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GAZETTE-NEWS -ffIl A i ff A A 4 A? - THE HOME PAPER Of AshevUle and Western S. C "A paper In the home la worth ft thousand In the highway." Marshall Field. . . . i . I VOL, XX NO. 109 ASHEVILLE, N. 0 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 18, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS BRYAN URGES MEDIATION TO END EUROPEAN WAR Most Delightful Spot On Earth Says Former Sec. Bryan, of Asheville J. TVTmM TTa VwAVIABBO jo prevent. wu. o iivuot- Universal Extension of Invea -tigating Commission .In Peace Treaties. ' DECLARES BIG NATIONS CAN'T BE EXTERMINATED Bays U. S. Could Offer to Medi- .te Again and Again, or Some Other Neutral Might Make Offer (By Porker Anderson). "Washington, June 18. William Jennings Bryan, former secretary of state, will leave here early next week for Ashevllle where he hopes he may be able to spend the major part 01 me summer roaming about his land recently acquired on ' Sunset mountain. The commoner will be ac companied by Mrs. Bryan .and per haps one of their daughters. Sitting on his front porch today with a pile of papers, The Greens- NEWS FROM STATEJPIl Collector Bailey Asks People of State to Assist in Destruc tion of Illicit ' Distilleries. THE PEAGE LFKUE boro News being the one that gave him the most delight, Mr. Bryan told The Gazette-News correspondent how glad he was that he could announce that he had finally decided to go to Ashevllle next week. He declared the Nortll Carolina resort city to be the most "delightful fepot on earth." Mr. Bryan is not sure how much time he will be able to spend at Ashe vllle. He has decided,, however, that Ashevllle Is to be on hie permanent Itinerary, and therefore, he may be expected to bea frequent visitor. URAISES ACTIVITY OF ; HIS REVENUE FORCE G Ml R DN SCHEDULE IN '.don Takes Up Plan of Sx-President Taf t for Preservation of Peace of World Woihlngton, June 18. Former sec retary Bryan, in the third and con cludiner section of his statement on ths "Causeless War." issued today, suggests mediation as a "way out." As t preventative of war he proposes the universal extension of the Investiga tion commission in nis peace treaty plan. "Mediation," Mr. Bryan says, "Is the means provided by international agree ment through which the benigerent nations can be brougnt into conier ence. In time the investigation of all disputes will provide a means by fchlch future wars can be averted. "Cultivation of international mena- ihlp is a means which can be used by my who desire to see war rooted out." In eleborating nis pian ior restor ing peace, Mr. Bryan says tne neur.rac nations in advocating peace should ervstalllze the sentiment ror peace I Into a coercive force and offer to me diate jointly or severally; that the warring nations should Join in tne treaties providing for investigation by a permanent commission of every dis pute that may arise, no matter wnit (t. rhuracter or nature: and that orld wide education and cultivation f thCspUJirf brotherhood - among nations be undertaken as the final taslc of advocates of peace. "Great nations cannot be exter minated." declares Mr. Bryan. "The predictions made at the beginning of the war have not been fulfilled. Great Britain did not destroy the German fleet In a month. The Germans did not take Paris within two months: arid the Russians did not eat Christmas dinner in Berlin. But even if they ! could be exterminated It would be Caperton W ants Larger Forces at VeraCruz Washington, Juno 18. Francisco Lados Chazaro, tho latest president of the Villa-Zapottt coalition govern ment, today replied to President Wil son's' Mexican statement by challeng ing the consistency of the president's declaration with his much discussed Indianapolis speech. President Wilson had served notice on tho faction leaders that If they could not accommodate their differ ences the United States would be con strained os Mexico's next friend, to help Mexico save herself and serve her people. '.'. Washington, June 18. me iooq situation at Vera Cruz is becoming so desperate that Rear Admiral Cap- FOUR BASIC ARTICLES BEFORE CONVENTION Secretary of State Warns Auto mobile Owners About Se curing Licenses ; Other State News erton fears food riots and has pro posed to the navy department that warships be used to transport re lief Riinnlles and to increase his forces. 1 For the present, however, navy de partment officials have decided not to increase the American forces there and will continue sending supplies by transport. viral Howard, commanding the c fleet, with the Chattanooga, .; t'crta and Colorado, in going on a relief expedition to the Yaqul vaney, acted on his own initiative. When Admiral Howard arrives at Tobarl hnv five American warships will be off Guaymas for any eventuality. I M PSUS DF LUSITIira Vienna Reports Russian Con centration Position Has Fallen Into Hands of Austro-Germans. 