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THE GAZETTE-NEWS Has The Associated Press Serrlce. It la In Every Respect Complete. Member A adit Bureau Circulation. mm MM. WEATHER FORECAST CLOUDY AND COLDER. VOLUME XX. NO. 301. ASHEVILEE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 1,1916. PRICE 2 CENTS nTrBllu BRITISH LINER BROUGHT TO U. S. PORT BY GERMAN SUBMARINE PRIZE GREW South African Steamer Ap pam Comes Into Hampton Roads Flying Flag of German Man-o-War. VESSEL CAPTURED BY SUBMARINE JANUARY 15 Indications Are That Germans Will Contend Liner is Ger man Auxiliary Cruiser , Given Up For Lost. Newport News, Va., Feb. 1. The British South African liner Appam, given up for lost, was brou ght into Hampton Roads this morning flying a German man-o-war flag with a Gorman prize crew of 22 men commanded by Lieutenant Bergo. The Appam was cap tured at sea on January " 14, four days after she left Bakar. British West Africa. The Appam was captured off the Canary Islands on January 1'y by a . German submarine which a few hours before had sunk a British steamer. One hundred and fifty-five of the original English crew were on the steamer and 168 passen gers. In addition to these were 20 German passengers who were said to have been trans ferred from the submarine to tli6 steamer and 138 sailors, prisoners the Germans had captured in other sea raids. Lieutenant Berge is now ashore on conference with the German consul here. He has communicated with the author ities at Washington. The Appam mounts only one three-inch gun. When the submarine sent a shot across her bows the vessel was im mediately halted on account of the large number of pas sengers she carried, according to the master of the Appam. The vessel came into this port under the name "II. M. S. Appam," means "His Majes ty's Ship Appam," thereby in dicating that the Germans may contend that the vessel, is a German auxiliary cruiser. The theory is also strengthened by the fact that the Appam. flew a German Man-o-war flag in place of the German merchant marine flag or the British Hag. Washington Notified. Washington, Feb. 1. Customs Col toms Collector Hamilton of NorfoU has reportod to the treasury depart ment that the German prUe steam er Appam, which came into Hamp ton ltoada Oils morning had prisoner of war aboard. The report was re ferred st ones to the state depart ment to determine the status of the Vessel, The Lelcet Voyage. New York, Feb. 1. The Appam sailed from Bakar In the French col ony of Senegal, West Africa, for Plymouth, K.ng., on January 11. When the vessel vis about four days out wireless communication with th ship suddenly ceased and as the days passed without further word of her she was virtually given up for lost. A dUpstch from Hull. En., on January 21 to London . IJojrd's. said ' that the Hrltlsh steamer. Tregantla re ported having passed at sea on Jan uary II a lifeboat with the name "Appam" painted on Its stern snl with Its bow knocked sway. It was then ffurod that the ship had (one down In the severe storm wM raxed over the waters through Which sho had to tM or that she possibly hs.1 encountered a (lei wan euhmsrlns epTntln off the African ensst. Tie Aprm under ordinary condl- A ppam Case Perplexing Questions Washington, Feb. 1 .-Perplexing questions of international law may arise from th earrival of the British steamer Appam at Hampton Roads. First the United States must deter-' mine whether the ship. Is simply a prize of war, or whether she waa sup plied with any armament which may give her the character of an auxiliary cruiser. So far as naval authorities know no case exactly like this has ar isen to concern the United States since the war began. The German ships Kron Prlnz Wil helm and Prinz Eitcl Frederlch, which sought refuge at Hampton Roads early in the war, are auxiliary cruisers and now are interned as such. The first report to the German em ba ssy concerning the Appam came from the German consul at Norfolk, U. S. Submarine K-5 Safe 'And Proceeding To Port Washington, Feb. 1. The United States submarine K-5 is safe and is proceeding under her own power to Key West, Fla., according to'a radio r.ieseage received at the navy depart ment early today. The message which came-by way f Key West said: "At 3:35 a. m. the United States Hons would have- reached Plymouth on January 21. " ' Prominent rasscngcrs. The Appam