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THE GAZETTE-NEWS Baa the Associated Proa BerTice. , tt Is tn Every Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulation WEATHER FORECAST. GENERALLY FAIR. OL. XX. NO. 141. ASHEYILLB N. P., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 27, 191S. PRICE 2 CENTS Moc ENVELOPING OPERATION THREATENING WHOLE OF ONE MUSCOVITE ARMY FOUR PATIENTS FEDET AL AND ILLINOIS auwiorities clashing in'eastland inquiries E Young Edward Pass Insists He 1 ..ti Vrm Buelow Starts Cavalry Raids on Nortb of Warsaw and Southern Ataokers ? Are Advancing. OTH DRIVES AIMED AT TRUNK RAILROADS London Times Declares History ! Shows No Parallel to Move : Which Involves Rus sian Resistance. . London July1 27. The mag ' nitude of the German envelop- i' lug moveemnt in the east is ab : sorbing the attention of British officials and public. Latest re ; ports show that General von f kuelow, with 30,000 cavalry, has turned south from Riga and l is within eighty miles of the .railroad running between ret rograd and Warsaw. Li this i ,way the north German line is t closing in on the main northern ; railroad artery to the Russian I capital, while the southern ; army i3 similarly approaching ' the southern railway artery running to Odessa. -The Times declares human ' history shows no parallel to the (enveloping movement which, it says, involves Russian ' resist ance, and it is all compared with Russian resistance of the .'Mongol invasion. The Times believes the operation presents a real danger to the whole sys tem of s railway ' defenses of whicn Warsaw is the center and apparently is a German plan to envelope the entire Russian army in that region. The Times points out that the fall of Warsaw would be of grave significance, as it would mean that Russia's power to' resume a successful offensive would be indefinitely postponed and that her princi pal bases of operations would D in the hands of the Ger mans. Todav's , official statement Petrograd says that the Ger mans have been thrown back at one point on the Narew river end brings some relief in Lon don, as military observers hold that the final resistance will de pend largely on Russia's pro longing resistance until cli matic conditions of the country interpose barriers to the full ' realization of the German plans. . Reports from other fields, vilh the exception of the Ital ian frontier, where the Italians claim to have taken 1,600 pris oners, show comparative inac tivity. . it tt I t BECKER'S LAST FIGHT. New Tork. July 16. The wife of Charles Becker sat In the Su preme court room,- while coun sel for the man convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal wars making their last fight to save his ,l4. He is sentenced to die Wednesday. t It LARGE CAnTRES REPORTED ft ' it Frankfort, Oermany July 17. It -The Frankfurter Zeltung's VI t, enna correspondent says ths Austro-Oerman forces have cap It tured 111,1(0 Rumrian prisoners I since July 1 4, txoridns 41 cannon, (141 machine guns and other It supplies. El; Soon to Take Step In Mexican Policy Washington, July 17. definite step toAward settling the Mexican problem will be taken by the United States government in the near future. Au- thorltatte announcement to this effect was made at the state department, al though the nature of the contem plated action was not disclosed. Pres ident Wilson Is understood to be re volving; several suggested courses In his mind, but his decision probably will not become known before his re turn to Washington from Cornish, N. Charles Becker Given Respite From Execution New York, July 27. Upon the quest of Supreme Court Justice Ford for more time to consider the appli cation for a new trial, made by Charles Becker, under sentence of death for instigating the murder of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler, the execution of the former police lieu tenant was postponed last night from Wednesday to Friday morning of this week. . r Jutsice Ford heard arguments on Receiver Is Named for ; Nashville Nashville, , Tenn., July 27, Chan cellor Allison today appointed Mas ter In Chancery Robert Vaughn re ceiver for the municipality of Nash ville. A few minutes later - Judge British Government to Send Another U S. Note Washington, July S7. Sir Edward Grey, BrltlHh foreign secretary, has cabled Secretory' Lansing that the GrlUsh government has in preparation another note to the United States on the orders in council and asks that the ILLICIT DISTILLERY WAS SEIZED HEAR ASHEViLLE Large Plant and Three Men Captured by Raiders Yes terday Afternoon. Officers of the United States In ternal Revenue service yesterday af ternoon seized a large illicit distillery on Shope's creek, in Buncombe coun ty, within 11 mries of Ashevllle and within a quarter of a mile, it is said, of th publio road. Three men were found--sitting around the plant, two of them being armed. They wen taken completely by surprise and were arrested without difficulty. Special Employe J. F. Cabe, Deputy Mar shal J. F. Garner and M. U Reed con ducted the raid. Ono thousand gal lons of beer and ten gallons of whis key and some low wins were