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THE ASHSYILLE TIMES ASSOCIATED PRESS SERVICE. MEMBER OF ATJDFT BUREAU OF I WEATHER REPORT R.VTV ATfD COLDER, VOLUME XXL- NO. 36.' ASHEVILLE, N. 0, MONDAY A1TERN0 ON, MARCH 27, 1916. PRICE 2 CENTS n BREAK WITH GERMANY CONSIDERED POSSIBILITY fith Sinking of Sussex and Englishman, Situation Has Again Assumed Aspect of Gravity. AN UNDERCURRENT OF UNEASINESS PREVAILS Feared That Germany Has Re newed Campaign Against Passenger Ships in Vio lation of Assurances. Willard, Winner Over Moran.Takes Money Home . L. . EJ." !l ' Statement of Tex Rickard Intimates That Willard May Retire Without Again Defending Title Moran Wants Another Go at Champion. Ill PURSUIT BEING PUSHED ... f . i E.O.P. MAY HOT E American Troops Straining1 Every Nerve to Catch Ban dit Before He Reaches Guerrero Mountains. N. C. Republicans May "Get Around" Election Board's Order to Indicate Prefer ence of President. HOPE OF SUCCESS IN EXHAUSTION OF BANDITS Washington, March 27. Americans view the submarine situation as taking on aspects of much gravity, the possibility of breaking off diplomatic re- lr.tions with Germany again being discussed as one of the eventualities which may be 'ex ; peeled to follow, if it is shown tliat" the steamers Sussex and Englishman were the victims of German submarines. Officials say they are exam ining all the facts at hand with open minds and that they can come to no conclusion before they have additional informa tion, but there is an undercur rent of uneasiness over the possibility- that German submarine activity- may be renewed against vessels carrying . pas sengers in violation of the as snarnces given to the. United States. ' , ' All administration, officials refmined today from making definite statements as to future aetion or having any definite statements, going out with the sanction-of being official, but there was no concealment of tlie fact that everywhere the new situation was regarded as very delicate. The impression iH general that if it is establish ed that the' ships were the vic tims of submarines the presi dent has decided to take action, first consulting congress. Until the government has something definite on which to take steps the issue is becloud ed by lack of information or by conflicting statements. Washington, March 25. The de struction of the British ship English man with Iho possible loss of Ameri can lives and the explosion on the cliunncl steamer Sussex carrying American passengers, coming; close on the alleged attack on the Patrla and the sinking of the Tubantia served to unsettle the ' submarine situation SKuIn and to raise the possibility of mure complications with the centrul powers. American Consul Armstrong's pre llmlnary report received from Bristol thnt the Englishman had been torpe ' ilwd and thut four Americans were nilpslng presented the most serious as pects of the sltirtlon. The fact tha the missing Americans wereiworken on the ship and not passengers will not lessen the Interest of the American overnrrient In their case. It Is said. The circumstances are accentuated ry the fact that the ship was bound ny from England and carried no contraband. As Consul Armstrong' dispatch did not say on what proof ha based his tiitement that the Englishman had been torpedoed further Investigation will be made before tha. case Is d vnnred. The explosion on the Sussex If va riously reported as having been caused by a mine' and by a torpedo ond an Investigation will ' also be ninrie In this case before the United Ktstes determines whether it Is concerned. New-Tork, March 27. With his right hand bandaged, owing to an In- Jury to a knuckle of the Index finger and nearly 40,000 in big bills care fully stowed somewhere about his person, Jess ; Willard, , the world's heavyweight champion, left here yes terday afternoon. He expects to Join his family at Chicago, and he will rest until the last week of April, when he will begin a six . months' tour with a circus. Speaking yesterday of his bout with Frank Moran at Mafllson Square gar den, Willard said: ,, "Moran Is a great, strong, fellow. both clever and full of courage, but I think I could have knocked him out last night had I not injured by right hand early in the fight. The doctir says I will not he able to use my right hand for at least two weeks. As to fighting Moran again or Fulton or