North Carolina Newspapers

ASM LE T ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. -nrMBER OP AUDIT BUREAU OF cmCUIiATION . . WEATHER REPORT FAIR TONIGHT. . VOLUME XX. - NO. 27. ASHEVLLLE, N. 0, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 17, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS0 I THE EIL IME FIGHTING WITH VILLA'S BANDIT SOLDIERS. MAY BEGIN AT ANY MOMENT Expectancy Alon?, Border Is Keyed to Highest Pitch by Knowledge. That : U. S. Troops Are Near Villa, v NO CLASHES AS YET REPORTED, HOWEVER Very Satisfactory Asurances In Regard to Attitude of Car ranza's Adherents Are Reoeived. San Antonio, Tex., March 17. The American expeditionary force has had no casualties and no clashes with thef VHHstas to date, according. to reports received today at Fort Sam Houston. There have been no instances of snlp Inlg reported here. Washington March I7.e-Very satis factory assurances In regard to the at titude, of the Cfcirranza government toward the entry', of American troops into Mexico were conveyed today to the state department by Consul Sllli man, who is with General Carranza. He reported that no trouble from the Carranza forces was to bo expected. Ncur Villa Territory. El Paso, March 17. Expectancy along the Mexican border was keyed to the highest pitch today by the gen eral belief that before nightfall the advance guard of the American ex peditionary forces would have entered Villa territory in the mountains of the Casas Orandes region of Mexico. While the censorship prevented any official news of the whereabouts of the American cVJlumris from arriving here, intimations coupled with the calcula tions of men thoroughly familiar with the territory over which the expedi tionary forces would pass,- made it rea sonably certain that the TTSnlted States foidici- must be close to the district where Villa is believed to 'exercise his greutest influence and has the largest number of sympathizers. With the roariuitlty that active Agisting with the Villa followers might bcigln at any moment. Interest was redoubled' In every Item of intelligence tihat might throw any light on the attitude of the Carranza forces, and more' especially on the live detachments of, Carranza troops who are declared by 'officials of the de facto' government to be assist' lug In the tnrations against Villa. Rumors of disaffection and revolt are plentiful as there are people to spread them, but all reliable Informa tion Is to the effect that thus far at leatt the first chief and his lieutenants have maintained stlct order. IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Resort Hotel Near Tryon To tal Loss Guests Escape; Trunks Burn. A message from Tryon at noon to day stated that Mlamosa Inn, a pop ulur ri'sort hotel one and a half miles from the town, was totally destroyed l! fire .this morning. The Inn was tilled with winter visitors and It w tatrd that while no lives were lost the guests lost all their trunks and belongings; except what they could tarry out with them. The fire started In the boiler room snout 10 o'clock and the structure burned rapidly. The fire department went out from Tryon -but the-conflagration was beyond control The mount of the property loss or wheth er It was Insured re unknown. REV. DR. SWOPE IS NAMED CHAPLAIN Alexander B. Andrews, Jr., grand master of the Grand Lodge ot An cient, Free and Accepted Masons tor the state of North Carolina, has an pointed Rev. Dr. Rodney Hush Bwop?,ipat IS years. rector of AH Souls' church, Biltmore, irnOclnla rant ohanl.ln of th Jllu lodge. in t. tetter of notification Just roeeiveu by Kev. Dr. Bwope Grand Muter Andrews says In part: "I do conduct the services. . The interment this nut jnly because of your stand-1 will follow at Newton academy eeme Ing as a man and aa a Christian mln-ltery. tor, but iso on account of your ork for the order and especially be cause you have served as master of Jour lodge." The 'Biltmore rector has taken an lve Interest tn Masonry during the jjiany years he has been a resident here and this honor conferred upon " will be at matter of gratification o Ma friends and to his fallow orafts "n of the order, Dr. Swops Is also a member of Yl Bcottl.h