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i THE GAZETTE-NEWS HAS j THE ASSOCIATED; PRESS SERVICE. IT 13 IN EVERT" : RESPECT COMPLETE). :: i OLUME XIX. NO. 253. ASHEVILLE, N. 0., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER ''.914, PRICE .FIVE CENTS (1 WHVlj V T HhTl WEATHER FOEECASTi , -17 V M H H art S MBMMMHMBMHiwM POLAND OF MILITARY INTEREST ) LAN TO TAKE IBSAt FAILS ieports of Rival Headquarters Agree That Decisive Re sults in Poland Are Still in the Balance. ERVIA LOOKS TOWARD ARPATHIAN HOPEFULLY nxious for Russians to Re lieve Pressure on Them Typhoid in Belgian Army Report London, Dec. 2. Russian 'oland remains the center of nterest in the European war b far as active military oper-J Itions are concerned. Eeports fom the headquarters of the val nations indicate that de rive results of the desperate fitting that has been going on h that country, for days are ill in he balance, although m is face of known' facts the tmviction is growing that the Wiuan General Mackensen p done at Lodz what Bazaine, p tlie . Franco-Prussian .war, ailed to do at Metz, saving his jrmy after it had been encir- od by desperately cutting his ay through the enemy's lines. It is clear, however, that the prninn tnptinol nlnn rf toViTur Varsaw has failed, accordine opinion prevailing in Eng- Ind. Whether the invasion of the ii'h province of Silescia has kw become, possible on ac- pnt of the recent operations, r the present,, remains to be ten. Little activity along the uslrian front is reported, ex- f'pt it is asserted from Vienna iat an Austrian victory over ie Russians resulted in the ipture of a great quantity of nsoners and munitions of ar on the south line. But iore is nothing to indicate jluit the Russians have given P the intention of invading jlie province south of Cracow. I Late Vienna reports say that pie situation is calm at Cracow put that there has been some 'silting in the Carpathians. Servian' eyes are turned ?oppfully in the direction of Jiese mountains in the expecta tion of seeing Russian troops inner the walls of Hungary. nis -would release the pros ure on the Servians by about half million Austrian who avo forced the Servians back w the boundary into their pwn country. Army headquarters in Berlin 'aim that the three davs' bat 'e in Poland was accompanied y successful efforts of the Qer- 'n to break throtrh the en- 'rcling Russian ring. The re irt admits heavy losses but :'kesi consolation in the fact ''at severe punishment was in 'ctcd on the Russians. , According to dispatches ,rm Tetrograd Lourcz and fxh confine to U the critical ;nts in the fighting in north .'"and. Tot rngraJ puts a grcta "'"of emphasis on Iho enp- STILL CENTER tue of a quantity of arms and ammunition during the fight ing on the Vistula near Plock as well as in the cutting of cer tain German communications in Poland. In the political field the meeting of the German Reich stag is attracting attention. Many members have gathered in Berlin, a large number in uniform, in anticipation of this meeting, which is important in that it is expected that the leg islative body will pass the new war loan measure. ; Comparative quiet continues to prevail in the western fields of battle; but alarming news is received in the report that ty phoid has broken out iff the Belgian army. Critical Situation. London, Dec. 2. DlBpatches from Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, from the corespondent of Reuters Telegraph company says that a report has reached that place that the situation In Servia Is critical. The Servian army it is declared, was withdrawing from Belgrade, and that telegraphic communications between Belgrade and Nish, the temporary capital of Servia, have been interrupted. Paris Statement. Paris, Dec. 2. The following offi cial communication was issued by the war office last night: "In Belgium the German infantry has essayed without success, a sortie against those trenches to the south of Bixschoote between Bethune and Lens. After a rather brisk affair we captured the chateau and the parlc of Vermrllel southvtf .th -lrjgr. ' "In the Argonne wo have advanced: appreciably In the wood of Lagrurta. "On the rest of the front there' Is nothing to report." Vienna Statement. Vienna, Dec. 2. (Via London) An ofllcial announcement issued yes terday says: "In the southern war theater a step 1 nthe operations has reached a vic torious conclusion. The enemy, who for soeral days has been offering strong resistance east of the rivers Kolubara and ljid (Servia) again at tempted to take the offensive, but was repulsed, suffering heavy losses in his retreat. On the battlefield at Komatlce alone our troops found 800 unburled bodies. "Since the beginning of our last offensive we have taken more than 19,000 prisoners and have captured 47 machine