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Jfcfc. THB) QAZETTE-NEWB HAS THB jLECOCIATED PRICS8 BERVICB. IT IB IN EVERY :: RESPECT COMPLETE, st LAST EDITION w. WEATHER FORECAST: FAIR TOMORROW VOLUME XX. NO. 32. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATJI Y AFTERNOON MARCH 20, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 if . ..' VV WM r A. W V WARSHIPS SUNK 6? TORPEDOES? Turkish Statement Says Two I British Vessels and One ! French Ship in Darde f nelles Torpedoed. ALLIES CONTEND THEY ! WERE SUNK BY MINES Turkish Report Declares Hard Seven Hours Fight Ended Successfully for Turks Little Damage. LARGEST COTTON CROP IN 1914 Figures Given Out Today Show That Last Year's Crop Was Greatest. TREASURER HAS BOOKS AUDITED Expert Accountants Are Again Going Over Mr. Lacy's Ac counts at Request of Treasurer Himself. Constantinople, March 20. An official statement issued by the'Turk ish army headquarters says that the sinking of British and French war ships in the Dari ' aelles Thursday was due to tori. . .". ,a and adds that seven hours of ho U fighting ended in success lor the Turkish forts; and that beyond slight damage to the earthworks there was no damage to the fortifications. Washington, March, 20 The great est cotton crop ever produced In the United States was raised in 1914. The census bureau's statistics issued to day giving the final ginning figures officially placed the 1914 crop as the record with 16,102,143 bales of BOO pounds each. That is 409,442 equiv alent 500 pound bales of 204,721,000 nnnnil. mnra than una nrnrlupori In the great crop of 1911. Running i Treasurer Denied Accounting UHiea averaging dvm.s puunufl, iiie 10 FINDING OF NEW YORK AUDIT CO. DISPUTED ELEG i .Jll OFFICERS ARE -::',:JEDJlfALOERMEN City School Accounts to Be Audited Streets to Be Paved. BLUES LAGilE P 1 MATER1 tal crop being 15,873,002. The statis tics included 121,451 bales estimated to be turned out after the March canvass. Round bales included 57,618 bales; sea island 81,598 bales. The gins op erated were 24,522 . The linter cotton not included totalled 772,270 running hales are 791,464 equivalent 500 pound bales. The production by states follows: Alabama, 1,750,281; Arkansas, 1, 015,674; Florida, 80,963; Georgia, 2,- 713,470; Louisiana 447,861; Mississip pi, 1,244,703; Missouri, 81,587; North Carolina, 925,233; Oklahoma, 1,261,- 350; South Carolina, 1,524,595; Ten nessee, 382,431; Texas, 4,584,933 Virginia, 25,182. All other states 63,880. of Company and Attacked Character of Some of Men Who Made It. The British and French admiral ties announced that the British bat tleships, Irresistible and Ocean and the French battleship Bouvet had been sunk in the Dardanelles by mine. Admiralty Statement. London, March 20. The admiralty last night gave out the following statement regarding operations at the Dardanelles: An account of the operations at the Dardanelles on the 18th of March; Mine sweeping having been in progress during the last ten days In side the straits, a general attack was delivered by he British and French ileets yesterday (Thursday) morning, upon the fortresses at the Narrows. At 10:45 a. m., the Queen Elizabeth, Inflexible, Agamemnon and Lord Nel son bombarded forts J., L., T., U. and V. while the Triumph and Prince George fired at batteries F., E., and H, A heavy fire was opened on the ships from howitzers and field guns. "At 12:22 o'clock the French squad ron, consisting of the Suffren, Gaulois, Charlemagne and Bouvet, advanced up the Dardanelles and engaged the forts at closer range. Forts J., U., F. and E. replied strongly. Their fire was silenced by the ten battleships inside the straits, all the ships be ing hit several times during this part of the action. "By 1:25 p. ra. all the forts had ceased firing, the Vengeance, Irresis tible, Albion, Ocean, Swlftsure and Majestic then advanced to relieve the six old battleships Inside the straits. "As the French ' squadron, which hud engaged the forts in a brilliant fashion, while passing out, the Bou vet was blown up by a drifting mine. She sank In several fathoms north of Krenkeul village In less than three minutes. "At 2:36 p. m. the relief battle ships renewed the attack on the forts, which again opened fire. The attack on the forts was maintained while the operations of the mine-sweepers continued. "At 4:09 p. m. the Irresistible quit the line, listing heavily, and at 6:60 i o'clock sank, probably having struck i a drifting mine. At 6:05 o'clock the Ocean, also having struck a mine, ank. Both