and in winter It Is covered with a thick coat of mud. For these rea sons Postmaster Gudger and his as sistant have been anxious for some time to hav this driveway paved so that It can be cleaned as easily as the tiled flooring on the first floor In side the building. The completion of this work will make the abode of the representatives of the federal government probably the mct completely sanitary building and surrounding grounds In th city. It Is plain truth with no exaggera tion to say that the poBtofflce build ing has been noted by all the govern ment Inspectors visiting It, as well as by all observing persons, for Its scrup ulous cleanliness of floors, windows and walls. Twice a week the Jan! torn scrub the floors, adding a. power ful disinfectant to the water. The cuspidors, also, are treated with a Sum, It must also be said that his quarters here add absolutely nothing to tho dark evil known as the smoke nuisance. The furnaces are fed with coke, and g as a result they throw out neat witnoui smnae, ana me nues are not lined with soot. This achieve ment alone would be, an object lea son to the whole city, and any less ening whatever of the volume of smoke dally poured Into the atmos phere Is a public benensctlon. There are many alleys and drive ways throughout the city thst are In much worse condition than thl drive way has even been. In the opinion of many persona, and one of tho flrrt comments made on the announcement of this Improvement at the postoffloe building was the hope that the exam ple might Inspire other. Th aid that these Improvements will give to the anti-fly campaign here Is worthy of note. Dr. U M. McCor mlck, city bacterlologlat, has often In quired why the federal government did not clean up this yard and make It a model for the city. . Mention should be mad of the ex cellent force of Janitors who keep the building In such satisfactory condi tion. E. It. Randall, head Janitor, as- listed by T. B. Craamsan and Ellha Territory incident of note concerning the submarine blockade was the saf earrival fo the Cunard liner Orduna, from New York, Feb ruary 13. Nothing so far has been heard in England of the two German submarines reported to be overdue at Cuxhaven, con cerning the safety of which the Germans are said to be anxious. Petrograd, Feb. 23. The Austrtans and Germans have been repulsed at several points, according to an official statement by the Russian general staff issued laBt night. It is stated that in eastern Galicia, southeast of Stanislau two Austrian brigades lost were driven off with a loss of 1500 prisoners in cluding 20 officers and they also lost several machine guns. The fighting continues on the right bank of the Bobr and Narew rivers in isolated engagements. The guns of the fortress did effective work at Osso wetz. , The Russians have taken Jed wazno and several villages on the left bank of the Vistula. Five hundred prisoners were taken in these engage ments. . WEST ASHEVILLE PEOPLE Services Held Last Night Were Attended by Large Num. .ber- -The Program. The dedication' of the reading room. recently started at West Ashevlllej took place- last night at the Baker building at 7:30 o'clock. The reading room was made possible by the mag nificent gift of Captain J. E. Ray of Ashevllle, who donated over 100 volumes and various periodicals to th ecause of founding a public read ing room for the citizens of the town. The meeting opened with thei singing of America by the members after which a vote of thanks was given to Cnptaln Ray for his generos ity in donating the books. Several ex cellent addresses featured the pro gram. Rev. Mr. Armstrong of the West Ashevllle Methodist church and Prof. Robinson of the West Ashevllle school both gave interesting talks and several promlnemt resident of the community also appeared on the pro gram. A number of young1 men who reside in the neighborhood favored the audience with several vocal selec tions which were greatly enjoyed by all present. It was decided at the meeting that the reading room would be kept open Tuesdays and Fridays In the afternoons from 3 o'clock to 6 and at night from 7:30 to :30. Mrs. Robert Wells and Miss Dorothy Atkinson will have charge of the reading room the first week and the men of the town will assume respon sibility at night. At the conclusion of the program, hot chocolate and waf ers were served by the committee which has charge of the rooms. The committee Is composed of the follow ing members: Mrs. Robert Wells, chairman: Mrs. P. B. Orr; Mm, Ilornce Wells; Mrs. H. B. Brook