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VOL. XX. NOM42.
ASHEVILLE N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1915.
PRICE 2 CENTS-J Mow.
STUBBORN RESISTANCE
HALTS VON HINDENBURG
Estimated Loss of Germans
500,000 Men and Still Mus
covites Bar Way to
Polish Capital .
AARDET FIGHTING ON
NAREW AND LUBLIN
Teuton Victory on Either of
of These Fronts Would
Doubtless Mean the
Fall of Warsaw.
London, '; July 28. Though the
Gemans are now holding a great line and the city commissioner of light
from the Gulf of Riga, sweeping! nd "nance was dismissed from of
, . . , flee by a vote of the commission but
southwest around Warsaw, and en-jlne ,;gaUty of tne act wtt3 questioned
circling the city and stretching away and he was included in the ouster
to the Gallelan frontier near Sokal, proceedings. He with City Comp
It is estimated they have lost 600.000 Roller Miles Burns. . City Treasurer
men and the Russian front is not yet
broken. On 'the Narew, north of the
Polish capital, the stubborn resfiftance
of the Russians is holding Field
Marshal Von Hindenburg in check,
While to the south the combined Aus-tro-German
forces are struggling to
seizo the Lublin-Chelm railroad,
where for many days they have been
on the threshold of success . without
achieving It. The fighting at the lat
ter point has been renewed with great
Intensity and the Teutons seem to
have gained Important positions, on
th extreme right resting on the River
Buz.
Immediately west of Warsaw there
is comparative quiet, but It Is in the
Lublln-Chelm sector and In the Na
rew river region that It Is believed
that a crisis will be reached. Whether
tt will be on one of these fronts ori
on one of greater strategic Import-1
nnce, the erltlch here do not agree. I
hut o rio- .it i .in.. .m I
doubtless mean the fall of Warsaw.
DETAILS OF DEFENSE V
PUIS ARE W1THELD
Washington, July 28. Details of
the administration's program for na
tional defense will not be given out
untfl completed. This was made clear
today In a statement Issued by Sec
retary Garrison for publication In
which he urged that he be not pressed
for details of the program under con
sideration until the new military pol
icy was ready to be made public. He
ald he feared adverse criticism of
parts of the Idea might endanger the
whole plan and therefore felt that
premature discussion of the subject
would plan and therefore felt that
premature discussion of the subject
would do mors barm than good. The
plans for the reorganisation of the
army will be laid before the president
next week. ,
TEXAS MAN'S HOI
Dallas, Tex, July 18.- The bomb
which was thrown Into the home of
W, T. Moore, a saddlery factory fore
man early today was Inclosed In a
ult case bearing the name of "H. I
Cloud" of Monroe, La Police are Investigating-
the theory that the attack
might be accounted for by the sad
dlery business for which Moore works,
furnishing large orders to belliger
ents. 7
A personal grievance clue alio de
. voloped, officers announced, and a
near relative of the Mores was taken
into custody for examination, but no
warrant was Issued for his arrest.
LEE HAMLET HELD
UNDER HEAVY BONDS
Lee Hamlet, arrested' Monday bl
members of the sheriffs office on
charges of housebreaking and larceny
i In the Leicester section, pleaded gull
ty this morning before Magistrate B.
U Lada and was held to Superior
1 court under bonds acirregatlnr 11(00.
I In default of the bonds he was taken
I to the eounty Jail to await tal.
The eases against Reynolds Mor
ris and J. H. Sams, charged with
violating i. liquor laws, were con
tlnued until Thursday, August i,
when called before Magistrate B, I
Lyda this rnernliig.
Receiver Is Named for
Nashville Municipality
City Commissioner Removed Under Ouster Proceedings Va
rious Officials Had Been Charged With Bad Management
and Irregularities In Office.
Nashville, Term., July 17. Chan
cellor Allison today appointed Mas
ter ' in Chancery Robert Vaughn re
ceiver for tbe municipality of Nash
ville. A few minutes later Judge
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.
J. M. Wilkerson, recently resigned.
ijnanes .Meyers unu .nasiBUMii. vilj
Treasurer W. H West were under
indictment in connection with the
disappearance of city books- and
records from the office of comptrol
ler. The whereabouts of West are
unknown.
An "audit and survey of the books
was conducted and resulted in varl-
Cause of Grievances o f
Gem Huerta Is Disclosed
Complains That Department of Justice Agents Searched His
House Before His Visit to Family and Remained For His
Conference With Wife and Children. !
