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TBS OAZBTTM-NMWB BAB TBS MOST tXPKVBlVB ASSOCIATED PRSSS SIM; ties in TBM caroltsab. Weatner Forecasts SLIGHTLY WARMER. i VOL. XVIII. NO. 283. ASHEVILLE, N. , C.j THRURSDAY AFTERNOON JANUARY 8, 1914. PRICE 5 CENTS FOR PRESIDEIIT Has Carefully Followed His Program of Work and Play While at Pass v Christian. BRIBERY BRITISH A R M y Officers Summoned in Connec tion With Management ' ' Of Canteens. CONSISTENTLY SHUNNED : SOCIAL INTERCOURSE Although on Vacation, He Has Put in Many Hours of . v : Uninterrupted Work. ' Pass Christian, Miss.. Jan. 8. Two weeks ot quiet seclusion were com pleted today by President Wilson In this little village. It is the longest period of time he has spent away from Washington since he took office. So carefully has Mr. Wilson followed a consistent program " of work, pro portioned with exerclBe and rest, that the people of this section hardly real ize that the president of the United States has been dwelling among them. . To the people of the string of towns and hamlets along the southern coast the president has been more or Jess of a puzzle. He said he appre ciated their desire to entertain him but has declined their Invitations' to Inspect their schools, view places of historic interest, attend balls, theaters and those diverse social entertain ments of which southern hospitality boasts at this season, - Few persons have seen him; In fact, only those who have caught glimpses of him as he motored to and from the Ifolf links. If he mingles with the people at all It will be at one popular reception Just. before he leaves an event which Representative Harrison Is trying to arrange for Saturday at Ulfport, , l : . '; , To- those who know the president, his attitude on invitations Is nothing new. Hundreds and hundreds ,of re quests have come to him In the last two years to attend banquets and make addresses at public functions but his; acceptances have been few. When congress is in session he be lieves he ought to be at his desk at the White House and breaks the rule only to address a meeting ot extra ordinary importance. J. The" president's life in Pass Chrls tion has been simple. Except for a dally game of golf he has been at home most of the time. He never has spent an evening away from the fam ily circle. There have no uniformed aides here, no ceremony, no pollce- men, none but the plain clothes secret . service men. . The president came primarily for a vacation, but he has been able to put In many hours of uninterrupted work.- He has done more work here in the Inst few days than he often has accomplished In two weeks at Wash- . inpton. He has caught up with neg lected details In his study of subjects thrust aside in the maelstrom of the tariff and currency agitation, and he will go back to the capital with his : mind made up on many subjects of prime importance. . . London, Jan. 8 Summonses against 16 British army offjoere and civilians were granted today by the police mag istrate at the Bow Btreet court. The men are called to appear on January 17 to answer charges In connection with the management of the canteens I In army barracks. It is hinted that a scandal of tremendous proportions will be reevaled In the inquiry which will be begun on that date.' No names or particulars., of the charges were given out for publication today, but It Is known generally that the army officers concerned belong to the quartermaster's department, and t.ittt all of them have risen from the ranks. The civilians1 summoned to appear are clerks employed by con tractors. . Systematic bribery is alleged to have been prevalent for some time. A secret army Inquiry showed such wide spread corruption that the war office decided to turn Its evidence to the regularly constituted legal authorities. War office officials feared that the court martial which they had pro posed to call would not have Jurisdic tion sufficiently wide to deal properly with he scandal. HESITJTES 10 KEPjrai Believed That Prince of Weid Will Refuse Throne of Albania Three Other Claimants. REALTY BUSINESS IKE IZZET PASHA SE MS TO BE ON THE MOVE Estimation For the Business in , . i Ashevlle Last Year Over Four Million Dollars. BUSINESS OF FIVE FIRMS WAS $850,000 HATE OF DEATH HAS DECLINED Its Significance Considered at Race Betterment Confer ence With Other Vi- tal Statistics. CAUSED Pv WITHDRftWLS P' . j of Depositors Resulted : In Closing Doors of Bank Of Pensacola. LAI EXPLAINS SCHEME FOR PRESERVING RADIUM Writes , Amnions That He Is Opposing Plan Under Misapprehension, Former Turkish Minister Re ported to Be in Brindisi To Head Albanian Expeditoin. Vienna, Jan. 