fl A THE! GAZETTE-NEWS HAS XHB &BZOCIATED PSUCSS ERVICB. IT IS IN EVERT II RESPECT COMPLETE. t m IE LEATHER FORECAST: GENERALLY FAIR. VOLUME XX. NO. 65. ASHEVHJ3,N.a., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, APRItf i, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS )c bn f JLW, II ir.ii TURKS ARE OFFERING STUBBORN RESISTANCE llOOTESTi ALL CONTESTANTS Entrenched and Supported by Artillery, Are Expeceed to Prove Serious Obstacle 5 to Allied Armies. ALLIED BASES ON BOTH SHORES OF STRAIT French Report Claims Allies Are Still Making Progress Between the Ypres ' and JJixmude. sone of the German artillery fire, have arrived here on a special train. Most of the refugees were Inmates of an asylum for the aged' conduoted by the Franclsolan sisters, which the sisters declare was not spared, al though It was flying the Red Cross flag. Three nuns were killed and sev eral Inmates were1 wounded. THE GDLFTOUaNAWIEHT; SGHEDULEJSMIUNCED Carolina Golf Association, Will Hold Annual Meet in Charleston in May. - London, April 28. England is breathirig easier again in the belief that the German of ' fensive near Ypres has .been stopped and the country is finding time to turn its atten tion to the Dardanelles where allied armies have landed on both shores of the strait. Paris reports that the French section landed on the Asiatic side and 'is making steady-progress de-; spite the stubborn resistance of the Turkish defenders. These forces are entrenched and supported by artillery and are expected to prove a serious obstacle. The British section made its base , on the shore of the European side of .. the strait.": h ',S'.lr, , -r; ' ' Turkey admits these land ings have been made but de clares that the allied forces have made no progress toward the interior. - The ktest French announce ment declares that the allies are making continued progress between Ypres and Dixmude, where the capture of prison ers, machine guns, and war sup plies is claimed. Following the reported fail- 1 ure of the German attack at Les 1 Pa Eparges the , French have apparently assumed the offensive in that region, r ' The most significant hap-. penmg in the diplomatic situ ation i,s the recall to Rome, of the Italian ambassadors at London, Paris," Berlin and Vi enna for a conference. The Austrian negotiations are said to have made progress at Home and Austria is credited with making new concessions to Italy. London, April 82. An offi . cial announcement given out by the headquarters of the Bel gian army on the continent is as follows: , "The situation on April 26 at 6 p. m. showed that the Ger man artillery was giving evi dence of little activity along the front held by the Belgian army.. The French troops, aid ed by the Belgian artillery and nifantry, have taken Lizerne and several German trenches near Het-Sas. More than 100; dead were counted on the bat tle field. The booty comprised six quick firers and 200 prison ers. The attack'continues." i , Arrest Armenian. London, April 28. A Rruter dis patch from Athens contains advloee from Constantinople that the Turkish authorities have arrested about 400 Armenians there on the pretext that It was discovered that preparations were under way for a rising In th Armenlioi provinces. I'rerd to Lve Italr. ' Genoa, April IT. via Paris Aprl'. tl Beveral banks. Including the lianca Commwclalo, which main brunch here, hsve urgently sd- vlacd thnlr i lerks of . German and , Auatrtaa natlm. illty to )eve Italy, llirw Nun Killed. rr!g, rr!l M Throo hundred rfr fnu, roperlnen, eight ! t Trrta, which is t nths Special Opportunity for Six Days to Forge Ahead in . Pony Outfit Contest. Invitations have been received In the city to the sixth annual tourna ment of the Carolina Golf associa tion. 