the vessels sank in deep 1 water, virtually the whole of their crews having been removed safely under a hot fire. "The Gaulois was damaged by gun fir. The Inflexibl ehad forward con trol position hit by a heavy shell and requires repairs. "The bombardment of the forts and ithe wine-sweeping operations terml nated when darkness fell. The dam jage to the forts, effected by the pro- longed direct fire of the powerful I forces employed cannot be estimated fvt and further rewort will follow, me losses of th ships was caused by mines drifting with the .current, wnicn were encountered In areas hitherto swept cear, and this danger win require special treatment. TTie British casualties were not i heavy, considering the scale of the opemions, but virtually the whole of ine crew of the Bouvet were lost with I the ship, an Internal explosion appar- j (ntl yhavlng supervened on the ex- momon or the mine. The Queen and Implacable, "which hsv been despatched from England fto replace the ship losses 1 nantlcl Pation of disaster to Its original Wrength. The operations are contin uing wit the naval and military porcej available on the spot. BE PROHIBITION DAY Superintendent Davis in Let ter to Ministers of State Asks for Prayers. V. T. Bost.) Ralegh, March 20. In the state treasurer's office, expert accountants are again going over the books at the request of the treasurer to make ad ditional examination of the original audit of experts who cannot account for the figures of the American Audit company of ew York. The audit of the New York compa ny formed the basis of a report to Governor Craig and to the general as sembly by the board of internal im provements which stirred Treasurer Lacy to a public statement before the finance committees of the general as sembly. In that report he denied the accounting of the American Audit company and attacked the character of some of the men who made It. The American Audit company stood pat and reiterated its figures. - Near the close of the legislature Mr. Lacy made request of Governor Craig for a second accounting along with representatives of the New York company and declared to the gover nor that continued statements in the papers were doing him an injustice. The New York company has not sent its men here tp. date, but the treasurer is having his side of the controvwn Matters pertaining to paving of sev eral streets in the city; the election of Judges, and registrars for the pri mary and election soon to be held here, and the order for the auditing of. the city school accounts by the city clerk, occupied most of the time of the board of aldermen at the, week ly session or tne body, which was held last night. Judge lieorge A. Shuford appeared before the board and requested that the city Bchool accounts be audited, explaining that this had not been done for about two years. Judge Shuford Is. a member of the city school board. The board ordered that City Clerk Frank Conder audit the accounts next week. In the discussions as to the paving and repairing of several of the city streets, the board ordered that the paving of " Phlfer street be held up, pending the securing of a right-of- way by the city. The street will be This With Germany's repar- edness One of the Heaviest Handicaps Entente Powers Have. ALLIES MAKING UP LEEWAY VERY FAST Stegler's Attorney Accuses Man He Says Is Immune Client's Sentence Light. DECLARE U. S. II lllRnlirn IRnRM New York, March 20. A repre sentative of the German government in this country, "who, on account of his position, is Immune from arrest," was described In the Federal court here yesterday as the arch-conspira tor, in the plot to obtain a false American passport for Richard P. Stegier, a German naval reservist. The accusation was made by Charles H. Griffiths, Stegler's coun sel, in asking for a light sentence for his client, after he had plead guilty. 