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-ASHEVILLE N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 19, 1915,
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president discusses
u. s. reply to german
note with Officials
Returns From Cornish to Put
Before Cabinet Tomorrow
Draft of Answer
to Berlin.
NO OFFICIAL ADVICES
ON ORDUNA INCIDENT
Attack on Canard Liner bjr
; Submarine Increases Ten
sion in U. S. Relations
With Germany. '
: . Wasingtdn, July 19.- Presi
dent Wilson returned this
morning from Cornish, N. H.
His train was on time and he
drove at once to .the . white
house to begin conferences with
Secretary of State Lansing and
other officiate in preparation
for tomorrow's cabinet meeting
which will take up the Ameri
can reply to the latest German
note on submarine warfare.
'; A tentative draft ' of th9
'American answer to Germany's
last note already have been
prepared and after being re
vised by; the cabinet will prob
ably be cabled to Berlin before
the end of the week. ' f
In all probability the , new
note will set forth the definite
course of the United States in
case of further violation of
American rights... "
Official advices are still lack
ing concemir j the circum
stances of the erman subma
rine attack on the British liner
' Orduna, which was carrying a
score of American passengers.
., There is little likelihood that there
will be any further discussion of the
principles involved.
By the recent attempt to destroy
the British liner Orduna, carrying;
score of Americans on her voyage to
the United States with no munitions
or contraband, offlotals here feel that
the position of the United States as
stated In its previous notes has been
materially strengthened. They declare
It bears out the American contention
that the character of a vessel, her
'destination and cargo can be safely
'determined only by visit and search.
As yet official information is lack
ing; to show whether the Orduna was
attacked without warning; and what
the circumstances were of her en
counter with the German submarine
; In discussion of the case stress M laid
upon the fact that the vessel was en
route to the United States and carried
no cargo of Importance, ' making the
attack on a vessel carrying Americans
seemingly wholly unwarranted.
A statement of the circumstances
probably will be made by American
passengers aboard the Orduna to the
'' stale department, although the Amer
lean government might take cognis
ance of newspaper stories. ,
A thorough Investigation of the
' farts will be made - and a request
probably will be sent to the German
rovernment for Its report of the af-
rair.
. . " -i :
FIRE INSURANCE
. GATHER FDR
Members of the Southeastern Un
derwrttera association, an organisa
tion or fire Insurance men of the
southeastern states, are In the city
i for tne sessions of in. executive com
mittee which will begin this after
noon or tomorrow morning. Secretary
J. 8. Ralne of Atlanta arrived yes
terday and President Clarence F.
Low of New Orleans to expected
early this afternoon. - '
The Battery Park hotel Is head
quarters for the convention. Many of
the members are today enjoying golf,
drives and other amusements offered
by the chief city of the play ground
region of the southern Appalachian
SWISS TO PROHIBIT
EXPORTS OF GOLD
Paris, July 19. The Bwlse federal
council has decided to prohibit the ex
portation of gold In any form, say a
jMYM dlBpatch from. Iittrne.
General Strike Will he
Called at Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Conn., July 19.-The
outcome of an eleventh hour effort to
avert a general strike of machinists
at the Remington , Anns company
plant today was still In doubt.
Labor leaders agreed to withhold
the calling of the general strike for
at least 24 hours to hear the result
of the conference, when a man, said
to have large interests In other In
dustries In Bridgeport, said he , be
lieved he could do something to com
pose the situation.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 19. J. J.
Keppler, international vice president
of the machinists union, who headed
a committee which today went to the
plant of the Remington Arms com
pany to present demands of striking
Body Found Is Supposed
To Be That of L. W.Bates
London, July 19. A body supposed
to be that of LIndon W. Bates . of
New York, who lost his life when the
Lusltanla went down, has been wash
ed ashore ort the Limerick coast. A
telegram from Wesley Frost, Ameri
can consul at Queenstown, to Newton
B. Knox, an American mining en
Daniels Plans
Scale Naval
Washington,, July 19. Secretary
Daniels. ..has., announced ', that he
would issue a statement today : dc
veoplng the pans for the elvllan ad
visory board, of which Thomas A.