sailed with 166 passen gers and with a crew of 134 men. Among the passengers were British colonial officials. After leaving Bakar the liner called at all ports on the west coast of Africa to pick up Brit ish officials who intended to return to England on furloughs. These offi cials constituted a considerable por tion of the passengers. Among the passengers who booked for sailings on the Appam were Sir Edward and Lady Merewether and their suite; Frederick Seton Jamoo, former acting colonial secretary and closely Identified with the colonial administrative affairs In Africa: nnd Francis Charles Fuller, who was ap pointed chief commissioner of Ashm tl In 1905 and Mrs. Fuller. The Appam Is 425 feet long; 57 feet beam and of 7781 tons gross reg istry. She was built in 1913 at Bel fast, Ireland and was owned by the British and African Steam Navigation company which Is under the manage ment of the Elder-Dempster com pany. CHARTER ISSUED FOR THE CHIMNEY HOCK Hendersonville Concern to Do Business With Authorized Capital of $300,000. Raleigh, Feb. 1. The state has chartered the Central Storage com Pny of Durham, a business for ware housing on big scale. The paid In capital Is 1300, the authorized 3100, 000, The stockholders are 1 D. Kirk land, John F. Wily and Jones Fuller of Durham. The Chimney Rock company, with home offlco at Hendersonville and a branch house In St. Louis, was char tered to do 1800,000 business, $3,000 paid In by Hiram B. Morse, Asahel IT, and Lucius B. Morse being the sub scribers. The company may take over a great deal of property in Ruther ford nnd Henderson counties. Alrnke. Little and Henry, Incorpor ated, changes the name to Alcocko and Henry and the amendment au thorises tho Increase of capital stock to 150,000. The Bast End department store of Wlnston-Balem Is a 125,000 corpora tion with IGO0 paid In. Lula Miller, Myrtle Jenkins. T. B. Jenkins and Ellen P. Jenkins are the subscribers. New Building and Lnnn. Aydsn sends to the depsrtment of Insurance Its new building and loan association recently started. This has been one of the features of the Youn administration.- Mr. Young received notice that the Burlington schools havs offered a prite for ths best essay on fire preven tion, another special Jlne ot the de psrtment to which th ecommlssloner Is giving ths greatest newspaper pub licity now. 1 ho Mala board of examiners for teachers' certificate were in session yntcriliy looklnr over the papers re cently turned In by the candidates who took th sxaiuinatlona, May Raise who telegraphed, "German auxiliary cruiser has come Into port." ; The Hague convention provides; "A prize may only be brought into a i neutral port on account of unsea worthiness, stress of weather or want of fuel or provisions. '"The ship must leave as soon as the circumstances which justify her en tering the neutral port are ended, It not the neutral government must or der the ship to leave at once. If it fails to leave, the neutral power must employ means at Its disposal to release it with officers and crew and to interne the prize crew." In case the Appam is considered an auxiliary cruiser she is entitled under international law to a certain time in which to mnke repairs and load coal and provisions sufficient to carry her to the nearest home port. submarine K-5 was southeast of Fow ey Rock steaming south at 10 knots. No casualties and no assistance re quired." Fowey Rock referred to in the mes sage is a light house about 10 miles from Miami. Navy department oftt olals estimate that under the speed the K-5 Is making she should reach Key West about 6 o'clock this afternoon. IN EASTERN N. C. Candidacy Against J. Bryan Grimes is Assuming Im " portant Proportions. Raleigh, Feb. 1. The twelve signs of the zodiac, a dozen big Ikes In Dave Norwood's glittering political circle, Indicate that "about this time" prophecies can be made. The Hartness candidacy against Bryan Grimes, secretary of state, is unquestionably Impressing the half of the statu west of Haleieh. Mr. Nor- wnnd is reiidv to eiicss at maiorltlcai and to figure on a solitary primary. The Grimes friends in llaleigh who forgot to remember who Norwood is are Jogging their memories nowa days. "Wasn't he tho manager of Kltchln In Kowan county and the gentleman who enabled the governor to. make hie sole senatorial Impres sion west of the fifth district?" they recall