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1 THB OAZETTB-NEWS HAS THB ASSOCIATED PRESS 6EBVICB. IT 18 IN EVERT It RESPECT COMPLETE. JJ WEATHER TOKECAST : PARTLY CLOUDY. )LUME XX. NO. 20. 'm f ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1915. WW PRICE FIVE CENTS xussians force Mkmansback ANTI-JUGACT guton Plans Have Been Meas- urahly Interf erred With Even if no Decisive Battle Develops. ARPATHIAN FIGHTING LESSENS IN VIOLENCE ',ussian Black Sea Fleet Going to Bosphorus Will Meet the Turkish Fleet, It s Expected. is London, March 6. - Even ould no decisive battle devel- h from the present Russian of- the allies claim the lustro-German spring cam- laign plans in the east have en measurably interferred ptk. A few weeks ago Field larshal Von Hindenburg was weeping victoriously through orthern Poland, while -in the outh the Austria ns were press ng forward, both in Galicia md Bukowina. Now Russian roops are attacking from the Kicmen river to the Vistula, nd although the Germans are linging tenaciously to their positions before Ossowetz, else prhere they have been brought 0 a standstill, or they are be- ng forced slowly back to their pwn frontier. The reports from allied sources lay claim to successes )oth in the eastern and western ields of battle. The French re tort they have captured hum Ireds of yards of trenches from :he Germans in the region of pfesnil and Beausejour, besides nflicting heavy losses on the f Jermans.' They also claim sue psses in the Champagne and to fthe north of Arras. The Russians declare they are now in possession of con iderable territory , which had jlioon taken by the Germans lunng the recent Russian re treat, partly on the Vistula Xiomen line, and that they have captured numerous pris oners and much war material. In the Carpathians, where the Austnans have been des porately attacking the strongly entrenched lines of the Rus sians in the mountain passes for several weeks, the fighting proms to be growing less vio lent. Fctrograd ' claims tha the Russian's took 153 officers and over 18,000 men in the cap ure of Stanislau, Galicia; and there is a report that the Aus trians linvo evacuated Czerno witz, capital of Bukowina. Meanwhile, the allied fleets are battering their way slowly up the Dardanelles without bo far as is known a single serious loss among the ships. The sul tan of Turkey, an Athens dis patch says, already has fled trom Constantinople, but tha has not been confirmed; and re ports from Turkish sources be ilittle the bombardment and in I sist that the real defenses have not been affected. i The Russian Black sea flee is steaming toward. the Bos phorus, eays a Rome dispatch, It has already passed Burgas, la. .unrga.9 is ai me ex ireme eastern end of the Ba! ans on the western shore 0 e Black sea. Should the ftussian fleet attack, on tl Eorus, presumably,' would have to deal with the Turkish fleet. The Bosphorus is about 18 miles long and from One-half to a mile and a half wide. It is defended by mod ern fortifications. German Claims. Berlin, March 6 (via London, 3:44 P. m.). The war office today Issued this statement: , "Western theatre of 'war: On the heights Of Loretto, northwest of Ar ras, our troops early yesterday morn ing occupied positions of the enemy 1,600 meters (nearly one mile) wide capturing eight officers, 558 French soldiers, seven machine guns and six small cannon. Hostile counter at tacks during the afternoon failed. "Renewed French attacks In Cham pagne were easily repulsed. "A French attack in the Argonne, west of St. Hubert, failed. Counter attacking, we re-occupled a French trench. In 1 Cheppy wood, also, French attack failed. "One of the recent communications from the Eiffel tower declared that a German column, while marching across the heights of Tahre (northeast of Souain), was successfully shelled. We must confirm the accuracy of this announcement. The column consisted of French prisoners who were being led away and suffered a loss of 38 kill cd or "wounded. "Eastern theatre of war: Russian attacks northeast of Grodno led them into a flank fire from our artillery and failed. Northeast of Lomza, Rus sian attacks broke down with severe losses. In che region south of Mysz- niec and Chorzellen and northwest of Frzasnysz the Russians again attack ed. On the remainder of the front there was no change." Conference Substitute Measure Limiting Shipments of Whis key Passed by House After Passing Senate. NEW LAW TO BECOME EFFECTIVE APRIL 1 Bill as Passed Has Much of Original Grier Act Said to Be Satisfactory to Al , most Everybody. Rector of All-Souls-Church Speaks at Men's Meeting Tomorrow Afternoon. , Rev. Dr. R. R. Swope, rector of All Souls Episcopal church of Biltmore, speaks to men tomorrow afternoon at o'clock t the Y. M. C. A. on the subject, 'I Can, I Will, I Ought." addition to the talk of (Dr. Swope, an exceptionally strong musical program has been arranged as follows: ( Vocal solo by Rev. F. R. Fenn of Ashevlllo school, accompanlel by C. R. Brewer, musical director of Ashaville