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rf A . A ft - THE GAZETTE-NEWS Baa the Associated Preaa Service. H to la Ena Respect Complete. Member Audll Bureau Circulations. WEATHER FORECAST, GENERALLY FAIR. mm W JTTT.V91 le.' f OL. XX. NO. 157. ASHEVILLE N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, y& PRICE 2 CENTS p inent Early Hour by Enraged Negro Using Razor M II ii i r . Wrotn Man Wotmded POSSE SEEKS ASSAILANT OF W.W. TUKNBULL fforman Walker Attacked Mr. Turnbull When Ordered to Leave Premises, Inflict 1 ing Four Wounds. . SCAPED TO WOODS ; AFTER THE ASSAULT "Black Tried to Get His Wife to Leave Service of Trunbull Threatened to Kill Her. LARGE POSSE SEARCHING. . t y- t At 1:45 o'clock ; today 'the H J posse consisting of about 25 of- . It fleers, 'patrolmen and " deputy H K sheriffs were still searching for K V Norman Walker, colored, who. H k assaulted W. W. Turnbull this ft morning. It was stated that the H K posse-had surrounded the negro, It t on the 8wannanoa river, on the It k RIKmore estate, but this rumor t " could not be confirmed. The report, current on , the a t streets that Mr. Turnbull died It t this morning was denied at the K t Mission hospital. He was alive at . ' 1:45 o'clock. ' H ' "- " " tttlstttltKtttKKlK v Ward W.-Turnbull of No, 18 Pearson's drive, was : assaulted , and terlously wounded about ' 7 o'clock this - morning by Norman Walker, colored, In the yard of Mr. Turnbull's Jresldenoe, after he had ordered the negro to leave. .After .cutting Mr. Turnbull four times with a razor the Viegro escaped and at an early hour - ihis afternoon had not been captured, Mr. Turnbull was rushed to the fhospital and given medical treatment ' by Drs. Cocke, M. u. Miuenaar ana 3. S..Tennent At noon today it was z tated by the physicians that if no In Section developed that Mr. Turnbull vould be able to survive the wounds. According to statements made by eoveral 'parties who arrived on the scene soon after he cutting, Walk er's wife had been employed by the Turnbull's as a cook for sometime and the man had been to the house, the ook living in the basement of the Turnbull residence, on several occa ions to try and get her to leave. It a understood that he stated he would nakeher leave today or klirher.' - Arriving at the Turnbul) residence nhortly before 7 o'clock ha started an argument with his wife and made jthreata of what he would do If she 'm.woiiI'I not come with him. It Is stated iit i:r. Turnbull and his son Francis littering the disturbance went down In the yard to see what the trouble was about 'and at this point the negro made an attempt to cut the Turn tull boy. who dodged out of the way. Mr. Turnbull then. It Is stated, order ed the negro to leave the premises, which seemed to enrage Walker and he grabbed Mr." Turnbull and started cutting him. Ha made several Heks at the white man and four landed on his body. Just as soon as he cut Mr. Turnbull the negro darted Into the woods on the opposite aide of the street and escaped. A. B. Faulkner, who ' Uvea next door to Mr. Turnbull waa ona of the first men to arrive and ha found Mr. Turnbull standing In the yard holding Ills neck. Th police were notified and an ambulance was arnt out at once and the wounded man taken to the hospital, Dr. C. H7 Cocke stated that the wound on Mr. Turnbull's neck wns the-only one of a serious nature, this Mt hdnff AimiTwiqvMrt nwlrtr to the rrt depth of It. None of the vltaf? Organs were penetrated. Another wound is on the back and extendx about 1 Inches down the tissues In the back. There hi a wound on the right shrMildor. about five Inches Vug and on ths left arm Is a wound abmit four Inches long, neither of which Is conlderd of a serious nature. Mr. Turnbull suffered greatly from the Iors of blood and pain, but after receiving medical trentment at the hospital It waa stated that he wis feeing es woll a on u Id be expected. Mr. Turnbull has been living tn lAhm11l fnr about two years. Mm Ing here from Columbus, O., and ! I muntif-ifturm'. He formerly lived at hn. 40 Vntaurrit etront, only recently ri"vtn? to larm'a rtrlve. Ti f it.-'iy I-, ),nnFiT In fie " ' it ;..' of f lum's. There is a daughter, Miss Euth Turn. bull. The description of the negro Walk er as sent out by the police follows: Age about . 