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PAZETTE-NEWS J fPf . (f (I (I f rt (1 V 5; Cite ,M trill fc7rifiIW ' WEATHER FORECAST. COLD TONIGHT; WARMER. VOLUliffij NO 237. ASHEVILLE, N. C , TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 16, 1915. PRICE 2 CENTS n Trlng P BULGlANS l kitchin fears is hie men bub turh ikes appeal 'page given o jnaniUE 15 ICEOOII ARE PLAN WILL IN ESCAPE GAMP m C FOR MONUMENT ANGOHA FACTS NOT AFFECTED fiTIII nil1 I III P. 1 1 IIL . . . . Hot Known Whether Anglo .Vrench Forces Are Strong Enough to Meet New Onslought There. ATTITUDE OF GREECE IS MATTER OF DOUBT Allies Uncertain of Treatment In Case They Are Thrust Across Border Into " 1 7 ftrfifik Territorv. Saloniki, Greece, Nov. 15, by way of London, Nov. 16. Af ter heavy fighting with the re inforced Bulgarian troops in southern Serbia, the French have been compelled to retreat at two points in the vicinity of Gradisce, 12 miles north of the Greek border. , The Bulgarian attack along the Cerna river was repulsed with heavy losses to the attack ing forces. , ,' ' London, Nov. 16. The exact situation in central Macedonia is uncertain. Dispatches from the Near-East are conflicting kand there, is doubt as to the 'it 1 1 11 A . Ill fT rviii m Vt ( I II I I l.f If" V I Ml Ml to, injecting an additional ele ment of uncertainty. It is clear, nowever, tnat tne Bulgarians have received reinforcements and they have begun a new of fensive. ,, - The Bulgarian operations in central Macedonia , , according to Rome accounts, presents a most powerful menace to the armies of the Serbians and their allies, which are operat ing from Tetovo, through Per lepe to the southeastern Ser bian frontier. , " - - ; tvi '. : a -i. : multaneously. from Greece an nounce that Tetovo is in the hands of the Bulgars and Serbs, hut the preponderance of evi dence points to Bulgarian oc cupation. The Bulgarians are making desperate efforts to force their ay through the Ktachanik pass in the direction of Pris tina. They are also attempting to advance from Tetovo to Perlepe and Monastir, and by forcing the Babuna pass to reach Perlepe from the other side. These operations are said to again place Monastir in danger. The problem of whether the newly arrived French and Brit ish troops are largo enough to meet this Bulgarian onslought, . which appears to have been sorted with extraordinary vigor and what Greece" will do in t1iA forced back over, the Greek border are still matters of doubt A message from Greece says that ths Greek rrovern . ment will extend to Serbia the same privileges as those ' ac corded the French and British troops in case of encroachment n Greek territory, but in view oi tne fact that no definite an nounccment has been made by Greece aa to whnfc ! nrivi. ' IPgCS Trill Via 4V.O ir.tn.ttlvn. t tne Ureck government remain 8cure. i the Gahcian front the " , cntlnued am Put TwoJ. Majority Leader in House Thinks He Will Fail In His Fight Against "National Defense" Measure. BELIEVES PRESIDENT'S POWER WILL PREVAL N. C. Congressman Declares Four-Fifths of Democrats In House Are Not In Favor of Radical Move. Washington, Nov. 18. Representa tive Claude Kitchin, majority leader In the house, who Is opposed to the ad ministration national defense pro. gram, declared to a constituent his be lief that the measure will succeed by an "overwhelming majority' In a letter Just written by Congressman Kitchin to Charles I Coon of Wilson, N. C, the new majority leader says: "I shall oppose the big army and navy program with all the earnestness and power I possess. However, my fear Is that the president will push it through by an overwhelming major' ity. : . "In the first place practically all the republicans will vote tor it; In the second place, although I know that four-fifths of the democrats are opposed to it, many I fear a large majority will fling away their .con victions on the question to please the president and will do as I have seen them do on two or three occasions be fore." : '; ! Representative Kitchin , declared that at "'one hound, moneuyear the increase in naval appropriations would be more than the total increases for the last ; fourteen years; more than the Increases by the German government for the whole 15 years preceding the present war; and more than the combined in creases of all the nations of the world in any year of Its history. The North Carollan congressman asserted that this sudden radical and stupendous move for war preparation is going to shock the civilized world, and that whatever may be the