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OIE ASHEVIIXE TIME ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. MEMBER OP ATOIT BU HKAU OP CIRCCLATIOX THE WEATHER BAIN AND COLDER SUCCESSOR TO THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS. VOLUME XXj.- NO. 9. ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS-o GREAT GERMAN ATTACKS NEAR VERDUN CONTINUE jlove Indicates Determined Effort by German Crown Prince to Break Through : to French Fortress. BOTH SIDES SUFFER VERY HEAVY LOSSES Germans Sink Westburn Which Raider Captured British Cruiser Believed to Have Been Taken by Mowe De- stroyed Off Teneriffe Island, After Landing of 206 Pris oners Taken From' Various Other Captured Vessels. Latest Reports Tell That Op posing Forces Are Still Pushing Great Masses of Men Into Fray. The great battle on the western front where more than 260,000 Ger mans are assaulting the French lines on a 26-mlle front to the north of the fortress of Veraun, is ine oui .,iino. feature of the war news to ..,., Tn take tha fortress of Verdun has been one of the chief ambitions with which the German crown prince is credited. The present effort under u, command la on a scale which ln- '.. that the most determined er. forts are being made to break down I wIbm with which the French have protected the stronghold, an to set within ewiKtng auiaum ui stress Itself. At laBt accounts the battle was still raging with great fury, wh sides continuing their heavy nr ln and pushing forward great masses nf men to the fray. The losses on w. ida have been extremely heavy, Troops belonging to seven German -m rnms. under Crown Prince Frederick William, are engaged along a 25-mlle front north of Verdun in -a .i!!,.to effort to drive back the rrpnoh detailing forces, probably with the capture of the treat fort, irss or Xcrun in view. Thrr had-been very heavy fight In- fur a considerable period in this .li-trict of the French war zone, but x.-tftiln the hurt, few days the attacks , ( the Germans have taken on added strength..,- The battle line haB been r-iiended and now . reaches from Mallncourt, on the west, to Etain, on the east, with Verdun in the center, only a few miles southward. The Germansi claim to have made important advances, and to some ex tent these are admitted by the French war office, which describes the battle as one of Increasing Intensity. The German preparations were ex tensive and the bombardment of the French positions with thousands of shells was uninterrupted, as tne French had foreseen this battle all their available guns Were called Into action and responded In kind to the theawy shelling or the Germans. WJiile at tome points the French were unable to resist the onslaught tf the attacking forces, along mucn of the front, according to the -Paris communication, the attacks were weU sustained and very heavy losses were Inflicted on the Germans. Montenegro Threatened. Amsterdam. Feb. it (Via Lon don) A dispatch from Budapest quotes the Pester tloyd as stating that the Austrian government baa de elded to treat Montenegro as a con nuered country Instead of one which surrendered If, after he lapse of a few dayst King Nicholas persists in Ignoring all requests addressed to him by the Austrian government. Paris. Feb. 14. Fighting of great -violence is tit progress from the right bank of the Meuaeto a poiiKsoum- east of the Perbe forest, tne war or. flees announced yesterday, South of Verdun there have been infantrv engagements along a front of ten miles. Kant of eppols the French were enabled by counter attacks to retake a ereat nortlon of the "Forest of Causes, south of Beaumont. The French statement admits the French troops have evaduated the Milage of Paumont, but declares the French still hold the approaches to the village. BANK PRESIDENT IS MYSTERIOUSLY KILLED London, Feb, 24. The ; British steamer Westburn; which' reports re ceived last night from Santa Cruz, Teneriffe (Cajiary) Island, said had reached that port in charge of a Ger man prize crew and carrying 206 prisoners taken from various vessels captured by a German sea raider be lieved to be the Moewe, has been sunk outside of Santa Cruz harbor by her captors. This news was received in a message from Santa Cruz. After landing the prisoners In Santa Cruz, the German prize crew put out to sea In the Westburn and sunk their prize. Advices received last night from Santa Cruz stated that the 1 British steamer Westburn, which left Liver pool