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A A TBS GAZETTE-NEWS HAS THB iBCOCIATED PRTtSS . SERVICE. IT IS IN EVERT . RESPSX7T COMPLETE. :s JWEATHER FORECASTS GENERALLY FAIR. j VOLUME XX. NO. 67. ASHEVIIJzS,N.O., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 30, 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS DUNKIRK ENGLISH TO WNS RAIDED BY AIRMEN S I ft! ll i . II A, 1 1 GERMAN WARSHIPS SHELL Paris April 30 by way of London German warships have been seen Belgian coast according to a statement given out in Paris today. Large shells have fallen on Dunkirk. DRIVING FORCES Entirely Cleared Away on As iatic Side Is Claim Also Report Success on Gallipoli. ' 'ALLIED BATTLESHIPS SHELL TURKISH TOWN Germans Straggling to Retain I Gains Only Property Dam age Resulted From the German Air Raid. Ipswich, England, April 30. The excited residents of this historic town are taking stock pf the damage resulting from bomb,s dropped by a German airship, generally believed to have been a Zeppelin, which appeared shortly after mid nurht last night. So iar as has been learned there have been no injuries and the prop- ; erty damage was small. Fires From Bombs, Bury St. Edmunds, England, ? April 30. Shells dropped in : last night's aerial raid started : four fires but no lives were ' lost. The property damage i was considerable. The aerial raider remained hovering over the town 10 minutes and then f disappeared toward the, coast. j Turks Successful. i1 Constantinople, April 30. I (Via. London) An official f statement issued by the Turk- ' i ish war office todaysays J "The allied forces which I , landed on the Asiatic side of : ' the Dardanelles have" been en- tirely cleared away. A large -part of th6 troops which in t ' vaded Gallipoli ' peninsula S i have been driven off and sever i al warships and transports of j the allies have been damaged. I With" Bayonet Only. Berlin, April 29. (Via. Lon- i "i oa T.. iV, sf'lutely exact. At several places, notai don, April 30.) In the farst bly betWMn enRmenll ,nd Anc,r. battle at Kumkale on the Dar dandles the Turkish troops did not fire a shot but repulsed the invading troops with the bayonet, according to an ofli ' rial statement issued by the German general staff. At Gallipoli the Turks foguht ' unceasingly for two days." The statement wiys that 40 warships bombarded Seddul Bahr. , . "On the eastern and west ern fronts the. situation, gen erally speaking Li unchanged." , Germans on Defensive. ' ! London, April 30. The Ger man attack along the Yer has ;eeajvMl, says tho Times corres pondent; in Northern Franco, ; under date of Thursday. The Gcm.irn have assumed tho dc- VO EJld aro BirurUng OUT ALLIED TURKS DECLARE def end the small territory they gained recently, he asserted. London, April 30. The east coast of England has been sub jected to another aerial raid accompanied by the usual in fliction of material damage. There were no casualties. There is a difference of opin ion as to tne type ol flying ma chine used by the German raid ers but most aeree that it was a Zeppelin. The airship arriv ed during the small hours of the morning and spent a brief time over Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds. Paris reports the presence of a German fleet off the coast of Belgium and the shelling of Dunkirk with the loss of 20 lives. Details of the attack are anxiously awaited in Eng land. " '" ' It is a fact, however, that the air raids, the Dardanelles battle and the German sea at tack on Belgium are compelled to give up the limelight for the question of liquor - legislation in Great Britan, and the fact that the government for the first time since the beginning of, the war has had to meet a division in the house of com mons. The strongest opposi tion was from Ireland. Some idea of the strength of this op position to the government provision is indicated by the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, a lead ing government organ, which declares that the measure pro posed by Chancellor Lloyd George will not pass the house. FRENCH WAR OFFICE CLAIMS 'EER1NSJSTITE FACTS Paris, April SO. An official notice Issued by the war office give Cstalla which are designed to show that the Germane are continually mis-stating facts In regard to reoent battles. It is BMerted In regard to occupied ter ritory that the statements made In French official statements are abso- vlller, the French advanced between two and two-third miles It is , report ed. It Is contended In the notice that the French continue to make progress In this region and are now not far from the J-orralne boundary. ( SERIOUS DREAD RIOTS III London, April 30. (Serious bread Hots have occurred during the past few days at Trieste, an Aurtrlan const town, according to mall advices from Budapest to ths Post. The po lice are reported to have charged a mob In the suburbs of Trieste, killing several and wounding 100. BRITISH VESSEL SUNK WAS STEAMER MOBILE London, April 10. Ths Brltlih steamship which was reported lost night as having been sunk by Ger man submarine off ths , Isle of Lewis, north Scotland, has been Identified . iha Itrltlah l..mi.p Mobile, which lO:WM carrying a cargo of coal. mm ALLIES AGREED OH TERMS Understanding on Which Italy Will Fight If She De cides to Do So. Rome, April 80. (Via Paris) From persona In close touch with the situation. Information