8tegler received sixty days in Jail. His two fellow conspirators Richard Madden and Gustave Cook who Thursday were convicted by a Jury! largely on Stegler's testimony, were ! sentenced to ten months each. "Stegier Is not the instigator of i this conspiracy," Griffiths told the court. "He is not the arch-consplra- ence of the Associated Press) The!tor- Having lost his position in an Times military correspondent admits ! fprtin? house Stegier went to a . , , I representative of his government here luav JMiKianu, riauce auu to see if he could huln him ,,t Im Dispatches Taken as Exagger ation of Fact U. S. Inquired About Japan's De mands, However. Before Long Will Be Able to Bring Into Play Large Nu merical Preponderance, Says Correspondent. PREDICED JAPAN CAN SATISFY AMERICA Agreement Between Two Coun. tries by Which America Has Right to Inquire i Into China's Affairs. paved from French Broad avenue to jare still short of . much necessary war I TheVe pah was suea t .,. Southeside avenue. It was ' annocea i material, and that Germany's pre-to get a passport to Englan(J , Limi v""" nou . iwwi wi i uareuness . in tnis resDect nas oeeu -,. . .. . . thff -paving, of -Valley-, street, from j one of the heaviest handicaps that tnk ,. College ta, Biltmore avenue. the allies have had to contend with. mPn,latfnn Vn w. , tt. "The result of this war depends jstates to firms In England to carry At the request of Marcus Krwin, who appeared in behalf of troop B, cavalry, the board ordered that the I great Conflict . in history," adds the special license on . carnivals be re- j correspondent, "The entente powers mined.. The troop will soon bring to were all short of material when the war began, but they are making up '.1, for the benefit of From the State Anti-Saloon Idague headquarters ' copies' of the antWug-psfrisngthened by additional work." The this city a earn' the troop. The .' following- were appointed by the board as officers for the ap proaching primary and election: First . precinct Registrar, John W. Davis; Judges, W. M. McDowell and II. C Clark. Second precinct Registrar, George D. Kerr; Judges, W. W. West and A. A. Paul; v Third , precinct Registrar, C . M . Williams; Judges, H. B. Carter and Sam Waldrop. , Fourth precinct Registrar, G. H. Grindstaff; Judges, J. B. Anderson and V.' .. Gudger. ' FtfJl r precinct Registrar, George leeway very fast. Before long their out the scheme. There was where the money came from $200 in all out Of which he paid Madden and Cook." Stegier, the attorney continued, was ready Wgo, but wanted written assurances that In case he met death h t it it t t n n m - H HOLLAND rnOTESTS? JJ London, March 20 The N'tn- iJ Unds, according I? Iceuter H J diPtch from The Hague; has 2 nt to Great Britain and France H J Protest Sgalnst the blockade of X 2 U"rmsny. at passed by the last legislature are being sent -out to preachers of the state. Accompanying eachj copy or the act Is a letter from Superintend ent R. . Davis calling upon the va rious pastors to set aside Sunday, March 28, to give thanks for the vic tory. The letter is as follows; "Dear Brother: Although tne general assembly did not grant the iaw to- prohibit the delivery of liquor for beverage purposes, as asked for by the moral, and church forces of the state, we were successful In get ting through some very helpful and needful legislation. The battle was a warm one and a victorious one for the temperance forces. I believe all legislation would have been defeated by the senate but for the active and immediate support given us oy me church and pastors throughout the state, for which I desire to thank you. When you read the enclosed laws I am sure you will agree witn me that we have made a long stride forward. "We have already served notice that this battle will continue until we have prohibited the receipt of liquor in this state, and the worn Will go on until the last blockade distillery Is destroyed and national prohibition Is enacted: and I ask your constant ana continued support and the support of vour church that the Anti-Saloon league may carry forward this desir able program, I feel that a aay snoum db sei apart to give thanks to God for the victory we have won, and after ad- vlslnir with our central committee. we ask that on Sunday, March zs, the laBt Sunday before the law be comes effective, you take a few mm utes to tell your congregation some thing about these three laws, and then In prayer, give thanks to God for the victory, We also request that you give your people .an opportunity of mak ing a qftsh contribution to help wipe out our Indebtedness of 'IS55.83. am sure that there are some mem hers in every congregation who would like to contribute 25 cents, 50 cents or $1 for this purpose, end we want them to have the opportunity. "Yours for extermination of the beverage liquor traffic."' GASKET COMPANY III OPEN AGAIN MONDAY The National Casket company x- Jects to resume operations Monday momlnr. the Plant having suspenaeo work about ton days ago. The mll here supplies partly finished material to the northern and eastern branches of the company; and the temporary closing down here ws on account of a transfer of the factory