VOL. XX. NO. 52.
TRYON, POLK COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1915.
ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.
TORPEDO STRIKES
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ACHIEVE; IMPORTANT VICTORY
N the WESTERN PArff OF .
GALACIA. ; "
AUSTRO GERMAN VICTORIES
Complete Details Have Not Been Re
. cejVed. England and France
Make No Claims.
Lond on According , to Berlin and
Vienna, the German and Auoiiian
armies have achieved a notable vic
jory in West Galieia, smashing tho
entire Russian center alon a front
of many miles, or as, the Berlin offi
cial statement puts tt, across the
fhole Western tip of Galieia from
neir the Hungarian border to the
point where the River Dnuajei joins
the Vistula, right at the frontier of
Poland. ' " .'
Though the 8,000 . prisoners the
Teutonic Allies say they have ken
does not compare with ;-the number
vhich ome of Field Marshall von
Hindenburg's rushes netted, him in
the North, the achievement if sub
aequent reports bear it out will meai
at least a temporary check to the
Russians hammering their way west
ward since the fall of Przemysl.
.Berlin is celebrating the victory,
tuough it is admitted flags have been
flown before full details are at hand.
England and France make no claim
to gains in the West, the British
merely saying that the German at
tacks on Hill 60 in Flanders have been
beaten back: the French confirm this.
The Germans maintain they are
pushing forward to the northwest of
Ypres and toward St Julien, which
t&y captured after the attack follow
lug their extensive use of gas, but
which they were forced to yield under
cflmter-attacks. - "
la the fighting', In " the .'Baltic
Drovmce3 also, Berlin finds cause., to
Tejoice. Rejecting the Russian con
tention that it Is only a sporadic
cavalry rail. Berlin wireless com
ment says it seriously threatens the
Russian right and tne fact that troops
could be moved so far northwest be
fore they encountered resistance i3
considered a reflection on the Russion
intelligence system. , ' '
So far as claims go, it was an
rinv ' A number of
vessels, neutral and otherwise, have
fallen victims to German .submarines,
Norway being a particularly heavy
loser. . .
INVESTIGATE
GULFLIGHT
T
LOSS.
Department Offclals Look Into
tack on Gulflight.
! .
At-
Washington. Pendingl an official
investigation after the circumstances
of the wrecking of the American
steamer Gulflight in the English Chan
nel in the United States will defer
diplomatic representations as well as
any pronouncement of policy,
Two messages were received from
American Consul Stephens, at Ply
mouth, England, representing the
Gulflight was torpedoed off thfe Scilly
Islands, that her captain died of heart
failure and two sailors were drowned.
The texts of the messages fellow:
"Ameridan tank steamer Gulflight
torpedoed; off Scilly Islands first in
stant. Captain died of heart failure.
iBody landed.1 Two of crew drowned.
.34 saved. Vessel afloat, patrol boats
'attempting to tow her into -Scilly.
. ' Gulflight towed into Ctovr Sound,
"Jteilly, by British :. patrol! Torpedo
struck bluff bow.' Vessel down by
head. Freeboard forward about two
fet, forehold full. Cargo apparently
undamaged.
"Plowing gale southeast
J. P. Mornain ia Summnnfd
Whington.--J., P. Morgan has been
"jiinnonea by the supreme court
answer the State of VlriHniaN airlt
recover. the will of Martha Washing-,
ton, taken from the Fairfax County
vuun JHuse during the civil war and
now ln the collection of manuscripts
"V:ne fancier. He. will be served
art he lands in New York from
ur' I,e during the next few days.
Italy's Actions Indicate War.
. v8hmgton. Advices' reaching the
Lnued States government through of-
"cial Tand unofficial' channels4 within
-np idst few davs Inrtipinto tWi
preparations clearly tend to her par
pupation Inithe wart.n early date.
Aside from her extensive', military
" rations anA
ln H' the unexpected public appear-
wV, ng Vlctr Immanuel at t
Yaraldi celohrattnn ' i r- i .
