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TBE OAZETTK-NU B BAB TBE MOST EXPES81VS ASSOCIATED PBSBB 8KB VICE IN THE CARuUSAM. Weather Forecast VKIKSIY FAIR. VOLUME XVIII. NO. 311. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS PARLIAMENT TO MAKE HISTORY E LEASES CHALLENGE RESULT SCORES INJURED HOTEL TO LANGEL OF BEILISS TRIAL' IN TOKIO RIOT RHINE'S SHORTAG LOUGH NUT BE SI .510.010 Fourth Session Opened Today By King George--Many Constitutional Questions To Be Decided. PICTURESQUE SCENE IN HOUSE OF LORDS King Urges "Safety at Sea" Legislation and Expresses Hope For Solution of Home Rule Question. London, Feb. 10. King George to day opened the fourth session of the present British parliament a session that promises to make history because of the important constitutional ques tional questions to be decided. Queen Mary and the king both wore their crowns and brilliant royal robes They roue in tne state cuacu oi.ro... ( drawn by eight Hanoverian cream-, colored horses rrom Muvarugiuuii p" ace through the Mall, over the Horse Guards parade and then along White-1 nail to ine tving a eriv.ru.uce house of lords. Crowds assembled along the route to witness the proces sion. In the house of lords there was a picturesque scene as their majesties, surrounded by other members of the royal family and by peers and peer esses in their state robes, ascended the throne. The king immediately read his speech outlining the government's program. The American ambassador and Mrs. Page were among those pres ent. Two subjects referring to the re cent conferences on safety of life at sea and to home rule for Ireland fea tured King George's speech from the throne at tho opening of parliament today. "11 gives me groat satisfaction that the international conference on safety nf life at sea. which recently met in 1indon at the invitation ot my Kov- ernment has resulted in the signature of an important coverrtion, which will, I trust, do much for the protec-1 tion of life, especially on ocean going ; n.nsr steamers. A bill to enable i me to fulfill the obligations ot the : convention will be laid before you, '.mommy wages earneu uy soinu wuiiv said the king. ere under the contract system. In regard to home rule for Ireland! Deductions for such items as "hos whlch for the moment is the subject pitnl, store and board" were shown on of paramount national and imperial I some of the envelopes. Importance the king by the emphasis1 "We will prove." Mr. Milton said, of his words and his manner Indicated "that In many Instances the mining his personal realization of the gravity , company would take out or the em ... .v.. .iii. Ho untrf- nloves' pay the nmount owed It and "I regret that the efforts which have been made to arrive at a solu- j tion by agreement of the problems! connected with the government of Ireland have so far not succeeded. In a matter In which "the hopes and fears 1 of so many of my subjects are keenly concerned and which unless handled now with foresight and Judgment and In a spirit of mutual concession threatens grave future difficulties. It is my most earnest wish that the good will and co-operation of men of all parlies and creeds may heal the dls re'nslon anil lay the foundations of a lasting settlement." London, Feb. 10 The opening of the house nf commons today for the 1014 session found an unusually large number of members gathered at the floors to make a dash Into the .-haru-ber to secure seats for the momentous Initial debate, Among the earliest to MTtve were groups of Ulster unionists and their bitter opponents', the Irish nationalists: and these, for the first .I n at least, were able to capture prominent places In the house. Police and soldiers were kept busy for sev eral hours early today searching every . timer or me cenurs ami vaults ior, suffragettes. This process has been I ibme on the opening day of the session exer since the discovery of the gun- powder plot", of tiny Fawkejt The yeomen of the guard In their ; PlOtUrssquS old time uniforms were! accompanied today by the chlet in spectors of the metropolitan police who