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F TBS OiZETTM FSWI HAS IBS MOST gXPBHSlTB ASSOCIATED rtJtSi BES V1CS IS TEtCiEOLlSiM. . ' Weather Forecast: PROBABLY CLOUDY TONIGHT. FRIDAY FAIR. V' f I v. VOL. XVIII. .NO. 277. - ASIIEVILL3, N. C TI "SDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 1, 1914. PRICE 5 CENTS I r. v i rift rrr NOTGUILTY IDEBfB ACQUIT THE POLICE No Mis-, Mai-, of Nonf eas-j ance Shown During; the In quiry Is Conclusion Of the Board. " G. BERNARD NAMED AS CITY PROSECUTOR Attorney Who. Conducted, the Inves.ation js'or the City Selected to Press Police - Court Prosecutoins. . JUDGE; ' " ,After less than an hour's session ot " tho mayor and board of aldermen of the city behind closed doors ; this morning, that body. Bitting as a court . of impeachment 1b the case against . Police Justice Junius U. Adams, unaa imously decided, on the evidence pro- duced, that Judge Adam is not guilty H 01 nonfeasance, malfeasance; or mis I feasance in office.'; Following that dei clslon Corporation. Counsel Silas G. Bernard, who conducted . the " trase ' against Judge Adams, was named as prosecutor to act in conjunction with the latter In the enforcement or tne .law in. Ashevilis.,. f , . . The decision of the impeachment body, which was signed , by Mayor Rankin . and each member . ; of the V hoiird, thus! hic.RiiiJ It vtiatwisS-Jlv4 ( lows: , ," : . i "We, tne mayor ana ooaru or niaer- men of the city of Ashevllle, after a 1 thorough investigation Into the official ; conduct of Police Judge J. Q. Adams, : and considering all the evidence pro- duced. find that he Is not guilty of the - charge of nonfeasance, malfeasance . or misfeasance In office." The final session of the court of tm- ueafhmnnl wna rnnvpnori fit 10 o'clock t this morning In the council chamber of City hall, with only Mayor Rankin and the eight members of the board of aldermen present. The decision was reached about 10:45. Following this, Mayor Rankin , announced to members of the press and others who -. had been awaiting the outcome that ' an open session would be held for the discussion of another matter that T seemed to have direct bearing on the case. - The Open Session. (- At this open session, Mayor Rankin . ' stated the object of the meeting by '-'..saying that the Investigation Just closed had brought to his mind the " necessity for a different system of prosecution In Police court, He said that heretofore too - much duty has ' been Imposed on the police Justice, as ko hag been supposed to act In the -capacities of Judge, prosecuting attor ney and Jury and, "if the ideas of cer tain ones were carried out," as a de- tective. He termed this an. Imposi tion. He gave it as his opinion that the present machinery of the govern ij ment of the fity gives the board of 'aldermen the power to provide a necessary prosecuting officer for Po : lice c jrt, and he then Called on Cor- - noratlon Counsel Bernard to cite law I in tho matter. Mr. Hernard then addressed the . board and stated that a prosecuting C attorney may be employed for Police 4 rourt or 4he corporation counsel may instructed to assume these duties, - vlti: tM necessary additional compen- mtion provided. As to this comDen- ;, tatlon, he said that by a recent act a iriaitax is levied in each case tried heroret ho court which tax Is for the ; purpose of providing compensation ' or a prosecutor. , , t As to the amount of this tax, he , tald that In cases brought up from, a nagiHirates court It Is 40 cents, and n cbops originating In Police court. H. This tax, he said. Is already being Included In the costs levied against " defendants in the eourt and Is going nto the city treasury. For the flint no oays or December, he said, this lax amounted to 15. Asked as to what he considered the duties of such an officer should he. Mr. Bernard said that t& should be prosecutor and solicitor In the court una snould also be subject to the run of all members of the police depart ment for advice; to make preliminary Investigations In certain cases to de termine If evidence could be secured sufficient for a conviction; and should set through 'the department alto Kther. When questoned more closely he also said that the duty of follow ing the cases to Superior tourt should Hlso be imposed, where appeals s tukon from the Police court Judg ni:nt. , v . Prowu tor's Datlitt. - -At this point Mayor Hiinkln askud Bernard If such an officer would pve the trial Judge of the duties : litis, outlined, and at the same time , not rob him of the power te act In- J 'lirndently of the prosecutlnr officer. (Continued on page 4J BOTH COfiTEfiTED S.W0F Suffraists " Anti-Suffra- gists Are Satisfied With Prv&-v-s in 1913. New York, Jan. 1. In ' messages summing up the progress of their re spective, , movements -the National American Woman Suffrage association and the National Association Opposed to Woman's Suffrage Dr. Anna How ard Shaw,, president 'of the 'former, t, d Mrs. Arthur Murray Dodge, head of the latter organization, declared