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'.1 THE GAZETTE-NEWS gas the Associated Preaa Service, It M in Every Respect Complete.. f ember Audit Bureau Circulation. WEATHER FORECAST. ! PARTLY CTOTOT. VOLUME XX. NO. 170. ASHEVILLE N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, rtfST 30, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS on rnio ' i u y II ik ma. it h n iltii ii n m wx fi irj-vi i if 7i i ir n ruuHyT . I .'aaaV .VaaBr a W K V.aHM La ' is W M avl - V 'V V LaV I Z..JT W. H . MW 1 n A aH H .aSBBBk. P " ' ; -r- : - . i - -- 1 1. NOW BATTLE TO CLEAR GALICIA OF RUSSIANS Reports Indicate Teuton Move ment to Drive Last of Mus covite Invaders From . Alstrian SoiL BIG TEUTON BLOW IN NEAR-EAST EXPECTED Allies Artillery Almost Con tinuously Active From North Sea to Vosges Last Week. : London, Aug. 30. Eeports from the eastern front indicat ing that the Anstrians are en gaged in an effort to clear the last corner of Galicia that is still held by the Russians have excited interest here. The Rus sian lines along the Upper Bug and the Zlota-Lipa have been pierced but it is not now clear iow serious will be the results of the vast enveloping move ment from the south. Having lost Brest-Litovsk Grand Duke -Nicholas cannot afford to hold the river posi tions in the south in the face sf an important movement for he reason that to do so would pdanger his armies. The opin- on is ventured by some Eng ish critics that the latest move hay conclude for the present lie greet offensive movement gainst the Russians, which has een in progress since May and hat once Austrian soil is clear- d of invaders a new campaign kill bo undertaken by the Teu- ons m the near-east. In support of this theory hey cite the report that the cntral powers are massing roops near the Roumanian order. The week witnessed violent bd almost continuous activity n the part of the artillery of he allies all the way from the porth sea the Vosges. There is po indication, however, that ho expenditure of biff srun pells was followed by infantry pttacks. London is again awaiting of- mwu reports irom uritisn or rench authorities concerning he campaign at the Darda nelles, where, according to onstantinople, lievy fighting s under way. Berlin credits Von Hlndenburg a flctory over the Russians southeast It Kovno after overcoming their stub' turn resistance, and says the Germans further south have reached Dombrova id Grodek, near the town of Narew, mle Prince Leopold of Bavaria is fUvancIng through the Blelovleih for- lt pursuing the Russians. In addi tion Von Maekensri'g troops have at font reached Kobrin, on the railway f iween Urest-Litovsk and Pinsk luest of their retreating foe. IOn the Austro-ltallan front fighting f the Sam chiLrftptai thn. ha beau t progress for weeks still continued. On the political side of the war, a p-rlin report says that Bulgaria has N yet ratified the recently arranged SNaty with Turkey, as the quadruple "wers have notllled Bulgaria they ould regard as wilfully unfriendly jch action by her. I Speculations has been aroused again whether the Germans Intend to follow he Russians further or prepare fixed )aitlon and attempt an offensive in le Balkans or in France. Military 'servers here believe that question "ust be settled soon, arguing that fy ventures undertaken- before win tr must commence now. J Thus far the Germans have made V move toward a great offensive in be west and ths threatened Austrian tttack against Serbia has consisted ftalnly of long distance artillery en ements. ' . f" ' belf vaguely hinted here that Wd-October has been chosen as ths imo for ths long delayed "big push" ' the allies In the wL but tha rjolnl which an aiinu-k ia to tAke place Is "lns mentioned. There bus been more heavy fighting i Oalllpoll peninsula, according to Turkish Official t-onnrt. whlr.h m the am-M! suffered heavily In a 'rlM, L,f "tacks &HompU4 by thera rriday, thsr the Paris nor Illinois Troops ISlegro Against Angry Mob Murphysboro, I1L, Aug. 8. As the result of threats of lynching made against Joe Deberry, a negro who is charged with the murder of Mrs. James Martin three companies of Il linois state militia stood guard at the Jail and county court - house today, the opening day of the trial of the negro. A mob of several hundred people which surrounded the Jail at