Edison is to be the head. While Mr.
Daniels declined to say definitely in
advance what his statement would
contain, it Is believed It will lncludu
the names of some of the noted in
ventors and technical experts who will
S.P. Railroad
Douglas, Arizona, July 19. The
Southern Pacific railroad; operating
between Nogales and Guaymas, Son
ora has been declared hostile to Car
ranza's regime by a notice In Spanish
posted at Agua Prleta by General Cal
les, charging that the road had trans
ported troops of the rebel governor,
U.S. Submarine Has a
6000 Mile Cruising Radius
Bridgeport, Conn., July 17. Simon
Lake, Inventor and builder of sub
marines for the United States govern
ment, states that experiments with
the new submarine G-3 have demon
strated that It would crow the At
lantic without stopping. It has a
Figures Compiled Show
Just How Big War Is
Berlin, June It. On justification of
the superlative adjectives that are ap
plied to the presen war, William
Michaels has compiled figures In Over
Land and Sea, showing Just how big
the war la .
He estimates that 11,770,000 men
stand opposed to each other 1 J,6I ).
000 on the side of the allies and (,
(60,000 for Germany, -Auatrl and Tur
key. On the naval side, bis eetlmuWs
are M follows: ...
.
Allies Germany
et a1
133 B6
T IT
131 t
704 353
17 40
Line ships ....
131 g cruisers . .
Small cruisers
Torpedo Boats
Submarines
(number new
boats unknown.)
Miscellaneous 331 13
The area of the countries ranged
against Germany, exclusive of Italy,
he fin da to be 47,000,000 square kilo
meters, with an aggregate population
of 100,000,000. Germany and her al
lies on the other hand have a terri
tory of 4,000,000 square kilometers,
and a population of 160,000,000 per
sons. -TUe
dally coal oi tUK,W.Ui
, ,,
employes, announced that a general
strike would be called today. He
said that Major W. W.' Penfleld.
general manager of the company, bad
refused to deal with the committee.
., Will Arbitrate.
Providence, R.I., July 17. Normal
conditions were restored on the trol
ley lines of the Rhode Island com
pany throughout the state on which
service was almost entirely suspend
ed for two days because of the strike
of 2.400 union employes. Under an
agreement reached today. Mayor
Joseph A. Gaynor will act as the
chairman of a board of three arbitra
tors to whom will be. referred the
question of wages and working condi
tions. The other members of the
board will be named later.
gineer and friend of Bates, said .that
a watch and ; cigarette case with
monograms corresponding to that of
Bates were found on the bdoy. The
measurements of the body also Indi
cated fhat It was that of Bates.
Mr. Knox will leave for Queenstown
tonight.
Large
Experiments
be invited to serve en the board with
Mr. Edison. .' .
.'- Secretary Daniels will ask congress
at its coming session to approve plans
for naval experiment work on a much
more extensive scale- than has here
tofore been done. The plans which
will Include the establishment of a
great. t laboratory for experiments
probably will be prepared by the new
board of advisors In conference with
navy officers and officials.
Declared
Hostile to Carranza
Maytorena. The notice Bays that all
Southern Pacific relations will be con
sidered hostile and passengers who
ride on the trains do so at their own
risk, as the trains are subject to at
tack. The company. It Is understood,
will take the matter up with the
American state department. .
cruising radius of (.000 miles. .
"It Is perfectly practicable for the
G-3 with her steam engines to cross
the ocean, do what she went to do
and return without dependence on. a
base of supplies" Mr. Lake said. "It
Is merely a question of economy In
fuel." . (
ten nations now taking part he places
at . 169,000,000 marks ($43,260,000)
and he estimates that up to the first
of April the total cost of the war was
40.000,000,000 marks (JIO.IUO.OOO,
000). Italy again excepted, he placed
the annual cost of sueh a war at $16,
000,000,000. It would take 40,000,000 of the
huge 1000 mark bank notes to pay
this cost, and these notes, stacked up
one on top of the other, would make a
pile 30,000 feet, almost four miles, in
height In gold this same sum would
weigh 24,000,600 kilograms (62.212,
800 pounds) whereas the entire gold
production of the entire world during
the past 600 years has amounted to
but 16,000.000 kilograms.
