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(1 A . d if THB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THB jJS:OCIATEO PRJE8S SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT t: - RESPECT COMPLETE. : "WEATHER FOEECASTj GENERALLY FAIR, ;OLUMEXX. NO. 49. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 9, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS PRESS GERMANS ON 3 SECTORS rench Offensive Developing Between Meuse and Lor raine Frontier Counter 1 Attacks by Germans. I-PREMIER VENIZELOS, REECE, QUITS POLITICS -jnor Germany Has Declared ,7ar on Holland Not Con firmed Reports Con- . cerning Allied Fleet. London, April 9. The ench offensive between the nise and the Lorraine fron r is developing where the rmans are making, fierce inter attacks. An analysis ! ' the situation by the French ( neral .staff shows that the Trench movement of the last f v days has been on three : tors: The first of these is a front of 14 mile's to the ;t of Verdun, actually south t from a point near Etain; ) second is on a front be ee St. Mihiel and Pont-a-msson, where the French are acking from the south; and 1 third is in the north in the inity of Gussainville, where i French now dominate the lley ,of the Orne and are eatening the railroad he ld the Orne.- The French vance is thus pressing from 1! ree bases, in three different t'.lreptions.' - Paris officially reports that the French forces are fighting on a front many miles long, jind have occupied new ground r -asuring from . several . hun- id yards to two miles deep. That the Germans are resist j the French advance stub rnly is indicated by the ench report that at one point attack they, left 1000 dead, From a diplomatic stand int interest is! centered. in eece. Former Piemier Ven los apparently has despair- of obtaining King Constan t's Bupport to his efforts to ure a retraction repudiating policies of the present cab- it, and has decided to retire m politics and may leave country. Special dispatches from ingary say the Russians are hting the battles in the Car thians with deliberate poH- fs in view, the chief of which the sever Hungary from the ml monarchy. Dispatches from Athens say 0 allied fleet facing the ftar uielles is not far from Bolair 1 the Gallipoli peninsula, but lis is without confirmation. Nothing has come to hand to nfirm the rumor, curront yes rday, -that Germany had do ired war on Holland. Milli ry movements were reported the Dutch border, but mili ry activity has continually irked Holland's neutrality in o past. ALLIES WANT TO KNOW. H Psrla. AdHI (.The allies are t ,.Ar.H..in ih. 1 tilvlilhllltr of .penlng fresh pourparlers with he Bulgarian grvrnment In or-, er to learn definitely the posl n Bulgaria Intends to take In .a European orlnls, says - the tit Parlsien'e Rome corres-ndent. BUSINESS GETTING STEADILYBETTER Marked Improvement All Over the Country Shown by , Bank Reports. Washington. April 9. Business con anions throughout the country are showing marked Improvement In al most all lines, according to reports from national bank examiners made public last night by the treasury de partment. Eighty of the ninety exam lners In the United States reported a permanent Improvement, and Maine Is said to be the only state where real depression exists. : "Pronounced hopefulness Is preva. lent In nearly every district," says the announcement. "Agricultural condl tions are generally excellent and com mercial lines with comparatively few exceptions, are enlarging their activi ties, mainly through an Increased de mand, but in some cases preparation for activity is expected to develop with the coming of good weather. Manu facturing is on the increase and those industries having orders for supplies from foreign countries continue espec ially active. "Further orders have been placed for cars and rails by the railroads and some large contracts have been made for structural iron for large buildings in different portions of the country." The statement attributes depression to unusual conditions abroad, but says buslness here has been stablelzed j through the application of economy. The south," it continues, is show ing marked improvement; The sale of cotton Is active at advancing prices, with, the result that all business In that section, Is feeling a steady and pronounced improvement. The pros pects for large crops generally are ex cellent and there will be greater di versification. The western states and the Pacific states are showing a general improve ment. ' , , The New England and middle At lantic states and portions of the cen tral west, although generally reporting an Improvement, seem to feel the past depression to the greatest extent. Farmer:?, however, generally have had satisfactory results; but manufactur ing, lth the exception of that to nil foreign orders, is feeling the Improve, ment to the least extent. There Is im provement, however. In most lines. Savings bank deposits are increasing and generally banks have an abund ance of money. ALLEGED YEGGKflEN ARE AT Mi Entered the Town in an Auto bile and Were Soon . . Arrested. Special to The Gazette-News. Marlon, April 8. Great excite ment