dim-anted the ancient lanterns generally carried and rnploced them j with modern electric torches so as to make sure that 110 hidden militants should escape them. MITCHELL IN FAVOR . OF RECALL OF MAYOR New York, Feb. 10. Mayor John Purroy Mltehrl favors the . recall of the mayor und he lold members nf the gueens county chamber of commerce today that he hoped the new city charter would contain such a provis ion. "I want the msyor to bs responsive snd responsible to the people." he said. "I have always advocated lhe recall urul I 11m no less an advocate of It for lhe iniyor now that I am elected to that utiles than I wus before 1 wus elected " liiMorie Cbajrcn Burnett Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 10. Fire rnukud by an overheated furnace to day drslroye.l the hlstorir Portuguese thurch of "our Ijidy of Good Voy aa." All -suiunis and a red ves ts MCI lost. Hf(jJf5 J) JOURNEY TO in UTOPIA Ship Load in New York Ready To Sail to Gold Coast Of Africa. routine of jail life. He slept well last I night and his friends today sent sup New Vorlt, Feb. 10 A shipload of j Ples t0 hlf cel1- ttal" llas refused all negroes, mostly farmers and their offe'8 of bail, saying he is guilty and wives from Oklahoma, waited here to- ready to take his punishment, day for Alfred C. Sam to lead them! Whlle fir8t announcements placed to a new negro Utopia on the Gold const of Africa. The rtVgroes were In duced to come here, they said, by Sam, who had been collecting colon izers from Okklahoma, Texas and MisshslppiiA More negroes were ex pected from Galveston and the West, and it was said that eighty-six were coming from Boston The steamer in which the engroes .expected to seek the Gold coast was i the old Curltyba of the Munson line, i Which formerly plied between New j York and Cuba. -An officer of the I Tiinn Hn.. .:mi! ti.rlttv th.it lb, f.irl.i ,yba rRcently wa8 s(jld to ,he Aklm Tradlng company In which Sam jK 1 ! supposed to be Interested. Sam, according to the colonists, reprPSentB himgelf to be an African chief, today. Same could not be found here TESTIMONY TO SHOW WORKERS' LOW WAGE Charged That Mining Com pany Held Employers' Money to Pay Debts. i.a oca. "7 " slona) investigation Into conditions in the copper country was resumed to- oay. o . n . m. on. cour ser ror w est-ein re..e.au,., ""servers at Ijtrk harbor could not see Into the record more notations on,., ,, Ul,0. ,,, , p.mn miners pay envelopes to show the low then would pay the storekeeper and the boarding house keeper from what was left." THE ENTIRE SWEEOISH CABINET HAS RESI6NED Because of Different Opinions Concerning Increase of Defensive Forces. St oc kholm. Sweden, Feb. 10. Karl Albert StaalT. Swedish premier, and his entire cabinet, resigned today be cause of divergence of opinion corr- ernlng the necessity of Increasing the Swedish deiensive rorces. rvrng ww- hip hi.- The ministerial crisis was brought about oy tne recent ucmoimu anon K0.000 land owners and farmers from all parts of the country who demanded i an Increase of Swedish armaments, i This was followed by a socialist dem onstration equally Imposing, protest ing against lhe project. CRIME CAREER OF inn nUMltlVADT 7? IjUjXj AiilunannDuu pies fro minqulrlng land In South Sail bftks Citjr, 1'tuh, Fel). 10. Mil-1 Carolina passed to third rending In ion H. Lee, art sled here July 111 the upper branch of the generul bs 'hniged with having counterfeit dies seni(ilv this morning with 11 dlsi nt In his possession, made a confession ing vole. The measure wns made n today, He said lo- served three trims lb HBn Quentln prison, Callftirula. for stage robberies In the ocniltc and one term as train rnbber In Oregon. lyec Is 67 years old. He sas he was known as the "f entlematl bandit." of the Yosemlte In the sixties and seven- lles snd was sentenced to Hair guentln for the first time In I RflB : and axaln In 1868 and a third time for twenty years in 1814. Lee says he served twelve years of his last term when he was released for good behavior. His Oregon convict Ion, be wild, vw!s In 117. when he was sentenced for thir ty yesrs