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I ,. I I " " - . .. '. -. . . . ' ' ' ' ' ' - ' " ' ... I I . - I I 3 , i Volume xxno. 105. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE4, 1915 PRICE 2 CENTS P-T N More. sOT A WHEEL TURNING ON CHICAGO'S ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION LINES Wilson First Citizen Of World, Says Briton Approximately 1,500,000 Peo- -ple Walked, Motored or Went by Steam to Work ' After Strike. .t. 14000 STREET CAR MEN; QUIT WORK LAST NIGHT Ko Disorder Reported, But 700 Policemen Guard Barns, Strikebreakers Will Be Employed. London, June 14. In a two-column tribute to President Wilson, Alfred D, Gardiner, editor of the Dally News, says: v.- ' "No man In the democratlo world Is so entirely governed by principle and moral sanctions. President Wilson Is not merely the first citizen In the United States, but tht first citizen of the world He has made mistakes, no doubt, for he is human, but they were never the mistakes of a weak man They were never the mistakes of a vn- litlcal gambler, or once touched by the sordid motives of ambition. "Emperor William has made many miscalculations concerning nations CONTENDERS AT GRIPS OH ALL E IN N T NOT E N BRYAN ASS 1 and men, but he has committed his greatest In regard to President Wilson and the United States. . "The rupture between President Wilson and Mr. Bryan will be one of the great landmarkse of the war.", Not For a Month Has There Been Such General Activi ty In the Eastern Arena of War. Former Secretary of Stat' 'vs Reply to Germany Materially Revised After He Resigned. French Comment. " Paris, June 14. Unqualified admi ration for the firm, dignified and courteous tone of President Wilson's note to Germany Is expressed by Paris newspapers. While considering the note as In no sense an ultimatum the papers consider the language of the note "to be so clear as to leave no room for dilatory tactics or for com plex controversy." Chicago, June 14 A pproxlmately 1 roo.000 Chicagoans walked, motored or went by steam to their work ' this morning, una striae oi xi.uuu sireei. ir men went into effect at midnight. Not a wheel on the 1,310 ml'les of track of the surface and elevated rall- uv turned after 4 o'clock . this morning when the last crews' took their cars to the barns. The strike was carried out without disorder, ac cording to early report. Seven hun dred policemen were placed on guard at the various car barns. The men cheered as they left their cars. The order to strike followed an all day conference yesterday of the labor leaders, transportation officials and Mayor Thompson, . which was held In t vain effort to have the differences arbitrated. The strikers demanded a guarantee of a wage increase, which the officials of the companies refused. Officials said they would make no attempt to operate cars today. Approximately 3,000,000 fares are collected on the two electric Kystems. daily. Hurried preparation ' were . made evernight by the steam roads to handle extra traffic. ' Taxlcabs and jitney buses were heavily loaded this morning. Hundreds of motor cars car ried passengers Roller . skates were hroufht into use and thoustands pedalled to their work on bicycles. . Mrs. Ella Flags Toung, superin tendent of public schools, said that an attempt would be made to continue the schools without interruption, but that the problem of transportation for the 700 teachers presented grave dlf f.culties. Arrangement to secure 6,000 strike breakers to operate the cars and guard property was being made to day. ' Hotels converted every available (pace into sleeping quarters for per inns who have to sleep near their work. Centred Control Liquor Board In British Isles London, June 14. me 'Gazette has: Issued the text of an order In council!! creating "a central contrcl liquor' board" to consist of a chairman and! such other mernjiers as the minlsterij of multions shall appoint to control" the sale and for the suppression of in-, toxicants in certain prescribed areas. The board is given wide powers In regard to rules for the sale of whisky and can even prohibit It entirely. The Gazette also publishes an qrder modifying the factory-workshop act. GERMANS HAMMERING BOTH RUSSIAN WINGS Berlin Reports That General Mackensen Has Had Impor tant Success French Still Gain. PUBLISHERS IN SESSION TODAY PflLE PROBABLE FDR MAJOR BREESE DOCUMENT VERY MUCH SOFTENED BY CHANGE But Not Enough to Justify Him Withdraw Resignation. In Asking Permission to Prison Parole Board Has Rec- omended Release of Former Bank President. Thirteenth Annual Meeting of ' Southern Newspaper Pub- . Ushers, Opened at the Grove Park Inn. ADDRESS OF WELCOME . BY D. H. RAMSEY from restrictions If it seems necessary for the execution of work required In the public Interest. The liquor board Is empowered to prevent treatment if It sees fit. Per sons guilty of violating the rules are liable to imprisonment for six