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TUB OMETTK-XSWa BAB TBB MOBT BirBNElVM AB80C1ATKD PRBSt BKM TKM IS TBM CAROiJNAB. Weather Forecast: i f FAIR AND WARMER, VOL. XVIII. NO. 288, ASHEVILLE, N. C. WEDNEbDAY AFTERNOON , JANUARY 14, 1914. PRICE 5 CENTS MUCH LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED Ell JAPAN LOOKING ON AWFUL RUIN BY FLAMES Iks. I saV. ' ' - ' ' ' -" ' ' -"' . ,r - ... . " - 11 1 ' ' -.. MANY D I "S.0.S," GOMES TBB5T TO LEGISLATION COLD FROM CQBEQU1D Information of Disasters All Along Coast Beaches .. Are 'Strewn With ' .Wrecks by Gale. RELIEF IS PROMISED TONIGHT OR TOMORROW The Suffering in Europe Has Been Intense Seven Poo pie le Were Frozen in New York. "New York, Jan. 14. While temper atures hovered about zero or below In the eastern and New England states thla morning, yet relief from the two ' days.alega of cold weather Is promised tonight or tomorrow. . : lieports from the west indicated that the rising temperatures which brought relief there yesterday would 'reach the lake region today and 'Weather forecasters say they are ex pending eastward. - : ;.. . t While the cold wave has been sweeping this country Europe too has suffered. Vienna, Berlin and many other German cities - report unprece dented drops In temperature. Drift ice is running in the (Danube .river, and In Pfiris business for the past 24 hours has- been at a standstill. : In London receipt harsh weather condi tions are held responsible for a serious rise In the-death rate and an epidemic of influenza. Cable dispatches last night from . Milan Mated that heavy snows were , falling in the Alps and that the intense cold had driven wolves to prey on cuttle. ', v In New York .state, the lowest torn - perjure- reported 43 degrees below jtci'o won at JIaretaville. Kew towns In 1., flu northern 4nr western -sections of' " Hie slate reported temperatures "hlgh- or than !!0 .degrees' below zero early today. The reading in New York city touched u record mark at midnight at four degrees , below. The number of dead oltlclally recorded last night was! nine out ponce ana neaitn omcuais believe the total will greatly exceed that figure. Hundreds have received treatment at hospitals, and thousands of homeless men and women have been sheltered In mission and munici pal lodging houses. A sixty mile galu blew all of yesterday not abating until late last night. Because of the needs , of poor for coal 400 coal teamsters who have been on strike yesterday re turned to work, agreeing to leave their demands to arbitration. . Ships Ixmt. -' From Capo Katteras to Cape Cod : reports of disasters to vessels reached . here during the day. The gale was said to be strewing the beaches with wrecks and taking many lives. ' Sev eral schooners wore said to have been lost with their crews. A wireless call , for help at duwn yesterday stated that the steamship Cobequld was fast on the ledges of Grqnd Manan. It Is feared the vessel and 120 persons on , board the lost, as a gale In the Bay of , Fundy prevents rescue yessels reach- . lng her. New JCn gland yesterday and last night was swept by a 60 mile gale. 3 uttering was reported In Boston and jtber cities. Bchools and factories are 1 :lused and several cities are without tlectric light and power. Three deaths due in cold were re . ported from Philadelphia, where four degrees above zero was registered late last night. Other points In Pennsylva nla. New Jersey and Maryland report ed zero weather and Intense suffering. ' Among the fatalities reported was that of Charles Earl, IS years old, who was froien to death in an oyster boat on Delaware bay. His father, unconscious from exposure, lay . be side the lad's body, when rescuers picked up the boat llfteen teachers of the high school 1 at Towanada, Pa., yesterday spent several hours restoring 120 pupils who rode several hours as usual to attend , classes. The children were numb with cold, several fainting when they en tered warm rooms. Twlfhi Gale. Honolulu, Jan, 14. A terrific northwest gale t -daybreak had caused damage to piers and buildings on (lie shore of this uland estimated at 175,000. The tug Helen with a crew