shlre and Mrs. Charles Ijansberry. PLUTO WEBB GIVEN 30 T At the trial In Police court today of Uzzle Henson on charges of retail ing, the defendant being found guilty, Plato Webb, employed by the city and a state's witness In tho cam. yram adjudged In contempt of court and sentenced to serve $0 days In tha county Jail. Webb refused to answer tha ques tions of tha court, even after he had been warned by the court that ho would be adjudged in contempt If he fulled to answer the questions, he still refused, after which the court Imposed the contempt sentence. THOMPSON SETON NO LONGER CHIEF SCOUT New York, Feb. X 2. Ernest Thomp son Seton, artist and author, has re tired aa chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America, according to announce ment today. . , Kemp, the latter a colored ex-Pullman car porter, take much pride In seeing that Uncle Ham's premises are kept In spotlesa condition. These men ar under tha supervision of Assistant Postmaster Bradford, who la cousto dlaa of Uia sntlrt building. M D INCREASE I W W. f f f jj Senate Is Near Middle of the Measure Evidence of General Interest ; in the Bill. SALVATION OF MOUNT MITCHELL FOREST SURE Made Practically Certain by Passage in Senate of Wea ver's Bill to Appro priate $20,000. Washington, Feb. 23. Appropria tions for national defense occupied the attention of both houses of congress yesterday. The senate discussed until late the army application bill carry ing approximately $103,000,000, while the house continued debate on the for tifications bill. While progress was being made on both these measures, the senate com mittee on naval affairs practically completed consideration of the naval appropriations measure and the sen ate paused for four minutes to pass without debate the pension bill carry ing $164,000,000. In the passage of this bill the senate appropriated at the rate of $41,000,000 a minute. Increases for submarines and evia- tion over provisions of the house bill were recommended by the senate com mittee urges $1,000,000 for aviation instead of $300,00 as authorized In the house bill, and also recommends the construction of six sea-going sub marines instead of one, and sixteen instead of eleven of the smaller type submarines, the former to cost more than $1,400,000 each and the latter not to exceed $550,000 each. Senator Smoot proposed an amend ment for the authorization of 50 Bea going and 25 of the smaller coast de fense submarines. Another proposal by the senate committee is an amend ment to the section abolishing the na val plucking board, which would re quire all naval officers to spend at least half their service at sea. Notwithstanding the progress being made on appropriations in the senate there were indications that not all the bills could be passed whether the ship purchase bill Is reported back from the conference committee or not. Sev eral democratic senators said they feared it might be necessary to adopt some emergency resolutions In tho closing hours of the session. So far as the shipping bill Is concerned nothlnir has yet been done by the conferences and republican leaders propose to have some appropriation measures still before the senate next Saturday when the conference committee Is to report. The committee may report a disa greement at that time. Considerable discussion prefaced consideration of the army bill, necessitating a night session. In urging prompt action, Senator Chamberlain explained the absence of provisions for reorganUa tlon of the army with the statement that the shortness of the session would not permit proper consideration. He said that the reorganization and re serve army bills pending would oe pushed at the next session of con gress. Many speeches were made In ths house during the fortifications bill de bate. Representative Fordney" of Mich igan, republican, predicted that with the treasury revenues falling oft next year the administration would have to enact a ao-called war tax revenue measure. Issue bonds as In 1395, In crease import duties, or.materlally re. duce government expenditures. ITALIAN LUBE IS TO BE ALLOWED FOR TELEGRAMS According to Information gtven ont her by the Postal Telegraph company today, the British and French censor ship authorities will now permit tele grama Inquiring about relatives In tha earthquake sone In Italy to pass writ ten in plain Italian language. Heretofore, they would only pass telegrams written In plain English or French language. MADAME BERNHARDT PASSES GOOD NIGHT Bordeaux, Feb. 23. It was an nounced today that Madame