out come of the present war he fears it will aiarm the world again into an armed camp, Itoosevelt'a Views. Paris, Nov. 16. "My views are In entire agreement with yours as to the necessity for a new diplomacy as a result of this terrible war," says Theodore Roosevelt in a letter to Stephen Plchon, former foreign min ister, aa published In the Petit Jour nal, "but this diplomacy must be based on a new system-of Internation al governmental action, the terms of which must be built on greater solid arity in international operation, at least so far as certain kinds of na tional and International misdeeds are concerned." . Colonel Roosevelt is quoted fur ther aa aaylng that a great nation worthy of the name must 'prepare ao as to be able to employ Its power as an Instrument for supreme justice and that he Is attempting to induce the United States to put its action on Intelligent and moral principles. AMERICAN WARSHIP AT PROORESO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ZELANDIA Washington, Nov. 16. The officials today disclaimed that there waa any connection between the arrival of the United States battleship Kentucky at Prngreso, Mexico and the forcible searching of the American steamer Zelandla at that port by an armed party from a British cruiser. An Investigation to determine whether the Zelandla waa within the three-mile limit when searched la still under way. British officials contend that aha waa not. COMMANDER IN EGYPT NOW WITH KITCHENER Milan, Italy, Nov. 16. (Via Paris, Nov. If.) Karl Kitchener, British secretary for war, haa arrived at Mu rtroa, la accompanied by the resident general of Egypt, according to a Ba lonlkl dispatch to the Corrlere delta Sera, The "resident genera! of Egypt" referred to may Le Major General Julian M. O. Byng, who haa been In command of the British forces to Egypt alnoe lilt. It has been assumed that during hi trip to the nearest Lord , Kitchener wouM ylalt Egypt and prepare a de fense to resist a possible Invasion by (toujbs ut Qtrm&jui Hui. bat frUlee , Nearly One-Half of Convicts in White Camp Sawed Their Way to Liberty Last Night at 11 O'clock. ESCAPED FROM AN IRON CAGE Officers From All Sections of the County Are Dispatched to the Scenes List of Men Given. Sawing their way to liberty about 11 o'clock last night 15 long term men at the white convict camp located on Sandy Mush, near Odessa, made their escape from the camp and at an early hour this afternoon had not been cap tured, although officers from all sec tions of the county have been dis patched toUhe scene. Details of the wholesale de'ivery were slow in coming In, owing to the iact tnat the telephone wires between the camp and Leicester, the nearest point, wre cut by the convicts soon after their escape. Operator Meadows of the Leicester telephone exchange was the first man to notify the sher iffs office of the escape of the men, and about 30 minutes later Captain J. H. Gragg, in charge of the camp, tele, phoned to Sheriff E. M. Mitchell of the escape of the men. Chairman of the county commissioners, W. E. Johnson, Deputy Sheriffs Luther Revis and Fletcher Austin of 'AshevlUe at once left for the camp and they were Joined by Deputy Sheriffs E. I. Worley of Sandy Mush and Dave Cole of Lei cester and Constable Rogers of Lei cester, the latter taking his blood hounds to the scene.' According to the records in th sheriffs office there ' were about 40 men confined at the' white camri. lo cated In the Sandy Mush section, and of this number 15 sawed through the iron cell In which they are confined at night and succeeded tn making good meir escape. Just about daylight six or tne men were seen coming over the mountain near the home of Frank Wells, who lives near the camp, but so far these are the only ones that have Deen signted since the escape, The Records: The men who escaped, the date they were sent to tne camp and the sen tences they were serving are as fol lows: Jeter Prltchard, January 6, 18 months, burglary;' Harry Moore. Jan uary 13, four years and two months, robbery; Otto Munse, no record: Hor ace DeBruhl, May 19. 