that he was that man. He also caused Judge Manning to loom large in the judicial contest of 1910. Dave Norwood knows as well how to Invest In political futures as in stocks and bonds. Nearly all of his money risks return with good divi dends. Nearly all of his political ven tures publish his good Judgment. Ho worked hard for KUihlu In 1912 but sixty days before the count he was confidentially on record as without Kltchln hope. He knew that his mtn was beaten. It Is hard to Impeach Norwood's Judgment. Too early to forecaste; we ha e Just begun to organize," Mr. Norwool tells your correspondent, "but we pect to win In the first primary, toi do not want to discount the excellent gentleman and the capable offlclil that our opponent Is. In addition to having a strong man as our candi date, we are aided by a wonderfully strong sentiment In favor of change In the office so long held by Colonel Grimes. If you have any doubt about that growing sentiment Just Intervlo'v voters without reference to their party position, whether seekers of promotion or merely workers In the ranks. It Is certain that throughout Tled mont North Carolina ths Ilartnese candidacy Is assuming Impressive proportions. Geographically thnt Is to be expected, hut It reaches further than ths favorite son tradition. And friends of Colonel Grimes are warn ing him that beset In the west by Hartness and on ths esst by Captain Clark, It Is manifestly up to the Tltt county man to emulate ths camel to get the humps of a whole drove of dromedaries. Mann Not so Dangerous, Ths candidacy of Juls Mann for tats treasurer does not seem to havs bscome so dangerous. Ths sntl llfe termers picked a capable man, It Is admitted, but' here where the lawyers get credit for holding all the big Jobs, It Is considered peculiarly unfortunate thst Tressurer . lory's opponent Is snother lawyer who seeks the riuplscemsnt of "labor's" only fajrnlatlve. HESS STRONG REFERENCE TO ZEPPELIN RAID? London Dispatch to N. Y. Gives Details Which Are Believed to Refer to Yesterday's Attack. GERMAN ATTACKS WITH HAND GRENADES FAIL Retain Newly Won Trenches Near Neuville Despite Con tinued Attacks, Accord ing to Berlin Claim. NewTork, . Feb. 1. -A dispatch from London received by the Tribune this morning is believed to refer to yesterday's Zeppelin raid, details of which were withheld by the British censor. The dispatch Is as follows: "Eleven deaths reported, England, yesterday, due to lightning (lightning followed by question marks). Re striction. Five of tragedies occurred London streets; three of victims sol diers." ...... Berlin, Jan.-31. The French have been making repeated attacks to re gain the ground they recently lost near Neuville, Germun army head quarters announced today, but all the attacks were beaten off, the Germans Btill holding their newly won trenches. Paris,1-' Jan. it. The Germans last night delivered two attacks with hand grenades near Hill No. 140, both of which resulted In failure, ac cording to a French war office state ment. . London, Feb. 1. The British cas ualitles during January totalled 1,709 officers and 19,624 men, according to an official report. A Zeppelin air raid on the eastern, northeastern and midland counties of England has followed closely the at tacks on Paris by German dirigibles. The British war office which now controls tho defenses of London against air attacks, announces that six or seven aircraft took part In the latest raid, but the towns or villages vlrlted and the nature of tho damage Inflicted have not been made public. After having driven the Turks from a region alxiut forty miles in icngtn In Asintic Turkey to the west of Lake Van and put them to retreat down tho Mush valley, the Russians seem ingly have censed their operations tn this particular vicinity for the win- ; ter. The Russian official communication confirms previous statements that the Turks, to the northwest of this re gion, have been driven ,ln upon the fortifications of Erzertim. There has been little fighting of great moment anywhere in any of tho war theaters except by the artillery. German positions at Steenstruete, to the south of the Koyc, and to tho north of Ft. Mlhlel have come under the guns -of the entente allies on the western line, and considerable dam age has been done. From northwest of Riga to the middle Strip there has been consid erable horrabardment by