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VOLUME XX. NO. 201.
ASHEVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 5, 1915.
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II V I E X
DELIVERY OF RUSSIAN
ULTIMATUM TO BULGAR
GOVERNMENT DELAYED
Demands of Petrograd Not
Handed to Bulgarian Premier
Until 4 O'clock. Yester
... day Afternoon. u '
HIEEK SHIPS CHASED
BY BULGARIAN CUTTERS
Delayed Message From Serbian
Capital ays Quadruple En
tente Was to Present Col
lective Ultimatum,
Petrograd, Oct. 5. Russia's
ultimatdm to Bulgaria was not
delivered to Premier Radosla
zoff until yesterday afternoon
at 4 o'clock, it was stated here
' officially today. The Eussiau
foreign office at noon today
stated that no answer had Keen
received to the ultimatum.
It is not expected by the f or
ign office that ultimatums will
e presented to Bulgaria by
lussia's allies. '
The . Russian ultimatum did
..ot insist on the demobilization
of Bulgarian troops, but it is
expected here that while it may
not be done at once Bulgaria
will gradually reduce her army
to a peace footing in case she
makes a favorable reply to Jius
sia.
The Russian minister at
Sofia may remain there indefi
nitely as a private citizen, ow
ing to illness, even should dip
lomatic relations between the
two countries be severed.
they es-
Collective Ultimatum.
Paris, Oct. 5. A telegram
from Nish, Serbia, under yes
terday's date, from the corre
spondent of the Havas New?
agency says that the quadruple
entente will send a collective
ultimatum to Bulgaria today
I (Monday.)
London ,Oct. 5. Whether by
5 delay in telegraphic communi
cation or by some other unex
; plained cause Bulgaria obtain-
ed an additional 24 hours in
t which to make her . decision
' concerning her course, the time
y limit of the Russian ultimatum,
demanding, that King Ferdi
nand break with the Cential
powers did not expire yester
day as was reported and the
Bulgarian government had the
i opportunity of delaying its de-
cision until the middle after
noon today.
Petrograd dispatches making
this explanation reached Lon
don this forenoon too late for
t? comment in the first editions of
the evening papers. All had
followed the lead of the morn
ing papers, arguing that by its
silence the Bulgarian govern
ment had. definitely committed
itself to a Turko-Teuton alli
ance; and that with the troops
of the allies ready, with the
Russian squadron in the Black
soa prepared to attack Bulgar
ian ports and with Bulgarian
forces massed tlong the Serbian
and Orek frontiers there is lit
tle chance of developments
, , which would prevent Bulgar
ia's aligning herself against the
j allies.
A Bpccial dispatch from
('Athens says that Greek sailing
;fihips have already been pursu
ed by Bulgarian revenue cut
itcrs, tlio Greek .vessels being
fired upon, though
caped.
An official message to Lon
don from Athens says that Bul
garia, immediately after the
conclusion of the recent con
vention with Turkey seized all
he Greeks and other Christians
who had fled from the ranks of
the Turkish army and had tak
en refuge in Bulgaria and had
delivered them to the Turkish
authorities.
Bulgarians numbering 350,-
000 men are said to have been
massed along the eastern fron
tier of Serbia also.
If action by the allies be
comes necessary when Bulgaria
makes final disclosures of her
intentions, such action will b
undertaken by troops which
are now ready to take the field
simultaneously with the forces
of Greece. The opinion is ex
pressed that a prompt move
such as would be undertaken
would be likely to disentangle
the counsels of Roumania
which for months have been ob
scure.
British military writers ex
pect to see in the situation a
greater danger to the central
powers. They argue that plans
must have been laid weeks ago
when it was supposed that the
Germans were likely to force a
decision in the east and before
the unexpected mobilization of
the Greek army and the formid- j
able offensive of the allies in
the east. Since the plans of the
Teutons for a campaign against
Serbia were conceived the Rus
sians have brought the German
advance almost to a standstill
and claim to be more than hold
ing their own on both fronts. -
The result of the great re
cruiting rally in England Sat
urday is not known, but it is
genrally understood that Lord
Kitchener will get the neces
sary number of men.