of six men whs reported In distress near the tHland of Maul. (Shipping Endangered. Boston Mass., Jan. 14. Although the northwest gale had abated some what today terrific seas continued to Inslt the New England coast and hipping was endangered. Nothing hart linen learned early today as to , what became of the crew of six men who ntmndoned the schooner John Paul In Nantucket sound. Tho revenue cutter Acuahnet spent a busy day yesterday assisting dis pensed vessels.' It stod by. the --!ioonor O. M. Porter, New York for ("nlsls. through tho night. The Porter . ivuii ashore on Kills Pond bar off Bass , river, .. Tho Prltliih schooner Orcta which , dlnpprd after she had raised itg 1..1U of rilKtre.u nenr Half Moon nhoiil Monday 1 x t van still rnlnMng today as was the .Nui.tui U.jt fiulilnt s hooner GIVES REASON FOR INTEREST DEFAULT ' ' Abnormal Circumstances, ' ' Says Huerta Return of Fugitives Desried. Mexico City,- Jan. 14. Provisional President Huerta's decree suspending payment of Interest for the next six months-on bonds of the internal and external, debts of Mexico is as fol lows! : . "In view of the abnormal circum stances in which the country. is placed its ordinary -income is not enough to co ver the expenses occasioned by the work "of pacifying the nation and in view" of the fact that It will be neces sary to continue these expenses until the result promised by the govern ment has been accomplished,' the ex ecutive by virtue of the authorization conceded by congress last December (the authorization to direct the af fairs of departments of war, finance! and the interior) decrees the follow ing: : . "Aartlcle 1. There Is suspended for six months the service of the na tional debt with the understanding that the sums which during this time shall become due will draw Interest at the Bame rate as the obligations to which they correspond. , , "Article 2. From the date of the promulgation of this decree the cus toms duties will be paid .in cash to the respective federal offices." Want Refugees Returned. V Mexico City, Jan. 14. Formal re quest for the return to Mexico of Gen. Salvador Mercado, who commanded the federal troops at Ojlnaga, together with his comrades who crossed Into American territory, is to be made to the United States by General Blan quet, Mexican minister .; p; war, ac cording to an annoutictmtnt- by-Wnr today. . - 1 - ALLEGED UXORICIDE - is . piK to sir John' A. Ottinger, Returned Here on Murder Charge, Is Silent. '- 1 When seen this morning in 1 I county Jail, John A. Ottinger, who was brought back here yesterday af ternoon from Newport, Tenn., charg ed with uxoricide, refused to make a statement to a Gazette-News reporter, saying his counsel had advised him not to. talk for publication. ; ' Ottinger Is a small man and, when Been this morning in the. Jail, was dressed In good clothes. He Is smooth of face and appears to be about 40, years' of age. The Inter view with The Gasette-News report er was of course,, written, as Ottin ger- is a mute; but he wrote a very legible hand. He was returned to Asheville yes terday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, the train being about two hours late, Deputy Sheriff 'B. M. Mitchell of this city went down to Newport to bring the prisoner back and he was ac companied here by Sheriff Dalton of Cocke county, Tennessee, who return ed home this morning. In an Interview with Sheriff Dal ton yesterday afternoon the ' latter stated that when he thought he had located Ottinger In Newport he wired Sheriff Williams to that effect and at once received a message from Sher iff Williams telling him to arrest the msn and that a warrant would fol low. Sheriff Williams then sent Dep uty Mitchell to look up a magistrate and swear out a warrant, which was done, and then the officer went to the station and mailed the warrant ' on the train. Sheriff Dalton says that as soon as he received the message to arrest Ottinger, It was done, and that the warrant from Bheriff Wil liams arrived when they were look ing for the suspected. Thomas S. Itolllns Is counsel for Ottinger and visited him In Jail yes terday afternoon. They had a long Interview but