The dally war coats for the German
empire he places at 33,000,000 marks
($1,260,000) and only 40 days of this
conflict cost as much as the whole
Franco-Prussian war of 1370-71, 'The
cost to England, exclusive of the colo
nies, Is about the same, and three
months of this wr cost Great Britain
as much as the Boer war lasting two
years and seven months. France
ipanda a little mors dally,
1 .Vj S I
mmn 1111 ship
isiie n OF WAR SUNK
Building Corner of Pack
Squar and Patton Avenue
Leased by United Cigar
Stores Company.
15 YEAR LEASE AT v
0 .
$5,000 PER YEAR
To Take Effect March 1, 1919
Now Occupied by Long
'Shoe Company and
Others. .
By the terms of a lease filed Satur
day In the office of the county regis
trator of deeds, J. J; Mackey, Mrs.
Laura W, Rutherford of Richmond
has leased for 15 years at G,06a
year, the building at the corner of
Pack square and Patton avenue, now
occupied by the Long) Shoe company,
to the United Cigar Stores company
of Chicago. The lease is to take ef
fect March 1, 1919 and extend to
February 1, 1934. .
The lease calls for the entire build
ing, three stories and basement, with
40 feet frontage on Pack square and
80 feet on Patton avenue. The com
pany leasing the building states in
the lease that they propose to open
ana conduct a general retail cigar
and tobacco business in . all its
branches.
The United Cigar Stores company,
of which J. R.. Taylor of Mont Clair,
N. J., Is president and George Watt-
ley is secretary, is one of the largest
retail concerns of its kind In the
world and operates retail stores in
cities throughout the United States.
There is hardly a city of any size in
the entire country but what has a
United Clgai store in it, ,
The building just leased - by the
cigar people is now occupied by the
Long Shoe company and was leased
by them only a few months ago. It
being understood that their . lease
runs for three years. The building is
one of the most desirable business
locations in the city, , being at the
corner of Pack square' and Patton
avenue. For many years It was oc
cupied by Noland and Roland in the
grocery business and later Pat Mcln
tyre conducted a grocery store there.
The building was sub-leased by him
to the Long Shoo company It Is un
derstood. Several improvements were
made in the general appearance of
the store and It Is now considered to
be one f the mst modern buildings In
the city. , . i
Also located in the building is the
gents furnishing store of I. R. Rob
inson on the first poor and In the
basement there Is a pool room and
slide shining parlor.
L DEFEAT TO
TROOPS DF VILLA
Gen. Calles Routs Acosta
Sonora Villa Forces
Scattered.
In
Douglas, Arli.. July 19. After a
six-hour battle In Ana-vacach! pass,
west of Agua Prleta, General Caries,
Carranca commander In Sonorn, was
reported yesterday to have decisively
defeated Villa roops under General
Jose Maria Acosta. The Calles force
was said to number 8,000 while Acos
ta's was reported as half that number.
In a message received here by the
Carranza consul from. General Calles
at Lamorlta, twenty miles west of
A gua Prleta, he says the Villa troops
were reported aa fleeing in all direc
tions. ;
The message stated that the battle
began at 4 o'clock In the 1 morning.
The Villa forces were strongly en
trenched In the pass an for Ave ho.irs
held against cannon and rapid .Ire
guns..
During the fighting 300 of Acotsa's
men deserted to Calles, according to
the report which estimated the Villa
dead, wounded and csptured at 600.
Calles did not report his own casual
ty though officials at Agua Prleta
o lain. -d they were, relatively small.
According to the consul Cananea to
General Calles objective.
VII la representatives her. refused
ot admit defeat, saying the battle utlil
conti nued near Lamorlta and that a
large contingent of - Yaqut Indians
were making a flank attack.
Famous Hots Breeder Dies.
New "York, July 17.- Jacob IS. Her
ring, famous 40 years ivgo as a horse
breeder, Is dead at his home, Scotland
jJtUUs Hanuett. W. TH aged 71 yeats.