26, medium height, dark brown color, small moustache, lives at No. 87 Oudger street with hts els ter, Susan Agrew, lately of Union, S. C, and vKnoxvllle, known as a mi lls? negro, wearing light trousers, a brown shirt and no hat " . PROGRAM FOR PAGEANT AT HOT SPRINGS HOTEL Members of Asheville Board of .Trade Planning to At tend Event. The secretary of the local board of trade has received from Dr. Wil liam H. Hastings, president of the Normal college at Hot Springs, the program for the pageant which will be given by the management of the Hot Springs Hotel and Canltarium on the afternoon of Thursday, July 29. The' program follows: Spirit of recreation. Queen's entrance and grand march. ' Part I Exercise. Dube bells Boys.. , " . . Indian clubs Girls.' - ; . lTanHnff drill . Athletic Aancinir " ; '" -"teesslvaproats he mine owners-wore tteiay race. . v Jiu Jltsu . Tart II Freedom and Happiness. National dances Krak6viak; Var- sovlenne; English dances; Plyasovaia; La Pastorelle; University four step. , Part III Grace and Rhythm. White Rose Mazurka; seasops. ' Allegrettl; spring. Pompeian flower glrle; summer. Purlana; autumn. Finale; winter. - Members of the local board of trade organization here sereval days ago received an invitation to be present on this occasion and also to be the guests of the hotel at dinner on Thursday evening. At the regular monthly meeting tomorrow afternoon the board will consider the matter and it is expected that a large num ber of , the membership will accept the hospitality offered. The Southern Railway company will operate epecial cars on trains Nob. 11 and 102 and those who make tho trip will have about five hours in which to become better acquainted with the people of the town and to witness the perform ances that have been arranged for the event. One of the policies of Asheville-"s chlo and trade organization ' is to visit neighboring towns and cities for the purpose of establishing closer trado. and social relations with these communities, and the membera and officers are gratified at this opportu nity to visit Hot Springs. Pr. Hastings has recently become a member of the Asheville board of trade. In making application for mem bership he stated that by reason of the broad scope of its work this body might well be called a western North Carolina institution. Another tribute to the activities of the local board Just received Is tho following letter from the board of commerce at Erie, Pa.: "I wish to compliment you as highly as possible on the July Issue of .'Asheville Energy.' Tou certainly have a, lot of glner In it! "Tours very truly. (Signed) "R. C. WELLER. "Managing secretary." GOVERNOR GIVES STEPP TEH DRYS" RESPITE Prisoner Is Released Under $500 Bond Until July i . Thirty-First. Governor Locke Craig today grant ed a respite of ten days to W. R fltepp, sentenced at the May term of Huperlor court to It months on the Buncombe county roads for retailing. Btopp appealed to the 8upreme court but failed to perfect his appeal. When court convened for the present term hs was arrested and placed in Jail iM his sentence was to begin to day. 11 r the terms of the respite Blepp is released on bond of I BOO to Kurirantee hl appoaranre before Bhor IT l:, M. iUu.h.iii on July it. IT E PLftfJT Mob of Standard Oil Strikers Clash With Guards and Many Rioters Are Injured. GUARDS ATTACKED; ANSWER WITH SHOTS About 50 of Both Guards and Rioters in Hospital 5,000 Men Said to Have Participated. London, July 21. The South Wales miners today accepted the terms agreed on yesterday to end the coal strike. Throughout the mine fields there was an overwhelming majority for settlement of the strike..' , The terms arrived at grant a t s- stantlal increase in wages and nearly all other concessions for which the miners asked. The agreement was reached after the arrival of David Lloyd-George; the munitions minister, who came here and addressed : the miners' delegates In the hope of end ing the strike. The chief cause of the miners' un rest was what they considered the ex- making in the sale of their coal at war prices profits -in which they were not sharing. They also resented enforced arbitration as authorized by the 'application of the munitions act to coal miners. This measure waa not actually invoked against the miners when they struck and no mention is made of its future scope In the pro posed settlement.' i It was stated that the guards did not fire until the mob attacked them with sticks and stones and t fired a number of shots. Then the guards fired a round from their revolvers and the crowd dispersed. Adozen firemen and many lengths of hose were taken to the plant to fight the strikers with water, if they renewed the attack. Before the attack was made on the police a disorderly crowd gathered at tne Headquarters or - nose company No. , of the Bayonne department and smashed windows. The chief declared he- knew- of no reason for the attack except that the hose which was guard ing the plant was the property of the city. Later the ' fighting ' was ' resumed around the plant and assumed serious proportions. The Bayonne chief of police stated that aboujt 600 people were engaged in the attack and that one rioter