guns, 46 guns and quan tities of other war material." Sorvla's night. London, Doc. 2. A Petrograd dis patch to the Times describing Ber- vla's plight says: 'Austria has a half million men on the Servian front but the Berviana were informed of this in time and retreated Into positions more conven ient for defense, The Servians hope the Russians will soon appear under the walls of Budapest." Prepare for Attack, London, Dec. 2. Telegraphing from Copenhagen tho Dally . Mall's correspondent says: "Realizing Great Britain's prepon derance In dreadnaughts, work at the German dock yards Is being concen trated on the construction of sub marines and aircraft and also on what are called 'floating batteries. "The German theory appears to be that the British fleet can be beaten by launching against It a huge sub marine and air attack. "It Is reported that the German feet again has steamed Into the North sea." IS IN MWL MEXICO First Instance of Its Kind Re corded Since Retrn of Mexican Troops. Vera Cms, Mex., Dee. I. The first execution in this elty since the Mexl can troops returned, following the evacuation of the American forces. occurred yesterday. It was that of soldier who was detected In an at tempt to steil some ammunition. He was tried by summary court martial and executed within on hour of bis sentence. , Btone Gets Decision. .Boston, Den. I. Harry Stone of New York, who claims the lluht KelKht rlimi'lonhlp of Australia, was swarded a awMnn after a 1$ rniri'1 rmt'ft r. if h Gilbert Gallant, of t'hrlsK-ii, Int nlKht, HEAVIEST FOG FOR IS YEARS Shipping in New York Harbor Today Is Fog-Bound in the Heaviest Mist Known to Records. FIFTEEN BIG LINERS ROCKED IN HEAVY SEA Believed That Fog Extends West to the Mississippi Train Service Greatly Crippled by it. New York, Deo. 2. A fleet of 15 ocean liners rocked in a heavy sea at the entrance to New York harbor to day, fog-bound in the thickest mist that has been expeienced here in 15 years. The halt million commuters from New Jersey, Long Island and other places were delayed from one-half to one and one-half hours. Trains creeped slowly past semaphores, al most hiddVen In the mist. Ferryboats from New Jersey and Brooklyn moved cautiously, the mist beirfg so dense that a vessel could hardly be seen a boat's length away. Hardly half of the .. ferryboats were, operated, - The local weather - bureau stated that the fog covered a wider area than was ever covered before since records have been kept of them, and placed the western limit of the mist at the Mississippi. Observers here declared that the fo Is the heaviest of the twentieth cen tury. ' A DEBT OF S5 ,000 State Mission Board Fell Short by That Amount in Sub scriptions for Year. Rev. Dr. Calvin B. Waller, pastor of the First Baptist church, received a telegram this morning from Living ston Johnson, secretary of the State Mission board of the Baptist church. In which it was stated that the board faces a debt of $6000. This simply means that the amount to have been raised this year has fallen short of the mark set by that amount. Dr. Waller states that the board was to have raised $55,000 the past year. The fiscal year closed last night and all contributions had to be In before the books closed at Raleigh, The state Baptist convention will be held In Raleigh next week, and the report of the Mission board will be one of the most Interesting submitted. Baptists in this city and section have been awaiting with keen anticipation the outcome of this campaign for $66,- 000, and they will doubtless be disap pointed to learn that a deficit of $5000 Is to be faced. TO DISCUSS SUBMARINE BUILDING WITH SCHWAB Washington, Deo. $. Secretary Bryan today invited Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel company, to the state depart ment to discuss with him the govern ment's view on the building of sub marines for the warring countries In Europe by American construction companies. McCartr Vina. New York, Deo. I. Tom McCarty, of Lewlston, MonL, out fought Terry Kellar of California, in a fast tea round bout her last night MoCarty w!ghd 111 pounds; Kallar 17$. Oldest Odd Fcllo Lexington, Ky., Dea. I. William P. Kmmul, $7, said to be the olrieot OdJ Fellow In the world, dld here lint night lie Joined tli ordnr In ui. BAPTISTS EMITS TO H. G. POSSIBILITY President of State Press Asso ciation to Discuss the Plans With State Board of Agriculture. $10,000 APPROPRIATION WILL BE CONSIDERED Representative Bowie of ABhe Thinks He Will Be Next Speaker of the House Other State News. (By W. T. Bost). Raleigh, Deo. 2. President W. C Hammer of the North Carolina Press association has sent out letters ad vising his appointee to meet this af ternoon with tho board of agriculture to consider the appropriation of $10,QQ0 for bringing desirable lmmi grants to North Carolina. 