, there as ot much significance
- demonstrations then, in favor of
uuia not be surprising;. - '
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MRS. R. E. JEFFREY v
Mrs. Robert Emmett Jeffrey It the
wife of the newly appointed minister
to Uruguay. Mrs. Jeffrey was Miss
Nlta Hoose of Heber Springs, Ark.,
before her marriage to the minister.
INCREASE TAX ON LIQUORS
IS PROPOSAL OF DAVID LLOYD
GEORGE IN THE HOUSE OF
COMMONS.
There is Some Opposition to the
Measure. First Division in House
Since War Began. .
London. Resolutions introduced in
the House of Commons . by David
Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, to double the duty on spirits,
quadruple the duties on wines and to
Institute an increase by graduated
tax on beer to encourage the use of
lighter beers were strongly . opposed
and it is generally believed that the
new takes will have to be moderated
before Parliament will accept them.
The O'Brienites, as protest against
an additional, taxation on Irish whis
kies and beers, brought about the first
division In the House since the out
break of the war, by voting against
the provisional resolutions which
would bring the taxes into force at
once so' as to prevent spirits being
taken out "of bond while Parliament
is dealing with the resolutions.
The resolution relating to, spirits
was passed by a vote of 89 to 5, the
minority being composed of O'Brien
ites. The Nationalists also protested
against the measure, but- did not
vote. The Unionists who withheld
criticism until all the facts could be
placed before them also abstained
from voting. j ,
The provisional resolutions impos
ing taxes on beer and wine also were
passed, the Unionists abstaining from,
voting and tne O'Brienites opposing
the beer tax.
Usually these provisional resolu
tions are carried without division, fof
should Parliament refuse to sanction
the taxes, they are refunded to those
who may have paid.
The Laborites promised to reply to
the Chancellor's charges that a minor
ity of the workmen, lured away by
drink, were not putting their best
into the work of producing war ma
terial. .
GENERAL MANAGER RED CROSS.
President Appoints General Carroll A.
Deval. ,
Washington. President Wilson as
head of the American Red Cross has
appointed Brig. Gen. Carroll A." Devol,
U. S. A., general manager of the Re6V
Cross, a newly-created position.
General Devol,' now attached to the
General Staff, was given three months
leave of absence on May 1 to assume,
his new offlce and become active
head of the R,ed Cross. He has not
determined whether he will remain
In the position permanently." To do
so he would have to resign from the
army at the expiration of the three
months leave as he will not reach the
age of retirement for several years.
Expects Early Recognition.
Washington. Unofficial advices
that General Carranza expected early
recognition by the United States at
tracted widespread attention in offi
cial and diplomatic circles here
Carranza representatives here have
been very active recently. The United
States, it is, said, has-been advisd in
detail of the Carranza plans. It was
said at the state department, how
ever, that the question of recognition
had not been formally considered.' v
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CAPTAIN DIES OF . HEART FAIL
URE AS A RESULT OF THjE
SHOCK. - 1
FEW OF THE DETAILS KNOWN
Gulflight is Struck Off Scilly Islands.
Washington Believes It Was
Accident. .
London. The American oil tank
steamer v Gulflight ! which sailed from
Port Arthur, Texas, April, 10, for
Rouen. France, was torpedoed off the
Sicily Islands, according to a Central
News dispatch. l ., -
The captain of .the Gulflight. accord
ing to the same advices, died of heart
failure as a result of shock. Two sea
men jumped overboard and were
drowned.
The. other members of the crew
were taken off by a Datrol boat. The
vessel was towed into Crow Sound
il
and beached. J
The Gulflight was a steel vessel of
3,202 tons net and was built I at Cam
den, N. J., ki 1914. She was owned
by the Gulf Refining Company. The
vessel was 3S3 feet long, 51 feet beam
and 30 feet deep. She was'aqulpped
with wireless apparatus?
Washington. Press reports of the
torpedoing of the Amei lean steamer
Gulflight and the loss ; of .her captain
and some members of the! crew creat
ed a stir In official circles' here.
iThe course of the United States ln
the case of the Gulflight is not likely
to be' determined for several days as
some time, probably wil be required
to get the facts. The possibility of
any action other than a demand for
damages is considered remote because
of the belief of officials that the at
tack on the Gulflight probabjy will be
found to have" been.accidentaL
FIRST PLACE IN FINANCE.
