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THE GAZETTE-NEWS Em the Associated Press Service. . ft Is In Every Respect Complete. ! Member Audit Bureau Circulations, WEATHER FORECAST, SHOWERS; COOLER. fOLUME XX. HO. 147. ASHEVILLE N. 0., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 3, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS'" RUSSIANS STAND WEST OF WARSAW, INVADERS ADVANCING ELSEWHERE Jermans Pursuing Polciy of i - .... i I Trying to Cut Communi- 1 cation of Grand Duke !';. Nicholas' Forces. IEAVY FIGHTING NEAR i YPRES ON WEST FRONT 3ritish Capture Ridge Crest on I Gallipoli Peninsula and Improve Positions at Dardanelles. Baron Werther of Rare Domestic History Killed ; Rio Janlero, Aug. 8. Baron Alle mand Werther, son-in-law of the late Baron de Rlo-Branco, Brazil's famous foreign minister, was killed last night while trying to gain possession of his children who were living with & for mer wife, who had secured a divorce from him. The divorce trial of the Baroness Werther which began in September, 1913, resulted In sensational disclos ures. The baroness declared her hus band had seied diplomatic documents belonging to the minister of foreign affairs of Brazil and had threatened his wife with death when she pro tested. The baroness accused her husband of having had frequent Interviews with Herr Mlchailles, then German minister to Brazil. She also said her husband had communicated to the Krupps and other German firms doou ments referring the Brizilian defenses. About a year before the divorce proceedings wer lnstitutd the baron was shot three times by his nephew Senor Allcides Parahoe Sflva, but Uie wounds were not serious. The shoot ing took place at the home of Baron Werther at Petropolls. Sllva decla d he mistook his uncle for a burglar. Amsterdam, Aug. 3. Heavy Ighting is in progress on the 3ritish front nera Ypres, ac cording to a telegram from CJourtr&i, Belgium. , The boom :)f great guns and mine explo sions were audible there for lours and were quickly follow ed by a steady stream of rounded from the vicinity of Iooge. Most of the casualties ,Tere the result of shrapnel ounds. ' . - '' " London, Aug. 3. The crest A the ridge on the Gallipoli peninsula has been gained by the British troops and the po sition of the' British forces in the Dardanelles has been much ' nproved, according to a state ment issued by the official ress bureau. ' - London, Aug. 3. The armies f ermany and Austria-IIun-ary are being held held by the iussians west of Warsaw but the invaders are progressing jlsewhere on the eastern front; the most determined attacks jvidently being those directed against Wytzkow, a tonw 35 miles northeast of Warsaw. Pursuing their policy of cnt- tin gGrand Duke Nicholas aommunications, heavy German forces are attacking the railway which is linked to the main Petrograd-Warsaw line at Os trolenka. Latest t dispatches directly from Warsaw are conv municated by the correspond ent of the Associated " Press, and dated July 31. These show that conditions are much bet ter than previously indicated, i In the west heavy fighting is in progress along the British section of the Belgian front and' thereh as been a resumption of infantry fighting in the west The French assert that the Ger mans captured eome trenche9 in the Argonne and Marie Therese districts claim that by counter attacks a portion of the lost ground was re won. ' In the vosges, Paris states that the French troops took several German trenches after inflicting heavy losses on the .Germans. ' Steamer flunk. ; London, Aug. I. The British !i steamer Rana has been sunk. The i captain and 11 members of the crew have been landed safely. Political Deadlock In Haiti After Revolution Port-au-Prince, Haiti,: Aug. 2 Revolutionary activity in Haiti during the past week has been followed by a political deadlock in the efforts of the Haitian congress to elect a president to succeed General Guillaume, who was shot to death in the capital. A majority of the congressmen de sire the election of M. Dartlguenaze but the revolutionary committee de sires the election of Dr. Rosalvo Bobo, head of the successful revolution. Despite assurances of American na- BAR CONVENTION i ISINJESSli Attorneys of This and Other States Present In Large Numbers For Opening Last Night. JUDGE W. P. BYNUM SPOKE THIS MORNING Sec'y Daniels and Senator Lew is to Arrive Today Sen ator's Address Attrac tion for Tonight. val commanders that congressmen will be protected the senators and deputies decided not to elect a presi dent, fearing an attack by the parti sans of Dr. Bobo. ' A delegation of four congressmen Including the Bishop of Port-au-Prince, have gone to Cape Hatten in an effort to effect conciliation between the various factiona American marines continue to dis arm the natives. A detachment of marines from the French cruiser Des cartes occupies the French legation. A large company of state and local members of the legal profession as- sembled this morning at the Battery Park hotel for .the second day's ses slon of the North Carolina Bar asso elation. The program for the morn ing Included addresses by Judge Wll liam P. Bynum of Greensboro and the reports of the memorial commit tee. Frank S. Spruill was on the program but a telegram received to day stated that' he is too ill to attend