and pardoned In 1907. To Yilortisc Terminer. Merlin. Feb. The German Im perial parliament today adopted a resolution a nthorlzlirg the Gerrnsn potash syndic te to use 1 1,1 80,000 ; from its "prop igsnds fund" of 12, eon. -,000 in the advertising of fertilisers 1 abroad. Imprisoned Bank President Refuses Bail, Saying He Is Guilty Memphis, Term., Feb. 10 C. Kuril- j Har ry L. Langel, formerly cull er Ralne, president of the Mercantile I nacted with the management of the bank here, arrested yesterday on Hid : Ungren hotel and a well known ho- oharge of embezzlement after the dls- covery of alleged defalcations of more j than $l,0OO,OOU, today took up the lnB "nl 1,1 names snoriage at about $.100,000, figures given out to day show that this has been Increased to nearly $1,100,000, and bank offi cials state the defalcation may reach close to $1,500,000. Ralne has steadfastly declined to discuss the bank's affairs further han to insist that he alone Is responsible for conditions which wrecked the In- stitution which was under state Juris diction. A dramatic Incident in connection wlth Haines arrest took place yester day, when a reconciliation was ef fected between Itaine and his brother. uuer l u. name puousner 01 ine i Memphis News-Scimitar. The two had i been estranged for a number of 1..,. ..-I,..,. V. l ...1 1.: .. . jm.p, wut m utti. i.ict 1 m 1 1 f pit-aiuenv was piacea in n ceu one or tne first ; to call upon him was his brother Gil bert POTOMAC. SICHTED LAST T, Believed Tug Has Been Car ried Out Into Gulf of St. Lawrence. Curling, N. F-, Feb. 10. When the , Htorm hag fQr Q Npw j F,)UndlaIld passed today shore ob , wh(ch 8,Rhted ,n an lce noe five miles off that place Saturday evening. It was believed that the Potomac, caught In the Ice, had been carried out Into the Gulf of St. Iawrence and was waiting for the weather to clear and a lead to open In the floes before attempting to reach harbor. The Po tomac an unsuccessful attempt Thurs day to release Ice-bound American fishing vessels at Bay of Islands. Goes to Rescue. Portland, Me., Feb. 10. The reve nue cutter Androscoggin sailed today to assist the naval tug Potomac. If weather conditions continue fav orable the Androscoggin should end her 700 miles run Thursday night or Friday morning. TO STOP ENORMOUS iniflmn txt tivttt itittt. wllolL ' 7VVJU1 Washington, Feb. 10. A bill design- ed' to stop millions of dojlars of waste In poultry, eggs and other farm products by establishing marketing departments in the state agricultural colleges nas oeon introduced oy Kep-; woi,i not be delayed or displaced, a recitative Jacoway of Arkansas. favorable report 011 the repeal bill i "Kach year there Is prtiduecd in goon would be made with the expecta Iths fulled States more than 1.000,- ! tion of action In the house. MI00.O00 worth of poultry and eggs,'' I said Representative Jacoway today. I "Of this amount 10 per cent. Is lost, , ., rf.. additional deteoriates be tween the Initial no nt and the re-. taller and consumer, and there is a : W11BP altogether of $400 000 000 This. ' m(j Qf " , o(hlr ,ir;,dm'.t(, of the ; ery other prodm : rarmJ Tho bill woul dellminate all this loss.' S. C. ANTI-ASIATIC BILL PASSES 3RD READING .011111101.1. .- . ... rro. 10. Senator ,stm ky's bill lo prohibit Asiatic peo- t-pii-iHl order several days ago hut .le- bate on the state warehouse hill has heretofore prevented Its consldratlon. iWhen the senate convened this morn- ng Senator Carlisle nsked that the alien bind bill be taken up nuder the head of uncontested matters, permls- mission for which he secured, A similar bill Is pending- in the house but has not yet come up consideration, '"' 1500 GIYF X To KSTAHMSli ADVF.ItTlsiNt; St Hol.UtNMIP Ann Arhor Mich.. Feb. 10. Five hundred dollars has been given nnony- mnnsly for the establlnhment of schol- tirshlp prises (o students In the Unl - 'rally of Mlchlasn who sre Interested j yellow pine mill Umber snd other n advertising. The gift will be eontin- technical mutters wer chief topics of red three years, and If successful the discussion at the opening session today 1onor will udd sufficient fun .V. to of a thn.