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vri ' j a a J r : 1 . I THE GAZETTE-NEWS Baa the Associated Frees Service, It I In Ever Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST. VOLUME XX. NO 156. ASHEVILLE N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 13, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS Tnita" I j rami: ; rad,KLLK kli . y - .... " ,11 '1 . I m RUSSIANS CHECK BOTH WINGS OF TEUTON ARMY Halt Forces Attempting to Cat Petrograd-Waxsaw Railway and Hold Between Bug and Dieprz. FORTRESS OF KOVNO . STILL HOLDING OUT German Center Advances, However, and Von Hinden burg May Be Reserving His Strength. London, 'Aug. 13. The Rus sians are holding in check the Baltic flank of the German forces which are struggling to cut the "Warsaw-Petrograd rail way line and battling toward the Dvina beyond which lies the road to Petrograd. The Russians accomplished this check with the aid of reinforce ments and virtually on counter attack after another. The fort ress of Kovno still holds out. i The Germans attacking to- ward Riga have been repulsed j and the railway junction at I Dvinsk remains in Russian i hands. From Ostrolenka north of Warsaw, $p Chelm in the south, the Teutons claim to ! have " made further progress, but between the Dieprz and the Bug they have apparently been - throws-back with heavy losses. remaps Field Marshal von 1 Ilindenburg has not exerted his 'full powers but is awaiting events in teh south before ham mering his hardest toward the Dvina, near the banks of which his cavalry have been for some time. . The fact that the Germans have been able to advance with comparative rapidity due east of Warsaw while they have been checked on the right and left flanks gives rise to the im pression on in Sngland . and Russian that the stout resist ance of the Russian wings mj insure the safe withdrawal of the main Russian army from the Warsaw salient. Contrary to many reports the line of communication between the Polish and Russian capitals has not been out through. It would be cut if the Germans should take Dvinsk. The approaching meetings of both the Greek and Serbian parliaments give promise of bringing the Balkan situation to a head, though for the mo ment Greece and Serbia are re fusing to make concessions of territory desired by the en tente allies. Efforts for the moment are being concentrated on Sofia for Bulgaria holds the key to the situation. , It is ald she Is being smiled upon and offered territorial concession by both sides. The German and entente min isters both are declared to be find ing their endeavors hindered by their friends. Greeoe and Berbia are un willing to conoede to Bulgaria the parts of Macedonia which are her price for Joining the allies, while Turkey Is opposing concessions whloh Austria and Germany- desire her to make to Insure the continued neu trality of the Sofia roverament. Bulgaria, too. It Is asserted. Is welgh-l the Teutonlo victory In Poland against the renewed efforts of the allies In t he Da rdanellea and the reported signal victory the Russian are said to have won over the Turks In the Caueaaua Military experts here be lieve this victory will keep the Turks quiet on that frontier for sometime. The British admiralty . announces that a British submarine In the sea icf Marmora has sunk the Turkish torpedo gunboat Berk-I-8atvet and an empty transport. I I The Runtime continue thetr retfro pnent In Poland, but they are retard ing the German advance by repeated irounter attack. There still Is consid erable dlstanoe between the Oerman armies to the southeast and north I east oX Warsaw, so tha the Russians Allies Cancel 2,000,000 Bushels Wheat Chicago, Aug, i. lt.