the, convention. Judge By num was the first speaker and he held the close attention of the visit- OPP-jE CARTER 3& r Ur by Friends as Man to Break Into Carter Candi ' dacy in West, for Attor ney Generalship. EASTERN AMBITION APPARENTLY DECLINES East Is Accused of Piggishness Asheville Automobile Trade Association Gets Charter. (By W. T. Bost.) Raleigh, Aug. 3. While Thomas H. Calvert, assistant attorney general, is sounding the lawyers at AshevIJle this week on the Calvert candidacy for at torney general, rumor that the senior JEdmund Jone'a friends will be doing the same thing for him comes to Ral eigh and complicates the Issue not a little.;.';: " The west is obliged to have a can- GEO. GARDTHERS PAU-AMERICATIS DEFENDS VILLA ILL CONSIDER 1 WkU U. S. Special Agent Denies Rebel Chief Said U. S. Could Descend to Infernal Region. CONFISCATION ORDER MODIFIED, HE SAYS Expelled Merchants Protests to State Department Vera Cruz-Mexico City Tele graph Working. ing- barristers as ha discussed the dldate, some very notable lawyers de. Resolution Denoucingn U. S. Gov't Considered San Francisco, Aug. 2. Hope that had been expressed by many of the delegates to - the German-American alliance whioh convened today that the convention would take no formal declaration of attitude toward the American controversy with Germany was diminished today, it was said, as a result of an' attack on the Ameri can government made In the address of the president. Dr. C! J. Hexamer of Philadelphia. ' Delegates favoring' a strong stand by the convention asserted that Dr. Hexamer's denunciation of the Uni ted States government for permitting the shipment of war supplies to the allies would pave the way to a resolu tion to the same effect. Dr. Hexamer's report? was to . be read today. The convention will be in session until Friday. This Years Cotton Crop 4,000,000 Bales Under Last 111 DISTRICT COURT HOLDS jHORT SESSION McCoy Case Set For Hearing ; Tomorrow Morning at 10:30 O'clock. The United States District court convened hese today at noon with Judge James E. Dnyd presiding and was almost immediately adjourned until tomorrow morning, ft Is un derstood that the rase of the fsderal toverntvent against Thomas C. Mo- Coy will be taken up tomorrow morn Jng t o'clock, . Washington, Ang. ! This rear's cotton crop will approximate 11, 970. 027 equivalent SOO-pound bales, com pared with 16,184,930 bales for last year, according to estimates unoffi cially calculated and based on crop conditions reports Issued today and official figures on areags and normal yield. Whether the yield this year is greater or less than the estimate de pends on growing condition from now until picking time. 'The condition of the growing crop on July 25 was 75.3 per cent of nor mal, the department of agriculture announced. The condition by states follows: Virginia, 79; North Carolina, 7;Bouth Carolina, 72. ESCAPED PRISONERS ILL BE ND1GTED County Attorney to Ask Next Grand Jury to Indict Un der Law of 1905. That the county attorney will ap pear before the next grand Jury which meets on September 27 when a term of Superior court for criminal eases will convene and ask for Indictments for all prisoners who have escaped from the chalnganga of this county, is the announcement of the county commissioners. This means, according to the com missioners, that a state law of 1905 as amended, which Is to the effect that an escaped prisoner can be In dicted and If convicted, gtven a max imum of two years on the roads will be enforced In this county for the first time. ' When the present administration took charge of the county's affairs one of the first arts was to take off the ball and chains from the con victs legs and place the convicts on the trust system. Naturally breaking an old custom and riving men more rdom tin any of the others In a similar position had er received, a tew or the prisoners walked away, some to soon return and others to remsln until they were captured. In almost every ease the prisoners have been retaken and brought back to the camps. Now In order to show these pris oners that the laws of the county csn 'and will be enforced the county attorney will ask for the Indictments and prosecute the eases, assisting the solictor.. LARGE CROWD ON WIT. MITCHELL TRIP "Asheville Day" on the Moun tain is Being Celebrated in Great Style. Black Mountain, Aug, S. "Ashe ville" day on Mount Mltchel 1 proved wholly successful. It was so consid ered, both by the management and by those comprising th eparty. It was stated the 152 tickets had been bought at the Asheville end, while a number of tickets were also purchased by members of the summer colony here. At the end of the 22 mile line, at the camp, a(speclal dinner was served under the direction of Col. Cohen, and there was a talk by H. W. Plummer, of the Asheville Power and Light company, who has taken an active In terest in developments here. Mr. Plummer Is persuaded, that the Mount Mitchell railway possesses an equal degree of value In an aesthetic and economic sense. Judre J. C. Pritch ard, who today made his first trip to the mountain In 10 years, expressed the opinion that the road provided Just the one thing needed to round out ummer life for the tourist. It takes about three hours for the cars to make the climb, but the road bed la good and safe, and