when Mn Rollins left the Jail he refused to comment on tha case. Today he Is out of the city and could not be reached. It is not know yet when Ottinger will t given preliminary hearing, nor whether he will waive a hearing as some of the officials think he Will. The board of managers of the Woman's Exchange will hold the reg ular meeting tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock In the tearoom at the ex change. All members are urged to be present. Two urnuiers, return in ins eiorm 1 Monday off Pansksly light. Th temperature rvmalned below xnro throughout Nw Knslnnd. Fires Rage Over Country Hotels, Lodging Houses, And Stores Destroyed. New York, Jan. 14. More than 1,000 persons were driven out into the cold here today by four fires In wide ly separated sections of the city. A bowery lodging house fire sent more than 500 persons from, that striictupre and nearby buildings scurrying out into the cold. One hundred and fifty men, women and children were routed out by a fire in the Glendeninng, a Harlem apartment hotel; fifteen families were driven out by flames in an apartment house at Columbus avenue and Sixty first Street and later 300 persons sought refuge In the street when fire attacked a lower eastslde tenement. Firemen suffered severely while fighting the flames. ' Jewelers Burned Out. ; ' ; . Providence, R. I., Jan. 14. Fire In the Manufacturers building, a seven story structure occupied ' by thirty jewelry manufacturing- firms caused a loss of $100,000 today and the en forced Idleness of 4,600 operatives. Priests and Students Escape. Catskill, N. Y., Jan. 14. Thirty students and several priests escaped today when St. Anthony's Seraphic college' and Novitiate overlooking the Hudson river near 'Catskill point was destroyed by fire. .The loss was esti mated at $100,000 with $20,000 insur ance. '.;'- Boston) Jan.' 14. Joseph A. H."k-. ett, a fireman,, was killed by a falling wall In a fire which destroyed tho de partment store of V. & E. A. Bason on Washington street In the Roxbury district early today. The blaze causul a loss of $150,000. - This was the most serious of nearly 50 fires w 1, ;, setit the firemen Into the biting cold during the night.- Many were caused by torches 'used to thaw water pipes and. others by defective chimneys. The temperature was 10 below zero- j Tli OF TONS IF BEEF TO BE Competition Expected to Cause Appreciable Reduction, In Prices. New York, Jan. 14. Arrangements I for Importation Into this country of j thousands of tons of beef and otner j meat products from Argentina, ,Au- tralla, and New Zealand have been ! completed by Amerlcun , capitalists whose identity has not been disclosed. It .became known yesterday that tire syndicate has leased four large ware houses here with an extensive water front. , This is the first real move toward bringing a permanent supply of out side beef and other food prjdii'ti to this country since the new . tariff schedulo went Into effect. It was said the syndicate had no connection with any of the . large American-packers, and that within a year when the big beef shipments bCgln, It Is expected the competition will cause an appre ciable reduction In prices. MANY CONCESSIONS (RE DEMDNDED BY ACTORS Managers Overawed and Con sent to Consider Their Requests. New York, Jan. 14. Overawed by the army of Thespians who have formed the Actors Equity association, the managers agreed today to meet them on January ti to discuss the question of higher pay. - - Tha president of the association ' la Francis Wilson; the vice president llenryMlller and the council Includes Holbrook Bllnn, George Arils. Robert Edeson and Wilton Lack aye. The actors demand transportation to and from this city, a limit on the period of free rehearsals, elimination of extra perfoimsnces without pay and an adjustment In regard to the cost of women's gowns. Home of the women memb ers are Elsie Ferguson, Christie MacDonald, Janet lleecher and Ethel Rarrymore. At S o'clock this afternoon the di rectors of the Good Roads association or Asheville and Buncombe cnuity will hold a meeting In the council Cham of City hall. This will be the last meetlne of the fiscal vear and the last meeting of the members of the ..Id 1 bosril. It la the regular mon'hly j meeting and all members art urgn-a to 1 be present Faint Wireless ' Messages Re vive Hope For Safety Of Mail Liner and Passengers. MAKE SEARCH HARD WEATHER CONDITIONS - tr Wiretess Not Strong Enough To Give the Location i Wreckage on Short Of Nova Scotia. St. John, N. B., Jan. 14. Faint "S. O. 8." calls from the Aliasing steamer Cobequld, picked up in the bay of Fundy at 10 o'clock this morning, re vived hope for the safety of the vessel and the 120 people on. board. .