North Carolina Newspapers

? "WEATHER FORECAST: FAIR. TH3 GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THB iJSIOCIATED PRICES SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT . it RESP3CT COMPLETE!, :i 5- VOLUME XX. NO. 47. Pf! ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS 2?' FRESH FORCES TO CARPATHIANS 3oth Russians and Austro Germans Are Strengthen ing Their Lines in the Mountain Battles. ACTION OF WHISKEY QUESTION EXPECTED (English Cabinet Considers the Matter Today Total Pro hibition Not Looked for, However. GERMANY CLAIMS FALABA WARSHIP Disclaims Responsibility for Death of American, L. C. Thresher. : London, April 7. The mili tary situation in the Carpath ians is competing with the pro hibition question n the nterest of tho British public. Some announcement of measures for drastic restriction of the con sumption of liquor is expected to follow the cabinet meeting today. Total prohibition is not expected. ? In the Carpathians the con flict which is the most import- iant military action in progress .the Russians have been bring ing up heavy reinforcements to 'push their attacks, the success 'of which depends only on the J weight -of numbers". The' Aus Itrians and Germans also are istrengtheni-g their forces in Ithis region. t Constantinople,, (by way of London nnd Berlin). April 7. An official statement Issued today by the Turkish war office Is as follows "There was no serious attack yester day by the enemy on the Dardanelles , fortifications. The day before two hostile cruisers bombarded our battery at the entrance of the strait but with out result One of the cruisers and a torpedo boat was Btruck by our shells, " "On the Caucasian front the enemy 'Attacked our advance guard north of ; Jstlktfn, but were1 repulsed across the ; border. After IS hours of hard flght- in we Occupied the enemy villages of , Rhosor-and Parcel, south of Tassa ikerf i Thinks Allies (Displeased. .Rome, April 6, (by way of Paris,) -April 7,.The Trlbuna thinks that the nttack by Bulgarian Irregulars on the Serbian frontier guards must have dis pleased the triple entente powers, but Jiulgarla was apparently negotiating with the allies at the same time that she was maintaining Intimate relation 'With Gerjnany and Austria. Bulguria vis hoping to realize the provisions of the treaty of San Rtefano, the Tribuna '(Ik lares, and la playing a most auda jclous game which may cause all sorts tot surprises. Washington, April 7, Govern, ment officials have taken under con1 sideration a statement from the Ger man embassy quoting an official mes sage from the Berlin foreign office in which responsibility was disclaim' ed for the loss of any neutral lives on board the British steamer Falaba recently sunk by a German submar ine. ' The claim is set us-, by Germany that the Falaba, as well as other British merchantmen was armed and that military necessity made It lm possible for the submarine to give any longer time than was allowed for the passengers to escape. State department officials say the death of Leon C. Thresher, an Amer lean, i lost with the Falaba, const! tutes a complicated case. If the Ger man view that all merchantmen be lng armed are the cactegory of warships, Is accepted, the rights of neutrals to travel aboard belligerent craft of any kind wouldsbe circum scribed. Furthermore, Germany con tends that sufficient time was permit ted for the escape of the passengers and the intimation is given that If he was not Included among those saved there was an act of negligence for which the Germans were not re sponsible. ' President Wilson told callers yes terday that no steps had been taken diplomatically by the United States In the Thresher case beyond, efforts to obtain the facts and circumstances under which Thresher was drowned. IS MILITIH ARE DISMISSED Adjutant Young Discharges Members of First Company Coast Artillery for Good of Service. CREATED DISSENSIONS AND DISOBEYED RULES TUGS ATTACH CABLES TO LOST SUBMARINE H Attempt to Be Made to Raise Craft With Specially Built Pontoon Scow. DAVIDSON BLtO t ON Tilt Health Survey Investigating Violations of Vital Statis tics Law Gov. Craig Pardons Towe. . Honolulu, April. l. The tugs Nava jo and Intrepid which have been dragging for the lost submarine F-4 are reported to have secured a, solid hod on the submerged craft with two and a half Inch cables. The cables were transferred to the dredger Gay- lord. It was said early today that the two tugs would continue