January 21 for Buenos Ayres, had , put in there for repairs, flying the German colors and in charge of a German crew of one officer and seven men, besides 206 prisoners from various captured vessels. The crew was believed to be from the Moewe, which captured the British steamer Appam and sent her with a German crew and flying the German flag into Hampton Roads. The Westburn is a vessel of 3,300 tons and was built in 1903. She is owned by J. J. Wcstall of Sunderland. BOOKS 01, HIOOS HIST Republicans Will Derive Little Comfort From Report of Men They Employed to Audit State Books. DEPARTMENTS FOUND TO BE ECONOMICAL ARDEN CASES IN Blackmailing and Arson Cases Taken Up This Morning No Jury at Non. GREAT INTEREST. RESOLUTION OF WARNING STILL EXCITING ISSUE MACE AT LARGE IN BURKE CO. MTS. Republican Auditors Even De clare There Is Too Much Economy Bradley's Fig ures on New Lawyers. Question Of U. S. Aid For Flood Victims Unsettled Local Authorities Declare Federal Assistance Is Necessary Both For Rescued and Those Still Marooned, While U. S. Official Says Present Relief System Is Satisfactory. New Orleans, Feb.: 24. Further consideration was expected to mate rialize in the dispensing of relief to the people isolated In the inundated districts of northern Louisiana. Mar tin Jacoby, mayor of Newelton, and W. M. Davidson, Mayor of St. Joseph, declared today that federal aid was necessary to care for the people al ready removed from the Inundated sections to places of safety -end also for those who are Rtlll marooned in out-of-the-way sections o the country flooed by tho waters from the Buck Ridge crevasse. . t . .... Captain Hunt of the quartermaster's department of the United States army Is reported to have announced that investigation has led him to believe that the relief work is progressing satisfactorily under the present sys tem and that federal assistance is not i because It prodded the Hon. Marion Raleigh, Feb. 24. Fragmentary ut terances of the audit board now checking up the state, give tho state rUclals dally cheer In the light of the expensive political audit authorized by the republican executive committeei weeks ago.. ' . These visiting Yankees, who are in all probability as cold-blooded a pair of republicans as one would find in a scouring of the continent, have not said anything to indicate any pleas ure with the system kept in the state, but they have dropped the hint that the books are all right and the funds intact. Worse still for the republi cans, these auditors declare that the state departments are run too econom ically and that the state treasurer In particular works his force too hard because he doesn't employ enough help; ' Democrats in official circle bought lavishly of the Greensboro Dally News today to get the editorial which 'Con fends that the dominant party cannot be attacked for extravagance. Per haps their Joy was nearer complete needed. The Buck Ridge crevasse is ported by engineers to be more than IJ150 foet wide. .The waters from the crevasse are" said to be steadily spreading in the, district in which .VldaJia, ,Ferriday and Waterproof are located. Butler for "pulling" two tricks that re-j worked so badly. : One of the official's Storm Warnings Hoisted Along The Atlantic Coast Washington, Feb. 24. Storm warn ings were ordered hoisted by the weather bureau from Cape Hatteras to Boston today. The storm which was central yesterday over the lower Mississippi valley has advanced east ward and this morning was central over the Carolines, Indications were that It would advance eastward along the coast with increased intensity and causing gales along the coast north of Hatteras. Colder weather la promised for the southeastern states. Storm Over British Isles. , London, Feb, 24. The British them in the thick weather. Protest Against Court Action In Appam Case Si few Tsles are in the grip of the most le ver e snow storm of years. Reports from the continent show that severe weather prevails throughout Europe. The snow fall in England began yes terday and this morning varied in depth from one to several inches. Scotland suffered more than Eng land or Wales. Telegraph communica tion has been broken generally. Along the- coast shipping is in difficulties, owing to the blinding sleet, which is accompanied by a strong gale. Sever al vessels have sent out distress sig nals but life boats were unable to find declared that' in his campaigning he would not wish a better document, than the