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A A THE GAZETTE-NEWS Has Uie Associated Press Service. It la In Every Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulations. THE HOME PAPER Of Asbevllle and Western N. O. "A paper In the home la worth thousand in the highway." Marshall Field. I yOLUMNE XX, NO. 125 ASHEVILLE N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS No More, if Hnrit wriHrir CUNARD STEAMSHIP TO BE BLOWN UP TODAY BY DYNAMITE, SAID F.HOLT Snicide Reported to Have Writ-, ' ten Wife Saxonia or Phil . adelphla Would Be Destroyed July 7 .. . WARNING BY WIRELESS GIVEN TWO STEAMERS Strenuous Efforts Being Made I to Ascertain if Holt Placed ; , Dynamite on One of I 1 . the Steamers New .York, July 7. Frank Holt, who attempted to assas sinate J. P. Morgan and who . placed a bomb in the national oapitoL planned to destroy the trans-atlantio liners Saxonia and Philadelphia with dyna mite, which he is believed to have placed aboard the vessels before they sailed from New York July 3. Holt bo advised his wife in a letter addressed f to her at Dallas, Texas. This letter, Police Commissioner Woods announced today, was taken by Mrs. Holt and her fa ther to a former governor of Texas, who communicated with! Major; Pullman, head of the Washington-police, and he at i once transmitted the informa- I tion to the United States naval , department. V. 'v-V ' ! Warmnes by wireless ; were ; sent broadcast over the Atlan - tic from wireless stations on the eastern seaborad, advising the Saxonia and Philadelphia to steer toward each other. Commissioner Woods also announced' that the navy de partment had sent a fast cruis er after the liners.- The Phil adelphia was reached by wire-. less and replied, saying that , everything aboard had been I identified and that all was well At both the Cunard line and American line offices it was said that it would be virtually j impossible for anyone to pass J the many lines of guards at the pier and place an explosive on the vessels. The Cunard line I has six lines of guards for the protection of its vessels while they are at pier. , In the letter to his wife Holt advised her to watch the news papers of Wednesday, July (today) and told her she would we by them just what he had done. "Steamers leaving July , 3 will be destroyed ' in inid- ocean by an explosion," Holt is quoted as saying in the let ter. ' Glen Cove, N. Y., July 7 Extraordinary efforts are being made by wireless, it is reported here, to determine whether portion of the 100 pounds of dy namite sent by Frank IIolt to Syossett, L. I., is aboard the Cunard liner Saxonia, which left New York for Liverpool July 3. ' It is reported that nolt had written to his wife that the Saxonia was to be destroyed to day by an explosion. In the letter Holt is reported to have written his wife, he is laid to have asserted that eith er the Saxonia or the Philadel phia was to be destroyed by an explosion on July 7. .' The announcement that such i letter Led been written was made by one of the men who (Continued on page S) Berlin Is Seeking to ' Clarify the Before Replying to U.S. Ambassador Gerard Submits Information of Berlin's Views on Submarine Warfare, but Washington Has Not Yet Re plied No New Negotiations Entered Upon. Washington, July 7. Secretary of State Lansing Mated yesterday d la patches had been receive i from Am bassador Gerard at Berlin giving- in formation of views of the German government on . submarine warfare but that this government had not replied. While declining to divulge the eon- tents of the dispatch Secretary Lan sing let it be known that' the pro posals contained in It were similar to those already discussed In Berlin press dispatches Indicating a desire to clarify the situation before mak ing a formal answer. Mr.' Lansing said, nowever," tnere had been no exchange of views as yet and that no new t negotiations' had been ' entered into by the American government' Mr. Gerard's dispatch was forward ed to President Wilson at Cornish, N. H., and the president , will decide what instructions will be given to the ambassador in answering inquiries of Berlin officials. After careful examination of the contents of the proposed note as out lined by Ambassador Gerard, which coincides with Borlln press dispatches of the last few a days, high off) Mils are practically agreed that the united States cannot, without sacrificing Im portant neutral rights express its ap proval of the German proposals in their present form. " ' ; '"' r The draft was shown to Ambassador Gerard with the idea of eliciting from him an expression of opinion, and he promptly asked for instructions trim Washington as to whether the United States could make concession. - - Just what Germany proposed has not been officially divulged. , Secretary Lansing took the position that it would not, be proper for him to disclose Ger many's position as informally rep