drag ging until four cable were attached to the submarine two fore and two aft and when these holds were se cured an attempt would be made to raise the F-4 by means of specially built pontoon scows, the construction of which will be cocmplete this week which have a combined lifting capac ity of S20 tons. Opponents of Issue of $300,000 Bonds for Roads of Coun ty Carry Appeal to Supreme Court. NOT THINKING OF INTERNMENT I So Says Collector Hamilton, fleers of German Crui ser Last Night. GREENSBORO FURNISHES VERY INTERESTING CASE Thompson Defeats Sweitzer- Women Divide the Vote $ About Like Men. Case of Chiropractic Doctor Is Argued Attorney Gen eral Bickett Makes Spicy Remarks. DECLARES ALLIES WILL French Newspaper Thinks Am erican Note Is "Well Reasoned" Paper." The treaty of San Stefano was slgn Ved In 187S, at the end of the .Russo- Turkish war. It provided that a prin cipality of Bulgaria should be created extending from the Danube to the Ae gean sea. This provision of the treaty. however, was later greatly altered by the congress of Berlin. , SELECTS DATES FOR BOND ELECTIONS Paris, -April. 7.-The Journal Des Debats, commenting on the American note regarding th eallles' blockade against Germany, says it is a well rea soned document and that France and Great, Britain, will be ready to com pensate Innocent neutrals for losses due to errors made by French and British ships. The editorial concludes: 'Great Britain and France certainly will be in accord with the United States on another point. They also are persuaded that whatever innovations in the rights of man are deemed nec essary they should . be in conformity at least with the spirit and principle that are the essence of the rules of war. For their part they have not in fringed either the spirit or principles. but they are fighting an enemy who recognizes no other rule than force and for whom 'any means to vanquish are good, Vven the most sacred laws "They find themselves before that adversary In a state of legitimate de fense. Seized by the throat, they take up the arms ready at hand. If third parties are disturbed In the course of this hand to hand fight, Great Britain and France are not to blame. "Why Instead of , witnessing the as simple spectators, do not third par ties throw themselves upon the high way robbers who have assailed inno cent passerebyT They thus would bet ter render homage to principle than by looking from right to left to ree if there Is not something to pick up." Raleigh, April 7. By order of Ad jutant General Young 16 members of the first company of the cocast ar tillery cocrps have been discharged for the good of the service. The members are J. E. Potter, James Justice, W. L. Mltchcell, John Olmstead, P. L. Overstreet, Lester M. Wood, W...R. House, J. A. Ken nedy, George W. Cook, W. L. Bed- dlngfield, Frank Keith, C. T. Bar ber and R. G. Williams. The commanding officers in all branches of the service are asked to refrain from enlisting these men who are charged with creating dissensions in the service and having refused to comply with the rules governing the guard. The discharge is not dishonorable. It is disciplinaryThe men fired out are charged with nothing worse than being "undesirables,1" but the whole sale dismissal comes as something of a surprise. It followed an Investiga tion several weeks ago. The Infantry camp of instruction for officers will be held in Raleigh from May 11 to 16 lnccluslve. The instruction will be ; undert Captain Russell C. Langdon who .will ha ch ief instructor and '"aided-by officers of the regular army. In cocmpliance with general order 166 of the war department the ex amination of the coast artillery of ficers succecssfully passing this ex amination will be awarded certifi cates by the war department. . For Union Depot at Madison. The corporation commission leaves today for Madison where the union depot petition will -. be heard. All members wll lattend. i The two roads that meet In Madi son are the Southern and the Nor folk and Western. The town has had its name in the official pot a good while. The secretary of state today char tered the Smlth-Bruns company of Ashevllle with $4,600 pal din capital $26,000 authorized. The Incorporators are H. B, Bruns Morgan N. Smith and Anna M. Smith of Ashevllle which is the home office. . ' The wheeler Drug company of Farmvllle, . Is authorised to begin with $2,000 of its $6,000 capital paid In, R. H. Patterson, J. M. Wheless and H. H. Wheless