America May Lead World at End o
Great War.
Philadelphia. First place in the
field of international finance may
come to the United Stats as a cons
quence of the European f war, W. P.
G. Hardingmember of the Federal Re
serve Board, said in an address to the
session of the American Academy of
Political and Social i Science."
To obtain the pre-eminence in inter
national finance, however, Mr. Hard
ing warned his hearers that the United-
States must resist any tendency
tward inflation, and a wild temporary
boom, such as history has shown fre
quently follows the conclusion oi
great wars. He declared the nation
now was in a commanding position as
the only great worlds power not in
volved in war, and pointed to the big
trade balance that has been in favor
of the United States. This balance he
predicted might reach $2,000,000,00??
by the end of 1915.
Conditions Are Better.
Washington. General Improvement
in business conditions with "return
ing confidence" is announced in the
Federal Reserve Board's digest of re
ports of agents in the 12 reserve Ai
tricts into which the country is divid
ed. Development of considerable ac
tivity ip certain industries in connec
tion with the war are pointed out.
Colon Fire Loss $2,000,000.
Colon. The city of Colon, half o
which was destroyed hy fire, present
ed a scene of desolation: According
to police records, 10 persons, two o
whom were Panama policemen, per-
rished and many were injured. Tht
loss is still estimated at $2,000,00i
The American consulate was amonfe
the buildings destroyed. ;
Charles E. littlefield Dead.
New York. Charles E. Littleflela.
former representative from Maine,
died in a hospital here, after an opera
tion Mr. Littlefleld was born in 1851.
He was a Republican.
Switzerland Preparing.
Berne, Switzerland. The : Federal
Council decided to call out the sixth
division of the Swiss army. ;
Increase Rural Mail' Service.
Washington. Plans for a general
readjustment of the rural postal ser
vice through the country by July to
provide mail facilities for a million
persons not included in the- present
routing system, were announced by
Postmaster General Burleson. Motor
vehicles will be provided7 under the
new plan where highways will per
mit. "Rural service will be extended
to exery farmer reasonably entitled
to it," said Mr. Burleson, "as rapidly
as. the new adjustments can be made."
DR. LOUIS E. VAN NORMAN
Dr. Louis E. Van Norman, who for,
ten years has been in charge of the
foreign department of the American
Review of Reviews, has been made
editor" In chief of The Nation's Bus!
ness, the official magazine of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States Issued in Washington.
FRENCH CRUISER IS SUNK
AUSTRIAN 8UBMARINE SENDS
. L
CRUI8ER LEON GAM B ETTA TO
- BOTTOM;
ralsina at Etitranee ef Ui Otranto
Canals-All Officer Perished at
Their Posts.
: .Paris. pThe French armored cruiser
Leon Gambetta has been torpedoed
and sunk in the Ionian Sea with the
loss Of all of her officers and al. ex
cept 136 members of her crew, accord
ing to an official announcement by
the French Ministry of Marine. The
number of the crew was not given
but it was believed the warship car
ried 750. From this it was estimated
that about 00 men perished.
While the French communication
did not say by what the cruiser was
torpedoed an official from Vienna said
the warship was sent down .by Aus
tria submarine U-5, commanded by
Lieut. George Ritter von Trapp.
The communication issued by the
Ministry of Marine Was as follows:
"The ' armored cruiser Leon Gam
betta, cruising at the entrance of the
Otranto Canal, was torpedoed the
night of April 26-27 and went to the
bottom in 10 minutes.
"All the officers on board perished
at their posts. One hundred and
thirty-six members of the crew, in
eluding 11 under-officers were res-
cued by vessels sent out promptly to
their help by the Italian authorities
- "The list of survivors has not yet
been received at the Ministry of Ma
rine."
SUFFERS FROM LONG DRUGHT
FortyYear Record Broken. Truck
Crops Suffering.
Washington. The longest early
spring drought in more than 40 years
now exists over eastern United
States, anounced The National Week
ly Weather and Crop Bulletin.
Cotton and truck crops in the
Southeast are suffering.