every moment of the time there Is something new to command the attention. Things have been looking up for the road since the visit of President Harrison and other Southern official A new station la being buflt, and trtJns stop when necessary. Regular ubservatlon cars are to be used an other year, CoU Cohen being confident that the venture will prove profitable this summer changes and growth in the common law in the United States as shown by the decisions of the courts. . Judge Bynum's ability and knowledge of the law were well illustrated as he sketch ed the changes that have followed economic and social developments in this country. The speaker confined his subject chiefly to those advances In legal ideas that have occurred in the regard to the conception of private property and the right of contract. He showed that 100 years ago the names of trans portation of the present day laws f6r regulation of common carriers or for the protection of citizens even against themselves In making contracts. . The earliest .court decisions cited by the judge in "igard "to the number of hours that should make up a work man's day took the position that the matter concerned only the parties to the agreement. This Judge Bynum contrasted with recent decisions of the Supreme court laving down the prin ciple that If the courts have the power to protect a man s life they also pos sess the power to protect his health and his morals. In the same way the learned Jurist traced the growth of the principle of the control of public and quasi-public corporations. The early notion was that a company's charter gave the in corporators power to operate the property as they pleased so long as they did no Injury to a third party and regulation on the Part of the po lice power was regarded as usurpa tion. But the courts have gradually adopted the Idea that new conditions call for amplification of ord principle And today the recognized rule is that wherever a corporation engages in ac tivities that affect the public In any way the power of congress and of the courts may be Invoked fop the general welfare of the citizen. There will be no session of the as sociation held this afternoon. Opening Session. The legal profession of North Car olina was well represented last night at the opening session of the North Carolina Bar association at the Bat tery Park hotel. In addition, a num ber of dletlngulimed lawyers from other states were present. Social greetings among old friends aad ac quaintances occupied some time and It was about 9 o'clock when Presi dent J. Crawford Blges otf Raleigh called the convention to order and introduced Thomas J. Harklns of this city who delivered the address ot welcome. Mr. Harklns said In part: "It has been said that things are divided Into two classes; those which concern us and those which do not; and that dangers and disappointments constantly abide In these things which do not concern us. There Is much gravity and wisdom In this. I do not recall by whom It was said, whether by a Roman sage or an Irish hod car rier, and It makes little difference. The phflosphy smbolded Is worthy of either, Being guided by the wisdom In this bit of philosphy and having neither the courage nor the desire to exhibit any unreasonable contempt for danger, I shall confine myself to a plain welcome and shall Indulge In no attempt to enlarge upon the uncere monious, commonplace and prosal: welcome so familiar to us all, nor to give to the aggregate of its peculiarly simple qualities a new Interpretation or a new Individuality. "Such a derision and a strict adher ence to It will, I feel sure, be appre ciated, and will especially gratify those who are to follow ma on the program this evening. "If I can cause you to feel the warmth of the henrt with which we extend our greetings on this occasion and can Impress upon you the cord iality of our welcome by doing simply whst I was put upon program to do, that Is, to say "welcome" to you, with out presuming to discuss subjects for eign to the theme In hand, and fore going what Is usually considered the opportunity of a life time to rid ones system of any Overplus of Irrevlsvent (Continued oa Page" Two). rU. S. Asks South and Central American Countries to Help Restore Peace In South- v ern Republic. EVEN IP TREND IS TO MILITARY ACTION Clare, to &reak into the Carter can didacy. The west needs an incarna tion for another reason, democrati cally speaking. Whether Blckett or Daughtrldge wins, the east is accused of piggishness in the offices and the attorney generalship, should go to the west, they say. However, the "eastern democrats cannot work out the charge" of greed iness by arithmetic. Governor Craig is an Asheville man but just as much an easterner. If Bickett is nominated he will be an easterner but as much a westerner. There is a standoff here. Then Judges Hoke and Walker of the Supreme court. Commissioner Graham of the department . of agriculture. Auditor 1 Penn . Wood, Corporation Commissioners Lee and Pell, arid Commissions Shlpman of the depart ment of labor and printing are all westerners. Lacy, Grimes, Joynei4, Toung, Travis and three supreme court Justices do .not utterly ovej: whelm the western representation. It Is because of the reputed dissat isfaction of sectionalism that a west ern candidate for attorney