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1 THE GAZETTE-NEWS Baa the Associated Pre Berylc , t la In Every Respect Complete. Member Audit Bureau OrcnlatkmB. VOLUME XX. NO. 202. ASHEVILLE, ft. C.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 6, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS B Tr"Jns BCt Breach Between Gre$iM x ' ' V&mzelbs CONST ANTINE ACCEPTS PREMIER'S RESIGNATION, CAUSING SERIOUS CRISIS "Jreek Ruler and Prime Minis ter Unable to Agree on Next Step Greece Should Take In Balkan Affairs. ; .'; ULGARIA EXPECTED TO , ATTACK SERBIA SOON Assumed From Silence of Xing Ferdinand ' That He Has j Definitely Cast Lot With the Central Powers. ' . London, Oct. 6. Word was eceived from Athens ' today hat King Constantino had ac cepted the resignation of the Venizelos cabinet, the members of which were unable to agree vith the king' concerning, the ext step in the fast approach- rig Balkan crisis. The retire aent of the premier and his associates came Unheralded af .er the chamber of deputies had registered a vote of conn-, dence in the ministry. General .telegrams .from Athens today say that the prime minister relinquished his office at 9:30 o'clock last night. No reason was given for the ac tion, though a former clash of opinion between the king and Premier Venizelos resulting in i temporary retirement of the aimister leTt little doubt that ,he present instance involved .he now familiar issues which xds raised by Venizelos that Ireece should strike at once in' lehalf of Serbia and the en tente powers.' It now seems certain that 3ulgaria has aligned herself xith Germany, Austria and Greece and the situation will loubtless.be brought to a head by the landing of allied troops it Saloniki. . 1 This procedure was regarded 3 effectively placing Greece Icfinitely with the ' entente powers as she was considered as virtually having acquiesed in the counter move against Bulgaria. Although the time allotted "or Bulgaria to reply to the llussian ultimatum expired yes terday afternoon, King Ferdi nand has not seen fit to send an answer in any form. It is as sumed that hostilities in the new field cannot be averted. If Bulgaria joins the Teu tonic powers her entry into the war will be under conditions loss favorable than a few weeks ago. The Russians with rein foreohierrts and a slowly in creasing amount of , artillery fi'omn to bo striking harder Mows daily. and rtLe official Herman communications no longer renter mensuraMo nd rancc.4. The f-itnalion in the (vct hn 3 r l the eI.i-o of Eriiente f . Athens Is Excited Over Cabinet Resignations Athens, Oct. 5, via Paris, Oct 8 The resignation of Premier Venizelos of Greece was altogether unexpected. When he conversed with the Associat ed Press correspondent today' there was in his manner that which indi cated the utmost confidence in the future course of his government. In the meantime King Constantlne had come to Athens from Patois, the summer residence of the royal fam ily, and summoned the premier to the Opening of Haywood Fair Scores a Big Success Special to The Gazette-News. . r "Waynesville, Oct. . In spite of in clement weather conditions the open ing day of the Haywood county fair was a'; success and approximately 3,000 people were on the grounds yesterday. To a certain extent the rains interferred with the arrival of some farm and livestock exhibits. The midway attractions are? excellent; they extend from the main entrance of the fair grounds to the stock pens. This morning the clouds lifted and good weather promises to prevail. To day is Western Carolina day. The principal feature on the program Is the singing contest Exactly-16 choirs are entered ton. this competitive event preparation after the recent al lied offensive and the Germans are still struggling to regain the ground they lost. Intense artillery fire again is predomi nating on the French front in dicating that the positions won have been consolidated and that preparations for another attack are under way. The Grand Duchy of Luxem burg, according 'to a dispatch from Amsterdam, has protested to the entente powers against air raids made over the country aimed at German headquarters. , Paris, Oct. . 