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THE GAZETTE-NEWS Haa tb Associated Press Service, 1 1 to to Ever Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulations. WEATHER FORECAST, SHOWERS; COOLErC VOLUME XX NO. 148. ASHEVILLE N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 4, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS ONLY GERMAN PROGRESS NOW IS. TOWARDS RIGA Invaders Apparently Stopped Northwest of Capital and, Von Mackensen Is Bat tered to Soutn. GERMAN PAPERS DO NOT IGNORE DELAY Triumphal Entry of Kaiser Is Postponed-rWarsaw's Hop of Avoiding Evacu- Is Increasing. Ma;. William E. Breese Paroled by Mr. Gregory Gazette-News Bureau Wyatt Building Washington, Aug. 4.. Before leaving the city today At torney General Gregory signed the parole of Major W. E. Breese now serving a term in the Atlanta pen! tentlary. Major Breese will be allowed to re turn to Ashevllle aa soon as his pa role reaches Atlanta. Reserve Board Prepares For Fall Crop Movement London, Augl 4--Rear guard fighting by the Russians north west of Warsaw has been so effective that the German at tackers seem to have been held up. While to the south Field Marshall Von Mackensen's fore es pushing northward from Lublin are beingbadly battered. The only Austro-German pro gress on the east front now is toward Riga in the extreme north and below Ivangorod. Warsaw is still holding out and the hope that the Polish capital may yet .be saved is growing stronger among the . entente allies. ' ' " The Garman press explains that with the ,delay lengthen enirig of communications, the problem of transport and rein forcement have become more complicated and thus account for the delay of the invaders. The efficiency of the Russian tear guard actionse is not ig nored by the German press, however. The German emperor nd his consort, on the way to Poland for a triumphal entry , Washington, Aug. 4. Preliminary plans designed to make available resources of the federal reserve sys tem In the annual fall crop movement have been worked out by the federal reserve board. In letters to regional banks it is pointed out how the crops movement can be financed. The lat ters call special attention to the mar keting of the cotton crop because it Is clearly to the common interest that credits based on crops be protected as far as possible from danger of demoralization. It is shown that no staple commod lty is so subject to variation In prion than cotton. "Sudden and violent fluc tuation," says the letter, "clearly are neither to the advantage of the loan banker, the producer, manufacturer nor consumer, Affirmations to the contrary Invite an interesting Hold for speculation." It is suggested that reserve banks communicate with their members and others interested and point out to pro ducers the importance of at once ar ranging for the proper storage and insurance of the crop. U. 5, HAVE Til INTERVENE Senator Lewis Says Gov't May Take Same Course for Peace In Mexico Pursued v In Cuba. REGRETS ATTITUDE OF ENGLAND AS TO TRADE Illinois Man Thinks Germany and U. S. Will Reach Under standing on Questions In Controversy. That there is no prospect of war with Mexico, but that intervention by LAST DAY OF NEW Wijiam R.Vance Spoke; Impor- ...---. tant Resolutif .dopted Sec 'y Da to Attend C" ''' ;' Bajt Tonight. v NOTE ADDRESS WAS HEARD LAST NIGHT Large Audience at the Battery Park Hotel Hears Senator Lewi3 Discuss Inter national Relations. The morning session of the North Carolina Bar association began at HEAVY RAINS DELUGE EAST Tests Prepared for Excursion Steamers Chicago, Aug. 4. The board named by the city council and harbor com mittee has begun preparing for tests of the stability of excursion steamers sailing from this port. Sand bags, equivalent ,ln weight to, an average consignment, of passengers, will be placed on one side of the steamer Christopher Columbus on Thursday as a means of ascertaining whether the vessel is seaworthy, .j.., i . .' The federal grand jury 6ont!n6aI the United States to restore peace in 10:30 o'clock today with the consld-j that country is , inevitable unless (eration of a number of ..: important these Is a speedy . Improvement of .resolutions. Representing the Ashe conditions there, was the statement iville Bar association President Louis of Senator James Hamilton Lewis of jM. Bourne presented to the state Illinois who arrived in Ashevllle ! or8anizatlon a ro'ion asking en- .,. A . - ,. ' . . . . ! dorsement of the movement inaugur- 5-esterday to deliver the principal ad-inte(1 by the ,oca, attorney8 la8t Mon. dress last evening before the North! day to secure the regular meetings Carolina Bar association. jhere for the Circuit Court of Appeals for the fourth circuit. The resolutions Pwere unanimously , adopted and a committee will be named tq co-oper- the taking of evidence regarding the alleged "cranky" performances of the Eastland. It Is declared that 12 or 15 Indictments are being drawn up and will be completed this week. The solicitation of funds for the Eastland sufferers has practically ceased after a statement by Mayor Thompson that a sufficient sum had been received. Ii is anuounced that the amount.. subscribed. will : exceed $130,000. . , v v ., .T "Having