poured out by the officers. The three prisoners, Ben Hall, George Cordell and Bascombe Gragg were brought to the ctfy and given a hearing before United States Commis sioner T. D. Shelton. who held the defendants for trial in federal court under 1600 bonds. Being unable to furnish ths ball the prisoners were committed to ths Buncombe county JalL NEW REBEL MOVEMENT : BREAKS OUT IN HAITI Port au Prince, Haiti, July J7. A revolutionary movement against the government of President' Gulllaume, broke out at daybreak today. Rebel troops from th egovernment forces at tack the palacs of th epresident at 4 o'olock this morning and continued firing for two hours. There were a number of casualties. President Uulllaume is In the palace resisting attack, Tb buildluji llseU is in Barnes, - - " Definite H. Mr. Wilson Is known to have been reviewing the situation for some time, the warring Mexican factions having failed to heed his suggestion of two months ago that they aocommodate their difficulties and restore peace in the distressed country. pparently he has determined that the othor measures which the Washington gov ernment announced It must take If the battle of the factions continued must now be resorted to. re-the application. At their conclusion he reserved decision and gave coun Bel until noon ' today to file ; briefs. Last night the justice telephoned to Warden Osborne of Sing, Sing prison and requested that the execution be postponed. As the electrocution can take place legally any day thiB week, at the discretion of the warden, this request was granted. justice Ford announced that he would decide the case as quickly as possible . Municipality Matthews In the first circuit court,- in response to proceedings . brought un der the new Tennessee ' ouster law, suspended from office Mayor Hilary A. E. ; Howse and Commissioners Robert Elliott and Llye Andrews. note delivered yesterday In answer to the protests of March 30 be withheld, panning the receipt of the new note. State department officials asaumo that the new communication Is sup plemental to the note received yester day and will develop further details. DF Charged With Failure to Sup ply Ammunition Necessary For Counter Move. London, July 27. There has been a clean sweep from the Russian war of flee of the men responsible for the shortage In ammunition, according to the correspondent at Fetrograd of the Dully Mall. The correspondent re ports that the frank admission by the authorities is now made for the first time publicly that no large Russian counter offensive is possible, until the mobilization of industry bears fruit In a largely Increased hupply of mu nltlona. ' . . "Now that ths war minister, the assistant minister and others respon slble for the shortage have been dis missed," the correspondent says "the nation feels confident that the terrl ble miscalculations will not be re peated and that the country is put ting Its whole energy .Into the task of repairing them." . General Soukhomllnoff, the Russian minister of war, resigned June 28, and Emperor Nicholas designated General Pollvanoff to fill, the office. The reason for the resignation of General Soukhomllnoff . was not stated. ANOTHER BRITISII STEAMER TORPEDOED London, July 17. The' British steamer Grangewood, bound from Archangel, Russia, to Havre, Franoe, nas reen torpeaoea ana sunk by a German submarine. Ths orew were landed at Lerwick, Threatens Another Strike. Bridgeport Conn., July 17. -Unless the labor situation at the Remington Arms and Ammunition company's plant Is adjusted by Wednesday af ternoon anothur strike will be called, according to a statement her by J. J. Keppler, International' vie presl- tfa&t a( n mill tints' tualoa. ' . Is Re-Incarnated Bona parte and Is Probably "Going Some." LTNVILLE RIVER RY. EXTENDS ITS CHARTER May Operate, in Avery, Mitch ell, Wautauga and McDow ell Counties 31,197 People Vaccinated. (By W, T. Bost.) Raleigh, July 27. Four patients at the state hospital left that Institution last night and if Edward HolloWay Pass of Davie county lives up to his belief that he Is a re-incarnated N poleon Bonaparte, he will give the people who march after him some traveling. , ' " . j One of the nuartet returned yes terday. He Is Norfleet Stronach, Ral eigh, who did not go far. The other are P. Hi Hpulse of Cumberland coun ty, William O. Rayner of Bertie and young Pass. This boy, who comes of splendid parentage, is well educated, but has been many times In the hos pital and escaped Ave or six times after his commitment. One of his last escapes was followed by a trip to Eng land and while there he tried his best to convince the English people that he Is a son of Napoleon Bonaparte and some fighter. He wanted command of one of the armies. Dr. J. T. Joyner has been conferring with the farm life teachers and the department of education Is harmonis ing the courses In, domestic science, In agriculture : and manual training taught in these several stats InstttU' tions. ' Railroad Prospects. Among the five charters issued to day was an amendment to the Lan- ville River aRilroad company which extends Its charter and looks to branch lines. The charter gives the company the right to operate from Its present east ern terminus at Plsola In Avery coun ty, into such portions of Avery, Mitch ell. Watauga and McDowell counties and to build branch roads from any part of these branch roads not to ex ceed 60 miles. Edgar P. Earle is president and John S. Wise is secre tary. ' The Gum-Bo company, manufae- turer of confections and chewlnn gum, was chartered by J. Stanford Hutche- son, William T. Bohannon, and F. A. Hendricks, all of Ashevllle, where ths business will be carried on. The paid in capital is 2700. 