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I THE GAZETTE-NEWS Has the Associated Press Service. It ta in Every Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulations. WEATHEE FORECAST. FAIR. ; - ; x - VOLUME XX. NO. 143. ASHEVILLE N. 0., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, J ULY 29, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS "7 i v FINAL PREPARATIONS BEGUN FOR EXECUTION OF BECKER TOMORROW S Becker's Electrocuton for Insti gating Murder of Rosenthal Set For 5:45 Tomorrow Morning. POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER APPEAL VERY REMOTE I VThird Trial Denied by Justice I Ford Becker Declares He Will '"Die Like a I Man' Not Afraid. New York July 29. Fjjnal preparations f or the execution at Sing Sing prison early to morrow morning , of Charles Becker for institgatine the ; murder of Herman Eosenthal, ! the New York gambler, were I begun at the prison today, after i th announcemnt last night of Justice Ford's decision deny ing Becker a third trial. The I execution is set for 5:45 tomor row.- i ' There was much speculation j as to whether Becker's counsel j would attempt to make a fur I ther appeal which might act as a stay of execution or whether a further appeal is possible. One Qf Becker's atotnieys said there was to be a meeting of his counsel early today to con i sider Justice Ford's decision j and to decide what further : they might do toward saving : Becker from the chair. ! Prospects Dark. Justice Ford had declared that the case was entirely in the hands of Governor Whit man and that clemency, if any were granted, must come form him. Governor Whitman has xpressed his approval of the denial of a new trial, and said that if he had any doubt of Becker's guilt he would per don him in a minute. District ! Attorney Perkins is quoted as saying that there can be no; ' further appeal. I Not New Evidence. I . In commenting on his action in j denying the appeal, Justice Ford said that none ot the revelations made by I Becker In Ms recent statements could , be considered aa new evldene, as they I were known to Becker at the time of Ma first trial and should have been . divulged then. 'The power of the u , preme court was so limited by law, he , said, that he could not do otherwise ! tinder the circumstances than refuse : to grant the appeal; and that in Ms ' opinion there was not enough compe . tent evidence proffered to have Chang i ed the result had It been received dur , lng the trials. Ti Like Man." t To Deputy Warden Johnson, who I netlfled Becker that a new trial had ' tieen denied", Becker aald, "Well, I'll tile like a man, anyway." , To Father Caahln, the prison chap Hit, Becker said, "There Is no Justice here, but I am confident I will get it In the next world. I know the' truth wl II poms out and that the world wilt I know that Becker la not the murderer , he la acused of being. "I do not fear death but I feel the ' atlgma which this death attaches to , the name of Becker, and I feel the distress and sorrow which it will cause my wife." Prison officials planned today to .take Becker from the death house and ; prepare him for execution by giving ' him the usual bath, ahave and hair cut and to exchange hi clothing for the suit of black worn by the con demned when ececuted. - Afterward Becker wifl be placed in eell close to the door giving access Ito the death chamber. He will be allowed to receive the last visits of relatives this afternoon. Mrs. Becker had left the prison last night before word of the .lusttce's de- clsion had been received and spent the night at their borne here. WU1 Ileontv Mrs. IVx-kee, Albany, N. T., July II. Governor Whitman will receive Mrs. Charles Iiecker in behalf of her husband to fl3f .The Jtoveruttf end Major Moore, Preparing Note Asking ' Payment for Leelanaw Washington, July 29. State de partment officials today were drafting a note to Germany asking for pay ment for the American steamer Lee lanaw, torpedoed by a Qerman "Sufi marine off the Orkney islands Sunday his military secretary left the city this morning In an automobile for Camp Whitman, near' Fishklll, to review the state troops encamped there. - Before leaving Governor Whitman received a telegram from Mrs. Becker requesting an interview. He replied that he was compelled to leave this morning but would receive her on his return this evening at 6:30 o'clock. Governor Whitman had nothing to add to his brief statement of yester day, saying that the denial of the Becker appeal by Justice Ford was the only step possible. In no quarter was it believed that a plea for mercy would change his attftude. The gov ernor has stated that he is positive ot Becker's guilt. , I E Judge Boyd Expected to Arrive Monday Night important Cases Docketed. The May adjourned term of 'the United States court for the western district of North Carolina will con vene In Asheville on Monday, August 2 . The court crier will open the court on that date but Judge James E. Boyd, of Greensboro, who will pre side over the sessions at this term, is not expected to arrive until Mon day night and no court