-i-Cancellatlon yesterday by representatives of the allies of wheat contracts aggregating 2,000,000 busheis of grain for Sep tember shipment was puzzling; to the grain trade today. Some seaboard ex porters claimed to have closed out their open , contracts, and Canadian exports were also said to have re ceived some cancellations. It was said that two of the largest companies Interested were the Ar mour Grain company and the J. Rosenbaum Grain company. U. S. Aviator Killed and Aide Injured In Fall Fort St 11. rk., Aug. 13. Quarter master Captain George H. Knox, of the first aerial squadron' of the United States army was killed and Lieuten ant R. B. Sutton, his aide, was prob ably fatally Injured yesterday when an aeroplane in which they were flying fell 600 feet. '.. The squadron had Just been trans ferred from California. The officers were conducting .experiments on the army reserve. They made tho ascent Evidences of Conspiracy Along Mexican Frontier Washington, Aug. 13. War: depart ment officials would not discuss the report that secret organizers in Texas were aligning Mexicans under the plan of San Diego. , Whether General Funston communicated Uia. teport.Jias not been disclosed. Apparnelty", how ever, it has been decided to concen trate considerable forces ln 'the Brownsville district. After the Mercedes skirmish, whore a flag was captured bearing the words Army of Liberty of Mexico and Texas," hand bills were picked up Labor Troubles Still Unsettled at Bridgeport Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 18. Labor troubles in this and nearby towns, which recently gave promise of being adjusted, have assumed a more seri ous aspect The walk-out of 70 ma chinists and their helpers at the plant of the Lake Torpedo Boat company and the threatened strike of about 600 Gen. Villa Is Willing To Sign Three Months' Truce Washington, Aug. 13. General Villa has Informed the United Stts government that ha is willing to sign a true of three months or more with hla opponents, during which time a peace conference might be held. General Villa who has been con ferring at Ei Paso and Juarei with apparently will be able to make good thlr retreat, only, however, to b called upon to oppose a German At tempt to outflank them at Kovno and further north. The strength ef the German offen sive In the latter region has led to the assumption by some military nb a errera here that the Germans are now. aiming at Petrograd. It Is point ed out, however, that there Is a groat strtch of marshy country be tween the present .battlefields and the capital. Besides, the Germans first would have to capture Vilna, Dvlnak and Riga, all of whloh h Russians are defending with strong forces which at tlmea are able tS take the offensive. The Germans olalm the capture of a group of French fortifications In the Afgonne forest In France, where as the French say that all the Ger man attacks were repulsed. Other wise there have been QO elvenU of Importance on the western battle front. NEW UPRISING BREAKS . OTJT AT CAPE HAITIEN Washington, Aag. 11 A new trp rlalng under Dr. Rosarvo Bo bo and General Zamor haa broken out at Oape Haitian, and tie foroes of Rear Admiral Caperton have established miiitasyvrale in the oltjk. . Orders for Morgans ifeny Cancelling. New Tork. Aug. ' 13. Nobody In authority at the of flees of the J. P. Morgan and company was said to know anything about the cancella tions of orders for the allies for near ly 2,000,000 bushels of wheat. All the Morgan company's orders for wheat twt Ak. .nnnlU. .Via ellla. ova un(Je, BurjBrviBion of E . R. Stetinias who has charge of the exports de partment of J.. P. Morgan and com pany. Mr. Stetinias repeated a private statement in which he said that J . P . Morgan and company had not cancelled any orders. . about officers V. ' K."V " ;iT T'J" . Blale Ittrm " uccn o-'vii c v ; minutes when the aeroplane was oo-.io served, to be falling. Knox and his aide made desperate efforts to regain control of the ma chine. Captain Knox was killed Instantly. Lieutenant Sutton was taken to the ormy hospital for an operation in an. attempt to save his life. The cause of the accident has not been ascertain ed. reading: "Mexicans today are to ac complish a sacred debt. The revolu tion within a few days has acquired gigantic proportions. We unite as brothers to expedite this fortune-of PUBS-. In this solemn moment there is victory for right and Justice for all time. "May the light shine upon us In all our undertakings." The contemplated movement Is Initiated ln Texas which is of such consequence as to bring about peace and Justice which have long forsaken us." ' machinists at the Farrell Foundry and gUited best to the soil and best adapt Maohlno company's plant at Ansoniajcd to shipment. The department in were disturbing features. Raleigh Is less concerned with this employes at tne American ana am- Ish company plant and the plant of the Standard Manufacturing company have voted to present demands which If refused, It Is said, will mean a strike. General Hugh L. Scott and American consuls, expressed ln a definite way: h'f u?",!"