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THB OAZETTE-NEWa HAS THB iSOCIATED PRJES8 6ERYICB. IT IS IN EVERT t: RESPECT COMPLETE, it WEATHER FORECAST: RAIN TONIGHT. ' OLUMEXX. NO. 73. ASHEVILJ2, NO., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS r No Mora. tins': :HINA IS READY TOSUBMIT, THE GENERAL BELIEF fillips SENT TO .BOTTOM repared t o Concede Every Japanese Demand, Realizing Hopeless Situation, Pre vailing1 Opinion. ' APAN HAS FURTHER MODIFIED DEMANDS revertheless Japan Is Making Extensive Preparations for the Possible Rupture Fleets Concentrated. Two Victims of German Sub- marine; Third Sunk by Mine or Torpedo. Jf eking, May . i .-mere - is ;ood reason to believe that Jhina is prepared to concede very demand made by Japan, ealizing that the situation is lopeless. The possibility of his outcome of the present ense situation is not generally omprehended in Peking, con equentlyla number of foreign esidents, as well as some Chi- lese, are packing their belong ngs and otherwise preparing or eventualities. , , Further Concessions. ' Tokio, May 1. Baron Kato, Japan se foreign minister,' la understood to lave Informed the ambassadors of ither powers that the ultimatum sent y Japan to China, which expires at I p. m.t Sunday, was accompanied by Iddltlonal modlflcatlons of the Japan ese demands, notably In the questions elating to munitions and to Japanese U visors for China, which Interested he United States. . . The general opinion in diplomatic ircles is that China will submit. leanwhile Japan is making extensive reparations for a possible rupture. Vars'.iips and transports are in readl. ess for Instant action. , Pekln dispatches to the Nichl Nlchl lay that China has informed Japanese Ilnister Hlokl that Bhe desires to ar- ango a setlement or tne aemanas iu iuoh a way as to avoid a rupture. The ress generally depreciates tne neces- 11 ty of further concessions to China. More than 40 warships, Including Die battleship Hlzen and the battle Iruiser Kongo are preparing at Sasebo lor possible operations against China.. second sauadron tinder command (f Admiral Nawa lias arrived and is astily embarking supplies. Rear Ad- niral amlmura's fleet. Including the mttleships Sajlml and Suwo, have ecn ordered to the gulf of Pechlll to e ready to take aboard Minister Uokl In case of necessity. II. S. WILL HOLD CHINESE RIGHTS America Has no Thought of Surrendering Any Treaty Right With China, Mr. Bryan States. REITERATES ADHERENCE TO OPEN DOOR POLICY London, May 6. The steamer Ca thay from Copenhagen for Chinese ports, was sunk either by a mine or torpedo late last night in the North sea. The vessel sank in twenty min utes. The passengers and crew, to talling 43 persons, took to the small boats and all were landed safely at Ramsgate today. " Trawler Sunk,-. London. May 6.-The 'trawler' Strattor, of the Grimsby fleet '- was sunk tn the North sea yesterday by the gun fire of a German submarine. The members of the trawler's crew were taken aboard the submarine. , Schooner Sunk. London, May 6. The schooner Earl of Latham has been sunk by a German submarine off the Klnsale island. The crew was permitted to take to the smoll boats . and were rescued by a trawler. The submarine fired nine shells Into the schooner beore she sank. No Abatement of Interest in Welfare and Progress of China Hopes for a Peaceful Outcome.- ITALY EVIDENTLY EXPECTS TROUBLE Preparations as Energetic as If Country Intended to Fight Tomorrow. ERMAN SUBMARINE SINKS BRITISH STEAMER London. . May. 7. The British Iteamer Candidate was torpedoed yea Tday by a German submarine off .Vaterford, Ireland. The members of he crew were saved. t On the Italian Frontier, Wednesday, via Paris. May 7. Although negO' ttatlons between Austria and Italy continue, Italian military movements are being completed with as much energy as though that country expect ed to participate in the war tomorrow. All the carbineers and customs guards attached to the army are being called to the colors and all military leaves of absence have been suspended. The frontier on the Austrian side Is strong ly fortified. Special measures have been adopt ed for the defense of Venice and the city's art treasures. The naval au thorities believe that long range guns of large calibre will be sufficient to deal with any hostile fleet To afford protection against aerial attack, an ti-air craft guns have been stationed at several different points In ana around the city. ' . In addition to the troops on the Austrian frontier another Italian trmv is belnsr concentrated near Brindisl