business will be transacted until Tuesday. This term of the District court was called principally for the hearing of the- second of the Gilbert-Hopkins cases Involving the ownership of about 30,000 acres of Umber lands in Cherokee county, but a number of cases on the criminal docket will be heard before this famous land suit is called, for trial. The case of the United States against Thomas McCoy of this city is set for preliminary hearing before Judge Boyd on Tuesday. The defend ant is charged with being implicated in the frauds in the Internal revenue service alleged to have been commit ted at Fort Smith, Ark., during the past several years and United BtatesJ Attorney James Virgil Boulard of Fort Smith will be here to represent the Interests of tho government. The trial of J. Archer Elmore of Houston, Texas, is also on the docket for Tuesday. Elmore was indicted for fraudulent use of the mails In con nection with sales of cotton sold by him to some firms in Greensboro. Twenty-five or thirty witnesses have been subpoenaed from Texas and It Is stated that the cost in this case lor transportation of witnesses alone will amount to $3,000. The case against J. Alexander Porter In which the " defendant Is charred with illicit distilling Is sched uled to come before United State Commissioner Theodore D. Bhelton on Tuesday. This case was called for trinl before former Commissioner R. S. McCall several weeks ago and the hearing was continued until August i. The hearing of the charges against Paul Haynes on the accusation of robbing the postofflce at Elfers, Fla.. will be heard tomorrow afternoon at, 4 o'clock before Commissioner Bhel ton If the postmaster at Elfers, who la the principal witness, arrives here In time. CARRANZA IS WILLING TO CONSIDER PEACE Washington, July 19. Encourag ing reports have reached officials of the Washington admnllstratlon re cently. It was learned last night, as to peace prospects in Mexico. Intima tions have been conveyed to admlnls tratlonofflclals that there are condi tions aceoptable to Carranta under which Joint peace deliberations of all factions could be arranged. From other mflltary leaders, among them Villa, Zapata, liaytorena and many more. It was made known from an authoritative source, there have come Indications that another effort by the United States to institute a peace conference would not be fruit le as. These reports. It Is said, have resulted from an Informal canvass of the bltuatlon that has ben qulotly In Jjrorest tot several wee v FEDERAL CUR ON ES MONDAY on the ground that the destruction of the ship was in violation of the Prussian-American treaty of 1888. The preparation of the document followed the receipt of a report on the Incident from Ajnerican Consul Dennlson at Dundee, Scotland. PORTER its STRONG ADDRESS Editor and Divine Delivers In spiring Sermon Before Baptist Assembly. Black Mountain, July 29. One of the greatest addresses yet delivered at the Baptist asembly now In progress at RIdgecrest was heard Tuesday. The speaker was Dr. J. W. Porter, the editor of the Western Recorder and the pastor of the First Baptist church in Lexington, Ky. The audience was one of the most attentive ever seen as every one seem ed eager to drink in the words con veying the great thought of Dr. Por ter. The song service began with the old familiar words "Stand Up For Jesus" in which all the audience Join ed with a good effect. Dr. Porter took his text from the third Verse of Jude. The especial words to which he directed the atten tion of his .hearers were, "Earnestly contend for the faith." "The crying need of the day," said Dr. Porter,. "Is for men who have convictions and the courage to stand by them. We have no patience with the man who' claims to believe some thing and does not. What we want is men who believe something and hold to that belief steadfactly. The great men in the history of the world are the ones who have had profound convictions. They may have had their idlosyncracles but they have tenaci ously held to their convictions." At this point the speaker disclaimed the belief that It made little difference to what church one belonged. We might as well say that It made little difference what a man does so long as he believes right. "One of the great est Joys of my life," said Dr. Porter, "is the strengthening of the convic tions of the young men who are going into the ministry. "The logio of conviction Is conten tion. Contention," said the editor, "Is the life of the world. The astronomer Is forever contending with the aerial problems. The business man Is for ever contending for the business which . makes hi ma success. ' The baby Is always contending for the very breath which sustains It and Anally grows into a grown up. Later he passes out of this world still contend ing for the breath of life. In addition to this spirit of contention one must have the courage to stand for the convictions." "Dr. Porter Illustrated the point he was establishing by referring to the experience of John Bunyan when he was I nthe Bedord Jail. . "Courage and contention always will win out. We must