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THB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE iSCOCIATKD PHJCS8 SERVICE. IT 18 IN EVERT tl RESPECT COMPLETE. 11 mm ' WEATHER FORECAST: FAIR AND COLD. VOLUME XX. NO. 29. BIG MA COMMISSION FORM New Charter Adopted By Over To One Vote. PRIMARY ELECT ION Change Approved By Greater Pon portion of People Than Ad vocates Hoped For. Asheville has adopted com mission government. Jn yes terday's election the new plan for municipal administration swept the city by a vote , of more than two to one, every precinct rolling up a substan tial majority for the bill, and iwhen the votes were counted last night, out of a total of 3608 votes cast, 1,150 bore the hrord 'for,' and 485 'against,' making a majority of 692 for the bill. I The voting in the early lours was heavy, and the sup porters of commission plan se cured a lead before' noon that the opposition, which did not lose hope until late in the day, was unable to overcome. The rain, sleet and snow was unfav orable to a large votej as was also the absence of the 50 odd candidates, who in general elec tions, seek office at the hands of the people and persuade vot ers by all the means known to politics. However, there was no scarcity of campaign work ers. Both friends and oppon ents of the measure appeared early at the voting places, and did not leave until the election officials declared that accord ing to the weather bureau's es timates the sun had set and the polls must be closed. Before 8 o'clock the ballots had been nnmicu ana the result an. nounood. Those who were indifferent alout voting, on account of the leather, or because they were still undecided which ballot to use, wore sought out by work ers and taken to the voting booths in carrias-ps or Antomn- 0 files. The course of the con test was kept up with very ac curately throughout the day by ifieans of copies of the registra tion books prepared for each filk, and because some worker eould jn nearly every case tell iow the vote was cast. Most the voters put in the narrow nps of paper without folding thorn. pr.v few challenges were "Jo in the election; and the contest was carried on bv both e'aes in good humor and with a entire absence of bitterness. At noon today the board of Waermtn will meet to canvass election results and declare official figure,,. Oa April 26, a primary will ' hclJ for the nomination of jee candidates for the ofTices ' 1 the three commissioners fco ill have sole executive Mnontru.. city adminis. JORITYOB for Asheville Two APRIL 26; ON MAY 4 tration. From the 'two' high est candidates for each office the people will elect the com missioners on May 4. Yesterday's vote by pre cincts follows: Precinct For 108 128 276 237 163 238 Against 74 57 106 89 63 69 First . . Second Third .; Fourth Fifth . . Sixth ., Totals ........ 1,150 458 : Majority ..... 692 Marcus Erwin, one of the mana gers of the campaign In favor of com mission government, being asked by a Gazette-News reporter this mornm to express himself on the results of the election, made th following state ment: ' ''Of course the managers of the commission government camn.ilim were gratified with the large major- lty the proposition received. It proves conclusively to my mind that the peo pie at large and not any particular subdivision or clique were behind the measure. "I trust those men best equipped and by wisdom and judgment quali fied to conduct the city's affairs may be chosen in the coming primary election. The success or failure of the project rests upon the men chosen to try It out. "The friends who worked with the managers of the commission side and the citizens generally showed true patriotism and unselfish. Interest in our work for the adoption of the meas ure, and to no man or set or men can be given any particular credit for the results." HUM. CI HI ON Boys Are Securing a Large Number of New Members for Association. roe noys or tn y. M. c A. are doing some hard campaigning In the membership contest which Is in prog ress this week and while the results o for are not extraordinary, the boy nave secured a large number of mem bershlpa which they will turn !n by Saturday night The boys who have become members during the campaign tgn up for places In the baseball leagues as soon as their applications aro turned tn and a number have al ready signed the contracts. On next Monday night, the captains of the baseball teams will be announced and on Wednesday night, the line-ups of the various teams will be selected. There will be a total of 10 teams tn the four leagues this summer and the league races will open about April J. The association ts now having some baseballs made for th eboy and thane balls will be the same as the offlolnl league balls with the