Sarah Bernhardt, whose leg was amputated yesterday, had passed a good night She slept continuously and her pulse and temperstur are normal. WOMEN VOTING IN PRIMARY IN CHICAGO Chicago, Feb. 33. Women Votd In th Chicago mayoralty primary today for th first time. Campaign leaders confessed they wr putzled aa to tha probable result. MONEY DUTCH PATROLS Mil Proximity , of Border Guards ! Causes Trouble Because of Expression of Di- ' 'a. verse Opinions. .. EACH PATROL MOVED . . . BACK SEVERAL YARDS) No Conversation Between the; t Guards Is Permitted The j -Anti-War League Act- L ive in Holland. , Amsterdam, Feb. 22. (Correspon dence of the Associated Press.) The, Dutch and German soldiers who have, been patrolling on opposite sides of . the boundary line since the war began i have been ordered to withdraw fromj close contact on account of the fact , that a number of disagreeable Incl- ( dents have occurred. Up to the. be-i ginning of February the Dutch sol diers and the Germans paced aide by . side and carried on conversations. , It appears that trouble sometimes arose through the expression of diverse views, so the commanders of the pa trols have now separated the men by a distance of 100 yards. Between the small strip of territory separating the Dutch from the German sentries no one is permitted to go except on chance of being immediately shot. - Behind the frontier line on both sides have been erected field fortifica tions in the shape of trenches and gun emplacements. Those in Dutch terri tory are so placed as to render impos sible any surprise Inroad into the Netherlands, and they are defended by strong bodies of troops. On the opposite Bide In Belgium the en trenchments face away from, tho Dutch frontier, and are evidently In tended to offer shelter to the German army in case it should find itself obliged to retire from its present po sitions In Flanders. j There Is a strong feeling among- tho Dutch troops that the Germans will be forced over the frontier In Llm burg should the allied forces even tually push them out of Belgium. , This little strip of Holland, forming a sort of appendix to the south, Is bounded on the west by Belgium and on the east by Germany. It Is very narrow and would offer great temp tation to a retreating army trying to f get away from its pursuers. The Dutch realize this and are determined to oppose any such action by every ' means in their power. . On the other side of Holland the, greatest attention of the Dutch gov ernment Is directed toward the pre-i ventlon of attempts to Bmuggle con-f traband articles over the frontier j from Holland Into Germany. These, attempts are frequent owing to the i profit attached to such transactions. , The precautions taken against auch "runs" are of the most extreme se verity. The frontier line is patrolled, night and day and the troops engaged , In this work are frequently changed so that they may not become too In-, timate with tl.j Inhabitants of the! frontier districts and so be Inclined to display laxity In their viglllance. While these efforts to maintain a," strict neutrality are maintained there has been some criticism of the Dutch ' government in consequence of its ac- : tlon in keepnlg such a large number of troops under arms. Premier Cort van der Lniden, however, maintains that the position taken has been the only correct one under the clrcum-, stances and declares that the govern ment Is sure that ' "the Netherlands will, neither now nor In the future, surrender her rights to anyone with-1 out a struggle." ! There Is a strong movement among a section of th people In favor of an appeal for Intervention in th Inter ests of peace. There exists an "Anti War league," which recently haa dis played great activity and peitinns are placed everywhere for signature ask ing the Queen of the Netherlands to make some move In this direction- President of Haiti Abdlcatrs. Washington, Feb. 2$. Davil mar Theodore has abdicated aa president of Haiti, and ha taken refuge on the Dutch atumer Frederlk Hendrlk at Port au Prince. Th steamer will pro ceed to Curacao. XXXXXXXXXXKXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXK X X, X FIRE OX AmOPtAXE. X, X K ! X Bern, Switzerland. Feb, ti. XI X Swiss soldiers opened flr y enter- Xj X day on an aeroplane, which la X i X aald to hav been German, and X X which flew over Bonsai. The ma- X I X chine waa struck by nine bulleta I X and th pilot waa toroad to land ''. 1 X at Srrtt. 1 1 txxxxxxxxxxr.xxxxxn. X S a. X X X X r I
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