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THE GAZETTE-NEWS Has the Associated Press Service, It ts in Every Ketpect Complete. THE HOME PAPER Of Ashevllle and Western K. C. "A paper In the home Is worth thousand In the highway." Marshall Field. VOL. XX NQ. 116. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 26, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS N h ALLIES AWAIT ANOTHER BIG DRIVE BY GERMANS GO TO CONFER WITHCARRANZA ATLANTA FEARS MILL MEN TO M TODAY MOB i '' Either Warsaw, Paris or Calais ; May ,Be .Objective Big Guns Being Sent to Warsaw Front. GERMANS ACTIVE IN THE ARGONNE REGION Italians Consolidating Position Along Isonzo River Turks Suffer Great, Losses v On Gallipoli. La 1 1 L. W I IIIIBI TO BE TRACED State Takes Steps to Have Dr. Eliot Tell Why Thaw Left Harvard Before Fin ishing Course. UP THE OPTION Mayor Was Authorized By City Board Yesterday to Buy Watershed. Authorities Take Precauti to Prevent Injury to-,-,-' ernor Slaton Quits Office. arge Attendance at Final Ses- '-' v. ,sion of Association Auto mobile Ride and Con cert Final Events. LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN CAPITAL New York, June 26. Interest In the Harry K. Thaw sanity trial was divid ed yesterday between court proceed ings here and the application of the state for the appointment of a com mission to learn from Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus "of Harvard university, why Thaw left the institu tion in 1890 without completing his course. Deputy Attorney General Frank K. Cook, who Thursday asked Justice Hendrick to appoint the commission, expected that his application would be granted today, Why Thaw left Harvard has never been brought out during any of his former attempts to resaln hi? freedom. Yesterday was ninth anniversary of the killing of Stanford White, for which Thaw was acquitted on thi ground of Insanity. Deputy Attorney General Cook said that In addition to tracing the life of Thaw,, the tdalo expected to bring out all the facts in the life history of Eve lyn Xcsbit Thaw. Eefore calling his witnesses, the state attorney read to the Jury testi mony from the record of the first pre vious proceeding, bearing on Thaw's mental condition. -Thaw was described as a man who was perfectly rational and more kind, generous, charitable; a man of Ocrnians are 1riiJRiiig T)ig pns ;)nR nitrotiuced n the best social cir froni Esvson for the Warsaw jcies. ,11 is eulogists combed of a . , .T , ,. ., I dozen men and women he had met front. io great activity ... .i3jt,,irinff ojtr in -nw Harar-ehiJ. not oil on Hie minor fronts. hl, p? frt' MatteHWa" '"I , . ,.- .. . , . I sane asy!um. More than one. stated JIlO Italians Claim that tllOVj that .sentiment in New Hampshire was strongly In favor of Thaw. One, the wife of a well-to-do manu facturer of Manchester, N.- H., said that she- had entertained Thaw social ly at her home and had been glad to Introduce .her daughters to him. Thaw'sttnrneys expect to conclude their side of the case on Monday with the testimony of three alienists who have examined Thaw. London, June 26. "With breathless expectancy reflected frpiu the momentary pause on both fighting fronts in Europe, the British public is awaiting the next play in the war chess iranie. It is conceded that the next move is Germany's and that it will probably be against "Warsaw, Paris or Calais. German activity lias been re ported in the Argonne, which may indicate a drive toward Pari. ; The closing of the Bel gian frontier may mean the transfer o$ German veterans from the-'east Tor another at tempt on Calais and the Eng lish channel. There are reports that the Mayor J. E. Rankin was authorize ed by the city commissioners, at the meeting held yesterday afternoon, to close the option recently secured from the Bee Tree Lumber company for the additional watershed, before the expiration of the option. This means that bonds to the amount of $50,000, authorlz ed by the last leg islature, will be issued by the city commissioners, with which to pay for this additional watersh' .vhich will cost the city $30,000'. There will be added to the city's present watershed about 6,000 acres and it means ah increase, according to figures furnished, of 2,500,000 gal Ions of water