TH3 GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THE . : jJBTOCIATED FRTtSS SERVICE. IT 18 IN EVERT tl RESPECT COMPLETE. l LEATHER FORECAST: GENERALLY FAIR. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 1915. VOLUME XX. NO. 50. PRICE FIVE CENTS flip M FRENCH GAINS ARE IMPORTANT Capture of Les Eparges Means ' Heavier Pressure on Ger man Northern Flank at St. MihieL rHE SOUTHERN FLANK IS ALSO THREATENED 3y French Advance Between PDnt-a-Mousson and Meuse Desperate German Counter Attacks. LODGE I. OIF. MEETS IN HWBSONVILLE Sessions Will Be Held From May 18 to 21 Expect Large Crowd. NEWS OF THE STATECAPITAL Nearly 5000 Children Parade Street in Wake County's Second Commencement Celebration. TEUTON I US U.S. TO TASKTO Germany Complains Washing ton Has Virtually Acquiesc ed in the British Order-in-Council CHILDREN OF RALEIGH WITH DOLEFUL BANNER London, April 10. French troops, with the capture of Les Sparges, have obtained one of ihe main objects of their ad-; vance southeast from Verdun. The position at Les Eparges dominates the plains of the Woevre, and the occupation by the French troop,s was an nounced officially today. , The progress of the French from Verdun means heavier pressure on the northern flank of the Germans holding St. Mi hiel, while the southern flank ' of the Germans is threatened by the French advance be tween Pont-a-Mousson and the Mouse. In the southern part of the field of operations the Ger mans ' are .deliverinaf almost constant counter attacks, 15 assaults having been made at ; one point. Evidently the : French troops are not only at tempting the capture of St. Mi i.hiel,' which has always been a t danger point since the German I wedge was driven into the al lies' lines, but at the same time are seeking to aid the Russians by preventing the withdrawal of German troops from the west to be transferred to the Carpathian battlefields where " the Austro-Germans are des perately pressed by the Rus sians, i . , , The rumors that Austria is about to attempt to conclude a . separate peace are growing in number and persistence every day. These rumors are accom panied by evidences of Italy's increasing uneasiness over the situation.' ' The North Carolina grand lodge, 1. O. O. F.. will hold the annual ses sion this year In Henderson ville, the dates May 18 to 21, having Just been selected by the grand lodge commit tee having charge of the arrange ments. . Ashevllle and other cities In west ern North Carolina will send dele gates to the meetings and It la ex pected that the attendance will be '?rger than for several year. Guy Weaver cf this city is grand warden and Thomas . L. Oreen of Waynes- vllle deputy ijrvil master. Mr. Green will probably be elesUd grand mti- ter at the apivoachtng meeting, to succeed W P. Evans of Greenville, the present grill maste". Each lod,'3 i.f Odd Kellowa In North Carolina is entitled to send one delegiw to the Hendeitoiivllle meeting but It Is thought that the official reprssen.'atives of the ledges, especially in ves.ra M.:rth Carolina, will be accomtiii.sl ny otflor mem bers of the order wba 'leslre to wit ness the session-) of he grand lodge The membership of the grand lodge Is estimated at over 16,000 and the first session of the grand lodge In this state was held in 1845 and then every year thereafter until 1861, when no sessions were held and none were held until 1865 when an Informal meeting of the Odd Fellows of the state was held, at the request of the sovereign grand lodge, the grand lodge being asked to send delegates to the sovereign meeting at Baltimore that year. . ' The local' 'lodges, Ashevllle en campment No. 2; Blue Ridge lodge No. SOB; French 'Broad lodge , No. 172; Sulphur Springs lodge No. 168 of West Ashevllle and Swannanoa lodge No. 66, will be well represented at the grand lodge meeting. Over 4000 With School Capac ity for Only 2634r-Interest-ing Cases in Superior. Court of Wake. ARMS FOR ALLIES BUT NO FOOD FOR GERMANS CRUISER Mr' PORTSMOUTH The German Cruiser Proceeded From Newport News Under Own Steam to Its New Portsmouth Berth, i Note Quotes From Wilson's Speech on Mexican Situa tion U. S. to Make Vigorous Denial. INTERNMENT DEFERRED OWING TO A DEATH ABANDONS PLAN AGAINST SERBIA ALL UUILL nUL Austria Will Remain Strictly nLLLULU Ul ILU MIL Troops to the