and storage plsnt from Hoboken to a new loca tion on Long Island. Officials of the concern here state that they have a large supply of orders that have accumulated during this delay, and it Is probsble that seven or eight car Insds of material will be snippea from the plant here In the same trals, at an early date. the equipment will be complete, and from iln England his wife would be pro mat moment onwara mey win ue vided for. a position to bring Into play their large numerical preponderance . "For only a short time more, they have to stand on the defensive, hold ing their armies on the defensive and shunning adventures for which this it not the moment. The .hour for the offensive will come, but it has not come yet, and it is the greatest mis take in the world to display impati ence and to expect to cull the truits of victory before victory is ripe." Wrote Ijctter to Self. On the charge of writing herself a re-accounting has not reached point of statement-making. This controversy will doubtless fig ure, in the next state campaign when Treasurer Lacy will have democratic opposition In the primary and re publican opponents in the general election. These figures have been used by both political factionalists. The treasurer received from the legislative committee strong indorse ment as to efficiency in his office and no feature of the special committee's report was incorporated in the legis lative recommendation except the in terest bearing balances which both houses had passed before the report of the committee was received. Governor Craig has offered a re ward for Sam Hobson, wanted in the state for the murder of Jim Mat thews. Hobson Is understood to be In West Virginia. The line-up for a city fight Is com plete now, W. A. Cooper having en tered the race to oppose Mayor John son and George F. Syme arraying himself against It. B. Sea-well. It means that the mayoralty fight will be between Mayor Johnson and Mr. Cooper, a member of the alder manio board under Mayor Johnson In the older day. Mayor Johnson, the hardest of the Raleigh administration to dislodge, looked to have had a free field, but Cooper's light will make the campaign warm. The commissioner of public works, R. B. Sea well, has only one oppon ent to date. His position calls for engineering ability and It has been harder to find somebody to oppose him. CAfiTEHBEHTHEY CASE STARTS MONDAY Tokio, March 20. Press dispatches declare that the United States has warned Japan in connection with Japan's demands on China, These reports are taken as an exaggeration of the fact that the United States re cently made inquiries concerning sev eral points of the Japanese demands. While the. foreign office declines to discuss the matter Japanese statecunen predict that their country's assurances will satisfy the United States, An. agreement was reached between Baron. Takahira, when he was minister to tho United States and Secretary of State. Root giving the United States the right to consult Japan at anyi time concern ing the status quo In the Pacific and concerning the independence of China. When Japan entered the war tho United States amicably called the at tention of Japan to theTakahira-Root agreement which provides for the maintenance of the independence ana ntegrity of China and equality of commerce in that country. Pemwtri.Judges,. O.VO, Edwards andi.jet-trohr the front, by . means of Norman Smith, Sixth precinct Registrar, E. B. Powell; Judges, K. C. Chambers and-m0nths was passed by a local police Charles G. Lee. court on a woman named Eliziiheth The following building . permits Reader, The letter purported to which she obtained nearly $100 from a charity society, a sentence of six Legislative Committee of Sev en Will Begin Investiga tion of the Charges. were granted: : G. W. Lylesi six room residence on Max street, $950. W. T. Davey, five room residence come from the husband, but the en velope containing it was. received by the husband safe In his own home from a friend in the ranks. By the on Short Starnes and Cherry streets, ; Blight change from Mr. to Mrs. the $2, H00. - woman used tho envelope to deceive Maufle T. Bledsoe, seven room res-'the Soldiers' Families Relief assocla- idence on Broadway; $2,700, G. W. Robinson,, six room resi dence, on Hollywood street $2,750. DRUGS ARE ADVANCING OWING TO BLOCKADE Carbolic Acid Is up From 12 Cents to $1.50 a Pound. tlon. The fabricated letter read: "Dear Liz: Just a few lines, hop ing you are better, also the dear children. I am fairly well myself, only my hand Is