any other challenger, my manager will have to attend to that matter. I am willing at any tlmie to-defend my title and -will be ready whenever ar rangements are made." ' Willard ilfl not show a mark from last nights contest. , Moran was up early yesterday and received many callers at his hotel. The .t Evidences Prove That Villa's Men and Horses Are Near Starvation Ominous Report. DEMOCRATS HAPPY OVER BOARD'S ACTION THOS. J. PENCE PASSES AWAY m inu T ill mm n D CITED Prominent North Carolina Pol itician and Newspaper Man Dies in Capital After Long Illness. Pittsburgh man's face was puffed and his eyes discolored from Wlllard's1 lefthand labs, but he was -cheerful, numerous He was unwilling; to admit that Wll- lard had beat him and claimed that! if i the seventh round had gone a minute longer he would have knocked out the champion. "I want another go with Willard," said Moran, "and would like it to be for twenty reunds or more, as I am not at my best Jn a ten round bout. In six weeks' time I -Willi he ready to meet Willard or .any other big fellow i Tnntpti with me. Believe me, I am not going to remain Idle, as I j lnito a race between the cavalry of know. I possess every requisite to win the United States and the fleeing DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE SECRETARY Republicans Point Out That N. C. Party Could Send Dum my Candidate to Chicago and Meet the Law. El Paso, March 27. The pursuit of Francisco Villa had developed today the championship title.' Special to The Times. Raleigh, March 27. Whether tho state board of elections in ordering a presidential preference primary will bandits, mounted on Mexican ponies, be able to get from republicans an according to dispatches from the . expression as to their own candidate ... i.t viiia iiau DroKen tnrougn me Deiore mi vmcago convention, is a Mrs. W. H. Woodall, who was elect. .. .. ..... .. .. ... ed one of the vice-presidents of the I -arranza line ana was rieeinlg south- sueject or considerable speculation to Baptlst Woman's union, has returned j ward with , the American troops .in day. to the cltv. With her is miss aianory, j pursuit, straining every nerve to catch uoara pasaea me rrau corresponding secretary of the South- jhlm before he reacheg tho mountains i J""0" at ,the St"rday mUne' Jv continuation of the violent , -oardment east of the Meuse and jrth of Verdun indicates tho proba bility that a new attack there by the Germans may be expected. The In fantry has not been employed any where along the Franco-Belgian front so far as official reports show. The Balkan war theater Is again attracting attention by reason of the Increasing activity north of Salonlki, where skirmishing between tho Teu ton forces and the entente troops now apparently has taken the form of a general attack -against the Franco British line. It is not believed In en tente circles in Athens, however, that a srious attempt to capture Salonlki is intended. - Formerly Washington Corre spondent of News and Ob serverDeclined Offer of Government Posts. In em Baptist convention. Mrs. Maude McClure, superintendent of the Louis ville training schools. Is also in tne city and on Monday at 4 o'clock will deliver an address at the First Bap tist church. Miss Slagle and Mr. Digges Winners In Times Contest Ml89 Marguerite Slagle; George A. Digges, jr. t ; ' . These are the winners of the two leading roles In "AvRomance of Ashe vllle," awarded throVgh The Times Popularity contest, which ended Sat Miss Slagle received 22.960 votes ar more than 10,000 in . excess of the number polled by her -nearest com petitor. Mr. Dlggs received 87,66S votes or more than 19,00 in excess of the num ber polled by his nearest competitor. tlndoubtedly the contest was the greatest event of Its kind ever con ducted In Ashevllle. The high vote polled by the winners and other lead ers shows most convincingly the great amount of Interest manifested during the weeks It was in progress. All the contestants had many friends and acquaintances working for them, and the votes were received from not only every nook and corner of the city, but also from out of town subscribers to The Times, to be cred ited to their favorite in the race. The work of taking the picture "A Romance of Ashevllle" Is to be start ed at once. Experts who will stage and direct tho made-ln-Ashevllle photo play, "A Romance of