8. The Allgemelne Zeitung today says the prince of Wled hesitates to accept the throne of Al bania, and It Is believed In well in formed circles that he will finally re fuse It. Prince William of Weld who was selected by the powers for the throne of Albania Is a brother of the reign ing prince of Wled and Is 38 years old. He lj married to Princess Sophia of Schoenjmrg-Waldenburg. There are three rival claimants to the throne in the field Essad Pasha, Ismael Kemal Bey and Izzet Pasha. A state bordering on open hostilities ex. Ists.. ' Brtndist, Italy, Jan. 8. Unconfirm' ed reports are In circulation that Iz zet Pasha, former Turkish minister of war, has arrived here on his way to head an expedition Into Albania. The Board of Trado Has Asked Reports . From all of 23 Firms In Tho City. As some indication of the volume of buiness '.transacted in Ashevllle during the year 1913, five real estate men of the city have reported that their sales of real estate during the year Just passed amounted to $860,000. This report was compiled by each of the firms Individually upon the re quest of Secretary N. Buckner of the board of trade. Mr. Buckner did not divulge the. names of the firms that have reported these sales but says that he believes An average of their busi ness will be an approximate average for all real estate men In the city LIFE INCREASE 9.3 FOR EACH THOUSAND No Question of Doubt Concern ing General Improvement of Health Conditions Of the World. Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 8. Sig niflcance of a declining death rate, ap parently increase in degenerative dis eases and the causes of declining birth rate were among the subjects on the program for discussion at the ISH VIEWS ON NAVAL HOLIDAY opening session today of the national Mr. Buckner sent requests to every conference on race betterment Those real estate dealer In the city to com pile the volume of their business for the past year., these, requests going to 26 individuals and firms. If the aver age for the five who have reported will apply to each Individual and firm carrying on a real estate business here, the total sales of real estate con summated In Ashevtlle last year will aggregate over four million dollars. It Is expected that all of the 26 to whom the requests have been sent will send In their reports at an early date and then the actual figures will show without question the magnitude of the realty business In Ashevllle. The es timation already arrived at, however, seems altogether within the bounds of on the program included Dr. Stephen Smith, president of the conference; police are keeping close watch on a reason and the figures thus arrived at VERY LIGHT SENTENCES : FDR ZABERN OFFENDERS ' Washington, Jan. . Secretary Lane of the interior department to day sent a letter to Governor Am mona of Colorado declaring that the protests of the latter against the pro posed withdrawal from publlo entry of radium bearing lands In that state were based on a "misapprehension of the facts and In part upon a misun derstanding of my recommendation to congress." - Secretary Lane has recommended that congress give the federal govern ment the right to preserve for public use all radium bearing lands. Gover nor Ammons and the Colorado com missioner of mines have protested against such a course. Secretary Lane, In his letter made public today, declares the location of radium is limited to a certain well- defined area and that it Is not pro posed to withdraw any lands outside those areas. The amount of larld withdrawn from public entry, accord ing to Secretary Lane, will not in clude nil radium prospects. "It would be my Intention," he said in his letter to Governor Ammons, "to recommend the exercise of this power (of withdrawal) only to the extent of retaining In public ownership a suf ficient acreage of lands believed to be valuable for their radium contents, to Insure the American people getting jtho redium thev need at the least pos I slble cost and with the least possible I delay. I feel that our citizens have a right to demand this preferential consideration," number of Albanians who have held several meetings at various hotels where they are registered as officers. -It is declared by Albanians that the Mussulmans In nwtherr. Albania, un der the lea4ei'Bhlp--of Essad Pasha, favor the claims of Izzet Pasha to the throne, while the southern Albanians support Ismael Kemal Bey. The original plan of Izzet Pasha was said to be to make Brindisi his base of operations; for a raid Into Albania. He himself was to land secretly at Avlona, the Albanian seaport on the Adriatic and get Into communication with his supporters