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GENERALLY FAIR,
.VOLUME XX. NO. 66.
ASHEVIIJ 2, N. 0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 29, 1915.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AS I I II -v II
FIERCE BATTLE
ON GALLIPOLI
iBrijish and Turkish Reports
Conflict as to Result of Ser
ious Fight in Darda
. nelles Campaign.
IN WEST ALLIES STILL
BATTERING GERMANS
Seeking to Drive Invaders
From Only Point They
Hold of Gains Made
West of the Yser. .
fightr
London,- April 29. The
ting at the tip of the,Galli
poli peninsula across which
the British have strung their
forces and the efforts to dis
lodge the Germans from Steen
etraate, the only point on the
Iwest bank of the Yser which
A I . - n mnaA aKIa a hn H
' ' ' it." ' j. mi
; emeu men. xeuuiii iubu iu x' iau
v jders were the centers of war
! interest today because they ap
1 jparently held the greatest pos-
eibilities of far-reaching re
sults.
Although the Turkish and
.German reports declare that
the British forces- on'the west
, jaind the French on the east
-a it. . tv j n v
Giue oi me Laruttueue's m e ub-
jing crushed in by their efforts
lo press forward newspaper
readers here are being told
rthat all of the official state?
tments from Constantinople and
JBerlin are not only being cen
bored but are being framed for
, (the purpo.se, of exerting a fa
, jyorable influence in Italy and
(other wavering neutral coun
.; 'rtries.
The French and Belgian ar-
itillery forces are still batter
ing away at the German bridge
, Dheld at Steenstraate but no
claims of substantial gains are
;being made by either side. At
;the same time the British are
showing no dispositon to aban
don their efforts to force the
Germans to yield the ground
they recently gained. There
is no confirmation of the cur
; lent rumor that they have re-
i "captured St. Julien.
London, April 29. An Ath
ens Exchange Telegraph dis
patch says that fierce fighting
"Wednesday on the shore of the
Suvla bay on the west side of
the Gallipoli peninsula, 1?
mile, north of the Southern
extremity, resulted in success
for the allies. The losses to
the Turks were serious, and
one entire battalion was cap
tured by the allies. .
"British forces landed on
ihe European coast of the Dar
danelles were entrusted solely
iwith the mission of occupy
ing the Gallipoli peninsula
i-which is defended by GO.OOCT
;Turks,'' says an Exchange Tel
egraph dispatch, "while, .tho
jFrench are entirely on the As
iatio coast and are about to ad
vance along the Littoral to
kefp pace jtvith the progress
made by the British forces on
ithe opposite toast. Tho bom
bardment of tho straits was re
named Tuesday."
E0.0OO Land Troops, t
Berlin, (By wireless April
tO. The Overseas Agency has
rorrivcl nlvirr-s from Con-
and British troops which land
ed at the, Dardanelles number
ed about 80,000 men.
"According to reliable in
formation the Austro-Italian
negotiations are proceeding
satisfactorily," says an Over
seas agency dispatch. "Most
of the difficult points have
been overcome and the remain
der unsettled are comparative
ly unimportant.
Lines Only for Troops.
Verano, April 28. (Via.
Paris, April 29. ) Eailroad
service on the Austrian side of
the frontier has virtually been
suspended for ordinary pur
poses. All the lines are being
used to carry troops to , the
Italian front. '.
COL. RESPECTED
PUTT'S
1
Considered Senator's Wide Ex-
perience Valuable and Knew
That Piatt Controlled
. the Organization.
HE DID NOT WANT TO
DISRUPT THE PARTY
POLICE DRAG RIVER
Tells How He Threatened
Piatt Re-direct Examina
tion Will Probably Be'
Concluded Today.
IS
I
y
Woman W h o Disappeared
From Home Today Believ
ed to Be Suicide.
HE HUGS
III CART ER CASE
Each Member of Commission
Is Preparing Opinion on
Certain Episodes Cover
ed in Investigation.
COMMSSlbN SHOULD
FINISH LATE TODAY
Friends of Hicks Stop Plead
ing With Governor for Par
donLarge Number of
I Companies Chartered.