on the Adriatic. This la in terpreted aa a sign that Italy fore sees the possibility of action in the near east. NOME SALOON MEN WIN IN ELECTION Nome. ,Alasko. May 6. Saloon kepeers are jubilant today over the esult of yesterday s special election fchlch. authorized the United t "States lourt to license saloons for another year. The vote was SSI for saloons PANHANDLE SECTION OF I TEXAS HAS HEAVY SNOW I Ealhart, Tex., May Fruit trees, heavy with unripe fruit, are white with snow here. The snow WM so heavy that It covered the ground of Ihe Panhandle section here, and reu hfter an all-night rain. FUNERAL D1REC10HS SELECT GQLDSBQRO FOR NEXT MEE Henderson. N. C, May 7 The twenty-sixth annual convention of the North Carolina Funeral ' Directors onii FmhnJfers association was brought oa close yesterday, Golds. boro was selected aa the next meeting niBM. Officers were elected as lol lows: President. B. Poole of Greensboro first Ties president, T. E. Vogler of Winnton-8alem; second vice preel rtent: I. L. Stevens Of Lumberton third, vice president. Turner Allen of w&rrenton. secretary-treasurer: J. H, Wood of Oxford. German Schools In Rome Closed Teachers Depart 3erman and Austrian Ecclesiastics Advised by Vatican to Leave Italian Capital Australian Ambassador Hands Italy' Final Proposals as to Austrian Concessions Jlome, May T-Vla Parts) On ecelpU of dispatches from Berlin, ierman schools here suddenly clos tl. Teachers, a number of Oerman nwnpnper correspondents and sev irl Utrmtn families have left hur ''lly for OiTinnny. Aili to I.O. i.uUi, i;y 7,-'l'ii yatlc.ua has s i a is up of big mo III 1UP15 Southwestern Louisiana and Part of Mississippi Devas tatedMany People ' Suffer Injuries. VICTIMS ARE NEGROES ; ONLY ONE WHITE DEAD Louisiana Damage Estimated at $500,000 Southern Pa cific Stops Trains to Care for Injured. Washington, May 6. The silence consistently maintained by the United States with reference to the Japanese Chinese negotiations since they be gan nearly four months ago was broken last flight by the Issuance of statement by Secretary Bryan ex plaining the American position. The state was prepared earlier In the afternoon after consultation with President Wilson. ' The American government In lfs pronouncement in effect, reiterates Its adherence to the open door policy and the maintenance oft he territorial in tegrity of China, and points out that there has been "no abatement or its interest in the welfare and progress of China." . The "sole Interest" of the United States is declared to-be that the negotiations between Japan and China, "may be concluded in a man ner satisfactory to both nations," and thus contribute to "the peace of the world." ..' . - . The statement was Interpreted In some quarters as meaning that while no tender of -god offices would be made by the Washington government, the services of the United States were at the disposal of both countries should they desire the assistance of any third power to bring about a dip lomatic settlement of the questions at Issue. , , Viscount Chlnda, the Japanese am bassador, and Kal Fu shah, the Chi nese minister, sought separate lnter- tervlews with Mr. Bryan late yester day, but declined to discuss the object of their visits. It Is believed they wore shown copies of the statement of the American position. The text of the statement follows: "In order that there may be no mis understanding of the position of the United States in reference to the ne gotiations pending between Japan and China the following announcement Is made: 'At the beginning of negotiations the Japanese government confidential ly Informed this government of the matters which were under discussion and accompanied the Information by the assurance that Japan had no In tention of interfering with either the political Independence or territorial integrity of China and that nothing she proposed would discriminate against other powers having treaties with China, or interfere with the 'onen door" policy to which all the leading nations are committed. "This government not only, has no thought of surrendering any of Its treaty rights with China, but it has never been asked by either Japan or China to make any surrender of these rights. There Is no abatement of Its Interest In the welfare and progress of China and Us sole Interest in the present negotiations Is that they may be concluded In a manner satisfactory to both nations, and that the terms of the agreement will not only contribute to the prosperity of both, but maintain that cordial relationship so essential to the future