are the subscrlb- ers to stook. Governor Craig has pardoned Charles Towe, a Davidson county man 'who was convicted of retailing at the August term of Davidson court and sentenced to a term of one year for' retailing. Governor Craig's reasons for the pardon are the low state of the de fendant's health whlchc has totally Incapacitated him for work and the fact that he has served eight months. Judge Devln recommends the pardon and so does Z. I. Walser, who pros ecuted with the solicitor. County of ficers and II. B. Varner, tbe last named favoring all the road workers available, Join in the request. After the Violators. L MEET AT IAVE1LLE State Grand Master Evans Will Deliver Address To morrow Evening. - Tomorrow afternoon the District meeting of the Odd Fellows convenes In Weaverville with a program that 1111 lent. UUIU UUWU UJL The meeting will begin with a bus! ness session tomorrow afternoon In the new Odd Fellows' home, and in the evening there will be a meeting open to the public. Guy Weaver re celved a telegram this morning from Grand Master W. F. Evans of Green ville, that he will arrive tomorrow afternoon, and he will deliver the principal Jress.t morrsw pigfct. Mr.. Evans was' an , orphan boy and was reared in the orphans' home at Golds boro. He is now a practicing lawyer at Greenville, and has several times been a member of the general assem bly. . ,- It had been Intended to have's con test In degree work tomorrow night, but that feature will probably be post poned to another hour. On Friday morning at 11 o'clock, A. Hall Johnston of Ashevllle will deliver and address at the final meeting of the Odd Fellows. The district is composed of the counties of Madison, Polk, Transylva nia and Buncombe. There are many Odd Fellows In these counties and it Is expected, that the attendance will be large. Special cars will be run tomorrow night by the Ashevllle and East Ten nessee railway company for the ac commodation of those who wish to go to Weaverville and return after the meeting. . REPUBLICftHNEX MAYOR THREE NEGROES HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGES Many matters of Interest were- tak en up by the board. of county conv mlssloners at the efternoon session yesterday, chief among which was the selection of a date. May 18, for bqnd elections to be held In West Ashevllle and Barnardsvllle, at which time the rttiwmi of the towns will vots on the question of Issuing bonds fur school purposes. West Ashevllle citizens will decide whether they de sire a bond Issue of $30,000 for the purpose of erecting a ne whlgh school building and Barnardsvllls cttlsens will decide on a bond Issus of $8,000. The board appointed B. I. Ed wards to serve as registrar of the Barnardsvllls election, whns the Judges wll be T. D. Msney snd T, jA. Case. At the West AshevlllS slso lilon. James Reynolds Will bs ths j-dge and th registrars will be B. 1). Hall tnd a. D. Carter. It wus ordered by ths board that 'minty Road Engineer C. H. Nen.1 s wclvn bids for sm'halt to bind ths AshnvllSe-Wesvervllls road and the ,nrJ dcldfd to meet on April 1, t l i, h tim these bids will b .id en. if IN THT COLUMN Three New Ones Added by Local Option Elections of Yesterday. VT. J. n. oracn, oi in aeimri- dd d t th ment or vital statistics in tne state Two negroes, " Felix Grimes and Charles Eves, were arrested Monday night In connection with the robbery of the store on Mountain street owned by William Vance, the the alleged rob bery of the store on Mountain street owned by William Vance, ths allegea robbery taking place about a week ago. Another negro. Cliff Fowler, was Implicated In the case but had been sent to the chain-gang on another charge since ths robbery happened. He was brought to Ashevllle yesterday and arraigned with ths two other sus pects this morning In police court The three negroes srs alleged to have stol en baoon, lard and flour, values at $10 snd ths cases wers continued until to morrow morning when hearings will bs heed. . . . . Chicago, April 7. A total of 66 counties out of 102 In Illinois are en tirely "dry" today. Three new coun ties Marlon, Franklin and Jasper dry" column by thA lnnol nnttnti election .vAntArdav. board of health, and E. S. Armfleld, ' AbQUt 100 oon, were vote(j out special representative of that a. ThB cnle( ,.dry vlctory WM , Cen. purtmem, are lan.ng a m,rv oi tralla whch haS been "Wet" 60 survey for- the violators of the vital yenrn , statistics law of the 11S general as-i .,' , , fnl ,hlrh sembly. ; vntnit nn the' HrHlnr nnentlnn 'Htnr- This department , has proseceuted jday v,ctory or ,tha dry forc.,, many and cocnylcted substantially all number of towns were, gained, but oui let yp "l l""!the larger cities remained wet. pnimiuiiun xiio iwiiruj uiu 111,1. come and now the board determines the stopping of the evil. The fines are not heavy but the cocurt experience Is not pleitslng. The department could not say how many are under charges of failure to make report as requir J. WILLIAM THERMOND RECEIVES APPOINTMENT Washington. Aprl T. J. "William Thermond of Edgnrield has been given a recess appointment by President Wilson as federal dlstrlft attorney for the western district of South Carolina. MUCH INTEREST IN : THE PRAYER SERVICES WEAVER COLLEGE AND CULLQWHEE TO DEBATE (By W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, April 7 The three nun dred thousand dollar appeal from Davidson county was docketed near the end of the twelfth district cases In the Supreme court yeHterday but was not reached and will occupy the center of the stage today. King and Kimball of Greensboro, E E. Raper and Walser and Walser, W. H. Phillips, S. E. Williams, W. O. Bur gin and J. Ray McRary, lawyers of Lexington,, came down to take a hand in the argument. Messrs. Williams and McRary are appearing against bond issue for roads and the other at tomeys for it. Judge J. S. Manning and Governor W. W. Kitchin alao op pose It. The opponents of the Leonard bill which went throuph the house and senate with no opposition, are heart ened In their eppeal to the higher court by the sale Monday of the Dav ldson county bonds. Capt. S. E. Wil liams contends that the bonds were not to be marketed until the court hands down it.3 opinion and that the sale during the unsettled Issue has caused, the . bonds to go at . a, much lower premium than otherwise they would have done. The sale of Monday was conditional upon a favorable opin ion from the Supreme court, but Mr. Williams thinks that it was a mistake to put bonds on the market during a litigation. This is much the biggest and most important case before the court from the Greensboro district. When Judge Lyon heard the injunction against the road commission of Davidson, he held against the plaintiffs and the case came immediately to the higher court. To Davidson county it means a great deal. chiefly means that whereas Leon ard thought his people needed deliver ance, they do not wish to be delivered and that the legislature has no right. to rob the county of its birthright of mud. It is th eold issue "shall the people rule?" and therefore stick in the mud. Though the docket had what law yers call trashy cases, Greensboro fur nished one that had a spicy argument from Attorney General Bickett who came again to the rescue of the court with some amusing reflections on the chiropractic physician. It was tho case of State vs. Slier in which T. C Hoylo appeared for Dr. Siler and At torney General Bickett for the state. IllckPtt's Argunic-nt, ; Dr. Slier was tried in the Superior court of Guilford county for practic ing the profession of a chiropractic physician. A special verdict was found upon which the court below decided that the defendant was not guilty , state appealed and in the counj nf his argument, In which he insisted that the judgment of the court below should be reversed, and a verdict of guilty be entered, Attorney General Bickett said "The word 'chiropractic' Is not found In the Century dictionary but the philologists will have little difll- culty in tracing its origin and Inter preting Its meaning. The word falls naturally Into two parts, the one hav ing a classical part of the word come from Athens and will be found In the nomenclature of the science In which the hand plays an important part. The commercial end of the word comes from Chicago, the home of the practi cal, of practical business, of practical politics, and of the school in which the defendant studied, and a liberal but .not unfair Itnerpretatlon of the word is 'When the copper Is oft the beat, grab everything In sight.' "Chiropractic has been defined by one of ths courts to be 'a system of healing that treats elsdases by manip ulation of the sinal column. But the chiropractic physician scorns to be classed ' with that humble, but ever welcome persomiiro who scratches - I - MATTER TO BE SETTLED WITHIN FEW HOURS Chicago, April 7.