North Carolina Newspapers

THB OAZETTE-NEWB I HAS THB jJBZOCIATED FRltSS, BKRVICEL IT IS IN ETXR tl RESPECT COMPLETE, tl 'irtLli-iPir- ."WEATHER FORECAST: FAIR TONIGHT. urn VOLUME XX. NO. 58. ASHEVILTIJ.N.O., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 20, 1915. 11' I id vl? v- in i nviir ii ii r, r- 1 i; L ' : --. - ..... - ' :V-j -(f ., ' f s ' XICE FIVE CENTS ' - ' - 1 - f . ( : . TURKISH CRAFT SUNK BY MINES i Two Torpedo Boat Destroyers Blown up Crossing the En trance to Bosphorus Fleet Interrupted. GERMAN. AMBASSADOR BIDS POPE FAREWELL? 1 Today Said to Be Last Day on Which Italy Will Consider i ' Any Proposal that Aus - tria Might Make. i London, April 20. AL though the German claims on the one hand and the British and French statements on the , other are diametrically oppos ed regarding the outcome of ' the battle for the possession of Hill No. 60, southeast of Ypres and near the extremity of the i British lines the . known facts ' indicate that - the engagement was the most important on the British front since the battle 'at Neove Chapelle and it per haps presages the expected general British activity in Flanders. The British, troops whether ; or not they are holding all the ; ground gained are undoubted ly dominating a part of the po sitions fiou'th of Zandfoord ridge in the line of hills run ning southeast of Ypres and are commanding the road from Ypres to Menin. , . The losses in the fighting ;have not been announced but dispatches reaching London indicate that they must have been heavy on both sides. Paris, April 20. Two Turk ish torpedo boat destroyers have been blown up, according to a Saloniki dispatch, while passing through a mine belt which the Russian ships had succeeded in laying in the en trance of the Bosphorus, while the . Turkish fleet was cruising in the Black sea. The explos ions on the two torpedo boat , destroyers . gave warning to the remaining vessels of the Turkish fleet which, the dis patch says, were obliged to re main in the Black sea because there were no mine sweepers available. London, April 19. Whether the negotiations between Rome and Vienna concerning Italy's demands for territorial conces , sions from Austria have been broken off remained an official secret. It appeared to be uni versally agreed, however, that the tension between the two countries had approached the breaking point It was sug gested here that Italy is await ing an ultimatum from Vien na on the subject of Italy's military preparations along the frontier as a pretext to sever the remaining ties barr ing an outbreak of hostilities. The nlcrtness with which Italy's every move is followed in London indicates that the highest importance is attach ed lure to efforts to bring Italy to the fiRhting line on the side of the allies. One of the main reasons advanced for the d siro to include Italy as one of Germany's enemies is that in no. other way doo.s it seem pos pil'jO to com so effectively the door by which supplies have tcn rcnrUr.r. tho Teutonio al lies in considerable amounts. A case in point was the confisca tion by Swiss authorities an nounced at Geneva of a car load of machine guns manufac tured in America, on the way to the German frontier from Genoa., Shipments ; of iron, copper, antimony and sul phates are said to be reaching Germany with a fair degree of regularity. The Last Day. Paris, April 20. Italy some time ago fixed April 20 (to day) as the latest date on which she would consider any proposal which Austria might make, according ' to a report from Rome to the Figaro. Ba ron de Macchio, the Austrian ambassador, already has giv en notice to the embassy ser vants, it is said, and they are now receiving the wages daily. The same is said to be true of the tradesmen's bills for goods supplied -the embassy. The Figaro dispatch de clares that ij is stated in Va tican circles that the visit to the pope a'sfew days ago by Prince Von Beulow, the Ger man ambassador, was to bid farewell to the pontiff as the former believed that his de parture from Rome was immi nent.' ' ' TWO BOARDS III MONEY DISPUTE Mecklenburg and Charlotte School Boards in Contro very Over Division of Taxes and Fines. OPINIONS POSTPONED BY SUPREME COURT Haywood Apple Company Is Chartered Major General Wood Commends Stand ing of N. C. Guard. E1EHCEIF, MANES E BEGINS TODAY Jury Completed, Taking of Tes timony in Case Against Roosevelt Begins. DRO P ONE Wi AG A1 N SXS Wu 0 D A Not Sufficient Evidence That He Set" Fire to Steamer La Touraine. Cape Town, Union of South Africa, April 20. Forces of the Union ' of Sout h Africa have occupied Keepaan hop, the most Important town in German- southwest Africa next to Wind hoek, the capital.