rt9d by Mr. Gerard without authorisation from the Berlin, government ; From Berlin dispatches and author itative sources here it is learned that the note as drafted by the German foreign office with Emperor William's Evelyn N. Thaw Still Says She Will Not Testify New York, July 7. Evelyn Kesbit Thaw, summoned by the state to tes tify against her husband, Harry K. Thaw In the Jury proceedings to de termine his sanity, reached New Tork from her camp at Chaptaugay Lake, near Malone yesterday. Mrs. Thaw an nounced that she would stand on her constitutional right and refuse to take the stand. Deputy Attorney General Cook as serted that as the hearing ia a civil proceeding the court could direct Mrs. Thaw to testify and he would ask the court to so direct . Mrs, Thaw's appearance did not bear out reports that she is suffering from nervous prostration. She looked extremely welL - ' Mrs. Evelyn Nesbtt Thaw, who cams to New Tork in answer to a Chicago Union Official ; Shot, Result of Strike Chicago, July ?. Charles H. John son, secretary and treasurer of the Brick Makers' Union, was shot twice below the heart when he answered a ring of his door bell yesterday. Physi cians state that the wounds will prob ably prove fatal The assailant, whom Mr. Johnston failed to recnnnlse, made Casualty List of 2000 in AlUDay 'Mexican Battle Laredo, Tex., July T. 1 hundred Carransa troops ware killed in an all day battle Monday during' a fruitless attempt to take Paredon. a Villa stronghold, about to miles northwest of Monterey, according to reports, Eighteen thousand men are said to have been enr4 ' with total casu alties on both siilna of 1,000. Carran ta troops were reinforced and have renewed the attack. , Carranxa oXScWa ia Nuavo XArsAo Situation subsequent approval would give assur ances that Americans might travel with safety as to high seas on oert-un conditions Imposed by Germany, 'such as the marking of belligerent vessels carrying Americans, notification by tho United -States to Germany of the (.'ate of departure and character of . such vessels and an inspection insuring their non-carriage of munitions of war. ,- .-, ' ;,- -; Whether the president does or does not Anally decide to have Ambassador Gerard tell the German government informally the views of the United States on the rough draft submitted, it was clearly apparent that lmp.r.a.-it changes , would be necessary in Ger many's attitude before it could be tea sonably hoped that the formal reply would remove : from the negotiations the critical aspect they have assumed. The situation was not regarded by any means as hopeless because it was believed in well informed quarters that the mere fact of submitting to Ambassador Gerard a tentative draft of the German reply could be con structed as meaning that Germany might make further change If the position of the United States . was found to be unalterable. Such Information as has leaked out concerning Germany's proposals indi cates. .that the .Berlin government is prepared to recede to an extent from her position with refereno- to passed ger- vessels, but . la incline! . to,plac many restrictions upon their balling. BRITISH GOVERNMENT j TAKES OVER SALE OF I V i INTOXICATING DRINKS ' London, - July 7. Under powers conferred by the Defense of the Realm act the British government has by an order in council decided to take over control of the sale and supply of in toxicating . liquors In many . districts where war material Is being handled. subpoena to testify ' against her hus band, Harry K. Thaw, in the proceed ings to detessnlne his sanity, returned to her camp at Chateau gay Lake, last night without having appeared " in court. Just before she left Mrs. Thaw issued this statement: "I came to New Tork in answer to a subpoena issued by the Supreme court but no woman wishes to testify aalnst her husband. I brought, with me a doctors certificate showing that I am not in a fit condition to under go the ordeal of testifying again. . I had no intention of offending Judge Hendrick when I issued my statement at the camp. "I dq not want Harry to go back to that hell on earth Matteawan but 1 do think that some kind of restraint should be placed on him. I am going back to the camp to forget it all." , his escape. ' ' Police attribute the shooting to la bor 'troubles. Brick makers - were thrown out of employment as ths re sult of ths action of the construction material Interests, when they refused to deliver building supplies untlr the strike of 11,000 carpenters Is settled. admitted tnat their forces near. Villa Oarcla, midway between Pared on and Monterey, retreated Monday after a sanguinary battle with VllVa troops, but asserted that the retreat was or dered for strategic reasons and to await - reinforcements, Unconfirmed reports last night stated that another battle was fought yesterday near Paredon, the Carran sa forces having been reinforced by