(i a . d a THB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THJB jL;OCIATED PR.TSS BERVICE. IT IS IN ETORT t RESPECT COMPLETE. It iWEATHEB FORECAST: FAIR AND WARMER. VOLUME XX. NO. 44. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS . Cf.' ' HARD FIGHTING ON EAST FRONT WW" TOM W.INDIAN SUGAR Ipetrograd Claims Success in Offensive Campaign Along . Almost Entire Eastern Battle Front. VIENNA REPORT TELLS ' OF RUSSIAN REPULSE !Turk3 Driven Out of Trans it Caucasian-French andGer man Airmen Active in the West. PlMEHEfBE Mountaineers Arrived Last Night, Athletics Today Cleveland Tomorrow. HARRY HARTSELL WITH ' THE CLEVELAND CLUB London, April 3, Hard fighting is again going on along the whole eastern front, the "Russians pushing the of fensive in nearly , every dis trict, especially in North Po land and in the Carpathians passes. Judging from Petro grad reports the Russians gen erally are being successful; "but Vienna declares that the ustrians repulsed Russian at tacks on the Austrian frontier between the Pruth and the Dniester river, fighting against numerically superior forces. The Vienna dispatch says that in this fighting the enemy ev ervwhere were forced to re 'treat; and also claims that in Poland and western Galicia there has been Nno change, a liussian attack miscarrying on ; the lower Nida, under the Aus trian artillery fire. ' There has been a stubborn Ihattle along the Niemen frnot and the Russians claim to have -pushed the Germans back with 'Wnvv losses, approaching the ' - - . K German positions to the east oi the Pilwiszki-Suwalki line. The Petrocrad report refers to desperate fighting in the f!ftrratliians. especially in the :iTzsok pass vicinity, in which the Russian offensive was pur sued with success. It is said that the Russians carried an important range of fortified heights, after a deadly bayonet fight. Petrograd , tells of re pulsing a number of Austrian counter-attacks in . the region west of the railroad to Mezo laborez. where the Austrians t had concentrated. The Turks, Petrograd declares, have been wholly driven from Trans-Caucasia' and that Russians now have possession of the Black sou coast as far as Arkiiave. There is - little important jghting on the western front fierman and French aviators are active and tlx. French have brought down three German i airmen rocently. French avia- j tors dropped 33 bombs on thr hnrrncks. flprorilane nanearn (and railway station at Vignc ulles in the Woevre district. These aviators had rlose calls i but returned safely to the French lines. Snow Interf erred Today, But It Is Hoped That Game Can Be Staged Next Monday. Tl ii 51 Centering in Eastern Part of State, Storm Does Consider able Damage Commu nication Interrupted, REPORT OF WEATHER MAN DISSATISFYING Local Office Forecasts Warmer Tomorrow But Weather Of ficial Doubts if Predic tion Will Stand. German Ktaterocnt. i Berlin, April 1, via. London. 1:10 p. Vm. Th war office has made th fol I lowln announcement: 1 "Western theater of war; Between ithe Mown and tha Molto heavy ar tlllorT flKhtlng h laken plaoa. In fantry flrhtlng ner anil In tha forest nt L Tretra continued tha whole , night. Went of the fnreat of La Ptr '.Trench Infantry attack hroke flown I tinder our fire. In our counter attack we Initiated a heavy loea upon tha tnrmr and drove him back Into hi i.ld rn1tlnn. Tha French arc r.CT !." 1,,,pi..., inn of only two block house In 1 he f nmt near our moet advanced po- (ei!"ia. "In ttia eantern theeter of wr tha 'ii:h"-ti la (inchari f'd." ' v Due to 't'too much weather, ' the scheduled game for this afternoon be tween the Mountaineers and the Phil adelphia Athletics was called oft and the opening game will occur Monday at Oates park whn th Athltlcs will meet the Cleveland American Asso ciation team. The snow this morning following that of last night and the chilly state of the atmosphere caused the game to be called off early this morning, after which Manager Corbett led his team to the gymnasium of the T. M. C. A. for some light practice. The Mountaineers, 18 strong, arrived here last night from Spartanburg, where they have been for the past 10 days engaging in their spring training. Those In the party arriving last night were Manager Corbett, pitchers Aiken, Carroll, Kelly, Ostermeyer, Ferris and Fortune; Inflelders, Bumb, Howard, Bradshaw, Heck, Jackson and Roth, and outfielders, Perritt Tounrdeer. Fenton