North Carolina Newspapers

J l ' ' I ' ff ' "' f ' V A A 0 J ? ' i THE HOME PAPER Of AsheviUe and Western N. O. "A paper In the home la worth, thousand in the highway." . . Marshall Field, yQT,UMEXX.;NO. 91 ASHEVIIJ2tN.O., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MA Y 28, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS" o 1? - if iSHRVTT.T. W n TDT-n A T7 APTOPMftnw M W no ime .'' V PRZEMYSL IS ONCE MORE IN CRITICAL SITUATION gey to Russian Positions in Galicia Is Almost Encir cled by Austro-Ger-man Forces. DOUBLE FLANKING MOVEMENT PUSHED Italians Take More Austrian Territory Turks Make the Allied Forces Resort to Trench Warfare. Gilhert-Hopkins Case Is Ended By Compromise Celebrated Case Involving Titlesito Valuable Timber Lands in Cherokee County Compromised! Today in U. S. Court Has Been on Court Dockets' Six Years. BAILEY SPEARS DIES (ME TO THE "BUND" PAH-AMET1ICANS Collector Draws Inspiration From Efforts of Blind School Children and Delivers Masterly Address. With the arguments to the Jury Alnserted. Borne, May 27. (Via. Paris, ' May 28.) A successful raid on !the Triest-Naresina railroad bv a squadron of Italian ay- ;Jro-planes and the occupation i nf additional Austrian tern I tory along the Tyrol front and on the Fneuh tront are report ed in an official statement giv en out tonight by the Italian war office. The statement says an artillery battle is raging between the Italian and Aus trian fortified positions on the Trentino front. London, May 28. Przemysl, garrisoned this time by Rus sians, is once more threatened with investment. Just as the Eussians surrounded Przemysl and starved the Austrian de fenders and. f oreed the surren der of the fortress, so the Aus-tro-Germans, who have driven a wedge into central Galicia, are now attempting a double flanking movement and with the attack growing in intensity are seeking to encircle Przem vsl from the north ond south east. Vienna declares progress, is being made in both directions and that if the advance is not checked Przemysl will be eith er isolated from the rest of the Russian armies or the Russians who fell back to the San will be forced to further retreat. The situation in Galicia is unquestionably of great strata pc importance and even the' British press concedes that the Russian situation is 'serious. Przemysl is described as the key to the whole of the Rus sian positions in Galicia and its fall would mean that the rail way to the eastward to Lem burg, the main artery for Rus sian supplies in the region, ould fall into- the hands of the Austrians. It is reported that this line baa already "been severed but this has not been confirmed. The righting in the Austro Italian frontier is still in the development stage and there is virtually no change on the Astern front. The British and French ad nit that the Turks are so rongly entrenched on the Qallipoli peninsula' that only Biego warfare can bo waged. ftattlratitn QntiV - Ths British battleship Majestle. an uwr of ths ships supporting ths al army in tha Galllpoll peninsula, sunk by ft German submarine to- " Nearly all of tha officers and -w wers saved. At about tha uma IIxa' - -4--m Princess Irene, built liurt year for Canadian Paclnca-Brltlih Colum coMt aunrey and which was token w oy the the (admiralty at the mm.ncement of tha war, waa da b' accidental explosion ' !v M 'nchor at Sheerness, where undergoing repair -i ner crew, numbering about ISO. "fPt one seaman and7 dock yard ,h.,IP1n. aboard at the time, lost J"1 iJ!o, which waa tha eld n , "'"h,P on the active Una of r navy, la the alxth capital p iot by the alllea slnco the be 1 th th Dardanelles operation! eont which hut fallen a vie still uncompleted, the case of Gilbert agalnBt Hopklna, which has been In the courts for six years, waa compro mised this morning. By the terms of the agreement, Which hod the consent of the plaintiffs and the defendant and the attorneys for both sides, the plaintiffs, Miss A. Louisa M. Gilbert and Miss Ida Isabella K. Gilbert are declared to be the owners ol an unai vldod half interest In five tracts of the 48 In litigation In Cherokee coun ty. The boundary Is estimated to con tain 9,000 to 12,000 acres, and the five tracts awarded to the plaintiffs are said to contain about