several thousand ueas RUSSIA CLAIMS MBS IE BEEN CHECKED Petrograd Says Austro -Hunga rian Forces Have Been Completely Halted in So. Poland CLAIMS CONTRADICTED . .BY VIENNA REPORT Quiet Prevails on Rest of East- . ern Front-Italians Con tinue Heavy Batten ing Tactics London, July 7. Petrograd claims that a distinct check has been inflicted on . the Austro Hungarian troops near Krasnik in Southern ' Russian Poland, where the invaders are threat ening one" of jthe most impor tant railway connections with Warsaw. This claim is directly contra dicted by a Vienna official statement, which says the Rus sians suffered a defeat in that region. Russian and Austro German reports agree that qui- tet prevaijs along the rest of the eastern fjbnt, where the Aus-tro-Germaris" for the rf ist ""tune in several , weeks have ceased making claims" to their daily successes'. . ; ', -: v The Italians are keeping up their heavy battering tactics against the Austrians along the Isonzo. Vienna reports partic ularly fierce but, fruitless at tacks between Gorizia and the sea. . ' - Rumors continue to reach London from many scattering sources of a great German of fensive in the west with Calais on the English channel as their objective, but he actual reports from thifar theater tell of no more than usual activity. General Sir, Lin Hamilton's report of the ritish landing at the Dardanelles has caused much comment. - The ritish press expresses great pride in the achievements of the allied troops but the expressions are not unmixed with criticism of the strategy Which dictated the p 1 v i 1 MM a campaign. .Lord JNortncuiie's newspapers are particularly strong in their denunciation of the tactics which led to such fearful slaughter. The Times describes the naval dash, pre vious to the landing of troops, as a "naval Bajaklava," and denounces the whole operation,! characterizing it as "unforgiv able bungling."' LTERRZ ARRESTED FDR DEHIH OF S. Eillll New Orleans; July I. Local police today expected Instructions from the federal authorities to deliver tnto thslr custody Procopln Maras, a for mer Huerta army officer, said to have been an aids de camp on the staff of General Emlllano Quirol . Gomes. Merat was arrested, early today, after ths police had received an anonymous note alleging that Moras . had con feased to the writer that be was re sponsible for the death of Scott Hur- well, an American executed In Mexl oo about a year ago. The writer of the unsigned note, Manuel Enhaverna, a Mexican, who was located by detec llvee, supplemented the written chart's with the, .direct statement. according t t' nolle that Meres bsd admitted to him in confidence re rentJljrlth my soldier killed thenom, ncar bM Monday. FnRFRTP S U 111 tl 1 A? Summer Conference, State For estry Association, Opened Last Night Reception ' Tendered Delegates. INTERESTING PROGRAM - ARRANGED FOR TODAY Addresses by Prominent Speak ers-State Forester Holmes and Dr. Coker to Conduct F'ft,..i PamVOa I The dav's nroeram at the summer 9 IV II I m m m m m confereriCH of the North Caroiinalcordl,, messengers who arrived Forestry association began this morn-lrrom Mexico City. They reported that ing at 10:30 o'clock with Nathan iH apparently .is Carranza's purpose to O'Berry, president of the organ.zation starve the Zapata garrison into sub in the chair. The lust speaker, Dr. .mission. Zapata's troops within the W. C. Coker, professor of Botany at'clty nevertheless, have been inatruct the University of North Carolina, tie- ed to keeP out the Carranza .forces lh-ered an interesting lecture on -Our 1 operating under General Pablo Gon Mountain Shrubs." izales at all costs. All of those of the At 11:20 o'clock the conference'400-000 Population who are regarded was called to order for the informal ,as ab,e t0 flht have called up- discusslon of many topics connected ion to belp. ' t with the association's work.- "Women's ! rranza's Inability to take the city Chios and Foresti-v." waa d iacusSBtf h v ! a week ago has resulted in the de- Mrs. T. W. Lingle, president of the I state federation of women's clubs and Vice president of the North Carolina Forestry association. John Rlis of Winston-Salem made a short talk on Forest Fire Protection In the west" and "Arbor Day Observance," was the subject handled by Mrs. , W.' IL Jasspon of Charlotte. R. E. Parker, secretary of the Audubon society of North Carolina, spoke on "Our Friends the Birds." "Forest Protec tion in the East," was discussed by 3. G. Peters, chlf of state co-operation; United States Forest Service. Miss Settle D. Windley 6f New Bern .gave a talk on "Trees, and Birds in Mod ern Literature." Tins Afternoon. This afternoon from 3 to 6 o'clock State Forester J. S. Holmes and Dr. Coker will conduct a forest ramble for the study of Montreat trees, their, habits and their uses. This, evening at 8 o'clock Philip W. Ayres, forester for the society for the protection of New Hampshire forests, will deliver an . illustrated lecture on . "Co-operation in Fire Protection in New England.