Italian Frontier, Report. HI FAMOUS SCULPTOR, KARL THE0D0REJB1TTEB, DEAD Chief of Department of Sculp ture Panama-Pacific Fair Killed by Auto. New York,- April 10. Karl Theo dore Francis Bitter, chief of the de partment of sculpture for the Panama Pacific exposition, and one of the best known American sculptors, died In a hospital here today as the result of Injuries received when he and Mrs. Bitter were run down ty an automo bile on Broadway last night. Mrs, Bitter was not seriously Injured. Mr. Bitter was a native of Vienna and came to America In 1889, and made his home In this city. He was 47 years of age. or E Chateaubriand Sinks With Cargo of Chalk Crew Fi nally Reaches Land, r Ixpreport, France, April 19. -The Trench three-masted ship Chateaubri and, from London to New. York, wllh cargo of ohalk, was sunk by a Ger jman submarine off the Isle of Wight nt 11 o'clock Thursday morning. The members of the crew were saved. Captain Grondln and his crew of 31 men were given 10 minutes to launch 'their two boats and the vessel was 'then torpedoed. After drifting ah jut 1 that day and night In the bitterly cold weather without food, they sight' ,ed the French coast and landoJ hire tafely. I The Chateaubriand wos of J, 029 jtons, and left London April 4, mm mm gfficers. h GO, die m u (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, April 10. Wake county's second commencement celebration brought to the city yesterday nearly 5,000 school hildren who paraded the streets and caused all traffic to sus pend In their honor. Despite recent weather that work ed against advertisement of the event and travel to the city, a tremendous outpouring of children and their pa rents gave to Raleigh the aspect of a circus visit At noon the schools gath ered and with the Third Regiment band playing, marched through the principal streets to the city audito rium where Mayor Johnson welcom ed them and Ex-Superintendent Z. V. Judd made the address. In the auditorium the handiwork of the schools were exhibited and scores of prizes offered through lo cal business houses and Individuals, One of the gifts was the American flag, the merchants donating more than 8,000 of these to the visiting children. Raleigh's children stood on capltol sauare and displayed a doleful ban net showing the city . with . ,u school children with a capacity for housing only 2,634. It was not the kind of school thing that the city wanted to boast, but H had to be frank. Six of the visiting schools from country and village districts have better school buildings than the best in the city's Immediate group, In the auditorium the children nuite' filled the great indoors and re duced to substantial nullity the voices that would be heard by the people. It was such a Jam as to make the address a wonderful physical per formance. That was not its sole vir tue, however. Mr. Judd (brought the message from the great central plant of the state schools, a message which special fortune has allowed him to carry to that plant by reason of nis work among the children and carry afresh from the citadel of Idealism. Busman Acquitted. Without argument of counsel In the habeas corpus proceedings yesterday In Wake county court, Judge Frank Daniels dismissed the charges of false pretense against Harry Susman brought here from Franklin county and the defendant left with a prom ise to get even with his prosecutors. Mr. Susman as general manager of the Southern Telephone Instruction company. Inc., of Richmond, put In a' rural system In Franklin In which T WEEK OF THE SUPERIOR COURT ENDED London, April 18. A semi-official intement Issued In Petrograd today, ays Iteuters agency, announces that -rvaral O.rmin ofllcers of high rank era killed and several others wound 1 when a train carrying the staff cf a army corps was derailed In 1'olanX Adjournment Was Taken Yes terday Afternoon Until Monday Morning. Superior court, which convened here last Monday for a three weeks term for the trial of civil canes, adjourned yesterday afternoon until Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Judge James I Webb, presiding, announced yester day afternoon that during the present term he will not hear any jury trials on Saturday, as he wanted to give the jurors, a chance to go to their homes on Saturday, after serving