editorial which pictured Mr. Butler as pulverized on his extrava gance proposition, ' Marshal Bradley of the State Su preme court has compiled statistics nhowing the number of men licensed to practice law since he became a membe of the force ot assistants about the courtroom. Two thousand eight hundred and sixty have been granted license. The average size of the class has been a fraction over 36 and the rate of increase has been high. The lust class numbered 69 candidates and I I failed. Mr. Bradley's figures reckon only with those who passed the exam- I Washington, Feb. 14. Formal rep resentations hava been made with the state department by the German em bassy against the proceedings brought in the federal court at Norfolk to effect the return of the captured Brit ish liner Appam to her British owners. In a note presented by Count Von Bernstorft, the German ambassador, it is contended that many precedents, as woll as the terms of the Prussian American, provide that no legal action can lie against the Appam held by a German crew a. a prize of war, nor against Lieutenant Berge has extra territorial rights, thero can be no legs! action against him. The note suggests that when the case comes up for trial on March 2 the state department should Inform the court of the terms of the treaty. Rhanahel. Feb. 4.-Chang Bze hen, manager of the Bhang hai branch of the Bank of Communications, was mysteriously assassinated on Janu ary t. The bank with which he was eon tiected, Is largely under the direction of Liang Bhlh-yl, President Yuan Hhl-kale right hand man, and It has been suggested that the crime was committed by revolutionists as a pro test against the monarchist move ment. This theory has not been sup ported, however, so far. The murder ed manager was not actively engaged In politics, and had nsver held any Offloe. It hae been charged by some of ths revolutionists, however, that he constantly supplied' Information to Liana- fihlh-vl concerning the movements of the enemies of the Turn nhl.lrnl ,ivirnmnt. end VSS the financial agent who directed af forts against the protesting progrea stves In Shanghai. Chang Bae-ehen'a , family denies these allegations m phatmlly end are at a lose to find a DIED YESTERDAY Mrs. Mary Hembree, a daughter of the lata Joseph Patton of Swanna- noa, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 40 West Haywood street, tsne is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Eliza beth Lovell of 11 MadlBon avenue. The funeral arrangements have not been announced. FARMERS TO MEET HERE ON SATURDAY An Important meeting of the Bun combe County Farmer's union Is called to meet Saturday at 1 o'clock at the office of Farm Demonstrator E. D. Weaver In the country court house. Full attendance la desired. nrmarrsl SUII Alive. Chicago, Feb. IJ. Calvin H. Ima' 1. D. BRANDEtS FILED Washington, Feb. 24. New charges alleging- tho employment ot Louis U, Brandels by E. H. llarrlman to obtain proxies in the celebrated fight for tho control of the Illinois Central railroad and allegations Involving Mr. Bran- dels' relations with the Equitable Life Assurance society, have been fllod with the committee considering the noml nation ot Mr. Brandela for a place on the bench of the United (States 8u preme court. nation and have entered the law. Now rPorcssor at A. & M. I'rof. T. C. Reed of the Agricultural college of the University of Missouri has boen chosen as associate professor of dairying to begin June 1 of the current year. Mr. Reed has been given high praise hv the Missouri college authorities. He begins active work at the close of his school year. The stato ha- -hartered the Rnyne Drug company ui Gastonla, a Whole sale business which is allowed to be gin work with S3, 500 of its capital paid in by D. P. Knoaes ana i-aui Rhodes of Llncolnton ana u itnyne of Gastonla. The Southern Structure Steel com pany of Burlington with $50,000 au thorized capital und $6,000 paid in, begins business with R. W. Curtis and r. a nurtls of Burlington and J. W. Long of Durham subscribers to me stock The Kayettevllle Grocery company of Kayettevllle Is a general merchan dise business with E. L. Hall, Nettle Hull, F. M. tlarris of Faycttevllle pay- Inii the $1,000 with which to -start The authorized capital is ... DEATH LIST AT TEN IN HEW HAVEN WRECK Kour Haven. Conn., Feb. 83. The death list as the result of a rear end collision of two passenger trains on the New York, Now Haven and nan- ford railroad