- , .. - A large number of members of the association are present and men prominent in state and nation as for estry experts will take part In the proceedings. The North Carolina Geo logical and Economic survey Is co operating with the Forestry associa tion In the program arranged for the four days of the meeting. At the ; opening session last night Dr. R. C. Anderson, president of the Montreat association, welcomed the forestry men to Montreat and ex pressed the hope that the gathering will be pleasant and profitable. State Forester J. S. Holmes, responding for the visitors, said that the people of Montreat are noted for their hos pitality and that by reason of its nearness to large forest areas the place is exceptionally suited to a for estry convention. He stated that the association Is etiuwtaJly interested in fire protection and that he hoped that during the convention some valuable lessons may be learned to aid in the preservation of the neighboring tlm berlands. ' A reception .at the Alba hotel was tendered the delegates. . The Montreat Choral society rendered muslo for the occasion under the direction of Cros by Adams. -Following the reception Professor Thomas W. Lingle of Davidson col lege delivered a short Fourth of July address. He said that the date was, auspicious for the gathering of a body of men who are Interested. In the protection of forests and the con servation of soil ' and etreama The state and nation should co-operate in this work, the speaker declared. CONFERENCE ON R. I RATES ON AT RALEIGH Raleigh, July I. For the purpose of simplifying and making uniform the' several classes of rates charged by the snort line railroads tne cor poration commission and present attve Jt the railroads held an ex ten stve conference today. It Is proposed by the commission to standardise the rates of the short lines and - their presidents and trafflo managers were called. Into conference to discus the matter. About 10 were present' TO ARREST WIFE ON MURDER CHARGE Neahvllle, Tenn., July Officer left tturkesvllle, Ky., tn'uy according to advices received here, to Mrs. Porter Crawford, la connection with the death of her husband, a HOLTS SUICIDE RESULT OF FALL IN CELL OF JAIL GONZALES TROOPS ARE lyiSDHDEB Scattered by Zapata Attempt to Be Made to Starve Out Zapata. L Puebla- Mexico, June so. via aivraiun, leAHH, juiy I.J arransa troops which failed to capture Mexico then were driven back in disorder, are planning to place the Mexican capital uncier an indefinite siege, ae moralizatlon of his troops and it is believed they will not again venture for enough into the city to cause street fighting. The people generally are described as opposed to Carranza, and In the opinion of many, the return of his forces to the capital would result in riots. Huncer riots continue In Mexico City. The supply of food daily , Is, growing more scant. . Reports -brought to Puebla are that Pablo Gonzales" Carranza- forces were scattered in all. directions after . their defeat In the outskirts of the, city and they retreated ifr -miles. - ' ; POSTAL SERVICE MEN . TO MEET HERE, Postoffice Clerks and Letter Carriers Accept Asheville's Invitation for Convention At the Joint convention of the North Carolina associations- of Postoffice Clerks and City Leter Carriers in Charlotte on Monday. Asheville in vitation to hold the 191 meeting here was accepted. The North Carolina as sociation of Rural Free Delivery Car riers, also in session at Charlotte, se lected Greensboro as the next place of meeting. F. Stlkeleather, Jr., of this city was chosen to succeed himself as presi dent of the city letter carriers' asso ciation. Other officers elected by the organization wore John W. Klser, of Charlotte, vice-president; B. J. Sum merrow, of Charlotte, secretary and treasurer, and J. A. Daywalt, of States vlfle, sergeant-et-arms. E. L. Mace of Asheville was appointed state repre sentative to' attend the national con vention, which meets In Omaha soon. The postoffice clerks elected: W. L, Walters, of Gastonla, president; J. W. Howard, of Raleigh.' vlce-presiaent; B. S. Eldrldge, of Greensboro, secre tary and treasurer, and A. M. L. Gar ner, of Charlotte, chairman of the or ganization committee, the other two members being T. N.