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TUB GAZETTE-NEWS HAS TBB jJTCOCIATED PRJIB8 SERVICE. IT IS IN' EVIRT u RESPECT COUPLETS, ii WEATHER FORECAST: GENERALLY FAIR. OLUME XX. NO. 55. t$& ASHEVIIJ2,N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 16, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS J vc in ii ii .-- , " i ii ii ii ii ii ii ZEPPELINS AGAIN RAID SEVERAL BRITISH TOWNS X Least Two German Air ships Drop Bombs on Pla ces in Suffolk 'fend I Essex Counties. plane which fell in front of the Eng lish lines but. behind the German trenches north of Ypre." , fO LIVES LOST BUT PROPERTY DAMAGED 'erman Aeroplane Bombards Heme Bay; and French Aviators Raid Three German Towns. SPORT WRITERS BftKQUET WITH LEAGUE OFFICIALS T. M. Ducfcett, Who Represent ed Asheville, Returned To day From Greensboro. ClEl-UP" WEEK BEGINS TUESDAY Asheville Will Have the An nual Spring Clean-up of All Sections. DENIES REPORT OF IIIL BASE Japanese Embassy Character izes as 'preposterous" the Story of Base on Mexi can West Coast. T. M. Duckett, secretary of the Asheville baseball ctub and a member of the board of directors of the North Carolina league, returned to Asheville this morning from Greensboro where he attended the meeting of the state sport writers and officials of the or ganization held last night. The affair was held In the form of a banquet at the Hotel Clegg, followed by a social session, In which a number of those present aired their views -on baseball, past, present and propective. Mr. Duckett appeared before the assem blage with a talk entitled, "The Out look for the Season of 1915.;' i . ." From all reportB, the affair was a tegular" one and all In attendance were of the unanimous opinion that the meeting was one long to be re membered. Those present for the enjoyable an! get-together attain, were Thomas M. Duckett of the Asheville club; J. O. Walker of the Charlotte club; William M. Jones, Charlotte Observer; Cary Dowd, Charlotte News; Edwin Brietz, Twin City Sentinel; Pendleton Hugh-. Winston-Salem Journal; Joe Glenn, vice president, Winston-Salem ctub; I G. Brandt,' vice president- of- North Carolina league; C. - M. Waynick, Greensboro Record; C M. Brown, Greensboro Dally News; R. G. Sloan, president Greensboro club; Father Vincent Taylor, an official of th .oaj.1 club; W. G. Bramham, president ef the Durham club; Julius B. Warren, Durham Herald; .J. P. Fitzgerald, president of the Canadian league, who Is with the Toronto team as a repre sentative of a number of Canadian newspapers; W. J. Clyer, manager of the Toronto team of the International league; -Winn Clarke, manager of the Portsmouth club of the Virginia league; William Henry Rowe, man ager of the Greensboro Patriots .ind President Arthur Lyon. London, 2:05 p. m., April 16. -A germ an aeroplane dropped )mbs this afternoon on Sit ngbourne and Faversham. London, 2:20 p. m., April 16. -Two hostile aeroplanes are ported to be over the city of nterbury, 53 miles east of ndon. - London, April 16s At least 0 Zeppelins raided the coun 3 of Suffolk and Essex ear today and dropped bombs miles from London. A large mber of bombs ' were drop d in towns and villages but ere was no loss of life re rtod. . The attacks were made with a few minuter of each other points 70 miles .apart. The st was at Maiden at 12:20 a. by a Zeppelin", which pre usly passed over Burnham, 1 South Minster. 'After jpping bombs in Maiden, the ppelin turned north, letting II more bombs at Haybridge. ais Zeppelin may have been' e same craft which was re nted to have been seen at I 'clock over Harwich, going in he direction of Ipswich. The second attack was made etween 12:30 and 12:45 a. m. n Southwold, 10 miles south f Lowestoft on the North Sea. it Lowestoft, where three ombs were dropped, a lumber ard was set on fire, three orses were killed and many .indows were 6haatered. At iouthwold, where several mis iles were, dropped, .railroad rucks were fired. At Maiden i house was struck but only lightly ' damaged. At .Ilay jridge several bombs were Iropped, but no damage was vported. A telegram from Maiden, lolland, says that the Norwe gian steamer Dag reported laving sighted a Zeppelin at o'clock. 