18 months as. sault with a deadly weapon; Charles i-oie, September 28, four years, house breaking; Lee Hammett, four years, September 28, house breaking- Rnv West, no record; Gus E'ler, September 19, four months, retailing; Charles Stewart, July 15, 22 months, assault wun intent to Kill; W. G. Smith, Oc tober 2. one year, larceny; J. c. Crane, October 20, four months, larceny; Floyd Green, October 11, six months, sent rere from Burke lounty; J. Green, uBiuoer , larceny, three months; rranlc Harris and J. C. Johnson, no .records. Sheriff Mitchell haa had telegrams sent to all points in western North Carolina, northern South Carolina, and east Tennessee, in which descrlp. Hons of the men are given and It Is hoped In this way to be able to ap- prvnena some ir not an of the men. The camp Is In charts of Contain J. H, Gtagg, with the following guards day: L. W. Stepp, Joe Rhymer, Zeb uwianma ana Charles Prestwood; nignt: T. C. Creasman and James King. Tile Care. After work each day the convicts are placed In an Iron cell, about 12 feet wide and 20 feet long, which la on wheels and can be taken from place to place. Thla cage haa one door, where the men enter and email window In the other end. Just outside this window, which Is barred. a guard haa a shack built against the cage where he la to remain on duty eacn nignt. The guard can look Into the cage from hla station on the out side. The trusties have a frame house nearby where they aleep, with no g varus over them. According to the Information re ceived here the men who escaped must have hatched out a well planned plot, for the whole scheme seemed to nave Been engineered by one man. It is believed that a large. aharD saw was slipped to the men by some meana and that last night, being the first cold night of the fall, the guards perhaps were a mue care ies aeout tne watch and tha men used the saw to good advantage, doing their work in a quick, thorough manner. Just why the other It men at the camp did not escape could not be learned today, as the efflcera who were at the camp are all on tha trail of the escaped convict and could not be reached over the telephone. At 1 o'clock this afternoon a mes sage waa received by Sheriff E. M. Mitchell from Marshall, stating two of the escaped convicts, otto Munsey and J. Green had been captured there at an early hour thla mornn.g and would be held for the local coun ts eflnere. Ringleader In Allep" Ger- man Conspiracy jY testify ' Before th V dfjury. New T: ' ' yov. 16. Robert Fay, chief flgV y-n the alleged ' German conspiracy" to plant bombs on steam ers carrying munitions to the allies and for which six men have been In dicted, waa taken before Federal At torney H. Snowden Marshall yester day. . . . ' ;' Fay talked to Chief -William J. Flynn of the secret service and is re ported to have materially amplified his alleged confession made when he was arrested. It was stated that Fay had offered to turn .state's evidence. It Is believed that If "Fay becomes a government witness he will be granted, Immunity and will be taken before a federal grand Jury. Government Attorney Marshall plans to have new Indict ments filed against Fay and the other five men as the result of the announcement by attorneys for the defendants that the validity of the present indictments would be contest ed. ' Fay's talk with Mr. Knox was upon his own solicitation and without promise of leniency. The statement carried) the prisoner back to Ger many, covered the high limits of his service in the German army, told in detail of his alleged mission to Amer ica and recited his activities here. District Attorney Marshall said in some respects the statement was ver ified by Information which the gov ernment had collected, 'There is no' doubt," Mr. Marshall said, "that his name is Fay and that he served in the German army. As to the rest we don't know. His statement differs somewhat from his previous story, but admits his guilt of the charges against him." What Fay told Mr. Knox : leads back to a source to which already has bean traced another case under investigation, according to Roger B. Wood, an assistant in Mr. Marshall's office. Mr. Wood ' has 'prepared most of-thi"' cases -fir the passport frauds, and also prepared the government's case against Karl Buenz and other officials of the Hamburg-American line, indicted on a charge of con spiracy and to be placed on trial this week. . TO REIHSTATE BURKITT President Changes Instructions to P. 0. Department Regard ing Dismissed Employe. , Washington, Nov. 16. Defli.Hj in structions went from the white house today to the postofflce department for the reinstatement of George Burkltt aa assistant postmaster at Wlnnetka, 111., regardless of what other charges there might be in addition to his criti cism of the president for his engage ment to' be married, pending against him. Instructions sent to the postofflce department yesterday were to the ef feet that Burkltt waa to be rein stated If there were no other charges against him. The question was