has been ob tained Indicating that Italy has reached an understanding with Great Britain and France concerning the terms on which she will enter the war, if she eventually decides to df so. This Information, unofficial, but gathered from close students of the pending negotiations, sets forth the terms of the agreement as follows: "First. A provision for cencerted military action. Italy ' will refrain from ' hostilities during the present stage of, desultory trench warfare. which would enable Germany ana Austria to concentrate a large part of their forces against her. She will time her blow contemporaneously with a general effort by all the op ponents of the central empires now in the field. "Second. : An understanding con cerning the territory to be awarded to Italy In the event of victory. "Third. A provision that after the war an alliance shall be formed between Italy and the present triple entente, Great Britain, France and Russia." It is Intimated that at the outset Great Britain was disposed to make terms with Italf, but that Ialy firm ly declined to consider Joining the allies without first having reached a defllnte agreement with them con cerning the nature and time of her co-operation, boundary readjust ments after the war and permanent assistance from the allies. Italy is said to have received powerful as sistance from French diplomacy In reaching the desired understanding on these points. B UNS FIRES ON THEIR OWN SOLDIERS Paper Says 4000 Almost An nihilated When on Point of Surrendering. Havre, France, April SO. The vir tual annihilation of 4,000 Germans who crossed the Yperlee over the bridge near Steenstraate Is described bv ths newspaper Zingtlcme Flecis. The" Belgian artillery destroyed the bridge and showered the Invaders with shrapnel. The Germans tied handkerchiefs to their bayonets as a sign of surrender but their own quick flrers opened fire on them and many were mown flown pmiessiy. Many of the survivors were taken prisoners by the Belgians. T Fan Franolsco, April 80. Two per sons are known to be dead and It is feared that others lost their lives in a violent wind storm "last night which reached the velocity of nearly 100 miles an hour. Ths Farrallone Is lands wireless station reported that a laimch. containing five men, dls appesred to ths leeward of ths tsiand and that wreckage was later wnehed ashors. The property dams m that vicin ity Is estimated at $200,000 and the damage st other const points is known tn be considerable. At Monterey bay. fifty-four small boats wers washed upon ths beacn. W CHAPTERS II lyjLITICS Harvey D. Hinman Takes the Stand for Roosevelt in Suit Brought by Barnes Against Colonel. REVIEWS CONTEST FOR U. S. SENATOR IN 1911 Tells of Legislative Fights in Support of Colonel Roose velt's Statement Made About Barnes,, Syracuse, April 30. New chapters in Albany politics were placed in the record today at the trial of the Wil-j liam Barnes $60,000 libel stjt agsrfnst Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.1 Harvy D. Hinman and others active in New York political circles during the past decade declared the legislative fights at the capital were part of Roosevelt's attempts to prove the truth of the of fending statement that Barnes exer cised undue control over the republi can state organization. Mr. Hinman told of a contest in the state senate In 1911 when a United States senator to succeed Chauncey M;. Depew was chosen. AH the candidates were dem ocrats except Mr. Depew, he said. The early vote read showed William F. Sheehan and Depew close contestants but on later voting the names of James A. O'Gorman appeared. Mr. O'Gorman was victorious. BATTERY PARK HOTEL Former .Trinity Students Hold Rally Tonight Prof. E. C. Brooks Will Speak. . Ths Asheville and Buncombe Coun ty Alumni association of Trinity col lege holds Its first annual banquet to night at 8 o'clock at the Battery Park hotel. Preparations have been care fully worked out for the occasion and all the Trinity men In the city win attend. E. C. Brooks, a member of the Trinity faculty, will be the guest of the former students of the college and will deliver the principal address. Zeb F. Curtis, president of thy lO' cal association, will preside as toast master and there will be a number of talks by other officers and mem bers. MISSIONARY SOCIETIES OF M. P. CHURCH MEET Special to Ths Gazette-News, Slier City, April 30.' The seventh annual meeting of the North Carolina Branch Woman s Home missions or the Methodist Protestant church con vened In the M. P. church Wednes day morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs W. C. Hammer of Asheboro Is pres ident, and Mrs A. G. Dixon of High Point secretary. Mrs. Fannie E. Page of Asheboro conducted the morning service. af'r .hint. iLuA. T. T. Wrnn Wei corned the delegates In behalf of the town. Ml.s J'eari Mccuuoucn of Greensboro responded. CLEVELAND DRAINAGE BONDS LEAVE SURPLUS Special to The Gazette-News, Shelby. April JO. The drainage of PulTnlo district. In which thousands of acres of land Is reclaimed, hasjble illplomacy, maimnining mcr-eas-K..n eomnlrted and a meetlnir of the Inglr cordial relations with the rest board of commlssonnrs. was held winding up the bunlneas. A bond Is sue of I10H. 000 was voted, but the commissioners have finished the work with over 120.000 cah on hand and two good dredga