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(1 N A THE GAZETTE-NEWS Has the Associated Press Service. . It la In Every Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulations. THE HOME PAPER Of Ashevflle and Western IT. G. ' A paper in the borne la worth a thousand la the high way." , : Marshall Field. VY t VOLUME XX, NO. 123. ASHEVILLE N. 0., SATURDAY AFTERNOON; JULY 10, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS P Mora., Germany, and Wmted States Ref uses Assurance WILL NOT GUARANTEE LIVES OF AMERICANS ON BELLIGERENT SHIPS 'Apparent Restrictions Placed by Berlin on Use of Amer ican Passenger Snips, Adds Fresh Issue PRESIDENT'S (COURSE IS PROBLEMATICAL Berlin Agrees to Respect Lives ;' of Americans on Ameri- ; - - l 1 can and Neutral - ; Ships-Conditions - Washington, July 10. Out ward calm and the disposition ' to await the " return ' of ' Presi dent Wilson fro mCornish, N. prevailed in official circle' IOUOWmg XJie pUDllCailOn OI llie German reply; to the second American , note on submarine warfare.' Secretary ; Lansing paid that while he had no rea son to doubt the version of the 'reply transmited in news dis- piacnes, no lormai considera tion could be given th German note until the official text of the note, which had been de livered to Ambassador Gerard Ixsi Berlin, had been i received. It will probably be received late tonight. Secretary Tumulty communi cated with President Wilson ver the time of the latter s return to Washington and promised to make an announce nent later in the day...... Officials generally agreed hat the German reply is far rom satisfactor yand that the Jnited States . faces 1 another difficult situation in her rela lons with Germany. ' ! It was pointed out that the two overnmenta are practloaJdy at .a ad lock over .the law of the case. lther apparently being willing to cede from Its position. The situation una officials thought, had resolved wlf Into a question of policy on htch the deoUdon- rests with the resident. ' Opinion varied as to the president's robable course but It to believed kely that he will again await the rystslllzatton of public sentiment of he country and endeavor In his next love to Interpret the wishes of the merlcan people. The whole matter n the opinion of many officials seem d to hinge on whether Germany Kaln violates the lights for which it United States Is contending. The feeling that th Berlin note ouM bring to a-crisis the friendly ''atlons that have existed between .0 Unltod Statee and Germany de .ofied more strongly In official ,ru!r when the contents of the ;e became ! nown. 0,flt the course of the TJnlled V.it will Is problematic!. 1uiy ; i-'foA-H n official quarters are In x, emphatlo assertion J7 the government that It Intend: T''.,.7b thp rights which It holds W-.ternatlonal law, placing upon v,nny the responsibility for any nre violations that msy cause a iich In friendly rplotlons. ersons conversant with dlplomstln e.ient In the framing of notes 'veil the next st-p of neceeslty 14 he an ndvarrce In the position ho Vnltcd Btat fnr having asled "-ri;incr and fnllod to receive tbe flpld fr further neotia i had lin-n o'n"lilrratily rnrrow- nd now ro'iirlred some ssm-rtlon t-:l.!s. rlvnl InM rli-ht of a prens trnns n of the nn !y to th fl f-';,f', f i !!!; M r nm I)'t r,,n- 1 1 ' C -I T t 1:1 ( .' " ' ' Thau; Testifies While Watched by Alienists New York, July 10. Yesterday was aeoond day of Harry K, Thaw's tes timony as a witness for the state- in the hearing: to. ditermine his sanity. Thursday. Thaw repeated the. story which he said Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, his wife, told him, which , led to the shooting . of Stanford White, and de nied the story told by Mrs. Susan Merrill regarding his alleged' eccentrlo behavior at her home in New'YorK. -; While he was testifying; Thaw was constantly under ' .the observation .-. of the state's two alienists, -who may be the' next witnesses. ; . . - . Mr. Cook began hfs cross-examina tion by asking Thaw - -. If he thought himself to have been Insane at the time he killed White. - quarters for several days, that Or many would refuse to give assurances asked by the United States that the lives of Americans traveling the high seas on unarmed ships of any nation aHt,v.rbe;oQt, endangered.,, r.v;v The apparent restriction placed W Oermany on the use of American pas senger ships which It seems ara to be plven complete Immunity from inter ference only if they :do not carry eon tralvand -was regarded li) many quar tevh as adding another to many Issues whii-h have arisen over ,, submarine warfare. .' , . , . ,t Assumption of liability for the loss of Americans In the Lusltanla traredy vnr consluerod to have been wholly evaded by ' Oermany and the chief principle for which the United States stated that It would omit "no ' worrl or act" to see observed, was viewed as having been lightly passed over. Berlin, July H.