- It la an Important railroad junction and . gives General Botha, the Boer commander, domina tlon of the railroad to Windhoek; Austrian Attempt Subsided. Petrograd, April 19. The Austrian attempt to regain the heights of Mez- olaborcz district of Hungary appar (By TV, T. Bost). Raleigh, April 20. The controversy between the school commissioners of Charlotte and the county board of education of Mecklenburg ounty, which was to have come up today will not be heard until next Thurs day, owing to the postponement of the opening of the Supreme court this week until Thursday. The court will hand down opinions Thursday also. Chief Justice "Walter Clark and perhaps others having de cided to attend the inauguration of President-elect Edward K. Graham, of the state university. Judge Clark will administer the oath and perhaps other members will attend the ceremonies. This controversy Is much the most Important matter from the four teenth district and is a conflict be tween the two school boards growing out of the disbursement of the funds of the county. According to the cen sus of 1913-1914, there were 24,821 school children of school age In Mecklenburg, of which number 11,- 821 were living in Charlotte. , , The total amount of the - general fund for 1914-T6 amounts to $77, 822.37, but of this amount $50,328.98 arises from the taxes lmosod upon the polls of the citizens residing with in the corporate limits of the city and upon personal property and real estate held by Charlotte citizens. Be sides this glaring disparity between the city and the county, the total Syracuse, N. T., April 20. The jury which will try William Barnes' $50,000 suit for alleged libel, against Theodore Roosevelt, was completed In Supreme court here yesterday. It conipries seven republicans, three progressives and two democrats. Twenty-two tales men were examined before both sides announced they were satisfied with the twelve men In the box. The jurymen are: Henry Hoag, clerk, republican, (foreman); Irving J. Milyls, wood worker, republican; Walter J. Zuill, manufacturer, republican; Franklin P. Rhoades, fanner, progressive; Leon ard K. Hungerford, painter, prog ressive; F. W. Pierce, carpenter, re publican; Warren H. Somers, grocer, republican; Ray Tanner, farm hand, democrat; John W. Brown, farmer. republican; George Boschert, manu facturer, progressive; Edward Burns, motorman, republican; Peter Bencke, coal dealer, democrat. Immediately after the Jury had been completed, counsel for Colonel Roose velt made a motion to dismiss the complaint against the client on the ground that allegations made in the statement on which the suit Is based were privileged and that in namins Mr. Barnes and Charles F. Murphy as the controllers of "rotten government' in the state of New York he did not mean anything personal or to imply that either of the two men named had in any way profited by the alleged "rottenness." The motion was denied by Justice William S. Andrews. Actual taking of testimony was to begin today, i. The first witnesses were to be newspapermen to whom C-jlinel Roosevelt issued the statement. Oth er reporters who have Interviewed Colonel Roosevelt In thA last five vear also will be called -aM photograpTtB of nearly a hundred newspapers in which alleged libelous statements, claimed to have bdfn made by Colonel Roosevelt, appeared will be presented in evidence, It was said. This testi mony will be offered In an effort to prove publication of statements issued verbally and in writing by Colonel Roosevelt. Paris, April 20. The French mili tary authorities have decided to- drop that charge against Reymond Swoboda that he set fire to the steamer La Touraine, says the Petit Parisian. Captain Bouchardon, the official ap pointed to investigate the occurrence. is quoted as saying that there is not sufficient evidence against the prisoner for conviction on that charge. He still faces the accusation of espionage. however. ' Swoboda, who admitted at his pre liminary hearing that his real name was Raymond Ruff Schwlnd, has been removed from the Sante prison to the Palais de Justice, where he was exam ined by Captain Bouchardon, He Is now permitted ot have his meals sent in from a restaurant The warders are watching his cell closely In the fear that he may commit suicide. ELIAS ASKS CASE TO BE jOflTliEO Important Witness Found as to Robbery; Will Testify for Defense Tomorrow. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, April 20. Donald Ellas asked for continuance of the case against him yesterday In which he is charged with blackmailing two barbers, attorney for Eliaa having found Important witness who will tes tify to robbery in the barber-shop The case will be heard today. . Governor Craig, Colonel J. P Kerr and Adjutant General Toung are character witnesses for Ellas. CONTRACTS LET FOR Two Brands of Asphalt Will Be Used on Asheville Weaverville Road, VERDICT OF SUICIDE IN BARON REIITER'S DEATH London, April 20. A verdict of ul- clde while . temporarily insane was handed down today after an Inquest into the death of Baron Herbert de Reuter, managing director of Reuter's Telegram company, who was found dead, April 18, at his home In Surrey. Baron de Reuter had been prostrated by the death of his wife five days ago, A discharged revolver was found near his body. 0 OE POSE President Tells D. A. R. Con vention Self -Possession Is Supreme Test of Nation in World Crisis. U. S. IS INTERESTED IN HUMAN LIBERTY; Declares We are Not Interests ed in Politics of Govern-.. mentfor Own Sake - Jusserand Speaks, ' ; ' ently has definitely subsided after six i fines which go to the schools amount. A a rm nf fiir1-ki- fl n-Vi 4i rr . . . ... Ill' EIGHT F0BJMMU1AT1 Is Disappointed at Court De cision But Will Continue Fight for Life. M. Atlanta, Ga., April 20. Leo Frank's attorneys when informed of the decision of the United States Su preme court, said that they believed that ' every ' means In Frank's behalf before the courts now had been ex hausted. They added that they . probably would perpare a petition for presen tation before the Georgia prison com mission asking for communtatlon ot Frank's sentence. "I am very much disappointed over the Supreme, court's decision, but I will keep up the fight," was the only statement Leo M: Frank would make. when the mandate of the Supreme: argued court Is received by the federal dis trict court here Solicitor General Dorsey probably will direct that Frank be arraigned before the Ful ton county Snpe-'or court for re sentence. ed to $10,410.47, of which amount $9,485.74 was paid from the record er's court in Charlotte. The controversy involves a further point, the charter having been changed in recent yars so as to In vest the commissioners with full school powers and the county board Is enjoined against aportlonlng the funds In violation of the 1907 act enlarging the city limits and the powers of the school board. The plaintiff board holds that It must have $48,400 with which to run the Charlotte schools four months, $12. 000 a month. An act In the 1913 general assem bly causes the trouble but after hearing the evidence. Judge Lane dissolved the Injunction and taxed the plaintiff school commissioners with the cost. The Issue Involves a long opinion from Attorney General Btck ett and difference of thinking Is the chief trouble. The pbsb of the Charlotte Observer company for $184 agftinst the Heme dv Pales company, the successors of Mrs. Joe Terson, to appealed. The Observer got Judgment on this adver tising account. . Trull Case I n, The case against Charles E. Trull, the young white fellow who was convicted of the murder of Sidney Swalm, a .Charlotte merchant, will be the first thing Thursday mlngham,' Ala., 8. J. Phllipson and others of Ashevllle other charterers. The cprporatlon commission an nounced in answer to inquiry as to the dismissal of a number of cases carried to the interstate commerce commission by the state, that these dismissals came at the instance of the commission In Raleigh, the Inter state and the intrastate rate settle ments having settled also these ap peals. Jnstlce Geta Patent George B. Justice, assistant com missioner of labor and printing, has received from the department at Washington his patent upon a parcel post scales which the government