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THE GAZETTE-NEWS ' jjgg the Associated Press Berrloe. It K In Every Respect Complete. VOL. XX NO. Ill, AHSEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS Mow. Governor S tCf M. . 7T7V TTV msomnenti (SflLWli.tS 1 ITS lYs n a " Imp TEUTONS SURE OF JBIG VIG TORY 1 i -if mi! T go CQniiaen ox xtuuug juem- berg That Kaiser la Pres ent for the Final . Triumph RUSSIANS MAY BE RESERVING; ACTIVITIES gome Believe Russians Are Fighting Rear Guard Actions and Saving Army ' Probably Intact. south of the city. It claims-as well that the Russians have been cleared from parts of the Dnelster to the south. The question England and her allies are asking is whether Grand Duke Nichols can emulate Joffre's tactics of last fall and check the Austro-Ger-mans at the gates of Lemberg. OpUr mists point out that the grand duke checked them almost at the gates of Warsaw Just as General J off re stop ped the Germans before Paris and Field Marshal Sir John French stop ped them before Ypres, Dunkirk and Calais. It Is argued further that even should Lemberg f c '' the Russians can drop back to e! y formidable positions. utilizing the ..vers and swamps, and It is the British contention that they thus could hold out for months, England and France in the meantime sending to their aid men and munitions If nec- essary. : ' ' I Whether Russia has sufficient am- FRANK IS SPIRITED OUT OF ATLANTA 15 AFTtRNaOH HIS HIVE Taken to Prison Farm Before Commutation of Sen tence Was Announccd-Governor Slaton Says He Would Have Been Murderer By Allowing Frank to Be Hang. Former Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan Will Be Guests at Grove Park Inn HEMTH "-HELPED " BY EUIl American Medical Hears Re- ports on Instruction of Public in Matters of ; Disease Prevention . . ' London, June zi. JLiie an nouncement that Emperor Wil liam had assumed sumpreme command of the military opera tions in Galicia, indicates a 'complete German confidence in final victory in the assault on Lemberg, now regarded so near 'at hand that the generals who during the past two months have battered their way across the province wish the emperor to be present for the culmina tion triumphs. Some of the claims of the 'Austro-Germans are still to be substantiated, but there is no question but that they have won important new victories west and north of the Galician capital, and that the Austro Germnn advance is still prog ressing through the Grodek line west of Lemberg. It is is questioned if anyth ing so vital as the flight of the Russians, as indicated in the Vienna reports, or a perilous ironic in the Itusian front has Recurred. Some British experts believe the Russians arc tight insr rear truard actions while withdrawing their armies prac tically intact, and suggest that either the Russians have no in tentions of defending Lemberg to the last or that they have prepared their main defense linos on positions which have not yet been reached by the Germans. "With 'less than 20 miles separating tho Auitro Gennan forces from Lpmberg those points must son be eluci dated. French and German Recounts of the operations in the west fhow their usual di vergence, but detailed reports from Paris satisfy British ob servers that the French are mnliing such advances ns wil shortly permit more active op erations in the sections occu pied by the British troops, Aftir sven weeks' battering serosa G.llcla. during which the Russians have been thrown back more than 150 niles, the Austro-Germnn now are as lo to Lemberg as were the Germans J Tarls last fall, Never perhaps since fore the battle of the Marne have 'lit Teutonlo allies appeared so con Went of success. Having failed In Uw'r original slan of crushing Franc a then turning to Russia, they have versd the order of their strategy. 4 now, Judging by the expenditure t life and ammunition In Oallcla, ny have Dinned their whole faith on Jraljrting the Russian army to permit n ethrowlng of a tremendous weight "n and metal Into the west, there tier to break through the Franeo P'JJ'sh line or foroe an Interminable Mrlod of sanruinarv warfare. L A fllpatch from Copenhagen says me German emperor himself h.n rn wpreme comsnand of the Oall Pn CamnaJn. uiaMlMhtlir tile head nartere In Bilest m near the front f praotioable. lleenKii . u . n . in i mm, m uvniwa vkv;im vw. Pnleatlon records the further prog. PS ef the liiitMJlMmiii fnri'.a to. j munition to meet the present strain Is I a question which cannot be answered in Jngiana, uiinuugn uie ixinuun pa pers characterizes the situation In Ga licia as "Russian's supreme emergen cy" and public Interest is centered In that theater notwithstanding the hard fighting In progress along the western front. The sound of guns Is audible at Lemberg, and possibly this week will see the culmination of one of the most interesting phases of the war. wnjouiis of . OLEOiUlE LiS Manufacturers Have Defraud ed Government of $27, 000,000, McAdoo Says Washington, June 21. How viola tors of the oleomargarine law .nave defrauded the government out of al leat t27.000.00 due In stamps and special taxes was revealed by Secre tary McAdoo In a statement based on