the Germans of various Russian towns and posi tions. Petrocrad reports the sur rounding by the Russians of an Aus trian detachment In the middle Strips and the annihilation of most of the Aunstrlans, the remainder being captured. Italy. It Is declared, has decided to continue her Albanian campaign nnd has landed another Infantry with heavy artillery at Avlona with which to effectively defend southern Al bania as a measure of political ne cessity. VILLA AGAIN REPORTED TO BE SURROUNDED Chihuahua City, Feb. 1. Francisco Vllle, according to reports received here today, had been driven out of ths Plcachos hills and Pants Clara Canyon, and Is now surrounded by Csnansa forces near El Valla, TO ATTEND SPECIAL BIG DAMAGE TRIAL Deputy Marshal J. K. Garner, on ths staff of United Plates Marshal Charles A. Webb, left yesterday for Greensboro to attend a special term of the Iiletrlct court at that place. A big damage suit brought by (he Walkertnwn Chair company asalnit ths Norfolk and Western fiellwty company will be tried at this cation. CRAIG'S VIEWS CAUSING STIR Some Congressmen Think; gov ernor Is Mistaken About 90 Per Cent Favoring Presi dent's Defense Program. ; PREPAREDNESS OF TWO KINDS, SAYS KITCHIN Majority Leader Approves Reasonable Preparedness Says Governor Gave No Figures on Taxation. (By aPrker R. Anderson). Gazette-News Bureau The Rlggs Building , Washington, Feb. 1. Quite a stir wah caused around the capitol yesterday when members of the state delegation In the house read Governor Locke Craig's Interview, saying that 90 per cent of the people of North Carolina favored President Wilson's preparedness program. There are only three North Carolina congressmen who have stated openly that they will support Mr. Wilson's plans. It is known that a large ma Jority will vote against the proposl-' tion. - When the governor's interview vas read there was mild sensation around the capitol. The Information con gressmen from the state have hero is that the governor's figures are a bit off, If he is quoted correctly. Majority Leader Claude Kltchln, an out-and-out opponent of the president's mili tary program, gave the Gazette-News the following statement with refer ence to the president's speech: "In answer to the president's state ment that our navy ranks fourth,'1 said Majority Leader Claude Kltchln, of North Carolina, "he only substan tlntes my statement given to the North Carolina press on November 20 to the effect that the president had been badly misinformed by his naval advisers and that the navy year book of 1914, upon which he may have relied for the most of his statistics, is unlliable and misleading. Asked about the statement made by Governor Craig to the effect thnt 90 per cent of the people of North Carolina are with the president on his preparedness program, Mr. Kltch ln snld: "The governor may l.e right thnt 90 per cent of the North Carolinians are against me. I notice the govern or failed to state what per cent whether 10, 50, or 90 per cent favor the president s program of taxation to finance the billion dollar five year Increase In the army nnd navy. Yon understand It Is an easy matter for any one to favor or eve vote for ap propriations, whether a ..undred mil lion or a billion dollars, for any prop osition. It takes neither wisdom, pa triotism nor statesmanship for this. The real proposition that enlists study thought and patriotism' Is how tn fi nance such a plan. "What method of taxation should he employed; what articles tnxed and what not taxed; how much such ar ticles should be taxed; how much levied on Incomes, etc. "I sm In favor of preparedness. But there Is a difference between a hysterical and a reasonable prepared ness. I favor the same kind of pre paredness that President Wilson, Sec retary Daniels, Admiral Fletcher, commander of the Atlantic fleet, the man who will have to do the fight ing, the democrats in the house and senate favored less than a year boo and who declared that the full needs and requirements of this country. "This program tho largest In the history of our government. I think It wisest and best, as the president, the secretary and congress hnve said, to proceed with our regular program, which was making the navy stronger and more efficient every year and which. If adopted now, would not de mand a dollar extra appropriation over the regular army and navy an nual expenditure, This program cave us two dreadnoughts; one or two bat tle cruisers; 15 tn 23 submarines, aeroplanes, torpedo boat destroyers snd other coast defenses." Other members sre expected ! have something to say on the subject st an early date. JUDGE FOUSHEE DIES AT Durham, Feb, 1. Judge Howard A. Foushes, Tor many years a prom inent cltlsen of Durham and widely known as a Jurist, died yesterday. He waa Judge of the superior court of North Carolina from 1111 to 1113, and retired from th bench because of III health. 