6. In conse qu'ence of the' resignation of Premier Venizelos of Greece and other members of the Greek cabinet the sessions' of the I chamber of deputies have ad journed, according to a Havas dispatch from Athens. ' Roumania Acts. London, Oct 6. The Athens correspondent of Reuters states that Roumania is hurriedly dis patching troops to the Bulgar ian frontier and is otherwise taking 'extraordinary military measures. , ' Accepts Resignations. London, Oct 6. King Con stantino of Greece, has accept ed tho resignations of Premier Venizelos and his cabinet, ac cording to official dispatches reaching London today. i ' Nothing From Bulgaria, Berlin, Oct C Telegrams from Sofia, Bulgaria, require an average of lfi hours for transmission here and henoo no news hn.H reached Berlin con cerning the evrnt.1 following U.o rx; irr.'l-'ncf O.otlr.o limit Cmise Capitms;Btdgarials Still naiace. . - After 'a terse interview in which there was plain speaking the premier proceeded to -th chamber of deputies and announced that he had again dis agreed with the king on the foreign policy and presented the resignations of himself and his cabinet. The announcement led to scenes of wild disorder and the city Is greatly excited. .-, - . There is much discussion concerning thtf formation of a coalition cabinet. and large crowds are following theirfm Kifflri Rockwell, an American in favorite choir to the scene of the "big sing."' This is one of the chief draw- tow 'carr-t-the' fair,.':,rM This afternoon will be taken up largely with free midway attractions!29, writes Rockwell. 'I got hit In the and field sports. Beginning at a back and head, not seriously though, n'olnrlr thA fimt. oxhihittnn of horses'! don't know how the. rest of the will take place. Thursday is set apart by the fair association as Canton day. There will be a baseball game between teams from Canton and Sunburst. The baby show, the spelling contest and the first judging of livestock will al so take place tomorrow. . Every train coming into , Waynes v'llle continues to bring visitors and Indications are that .all records' for attendance will be broken. given in Russia's ultimatum. Berlin papers expect that Russia's demand will be re fused. , . v Keen interest is displayed in the situation at Saloniki and concerning the attitude of Greece no predictions are ven tured. ; Paris, Oct. 6. The reported breach between King Constan- tine of Grece and Premier Ven izelos which resulted in the resignation of the prime minis t6r was totally unexpected in Paris and caused painful sur prise. French editors have hard things to say ; of King Constantine, whose German connections have always been viewed with some suspicion on the part of those who have been working to secure aid of Greece for the entente powers. It is considered that although King Constantino signed the mobilization order and consent ed to the landing of French troops at Saloniki he does not want to make war against Bul garia, the ally of Germany. It is pointed out that Bul garia wants Saloniki and that Germany covets Asia Minor. The newspapers assert that Bulgaria in siding with Ger many is "digging the grave1 of Hellenism." '. It is admitted that the task of the Anglo-French forces has become harder but it is assert ed with equal emphasis that tho task is not beyond their strength. Artillery Fighting. Tsrls, Oct l.In the Artole region artillery exchanges continue with par - tloulsr violence In the vicinity of the fort ot Glvsnchy, rror-llng to the rnoi t of the I rsnth. WM- of tii.. ftSHEVILLE 0 T 111 BATTLE Kiffin Rockwell Is Wounded In Desperate. Fighting In Champagne District. HAD LATELY JOINED , AEROPLANE SERVICE Recently Wrote His Mother That He ' Enjoyed Operating Flying ' . ' ' ' Mat-nines. ' Klfnn' Rockwell, younger son of Dr. Loula A. Rockwell of Asheville, was wounded in the back and head during the attack made by the French For eign legion m the German trenches in the Champagne district on Septem ber 29, according to, a Paris dispatch to the'New York Su dated October 3. The cablegram appeared 'in the Sun on Monday and is as follows "Paris, Oct. S.