school vocal solo, "A Song of Home," by Sanders accompanied by Miss Moe Corcoran. E. B. Stimson wll be the accompanist for the Bongs. This will be the first appearance of Dr. Swope as the speaker of the men's meetings and a large attendance is expected to hear him. A cordial In vitation is extended to all men of the city to be present. UE.UtffSIEl LAW jam state Will Be Invited by Mr. Webb to Come Through North Carolina, En Route . From 'Frisco. ' British Admiralty Confirms Report of Sinking of U-8 and Says That Another Probably Was Sunk MIGHT TELL PEOPLE ABOUT SHIPPING BILL Tar Heels Grateful to Over. man for Putting Through War Claims in the Omnibus BUI. BIB RALLY PUNNED FOR COMMISSION GOVT. The supporters of tha commission government charter announced this morning a big rally of all the friends of the proposed municipal changes to be held in the county court house on Monday night, March 15, the night before the election. Prominent speakers, some of them residents of cities that have the com mission form In operation, will ad dress the gathering, and a large and enlhuslastlo attendance Is expected for tha proposed changes In this city say that tha accounts to be given of the experience of other cities with this form of government will be especially Interesting. OF CHOSEN AS SPECIAL JUDGE Washington, March (. Represen tative Joseph T. Johnson, of Spar tanburg, has been selected by Pres ident Wilson for the new reaerai judgeship In South Carolina, created by congress shortly perore adjourn ment. 11 was endorsed yesterday by members of the Bouth Carolina con gressional delegation. Former Gov ernor John O. Evans also has been suggested. Endorsement of all candidates ror tha raw federal Judgeships In Oeor gla and South Carolina were laid out to publlo view at tha department of justice yesterday as required, by. the acts creating theae positions, parsed during tha closing hours of congress. It was tha first time such a thing had bean dona In tha history of tha Amer ican Judiciary. N Mora than 1.000 persons endorsed W. W. Lambdln, appointed dUKrtot Judge In Georgia, and many Individ ual endorsements were posted for candidate! for tha Judgeship In Bouth Carolina, , (By W ,T. Bost). Raleigh, March 6. After the sen ate had passed the substitute antl Jug bill, as agreed to by the confer-! ence committee. It was accepted by the house last night and the measure, which the house passed two weeks ago by an overwhelming majority to be lost in the senate a week later by the amendment to refer, is now a law. The senate had no : difficulty In coming to its agreement. While it took many days to move Its mind to final action, it agreed at the end to let those who have spoken back home speak again at the ballot box. This greatly disappointed nearly all temperance leaders and the house worst of all. Concurrence In that course was out of the question. Two committees went to work Thursday and wrote quickly Into a new act pro visions that pleased nearly everybody. The senate did not offer a vote against the agreement and by a vtva voce .vote the amended act -went to the house In the afternoon. It would have been voted Into permanent law as the aesplon came to a close at t o'clock hut nobody could find the bill. When the house opened last, night Representative Doughton pre sented the bill and it went through like lubricated lightning. The house had no defender of hooze, alfcolt Rep resentative Whltford docs not like even the present bill without a vote of the people. The new act which was ratified last night, becomes effective April 1. It has much of the origins! Grler act end merges Into that bill after the first several sections are reached. Its main provisions are that not more than one quart of whiskey and five gallons of beer may be shipped to any person, firm or corporation of tener than twice a month. And Its advocates understand that this ap plies to those generous hearted in dividuals who would go away and bring back a pond of booze to friends. It limits the actual drinking. That Is purely incidental . The bill la aimed at blind tigers. Th Ken ate. Ballou Relating to boy's patrollng clubs for highways and providing for their organization under the auspices of the state department of agriculture. Duplicate of a bill defeated In the House yesterday. Weaver -Amend the law as to the county commissioners in Buncombe county. Bills passed final reading as follows: Ratify the Clay county bonds for the Hlawassa Valley Railway. Incorporate the educational board of the Baptist State Convention. Repeal tha act as to short term bonds for Haywood county. The House. Tha machinery bill was reported from the senate with a number of minor amendments and the question of concurrence or non-concurrence by the house in these amendments was put. Representative Doughton moved that the house do not concur and this carried unanimously. The speaker was then directed to name a confer ence committee to confer with a sim ilar committee from the senate with a view to adjusting tha differences as to the amendments. There also came from tha senate the joint resolution by Senator Ward that had passed tha senate provid ing for the discharge of the commit tee to investigate and recommend as to tha desirability of selling the state's stock in the Atlantic and North Carolina railroad. Tha house adopted tha Hall reso lution restricting discussion of local bills on the floor of tha house to one minute for each member who spoka and of state-wide bills to five minutes. The house passed a special resolu tion by Representative Wall to al low Confederate soldier and widows of Confederate noldlera to send in their name to tha aenata. 