'During the last three years ha has not been active In legal work. Judge Toushe was bora la 1IT0. D M i CRISIS, TS PRESIDENT IAS "PREPARED" 1 Mr. Wilson Deolares He Be lieves Danger of Division of Domestic Sentiment in U. S. Is Past. HAD EVEN BELIEVED DANGER EXAGGERATED Tells a Milwaukee Audience That He Will Keep United States From War If It Is Possible. Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 1. A throng of 9,000 persons, the largest that nasi greeted President Wilson since he started out on his present tour, cheer ed him lustily here yesterday after noon when he said he believed the danger of a division of domestic sen timent was past, and added that he never doubted the danger was exag gerated. Referring again to this nation's de sire for peace the president gave his hearers the pledge that, "God helping me. I will keep it out of war if it is possible." VI want at the outset to remove any misapprehension in your minds," said the president. "There is no crisis; nothing new has happened. I came to confer with you on a matter which we should confer on In any event. We should see that our house Is set in order. When all the world Is on fire the sparks fly everywhere. Th. n.a.Mnnt cmM thft nVPBPnM of vast crowd attested the Interest of the people of Wisconsin in his mission. - "America has drawn her Mood.' he said. "We know thnt tnd traditions run best OUr TOOLS Into other soils. "At the outset of the war it did look as If there were a division of do mestic sentiment which misht lead us Into some errors of Judgment. T for one believe that danger is past. I never doubted thnt the danger was exaggerated. I for my part always feel a serene confidence in watting for a declaration of the principles and sentiments of the men who arc not vociferous, who do their own think ing, attend to their own business nnd leave everything else alone. "I have not supposed that the men whose voices seemed to show n threat against ns represented even the pen- j the very fundamentals of our life are pie thev claimed to represent. not comprehended or understood." t know the magic of America. Ti Rulers, not public opinion, brought know the impulses which draw menal'""t the present war, Mr. Wilson to our hhores. I know that they declared. came tn be free. "r thank God there Is no man in "I know that when the test comes 'the United States who has the author- cverv man s heart will be first ror America," he declared amid applause. "Tho trouble , mafcvs hnve shot their bolt. They have been loud, but ineffectual. Talk Is cheap and , that war all It cost them. There are dan gers however, which are past our con trol, and which have not been over come, dangers we cannot ' control. We can control the Irresponsible talk ers in our midst. All we have to do Ih to encourage them to hire a hall and they will abundantly advertise their own folly. "There Is daily, hourly danger, thst they will feel constrained to do things which ar cahsolutely Inconsistent with the lights of the United States. phere? We stand pledged to see thst They are not thinking of us. They i both the continents of America are are thinking first of all of their own; left free to be used by their people as affairs. (those people choose to use them un- "The very uncalculated course of !der a system of national popular sov affairs may touch us to the quick at lerelguty as absolutely unchallenged as nny time. Standing In the midst .if these difficulties I want you to know I am in difficulty. The president said he knew the peopie wanted mm to Keep tne nation lout of war. There was prolonged np plauso. DR. TYRE YORK OF WILKES COUNTY DEAD Wlnston-Palem. Jan. 31. Dr. Tyiei York, who made many political cam paigns on his "little bay mule Jack" ,11. I at Trm, 1 I III tn M'llkna KKIItltv .1 .v, .. an vnr i ir York defeated MaJ. W. W. Bobbins fur enngress 26 years