had been killed Fifty persons were taken to the Bayonne hospital suffering with in Juries. The Injured included both riot ers and police. i New York, July J l. Serious riot ing occurred early today at the plant of the Standard OH company at Bay onne, where a strike Is in progress A mob encountered the guards there and In the fighting three rioters were wounded by pistol shots. Bridgeport, Conn., July 21. "An proximately 1000 machinists, acc.iM ing to estimates of labor leaders wsnt on strike yesterday, at works of the Remington Arms company plant anj at the factories of four subcontractors. The workmen walked out at the lunch hour and labor leaders said ' thuy would not go back until their demands were met. ....."" New Tork, July 21. Virtually ev. ery workman In the employment of the standard OH company at the Con- stablo Hook plant at Bayonne went on strike yesterday. About S.000 men are out.. The men at the .adjacent tide water plants are reported to be rest less and, strikers say, may shortly Join the strike. If they do, the entire pro duction of oils, gasolene, and naptha. aa well as by-products will stop. There -was some disorder at the Standard Olt . plant y eater day 'when a re wworkmen insisted on . go ing to work. Some shots were fired but they were apparently Intended only to add to the noise. and excite ment. No one was reported hit. Blx arrests have been made. Director of Publto Safety, Henry Wtlson of Bayonne aent almost the entire police force to the hcene. The strike trouble--first appeared last week when the still cleaners quit wvrk .because' their demands for all per oent wage Increase waa refused. This waa followed yesterday by the strike of (00 men In the barrel shops. who asked a II per rent Increase.. (tlx steamers at 'adjacent piers will probably be towed out Into the river If tbs strike continues. They are In .various stages of loading, ROTS M T ITS 111 HEW 111 BOTE? Answer to Berlin Note Will Not Be Ultimatum But Probably Will Curtail Field of Discussion. PLACES RESPONSIBILITY FOR BREAK ON BERLIN Cabinet - Members Conclude People Want U. S. Dignity I Upheld in Way to Pre serve Peace. Washington, July 21. Secretary Lansing today was perfecting the note to be sent to Germany on submarine war. The character and purpose of the communication was agreed on yesterday at a cabinet meeting and all that remained today was to put the note in shape for transmission to Ber. lln. . - The note will be firm, vet friendly in tone and will renew efforts7 to se cure for American citizens protection the high, seas. It will probably hold Germany resonsible for any fu ture action endangering the friend tfhln of the 'tto nations. . . . - - Juat When the noterwIII e dispateh ed was not made known, but it will not be delayed because of the German submarine attack on the British steamer Orduna. ' Official information as to the circumstances of the attack was still awaited at- the state depart ment today. Members of the cabinet generally preserved secrecy regarding the prob- able contents . of the communication and the president cautioned- against detailed speculation in advance of the publication of the document, lest mis- taken impressions be cabled abroad before the actual text, is received in Berlin. Such information as was obtainable concerning the nature of the new note was chief of a negative character. Cabinet officers made it clear that it would not be an ultimatum or make any threats as to the future purposes of the United States. At the same time they pointed out that it prob ably would have an air of finality cur tailing the field of discussion and ne gotiation, and placing squarely on Germany the responsibility for any actions that might subsequently en danger the friendly relations of the two countries. The conference was devoted to an extent to a discussion of what the American people really wanted the Washington government to do in th present crisis. 8o far as the cabinet officers could Judge by their examina tion of public expressions, the natl'in had voiced an Insistent desire that the honor and dignity of the United States be upheld, but that a course should be followed which would main tain peace.' On Germany's next reply and the crystallisation of public opinion there after will depend to a large extent, ao cording to Intimations from officials. what the action of the United States will be concerning future violations of American rights. T FOR ROSSIAN S0PPL1E! Vladivostok, June IS. Correspond ence .