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VOLUME XIX. NO. 254.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THUSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 3, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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TMT' SHOWERS, v; ; : i i:
(RENEWED ACTIVITY IN
FLANDERS IS INDICATED
the enemy Is still retreating. ' No
fighting of importance took place
yesterday. Small bodies of troops sent
in advance captured several hundred
prisoners."
Increasing Thunder of Guns at
ypres and Arrival of the
Wounded at Bruges
Significant.
RENNENKAMPF MADE ,
RUSSIAN SCAPEGOAT
Blamed for , Failure of Com-
plete Russian Success
Pryemysl Situation
Desperate.
London, Dec. S. The increasing
thunder of guns reported in the vicin
ity of Tpres and the arrival at Bruges
of transports carrying wounded sol
diers has led to the conclusion here
!that greater activity prevails and the
fighting has been more severe in Flan
ders than the reports from official
Sources would indicate. All reports
agree, however, that in North Poland,
where furious fighting has been going
Ion for several days without decisive
S-esults, the battle is still being fiercely
(contended, the Germans making des
perate efforts to continue their ad-
jvance to Warsaw. .
I From Petrograd comes the news
that General Rennenkampf Is being
made the scapegoat on account of the
Napoleonic coup which enabled the
IJermans to cut their way through the
fencircllng Russian cordon, after the
Russians had thought they had the
Invading army bottled up. According
o the reports, the delay of Rennen
kampf In bringing up reinforcements
Wade the success of the German ef-
forts to escape possible.
Discussing the campaign as a whole,
f. well known Berlin military critic
.maintains that the long rest and un
expected recuperative powers of the
Austrian troops, coupled with the
heavy losses of the Russians, has de
piived the enemy of suoh a large por
tion of first line troops that the Rus
sian offensive powers have been irre
trievably impaired.
I On the other hand, observers In Pe-
rostra d express the opposite view and
icontond that the Grand Duke Nicho
las, commander of the Russian forces,
will prove himself more than a match
Tor the admitted resourcefulness of
Von Illnderburg.
I Russian forces are reported to be
("within 10 miles of Cracow, while the
oituation at Przemysl, the only other
stronghold remaining to the Austrians
'in Gallcia, is declared to be desperate.
Anxiety in England over the situa
tion in South Africa has been consid
erably relieved by the reported cap
ture of General De Wet, the most
formidable of the leaders of the rebel
lion of the Union of South Africa,
The German retchstag, which con
vened yesterday, has adjourned after
voting a war credit of $1,250,000,000
and embark inff- Germanv nn the aee-
jond financial stage of the war with
i every expression of confidence in the
successful conclusion.
Relative Lull.
Petrograd, Dee. 3. The official
statement issued from General head
quarters last night says:
On December 1, there was a rela
tive lull on all the fronts. In the re
gion of Lowicz the action continued
but with less intensity.
"Towards midnight the enemy,
marching In compact columns made a
fierce attack against our - positions
north of Lodz but was repulsed."
De Wet Captured.
London, Deo. 3. General ChrsUan
de Wet, leader of the rebellion In
the union of south Africa, has been
captured, according to a Pretoria ot
ficlal dispatch to the Router's.
BICKETT SPEAKER AT
THE ELKS'
High Point Business Men Pur
chase Lots Alongside Okla
homa Penal Institution.
0 US
DANIELS
"Why Should Navy That Has
Daniels for Secretary ViTant
to Sing?" it Asks.
DEDICATION OF
PORTER TABLET
Mrs. William Sidney Porter
and Miss Margaret Porter
Central Figures at Me
morial Presentation.
DR. HENDERSON MAKES
INTERESTING ADDRESS
High Point, Dec. 3. Attorney-Gen
eral T. W. Blckett will deliver the
address at the Elks memorial service
to be held In the Auditorium next
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Citi
zens are looking forward to the occa
sion with great expectations, for there
are many who proclaim him as one
of the finest orators of the state.
Eulogies on this occasion will be given
for four estimable members who have
dropped out of the ranks since the last
memorial Vneetlng In December,- 1913.
They are: , J. P. Redding, J. R. Relt
zel, Herbert Austin and Ray Newby.