Ashevllle," arrived In the city yesterday and are now ready to begin tholr work of making tests and selecting the most suitable exterior locations for the pictures. George Henry, director for tho Hudrls Film company, and Morris Adelson, expert camera man, who are guests at the Langren hotel, will meet all who took part in the contest at any time since it began tomon row morning at 9 o'clock at the office in the. city Auditorium. This Is an lm portant meeting and It Is hoped that every one who took part In the con test will be present. There win db thirty-five characters in the regular cast. ., - -.. "A Romance of Ashevllle." the cast of which will b headed by the win ners' of The Times Popularity contest, will be made up almost entirely of ex teriors, scenes which of course must be filmed In the open while the rays of the sun are the brlghest, Promi nent sections of Ashevllle will be tak en for important parts of the picture, and there will be many mob scenes, In which crowds of citizens will be askel to take part. . Following Is the vote polled by the : winners and their competitors: For Leading tufty. Miss "Marguerite Slagle, 110 Woodrow avenue 22,980 Mrs. B. B. Hester, 96 College . Street .. 2,520 Miss Hazle Dillon, 168 S. Main Street 2.85 Miss Dena Mace, 12 Grady St. 7,660 Miss Marguerite Smathers, 118 Chestnut street 8,460 Miss Dorothy Tennent. 26 Blake. Street 12,470 Miss Nellie Bard. 23 Arlington Street 3,185 Miss Rose Edna Banning, Col lege Street 13,776 Miss Fdeda Blomberg, city ... 3,835 Miss Hazel Johnson 2,320 For Leading Man. Gus S. Lavender, Langren hote 18,280 Alexanler Poole, P. O. box 316 6,670 F, Alton Abbott, city 7,175 George A Digges, Jr., 640 Bllt- more avenuo 17,665 Marlon Dixon 5,940 In the Guerrero district. The one hope of a speedy termination of the chase is mat tne night of Villa will e checked by the starvation and" ex haustion of the ponies. It is known that Villa Is almost destitute of sup plies and ammunition, and dead and dying horses found on the trail give evidence of villa's desperate case and his need. , . The most ominous news that has reached the border since the pursuit started was that which was contained in a dispatch from the front yesterday which stated that half of the Carran- ia garrison at Namlqutpa had disap peared and - it was expected that at least .some of them had Joined Villa. The fact that the news was passed by the censor was regarded as signif icant here, where everp report from the Jnterlolr -ot Mexico, agrees thit there Is -dlsSff ectton: among the Car ranza troops. - ' FATHER AND SON" BANQUET FRIDAY Featured by Address and Music Promises to Be Enjoy . able Occasion. German Torpedo Boat , Missing After Conflict London, March 27. A German tor pedo boat la missing since the sea fighting which followed tho British air raid o,f Saturday morning on the Ger man aviation sheds on northern flehlesweg-Holsteln, according to an ofltclal German statement received by wireless. The statement l as follows: 'The English naval aero attack on the North Frisian coast failed com pletely. Two armed fishing steamers on outpost service fell victims to tho English vessels. Our naval aeroplanes forces and succeeded In scoring a number of hits and In severely dam aging a tropedo boat dostroyer. Of the naval fighting force which was sent immediately Into action, only few torpedo boats came In touch with the retreating enemy during the nlgbt of March 25-26. One of the torpedo boats has not yet returned. London, March 27. It Is announced that 11 persons were killed when the British steamer Minneapolis, formerly In the New York-London service, was sunk last week In the Mediterranean attacked the English naval fighting sea. Good Weather Generally Promised For This Week MISS CLEF.IENT WINS - HER FIRST CASE i Miss I Kxum Clement,- Buncombe ountys first woman lawyer, who took 6th as an attorney a few weeks ago, m her first case today In the,oourt Of Msaiitrat T. r. Ilnntar. The suit was a civil action in which weather will be or snort a u ration, J ip r... . . w. . . The disturbance over tha Mta'tlie. to be due the plaintiff, Mta.to.lppl lh wUl U dvaoo In th Oulf itatt Washington, March 25. The weather bureau's weekly foreca.t I. that com paratively mild weather will prevail during the coming week In th. Mlssl.. slppl valley 'and the district to the east, though there will be a reaction