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" ra P"". 3 28. The cause of
the camplaint which General Huerta,
!now' awaiting trial here on charge of
conspiracy 10 vioiaie Amriu.n neu
trality, telegraphed to Chief Justce
White, of the United tSates supreme
court, became known today. General
Huerta charged that his home had
been violated by two agents of the
department of Justice without scruple
and he demanded guaranties of pro
tection for his family.
Alter General Huerta had been
taken for a visit to his family he pro
tested that the agents of the depart
ment of Justice, Clifford Beckham
and E. P. Stone had gone through
his home before his arrival In order
to ascertain if there were any men,
other than those belonging to his
family establishment In the house and
Statement on
Preparedness to be Made
Washington, July 28. Secretary
Garrison hw returned from a brief
holiday and he has begun the prep
aration of a statement for President
Wilson on the military preparedness of
the country.
"There is no hurry In the program
of preparation,". said Secretary Garri
son. "We are proceeding with calm
ness and deliberation which we hope
will Insure good results. I expect to
confer with the president as soon as
STANDARD OIL SUE
IS
Virtually Every Striker at
Work in Standard and Tide
water Plants,
New York, July 28. The strike at
Bayonne, N. J., In the plants of the
Standard Oil company and tbe Tide
water Oil company ended today wjth
the return to work of virtually every
man who walked out ten days ago.
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The plants of the Vacuum Oil com
pany and the General OU company,
which closed on aooount of the rldts
In which three men were killed, have
also resumed operations.
Jeremiah J. Daly, who led the
strike until he was arrested, eat in an
automobile with the sheriff and
watched the men return to work. lie
will be released today. Sheriff Kink
head said he would also release
Frank Tannenbaum. the I. W, W,
leader who was arrested last week.
ous charges of bad management and
irregularity out of which charges de
veloped the petition for receiver and
ouster proceedings.
In the hearing of evidence before
the commissioner in chancery on the
receivership much was brought to
light on the conduct of city financial
affairs, the Issue of bonds and the let
ting of city contracts, and many
charges of petty graft were heard,
Commissioner Park Marshall, who
succeeded Commissioner Andrews,
and J. D. Alexander, commissioner of
the Are department, against whom no
charges were made, are the only
members of the city commission that
remain,' --
It is asserted that the city credit
and financial standing are not involv
ed, the movement being against the
officials for alleged objectionable con
duct of their trust
The defendants in the ouster pro
ceedings announced that they would
appeal, , but under the provision of
the statute, they are barred from of
fice until the supreme court of the
state finally acts on the case.
the agents remained In the room, dur
ing the prisoner's conference With his
family.
Huerta received his wife and chil
dren at Fort Bliss on their arrival
from New York recently, but this
was his first opportunity to see 'them
In their new home.
Huerta protested earnestly to Beck
ham and Stone against the search and
claimed that his children had been
unduly frightened.
"Shoot me if you like; I am
prisoner and you may do what you
like with me," stormed the eMxican
"but do not molest my wife and chil
dren."
The general declared that the en
trance of the officers Into his home
had greatly humiliated him and had
hurt his feelings.
Military
he returns from Cornish and right now
I am getting my plans for the program
in shape to report I hope to submit
a general outline for reorganization.
, "There Is no rush, but I will bring
reports on work which I have been
dalng for some time,"
Vi v general board of the r.vy was
In session today working on reports
of naval plans for Secretary Daniels.
who will also confer with President
Wilson when he returns. The naval
board expects to meet daily.
DIRECTORS Of PUBLICITY
Decide to Employ Man to Can-
' vass State to Secure
Membership.
Raleigh, July 18. President Henry
A. Page, and Directors A. W. Mc
Lean of Lumberton, O. L. -Joyner of
Greenville, J. C. Forester of Greens
boro,' and Clarence Poe of Raleigh,
held a conference here yesterday af
ternoon, projecting plana for the
North Carolina bureau of publicity
recently organised here as the out
come of the" movement for a state
chamber of commerce, and decided to
procure at onoe a suitable man to
canvass the state for at least one hun
dred ISO memberhhlps to the bureau
and have, of course, other and lesser
membership fees In proportion to the
Interest Involved.
It was agreed that the meeting for
permanent organisations be held In
this city on Tuesday night of state
fair week In October, and President
Page, Secretary J. C. Forester and
Byron Butler were named a special
committee to get up the program for
the fair week meeting '
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THE EISTlli
Meanwhile Various Investiga
tions Proceed and 40 Divers
Continue Efforts to Lo
cate Bodies.