Illte, having 'taken the r. About 5000 Troops Have Crossed Mexican Border Aeroplanes Are Part of Equipment Clear Atmosphere of Mexico Makes Aerial Navigation Easy All Arms of Service Represented in Expedition. Columbus, N. M., March 17, Gen-1 eral Pershing, commander of '. the American expeditionary force, ac companied the tro rpg as far as the border and then teturned with ' an other part of his tioops who entered Mexico to the : flan of the mam army. Despite the rigorous censorship. It became . known that about 5,000 men had entered Mexico. Aeroplanes on motor trucks are believed to have passed into Mexico with the expedi tion. Flying conditions, owing to the clearness of the atmosphere, are Ideal. , German Flee t To Engage The British Now That Von Tirpitz Has Re,t Warships Will Leave Refu Foe as Emperor William Paris, March 17. The . retirement of Admiral Von Tlrpltz,' head of the German admiralty, is considered In French official , circles, according to Paris newspapers,' to be due to the fact that Von Tirpitiz had been op posing the coming out of the' Ger man fleet, while Emperor William MAN WITH MANY ALIASESjS HERE McNeelis' Bound to Court- Negro Confessed He Was Tool of McNeelis. E. T. McNeelis, alias Harry .Ham mond, alias C. J. Crawford, alias Ed win Lovett, who was brought here yes terday by Detective Fred Jones, from Durham, and who the police claim is one of the most noted crooks in the country, was tried in Police court here this morning on charges of bringing Into and robbing tho apartment of Sam Pappaa on Biltmore avenue last December. Probable cause was found, and at the request of attorneys for the defendant, he was leld to Jail without bond, although the right was reserved by the defendant to have the case re opened at any time and bond named by the court. Ed. Davis, colored, who was recently held to Superior court by Judge Glenn on 13 charges, bond of $1000 in each case being named, testified this morn ing that he acted as a tool for Mc Neelis and told of many coses or where they had worked together, Davis keep. Ing the goods which he claimed had bean stolen. Homer Cathoy uiiu Sam Pappas testified that they had seen McNeelis here last summer, the- defendant stat ing to the police that he had' never been In Ashevllle before being brought here by the officers. MRS. E. BRACKETT, AGED 65, DIES HERE Following an extended Illness Mrs. Eliza Bracket aged (5, died yester day at her residence at No. 120 Poplar street The deceased was the wife of Thomas Brackett, who has been In the employ of the city for the She was a native of I Ashevllle ana Is survivea Dyeignicnu- dren. , The funeral scrvloee will be held at the residence this afternoon at 2:10 o'clock and Rev. Mr. Devault will COLLEGE GIRLS TO DEBATE. Poughkeepsle, N. YH March IT. A trlruigular debate between represen tatives of Wellesley, Ml Holyoke and Vaiaar, three of the leading colleges for girls In this country, will take place tomorrow evening and promises to be one of the notable event of the college year. The subject select d for debate Is: "Resolved, That th redsral Oovemment should owa and obntrol all railroads. The censor asked all correspondents who filed their news by mall, not to disclose military movements or de tails as to the number of men; saying that to make public questions ot such military., value might mean the loss of .American Uvea This rule applies only to mailed matter as not even the border has been allowed to go." over the telegraph wires which are under military control. I The column leaving Columbus was tions that It was considered likely might arise, and the forces represent all arms of the military service. - Expected ired Paris Believes German ge and Give Battle to English Has Desired. desired to see It engage the British naval forces. The conclusion is con-!. sequently drawn that a change may oe looKea-ior in me uerman navai poucy, ana ine recent appearance or German warships in the North 'sea Is a sign that preparations are being made for. early action by the high seas fleet. "' WILLIAMS 1Y1LL DE TRIEDjIONDAY Noted. Outlaw ; Brought, Here for Safekeeping to Be Tried in Graham County. HERE ALL WINTER. Sheriff J. A. Amnions of Graham