Eulogies oh these departed members
will be pronounced,, respectively, by
Dred Peacock, J. J. Farrlss, T. J. Gold
and Robert! Brockett. '
Arabian -Nights took on a second
hand look compared to the beauties
and wonders of some Oklahoma land
as described by the paraphernalia car
ried on a. Pullman car which pulled
up on the sidetrack here a few days
ago, and so wonderful were the ac
counts of the riches, the mines, the
agricultural opportunities, the gush
ing oil fields, that this government
land was grabbed at by some of High
Point's citizens. The men conducting
the car were to act as agents of all
the purchasers, accepting retainers.
Uhowlng Itself as an exceptionally ac
commodating business transaction.
But this news Item Is not written as an
advertisement for the Oklahoma car.
but simply to say the High Point men
who bought the lots have found said
lots ranged up alongside the state In
stitution for criminals.
IS HELD AS A PRIZE
London, Dec. S. Australian and
New Zealand colonists have recently
disembarked In Egypt, according to
nn announcement by the official bu
reau of Great Erltaln, to assist In the
defense of that country and to com
plete their training there. When this
training la complete they will go to
the French or Belgian fronts to fight
lth the rest of the English troops In
turope.
i-ondon, Dee. 8. King George of
England, who has gone to France to
visit the expeditionary forces In the
Held and who Is now In Flanders, went
nut to the firing lines veaterdav. ac
cording to a telephone message from
me scene of battle sent to Calala
Rennenkampf niamcd.
ixmdon, Dec, 3. The Morning
- i i-eirograa correspondent says
nn nenrs that the ltuiwian General
Rennenkampf has been superseded
because he was two dava lata In Ink.
Ing up a poalUon through which tha
German armies in Poland wers to
nave been hemmed In.
This failure, the correspondent says
robbed Grand Duke Nicholas strata
flcal scheme of Its full suoceas a
week ago, entailed a week of heavy
. "nun ana resulted In the hurrying
, up of Urge German reinforcement
Gazette-News Bureau
Wyatt Building
Washlngtln, Dec. S.
"Why should a navy that has Jo
sephus Daniels for a secretary want
to. sing?" This was the parting shot
of an editorial in Tuesday's New
York World, the most ardent sup
porter President Wilson has had
since he became a presidential can
didate. The World, howeer, believes
that Mr. Wilson has a weak cabinet.
and Judging from some of the hot
shots fired at Secretary of State Bry
an and Secretary of the Navy Daniels
it Intends to prove that some ot these
gentlemen now holding cabinet com
missions should be relegated to the
"tall uncut."
Tuesday's editorial In the World
has suggested because of the letter
of Secretary Daniels to Lieutenant
Commander Evans commending the
latter for refusing to allow his men
to sing, "It's a Long Way to Ttpper-
ary," a song that has beoome the
rage In England and France and im
mensely popular in the national cap-
Itol. After printing a cartoon, "Vic
tory after Victory," which shows the
"lord admiralty of the navy" stand
ing over a champagne bottle with a
sword in his hand, the cartoon shows
the former North Carolina editor
tearing to shreds, "It's a Long Way
to Tipperary." the editorial says:
"Secretary Daniels agrees with
Lieutenant Commander Evans that
it is a violation of neutrality for the
men In the navy to sing, 'It's a Long
Way to Tipperary.' We had : never
suspected that -.American neutrality
was such a delicate and easily dislo
cated institution; but we are bound
to take the secretary's word for it,
especially when his civilian judgment
is sustained by the expert opinion of
a lieutenant cemmander. '
"This means presumably that the
marine band must hereafter cease to
give aid and comfort to the German
Austrian-Turkish alliance by playing
the Blue Danube waltzes. We take It
that 'America' will pass into the cate
gory of forbidden musio also because
Its tune is not only the tune of 'God
Save the King but of 'Hell Dlr Im
Slegerkranz,' making it a double vto
latlon of neutrality. We regret also
to report that certain godly but sadly
unneutral church folk persist In
singing a hymn the muslo of which
Is the music of 'Gott Erhalte Franz
Den Kaiser,' as well as of 'Deutsch-
land Uber Alios." This must be stop
ped lest it prove a temptation to
naval chaplains.
"Dedicated as he is to noble deeds,
we are sure that Secretary Daniels
will do his full duty in squelching
both unneutral and contraband muslo
In the sea service of the United
States. Nor can wo believe that It
will prove a difficult task. Why
should a navy that has Josephus
Daniels for a secretary want to 1ng(
Mentions Peculiar Honors to
O. Henry and His Cousin,
Worth Bagley, Bestow
ed by Carolinians.
