Newspapers / The Asheville Times (Asheville, … / Aug. 7, 1915, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Ufa MhMM THE GAZETTE-NEWS Baa the Associated Frees Sen Ice. It la In Every Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulation. 4 4 WEATHER FORECAST. cloudy. VOLUMNEXXNO. 151 ASHEVILLE N. C. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 7, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS-0" f1 Bctj p8)H7P 'r TEUTONS ARE PUSHING ENVELOPING MOVEMENT; itMiansw JBritish Press Inclined to View That Grand Duke Has Withdrawn His Annies Virtually Intact. REALIZATION OF GRAV E SITUATION GROWING Sweden's Hostility tl Russia Growing Fall of Austrian , , City of Gorizia Be , lieved Emminent. '' London, Aug, 7 Holding the . bridgeheads at Warsaw over. the Vistula river, the most for midable obstacles in eastern Europe, the German and Aus-tro-Hungarian troops, having conquered the river, line and with it invaded Russian terri tory; on an average of 100 miles along a front from the Baltic Bea to Bukowina, ire now being thrown forward in an endeavor to accomplish what the allies of Russia" have so feared the complete envolopment of the Russian armies. r The British press, basing1 "opinion on Petrograd dispatch esand lacking reports to. the , contrary, are inclined to the' view that the forces of the Rus sian grand duke have retired from Warsaw virtually intact, but there ia an increasing dis position not to minimize the se riousness of the situation and there' is apparent an enxiety which seems to, be manifested In renewed pressure to bring the Balkan powers into line. Quiescent Sweden is now rest lesss, and even so conservative a newspaper as the London Post find cause to cmment on the growing hostility of Swe den toward Russia as stimulat ed by the German successes in Poland. . , , Italian Success. Paris, Aug. 7 After a des perate battle the Italians have stormed and taken the sumit of Monte San Michel which dominates Gorizia, says a Petit Journal dispatch frimv Turin. The fall of Gorizia, 22 miles northwest of Triest on the Is onzo is now believed to be im minent. Fonr Fishing fimacks Sunk. London, 4ug. 7. The British fish ing smacks Hesperus, Ivan, Caa and Fisherman, have been sunk, presum ably by German submarines. The crewa of tha fishing- vessel wer landed today. Head .Warsaw Police. Berlin. Aug. 7. Chief of Pollca Olasenatt of Cologne, Prussia has been appointed aa bead of tha polle department of the conquered city of Warsaw. ELMORE CASE IS r RETURNED TO TEXftS Matter of a routlna nature occu pied tha attention of tha District court at tha morning session today. Judge Boyd signed an order in aome old oaaaa where Judgment had been entered against bondsmen for forfeit ed bonds. Tha Judgment wera order ad atrlckan from tha records. . . Tha caaa of J. Archer El mora In dicted for using tha malls for fraud ttlent purpose will not be tried here' arrangement having been mada for returning the caaa to Tense. Court remained In cession through ut tha morning for tha hearinff of nr motlona or petition that mt(nt be presented. It la thought that tha fO'irt will aa U maston all of next Mk, Looting jn Erie Flood Section Engages Police Erie, Pa., Aug. 6, Rumors of loot-" Ing In the flooded sections of the city kept the police busy during the night and today It became known that Guy Fowler, a reporter had shot a man alleged to have been seen taking articles from an abandoned house. He was taken to a hospital where it was said he was shot In th shoulder, but that the wound Is not serious. Troopers of the state constabulary patrolled the flooded sections while Increased forces of workers searched for bodies In the wreckage. Three hundred additional workers were placed on the streets and the piles of Victories Taker Soberly By Berlin Newspapers Amsterdam, Aug. 7.- "A lasting Russian offensive is no loncrer to be I expected in the near future", says ! i Major Moraht, military critic of the Berlin Tageblatt, In a review of the i situation in Poland. "Henceforth as , soon as our attacks begin the E"r.s ian defense miist crumble, - because the Russians are no longer adequate ly upplled with rifles and machine guna." Berlin, Aug. 6. The Berlin morn- lng newspapers publish no addition al details of the fighting which pre ceded the fall of the fortresses Warsaw and Ivangorod. The fall of of Warsaw was discounted In advance; Russians Still Hold One Fortress on the Vistula Petrograd, Aug. 7. Russian papers! ure still unanimous in stating that . , , . , .. . Russia a determination to pursue the, war to a victorious end has been ; strengthened by the enforced evacu- ation of Warsaw. The Reich says: "As long as the;nozan on the one hand and the pres armles are Intact weSan confident-j ence of large forces of the enemy who ly face the future." Petrograd, Aug. 7. Novogeorgelvsk 19 miles northwest of Warsaw Is still In the hands of the Russians. notwithstanding the evacuation of the Polish capital, according to Infor- mation received by