5 These Include Submission of International Disputes to Tribunal and World Po lice Force Warneford and Needham - Die In Aeroplane Paris, nald A. trlmo acalnst civilization which no nation or group of nations could af ford to commit. , "When wfll peace be restored?" "Any time now If the participants are really weary of war and are ready for It to end. If any nation is not rep.dv, let the ruler olthat nation state clearly, distinctly and definitely the considerations under which he will a&ree to prace; then if an agreement ii not reached the blame for the con tinuance of the war will be on those ho make unusual demands." In his proposal for mediation, Mr. j Bryan points out that The Hague con vention expressly declared that the offer to mediate was not to be consid ered an unfriendly act, and added that the duty of offering to mediate may Iffm to rest primarily with the United State? as the largest neurtal nation j and the one most Intimately bound by ties of Mood to the belligerents. "The United State did make an offer to mediate Immediately after tho twinning of the war, but why not Main and again until our offers are accepted?" "nut our own act or failure to ant need not deter any other neutral na tion from acting. It la not a time to tand on ceremony. If any other wuntry for any reason. It does not matter what. Is In a better position than we to tender Its good offices, It hould not delay a moment." To assure permanent peace Mr. Bryan urged his plan of Investigating treaties be adopted by the warring nations. . 'Treaties such as these protect the lace of the United States. Such trea ties gives one year's time for lnvestl- uon and report and who doubts that year would be sufficient to reach an mleahie solution of almost every dlf-Icylty? "Does any one suppose that the Present war would have begun If on Jwr had been given to Investigating um disputes botween Austria and Ser tor June 18. Lieutenant Regl J. Warneford, who gained fame recently by blowing to pieces a Zeppelin over Belgium, was killed yesterday by the fall of an aeroplane at Buc, France. Lieutenant Warneford was piloting tho machine, which had as a passen ger Henry Beach Needham, the Am erican writer, who was also killed. Lieutenant Warneford and Need ham fell from a height of BOO feet. Tho lieutenant had been spending a . in Paris, where he came af ter his Zeppelin exploit to receive his decoration of the legion of honor According to a report received in Paris, the accident resulted from an explosion in mid-air which -Lieutenant Warneford to lose control, tho machine crashing to earth. Needham's body was i.iv.. English hospital In Trianon Palace, Versailles. He had been In Europe about four months acting as corres' pondent of magazines and a New York newspaper. He had received permis sion from the military authorities to make a fllcht in order to get mate rial for a story. His wife, who alsl is a writer, accompanied him during the early part of his trip abroad. She sailed for America six weens ago. World-Wide Kenown. Reginald A. J. Warneford, a young Canadian sub-lieutenant in the Royal navy, suddenly acquired woria-wme renown by destroying a Zeppelin over nnlirlnm on June 7. this being the first time on record that a Zeppelin had been wrecked by an aviator in an aeroplane. By a brilliant flight. Lieutenant Warneford obtained a po sition above the Zeppelin and dropped bombs on It. The dirigible crashed to the ground and burned up. The twenty-eight men in the crew were killed. MAYOR IPH GRAIN CONTRACTS IN , GERMANY MADE VOID 15 FISHI Mayor Rankin Elected 1st V- Pres Eighth Annual Meet ing Closed at Battery Park This Morning Kingston Selected Over Ra leigh as the Next Meeting Place of Mayors of This State .. .l.Minn of offlceis nd tht on of Klntn " the next meeting place. the eighth annua eon "nOon o'f the Carolina Munldpal m '""" -pk ho..i for two at tne uv", - treasurer b keDt separate and filled by two fembers of this association. The duties of the secretary 10 do 10 keep the records and the correspond ence of the association. To report all assessments to the treasurer and to Issue warrants upon him for all the necessary expenditure of the associa tion, keeping vouchers for the same. The duties of the treasurer snail be to safely keep all monies that may come Into his possession and pay out of the same only upon a warrant drawn by the secretary and counter signed by the president of the associa tion. Both of the above officials to be bonded In the mim of $600 each. The cost of said bonds to be paid by the association. Mayor T. Murphy o'f Greens City Commissioners. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh. June 18. Collector J. W. Bailey, who issued a call to the people of the state recently to assist the gov ernment in the destruction of the il licit distilleries talks . of the service that his men have rendered and lusti fies himself In the defense which he made recently In Washington result ing In the retention of all his disputes on the government payroll. He refers to the recent federal court here which resulted in 82 penitentiary sentences and thre jail terms. Besides these were almost Innumerable small er cases settled by fine. The records were all broken by this Atlanta prison Jam. The vast majority of the con victB are old whiskey criminals, Incor rlglbles whom Bailey's deputies caught after hard work. When th edepartment concluded that the Raleigh collector had an over plus, about five were in seats of anx iety. Collector Bailey convinced the commissioner that North Carolina had no excess of deputies. He was backed by a strong Raleigh sentiment which readily testifies that Bailey's deputies are not furniture polishers and do more work than even the government exacts. The Raleigh office has r.