If
M
MPiycin
Corresponded Should Re
ceive Te'fi modicum of In
for" on Field Mar-
FIRED OVER HEATING
1 FOR BODY
nal Believed.
WOULD ASSIST IN
GETTING MEN FOR ARMY
Report of N. Y. Commission
on Ventilation Gives Some
Interesting Findings on
Temperatures.
ATLANTA IN S
And Help to Increase Enthu
siasmDid Not Have Ref
erence to U. S. Mili
h tary Movements.
(By W. T. Boat).
Raleigh, Dec 3. Mrs. William Sid
ney Porter -and her daughter, Miss
Margaret Porter were In the audi
ence last night that heard the address
of Dr. C. Alphonso Smith upon the
dedication of the O. Henry memorial.
In the large assembly gathered
from all parts of the state to attend
the annual session of the North Car
olina Literary and Historical associa
tion, Mrs. Porter and , her daughter
were of course the central figures .
Perhaps not five present had ever
seen O. Henry in the flesh and until
a few years ago a very limited num
ber had heard of him as a North
Carolinian who walked here among
men. The presence of the Porters
served to connect more affectionate
ly the dead genius to his living fel
low Tar Heels and to make the as
sociation happier still that It has me
morialized ... first, though . tardily,
North Carolina's master of the short
story.
The exercises took place In Mere
dith college with Dr. Archibald Hen
derson, president of the association,
presiding U was Dr. Henderson who
1 - . , . i
gave to cue -iiiemui iu.i uiuvcjncub o
enthusiasm that culminated In re
markable responses to the appeal to
North Carolinians not to allow O.
Henry's memory to die. By personal
solicitations, the presentation of
Norman Hackett's company a year
ago and by organized effort of a few
other admirers, a tablet, tardy in Its
erection, but first to the man of let
ters In North Carolina, has gone up-
OVER-HEATING WORSE
THAN POISON IN AIR
Physical Powers Reduced 15
Per Cent by Raising Room's
Temperature from 68
to 75 Degrees.
Taken in Charge by British
Authorities on Reaching
Liverpool Sunday.
London, Nov. 30. (Delayed)
Dec. 3. Lloyd's agency has given
out the news that the Norwegian
steamer Ran which reached Liver
pool yesterday from New Tork, has
been taken in custody by the British
authorities as a prize.
The Ran, Captain Borve, left New
Tork November 3. She Is a vessel of
19,048 tona
Wedding Delayed.
Fort Smith, Ark., Dec, 3. Accord
ing to reports from many towns In
Arkansas a number of men and wom
en have had their weddlnirs delayed
because town clerks have refused mar
riage licenses without revenue stamps.
It la pointed out that such pipers are
taxable under the new war revenue
act.
Occupy IM grade,
Vienna, Dec, 3. (Via London)
Austrian troops have occupied Bel
grade, Harvla.
Austrian Claims.
Vienna, Deo. 3. (Via London)
la following offlrliil statement was
"In the southern thaatar of war,
i na
I
Tnknown Causes."
Miami, Fla., Dec. 3. The coroner's
Jury which has been Investigating the
death of A. A. Boggs and his daughter
Marjorlsm whose charred bodies were
found ten days ago In the ruins of
their home near here, has returned a
verdict that "death was due to un
known causes."
THREE LYNCHED IN ONE
DAT IN UMMA TOWN
Kane McKnight, Negro, Third
to Suffer for the Murder
of Postmaster.
London, Dec 3. Lord Robert's
views as to the secrecy maintained
by the English military authorities
regarding war news, which were
widely quoted on the day following
his death, are given as follows by a
French journalist who talked with
"Bobs" just before his departure for
France.
"While the primary object of my
visit to France is to see my Indian
troops, I Intend to speak to General
French also about the too great se
crecy which is, to my mind, kept by
the military authorities at the front
and at home concerning the work of
the brave deeds of the English sol
diers. "I naturally approve that all mili
tary movements, whatever they be,
should be kept absolutely secret from
the war correspondents; but It seems
to me that they should be allowed to
receive at least a fair modicum of
Information. Why not allow them to
write, for instance, in detail of the
glorious actions fought by our
troops, several days, as It goes with
out saying, after these actions have
taken place? I am referring natural
ly to the English lines.' You Yn France
aro In a position different from us.