exception that they will be smaller In size. The standing In the membership contest up to last night follows: In the con test for older boys, Jordsn led with a total of 21 points; J. Campbell was second with 16 points and C. Brown was third with 12 points. The points snored by the younger boys follows: W. Lm, 1: A. Davis, 64; H. Foster, 30; B, nosers, 20; 8. Webb, 20; J. Harris, 6, and B. Bourne, C. Two Cases In Juvenile Court Canes against Bangor Wright and Walter Taylor, white boysf are the only ones on the docket or Juvenile court,, which, will meet thl after noon. The boye are cnargea wnn as saulting each ether. i . ' --.i. V . : : JtL ASHEVILLE, N. 0, FOR IP. T So Attorney General Gregory Tells Counsel for The Sun Publishing Company. Washington. March W1. Attnrnev General Gregory in a letter addressed to James M. Beck, counsel for the Sun Publishing company of New York. told Mr.; Beck there was no ground for action by the company against the Associated Press under the anti-trust laws. The letter dated March 12, was made public today. In the latter the attorney general refers to the organi zation as an association under the membership corporations law of New York and its objects. He quoted from the by-laws na to eligibility of members, the require ments for election to membership, the manner in which the organization is maintained, of gathering news and its distribution. v MEETING TO BE IN WEST ASHEVILLE Citizens Tomorrow Night Will Decide as to Asking for School Election. The citizens of West Asheville, who are In favor of voting a bond Issue for the purpose of erecting new' school , buildings . Vn hold a mass meeting tomorrow nie-ht at 8 o'clock, at which time the matter of asking the board of county com i missloners to call an election for the i PurPosn of allowing the citizens to vote $35.00 school bonds will be de elded. It was stated today that the citizens would either decide tomor row night to ask the board to call the election or drop the entire matter for the time being. It was first decided by the citizens, in a mass meeting held several weeks ago. to ask the board to allow the or me matter It was icii ujr many that the sum would not be sufficient sufficient and $35,000 was mentioned 135,000 was mentioned. T 4. . 1 l . i io mo pian now to nave one central school building In that sec tion of the town nearest the river. which will cost about $25,000 and to build a smaller school near the other ena or me town. If the citizens tomorrow night de cide to ask the board of county com missioners .to call a special school election, they will appear before-the board on next Monday. It is also mougnt mat several citizens of the town who are opposed to the bond is sue will appear before the board and argue against the calling or the elec tion. ITALIAN FORGES ROUT REBELS NEAR 6CADIA Rome, March 17. An Italian pu nitive expedition sent out from Ben Jaza under Colonel Paiola has dis persed strong forces of rebels near Bcadla after hard fighting. The In surgents lost 100 In killed and many wounded. The Italian losses were 40 killed and 45 wounded. The expedition from nenjaza. the capital of one of the administrative districts of Tripoli was sent tn con nection with an expedition from Cy renalca to put down a rebellion of natives reported to be of considerable proportions. T FITZSIMS Tl 1 UBS. TEH SLUOUI Newark, N. J., March 17. Robert Fltzslmmons, former heavyweight dii- glllstlo champion, today applied for license to marry Mrs. Temnx Klmonln. divorced wife of Henry Hlmonln of Portland, Oregon. As Fltzslmmons did have the certificate of his own divorce, he waa refused license. He 111 apply again later. Ml do Hmtvprr down X'p. Paris, March 17. A British mine sweeper waa blown up In the Darda nelles with the Ins of several lives by the explosion of a mine which was being removed from the strait, says a Central dlspatoh from Athene. GROUNDS AGAINST WEDNESffiTERNOON, IREfilj? IBE.flSH PUT DN ITALY Both Teutonic Allies and En tente Powers Increase Ef forts to Gain the Sup. ; port of Italy. QUESTION OF AUSTRIAN CONCESSION IS VITAL What Austria Would Give up ' Insignificant Compared to - i Territorial Concessions Italy Demanded. Rome, March 16. fvia n,i.... Switzerland, March 17.) Political pressure upon Italy to pledge its fu ture course either to the empires of central Europe or the allies has been augmenting for some time and i now believed to have ahnnt its climax. . ' According to thoroughly reliahlA sources Prince von Buelow, German ambassador, has given formal assur ances that Germany will be able to overcome Austria's resistance and in duce Vienna to concede to Italy's ter ritorial concessions demanded, to gether with a lree hand in southern Albania. In addition, the central em pires would