--rv W., Thorln of Canton. S. D., received a letter today the French Foreign" legion dated Red atb Trounaea in me atfiwirtin Champaome) we made on September bunch fared except Tnnkard, whom T met with a rouple of bullets in the left shoulder. But he seemed quite cheer ful. . . " 'We got all shot to hell. Battal ions Al and A! suffered moat from tho flank fire, of the German machine guns. It was a fine death trap for the legion. "You should have seen the attack! All the boys stuck to It and carried .the borhe trenrhes and the forest where the Germans had a strong posi tion. T te'l ynu those boches got away o.uol and lively." " . , - . The Sun's article was Mrs. Rock well's first Intimation ln regard to tho injuries sustained by her son. On September 8 she received a letter frrfm Kiffin Rockwell saying that -he had joined the aeroplane service and was enjoying the training. On September 10 Mrs. Rockwell received a letter from Mrs. Weeks, an American woman In Paris who aided the Asheville boy In securing an appointment to duty In the aeroplnnp department. Rockwell and a son of Mrs. Weeks had been to gether In the battle of Arras last May when Rockwell was wounded and Weeks was listed with the missing and Is thought to be a prisoner. 1 The Asheville member of the For eign legion was In a hospital for three months after the battle of Arras, and s oaiue oi Arras, ami, ""J? aviator. On 8ep-1 later enlisted as tember 15 . Paul Rockwell wrote his mother from Paris that his brother was making rapid progress In the art of flying. Mrs. Rockwell therefore, did not leurn until this morning, when a Gaxette-News reporter showed her the Paris dispatch, that her son had rejoined the legion: Dr. Rockwell stated that she could not understand why her son was In the 'charge made by the legion unless It had been found necessary to recall ever? man available for the desperate efforts mado by the allies against the enemy In the last days of September. She ad .led that her son. Kimn. nari probably not yet had time to mast the air craft instruction ana mat was temporarily called back to serv with the legionaries. STATE WINS VICTORY Railway Pays Costs and Aban dons Suit Against Tax , Increase. Hpeclal to The Oaett-News: Ralelsh. Oct. 4. The Beitbosrd Air Una Railway company has' with drawn Its suit against the state based upon recent three and ouw-half mil lion dollar assessment Incroase and -freeing to pay all costs of action, ' allowed by tbe corporation com mission to abandon action. The . Seaboard protested 6gn.li.st ralstng Its property from seventeen 1 million to twenty and one-half million, sllering discrimination end almost confiscation. The stU wins a great lctory, s Surprise In FROM T STATE CAPITAL Governor Receives Praise For Refusal to Pardon Person County Man Who Has Lux urious Jail Quarters. MAY BE CENSURED BY PEOPLE OF DAVIDSON Lester Davis Recently Pardon ed Said to Have Kept Up Retailing Business While on the Roads. ' (By W. T. Bost) Raleigh, Oct. 6. Chief Justice Clark declares that the dog decision of the Supreme court last week taxing the Warren county females $3 a head and the males $2 Is not a new thing aid not such a couageous act of a chief Justice, .There, are 85 counties .besides Warren which have a dog tax," the chief Justice said. "You will probably remember that In the legislature last spring many counties had tried the tax and found it a good revenue producer. Some of the counties whose newspa pers have spoken with something of surprise at the decision of the court, nave a dog tax of some character, though I do not know what their law Is." The counties whlrh give Warren company are 'Alamance, Ashe, Avery, Csmden, Chatham, Cleveland, Curri tuck, Durham, Forsyth, Gates, Gran vl'le. Guilford, Halifax, Harnett. Hay wood, Hoke, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, (the township in Grass Creek), Moon, Orange, Pamlico, Person, Pitt, Ran dolph, Richmond, Rockingham. Row an, Rutherford, Union, Wake, Warren, Watauga nnd Wayne. Wake began this dog agitation In 1919 and has observed 'nearly 40 per cent of the state In dog tax territory. Pralio and Blame. Governor Craig continues to receive praise from Person county temperance, people who are delighted with his courage In declining to pardon Dani Andrews from a service In Person county Jail. Rev. J. A. Beam of Roxboro assured the governor that the people of Person are beholden to the chief executive for standing squarely against the llb- frty 0f this de luxe prisoner who has him up a fine office In Jail, ac cording to the delegations protest, and keeps abreust with the times. But Lexington people who happened to be here declare that the governor Is to catch It from Dnvldsonlans. Tho Lester Davis pardon Is the cause of It. They declare that Davis has done a thriving business at