Harrls- burg last night, intent on lynching the negro, was foiled . when : officers German Airmen Fail In Trying Paris, Aug. 80. Four German air-i men attempted a raid on Paris Sat urday. They were attacked by a French air flotilla and one of the German machines was shot to pieces in mid-air. The German machines crossed the French line flying at a great height and driving toward the city of Paris. When over a point to the north of the capital city they were sighted by the French flotilla and three of the Ger man machines wheeled about and Little Is Done Settling London, Aug. 30. Walter Runci an, president of the London board of trade find David Lloyd-George, minister of munitions, held a confer ence Saturday for half hour with the representatives of the South Wales miners who came to London from Cardiff yesterday. Little, was accom plished today beyond the elucidation of views of both sides. . Farther conferences will take place Forty-Two Tons British Gold Reaches New York Vanr VnrV- AuT. S0.-Forty-tWO tons of gold worth nearly $20,000,000 and securities valued clise to $2B. 000,000 have been placed in the vaults of the United States sub-treasury here to help pay for Great Britain s huge purchases of war munitions. Th nii unit securities arrived yes terday from London, by way of Hal London war offices have made any mention of these engagements. A Berlin wireless dispatch gives a report received from passengers of a steamer arriving at Amsterdam that a British transpot with 2.000 Canad ian troops has ben torpedoed oft the Scllly Islands with the loss of about 1 000 men. Canadian military author ities deny this report. They say every troop ship bearing Canadians at sea Aug IB, the dtae the disaster is said to have occurred, has safety arrived at its destination. Angered at Turkey Athens. Aug. 20. Breaking off of dlplomatlo relations and possibly war between Greece and Turkey is now believed to, be almost Inevitable In nti.i Mrrlca here. The censor here -iha u to become known that k v.nihnlon sovernment Is prepar ing sharp protests to Turkey, amount ing practically to an ultimatum, as .i.. nt fmh Trsecutlons of II1C .vault " " ' " Mants of Asia Minor. n hundred thousand Greeks v..v. hAn oomnelled. by Turkish au thorltles, to leave their homes In Asia Minor and take up their residence m interior cities. It was reliauiy reuorv A The Greek rovernmeni nsa uv pressed this news, fearing that pun im mntlment would force Greece to act before the Balkan negotiations were concluded and before Oreece t..A Thnusted all effort to bring about a peaceful settlement through diplomacy. PRESIDENT GIVES UP ' HIS VACATION PLANS Washington, Aug. 0.-Presldent Wilson has given up all Idea of fur ther extending his vacation this year. He had planned to' spend the whole of September at Cornish, N. H., but It is now his Intention not to leave Wuhlnrton until the situation be tween this oountry and Germany Is cleared up, If at all. FORSYTH MAN TO RUN FOR STATE TREASURER Winston. Ralem, Aug. 10. County Auditor Leon Cash of Forwyth, has announoed his eandldaoy for the 6m ocratla no mi nation o( stat treasurer. Guard smuggled the negro onto of the Jail and hurried him here in an automO' bile under escort of state troops. Deberry is said to have confessed to the murder of. Mrs. ; Martin, who was the wife of an attorney. The negro was a servanj: In the Martin home. Threats of lynching were made at the time of the murder and- feel ing was much intensified, when sev eral weeks later, the husband of the murdered woman died of illness said to have been induced by the shock of his wife's death. to Raid Paris headed for the German line. Two of the German machines escaped but the third was outdistanced by the French aeroplanes and riddled with bullets. It fell In flames In the forest of Halatte where the burned bodies of two aviators were found; The fourth -machine dropped five bombs at Montmorency, a town fifteen miles fronB Paris. No one was hurt. A battery at Montmorency opened fire on the hostile craft but it got away in the haze. Toward of Coal Strike today with representatives of the mine owners participating. Although the dissatisfaction with the awards Mr. Runciman made to the miners after the previous strike Is spreading, the leaders of the min ers are standing firm against an other