'that win be conducted over the links of the. Charleston Country club In Charleston! May 19, 20, 21 and 22. The tournament committee Is com posed of George H. Waring of Charleston, chairman; Daniel Craw ford of Columbia and E. V. Patter son of Charlotte. Junius G. Adams of this city Is president of the assocla tien. J. E. Sirrine, first Vice presi dent; W. M. Shand, second, vice president; and J, Alwyn Ball, secre tary and treasurer. The schedule of events follows: Wednesday, May 19, 9 a. m. Open championship of the Carollnaa, 36 holes, gold medal. ' Thursday, May 20, 8:30 a. m. Qualifying round, 18 holes, ' medal play. First 16 to qualify for champion ship cup. First 16 to qualify for champion ship flight cup. Third 16 to qualify for third flight oup. ' Fourth 16, to qualify for t otrth .flight -cup. " '' ' .Gold medal for low score qualify ing round. Team competitionTeams of four players from each club for the Ca pers memorial cup lowest aggregate qualifying score to count for team championship. Names of team members to be filed with committee before com mencement of rounds) . Thursday. May 20, 2 p. -m. Firft round, , match play 18 hoifcs, all flights. Announcement of drawings and starting posted at club house and in morning and afternoon papers. Friday, May 21, 9 a. m. Second round, all flights and first round de feated eight in first 18 for consola tion cup. Friday, May 21, 2 p. m. Semi finals, all flights. ' Saturday, . May 22, 9 a. m and 2 p. m. Finals, all flights, 6 holes. AMoolRtlon handicap ,for gold medal, 18 holes. (Finalists not eligible for handicap match). SEES SOLUTION 111 inirti Texas Immigration Commis sioner Thinks South Can Settle Problem of Oc cupational Unrest. SHOULD GET EUROPEANS FROM OLDER STATES Attention of all candidates In The Gazette-News' pony outfit contest is called to the 'double vote offer an nounced by the manager for the sis days from April 26 to May 1. Tou are asked to consider that this liberal offer operates to your advantage in two ways: First, on all new. or old paid subscriptions sent in during this pe rlod you are credited with twice the number of votes put down In the regu lar schedule, prlnteduelsewhere In the paper; secondly, by doubling your ex ertlons for a few days on this feature you Increase the amount of the guar. anteed dividends the paper will pay as 'commissions on suscrlptions to all who do not win one of the grand prizes. 1 , Those who get the best results from this offer will undoubtedly secure a lead in the race for a grand prize that will be very hard to overcome. To those who have not yet polled as many votes as they expected and are Inclined to be discouraged this ptter comes as an opportunity to make gains on some of the leaders in the race. But the opportunity lasts only until Saturday and after Saturday it will be only 13 working days until the contest closes. The list of the candidates follows, with the vote cast for each up to date: District No. 1. Votes Miss Emily Blackwood, Ashe- vllle .. 12,850 Jesse Cole, Ashevllle 8,570 Miss Jessie Cummings, Ashe- - i-vnirw ...-.v rrwrrtr.MO- Miss Mabel Dockery, Ashevllle. 7,995 Charles Green, Ashevllle . . Henry Harris, Ashevllle . . . Junius Harris, Ashevllle . . J. Maurice Jarrett, Ashevllle Lyday Morgan, Ashevllle . . . District No. 3. Joseph Clayton, Jr., Brevard, N. C 1,000 Miss Gladys Christy, Andrew 1,000 Matt Moore Cox, Haztlwood.. Miss Pee Wee Fisher, Hender- sonvtlle Edward Forest, Hendersonvllle Dwight Hall, Canton Miss Edna Gage Morrow, Mar shall 1,004 Mies Lavlnla Picklesimer, Sylva 13,925 Miss Dorothy Posey, Hender sonvllle.. ...... 1,850 Miss Lucy Tom Reeves, Wea vervllle 10,000 James Secrest, Canton. . . . .. 1,000 Cameron Shlpp, Henderson vllle.. 28,165 Miss Margaret Bristol, Morgan- ton, N. C. 1,000 Urges South to Go After Eu ropean Emigrants Just as Travelling Men Go After Business. Lblllfi PARDON FOR A. l KICKS H 0 M Friends "Intercede for Spencer Man Convicted of Falsify ing Records of Bank v While Cashier. RALEGH "ANTIS" HAVE ANOTHER COMPLAINT Carter Inquiry Commission, Now in Executive Session, May Make Report Last of Week. Muskogee, Okla., April 28. The south offers solution for the occupa tional unrest in other states of the union, R. B. Elmore of Dallas, com' missloner of the Texas Immigration Information bureau, told the dele gates to the Southern Commericial congress here today. In addition Mr. Elmore asserted that 'immigrants would develop the undeveloped re sources of the section. In addition to obtaining Immigrants from the longer settled parts of the union the speaker urged the south to go after European emigrants when peace comes just as travelling men go after business. He advocated leg islation In every southern state to eliminate the land shark and to pro tect the Investing home-seeker and the honest real estate dealer. 