granted April 13 after a pendency of ten months. The assistant's "line" is printing and by hundreds he Is regarded the best practical man that the depart ment has had since Its organisation. The late general assembly did not balk at the proposal to raise his sal ary to $2,000 and he was considered cheap at that Mr. Justice's device Is as simple as a mechanism which Is to record the zones, the rate, the pounds and a wilderness of figures could possibly At the afternoon session of the board of county commissioners yester day contracts were awarded to John Baker, jr., and company of Chicago and the United States Asphalt Refining company of New York, for the surfac ing of the Asheville-Weaverville high way. The first company submitted a bid of 7.6 and the second of 7.6 per gallon. The' bonrJt.sblded. to alliaw each of these companies to furnish one half of the material to be used in the surfacing of the highway, which will be six miles long. Baker and company will use the Texlco brand, of asphalt while the U. S. Asphalt com pany will use tho Aztec brand, the board deciding that it would be best to try two different brands of asphalt on the highway. ' The board signed a contract with the contractors to furnish them ap proximately $10,000 worth of stone from the quarry near New Bridge, owned by the county, which will be used on the highway. The board also ordered the calling of an election In the Emma school dis trict so that the voters could vote on the Issuing of $10,000 bonds for school purposes, but the date of the election was not settled yesterday. E. Stamey, George Splvey and Charlie Miller wero appointed to act as judges for the election. GEORGE N. ALEXANDER OF SWANNANOA DEAD George N. Alexander died yesterday at his home near Swannanoa at the age of 88 years, after an extended 111 ness. Mr. Alexander was a native of Bun combe county, spending all of his life here. He was a member of a well Lknown family and had a. wide circle.of. friends and acquaintances. He was a Confederate soldier, having served four years as a volunteer, from this state. As a successful farmer he was actively Identified with the Interests of his community. The funeral services were conducted this morning at 11 o'clock at the Swannanoa Presbyterian church by Rev. R. P. Smith and interment fol lowed in the church cemetery. J. E. HAWTHORNE AFTER LONG ILLNESS 22 ILLINOIS TOWNS VOTE ON PROHIBITION Chicago. April 20. Twenty-two towns and villages of Illinois are vot ing today on the question of abolish ing saloona About 160 saloons are Involved. The principal towns voting re Ottawa, Dixon, lieardstown and Jollet FOOTBALL TO CEASE UNTIL WAR IS ENDED London, April 20. The English Football association has announced that after the close of the present foot, ball games will be played In England until after the close ot the war. K.ltstKtltt 1 m nKcnvFusiiip arkri roit l C. It. L AM) P. ItAILWAV m k Chlcaro, Aprlt 10. A petition I fr a receiver for the Chicago, it tt Rock Island and Pacific Rail- K t road company wa filed today K n In the United Rates District . court by the American K Foundry company. morning. This is a notable case growing out ot a robbery and is -much like the Halifax case in which H. W. Cobb, a young white man,' killed Thomas Shaw, a merchant -and robbed him. Each was purely circumstantial, Cobb confessing the day of his electrocu tion. Trull's case Is probably a strong er one than Cobb's wast Trull wus found with $417 of the money that Bwaim was-supposed to have had, and such was the nature of the case that the -Jury agreed with little difficulty; It was In this case that Judge Shaw broke down and wept when sentencing1 his first defendant to the electrlo chair. Trull Is credited with ' laughing at the judge's lack of nerve. , t)HiKrn w iiaiicy. Internal Revenue Convnlssloner W. H. Oaborn has called upon Col lector J. W. BaHey for- the first time since the commissioner went In to office. ' ' ' Colonel Osbom came down to at tend the funeral Of Col. A. B. An drews who was burled In the after noon. The two had been great friends. Collector Bailey and the former Keeley man enjoyed half an hour or so together. " The A. A. Klutts 'company of Chapel 1I1II. successor to "Adam,' was charteded yesterday, H. S. Solo mon of Birmingham, Ala., E. Felbcl man and O. C. Urulce of Atlanta