"I know how many men I
want," Lord Kitchener told the
labor leaders, "I know their
names and the numbers on
their doors, and if they do not
come I will fetch them.
"Give me the men and muni
tions I want and I guarantee
that we will have the war in the
hollow of our hand." ,
the British troops after their rush
forward over a comparatively 'wide
front did not have sufficient time to
consolidate all the captured positions.
JURY SELECTED
TO TRY CARSON
DRS. ASKED
TO
EXPEL pOll
Charges of Immorality Brought Asheville Telephone and Tele-
by Mrs. Carroll Against Dr ' graph Co. Will Improve
TELEPHONE CO. BOTH PLEASED H CRUISERS
BEGINS WORK BY ULTIMATUM ARE INCLUDED
R. S. Carroll Pg.
Med?" -aiety
LETTER WAS READ AT
LAST NIGHT'S MEETING
Society "Referred Charges to
Board of Censors For Inves
: tigation and Report at
Next Meeting.
Equipment Here and In
Western N. C.
ESTIMATES CALL FOR
EXPENDITURE OF $50,000
Paris and Berlin Consider That
Russian Demands on Bul
garia Will Clarify Bal
kan Situation.
ALLIES ADVISED TO
STRIKE BLOW QUICKLY
Following the reading of a letter
written to the members of the society
by Mrs. Lydta Carroll in which she
preferred charges of Immorality
Robert S. Carroll from
whom she was granted a divorce on
these same grounds a few weeks ago,
BEBNSTDHFF TO
? The following men will serve on t
K the Inrv which la to trv Sam Car- f.
I son of the Morgan Hill section 5
K for his life, on charges of killing It
H Hiram Hurst several weeks ago: H
? C. W. Shope, Swannanoa town- It
H ship; W. G. Coffey, Leicester H
t township; J. I .Redmon, Flat It
H Creek township; J. E. Cordell, H
5 Black Mountain township; Clyde .
a - j iki.iiiiin; nr r A tv. I
2 against Dr.
Chafes E. Quinn, Asheville ,Nwn-
IB ktn T T KirnPaoonn A oViovllIn ft
If township; J. R. Padgett, Black the Buncombe County Medical society
It Mountain township; W. E. Eth- K ," semi-monthly meeting
ridge, Asheville; C. C. Williams. held last nlBht "efe"ed the matter to
H Hominy and R. D. Wagner of ! UUB,.U "" '
K Reems' Creek. nveuion; . .
p j . n authorized to thoroughly investigate
It H K It H I? U H It I? IS R ? n n the matter..ana mane a report at tne
next meeting of the society, at which
The entire morning was spent ln!me it is expected that some final ac
Superior court selecting a Jury to try; tion will be taken.
Sam Carson for his life on charges Mrs. Carroll asks in her letter, it
of killinf Hiram Hurst, a farmer of Is understood, that Dr. Carroll be
the Morgan Hill section. Just berore 1 turned out of the society and further
1 o'clock the Jury was' selected and! states that If it is necessary she will
the state's witnesses, 22 In all. were ' personally appear before the society
called and sworn. Sheriff E. M. j and detail the charges she brings
Mitchell was called to the stand, but, against him.
before he could testify the court ,wasi Further Charges.
adjourned until this afternoon. It" Is staked that Mrs. Carroll's let
ter refers to the testimony brought
out at the divorce trial, in which a
former nurse from a another city, who
worked at the hospital swore to her
improper relations with Dr. Caroll, and
adds futher charges "bt a Ukeunatvye..
The nurse who testified for Mrs. Car
roll against Dr. Carroll In the divorce
proceeding lost her membeshlp in the
Asheville Nurses club presumably
through Dr. Carroll and Mrs. Carroll
is said to take the view inasmuch as
the nurse was turned out of the club
Dr. Carroll should be turned out of
the medical society. -
It has been understood by several
of the members of the society that
the charges would be brought before
the members by Mrs. Carroll and that
a request tor his expulsion from the"
society would be asked but others who
had not followed the case were sur
prised when the matter was brought
out last night by the reading of the
letter and when the nature of the
charges was disclosed.
