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(1 A - ri A - - THE GAZETTE-NEWS Su the Associated Press Service. It to In Every Respect Complete. ' Member Audit Bureau Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST. FAIR TONIGHT. t l "J J? VOLUME XX. NO. 131. ASHEVILLE N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNv JULY 14, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS I ITALIANS TAKE 2 MILES OF AUSTRIAN TRENCHES Capture Positions in Carnic Alps Teutonic Offensive 1ji East Is Still Hang V - ing Fire. INTEREST CENTERS IN ; POSSIBILITIES IN WEST French Claim Success In Ar gonne More Rumors That Turkey Wishes Sep-. ! , " arate Peace. ' I Genera, Switzerland, July 14 J The Italians have captured ' two miles of Austrian trenches in the' Carnic Alps, according to a dispatch received, by the I Tribune from Villach, an Aus trian' town 52 miles northwest of Laibach. , .: : ' Lull In the Eust IiOndon, July 14. For more than a week the 'Austro-German offensive In rinllofft and TnlfLnd hM hMn h&nflT- inn fire, while'the Russian center hag'went through to Mexico City Mon f alien back on a more advantaged; day and that the first train from line on the heights of north of Kras-Vera Crux to the capital was expected Jillc.' apparently awaiting the next move of. the Teutonic troops. Freeh supplies .of ammunition and .rein forcements may bring a sudden re sumption of activity in the east, but the western front, by reason of the uncertainty as to which side plans a general offensive, now offers , the greatest possibilities of. interesting development.' - -"' The 'French claim that their front in the Argoime, ' which ' was dented by a violent ettack-of the army of Crown Prince Frederick William, has been restored, the net result being a costly adventure for - the Germans, 'but ' the- strength of the offensive In that-part of the theater, leads , the Prlflnh press to speculate whether the Argonne or , the Woevre will not be selected for the general German Offensive. 1 Many reports are- coming from the j-Balkan states of . the revival of ru mors that Turkey - is anxious for a separate peace. Though none of these rumors has been confirmed, some of the Rritlsh papers profees to believe that it Is not Improbable. Turkey, (they declare, Is beginning to feel the shortage of ammunition by virtue of Bulgaria's refusal to allow the muni tions to pass over her territory. At tacks on Ronmanla by some of the Berlin newspapers co-tnclde with these rumors to some extent . . The president of the board of trade "Walter Runclman, aroused the house to further cheers by the statement that In, view of the failure of South Wale coal owners and , miners to agree on a wnge scale the govern ment had decided to apply to the mining ndustry the munitions of war ct. A serious view Is taken of the re fusal of the miners to accept a com promise, for even in' the face of the government's decision they threaten tieflnace. The miners assert that their de mands would nun no more than six pence (11 cents) a ton and argue Ihf t as the owners are receiving much more for their coal than previously they could well pay it. As a matter of fact. Mr. Runclman , also Intro duced a bill in the house to regulate ' the price, of coal. In the east operatlons'are entering new phase, the Russians having been successful in the counter often live against the Auatrlans In the re glon of Krasntk. They have taken new positions in the hills north of that town an 4 apparently are waiting for the Austro-Oermans to move. It Is not expected that this will be long delayed, for General von Mackf nsen has had time to receive reinforce inenU and supplies. WIFE CAN'T CHEW ' TOBACCO IN BED Huntington. W. Vs., July tl4. franc Is M. Edged got a divorce be-, suae his wife, according to his peti tion, persisted In chewing tobacco in bed. He aleo got the custody of the lour children. Edgell alleged that while he at tempted to lead a Christian life and ldve.no the cause of religion his wtr Circulated such wanton, false and ins urious stories concerning him that hue reason and health Were Impaired. . Mm Edgell's extreme um'of tohac o went to the extent. Edged con tended "that she relnlned her chew shen she retired for hir night's rest." M. Robert Very 111. Dolph Roberts of this city, who has Wen ill fir Mtitnl month, mi tmiian t the home of his brother, Douglas totx.ru, at. Weaverviria Haturday, In l very aerloue condition. It was ought at first that lockjaw had de eloped from a chronlo trouble, but hylrins 4oUd that this wa not Two More Bomb Letters Threaten New Orleans, July 14. Two more letters signed "Pearce" in which the writer threatens disaster