tho war office, The fortress had been prepared for a! siege and is already invested. It Is the only fortified' position on the Another Revolutionary Disturbance by Haitiens Washington, Aug. 7. A new Tevo lutlonnry disturbance at Gonalves on the west coast or Haiti Is reported by Rear Admiral Caperton. and he has dispatched the naval tug Osceola with forces to protect the customs house. Tha admiral has reported the oc cupation of Fort Naclonale, Port-au- Prlnce by American forces, without resistance. American marlnea are REV. DR. F.J. TO PBElGfl HT CENTRAL Rev. Dr. Forrest J. Prcttyman, woh delivered his Travel Talk lecture on tha Holy land at the closing service of the ten days' Sunday school pro gram In charge ot Rev .Dr. Charles D. Bulla at Lake Lunaluska arrived In Aahevllle yesterday, and la the gueat of Mr. and Mrs. N. Buckner at No. 7 Aaton place. Hey. Dr. Prcttyman was a member of an American party of tourists that war among tb last to get out of Eu rope at the beginning of tha great war, experiencing considerable trou ble and difficulty In getting passage to America. Tha pictures In Constanti nople which ha shows In his lecture wera mad whll tha city waa all astir with war talk and ar the latest pic tures shown In this country of tha cus tom ot that peculiar country, Rev. Dr. Prettynan talks to the Haywood street Baraca claa Sunday morning at 10 o'clock and preaches at Central eMthodlst church at tha 11 o'clock service. Rev. Dr. Prettymau will go to Mount Mitchell Tuesday, F demolished buildings were attacked vigorously. Intense excitement occurred last midnight when after a heavy rain a man shouted, "Look out! Another flood Is coming." Scores of frightened men and wo men carrying children fled to higher places. A' squad of police quieted them. ., .j Efforts to relieve the distress of the sufferers continued with amazing suc cess. A citizens committee has been formed to care for those in actual want. The armory has housed many of the homeless and private houses have cared for many others. Jen funerals of flood victims were conducted today. and. the news of Its capture evoked no demonstration. When the report of i16 ful1 ot Ivanorod was received, nowpvpr n n imnrnmnf u nrnppsRlnn was formed in Unter den Linden. One considerable body marched before the palace of the crown prince, Frederick William and the crowd was addressed by extemporaneous speakers. ' The morning papers commented on the news rejoicingly, but on the whole soberly. . Berlin, Aug. 5. via London, Aug. --(Delayed in. Transmission). The Russian fortress of Ivangorod sltuat ed on the Vistula river, 45 miles southwest of Worsaw, was captured by the Teutohlc armies today. Vistula in the possession oi the Rua- aa"- J no immediate cause or tne evacu- w.w. according to the wnl. nffce wa gth8 a(ivance of the I enemy in great force along the road .toward Ostrov from Ostrolenka and broke across the Vistula betwen Ivan gorod and Warsaw, at Matlevitze. Leaving Riga by Thousands. Ten thousand people have been I leaving Riga, the Baltic capital, daily for a week. Among the objects most carefully removed by the evacuating people are church bells. Many are too large to remove whole without the erection of special frames and In 'such cases they are sawed to pieces. quartered In the barracks. Col. Cole is In command of the marines who were landed from the battleship Con necticut, and is In military charge of the town. Cflpt. Beach has been as signed to have charge of civil af fairs. A session of the Haltlen parliament! for the selection of president has been called for Sunday. TO HAVE HTUP JIEETI Exercises Attracting Much In terest Among Residents and Visitors. Special to Tha Gaxette-Newa. Hot Springs, N. C, Aug. 7. The Booster Chautauqua company began a three-dav attraction here today In tha auditorium of tha Southern Nor mal college, and thla scries ot enter. talnmenta promise to be on of the! o'clock th twenty-sixth anniversary best educational treats In the history sa'e will be held at the Pon Marche. of the town. Jthe sale to continue until Saturday, Today Is agricultural day. Leading 1 August SI. agriculturist of the state ar on the' The announcement of thla big aale. program for addrewtea. Thla after- noon Dr. Frank B. Vrooman will leo - tur on 'The New Agriculture," fol - lowing which the Beast Leigh Con - cert company will glv an entertain - ment Thl evening ther wilt be another - concert followed by Dr, Vrooman', lecture on "Armageddon and After," a discussion of the great war. , Monday' program win be devoted io an educations! rally and Tuesday will be- observed a Town Booster' day. AS Young Arden Man Arrested by Deputy Sheriff Revis, in : A Trap the Officers Had , . -Arranged D. P. LANCE SAID TO BE THE VICTIM Two Posses Hid in Woods Near Arden All Night Mr. Lance Followed Instructions. In the Letters. According to the Information se cured from the officers Mr. Lance, who Is a storekeeper and farmer of the Arden section, received a letter about three or four weeks