Acting on a report made to the lo
cal police headquarters this morning
about 8:15 o'clock that Mrs. AJlie
Owenby, of No. 10 Roberts street had
disappeared from her home during
the breakfast, hour? this morning,
clad Only in her night' clothes, going
In the direction of the French Broad
river, members of the local police de
partment spent about "two- hours
dragging, the river In that vicinity,
in a search for the body of Mrs. Ow
enby, who Is believed to have com
mitted suicide.
Although tracks, believed to have
been made by Mrs. Owenby were
found leading up to the river bank,
the search by the officers and the
men Who helped them to drag the
river failed to produce a single clue
as to the whereabouts of the wom
an. - .
Members of Mrs. Owenby's family
state that all last night she continu
ally talked of commltlng suicide by
jumping in the river and they belteve(
mat sne naa aona so.
While members of the family were
preparing the morning meal, It Is
stated that Mrs. Owenby slipped out
of the house, dressed in her night
clothes and barefooted. She was not
missed for sometime and when it
was discovered that she had disap
peared a search failed to show any
trace of her other than the foot
prints through a plowed field leading
to the river, which are belloved to
have been made by Mrs. Owenby.
Chief of Police C. N. Iomlnac, T.
R. Parker and Ernest Israel, went
to the scene where the woman is
supposed to have Jumped Into the
river and, xogether with several men
who live in the' cotton umlll section
got In boats and proceeded to drag
the river from opposite the mill to
Smith's bridge. This search failed to
produce any traces of the missing wo
man. Mrs. Owenby was until recently
employed at the Ashevllls Cotton
mills as a weaver. A member of the
polio department was called to Mrs.
Owenby's home last week, lb Is stst
ed. and advised that she be placed
m the care of some one. sa It was
believed then she was mentally un
balanced.
Syracuse, April 29. Col. Theodore
Roosevelt early this 'afternoon con
eluded his 'testimony in the .William
Barnes libel suit against him.
When the colonel entered the court
room he was loudly cheered by spec
tators. He was questioned briefly
about letters he exchanged with T. C,
Piatt In regard to the appointment of
the Collector of the port of New York
and then was asked about the elec
tion of Seth Low as mayor of New
Tork and the meeting he arranged
between Low and Piatt.
"The organization . helped to elect
Mr. Low," replied the eolonel. "I
wanted Mr. Low to take the same at
titude .1 did toward the organization,
therefore' I wrote him about the meet
ing between the two. -I ddin't want
the organization to feol slighted."
Syracuse, N. V., April 29. Theodore
Roosevelt on his seventh ' day on the
wy.Dcs stan3 .la wfl)iam- Barnes suit
for libel, told why he conferred with
United States Senator Thomas C. Piatt
while governor, vice-president and
president of the United States. He re
lated1 how he threatened Senator Piatt
just prior to the Philadelphia conven
tion of 1900 that he would fight for the
New York gubernatorial renomlnatlon
If Piatt made good his threat to keep
him out of the race as punishment for
not accepting the nomination for vice
president, r
The colonel told of these things and
many others upon redirect examina
tion. The minute his cross-examination
ended. Colonel Roosevelt set ui
alertly In his chair and his solemn ex
pression gave way to a jolly smll
Ho leaned toward the Jury; he squared
his Jaw; he raised his voice; he lifted
his open hand and brought them down
upon his thighs. He pounded with j
clenched flst upon open palm. He
used every Jesture, -every movement
at his command to make his words
more forceful. And as he ' stepped
down from the witness stand at the
end of the day he laughingly said:
"I am not tired." v
Speaking of Senator Piatt the for
mer president said that ha conferred
with him on matters legislative ad
ministrative and political because he
considered the senator's .wide experi
ence was valuable, and because he re
alized that the organization controlled
the legislature and that the senator
controlled the organization.
"I did not want to disrupt the re
publican party," said the colonel, "as
long as I did no wrong act In prevent
ing It. , Then, too, I wanted to get af
firmative action In Albany.
(By W. T. Boat) .
Raleigh, April 29. The
Carter-
SATS
ARE
IS
L
TOO VAGUE
Geo. W. Perkins Declares no
Man Can Find Out What
He Can Legally Do
in Business.