contend for the faith and the truth. The greatest trouble with all Is the fact that we do not think enough. We should no go to sleep so much If we only persisted In thinking. Compromise never gains anything for the fact tat Jesus Christ did not compromise on the cross when he was challenged by his enemies to save himself when he had saved so many others. "One of the greatest sins that one may be guflty of Is that of popularity. Ve should preach the truth and when we do that we shall soon have ene mies. Never until the truth Is preach, ed will th epeople ever embrace the truth. "We should earnestly contend for the faith because It has been delivered once for all. There is no new- truth. God has put his seal upon It; the fin ality has been established. A craze' for something new is sweeping all over Christendom.'' The effect of the address which Dr. Porter delivered was'at once nbtlce abde for so many surged forward to grasp the hand of the speaker and express their appreciation of the mes sage which he had delivered. LEFTON FOUND GUILTY ON DYNAMITING CHARGE Windsor, Ont, July !. William Leftor ot this elty, was found guilty y esterday on two of three counts in an Indictment charging him with dyna mltlng the plant ot the Peabody ManJ ufaoturlng company at Walkervllle, near here, and placing dynamite under the Windsor armory several weeks as ' .-';: - " y I II IN 'EBTJBZUI Military Students Uncertain as to Status of Operations Be- tween Bug and Vis- tula Rivers. VAST MOVEMENT MAY HAVE REACHED CRISIS Russians Claim to Have Re pulsed Austro-Germans on Dneister Comparative Quiet Elsewhere. London, July 29. Except from So ke 1, Gallcia, where the Russians claim by counter atack to have thrown back , the , Austro-German forces ucroes the Dneister river, little defi nite news has reached London from th eeastern front. To the east of the NareW river the extent of the Ger man advance from Rozan is marked by the capture of the village of Bio- worowo, six miles from the river. The exnet status of the military operations on the eastern : front is puzzling students of the Warsaw campaign here, and even Pctrograd seems, uncertain whether the vast operations between the Bng and the Vistula marked the crisis of the cam paign or whether the armies have only paused to draw breath and re form their lines. On the western front comparative quiet prevails with Berlin claiming and Paris admitting the reoccupation by the Germans of trenches in the Sout hed sector. " , ,'.Ronsi. explains the lull along "the Isonio on the ground that the Italians are engaged in organizing and secur ing the positions they won on the Cnrso plau-au, but Vienna claims that the lack of activity means the termi nation of tho Itnlian attack after the successful AuHtro-Hungarlan defense along the whole chosen line of but tle. German submarine warfare which raged around the Orkney islands to ward the end of last week, presum-; ably against the trade for the only open Russian port, Archangel, has been transferred to the northeast coast or suhoik, where several neu tral and enemy vessels have been de stroyed. The situation in the near east re mains apparently unchanged so far as any departure from neutrality Is con cerned, but the entente allies, already showing considerable displeasure over Bulgaria s successful negotiations with Turkey may soon transfer this dis pleasure to Roumanla which Is re ported to be ready to lift the embargo against the export of grain, thereby making available huge supplies of food for the central powers. The German advance in the Baltic provinces on a front of approximate ly eighty miles toward Gulnta, with a view to seizing the railroad between Petrograd and Warsaw, is dailly be coming a more potent factor In the situation, for linked up with the forces to the southwest a great Ger man front of 800 miles would bo formed with which they might effect a vast turning movement against Riga which is only twenty miles away. This advance has been consid ered in the nature ofan independent column and is the only one which Is under the Are of the Russian ships. The Italian gains on . the. Corso plateau and French trains In the Vosgea are about the only develop ments on the western front Closer checking of possible spies is Indicated In an official notice published In Eng land. Travelers for the Scandinavian countries will not be permitted to leave the country on or after August 10, without special permits from the home office. The restriction will also apply to rltlsh subjects, except soldiers and sailors. Pfitrograd, July 28. An Imperial ukase has been Issued caning to the colors the men born in 188. It Is reported that the government was nhout to Issue an order for general mohlllKation In Siberia- London, July 18. German subma rines show no caseation of activity In the North sea.' LAte reports tali that the Swedish steamer Emma and three Danish steamers th Maria, the Nap tunls and the Lena have been sunk by them. The crews of ike four vessels have been landed at Birth. - MISS I fUDEBBILT. UNQEBWENT OPERATION Mian Cornelia Vanderbllt, the young daughter of