that the past year had been one of gratifying success and each predicted notable victories for the causes they represent In the year Just starting. .. . "Standing- on the , threshold M nniu ur. onaw, we- BUiiragTSi are delighted with the recognition Af women shown by the appointmout "by Aaayor , Mitohel of Or. Katherlner B; Davis to the position fit commissioner of 'corrections of ' the city of New York. - v.: b ; ' -." -;; -, ' -ThIs following the appointment of Miss Julia Lathrop as head of the Federal Children's bureau ana r- the appointment of Mrs. J. Borden Har Irman as a member of the ' Federal Industrial commission, Is one of many evidences that the government Is recognizing, woman'., ability to All places of trust and power. "We are upheld by the growing consciousness of, American men- that It is a shameful thing to have their women governed by black men, red men, yellow men, men from every country and 'no country gathered un der this flag.' ; -. . "Nineteen j hundred and thirteen," said Mrw. .Dodge, .'"donblei"! tb, rrtritw boisliip of our "national "Msoclatlon:,tV'' -in varlgus localities Offered ad-' At the end of 1913 we numbered 4i,o"mu prizes or many tnousanas or 000. We now have 90.000. And W4j't lollars. : On a stand erected at city are resolved, that 1914. shall double It again Our most striking victory last year was the defeat of the suffrage bill in Michigan, v, ..-,, . "We shall, of course, oppose the federal amendment . Our state presi dents are quite competent to Inundate congressmen whenever necessary with telegrams proving to them that .the women of these districts ; don't want to vote. - '. '. ',. , , . - , "The rules committta of the house doesn't Intend to appoint a suffrage committee for that body and no one, neither Dr. Shaw nor any other suf fragist, expects that it will." TO EFFECT SETTLEMENT Working on Scheme to Be Presented to President of ' Mining Companies. Laanslng, Mich., Jan, 1. Represen tatives of state labor unions were still working today on a plan whereby they hoped to effect a settlement of the strike In the copper country. At a long session last night they failed to complete a draft of the scheme which they want Governor Ferris to pre sent to President Shaw of the Calu met and Hecla Mining company. By going over the head of James McNaughton. general manager of the Calumet and Hecla, who has refused to deal with them, and making their appeal direct to the head of the larg. est producer Involved In the labor war, the unionists hoped to Induce the employers to submit the differ ences to arbitration. SPEAKER W. C. DOWD IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 1. Former Speaker Dowd of the state assembly, who yestnerday took a day off from editing his paper, the Charlotte News, to go bird hunting near Stntiley, Gas ton county, narrowly escaped serious, if not fatal Injury, when a farmer at whose house the hunting party stop ped accidentally fired a gun which he was examining, a part of the load of small - shot striking Mr. Dowd In cheek, head and hand. He wns not more than 20 feet distant and was painfully hurt, the fact that he was not directly In front of the gun sav ing him from more severe Injuries, " Customs ItoTenncs, New York, Jan. 1. Customs reve nues and other receipts at the port of New York, were ?,26T,006 less this year ' than in 1912,' Is shown by a statement made pul'lic by Dudley r leld Mulone, collec'.or of the port IThe t'U' for 111 .'.em-he 1209, CM,- i2 sgnlnst 1212,981,988 Iilm year. Of the tot! Twenties for 191 3, 1304,- 261.10 was derlvd from Import duties, , MiPHE DF Ill l.iUt.li Philadelphia's. AncienV And ' Honoracle Celebration of ' ; New x ear Most Succ::s ' ful Ever Held." ; - ' TEN THOUSAND MEN P.DE THE biii-juai a Keen Rivalry Between Various Clubs Bij Prizes Are Of feredMany Thous-' . ; - ands Attend.; Philadelphia. Pa., Jan. 1; Phila delphia's ancient and honorable carni val of pompous majesty and fun, the parade , of mummers, or "New Year's shooters,' was held today and it "sur passed all previous attempts to enter tain the people on the first day of .the new year. Ten thousand men In fancy and grotesque costumes paraded over the principal streets while hundreds of thousands stood' along the curb lines and applauded their favorites. - The New. Year's day event is as dis tinctive of this city as the mardi gras is of New Orleans or the pageants of continental . Europe,. In former times it was the custom to "shoot out the, old year' hence the title of "new year's shooters" as applied ; to ! the fantastic paraders. 1 j , . - So keen has been the rivalry be tween the various clubs or associations which participated In the parade that some of them spent thousands of dol lars on gorgeous robes ' and costumes of satin and brocade. The city offered prtttes aggregating 15000 to be contest ed' for, end association of business hall were seated the committee who decided which clubs won the coveted prizes. .';,.'