and Wassem. . ' '; A good crowd saw the workout at the Y. M. C. A. this morning and seemed pleased with the men selected by Manager Cprbett Practically all that was done this morning was to toss the ball around, all the members of the squad taking part In the practice. The Philadelphia Athletics are due to arrive here this afternoon coming from Columbia. The party will be quartered at the Swannanoa-Berkeley hotel on Biltmore avenue and will be composed of (18 players. The squad of the Athletics has been equally divided, one part being led by Connie Mack and the other by Captain Harry Davis, the latter team appearing in AsTlevIlle. The squad was divided in such a man ner that each part would have a num ber of stars with It, however, the ag gregation here seems to Include all those of prominence on tha club. Those who will be In this city are Cap tain Davis, players, McConnelt Strunk, Murphy, iDavles, Hall, Ohl, TItman, Rbling, Lapp, McAvoy, Pennock, Bressler, Gardner, Hamilton, Sherman and "Nap" Lajole. As will be seen, there Is a number of stars of magni tude with the team and all will come In a goodly portion of notice from the fans of the city. It Is likely that the visiting team will spend Its time in light practice this afternoon and to morrow will take a full day of rest. Numerous sightseeing pasties will likely be arranged by the visitors. Cleveland Arrives Sunday. The Cleveland American Association team is scheduled to arrive here to morrow night at 8:16 o'clock from Macon. They will also put up at the Swannanoa-Berkeley and the party Includes Mr, and Mrs. Oaler, Manager Knight, Secretary McAllister and play ers Pezold, Klrke, Osborne, Nixon, Evans, Rhestak, Hlllyard, Carter, James, Collamore, Bates, Gardner, Mills, Bassler, Dllllnger,- Hartxoll, Houthworth and Benton. This is the full squad of the Clevelandnrs and In eludes some of the very best of the Association league players. Particular Interest Ik held in the appearance of Harry Hartxell, a local boy, with the visitors, who la trying for a place on the Infield works. Practically all of the players on the team have seen ser vice In the major league and the team ranks right along with the big per formers. With the advent of th two clubs, the Athlolc and Cleveland, the city will hold more professional ball play era than at any other time In Its his tory. ' With the Mountaineers here, thore will be three professional ball clubs here at the same tlmb. This will be the first visit of the Cleveland team to Anhevttle and assurances have been received from those In authority with the team that all the players are looking forward with eager anticipa tion to their stay In Ashevllle. Definite assurance was received here several days ago from Captain Harry Davts of the Athletlca that he would he on hand tonight at the T, M. C. A to prenenf the cups to the winners In the baaketball leagues and In the Bible class leagues. Plans have been com pleted for the "open-house", meeting tf-.'.ght at the T. M. C. A. arid every thing Is in readiness to give tha boy a rel treat. The meeting will start at 7:10 o'clock and many Hems of Inter. est a.ipear on the protram of the nutans i . . ELECT OFFICER 2 U.S. TUGS AT PIER OF EITEL Between 30,000 and 40,000 Na- tive Workers in Porto Rico Stop Work Demanding Increase of Wages. LARGE FIELDS OF THE SUGAR CANE BURNED Open Spirit of Anti-Americanism Prevails on Island Ac cording to Reverend Frederick Warden. 1 rtaleigh, April 8. A storm, central In the eastern part of this state, did some damage last night and this morn ing. Ice, snow, wind and rain was re ported from many sections, not only from this, but from adjoining states. As usual the telephone and telegraph companies suffered most, and their patrons have been Inconvenienced. Traffic has been delayed on a number of the railroad lines. Remarkablyi low temperatures have prevailed In some sections for this season. There Is, however, a promise of clearing for Easter, and It will no doubt be warm er. Hotter Weather Promised? Those who have planned to parade forth tomorrow in glad Easter attire, may take heart, despite the weather conditions today, for, the local United States weather bureau has forecasted that tonight will be cloudy with slight ly freezing temperature but tomorrow will be fair and warmer. The weather man, however, admit ted, (confidentially), that he feared the forecast of the local bureau