15 miles from thei0ther. Dutch coast, headed in the di- th.e-r " oction of Uermany, ana ii is ielieved the craft was one of he invaders returning home. French Aviators Busy. " Basel, Switzerland. April 16. (Via. Berlin and wireless to London.) French aviators dropped bombs near Krotzlngen, Vllllngen and Don mieachtngen, towns In Bailen on April IS, according to ths National eltung. These places ar eald to tiav been without antl-alr craft funs. Beginning on next Tuesday morning and continuing throughout the re mainder of the week, the annual spring clean-up for this city will take place and, with the work to be done by the city sanitary department, the Civic Betterment league and the Boy Scouts, these organizations working In general co-operation with the city health authorities,, it Is believed thxt by the end of next week Asheville will be one of the ' cleanest cities to bo found anywhere., - uwing to tne campaign tnat nasege embassy characterized as Deen wagea nere practically since last. JAPANESE SHIPS THERE ARE SALVAGING CRUISER Statement Says Japan Never Had any Intention of Oc cupying Territory on .Mexican Coast. snip Action Against Express Com pany for Refusing to De- liver "Second Quart" to Consignee. CONTENDED THAT LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL EXPECTS HARD FIGHT BY BANK Government Evidently Look ing for Riggs National to Make Strong Efforts Against Treasury. SEN Nil 1 HIGH DEAD Washington,' April 16. An official statement authorized by the Japan- pre- Corporation Commission Or ders Norfolk Southern and Coast Line to Build . Union Depot. By W. T. Bost. Raleigh, April 16. The corporation commission has ordered the Norfolk ! Qnnthavn n n A . V, A 1 I n Tl - uccu o6tu ymw j ""'w nniiteroiis" thn ronnrf that- a' Trn- u "-""-""w v,uai jjiiio fall getting the people to clean-up; it Psteru" , report tnat a japan-, t(J bud a un)on statlon at Klnston and Is believed that the annual clean-upjese naval base had been established ;the peopie 0f that city are to receive this spring will not be as large as ; at Turtle bay; Lower California, ! after several years of agitation a pas- heretofore. But the city authorities ( Mexico, and declared that on the Dart senger depot In harmony with their GOVERNMENT'S COUNSEL ASKS POSTPONEMENT Not Expected That Brandeis Will Make the Main Plea Against Jurisdiction of the Courts. Former Senate Leader From Rhode Island Dies in New York Heart Disease Causes Death. MANY YEARS HEADED FINANCE COMMITTEE Was Expert on Tariff Ques tion and Was One of the Framers of Payne-Al-drich Tariff Law. A MUCH MIXED CASE HEARD BY MAGISTRATE M. Weiss and Dan Silverman were arraigned In the court of Magistrate B. I Lyda this morning, charged with disorderly conduct by ths use of profane and vulgar language on a public highway, continued prayer for Judgment being given In each case until 6 o'clock this afternoon. The case Is alleged to have start ed by Silverman claiming a stove which Weiss was using. It was said that the stov belonged to Bllverman but had been Ifft In the house when he moved and the new occupant. Weiss, had been granted the privi lege of using the same until ths own- r should come after It When the owner oamo to claim his alleged prop erty, Weiss Is said to have refused to give It up and pushed Silverman Into the street where an argument en sued; During the course of the al tercation. It was stated, the men ex changed a few blows and cursed each say that here and there throughout the city are places that have not been cleaned and no matter how clean the other place Is left it will be a blotch on the whole. As proof of what Is being done by the city authorities. Dock Ledbetter, connected with the food Inspection de partment of tne healtn department., taking the west side of Asheville as his territory, has, within the post few weeks Inspected stables throughout that section. In efforts to workout the fly campaign. His Inspection resulted In the finding of a total of 60 stables without the watertight bins for storing the manure. Since ho made the In spection trips, 64 of these bins have been secured and the other six are In course of construction. , The city will not be divided Into districts this year, but a wagon will be kept In each section every day of the clean--,p week and all trash and rub bish will -be hauled away Just as fasU as It ts gathered. The members of the Civic Better ment league, at a recent meetlnit. pledged their hearty co-operation with the city authorities