all the week. The case of F. P. Ingle against the Southern Hallway company, which was railed In Superior court yesterday morning, occupying all of the morning session, was concluded yesterday af ternoon and the plaintiff was awarded the sum of 1300. The claim was made that machinery oonslgned to tlfi Olaln tiff had been' damaged while en route, Damages In the sum of ISO was awarded the plaintiff In the case of J, W. Guthrie against Taul Lyerly. A divorce was granted Oeorge Bry ant from Estelle Bryant, on statutory grounds. Judgement In the sum of 1871, RO waV given the plaintiff In the case of T. C, McCoy against W. J. Rproales. In the cane of Charles Btlnettl agalnnt C. C. Willis, In which ths plaintiff sought to recover certain furniture, the Jury returned a verdict that the furniture belongs to the plaintiff. Three Men Charged With Sending Information to the Germans. Washington, April 10. Germany has sent to the United States p note complaining that the latter has ac complished nothing in Its diplomatic correspondence with the allies to ob tain for American exporters the right to ship foodstuffs to the civilian pop a lation of a belligerent country. The communication Intimates also that "he United States has virtually acquiesced In the British order-ln-councll pro hibiting commerce with Germany. ' In view of these considerations, Germany calls attention to the fait that the alMes are dally obtaining large shipments of arms and ammunition from dealers In the United States, and declares ' that the American goveoi ment, while Insisting on Its legal rlpht to ship arms to belligerents, does n3t with equal energy pursue Its right to ship foodstuffs and non-contraband articles to the civilian population cf Germany. ' The note urges that Irrespective of the formal aspects of the question of shlpprn? ,'arrria to. , belligerents, ,Jhe suirit of neutrality should be nb talned, a quotation Is cited from Presi dent Wilson's address to congress on Mexican affairs in August, 1913, when he said: "I shall follow the best practice of nations In the matter of neutrality by forbidding the exportation of arms or munitions of wnr of any kind from the United States to any part of the re public of Mexico a policy suggested by several Interesting precedents t-nd certainly dictated by many manifest considerations of practical expediency. We cannot In the circumstances be partisans of either party to the con test that now distracts Mexico, or con stitute ourselves the virtual umpire between them." Officials of the state department have begim the preparation of a re plyv The complaint that neutral coun tries had submitted to the indue ices of the allies in connection with ihe right to ship conditional contraband has been made before by Germany In her diplomatic notes. It Is understood that the reply to the present complaint will deny vigorous ly that this government has acqul 5S3 id in any way to the order-ln-councll and probably will rofer to the last nota sent by the United States to Great Britain arguing at length In opposition to the viewpoint of the allies on the Officers and Men Will Be Al lowed to Remain Aboard, Pending Instructions j. From Secretary. Newport News, April 10. The Ger man auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrlch left her berth In the New port News Ship Building company's plant and proceeded yesterday to Portsmouth navy yard under her own steam convoyed by the naval tug Patzent. . As the famous raider proceeded slowly along her way the whistles of the steamers In the harbor as well as those along the water front blew farewell blasts. The Internment of the Kltel was deferred until this after noon on permission of Secrjtary Daniels on account of he funeral cf a member of the crew of the cruiser who was accidentally killed Monday. It was said that owing to crowded conditions the warship might not re main at Portsmouth during the en tire period of her internment but that she might be taken under convoy of an American battleship, to another navy yard. Rear Admiral Beatty, pending fur ther Instructions from Secretary Daniels has notified the officers and men that they will be allowed to re main aboard the cruiser. The admiral :has- ben Instructed to- recetw the paroles of the officers and to take steps to see that the sailors