ago demanding that he leave $300 at a certain spot or suffer the consequences. Mr. Lance refused to leave the money but turned the letter over to the county officers who In turn gave It to the United States postoftice inspectors. Following this, on Sunday, July 25. a large warehouse belonging to Mr. Lance was totally destroyed by fire of an unknown origin, with the loss estl. mated at about $2000. Second Letter Sent. Shortly after this Are another letter was sent to Mr. Lance demanding that he leave $400 at noon yesterday near Old Salem church, in the Arut-n sec tion. In a quiet way this information was conveyed to Sheriff E. M. Mitchell and ho at once set to work to arrange a trap for the alleged blackmailer. Two posses of men, one under Gus Garren and one under Jesse H. Sur-.- ner were organized Thursday. Mr. Garren's posse, composed of C. G. tanning, L. E. Revis, Detective Pond, George L-ytle, Claud. Jordan, Jamfcs Lanriford, 3oe" Johnschir, Fleet Revis and Ed. Williams, took a route by Mine Hole gap and then down to Ar den, arriving near the spot where Mr. Iince was to leave the money, Just before daylight next morning. They hid In the woods. Posses In Wood. The second posse composed of Jesse II. Sumner, TYances Sumner, Lee Al exander, Wfll Wright, Paul Wright, Will Joyner, Andy Bishop, Ellis Cow an, Elmer Penland and Mr. Klser took another route and arrived Just before daylight on the opposite side of the road from the first posse. The men were instructed to keep back In the woods until about 11 o'clock in the morning and then to, come as near the road as possible. This was done. Just a little before the appointed hour, 12 o'clock noon, Mr. Lance, who was told by the sheriff to follow In structions, marched down the road to wards the Old Salem church and started back. The last letter sent to Mr. Lance by the alleged blackmailer stated thta Mr. Lance was to wilk down the road at 12 o'clock noon with $400 and when he heard five sharp wMstles he was to drop tho money and leave at once without looking back. - Now Mr. Lance was walking back by the spot where he was to leave the money when he heard a noise In the woods to his side and turning saw Deputy Sheriff Revis racing after Frady, who was caught a moment later. Claims Innocence. Frady maintained that ho knew nothing whatever about the affair; that he had started to a neighbor's house. Following Instructions from Sheriff Mitchell. Mr. Lance Thursday had a tor 400 rahed at Arden and let It be known around -the section that he had to raise soma money that day. It was planned In this way to let the alleged blackmailer know that his plans were being carried out Frady was brought to Asheville this afternoon and placed In the county Jail. T SALE AT Sale Opens at 9:15 O'clock and Continues Until Sat urday August 21 Beginning next Tuesday at 9:1 "Anniversary Celebration" It Is termed lran I found In a two-pg advertise. ' mont In The Oszett-New today. The 1 advertisement I a feast of bargalna 1 and reduced prices on the articles this l large department left In each depart. ment of Its magnificent store can found In the large advertisement. ba The Bon Marche ha been In busi ness In Asheville for the past tfl year and during that time has grown Into on of the lamest department store 1 throughout thluUun ot th state. BLACKMAILER COO IS STIPC HUN Editc 7 zes on Disposition of p Officials to rerpetu- x lie ll ACiiiue in wji- fice in Capitol. RALEIGH CONSIDERS THE ARTICLE "UNNICE" Observer Editor Thinks Reviv al of Talk of Long Tenure in State Offices May be Expected. (By W. T. Bost) Relelgh, Aug. 7. The Charlotte Observer's "hog" editorial of Thurs day morning has put officialdom to guessing and after soaking In for 24 hous the capital has voted by a largo j h.t tho ,,llo.-ll no. whol the old Observer's beautiful spirit, Avery, would have called "un-nlce." Colonel Wade Harris allowed am biguity to obtrude Itself in but a single line. He did not furnish a bill of particulars but evidently was averse to supplying a democratic ready ref erence to every point on the road and signboards at every crossing. He call ed the whole Dan-T icl er "Raleigh Greed," and neither 1 Igh nor those who hold places In tho administration like the colonel for It. Perhaps a bigger majority of the people do. The fellows who travel on the trains and like to berate the town verbally, have made it hot for the Raleigh resident. They like Colonel Harris because he has said what they have so long wished to say. But local Raleigh people and those resident here as officials aren't today bragging on how they feel. Some of them talk but they do not allow one to swing a story on what they openly say. No member of the governing body here would call It an "absolutely willful and malicious at tack on Raleigh." The feeling isn't that kind. It hurts because it Is the sting of a friend. Quite a few mem bers of the officla party here look upon the Observer as the undisputed democratic champion. They say so and tell their friends