preliminary report on a sweeping in vesication conducted by Commission er Osborn of the international revenue bureau. Frauds committed as long ago as 1902. immediately after the enactment of the law. have been uncovered. The commissioner began his Inquiry some months ago and since then unpaid ta-.os aggregating $951,000 have been recovered and deposited In the treas ury "with the pronpect of further very large collections." Forty-two viola tors of the law have been convicted since the first of January and twenty- nine of these have been gjven prison sentences. Fines aggregating $148,000 have been assessed, in addition to the recoveries actually made and the an nouncement declares the Investigation will be continued. The announcement shows that since 1902 more than 200.000.uuu pounas of colored oleomargarine have been manufactured and fraudulently sold as uncolored. ORDERED TO WAR ZONE. GOT "SICK Oulfoort. Miss.. June 21 Reposing In the King's Doughters' Hospital here ! more Dleanant than duty on a ves sel destined for the war lone. Is the opinion of the sailors on the British teamshln Richmond, taking on a cor- go of crosstloe for the Lintea King flnm. Rut so far none has been ame to ner the Institution because the ex mlnlna- physician has not been able m discover that anything Is the mat ter with them. Not only has the ship's physician been consulted by tnese sea men with a view of going to the hos- nital. hut they have sougnt neip io this end from other physicians and to no purpose. CAT CAME BACK AND THEY'RE FRIENDS rhimn. June 11 Friendly rela tione between Mrs. Alice Cousins and Mrs. C. P. CarpMr w" 11VM CTOm .v.. . have been resumed ran, Cousins fO""d Mrs. Carpenter's Per .iun rat end rave It a home last No vember. Mrs. Carpenter did not find out where the cat was until a tew days ago. Then Mrs. Cousins demand ed $16 "cat board." Mrs. Carpenter offered IS and had Mrs. Cousins ar rested when she refused the smaller sum. Mrs. Cousins was released when her neighbor announced: "All le adjusted." ' THE WEATHER n ruoninLv khowkrs. t . Atlanta, Ga., June 21. Leo M. Frank's sentence this morn ing was commuted to life im prisonment by Governor Sla ton. Frank was taken secretly to the state prison farm at Mil ledgeville. Frank was to be hanged here tomorrow for the murder of Mary Phagan in April, 1913. Governor Slaton was still at his country home this morning when he announced his decision by telephone to the Associated Press. In his announcement the governor dictated the fol lowing brief statement: "All that I ask is that the people of Georgia read the statement of my reasons for commuting the sentence of Leo M. Frank from death to life im pnsonment betore tney pass judgment. Feeling as I do about the case, I would be a murderer if I allowed this man to hang. It may mean that I must live in obscurity for the rest of my days, but I had rath er be plowing in a field than to feel for the rest of my life that I had his blood on my hands." Governor Slaton is complet ing a lengthy statement giving the reasons for his action and he said this would be made public later. Early extra editions of the newspapers stated unofficially that Frank's sentence had been commuted, and early in the day crowds began to gather on the principal streets. The ar rest of a man who attempted to dismount a policeman by grabbing the reins of his horse stirred the crowd to excitement at Forsyth and Walton streets. The people followed the officer to the city hall a block away where the prisoner was taken, pending the arrival of a patrol wagon. A speaker started to har angue tho crowd from the steps of the city hall, but was stop ped by an extra force of policemen. It was stated that a delega tion was coming from Marietta, Ga., the home of Mary Phagan. Frank's removal' from jail was carefully planned and tho officers were able to elude newspapermen and others who miirht have recognized the ff ' prisoner. Leaving the jail by a rear door shortly before midnight tho party went to the station in an automobile ant a deputy purchased tickets to Macon Frank was not handenffed and did not wear tho heavy spec taclos he usually wears. A black slouched hat was pulled down over his face.' The few persona at tho railway station failed to recognize him and it (Continued on Page Three) K I BIBLE CONFERENCE IS If 1 ifi- ..fe l?V ' ifil i Church Workers Haer Stirring addresses By Prominent Preachers and Teachers MR. BRYAN GOES TO N .Y. WEDNESDAY Mrs. Bryan Will Remain Here Until Her Husband's Re turnWill Speak at Madison Square SIXTY-SITH ANNUAL MEETING OPENS T0DAY"j Reports Show That Muclx Progress Has Been Made By People in Kunowledge of Health Measures im El g t 5 RUSSIAN MUNITIONS. s S . ' - ! t Toklo, June 21. Advices from S Vladivostok say that munitions l for the Russian army are arriv- S 5 lng at that port in great quantl- st ? ties. Russia has placed rush or- H t ders in the United States for cars kg t to transport the supplies to the ? ? front. S t S CANADA!. C The Summer Bible conference at the First Baptist church resumed its ses sions this morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Arch C. Cree of Atlanta made his final appearance