'The board has its regular Decern per meeting al;-this time . and the newspaper committee will discuss the advisability of conducting a publicity bureau that will put North Carolina as much in the eye of the world as it can be. Mr. Hammer is expected to attend the meeting and state to the board Just what the resolution of the State Press association was when he named this committee. Bowie and Speakership, Representative T. C. Bowie Ashe is strongly persuaded that of he will be the next speaker. The fact that he Is considered the most ultra of the conservatives, does not fright en him. The returns rom the western part of-te tte sIkiw something of the same thing. ' '' Mr. Bowie's friends not think it is E. It. Wooten against the fteld, but that It is the field against Bowie. The fact that he was against nearly all the "new things" last year is not expected to hurt him. He opposed the special session, the amendments, the Justice freight act and various other measures and his backers think that subsequent events have shown blm wise and far seeing. The Justice act was almost re-written by a commis sion of which Mr. Justice's father was head. Bowie's backers say, the amendments were beaten, the special session's mission failed and the only thing left Is a controversy between big democrats as to whether the state Is running in debt or paying as it goes. "I am going to be elected, I think," Mr. Bowie said today. "I believe the west is entitled to it." Now Deputies Appointed. Collector J. W. Bailey has ap pointed four new deputies, two of whom were made necessary by the new war tax. The men are John Morrison of Rockingham, Richmond county, Phil Hayes, of Moore county, C. H. Jen kins of Edgecombe, and Lee C. Ashcraft, of Chatham. Ralph Duffey Is made deputy for a temporary pe riod to take the place of Mrs. Mar garet Busbee Bhlpp, whose recent Ill ness and treatment in London, Onta rio, makes neces;..ry a temporary rest. Mrs. Shlpp came back to the department and worked two weeks, but was not able to continue. The new war tax makes a multi tude of additional duties. It has been discovered that many institutions that need the stamps have not order ed them and that business in many places has been Interrupted because the stamps were lacking. Rome of the railroads have provided their stamps from other sources but many others, expected to get them from Raleigh, have omitted to do so. Some banks In this territory have not call ed for them and papers requiring them had to remain without execu tion. Pardon to long Termer. Governor Craig yesterday pardoned Lensle Hurd, of McDowell county, who began February of 110$ to serve 25 years for murder in the second degree. Governor Craig says this girl was a young woman then and got into a difficulty at a dance. The deceased cut the defendant with a raxor and the defendant shot and killed her assailant In view of the fact that the killing resulted from a fight and the further fact that the woman has served nearly seven years, he thinks a conditions! pardon Is justified. EX-PRES. TAFT WILL SPEAK AT UNIVERSITY Raleigh, N. C, Dee. Fnrmr President Taft, now professor of law at Yale, ha been secured to" deliver a series of three lectures al th Univer sity of North Carolina, th date fixed being Mrch IT, II and II of next year. Th series ef lecture by xPret dent Taft initiate th first of a num her ef lecture by distinguished Amer Iran cltlsens on American cltlxenshlp, th plan being to afford th sturtents of th unlvernlry arrets to ntfnnl and International viewpoint on current quenlluns. DEATH RATE III MINES IS HIGH Peaceful Industry Has Its Hor rors as Well as War, Bu reau of Mines Report Shows. 3651 DIED IN 1913, IN MINES AND QUARRIES Out of Each 1000, 3.49 Were Killed, Much Higher Death Rate Than Those of Europe. Washington, Deo. 2. That peace ful Industry has its horrors as well as war is shown in the casualty list of American mines and quarries fo 1913 Issued by the United States bureau of mines. This list gives 3,651 men killed in the year. The number of men injured was not tabulated, but It estimated that it reached 100,000. Altogether in the coal mines, metal mines and quarries 1,047,010 men were employed, and the death rate for each 1,000 men engaged was 3.49, or nearly three and one-half men. Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, director of the bureau of mines, comes forward with the statement that, taking the hazards of the Industry into consid eration, this list of death and injury is excessive and unnecessary, and a discredit to the industry and the country. Commenting on the deaths In the mines. Dr. Holmes said: "We stand aghast at the slaughter in Europe as repast, reach us concerning the ter rible war that Is raging, and we pride ourselves on our freedom from war through the adaptation of higher ideals and standards. Yet to me this report on the death in one year of v,651 men engaged In a peaceful in dustry Is quite as discreditable. And when we consider that this record Is being repeated year after year, the very thought of It becomes appall Ing. In the last three years, as far back as the records of the bureau covering certain branches of the In dustry go, the mines and quarries of the United States have swallowed up 10,487 human lives and have lnca Lpacitated tcmpoarlly probably a quar ter of a million men. And the sad dest part of it all la that a great part of this death roll and a still greater part of the injuries are not neces sary. I believe I am conservative when I say that half of the 3.651 men killed In the year 1913 might have been saved and three-fourths of tho 100,000 men injured In the same year mlghthav e escaped Injury had all the various agencies involved the operators, the miners, and the state and national governments done their full duty in the matter. E SON OF IS KILLED IN BUTTLE M, de Broqueville Loses One Son, and Reported An other Is Dead London, Dec. 1. Telegraphing from Amsterdam, th correspondent of Reuter Telegraph company says that on eon of M. d Broqueville, the Belgian premier, ha been killed In battle, and that a second son of the premier Is also rumored to have lost hi Ufa on the field of action. Furious Bllnad. Nome, Alaska, Dec. 2. A furious billiard has forced th Bering sea Ice pack high upon the shore and bos driven th water farther Inland than It ha been for several year. All trail ar Impossible. Several mining camp along the shore ar entirely surrounded by wa ter. Nothing at Present Washington, Deo. I. After die ousalng with Secretary Garrison th request of Oorsrnor Ammona that United Btate troop) b withdrawn from aom of th Colorado atrlk dlstrtata. President Wilson ha de cided that nothing should "be don at thl tint, , Cordial Hriatkxu. 1 Pas, Bolivia, DtA I.- Official anouneoment I mad that cordial re lations between Bolivia and Para guay have not been Interrupted a re ported and that no mobilisation of Knllvtnn tmop ha taken plao on the X'araguayan frantUr, FOUND GUILTY, LIBEL CHARCES Four Members Colored Mason ic Grand Lodge Found Guil ty of Libeling Fraternity "Administration." EACH IS GIVEN SMALL FINE; APPEALS ENTERED Defendants Not Surprised at Verdict Failed to Show Hand After Non-Suit Was Refused. (By XV. T. Bost). Raleigh, Dec. 2. Judge W. C, Harris yesterday afternoon convicted Dr. J. B. Dudley, Dr. J. E. Delling er. Dr. A. M. Rivera and C. C. Amey, of GreenBboro, on a charge of libeling C. S. Brown, H. R. Good- son, and other members of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, colored. The fines were $100 each for Del- linger and Dudley and $10 each for Amey and Rivera. All defendants gave notice in open court of appeal and the case will be heard here again soon when Superior court has a chance at more extended investiga tion of It. The defense produced no testimony, and falling In Its motion for non-suit under the new act of 1911, It declined to show Its hand. Judge Harris in giving his deci sion against the defendants said that he had thought that the circular is sued by the defendants against the lodge officer would have contained no libel of Itself had the writers not said that the conduct of the officers indicated "method and deliberation, no accidental mistake." He declared that he was moved to find against the defendants because, in spite of the utterly unintelligent and unbusi ness like method of keeping books and accounting, the defendants had not taken notice of this until they had interests at stake in the grand lodge. Ho just thought they had gone too far, though he believed all were men of good character. He said he never hc.d any Idea of sentencing anybody to the roads. The court room was still full of colored Masons, most of whom were Jubilant over the result, the insurg ents being in decided minority. Tho colored majority, however, deeply de plored tho fact that the defense had decided to "drag grand lodgo mat ters still further in the courts." It is well known In the grand lodgo that there are witnesses who avow their Intention to testify that some offlco holders in the lodge have been ener getic In attacking tho character of aspiring candidates for office. The blunt avowal of men here to "get Dudley and Shepard," two recent candidates, got out a few days ago, Dudley and Shepard" being college presidents. A move of the defeated defense will be an effort to show that conviction of Dudley, Delllnger and the others was for grand lodge pur poses. The secret order brothers do not conceal well. The defendants were allowed to go on their present bonds and expressed not the slightest