boats from which they hops to realize 16,000 to $7,000 In sale. ' ,- HARD TO HOLD 5. A. LYNCH BUYS POLLUX SHOULD; FOREIGN TRADE SCHLOSS CIRCUIT HAVE BEEN PAIDl Representative of Morgan Co. Thinks the U. S. Will Have Difficulty Taking Trade After the War. WAR'S IMPORTANCE TO US IMPETUS GAINED When War Ends the European Powers Will Aggressively Undertake to Recoup Foreign Trade. Muskogee, Okla., , April SO. Wil lard and Straight, of . New York, member of. J. P; Morgan and com pany, and representative of '. the Na tional Foreign Trade council, .' told the Southern Commercial congress here today that with conditions bound to arise after the European war, ne-1 gotlatlon of reciprocal trade arrange ments should be facilitated, trade reprisals should be made possible and that a tariff board might be found necessary. "It is foolish," said he, "for us to talk complacently of capturing Brit ish and German trade because Eu rope Is at war and because the Mon roe doctrine is supposed to give some sort of hypnotic claim to the profits of South American commerce. Much of the business upon which we are now engaged Is directly attributable to the war, Once the war is over, it will not be long before Europe, com mercially and Industrially better or ganized than before, will aggressive ly undertake to recoups itself for Its losses by extending and developing Its foreign trade." Mr. Straight declared that when the war ends there may be a politi cal reaction and financial and In dustrial depression throughout Eu rope, He said German foreign trade will be disorganized, the Kusslan market closed as far as possible to German goods, and British foreign trade may not flourish as before be cause capital will be required at home, for a time at least. From the American point of view, he said, the most Important result of the war will be the Impetus to more effective na tional organization. "Industry, finance, commerce and diplomacy will have co-ordinated in Great Britain and France as .well as Germany. There will be a new na tipnal consciousness In Russia, a consolidated Italy, alert states tn the Balkans and Scandanavla and Japan self-confident." said he. Mr. Straight said the United States now was established a market for foreign loans, but that the inhibition on development of foreign trade by the Sherman and Clayton anti-trust Inws must be removed If American Industry would successfully compete with foreign combinations which will be developed by the. war. "It 1 to be hoped," he said, "that the federal trade cnmmlftalon will clarify this problem." Mr. Straight suggested that hereto fore the Monroe doctrine, like the open door In China, has been accept ed lest any Interference disturb the delicately adjusted European balance of power. "This balance of power," he said, "when this war Is over, will be un balanced for some time to come, for one side or the other will emerge vie torlous. The nations which have fought will be more, rather than less belligerent: they will be less tolerant of argument and more prone to ao- tlon. You cannot Impose your will upon another nation in China and ex pect co-operntlon In settling a dispute In Peru. The activities of our mer chants and manufacturers must be encouraged by Intelligent, reponsl- of the world." William C. Brown. Jr., who left I here a fow days ago for Atlanta, has accented a position with the Muse Clothing company, which Is one of the largest clothing stores In the south. Mr. Lynch Secures Leases and Franchises for Asheville, Raleigh, Charlotte, Wil- mington Theaters. LARGE SUM FIGURED IN DEAL, IT IS SAID Theaters Will Be Remodelled and Only Best of Attrac tions Will Be Booked for the Circuit. Announcement la made from the offices of S. A. Lynch to the effect that Mr -Lynch has Jufit closed "' seal 1 opinion that'll is necessary, for a vtet- -whereby h has purchased the -leases- in KbVi1i ., , v,t - . and franchises now held by the Schloss Theater circuit In this Btate, which In cludes the Auditorium of this city; the Academy of Music at Charlotte; Acad emy of Music at Raleigh and the Acad emy of Mualc at Wilmington. Although no announcement is mide as to the stipulation which changed hands in the deal, it la understood co be a very large sum. The deal Is said to have been pending for several days, although it was not closed until a few days ago. By the terms of the deal which Mr. Lynch made with Mrs. M. B. Sohlose, widow of the S. A. Schloss, of Wil mington, he takes over the leases low held by her on the theaters namsd; the franchises held by her with the Klaw and Erlanger company of New York, one of the largest theatrical pro ducing and booking companies of the United States and all other rights and privileges held by Mrs. Schloss as the lessee of the theaters.' The closing of this deal means tnat Mr. Lynch will control the four largest legitimate theaters in the state and will practically have the booking of all first class attractions that tour North Carolina, It Is stated that he will, at once begin the work of putting the theaters in first class condition and will bring only the very best and highest class attractions to the stale. The Theater. The Asheville Auditorium, owned Viy the City of Asheville, which was erected In 1904, following the destauc tlon of the Auditorium which occupied the same site, by fire. Is the largest theater In