WEATHER FORECAST.
Generally fair tonight and Tues
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ASHEVILLE N. 0., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 6, 1915."
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HAVE DIED AS A RES ULT
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Crew State Positively Hes
perian Was Attacked
Without Warning.
NO ONE CLAIMS TO
HAVE SEEN TORPEDO
Allan Line Confident All
Aboard Will Be Accounted
For Except Two Known
to Be Dead.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS
Offer Starts Today, Sept. 6th and Ends Sept. 18th.
Loudon, Sept. 6. The Allan
line steamer Hesperian sank at
S:45 o'clock this morning a few
miles from Queenstown, afte;'j
Captain Main and a voluntary
rescue crey of 25 men had made
a brave fight to bring the crip
pled vessel into port. During
the night the vessel settled by
the head and daylight showed
her decks awash and the liner
about to take her final plunge
Captain Main and member
jf the crew that had remained
with him were taken off the
liner by rescue boats and land
ed later at Queenstown by the
steamer Empress.
The sinking of the Hesperian
in deep water will 'probably
prevent an investigation to de
termine whether the disaster
was the result of a submarine
attack or whether she struck a
mine.
Passengers nnd members of
the crew assort positively that
the steamer was torpedoed, but
thus far no ong has been found
who saw a submarine or a tor
pedo.
The American embassy is re
ceiving reports from Wesley
frost, American consul at
nstown, on the question as
together the vessel was given
yarning. Persons so far seen
Mr. Frost state that no
yarning was .-riven. Captain
Jain's statement will probably
taken later. '
The list of identified surviv-
ors Mill loaves many unac
runted for. The Allan line is
foment that the final check-
t'"S ui Miow that no lives
jelost with the exception of
: one or two who died after
"ug rescued.
. A Chronicle diarm ch from
wenstown says ' that Miss
barberry, an elderly passenger
tje Hesperian, died from
J'ock after being rescued and
' lat another woman -uccumbed
8l'ort time after being taken
'Wd the rewne 6bip
lh American consul at
X0!, Lesley Frost, has
Japhed the American cm
S fe that the admiralty
foZr 68 there no in-tlie-llcspcrian
in-i. V. uww wiinont warn-
ieve that to bo the
The opportunity of securing more
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and ends Sept. 18th." 200,000 extra
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UP U. S. READY FOR
FIGHT DRASTIC ACTION
Railroad Alleges Discrimina
tion Against Railroad Prop
erty in Methods of As
sessing; Taxes.
Troops Will Not Hesitate to
Pursue Into Mexican Ter
ritory in Event of Or
ganized Invasion.
INV ADERS M AKE
SLOW PROGRESS
IN THE CENTER
COMPLAINT AGAINST
; COMMISSION LENGTHY
vote ballot will be issued at the close
of this, which is absolutely the best
vote' offer of the entire campaign.
There is still plenty of time for any
lady who wishes to enter the campaign
as the offer which starts today fur
nishes the opportunity for making up
any loss of time.
Last Saturday found the Subscrip
tion Office of The Gazette-News a
very busy place regardless of the un
clemency of the weather. Many ladies
of Asheville and the surrounding ter
ritory called to obtain' full particulars
of the great free gift subscription
campaign, and many expressed a de
termination of winning the big five
passenger Studebaker touring : car,
while others expressed their desire of
winning the 1916 model Ford touring
car and still others have their hearts
set on the pianos, grafonolas, or some
of the other valuable premiums to be
awarded.
Candidates are requested to call In
person, phone or write if there Is any
thing not perfectly clear, relative to
the 200,000 extra vote offer. Each
and every candidate .should be in pos
session of all information as this is
the opportunity to place your name se
curely in the winners' column.
Judges Pritchard and Wood
Will Sit With Federal
Judge Connor in Hearing
Argument on Case.
TROOPS ARE GIVEN
EMERGENCY ORDERS
Reports Persist of Participa
tion of Carranza Soldiers in
Depredations on Soil
of United States.
ATTEMPTS
E
(By IV. T. Host)
Raleigh, Sept. 6.-When the argur
ment 1 nthe Seaboard's injunction suit
E. E. Felder In Dying Condi
tion at Mission Hospital-
No Cause Assigned.
Fighting on Eastern Front
Proceeding Much More Vig
orously on Flanks Than
In Center.