daily under Rumors of Threats Against Slaton Result in Closing of Near-Beer Places Ex tra Police Force. Atlanta, June 26. Near-beer sa ISLE OF PALMS MAY BE NEXT ENTERTAINER TO MUCH Believed Berlin Note Will Go Long Way Toward Meet U. S. Demands. Prizes For Best Cotton Gar ments Worn By Members To Be Awarded This Afternoon. The Southern Textile association loons were closed heer today, the en- "J" J . " 7 , ,ST tne final rpkk nnn nf a a maot m- in Constitutionalist Represents v tivea Will Try to Frevail on First Chief to Take ; Conciliatory Stand. OFFICIALS ANXIOUS ABOUT MEXICO CITY) Berlin, via London, Juno 29 There are good prospects that the forthcoming German note to the Uni ted States will go a long way toward meeting .the American government's wishes regarding Germany's conduct of submarine warfare and making passenger traffic on the high seas safe. While it Is stated that submarine action against hostile merchantmen will not and cannot be abandoned en tirely, It is increasingly probable that Advices Concerning iflnitary? Situation at Mexican Capir tal Conflict Artillery ' ' Duel Is On. - like normal conditions while in the most severe drouth It Is stated that the supply will not be cut down to less than 1,500,000. The price of $30,000 set on the property by the owners, in the option given to Commissioner James- G. Rtlkeleather, is $3, ISO 1qr than was the sum offered by the last board of aldermen last April . ' for the same tract. tire night watch of police was held at j Ashevllle, The attendance on the pro-j the German note will embody some the station for extra duty, and theiceedings was large, the members ap- j proposals to exempt ships employed guard of militia still surrounded trelpenred in good spirits and many ex-! "'holly or principally in passenger anything home of Governor Slaton In efforts ry pressions of praise were heard for'ra'fc from submarine attack. the authorities to forestall today and j the entertainment afforded to the Such ships, it is said, of course, are consolidating their posi tions along the Ion.o, whil from the Dardanelles tome re ports of enormous Turkish lo-ses in the defense of the Gal lipoli peninsula from the at tacks of the allies. The question of munitions is still absorbing jmblic attention in Great Britain. The house of commons will be assured by Walter Runciman, president of the board of trade, that Great Britain has sufficient high ox plosives for her own use and that the country need have no concern over the food situation. The requirements for shells, however, is still admitted to be acute. Homo, June 24, via Paris, June 23. Gradual advance along the Isonzo river, with the occupation of Globna, North Plava and the edge of the plat eau between Sagrado and Mon-fah-onc by the Italian troops was announced in an official statement issued here tonight. WILSON ARRIVED I1T CORNISH, H. II. Enjoying; First Vacation Since '""Last Fall Large Crowds " at Stations. CIlflT f EXAGGERATED English Say Germans Had 50,- 000 Machine Guns at Start of the War. FURNITURE DEALERS SELECT ASHEVILLE Columbia, P. C, Juno 26. Election of olllcors and selection of a place for tne next annual convention were the Principal matters acted upon at the nnm RPMlon of the Southern retail Furniture association coiventlon hej, A'nevllte. N. C, was chosen as the convention place of 1916. Officers elected were: R. B. Chance iteidsvllle, N. C, president: T. F. Uilsm. Danville, Vs.. Mo president; a. uiimore, Charlottesville, Va., see- Wary, and W. I Rdl, Concord. N. C. treasurer. The program for the morning In eluded addresses bv Hi W. Tenk Rocky Mount, Va.: J. D. Rant. Amler- ". 8. C.i w. M. Waters, Florence, 8. C: S. P. Jones. Richmond. Vs.: 3. T. Bmathers, Ashevllle, N. C. and L W. "irkerson. Columbia. - After barbecue urfftnlshed business l "M transacted and a meeting of the ureetors was held. Greenfield, Mass., June 20. Presi dent Wilson began to enjoy in earnest his first vacation since lahl fall. Knroute for Cornish, N. H., tha president slept lute this morning and did not !rte the crowds which gathered at several of the stations to greet him. Later ut Springfield, Holyoke, Northampton a large group of stu dents from the Toronto university, on their way to a Y. M. C. A. conference, gathered about the car, gave college yells, mingled with calls for a speech. The president bowed his acknowledge ments. 