be ing the stockholders.. They have $10, Steel It, 00 paid In. st I The Haywood Apple company of Waynwvllle took out corporation pa Dr. J. E. Hawthorne died at his home, 170 Haywood street, this morn lng at 2 o'clock after an extended ill ness. Dr. Hawthorne came to Ashevllle about 20 years ago from West Vir ginia and besides being one ot the well be. The operation Is easy by one of i known dentists here was prominently limited postal knowledge. He ellml- connected in the lumber business In nates the spring scales and substl- western North Carolina as president tute the beam with a quick change 0( the Swannanoa Lumber company, provision If the government finds it i He was about 64 years of age. necessary to change the rate. It ap- The deceased Is survived by a wife, pears to have the attachments neces-tWo daughters. Misses Alma and Helen snrv for many years. Hawthorne, two ssters. Misses Anna Mr. Justice did not submit his an(j Fannie Hawthorne, of Pearson machine on paper alone, but had a Drive, and one brother, Judge Haw- YORKER WILL NOT BE TRIED FOR LIFE Washington, April 20. Consul Sll- liman has reported that Alfred Tap pan of New York, threatened with execution by the Carranza authori ties in Yucatan Is to be tried on a charge for which the penality la not death. Secretary Bryan had Instruct ed Consul Billiman to investigate and report on the case. The exact charge is not disclosed. Official advlcea from Mexico glvs evidence that Obregon and Villa are gathering forces for another battle. The Villa garrisons along the line are reported to be moving south to srengthen the main army near Irapu-ato. dummy made that worked perfectly. The machine Is not costly but may be manufactured, sold and liberal com mission provided within $10 It is be lieved. . Adjutant General Lawrence W. Young has received from Major Gen eral Leonard Wood highly commen datory letters as the result of the re cent Inspection of the North Carolina companies by the government, ('cnrral i'arr ;lvc V, 8. A. Hag General Julian 8. Carr yesterday gave to Colonel Fred A. Olds, who Is the historical Institution of the state, the flag carried through the south ern states in the autumn of 18,65 by Sergeant Bates. The flag Is ono of the most his- thorne of ansae City, Mo. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. TRUE BILLS AGAINST ALLEGED EEF.MP.N SPIES ANARCHISTS (HE Eli'Eli LONG SENTENCES III SING SING New York, April 19. Frank Abar no and Carmine Carbons, the an archists who set a bomb In Ht. Pat rick's cathedral on March 1, were sentenced today to serve not less than six years and not more than 12 years In Sing Sing prison. London, April 20. True bills charg ing that they sent military information to Germany have been returned against the three alleged German spies Kuepferle. Hahn and Muller. Kueu- torieal of those that figured In the , tf,rl cnm to be an American cltlxen war or Immediately after. A story in from r0oklvn: Muller says he la a the north that a federal soldier could j naturalized Kngllshnmn; while Hahn not display the national rag In the dmlu ha , fc German, southern states led Hargeant Bates to undertake a trip through all these I states. It H related by hlmb that he QREEK OFFICIAL OFF Was everywnere ireaiea nsnusomriy and that In Vlcksburg the ladles mnde lk flag' and gave It tn him. He stopped tn rnuny places and was personally Invited to various confed erate homes, ferrennt Hates and General Carr have been long GERMAN U1IER-HIEF OF THE FIRST TURKISH (HI Constantinople, April $0. (Bv way ot London) Field Marshal Von der Golti haa been appointed com mander In chief of the first Turkish army. He recently returned to t'on stantinnple from a trip to Berlin where he Is reported to have urged the German government Bgalnst Serbia. Von der Golts was sent to Turkey In January to assume direction of the Turkish army. ON SPECIAL MISSION YOUTH PLEADS EHIllt CF TRYING Tfl EXTORT HEY S( H It X t ? H H H j pert with N. T. Thompson of Bit-1 trophies. Prlndlsl. April 1. via Tarls. April $0. Theodore Ypsllantl, first equerry of time the king of Greece, has passed through friends and through he northerner I here en route to Vienna and Berlin on the flag comes to the hall of hlntory a special mission which Is believed to In Raleigh, Colonel Olds now having deal with the sttltude