county, with .his brother, are here to take back Ed. Williams, the outlaw, who was captured last fall on charges of shooting and killing W. L. Phillips, a wealthy resident of the Topton seo- tlon of Graham. Williams has been in the county Jail here since Beptem- ber 27. last, having been brought here'Perate effort to get him Into the sen- for safekeeping. His trial will be held next week In Robblnsvllle, county seat of Graham, and the officers will leave here tomor row morning with their prisoner. Hurdy Wiggins and Merrltt Miller. who were tried on similar charges and given de.it sentences, are still In th:at tne university, where he was the Jail here, pending u trial of their oases. crack player of the 1909, 1910 and before the Supreme court of the state. 111 and 1914 teams. He captained The crime for which Williams neia ana for wnicn Wiggins and Miller i recora unui me Virginia game, were sentenced, created more Interest lnt0 which he was sent with a des throughout this section perhaps than ! Prate case of appendicitis. He played any murder that has been committed In this section In many years. Blood. hounds were brought from . Chatta nooga to trail the men. W. L. Phillips, a prosnerous end prominent farmer of the Tooton ec - tlon was shot and killed from his horse late one afternoon last fall, as'when " beat Todd of Virginia In tne he was riding home. (Ulcers oraan- Ixed posses and after a search of ev - eral days arrested Wiggins and Millar, It was then learned that William, who wu a son-in-law of Phillips, wa alo Implicated In the killing and after re. peated searches throughout that eo- tion, Governor Craig proclaimed Wll- Mams an outlaw and offered a reward for him dead or alive. He wa flnallv captured and a excitement wa high1'"' distinguished member of the Ro ue omcers brought mm to Ashevllle for safekeeping. He la aald to have been a model prisoner here, causing th official no trouble whatever. REV. WILEY HENSON UIJUO Ai XJAHULttll .., - ' i jtv. wney t.inson, aga 7, aid Wednesday at his home near Candler. in acaea wa a native or Hay. wooa, out naa ranaea in nuncomb county for the past two year. H was wU known throughout that eeo tlon. The funeral nrlce will b held to day at Candler and th Interment will follow there. now uire.. Burvmng are lb and three enUdren, widow unionism CALL TOR SEED Commissioner Graham Unable to Meet Request of Constitu- . J ents State Does Not Provide Seeds. WIDE INTEREST IN YOUNG WINSTON'S RACE Prominent Young! Lawyer to Run For Lower House From Wake, Is Announcement Other News. - "j - Raleigh, March 17 Major W. A. Graham, commie loner of agriculture . ij..(.j t,a iome shortcomings which the const! tuency does not appear to know, "I get many calls for seed," Major Graham said today, "but as you know the state department has none to ills' tribute and there are so many calls from so many "' directions that It is hard to reach all the applicants. Th ! office never had any seed to send out. Doubtless this function or ine congressman has led many to believe that the state officers have the same Drlvllege.' The major, now having opposition from 8. H. Hobbs of Clinton, might wish a seed department, but cannot promise it He can merely promise thot Mr.- Hobbs would be no better off than the present official. Chairman E. L. Travis of the cor- jnorntion commlssloln said today than In the event or tne ruing or tne scnen ijle - of . coal rates by the Interstate . Mrv.ma.A . rnmmlnlnn an. PToeeiP . VMrter(1itVi wl,l w to Washington o make Section to the new rate? fh Bavan,. nformatioln Is what he parent commission has. decided to do. . The state, commission had under stood that the railroad companies are to 'reffdee the Tsm rates frorxu tlJB,P,o cahontas territory to certairMaOies'ln North Carolina, as Goldsboro for In stance, 20 cents a ton, where as It now appear that 10 cents is the cut This does not . affect the Winston-Salem rate, which Is already 20 cents; or the Durham, which is 10 cents less than other places are given. The official action of the Interstate com merce commission will determine, the course of Mr. Travis! and his asso ciates. Notice of the purpose' of the? rail roads was given thirty