months or a fine of $500. The board may take over saloons in areas where munitions are manu factured or those which are without licenses to dispense liquors in factories engaged In government work. Intox icating beverages In moderate arqounts This exempts any shop or factory 1 are thus assuerd to the workers. UN I BE IDE D EFENDAN T Superintendant of Naval Acad emy Likely to Be More Involved. Gray Says U. S. Should Defend Law of Nations nas Issued another statement declar ing that the note was materially re vised following the presentation of his resignation. The revision, Mr. Bryan averred, softened the note, but was not sufficient to Justify him In with drawing his resignation. "It Is true," said Mr. Bryan, "that I saw the final draft of t!te note lust be fore my resignation took effect, but It contained an important change. I hart no knowledge of this change at the time my resignation was tendered and accepted. "This change, while very much soft ening the note, was not, however, suf ficient, In my judgment, to justify me in askincr nermiHsinn tn withdrow mv resignation. As Oermanv hart am?- te national irainmK Bunoui gested arbitration, I felt that we cojild tnree caseB were continued. not ao less man reply to this otler by Juno 14. Judge 'ents. Tho Atlantic City, George Gray o Wilmington, Del., a member of the permanent court of ar bitration under Teh Hague conference, asserted In an address before the Del aware Bar association in session here that the time had come for America to assort the vital character and the binding force of th obligations which international law placed on belliger- destructlon of unarmed mer chantmen without regard for the lives of non-compatants, Judge Gray char acterized "as so revolting to the com mon instincts of humanity as to be un thinkable in the minds of those who framed the convention at The Hague." Judge Gray praised President Wil son's note. Another Witness Found For Lusitania Inquiry New Tork, June 14. Ilcrlnz Har donburg, the last witness found by the government In Its investigation of the Lusitania affair, has arrived here and went to the office of the bureau of in formation of the department of Jus tice It Is believed ho will testify before the grand Jury which Is look ing Into charges of conspiracy to defrauf tho United States on the part of those persons who obtained sworn statements that the Lusitania had taken guns aboard when she made her last voyage. Hardenburg was taken Into custody at Cincinnati. He has already made a statement to department of Justice officials at Cincinnati and Washington. He has been described as a member of the German army aviation corps, but to day it was said that ho was not con nected with the army although he had at one time been in the employ, as a machinist, of a German aviation company. Washington, June 14. Former Sec rotary tirayn announced to his friends today that he would issue an other statement tomorrow or Wednes day proposing measures designed to ena me war. He said it would not deal with his resignation, but with the war as it s, the causes leading to It and the way out. Berlin, June 14 It was offi- xt was Bald tha this ouid be Mr. daily announced today 4hat!eans ,ast statement for the pre" General Mackensen had OCCUpi-! Washington, June 14. Former Sec- pd thp Russian nnsitirvnq dinner I H;tary.Bryan' who resi"1 rather LU me liUbbldU posilions along than sign the second note to Germany. tne entire iront in tlie eastern arena of the fighting from Cyer- niawa to Sieniawa. London, June 14 Although tho French .troop appear to be nurelenting in the. offensive which is netting them slow pro gress in northeastern France, tlie situation in the east, where the AMstro-Germans are strain ing every nerve to deliver a crushing blow to tlie Russians remains of the utmost impor tance. There is no confirmation of the report that the .Teutons 1 ave re-occupied Zurawana, but further to the south they have crossed the Dneister and are on Russian soil in Bessarabia. Not for months has there been such general activity in the east Checked in the center of the Galieian line the Austro-German armies uro delivering violent attacks on both Russian wings at the same time, and have started another battle In Po land, north Prznsnysz. There Is con fused fighting In the Baltic proclnces so that it mny be said that the con tenders arc once more at grips from tho Baltic sea to the Roumanian frontier. Tho stand tho Russians are making in Grdicla indicates to British ob servers that their shortage In ammu nition has been overcofe. This short age, It Is believed hero enabled the Teutons last month to sweep across the country and take Przemsyl In such record time. In Greece the followers of Former Premier Venizelos, who resigned be cause Greece did ;,ot enter the war on the side of tho ANIes, seem to have the upy . hand. Judging from early returns of the general election lust held In Greece. Endorsement