2 SUBLINES IRE utSTROHED STEAMSHIP THODIS RAMMED SUBMARINE U-8 Sister of Famous U-9 Which Destroyed British Cruisers Hogue, Cressy , and AbouMr. MAY INTERFERE IN" MEXICO CITY CLARK REPLIES TO CARTER CRITICISM Assumes Full Responsibility for Resolution to Investi- . . gate Carter Case. President May Be Forced to Take Drastic Steps Should i Obregon Continue Course He Is Pursuing. 4 CONDITIONS CHAOTIC; : PEOPLE FACE FAMINE .' : (By Parker R. Anderson) Washington, March 6 . President Wilson may return from his Pacific coast trip through North Carolina. At least he will be Invited to take the southerly route when he returns from California sometime within the next month or so. Representative Tates Webb, one of the president's closest advisers and personal friends, called at the White House yesterday to extend an Invita tion to. the president. He found, how ever, that the president was on the golf links and had planned not to return to his office until Monday. Mr. Webb will call again In the near future and urge the president to visit North Carolina. . , Mr, Webb was the only successful leader the president had with his shipping bill. Several statesmen tried to put it through the house but it remained for Mr. Webb to do the Job to Woodrow Wilson's liking. The measure never had a chance In the senate, although the president, was told repeatedly that it would be put through. As Mr. WlKy.i, expecfg frf 11 It about the Shipping bill on his western trip it is argued that it would be very ap propriate thing for him to do to go through North Carolina and tell the people of the merits of . the measure which Mr. Webb got through the house. Senator Overman is receiving many letters from grateful Tar Heels thank ing him for his work in putting the omnibus claims bill, carrying many thousands of dollars for North Caro linians for property damaged during the war between the states, through the senate. Mr. Overman Is a mem ber of the claims committee and did good work not only in having it passed but In keeping the items in the bill. Senator Simmons also aided, It Is said. In getting an agreement with some objecting senators to allow the measure to pass Sam Rogers, the new' director of the census, will not take charge of his Job until about March 15. This was decided after Mr. Rogers conferred with Director Harris today. Mr. Her rls, In order to keep the records straight, desires to finish some work already started before he relinquishes the place., Mr. Rogers left for Ma con county tonight and will return here the latter part of next week, London, March 6 An admiralty statement yesterday fonflrmed a report of the sinking of a German submarine by British destroyers and said anoth er which had been rammed by the British collier Throdls probably also had been destroyed. The text of the statement follows: "The steamship Throdls has been examined in the dry docks and injur ies to her keel and propeller confirm the evidence of Captain Bell and his crew, that on February 28, the vessel rammed and probably sank a German submarine which fired a torpedo at I her. . 'Yestreday afternoon the Garman submarine U-8 was sunk in the chan nel off Dover by British destroyers. The officers and men of the submarine were taken prisoners." The submarine U-8 was built In 1908. She had a speed of thirteen knots on the surface and eight knots submerged. Her maximum radius of operations was 1,200 mlleB. The ves sel carried three torpedo tubes. Her complement was twelve men. The U-8 was a sister of the famous TT-9," which eafly" in ""the"' war'sank the British cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy and in October the British cruiser Hawk. Wreckage picked up late In February off Chrlstlanaand was said to belong to the U-9 and It was rumored In Norway that the sub marine had been lost. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, March 6 .Representative Clark, of Bladen, author of the reso-! lutlon in the house for the Investiga tion of the Judge Carter-Solicitor Ab ernathy contempt case and the at tendant charges against the moral character of Judge Carter arose In the house yesterday to a personal privilege to make reply to the criti cisms that he charged had been made against him in the card from Judge Carter published in the papers of Monday and the card by Judge J. S. Manning published Thursday. Mr, Clark said: 1 regret exceedingly to be com pelled to arise to a point of personal privilege and I would not do so did I not feel that otherwise I would not deserve the respect which I hope to enjoy from the members of this house. 