?1"8? t0. d0 an,ythln'1 tnat might bring about an early peace. Villa, Is understood to have ordered his commanders to avoid fighting, eacuaung places . tnat are tnreatenea j . ... . . . ...... .v.-.i.n, il m r . in. ii.a v; 1 1 1 a ' 11 cere desire for peace. GEORGE JOSEPH SMITH, TRIPLE MUHOERER, HANGED Bodies of Three Wives Found in Bath Tabs Robbed Two Others, , - London, Aug. It. Geordge josepn Smith. wife murderer, was hanged today at Maidstone. Smith was found 'Raleigh $t$1.45. guilty by a jury on July 1 on the ac- The bulk of the H9J.U waa col cusatlon of murdering three wives Injected from delinquent husbands who order to collect Insurance money on 'were required to pay $GS4.10 to the their lives. . Each wife wax found ; support of their families. The aid so- drowned In a bath tub shortly after the marriage ceremony. After sentencing the defendant to death, the court In complimenting the jury on the verdict declared the prisoner had gone through the cere mony of man-tare with two other wo men whom he robbed of considerable sum of money. . Funeral services over the body of A, W, Lannlng, aged 42, who 9r4 yester day at his home ln the Fa'rvlew lec tion, will be held this afternoon and the Interment will follow at the Pair. view. emelery, 1 1 m NEWS FROM THE STATE CftPITRL Movement on Foot to Organize Eastern Strawberry Grow- ers to Get Better Ship- ping Facilities. 25,000 BUSHELS WHEAT ON N. C. PRISON FARM Convict Camps in West Found In Good Condition Con vict Sykes Killed Try ing to Make Escape. (By W. T. Host). xuueiSu, Aug. is. Hiram sykes, a thT fn u -, 0 W8S one orihold here. It is thought by pursuing - u .7 -2 ? . lne aan" tJS0 iM ?."c"""n ln vaituunm. u me result OI fll) ILttPHint escape yesterday afternoon. Superintendent J. S. Mann and Warden T. P. Sale had not received written Information and only know j that Sykes and one of his prison' mates who happepned to be a mem ber of the murderous quartet, ran when the men were returning from worK. The guards captured, without necessity for shooting, the other pris oner who is said to be Jim Knotts, of Mecklenburg county.. Two more aro said to have tried to run but made no progress. . , W. R.-. Camp, chief of the market ing division under the experiment sta tion has gone to Chadbourn, Columbus county,Jto assist in the organization of a strawberry growers' association whose, object will be the stimulation, the salvation and the exportation of strawberries. , Mr. Camp Is moved with the de partment and the farmers interested to -organize, these, associations, by the frightful fa'.lfrig, off of the, strawberry shipments' W shown iii tjie latest re ports issued. ' The state's f ormef crop shipped to other less fortunate mar kets amounted to 2,600 cars. Last year this great business fell below 900 cars and this year it is estimated that not more than 800 refrigerator cars left the state carrying Carolina straw berries. A few yenrs ago North Carolina led the uniont The state has now drop ped to sixth place and the tendency Is still further downward. Less than ten years ago the state lost 11, 000, 000 ac cording to expert estimates by Inabil ity to get cars for shipment. . The organization of the "straw berry union," as it has been called, Is meunt to put before its members the best varieties of the hrrie j phase than others. The desire now Is to secure a market and to guarantee some protection to a great Industry which is fast becoming decadent.. Wilmington will In all likelihood be made the central point of market ing. The purpose of the association Is not to control everything by one big organization but to encourage thejDanielS ConferjJ With tunning ui inuny associations. Ana other growers will -be organized for the same purposes. Superintendent J. S. Mann, of the state prison has returned from all the convict camps ln the western part of the sfate and finds all In unusual t u. neaun ana sani- Washington, Aug. 13. Preliminary The state board of health has been' Pan" toT atrengthenlng the national assisting the keepers of the camp lnidefense were taken up by President meeting the obligations of modern sanitation and the Improvement In hpnllh V ii a h.n Tv' . . l , - - . . i .1 u. .