- dm convention here of the 1 und a course In advertlslns The JTalioWpina Manufacturers' aaancla- .-holarahlp Is believed In be the first tMn A Miccessor to President ft. J. of Its kind In this country. Jlarpsnler will h chosen Thursday. The Swannanca Berkeley Ho- tel Changes Hands Under A Ten-Years Lease. tel man, yesterday afternoon dosed jeal with Frank Loughran, whereby ! he leases the Swarinanoa-Kerkeley hotel on So'Hh Main street lor a term of ten years The terms of the lease, further than this, are not known, ex cept that Mr. Loughran reserves his office in the hotel. It is stated that the deal had been in a formative stage for about a year, but it was: only recently that Mr. Loughran final ly- decided to lease the property. The j papers were signed yesterday after-j noon and Mr. Langel will take over i the hotel on March 1 . j Mr. Langel is well known In the hotel circles of the country, having been connected with various hotels In Chicago and Illinois for about ten years. Later he was associated in me management of the Sehvyn hotel In charlotte, coming from there to Ashe- ville to assist in the management of the LangFen. Since leaving here, Mr. Langel has conducted hotels In John- son City and Hristoi. l ie win conuuci the. SwanuanoarBerkelev 011 both the American and European plans, an- . . : l .-.4 liounclllg mat a caie win ue opetaieu in connection with the hostelry. The Swarinanoa-Rerkeley is one of the best tourist and commercial hotels j of the city and is a landmark here, as I is Mr. Loughran, Mlie owner. The I hotel at the present location was for ! merly the Swannanoa, having been j consolidated about two years ago with the Berkeley. Since that time !m j provements have been made on the structure aggregating $00,000, all the most modern- conveniences naving been provided tor ny Mr. t.nugnran. Mr Loughran has been a resident Mrit t, .h , an nd or Asnevirre ior ine past .ur years aim has been in the hotel business here for the past 26 years. lie is a very large property holder here and It Is on account of the extent of these holdings he sta'es, that he was 1 The Southern contends in its appli brought to leas the hotel. He sf-ates cation thnt its. lines and those of the that It 'lecame' necessary for him to old Dominion and Che.su peake Steam employ a manager or lease the prop erty in order to be able to look after his other business and ho decided to close the deal with Mr. Langel. TOLLS EXEMPTION BILL Representative Sims Has Bill To Repeal Clause of Canal Act. Washington. Feb. 10. Representa- tive Sims, of Tennessee, ranking 'member of the house commerce com mission, consulted President Wilson todav about early action on his bill; to rencal the exemption clause In the Pajnama act. lie learned lhal the president intended to deliver no mes-' sage to congress on the subject. chairman Adamson has expressed a ; willingness to push the repeal, and! j other members of the committee de- : 0lar-l today that while the trust bills CANDY TAKES PLACE OF CAMPAIGN CIGAR Chicago. Feb. 10. Candy has taken -" ' lhe "la' '' "f ''ampalgri cigars and cof ree wagons win rival ine saloon as vote getters In Chicago's aldermanic campaign which will come to a climax at lhe April election. Thomas II. Donoghue. candidate for aMsrtnan In the 2Mh ward, distributed more than one thousand boxes of sweets to the women who attended a political meeting at which he was the speaker lasl night. Miss Marion it. Drake, candidate for ajdarinan in lhe first ward against Aide- rum "Bathhouse John" Cough liri. announced lo.lay she would en. ploy coffee wagons In her ch ..palgu ),,,.,. ,.ff, and rolls will tie dlstrlh- ute.l from the wagons during the cold weather. OIL STOCKS AGAIN WEAK ON THE CURB stocks few Y'ork, Feb. 10. Oil were uguln very weak on the curb at 'today's opening. Atlantic Refining, the feature of yesterdsy's decline, sold down to "08, a decllns of 27 points rom yesterday's close. On Saturday this stuck was quoted at 8110 . 