THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS IHB i&COCIATED PRTC8S SERVICE. IT IB IN CVXRT II RBSFBCT COUPLET B. t: LEATHER FORECAST: FAIR AND WARMER. VOLUME XX. NO. 45. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 5, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS i TURKISH FLEET GETTING ACTIVE Sinks Two Russian Vessels in Black Sea Off the Russian Coast An Allied Mine Sweeper Sunk. MILITARY ACTIVITY FOR MOST PART IN PASSES Austrians Continue to Dispute I Passage of Russian Troops ) --Austrians Forced to I Retreat One Place. London, April 5. The rov ; tag band of Bulgars who were " I driven out of Serbia Sunday I afternoon, after a sudden raid, I have penetrated into Greece, according to a Soloniki dis- ! patch. The English press sees v j in this episode the possibility 1 of a flareback in the smoulder- . ing Balkan -situation. Rome ; i advices, however, say that Bui- I garia has agreed to give Ser- bia full satisfaction. I In the meanwhile the Greec- i ians are massing along the Bul- I garian frontier and Bulgarian t I reserves, according to the Sa- I loniki dispatches, have receiv- ed orders to join the colors. In I Austria and Turkey the devel- 1 opment is blamed on German . i intrigue..'. - The; .Carpathians is the only I quarter in which a decisive t .battle is expected soon.. Lon ; . don . seems confident that the i Russians will be able to, break ; through the passes into Hun 1 cary, but this has been predict- ed - many times' before. The ' ' Austrians are said to be throw- '' i ing eve available man into the fight. . ; BerUn (By wireless to Lon don) , April 5. A 4 dispatch from' Constantinople , says the following statement has been issued by the Turkish war of fice: "' "Our fleet yesterday sank . two Russian ships the Provi dent, 'of 2000 tons and the Vas tochnaza of 1500 tons at Odes sa. - v"Our batteries at Knmhale sank an enemy mine sweeper Which was attempting to ap proach the entrance of the Dar danelles. London, April 5. Military activity in Europe again seems confined for the most part in the. Carpathians, where the Austrians continue to dispute the forcing of the passes by the Russians. Desperate con flicts are reported to be tak ing place in this region. The Austrians yesterday ad mitted they had been forced to retreat in the Bcshid moun tains, while last night they claimed to have repnlsod many Russian attacks and to have taken more than 2,000 prison ers. ",""'.,' JvevortheloRn, it is the opin ion of the military oxperta that the AuRtro-German forces will lave to retire to the mountains pouth of thfl Carpathian range and mate another effort there to prevent tho Russian armies, and particularly tho Cossacks, -ficrr Birannin over the plains " ' t 'rj of manager of rb T.tnfl r "i t lirwil will mt tomor- w tii"if'i at 10 80 o'clock at th "r, ,, ,r HlUlard cn lUitmor PAINTERS' STRIKE IS DECLARED OFF , . t Union Men Went Back to Work Today as Result of Compromise. The strike of the union painters of Ashevllle wag declared off Saturday afternoon following- a meeting of rep resentatives and of the painters with those ol the builders' exchange, and the painters and other crafts vent back to work this morning, according to statements made this morning by painters and contractors. It la stated that a compromise -was reached. after conference, which Is satisfactory to both parties. The painters and paperhangers have had the question of higher wages un der consideration for some time, and about ten days ago the building con tractors were notified that after April first the union men would not work at the old wage scale. Some of the con tractors In the city signed an agree ment to give the painters what they asked for, but . several contacting firms refused to raise the wage; and In one or two cases non-union men were employed as painters after the union men had quit work. This resulted in a small sympathetic strike by some of the carpenters and tinners, and other crafts at places where the non-union men were at work. There have bean conferences almost dally between the contractors and the union men, and the rumors of a compromise have been persistent since the first day of the strike. The old wage scale was $2.55 for the painters and $8.00 for the paperhang ers. for an eight hour day. The new scale of prices has not been made pub 