recently come from a con ference ' with President Wilson It must be understood that I. speak my own opinions and not the president's in regard to our relations with the unhappy country that Is one of our southern neighbors." said the demo cratic whip of the United States .sen ate. "Unless the warring factions in that revolution-torn country are able to compose their differences and put an end to the destruction of life and property that has bee going on for months along our border I believe thnt the United States government M'Adoo Is Confident of Getting Merchant Marine he was devoting much time to the study of the shipping question and said he was confident It would be pushed by the administration at the next session of congress. "The democratlo party is pledged," Cornish, N. H., Aug. 4. Secretary McAdoo who arrived yesterday for a I brief visit to President Wilson, on his ' I way with Mrs. McAdoo to their sum- into Warsaw, have perforce mer home at North Haven, Me., said had to postpone the completion of their trip. ' From Warsaw itself come op itimistio predictions that if the city can hold out a week long er and the dispatches were dated four days ago, evacua lion might be avoided. Although thousands of civil ians have fled from the capital conditions thre are pictured as fairly normal. ,. said Secretary McAdoo, "to provide an adequate merchant marine for the United States and in my opinion no time should be lost In acting. The need for more ships of American reg istry Is shown more and more every day.' Secretary McAdoo also said he was studying the questions of systematic operation of the government financial system and the provision for a budget system. ID fl REJECTS UHITENTI Washington, August. 4 Great Brit ain replies to the latest American representations against Interference with neutral commerce reject entirely Ihe contention that the order in eoun O re Illegal and justify, the British wrse a being wholly within Inter national law. "Unsustainable, either In point of law or upon principle of Internatlon. H equity" 1 the British reply to the American protest against the block sde of neutral port, with an Invita tion to submit to International arbl (ration any case In which (he ntted States I dissatisfied with the action tf British prise court. Great Britain' reply. In two note Was mad publlo here tonight and In London simultaneously by agreement etween th government. With the tote waa mad publlo also th cor respondence over the American steam, tr Neches, wised by th British while n rout from Rotterdam to th Unit- Id States, with good of German rgln. I ATI ON AL REGISTER WILL BE IN AUGUST London, Aug. 4. The government la asked looal authorities throughout h kingdom to be ready to take the rational Register during the second reek of August. During the Intervening period they re e-ipw.ted to arrange their corps r voluntary workers, man out thlr Ixtrlcta and prrpnre for Indexing the Russian Duma Favors War to Entire Victory Petrograd. Aug. 4. Michael V. hodzlawko of Ekalerlnoslav haa been re-elected president of the Ruvuan duma by a vote of 298 to 245. After debate on the war situation the duma adopted unanimously a res olution declaring It to be th empire's unshaken purpose not to conclude peace before Russian victory was and pledging the willing assistance of the entire population to create fresh mean to continue the struggle, The resolution emphasized the ne cessity of forgetting old political quar rels and of recalling the government's benevolence In regard to the Interests of all "loyal citizen without distinc tion of race, language or religion. ate with the South Carolina Bar as sociation to accomplsh the purpose of the measure endorsed. . Justice W. A. Hoke read the re port of the committee which had charge of the work of placing a bust of the late Judge W. P. Bynum in the capttol at Raleigh. Justice Hoke reported the completion of a satisfac tory bust and its presentation to the state. Attorney A. L. Brooks of Greens boro submitted a resolution endors ing the plan of increasing the irara ber of state Suprme court judges from five to seven with the provision have disregarded the principles of In ternational law to such an extent that it behooves the United States and the countries of Central and South Amer ica to unite for the preservation of the law of nations. This co-alltlon would also prove an effectual barrier to any future danger of .invasion of these continents by any European or Asiatic powers. Senator Lewis said in part: "Europe is at war! Twelve nations have closed their temples of love to open their furnaces of hate. Every continent Of Europe and Aslo is ablaze with flajne. America alone is exempt. America stands singly In peace, with hands outstretched to the great Jeho vah, praying that peace may be on earth and to men good will. Yet we 'are asking our hearts how long will we be able to maintain our people in patience our nation in religious re gard for the love of their brother man? America is human and can be the subject of all passions that surge in tne nearts or her fellows all over the world. We know that it Is In the violation of the essential privileges of man, as expressed tn the international mw or nations, tnat quickly