Mrs. George W. VandVn) bllt of Blltmore, underwent an oper ation at the Blltmore hospital this morning. It was stated at noon today that she was doing very nicely and that hoc ondAUos, was satisfactory, 7A. pn mn mm h r Thos. H. Calvert, Assistant Attorney-General Expected Soon to Announce For v Bicket's Place. McCLEAN NOT OUT FOR GOVERNOR, HE INSISTS Argument Against Bickett Shows He Is of Large Size Credited With Prohibiton and Starting Big War (By W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, July 29. North Carolina attorneys are looking daily for the announcement of Shomas H. Calvert, assistant attorney general, as a candi date for the attorney generalship which its Incumbent, Thomas W. Bickett, relinquishes when the 1916 campaign settles the race for gov ernor.' Mr. Calvert Is a native Englishman but a Chathamlte by adoption and the bar of that county has recently in dorse 1 his candidacy for the office in which he has been assistant three years. Mr. Calvert has not said when he will send out his statement but ex pectant ones look for it dally. It is altogether probable that he will con fine his Campaign to the lawyers and rest his case with them. He will probably get his name out before Bailey, Doughton and Everett declare themselves and there is some how a strong feeling here that neither Bailey nor Doughton is definitely in the race or out of It. Meliean Stops a Story. When Wilton McLean was here Tuesday evening he put a full period to a recent story that the Lumberton lawyer , had , reconsidered his an nouncement of withdrawal from the gubernatorial race. T he story came to Raleigh In a rather unusual way. Some eastern at torney had been quoted as saying that he had seen a letter from Mr. McLean seeking support for the nomination. About that time many McLean speeches were being received here. Of course it gave some .anxiety to Bickett's frinds, but not to Bickett who had one of the speeches and never doubted that the hard-headed Scotchman made up his mind fully when he gave out the Washington In terview. Bickett guessed well. "I have never thought of such a thing since my announcement," Mr. McLean said to your correspondent. "I do not know how such a story could start un less it came from the writers of some of the letters which came to me ask In g me to reconsider. I did receive such letters and appreciated them, but once out I was always out.. I do not do things that way and I am glad that you did not publish the rumor." Bickett's Size All Right. Attorney General Bickett's Louis burg friends have had to repel the sug gestlon that the state does not want a lawyer-governor and a talking artist, but a Bickett enemy In Frank lin ascribes to Bickett the guberna tortal size. : The Franklin records are said to have among them a very remarkable debate between Wiley Holmes and Dr. Adam Ball, Dickens characters in their midst, Mr. Holmes was a friend to Bickett. Doctor Ball appeared to have Im pressed the crowd more. "Gentlemen, you can't tell me anything about this General Bickett," he said. "The irou ble with this country Is that General Bickett Is at the bottom of every sink ing fund in the United States. And that ain't all. This same General Bickett has gone to Raleigh and made It near impossible for a Christian gentleman to get a drink. And that ain't all. This General Bick ett is back of this whole war business for it It hadn't been for him there wouldn't have been a German gun fired." The Bickett boosters have sought luckily for the facts upon which Doc tor Ball brought this amazing charge, stenographlcaily reported In Franklin, against the Loulsburg official. Diabo lism's hall of fame has Bickett writ high by Doctor Ball. There is no un derslse about him. Until today the body of Max H. Jordan, who lost his life In the surf that drowned George 8, Hollings- wortfi Sunday, July 15, had not been found. The Raleigh young women and men who were with the bathers that day have returned. They can give little new on the accident, though they say both were drowned in the effort to save others. The condition of Mlssi Erne Willis, who came so near to drowning. Is now satisfactory. Adjutant General L. W. Toung re turned this morning from the coast where he has been spending several days. Isr. Riuikln Make Statement. Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary to the state board of health declares that he has not yet Issued any statement as to the cause ot the Greensboro typhoid fefever trouble and that he has not done so because he has not satisfied hlmetAX yet. - r3IX ACCUSED IN EASTLAND CASE IZE TIE HALEIGH POSTOFFICE To Abolish Office of Assistant and Few Salaries to Be Reduced. (by Parker B. Anderson.) 