- of The Associated rress.; Twenty thousand .American freight cars and 400 .American locomotives are due here from. the United Status within the next three months to 're lieve the congestion of supplies destln ed for the Russian front. Cannon, rifles, ammunition, armor ed cars, dynamite, pig-lead, pig-cop per, cotton for clothing and food sup piles are all ready here and all. are badly needed. Guns, rifles and am munition aro arriving from Japan and the United States by steamer loads. Armored motor cars ar coming by hundreds from Detroit and Cleveland by way of Seattle. Bo alao are lead, copper and dynamite. Cutton Is com ing from New York by way of the Panama canal In such quantities that more than anything else It la causing the terrific conge Ion of supplies. The cotton Is piled high on the hill back of the city, awaiting Its turn to be forwarded to Moscow and other cities where it wlfl be manufactured Into blauiuila and uniforms, . . H'S COUP RENEWS FEARS Reoccupation of Mexico City f ter Evacuation by Gon- zales Causes Anxiety In Washington. NEW DEVELOPMENTS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED Some Early Move on Part of U. S. Government In Re gard to Mexico Not Unlikely. Washington, July 21. Further de velopments, in the rapidly changing events In Mexico City were anxious ly awaited here today. The Mexican capital is again occupied by Zapata, and the city Is again apparently cut oft from telegraphic communication with the outside world and railroad communication with Vera Cruz has been suspended.. Dispatches to the state department from Mexico City late yesterday an nounced that' Zapata '. forces re-oc cupied the capital Sunday, following the evacuation by the Carranza army under General Gozales. Zapata 'officials -were' said "to have resumed full control of the city from which they were driven ten days ago by .Gonzales, who now haa gone northward with his troops to meet an advancing Villa force. The unexpect ed development came as a surprise to officials of the Washington govern ment and to both the Mexican agen cies. It had been supposed that the Zapata army, defeated and harrassed on retreat, was operating along the railroad to Vera Cruz, waiting an op portunity to form a Junction with the Villa column approaching from the north. No word has been received of the whereabouts of x General Gonzales since he quit the capital. News of a battle near Pachucaf already reached by Villa men, is hourly expected. The battle may have occurred, messages received here requiring about 24 hours in transmission. Other reports to tho state depart ment during the day said that rail road communication - between Vera Cruz and Mexico City was suspended on account of the present military operations," details of which were not disclosed. Suspension of railroad communication' Is vlewede here with alarm for the suffering people in Mexico City, as this action complete ly cuts off the sending of much needed food supplies. A private mes sage from a responsible source re ceived today pictured the situation as desperate. A state department announcement said advices from Mexico City stated that the Zapatistas occupied 'the city on the afternoon of the eighteenth and on the nineteenth appointed some authorities. It is stated that their actions in dicate a desire to maintain order. President -('hazaro and the conven- tionlst government have not yet re turned. At the cabinet meeting yesterday the uncertain Mexican situation waa briefly discussed. Some move on the part of the United States In pursu ance of President Wilson s message to the Mexican factions two months ago urging peace la expected In the near future. American Consul Gen eral Shanklln, now at Vera Crux, en ronte to Washington from Mexico City, is expected to give the adminis tration considerable light on the status of affairs in the republic Investigate Plot Charge By English Government Washington, July Jl. United States attorneys and speolal agents of the department of Justice are work ing on the British - government's charges that German sympathisers In the United States are violating American neutrality. Although 'they have been ordered to 'report as soon as poaalbie. on the1 matter no report has been received and meanwhile the Investigation Is being guarded with secrecy. The government's Inquiry WARSAW'S FALL NOW RUMORED AWAITING RESULT OF BECKER'S PLEA Case Before Governor Whit man rBecker Statement Involves Sullivan. New York, July 21. Counsel for Charles Becker today are awaiting the result of Becker's appeal to Governor Whitman to forbid his execution on July 26 for the murder of Herman Rosenthal. Becker's plea, which wsnt to the governor last night. Includes a long statement of' his version of the facts leading up to the murder and says that State , Senator Timothy D. Silllvan, now dead,, told Becker that he had $12,500 invested in Rosenthal's gambling house, and that when Ros enthal began to make his public, state ments about raids on gambling houses