GEN. VON HINDENBURG
ACTIVE IN SOUTHEAST
Washington, Sept. 6. Major Gen
eral Funston has reported that Gen
eral Naffarrette, a Carranza com-
I mBnder at Mftrfltamnrnn tin. nsriln
against Corporation Commissioners: denied that Carranza troops are raid
U L. Travis, W. T. Lee and George P. I ins on the Mexican order, and has
Pell and Clerk' A. J. Maxwell. State ! proposed bringing more Carranza
Treasurer D. Br .Lacy and State Audi
tor W. P. Wooii comes up for argu
ment in the F x -?ral court, Sept. 16,
Judge Henry G. Jonnor will have sit
ting with him -TudpL-s Wood and
Pritchard. . t
The commishtonei's are eing en
joined from ifMWBWj-'tr the Seaboard's of Saltillo,
troops to the Mexican side to sup
press the disorders. The Carranza au
thorities have suggested a conference lhe bedroom
to arrange for joint action.
The capture of Paredon by Carran
za troops under General Trevlno has
I been announced to the- state depart
! ment In consular dispatches
Suffering from insomnia during the
past few days, E. E. Felder, cashier
of a bank in Charleston, who camp
here several weeks ago for the benefit
of his wife's health, cut.himself with
a razor across his throat early this
morning at his residence, corner of
Balrd and Charlotte streets, and is
now at the Mission hospital i na dying
condition.
According to reports of several
neighbors who rushed to the scene
soon after Mr. Fielder cut himself, In i
an effort to commit suicide, it is be
lieved, he was found on the floor i-f
in which he, his wife
and a small chfid had been sleeping.
In following it seems that he struck
his head against the corner of the
dresser in the room and pushing his
Russians Confirm Berlin Ac
count of Sinking Vessels In
Harbor of Riga Repulse
Turkish Attack. ,
Berlin, Sept. 6. The follow-"
ing official statment was issued
here today:
"It was learned from Geneva
that Roumanians residing in
Switzerland have received in
structions to report to . their
fr01TJhead back, closed the wound, whh'h itjregimental divisions."
I Neuvo Laredo. Paredon is just north
Seem Confident Sinking
of the Hesperian Can Be
Satisfactorily Explained
Washington, Sept. 6. In the ab
sence of definite official reports con
cerning the circumstances attending
to sinking of the British steamer Hes
perian, Washington officials seem con
fident that there may be some satis
factory explanation of the case, es
pecially in view of the statements of
the German ambassador to Secretary
tanking and the unqualified declara
tion of Foreign Minister von jagow
that It was not Germany's policy to
sink passenger carrying vessels with
out warning. Although It was report
ed that the Hesperian was torpedoed
without warning, it was suggested
that It might develop that the vessel
had struck a mine or had attempted
to escape.
Official Washington received news
of the torpedoing of the Allan liner
Hesnlan bv a German submarine witn
unconcealed surprse, though there
was none of the grave anxiety that
followed the sinking of the Arabic.
While comment was withheld at
both the white house and the state
denartmont pending detailed reports,
It was learned that high officials re
garded it a almost Inconceivable that,
aftpr the assurances given by Ger
many last week, a German submarine
commander had without warning
launched a torpedo at a peaceful pas
senger vessel.
The reports as made publlo by the
state department made no mention of
whether the vessel was warned or at
tempted to escape, but other advices
Indicated to escape, but other advices
indicated that while the British ad
miralty believed there had been no
warning, it would not announce It as a
fact.
Some significance was attached to
Consul Frost's statement that the
Hesperian carried mounted and visible
on her stern a 4.7-Inch rifle. While
international law permits merchant
men to have guns fordefenslvc pur
poses, part'cularty when they are of
small calibre and mounted aft, it was
pointed out that if the Allan liner act
ed at all suspiciously after being ap
proached the presence of this gun
probably would figure prominently In
the submarine commander'a explana
tion of the torpedoing.
No one was In Washington to speak
with authority for Germany. The
German ambassador left last week for
the summer embassy at Cedarhurst,
L I., happy In the belief that the
strain upon relations between hi gov.
ernment.iind the United States had
been lifted. He had given Secretary
Lansing assurances from the imperial
government that German submarines
would sink no more liner wunoui
'warning. '
American Bankers' Ass'cn
Has Convened at Seattle
ln? but bcli
case.
of th. office of the
;Rtvn except a purser.
JPorta of thia man and
various passengers
Seattle, Wash., 8ept. . With the
arrival of several special trains, ap
proximately 1.000 delegates have ar
rlved here for the forty-second annual
convention of the American bankers
today. The convention will deal with
pressing problem Involving the domi
nant part that the nlted States Is tak
ing in world-wide finance as the re
sult of European war conditions.
seen in the consul agreed that
the steamer had received no
warning.
The consul stated that there
were' forty-five unorganized
Canadian soldiers op board,
most of them invalided and
that the Hesperian had a 4.7
inch gun mounted astern. The
consul waa unable to learn of
more than two Americans
aboard the vessel. There were
Other questions of paramount Im
portance will be considered as the ex.
panslon of the foreign trade and the
work and results of the federal re
serve bank system.