- ;. -- Heading the parade was the Silver Crown association, the oldest in the city, with 600 men and three bands, leading the fancy dress division. Kings with beautiful cloaks extending sev eral yards in the rear and borne by silk clad pages, princes, ladles of the court dressed In satins and wearing powdered wigs, were in line, , ail im personated by men who every other day In the year are engaged In the humblest of occupations.' The Lob ster association, with 600 men and four bands wns second In this divis ion; and the Charles Klein association, first prize, winners of .last year, fol lowed. ' Heading the comic division was the Tom Dbwling New Year association, captained by James T. Hopkins, chief boatswain of the United States battle ship Mississippi, now stationed at the Philadelphia navy yard. - The club, composed of sailors and marines, was represented by 300 men, five floats and two bands. The Bruder associa tion, winner of last year's first prize in the comlo section, was next with 500 men, 26 floats and four bands. The White Caps association followed with 2500 men, 21 floats and four bands. The Federal association turned out 1200 men, ten floats and three bands. - , , Among the other clubs In line were the Knock 'em Out band, Sweet,Lemr on association, Half Smoked band, and the Mikes and Ikes, and Saurcraut band of Pottsville, Home Breakers String band. Trilby String band. Ridic ulous Order of Pigs, Meadow Larks, Bachelor String band. About "80 other clubs were granted permits to Join in the parade. BY UNEMPLOYED MEN Five Hundred Enter Cafes an Demand Food March Through Stretr Chicago, Jan. 1. Entering restau rants and demanding food, breaking windows and puncturing automobile tires, a crowd of nearly COO unem ployed men early this morning march ed through Chicago's business district. They furnished a Strange contrast to New Year revellers, who were leaving the cafes and restaurants. The men marched in State street four abreast, carrying a banner which read "we demand 'work, not charity." The army halted cars and cried to passengers that they wanted work. At Van Buren street the police halted the marchers but they soon reformed their line farther down the street. Hey, you bums, what's to," shout- ed a pedestrian from the curb. "You are drunk and we are hun- gry," replied one of the leaders. ' I The band finally broke up Into small groups. iNEHLii BATTLES Uncle Sam's Health Patrol Has Mc.de Great Record Jot Past Year. - Whlnston'. "Jan. 1. Uncle Sam's health patrol ! preparing for the big gest year's , oj-k ' It has ever under taken. The nummary of .the last 12 : j months Worlv prepared In the head quarters of the public health service here and made public today contains a record of heroic fights against dis eases concerted opposition to the In vasion of forft-sn maladies and excur sions into nsw fields of medical ex ploration wtw V has had no equal in the history of (he federal health or ganization. Trained exiv'jts working under the direction of S-rgeon General Rupert and Assistant t ,rgeon General Rucker have durlnp- tJ'(? last year covered every portion the country, routing out unknown t leases, cleaning up In fested place?,, leaching communities and indivlduatr'how to guard against diseased immi; rants, itinerants ."carriers-' of ? ..disease, unhealthful - sur roundings, infftaiied rats and . polluted drinking water: . : :., ,-.y,. Pollution of iifers and the attend ant dangers t" communities close: to them Is- under, axamination now In the valleys of the Missouri, hlo and Potomac. A comprehensive lnvestlga-' tlon of pellagra H being directed from the marine hospital at Savannah, Ga., and Malaria Is "being closely studied at the Mobile, Ala., hospital to deter mine definitely the means by which it is carried uut the methods best adapted to its i oppression. Over 38,000 Indians on reservations In 25 etc tes" were examined under di rection of the ' public health service during V.e last year to determine the prevalent of th trachoma and con sumption. 'More than 22 per cent ot the Indiani weret found to be sufferers from trachoma, Mid drastic measures have been recommended br the health officers to meet the situation. " ' . :- ARE AGAIN ACTIVE Attempt Assassination Peas ants Near Cannes Are Terrorized. Cannes, France, Jan. 1. A further daring attempt at assassination was made early today by the criminals known as the "Phantom Bandits." who are Infesting the country districts around Cannes. They, fired two shots through a window of a large villa in the suburb of Ranguln belonging to a prominent Parisian banker and the bullets Just missed two ladies seated at a table. . The bandits then disappeared and no further trace of them was discov ered, although the . district swarms with detectives specially detailed from Paris and Marseilles. The terror inspired by these myste rious night attacks has attained such proportions that nothing will Induce the peasants to leave their houses af ter dark. Doors and. windows have been heavily barricaded everywhere in the vicinity