The Kulo,
A prominent member of the society
stated last night that It Is the rule of
the society to refer all complaints
brought before that body to the board
of censors for an Investigation, before
any action is taken and that the re
ferring of this matter was not out of
the ordinary at all.
Dr. C. V. D. Colby read a paper
before the society last night on "In
fection" which was very strong and
ably presented. Following this paper
many of the 25 members present dis
cussed the subject at length.
West Asheville. Waynesville,
Murphy, Hendersonville
Lines to Receive Addi
tions for Service.
German Ambassador and Secre-
tary to Further Discuss the
Arabic Case.
Event have been transpiring, how
ever, in keeping with the fast ap
proaching crisis involving the entry of
the Balkans In the European conflict
Russian warships have appeared off
the Bulgarian Black sea port of
Varna; French and British troops
have been landed at Salonikl, a Greek
port fifty miles south of the Bulgarian
frontier, and Bulgarian troops have
been massed in great numbers along
the Serbian border.
From the central powers' side have
come amplified reports of the great
weight of men and metal being piled
up preparatory to a blow against Ser
bia from that side, as the first step
In what th popular Imagination has
accepted as a fact German determi
nation to smash through the corner
of Serbia and link up with Bulgaria,
creating a new battle front from the
Austrian border to Constantinople.
According to the German communi
cation on the progress of tho cam
paign In the east th Russians ad
vanced to the attack In dense masses
In th central sector to the east of
Vllna, but were repulsed with unus
ually heavy losses. Petrograd admits
the rapture ..of trenches by the Ger
mans In th region of Dvlnsk, but de
clares that In a counter attack th
tranches were recaptured.
At the same time, according to au
thoritative Information, large quanti
ties of food and other supplies have
been sent to Turkey from Bulgaria.
No official report has been issued
concerning the landing of allied forces
t Salonikl. According t can Athena
dispatch three fifths of th Bulgarian
forces are to go to th Serbian front
ier and th remainder r to be held
on the Creek border.
On tho Western Front
Th loss of th Hohenioitern re
dot bt near I. 1!m, as announced
renerflsy by Field Marshal French,
was a keen disappointment to the
English peoplo. It is assumed that
Washington, Oct. 6. Count Von
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
came to Washington from New York
today to confer further with Secretary
Lansing over the Arabic case. The
ambassador, who Is empowered by the
Berlin foreign office to conduct the
final negotiations In regard to the en
tire submarine controversy with the
United States, presented a memoran
dum, which, although meeting the
views of the American government In
a large degree, did not fully satisfy
tne contentions of the state depart
ment. Germany, It is understood, although
admitting that the German submarine
commander might have erred when he
sunk the Arabic on the theory that the
steamer was about to attack the un
derwater craft, 'did not disavow the
act
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing feel that a disavowal must be
forthcoming before negotiations can
proceed further.
WAR IS MED
if
Allied Strategists Believe Ser
bia Might Be Crushed Un
less Allies Take Measures
to Protect Her.
LOAN FOR ALLIES
New York, Oct I. The Turks and
Kurds are waging a holy war of ex
termination on the Armenians, accord
ing to sixteen members of th Ameri
can board of foreign missions, who
arrived from Van, Turkey, on the
Swedish steamer Helllg Olav.
Ernest Yarrow, one of th mission
aries, told how the Armenian popula
tion of Van, 1.S00 people held out
awilnst (00 Kurds and a Turkish
company commanded by German of
ficers from April 20 to May IT, when
th Russians arrived and relieved the
town.
Believed $50,000,000 More Than
Is Needed Has Been
Offered.
atomic no. strike
TIES UP ENTICE PLANT
Schenectady, N, T., Oct I. Virtu,
ally th entire plant of th General
Electrlo company was tied up today as
th result of a strike for the lhl-hour-day
which began yeeterday. Two
hundred pattern maker walked out
this morning.
Quiet prevails throughout th city.