retailing while the prisoner was serving his time and that h has been having a big time on the roads with his automobile. Joy rldlns of fellow prisoners being urged against Davis. Davis fs said to have spent Oul'e a lot of his time between work hours at his home. In Tyro, using the automobile In that pleasure trip.' hese objections, however, have' net cached the governor, Governor Craig has granted an ex- tradition to South Carolina for one James Sanders, now held In Gastonla for assault with Intent to kill. Arthur L, Fletcher, until recently edUor of the Lexington Dispatch and ssso'-iate editor of Southern Good Roads, hst come to Raleigh to Join his brother A. J. Fletcher of, Fuquay Springs In the practice of law. The Fletchers will practice here and In the tobacco town. A. I Fletcher holding down the Raleigh office and A. L. Fletcher the Fuquav. They have opened In the Pullen building and had their first rase under the: partnership when they won for Smith, plaintiff, against Lee defendant In the mayoralty flght of Fuquay. Minn t'nrkrr Wins, Miss Lou's, K. Parker will take charge of the West Durham postolllce soon according to a dispatch received from Congressman Pou recommending her as the success of Mrs. Thornton. Rowland, resigned.- The West Durham postofrice pavs 12000 In salary and was therefor worth the contest among six women. Mr. Pou had been bleg4 by parti sans of them all, fa. 'r appear ing to hav had the lead throughout according to her friends. The mensase simply said that Mr, Pou will recom mend Miss Parker who hs had r ivtc In the office. SELF DEFENSE Unwritten Law Also . Enters Into the Case The Defend ant on the Stand This Morning. SWORE HURST WAS ADVANCING WITH KNIFE Carson Swore He and His Wife Had Separated on Several Occasions Old Fort Witnesses. Entering a plea of self defense, Into which the unwritten law enters, Sam Carson, charged with the murder of Hiram Hu,rst during last August, took the stand In his own behalf In Superior "court this, morning and swore to Im proper relations between Tils wife and Hluunt ;u'rt nd fi(her swore, ihsA Hurst wag advajicjng on, h'm at the time of the shooting. - Carson swore that he only shot In self defense; that he believed that Hurst's father was carrying a gun for him and that he was in fear of his life at times. Carson testified that he is 51 years old, born in Madison county, and raised in this bounty. Is married, with six children. He knew the deceased, who was 20 years of age and lived about one mile from Carson. Up to the time of the homicide, he stated he was friendly with Hurst, never having any trouble with him. Hurst weighed about 176 and Carson 120, on Brales today. He testified that he had been paralyzed In the right side and had a bullet wound In the left leg which stilt causes me to limp. Hurst was a married man, his wile being in the state asylum for the in sane, he stated. He swore that Hurst knew his wife. He identified a picture as being , that of his wife and tw children, taken two years ago. His wife's name is Delia, he stated. De fendant said that he lived about one quarter of a mile from the scene of the homicide. Described in detail the path where the body was found and the surroundings. Carson said that he saw Tlurst a week or two before the killing. The day of the homicide, he swore that he was hunting for rabbits, with a loaded shotgun, giving this as tho reason for aving the gun at the -time he met Hurst. He said that he met Hurst In the path which has been described and spoke to him, asking him what he was dolntr. Witness ere swore that Hurst said that he (Car - son) hod been meddling with his business and came on him with a f knife, at which time the witness swore he fired at Hurst. He said that! he saw him fall and that Hurst was a dangerous man. After the shooting defendant said that he went to where some boys were plowlsg and told In- gle, he said, that he was In trouble and, told him that Hurst was attack ing him with a knife when he shot him. He said that, he next saw Fred Carson, his nephew and told him the name storv ot thehootln- and asked him to see If Hurst was hurt and to lnok for his knife. He said that he told 'John Ingram that evening that he understood that Hurst's father had a gun for him and would kill him. He said that he went to Earl Guth rie's between the killing and surren der to the sheriff; he