BEE
CJNBAY CITIZEN I
THE WEATHERs
PARTLY CLOUDY
VOL. XXXTL NO. 169.
ASHEVTLLE, N. 0., BUNGAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS"
T
'HI
i STEADY PROGRESS
AGAINST FRENCH
Persistent Attempts Against
One Salient Result
in Gains.
FRENCH CLAIM THAT
ADVANTAGE IS EVEN
Violent Fighting on the
Austro-Italian Front
at Present.
LONDON, April 8. Persistent at
tempts by the Germans to reduce the
salient In the French lines northwest
of Verdun are resulting In steady
progress for the operation. Attacks
are being driven home on both sides
Of the salient, at the northern angle
of which lies the village of Bethln
court, but more particularly on the
western edge in the vicinity of Hau-
court.
Two Potato Captured.
' Berlin reports the capture of , two
strong points of support to the soum
of Haucourt, which passed recently
Into German hands, an entire French
Position along a front of more tnan
mile and a quarter coming Into Teu
tonic possession. Paris ha admitted
German advances here, but declares
that on the opposite side of the salient
the advantage In the recent fighting
ha been with the French. The pres
ent German activity in the Verdun
region Is confined almost entirely to
this operation, although the artillery
In other sectors around the fortress
la being Intermittently employed.
On the eastern front there have been
no operations of major Importance, so
far as the official reports show. The
Russians apparently are limiting their
activity at present for the most part
to the Lake Narocs region, south of
Dvnsk. Berlin declares that such at
tacks as have been made there were
. along a narrow front and were easily
,! repulsed.
f i Violent Fighting.
1 Violent fighting Is taking place on
1 the Austro-Italian front, the Austrlans
being on the aggressive lit several See
tors and reporting' considerable f uc-
Jcesses, with the character of numer-
. 3bu nrisonrU7-'v'';?
squadron which raided., railway sta-
. tiona back of the hostile lines, faired
to return to their base and apparently
have fallen victtarto the Italians.
' -Several additional vessels have been
sunk " in the course of the ,German
submarine campaign and. Paris offi
cially announces the sinking of an
' Austrian transport In the Adriatic by
a French submarine.
; A Berlin dispatch states that the
German government is able to an
Bounce that no German submarine
was responsible for the explosion
which damaged the cross -channel
teamer Sussex.
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VILLA'S BAND OR BANDS"
NOT ENTIRELY BROKEN UP
GENERAL FUNSTON THINKS
Does Not Regard Task Set Him as Accom
plished, Recording to Statements Yes-
terdayNet Results of Week's Work
Are Pointed Out. .
is
; FOR DIE TRAIN ROBBERY
3
Xs Charged With Being an
Accessory After the
Fact.
BROTHER WITNESS
rlerrisoh, held here "by postofflce in
spectors In connection with the In
vestigation of a train robbery near
Central, West Virginia, last October,
In which more than' $100,000 In un
signed bank notes were stolen, was In
dicted by the federal grand Jury to
day on charges of being an, accessory
t after the fact. He will be arraigned
V later.
V Richard Harrison, a brother of
Charles, arrested at Grand Rapids,
' Mich., was a witness before the grand
Jury. It is understood he has con-
fessed. Jeff Harrison, another broth
er. Is held at Parkersburg, W. Va.
Benjamin- McKee is under arrest at
Alabama City, Ala.
William Carl Rente, Jr., of Atlanta,
"SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 8. General Funston
does not regard the task set him of breaking up "Villa's
band or bands" as accomplished.
This was made clear at Fort Sam Houston today when
reports were received that an unofficial suggestion had
been made that American troops be withdrawn from Mex
ico. One phase of the situation which army officers refuse
to discuss, however, is a provision in the war department
orders to General Funston for the removal of the troops
whenever the forces of the de facto Mexican government
"are able to relieve them of this work." :
Result of Campaign,
The net result of the week's campaign against Villa,
it was pointed out, has been the killing of a few more than
one hundred and fifty of his men and the extension of a
line of American troops approximately four hundred miles
into Mexico.
Villa's organization remains intact', so far as army
officers here know.. He has divided it into smaller units.
One of these was attacked and defeated at Guerrero but
there is evidence that the fugitive chieftain, although per
haps wounded and traveling on a stretcher, as stated in
some reports, is yet directing in a general way their
movements.