You have conscription. Every man is
called to the colors and you do not
rely on the public enthusiasm to re
cruit your army.
"In England we want men, many
more rnen, and if we do not let our
people at home know In detail of
the life of our soldiers at the front,
of their brave fights and gallant
deeds, how shall we awake in the
DEATHPUZZLIMG
James T. Calloway, Prominent
Broker and Society Man,
Killed by W. C. Car-,
hart Yesterday.
CARHART EXONERATED
AT CORONER'S INQUIRY i
His Claim Is.That He Thought
Victim Was Burglar Is
President of Shoe Man- -.t
ufacturing Co.
Jacksonville, Dec. 3. Of er heating
caused by a badly ventilated room
has a more harmful effect upon the
human body than the chemical poi
sons in the air, according to the re
port of the first year's work of the
New York State Commission on Ven
tilation, read before the American
Public Health association today, by
Prof. C. E. A. Winslow, chairman
of the commission.
The New York State commission
has fitted up an experimental room
in the college of the city of New
York where it Is possible to maintain
Atlanta, Dec. 3. James P. Calla-i
way, prominent Atlanta broker and
clubman, who was shot and killed
here before dawn yesterday by W. B.
Carhart, president of a local shoe
manufacturing company, was climb
ing over the balcony of the rear
porch of an apartment occupied by
Mr. and Mrs. Carhart and their son,
in a fashionable section of the city.
Investigation of the tragedy by a
coronpr's jury resulted in a verdict of
Justifiable homicide." Carhart testi
fied thflt ha tVimitrh fallnnra., in. b
any desired air condition. Over one bur(flar when he flred at nlm wItn a
on ua .u....-"-'soul of our young men the high sen
his lasting place In the estimate of, , -mutation which wll
hundred subjects have been kept In
this room for various periods during
the past year.
When the experimental room of
the New York commission was warm
the investigators found that the
pulse and body temperature and
blood pressure of the subject was
markedly affected, and that, although
they could do hard physical and
mental work if they tried, if they had
a choice they would accomplish
much less than at a lower tempera
ture. Phyirtta! wprk done was reduc
ed 15 per cent by raising the tem
perature from 68 degrees to 75 de
grees. None of these bad effects were
noted If tbe room was kept cool, even
if the air wern not changed at all,
but kept stagnant for eight hours or
so that the carbon dioxide went up
to ten or twenty times in fresh air.
Just one thing the commission found
was affected by the chemical sub
stances in stale breathed air the ap-
Hhreveport, La., Dec, 3. Kane
McKnight, another negro charged
with being Implicated In the robbery
and murder of Charles M. Hicks,
postmaster at Sylvester in this state,
was taken from trie jail by a mob
late yesterday and lynched, accord
ing to messages received from ttyl
venter today. '
This was the third lynching yes
terday In connection with the killing
of Mr. lilcka
Dr. Smith's Address.
Dr. Smith's address- was the day's
feature. He was presented by Dr.
Archibald Henderson who recounted
the honors that have come to this
modest man. Dr. Smith began with a
retrospect, the scene 80 years ago at
Centre, then the village that is now
Greensboro. It was a marriage recep
tion so well known as an "infure."
and historical North Carolinians were
the happy couples. "Dr. Worth, who
was later to become governor of
North Carolina," Dr. Smith said,
"had wed two days before Miirtltia
Daniel, of Virginia, and Jonathan
Worth's sister had just married Sid
ney Porter. The brother's lnfare
served as a reception for the sister.
The aprents, Dr. and Mss. David
Worth, at whose home the double
wedding was being celebrated, were
widely known for their hospitality,
their charity, and their rare directive
efficiency in all community affairs.
.... Could I have been present
when the lnfare was at its height,
when congratulation and prophecy
were bringing their mingled tributes
to father and mother and to son and
daughter, I should not have been an
unwelcome visitor, I think, If I had
lifted the veil of the future for a mo
ment and said to Dr. Worth and his
wife:. 'Eighty-three years from now a
statue will be dedicated In the capi
tal of North Carolina, to one of Jon
athan's grandsons, the first statue to
be erected by popular subscription to
a North Carolina soldier, and the
name engraved upon It will be that
timent of emulation which will
strongly contribute to lead them to
the recruiting office?