so. The stab of the Observer is the wound of a friend AMERICAN LEAGUE VETERANS IN LEAD Chicago, Aug. 7. American league veterans led by Cobb are In the big majority as to batting honors, accord ing to latest averages. Cobb still leads with an average of .401; Jackson of Cleveland Is second with .339 and Ed die Collins of Chicago Is third with .331. Cobb has scored the greatest niim ber of runs, having 98. He is tied with Crawford In total number of bases made with 183. He also loads in stolen bases with 62. Hartsell of New York, wltli five home runs, leads In circuit drives. Detroit leads In American league club batting with .268. Foster of Boston with 14 won and four games lost leads the American league pitchers. National league. Larry Doyle, t-aptaln of the Giants, has hammered his way to the front In the Nntlonalleague of which the eadlng halters are Doyle of New York with .330; Dauhert of Brooklyn with .322; and Snyder ot St Louis with .327. Loading In run-getting Is Cravath of Phl'adelphla who has scored 67. Snler of Chicago, who leads In total bases, also head the league base stealers with 21 pilfered sacks. Cra vath also leads In home runa with 13 capital drive.. Cincinnati lead the National league In club batting with .254. Pierce of Chicago leads the Nation al leaitue pitcher with nine games won and two lost , FI DESTROYS MOODY ptolul to The Gaelte-Nwa. Franklin, N. C, Aug. 7. The large country home of Frank Moody about four mile from this place was de- stroyeil by fir Thursday night. The ' hous was located on the well known Barnard farm, on of the largest and most valuable In this part of the state, which was recently purchased by Moody and Howell of Waynee. vllle, The Io I aeatlmated at 11,000 with lh amount of Insurance un- try wa destroyed In the DamH. GEN. CARRANZA HAS ASKED TO BE RECOGNIZED JUDGE BOYD RULES BILL INCOMPLETE Court Holds Copy of Indict ment Against McCoy Im proper In Substance. There la much speculation today as to what course the United States gov ernment will pursue in the Thomas C, McCoy case following the unsuccessful efforts to remove the defendant to Fort Smith for trial on conspiracy charges to defraud without conduct ing a preliminary hearing In the Dis trict court here. After two days' ar guments before Judge James E. Boyd the court ruled yesterday afternoon that the copy of the bill of indictment at. 1'ori oimiii was an uicoiu- n iciuiu nuu iiiu.1 uitirium mm c was not sufficient evidence before the court to warrant the removal of tho case, to another Jurisdiction. The United States attorneys have made no statement as to the probable course of action further than to say that McCoy can be rearrested at any time on the original charge. The gov ernment could have introduced evl- dance here In a preliminary hearing but they refused to give the defense. this opportunity of hearing the pro secution outline its case. In the mean time McCoy Is at liberty without bond. While the federal representatives were conferring yesterday on the Mc Coy case Judge Boyd heard arguments by attorneys in the receivership pro ceedings for the Grandln Lumber company and th Watauga and Yad kin River Railroad company. W. .1. Grandln, the receiver for the two com panies, is resisting a motion for the sale of the property on the ground that at this time the prperty would not bring Its real value. The Central Trust company of Illinois and others contend that the timber and railroad holdings of the', companies could be sold at more than enough to pay the indebtedness that is overdue. Judge Boyd took the motion under consid eration. BE TRIED Martin Rickman Also Arrested Bonds $10,000 for Each Man In Jail. That other developments of a start ling nature are likely to occur shortly In the alleged blackmailing conspiracy which was unearthed near Arden at noon yesterday, is the statement of a county officer made this morning, al though no details of the developments will be given out. Following the urrest of Edward Kradv on the road near Arden yester day shortly after noon by Deputy Sheriff Lutber Revis, Martin Riekman, telegraph operator at Arden was taken In custody yesterday afternoon late by Sheriff E. M. Mitchell and Deputy Revis, on chnrges of arson and black mall. , Rickman and Frady were both plac ed In the county Jail and bonds In the sum of 16000 In each of the two cases against the young men were named by Magistrate B. L. Lyda. Both men are chnrged with arson and blackmail. Preliminary hearings in the cases are set for next Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock before Magistrate 11. La. Lyda and It Is expected that many other startling developments will take place at that time. Rickman haa retained A. Hall John, ston as his attorney but at noon today Frady had not secured counsel. UTTIE AA'KAMEY Glftl 1 The car against Willie Johnson, colored, who delivers packages for a firm In the City market. In which he 1 charged with riding a bicycle over lit tle Fnlleld McKamey last night, waa continued when called