J. J. Keppler, vice president of the In
ternational Machinists union, Is direct
ing th slrlli, ,
New York, Oct. t. The Anglo
French $500,000,000 bond Issue has
been over-subscribed. It Is believed
when the totals are complied It will
be found that $60,000,000 more than
needed has been spoken for.
Both John D. Rockefeller and
William Rockefeller have subscribed.
the former. It Is reported, for $10,000,
000. the latter for a sum believed to
be less, but not disclosed. Another
subscriber of not, It was reported to
night, is Sir Ernest Caasel, former
privy councillor and financial adviser
to the 1st King Edward VII of Eng
land. Sir Ernest takes $5,000,000
worth of th bonds, paying therefor
with money on deposit In this coun
try.
Among th half doien or more men
who have subscribed for fl, (00,000.
rumor placed today the names of
John Willys, automobile manufactur
er. and Harry Payne Whitney and
WHIIam Boyce Thompeor of this
city. There was no con'lrmatlon ot
this by 3. P. Morgan end company.
It Is possible that within a week
the bonds will be In th hands of In
dividual Investors.
" Already there I talk in Wall street
of the second hlg credit loan which
It Is believed England and Prance
will hav to negotlat within a few
Construction work has been under
taken within the last few days y the
Asheville Telephone and Telegraph
company calling for an expenditure of
approximately $50,000 in this city,
West Asheville and on the company
lines from Asheville to Waynesville
and from Waynesville to Murphy.
These plans, which have been under
consideration for several months, will
when completed make the plant at
this city the most up-to-date and
scientifically equipped, it is stated, of
any telephone system In the south.
To Spend Large Sums.
In response to an inquiry as to the
scope of the estimates and their cost
Manager M. A. Ersklne stated this
morning that about $17,000 will be
spent In Asheville by his company, in
the neighborhood of $12,000 in the
municipality across the French Broad
river and more than $18,000 on the
Improvement of the Ashevllle-Waynes
villo and Waynesvllle-Murphy tele
phone system. Mr, Ersklne added
that 88 soon ns these mediums of com
municatlon are satisfactorily equipped
the company expeots to begin im
provements on the Ashevllle-Hender-sonville
line, and it is thought that
the latter task will be started before
the -end Of this year.- , " - -"
por some time the company has
been removing old poles In West Ashe
ville, replacing the open wire work
with cables and this policy will Je
continued, it is understood, until
the telephone system In that town is
thoroughly equipped and aranged in
tho style one would expect to see in
any city.
Kxtcnslons to Bo Mode.
The same idea will be carried out in
this city, and in addition extensions
will be made to those sections of the
city that have grown up within tne
past few months and have not hereto
fore been supplied with telephone fa
cilities.
Three gangs of workmen are now
engaged on the lines along the Murphy
division of the Southern Railway com
pany and their work will result In two
additional circuits between this city
and Waynesville and one additional
circuit from Waynesville to Murphy,
greatly facilitating Intercourse with
those places.
Kenllworth, some sections of Grove
Park, the Norwood addition and sev
eral other parts of Asheville have not
been equipped with telephonic means
of communication and residents ot
those places will be glad to know that
the company's service will within the
near future be available for them.
In order to accomplish the proposed
plans without delay the company has
brouKht in additional crews of work
men to assist those already regularly
employed and there are now two
squads employed In Asheville besides
the three who have been assigned to
the Murphy division.
Large Payroll.
Not the least satisfactory part about
the Inauguration of these improve
ments in Asheville Is the fact that tne
nHvroll will. It Is stated, amount to
about $10,000 a month while the pro-
lects of the company are being put
Into execution. The money win be
paid out from the Asheville office and
will be perhaps tne largest contrmu
tlnn made to th volume of the cir
culating medium made by any one cor
noratlon in the city. Most of the men
employed her are residents of this
city.
Three carload of cabl hav just
been received by the company to b
used In connection with th Improved
service In western North Carolina and
In Its chief city and it is stated that
the work will be pushed to an early
completion.
Asked a to comparisons ot the
plant her with those in other cities.