1 Pine Maiiiifni-turt'rs Mm j - , ;$ew Orleans, Feb. 10 Nationalist Leader Savenko Would Fight Attorney For "Black Hundred." St. Petersburg. Feb. 10. A chal lenge to a duel was scnl today by A. Savenku, a nationalist lea.der in the duma, to (.1. Zamislot sky a coiiHerva- tlve deputy and attorney I'or the "black hundred." Zam Lstov.sk y was one of the prose cuting attorneys at the trial of Meiult 1 Bellies at Kiev. During the trial he alleged that Savenko told him that M. Shulgren. editor of the newspaper Klevllanin, whose championship of Beiliss is generally regarded as having secured the acquital of the accused. was actuated by the sordid motive of securing money from the .Tews to stip- port a sugar factory in which he was interested. M. Savenko declares the statement a falsehood, SOUTHERN WOULD KEEP ITER LINE HOLDINGS V ApTjlieS tO Interstate CommiS- 1 sion to Retain Stock of S. S. Companies. J Washington. Feb. 10 The Soothe railway today applied to the interstate I commerce commission for permission I j to retain after July 1 its holdings in j the Old Dominion Steamship company, the Chesapeake Steamship company aml the Virginia Navigation company i,w ,w p.. u,i th ron,t; : .;, " ... . " " Wou d be compelled to sever its con i nection with all steamship lines tin- 1 j less the commission decides that in I ! the public interest such affiliation may ' be allowed. ship companies arc not competitive under the meaning of the Panama canal act; and that It should not there fore be compelled to abandon Its water line holdings. The road declares that of 15,000 shares of the Old Dominion it owns 2000; while the Chesapeake Ohio owns 1200; the Atlantic Coast Line 1200; the Norfolk & Western 2100; the Seaboard Air Line 2100; and the "General Public" 6289. Of the Chesapeake Steamship com pany stock 4000 of the 6000 shares are owned by the Southern; the re mainder by the Atlantic Coast Line, ORDERS INQUIRY INTO REDUCING OF RATES ' Washington, Feb. 10. The Inter state commerce commission today or dered an investigation of the alleged practices or certain railroads in leas ing their facilities and other property lo shippers of freight over their lines, "for such consideration and upon such terms or conditions as have the effect of reducing the rates and charges to shippers for transportation furnished, to the disadvantage of shippers not receiving such prlvll- eges." The commission ordered that all common carriers by railroad or by water be made respondents to the proceedings. CENTRAL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE IS PLANNED New York. Feb. 10. After confer ences between '.Mayor .Mitchell and four of his heads of departments It was decided lo.lay to establish a ren I Iral employment exchange to relieve the distress of men out of work. it Is proposed 10 communicate twice j dally with each employment agency 1 co-operating and lo publish a dally 1 letter telling lhe character of work ; offered and the number and . lass of j men seeking employment. Copies will tie posted in police stations, neighbor hood settlements, employment agen i Dial and other places where the unem ployed may see lhe lists. SUITS TO COLLECT FOR CHINESE EGGS Sun l-'runi i-co. Cal . Feb. 10. -Soils were begun here today by counsel r.-pi 1 sent lug shippers of Chlnim- "gs to collect 811.000 which It Is alleged is do. from Julius l'vln company, brokers, for refusal to pay for 1m- i ported eggs on the ground thut they : did not measure up to requirements. The statu honril of health has or dered an Investigation of charges thai Chinese egss shipped Into California muy contain oriental diseases. IH NTINt. iii 11 QREKK I 011 Ml lllillll OK CfH'XTIlYM AN Tampa. Flu., Feb. 10 Pollen to--Dry rot In Juy wen seeking Ivmuntiel Marrrlm- arls. accused of having killed I'anugl Oussinna at Tarpon Hprlngs. After th shooting, which occurred early today b w s said Msilcarsl hurried to hli aiuoniurille ami drove Inlo eountn He owns numerous sponging vea-eb ui Tarpon Springs. PfiESIDfST IM. PRIMARY BILL TO BEGIN Expected Actual Writing of Measure Will Be Under taken Tomorrow. Washington, Feb. 10. Preparation of a presidential primary bill as advo cated