and the prevailing fear Is spending even among foreign visi tors at this winter resort. The police authorities believe the bandits are part of a gang which ter rorized the district for years and whose operations were stopped a year ago by the arrest of several of their leaders who are now awaiting trial, I1 I OF His Is First Aeroplane Ever Seen by Inhabitants of The Holy City. , Jerusalem, Jan. 1. General Fran cols Xaxler Bonnier, another French aviator making the flight, from Paris to Cairo, landed near the Pool of 61 loam on New .Year's eve. The arrival of General Bonnler'a aeroplane, the first ever seen by the Inhabitants of the Holy City, created great excite ment. The entire populace turned out to see the machine and welcome the airman, ' Port Bald, Jan. 1. Oencral Bonnier started In his aeroplane from J truss lem this morning and arrived her about noon. After a brief stop he, proceded on hin Illicit to Culro. Uen oral Honnler Is probably the oldest French aviator. He Is fit years old and la brigadier general of French colonliil troops In Vent Africa, He received, his certificates as an aerial pilot In July 1910. in ii I " ' - nr-ji i mm PHANTOM BRIGANDS URGES GariTRltL OF MISSISSIPPI Warning That Cotton Supre macy of U. S. Is Thrsat ened Unless. Floods , Are Prevented. PROPER LEVEES WuULD ' ADD 15,000,000 ACRES England is Spending Millions Trying to Grow Cotton in Colonies A Campaign ' Against Weevil. ' Washington, Jan. 1. Warning that American supremacy in cotton com merce may be wrested by foreign countries , unless :; this government avails Itself of the full measure of Us resources, has been submitted to the house committee on rivers and har bors In advocacy of the pending bill for an immediate appropriation of $1? 000,000 as the first installment of the 148,000,000 proposed by the Mis sissippi river commission for prevent ing floods on the Mississippi. The warning, voiced by B, F. Bush, president of the Missouri Pacific rail road, , sets , forth that the principal European countries are spending mil lions of dollars in fostering cotton culture In their colonies, that 'the English premier recently had a bill passed appropriating $15,000,000, for experimenting in growing cotton In the Soudan to make the English spin ner independent of. the United Statos supply - ; - 1 - .'-. -. ... : " ' -it? ii'Cb- wneeilodr V vat the United States "if aiive to il Dpi portunltleg," had nothing to fear, and that the nation should hasten to the rescue of the south by making' the control of the Mississippi as a national problem. , t f He added that levee protection for the alluvial lands In the Mississippi i delta would add 15,000,000 'acres of fertile, wealth-producing area, whose cultivation In cotton, sugar- cano or diversified crops would yield many millions of, dollars annually. - Investigation of the life history and habits of the parasitta f the cotton boll weevil In a more thorough and comprehensive way than ever before is proposed by Secretary Houston. He wants more funds appropriated with j which to employ experts. on this work In order to undertake a "community experiment" In controlling the boll weevil. Up to now practically all the efforts of the department of agricul ture have been confined to assisting Individual planters. The efforts of the new corps of ex perts would be devoted to a study of the boll weevil, the different steps in the control of the weevil, the picking of the squares of"the cotton plant, en couragement of the parasites, destruc tion of the cotton plants in the field and to determining where the efficien cy of each step might be increased by some Variation or new process. Rotation In crops, . changes In the system of handling cotton and plant ing the cotton wider apart have helped In the fight against the weevil which has caused millions of dollars of loss but Its ravages still oontlnue and no varieties of cotton are Immune. GENERAL ROSALIE JONES Marshals Suffragette Forces For Second Descent, on N. Y. Capital. New York, Jan. 1 "General" Rds adle Jones, the suffragist leader, vet eran of marches to Washington and Albany, marshaled her forces at New York city's northernmost boundary early today and started on another foot Journey to the state capital. She plans to make the 175 miles trip, as the roads wind, In seven days, or at the rate of 25 miles a day. The previous march a year ago occupied two weeks. -On her arrival she will deliver a message to Governor Glynn, as she did to, former Governor Sui ter, asking his support for woman suffrage, . The suffrage army, which includes such veterans as "Colonel" Ida Craft, "Corporal" Martha- Klatschken and Mrs. Olive Bchultz, the "official scout," will Journey this time up th West bank of the Hudson, crossing the river today at Dobbs Ferry. The army plans to stop at Nyack tonltiht; Highlands, January 2; Marl boro, January 3, Kingston, January 4: Catnkl'.l. January 5; New Balti more, January t, arriving at Albanj at noon, January 7. FIGHT RESULTS . ARE HORRIBLE