Manager Ersklne stated today that ten
years ago th plant at Macon, Oa., was
th finest in th south. But dlscov
erles and advances are mad every
day, in th telephone world, said Mr.
Ersklne, and Asheville residents will
hav th satisfaction of knowing that
their telephone system Is surpassed by
none after th proposed Improvements
are completed. Mr. Ersklne added
that th company not only Invite but
urges th public to visit Its plant at
th corner of Walnut and Penland
streets. Special instructors are on duty
who lake ploasur In showing visitors
Lh equipment and explaining th use
nt It various parts. Th management
of the concern believe that such vlslu
will add to th pleasant relations ex
tstlng between them and th public
as well as giving patrons and other
an Idea of the efforts and expena pu
forth by th firm In order to give Iti
casioiner th use, ot th very laieet
and toost efficient appliances for tnel
Continued on ag $)
Pres. Wilson and His Advisers
Decide to Ask Congress to
Supply the Navy's
. Deficiency. ;
U. S. NAVY NOW HAS 5
NO BATTLE CRUISERS
Naval Program Not Yet Com
plete Sec'y Daniels Will Rec
ommend Additional Subma
rines to Next Congress.
Paris, Oct. 6. Russia's ultimatum
to Bulgaria is welcomed in Paris as
a measure that will clear up the Bal
kan situation, There is little doubt
that France will take similar action
and that If the Russian minister de
parts from Sofia he will be accompa
nied by the representatives of Great1
Britain, France and Italy.
Jean Herbette and other specialists
in foreign politics are agreed that
the allies must strike hard and swift
ly If they are to accomplish their pur
pose in the Balkans and that half
measures would be worse than use
less. They state that the allies should
send 500,000 or 600,000 men to the
Balkins. It is understood that Italy
has 500,000 Idle men in her army.
Owing to the position of Italy with
reference to certain Balkan people,
Italy might be precluded from land
ing troops at Salonikl, but she might
assist the British and French troops
at the Dardanelles.
If Bulgaria should enter the war,
the situation would be a dangerous
one for the allies. Unless the blow
was parried quickly, military strate
gists believe that Serbia might be
crushed between the Germans and
Austrians on the north and the Bul
garians on the south. In which case
the Teuton enemy might reach Con
stantinople in a comparatively short
time.
Tltlmatnm Relievos Berlin,
Berlin, Oct. 4. (By way of Lon-
on, Oct. 5.) Russia a ultimatum to
Bulgaria hns made a deep Impression
here but it has resulted in a feeling
of relief because of the conviction
that the moment has arrived when
the situation in the Balkans must be
cleared up within a few hours. The
general opinion Is that Bulgaria can-
ot yield to Russia's demands and
that the ultimatum may even cause
pro-Russian Bulgarians to rally to
the support of the government.
JONES A. WILLIAMS
E
Released From Custody at
Hearing Before Clerk Cathey
This Morning.
DECLARED
At a hearing held before Clerk
John 11. Cathey of Superior court, at
o'clock this morning, Jones A .
Williams, a wealthy cotton dealer of
Bamberg, S. C, was declared to be
sane, after the testimony of Dra D.
E. Sevier and G. W. Purefoy had
been given. Mr. Williams was at once
discharged from custody and stated
that he would leave for his home In
South Carolina at once.
The testimony of th physicians.
who were appointed by Clerk Cathey
to examine Mr, William ended tne
hearing, no other witnesses being
called by either side. During the
course of th hearing startling devel
opments were hinted at when Senator
8. G. Mayflold, of counsel for Mr.
Williams, referred to suits that wer
likely to be brought against Dr. Rob
ert 8. Carroll of Asheville and several
South Carolina people. Just what
course will be followed in this mat
ter It Is not known now, but several
of th attorneys ar of th opinion
that the finding of Clerk Cathey to
day, while It ends the proceeding
here, .will not end the esse absolutely.
Mr. Williams was arrested hrr last
Friday on a warrant which his wife,
Mrs. Msv B. Williams' swore out on
August 21, in which he wss charged
with being Insane. H was arrested
and held In custody by th officers,
first st Carroll's sanitarium and then
at th Tmgren hotel.