prevailed In Marlon throughout yesterday, due to the fact that the officers believe that they have behind the bars two noted yeggmen who have been operating at Willlamston, Honea Path and other points In South Car olina. Yesterday afternoon two strangers appeared. In Marlon driving an auto mobile bearing a Florida license. Boon a telegram authorizing the arrest of parties bearing the descriptions of two strangers who had attracted at tention, was received. They were soon located at a local hotel, and their nnmes appeared upon the regis ter as J. F. Iclghson, of San Francis co, and E. D. Davis, of Chicago. Both vigorously protested, but they were locked up to await the arrival of a postofflce Inspector, who has had the case In charge. The automobile with the baggage of the two men was locked up also In a local garage. Im mediately upon the arrival of No. 12 this afternoon a great crowd gathered In front of the garage to await th Inspeotlon of the trunk and other bag gage, but they were disappointed, the Inspector had all the baggage re moved to the jail and no Information Is available aa to the contents. Buf- flclent proof has been found, how ever, to Justify the inspector to swear out warrants before the local United States commissioner. r.RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR It R K TO MOVE ITALIAN TROOrS. R R Mist Hanava. ADrll I. Railroad K R rolling stock Is being withdrawn R to call out all men capable of bear R by Italy from the Swiss ' fron- R Ing arms who have not heretofore R tier. It Is reported here, for the R'been liable for military service. In R transportation of troops and Rj elusive of the ages of 1 and 10 R military stores destined for the year to firfond the Turkish posts arid R region bordering on the A us- R. frontiers and to maintain order. The R Ulan Tyrol. R, minister wee also given the power to R R enroll for military service all Immt- Rk(RRItRRRRRRItHRRRRRR(rsnts for the duration of the war. J 1 Will PAY TOR FRYE At Same Time Upholding Le- gality of Prinz Eitel's Ac tion in Sinking U. S. Sailing Ship. CONTENDS CARGO OF WHEAT CONTRABAND Will Make Reparation Under Terms of Old Treaties Be tween United States and Prussia. Washington, . April 9. Germany! intention to compensate the owners of the American ship William P. Frye, sunk on the high' seas with her cargo of wheat, by the commerce raider, Prinz Eitel Frlendrich, has been communicated formally to the United States government. Ambassador Gerard cabled a note handed him by the Berlin foreign of fice in reply to the recent American communication submitting an Indem nity claim for $228,059.54 on behalf of the Frye's owners. The foreign of fice upholds the legaity under Inter national law of the raider's action in sinking the Frye and bases the lia bility of the German government to pay indemnity solely on the old Prussian-American treaties of 1799 and 1828, which provide that contra- band belonging to the subjects or cit- izens of either party cannot be con- flscated by the other and may be d. talned or used only in consideration of payment of the full value. In view of this situation the note says, the American owners must be compensated for their loss. It is pointed out, however, that the Case roust go Into a prize court, that ques tions of ownership, carg and desti nation may bo established formally. The German position is that the Frye's cargo of wheat was contraband because it was consigned "for or ders" to Queenstown, which is de clared to be a fortified port of Great Britain. No notice Ms taken of the fact that, since the wheat was sold en route to British citizens, the Uni ted States filed a claim for the vessel only. ' Officials here were somewhat sur prised at the nature of the German note, because of the bearing It may have on negotiations between Wash ington and London over the allies blockade of Germany and Austria,. The United States has Insisted that upon the belligerent seizing a cargo consigned "to order" rested the bur den of proof that the goods were destined for armed forces of an ene my. TANZER CASE WITNESS 1ICTEB1 PERJURY Hotel Clerk Safford Who Iden tified J. W. Osborne as Man in Case. New York, April 9. The first In dictment growing out of the charges made by Miss Roe Tanzer . against James W. Osborne and later recanted by her, was returned by the Federal grand Jury here yesterday when a bill charging Frank D. Safford with per jury was handed down. Rafford. at the hearing acoorded Miss Tamer on the charge of using the malls In an attempt to defraud, Identified Jas. W. Osborne as the man who appeared at the hotel, where he was employed as a clerk, with Mlsi Tanzer. Miss Tanzer later confessed that she had been mistaken in naming James W. Osborne as the man. The Indictment specifies two as signments. It alleges that Safford committed perjury when he Identified James W. Osborne as the man he had seen at the hotel, and when he swore that Miss Tanzer was with him at the time. ' The grand Jury will complete its In vestigation today and additional In dictments, It was said at the office of the federal attorney are expected. ALL MEN. EXCEPT ICES 19-20 ARE CALLED OUT IN TURKEY London, April I. The sultan 1 1 Turkey hss authorised his war mln lir according tn a Ueuter dlnnntrh RECEIVERS FOR COMPANY J, B. Greenhut Co., Large De partment Store, Fails With Liabilities Aggregat ing Millions. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK OF $6,000,000 Friendly Suit Instituted by -i - - Monmouth Securities Co. Consolidated With the - Siegel-Cooper Co. New Tprk, April 9. Receivers have been appointed by Federal . Judge Hand for the J, B. Greenhut company which operates a large department store in this city. Receivership was asked by the Monmouth Securities company and the defendants consent ed to the appointment. Walter ' C. Noyes and William A. Marble were named as receivers under bonds of $100,000. The J. B. Greenhut company had an authorized and outstanding capital stock of $6,000,000 and a bond issue of $6,000,000, sinking fund gold 6 per cent bonds. Under the provisions of the bond issue $150,000 in bonds was to be retired annually. The Central Trust company of New York was trus tee. Two corporate changes have been made since the incorporation of the company, November 16, 1910: First when Greenhut and company was con- j solidated with Siegel-Cooper company under the . name of Greenhut-Siegel- Cooper company. Last May the name was changed to the J. B. Greenhut company. J. B. Greenhut was presi dent. , The depr?ment store conducted by the company, .long known as the Sle- gel-Cooper store, occupied both blocks more commorci(li vaIue to the com on Sixth avenue between 18th anJ panics. 19th streets, i City Engineer John W. Mangum The assets are listed in the com- anouncPS for the city that it will im- PKuni ai ,oo,n, lnciuaing mer - chandise, cash and accounts reeelva bio. The liabilities, It Is stated, aggre gate $3,513,060, not Including the mortgage liability amounting to ap proximately $2,950,000 J. B. Greenhut is also treasurer ofln8taliea under ground and since the the Monmouth Securities company. The suit is based on. Indebtedness approximating $200,000, alleged to he due the securities company, represent ing money loaned the J. B. Greenhut company. WILL AiEETTOMORRI Organization Meeting Takes Place in Burnsville on Sat urday at 10 O'clock. The Mount Mitchell commission named by Governor Locke Craig on March 31, holds Its first meeting In Burnsville tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. T. E. Blackstock, the mem bet of tho commission from Bun ootnbe county, left the city this morn ing for Burnsville to be present at the tomorrow's meeting. The other members of the commission are: O. P. Deyton of Oreen Mountain, E. F. Watson and M. C. Hunnicutt of Burnsville, and Wilson Hensley of Hall Creek. The first meeting of the commission Is for the purpose of electing a chair man and formulating plans for car rying out the work on Mount Mitchell authorised by the last general assem bly. It will be remembered that the legislature appropriated $20,000 for this work and authorized tho gover nor to appoint a commission to take charge of the mountain. A NEW CAPTAIN FOR HOOK AND LADDER CO. At a recent mar-ting of Hook and Ladder company No. 1, of the Ashe vlllo Fire d part ment, A. L. Puckett was elected captain. Captain Duck ett has been a member of the local firs department for several years and,tlon of the Abernathy record would la considered one of Its most faithful members. KMKRKMttftRttMtftR of n unviim ah ni, i.i. uy. - iM R 1 Berlin. April I. (By Wire- R less) An official list published R here today sayi mat in Uer R many since March there Is a to R tal of 1(10 pieces of captured R artillery, including $100 Belgian R R heavy and Hunt; French 1100, R R Russian $40, and British (0. R R R RRRRPtftRRRRRRRRRRRR STiLiraon M-n i ULLU L Fifty Linemen Will Be Kept Busy Many Days Repair ing Storm Damage at Raleigh. UNDERGROUND WIRES TO BE ORDERED SOON Governor Names Commission on Revision of Court Pro ceedure Another Row in Wake County., (By W. T. Boot). Raleigh, April 9. -The storm of Friday night and Saturday which seems to have had Its center in Ra leigh, did enough damage to keep more than fifty linemen busy nearly as many days. The Western Union and the Postal Telegraph companies, the two tele phone systems and the Carolina Pow er and Light company have had spe cial squads at work since the first trouble but Wednesday nearly three score additional came here to dlsen tagnle the Western Union and the Carolina Power and Light company's cables. The power and light com pany's forty men will be on their Job forty odd days. The damage done to their system begins many miles in the interior while Raleigh suffered particularly from a trouble which has never come to it before. The Western Union was far worse off In getting a restored communi cation than the Postal was. But both now have wires in working order, al beit the newspaper men who had specials last night after the trains had taken their last copy were un able to get press messages across on ft .nnt.r. f et re.r Iin u V fila mnfrornf ; medlntely order all telephone, tele graph and light and power company wires In the fire district placed un der the ground as a