the state and has one of the largest stages to be found In the south. The building has a seating capacity of about 2,000. The Acamedy of Music at Wilming ton is owned by the City of W llmlng ton and has a seating capacity of about 1260. Only recently the city authsrl tlea spent about (10,000 In remodeling the tehater. the Improvements Includ ing a heating plant, decorations, new Seats, carpets, new flooring and paint ing. It Is the only legitimate theater In Wilmington, there are Just three other places of amusement In the city, which are motion picture houses. The Academy of Music at Raleigh Is owned by private parties and has a seating capacity of about 1500. It, too, la the only legitimate theater In the city and is said to be In splendid condition, having recently been over hauled. In Charlotte the Academy of Music has seating capacity of about 4403 and Is also owned by private parties. New boxes were recently Installed and $1000 was spend In purchasing car pets for the theater. It is said to bo the best equipped theater In either of the Carollnas and the attractions which play there are the largest of any of the shows which travel through the state. This Is said to have been made possible by to fact thst Charlotte la on the direct line from Washington to Atlanta and the larger shows oould stop off there for one exhibition with out entailing any great expense. With ths exception of the Academy of Muslo there are only smaller theaters, the Piedmont showing vaudeville and tho others motion pictures. Ths Schloss circuit, as It Is called. was organized several years ago by S. A. Schloss of Wilmington, who for many years was ths controlling power In the theatrical world as It pertains to Continued on Page I.) off of the Nineteen Atty. Gen. Bickett Says Tax Receipt Necessary to Vote . in Elections Prior to May 1. 'FISCAL YEAR" CAUSE . OF MUCH PERPLEXITY Inconsistent, Says Atty. Gen. to Require Payment If or November Election But f -None 3 Months Later. '.After mature consideration. Attor ney General T. W. Bltckett Is of the the qualifications for taking part in an election held before the first day of May. According to this construction of the law, there were probably a large number of Illegal votes cast, It Is said, . in both the commission government election and in the recent primary; but. perhaps not enough to render the elections void. The attorney general's Interesting contribution to the discus sion of this vexed question is made In a letter to Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. Y. Joyner, In regard to qualifications of electors In school tax and bond elections held before May 1, and is to the effect that a poll tax re ceipt, for the previous fiscal year is necessary in order to vote in such elec tions. Question Up in March. It will be remembered that Just be fore the election on commission gov ernment In Asheville this question of poll tax qualifications arose and Mayor , Rankin asked City Attorney S. G. ' Bernard for an opinion on the matter. The city attorney ruled that as the constitution gave the voter until May 1 of the year in which he proposed to vote to pay his poll tax, one could not be required, In elections prior to May 1, to exhibit any receipt for any year. ' This opinion was supported by a brief : note from Attorney General Bickett to ' Judge J. D. Murphy, written Just prior to the election of March 18. County Attorney J. W. Haynes had already questioned this construction , of the law which, as he said, made an "open season" for voters. : On March 17 Mr. Haynes wrote la the attorney general that as several . Important bond' elections ' were to be ! held in Buncombe county In the month of April he wished to know whether' the attorney general's letter to .fudge. Murphy meant, as it was construc-l , here to mean, that It was not neceisicy j that a person Who offered to vote In"' elections before May 1 should have i paid a poll tax. Mr. Haynes stated! that he understood the law to mnn ! that If a man Is required to exhibit a,: poll tnx receipt eight months In a year ' he should also show It during ths other four months. i Mr. Bickett replied that It was pos sible that his hastily written note to Judge Murphr did not represent h's mature Judgment, rnd that he ha after careful deliberation given Buper. Jntendent Joyner b.s opinion as to th proper constructs n of tho law. The following extract from a cony of the attorney general's letter to Mr. Joyner makes clear his position that , poll fax receipts for the previous fteral I year are a necessary qualification for , the fight of suffrage In elections heM i prior to May 1: ' "The present fiscal year ends on the 30th day of April, Ifll. It embraees ths poll taxes levied on the first da of May, 1114. The previous flwal year Is the year ending April SO, 1S14. an l covers the poll taxes levied on the first day of May. lilt. It follows that ths poll tax required by the constitution ta he paid In order to entitled one to volt In any election held between May 1, 1914, and May -U 115. Is the pnll tx levied on Msy 1, 1113. This depart ment has from ths beginning so held. nut recently n nos own iromnn nm j that the constitution gives the ctti.-r j until "May 1 of the jn-ar In wbl' h 1 profvrrvs to vole' to Py this pnll t (Continued on r Thr). !
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