might not hold good for tomorrow, for he believed that the terrific snowstorm that seems to be centered around Hat-teras,-with snow falling this morning- in Wilmington, may affect Ashevllle tomorrow, as It seemed to be moving west. Raleigh has been cut off from this section of the state all the morn ing, owing to the storm. The local branch of the Postal Tele graph company stated today that all of their connections in the eastern part cf the state have been put out of commission by the storm, although no local trouble has been experienced by the company. Snow fell In Ashevllle again this morning, although no records were shattered for the month of April; for on April 20, 1904, three Inches of snow fell here. The local weather bu reau reported that three-tenths of an men of snow fell here today, and this was equalled on April 7, 1905, and on the day before that two-tenths of an inch fell. On April 14 and 20 of 1918 traces of snow fell in Ashevllle, al though not enough to say that it snow, ed during the month. The State Library Assoc .on Holds Two Days Sess , in" Raleigh Miss Palmer Chosen President. RESTAURANT FIGHT AIRED IN LONG TRIAL JOINT HEALTH BOARD PASSED NEW ORDINANCE Several Citizens of Raleigh Fortify Themselves Against Operation of State's Anti-Jug Law. New York, April 8. Between 30, 000 and 40,000 native workers in the sugar fields of Porto Rico recently went on strike for a wage Increase frbm fifty to seventy-five cents a day, ! Ur.A T c inn- this body. government, who. arrived here yester day on the Philadelphia. The de mands were in process of adjustment for the most part, and the majority of the strikers were back at work when he left the Island. During the strike, Mr. Bills said, large fields of sugar cane were burn ed. The strike was general, spreading from one plantation to another. The strike was being settled through the efforts of government officials with the co-operation of the planters. No material decrease in the output was noticed, Mr. Bills said, losses due tothe strike being oitsi t in increased production. - An open spirit of anti-Americanism exists throughout Porto Rico, accord ing to the Rev. Frederick A. War den, for eight years in charge of the Protestant Episcopal church in the municipality of San Juan, who was a passenger on the Philadelphia. Whila there is'nothliig thnt would resemble even a spirit of. open re bellloir against American supervision of Porto Rlcan affairs, there exists, nevertheless, a feeling of antl-Amer-lcanlsm all over the Island," Mr. War den said. "The native population of Porto Rico Is fully one hundred years behind the times. While the , better class recognizes) the benefits of mod ern business methods tradyion' pre vails to a remarkable degree. (By W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, April 8. The North Car olina Library Association after a ses sion of two days adjourned last even ing. This was the ninth session of Several Matters Discussed hy Board and Aldermen at the Meetings Last Night. Tie up on Either Side of Ger- man Warship Mission of " Tugs Secret Cruiser ' Now Provisioned. GOVERNMENT OFFICERS CONFER WITH CAPTAIN yesterday began at The Joint board of health, in regu lar session last night, passed on sec ond reading and final reading the or dinance regulating , families suffering from tuberculosis. Mayor J. E. Ran kin was authorized to appoint a com mittee to Investigate charity patients, to sqe whether or not they are worthy and he appointed lrs. A, W. Callo way, E. is. Glenn, W. L. Dunn and City Health Officer Dr. C. V. Reynolds. In the discussion brought out re garaing the sending of charity pa tients to the Mission ' hospital, Dr. Reynolds was Instructed to send alt worthy charity patients to the hosmi- i .., ui ma city s expense until ihe 9-an nVWk nnfl went throueh the ' "Bw auuiuon to the hosDital is com. entire afternoon. In the nature of IP'eted, when other arrangements will things the library association Isn't large, because the city is rash enough to undertake the maintenance of such an institution is a rare municipality. Colleges 'swell the members of the state organization, however, and Ral eigh furnished a considerable por tion of the attendance. For the coming year Miss Mary B. Palmer of Charlotte is elected presi dnet; Miss Nan Strudwick of the University, first vice president; Miss Eva Malone of Trinity College, sec ond vice