in the Interior who were to rise and proclaim him prince of Albania under the protectorate of tho Sultan of Turkey. The Italian authorities obtained In formation of these-plans and Inter fered, thus causing a change of scheme and bringing about A diminu tion of the number of raiders who were compelled to proceed directly from Constantinople to Avalona In stead of from the Italian coast. When they arrived at Avlona yesterday they were arrested and disarmed, S5itt SUIT FILED T are very encouraging to the citizens and business men who are actively in terested In the growth of the city. These ' figures' Indicate a growth that has far btotsWpjj!d that "of anjr pre ceding 'years. Pensacola, Fla.. Jan. 8. Failure of the First National bank of Pensacola to open Its doors for business today was explained by officials of the bank as due to the witnarawai yesieraay of the accounts of a number of de positors. Those withdrawals, it was pointed . out, probably resulted from the fact that Crow, Rudolph & Co., Liverpool lumber brokers, had issued a statement of Its Inability to pay drafts for approximately $500,000 held by the ,lmnk. ' The statement issued this morning was as follows: "At the close of business yesterday we discovered that, an unusual num ber of depositors had withdrawn their accounts in full. Following this, ru mors that the affairs of the bank were In bad condition began to be circulat ed. Realizing that these rumors prob ably would result In a run on the bank If It opened for business today we decided to close its doors." Other local banks were not affected and their officials said that they were prepared to meet any emergency. Examiner Sent. Washington, Jan. 8. The comp troller of the currency .today dis patched a national bank examiner to Foreign Diplomats May Sounded to Get Expres sions Concerning a . Peace Project. , be PLANS TO BE BEFORE ! WILSON AND BRYAN Idea Is to Suspend the Naval Construction For Year to ;-' Lessen Burdens of; .The People. . ' 1 R. E. Rlttenhouse and Dr. J. Mc-, Pensacola, Fla., to look Into the-af- Keen Cattell, all of New York; Fred erlck L. Hoffman of Newark, N. J., and Prof. Walter F. Wlllcox of Cor nell university.- On the basis of available statistics from civilized countries Mr. Hoffman estimated the world's birth rate at 84.8 a thousand, and the world's death rate at 25.0, leaving an annual natural rate Increase of 9.3 for each thousand of population. "The present rate of natural In crease," he said, "is certain to grow 1C the downward tendency of the death rate is further augmented by sanitary Improvement, particularly in the case of uncivilized countries and primitive races." Mr. Hoffman declared that during the last 30 years the death rate for England and Wfeles has .decreased from 19.4 to 14.7; that of the Ger man empire , from 25.8 to 17.9; that of American cities from 23.1 to 16.2. There is no question of doubt con cerning the general improvement In health conditions throughout the world, Mr. Hoffman declared. For further improvement In race condi tions he made the following sugges tions as points to bear In mind: Te Importance of the conservation of tho food producing natural - re sources of the world; the necessity for Improved methods of agriculture; the required reduction of economic waste; pressing need of rational town plan ning and improved methods of hous ing; education In practical domestic economy; rational control of marriago and divorce; Improved methods of vt,. vir tr, a Moo-iv aAft nnn Benerai euucauon; proDiems or moa bushels of Argentina corn were being f"1 llfe- conceived as social service; fairs of the First National Bank of Pensacola, which closed Its doors last nieht. Work Finished. Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 8. Owen T. Reeves of Chicago, national examiner, sent here to examine the First-Second National bank of Pittsburgh since its plans for reorganizing were complet ed, has finished his work and todiy mailed his report to the treasury ie partment. The reorganization com mittee has called for payment cf sub scriptions to the new stock befnro Jan uary 10, at which time it 1? expected the government will announce wheth er the bank, closed July 7 last will be allowed to reopen. , IS EXPORTED TO U.S. Forced Decline in the Price 300,000 Bushels Unloaded In New York. GENERAL STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA FAILS Capetown Union of South Africa, Jan. 8. The response this morning to the call for a general railroad strike throughout the union "of South Africa -was not encouraging to the leaders of the movement In Cape Colony, Natal and the Or ane Free State all the men