COURTS ARE TAKING
DIFFERENT POSITIONS
Mr. Perkins Sees a New South
Not of Henry Grady's
Day But of Thomas
; Edison's Day.
Muskogee, Okla., April 29. -"The
tariff and the Sherman anti-trust law
are the greatest asset of our politic-
MANY VOTES CftST
Double Vote Offer Increases
Exertions of Candidates
in Pony Contest.
DATES PARK IS
F
S
Abernathy investigating committee Z T . .m v,' l
jlans and the greatest liability of our
working In divisions has reached the , merchants ," declared George . Per-
Con test ants in the pony outfit con
test are beginning to realize what a
great amount of work they have be
fore them. It is still some days until
the closing date and the pace dally
gets warmer. Several of the contest
ants are determined to win the pony
outfit, or know the reason why. The
reason will be, if there is any rea
son, that they did not do work
enough and that somebody else ob
tained more votes than they.
It will be well for anyone on the
outside looking on to roll up his
sleeves and give to the contestant In
whom he Is interested, not only a lit
tle of your time, but a ' lift in the
form of a few subscriptions, paid up
for a year or more. By this means
you can be sure that your candidate
Is having done In his or her behalf
the kind of work that is really going
to be decisive when the closing hour
comes.
All Records for Attendance at '
Ball Games Here Will
Doubtless Be Shattered
by Today's Crowd.-
LINEUP ANNOUNCED
FOR THE BIG GAME
conclusion that it can finish today
and Individual members are writing
the opinions assigned -them by the
court -'" '
The court has discussed thoroughly
certain episodes and based upon these
a member or the committee will writs
the opinion for- the committee. That
has been considered the best way to
handle the great big Issues before the
seven men. That will give the great
est variety ot style and in treatment.
It is the Supreme court way ot mak
ing law. i
The committee hopes to have an
ODlnion . this -evening. It may decide
the matters before It earlier in the
day. Chairman Doughton is driving
kins of New York, before the South
era Commercial Congress today. He
spoke on "The New South and the
New World" and discussed ..what he
called another great reconstruction
period, when the New South Is no lon
ger that of Henry Grady's Day but of
Thomas Edison's day, with its prob
lems no longer sectional but nation
al and international.
, Mr Perkins declared that laws are
such now; that no man can find out
what he can legally do in business.
"No lawyer, court, or President can
tell him," he said, "and while his
transactions may clearly be proper,
morally and financially, the laws are
so vague that one government offl-
Merchants Will Close and All
i .
Eyes Will Be on the Out- f
come of the Battle at
Oates Park Today. " N
itit:ttitii(itsiitititititttt
t
S BATTERIES FOB TODAY: s
St Greensboro: Altman or Mahart K
Therefore line up your forces and s pitching, Rowe catching. t
clal can take one position and an-
even as he drove when the testimony i otner government .official exactly the
was being taken. i , PPsite position and the courts can
ao ana are aoing precisely me same
thing. New enterprises, new under
takings. that mean solmuch-to. any
country, and general business cannot
and will not be started until this un
certainty is removed. We are told the
Clayton law will facilitate business.
It might better be called the Muddle
Law, for the only business It will fa
cilitate Is the business for lawyers."
"The drafters of the Sherman law,"
he said, "failed to diagnose the situa
tion correctly. They saw new evils
creeping Into the business world and
Instead of striking at those evils thry
tried by man-made laws to wipe out
God-given economies. The law should
have supplemented the common law so
as to make It crlmlnat.to Issue water
ed stock, or to lssue false annual
statements; should hav required fed
eral Incorporation with- the fullest
publicity and strict government regu
lation In the case of large Interests and
International Industrial companies
where ownership is widespread."
The Scotland Neck Furniture com
pany w?s chartered , by the secre
tary .of otito, ;.8.Cfr. f . -ka -i 12,50o
capital being paid in.
The Southern Pines Aethletlo asso
ciation took out papers and has pre
pared to play ball.
The Banner Investment company
of Winston-Salem Is incorporated
with its full capitalization of $ljb,000
paid up.