to British merchant and mule vessels, as In the one received by a local newspaper Sunday have : been delivered. One came through the mall to an after neon paper and the other was receiv ed by the chief of police. ' Both of the letters demanded the release of Hans Halle, a confessed bomb maker, held in connection with the receipt of the first letter. Chief of Police Reynolds said he would ig nore the demands even though', he takes the letters seriously. Others, however, who have acquainted them selves with the matter, think the letters are a hoax. The phraseology Is similar to that of the first letter but the terms used led many to believe that the writer of the last received Communication With Mexico City Established Washington, July 14. American Consul Sllllman at Vera Cruz has re ported that the first cable message to reach Mexico City yesterday, Large forces of workers are busy Figures on Corn Yields In This State for 1914 The office of farm demonstration: worts at Washington has Just finished tabulating yields of corn and cotton In . demonstration territory in the south for the year 1914. It shows some most interesting results. . In North Carolina there were 7,386 acres in corn with a yield of 46.9 bushels per acre. This Is the highest yield per acre of any of the southern states. The average In this state for a five year period Is 43.9 bushels. As com pared with the average yield of the state, we find the yield in 1914, ac cording to figures of the bushel crop estimates,, to be 20. S bushels with the five-year average of 19 bushels. Thus we se that by the application of good methods of farming It would be easy to more than double our average present yield per acre In the state. The five-year average, yield of the southern states in demonstration ter ritory is 34.9 bushels, while for the same states the general average yield is 18.6 bushels. , Among the Counties. The relative efficiency of county agents can hardly be determined by the average yield of corn under their supervision as compared with the yields in other counties because of such varying conditions. However, With over a hundred delegates present at the opening session, the North Carolina Oood Roads associa tion convened this morning at 10:30 o'clock in the city which saw the or ganisation of the first good roaas as sociation in the south, president, n. B. Varner of Lexington called the convention to order In the assembly room of the Langren hotel which has been selected as headquarters for the three days session. The invoca tion was delivered by N. BucKner. secretary of the Asheville board ef trade. Representing the city. Mayor J. E. Rankin welcomed the dele gates to the metropolis of the moun tains. The mayor said that Asheville takes peculiar pleasure In having s guests an organization mat nas aone much . for the development of the state. Until within recent year Mr Rankin said this) county had been cursed with bad roads. During the lent decade, under the Inspiration of a movement In which Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt has been the organiser and principal leader, the speaker de clared that Asheville and Buncombe county had made wonderful progress In rosd building. Where there ver only trails now there are highways, d Dr. Prntt ham even had the au dacity to propose a ecenlo highway acroea the top of hlgheat peeks and It Is likely that the plan will be car ried out. declared the mayor. J..W. Hnynes. county attorney, road a communication from the hoard of Buncombe county eommle stnner to the aeeoptstlnn ratling at tention to the road comitmctlon work px this county and Inviting the as STATE ROftDS MEN CONVENE Ship Disasters letters was attempting to adopt the style of the first Efforts to locate "Pearce," who wrote the letter which was received Sunday by a local newspaper Intl. mating that he had ' placed bombs aboard the British steamers Baron Napier and Howth Head, which clear ed here July 8 and sailed from Port Eads the following day, have been un successful thus far, according to an' nouncement at police headquarters. Captain Gowdy of the Baron Napier, which is bound for Avonmouth, Eng land, reported that his vessel . had been searched and no bombs had been found, .; The Howth Head, which Is not equipped for sending radio mes- sages, has not been heard from but Is expected to arrive at Norfolk today to take on bunker coal before sailing for Irish ports, repairing the telegraph lines and communication! with the capital Is expected to Improve rapidly. The ac mumulated messages are reported to number many thousands. Railroad communication will not be fully effective until tomorrow. A few passengers are going forward by changing trains at Puobla. some interesting figures are given by the following report from several leading counties in , demonstration work: County Acres Yield - bushels Surry . (43 106 201 63 66.4 ' 65 62.3 81 60.4 69.2 68.8 68.6 68 64.8 64.S 63.5 51.9 61 68.7 Rowan ' . . Buncombe Henderson Caldwell lit Mecklenburg 95 Wilkes 168 Craven 123 Mitchell , 67 . Lee 100 Macon ............... 