11c. ' , , ., v -. - ... Painters and contractors expressed their gratification' this morning that the question has been settled so arnica bly and with soyttlaJalay and botn parties to the controversy state that the Indications are thnt the coming seoson will be one of great activity In building. " . ; ; Strikes Mine in Black Sea and Sinks Had Destroyed Russian Ships. , London, April 5. The sinking of the Turkish armored cruiser Med J I dleh In reported tn a Renter's Petro grad dispatch. A semi-official com' munlcatlon from Bebaatopol to Petro- grad says that the MedJIdleh struck mine near the Russian coast last night and went down. The Medjidieh was a member of the Turkish Black sea fleet which has attacked Russian porta and aank Russian vessels. On January II Pet mgrad announced that the Medjtdleh with the Turkuth cruiser Mldrtll, formerly the German cruiser Brealau, had bean discovered near Samaoon but escaped the Russian fleet. The MedJIdleh was built In Phila delphia. She was a small vessel and her armament waa light. She was 13 fet long and 41 feet beam and dis placed 1,482 tons, fine waa armed with two 8-Inch runs, eight 4. 7-Inch guns, six 1-poundena six 1-pounders and two torpedo tubes. Her comple ment waa lot men. TO BE OLSGOrJTLNUEO Announcement la made by Dlvfrlnn Passenger Agent James II. Wood that It has become necessary to dlsclntlnje train service on train No. 11 and 22, between Ashevllle and Wayneivlll for the time being. . TT char Th change will become effective with No. 21 leaving here to night at 8:1 o'clock and with No. 13 arriving here tomorrow morning at 8:40. It Is stated that the Chang wilder be In effect until further notice Is given. BULEF.RS 111 iOEO l;I SEEZIA KILLED 125 rsrls, April I. The Rulsarlan !r regulatl who raided Ptrumltna. BerWa, number about a rr'innt and a half, ay a Matin dlnpalrb from Nlsh. Th total FrMn Ina wsa 111 killed adn wounded. Including flv o.Tlctra, E1TEL FAILS TO npicE German Cruiser Had Oppor tunity to Leave Newport News Harbor But Failed to Do So. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WAS PRESENTED TODAY Cruiser Failed to Make the Expected Dash Through the Lane of British Warships. Newport News, Va., April 6. Hav ing failed to take advantage of a 2 4 hour period at which she was at lib erty to make a daring dash through the " lane of British warships who lurk for her destruction oft the Vir j glnia capes, the German merchant raiding cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich remained at her dock here at an early hour this morning. United States na val forces still patrol the port guard ing the Prinz Eltel, aided by coast artillerymen from Fortress Monroe, late In the day the battleship Alaba ma, ! which had been anchored in Hampton Roads oft Old Point Com fort guarding the channel to the sea, changed her position moving further n and anchoring at the point where the Elizabeth river at Norfolk and the James river at Newport News flow into the roads. Near the shipyard, where the Eltel is In dock, were the naval tug Sonoma and submarine boat D-2, while the naval tug Patux ent remained moored to the pier at the Eltel's stern. That Captain Thlerlchens, com mander of the Eltel, had Intended to leave the refuge Of this American port Saturday night was declared last night to have been his earnest Inten tion, and to afford him the opportun ity the United States government held up the departure of British -merchant ships' from this port for 24' hours. which expired at 6:45 o'clock last night. However, the Prinz Eitel was Inert, and there were no signs of preparations for early departure. Scores of the crew were given shore leave and were still about the streets here last night Some unexpected development. It was reported, had arisen to prevent the dash to the sea Saturday night Another opportunity for the mer chant raider to depart, it was report ed here, would.be given by the Unit ed States today and tonight, marine nfkri here asserting that Instructions had been received to permit no mer chnnt ships of the allies to leave the port of Norfolk and Newport News after noon Monday until noon Tues day. This will give the Eitel another period of liberty In which to leave United States waters, even If all time for her to make repairs allotted by the United States government has not expired. As three British