-t.o loaf err Raleigh Insists,! : And the res toration to the service of the several deputies, though temporary, will be made permanent if Raleigh people can make It so. Warning to Autolsts. In the office of the secretary of state yesterday the chief clerk had re ceived not more than one third of the new license applications by automobile owners and th emonth is well more than half gone. These blanks have been sent out to all owners of machines, the ortlce says, and the year begins anew July 1. De lay in applying for reglscratlon until the last few days of June will result In great congestion both In the post- office and in the secretary of state's ornce. More than that, It Is said that appli cants who figure in this vast delay and congestion will be without the use of their machines until the department can catch up with the work and re store the numbers. It will be the d Jty of all officers to arrest any person af ter July I who runs his machine with out displaying the new number. The department calls upon the 16.- 000 owners to send their applications In at once for the double protection and convenience that punctuality will give. Chairman Travis of the corporation commission ruled for the att'.rnjy general upon the time for levying county taxes In North Carolina" Mr. Travis holds that there are two days upon which county commission ers may levy taxes. The acts of tho last general assembly did not nullify this provision of tho 1911 'aw. More than 200 children are atrenil lng the Raleigh summer school which !s making It possible for the go5.1 stu dents to complete a grade during the term, for the dellnguentd to make good and to obvlato a portion of tho congestion which the Raleigh schools only suffer. It Is. the biggest attend ance that a summer school has yet de veloped here. FRENCH ARE FIGHTING ALONG WIDE FRONT Ti QUIT BOATS Witnesses Testify They Were' Ordered to Leave Boats v After Securing: Places Philadelphia, June 18. A "League to Enforce Peace, American Branch1 was formed here yesterday, the object of which is to promote ihe creation of a league of nations with a view to preventing wars, or at least, to les sen the possibilities or armed con flict. Violent Attacks Have Means Many Small Advances Vosges Again Figures In Activity ORDERS TO FILL BOATS WERE COUNTERMANDEr , Other Witnesses Testify to Absence of Life Belts on Deck During the the Voyage m The Aus- Galicia London, June 18. The court of In quiry into the loss of the Lusitanla holds a short session today to take evidence as to whether Captain Turn er fully observed the admiralty warn ings, the public hearings vera enn- The city commissioners at the meet lng yesterday afternoon took under consideration the matter of separating ths benches on Pack square for use by white and colored people. It is likely that one-half the square will be set aside for the white people anil one-half for the colored people. Very few matters of Importance were brought uo at yesterday's meeting, al though the usual routine business was transacted by the city board. A board of plumbing examiners was appointed as follows: J. I Enocn. chairman; D. Ledbctter and Leo Bugg. B'rlln, June II. The federal coun U has declared void a'.l contracts of affecting ths 115 harvests of T, wheat, stelt. barley, oats and rude sugar, so far as these contracts fU for fulfillment after August II. Th order Indicates that these corn allies will remain under control of h empire until the end of the war. CHlCAfin T-rvinrmnc. Chleaio, June II. Hogs, slow; re- "ipia li nnn i.ii inn '"I DIES I01T.4R. Puttie, itronu; receipt 1.000. Ka- Pl wp: receipt 7,000. Bheep boro was eiecieu , i-t vice j. E. Rankin of Ashevllle P;l,lenti Mayor James L. Johnson of Raleigh, second vice Mavor C. O. Amnem vice president; Mayor t. u. tv.r-v- of Charlotte lounn dent; Mayor Oibbs of Fmuwiiie. fifth vice president and Mayor Turn ace of Dunn sixth vine president. O. " A .t SUM- P. Shell of Dunn was reim:iu - ...t.rv nr the fourtn time, jm um of treasurer was creeieu - Fred I. Sutton of Kingston wum nw- ed to It . ... ivk.u.i h eonsnrvaiion oi u KnnrM helnc one of tho most lm nortant duties of any organisation. it i. fcunihv resolved. City News EX- PASSED LIST NIGHT One of State's Most Prominent Men Once Minister To Brazil Philadelphia, June 18. Men dls-1 tlneuishei in many walks of life gath ered in historic Independence hall In a conference to consider pro posals for a league of peace and to decide on steps to obtain the support of public opinion nnd the government. The meeting was called by the na tional provisional committee, which Includes well known publicists, educa tors, editors and economists and was presided over by former President Taft. The plan is largely the Idea of the former president and is under stood to have the personal, though un official endorsement of President Wil son. Mr. Taft outlined the purposes of the conference and declared he be lieved firmly that a league of peace could be formed which would enable the nations to avoid war by furnishing a practlcle means for settling interna tional quarrels' or to suspend them until the blind heat of passion had cooled. 