93 Gaston 92 Warren 167 Randolph 331 Average 135 It is thus seen that In five counties the average yield by demonstration methods was over 60 bushels per acre, and in nine counties the yield was over 60 bushels per acre. These large yields were made by the application of the Important prin ciples of deep rbeaklng, Incorporation of organic matter, Improved seed and proper cultivation,: methods that can and should be applied by every far mer in the state., sociation to Inspect these highways here and make suggestions as to va rious details of the work. On behalf of the board Mr. Haynes welcomed tne visitors to Asheville and gave a brief summary of the . nccompllsh ments and some of the difficulties of the county of the commissioners. W. Vance Brown speaking for the local board of trade, said that the board Is glad to have the good roads enthusiasts as visitors because the local civic body gives a great deal of time to the problem of better high ways and Asheville citizens will gath er many valuable Ideas from the good roads men. Mr. Brown assured the delegates of the board's co-operation for work or for recreation during tholr stay In this city. , . Jseph O. Brown of Raleigh, treas urer of the association responded to the addresses of welcome. , He de- clered that he needed no formal as surance of welcome from Aahevtiia people, having visited here frequently! and finding always a cordial recep - Hon. If anything were needed to make assurance doubly sure, said the speaker. It was the address of Mayor Rankin. The mayor's reputation In this section, sold Mr. Brown Is such thojt any matter he vouched for was considered to be absolutely all right. LONDON TEACHERS DO NOT CARE FOR SEA London, July 13. A number of London school teachers, who were granted leave of absence by the Edu cation committee a year ago In order to take up exchange teaching In Can ada, have written that they "do not wish to travel by sea at the present time," and therefore wish their leave of absence extended "until the subma rine menace is teas dangerous." The education committee has decided to extend their leave until January. 1 ! la i L Daniel's Plan for Civilian Help in Developing Navy Depend-' ed Almost Entirely on Wizzard. MANY PROMINENT MEN MENTIONED AS AIDES Among Them are Bell, Wright, Fessenden, Lake, Maxim, Hammond and Ford Plans Incomplete. Washington, July 14: The an- nouncement that Thomas A. Edison had offered to .head the advisory board of civilian Inventors in the pro posed bureau Of Invention and devel opment in the navy department, was received with tnuch gratification by officials of the navy department. Sec retary DanlelB was especially pleased, because on Mr. Edison's acceptance depended almost entirely the devel opment of the secretary's plan to uti lize the Inventive genlou j of the coun try In perfecting the navy as a fight lng machine. i Secretary Daniels, who appealed to Mr. Edison to take the place on a patrlotlo ground, said today that de tails of his plans would not be com pleted until he had canferred with Mr. Edison on the subject When the names of Americans prominent in the scientific and Inven tors' world Were mentioned to Secre tary Daniels today he refused to be drawn into a discussion of them, say ing that he would wait until he was renflyto Tnake'known their accept ance. ' . . ' - ' ' Among those mentioned as Mr. Ed ison's associates were Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Simon Lake, Orvifle Wright, Prof. R. A. Fessenden, John Hays Hammond, jr., Hudson Maxim and Henry Ford. Dr. Bell, In addition to his Invention of the telephone, is a wide worker In the field of science; Mr. Lake's name is associated with submarines; Mr. Wright is an expert on aerial naviga tion; Prof. Fessenden is a wlreloss ex pert; Mr,, Hammond has conducted successful experiments with high ex plosives and has invented a device to control the diwctlon of torpedoes and even ships by wireless; Mr. Maxim is a worker in explosives; and Mr. Ford Is an expert in the construction of 'gasoline engines. . PINTS MAKERS STRIKE LIKELY TO BE SETTLED New York, July 13. The first step In the settlement of the strike of 10, 000 pants makers, which, aecording to labor leaders, threatens to : involve thousands of other workers In the garment making Industry came today. when one of the large firms acceded to the demands of the union and rein stated 300 strikers with additional pay of 12 per week. It was announced also that several others Arms have made offers expressing their willing' ness to arbitrate the questions at Is sue. IS HELD ON HIGHWAY y E Charlie Jones, colored, was arrest' ed yesterday by members of the P'aln clothes squad of the police de- ' partment, on cnarges oi mgnway roo ' bery. It being alleged that he snatch purse from-the hande of a. white woman in West Aihevmo on July 4 lant. J. 