In Mlltord, yesteraay, atnnri at ten this morning. Ot the more than three-score, of injured pas sengers who have been or are at pres ent under medical Observation oniy one was reported to be in a dangerous condition, Inquiry into the cause or the wrecK was begun by Coroner Mix this morn ing. DR. DUNN LEASES FORMER CLUB ROOMS GOV. CRAIQ OFFERS REWARD FOR NEGRO rest, former amateur 'billiard chnm plon. whoa death at the hospital for the Insane at Elgin was reported last 1. . I,.,, a n .1 imtiMiuinf In nn11- tlon. according to officials of the aay'hom was fatally wounded with a pick Raleigh, Feb. 14. Governor Craig has Issued a notice of a reward of $100 for the rapture of David Evana, negro convict charged with the killing near Greenville rocently of Joseph Mo Lawhorn, a convict guard. Evana and several other convicts who were work Ing on a road escaped when Mclw- Shortly after 11 o'clock this morn ing, the Koon case having been con oluded the Arden blackmailing casesj were taken up and when court rp cessed for noon the attorneys w' still trying to select a jury. v' Myrtle Prcssly, Martin Ts and Edsar Frady, younp y' V of the Arden section are clj Ith burning the barn of r yV Lance last year when he re' -o leave money in answer to a ly .. demand ing it; later the state claims another letter was sent to Mr. lance and on this letter the blackmailing charges are based. According to reports that have been circulated here wtthin the past few days testimony of a very startling nature is expected to devol- op in the trial, although It is not thought that any of this testimony will be reached before tomorrow morning, as all of the morning was consumed and jerhaps part of the af ternoon will be taken up with the se lection of a Jury, Each defendant has separate coun sel, although a Joint defense Is be ing made. Owing to the number of defendants, each having a certain number of .challenges, the selection of a jury Is necessarily very slow. So licitor J. E. , Swain is being assisted by Jones, Williams and Pritchard while the defendants are represented by Mark W. Brown. J. Scroop Styles R. M. Wells. A. Hall Johnson, S. G. Bernard. Fortune and Roberts, and Judge J. Frazier Glenn. The Letter. The letter on which the blackmail ing charges are based, 'which Is dated June 21, 1915, Is as follows: "1 must have $300 by next Friday night, June 24, and I want to borrow the amount Irom you. I know you have got it or can get It and I must have it or else, 'Mr. Listen' on next Thursday June 24 at exactly 12 o'clock you leave Arden with the money. Come down the macadam road . towards Fletcher 4 between Arden and , Calvary Hill churc somewhere you will hear some one whistle five times and when you hear that you drop the money, turn and go back to Arden as fast as you can. Now this Is a queer way to do busi ness but I mean business and if vou will do as I have said you will never regret it. Within 60 or 70 days I will return the $300. If you dpn't do what I have said it will cost you ten times $300 before I am through with you. Now I would advise you not to men tion this to anyone, to do so may cost you your life. Now remember if yon don't do Just what I have said will burn down every dam thins you have while you are sleeping. So don't forget the date, if there Is any. one with you when you come down the road your people will be sorry for you when they see you. Your friend If you befried us. "TROUBLE." xl Charged With Murder of 4is Wife is Proclaimed an Outlaw by Governor. Agitation For Warning Ameri cans Off Belligerent Vessels Overshadows All Ques- tions In Congress. FOSSES IN SEARCH. PROPOSAL IS STILL OPPOSED BY PRESIDENT A long distance telephone message received here at noon today from Morganton. waH to the effect that posses are still scouring the mount ains of Burke county in search for Charlie A. Mace, charged with the murder of his wife near Morganton last Tuesday night. Mace has been sighted by members of a posse on two or three occasions but so far they have been unable to capture him, although hundreds of men are in the searching parties and others are joining almost every hour. By a proclamation Issued by Gov ernor Locke Craig Mace is an outlaw and a reward of $100 for his capture, dead or alive, has been made by the chief executive. The murder for which Mace Is wanted is said to have been one of the most coldblooded ever committed in Burke county. He is said to have driven his children from his home, while he