-Returns from 1,400 precincts out of 1,566 Indicate that WilliairvHale Thompson, republl can, was elected mayor of Chicago yesterday by 130,000 plurality over Robert M. Sweitzer, democrat. Other city offices were won by re publicans by about 75,000 plurality and the city council is probably repub' llcan for the first time In five years. Women's votes were divided be tween the candidates In about the same proportion as the men's. Throughout the campaign Thomp son managers based many of their ar guments to voters on the association that business and labor conditions throughout th ecountry presaged a re publican victory. About eighty-five per cent of the three-quarters of a million vote regis tered was caat. According to election officials this set a record. Some wards hitherto considered strongly democratic, were carried by the republicans and Sweitzer's own precinct was carried by Thompson. Sweitzer and his managers . con ceded the election to the republicans early in the evening. . In a speech to a crowd of his fol lowers last night, Thompson said: "My first official move will be to have my chief of police drive the pick pockets out of Chicago." Political writers were divided last night as the cause of Thompson's victory in an election which at the best was expected to be close. The returns indicated the total socialist vote would not exceed 20,000. The prohibition party candidate ran far behind the socialist candidate. Short Time Remains of 24- ' Hour Period in Which the ; Prinz Eitel Can Make ' Dash Out to Sea. TO FILE Only Six Candidates Have Made the Formal Entry April 16 Last Day. Rst. J. H. Bernhardt will make a talk' tonight at ths prayer services be ing conductsd by the Baraca class of Haywood Street Methodist church, and special music will be a feature of tonight's servtcesj Ths week of prayer services started Sunday evsn lng with a special sermon by ths pus- tor, considerable Interest being manifest ed, last night's meeting having .a number of representative from other classes of ths city. All Baraca classes are urged to send representatives ach nlfUt this week. Preparations are about completed for the debate to bs held at Waynes- vllle Saturday night between teams from the Cullowhes Training school and Weaver college. The subject for one's back. " "A review of fw "v'pjatlon on this subject will dlseloite h' '-istant effort on the part of the public to require those. who clulm special knowledge cr skill In the healing art to demonstrate debats Is, "Resolved, That the United i this knowledge or skill to the satlsfac- Although there are Just nine more days that candidates can make official application to participate In the pr mary which will be, held in Ashevllle on April 26 for the selection of nomi nees for mayor-commissioner, Ifcom- missloners of public works and public safety and judge of the police court, at noon today only six candidates had filed their formal application with City Clerk Frank I Conuer. April 16 Is the time, according to the commission plan charter, that all candidates woh are to participate In the upproachlng primary must have their names filed with the city clerk. While only six men have filed their applications, more than 30 men have announced that they are candidates for the four offices to be voted for, According to. City Clerk Conder, there seems to be a mistaken idea about tho methods of filing the formal application, for he says that It is not all. necessary, and shows the new charter to prove It, for a candidate to have 2' names of voters on his peti tion. If the candidate does not care to do that he can simply appear before the city clerk, take an oath as to his citizenship and pay the fee of $5, when his name will be formally entered as a candidate for the office he seeks. The charter states that for three days after the primary the serretary- treasurer, who is Mr. Conder, shall have published in the dolly papers of the city a list of the candidates and the offices they are running for. Tlv official ballots will be printed alpha betically, commencing with the mayor- commissioner, then the commissioner of public works, commissioner of pub lic! safety and judge of the police court. Within six hours after the polls close on the day of the primary, the officers of the election are to make their returns to the secretary-treas urer, and on the day following he wlll- havs published In the dally papers the result of the primary. He will, under the supervision of the mayor, make a canvass of the returns. The primary