-CVIa Tondon. July 10.) Germany's reply to the Ameri can note regarding the sinking of the Lusltanla and submarine warfare, .'s as fo"lows: ' ' The text, of the note follows: 'Berlin. July 8. . 1 "The undersigned has the honjr to make the-following reply to his' ex cellency, Ambassador Gerard, to the note of the 10th, ultimo, relative to Interference with American Interest by the German submarine warfare. "The Imperial government learied with satisfaction from the note how earnestly the government of the Unit ed States is concerned in seeing the principles of humanity realized In the present war. Also this appeal finds ready echo In Germany and he im perial government is quite wining t permit Its statements and decisions In the present case to be governed by the principles of humanity Just as It has done always. i t "The Imperial government welcom d with gratitude when the American government. In the note of May It, Itself recalled, that Oermany always had permitted Itself to be governed by the principles of progress and human ity In dealing with tbe law of marl time war. "Since the time when Frederick the Great negotiated with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas J;f fereon, the treaty of friendship atll commerce, of September S, 1785, be tween Prussia and the Republic of tje West, German and American statesmen have, In fact, always it lid together In the struggle for the free dom of the seas and for the protection of peaceable trade. In the Interna tional proceedings which since have been conducted for the regulntlji of the laws of maritime war, Germany and America have Jointly advocated progressive principles, cpeclal'y 1he abolishment of the right of rapture at sea and the protection of the inter ests of neutrals.. "Even at the beginning of the pres ent war the German governmont 1m- mediately declared It wllllncn'Ma. In response to proposals of the American government, to ratify the ded uction of Indon and thereby subject Itself In the u' of its naval forces to' all, the rent riot Ions provided there1 In favor of neutrals. Oermany likewise hs been alwnys tenacious of the principle that w r should be conducted a?oJnat tlie armed and organized forces -if an enemy country, but thnt lh enemy civilian population muxt be spared is far as pohIM from the measures of war. The Impenlnl govertiment Cher IkIiks the d'.1nli hHe thnt some WIT will b found when peace Is concluded, or perhaps earlier, to regulate the law of riiurlume war In a manner guar-anti-elnif the freedom of the sens, ind will v. home. It villi grntliuda and "That," replied the witness, "1 a question that - cannot be answered with one word. The quest nn came up and the Jury gave-me the benefit of the ddubt.'In effect, f they evidently believed that there might be a chano that my reason was not what , It should be." In reply , to further .; questioning Thaw gave correctly the date-of the murder. He did not remember till he did during that day but he did re member that he vlBlted a humbor of steamship-offices and that' he had carried a revolved since that morning. He eald he had been Informed that "Monk" Eastman, a New York gang leader,, was after him. He did not be lieve the report. ' " hand 'with the American government on that occasion.. " v ,. ; 'If in the present war the principles which should be the Ideal of the future have been traversed more and more, the lD!ger -lt dura.Uo,rthe -German ffovernmeht has no guilt therein. ' It Is known to the American government how Germany's adversaries,' by-com- pletely paralyzing peaceable traffic be tween Oermany and neutral countries. have aimed from the very 'beginning and, with .'increasing lack of constd'n- tlon at the destruction, not so much of the armed forces as the life of the German nation, repudiating in doing so all the rules of international law and disregarding alt rights of neutrals. "On November 3, 1914, England do. clared the North sea a war area, nnd by planting poorly anchored mines and by the stoppage and capture of vessels made passage extremely dan gerous and difficult for, neutral ship ping, so actually blockading neutral coasts and ports contrary to all Inter national law.' Long before the begin ning of submarine war England (ruc. tlcally completely Intercepted AcglM mate neutral navigation to Germuuy also,-- Thus Germany was driven to a submarine war on trade. On Novem ber 14, 1)14, the English premier de clared In the house of commons that It was one of England's principal