ngo, making the campaign on an antl-prnblbltlon plat form. Two years later he was renom inated by the republicans for govern- r and was defeated by MaJ. A. M. Scales of Greensboro.. Dr. York represented Wilkes coun ty In the legislature two or these terms. WIRELESS INDICATES LOSS OF TWO SHIPS New York, Feb, 1. Ths White Star Hoer Hovlc reported on arrival here from Manchester that she had picked up a wireless mesasgs which Indicated that two steamers were re cently Inst at sea, the loss ot whlcr was heretofore unreported, one was the Apalachee, a British tanker In the government service, and the other was an unknown steamer, the crew of which was rescued by ths steamer Finland. , SAYS SMS u. s. n Country Is Prepared for Im mediate War Insofar as Navy is Concerned, Says President at Chicago. PRESENT NAVAL FORCE INADEQUATE, HOWEVER Repeats Warning That No Time is To Be Lost in Strengthening the Defenses of the Nation. Chicago, Feb. 1. The United States has made preparations for Immediate war as far as the navy is concerned, although the present naval force Is Inadequate in size, President Wilson declared last night In an address be fore several thousand persons in the auditorium here. "We mean busi ness," he said, speaking of the pre paredness plans of the administration. We have given to the present fleet of the United States an organization such as it never had before, I am told by Admiral Fletcher," the president said. "And we have made prepara tions for immediate war, so far as the navy is concerned." The army, the president said, as at present constituted, "is not largo enough even for the ordinary duties of peace." The president repeated his warnings that no timo must be losj in strength ening the defenses of the nation. He declared the government was doing i everything it could for preparedness. "When I see some of my fellow citi zens e-'-Rd tinder where the sparks are tuttingrl wondevwhat their Ideal" I..P A t I... .1 . 1.1 flinrinoHirui in, uic picn;ucin naiu. I America, the president said, had ueen crueny misjudged by tne nations no- at war. "I know that on the other side of the water there has been a great deal "f cuel mlsjudgincnt with regard to the reasons why America has remain ed neutral. Those looking aF us from a distance do not feel the strong pulses of ideals and principles that are in usi "They suppose, some of them, that we are holding off because we can make money while others are dying, the most cruel misunderstanding that any nation has ever had to facet-so wrong that it seems almost useless to try to correct it because It shows that -.v mmi, in r mummi wie con- sent of the nation," he said. The task of the United States," he said, has been to assert th eprlnciples of law in a world in which the principles of law have broken down. "We are not now thinking of Inva sion of the territory of the United States," the president declared. "That is not asking ourselves shall we bo prepared only to defend our own homos and our own shores. "Is thnt all we stand for? To keep the door shut securely against our en emies? What about the great trustee ship set up for liberty of national gov jernment In the whole western hemis- our own. "At this moment the Americans are growing together upon that handsome privilege of reciprocal respect and de- ronse. Detailed plans for sterngthenlng the army nnd navy, and the aviation corps, and for making munitions and armumcnt by the government were outlined. Tho president spoke for nearly an hour. BRANDEIS' NOMINATION WITH SUB-COMMITTEE Washington, Feb. 1. The nomln !llon of D. BranJcl- to i succee.t the late Justice Latnar ot the Unit ed States guprenv, court, has been referred by the Judiciary committee of the senate tn a aub-commltteo which Is composed of three demo crats and two republicans. MOHR TRIAL ENTERS FOURTH WEEK'S SESSION Providence, R. I., Jan. 31 The trial of Mrs. F.llzsleth F. Mohr and two negroes fur the murder of Dr. C. Franklin Mohr, entered on Its fourth week today, The defense rseumed the Introduction of testimony In an effort to refute the contention of the stale Mrs. Mohr had hired the negro to murd-T her nnsbsnd. T. P. Kallnay Hearing Postponed. Hallos. Ja 31. Ths Texas A Pa cific railroad receivership hesrlng, which was to have been today has been postponed until February II. mmm ,
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