safeguard against future fire. The fire alarm system is to be fire district covers a good portion of Raleigh, the order will perhaps de termine the whole policy of laying underground wires in the city. The darkness of the last half dozen days has been dispelled by lights In the residences and the sentiment for un derground lighting will also stand the ralHe in the price of distribution if there Is a raise. lfcvlse Court Procedure. Governor Craig has appointed the commission for the revision of court procedure, a body created by the late general assembly and to consist of a Supreme court Justice, a , Superior court Judge, two practicing attorneys and one layman. The members appointed by the governor are Chief Justice Walter Clark of the Supreme court, Judge W. J. Adams of the Superior court, Ex-Judge William P. Bynum cT Guilford, Senator L. V. Bassett of Edgecombe and Senator Hugh G. Chatham of Winston-Salem. Under the resolution the commis sion must make Its report before January I, 1917, In time to bespread before tho general assembly of that year. In the general assembly which adjourned In March, the resolution providing for this work was consid ered one of the biggest things taken up by It. The appointments by Gov ernor Craig not only embrace both political parties but the various ele ments In the political parties. Among court reformers none Is more out spoken for changes than Judge Clark, the head of the Judiciary In this, state. Tho governor picked the pre eminent progressive of the Judges. The 800 pages of the Carter-Aber-nathy Investigation have been enm plted by the stenographer, Alf Gos ncy, who Is now multlgraphlng the work to put In the hands of the spe cial committee. The committee announced Its re turn April 27 but has changed the date to April 26 when it comes her to. sit for two days or more. It ex pects to finish the work ad soon as It hss nn opportunity to go over the whole record. If tho state papers and tho travel ing public are any sort of Index to the genernl feeling In the state, a more serious thing than the oblltera hardly be expected as the Investiga tion undoubtedly made friends for Judge Carter. Solicitor Abernathy not being under actual Investigation and being In sn eastern district with a local office, nobody has even thnusht he was under any charge except the accusation nf a Judge who was In a row with htm. Andltor ami Commissioner Mix. The lonr expected conflict between Auditor Henry Holding and the county commissioners has become a public record and Wednesday even ing at the close of the third day the commissioners ordered the ahollsh (Contlnued on Page Three), IS Ml LESS DRUNKENNESS HERE OIBEH TOP LAW Twice as Many Arrests Last Week of March as First Week of April. That the new Grler law, or as It Is better known, Anti-Jug law, which went Into effect April 1, Is responsible for less drunkenness in this city is the belief of several of the officers of the police department of this city. There' seems to have been a halt to the large number of "drunks" that heretofore appeared In Police court, almost daily. . The records at the central police headquarters show that for the past eight days, the time that the new law has been in effect, only eight people have been arrested In Asheville on charges of being drunk in the city. During April the first Saturday and Sunday showed a material falling off In tho number of "drunks" falling in the hands of the police. The last Sat urday and Sunday of March held up the usual record of many people being arrested on charges of Imbibing too freely. 1 When the law used to be that a per son could order all the booze he might have thought he could drink, this gave the blind tigers great leeway and In a short time walking saloons could be discovered very easily, so persons with a memory state, if the thirsty party cared to spend a minute or so in a search. Then the war on booze really began. A law was passed making it illegal to receive more than one gallon a week. If over that much was found In a per son's possession, It was construed as prima facie evidence of engaging in the sale of whiskey. But this law, created to eradicate the numerous blind tigers that had taken up the business founded by saloons, did not work with what could exactly be call ed success and, as a last resort, the Grler law, naming a quart as the maximum amount of rum that can be received by one person In 1 5 "Says, was passed. The Quart Law. The quart law went into effect Just one week ago yesterday and was pro- j ductlve of business fully up to tho rush experienced I y the express com pany during the Christmas holidays. Now that the law is one ;,week old, police officers are beginning to claim that it is "some law," Inasmuch as a low record for arrests for that hereto fore common cause, drunkenness, has ben made, with a very good prospect of the number going still lower. There Is but one fly in the ointment, say the officers, and that Is "sugar skat," headache producing fluid dis tilled from brown sugar. It Is said that this variety of rum can be pro duced very cheaply and it Is known to have all and more power than corn or rye whiskey. Should