'Jones was arrested after a long and thorough Investigation of the-' case ! be" nd b police, ne Is oeing neia at tne city jail witnout hand, nandlnr his trial. ACTS OF LEGISLATURE . AT CLERK'S OFFICE Announcement Is made by Clerk of Superior Court John 11. Cathey, that magistrate of the county who desire can secure copies of the acta ot the last general assembly of North C.uo-. llna at his office. supply of these laws has Just been received at the olerk a ofnee .nd there Is enough f . r each magistrate of the county to have a copy, tt 1 stated. II OF TRADE MEET All-Members Meeting at Bat tery Park Hotel Last Night, One of Most Interest ing Ever Held. CONRESSMAN BRITT DELIVERED ADDRESS Flattering Reports Were Made by the Various Committees of the Work During the Last Year. At the largest meeting in its history the members of the Asheville board of trade assembled at the Batery Park hotel last night to hear reports . on i the past year's work and to listen to members and visitors speak -of the possibilities for further service to the city and to the state by this civic organization.- , Detailed reports were made by the officers, committees were appointed . to carry in various phase s of the endeavor In which the boa'd conducts an unending campaign and the ideals and policies Of the body were made clear in a number of short addresses. To those who have Imagined that the local municipal organization con fined its efforts to the Interests of this city, the work summarized last night revelation. These reDorts and the speeches of tKe officers and members made It evident that whatever con cerns the development of . Western North Carolina is a mater of vital In-, te.rest to this city and in shaping Its course, the local board keps the fact constantly in mind that by co-operation; with other communities - it can best attain the ends tt has at heart for the prosperity of the capital city of the mountains. Upon the conclusion of addresses and repprts by officers, M. " Vance Brown, the retiring president, de clared that the meeting was open for general discussion and a number of talks followed. Congressman James Brltt, speaking on the subject "The Building ot a City," made a plea for optimism, and declared his belief In the necessity for developing more In dustrial enterprises in this city. While the climate here la valuable, the speaker declared that no city can erect a foundation of prosperity on climate alone. Large payrolls are needed, said the speaker, that will as sure a constant stream of money 'n circulation. Mr. Britt referred to the need of a new high school building, and dwelt on the necessity of truthful advertising of the -city's advantages in all parts of the conutry. Father Donovan of Peoria, III., said that while In search for health a well known physician of Hot Springs told him that he could only recom mend two climates for the attainment of the best of life one In heaven and the other In Asheville. The speaker praised this city and talked of the ad vantages of having more industrial plants here. lot Speaking dtoyhlson aoln aoin ta Speaking for the Asheville Mer chants' association, L. B. Rogers pledged the suport of that body to the board of trade In Its work for the up building of the city. Mr. Rogers laid emphasis on the work of the agricul tural committee for scientific farm ing and cattle raising. National Campaign. Thomas Wadley Raoul advocated a national campaign to advertise the city as a summer, and winter resort. and expressed the belief that more money should be spent for this pur pose. Morris Llplnsky urged the need of a rgeater variety of amusements for visitors who come here. Edwin L. Ray spoke of the value of a hearty handshake and making visi tors realize that their presence la ap preciated. Rev. Dr. Wyatt Brown spoke of hi pleasant associations with members of the board of trade and his regret at severing them by his departure from the city at an early date. '' The retiring president, W. Vance Brown, spoke of his connection with the board of trade as a director for five years, and his