In the work ( f cleaning up the city and already much good has been accomplished by the ladies comprising the membership of this league. Circular letters . have mailed to each member, with Instruc tlons to mail to their friends and on and on, calling on each woman of the city to constitute herself a committee of one to see that her own premises are cleaned and to report any unsight ly places she may find In the city. Scoutmaster Rev. J. Bralnerd Thrall of the Boy Scouts announces that next week the troop would meet half an hour earlier In order to organize to aid the Civic Betterment league In the clean-up campaign. The troop will be divided Into groups of Ave with a captain over each, and these parties will on April 20 begin scouting expo dltlona over the city and report to headquarters the unsightly or unsan itary places In the city. Plan now and early Tuesday morn ing put some one at work gathering up all the rubbish In the house, start ing with the attlo and working down; then take the yard and gather all the tin cans, old discarded vessels that might retain water, trash and rubbish of every kind. Put It all In a head and have- It ready by the time the trash wagons start on their rounds. Don't think that you can treat trash heaps with some magical chemical of Japan "there has never been any Intention of the government to locate a naval base or to occupy territory on the west coast of Mexico." The operations of Japanese war ships at Turtle bay, the embassy growth, Tho order is written by Judge Geo. P. Pell of the cnmmhSiiion, who went to Kinston and heard all the argu ments of counsel for the road and for the people. The needs were found to be so great and the convenlenc of the .t.tmnt .oiri uw in ..l v irin i Public so much at stake that the com kiiuetaiuu LeuiB jusuueu wnen ail ruaas are nutting expenses in making this ordef. Perhaps no other town In the stale so baiUy needs the new station. Murray Allen, attorney for the Sear board, yesterday carried a step fur ther toward the Supreme court than he went yesterday, a small case Involv ing the" constitutionality of the Grler act. . Mr. Allen Is after the Southern Ex press company which declined to de liver to George M. Glenn a quart of whiskey because this was the second measure which the carrier declares Mr. Glenn has received over its line the stranded cruiser Asama. A statement Of the details of which It was reported, had not been receiv ed, as the consul general : at San Francisco was handling tle matter. It was said there had probably been some landing on the Mexican shore, necessary In connection with the salvaging.' .V As to the report that a naval base had been established there the state ment said: ''It is more thrtn absurd; It Is preposterous. There has never been any Intention on the part of Ja pan to locatea naval, base or to oc cupy any t("ory on the west coast IS K New York, April 16. Nelson H H Aldrlch, former , United States H R senator from Rhode Island and H for many years prominent In re- H 9, publican political circles, died to- W day at his home here. Heart dis f, ease was the cause of his death. t . H Senator Aldrich was for many H years chairman of the senate fin- 9, ance committee, the place now H l held by Senator F. M. Simmons H H of North Carolina. He was con- 9, H sidered an expert on tariff mat- Pi I? tcrs and was co-framer of the P. IS Payne-Aldrich tariff law. H ' ff frfexicw." if Tvutfheufrtit that-; a " rrauy was inaugurated ajpim, few Japanese, fishermen about a. express company will take no score nerhans. had frcnuented Turtle i chances and Mr. Glenn will take no bay, but It was said they had; no conn"tlon with naval operations. Los Angeles dispiches telling of the gathering of foreign warships In the secluded Mexican haven, large en campments on land and mines laid In the harbor created no sensation among Washington officials. Assistant Secre tary Roosevelt of the navy department was without advices as to Just what had happened in Mexican waters but said that If anything extraordinary had taken place it would certainly have been reported by the American ships In that vicinity. He saldHt would not be unusual If the Japanese landed In connection with their efforts to sal vage the cruiser Asama. The coast along Lower California, Mexico, Is barren and without rail roads or telegraph.