the United States revenue employes be able to cope with the situation and to keep the brewers of booze made from sugar corn also, from getting too active, and the United States employes are mak ing great efforts and records to do so, the Grler law may prove to be the long needed enactment to make the state experience prohibition. ASHEVILLE MOTOR CLUB TO PLACE Signs to Be Placed on the Roads in the Vicinity of Asheville. At the meeting of the Asheville Mo tor club last night It was decided to place danger signals on the curves and grades on the roads In the vicinity of Asheville for the benefit of traveler! who are not familiar with the high ways. A supply of attractive signs has been received recently, and the mem bers of the club last night volunteer ed for the work of erecting them. The club endorsed the movement for the publication of a map and tour book of western North Carolina, and appropriated $R0 to help defray the expenses of the publication. This will be the most comprehensive road book ever published. It Is stated, and It Is believed that It will be the means of attracting many automobllists to this section. The committee nnmnd some time ago lo work for the passage of a city ordlnanre requiring all vehicles on the streets at night to be equipped with lights was continued with instructions to continue work for the measure. BRITISH SAY FW Wl NOT ARMED WHEN DESTROYED London, April . The official Infor- : matlon bureau has Inaued a statement detailing that the British steamer Fal aba, sunk March 28 by a German submarine, with a loss of over 100 lives, was not armed tnd tt suffi cient time was not given the passen gers and crew of the Falaba, tj as- cap". The people aboard the Falaba were given five minutes to take the boats and H would have been miraculous, It la pointed out, U all had escaped. NO DECISION Dll 1 II QUESTION English Cabinet Having Failed To Reach Settlement, Mat ter to Come Up Before J The Parliament. . HEADS OF THE VARIOUS CHURCHES WILL ABSTAIN i Scotland, If Solid, Might De feat Prohibition Measure, She Consumes Mora i Than Others. , " " London, April 9. The cabinet hav-l ing failed to reach a decision on tho' drink question, no settlement of tho problem is expected until the meeting; of parliament next week. The impres sion Is growing that the government will content itself with a measure pro hibiting the sale of spirits. ? ' Conservative leaders, A. J. Balfour V and Andrew Bonar Law, it Is believed, have already promised assent to what-1 ever action the government may take, ! provided that no measure for total! prohibition is considered at this time. In proposing prohibition for saloon spirits and possibly wines and less strength for beer. Great Britain would be following In the footsteps of Rus sia which before adopting total prohi bition forbade the manufacture and use of spirits. i Even prohibition of traffic In spirits I Is not likely to be adopted without i considerable opposition. The influ-1 ence of the party favoring voluntary I abstenance is growing. The latest re. cruits to this are the heads of various I churches who have signed pledges t I abstain from the use cf intoxicants. Opposition to the suppression of the use of spirits is to some degree sec- J - a tional. Since Scotland consumes per capita three times as much spirits as does England and half again as much as Ireland, Scottish opposition, If solid, might defeat prohibition measure. BURGLARS ENTER LILDY'S AT STATESVILLEi Miss Sarah Burke Finds Door? ... , Fastened, But Intruder Es- . capes Through Window. Special to The Gazette-News. Statesville, April 9. When Miss Sarah Burke, of Taylorsville. who isi employed In a Statesvllle millinery any tablishment, went to, her room on tfi, second floor of W. L. Cornelius about 10 o'clock Tuesday night, she found that the door would not open, Sha called to Mr. Cornelius, and m-hen th latter threw his weight against the door it came open, but was lmme dlately, forced shut again by some one on the Inside and locked. It was found that the Intruder had escaped through window. Rushing outside the house the tracks of a man. were found below the window, but he had made good his escape. In swing ing from the upper window he had. broken the glass in a lower floor win dow. YSER CANAL REPORTED' London, April 9. The Belgian le-j gntlon has received the following' telegram, dated Wednesday, from the' Belgian war minister: "Tho west side of the Tser canal; In tho direction of Drel Orachten has' been completely freed of the enemy' by the Belgian army. The Germans fled In disorder, leaving machine guns and ammunition. "Today passed quietly. The hostile artillery showed little activity." RRRRRRRRRKstRRRKI R R FIND KCnMATUXE nA5E. , R. R Copenhagen. April . Norwe- R R rian airmen' have been scouring R R the Norwegian coast Investigating ts ! R rumors thai German submarines R.! R have a base located In some ehel R tered spot In neutral water. l R They found several German nub- w R marines Just behind the cliff at ' R Bergen bay, R The submarines wor R to leave Immertln' R for the rest rr R RRR
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