The Wachovia Business college, in
corporated, wlthl Winston-Salem
headauarters. was chartered. The
paid In capital is 1,B00, the author
Ized $50,000.
The P. A. Hooker Meat company,
of Kinsrton, Lenoir county. Is author
ized to begin business with $10,000 of
Its $30,000 paid In. P. A. Hooker,
A. R. Hooker and Walter Arthur are
the Incorporators.
The Hicks pardon seekers returned
home yesterday after something of
disappointment In Governor Craig's
refusal to grant the pardon.
prepare for the battle royal See to it
that everybody who Is pledged to you
is in line and that they are equipped
with proper authority and credentials
to act for you. Don't trust too much
to the standing of the contestants as
published from time to time, for
there is no doubt that many are
holding back ballots to got into the
box on the' '.closing day, and the
standing as printed may or may not
reflect accurately Just what the true
situation is.
Keep up your courage and show
your friends that you do not know
the meaning of such a word fall. This
spirit will be communicated to them
and they will respond in like tem
per. Their help will make you win or
lose. Get it, and to get it, you must
be worthy of it. Every effort you
make now will -be Just so many ob
stacles overcome, so many stepping
stones leading you onward to the goal
you desire to reach.
A list of the candidates follows
with tho vote for each one up to
date:
District No. 1.
Votes
Miss Emily Blackwood, Ashe-
ville .'. 12,850
Jesse Cole, Asheville 13,570
Miss Jessie Cummings, Ashe
ville 17,990
Miss Habel Dockery, Asheville. 7,975
Charles Green, Asheville 1,000
Henry Harris, Asheville 26,225
s? Asheville: Ferris- or Munzo K
? pitching. Roth or Jiminez catch- St
ing. .- K
. k
stiititsstsii(tiestitsisistat.
This Is the day. Four o'clock Is the
time. Oates park is the place. The
Mountaineers against the Patriots
will be the attraction.
Refreshed by a good night's rest
and having the morning in which to
get a line on themselves, the mem
bers of the two baseball squads are
ready for the opening game of the
league season in Asheville and that
the largest crowd ever attending a
baseball game In Asheville -will be
on hand for the festivities goes with
out saying. It promises to be a great
game, for the leaders of the league
will-' cross bats at Oates park. ' this
afternoon. -
Both teams arrived here this
morning and seem to be in the very
best of condition. Each manager Is
confident of winning the contest and
will use the very best men on the
teams for the game. . ' ' .
- The most interesting toplo of the
morning was the discussion of the
line-ups of the two teams for the
afternoon. The line-ups, as given by
Manager Corbett, and Manager Rows
to The Gazette-News, will be as fol
lows: For Asheville, Bradshaw, ss;
Corbett, 2b! Wasem If. Fenton cf;
ti. iioviro iohoviiin . . 2 500 Hickman rf; Perrltt 8b; Roth or Jlm-
J. Maurice Jarrett. Asheville.. 22,02 5 enw catcher, with Ferris or Munoz
Lyday Morgan, Asheville 8,525 j
') V - t th9 French
FULL iHTIOT MORS TO'
FREEH DEAD BY ITALIANS
Rome, April 21, via Paris, April It.
The bodies of Et men who lost their
lives when ths French cruiser Leon
Gamhetta was torpedoed by an Aus
trian submarine In the strait of Otran
to hav been burled with full military
honors at Santa Maria Leuca. The
funeral was arranged by the officers
ot Italian torpedo boat destroyers.
FOUGHT TILL HE WAS
WOUNDED EIGHT TIMES
London, April II. Ths King has
granted ths Victoria Cross to Com
mander Henry Peel Ritchie, Royal
Navy, for the following "conspicuous
act of bravery:"
"On November tfl, when In com
mand ot ths searching and'demolltlon
operations at Ifer-es-flalasm, East Af
rlca, though severely wounded several
times, his fortitude and resolution
enabled him to cittlnus to do his duty,
Inspiring all by Ms example, until at
his eighth wound hs became uncon
sctous. The Interval between kla first
nd Ut nyrs wound was twsnty-Ovs
minutes."
