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HE ASHEVffiLE CITIZEN CITIZEN WANT ADS BRING RESULTS VOL. XXXII, NO. 100. ASHEVILLE, N.( O, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS THE WEATHER RAIN., TROOPS FEDERAL ft IN OTAY VALLEY Admiral Fullam Says Loot ing is "the Worst I Have Ever Seen." MORENA DAM BURSTS IS LATEST REPORT Warning of Further Disaster Given by Japanese in Broken English. BAN DIEGO, Jan. 20. Tele- phone reports were received early tonight from two sources that the Cuyagaca dam at the f source of the San Diego river, f had broken, releasing three f billion gallons of water. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Jan. SO. (By radio to Ban Francisco). Looting, described by Rear Admiral Fullam, commanding the Pacific reserve fleet as "the worst 1 hare ever seen," broke out today in the Otay valley, flood swept by the breaking of the Otay dam last Friday. The lower valley was turned Into an armed camp pa trolled by marines and sailors from the battleship Oregon and the cruisers Milwaukee and South Dakota In San Diego bay with orders to shoot looters on sight. Recover Bodies. The sailors and marines toiled hard to recover the bodies of those who lost their lives in the disaster and at sundown twenty-nine bodies, some of which were mutilated, had been gath ered together. The loss of life in the Otay valley now Is estimated at fifty, while reports that the cloudburst in San Luis Rey and San Pasqual valleys cost no more than ten Uvea brought the probable death list in this section to sixty. A new flood poured down the Tia Juana river today which has risen four feet at its mouth at the foot of 'flan Diego bay. Officials here said that this undoubtedly indicated the burst In: of th Morena. dam, sixty miles, back" In the hills. Fearing that' the fifteen billion gallons of water lm bounded by the dam would tear a hew channel for the river across the Coronado Strand Into the sea, resi dents of Imperial Beach, a hamlet on the Strand, were ordered to flee. First news of the reported collapse of the Morena dam came through An drew Ervast, city engineer of Corona do. Ervast, trying today to reach the (Continued on Page Two.) OF GRANTING WILSON'S DESIRE FOR MORE SPEED Steps Taken to Keep Both Branches Busy During the Week. BILLS ON CALENDAR WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Congress hows some signs of responding to President Wilson s desire that it shall get through and adjourn by the time the national convention assembles in June. Within the last week com mittees of both house and senate have taken steps to keep both branches busy until the army and navy bills can be brought in for the real busi ness of the session. As soon as the Philippine bill Is out of the way, probably this week, the senate will take up the con servation program. The house mean while will work on appropriation bills. The postal bill and the Indian bill are on the calendar for passage this week. The government sTiip purchase bill will be Introduced to morrow. The house may begin work on It next week but senate leaders have decided to wait until the house has paesed the bill before they take It up at all. Hearings on the army and navy bills continue in both houses. The senate jnllitary committee is about ready to close bearings on the army reorganisation bill nd get down to the work of' drafting a measure. President Wilson's speaking tour had already shown some effect In con gress, where some member i who do not fsvor Secretxry Garrison's conti nental army plan are encouraged by the president's statement In his Pittsburgh speech that he Is not bound to any spex-ine plan. Foreign affairs promise to remain a subject of discussion In the senate and house. The Mexican situation and the agitation for an embargo on war munitions exports are forecast. Many senator, predict the embargo question will be an Issue wlilch con gress? must determine before adjourn ment. There is considerable senti ment In its favor In both houses but administration leaders predict nothing iU Da dons. RUSSIANS SURROUNDING ERZERUM WHILE TURKISH AUTHORITIES ARE FLEEING Strong Russian Column Advancing to Tigris - Valley, Where English Detachment IS Surrounded Germans Repulsed in West aid Paris Bombarded by Zeppelin. ATHEISTS, Jan. 29. (Via Paris, Jan. 30) The Rus sians are surrounding Erzerum, from which city the Turk ish authorities have fled, according to reports reaching here. A strong Russian cplumn is advancing to the Tigris valley, the