further Italy's ambitions In the eastern Mediterranean. The German diplomat also pointed out that the marine supremacy of Great Britain and France would have the effect of crushing Italy. Representatives of the allies have presented the matter in quite a dif ferent light They have declared that the defeat of Germany and Austria Hungary was Inevitable, even with out the participation of Italy. In case Italy refrained from taking Dart aha would receive nothing from the Allien when 8ettlemirn AT A TYinHa Than that ,t.own,.wl'lUdvance Um ''further argonnAit- that witn the conclusion of peace, or shortly thereafter, the separation of Hungary from Austria was to be ex pected. This would lead to the ab sorption of the Austrian provinces of German nationality by Germany and the consequent extension of German domination to Triest, which thus would forever be lost to Italy. In ad dition Italy would be forced to aban don Avonla and the Aegean islands. What is believed in high quarters to' be an authoritative ontlina nt taw's territor al Z fl. S i a l v en-a thin inAitA ... . " 71 u " . lo ue '"" lnlormM Persons can see no llKennood or an nrilnut. ment. Roughly speaking, Italy wants a sweep of territory north and east which would extend her boundary around the northern end of the Adri atic sea as far south as Flume, on the eastern coast. That would include the Austrian naval base at Pola, and the provinces of Trent and Trieste. Concessions which Austria is believed to bo willing to make are Insignificant, as compared with the demands. It is regarded as probable that, un der pressure from Germany, the ne gotiations may be extended, and Aus tria may be Induced to grant larger concessions, but the belief In respon sible quarters is that the extreme Aus trian concessions would be Insufficient to satisfy Italy. Italy's demands as outlined yester day are set forth as follows: To the north, she desires the entire province of Trent, bringing her frontier to Venosta, and Including the districts of Reverto, Trent, Bozen, Meran, liresa none and Hruneck; to the east, she wants to extend her frontier to the Julian Alp, including the province of Gorltz and Istrla, with the districts of Tolmeln, Gorttz, Triest, Pola and Fleume. nesldcs she wants th eDal matlon Islands, especially Veglla, Cherso, Lunga, Brazza, Leslna, Cur zola, Meled and Llssa. The only ratification of the fron tier, which, according to this Informa tion, Austria Is willing to grant Is cession of territory which would give to Italy possession of Lake Garda, with the town of Rlva and the val- leys of the Chlese and Adtge rivers, Incudlng the towns of Roverto and Tlone, but excluding Trent and to the east, the valley of the Isonzo river. Including Oradlaca, but excluding Oorltx. UNION OF BARACA AND PHILATHEAS TO MEET The regular monthly meeting of the Baraca and Phllathea City Union will be held tomorrow night at o'clock at the Methodist Protestant church, corner Hillside atreot and Merrlmnn avenue. Besides the regular business to come before the union a president i and vice-president will be elected at the meeting tomorrow night It Is urged that all classes In (he city eend delegates to this meeting. Reveral talks will be made and re- freahmanta will ha .w.il 1 1 i 1 -" , UI1VW1I the business meeting. , r ; ; MARCH 17, 1915. SHIPS Steamers Atlanta and Singal Torpedoed by German Sub marine, British Admir alty Announces. SIX OF CREW OF ONE STEAMER LOST LIVES Atlanta Succeeds in Reaching Harbor Mine-Sweeper Is Blown up Operating in the Dardanelles. London, March 17. Tho R-iffcV, steamers Atlanta and Singal have been torpedoed. The text of the report an nouncing the torpedoing of the vessels is as follows: "The British steamer Atlanta nf r.11 tons, owned bv Mosn t j Hutchison of Glasgow, was torpedoed by a German submarine off Innish kurk on the west coast of Galway island about noon on March 14. The members of the crew were landed at Tnnishkurk, where the vessel is now in harbor. ' The signal of 1562 gross tons (661 tons net), owned by the London and Kdinborough Shipping company of Lelth, was torpedoed and sunk at 10:50 o'clock March 15 off the North umberland coast. Twenty-one mem bers of the crew were landed at North Shields, but six lives are reported lost including that chief mate and the stewardess. Tho Slnpral was built in 1894 and was 280 feet long. INSPECTION OF LOCAL THIS WEEK Companies F and K and Band Will Be Inspected by Army Officer. The members of companies F and K of the North Carolina National guard have been holding drills for some time past in preparation for the annual Inspection which will take place Thursday and Friday nights of Hit week. Under Captain Sharpe of tho United States army, the two com panies put In several nights of strenu