T
Several Concerns Piling up
, Earnings at the Rate of
$500,000 a Month.
mm expects
RECOGNITION
S
0
But State Department Says
Matter as Not Been For-
i ..
mally Considered. -
Washington, April 2. Unofficial
advlcs that General Carranza expect
ed early recognition by the United
States attracted wide-spread attention
In official and diplomatic ctroles here
today.
Carranza representatives have been
very active recently. Ths United
States Is said to have been advised In
detail of the Carranza plans. It was
said at ths stats department, however,
that the question of recognition had
not been formally considered.
Report of an Impending battle be
tween Villa and-Obregon has attract
ed considerable attention. Villa
agents here say that Villa has gath
ered an army of 36,000 men.
London. Anrll II. (Correspondence
of Ths Associated Press) Several
large Kngllsh ship-owners are piling
up profits at the rata of 1500,000 or
over a month, and one firm at least Is
reported to have averaged practically
a million dollars a month since the
beginning of the war.
It Is, of course, only those who hav
had their ships free who have been
able to make money. Boms owners
had ihelr vessels tied up by charters
at normal figures and others had their
ships taken by the government Then
all ths shipowners have had to bear
Increased expenditures for wages, fuel,
Insurance and delays In port.
' Ths peopls who ars really making
ths money, according to a London
shipping Journal, are the Greek ship
owners. , -"For ths last few years," It
explains, "the Greeks hae been stend
lly buying ships, and theyow have a
very considerable merchant marine.
They can taka full advantage of the
high rates, and do not havs to fsre
ths risks British shippers do, nor pay
ths extra wages."
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St
st SHOW CONCESSIONS.
It
URGES THE PENSIONING
OF
Dr. Warren Says It Would
Eliminate "Making of
Money on Side."
District No. 2
Joseph Clayton, Jr., Brevard,
N. C 1.000
Miss Gladys Christy, Andrew 1,000
Matt Moore Cox, Hazelwood.. 2,175
Miss Pee Wee Fisher, Hender- s
sonvllle .... . ., 4,800
Edward Forest, Hendersonvillol 2,075
Iwight Hall, Canton ........ 1,000
Miss Edna' Gage Morrow, Mar
shall ........... 1.200
Miss Lavlnla Plcklesimer, Syl-
va ....13,925
Miss Dorothy Posey, Hender-
sonvllle .... 1,850
Miss Lucy Tom Reeves, -Wea-
verville .. .. i . .zo.ooo
Chicago, April 29. 'The pension
ing of l etlred ministers -Would have a
tendency to eliminate the commer
cialization of the pulpit through mak
ing money on the side," according to
Dr. W. VL Warren of Indiana, secre
tary of the board of ministerial relief
of the Disciples of Christ,' who ad
dressed tho national convention ot
conference claimants of ths Meth
odlst Episcopal church here today.
A plan is being considered by the
convention to raise a 110,000,000
fund to pension retired ministers and
the widows and orphans of minis
ters.
RATHER GAY UNIFORMS
FOR TURKISH SOLDIERS
Rome, April 21. (Corresponden-e
of The Associated Press) An Italian
merchant who has shops In Damascus,
! Jaffa, Beyrout and Jerusalem has re
st I turned here because his entire stocks
Toklo, April 21. -Japan's new HI have been requisitioned by the Turkish
t demands on China show concea- si
It slons, according to ths Japan st
It Mall. Thy ars said to omit the st
ft) nnn-allrnatlon of China's coast .
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st INCENDIARY PLOT? st
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st Vancouver, B. C, April II. st
st Fire, held by snms polios ofTI- st
st clals to have been ths result of t
t part of a plot to burn the city; V.
st started simultaneously today at st
st the Csnby and Oranvtlls street st
It bridges connecting ths business s?
st and residence portions of ths st
t town. Ths loss Is about S00,- st
000.
st
government to make uniforms for sol-.
dlers. Flowered or striped calico and
patterns of ths most consplouous form
and color ars used In these uniforms,
he said, the Turks being short of prop
er materials.
BODY OF YOUNO HEFNER
FOUND NEAR HICKORY
Ppeclal to Ths Oazette-News.'