REDFIELD DEFENDS
FEDERAL INSPECTORS
Says No One In His Depart
ment Has Power to Sit In
f Judgment on Stability
of Ship.
Chicago, July 28. While the varl'
ous investigations being held to es
tablish the causes and fix the respon
sibility for the Eastland disaster pro
ceeded today, the work of raising the
vessel began. Federal officers have
replaced police in charge of the work.
It will take about ten days to raise
the wreck. Meanwhile forty divers are
searching the bottom of the river,
covering a radius of two blocks, for
Other bodies.
Secretary Redfield declared that
rehponsiblllty for Ignoring alleged
faulty construction of the vessel can
not bo placed on federal Inspectors.
"There Is no commission, body or
department In the service which has
the power to sit In judgment on the
stability of a vessel," Mr. Redfield
declared.
Over-loading, under ballasting and
grounding on the river bottom were
cited In testimony at the coroner's in
quest as reasons why the steamer
Eastland toppled over Saturday at its
wharf here and drowned hundreds of
excursionists. Adam P. Weckler, har
bor master, and Joseph R. Lynn, as
sistant harbor master, both of whom
were' present when the steamer cam-
sized, wlthvlts licensed, capacity of 2, -
BOO persons aboard, ' Hi ascribing the
accident to these causes, told the cor
oner's Jury that the boat was "cranky"
and should never have been permitted
by government Inspectors to , carry
more than 1,200 persons.
While the coroner's Jury was hear
ing this and other testimony, Secre
tary of Commerce Redfield Inspected
teh Eastland and watched divers,
coming the wreck and surroundini?
waters, recover three more bodies. He
stated formally that government su
pervision had not been lax and that
the. Eastland had safely carried many
more passengers than were aboard
when she rolled over. He said that
federal officers would do everything
possible to fix the blame, If there was
any.
Harbor. Master Weckler testified
that he arrived at the Eastland's
wharf twenty minutes before the
steamer was due to start and saw that
the boat was listing to port. He said
he called to Captain Pederson, of the
Eastland, to trim the vessl, shouting
that he would not open the Clark
street bridge until the vessel was
righted.
Mr. Weckler said the captain tried
to right the ship but seemed unable
to take water into the ballast tankB
fast enough.
"I never saw the Eastland loaded so
heavily as it was Saturday morning,"
said Mr. Weckler, "and I have seen
her depart many times. The boat first
listed -about seven degrees, then came
back slightly and again started over
and kept on going.
"I don't think that the Eastland
should have been allowed to carry
more than 1.200 passengers, becar-se
It did not have enough draft and stu
bility to carry a larger load. Only last
Tuesdav I told Captain Pedersen that
his boat heeded trimming as It wasihat Becker broug.nt fPOm Osslning
constantly irnvomn un
iM that the twin-screws kept the
Eastland on a neven keel while under-
"After his arrest I heard Captain
Pederson say that he tried for seven
teen minutes to trim the steamer, but
could not get water into the ballast
tanks fast enough. I don't believe
Captain Pederson reallted the danger
until the final plunge came."
Mr. Lynn, assistant harbor master,
testified that when he saw the dan
gerous list of the steamship he called
the police and fire departments. Re
turning to the wharf, he saw passen
gers leaping from the decks Into the
river.
"r hIIve." said Mr. Lynn, "that the
ship was on the bottom aft or mid-
shlpi If the captsm inea ior seven
teen minutes to right the boat without
attemDting to ge off those on board.
there was negligence."
Mr. Lynn said that he saw many oi
the crew leap on the wharf while the
ship was careening.
Aiwara Listed.
, Captain John H. O'Meara, of the
tug Kenosha, which, was to tow the
Eastland out of the river, testified he
had towed the. Eastland four times
and she always listed.
L. C. Wheeler, assistant division iu
perlntendent of th edepartment of
justice, sumbltted government Inspec
tion certificates. Including the latest
one Issued by Robert Held, July 1,
at the request of Captain Peder.
sen that the earning capacity be In
creased. Thl certificate allowed the
Eastland to take on 1,170 passengers,
an Increase of 100 over previous per -
LEEWM
LAUKdERMANS
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DeclfV Submarine Crew Could
Not Save Treated Them Bet
ter, After Torpedoing
Their Ship.