appreciation of the honor of acting as head of the organi sation during the past year. Mr, Brown said he was Impressed with the fact that the board should accotn pllah more work; and with no desire to find fault, he still felt Impelled to say that the members do not per form their share of the work. Indi viduals are 'not educated up to the necessity of greater exertions for thel common good, said the speaker, and he made a plea for more Interest from the rank and file of the clvlo body. Robert 8. Jones, the newly elected president. In his speech ot acceptance, urged eo-operatlon of the membership In (he .activities planned for the com ing year; mentioned a number of new features to be inaugerated and nAmad the chairman of the committees who will have charge f varlua departments. Mr. Jones declared that the work of the past year would have seemed Im possible a few years ago. and that for the future he relied upon ,, he spirit (Continued on page .) ACTION AWAITS WILSON E BY EVANGELIST BASS Meeting . at North Asheville Methodist Church Are Grow ing in Interest. (Contributed). Those who are. Interested In spirit tial things, and do not attend the re vival meetings being conducted 1 at North Asheville Methodist church by Rev. J. M. Bass, evangelist, and O, W. Stapleton, choir leader, are miss ing some very interesting meetings. While the sermons are out of the usual order they are strong, lmpi-es slve, gospel sermons, and if any man I will hear them and open his heart fo Wilson no further developments are receive the truth he will most surely! expected In the situation between the -be benefited. The evangelist related ! United States and - Germany. - Just : a short story last night which llhis- when the president will return from . trated the attitude of some sticklers Cornish to take up with the cabinet for methods. He said a small boy hadith elatest German note on submarine been fishing all day with a hook and warfare was not definitely known, but line and had caught one small mln- tt was generally expected that he now, one hog-sucker, and a dog-tlsh. and was standing on the beach with his trophies, when a fishing boat came by loaded down with fine fish which hod been caught by fishermen with a great dragnet, and the boy said in reply to some one who twitted him on his catch, "They seem to have the fish, but I don't like their meth ods." The preacher left the congre gation to make the application. Mr. Bass's subject for last night, as announced by him was, "Where Fell the Ax-head," and his text was taken from the sixth chapter of second Kings, verses 5 and 6. "But as one was felling a beam, the ax-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, alas Master! for it was borrow ed.. And the man of God said... where- fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast It In thither; and the , Iron did swim." - The speaker showed In a very for cible way where many who once were Christians r.nd had the love of God In their hearts, had lost out, or as he expressed it, "where they had crossed the dead line." He mentioned, among other places, or causes, dishonesty, intemperance, worldllness, hatred, secret sin, gossip, profanity. His por trayal of some of the characters whom he sold have lost out, was not onlycstriking and impressive but In some Instances very amusing, espe cially his description of the gossip er. He advised all to look back and ascertain exactly where "the ax-head fell." and to "cost In thither." The music is one of the chief at tractions of the meetings. A member of the audience who is not noted for belng either splrltunl or musical was heard to remark that he had often paid from a dollar to three dollars to attend concerts and operas, where he did not hear as good music, to say nothing of the inspiration, of the soul stirring, uplifting songs, as he heard last night. O. W. Stapleton, a choir leader and soloist of lurge experience li In charge of the choir, and every one Is pleased with n'n methods and charmed with his music. His solos are tender sympathetic and soul Is- spiring. No one attending the meet Ings In the proper spirit can fall to experience a spiritual uplift AST TD PREVENT THE OF Military Ordered to Be Ready to Resist Attempt on Slate Prison. Atlanta, July It. Reports current here late yesterday that an attack would be made on the state prWo.i farm at Mllledgevllle where Leo M. Frank la serving a life sentence, caused prompt action by the military and civil authorities. Adjutant Don eral Nash communicated with Maior Wheeler at Macon, Ga., notifying him to have the three militia companies there ready to respond to an emer gncy call and police guards wer