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THE GAZETTE-NEVfS gas the Associated Press Service, -It t In Every Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST. mm I UNSETTLED TONIGHT. VOLUME XX. NO 162 ASHEYILLE N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 20, 1915 PRICE 2 CENTS 0,1 Tnin Scts BttkMW ABOUT 200 OF THE 220 PEOPLE ABOARD LINER SURVIVE ITS SINKING American Consul aV Queens town Reports Four of Six, American Passengers , Are Accounted For. COURAGE AND COOLNESS OF CREW SAVED MANY Firemen and Engineers Stuck i to Posts Till Very Last Majority of Victims Members of Crew, London, Aug. 20. The best information available today in dicates that a score or more i people lost their lives -in the i sinking of the White Star liner Arabic, which was t6rpedoed jyesterday by a German., suh ' marine off the south coast of I Ireland. ' . " jit has not yet been determined (definitely whether any Ameri jcans are among the dead. Br. Edmund F. Wood, of Janes ville, Wis., and Mrs. Josephine L. Bmtiere. an American wo man who has lived in Europe ifor some years, are missing. The White Star line an nounced this morning that all Ibut eight of the passengers had been landed at Queenstown Four of these are said to be Americans. According to in formation cabled to Washing ton by Lewis B. . Thompson", lAmerican consul at Queens- town, however, Dr. Wood and Mrs. Brutiere are the only missing Americans. The other ,two, James Houlihan of Phila !delphia, and Thomas Elmers of New Lork, are reported by Mr. Thompson to have been saved. In all about 400 of the 423 Ipcrsons aboard have been ac counted for. The fate of the others is still in doubt, but as the hours lengthen since the Arabic's ' swift destruction, hope that the others mihgt have been saved is fading.' The announcement that only eight of the Dasseneers lost 'their lives bears out the earlier report that the great majority of the missing were members of the crew. Captain Finch of the Arabic, gave testimony to the heroism of his engineers and firemen, several of whom remained at their posts to the last and probably sacrificed ineir lives, (jther survivors Bays that the torpedo killed 'outright scvral men in, the toiler room. The steamer was struck on the onrt side about 100 feet from the stern near !the boiler room. Erurland Stirred. 1 The torpedointr of die Arbaio lias Btirrod England from end to end, although on account of tho comparatively small num bers of lives lost, public feeling Is not showing signs of running M insh fts in tie. dajra follow Russian Strongho Official Washington Will Await Definite Details ' Washington, Aug. 2 0 President I Wilson slipped away from the White House early today and started to' Philadelphia In an automobile to vis it his occullst Two automobiles, oriS carrying secret service men, accom panied his machine. Officials here are awaiting definite Information concerning the torpedoe. lng of the British steamer Araibs on which were six Americans, two of whom are missing, before discussing the probable course' of the United States. Official Information was megre, and it was noly through press dis patches that It wah heard here that the vessel was torpedoed without warning. While It was recognled that canvass of the survivors might re veal that no' Am'erlcan lives were lost, the torpedoeing without warning of a vessel carrying Americans has Itself .been pronounced by the United Stales, government as a .violation of its rights which If repeated would be regarded as "deliberately unfriendly". Wrecks of Houseboats Found in Wake of Storm Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 20. News from the -storm stricken district around Beaumont Is meager. No ad ditions to fatalities Is reported. So far as Is known the dead number nearly a score with a number report ed missing. Reports received from Sabine ana Sabine Pass, Tex., and from Bayou - ,4 Tj...iniir T Ji wht-A heaW lOSS miu .fcrewowM.m , - - - of life is feared are that all the peo ple In these places are saie. Tjnuaa hnntn nn the Sablne-Nebhea canal are believed to Jtave exyrleno- An Uriknown Delivers Leo Atlanta, Aug. J0.