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THE ASHEVIULE, TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. MEMBER OF AUDIT BC READ OF CIRCULATION THE WEATHER UNSETTLED; WARMER. SUCCESSOR TO THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS. 70LUMEXXI. N0.17, ASHEVILLE, N. 0, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS00 TnUfl 8 GERMAN OFFENSIVE NOW MENACES FRENCH FLANK With French Center Appar ently Holding Firm, Attack ers Change Tactics in Drive on Verdun. SHELL FIRE INTENSE IN WOEVRE DISTRICT Artillery Action Concentrated iP Region of Haudemont and Fresnes French Expect ed Such Movement. "With the French center in the Douaumont sector appar ently still holding firm against the desperate assaults of the crown prince's armies, the Germans again have turned their attention to the flank of tli. French positions around the stronghold. Intense artil lcrv activity in the AVoevre region. was reported in the Paris night bulletin, the fire iii'iiitf centered on the region of Ilamleinont and Frsenes, about ten miles' northeast of Verdun. Military commentators re i !:-il stress on the opera ilou: this sector, holding t!.:., i.,ost important drives I) ' ' ;:niii might be push t'd t' '. .vilit tho object of tinni': tie French flank. ( !;! (! indications,'- however, i ' i i i j i '1 'l'l.. nave pointed to tne pottsiiuuiy j tl at ti e eyes of the German Lord carters, staff might , be (i ci' on the intended French ! " ,i toss the Mense river. the towering heights of . l .i Mord Homme command the lesser eminences nearby and r.urroimding the plain. The heavy artillery of the Teutons is already pounding the defenses in that sector. The French are ready for an infan try attack there, but it is doubted in Paris if the Ger mans attempt the storming of . the commanding position, to reach which they would have to deploy over a mile-wide plain under a destructive cross-fire. The Germans In the region of Ver dun are being hard held to the posi tions they occupy by the French. The lighting throughout the region Is still vigorous, but it consists mainly of ar tillery duels. Douaumont Is the storm center, and here and In the wood to the east of Vachcrauvllle, on the east bank of the Meuse, have occurred the, only Infantry attacks. On both these sec tors tho Germans were repulsed by the French. The German attack at Douaumont extended from the Hau. drcmont wood to Fort Douaumont, but according to Paris It was stopped by the curtain of fire and the rifles of the French Infantry and ended with the French holding all their po sitions. Paris reports that In the Woevre region about Fresnes. the bombard mcnt Is a powerful one hvt adds that the French guns are answering those of the Germans here and along the Whole of the Verdun front In Lorraine near the forest of Thia mine, the French fire, concentrated on the positions the Germans had Previously taken from the French, forced the Germans to evacuate them in order, according to Berlin, "to svold unnecessary losses." r The Russians and Germans In northwest .Russia have been fighting furiously near llloukst for possession or ths craters of fourteen mines ex ploded by the Russians. Petrograd reports that six of the craters were captured by the Rus sians and that the Germans are sur rounded in a partly demolished block nouse, having suffered severe louses. Unofficial dispatches from Buchar- report extensive Russian troop movement In Bessarabia. There has been another clash be tween Bulgarian soldiers and Greek frontier guards In the neighborhood of Marlkovo, on the Oreco-Berb frontier. Confidence In the outcome of the Verdun struggle Is expressed by Gen Oslllenl, minister of war, aceord- SJ0 P,rt "P.ttnse, The French, It la declared In advices rom Paris, have retained their ad ria 14 in the Douaumont sector de- Twelve Killed; In Late Three Zeppelins Took Part in Attack on Northeast Coast of England Number of Casualties Reported Much Smaller Than That of Previous Raid January 31. London, March 6. Twelve people were killed and 33 were Injured last night In the Zeppelin raid. Three Zeppelins took part In the raid.' This Information was given out ofBclalls. An official statement Issued In lon don last night said that two hostile airships had crossed to the northeast spite the fact that they have been driven out of the village of Douau mont, as the German positions In the town are dominated by the French artillery. The probHlty Is Indicated that the village will frequently change hands In the flghtin'g as the two forces appear so evenly matched. The Russian occupation of Bitlis in Turkish Armenia, is declared by Pe trograd correspondents to have given the Russians the command of all the Lake Van region, and serves to separ ate the Turkish forces operating in the vicinity of Mush, to the west, from that in the Lake Urumiah district ol Persia, east from Bitlis. Italian Ship Sunk. Leghorn, Italy, March 6. The steamer Grava, which left here Feb ruary 29, has been sunk by an Aus- trlan submarine, v There were no Americans aboard. LOCAL SURGEONS V1SITINGJ0SP1TALS : Are Members of NC, Party Headed by Dr. Long of Greensboro.