OFFICER APOLOGIZED
FOR NECESSITY OF ACT
Leelanaw Crew Carried 60
Miles on Deck of Subma
rine and Told How to
Reach KirkwelL
Aberdeen, Eng., July 28. "They
could not have treated us more cour
teously than they did1." said Cnntjitn
Eugene Belk and the members of the
crew of the American steamer Lee
lanaw, when questioned last night in
regara to their encounter with a Ger.
man submarine. The men of the tee
j,anaw traveled about 60 miles on the
upck or tne submarine. A messboy re
mained aboard the submarine at his
own request, being of .German na
tionality. Near Kirkwall another of
the Leelanaw's messboys was found
10 oe a German and was detained.
"We stopped when a shot was fired
behind us and then we had to leave,
and our ship was shelled, bombed and
torpeoed," said Captain Belk, "but it
took about an hour and a half to sink
her. The Germans took us aboard and
carried us about 60 miles. Then they
gave us directions for reaching Kirk
wall." The thirty-two members of the
crew of the Leeianaw explained that
the German commander apologized
at the necessity for sinking the
steamer but said he was forced to
do It by the fact that the Leelanaw
was carrying contraband. The crew
lof the German boat conversed affably
with the men from the Leelanaw In
good English .
The Bailors were cold and wet af
ter their row of 12 hours. They will
leave today for Dundee.
JUSTICE EBRD WILL PASS
ON RESPITEJB BECKER
Decision Expected Late Today
or Early Tomorrow
May Call Becker.
New York, July 28. Whether
Charles Becker, the former police
lieutenant, twice convicted of lnstl'
gating the murder of Herman Rosen'
thai, will die In the elwtrlo chair at
Sing Sing prison Friday morning, or
will be given additional respite, ap
pears now to rest with Suprme Court
Justice John Ford, who after re
celvlng briefs for and against a mo
tion for a new trial, studied them vm
ti 1 a late hour. He promised to an
nounce his decision as quickly as
possible, and It is expected to be
handed down late today or Thursday
morning.
W. Bourke Cockran, chief counsel
for the condemned man, also filed
supplemental brief covering ' points
raised by District Attorney Perkins.
Should Justice Ford exercise his
.
that M PriitlrMn wmilil astir
to testify In his own behalf
Mr, Cockran argued In his appeal
that the Judgment of death against
Recker was obtained by the suppres
sion of vital facts and the mlsrepre
sentatlon of other facts by the chief
witness for the prosecution.
Tt Is declared In the brief that the
affidavits of Hartford T. Marshall,
former counsel for "Brldgls' Webber
should In Itself be sufficient to (rant
a new trial.
Unchanged at Bridgeport.
Bridgeport, Conn., July 17. The
strike situation Is, unchanged at the
Remington Arms and Ammunition
company plant and at several suhejn-
trnctlng plants where the machinists,
millwrights and structural Iron work
ers resumed their strike because all
the men that had engaged In the
strike were not put back to work.
Labor leaders were In New Tork,
attending, it was said, a conference' In
regard to a proposed general strike In
munitions making factories In various
parts of the country.
tatttataeatBtitatititatHttatttttatat
t n
n Bitrnsn casualties.
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V London, July 18. The casual- st
H ties In the UriUsh army and It
H navy have reached a total of It
ISO, US. according to a printed It
H statement by Premier Ahqulth. It
t The total casualties In the navy It
K up to July 20 was 1,108, and In K
R the military branch un to Julv tt
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HAITIENS QUIET
BUT MENACING
MR. EDGE'S LEE TERRIBLY
BY
Mars Hill Man Run Down by
Car at Weaverville Yes
i terday Afternoon.
A serious acefflent occurred yes
terday afternoon at Weaverville, when
Tom dge, a blacksmith of Mars Hill,
was run down by the. automobile of
Mr .Harren of Lenoir and had his
leg terribly crushed about and above
the ankle. The Injured man - was at
once given attention by Dr. W, M.
Fresh, of Weaverville, who notified
the Mission hospital, and an . auto
mobile sent out to Weaverville,
brought Mr. Edge into Asheville.
Those who saw the accident con
sider that no blame was attached to
the driver of the car which ran over
Mr. Edge, and that the accident was
almost unavoidable,
Mr. Edge was a passenger in one
of the automobiles which ply be
tween Mars Hill and Weaverville.
This machine had stopped and Mr.
Edge had alighted to pick up Some
article that had been dropped.
The car of Mr. Harren, was Just
behind the Mars Hill car, it appears,
though Mr. Edge was not aware of it.