1,000 16,225 2.500 12,025 9,265 2,175 4,800 2,073 1,000 THE SWEEQ1SH STERMEH CENTRIC SUK BY MINE Stockholm, April 28. The Swedish steamer Centric on her ' way from Stockholm to Helsingbord, Sweden, has been sunk by a mine ' off the Aland- Islands. The crew was saved, London, April 27. The Grimsby trawler Recola has been blown up in the North sea. Borne of the members of the crew are reported missing. The Centric was of 900 tons net and was 260 feet long. She left Savan nah March t for Kirkwall, where she arrived March 2., sailing subse quently for Gothenburg. V PROPOSE HIGHER RATES 1 PAPER In Some Case Amounting to Six Cents Per Hundred . Lbs. Investigation. FIRST GAME IT TIE COLONEL'S E THUHSDAY 'Conquering Heroes" Will Take on Red Rowe's Out fit at Oates Park, Open ing Local Season. BUSINESS MEN WILL BOOST ATTENDANCE Every Effort Will Be Made to Win Attendance Cup Big Parade Special Train From Canton. MUST PAY POLL-TAXES - TO VOTE ON TUESDAY About Half of Voters Have Failed to Pay Their Poll Tax. FOR BIG LOCAL CONCERN Acting on a petition filed by stock holders and creditors of the American Furniture Manufacturing company. Judge Jamea L. Webb in Superior court this morning appointed Frank M. Weaver receiver for the company. Mr. Weaver will give a bond of $10,- 000 and is authorised to borrow the um of $3,000 with which to carry on the operation of the plant. The company stated that this step was taken owing to the financial de pression. It being found Impossible to sell its finished product Washington, April 28. Tariffs proposing increased rates, effective May 17, on , news print paper, amounting in some instances to six cents per one hundred pounds, were filed with the interstate commerce commission today by practically all the railroads and trunk lines In Cen tral Freight association territory in sections of the country north of the Ohio snd Potomao rivers and east of the Mlsslsslpp. The commission's experts have not yet determined the general effect of the proposal, but the rates will probably be suspended pending investigation. WIFE OF IMPRESARIA TAKES POISON; DEA1 Portland,' Ore., April 18 Ida Ho nor, a ballet dancer, of Milan. Italy, nd known In private life as Mrs Mario Lomberdl, wife of the grand opera Impresario, Is dead here as the result Of taking polaon Thursday, when she Iarned of the dath of her husband cauaad by apoplexy. MEETING OF ALDERMEN T That the payment of poll taxes this week by large numbers of voters, or the lack of payment of the taxes by large numbers wll figure materially in the outcome of the election next Tues day is the belief of many men who are in touch with the local political situa tion. There are just four more days in which the voters can pay their poll taxes and those who fall to pay the taxes cannot participate in the elec tion. On May the first the time limit on those who can take part In an, elec tion without the payment of the taxes expires. On the books of the county tax col lector are the names of many men who have failed to pay this tax and it is believed that strenuous efforts will be put forth this week by the candi dates and the workers for the various candidates to get the people to pay the tax and thereby qualify to take part In the election. According to statements by the county tax collector there are at least fifty per cent of the tax payers In the city who have not paid the tax which la Just $2. With but twenty-four hour in which to file their expense accounts and that time expiring yesterday afternoon, there was a rush made to the office of Superior Court Clerk John H. Cathey, although the first account was net filed until 8:80 o'clock. But within the next halt hour many of the candidates had filed the account as required by law. - . . . Those who filed their accounts are as follows; In the race for mayor Mayor J. E. Rankin, $219; Henry J. Olive, $141.40: in the race for commissioner of publlo safety C. H. Rartlett, $14.40; D. Ht- den Ramsey, $S7.4 ; In the race for commissioner of public works James O. Stlkeleather, $149.11; -B. E. Mc Dowell, $31.85; In the race for judge of the city police court Judge Philip C. Cocke, $111.7 11; J. Frailer Glenn, $161.70; Judge W. P. Brdwn, $11. OS The question of resurfacing the road from West Ashevllle to Hulphur Springs and the collection of the city taxes cams 'up for discussion at the meeting last night of the West Ashe vllle board of aldermen. A