General Pershing's infrequent reports to headquar
ters continued throughout the week to indicate the op
timism of himself and his officers that they soon would
overtake Villa or his main force.
V Will Stimulate Chase.
: Instead of anticipating an early withdrawal of the
troops General Funston has " planned to , stimulate the
use without restriction at least one of the railroads extend
ing south from Juarez caused General Funston and his
staff to consider seriously the establishment of a new base
at some point on the border nearer operations, perhaps
The Hand of Esau
PURSUIT OF VILLA
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OFFICIAL STATES
MSJHSSMBM' ' f
Lack of Railroads Seriously
Hampers the American
Troops, He Declares.
RAILROAD PROBLEM
MUST BE SETTLED
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NEW YORK CHAUFFEUR
CONFESSES TO ROBBNIG
NEW YORKMAIL TRUCK
Implicates Three Others in
Confession, According
to Police.
DOUBLE-CROSSED"
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 8 James
Moran, a New York chauffeur, con
fessed today to participation in the
robbery two months ago of a malt
truck In New York city from which
seclirltieH valued at thousands of dol-
ars anrt valuable bonds were stolen,
according to federal authorities.
"I've been double-crossed and I
want to get even, " Moran is said to
have asserted in his confession.
Moran surrendered last night, and,
according to United States Commis
sioner C. E. Burch, he made a confes
sion today declaring he was aided in
the robbery by three others, one the
ring leader, whom he named, and
two postal employes whose names he
said he did not know. Moran then
was taken to Los Angeles for further
Investigation.
After the robbery, Moran is said to
have asserted, he was given. 1200 arid
sent to San Francisco where the loot
was to be divided. Then, smarting
under the belief that he had been
double-crossed" he came to San
Diego, attended a Salvation army
meeting, at which he, conscience-
E
IS
HIS MACHINE OVERTURNS
Two Others Dead and
Number of Spectators
Injured.
CAR THROWS WHEEL
broucht here todav from Cincinnati
where he was arrested in connection stricken, decided, according to the at
leged confession.
jwith the robberies, said to newspaper
men tonight that he had not admitted
any connection with the affair.
"When I went before the commls
sioner in Cincinnati," he said,., "f
siihply told "him I knew nothing of
the affair and waived preliminary
hearing. . I know nothing of the rob
beries." ;
Rents Is being held under arrest
here pending possible action of the
federal grand jury.
MOOH NOMINATED,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.. Apftf .
Judge John A. Moon, nresent con
gressman, was today declared the
democratic nomine for congress from
the Third Tmhimm riUtrlrt hr th
executive committee, no other candi
date having entered the race. This
suspenses witn tn necessity or a nom
inating primary. The republican
to make a clean
breast of the affair:
Two postal employes, according to
the confession, were in the plot, but
Moran did not know their names.
"I think it was January IS." the
confession continued, "that I went to
the leader and he laid for the mall
wagon- and as it went on - the ferry
boat we drove in back of It.1
The key to the back of the wagon
was handed to the ring leader by one
of the ' postal employes, the confes
sion said, "and we opened, the back
of the wagon and took out eight or
nine registered mall sacks."
According '. to . the confession the
mail sacks were opened in Bronx park
and: Moran was given f 200. : .,
"I was to get rid of the -car and
they told me to go to San Francisco
where the division was to take place,"
Moran amid.
The leader, according to the confes-
will not nam candidate until after 'si on, was to bring Moran' share to
the August election Aim, but tailed to ahow up
CORONA, Cal., April 8. Bob Bur
man, of Detroit, noted automobile
racer, his mechanician, Eric Schroed
er, of Chicago, and a track guard are
dead tonight as a result of the over
turning of Burman's car In the Coro
na roadrace here today. Five specta
tors were Injured, several seriously.
Barman suffered a fracture of the
skull and his left leg was broken.
His car threw a wheel in the ninety
seventh lap on the back stretch and
the machine overturned in a crowd.
The race was won by Eddie O'Don-
nell, who covered the tOl miles in
three hours, twenty-nine minutes, fif
ty-two seconds. Joe Thomas was sec
ond with a time of 3:36:01 and Eddie
Pullen third with J:Sg:J 2-B.
Teddy Tetzlaff and R. C. Durant
finished fourth and fifth, respectively
Burman died in a hospital at River-
side, twelve miles away. . Mrs." Bur
man was wlth"her husband when hi
died. ' - i
AM she stood beside hlra In tho
council chamber of the Corona city
hall, where Burman flint was taken
after the accident, a woman was be
side the cot When she left, Mrs.