continued at work as usual, while in the Tran svall the train crews with few ex ceptions remains on duty, the men in the railroad work' shops how ever, mostly laid down their tools. The police too charge of all rail road stations In the Transvaal this morning, and only passengers and of ficials were admitted while the train crews were placed under protection. Washington, Jan. 8. Diplomats ; in Washington may be sounded soon by congressional advocates of a naval holiday with a view to getting ex pressions ' from the foreign govern ments in support of the project. Since the passage by the house of the naval holiday resolution of Representative! Hensley of Missouri and the introduc tion of a similar resolution by Senator Thomas of Colorado, the advocates of suspension of naval construction for a year have been planning a' cam paign to bring the proposal to a defi nite conclusion. Representative Hensley, although not fighting the two battleship naval program for this year, has conferred with many of - the rnembers of " the house in the past few days as to the course to be followed. He will talk with Secretary Bryan at the state- de partment upon Mr. Bryan's return from Lincoln, Neb., next week, and later on with President Wilson. ' Mr. Hensley purposes to )ay before Mr. Bryan his ideas as to Informally getting Into -communication with th representatives -ot the naval powers In Washington to ascertain the views" of their governments and will be guided largely by the secretary's advice. His Idea Is to write letters in his capacity as an individual member of congress to the ' various, ambassadors asking them the sentiment of their home governments. . . . -j The Hensley resolution, framed In sympathy with the recent declaration of Winston Churchill, firs, lord r.f the admiralty of Great Britain, requested the president "so far as he can do so to use his Influence to consummate" an agreement among nations" to sus pend naval construction programs for a year to lessen the people's burdens and avoid waste of Investment In war material." Prosecutor Suggests Mild Pun ; ishment For Schad and . - Von Reuter. I .. ' . '.' NEGRO ARRESTED ON . MURDER SUSPICION Nannie E. Huddle Asks Dam ages From Southern Rail way For Death of A. L. Huddle. ; Strassburg, Germany, Jan. "V try light sentences" were proposed today by ths prosecutor In ths cases of the Herman officers- now under trial for illegal assumption ot au thorities In connection with the fric tion between citizens and soldiers at Zabern. At the conclusion of th testimony and the pleas for the prosecution and defense ot ths judge advocate, acting as prosecutor, suggested that Colonel von Reuter, commander of the Wth Infantry, should b sent to )all for seven days on ths charge of wrong - ful Imprisonment. For Lieutenant Schad, he said,, a sentence of thres days In jail for assault was sufficient, Ths other charges were dropped. Ths verdict Is to bs pronounced on January 10, ths umi day as that in ths appeal of Lieutenant Baron von Forstner, whs was sentenced to 41 days' Imprisonment on December It for sabering a crippled shoemaker. 8EABRIGHT MUST DFTEND , ON CONGRESS APPROPRIATION Washington, Jan. f . Secretary of War Oarrlson conferred today with Btcrsary Tumutly in relation to (p peals from New Jersey- or federal aid In ths rehabilitation of Sebright IKhlrh was .practically destroyed by ths rsosnt Atlantic sierra. . Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 8. When the steamship Berkshire from Jack sonville and Savannah arrived here to day Benjamin Pope, a negro deck hand, was arrested on suspicion in connection with' the murder of Peter A, Johnson, a deputy sheriff of Jack sonville. The arrest was made by request of Florida authorities who asked for th apprehension of Oscar Harris, alias Duggcr Harris. Pope denied that his real nams is Harris. Harris was re ported in a Jacksonville dispatch yes terday as having botn lynched at Helena. Ga. It Is believed ths Iocil authorities have ths wrong negro. FEDERAL LEAGUE PARK, CHICAGO, SEATS 20,000 Chicago. Jan. t. The Chicago Fed eral league baseball park will have a eating rapacity of 20,000 and will be larger than several In the major leagues, according to plans announced today. . . Architects yesterday presented plans which rail --for a single deck grandstand with a seating capacity One of the largest suits filed in the office of the clerk ot Superior court for some time was filed this morning by Nannie E. Huddle, administratrix of the estate of Albert L. Huddle, against the Southern Railway com pany, in which she seeks to recover ths sum ot 150,000 for alleged Injuries which caused the death of the de ceased, received while working as fireman on one of the trains of the defendant company last March. It Is set forth In the complaint that the deceased was employed as a fire man on the train operated and own ed by the defendant company and that on a run between Conover and Oyama, this state, the train was wreck ed and he was killed. It Is further set forth that the wreck was due to the negltgenuce of ths company and that the fireman was killed through ths negligence and carelessness of the company. The suit Is brought under ths Fed eral employer's liability act, passed by the United states congress on April 22. 