-.una III inn ' campll haa ,uffer8d wrIoua ln the present year. Wheat Crop 25,000 BushrU. Mr. Mann has noUhad official re ports from the farm where wheat threshing has been In progress about a month, but he believes that the es-lul tlmate of a few weeks ago, based up- on the hulling of half of the croD. iwlll not be necessarily chanted. TlJect crop la good for 14,000 to 25,000 1 secretary Daniels has not yet com buxhels. - jpleted the formal report prepared by The state raised so much wheat this j the general board and advisory coun year that It Is Improbable that It will ! c11 of th navy, for which the preai go so deeply Into It aaaln the next, dent called Just before leaving for Last year It was almost all cotton and this year nearly" all wheat. Good crops of wheat and cotton . a gener- rt likely be ous diversification will most the plan for the next year. In Us annua report today the North Carolina Prisoners Aid society announces that It has disbursed In Raleigh $891.8$ and collected from clrty points to this aa a partial so lution of the Imprisonment problem and holds It a vast Improvement over the old method that would take a husband from th support of a large family and Mnd Mm to the roads. FJor Officers. The colored Odd Fellows who have been In session here three days, elect ad their annual officers yesterday. The Odd Fellown through their committee went on record as favoring Ralelrh na the site for the $71,000 temple for the fraternity, but In the committee of the whole backtracked Continued on fag Two), TO ELIMINATE THE OlHIIIL CASES JuoV' A. jus Appointed uom- A e ."J al o 4 to Arrange Docket w . ..... : V o uourc until Monday. Judge B.F. Long, who is presid ing a t the present term of Superior court for the trial of civil cases, hav ing caught" up with the live cases on the docket at noon today, announced the appointment of a committee t attorneys to arrange to present to him the dead ones on the civil docket with the idea of clearing as many of them from the docket as possible. This committee, consisting of Judire J. D. Murphy, T. S. Rollins and 3. G. Merrimon will meet at such times as they see fit and go over the cases on the civil docket, making lists of those cases which they find 'iae been on the docket for a number of years and are considered dead. These lists will be presented to the oo-.irt on the first Thursday of each term of the SuDerior court for the trial r.f c Ivil rases, which Judge Lon will this method that a great many cf the eases can be eliminated. Judge Long tried the same method hero Rev- eral years ago and then Judge 10. T3. CHne cleared a great many of the old ones from the docket by the same means last year. Following the announcement to the court that all cases ready for trial had been disposed of. Judge Long had court adjourned until next Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The court announced that he would hear motions on each morning except Friday and Saturday, during the terms he holds here, provided the 'lawyers docketed the motions and gave notice to the other side. The case of W. S. Kenny against Grove Park Inn was compromised, al though the terms of the compromise were not made public. The cases of I. W. Johnson against Charles W. John son and others, and W. H. Blanken ship against Price Fair were contin ued until the next term. Tcstcrrtny Afternoon. A verdict for $450 was returned late yesterday afternoon for the plaintiff ln the case of B. F. Raines adminls- UatoraHQbKaJnes against - the Southern Railway company. This is the second time the case has been tried here, the first Jury returning a verdict of $192 and the case was taken to the Supreme court, being sent back for a new trial. The suit was brought for $20,000 on a death claim. Owing to the plaintiff's failure to perfect appeal from the lower court the case of the Piedmont Electric company against Walker Lyerly was dismissed. A non-suit was taken In the case of John W. Walker against W. S. Adams. - A judgment of $125 and one-half the coats was returned against each of the defendants ln the case of Fred Roberta against Gay Green and. the Ashevllle Power and Light company. WILSON GIVEN OUTLINE OF PLANS FOR DEFENSE Presi dentImportant Increase in Submarines Indicated. iwllson