Austrian Submarine Torpe-
does Armored Cruiser, Says
Official Report Found-
',- .
- ered in 15 Minutes.
TWO SUBMARINES OF
AUSTRIA LIKELY LOST
ermans Are Making Giant Ef
forts to Crush Russia
Attacking Along the
Whole Front.
Berlin, (by wireless to Say
ville, L. I.,) July 19. The fol
lowing official statement, dated
July 18, has been received from
Vienna: .
"An Austrian submarine this
morning torpedoed and sunk at
Ragusa, the Italian cruiser
Guiseppe Garibaldi. The cruis
er foundered within 15 min
utes." . '.
The Guiseppe Garibaldi was
a narmored cruiser of 7234 tons
and was 344 feet long. She was
laid down m 1898. The vessel
had a complement of 550 men
She carried one 10-inch, two
8-inch, fourteen 6-inch and ten
3-inch guns.
Ragns'a is a fortified Austrian
seaport in Dalmatia on a pen
insula in the Adriatic, 39 miles
from Cattaro.
Gigantic Movement.
London, July 1 9. Attention Is now
centered on the gigantic operations on
the eastern front where the fighting Is
In full swing on nearly every section
of the Russian line, from the Baltic
line, from the Baltic to the Dmelater
General Von Buelow la pushing the
German advance toward Rlsa on the
north. This movement Is being con
ducted by cavalry on a scale not hith
erto attempted during the war. Ber
lin claims a steady advance and Petro
grad admits that the Russians are
falling back after a stubborn contest.
On Von Buelow's right General Von
Eichhorn la being held up by the Ger
man fortress of Ossowetz. On Von
Elchhorn's right is General Von Ga1l-
wltz, who captured Przasnvsz and Is
now making an attack on the Narew
river and tributaries of the famous
Rawka and Bzuro.
Comparative quiet is reported on
the southwest side, of Warsaw but to
the southwest the movement against
Lublin, which was temporarily check-1
ed Is In full swing. The Russians
must fight a defensive battle for their
positions at Warsaw or abandon the
whole of Poland, and military observ
ers here believe that Grand Duke
Nicholas Is likely to adopt the latter
course while withdrawing his army
Intact
In the Baltic provinces General von
Buelow, who Is using large forces of
cavalry, hu crossed the Wlndau river
and Is moving toward Riga. In the
Przasnysz district Field Marshal von
Hlndenburg, who Is making his fourth
attempt to reach Warsaw, has twice
broken the Russian lines and conA
pefled the defenders to retire toward
the Narew river.
In Southern Poland, after a period
of ' Inactivity, Field Marshal von
Mackenzen Is again on the move, and
claims to have captured some Russian
advanced positions which stood be
tween him and his objective, the Lub-lln-Cholm
railway.
Simultaneously with thes attaecks,
which are the main ones, the Austro
German armies are on the offensive
west ot the Vistula river In Central
Poland, and along the Dnelster river
In Gallcla.
As was the case In the drive through
western Gallcla, the Russians are
fighting stubbornly, and on occasions
are turning and delivering vicious
blows at thehf opponenta But wheth
er they will be able to hold their pres
ent lines 4s problematical. -
The probability of the Russians
having to evacuate Warsaw, which Is
threatened by Von Hlnderburg Irwtha
north and Von Mackenzen In the
south. Is being seriously discussed.
The possibility of a further retrial,
however,' Is being calmly considered
In Russia, where the old theory that
the further the enemy Is drawn Into
the country the worse It la for him,
buoys up their hope, of final victory.
With the enormous number of Ger
man troops being used for the offen
sive In the east the greatest move
ment of the kind ever undertaken In
the history ot the war the mlllta-y
critics here do not look for any events
of outstanding Importance In the wast
for some time to come.
The official reports Issued today
thou that thus far, at any rate, no
1 1 - -
CONDITION OF
. FRANKWORSE
important move has been undertaken
by either side. There have been ar
tillery engagements all along the front
and a few infantry attacks, but tiiey
were Infinitesimal in comparison with
the operations in the east.