ous preparation last week and will utilize each night of this week, un to the time of the Inspection, to bring their organization up to a top-notch condition for the Inspection. The inspection of the two local com panies and the First Regiment hand will be held under the super,nion of Captain Russell Langdon of the United States army who will represent the Federal government and Colonel Thomas Strlngfleld, who will be the state representative. Company K has as Its officers: Captain C. I. Bard, First Lieutenant D. E. Penland and second Lieutenant J. II. Koon, and company F Is led by Captain Car) If. Felmet, First Lieutenant Ed. and Second Lieutenant Walter Watts. Bandmaster Ed. Woodard Is the com manding officer of the First Regiment band. Company K will be Inspected tomorrow night and company F and the First Regiment band will be In spected Friday night In a communication from Adjutant Oiiersl lAwrence W. Young to Cap tain Bard of company K, notice Is given that all the men of each com pany will be required to stand the In spection and that all who fall to report for the Inspection will Jbt, subject to a fine ranging from onf to fifty dollars with the possibilities of a court mar tial. The only excuse which will be accepted from the men for non-attendance will be that of Illness or the illness or members of their Immediate family. During several past Inspeo tlona, members have absented them selves without punishment but euch will not be the caas this year, accord ing to the announcement The men who fall to attend the In specllon through lliness will be com pelled to show a ecrtlfl'jiti, frnm a physician certifying to their condition. This year the government will pay the state only for the men In line while previously the slste ha been paid for the total number of enlisted men. It Is further announced that all commissioned officers who failed to stand the Inspection with the sanitary troops will be required to be present at the coming Inspections. Tho men of thont.il commnnrl. as hss been stated, have been putting In some very strenuous drills and have practically maatered th recent chanees which wr made In th man ual iMuert by the Unltec" Plate war department As the rating of the local cumpaule will be mndo on their abil ity to execute these change, th com manders are all confident that their troop will attain a high standing. m iip PIVOTAL AREAS ON EA CH FRONT I TO TRAIN IN PA. Major Cleminger Has Received Invitation for Encamp ment in July. Major Francis J. Clemenger com mander of Field Hospital corps, No. 1 of the North Carolina national guard, has received an official com munication from . Adutant General Lawrence W. Young extending to the local corps the privilege c " at tending the oint camp for field hos pital corps and ambulance companies of the national organized militia, which is to be held this summer at Tobyhama, Pa. The invitation was extended through the adjutant gener al by direction of Governor nrkn Craig who is the commander-in-chief or tne militia of the state. The Invi tation nas been extended to all the commanders of the ninth district of the national guard comprising the militias in the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia, Alabama and Florida. In the communication to Maior t-iemenger, it is stated that the en tire equipment of the corps during its attendance at the national camp willl be furnished by the regular army and that the full personnel of Field Hospital No. 1, will be Included In the maneuvers. The dates for the at tendance of the organizations have been left optional with the di5ion commanders and it was decided that the Asheville corps would attend at a 10 daysL period during the month of July. The entire expense of the maneuver will be borne by the na tional government and will not come out of the state funds as is ordinarily the custom in the militia encamp ments each yer. It will be necessary for each mem ber of the local corps to be In attend ance tit eveiy drill to be held be tween the receipt of the Invitation and the period chosen for the camp in order for them to qualify for the trip to the national encampment. The equipment of Field Hospital No. 1 consists of eight transports, 21 hospital tents, together with surgical and hospital parpheanalia amounting 10 a weignt of 30.00 pounds. As the order for the encampment states that none of the equipment need be tak en but will be furnished by the reg ular army at the place of the camp, It Is with great relief that the local commander learned that the vast ar ray of equipment would not have to be transported with the corps. The last annual inspection of the hospital corps here, which was held Marcn 11, by Major H. A. Page of Atlanta, the regular army officer de tailed for the work, showed