of both' and to thop eace of the world." No remarks accompanied the state ment nor was there any further ex planation of Its purpose Indicated at thltf time. Collector Must Beat Doughton, Rouse, Everett and Other Strong Ones for Attor ney Generalship. JUDGE CARTER HASN'T ANNOUNCED PURPOSE No Man Has Committed Him self Definitely But Declara tions May Be Made at an Early Date. . New Orleans, May 7. The number of known dead In the 'storm which devastated the Acadia parish tn southwestern Louisiana and In Coa homa county, Miss., still stands at 21 eary today, according to available re government's I ports. Adam Thlbodeaux of Mermen- taux, La., was the only white person killed. The remainder were negroes. Fifteen persons were killed at Egan an Mcrmentau, La. Six were killed at Clarkodale and Jonestown, Miss. Forty-fiVe people were Injured at Egan and Mermentau. All the trains on the Southern Pa cific have been ordered to stop and bring the injured here. Early esti mates of the property loss in Louisi ana is placed as high as (500,000. An unconfirmed report says that two persons were killed in St. Landry parish, which indicates that the storm was spread over a wider area than was at first believed. ' Direct communication with ; St, Landry parish, which is to the north of Acadia, Is interrupted and It may be some tlmo before definite reports are received .fronjrtthat; Tilace, ... SOME TURKISH FORTS SILENCED MANY COHONS Oil U HERE Large Number of Gatherings Already Scheduled for This Year. Batteries at Chanak and Eilid Bahr Suffer; Others on the . Strait Are Put Out . of Action. ' ' FIRST ATTACK MADE on Constantinople; T- PIERCE ARRAIGNS PENNSYLVANIA Union Organiser Says Compa ny Does Not Want Men Strongly Organized. D MURDERER Washington, May 7. W. H. Pierce, organizer for the Federated Railway Employes, told the Federal Industrial relations commission yesterday that he had made an effort to organize the Pennsylvania shopmen , at Harris. burg and Altoona. He insisted that the Pennsylvania discharged men by wholesale when they joined the new union. . "I do not say that the Pennsylvania railroad objects to Ave or ten per cent of its men being organized," Mr. Pierce stated, "but when the organl zatlon shows great strength, the com pany sets machinery In motion to wipe out the union. Our organization still exists, but the company almost fought mo out of my clothes. "The Pennsylvania opposes , tho wide-spread organization of Its shop men for two reasons: The first Is be cause it would have to pay them more; and tho second Is because It couldn't use. them against the transportation men when they ask for more pay." In Altoona, Mr. Pierce asserted, the Pennsylvania used the clergy boards of trade and citizens generally to break up the unions of the shopmen. The. witness severely criticized W. O. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, for the part he took In the 1914 shopmen strike. . BRISTOL hi CONFESSES WILL KILLOTHERS Writes Mother of Victim He Is Waiting for the Ex ... citement to End. , HE Court Passed Death Sentence J on Confessed Murderer ' ' . ' " Brother on Trial ... (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, May 7. Collector J. W Bailey mdust beat former Lieutenant Governor Rufus A. Doughton, N. J. Rouse of Klnston, R. O. Everett of Durham and yet other strong ones. according to the belief of western North Carolina lawyers who have been here this week attending court. Mr. Doughton's name crept Into this correspondence two weeks ago as a possibility. This week the west ern lawyers have brought added fear to Raleigh supporters of Collector Bailey that the Alleghany man will contest the office with Bailey. Dough ton's strength In the west Is not dis counted. It appears, to be quite true that Bailey's friends have worked while Doughton's talked and that Bailey had a long lead ton the man from the west In many counties In that territory. Judge Frank Carter has not an nounced his purpose, thdugh Ashe ville's offering a few days ago ap peared to have the sanction of the near-authentic and Carter and Dough ton splitting the west would work against Doughton. In the east Is Na than J. Rouse, the big figure of the Carter-Abernathy case which Mr. Doughton helped to settle last week. Then with Everett and Bailey In the center It looks like the pawing up process would be complete. Only Everett and Carter would be worried as to the senatorial side. Doughton and Rouse were as good Simmons men as Bailey, and all would enter the fight without han dlcap. Since Bailey cares nothing for