In Police court this morning. Tha case will ba tried, It was stated, when the condition of the wound on the little girl' head can b known. According to Information secured .the child waa standing In front of her home at No. 126 Cherry street last night when ah waa struck by th no gro on th wheel and her skull was fractured. She waa rushed to ' th Meriwether hospital and given treat ment. en ia ueuer toaay it waa r ported. . ARDEN BOYS WILL MONDAY Files Brief Practically Asking; U. S. Recognition and Pro posing Peace Meeting of Agents. PAN-AMERICANS RECESS , WITHOUT DECISION Conference on Mexico DevelopSj Divergence of Opinion on General Purposes Meet Next Week. Washington, Aug. 7. In the Mexirf can situation today there were two! Important development. General Carranza slgniflee his willingness to' enter a peace conference and an au- thorltatlve announcement of the view' of the United States was given out.1 The position of this government Is offi cially stated as follows: ' I That neither Carranza nor th' leader of any other military faction 1st In control of the country or can bJ considered triumphant in the republlc.1 That the real purpose of the revolu-! . tion was accomplished a year ago with,' the overthrow of Huerta, and that tho' fighting since that time has been over' factional differences and was not In: ' reality a revolution. J That Villa, while financially weak-1 ened is still an active element and must be reckoned with in adjusting' Mexican affairs. That, the so-called clentlflcos are not! entitled to be considered because their causo was overthrown with Huerta, thus disposing of tftat element j - That the greater part of. Mexico li not at peace as General Carranza claims because the fighting continues, in many sections from Tehuantepeo to. the Rio Grande and from Vera Crua to Mazatlan. ( That the first problem to be solved1 In restoring peace In Mexico la to find for a provisional president a man who, represents the cause of the original' revolutions against Huerta but not necessarily the represetnative of any faction now at war. , The Carranza brief was filed wlthl the state department by his American1 counsel Charles A. Douglas. It not only proposes a peace conference with his adversaries but practically asks' for recognition by the United States.' Washington, Aug. 7. On behalf of Carranza a formal brief on the Mexl-y can situation has been filed with Sec-i retary Lansing practically asking for recognition and proposing that Car ranza's Washington meet the repre sentatives of any other faction in V peace conference. j The Pan-American conference con-' sidering means to restore peace tiY Mexico adjourned after having devel oped to divergence of opinion as to lta general purposes, but leaving undeel-' ded the exact course to be pursued. It wl.1 reassemble In New York prob .1,1.. ... . ably Meanwhile the Latin-American dlpJ lomats will communicate with their governments and Secretary Lansing, will confer With President Wilson. j Two days of conferences and hear ing reports have brought all, the par-' tlclpant In accord with President! Wilson's general plan which is based on the fact that the great majority of the people of Mexico desire peace. The) conferee were Impressed that whlla the armed force are In position to keep the country In a state of turmo ti they are, nevertheless, only a small proportion of the people of Mexico, i While all the participant hav slg-i nlfled their willingness to co-operat with the president's pla;i to Indue, the military factions to enter another peace conference, the South Amerl can are not sanguine of nuccese un less some way can be found for th elimination of the military leader and! the recognition of all classes IO1 Mexico. ' It la realized that there ar nueaj tlon of vast moment when considers ed In the light of Mexico' Internal tlonal obligation and the responsible Itlea of the nations which are prepar Ing to sponsor her rehabilitation, tha cannot be determined In any brie conferences, but must be th'ubjec oi deliberation. Foremost 1 th extent to which th claim of the military chief shall bi considered and that concessions bej tween them can b arranged. One development which emphasized th J feature waa th dispatch of Major! General Scott, chief of Btaff'of th army, to the Mexican border to con fer with General Villa. Th war department refused trt comment on General Scott' mission.; After a conference between Genersl Scott and Secretary Lansing and Act ing Secretary Breckenrldg of th wfi department It waa said th general waa going to readjust th America force In th light of recent develop ment which hav threatened attack on border town. It waa general believed, however, that General Brot' In whom General Villa ha xprenst j confidence, and to whom he often hnt turned for advice, will outline to tt northern chieftain the need of cou .(ContlDuad. on Pass TwaV j 1
The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 7, 1915, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75