before the conference at that hour. At 3 o'clock this afternoon Rev. Dr. Prince M. Burroughs will de liver another address in the series on "Winning to Christ." The preachers of the conference will gather at 1 o'clock. Rev. J. C. Owen of Ashevillo being the principal speaker. Mrs. W. H. Woodall will lead the woman's meeting at the same hour. At 7:15 o'clock this evening Rev. Dr. "Bur roughs wil continue tho series of ad dresses on "The Roctrlne of Our Faith." An hour later Rev. Dr. Mil lard A. Jenkins of West Ashevllle will address the conference. Rev. Dr. Len G. Broughton of Knos ville, who was expected to arrive to day, win not reach the city until to morrow. Rev. Dr. Broughton Is on the program to deliver an Illustrated lecture on "The European War as It Affects the United States." Large audiences yesterday attended the sessions of the conference beln conducted at the First Baptist church in this city. Church workers and Sunday school leaders of that denomi nation from all sections of western North Carolina were here to listen to the splendid addresses and sermons on the program for Sunday. Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock Rev. Dr. Burroughs made a talk to the primary and Intermediate depart ments of the Sunday school and as a result more than 70 asked for prayer, WRECKED BY 1 Attempts Also Made to Blow Up the Armory at Windsor, 40nt. Windsor, Ontario, Junfc. SI. The overall factory of the Peabody com pany, Limited, located at Walkerville, suburb of this city, wts portically wrecked by a bomb explosion last night The company Is said to have Just completed an order of 105,000 British unifmnr.c. Shortly after the explosion at the factory 27 sticks of dynamite were found under the rear of the Windsor armory, attached to a time fuse, which was set to explode at 3:15 a. m., but which had burned out. It was said that 200 men slept In the armory last night and had the dynamite exploded the whole building would have been wrecked. At 11 n'iilftf!? T)nv Ti Arch f1 CrMi addressed the morning session of the he attended and addressed Bible conference. At 3 o'clock Dr. Burroughs contin ued his series of addresses on "Win ning to Christ." In the afternoon at 4 o'clock President Edwin M. Potent of Furman university delivered a splen did address before a large mass meet ing on "Lessons From the European War." The day's program closed vith a lecture by Dr. Burroughs on "The Doctrines of Our Faith" at the night service. Saturday evening Rev. Dr. Cree ad dressed the street meeting held under the auspices of the Bible conference and the local post of the Sa'lvatlon Army Rev. Dr. Calvin B. Waller opened the meeting and the Salvation army furnished the music. Rev. Dr. Cree appealed to his hearers to llvo Christian, consecrated lives and many asked for prayer. Mr. and Mrs. William Jenntnes Bryan wil arrive here this afternoon at 2:40 o'clock from Washington and will be guests at Grove Park Inn, dur ing their stay in the city. According to an Associated Press dispatch re ceived today Mr. Bryan will return to Washington and New York on next Wednesday and on Thursday will de liver an address at a peace demon stration to be held at Madison Square garden. It was stated here this morn ing, however, by a close friend of Mr. Bryan's that nothing definite had been arranged Jn regard to the MadiBon Square speech and that Mr. Etja'i would not know perhaps until tomor row Just what he wil'l do In regard to the matter. Mrs. Bryan will remain here, if Mr. Bryan returns to New York, until ho returns here. Their plans In regard to the stay in Asheville are rather uncer tain just yet. it is stated, although Mr. Bryan, in an interview with a Ga- zette-News reporter at his home In Washington last Thursday stated posi tively that Ashevllle would be visited often by members of his family and that he considered this city one of tlv! ver ybest places In the country. Hs referred to a new home he proposes to build on Sunset mountain and said that he hoped to be able soon to give some time to It and get the work started. Since resigning from the cabinet several weeks ago, Mr. Bryan has been at his Washington home, with the ex ception of last Saturday night when a huoro mass meeting or lanonng people nr New York. This was his first address since he resigned as secm-tary of state and people generally in ti sections if the country were much Interested In knowing Just what he would say at that time. Mr. Bryan comes here now to secure a much needed rest and he will nn doubt, as he has done In the past, take j waiKS along me mountain iraiw np;irjor throve rarH inn anu enjoy me uwmuie here. San Francisco, June SI. Numer-'v ous activities in v '.llch the American Medical association Is engaged, par ticularly in the line of. educating the public for tho preservation of health, were reported upon at the opening session today of the sixty-dxth an-' nual meeting of the association. j Dr. Victor C. Yaughan, of Ann Harbor, Mich., dean of the medical! department of the University of Mich-j lean, is yresiueni or mo association ( and presided today at the meeting lnj win exposition memorial auuiionum. Dr. Henry B. Favill of Chicago, who