tasks to prevent food for the German popu lation from reaching Germany via neutral ports. Since March 1, Tins land has been taking from neutral ships without further formality all merchandise proceeding to Germany, as well as all merchandise coming from Oermany, even when neutral property. Just as it was also with the Boers, the German people are now to be given the choice of perishing, from starvation with Its women and chil dren or of relinquishing its Indepini ence. ; - Kncmlca Without Merry. ' "While " our enemies loudly and openly proclaimed war without mercy until our utter destruction, we wore conducting a war in self-defense for our national existence and for the sxlie of peace of an tssured permancy. We have been obliged to adopt a subma rine Warfare to meet the declared in tentions of our enemies and the meih oas of warfare adopted by them in contravention of International law," "With all Its efforts in principle to protect neutral Ufe and property from J damage as much as possible, the Ger man government recognized 1 unre servedly In Its memorandum of Feb ruary that the Interest of neutrals might suffer from the submarine war fare. However, the American govern ment will also understand and appre ciate that In the fight for existence which has been forced upon Oermany by its adversaries and announced by them. It la the sacred duty of the Im perial governmont to do all within It power to protect and save the 11 of German subject If the Imperial government, was derelict In these Its duties, it would be guilty before God and history of the violation of those principles of highest humanity which are the foundation of every national existence, Iuftltsnla Case). "The case of the Lusltanla shows with horrible clearness to what Jeop ardizing of haitnsn Uvea the manner of conducting war employed by our adversaries leads. lo the most direct contradiction of International law, all dlxtlnctlnns between mohntmen and war veaonls have been, obliterated by tfcsrsVder to Hrltlxh merchantmen to urm themselves and to ram submar ines, and the promlm of rewrrds thereffir, and neutrals who ue mer DPTIMISM IN Hon Entente Allies Cheered by Im- portant Victory of General ... Botha and Russia's ."' New Stand RUSSIANS PREVENTING ATTACK ON ALLIES i London Papers Differ in Con v struction Placed on Kitch ener's Speech on Re- . oruiting Question London, July 10. The feel ing of optimism which had been absent in London for some time is again manifesting itself here. General Botha's victory in German Southwest Africa, which at "one stroke robbed Germany , of territory -p larger man tne central empire, is chiefly, responsible for , the1 hopeful feelings.'-' The size of the captured ter ritory is enormously dispro portionate to the defensive forces, which consisted of 204 officers and 3,166 men, among them reservists and police. The cheerfulness of the en tente allies is also influenced by the stand , which the Rus sians . are making near Lubin in South Poland and along the Zlota Lipa river in Galicia. It is believed in. London that the stubborn Russian resistence is doing' much to postpone the dreaded German; offensive in the west. Only a fragmentary sum mary of the German reply to the United States . so far has been made public here, but for several days 'the British press had been predicting that the Berlin reply to the . second American note would be unsat isfactory.. Newspapers comment at length on the speech of Earl Kitchener at Guildhall yester day. One section of the press regards it as a direct warning of the possibility of forced military service, while other papers profess to see in it a reaffirmation of the efficacy of the volunteer system. London, July. -9. The sur render of the entire German force in" German Southwost Africa closed what is regarded as one of the most important campaigns of the great war and will result in the release for service elsewhere of the South African contingent. The campaign against tins most important German col ony was considered bo vital that all the resources of the South African union were uhdd in it. Its successful conclusion will probably mean, despite the fact that German East Africa remains unconqucred, that-the TSntihh colonial contingent will b dpatohod to Frnnre, while aiUitiorml troops will continue Washington ANDREWS WILL SEND Y TO ROAD Itl Delegation Will Boost Ashe-ville-Atlanta Highway..' ' . To Come by Train Andrews, July 10 A special meet ing of the board of trade was held Wednesday night for the purpose of appointing delegates to atteifd - the good roads meeting In Ashellle, July 14, 15 and 16. ' Several ' enthusiastic good road speeches were made and : much : en thusiasm was shown In the