merchant ships left this port early yesterday, the Eltel would not have been per mltted to go before 10 o'clock today at the earliest ADDITIONAL STATEMENT OF LOCAL MILL MAN Cotton. Mills Can Operate 60 . Days Longer, Without Se I . curing Dyestuffs. . In an additional statement just given out by an officer of tha Ahe vlll Cotton mills, he rays that while tha mill will run (0 days longer. It might b neoeasary to close after that Um. owing to th shortage of dye - stuffs, th supply of which haa been charges of breaking into the Union shut off, lnc tb' English blockade News company on Depot street and of th Uarman ports, robbing the saf of a large sum. ev- Ia a recent story nt out from eral weeks ago. wer dismissed In Raleigh, It mas stated that all of the j Police corut today, when the city fall cotton mill In this stat using dye- ed to make out a ca against the boy. stuffs, about 100 In all, would bal It was sworn to that Ruckner had compelled to clou 'within 10- Any. I large number of "Bull Moose" nickels The officer of the local mill atatesjend some Columbian halt dollar In that with th supply on hand at tha! hi possession several days ago and J. mills her and by ualng combination of colors It will be posstbl for th local mills to continue 40 day long- but after that time ha doe not know whether the mill can continue to- onerat or not as this will depend on tn pile. curing of additional sup- T'srli, April l.-0nr4 Joffre, oommander of the French forces, pre dicts a speedy termination of th war In favor of th allies, according to a dlxpatch from Dunkirk published In th Eclatr. Th dispatch says: "General Joffr In th rout of a vlalt to Rlglan headquarters to dec orate a certain Belgian officer with th rgtnn of honor told King Albert and th Reiglan prmlr that th war would soon com to an and to th advantag of th allies. THE BIG FIGHT 1 Estimated That Over 17,000 People Will See Contest Between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard. JOHNSON PREPARES COOLY FOR COMBAT Only Sign of Nervousness Was Over Exact Moment When Backers Would Pay Over His Money. Havana, April 5. The day for the world's championship heavyweight light between Jack Johnson and Je9s Wlllard broke with overcast skies in i Havana and a decidedly cool wlnd:wnlt:n carry us irouey wires naving blew In from the sea. The sun rose ' behind a solid .bank of clouds but as ! the day advanced patches of blue ap peared here and there and brought hopes of finer weather. i Havana is stirred, by this fight more than by any .occurrence In re cent years. The morning saw the ar rival of . many wealthy Cubans from all over the Island. It is estimated, that not less than 17,000 people will attend the fight. Johnson prepared eooly to defend his title. The only Indication of ner vousness he exhibited was over . the exact moment that the hackers of the fight would pay over the $S0,000 which is named In his contract. .Tohnson chattered and laughed as If he had not a care. BURGLAR KILLS ' Men Found Dead in Basement of Restaurant With Heads '. ' . Battered in. New York, April 5. Otto Zlnn a restaurant keeper and two employes, a porter and a cook were killed last night In the restaurant, supposedly by burglars, Zlnn and his wife who were sleep ing over the restaurant were awaken ed by a crash downstairs and Zlnn went to Investigate. , When he failed to return his wife called the police who found the proprietor and two em ployes In the cellar. Tn the cellar, the police also found a safe which evidently had been thrown down from above. It had not been opened. Beside the three bodies were three bloody cleavers which had been used to hatter In the heads of the victims. , The police also found a re volver and a set of burglar tools. , The two dead employes were Ronan Held, porter, and Stephen Boworlsky. FOUND KOT GUILTY OF S Roy Bucfcuer Was Given Pre liminary Hearing in Po lice Court Today. Th charges against Roy Ruckner, ! aged 14, arrested by th pollc on H. Keith swore that he purchased some of th coins from the boy, but this tvldenc waa not considered strong enough to connect the boy with the robbery. Ruckner took the stand In hi own behalf and sworn that he was at his home on th night of th erobbery and further swore that h had secured tho oolns t na IrgHluiat manner. J. O, Plercy, manager of th Union Newt company, swor