commit tee was appointed to confer with the1 ounty commissioners In regard, to road, which it Is said Is torn up many places and will soon go to tecea. The residents along the road re In favor of uelng an asphalt bind er to resurface the road. It wsa derided that the advertise ment of property on which 114 tx- have not been paid shall basin lm nunfl lately after Mr I, and after that date rroparty owners will have te lay the coat of advartlatng. JACKSON FAR M TO BE LLJAGKSON Wsrton, W. Va., April 18. The farm en whloh General titonewall Jackfcon was reared Is to be trans formed Into a publlo park, according to an announcement by the traction company which has purchased It. The old homestead was destroyed recent ly by ire but the old grlat mill at when the famous conftdrrate general workd during boyhood Is still stand ing. The place will be named "titone wa.ll Jackaon park.'' By W. T. Bost Raleigh, April 28. Collector A.. D. Watts of the western district, James A, Hartness, clerk of Iredell county Supe rior court, Capt. TV. H. Vanderford, Capt. W. H. Burton and other Rowan and Iredell men yesterday sought for the second time executive clemency for A. W. : Hicks, former bank cashier, "newspaper man and prominent reli gious worker who Is now serving two years In the state prison for falsifying the records of thu Spencer branch of the Wachovia, The visitors put their appeal purely upon mercy. Mr. Hicks has served a year and his friends think his puntah ment has been heavy. They dirt not tell the governor that the Sp9nr.ar banker was convicted of a technical wrong, but that he was convicted upon the evidence shown in the record of the bank, but the punishment Is al ready great. The governor told his petitioners that he had never been able to see the "technical'! wrong, that ?t was-a long wrought wrong and cover ed up finally by perjury. He thought the newspapers had rather overdone the "technical" side of it. Mr. Hicks' offense was the falsifying of records in the Connell case. Con nell being a merchant who moved on a mighty scale and left the impression that he was a rich man. He has been the unquestioned beneficiary of the Hicks misfortune, the merchant get ting overdrafts in the 80,000 before the crash came. When the Cor.r.ell checks came In it is said the cashier caged them and kept his "cash" in a cigar box. When Governor Craig was appealed to in December he was told that Mr. Hicks received no money as the result of these wrongs, that he was deceived by a "crook" as It was put The gov ernor delivered as harp lecture to bis big audience then and animadverted somewhat upon the perjuring of one self to protect a "crook." The gcv' ernor thought a man's offense but lit tie less if he allowed somebody else to loot a bank than the taking of money for personal use. Nobody is opposing the pardon. It Is urged for the Spencer man woh bore so honorable a name so long and was very popular that he has a larje family In desperate condition on nc count of his Imprisonment and that a large family in desperate condition on account of his Imprisonment would have Impressed Itself upon a man of less fine sensibilities. The antl-admlnlstretlonlsta In the city are now out declaring that the city officials have declined to grant them pollholders. The opposition asks the publlo to spread Its respects over the situation which they think Incontcstabiy unfu'r to them because several men connect ed with the city government hive either been temporarily registrars and pollholders or now are. The "antis" give a list of these and ask the city to remember that the opposition has no way to correct Irregularities. One of the amusing incidents to the election Is the discovery that Tom Bai ley, former republican postmaster, brother of J. W. Bailey, the whale show against the city government when he takes a notion, which notion he does not appear to have taken this time, is on the payroll of the city. Tom Bailey has been registering vot ers, the opposition charses, and k is It fair to have men on the city payroll determining finally whether a man shall register or whether he shall vote and have the ballot counted. The collection machinery Is In the hands of the city administration and that makes the fight all the hotter. It Is conceded by men who belong to neither faction that the ins are over