strike at this time. Neverthe less it was reported from the coal fields today that 4,000 more miners had Joined those who have already quit work. ifax, N. S., and were consigned to J. P. Morgan and company, purchasing agents for Great Britain The gold was in American coin which was shipped to England dur ing years of trade indebtedness 'by this country to England, and the se curities are nearly all American , is sues. HE UNO SUIT TAKEN TO U.S. T Suit of J. H. Kilgore Vs. E. H. I Jennings Involves 2,580 Acres. A law suit Involving the title to 1,(80 acres of land In ths Toxaway country has been transferred from the Superior court of Transylvania county to the United States District court for trial at Ashevllle, the transcript of the court record being received at the clerk's office Saturday afternoon. J. H. Kilgore and others are plaintiffs In the action against E. 1L Jennings and others. The sul( was commenced against the Toxaway company In 1904 the plaintiffs asking that the company dispossessed of the land and that ths plaintiffs be awarded 15,000 damagea In 1913 the lands In question were old at auction under foreclosure of a deed of trust and E. 1C" Jennings was the purchaser. The Toxaway com pany in January, 1913, received cer tificate of dissolution from the secre tary of state. leuiis HUE , FAILED TO SETTLE HEBE Atclng undor order from Judge B, p. Lone, riven at the last term of Superior court for criminal, eases, which was held here. Clerk of Su perior eourt John 11. Cathey has Just ootnpUed a list of guardians of the county who failed to make the proper return to the court. There are about 300 guardians on this list and It "Is stated that those who do not make the proper returns at once will p subject toi orders of he eourt. DRY DDCKF-4 Submarine Which Went Down With 21 Men in Honolulu Harbor Raised by Pon 1 toon Method. NO REPORT ON CAUSE TILL CRAFT IS DOCKED Submarine Has Been Submerg ed Since March 25 Heroic Efforts Made by Divers. Honolulu, Aug. SO. The work pro llmlnary to the dry -docking of the submarine F-4, -lost In' Honolulu har bor with 2)V men on March 29 and raised yesterday, was underway.. It Is expected that the vessel will be placed in dry dock tomorrow. Until then nothing definite can be announced as to what caused the disaster. The F-4 was raised by the pon toon method, six special pontoons, each with a lifting capacity of 60 tons having been constructed at the Mare Island, CaL, navy yard for this pur pose, after all other methods had proved unavailing. The submarine F-4, commanded by Lieutenant Alfred L. Ede, and with a crew of twenty-one men, went to the bottom off the harbor of Honolulu March 2B, 1916, during maneuvers of the "F" squadron. She was located two days later, and Diver John Agraz, of the navy, descended 215 feet, estab lishing a new world's record, in an effort to facilitate the work of bring ing her to the surface. Her crew, it was said, might have been alive at the time, but attempts at rescue failed and on March 30 Rear Admiral C. T. Moore, commanding yie Honolulu navy station, reported tnat tne lay in 270 feet of water, and would have to be raised by pontoons. Secretary Daniels announced that the boat would be raised at any cost to determine the cause of the accident and diving apparatus and divers were sent out, leaving San Francisco April 6 on the cruiser Maryland. One of tho divers, Frank Crilly, went down 228 feet and found one of the com purtnients of the T -4 filled with water. Another, William lA)Ughman, descend, ed 220 feet the next day, and was seri ously injured by water pressure. These men put lines on the F-4, by which the boat was dragged slowly up the sheltering bottom, but in the process the stern was wrecked and broken, and work was halted to await the arrival of pontoons. Six of these, capable of lifting sixty tons each, were sent from Mare Island navy yard early In Aimust on the Maryland. At the time of the accident, reports gained circulation that the F-4 was not in good shape when she went be low water. These were officially de nied. ' TURKS BETTER THEIR POSITION tsr. 1 Correspondent Finds That De fenders of Peninsula Have Strengthened Their Intrenchments. Turkish Headquarters on the Oa Ill- oil Peninsula, ug. 24, via London, Aug. 30. After inspection earlier in the week of the Turkish