of the policies of the former premier mey hnve some bearing on Greece's future course. That Major William E. Breeze, sr.. will probably be paroled from the United States prison at Atlanta with in the next few days is the statement of Chief Deputy Marshal John Y. Jordan, who returned Saturday night from Greensboro, where he has been attending Federal corut Chairman Covington of the Federal Prison Parole board, in conversation with Mr. Jordan, stated that the board had already passed favorably on the question of paroling Major Breese and it is believed that Attorney Gen Banquet Tonight Gov, Craig I and Congressman Britt Will he Guests Auto mobile Rides. With twenty-one newspapers repre-1 sented, although in several instances more than one representative of a newspaper is present, the thirteenth eral Gregory will sign tha necessary , arm,,a, mptIn nf ,hp Rnntwn News. k.o l xt m Mu mu ittcjiL pappr Publishers association convened nvestigations by government pnys- at Grove Park Inn at 10 0.clock. Tho Icians revealed the fact that Major , , , ,h h )k. Breese is seriously ill. He Is at present in the prison hospital Major Breese, after being tried three times in the United Dis trict court In connection with the failure fifteen years ago of the First National Bank of Asheville, was sen tenced last August to serve two years in the Federal penitentiary and be gan his term at once. He was brought to Asheville on a cot from his home In Brevard and was at the Swanna- noah-Berkley hotel. Judge James E. Boyd passed sentence upon him. Ma jor Breese was president of the First National Bank. The District court docket at Greensboro was not very heavy, Mr. Jordan said. Four men were convict ed under the Internal revenue laws and sent to the Atlanta prison, on to and expressing a willingness to apply the principle of the peace treaties to the case." "What was the change in the note?" Mr. Bryan was asked. "I cannot discuss that," he replied. It was suggested that the clause added to the note was that saying the United States would entertain any evi dence Germany might have that American officials had not thoroughly performed their duty in examining the Lusitania before her departure to see that she was not armed for offensive action. Mr. Bryan only smiled at the suggestion. Secretary Lansing also declined tJ discuss changes made In the note. The clause referred to follows: "If the Imperial government J-"uld deem itself to be in possession of con vincing evidence that the officials of the government of the United States did not perform these duties with thoroughness the government of thu United States sincerely hopes that U will submit that evidence tor consideration." The next term of Federal court in Asheville Is scheduled to convene August 2. ' STATIONERS TO MEET TOM Book and Stationery Men Will Hold Two Sesions Here Tuesday , Annapolis, Ma., June 14 That Rear Admiral Fullam, superintendent of the Naval academy, probably will be made a defendant In the proceedings before the court of Inquiry Investlgat 'In Irregularities In connection with namlnatlon papers, was Indicated by kte testimony. Presidents of three classes of mid hlpmeii gave practically the same tenUmony to the effect that at a confirence with the superintendent, fter seven midshipmen had been re commended by him for dismissal for cheating In examinations, Admiral FuJlam said If the navy department did not back him up In the matter of previous Investigation, he would k Inclined to resign. He further re marked that he would rather go to ' In command of a collier than stay Annppolls under tuch ( circum stances. There were four presidents. And a President-elect of the new first sliss Present at this conference. The thr.o ho were cross-examined Saturday by ounsel for the defendant midshipmen wncernlng this conference were En lirn Richard R. Adams, president, and "honor" man of th recently ffrsluat- d first cIbrs, who was the first witness o testify that he had heard the ad !"! ake the statemt nt attributed 'to him: Mldnhlnm.n II. Tl HrodffiOt. fern-Went of the former eeond elnss. "id n. n. ilolcombe, president of the w first class. . Captain Russell, president of the J'nrt, asked Uroadfoot Just tvfoi he 'ft the stand what took place wh-n rMortert at the office of 8up?rln len.lcnt Fuflnm prior to oomln to ""urt. Proadfoot snld he did not e jh superintendent, but his aide, U"U "j'wnt Mnnley. warned him that if ho !! d himself to become a lefe'id nt and accepted the counsel of the Prewiit defendants he woud assume h mutus of those defendants. Man Is Learning to Eat With Almost IS o Stomach Baltimore, June 14-Myer Caplan, a Newberry, S. C, merchant, who is In a local hospital, is learning unuer the direction of a trained nurse to eat virtually without a stomach. He came here two weeks ago to bo treat ed for tumo of the stomach, and sur geons, removed all but about two Inches of that organ, ' Mr. Caplan must eat standing, a spoonful at a time, and the eating of each meal consumes about two hours' time. Surgeons believe that the patient will live many years. VESSELS DESTTfDYEO BY HE Tendon. June 14. The Danleh whooner Katherlne and Coecos Mer- stal wre stopped by a auomarine which sent the crew of the Coesco M,.ttal aboard the Katherlne and then sot the former vessel on fire. The h arrived at the Firth of Forth. London, 11 lu Mine June I4.f-The British " ."Did lieutenant Manley discuss or attempt to discuss with you yonr tea- tlmony to nr givrn uriurs iuu vvm. runtntn Russell asked. t thia there was a negative reply. Reveral midshipmen have testified. i Nrn..