flunday and Monday from the abnor mal! hlnh temDerature now provalt- Ing In the Great Central valley and In the Gulf states. The change to cooler A "father and son banquet" which will be held In the auditorium at the Young Men's Christian association Friday night, April 7. The purpose of the banquet Is to break, down reserve and to create an atmosphere or ten dency between fathers and sons of greater companionship. . Th. program will consist of two ad dresses by well known speakers, en joyable musical selections, and tho banquet whlebr will probably be fol lowed by Informal talks by a few of the fathers present. This promises to be one of the most interesting ban quets ever held at the local assocla tlon, and a large attendance Is antlcl pa ted. Much Itnerest Is being manifested In the Evangelistic week which Will be conducted by Rev. Dr. R. I. Gamon of Knoxville, Tenn., and will begin at tho Young Men'. Christian association this afternoon at 8:15 o'clock, with an ad dress to the members of the High school boys gymnasium class. At 6:13 In with an address tosatdthatgLTAO o'clock tonight Rev. Dr. Gamon will address the Business men's class and 8:15 o'clock he will bpeak to the sen lor class. These evangelistic service will be conducted throughout the e itlre week In connection with the various gym naslum classes. This Is a now movement on tha part of the associations throughout the United States and the local association Is anticipating good results. The even- geltstlc service, will close Sunday af ternoon with a meeting of all the classes In the auditorium at tha asao elation, with an address by Rev. Cal vin B. Waller. northeast and will b. attended by gen eral rains Sunday ovor much of the country east of th. Mississippi, with thunder storm. In the southeastern state, and showers In th. middle At lantic states. Another storm wtll advance Inland from th. Pad no Monday or Tuesday, passing eastward to the middle plains states and up th. Mississippi valley tha middle of th. week and to fh. eastern tata about Thursday. The w.ath.r will tx generally fair. the trial, whlcn win be ai I the general result Clarence Carr, mem ber of the board, concurred but did not think that wiring the results to the Chicago convention of much moment. The board ordered that after the pri maries Juno 3, the countlea ovor the state mall June 6 tho results to the state canvassing board In Raleigh and this board will telegraph the results to Chicago. , The democrats are right happy over the action of the board. When tho executive committee met here two weeks ago a discussion among mem bers as to electing delegates In tha primary wal resolved against such a procedure. It was then pointed out that under the primary act unopposed candidates for any office are not re quired to enter the primary. That makes President Wilson the undisput ed democratic candidate but the re publicans have several candidates and the- democracy has put a smart one on them In requiring them to delare their preference. ' Urttton Is Jubilant. Edward E. Burton, newspaper man who is said to be slated as one of the delegates to the democratic national convention, is jubilant over the Job which has been put up on Senator Ma rlon Butler.n Mr. Britton thinks that Butler has fixed the state securely for Weeks by the maniuulation ot the re cent convention but a primary pref erence may make more Butler energy necessary. ' Chairman T. Xj. Warren ot the state executive committee, likewise thinks that the republicans must come In and express themselves. If Clarence Call, however, decides to go to Chicago as North Carolina's nominee for pres- ldont as he intimated Saturday he might do In order to avoid destruction of the plans of district and state con ventions as to delegations,- It Is not known just what the democrats can do to prevent It. Mr. Call, it Is pointed out, could go to Chicago with the North Carolina vote, but If he saw that the convontlon is disposed to nominate Roosevelt, Hughes, Weeks, Burton or even Root, SherlfT Call can come down and leave the regularly chosen delegates free to vote. Should this be done, it. would loave the democrats JuHt where they were weeks ago. The election of Mr. Call would not give a presidential pre. ference, but it would comply with tho letter of the law. As to Expense. The corrupt practices act having narrowed the expense money