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TH3 OAZETTB-NBWS HAS THB iKOCIATED PRJT83 SERVICE. IT IS IN KVEKY RESPECT COMPLETE. it WEATHEB FORECASTa PROBABLY SHOWERS. VOLUME XX. NO. 89. ASHEVILJ OS,- N. P., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 26,1915. PRICE 2 CENTS Pa No ishG 1 n Collision Amende Im isfEBRASKAN IN BAJLLAST DAMAGmB YSUEMARINE, U. S. EMBASSY IS TOLD U. S. Vessel on Way Home for Orders When She Was Struck and Carried no Contraband. . , ; ' CREW TAKE TO BOATS BUT RETURN TO SHIP Some Officials Cannot Under stand Why Such Vessel Was Attacked and Sug- . gest Drifting Mine. London, May 26. The Am erican steamer Nebraskan, Captain Greene, from Liver pool, May 24, for Delewarc Breakwater, was torpedoed yesterday by a submarine 40 miles west-southwest of Fast net, off the southern coast of Ireland. The sea was calm -at the time md the crew at once took to the boats and Stood 1)V tllO j '"'e tn" outbreak of the war she . . T. -lihi'.s n"!.ie.on? voyage to London and Kill), it was j-uuii .ust.-fi liuuni that the Nebraskan was not seriously damaged. olie Was i Ktmn.k forward find her fore-irs , ' , r.ii Ifsaso from Captnln Green, relayed by holds were lull or water. ilieicn),Ie whfch sal(1 that his ship had members Of the Crew returned either struck a mine or had been tor , .1,, . ncdoed: had turned back and was On DOara ana tne Vessel Was soon under way. No lives were lost. The Nebraskan carried no passengers. '. The foregong information .was received by the British admiralty and at once commu nicated to the American em bassy. ! The Nebraskan, Captain Greene, was owned by the ! American - Hawaiian line of New York and was of 2824 tons net register. On her last east ern trip she left New York May 7 for Liverpool. Down By Bows. London, May 26. A mes sage from Kinsale, Ireland, says that the Nebraskan pass ed that point at 11 a. m. today and appeared to be bound for Queenstown. The Nebraskan was down at the bows, but was proceeding under her own steam and flying the signal, "I am not under control." Immediately after being struck tho Nebraskan called for help by wireless and Brow head received the communica tion at 9 a. m. yesterday. , i Await Information. Washington. May !. Comlnsr close on the Lusltanla disaster the news that the steamer Nebraskan had been endangered aroused mora than ordi nary attention In Washington. All of ficial were disponed to await detailed ; Information Wore commenting, gome ornclnls cound not understand why a hlp bound for the Ignited Btate un der bnllaat and carrying no contra band should have been torpedoed. It M considered among the poeeibllitlee that the Ncbraakan had atruck a drift ing mine. The firat official word about the N'hrsskan came In a message from Consul General Fklnner who csMed: 'The British admiralty report that the American at earner Nebraakan haa been torpedoed.". Ml messng gave the em location Mentioned In the London dispatch and ld the official had received no dl- rect details. , . Coming ;to Order. Philadelphia, May !. The Nehraa n waa hound for Pelawar break water under ballast for order, bhe fc"d from New Tork, May 7 and V- Liner Ryndman Crashes Into A Freight Steamer And May Go to Bottom New York, May 2ff. The steamer Ryndam of the Holland-American line, bound from New York to Rotterdam with passengers and freight came into collision early today with the freight steamer Joseph J. Cuneo off Nantucket island. A wireless message received here says that the Ryndam transferred her passengers and part of the crew to the Cuneo, but that both steamers were badly damaged. . A later communication said that the Atlantic squadron was standing by and that the members of the crew and pas sengers of the Ryndam had been re transforred to the battleship South Carolina. The liner is slowly progressing to this port. Evidently the water is gain Ins in the Ryndam hplds and officers of the vessel are prepared to abandon the F.hl if the situation gets much worre. The Ryndam's wireless became fainter and fainter until it was tlilticult for wireless stactions to communicate with her. Forty meml crs of the RyndamV Ir.'vcJ In Liverpool, May 9. Formerly j the .W'.iy, t'tiin ,v:nn nct'.vo in trade be- itwe'-n rn-fhrrn points nn'l Cnlveston, ,ore to 1 remen. Me.sr?g- From Cnptfiln. 