"They are brave, no doubt, and
willing to offer their lives to their
country If necessary. But they often
do not know that' It is absolutely nec
essary and that every minute they lose
now Is a priceless minute, maybe a
battle Jeopardized in the future. They
do not know well enough that our
men are always fighting against tre
mendous odds, that we want more
men and still more men to equalize
matters. They are not sufficiently
able to follow day by day the life and
the fighting of their friends who
have enlisted."
revolver. The bullett took effect near
the heart. Only one other witness was
examined and with the announce
ment of the verdict, the police re
leased Carharti who surrendered af
ter the shooting and who ad been
held In custody pending develop
ments. Atlanta, Dec. 2. As the result of
the killing early this morning of James
T. Calloway, a prominent broker and
society man, W. C, Carhart, president
of a shoe manufacturing company,' Ij
being detained at police headquarters
with the blanket charge of murder op
posite his name on the police blotter.
The police state, however, that he hns
not been formally arrested but Is
merely being detained while an Inves
tigation of the killing Is being con
ducted. Calloway was shot and killed by
Carhart In the apartments of the lat
ter in one of the fashionable resident
tinl districts of the city about 1 o'clock
petite. The subjects were served wtth : this morning, shortly after the Car-
high standard lunches, and what
they left on their plates was weighed
and analyzed, and it was found that
they ate more when the air was fresh
than when It was not changed.
MARKED DECREASE IN
REVENUE RECEIPTS
Golf Ttournament,
Plnehunrt. N. C Deo. I. Ths elev
enth annual autumn golf tournament
hers has begun with fifty entrants In
tha quAllfylng round. Robert Hunter
of Connecticut and C I. Becker of
MajuMchuaatt, mads the low acore of
the day, both turning In curds of 31
for ths 13-holes. Match play begins
today. -v
Washington, Deo. 3. Customs and
Internal revenue receipts for Novem
ber showed a marked decrease from
ths same month last year. Customs
receipts were 113,134,408 - compared
with 131,173,(31 for November, 1113
while Internal revenue receipts were
124,3(9,163, nearly $5,000,000 less
than In ths same month last year.
Cuatom receipts wers (60,000
greater than In October.
Rates Justified.
ATTEWIPTED ESCAPE
BY 1Q00JWNERS
Trouble Started by Boost of
Prisoner in an English Con
centration Camp.
Iincaster. England. Dec. 3. An
attempt to escape, made Inst night by
1000 prisoners interned In the con
rentration camps, wbs thwarted by
of Worth IJagley; and ninety years guards who charged the mobs with
REICHSTAG
IR
VOTES
CREDIT
Measure to Provide $1,250,000,-
000 Passes With Only One
Dissenting Ballot.
harts had returned from a club where
both Carhart and his wife stated that
they had seen Calloway. Carhart, ac
cording to the police, stated that ho
mistook Calloway for a burglar.
The mystery of the killing, accord
ing to the police authorities who are
conducting the Investigation,, lies
in their inability at this time to ex
plain the reason for Calloway being in.
the apartments of the Carharts at that
hour.
Ixiuis Carhart, 25 years of age, son'
of Mr. and Mrs. Carhart, according to
his mother, wns an Intimate friend of
Calloway. The son is now in Jackson
ville. Fla. His parents do not know,
whether or not he had given Calloway 1
a key to the apartments, or whether
Calloway had personal papers In
Louis' room.
Washington, Deo, 3.- Freight rates
on window glass from factories In
West Virginia, to prtnnlpal markets
all over t'.a United Htates, attacked
by the manufacturers, era prononnc-
ad not Unreasonable by the Interstate his death In 1110. lie was born on
eommercs commlsalon. I iCor.Unuod on page f.)
from today a memorial tablet will be
dedicated In the same city to one of
Worth's grandsons, tha only monu
ment ever erected In the state to lit
erary genius, and the name engraved
upon It will be that ot William Sidney
Porter!"
The Pen and fiword.