--O. B. Keeler, a newspaper man or Atlanta, Dm re aiding at Marietta, In a published ar ticle, says that Frank's wedding ring has been delivered to mm Dy a man unknown to him. A note In the envelope with the ting said: "Frank's dying request was mat this ring be given to his wife. Will you not see that the request Is car ried out? This note will be delivered to you by a, man you do not know and who does not know you. Tou win oe ex ing' the sinking of the Lusi tania. That such a large pro portion of the people aboard were savj in such a short time is regarded as better fortune than might have been expect ed. This was apparently due to the coolness and courage of the officers and crew, from Cap tain Finch, who remained at his post, until just before the liner made her final ' plunge, down to the firemen who 'faced death in the' performance of their dutr. The fine weather and a calm sea also contributed to the Outcome. . Survivors Cared For. In Queenstown everything possible was done today to as sist tho survivors, ' many of whom are without clothing tnd money. As in the case of the Lusitania the citizens o f as to Arabic In the last note to Germany which It was generally accepted was tho final . word on the principles of the question from the United States, Sec retary Lansing, used the following language in referring to violations of American rights In the war one: "Friendship itself promtps it (the United States government) to say to the Imperial government that repe- titionn by the commanders of German navel vessels of acts in contravention of those rights must be regarded by the government of the United States, when they affectAmerican cltlens, as deliberately unfrlendsly". .What the course of the United States would be no official would pre dict because of the absence of detail ed Information. It must be etsablish- ed authoritatively, whether the vessel attempted to escape. If no American Uves were lost. It was thought In the most quarters that drastic steps were Improbable, but In the event It Is found Americans, were drowned, a rupture In diplomatio relations was everywhere discussed as likely. ed difficulty, as a score or more of house boats are missing from the moorings. The wrecks of several have been found in the marshes. Galveston, .Aug. 19. (By Courier) The total of missing and known dead In an area of 100 miles wide along the coast on both sides of Gal veston is 108, with the number of known dead less than 100. In Galves ton, city and Island, the dead and missing number 12. Galveston though suffering propor tionately small in lives lost sustained heavy property damage. Messenger Franks Ring pected to destroy it after reading It Keeler said he destroyed the note at once and quoted from memory. Frank wore the wedding ting when he was arrested and during the trial it was seen on his hand frequently. The ring was not on his hand when the body was discovered hang ing In the woods. Keeler states that the messenger came to his home about t o'clock last night and after delivering the note disappeared. He stated that he would deliver the ring to Mrs. Frank. Queenstown went tq the assist ance of the sufferers. A num ber of the survivors suffered injuries, but so far as is known none wer seriously hurt. With the main facts of the disaster setablished ' the Eng lish publio is giving attention to the possible effect on the re lations between the United States and Germany. Definite word as to whether any Amer ican lives were lost is awaited with more eagerness than any other detail of the incident. No Warning, Captain Cables. New York, Aug. 20. The White Star line announced late yesterday that the captain of .the Arabic, sunk yesterday by a German submarine, hns reported o tho lino at Liver pool that the vessel had been sunk .without warning. URGING Chamber of Commerce Con demns Lynching of Frank and Wants Mob Brought to Justice. STATEMENT IS ISSUED BY GOVERNOR HARRIS Says Danger to Frank Was Feared From Inside, Not Outside Criticised For Precautions. Atlanta, Aug. 20.tr-Governor Harris in a statement on the lynching of Leo M. Frank published today, de clared he would do all is his power to bring to Justice the perpetrators, and that he believed the people at large do not justify the wave of law lessness which seems to have spread through the state. In his statement the governor points out that state officials believed any attack on the prison could be withstood until the MUledgeville mill tia could be called out. The farm was intended only for sick or feeble convicts unable to do work with the chaingangs on the country roads. There is no stockade about the farm and the only protec tion from without the buildings Is a wire fence. The question of providing addition al guards at the Prison after Frank was sent there had been considered with the prison commission, Govern or Harris said, but the idea In mind was to protect Frame trout his fellow prisoners rather than from an out side attack. The danger of such an attack, it is stated, was thought re-j mote after the first motitji of Frame's imprisonment had passed. j A month ago Governor Harris said he received a secret message to the effect that an attack was to be made on the prison farm on a given night. This was the time when he ordered a company of military held at MUledge vlllo armory. The governor declares his action at that time, although it brought censure upon him In certain quarters "postponed the lynching for a month." The censure Is said by the governor to have come from persons who thought the governor's action a reflection upon them and It is said an Indignation meeting was planned at Marietta, near which place on Tues day morning, last, the lifeless body of Frank was found dangling from the lower limbs of a big oak tree. Board Condemns. Atlanta, Aug. 20.