lmmed'ately after his return from Cornish. Secretary Daniels gave f h n nrMiriAnt & v.n.r. I nutltn. nf ; proposals for Improving the navy, r - - - - d - and arrangements were made for an early conference with Secretary Gar rison regarding the army. The 'president Is anxious to fix on a Program which will meet the approv- ot only of his cabinet, but of con fess, ,ld hs hope politics will have ' no, part in consideration of the sub- I Cornish. ' While the secretary wouM not die- what he told the president about th. need, , of h. navy he In d lea ted that the building program would In 'elude an Important increase In sub marlnea He would not confirm re- th h. waiiM ,unm wi .n th. building of four battleships. grcretary Garrison hsa hla report on the army well advanced. A special hoard of officers haa .been studying the situation for several months, and General Goethala has prepared a spe cial report on the defenses of the Panama canal. The president devoted much ttmw to tne stoay or national aetense wnue at Cornish, and was In communica tion frequently with fSecretarlea Dan iels' and Garrison. ftteaniM Rank. "' London, Aug. 12. The 1,000 ton British atoamer Jaoona which waa en - gaged In trans-Atlantic traffic, hna been aunk, The captain and nine membert of the crew, were- rescued, CONFERENCE ON MEXICAN RAIDSi AGENTS CLOSE SESSIONS Old Officers Are Re-Elected Convention Was Well At tended and Successful The Southern Railway Agents as sociation closed a three days' meeting here yesterday afternoon with tfie election of officers for the coming; year. The old officers were re-elected as follows: President, E. J. Coffee of East St, Louis, JTI. ; vloe-president, J. M. Fagan of Savannah; secretary, W. J. Townsend of Augusta and treas urer E. H. Marsh of Spencer Transfer, Im. C. Members of the executive pnmmlttKe were chosen as follows: Chairman, O. L. McKay of Meridian, Miss.; E. L. McCougan of Brunswick, Ga.; and W. P. Webb of Mobile, Ala. Messrs. McKay and Webb were mem bers of the committee last year. This committee will name the next place of meeting. Some of those taking part i the sessions stated today that thel con vention just closed was one of the most successful and helpful every held by the association. The agents met Tues day morning at Grove Park Inn for a discussion of problems in transporta tion and railway accounting. The meetings have been held twice daily and all those present have Joined in the exchange of opinions and Ideas. Agents from all divisions of the Southern railway system have been in attendance and conditions and prob lems in tho different territories have been considered and a variety of help ful comment and suggestion has been heard. 1 MEETING OF STATE AGRICULTURISTS Farmers and Farm Women Gather at A. and M. Col lege August 24. Complete programs are being sent out for the Farmers' and Farm Wom en's conventions that meet at the A. and M. college on August 24, 25, 29. The officers of the farmers' Institute of the state believe that the schedule of addresses and conferences offered to the agriculturists of North Caro lina at this thirteenth annual gath ering Is the best ever arranged by them. Every topic that concerns health, Increased production of land, better livestock and poultry will be treated by men and women who are author ities on the subjects assigned to thejn. An Important phase of the dis cussions will be the marketing of products to the best advantage. At the women's meetings the home and rural life ln general ej'ill be dis cussed by prominent North Carolina women and the sessions are expected to be most Interesting and helpful. Questions and Informal talks will fol low the addresses. LARGE PARTY MOTORED " HERE FROM BRISTOL, VA. C. P. Moore, Bristol, Va brother of C, R. Moore, manager of the Southern Land Auction oompany, this city, and a party of 16 friends including three other members of his family motored here Wednesday from Bristol coming by the way of Newport, Tentu, and WaynesvlUe. The trip waa made ln three Oakland V. I . mv. 1. I. .... W . . K . T.rV uui. Toub e trlp th, wu.0 traversed Is practically an unknown on and very rough after leaving Newport and until they reached Way nesvlUe. i , ARGUMENTS ARE HEARD IN BIG T ' LI1 The attorneys In the oa- of the Mountain Retreat asaoolatlon against