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XHE GAZETTE-NEWS Uie Associated Press Service. B " in Every Respect Complete. THE HOME PAPER Of AstaerlUe and Western X. C. "A paper In the home is worth a thousand in the highway." Marshall Field. mm. Volume XX; no.m. ASHEVHJN.O., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 31, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS No Mop GERMANY'S ANSWER 10 V, S. -MAKES 817 . . PRESIDENT SERIOUS PAGES PROBLEMS Tierman Crisis and Changed Mexican Policy Dev elope Grave Situation. NO ATTENTION TO AMERICAN REQUEST Officials Point Out Germany Seeks To Obscure and Evade Main Issue Involving Humanity. "Washington, May Si. Two international problems one a crisis in the-relations between the United States and Germany and the othe the administra tion's determination to bring an early cessation of the inter nal wars in Mexico developed for President Wilson today a combination of circumstances hardly paralleled in American history. president Wilson has pre pared a statement to be issued tomorrow warning the Mexican factions that the incessant war fare is forcing the civilion pop-' illation of Mexico to' the verge of 'starvation and that unless there is some agreement to re store order other means will have to be found by the United States to accomplish this end It is felt in administration circles that the warning will be sufficient to set in motion defi nite jihins for peace in Mexico, but there, was less optimism with respect to the relations with Germany made graver bj the German reply to the Amer ican Lusitania note. The official text of the note from Germany was placed be fore the president today. Ofii ciasl generally were profound ly disnppointed in the con tents of the notej for. they pointed out that Germany was endeavoring to obscure and evade the main issue the question of humanity involved -and sought to interpose tech nical arguments in matters of hw hitherto undisputed under the nniversaUy'accepted law of nations. Most important of all it was noted that no attention had been given to the American re quest for assurance that Amer ican lives would be safeguard ed in the future. The course- of the United States is exneetrd to be (dinned President Wilson before the day is over, and it will be dis cussed at tomorrow's cabinet Wonting. President Wilson went for a ng automobile rido after fading tiewppaper comments n the German reply to the ntfi. lie had not received the official text As he wns ta Bpeak , nt tho memorial exorcises at Arlington National cemetery, will not begin detailed study nho reply before night. Constantinople, Mayr -30. STEAMSHIP LINES Jl URGED Pan - Americans Recommend Routes Between U. S. and South America 5 11 1 ACTIVE AS NOTE ED 1 Several Merchant Ships Sent Down While German For eign Office Wrote - Reply to U. S. (Via. Berlin and London, May 31.) An official communica tion issued by the Turkish war office today says that the allies where unsuccessful in their efforts to prevent reinforce ments from reaching the1 Turk ish (positions at Ari Burnu. A battery on the narrows bom barded the allied position on Seddul Bahr. : London,, May 31. Heavy fighting on thejGallipoli penin sula has resulted in the rout of the attacking Turkjsh forces, rt is announced in. an official statement given out today. The casualties of the Turks are said to have amounted to- at leasj; 2000. The British losses are given at 300. ' - Washington, May 29. Plans .for steamship lines between the united States and South America the one thing all the delegates to the Pan- American Financial congress agreed was essentia for closer relations be tween North and South America have been presented by the trans-1 portation committee. A permanent committee that would work to de velop these plans, and representing the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru, was recommended. Two sub-committees reported, dif fering only In the proposals of pro cedure submitted. One was signed by Delegates Aldao of Argentina, Cava! cantl of Brazil, Cosio of Uruguay, and? proposed: A fast line of 10,000 ton steamers to be Installed between the United States and Rio de Janlero, Montevldlo and Buenos Ayres, capable of making the voyage to Rio in 15 days. As compensation for services rendered they were to- be exempt for five years from all fiscal charges and to enjoy all the facilities that other vessels enjoy. Bids were to be called for not later than December 31, 1915, to' be acted 'on within three months and if possible awarded to the build er that could make the earliest deliv eries. North and South America would agree on the expenses. It was agreed by other members and Delegates Veraga of Chile, that there Bhould be two fast steamship lines. SIX LARGE VESSELS LOST IN TWO DAYS CONFEDERATES TAKE RICHMOND 'Thin Gray Line" Occupies Confederate Capital for Re union Which Begins Tomorrow. GERMAN REPLY INVITES DEL SPECIAL EXERCISES ARE UNDER WAY TODAY FRANK BEGINS Ger- French Take Group of man Trenches North of Ar ras and Advance Slight ly North of Arras. "BOUr CEREIIL ftT SALISBURY JUNE 9 OFFICERS RAIDED SIX ILLICIT 'STILLS SATURDAY Sheriff Mitchell and Deputies Conducted Raid Saturday ' Night in So. Hominy. Asheville "Dokays" have received invitations to the ceremonial which the members of '.Suez Temple No. 73 will give at the annual meeting of the state grand lodge of Knights of Pyth ias, at .Salisbury on June 9. It is expected that "Dokays" from all sections of western North Caro lina will be present for this ceremo nial, which will be the last to be held In this section of the state until the fall ceremonial here next September. -The following program has been arranged for the meeting of the "Do kays:" 6 p. m. a parade will be- held from the armory hall; 7 p. m. dinner at the Empire hotel; 8 p. m. oeremo- nlal at the armory hall, when the "fresh meat" will be given a trip over the sands. DF M.E. CHURCH HT CLYDE Reunion Will Last Through Thursday and Ends With a Grand Ball The Program. HLS LAST FIGHT Makes Application to Prison Commission to Commute the Sentence from Death to Life Imprisonment. Answer to American Note o Lusitania Is Framed to Re sult in Further Discus sion of Matters. . DATE OF EXECUTION SET FOR JUNE 22 Clyde, May II. fllyde District con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church will convene at Clyde on Wed nesday evening, June 9. Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, Bishop Theo dore B. Henderson will preach. Thurs day at 8:30 o'clock a. m., devotions; 9 a. m., organization . and business esslon, the bishop In the char; 11a. m., sermon by Bishop Henderson; dinner on the grounds. Two o'clock p.- m., business seat on, the bishop pre siding; 3:30 p. m., round table talks. The program will continue until Sunday, (he 13th. I.- 1 I! M. L. GIRTON TO TAKE TUCSON,' ARIZ., SCHOOL Announcement Is made that M. I Olrto'n, who during the present soeslon haa .been crlnclDal ot the Asheland avenue school, havlnf only recently rentgn.d, will leave at the close of the work here for. Tucson. Arts., where he will take charge of the Tucson Train m arhooL Mr. Olrton came to Ashe- vllle from llopklnevllle. Ky., and has made many friends here who win re ,iret, y l Jo, - In a raid thrpugh a cove In South Hominy township s Saturday . night Sheriff E. M. Mitchell and Deputies Luther Revis. C. O. Lahnlng and Will Wright, found six deserted plants where the illicit manufacture of II- auors had been going on. Two of the 'stil'la showed that they had not been deserted over 30 days? while the oth were very old and had been aban doned for several months. The officers left here early Saturday evening and went direct to South Hominy, acting on Information that they had received early In the week. Arriving on the scene the officers at once started an Investigation and found one deserted plant after an other, until a total of six had been discovered. In several places men's clothing was found, and It was evl lent that the par ties who operated the 'stills In the past had thrown away old pieces of clothing that they did not care for. Two of the deserted plants were within half a mile of houses while the others were very far from any dwell ing. No clues whatever were found and the officers have nothing wnicn would, tend to connect anyone with running the places. DECREASE IN RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IS SHOWN Washington. May 19. Decrease In railway accidents Is shown In the re port for the final quarter of 1914 made publlo today by the Interstate commerce commission, it snows tnat 1.163 people were killed and i,oo Injured. Of the killed, however, only 78 died In train .wrecks. HARRISON HEADS TADKUf London, May 31. German submarines .. were unusually busy while the German foreign office was engaged m prepara tion of an answer to the Amer ican note on the Luisitania. The last few days it was point ed out have provided a heaV bag of big merchant vessels. These include the steamer Ethiope. of 3,700 tons and the Cullochmoor of 3,500 tons sunk by submersibles on Friday in approaches to the English channel. On Saturday the British steamer Ping Suey, be longing to the Holt line, was attacked twice by the German undersea craft within the space of five hours but succeeded in running into Plymouth harbor. Another steamer, the Glenlee, of 4,000 tons, was sunk some where betwen the English and French coasts recently. In the North sea the German submarines recently sent the Russian ship Mars" to the bot torn, and the loss of the British steamers Stennymoor and Cad- eby was also reported. Thus in the space of two days six ships of considerable size have been sent to the bot tom by submarines and six lives have been lost. Further more the trans-Atlantic liner Megantic had a narrow escape from an attack by a German submarine. London observers are draw ing attention to these cases, particularly in connection with the presentation of the German note. -"Tho lull along the western front has been broken by the French who claim they have taken a group of German trenches in tho Hilkelm region and have made good progress north of Arras. With the British co-oYeratins:, tho French appear to have made plieht progress north of La Bassce. Mistrial in Turner Suit. Btatesvllle, May 31. The suit of Al lan Turner against Iredell Tepchone company and the city of Rtatesvllle for 815.000 damages for Injuries re celved from a live wire owned by the