of Greece In the one of the most prUed of all his j International situation as Influenced by ithe recent event In the Balkans, New York. April JO. John Merlel- lln, youth of It yars, ha pleaded I guilty to an attempt to extort $600 from Vincent Astor under penalty of death, lie also pleaded guilty to ear rylr.g a concealed weapon, a revolver having been found In his pocket at the time of his arrest Friday. The youth was held In the sum of II. boo ball on each chart tor grand Jury action. Washington, April 20. The need of J self-possession, calmness and a Judle-I ial temperament by the United States In the present world crisis was urged ( by President Wilson in a speech be-1 fore the opening session of the 24th continental congress of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution yes terday. ' i The president said self-possession was the supreme test of a nation's mettle, and urged the congress to ral-. ly to the cause of righteousness as ministered by those who hold their minds quiet and judge upon principle. Following the presiden'a speech Ambassador Jusserand, of France, told the 'congress that the United States had behaved In the European crisis so as to command the grati tude and thankfulness of the world. "We in France," he said, "have ' learned to know what the American, heart' is made of the pure American"! gold that Is In it. I am glad that I may affirm the thanks of France for the generosity of America the neu tral United States." The ambassador said the 'chief question in the European struggle" was the same problem that confront ed America in revolutionary times. "We thought we had solved the prob lem of human liberty," he added. "But It again confronts us. It will be solved now just as It was solved in former times; as it was solved in the trenches at Yorktown." The president in his' speech de clared that he could speak only in general terms and that it was "in-; discreet" for him to speak even in that way. : The routine organization of the con-1 gress was completed and the rival followers ot the two candidates for president-general were preparing for the election Wednesday. Mrs. Wil liam Cummlng Story, candidate for re-election, will be opposed by Mrs.' George Thatcher Guernsey, of Kan-4 sas. ' The president's address In part fol-i lows: -"In these times when unusual things are happening and there are' many queries as to the future, I sup-j pose that those associations whose, business It Is to commemorate the! past must be asking themselves what' part they have In the future. Our ' business, of course, Is not merely one of recollection, not merely the bust-' ness of remembering and reverenc ing the traditions of the country that wo love. There is no dignity In a tradition which has lost Its practical energy, and our interest In traditions Is that they should be fruitage In the present and a still richer fruitage In the future. "Your society Is particularly In tended to commemorate the circum stances of trve birth ot this nation. but I take It for granted that it la not your thought to create an exclu sive company of those whose recol lections by heredity run back to that, great day, but that your thought Is also of the constant re-blrth ot the nation. ' In a peculiar degree the ' United Plates seems to be rehorn. from generation to generation, be cause renewed out of all the sour-" ces of human energy In the world. "' There Is her ea great malting pot la which we must compound a prerloue metal. That metal la the metal of nationality, and If you will not think I am merely playing upon words, I would like to spell the word 'metal In two ways. For It Is Just the 'met tle' of this nation that we are now , most Interested In. 'There are many tests by which a nation makes proof of Its greatnn but It seems to me the supreme test In self-possession, the power to re sist excitement, to think calmly, to think In moment uf dltTlcultKs as clearly a It would think In moment of esse to h alaoluu ly mastrr of Itself and of It fortunes. "Thsrefore, It seems to m that tli, object of traditions such as this cleiy rharlahe end means to -1 In perpetuating Is to show us ihs I - ses of principle upnn hlrh '. rl keep our poise. W are lntr. . I In the fnlted Halis, iiMMl. n"y tng, In nothing but Imnmn ' We are not lntrid It i government for tlmir on "