"In Texas and Oklahoma, excessive
rains 'greatly hindered farm work,"
says the bulletin, "fields were badly
washed, bottom lands were flooded,
and much land already planted to cot
ton and corn will, have to be replant
ed, while the wet soil will further de
lay cotton planting which is generally
cosidered as several weeks late. '
"In the principal trucking districts
to ' the eastward . of the Mississippi
most crops are suffering . for rain,
AanAP.ia.llv in the South t. Atlantic
coast districts. f ?
"Early planted corn is coming up,
but later planted over the Southern
States east of the Mississippi has no
germinated well on account - 0
drought" '
Labor Must Co-operate. :
Muskogee, Okla. Closer relations
between the .employer and employe
crop diversification and more liberal
treatment for the small farmer; were
urged by speakers at 1 the Southern
Commercial Congress as essential to
the commercial development of the
South.
TURKS OFFERED STUBBORN RE
SISTANCE BUT TROOPS WERE
LANDED.
HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED
Some Sensational Happenings. Turk
ish Jroep Ship is Sunk and Big
j Warship -Set on Fire.
London. After serious fighting in
which the Turks offered a stubborn
resistance, British troops, according
to an official statement issued have
established themselves on the Galli
poji Peninsula and advanced a con
siderable distance toward the Nar
rows of the Dardanelles, while the
French have cleared Cape Kum Kaleh
on the Asiatic side of the Straits,
of Turks.
Thus, it may be said, that the sec
ond and most serious attempt to force
the Dardanelles has' been fairly
launched. The Turks under German
officers placed every obstacle in the
way of the invaders but against the
fire of the Allied fleet and the gal
lantry of the army they were forced
to fall back. The BrUish forces lost
heavily in the operation.
Six points were selected for the.
landings, which began at daylight of
April 25. 'At five points they were
successful immediately but at the
sixth near Seddul Bahr the troops
were unable to advance, until the
evening. The Australians and New
Zealanders landed on the west coast
of the ; Gallipoli Peninsula; directly
across the country from the strongly
fortified Narrows. The other British
troops disembarked at: the ' extreme
end of the peninsula and , by the
twenty-eighth wheri it was decided to
give themen a resf and time to en
able -the positions to be consolidated.
they -had reached "Rrltbia"joAv tke".
road which runs along the peninsula
and over which they will join their
comrades from the dominions.
The French took possession of Cape
Kum Kaleh after they had ' previous
ly attacked toward Yeni Shehr to the
south on the Asia-Minor coast.
While this was proceeding the
fleet, besides covering the landing of
the troops kept up a bombardment, of
the forts in the Dardanelles and pre
vented reinforcements from reaching
Turkey from the Sea of Marmora.
One Turkish troop ship was sunkby
the Queen Elizabeth which is be
lieved again to have fired her big guns
across the peninsula, directed by lair
men. The troop ship was sunk ' off
Maidos a town . well inside the Nar
rows, which later the battleship Tri
umph bombarded and set on fire.
FLETCHER PRESIDENT AGAIN.
Re-elected Head of Southern Com
merical Congress.
Muskogee, Okla. Senator Duncan
U. Fletcher of Florida was re-elected
president of the Southern Commercial
Congress here by the board of direc
tors. The other officers also were
re-elected.
Senator -Fletcher had served three
previous terms, Dr. Clarence J". Owen,
Washington, was re-elected managing
director; T. S. Southgate, Norfolk,
Va., first vice president; Albert P.
Bush, Jr., Mobile, Ala., second vice
president and William H. Saunders,
Washington, treasurer. Mrs. Louis
G. Lindsley, Nashville, Tenn., was re
elected president-general of the
women's auxiliary to the Congress.
Views regarding the effect of gov
ernmental Influence upon business
widely at variance with those express
ed by George W. Perkins of New
York were voiced by Edwin F. Sweet,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, at
the final session of the Congress.
England Must Pay Losses.
Washington Senator Hoke Smith,
after a call, at .the state department,
declared that unless the cotton ships
from the United States now held in
Enelish .Dorfs were allowed to proceed
on their neutral destinations Great
Britain "would be forced to pay very
heavy damages." :;
Wifson Will Stay in Washington. .