city while working for the Iredell Telephone company, resulted In a mis- K WTT.ATITErl FORECAST H ITneettled tonight and Thurs 9. day. Probably shcers. , Salisbury, May 31. Director of the Tadkln Railroad company, In spo clal session' here, elected Fairfax Har rison president of their company to succeed the late A. n. Andrews, who was president from the time the road aa4hti4lt until his recent death. The lva4 runs from Salisbury to Norwood. J,t t t 5 " Richmond, May 31. The Southern Memorial association and the Sons of Confederate Veterans met here today. The Hollywood Memorial parade also took place. These were preliminary to the reunion of the United Confederate Veterans which begins here tomorrow and ends Thursday. It is estimated that about 60,000 people will atend. Parade Shortened. New York, May 31. Owing to ad vanced age of most of the Grand Army Veterans who participate in memorial day exercises the grand parade was shortened to less than half a . mile. The members of four grand army posts, detachments of regulars, many national guards and naval militiamen, Spanish war veter ans and other organizations partici pated in the exercises. The,, convention will bo called to order by General George P. Harrison, of upeilka, Ala,, appointed to preside in the enforced absence of General Bennett H. Young, commander in chief, now In a hospital. The veterans will be welcomed by Governor Henry C. Stuart and May or Alnslie, and by Judge G. Gardiner Tyler, son of former President John Tyler, who will address the visitors on behalf of the Virginia veterans. The meeting will then be turned over to General Harrison, who will respond on half of the visitors Sessions will be held Tuesday and Wednesday and on Thursday will be held the reunion pa- rad2e, and on Thursday afternoon will be laid the corner stone of the Eouestrlan statue to General Stone wall Jackson, the site for which Is lo cated on Richmond's most beautiful avenue and not far from the monu ments to Davis, Lee and Stuart. For the first time In the history of con federate reunions a northern military organization will take part in the mil itary pageant and occupy a position of honor. The Governor's Foot Guard of Connecticut, will be here as the personal escort of Governor Marcus H. Holeomb, who will be the guet of Governqr Stuart. The foot guard will be entertained by the Richmond light Infantry blues battalion. Captain John Lamb, chairman of the general reunion committee, esti mates that there will be B0, 000 strang ers here, Including veterans, visitors and state militia. The veterans will be quartered In a large brick building at the state fair grounds, designated for the occasion as "Camp Stuart." Emergency relief stations have been established' along the line of march and hospital ar rangements for those who may fall 111 or . -.ffer accident have been made with tr city's largest hospital, All the stale military commands have been ordered here and will arrive on Wednesday. The war department has designated the marine band at Fort rtss Monroe to accompany the cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, known as the "West Point of the South." The reunion will end on ThursJay night with a grand ball In honor of the sponsors and a ball given by the Richmond Rluea to the soldiery from Case Has Been Fought in Ev ery State and Federal Court The Counsel Has Strong Arguments. INSISTS LUSITANIA WAS v NOT PEACEFUL VESSELj Recalls Proposals Submitted tf J Berlin and London Design ed to Put an End to Submarine Warfare. Atlanta, May 31. The last fight to save the life of Leo M. Frank began today before the Georgia state prison commission which is asked to com mute his sentence from death to life imprisonment. The Frank case has been fought throughout every court, state and federal, without reverse of the original verdict and this appeal for clemency Is the last resort. Frank's execution is set for June 22. Former Congressman W. M. How ard was prepared to emphasize in his argument for Frank the doubt said to have been expressed by Judge Roan who presided at the trial, as to Frank's guilt, the dissenting opinion of two Judges of the state Supreme court and the dissenting opinions of Justices Holmes and Hughes of the United States Supreme court, to which Frank applied for a writ of habeas corpus. Frank's counsel was also expected to file the letter Judge oRan Is said Berlin, May 31. Germany sent the) following reply to the American not concerning the sinking of the LusW tania: i The following is the text of the Ger man note: "The undersigned has the honor to submit to Ambassador Gerard, the fol lowing, the answer to the communica tion of May J .. regarding the Injury to ' American mcerests through German submarine warfare. 