again taken up today and aa a result an order waa Issued that Burkltt waa to be reinstated unconditionally, with out delay. Any other charges against Burkltt will probably be Investigated by postofflce Inspectors later. ASK DEMOCRATIC GOMMITTEEFOH HEARING Chairman McCombs Promises Suffragists to Try to Ar range a Meeting.1 New York, Nor. II When tha democratic national committee meets in Washington, December 7, Chair man William McComba will lay be toC th members a request that the i committee reeclve Miss Harsh tfard Field and Miss Frances Jolleffe, who will bring a petition from the Pacifio coast asking for an amendment to the national constitution granting voles to women. . Chairman McComba promised a committee of five members of the I Congressional Union for Woman Buf- frage yesterda) to. try to arrange for a hearing bef'jro the national com mittee for tho two women from the west . Chairman McComba Informed the New Ytrk women that Dr. Anna Ho wrd Shaw, president of the Nation al American Woman'a Suffrage asso ciation, had also asked for a hearing. ttabua tha gallon! ponunUtaa ' I . S . . I . I . - . . - ' I BB SB SI SI SB Governor Craig Begins Prelim- inary Work on Plans for New Memorial to Dr. ' Elisha Mitchell. WILL RAISE MONEY BY POPULAR SUBSCRIPTION Governor Has Not Decided on Exact Form of Monument to Replace That Destroy ed hy Vandals. (By W. T. Bost) Raleigh, Nov. 16. Governor Craig has begun the work of rebuilding the Elisha Mitchell monument destroyed more than a year atio by unknown vandals and he will soon have ready for announcement the plans by which he hopes to put a worthier memorial to the great scientist. Governor Craig worked upon ,tl?e rough draft of his apppal to the peo ple of the state. He will not make their response to his -work the test of their loyalty to him he'll Just work until he gets the funds tlm will be needed. He expects to raise this money by popular subscription and the pamphlet which he Is preparing will be widely circulated among the patriotic people of the rtato It is the Introduction to this brochure that ho is now writing. Governor Craig has not decided the exact form in which tlm monument Is to be created. He leur.s heavily to a pyramidal shaft of the granite from the mountain which bears the name of the man who lost his life In sclen. tlflc quest. This would not contem plate a .figure of the man; ' "Other sug gestions are being entertained, how ever. The governor Is Interested Just now In advancing the cause before the people and details of the art may wait a time. The pamphlet will have some of the best things written by Znhulon H. Vance, Dr. George T. Winston and others, and some of the best things that the governor's seldom pen has turned out. The restoration of tho Mitchell monument, a replacement with an Infinitely better one was one of the determinations of Governor Craig as soon as he heard of the de struction of the old. The governor has offered a reward of $100 for the unknown slayer of Rev, Floyd Sweatt, the Hamlet minis ter whose murder November 8 has caused such widespread demand for the detection and punishment of his murderer. No suggestion of suspects has been made and the officers are desperately in the dark. The minis ter's attacks upon the Illegal whiskey traffic are believed to have caused the attack. Splro Papas, a Spartanburg Greek who has been living in Raleigh, has been extradited to South Carolina to answer a charge in Spartanburg of breach of trust with criminal Intent The amount Involved Is said to be $700. The William Huffman Music ?orr pany of Anhevllle was chartered by TI. 3. Williams and Dimple William of Ashevllle, and J. P. Huffman of Vor ney subscribers. The authorised cap ital Is 810.000 with $6,300 paid In. The Whltmore Bakery company of Henderson Is given a charter with 110,000 authorized and 3,B00 paid In. R. F. Whltmore, H. J. Whltmore. J. R. Toung and others are Incorpora tors. The trial of the "Buahwomen," a lot of young boys who are under charge of disorderly conduct which occurred nearly two weeks ago, waa concluded yesterday afternoon after three days, and Judge Harris of the recorder's court took the evidence for a sifting process before he makes hla decision. The state did not develop a case cf any such strength as the publlo had expected it to do and waa aomewhat crippled In its witnesses, many aa th.iy were. The offendera had the fortune of being among a big crowd and their Identity waa far from easy, Kitchin Explains, Raleigh friends of Congressman Claude Kltrhln are authority for