Aahevllle- Atlanta' highway. ' - After some discussion it was de elded to go to AsheviUe on the train instead of through the country in. cars as suggested by the Murphy board of trade."' .,V: 'I-7 .' "... . AH were in favor of- going across country In cars, but owing ... to the condition of the road between Ashe viUe and here It was decided in order to be there for the meeting, . it was beat to go on the train. . The following were appointed aa delegates: B. L., Padgett, R. H. Wright, D. S. Russell, C. M. Slagle, tr. W. C. Morrow, H. M. Whltak er, Clyde HV Jarrett and Percy B. Ferebee. ' ; . . ' ' A committee was appointed to get as many as possible to . attend .. the meeting and- to arrange : for , special railroad .rates. '.,. . . ", " The Andrews delegate are going to attend the meeting for the express purpose of boosting the Ashevllle- Atlanta highway and to show the peo ple pf the state that they are bjixIoub to get the road, of course the dele gates will not neglect to boost An drews for that is now getting to be a sort of second nature. lUlGli IN' BRITISH H N01V1TS OUT Steve Tessier of Franklin, N. : C, Trying to Get Out of Army Washjngton, July 10. Offlblals of, the state department have taken steps to secure the release from the Brlt- Ian army of Steve B. Tessier, a broth er of F, M. Tessier of Franklin, N C. Steve Tessier Is not yet 10 years of Oage. Some time ago he went to Eng land on a cattle ship with several other Americans. After arrival he ap pears to have engaged In- a convivial bout with' his comrades. After the mists oleared away Tessier found he had beef) enlisted In the British army and was being drilled for the front. He communicated with his people and Director of the Census Rogers has taken the matter up with the state department Many young Americans have been Inveigled Into enlisting In the British army heretofore. The policy of the Rrltlsh government has been to re lease them under proper request. It Is quite probable that young Tessier will be released. DUD: ROBBERY SUSPECTED Raleigh, July I. With a bullet hole through his body, Charles Abt, a miser believed to have been worth between 115,000 and $10,000 and with a little less than 11.000 in Raleigh banks, was found dead In his room by police. Robbery was indicated. People living near him deteoed the odor of the partly decomposed body Thursday afternoon, but could not lo cate It; but today it was found to come from the home of Abt HHltllKstltit m. W . mjGTEES IU3FTRK8 WIUT. t t . TUniely, Me., July 10. Justice It Charles Hughes has refused the t application lt s writ or error to l the United States Supreme court t which was asked by counsel for st Charles Becker, of New York, t st It sentenced to die during the week t of July II for the murder of Her t man Itoaenthal. ' st OSBOKN'SDRAG NET THREATENS OTHER N.C. MEN JEWELERS OF STATE TO MEET IN Charles E. Henderson of Ashe- . ville on Program for Ad dressGood Program The North Carolina Retail Jeweler?' association will meet - In Durham on Monday, Tuesday- and Wednesday of next week for the tenth annual con vention of the association. The :on ventlon will be called to order at 0:30 o'clock Tuesday morning In the Tem ple building by F. -M. Jolly of Ralelirh president of the - association. The opening of the convention will be pr3- ceded with a meeting of the executive committee at 8:30 o'clock on Monday evening, which will be held at the Malbourn hotel.- The program, which was given out for publication yesterday, is very in terestlng and contains a number of features that will appeal to the Jew elers. One of the most interesting events that has been planned is a lec ture and demonstration on "Wireless Time Service," by R. I Bowman of Wadesboro. In order to give this dem onstration a wireless apparatus will be placed on the Trust building and dur ing the convention a time service will be established between this city and the large government wireless station at Arlington, Va. The program that has been arrang ed follows: Monday, July 12. Meeting of executive committee at Hotel Malbourne. Tuesday, July 18. Meeting called to order by President Jolly at Hotel Malbourne. ' Invocation Rev. S. S. Bost. Address of welcome Mayor B. 6, Skinner. Response R. C. Bernau of Greens boro. Address R. O, Everett of Durham. Response Charles E. Henderson cf AsheviUe. Registering of new members. Reading of minutes. President's, annual address. Report of secretary and treasurer. . Appointment of committee on presi dent's address, auditing committee and nominating . committee. . Address Charles F. Markham, vice president of National Retail Jewelers' association. Address Col John Sheppard. 