general is discussed. Eastern ambition has ceas ed to stesert itself for this place. W. A Self of Hickory has not proclaimed himself a candidate, but others are doing it for him. Mr. Jones, who Is a Caldwell county man. Is offered as an uncommonly strong man. At the bar, association's meeting this week the candidates will be Inventoried. Mr. Calvert Is actually and earnestly In the hands of his friends. If these tell him that he should pot run it Is fair to gues that he won't. Doughton is not going to run. No Sherlock Holmes is needed to see that Bailey Is not going to contest the at torney generalship. Bailey will prob ably say no more about It and allow the newspapers to guess aU they please. Doughton will have some thing to say. But this week Is going to settle something. It is going to de termine the candidacy of Calvert, Jones or Self, Say the wise ones. And ot course, Everett, another easterner, must be reckoned in the counting. Tins county commissioners In ses sion this week will go Into the plans for the celebration ot the formal opening of the new Wake county court house. School Bond Issnex For the construction of two and perhaps three new school buildings In Raleigh, a bond Issue mas been au thorled by the city commissioners and will be held September 9. The AshevlMn Automobile Trade soclatlon, incorporated, was chartered without capital stork to promote and encourage the automobile business. Eugene Sawyer, J. P. Hill and others are Incorporators. The North Carolina Mentha-Tepa Sales Corporation of Charlotte, was chartered to make and sell mentha peps and other drink. The capital Is $100,000 with 2200 paid In. 3. V. Chandler, Jr., R. A. Tinglcy and C. W. Norman put up the money. The Polkton Lumber company, of Wadesboro, chartered with 12,000 of Its $10,000 paid in is. Incorporated by the J. S. H. Park Lumber company, William F. and Walter M. Miller. Conference to Be Held Thurs-t day Between Sec. Lansing n,nrl Aro-entiriA. Brazilian ' Y7M Ty . . r -El - o ' others, special agent of the state de- and Chilean Ministers partment, who arrived, who arrived here early today from Chihuahua Uty, ; denied that General Villa de- Washington. Au. 2. The United clared that "if the United States does states has decided to ask the co-op- not like my action It can go to h 1. ration of South and Central Amert- I was in the room adjoining thejea in the next step to restore peace conference Saturday," said Mr. Caro-to Mexico. The ambassadors from thers, "and am positive that If Gen-1 Argentina, Brazil and Chile and the oral Villa had used such language I! ministers from Bolivia, Uruguay and- would have known It." ' Guatemala have been asked to con- General Villa has modified his.fer with Secretary Lansing here order of confiscation, Carothers said, and planned to station Villa repre-: sentatlves in every store for the pur pose of seeing that the profits made by the merchants do not exceed 15 per cent. Consuls of the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Spain are said to have drawn up a list of ques tions about the status of stock trad- Thursday. While the Btate department charac terized the coming' conference as an informal one, the sentiment has been growing among American ' officials that the next step in the Mexican situation should be taken in concert . with the nations of Central and South America, even if the trend should be toward military action-. The three Americas were mediators in the Niagara conference in 1914. ers and private property of their 1 The three ministers are from point nationals which Villa was to have an swered yesterday. Mr. Carothers said he left Chihuahua City before an answer, was received. Edward Wlsbrun of Santa Barbara and Tarall. in hlhuahua, stated to day that his business had hpen taken over by the Villa government. General Villa early today was re ported to be en route to Juarez. More .than 160 merchants who say they were expelled from Chihuahua of seniority at the head of the Cen tral American legation corps. Action In concert with . the Central and1 South Americans would be . In. line with President Wllaon'a.plan-.fOB . closer relationship between the Uni ted States and those countries and Is) planned to show that the United States considers 'the Mexican question the common cause of the Pan-American group and that this government entertains no idea of territorial ag. City by the edict of Villa are expected gresslon, but is acting solely as Mexl to arrive here today, and In dispatches from them protesting; to the Ameri can state department, they declare the entire population of the district are starving, because their stores have been confiheated. They declare . the rate of exchange fixed by Villa be tween his paper money and gold has forced them from business. The rate decree is 80 cents, silver, for one peso, and at current rates for paper money across the border It will buy only two cents worth for the doljar. Reports have been received here asserting that there flas been no corn In Chihuahua City for two weeks and that only one'shlpment of beans has been- received In that time. Accord ing to the withdrawing merchants. flour Is at famine price, and it is erven to joint said the tramways and light plants . necessary co's nearest powerful friend . and neighbor. Those in closest touch with the