Unofficial reports continue to refsi
to the fighting on the Ga"iUpolt penin
sula, but thes ereports are not con
firmed by the headquarters concerned.
News from that district is anxiously
awaited as the effort to clear the pen
insula of Turks is about due.
:. Submarines Lost?
Paris, July 19. A telegram from
a Rome news agency says refugees
who have reached Rome from Pola.
an Austrian naval base, reported that
two Austrian submarines which left
there to reconnolter the Italian coast
have not returned and are believed
to have been lost. One had a crew of
20 and the other a crew of 40.. They
had gasoline sufficient 'to last only
four days.
Salandra Satisfied.
Rome, July ,19. Slgnor Barzllat,
republican deputy who has been
named a. member of the cabinet with
out portfolio,, returned from the front
today with ; Premier Salandra. He
made a speech declaring the war
would demonstrate the error of those
who talked wildly of division in Italy.
Premier Salandra expressed satis
faction at what the army had ac
complished since he had last visited
the front and said there was good
prospect that the Isonzo line of the
Austrlans would soon be conquered,
YESTERDftY IT L
Well Known Resident
Weaverville " Funeral
v Services Tomorrow.
of
.Information reached Ashevllle last
night of the death some time yester
day, at her summer home near Lan
drum. S. C, of Mrs. J. W. Vandlver,
wife of the late Dr, J. W. Vandlver of
JKeavervllle. Mra. VanrWver was at
an advanced age and had been In fee
ble health for some time. The body
will anivo in Ashevllle tomorrow
morning and the funeral services will
be conducted at Weaverville by a
minister from Spartanburg assisted
by Rev. J. H. Wood, presiding elder
of the Asheville district of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, south, and
Rev. Mr. Fox. Interment will follow
at the cemetery near Weavervlll1!.
'The deceased Is survived by three
sons. Walter W. Vandlver of Chlcajo,
attorney for the department of Jus
tice of the federal government; E. S.
Vandiver of Spartanbury and John M.
Vandiver of Rome, Ga., sheriff and
tax collector there for many years;
two daughters, Mrs. Ramage of Phil
adelphia and rMs. McCann of Can d.t.
The deceased had a large circle ot rel
atives In Weaverville, Ashevllle and
other parts of Buncombe county, and
scores of friends who will learn ot lier
death with sorrow.
. Mrs. Vandlver was a daughter 3t
Montravflle M. Weaver, one of the
pioneer settlers of Weaverville nd
one of the best known citizens of the
county. Weaverville was the family
home of the Vandlvers until a few
years ago when Mrs. Vandiver mov-d
to Spartanburg.
IRON UNO STEEL WORKS
Sydney, Australia. July 19 An Iron
and steel works, representing an out
lay of over 17,000,000 has Just been
opened at Port Waratah. near New
castle, New K-mth Wales, by means of
which Australia hops eventually to
become Independent of foreign coun
tries In the matter of iron aiid steel.
The opening of the new plant was
regarded as an event of great Import
ance In the Industrial history of the
country and was made a formal occa
sion at which speeches were made by
a number of distinguished men. The
works are located at tho outlet of the
collieries which are probably the big
gest In the southern hemisphere.
Port waratah Is to become the en
ter of other Industries allied to the
manufacture of iron and steel prod
uct The Iron ore for the mills will
come from Iron Knob, half way across
the Australian continent, where de
posits carrying (8 per cent of metallic
Iron are sufficient to lost for many
generations.
All the machinery In the works Is
of American make and about 60
workmen from the United States are.
engaged, chiefly for training the Au
trallan workmen In modern methods
of steel making.
MANY MINERS HONOR
DR. HOLMES' MEMORY
Pittsburgh, July 17. Many mine
In western Pennsylvania and West
Virginia were closed today during
the funeral In Washington of Dr. Jos
eph A. Holmes, former director of the
bureau ot mines of the United States.
The operations of some of the mines
were suspended for a tow hours, whtl
others were dosed all day.
Wound in Throat Inflicetd by
Fellow Prisoner Much
Swolen, His Physi
cians Report.