and his wife quar relled. Later when neighbors went to the house Mrs. Mace was found dead with an arm broken and bullet hole In her head, which had been plugged with biscuit dough. Administration Forces Word ing to Prevent Any Action By Congress Situation Favors the President. GERMANY OBJECT TO C. No C. KOON'S CASE NOW WITH JURY Verdict Returned O'cloc When Superior Court Recessed. at 1 Say That He Has No Real Knowledge of the Working of Ruhleben Camp. This morning Solicitor J. Ed. Swain concluded a forcible argument In the C. C. Koon cuse and Judge W. F. Harding delivered his charge to the Jury, this body taking the case under consideration for a verdict about 10:30 o'clock. At 1 o'clock when court re cessed the jury had not reported nor had it naked the court for additional Instructions. The evidence in the case, in which Koon Is charged by the state with vio lating tha an Consent law, was fin ished yesterday morning and Robert K. Williams for the defense made the first speech after the noon recess, lie was followed by J. Scroop Htyles, also for the defendant, and Judge Thomas A. Jones summed up for Koons. The solicitor began his argument at 4:30 o'clock. About Anrll 1. Dr. W. L. Dunn will move his offices to the old quar tera ot the Ashevllle club, having i..mA ik. untlr meconil floor of thai building. This change will provide Bt'HTON'B AXNOIWCKMF.XT ample room for laboratory work anrtj x-ray machines. . I London, Feb. 24. Released prison ers from the Ruhleben camp who have returned to Ensland are Indignant over the last report of the American Ambassador at Berlin, in which he made the statement: The British taxpayer Is paying a largo sum In wages because the Huhleben prisoners are unwilling to do the fatigue work of the camp, This charge Is called unjust and un generous by the released prisoners, who say that Ambassador Gerard has no real knowledge of the working of the camp, It Is true that the British govern ment pays five marks a week to each civilian prisoner in the camp. But each receipt states explicitly that the money must be repaid If asked for by the British Chancellor of the Exche quer. At one time, the released pris oners say furthur, this sum did help the Inmate of the camp to live, but with butter nt four marks a pound and other foods In keeping, live marks does not go very far. In fact, the prisoners rely almost entirely on par cels from EnRland. Regarding the policing of the camp, prisoners offer this explanation. Many of the prisoners have no relative or friends from whom to obtain parcels by mall. To support these dependent. a fund Is raised by the contribution of a penny a week by all who are able to pay. This fund Is turned over to the captains of the various barracks. Out of It Is paid the wage of the men who have volunteered to do fatigue duty. A returned prisoner by the name of Kenne, who spent fourteen months at Ruhleben after a month of solitary confinement says that sanies and en tertainments are absolutely necessary in the camp for keeping up the spirits of men. Early last year a wave of depression swept the camp and one man, on receiving newa of the death of his wife, cut his throat In the presw ence ot four hundred other prlmnera. -i. muK nt linn . " ' ....... SUII IS jyilSS JSJJ ' tlon on the part of a few to keep up any games or spots at all. , 80 tar aa the condP.on of the camp la concern ed, he save, the prisoners have done everything, even to erecting lavato ries.' One thing about the camp Mr. Keane condemns In the separation of the prisoners Into two separate groups the true British, who are lodged In the stables, and the pro-Qermana, nn of British people born In Oermany er Germane born In England, who have for the moat part chosen to be railed St Hrltlah in order to eecapa military aer- 1 vlre. The pro-Germans occupy huta Columbus, O., Fab. 14. For- H on the recreation ground and receive Washington, Feb. 24. Congress as sembled today with the agitation for the warning of American citizens to keep off armed belligerent vessels overshadowing all other questions. The president's supporters apprehend ed that the smouldering sentiment for IsBUing such warning might suddenly break out and embarrass the diplo matic negotiations with Germany, and were working to hojd the ad-, ministration forces In line and keep the question from the floors of both the house and the senate. The legis lative situation in both houses favor- - . ed the administration forces. The senate