surprise at the re sult. It was generally thought that the court would have to reach such a verdict ABOUT WOJO ASKED FOR IEH HARBORS Estimated by War Department Half of Mississippi and Tributaries. Washington, Deo. 1. Upwards of $40,000,000 for river and harbor im provement is asked of oongres In es timates the war department ha pre pared. Approximately half I for the Mississippi river and Its tributaries. There ar thirty project In all the department want favored at th ooratng seHalon, and they Vang all th wav from 1250,000 to $6,000,000 ach. Th estimate will be cut close ly by th houne river and harbor committee, when it meets th last ct this week, and It 1 possible th com. mltte will vol to limit the bill to continuation of existing project. Th situation was discussed yester day by Representative Sparkman of Florida, chairman of th committee, with President Wilson and Colonel Townsend of th Mississippi river commission, Th largest single Item In th de partment' estimate I $l,600,0o to carry on next year' MIssImMppI river contracts previously authorised by eoru,rs. William CVleman ha horn frunx iUehmond, rturn4 HOFFMAN CANCER CONTROL Statistician of Insurance Com pany Discusses Subject Be fore American Public Health Association. POINTS OUT NEED OF NATIONAL CAMPAIGN Thinks Enormous Recorded In crease in the Cancer Death Rate Not Due to Statis tical Recording. Jacksonville, Fla., Dec, 2. The lm portance of a nation-wide educational campaign for the control of cancel was emphasized by Frederick L. Hoff man, statistician of an insuranoe conn pany, In an address before the AmerU can Publlo Health association her today. The subject of his address was "The Accuracy of American Cancer Mortality Statistics." Mr. Hoffman said: "The truly enormous recorded in crease in the cancer death rate during the last 26 years, compared with the previous ouarter-century, absolutely precludes the possibility of this In crease being exclusively the result of Improved methods of medical dlag nosls and death certification. The bur den of proof that cancer is not on the increase rests with those who make the assertion that the Increase In the recorded cancer death rate Is exclu sively the result of improved methods' of diagnosis and death certlcation. The required evidence In support of this argument has natJaeen forthcom ing. "In contrast, the statistical evidence of cancer Increase throughout the civ ilized world Is so overwhelming and so obviously conclusive, and so thorough ly In accordance with medical ami surgical experience, that perhaps no other fart in the vast domain of hu man mortality and disease is more completely established at the present time. It Is therefore, a rightful ex ercise of the critical method of reason ing that public attention should be directed to what is obviously a serious menace to civilization and the Import ance of cancer control on the basis of a nation-wide educational campaign!1 HAS PASSED AWIIY Styled "Greatest Modern Wri- ter of Naval Strategy" Works Text Books. Washington, Dec. t. Rear Admiral Alfred T. Mahan, U. S. N. retired, ac-i claimed In naval circle as the "greats est modern writer on naval strategy," died at the naval hospital here yester day, aged 74 years. Death was due to heart trouble. Admiral Mahan had overtaxed hi strength studying the great European conflict, and It 1 believed the many long hours he devoted to following th naval operations of the belligerent: probably caused tho breakdown that hastened his end. In the early stage of the European war, Admiral Mahan, whose works are. iiavai text book almost the world over, discussed for the newspapers th significance of various naval man euvers. He gave up these activities) when President Wilson Issued .his pro-, cliimatlon exhorting navy and army officers to desist from anything resenw bllng a partisan discussion of th con diet lie, however, did not relax hi olose observation of all that went on in Kurope. Admiral Mahan oam to Washing ton from hi horn In Quognn, L. I., In early autumn and had planned to spend the winter her. Funeral services will be held front flt Thomas Eplsoopal church in thl city this evening at t o'clock. In ac oordane with Admiral Mahan' ex pressed wish, service will be of th simplest character. Ther will b no military ceremonies and no honorary pall bearer. Th body will b taken to Quorue, L, L 7584 NATIONAL BANKS IN U, S. NOVEMBER 33 Washington, Deo. f -Thor worn 7,(14 national bankn In th United 8tata at th do et buslnea No. vember $0. They had a oapltal of $ 1,074,074. 67$. circulation outirtaixl. Ing of $740,600,000 aeoured by bmul and by other wcurlttnM of $!70,0?i -lit. During November twelve rptU out Ion for organisation of nation! bank wr approved. REAR M A i
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