by President Wilson wilt be be gun at once, Chairman Mucker of the house elections committee, announced today. Representative Rucker has an en gagement with the president tomorrow and it is expected that actual writing of the primary measure will almost immediately be undertaken. Mr. Ruck'er and members of the commit tee have conferred with Secretary Brian and Solicitor Folk of the slate department, both of whom Indicated I hey favored the state primary law- pian. s a result of these conferences, presentativc Rucker said the com mittee was uiuinimously agreed that some primary law should be enacted, but its form has not been determined j upon. Mr. Rucker, however, expressed I confidence that a primary law would ! be passed at this session. BIPLANE-MONOPLANE COLLISION IN MID-AIR j rw e r n uauaeu uentu ml uue vroimaii: Aviator and Injuries to Two Others. Pohanninthal, tlcrnmiiy, 1W. 10. A mid air collision between a blplaiie and a monoplane over the areodronie here oday caused the death of one German aviator and serious injuries to two others. Gerhard Sedlmayer, un experieced man, was flying his bi plane, carrying as his passenger Lieu tenant Leonhardi, of the German army. They were crrcling the areo dronie at a height of about 100 reet when their machine was crashed into by a monoplane in which Degner. a pupil at the flying school, was making his first independent flight. Both machines fell and when the men were extricated from the wreck age it was found that Degner was dead and the other two gravely hurt. Do you know that Austra lia is now 1300 miles nearer England? 2 COUPON Save it for THE PANAMA CANAI I iy Frnderic J. 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The Oasettc-News will cheerfully refund the prlca of the tooU to any purchases who Is not satisfied with it Present Six Coupons of Consecutive Dates I II III I.NTS K.XTItA 1 1 MM HV MAIL JaPanese Mob Attacks Houe Of Parliament, Breaking Down Gates Before Dis persed by Police. FREE FIGHT ALSO ON FLOOR OF THE DIET Great Mass Meeting Demands Impeachment of the Cabi net Numerous Clashes Throughout City. Tokio, Japan, Feb. 10. A riotous mob attacked the Japanese house, of ! parliament today. It was driven back by the police only after the entrance j s d be(. broken down anu I gates -scores of people injured. The rioting followed a big mass ! meeting at which resolutions were j passed to impeach the cabinet for its attitude in connection with the graft ; charges against Japanese naval olfl -j cers. several of w horn are accused of ! receiving commissions for influencing the allotment of admiralty contracts in favor of a German firm. Numerous arrests were made and frequent clashes between the police and the mob followed in various parts Of the city. There was also a free light on the floor of the diet. 1 he die! rejected a resolution of a want confidence in the government. his resolution was introduced by the I opposition in the form of a protest ! against the attitude of the cabinet in 1 c ''nneciiori with the graft charge.-.. VVhil the session was in nfcsrtiM huge crowds packed the neighboring streets and several mass meetings were organized. The people, after resolving i to impeach the cabinet, marched to I ward the house of parliament attack 1 ihg several government officials. Whsn 1 they reached the entrance to the diet I they collfded With the police. lTt"a" struggle the gato was broken down and many people injured while others were arrested. The debate in the house was a dra- matlc one. A fierce attack was made on the premier. Count Gombei Vama ; moto, who replied with great calmness demanding a suspension of Judgment i until the inquiry into the naval scan dal had been concluded. Saburo Shimaila, leader of the op position, charged the cabinet with having smothered the affair until it had been forced to order an investiga tion. The speaker of the diet ordered the expulsion of a member of the op position who had interrupted the de (Conlinued on Page Nine). a Copy of 1AI ft Tuesday Feb. 10 Accurate and Dependable"
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