Today' program comprises the
meeting of various committees to pre
pare report for aubmlsslon to ttw
main body on Wednesday and. Thurs
day. -
property at )0,.ij,UOO and the state
treasurer and the state auditor from
collecting the levy. The action was
to have been heard Tuesday of the
current week, but was continued un
til the date agreed upon now to allow
the coming of the district and circuit
judges who must sit with the resident
Judge.
The complaint of the Seaboard cov
ors fifteen typewritten pages, much of
which is a recitation of the laws un
der which the commission became a
state taxing body and the laws gov
erning the imposition of taxes. With
the law laid down by the legislature
the complainant railroad company al
leges discrimination against railroad
propery and indifference to the pro
visions of the law that require the as
sessment of other property at Its real
value.
"Upon Information and belief the
complainant alleges that the valuation
of railroad property Is out of all pro-
tlon to the valuation of other prop
erty," the Seaboard alleges, and gives
some Items of great interest. The
railroads have 28,747,685 acres of
land assessed st $216,392,901. They
have 5.1,680 acres of manufacturing
property outside incorporated towns
and that Is assessed at $5,211,662.
Thpy have 316,814 ncres of mineral I
and quarry property, which Is listed
at 12,797,049, and 202,601 town lots,
put down on the ooks at $ 134,637,510.
The total real eetate valuation of
railroad property Is $259,039,122.
Against that It shows that the val
uation of all personal property In
North Carolina for the last year was
only $209,889,913; of all bank stork,
$19,288,548; building and loan stock,
$4,829,231; corporation excess. $10,-
444.167. and the total, $56,275,212.
The total valuation of all property
In North Carolina In 181$ was $783,-
919.168, of which amount the rail
roads paid taxes on $116,7 11,190. The
rfiad contends thst the usessment In
1918 the same as 1911 of $17,500.
000 was unjust In the light of the gen
eral assessment
"When It Waa Notorious."
The plaintiff alleges that the differ
ences )n methods of assessment were
Intended to cause railroad property to
be assessed at its real value, "when It
was notorious that other property. In
cluding that of other corporations. Is
habitually and Intentionally assemed
at from 40 to 60 per cent of Its value,
and so make the property of rsllroads
hear more than Its fair proportion of
the burden of taxation," and contends
that whether this la an Intentional act
of the taxlsyers, It does In fact result
In taxing railroad property partially,
unfairly and unjustly In violation of
article 6, sectlop 3 of the constitution
of North Carolina and of the four
teenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States. "
reported to bo members of the
crew and to hvae been saved.
Most of the passengers have
no doubt but that the liner was
torpedoed by a German subma
rine and some of them say tney
hoard a look-out cry shout,
"Submarine on the starboard
quarter."
The discipline waa perfect, but one
of the boat, the fall of wwen De-
came Jammed, capsized, and thoee In
I -(Conlnued on page I)
Washington, Sept. 6. The Mexican
border situation has assumed such se
rious aspects that Washington offi
cials have Indicated that American
commanders would not hesitate to en
ter Mexican territory In the event
there was anything like an organized
Invasion of the United States and It
was found necessary to cross the bor
der to completely defeat the Mexicans.
It Is understood, however, that no
such course will be adopted so long
as the bandits come only in small
numbers.
It Is again reported that prepara
tions are being made for an organized
Invasion of the United States territory
In the states of Coahulla and Neuvo
I eon, and all the American troops on
the border have been Instructed to be
prepared for any emergency.
Persistent reports that some of the
Mexican raiders again wore Carranza
ujUforms have reached officials here.
Humors have come, too, that there is
a concerted move by Carranza leader?
In Nuevo Ieon and Coahulla to arouse
Mexican sentiment against the Pan
American movement for re-establishment
of constitutional government In
the republic.
Eliseo Arredondo, Carranza's Wash
ington agent. Issued a statement last
night denying all such stories, and
crediting them to enemies of Carranza
It is quite probable the Pan-American
conferees will meet this week.
They now are awaiting Carranza's re
ply to their appeal for- a Mexican!
peace conference. Carranza's long de
luy hi answering has given rise to
some hope that his reply may leave
the way open for further peace nego
tiations with his faction.
Bandits Killed.
Brownsville, Texas. Kept. 6. Two
Mexican bandits were shot yesterday
by American soldier who returned
the bandits' fire across the Dio Grande
at Cavasos crossing, fifty miles west of
here. The gravity of the situation was
somewhat relieved by the active co
operation of Carranza military au
thorities who removed Carranza
troops from the river bank at Cava
o crnselng and promised to try to
keep their men away from the river.
is believed prevented hiirrfrom )U'el
ing to death before anyone could ar
rive. " ' .' " ' '
Mrs. Felder stated that her husband
was up early this morning, probably
about 5 o'clock, aitd that this being a
.ery early hour for him she inquired
what the trouoie was ana tnat ne ton
London, Sept. C The light-'
ing on both wings of the East
ern front is pi'oceeding with
much greater vigor than that in
her to go back to sleep that there vasitlie center where the invadcr3
apparently are having difficul
ty in the trackless swamps. In
the south near the Galician bor
der fortune is fluctuating with
first one side and then the other
claiming successes.