'i ' w:-a.ifHil Four articles, agreed to by the na tional provisional committee as a basis for international peace agreements, were presented. First: All justiciable questions aris ing between signatory powers which are not settled by negotiation to be submitted to a judicial tribunal, for hearing and Judgment on their merits or any issuos as to the Justiciablesness of questions. Second: AH non-justlclable ques Hons arising between signatory powers and not settled by negotiation to be uhmltted to a council of conslllation for hearing, consideration and recom mendation. Third: The signatory power3 Joint ly to use military force to prevent any of the number going to war or from committing acts of hostility against another signatory before any question arising shall be submitted as provided in the foregoing. Four: Conferences shall be held between the signatory powers from Imo to time to formulate and codify the rules of international law, which unless some signatory signifies desire to withdraw within a stated period shall thereafter govern In the decis ions of the Judicial tribunal mentioned n article one. . John Rates Clark of Columbia unl ersity told the delegates that the de mnnd for such a league was universal but the opinion prevailed that the prospects of securing even that were doubtful. Edward A. Fllene. who addressed the conference as a representative of the chamber of commerce of the Uni ted States said he did not think the world could do without army and na val force but he believed Americans had It within their power to organlzo forces which would be greater than either of these by the exertion of eco nomic pressure through financial and eomferclal boycott on any nation go- ng to war without submitting its dis pute to Judgment and Inquiry. William H. Taft was elected per. manent president and a long list of representative American citizens were named ss permanent vice presidents. A permanent executive committee al so was selected. The conference was not an assemb lage of what one participant termed "pur epeace".men, but a gathering of those who for the most part believe In trying to bring about peace even though they have to use force. London, June 18.-tro-German forces' are advancing on the sdlPrlnlo ! eluded yesterday. xiie speea ot tne Lusitanla at the Magistrate B. I Lyda yesterdsy af ternoon found probable cause In the case against Tom McClellan, colored. arrested several weeks ago on charges ofshaullng liquor In his automoblio in violating of the law and was held for Buperior court under a bond of $100. H J THE WEATHER r.urrLY clocdy. Kltlt Raleigh. N. C, June It. Thomas J, Jarvls, seventy-nine years old on the 18th ot last January, died last night at his home at Greenville after being 111 for some months. He was one of North Carolina's most prominent men, governor of the state 1171 to 188S; United States mln Ister to 11 rail I 18S6-"8; United States senator 1094-6, having been elected to (111 the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Zobulon B, Vance. He had been speaker of the house and lieutenant governor previous to his eli-ctlon as governor and until very lately continued the practice of law In which he held high place. lis serv. ed In the confederate army rising from private to captain, but his right arm being shattered in battle, ne was com Dolled to leave the service In IBM He is survived by his widow, for merly Miss Mary Woodson. The fun era! will be held Sunday, .. . made by General Mackensen. i Vienna clainis that part of the heavily fortified Grodek region where the Russians were con centrating, has fallen into Teu ton hands. Petrograd does not admit this, but says that Rus sian forces had gathered there for the defense of Lemberg. In a long review of the recent operations, the Russian war office today admits frequent re quirements of the Russian at tacks left the Austro-German forces so exhausted that their opponents were often unable to reassume the offensive. The French are still fighting on a wide front, with the name of the Vosges figuring in the official communications, after a period of comparative quiet there. Two days of hard fighting have meant many small ad vances for the French with re puses of part of the German counter attacks. Paris reports that in the Ar ras region alone the Germans used eleven divisions of men which suffered heavily. A sig nificant phase of the operations is the small number of prison ers taken by either side. There is no definite news from the Dardanelles which readied London, but the sud den drop in Russian exchanges indicate that the bankers eith er have received intimations of important successes or have some other reason for their op- time tho torpedo hit her occupied the court's attention in the afternoon. Re Plying to a question by Baron Mersey as to whether the vessel's speed had ' anything to do with the catastrophe, A. C. Edwards, M. P.. reDresentlna the