polls will open at " 8 o'clock and will continue open until sunset. Newport News, April 7. "We ar ; not even thinking about the Intern- ment of the Prinz Eitel Friedrlch," declared Collectcocr of Customs Ham ilton early today after waiting ex pectantly throughout the night tor the German cruiser: to leave this port. As the collector spoke he was preparing to proceced again to the German ship by direction , of the Washington government, despite the fact that he had bade farewell to Commander Thierichens . and the , members of his staff last night. The Prinz Eitel was given every opportunity last night tyy the United r States government to leave. Clear ance papers had been denied mer chant ships of Germany's enemies. " But a few hours remained this morn lng of the 24 hours period In' which the cruiser might escape by pierc ing the cordon of allied warships ly ing in wait off tha Virginia! capes. The fact that customs 'officials were n close touch with the situa tion, throughout the night, cocupled , with the unusual activity of naval and military patrols who are on '. guard at every approach to the war- ' , ship by land or sea, led to the belief that the final settlement of the ques tion concerning the Prlns Blltel's plans would be determined within a few hours. With decks cleared for action the American battleship, Ala bama swept Hampton Rofir's with searchlights almost till dawn and today she was close at hand with all steam up. . i Newport News, April 7. The Brit- IhIi merchant ship captains who ap plied for elojirance papers at the cus toms house yesterday are said to have been denied. There is no Infor mation ns to how long they will bo denied clearance. , Norfolk, April 7. No allied mer chant vessels departed from this port! yesterday but it could not be learned when the ban which had evidently! been placed on the leaving by a recog- ' nized authority would be lifted. Evi dently, however, the continued pres ence of the German cruiser Prinz Eitel j Friedrlch had something to do with i the matter. ' -.. , Collector of Customs Hamilton eon- i tlnued to refuse to discuss the status of the Eitel and he declined to makv! j a statement on the subject of the re- ; fusal of the VJrginla Pilot's assocla- j tlon to take from this port any allied i merchantman. Each application for a pilot made by such vessel was declined and no intimation could be had as to when pilots would be available for " them. FILMS OF FIGHT ILL T BE SKDWIi IN U.S. Movie Patrons Cannot See the Johnson-Willard Films in 1 This Country. ' Washington, April 7. Persons who had hoped to see the motion pictures of the Wlllard-Johnson fight In tho United States will be disappointed. It was recalled today that a federal . statute expressly forbids not only th Interstate transportation of fight films but also their Importation from fnrbign countries. The statute pro vides for a fine of $1,000 or on years Imprisonment, or both, for tv ery offense, The law was passed by congress July $1, 110, the day after theJohn-i son-Jeffries fight at Reno, as ths re. , suit of fear on the part of many of, the congress members, especially, those from th south, that nice riots would follow any attempt to show such a fight In ths movies. States Should Subsidize Its Merchant Marine." R. R. Williams and Superintend ent of City Schools Harry Howell of this city will act as judges but the tlon of some competent tribunal des ignated by the, slate. before they arc I allowed to experiment upon the bodies of the people or make Incisions In their pocket books. The history of Rev. E. M, lloyls, and there Isjthlrd Judge has not been selected ssjthis legislation will disclose a system- vot - aim enori upon me cui i itumiy in- Ths debate promises to be on of dividual to avoid having their alleged the most Interesting held In Vestern 1 knowledge snd skill put to the tl. If the derennant in mi ease nan con tented himself ' with advertising that (Continued on oas I) North Carolina this yar and It Is expected that a large number of peo- Jpls will bs present. ran ruKEs into lira MUG THREE YOUNG MEN Newark, N. J., April t Three young men wers drowned early today whtn an automobile in whlrh they wers rldltg plunged through an open draw brlugs. MEN REFUSED RELIEF WORK ON RAMPAGE Vancouver, R. C, April T. Th l.Roa, men who wers refused furl relief work In Vancouver v ' ' counelclo late yeterln restnursnts and fruit r lng windows snd aorrv The-nolloe srrexiefl f ,m . & ff -- r : I