Burman accused -her of taking from
her husband's clothing a diamond pin
valued at $800. .
A. C. Ramsey, chief of police, or
dered her searched. He reported that
two nurses found the pin concealed
under her corset. The woman was
held pending the filing of a formal
charge.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THAT
NO GERMAN SUBMARINE OR WARSHIP WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR SINKING OF SUSSEX
Declares That Investigation Has Been Complete and That German Government Has Learned That
No German Submarine or Warship Had Any Part In the Explosion Aboard the Steamship
Gives New Twist to Affairs of United States,
BERLIN. April 8. (Via London.)
The German government is able to
announce that ao German submarine
or warghlp was ; responsible for the
explosion which damaged tn vrittsn
steamship Sussex. ..
When Germany on April S handed
Ambassador Gerard an Interim note
replying to the inquiries of the United
States" government, regarding the Sus
sex and four other steamers, the mat
ter of responsibility still was In doubt
and theinvestlgatUll we, Pro-
ceedlngv("'Thrlerir rwg ofuee,
appreciating the agitation In the Unit
ed States over these cases, transmuted
an interim.- response declaring the
readiness of the government, .shou! J
the Sussex prove to have been de
stroyed by a German torpedo contrary
to the understanding with the United
States, to make all reparation, in
cluding the payment of compensation.
Investigation Complete.
The Associated Press was Informed
authoritatively today that the Investi
gation has now been completed; that
all the craft which possibly might
have been Involved in an attack on
the Sussex have reported: that from
the reports of their commanders It Is
absolutely certain that the Sussex was
not destroyed by a German torpedo,
and that Germany is in no wle re
sponsible for the disaster.
From the material at hand It also
will be possible to reply to the Amer
ican inquiries regarding the steamers
Englishman, Manchester Engineer,
Eagle Point and Berwindvale and es
tablish, according to the German con
tention, that no blame attaches to
Germany.
RAISES NEW PIFFTCriITEB.
WASHINGTON, April . 8. Ger
many's disclaimer of responsibility for
the destruction of the channel liner
Sussex surrounds the position of the
United States in the present subma
rine situation with further difficulties
and may turn action, if any be taken,
from the Sussex case Itself to the
THIS SPEAKER SOLD TO
out warning since Germany gave as
accumulation of ships destroyed with'
surances governing the submarine
campaign. ' .- "
Before the next step Is taken, col
lection of evidence, xln tended to prove
legally that the Sussex was destroyed
by a German submarine, will have t
proceed further. - Additional evidence
In the form of affidavits and state
ments tafthered by the American etn.
bay in Paris ,i . arrlvinf on: the
steamer St. Pauhwia to New Tork to.
"moiwrrBftn -Wllf-M ii JFfeldent
Wilson's hands Moater,:,.1fe.--.
The situation wilt be thoroughly dtt
cussed at Tuesday's cabinet meeting
and soon afterward a. decision on the
next step is expected. Apparent dlffl
culties of proving tthe Sussex ; case
alone leads many officials close to the
president to, believe decision will
hinge on consideration of cumulative
evidence that Germany's promises are
being disregarded by her aubmarlne
commanders. On the strength of that
evidence, finally judged by the presi
dent and the cabinet will depend what
step, if any the United States will
take at this time.
In Position of Judge.
The United States was described of
ficially tonight as being placed tn the
position of a Judge of. a. court of law.
A decislonvtill be reached on the evi
dence and the United States will ab
solutely be sure It stands on firm
ground before rendering one. The final
decision will be rendered by Presi
dent Wilson. It Is likely that if dras
tic action Is called for, congress will
be. consulted.
While It will be difficult for the
United States to question the good
faith of Germany the administration
Is prepared to act upon circumstantial
evidence of sufficient strength should
It be secured.
All evidence thus far obtained indi
cates the Sussex was torpedoed. There
are two weaknesses In the case of
the United States at- this time how-ever-
One is that no American cltl-
en saw the wake of a torpedo before
the bow of the channel steamer was
torn off by an explosion. The other
is, that, while American naval officers
declare that the pieces of metal re
moved from the hull are pert of a
Oerman torpedo, there is so far ae
known no conclusive evidence at this
time that the metal fragmenta ac
tually 1 were removed from , the Pus
sex, Every effort le being made to
establish beyond all doubt the origin
Cth -siimtmmf o:.iir;v,'
Official reoorte regairdlnr the an
nouncement of- the German govern
ment, aa cabled to the United -States
In press dispatches from Berlin, were
lacking tonight The ' presg report
was accepted as being true.