81.197 Vneelnnted. The State Board of Health now has reports from all the counties co-operating with the state In Its typhoid vac cination campaign, the total number who have been treated having reached the splendid total of 31,197. A gain of 2000 was recorded last week. This represents the new per sons interested in the treatment. To date Wake county has vaccinated 10,- 806; Northampton 9883; Cumberland 4421; Buncombe 3671, and Henderson 2415. . The great bulk of this work has been done among the white people. LIST WARNING SENT Bl GDLLEGTOH WATTS All Special Government Taxes Must Be Paid by July 31 The List. Notices have been mailed "out by A, D. Watts, collector of Internal revenue for ths western district of North Carolina in which all persons subject to the special government taxes are warned that the taxes must be paid by July SI. The notice follows: Internal revenue special taxes must be paid for the six months from July 1 to December II on -or before July 31, 1916, or 60 per, cent penalties will have to ' be paid in addition to the taxes. . . The following are the more com mon of these taxes and the amounts due: Dealers in manufactured tobac co, where yearly sales - amount to 1200 or more, 32.40; theaters and picture shows, less than 260 seats, 312.60; 260 to 600 seats $26.00; 600 to 800 seats 187.(0; over 800 seats. 360,00; brokers 316; pawnbrokers 26; .commercial brokers and com mission merchants 310; bowling al leys, pool and billiard saloons 33.60 for each alley and table; dealers In leaf tobacco, from 18 to 111, accord ing to amount handled; manufactur ers of tobacco, a graduated tax ac cording to capacity. It Is hoped all special taxpayers will make their payments before the last of Julx and 'avoU, aoaUU Alleged Cracksman Seeks To Escape Pan! Ros3 Haynes, Despairing of Tobacco and Attempts to Prisoner Caught by Jailer. Becoming weary of the monotony of life, Paul Ross Haynes, alleged safe-blower, one day last week begai operations on the steel bars of his cage in the Buncombe county jail with a small saw that he had secured in some mysterious way. A Gazette News reporter this morning learned that Haynes had undertaken, jail breaking proceedings and had been found at work In broad daylight by Jailer J. B. Jordan. . In a letter to Postmaster Owen Gudger, Haynes recently gave out a statement to the public in which he expressed on earnest desire to preach in this city, declaring that he was called to summons Ashevllle sinners to repentence. The alleged cracks man, arrested near Ashevllle several weeks ago by Dputy United States marshals of this city on charges of postolflce robbery In Florida, stated that the federal authorities were mis taken In his identity; that he was not "Brooklyn Slim" or any either safe- robber. The would-be evangelist con fessed that he 'had made some depar tures from the paths of righteousness in his past life, but he insisted that he had never attempted to secure any of TIncle Sam's postal funds or stamps without rendering value received. To these appeals the government officials showed little sympathy, and It Assembling Data for Natl Defense Program Washington, July 27. Officers of the army and navy are assembling data on which the administration program for national defense will be based. The preparation 'of the army and navy boards, of reports on the needs of thehe departments, will likely be rushed and laid before Secretaries Garrison and Daniels within a few days. On the retarn of President Wilson from Cornish, he will with them formulate details of the scheme. I.M.ITS0N DISCHARGED BY 0. S. At the preliminary hearing of A. M. Watson of Blue Ridge, N. C, charged with robbery of a store and postofllce at Blue Ridge October 2, 1914, United States Commissioner T. D. Shelton yesterday discharged the defendant from custody. Flour, money and postal funds were taken from the office and store on the date mentioned. Poatofnce Inspector Webb collected evidence against Wat sop showing that he was trying to borrow money to purchase flour on the evening before the robbery and that the next day he had several sacks of flour in his house. It was alio brought out that an empty cash drawer was found near his house. Watson claimed that he hud purchase ed the flour at Black Mountain and that his son, aged 12, had found the cash drawer near the postofflce. The commissioner' ruled that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant holding the defendant for trial in ledl era! district court. Watson was arrested Sunday by Chief Deputy Marshal John Y. Jordan CLAIM GERMAN MARINE