do not take further part In the war. American and German naval officers and sailors yesterday joined In paying a last trlhute to Maxmlllian Furber Bernhard Prey member of the crew of the Eitel, who was killed hy a fall In the cruiser Wednesday night. The funeral was held at 10 o'clock and he was buried with full military hon ors, the ceremony being In charge of Lieut. J. H. Ingram of the battleship Alabama. . London, April 10. Charged with sending military information to Ger many by means of invisible ink, three men have been arrested here and will be tried by the civil authorities. The case Is considered one of the gravest Importance. One of , the suspects is named Kuepferle, who professes to be an American; Another is named Mul. ler who claims to be a naturalized Englishman. The third who gives his name as Hahn, admits that he Is a German subject, Kuepferle came here from the United States. He first went to Dublin and then came to London where he has has been awaiting passage across the channel. RUMORS INCREASE AS TO SEPARATE PEACE Sentiment Favoring Such Con clusion Is Said to Be Growing in the Mus . covite Capital. T STREET BE PAVED Other Paving Will Be Con sidered on Its Merit by the Board. A. HunderhlU, prosecuting wit-1 DiocKaae question. ness. invested $700. The contract As for the utterances or tne presi- called for quarterly payments and dent on the shipment of arms into upon this expenditure Mr. unciernui Mexico, omciais nere nmn in-u i ir was to receive 156 annually, II per : Mexican situation constitutes a sp20l.1l cent dividend and the free use of case, In no way comparable with the the Instrument relations between the' United States The prosecuting witness testified ana tne r:ruopean neiugerciiis. -- that he took the stock under the tm-1 flclals pointed out that the president rrrsslon that he was buying soutn- sain in tne same aaaress 10 raiwr. ern Bell stoc. Alleging ira ne nun; 1 uerm 11 1117 uuij . been defrauded by these representa- i.utnoruy conierrea upon mo uy m-- Gil LEAGUE SENDING DOT CIRCULAR LETTERS Will Ask Each Woman in City to Help in the Sani tary Work. The board of aldermen at the weekly session of that body, held last night passed a resolution authorizing the reduction in the funding bond is sue from $50,000 to $47,000, it be ing arranged at the same time just what denominations the, bonds would be issued in. The matter of hanging a former order of the bonrd, removing the poll ing place in the fifth precinct from Westmoreland's store on Roberts street to Felmct's store at the corner of Patton avenue and Haywood street was taken up last night, at the re quest of several voters in that pre cinct and he thought the matter ought to be held over . until next Friday night when those who want the change can also be heard. This was ordered done. The board decided to rescind the tentative agreement, made several weeks ago, that no more new con tracts for paving be made by the body and agreed last night that any new paving would be considered on Its merits by the board. The board! ordered that liroaa street Den"- Merrlmon avenue and Liberty street be paved. S. A. Lvnch appeared before the board and requested that the signing Geneva, by way of Paris, April 10. The Austrlans have abandoned th Idea of launching a fresh offenslvt against Serbia, says the Tribune, and will remain strictly on the defensive In order to send additional army corps to the Italian frontier.. The newspaper says it has been de cided In Vienna to sound Russia on the subject of peace terms but It ii impossible to know the result ; Russia has made important capture! of artillery and war munitions recent ly on the Carpathian front, according to the Swiss paper. In the county ol Saros alone the Russians took twe batteries of 12-lnch guns mortars and four "other batteries of different 'a.'U ber, 26 quick firers and 700 sheila .01 the 12-Inch mortars. Basis For Peace? Milan, April 9, by way of Paris, April 10. A special dispatch from Pe- trograd says that the Insistent reporti in the Russian capital concerning ne gotiations for a separate peace with Austria are based on the supposition that Galicia and probably some othei ' territory will be exchanged with Rus. sia to guarantee the preservation ol Austrian integrity In the Transylvania provinces. The