Alifjhtins, he stepped directly in
front of the other car, and being
knocked down, the wheel passed over
his leg, the flesh of which was ter
ribly mangled, while the bones of the
lower leg, crushed to pieces, were
mashed through the flesh. The
wounded man screamed in agony and
his cries could be heard several hun
dre yards, even after he had been
carried to a nearby shop where aid
cotfd be given.
After Dr. Fresh had bound up the
limb for tht trip to the hospital, a
telephone message was sent to Dr
John Baird of Mars Hill, the family
physician of Mr. Edge, who followed
him into Asheville. .
.. Mr. Edge Is a well known and re
spected citizen or Mars Hill, with a
wife and children. It is said that hit
wife is very 111, as is also one of the
children. It was feared that knowl
edge of the accident would prove a
dangerous shock to Mrs. Edge.
WHITE WAY LIGHTS
FOR PENLAND STREET
Property Owners Are Consid
ering Plana For Extension
of Lighting System.
Following the announcement, re
ported In The Gazette-News yesterday,
that the white way Ughlu will be ex
tended through West College street
and probably down Government
street, a number of citizens owning
property on Pcnland and Walnut
streets met for discussion of similar
lights for Penland street.
It Is stated that only eight to ten
lglhts will be necessary for the block
extending from College street to the
corner of Penland and Walnut streeta
Those Interested In the proposition
are the Asheville Telegraph and Tele
phone company, P. J. Johnson, J. K.
Chambers, J. H. Creaaman the Ashe
ville Laundry, Poole Brothers. John
O'Donnell and Gay Green. It Is stated
that definite action In this matter will
probably be taken In the near future.
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President Wilson
Said : I
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"If you have to buy anything, buy it now; thus you will J
become seller as well as buyer-" ' J
The big interests of the country responded and the J
wheels of industry .are moving faster. ' ' ' J
You respond and you will help stimulate trade in all its J
branches in North Carolina and you will benefit along
"with the rest .2
BUY- IT - NO W
BUY AT HOME
This Is the time of all times for the V. S. A. to make rest etrtdea
Let's all get busy. Let your dollars be home eatoed home spent
dollars. See business talk on page 4.
Generally Feared Calmness
Will Disappear in Grow
ing Indignation of Mas
sacre of 160 Men.
MAY RENEW ATTEMPT V
TO SIEZE PRESIDENTS
Executive Has Refuge at
French Legation Which
, ' Is Threatened With At
tackCruiser Sent.
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? Port-au-Prince, July 28.A H'
? mob of infuriated Haitlens to- sji
S laume of Haiti from the French 1
s legation, where he had taken Ut,
5 refuge and shot him down in
S front of the building. Hi
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti, .July 28.
The night passed quietly here at
Port-au-Prince. The population, how-i
ever, are highly indignant over th;
massacre of the 160 political prison-)
ers, including ex-President Orestes '
Zamor of Haiti, who was executed by ,
order of Governor General Oscar, of
Port-au-Prince when the rebels at-;
tacked th presidential palace, and to-i
day there is threat of another attack
on the French legation to seize Presl-i
dent Zilburn Guillaume.
The president, together with mem-j
bers of his family, yesterday, toolc!
refuge under the French flag, after
ha had been driven from the palace!
by the rebels, who in an attack last-,
ing several hours, partly destroyed'
the executive mansion. ' The attempt'
yesterday to seize the president failed
because of the protestations of the
French minister. . v :
It is generally feared that the calm
which prevails among the Inhabitants
Is a condition created by constrena-i
tion over the reign of terror which;
has prevailed for several days and '
which culminated In the assassination J
of the political opponents jt Gen.
Guillaume and that It will be suc
ceeded by an outburst of fury whoa
reaction sets In.
The body of Governor Osqar today
remained unburled before the con
sulate of the Dominican republic,'
where it fell after he had faced a
firing squad.
The governor general took refuse,
at the Santo Domingo consulate after
e.v unsuccessful attempt to defend,
the president's palace, but a ' mob!
seized him, dragged him through thf
streets and executed him.
CRflSEB SAILS. ..
Washington, July 23. The cruJsei
Washington with Rear Admiral Cap-'
erton. seven hundred hluelnnkatit nnif"
and an expeditionary force of 100 ma-
nnes, naiiea irom j.ape iiauien las
night for Port-au-Prince. '
Western Fotnto Growers Meet,
San Francisco, July 28. The lead ,
lng potato growers of the west are
attending the annual convention of
the. West Coast -'otato association, at
Leland Stanford, Jr. University. The
potato men have many problems to
discuss, In view of the growth of their
acreage during the past few years..
The convention will occupy a full
week.
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