one-ninth of the total acreage. : When court convened at 10:30 o'clock this morning Judge Jamea E. Boyd, who has presided over the trial of the case during the past three weeks announced that by consent of the parties to the suit he would read to the Jury the issues that would be submitted to them and' instruct them as to the verdict they should return on each one. The Issues, were in sub stance, as follows: Mas the defendant, William R. Hopkins, had possession of the lands in question for aeven years prior to the commencement of this action? To his question the court instructed the jury to answer, yes. The second Issues as submitted by the court was: Has the defendant had possession of the lands In controversy for 20 years prior to the beginning of the suit? And to this proposition the court instructed the Jury to re turn a verdict in the affirmative. The third Issue submitted by the court was, Are the plaintiffs the own ers of any of the tracts in the boun dary Involved In the action, and if so, hpw many? To this. proposition-Judge Boya directed the jury to return the answer: That the plaintiffs are the lawful owners of certain tracts; and hereby consent of the parties to the action and their counsel descriptions of the five tracts agreed upon were This famous case began in the Su I'perlor court of Cherokee county in 1909 and was transferred to the Unl ted .States District court for the west TASK OF HAPPINESS" THEME HE CHOOSES Chairman of U. S. Trade Com mission Says the Spirit of Europe 13 for War; America for Peace. THINKS HE SAW TORPEDO'S WAKE NEAR STEAMER GROUP CONFERENCES BEING CONTINUED N IN em .district of North Carolina. The trlH.1 in the District court resulted in a verdict for the defendant : from which the plaintiffs took an appeal to 'the Circuit Court of Appeals. But th Ljury did not pass upon all the points hot law involved In the first trial, the pcourt directing them to return a ver dict upon certain issues upon whicn (an appeal-'might be taken by the plaintiffs 11 they so desired, ine ap ,peal court granted a new trial of the tcaso and afgter many postponements the second trial began here threo (weeks ago. , Forty-eight tracts were Involved In fhe action and in addition ' to a vast .amount of documentary evidence albout 40 witnesses testified In regard to the various points of law and fact in controversy. So involved were mainy of the questions at issue that It Is stated that counsel for each side felt that no Jury but one composed of exptrta on land titles could pass upon the 'jaHues in a way that would be satisfactory even to themselves. The value', of the two tracts is estimated to be from one-half to a million dol lars. ' The (settlement of the case In regard to the ', Cherokee lands leaves unde cided a similar suit or the same plain tiffs asalnst WllUam R. Hopkins and others (in regard to the ownership of aboiit 30,000 acres of timber land in Graham county. This case Is on the docket of the Federal court but date for trial has not been set t Is prohably that the District court i will adjourn today, and Judge Boyd may; turn , to hisf- home' In Greensboro' tl this 1 afternoon. United States court convenes In Judge Boyd"s home city on June 7, the Wilkesboro term of 'Federal court having been again postponed, the date now belnt? set for June 22. Message Not So Much to Those Who Cannot as Those Who Will Not See-Mr. Duncan Improves. John Barrett, Director General of Pan-American Union Was Also Heard Trip to Mount Vernon. FIRE FACTORIES Squadron of 18 Machines At tack German Town Where High Explosives Are Manufactured. Urumiah Is Taken From The Turks ByRussians Petrograd, iftay 28. Urumiah, Per sia, has been ocoupled by the Russians after an enj&gement with the Turks In the direction of Dilman and near Bachkalla, according to a statement issued by the general staff of the army in the Caucasus. Urumiah Is a city of 60,000 people and a center of missionary activity. It is the seat of the Flske seminary for girls and of Urumiah college . For weeks missionaries there as well as many thousands Of Assyrian Christ ians have bee threatened by Kurds and Turks. Between 15,000 and 17,000 natives are reported to have placed themselves under the protection of the American Presbyterian mission