- TO RETURN FRIDAY. Drs. E. Reld Ruasel and Eugene B. Glenn of Ashevllle, who are members of the North Carolina Surgical club, will return to the city about Friday of this week, after , spending two weeks on a tour of many of the lead ing hospitals of the country, une Ashevllle surgeons are members of the club organized two years ago by. Dr. J. W. Long of Greensboro, and each year the members make these trips to the larger hospitals where clinics are held for them. Meeting at Greensboro, the mem bers of the party first went to Wash ington, where they visited the hospi tals In the national capital, and then they went to Baltimore. A visit was paid to the Johns Hopkins hospital and the sanatorium of Dr. Howard A. Kelly. While in Baltimore the party was entertained at dinner by Dr. J. C. Bloodgood and they also visited St. Agnes' hospital and the University hospital there. They left Baltimore for Pittsburgh, then to Cleveland and Chicago and will also visit the hospital of the fa mous Mayo brothers at Kochester, Minn., and will stop oft at Cincinnati on. their way home. The members of the party are Drs. J. M. Parrott. Klnston (leader) ; II. II. Ogburn, Greensboro, (business man ager); R. E. Dees, Greensboro; J. W. Tankersley, Greensboro; Foy Rober son, Durham; C. A. Woodard, Dur ham; E. B. Glenn, Ashevllle; E. R, Russel, Ashevllle, and M. H. Biggs, Rutherfordton. BOARD APPROVES BOND ELECTION In monthly session today the Bun combe county board of education ap proved the petition of citizens of West Ashevllle for an election on the proposed $25,000 school bond Issue and the question will be referred to the'eounty commissions this afternoon for ratification. It Is expected that the election will be ordered by the latter body. There were 282 signers to the document. W. F. flnydor was appointed regis trar for the election; A. L. Bright and C. N. Llneherry will serve as ludges. It la stated that sentiment In favor of the new school building hss crystallised rapidly and there la lit tle doubt that the vote will be east largely In favor of the Issuance of bond. Blltmore is expected to present a similar petition before the board to morrow and Barnardsvllle will have a committee to visit the board of ed ucation In regard to their new school structure recently provided for at a bond elenl Inn. 33 Hurt Zeppelin Raid coast of England. At the time their movements had not been defined clearly. Some bombs were dropped which fell into the sea near the shore. The number of casualties reported is much smaller than that of the previ ous Zeppelin raid In which 57 persons were killed and 117 Injured. The raid took place January 31 over the mid, eastern counties. JUNIOR ORDER HEAD UNABLE TO ATTEND C. B. Webb of Statesville Wires That He Is Called to Knoxville Tonight. TO COME LATER. A telegram was received hero this morning by officials of Ashevllle coun cil No. 6, Jr. O. U. A. M. from, National Councilor C. W. Webb of Statesville, to the effect that he could not bo in Ashevllle tonight, as previously ar ranged, owing to an urgent business call to Knoxville. The local councils were planning to hold a meeting to night In celebration of the visit here of the national head and invitations htve been issued to councils through cut western North Carolina to attond the meeting here tonight... .J-'.i. Although Mr. Webb will be unable to attend tonight's meeting, he states in the message received here this morning that he will be In Ashevllle at an early date and hopes to have the pleasure of addressing the local mem berg of the order then. The 3S1U national meeting of the Junior Order of tho. United American Mechanics will be held in Ashevllle I this summer and already preparations ere being made to entertain the large number of delegates expectd to arrive here for the meeting. The Langren hotel has been selected as headquar ters for the meeting and It Is expected that when Mr. Webb does come hero that he will arrange many details of tho national meeting with the officials of the local councils. MINISTERS HOLD Appreciation Expressed For Adjutant Bouterse's Work Samaritan Mission. In regular monthly session today at the Y. M. C. A. the Ashevllle Min lsters' association expressed apprect atlon of the work done in this city by Adjutant John Bouterse and gave him good wishes for success In his new field of labor at Augusta, Ga. It was