sentiment favoring a separaW peace is said to be growing In Petro FEDERAL LEAGUE OPENS THE 15JE1S0N TODAY Starts Season Four Days Be fore Any Other of the Big League Clubs. Hons, he caused Husman to oe ar rested, and W. H. Yarborough, rep. resenting Susman, and W. M. Per son and T. B. Wilder prosecuting came here to present the case. Judge Frank Daniels heard seven law of March 14, 19.12, to see to It that neither side to the struggle now going on In Mexico receive any assist, anco from this side of the border." There is no law by which the presi dent cf the United States, It was .1e- wltnesses for the prosecution ana , clarea, could exercise tne same au- fonr for the defense. All the letters , thorlty, even ir ne were desirous i naimlnir between Underfill! and Sua-, forbidding the exportation of arm to man were read and tfley explained , all belligerents, a to do so without au- whv the misunderstanding had oc- i thorlty from congress would ne uncon- curred. Susman had written that the gtltutlonal. Roll Instruments would be used ana: The viewpoint or the American gnv- the prosecutor based his charges on ernment has been from the outset that that Isaus. I Its position witn respect to tne snip- Susman took the stand and ror a ment of arms has been enroreea im- nerlod made a splendid witness. Then partially as to all belligerents, and the enstern temperament took charge Secretary Bryan's letter to Chairman of him and he raged. lie told Judge stone of the senate foreign relations Daniels that the whole thing was a committee, discussing this point, cmv Knnanlrara In "destroy a llttte Jew" t-mled that If the Fermanlo alli'-s and went while his lawyer and the , were unable to enjoy the same advan rabbi urgel moderation. "My Ond.1t,iltos as to the delivery or arms into man. they are trying to nun me and ; their country, this was due to the navnl my children," he snld to Judge Dan- superiority of Great Britain and not to tela. "I will go to jail and T will vln- I any circumstances over which the dle.ate myself If It costs $100,000," he( United States had any control, exclaimed again and the rabhl and I the lawyer quietly lod him to ., ...,., "Vudg. Damel. ordered the prison- B000 BULB OF MEMCM er released. "There Is no evidence of Intent to defraud," Judge Daniels said. "Even If the defendant had rep resented himself as using Bell tele phones and being a part of that sys tem, no Intelligent man could have been misled Into thinking this was a, part of a system which has no stork for sals.'' The argument In ths cass of M. R. Kelly, charged with attempt st Today marks the opening of th of the new lease for the rental of the Federal league, four days In advance Auditorium, the old base expiring on' of the opening of the American and June 1, be held up, as tho new lease ; National leagues. As was done lasl contains a Provision that the lessee , Federals got the Jump on 0v.ii havA ihn rii?ht to sub-rent the ' At the monthly meeting of the ; ))Utidlng to him from May 1 to Sep- ; the two major leagues in anticipation civic betterment league held lt tenibcr 1 and he furtlvsr ntated that 1 or drawing record oreaKing openm, Wednesday at the Henrietta, much!no hll(J not ag Jet secured this con-! crowds. Today's schedule calls for St was done towards inuaugratlng steps jtract je remnded the board that , ivla at Chicago, Pittsburgh at Kan for the betterment of sanitary condl-L i, i.mirumentu.1 in increas-, as City, Newark at Baltimore and tions In Ashevlllo. tho chief topic of i .h. fur th Auditorium by i Buffalo at-Brooklyn. Interest discussed ' oeing the annual ; ,-.nn and helucd In securing many K"e wnnuui e.ijiim Bprlng ' clean-up" winch comes from needP(i improvements. The board de- April 20 to 25. As was stated In The;ci.jp(j not to sign the new lease Just Ra-zntte-News some time ago. thei-. members of the leairue Planned to I ti', -,,ii ! ,,f Vmrolman C. present playing season. The league a ro-opernte with the city authorities j JnKiLi to luke ecect on April 15 practically fighting for lt life at the In holding thlB campaign and to tins lWOI1 accented. No appointment was nine wni i-.mu end, passed a resolution which made ma(e to take his place. I,,en nmrte ,n tne maiiagerwu poei- every woman of the city an ntlve par-j Tno board granted the following U"11" lt the most notl-eabls chungt tlclpant In the campaign. building permits: ! rrom ln ""Kue organization iai Another very productive plan that .,.. ljUUra Tennent, sleeping porch, year is tne removal r,i me na:an'u. was Instituted at the meeting Wed-lon courtland avenue; $160. ""9 rrnncnise to JsewaiK. inaianapo. nesrtny and which has not' had pre- rdward Gllkle. two room addition 1 . 