and 20,000 arereported dead or miss ing. There hav been many reports of artocltles and wholesale slaughter of natives. tlm to German submarines which re cently arrived In these waters. Submarine menace Is ft growing one, both in the Aegan sea and home wa ters, and the vessels promise to take an active part In the operations in the narrow waters of the Adrlatla, where, as In the Aegean, Islands afford good shelter. While tha warships are able to es cape submarines In the waters around the British Isles, the Increase In their numbers makes the carrying on of sea-borne trade more and more hazardous. The admrralty still believes that the American steamer Nebraskan, now on her way to Liverpool, waa torpedoed. Jackaon First Sea Lord. Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardlne Jackson has been appointed first sea lord of the admiralty to take tha place of Admiral Lord Fisher, who resigned recently owing. It Is said, to differen ces with Winston Spencer Churchill, then first lord of the admiralty. Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvel Wilson will remain wit hthe board of admir- alty in an advisory capacity. rrmldont Resigns. Llbaon. tVla, Paris) May 28. The president of Portugal, Manuel da Ar- rlnga, has resigned. President ds Arrlaga officially an nounred to the president of the Por tuguese congress his Intention to re sisn his offloe. ' Congrear will meet Saturday to de liberate on this action by the presi dent and take measures required by the situation thus created. FROSTS IN NORTH HEAT IN SOUTH Killing Frosts Throughout the Lake Region and Alabama Suffers From Heat. (By W. T. Bost) Raleigh, May 28. Collecfor Joslah William Bailey took half holiday yes terday and forsaking the callous click of his cash register, took an fxcursion into the high music of the masters for a theme to the blind children in their closing exercises. The collector who doesn't love to f iillect for himself or his country half so well as he does the garnering cf rich thought, was commencement speaker to the several hundred stu dentsf the liffht of whose eyes has gone out. But he brought them a substitute for sight, happiness, a gift -within every reach. He spoke to a fine audi ence, one surfeited by speech the -ros- ent week, but one ready to receive a message which vrybody agred was the best offered to any school here by any man. And it was home grown. Bailey was preceded by big preach ers, but none spake as he spake. Tir. MacArthur came here to tell the Mrj dlth girls about the empire of the cznr and how the "great bear of the Nortn" is planning to hug the whole world. Dr. McClothlih came over from Loul.3 villeto preach the baccalaureate ser mon to the Baptist girls and narrated in charming . style.; a Btftllcal com mencement day from a chapter n Isa iah's life and book. Bishops preaohod finely to other girls' classes and Ses retary Wilson, looked to a strlkeless day and an enduring Industrial peacft. But Bailey set over this his "Task of Happiness" and more than all the preachers gave formula for that 'lai- piness which he declared the propjr and unlcersal object of life. Before he began he received a series of insporations. He heard a blind band, an aggregation of sightless boy3, play classic and martial musio bettor than almost any organization in North Carollan can do. He heard Miss Ro.ia- He Welsh read an essay on "Word Music" and Bailey Innocent of music was enthralled. He heard the delightful story of Evangeline anew by Miss Inthla Bird Nolen and the-band again. Then he heard the third finishing essay on "Ed ucation Value of Music," then the fourth essay on "Language" by Miss Martha Annie Jones and a fifth won der, a pipe organ sol6, "Marche Pcntl ficale" by William Johnson, who dash ed over those keys In marvelous musio and accuracy. Paul Leonard Edwards gave "Uncle Tom's Views on the European War" In an original poem which carried humor and Infinite pathos. And the band struck up Tipperary. Bailey's Inspir ation was complete and he confessed it In humble speech that threatened to make him tlounderlf Indeed hdld not for ten minutes. School's Fine Work. The school, working upon the slen derest allowance of all the big state, has nevertheless put a fine year's work behind it. Those