decided to ask Ashevllle con- greatlons to place the Oood Samaritan mission on a monthly budget basis by means of regular contributions to the treasury of that organization. General satisfaction and enthusiasm was expressed among the ministers present at the success of "Pulpit Ex change Day." Interesting experiences were related In connection with this visiting event recently observed by tne local clergy. L. C. CHAPMAN DIES , TEX. News has been received of the death of L. C. Chapman of Sherman, Tex as, which occurred March S. The de ceased was a brother of 8. F. Chap man. Miss Rose Chapman and Mrs D. Atkins, all of Ashevllle. He leaves a wife, a son and two daughters. PHYSICIAN SUES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Dr. M. H. Fletcher has filed suit Id uperlor court Sagalnst Ralph Arbo test In which he soes to recover lilt for professional etvlr.w, alleged to have been rendered the defendant's family during the past few year. DEFENSE Bill E Second of President's National Defense Measures Intro- ;: duced in Congress in ; . ; House Army Bill. BROADER THAN SENATE BILL IN SOME LINES Feature Is Scope Which It Gives to Proposition for Mob ilization of Comercial In dustries for War. Washington, March 6. With the introduction today of the house army bill, the second of the national de fense measures recommended by President Wilson, was before con gress. The first measure was the sen ate army bill, which was Introduced Saturday. The house bill as complet ed provides for an increase in the strength of the regular army of 140, 000 fighting troops, which means the addition of 40,000 men and 7,349 of ficers. Tha bill also provides for 736 additional officers for detached ser vice with the national guard, mili tary schools and elsewhere, the maxi mum strength being fixed at 170,000 men.. The measure provides for the federalization of the national guard under the military pay bill. .. The house plan liffers from that of the senate in that the president Is" au thorized to draft the national guard Into the federal service on the out break of . war. The ultimate strength of the house plan is greater under the house plan, since' a maximum force of 425,000 men is stipulated to be organ ized in. fivle years. The senate plan provides for ap proximately 250,000 guardsmen. In thesh-usa bill,ai" in-the-senate-jaeaa- an officers reserve corps is pro vided, but the house plan would dou ble the enrollment at the military academy. Chairman Hay's report estimated that there would be a force of 1,324,- 790 men in training for military ser vice to' be at once available on the passage of the bill. To reach this to tal he relies on a regular army of 140,000 and 60,000 reserves; on 129. 000 national guardsmen, the national guards' present strength and on 9'J 790 former regulars and national guardsmen. The feature of the house bill Is the broad scope which it gives the propo sltlon for the mobilization of the commercial Industries and lines of communication for war uses. Hegu larly enlisted reserves In all civil oc- cupatlons necessary for the malnten ance of the army In war time are au thorized, and the government orders for war material are given right of way at all plants by the law. Washington, March 6. The senate army bill was Introduced Saturday by Senator Chamberlain of the- senate military affairs committee. The pro posed bill is the most thorough meas ure for military preparation ever pre sented in congress In time of peace and it is the first of the national dc fense measures which are being urg cd by President Wilson to be com pietea ana introduced in congress, The bill proposes to Increase the peace strength or the regular army to 178,000 men of all arms; tho fed eralizatlon of the national guard with a peace strength of 217,000 men; to create a federal volunteer army com parable to the continental army plan to provide an adequate reserve sys tem of regulars and guardsmen un der short term enlistment; to crcat a reserve system of doctors, encl neers, mechanics, etc.; and to provido for an officers' reserve corps. The federalization of tho national guard will be proposed under the military pay bill, and authority, of the national government over the militia widely extended to secure adequate training And discipline. HOLD GIB CUTTER TIL Wilmington, March 4. Joscphus Darl'tls, secretary of the navy, has been requested to tako action which, if taken, will result In the coast guard cutter Hcminolc's remaining in Wll mlnfton until the lata summer Instead of being required to do police duty In Porto Rico, The cutter has been or dered to proceed to Porto Rico after April 1, while the Itasca there at pres ent goes to Baltimore for overhauling. Ah removal of the Bemlnole from this port has