said that he was within three miles of the scen'',h," either President Wilson or of the homicide all the time. The defendant said that he was standing eight or ten feet from Hurst when he shot him. He denied that he had ever been In the granary which the sheriff described In his testimony. He said that he was 1J steps from the house when the shot was made and denied tat he cut eny holes In the granary. lie stated that he first discovered the alleged Improper re lations between Hurst and his wife when Hurst hired his wife during the hsrveet Inst July. He. said thnt he next found notes In his wife' pockets, one of which he swore ws In her handwriting, but said that . he had not seen It since end said that he had not seen his wife for, snversl week. He said that he again saw two notes In her pocketbook from her to Hiirst which he said she stole from him and h never knew what became of them. The stnte objected to the Introduction of Che contents of the (Continue tm Page Two). Silent BERLIN ACCEDES TO II. S. WISHES BernstorfTs Communication Virtually Ensures Settle-' ment of All Controver- ' sies Over Submarines. -I , OFFICIAL WASHINGTON PLEASED'AND RELIEVED With Settlement of Arabio Case, President Wilson Is Expected to Send Protest , to Great Britain. - Washington, Oct 6. Germany hat completely acceded to the American demands for settlement of tho AraNo case.. The imperial government. In a letter presented , by Its ambassador, Count von Bernstorff, to Secretary Lansing, disavows the sinking of the ' vessel, announces, that it has so noti Ced thVsubmarti commander " who made the attack, expresses regret f or - the loss of American lives, and agrees to pay an Indemnity to their families. Official Washington was both grail- fled ana relieved by the diDlomatfa victory. The communication delivered by the ambassador pursuant to gen eral Instructions from his government spread absolute confidence that there would be no more submarine contro versies between the United States and Germany, for the document reveals that stringent orders have been given to submarine commanders to prevent a recurrence of such incidents as the Arabic. Since this case embraces the prin ciples for which President Wilson contended in his notes following the torpedoing of the Lusitanla and Fata ba, concessions made by Germany to the American viewpoint were general ly regarded as paving the way for amicable settlement of all the cases which have threatened severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Count von Bernstorff left here last night happy over the results ot his work, expressing the confident hope that relations between Germany and the United' States would continue to improve. With the settlement of the Arabio controversy, the dispatch to Great Eritaln of the long delayed American note on Interference with trade la expected- within a few days. President Wilson has consistently refused to send this communication ,wnue me issues witn Germany were nenaing, because tne Berlin govern- ment - had through Its notes, given lno impression mat on the i action wnicn tne unuea states took with one f belligerents depended Its own conformity of International law. As th Issues with Germany appear now to adjusting themselves, the pres Went, It Is known, feels free to press Oreat Britain for a modification of , tho orders In council and. restriction of American trade. . , It was not until the German am bassador submitted his letter yester day that the change in the relations between Germany and ' the United I States became deflnKe. Previous sug- locations which Count von Bernstorff' hss mane were considered unsatis factory. In New Tork last Saturday, the ambassador had submitted a draft of a letter on the Arabio case, but since It did not Include admlsston of liability and agreement to pay In- demnl'y, Its terms were not accept- Secretary Tjinsing. EHIFT ENCAGED IN IB E HAS E Newport. R. I., Oct, 6. An explo sion followed by fir took place on board of the torpedo boat destroyer Cummlngs while the vessel was engng ed In war maneuver off th const. The dimming wai, Immediately head ed for this port The ploslon took place In a for, wsrd compartment and two men wr badly burned by oil flsmea. The Are. was soon extlnrulslied, lot th commander dciii it wo-;: t tt to start bsck to .'.f;uit.
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