Washington. President Wilsoti
nlans not to establish an office at the
summer White House at Cornish, N.
H.. but to spend most of his time in
Washington.' He will make several
brief trips to Cornish to visit his fam
ily, and short cruises on the yacht
Mayflower. It was said at the White
House that these plans wereade not
because the president looks on the
European or Mexican situations as
specially I critical, but because .h
thinks it his duty to remain in Waslv
-ington as much as possiWe.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE RE
PORTS IN CARTER-ABERNE-THY
CONTEMPT CASE.
FILE REPORT WITH GOVERNOR
Recommends That Records as Reflect
ing on Solicitor Abernethy Should
1 , Be Expurgated.-
Raleigh. The legislative committee i
m the Judge Frank Carter-Solicitor
Abernethy case absolves Judge Car-'
ter from all charges reflecting on his
moral character, but finds that at var
ious times, including the . Newbern
contempt incident, the Judge acted
harshly and arbitrarily; unwisely ex
ercising his judicial discretion, lost
his temper and used Intemperate lan-
guage, but at no time acted corruptly.
Furthermore, the committee rules in
favor of Solicitor Abernethy in hold
ing that he is entitled to have the
contempt records entered against him
on the minutes of the Craven county
court expunged insotar as the records
reflect on his official conduct or pri
vate character, "if this can be done
by any exercise of constitutional au
thority."
The committee recites that it is in
evidence "and the committee so finds"
that Judge Carter had a serious ner
vous collapse and ' breakdown just
before he went on the bench and that
since assuming the duties of judge
ship he has had an occasional return
of nervous disorder which in the opin
ion of the committee, seriously affects'
his emperament, provokes irritation
and a derangement of his accustomed
mental equipoise; j that 1 since he as
sumed office he has held court in 56'
counties of the state and while hold
ing courts ln at least . six ; of these
ojnUes, Jyfc ,ja4 exWbileoe. evi
dence of a. .return "of nit nervous trou
bles.. , "
' The report f of the. committee was
filed with Governor Craig by : Repres
entatives Stacey and Yannthe other
members of the committee -having
left for their homes " with the under
standing that various clerical correc
tions should be made by Messrs. Vann
and Stacy before filing the report
with the Governor. .The document
consists of- 37 typewritten pages, a
large part? of it however, being a reci
tation of the legislative proceeding
that terminated in the appointment of
the committee to investigate, and a
complete reproduction of the con
tempt record filed against Solicitor
Abernethy on' the minutes of the Cra
ven county coHirt by Judge Carter
that brought about the investigation
and on which it hinged.
Members of the committee have
made it plain that the report as filed
really represents the complete viewa
of no member of the committee, but
is a compromise of views from seven
angles, representing the seven mem
brs of the committee. Individual mem
bers having manifested at the outset
of the ' conference widely divergent
viewsjas to nearly every phase of the
case. However, the report is signed
by all the members of the committee.
The committee does not indicate
what course Solicitor "Abernethy
should take to clear the contempt
records at Newbern of any reflection
on his official conduct and private
character, which the committee holds
that he is entitled to have. It is un
derstood that the idea entertained is
that a bill of equity can be brought by
which the court can-make an order
for the correction of the entries to
this end.
Will Have Health Exhibit.
Henderson ville. "Hendersonvllle
will have the state's big health ex
hibit on display on June 2-8, inclu
sive. The health authorities and oth
ers interested in . the campaign for
a more sanitary and attractive city
are anxious to create greater interest
in the health campaign and it was
thought that an exhibit for several
days in a convenient place In this city
would result in stimulating more civic
pride and interest in health matters.
Demonstration in Terracing.
j Reldsville. A practical demonstra
tion in " terracing under the auspices
of representatives of the Department
of Agriculture, will be given at the
farm of A. D. I vie on the Leaks ville
Price road, three miles west; of Leaks
ville, Friday, May 7. The work in the
field will be under the direction of E.
S.- Millshaps of : Statesville, district
agent farm demonstration - work.
United' States. Department of Agricul
ture,, who will, lecture, while the prac
tical side 'of proper terracing of our
farm land is being shown.