who participated in the program received tha distinctions and the certificates with a few others who took no part In the public per formance. The departments In which the children work wonders are not In musio and reading. Their handiwork Is ft lasting marvel. Mr. Bailey waa presented by John B. Ray, principal, who guessed thit Tipperary was tha suggestion of Col. Joseph E. Pogue. The surmise was a bad one. Mr. Bailey wanted to heir it again. Tha speaker early recognized tho presence of the pagan element of grlof with which the lugubrious practices of the east invested the religion of Joy. To banish them ha set his task of hap piness, a theme which he chose from Robert Louis Stevenson: "If I may falter more or less In my great task of happiness." And alley's message was not to the U .. .1 A .1 .1. fc. - .... - Montgomery, May 27. All heat ree- , ,,,,,. K ,. ords for May havs been shattered In'"" " "" "' . " " th. d.strict during the past few day!"" Tt?JE fj: A maximum of 6 was recorded by th" '0UB uU,l,uV " 'w . .h. their work disgruntled, sour, grouchy announcement that It breaks records nd 'rummy out of humor and rebln- Chief Engineer of Nebraskan, Disabled Off Ireland, Be lieves Submarine At- 4 " tacked U. S. Ship. SHOCK SO STRONG AS TO STOP STEAMER Washington, May 28. Discussion in open forum occupied the attention for most part yesterday of the delegates to the Pan-American Financial congress Group conferences also were continued in which the delegates from the South and Central American counties ex plained to representatives of the Unit ed States their desires and needs of their countries. : The fourth general session of the conference was held in the forenoon Among the speakers were Joseph E, Davies, chairman of the federal trade commission and John Barrett, director general of the Pan-American union, while several delegates also talked. Later the visitors were to be luncheon guests of Secretary McAdoo at the Pan-American building. A trip to Mount Vernon was on th ) program for the afternoon. "The genius of Europe is addressed to war; the spirit of the Americas 1b turned toward peace. This council of the Americas is held to marshal the great forces of peace Into conditions that make for mutual helpfulness." This was the keynote of the speech of Joseph E. Davlcs. "It Is suggestive of great promise," Mr.' Davies said, "that expressions of the nations represented here all give recognition of the fact that the per manency of our future relationship and the profitableness to all of us de pend on tho degree not only of Mutual profit but on mutual confidence wliMi we place In the motives of each oth' Mr. Davies referred to President Wilson's speech at Mobile in which lie declared that the United States docs not desire to attain by conquest a fmt tlon of land on the continent other than that now possessed. ANSWER TO GERMAN ATTEMPT ON PARIS Aviators Were in Air Six Hours and Covered 250 Miles, Says French Official Report. Perceptable Interval Between Shock and Explosion Ter- V rible Damage Done by v the Heavy Blast. Paris, May 27. A French aeroplane squadron consisting of 18 machines each carrying 110 pounds of projec- tiles this morning bombarded chem! cad factories at Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, opposite Mannheim. Fire broke out in several factories as the result of the bombardment Oni factory Is one of the most Im portant manufacturers of explosives in all Germany. The French aviators were In the air six hours and coveria about 250 miles. The expedition Is of importance In the general military situation as French reply to the attempt of the Germans to bombard the city of Paris. This information was given out a statement from the war office this afternoon. Fifty Killed. Amsterdam, May 27. Fifty German soldiers, passengers on a street car in Ostend, were killed by bombs drop ped by allied airmen, according to dispatch to the Telegraaf, In describ ing a series of air raids by the allies. E BY MOTQRGYGLISTS Club Will Inspect a Number of Proposed Locations This Afternoon. Fed SPEC AL TRAIN TO VETERANS REUNON Southern's Special Train to Richmond Reunion to Leave AsheviUe Monday. In order to accommooate the vet erans and their friends In Auheville and western North