- Passenger vessels stay far out at sea because of the dangerous coast.' Last night the French official ttate nent said that French aviators had Hombarded Frleburr In flrelsgau, nhout 10 miles west of the places nentloned by th National Zoltunf. German Aeroplane R-ald. London, April 1. It Is reported hat a German aeroplan about mld 'ny dropped bombs near Hern bay, n Kent county, six miles ofrm Can-erbury. Heme bay "" 'n B alr n from Indon. It Is watering lar on an etiry of the Thame nd has a population of about 7000, Aeronlsn Bronght IXmn, Paris, April H. The Frenoh offi 'nl oommunlnatlon adds nothing te t night's report except th follow i: t "Onr artillery brought divwn en rhfc rnoon ef April II ft German re- HERE LAST NIGHT MAY NOT GO INTO DRY DOCK UNTIL MONDAY today until this is settled. Mr. Allen contends that the Grler act Is unconstitutional and that the express company's refusal to deliver Is untenable In law. The prohibition against delivery is denied by Mr. Allen who hold3 that the prohibition Is against the receipt. He reads the law against the purchaser of the whiskey. I And he thinks the courts will not sustain the general assembly In Its at titude of standing at a gentleman's muzzle fer the purpose of ascertaining how he shall load himself. Mr. Allen does not believe the legislature has the right to police the paunch, to establish a benevolent autocracy about the ap petite. He Is dead In earnest about this thing and holds these views now somewhat Inharmonious with the trend of things, intensely. His march to the highest court will be watched by some excellent prohibitionists who have somewhat the same views about the quantity used. Collector J. W. Bailey has bought the automobile of Dr. Joel Whltaker and Is out of the office two days for his annual spring fishing. Mr. Bailey, though a rich man, has Washington, April 16. Further evidence that the government expects to have a hard fight on its hands In the Injunction proceedings brought by the Riggs National bank against Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller Williams, was given when govern ment counsel announced that a post ponement would be sought when the case was not prepared to tell last night Just how much time he would ask from the court. It was Indicated, nowever, that he would seek a con tinuance for at least a week. Mr. Brandela was unwilling to dis cuss the case. It was believed, how ever, that the fact that a postpone ment will be sought shows the gov ernment does not expect to make its main plea against the Jurisdiction of the court, but will seek to answer the allegations set forth in the bank's bill of complaint which charged Messrs. McAdoo and Williams with conspiracy to wreck It and with long persecution. If that proves to be the case It Is possible that the court will asv for light outside that furnished in the bill and the answer and the argu ments of lawyers. That Is what those who are following every move In the case are n tip ton tp hear. The wit ness chair probably would be oeeu ,pled by most of tho bank officials and some of the most prominent men In social life. At one time or another most of the present1 treasury officials have had Thomas Settle of this" city has ac knowledge of the Interchanges be- cDted an invkatlon to deliver the tween Mr. Wllllnms and the Riggs commencement address at the clos bank. Mr. Williams has expressed wll-:ing exercises of the Charlotte High llngness to go on the stand if asked ! schools on May 18. The Charlotte to do so and If counsel advises ltjs;ew8 0f yesterday has the following Although Secretary McAdoo Is still , t0 eay m regard to the closing of tho confined to his home recovering rrom , bcnools: an operation, no one In official llfoj "Superintendent H. P. Harding of doubts his willingness to appear in; the city public schools today recelv THOMAS SETTLE SPEAKER AT Will Deliver the Commence ment Address ,t Close"of High Schools, May 18. the case If It reaches the stage where testimony Is taken. In a statement Issued last night former Senator Bailey, of counsel for the bank, denied that any other na tional bank had any part In the pend ing proceedings, or had been consult ed about the suit In any way. "The decision In this case," Mr. Bailey's statement said, "will deter mine how far the banks of this coun try are suhpect t bthe arbitrary