arouse and. will explode a people to action and when it is a people of emotion as is ours, the action is dire and dread ful. Our States. "What Is our status as to these plain precepts of International rights'.' Shall I in this presence be permitted to In quire where stands bur house, and what provision hath been made for the tomorrow. First, let It be recog nized that in the fixed law is our priv ilege to live, to create, and to distrib ute the products of our creation; this in national existence is of first ftn portance to our supremacy as a people of commerce. Then that our citizen shall come and go In peace, whither he wlH, free from assault or hlnd- Streets of New York and Su burbs Turned Into Yellow Rivers, While Gale Sweeps Seaboard. DAMAGE HEAVY BUT DIFFICULT TO FIGURE Schooner Lost with Two Lives Several Fatalities Are Reported Floods In -Richmond, will pursue the same course in Mex' ico that brought ptace and order to " l" I;" 1, Ji" 1 Cuba Wltilut on.' Vun.'j'Aj ..Jilna -th."nly flve slt at one time possession of that Island by conquest. Opposed to War. . "I can say for the president that Mr.' Brook stated thai the enormous amount of work Incident to the pre paratlon of the court's opinions made no is unaueraDiy oppuseu 10 war wiin , , , , . . ' j .t . J . i i- Theodore Davidson opposed the reso .iK-Mi'O una wiut- ne win mane cvni , .. . , , ... .fi,. v,r.noM n av, r, in tn I lution declaring that the remedy for .in end to bloodshed there without using military force. In this respect President Wilson has taken the same i.i ; . Y- .l ... u.vIm .. 1 ', , . , . . . . , Supreme, court Into a school to lec- Cermany and I am glad to be able to. H , . ... J it, en tv th. lav na ftnln ranee. Let any of these, be denied or the conditions described was to put an end to praotlce of requiring the court to give reasons for Its decisions. This custom had transformed the say that the misunderstandings be tween this country and dermany seem to have passed the critical stage. "What is especially regrettable to ine in the events of the last few few weeks Is the assumption of Eng land that the United States govern ment Is an enemy of the Teuton gov ernment and that therefore we will allow any interference with our eXi port trade that Great . Britain may see fit to adopt as a war measure to cripple her adversary, regardless of the principles of International law that may apply. It Is a mistake to say that we are enemies of the Ger man nation. We are not enemies of any of the belligerents and it Is our duty In this terrible international crisis to see thnt the fundamentals of the law of nations are not trampled under foot by either side." Hero Last Winter, Senator Lewis said that he remem bered with pleasure his former visit turn on the law, he said, , TCttrr From Senator Root. Mr. Brooks read a letter from Sen ator Root outlining the satisfactory workings of this method In New York state, he resolution was adopted and President Biggs appointed the follow ing committee to take the necessary action In the matter: A, L. Brooks, H. P. Sewell and Louis M. Bourne. Attorney McClean 'submitted the recommendations of the committee on legislation and reform. The asso ciation adopted the recommendation nf the committee endorsing the prin ciples of the workmen's compensa tion act. Sfr. Vanee ITeard. William R. Vance, dean of the law school In the University of Minneso ta, was Introduced to the association and delivered an able address on "The Political Party and Primary Mediation Proposals In Haiti Have Failed to Ashevllle last winter when he came Laws." Mr. Vance Is a southern man, here to rest and recuperate, coming i the author of a wen Known worn on to this city at the same time thnt jlnsuronce law, and his discussion of Senator Overman was a guest in the i the effect of primary laws on the mountain metropolis. This evening .character and accomplishments ot Senator Lewis will address the con- political parties was given closer at ventlon of lawyers now , gathered jtention by the large number of bar here on "America aa the. Internatlon-irlsters present al Lawgiver of the World Tomor- 'There will be no afternoon session row," The senntor has the reputation of the association. The members of of being one of the most brilliant andjthe association and the ladles accom panying me party iu Aniirvino wnn versatile members of t.jo most dls. tlngulshed deliberative body In the United Stntes and his appearance here tonight promises to be an oc casion long to be remembered. Cap Haitian, Aug. - 4. Media tion proposals by delegates from Port- au-Prince who arrived yesterday hav been rejected by Cap Hatlen authori ties. Fighting continue In th Morln quarUr. Th delegate hoped to bring about peace between the gov ernment troop under th command of General Bourand and th followers of Dr. Roaalvo Hobo. Both leaders are aspirants for the presidency. J ASKED TO REMHIN Toklo, Auf. 4. Th lder states man hav recommended to Emperor Toshlhlto that th cabinet headed by Count Okuma as premier be requested to remain In' office unconditionally. The dtclslon of th body was com municated by Prince Oyame and Field Marshal Yamagata to Count Okuma, who said he would tak up with his colleague th question of withdraw ing their resignations. POLICEMEN DO RIFLE Mr. and Mrs. A. p. Patterson of Hrynn City are spending a short tlm NEW SYSTEM TO SAVE . COUNTY TIMEANO MONEY All Bills Must Be Accompanied by Original Order Before They Are Paid. 