- . The wireless was ', 'lot sufficiently strong to give the Cobje-quid's location but Indicated that shejhad survived a tempestuous night and that there was still a chance for her(passengers and crew. The' Canada Jorthern Liner Royal George caught the cry of dis tress three times and hfcard the steam er Lady Laurier replying. The Lady Laurier went out from Halifax yesterday to tiiike part in the search and ought to be near the wreck today. Belief prevails that the Cobe quld struck on one ot the Grand Ma nan ledges. 'Weather Conditions were a little more favorable1 for the search for the Cobequld today.D The- snow storm had passed but the temperature remained several degree below zero and u thirty-knot northwester whip. ped the sea. Hope forthe vessel rests chiefly on the efforts of the United States revenue cutter Woodbury was thought to be close toi Grand Manan. ,St. John,.N, B., .Jaw The stewwor- CxibetwiUi -yR-ifa.boye. .water, at 10 o'clock- this morning according to a message reeeivfed by the agents here. A telephone message from the Canadian Northern? Steamer Royal George In port here announced that the Royal George had Just caught an S. O. S. call from the Cobequld. Efforts to ascertain the stranded steamer's position failed as there was no response to the Royal George's queries. , It was also reported that the steamer Lady Laurier had caught the Cobequld distress call.' The Lady Laurier should have been near Briar Island, the reported scene of the wreck of the Royal Mall liner, when the latter's call was heard. . Nothing From Kroiipiiuzesgin. New York, Jan. 14. The North German-Lloyd liner Kronprinzessiti Cecelle reported, yesterday to be one of the vessels racing to the stranded steamship Cobequid, was passing Nantucket at 4:30 a. m., today and should reach her pier here, this arter noon. No word had been received this morning from her commander as to whether he had received the Cobe quid's wireless calls. Wreckage Seen. Yarmouth, N. S.,Jan. 14. Wreck age drifted ashore here this afternoon, it was not possible to determine whether It came from the wrecked steamer Cobequld. The weather con tinues unfavorable. 8t. John, N. B., Jan. 14. The fate of the Royal Mail steamer Cobequld, with 120 persons aboard, remained unknown early today, twenty-four hours after receipt of her wireless message saying she was caught on a ledge In the bay of Fundy and was filling. Vessels sent to her assistance ploughed through heavy seas all day yesterday and last night without catching a glimpse of the Cobequld. A thick vapor overhangs the bay making the search exceedingly diffi cult. " The exact position of the steamer where she sent out her call for help remained In doubt thla morning. Al Ihnush her message said (he Cobequld which wns hound for Bt.' John from Iho British West Indies, had struck on a ledge off Briar, Island, no trace of her was found by a steamer which made a circuit of the Island. It was generally thought (hat ' she had grounded on Murr ledge oft Grand Manan, ' n the western side of the bay. , , 1 .The Cansdlan government's steamer Lady Laurier and the United States revenue cutter Woodbury were ex pected on the scene today. HOUSES THREATENED BY FIRE AND WIND 'New York, Jan. 14. Fanned by high wind, a fire that destroyed the Hose ben hotel and a loien smaller frame buildings on the' bowery at Coney Island early today threatened for a time to sweep the famous amusement resort. Two alarm brought firemen from many Brooklyn ! stations and after a herd fight of two j hours the flamee were controlled. The 1 lose was about 150,000.' I. ' 1 : The teachers' training Class of theiMoran, Pittsburgh heavyweight, todny ' Flint Ulllt i-lmr.