'We are for peace with honor," shouted one man at Holyoke. "He are for you all the time." The party was due to reach Con .ah at 1 o cock this afternoon. nrltlsh Headquarters, France, June 2C. It Is almost Impossible to exag gerate the importance of the German strength In machine guns, which they use with the greatest skill and cour age. . They had a stock of 60,000 on hand at the beginning of the war, and have been keeping this supply replenished constantly from their arms factories. A favorite trick is to leave a ma chine gun or two hidden In a cellar or similar place of concealment untfi the enemy's advance has swept by and then open fire on the rear. The post of the men serving the gun Is of course hopeless, but they are fairly certain to sell their lives dearly, continuing to fire their gun to the last. As an Instance of the deadly swift ness of machine gun fire, it la stated that a man coming under the Are of one of these weapons and shoot through the head can be struck yet ten times more In the second or two that he takes to fall to the ground. PEEBLES TO BE TRIED HI 12 k It K it it n n it n ? ' 2 BOMBS KlIJi FIFTY. It " It J London, June IC." Pombt It JJ dropped by British aviator near H 4 rtoul.rs. Delirium, caused the ex- It 2 Pl"lon of a larrs ammunition H 2 dTot and killed fifty German It 2 "Mleni, any. a dispatch to th U 2 "ntrni Now agency from Rot- H -ii t Judge Spears Reynolds returned to Ashevllle yesterday afternoon from Sunburst where h was attorney for John H. Peebles, arrested hsre sev eral days ago on charge of having killed A. M. Bennett at Bunburst. Judge Reynolds states that Peebl was given a preliminary hearing be fore Magistrate t and held for Bu perlor court of Haywood county xm der a bond of f 800 which he readily made. The case against Peebles, who Is station agent at Punburst. Is set for trial at Waynesvllle on July 1IM tonight any demonstration in protest against the commutation of the death sentence of Leo M.. Frank to life Im prisonment. The term of Governor Slaton, who extended clemency to Frank exired tit noon, and large numbers or persons. had come to the city for the Inaugura tion of Nat E. Harris, the new gov ernor. Persistent rumors circulated here to the effect that persons Incensed again.r:t Gov. Slaton, because of his action In commuting Leo M. Frank's death sen tence to life imprisonment, contem plated acts of violence against the gov ernor today, resulted In extensive pre cautionary measures on the part of state, county and city officials iast niRht. . Mayor Woodward, through the pollca department, ordered all near-beer Si loons to remain closed throughout Sat urday and ajHo directed that a larne number of -special ponce me a bertKld In readiness for possible disorder. County officials have taken steps t3 re-enforce the constabulary. Nothing had transpired early today to make the precautions of the au thorities necessary. The business section of the city was patrolled by a double watch of police, and forty mounted police wcro sent to the capi tal. To all outward appearances the city was normal. Mr. Harris stated that the guard at Governor Slaton's home would be doubled tonight and would be. kept there until In the opinion of the ad jutant general all danger of violence had passed. visitors as well as for the climate and would be subject to stoppage and ex- scenery of this city It was ordered by the convention that a committee of three from each state be appointed to confer with the officials of textile schools throughout the south in regard to better equip ment for theso schools in order that more efficient textile workers may be turned out by them. The association extended a rising amination by submarines In accord ance with the practice In vogue prior to the present war and to cap ture if carrying contraband, but the regular rules of the prize law, parti cularly regarding the safety of pas sengers and crews, wou'.d be ob served. It is hoped here that such a solu tion will satisfy the requirements of vote of thanks to David Clark of : President Wilson's note. It Is hoped WOULD PUT NASHVILLE D.S. IHUL HIDSHIPHEI :c." Seek to Remove "Grave Sus