Parley and Crockett and Dickey and Campbell thla morning began their arguments oeiore juuga uoya in uie federal District court aa to the law ! Involved. Later arguments on the 1 facta will Le delivered and It Is ex- pectofl that Judge Hnyd will sum tip the caae and give It to the ury for 'consideration sorunllme today, Texas Governor to Hear Fur-- ther Proof Outbreaks Are Due to Conspiracy Un- v der San Diego Plan. ' a' fewer depredations : DURING LAST 24 HOURS Authorities Take FurtherStepsi to Suppress Lawlessness -; Another Mexican " Killed, Brownsville, Tex., Atw. IS. JtM though few depredations by Mexican raiders were reported during the pastj i nours, authorities ln the lower Rlod Grande valley today continued to takel measures to suppress the lawlessness! that al moat brought about a reign ofi terror in this section. Developmental! in the matter are expected to follow conference to be held at RockporM j.ex., wnere uovernor iwrguson rs spending his vacation. Besides thl governor, Aajutant ueneral ,Hntch-4l ings, John N. Gamer, a congressmani of Texas and many other prominent,' men of the state will discuss the bor der situation. Further proof that the outbreaks are due to a conspiracy of Mexicans on both Bides of the Rio Grande will be laid before Governor Ferguson,.! mat yie raiaers are aoung under tne "Plan of San Diego" was Introduced ln the reports of United States army oir.cers which have reached the liead-: quarters of the southern department at San Antonio. The reports quoted from- literature said to have been distributed In larga quantities through the border-counties of Texas. The killing; of a Mex -loan, supposed: to have been a member of one of the marauders, near Mercedes, Tex., last night, was the latest death reported in connection with" the tmtbreaicac' -Mexicans Killed. The killing of three Mexicans: near-j Mercedes, Hlldago county, Texas, and the eantrue of twenty-two . saddle horses belonging to the bandit In the same vicinity, led to the belief that at le ast one of the bands of Mexican raiders which recently hare terroris ed the border had been scattered. Reports that several hundred rra- ed Mexican were preparing to enter-. Texas from Mexico at a point tea! miles east of. BrowneviTle foiled to materialisation, and were declared to-J a ay io nave na a no rovnaaxron. Villa Bectnda. . El Paso, Tex., Aug. IS, Qeneiatj Francisco Villa haa withdrawn hla ozs der to foreign mining oorporatlonato send representatives to a meeting' at! Chihuahua City to act on a matter'eCl "great Importance presumably aJ forced loan, and promised to release from the order of oonflaeacon arooda. of foreign merchants and mining-, companies seled at Chthualtu City and Juares. j A decre signed by General - Tina, published hre, fixes. an Import' dutyM of twenty rents ln sliver or tenoentaf ln gold on each jteso of Villa eartnoy 1 mparted Into territory under rni trol of Generel Vina. Violation jCth4 order , the decree says,, will be. purr-i lshed by confiscation of the bills and one to eleven months Imp riaoamentJ The decree, It 1 declared, Tlrwatlyl repudiates Villa, paper of a fac'Talne4 of mlillos nf pesos now cvtsida Vlllal territory. One peso VHW money la mt fraj'fViM rnnr. enn tA oonts a peso ln HVPaaov Tbe fteoroeJ I s aald to be spectncallfNlmaa at a local practice of baying the onrremcy here for a fraotlon of two seats -and spending It in Juares. ; u: HEADQUARTERS OPEKED HERE FOR MflTl'GO. T. W, Whit mire and Part1 ftnafh- era of Brevard, agents for tho Max well Motor Bales company, Detroit,, whoee announcement la carried In the advertising oolumns of The Gaaette News, have opened temwporary quar ters in the Detroit Motor company garage on Penkuid street. These gentlemen are demonstrating the new lll aaodvt oar. aad Mr. Whttmlre stated this morntn thut the neat equipment aad moderate price of the car he hi demonstrating la creating a great deal of Interest among motorists. i PRESIDENT ELECTED TODAY IN HAITI i Port-au-Prtnea, An. It. -General Dartlguanave today waa alerted presi dent of the reutillo of Haiti by the na tional assembly. Calm pre rails. Acropta Portfolio Toklo, Aug. 11. Baron KllliiUiire i lahll, Japanene am belaud or to FTnr, I ha accepted the foreign portfolio - ii - ?i . 0
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