machines and all for causes, he would not be aided above his op ponents whose own cause Is as dear to them as his to him. Everett and Carter are put down with the anti- Simmons men and neither has taken the time to deny It. In all this political excitefent Is no table that no man has definitely com mltted himself. Announcements have been expected from Everett for weeks since It became known that General Carr was not going to allow anybody to dissipate his fortune In a party primary. The desire to run General Carr prevented a much ear lier announcement from the Dur ham man. It Is likewise probable that defi nite declaration will be forthcoming the latter part of this week. Some body must speak out. Even Mr. Doughton would hardly counsel sit ting steady In the boat under these conditions that threaten overloading and actually rocking It., It la believed hero that Judge Car ter's friends have been partly moved to offer him to the state becausue of Mr. Doughton's and V.r. Rouse's probable entrance Into the race. It would be a capita way to get even with Rouse for prosecuting and with Dourhton for reprimanding his hon or, Frank Carter, the judge. Major W. A. Graham, eommls. sloner of agriculture, brings back an Interesting political story from Ok lahoma to Ex-Judge Charles A. Cook, former member of the North Carolina Supreme court Judge Cook was a republican In his North Carolina experience as a mem ber of the highest court, but ha now represents one of the senatorial dis tricts In Oklahoma's legislature and Is a first rate democrat. This will be delightful to the democrat who re call with something of terror. It was not justified, was just typical. Every body dreaded a fusion fudge In the day of constitutional amendments. Collector Bailey Is to . make the memorial address In Btatesvtll May 10 and leaves Raleigh Sunday after noon for that visit It was the great admiration of the collector's speaking power that moved Collector Watt to have the brother collector go to Iredell's capital Mr. Bailey Is also to mnke the . com mencement address to the students of the blind Institute In Raleigh. That . the advantages of Ashevllle as a desirable place in which to hold conventions are recognized generally in the , United States, ' is abundantly illustrated by the list of the gather ings already scheduled for this year in the chief city of the play ground region of North Carolina. ' Already this year several large conventions have met here, notable among them being the Scottish Rite reunion recently held and the South ern Ice Exchange which met at this city about three months ago. The fol lowing list is taken from the May is sue of "Board of Trade News Ashe vllle Energy," which has just come from the press. The list does not In clude all the gatherings that will meet here during 1915, but only those that are on the program up to datte. The last mentioned meeting on the list, the two Hundred Thousand Dol lar club of the New York Life In surance company, began its sessions today at Grove Park Inn. The gathering here of these organ izations which combine business and pleasure means much to the commu nity financially and socially. Thou sands of dollars are left here, new ideas are Introduced and new friends for Ashevllle are made. This city has advertised itself directly through Its efficient board of trade and its cltl zens ana indirectly throusrh lt friends, as being admirably prepared io entertain conventions ana reun ions, and the list here printed Is ooncrete evidence that If pays to ad vertlse. The list Is as follows: The List . Southeastern Sanitary association. May Z5-2S. . . bouthern Railway Surgeons and f-nysicians, latter part or May or early part of June. Grand Masonic Bodies of .North Carolina, May 11, 12 and 13. North Carolina Mayors' association May.' Society of Cincinnati. North Carolina Merchants' asuocla tlon, June 15, 16 and 17. North Carolina Stationers' associa tion, Juno 14. Southern Newspaper Publishers' association, June 13, 14, lb. Summer Bible Conference, June 18-28. Building and Loan league of North Carolina, June. Southern Textile association, June 25-26. Trl-State Water and Light associa tion, June 16, 17, 18, and 19. Carolina Municipal association, June 17-18. Southeastern Division National Electric Light association, September Z3, 2 4, and 25. North Carolina Builders' associa tion. The Two Hundred Thousand Dollar club, New Tork Life Insurance com pany, May 7 and 8. Allied Reports Still Refuse to Concede Teutons Gained ' Great Victory Over Rus- sians in Galicia. , BENNY KAUFF WILL BE