-eiimlnatlon by counsel fo th. seven orlnlnal accused midship men. that Admiral Fullam hsd warn rd them not to bt iome associated wltn the seven defendants who are under arrvst. steamer Arndate of 358$ tons, gross register, has sunk as the result of striding a rulne In the White sea. The steamer Arndale was 840 feet long, 8 fet In beam and 23 feet deep. She was owned at Whitby. Presum ably, she was carrying a cargo to Archangel, the only Important Rus sian port on the Arctic ocean. S.G. CHAMBERS HOUSE BURNED Fire at Early Hour Destroyed $2,000 Home on Con este Stret New York Cotton. New Yor, June 14. Cotton futures opened steady: July, 9.40; October, 9.90; December 10.16; January 10.20. r w, r. ? t . i. - WW A TWER FORECAST .. CLOTOY AND COOLER. " H n t ? r. r n Tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the North Carolina Booksellers and Sta tioners' association will meet In an nual session at the Langren hotel. Another meeting will take place in the afternoon and the association will ad journ probably only a few hours lc- fore the State merchants convene a three days' convention, and some of the stationers will remain here for that meeting. An interesting program has been arranged and subjects of great im portance to the stationers will be dls cussed by men familiar H'ith the de taMs of the trade. Informal discus sions will follow the presentation of the various topics assigned. H. Taylor Rogers of Asheville is president of the association. Dispatch Refutes Report Of Villa's Rout at Leon G. M. BEEVES WILL EE OF L The board of county commissioners at a meeting held late Saturday after noon elected O. M. Reeves to be super intendent of the Reform school, to succeed Pick Penland, who-recently tendered his resignation. Mr. Reeves will assume his new duties today. . . The new superintendent wsa form erly an Instructor In the Leicester High school and Is a teacher of wide experience. Since leaving the school he has devoted much time to fmm'ig. which will be of great benefit t him at the school. . vl. Juares has reported that the courts will furnish evidence to the state de partment. The first official Information from American sources of the battle at Leon In which both Villa and Carrania claim victory has been received here. It refutes the report of "Villa's Washington. June 14 George Marx and 8. Franklin, the Americans under sentence of death In Mexico, charged with circulating counterfeit money are Th. ,.J,l,nin nf ft ftrara Plin mlrl - . i ..(! M, lTnttorl A ..V " - --oo HUIO 1 I U I It rAWULIUII UUtll viiiw at No. 70 Conester street, was totally i states government has time to lnvestl- destroyod by lire at 4:11 o'clock this Kate tnelr cases. Consul Edwards at morning. Air. cnamDors ana nis wife were not at home at the time of the tire, having gone to Beech, yes terday afternoon for a visit. The night watchman at the winy an sanitarium llrut discovered tne lire and he aroused several neighbors who were forced to break down the kitchen door to the house beforethey could gain an entrance. The fire had gained such headway that It wua found Impossible to save anything other than a sideboard from the kitchen and a few dishes that were on the table, the household goods all being destroyed. The residence was almost a total wTeck before It was ever discovered ami bv the time the firemen were notified It was Impossible, to auive any pert of the building. . The fire men arrived on the scene soon after the alarm was turned In arul finding that the house waa a wreck devoted thnlr efforts mainly to saving the out- buildings and the other' houses near by. Tho loss of the residence le placed at about 11,000. but It Is nf known whether or not there wee an Insur ance carried on It Mr Chambers Is route and says his army Is at Liberia where It has a large quantity of cap tured supplies, and that CarranJia's forces are too weak to advance. Dis patches also confirm Villa's claim of victory at Hlluo and add that In the later battle at Leon he, retained all the supplies taken In the former fight The retirement of Villa from Leon to Liberia, the dispatch sajaywas bo cause a flank movement by Carranza troops made Its occupation untenable. The dispatches Indicate that both leaders are gathering forces for an other battle . Villa