pow- Nwport News, ' Va., , April !. Mnnrlnv now la thn tentative date on which the German commerce destroy- j led the simple life and has not been mr Krnnnrlnz Wllhelm will go Into obsessed with th emotor mania. He drv dock for repairs necessary toifaught the fever but a few days ago. make her seaworthy. The transfer of He will not drive round any local fight the raider from her anchorage In i to burn tne wina on w ane roaas, now Jnmea river to the ahlnvard has been ever. . de'aved on account of the bursting of! Doctor Whltaker and family, have nine lending to the steam winch chosen Indianapolis, Ind., for their and render them harmlesa So far ltwv,lch owing to absence of sand i future home and Dr. Whltaker leaves nun i uwn uirin, ur u n im urm uuus equipment, makes It impossible to .in a icw oays 10 oo nia new worn in the folks that did It have kept mighty wpl-h .nrhnr. Permission ha been the capital of Indiana where Mrs. quiet about It Don t treat the ymp- ffr(lnted for the repair of th winch and skilled mechanic are now at work. Repair to th Wllhelm may be be. gun, however, before she goes Into drydock. MORMON HEAD HAS JUST BEEN ELECTED Pannml, Iowa, April 1. Frederick II. Smith nf Ht. Joseph, Mo., has been lected head of th re-organ lzed Church of the Latter Day Saint In compliance with th wlshea of hi father whom h aucceed. Whltaker was reared and where they were married. . EVA 1. EDWARDS DE WEST ASHEVILLE DEAD ed a letter from Thomas Settle of Asheville accepting the formal lnvl- . tatlon extended him to deliver th commencement address before the graduating class of the Charlotte high scl-ools next month. "The acceptance by Mr. Settle of ' this Invitation was greatly pleasing to 1 the school authorltlea and to Supeiin-; tendent Harding, a Mr. Settle Is one of the acknowledged men of real ora torical eenius in the state and a er of the comptroller of the currency ! gpeaker of the most finished polish snrt also now rnr tne comptroller or:an,i BO weu acquainted with th the currencv Is subject to the !iml-!be8t iiterature, making an Ideal man tatlon of the law. It could not. therefore, be otherwle than that the hanks are concerned, whether they sympathise with the treasury officials or the Riggs National bank." CITIZENS TICKET IS AT Mr. Ida Ba. aired y. wife of E. Bus, died at her horn. No. 4T Cumberland arnu about 10 eclock last night Th deoaased wa a na- tlv of Russia but had, lived In this country for om tlm, oomlnr to Ashevlll from Jacksonville, lht month ago. Intrmnt will tan place th! afternoon at Riverside cmtrr. AFTER 3 WEEKS CIDER IS NOT SOFT DRINK Wheeling.. W. V., April H Cider uease te p a soft drink thr Wk after It la made, anoordln U a ruling hy Prohibition Commissioner rrd 'J, Hlii. H hnlda that th 1 of oldtr aFir that tlm 1 a vlulatle f th Stat prohibition law. torn. Treat the disease. Don t try to disinfect your filth. CI van It up and then stay -clean. Clean th stable regularly and often. Clean the chicken ooop. Get rid of th garbage, th will and th kitchen slop. The purpose of the "Clean-Up" cam paign 1 three-fold. It 1 to protect the health of the community, to beau tify the home, and the city, making both more attractive and liveable, and earrylng.lt to the point of accomplish ing these two things, It naturally fol low that th fire risks In th com unlty are materially reduced. During next week every cltlsen of Ashevlll should mak an effort to clean up hi hous and property so'lslSltltllSISHHIStltHHHH a to avoid fir risk, to clean up his n It front nd back yard", to paint hi; TOTAL BRITISH LOSS 130,847. H premises If ceary, to abolish all It W Place that might breed file or moi. ; K London, April 1. Th total It qultle. to eliminate dandelion and! If British casualties from the be- fc weeds, and to help clean up vacant l ginning of th war to April 11 It lot. It are 1SI.14T man, according to It Citizen should not put their rubbish It n announcement In th house on th sidewalk or atreet but In some n of commons today by Harold J. H kind of a raoeptaole a box, can or It lanant, under secretary of war. It bag, Th trt department I pr-!lt paring to put on extra men and teams !tttltllltllMltltltltltltltlimtt and will collect all trash. If all rafus 1 plao4 In uoh a manner that It ean be easily loaded and raitad away Ashevllls will b r;llly cleaned. This I an