Greensboro, Sheehan or McBane, rf;
Crouthers cf; Hewell 8b; Van Horn
lb; Gosnell If; Andrews ss; Welch
2b; Rowe c; and Altman or Mahart
pitching for the Patriots.
Weather as pretty as could he ex
pected for a baseball game, the
crowds the largest in the history of
organized baseball in this city and
two of the best teams ever organized
in the Carolina league this will be a
!red letter day In the history of Ashe
ville. A day to be remembered not
only by the fans but by all the peo
ple. Firemen's Dram Corps. - .
The beginning of the day, haaehal-
.Tames Secrest. Canton ....... 1,000 jllcally speaking will be an exhibition
Henderson- i on racK square snnrcty niter
. 28 165 o'clock by the Firemen's Drum Corps
Shlpp,
E
Cameron
villa
Miss Margaret Bristol, Mor- UBUal P'" l,,r ln
ranton N C. ..-i... ....... 1,000 OI m" clly "r suiumum
m'en uinpcriisru Willi.- - Alio .iiiiioii
will -serve to arouse the-interest , of
those who, perhaps, for the moment
have let other things, less Important
attract their attention. Then from
that time on ths crowds will begin
to Journey to Oates Park, where the
real things are to take place. Extra
street cars will be operated .by ths
Asheville Power and Light company
and the Immense throngs will be
handled with ease.
Not only will the Asheville people
turn out in large numbers, numbers
unheard of before at a baseball game,
but many of the towns throughout
western North Carolina will send
fans here today to take part In the
welcome that Asheville will sccord
her victorious team. It Is believed
that every town in western North
Carolina will havs Its representatives
at Oates park this afternoon and ths
news carried back by these repre
sentatives, victory or defeat, will
serve . In a large measure to effect
ths attendance throughout the re
mainder ot the season from these
towns.
. Merchants Will CIosa.
To show their loyalty to ths horns
team ths merchants and professional
men of the city have agreed to close
Through Sleeping Cars, Ashe
ville to Norfolk, Put on
for Summer.
Announcements by ths division pas
senger agent of the Southern Railway
company of changes In the Norfolk
Charlotte and Charleston-Ashevllle
Chicago sleeping car service ars of In
terest to residents of this city and to
tourists and travelers. Heretofore It
has been necessary for persons com
ing to Asheville from Norfolk to
Asheville to make transfers at Char
lotte, But the change effective today
means that ths sleeping car will run
straight through from Asheville to
the Virginia city. The sleeper fori.her gtor.t ani offices, beginning at
Norfolk will leave here at 2:25 o'clock
In ths afternoon; and the car from
Norfolk will reach Asheville at 1:40
In ths afternoon.
This servlcs Is arranged for ths
summer months only and ths South
ern officials believe that It will result
Hickory, April II. After having I In bringing hundreds of Virginia vis-
been under ths waters of Catawba
rivsr sines March 14, when he was
drowned trying to escape offcers who
did not wsnt him, ths body of Dewey
Hefner, aged 18, was found In close
proximity io the seen of ths drown
ing In ('line's township, this county,
yesterdny. Details ars lacking, but It
la said that ths body was In a badly
decomposed state. Funeral wll be
held at Iitthel church.
1 1 nr. in A.hevllle for their vacation.
Ths sleeping car servlcs from
Charleston to Chicago by way of
Asheville Is curtalld by the recent or
der, ths car going only as fr ss Cin
cinnati In the future. This service
was put on, ths officials state, for the
accommodation of fall and winter
trawlers and It Is thought that thr
la little demand for ths stvIc
through ths lumiw.
3:10 o'clock this afternoon so that
all the people will have a rood op
portunity to witness ths opening fes
tivities. Ths members of ths Asheville Ro
tary club win not hold ths usual
weekly meeting at noon. but will
meet a ths store of C. H. Honnss on
Pstton avenue and go from there In
a body to ths ball grounda The board
ot trade will close for ths afternoon
and the following merchants have n
nounced that thnlr repPtvs plncr-s
of butn wll bs closed for tle
tlm of the game:
flnuthrn ""1 rompnv. ?'"'
Mothers, KUbler anil V. K-'-h4.
L. Mrm. I!;:i's rini', V
1 IConMiiH-l on i ' )