'he imnnant winner in both yeM vlons mention was to start a clrcularon M,,rrimon avenue; $400. f ,ne league, round Itsell in nnanoal letter to all the women of the city. I r,.orge W. Vanderbllt heirs, stable ' dlti'cultles during the past summer, Copies of this letter, which is given 'on iiiywood street; $500. i tlle o'"me of which came ea.-ly In full below, were given to thej j k. Unvls three room residence thi "I'rlng when the club was f irced members of the league present at the' . urive ikiiA. i'-""' iHii;rupicy proceo.uiugs, meeting Wednesday and nave already; 1 i ijoise, five room residence $H00 that thi progress of the Federal b-ague will be watched with great Interest ' by all the funs of the country during tho Livingston street; $1,500 N. U. Crisp, store on Patton ave nue: $1.R00. Tony Mormlna, two five room resl- dences on Chunn street; $2,600. K. C. Hughes, eight room resi dence on F.dwln place In Grove park; $6,00. hen started by them In c irculation on nc Grove avenue among the women or Asnevnie. The letter is at follows; "The wo men of the Civic Hetterment league hove worked for tho last six years to beautify Ashevllle and make It more sanitary In every way. They wete the first promoters of the pres ent Incinerator and trash " baskets; they have been, the means of plnc Ing new sanitary laws In the city code: they are anxious to continue this good work but need the sup port of all Ashevllle wc-men. Will yon help us? "Please copy this letter and send to three of your Ashevllle friends and ask them to copy and send to three of their friends In the city; each person mailing a 10 cent piece to our treasurer, Mrs, W, B. North up, tfl F.velyn street. Grove park." While this camo as iviite a surprise o fans all over the country, '.hose on C. 8. Hayes, five room realder.ee on , " in'ki" "tpwienced no surprUe W 1 1 II l . ' I ill .IV im-u H'HK V-3U Riu'w'l that the Indianapolis franchise wis a losing proposition. I'or i,no thing, the size of the city prevented ven a pennant winning aggregation f?om filling the club coffers as the In diana capital was WOULD NOT CONDEMN "JITNEY" BUS IN N. Y. COITON ON 5T BURNS Naples, April , (by way of Paris). April 10. Six thousand bales of Amer ican cotton aboard the steamer Sen New York, April 10. City officials Gugllelmo were destroyed by firs ln'0f the south imd west who came here ths harbor here today with loi estl-j to pnrxui.de tne Safety First feders mated at $200,000, Firemen, customs tlon to condemn ths "Jitney" bus or guards and troops were unable to ex- hbs ground that It was menacing traf Will TAKE UNO AND SEA FORCES AT STRAITS the smallest city of the elKht In the league. "The popu lation combined with the opposition put up by the American association team of the city proved too much strain for ths backers of the Feds to I hear and they simply threw up the sponge In open court and allowed the pennant winners to be transferred to Newark. forgery was begun Immediately after 1 tlngulsh the flames before the cargOiflc have returned to their homeswlth- he believed (Continued on rage Three). J was destroyed. out accomplishing their purpose. guilty by th noma, April (by way of Paris), April 10. K'ng Cnnstantlne of Oreece Is quoted In the Trlbuna as declaring It his belief that It would be Impos sible for the allies to force the Darda nelles without a combination of land and sea attacks. kills majesty Is said to have declared that Greece was In the same Vosltlon as Italy end other countries whU-h had made military preparations but had not abandoned their neutrality: that while their position was difficult he believed ,ttirlr attitude would be course of events. BIM DOCTOR IS Mil 111 StU OF TYPHUS f KS Washington, April 10. TVriii. Magruder of this city cl t tht phy sicians st the heart i 'ne American Red Cross unit In -"' ) dead as th result of typhus"""- Mis death report-. "e'grsos ) f,,. hen ' ,