caused a wave of protest, and It Is not unlikely that action will be taken which will cause the Beml nole to remain here to protect Caro lina shipping until the summer, when she will be overhauled preparatory to her usual winter cruise. AUSTRIA ENEMY DF SAN MARINO State of War Now Exists Be tween Austria and the -Smallest State in the World. BREACH OF NEUTRALITY IS THE ALLEGED CAUSE Little Republic Has 22 Square Miles of Territory and a Population of Only 9, 500 Inhabitants. Rome, March 6. Austria considers herself at war with the republic of San Marino, is the message conveyed by Frederick C. Penfield, American mbassador to Austria-Hungary, to the regents of the smallest state in th world, who had appealed to the am bassador to have its citizens interned in Aus-tria release 1. Austria jlrtifled the refusal with the statement that the an Marina had committed serious breaches of neutrality. The republic of San Marino is in northern Italy, 14 miles southwest of liimini. The country is 22 square miles in area and has a population of j .00. . ' The Eunreme power in the republic 13 in the general assembly and it is governed by two regents selected twice a year from the 60 life members of the great council. Tho available armed forces of the republic total 1200 men, all citizens able to bear arms between tho ages of 16 and 60 years, being technically liabla for military service. The little state has been In existence for Rbout 1000 years. The nature of the serious breach of neutrality which Austria alleges has not been recorded. , Soon after the declaration of war by Italy on Austria thero were rumors that San Marino had made a similar declaration, but UvcEe.rumpra were. .never conrniea,... DR. WALLER PLEASED WITH MEETINGS In Asheville Today on Busi ness, He Says WaynesviUe Revival it Success. Rev. Dr. Calvin B. Waller, pastor of the First Baptist church, was in Asheville today from WaynesviUe where he la conducting a revival looking after matters in connection with plns for the Southern Baptist convention Dr. Waller said that the meeting at WaynesviUe had assumed wondrous spiritual power. The entire communi ty and surrounding country had been gripped; notwithstanding the very in clement weather. The church house was filled four times yesterday; Dr. Waller preaching to four different congregations. At the children's and young peoples' meeting on Saturday arternoon, mere were ius conver sions: 43 Joined the Baptist church alone yesterday. Heth J. I'erklnson of this city and member of the , Flrlst Baptist church is with Dr. Waller, conducting the music for the revival. Mr. Perklnson has proven himself very cf cient in this regard and has won a host of friends In, WaynesviUe. Dr. Waller returned to WaynesviUe this afternoon and will continue the meeting throughout this week. NO SO OF REPORTED TEUTON nOFF GAPE Excitement Caused by Report of Raider off Virginia Capes Sharp Lookout. Old Polnlt Comfort, Va., March 4. The Qerinun raider or prize which tho captain of a steamer returning from Porto Rica thought was lurk ing off tho Virginia Cupes bus not been .sighted from Cupe Henry today. Home excitement was canned limt nlnlit by reports of an unldentllieil steamer -with two funnels which pass ed Into the rapes during a heavy snow storm. Shipping men here ex pressed tho belief that the vessel wus the British steamer Prlncipctlo, due at Newport News yesterdny from Alexandria, Egypt and the belief was confirmed when daylight revealed the Prlnclpello In Hampton Roads. A sharp lookout has been kept from Cape Henry for the raider, but ma rine men thought such a vessel would not dure capture by British or French warships by attempting a dash Into Hampton Roads on Mich a bright tfajr. BRYAN E T Former,'.-; jtary of State to Bt .nsidered in Armed Ships Issue. Washington, March 5. The lnflu ence of William Jennings Bryan will be felt in tho fight over the armed ship issue, which . administration leaders plan to bring to a vote In the house Tuesday. Mr. Bryan, who outlined his views in favor of warning Americans off armed 1 merchantmen Saturday to Representative Stephens, of Nebras ka, had planned to come back from New York today to spend the day here and he had an engagement for lunch with Representative Bailey, of Pennsylvania, at a hotel within a stone's throw of the capitol and in which eight congressmen make then homes. He will be there while the house rules committee fs framing its rule to bring before the house for ac tion after limited debate the report of the foreign affairs committee rec ommendlng that the McLemore warn ing resolution be tabled, and setting forth that the president should be permitted to exercise his constitution al right of handling diplomatic nego tlations without interference