North Carolina Newspapers

HE ASHEVILLE TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. irFMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF WEATHER REPORT CIRCULATION CliOUDT AND WARMER. VOLUME XXI. NO. 29. ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS0" lnuu 5 T PROBLEM OF SECURING USE OF RAILROADS IN MEXICO VERY SERIOUS Refusal of Carranza to Allow U. S. to Use Roads Would Greatly Embarrass Oper ations of Expedition. GRANTING OF REQUEST ALSO SERIOUS MATTER Carranza Protests Against Oc cupation of Mexican Towns By Americans and Is Reassured. FRANCISCO VILLA El Paso, March 20. The problem of granting the United States govern ment permission ot use the Mexican railroads for the transportation of sup plies for the expeditionary troops pur ging Villa, today overshadowed ev erything else In the Mexican situation here. The reply of General Carranza to the request of the United States government for permission to use the railways was expected to be sent for ward to Washington today. . A refusal to grant the request will ehbarrass the operations of the Amer ican forces In Mexico, while the grant. lug of tho request. It Is said, Is bound to be misconstrued by a considerable portion of. the Mexican people and to be exploited by tne enemies 01 car ranza. , The unexpectedly rapid advance of the American columns under General Pershing has forced the railroad ques tion to an issue. Americans familiar with the country through which the expeditionary forces are passing assert that It is Imperative that the railroads be placed at the disposal of the United States in order that supplies may be sent to the expeditionary force. . Washington, March 20. General Carranza has formally protested igalnst American troops occupying Casas Grandes In the pursuit of Fran cisco Villa, and the American govern ment has advised him that the United States troops have been ordered specl. flcally not to occupy Casas Grandes or any other town or city In Mexico. The protest and the reply were Included in the exchange of notes between Act ing Secretary of State Polk and Ellseo Arrcdondo, ambassador designate to the United States from Mexico. After a conference early today be tween President Wilson and Acting Secretary Polk It became known that Mr. Polk In a note forwarded to Mex ico yesterday said that instructions had been sent to General Funston, to keep his troops out of all towns In Mexico. The state department today had not received a reply to the request sent to General Carranza for permission 10 use the Mexican railroads for the trans portation of supplies for the expedi tionary forces. In urging that per mission be granted for the use of the Mexican railroads, for the transporta tion of supplies it was pointed out to the Carranza government that similar permission was granted the Carranza troops to use the railroads inthe Unit ed States last year. Secretary Polk declared today that tho United State had not requested permission to take over any railroad In Mexico, but had merely asked per mission to transport supplies for the American troops pursuing Villa. Mr. Polk denied emphatically that the re port that the request of the United Stales government was In any eenso a demand or and ultimatum. Generally the reports received from Mexico today were optimistic In char acter. Acting Secretary Polk denied emphatically that the government had received and reliable reporte of a plot to brlnr about armed Intervention. General Carranza. it was learned to day, has been urged by some of his cloett advisers to offer a large reward for the anDrehenslon of Villa. Villa, fleeing with his outlaw t ollow- en before the advance of tne Ameri can expeditionary forces In Mexico, has reached his own country in the Guerrero district, where Ugh officers of the army eaid today hu might evade (imiim iitnnd indefinitely. If the hanrllt xht-ftaln makM a stand Wash inirton la satisfied that the campaign will quickly end. But if he so desires, military authorities agree, he can reach a haven of safety In the nearby mountains In lea than a day of riding. The war department is anxiously awaiting word that contact ha been e-tnbllahed with the bandits and In the absence of official Information as to the whereabouts of the outlaws. press dispatches Damned by the mill tary censor with the expeditionary forces were accepted reliable. Ad ministration officials were deeply con. tertied over the report that Villa Had raided American colonies, killing the residents. In the Guerrero dlstrlnt and In tho eountry adjacent to Uablcora, Villa Is t home and if hard pressed, officials believed he might abandon his men, dun the bar of a peon and flee so far into the south that It arould be exceed taiiy difficult, Si. not Impossible, to ap prehend him. To meet this situation, Oeneral P'rahlsg, It wan learned today, tas utnorlty to employ trusted Mexican nd otler scoutn who know the hiding Msce and the retreats to which the bandits are sure to take refuge If hard pressed. Upon them may fall the (ask el trailing ViUs, U earth. 