'Several days ago I Introduced in Talk of Allied Expedition to Mexican Capital Heard in Official Quarters Obre- . ' gon Refuses Aid. jj Washington, March 6 If General Obregon, the Carranza commander in Mexico City, who has refused to per mit an international relief committee, . to aid the population of the Mexican capital continues to refuse this out side aid, the American government may find it necessary to take drastic steps. In the meantime the state de partment has made representations to General Carranza, through American Consul Silliman, requesting his to in struct Oregon to accept the proffered aid. The people are said to be facing starvation. In the chaotic conditions which ex ist at Mexico city is one of the hardest problems which President Wilson has this house a resolution to the end faced in the whole Mexican situation, GEO. "HONEY BQY" EVftBS IS DUD AT Was Best Known Minstrel in America and Well Known by Thousands. George (Honey Boy) Evans, than that the conduct of Judge Carter and Solicitor Abornathy be investigated. The newspapers of yesterday carried a statement from Judge J. S. Man ning one of Judge Carter's attorneys, referring to this resolution as having been instigated and revised by the attorneys of Mr. Abernathy. I want to say that this is absolutely untrue. I Introduced this resolution; It Is my act and I have assumed and do still ansume full rerpmslbillty for It. .lwnl'ilt.t we.tlit certain scath ing language of one of Judge Carter's attorneys in the morning papers of yesterday in which he refers to those who have Instigated these charges is Intended for me. If It does refer to me, I wont to say tnat It is untrue and that I resent It. 'In an article In Monday's press Judge Carter, and again In yester day's press Judge Carter's attorney attempted to put me In the attitude of having made direct charges of im morality against Judere Carter. I have done no such thing. I am con vinced that a condition existed which ought to be Investigated. That the truth ought to be brought out In this matter, and as I understand, a com mittee has been appointed for this purpose. "As to the delay. I have only to say that this resolution has been be fore the Judiciary committee, No. 1, and Immediately upon Its passage by tha house the Investigating commit tee was appointed. As to whether or not I have at any time delayed or sought to delay action in thlH matter I refer you to any member of either whom there was np better known ;f these committees. I do not feel THE PEACE TREATY Wild FRANCE IS Paris, March 6 The treaty signed at Washington September 16, 1914, to facilitate tha settlement of disputes arising between France and the United States, was officially promulgated yesterday. The agreement promulgated In Paris refers to one of tha peace treaties ne gotlated by Secretary Bryan, with 20 countries. TRADE CniSSiJO ' BE OEGMED THIS MONTH Washington, March I. -Tha naw federal trade commission will ba or ganliad here March 16. Frank Rub lea, of New lUmpalUra Will tl I tl- oeaa appointment BRITISH HOT TO BLAME FDR SINKING OF I S. STEAMERS Waahlngton, March Commander Qhorard's supplementary report on tha sinking of tha American cotton steamers Carlo and Evelyn In the North sea, received from Berlin, says: "Both boats sunk by mines; no falsa directions given by tha British. Boats simply ran on mine fields." It had bean said tfta ships ware off courses furnished by tha German authorities and were following routes gtvn by British officials. minstrel In America, died lust night at a hospital in Baltimore, following an operation for stomach trouble, of which the minstrel had been suffering for sometime. Evans left his troupe at Birmingham several days ago and went to a hospital in Baltimore for an operation, which failed to give him relief. George Evans was a native of Wales and came to the United States when a child. He early developed dramatic talents and after appearing In ama teur performances around New York for several years he went into vaude ville, doing a blackface turn. In a short time he was able to command a salary of $1,600 a week on tha stage and about this time George Cohan plckrd him up and started him out with the "Honey Boy" Evans min strels. That was about eight years ago and Evans continued to climb In his profession until he seomed to hnve reached tha senlth of his fame last year. Since then ill health has been upon him and he gradually went down until death oama last night. He was without a doubt the great est blackface monologulst In the United States and was greeted wlrh crowded houses wherever he appear ed. On his last trip to this city, sev eral months ago, he announced his Intentions of returning here this sum mer and spending the season fn AshevllVe, where he hoped to regain his fast falling health. that I could say more with propriety." IS Ivondon, March 6 According