days ago, and the proposed reduction struck the state with considerable force as to its concession to sentiment here. And at the worst It Is still a 10 cent reduc tion which has not been questioned. Bob Winston for Lower House. Local political Interest In the an nouncement among some of his friends that Robert W. Wlnlston, Jr., will make the race for the lower house from Wake county Is not to be confined to the county. It Is the first suggestion of general assembly races and there, are four places open. Wake sends one senator and three members of the lower nouse Several weeks ago friends of Judge R. W. Winston made a des atorlal race, but It had no attractions for a big lawyer. Toung Bob Winston's candidacy will e widely Interesting in North Carolina. He is remembered In Ashe especially, where he coached tne Bingham school football team: and lsth 1911 organisation which made a throughout th game terribly out of rorm and did not get Into It, until he went on the operating table, and under the spell of ether, ran signals In darning style. i roung Winston brought a treat 'deal of glory to university athletic great sprinting contents. II Is an . Immensely popular youna fellow, has been practicing law nearly two year na would run In Wake even a he spnntea upon tne cinder track and jtn Kridlron. In 10-econd style, Th Fortnightly Review club of Ra lelgh ha offered to Ml.. Comervs regent of tne Mount Vernon associa- tlon, th nam of Mm Jonenhus Pan . wmn chid, aa me North Carolina lr regent Each state Is entitled to vice re gent and the Raleigh club has pre- vmeo jwr Daniel with an th en thmdasm of which It Is eaoshle.' No oth?er nam wm mgrested and th ntlre cmh . roe hrtriv on' record -ror Mr, i"!" Th vice tency ,m ewwmmnn w nM by Mr. iAl B. Andrew who rwmttv rtld Th" 'nertwr Morris p'on I Xtnr- ;rt hnk which the ecr'trv of state T rlrtri. Tn authorised win. tal I l 000 th rM un l0 (Amon fh mnnrnorator , .are two . wm' known bnVor. : C. Jon nrMMvnt of th Flrxt Nations! bnnk. nd T. TAnr Johnon, caahler of th am hnk. In Pner, Th Wn company of Kanlr. r""rtl merchandise, w charterml with l70 rM In eanital. The m ' (ConUsutd o peg two). STANDING ARMY 'resident Signs Joint Congres sional Resolution Autho" izing Increase in Reg- ', ular Army. DEFENSE BILLS TO BE HANDLED PROMPTLY Senate and House Set Aside All Measures Interfering With Action on Prepar edness Program. Washington, March 17. President Wilson today signed the Joint congres sional resolution authorizing the in crease of the standing army up to ltt,lne Tubantia of the Holland Lloyd full strength of approximately 120,000 1,. . . .., , en. ' sweemns- aside mterveninir issues, . .... congress has set the stage for prompt ; action on the national defense meas-1 urea urgently pressed by President I Wi'son since the session began. unanimity on the part or tnose aooara The house yeBterday voted unanl-! tha i'. Tubantia in attrabutlng the de mously for a special rule under which ! strtiction of the steamer to the act of the army increase bill will be taken a submarine. up today, with passage by Saturday The members of "the crew base night in prospect. A ten-hour limit their beIlef chiefly on the Intense vlo for general debate was fixed despite ' lence ot tne explosion and on the fact the fact that the bill is the most far reaching military measure ever favor ably reported to that body. The senate military committee com pleted Its final review of the senate army increase bill and it is now in the hands of the printer. Senator Cham berlain with the administration's in fluence behind him, will Insist that It t,e taken up promptly, displacing the water power bill now under consider ation unless the latter reaches a vote In a few days. The senate measure in some respects proposes an even more drastlo change in military than is pro vided for in the house bill. Indications are that the Joint con ference comnittte. which will adjust the. two bills and frame the final meas ure, will be at work within three hwsekef - The bill may be ready for the presidmf signature within another month. . ' While the naval program has ap peared to progress more slowly possi bly it will be completed sooner than the