opportunity for every eltl Mn not only to show hi personal tiHil. hrtt Im hi olvla Drlde. No niiv I. attraotlv If It I dirty and lit- H man ulnnarln near North Hln- ,"lf h fired two shols at hi wife. i.r.d n. All should hm willing to R ner llshtshln In th North sea. Dusky Htovens Thomal, neither of eo-opraU In cleaning up not on!yt Eleven of th crw of II wr It which made a erlou wound. Thomas th.lr awn Dremlse. but In helping toil ivd. H ws a native of this city but for th Mr. Eva L. Edwards, aged 63 years, died at her home In West Asheville yesterday afternoon following a short lllnesa. Mr. Edward was the wife of J. H. Edward who waa killed In an accident several year ago at , that place. Th deceased had resided In the 'community for a number of years and had a host of friends, all of whom will hear with sinc-ar regret of her death. The funeral service will be held from th horn tomorrow after noon and Interment will take place In th West Ashevlll cemetery. for orator on the occuslon mention ed. "The address by Thoma Settle will be heard on the evening of May 18, the time of the closing of the city school and the graduation of the 4.1 members of the eleventh grade, thla being the largest graduating cias-i since the establishment of an eleventh grade in the public school of Char lotte. "The graduating class ha also by vote selected Rev. I). H. Rolsion, pastor of the First Presbyterian church as their choice of minister Nominations for City Offices 1 mon before the graduate on Sunday I evening, Mny 16, and Dr. VolKton ha 'accepted the invitation. The principal i features of the commencement occa siiin are therefore now arranged. The iexerclpes will be held In the audlto-, ! Hum on Tuesday evening, when fol lowing the commencement addrr ! by Mr. Settle the delvery of dlplo-' Canton, April 16. At a meeting of ms. awarding of rhonrshi and an- citizen of this town, held last Tuesday , nouncement of honor for the pat night the following ticket, to he railed I esr. will take place. I The Citizens' Ticket," was nominated "The class Is unusually large tnid' for th municipal offices: Major, J.! year with Its more than two ci.r j T. Bailey; police Judge, Dr. J. H. members, although th young ladles Mease; aldermen. W. P. Cab, Joseph 'a has been the caae for many years, ( M. Curtis and C. F. Smathers. considerably outnumber the youiui The election will be held on Msv 4 I men member of the graduating, and It Is thought a great deal of In-iclnss. All Charlotte will be lntererto.1 terest will be taken In the outcome of (In these two event, tne special scr. th race for th city ofilers. The, mon by Dr. RnlMon Sunday, and th ticket nominated last Tuesday Is con-I commencement oration Tuesdsy hr stltuted of some of the city best! Thoma Settle, a th city school knnwn mn mii inMiienil.i citizens ; number among tneir enrollment IT COniTED SUICIDE TODAY ttHRRItlillMltRllltltllltltltltK r TtRITISII BTKAMKU SUNK. R Charlotte, April 1. Arthur Thorn Is . M as, a locomotlv engineer, who had M linden. Anrll 14. Th Prtt- R in.n out m work for soins tlm. killed IR lh steamer Ptarmlgsn has been Rihlmeelf t hi horn her thl morn- R tnrnadned and sunk by a Oer-R!lng. Before turning th pistol on him iR man suhtnarln near North Hln- R Made at Meeting Last Tuesday Night. Special to The Gazette-N'ews. and they announce that they will stand for an economical administra tion. CARONATION OF JAP. EMPEROR ON NOV. 10 clean up th prmUf olhsr whrR "Pt nv yrnr had fceen located at help la nectary. I mR RH R R R R R R R R R R RR RjColuml.la. 11 wa 12 years old, - Tolilo, April 14). Th cabinet ha fixed November 10 a th date for th coronation of Emperor Yoahihlto. Th ceremony had been arrangod to take place last November but had to he postponed on account nf th death of the dowager empress. Th diet has already appropriated 11,000,000 Tor Jth axpensr of th ceremony. children from nearly every home In the city. "Other elaborate preparation for commencement ar In progress and th occasion will be- one of great Jor- ousnes and of many felieitatona tended to the young men and womer; graduates of 11B." WOMEN MAY SERVE IN CHICAGO ELECTION Chicago, April IS. Women will T permitted to serve election Juor- and clerk In Chicago under a m1!. r by Judge Scully reversing a fmn decision by him
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