Mrs. Williams wsa taxed with th
costs of th hearing her.
Washington, Oct. 5. President
Wilson, Secretary Daniels and Chair
man Padgett of the house naval com-i ,
mittee decided at a conference at the
white house yesterday the naval p.-.i-gram
for the coming session of con
gress should Include the addition of
fast battle cruisers to the American
fleet. The United States navy now has
none.
The conferees discussed the naval
estimates for more than an hour.
Afterward Secretary Daniels said that
the program was not complete and
that he was not ready to make any
announcement concerning what in- .
creases he intended to recommend to
congress.
Secretary Daniels, said, however,
that reports made to him by Naval
Constructor McBride, who returned
from England last week, convinced
him of the fact that fast battleships
of powerful type were absolutely es
sential to the well balanced navy, to
ward which his recommendations
tend.
Mr. Daniels refused to say how
many submarines the next, congress
would be asked to provide but lndi-
cated his opinion that submerslbles
would be recognized by Important ad
ditions. , '
Just how many of the new type ships...
will be asked for this winter has not
been determined , Secretary Daniels
said after the conference. Cost of
construction of navy craft has risen
since the outbreak of the European
war with the consequent enormous
demand upon American 1 resources,
some recent steel contracts for th
navy showing an increase of thirty
per cent. Deadnaught, which also will
be recommended for construction this
winter will cost $18000,000 each, it Is
estimated, as against $16,000,000 for
ships now building. Part ot this in
crease, however, is due to new hull
construction to provide greater pro
tection against torpedo attack.
The number of Bhlps of each class
to be urged probably will be agreed
upon within a few days. The esti
mates, by law must be In the hands of
the secretary of the treasury by Oc
tober 15. ,
Plans for the battle cruisers, Mr. '
Daniels said, contemplated a speed of
thirty-five knots an hour. They will
be faster than any but the swiftest
destroyer. In land terms they will
equal the speed of railway trains mak
ing forty-five miles an hour. In six
they will equal the largest American
dreadnoughts building and far exceed
any afloat.
The armament has not been decid
ed upon but it probably will be equal
or greater than that of present day
dreadnaughts. It is understood that
some officers believe each ship should
carry twelve 14-Inch 60 calibre
rifles, but it is possible that a lesser
number of guns may be mounted, or
that the new l-lnch rifle, th larg
est naval gun yet developed, may be
used. In that case probably only six
or eight big guns would be mounted.
Recent maneuvers -it is said, hav
brought out sharply the need of both,
swift scouts and fighting shipa It is
regarded as Improbable that th esti
mates this year will include recom
mendations for any considerable num
ber of scouting craft aside from th
cruiser destroyers can fill th place of
specially designed scouts although,
later many high speed light cruisers
will be sought to round out th navy.
With enormous coast lines to guard
such craft are viewed as absolutely
necessary to a well-balanced fleet
TURKEY IS WARNED IN
REGARD TO MASSACRES
The oy Scouts of America, Troop
N'o. 1, will meet this evening at th
home of Scout Iang Ashton, tt Mr
rlmon anue. Ir. A. W. Crtloway
ha accepted sn Invitation to make
an sddrauis to th boys and his sub
)ect Is announced as "Food and Diges
Washington, Oct $. Ambassador
Morgenthau at Constantinople has
been Instructed by cable to Inform
the Turkish minister of foreign af
fairs that publlo sentiment In th
United Ststes was so stirred by the re
ports of the Armenian atrocities that
unless th massacres ceased friendly
relations between the American peo
ple and the people of Turkey would b
threatened,
Officials made tt clear that this
message though it Importance was
by no mean minimised, did mt
threaten a break In diplomatic rela
tions. Turkey already ha let It be
known that she will not permit Inter
ference by anv foreign power with h-r
o-calld "Armenian policy." A
American lire or property hna tmt
been effected the United Stales rnv
eminent without euhmlttd sn ofn. h i
protest Infortr Turkey of t1' t
of . continued Armenian il
would hav upon th Atnerlau i