8:80 p. m. Exhibit of wholesalers and manufacturers. Wednesday, Jnly 14. Address R. C. Bernau of Greens boro. ftemonstratlon and lecture "Wire less Time Service," R. U Bowman. Address E. E. Miscellany. ' Demonstration of . Jolly's specific gravity balance B. R. Jolly. Report of committees. - Selection of time and place for next meeting and adjournment to partici pate in barbecue at Lakewood park. SERVICE A FEATURE OF E 1 Expert Mechanic Employed by AsheviUe Garage Co. Is , Open Dav and Night . - One of the many new features r oently Introduced by the Ashevllle Oarage company, 7-?l Ilroadwny, la the employment of an expert mechan ic. This man's experience In the mo tor car business has passed over a pe riod of several years, he having been connected with the Packard Motor Car company of Philadelphia and later in charge of the mechanlcul deportment of PhDadelphle's largest garage. With Its splendid machine equip ment the Aahevllle Oarage company I In a position to give real service. The garage. Itself, as a further conven ience, will remain open night and day, a telephone call bringing a servlre man to a motorist on the road whn lir troubl at any time during And at Least One More Tarv Heel Will Be Involved in ' Big Whiskey Frauds Against U. S. : : REVENUE AUTHORITIES KEEPING LOOK OUT The First Intimation Distillers Were Avoiding Tax Pay ment Given Commission ,.. by Prominent Man , (Parker K. Anderson.) Washington, D. C, July 10. A( least one other North Carolinian will be involved in the gigantic whlske? frauds which have been successfully worked on the federal government for nut ituii v years una lur wiuyn jonri , I Caspar, formerly In the' whiskey! . business at Winston-Salem and Thom as C. McCoy of Ashevllle, said to have been his pratner in his whiskey houses in Arkansas and Kansas, have been arrested and Indicted at ort Smith, Ark., for an alleged conspiracy to de fraud the government Caspar Is out on $40,000 bail and McCFoy was al lowed his liberty after giving bond to the amount of $25,000. That other North . Carolinians are under suspicion and may be taken Into custody by United States Marshal Webb at AsheviUe was the statement made here today Jay a high federal official. Just who these men are and how they have become involved In the governments arag-net to wipe out whiskey frauds, revenue officers refuse to discuss. I The conspiracy to defraud the Unit ed State government by distillers and their hired employes and "secret ser vice" men extends from Virginia to Florida,' throughout Tennessee and Arkansas and Includes part of Mis souri and Kansas. The drastlo action taken by Commissioner of Internal Revenue Osborn led to the arrest of a hair dozen or more men charged with conspiracy and many more ar rests are to follow. W. c. Man Told Qsftorn. . The first Intimation that Commis sioner Osborn had that whiskey people were avoiding the pawment of proper revenue tax on splrltlous liquors wal given him three months ago by a prominent North Carolinian. In lens time than It takes to tell the story Colonel Osborn had a force of his mo.it trusted men on the trail of the alleged violators of the law. He found that the distillery operat ed by Casper and his associates at Fort Smith, Ark., waa running night and day although Casper had notlllrd the internal revenue agents that his plant had been closed ana that no lluqor would be distilled for a period of three months. The commissioner seized th Fort Smith distillery and at the same time took charge of Caspar's man order whUkey house at K annus City. , This place waa doing a cshIi business of over $0000 a day. The government agent also seized more than 1000 barrels of whiskey at Fort Smith which had not been stamped by the government agents. Frauds SO Years Old. The frauds now being Investigated by the revenue officials svted nearly twenty years gro. Many former reve nue, agents and their deputies have already been arrested and more r to follow, according to revenue ofll cars here. T. C. McCoy waa In the Internal revenue service for some time. He waa associated with both for mer Revenue Agents Patterson and Samr. He became Interested In the Caspat" whiskey properties, it I al leged, Immediately after he left ti government service. Revenue Agent Booth of Tcnnew, who hss already been arrested nd indicted. Is eId to have riven th grand Jury Information which" vl:l cause the arrest of many mt-n i t present employed by the fwleral r v. ernment-ss well as the former e ... ploy, eskt-th, II Is charrxl, ! - (Coiiued on Page Two). KHZtttHUHknHKHr' n p i : y - chantmen an travelers theralty have (Cot.llnue 1 ou I'if Tie., tho crmain in Eat Africa. i';; '. ..i-ii 1 It t.m.vik, Ud la nKXxKtHtit;i'. 1- ' - - "
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