advices add. GERMANS REPULSED. PARJS, Jan. 30. (Via London) The repulse of two German infantry attacks upon French positions near Dom- pierre,JSOuth of the River Somme, was announced today by the war office. The "Most Unkindesf Cut" PARIS RAIDED. LONDON, Jan. 30. Twenty-four persons were killed and twenty-seven injured when a Zeppelin airship Satur day night dropped some three and a half tons of explosives on the city of Paris. The attack was launched under cover of a fog and the raider escaped despite the fact that a large number of French aircraft endeavored to find it. Some of the bombs weighed about six hundred pounds and in ex ploding caused considerable material damage. Another Zeppelin raid on Paris was threatened Sun day night, warnings being sounded throughout the city, and crowds gathering to watch for the raider and the at tack on it, which was sure to be made should it come within sighting distance of the cordon of aeroplanes guarding the capital. ' Berlin Claims Gains. Berlin reports that all of the ground the Germans gained in their last offensive in the vicinity of Neuville and south of the Somme river, remains in their hands despite strong French attacks. The position captured south of-the Somme, -ays the Berlin communication is 3,500 meters in length and one thousand meters in depth.- Seventeen off icers and 1,270 men, among them several Englishmen, were made prisoner. Paris says that in fresh attacks opposite Dompierre, south of the Somme, the Germans were twice repulsed. Little fighting has been going on on the Russian front except near Usciezcko on the Bukowina frontier, where re- ( CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.) COLONEL HOUSE LEAVES BERLIN FOR LONDON AND PARIS HTZERLAND Says His Conversations in Germany Will Clarify Situation. GERMANY FRIENDLY BERLIN (Via London), Jan. SO. Colonel Edward M. House, President Wilson's personal representative, has left Berlin for Paris and London by way of Switzerland. Prior to hie d parture, though declining to be quot ed with any particularity on the re sults of his mission, Colonel House ald he wss very glad he had come to Berlin, and added that the conversa tion which he had had with leading German statesmen and prominent men In private life, ana particularly his conference with Ambassador Gerard; hail been most profitable and Would undoubtedly lead to a clarification of German-American relations, although it was to be doubted whether any defi nite tangible developments could be expected therefrom. His vtslt. which a. chiefly for In- I formative purposes, can scarcely' be j wid to have brought him any novel or unexpected light on the German situation, the main outlines of which. It appears, are well understood In Washington. Colonel House will, therefore. It is believed, convey to the president nothing startllngly new upon the German situation and the attitude of the government In Its varlou. branches, but a mass of detalfcd In formation worked Into shape In his long discussions with Mr. Gerard. In the same way. It may be eeJd that Colonel House, upon whom Inter view. with several of Germany's lead ing statesmen left a most agreeable Impression, will report to the presi dent on the attitude these statesmen have taken towards America an at titude which baa been described as one. of friendliness aad a desire to avoid any complications wtth the United states so far as compatible with Germany1 vital Interests and In ternal harmony and he will be able le support and supplement Ambassa dor Gerard's reports by personal dec larations made with the foreknowledge that they will go direct to the ores'.. "LOST IN FOB" REPORT FROM WASHINGTON SAYS Navy Officials Say There is No Cause for Alarm Over Disappearance. DETAILS OF NEW ADMINISTRATION SHIP BILL SHOW STRIKING DIFFERENCES TO BLL DEFEATED AT THE LAST SESSION mm ; f . Modification of the Government Operation Feature and Broadening of the Powers of the Shipping Board It Designed to Create Are Among the Notable ChangesWill Encourage the ' Expenditure of American Capital tor Building of Vessels. WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. Details of the new administration ship bill to build a merchant marine and naval auxiliaries, revised to command the votes of dissenting democrats, were made nubile toHlght for the first time. It will be introduced tomorrow In the house by Chairman Alexander, of the merchant marine committee, who will lead the fight for 1U pannage on me floor. ' PnhHA hearlnn