to the Dally Express, it Is reported that the Dutch Steamer Noorderdllk which wss returning to Rotter dam with broken machinery after hav ing sailed for the 1'nlted States, has been torpedoed In the English channel. The Noorderdllk. a Holland-Amerl' can line freighter, sailed from Rotter, dam March 2 for New Yiork, Baltl-( more and Newport News. She wasj reported turning back Thursday for Rotterdam while off the Isle of Wight for repairs to her machinery. There have been suggestion of an ex pedition under the auspices of th9 various nations interested to go to 1 iviexica, v.iiy wir int. pui jjump wi iohot lng the foreign residents there. AH merchants who closed their stores have been ordered to re-open Three hundred of them. Mexicans, have been imprisoned The popula tion is in terror since Obregon has announced he will not. prevent looting or pillaging for food or money. . Italian ambassadors have given the state department pessimistic reports of the situation, which corresponded to renorts nlrendv received. The for eign diplomats suggested no solution. Freight sen-ice is suspended ie- IWffll -J-'" ". " 11V Him T-lfl vi ua, and transportalon facilities for re lief purposes are being withheld b" General Oliregon on the ground of milltarv necessity. t T- !.. H' 11 ....... H4..t..A.4 n nil t IfWIIIlMH niipii'll mtuniu vi tin the facts Into yesterday. Talk of an allied expedition similar to the one that went to the relief if . foreign l(giilnns at Peking durlns th Boxer uprising was heard again In official ouarters. All sorts of wild rumors are aflont In Mexico City, due to Obregon's In cendiary utterances In newspapers in-. tervlows, virtually sanctioning plunder for food. General Carranza has bee.il to Intsruct General Obregon to tako " some measures to protect the live and tirnncrtv of foreigners. The peonl' fenr the water supnly tnnv he shut off and the electric liirht cables cut. The three hundred merchants Im prisoned were reported to have ap pealed to Obregon for relief from a heavy tax he had imposed. Secre tary Hryan said that so far as the stnto department had been advlHed. all tha Mexican priests arrested for failure to contribute funds demanded by Obre-. gon still were In prison. The International relief committee, which raised about 2r.0,000 pesos, wni not permitted to aid the por, ac cording to official dispatches, because General Obregon declined to accept funds restricted to any definite use. Obregon's latest decree provides that all merchants not noly must open : their places of business under threat' of pun'shment, but that any person refusing to accept Carranza flat money will be Imprisoned. stHKtK'.ttstttXtt X REPORT O.X SEIZURE. X X X X Braet, Franca March the X X formal report on tha aalaure of CASE BEFORE REFEREE OUDOER CLOSES MONDAY x x X X X X X nxxxxjtxxxxxxxxxxxxx X tha United Btates steamer Dacla, X drawn up by Chief Naval Com X mlsalonar La Moyne has been for- X warded to tha prlsa tribunal at X Parla The evidence In tha case of ' the Citizens Lumber company against O. (', Mills aur Annla Mosneller, which P.eferea Vonno Uudger has been hear !:.g for aoveral duya, has been fmlxhed and tha arguments In tha cSme have been sol for next Monday at 10 o'clock. Following tha arguments Mr. Oudger will make his report to Superior court Tha plaintiffs are asking judgment for about 11.300, claiming that lumber and material had been furnished the plaintiffs to build houses on Pin Grove avenua, which had never beu paid tor. ILLE AFFECTED BY STORM Special to The Oaaette-News. Henderaonvllle. March This sec tion ia In tha grip of severe sleet storm which began Thursday night as a result or which fruit trees and for ests are being stripped of their branch as and uprooted under tha heavy load of lea. Telephones and electric light lines ara broken and the city was in darkness last night JUNIOR Bffi CLASS : HAS FGBMAL ELECTION The Junior Boraca class of tha First Presbyterian Sabbath school laat night, held an enthusiastic meeting, 1 mem--bers being present and alx new mem-) hers being added to the class roll. Thai following officers were elected: James, Wood, president; Sidney Petrte, vice-1 president; Robert Tumbull, secretary, and treasurer: Hepry Whiting, assls-l tant secretary and treasurer; John. Jones prese reporter. Reports of tha retiring officers showed that tha cla has had a successful year. Following the election, tha class dis-J cnssd current events; and later, ro-i frfshments ware aerved. THREE PERSONS ARE MISSINS IN A FIRE IT MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis, Minn., March I. Three guests of tha Astoria and tha Kranklln. small hotels, damaged by flra this morning ara missing. Ona other (uaat was fatally bursed A FUNERAL OF C. M. MILLS WILL BE IIELD MONDAY Tha funeral of C. M. Mills, aged M year, who died at his residence at ( Btarnee avenu. yesterday will bs hM ! Monday morning at ths St. lwren Catholic church. Tha servicea will be conducted by Father Marlon,
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