1 V j ASHEVILLE SCHOOL'S SPRING VACATION T Oil IMS BY ALLIED AIRMEN Students Will Present Stoops to Conquer" Tuesday Evening. MM III Who led the bandits in the raid on Columbus, N. M., and for whose cap ture United States troops were or dered Into Mexico. TAGGAR IIS AS U. S. NAMED A notable aerial raid was carried out early today on the German avia tion field at Houttaze, near Zeebrugge, Belgium, a eqladron of 65 allied ma chines aeroplanes and seaplanes making the attack, The British official "t!Vo announcement declares that consider- a . .... j. i... On carried an acuretratB nf nhniit six and a. half tons of explosives, the statement indicates. The fighting about Verdun has again slackened, according to the Paris offi cial statement, the nnlv infnntrv n.t The Asheville school for Boys tack reported being an unsuccessful closes for the' regular spring vacation : one by the Germans on tho French Tuesday, and the faculty and students position on Pepper hill, north of the will leave Wednesday morning for' JS?. their respective homes. Tuesday even-1 violence, however, in the vicinity ing the Dramatic club will present, ot Melancourt on the west bunk of She Stoops ' to Conquer," in the the Meuse. school auditorium. The invitations to ; inere is renewed activity m tno tho play are informal and largely by BalKans, north or Saloniki, a French telephone, as the condition of the , column having occupied a village hear West Asheville roads makes going and the Greek border, which Teuton and coming difficult, especially at night, Bulgarian troops had entered, accord and precludes the . possibility of a lng to news dispatches from Saloniki. large attendance. 'The neutral frontier zone has now An exceedingly novel entertain- Deen eliminated, it appears, and lorces ment given at the school recently was of the entente and central powers are a skating masquerade. Faculty ana race to race on tnis part ot the fron students aDneared in' costume, and tier.: Junior Order Council of Cen- terville Against Executive Clemency for Mrs. IdaK Ball Warren. 11 DISPUTE IS ADJUSTED Tvjulties Between Machinists ' and Allied Crafts and Em ploying Roads Have Been Settled. REINFORCEMENT TED FDR E 1 GOVERNOR RECEIVING PETITIONS BY HUNDREDS Col. Stringfield and Captain Greig Find National Guard Everywhere in Excel lent Condition. MANY SOUTHWESTERN RAILROADS INVOLVED PUNITIVE FORC Movements of Troops Along Border Indicate More Troops Are to Join in Pursuit of Francisco Villa. SENATOR Special to The Times. Raleigh, March 20. Centervllle council No. 20, Jr. 0. U. A. M.( in Roads Grant Increase In Pay Ranging From One to Three ' and a Half Cents Per Hqur. I SOLDIERS STATIONED ALONG BORDER BUSY Commissary Making Desper ate Efforts to Solve Problem of Getting Supplies to Troops in Mexico. Indianapollsl, ' Ind March 20. Thomas Taggart, democratic national committeeman, was today appointed as United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sen ator Shlvely by Governor Ralston to day. The new senator has been prom inent in politics in Indiana for twenty-five years and maintained the lead ership of the democratio party In In diana practically all that timie. some of these were tne most en.ee tlve ever worn at the school. All were on roller skates, making identifica tion far from easy until the hour for unmasking. George Jackson of the Asheville school leaves Wednesday for a vaca tion trip that includes Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and visits to Tale, Princeton and Harvard. Mrs. Newton M. Anderson and little daughter, Arney, who have been In Palatka, Fla., for the greater part of the winter, return to the school Wednesday. DAMAGE SUIT IN COURT Superior court opened this morning for the third and last week of the present civil term with th ecase of R. P. Potts against A. Blomberg. Tho suit involves the sum of $1,600 In damages sought