rather painful. "Don't you worry yourself and make yourself 111, for we must pray to God for the best, for with His help I shall come home safe and well. I hope you will get your money safe. "Don't worry if you don't hear from me for a little while, as we are going up to the firing line this aftor- noon, so pray to God to keep ma safe. If you don't hear from me soon, write to Major Walker, I will now close, as we are to get a pop at them, so tata for a while from your loving husband, W. R. Reader." Lord KMicr Religious Too. Lord Curzon'S statement In the Raleigh, March 20. Hearings on charges of Immoral conduct against Judge Frank Carter will begin here Monday before the commission ap pointed by the last legislature, lnves tlgatlng throughout the differences be tween Judge Carter and Solicitor Ab ernethy of Beaufort over the post ponement of certain cases during a recent session of the Superior court at New Berne. The investigating com mission Is composed of Representa- tives R. A. Doughton, H. T. Grier, H, R. Dunning, SI. M. C. Vann, W. P, Stacy, U H. Allred, R. S. Hutchln son. ANTI-LIQUOR SHIPPING 0 Montgomery. Ala., March 20. The Bonner antl-llquor-shipplng law re cently passed by the Alanama legisla ture has been declared unconstitution al by Judge Gaston Gunter in a de cision rendered In the city court. The law provides that no person may re ceive more than one quart of whiskey during a month and that express companies cnnot legally accept ship ments of more than that amount for delivery. A test case was Instituted by J. B, Whittle of Pensacola, Fla., who sought to have the Southern Ex press company accept a shipment of six quarts of whtakqr consigned to g p Ramer, Ala, The law went Into ef- " feet last month. The big drug houses are feeling the effect of the war in that the price of many Imported articles are mounting to lofty heights. This Is the case with carbolic acid the war began from 12 cents to $1.50 a pound. Most of this advance has been recorded In the last few weeks, owing to the stringent em- argo on exports from Germany which has developed into the present block ade by the Allies. The advance In carbolic acid Is only one example of the wide range of chemicals and chemical products af fected by the cutting off of German exports. The whole world outside of Germany and Austria Is turning to this market for supplies of coal tar prod ucts and potash derivatives usuaily furnished by Germany. Benzol has advanced from 75 cents to $4 a gallon. Sallcycllc acid has gone from 30 cents to $1.80 a pound, Renzoate of soda has advanced from 85 cents to $2. 60, a pound. Phenacetln, one of the Important coal tar deriva tives has risen from. $2.75 to $9 a pound. The potashes have also advanced to abnormal prices. Permanganate rf I.( 1 1 U .n " " ' J i I II ... . ,il'- tlcally no new supplies of muriate of potash have been received here since the latter part of January, when in ' German government suspended dl NOT PERMIT BALL CAME The scheduled baseball game be tween the teams of Asheville High school and Bingham Military school, which was to be played at Oates INSPECTION OF LOCAL MILITIA ISTiSiEt All of Local Companies Made Excellent Showing and Officers Pleased. house of lords that Lord Roberts had park this afternoon, was called off, conducted family prayers for his household for over fifty years Is sup plemented by data collected by the Church Family Newspaper regarding Lord Fisher, first sea lord and Lord Kitchener. "We learn on unimpeachable au thority," says the Journal, "that Lord Fisher mAkes a habit of going to a certain church practically every day for prayer and meditation before commencing his responsible duties. We understand also that Lord Kitch ener follows out a similar rule when ever he Is In London." SHIP LANDED TODAY SAW BATTLE RECENTLY New York, March 20. Passengers EXPRESS RATE CASES WILL BE RE-OPENEDflJ EARLY DATE Washington, March 20. The formn.1 .ho.rd- the British steamer Lspisnd ! order re-olenlng the express rate cases which reached New York from Liver- requested In petitions filed a few days cool today witnessed a battle In the go by four of the principal companies . HELEN fil ANGLE IS ACQUITTED BY JURY Found Not Guilty of Causing Death of Aged Suitor, W. R. Ballow. owing to the weather conditions and will very likely be played Tuesday afternoon. The same teams are sched uled to play Monday afternoon at the league park and It Is probable that this game will be "pulled off" if the weather is sufficiently promising at the time. Weaver