was in the legislative day of yesterday which prevented the sub ject from coming up without unan imous consent. The situation in the house was similar but not so secure. If an outburst came the administra tion leaders expected it to be there. Word went to the capital again early tfoday that the president's oppo- ' sition to any action Xy congress was unshaken. Administration ,. officials outside of congress professed to he undisturbed by the agitation at the capital and expressed confidence that the president's wishes would be sup ported. Apparently such of the chaffing as is in congress is due to lack of in formation concerning the president's attitude. The house foreign affairs commit tee. In accordance with its action of last night, began today a canvass of the sentiment In the house to develop the extent to which the resolution of warning would be supported, and at the same time disclose opposition to such a proposal. The republicans generally aro op posed to such action and aside from the score of democrats who yesterday showed signs of breaking over the ad ministration restraint, the majority forces today were being tield by the appeal: "Stand by the president." The statement that the agitation nan aiiainea me proportions or a re volt against the president's policy to day was denied on all hands, and there was no outstanding evidence to support it. Likewise the statement that the democrats had given the president a certain time 48 hours was stated to change his policy, It T. & P. RECEIVERSHIP Dallas, Tex. Feb. S4 The receiver ship suit against the Texas & !uclnc Railroad company brought by the Hankers Trust company of New York has been dlamlaaed by the United titutes District court on the ground of lack of Jurisdiction. Attorneya for the plaintiff stated that an appeal would be filed. tetktKtRtllts J.lWfl l acking Mm Ririkc. st mer Penator Theodore R. Bur- It i many favors, and a certain number of Hloux City, Iowa, Feb. 14. A strike of t.too employes at the Cudahy and Armour packing houses has been de clared. The men demand an Increane lK ton of Cleveland has filed with Kit ham have etillated In the German K Secretary of Btate lllldrDi andt at army. Kven xnoae enlisting arew ineir t the formal announcement ot hi R Ave marks from ibe British govern at candidacy for the republican l! ment uu to their enlistment. t nomination for president. . at Ambaaaador Gerard vlalted only the at Hi pro German part ot the camp, accord UrurOtK ft II ft taif to Ux. Keane. was also denied ny a everyone to whom that attitude had been attrib uted. Agitation In congress for action warning Americans off armed ships of the European belligerents sudden ly urew to such proportions that tho democrats of the foreign relation committee voted to canvass the sen timent of the house on several pend ing resolutions of that nature. Sentiment In the senate. In favor of some such action, also was openly ex- , pressed, but at the end of a dsy of surprises, tension and agitation such as had not been seen In congress In sometime, the word came that Presi dent Wilson still was unalterably op. posea to any such -ircTlon by congress and believed that he would only be amnnrrnnsod thereby In the negotia tions with Germany. mo wiaeiy circulated suggestions that the situation hud reached a point where the president would lay It be fore congreas, that Secretary Lanalng might In some way define tho attitude of the government in a communica tion to Senator Stone and that a time had been fixed within which the tTnlted States would expect Germany to signify her Intention to abandon the announced Intention to alnk arm ed merchant ahlps without warning, the uniform statement was made offi cially tha: nothing had been deter mined upon, and that the situation though grave, still was a waiting one, that no final position would he an nounced until Berlin was heard from. The sudden developments at the capital brought surprise end appre hension to the administration lead era. While confronted with the possi bility of congreaalonal Interference with all Its irrave aapecta ranging from a deflection from the adminis tration policy to downright embai rassment of the preeldoiit and the secretary of atata, the leaders were confident they would control the situ ation and leave tha executive branch of the government free to carry on diplomatic negotiations with Ger- lura. ; - " motive for the crime.
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