Mexican question have . been aware fr some time that the views of the Pan-Americans were being taken Into consideration in the Mexican question and on various occasions have seen in the - president's utterances evi dences to that effect. Some ot the clesest observers of the Mexican situation as long ago as last March professed o see the president's plan for Pan-American co-operation when he delivered an address on the Argente battleship Moreno. It is believed that the president then was thinking ot Pan-American Joint action wtti regard to Mexico, military operation u At this stage, however. It Is not be lieved that military opesatlona are l being contemplated. The South and the mine owners for a conference on I Central Americas have been koeplng August 9. In an endeavor to force a: closely Informed of the situation, loan of $300,000, and It Is stated he All the Pan-American governments ha sthreatened to close all the mines have been receiving reports from have been shut down because of shortage of coal. Villa Is said to have summoned all their ministers and consuls. It IS known, however, that If the situation should come to a pass where armed force might be necessary to open the that are not represented. Conununk'atlou Restored. Washington, Aug. 2.Telegraahlc Mmmiinlfi.tlnn tiAtWAAfi Vara P. I and Mexico City has been restored, railroad to Mexico city lor m pro Provisions began to enter the capital tectlon of the legations and non-com-yesterday and other shipments are en batants, or should an armed oocupa route. tlon become necessary as a prelude to The Red Cross message was from the restoration of constitoiUonal Charles J. O'Connor, the society's re- emment and elections, the South aad lief agent in Mexico City, and said Central Americas prooamy wou.u JUDGE CARTER HOLDING . The many friends of Judge Frank Carter, who are here from all sections of the state In attendance at the e slons of the North Carolina Bar as sociation, will regret to know that Judge Carter wfllln unable to attend the sessions of the association here, as he Is this week conducting court In Union county. . -j Judge Carter was In Asheville a few days last week, on a rest with his family between courts, and met a few of the vanguard of the association who had arrived a few days betore ins sessions began. Prions already prohibitive. Prac tlcally no communication. Authentic case of death and collapse from starv ation. Some people eating leaves, grass, dead horsea and mules." Consul Sllliman said that Mexico City had been occupied by Gonzales on Friday on urgent orders from Car ran is, and he added that there had been, severe lighting Friday afternoon at a point of east of Guadelope. The director of telegraphs states that tele graphic communication Is expected to be established by Sunday at the lat est. Communication with Tula by way of Pachuca is being pushed further northward. The occupation by Ob regon of Zacateqas Is confirmed." Consul Sllliman stated that Gon zales would go directly to Mexico City instead ot lingering and expects com munication to be restored at once. He also stated that Carranza would move his entire government to Mexico City during August. The state department has received an unofficial report that Villa having abandoned Torropn has established iheadquartera at Chihuahua and has ordered the Americans there to leave. Nothing official concerning this has ben received. Advices concerning Paul Hudson, American editor of the Mexican Her ald, say that he was held prisoner In the Horald building as late as July 21, while Zapata's followers operated his presses, printing the El Renovador. It is presumed, however, the depart ment's advices say, that with the en try of Carrana forces Into the city, the Brazilian minister has been able to iv end welcome an Invitation w share this work with the United States. How the factions In Mexico would regard such a Joint action Is a mat ter of dispute. On one hand the sug gestion has been mot with th decla ration that some of the Boutn Ameri can countries typified the so-called "Clentlflco" element. On the other hand the leaders have professed to be ready to embrace any plan for peace which Included as Its first ob ject the maintenance of the territo rial sovereignty of Mexloo, free emo tions and the restoration ot govern ment . The Thursday conference la the step President Wilson and the csb -net had In mind when a few weeks ago a statement was Issued to the American people on the Mexican sit uation, and Intended for the informa tion of the Mexican leaders them selves,. The statement declared In forceful languago that the patlenci of the United States was becoming exhausted and that unless the Mexi can leaders themselves found ' som way to accommodate their differ ence, the United States would be con strained to decide what means should be employed to restore peaca. The state department was disturbed by reports that General Vflla hud driven American and other fnr-lrn merchants from Chihuahua, confln cated their Property and execiitod six of their Mexican colleagues. Pro tests came from diplomatic repr-n. tatlves ot several foreign powem. Enrique C. LloVente, Villa's Wh- effect the release of Hudson and tu,lntton represMUUve. said he wouil (ConUni.J on rag we).
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