college and Mars Hill were also scheduled to play this afternoon at the Weuvervllle grounds and It is thought likely that these two teams would not play. It Is understood that this contest would also take place on the coming Tuesday. Weav er and Mars lli'l are scheduled at Mars Hill on Monday und the second contest on Tuesday will probably be switched to the Weavervllle grounds. Company F, First Regiment, N. O N. G., was inspected last night b.v Captain Russell Langdon of the Unite'! States army and Colonel Thomas Stringfield of the state militia and wai given an excellent rating by the -Inspecting officers. Over 50 men wers in line last night, including the non. commissioned officers, and the entlr company with the exception of Second Lieutenant Walter Watts took part It the Inspection. The second officer wai unable to be present because of illness All the property of company F hai been arranged so that It can be east): assembled in case of emergency am the property and equipment showed i great improvement over the last In spectlon. Captain Carl Felmet has re crulted the company to Its ful strength and the members of the or ganizatlon are taking an unusual In torest In all the company doings. The First Regiment Band was In spected yesterday morning and tarn through with flying colors as did com pany K on Thursday night. The show ing of the three local branches of th state service is the best this year the It has ever been and the members the organizations can Justly be prou of their splendid reports. At the request of Captain OUv( Snyder of Bingham school. Captal langdon delivered a lecture to if students of the school this mornln, The representative of the war depar ment leaves here Monday to tnspe the company at Waynesville., COL. E. M. HOUSE HAS ARRIVED IN BERLIN Berlin, March 20. Col. E. M. House. President Wilson's personal friend reached Berlin from London today. He had a long conference with American Ambassador Gerard. He will be the ambassador' guest while In Berlin. It is generally believed that Col. House is working In the Interests of peaae. ss Irish sea between a Brltisn torpedo boat Which was escorting the Lapland and a German submarine. The Lap land crowding on all steam, fled In was Issued today by the interstnto commerce commission. The hearing will be held at a date to be designated later. Fending such hearing no a slf-Mg line from the combatants. change la rates may be made. Bridgeport. Conn., March 20, Mrs. Helen M. Angle was found not niilty of manslaughter by a Jury In criminal court here late yesterday. She was accused of having caused the death of Waldo R, Rallou st Stamford on the night of June 23 last. The announcement of the verdict was greeted with cheers. t Mra AngH eollopned. When she had revived suf ficiently she left for Htan.ford, The accusation on which Mra Angle was brought to trial was that of hav Ing cuunod her agd suitor, Waldo W, Hullnu, to plunge down the stairs lending (o her apartment In th Hip powam building to his death. She was arrested shortly after Ballou had been found unconscious at th street en trance to the building. it Rat immsii mhps ToitPKiora. w . a it London. March 20. The Brit- t Ish steamer Bluejacket with t wheat from Liverpool has been m H torpedoed by a German submit- H k( rlne off Bnachy Head. Th crew H of the steamer took to the boats. at Although the vessel was badly damsged she remained 'afloat, H London. March 1 The Brit- Ish steamer Hyndford was torpe- H deed by a German submarine to- H day. It Is rrported that one K member of th crew of the W steamer wa killed. W COMING CITY PRIMAL An Informal gattiering of 60 or business men met last night at eoi mission headquarters to hear ugg tlons In regard to the coming pi mary. The. meeting, It is stated, w In no sense Intended to formula plans for anybody's candidacy; a was simply a meeting to hear wh various business men of the city h to say concerning the primary a qualifications of men for the sevei offices under the new plan of mm cipal administration. Anion , th. mentioned In connection with th office were: 8. Llplnsky, . Johnston, J. K. Cowau, F. . leather, Curtis Bynum, E. B. M Downll, George 8. Powtdl, Fra Llndsey, Mayor J. E. Rankin, Jud Henry M. Hteven and others. It Is understood that another mi Ing will b callod In the near fimit It ws thought by those preoent I night that within the next wirk ten day political developments bring out more prominently i names of those who may be In--'-, to Offer themselves for th vr- offlce., , . . A- ( - I