fortifications in the new area of hostilities near Halt l4tke, wheie the Hrltlsli landed more troop this month, the Associated Press, correspondent visited Peddul Hahr at ths tip of the peninsula on the other end of the line. Conditions at Soddul Bahr are vir tually unchanged since the corre spondent's previous visit In June with the exception of Immaterial losses and gain of ground by both sides, changes which Involve about 600 yards of trenches. In the Interior the TJurks have greatly Improved their earth work and bettered their positions in other respects, especially In posting their artillery, Including heavy bat teries In advantageous positions across the straits on the Annapollnn shore, ccordlng to Information from trust. worthy sources ths losses of the allies In attack simultaneously with the Anasarta landing er very heavy. About (000 men were killed. Owlii to the effective firs of the Turkish artillery near Seddul bahr the allies recently were obliged to remove sev eral large camp. There ha been rfo rain since June water t extremely scarce and the ilust la unbearable. Hlnce August 11 the activities of the allies have been con fined to weak artillery fire. Enver Pasha, Turkish minister Cf war, la here with hi staff and ex pressed great satisfaction at the posi tion the Xurkj hold. AGAIN QUAKING Two Republican Employes of Raleigh Office in Suspense as Result of Recent Investigation. DEMOCRATS SAID NOT TO BE UNEASY Judge Biggs Goes to Fayette ville to Sell McArthur Prop erty to Satisfy $25,000 Judgment. (By W. T. Boat). Aalelgh, Aug. 80. The postofflce Inspectors who have been Inquiring into Raleigh postofflce conditions and making maps of an Interior that would form their idea of the physi cal arrangement of the department here; have employes again in sus pense, and a few on the rack. . Despite the common understanding that both Inspectors are republicans and that all employes under hack are also under ' th0 civil service, It will leak out somehow that no democrats are excited about their positions. As sistant Postmaster T. C. Council has not yet found out whether the in spectors will recommend his dismiss al. Neither he nor his friends can got a line on his objectionableness to the department and It is., understood that he has given no offense whatso ever. As hinted In both Washington and Raleigh circles many times the administration appears to have made up its mind to abolish the assistants In the postofflces. Mr. Council Is a republican. It now develops that two subordinates In the service have been much affrighted during the past week. .Only one of these is known by name. He is W. A. Sells, former Salisbury man, who exchanged, places with a Raleigh clerk last year and came to Raleigh to live. After getting here he ex changed again with a clerk In feeble health and took a heavy route to give that clerk the light one. . It probably adds to the terrors of Mr. Sells to reflect that the Raleigh car rier with whom he erchanged after getting here died boon afterwards and that tho Salisbury carrier died last week. "Loitering on his route,' is said to be the charge against Mr. Sells and something ' of kindred character is laid to his conipanlon whose name Is as yet unknown, albeit the clerks ap pear to have an inkling. AU good democrats here insist that no partisan' noli tics can possibly enter the sacred servloe of the postal department, but all good republicans must wonder why only theirs must suffer tne in quisition. Whether Mr. Sells will lose his Job or not is unknown. And whether he would be succeeded by another republican or a democrat, of course furnishes no reason for In quiry. , But uneasy folks work in mai post office these days and the inspectors are still here. Judge J. Crawford Biggs left yes terday for Fayettevllle where he sells the McArthur property to satisfy a 325,000 and costs and Interest judg ment In the widely celebrated New-ton-McArthur lumber cases. Mr. M. C. McArthur, mother-in-law of J. Sprunt Newton, head of the lumber com party, and Adam McAr thur were on one of the Sprunt New ton notes for $25,000 held by the Citizens bank of Norfolk. They de clared that they had not Indorsed the Newton note and contested it wrfth the. bank. The case tried before Judge Connor In the federal court here flrst attracted uch attention a Is rarely