placed on the roads to Mlllegevllle from Marietta and Atlanta, over which w" ' crowds would travel by automobile, All waa quiet late last night both here and at Marietta, the home of Mary Phagan, and there were no re ports of any undue traffic on the high ways to the i"r. prison. The guards on the roads were continued through the night, while tne reports probably were groundless, every effort would be made to prevent any attempt at vio lence. Aocordlng to reports received by both the military authorities and the police, the proposed attack on the prison was for the purpose of lynch ing Frank. RETURN No Further Development Ex pected in German Situation Till President Reaches Capital INDICATES HE HAS V REACHED NO DECISION Generally Expected Matter Will Be Submitted to Cab- inet Memberc at Tues- . day's Meeting. Washington, July 14.- Pending the of President return to Washington would come the last of the week and submit the matter to the considera tion of the cabinet members at Tues day's meeting. - ; , In a telegra mto Secretary Tumul ty, which was given . out at , the White House, the president Indicated that he had reached no decision on the policy that would govern his ac tion, but that he was giving the note his closest consideration and would continue to keep constantly in touch with Secretary of State Lansing. The White House statement said: "Referring to statements appearing In certain morning newspapers with reference to the attitude of the presi dent toward the reply of the German government. .Secretary Xu miuty -t gee-iJ out th following -telegram which he had ictived from the president: " 'Please say that from the moment of the arrival of the official text of the German note, I have given the matte rthe closest attention, keeping constantly In touch with the secre- . tary of state and with every source that Would throw light on the situa tion; that so soon as the secretary ot state and I have both maturely con sidered the situation, I shall go to Washington to get Into professional conference with him and with the cabinet and that there will be as prompt an announcement as posslbbp 4 of the purposes of the government.-' Kmphasls has been laid In official euarters, on the fact that the Issue Involved are of such seriousness and Importance that consideration for a week or more of the kind of reply . that should be made ought not to be construed as meaning that the nec- esslty for a firm definition of Amer lean policy was underestimated. So faf as can be gathered here, the president will find his advisers prac tically unerl-ncus In the bello t'tat the crucial point in the correspond ence with Germany over submarine warfare has arrived and tliat if tho American government is not to re cede from Its previously announced position on the principles Involved, the next note muet convey more or less pointedly the purposes of the United States in tho event of farther violations of American rights In the war zone. Just what the United States . should say with reference to Ger many's refusal to disavow the Inten tion to destroy American lives on the Lualtanla has not crystallized defi nitely In the Informal discussions In otfclal quarters. Suggestions aro heard that the German government might now be Informed that the Unl- -ted States Intended to continue to ' press for a settlement of the case and would keep It constantly to the front as a diplomatic Issue of prime Im portance between the two countries. . The general view in official quar ters Is that Irrespective of what course should be followed In the Lueltahla case, 'a statement of the ' purpose of the United Mates to as sert Its rights on the uso of bellig erent ships by Americans seems moat likely to be made next note. That such action would not necessarily lead to a rupture In relations Is generally recognised, unless an overt . act or flagrant violation of the principles for which the United States has been contending should ensue. There are some officials who re gard the present situation as merely a truce during the pendency of the negotiations and who are not so con fident that Germany tins entirely abandoned her previous practices to which the United States objects. SAYS POPE BENEDICT CONDEMNED ACT OF INVADING BELGIUM Paris. July 14. Cardinal Gasparrl papal secretary of state, has gtvrn the Belgian minister to the Vatii" a lotter In which the cardinal .',. the violation of Belgian netitmitty I v Germany was Included by I'ope 1 " edict amoi.g the acta which hie i nexe condemned In his ron.' .i, -allocution of January 23. to a dlspntoh recelvi-1 hr J A Cf from U Home cwro, : t. i
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