-h will meet t- ' night St J :0h o'clock end A . 1, Ituhy i will begin the lusson at 7. JO. - BEFOHEPRESIDEHT Hopes to Be Able to Approve Of Any. Bills Members Introduce. Washington, Jan. 14. President Wilson conferred today with congres sional leaders on trust legislation.- He talked this rriornlng with Chairman Newlands and democrats of the senate interstate commerce committee and reserved the late afternoon for a sec ond conference with Chairman Clax ton and democrats of the house Judi ciary committee. So far as possible it Is the intention of the administration to obtain from these committees bills upon which they all are agreed, and before the measures covering the desired field are introduced it is the president's hope that he may be consulted and that the bills will be launched with the stamp of administration ap proval. Ap effort will be made to distin guish for the business world those measures which have the backing, of i the president and those which mayjC. Arbogast, Chas. French Toms, Dr. represent the individual views fij. A. Sinclair, J. W. Rutherford, members of congress, though the president's friends in congress hope to reduce the number of personal bills to a minimum. It was' said today that the pi dent's forthcoming message satisfies the trust views of every member of the cabinet, and that those members in close touch with the business world believe the industry of the country will find healthful reassurance In :t. UST MOVER ENEMIES Two Men Who Are Alleged to Have Had Hand In Deportation. ; . Houghton, Mich., Jan. 14. Interest in the recent deportation from the strike zone of Charles II. Mover, president of the Western Federation of Miners, was renewed here today when it was rumored that a special grand jury had returned indictments against two men who were said toip0rts 36,422 bales. have neipep: in lorcing Moyer 10 leave Hancock. Reports also were ln circulation that other true bills several against members of the Western Federation had been returned. APPEAL WITHOUT MERIT; Jl Chicago and Erie Pays Dam ages Because of Unnec essary Litigation. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 14 Because the Chicago and Erie railroad com pany prosecuted an appeal held to be without merit was one of the reasons the Indiana Supreme court today add ed ten per cent to the amount of a judgment when the decisions of a lower court were upheld. Henry JA Iine. a brakeman. secured judgment fur 1 14.000 against the railroad for injuries ln 1900, but eight years later! the case was returned to the lower court because the plaintiff's complaint was Insufficient. Ho then secured a judgment for $7000 damages, and the railroad company again appealed. In Its decision the Bupreme court said: "Except that a verdict for a larger amount might well have been given, it is hardly conceivable that unbiased minds could disagree over tho just ness, under the Inw, of the result reached by the Jury. We feel that tho litigation has been unduly prolonged and considering this, together with the j fact that the amount awarded Is not fully compensatory give to judgment I to affirmed with 10 per cent damages." FIRST W'OMAV APTOTXTFn TO DIPlOMATIC TOSmOX London, Jan. 14. The first woman to take up the diplomatic service as a profession has been appointed in Chrlstlanla, according to a dispatch publlnhed In the Daily Mirror today. She Is Miss Henrietta Hoegh, 27 years old. and Is to be first secretary nf the Norwegian legation In Mexico. ho passed examinations In Internatloal law and political economy two years ago.. JACK JOIIXKOX AM) THANK MOHAN AUKKK TO IK. I IT I'sris, Jim. 14. Jink Johnson, tie- grit heavyweight pugilist and Frank nlgnecl articles for a twenty round Hfuil for the world's championship to ,hn fought during tha first or mcjnd, ANNUAL MEETING HELD YESTERDAY Officers and Directors of Cen tral Bank & Trust Co Re . elected Good Reports. The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Central Bank and Trust company was held yesterday after noon in the offices of the bank and, after receiving