at which President aril..ni..n nth... will ti nuked to testify. wlU begls a few days. The striking differences between the new ibill and the one which failed In iha unita last year are modification of tbe government operation feature and broadening or me powers ui mo shipping board which it is proposed tn r.rnt. Oovernment operation, un der the new Mil, would be entered upon only as a last resort ir private capital falls to respond to the enter ru Th hliinlnr board would be empowered to regulate all interstate and foreign commerce In American ,vntr ax the Interstate commerce commission now regulates Interstate railway traffic. Knroiirufrr American twmtMi. TOverv effort hus been made to draw h hill no as to encourage American capital to help upbuild the merchant marine and to protect it from unfair fnrerivn eoniDeilt Ion and government vessels never would operate on lines where an Amerli-an service was fur- ishing satisfactory service at raiCj rates. The put and out government ownership feature of the old bill was generally conceded to have been one of the primary! causes for failure of the measure. An Initial appropriation of $50,000, 000 for the purchase or lease of ves sels to be obtained by the sale of Panama canal bonds and the appoint ment of the shipping board of five members are the first objects of the --. ........... . ' i . . M . sew' lir. -Ttreffltretarr T Trie Davy and the secretary of commerce would be ex-offlcio members of the board, and the other three members would be "men of largo practical experience" In foreign commerce. They would be appointed by the president and receive $10,000 a year. A secretary would re ceive $5,000 a year and the remainder of the hoard employes, except an at torney1, would come from the civil ser vice lists of the federal government. With the $50,000,000 the board would organize a corporation to lease, buy, charter or build ships. It would he restricted to the purchase of as many American-made veswels as pos sible. Hhlps constructed In foreign countries would be limited to foreign trade only. The board would offer mock to citizens of the Trnited States and If all were subscribed, the board need never operate a ship. Failing to Interest private capital, however, the board could operate vessels. Roth vessels rontrnlled by the board and those which had passed Into pri vate hands by lease or charter wouVA be subject at all times to the call of the president for use In war. Mem bers of the crews and Ulcere eould volunteer at any time for service In the naval auxiliary and would receive from $5 to $16 a month, from the time of enlistment IJlx-rnl Regulation. Liberal regulations for United States shippers and more rigid rules for for sign Interests are contemplated by 'tlMrlsrrt-f thrlWrerimng-'trio powers of the shipping board. Here are some of the features of those clauses: The shipping 'board and the Inter state commerce commission, acting jointly could permit railroads to make special rate, for shipments In con nentlon with steamships to encourage Interior points to participate la the foreign trade. All common carriers foreign aad do mestic, operating tn American waters would be forced after January t, 1J17, to obtain revocable licenses from the board. N'o veseel registered or enrolled un der i he law of the United (Mates could be sold to a foreign country without permission from the hoard. Failure to observe that restriction would sub ject the vessel to refusal of clearance papers and the owner to a charge of committing a misdemeanor. Veswels mlrbt he resold or leased CLYDE WILLIAMS IS KILLED WHEN OVERTURNS Pinned Beneath Automobile in Creek on Fairview Road Early Yesterday. DRIVER IS HELD BY THE CORONER'S JURY? Will be Given Hearing To day Before Magistrate Women in Car. "While Joyriding on the front real of an automobile on the FalrvleW road Rt an early hour yesterday morn Ing, Clyde Williams, the 23-year-old son of 3. C. Williams, Janitor of ths police station, was thrown under the machine when It turned over Into s creek by the road, and was drowned before ho could be extricated by his companions. The Jury at the inquest yesterday, conducted by Coroner K. It. Morris, found that Williams had come to his doath at the hands of Harry Hhope, the chauffeur, who was driving an automobile In a reckless manner at a greater rate Of speed than the law allows. ffhope. who owns the machine, and two men from Black Mountain, O. E, Kettle and Krod Hughes, with two woman, were the other oocu pants of