the rumor that witnin a. oay or two a letter of Mr. Kitchin to a North Caro lina constituent will be printed some, what harmonising the congressman's views of preparednesa with that of President Wilson. Thev declare that the House leader la willing to spend a good deal for ! umaller craft and that he thlnka 60 000 officers will be necessary to handle the American fighting force. The let ter is said to carry substantial con cession. H H n H H H H H H H at H H n H l n i H at (ubmarioe fired on the boats la denied, at CALL OF COMPTROLLER. at while officials were disinclined to H . at comment In view of the contradictory It Washington, Nov, ' It. The tt information, the general belief la that tt comptroller of currency today Is- at the entire question of aubmarlne war at aued a call for all national bansa at fare and the obligations of a aubmi H to report to him their condition Rirlne commander to sea that neutrals at at the close of business on Wed- at' are I na place of safety before destroy- at neaday, November 10. X af H 11 lt It at at at It a it Conference of Ambassador With Italian Foreign Office Develops no New Details Concerning Incident, v. ITALY HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING INFORMATION Austrian Statement Declares Ancona Attempted to Escape After Warning Shot Across Her Bow. Washington, Nov. 16. The state department officials today were still without official information which Is sought to determine the attitude of the United States' toward the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona by sub marine. Efforts to get information from consuls and embassies have been extended. ne department nas received re ports and rumors which have been obtained by consuls but they will not be given out. Washington, Nov. 16. Ambassador Page at Rome has cabled the state de partment that his conference with the Italian foreign office failed to develop any details of facts concerning the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona by a submarine. The Italian government, according to Page, Is having considerable diffi culty in establishing just what occur red. He stated that an investigation Is underway however and that he will report as soon as the results are known. . s Secretary Lansing is waiting , to learn whether it was a German or Austrian submarine that sunk the Ancona' and therefore has not " in structed Ambassador Gerard and Am bassador Penfleld to call on the Berlin and Vienna governments respectively to ask for information. ; . Washington, Nov. 18. The best of ficial narative of the rescue of sur vivors of the torpedoed Italian liner Ancona which has yet reached the state department has arrived in cablegrams from Ambassador Sharp at Paris, who transmitted telegrams to the French minister of marine from the prefect at Blzerta, Tunis. They are as follows: "November 7. One hundred ship wrecked persons of which six were wounded, from the Ancona, torpe doed Sunday, have been brought to Blzerta. "November 8. Two torpedo boats this evening brought 21 survivors and four bodies to Blzerta. The survivors 163 out 480 are being cared for at the Slti Abdullah hospital. The sub marine which sunk the Ancona, ac cording to concordant information, re ceived by me, was 80 to 100 meters long and was armed with two fairly large guns forward and two smaller ones aft, "November 9. A boat from the An cona arrived this morning at Cape Bon with 28 persons, bringing the to tal survivors to 187, of which 161 are being cared for at the Sitl Abdullah hospital. One Is an American woman, one a Russian; 16 are Greeks and the balance are Italian. "November 9. Two Anoona boats have Just arrived one at Zembra with 28 survivors and one at Tunis with 87 others. The total number of survivors now numbers 232." This Is all the official Information In the hands of the French govern ment Other messages which reach ed the state department today throw no light on the Incident and for the most part duplicate information al ready received. Washington, Nov. 16. Secretary Lansing personally received today from Macchl dl Cellere, the Italian ambassador, a communication ad dressed by Italy to all neutral na tions, denouncing as "an unparalleled atrocity" the sinking of the Italian liner Anoona with scores of neutrals and other non-combatants aboard. The statement recltea the clrcum stsnre of tha attack, charging that "without even blank shot" of warn. Ing. from the attacking submarine, the vessel waa shelled and that the killing and wounding of passengers continued after the ship