whelming favorites and that the oppo sition has not the remotest chance. It was not known until a few weeks ago that a member of Collector Bailey's family Is aiding In the perpetuation of the present city government Ballmr After Blockades. Collector bailey's letter to the state press calling upon It and the people to assist him In the suppression of moon shining Is to be followed by a crusade against distilling. Mr. Bailey's ofllrn will likewise get to work. Borne of his deputies have made remarkable records, some of the others have made different kinds and It la up to them. It I a noteworthy fact that no great help has bn given ly the county officers over the state. The ollertor sake the sheriffs to join (Continued on Page Three). on Hi3 Cross-Examination in the Barnes Libel Snit Ends ' After More Than Six Days on Stand. MORE CORRESPONDENCE ADMITTED TO RECORD Letters Which Passed Between Roosevelt and Barnes and Roosevelt and Piatt Are ' , Read in Court. Tomorrow Is the day. . Weather permitting, and the weath er man Insists that he is first, last and all the time a baseball fan, al though he does not attend the games, Asheville will take on "Red" Rowe's regular ball team at Oates park, In the first official league game of the season on the local lot. Everything is in readiness here for the opening game and the odds are that Ashevllle will turn out the larg est gathering tomorrow that has ever wjtnessed a baseball game in this city. All possible efforts are being made to break the record of 8000 held by Raleigh, for attendance on the op ening day. President Arthur Lyon of the Car olina league has offered a handsome sliver cup to the winner In attend ance on the opening day and Ashe ville will this year make strenuous efforts to win this cup. A special Pullman left here this morning for Charlotte to bring the Mountaineers back home and the team: will arrive here' shortly after J o'clock,? tomorrow morning, the men remaining In the berths until after 7 o'clock. By this arrangement the players will get a good night's rest and will then have half a day In which to recuperate and make ready for the big game. Ashevllle has played five games. winning four and losing one, the game on lQBt Saturday being lost to Winston by the score of 5 to 4, al though It took the Twins twelve in nings to wrest the game from the Mountaineers. Opened at 'Winston. Asheville opened the season at Winston on last Thursday and brak ing Its record won the opening con test by the score of 7 to 1, with the Great" Ray and Ferris doing the twirling. The next day Ashevllle went after Winston even stronger. shutting out the Clancey team by the score of 7 to 0. This time It was the work of the Cuban, Munoz that turn ed the trick with "Ginger" working for Winston. Then on last Saturday, 'despite the fact that Gary Fortune, pitching for Ashevllle, broke a league record by fanning out 21 men, the locals lost the game to Winston in a twelve Inning contest, which Corbett protested. In a decision handed down by Lyon the protest entered by Corbett was over ruled. Moving on to Charlotte last Mon day, the Mountaineers showed up Emery's underlings to the tune of 11 to 5, with Ferris working for the lo cals and Ingle and Darlington on the mound for the Hornets. Not content with taking the first game from the Hornets, Corbett's aggregation swoop ed down on the Hornets yesterday at' ternoon and, when things became clear to the Emeryltes it was seen that the Cuban battery had again demonstrated its wonderful ability, for the Hornets were held scoreless and allowed but two hits, one scratch. I . Coining Home Now. And this is the team thut Is com ing home, coming back to receive the plaudits of the admiring fans of this old burg. Will Ashevllle pay honage to her team? She will. Just wait until tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock when the gong sounds St Oates park and the umps announces, "Ladles and Gents, the batterya fer today la," and then see whether or not the mem bers of local fandom know how the honor a regular ball team. Crossing bats with Ashevllle for to morrow and the remainder or tne week will be "Red" Howe's crowd of Patrolts, a real ball team hailing from Greensboro. Rows has shows the fans of this state that he knows how to gather a bunch of ball play ers that know how to play ball. Out