- Henry, of Ashe ville, and T. F. Phflllps, of Raleigh. The- rural free delivery carriers chose D. B. Honeycutt, of Raleigh, president, and J. A. Lowe, of Burling ton, eeoretary and - treasurer. E. U Wright, of Rufnn, and J. A. Lowe, or Burlington, were chosen delegates to the national R. F. D. convention that la to be held In Detroit, Mich. - . MONTENEGRINS HELD FOR VIOLATING LAW Chicago, Juty' T. As a result of In formation gathered from a score of reservists who were taken from a train here a week ago. United State secret service men today arretted three Mon tenegrin officials charging them with conspiracy to violate the neutrality laws of the United Statea The men were Captain Anton V, fleferovlch, a member of the Amer'can Red Cross and the Montenegrin Red Cross, who was taken in New Tork; B. Martlnovlch army and Savo OJouras kovlch, secretary of the Montenegrin foreign office, who war arrestnd in Blsbee,' Arlona. Government oftioers also sought Jovo Matanovltch, another high Montenegrin official All are charged with enlisting re rrulta for the Montenegrin army In violation of American neutrality. ltltlllttlaiiltSltn THE WEATHER t GENERALLY FAIR, Morgan Assailant Leaps From Top of Cell Door and Ends Life, So Coroner Jones States ; POLICE HOLD TRUNK ' WITH MUCH DYNAMITE Believed He Had Planned to Wreck Public Buildings In New Yojjc and k -Other Cities Glen Cove, N. T., July 7. Frank Holt, who attempted to take the life of J. P. Morgan and who committed suicide in the Mineold Jail last night, was identified as Erich Muenter, the . Harvard instructor, who disappeared after being indicted for the murder of his wife Leona, at Cambridge, Mass., j in 1906. ' ' I Holt was identified as Muenter by , S. P. Smith, a state detective In the district attorney's office of Middlesex county, Mass., Theodore Hllller, an au tomobile man of Cambridge and A. T. Browr a Cambridge newspaper man. after the three men. Smith, Hllller and Brown, had carefully examined the body. ' New Tork, July 7. Frank Holt, who attempted to kill J. P. Morgan lies dead in an undertaking establish ment et Hempstead, L, ' I., and New Tork police have possession of his trunk which contains 184 one-half, pound sticks of dynamite with which -'"r they believe Holt planned to wreck public buildings in New Tork and other cities. ' i- -f- r An autopsy held early today estab- iiciiicu mo ittvi iuhi aun uutfiruuieu . suicide by leaping from the top of his cell door in the Mineola Jail, when his keepers had turned their backs on him. Walter R. Jones, the Mineola coroner, issued this statement after the autopsy was performed by the prison physician:. , "Holt come to his death a the re-' suit of a compound fracture of the skull and cerebral hemorrhage caused by a fall." Holt's suicide followed closely on the discovery of events tending to con form the suspicion that he was Ericv Muenter, a former Harvard instructor, accused of poisoning his wife in 1906. This was the day set for the ar raignment of the prisoner on tho charge of shooting J. P. Morgan. An lnm.tli,.t. I. - ".u"Banun ta in yruBjress so day to ascertain whether the euiclds was due to negligence of aniv of the Jail officials. . , , The shipment to New Tork of Holt's trunk with dynamite enough to' de-i stroy a city block was also the subjeot of an inquiry. 1( Police official are tnsoectlnr the cottage at Central Park, L L. where Holt for two weeks conducted expert-, ments in the manufacture of Infernal machine and In target practice with a revolver. Testerday morning the unfortunate man was considered in such a se rious condition from loss of blood and oi nounsnment that forcible feeding and removal to a hospital were considered by officials. i nave never seen a man In m condition," said District Attorney Louis J. Smith. "Holt la very weak and I would not be surprised If ho died." Charle R. Apted. assistant anna. Intendent of building at Harvard un iversity, who knew Erich Mu.ntr arrived In Meneola yesterday to see if nou ana Muenter are one. He visited Holt but remained only a few minute and did not attempt to question him. He remarked that there was a strong resemblance but'that it had been nine year since he had seen Muenter and. "I can't say positively whether they are the same." Charle R. Wood, an assistant dis trict attorney of Nassau county, who knew Muenter at Harvard, visited Holt again but wo still unable to say wneiner He waa Muenter. . Holt seemed cheered . somewhat by the receipt of a telerram from hla wife at Dallas, Texas. It foflows: "Have best counsel here. Advises to rest and wait and you do the same. Send loving greetings hourly.. Besu- tirul tribute to you In both evening papers here. I am a tarrying for do tall of our finance. I will come when you need me. Do not be afraid. Rent (Blgned) "LEONE." Chicago, July I. Prof. John Mnx- woll Crowe, teacher in the unlvori y high school of Chicago, said h t---lleved th Identity of Frank II. i might be cleared up by looking t certain frs on his body, lie that photoirraphs and the com'u-t Holt suggested to him strongly i Holt was really Erich Muent.-r, v disappeared nine years ego sfi r death of his wife from elli-Red r' In. However, he rnntlrim I I were were scars on the body , f enter, left by repeated open,! . chronic malady and wMi-h v show on Holt If th-y were t' - "Muenter and I man-li-d Mm time In 1901 m il v Contlnued on u
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