the car. The accident la said to have occurred at about 1 o'clock In the morning, and a message reached the police station about I o'clock. Bev-. eral members of the police depart ment secured an automobile, called for Sheriff IS. M. Mitchell and left for the scene of the accident. Upon reaching Uiere, wtth the assistance of several residents of the neighborhood, they lifted the machine off WIN Hams and took him out of the wateiv The young man was dead. The occupants of the machine said nothing of any women being In the car, but Sheriff Mitchell later found two women's hats along the road. It Is thought that tii women made their way to Ashevllle on foot Immediately after the accident. The members of the sheriff's department, aided by the police, are working on the case and Uirpwt "ttt-flmtf who the women- were. Williams body was brought baek to Ashevltle and taken to the undertake ing establish nnwit of Hare and com pany, where Coroner Morris conduct ed the inquest late yesterday after; noon. Hhope, Kettle and Hughe were taken to the county Jail, the lat ter two charged with being publlo nuisances by drinking on the publlo road. Pmposetl Joy-rM. After the policemen had testified at the Inquest, Kettle was sworn and stated that he met Williams early on Saturday evening, not knowing Jilt name, and that the latter had pro posed taking a Joy-ride or a spin In an automobile. He said that lis, with Hughes and Williams, hired the car Shope was driving and started out, as he (the witness) thought, for (Continued en r&Ce Two.) SEARCH BEING MADE WASHINGTON, Jan. 80. One of the four submarines of the K type, a member of a flotilla of four submersl. bles en route from the New York navy yard to Key West, Fla., Is "lost In the fog," according to an official naval radio message received here tonight. The message to the navy department came In response to an inquiry to the submarine tender Tallahassee, off Charleston, 8. C. Beyond stating that she had been unable to locate the sub mersible, the message contained no details. Navy department officials de. clared that there was no cause for alarm, however, they believed that the submarine had become separated from other vessels In the heavy fog and had been unable to locate them again. The submarines la the flotilla were the K-l, 2, S and (. The number of the missing submersible was not con tained In the radio to the navy de partment but She was said to- be the K-S. , The first news that one of the sub marines was mis4'.jg reached tlie de partment In press dispatches. Ad miral Benson, chief of the bureau of operations. Immediately asked the naval wireless station at Charleston to ascertain the position of the flotilla, which left New York January 27 for Key West. Fla. The Charleston sta tion communicated with the Talisy hassee, which replied that on of the under water heats was missing in a dense fog. No further details were given. Naval men believed that the wire, ess on the missing submarine prob ably oad become damaged, which so- counted for her not reporting , bar leuisi a in rnh.aisBsSj. E Wireless, Coast Guard Cut ters and Destroyers Join in the Hunt. CMAJtLBftTOX. 8. C, Jan. SO Wireless stations along the South At lantic, coajit guard cutters and the torpedo boat' destroyer Worden were pressed into the search tonight be tween here and Cape Romaln for the submarine K-5. which had been "lost" elnce about 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The fact that the submersible was missing became known here tonight when the K-l, K-2 and K- with the monitor Tallshas,pe arrived off this port but did nto enter because of the dense fog.. With the K-5 these vessels were en route from New York to Key Week Somewhere off the coast early twlay the K-t was mixsed and until late to night no word hod come of the vessel an far as known here. All efforts to cet Information from the naval sta tion as to whether there had been an accident to the K-fi here were unavail ing. (Soon after the report reached Charleston the coast guard cutters Tamacraw and Seminole as well as the Worden snd buoy tender Man grove left to .-eareh the coast waters. e444.-4444 4- KO FTRTHFR COXCKfcSIOXR. INDON. Jan. II. The Daily Express' G-nera rorre- spondent quotes the Frank- furter Zeitung to the effect that Germany's final answer In the Lusitanla case has been - submitted to Washington and that "the action of the subma- rine commander Is not dlsap- 4 4- proved and Germany will 4 make no further concession." 