president; Miss Carrie Eroughton of Raleigh, assistant li brarian in the state library, secre tary, and Mrs. Alfred E. Griggs of Durham, treasurer. Miss Annie Petty of the State Normal library, Is retiring president. Fight Aired. After two solid days, the longest and hardest small case ever tried in the police court here, the trial of George Cross, Joe Eatman and Ern British Warships Watching at New York Said to Have Joined Allied Ships off Virginia Capes. De made. Dr. Reynolds staled that during the last three weeks he has oeen compelled to turn down 16 ap plications for admission to the char ity wards. Drs. Dunn and Reynolds took advantage of the opportunity to state that several unjust critlmsma had been made of the hospital and that they thought the public ought to know the tacts. It waa stated that the 50,00U subscribed by the citizens for the erection of an addi tion to the institution was mainly tor the purpose of building private wards so that the hospital would have a larger income and therefore be able to receive more charity patients Newport News, April 2. -Two United1 States tugs, one of the navy and one of the army arrived here yesterday af ternoon and moored at the pier of the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Fried rich. One, the Patuxent moored at the stern of the warship and the other. tne army tug Rena, tied up on the opposite side of the pier, shortly be fore the arrival of Collector of Cus toms Hamilton with a party of offi cials who boarded the cruiser, cominir directly from Norfolk in a launch. Efforts to ascertain the mission of the tugs and officials were unavailing; as United States artillerymen, present ing bayonets, turned back inquirers 60 yards from the entrance to the pier. . Collector Hamilton was said to be having a conference with Commander ThieWchens. At the customs house ignorance was expressed of the mis sion of the government boats. Lieu- FnllnwW thi. m..tn. y'nnA I tenant Commander Svarz. United cf aldermen held the regular session' v , V' "tta mnous me Bovern and awarded a contract to the Lynch burg Foundry company for putting down the pipe lines from College street to the Grove Park Inn. ment orttcials reported at the pier, as suming charge of the coaling and fur nishing supplies to the German ship. Close scrutiny is still to , ba keut The followina- in were o ..nninfort I on tne warship "by American military to take the place of the men who ' torf es "ml the battleship Alabama is est Horton on the one side and of j have refused to serve as judges m4 "p'w. atcn in . mmpcon AMERICAN IS KILLED SHEET METAL FACTORIES Pittsburg, Pa., April I. Business Is reviving In tha sheet and tin plate mills throughout the country accord ing to Jomn Williams, president of the Amalgamated Association, of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, here on a visit to mill towns In the district. lie said, however, that very few plants were working on war ' contracts, the business being mostly for domestic consumers. Mr. Williams credited the Improved condition to a revival which has been conifng slowly for months, but more particularly to the acceptance' by the workmen of the reduced scale of wages adopted last week. Soldier Is Dead and Three In jured as Result of Gen eral Fight. Colon, April 2. Corporal Langton, of the United States coast artillery, was shot and killed and three other American soldiers were Injured, one of them seriously, In a riot here yester day. The soldiers were engaged In patrol duly In the tenderloin district. The shooting, which resulted In u general fight, was the outgrowth of an argument between a soldier, who Is alleged to have been drinking, and a Panama policeman. Many shots were fired by the Pan ama police, the civilians and soldiers all being unarmed. Brigadier Gen eral Clarence R. Kdwarda, commander George t,. H. White and Archie Cau- registrars in the primary on April 26: ble on the other, all charged with af-1 Judges Sixth precinct, W. G. Far- j I . A u.n.. ntav itllrp! lVfHll-th fiFo.lnflt Ponat? XT I ll iiv. wu Lei uiMiu-iru jraiciuft, unci- - - . - j . . . itrown second nrecinct. l.iike: 1 - --v... uU,vau na,c,a The cltv court has never used a Dixon. Regis' riU-6Third precinct, C. , stenographer before, but one took!"'. .Malone; lirl precinct, w. M. , . 