from congress. Mr. Bryan has declared that he would not participate actively in the controversy, and his closest friends here say he has no intention of changing his mind. His views are well known, however, and they are being repeated Industriously to members of the house. He leaves Washington again today for Wilmington, Del., to deliver a lecture. Although Mr. Bailey Insisted yes terday that no significance should be attached to the luncheon engage ment, it was discussed everywhere with great Interest. Among the members who live at the hotel are Speaker Clark and Rep resentative Shackleford, the unofficial leader of the warning resolution ad vocatea in tha house. DAMAGE CASE IN Term of Three Weeks for Civil Cases Convened Here This Morning. Superior court for the trial of civil cases convened here this morning at 10 o'clock for a term of threo weeks, The docket is very heavy, tho con- gestlon being more than usual, it is stated, although It is expected that many of the lives cases will be dis posed of at the present term. The first case called today, Clara J. Brown against the Ashevllle Power and Light company was being heard when court recessed for noon.' The plaintiff Is suing for $5,000 damages, alleging tnat sne was injured by a street car belonging to the company at Riverside park laRt July. Martin Rollins and Wright repre sent tho defendants and Mark W. Brown Is counsel for the plaintiff. Many witnesses have been summoned to testify n the case and it will prob , tre',j inuiy ucciijjy uu 01 luuuy in ueing School Mnnngrrg Meet. Tho board of managers of the T Inftlat, tValnlnn- u n (i in! ,ir 1 1 1 m.At .t , ()Vock tomorrow mornlng at the residence of lUltiiiore avenue. Mrs. Illlliard, 101 ILUEfIG GOD New Universities Dictionary COUP ON basMntetl tar tb ASHEVILLE TIMES Tbrea Coupons Secure the Dictionary How to Get It For th Mot Nominal Coot of Mommfaetmro tmj Dittrioutio 3cT98c secure this NEW authentic Dictionary, bound in real flexible leather, illustrated! with full pages in color Bfi i?T' " c and duotone 1300 pages. I FILLED V,. , 25 DICTIONARIES IN ONE All Dictionaries published preci ous to this year are out o f date MM ra IS SELECTED AS Former Mayor of Cleveland Chosen by President Wilson to Succeed Mr. Garrison, Recently Resigned. Washington, March 6. New ton D. Baker, former mayor of Cleveland, 0., has been select ed by President Wilson for secretary of war, to succeed Mr. Garrison, who rpsisTifid some time ago. . NEAL MAKES HIT AT PITTSBURGH - ' County Engineer Tell Amer ican Road Congress Some North Carolina History. According to the Pittsburgh Dis patch, Charles L. Neal, road engineer for Buncombe county, made a hit at the annual session of the American Road congress which met in that city last week. Describing the county engineer a;) an crator, a wit and an entertaining talker generally, the caper sav's thaC wuncombe Charlie Neal broke tho monotony of the convention when he In wm maae his address." Tho Buncombe county officer stated that 'he would " have little to say about roads, but be fore ho sat down he had delivered some Instructive remarks on road con struction in the south and in western Carolina, especially. Mr. Neal told the assembled engin eers that he wished to talk a littla while "for Buncombe" and he pro ceeded to relate how he had learned some interesting history since coming uom Kentucky to live in the Carolina, mountains. He had been taught, he sitid, to believe that the declaration of. independence was signed in Philadel phia; but he was now informed, and believed, that that document whs written and signed at Charlotte. As to the final battle of the revolutionary war, said Mr. Neal, his previous Infor mation was to the effect that it oc curred at Yorktown; he was taught In North Carolina to know that this de cisive engagement took place at King's Mountain. And as a Kentucklaii, Mr. Neal said that he had always thought that Abraham Lincoln was bcrn In that state; but In Buncombe county ho had been Informed that the great cioencipator first saw the light of this world in Jackson county, North Caro lina. The Bulletin of the congress. Issued from day to day, carried caricatures. or inose no deserved special men tion In the convention proceedings. Mr. Neal was in this list. Tho delegnto from this county re-. ports to the local board of tradu that he gave the congress a special Invita tion to hold the next meeting In Ashe ville and states that . the executive committee promised to give the matter careful consideration. 5 "V Present or mail to this paper three coupons Eke the above with ninety-eight cents to cover cost of hand ling, packing, cleik hire, etc. UAH ORDERS WILL BB FILLED Horn KWU
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