METHODS NOT CHANCED ' London, July 17. fleveral London morning papers declare they cannot understand President Wilson's refer ence in his latest note to Oermany to events of the last two months which prove It la possible to conduct subma rine warfare In accordance with the accept ed principles of war. The pa pers argue there has been no change In German marine war methods. Nino MIUIoq Reached. in Ran Francisco, July 18. The ninth million admission to the, Panaina-Ps eifio . exposition was registered, las From Prison of Bond, Finds Tools In a Box Saw His Way to Liberty. became evident to Haynes that he must look elsewhere for co-operation in his plans for the evangelization of Ashevllle, which he appears to con sider a sort of modern Babylon. He was greatly rejoiced, therefore, when aid from another quarter presented It self. : One day recently a kind-hearted, unknown friend made Haynes a pres ent of a can of Prince Albert smoking tobacco. Now tobacco is well known as a solace for many troubles and per plexities of the spirit and the author ities offered no objection to the pris oner's receiving this antidote to home sickness and prison weariness. But U is stated that in this innocent looking box were concealed a number of small steel saws. , Using more energy and determination than Judgment, Haynes, without waiting for the coming of night as a mask for his operations, be gan to apply steel to steel. Jailor Jordan declares that with the inade quate tools in his possession the alleg ed unlawful collector of stamps could not have escaped In months. The hearing for Haynes on the Florida charges before United States Commissioner Shelton is set for Sat urday, July 31, and there is very little probability that the defendant will be absent when his name is called In court. ' Plans for the navy include large Increase in the number of submar ines, from 30 to 50 being recommend ed, several battle cruisers, at least four dreadnaughta and a large In crease in the auxiliary and aerial fleets, with several submarine bases. Army plans contemplate an army of half a million regulars and mili tia. A scheme for the federalization of the militia and army and militia reserves will probably be advanced, providing for a board of instruction service. DURHAM MERCHANTS HELP TO BOOST BASEBALL TEAM (Durham, July 27. The action of the Durham merchants and other bus iness men in purchasing tickets from the Durham Athletic association and advertising ths games in their spaces In the local papers, has helped the attendance considerably, and It is hoped by the fans of Durham .that the Interest will be Increased enough to save the team from financial embar rassment. The merchants purchased several books of the tickets and are giving them away with purchases, as an In ducement to get people to come to their stores to buy goods. One ticket for kvcry 12.60 purchase is about the rate, on which the tickets are being given away. 9 To the Heads of j Big Business You set the example and the pace for the little fellow. The way to resume good business conditions is to resume; you start and everyone will follow. This is the time for the U.S. A. to make vast strides but we must get things started right away therefore , ; . BUY -IT -NOW BUY AT HOME This la the time of all times for the U. 8. A. to make vast stride Let's all get busy. ' Let your dollar be home earned home spent dollars. Aee business talk on page 4, ytt Dispute Over Possession of Evidence on Disaster Gathered by the Police of Chicago. : NO LESS THAN EIGHT INQUIRIES Secretary Redfield Will Go ; duct Probe I i of the Federal Steamboat Inspection Service. Chicago, July 27. With the arrival of Secretary of Com-, merce Redfield, steps were taken today to' determine what form the federal investigation into the cause of the capsizing of the steamer Eastland at its dock Saturday would take. Secretary Redfield is expected to go into the case independ ently of the federal steamship inspection service. - .N) less than eight investiga tions ere in progress or are contemplated, with the situa tion complicated by clashes be-' tween State Attorney Hoyne and the federal authorities over the possession of evidence gathered by the Chicago po- ' lice. ... The county grand jury has started hearings in the criminal court building; and the coroner is conducting his inquiry in the county court building, v:; United States District Attor- ney Clyne today began calling witnesses for the federal grand jury. The harbor and wharf committee of the city govern ment has begun an inquiry, and the state public utilities com mission is considering the ques tion of startng an investigation. Governor Dunne has been urged to call a special session of the legislature, and the sanitary district board will meet Thurs day to appoint an investigating commission. Until the Eastland isVaised, it is probable that tho number of lives lost will not be definite ly compiled. There are a num ber of bodies still in the hull, but divers have been unable to reach them. ' ' 9' t 1 1 f t 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 : 1
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