picion" Resting on Them, By Statement. Annapolis, Md., June 26. Because they feel that the "public has not had cleurly their attitude, and that stand clearly their attitude, and that grave suspicion Is resting upon them that their whole code of morals Is on trial," the members of the regiment of midshipmen have Issued a "declara tion of principles" In connection with the examinations scandal at the Naval academy. The paper was filed with Superln tendent Fullam and, with that olllcer's reply, was posted aboard all of the ships of the practice squadron. Decrying the necessity for making such a statement and taking the stand that such declarations of honor and patriotism ordinarily are looked upon as affectation coming from ofllcer of the navy, the document says It be comes necessary because the "public seems Inclined to believe that such principles are no longer held at the academy." After referring to the oath of a mid shipman to sacrifice all to patriotism and honor, the 'statement says that "no dishonest practice, where knowl edge of such practice has been had by the members of the corps, ever has been tolerated In the regiment of midshipmen," Suit Filed Folowing Arrest of Treasurer for Fraudulent Breach of Trust. Charlotte, editor of the Southern Tex tile l'.plletln for his activities in re gard to child labor legislation. Mr. Clark addressed the convention brief ly, thanking the memoers for the sentiment expressed and urging them to unite for efforts against laws like the Palmer-Owen child labor bill. Mr. Clark especially called attention to the Importance of obeying the pres ent laws regulating conditions of the cotton milling Industry. The'iirngr amof: addresses for to day Is as follows: Address of C. W. McSwaln, textile instructor of Clemson college; ad dress of R. M. Holiday of the Lowe Manufacturing company, Huntsvlllo, Ma.; subject:"Why a Finisher." Ad dress of Colonel II. P. Meikelham, agent Massachusetts cotton mills, Ltnsdale, Ga.; subject, "Clean up the Village." Address of Joe E. Brendel, Huntsville, Ala.; subject. "What the Textile Industry has Done for the South." Address of T. H. Rennie, president of the Pell City cotton mills; subject, "Observations of the Textile association and Its Work." . The election of officers, the award ing of prizes to the men and women wearing the best cotton garments at the convention and the selection of the next place of meeting will take place today. There Is a strong senti ment In favor of Isle of Falms as the next annunl convention city. This afternoon the members of the association will b the guests of the board of trade and tho nutomoblle owners of the city on a trip to Over look mountain. The final social fea ture of tho convention will be a con cert In the "big room" at Grove Park Inn for the association arranged by F. Ij. Seely, proprietor of the Inn. A few of the visitors will leave for their homes this afternoon, but the majority of them will remain until tomorrow or Monday. Quite a number are expected' to spend a vacation of several days here and expected here among those who are working for a friendly settlement of the situation between Germany and the TTnited States that the United States would see that such passenger ships were not used to transport am munition and guns nor lend them selves to attacks upon submarines. IE IN VARSITY BICE Nashville, Tenn., Juno 26. City Treasurer Charles Myers was arrested here last night on a warrant sworn Mon rPtrnnB to thHr hornM, uui vy . uy v unipiniiim uni on, wuu YpStordlly AfUTnoon. c iia to uio vnu 11 null uiir 111. breach of trust in that he has col lected large sums of Interest from banks on city deposits which have never been properly credited to the city. Suit to throw the city Into the hands of receivers was filed late yes terday. The suit to throw the city Into the hands of receivers was filed by Comp troller Hums and others Rgalnst the mayor, members of the city commls slon, the treasurer and the surety company on their bonds. The petition seeks to recover for the city money which. It l chnrged, has been. Ille gally spent, misappropriated sad otherwise wasted by city officials. The bill also seeks to enjoin further Altered waste of tho city's money by officials. Kltltltltltltltltlt THE