1... ni' TU A n.f in n r!,,..pMnn wtpamFhin company, own- of the Nebraskan, received a mes- proceeding under convoy to Liverpool S coin LOST Albany, N. T., May 26. The second conviction of diaries Becker for Insti gation of the murder of Herman Ko- enthul has been upheld by the court of Appeals. Becker now must die un less lie can obtain executive clemency from Governor Whitman, who, as dis trict attorney of New York, prosecnted lilm nr ran obtain revemil by tho I nltcd Stnto Supremo court. Charles Becker, the former New York police lieutenant, must die in the electric chair at Sing Sing within the next six weeks for tho murder of Her man Rosenthal, the New York gam bler, by four gunmen July 1, 1912. un- less Governoj Whitman or tne unueu states BuDreme court Intervene. Kvocutlva clemency for Becker Is regarded as remote, as District Attor ney Whitman of Now York county, the present governor, prosecuted the for mer police lieutenant both times. Speculation Is rife as to whether Becker, facing death, will not seek to save his l!fe by making rovelat'ons In connection with so-called "police sys tem" In New York, to the governor. Regardless of his connection with the Rosenthal case, Becker Is believed to ooesess Information that would be In- valuabl to state and New York city officials. The statement has been made frequently that the trial of Becker and the four gunmen who shot Rosenthal only scratched the surface of the true conditions In New York police circles. THE TRUn BETWEEN JRPAN II fill! MS SEEN SIGNED a-aeaaasaasaas-M Peking, May 14, via Petrograd and London, May . The treaty between China and Japan was signed this af ternoon at I o'clock. Tha treaty covers the negotiations concerning the Bhan Tung peninsula, Manchuria and Mongolia. A dispatch to Washington says there was an ex ,hnn.. nf note on the other ques tions, but there were no Intlmationa concerning the content of tna note In the dlspatcn. s BECKER APPEAL FROM 2ND crew remained aboard. It is believed a heavy fog which was blown up by a southeast wind last night was responsible for the collision. The sea was not heavy at the time of the crash. The Ryndam is a vessel of 7976 tons. She left here yesterday with 54 pas sengers in the first and second cabins and 23 in the third. She has a crew of 200. , The Cuneo is a Norwegian trader of 546 tons and plies between Atlantic ports and tho West Indies. She is be lieved to have carried no passengers. A wireless from Captain Heuvol of the Ryndam received here shortly af ter 8 o'clock read: "One hundred and fifty 'miles from Ambrose; hold 5 full of waver; hold six gaming; eneine room water we can master; proceeding at 13 miles and hour, passengers and 160 of crew on Cuneo; American Squadron standing by." Apparently Captain Huevel was not aware when he sent message that tK asMengers had been re.transforred to the Latt'euhip South Carolina. U! LSHlilli li IN aff GLAS Mr. King Declines to Reveal Results of Investigation of Colorado Trouble. Washington, May 26. W. L. Mc- Kenzie King, director of the indus trial relations department of the Rockefeller foundation, clashed with Chairman Walsh yesterday in hearing of the federal Industrial relations com mission. Mr. Walsh sought to get a record of what Mr. King had done for Ameri can labor in Colorado. Both the wit ness and Commissioner Weinstock wanted to know the object of this line of questioning. The chairman refused to explain, declaring he was not on the stand. "I decline to be question ed," he said. Chairman Walsh questioned Mr. King as to hla investigation In the Colorado strike situation but the wit ness replied that the investigation was confidential and that he could not make his findings public. He Insisted he hod seen representatives of both sides In an effort' to be absolutely fair. The chairman Insisted that the peo ple must have the fncts. "What do you mean by the people?" the witness asked. '1 mean the American people," the chairman replied, "whose opinion Is ithe greatest factor In Improving; con ditions In Colorado." ERRONEOUSLY STATED II E It was erroneously slated In The Oa. xette-News yesterday that Judge W, P. Brown hod entered a plea of re traxit In Superior .court when a case agninst him charging libel was called and In which he was found not guilty. It la stated that an understanding was entered Into between the parties Interested In the case that If a verdict of not guilty was entered that Judge Brown would file a statement In open coHirt In which he would state that he had never charged that Magistrate W. A. James, jr., had coileogued with a law Arm here or that the magistrate was guilty of corrupt practice. The verdict waa given and Judge Brown filed the following statement: "I. W. P. Brown, the defendant In the above entitled action, state that I have never stated that W. A. James, jr., J. V., had colleagued with the firm of MoCall Bennett nor have I at any time charged said James with corrupt practice. 