Carolina, who will attend the annual reunion of the Lm ted Confederate veterans which will eratlon of American Motorcyclists atbe held In Richmond during the first m.tw loKt nlirht discussed three dais of June the Southern rail- wlth much enthusiasm plans for the way some days ago announced that -t,.rnti.,r, nf b. moinir cnursw f or i a special train of Pullmun cars and mnn.M..' on o r,ioA for nnnrinnt. day coaches would be opuTatcd by tho ing horse Bhows. A number of loca-1 company from this city to Richmond, tlons around the city were discussed ! Announcoment is mude today that and 1 twa decided that the members! this train will leave AsheviUe Mon- of the club, bicycle riders and others day. May L at Vh a"ern0"n fhl. .ftemoon arriving In the convention city the at o'clock at the corner of Patton next morning. Returning the visitors n..Wnmanl artVMt n U UIII IUI stJUhlUll Will Washington, May 27. Killing frosts throughout the lake region and mid dle Atlantlo states broke May weath er records of many , years last night and there Is promise of unseasonable cold weather during tha nest 14 hours. The report of th weather bu reau indicates heavy damage to fruits and vegetables particularly In tha In terior of New Tork, while frosts will probably appear again tonight In the lake region. New England and the middle Atlantic states warmer weath er Is predicted for Friday. avenue make a tour of Inspection of the va rious places mentioned. J. J. Pollard met with the club and explained his Ideas for ft race course between one-half to three- fourths of ft mile long, arranged so of weather history. CADEBY GDES DOWN Penaanee, Eng., May II. The Brit lah steamer Cadeby has been sunk off, the dcllly Islands by the gunflra of a German submarine. The crew of IS men aid four pasnongers took to the hocits and later was rescued by a fish. Ing smack and brouifht to Nywiyn. FRENCH SKIP SHORE SLY Nantes, France, Uy II. The steamer C'hsmpagus of the French Trans-Allantlo line Is aahors near 81. Naxnlre. Fhe Is bad'y damaged and the 100 propls that were aboard have be.cn taken off, not their poverty that makes them cheerless and sour for he showed the number of rich who are unhappy as great as those of the poor. He went among the discontented among tha educated and highly culti vated. The wisest and best educated man of his tlm waa quoted In his "vanity of vanities." In the ranks of the unsuccessful the speaker found ad hearts nnd long faces, but among choice of several trains, no announcement of a special train for the return trip be ing made. One of the largest reunions of the veterans ever held Is expected to convene In tha city that the wearers SIX PEOPLE KILLED BY STORM that the space Inside can be used for! of th ,0 lons a"d vloru,' holding horse showa Secretary N. aeienuea. ins duuhi.i Rurkner of the board of trade, was; company begaa preparations some present and pledged his co-operation months ago for handling with con- to the movement. venience anu up..-u " crowas mni are eiwiru w m u the cry "On to Richmond," with a slightly different meaning than that first given to it. General Julian S. Carr some weeks ago notified tha veterans of the local camp that North Carolina survivors of those who fought for the "lost cause" are expected to be present In large numbers and the Indications are that the delegation that leaves on tne special train on Monday will be the largest that has ever gone from this section to ft reunion. A large delegation of confederate veterans from various cities In Okla homa on their way to tha reunion In Richmond. June 1-3. will arrive In AsAsvtll Sunday afternoon, May 10, at 4 o'clook, and will make ft stop of thres hours hers. The veterans are traveling In ft special train of eight cars; tha train makes no stops between Memphis and AabevUle. After enjoying Ashevltle's air and scenery for ft short tlms tha party will laavs at 7 o'clock for Richmond. Fort Smith, Ark., May !7.?H3lx peo ple are reported dead, two at Tallht na and four at Checotah, Ok la., as the result of ft storm last night and early today which swept over Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. It Is reported from Amlters ttiat mors than 10 people were Injured at Tallhlna. BY Cardiff, Wales. May II. Ths steam