as to th loca tion of the f and the amount of money and valuable in It when rob bed. . , Paris. April S. CapUIn Ileralt, a Clvalry ofhver, to to b tried by eoo't martial Saturday for killing hi wire at Compelgne, bocaus she persisted tn following the array In order to b nr nrajis IN RplE Will T- Many Days to Re pair Damages Caused by Storm Which Raged Saturday. WIRES MAY NOW BE PLACED UNDERGROUND Street Car Service Patched up ' Yesterday On One Street 18 Poles Fell in Two Blocks. By W. T. Host). Raleigh, April 6. The street car system patched Itself Into shape yes- lerday for Sunday service, the Poles stood a strain which was too much for telegraph and telephone posts. utnerwiae tne city was in no bet- j ler iix ior business tnan n was sai- I urday. Not one of the hundreds of big poles stretching light and tele graph cables now down had been re placed. The vast majority of these show in what condition the- systems of the systems have been kept. They were rotten where the earth touches the timber and the wonder is that they have not fallen long ago. ! was estimated my managers ofwnCh woui,i follow the opening of both telephone systems that more than half their wires were down and j many more were "crossed up" so tnat service is worse crippled than the mere breaking of the line supports would Indicate. A good deal was done yesterday1 to straighten the tangle out. But It is a work of many days. The street car service might have begun Saturday had the mayor not Issued orders to take no chances with the wires. The lights and the cars are on different circuits and the . lights were entirely out. Every business house running by power from the Carolina Light company either stood Idle or used its own plant Saturday and yesterday. The Seaboard's trains, dispatched Saturday with trust In the fates, fared somewhat better. Judge Alton R.' Parker, once a candidate for the presidency, was a southbound pas senger and had a long wait at the Raleigh station. The Seaboard had no trouble on Its northbound trains. Its south running cars piled up In the station here 100 high. There were a dozen passenger trains here at one time Saturday. ! It Is believed that the next progres sive move at Raleigh will be tn ordering of nil wires not used In the street car system to be put under ground. The wreck of timbers with out loss of life to man or beasts, without Injury of any nature, could hnrdly have been possible had It In curred during the dny. On one street elsrhten poles fell within two blocks. The feeble demand for un dprerounil poles may take body now. Walt? Superior court which opened here today will hav about seventy criminal cases. One of the most Interesting ones Is the appeal of Dr. J. B. Dudley, pres ident of. the Agricultural end Techni cal college of OrePnsboro, Dr. 3. K. Delllnger, Dr. A. M ., Rivera and C. C Amey. all of Oreensboro, from the police Justice's fine of $100 on the j first two and $10 on th second forj libel of grand lodge officers. i The libel grew out of the candi dacy of Dr. Dudley for the grand mastership, though It Is not charged that he wrote the circular which was useil chiefly for home consumption ami political purposes. The attack on fellow members was mailed to mem bers of the order and charged them with misapplication of funds. The esse waa tried here in January an darter a sharp fight th defend ants lost with fine. It was understood that tha cas would be nettled by withdrawal of th fines and the Imposition of costs, but all are going to fight It out and Judge Frank Daniels will try It. Th North Carolina Highway com mission hi sWected offices In th Commercial National Rank building and will maintain, headquarters here throughout the Ufa of th appropria tion. W, P. Fallas, engineer, chosen from Henderson because, of th work that he has don In a dozen splendidly engineered county road systems, has been her picking a place to work and will com soon to Ralnlgh for his permanent business. Th com mittee did Its best to find a place tn the state s dapartment but all are full In spite of the new building and th remodeling of the old. 8.,ttt(ttt(tltltttlttltlt8tKt immSH rTKAMFIl TimrKIOr.T. M K Indoit. April S. The flrltlsh ft steamer Lockwood was torpedo- H rd by a Oermsn submartn Krl- K H day night off Stark Point, on th t th Devonshire roast. Th crew H K was paved. Th Lockwood wti R It owned In Iondon. built In 1898, It W 877 net tons and 88 fnet long. ti tlHXltttlllttltlltt NOT A SIGN OF DUTCH STEAMER LOAF BREAD BACK AT THE OLD PRICE The Staff of Life Here Re turns to the Former Price Level, Five Cents. After soaring high for some weeks, the price of wheat, flour and bread has taken a tumble, effective today, bread goes back to the old standard price, and consumers In Ashevllie can now purchase. 