1 further state thai in my opinion Mr. Jame la a man of high character. This May 26, If U. NEW ENGLISH El HIED Lord Kitchener Remains Sec- retary of War But Lloyd George Will Head New Dep't. of Munitions. BALFOUR SUCCEEDS WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Asquith and Grey Retained .McKenna Chancellor of Ex chequer Buckmaster Succeeds Haldane. London, May 25. Lord Kitchener retains the post of secretary of war in the new coalition cabinet which has received the approval of King George. The new nrat lord of the ad miralty will be Arthur J. Balfour. i Winston Spencer Churchill, former head of tho admiralty, is given the portfolio .of chancellor of the Ducy of lincaster. Herbert H. Asqu!th retains the pre miership and Sir Edward Grey the ministry of foreign affairs. David Lloyd-George, chaiioollor of the ex chequer 4n-"th 'tiJ . vilKav JilLi'l minister of munitions in the new one. The constitution of the new cabi net follows: l'rimo minister and first lord of the treabliry, Mr. Asriuith. i.ilnister . without portfolio, Lord Lansdowne. Lord high chancollor, 0. liuckmastcr. Sir Stanley Lord president of tho coiincll, Lord Crewe. Lord privy seal, Lord Curzon, of Kedleston. Chancellor of the exchequer, Reg inald McKenna. Secretary of th estate for foreign all u Irs, Sir Edward Grey. t-'ecretary for the colonies, Andrew Iionnr Law. Secretary for India, J. Austen Chamberlain. Secretary of state for war, Lord Kitchener. Minister of munitions, David Lloyd- George. First Lord of. the admiralty, Ar thur J. Balfour. President of the board of trade, Walter Hunclman. President of the local government board, Wnlter.Hume Long. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas ter. Winston Spencer Churchill. Chief Secretary for Ireland, Augus tine Blrrell. Secretary for Scotland, Thomas Mc Klnnon Wood. President of the board of agricul ture, Ird Selborne. First commissioner of works, Lewis Harcourt. President of the board of education, Arthur Henderson. Attorney general, Sir Edward Car son. The official announcement of th new cabinet says: "A place In the cabinet was offered to Mr. John Redmond (the Irish na tionalist lender) but he did not see his way to nccept It. "The prime minister has decided that a new department shall be creat ed to he called the ministry of muni tions, charged with organizing the sup ply of munitions of war. Mr, Lloyd George has undertaken the fortniitlon and tempornry direction of thla 'de partment and during his tenure of ofj nee as minister of munitions will va cate the olllce of chancellor of the ex chequer. "It Is understood that Mr. Hender son will assist the government In mat ters relating to labor questions, espec ially those arising out of the war. The king has been pleased to con fer unon Viscount Haldane of Cloan (the retiring lord high chancellor) the order of merit." SURGEON GIVES HIS . SKIN TO PATIENT Evanaville, Ind., May 26. With his right hand Dr. il. M. Oottman, aided by the nurses at 8t. Mary' hospital, grafted th i,Un from his left arm and transferred It to the back of Mrs. Benjamin Bussman, aged (I years. Mrs. Bussman was suffering from the effect' of an X-ray burn, nnd skin grafting waa regarded a th only mean of saving her life. Dr. Oott man waa unable to find anyone who would furnish the akin. WOMEN ACCEPT T DEFECT Suffragists Think It Possible to Modify the Consitution With Regard to Right to Hold Office. EASIER TO MOVE THE STATE THAN COURTS Opinions of Judge Allen and Chief Justice Clark on Mrs. Knight's Notary Public Case. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, May 26. When the story went the rounds that the women had lost in the notary public case, the suffragists in plenty resented it then accepted the issue ' with resignation. They think it easier to move the state than the states courts and while it may modify modestly some of the pro visions of the ancient constitution. Judge Allen lays down five proposi tions upon which he writes an opinion so cleverly that those who believe in the right of courts to upturn a legis lative act and in the final authority of the highest court to make the law will find no getting out place for oth ww.- Mat Judge Clark' as wisely flanks his associate's move. The five points of Allen are not even referred to in the multifarious opinions of Clark, "There are five questions directly or indirectly involved in this appeal, Judge Allen says. 1. "Is a woman a voter in North Carolina? "If not a voter, is she eligible to office? 