WEATHER H FAIR, It t . It DUTCH STEAMER HITS MINE AND GOES DOWN JOgro Woman ITcM. Deputy Sheriffs C. O. tannins; and I .ut her Revls this morning arrested Minnie Perry, alias Jordan, alias Holly, colored, on charges of com mitting assault with Intent to kill In Chilton county, Alabama. The wo man was located In the laundry at the Ashevllle school where she had been hiding. She will be held here pending word from the Alabama off! clals. London, June It. A Stockholm dispatch says tho Netherlands steam er Ceres, from Amsterdam for Lulea, Swsden, has. been sunk by a mine were seriously Injured ItltltKltltIt!! H H It DISASTROVB TOUXADO It It t- H It Red CUff, Alberta. Juno M.r- H A tornado here did damage est I- It it mated at ir.oo.000 last night No It It Uvea we r lost, but twelve people H near Hoderhamn, In the Oulf, of, Bolh- The nssoclntlon adopted resolution endorsing the foreign policy of Presi dent Woodrow Wilson nnd pledging him the support of the association. At the close ofjjils address on "The Relation of the Treasurer to tho Other Officials of the Corporation," Captain Allison A. Smyth, president of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' association, was presented with a life membership In tho Southern Textile Association. Captain Smyth Is one of the beet known cotton manufacturers of the south and the Textile associa tion In this way put on record Its es teem for the man and Its recognition of his services to the Industry. Following the president's annual nd dress W. R. Lynch of Spray, managvr of the department of welfare nnd health, of the Spray Mills, delivered on address on welfare work In cotton mill centers. Mr. Lynch Is a former resi dent of this city and a brother of S. A. Lynch of Ashevllle, The speuker sketched the evolution of opinion among cotton mill owners from a somewhat autocratic policy In the early days to the modern sense of re sponsibility for the health of the em ployed and the general welfare of tho community. In creating departments to have charge of these activities th mill men have followed tho pioneer work of the United States Hteel com pany and tho Standard Oil company, suld Mr. Lynch. On adjournment, the members of the association posed for a photograph on the roof garden, Peiton & lllgguson having been named as the official con vention photographers. Two hours lstT th pictures were being distrib uted. J.atcr In the afternoon many of th visitors went for a drive through the l'lltmore estate and lost night , was New Tendon, June Z.6. Tale won the second varsity eight mile race by the third of a length in the first event of the annual Inter-varslty crew races with Harvard, on the Thames course yesterday. The oflclal time was: Yale 10.40; Harvard, 10:43. The Yale men led from start to finish, though Har vard made a game rally during the last quarter of a mile. For the first time in many years Yale university crews swept the river in the annual dual regatta with Har vard, nnd tonight Kll alumni and un dergraduates are cheering their three erewseand Coach Guy Nlekalls, until the din is deafening. Notwithstanding delays due to rough wnter and ac cidents the English-coached eights of the nine fought for victory from early forenoon until dark, defeating In turn the Crimson, junior, 'varsity and freshman eights. That the T'.lue had a crew of partic ular power and finish Is shown In the figures of the four-mile race where the Yale onrsmen set their own pace and in so doing established a new up stream record of twenty minutes, fifty- two seconds, beating the time made by the Yale eight of 190 7 by eighteen seconds. The time of both crews In today's race, by miles, follows; One mile Yale, 4:40; Harvard, 4:4.r). Two miles Yale, 10:05; Harvard, 10:14. Three miles Yale, 15:27; Harvard, 15:59. Four miles Yale, 20:52; Harvard, 21:1314. Washington, June 26. Charlea Xc Douglas and Eliseo Arrendondo, rep-J resentatives here of General Carranza, left today for Vera Cruz to confer with the "first chief." It Is understood that their object Is to acquaint Car ranza with the viewpoint of the Amer- lean government as outlined recently! Dy the president In his statement toH the leaders of the Mexican warring) factions, demanding the early restora tion of peace. It Is also