had stopped No reference la made to the national ity of the aubmarlne. Upon receipt of the facts as stated In Vienna the Washington government will consider whether, any righta of American clUiens.hava been violated. The admiralty statement which has ft.Mn . . K .. Mli(..1. haw In tha is at variance wun tnat oi, uaiy. u declarea that the Ancona attempted to escape and was stopped only after repeated shelling. Austria further clalma that the piuwenger and crew war liven 4 8 minutes to leave In ,mln k1" h ch,,,, Ing tha prize will be taken up by tha at United Htates with the Austrian gov arnmeut. Great Audience Hears Strong Sermon on "Regeneration"; Many Make Professions; In. spiring Song Service. CHARLOTTE VISITORS TO ATTEND SERVICES, Sermon This Afternoon: "T64 Unconscious Loss of Power' Regular Evening Service 4 at Tabernacle. ' The new Alexander song books ar rived just In time to be used last night at the tabernacle by Charles M. Alex ander In warming the audience with congregational singing. The ventila- V tors had not been covered and the cold wave yesterday maae the build ing the least bit cool. But there was- ' small falling off In the numbers who were present and one of the most In spiring and successful meetings of the series was experienced last night. it was announced that the tabernacle will be thoroughly warmed tonight. speaking from the text, "Ye must be born again," Rev. Dr. J. Wllbun Chapman declared that moral refor mation Is not a sufficient; that there must be a complete spiritual surren der, a new birth of the soul. The minister said that this requirement applies not only to the ppen sinner but to many who "call upon the name of the tord" but who have never yet learned the meaning of complete cqn-' secration. Hundreds came forward In token of their desire to be regen- . erated. ' Many delegations were present last ' night. It was announced that thq Buncombe County Medical society will meet tomorrow night at the Candy Kitchen at 7:00 o'clock arid march to the tabernacle. This afternoon resi dents of Charlotte, Statesvllle and In tervening points will arrive by special train to attend the services. The tickets are good for several days and It Is expected that many of the visi tors will spend most of the week here. Thla Afternoon The subject for this afternoon's sermon is "The unconscious Loss of Power." The sermon follows: Text: "An he wist not that the Lord departed from him." Judges 16:20. i, ' This is a striking sentence and is a part of an extremely sad story. We have before us the picture of a man who has been shorn of his power, and 'did not realize it until the crls was) upon him, and this is true of people generally. We seem to be able to get along well enough when the aun la shining, and our friends are many, and the world la applauding us, but when these are gone and we are face to face with a great crisis, we realize that we have missed, something out of our lives, and that what we might have had to give ua victory we have sold for less than a mesa of pottage. Samson stands before us aa the al most perfect emblem of strength and yet how frail human strength is. On the one side we behold him a giant in statue, victorious in all that he un dertook to do. On the other aide, we see him with the aame giant body, but the picture is pathetic In the extreme ' because he has lost that which had, made him truly great. How easily It la to be overthrown by the devil, and how carefully we ought to guard ourselves less unexpected tefnpatatlons miserably defeat us. A Greet Man It seemed aa If God could do no mora for him. He had endowed him with everything that counts for pres ent victory and for auccesa In future conquests. 1. He had the best of parents. Ma- nosh was his father, and ha waa poa sensed of great strength of character. His mother was a woman of rare beau ty and must have trained her hoy well but It is not enough to be well borik, for we may have the best ancestors and aln against them. 1. He was possessed of great strength. He aeemed to be all body. He met a Hon aa. h traveled along the way, and easily tore him In pieces. but the possession of strength Is not (Continued ou Page Five). TEKNESSEE'S SENATORIAL' ENTERS UST UP Nashville, Tenn., . Nov. It. The campaign for the democratic nomina tion (or the United Blatee eenate en tered upon Its last week today. The primary will take place Raturday. The run-off, if one la necessary, will be held December II, Predlc.Ions to the outcome cf the content by tbe friends of the varU oua candid ilea vary wldoiy.