by the plaintiff, R. P. Potts from the defendant, A. Blom berg, for an alleged breach of contract growing out of the sale of a building at No. 7 Pack square. Several wit nesses were examined this morning and the case will probably not get to the Jury until late this afternoon. : - MONGOLIAN PRINCE BRINGS GIFTS TO COURT Peking, , March 20. Prince Chu- cheng-han of Outer Mongolia, special envoy and tribute fcearer from the Ku tuktu or living Buddha of Urge, was received in audience by Emperor Yuan Shl-kal recently. The prince brought oleven white mules, some camels and other gifts to Tuan Shl-kal a a, trib ute. A large retinue, all In typical Mongolian costumes, accompanied the prince. i , After the Mongolian dignitary had assured Tuan Shl-kal of the loyalty of the different banners In Mongolia, as woll asof the living Buddha of L'rga, Tuan Shl-kal conferred many Jewels and other" valuable gifts upon the prince, and gave htm presents for the living Buddha. A second class Chlo-ho decoration was al-o conferred upon tho prince. ' ' This visit Is said to bring to a con clusion all differences which have exlstled between the Chinese govern ment and' the Kutukutu as to the terms upon which Outer Mongolia ac cepts Chinese suzerainty. Y.M.C.A. BOYS SET 100 ASJE GAOL 48 Members Already Secured Contest Closes Saturday Teams' Standing. The T. M. C. A. boys have set as their goal 100 new members and re newals by Saturday night, at 10 V CIUUK, tIL una wuun a ii Li wiv naj muy j arm wnrktni? means that thev are nor i Plftce. going to be satisfied with any number less than the 100. Already 4X have been secured and the contest has reached fever heat. Never beforo have the T, M. C. A. boys A war conference of probable mo mentous importance is about . to open in Paris, where military and political representatives of the allied countries are gathering. A Joint policy to be pursued by the entente nations in the next period of the war will be decided on by. the conference which will be presided over by Premier Brland of France. With the slackening of the fighting around Verdun, the Russians have started a big offensive' movement against the Germans on the eastern front. A raid by German seaplanes on the east coast of England and by' French airmen on Metz and other Ger man towns, the sinking of a French torpedo boat destroyer by a submarine in the Adriatic and the reported tor pedoing of an Austrian hospital ship by an entente underwater boat are recorded In ofliciul and unofficial com municatlona. Berlin chronicles an attack of great violence by the Russians around. Drls wiaty Lake and LflKe Naroer,- btrt-fprts the Russians were repulsed with great losses, 8,270 Russian dead having been counted in the Lake Narocz region. ; Saturday the Germans in the Vaux Damloup sector, northeast ot Verdun began another spirited attack against the French, but the French bringing their curtain of fire into play, drove the Teutons back. The attack was not pushed again during Sunday and only Intermittent bombardments took WashlnRtori, March 20., Complete adjustment of the lnbor difficulties be tween the machinists and allied crafts which Garret J. Warren held his employed on the southeastern rail-j r " membership, speaks against the com- roads and, the roads has been reached Columbus, N. M,, March 20. In matatlon of Mrs, Ida Bell Warren, by representatives of railroads grant- j creasing activity on the part of tha murderer of their comrade. ing an Increase in pay ranging from I troona stationed here and the arrival Governor Craig is to hear the appli-, one to throo and half cents an hour, j during the night of a number of cation of Mrs. Warren's attorneys to- and the aereement to establish a mln- i lrooP ana supply trains lnmcatea to day. The appeal from the Juniors imum rate of pay in all the crafts. came from 390 members. "Centorville , are: I Southern railway. Atlantic Coast T ip rn:ins Inrliinpn In thft aniustment r.itit..A ii.t j. nnnnnll NTrt 90 Tl ("I IT A. M.. ' -Pw.uv., 3S0 members, of which Garret J. TIT ww.na n n.nmKfiw to Tint nmUl(T fo, vengeance." it begins, in . the - Wwtenli Virginian, Richmond, Fred ecution of Mrs. "a 13ell Wa"en erickaburg and Potomac. Central of Christv for a cold blooded and brutal . ?, rt , , , , " ; 1 '. , . K m .Georg a, New Orleans and Northeast crimie charged to them in the mar-, , ,,,,,,, av, ii lit nia Ma i ii a tuu it rtruui uim.v- Berlin reports the rectpture of some ground from the British