understood that the Car-j ranza representatives will endeavor1 to bring about a reconciliation betwssn the constitutionalist leader and tho Vllla-Zapata factions. It Is believed they will tell him that he must adopt a more conciliatory attitude toward his opponents before he can hope for the moral support of the American. government. Attention in connection with the) Mexican situation is turned today to Mexico City and the anxiety of officials here is increased by the report that I General Gonzales, the Carranza com mander, and the Villa-Zapata forces' are engaged In an artillery duel for the possession the capital, with tele-- graphic communication cut oft and famine conditions growing, .h'obbo.. . ir, . Advices concerning the mllifay t R- -uation at Mexico City are conflicting, j State department dispatches today' contained nothing definite on the re-) ported Occupation of Mexioo City but 1 announced Carranza's guaranty of. protection for non-combatants In case of fight there. , General Villa has sent a message. 1 dated yesterday at Aguas Calientes and received at the Villa agency here ; today which says that the reported j occupation of Aguas Calientes by the Carranzaistas is absurd and that his operations are progressing favorably. ! Unrest In Yucatan. - I Reports of continued unrest at Yucatan have caused the navy de partment to Instruct Rear Admiral Caperton with the cruiser Washington, to call at Progreso on his way to Cape I Hatien. The Washington should reach the Yucatan port tonight, and af r an Investigation of the situation. will proceed to Cape Ilatlen, but will probably not reach that port before Thursdaj'. WHRhtnfrton .Turin 9ft AiTnmtiTilr-' Hon with Mexico City has been cut oft since June IS, when General Gonzales. Carranza commander cut the wires to Vera Cruz at At umbra, 25 miles east! of the capital. Consular advices from Vera Cruz stated that the wires were, still down and it was Improbable' that' communication would be restored be- fore the Carrastza forces entered then capital. Vera Cruz dispatches to the Carran ra agency Insisted that General Oon zales was delaying his occupation ofi the city In order to save It the horrors' of attack, and that he had been orJ dered to exhaust every means to ln- duce Villa and Zapata forces to with-i draw without resistance. 1 C. E, Rates, an American arrested DAMAGE BI QUAKES NOT EXCEED SIM El Centro, Cal., Juno 25. Despite additional tremors which occurred Host night the moss meeting of 6,000 citizens who considered the work of rehabilitating the cities of the Im perlal valley, decided to continue the construction of new buildings. The re building of wrecked and damaged structures Is progressing without out side aid. It Is now estimated that the at Caborea, Sonora. charged with Im porting Curranza currency into Villa! territory, has been ordered brought! to Negates, where Consul Slinplch re ported today he expected to obtain his release. PENSION BOARD WILL MEET HEBE JULY 8: Owing to the order made by tha board of county commissioners Betting; aside Monday July 5, as a' holiday, It Is announced that the Runcombe county pension board will not moot until Julv A. The nenntnn Knnpit imu-' total damage caused by earthquakes,,,, on (hs flrilt Mot)(1ay. n and fires In the district will not ex ceed $500,000 SIX KILLED IN COLLISION THURMONT, Thnrmnnt, Md., June 25. fix peo pie were killed and 12 were more or less seriously wounded when the lflue Mountain express and the fast mall train of the Western Maryland rall- glven up to pleasure and recreatkn. 'on1 "asnmi "".in. over I mil iei nign, over twrn cmtn, a iiw July, which would lie the fifth. It is urged that all old soldier end wldov.ii of soldiers who had planned I to appear before the board next1 month to remember that ths meeting has been changed to July (, y HKXKltltltltie( It t COMMIT IIARI KARI 1 H K Tokto, June 21. Major Maka- H s. Jlma and Captain Hashimoto. H, K Jnpanese officers lighting with H It ths Russians at I mberg, com- V It mltted hart kart. when the Gall- H clan capital Ml. awordlni to sj advices from lHrograd. ".. It 5RKRnj.KHtljL ' ,uJL .(ConUnuod on pas 1), a jrailos ,wet of hart last nlelit, nJt r, olAt Xhs crow, wore sivnl,
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