3. "Is the position of notary pub lic a public office? 4. "If an office can the general assembly affect Its character by call ing it a place of trust and profit with out changing its functions? B. "Has the court the power to say that the general assembly has exceed ed Its authority and that the act passed by it is unconstitutional? "The right to hold the office of no tary public is of slight moment to the women of North Carolina or to the public but It Is of supreme import ance that the questions Involved In this appeal shall be correctly decided because they involve constitutional principles." Judge Allen then holds that the right to vote is not a natural right but a privilege conferred by and as it Is conferred upon males only in this state. It cannot be exercised by women. Pace against Raleigh 140. N. C, page 65, is cited showing that "no one Is eligible to office unless he Is a voter" and concludes that women cannot hold office. (Quotes Jodie Clark. Judge Allen holds In the second place that notary public Is an office, citing Black's and Bouvler's Law dic tionary, the Century and Webeter, Mechem on Public Offices, A. and E., Encyclopedia of Law, and the deci sion of shout twenty courts, going hack to 1791 In an English court and ending with Chief Justice Clark In Nicholson vs. Lumber 'company, 160 V. C 37, all the court agreeing that a notary public is a piiouc orricer. It cannot be doubted that a notary nubile Is a public officer," Judge Clnrk Is quoted. Judge Allen holds further that this has been the. executive, legislative and judicial construction In this state; ex ecutive, because) women have not been appointed to the noHlon: legis lative because since 1777, notaries public have been 'required to take the oa'h of office and the "natha of of fice prescribed for public officers" and Judicial, because In Long vs. Crews. IIS N. C, 258 It was held that a probate of a doed of trust taken hefnre a notary who whs a preferred creditor was Invalid upon a common law principle that no one can "it In ftidgment upon his own cause and In the opinion and In the subsequent ene of Pmlth vs. Lumber company, 144 N. C, 49, and In the Nicholson esse, the notary Is said to be an offi cer. Judicial Fnnetlons. Judgn Allen waive Judicial opin ions, the definitions of lnw writers and the dlctloharles. the construction of state departments and everything else and argues that applying the test as to functions, the notary Is an offi cer performing Jndle'al functions In the probnte of deeds snd dutle Of Importance to the public In th pro test of commercial psper. Judge AHn considers the power of the legislature to chang" the chsrac ter of an office by changing Its name. "A place of trust ' and profit," he (Continued on Page I.) italian troops force passes into Austria NEW STEAMSHIP LINES SUBJECT Pan-American Financial Con gress Discusses Establish ment of Lines Between Two Americas. HAMLIN AND WARBTJLG i DELIVER ADDRESSES! Message of Congratulation Is Sent to Argentine Republic on the Anniversary of Independence. Washington, May 26.: With prelim inary work over the delegates to the Pan-American congress , here . settled down to real work. Yesterday was given over to general discussion, group conferences and special committee meetings. One of the most important questions to be taken up for consideration was that looking to the establishment of steam ship lines independent of Europe to ply between the principal porta or the two Americas. An address by Governor Charles S. Hamlin and one by Paul Warburg of the federal reserve board, which were followed by brW remarks by dele gates and guests occupied the atten tion of the congress during the fore noon. Governor Hanlin told the delegates that the United States had been In the position it now occupies to extend trade by granting credit to those countries which wished to be custom ers. The conference, he declared could bo considered as a meeting of doep significance by the whole civilized world, "Believe the world realizes that tho prosperity of the pev !le of one nation in tne lor run lenus vo prosperity of other nations, while the adversity of one people ultimately tends to the adversity of other coun tries," he said. Just as the Individual prospers best out of the prosperity of all na tions." Governor Hamlin praised the fed eral reserve act but ventured the pre diction that the American bunklnjr system, through the act would