Laid Before Wilson.
The new dispatches ' laid before
President Wilson on hie return from
his trip down the Potomac. In all
quarters it was agreed that' the Unit
ed States would be obliged to move
deliberately, The opinion prevailed
that action by the United States would
be retarded, rather than hastened, by
the German declaration.
It is known the administration had
considered it highly probable that ac
tion Jn the situation brought about by
the numerous recent marine disasters
might be based primarily upon the
case of the Sussex, regarded as the
most aggravated of all. Should the
United States fall to make out a case
on the Sussex however, there remain
many other disasters to be explained
by the Berlin government.
President . Wilson and Secretary
Lansing have asked Ambassador
Gerard regarding other ships recent
ly meeting with disaster. It is con
sidered that Germany by this time
should be able to report in regard to
those whose experiences occurred be
fore the Sussex case.
Immediately on Its arrival the In
formation carried by the St. Paul will
Speedy and Sensational De
yelopment in Situation '
is Expected.-
EL PASO, Texas, April I.-The pur ,
suit of rYanclsca Villa haa been
brought to a definite halt, according
to a statement made here tonight by
an American army officer holding
position of responsibility. ,
'There 1 no use blinking at the
facte," he said. "Even a layman
should be able to understand that.
Oeneral Pershing with the relatively,
small number of men under his com
mend-, cannot maintain lines of com
munication anywhere from 300 to 00
miles long, and at the same time prere
the pursuit of a bandit Into a country,
where he is known to have thousand
of sympathisers, If not aollve sup
porters, -i -
.v , ; Railroads $eode4.
'With'' the free use of the Mexican
railroad we could still hope to ef
fect something, but apparently there
la no hope of such a concession, at
least at present. I cannot see that the .
eifiM na mt sanwninee' rnnrm unni t rwm
railroad problem Is settled in our fa
vor or substantial reinforcements are -sent
in to General Pershing. I know
nothing about reports that the with
drawal of the troops is contemplated.
That Is a queetlon for Washington to
decide. It Is hardly necessary for me
to say that It is a solution which
would be a bitter pill for us." -, ?
. Statement from Mexican officials
here and in Juares, eoupled with the
dispatches from Washington are ac
cepted as Intimations that, a speedy
and' sensationel development ; in the
situation la coming lit connection with
thl feUng.,'i"Tere ! r ' wportr ''froitnJ!
4 down ; sources ttt concentration of
Carransa. troops meat the border.
These reports. it3 known her, have 1
been forwarded . to Washington ; aa
credible, For over a week it has been
reported here that additional, Carran
ta troops were on their way to Juaree
and General Gavira, the present com ,
mander-in the Mexican town, was to
be superseded, i , ' i ' ' , .
Gavlr Relieved? , '
A statement from Mexican sources
tonight, declared that General Gavira
had received orders to - proceed to
Caaaa Grande to take a field com
mand and that he would be succeeded
by General ; Petronlllo Hemandex.
General Hernande was said to b al
ready on the way, having entrained
at Villa Ahumada with three thousand
men. Villa Ahumada i half way be
tween Juarcc and Chihuahua city.
A train which arrived here today
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NATIONAL GUARD DENIES
LIVED IX DETROIT.
DETROIT, April t. Bob Burman
lived in Detroit, He waa born at Tm
lay City, Mich.. In 1884 and did his
first racing in Michigan.
Burman held the world's straight
away records np to and Including one
mile, and many dirt track marks. In
three race on the Paclflo coast this
season he finished second twice and
won on vent. .............
Famous Outfielder of World
Champions Goes to the
Naps.
" NEW TORK, April 8. Manajccr
William Carrlan, of "the Boston
American league baseball club, an
nounced here today that Trie Speaker,
star outfielder -of the worl4 cham
pions, had been traded to the Cleve
land club of the American league.
The deal was closed here late to
day by Manager Carrlgan, of Boston,
and Robert McRoy, of Cleveland.
Speaker was one of the malpstays of
the Boston club, both in fielding end
batting, and contributed largely to the
winning by his team of two world's
series during his eight years with the
Red Sox
In return 'for the famous player,
Boston will receive. Manager Carrlgan
said, two players. Pitcher 8. P. Jonee
and another to be chosen later, and a
cash consideration.