seamen's union, said it was ob vious that if a zig-zagging course was an element of safety, as the admir alty's expert had testified, then the captain and owners of the steamer "showed grave culpability." Mr. Edwards also usserted that the evidence disclosed that the company was economising in the consumption of coal. As Captain Turner was hold ing the ship to a straight . course at a speed of 18 knots, he said, it was easy for a submarine to take its prop er position, 'whereas if the VeMeTfcad- been zig-zaggLig it would have been difficult, If not Impossible, to tell where the ship would pass. The only other question on which Paron Mersey desired light was the statement of D. A. Thomas, the coal ' operator, that whtc, the first and second class passengers were calm and the stewards and stewardesses were brave and helpful, the steerage passengers were in confusion and members of the crew were mainly In terested in saving themselves, giving a general appearance of lack of dis cipline. London, June 18. Investigation In to the sinking of the Lusitanla wa resumed yesterday under direction of Baron Mersey. Sir Edward Carson, at torney general, expressed conviction that a second submarine was lying In wait for the Lusitania off the port side, at the time the vessel was tor- peooed. Sir Edward made this statement In reply to an argument put forward by Baron Mersey, who said he thought a mistake had been made by Seaman O'Neill, one of the witnesses before ;the court, who testified that he had seen tne wasn oi a torpedo passing the stern of the Lusitania from port to starboard side Immediately after the liner had been hit on the starboard Ulde. I O'Neill was formerly In the navy and i was positive that he recognized the wash of the torpedo, although he did not see the submarine which fired It from the port side. O'Neill's testimony was corroborat ed by another seaman witness, who tCHtifled that he saw the wash of two torpedoes from the starboard side rnmlnir In a narulU M1A until IhA timistic Views ill regard to the! almost reached the u-ssel, when they prospect of the straits bdnff fa ''nptnln Turner of the Lusitanla was recalled to the stand and was asked why the collapsible boats had not been freed from their checks when the vesstl entered the danger zone. Captain Turner replied that he fear ed the boats would slide about when I the ship listed and sweep passenger soon opened to the allies. Bulgarit continue to express uneasy neutrality by negotiat ing with both sides. XEW YOUK STOCKS New York, June II. Leading stocks showned no pronounced changes at the opening of the market today, but reacted very generally before the end of the first half hour. United States Steel was the only leader which mani fested any activity at the outset. Initial ales Including blocks of -,000 1,400 and 1,000 at a gain of S to 6-8. War shares were dull with a few one point gains. Coppers Teflected price redurtlon reported over night Minor specialties were Irregular. Cuban Sugar broke three points after opening at a gain of 1 1-2. Berlin. June 17. The Rus sians have abandoneu their po- '"" ,nve fa- He imitted that som- . . 1 boats had been strapped on top ot sitions nonn 01 rieniawn on the San river and have retreat ed into Russian Poland, ac cording to an official state ment made at Germany army headquarters today. NEW YORK COTTON. New York, June 18. Cotton fu tures opened steed y: July 1. 10; Oc tober 'Ml: December 10.11; January 10.14; March IM. . Berlin, June 17, via. Sayville According to an Overseas News agency disixitch a decis ive battle is in progress all along tho Russian front. "German forces on the Raw ka river (in central Russian- Poland, west of Warsaw) have now taken tho offensive," the agency announcement states. The German foattw line in Poland, Galicia and Bukowinn is 1100 kilometers (C82 miles) long. Tho Germans and Aus trians are attacking in decisive battle and big results are ex- .pected. others. When asked by Baron Mersey as to whothor the Increase In the number of small boats on liners since the Ti Unio dlwster had been ot any ad. vantage, ho answered that he did not think so. Chief Steward Jones declared he had not seen any lifeboats upon the decks of the Lusitanla after the liner had left New York. Chief Carpenter Robertson said the condition of the lifeboats was good when the Lusitanla left New York. There was evidence that Staff Cap tain Anderson had countermanded the order Captain Turner had given previously to get the women and chil dren into the bouts. A nufber of wit nesses testified that they pot Into honts and had to leave them later on the order of Captain Anderson. There were no life belts on dock during the voyage wss the testimony of Bertram Jenkins of New York. He aid he had remarked several times to passengers on tho absence of life belts. A woman witness also told the ronrt thnt she had been unable to find a life belt. Another witness said he hsd helped to launch a life boat full of women and children, unassist ed by any of the crew, but that the boat leaked so badly that It sank to ft few minutes. That the' offices of KoereUry and nimbi I.HQtJl. ft
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