be come the strongest in the world. He referred to tho history of finan cial legislation following the panic of 1907 and sketched the operations of the reserve act and added: "I think there is growing out of the new bank. Ing act a time for marvelous develop ment of our foreign trade, especially in South America, and opportunity to flnunce that trade in such a way as has never been possible before." At the opening of tho day's session Secretary McAdoo onnouncea a com mittee on uniform laws 1o consider the creation of an international com merce court to settle particular mat ters arising out 01 trade aisputes. The congress by rising approved the sending of the following meseago to the president of the Arger.vlne re public. "The Pan-American Financial con- grew, In session at Washington, Joins with you In celebrating the glorloua anniversary of. Argentine Independ ence, and extends to the government and people of the republlo of Argen tine our warmest congratulations and sincere wishes for the happiness and prosperity of the Argentine nation." Dr. Rlcardo C. "dao of the Argen tine delegation thanked the confer ence on behalf of the Argentine peo ple. FEDERALS PUT SUM TO HELP EACH OTHER Baltimore, Md., May 36. It ha be come known here that each of the eight club owners In the Fbdcr.il league had been forced to put up 110, 0to to help along some of the clubs which have not been drawing the ex pected i crowd Despite reports of large attendance In several rtUcs. It Is said that It was necessary to auxas th magnate to meet the expense of some of th team. Have Occupied Various Towns in Thentino and Are Fight ing for Positions Along 1 the Isonzo River. , , ' AUSTRIAN FORCES REPORTED RETIRING Mackensen's Onslaught North of Przemysl Indicates the Power of German Attack Is Not Exhausted. - Rome, May 25. (Via. Paris, May 26.) The occupation of Austrian territory . along the - f rontier from Lombardy to the Adriatic is claimed in official statements issued by the Ital ian war office tonight. Italian troops have seized various towns in the Trentino and have . forecd their way ' through mountain denies, the statement says. On the Lower Isonzo the attacks continue, to gain the line along the river. The Aus trians are reported to have re tired, burning bridges behind them. London, May 26. The ap proval of King George has made the coalition government, announced this morning an ac complished fact. This is gen- erally accepted as the best so lution of a vast muddle. Nev ertheless the people of the country show no great enthu siasm in the compromise from I the USUal party Cabinet. In the field of military oper ations the great .onslaught of General Mackensen against the Russian lines north of Przem-' ysl and around ; Jaroslau indi cates that the power of the Austro-German offensive is hot exhausted and the belief is general in London that the Russians are not as well equipped fro the . defense of these positions. Przemysl has not been sufficiently repaired since Its capture by the Rus sians to make It rank as a great fort. It Is rather a heavily fortified camp. In tho Dardanelles the allies' offen sive is reported to te slowly advancing against stnhhorn opposition. The Turks have been granted an armistice to bury 3,000 dead.. Along the western front, the Ger mans are still holding trenches east of Vpres which they captured Monday morning from the British and yester day the French offensive north of Ar ras developed new vigor with the re sult that a number of German posi tions were captured. The French ad--vance, like the German against the British, was not widely extended; bl't It Included some formidable works. Officially the Italian war department announces the capture of several Aua trinn town across the border and the occupation of all the frontier passes In the Cadore, together with continuous successes for the Italian advance on, Carlnola and Fruill on the frontier. The British war office admit that the British have been unable entirely to reform their line dented by the .Germans east of Ypres and this dove tails w'.lh German claim of advance In this region of Flanders. The most Interesting statement In the British announcement Is that "with due precautions," go can he "met and defeated." This 1 particu larly pertinent, in mai gas uias luir to be used mor and more, possibly by all the contendere. Attesting to th extremely aanguln nry character of the recent land flght Ing at the Dardanelles, there rame Ituit, (Continued on Pag I.)
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