northeast of Vermelles in the region of LaBasseo and the driving of the French from a position northeast of Badonvilllers In worked so hard and the results have!"18 v8se- London admits the cap SIMMONS PROMISES , AID TO FOREST BILL Replying to a letter from the board. Senator Simmons promises to see what can be done to secure an extension of the Weeks law provisions for forest reservations In the southern Appalach ians. The local trade body still has hope that the senate will take favor able action In this matter of Import ance to this region. Farm Demonstration Work. Haywood county has a I've demon fmtor who has a mind to work and help those who will give blm a chance In farming, fruit growing or siocn raising, declares the Carolina Mount aineer. . "He le ready to give demonstrations of spraying and pruning fruit trees m any orohard any tiiun hi services are desired. He will be irtad also te give hie opinion on fertilising or any other help to our people. He wants htt rroDs and result ana tnai what our naoDle should want. "lie save tha Rieettnra held last week by Messrs. Mllsape and Jerdon were helpful and well attended con sidering the bod weather,' The stock exhibit were good and much valua ble Information came from these et- BerU." ' been correspondingly bettor. The standing of the workers In the contest la as follows: Older Boys. .Points. William Lee 178 Frank Minis.. ... .. ... .. .. 175 William Sullivan 60 Billy Bourne 100 Philip Randolph SO Roy Jordan ' 70 Julius Martin .- . . 85 George Pugh 28 Younger Boys. Points. Archie Nichols .. 160 Joseph Sevier 100 Russell Btarnee 140 Jav CofTev 104 Gtratfn.il fw- ill I Frank Wolfe .. 40 Jack Pelton 40 turo by the Germans of three mln craters at the Hohenzollcrn redoubt The . French guns have been busy bombarding German trenches In Champagne and German depots north east of St. Mlhlel. ONLY SEPARATE PEACE' IS THE CRY OF WRITER day that additional forces will short ly be on the day to reinforce tho pu- I Dort and Pacific. Mobile and Ohio. Georgia Southern and Florida, cmoin- ai ana nospitai trains to carry nati, cler of our comrade. But as a body we have confidence ; In the courts of the state and natioln. i . ' J w " ;;;fMpn;'and Alabama Great Northern, hem. As a body we have confidence , included the machinists, inl our Rovernor and look to .him tor markers blacksmiths, car men. an example." The letter was signed by, wq the councilor and the secretary. ' ..-. A v,,M Tho hearing today Is expected to.' . , iw settle the tremendous Issues before ' 'i ,L i,. , Governor Craig He has allowed it to - worry him as little as po b'e J1 " ,ann,y 12. seeking to adjust is of course the most delicate duty ; .,.., Jhlh ,u-t.rt that he has had to perform since he. -'""Tl "I " i The last adjustment remained In Blue uj licvil-.o l. "" ."i anA H I. oxnentftil to do both the tender and the nrm ' ... , 1"" tnlng-easy and th. lmpoWe-r!f h.e n W'U JLT the harsh and the mere ful act. He.""" . 71 I 7 ,7 has not inidicated by any word what "me limit in the agreement itself. he expects to do and has not asked anybody any advice. The two prisoners have been Inter viewed, photographed, sketched, and variously honored since their coming i here. Notwithstanding their obscurity and the sordldness of the society an the surroundinigs of the two all their lives, they have managed to ket the eyes of the nation upon them and the papers continually call for some thing about them. Col. Thomas Stringfield and Capt. Alexander Greig, returning from in spections of the national guardsmen. find the companies everywhere very much improved both in fitness and in equipment and have the very highest compliment for the work done in the state. now in the field in northern Mexico. In addi tion to the troops which detrained here, a large part of which was cav alry, many passed through, bound ep parently for some point west of hers on the border. The soldiers here were kept busy throughout the day preparing corn- New Orleans and Texas Pacific I equipment to the field forces. One of the problems which the commissary department at the military base here has been trying desperately to solve is that of transporting supplies with which to feed the troops. For several years the internal strifa in Mexico has practically stifled the agricultural Interests of that district in Mexico through which the Ameri can troops are believed to be pass ing. As a result, neither food for the ' men nor forage for the