shown In litigation. It took two weeks to try the case and the Jury disagreed eleven holding the signatures genu ine and one forgeries. At this trial David Garvelho, world wide handwriting expert and author of "Forty Centurlee of Ink," was a star witness and he pronounced the signatures a forgery. Mrs. Sprunt Newton's name wa on the note and was such a poor Imitation of her own writing that witnesses explained on the trial that they knew her name to have been put on the note by her husband, though they declared that she admitted her willingness to sign It and had directed Mr. Newton to do so. The case came up again for trial and the bank won the verdict this time. The amount Involved In this stu pendous failure of the Newton-Mc- Arthur company Is said to be near the quarter million mark, wnen Judge Blgrs goes to Fayettevllle he will proceed against the real estate of Mrs. McArthur. Her lifetime es tats, the widow' dower, Is. reserved with nearly 150 acres of land in It. The courts are full of these litiga tion, only two of which hsve been tried and only one settled. These are In both state and federal court. Governor Craig left yesterday for Ashevllle to bring Mr. Craig end Baby Locke back, to Raleigh after havlnV pent the iummer In the mountain. Governor Craig ha not gon fur ther In the Trull case than hss been announced and has given neither .(Continued on t-mt Two), PLAN FOR MORE ARMY OFFICERS 1 1 WAGES CA0SEJFI1EST Commission Walsh Says Work ers Are Denied Full Product of Their Toil. Kansas Ciy, Aug. 30. Low wages was found to be the basic cause of in dustrial unrest In the report which Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the fed eral commission on Industrial sela- tlons, and t;he labos members of that body, will present to congress as a re sult of the commission's two-year in vestigation into the subject. The report embodying the personal findings of Mr. Walsh and concurred In by commissioners John B. Lennon, James O'Conneil, and Austin B. Gar retson, was made public here today. "The workers of tho nation, through compulsory and oppressive methods, legal and illegal, are denied the full product of their toil"' It was declared in the report, and the resulting Indus trial dissatisfaction was said to have reached "proportions that already menale the social good will and the peace of the nation." Responsibility for the condition under which they live was placed primarily upon the workers themselves, who "blind to their collective strength and oftentimes deaf to the cries of their followers have suffered exploitation an, the in vasion of their most sacred rights without resistance." SCOTT RETURNS FROM THE DUN BORDER Believed He Has Brought Back Fund of Interesting Information. Washington, Aug. 30. General Hugh L. Scott, -chief of start of the army, returned to Washington last night from the Mexican border, where for several weeks he has been work ing In furtherance of tho Pan-American peace plans. He would not com ment on the results of his mission, which he will discuss tomorrow with Secretary Lansing. General Scott's first mission on ar rival at the border was to confer with General Villa and settle difficulties arising from seizure of property of foreign merchants at Chihuahua. The general also discussed with Villa the Pan-Amerio an convention proposal, which Villa and" hls followers , have accepted. Since then the nature of General Scott's negotiations has not been dis closed. At onen time it was reported he tried to get in communicatlonn with General Obregon, Carranza's chief in the field. Whether he suc ceeded in this has not been nlearned. Obregon, however, responding to the Pan-American appeal, said Carranza's answer would be his. It is taken for granted here that General Scott brought back a fund of Interesting Information. Tho chief of staff has long been familiar with con ditions in Mexico, and is personally acquainted with rcruc m!ltUry lead er. CAROLINA WIIL HAVE STRONG TEAM THIS FALL "Doggie" Trenchard Talks of Prospects For the Approach ing Season. Wilmington, Aug. 30. T. O, Tren chard, head coach of the University football team, spent Saturday n tho city conferring with local alumni, -vho were pleaied to learn from him that the prospect are very bright for winning footbafl team at University this year. The team, he