army projects. The navy.' bill hearings before the house committee will 'end about April 1 and the com paction of the measure Is expected to take . but a short time by the com mittee. ; . I , ; The essential difference between the house and. senate bills lies In the pro visions as to the regular army. The house measures proposes to add new organizations to the existing estab lishment to give it a total ' peace strength of one hundred and fifty thousand fighting troops. The senate fill provides for a sweeping re-organlzatlon of the regu lar ormv In nil HnnrtmAnt. am lipffAd hv h war cnllair in th nlan nf 1812. it provide a peace strength of one hundred and seventy-eight thousand. Y.M.C.A. BOYS ARE WORKING HARD Coolest For Members Causes Great Interest Changes In Standing Made. Interest In the T. M. C A. boys' membership contest I Increasing dally and yesterday saw mora point marked up than on any previous day. This great activity on the part of the workers caused several change to be made In the standing. At the same time during the day the first four workers were in first place. The change wer made so often that It kept the workers In a high pitch of excitement and all afternoon the buU letln board was surrounded with boyj watching th point being entered on the score board. . At the close of the day William Leewae leading the older boy and Joseph Sevier the younger boys. ADJUTANT HAYES APPEALS FOR POOR Adjutant Walter Hayes who has Just taken charge of the Salvation army wer k In Aahevllle, auoceedlng Adjutant Uoutera. la having many of the poor coming to him uklng for hlp. II wishes to appeal to the public for donation of either money or pro- vision; article of clothing are great-1 A guest of th club this lifter, ly headed. Tho who oan help th noon wre Walter Trlbble of Piyrv rmy to oar for needy famllle are cuse, N. Y, and Mr. Helgel of Kal urted to communicate with Adjutant lh. Rotarlans, who mad talk and llnyr. J II telephon number la, Ed Moll of Boston was also prnt llt ' aa a guest. LOSS OF IIR 'GERIIOf E wm DUTCH Jjie of Holland Indignant Over Sinking of Country's Largest and Finest Pas senger Steamer. VESSEL TORPEDOED, GENERAL OPINION Now Believed That Some Lives Were Lost Liner Had the Usual Marks of Identi fication. Amsterdam, March 17. (By Way of London.) The newest and finest steamer sailinig under the Dutch flag, """".'.i' - MM iL. rv..il. All jcuwjiuay um juw;u tuaim though it is not positively established : whether the sinking was due to a or -a torpedo, there is singular uiui li. occurred amiasnipn, The vessel was outward bound from Amsterdam for South American ports, carrying a crew of 294 men and 82 passengers, the latter mostly neutrals, including three Americans. The ship bore the usual idientlfylng marks of its neutral character, In cluding an illuminated name plate and flag. The disaster has created a profound sensation throughout Holland, where the Bhlp was a great popular favorite because of its size and luxurious ap - puiiiiiiienia. x-ress commenL reiiects the anger and Indignation of the peo ple. It is now believed that a small num ber of lives were lost In the sinking of the Tubantia, either in the ex plosion or, In accidents which attend ed the launching of Ilfeioits, '' The steamer remained afloat sev eral hours after being struck. GOHON SEED BUSINESS SHOWS II DECREASE Number of Tons Crushed From 1915 Crop Below Two Pre vious Years. Washington, March 17. Cotton eed crushed from the 1915 crop, the census bureau announced today amounted to 4,132, 486 tons,, as com pared with 5,779,665 tons In 1914 and 4,767,802 tens from the 1913 crop. Llnters Obtained amounted to 880,780 equivalent 500-pound bales, compared with 656,800 bales from the ' 114 crop and 638,881 bales from the 1913 crop. . . The bureau Included 503,698 tons;the high school la the annual concert of seed to be crushed . and 121,606 bales of llnters to be obtained after the date of the March canvass. Active mills operating for the 1913 crop numbered 840. Llnters obtained numbered 895,274 running bales. 