The release' of. Speaker Is said to
have been caused by Inability to come
to terms on the -question of salary.
MAINTAINING A LOBBY
General Poster Sends Letter
to Senator Lee to Place in
Becord.
IN ALASKA ARE COSTLY
District Attorney Starts on
1,200 Mile Journey to
Probe Killing.
.' PAID LARGE SUM.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. April 1. "We
paid more money (or Speaker than
the Chicago Americana paid for Eddie
Collins or the New Tork Americans
paid . for J. Franklin Baker," aald
James C Dunn, ' president of the
Cleveland American league club. He
did not disclose the amount, how
ever, .;
WASHINGTON, April 8. A denial
that the national guard had maintain
ed a lobby In Washington In connec
tion with preparedness legislation, as
charged in the senate by Chairman
Chamberlain of the military commit
tee, and others, was made In a letter
written today to Senator Lee, 'of
Maryland, by General J. C. R. Foster,
chairman of the executive committee!
or the National uuard association for
incorporation In the senate record.
General Foster declared the asso
ciation had not sought interviews with
members of congress, circulated liter
ature or maintained headquarters or a
publicity agent In connection with mil
itary leglslatlonr. He complained that
guard officials had been given no' op
portunity to appear before the mili
tary committee to give their reasons
for suggesting amendments to the
army bill, and said that as a conse
quence it had become necessary for
individual guardsmen to bring the
proposals to the attention of their re
spective senators and representatives.
THE WEATHER, w
. i :
WASHINGTON, April 8. Forecast
for North Carolina: Partly -cloudy
Sunday, cooler on the coast; Monday
SEWARD, Alaska, March 21,
(Correspondence of The Associated
Press.) A drunken brawl in which
an Indian killed a white man, started
United States District Attorney Wil
liam M. Spence from here today on
a 1,200-mile trip by boat to Unga,
near the western tip of the Aleutian
Islands. He went to see whether SI
mon Verekln, the Indian, should be
brought here for trial with the neces.
sary witnesses, a large expense to the
government Verskln claims he shot
in self-defense.
Recently a government teacher was
convicted at Seward for an alleged
statutory offense at-Attu island, where
his school was situated. Fees and
traveling expensee ran to, $15,000, all
told. The coaetguard cutter Tacoma
waa wrecked while en route for' addi
tional witnesses, and several of her
crew were drowned. The boat car
rying the prisoner to the revenue cut
ter upset and the-prisoner's leg was
broken.' The total cost of the trial was
said to exceed I7S.006. beside loss of
life. The prisoner received a Jail sen
tence, ol everal month. : '
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
ENDORSES L. L.
FOR LIEUT-
Chairman of Committee,
Linney, Captures Gover- .
nor's Place on Ticket.
PULL TICKET NAMED
CRTEENflBCRO, S. C. April 8. A
a. meeting of the republican state ex
ecutive committee here this afternoon
and tonight for the purpose of select
ing a candidate for each state office, a.
full state ticket was decided upon
with Frank A. Linney. of Watauga,
chairman of the committee, heading)
the ticket for governor. I I. Jenkins
of Asheville, was indorsed for lieuten
ant governor. The other on the
ticket selected were: A U French, of
Raleigh, commissioner of agriculture?
Zeb Vance Walser of Lexington, at
torney general; J. Q. A. Wood,, Pas
quotank, auditor: W. J. Jordan of
Greene, commissioner of labor -and
printing. .
The offer of the candidacy for at
torney general to Walser was the only
evidence of the presence of the. olive
branch. .
Mr. Walser is. with a few others,
bearing the heaviest part of the pro
gressive machinery in the state, ac
cording to' all Indications; "
There was no apparent Inclination
of the republicans here to do that
which the progressive committee; de- .
mended, indorse Roosevelt. ' for the
sake of peace. As far -as known, the
only man considered of Indorsement
of the committee for the hlgheet of
fice in the nation was Judge Jeter C.'
Prttchard, of AsheviHe. and Chairman
Linney said that Judge Pritchard
wouldi have - been Indorsed and 4 his
name placed before the primary for
the presidency. In answer . to state
wide i request, but for the ruling of
Attornegr General T. W. Blckett to the
effect that the offices of president anl
vice president may be left blank 1
the' primary and each votor a"lrv
to name individual cholre. T
was-said about indorw -1 e f