14 ounces of the staff of life for five cents. This fall in the price of bread 'follows the an nouncement yesterday from Spartan burg that the old figures would be effective today in Spartanburg and many neighboring towns. A large amount of the bread used In Ashe vllle comes from Spartanburg, and jthe bakers here would, probably not be able to meet the competition ven If they were Inclined to keep bread at six cents, which was the retail price here tor the past five or six weeks. A. Geilfuss of Spartanburg, presi dent of the Southeastern Master Bak ers' association, stated Saturday that the reduction in bread prices Is due to the lower price of wheat, which he attributes to the bombardment of the Dardanelles by the allied fleet land the expected release of the enor mous supplies of Russian wheat the straits Into the Black sea. Wheat closed Saturday at $1.63, or 14 cents lower than the highest prices $1.67, reached since the European war be gan. One of the leading bakers of Ashe vllle elated this morning that with wheat at $1.53 flour will be worth here $7.60 to $7.76. A month ago the cost of flour here was $8.60 per barrel, and many people feared that it would rise higher. There were many prophecies that the raw ma- terial woul(J WmB. (t por bu,, and a congressman from Pennsylvania introduced a resolution in congress to stop the export of wheat from the United States. In spite of the unusual demands from abroad, this country haa con tinued to export wheat, and the sup ply Is evidently far from exhaustion in addition to our own supply, recent' E- Creasy were taken from the ves reports from the Argentine republio acl hy tho Diamond Shoals lightship, are to the effect that of the crop ! The barge San Antonio was towed In there about 133,000,000 buahels will1 to Charleston by tugs and other be available for export. It has been,harges found adrift were towed to said that ocean rates and insurance , will prohibit the export of this Ar gentine wheat to Europe, but Eng land has already been importing corn from that country. A leading baker said this morning tha.t people are more sensitive to a rise of a cent In the price of bread than to an increase of three or four cents In the price of meat or other articles of food; and that six cent bread means greatly reduced sales. Consequently, said this baker, th breadmakera are as glad as the pub lic to be able to offer their product at five cents again. It ls stated that North Carolina wheat, while not as deelrable - aa Minnesota wheat, for making loaf bread, makes as good biscuit and pastry as any wheat. And during the recent high price or wheat many farmers and consumers hav lament ed the fact that Runcombe county does not raise more wheat. In 1810 the county consumed practically 100,- 000 bushels of wheat, but only about 90,000 bushels of this amount was home grown. While western North Carolina has always been a large consumer of corn bread and hominy and other products of Ir Han maize or corn, a few people refuse to eat these ar ticles even with th assurance of the United States pellagra commission that corn la absolutely harmless as a food. To these a well as to many others the reduction In the price of breed will be received with much In terest. It to Interesting to note that the price of flour ls till about $2.00 higher than it was at the first of last July. Th prlo at that tlm waa $6.60 per barrel. HOLE ORIS SENTENCE OF S MONTHS Frank Illnk and B. II. Carter war arraigned lit pollc court this morning charged with keeping whis key on hand for sale; t arter was found not guilty and Illak received a ntinc of six month on the county roKdn with appeal bond fixed at $100. The two men wer arreated recent, ly In connection with a consignment of flv case of whtmtpy. which la aid to have been rarHvtxl by Mlak at Craggy station. Thi whiskey, It u claimed, had originally been purchased by Carter, but was eon nlgned tn Klak at Craggy station. At th tlm th whiskey was aelaed on Rroadway, It w thought that UlaK w:i on his way to dellvar th whiskey to Carter who lived on D pot street. Feared 50 Souls Aboard Prinz Maurits Have Met Fate of . 