-The board of di rectors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce has unanimously adopted resolutions urging the governor and nther state officials to exert every ef fort to apprehend and convict the men who lynched Leo M. Frank. The resolutions which refer to the mob as a "secret, oath-bound organisation," follow: "Whereas, on Monday night, August 18, an armed mob after overpower ing the warden, superintendent and guards, took from the state peniten tiary at Mlliedgeville, Leo M. Frank, a primmer serving a life sentence, and hanged him to a tree In Cobb county, near Marietta, and left him there dead, therefore be It "Kesolved by the directors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce that by this crime and Its flagrant defi ance of officers of the law, the state has been disgraced, Its sovereignty Insulted and a grevlous reproach cast upon our civilisation. It Is no longer a question of the guilt or Innocence of the prisoner, of the right or wrong of the executive clemency, or vf the life fo one man. The queauou now Is, shall we have a slate government In fact, as well as name, or shall we be ruled by an organised mob which scorns stnte authority, overpowers Us officers and executives with bloody hands, the decree of death agreed upon In midnight meetings of a se cret oath buund organisation. The w abiding people of Georgia who constitute the great mass of lis citizenship, will not be silent or Indif ferent when confronted by an Issue Ilk this. What we are dealing with Is anarchy In Its moat dangerous form. "If It continues no man's life will t safe. Today the mob elnlms one victim for one cause; tomorrow, un less the lawlen spirit I" curbed, a larger mob will claim a hundred Uves .(Continued on Pax Three), REMOVAL OF RUSSIANS' GOVERNMENT TO CITY OF MOSCOW DISCUSSED DEATH LIST GROWS E Remote Points on Galveston Bay Report Persons Dead and Missing. Houston, Tex., Aug. 20. There are 101 dead outside of Galveston from Monday night's West Indian hurri cane, according to reports here. Miss- ing outside of Glaveston total 205 Of the missing list It was feared more than half were dead. Remote points on Galveston bay have begun to report, some of them bringing small quotas of unidentified dead. At Anahuac the loss ot the United States dredge boaot number 12 was confirmed, but there was no Iohs of life as reported from Beau mont. The lose of life at Anahuac was placed at five. W. T. Miller, United States engin eering department Inspector from Galveston, who was aboard the dredge snld It was moored with six Inch rope cables but the wind snapped them. Miller had three broken ribs. Nev ertheless he rode a log down Trinity rlvor, then rode a horse twenty-six miles and walked several miles through the woods until he reached rail connection with Houston. On his trip he found three dead at Wallls ville and five missing at Moss Point. Edwin Carrer of Houston, caught In the storm near La Porte, at the head of this bay, waa In the water from Monday night until early Thurs day morning. When found he was de lirious with his eyes swollen nearly hut. Refugees from Galveston described the early hours of Tuesday, Archie McDuffle of Waxahatchle, Tex., said he spent the night In the terminal station at Galveston. He estimated there were 6,000 persons In the up per floors of that building. 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Twelve high class and val uable premiums will be awarded be sides a check for. commissions to ev ery candidate not winning a premium and there will be many glad hearts made by this Campaign on account of the excellent awards. The Campaign Is In no sense of the word a lotery, a raffle or a scheme. Every person who enters the Cam paign and who remains In It to the finish will be paid cash commission upon every dollar secured through her efforts, should she fall to win one ot. the premiums. No on wasta time, no one takes chances, every one get a fair dal. The rutette-Newi preaches Adver (Ulna and believes In advertising. It Is conducting a Campaign to adver tise the paper. An young lady, married or single, WITH LATER N i iSWW 'Missing; mm.mm-m'm.m.'mm&mmwm.mm.'m.'mm---mm.m'mm,-M . L DIES AT ROME rVannutelli One of Mo3t Influ ential of Those Eligible