8ed crushed and llnters obtained vatlng a love of good mt'slc among by states follow: North Carolina: Seedithe pupils: but each performance has cniKnea, zaz.zxi tons; nntera obtain ed 62,631 bale. South Carolina: Seed crushed, 322,922 tons; llnten obtained, 67.337 bales. ROTARIANS HEARD JUDGE J. F. GLENN M , Discussed "Big Brother" Movement in Connection With His Court. Featured by an address by Judge J. Frasier Glenn, In which he dl cuMd the "big brother" movement,1 In the post card view wnicn wrs speaking in particular about th t-jnt to Prlvat Herman Bank ol uatlon In hi court in regard to th troop B, Ashvllle's cavalry unit ot youthful offenders of law, yesterday ' the national guard, by Nowell Piper afternoon's session of th Rotary club,! who I a trooper in the 13th cavalry, which wa held at th Langrcn ho-; Rationed at Colurobu at th time the tel. lasted for over an hour. attack wa mad on th town. Judge Glenn uggted that every' The picture will remain, on dls Rotarlan. who wa really ia earnert pie until tomorrow afternoon, 1 about helping In the "big brother" movement, turn hi nam ovr to Ed B. Brown of th Y. M. C. A. who ha, charge of th work for the Juve- nlle association and court her. In this way It ia bellvd that Mr. Brown can call 'on th man for real help In ohlng the problem. NOW EEdTEREO ON VAUX FRONT Crown Prince's Army Made Five Desperate Attacks Against Village and Fort Last Night. ALL WERE REPULSED, SO PARIS DECLARES Vienna News Indicates Import ant Operations May Be De veloping on the Rus sian Front. The German drive at the Verdun -u....... i i,ij i.-'jii . .-n. ,, w ". Strong assaults were made by- "J wermans on me rrencn nne buhl of Verdun, during the night, five suc cessive assaults in the Vaux region having been repulsed by the French,; Paris dispatches announce today. The German attacks were most vlo. lent, but jch was broken up by the French fire, Paris declares. Both the fort and the village of Vaux were tho . objectives of the Germans, two attacks being made on each, while a fifth was delivered in an effort by the Ger mans to advance from the protection of the roadway to the southeast of the village of Vaux. Recently the heavy fighting has been to the northwest of the fortress and only last night Paris reported mass ed attacks by the Germans who drove at the French position at Dead Man's hill, only to be forced back eastward. 1 toward the Corbeauv wood, after suf ferlng heavy losses. Though -the bombardments have been continued In that region the In- fantry- attacks . have not been . . re- veloplngi alcng the southern part of the Russian frtmtr-tts'Vrtmna reports Increasing activity by the artillery on both sides. ' MUSIC PERIOD IS LARGELY ATTENDED Many Tourists Hear Attractive . Program For Last Appreci ation Period of Season. Many Ashevllle visitors formed part of the large audience present at the Vl-k U 1 ...I- ..... I .V. lauf lll&II BV. UUUI 111V. ...tig m. musio appreclatloin period of the sea son. The program, printed Wednesday in The Times, as rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Wolslagel with Miss Rhea Hey. nolds as accompanist, was thoroughly j enjoyed ' by the students and those Urno went over from various parts of tna cty. The next musical event for which will be given April 28 under direction of Willis J. Cunningham, supervisor of music In the city schools. These programs were originated by Mr. Cunningham a a means of cultl- - 'been a source of pleasure to many other lover of good music. The practice work for the presen tation of "Pan" next month is prr ceedlng in a satisfactory way and the director and those who have heard the rehearsals believe that the boys and girls will achieve a greater success than they did last year with the "Rose Maiden." PICTURES ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION Pictures taken at Columbus, K. M, fter the rcent battle with Villa and hi men, are attracting much atten tion In the window at Th Tim of - ,nce. Many dead Mexicane are shown .. . Amcrh-nn Car For Spanish King. Toledo, QljIOi March 1?. III Royal Majesty, King Alphdnso, of Bpaln, ha placed his order, through th Rpanlah ambassador In Washington for a Wll-ly-Knlsht car. On account of the embargo on rubber tlr, special prr mlMlon wa ebtu'nerf from th Ur1tlh ambassador to ahlp this ear with tire. Motor Age,