TEMPERATURE STOOD
AT 102.4 AT 8 A. M.
Attack Made by Man Also
Serving Life Sentence
While Frank Slept
Inquiry Probable.
Mllledgevllle, Ga.; July I9.s-Physi
clans who examined Leo M. Frank at
S o'clock this morning at the Geor
gia state prison farm said soon af
terward that his condition was mucn
worse. The Jagged cut in ' Frank's
throat which he received In an at
tack made by a fellow prisoner was
swollen and his temperature wal
102 2-6. . ... . , . ,
Dr. H. J. Rosenberg, Frank's family
physician, last night believed Frank's
condition warranted his leaving fot
Atlanta, He and another : Atlanta
doctor were summoned to the farm
today. Early in the morning Frank
began to show signs of nervousness,
but this was not considered unusual.
His temperature continued to rise and
about dayllprht he was delirious at -n- '
tervals. His temperature reached Its
highest shortly before S o'clock mi
then dropped about 9 o'clock to a
iracuon over 101. Dr. Guy Thomp
son, the prison physician, was not so
alarmed over this condition as wer
the other physicians.
He stated today that some tevtr
was to be expected and the swollen
necK was not necessarily of itself a
dangerTms sign. Blood poison was tha
moBt feared today as the ' stitohea
seemed to be holding. ' '
This latest and most " anectnonlnt
phase of the two-year finht - fm
Frank's life may be thf rnihiAf nf. 1
Investigation by the Georgia nrlson
commission, which refused to recom
mend that Frank's death sentence for
the murder of Mary Phagan be com
muted to life imprisonment. Reports
from Atlanta were that Governof
Harris Intimated that he would start
an Investigation to- ascertain if Creen
acted entirely of his own volition.
Creen said yesterday, when taken
from solitary confinement long
enough to be questioned, that ha
planned and executed the attack
alone. He was not commnnlcatlva
and gave as his only excuse that "h
thought it should be done." He said
.uwcrr, mat ne regretted his act
Frank was quartered in a dormitory
with about 100 other prisoners and
occupied a bunk about forty feet from
one of the two doors to the largf
room. Greens bunk was fourth from
mm. rs'o prisoner Is allowed to leava
his place without permission front
one of the two gunrdt on duty. Short
ly after 11 o'clock Creen called out
for permission t oget up and it wai .
granted .
He started down the line of bunks
toward the one 'occupied by Frank.
As he reached It he quickly grabbed.
Frank by the hair and delivered one
blow with the knife ho hurt nn..i.
ed. The attack was witnessed by the
guard who rushed to the bunk and
prevented creen from striking again.
Creen was overpowered and among
prisoners who rushed to Frank's aid
were two physicians, on eof whom al ,
so was serving a life term for mur
der. . u tuiivicv pnysicians gave
first aid and treated the wound until
Dr. Guy Compton, the prison physi
cian, was summoned from his home
half a mile away. The three men took
twenty-flve stitches In Frank's neck.
Dr. II. J. Rosenberg, the Frank
family physician, arrived from At.
lanta yesterday with nurses. He said
that while Frank's condition Is pre
carious, ho has a chance for life.
Mrs. Frank waa In Mllledgevtlle at
the home of J. M. Burns. She was
not told of the attack until after the
physicians had finished their work.
She became hysterical, but later was
calmed and was taken to the prison
hospital.
The cut extends from the front of
the neck around the left aide to al
most mo miaaie of the back of the
neck. Neither the windpipe nor tha
spinal cord Is hurt but the Jugular
vein Is partly severed. The physician
greatest fear tonight waa that soma
of the stitches might slip, causing
more loss ot blood.
STUDENTS FEWER .
AT OLD FREIBURG
Freiburg, Germany, July 1. The
famous old University of Freiburg this
year has only 1,103 registered stu
dents as against the 1,171 last year,
and of this year's number 1730 are In
the army and Red Crows service. Thii
year there ars but JO foreigners en
rolled at the University, Including
three Americana The Institution
honor roll Includes three pmfrwnn
thre amilfitanta, and 117 student '
havt fallen for the Fatherland,
i