15 Members of Crew of , Tug Luchenbach. TEN MEN WERE LOST OFF DELEWARE CAPES From All Along Coast Come Reports of Heavy Damage to Shipping by Storm Barges Fared Bad. Norfolk, April 6. Every possible effort ls being made to learn the fata or tne Royal Dutch West Indies com pany's steamer Prinz Maurits, be lleved to have foundered off Hatteraa with the loss of about fifty men In the great storm which lashed the south Atlantic coast Saturday. Coast guard cutters, warships and other craft searched for the Maurits yes terday but found no trace of the vessel- near the spot from which she sent her wireless calls for aid, and. it ls feared that the crew and passeng ers have shared the fate of the fif- , teen members of the crew of the tug Edward Luchenbach drowned off False cape, when the storm claimed them as victims. There was no news of the Maurits early today. Barges fared worse in the storm than any other craft. Many broke away from the tugs by which they were being towed and drifted ashore. In shipping circles It was feared that the fifteen members of the crew of the barge Tampico which broke from Its tug Tuesday, are lost. Many Thrilling Rescues. Many thrilling rescues were effect ed during the storm. Tho captain and crew of the schooner Alice Mur phy were taken from their water logged vessel by the steamer Lenape, after they had been lashed to tho mlzzen mast for 36 hours. The Mor gan line steamer Cotnus rescued th crew of the barge Northwestern which had been adrift for over 24 hours. The crew of the schooner M., safety . Ten men were lost off th lla ware capes when the tug Cumber-! land lOBt its barge, and from tha north as far as Massachusetts com' reports of heavy damage to shipping. From all parta of the Atlantic ocean i and repore of shipwrecks and proba- i ble loss of life are reaching this city. With the exception of the lass of 1 I lives, when the tug Edward Lucken-! bach went to pieces off False Cape, th ' most alarming news received here was' the probable loss of the Holland steamer Print Maurits. The vessel when lust heard from,' was In latitude 86.10 north; longltudo 74 east. She sent out wireless calls, for assistance and reported that h' was In a dangerous condition. That was early yesterday morning. Two Hritlah warships, the steamer City of j Montgomery, th ecoast guard cutter Onondaga and several other warships, one of which was the Coronla, reach-, ed the position given by the steamer' at S o'clock Saturday afternoon, m g. J(vga-' .. .v-condangerous4naO Wire less messages picked up along the coast last night Indicated that none of these vessels had found any.i trace of the steamer and the opinion waa expressed that she had gone down ! with all on board. One wireless me- 1 sage stated: "Rrltlsh warships fonnd no tram of Frlni Maurits at position given. 1 Probably sunk." Another message stated that efforts to raise th Teasel by wireless had failed. The coast guard cutter Onondaga la still searching th sea for the steamer. Report from down the cast last) night were meagra, because of th crippled condition of th government sea-coast wire. No new waa reelvd from Hattera or from any point down 1 th roast beyonrt False Cape. Report of larg quantities ofl wreckage all along th coast from Hatter are being received her fre.-' quently. The barges Henry Endlcott, Nattco. Georgia and Pacific, which bmk away from the tug Resolute Friday night during th height of th sever storm that swept this coast, have been towe l Into this port with all on boarl safe. Th tug Albatros. Resolut and Ie-' flanc picked up the barges fifty ml' off th Virginia Cape. lightship Number 48, stationed ,fT Cap Charles, whloh waa torn f rmn ! her mooring and rartled far out to aea by th storm, wa picked up It mile north of Virginia Hesrh liy ih llghthoiiM tendw Orchid. The llgbf. hip was not srrloiialy damaged and n far roi'ld b learned, none of b-r crew were Injured. High sea Lro.i.. her cabin window and salt r spoiled a portion of her fod air ; ' Th rl loat both of br an'-hnrj la i (Continued ca ( tit I J

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