Willing to Help Form Union In Mexico El Paso, Texas, June 14. General Villa in a note to President Wilson ex presses willingness to "Institute a new union of all Mexicans to work together to Insure the triumph of revolutionary principles, especially the agrarian problem and the extonslon of Instruo tlon to the poor." Another note prepared by Villa was dispatched to Carranxa asking him to Mexican sons for his action: First, that un less the constltutlonallste reorganize the government the clentlfloos will again take control; and second, that unless conditions are. Improved the United Htales will Ihtervent. He re quests an early reply. nit From Carrania. Washington, June 14. Oeneral Carranxa has Issued a proclamation at Vera Crus making a bid for recognl- airree to a conference of lenders to "unite and reorganise.' The well known In he city, being con- note said tnai tne projfcvt.a nan nn uon ny inn i n nm.. hii i,w it,, n.tn.11 Mnin M.m. 1 nlaned before Zanata and Oursa. Consul Wlllman tins telegraphed the panjr on Penland street Tllla's Invitation points out two re- text to the state department. history of the organization and the delegates all express much enthusiasm over the prospects for the present meeting. President W. T. Anderson of the Macon Telegragfi called the meeting to order this morning and Commis sioner of Public Safety D. Hiden Ram- i sey delivered the address of welcome ., on the part of the City of Asheville. n He was responded to by J. J. Smith 1 of the Birmingham Ledger.- ; Following this Secretary W. M. v Clemens of the Mobile Item read tha minutes of the last meeting, whieh i was held in Atlanta In. Slarch of last t year. Then the roll was called and it . !: was found uiut twenty-one newspapers - . !:: were represented, with several men present from the same paper in many instances. ... Most of the delegates arrived her 1' last night and this morning, with a tew more to come In during the day. : :, i Not only are newspaper men here by , the score but representatives of allied trades, type-setting machines, presses, printers' supplies, trade publications and advertising agents, are here In larse numbers. . The association Is the largest and strongest of any organization of a sim ilar nature In the south and the mem bership, while being more or less lim ited, is still growing each year, thero now being a large number of tho leading newspapers of the south as members. An interesting feature of the first I day of the convention will be the din ner tonight at Grove Park Inn, whieh ' j will be given the delegates by Fred L. 1 Seely, manager of the Inn and former owner or tne Atlanta jvursmu. xniw dinner promises to be an elaborate af fair and any number of toasts ana short addresses will be made by the ; visiting brethren. At the dinner tonight guests o! honor will be Governor Locke CraliT and Congressman James J. BritU Each of these gentlemen will make addresses to the newspapermen during1 the banquet. Today's Program. The program for this afternoon and tomorrow Is as follows: Address by J. Wilbur Corman, of iN. W. Aver and son. , . , Discussion. ' Question box. Adjournment. Automobile rido given by The Citi zen and The Gazette-News. Tuosduy, 10 a, in. Topics for discussion, opened by members, followed by general debate. Recess for lunch. Tuesday, 2 p. m. Topics for discussion. . ..i Repofcs of committees. General business. Election of officers. Selection of place of meeting. Adjournment. I Hide through Biltmore estate ten dered by local papers. Commissioner Ramsey said: Wa Asheville people are often called upon to uso fhat time-worn word, wel come." In fact, we press It Into serv- Ice so frequently that we sometimes , wish that some phrase-smith would coin a new word carrying tho same i spirit of cordiality to save us from I the literary sin of word-repetltton. I But In the poverty of words we must i fall back upon the old Anglo-Saxon vehlclo of expressing the sincerity of I our hospitality. We do welcome you, : gentlemen of the Southern Publishers' association, with a welcome that la peculiarly sincere, and heartfelt. Wo are truly glad to see you, to shako your hand and to furnish the go- i graphical background for your most Interesting deliberations. You are tho substantial leaders of tTent profession In a section that Is dear to all of us. You represent the brains snd resources of southern journalism you represent the capital and business sagacity which Is bodied forth In the gTeat southern newspa pers. , To me the romance of the new south Is the romance of Journalism. Is , the romance of a new public opinion created and directed through a Jour nalism which U alike sane and alert The old south with Its leisurely digni ty was very largely moulded hy oratory, but the south of the last 69 year has looked to the nevere-pore for the food for It publle opiuioa. I (Continued on race I.) I
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