1 I 1 mt ...... .1 ..nrr.n ' lrTMA'nll an uro ,i.7..i.o iwu.v.n,.. ...... - ISla,l-i that K u .. m I A . . . ... . . urn, i.,u ,iaiiiuujK-.in riiua i Bleumer Macedonia has eaded Brit ish cruisers and is makine for South day and a record will be made. The prominence of the men engaged in the fight made it nn uncommonly In Reports which were current some time ago that German warships may t to come to the relief of the natel jsec-m to have no definite basis but jthey are revived by the report from building permits! The following were granted: Ixiwenbein and Rutenberg, business tereuting trial and half the big men addition at 4u Patton avenue, 5,000. at the local bar appeared. A. V. Fuulkner, garage at 183 The fight occurred two weeks ago , rearson s arive, n Mr. White's restaurant, and the clerk, young Cauble, charged the three men indicted with making an assault upon him. They came back with strong evidence to show that It was only a fight between Cauble and Cross in which the men were well matched, received about the same amount of punishment, threw about the same number of salt cellars at each other and landed substantially the same number of blows. The three defendants, Horton, Cross and Eatman, said that they had simply gone into the White cafe and that while there were Insulted by the pro prietor and assaulted by ha clerk. The proprietor and his employee declared thut they had come into the fight by reason of the rowdinesg of their patrons and ordered them out. But as Insignificant a thing as It ap J. G. Colvln, one-room and sleep ing porch at 95 Woodfin street, $200. H. Shas, store at 51 Central ave nue, $500. John A. Campbell, one-room addi tion to residence on Cumberland ave nue, $500 to business establishment on more avenue, $1,000. SEVEN ARE CONVICTED OF SELLING RAD EC6S American waiers with supplies said to be for Interned German warships. The allied ships reported off the Virginia capes now are the Suffolk, the Berwick and the Corona with a French vessel, name unknown. Ma rine men say they lay on both sides of the channel about 10 miles oft by day and about four by night. New York, April z. The two Brit. Globe Sample company, new front ' fsh "ulsers which have been watch business establishment on Bllt-i nK " -France of New York har- oor lor over a month, steamed south Wednesday night, according to In coming pilots. The pilot thought the warships were going to strengthen the squadron of allied warships ly. ing in wait for the German cruiser off the Virginia capo Reports are current in marine clr cles that some of the fleet of Ger man liners tied up at the Hobokon and Brooklyn docks would soon put to sea. Steam is up in all the vessel as H has been since the beginning of tr!"'wnr. To the necessity of main-. ENCEMENT HILL COLLEGE IN W Washington, D. C April 3. .1 i. v t ti i iin v... A Hovon it Ihn mon fn nnnpti'ii with (ho dence and a half a day of oratory. ! t.xcelslor nuking company, so-called. " a.. .. i i.' rii.. itr i r.t. 'w .Tornikv Ti'hn uara fnnviftnA . a f ... ii,ie. a i.-utn,.-n .nrllftnd driiirs act in the Interstate shlD- ounntltles to some of W. C. Doug:r-, Clyde A. Icug out from the docks In case of was attributed the fact that coal has been delivered In small the German I.VuglaM!ment of rotten eggs, have been sen- ""'P w h considerable hiim-uiii ul cum, u auiu, out ai mo ton. New Jersey, to terms In prison ana v. r. nnuw ucicimru i... " V" " V " 'n.Ll... n men cnariiuu wii.ii vi i w . v . i j v...- .. - -. - - - . - , . . .. r.H,Hn tmt V. mnn.ha u IOC duet- assault wun ui'suiy weauvii , ....... v of the American forces In the cenal and minor offenses. The defenseiyear and a day. Hyman Lwls, Ber TMe. who is hero to meet Major Gen- also prosecuted White and Couble forjnard Edelberg. 8amuel Edelberg and eral Leonard Wood, commander of thrt affray. It was a midshipman's duel ; Morris Sladkus received the latter for Bailey and Watson, who had to sentence, nerman y.wicKer ana nurry department of the east. Immediately The commencement exeTclses Mars III11 college are announced for May S, , and 7. The commence ment address will b delivered by Rev. Dr. Calvin B. Waller, psstor of the First Baptist church of thl city. The enrollment at the college this year has been unusually large, totul Ing 411, and those acquainted with the work eay It has been very satis factory'. Madhon county Is repre sented at the college by 10$ students while til come from tl count Ice and tl from other fates. Runcombe county sent 47 students to Mars