of th-i candidates to a minimum, half tho salary for one year, governor barred, the board was called upon to Interpret the beginning of expenses allowed by law. It was decided that the candi date must file his expenses dating from the time he actually takes the first step to secure a nomination and not when he gives formal notice of his candidacy. With rerpect to the office of state senator, the board passed the follow lng: 1. "When a wnatorlal district Is composed of a single county all notices j and statements of money spent must be filed in the manner required by candldati-a for county officers. j 2. "When a senatorial district Is composed of more than one county In the several counties composing the district agrees that a particular coun ty Is entitled to name a candidate, then the candidate. In the primary wtll run oly In the county entitled to name the candidate and the notices and statement, of money spent ahnll bo filed as In tha case of county offices. 3. "If there be a failure to agre. as to what county I. entitled to name the candidate, then th. candidates will have to run In all th. counties com posing tha t district and notices and ' statement, of money spent will have to be filed a In th. case of candidates Sheriff E. M. Mitchell this morning , for sua. otnees." reclvled a letter from Chief of To- Colonel Wilson O. Lamb and A. B. lice Haynea, of Knoxville, Tenn., Freeman, members of the board, will stating that Robert Hamilton, who rmaln In Raleigh and will send ou. was arrested In that city by request the matter necessary for a proper em of officials here, on the charge of sell, ployment of tho primary act In the lng whiskey In West Ashevllle, lias '1!M cumpair, th. nint time that It secured tho services of an attorney h been tried. They wtll have head end refuses to com. to Ashevllle will-1 quarters In th. senat. chiimtier and out requisition paper. A. h. has will send out Information wherever made bond, (his aetion I. legal and desired. 'Hhcrlff Mltchall will leave this city! Raleigh'. K-wnd Candidate. for Knoxville on March II to attend 'Raleigh, new candidate fos atlor he should not run for the office, gives this. When ex-Lieutenant Governor W. C. Newland was here a few days ago, he declared that If the people will not bother Colonel Edmund JoneR, the colonel will carry the state. The po liticians who study conditions serious ly, however, have another feeling. There Is a larpe element that sees tho utmost impropriety In Judge Carter's nomination circuit riding and his un abated campaign enegy. Some of these are his friends. They admit that Judge Carter has distinguished prese dent In tho 1912 campaign of Chief Justice Walter Clark, but even that does not sanctify the present. The friends of Colonel Jones, Gus Self, T. H. Calvert and those of R. O Everett while he was in the race, never could see how anybody saw a Carter landslide In prospect The ythought Judge Carter's candidacy had failed after the first week resulting from the spell which his finely wrought an nouncement created. But those who are not lined up with Judge Carter or any of the others seem to see the Car ter victory and they have determined against it How Stroma Can Help. SImms, of course, is running with out thought of beating anybody but of electing himself. He has been bombarded and begged until he re lented. His backers believe he Is po tential. Judge Carter is popular in Raleigh. It is true that he cussed out several mighty prominent men hero, made the sheriff, Murray Allen, W. C Douglass and Clyde Douglass, Colonel J. C. L, Harris, B. C. Beckwlth and several litigants pretty mad. But Judge Carter did other things. To him Raleigh is indebted for the municl pslly owned waterworks. The judge forced the arbitration that gave the city the plant. "Then Judge Carter took that common "Girl from sec tor's" show and kicked It from his court, wouldn't allow it to be tried The town had suppress It and th9 chief of police and mayur oi that day had to nut up their hands. The Supreme court kicked the casa back In court, unanimously reversing the action of Judge Cuter, but when "The Girl" came baek from that court. It had givtin her such a bad reputation that she will hradly ask for irreat damages. Judge Carter made lots of friends here. They will vote for Simms against him. They mignt not do so otherwise. Washington, March 