ADDRESSES AT SCIENCE MEET Sessions of Various Sections Held Attack on High Cost of Auto Tires. Atlanta, Ga, Jan, 1. Educators, entomologists, chemists, botanists and psychologists were among thosq for whom the program of today's session of the American society for the Ad vancement of Science was prepared. Imminent Investigators in these branches of science delivered ad dresses. One of the most interesting of the meetings was that of the chemistry section of the association, with the Georgia branch of the American Chemistry "society. The program for this meeting included the names of Dr. Charles L. Parsons, chief chemist of the United States bureau of mines, general secretary of the American Chemistry society; Dr. B. B. Ross, Alabama State chesist; Dr. Robert K. Duncan, University : of Pittsburgh, known for the industrial fellowships he originated. ' ' Science's attack on the high cost of automobile tires was outlined by Chas. P. Fox, Akron, O., who discussed the possibility of furnishing a substitute for rubber. Another possible use for cotton seed, that of a food for man kind was the subject of an address by C. A. Wells, Georgia. Mr. Parsons' paper was concerned with the possi "bllitlei of Georgia, clays. Among other notable addresses was that of the retiring vice president of the Mechanical Science and. Engineer ing section, Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, director of the United States bureau of, mines, on safety and the preven tion of waste in .mining and metalur- ti:ri -- t satfl'fflss '. Problems of Infer were discussed at today's session' of the American. Association of.. EcoM nomiu Entomologists. The sole meetings of the section of apiary Inspection and that on horti cultural inspection also were held to day. It had been arranged to have the federal horticulture board repre sented at the latter meeting, and a report of the work of the board made. Important meetings of the Botanical Society of America, the American Phytopathologlcal society, the section on anthropology, and psychology, and the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psvchology virtually brought the sessions of the divisions to a close. The general committee of the asso ciation will meet tonight to elect offi cers and decide upon the time and place for the next meeting. The Americans have cut the continent at Panama and changed the commercial map of the world sCOUPONs- re S it for ave THE PANAMA QVjW I X iv Frederic J. Haskirt iy Frederic . AOW tt "Th ft Gazette-News, Colonel Coethals says: 'Accurate and Dependable" RE, S3 HOW TO GET THIS BOOK On account, of the education value and patriotic appeal ot this book, The Gazette-News has arranged with Mr. Haskln to distribute a limited edition among Its' readers for tho more cost of production and handling. It Is bound in a heavy cloth. 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SANGUINARY CONFLICT AT OJINAGA CONTINUES Endless Tide of Wounded, Some Begging to Be Killed Wilson to Meiet Lind y On Ship. . ' d Presidio. Tex., Jan. 1. Tbte , battle at .OJlnaga, Mex., betweim the 'north- . ern division of the Mexican federal army and rebels continued Jils morn- ing after having been iin jrogress all , night. Five .or six hundred federals, nad already been kllYedy and the wounded will be far in; eJxess of that -number;. ' ,; ' ... Horrftfying sights wetre witnessed on the .American side ' be0jre daylight. The wounded soldiers. ,wlth shattered arms, legs shot off ad Injuries that later proled fatal, st juggled through the river! and pleadcAl to the Ameri can soldi rs for helri v ; . ( Beg to Be Killed. All the physicians and medical sup plies available 'htife were placed at the servide, of the.- disabled, federals. Before daj light mure than 200 wound ed had so ught wellef on this side. Some of these were so badly Injured that they 'begged the American sold iers to kill. them, i . From the; war-(scarred little village ' of OJlnaga hack 8 mile from the river there came what appeared to be an endless-tide of WQunded. The fight on '.the border hjere had the appear- ' ance of being f he 'mosa sanguinary. - 'Vconflit, oi'tha present, rebellion VtofJ ieser'.e,ateo ..came' to the river, In: great f inuirtwrsi -.'Indicating - that the buly of Provisional P-restdei.t Huerta's army! was disposed to give up.' All the deserters who were not. wounded, however, were disarmed on this side and sent back by Major Mc Xameei commanding the United States border patrol i'MaJor McNamee hss-, more-thaji 84 guns which . he took from deserters., During the night - the groaning of ; the, wounded on the- battlefield on the opposite side; of th river , could ' be heard by the American cavalrymen. ,. The fire in the ' diirkness seemed to -be heavier than it had ever been. All women, childjon and non-com- ' batants of OJlnaga cans "to the river and were taken "fo'; the", American (Continued on, page t) a CopvoF ii J. Hackin mIm CmnMil" Thurs. Jan. 1st. aU A J
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