the reports of the of ficers of the institution, all the di rectors and officers were re-elected for the coming year, as follows: C. W. Brown, president; M. McEwen, vice-president; Wallace Davis, cashier. C. W. Brown, J. B. B. R. Oates, P. R. Moale, C. N. Brown, J Judge H. If. Stevens, W. B. Mc Ewen, J. D. Earle, Thomas S. Rol lins, Eugene Carland, Wallace B. Davis, directors. The report of the cashier showed that the bank had gained in deposits j during the last year over 1100,000 and showed very healthy earnings for the institution. The total deposits at.are now jn the vicinity and a search the present time amount to more than $300,000. The Central Bank and Trust com- pany is just one year anu - nine months old, but during that time it has taken its plate among the old es-w0 tablished banking institutions o'liife. H. Ijuin,' a Japanese statesman Western North Carolina - and its rowth shows that it is climbing steadily and solidly to the forefront in the banking world. 14,475,953 BALES OF COTTON TOTAL SUPPLY "" 'Washington,' Jan.'" 1 i Ttf rmipiry and distribution of cptton tor the four months period ending December 31 announced by the census bureau to day shows:' Total supply 14.457,953 bales, made up of stocks at beginning of period, 1,5!8,438 bale?; cotton ginned 12,533, 438 bales; linter production to De cember 1 289,118 bales; and net 1m- The distribution was: consumption 1,977,471 bales; exports 5,180,173 bales, and stocks at end of period were held as follows: In manufac turing establishments 1,801,285 bales; In independent warehouses 3,371,363 bales and quantity held elsewhere (amount arrived at by deduction) 2,127,661 bales. Where is that Coupon ? Right here. 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It has undertaken the distribution of this book solely because ot Its educstlonal merit end whatever benefit there la to he derived from the good will of those who profit from our otTer. The Gssette-News will cheerfully refund the price of the boo'A to any purchases who Is not satisfied with It Present Six Coupons of Consecutive Dates ' I HTI J-'.N CIONTS KXTIl 11' SKXT IVY MIL Energetic Nation Trying . to Succor Victims of Terrible Eruptions and Earth - ' quakes. NUMBER OF PERISHED IS NOT YET KNOWN Eruption of Sakura-Jima is Abating Search of Sa kura Island to Be " lkade. .... Tokio, Japan, Jan. 14. Official re ports this afternoon from southern Japan where volcanic, eruptions ., and earthquakes have caused heavy loss of life and great property' damage are that the eruption of the volcano of Sakura-Jima which was responsible for most of the devastation Is abating. Just how many persons have per ished cannot yet be estimated. Sakura, where the greatest loss of life un- (j0ubtedly occurred, cannot be reach- e(j because of the eruption of Sakura- jjma continues. Troops and warships . ! f tj,e island will be made at the first j opportunity. . Kagoshima, the nearest big city to gacura suffered great damage from the earthquakes but does not appear have sustained a severe loss oi 1 who iive9 ln Kaaoshima. has informed the foreien office that ten personf have been killed and thirty injured there. He also stated that great confu sion prevailed in the city. Other tel grams report that the barracks, gov ernors residence and the temples wer among the buildings wrecked in Ka- . goshima. The soldiers are camped in the squares of the city while the pop ulation has sought refuge (n th( shrines" -an temptes-in JthJbJilli... ,. The postol'fice was one of the lirsl buildings to collapse In KagoShiRia a the start of the earthquake. The stalt escaped,, erected a hut in a field and are now repairing the telegraph de partment. , Kagoshima Is protected from the looters by patrols of' police and troops. - All Americans who were in ' the vicinity are safe. Several American missionaries were stationed at Kago shima. Sakura-Jima at the height of its eruption is pictured as a terrifying mountain ot fire. Tho air for miles around is thick with ashes and smoke. The police and soldiers of Kagishlma (Continued on Pago Nine). . a Copy of J. Hkin Amrriwmm Ci.mnr 9 Wednes. Jan. 14 Accurat and Dependable i