of Ave games played this season his team has lost two, and the strange part of It la that the two dropped by the Patrolts were lost on the home grounds. Oreensboro defeated Char lotte on the opening day I to 1; the next day 8 to 4 an dthen on the third day romped on them 11 to t. But when Greensboro welcomed her team home something happened, either a jinx settled on Rowa'i shoul der or he was embarrassed, for his team has dropped both games this week to Raleigh, the first by 10 to I. and yesterday's enntast by i to 4. Moire Will Oikw, Although the arrangements for the opening game have been practically (Continued on Tsge Three) Syracuse, April 28. The cross ex amination of Col. Theodore Rooee velt In the William Barnes libel suit I against him was concluded today af-' ter the colonel had been asked about numerous speeches he had made and about his salary and traveling ex penses received while president. Syracuse, April 28. A series of private letters which passed between Theodore Roosevelt and William Barnes between 1904 and 1910 were Introduced into record yesterday at the trial of the libel suit against the colonel. They were to be read In court later. The correspondence was introduced after the reading of let ters between Roosevelt and T. C. Pl4tt had been completed. In reply Col. Roosevelt wrote Sena tor Piatt that he had received the J telegram "too late." These messages were part of additional correspondence . which passed between Roosevelt and ! Piatt presented In oourt today. William Li. Barnum, the crosa-ex- . amlner started " his . Inquiry hy asking the colonel whether he had -taken Senator Piatt's advice In regard I r to his nomination for vice president In 1900. After a series of questions' this question remained unanswered and.. letters from Piatt to Roosevelt, dated i February 6, 1900, In which the former asked the colonel to come to New, York to discuss the matter were read. S A Roosevelt letter setting the date for the conference was also read. Colonel Roosevelt admitted undef cross examination, In the trial of Wil liam Barnes' suit for alleged libel that while governor, he had freely con-1 suited the "boss" of the republican! party In New York state in reference to appointment of officials and on va rious legislative and political matters. The "boss" named was Thomas C. 1 Piatt, who at that time represented! New York In the United States senate. The former president said he tooki the advice of the senator In many mat-i ters, among them appointing a demo-i crat to the office of -tax commissioner1, to "please Grady," whom the colonel described as a "lieutenant boss" ofi Kicnara uroKer, tnen leauer or Tun- many hall. The testimony resulted from ques tions asked after letters of a series that passed between Colonel Roosevelt and Piatt had been read to the jury. In these letters, both writers discussed all manner of political end legislative affairs. In one. Colonel Roosevelt asked the senator's advice about mak ing speeches. In another. Senator Piatt told the colonel he had received, a copy of a bill introduced by Grady, in which the senator said he consid ered It inadvisable to give Tammany from $3,000,000 to $12,000,000 in an appropriation to expend upon the water front of New York, as "it would: simply be putting an unnecessary club, in the hands of those people with, which to knock oru brains out" I With another letter, the colonel sent, the senator a proof of his messgA to the legislature, which dealt with, among other things, public utilities,! the franchise tax, the trusts, industrial conditions and labor. P10T OF EAST S CLEARED OF VILLA (.'III Agua Prleta, April 1$. General Hellas Callea Carranza, commission er o fthe state of Sonora, has nude public a telegram from Col. Miguel Samanledo saying that east Bonora as far as Sahuarlpa, 170 miles south east of here has been cleared of Villa troops. MOSfOF WORK III BIS SUSHI h is o::::::e Honolulu, April II. The work of several weeks In attempts to ralnn the lost suhmsrln F-4 has been vir tually undone by the rough wheth er of the past two days. Only one cable Is lft holding to the but;:. Boowa which have ben uaad In ru l ing the craft have bn anchorr l t prevent thlr drifting to i'i T weathar conditions make dll: i stations lmj.n::i;e. V, 1

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