'The Imperial government has sub. ' Jected the communication of the American interests through German submarine warfare. "The imperial Government Vim. in jected the communication of the -American government to a thorough Investigation. It entertains also a keen " wish to co-operate In a frank and friendly way in clearing up a possible misunderstanding which may have arisen In the relations between the two ' suvernmems tnrough the events men. tloned by the American government. "Regarding, firstly, the cases of the American steamers. Cushing and Gul Right. The American embassy has al ready been in formed that the German government has no intention of sub mitting neutral ships in the war zons which are guilty of no hostile acts to attacks by a submarine or submarines, or aviators. On the contrary, the Ger. man u - i .. Ilave repeatedly Been In to have written a few days before his , u ' . sPec'ncany to avoid at ,lenth in which he is said to have re. sucn snips. iterated his doujit as to Frank's guilt and urged executive lemency. DOUSE BURNS WHILE TIS IN Man Loses Liberty and House, It Is Said, Through an Enemy. Connecticut BULK OF yANDERBILT ESTATE TO I F. M. Jordan, deputy Insurance commissioner, arrived home Saturday from a trip to TaylonrvlUe, Alexand er county, where he has been Investi gating a mysterious fire. A dwelling house at that place, belonging to Miss Sarah -Pierce and occupied by her brother who lived In It alone, was de stroyed by fire one afternoon under circumstances that seemed to Indicate Incendiarism. On Investigation Mr. Jordun found a state of uffalrs that led to his swearing out warrants for Julius Martin and his son, Arthur Martin. It appeared, so Mr." Jordan states, that there had been a feud of sixteen years between Martin and J. R. Pierce, who occupied the house In ouestlon. Martin had caused the ar rest of Pierce on May 13, and being unable to give the- 31.000 peace bond required of him Pferce was committed to Jail. On the following Monday nr ternoon the unoccupied house was burned. The trouble between the fam ilies end the alleged threats of Ar thur Martin that he would burn the house led the Insurance commissioner to hnve the Martins arrested and placed under 3600 bonds for their ap pearance before a magistrate on June 4. Mr. Jordan says that one witness for the state will swear that ho saw one of the Martina set fire to the house. New Tork, May l. I'he bulk f the estate of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who perished on the Lusitania, esti mated to be worth more than 115,000,- 000 Is left In trust under his will to his Infant sons by nls second wife, Margaret Kmerson Vanderbilt. These sons are Alfred (., Jr., and George. William H. Vanderbilt, son by,his flr't wife, Rlsle ftenoh Vanderbilt, who was divorced, U to receive a trust fund of 16,000,000 end other property. He had already received a ftaleuieot from hi totiter. HFFTBAL TO HP, Fllim COST TUTS OFFICF.Il $10. rase Christian, Miss.. May 31. Refusal to be ousted and for break ing' the lock placed on his, office, John D. JVdrthrnp, city tax collector, was fined 810 and costs by Justice of the Peace Rrandt. Council declared the tax eollector'e office vacant and temporarily named A, J?. Laof. Isolated Cnsea If neutral ships In recent monthi have suffered through the German submarine warfare, owing to mistake! In identification. If Is a question onlj of quite isolated nad exceptional cases, which can be attributed to the British government's abuse of flags, "togethei with the suspicious or culpable be- 1 havlor of the masters of the ships. "The German government tn alt cases in which It has been shown b Its Investigations that a neutral ship, not itself at fault, was damaged bj Germun submarines or aviators, hai expressed regret over the unfortunaU nccldent and.lfjustifled by conditions has offered Indemnification. "The cases of the dishing and th Ouinight will be treated on the sam principles. An investigation of wi, cases is In progress, the result of whlcli will presently be communicated to thi embassy. The investigation can, 11 necessary, be supplemented by an In ternational call on the Itnernatlonal commission of lnqfTulry as provided bj article III of The Hague agreement of October 18, 1907. The I'ulaha Cac. "When sinking the British steamel Falaba. the commander of the Ger man submarine had the Intention ol allowing the passengers and crew I full opportunity for a safe escape Only when the master did not obey th order to heave to. but fled nnd sum moned help by rocket signals, did thl German commander order the cre and passengers by signals and mega phone to leave the ship within tel minutes. Ho actually allowed then . twenty-three minutes time and flre the torpedo only when suspicious craft were hastening to the assistance of thi Falaba. "Regarding the Inst of life by th sinking of the Rrltlsh passenger steam er Lusitania, the German governmnl has already expressed to the neutrni governments concerned, Its keen re gret that citizens of their states U their lives. "On this occasion the Imperial ro eminent, however, cannot escape thi Impression that certain Important facts having a direct bearing on thi Inking of the Lusitania may have em caped the attention of the Amerlcai government. i Information Differ. , ' "In the Interest of a clear and con plete understanding which la the aln of both governments, the Imperla government considers It first neeessorf to convince Itself that the Informatlo) accessible to both yovernmenta aboii the facta of the cn-e Is complete enl In accord. The government of thi Unltetl fate proceeds on the mump (Continued oa raft 1.)
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