Hill, and Wake enme next with II. The enrollment Includes tl muilaterlal students. took charge and ordered all soldlerw from the streets. The shooting occurred near the ball grounds where a team representing the Fifth United States Infantry was playing the Crlstobsl nine. Home 2,000 soldiers of the Fifth, Tenth and Twenty-ninth Infantry regiments witnessing the gnme became greatly excited after the shooting. Some missiles were thrown and several person were In- of vjured. The excitement continued until army officials arrived and ordered the men to take trains for their stations. The Womsns' Missionary society of Central Methodist church will hold Its regular monthly meeting on Mon day afternoon at 4 o'clock In the lec ture room of ths church. All mem bers are urged to be present and vis itor are welcome to all meetings of the society, FREIEH. DERAILMENT NEAR NEWTON TODAY light both state and defense, rotten in ItIimiii. Though Earl Cotton, the thirty year man In the state's prison wss not brought through Raeigh, the prison officials learns that he has been landed from Kentucky Into the prison at the state farm again. Cotten has escaped three tlmt He Is one of the luckiest of th l.'ng sprinters, but the most Ill-favored of those who make successful starts. Me escaped In the late fall from the prison with four others, two of whom have come back. All were long termers. Warden 111. Warden Thomas P. Sale of the state's prison, is very 111 at his room In the big bulldlnKf and hs not left It for two and a half weeks. As preparation against an early dry spell, the olty men of thirst mad" a record at the express offices Wednesday and will have enough to tide tliem over tl first fifteen days. Klmn Gill, who la e prominent in police circle a.i the police Jusllc and Pisa and the President Grant are snld to be amply supplied with, coal. Customs officials have been sta tioned at all the dock where the Iwlte, 'six months each, and Schclr j C!,crm.an "'''l'" nr t", un 'n- Bumiiuun n, rrjMin any eviuence the part of the vessels to sail with out clearsnr papers. No application for clearance paper has been made at the customs houeo on behalf of German vessels. Welssinan, who was recommended for mercy, three months. TROOELES DF THE DAT . IN THE PDLICE COURT A freight derailment at Conow, N. C, near Newton, Is causing some delay In traffl on the hallehury dl- slon today. Train No. 1", due here the chief, had laid In 101 pints when Tho following cases were called !n Police court this morning: Alf Snyder, charged with disorderly conduct, was taxed with the costs of the case. Mb Mir Knox, colored, charged with nn aewi't- on Bessie .Williams, Wns found not gulliy. Two "drunks" were up. Golf Final rUycd. The final In the golf tournsmoiit st 10:30 o'clock this morning, U de. i he wss exposed. He ha surrendered ! were played off yesterday at the Couu delsyed about four hour and Is ex-iihe hnoe and must face trial. Thejtry Club, and Mrs. J. A. Bryant won necied to arrive at I o'clock this af-l"run" on the express office wns ex-Hhe silver cup. II. K. Agar won lw ternoon. Train No. I, leaving Ahi-' peeled a precedent to the half gal-ja cup which wua very beautiful. This vllle at o'clock tin been delayed j ion limit put upon receipt and de- afternoon the handicap sweepatake about two hours, , jllverle by the recent general aaetn-wlll be played, and th1 third round Two or thre box car are reported ! bly. It wan the blrgest crowd thst In th series for the trophy offered to hv left the track, but no on lihaa yet lecelved Southern xpremi by the Kouthern Women' Golf asto- reporud Injurtd. j handout. Jclatlon. , FRANK ILAKE DRAWS SENTENCE DF 0 MONTHS .Frank niak and n. It. Conor were airalnncd In police cqurt thin morning charged with keeping whl- key on hand for ml; Carter win found not luillty nd Blake received a sentence of six month on th count v- roada with; appeal bond fixed at $30o. ine two men were arrested recent ly In connection with a conalsnm-nt of five c.isc of whiskey, which la said to have l,cn received by Blnko, m rKy station. Th whiskey, it was claimed, had arlalnally ben I purchnaed l.y farter, but wua con., nlgnwl to Bltk at fmugr :". .n. i At the time th whlekey w..e r I I ' on Broadway, It w thouct.t t' t Blake wu on hi war to fi- -r t - lakey to Caller who 1U1 on 1 tierU mi' iwhl evening. 1 ' ' S Ae J

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