29. At; the Washington, July 29. At the re quest of Representative Pou, the post- office department Tuesday decided to send inspectors to Raleigh at once to reorganize the office force and to de termine whether the government will make use of the Rogers-Drake build ing near the union station, which was built for the government's parcel post station. The new plan will abolish the office of assistant postmaster and, according to report, the entire clerical force will be reorganized. Some will recei higher salaries, others will be re duced, and it is not at all improbable that several new clerks wil be added tq) the present force. It is learned from a reliable source that there is not much chance of the government making any further use of the Rogers-Drake building. Recent investigations have convinced the offi cials here that Raleigh already has ample building space to take care of the mail matter for the next 10 years. There is a station at the depot and the new main office is well equipped to handle all other mail that comes to the state's capital, it is said. The regular force of inspectors that has been reorganizing the postofflce in the south was called to Lynchburg, where They will be for. the next two weeks. At the request of Mr. Pou, the department decided to put a new force of Inspectors In the field in order that the Raleigh office might have im mediate attention. FOR HOT SPRINGS VISIT Many Asheville People Will Be Guests of Popular Hotel Tonight. At 9 o'clock this morning 10S Asheville business) men had notified the local board of trade of their in tention of going to Hot Springs this afternoon where they will be enter tained at dinner by the management of the Hot Springs hotel. A large number of women will be members of the party and the visit is looked forward to with much pleas ure. Two vestibule cars have been provided by the Southern Railway company for the accommodation of the Asheville delegation and special cars' will be operated by the Asheville Power and Light company tonight when the party returns to the city. CERTAIN PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAX Montgomery, Ala., July 29. Tho lower house of the Alabama legisla ture has voted for an exemption from taxation for ten years on all capital Invested in ship building, coton mills, water power plants, and manufac tures of lime-nitrogen and on all in creased value of property brought about by the planting of citrus fruits and Satsuma oranges. The Way to Start J Something I Is To Start There is nothing to be gained by delay the more dollars you spend the more you will gain. i BUY -IT -NOW BUY AT HOME This Is thelme ot all time for the IT. list's all get busy. Let your dollars be dollars. Res buslnena talk on page 4. tttwtttttMtMwott Charges of Manslaughter Reov onrmended Against Vari- - ous Officials In Coron- ' er's Jury Report. PROBES OF FEDERAL AUTHORITIES BEGDY Federal Grand Jury Convenes! and U. S. Steamboat In spection Service Opens Its Investigation. Chicago, July 29. Go vesi mental I . efforts to place the responsibility torn the capsizing of the steamer East- ; land in the Chicago river Saturday I were under way today with the. con vening of the federal grand Jury and! the opening of the investigation fegrti the steambo at inspection service un-; der the direction of Secretary oC Commerce liedfield. j, ! ;r United States District Attorney! Charles F. line, with five assistantskj and Hinton C . Clabaugh, chief of! the bureau of Investigation, at a.; conference, went into the evidence to be presented and selected the wit-j nsses that will be called. One point1 that will be laid before the grand Jury! will be the competence of the crew.; reports of Investigators Indicating that many of the members were un familiar with nautical work. Evidence to support the charge of negligence will also be presented . The first witnesses called before the steamboat inspection investiga tion Were Captain Weutcott, super! n, tendent of this Inspection district,! and Inspectors Eckliff and Raid of : Grand Haven, Mich. w The county grand Jury which ad journed yesterday after a conference between Secretary Redfleld and State i. Attorney Hoyne reconvened thisi morning after getting the report of, the coroner's Jury recommending that six men be held for prosecution.' Charges of manslaughter were.reo-j ommenaed against William 1. Hull, general manager of the company owning the Eastland, Joseph N. Er ickson, chief engineer of the boat, Walter K. Greenebaum, general man ager of the Indiana Transportation company, which chartered the East land and Robert Reid and Charles Eckliff, steamboat Inspectors ot Grand Haven. , The coroner's Jury report declared the Eastland was "both Improperly constructed, In the service employed and Improperly loaded, operated an. maintained and the parties named! are responsible." Investigation into the constructlonJ of the boat was recommended to "as certain If there can be found any legal method by which those responsible for defective construction can Be held accountable. 1 State's Attorney Hoyne was expect- j ed to decide today how far the county-!-grand Jury can proceed in view of ' Secretary Redfleld's representation yesterday that the state lacked Juris-. diction over federal inspectors located j in another state. Mrs. Brewster Phillips gave ( luncheon today for Mrs. R. R. Wll- Dams, the invited guests being a feist Intimate friends ot Mrs. Williams. mMMMt(li S. 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