The main offensive, however,
still lies with the Austrians and
Germans.
On the northern flank Von
Ilindenburg now holds the
Dvina bridgehead at Friedrich
stadt but lias lost that at Len-
newada further down the river
no trouble at all. During this time he
was at the dresser and it is believed j
that he was preparing himself fdr the!
deed. He was talking to his wife
about having. a house built, it is stat
ed, when she dropped oft to Sleep .i.id
It was while she was sleeping that he
cut himself. Arousing at what she
first thought to be water running she
found her husband lying in the fioor
and the blood flowing from a wound
nearly six inches long.
She at once gave the alarm and
delghbors rushed In, Drs. H. B. Wea
ver and W. B. Vhlttington soon arriv
ed and an ambulance w;is called, the
man being taken to the Mission hos
pital where he is lingering between
life and death.
No cause could be assigned by rela
tives of Mr. Felder, several of whom
live
attempt to commi
ed that his osltion in the bank atjrogiqjl continues without deci-
Chnrleston Is sth'l open for htm, H it ;
during the past few days he has fp-i
peared to be very blue and down
hearted. It is said, and had Bufi'orel
from Insomnia.
Dr. Whlttington In describing t'.ie
wound stated that it began at the an
gle of the Jaw under the left ear jnd
In Asheville, as to why he would j i t; mi i fi fi
mpt to commit suicide. It is stu-i WaiU llga. 1116 DatlG in tUlS
sive result.
The Russians have corrected
tlioir earlier report concerning
the attempt of the Germans to
make a landing at Pernau, con-
extended almost to the right ear, tuc : firnnnp; the Berlin report that
wound being about six or eight inches . . 1
long, although the cut was not deep instead of losing vessels as tho
except for about three Inches. The
external Jugular vein and the facial
veins and arteries were cut, the phy
sician stated, a'lthoimh tho windpipe
and swallow were not cut.
II
.11 SCOTT DIES
AT HER HOME HERE
Mr. L. W. Scott, aged It, wife of
I W. Bcott, manager of the Ashpvllle
Steam bakery, died at her home here
lsst night. The deceaaed had been in
bad health for sometime and her
death wns not unexpected by the rela
tive. Th body will be shipped to the
old home In Veldosta. Ha., tni after
coon, by the Nolond-IVrown company.
BRITISH TiKSTEIEB
CYMBEL1NE IS
London, Sept 6. The British steam
er Cymbcline ha been sunk. Six of
the member of the crew were killed
and six werenljured. Thirty-one oth
er have been safelv landed.
The Cymbellne was a lank steamer
of 4,645 ton gross, and was owned
by the Bear Creek Oil and Hhlpplng
company of Liverpool. The vescl w
last reported aa willing from Tort
Arthur. Tex., August 1$ and Norfolk,
August! 1, for Dartmouth, England.
RURAL III ROUTE
FDR GRAHAM COUNTY
Congressman James J. Brltt has
received a letter from the postofllce
department at Washington statin
that on November 1 a rural free de
livery route will be Inaugurated from
ltobblnsvllle Into territory near that
office for the delivery of mall. This
Is the first rural route to he establish
ed In Graham county. It 1 stated,
and the citizens who will be served on
the new lino aro gratified uver seeur
result of an attack by the Rus
sians, the Germans intention
ally sank several mall steam
ers to block the entrance to tia
Gulf of Riga. The deduction
is that the Germans feared the
Russians might try to land suf
ficiently strong forces to
threaten Von llindonlmrg's left
flank.
Saturday and Sunday on tho
western front saw a continu
ance of the vigorous bombard
ment by French artillery at Ar
ras, in the Champagne, in the
Arcronne, on the Lorraine fron-
fled over seeur- ... .. , . ,.
Ing this convenience. CHIzens of that j Ulltl JU U1W V OSCS. .11)13
county made petitions for the rout.M,avv nrtillel'V fire 1)88 been
several months ago and Congressman I. . . ,
llrltt took the question up with the Kept Up lor almost .1 fortnight,
federal authorities some time In July. (Continued on page 2)
GRANDSON OF "MAN
: OF IRON" IN SCHOOL
Berlin. 8ept. . Prince Otto von
Bismarck, grandson of the iron Chan
cellor, ha Just passed his public school
examinations at l'lon. the most noted
of the Prussian preparatory schools.
11 expect to educate himself for the
diplomatic profession,
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