'Th members of Captain R. P. Lee's squad of patrolman went out yester day to th rifle rang nee Grace for th first target practice with th riot guns which Commissioner of Pub. lio Safety D. Hlden Ramsey unearth ed several weeks ago, after they had been In the basement of the City Hall for many year. Commissioner Ramsey aocompanlad th men as did several other member of th local fore and It Is sipected thst th olllcers WIU mk some good records. ' Just before adjourning yesteday In order that the member could attend th meeting of the boy's corn club and girl's rannlng clubs being held on the Illltmore estate, the county commissioners ordered that all bin which are presented to the county for payment from August Z must be ac cnmpanled by th original order. . In this way th commissioners fig ure that they will be able to aave th county auditor about four day work each month In tracing up the bills that are brought In against the county and the new system wnl also do away with tha much complicated duplicate system which Is now In us by th county authorities along these llnea It will also make It Impossible to pay lb sam blU twice, , entertained at luncheon by the man agement of Grove Park Iifn. This af ternoon Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Seely will give a reception In honor of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan iels, and Mrs. Daniels, who are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Seely at the Inn. Mm. Daniels and Josephus Dan teia. 1r., arrived last night and the secretary arrived this afternoon for a stay of about ten days .in Ashevl'le. Th, sessions of the Bar association will close tontrht with a brilliant banquet at the Battery Park hotel. Delancy Nlcoli of Nen York, Judge James E.SBoyd of Greensboro, and Heerotary Daniels are on the pro gram for addresses this evening. Senator Ix-wtn. Speaking to lawyers on a subject not only of legal Interest but of vital Importance to the future history of the government In North and South America Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois last night delivered a notable address before the North Car olina Bar association, In session at the Battery Park hotel. A distinguished member of a distinguished body, Sen ator Irwls waa followed closely by the largest audlenc that has yet at tended the sessions of th convention. Among the. members of the national congress who were present to hear the address wer Senator Le S, Overman, Congressman Bartlett of Georgia and Congressman Jame J. Brltt of North Carolina. Discuss tig th subject "Th United Ststes, the International Lawgiver of th World of Tomorrow," the speaker put forth the proposition that th be I liferents in th prasejtt European war prescribed and the spirit of America la yi revolt, and this whether it is the spirit of 1776 against England, or the spirit of America against Germany and England in 1915. It is only im portant for this discussion that we note thosce things in which our own country has been the object of disad vantage, or the victim of suffering. Adverting to the three branches mo.it material for consideration, and ever J uppermost tn-rhe-'ltfe And existence of International regulation,, we recall, as late instances, first, that Germany, re cogniing in her own existence the right to sell the product of her facto ries wherever demanded, without re gard to war, she furnished arms to Japan and when Japan was at war with Russia, laying foundation for some of the grievances professed now by Russia against Germany. She served Spain with ammunition and supplies nKftlr.BC the United States when the United States was at war with Spain in 1R98; and subsequently provided arms foj, the Boers against England In the conflict of South Af rica with Britain, which Is one of the grievances which England . holds (is against Germany; and yet Germany would Insist that the provisions of In. ternatlonal law, from which she Justi fied her course In these events, shall in no wise be accepted as legal justifi cation by America for the sale of am munition and arms to those of Eu rope called the allies. The attitude of Germany is directly opposed to that policy of International law which was embodied In article 12 of the treaty with Prussia in 1785, revived in (la treaty of 1828, which guaranteed free intercourse with foreign nations and provided that the 'Intercourse of com merce shall not be Interrupted.' We know that Germany declines to ac knowledge the force ot either interna tional law or of treaty opposed to her present views. England, which had under control the seas, and for the purpose of enforcing her privileges to serve wherever possible, sought to lay down the doctrine to the world of the right of neutrals to distribute the pro. ducts of their creation to any country anywhere, where those products were not in themselves necessarily confined to tho usee of war, and who had been serving all world combatants In one form or the other when the combat ants In one form or the