Sullivan exacted a . promise from Becker to keep Sullivan's name out of the matter. Becker says he kept the promise up to the time of making his plea for executive clemency. The statement does not disclose any police graft but gives an account of Becker's movements on the night of the murder. Martin T. Manton of Becker's coun sel announced today that proceedings would probably be started within a' day or two to appeal for a new trial for Becker - on the ground of newly discovered evidence!. . The nature , of the new evidence was not disclosd. It Is reported that friends of Sullivan have offered to make affidavits sub stantiating In part the story Becker told. W. Bourke Cochrane, one of Beck er's attorneys, who prepared part of the statement sent to the governor, said it had been decided to take this action to avoid the delay of first ap pealing to a supreme court Justice for a new trial. "Becker is ready to die," Mr. Coch rane said. "He does not ask favors from anyone, but he wants to prove his innocence." SIR. REQUESTS THAT CU BE DISMISSED Although Commissioner Denies Making Derogatory Re marks About Flag. Portland, July 21. Newell B. EUs worth, of Syracuse, N. Y., was elected president-general of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution at their twenty-sixth annual conve.itl-m here today. A resolution Introduced Monday was adopted, urging President Wilson to remove from office P. P. Claxton, federal commissioner of education on the ground of alleged disloyalty is In dicated in statements about the ,!ng attributed to him. Mr. Claxton last night at Bellingham, Wash., issued a statement disclaiming the alleged quotations. The convention adopted a resolu tion requesting the suppression of American school peace league litera ture, the action being In conjunction with the resolution asking the remov al of Commissioner Claxton. The res olutlon charged that the "peace at any price" propaganda waa being con ducted at government expense under the authority of Mr. Claxton. The 1916 convention will be held at Newark, N. J. The sessions adjourned here to meet again In San Francisco tYlday. will be conducted Independently of any evidence that may have been gathered by the allied embassies. wnue ornclais have been lor some time In possession of reports dealing with alleged attempts to cause strikes In' munitions factories and on the eastern seaport where war supplies for the allies are handled no abso lute proof has been found that for eign Influence was reapoaelble . for any of the strikes.. , A But Official Advices From Both Sides Indicate German Rashes Are Slow ing Down. RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO LOSE GROUND Serious Resistance by Russians ' Might Endanger Retreats : Italians Wage Battle on Isonzo. London, July 21. Rumors that Warsaw has fallen to the Germane are in cumulation here but the latest communications from both sides indicate that the Austro-German rushes to- ward the Polish capital are slowing down. The Russians' continue to lose ground, but apparently the campaign has not reached a decision. The last important success reported by therGermans is one'by-Cren eral von Woyrich ; south of Ivangorod. The Russians later , delivered a vigorous counter attack but failed to recover the lost ground. Windau, on the Baltic sea, is definitely in the hands of the ermans, who are now only 35 miles from the important sua- port of Riga. Possessions of Riga by the Germans would force the Russian armies near Shavli and Mitau to retreat, as the Baltic port is their chief supply point The ambitious advances, of the Germans in the Baltio provinces indicate that the in vaders not only hope to capture Warsaw but to cut off the re treat of the Russians. . Grand Duke Nicholas' armies are undoubtedly in embarrass ing positions, for to risk ob stinate resistance might imperil the retreats. It is pointed out here, however, that such an ex tension of the Austro-German line may constitute a weak point. Military writers here declare the use of the landwehr and landstunn indicates that the central powers a reexerting every resource to crush thai Russians. ' Mino warfare on the British front and isolated activity on the remainder of the western front are not sufficiently im portant to .distract publio at tention from the eastern cam paign. Italy is reported to have waged a fierco battle yotcrday on tho Isonzo front with soma success on the Corso plateau. Berlin, July 20, Further progress in the great German drives from the north and tho south of "Warsaw is an nounced in official commnnl- cations, which report tho c 1 - tare of Ostrolonka c: ( ' ; Narew river, nbout f-ivty i north of 'Vnr ;r,v. It .J
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