REINSTATED SOON advised all German and Austrian ecclesiastics and theological students to leave Rome Immediately according to the Petit Parisian. A Havas dispatch from Rome says that the Austrian ambassador Is re ported to have handed Foreign Mln- Inter Sonnlno Vienna's final proposals New Tork. May 6.i The child mur derer, who killed five years old Eleanor Cohn and four years old Charlie Murray, has written the little Murray boy's mother a letter telling her that he would commit another murder when the excitement caused by the two mentioned had subsided. The letter was received at the time that the little victim's body woa about to be burled. Mrs. Murray read one paragraph of the letter and then collapsed. The concerning ronrei.lons to Italy at a.mliwlve was taken to police heailquar Knoxvllle, May Tjt-Twelve days after having assaulted and murdered Mrs. James Rufus Wilson at her home near Brlntol, Va., Luther Can ter yesterday confessed to ' murder and was sentenced to die In tho eleo- trlo ohalr at Richmond. Canter offer ed no resistance In court James Canter, brother of Luther, on alleged accomplice, who denies guilt, la now on trial. Armed guards were stationed In the court room as a precautionary measure. Judge N. T. Oglesby, who defended the Aliens at HlllsvlUe, Va., conference yeator duy ter to be examined fur linger prliiU.iM counsel for CaxUr, New Tork, May 7. In a penitent letter to President Gllmore of the Federal league, Benny Kauff, the Brooklyn Federal outfielder - who signed a New Tork National league contract, asked to be reinstated. It la generally understood that he will be reinitiated today or Saturday. Paris, May 7.-WThe first at-M tack of the war on Constanti-j nople is reported in an unoffi cial dispatch from Athens, . which says that three Russian' aviators flew over the Turkish! capital and dropped several t bombs which are believed to' have caused extensive damage. ? The dispatch also says that the Russian Black sea fleet bombarded the Turkish forts on the left bank of the Bos-i phorus Wednesday. Several Russian shells fell within abou ten miles 01 Constantinople. London, May 7. Certain . forts at Chanak and Kilidi Bahr in the Dardanelles have! been silenced, while some , of the forts on both sides of the waterway up to .Nagara also ' have Jbeen 'put out of action, says a dispatch to the Chron icle from Mitylene. London, May 7.4-The battle to decide the mastery of Hill No. 30 in the desolate country) around Ypres, Belgium, has' not yet been finally staged, nor have the Russians shown any signs of accepting the German ( claims of a crushing defeat in flicted on them in Western Ga-1 licia. That the Russians were, pushed back many miles, first j across the Dunajec river and! now across the Wistoka river,! which roughly parallels tho ! Dunajec, 15 miles to the east ward, all the German and Aus-' trians sources , insist, but tho English papers still refuse to concede a great victory for tho Teutons, although they admit that a great tentative suocesa was achieved. Great faith is had in England in he recuper ative powers of the Russian arms and the disposition hero onw eems to be to suspend judgment on. the question of whether the Russians if driv en from Dukla pass, may be forced to abandon their ad-1 vance against Hungary, and! indeed all their positions in) Western Galicia. ; DESPERATE BATTLE RAGES IN GALICIA Victorious Austrian Advance Continues Against Stubborn Russian Resistance, Says Austrian Reports Which Claim ' Capture of 50,000 Russian Prisoners. . . TORNADO IN OKU. BLOWS . . 001 HES Ardmore, Okla., May .Three per sons were Injured and much property damage was dona here today by a heavy wind storm. It I reported that Wilson. Okla., near this place, was struck by a small tornado. Forty build Ings were blown duwn. No on wu Seriously injured. Vienna, (via. London) May 7. The victorious Austrian advance continues along the entire West Galician front, ac cording to an announcement by tho Austria war office. Rus sian prisoners to the nnraber of 50,000 have boon taken. Vienna, Wednesday. (via. London, May 6.) A battle of tho most dcBporate character continued all night and through today without a break, in western Galicia. The Aus- tro-German forces continue to gain ground to the south, cap turing position after position from the Russians. ' The Wtle is taking place in the difficult country of moun tain epurs and foothills north of tho CarpnthiaiiH, tnd 11 Teutonic armies firo gniniivt i , si'ito of stillborn rui ,1.".:: :
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