4 4 PEACE MEETING CHEERS Mass Meeting at Washing ton Under Auspices of Eighteen Peace Societies. WASHINGTON, Jan. $0. Tele grams from William Jennings Bryan and Henry Ford, denouncing the ad ministration's program of prepared ness were cheered at a meeting here today under the auspices of eighteen peace socioties. Representative Bailey, of Pennsyl vania, presided, and Representative Callawsy and Iles, of Texas; Oordon, of Ohio; Saunders, of Virginia, and Tavener, of Illinois, all democrats, spoke in opposition to the prepared ness plan. Representative Saunders declared the prepared nee arguments of "our terrible ex-president" hsd been re futed by history, which he says, shows that although the I'.ntted States had never led the world In preparedness, it was never vanquished. "A year ago." said Representative Dies, "the president had a good Idea of peace. Now he takes a dare and goes forth for preparedness. But we will kee-p him out of his continental army mess." Representative CSallaway, a member of the house naval committee, said the advocates "just want to spend the taxpayers' money lavishly." REAR ADMIRAL PARKER DIE5JT1SHIU Had Been HI Nearly a Month With Pneumonia Was Retired in 1905. WARXR) NOT TO SAIU NEW TORK, Jan. $. Steamship lines which have been carrying freight from New Tork to Russian ports were informed today by the Russian gov. ernment that until further notice no more steamships should sail for that country. . It ti, assumed here that the warn ing u given because Archangel, Vladlvos.ok and other ports are Ice bound. More than a dosen ships are reported f roien in the Ice near those sort and In the WWto fftm WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 Ttear Admiral Albert 8. Barker. retired. Who served from 182 to 1905 and who at various periods In bis career was commandant of the Norfolk, New Tork and Mare Island navy yards, died at his borne here today of pneu monia. He had been 111 almost a month. Burial will be in the Arling ton National cemetery Tuesday. Admiral Barker wss a native of Hanson, Mass.. and was seventy-two years old. He became an ensign In 11(2 and took part In the capture of New Orleans. Later he commanded the V. 8. 8. Rnterprise and ran a 'line of deep-sea soundings around the world. During the Spanish-American war he was a member of the board of stratevy. He was for a time com mander of the North Atlantic fleet. Admiral Barker Is credited with having been the first naval officer In the United States to fire high ex plosives in sheila (Continued on Page Two.) BE AT VARNtl CITIES Aero Club of America is Making Preparations for the Schools. FOR PREPAREDNESS FLOODS TORKATCXED, INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 20 Flood stares In the White and. Wabash rivers with the water rising at an alarming rate tonight threaten floods along the entire length of both streams. Fears of serious damage were increased by continued rains tonight. . r-EPPfxix ovrn park. IXNDON. Jan. II. A Zep- sella airship was over Parts at II o'clock Sunday evening. 2fc..!aiMl NFTW TORK, Jan. 0. Prepare tlons for establishing training schools for aviators at New Tork, Chicago, Boston, Newport News and Augusta, Me.; Detroit, Los Angeles snd Seattle are being made by the Aero Club of America, It was announced tonight. Funds already have beev-psowtded to ssuro the- training of two hundred men. It was stated. More than $200,000 Is reported to have been raised throughout the country to undertake the work. A group of men In Illinois has under written $30,000 of this sum to pro vide training for one hundred avia tors. Wr C. "Rohtnsrv of 'Grlnnell, lows, holder of the American endurance record. Informed the club today that he would undertake the training of one officer from the militia of each state. , The aero clubs of New England and the northwest have announced that they each nave three aeroplanes ready for training purposes. Emerson McMillan's offer to add ' fit to every $ raised for militia aviation up to $5.M0 ex piree at midnight tome-row. Tele-; grams received today at the aero club headquarters Indicated that large sums would be raised In many states to meet the requirements of Mr. Mc Millan's offer.- The tea states Which It la believed certainly will add avia tion sections to their militia are New Tors, Tllnols. Maine, Virginia, Michi gan. Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Missouri. Iowa and OhKn All of tbsm irssAt raised rabsUnUsl syniv
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