army anlmaia 1 can be obtained in Mexico. Large motor trucks, the. enulonlnor of which has occupied minta'ry ami civilian mechanics for two days, were reaay tor service today, with tha drivers asserting that they were await ing orders to move southward. Addi tional hospital and signal units also are ready for field service.? Among the Indications that a num ber of detachments on station here . were expecting to move shortly were the increasing amount of outgoing mall and the great demand on the part of the soldiers for baths. The only bat tubs available for them, for which a charge of 35 cents an hour was made, were kept busy all yes tfciUuy and far Into the nlgt. REV. DR. CAMPBELL TO SPEAKT0 MEN Attractive Musical Program For Y. M. C. A. Meeting on Next Sunday Afternoon. E FOR THE PROHIBITION DILI SILL LOCAL FIRM BUYS - . NATIVE CATTLE Hoffman and Kent this morning i purchased a tine bunch of grade An gus cattle that were raised and pre pared fur market on a Buncombe county farm. The steers weighed up well and the market men expressed much satisfaction at their condition. That western Carolina and bun combe county are taking great Inter est In native herds la Indicated by the fact -that almost every week horns raised cattle are brought Into the Asheville market. Buyers at one time were shy of the native beef types; but within recent years has been paid to Munich, Germany, March 20.. "The Technique of Arriving at Peace' is the subject of an article contrllmt cd to the Neuste Kiichrlctikn by Pro lessor Kan nnaung, a great aumor ity on International law. He remarks that, as England says "No separate peace," Germany must say "Only sep arate peace," and must utterly refuse any form of peace conference. "We must strive to reach this Meal of a separate peace as soon as possi ble," he adds, "and this is already In our power. We can say to every one of the smaller Mate which we have overthrown: 'Make peace, or we will no longer recognize you as a state.' In this way Germany will arrive au tomatically at a . reduction in the 'number of her enemies. In conclusion, Professor Bindung urges that Germany must not mere ly organise temporary arrangements In the stntes which she occupies, but must arrive at definite decisions and Insist that her organization will con tinue after the war. Rev. Dr. R. F. Campbell, pastor of Ti.nnii,.H ith ih. .hnin. . the First Presbyterian church, will ago the companies are showing up speak at the meeting for men in the finlv" rantjiln firelir anid. "The non. auditorium at the Young Men's Christ- commissioned officers are making 'an association Sunday afternoon at 4 u good and the condition is such an to o'clock. Rev. Dr. Campbell bears the I . attract young men into enlistment, reputation of being a close student of Expected That Webb Measure we nave rour more companies to In- . and Sheppard Bill Will Not Come to .Vote. Washington. March 20. Ther la tie Pcrklnr,on, Alvah Molntyre, and little, if any chance, that the Webb K, w. iiammersiougn, ana a boio ny , nutlon-wlde prohibition bill will be voted upon during the present session spect. Monday we go to Greensboro, and " 18 expected that he will be Tuesday to Salisbury, Wednesday to nearu ny a rnnso wuiciil.. Charlotte and Thursday to Hender- An attractive musical program has sonvllle. I shall go Thursday night to bppn consisting of several seieciioinn ny a miAeu iiumwi, t,,,,,- pnscd of MIhs llettle Moore, Miss Net Greenville, 8. C, and Friday I Join Colonel Stringfield In Henderson-vllle. ACHIEVEMENTS OF GERMAN SUBMARINES Amsterdam, March JO. "One who "TDM" PENCE COME TO IISHEVILLEJOB A FIST Democratic Committee Secre tary Attended by a Special ist From Johns Hopkins. It. W. Hammerslough. with Mrs. K, It.- Hampton as accompanist. All men of the city, whether mem bers of the association or not, are ln vitod to attend this meeting. MAKQUARDT DIES EARLY TODAY of congress. Neither Is there any rea son to believe that the Sheppard bill, which will make Washington dry ter-. ritory, will receive consideration be foro some time next year. " Advocates of tho bills admitted to dny that their chances or a vote on either the Welti) or the Sheppard measures were very slim. . President Wilson's legislative program, as out lined In the lially News a few daya ago, does not include either of the prohibition bills- Nor does Mr. Webb give much encouragement to his pro Mr J. A. Marquardt died this .tuition friends, morning at C'clock ot her