tht the condition of the equipment and the efficiency of the members was the best of any similar organization In the south. The Inspection of Major Page was highly complimentary in every sense of the word. Through the efforts of Adjutant General Young, the equipment here is fully as com plete as that furnished In the regu lar army and the funds for the stocking of the local corps has come from the government funds and has not been taken from the state funds which are provided to this end. The invitation to attend this en campment has also been extended to the ambulance corps at Canton but no Information has been given out by the commander there regarding Its attendance. Maior Clemenger will be one of the six medical officers of the na tional guard to attend the service school of the line which Is to be held at Fort Leavenworth for 60 days, starting April 1. T REHEARING AS TO RATES Four Companies Declare Ex isting Rates Have Been Disastrous. Wshlngton, March 17. Represen tatlve of the American, the Adams, the Southern and the Well Fargo Ex press companies have asked leave of the Interstate commerce commission to file a petition for a re-hearlng In the express rate esse. They declare that the low rate In force, prescribed by th commission have been disas trous. JOSEPH P.-JOHNSTON IS APPOINTED JUDGE Whlnton, March 17. Prenident Wilson today gave a reresa appoint ment to Joseph P. Johnston of Spar tanburg. H, C, aa federal Judre of the western district of South Carolina. The district was created during fhe closing day of th last congres. HOSPITA CORPS PRICE FIVE CENTS Struggles Around Neuvo Chap. pelle and St. Elvi in West, Przasnysz and Przemysl in East Important RESULTS MAY AFFECT FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS No Confirmation of the Report That British Cruiser Has Penetrated Narrows of the Dardanelles. London, March 17. Neuvo Chappelle and St. Eloi in the west and Przasnysz and Przem ysl in the east are pivots in the battle areas in which struggles may mark milestones in the en gagements now being fought. The outcome of the fighting arUnd NeUVO Chappelle, from wi,;. ,i, ti T ... , , , 1UtU tlle -trltlSll had priVen the Germans with a loss of nearly 20,000 men, should prove, in the opinion of Brit ish observers, whether the Ger mans may mass men and re trieve ground lost by the same battering tactics which they used last year. On the other hand if the British can hold the positions wont.it should go far toward attesting what may be expected in the general ad vance in the spring. The outcome of the battles at Przasnysz should demon strate wither Von Hinden burg has again failed and vir tually nullified all hi,s costly ef forts to reach AVarsaw. In the south the Austriana are again trying what they have tried many times before the relief of the besieged fortress of Przemysl, according , to dispatches. Petrograd' a latest official dispatches claim that the Austrians have not advanced in the Carpathians, that their efforts have definite ly fallen short, being checked in the center at Smolnsk, south of Ludowiska. In the mean time the Russians are closing in their lines around Przemysl. London has received no con firmation of the report that the British cruiser Amethyst had penetrated the narrows of the Dardanelles as far as Nagera, and unless the destruction of Al-i .t! 1 i iie ions nas neen more rapid than official reports have indi cated, such a success is re garded as unlikely. YHinnrt Again Bombarded. Paris. March 17. The enemy has pgaln seriously bombarded Nleuport this time using 16-Inch howitzers, says an undated message from the Petit Parislen's wr correspondent. "Thirty shells fell In the town. blowing enormous hole and demol ishing several buildings. No one waa hurt, however," he continue. "The Belgian troop are profiting by the slight recession of the water In the district they ocupy and have carried two advance positions first on the Kloosterkoek farm and second a line of trenches on the road from Pervyse to Schoorbakke. "Warship and monitor vigorously bombarded Wentende. The Germans replied feebly but the fire hsd no effect. Torpedo boat destroyer pro tected the ship from attack by sub marines. "The fire against the shore posi tion wii directed by aeronaut." Meet Merely Itamonsiratlng. Constantinople, March 17.- Only unimportant operation are being un dertaken by the allied fleet operating- In the Dardsnelles, during the ps-t few days. The activity of the war ship I limited to demonstratlnna end two new attempt were mane Iv rrnlsera an1 llaolrnvaira tn Briiironr-H the outer fortification snd to rlmr ' the channel of mine. Th ettrmMi re reported to hare bn futile t -caui of the frctv fire from V foru,, , , V
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