Ta striking as was the opening ot
ths address with Dr. Smith's fanciful
presence at ths 1334 marriage feast,
his continuation of the thought was
more so. "It la fitting therafore," he
said, "that if ths state of North Car
olina has honored the sword of Jona
than Worth's grandson, she should
honor equally ths pen of his slater's
grandson for both sword and pen are
used In the cause of a common na
tional service. It Is fitting also to re
call, that when William Pldney Por
ter knew that death, and a lonely
death, was only an arm's length from
him, ha smiled la ths old way and
met It with a cheer, because, snys one
who was with him, he remembered
that honored blood was In his veins
and the maglo word of Sidney was In
his name."
Dr. Smith divided ths life of O.
Henry Into the period of preparation
preceding 1(03 and ths period of
achievement succeeding that yesr to
fixed bayonets, wounding several.
The trouble stnrted over the Indis
cretion of a prisoner who boasted that
he was about to be released. This an
gered his comrades, who attacked
him. The guards quickly Intervened
but were overpowered by overwhelm
ing numbers, whereupon reserves were
summoned who found the 1000 ad
vancing, armed with bricks, sticks and
stones. The reserves quickly fixed
bayonets and charged, and succeeded
In putting down the uprising. The
ringleaders were arrested snd placed
In solitary confinement. Only one
prisoner Is said to have been seriously
Injured.
ELABORATE PLAN FOR
NAVAL MANEUVERS
Washlsgton, Dec. 3. Rear Admiral
Fletcher, commander-in-chief of the
Aliunde fleet, has laid before Hecretary
Daniels pinna for elaborate naval man
overs and drills and target practice
of the Atlantto fleet off Guantanamo
In January.
Secretary Daniels will go to New
York soon to bestow perannally tha
various trophies awarded at the end
of each annual competition to . the
victorious ships,
Ilerlln, Dec. 3. (Via Amsterdam to
London). With one dissenting vote,
that of Hcrr Llebknecht, rociullst, the
relchstag has voted a new sv-tr credit
of 31,250,000,000.
The president of the chamber's
speech dwelt on the unity and patriot
Ism of the German people and com
mented appreciatively on the large
number of relchHtag members serving
at the front. Of the progress of the
war the president said:
."Japan joined our enemies from a
desire to seize as booty the monument
to German culture In the far east. On
the other hand we have fmind an ally
In Turkey, as all the Moslem people
wish to throw off the Rngllsh yoke
and shatter the foundations of Eng
land's colonial power. I'nder tho
PROGRESSIVES
TO
KEEPJUCT1
Execuive Committee Prepares
to Arrange for 1916 Na
tional Convention.
Chicago, Dee. 3. 'lney-one prog
ressives from Hi stntes at a conference;
of the executive committee of ths
party here yesterday, expressed their
banner of our army and our fleet we confidence In progressive pnrty prln
will continue." clples and theld determination to con-
The Imperial chancellor, Dr. von(ln. ,h. rI , ,,
slon, dressed In tho service uniform
of a general. All secretaries of state
and the Prussian ministers Were pres
ent. Many members were In uniform and
wore Iron c rouses.
EIGHT MEN TO DIE
, INSTEAD OF ELEVEN
Thoenlx, Ariz., Dec. 3. Eight men
Instead of eleven will die at Arlxona'a
"hanging bee" November 1 as the
result of stay of execution granted by
Governor Hunt. The men will be ex
ecuted one by one, the board of con
trol has decided Inatend of simulta
neously, as the governor and K. II,
Hlma, warden of the penitentiary,
wished. Mima protested that no hu
man executioner could atand the
strain of springing the trap eleven
times. Tha stay ot execution was
granted to three men pending outcome
of their appeals fur a new trial.
A statement Issued by the exeeiit'v-)
committee through Its chairman, Geo.
W. Perkins of New York, declared the
progressive origination and ca npnlim
of education should continue and that
the national commute should be ak-
ed to fix the lime and place for hold
ing the 1116 natlonul convention ami
to transact business Incidental to the
presidential campaign two years from
now.
Three sessions wers held. A state
ment by Miss Jane Adams, member of
the executive committee, that sha was
now "mors enthusiastic than ever In
the cause of tha progressive party."
apparently expressed the sentiment
of tha conference members and It was
applauded Vigorously.
Not a speaker mads any suggest Inn
of abandoning tha party and the sub
ject of amalgamation with either nf
the older parties was not brought up
"Tha product of a rumor fnctorv. '
waa Chairman "rains' chrartrriT
tlon of reporta of poaslbls lliliiic-i.r-U"n
of amalgamation.