reslderce. The plan now is not to have the bills 14 Atkins street after a k c 111- come up until after the fall elections. Washington, March 20. A special- pess, at tho age of 45 years. The de- The leaders of both parties believe 1st from Johns Hopkins hospitu of ceased was a rexldent of Ashevllile that prohibitum should be settled on Baltimore came here to see 'i'homas Bi her life and had many friends. She Its merits, and thut It should not be J. Pence, who has buen in a Wasn- In aurvlvud by her husband; three allowed to figure In the coming cam. Ington hospital for the past two daughters. Misses F-rnma, Violot and paign. For this reason an effort Is mon ilia, lie said that the condition Helena Maniuardt and one son, Adolph being made on the part of both dom of Mr. Ponce' was s'uiewhat belter, Marquardt. ocrats and republicans to side-step the and that he la confident the popmur The ftinrral service will be ecn-iKg0 until congress assembles again North Carolinian will soon be able to ducted tomorrow afternoon it 3 next December, leave hie room. ' o'clock at the First Baptist church. ' l . OFFICERS CAPTURE win n'i U i 4 NEGROES ARRESTED FOR BRADY MURDF much attention wlg n t- contributes) to the Berlin As soon as Mr. Pence Is able to Rev. Dr. Calf In H. Waller officiating. Improving the Morten-Post an article describing the travel, he will o to North Carolina. i ' siraina ana tne resuiia tor Deer pur- achievements of the Oerman aubmar-' probably to Ilaleigh or Asheville. for posee nave oeen extremely aaiisrao- nes in the first year of the war. He- a complete rest. The duties Impossd ''"l'- jferrlng to one Incident to Illustrate 'upon him within the last two or three "" ' " jth magnitude of these achievements, yeure have made It necessary for Mr, GLASS BOY NOT WITH in ,ay,: Pence to travel thro; u u the Unaed ntrDOTT T a urt re nirinnm ' ''One single U-boat has accomplish- j States, and to be up at til hours. Uirai BAKU, la A&l'tJ&T ed the record feat of sinking no few-Thee duties were the Indirect cause mj r than (9 enemy merchant ships, of his present Illness. Rocky Mount, March 20. James with an aggrennte displacement f There la no man In Washington Glass, the Oreely, Pa, boy who has 111,170 tons. This boat, which on- who Is mot popular than "Tawm" been missing since May, 1911, Is not viously was especially favored by war Pence. I'rceldenl Wilson considers with fhi mvnmw kinit whlfti ha k... titfilr uripit In lti fnttrmm nf tin : him not ttrttt' rin i his ttm mi In eastern North Carolina for several expedition In slnklns 17 enemy ships friends, but among his ablent advls- en HnmH Mush a few days no wits VETERANS ARE INVITED weeks, according to the sheriff of with an aggregate of 74.K04 tone -a ere. The president has Inquired snout rent lined In the wet end or tne Martin county, who searched the tonnage which exceeds that sunk by Pence dally, and when h was able rty by two Ashovllio policemen yes- camp as ths result of rumors that the Kmden la the course of several to receive visitors the while house car terrtnv afternoon, and plnoed in mil ltt IvPruhl, the white convict. hi rsc P"il from the convict camp Greensboro, March 10. Four ne irroc have been arrested In connec tion with the murder here on Wed. nrsday night of J. W..llrady, and they are being held pending an Irrves filiation. Hospital authorities denial that l rndy's skull was crushed, but said that Ms throat was slashed. 10 VISIT ASHEVILLE the boy was with the band. Steamer Pakmhank Sank. months.' The friends nf Principal Frank I. Wells of Woodfln school will bo glad steamer to tesrn that hs Is reooverlng from All an attack of tonsllltla and Is able to London, March II. The Palembank has been torpedoed, the members of the erew were saved, take charge of his school again. was seen to stop In front of "Tawm's" He will pmbrMy h sent back to the The secretary of ths local board of spartment. over a bardwnre store, on county roads todny. trade has telegraphed the Richmond New Tork avenue, on several oeca- PeflrtiM who hd been on the o.ids Oiays, the It, K. Lee camp of voter slona The president visited Mr. Pene about clsht dsvs'when he made his ans and the Richmond Uluee Inviting on Fundsy, ths fifth, and probably escape, was serving a 10-day sentence those confederate veterans to visit has called at ths spartmente since that was Imposed upon him In the this city en route to the Birmingham that time. Police court about ten days ago. reunion.