Morwsnns. from Montreal waa tor- th suocesaful he saw millions who pedoed ond shelled by ft German sub- have no song in ineir nearu bo he marten at mid-day Wednesday 110 mads happiness a task, ft man's Job, Mr. Ihtnoan Improving. Messasvs from Mrs. F. C. Duncan Continued on Pg .) mllt-s wst by south of Bt. Anne's Head. One member of tha crew was killed and thres were wounded. The others trs landd hers. HHHSllHHSstHBsttliHS!n W It VrFATHKlt KJTOnT. K st ritonAIlLY SlIOWKRH. M Liverpool. May 28. While none ol the crew of the American steamer Nebraskan, disabled Tuesday by an ex plosion off the coast of Ireland, saw ft submarine, the chief engineer of tho vessel believes he saw the wake of a torpedo, according to Captain Green,' master of the Nebraskan. The captain In reply to questions said: "There Is a hole about 20 feet ' square in the forecastle below the .'. water line. We were in the boats about an hour. "The ship seemed to settle by the head and we decided to stand close until the help which we had summon ed by wireless arrived. While none of the men saw a sub marine, the chief engineer believes ha saw the wake of a torpedo to star board. 'The effect of the shock when tho torpedo struck the ship was to Btop her suddenly. There was a percepta ble interval between the shock and the explosion. 'We started to return to Liverpool , about 10:30 o'clock and travelled , about 8 knots an hour. The vessel was about 12 feet lower by the head! than normal, owing to the water In the holds. The damage to the upper sctructure was so severe that evidently the shock was terrific. "Great derricks were torn away and thrown across the deck smashing part of the deck rail. Strong steel girders were blown out and some cast over board. In the deck flooring near the hatches there are two large holes showing the naked girders, two of which were torn in two by the blast. The bunks occupied by the boat swain and two quartermasters all In jured are a mass of wreckage and the wonder Is how they escaped more serious Injury." Washington, May 28. Secretary Bryan said today that only incom- plete reports In the damage to the Ne braskan had been received and that nothing would be made public until experts who were examining the ship reported. Department officials said there would be no unnecessary delay In getting the facts. Washington, May 28. An Ameri can naval attache from London has been sent to Liverpool to examine ths hull of the American steamer Ne braskan which was damaged off. ths coast of Ireland. Consul General Skinner has sent ths following statement to the stats de partment: "Green, master of the Agierican steamer Nebraskan, In wireless to ma via. London report: 'The Nebraskan passed Fastnet rock Tuesday at 4:12 p. m. from Liverpool bound for Dele ware breakwater In Ballast. "'At -24 p. m. when ths steamer was about 42 miles west, half-south of Fastnet, we experienced ft violent ' shock, followed by a terrific explosion which brust the hatches, throwing 1. -.tch beans, cargo derricks and twist ed Iron Into the air, filling ths lower holds forward with water. " We Immediately took to ths boats. After standing by for an hour we returned aboard at 10:30 and start ed back to Liverpool. About 1:25 ft. m. we met two vessels which had been vent by the British admiralty in answer to our wireless calls. One has been In attendance ever since. "It was dusk when tha explohloq oceurrd. The American flag was taken down five minutes before ths explosion but the name of ths vessel was painted on her sides In Utters sis feet h'gh. " 'There was no warning and I saw nothing.'" Ambassador Page sent the follow ing: "Ths admiralty has received ft re port from Queenstown that ths Ns- braskan Is now on her way to Liver pool under her own steam and under escort I am sending a naval attache to Liverpool to examlns ths ship, which it now appears was bound from Liverpool to Delewmrs breakwater, when she was torpsdosd." A messa ( from Consul Frost at Qussnstown said that ths ship was struck by a mlns or torpsdo, but hs gavs no details. As soon as ths dispatches wsrs f eelvsd st ths stats department thr wars forwarded to ths whits houa an Immediately placed befors ths prsldtnt. Pending vsoslpt of elwirr information no action wlU bs taksn. I