presented the report of the'. council on health and public instruc-l tion, said that during the, past yearV the council had continued the devel-f opment of its program which includes1 a thorough investigation of present public health conditions In the United States, the education of the public by every possible means, In order that the people may understand the enor mous advane.es in scientific medical knowledge during the last generation for the prevention of disease and the prolongation of human life. He re ported that Dr. Charles V. Chapln, commissioner of health of Provi dence, R. I., had as the special rep resentative of the council,' Visited and Inspected the boards of health, in all of the states and had prepared; a report ns the basis of standardizing and classifying their work. He said a. similar study of federal and municipal health activities were being planned. An Important "get-together" move ment was Indicated In the report on the centrnl committee on the publloj henlth organization, whtqft has made1 a survey of 44 different national or ionizations working on public health: subjerts, duplicating effort, wastlnsji money and labor and conflicting ln-j funetlons. It was said a union meet-l v ME ALLISON ESGAPES FB3M IREDELL JfIL WARDER'S WIFE KILLED; NEGRO TRUSTY SUSPECT Jollet, 111., June 21. Joseph Camp bell, a negro "trusty" at the peniten tiary. Is being held In solitary confine ment pending an Investigation Into the murder of Mrs, Edmund M. Allen, wife of the prison warden, whose body was found lust night In a blazing bed. Campbell was convicted In Chicago five years ago and irlven an Indeter minate sentence of fronl one year to life. He was chosen as the personal servant of the Aliens under the honor system. He Is thought to have been the last person to have seen Mrs. Allen alive. Police believe that Mrs. Allen was burned to death, although her skull was fractured. . - , DIED IT EftST SPENCER W. H. Deaver, formerly of Ashe ville. but more recently of Washing ton, D. C.,' died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. J. U. Orr, In East Spencer, June 13. Mr. Deaver was a union veteran Mr. Deaver was "69 years old and leaves a wife and five crown child ren. Man Sentenced to Die July 9 Suceeds in Making His Escape. NO TRICE FOUND OF ANCIENT JEWELS STOLEN Ban Francisco, June tl. No truce has been found of the several ancient Egyptian scarabs, diamonds, emeralds and other rare Jewels, valued at (It 000, which were stolen from the arts and crafts section of the varied In dustries palace of the Pannma-Pa- elfin exposition Katurday night. The articles are the property of Edgar Perera of Now York. Governor Locke Craig, who Is at ills summer headquarters at the Bat tery Park hotel, lost night received a letter from his prlvato secretary. Col. J. P. Kerr, stating that Abo Allison, under sentonce of death for crl'nlnal assault, had escaped from the Iredell county Jail at Statesvlllo. Allison was sentenced to be executed on July 9, and It is understood that his lawyers were preparing to appeal to Governor Craig for commutation of sentence. Colonel Kerr's letter gave no details of the escape. ing of all the orgnn'zntlons interest tiA wna hnlri, nlqnnnil fni 101ft with a view to uniting as many of there! organizations as possible In a single! strong nntionnl orcranl'.atlon. Regarding public educational work the council reported that the speak ers' bureau had furnished speakers 1H1 public meetings during the veer nn1 that the bureau of litera ture hnd printed nearly 300,000 pam phlets en differont public health sub 1ecs, Including a campaign of edu cation for mothers on how to save ba' les. and on the minimum sanitary rr nn!rTnT!t for rural schools. The educational work of the asso rljHnn regnrdlne frnnfls In pstent tnrcllelne find the Interest shown hv th public were reported as having ste-dllv Increnod, and the work which the council usrtertoox some ten i iyenr nco In o'evntlnr the standard of reimirenient" for medical education was snlrt to hsve been ro successful! that the conditions which were out-; lined In the first reiinrt a decade ago ns Ideal, have now become a renjltr. ' There were, however, a number of further advances to be recommended.! smong which were reforms In meth-i ,i o' of clinical instruction in mwicu colleges. j The secretin' of the association, ' Tr. Alexander U. Craig, of Chicago, 1 reported that thfl membership h"d Inorex'ed from 74,235 In 1914 to 76,- AAA . V, I v-u mm yt-or. , NEW YOK COTTON". New York. June 1. Cotton futures op-ncd steady: .Tirtv, 9.44: October, , 9.R7: December, 10.13; January 10.19: March, 10.42. , Kansas City Warned to Get Ready for Floods Kansas Clt, Mo., June 19.-The weather burexu warned the residents of the east and west bottom of Kan sas City, today to move Immediately from the fire to second floors of the homs and to be prepared for a flood. Reports from the storm swept sec tions of Missouri, Kansas and Okla homa continue to tell of property i damage and narrow escapes from I small tornadoes but the death list ef! 19 has not been Increased. I Lemberg, bom to the nortb and K It H H K V
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