1908. This Is about ths third suit that has been brought In Buncombe county under this act. Ths complaint is very long and tov ers about JO typewritten pages, In which is given ths different changes that have taken place In the road on which the deceased was traveling when killed. It seiri that the part unloaded in this port today and mil lions more from the south American republic are under contract The Im portations are the direct result of the removal of the duty on the staples by the recent tariff act. More than 1,000,000 bushels have been received In the United States since the tariff went Into effect, the first from the Argentine ever brought here, and already the competition with American corn has forced a decline In cash values. Thirteen ships are either en route here or loading with corn from the Argentine, and one American manufacturing concern which - uses corn In the manufacture of syrups and kindred products has 6,000,000 bush els from that country under contract for delivery. When the new Argentine corn crop Is harvested the Importations will In crease, according to trade authorities. The corn already here found the rail roads unprepared to handle It and the port without adequate docking facili ties. Arrangements to remedy the defi ciencies are being mads by the trans portation bureau of the produce ex change. The fact that hitherto practi cally no corn has ever moved west has also confronted ths railroads with a new rate problem as there Is a move ment on foot among the importers to have the present nominal rate for western shipment reduced VISCOUNT CROSS IS DEAD AT AGE OF 91 London, Jan, I. Viscount Cross, 91 year old, who was one of the most prominent conservative statesmen In England about 80 years ago, died hers today. Hs held offices In several cab inets, occupying at various times the secretaryship of state for the horns department, ths secretaryship of stats for India, and . the post of lord privy seal. Hs was a member of ths house of commons for 24 years and sat In ths house of lords for 28 years, hav ing been made a peer In 1888. the economic utility of longevity and higher educational ideals. "If the prolongation of life is to be really worth while," concluded Mr. Hoffman,- "the present disharmonies of human existence must.be as far as possible eliminated. Whatever changes for good may result from Improved methods of production, from In creased earnings and shorter hours of labor they will all be of small con- seqeuneces unless balanced by an even greater advance In the normal, Intel lectunl and spiritual type of the gen eration which Is yet to be." F. of 11.000 of which 1000 will bs box seats. Pavilions at either and of ths jot road ths train was on st one main stand will give an additional i Hm was known sis the Western Caro capsrlty of about 4000, and with ths!"" railroad and win latrs bought by bleacher spars available It Is believed mors than 20,000 can be seated. The new park will be fi-sdy tot the tho Southern railroad company. A ropy ot the transfer signed by ex Governor Thomas Jarvls and othsr npe .lng of ths 1114 season, league of-i"" officials is given In ths com- n.Uj suid. Ijlalnt THE fPRISIXG IN HAITI WILL SOOX BE StJPPRERSEn Washington, Jan. I. Uprisings In ths. island of Haiti ars confined to two smalt Inland places and soon will bs suppressed, according to Ulrlch Duvl vlor, mlnlstsr from Haiti who called at ths stats department today. Min ister Duvlv'or also told acting Secre tary Moore that quiet prevail? i In Port Au Prlncs and' that PrvsMsn; orest had ths confidence ot ths en tire country. GUILTY IN TWO CASES In superior court this morning F. Demonda, the Frenchman who was arrested last summer for running the roadhouss "Ravin Inn", after the sheriff's forces had raided the place and captured a large quantity of li quors, was arralnged and pleaded gull ty to keeping liquor for sale and running a disorderly house. Judg- j ment was held open In the cases un til Judge O. 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