other when the combatant waa not in opposition to herself, suddenly refuses to recog nize the doctrines which she, herself, established and which (after the pro test of John Qulncy Adams when sec retary oi state, made" to Mr. Rusk, who was the American minister at London, on November 4, 1817; pro testing against England cutting off breadstuff sent to America during our war of 1812-1(14), England again an nounced aa International rights the recognition of the doctrine of sending foodstufis by any country wherever It pleased when they were not directly consigned to feed the fighting forces. In order that she might serve others, shs asserted the policy as one initiated by her as the mother of that Interna tional doctrine. What of Tomorrow? : "What ot our tomorrows and what Is our duty? Our duty Is to prepare for that which seems Inevitable. This preparation con only be by first adopt ing the principle of International law, which w wer tne authors of, and again entering Into It bonds by re moving th cause of th irritation and restoring ourselves to th first princi ples of republican government, to wit: Limitation of our governmental con trol to our western hemisphere, or. If we persist In violation ot this fumfk- menial law of nations of this funda mental law of nations and continue to presa our Disadvantage against the sure fate of Its eonhequsnc, than let us promptly embark Uin th era of army and navy In quantity ind ial It, notwithstanding tha k-Hiiou upon I'Irie, Pa., Aug. 4. Daylight broke) over a flood. stricken city with busi ness 'streets running rivers of water. Probably 50 lives bad been lost; property damage Is estimated at three millions; scores of homes and dozens of factories have been swept away and there are hundreds of distressed homeless, as the result of the unpre. , oedented storm of last night. New York, Aug. 4. Streets in New York and suburbs were turned Into yellow rivers, surface and elevated traffic were crippled, wires wer In a tangled net, trees were uprooted and hundreds of cellars were flood ed by the torrential downpour In the metropolitan district this forenoon, accompanied by a 60 miles gale. Nearly three Inches of rain fell in four hours at Sandy Hook where a southeaster lashed the ocean to fury. Vessels were held at the harbor en- ' trance and at the height of the gale a small schooner, tha M. V. B. Case from Cheverle, N. 8., went to the bottom. The captain and a sailor were drowned In a small boat, while the others of the crew were rescued by the coast guard. On the north coast of New" Jersey the gale's damage Is dlff1cultqew- ttmate. Seabrfghtf ' swepf"" fi.r h'a third tim- Itv ifaoifths..;was aj&in battered. In a dona, parts of New York and Brooklyn the streets were under water two to three feet. From Coney Island and Seagals come re ports of a general tie-up of transpor tation facilities; but no fatalities are reported from any section New York had been water-soaked for more than 80 hours when the' heavy rain began falling this morn ing about 5 o'clock. Within four hours a total of one and a half Inches of rain had fallen; at Sandy Hook a total of 2.72. Shortly after 9 o'clock the rain ceased and a steady drizzle began. millions it must entail, sufficient to defend us against Invasion and to pro tect out possessions a force sufficient to defeat all adversaries who might reasonably be anticipated to come against Invasion, and to protect our possessions a force sufficient to de feat all adversaries who might reason ably be anticipated to come against us, as a penalty for the departure w entered upon. This latter undertak ing is too stupendous in expense and dacrlfice to be entered upon, if there la a nobler and more consistent course for the republic of the United States to take. I propose an alternative. I propose It In the seriousness of one who behclds the serious situation surrounding us. I propose It as th only sure remedy of the present and the most compensating from all points of view we may contemplate from our present advantageous situation. I propose that we return to the western hemisphere and return the govern ment of the United States to her own borders, within her own seas, by tak ing such steps as will legitimately se cure the continuance of coaling sta tions and canal bases In th oriental seas for our necessary use. Then provide for compensation to the United States from such government as may control our Asiatic possession in such manner as In proper Urn wul return to use our expenditure, and rn conjunction with this promptly let u call to council all the governments ol South America and their sisters ot th southern seas. II. S. COURT URNS AFTER BRIEF SESS1Q Thomas 0. McCoy Case Contin ued Until Tomorrow Morn- at 10:30 O'clock. United State District court eon. vened thl morning at 10:10 o'clock with Judge Jamas E. Boyd of Greens boro prsldlng. The ease of the gov. emment agalnat Thomas C. Mc was called and ther was some d cusston a to th Introduction In cort of certain record of th Western Union Tslegraph company which im desired a evhleno In the esse. Th hesrlng was postponed until tmr row morning at 10:10 oVlock snfl !' court waa adjourned uidli Una I
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