said, will be considerably stronger than last year. when every gams save one was won by Carolina. The one expected was with Virginia and Carolina honed to be able to turn the tables this com ing Thanksgiving day. The construction of the modern ath letic field, which Is now underway, wfll make poxstble a number of foot ball games with other college on 'he "bom grounds." Mr. Trenchard said that trend In the east has been to pis y college games on, college grounds and the probabilities are that In the near future every other Thanksgiving iay the game win be played In North Car olina; probably at Chapel Hill, and on alternating year at Charlottesville. The only dllliculty about having the games at Chapel Hill 1 transportation facilities, ; Secretary Garrison Would Se cure Additional Regular Of flaers for Any Forces Con- gress May Authorize, i REQUESTS WAR COLLEGE TO SUBMIT OUTLINE; Secretary Daniels Also Expect ed to Recommend Plan for Increasing Naval Officers. . .' ? Washington, Aug. 80. Secretary Garrison has directed the war college to submit plans for securing addl-i tional regular army officer and s corps of reserve officers both for the regular army and voluntary army or any other forces which congress may authorize. The step was taken with a view to making recommendations to congress at the coming session. Secretary Daniels is also expected to recommend additional officers fon the navy, regardless of the building program yet to be announced. Plans are under consideration, it is under stood, by which the number of offi cers in the navy will fo plcaed on tho basis of tonnage. Under, such a system mere woum oe an . auionmiiu Increase in the number of officers as , the number of ships was Increased. Secretary Garrison has announced ' that the war department has deter-, mined not to re-establish the divlsloni army camp at Texas City, Tex., re-j cently destroyed by the tropical I storm. There has been no decision as) to the future location of the camp, i Major General J. FranWln Bell,! commander of the division, recom mended the abandonment of the camp at Texas. City- ,. ... . ... --- , -- . : r -y .-.'i ii LEG BROKEN IN TWO : PLACES IN AUTD WRECK A. Gaither Fastened For Two Hours Beneath His ... 'i Overturned Machine. It was reported this morning at the Meriwether hospital that R. A.i Gaither, who suffered a broken leg in an automobile accident Saturday night on the Fairvlew road, is rest ing as comfortably as could be ex-4 pected. In rounding a sharp curve the car that Mr. Gaither was drlv-j lng overturned and he was caught! under the machine and remained 1 there for two hours until help ar-l rived from Ashevllle. The Injured man'' was taken to the hospital and' operated on by Dr. E. B. Glenn. It1 was found that Mr. Galther's right leg was broken In two places Other occupants of the car, Mlssea Bradford and Harwell, W. M. Mc- Clure and W. P. Henderson, escaped with slight bruises; Miss Pansy Beat-' er's left cheek bone was. crushed BARACAS HEAR REV. DR. E. L BAIN YESTERDAYi i Dr. E. L. Bain, pastor of CentenarW Methodist church of Winston-Salem and a former Ashevllle pastor for! seven years, taught the Haywood, ' street church Bnraca class yesterday the subjoct of the lesson being, "God's Care of Elijah." Ths speaker very effectively brought out ths lesson, of the heroic fearlessness of Elijah In opposing the plans of the king and hi wife, Jezebel, In their wild career ef nongovernment, and emphasized the lesson that he should live a providen tial life rather than a prudential life, following God' will rather than what might seem right from a human standpoint Mrs. ClotDde Harrison, soprano of the First Presbyterian church of Tay lorsvtlle. 111., sang as olo, "Baraca, Sweet Vale." G All CLAN REFUGEES ASKED TO RETURN Zurich, Switzerland, Aur. 80. -Ow lng to the epidemic raging In Gali cia, the Gallotan medical association, with the approval of the Austrian au thorities, ha Issued an urgent ap peal to It refugee member In V1n na and other oltlea to return to their home at once. They are promised free railway ticket and higher re muneration than the ordinary scale. In view, of the abnormal conditions. The army sanitary department Ii making, strenuous fforta to get tht ituaUon la Oallcla, under control. , I
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