to Papacy. Rome, Aug. 20. Cardinal Serafine Vannutelll, dean of the sacred college. dled yesterday at the aqp of 81 years. Cardinal Vannutelll was one of the most Influential of those members of the sacred college eligible to the pap acy. He was one of the six cardinal bishops that take title from the su burban sees of Rome. Cardinal Vannutelli was bishop of Porto, Santa Ruline, and Ostla. He was created and proclaimed a card! nal by Pope Leo XIII. March 14, 1887. He was born November 26, 1834 at Genazane In the Diocese of Palastryna His early education was obtained at the seminary of Genazzano and he re ceived the degrees of philosophy and theoogy at' the Capranica college at Rome. After teaching theology in the pen tlflcal seminary Cardinal Vannutelll embarked on a diplomatic career and successively was secretary of the pap al nuncio in Bavaria,, apostolic dele gate to Ecuador and Peru and nun cio at Brussels and Vienna, 115 YEARS OLD TODAY Amsterdam, Aug. 18, via London, Aug. 19. The eighty-fifth birthday anniversary . of Kmperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary was en thusiastically celebrated in Berlin and Vienna. Emperor William of Germany and all the German princes sent telegrams expressing warm and unbreakable friendship In the "gorfd and bad fortunes of war." EAZETTE-H EWS who wishes to enter this campaign and win one of these magmficlent premiums should see that her name Is sent to the subscription department at once. Votes must be secured ac cording to the conditions as set forth In the announcement which appears elsewhere In this Issue. Candidates should at once Interest their friends and by united and energetic action Induce as many people as possible to vote for them. In order that every one shall have an equal opportunity to win a ir.-mi um the management has decided up. on Monday August 2 3rd as the off! elnl opening day. 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Candidates can be nominated later, but It la a great advantage to have yaur name among the first published so thst your friends will nol agree to work for someone else before knowing you are In the campaign, It costs absolutely nothing to nominate nr vote for a can didate Complete details will be found In the big announcement today. Head It over carefully. CD ra n i en Novogeorgievsk Taken After? Stubborn Resistance by Defenders More Than 20,000 Captured. FORTRESS DESCRIBED AS SECOND VICKSBURG Stronghold Equipped With Ammunition and Food to Last Long Period Kais er to Thank Troops. Berlin, Aug. 20. Official an nouncement is made here .of the capture of the important Russian fortress of ovogeor gievsk with more than 20,000 men. The statement concern- ing the capture follows: ."The fortress of Novogeor gievsk, the enemy's last bul wark in Poland has been cap tured after stubborn resistance, The entire garrison including more than 20,000 men and an enormous stock af war mate rial was taken. "The emperor has left for Novogeorgievsk for the pur pose of giving thanks of him self and the fatherland to the ' leader of the attack, General von Berseler,and his troops." Novogeorgievsk, captured by the Germans' is described by the Associated Press, corre spondent who visited the fort ress yesterday as a second Vicksburg, on account of its position, he fortress is nine teen miles northwes of, War saw and is situated at the junc tion nf the Vistula, Narew and Kkr rivers For nearly two weeks it has been completely . invested by the Germans and several of the outlying forts had been captured early in the week. The fortress was strongly defended and was said to bo equipped with sufficient a I mu nition and food to last for a long period. It is presumed that the capture represents an other great triumph for the Austro-German siege guns. London, Ang. SO, A the Austrian and German ureas on toward the last outlying fittta wbk h proU the Rus slan capital IVtrograd dispatches toll of tho poMtlblllty of tho removal of the government to It ancient seat at Moscow, Kovno la now definitely n the lis nls of the (icrmans; the flank movement of imt1 von Mackenarn trows more threatening hourly and t wnnlil not ho aurprtMinjr If Uraml Duke Klcltola should abandon all efforts to form a now Una with Brent l.iloYHk as the pivot. Ironi liroat-LUovak to Onsfwetx, whkh scrota to be withstanding tho maull of tho heavy tiorman gun hotter titan other fortrraare; fien-o fighting continue to favor tho ticr ntan ami Austrian. Klga I mis again become the renter of a struggle on land and era. Petro grbd state die Kuialan warship pro tecting the tJulf of Itlga wr mm Tn'ptf to draw cloacr In becaime of tlx! superiority of the kmua im 1- r-i
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