27. Thomas J." Pence, secretary of the democratlo n?atlonal committee, who had been, ill for several months as the result of pneumonia, died at his home here early today. Mr. Pence was formerly Washington correspondent of The Ra leigh Nows and Observer.... Mr. Penca probably had as exton- ' slve acquaintance among democratic politicians throughout the country as any man who ever occupied his offi cial position with the national com mittee. He was one of the "orighml Wilson men" and after the last pres idential election was offered several , important government posts. He de clined them all, howev'er, and becamo assistant to the chairman of the na tional commitltee, in , charge of tha permanent headquarters of the com- . mittee here. . , At the meeting of the natioinal com- mittee here last December Mr., Pen'! was chosen Et cretary ... Mr. Pence was a friend of President Wilson and was the daily companion of the presldent'3 secretary, Joseph Tumulty, and ot ' several prominent administration senators. For many years Mr. Pence was Washington correspondent of the Ra- i leigh, N. C, . News and ; Observer, which paper is owned by Seoretary Josephus Daniels of the navy department. Because of Mr. Pence's protracted il'lness, W. R. Holllster, secretary of Senator Stone, was recently appoint ed assistant secretary of the nationlal committee and was deslglnated by Mr. Pence as acting secretary of the committee. ..- President Wilson was deeply shock ed when told of the death of Mr. Pence and expressed deep regret. With Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Tumulty, Mr., Pence had directed all the details of the po litical work of the admlnlstratlnln since President Wilson took office. Mr. Pence was 43 years of age; he was a native of Raleigh. N. C, and & graduate of Wake Forest college. Ha was unmarried. During the 1908 presidential cam paign Mr. Pence had charge of tho publicity bureau of the . democratic national committee, and In the 1912 campaign had charge of the Wood row Wilson publicity wo'' Before being made nccretary of the democratic national committee Mr. Pence was assistant to the chalrms.i of the comn.ittee and later took charge of permanent headquarters ct the committee here. ' Governor Thinks Gypsies Are Holding Young Glass Says He Is Determined to Prove or Disprove Truth of Re cent Reports That Little Boy, Missing For a Year, Has Been Seen With Band in Eastern N. C. HAMILTON REFUSES TO RETURN HERE Raleigh, March 37. Governor Craig ha. stated that he has In formation which leads him to believe that James Glass, the small boy who disappeared from Greely, Pa., a year ago, Is being held by a band of Gyp sies near Goldsboro. He said there recently had been report, that th. lad was with the Oypsle. and had been seen at numerous points In east- em North Carolina and that, he would either prove or dlxprov. tho oorts Immediately. Special to The Times. Meredith. N. 11.. March 25. Charles Glass, of Jersey City, N. J.. wired his New Hampshire agont recently as follows: "1 am almost certain that James ha. been found at Scotland- Neck, N. C. As soon as t get more definite Information I will .tort for that point." During the last two week, the Glass family have received over twe hun dred letter, from different points In North Carolina all Indicating that their son James, age five, who was kid. napped May 13, 1913, at Greely, Penn was In tho custody of a band of Gyp sleii travel inn throunh North Carolina. 8o mBny points In North Carolina have been mentioned as the possible hiding place of tho Gypsins that tho distracted parents are about crazed will: suspense. This kidnapping cu Is next In Importance to the Charlie Ross case of 20 years ago. The gov ernor of North Carolina has again been asked to arrest th. Gypsi. banl who are thought to hav. th. boy. No Americans Lost On Sussex Is Indication 1MIW W tlf 11 on that data, Tarts, March 37. Detailed Infor mation gathered by the American em hasay here Indicates that no American O'oloeklney general, assuming tnat It. w.j" nn w - Bltam will not persuade himself that American, whoa. name, were reoorj. (d on th. passenger list of th. Bus sex hav. .low been accounted for, tha embassy states. It 1. possible however, that there may hav. been among t , p.n.nger. some American. wbi, name. war. net taaarlbad.
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